#i understand the people that ship them now

[obxanon]

Addressing the OBX drama and the speculations:

Was JJ’s Death planned?

No, Rudy asked to leave the show. It wasn’t something the writers planned. He didn’t want to renew, the writers were rightfully upset and then decided to kill JJ off.

Did the writers/producers create an uncomfortable set?

No, they didn’t. This post is not true. The brothers were never inappropriate.

Was Madison a bully on set?

I’ve seen a post going around of someone saying Madison was a bully, controlling the set, and bluntly treating Rudy and crew members like crap. That is NOT true. 

Was Rudy’s decision sudden?

Yes and No. No as in he let the Pates know ahead of time he didn’t want to continue (some time during the strike, so they had time to change what was already written). Yes, as in they were shocked by it.

Was there on set drama between Rudy and the Pates?

Yes, there was many disagreements/personal problems during s4. Yes, Elaine was involved and so was Lilah Pate. They are civil now.

Why did every ship but Jiara get a still?

The jiara still does exist but idk why it was not released. My source doesn’t know either and I don’t want to spread something not true. Rudy and Madison took pictures just like everybody else did.

Why did the cast chemistry seem off in part 2?

They shot episodes 1-5 first, THEN 10, then 6-9. The cast didn’t know rudy asked to leave until they received the script for episode 10. You can tell there was a drastic change between JJ and Kiara in part 2 because after the cast found out, Madison was upset with Rudy and his decision, so she didn’t put in as much effort into the scenes with him. She was upset because she knew that would mean the near end of obx and her character… in a way.

Was there alternate endings?

Yes, but that was only because they wanted to see if rudy would change his mind. There was even scenes where a funeral was shot (obviously they didn’t air it so I’m assuming they’re saving it for s5). From March-June of 2024, they spent the entire time doing reshoots of some scenes. That is why some things don’t make sense.

Did Rudy and Madison talk on set?

Yes, but not closely or anything. They’re not friends, they just did the scenes they had to do and that was it. All those people saying they’re hiding their friendship from the cameras or whatever… that is not true sorry. The pates can’t force them to act like best friends as long as they were doing their scenes.

Why did Jiara have “less” than everybody else?

It’s true that Jiara scenes were toned down. Part of it was Rudy asking for it. Madison didn’t care as much. Another part was just Rudy and Madison not doing more than what the script asked.

Was Elaine uncomfortable with Jiara scenes?

Yes, and she has been since s2. It got worse during s3 and obviously s4. That was part of the conflict.

What is the Rudy and Madison Drama?

Obviously what happened between them is private. It wasn’t the fans. The fans were more so the catalyst to something that had been brewing. 

It is true that the girlfriends are involved and that they weren’t happy. Madison hurt Rudy, but not by being a bully. It was emotionally. The feeling was then returned on his end and it just got worse from there. It didn’t help when the girlfriends and fans were involved. It is true that it’s not a coincidence this happened when they both got involved with relationships. Most of you have speculated correctly, that is all I will say. I think you know by now what I’m trying to say.

Also when I say fans, I don’t mean the “shipping.” They never cared about that. What I do mean is that all this drama happened when Jiara fans were at their peak. Them wanting to see those characters together put Rudy and Madison in a problematic situation because they knew they couldn’t avoid each other on screen. Instead they just did so off screen.

Should the Writers/ Directors/ Producers stepped in?

Yes, but what I need you guys to understand is that these writers were basically father figures to those actors. They watched them grow their careers, supported them, made them who they are now. It’s hard when you spent so much time with each other and became a genuine family. Even their conflict with Elaine was hard because Jonas knew her family, his wife treated her like a daughter, and lilah treated her like a sister. They had every right to be bitter because from their POV, it’s basically like “hey I trusted you to bring my project to life and now I’m being forced to go in a direction I never wanted to go in.”

What’s going on behind the scenes right now?

A mess. They knew it would be bad but infact it is worse and they know that.

Am I reliable?

Honestly I don’t care if you believe me or not. You didn’t before and I got attacked (literal death threats in my inbox). I’m just a messenger. I’ve given you info before and clearly I didn’t lie about it. It’s up to you to decide.

[a-substantial-trash-pile]

Catalyst

so in my au which i'm totally not using to cope or anything haha, after realizing that curly isn't going to do anything about jimmy, anya confides in swansea and he goes Protective Dad Mode. i'm calling this the "Responsibility AU." ramble below cut.

swansea doesn't immediately go after jimmy with an axe or anything because 1. they're not in a high stress life/death crash situation and 2. anya specifically requests that swansea not enact violence upon jimmy after swansea says, and i quote, "i'm gonna beat his ass." anya just wants to feel safer and more supported on the ship—she doesn't want swansea to get in trouble even if jimmy does deserve to get destroyed by 10000 punches.

what swansea can do is watch out for anya and make sure she's never alone in a room with jimmy. if there's a situation where she has to be alone with jimmy (like the psych evals), she and swansea have a system where she can signal for help. with anya's permission, swansea asks daisuke to help look out for her too (without telling him the details as to why since that's anya's right to share or not). daisuke has already picked up at this point that something is wrong based on how much more hostile swansea's become towards jimmy, and he trusts his boss, so he agrees without much question.

anya, feeling less alone now that she has people watching her back, gains more confidence to stand up to jimmy. which makes him angry because his unwanted advances are being denied and swansea and daisuke keep getting in his way. he just can't understand why he's being treated as the bad guy here (this is because he is a delusional asshole).

meanwhile curly is slowly realizing that he needs to actually do something here because the tension in the crew is palpable and increasing by the day. also swansea is being mighty passive aggressive to him and talking about "responsibility" a lot. curly keeps trying to talk to jimmy about it but the guy just keeps downplaying it and blaming everyone else but himself. and curly is realizing that his friend isn't who he thought he was.

it all comes to a head one day when an angry jimmy tries to confront anya alone and swansea steps in. things get heated, people start yelling. curly show up to see swansea and jimmy on the verge of fighting with anya and daisuke trying to hold them back respectively. curly breaks up the fight. jimmy storms off. curly follows him and finds him trying to get the gun from the case in the cockpit. curly asks him why he's doing this and jimmy claims it's for his own protection because he feels "threatened by swansea." he tells curly to give him the code. curly, the sheer wrongness of the whole situation hitting him, finally calls jimmy out on all his bs. jimmy just laughs in his face, still believing that he's not in the wrong and curly doesn't have the guts to do anything anyway. so the captain fires him on the spot. jimmy snaps and he and curly get into a fight in the cockpit. jimmy is trying to crash the ship and curly is trying to stop him. then the rest of the crew show up and anya knocks jimmy's ass out with the gun case. swansea is so proud.

they throw jimmy in the cryopod so they don't have to worry about him pulling anything else and he can be properly dealt with once the stupid delivery is over. everyone's like, "wow that was a close one—could you imagine how messed up it would be if we ended up in a crash because of jimmy? thank god that didn't happen." curly makes swansea the copilot until they can get a replacement and swansea's like, "goddammit as if i don't already do enough shit around here."

anyway my whole goal here was to get rid of jimmy early so i can have beautiful Found Family shenanigans in space with the rest of the crew. apologies and healing and happy times will happen. no the whole getting laid off thing doesn't happen. no i don't have an explanation for it. sorry for the essay.

[lemotmo]

911 fandom we need to talk…

Only a few months ago Buck kissed a man for the first time. It was the beginning of his bisexuality journey. Since he started this journey with T*mmy, we all naturally and logically called the ship BuckT*mmy and started calling the people who shipped them BuckT*mmies.

Throughout the months a lot of other shipnames came into use for the ship, but most of them stuck to the name BuckT*mmy.

For a few months now however, it has started to become increasingly obvious that most of these BuckT*mmy shippers aren’t really BuckT*mmies, but just Tommies. They aren’t part of the BuckT*mmy fandom, but the Tommy fandom. They don’t care about Buck. For them it's all about Tommy (and Lou). They have proven that time and time again.

Ever since Thursday we’ve gotten the ultimate proof of this. These people have, once again, resorted to threats, harassment and vile accusations. This time at the address of Oliver, Ryan and even Tim.

They are making vile racist comments about having Ryan deported even when the man is born and raised in Texas. They are accusing Oliver of biphobia and homophobia while Oliver has been nothing but kind and understanding towards the bi community while portraying Buck. They are also talking about deporting Oliver back to the UK and writing him off the show to bring in Lou again to play Tommy. Some of them have talked about figuring out where Oliver lives.

This has gone too far!

These people aren’t BuckT*mmies. They never were. They don't give a sh*t about Buck. So from now on I’ll be calling them Tommies. Instead of talking about the BuckT*mmy fandom, I’ll call them the Tommy fandom. Ali suggested using this name from now on when we talk about these people. These are her words on this:

“We need to stop calling them BuckT*mmy. This has never been about Buck so just call them Tommies because that's all they've even been. I'm going to make it into a new way to call someone racist.

I just don't want Buck associated with it in any way. It has never been about Buck for these people. They are Tommies and that has nothing to do with Buck or Oliver.”

Spread the word by reblogging this post and actively start using the term Tommies and Tommy fandom when you talk about the former BuckT*ommy shippers and their fandom. If you want to tag your posts, start using the tag Tommies and Tommy fandom when you talk about them. Or use the anti-tags if you prefer. They don’t have the right to use Buck’s name anymore after all that has happened.

Actively stop using the (anti) BuckT*mmy, (anti) BuckT*mmies, (anti) Tev*n tag when you do tag something. If people don’t want to read about that fandom, that’s fine. They can just block the tags/words: Tommies, Tommy fandom, anti Tommies and anti Tommy fandom. It takes less than a minute to block them all.

REMEMBER:

BuckT*mmies -> Tommies

BuckT*mmy -> Tommy fandom

anti BuckT*mmies -> anti Tommies

anti BuckT*mmy -> anti Tommy fandom

Personally I will start using the new anti tags from now on when I address or talk about these people.

I am not planning on spending too much energy and time anymore on talking about a part of fandom that has totally lost the plot. I'd much rather talk about the T*mmy-free future of the show.

I will keep addressing some asks about the Tommies topic, but mostly I'll be moving on to brighter and better things. Such as Madney being pregnant again, Eddie's self-discovery journey and where this might lead him (hopefully right into Buck's arms 😉) , Buck's journey to figure out what his bisexuality truly means for him, Henren's happiness with having Mara home where she belongs and last but not least, Bathena building their new house and home.

[eddiesriskybusiness]

edit: I'm pinning this post so that, fingers crossed, more people can get out of this toxic mindset

Stupid ship war aside, I feel like it would be pretty devastating if 911 seriously has ratings plummet or doesn't get renewed over a temp character/relationship.

What buddies did was fucking nasty, I agree with that, I understand BT fans feeling like the damn rug was pulled out from under them, I get wanting an actor you like back on the show, but I also know that BT fans had a chance to be better than how the buddies were, and buddies had a chance to handle the breakup with more grace.

Instead, BT fans were nastier, going after Ryan's race, Oliver's acting and blowing a comment out of proportion. Buddies were, honestly, no better with how we made fun of BT fans.

I think its time the rose tinted glasses come off for BOTH sides.

Buddies need to acknowledge that BT fans are currently going through what they could have gone through, had the situation been slightly different. That they're probably being too rough with them. I get celebrating, but mocking them is too far.

BuckTommy fans must realise that bitterly cussing out everyone is not going to solve anything, and what they're doing right now is exactly what they called buddies out for a week ago. Know that the actors probably don't have much pull in the writing room, and that any grudges between actors (unless VERY disrupting) does not affect storylines.

And we ALL need to be there for each other, dammit. The country of origin for the show, and the majority of viewers just went through something that can only be called a calamity. On top of that, the show just switched networks too.

But seriously, I don't think we're watching the show only for The Romantic Adventures of BuckTM, right? There's a crap ton of other characters and storylines, we must acknowledge that. The show deserves a bit more respect than that, let's be fair. It hasn't been running for seven years and counting for nothing.

Peace.

tldr: treat each other with some damn kindness before it costs us the entire fucking show. peace.

[fellthemarvelous]

The Mystery of Chopper Base foreshadowed Ezra's exile.

Ezra's anxieties about Malachor brought him to Zeb. He was headed to a Sith temple with Kanan and Ahsoka, and it was with Zeb that Ezra was able to show his more vulnerable side.

He said it. "I don't know when we'll be back. Or if we'll be back."

And the thing is...the Ezra who came back from Malachor is not the same Ezra.

The new Ezra that came back was traumatized, angry, defeated, grieving, and he blamed himself for just how sideways their mission to Malachor went. This new Ezra started wielding a green lightsaber and came very close to falling to the dark side if Kanan had not been there to pull him back from the edge.

This Ezra came back jaded and vengeful and guilt-ridden after Maul blinded Kanan, and he and Kanan had been forced to leave Ahsoka behind with Vader while the Sith temple collapsed around them.

This Ezra came back with a Maul shaped shadow doing everything possible to make Ezra his new apprentice.

This Ezra survived against Darth Vader for a second time (because someone else was there to save him).

Ezra was already grieving the death of his parents when Malachor happened. Malachor hurt everyone in his family. He brought Kanan back to Hera physically injured and forever changed, and he wasn't able to bring Ahsoka back to Rex at all.

But despite the grief that everyone was experiencing, they persevered. Hera continued on with the mission and Rex spent just as much time pulling Ezra back towards the light as Kanan and Sabine did.

Hera and Kanan's final conversation before Malachor ended up becoming a reality. Kanan regained his vision and was able to look at Hera in his final seconds of life.

Ahsoka and Rex's final conversation was the very first scene in the Twilight of the Apprentice, and it was over Space Facetime. Rex was so nervous about Ahsoka going without him and she had to remind him that she was not alone. Rex is used to mourning his brothers. He's done it thousands of time. He's used to seeing his own face die over and over again. Losing Ahsoka would be different though. She wasn't a clone trooper, but she was still a soldier just like him. She was his best friend, his closest ally, someone he trusted with his life more times than he could care to count. They were each other's sword and shield.

Ezra understands these bonds. It's what his bond with Sabine was becoming.

And all of them (with the exception of Kanan because my boy sacrificed his life to save the people he loved, and Ahsoka because we don't even know when she is, let alone where she is at this point) followed Ezra into battle to take Lothal back from the Empire. They freed Lothal from the grip of Darth Sidious, but Ezra didn't get to see it happen. He was somehow surviving a long ass trip through hyperspace with space whales and a very pissed off Grand Admiral Thrawn.

He spends ten years in exile, alone, on another planet in a distant galaxy with a ship full of stranded Imperials nearby and always ready to kill him, but he still manages to find a new family, traveling with them and protecting them, grieving his loss and becoming more attuned to the Force.

The Ezra that Sabine finds is so much like the Ezra that she first met on Lothal. He doesn't seem to be carrying a heavy burden, but he knows he needs to get back home because Thrawn is a Big Problem, and he's had ten years learning how to outsmart the Imperials and the Nightmothers.

He's returning home with a lightsaber that matches Kanan's and he's about to meet Kanan's son Jacen for the first time.

The empire is toppled now but he and Zeb will have plenty of war stories to trade when they see each other again, especially as the threat of the Empire's return is rising again.

[izzythehutt]

The Sirius being in love with James if he was into dudes is so real - how did Jegulus and Wolfstar become so popular when Prongsfoot was right there?!

The real reason is that shipping is more often a product of what fan culture wants than what the story itself shows (which is fine!) When Wolfstar became a thing, Jily was still the most popular ship for the MWPP era, and so you basically could have everyone's favorite characters double-dating (perfect excuse to cut unpopular Peter out of the dynamic altogether.) It was insanely popular for years and dominated all fanart and fanfic for those two characters—people when the books came out really thought it was canon and there was a lot of drama when Remadora sailed. The dynamic with Sirius and Remus in those fics played with a lot of typical/popular slash tropes (cool guy and bookish hot nerd) of the early 2000s.

Now, people ship what they ship, that's fine. My biggest issue with Wolfstar is that I feel like it led to people in the fandom fundamentally misinterpreting the dynamic of the Marauders as a group. James is clearly the person both of them like and trust the best of their friends, and it's canon that they both distrusted each other enough to each think the other was a spy. There is nothing in the books that would indicate there is anything particular in Lupin and Sirius's relationship (they might have actually been the least close of the four, given what happened.) In the Willow scene there is a classic adolescent boy group pecking order and Lupin is very obviously below James in Sirius's esteem. It's not a friendship of equals and is never portrayed as such. Lupin's inability to check Sirius and James's less savory behavior is a major character defining trait—he and Peter are both the followers in the group.

For the record, I think you could write Sirius/Remus in a romantic dynamic that would be consistent with their characters in the books, it would just be a hell of a lot more dysfunctional than fandom usually portrays them. Sirius would probably be using Lupin because he can't get James and Lupin would understand that's what's happening but put up with it because he has low self-esteem. He would still be passive-aggressive as hell, though.

Of course, Sirius and James having a romantic relationship gets in the way of the most important canon relationship, that of Harry's parents, which is why I suspect it never got a lot of traction in the fandom.

Jegulus seems to be a product of just moving away from the books/straight ships tbh. Back in my day Jily was a totally sacrosanct ship, nobody shipped either of them with anyone (except Snape with Lily, which actually had a canon basis! I guess Snape/James sort of existed too, but that was pretty fringe.)

Bonus: I even find Sirius and Snape being shipped together more plausible/interesting than Sirius and Lupin, lol. Shout out to the Snack people.

[louisferrignojr]

Seen a lot of bad faith interpretations of people being upset about the whole let buck fuck thing, and calling out biphobia.

Main arguments tend to be that it's not biphobia for someone to want to sleep around, or that they're allowed to explore their sexuality. Whilst I agree there's nothing wrong with wanting to sleep around, people don't need to 'explore' their sexuality for it to be true. For some, exploration can be thing that helps them realise, like Buck realising after being kissed by Tommy. However, people are just as valid to have never even been kissed by anyone and still be bisexual. The idea that you can only truly understand your sexuality if you've 'explored' it, is rooted in homophobia and biphobia. So it's ironic that people are arguing against the show being biphobic, by using biphobic talking points.

Plus, Buck literally started out on the show losing his job because of his promiscuity and believing he was a genuine sex addict. Sleeping around was never just simple fun for him, and ever since he's been searching for long term relationships. Just because he's bi now, would not change the impact of returning to that type of lifestyle for someone with his history.

i literally hate it so much. and people - especially bi people - who are expressing their anger and disappointment and calling out the biphobia are being harassed by buddies like shut the fuck up!!! this is beyond your stupid ship war you moron!!!

[lycanpunk666]

Out of topic but who the fuck is Jimmy and what he have done?? (I just know he's probably a horrible person and is hated by half of the fandom)

Genuinely horrible disgusting guy. Okay so explaining all of this essentially involves every Mouthwashing spoiler conceivable but essentially the plot of mouth washing is centered around Jimmy and his horrible, selfish decisions. And I'm going to need you to think critically about his character and read my whole post and not just highlight a couple of words and immediately disengage. The cast consists of a 5-person team of people making a cargo delivery (Curly the Captain, Anya the Nurse, Jimmy the Co-Pilot, Swansea the Mechanic, and Daisuke the Intern) through space on a trip that was supposed to last about a year and a half or so. Jimmy sexually assaulted Anya (foreshadowed first with Anya mentioning to Curly in a flashback saying something along the lines of "Did you know that the nurse's office is locked but the bedrooms aren't?") leaving her pregnant. This is the catalyst for every single event in the game through a bunch of chain reactions, but essentially, Anya ended up telling Curly, who said he'd do anything to protect her but ended up trying to just keep things "neutral" after talking to Jimmy, who said he'd "fix things" because he's mainly spiraling about what would happen to HIM once they landed, and started ranting to Curly about a story the news would make about nobody on the ship surviving the trip in some tragic accident. Curly doesn't think Jimmy's serious and he's generally trying to figure out a way to defuse the situation and he's willing to sweep a lot of what's going on under the rug for his friend. Jimmy ends up crashing the ship on purpose, resulting in the fire that permanently disfigured and disabled curly and left him unable to speak (Jimmy framed him for crashing the ship, and Curly, not being able to speak, not being able to convince anyone otherwise. But people don't hate Curly at all on the ship, since to them, he's a good captain. Jimmy's not too pleased about this whole situation at all but he keeps talking about how he's responsible for everything because he's the captain now (and he's being haunted by hallucinations of crying babies and horses) and he's deliberately avoiding everything that has to do with thinking critically about what he did to Anya and is instead focusing on what he did to Curly especially. The crew slowly starves and slowly goes insane, there's pretty much nothing to eat anymore but the cargo they have, mouthwash, something specific happens but I don't entirely remember what (I think it was Anya trying to OD on purpose to abort her pregnancy and ending up dying) but it resulted in Daisuke getting injured to the point of no recovery and getting PUT DOWN by Swansea, Jimmy shooting Swansea in the head, and one of the last scenes in the game involves Jimmy cutting off Curly's leg and feeding it to him. My description here is genuinely not doing the game justice, there's a lot more to it and a lot more nuances that I missed here ("I hope this hurts", the lack of autonomy with the painkillers, the surprise birthday party, Jimmy's obsession with Curly that's a bit more subtle, the fact that Anya's character is purposefully muted due to Jimmy's perspective of her in the game, there's so much more) but yeah holy moly this game is insane. (It's less of a game and more of an interactive movie) Jimmy is such an insanely interesting character, he's like a train wreck given human form. Absolutely understandable that people hate him. But by god it is sssssSSSSSSO repetitive to hear nothing BUT how much people hate him.

[nuclerpotato707]

Buddie fans and bucktommy fans are so fucking wild, here's the truth your both assholes.

Calling Oliver biphobic is, asshole behavior

Asking to see Ryan's green card, asshole behavior.

Bullying, harassing, and sending lou death threats, asshole behavior.

Doxxing bucktommy fans, asshole behavior.

Yall need to fucking chill, It was fun for a while but this is getting out of hand, you guys need to understand that this little ship war is starting to have real world consequences.

This right here is why I HATE engaging with 9-1-1 shippers, and I love both ships, but you can't find a post about one of them without finding hate for Eddie or Tommy. You people are so fuking childish it's so embarrassing, and yall be grown ass adults acting like it's the end of the world if someone doesn't agree with your headcanon/ship

Fandom used to mean security, love, and community. Now it's just ship wars and character hate, sick and tired of the 9-1-1 Fandom yall should be ashamed of yourselves.

[nyapollo]

here's a hot take: as a buddie fan, I don't hate tommy kinard and the intense hatred towards him honestly kinda annoys me

was i rooting for tommy x buck to be endgame? absolutely not. but i didnt hate the guy

i understand the tommy hatred in the lens of his past racism because. that was for sure... odd! and although i can say, "well, hen & chim clearly forgave him for allat and if he hadn't changed then there would have been more backlash to eddie & buck casually hanging out with him," i feel like that's not the major reason most buddie fans hate him.

this is, again, repeating the cycle of having a favorite MLM ship being "broken up" by a love interest of one of the guys, causing massive fandom hatred. but, of course, they can't hate someone for no reason, so they nitpick every line that the character has said and try to find something slightly off that is at least *a* reason to hate them.

at the end of the day, i could really care less if somebody hates tommy. i mean, yeah, im writing a whole tumblr post about it right now, but this isn't going to effect my life in a major way. the biggest thing that actually bothers me is that a lot of tommy haters are just straight up calling lou ferrigno jr ugly (but in very mean ways).

i haven't seen it on tumblr as much as i have tiktok, but my personal favorite (its not) is them calling him a dinosaur. this is where it crosses the line for me. is it likely that lou ferrigno jr will see these tiktoks and be sad? No. but this contributes to a problem that i see so incredibly often, which is: people don't understand how to seperate the actor from the character, and see actors as nothing more than people on their screen rather than real human beings.

actors are real human beings. even though they probably won't see your post about how you think they're ugly as shit, other people will. maybe other people who have the features that you are calling ugly as shit. i also just think its incredibly inhumane to start nitpicking every single little thing about one person because you don't like the character they play on tv.

hate tommy kinard *as a character* all you want, it doesn't hurt anyone. what DOES hurt people is when you start critiquing people's looks and calling them ugly. i really didn't think i had to say this out loud, because i thought everyone had come to a consensus on this but.. i guess not!

tldr: as a buddie shipper, i never really liked tevan as a ship, but i hate the constant hate on tommy kinard because it goes back to the era of "hating every female love interest that gets in the way of your gay ship" and additionally, people not being able to seperate the character from the actor.

[bywheeler]

This is gonna be long…you’ve been warned

So here’s my thing. I think that milkvan would’ve been cute had they established them into a slow burn. Let’s just say they had set up milkvan differently and had them develop slowly over the seasons. I believe that for it to have worked they could’ve kept them on a friend level in season 1 (maybe have subtext of their crushes but nothing more). Any sort of romance felt forced to me. I mean this girl literally has been locked up in a lab and gone through so much trauma. She needed more time to trust people. She also needed more time to understand what a romantic relationship is. Then in season 2, I don’t think they should have kissed. They could’ve danced together at snowball but I still think they should’ve kept it platonic. I loved how season 3 showed El learning about independence. Being surrounded by bad men all her life, I think it was important for her to see what it’s like to have a strong female friendship. Again, I don’t think El and Mike should’ve been together in season 3. Maybe El could’ve confided in Max about her crush on Mike but I truly think El needed to learn to love her self and find her true self-identity before rushing into a romantic relationship. Season 3 sort of touched on this but it was because her and Mike broke up. I just don’t think they should’ve been together in the first place. Now maybe season 4 could’ve been where Mike and El started coming together. Mike comes to visit them and sees what El is going through. They confide in each other about trauma/bullying. Then they are separated again and this is when Mike realizes how much he truly loves El. They’re reunited and then they have their big moment when Mike gives his speech. Don’t get me started on the speech. That’s a whole other thing I won’t fully get into. Instead of Mike saying “you’re my superhero” he could’ve said something more along the lines of “you’re not a monster, you are the strongest person I know” and brought up things to show he understands El. Personal things that show he really loves her as a person who is more than just her powers. Had they done this with milkvan’s story I would’ve possibly shipped them. However, the way they wrote them leads me to believe that El is meant to go on a journey where ultimately she becomes an independent women. I really just want her to finally see herself as the beautiful person she is. Because all her life she has been used by others for her powers and I want her to realize that she is more than that.

[lovelyxhorrors]

At the meeting... "That's what going on..." Sid said after she and Cobin present his findings related to the cargo ship that was carrying Atsushi. Shrika chuckles, "So that's how it is. All this for a small war at the east coast?" She said.

Cobin sighs, "Yeah but at least, we ripped some weapons off them. Not that we're planning to use most of it." He said with a shrug. Jason laughs, "Ha! That's what they get for trying to steal our shit! Think they can get away with it. Too bad, we got ours back and we stole theirs as payback."

"Shrika. Can you find out the people behind this mess? To find out who their clients are?" Sid said.

"Sure! I just need a little time." Shrika stated. Matt closes his eyes with his arms crossed, thinking. He heard his teammates converse amongst themselves until they came to a topic that got the killer's eyes open.

"By the way...what we are going to do with the chained-up guy from one of those containers?" Jason asked. Matt opens his eyes and looks towards Jason, "What do you mean?"

"We can ask him of who put him there in the first place till he gets better, right?" Charlie asked. "That can be a good start," Cobin said. "But that guy is drugged with those tranqs. It's going to take a while for him to get better first." Cobin said. Before anyone has any idea what to do with Atsushi after his recovery, Matt goes to make something clear.

"Hey," Matt said clearly for everyone to hear, "Right now, I am looking after him and I get to decide what happens. Nobody comes to his room or him without my permission. Got it?" He said this in a serious tone that got everyone startled. The message is loud and clear for the other Horrors to understand what Matt meant by this. The guest, Atsushi is not to be touched or bothered. "Of course, Matt." Sid nods with everyone nodding at the table and with that meeting is dismissed. Not too soon, Wade comes bursting in panicking, "Matt! We got a problem!" "A problem?" Matt blinks. Wade nods, "Yes! The door to the guestroom is wide open and it's a mess in there! The guest is not in his room and a huge white tiger is running loose!" Wade exclaimed.

Matt repeated, "A white tiger."

Atsushi.

He frowns and looks over to his second-in-command, "Sid. Tell Pete to spread his swarm to look for the tiger throughout the forest. Get Shrika to the skies. Report to me when they find him. Also, tell everyone not to fight the tiger until I get there." Matt tells Sid. "Yes! Of course." Sid ordered. Matt goes on ahead, going into the forest, in hopes he can find Atsushi in there.

He listens to the ping of a phone--right. That was a phone. He had never owned one, but he remembered the caretakers had something similar on them--and then tilts his head a bit.

Oh. Matt was going to leave-

"Okay." He nodded, smiling. But the moment he was alone--

Slowly his gaze moved to the moonlight filtering in through the window. As if in a trance, he found himself slipping out of bed despite the stabbing pain and making his way over to it--

Everything turned white.

Except a loud, snarling roar.

[ai-the-broccoli]

in which Light and Misa discuss Celebrity RPF

(based on this thought)

Misa: *holding her laptop* Hey, Light. Light: What? Misa: *cheerfully* So do you think RPF is okay, or should we start killing people for writing it? Light: ... What are you talking about? Misa: RPF! Real Person Fiction. It's like fanfiction of real people. Light: Oh. Well, that isn't a criminal activity. We don't need to kill people over fanfiction right now. It's still too early for that sort of thing. Misa: Oh, okay! *glances back to her laptop* --Wait! Why are there 5 shipping fics about YOU?! Light: Me? Oh, yes. People do seem to like to write wildly implausible fanfiction of all sorts about Kira. There are thousands of them online, you know. (Last time I checked, every single one that I could find was unbelievably horrible and out of character, and one of them even depicted me committing the illegal act of cannibalism, which is a crime and masterfully confirmed to me once again that the world is rotting and only I can save it. But now that I've confirmed the state of things for the time being, raising my blood pressure repeatedly for no purpose will not aid me in becoming the god of the new world, so I set a password to restrict my own access to the three fanfiction websites.) Misa: No! I mean, yes, duh, but that's old news. Of course I know thousands of Kira ship fics on every corner of the Internet. But these five are not fics about "Kira". They're tagged with "Light Yagami"! Light: ...What? Misa: Yeah. And-- Light: *frowning* Misa, hang on. Why are there 'RPF' fics about Light Yagami? Misa: That's what I was asking! And also-- Hey! I'm not shipped with you in any of them!! Why?! GRRRR this isn't fair! Light: Wait. You haven't told anyone about my relationship with you, have you? Misa: Of course not! Misa wouldn't forget about her promise to you! Light: Then it's just natural they wouldn't write about us. Misa: But I'm literally in this fic?! Yet you're dating-- wait-- EW! Him?! ALL him?! Light: ...Who? *finally turning around to look at Misa's screen* A-

Looking for the Golden Light: A Hideki Ryuga x Light Yagami fanfiction, by xoxo3gossipgirl we never go out of style: A Light Yagami x Hideki Ryuga fanfiction (ft. Misa-Misa), by xoxo3gossipgirl And I'll Write Your Name: A Light Yagami x Hideki Ryuga fanfiction (ft. Misa-Misa), by xoxo3gossipgirl Grave Repercussions: A Yagami Light x Ryuga Hideki fanfiction, by xanaxLOVE28 lightning strikes every time she moves: A F!Hideki Ryuga x F!Light Yagami fanfiction, by xoxo3gossipgirl

Light: *inhales sharply, horrified* HIDEKI RYUGA?! [Light Yagami takes -100 damage] Misa: Yeah! God, my new manager never stops trying to pair me with him. It's getting on my nerves! Light: ...What? Misa: I don't even understand why. I mean, everyone in the industry knows Ryuga swings that way! And I told her I got a boyfriend. Light: ....... Oh. Oh, yeah, uh, right. Yeah, of course. I knew those are all about that Hideki Ryuga. The popular actor. Right? Misa: Huh? Yeah. Of course? What other........ wait................OH. Ryuzaki -- L -- also used it as an alias one time, didn't he? Light: Exactly, Misa. Obviously, these fics had nothing to do with him, but I thought we should make sure for safety's sake. Just as I thought, all this is indeed about the actor. Misa: Huh... Well, yeah. *turns back to the screen* This is definitely about the actor... and this one too.... and-- Wait a second! *gasps* Why does this fic say that I'm a- a- Light: A what? Misa: Light! *inhales sharply, horrified* What is "l-l-lesbian Misa-Misa" supposed to mean here?! [Misa Amane takes -100 damage] Light: ...Huh. Hm. Misa: W-wait... *stares at the description* Misa is here in this fic because she's in a fake PR relationship with Hideki Ryuga here... and apparently we're doing it so we can both... *squints, incredulous* "pretend to be straight"... together??? Light: Oh? That's... ridiculous. Misa: RIGHT??? I mean, who would ever DO such a thing??? That's stupid. Light: ...............Misa, you said earlier that your new manager keeps trying to pair you up with Hideki Ryuga -- that actor Hideki Ryuga. And you say Ryuga -- I mean, the actor, the real Ryuga Hideki, not L -- he's known in your industry for being gay? Misa: Yeah- ...Wait. *gasps, horrified* My manager really thinks I'm a l-les... bian?! Because--I never told her who my boyfriend is?! What! *screaming* She can't be SERIOUS! [Misa Amane takes -100 more damage]

[lemotmo]

Hi, I need to get something of my chest if I may. If not, feel free to ignore this message. ❤️ I've been so livid and angry about some peoples rasist, sexist and dare I say queerphobic behaviour all because of a fucking FICTIONAL character!! It's been going on for months but this is really the tip of the iceberg, like fuck those hypocritical asslickers and lfj for instigating it, for everything they said. Wanting for Ryan to get deported? Like where to? Texas?? All of a sudden he's not white enough lmao. And everything else they are saying about him and Oliver and Angela Bassett??? I'm not saying lfj didn't get hate but lmao he knew for like two months that he was leaving... Them claiming he's a victim and that he was bullied of the show when he was only a guest star and sorry to say not that great of an actor... I have no sympathy for him and based on all the problematic shit he said, I'm glad we are rid of him and his minions. Good riddance I say, no one is going to miss them! And with the shitstorm they are causing, why would the show want lfj back or any show for that matter??? I wasn't around prior to S7, but I understand what Tim meant about the fandom being worse than ever. I've been in some fandoms where things were tense but nothing like this. Sorry for the rant, it's just so infuriating to see how they behave toward real life people over a bland fictional character. They can like who they want for whatever reason, but imo there here are tons of better gay characters out there and claiming he was some revolutionary representation or whatever tells me all I need to know about them. Sorry again for the rant idk who to talk to about this. Hope you have a nice day! ❤️🙏

Oh Nonny, it's clear you needed to get this off your chest. It's okay. I get it.

You only came in during season 7? You missed such a great period before that. I'm not saying everything was alway perfect and there definitely was fandom discourse. That's unavoidable. But it was discourse on another level. Nowhere near the level we reached over the last couple of months.

But as soon as the Tommies appeared things changed considerably. We were all harassed, accused of terrible things and called 'delusional' for shipping Buddie, a ship that had been around since season 2.

We went from a relative peaceful fandom to a toxic fandom in one single episode. I got called homophobic for not really vibing with Tommy two days after the episode had aired. It was the beginning of a long and very exhausting journey for all of us.

Tommy/Lou and his unhinged fans are the worst thing that has ever happened to the 911 fandom.

But what is done is done. We can't go back. We can only move forward from here. And the future seems so much brighter. No more Tommy and after the way Lou egged his fans on to attack the show and Oliver? Well, we won't ever see him back at ABC. 😏

So let it all out Nonny and then move on. We're in the thick of things right now, but it will all soon pass. As soon as the fandom moves on to the new episode, the Tommies will scatter and probably follow Lou to SWAT. Some hardcore Tommies will stick around, but if we all collectively ignore them, they'll eventually go away as well.

I hope you have a lovely day Nonny!

[clonerightsagenda]

Arcane S2E3

Wait so the Kirraman family designed a ventilation system for Zaun? Was it never implemented all the way? Or was the bad air quality we saw in season 1 the good version? Caitlyn using the ventilation her mother designed to gas an entire civilian population in revenge… hon I do not think that's what your mom wanted.

Liked the comic book-esque intro for this episode. Taking some cues from Spiderverse I bet, and it's a good use of the medium.

What is it with the lesbian cop trope

Is the blond councilmember human? His ears are rounded and he's not obviously a furry or gnome creature but his facial bone structure is odd, kind of elfin

Trans furry character or just trans VA? Either way I'm used to that in audio dramas but it's exciting to hear trans voices in more mainstream stuff

Jinx adopting some random street kid: I call this the cycle of generational trauma

Magic toxic waste… Jayce: I'm gonna poke it

Oh hey the hextech is glitching… wonder how the shipping lanes on the surface are doing right now

Honestly the undercity pulling an uno reverse card with toxic gasses is fair and reasonable. Well played Jinx. Update - just paint? Girl you went easy on them

Vi learns why you shouldn't date a cop

Uh oh Mel

A powerful person from another country bringing in a contingent of soldiers and offering their ~ help ~ and ~ advice ~ in a troubled time is always a good sign and not at all setting up a coup

Ambessa: My daughter is a weak bitch who isn't down with murder. Caitlyn is the baby fascist I always wanted. Also she's looking for a mother figure rn so it's perfect

Unhoused drunk guy spontaneously promoted to cop does not seem pleased by other cop's spontaneous promotion to martial law leader

I understand he's a LoL character so has to exist but I'm wondering what the doctor's motivation is for going off into the wilderness and making a werewolf. To test his abilities

Going off the part 2 promo Vi is going to have an emo phase and Jinx has a whole army of people with blue hair and pronouns

[m-jelly]

Late night snack - Chapter 1

Vampire Levi x human reader

Levi helps Erwin run a very powerful gang that brings order to vampires in a massive city, but in his spare time, he watches you, a cute streamer who brings him comfort at night. You get very close to Levi online, then a chance meeting leads to the two of you becoming a very passionate couple. The two of you have to face a lot of troubles together. Some fans like you a bit too much and Levi's job is incredibly dangerous. You both stay close, passionate and deeply in love even in the darkest of times. Through everything you both stand strong.

Ao3

It’d been about two months since he discovered you, and he’d been entranced. However, most nights had gotten lonely since he managed to get total power with Erwin. Vampires were all over the city and working in harmony with humans, but there were some minor issues, there were vampire haters who spread hate speeches against it. Levi could understand because vampires were revealed to be living among humans, that there were purebloods who had some sort of power among other vampires.

After gaining a lot of power over the city through gangs and deals, the place became just a little safer for people. Levi was the muscle of the gang, he trained people up and punished anyone bad. He also helped run a lot of the bars and clubs, but he had to admit he was bored now everything was in order so he scrolled on his phone and found you.

Levi enjoyed video games, he would play them now and then but there was something about watching you play them, talk to your fans and be so relaxed with everyone. You didn’t dress up for the camera, just light makeup and sometimes nothing at all. You’d wear a mix of things from comfy to very pretty. You were incredibly honest with your fans, even when you had a sponsorship from a game or company.

At first, Levi watched and he watched some of your old uploaded streams. After that, he started donating and he was one of your biggest donors. A little online friendship bloomed because you were shocked at the amount and had to talk to him privately with your mods to make sure the amount was correct. Soon after that, he became a mod for you. He loved it when all the mods got together on a call because it meant he could talk to you.

Only recently had the two of you spoken on private calls and he looked forward to them. He had noticed that his voice did things to you like your breathing would change a bit and your heart would race. He liked the things he did to you because had a strong crush on you that controlled him. He knew he was a bit obsessed with you and he was going to work on that, but vampires tended to get a little obsessive with the people they had feelings for.

He'd even bought some of your merch, it made him happy to have a part of you with him. It also warmed his heart that a lot of your profits went to charities. He had a phone charm hanging off his phone of a little bunny with bat wings, it made him smile every time he saw it. Back at his home, he had a few more things.

“Leviathan! You’ve been quiet for a bit. You okay?”

Levi blinked a few times, his heart warmed at hearing you call him by his online name. He hummed and typed a reply in the chat. He was so wrapped up in thinking about you and gazing at you that he forgot to say anything. He sent a little message to let you know he was there. He blushed when you smiled brightly and talked right to him.

You leaned closer to the camera. “Leviathan, hey. I missed you. I hope you’re okay.” You read his reply and nibbled your lip. “Good, I’m glad. Did you get that issue sorted?” You leaned your cheek on your hand and smiled. “Wonderful. I did worry about you.” You pouted when your fans were flooding the feed with talks about shipping you and Levi as a couple. “Quiet you lot and no more shipping art. You lot are wild little beasts. I run a tight and well-behaved warren.” You burst out laughing at them. “You’re all cute little bunnies.” You blew them kisses. “Love you all. Now, let’s start our game.”

Levi watched you play a new horror game for a while before sitting and chatting with everyone. He groaned as he felt a hunger inside him. “Damn it.” He stormed over to his heater and grabbed a bottle of fake blood with all the things vampires needed. He downed some as he thought about you. “Mm.” He moved back to his phone and watched the last of your stream. “Tch, I want more.” He was about to message you asking for a private chat but you sent him a message asking to call. “Yes.”

You waved goodbye to your chat and ended the stream. As soon as you were done, you yanked on a hoodie of yours that was old merch. You tapped away on your computer and called Levi, he answered right away like he always did. “Hey, Leviathan.”

Levi sighed. “Hey Batbunny, you seemed a bit off today, is everything okay?”

You shivered at his tantalising deep voice. “I’m okay.”

“You can tell me anything.”

You sat in your chair and grabbed a can from your little fridge. “Ah…I dunno…it’s just this guy.”

Levi clenched his fist tightly. “What’s his name and how much can I hurt him?”

You giggled making Levi blush. “You don’t need to do a thing. I thought this guy was good, but he had a girlfriend. He just wanted to see if he could get with a big named streamer.”

He shot to his feet. “I need his name.”

“Leviathan.”

He whined a bit. “He hurt you though.”

You hugged your legs and smiled a little. “You’re…you’re so wonderful.” You hummed. “You’re like a dream.”

“I’m not a dream.”

You frowned. “Leviathan.”

He hummed. “I’m pretty sure I’m real and not a dream.”

You giggled. “You’re cute.”

“I’m…umm…” He shifted a little. “Th-thank you.”

You mumbled a little hoping Levi wouldn’t hear. “I wish I could meet you, my dream man.”

Levi heard you with his sensitive ears. “S-So, you know m-my online name?”

“Mm?”

He gulped hard. “It has my name in it. My name is Levi.”

Your heart raced. “Levi…Levi…I love it.” You gave your name as Levi felt like his heart could burst from his chest. “I’m glad you became a fan because I made a friend.”

“I’m glad I found you too.” He glanced at the time. “You should be having dinner, right?”

You gasped. “Oh! You’re right, I should cook something.” You nibbled your lip as you thought about what you were going to make. “Mm…I’m not sure what to make.”

Levi huffed when he saw Erwin was calling. He called your name. “I have to mute, I have a work call sorry. I’ll be right back.”

You smiled a little. “Sure!”

Levi muted himself and answered Erwin. “Yeah.”

Erwin sighed. “I need your help.”

“With what? Everything is in order.”

“We’ve got an issue with young blood. He’s trying to get powerful like a pureblood. Some humans have gone missing.” Erwin growled. “I think the fucker is using humans as blood bags. We know where he hangs out. I think it’ll be a quick job, but I know how much this means to you.”

Levi thought about his father. Levi’s dad was human and his mother turned him so they could have eternity together, but before he met Kuchel he had been used and abused by a female vampire. Levi wanted to protect his father, who was a soft and sweet man. He had muscles but he was romantic in the sweet classic way. So, anytime he heard of a human being used for their blood and not seen as a living thing, it enraged him.

Levi’s rage subsided when your keychain tapped against his wrist. He smiled softly as thoughts of you made him feel better. “I’ll come help. Be there soon.” He ended the call and paced around his penthouse and stopped by the large window that looked out on the city. He tapped for your call. “Hey, sorry about that.”

You squeaked in delight at hearing Levi. “Hello again. It’s okay, I started cooking finally.”

“What did you decide on? I bet it’s delicious.”

“I picked bolognese and garlic bread.”

Levi smiled a little. “Sounds perfect. I’m sorry to say this, but I have an emergency job to do. I have to go.”

You whined a bit. “That’s a shame, I’ll miss you. Please be safe.”

“I will. You keep safe too.” He hummed a bit. “And I’ll miss you as well. Bye.”

“Bye.” You ended the call and felt a bit sad. “Levi, huh…” You picked up your bunny plushie with bat wings and smiled as you hugged it. “I want to meet him.”

You’d been a streamer for a few years and you don’t know why, but you took off and people really liked you. You always streamed at night so humans and vampires didn’t feel alone. You were welcoming to all kinds of people. Your laid back fun vibes just seemed to pull people in. Plus, you welcomed all kinds of people and played all sorts of fun games. You did shove merch down people’s throats you didn’t often release stuff, you just didn’t want to bother your fans too much.

No matter how much you thought about it, you still couldn’t figure out why you became a popular streamer. You had fantastic fans, mods and now editors who helped you set up a page with playthroughs and edited streams. You would sometimes go to conventions to meet fans, sign things and take pictures. You enjoyed meeting your fans and forming bonds with a lot of them, but it was emotional sometimes knowing you couldn’t reach everyone.

Making connections and lasting relationships was a bit hard because a lot of people loved you for your fame, or they loved Batbunny and not you as a person. It could be very lonely at times so the people who you let in were very close to you. Levi was someone you were letting in, you liked him so much and you did know it was crazy you’d never met him and you had the biggest crush on him.

You smiled at the chat as you read a few things. You were currently on a break after playing a very intense chapter of a horror game, so you were winding down with your watches so you could play something fun. You had some banter going with a few of them but then you saw someone say something rather gross about you. You tried to ignore it, but then they got worse.

“Mm.” You glanced at the mod chat to see that they were trying. “It’s okay, mods. You’re doing amazing.” You smiled as Levi privately messaged you. “I’m okay, thank you. This is normal.”

Levi sent you a few messages saying he’d take care of it.

You smiled a bit. “Take care of it, huh? That’s so cute.” You glanced at the chat asking if you were talking to Leviathan. “Oh, shush you lot, but yes I am talking to Leviathan.”

Levi sent you more messages that everything was sorted and you could go back to having fun. What he didn’t tell you is he used his gang to find out who this man was harassing you, then he sent someone over to the man’s place and made him stop. Levi was going to protect you no matter what. He knew you’d probably be scared of him for being a pureblood vampire, as well as being rather protective of you to the point he’d hurt anyone who hurt you.

The smile he adored on you returned and you were back to being happy. He blushed when you sent him a sweet message to him and started playing a game he enjoyed. He knew you were doing it for him and it warmed his heart. Levi wanted nothing more than to wrap you up in his arms and kiss you. His heart and soul belonged to you. He wanted you with him so he could protect you better from the terrible people out there.

A dark feeling hit him. “Oh…oh shit…this is bad. I’m no better than…” He whined and knew he needed to sign off for a bit. “Damn it.” He messaged that he had work to do and he’d speak another time. “I need to get some air and work.”

The night air was cool to most, but Levi didn’t feel it. He knew going for a drive would clear his head, so he hopped onto his motorbike, strapped on his leather gloves and put his helmet on. He sped off and drove around the city and enjoyed how it felt, along with the flashing of neon lights. A big part of him wished you were sat behind him holding him, but he could only dream.

He came to a stop at a convenience store that was always open. He liked the store because it was in a nice part of the city and always had food and drink for vampires. He took his helmet off and put it on his bike before walking into the shop. He released a long sigh, grabbed a basket and began shopping. He moved around and tuned out the world around him, but then he heard a sweet voice that he recognised. He frowned a moment, turned his head and looked down to see you were right next to him.

Levi’s eyes widened as he took you in, you were incredibly beautiful in person and you smelt better than he imagined. “Ah.”

You looked up at him. “Sorry, am I in your way?”

He gulped hard. “Batbunny?”

You flinched a little because a man as stunningly handsome as the one before you couldn’t possibly be a fan. “Y-Yes.”

He placed his hand on his chest. “It’s me. Leviathan.”

Your eyes widened as fireworks went off inside you, this man truly was your dream man. He was a walking bad boy with tight black jeans, biker boots, leather jacket, leather gloves and that deeply dark look in his eyes that became ever so soft and loving as he gazed at you. “Levi.”

Levi blushed. “Ah, hearing you say my name in person is just…” He smiled softly. “It’s so nice.” He cleared his throat. “I can’t believe we bumped into each other. Oh! I hope you don’t think.”

You held your hands up. “No, no, I don’t think you’re a stalker. This really is a chance meeting. It’s cool, I love it.”

He grinned causing him to flash his fangs. “Really?” He covered his mouth with his hand. “A-Ah, sorry.”

You moved closer to him causing his body to tingle. “You’re a vampire?”

“Yes…does it bother you?”

You shook your head. “Not at all. They look lovely. You don’t need to hide from me.”

He lowered his hand. “Sorry, a lot of people are not comfortable with vampires still.”

“I’m comfortable.” You grinned at him making him blush. “Hey! Do you want to come over?”

Levi’s eyes widened. “Wh-what? Are you sure?”

You nodded. “Mm, I’m sure.”

“You trust me that much?”

You put some things in your basket. “I do.” You looked over at him. “Is there a reason I shouldn’t? I mean, we talk almost every day. I feel like I know you very well.”

He smiled softly. “It’s just…it makes me very happy. I’m not used to such kindness. I would love to come over.”

“Great!” You cleared your throat. “Sorry, that was very excitable of me.” You gulped. “I’m just gonna get my stuff…” You walked away from Levi but he heard you mumble to yourself. “Idiot. I’m an idiot. The perfect man is right there and you’re fucking it up.”

Levi smirked a bit and did his shopping before meeting you at the till. “Allow me.”

You gasped. “Oh, but you do plenty for me.”

He tapped his card against the reader. “I want to do more.”

You whined a bit as he packed everything. “You’re so nice.”

“Only to you.” He grabbed everything. “Come with me.” He held back a smile when you followed him like a cute little puppy. “I hope you don’t mind motorbikes.”

You stopped by his bike. “Wow!”

He took your bag with his and your things. “Let me get that.” He packed them away before picking his helmet up. “I only have the one. Do you like far?”

You shook your head and gave your address. “It’s rather close.”

He placed the helmet on your head. “I’ll get on first then you sit behind me. Make sure you are holding me tightly, okay?”

You nodded and gave him the thumbs up. You waited for him to sit before getting on behind him. You wrapped your arms around him and felt your heart racing at being so close to him. The muscles you could feel were incredible. You gripped him hard when he drove off, it was so fast it surprised you and the skill at how Levi moved around traffic was impressive. The ride was only short, but you looked forward to when you could do this again with him.

Levi pulled up into a parking spot that had your apartment number on. He waited for you to get off before he did. “You know, I was expecting a house.”

You pulled the helmet off. “I like apartments. I mean, it’s just me so it doesn’t make sense to have a big place. It’d be a waste of money and it’d cost me a lot.”

He grabbed the bags of food. “Makes sense to me. It’s a very secure building, very safe as well.”

You bumped yourself against him. “You worried about me?”

“Always.”

You hummed a laugh and walked into the building but Levi stayed outside. “Levi? Oh! Come on it.”

Levi smiled. “Thanks.” He walked inside and sighed. “Seems like a silly thing, but it’s a true thing about vampires.”

You walked into the lift with him. “How about the whole silver and sunlight thing?”

He leaned against the wall of the lift. “Silver hurts us. Sunlight is…well…if you are a weak vampire like you are turned by someone that had been turned by someone else, you don’t do okay in the sun and you will burn. However, if you’re a pureblood like me you’ll be fine but you’ll feel a bit weak. It’s best to just be active at night.” He walked out of the lift with you. “I’m glad I did that because I met you.”

You used your keys to unlock your door. “Me too.” You walked into your place. “Come on in, Levi.”

He slipped his shoes off in the little shoes area before moving to your very modern and perfect kitchen. “Mm, this is nice.”

“Thanks!”

He frowned a bit. “There are vamp things here.”

You looked at the devices to heat blood. “Oh, it came with the apartment. They asked if I wanted it removed but I wanted it to stay.” You started putting your things away. “Glad I did.”

Levi placed his blood things in the special heater. “You do this sort of thing with others?”

You shook your head. “Nope.” You smiled at him. “I have a stream later today.”

Levi’s blush faded. “Oh, I’ll head home then.”

Your head tilted like a curious rabbit. “Why?”

“Well, you don’t want me then.”

“I want you though.” You hurried off. “I want you to stay.” You grabbed a big bunny with bat wings and ran back. “I have a spare room. You could stay over.” You paused in front of a flustered Levi. “Sorry, I’m pressuring you. It’s just, I feel such a strong connection to you and I really like you.” You looked up at him. “I can imagine this is a lot for you and my scent is everywhere.”

Levi cupped your face. “I want to stay. You don’t make me feel uncomfortable. This place and you smell incredible.” He leaned closer. “I like you so much it’s slightly crazy.”

You hugged the toy. “Mm.” You shoved the bunny into his arms. “F-For you.”

Levi took the bunny and felt himself smiling. He enjoyed that he flustered you so much and that you had feelings for him. “Oh, hey this bunny?”

You pulled your jacket off and hung it up. “Oh, yeah there are only two in the world. I have both of them, well not anymore.” You pointed at the bunny. “You have the other one.”

He squeezed it. “I will treasure it.”

You giggled. “I’m glad.” You pointed at him. “Can I take your jacket?”

He placed the bunny down and peeled his jacket off. “Thanks.”

You stared at him in a tight black shirt with short sleeves. The shirt was pulled over his pecs and squeezed his waist. What shocked you the most were his arms. They were covered in tattoos and seemed to pop on his skin as if they were brand new. “Ah…”

“Oh, vampire tattoos have silver in them to get them to stay.” He noticed you were shaking a little, he thought it was due to fear because of his muscles, but then he sensed how your heart raced and the smell of your blood. He gulped hard because now he knew you were incredibly attracted to him. “Do you like them?”

You reached over and touched his arms a bit. “Yeah, they’re pretty.”

He shivered as you kept tracing them. “That feels nice.” He purred as he moved closer. “Don’t ever stop touching me.”

You looked up at him with the most adorable look. “Levi.”

He went bright red. “I’m so sorry, that just came out.”

You hummed a laugh. “I’m happy to keep touching you.” You moved closer to him. “In fact, it brings me comfort.” You reached up and caressed his cheek. “You’re so soft.”

He leaned into your touch. “Mm, thank you.” He closed his eyes and relaxed a bit. “I like how you feel.” He opened his eyes. “You’re so warm and squishy.”

“You want a hug to see how warm and squishy I am?”

He gasped in delight before wrapping his arms around you and hugged you. “Mm.” He squeezed you tightly. “Mmmm.”

You nuzzled your face against him and released a long sigh. “It’s so strange. We’ve only met in person today, but I feel like this is how we’re supposed to be.” You pulled back a bit and looked into Levi’s beautiful eyes. “Does that make sense?”

“It does.”

You pulled back and hummed. “So, uh…I have to stream. Are you okay with joining me?”

He cleared his throat. “Yeah, but is it okay if I hide my face? I can sit off-camera.”

You took his hand and pulled him along. “Of course.” You led him to your office. “Here is my office.”

He marvelled at the setup you had, the neon pink lights along with the nerdy collection of figures and posters. “This is perfect.”

You released his hand making him sad. You grabbed an old custom-made gaming chair of yours and placed it just off camera. “There, if you sit here they won’t see your face but they can see your chest, arms and thighs. This also allows you to see what I’m doing.”

He sat down and stared at your three monitors, cute desk, custom-made rabbit-themed tower that lit up so nicely and an adorable keyboard to match. “I like your setup.”

“Thanks.” You grabbed a hoodie and dragged it on. “I think I need to update it at some point.”

He watched you set everything up. “Would you change the colours?”

You nibbled your lip as you thought. “Maybe. I do like the custom ones. This team sets up the tower for me, then they transfer everything over for me. I know tech, but I don’t think I could fully build a PC.” You laughed. “Don’t trust myself.”

He smirked as he watched you. “You’re cute.”

You pouted a bit as your cheeks heated up. “Thanks.”

He reached over and caressed your cheek a few times. “You really are like a little bunny.”

You gazed at him as he smiled allowing you to see his fangs. “You remind me of a black kitty cat.” You reached over and pointed. “Cause of the adorable fangs.”

He nipped your finger making you squeak. He licked your finger and released you. “I guess I am like one.”

You hugged yourself with one arm. “You are…you…” You huffed.

He hummed a laugh and sat back as you started your stream. He adored being able to see you work. It flustered him when chat was screaming about him. “Ah, they like me?”

You giggled. “They like the mysterious man to the side of me. Chat, stop taking screenshots of him. I know his chest, arms, hands and thighs are lovely but behave yourself.”

Levi shifted and clenched his fists a little. “You think that?”

You looked over at him and whined a bit. “Y-Yes.” You looked back at the screen. “Who is it? It’s Leviathan. Yes, he’s incredibly handsome.” You gulped hard. “Are we dating?” You glanced at Levi as he tilted his head and smiled a little. “Ah, no we’re uh…we met by chance today. This is the first time we’ve met in person.”

Levi reached over and took your hand. “You’re even more beautiful in person. It’s hard to believe.” He lifted your hand and kissed it. “Pretty bunny.”

You pulled your hood down. “Jeez. Chat, tell him off. He’s been this sweet and smooth with me all damn day.”

Levi waved at the chat. “Hi all, you better be on your best behaviour. We have good little bunnies in this warren, right?”

You peeked at your chat and saw them freaking out at Levi saying that. “I think you have fans now.”

Levi waved at the camera. “Hello, little bunnies.” He reached over and squeezed your thigh. “Do you want something to drink?”

You hummed as your heart raced. “S-Sure.” You watched him leave your office and waited a bit before speaking to your chat. “He’s got such a lovely deep voice.” You stared at your chat. “He’s so handsome. I know you can’t see him cause he wants to hide his face, but he’s amazing. I have the biggest crush on him. We’ve been talking for so long privately and I just…I really wanna date him, but keep it hush-hush, okay?”

“You wanna date me?”

You turned and went pale as Levi stood there with a drink and a snack for you. “Um…well…”

He pointed to the screen. “Mind pausing?”

You hurriedly tapped away. “Sorry, everyone! Short break.” You paused the stream and turned to Levi. “I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I just…well…I do. Speaking to you through messages and phone calls for a while, I just had these feelings build up for you and then meeting you in person…” You pulled your hood down on your hoodie with the rabbit ears on. “I’ve made this awkward. I mean, why would someone as handsome and cool as you want me? I’ve fucked this all up.”

Levi placed everything down before kneeling in front of you. He softly called your name and massaged the back of your legs. “Look at me.” He tapped his chin on your knee. “Please?”

You pulled your hood back a bit. “Mm.” You gazed at him. “Levi.”

He leaned up and kissed you before you could say anything else. He lightly nipped your lip before pushing his tongue into your mouth and kissing you with all the love and passion in his heart. He pulled back a little and spoke against your lips. “Sweet little bunny.” He nuzzled his nose against yours. “I…I…”

“I knew-.”

He kissed you again. “I want to say how I feel, but I don’t want to scare you. Fuck, bunny I’m in love with you.” He lowered his head. “I’m the one who’s probably fucked this up and made things awkward.” He tapped his forehead against your knee. “I love you so much.”

You reached over and ran your fingers through Levi’s hair. “You mean it?”

He lifted his head. “I do.”

“Well…I…I um…” You covered your face with your hands. “I love you.”

Levi shuffled closer. “You do?” He took your hands and pulled them from your face. “You make me so happy.” He smiled at you causing his fangs to show. “I promise I’ll take care of you. I am sorry I will be a bit possessive of you, but I’ll try my best to be good.”

You smiled. “Vampire thing?”

He nodded. “Mm.”

You caressed his cheek before diving for him and knocking him back on the floor. Your lips were on his as the two of you kissed over and over. “I like that. I’ll try my best to be a good girl, and I’ll try not to be too possessive either.”

Levi massaged your hips. “I might like it, you being possessive that is.” He leaned up and kissed you. “You’re so delicious and pretty.” He rolled over onto you. “I just want to spoil you, dote on you, love and care for you.”

You giggled as he started kissing your face and neck all over. “Levi.”

He licked your neck then pulled back. “A-Ah! Your stream.”

You sat up on your thighs and pouted a bit. “But I want more kisses.” You crawled towards him as he backed up a bit. “I want you to bite me. Don’t vampire partners bite their lovers so they can make them theirs?”

Levi’s back bumped against the wall as you crawled closer. “Th-They do, but I uh…I don’t want to hurt you.”

You sat between his legs and peppered his face with kisses as you placed your hands on his plump pecs. “You’re so sweet.”

He took your hand and pressed loving kiss after loving kiss on you. “Mm.” He looked eyes with you as he playfully nipped the plump part of your thumb. He licked the skin before opening his mouth and sinking his teeth in. He purred as you flinched a bit at the pain, but then you began moaning so sweetly. He dragged his tongue over your hand over and over. “Your blood…” He sighed. “It’s so delicious. It’s like honey.”

You shivered. “Maybe I have too much sugar.”

He chucked as he dragged you against him. “That’s not it, my cute little bunny.” He held you a moment. “To vampires, it means that…well…your affection for me is strong, and…” he caressed your cheek as he smiled. “It means that we’re connected on a deep level.”

Your eyes sparkled at him. “Soulmates?”

He blushed a bit. “Yes.” He pricked his finger on his fang. “Here, drink.” He moaned and felt arousal go through him when you licked and sucked the blood. “A-ah.”

You hummed. “It tastes so good.”

“Fuck, I want to eat you.”

You gasped. “H-huh?”

He growled and attacked your neck making you squeal in delight. He nibbled and sucked your neck like a cute kitten needing to attack to show love. He held you tightly and nuzzled. “Mm.” He sighed as he held you. “My happy place.”

You wrapped your arms around Levi. “Mine too.”

He picked you up and walked over to your gaming chair. He sat down with you on his lap. “Mm, there. We can stay together and they can’t see my face.”

You shifted on his lap as he hugged you tightly and hid his face. “I-I’ll get back to work then.” You put the stream back on. “We’re back.” You felt your cheeks heat up as chat made comments. “Y-Yes, I have a cute little black kitty with me.” You chatted, giggled and played a few things until it was time to end the stream. You finished with lots of donations and subscriptions. “Bye everyone, be safe and snuggle up in your little warrens.”

Levi kissed the back of your neck. “Is it over?”

“Everything is turned off.” You slipped off his lap making him pout and whine. “Normally my routine is, I have some dinner and then relax before getting some sleep.” You turned to him and smiled. “Do you want to join me?”

Levi gripped the arms of your chair. “I wanna chase you, hold you, bite you, kiss you and just adore you.”

You backed up a bit. “Chase me, huh? Well, I supposed cats chase bunnies.” You nibbled your lip. “Chase me.”

Levi’s eyes widened when you turned and quickly sprinted away. He purred in delight before launching himself out of his chair and running after you. “Little bunny!”

You squeaked as Levi appeared right in front of you. “Levi!” You ran around your apartment with Levi right behind you. “Danger kitty!”

He grabbed you and lifted you. “Got you.”

You kicked your legs and gazed at him. “You’re fast.”

“Does that scare you?”

You shook your head. “No.”

He sat with you on his lap. “I’m glad.”

You cuddled up to Levi and nuzzled the crook of his neck. “You’re so comforting to me.” You closed your eyes a moment. “You just make me feel safe.” You relaxed against Levi. “No one has ever made me feel this way before.”

Levi held you close and knew that there was pain in your past and his presence was just fixing that for you. He kissed your forehead a few times. He blushed a little when he felt your heart slow a little, your breathing too, his presence had calmed you that much you’d drifted off to sleep in his arms.

He squeezed you a little. “I’ll protect you and love you, always.”