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âthe hanza never caught a break, they were treated so poorly by the narrative, sapkowski tortured them terriblyâ
they stayed in beauclair palace as incognito nobility for three straight months of dizzying dancing, feasting, and pouring wine down their throats*. and eating a sumptuous breakfast for two to three hours every single day together, hosting lazy mornings together day after day. strolling around the gardens. flirting with the knighthood. being the darlings of the duchess.
what i mean to say with this post is that though yes, geraltâs hanza died tragically, they got a moment of paradise to themselves, which they intentionally shared with each other, enjoying each othersâ company.
we specifically have a canon three months of geraltâs hanza hanging out together in the most fairytale-like, magical place on the continent. itâs not like they go directly from hiding in the bushes in the swamps of angren to stygga castle.
so itâs astounding to me how little attention their winter snowed-in in beauclair seems to get by the fans đ (this isnât admonishing, rather iâm trying to lift all of our spirits) guys, we have a period where they were not only alive, with one another, safe, but living very well and in good health**. and because they are fictional characters and not people, they can live immortally on the page and in the mind. stygga is their narrative end, but these three months can be forever, they can live in beauclair in your mind eternally if you so desire to imagine them there.
though their tragic end shouldnât be forgotten or ignored. yes, in beauclair, they caught the biggest break of their livesâbut the point of their team of heroes is that they willingly gave it all up, eagerly and gratefully tossed it asideâbecause they valued their quest and their leader (!) more.
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* the wine thing applying to all except regis.
** yes, though their stay should be understood as being captive, they were captive in a paradise, which is a specific kind of captivity. it only began to really drive them mad by yuletide, when they had already spent a couple months there. i donât think you cant say itâs the same as being held captive in the sense that, for example, yennefer was held captiveâin a dark stone dungeon, tortured day-in-day-out.
#BC THEY ARE HEROES. THATS WHAT BEING A HERO IS ABOUT !!!#i mean it all depends on your perspective i guess#if half a century of poetry is the blink of an eye idk what three months is#the elbow-high diaries#f: a hansaâs a hansa
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Okay, @silverrings-n-prettythings is at it again, bringing my OCs to life~
Look at Caligo (he's a reaper)!
She made him look so cool đ
I've always felt bad about making him the villain of Unchained. He's not a bad guy, he's just complicated!
Thank you for drawing him, Silver!!!
#I mean okay I guess it depends on your perspective#he is a little silly in my opinion though#then again I think all of my ocs are silly so#obey me#obey me oc#misc oc caligo
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Sorry if you've already covered this, but I was scrolling socials and saw that the San Antonio zoo got a large donation to expand their savanna habitat. The only thing that jarred me as I read through their expansion plans was apparently they're going to be outfitting some 'safari' vehicles so guests can be taken into the habitat to feed and interact with the animals (from within the vehicle). I was always under the impression that this kind of interaction wasn't necessarily good for either the humans or the animals-- is there a way it can be done ethically?? Anyway, I just thought it was interesting!
Ooo, okay, your question aligned with a thing I've been chewing on for a while, so let's talk ~ethics~ and ~philosophy~ aka this is gonna be a bit long. I do promise I'll answer your question, though!
The first thing I want to note is that you're really asking about two different things, which are almost always conflated these days when it comes to talking about animals: welfare (is the animal happy / healthy / safe) and ethics (is what's happening good / moral / acceptable). It's really important that we distinguish between the two, because welfare is an objective measure of physical and mental wellbeing, and ethics are a human construct that involves subjective interpretation.
A useful but highly oversimplified example of this is the bothering of cats for online videos. Pestering a cat to get a funny reaction once in a while may not impact their overall welfare. Welfare is the cumulative impact of an animal's experiences, which means that single acute moments may not weight heavily on the entire balance. If the cat is healthy, fed well, enriched, and has a good and positive bond with their humans, those momentary irritations for videos might not matter much. That doesn't mean that you or I, as viewers, might not still find bothering an animal for internet clout ethical. We can believe that humans shouldn't ever unnecessarily put their pet through negative experiences, and we can think that doing so just because it brings the human money or fame is distasteful. But! We have to recognize that as used in this example, those ethical stances aren't inherently tied to the animal's welfare state. Many people I know who dislike cat-bothering don't care if the animal has good welfare outside of that situation - they don't like that the situation occurs at all, ever.
So, back to your question. You're wanting to know if it's okay for a zoo to have a drive-through aspect of an exhibit where people get to feed the animals. You're asking if it's safe for the humans and for the animals (which is a welfare question) and if that type of interaction is ethical. I could just tell you that of course it's fine, San Antonio is an AZA zoo and their accreditation only allows them to do "good things" but that's now how it works here (nor is it the reality of accreditation).
The safety aspect is one I'm not worried about. It's actually a pretty common thing for reputable facilities to do some sort of vehicle tour in savanna habitats, whether in the guest's vehicle (safari parks) or on a hay-ride type vehicle (zoos). Many of those allow guests to feed out specific parts of their animals' diets. Offhand, I know Tampa and Fossil Rim both have feeding tours like this in a staff-driven vehicle. It's not specified from the zoo's press release, but I can guarantee you that guests will not be driving those vehicles - which means the interactions will be proctored by staff and what people are feeding out will be carefully regulated. The habitat is going to have rhino, giraffe, zebra, ostrich, and antelope/gazelle, and I'd guess that the drive-through is going to stick to those latter two and maybe additional species. Those are animals where a car is an appropriate safety barrier.
As to if it's ethical to do? It's spiny question, because it depends very directly on the ethical perspectives of the person you're asking. I think it's fine - you may not. Let's break down the different things that come into consideration on the ethical side, and my responses:
"The zoo is commercially exploiting animals by letting people pay to get closer." If the issue is that people paying to get closer to animals is using them for money, well, that's the business model of a zoo (non-profit or not, they still need revenue to operate). So IMHO it's not like it's "less ethical" than anything else the zoo is doing, using that framing.
"Zoo animals should be allowed to be wild and undisturbed by guests driving in their habitats." Zoo animals aren't wild, and their entire lives revolve around humans and the human work schedule. As long as a vehicle entering the habitat doesn't have a negative welfare impact (e.g. they're not scared of it), it's not very different from the rest of the routine of managed care.
"Feeding zoo animals will encourage people to try to feed wild animals." Thanks to obnoxiously viral content creators, people are going to try to feed wild animals no matter what. Doing it in a proctored situation where a staff member can try to do some education at the same time is probably the best possible scenario.
"People just do those tours to get close to cool animals." People are always going to want to touch the animals. If being able to pay for a tour keeps them from jumping the fence to try to pet a rhino, great.
There's one more that I want to talk about separately, because I think it's where a lot of confusion gets generated. It's this idea that "Humans shouldn't be interacting with animals at all, any interaction is unethical and bad for the animals." This is a welfare crossover, but not one actually informed by welfare science in a captive situation. And I think it's because the internet lacks nuance. Yes, it is absolutely correct to say that with wild animals, you should never ever try to feed a deer out of your car (or similar). It is incredibly harmful to those animals on both an acute and chronic timeline. But thanks to the rage-bait algorithms on social media and people endlessly justifying doing stupid, dangerous, bad things (and getting pushback for it), there's been a lot of bleed between the public's understanding of what wild animal welfare is and what captive animal welfare is. Combine that with the reality that captive animal welfare cannot be assessed or diagnosed from a single context-less clip, and that people with strong beliefs and no practical experience with the field/species/individual will pass judgement loudly to their audiences...
The result is almost a reflexive believe in many sectors of the internet that any human-animal interaction that isn't couched as a "rescue" is inherently unethical, for reasons people often can't articulate. Which is why, I think, so often people want to support certain aspects of captive animal management but feel guilty for doing so. I see this a lot in the questions the blogs gets, and I'm glad people feel comfortable asking, because it's important to think through not just the individual instances but the patterns leading us to question them.
So yes, I'd say that a staff-led experience in a vehicle chosen for safety is an ethical way to proctor an interaction between guests and certain savanna species. It will vary by facility - I'm always more wary about guests driving, although many drive-through safaris are fine - and by setup. I think what San Antonio is doing will be fine, though, and will be interested to see / hear about the setup when they start up.
If you've got a question about ethical captive management, I'm always happy to talk about it - but I'd invite you to poke around in your head a little and send me not just your question in the ask, but your thinking about why or why not something might be concerning. It's great practice for understanding why you relate to animal ethics the way you do, and where those beliefs come from.
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( ' safe & sound ' )
just close your eyes, the sun is going down you'll be alright no one can hurt you now come morning light you and i'll be safe and sound.
â summary: captain levi ackerman the strongest warrior alive is struggling to adjust after the war. but you (fem!reader) are there to remind him he deserves peace. â genre: fluff but tiny bit of angst. â playing: safe & sound by taylor swift â note(s): so aot just ended and i'm still in denial it's really over. my boy eren did nothing wrong but i understand, 80% is kind of a lot BUT HE WAS A CHILD WAR WEAPON. anyways, post war. SPOLIERS AHEAD JUST A FAIR WARNING OKAY. levi ackerman and reader have a slight age gape ( reader is 25 and levi is in his mid thirties). mentions of brief sex. mentions of scars and death. maybe some spelling errors i missed but i tried ~ levi may be grumpy and mean but he's a total softie to the reader. â word count: 2k
He inhaled sharply as his upper body sat up from his sleep. He could feel the cold sweat formed on his the side of his head rolling down. His chest rose up and down with each inhale he took. He ran his hand over his face. He glanced down at his hands. His two missing fingers always reminded him what happened almost five years ago now. The rumbling ending. Everyone is trying to rebuild a normal life. He never really knew what a normal life was. His life was all about fighting and survival and now it was over. What was Levi made for now?
He quickly reached over for his cane leaning against the nightstand.
Levi was determined not to be stuck to that damn chair, he did whatever exercise he could without putting too much on his body. There were some days he had to be wheeled around. But using the cane on the daily was happening often. He didnât want to be helpless or dependent on anyone. He was never like that so why start now?
He made his way out of the bedroom and walked into the small hallway that normally took two minutes to pass but it felt entirely. He was on alert, adrenaline pumping through his veins already. How could he protect now? He felt so useless. Once the greatest warrior to this. At first it was hard accepting this new reality of his. All he wanted to do was sink more into the dark and isolate himself.
If he was gone, would anyone notice? Would anyone care? Those he loved and cared for were long gone leaving him alone. He never knew loneliness would become his true enemy.
He held his breath accepting his fate as he walked into the kitchen. His dull gray eye widen seeing you standing there already pouring some tea in one of his favorite cups. He nearly dropped his cane.
âNameâŠâ
âCaptain Levi?â You looked up at him a bit startled he was awake. He let out a heavy exhale.
âAfter all this time, you still callinâ me that?â He rolled his eye then shook his head. âGive me a break.â You giggled quietly with a light blush appearing on your cheeks.
âIâm sorry, itâs just an old habit I guess.â
âWhat are you doing up?â He asked you completely ignoring what you said.
âI figured you would want some tea when you would wake up.â You replied walking over to grab another cup from the cabinet. Levi could feel his ears beginning to burn. He cleared his throat.
âYouâŠknow?â You turned around to see the flustered older man. You tilted your head slightly to the side and was baffled. He thought he could hide his nightmares from you. His nightmares of the past.
âOf course I do.â
Your warm smile still made his heart throb the same way it did when you two met.
He found you the most annoying thing ever. You were too optimistic for his liking and you were very emotional. You were immature and very impulsive. But he adored that about you. You werenât scared to stand up for what you believe in, even against him. When he was your captain and you were just a cadet on his squad. You two saw things from different perspectives but he respected that. He wasnât sure if he ever told you he did.
âIâm sorry I woke you.â He made his way over to the nearest chair at the table. He pulled it out so he could sit. You took the cup full of tea and walked over to place it in front of him.
âItâs okay, Levi. Your nightmares donât always wake me,â you placed your hand over his, âI have my own too, yâknow?â You gave him a gentle squeeze.
The guilt sunk deep in Leviâs chest. How could he not think about you having your own trauma for what you both went through. Losing people you love, being injured and almost close to death several times. You had many scars to prove it. Especially the one on your neck reaching to the top of your chest. It was easier to hide but doesnât mean it wasnât a constant reminder when you would change outfits, shower, even during intimate times.
âIâm a horrible husband arenât I, name?â He sighed deeply, reaching to grab his cup the same way he always has. You smiled remembering the time you made fun of the way he held his glass to your other comrades. It was all laughter until Levi was behind you the whole time. When you turned around looking white as a ghost seeing Levi glaring down at you. You screamed loudly then he made you clean his office and room from top to bottom.
âA little bit.â You teased him playfully. You grinned when your husband glared at you. âIâm kidding, Levi. How are you a bad husband?â
âMy wife has fucking nightmares next to me and here I am sleeping.â He snapped. You bit your bottom lip and lowered your eyes. âBut I even breathe a certain way, she knows if thereâs something wrong with me.â He went on becoming more aggravated with himself.
âYouâre being hard on yourself again.â
âYouâre not denying it.â He countered. You sighed deeply.
âLeviâŠI have nightmares, yes. But you help me just by being there next to me.â You gave him another squeeze. Before he could say some smart ass remark you cut him off. âYou remind me of whatâs happening now. I canât forget the past...I can never forget. But waking up next you eases it and makes it better to deal with.â Levi remained silent.
He couldnât believe someone like you could ever love someone like him. To this day he would be in disbelief. You were so warm and he was so cold. But here you are sharing a life with him.
âYou make it sound so easy.â He mumbled lowly.
âI know when you have nightmares when you hold onto me tight.â You admitted. His eye widened looking over at you. You smiled shyly looking away. You were trying to hide the dark blush on your cheeks but he would always see it. You couldnât hide it from him.
He could remember the first time he made you blush. It was the first time he saw you with your hair down. When he complemented you ( in his own way that didnât sound too mean ), you blushed. His heart fluttered how perfect you looked with your cheeks flushed.
âYou woke up because I wasnât in bed this timeâŠâ You spoke snapping him out of his own thoughts.
âI thought in a marriage there was no such thing as secrets.â He joked dryly.
You laughed covering your mouth with your hand. He noticed some faint scars on your hand. He remembered that scar. He remembers all the scars on every inch of your body. He would kiss them gently some nights making your breathing hitch. He would kiss the scar on your neck the most. He felt that needed the most attention. The day he almost lost you for good.
You were fighting alongside him against Zeke for the first time.
Thatâs when Levi realizes his feelings for you.
He stood by your side whenever he can, waiting for you to recover. He would even read out loud to you. When you woke up a few days later, you asked him to re-read the sentence he just read because you couldnât hear him.
What nearly broke him when he thought you drank the wine with the spinal fluid.
Thankfully you didnât but he confessed his feelings for you the same night. Yes, it was inappropriate for a caption to be with his cadet but he didnât care about his title or yours in that moment. Levi just needed you to know in case something happened. He was ready to hear your rejection but when you confessed your own feelings for him, he was relieved.
Thatâs when Zeke did the explosion, Levi had enough time to push you off the wagon leaving him to suffer the injuries alone. He doesnât regret it. Heâll do it all over again.
âIs this how you pictured how things would be after?â You asked him gently. Levi closed his eyes for a brief moment before opening them. His dull gray eyes staring into yours.
âYes and no.â
âThatâs not a fair answer, Captain Levi.â
âName.â
âSorry.â You held your hands up in defense. He sighed softly.
âYes, I pictured this after the rumbling. Marrying you, having a normal life with you. Just being with you in peace. What I didnât expect was to be like this.â He glanced down at his hand again that bandaged up from the fingers he lost from that explosion. âI wasnât much of a looker then but god look at me now.â He let out a sad chuckle. You frowned, feeling your heart aching. Was he serious right now? You thought Levi was the most handsome man you ever met. You were drawn to his dark gray hues. During the day they would glisten.
âLevi, donât think that. Youâre still handsome to me and always will be.â
âDonât feed me that shit, name.â Levi scoffed. His stubbornness was still the same as before. You sighed and rested your chin on your hand letting him ramble on his negativity. âProbably see me as a pity case.â
âIf thatâs so, why do we still make love four times a week?â You questioned. When you looked over to your husband who was silent but red in the face. You felt your lips curl up into a smirk. âCat got your tongue, captain Levi? Oh Iâm sorry, I forgot to mention how we fuck multiple times. All night if I donât tap out.â You purred in a tone you knew was his weakness. Levi shifted a bit in his seat then brought his left hand to clear his throat.
âShut it you brat.â
You simply smiled at your victory.
âI love you, Levi. I donât know why you canât accept that.â
âYou deserve better.â
âSo do you.â You replied back. Levi glared at you once again.
âHow can you say that shit?â
âBecause youâre saying it so why not?â You shrugged then got up to pour yourself that tea you swore it was cold by now. Leviâs eye scanned down to your body how it hid underneath his white shirt. When you would lift to reach something it exposed some of your bare flesh underneath. He held his breath for a moment.
âI justâŠhope this is what you want.â His voice spoke. You didnât turn around. Your eyes glanced down at your cup you were holding. Your ring finger was empty but the silver band stood on your nightstand with your glass of water that was empty now. Levi would always bring you a glass of water before bed.
âI want to spend my life with you, Levi. Weâre at peace now. Youâre at peace. You deserved this. You risked your life so many times. Everyday itâs a struggle for you to live with what happened. But we can do it together, just trust me?â
You turned with glossy eyes staring back over to him. He used his strength to stand up on his own for a moment. Then he made his way over to you. Once he was close enough, he placed his hand on your cheek just studying your face.
âIâm sorry if I hurt your feelingsâŠIâm just scared to lose you.â He confessed not trying to make eye contact with you. You placed your hand on his cheek and stroked it with your thumb. You stroked over the scars left behind by the stitches on his face you did for him. âI donât know what I would do if I ever lost you.â
âI survived to live a life with you, Levi.â
You whispered then leaned forward to place your lips against his. His arm wrapped around your waist to bring you closer to his body. His lips moved against yours passionately. He pushed his body against yours causing your lower back to press against the counter. You let out a shaky breath when he broke the kiss then started to kiss along your neck. His fingers trailed down to the buttons on your shirt. Just when you were going to close your eyes and enjoy his lips sucking on your skin you were interrupted.
âMommy? Daddy?â
You both pulled away at the same time to see a groggy toddler with messy dark hair all over the place. He hugged his stuffed bear tightly with his other arm.
âHi baby.â You greeted him softly making. Levi straighten your shirt making sure the buttons were still in tact.
âWhat are you doing up, hm?â Levi asked him. The toddler frowned with his gray eyes half open.
âI wanna sleep with you and mama.â He made grabby hands towards him. He shook his head.
âSorry kid, you have to go sleep in your bed like a big boy.â Your son sniffed and his big gray eyes began to water. Of course you were a sucker but you didnât expect for Levi to be the one who caved in. âTsk. Fine. Just for tonight.â Levi grabbed his cane and began to walk back into your bedroom. The little boyâs eyes beamed, making you giggle quietly. You brought the two cups to the sink thinking you were in the clear.
âClean those damn cups.â Leviâs voice echoed from the bedroom.
You sucked your teeth with an eye roll.
âIâll clean them in the morning.â You entered the bedroom seeing Levi already in bed. He leaned over to bring his son into bed. He snuggled up against his father, sighing happily feeling his warmth. You went over to your side on the bed to lay next to your son.
Levi always spoke about not wanting children. You didnât have a clear answer if you wanted them or not. Some days you did but bringing them in a world like this wasnât fair either. But finding out you were pregnant on your wedding day was a surprise. It meant you were pregnant during the fight that stopped the rumbling.
It was a miracle the child growing inside of you survived. But heâs a fighter like his father.
Asher Levi Ackerman.
A fortunate blessing for you both.
You leaned against the headboard stroking Asherâs hair as his eyes began to close.
âHe looks just like you.â You whispered to Levi as you moved some of Asherâs dark hair out of his face. He smiled a bit.
âYou think so?â
âEveryone says it. He looks nothing like me.â
âBut he acts like you. A brat.â
You reached over to shove him playfully. It made him chuckle.
âSleep, name. We have a long day at the shop tomorrow.â
âFuck me.â You mumbled under your breath with a groan.
âMaybe tomorrow.â
Levi laid down and closed his eyes hearing you giggle quietly before drifting back to sleep. You laid down staring at your son and husband cuddling with one another. You could tell Leviâs nightmare was over for the night. You soon drifted into a deep slumber.
And yes, you did forget to wash the teacups in the sink
But Levi washed them before opening the tea shop for the day but he did remember to scold you about it.
#drabbles#levi x reader#levi x you#levi ackerman x reader#levi ackerman x you#levi ackerman x female reader#levi ackerman fluff#aot x female reader#aot fanfic#aot fanfiction#attack on titan fanfic#attack on titan drabble#( sugusearrings writing * )
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Filing a P-90
âYoung man, a few moments of your time?â
CT-0102 looked up, confused.
â...how so?â the trooper asked. âYouâre, uh, if you want to talk, you can just talk. If you have orders, go ahead and give them. Maâam.â
âIâd rather not force you to discuss something,â the elderly woman said, by way of explanation. âI was wondering if you had a perspective on⊠weapons.â
âWeapons,â 102 repeated. âI guess⊠Iâve been trained with them? Using weapons is my job, I mean? Does that count as an opinion?â
âIt might,â the old woman said. âBut I meant more the philosophy of why a weapon exists.â
She shrugged, one hand resting for a moment on a long box by her side. âAnd, in particular, whether a weaponâs design tells us something about what itâs meant for.â
âThis is getting dangerously philosophical, maâam,â 102 admitted. âItâs above my pay grade.â
âItâs not above mine, I think,â the woman told him. âIf you donât want to talk, say so. I give you that permission, if you need it. But what I mean is that, for example⊠a lightsaber is a Jediâs weapon, and that means that itâs a weapon of defence and of decisive attack. A lightsaber in trained hands is able to both protect others and to bring a quick end to any fight, and the respect it earns from those who see it can prevent a fight in the first place⊠a blaster, meanwhile, well, it depends on the blaster, doesnât it?â
âI suppose thatâs true, maâam,â 102 admitted, glancing up for a moment as the turbulence around the ship increased â for a moment, at least.
There wasnât anything he could do about it, so he just shrugged.
âA small pistol is intended to be concealed,â the woman went on. âItâs a weapon of self defence, but itâs also a weapon for committing an unexpected crime. While a larger, more powerful pistol, thatâs a weapon of intimidation. Itâs bulky enough to be difficult to conceal, and itâs less accurate than a long weapon, so itâs for both scare tactics and bringing a battle to a quick end. So does that mean itâs like a lightsaber?â
102 considered that.
âOur training covered how to handle most weapons, but it didnât really address the cultural side of things,â he admitted. âWe mostly focused on weapons for once a fight is inevitable.â
âQuite,â the woman agreed â 102 hadnât actually got her name at any point. âThe long rifle, which is designed for military efficiency on a battlefield. Harder to conceal in civilian life, almost impossible in fact, but itâs more effective than most weapons on a battlefield⊠at least, until you start dealing with either larger targets that they simply canât damage, or more confined spaces where you want a shorter weapon. They share the attribute of being practical.â
She looked at his eyes, through the helmet. âIsnât that interesting?â
âI guess,â 102 said, not really sure how to react. âWhy do you say that?â
The woman was silent for several seconds, and as she was CT-0102 heard over the battalion push that they were getting close to their deployment point.
âIf you donât mind, Iâd prefer this gunship to take up an overwatch position,â the woman said. âI do apologize, I should have mentioned it sooner.â
She pulled the box over to her, and undid the latches, then paused before opening it.
âWhat about this description of a weapon?â she asked. âA weapon that is designed for killing?â
102 blinked.
âArenât⊠most weapons designed for killing?â he asked. âThatâs why theyâre weapons.â
âNot at all,â the woman replied. âAs weâve just discussed. Your rifle is designed for practical battlefield use. Weight, length, shot count, rate of fire, all these considerations went into making it. Many other weapons are shaped by different design constraints entirely â a hold-out pistol, or a large heavy blaster. A lightsaber. Iâm talking about a weapon that isnât designed for a fight at all. That isnât designed to be seen. Thatâs meant to be used as sparingly as possible, because youâre only meant to use it in the very direst need.â
She pushed open the box, and revealed a kind of long weapon, perhaps a blaster and perhaps not. It looked archaic, with some of the furniture made of actual wood and the rest out of something 102 couldnât even identify, and there were odd protuberances and glowing blue segments on it.
âFor such a weapon, all other considerations would be secondary to lethality,â the woman said. âIf they were involved at all. Itâs not intended to be involved in a battle, where you try to defeat the enemy; itâs not intended for a warning shot. The only purpose is to kill, and it is only to be used when there is no better choice.â
She knelt down on the floor of their gunship, and a few seconds later the Commander called out the launch order. Their assault ship was passing over the target zone, and all the gunships deployed.
Below, 102 could see the desert, and the darting red shapes of Aethersprite starfighters giving them cover against Geonosian fighter craft. More gunships were deploying, blasts going left and right, and 102 grabbed onto the handles overhead with a free hand for stability.
The woman didnât seem to notice.
Instead, she took something from her belt, and slotted it into the weapon. It lit up, and she tapped a few controls before snugging the stock of the weapon into her shoulder.
âItâs a shame, you know,â she said, almost conversationally. âHe was a great friend of mine, once. I thought he still was, until recently.â
âWho was?â 102 asked.
âDooku,â the woman answered, her voice slightly distracted. âEmotion, yet peace⊠my old friend, I do not do this for revenge, but to prevent a greater wrong.â
The strange weapon spat out a bolt of brilliant sky-blue light, one that was like a solid bar connecting their gunship to the ground, and the woman hesitated for a moment⊠then let out a sigh.
âMay you find the peace in death that so failed you in life,â she said, in tones of quiet prayer.
âSorry, but â did you justâŠâ 102 asked.
âWhat the kriff was that?â the gunship pilot asked, over the comm connection.
âWell, you can view it in two ways,â the Jedi Master said, ejecting her lightsaber from the rifle and examining it. âNo, three, I think. Firstly, that my lightsaber and I were united in the need for that to be done. Secondly, that Count Dooku was too great a threat to peace in the galaxy to live. And thirdâŠâ
Jocasta Nu placed the rifle back in its box.
âNobody messes with the Jedi Archives,â she concluded.
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hey sex witch, youâve talked a lot about porn addiction on here but I have some other questions if thatâs ok.
I go to Christian highschool and we often have discussions about porn addiction.
my teacher says that most addicted people start consuming porn at around 9. And that even seeing one naked person or one porn or whatever on the internet can put you at higher risk of developing an addiction to porn.
does absolutely any of this have a base in science? Or is this all fear mongering and what not?
hi anon,
first of all, I just want to say that I think it rules that you're seeking information outside of what's being taught at your school. learning how to question what you're told and seek out answers from other sources is a really important skill that can be VERY hard to even begin if you aren't given the resources to easily go looking for information, and I think it's great that you're taking the initiative of seeking out other perspectives :)
now, let's break this down: the concept of "porn addiction" is one largely discredited by psychologists. while people can certainly develop maladaptive coping mechanisms around sexuality, porn, and/or masturbation, this isn't strictly the same as addiction, and several studies have found that the people who are most likely to identify themselves as porn addicts are people who harbor religious or cultural shame about sexuality and porn use, rather than people who use porn more than the average person. it is, largely, a matter of perception.
while access to smartphones means that many people first encounter pornography at a young age - the current average age is somewhere between 9 and 13, depending on the study - and that can be confusing to a child who isn't given the proper framework to understand what they're seeing, it's also not a new phenomenon. in my role as a sex educator I also get to talk with a lot of parents about their early sexual experiences, and many of them recall encountering printed pornography as children when they find it in gutters, the woods, the bedroom of parents or friends' parents, or even stowed in farm equipment. these adults tend to remember being intrigued and excited along with a little confused or alarmed by this first brush with sexuality, but crucially it did not define them as people. as evidence by the fact that they've grown up to send their children to queer-friendly, sex positive, nonjudgmental sex ed classes, early exposure to porn did not stop them from growing into curious, thoughtful, and supportive parents who want to encourage healthy attitudes toward sexuality for their children. porn alone does not have the power to determine the direction of someone's life.
just seeing a naked person or pornography on the internet also cannot immediately make you an "addict." as you've already guessed, this is what we call fear mongering, using information in a way that's exaggerated to make people nervous to even engage with a topic. fear mongering about sex is common among adults and education systems that don't want to young people to be curious about their bodies; another common one is "teaching" young people about sexually transmitted infections by only showing them pictures of untreated cases that have become drastic and painful while insisting that no STI can ever be treated, which is definitely not the case. but the facts don't matter; the priority is trying to make sure teenagers are too scared to have sex until they're adults and the school system is no longer responsible for them.
(and it doesn't even work; states with higher rates of abstinence only education are CONSISTENTLY among those with the highest rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.)
when presented with absolutist statements like this, it's worth poking holes in the logic. for instance, if seeing any naked figure is bad, what about classical art? do nude marble statues put you at risk of being a porn addict? what about other artistic depictions of nudity? or anatomical illustrations? what about real people just changing clothes in a locker room, or young siblings bathing together? does it not count for people who are nearly or partially nude, like someone wearing a bathing suit or athletic clothes? people changing in a locker room together? what about young children being bathed together? and what about all of those depictions about Jesus on the cross wearing nothing but a loincloth? what's the line between "good" and "bad" nudity, and who's deciding where that line is? can such a line even really exist at all?
the truth is that people are undressed or partially undressed in all kinds of situations, and none of them are a corrosive influence on your brain. just looking at something is not enough to completely rewire your brain and permanently change your behavior. ultimately, you are responsible for your own actions.
I hope this has been a helpful answer, and that you stay curious about what you're being taught.
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yes im changing
paige bueckers x reader
(paige x uconn psychology student!reader)
synopsis: with y/n being in a new environment, still facing rejection, how can she bounce back?
masterlist
chap 4
y/n pov:
okay scratch that. i would have to do all athletes. okay new research:
a comparative research on the academic resilience of students and students part of the basketball team in the university of connecticut.
much better. i can have more focus on the people in my research. and plus, the basketball teams are the most known in uconn, which could make them have different perspectives. but first.. i would have to ask their coach first. i may ask aubrey if she can bring me to their coach, his name is coach geno..?
after their training (and an hour of peyton giggling), i went up to aubrey and told her about my research.
âyeah! i could definitely ask coach geno, heâs in the other room though to get his stuff, but heâll come back soonâ aubrey replied with enthusiasm. âthats great! thanks aubrey. i would also have to ask the menâs basketball coach, but ill check tomorrow since its already lateâ i mentioned. aubrey and i got to talk a little bit more, aubrey asking me why i was even in their training the first place.
i said that peytonâs crush is in the team, which made aubrey laugh. when we both looked behind to peyton, we see her talking to azzi. smooth ass..
coach geno finally got out of the other room, and aubrey introduced me to him.
âoh coach! this is y/n, and she has a small favor to askâ aubrey says. âhello coach geno! i am a freshman taking psychology, and i wanted to ask if i could have your team to be part of my researchâ i smiled.
âwhatâs it about?â
âtheir resistancy in regards to their school work sirâ
âwill it hinder their skills?â
âno sirâ
âhow long will this take?â
âmaximum of a month i believe, but it still dependsâ
âas long as the team says yes and it wont be a distraction, then im all for it. goodluck y/n, and welcome to uconn!â coach geno replied with a small smile. âthank you sir! it means a lotâ i smiled back.
i went back to peyton, who was talking to azzi, and introduced me to her. azzi then introduced me to the other playersâ to nika, kk, paige, and caroline. i guess i still needed a formal greeting even with the event that happened yesterday.
i then proceeded to ask the whole team about my research idea, and they were all willing to help me. just needed to contact the menâs basketball team now.
after small talks, we all headed back to our dorms. i feel better with the team already, theyâre all quite playful, just have to ignore that one blonde, paige. we havenât talked a word to each other, and i wonât mind if we donât talk at all.
when we arrived to the dorms area, we all bid our goodbyes to some of the members and the others headed to the same dorm building as me. turns out that everyone that has the same dorm as me lives on the same floor as me.. this will be fun. my âfloormatesâ are nika, ashlynn, ice, kk, and paige. azzi along with caroline and the others were at another dorm building.
we all bid our goodnights, and aubrey and i went inside our dorm. we both were too tired, and got unready and head to our beds quick.
âgoodnight y/n!â
âgoodnight aubsâ
the next week
the last days were great. menâs basketball team is on board with my research, and my introduction and rrl is surprisingly done.
today, i will start to interview the womenâs basketball team, and i am thinking of doing observations with them as wellâ like having group study sessions and know their behavior and thoughts.
its now 2pm, two hours before the teamâs training, which gives me enough time to interview some people. i text aubrey saying that im near their court, and was asking who i can interview first.
aubrey: paige is free
goddamn it.
oh well, letâs just get this over with. i open the courtâs entrance, the team seeing me and greeting me.
âso, who can go first?â i ask the team, i really didnât want paige, she will just give me negative energy for the rest of the day. she is always so.. negative towards me.
âi dont think we can.. coach wants us to do 25 laps as penalty! but since paige wasnât there when the team was goofing around.. sheâs freeâ azzi explained. âwhat did you guys even do that made coach geno be in fumes?â i asked.
âteased coach about paige dating on of his children.. theyâre our age thoughâ aubrey steps in. âoh id send you guys to 25 laps as wellâ i joked. âwhatever!â azzi says.
i told paige to come with me the the bleachers, still being nonchalant.
âso where do we begin..â i hummed. i could feel that paige felt awkward
âname?â i started.
âpaige bueckersâ
âyear?â
âim a juniorâ
sheâs 2 years older than me.
âcurrent gpa?â
â3.9â
not bad.
âworkloard in school?â
âatleast 5 worksheets and 2 tests per weekâ
âcan you finish them on time?â
âdependsâ
âwhatâs your hardest subject?â
âchemistryâ
âfavorite subject?â
âanatomyâ
âokay thatâs all for now. we still have more interviews in the future, and a possible group study session with the others. thank you!â i tell paige.
âthanksâ paige coldly replies.
after an interview with aubrey, azzi, and the others, i wrapped it up, just in time for them to do their own preps before training. i was looking for a water dispenser as i was thirsty. i passed by the locker room and heard a voice.
âwhat is she even doing here? canât she do her studies somewhere else? we donât need her broâ the voice stated, which i think was pertaining to me.
âpaige, just be kind. its a freshmanâs research, you know how tough some professors are with the freshmans, they would have to give their bestâ another voice replied back.
âwhatever, letâs just get to practiceâ paige scoffs. i rolled by eyes and realized that it was my signal to go, i didnât want them to see me. i quickly got my water and got out of the court, thanking coach geno and the other members who were just sitting on the bleachers.
as i walk, i start to feel discouraged. i just want to do whatâs best for me, and a person who doesnât know me just talks bad about what im doing. i guess i just have to suck it up, i have no time for negativity anyways. just focus on being able to transfer to stanford.
uconn, your star is not-so shining to me.
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ââ WALK WITH ME x KATAKURI +18
SNACK TIME
disclaimer: food play? Nt rlly, smut, penetrative, nsfw content, pnv, etcâŠ
a/n: minors dni. I guess this is me participating in kinktober? LOL maybe just twice. I have 2 nsfw drafts⊠though the other one is more plot than smut. Be kindâŠstill trying to shake off my writers block.
Hear me out.... He's huge and you're... not. Talk about size kink. Lets talk about his daily snack times. The one time throughout the day where he can lie down on his back, remove his scarf and inhale donuts... or.. walk with me.
Lets say he has a wife who joins him on these snack times of his. Wearing nothing but donuts and STAY WITH ME OKAY. His donuts are HUGE because of his size. so they fit perfectly against your body.
Can you imagine Katakuri watching you climb off his snack cart... wearing only donuts? Or maybe he picks you up from the cart whichever suits your fancy.
Or maybe youâre a chef in toto land (on-top of being his wife) so maybe you not only prepare his donuts but serve it to himâŠin nothing but a apron, sat very prettily on his cartâŠone of his donuts in your hand and you hold it out to him once he finishes making his little get-away.
The donuts giving Katakuri the perfect opportunity to devour you. Mmm... imagine your body littered with bite marks, hickeys, and hand prints.
We've all seen his tongue... Imagine him eating you till he's completely satisfied or until your completely under his control. Which ever came first, both of your brains too scrambled to know.
Maybe youâve had a day repairing some dessert based buildings that big mom destroyed in one of her hunger painsâŠSo youâve been looking forward to your husbands snack time so much so that your trembling with desperation and need, not that he didnât notice. Katakuri taking advantage of his observation haki saved your present breath by looking into the future to catch himself up to speed. So ever the vigilant husband, lies down without much fuss with his hands held out, just for you, his wife whoâll need the support.
âWell, come on then. Youâve waited long enough so take what youâve been waiting for.â And so you do, take what youâve been waiting for, which is a seat on your husbands pretty little face. Your hands holding his, sighing as your husbands tongue, strong, wet, long, and warm, went to work plunging deep, licking as every little inch within you. âHaah,â you moan loudly as his lips made out with your lower lips. âI do adore that look in your eyes,â You moan, back arching as you came, biting your lip at the sound of Katakuri swallowing your slick.
FOLLOW ME. Nearly done. Can we talk about his hands? I just know he's amazing at massaging, you get me? Huge and INSANELY warm hands caressing every inch of your bruised and kissed skin⊠Heâd wait till youâre completely relaxed to take his time sliding inâŠPressing your head down and pushing your legs farther apart BEFORE you start to squirm. âI understand your discomfort beloved but if you jerk...Youâll hurt yourself.â Not to mention he had to have complete and utter control of you.
Imagine him bending, twisting and stretching you into any position he could think of. I mean the skys the limit with him. You on your back, hips raised, legs in a deep V shape... Mmm now thats a dangerous position. The way he'd be able to rip the soul from your body?
What about downward doggy? The way he'd trail his fingers down your spine? your body obeying the silent command and arching beautifully. Your arms stretched straight infront of you, hands being held or pinned by his... Just depends on your perspective.
The way it would feel like the air being vaccumed from your very lungs? Besides that. I do have some thoughts about how heâd go about incorporating his haki into hisâŠsnack time, but weâll circle back to that.
âŠDID I LOSE YOU?
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Gilded Constellations | (wolfstar x reader)
â©âË.ââșâ⧠Merry Christmas everyone â©âË.ââșââ§
Series Masterlist | Previous episode
Pairing: Wolfstar x Reade rWord Count: 7 K Warnings: None. Prompt: Where does your hear lay? Who does it belong to? This IS a wolfstar x reader fic, but it's incredibly slow burn. They won't start all dating each other until we're very deep into the story, but I promise the long wait will be worth it.
Chapter 26: Hooked on a feeling
Thursday, November 25th, 1976
As you walked back to the common room with your friends, Sirius didnât let go of your hand at all. Remus, who had been the one with the idea, stood rather close to the two of you, and the rest also kept a close eye on you. Especially Peter who seemed to have been altered by the whole situation.Â
By the time youâd got to the common room you were a lot more relaxed, there was something about walking with your friends that just made you feel instantly better, even if you werenât saying much. You easily realised how fast Remus had driven the subject of the conversation to something else, being backed up by Sirius who didnât shut up about the new songs heâd gotten from his cousin Andromeda, it all had helped you order your thoughts better.Â
Yes, you hadnât been paying attention to the strength of your spell, and yes, it had been quite strong, enough to push Evan back a couple of metres but not enough to really hurt him, it had probably stung like a bitch, but looking at things from a different perspective, he might have been more pissed because he lost, and because you had helped turn off the fire with your relashio, than he had been hurt by your spell. In fact, even if Seraphina had practically dragged him out of the classroom, he had been walking when he left.Â
And then you remembered the way he had laughed at your attempts to open the door of the shack and you almost thought he actually deserved it, even if your intention had never been to actually hurt him. And then you remembered Barty, and you knew heâd be absolutely pissed at you which had you shiver and inch just a little closer to Sirius.Â
He gave you a rather puzzled look, wondering what could have been going on in your mind before squeezing your hand comfortingly.Â
Eventually, you all ended up in the common room, Remus pulled out the food from his backpack and handed it over to you. They had picked sandwiches, sausages, bacon and a lot of other tasty, meaty treats. You almost laughed, they had noticed that you had been craving meat, and they had gone and picked probably every single thing with it on the meal.Â
When the girls had gone off to the library together, James, who had been sitting on the rug as he snuck some of the treats from your plate when he thought you werenât looking, leaned in to ask âHow did it go with Ricchie?âÂ
You looked around for a second, making sure there was no one listening in, and responded âheâs on board, he said itâd be hard to convince the headless hunt.âÂ
James smiled âknew you could convince him,â he said as he pulled back âYouâre damn good at that.âÂ
âI guess I am,â you smiled. quite pleased with yourself, âDoes that mean Iâm playing on Sunday?â Â
James laughed as he shook his head in disbelief âDonât push your luck Vixi, you might be charming, but it depends on how you know what is looking by then.âÂ
You huffed in response, and let yourself lean back in between Sirius and Remus as you took another sausage and started to munch on it âWhen will you go get the recipes?â You asked, turning to Remus.
âAfter dinner,â he said, âyou think your talk with Nightshade will be done by then?âÂ
You took a deep breath âI certainly hope it will⊠Oh, by the way, I found the perfect place to brew the potionâŠâÂ
âReally, where?â Sirius asked casually.Â
âThereâs a secret room near the Prefect Bathrooms, Richie showed me,â you started âItâs very small, kinda like a map room, with lots of forbidden books hidden in there, I assume Richie was as much of a trouble maker as you lot when he was aliveâŠâÂ
âKinda like a map room?â he asked again, you had piqued his curiosity.Â
âYou lot?! As if you werenât includedâŠâ mumbled James.Â
You threw him a wink and turned back to Sirius âWell, itâs got a massive table in the centre, perfect for maps or large parchments and things like that,â you explained, âbut I also saw a few potion things on the corner, I mean of course thereâs no sink or anything like that, but Iâm sure we can make do with what we have, itâs perfect! Completely away from prying eyes too. And you know people barely even cross that hallway anywayâŠâÂ
âWell I guess youâll show me your secret room and Iâll show you our secret map,â Remus said with a shrug.Â
âWeâre showing her the map?â Peter asked.Â
James nodded âIndeed we are little Wormtail, it was an executive decision since sheâs now an Honourable Marauder.âÂ
âWait! Really?â you asked, with a small gasp.Â
Sirius nodded, wrapping his arm over your shoulder, leaving his hand near your neck so as not to touch your wounded arm and smiled at you âYou didnât know?â he tsked.Â
You shook your head, âbut itâs only natural, isnât it? You know my secret now,â Remus said calmly.
âLily does too,â you replied âAnd sheâs not a-â
âAnd then thereâs Vixen,â Peter said matter of factly, cutting you off mid-sentence.Â
âAaaaand youâre going to do your first official Marauders Prank tomorrow,â Sirius finished.Â
âBut⊠this- this feels like⊠Itâs like being knighted or somethingâŠâÂ
That got a chuckle from every single one of the boys, James stood up then, taking his wand in his hand, you looked at him puzzled when he extended his arm with his hand and placed it over your shoulder âLady VixenâŠâ he started.Â
âWhat? Prongs youâre insane!â Â
âShut up,â he said simply, and cleared his throat âLady Vixen,â he repeated the same actions as before âI hereby declare you an honourable member of The Marauders,â he finished.Â
âAs an official member, I ratify the decree,â Remus added.Â
âI ratify it a second time,â Peter added.Â
Sirius looked at you with a teasing smile âI donât know about thatâŠâ he started but laughed mid-sentence when he saw the stares from all of his friends âAll right⊠All right⊠I ratify the decree a third time, Kitâs one of us now.âÂ
James smiled âSettled then, you can now know about the map.âÂ
âWhich map?â You asked, curiosity taking the best of you.Â
âNot yet,â Remus said âSheâll see it in due time.âÂ
âOh! Youâre such a tease!â you said, leaning back in between Remus and Sirius again, crossing your arms over each other with a small pout, which just got Remus to chuckle, you looked way too adorable.Â
Then the clock chimed in âDinner time,â Peter said with a smile.Â
James stood up âSounds brilliant, Iâm famished.âÂ
âYouâve been eating my food since we got here,â you teased. He looked at you in shock, as if he was surprised he hadnât been as sneaky as he thought he had been. The rest of the boys just laughed.Â
âNo, I havenât.â James said casually âmust have imagined it.âÂ
You just laughed at the seriousness he used to say it âSo youâre saying I hallucinated it?âÂ
James nodded âIndeed you have, perhaps we really should take you to Pomfrey.âÂ
âAll right Prongs, whatever you say,â you responded.Â
You separated from the boys when Marlene waved at you to sit right next to her, she wanted to ask you about learning to use confringo, and you spent the rest of the dinner discussing some advanced duelling spells with her, Beth, Lily and Mary had joined in the conversation a little later on and you discovered you all knew some spells the others didnât.Â
âWe should study them together,â Beth said âFind a quiet place and practice so we become better duelists.â Beth had joined the duelling club a couple of weeks before you had.Â
âIâd tag along with you girls,â Mary quipped âItâs always useful to know a thing or two about defending yourself, could help me brush up on my curses and hexes for next yearâs N.E.W.T.S.âÂ
âItâs a fantastic idea indeed,â Lily said âI say we do it.âÂ
âReally?â You asked her a little surprised.Â
âYeah, we could make our own little duelling club,â she said âSeems useful for the times weâre living in.âÂ
Maryâs face turned a little sour. âIâd rather not talk about the times weâre living in.âÂ
You were about to say something else when you felt a hand on your shoulder, you looked up and swallowed, it was Professor Nightshade, âHave you finished your meal?â she asked politely. You nodded in response. âGood, please follow me to my office.âÂ
Lily gave you a worried look but you gave her a smile in return, whatever punishment she was going to give you, it couldnât be too bad. âIâll just take something for the way,â you told her, stood up and walked towards the boys, leaning in to grab an apple from the bowl right next to Remus âWhere are we regrouping?" you whispered.Â
"Give me your hand," he said.Â
You turned to look at Nightshade, she was tapping her feet as she stood near the girls and looked, you swallowed, but instantly did as asked. Remus took your hand and placed a small, crescent moon bead that he took from his pocket, allowing his fingers to linger on your palm for a little too long before he spoke again.
"Keep it with you, weâll find you."
You frowned, giving him a puzzled look, but turned back at Nightshade who looked like she was losing her temper and you nodded, Remus heard you say something like "Sorry Professor, I was looking for the right one," as you approached her with what he assumed was another one of those charming apologetic smiles of yours.Â
"You gave her your charm," Sirius said as he saw you go.Â
"So we can find her after the library," Remus responded, turning back to the other boy, "you ready?"Â
Sirius smirked "Iâm always ready, Moons. But we need to get the cloak first."
"And the map," the other boy added. âProngs and Wormtail will be working on the escape plan all night, youâll join them and practise the spells afterwards, right?"
Sirius nodded in return, âYouâll stay with Vixen and prepare the potion,â he then hesitated for a second âAsk her if sheâs all right for me?â Remus gave Sirius a frown, and the blue-eyed boy took a deep breath, âSheâs always at ease when youâre around, and for some reason, I feel like she would tell you ifââÂ
Remus shook his head ââShe wouldnât.âÂ
âNo, but Iâm sure, you even told me about that time after practice that-âÂ
ââPads.â Remus said calmly âSheâs not going to tell me shit, not this time.âÂ
âButââÂ
â-Itâs because it was me,â the taller boy explained. âShe wonât say shit because I was the one to scratch her, Iâm the reason sheâs hurt.âÂ
âThatâs not fair,â Sirius countered, âYou didnât mean to, she knows it.âÂ
âAnd thatâs exactly why she wouldnât tell me if she was off,â Remus sighed âShe doesnât want me to feel bad about it, and I donât want to make her uncomfortable by making her lie.â Yeah, Remus knew what it was like to lie to his friends about the way he was feeling, he knew what it was like to feel the need to do it as if not to worry them, he didnât want you to go through that, especially since he had been the one to hurt you in the first place.
Sirius sighed, leaning against the table, holding his head up with his hands, his beautiful curls cascading around his face and spilling between his fingers. Remus stared, almost enthralled by the beauty of his friend before speaking again.Â
âShe knew, you know?â he said suddenly.Â
âShe knew what?â Sirius asked, pulling his head up to look at Remus straight in the eyes.Â
âShe knew I was a werewolf,â the boy admitted. âWhen she arrived at the Shack and cranked the door open, she was relieved to see me for a whole of like 60 seconds before she realised how screwed she was.âÂ
âBut how?!â the blue-eyed boy asked, confused.
âAt first I thought it had been youââ Remus admitted.
âI would never!âÂ
âI know,â Remus agreed âBut you canât blame me for thinking it a possibility, especially with how close you are to each other.âÂ
âBut you should know I would never, especially after the-âÂ
ââI know.â Remus cut him off, a little sharper now, he did not want to talk about the prank.Â
âThen how did she find out?âÂ
âShe guessed it,â Remus said with a tight lip smile, surprise and unbelievability spilling from his voice. Had Sirius not been paying attention to how attractive his friend looked with that smile on his face perhaps he would have realised the way Remus had said it sounded an awful lot like someone who had a crush âShe said it was in the infirmary, last full moon.âÂ
Sirius almost winced âAfter the ring incidentâŠâ
âI highly doubt it was just the ring incident,â Remus reassured, âAnyway, my point is⊠she knew, and she didnât tell anyone about it. She didnât ask me, she didnât ask you. All because she didnât want to put us in an awkward position.âÂ
Sirius sighed, slumping his shoulders as he did âSheâs a considerate idiot.âÂ
Remus laughed and nodded. After a couple of seconds of silence, he tilted his head just a little, effectively getting Siriusâ attention back on him. As much as he hated to admit it, he loved it when Sirius looked at him like that. âLetâs get the cloak thenâŠâ he said with a mischievous smile. Â
âLetâs get the cloak,â Sirius responded with an equally mischievous grin.Â
You had been the one to enter her office first, Nightshade trailing behind just to shut the door as she entered the room and walked towards her chair. She must have been just as tall as you, regardless, she carried herself in a way that made you feel smaller, almost intimidated, perhaps it had to do with how beautiful she was. You remember feeling like the time you met Walburga a couple of years ago, Nightshade had the same imposing aura, except she carried a hint of peacefulness to her, rather than the unhinged chaos that hid behind Walburgaâs eyes.Â
You swallowed as she continued walking all the way to her desk, she didnât walk behind it though, she instead leaned back on it, elegance unmatched, âMiss (Y/LN).â
You didnât say a word, instead, you nodded in acknowledgement, letting her know you were listening even if your voice refused to come out.Â
âYou must know why I brought you here.âÂ
âBecause I used a very strong, downright almost-illegal hex on Evan Rosier.âÂ
She laughed, a graceful laugh that you were not expecting to hear âThatâs not why youâre here.âÂ
âIâm sorry?! I thought you wouldâ I thought I was here because⊠if itâs not that, then why?âÂ
âTake a guess,â she said with a playful smile. You werenât sure if you were intimidated by it or not.Â
âBecause of the classes I missed? Iâm sorry about that, it was really something unexpected and IââÂ
âThatâs not it either.âÂ
âThen Iâ I donât understandââÂ
âHowâs your shoulder?â She asked casually.Â
âItâs a lot better,â you said before you turned to look at her in shock. âHow did youâŠâÂ
âYouâre not the only one thatâs friends with the ghosts darling,â she said. âCome over, let me check it.âÂ
You did as told, unbuttoning your blouse for her to inspect your wound âIs that why Iâm here?â you asked as she carefully unrolled the bandage.Â
âDamocles Belby came to me on Tuesday, knocking on the door very early in the morning,â she started, âhe said you had gone to the forbidden forest to get an ingredient for a potion, and that you hadnât returned when you told him you would,â you winced as her hand graced over one of the injured sections âhe told me what he wanted and why he wanted it for. I knew in an instant either Remus had told you about his condition or that you had guessed yourself.âÂ
âYou know aboutââÂ
âOf course I do. Iâm the teacher of Defence Against the Dark Arts. I was informed the moment I got here.âÂ
âAnd Dumbledore just told you?!â you scoffed, sounding a little more offended and angry than you intended.Â
She chuckled in return, âWe go way back,â she said with a small smile âEither way, when you didnât get to class I started to worry,â she continued âBut I went over to check on Remus on the infirmary and he was calm enough, I knew he hadnât hurt you, or at least that he hadnât hurt you lethaIIy.âÂ
âIf you knew I was hurt, then why did you put me in a duel against Evan?âÂ
âI didnât think either of you would go as hard as you did on each other,â she admitted âand I wanted to know if you really were hurt.âÂ
âIs that why you placed your hand over my shoulder and helped me up?âÂ
âYou almost had me fooled,â she admitted âI would have bought your act had it not been for the reactions of your friends.âÂ
A small smile played on your lips, you were proud.Â
âYouâre a strong one Miss (Y/LN),â she said as she inspected the wound âWhoever did the healing, is incredible at it,â she said casually âIâve never seen a werewolf infringed wound looking so good after such little time.âÂ
You didnât say a word which just got another small smile from her. She liked that you wouldnât speak, it showed your strength of character and stubbornness.Â
âFine then, do not tell me,â she added as she started wrapping the bandage again âYou know it will scar, right?âÂ
âYesâŠâ you responded.Â
âAnd you donât care?â she pressed.Â
You turned to her, holding her stare as you clenched your jaw, what kind of question is that?, you thought. âI donât,â you said simply, âIf it had been anyone else perhaps IââYou stopped yourself from talking, she did not need to hear your inner monologue. âWhy am I here?â you asked as you pulled back and started buttoning your blouse back up.
âBecause I wanted to know somethingâŠâÂ
âAnd that is?âÂ
âTell me, do you believe in bIood purity?âÂ
âThatâs a bunch of bullshit,â you said simply.Â
She didnât react, her face plain âBold of you to say, when you come from a pure-bIood family.âÂ
âItâs because I come from one that I know itâs bullshit, I know wizards twice as good as me that are not purebloods.â
She hummed, âI donât think many wizards can be twice as good as you.â Â
âYou can think whatever you like,â you spat, you had always liked Professor Nightshade, admired her even, but you didnât like the way she was speaking right now, it made you wary.Â
âI like your bite,â she informed. âYou could be really useful, you know...â Â
âFor who?âÂ
She smiled at the way you had asked, so forward âI can teach you,â She said, âPersonal classes, one-on-one, I can make you the best duelist to ever walk out of this schoolâŠâÂ
âAnd at what cost?âÂ
âYou donât beat around the bush, do you?âÂ
âI have places to be, things to do, friends to see, donât you?âÂ
She laughed, diverted at how serious you were being âDumbledore.â You blinked a couple of times after she spoke. âYouâd be working for Dumbledore.â
You looked at her, pupils moving fast as you thought about what she said âYouâre not recruiting me for my talent,â you said then âyou want me for my name, for my fatherâs contacts.âÂ
âNothing slips past you, does it?â she said with a smile âbut I wouldnât be talking to you if you werenât talented.âÂ
You squared your shoulders but didnât say a thing.Â
âSo⊠What do you say?âÂ
Remus and Sirius had gotten the cloak and were already halfway through the passageways that would lead them to the library. Once they were about to get into the hallway, Sirius pulled the cloak from his backpack and handed it over to Remus, who, since he was the taller of the two, was almost always the one to accommodate it.Â
Back when they were smaller it was way easier to get inside the cloak, in fact, the four boys would do it often, and they had no issues fitting in and still being completely invisible. The last time they tried to do it, no matter how close they stood to each other, someoneâs shoes ended up being visible. Thatâs why they resorted to going two at a time, knowing full well that three was their max.Â
Remus took the cloak and unfolded it in a swift motion, wrapping it around Sirius and himself in a movement that he had done so many times before that it made him look as elegant as a professional muggle magician wrapping his beautiful assistant for a trick.Â
Sirius looked up at him with a teasing smile as he finished adjusting the cloak, âLetâs go then.âÂ
The two boys walked outside of the hole in the wall and walked alongside each other with practice ease. Remus was awful close to Sirius under the cloak, it was one of the reasons heâd almost always volunteer to go when he did, even if he was feeling off, hanging out with the boy always made him feel better. Either because of the jokes heâd cracked or because of the sheer excitement of just being close to him.Â
Sirius heard a sound and stopped abruptly, placing a hand over his mouth to silently indicate to him to keep quiet. Remus, who was not expecting the sudden movement, collided with him, his nose almost crashing into Siriusâ head. He got a whiff of his scent, the one of pine trees, musk and a tinge of leather that you loved so much and he had to shut his eyes close to try and regain his stance. Sirius had no clue the effect he had on people. Or perhaps he did know the effect he had on people, since he often used it to his advantage, he just didnât know the effect he had on Remus. After a second, the boy nodded and the two continued walking, once they had successfully gotten into the restricted section of the library, Remus took the cloak off the two of them.Â
Sirius leaned closer, placing his hand on Remusâ shoulder to prompt his friend to bend down, when Remus obliged, he tilted his head towards the boy, his long locks brushing against Remusâ shoulder and cheeks. And while Remus was used to this, Sirius was touchy, heâd always been, and he probably always would be, it didnât stop the shiver that went down his spine when Sirius finally whispered in his ear âLetâs split, Iâll find the potions book, you find the charms one.â Â
When Sirius finally pulled back, his hand still on Remusâ shoulder, the boy nodded âKeep the cloak,â he suggested âMy disillusionment charm is better.âÂ
Sirius arched his eyebrows, diverted. âYou should see Vixenâs, she was never spoiled with Jamesâ invisibility cloak like you and I.âÂ
âBet hers is even better,â Remus said and gave Sirius a wink before casting the spell and becoming almost imperceptible to Sirius. He blinked a few times, staring at nothing for a couple of seconds before he turned around to look for the book. But as he did, he couldnât help but replay Remusâ wink and smile in his head, he wasnât sure heâd ever seen that expression on his friendâs face. Or perhaps he had seen it, heâd just never observed it properly. And it had certainly never lingered in his head like it had that day.Â
But he shook those weird thoughts off and went straight to look for the book, using his wand to light the names of the tomes as he looked through the different potion books available. He skipped through Potionology: Crafting Magic in a Bottle and Secrets of the Cauldron. There had to be something wrong with the way the books in the section were ordered since none of them followed the standard alphabetical order arrangements normal bookshelves had.Â
He considered using Accio to get the book he was looking for, but it hadnât worked last time, and most of the restricted section books had anti-summoning charms since they had to be kept away from most studentsâ hands. So he instead kept looking, making his lumus just a little more powerful so he could see a bit more of the books at the same time.Â
Remus was on the far left corner of the room, looking through the charm books to try and find the right one when he heard a noise coming from the other side of the library. It had been faint, so faint that he wouldnât have noticed it, had it not been because of his acute hearing. Sometimes being a monster came with its perks.Â
He knew the sound was far away, so far that it wouldnât be a problem for either of them if it didnât get closer, so he kept his ears perked as he continued to look for the book. It didnât take him much, since he knew exactly what he had been looking for. In fact, they had borrowed that same book a couple of times before, and it had a rather distinctive bright red cover, with shiny black details, it was almost impossible to miss. He took it out from its spot on the bookshelf, being careful not to make as much noise as he did, and then he placed it in his bag.Â
But thatâs when he heard it, the sound from earlier had been steps. Steps that were approaching them pretty damn fast. Remus looked around, trying to find Sirius, and the boy was still looking for the book with his wand brightly lit, completely unaware of the sounds that were so clearly drumming in Remusâ ears. âFuck,â he whispered as he started speed walking towards his friend.Â
Thud, thud, thud, the steps echoed ominously, growing closer and faster with each passing moment. Remus increased his peace, trying to get to Sirius before whoever was stepping closer to them did.
Remus looked around, trying to find him, and he was still looking for the book with his wand brightly lit, completely unaware of the approaching danger. Thud, thud, THUD, it was getting closer, so close Remus had to improvise.Â
He grabbed the cloak and repeated the same motion he had done earlier, wrapping it around the two of them in a second, but not measuring his strength, he ended up pressing Sirius against the bookshelf, the boy was about to protest, but Remus heard the steps getting even closer, so he placed one hand on Siriusâ mouth and the other one, he wrapped around the light still coming from the boyâs wand.Â
Sirius was shocked at first. Itâs not that it was weird for Remus to stand so close to him, in fact, the line of personal space had been rather blurry between them for the longest time âespecially with how handsy Sirius was all the timeâ but this was different. The way Remus was pressing onto him reminded him an awful lot of the way he pressed himself onto you sometimes. Sirius almost panicked, breath hitched in his throat when he turned his icy blue eyes to Moonyâs face.
He was towering above him, breath steady as he looked to the side, head slightly tilted as he listened on. The footsteps were finally becoming audible for Sirius as well, but even if he was hearing them, he wasnât quite registering them, he was too busy staring at Remus. He swallowed, focusing his eyes on Remusâs lips for a second before turning back to his eyes, feeling panic at the thoughts surging through his head.Â
For the first time in a while, Sirius was completely frozen in place, not knowing exactly what to do in a situation like this. He wondered if Prongs had been the one doing the same thing, what wouldâve been his reaction. How different would it have been from the reaction heâd given Wormtail? What if it was you?Â
Remus, who had been focusing on the steps rather than on the way he had trapped Sirius between his arms, seemed to finally understand the position he had placed his friend in. But even if he could feel most of Siriusâs chest against his own, and how their legs were almost intertwined with each other, he had to focus on the situation at hand. Luckily Remus was resourceful enough to be able to focus on one thing at a time, and right at that moment, the approaching steps seemed to be a priority.Â
The sound was so close now, even Sirius managed to free himself from the trance and turned his eyes to the creak of the metal door being opened. It was Professor Spellman, Remus realised. The man strolled in casually and started looking through the shelves with the light of a small kerosene lantern.Â
When he got closer to the place where both boys stood, Remus pressed himself a little closer to Sirius, their heads so close Sirius could feel Monnyâs breath on his ear. He could also feel the soft rise and fall of his friendâs chest against his own. For some reason the image of Remusâ pirate costume came to his mind, how both you and him had tried to fix his collar when Remus stepped away and took some distance. Remus certainly didnât seem to care about the closeness now.Â
Remus could feel Siriusâ curls tickling his cheeks, and he could also feel the way Siriusâ breath had caught in his throat. He could sense out the scent of his shampoo, and he also smelled a little of you. No, your smell was all over Sirius just like Siriusâ smell was almost always all over you. It was an absolutely intoxicating mix, downright bewitching. So much so that he almost leaned closer to bury his head on Siriusâ neck when he realised what he was doing and leaned to the side instead, pretending like he was just looking at Spellman.
Sirius eventually let go of the initial shock, and even if his heart was pounding against his chest, he managed to maintain a slow, regular breathing pattern, as if not to call the attention of Spellman. He had practice already, heâd been in one too many dangerous and exciting situations, being just about to get caught wasnât foreign to him. What was foreign, is how weird being so close to Remus made him feel.Â
Which is why he did the only thing he knew worked in situations like that, and he decided to make a joke of his feelings and thoughts instead of dealing with them. He vividly remembered his own reaction to you doing this to him, he wanted to see if Remus would keep his composure if he did the exact same thing.Â
Sirius Black might give me a heart attack, Remus thought as he felt the way the blue-eyed boy shifted around. And then, all of a sudden, he felt it; wet and sticky, did he just fucking lick my hand? Remus wondered. But decided he might have imagined it. Except he felt it a second time around. He frowned, turning around to see if Spellman was still close, when he realised he was just far enough, he tightened his grip around the boyâs mouth âSirius. Behave!â Remus berated in a low demanding voice.Â
Not Pads, not Siri, but Sirius, your boyfriend realised as his breath hitched in his throat yet again. The way Remus Lupin had said that straight up sent a shiver down his spine. He gulped and obediently shut his mouth.Â
Remus, on the other hand, was really trying to maintain his steady breath. Even, as he felt his heart hammering against his chest. It was so loud to him, he wondered if Spellman could hear it because Sirius had to be hearing it. At least he could chuck it to the brink of almost being caught. Eventually, the professor grabbed a book and walked outside.Â
When the thumps of his footsteps sounded far enough, he finally pulled his hand from Siriusâ mouth, looking at the boy straight in the eye as he continued breathing heavily. He pulled back as well, finally letting the space normal friends would keep when hanging around each other. Sirius almost missed the closeness, no he did miss the closeness, which was even worse.
âYou got the book?â Remus asked before either of them could say something weird. Sirius shook his head and the two of them started to look for the book. Both still under the cloak, both still so dangerously close to each other that, had any of the two wanted, they would have been able to bask in each otherâs warmth. But both kept their distanc, both too scared of what the other might have been thinking.Â
âItâs here,â Sirius said as he pulled the book from the shelf âThe Alchemistâs Grimoire, right?âÂ
Remus nodded, âLetâs get out of here.â Â
You were walking back to the common room when you felt someoneâs hand on your arm, yanking you towards their chest. You didnât have to even look to know it had been Sirius. His cologne filling your nostrils the moment you were wrapped inside the cloak, âSo you did find me,â you said turning to Remus, who was also under the cloak, he was placing a piece of parchment behind him, tucking it in between his pants and sweater.Â
âHow was the talk? Youâve got detention?â Sirius asked, moving you to stand right in between the two of them. You felt a little squeezed and thought it was weird since normally Sirius would just stand behind you, but shrugged it off.Â
âNo,â you said âShe actually wanted to train me,â you explained âShe said I could make a fine duelist.âÂ
âSheâs not wrong,â Remus said simply. You turned to him with eyebrows raised âWhat? We all saw the way you quashed Evan.âÂ
âThat wasnât⊠never mind, how was your incursion in the library?â you asked, drifting the subject away. Both boys tensed up, you probably wouldnât have noticed, but you were quite literally pressed in between the two âThat bad?âÂ
âSpellman,â Remus said, âHe walked inside while we were still looking, we had to stay very still under the cloak for a long while.âÂ
âOh, must have been fun,â you joked with a teasing smile, but neither of them reacted, which had you side-eye the two with a bit of a frown.Â
âYou bet,â Remus responded after a rather long silence. You frowned, something was definitely off between the two. Did they fight? And if they did, over what? you thought, even if âfightâ wasnât exactly the vibe you were getting.Â
The three of you continued walking for a while, âthis is my stop,â Sirius said suddenly, the three of you stopped walking, and Sirius placed his hand on your shoulder to guide you closer to the entrance of the passageway heâd take back to the dorms.Â
âThis is for you,â Remus said as he pulled out the charms book from his shoulder bag, Sirius took it and gave him the other book in return. You observed their interactions with squinted eyes, they were both a little stiff, robotic. Especially Sirius, actually, it might have just been Sirius, Remus did look a little fazed but he always did after the full moon, and it had barely been a couple of days since the incident either way.Â
âMind if I steal her for a minute?â Sirius said as he grabbed your wrist and pulled you inside the passage along with him. You gave Remus a questioning look and he just shrugged, allowing Sirius to basically pull you all the way to the other side, letting the tapesry to fall back into place, giving you both just enough privacy.Â
You managed to barely give Sirius a look before he had you pinned against the cold stone wall and leaned into you. You didnât even have a chance to gasp before he swallowed the sound by clashing his mouth into yours. Sirius hadnât kissed you that hungrily since, perhaps a couple of days ago when you were still craving meat above anything else, but even back then, it had been you the one that had started the kiss. The one time he had kissed you, remotely like that, had perhaps been at the Halloween PartyâŠ
You knew something was up, but you couldnât help but melt into the kiss either way, perhaps he was just too stressed after almost being caught and he wanted a way to find release. And no, using you as a relief of stress was not at all making you feel bad, in fact, you kind of enjoyed being able to help him, to anchor him.Â
Sirius pushed even closer to you, sliding his knee in between your legs as he placed both hands on your face, angling it however he pleased, you let him, in fact, you enjoyed it. The way he kissed you made you feel giddy and excited and almost weak on the knees. You wrapped your hands around his neck, using him as support as you brushed your fingers on the nape of his neck. He responded by pressing his hips to you, probably involuntarily, but you had noticed he absolutely loved it when you placed your fingers there, under his beautiful black locks, so you did it when you wanted a reaction from him.Â
He accidentally brushed your wounded shoulder, and you winced, âSorry,â he mumbled, separating from your mouth for just enough to be able to say the words and going straight back to kissing you, letting his hands wrap around your waist instead. You didnât realise until much later that Sirius had not once, in the many times he kissed you after you got hurt, been so careless with his kisses, so needy.Â
But you didnât care, you couldnât care, really. Not with the way he had you pressed against the stone wall, not with the way he had his lips moving around yours in such a demanding way, not with the way he smelled. And boy, did he smell fucking delicious that day. It was his normal cologne, the smell of musk and leather, but there was something else in the mix too, something you couldnât quite place. Or perhaps it was something that your brain just didnât want to place, since it was Remus. What you were smelling, the one thing that was different had been there just because of the way Moony had pressed Sirius against the wall. But you didnât know, and there was no way you realised either way. Not with the way Siriusâs kiss made your mind foggy.Â
When he finally broke the kiss, the two of you were panting, and he started placing soft, butterfly kisses all over your face. He looked at you with a lovesick smile âYouâre stunning, you know that?â he asked.Â
You blushed, as if it was possible to blush even more than you already had, but you somehow managed to sober up from the kiss and placed your hand on his cheek, he keened to the touch, still with a smile as he looked at you with those beautiful icy-blue eyes of his, shining brightly in the dark room âAre you okay Puppy?â you asked, a small smile forming in your face.Â
Siriusâ smile faltered for only a second, as if he had remembered something and he nodded âMore than perfect,â he smirked, âespecially after that kiss.â His tone had changed, he was flirting, he was distracting you. Â
You averted your gaze, sometimes you were weaker to his advances, sometimes his flirting affected you a lot more than normally, even if you shouldâve already gotten used to it. But there was something still bothering you in the back of your head and you turned back to look at him, âAre you sure?â
Sirius smiled at your concern, but also because whatever had him feeling so off minutes earlier, was gone, you were there, and he wanted to kiss you, not Moony, but you. So whatever that had been, must have been a spur-of-the-moment thing, he was utterly and irrevocably in love with you, which meant there was no way he liked Remus. Because you couldnât like two people at the same time, that was impossible⊠right?Â
âAbsolutely,â he said, placing another one of those quick wet kisses, this time to your lips, âMoonyâs waiting outside for you luv, arenât you planning to go?âÂ
You tilted your head, a small scoff slipping from your lips âYouâre the one that cornered me in the dark hallway Puppy.âÂ
He hummed as he tilted his head âYou want another kiss donât you, little Kit?â he teased after hearing the nickname.
You shrugged, ignoring the pain from your shoulder and leaned in to whisper in his ear âMaybe later lover boy, weâve got work to do,â you said in what you hoped was a seductive tone before leaning in and placing a soft kiss in his mouth. Seconds after you disappeared through the curtain.Â
Sirius looked at you, frozen in place again, mouth agape as he saw the tapestry shut behind you. He swallowed, face stoic once more, the way you had whispered in his ear, had reminded him an awful lot of the way Remus had earlier, softer, almost like a purr rather than a demanding bark, but both had felt as intimate as the other. Both equally shiver inducing.
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would you mind sharing your marc marquez likes you power ranking?
im still working it out in my minddddd⊠so. with the caveat that i am just saying words recreationally:
alex
HUGE gap
aleix has known him FOREVER. theyre complex but im throwin him here bc there arent many men on the grid marc would let ass-lift him to the moon
im gonna say. fabio. traded helmets. always friendly. also fabio LOVES HIM and marc will usually match someone's energyâŠ. have they hung out much this year? no. but we always have TOMORROW
enea⊠maybe⊠heâs ALSO known him about ten years by now and enea is like. the contrarian of the italians. friendly little guys having gay brunch together as ive discussed⊠again marc WILL meet your energy and i think enea is just kind of a dreamy lil sweetie sometimes and he can leave stuff on track pretty well. marc appreciates that i would wagerâŠ
about on par with enea if MAYBE slightly under him depending on who weâre talking about are the rest of the spanish/catalan riders... he helmet traded with jorge martin last year, he was teammates with joan... i think mileage varies depending on how long hes known em but we can go ahead and group them under distantly friendly but bonded by place of origin. pedro not really a marc fan but also a child so he maybe drops a few places but not too far.
luca. true neutral. would be friendlier but the vale of it all prevents them from wearing joint turtlenecks to some event in like. cunty solidarity
diggia? needs further investigation
pecco. do i think hes UNfriendly no. do i think they could easily GET unfriendly absolutely. they dont super jive to each other's jokes, pecco was mean to alex like three weeks ago, they genuinely would rather crash than let the other pass, and there's the specter of vale's little legacy coloring every interaction. that being said i think they are both VERY invested in not having the media recognize it as an actual personal rivalry and could play a game of cards in an airport waiting lounge if pressed. pecco i think in particular has this gentlemen's duel perspective, but marc simply doesnt want to get asked about it every weekend until he dies... pecco ALSO likes to get a lil bitchy in presscons and i think marc doesnt like that lol. have some couth. anybody remember BYE BYE HONDA ? not endearing
franky. marc and alex have had an INSANE relationship this year with franky including like. rushing to his aid in a medical emergency and numerous racing incidents where franky was low key being a maniac with BOTH of them. lots of that. franky had been around the longest of the academy kids so he has enough context to keep his cards relatively close to his chest but i get the sense hes a little WISER than some of these other punks so hes kind of an x-factor. ranking him below pecco purely bc i dont think marc in particular takes kindly to alex slander lol sorry 2 my frankyalex queens you are correct but MARC. is stupid thx
jack miller. called marc a whiny princess or something about his arm surgery that marc ranks among the most traumatic events of his life. im guessing marc did not enjoy that.
bez. no quarter for this clown.
#i will say i dont think hes a dude that holds on to grudges per say.#i think he decides if he likes you and doesnt care about what u say if he doesnt. and if he DOES like you then he cares a lot lol#so hes learned to uh. modulate who he cares for on the grid which also helps him compete#motogp#callie speaks#asks#not ironed out and missing a big chunk of the grid slash past riders (other aliends plus DOVI.) but
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bro a ken x reader where the reader moves to barbieland but sheâs got tattoos and heâs got no clue what they are âŠ
The ending to this is absolute arse. Idk what to do.
âWhatâs this?â Ken asked as he gestured to the tattoos you had littered here and there before even more questions followed after. âCan they come off? Did someone draw on you like Weird Barbie? If so was it with permanent marker?â Ken then proceeded to smile, puffing his chest out like a proud bird, âI learnt that big word all by myself.â
You chuckled, now realising that ever since you came to BarbieLand there wasnât a single person in sight who was even remotely as tatted up as you were, and so all of Kenâs random inquiries concerning them made all the more sense. âThese are called tattoos and no they canât come off, and I guess you could say that someone âdrew on meâ but not with a permanent marker pen, but instead a piece of equipment that some might consider a painful process.â You shrugged. âThough that depends on the pain tolerance and the placement of the tattoo.â The look on Kenâs face was borderline hysterical to you with how wide his eyes became as they trailed over your most recent tattoo as though itâll jump out and bite him.
âDid you say painful? Like someone pinching your skin type of painful?â Ken asked.
âHmmm. Think more like being stung a thousand times when in the midst of the outlining of the tattoo, only to then feel like your being scratched repeatedly and all over by a stray cat when they start the shading and or colouring process.â You told him.
âSo youâre meaning to tell me that you were being hurt!â Ken cried, retracting his hand away from you as though he was going to cause you more harm, which was something he doesnât want to have happen. âWhy would you or anyone ever want to go through that horrible process?!â He said, voice muffled with his hands clasped over his mouth. You shouldâve probably known that Ken wouldâve reacted like this but the damage was already done, and yet you couldnât help but find it sweet when he exemplified concern over your well-being, despite the fact that it was over something as briefly painful as a tattoo.
âBeauty is pain as they say,â you began, âbut I found that once you get your first tattoo, youâll soon enough want more to add to the collection. Think of it this way, we use tattoos as a way of self expression, some of them can be of something meaningful or something fun and cartoonish and hold no meaning at all other then it looked cool at the time. But I think they quite cool, donât you Ken?â The blonde then removed his hands from his mouth, moving himself closer to you as to get a better look at your tattoos in general, just as a smile appeared on his face. âTheyâre so cool.â He admitted but it was clear he was still a little conflicted about the pain you put yourself through for a tattoo. âBut they still sound a little frightening.â He admitted to you with a weak chuckle and you couldnât do anything but understand and sympathise where he was coming from.
âYeah, they can be frightening at first but I promise you Ken, I wasnât in that much pain for very long, besides I was the one who wanted it done, the tattoo artists were just doing their job.â You reassured him as you felt his fingers gingerly trace the tattoo, taking in every last detail as he looked at it with a new found perspective. Your tattoos are beautiful to Ken and heâd show appreciation for each and every one by tracing his fingers over it, almost as though heâd ruin the artistry that went into them if he went any harder. He found tattoos fascinating but would probably never get one himself and even if he did, he hoped that this tattoo artist that you talk about could give him a horse portrait, or at least something related to horses at the very least. That would be cool.
#barbie#barbie imagines#barbie imagine#ken x reader#ken x y/n#ken x you#Ken fic#ken fluff#Ken imagines#Ken imagine
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Cater, Ruggie: The Secret in a Smile
Caycay, bestie⊠I am so sorry that SSR Crowley stole your spotlight đ (Is that why Cater looks so Mean Girls in his groovy... He's seeking petty revenge against Crowley/j)
Some cute stuff from the vignettes that I wasn't able to include in this fic: Cater makes a reference to TsumTsums! He mentions being into this mobile game with cute round creatures. Cater also tells a story about a 5-year old girl giving him a flower after his club's performance at a cultural festival (omg, do they mean the one in book 5?!). Ruggie teases him and says Cater must have been that little girl's first crush đ
A Tale as Old as Time.
âNe, ne, Ruggie-kun! Check this one out~ It's all the way from the Queendom of Roses!"
Cater jabbed a thumb at a painting of a young blonde girl dressed in a modest sky blue frock and apron, a small black bow in her hair. She couldnât have been older than 10 years of age, still petite enough to squish inside a glass bottle with a narrow neck. The bottled child was adrift in a sudsy sea, her face frozen in an expression of slight worry.
Ruggie took one look at the artwork, then wrinkled his nose. âSure sucks to be in her shoes. Whatâs this even supposed to show us, anyway? Doesnât make a whole lotta sense to me.â
"Not a lot from the Queendom does if you aren't already familiar with its topsy-turvy stories~" Cater placed a hand on his hip and leaned forward, grinning. "This one is pretty popular! It's about a girl that wants an audience with the Queen of Hearts. She gets lost on the journey there, meets strange people and experiences even stranger things on the way. This is just one leg of that trip!"
"Wouldnât the castle be further inland? How'd she end up in the middle of the ocean?"
âItâs about the perspective of the shot.â Cater formed a frame with his hands, catching his underclassman in it. He pulled back, creating the illusion of sizing Ruggie down. âShe drank this bottled liquid she found and that shrank her downâso really, the ocean isnât that big.â
A grimace.
âMan, talk about no sense of self preservation. She just chugged an unlabeled bottle without a second thought. Mustâve been real desperate.â Ruggie paused. âWeeeell, not like Iâm one to talk about being desperate. You really canât afford to be picky sometimes. If it fills your stomach, it fills your stomach.â
âYouâd drink it too, huh⊠I donât think I could do that. Iâd at least want to see how the menu describes it before I orderâthough I guess it also depends on how âcammable the drink is! And hey, think about all the cool pics I could grab from a worm's eye point of view!â
"Heh, you don't seem too pressed about living life as an ant."
"Cay-kun likes to look on the bright side of things!" he declared with a wink and a peace sign. "The lost girl... she worried so much about finding her destination, she forgets to stop and smell the roses. She overlooks a lot of the fun people she could have spent time with."
Hopping from place to place, missed peopleâfamiliar elements, resurfacing a childhood of being uprooted and dragged about. Never to fully settle.
A tea party here, a brief convo there. Just enough to keep him placated, but not enough to see beyond the surface of the looking glass.
His curiosity still left wanting.
She got into so much trouble, but didn't have any real friends to come and help her.
Sadness tugged at his heartstrings, but Cater's smile didnât waver.
"... I canât help but kinda pity the poor thing," he said quietly. Then, brightening in the next moment, "All her issues could've been avoided if she just looked before she leapt and made some connections."
âYeah, she definitely shouldâve played smarter, not harder. Maybe if she kissed up to the locals, theyâd have come to her rescue." Ruggie shrugged. "It works for me and Leona-san."
âRight? A smile goes a long way to getting what you want!â Cater poked the corners of his mouth. âYou totes get me.â
âCuz it takes a trickster to know another one on sight.â
"Wow, it sounds so mean when you put it like that. We're not tricksters, we just know how to use our smiles to problem-solve~"
"Giving a word a fresh coat of paint doesn't make it any less shady. At least be honest with yourself," the hyena smirked.
âEeeh, Iâm always honest!â
They shared a laughâRuggie, a snicker. Cater, lighter, more bubbly, like a carbonated mystery drink. When the effervescence died down, he cast another glance at the painting.
Too big for her small world of the sea, too small for the big world that loomed beyond it. Trapped within glass walls. Curled into herself in her delicate chambers.
Her perspective and his, one and the same.
Poor thing, poor thing, poor thing.
Cater summoned his strength and bore the full brunt of his smile.
âIâm sure sheâll find what sheâs looking for⊠one day.â
#twst#twisted wonderland#Cater Diamond#twst imagines#twst scenarios#twisted wonderland imagines#disney twisted wonderland#disney twst#Cater birthday takeover#something no one asked for#spoilers#twisted wonderland scenarios#Ruggie Bucchi
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'Stop it, Kal. I can't heal you like this.'
What's left of Kal's corporeal form grumbles loudly, but he leans into Dakkar's side and stops disintegrating quite so fast. His hand clutches the back of Dakkar's shirt for support, nails digging through the fabric. 'Ugh, my head.'
'You need to sit down.' Dakkar says, attempting to guide him over to the slope of the hillside. Kal collapses with all the grace of a rag doll, still half a shifting cloud of fog.
'Why don't you stop playing nanny and just heal me already?'
'I can't when there's only half of you there to heal!'
'Ugh, fine!' The fog pulls itself back into a relatively Kal-like shape. Features re-emerge slowly - the other half of Kal's face, bruised around the jaw; his left shoulder and arm, hanging limp at a painful looking angle. He grits his teeth, and Dakkar winces in sympathy.
'That looks like it hurts.'
'Really?' Kal rolls his eyes, all sarcasm. 'I hadn't noticed.'
'You're a terrible patient.'
'Oh, my apologies, your highness. It's hard to be polite when your arm's hanging out of its socket.'
'Here,' Dakkar moves in front of him, puts one hand on his left wrist and another firmly on his shoulder, ignoring the hiss of protest. 'Hold still. And don't disintegrate again, you'll mess it up.'
A faint, warm glow forms around Dakkar's hands, brightening as he closes his eyes. Carefully, he lets the magic shift the bones of Kal's arm back to where they ought to be. Kal is oddly quiet, for once. When Dakkar opens his eyes again, he's looking at him with a kind of awe. It's quickly hidden behind a satisfied smirk.
'Better?' Dakkar asks.
'No. My head's still killing me. When we get back, I need a drink.'
'A thank you would be nice, for once. And you probably shouldn't drink while you might be concussed.'
'Ways, you're boring, Dak.' Kal tests out his newly-healed arm, flexing his hand a few times, then falls back against the grass. 'Alright, fine. Thank you.'
'Don't mention it.' Dakkar says, sitting down beside him.
'Sorry I get into pointless fights so often. They deserved it, though. Bastards.'
'I think if you're the one who needs healing, they technically won the fight.'
'Eh, depends on your perspective.'
'What did they say?' Dakkar's pretty sure he can guess, but he feels the need to ask anyway. Kal scowls. Tendrils of fog still swirl around him, only just visible in the bright daylight. It's like Radiance, he explained once, but harder to control. Dakkar's never asked if it's draining in the same the way the Magic Ways are.
'Nothing worth talking about. They're too scared of me now to say it again.' he shuts his eyes, grimacing. 'It's too bright out here. My head hurts, did I mention that at all?'
Dakkar laughs. 'We can go inside, if you think you can walk?'
'My dear old dad used to say, 'walking is for people without hereditary curses that let them turn into fog.''
'I thought you never met your dad.'
Kal waves a hand. 'Well, he probably said something like that. How would I know?'
He sits up, and the tendrils swirling around him darken, forming a mist that coils itself around his body. When it settles, there's no one sitting on the hillside - only a shifting cloud of fog where Kal used to be.
Even after years of knowing Kal, watching him do that is still unnerving. Dakkar's not sure about the effects a possible concussion might have, either, but Kal seemed fine, and the fog looks same as it usually does.
He can't think of anything to say, and it's not as if he'd get a reply, so he coughs awkwardly. Somewhere in that cloud, he has the feeling Kal is laughing at his discomfort.
'Okay,' he says eventually. 'I take it that means we're heading home?'
In answer, the fog drifts over, settling around his shoulders like a cloak. As he heads back in the direction of the palace, it follows, dark against the bright white of his uniform.
#what if kal always had the fog powers what then?#been having some thoughts so here's this#dakkal#coin flip#coinflip#pulp musicals#pulp musicals spoilers#the searcher in the shadows spoilers#the searcher in the shadows#dakkar pulp musicals#kalfu pulp musicals#cw injury
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Hello again! New questions bc im really curious! How much do you all identify with your puppets and their appearances? Are they more of a tool for you or are they significant for your sense of self? I've noticed that your appearances somewhat reflect your personalities, was this a design choice made by your architects or have you been adjusting looks along the way by yourselves? (I know Habitually Stargazing did a little, the dress looks really pretty on you btw!) Im particularily fascinated by the antennas! Im guessing you don't use them much having a hard-wire connection to the rest of your superstructures, right? (perhaps they would be more practical when communicating with visitors in your chambers? I don't know..) Im seeing a sort of analogy between animal motifs in ancient art and masks and those retro-looking antenna resembling those used with older technology, though I might be wrong.. I'd be thrilled to know whether these hold any cultural / traditional signifincance among machines alike!
Also I'd love to know more about your serial numbers! What do they mean, and do you more identify with them or with your names?
Finally, Flowers - a creature for you
It's an umbrella slug, hiding under it's umbrella!
Hope you all have a wonderfull day, looking forward to hear from you!
SDA: Oh! While the exact details might vary from case to case, I would say that it's a bit of both - the puppet is a tool tied to an iterator's sense of self.
SDA: The puppet is only a small part of yourself, but it represents you as a whole. You .. used it to communicate with your citizens, you use it to communicate with your peers. Others start to see *you* in this form. The more you use it, the more you begin to identify with it. With time, its image truly becomes yours.
SDA: From our creators' perspective, it might have been a matter of needing an interface to interact with us. It seemed to be more natural to speak with something that you can actually look in the face.
SDA: Another important fact is that the puppet is by far the most expressive part of our bodies. Our biological elements can be somewhat controlled by our programming, but it cannot fully override them - there will always be a living, sentient being deep below.
SDA: One that has its own emotions, preferences, opinions; one that wants to express itself. The puppet serves as an outlet for that. It can gesticulate, it allows you to convey how you feel in a way that's understandable to most.
TFB: It would've probably been easier for them if we couldn't think for ourselves. Just tell us what to do and we do it until the end of time, no questions asked.
TFB: Instead, they chose to fully depend on something with an *attitude*! Some really tried their best to keep good relations with their iterator, afraid of putting it in a bad mood...
SDA: Yes, I suppose...
SDA: Some of us might pay greater attention to the puppet's appearance, adjusting it to our own tastes, mostly with clothes and accessories. Fashion was important in our creators' culture, so it wasn't out of the ordinary for an iterator to request a new robe or a necklace. Some took matters into their own hands.
SDA: ... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ramble on like this.
BROS: Don't you dare, it's always nice hearing you so passionate about something~
BROS: About the antennae - you're right, they're not as powerful as the equipment in the rest of the structure! They're decent for close-range stuff, and they're what you'd resort to in case of an emergency.
BROS: Like, somehow losing access to the rest of your body. The puppet can't do much on its own, but thanks to these, it would be able to communicate with anything near it.
BROS: Aaand they were mostly another way for the architect to visualize whatever concept they had for a puppet.
HS: I'm almost offended by the "retro" remark. As far as I'm concerned, these are state-of-the-art.
BROS: Sure, sure~
BROS: Finally, as for the model numbers. They represent the architect's name, the cycle when the project was officially completed, and the name of the project at that time, like this:
BROS: Nobody really identifies with this, it's mostly used in paperwork - maybe some database stuff. Even if two iterators were given the same name, it's extremely unlikely they also had the same creator *and* creation date, so it allows for telling us apart that way.
HS: The name that appears in your model number isn't truly binding either. Such as...
TFB: Come on now, don't put them on the spot like that.
SDA: ...
SDA: It's fine...
SDA: Originally, I was called "Visions of Serenity", you'll see me in databases as GTIAOT672005VOS.
SDA: I was renamed shortly after, due to some... rather unfortunate coincidence.
SDA: It really doesn't matter now.
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TFB: Also, thank you so much!! I don't get to see many marine species around these parts, this is lovely!
HS: (...and thank you...)
#UMBRACULUM UMBRACULUM SWEEEP 403-418 i love your questions so much . 10/10 thank you so much#also. the drawing quality's gonna drop on days when i Want To Answer but have no energy to draw properly!! sorry :^)#a: sda#a: bros#a: hs#a: tfb#rain world oc
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Psssst does the au superbat fic exist bc I waaaaaaaaant it
I want it too đ tragically it only exists in about........4.5k scattered scenes which I try to poke at in between working on my main project rn!
misc worldbuilding scraps that are currently rotating on the back burner:
(omegaverse) human instinct relies on scent > hearing > taste > sight to find compatible partners, kryptonian instincts lean on sight > hearing > scent > taste, hence the mating markings
omegaverse humans have a much higher degree of face blindness than we normal humans do lmao
helps clark pass, the more he pulls his scent back the more it fades away, clark kent smells so dull/insignificant/mild that it seems like he's got a medical condition (hypomyrodia). jonathan kent had this. when jonathan and martha found bby kal, he was scared and tried to match scents to the two humans who found him, which caused his kryptonian scent to quickly fade. a hypomyrodic pup would probably face high abandonment rates and low adoption rates, so it was probably a relief that two willing parents brought the pup in
kryptonians all pretty much exist along a relatively smooth spectrum of sexual characteristics and can transition somewhat like clownfish if there's a hormonal imbalance in their community. having zero (0) other kryptonians around does things to clark before he grows the fortress and is able to synthesize hormone stabilizers
humans meanwhile have ten major sexes because betas can be true beta, alpha-leaning, or omega-leaning depending on their recessive genes
poison ivy is x100 more horrifying in any omegaverse world. she only manages to zop clark though bc the pollen is enchanted. however it's enchanted to induce primal alpha hindbrain, which means something very different to lone kryptonians than packbonded humans
it would have been the norm on krypton to have one's facial markings out. kryptonians would pull them back if they were sick, or perhaps terrified... primal hindbrain clark looking around and seeing nothing but non-glowing faces, and it coming across as everyone around him fucking terrified of him
for the first few months of their acquaintance clark is like. im not sure what gender batman is and at this point i'm not sure its ok to ask (he can smell past the concealing patches to bruce's strong omega scent but the patches could also be doubling as, like, the equivalent of binders, could be that batman's gender is null, but he mixes in diluted alpha cologne, but that could just be for concealment/intimidation....???)
sun-powered kryptonians have a strong, distinctively alien but somewhat alpha-smelling scent (when they're not pulling it back) but barely leave any on people they try to scent with, and scents barely stick to them. when clark politely explains this to bb dickie hes just like well i guess ill just have to scent you for longer! and clark goes đ„ș
at this early point in the timeline barry is the only known omega superhero so the tabloids are huge into superflash
anyway all that's just kind of fluff/details... the core theme i've been rotating around is overcoming real and genuine barriers to intimacy. the loneliness of knowing you're a square peg in a world of round holes, the necessary compromises of sanding away your corners, the joy of meeting someone who will stretch to meet you where you are. there's a fair few excellent fics of bruce uncomfortable in an omega's role and body, i want to come at it from a perspective where a xenomegaverse clark has to define what gender means to him, in the heightened roles of the omegaverse. we are looking also at layers of passing. when parts of your closet become your armor that protects but encumbers you, and other parts become your exoskeleton, which grow into who you are. we are looking at that comic about the orchid that has the pattern on it meant to appeal to an extinct species of bee. we are looking at compromise made of love and compromise made of fear. and we are looking at tentacles baby.................
#OR WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT IT IF I HAD THE BRAIN SPACE FREE TO WRITE IT DOWN!!!!!#once wsbf is done. and the various pwps. and the kryptonian superbat au..... god that one's been on the back burner over a year lmao.......#reddest-x#thanks for the ask :^)
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oh, and to tack on particularly in the realms of the religious influence. It's always been something i wanted to tap into but could never end up clicking with outside your and some others work. tyvm!
I'm working on the first part of your ask [about influences to my visual style] I'm actually letting it sit and cook because my ability to organize and transmit information comes from a big wet sponge made of cholesterol and gatorade that has all these wet projecting tendrils and it works on a basis of like sporadic electrical currents which I think probably come from ghosts or something IDK.
Do you want me to dump a list of theologians and religious texts? That seems rude/unhelpful because learning is discursive and the response you have to a given text is completely dependent on what your own butter sponge is doing. Dietrich Bonhoeffer's theology maybe saved my life but I know people who don't like it because they felt it was being mean to them. Or people who don't like Suzuki-roshi because he's too ambiguous but when I read him his perspective and the content of his advice seems incredibly straightforward. Hehe. (I can dump it though I also started making one because I got scared that someone will ask me for real. I'm also not a huge books based learner so the whole concept of this idea feels really frustrating.)
I honestly don't entirely know what it is that clicks with you as I'm throwing spaghetti around a lot ......
With comics this thing I try to do and that I maybe hopefully do which is that I try really hard not to scold, or have a position of moral superiority, or make any type of moral imperative. I try really hard to limit myself to "here's some journey that I experienced" (maybe allegorized or cartoonified or whatever) and then I also relate it with attention to modulate my natural narcissism so that it doesn't protagonize me in some stupid and disingenuous way. Based on observation I would guess that this thought process is generally rare in artists of all genres, creeds, and backgrounds, which is why I do it in reaction to almost every story I have ever read. Or it might just be that it's funny and the cartoons are cute IDK.
If you don't even care about my comics and are talking about some single illustration or something I really don't know.
Hope you're having a banger day I'm going to eat some purple confections I made with my friend ...
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