#i was supposed to finish this yesterday but didn’t hehe whoops

[slasherflicks999]

thank you pinterest for launching me into yet another multiple day drawing :3

I LOVE HIIIIMAKAMSMSBDIHSSKBSDFHKJABSFD we know this

but oh my god this took almost 7 hours overall LMAO im so tired but like in a good way

you may be looking at his hair and saying “heyyyy gravity doesnt work that way….” in which case you are correct but i thought it would be cool if BEN’s hair kinda floats when he gets all glitchy like how hair does when it’s in water :3 in my head this would also mean it would poof up a little when he gets mad like in a ghibli movie or a cat bc…. cmon that’d be so fun

also idk what his outfit is i just improvised it bc i didn’t wanna design bro a whole outfit LMAO i never know what to draw him wearing!!!!! smh smh.. it’s okay he’s serving

but anyway…….. im so proud of this and how i did the shading hehe :333 i love him i love him i love him im so tired i love him

ref for the pose after the break if anyone wants it :D

[fire-emblem-drabbles]

number 8 for hríd for the soulmate prompt?

Pairing: Hrid x reader

Prompt: Soulmate AU; soulmates first words are written on your body.

Description: To be warm was nice, but the heat in Muspell was unbearable; you didn’t know how anyone could do anything there. The fighting was harsh and the enemy strong, for once you couldn’t be sure you would get out alive. But in all this madness, a ray of hope appears before you.

Rating: sfw

Word Count: 1720

Notes: Whoops meant to post this yesterday, but I got busy! I love Hrid a lot and this piece ended up much longer than I expected hehe. 

“Oh my gosh,” It was Fjorm’s gasp that caused your small party to stop; it was yourself, her, Alfonse, Sharnea, and Anna, along with a few heroes for this mission. “That’s… my eldest brother Hrid,” She knelt next to his fallen form, fearing the worst. You could hear her breathe a sigh of relief upon feeling his shallow breathing.

“Fjorm...” Anna frowned. “We need to finish this mission. If he’s down, whoever did this has to be close by, right?” You were feeling a little uneasy. When that happened, you always like to hold your wrist; written on it were the words ‘your hands are so warm’. Those were the words your soulmate would say to you when you first meet and remembering that good times were still ahead always brought you comfort.

“I can still fight.” Anna still looked worriedly at Fjorm.

“I’ll take a look at him,” You placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. “I know I’m not the best healer, but I’ve been practicing. It’s better than nothing, right?” You offered her an apologetic smile.

“Anything you can do would be a great help,” She smiled back. “My debt to you only grows the more time we spend together, but I can’t say that I mind it.” She laughed gently, rising back to her feet.

“Don’t worry about it, just get this done.”

“Uh, guys? I think that’s the enemy ahead...” Sharena’s voice drew everyone's attention to the west. “We better take care of them!”

“Will you be alright alone?” Alfonse looked at you before glancing at Hrid, frowning. “I know we’ll be within earshot but...” It was like him to worry, you didn’t mind.

“Of course, Alfonse.” You gave him a reassuring smile. “Once you guys take care of the enemy, we can take Hrid back to camp and have a proper healer check on him.”

“We’re off then,” No one looked very pleased with the situation, but something had to be done. “Be care, _____.” You nodded at Anna, and watched the group of them leave to defend you and Hrid. He was unconscious, you noted, and probably very lucky to be alive. Despite the heat around you, he was still cold-- he was running a fever though, and a cold sweat was on his body. You didn’t have much on you, but the least you could do was try and bring him some comfort.

“You poor thing...” The words came softly from you as you brushed some hair from his face. “Hold fast, okay? Soon enough we’ll be out of here, and you’ll be feeling better. He winced a little, and blinked slowly, looking up at you with blurry eyes.

“Your… hands are so warm...” He leaned into your touch, sighing in content from the feelings. You were too focused to realize the consequence of his words; you just wanted to see to it that he would be okay.

“Hey, it’s okay.” You smiled at him, and despite his pain, he smiled back. “I don’t know much healing magic, but if you tell me where it hurts, I can do something.” You offered.

“I….” He blinked again, trying his best to wake up and remember what was going on. “I was… supposed to go after Surtr...” He quickly sat up, and the two of you nearly bonked heads. “Oh Gods, what’s happened?” He looked around quickly, eyes wide and breathing heavy.

“Hey, hey take it easy!” You placed a hand on his shoulder. “I don’t know how you ended up here, but I promise, I’m not the enemy. I couldn’t hurt you even if I wanted to.” You head your hands up and laughed a little. “My group and I came upon you here, collapsed on the ground. You… seem okay, but Prince Hrid, did you overwork yourself?” He paused a moment, scanning you.

“I… how do you know me?” He looked around once again. “Who are you?” He added.

“My apologies!” You shook your head. “I’m _____, Summoner to the Order of Heroes. I only know your name because Fjorm told me.”

“My sister is here? She’s alive?” He breathed a sigh of relief. “That is…. Good to hear.” He seemed to calm down a little upon hearing that. “It’s, nice to meet you as well. If you’re with the Order of Heroes… where is everyone?”

“We were followed-- someone knew we were coming this way. I’m a tactician as well, so it's odd not being in the fray with my allies… but it felt wrong to just leave you here alone.” You were starting to feel nervous again, and went to look at your wrist for comfort. To your shock, the words weren’t there anymore; your skin looked as if nothing had ever been there, in fact.

“If there’s fighting, I should join.” Hrid moved to stand, but you pressed your hand to his shoulder to stop him.

“No, I won’t allow it. Not even minutes ago you were lying here, unconscious. You’re running a fever as well, you need rest.” The look you were giving him made him feel a little ashamed; it reminded him of the scoldings Gunnthra and even his own mother used to give.

“It’s… hard to stay put when you know your allies are in danger, though.” He sighed and shook his head.

“I understand, I’m usually right there with them. I know they can take care of themselves, but still, I worry when I’m not there directing them...” You sighed, but stayed silent, looking to your wrist again. It struck you then, just what Hrid said to you when he was still in a feverish sleep; the very words your soulmate were to say to you when you first met. He probably didn’t even remember saying the words himself, nor realize what you said to him while he was asleep.

Lucky for you, your allies returned sooner rather than later from their fight; it seems the enemy was hoping to take you by surprise, Sharena spotting them could have very well saved the lot of you. After Hrid and Fjorm reunited, and Hrid explained to you all what he was doing, you returned to your base of operations for the night. It was nothing much since you were well within enemy territory, but at least here a proper healer could look at Hrid. Like you had suspected, he had a mild fever from overworking himself in all this heat, but otherwise, he was doing well. Still, he was told to stay in bed by you, the healer, and Fjorm.

It was late in the night, and you were going over the day's events, trying to figure out the best course of action. The information Hrid gave you from Zacharias was no doubt useful but you weren’t sure if it was really he who gave it to him. You were growing increasingly aware you didn’t have many other options, though; the enemy followed you from the direction you came, and time was running out as well.  You would have no other choice but to follow this lead.

“Um, excuse me?” Someone peaked their head into your tent-- none other than your new ally.

“Prince Hrid? Is something wrong?” You frowned a little, closing up the map of the area you had been looking at.

“No, nothing, I was just told you’re usually up at this hour and I… I’d like to talk to you.” He stepped in all the way, and though he seemed fine to speak to you before, he couldn’t seem to meet your gaze now.

“Well, you shouldn’t be up! You still have a fever!” You fussed over him, standing and insisting he at least sit on your cot to talk to you.

“I know, I know,” He laughed softy and shook his head. “I haven’t been with you long, but Fjorm has already talked about you so much. She really seems to admire you.” He met your gaze with an easy smile.

“Does she?” You smiled just the same. “I’m happy to hear it, I admire her as well...” You paused, seeing his look.

“Look I… didn’t come to talk about my sister.” He sighed and glanced away from you. “There’s no easy way to ask this but I didn’t… say anything strange to you before I woke up, did I? And did you say anything to me?” He glanced back your way, looking shyer than you thought he could.

Your heart pounded in its cage, knowing what was getting at. It had to be true then, he… “Well… I was trying to comfort you since you seemed like you were in pain...” In that moment, the words came to you freely but now you struggled to get them out, shying up as you thought of just what you said. “But I said ‘You poor thing. Hold fast, okay? Soon enough, we’ll be out of here’. And as I went to check if you had a fever you… said I had warm hands.” You had met his gaze again to see staring at you with wide eyes, the both of you knowing what had happened but neither of you ready to say it out loud.

“I… never expected to find you in the midst of such a war so terrible,” Hrid shook his head but smiled none the less. “But still, I’m glad I did…. Can I uh, hold your hand?” he asked.

“S-sure,” You nodded, still lacking the right words. “I’m, happy I met you too.” Hrid took your hand and squeezed it gently, and you tried to stop yourself from feeling so nervous. But you were still left with the realization Hrid was your soulmate; how would this change things, going forward?

“Don’t worry, I’m scared to.” His words drew your eyes up to his. “But we’ll have each other moving forward to figure everything out.” You nodded and allowed yourself to smile.

“I suppose we will.” You breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s all strange and new but… just being with you now, maybe it won’t be so scary.” Despite his fever and your circumstances, you and Hrid couldn’t help but talk into the wee hours of the night; after all, you only got to meet your soulmate once, and the two of you wanted to cherish the moment.

[toacodor]

Book 1: A New Tale - Chapter 1: Origins

Gathered friends, let us remember the story… of the Bionicle. 

In a time before time,

The great spirit descended from the heavens, carrying us, the Matoran to his oasis. We were separate, and without verse, so the great spirit enlightened us with the three virtues: Unity, Duty, and Destiny. We embraced these gifts, and in thanks, we named our island home after the great spirit himself, Mata Nui. But our happiness was not to last, for Mata Nui’s Brother, The Makuta,

was jealous of these honors and betrayed him. He cast a spell over Mata Nui, sending him into a deep slumber. The Makuta was free to unleash his shadows. And unleash them… he did. In these dire times, Mata Nui sent forth his heroes, The Toa, representing all the elements of the world. Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Stone, and Ice. And together, they fought back the Makuta. Generation after generation of Toa was called and took each other’s place. Mata Nui was finally awoken from his slumber and struck down his brother for all of his evil deeds. 

A crowd of Ta-Matoran huddled around a pit of sand began applauding, some cheering quietly. A  robed Turaga waved his hand, signaling everyone to quiet down. “This,” he said, “Is the history of our people. May it never be forgotten.” The crowd went silent. “Ahem,” The Turaga began, “Let the festival… commence!” Hundreds of cheers and whistles came from the group, who then rushed outside the gigantic hut they were just in. some playing music and dancing, others tending to carts and stands which sold food, traditional robes, and festive masks. However, one Matoran stayed behind. He was small, about the same height as the Turaga. Which was small, considering he was a Matoran from the new generation, being born on the newly-reformed planet Spherus Magna, which tended to be rather tall. The Turaga approached the small villager. 

“Oh? It appears my young friend isn’t taking a liking to these festivities.” 

The Matoran spoke up. “Yeah, I guess so.”

“Tell me Codor, why are you staying in here?”

“Parties just aren’t my thing I guess.”

“Hmm, you seem sad, why might that be?”

“Because Tahu, they hate me. They all laugh at me because of this.” The Matoran held up his left leg, which was thin, completely metal. A prosthetic leg. 

“Oh come now,” The elder began, “why would they do that?”

“You tell me,” Codor followed, “They all laugh at me for no reason. They call me a “Loose pile of ashes”. Have you seen them!? They get heated over the smallest things. And just because I tell them to stop screwing around with me, they say “Augh, get thicker skin buddy.” Just because I’m from the New Generation. Ugh, it drives me insane! You’ve known me for how long Tahu, you know what I’m like, can’t you say anything to them?!”

“Their arrogance cannot be snuffed out like the flame of a candle. You must first build your own candle and snuff yours first.”

“What does that even mean?” Codor asked, somewhat aggressively.

“Well,” Turaga Tahu began, “Be like them, let them get to know you first. Then, when the time is right, set an example.”

“I suppose that makes sense, but I’m going home”. Codor said. With help from The Turaga and his Kohlii stick, Codor stood up and walked home. “Be like them,” Codor said to himself, “As if that’ll ever happen.”

The next day, Codor went to his job in the Ta-Magnan forge. He was a mask maker, who, unfortunately, couldn’t make masks, save for the jet-black Miru he currently wore. He was not content with his job. But being a metallurgist or a mask maker were the only two jobs a Ta-Matoran could take. Once he got inside, he unpacked his things, put on a protective apron, and began working at his forging station. Today He was working on an Akaku, the mask of X-ray vision. Codor kept trying to sculpt the protodermis with his firestaff, however, due to his lack of experience as well as the faulty equipment which was given to him, he kept breaking his attempts. After hearing Codor’s disgusted “Ugh”, an older Ta-Matoran walked over to Codor’s workstation. He was around the same size as Codor and had a massive prosthetic arm which doubled as a forging hammer. “Hey-Hey-Hey! Workin’ hard or hardly workin’? How ya been Codor?” Codor, annoyed didn’t give a reply. “Ey, c’mon man, answer me!” The Ta-Matoran foreman said “Could be better if I wasn’t stuck in here.” Codor answered. “EY! Don’t get snappy with me young man, ya gotta be positive! ...Unless of course, you’d like a pay cut.” “Fine,” Codor finally spoke up, “What do you want?” The foreman spoke, “Well, rumor has it that you weren’t at the festival yesterday, and I would like to know why.” Codor answered the foreman “Well, let’s just say the majority of the work environment and I don’t exactly get along.” “Ho-HO,” The foreman let out a booming laugh, “Is that so? Well If ya don’t agree with the forge, maybe you should look somewhere else fer’ work.” The rest of the immediate area in the forge laughed. “Ey, no hard feelin’s right buddy?” The foreman rested his massive hammer-arm purposely on the nearly finished akaku, breaking it like glass. “Oh, whoops... hehe. Sorry ‘bout that” Out of rage, and years of this happening to him, Codor snapped, and his fist found its mark right in the center of the foreman’s red hau, breaking it in two, to which the foreman replied, “Wh-EY’ Get over here and make me a mask, or you’re gettin’ a hefty pay cut my friend!” “Do It yourself.” Codor said, taking his protective apron off and packing his things. “HOW DARE YOU TREAT YOUR SUPERIOR THAT WAY?! DO YOU WANT TO BE FIRED?!” The foreman shouted, maskless. “Go ahead,” Codor said, “you can fire me all you want, because I quit!” He threw down his apron and squashed it into the floor with his “good” foot, leaving the forge.

[kebinwooo]

Hello! It's me again!! (This is long so bear with me!) I got home yesterday, I was traveling with my family to Michigan to see some family (not a great idea rn but my objections were ignored sooo.. what can you do). I do love traveling and it was nice to see my family but still. Onto happier things! I'm so glad that older groups are getting attention as well! I'm a fairly new fan so I haven't fully gotten into most older groups (cause it's sad for me to try and get into groups that... 1/4 - 🌹💎

(hi 🌹💎 anon! i put this under a cut bc it got real long with my answers tacked on too oops)

have broken up) but it's great to see them getting recognition for their hard work! Also yes, fancams give kpop fans such a bad rep. I'm not on twit so I haven't seen it a lot but like, spamming people with them is just going to make them hate you and kpop in general. Okay, now onto the questions! Very Nice: Picking up my dog from the sitter after not seeing her for a week!! She was so excited to see me and just wanted to cuddle and nap together for the rest of the day. ❤️ She's so... 2/4 - 🌹💎

cute and she knows it. Clap: I don't binge watch stuff bcs I'll just end up with a migraine (both of my parents suffer from chronic migraines and passed it on to me 😬) but the last show I watched was My Hero Academia. Like I said, I tend to avoid subs so I don't watch anime but it's got a decent English dub so I enjoy it! Fallin' Flower: I looove wintery/Christmasy scents like cookies, hot chocolate, gingerbread, spices, etc. I do all my candle shopping in the wintertime cause it's... 3/4 -🌹💎

all the best scents are sold! My all time favorite candle was Bath & Body Works Hot Chocolate candle but they discontinued it a few years back. ;; Okay! Even tho the event is technically over I wanted to ask a few more questions: Home, Mansae, and Thanks! Also sorry for the super long reply whoops. 4/4 - 🌹💎

oh dude that’s me and my mom. she’s been trying to get out of the house and for the most part she’s only commuted to work and back home, but a few days ago she went to the mall (YES YOU CAN ROLL YOUR EYES AND GROAN) and the entire time i was trying to talk her down but it didn’t work 🙄 ahhhh when did you become a kpop (or svt) stan? i’m an old old old kpop stan so definitely seeing my 2nd gen groups getting attention makes me so so happy ;u; i totally get you tho about old groups :// but if you’re ever interested, i’d always be happy to send song recs and the like! (hint hint: might slip some into your playlist)

awww that must be so nice seeing your dog again ;; they’re truly instant mood brighteners. ooooo interesting! i’m usually an anti-dub person (sorry HAHA) but that’s good that my hero academia had a good dub! i started the show bc my friend loved it and i watched like three episodes and for some reason stopped watching LOL maybe i’ll pick it back up some time. mmmmm all those scents sound (?) so good! Christmasy scents are definitely good go-to’s bc they’re just so cozy hehe 

PSH it’s totally fine that you ask a few more questions haha 

Home: What makes you feel nostalgic?

i told myself i wouldn’t bring up my 2nd gen kpop groups again but then realized that they truly make me feel the most nostalgic OOPS but yeah every now and then i get into a mood and i miss how simple it was in the past and then i end up blasting music from my 2nd gen groups at max volume. like listening to their music is such a comfort and reminds me of how much fun kpop was back then (not saying it isn’t now but it’s definitely different) and yeah i just really miss 2nd gen kpop :’( all those collaborations... all the funky music... the super distinct groups... take me back ;A;

Mansae: What is something you really want right now?

there’s nothing really specific i want right now i think... aside from finishing my scholarship application LOL oh and having monsta x talk about ukiss LOL OR having seungkwan talk MORE about ukiss bc seungkwan best kissme :’) OOOO OR for covid to be over UGH i miss social interaction and i also really miss going out and also concerts T__T my monsta x concert was supposed to be four days ago and i was going to see my best friend again but nope miss rona had to ruin all my plans (....so turns out i want a lot LMAO)

Thanks: What can you spend hours talking about?

I actually was asked this by somebody else LOL but! if it’s not obvious enough, i can talk a lot about my ult groups (ukiss, seventeen and monsta x) and also about 2nd gen kpop in general. i actually had an irl friend ask me about ukiss once and i LITERALLY talked about them for hours with her LOL i can also dissect certain kdramas for hours and actually depending on the topic, i can definitely talk about a lot of things for hours upon hours (i talk a lot if you can’t already tell from this super long reply) 

ok! so sorry for the LONGGGGG reply. for the next event, i need a bit of your input to get a better sense of your music taste! what genre do you normally like? what are some of your favorite seventeen songs? (that’s a hard question but try to pick a few!) if you listened to seventeen’s playlists on spotify, which member’s taste is most similar to yours? are there any other kpop groups you like listening to? and what kind of general mood are you in recently?