#im also a silver collector

[tash-sho-sho]

Lucky in Sunday's banner, so unlucky on Leona's one 😭 56 pulls, and this damn cat does NOT want to come. I can't spend more pulls on you, man. Tsum-Malleus and Malleus b-day SSR are right around the corner 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I really wanted him.

[violence-as-a-love-language]

I was tagged in a tag game by a friend so here we go

tagged by: @intrepid-fool

last song I listened to: Drowning by Radio Company. Who knew Jensen was this good a singer?

currently watching: Not to count the million things im in the middle of, main thing im watching is ChosenArchitects various minecraft series, including SteamPunk and his own modded adventure.

currently reading: Hitchhikers Guide & Flights by Olga Tokarczuk. Latter is a bit odd but interesting

currently obsessed with: Minecraft Collectors Edition aka a modpack im hyperfixating on.

favorite color: Teal. Any shade. Also a big fan of purple and silver.

five things that make me happy:

Talking to my Mom about anything and everything

Cuddling w my partners

Playing the weirdest characters possible in roleplaying games

Playing Beat Saber

Crocheting peoples aliens just to see how excited they get to have their own personal guy

Tagging: @aahsokaatano @edandstede @desertbane

[remrse]

hey, hey! cal here with what i'd like to call the less boring version of nate archibald — seo jaerim, also known as the golden boy who falls in love way too easily (but is it really love?) because he needs to fill this void in his life. he's also the moneybags skeleton in the gossipgate subplot. he's very much still a work in progress but i'd love to plot with y'all and come up with some fun stuff! i currently only have his dossier up but everything you need to know about him is under the cut. like this post and i'll come sliding into your ims, i'm also available on discord if that's what you prefer!

(trigger warnings: teenage pregnancy, coercion into abortion)

message: saw seo jaerim in seoul. they were volunteering at a children’s charity organisation. i think they’re a/n museum curator now? a lot of people say they’re kinda apathetic but they seemed super generous to me, tbh. they really look like nam joohyuk and remind me of nate archibald though wtf. thought you might want to know because i remember your post about them that said when he was in high school, he had gotten someone pregnant and coerced her into an abortion. still can’t believe that happened 8 years ago.

ask him why he’s a museum curator and he’ll tell you it’s because he has an eye for pretty things. paintings. women. art. that, and he’s the only heir to seoda museum of contemporary art—the louvre of seoul. seo jaerim was born with a silver spoon in one hand and a paint brush in the other. in his world of art, human beings are merely subjects of artworks; characters of his story. does he really love you or are you just pretty enough to look at, like the artworks displayed in his museum? set to inherit his family’s museum business, he has been working as a museum curator since he graduated snu with a degree in fine arts. everything in life is laid out for him, yet there’s a void impossible to fill; a loneliness in the shape of a monster that doesn’t die. does it stem from a long time guilt of destroying his very first creation before the world got to see it, or the constant chase for love and comfort in a world so brutal? some call him a playboy, but others say he’s too tender to be one.

summary:

only child and heir to his family's museum (think of it as the louvre of seoul; only the most prestigious and renown artistes can showcase their work there)

his family is very influential, especially in the arts, every other relative is an artist, curator, collector of some sort

every child born in the seo family would be sent for art classes, it is as important as learning the korean language

his family is very image-focused, often portraying themselves to be polished and sophisticated, people with refined tastes

they also think they are superior to others because they are "cultured" on top of their wealth

there were always only two pathways for him: to be an artist or to take over the family's business (it was always a career in the arts or risk being the black sheep of the family)

he had been painting since he was a child but figured he prefers the power of deciding who was good enough to earn a place in his museum, to have people cowering before him to exhibit their work at his museum

also he kind of just stopped painting after the whole abortion thing, because everything he created then was just a reminder of all the guilt and regret he had (might be the real reason he switched over to art curation)

he graduated from snu with a degree in fine arts

before that, he was from a private boys' high school near gyeonggi girls' high school

that is also how he got acquainted with the og's from the gossipgate video

the video did not affect him very much, or at all (his family paid off media outlets to keep his name out of the gossipgate news so while you could kind of make him out in the video, there is no real confirmation of him being in it)

what had a greater impact on him was gossip girls' post about him getting someone pregnant and coercing her into an abortion (his family were also the ones that had insisted on the abortion) — it's something that still weighs heavily on him till this day (i've left a lot of details undecided in hopes of someone taking on this connection!)

he never had issues with college acceptances because his family name guarantees him a spot in any art program (probably also due to nepotism because he has relatives who are art professors)

he has been volunteering at children's charity organisations but no one knows if it's his way of fixing his reputation or if he's doing it because he feels a sense of guilt towards his unborn child, or what could've been

he is really good with kids though (could be why women love him)

does not mean to be one but could be a little bit of a playboy, only because he has no fucking clue what love looks like so he's on a constant search for it

but is so sweet and gentle you gaslight yourself into thinking he isn't one

honestly really empty on the inside; desperately looking for that something that would light up his world, whatever it is

wanted connections:

gossipgate people! i'm here for rich kids fucking up each other's lives

lots and lots of exes: ex-girlfriends, ex-flings, ex-crushes, ex-almosts, whatever (basically, nate archibald's dating history)

an ex he had just broken up with would be fun too

fresh/new, ongoing love interests

the girl from his gossip girl post 8 years ago; the one he had gotten pregnant and coerced into abortion (i'm open to any interpretation of this — they could be ex-lovers, friends that hooked up, nothing is set in stone!)

someone who volunteers or has volunteered at one of the children's charity organisations he volunteers at

artists who has or wants to have their art displayed at his museum (he will not make it easy for you though)

the person that leaked his abortion secret to gossip girl

unexpected/unlikely friends (an opposites dynamic maybe?)

neighbours (he's currently staying alone in his bachelor's pad but i imagine it to be at some fancy apartment)

some sibling figures? he'd probably appreciate it, being the only child at home

[luxorpen]

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[angrydame]

2ND YEAR MASH

I've been meaning to seriously de-clutter my brain and actually confirm my projects with myself!

So...

Documentary: The Return of the Cassette's.

We're exploring the world of nostalgia culture, specifically the revival of cassette's and vinyl over digital download and music apps. Filmed in a 'Louis Theroux' style documentary, we'll be investigating the history as well as the impact cassette's have on music retail present day. Interviewing various music enthusiasts, cassette's collectors, retailers and also the opinions of random people in street interviews.

Craft Lab: ANGRY DAME

My craft lab project is what I'm most excited about; my angry dame project is me learning how to make grillz and tooth caps from silver. I'm basing the theme of the design on things that make me angry, I think it's because I associate grillz with snarling and angry faces. Im going to have headshot style photos to show off the final product, having my friends model in sick photoshoots.

Professional Practice: Story World

This is honeslty the part of my course I don't really care about, I'm willing to absorb whatever knowledge offered if it gives me a better chance in the industry. I plan to focus and perfect my writing style, making my scripts definable and unique.

[akabi-ouppies]

week in review in the lack of certain celestial light (looking disrespectfully in the direction of the sun gods)

monday - rejoice play ball, nothing as usual

tuesday

Zodiac - Akabi, akabi wins 2-3, something something the biggest brightest star until exactly 12.05 on this unholy saturday being the sun

Canada team - Panopticons, poland wins 2-3

New Rep - Seasonals (in winter), seasonals win 0-3 with an alledgedly nervewracking 33-35 second set

Reinforcements - Night Knights, knights win 1-3

Dragons - Zodiac, i watched this one and im fucking happy for it even if im starting to be slightly concerned about zodiacs role in the buildup of divinity, worst team vs best team the underdog zodiac wins 2-3, dragons had them until set 3 when they finally got used to being the chinese zodiac instead of the greek

Canadas team - Malacca straights, malacca wins 2-3

wednesday

zodiac vs reinforcements, 1-3 reinforcements

malacca straights vs ottomans in purple, purple didnt help em cuz malacca was in their gold, malacca wins 3-0 and a friend said that it was a close last set rip ottomans

team rooster vs panopticon, panopticon wins 1-3

Ancients vs Canada team, ancients win 3-1

Akabi vs Red Dragons, we got our asses handed to us, dragons win 1-3

Heavens vs Moonbeams, heavens win 3-1

thursady

collectors vs dragons, dragons win 2-3

panopticon vs seasonals (in winter), seasonals win 0-3

team rooster in black vs canada in gray, canada wins 2-3

moonbeams vs collectors, collectors win 0-3

new republic vs ancients, ancients win 2-3

night knights (offending party) vs heavens, night knight wins 3-1, i watched this one and it was a very technical game since heavens have more divine/legal dominion over the sky so them winning here is a bit sus in retrospect, second set went 40-38 for fucks sake

friday

collectors vs zodiac, zodiac wins 1-3

malacca straights vs new rep, new rep wins 1-3

golden moon/moonbeams vs reinforcements, moonbeams win 3-1

heavens in thunder kit vs zodiac in silver, heavens win 3-1, this match is however under investigation for illegal divine intervention and its not been cleared up yet, i didnt watch it but literally every person i know that did watch it INSISTS that there was a totally unrecorded third set that zodiac might have won? its unclear, comment your beef below

seasonals in summer vs ancients, seasonals win 3-0

new republic in green vs ottomans in turquoise, new rep wins 3-1, rip eastern roman empire. i watched it and i did it fully expecting the story of the eastern empireto be told and it kept looking like it wanted to be told and was starting to be told but there was intereference, in hindsight this too is yuri sus

today, the cursed saturday : )

ottomans in their fucking banana core kit vs ancients, everything the new rep ottomans game wasnt but still no story being told, ottomans win 3-0

and finally

the offender

night knights vs akabi at high noon, night knights win 3-0 set 1 33-31, set 2 25-22 set 3 25-18

it was

a GOOD

GAME

UNTIL IT WAS NOT

while writing this ive heard people i trust alledging that the sun does still exist but like in dusk/dawn conditions but like thats fucking scary that its globally yknow? its supposed to always be high noon somewhere in the world but nope, not in eclipse games smile (weeping)

rooster vs straights is still ongoing and its 1-1 rn and like its a good neighbourhood match, im rooting obviously for roosters because hi please help the sun rise (pained)

rooster does have another match against ottomans tomorrow which i think theyll take home easy so like banking on that if nothing else, but then theres budget eclipse right after with akabi and golden moon 6pm so lets hope that if its not fixed by then or something happens its also the budget version of whatever this is :,U

[wormytoast]

only an hour or two until next drip market lets go boys!!!!!!!!!!!!! wonder who its gonna be

manifesting gallagher OR aventurine i am in fact a husbando collector despite it all (all of my 5* characters are men except silver wolf and himeko LOL)

honestly im pretty excited for all the penacony characters they all look cool, im interested to see which ones are 5* or 4*

cant wait for misha tho!!! if he's in sparkle's banner i might just try to get her as well

ALSO i need to keep in mind reruns, so far i think the characters slotted for a rerun are jing yuan and luocha? theyre from older versions and still havent had their reruns yet so im assuming thats happening and i can finally crown my jing yuan with his light cone

OR theyre gonna rerun fu xuan or huohuo who i ALSO need lollll my only good support is luocha...

honestly i just need more materials to build more characters OTL

[mcrizzystardust]

all cool! me neither 😭

i love mangle also because of their lore, like, akbdksbjd!/$;!:& to be loved is to be changed 💔🫶

sister location is scarier than fnaf4 imo 😭 like cheezus christ on a cracker, wtf is going on 😱 like at least in fnaf4, like it followed the pattern of what the fnaf games were like, yk, you checked everywhere and you had to use your flashlight and all that. but sister location is COMPLETELY different and i never know whats going to happen next and i am 👀😰 i think markiplier finds it scarier as well, because hes been getting jump scared a lot more :) i love watching him scream and freak out, both because it makes me feel better about getting scared and just because hes fucking hilarious

i had no idea you could play fnaf on calculators but that is such icon behaviour and is also giving "if it has a screen, ao3 can be seen" vibes 🤭

I DIDNT KNOW CALICO CRITTERS COULD HAVE THUMBS!!/&;!&/!2&

i grew up in poverty so i never had any critters as a kid :P.

WHAT I DID HAVE THO-

motherfucking shopkins.

deadass i had like 500 😭 it gave me so much street cred in grade 5 like u have no idea. i have no clue how it took 14 years for me to get an autism diagnosis because i would literally sit. alone. in my room. for hours. standing up all my little shopkins, organizing them by groups and just looking at them and loving them. im pretty sure my little sister still has them somewhere!

(although i did keep one for myself - this little taco guy with a mustache and i love him sm.)

YOURE FORGIVEN!!!

omfg i want to cosplay them so bad akbfksb.

months ago i had like, grey/silver hair and i hate myself for not cosplaying the collector during that time :(

PFFFT THAT REMINDS ME - i dye my hair new colours every month/two months or so, and my last dye job was to make my whole head purple, and i got called "purple guy" by my friends for a solid 3 days 😭

hi key!! i see we have several mutual special interests so i Must Know your favorites!

1. who is your favorite fnaf animatronic (mine’s glamrock chica and the puppet!)

2. do you have a favorite calico critters family (gosh those are so nostalgic for me)

and most importantly

3. who is the best owl house character and why is it hunter

hi bee!!! (omg i just now realized our names rhyme)

okay so, bear with me here. i never got into fnaf as a kid, but after the fnaf movie came out apparently everyone i knew was like "omgggg!!!!" and made me feel like i missed out on a cultural phenomenon. so i bought the first game (and i suck at it 😭), and ive been watching markiplier play through it so i know what to expect and to calm my paranoia etc :). im up to sister location, and shit is getting WILD. i know like, the basics of the lore and what happens but GAWDDAMN. anyways! in what ive seen so far, id have to say either foxy, mangle, or circus baby. yes, yes, shes evil, but a girlboss gotta girlboss /j 😭 (no but fr, i just love her backstory and like her character development and kabfjabdj!!)

i dont actually really know many of the families, but the marshmellow mice and the reindeer twins are so cute!!!!! i have two sets of families, i have the maple cats and the persian cats. my fave calico critters of all time are on instagram, @/emocritters!!! its this person who diys critters to look like various members of my chemical romance from their various eras :)))) theyre SO goddamn cute. @fairylittlebitch said he'd get me one once he has enough money and i am forever worshipping his existence, kissing the ground he stands upon, giving him a big fat (platonic and consensual) smooch.

OMG I LOVE HUNTER. hes so KFNKDBDJFH!!2&(!:$)3&3)4.

okay but also hear me out...... the collector. theyre so.

i just. i need to give him a hug. i need to be his friend. i want to comfort them. im !!/$;$&3@2@/'

[pctaldrunk]

back on the plush making grind

local garbage collector gets a lil silver flower in his eye : ‘ D

[lesbianluigi]

I didnt have enough money for the MCR palette bc I just got the HK christmas collection from colourpop so I'm not mad

[raskolni-kin]

okay finally it’s time for the post i said i’ll do

succession characters and the perfume i think they probably wear (based on my impression)

(ps: i can’t afford any of this. im a broke perfume collector)

start with the man, the myth, the legend who inspired me to make this post, my beloved manwhore stewy: tom ford is the only option. i have the sample of tom ford black orchid which is… very hard to pull off (dude you put truffle in the perfume tf😭). you have to be THAT B*TCH to survive and it really reminds me of stewy. Even though black orchid is ~$140, it’s probably his cheapest perfume… he probably uses something more expensive from tom ford private blend, like f*cking fabulous (yes that’s the name) or noir de noir. both are woody scent with vanilla, but f*cking fabulous is more leathery while noir de noir has oud, which smells very middle eastern billionaire (also they’re like… $500 for 100ml) (god i wish i could try them)

the easiest one for me, princess diana tom wambsgans: before he married shiv and got the news position he probably used veryyy mass male perfume like dior sauvage just bc people say it’s good… but then he got the promotion! well then, he has to use something richer now, so i’ll go with creed aventus (aka ‘the basic rich man perfume’) it’s freaking $300, sweet, fruity but also very masculine with a tagline like a gift from father to son or something like that lol

next, another easy one for me, roman: versace eros flame is the only one that can match his immaculate vibe, also ppl who use this perfume cant be cishet. it’s spicy, citrusy with vanilla scent, not that expensive i think he doesn’t really care

now we need gerri: she probably uses perfume that is classic and confident (chanel no.5, nahh too basic) i think she uses guerlain shalimar, which is citrusy, warm, a little smoky and leathery. the scent is hard to pull off but gerri is THAT milf so she’s fine

next girlboss, shiv: she’s the type to use expensive, niche and unisex perfume to assert power, so i think penhaligon’s halfeti leather (~$300) is perfect: british brand, leathery, woody, spicy, smoky, similar notes to male perfumes but has a touch of sweetness from plum and rose. other choices i think shiv might use are something from nishane or juliette has a gun (niche, around $135-200)

now we enter the ‘difficult for me’ territory

kendall: does he even mentally healthy enough to take a shower😭 (poor little meow meow) i think he used something borrowed from stewy (which is not his vibe AT ALL) while they’re in college together, but now he probably uses something easy, inoffensive but still pretty luxurious like maison francis kurkdjian gentle fluidity silver: very fresh, clean, aromatic scent, seems put together (anyway this one costs $185.5). kendall might also use jo malone too imo. it’s simple, natural scent (but some scents can be tooooo natural like why is it so green am i a bug or something😭)

greg, oh greg my baby: like tom, his perfume journey developed as he stepped up the position. he probably started from using axe😔 >> to more legit but still affordable perfume. i think of ck one or ck be, which are green and fresh scent >>> then he moved to more expensive designer perfume like dior sauvage (the same one with tom, you know, influence) or bleu de chanel (which is quite similar to sauvage but fresher) >>> but now that he has more power in his hands, i think he’ll use mfk like kendall but it’ll be maison francis kurkdjian amyris homme (still fresh and sweet. also it has milk chocolate note, not really obvious but i think it’s cute) i think greg wouldn’t use heavy, offensive perfume. his taste is more likely to be younger and fresher (amyris homme is ~$175) (not related to the point but i got this full size at $83, which is probably the proudest achievement in my entire life lol)

now, logan: does he even use perfume???? if he uses one it’s probably classic perfume like creed cuir de russie (first released in 1953): very masculine, woody, leathery, smells like power, or something cheaper he has used since young like aramis (released in 1966): spicy, heavy, woody

connor: no this man doesn’t use perfume, but if he has to use for his *presidential campaign* or whatever he probably uses basic rich man perfume like something from creed

Also here’s a bonus for yall tomgreg nations, the perfume that reminds me of them

(im that b*tch who assigned signature scent for every otp, partly as an excuse to buy more perfume. mostly it’s just bath and body works but like,,,, this is succession i can’t do b&bw😩)

it’s moschino toy boy (the name tho, phew!) it’s a pink peppery perfume that gets sweeter with rose and amber as it dries down (sometimes i can hardly smells the rose tho, idk if it’s bc i got used to the scent or it’s some body chemistry sh*t). i smelled this last week and i was like,,,, yeah it’s tomgreg toxic by britney spears vibe i need to buy this

im still finding the scent for stendall. maybe replica jazz club or maison christian dior vanilla diorama (rum, vanilla, tobacco scent) (i actually have mcd sample but ive never tried it on my body before) or something sweet and intoxicating. maybe carolina herrera good girl legere, which is women perfume but who cares

edit: i fell asleep before posting the perfume that reminds me of roman x gerri. i have resurrected now so here’s the late update. in my mind this perfume has to be classic/vintage, with very prominent notes (like spice or citrus), does’t have to be that expensive, ALSO RED. boom! that’s exactly guerlain samsara (guerlain again for gerri!): kinda on the old lady powdery scent side, but also warm, woody, sweet floral vanilla, and a little spicy👀 perfect

[selkiedomus]

okay this is all loose ideas bouncing around in my brain but. swap au. im calling it the road to hell au. i dont have a real plot yet but basically philip dies instead of caleb? and caleb makes a deal with the collector to get the grimwalker spell, and try to ressurect him. im not sure. once again its just vibes. but the castle is also birdcage esque, and silver instead of golden. basically a lot of vibes but nothing solid yet

[dracoshroob]

Why i like Dragon Quest Monsters, more than pokemon

So i decided i was gonna stream. the gameboy color Dragon Quest Monsters because dragon quest treasures is coming out, and i want some nostalgia. I have lots of fun memories playing it and the second one, and i honestly wanna give the joker variations a second try. But, back when all i had was pokemon blue and silver wasnt out yet, i couldnt get past the dark cave. i couldnt find any pokemon that could use flash, cause i always had bulbasaur, so i just couldnt progress in the game. I made a lot more progress in dragon quest tho, getting through worlds and bosses and tournaments. so i just played it more cause i could access more of the game. and it was the first creature collector game i really loved, and definantly why dragonquest/warrior will always have a place in my heart. sitting in weird places with my gameboy color to have enough light to see what i was facing and select my spells or attack. i fondly remember the second game i had two gate gaurdians and a restless armor as my team. not the best team, but they got me pretty far. also where i started to love mimics. It was so fun and the monsters designs i loved. maybe we will do more streams where we play through all of DQ monsters and the joker series as well, and maybe rocket slime. Im kinda excited to be playing them again

[thewriterowl]

Hi owl, some headcannon about an AU where Luke is actually a slave on Tatooine?

I'm sorry but your dinluke headcannon are incredible

Hello!! Sure! I am so happy you enjoy these fun head-cannons!

So, we'll give Luke more angst in his life, shall we?

So, everything happens as normal up until Luke is around 10. Tatooine is horribly rough and pretty corrupt. So the Lars are in a very rough patch and can't make payments. So here come the collectors. Well, if the Lars can't pay them back they'll just take the blonde kid as compensation. They refuse, of course. Luke is free. He can't just be snatched up like that...only...Luke doesn't have anything to prove that. He has a slave's last name, he has no papers or chain code, there is nothing to say that he is the Lars' actual child (it's known he isn't but there is nothing to prove he's anything of there's) and it's a disaster. The Lars still fight back and they pay with their lives, Luke witnessing it all.

He is brought into town, traumatized, and auctioned off. Well, at this time Luke is just this small, lanky kid who does not look like he'll be worth much of anything so he is not going for much. Peli, who knew the Lars and this kid, finds she can't just let this happen and buys him for her shop. She's pretty jaded and rough, she yells a lot, and demands hard work...but Luke realizes pretty fast that she is a very good person (and it's likely she's not yelling on purpose, she probably has poor hearing from her work...or she has always just been a very, very loud individual) when he realizes he gets extra food from her plate (she complaining he's too small to be useful) and he has a bed with extra blankets for the cold nights, and she actually teaches him everything about engineering, ships, mechanics, and droids. Luke also has good friends with all of her droids so he's not too lonely and he picks up the work really fast and easy.

Issues start when he is about seventeen. People start to notice him. Yeah, he's still small but he has built up a good bulk of muscle and a lean form from his thirteen hour days of hard, mechanic labor. he is still dealing with what he witnessed and went through when he is a child but he has an honest, happy smile and clear eyes and a very friendly, warm personality. All those who have called him ugly and useless and wormie over the past years are starting to eat their words.

Peli is approached a few times a year over the next three years about purchasing him. The price is always astronomical, possibly 10xs more than what she paid for Luke originally. She always turns them down with a nasty tone of, "I've put nearly ten years into this kid! You want me to just take credits for 'im?! Come back to me when you have 20xs the money and a replacement who has 20-years of experience in doing this shitty work or the answer is no!" It always works.

And it keeps Luke safe.

it is around seventeen a new visitor begins to show up regularly. A bounty-hunter with worn armor but a pristine, silver mask. Luke is infatuated instantly. He has never had to see the man, nor the man see him, as he hides whenever he is around. But he always gets to work on his ship as he is out of the shop because he always says no droids. He learns a lot by keeping his head down and practically remaining invisible when the mysterious man is around. Luke learns he is a bounty-hunter who always gets his target (and, given this is Tatooine, a lot of targets come here), a man from a culture called Mandalorians, he is clearly terrifyingly strong (given how he'll sometimes drag his quarry into his ship on his shoulders or them trying to fight--he never seems to flinch), very built (luke can't help but notice it!), a dreamy voice, and is actually a decent man who pays Peli in full (sometimes extra) and rarely argues back unless he appears in to be a decent (or grouchy? it was hard to tell) mood and Peli was extra ornery. He clearly went on adventures and was well-versed in the galaxy and was intelligent and had wit and...Luke was just head over heels with a massive puppy-crush.

It's when Luke turns twenty that he realizes, oh yikes...is this a crush or am I actually in love with a guy who doesn't know I exist and i have never talked to? It is also the year where Jabba the Hutt becomes interested in Luke as well.

So, it finally happens. Luke is dragged out of Peli's shop by some of the Hutt's men, Peli unable to do anything but screech at them. They just toss over credits that are about 40xs what Luke was bought for, despite Peli saying this isn't going to work and that's her apprentice, etc. They still just take Luke away.

Now, I don't see Jabba has being necessarily sexually attracted to Luke (or maybe anyone for that matter) but he loves beautiful things and he loves the power beautiful things bring him. Having a slave as lovely as Luke at his side is something that would just give him that vibe he enjoys. So Luke is safe in that regards for now. But Luke is clearly wanted by the patrons of the palace and if Jabba has a bounty that he knows is impossible, he'll say they can have Luke if it is accomplished in a certain way (it never is). Luke is basically in the Leia garb (see @gabsketch for her version of Luke's slave outfit) and is stuck by this horrible beasts side, being gawked at and touched, and yanked around all the time.

A few months later the Mandalorian is back for a quarry and a repair for his ship when Peli practically tackles him, saying she'll pay 20,000 credits and repair his ship for free for five years if he can rescue her apprentice who was taken by the Hutt's without an agreement. Well, hello pay-day. Din knows it's not great to cross the Hutt, but if he indeed did not follow an agreement with Peli over this mysterious guy then she is in her right to demand him back. So off he goes to the palace.

He gets there and has a reputation so he is allowed in, ready to look all around for this poor kid with gold hair and sky-blue eyes who was probably cleaning up slop or hidden in the back with stolen droids to fix. He was really not expecting to see the man as a trophy for Jabba. Nor expected him to be this gorgeous. How had Peli hidden him all these years? Din never saw this man once. If he had, well, he for sure would be coming back to Tatooine a bit more often and leaving it with some very adult-level fantasies.

Luke is stunned to see the mysterious man there, really unsure what is going on but finds himself hopeful when he demands Luke to be returned. Jabba is all, "nah fam. I run this place. but tell you what...do this impossible task for me and you can have him. Go kill a Kryate dragon and bring me its pearls."

Din is all, "Yeah sure." And just goes and...does it.

He comes back with four pearls and meat and scales and other items to show it was dead and Jabba is all, "oh shit." He really does not want to let this pretty slave go...but if he followed his deal and Din returns, Jabba could for sure get bounties taken care of with him on his side. So, he hands Luke over saying, "welp, he's yours now, lucky SOB". And Din takes Luke.

Well...now Din doesn't really want to hand Luke back over. How was he supposed to? Still, he is honorable and brings him back to Peli but then makes a claim, "I'll be back for him. I own him now but you can borrow him." surprising them both. Well, he goes off and Luke stays on Tatooine until a man named Kenobi (maybe he was off world or couldn't interfere before Luke was sold but saw Peli was taking care of him and saw it was fine) finds him and yanks him off on an adventure where he saves the galaxy and Din finds a gremlin child and then they meet again. and Din is all, "Hey...you're still mine from all that happened a few years back soooooo...you're teaching my kid as you travel with me." and Luke, with a shrug is all, "Welp. There are worse fates than hanging out with the love of my life, so yeah, let's go for it."

It for sure can be darker, lol knowing me, but it playing with the original trilogy is fun too. So Luke lives happily with Din who still, technically, owns him from his deal with Jabba but they're both very, very in love space dads.

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hot or cold shower: usually solidly in the middle but because of winter rn i need it scalding

texting or calling: texting. easily

earbuds or headphones: i use both depending but earbuds usually

paperback or hardcover: also like both... im more of a manga collector instead of books and theyre usually paperback so iguess i like those more

matte or gel: matte.. id always pick matte or iridescent options when painting cars in video games. like gta or saints row youknow

12 hr clock or 24 hr clock: 24 hr. love military time

blue or green: blue... ilove both though

sunsets or sunrises: sunsets as long as i am not driving

tulips or orchids: orchids..

candlelight or moonlight: moonlight

sci fi or horror: hmmm... probably horror.

pen or pencil: iuse both interchangeably ilove them all

pandas or koalas: pandas... bamboo :)

gold or silver: probably silver... looks better against my skin tone

sneakers or boots: sneakers only because i only own like one pair of boots.. i need more

denim or leather jacket: umm... neither... i dont really like the texture of either of them

pink or purple: purple but specifically a dreary light desaturated purple.

chocolate or sour candy: not a huge fan of either but definitely chocolate over sour

deodorant or perfume: are there people who dont wear both...

drive-in theater or cinema: ive never been to a drive in so cinema i guess

pastel blue or earth tone: earth tone

lemonade or fruit juice: ohhhh both... just depends on how im feeling

past or future: the chad present enjoyer

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[bisexualsforprompto]

A Ladybug’s Revenge

This will most likely be a one shot.

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If Marinette had the words to describe the intense hate she felt when he walked into the room she would.

She might say that everytime he spoke to her, the acid dripping from his vile words made her dig her nails into her skin and grit her teeth.

Maybe she’d say that when he blamed her for something, not being on his moral compass it made her pray for release.

Or she could say that the very way he held himself, the very way he stayed out of conversations made him look timid, but how could a timid coward of a pacifist make her feel like she wanted to throw up and shove him out of a window at the same time?

Everything she felt about Adrien Agreste made her feel so contradictory. She wanted him dead but at the same time she wished she was dead.

She wished she was dead so that she could show him that lies did hurt, that lies could kill.

She wished he was dead because everytime he stared at her and smiled she felt boiling hot rage course through her veins. Every single muscle tensed. Yet he didn’t care what he did to her, he only cared about his own selfish ideas.

Adrien might’ve preached taking the high road but he was a hypocrite, as low as they could get. He said he didn’t want Lila to be akumatized.

Marinette thought it admirable at first.

Then she found out.

As guardian Marinette had to know who Chat Noir was, so she asked Tikki for his identity. She couldn’t say she was surprised, but everything had truly clicked the moment she saw the blonde the next day.

He didn’t want Lila akumatized, he didn’t want her lies exposed, because he didn’t want to deal with the backlash.

Lila was a formidable foe, so by handing her every battle and all her enemies heads on a silver platter Adrien was able to keep himself from having to work too hard.

Because god forbid the model had to work for once in his life.

Marinette had seriously considered ending it all. One could say out of sheer spite. She wanted to see the look on his face when he found out she took her own life because of him. A beautiful revenge and it would ruin his life.

No more Ladybug to love, no more Marinette to be his friend, and a gigantic mess for him to solve...because Marinette would tell the class every single thing before she died.

She had written the letter outlining all the lies and giving all the evidence, she written every little thing her classmates did to her, she made sure Adrien had the longest section.

Harassing her when Marinette was Ladybug and standing idly by at her suffering when she was Marinette.

The letter had ended being almost five pages.

But Marinette burned it. She wasn’t taking her life.

For one, she wasn’t the problem and two, if she were dead she would never see the look on Adrien’s face or anyone’s for that matter when the truth came out.

She still had many who stood beside her.

She had her parents, she had Kagami, Alya and Luka, and she had the kwamis.

She had a duty to protect the people she loved, the city she loved, even if there were those in it who she didn’t.

But most of all she had a plan.

The night she decided to put her plan into action she told her parents everything. Ladybug, the Lila situation, everything that Adrien, Chat Noir, had done.

Tom was furious and Sabine was even more so. Marinette had called Kagami, Luka and Alya to her house. The six of them, plus the kwamis when Marinette introduced the miracle box were ready to work.

Marinette knew since Adrien was Chat Noir he couldn’t be Hawkmoth, but after consulting the kwamis Gabriel Agreste was back on the table.

Her parents, Luka, Kagami, Alya and she mapped out every akuma occurrence, besides the Collector incident he was nowhere to be found every single time. They scoured every single footage from attacks, no Gabriel.

Until they found traffic camera footage, apparently Kagami had picked up hacking as a hobby when she wasn’t busy with fencing. It was foolish for Gabriel Agreste to mutter to himself after the Animistro was defeated, they heard every word. And that was all the confirmation Marinette needed.

Kagami had wielded the mouse miraculous, Luka the snake, and Sabine the turtle. Kagami had hacked into the Agreste’s security feed so Tom was there lookout. Alya waited on a rooftop nearby the Agreste mansion waiting for her task, the most important one.

In the dead of night the four miraculous wielders snuck into the Agreste manor.

They found Gabriel Agreste sleeping, hunched over in his office. Luka activated his second chance and Kagami used her multitude.

The small Kagami mice had run over to Gabriel on his desk and took his brooch off him without alerting the man.

At the same time Marinette and Sabine had gone upstairs to Adrien’s room.

Ladybug pulled off his ring in his slumber and right after it was fully in her grasp Adrien woke up.

Sabrine used her shelter around the boy, creating a force field he couldn’t get out of.

“Adrien Agreste, I hereby relinquish you of the black cat miraculous, and deem you unfit to ever wield any miraculous again.” Marinette spoke steadily as Adrien banged against the protection around him.

Marinette grabbed her mother and swung her yo-yo out of Adrien’s window. She dropped in front of the manor in a Spider-Man like fashion. Kagami and Luka ran outside to her.

“It took a few second chances but-“

Kagami shoved Hawkmoth’s miraculous to Marinette.

“Good. Now one last thing…” Marinette leaped onto a nearby building, the others following her soon after. They began working on the most important part of the plan…

Adrien Agreste couldn’t believe his eyes. In huge bold print on the Ladyblog read “Ladybug reveals identity after Hawkmoth’s defeat, watch the whole video to help Ladybug get justice.”

Adrien shakily pressed play, his lady had taken away his miraculous but maybe he could still make her his, the first step would be finding her identity.

“Hello Paris,” Ladybug begun with a stone cold look gracing her face, “You know me best as Ladybug, but underneath the mask I am not as strong.” The bluenette sucked in a breath, “I have been harassed by my ex partner Chat Noir and his civilian identity as well. In addition I have been a victim of relentless bullying at my school, this involves a liar, Adrien Agreste, yes the model, and the rest of my class. I am not telling you this so that you take matters into your own hands,” Ladybug said as she stared at the camera dead on. “I am telling you this because I need my class to know lies do hurt, you all know and trust me as Ladybug, but my civilian identity is considered to be a bully. I’m here to disprove that.” Ladybug sighed before whispering, “Spots off.” A blinding pink light surrounded her.

Adrien’s bugaboo was there no longer, Marinette Dupain-Cheng was staring in front of him. “I, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, was Ladybug. Revealing my identity was the only way to get everything to end. Some of you will be happy to know,” Marinette growled, “That you made me want to kill myself.” Adrien winced. “I wanted to die because of the people in Paris. But that doesn’t matter anymore.” Marinette gave a shy smile, “I am here to tell you that because Hawkmoth is defeated I will no longer be Paris’s saviour.”

Adrien gasped. Marinette was abandoning Paris? Didn’t she remember what he said about the high road?

“I have experienced physical torment and emotional abuse from school. The old Chat Noir was sexually harassing me on the job and to top it all off one man knew all about this and did absolutely nothing. The man who used to be Chat Noir, Adrien Agreste.

“Adrien, if you’re watching this I need you to know: I am not your Lady. I am not anybody’s. I also want you to know that if you try to find me you will not succeed. I am leaving France and nobody will ever see me again. I won’t tell you where I’m going, but I will tell you why...Adrien Agreste, Lila Rossi, Gabriel Agreste, and Caline Bustier, you are the reason that Ladybug will no longer stay in Paris.” Adrien’s eyes widened, it couldn’t be true…

“This is Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng, signing off. Bug out.”

The feed stopped. Adrien threw his phone on the ground, leaving it shattered as he stomped out of his room. He refused to believe it.

Gabriel Agreste had to admit he was bested, but there were two things Ladybug or Miss Dupain-Cheng forgot. One was the peacock miraculous that he had just fixed and the second was the crucial fact that he always got what he wanted. No matter what the cost.

Marinette stared out the window feeling her shoulders relax as the cab passed a dismal grey sign. She sighed and smiled, feeling a new beam of hope shine into her life. She read the sign and began to dream of her class’s faces when they watched the video, she then pushed it away, ready to start her new life,

“Welcome to Gotham.”

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Ngl, I have no idea what this was it was going somewhere and then my brain went FUCK IM TIRED, I am so sleep deprived and I wasn’t planning on writing anything this weekend but here we are posting this weird ass salt fic that I wrote in a night and am definitely going to regret tomorrow...YOLO.

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