#inspo: fabian

[prcttyvxnom]

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[wyyvoren]

finished badkids!!!!! i’ll post individual notes for each of them later!!!

[cripplepunkbarbarian]

I just think that if you asked Fabian his sexual identity he would very confidently almost defensively say he’s straight but also later that night he will be laying in bed staring at the ceiling thinking about it so hard he gives himself a stress induced nose bleed.

flags under the cut o7

Riz: aroace & aeregender

Kristen: nonbinary transmasc & lesbian

Fabian: questioning

Adaine: cupioromantic & lesbian

Gorgug: bi-recipromantic & gender apathetic

Fig: genderfluid transfem & bisexual

[syawntanhi]

Our darling Oracle of ✨Dance✨

[bibaybe]

the things about having an alcoholic parent is an alcoholic parent does not exist simply an alcoholic who could not stay sober long enough to raise their kids

-Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey

[coeurxdor]

if anyone would like to write a mumu with dorcas x marlene(or oc) x fabian x gideon please let me know asap

[moodythemad]

@leo-huxley​ @kxngdomcxme​ @mxseryx​

[gods-favorite-autistic]

Sometime in senior year Fabian and Fig insist on sneaking into a Bastion city college party with Ragh

Long headcanon/fic prompt post below

They try to get the others to join but Gorgug is too busy doing barbificer stuff, Kristen is working on high priestess campaigning stuff, Adaine just isn’t big on partying but agrees to pick them up once they get too drunk because she does not trust Fabian and Fig both on the Hangman while drunk off their asses, and Riz just flat out refuses to go to any party not thrown by Fabian after he went to one in junior year and accidentally drank a drink dosed with snuff powder (don’t ask how) and almost got more terrible tattoos and literally refused to get up in the morning his headache was so bad, but insists on giving Fabian a super high tech earpiece walkie talkie thing so he can talk to Fabian in case something happens (something he started doing after a party where they got separated and Fabian chucked his phone into a pool on a date and Riz almost had a panic attack because he couldn’t contact Fabian or find him), Fabian and Fig take that as an excuse to party as hard as they possibly can without any good influences around

Fig does just so much drugs she’s truly trying to live up to her rockstar title and completely forgets she’s trying to be sneaky so everybody knows that famous 17 year old high school dropout rockstar archdevil Fig Faeth is at this college party two hours away from where she lives

Fabian is very careful when it comes to drugs (his fathers entire crew and his father himself were high about 50% and it was fun but not his vibe so he treads carefully around that stuff) so he takes as little as he can while still coming off cool, he’s less careful when it comes to alcohol but sticks to beer and the occasional whiskey (somebody brought wine and he resolutely refuses to try it), does actually remember they’re trying to be stealthy but just doesn’t care, ends up challenging a 22 yo barbarian college senior who called him shrimpy to a game of chicken in the pool (he wins but that’s mainly because Ragh kicked the shins of the guy beneath the barbarian dude)

At some point Fig and Fabian just fucking full out spar on the roof, it’s a hazard to the entire house but everyone’s fucking loving the show so nobody’s complaining, it ends with them rolling off the roof into the pool

Jawbone lectures them for two hours afterwards because they stumble in at like 6 am reeking of drugs, alcohol, magic (Fig accidentally teleported into hell at some point nobody knows how but Fabian ritually summoned her back), and for some reason pool water, accompanied by Adaine, who tried her best to get them to sober up but they were going until she finally got there at 4 so they were still pretty hazey when they got in, and Riz, who was just trying to not get lectured by Jawbone for being up at 2 am by pretending he was only up to get Fig and Fabian, only to have his hair braided a million different ways by the time they got home

Jawbone insists on dropping Fabian off at Seacaster Manor so he doesn’t “keep the party going,” as Fabian described it when he attempted to whisper to Riz about his plan when he got home, Cathilda makes him a hangover cure that tastes disgusting but works wonders and her and Jawbone end up chatting over their chaotic kids while trying to get Fabian to go to sleep (because yes at some point Cathilda just started claiming Fabian as hers)

It unintentionally serves as great press for the next Fig and the Sig Figs album that comes out a week after the incident when a bunch of people start making edits of Fig dancing on tables at the party to the album (those edits eventually serve as inspo for her music video)

[voxmilia]

Sire! the people plead for inkblade headcanons and scenarios! Will thou not have mercy???

The peasantry demand inkblade, do they? Very well, I shall oblige!

My dear friend Nick @starlingcity just added a new song to our inkblade ship playlist and I got baby about it so these are gonna be more tender and more on the love half of enemies to lovers but!!

Oisin left a note in Adaine's locker asking her to prom freshman year. It was at Ivy's insistence. However, it was right before the bad kids ended up in jail for the death of Johnny Spells. So after days turned to weeks turned to months, that sliver of courage left and Oisin asked Kipperlily to break into Adaine's locker and steal it back. (It doesn't take much for Kipperlily to hate any of the bad kids but this is something she quietly judges Adaine for for years.) Oisin doesn't tell her until long after they've started dating.

It's 3 am and Oisin wakes Ivy out of trance to text her frantically, wondering if she thought it would impress Adaine if he got SO good at glyphs, he could write a message to her inside the giant orb she carries around. Ivy calls him a twat and tells him to go to bed. (The dragon in him, two years later, hopes she's impressed when that same magic throws her into the maws of his distant relatives.)

A headcanon Nick has is that Oisin is a leather worker as a hobby, making things like Ivy's quiver and his spellbook holster. He makes another spellbook holster (it's NOT a courting gift, Ivy, shut up) and leaves it in Adaine's locker early senior year (Kipperlily grumbling as she unlocks it). Adaine knows who it is by the clouds and lightning bolts etched into the leather. She does not thank him but she does wear it when she doesn't want to wear her backpack. (She thanks him belatedly, eventually)

Their first moonar yulenear as a couple, he makes her a sheath for the sword of sight. She thanks him immediately this time

Demi aroace Adaine had never had a crush before Oisin; she thinks the moment at Fabian's party is just the alcohol. She thinks it's a low grade panic attack when he waves at her in the hallway, when he messages her an apology for his party. (Embarrassingly, when she discusses it with her doctor, said doctor tells the young oracle that she likely doesn't need a higher dose of her medication because this isn't that sort of panic. She doesn't tell anyone about the mistake.)

Oisin ended up with an awful stomach ache after the party at Fabian's - he was NOT built to process milk. It's karma, and even he knew it.

Adaine admits to no one that Oisin is partial inspo for why she gets a magic tattoo between junior and senior year, instead crediting only Ayda and Fabian. She and Oisin do get matching tattoos after they get together - the design Nick and I have atm is the eye of the sword of sight surrounded by lightning bolts. (She's the oracle that survived the storm, after all)

EVERYONE knows about Adaine speaking draconic and how Oisin thinks that's very hot, and how they banter and snark at each other with it. But Nick and I have decided that Adaine speaks it almost exclusively the first couple of times Oisin visits Mordred Manor - the sheer love in that house overwhelms him and speaking in a language only Adaine knows makes it feel private and he can breathe a little easier. (Aelwyn teases her relentlessly for this)

Adaine doesn't trust him afer he's revived and he's mostly understanding. It gets old, how much she assumes the worst in him - deserved but still tiring. However, he never stops her when she casts Detect Thoughts. Is it invasive? Yes. Does he believe he owes her that much? Also yes. (She finds ways to disbelieve him anyway, for her own sanity. He gets it but he hates it.)

Eventually, when everything is love now, Fig suggests a double date with Ayda (Fig, who had always been so trusting, so willing to extend a hand, is one of the first bad kids to swallow her pride and try and make begrudging amends. Lucy's presence helps.). Oisin and Ayda get along like a house on fire and Adaine "I never really felt like a kid" Abernant, gets the very sweet teenage experience of sitting in a booth at a crappy dinner, with a boy's arm around her shoulders, laughing with her friends. Content. Happy. Silly. Young.

[all-da-ladies-luv-nico]

hit with the inspo to draw bg3 companions in a fantasy high bad kids crossover

Karlach → Gorgug

Shadowheart → Kristen

Astarion → Fabian

Wyll → Riz

Lae’zel → Fig

Gale → Adaine

[namelessdeceased]

image cred to @.plum98

theo's maximum legend challenge!

honestly this was only going to be a simple 100dop but then i realised i have so many terms i might as well start my own challenge. the name maximum legend is a reference to THE maximum legend fabian seacaster from dimension 20's fantasy high (i've always been more of a riz boy but he doesnt see the sun).

okay so basically this is how it is. this is a productivity challenge that i came up with (inspired by sentinel's academic weapon challenge that i cant find) and feel free to tag along if you'd like! this is tagged under #maximum legend challenge/#mlc. some PSA's:

any of the numbers in this are free to change to fit your needs!

feel free to change any of the emojis!

the duration of this challenge is also yours to change!

i'll be following the tag as well, just to see what's gg on

be lenient on yourself!

now that that's out of the way, here are the challenges i have for you:

[rep. by 📜/📚] productivity: complete at least 60% of your to-dos today.

[rep. by ⏳/⏰] routine: do at least one routine. i recommend you set an ideal one before you start.

[rep. by 🎞/📱] screentime: spend 6h maximum on your phone. how you treat productivity apps is up to you.

[rep. by 💡/anyth] variety: do at least 2 vastly different things per day. maybe a different category of work or something like that.

[rep. by 🧸/💤] sleep: sleep 5+ hours 4x a week.

[rep. by 🚬/anyth] habit: buy energy drinks 4x a week max. this can be replaced with any habit you want to limit.

[rep. by 🔗/anyth] activity: for at least 3/4 of the duration of this challenge, go out for at least 20 minutes to walk, run, swim, anything. do this every other day.

add anything else you'd like!

i hope you guys have a bit of fun with this, and thanks sentinelstudies (i think the blog got deleted) for the inspo! 🤎🧸. every man has two lives, and the second starts when he realizes he has just one.

╰ theo 🪐

[grasslandgirl]

also wanted to say that I LOVELOVELOVE the outfit inspo oh my goodness! the beautiful range of everything on adaine's board is soooo. mwah. flowy dresses....shiny cloaks....useful leather belts....flowy pirate shirts and big boots...love it. also so delightful to see the costume screenshots from galavant and peaky blinders on fabian/gorgug and riz's boards respectively. legendary. okay question: Do You Have A Favorite Outfit That Comes Up In The Fic. if it's not spoilery. (or even if it IS spoilery.)

THANK YOUUUUU I had a lot of fun with them !!! I used Shuffles (which is a sister app to Pinterest, for those interest) to make them like digital collages and it was fun to dig thru so many varying eras of costume inspo to find stuff that suited the Vision <3

hmmmm favorite outfit. honestly despite having made fashion inspo boards for the main characters I don't have like. concrete visions for most characters' outfits ?? I put adaine in a fancy dress like. twice (three if you count the wedding dress she only wore briefly) (teehee) and those were fun to describe but. idk. I guess I don't put a lot of focus in my scene setting on outfits/fashion <//333 I think its bc I don't usually have a clear vision in my head and therefore it doesn't occur to me to describe beyond that which is like. immediately relevant (oh its cold I'm putting on a sweater. oh I am pulling on my Boots for Walking oh I have a cloak on to hide my face. etc etc) that said I do love pirate bard fig. shes so <3333 if theres anyone I have a clear mind vision outfit for its probably fig just bc I love her and I think pirate bard fig is suchhh a fun vibe

OOHH this is not technically an outfit but !!! adaine does have a necklace that was given to her as a birthday gift from fabian and gorgug that is a silver necklace w a charm that has three intersecting circles.... :)) yk..... and I think that's really lovely and fun and adaine like. fiddles with and holds it a lot as like a comfort item shes always wearing <3

[txemrn]

Keep Your Head Up

Book: TRR/TRH Post-series

Word count: ~2325

Song Inspo: "Keep Your Head Up, Princess" - Anson Seabra

Warning: fairly fluffy (no one dies!); tiny sprinkles of angst, mentions of bullying

A/N: I am participating in week 21 of @choicesflashfics prompt challenge! I chose prompt #2: "I look at you and my heart breaks because all I see is loneliness.” The prompt will be in bold.

A/N 2: Most of the characters and some of the plot points belong to our friends at Pixelberry. Please excuse my errors! Also, if you are curious about Royal Roulette: it's a fun little challenge you can do anytime for yourself! Take your music and hit mix! Take the first song that pops up, and use it as a muse for a fic! No need to credit me, but do tag me if you do it because I LOVE reading other RR!

~🖤~

"Where is she?" Liam grits his teeth, frantically glancing around the ballroom before turning back to his head guards. A strangled-growl drips from his words, a crimson hue coating his vision. "Can anyone tell me where the hell she went?"

Not waiting for an answer, he pushes open the heavy, ornate double doors to exit the ballroom before bounding down the side corridor that leads to the grand staircase.  Each step he takes becomes quicker, angrier, and despite being in full regalia, his walk becomes a run. Once he reaches the living quarters of the palace, he takes the stairs two at a time until he reaches her room. And he knocks softly.

When she doesn't answer, he raps against the polished wood once more. "Love?" But again, she doesn't answer.

He sighs, his jaw ticking, knowing that he needs to speak with her. To hug her. To hold her. 

To tell her that he loves her.

He turns the doorknob, inviting himself into her room; but upon entry, he notices the darkened room is empty. Her bed is still made, her belongings untouched.

He lets out a heavy sigh, turning on his heel to search elsewhere– that is until he hears the soft rustle of taffeta from the large, oak wardrobe on the far end of the room.

A smirk grows across his face as he saunters to the closet. Of course, she would pick this as her hiding place.  Her favorite book was The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe from C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia. Staying quiet, he cautiously approaches, leaning in closely, just to verify he heard correctly.

And suddenly, a breath hitches as a quiet, almost inaudible sob continues.

And the fibers of his heart begin to splinter, shattering into a million shards on the ground.

He thought he could protect her and shield her from the snide comments and hateful glares. The judgment from the public was bad enough, but the turned up noses and undercut statements made by nobles could be relentless. Seeing her bright light and contagious laughter stolen at the ruthless words of bullies seeped a new level of sadness into his heart.

He gently taps on the door of the wardrobe. And instantly, the movement stops, retreating back into hiding. "It's me," he softly whispers, "Daddy."

After a brief, silent pause, the hatch unlocks, the door swinging open to reveal six-year-old Eleanor tucked in the corner underneath her winter coats. Her pink ball gown is scrunched up around her body as she hugs her knees, her trusty stuffed lion Fabian under her arm for cuddles. Her freckled, cherub face is swollen and blotchy, wet from her tears. Her hair remains in a blonde French braid with pink jeweled barrettes, fixed by her mother for the evening.

"Eleanor?" Liam quietly crawls onto the floor, pulling his ankle under his knee to crisscross his long legs. He takes a deep breath, his crystal gaze matching hers as she coyly watches him like a frightened animal. "What's wrong, Squirt?"

A large tear slopes down her nose as she tucks her head lower into her arms. She remains silent.

Liam gently clears his throat. "Why aren't you down at the Baron's ball?" Again, the young princess remains quiet except for her rhythmic sniffles. 

He turns his attention to her feet, noticing her beloved pair of black Converse high tops. And he can't help but smile. Gosh, he loves his girl. 

Eleanor has always marched to the beat of her own drum. She showed interest in so many different things, playing with both dolls and toy cars, eager to play soccer and climb trees while also hosting tea parties and playing in her mom's makeup. She was rough and tumble, but loved glitz and glam. She wasn't too fond of wearing heavy, itchy ball gowns, but when Riley suggested she wear her Chuck Taylors like a comfort item, their daughter couldn't wait for the next royal function.

That event was tonight.

"Princess," he sighs, "I look at you and it breaks my heart because all I see is loneliness.  I want to make whatever this is better, but I can't unless you talk to me." When she doesn't budge, Liam glances back to her high-tops, and remembers she was debuting them tonight. He taps on them. "Did you show your friends your cool sneakers?"

Eleanor looks up with a scowl before putting her head back down. "They're not cool," she cries.

Liam's eyebrows furrow with curiosity. "What do you mean they're not cool?" He reaches over and grabs her foot, playfully inspecting the shoe. "These look pretty cool to me, but then again–" he tickles her knee, "--I think the person wearing them makes them the coolest shoe ever."

Eleanor looks up with a pitiful smile, wiping at her face with her arm. Her brilliant blue eyes match her father's, more ablaze from being red with irritation. She quickly climbs out of her corner, and reaches for her dad; but before her arms could reach him, he was already pulling her into his own embrace. She clings tightly to his neck as his large hands rub endearing circles on her back.

"They said they were stupid."

"What?" Liam looks down as his daughter readjusts to sit in his lap. "Who said your shoes were stupid?"

"The other girls," she holds out her feet, knocking the toes of her shoes together. "They said that real princesses don't wear boy shoes."

"And how would they know? You're the only princess in that ball." He boops her nose causing her face to scrunch with a genuine smile. "Uh, Squirt, where are your glasses?"

Her elation died at her dad's words. "I don't want to wear 'em, Daddy." 

Liam extends his arm into the wardrobe, pulling out the purple bifocals, holding them out in his hands. "Why not?"

"'Cause…" she fidgets with her skirt, "I'm not pretty with them on."

"Squirt," he places his finger under her chin, lifting her gaze to his. "It's impossible for you to not be pretty. In fact," he smooths out her dress before pushing back a gold wisp of hair. "You are the prettiest girl I know."

"Daddy," she bashfully singsongs.

"What?" He sits up a little taller. "I know these things. I am a king." He chuckles. "Now, about these glasses–"

"--I don't want to wear them."

"But they look so pretty on you, Eleanor," he unfolds the glasses, offering them to her. 

"They give me four eyes. And-and I don't want four eyes, Daddy! What if they turn into five… or six?" She drags her fingers down her cheeks.

Liam titters to himself. "Who told you glasses give you 'four eyes'?"

She crosses her arms. "Stupid boys."

"Eleanor," Liam warns, "you know we don't say words like that about others." 

She pouts harder, slumping in her father's lap. 

"Let me show you something," Liam points to her eyes. "You have one… two eyes right here, but you need glasses to help you see, right?" She nods. "These," he looks at the eyewear in his hands, "are like having another set of eyes. See?" He points to each lens, "three... Four."

"Oh!" A wave of understanding crawls across Eleanor’s face. "Four eyes!"

"Right," Liam snickers, placing an endearing hand around her back. "People say it to try to be rude, but honestly, all they're pointing out is that you wear glasses. That's it."

"Oh," Eleanor considers her father's words before continuing.  "But they said I was ugly in them. And I don't want to be ugly, Daddy."

"Hrmmm," Liam thoughtfully looks at her glasses, and then slips the small pair on his face. Clearly made for a child, the eyewear pinches tightly at his nose and across his temples. "Am I ugly?"

"No," Eleanor giggles, holding a hand over her mouth.

"But, I thought these glasses make people ugly–"

"Daddy!" She squeals, "you're being silly!"

Liam chuckles, hearing her laugh again. He takes off the glasses, cleaning them off against his shirt. "Eleanor, do you know why princesses wear crowns?"

"Because they're princesses," she answers proudly. "And crowns are pretty."

Liam reaches over to a wooden chest next to the wardrobe that is filled with costumes, play clothes and accessories. He pulls out a plastic, gold crown with bright pink jewels glued around the band. 

"Crowns," he continues, holding the toy crown in his hand, "help princesses keep their heads up."

"Nuh-uh!"

"Yeah, huh!" Liam jovially retorts.  "See, some people can be very mean. And because you are a princess, you're an easy target for people to be mean. But do you know why they're mean?"

Eleanor innocently shakes her head, her attention glued to her father's words.

"They're mean because they're jealous."

"Jealous?"

"That's right," Liam nods. "You have something they don't have. It can be a pretty dress or a pretty smile," he pinches her cheek. "Sometimes it's simply because someone else hurt their feelings, and they want someone else to hurt, too. They're jealous of your happiness. They think that if they're mean, it will make them feel better."

Liam takes the toy crown and fixes it to her head. "Being part of the royal family means you have a lot more things, that you are given a lot more opportunities than people not born into nobility--which, you should never, ever be ashamed of. But we live our lives in the public eye, so people from around the world know how privileged we are."

Eleanor taps her finger on her lips, knitting her brows together. "So… they get jealous?"

"That's right, Squirt," his lips slowly curl. "They can." 

"But, Daddy? It… it still hurts my feelings."

"I know it does, baby," he pulls her in close to his chest, "I know it does. But just remember: those mean words are not true." Liam looks up at the gaudy crown on his daughter's head. "So, that's why princesses wear crowns. That's why you wear a crown, Squirt. It's there to remind you that when people say mean, untrue things about you, keep your head up. Don't listen to them. You don't want your crown to–"

There's a sudden thud on the ground.

"Oops!" Eleanor’s hands fly up over her mouth as she looks at the plastic crown that slipped off her head, crashing to the floor.

Liam rolls his eyes before offering a kind expression towards his daughter. "Come here, Squirt." He wraps his arms around her, placing tender kisses in her hairline.

"Daddy?" She slides on her glasses. "Is it too late to go back to the ball?"

"Ehh," Liam shakes his wrist, his watch turning for him to read. "It looks like the night is over."

"Aww rats," Eleanor deflates, "Uncle Maxwell was going to play Baby Shark for us to dance to."

"Well," Liam stops, glancing down at his daughter. "Do you still want to dance?"

Eleanor’s eyes light up as she eagerly nods her head. She grabs her father's finger, guiding him to an open area of the room. "What should we do for music?"

"I've got an idea." Liam bends over, holding out his hands, curling his fingers into a C-shape with his thumb. "Ba…by… shark! Do-do-do-do!"

Eleanor squeals, joining in with her father singing and doing the hand motions. They both dance around the room, creating their own dance party they both would never forget.

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Baron's Ball 10 Years Later…

The rubber soles of her Converse high-tops tap hypnotically against the polished ballroom floor. She anxiously chews on her nails as she watches the other noble children laugh and dance amongst the parents.  

She had spent the better part of a day getting ready for the annual event: hair curled, pinned and hair-sprayed into place; make-up carefully fixed to the features of her classic beauty; her baby blue ball gown perfectly tailored to her budding womanly curves.  But even though she felt beautiful, she remained nervous of facing the other kids, and she knew she would probably be left alone, no one wanting to dance with her.

Life for Eleanor didn't get easier at royal functions. The bullying and backhanded comments continued over the years. It hurt, but the desire to hide and cry became weaker and weaker as she remembered her father's words so long ago.

Keep your head up…

"May I have this dance?"

Eleanor’s pedal pink lips curl into a bright smile as she turns towards the familiar baritone voice. "Daddy, you said you were going to stay in the–"

"And miss the chance to dance with my beautiful daughter?" He beams.

A soft blush crawls across her cheeks as she takes his hand, following his lead to the dance floor.  After a cordial bow, they begin to waltz, their feet gliding across the floor with ease.

"Thank you, Daddy."

"Oh, Squirt," he nervously titters, "someday you'll be queen, and these dances with you… well, they'll just be an old man's precious memory."

Eleanor scoffs. "I will always save a dance for you."

Liam laughs. "You might want to take that up with your husband. If he knows how much of treasure you are, he'll never let go–"

"Excuse me, your majesty?"

Liam and Eleanor stop at the timid voice, turning to see Bartie Beaumont mid-bow. 

"Son?" Liam gives a curious, yet humored glare.

"I was wondering, that is, if it's okay with you… oh! And if it's okay with your daughter… um…" clearly nervous, the young man takes a cleansing breath as he wipes his palms against his slacks. "May I have this dance?"

Liam turns to his daughter, noticing her eye's brightening by the moment with anticipation. And he smiles. He takes her hand, guiding her closer for Bartie to take it. As they begin to bow, Liam clears his throat, making both Bartie and Eleanor freeze.

"I'm watching you, Beaumont."

"Y-yes, sir," Bartie swallows thickly.

"Daddy," Eleanor growls.

Liam takes his cue and begins to walk away–that is, until he turns around again. "And leave some room in between–"

"Daddy!"

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( current character list ) * original character 🕊️ dead dove elements. tw: assault mention please note that i am not doubling with new partners going forward, as i'd like to avoid transactional dynamics.

dani walker*, fc: camila morrone, (20-23), obx 🕊️ tags: ( inspo ) ( face claim ) ( ic tumblr ) ↪ topper's kook cousin who was raised in massachusetts and spent her summers in the obx. she moved to figure 8 a few years ago, following a teacher-student scandal and the death of her 3 friends. now owns a boutique that burns money. fabian mercer, fc: mason gooding (29), fandomless tags: ( inspo ) ( face claim ) ↪ ny-based mortician, originally from texas, who is obsessed with the concept of his own mortality following a psychic reading he received at a state fair when he was 11. sofia, fc: fiona palomo (22-23), obx tags: ( inspo ) ( face claim ) ↪ canon portrayal or storyline divergent available as i've been writing her since s3 and have my own plot direction and characterization. violet cameron*, fc: cemre baysel, (26-28), fandomless tags: ( inspo ) ( face claim ) ↪ lifestyle blogger and scrappy party girl who rose to infamy after her billionaire father sued netflix for the likeness of his nc-based construction company, 'cameron development', being used in the show, 'outer banks'. jj maybank, fc: rudy pankow, (18-20), obx tags: ( inspo ) ( face claim ) ↪ canon portrayal or storyline divergent available ( but even in canon, y'all will not make me call this man [season 4 spoiler], gtfo ) hailey banks*, fc: elizabeth lail, (22), fandomless 🕊️ tags: ( inspo ) ( face claim ) ↪ published writer who became a household name in 2017 after testifying against her ex-boyfriend in a widely televised assault case. she infamously took the stand and revoked her testimony after the defense discredited her with out of context messages, then wrote a think piece surrounding consent for the nyt.

[allthecastlesonclouds]

for ghost stories was there a specific superhero/vigilante story that you pulled from like what was the inspo?

oooo oo oo! there wasn't a specific superhero story that inspired it but there WAS a buncha inspiration for the general plot/character layout! i wasn't a superhero comic book kid, but a lot of my friends were/are. and i was a Lumberjanes fan. for a while. like. still am. and those journeys absolutely did inspire this story! thinking about the diane one especially :D :D

uhh fabian's based off of fanon bruce wayne/batman. he's so fucking rich and both hallariel and bill have fucked off and/or died earlier in the story so cathilda is a very maternal alfred! fabes barely has any powers at all (like. literally just strength and speed) but he does have magic items and also the hangman, which he's very adept at using! his house is just like. have you ever read magnus chase? where a buncha kids just. stay at a rich guys house? if they need a place to go? he does that.

i think i mentioned this but kristen's outfit is squirrel girl's with a really elaborate mask, and fabian's is spider-man's with a crystal design instead of a spider!

i know there's a dc vigilante named oracle (i think it's barbara gordon? babs?) but i'm pretty sure she's a techie and she was not the inspiration for adaine.

BUT one of the supers (who you haven't met yet) is pretty based off of poison ivy, in skill set and motivation, but there's no super based off of harley (though this super does have. a girlfriend. because i can). agent 88 is based off of someone who i can't quite remember :')

her outfit is not as. revealing. though. that's something that i tried to avoid, actually. name one female dc/marvel superhero that doesn't have. the most revealing outfit ever. that shit is skintight. i don't want it on my high schoolers. absolutely not. no.

[fakeosirian]

these are the voyages...of the uss anubis!

aka my very self-indulgent ds9-era (but heavily inundated with aos plotline inspo?? somehow??) house of anubis star trek au

started out as mashing together two things i enjoy like barbie dolls, but eventually it turned into half a plotline (for just season 1, roughly), so here you go!

Captain/CO: Joy!...until The Incident Acting Captain/CO: Nina!...after The Other Incident First Officer/XO/Science Officer: Fabian Chief Medical Officer: Mara Chief Engineer: Patricia Pilot: Jerome Operations: Alfie Communications: Amber Security/Tactical: Mick

[for later bits: Joy becomes Captain again with Nina as her XO, Eddie replaces Mick on Security/Tactical, Fabian becomes XO again after Nina leaves, Willow's the ship counselor, and KT would be a special consultant type diplomat/scientist brought on the ship long term (idk haven't thought this far ahead tbh)]

(VERY LOOSE) PLOT SUMMARY FOR S1-ISH:

Fabian, Joy, and Patricia are friends from the Academy. One brutal introductory Astrophysics class later, they were inseparable, even though Patricia was on the Operations track, Fabian had his eye on the Sciences, and Joy wanted Command. (They were vaguely aware of/classmates with the others – Mick, Amber, and Mara were a comparable trio, and Alfie and Jerome were (in)famous around campus. Nina, notably, was studying to be a Federation ambassador, but things went a bit…sideways for her. More on that later.)

Fast-forward a few placements later, and they’re full-fledged officers awaiting their next assignments. Fabian worked his way through the ranks on a few different science vessels and hopes for a department head placement on an exploratory ship. Joy’s put in her dues as a tactical officer on border patrol ships, getting promoted to XO on her previous posting and hoping her intelligence work for a certain Admiral Rodenmaar will get her a favorable consideration for a command position. Patricia was forced to make a track shift from Security to Engineering after…an incident…at the Academy, but she surprised herself with how good she ended up being at it. Despite her hot temper, she impressed her chiefs at each of her assignments; she’s not asking for a promotion, but she’s been told it’s a firm possibility, depending on who her captain is.

While catching up on Spacedock One, Joy is…excited, but tight-lipped about why. They don’t have to wait long for an explanation; their assignments come down. Lieutenant Commander Fabian Rutter, USS Anubis, Science Officer. Lieutenant Commander Patricia Williamson, USS Anubis, Chief Engineer. Captain Joy Mercer, USS Anubis, Commanding Officer. She’d handpicked them for her senior staff, their first opportunity to all serve on a ship together, and an exploratory vessel, at that. (Fabian and Patricia never get a good explanation for how she shot up in the ranks so quickly, and despite the Anubis’s slightly dubious reputation as “cursed,” a lucrative placement. The last time they’d spoken (after some periods of total communication blackout while she was on assignment for Admiral Rodenmaar), she’d just been promoted to Commander. That had been quick, but not entirely unexpected – she’d sailed right over Lieutenant senior grade to Lt. Cmdr. in years past, and it was clear she had a special (classified) assignment lined up that called for the pips. But Captain? She’d be among the youngest in the fleet.)

What’s more: Joy wants Fabian to be her first officer. He’s hesitant – he took some command classes back in the day, but he doesn’t have the certification. Problem easily solved, Joy says: she has a sitting of the Bridge Officer’s Test scheduled for him before they leave drydock. Apparently, this can’t be argued. (Ultimately this test would end up looking a lot vibes-wise like the Senet game from season 2, but instead of peaking and resolving mounting tension between them, it’s sort of the reverse. He passes, just barely, but they argue during the test over his decisions (or lack thereof), and in light of her odd career moves, Fabian starts to get a bad gut feeling about all of this.)

At the same time, Nina is hitting a quarter-life crisis. Turns out she’s not cut out for diplomacy – she didn’t assume that lying was part of the job description, but apparently it comes up – and while she had training comparable to that of Starfleet Academy back on Trill (she’s an unjoined Trill btw), actually getting into Starfleet as an officer would be a huge hassle. She knew she wanted to do something big with her life, but it was becoming increasingly clear that the path towards it (whatever it was) would not be straightforward, if passable at all.

And then the ship she’s on crashes. On the ship was another Trill, a joined, elderly woman named Sarah Neris, who is fatally injured in the crash. It’s not ideal to do delicate procedures in a literal crash site, but Nina is the only unjoined Trill on board and aid is too far away to reach them in time for the symbiont to survive. Feeling the pull of fate, Nina volunteers to take the symbiont. The procedure is a success, the Neris symbiont accepts her, and Sarah offers her some ominous parting words: beware the black bird.

(One snag: the Neris symbiont also sustained injuries in the crash. The doctor was certain it won’t reject her in future, but her ability to communicate and properly join with it is limited while it heals. She’s warned she may experience some “psychological disturbances,” but they’ll clear up in time. It’s not comforting.)

The Anubis is given its shakedown mission. It’s very top-secret, hush-hush, all under orders of a mysterious board (it’s just the Society, basically). Patricia catches Joy on a call with a panel made up of Admiral Rodenmaar and Commodores Sweet and Andrews, and she confronts her over the secrecy. She admits she wishes she could tell her more, but the Admiralty have been burned in the past regarding the subject of their mission. The intelligence risk is too high. Patricia doesn’t like this, but she doesn’t want to argue with Joy.

Intros to the rest of the senior staff. Mission goes well until suddenly it isn’t. They do damage control, but Joy is summoned back to Headquarters in San Francisco.

Something something equivalent scene to Joy “being kidnapped” while Nina petitions her place in Starfleet in front of a panel. Lies by omission about how long she’s been joined – her lying is still really bad, FWIW, but the Society is in need of a stooge, and the Neris symbiont apparently has a Starfleet history that Nina’s able to access well enough to come off competent/help her along credentials-wise. (Have Nina hold some sort of equivalent rank from her work on Trill to make this less ridiculous. I’m going for ST09core set post-Bermantrek, but this is still a bit much.) Without asking for it, she’s promoted to Acting Captain Nina Neris, USS Anubis, effective immediately, and is sent to meet her senior staff.

Patricia’s…not pleased, and accuses Nina of being involved in Joy’s absence. Fabian protests, in this AU less because he disagrees with Patricia (because at this junction he doesn’t), but more because hey, maybe antagonizing the new captain is a bad idea? Nina takes his defense of her as more personal than it was intended, though, and despite his own sinking dread, Fabian decides to try and work with her until he’s able to get a better read on the situation.

Given a diplomatic mission to get everyone settled/take advantage of Nina’s existing skills – it’s feels like “busywork,” but after the disaster that was the Anubis’s first mission, none of the crew (besides Patricia) are complaining. During this mission, Nina gets disturbing dreams passed to her via the (still healing) symbiont, and after a bonding moment during the mission proper, she confides in Fabian about it. (Bonus: something about the mission itself is triggering the dreams, which are actually warped memories of Sarah’s time in Starfleet.)

One of the details strikes Fabian as uncomfortably like something odd he noticed during the mission preceding Joy’s disappearance. He elects to look through the Federation database, but when he tries, he gets an information security lockout that can’t be overridden by his rank or his status as XO. At the same time, Patricia’s been trying to get in contact with Admiral Rodenmaar without much luck. She does get in contact with a new desk jockey back at Headquarters, Jason Winkler; he’s receptive to her inquiries at first, sensing something “out of order,” but he ceases communication rather abruptly.

And that’s when they’re assigned a mission that looks even more dangerous than the last.

After that, it’d proceed similarly to S1 in that the missions are triggers for further memories (especially as the symbiont heals) while at the same time being unwitting contributors to the Society’s greater aims (I’m thinking something similar to the DS9 plot surrounding genetically modified humans and Section 31? That’s as close to ‘immortality’ and sussy secret society stuff as you get with standard Star Trek lore). To get around the information block, Nina and Fabian need to get Amber in on it (and hope she doesn’t spill the beans). Patricia becomes increasingly hostile to Nina (and as a result Fabian, who she perceives as a “traitor” who was “got by them too”), especially once she comes in contact with a “Section 31 agent” (Rufus, lying) who encourages her to pass on classified details of the Anubis’s mission plans, past and future.

Comes to a head when Rufus is captured by Starfleet Security en route to a meeting Patricia arranged with Nina accompanying her. More cagey, but ultimately they end up exchanging information and joining the same side (against the Admiralty). This is straight up mutiny, though, so they have to be careful about how much they give away. They continue completing missions that seem increasingly interrelated with the addition of the Neris symbiont’s new memories and Rufus’s information.

Finally, it comes to a head when they’re sent to retrieve a “lost, damaged shuttle” with strict orders not to engage with it (past tractoring it into their shuttle bay) or allow anyone in or out. As far as they’re told, there isn’t anyone on it. They do not believe this. Cue Fabian doing some sensor shenanigans, and he detects one faint life sign; against orders, they open the shuttle, and inside is Rufus. He escaped successfully (maybe Sibuna fed him some info to help out earlier?), but not undamaged, and now they’re really flirting with a court martial.

Rufus directs them to a planet that would “answer all of their questions” – this is where it goes a bit Into Darkness (sorry, it’s fitting, unfortunately) and Victor shows up with a Big Boy Ship at their destination to try and get them to leave. Joy’s on the ship, too, begging them to stop interfering, lest horrible consequences befall them. Turns out Rufus wants to revive a cell of frozen survivors from the Eugenics Wars, not for his own personal army, but to extend his own life. (He doesn’t really trust people to follow his directions, but he does trust their blood to keep him alive longer.)

Nina is forced to follow Victor’s orders (it’s clear he knows about their meddling, but he’s giving them a not-so-subtle “chance” to avoid serious consequences by going with his lead at this final stand against an obvious mutual enemy); once all is said and done, Rufus’s ship exploded and him assumed dead, Nina is demoted to XO, Fabian retains his rank and department head title but loses XO, and Joy is reinstated as Captain.

None of them quite know what to believe – Joy is extremely tight-lipped for her part, entirely unwilling to talk about the Admiralty and her time away. Patricia mostly buys that Rufus was a bad guy, and she’s happy to have achieved her goal (get Joy back), but things still don’t smell right. Fabian, Nina, and Amber feel similarly, but they’re more relieved they didn’t lose their careers (or lives). That doesn’t keep the tension between Joy and Nina from immediately boiling over into something that will be…a problem.

Potential backfill plot points: getting Alfie involved (being in charge of Ops, it’d be natural to want him helping out on sensor problems/transporter stuff/excavating info from computer systems), revealing more of Sarah’s past with Victor and Rufus (since she does have one, and on the Anubis, too! But I kind of like having that as a long-term thing instead of a “resolved in s1 equivalent” thing due to the lore complications), plotline for Mara/Jerome/Mick to get involved in (could go with a romance plotline, but tbh I like the idea of them either having mundane ship operations issues (since the rest of the senior staff is…busy…) or even being suspicious of their coworkers/commanding officers and doing an investigation of their own on the side).

i'll come back and do a s2-esque (and s3) plotline at some point and link it at the bottom of this post