#im so sorry OP I will be doing so many of these prompts

[marnum]

Savia has a tendancy to Stare and Be Still.

Despite how talkative Rook is in the games, to me my girl is more of an Observer. Savia will sit or stand very still and just Stare at something or someone with her big brown eyes, absorbing details and filing it all away in her de Riva brand Mental Files. She knows it's odd too, and will use it to make others uncomfortable if needed (or if it's funny). Sometimes she adds a head tilt to it. It's giving uncanny valley. It's giving barn owl. It's giving haunted.

And of course, she will talk at length about poisons, toxins, and so on and what they do to a body.

Good (looks at clock) afternoon everyone!

Hey tell me like… a WEIRD thing about your Rook

Like not their job or books they like or food

Something they do or about them that’s kind of strange and/or off-putting lol

[remusawoooo]

anon here, excited to read the essay! i asked you because i really like your takes and i see people in the more canon-adjacent parts of the marauders fanbase to complain about the extremes of the fanon one, though personally ive never really seen anything Too extreme, tho thats probably just tantamount to how well i curate my spaces i suppose (ive seen people say that fanon makes remus really “alpha” or makes sirius “bimbofied” and while ive seen hints of those extremes here and there, mostly it looks like it varies from person to person. ive just seen remus be more assertive than he probably is in canon, or sirius being more dramatic and “fem” than he probably is in canon). from what i know people like exaggerating events (the prank, etc.) or shifting some personality traits, but i dont really think thats a bad thing - i personally enjoy it. as long as they dont completely turn characters into stereotypes (though its a pitfall of every fandom, i fear), then whatever its just camp.

people are allowed to criticize stuff like that though, not taking that away from anyone, i personally just dont really care enough to be totally accurate esp since this hyperfix is kind of the bottom of the barrel for me LMAO. but i ask mostly bc im just curious to see what other peoples opinions are, and bc i think - especially in a fanbase like this - that its incredibly important to be at least a little critical with your media experience and reflect on it. saying “oh fuck canon we’re just having fun” is fine and all, i dont think anyone is stopping you, i think the personalities people have made up for characters that have zero screen time are super fun and the little ships are not everyones tea but like its fine. but even still, people should be way more aware of what characters theyre dealing with and from what franchise, and like reflect on any biases you may have. if youre making shit up for a random DE character, or retconning some sutff, okay, whatever, but be sure to not defend or like suddenly turn to really weird rhetoric. idk i think its the bare minimum in a fanbase like this

i definitely rambled way too much here, super sorry op! i hope this doesnt bother you, feel free to reply or feel free to not. i just really like hearing peoples thoughts on things, and i like your takes and your blog so i hope i didnt catch you by surprise. i really am just an outsider trying to look in LOL

hello anon, I'm sorry I lost your ask. I was writing on my laptop and saved the draft (but apparently had to press on alt, and didn't do it) so I basically lost your question and half of my initial response. Ty for sending in another ask!! Not a bother at all, i find this very lovely :D 

I was mortified to find that someone who isn't really a part of the fandom was perceiving me while I was complaining about fictional characters ahahaha. still, thank you for validating me and asking my thoughts on the mischaracterization of marauders!! I do talk about it daily, unfortunately, and without any prompt too. I'll try to gather all my thoughts here. I don't necessarily come across fanon as much as I did when I reentered the fandom and honestly, I can not be more with you about curating your space !! at the end of the day, I am just here to have fun, and really, pointing out these issues is not a good time at all! But I do post a lot about these, I can't be bothered to bottle up any thoughts lol.

I think the major issue I have with current interpretations is the underlying bigotry that comes along with it. There is a lot of unchecked problematic content that doesn't sit right with me.

Flanderizing characters in fandom interpretations is not limited to marauders fandom obviously. any popular media will face this because so many of us want to interact with one character so their traits are simplified for easier consumption and to find a common ground. this is also not limited to new marauders fandom. even in the older era, leather jacket-wearing, motorbike-driving quintessential bad boy siruis was a thing. so I won't nitpick on silly simplifications.

I just want to say that this isn't about me wanting everyone to have the same interpretations as I do about the canon. I follow so many lovely people and I don't agree with all of their posts. But, we all just simply share the love for these characters in the text and form an imaginary community. So, if we were to remove all the issues I will mention, it is still very well possible to have different personal takes.

Here are some of my issues:

Queerness, Gender roles, and misogyny:

My biggest problem is the representations of queer relationships. the fandom packages these couples in a strange and obvious heteronormative mold where the individuals fit into male and female gender roles. mlm and wlw are now an “f/m”* stereotype and characterization gets affected by the ships. Heterosexual relationships shouldn't have these limitations either, anyway. There is no one way to be a woman or a man. With queer relationships in particular, we have reclaimed the word queer now but it was used to describe the unconventional weirdness in the relationship. We didn't fit into the normal portrayal of a loving relationship. So, it really bothers me, even in fiction, that queer ships are popularly consumed in a way that represents a traditional template. (*this is not about gender itself but the gender roles! f/m can very well be queer!). 

Let's take the biggest victim in this fandom: sirius.

Sirius’ portrayal concerning his gender and sexuality has heavily changed his characterization in the fanon. We have a character who is popularly headcanonned as trans and is it a coincidence that all their traits have changed from the og material? Sirius is suddenly vain, whiny, and dumb. Canon doesn't suggest this interpretation, it has to have stemmed from somewhere. It's the implicit bias. Sirius becomes a caricature of what a woman “should be”. When we focus on sexuality, there is the suddenly short twink sirius who has the same new traits- proving the point of fulfilling gender roles. These characteristics are a stand-in for the “female” role of the traditional relationship and it becomes more clear in the example of new age wolfstar. Remus is now the big alpha stoic manly man- the obvious stand-in for the “male” role. I could go on, it is apparent in the way you can see remus becomes a caretaker and sirius is taken care of.

The point I am trying to make is not to discourage gender/sexuality hc. I love them, keep them coming. But, why is female sirius not tall suddenly? It is not inherently bad at all to have a feminine and masculine pairing! But why do we need to change the constitutions of these characters to consume their relationship?

I'll keep dropping disclaimers because I hate being misinterpreted: I don't obviously mean every single person is doing this or that doing one of the things means doing the other too. 

Race:

It is related to the point above. I was personally so excited to see the popular desi james hc. Even in fanon, I have never seen such a prevalent and encouraged brown rep, it was quite sweet to come back to that. But the problem is the change of characteristics that comes with race hc. Desi james is also a manly dude who is big and buff as opposed to the white petite and delicate regulus within jegulus ship. The melanin is directly proportional to the manliness here. 

This is a propagation of race stereotypes. Maybe jegulus was a bad example because usually there are seen as blank templates. I will raise the argument that this can't be all we can come up with for blank canvases then. Either way, my point about race still stands when you repeatedly design interracial queer relationships so they fall into heteronormative roles. Anyway, same issue with wolfstar when there is a brown remus.

Canon, JKR, and hypocrisy:

Refusing to engage with source material is funny when we are picking characters out of it. the interpretations of the characters will be from their book. otherwise, they are just original characters with the same name. you can add onto the traits and a lot of the time fandom comes to a consensus regarding a few things! This is common in every fandom but I don't think I have seen such reluctance to not only critically engage with media but also shame others who do. We are surely in special circumstances with this fandom but I really do think jkr and how we navigate the fanon should be two different things.

Most of us don't condone jkr or even remotely agree with any nonsense she spews on the daily. Most of us can see the problematic nature of even consuming this media and staying in this fandom. It is one of the reasons I even left the fandom. Most of us are simply doing our best to engage carefully while distancing ourselves from her. So, it is quite laughable when some love to take the moral high ground for rejecting canon while still engaging with the same characters. (the rejection of canon in question being sirius’ height, lol)

(Sirius' height is quite a polarising fact apparently. Unfortunately, the point about height is also discussed so disingenuously. When I talk about sirius’ height, it is not really about him being 6 or 7 feet. It will not really impact my life. It is about what it represents. He is bimbofied as he becomes short. It's an issue of "WHY" again.)

Of course, this isn't an accusation of intentional bigotry from everyone here. The problem with this fandom is that the people in it tell themselves that it is progressive and to run away from the problematic creator as much as possible. We are not progressive if all we do is co-opt queer and racially diverse identities on such a superficial level. The bias manifests in subtle forms. I just wish we check ourselves from time to time, that's all. 

There is a lot of hostility when we try to discuss issues in the fanon. Things are interpreted in the most misguided way to just win the argument. Like I said in the beginning, we all just want to have a good time. That also means creating a welcoming space for vulnerable groups (especially when the same identities are used to pat yourselves on the backs for inclusivity points). I didn't even cover everything btw, I just wrote about the issues that concern me. queer and poc also partake in biased representations, I also probably have some biases that I didn't identify yet. I just think it would be super neat if everyone tried to make an effort to unlearn and engage with media without hurting anyone. 

I have other issues but they are all just super subjective opinions and smth I can ignore when others do. ex: I really don't like giving tragic backstories to bigots in the story. Not every supremacist loser has a trauma that forced them into oppressing people! There is also "tropeyfication" of all major ships. Just an overall issue in the reading world I think, though.

Anon, I didn't mean to make it preachy in any way btw. You probably asked for a silly little rant and I went full lecture mode, so I apologize for the tone shift!! I mentioned these because every other issue can be brought down to these imo. Like you said, I also don't have any fixation on everything being canon-compliant. I only complain by asking about the thought process behind certain kinds of changes, if that makes sense! I hope this wasn't a drag really and you can see where I am coming from. If I misspoke anywhere, pls lmk. Thanks for sharing your opinions too!!

This is a long long rant, anyone who read everything, you are wonderful and patient. Thank you for taking the time. This huge post and the content can make you think, “who cares this much?” or “it's not that serious” and yaa it really isn't that serious. The characters aren't real but we all are. the identities projected are real. so, it does matter to talk about this.

Everything said this is a fun place to be once you find your own corner in the playground.

[l0nglives]

respond to the following prompts. include as much or as little as you want; you don’t have to answer them all ! / tagged by: stole from @desireandduty. tagging: you.

NAME / ALIAS: poppy

BIRTHDAY: june 10th

ZODIAC SIGN: gemini sun, virgo rising, taurus moon

HEIGHT: 4'10

HOBBIES: writing, sleeping, eating out, reading, leisure hikes - more like walking around -, larping, tabletop, video gaming

FAVORITE COLOR: anything soft and pastel

FAVORITE BOOK: so many ? but i love little women

LAST SONG: .... the tiktok 'chicken wing' song im sorry

LAST MOVIE: openheimer

LAST SHOW: a discovery of witches ( doing a rewatch! )

RECENT READ: doing a reread of the witcher books

SOURCES OF INSPIRATION: gothic lit, mythology ( arthurian, greek, norse, japanese, etc ), classic lit, and nuggets of my own experiences

STORY BEHIND URL: it's elder speech. it means "elder blood." in the witcher books the OP character ciri, my beloved eldritch goblin, has it which makes her ... OP. i really just wanted a url and i made it up on the go.

[meili-sheep]

The Leyline!Diluc au Anon here!!! So glad you got my ask im so happy ajdbdn

But!!! I'm still here to talk about Leyline Diluc!!!

Anyways, He knows many things, ancient knowledge in a forgotten language, and the forgotten language itself

Maybe he's gotten in contact with the Leyline's memories of the Primordial one and their shades? And also lemme say this: He would absolutely know about Kaeya's secret before he was even told.

And I'd like to think, because irimisul trees mayhaps play a huge factor in a domain's existance, Diluc has a whole library domain within the Leylines itself, only he can enter it as there's no physical doors to go in, he just connects to any Leylines around and so can immediately transport himself to other domains or his own private domain

And Maybe there's like, an Entity within the leylines who's sole purpose is cataloguing the information within, and maybeee helps a much younger Diluc how to manage these abilities, I'd like to call this Entity: "Dial", Diluc would probably mistakenly call them either mom/dad on many occasions, and within the private domain where they usually hang, Time doesn't go on, Diluc can stay there for as long as he likes and come back without much difference in Tevyat's time.

Also!!! Apperantly, places like drapgonspine and the thunderbird's island in inazuma(i don't remember the name) have messed up leylines, even more so in the thunderbird island as it's replaying the same events over and over again, those places would probably give him a sensory overload and probably trigger the Entity coming out of the Leylines to asses the situation, which is of course, a sign of messed up leylines in the location

And Diluc won't get overwhelmed by info in his private domain, which is basically a huge endless library in an equally endless spire. Here, The leyline's info is instead catalogued into books, the walls or the floor platforms move up or down according to info Diluc wants or needs!

Leylines are also connected to the elements!! So Diluc being able to handle various elements at once would be so op holy shit. Maybe he can use Celestial magic and Abyss magic as well! Basically- as long as a type of magic existed at one point, even if it is limited to one being(such as the abilities of the Istaroth maybe?) as long as it existed at one point, The leylines know it and Diluc can use it

Oh my god this opens up the idea of this:

The traveler is currently just, tired of having to set up a team of certain elements to solve puzzles in their journey and so expresses these woes to Diluc, who then casually says "Well why didn't you say so? I hope Dial won't mind me resonating you with the rest of the 7 elements if you want" which prompts the Traveler to go "I'm sorry WHAT"

I have another au as well but i may send it later if i deem it good enough who knows :)))

Also: Diluc would absolutely know what happened to Childe, he would. Albeit unintentionally, he can't exactly control the amount of info the leylines flow through him, he can only control the topic but sometimes the Leylines would just give him a person's whole life story, like it did with Kaeya

And that's all I got for this ask sigjssk if i send it twice then that means I thought it got eaten, i will info dump more next time >:]]]

Please do continue to share. I honestly love the idea. Though it would just absolutely make Diluc so ridiculously op. A little balancing might help make it a little more inserting. Especially if you ever want a write it out. A really easy balance would be for him to have frequent migraines or a cost for using abilities not tied to his vision that he is just pulling for the ley line. To remind us, Diluc is just a human.

Also with Diluc and Kaeya's story, it would make their whole dynamic a lot more interesting. Same with Childe (though I imagine Childe helping through Diluc getting sensory overloads)

Ah, sorry you got my inner editor going, lolol. But I really look forwards to your other ideas!

[baby-triumphant]

7 leon and link?

im really deep in my leon + andrew feelings right now so here we go (im bending the prompt a little im sorry haha)

7. guiding them with a hand on the small of their back

Haze Days has to be one of Link's least favorite events.

It happens every year, in the first week of August when the city is hottest and muggiest. In the shadows Link had been part of the organizing crew, since bullpen depth had nothing better to do than organize signing and photo ops for the big-leaguers, so Link knows Haze Days inside and out: knows the best orientation of the signing tables so the lighting will look good in the papers, knows the rural firefighters who get the proceeds from Haze Days.

This is her first time participating as a player and not as event staff, but she can't help but squint at the seating arrangement and photo op rotations as she's watching the event staff bustle around setting up.

She could recite the slogans in her sleep. Beat the haze! Support wildfire management!

Haze Days is, in principle, a cool enough event with a worthy cause. In practice, it makes Link want to put her head in a freezer. She wasn't built for summer.

Leon and Andrew are listed apart from everyone else.

"I thought pitchers were supposed to all be at the same table," she tells Bianca. "That's how it is every year."

Bianca looks at her, expression completely neutral. "Did you ever go to a signing event before you started helping organize them?" ze asks.

Link feels herself flush, hot and embarrassed. The humidity is curling her baby hairs into an unpleasant frizz. She'd been a fan of the Firefighters growing up, of course, but she'd grown up far enough outside the city proper that going to the fan events had been out of the question even if her parents had been willing to pay for a signed photo with her favorite players. "No," she says, awkwardly.

"And when did you start helping organize them?" Bianca asks.

"Three years ago," Link says. "When I joined the shadows." At seventeen she'd had a good enough arm, enough placement control, enough of a toolkit. She'd thought, a little foolishly, she would be the best pitcher in the world.

That particular thesis had been disproven as soon as she'd met Leon, who was not the best pitcher in the world but despite two injuries that should have ended his career still threw like liquid gold and was better than Link could ever imagine herself being. Even on bad days he was consistent, which was more than Link could say for herself.

"Duncan retired five years ago," Bianca says, and hir tone is so kind but Link still feels young and idiotic for the way it hits her only after Bianca has practically spelled it out. "Maybe before Duncan all of the pitchers were together. But Duncan and Trebek sit at the same table no matter what. That's how it's always been."

"Oh," Link says.

She'd hoped she'd be able to sit next to Leon. She had so many questions, and she couldn't quite tell whether Leon was avoiding her or not, and Haze Days seemed like a great chance to get those questions in while Leon was right there. Between signings, of course.

Bianca opens hir mouth to say something, and then seems to think better of it.

Link's attention is elsewhere, anyway: Leon and Andrew's entrance into the plaza is heralded by a smattering of cheers from the enterprising early fans. They both wave, but their heads are bent together, mouths moving in inaudible conversation.

Andrew stops and turns to face Leon more fully, hand coming up to cover his mouth. The set of his shoulders is as bullish as Andrew ever gets, and the frown on Leon's face gets bigger the longer Andrew talks.

Leon puts one hand on the small of Andrew's back and guides him into the waiting seat. Andrew goes willingly, knocking his knuckles against Leon's chest as he does.

Link's chest aches with something like longing and something like jealousy.

"Always together," Bianca says, shakes hir head, and moves off to join the position players at their table. Link hesitates a moment longer, just to watch the way Andrew pours them both water, the way Leon systematically tests every Sharpie in their cup and picks out two for each of them.

She wants—she doesn't know what she wants. Or who to ask for it, or how.

"C'mon, Link," Tiera calls, and Link tears her eyes away from Leon Duncan and Andrew Trebek, and sits down where she's supposed to.

[buzzybeesinlove]

Just read your jealous blake! And I can't stop thinking how would you write a jealous ruby! Lol

hmm a jealous ruby huh... i can try my best my friend!

im so sorry it took SO long for me to put this out, for some reason I was having major block on how to write this. and i hope what ive done is pretty okay? im not sure how i feel about it, but ive stalled way too long on this prompt, so i tried it with whiterose because it’s my main ruby ship.

it’s set during volume 7, before ironwood turns on them. it’s a different kind of take on jealousy... i just feel like ruby is so self-sacrificing sometimes and would want others to be happy in this situation rather than butt into things if she were jealous, you know?

anyways, hope you like it!

It was a simple day in the training room at Atlas Academy.

Ruby was across the room, practising her semblance with Ren and Oscar, and doing quite well in her opinion, and she felt a surge or pride through her when Oscar looked at her in bewilderment after she split herself into three around the pillar.

“Whoa. When did you learn that?” Oscar asked in awe, watching from his spot near the wall, and Ruby flushed a little, shrugging and letting out an awkward laugh.

“Just now?” Ruby replied.

“That’s amazing.” Oscar said, and even Ren had stood up and was giving her an impressed look at what she’d done. Ruby just scratched the back of her head, cheeks heating up at all the praise.

“Nah, it’s nothin’.” Ruby brushed it off, clearing her throat and unsheathing Crescent Rose from her back, glancing between the two boys in front of her. “You guys up for sparring?”

Oscar’s face fell and he sighed, shaking his head.

“Sorry, I should actually go see Ironwood right about now. He… Had something he wanted to talk to me about.” Oscar muttered, and Ruby frowned at the uncertainty in Oscar’s tone and expression.

“I’m sure it’ll be okay.” Ruby offered, and Oscar gave her a tiny smile, the boy nodding to her and Ren as he began to leave, walking over to the other side of the room towards the exit.

When she looked back to Ren, he also looked apologetic.

“I think… I’m going to continue meditating over here. Sorry, Ruby.” Ren said, placing a hand on her shoulder before turning away from her to sit back down where he was previously, leaning himself back against the pillar and closing his eyes.

Ruby frowned and turned away from him to look back at the rest of the room, taking note of everyone practicing and sparring.

Blake and Yang, as usual, messing around on the tops of the pillars. They were laughing together as Blake continued to make copies of herself while Yang attempted to catch her, their eyes bright and their laughter melting together. Ruby smiled a bit as she observed them, happy that they were in a better place now.

She saw Nora and Jaune sparring with Neon and Flynt as well, trading blows back and forth and Nora currently chasing the other girl around while her skates propelled her to a faster speed to get away.

Ruby giggled as Nora bumped Neon into the wall with her hammer, but she bounced back up just as quickly as she continued to skate around, both of them having fun with each other.

Ruby scanned her eyes some more, and suddenly stopped on her partner across the room, her rapier pointed to the ceiling as she summoned some glyphs around herself. She was alone, Ruby noticed, and she lit up at the thought of sparring with Weiss again.

Their fighting styles were completely different, but worked just as well together and whenever they fought together in battle, or sparred and practiced together, Ruby always found that Weiss understood her the most in battle, supporting her and always having her back no matter what.

She loved that about her, among many other things.

It was that thought that made Ruby start to walk over there, the question on the tip of her tongue, when out of seemingly nowhere, the Ace-Ops had made their way inside the training room, and Ruby froze mid-step when Marrow walked up to Weiss, breaking her concentration on her glyphs to talk with her.

Ruby blinked, watching them from afar, noticing the awkward nature of her partner and the light blush on her cheeks. Her eyebrows furrowed as Marrow rubbed the back of his neck, looking awkward and stiff as well, but he still smiled at Weiss, which she returned.

Since when were they so friendly?

Ruby felt a twitch to her brow when Marrow motioned to Weiss’ rapier, saying something about it, and Weiss raised it up, showing him the blade without much hesitation. Ruby’s stomach churned and coiled with an unfamiliar feeling all of a sudden when Marrow stepped closer to her, and her hands clenched around Crescent Rose when his hand touched Weiss’.

“Sheesh, I can feel that heat from over here, Rubes.” Yang suddenly had dropped down next to her from the top of a pillar, startling her and making her jump, and Blake followed suit, landing on her other side and giving her a small smile when she looked at her.

Ruby sputtered and whirled on her sister, annoyed at the smirk on her lips.

“You sure it’s not just your own? Your semblance includes your hair going on fire you know.” Ruby grumbled back, and Yang snickered at her, throwing her arm around her shoulder and sighing lightly. She shared a look with Blake over top of Ruby’s head, a silent conversation happening with their eyes - something that Ruby didn’t appreciate in her presence - and then Yang let out another sigh and looked down at Ruby, giving her a soft smile.

“Are you, perhaps, a little… Jealous, baby sister of mine?” Yang said, smile turning cheeky and devious.

Ruby’s cheeks warmed up and she shoved Yang away from her, ignoring her cackles and groaning a little, glancing back over to where Marrow and Weiss were still conversing, Myrtenaster still raised up between them.

“Of course not. They’re just talking - and, Weiss and I aren’t...” Ruby said, trailing off at the end, a slight pang in her heart when she saw Weiss lightly giggle at something Marrow said to her.

“Right… Totally.” Yang sounded unconvinced, but Ruby decided to ignore it, shaking her head.

“I don’t remember them ever being that close before.” Blake stepped into the conversation with that light observation, her voice contemplative, and Ruby was inclined to agree with that. 

Sure, they’ve all been getting along with the Ace-Ops these past few days, sparring with them and taking on missions with them every so often, learning the ropes of being full blown Huntresses’. It’s been an amazing experience, one that Ruby was not taking for granted and was thoroughly enjoying. However, she didn’t consider any of them… Super close to the Ace-Ops yet, and she chalked up this feeling inside of her as one of confusion and worry over why Marrow was being overly friendly all of a sudden.

“Beats me.” Yang said, shrugging and placing her hands on her hips. “They look like they’re very well acquainted though.” Yang mused, and Ruby elbowed her in her ribs, Yang grunting a little at the pain and flicking Ruby’s ear.

“Hey!” Ruby protested, but Yang just laughed at her.

“Listen, Rubes. I was just teasing before, but…” Yang suddenly turned serious, looking down at her and placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, squeezing it gently. “I think you’ve got more going on in that head of yours that you should probably unpack. I mean, if you’re feeling a little off seeing those two hitting it off, well…” Yang trailed off, half-shrugging and ruffling Ruby’s hair, messing it up even more than it was.

Ruby huffed and pushed her hand away, levelling her with a knowing look.

“You’re telling me to unpack my feelings?” Ruby shot back, and Yang’s cheeks turned a deep shade of red, her eyes widening for a brief second. Ruby lifted an eyebrow and glanced at Blake on her other side, whose ears had lowered a bit and her cheeks had shifted in colour as well. Ruby rolled her eyes at them both before letting out another sigh and returning her eyes to her partner, Marrow making her laugh again.

Ruby couldn’t deny that Yang… May have a point with that. She really did feel off seeing Weiss getting along with him, and she truly wasn’t sure why. Weiss has gotten along with others plenty of times before - she gets along with Team FNKI just fine, and the other Ace-Ops as well. There was back in Beacon when she was kind of into Neptune, and sure, maybe Ruby wasn’t thrilled about her talking about going to the dance with him, but she was overall happy for her.

Ruby suddenly honed in on that memory of Weiss and Neptune, how Weiss was smitten with him for a while, and although she believed that was long gone now, it left a bad taste in her mouth to even imagine Weiss in his arms, making her laugh, when Ruby could do all those things just fine.

Ruby blinked at her own thoughts, and she whipped her head up with wide eyes, Blake and Yang glancing at each other, then looking back at Ruby with questions in their eyes.

“Oh.” Ruby said, suddenly feeling like the biggest fool in existence. It all made sense now, when she thought about it much deeper - why it bothered her so much back at Beacon when Jaune confessed his little crush on Weiss, when Neptune sat with Weiss at the dance, and now, when Marrow got a little too close to her while talking with her, and made Weiss laugh and smile.

She could name that feeling in her stomach now.

And that feeling was suddenly tenfold when Marrow touched Weiss’ shoulder, giving her a soft smile. Ruby clenched her fist at her side, but was quick to try and dispel her anger at the situation.

She and Weiss weren’t… Anything, and she only just fully realised what she was feeling a few seconds ago, albeit still somewhat confused about when and how those feelings developed. Maybe they’ve always been there, in the depths of her heart, waiting to crawl out, and the moment she’s able to fully focus on them, it’s at a difficult and hectic time for them all.

And, she realised, she truly had no right to infringe on her partner’s happiness, if she truly was getting along with Marrow. Weiss deserved to be happy, and although the thought of it not being her hurt her heart and increased that jealousy even more, it wouldn’t be right of her to saunter over there and demand that Marrow leave her partner alone.

So, instead, she deflated and leaned up against Yang’s side, and her sister blinked down at her in confusion, wrapping her arm around her to pull her in a bit closer.

“You okay, Rubes?” Yang asked, and Blake was looking over at her with concerned eyes as well, but Ruby just sighed and nodded, quickly picking herself back up and pulling away from Yang, gripping onto Crescent Rose a little tighter.

“I’m alright. I just… I think I’m gonna go sit down for a bit.” Ruby mumbled, and without another glance at them or Weiss, she walked over to the furthest wall from Weiss and Marrow and sheathed Crescent Rose on her back, sliding down to the floor and sitting there, lost in thought about the revelation she’s just had.

It took her far too long to actually come to terms with that, and although it made sense given that Ruby never really paid much attention to feelings, it also made all the more sense that she couldn’t imagine her life without Weiss. She couldn’t imagine either of them having their bond with anybody else, and she couldn’t imagine not being by Weiss’ side.

She sighed and covered her face with her hands, shaking her head at her own thoughts. It was really an awful time to be having a crisis like this, when Salem could be on their doorstep at any moment and they had training to do, but Ruby’s life never really went how she wanted nowadays, did it?

“Ruby?”

Ruby froze at the familiar voice, the person standing just in front of her, and she gulped down the lump that formed in her throat. She took a breath and removed her hands from her face to look up, silver eyes meeting the worried blue ones of Weiss Schnee.

“Hey, Weiss.” Ruby croaked.

The worry only increased tenfold in her partner’s eyes at that response.

“What’s wrong? Are you… Doing okay?” Weiss asked.

It was careful, her partner approaching with caution as if Ruby was on the verge of breaking apart. Ruby swallowed again and looked down, resting her arms on her raised knees, shrugging her shoulders weakly.

“I’m okay, don’t worry.” Ruby said.

It didn’t sound very convincing to her own ears, so she wasn’t surprised when Weiss huffed and walked up to the wall beside her, sliding herself down right next to her, so close that her body heat radiated off of her and melted over Ruby, their thighs only a slight breath apart.

“Listen, I know… Things have been hectic here, and we haven’t had a lot of time like we used to. But… I’m always here for you. You can always talk to me.” Weiss said. Ruby glanced over to her, her eyes already on her, and Ruby’s stomach fluttered nervously when Weiss threw a gentle smile her way, one that was so often hidden from other people. “You know that, right?”

Ruby did know that - she knew Weiss was always there. She never had to look very far, because her partner would always be there, not far from her, always lifting her up and believing in her. She was always there with a comforting hand on her shoulder and that small, soft smile that Ruby had noticed was usually only reserved for her. 

She knew all of this, and yet, she couldn’t help but think that one day, someone else would have all of Weiss Schnee, and she would have far less than she’d like.

But Ruby tried her best to push those thoughts away, send them far down into the depths of her mind in order to flash a strained smile, nodding a little towards her partner.

“Of course.” Ruby replied, maintaining the smile on her face as best as she could. 

Weiss fell silent as they looked at each other, searching each other’s gazes for a solid minute before she hummed and looked away, sweeping her eyes across the training room.

Ruby followed her gaze, and noticed Marrow towards the exit of the room, talking with Harriet about something serious, if Harriet’s expression was anything to go by. She saw Weiss’ eyes linger over there for a second, and Ruby’s heart constricted painfully even as Weiss pulled her eyes away.

She felt like she had to say something - anything to break the uncomfortable atmosphere that had settled around them, mostly due to her own awkward feelings towards her best friend who was clearly interested in another person.

“So,” Ruby cleared her throat, garnering Weiss’ attention. “Sorry if coming over here interrupted your glyph practice.” Ruby said, tacking on a lighthearted laugh at the end, but her smile didn’t reach her eyes fully.

Weiss furrowed her eyebrows.

“Why are you apologising? Don’t be silly.” Weiss huffed, rolling her eyes with fondness and knocking their shoulders together, a light smile on her face. “I may be enjoying all this rigorous training, but it would never come between time with you, no matter how little.”

Ruby’s heart quickened, but she desperately tried not to get sidetracked - an image of her and Marrow cosying up to each other flashing in her mind, reminding her of what brought her over to this wall to begin with.

“Right.” Ruby sighed, flashing a brief smile at her. “It looked like Marrow was… Giving you lots of advice, though.” She continued, hoping that her voice was level enough that Weiss didn’t notice how much this was truly affecting her.

Now Weiss’ cheeks tinged a bit pink, but she let out a huff, rolling her eyes again - this time with a bit of annoyance, much to Ruby’s surprise.

“Sure, if by advice you mean tell me things I already knew while he was a stuttering mess, then you’d be absolutely correct.” Weiss said, letting out a sigh. “It was just… Very awkward, and while I appreciated his attempts, I told him I was fine.”

Ruby was now thoroughly confused - it looked like they were getting along super well, cosying up to each other and laughing together, looking almost smitten and flirty. 

“I mean… You were pretty flustered though.” Ruby said, hoping her voice didn’t waver too much at that moment as she knocked her shoulder against Weiss’ again, attempting to jest with her.

Weiss blinked and narrowed her eyes at Ruby, firmly knocking her shoulder back.

“Absolutely not. That’s just… Downright ridiculous, even for you.” Weiss said, and it almost sounded convincing to Ruby, but her insecurity around the whole situation made her believe Weiss was simply projecting, denying the possible truth that hurt Ruby more than anything.

However, she just wanted Weiss to be happy, in the end.

“You were all… blushy and stuff, though.” Ruby said, poking her in the shoulder, and Weiss’ cheeks flared up once again. However, she only seemed to become more irritated rather than embarrassed, and she just shook her head at Ruby, narrowing her eyes at her.

“It’s because it was weird, Ruby.” Weiss replied swiftly. “He’s… Nice, and seemed genuinely helpful, but it just felt awkward alone with him because I barely know him outside of the Ace-Ops. I just tried to laugh through it, to be honest.” Weiss sighed at the end, leaning herself back against the wall and turning her gaze back onto the others as they practised around the room. 

Ruby blinked, heart thundering in her chest at what Weiss just said to her. It was taking her a bit longer than usual to catch up, and when her silence persisted longer than normal, Weiss glanced over to her, tilting her head questioningly.

“Would… There have been a problem if I was okay with his attention?” Weiss said, curious eyes aimed on her.

Ruby felt her face heat up and she shook her head immediately, trying her best to pick up the pieces of this conversation that she never expected would go this direction.

“No, ‘course not. You can… You know, um, talk to whoever you want.” Ruby said, clearing her throat and shifting herself on the floor. She looked away from Weiss’ piercing blue eyes to gather herself for a moment, before saying, “As long as you’re happy, Weiss.”

She truly meant it - even if she was masking how uncomfortable she was at the thought of Weiss with someone else, she knew in her heart that it was completely up to her partner in the end. She was genuine here, despite the rest of the conversation being her masking her emotions about the entire thing.

Weiss hummed next to her, then startled her when her hand reached out to lay over top of Ruby’s on her knee, squeezing gently. Ruby shot her eyes up to meet hers, Weiss’ soft smile overtaking her face again, her fingers curling around Ruby’s.

“I’m pretty happy right now.” Weiss said, a light pink tone to her cheeks as her smile turned a bit shy, and Ruby truly had no idea how she didn’t pass out right then and there, considering she had sucked in such a harsh breath and was now not exhaling.

Weiss was waiting on her to answer though, so she puffed out a breath and slowly nodded.

“Good.” Ruby replied, hoping that her hand wasn’t gross and clammy, and hoping that Weiss couldn’t hear the pounding of her heartbeat from where she was.

Weiss seemed to search her eyes for a moment, and whatever she found seemed to make her smile again, as if stumbling upon a secret in Ruby’s silver orbs that she was trying to keep hidden. It was as if she uncovered something she wasn’t exactly meant to, and Ruby saw a bright look in her eye when she suddenly leaned against her, laying her head on her shoulder and snuggling up to her.

Ruby almost choked on air as Weiss settled in, letting out a gentle sigh.

“By the way,” Weiss said, her fingers curling a bit tighter around Ruby’s. “Marrow is so not my type.”

Ruby swallowed down the gasp that threatened to escape when Weiss leaned further into her side, her breath ghosting the side of her neck and leaving goosebumps behind on her skin. Ruby glanced up at the ceiling, threw out a silent prayer to any of the Gods out there, and took a small breath.

“What is your type, then?” Ruby said.

She tried to sound unassuming and innocent - just a curious friend asking another friend who she would be into, if she had feelings for someone. And whether or not she was successful in that was unclear, as Weiss just hummed and kept her face turned away from her, giving no indication whatsoever.

Finally, Weiss spoke again.

“Someone that knows me, and all the cracks and frail parts of my armour that I hide behind. And someone that knows that they wouldn’t need to be jealous about someone simply speaking to me, because at the end of the day, I would be sitting next to them rather than with anyone else.”

Ruby seized up immediately, panic rising inside of her at those words. There was no way it wasn’t about her, and for a moment it startled her just how easily Weiss could read her sometimes, could understand what was in her mind even before she could at times. It was a bit scary, but Weiss didn’t pull away from her at all, so Ruby deemed that a good thing as Weiss continued on.

“Someone that would be patient with me, while we figure everything out.” Weiss mumbled, and it was then that Ruby realised she was assuredly speaking about her, and it was then that Ruby also realised that Weiss was possibly in the same boat as her.

It was something out of their comfort zone, something completely new and alien to them both, but they felt it for each other. They felt that bond with each other, and although Ruby had spent most of this training session wallowing in her own thoughts with her heart full of green, it all vanished the minute Weiss said those words.

It was silly to be jealous, Ruby realised. Because Weiss was there with her.

And although it may take them a bit to understand these feelings between them, Ruby was okay to wait however long to figure it out with her best friend.

And perhaps, once they’ve navigated that, it would be even more than just a friendship.

But for now, Ruby would wait.

Weiss was definitely worth it.

[hayleysstark]

For your prompt event: Merlin accidentally hurting Arthur with his magic post-reveal and freaking out about it? (I love your writing!)

oh my god op YOUR MIND!!!!!!!!! im losign it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 

Arthur had all of ten seconds to get out of range and, as it turned out, ten seconds wasn't nearly enough.

To tell the truth, he knew it was all his own fault—he hadn't tried or, at least, he hadn't tried hard enough, mostly because he didn't want to get out of range, he didn't want to run away, and he certainly didn't want to leave Merlin behind to face the mad old witch entirely on his own. For all his magic, for all his power and know-how and strange, old-soul wisdom, Merlin was a right idiot most of the time and, while Arthur trusted him to take down an obviously mediocre, middle-of-the-road sorceress alone, he most definitely did not trust him to be smart about it. He didn't trust Merlin to be smart about most things, come to that, but magical battles with evil sorcerers was settled firmly at the top of the list.

But it didn't do an ounce of good, because Arthur couldn't get near enough to land a blow on the old woman, and he couldn't even get near enough to watch Merlin's back like he should, like he usually did in these sorts of situations—the spells flew far too thick and fast around the quiet green grove, blinding bursts of color and light flashing like suns and stars in the deep shadows of the wood, curses rebounding like stray cannonballs off the trees and boulders and branches—no, he could only stand there, sword in his hand, out on the edge of the battle, completely useless.

All of a sudden, the old witch stopped, her wrinkled hands still held out in front of her, and she said something—it didn't sound like magic, it didn't sound like a spell, and it didn't look much like magic, either, it looked like she was talking to Merlin, like she was talking and she wanted him to talk back, but Arthur couldn't hear the words over the whispers and rustles of all the sorcery in the grove—and it must have been magic, he realized, hardly half a second later, because a high, howling wind whipped up, right in the middle of the forest, on a cloudless, sunny day.

She must be a bit better than mediocre, then, she must be a bit more than middle-of-the-road, if she could call up storms like Merlin could—

The wind picked up, stronger and stronger until the shriek of it was all Arthur could hear, until the force of it nearly ripped his cloak from his shoulders and clawed the sword from his hand, until it pushed him back, farther and farther away from the old witch, away from Merlin, until it finally grabbed him up in its screaming grip and slammed him, with a nasty crunch, back into the nearest tree.

As near as Arthur could figure out, from the flashes of blue sky rushing past over his head and the fleeting glimpses of Merlin's bone-white face and terrified blue eyes, he had come back 'round on the way back to the castle, but he hadn't stayed awake long enough to remember much, and Merlin had, apparently, defeated the old woman mere moments after Arthur had blacked out, but he never heard the whole of it, and Merlin never told him.

All he could say for certain was, when he had finally opened his eyes to find himself in Gaius' chambers, in the rickety white cot reserved solely for the very ill, the old man had forced him to choke down a vast number of horrible potions and medicines before he had allowed Arthur to settle back in his own bedchamber.

It had seemed an awful lot of fuss for nothing but a broken arm and a few bruised ribs, and, if he had to make a guess, he would say the whole thing had upset Merlin rather more than he had thought it would, and certainly a great deal more than it had any right to—the idiot had turned into the perfect servant in the week since, nothing but yes Sire or no Sire or let me get that for you, Sire, not one gripe or grumble or complaint to be had, and never more than ten steps from Arthur's bedside.

And he didn't make a face when Arthur told him to muck the stables, and he didn't breeze in to work a half hour too late Arthur's breakfast in one hand and a sheepish smile on his face, and he didn't throw the curtains wide and shout good morning like he wanted to wake the entire castle, and he hadn't spilled wine in Arthur's lap even once, and he hadn't used his magic to heat the bathwater, or scrub the floor, or make the bed, and Arthur's armor had literally never shined brighter, a dazzling silver gleam out of the corner of his eye, glinting and flashing in the light of the sun through the open window.

It was absolutely unbearable.

And it was obviously much more than the usual mother-hen impulses Merlin fell into when Arthur got hurt, because he certainly hadn't acted like this even when Arthur had gotten a bite from the Questing Beast, when Arthur had, very literally, cheated death, and survived the unsurvivable!

No, this was bigger than all Merlin's girlish little fits and frenzies of fear, this was more than his everyday panic over nothing, and Arthur was not going to put up with it one moment longer.

"All right," he said, eight days out from that fight in the forest with the old witch, his arm still wrapped firmly in a simple white sling, and the bruising on his ribs a touch lighter now, and certainly less painful, "out with it, Merlin, what is it? What's gotten into you lately?"

"Sorry?" Merlin said, flatly, and he didn't even look up from where he had crouched down to pick up all the dirty laundry scattered 'round the chamber. "Not sure what you mean."

Arthur rolled his eyes. "Don't be an idiot, Merlin, you and I both know that suits you a bit too well."

"Yeah," Merlin said blandly, stuffing Arthur's brown trousers in his basket, "just one of my many gifts, Sire."

"Merlin," Arthur sat up a little in his seat, and put down his quill with a soft swish of the long white feather on parchment, "what's going on?"

"Nothing," Merlin said at once. He tossed a pair of socks in the basket, too. "It's nothing."

Arthur waited.

Merlin straightened up and turned his back on Arthur to pluck a red tunic up off the floor and plop it down in the basket with everything else.

Arthur waited a bit more.

All of a sudden, Merlin stopped, with the basket perched on the end of the bed, his hands still clinging to the wooden rim, and finally, Arthur thought, with a rush of relief, finally, he's going to stop being such a girl and just tell me—

Merlin sniffled.

Arthur's insides turned to ice. Oh, God, no, this was a mistake, this was a terrible, awful, horrendous mistake, and now Merlin was having feelings, and what if Merlin wanted to talk about those feelings, couldn't he just give Merlin the day off and let him sort it out on his own time, wasn't that a thing he could do, or would that be "insensitive" and "rude" the way Guinevere always told him, would that make him a "bad friend" the way Guinevere always told him—? "Um," he said, a little blankly, and a lot desperately, "y-you don't need to—you shouldn't—erm—"

"I—" Merlin wiped at his face with the back of his hand, and turned to look at Arthur, his eyes red and puffy, his cheeks sticky and stained with tears, "—I-I'm sorry."

"For crying?" Arthur said, rather weakly, and also rather hopefully.

"I should have said it sooner, but I thought you were going to—to bring it up, and I thought you were going to be angry, so I-I just waited and waited, but you didn't—"

Not for crying, then, Arthur concluded dismally, before he scraped up the last remnants of his dwindling-in-the-face-of-a-crying-Merlin courage. "Why on earth did you think I'd be angry with you?"

"I did this to you," Merlin said, looking for all the world like a deeply repentant puppy left out in the pouring rain, waiting to be kicked. "I hurt you. I-I used my magic to h-hurt you."

What? Arthur blinked a bit dazedly at Merlin while he waited for the words to make some sort of sense. "Hang on," he said, slowly, mostly to make sure he had this absolutely right, "you were the one who called up that wind? You were the one who—?"

Merlin blinked back, just as dazedly. "Y-You didn't know?"

"I thought it was the witch!" Arthur said, thoroughly baffled now. "What in God's name did you do that for? You never do storms unless it's—!"

"I got angry," Merlin said miserably. He sniffled again and wiped at his nose now. "I—I got so angry, she—she said some things that made me realize she was—she was somebody that had done really awful things, she had—she had hurt someone I know, she'd hurt her really badly, and I lost my temper, and—" he flicked a mournful glance up at Arthur from under his wet lashes, "—and it just happened, and Arthur, I'm so sorry!"

Arthur almost crumpled right back down in his seat again. Merlin had conjured up that wind, not the old witch, and oh, that made sense now, didn't it, he had thought, even then, the old woman hadn't seemed strong enough for magic like that, he had thought she hadn't had the power for a thing like that, and he had been right, and—

—and if she was so mediocre and middle-of-the-road, what on earth had she done in her past, to make Merlin so furious with her? "Is she—?" Arthur raised his head to look at his friend on the other side of the room. "Is she all right? The friend that the witch hurt? Is she all right now?"

Merlin stared blankly back at him, blue eyes wide and wet. "That's—?" he scrubbed at his nose again. "That's what you're worried about? Not the fact that I almost killed you?"

Arthur almost laughed. "It's a broken arm, Merlin, and it's not even my sword arm! Honestly, I hardly think I'm going to drop dead all because—"

"It's not funny," Merlin snapped, his every word sharp as a knife when it rolled off his tongue. "It's not funny, Arthur, this isn't a joke! I almost killed you! I almost killed you because I lost my temper! Because I lost control!"

"Yes," Arthur conceded, "but everyone loses their temper at some point, I wouldn't worry about it if I were—"

"Well, you're not me!" Merlin bit out. "And count yourself lucky on that, because when you lose your temper, you don't have to worry that you'll wipe out the entire kingdom, or—or level a whole forest, or put all your friends in danger just because you can't—!"

"M-Merlin," Arthur said, too startled to stay silent any longer, "of course you're not going to—"

"You don't know that!"

"No, I don't know that!" Arthur said sharply, a bitter burn of fury in the back of his throat, because what the hell was wrong with this idiot, why the hell couldn't he see—? "You're right, Merlin, I don't know that, I don't know for absolutely certain that you are never going to do something horrible, but I trust that you won't! I don't know, I can't tell the future, I'm not a Seer, but I trust you to do what's right and to never take it too far, and isn't that enough for you?"

For a moment that felt very much like forever, Merlin only looked at Arthur, his eyes still red, a few stray tears still trailing lazily down his wet cheeks. "But look at what I did to you," he whispered. "You can't honestly tell me you're not angry with me."

Arthur let out a soft, heavy sigh, and rubbed a hand down the side of his face. Yeah, sure, he was a bit put out, but mostly he was put out that he had gotten stuck in bed for three days straight, and that Merlin had decided to hedge around the problem for so long when he could have come to Arthur and told the truth straight-out, but it was like he had said to Merlin—everybody lost their temper now and then, it was hardly some sort of bone-deep sin Merlin had to atone for every day for the rest of his life.

"You can't honestly tell me," Merlin said, and even softer than a whisper now, softer than a breath, "that you're not scared of me."

Oh. Arthur's chest squeezed with something almost like pity. Oh, that's what this is, that's what he thinks, that's what he's so worried about— "Merlin," he said, and he meant it, "I'm not scared of you. There's nothing in you to be afraid of."

"Except the magic that could have broken your neck," Merlin snapped, voice high and tight and still thick with tears. "You don't have to pretend, Arthur, you don't have to put on some kind of front for me, I understand, I get it—"

"You can't swing a sword without almost impaling yourself on the blade," Arthur pointed out. "You can't go an entire day without tripping over your own boots and falling flat on your face. There's nothing in you to be afraid of, and trust me, I'm not flattering you when I say that."

Merlin stared at Arthur like he had never seen him before, his eyes enormous in his tear-streaked face, one hand halfway up to dry the damp trails on his cheeks again. "Y-You're not—?"

"For God's sake, no!" Arthur rolled his eyes. "One time, I heard you say sorry to a butterfly!"

"I startled her," Merlin said, at once, and scrubbed at his eyes again. "I hit the branch she was resting on with my elbow, and I startled her."

Arthur had to bite back a smile. "Yes, I'm absolutely terrified. Shaking in my boots, Merlin, please don't kill me with your evil temper and big bad sorcerer powers."

Merlin turned a little pink. "I'm sorry," he said, hoarsely. "I really didn't mean to hurt you."

"Yeah, I picked up on that, believe it or not."

Merlin went a touch pinker, but he pushed on valiantly. "I-I didn't realize you were near enough to get hurt. I should have been more careful with you."

"Careful with me?" Arthur echoed incredulously, half-offended and half-amused. "Tell me, Merlin, how is it that I'm the one who got thrown into a tree, you're the one crying about it, and you still manage to make me sound like the delicate maiden in this situation?"

Merlin wiped at his nose again. "Should have known you'd be all right," he said, finally, and unless Arthur was very much mistaken, he could swear he saw a small smile tug at the edge of the idiot's lip. "Should have figured your thick skull would cushion the blow."

"Merlin—!"

[residentevil-4]

Wait who's connie, I'm so confused. What's happening? If it's alright to ask

autistic-creature got into lots of discourse because they cant keep their nose in their own business and got mad at several people for mking jokes they didnt like. including one person making a joke abt their own trauma, lol. then they said the person (who has MANY popular posts) was popular in n/zi circles like yeah popular posts will get spread to shitty people sorry. anyway they keep getting into arguments with whoever they decide to hate and would screenshot peoples blogs and continuously accuse them of an ever increasing list of bigotries LMAO

then they deleted and moved to neurodivergent-stegosaurus to i-am-a-{something idk} now hadrosaurs... they changed urls a lot. they say its cuz they just like a lot of different things but it coincided with someone pointing out how big of an instigator they are, now every single person who likes and reblogs that callout (not even a callout but w/e) gets an anon calling the OP an antisemite or an anon saying dinokinnie totally pwned them by saying actshelly exclusionists are a lot like amegaotaku

they are obsessed with drama and have that syndrome where they have to be the smartest person in the room which would be silly if not for the fact that they constantly accuse normal people of being bigots and then go on to interact with actual bigots which only exposes normal people to them. like even at one point they randomly believed some anon that said they were Undercover in an exclusionist server and that they SWEAR the exclusies were using their face as an emote/reaction image, which prompted them to call the person and all their friends antisemites for making fun of their features (which isnt what a reaction image is but i get it). all because some anon said so

they believe whatever anons have to say about people they hate OR just pin anons on ""exclusionists"" and their mutuals despite constantly interacting with bigots. again. im not saying none of the anons are the random bloggers but im just saying you cant tell who an anon is so maybe wait before pointing fingeys. and as pointed out ironically anytime someone says an anon is them or their followers they get into a tizzy

if they were just annoying it would be one thing but they literally stalk peoples blogs then claim harrassment when the person they decide to obsess over (or their friends) makes fun of them. im sure this is confusing for them because they have no friends but people tend to defend their friends. its not harrassment. also they urge their followers to block these people but never do it themselves because, again, they bask in negative attention

[aatasoundtrack]

fuck it! chase makes a post on here

im making a post with drawing memes or whatever for lacey @bigord​ bcs this might be easier to navigate and find what you’re searching for... also i’m bored as fuck lol.. i will update this at some point too hopefully.. let me know if any links break

sorry if there are anything that is linked twice im kinda stupid so <3

im not rlly paying attention to op when im making this so sorry if some of these ppl suck 

POSES

with arms

HELP??? go batshit i guess

some poses from something called “how to manga”

poses from jojo

some random poses

couple poses:

kisses (k*sses)

a polyam (three ppl) one which i havent seen before!

this one is so cute holy shit

hurt/comfort 

some cute couple stuff

some SMOOCHES 

these ones

expressions:

blushing expressions

“contempt” expressions

strange feelings

fear expression which is.. very funny to me for some reason

love expressions!

an expression meme based on some drawn emojis going around (their emoji tag)

heres another one that im not sure how to describe

another one

another one...

tired/grumpy expression meme

love and uh.... Yeah expression meme (why is there drool??)

another pretty basic one

another basic one but may be evil? you decide

another pretty basic one but i think its cute so

“sillier” expression meme

INSANE expression meme grr bark bark

animal crossing emotes :)

another animal crossing one

another basic one but apparently this person kins dr doofenshmirtz from p&f

when you’re just fucking Done

emotions <3

a... variety? 

one with some mashed/mixed up emojis

kind of basic but with different levels of emotion or whatever

another one

another one? maybe less basic though

and another one

grumpy expressions

i guess a basic one but i havent seen one drawn in this art style before i dont think

this one is interesting to me

snipperclips expressions

a classic lovey dovey one

uh more basic 

this one is kinda interesting

i’m not sure if i’ve seen one... like this before

kind of horrifying tbh

this is... something of sorts

this one is based on german emotions

OUTFITS

Send a fruit and a character to see them in that outfit! 

holy shit these outfits are kinda cool

more outfits by same person as above (”twee/cuddlecore type of fashion, so theres a lot of sweaters n button-ups”

and again

this one is clown themed 

these ones are cool! 

cuteee 

this one has real shirts + are “complicated designs”

more real pictures

hat meme!!

crop tops

some misc outfits

real pictures of shirts again

real pictures and theres one section thats kind of space themed which is cool!

holiday outfits 

real pictures again

WEBKINZ OUTFIT ART MEME!!

misc outfits with a lot of dresses

pajamas!

this one is interesting (im assuming you can use it for more then ocs)

some costume ones i think

some more irl outfits... pinterest ftw?

GALAXY STUFF

c2 on this one is making me lose my mind

emo??????

what do i call this one but its so fuckign funny to me

purple outfits

gucci outfits (i have a beanie baby named goochy)

misc one

pastel outfits

“ugliest clothes” which is their words but i also agree with

one with accessories!

“diverse” outfits

some costumes!

another misc one i think

heres one! it has credit to the outfits linked too if thats your thing

tops, pants and shoes, and accessories 

some interesting outfits here

another misc one i wish i could describe these better

and ANOTHER one

aesthetic outfits

emojis outfits?

i think these outfits are scenecore or something

losing it over b4??

another basic one

some more misc

suit up! (has suits)

some even more misc

emoji outfits!

heres a misc one with VERY little notes

and another basic one

“winter” themed outfits

bathing suits

nothing special abt this one i guess but the death metal tee is funny to me

this one includes matching outfits

dresses...

this ones kinda fancy

“male” clothing... live your manly dreams

medieval outfits 

fall outfits

matching outfits for couples

interesting format i guess

not sure where to put this one but.. hair clips!

shorts

more basic stuff

even more misc

this one is fairly random

some of these are cute

these ones are pretty cute

so many of these ask memes are so similar i dont know how to describe them

this one is... something

i think you have to choose your own colors for this one

this ones pretty good

more basic stuff

i dont know what this is

outfits from just dance!

please look at this one i need to know my brain isnt making it up

MISC

send an emoji for a theme (includes outfits and such)

draw an outfit for a character based on a neopets brush

3 in 1 art meme (includes palette/expression/emoji prompt)

draw an oc based on one of these!

colors + possible themes

PROMPTS for outfits

emoji drawing prompts

add horns to a character!

draw character as a monster!

emo/angsty emoji prompts

emo/angsty emoji prompts... two!

another emoji prompt thing with a lot of options

palettes

succulent themed palettes

“emotional” palettes (also includes emotions)

ice cream palettes

heres a misc one

you’ve been rickrolled i guess.. what year is it again

another basic one

chilly color palettes

another misc one

another basic one that im not sure how to describe

“not-quite palettes”

another basic one

halloween palettes

palettes based on the icons of people the maker of this had blocked on tumblr

[palmett-hoes]

Hi, I really loved your post with the monsters as Birds of Prey! Was wondering if you had any thoughts on the Foxes as Marvel or Mcu characters? I feel like I could see Dan as Carol Danvers and Andrew for sure is Jessica Jones, idk about the rest.

oh wow old post!!

haha unfortunately i’m not really a comics person so i don’t feel like i can really give the best analysis possible, but i have seen most of the mcu movies and bits and pieces of the netflix show so i’ll try my best. also im using dc characters too bc i want to

1. Dan: I think your instinct with Dan as Captain Marvel is spot-on (at least uhhh,, based on the movie lol sorry comics ppl). Her direct, forceful powers and fighting style are definitely reminiscent of dan’s no-nonsense leadership approach. similarly the themes of overcoming sexism and acceling in a male-dominated industry in the captain marvel movie is pretty much the same as dan’s story establishing herself as the first female exy captain (tho sports is way more valid than the military). plus there’s a lot of emphasis on love and friendship between women that dan is ALL about. also lashana lynch would be a god tier dan wilds fc. Dan could also def have that lawful good Okoye from Black Panther energy. Loyal, disciplined, no-nonsense leader. no powers except discipline. no hair. also danai gurira in 2012 with the dreads and the sword and the cape on TWD was definitely part of my middle school sexual awakening

2. Kevin: Aquaman. this is based pretty much exclusively on the fact that jason momoa is my #1 kevin fc and also that Pasifika kevin is phenomenal and mandatory, actually. otherwise i think he has a decent amount of stick-up-the-ass cyclops energy. or dick grayson nightwing energy but i don’t have any evidence for why. kinda looks like him tho

3. Andrew: andrew gets the most characters bc he’s my favorite. i think ur jessica jones instincts are absolutely correct, both in her storyline (i only watched the first season) and her powers. i’ve seen some powers au and the tendency seems to be giving andrew like,, psychic powers or the like, and i don’t really agree. andrew is a very direct character. he’s pragmatic, he confronts problems head on, and he doesn’t muck about in details. to me this really translates best into physical powers like super strength that help u big punch straight thru all ur problems. also i def think andrew would be not just a solo hero but a mercenary (or a detective) because he’s not altruistic enough to be a standard vigilante. he doesn’t care enough about other people to hang out on rooftops all night waiting for Crime to occur. there’s a price for that.  which brings us to the NEXT andrew hero: deadpool. maybe in personality more of a drugged andrew but the superpowered mercenary is really a perfect fit for andrew. also, healing powers have a decidedly tragic poetry to them on andrew. already he’s self-destructive, if he had a healing factor his concern for his own well-being would be so beyond rock bottom it’d be in the earth’s core. even worse when you remember that with a healing factor, as opposed to indestructibility, you still feel all the pain. which brings us to Wolverine and X-23, who have the same thematic points as deadpool but are much more of a personality match and they have knife hands, which i really think andrew would appreciate. ending that sadness train and onto another tho, andrew’s aesthetic and Vibes fit the Winter Soldier just SO well (just that movie tho, not really civil war or anything past that) and a reinterpretation of the captain america story using the twinyards would be incredibly interesting. and finally, one last hero that would work really well for andrew: rogue, only remove the angst around not being able to touch people, andrew would love that. one touch and their comatose? baller. don't fucking touch him.

4. Matt: Shazam. I didn’t see the shazam movie but my dad and brother did and they said it was very funny and all the trailors looked like it had a lot of fun himbo energy and i really think that fits. in terms of matching himbo disaster energy i think i’ve heard good things about comics hawkeye (not mcu). thor?

5. Aaron: Mr. Fantastic. now this might be a stretch but aaron is a character who uses a skin-deep veneer of anger to cover the fact that he’s actually quite pliant and bends to other people’s wills. and he’s a doctor or w/e. he could alse be like,, antman. he’s smart right? hank pym not paul rudd. katelyn can be wasp

6. Seth: Arm Fall Off Boy. no i will not elaborate.             ..... ugh fine, but i'm using my favorite piece of superhero media of all time: x-men evolution, the one where they're all teenagers in public high school. seth can be lance alvers/avalanche who’s a bit of a jerk and has a lot of issues with authority and has a rivalry with cyclops very reminiscent of seth with kevin, but still there’s the recurring theme that he’s lashing out because of low self-esteem and a bad situation and he’s a surprisingly sympathetic character who i’m very fond of. his power is earthquakes but i think the name makes that pretty self-explanatory

7. Allison: Iron Man. cocky, bitchy, and rich rich rich. sounds like allison to me. then to elevate it a level higher: emma frost, rich bitch extraordinaire. also if allison had telepathic powers she would be unstoppable. plus one more bitchy, morally-gray blonde (but chaotic this time): Harley Quinn

8. Nicky: Okay so I do wanna give a quick shout-out to Northstar, the first openly gay comicbook superhero, who’s a speedster which I’d actually say fits Nicky pretty well. However, if i had to choose a superhero to represent nicky in presence and powers it would have to be Jubilee from x-men (... from what i’ve heard lol. i’ve never actually consumed any of her Media hahaha anyway) she’s a joyful, energetic presence and her powers are setting off fireworks which i think is a good balance of nicky being a supportive cousin-parent AND a chaotic train wreck garbage trash man. also gonna throw in johnny storm for a cheap 'flaming' joke

9. Renee: Thunder/Blackbird from Black Lightning bc she’s a fufkin lesbian lol. (i don’t watch the show but i do follow nafessa williams’s tag). now the fr ones i’m gonna do together because to me they have the same Vibes so i chose them for the same reasons. Wonder Woman and Storm who to me have the same  reserved, impartial, regal energy. honestly ethereal and somewhat otherwordly, and quite literally goddesses. also op as hell.  black widow and her “red in my leger” looking for redemption story also fits thematically.

10. Neil: okay lazy answer first: the flash or quicksilver. get it? because they run fast? and neil run too? yea i like to think i've proven myself to be better than such a surface level interpretation but worth the mention ig. so for srs now, mystique and her shape changing powers would be an interesting interpretation of neil's identity issues, but i wanna push it a step further. nightcrawler would actually be possibly the MOST interesting hero to apply to neil 1. because powers still very movement go fast place to place 2. because of the thematic focus on neil's unusual looks and the lengths he goes to hide them, very much in line with the way nightcrawler will use a hologram-projector in order to look human, yet in both cases it's only a surface-level illusion, and 3. his parentage. here, mary would be mystique, which i also think works very well considering mary seemed to be the far more effective chameleon on the run than neil, and also fits with her place as a morally grey character, as mystique herself is often a villain or an antagonist, with her own agenda and shadowy motives. then nathan matches well with nightcrawler's father: azazel, a literal demon, and also where kurt gets his appearance. it's a shockingly coherent narrative between the three of them. then, to also give neil some powers that aren't contingent on his fucked up geneology and rather on his own merit and abilities, Black Canary and her sonic voice parallel the way that neil began to anchor his identity and take ownership over himself through his voice and his sick roasts

and 1 extra, wymack: batman, on account of his altruism, his dedication to second chances, and his many, many adopted children

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anon, ik it's been a sec since you sent this, so i hope it gets back to you. i had a fun time with it and it prompted like,,, 7 different au s that i'll never write

[radramblog]

Rating the letters of the alphabet

I feel like part of my style of comedy is just rambling about shit and making loose connections between things as part of an overall bit. I think. I’m no expert on myself, unfortunately.

The inspiration for the following absolute load of shite is trying to search Tiermaker for nothing. Like, no characters in the search bar. Didn’t come up with anything. Did a search for just a space. No dice. What about just a? Surely that’ll bring up everything with an A in the title. But it didn’t, and I was somewhat disappointed.

Then my head started writing bits about letters and that’s how we got here. This is probably really stupid, but maybe it’ll at least be fun. Wordplay is cool, though maybe not my strong suit? Anyway.

A: A is one of the two letters that’s also just a word, as you’ve just seen, giving it a necessary promotion in rank. Not a lot of things get to double up like that, though with the “an” ligature maybe it’s actually a double or nothing. But because of the confusing common connection crossing contexts for the character, it gets somewhat awkward to talk about the letter in conversation. An A, in my opinion, A does not get. 4/5.

B: B is also just a word letter but unlike A when you write it out you have to stick a few extra letters on to make it work, making it not as good. But B’s association with bees isn’t enough, because in the year of our lord, like, 2019 or something, it would become inextrixably linked with shite memes as the B emoji became king. And I just don’t respect that. It’s otherwise a fine letter, dragged down by its company. 2/5.

C: Oh come on now, the word doesn’t even have a C in it anymore! You can sea the see without any of our tertiary letter’s involvement whatsoever. Not to mention how its two main sounds are just copies from other letters wholesale. C must be confusing to non-english speakers, I’d imagine. C as a grade gets what C as a grade typically entails for many a schoolchild. 3/5.

D: It would be remiss of me not to give a sterling grade to the D. Why, none of us would be here without it. While many a youth may find the D to be quite a humourous subject, I assure you I’m taking it with the gravest of sincerity when I say the D has got to be one of the best letters of all.

And by D I mean deity, of course. Wait, what did you think I meant? 5/5.

E: The absolute absurdity that is the E meme elevates E efficiently enough to excel beyond many another vowel. However, it is also the single most common letter in the English language, going so far as to open the damn name. It’s to the point where someone made a point of writing an entire book without using it, and I think Gadsby is cool but mayhaps avoiding fifth uncial was a bit showy. I can’t help but mark it down for the sake of hipster cred. 3/5.

F: F is for Fuck. I like the word Fuck. F is for paying respects. I think the military-industrial complex has poisoned our cultural landscape to the point that a reference to one of its most prized productions’ awkward moments has become one of the most colloquially used meme letters in existence, And That’s Terrible. 3/5, I’m conflicted.

G: Man literally who the fuck cares about G. What is it even good for. Just an absolute waste of a letter, total shithouse. It’s NATO equivalent is Golf, the Worst Sport, too. Who asked for any of this? Just use a J instead, it’s cooler. 1/5.

H: I’ve seen “Hhh” used enough times in written forms of pornography to not consider it a Horny Letter. That and it, being short for Hentai, is often used to denote adult material in Japan. Basically what im saying is, I think this gets worse the less sex-positive you are. 6/9.

I: I think I’ve said enough about letter words already, but I is another high-tier one because like A I is just it’s own thing. It can also, however, be a bit confusing, looking just like an l a lot of the time, and having to constantly capitalise it is a pain in the ass. I also don’t have a particularly high opinion of myself, so a high opinion of I seems disingenuous. 3/5.

J: Clearly the best letter, hands down. I’m definitely not biased. There are so few letters as underappreciated by J- a fact many a person who’s had to do that “assign yourself an alliterative adjective” icebreaker game has had to reckon with. Because it appears to be a lot more popular with names than with words, and that just kind of sucks. 6/5.

K: K has in some circles managed to bump off its partner to become yet another letter word, though in a very informal abbreviated sense. However, when you’re looking into scientific fields, eventually said partner returns, having lost some weight on the trip down to absolute zero. This all makes complete sense in my head, and I’m sure is a lot less funny to anyone who doesn’t live there. 4/5.

L: I’d argue that L doesn’t cop its namesake. It’s a really useful letter, loads of words use it, especially in pairs, and my ADHD-brain thought it was fun to just say LLLLLLLLLLL for a bit while I was thinking about this so I guess that’s staying in now. Put me down as an L Lobbyist. 4/5.

M: Mmmmmm. M&Ms. But also it’s kind of a pain to write. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. 3/5.

N: I’d like to fight whoever decided we should have two letters that sound so similar right bloody next to each other in the alphabet. Actually, who the fuck even decided the alphabet’s order to begin with? Maybe it should go M to N, that’ll bloody show you. 2/5.

O: Our fourth vowel, and perhaps one of the underappreciated ones. O is similarly a letter word, but a much more common one considering its use as an interjection. It’s also one half of a very powerful letter combo, as we’ll see. 4/5.

P: There’s the other half. Many a joke involves OP as a phrase, whether it mean overpowered or original poster, and the letters’ adjacency is a lovely bit of serendipity. Whenever I say P out loud, on its own, I have to resist the urge to do some incredibly shitty beatboxing, which may or may not be a good sign. 4/5.

Q: I was going to write some very harsh words about Q, and its dependency on U, but then I realised that that is probably hate speech against the disabled. It still sucks, though. 0/5.

R: R is the one I am most struggling to think of things to say about. R is another letter that’s just kinda there. I’m sure the Roberts and Rachels of the world would disagree with me, though. It’s also the name of a program that I know has traumatised a lot of young biologist wannabes, slapping us with a whole pile of maths and statistics when we just wanted to look at cool plants and shit. Or in my case, cool cells and shit. 2/5.

S: The most overrated consonant, but also the thing that makes plurals not a pain in the ass. However I’m going to lean towards giving S a positive rating, if only because it’s associated with snakesssss (and serpentine characters who can talk) and I like those. 3/5.

T: I don’t think T gets enough credit as one of the pillars of the English language. A lot of very common words feature it, and yet it feels like it never gets the same level of credit as big shots like S or half of the vowels. T is like the character actor of the alphabet, is basically what I’m saying. 4/5.

U: Ah, the letter Americans hate for some reason. I think this is actually commentary on the history of American politics. Because throughout history, America has been extremely selfish and self-centered, while attempting to present a positive image that people are finally seeing past. They only entered WWI and WWII when it was convenient for them, they started wars and initiated coups in even their allies for petty ideological reasons, and they’ve gone to war with several countries and funded wars with several others seeming just for shits and giggles. Because apparently if you’re not an American, then you’re not one of them, and that means they hate U. 4/5.

V: I actually think V is underrated. It’s a fun sound. That’s it, no joke here. It’s neat, I like it. 4/5.

W: This may come as a shock to you, but double-u over here is actually two Vs! unless you’re writing in cursive, but fuck cursive. The French actually have it right on this one, naming it double-v (pronounced doobleh-vay). Add in the fact that it’s literally just M upside down, and you’ve got a pretty shite letter. 1/5.

X: There’s a reason literally every “A is for Apple” thing you see made for kids uses Xylophone for X, and that’s because there are no commonly used words that start with it. Seriously, it’s all just scientific terms- I’d argue X-Ray is more common than Xylophone in common parlance, but also, who wants to explain imaging to a kid. It doesn’t even get a second page of words on Dictionary.com. X also has implications as a letter word, that I’d rather avoid at the moment. 2/5.

Y: Ah, Ygreck, everyone’s favourite “what the fuck, France?” moment. Between that and being sorta kinda not really a vowel, Y prompts its own question more often than I’d care to admit. 2/5.

Z: As a (technical) member of the generation associated with this letter- on the one hand, I’m sorry, on the other, y’all have it coming. The final letter of the alphabet, one of the other ones worth 10 in scrabble (and yet X isn’t???), and one we probably got pretty sick of in the early 00s when it was everywhere- ironically, when most of the generation was getting born. 2/5.

And that’s the lot of them. I hope this didn’t alienate any non-English speakers too hard. It’s probably fine.

Join me for more bullshit next time I have another stupid idea. I mean, tomorrow.

[xchoco-mixturex]

O, P, and Z ;)

O - Choose a song at random, which ship or character does it remind you of

A Stranger I remain - Metal Gear Rising. It reminds me a lot of Mayuko Nise, from Tenkuu shinpan. I had that song on my playlist and it really suits her in my pov.

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)

*spins her roulette on her head* Uni!AU for... *spinks the fndm wheel* Genshin impact (?.

Each nation is a university and the Traveler travels from uni to another for mixting their knowledges. The elements are a faculty (?

Z - Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go (prompts optional but encouraged)

*cracks neck* God Have I talked how much I love KuonShinzaki? From Tenkuu Shinpan? No? okay.

So I really adore her but her family sounds such an asshole-ish one. Her father is an asshole for what we have seen. Her mother we have no info but she seems to be alive. Also a grampa. Kuon is very versed in info as well, she does many extracurricular activities like gardening and she plays the piano. I also think she does horse riding because sounds like something high class people do as well, and because she needs to also know about horse races, which her father has taught her how to do so according to the extras.

She has never went to a festival, first she went was with Sniper in new years *points the official new years art of them* Where she tried takoyaki and soba. She was utterly confused but had fun, she wished that day to never end.

Being so secluded in the bubble of socialites and stuff makes her always acts posh and stuff, but she has never had fun like she shoul. Yuri and Mayuko dragged her to the mall and Yuri taught them both of them how to play in the arcade, had fun and just live.

She ends up being a CEO in my head, and she takes control of her fathers enterprises, trying to mend all the shady stuff I bet he did back then. She is successful and to her annoyance is always surrounded by suitors. Yes, she is still crushing on Sniper even after years. Well, she grew up and its more mature, but oh my, he comes back from wherever he was and she is like. 'Ah, shoot, seems I am still crushing for him, am I not?'

Also I think she dresses like this when she grows up

but with stockings because she doesn't like to show her bare legs.

Tried to keep it non ship-wise but i cant, i just love them so fking much im sorry op XD.

[aaronhart93]

after work || zara & aaron

Discord text thread featuring: Aaron & @x-heartbreaker​​

When: early morning March 11, 2020

Mentions: -​

Description: Aaron takes Zara home after he finds her getting attacked outside of work

Trigger Warnings: injuries, assault, stalker/pervy dude

Zara

In the early morning hours, Zara’s shift is finally over. She’s been back and forth between serving in the vip section and bar tending, depending on what’s available on any given day, she picks up as many shifts as humanly possible. That leaves her tired but she continues to push through it. Tonight in the vip section, Ryan is present, just like most nights she’s working there. He’s not someone Zara would have looked twice at but she learned his name early on, as part of the customer experience really, she learned it made her better tips. It’s another night of turning down his advances but smiling through it like the trooper she is. When she cleans up her section and closes down for the night, she’s relieved that she isn’t required to smile anymore and she heads down to wait for her cab home. That’s when he appears again, offering her a ride home, which she politely declines. Before she can even turn her attention back to the street, her body is nearly thrown against the side brick wall of the building in the alleyway between the club and the building next door. The impact of her back hitting the wall and of his body pressing into hers knocks the breath out of her. When she regains her senses her hands are pinned above her head and all she can smell is the alcohol of his breath while his mouth is on her neck. Why isn’t her adrenaline kicking in, it’s like she’s frozen. His other hand his unbuttoning his pants but Zara is busy turning her head away to avoid his mouth getting anywhere near hers. “Get off of me!”

Aaron.

Aaron wasn’t typically at his bars like this so late. He had people for that, and he was already busy enough during the week. He needed to sleep at some point. There were a lot of assumptions about Aaron — some true, some not so true. But no one could say that he didn’t work hard. Tonight, he was entertaining some high profile people and wanted to make sure that everything went smoothly. He introduced himself, and even had a couple of drinks with the group. On the house, of course. Aaron knew that if he charmed the pants off of these people that it would be great for business. When the group finally left, Aaron decided to make his exit and head home to his kid and partners. He looked at the time. It was 4am and he certainly wasn’t sober enough to get in his car and drive himself back to the pent. He needed to just stop driving in the city in general...but he just loved his car. He called for his car service as he made his way out of the back entrance. He shoved his hands in his designer coat then heard someone scream. He turned towards the back alley when he saw one of his staff members being attacked by a patron. “Shit.” He mumbled to himself before making a split second decision to run up to the pair to pull the male off of Zara. He grabbed his clothing by the shoulder and socked him in the face which made him fall to the ground. “Fuck. Are you okay?”

Zara

There isn’t much that surprises Zara these days, not after what she’s been through in the foster system, but somehow this has caught her off guard. She never would have expected that this guy would even have enough balls to try something like this. Is that why somehow she couldn’t fight back? She was already looking for a reason to blame herself, as she always did. Soon the pressure of his body is a weight lifted off of hers and it’s only then that she’s able to try and catch her breath. The throbbing pain in the back of her head is kicking in and she knows there’s got to be some damage there from the force of it hitting the bricks but she isn’t prepared to feel it yet. Immediately she recognizes Aaron and is flooded with embarrassment. “I....” she can’t lie just yet and say that she’s fine but she also doesn’t want to speak not being fine into reality. “Thanks.”

Aaron.

his attention shifted from Zara to the man who was now rolling on the ground beneath him. Aaron delivered a kick to his stomach. Just for good measure. He didn’t really need to hit him again. He just wanted to make sure that he got the message. Don’t fuck with Aaron Hart and the people he cares about. Not to mention, the alcohol running through him made him think he was tougher than he actually was. He physically put himself in front of Zara and the man, who was a regular at the club and whom Aaron was sure never to allow back again. “You fucked up, man. Get lost.” He told him sternly, which must have prompted him to get up off onto his feet and scurry off. The businessman finally turned back to the woman. He wasn’t sure if he should touch her or what? Did she want a hug? A comforting hand on her shoulder? “What a dick.” Aaron looked at her nervously. She seemed....almost frozen. He took his jacket off and offered it to her, holding it out so that he could help her get into it. “Should we get you checked out? My driver can take us to the hospital.” He suggested.

Zara

this entire situation felt like more of an outer body experience than anything. it was almost like she was standing outside of her body and watching it happen without being able to stop it. she winced hearing the contact of Aaron's foot with the mans stomach, not that she didn't think it was deserved. And when he was eventually struggling to stand, the brunette still clenched her eyes shut almost just waiting for what could possibly come next. Thankfully it was retreating footsteps. Eventually she opened her eyes again, reminding herself to breathe. "im sorry i didn't mean to cause a scene." it took her a moment but she slid the jacket over her shoulders, the fact that she was physically shaking not even apparent in her mind. "ill be fine" hospital bills were not something she could even think about right now. "are you ok?"

Aaron.

Aaron was genuinely confused as to how and why Zara thought that she needed to apologize. She was the one being attacked after all. If anything, Aaron should have been sorry for not having some established safety precautions for the staff members getting out of work extra late. He’d need to work on that. It was number one on his to do list this upcoming week. “I’m fine.” He insisted, shaking his head. The adrenaline was actually still pumping through him. He wasn’t even cold without his coat. “And don’t be sorry. I promise that nothing like that is going to happen again. Okay?” He promised the other. He was confused as to why she didn’t want to go get checked out. Was it the money? Or did she not want to spend all night in the ER? “Can I are least call my doctor so he can talk to you to make sure you don’t need to be seen?” He suggested as he got a notification telling him that his ride was parked by the back door. “Let me take you home at least.” He practically pleaded with her.

Zara

The look on his face was telling her that she wasn't saying the right thing, but her mind felt like it was in so many places, yet blank all at once. She was lucky if she could even form a coherent sentence. Didn't she have mace in her purse just for this reason? Zara glanced down at her purse that was still zipped so that didn't do her any good, did it? Even though she was prepared, clearly she wasn't. And now that's boggling her mind. She didn't feel like herself. She could have done better, no doubt. She'd kicked plenty of ass in the past, what happened this time? Shaking her head she looked at him, she knew he was speaking but she hardly listened, so she just agreed when she heard the okay "okay." Reaching up she felt the back of her head, "it's just a bump." except that when she moved her hand, there was very clearly blood on her fingers that she wiped on the dark material of her black skirt. "okay. i guess i didn't have much luck getting a cab..."

Aaron.

"Okay." Aaron nodded once, relieved that she had at least agreed to let Aaron take her home. He was kicking himself for letting this happen to any employee. Maybe if he were paying better attention than this wouldn't have happened. The businessman lead Zara into the car, opening the door for her to let her crawl in first. Once he was in the car, he got on the phone with a doctor. That was the best thing about being rich - your staff was on call for you literally 24/7 because that's what they were paid to do. Zara's apartment wasn't far. Good thing because Aaron was getting nervous; she needed to get ice on the bump as soon as possible. "Do you want me to come up with you? Make sure you get settled okay." He asked, once the driver pulled over to the side. He didn't want to just assume, but he wanted to make sure that Zara got inside okay.February 27, 2021

ZaraBOT — 02/27/2021

shocked is still not an accurate depiction of what Zara felt. She’s mad at herself for not seeing this coming and not being more prepared. Why hadn’t she said anything sooner when she noticed this guy in almost every place she was, work and out of work.  The next thing on her mind was the fear that this might not be the last she saw of him. But beyond that once in the car she was glad to be sitting down, Zara didn’t realize her legs were shaking. On top of that her head was throbbing but before she knew it they were in front of her shabby apartment building. “If you want to, I’m sure I’ll be ok,” though her voice didn’t sound sure. She didn’t want to seem ungrateful for the help but her shithole apartment was also kind of an embarrassment. Her entire apartment could probably fit in his one bathroom.

Aaron.

The businessman was unsure how to respond to this. He was a guy, and she'd just been attacked by one. Should he have called one of her friends to get her or something? Aaron could see that Zara was visible upset and shaken up. Should he hold her? He was no equipped for this. The millionaire got out of the car and opened the door for her to let her out. "I could walk you up? I won't come in if you don't want me to...I just want to make sure you get up there okay." He suggested, putting a hand on her shoulder without even realizing it and guiding her slowly towards the front doors of her apartment building.

[ge]

hi so i started playing onmyoji because of you and i wanted to ask if you can give me any tips?? im at level 16 i think im doing well so far but since idk anyone who plays anything would help! sorry for bothering

HEHE YESS ok.. this got rlly long WHOOPS 

so first thing u shld do while ur at a low level is get a mentor.. when i started playing i just fucked around and didnt get a mentor until i was well into lvl 40.. a mentorship is where low lvl (15 to 45 i tihnk..) players can apply for an apprenticeship and level up fast while also getting rewards such as grade darumas and a random ssr once u finish ur apprenticeship.. u can find the mentor application icon in the right side of ur courtyard.. it shld look like this!

while under a mentor u are also lvling up ur friendship which, once it reaches a certain level, it unlocks the co-op feature that u can find by clicking the scroll at the bottom right hand side of ur screen > friends > co-op tab at the bottom right side of the pop up screen... there u can access ur friends powerful shikigami that u can use a limited amount of times daily to beat hard chapters/evo/soul zones, etc etc... if ur looking for a mentor i recently finished an apprenticeship w someone so im free to help out if ur interested ^__^ (my user is @.sneer [all lowercase] if u didnt already know hehe)

join a guild if you havent already! i tihnk it prompts you to join a guild when u first start playing i dont rmbr but a couple things to rmbr.. one. if ur guild has ‘15gq’ ‘100gq’ in its notice, gq means guild quest and u like.. HAVE to do those or else theyll kick u from the guild.. u can find the guild quests by going to ur guild, clikcing the shrine tab on the bottom right, and where it says GROUP QUESTS thats it! usually theyre basic things like submit grade four souls or evo materials but u shld definitely stack up on evo materials and souls so u dont run out.. so if ur guild says 100+gqs.... i wld suggest leaving that guild for a lighter gq guild.. 100+gq guilds are like.. big bad guilds who wanna rank in the top ten soo save urself the trouble.... TWO. ur realm! ur realm comes w ur guild so if ur kicked u cant access ur realm :( i think u already know what ur realm is and what it does so i will just say .. fuse ur low level realm cards.. SAVE UR DRUMS REALM CARDS.. if its a 1*, fuse it but if its 3*+... save that bad boy..

speaking of jade... SAVE IT.. jade and mystery talismans r like GOLD.. theyre rlly easy to get in the beginning of the game but they start getting super scarce when ur lvling up and r completing achievements.. usually when u get ten mystery amulets or 1k jade ur gonna think “oh what if i get an ssr out of this summon ooh” YOU WILL NOT.. this game HATES ur ass it hates u so much it hates ME it hates EVERYONE except lvl 60s who get new ssrs and shit on their first summon... ennieway.. random chance up events r stupid scams but chance up events featuring new shikigami are not... like the one thats going on right now for sp aoandon.. these r good events... random chance up events coming up out of no where is just netease being like ‘buy more jade we want ur money ugly idiot... stupid lmao’.. so yeah hoard ur amulets and jade AH ALSO IN THE MALL go to the mall and go to GENERAL.. youll see a package that says smth like 5 daily jade or smth that costs 666 jade.. BUY THAT itll give u 5 jade daily everyday.. it also stacks up so if ur not online for a couple days u wil be swimming in it baby...

oh god what else... click ur scroll on the bottom right and at the end next to collection youll see a tab that says TEAM.. thats a very useful helpful tab bc if u ever need help or want to join in on someone elses team for loot this is where u go.. when i started playing and i was farming for hiyoribo shards i always went to the system chat and clicked rlly fast on the hiyoribo shard zone hoping i cld get in ... i did that up until i was in my lvl 40s .. ur prbly smarter than me and alreayd know abt this tab but just felt like i needed to mention it just in case.........

SHARDS... if u get enough shards u can form a summoning pact w that shikigami.. demon seals are little side quests that pop up after youve completed a chapter/exploration and they come up randomly with a handful of different shikigami... but you can also access all of the demon seals from the TEAM tab i mentioned above.... demon seals only have a handful of shikigami though not all of them so dont expect to see like ssr demon seals lol also  some of the shikis u can farm from demon seals are VERY good.. ill touch on this later.. DEMON PARADE is another good way to collect shards.. in ur courtyard, click the town sign and the demon parade sign shld be the first thing u see! demon parade, unlike the demon seals, are chance thing, u might get the shards u want or u might not.. its kinda stupid... throwing beans around and shit.. itll give u a lineup of three shiki that u can choose from, if u hit the shiki u picked u get extra shards.. u might see some shiki in the parade w little lanterns over their heads, that just means they give more shards too nothing special

SHIKIGAMI... when ur looking at all of ur rare and sr shikigami ur probably thinking “this sucks these r all USELESS i want ssrs and sps >:(” well akchually... some of the best shiki in the game (for beginners especially) are rares and srs... shouzu (r), kamaitachi (sr), and hiyoribo (sr), are all farmable shikigami u can get from demon seals, if u havent summoned them already! yamausagi, a shiki u will see a LOT, is also a very easily summonable shiki so dont throw her away.. if u have duplicates of the same shiki u can PROMOTE THEM and it will level up one of their skills, just like a skill daruma! (DONT waste ur skill darumas they are soo valuable.. only use them on the shiki u use the most and want to lvl up skills on).. lvling up the skills on ur shiki increases their power and adds perks and makes them over all.. very sexy..

EDIT: added in this list of easy farmable beginners shikigami that u want to keep and build (refer to list BENEATH this one for list of roles)

kujira (sr) support

yamausagi (r) puller

shouzu (r) unique/shield **DEMON SEAL**

hiyoribo (sr) healer/revive **DEMON SEAL**

kusa (r) healer/dps

samurai x (r) cc

momo (sr) healer/revive

ushi no toki (r) unique

kamikui (r) pusher

oitsuki (sr) orbs

komatsu (sr) cc

kamaitachi (sr) puller **DEMON SEAL**

all shikigami have a certain role and its very important u know which shiki is which bc sometimes if u use them wrong u can mess up ur entire team.. here are all of the roles and some shiki examples:

dps: dps stands for ‘damage per second’ but it can also be used as a noun to describe a shikigami that is damage focused (ex. kuro mujou, momiji, hangan, mio)

cc: stands for ‘crowd control’. ccs have the ability to limit the number of enemies actively fighting during an encounter giving u the advantage (ex. enma, yuki onna, yumekui, samurai x)

pusher: pushes the enemies move bar back, giving u the advantage of going first (ex. kamikui)

puller: basically the same thing as pusher. pulls the ally move bar forward (ex. kamaitachi, yamausagi)

shield: shiki that provides a shield of some sort to protect allies without the use of souls (ex. ichimokuren, shiro)

heal: self explanatory (ex. sakura, hana)

revive: healer types with the ability to revive players w a cooldown. not all healers are revives (ex. hiyoribo, momo)

support: self explanatory.. supports allies (ex. miketsu, kujira, bake-kujira)

unique: shiki w unique abilities that cant be placed under labels (ex. hakuzosu, ushi no toki)

orbs: shiki that supply orbs to ur team (ex. aoandon, zashiki, oitsuki)

counter: shiki that counters after an enemy attack (ex. mannendake, vampire)

AND FINALLYYYYYY how to build ur shiki... while doing explorations u get free little souls.. in the beginning this will be ok since ur just starting off but actually each shiki has a perfect soul that makes them work the best.. now there are too many souls for me to actually list so as a parting gift to this entirely too long onmyoji cheat sheet, i will leave u this SHIKIGAMI BUILD GUIDE made by the nura clan.. it lists EVERY shikigami w the perfect soul for them, what role they play, and how to build them.. i touched on their roles a little bit above but i cldnt list everything so heres this.. i use it like everyday when building new shiki its sooo helpful

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zZoMPfuA1plomt6Kq077Q9CZ3mD_0ThYzF_tIUyf28M/edit#gid=824193257

ANYWAY.. I TIHNK IM DONE.. I HOPE THIS WASNT A COMPLETE UNINTELLIGIBLE MESS... if u need clarification for anything pls ask i feel like i mashed up a bunch of words together and called it a day.. ummmm so yeah :) theres probably..... stuff... i might be missing but if theres smth specific u want to know about JUST ASK!!!!!!!!! im always looking for new omj friends...

[yonaih]

writer interview tag

cotagged by @sheepish-uwu​!! thank u <3

Name: younai !

Fandoms: basically r6s 24/7 nowadays, used to write a lot for hetalia, dbh, marvel, supernatural. we dont talk about those days lmaooo i was baaad at writign and am still workign on it

Where You Post: ao3 and tumblr!

Most Popular One-Shot: probably one of my abandoned fics? iirc it was forfeit, which i will not link because those were some strange times but if u dig a little in my writing tag youll find it. it’s even easier if you check my ao3 (aiiegro but the i’s are capitalized)

Most Popular Multi-Chapter Story: forfeit. i only have two, forfeit and en route (pls check this one out!)

Favourite Story You Wrote: probably one of my angstier connor x reader ones? but im really fond of my doclion works

Story You Were Nervous To Post: any r6s one because it’s not a huge fanbase and it’s ships, so i dont think a lot of people see my work

How You Choose Your Titles: it depends, i use a lot of song lyrics or different wording for symbolism, if it makes sense. 

Complete: idk what this is asking but ive never ever finished a series....im forever haunted by this fact. a shit ton of one-shots are done tho!!

Incomplete: my en route series (yayyy), one more doclion one-shot, more headcanons. not as long a list as usual, but im busy :(

Do You Outline: one-shots i often write in a few sessions because im mostly fueled by my own emotions. en route actually has a complete outline but a few events may be drastically different from what i’ve planned. a bit of a tangent but im hoping this outline motivates me to actually finish it lol. other than that particular series, i had a sort-of outline for forfeit.

Coming Soon/Not Yet Started: more writing for more ops!!!!!!!! yay!! mostly headcanons and such, but a lot of my inspiration for writing other operators is my actual in-game time with them, which is why i pretty much only write doclion stuff lol. also maybe an r6s oc??? maybe,,, i will write about her

Do You Accept Prompts: yesss i need other ideas or i’ll die. but i am incredibly short on time so idk. it’s ok bc no one normalyl sends me any so i get away w one request every six montsh or so lol

Upcoming Story You Are Most Excited About: forever excited about en route. im sorry but im just so invested in writing this story for some reasn

Tagging : @armitagehuxdontpullout @combat-medic-amity and anyone else!! idk many people here, apologies ;;

[ollie-oxen-free]

500 followers prompts!

rules: send a ship/character and an AU/dialogue that you want me to use! feel free to send in as many as you want! (be sure to specify what number the dialogue is for, and if you want to get more specific ot mix them then go for it!)

I WON’T WRITE brother/brother fontcest, NS/F//W (so dont bother sending those in bc i’ll just ignore them)

prompts under the cut!

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DIALOGUE:

1. “You’re evil, and I hate you.” 2. “You know you’re safe here... right?” 3. “For your sake, that better be the pizza guy at the door.” 4. “Stop laughing! This isn’t funny!” 5. “Sorry for bleeding on your floor again.” 6. “I don’t need your help!” 7. “You never appreciate my sense of humor.” 8. “The next person I see is getting my fist through their face.” 9. “I miss you.” 10. “How drunk was I?” 11. “I don’t want to hear your excuses.” 12. “How you’ve managed to make it this far in life is beyond me.” 13. “I’ve been told I have a special knack for getting into trouble.” 14. “Ever seen a grown man cry? Because you’re about to.” 15. “You work for me. Not the other way around. It would do you good to remember that.” 16. “I miss you.” 17. “Please don’t leave. Not again.” 18. “I’m pretty sure my house is haunted.” 19. “I’m not wearing that.” 20. “You’re late.” 21. “You should find someone better.” 22. “Wake up.” 23. “What’s a good name for a cat/dog/pet? For no reason in particular.” 24. “You think I’m scared of you?” 25. “I’ll walk you home.” 26. “I believe in you.” 27. “You owe me.” 28. “It hurts.” 29. “I’d like to see you try.” 30. “You have my word.” 31. “I love you.” 32. “I miss how things used to be.” 33. “Where did you get that?”

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AUs: (ive used this in the past before and i really enjoyed them, so im stealing it from the post. op is @/supercalvin ! keep the suggestions sfw please, and you’re welcome to ask for just a trope if you want as well!)