When I see Pav's design I see a guy who really does not care about his rank or appearances (other than the boots rant towards Levi, but I personally like to think that's him showing some amount of concern towards a younger soldier, or to annoy him like the other character exclusive interactions in an attempt to distance himself from your party). Pav's shirt and coat are unbottoned down to the point where they don't even look like they fit him, his chest and and his bullet scars are exposed, he has unkempt hair, and seemingly has a very casual/sloppy posture which implies a lack of respect for the army he's supposedly been indoctrinated in. This contrasts with the image of how most soldiers are expected to be disciplined - to be orderly, clean cut, and tidy, especially higher ranking ones when displaying rank/status. Overall, Pav comes off as messy and possibly not even in his right mind from the beginning. When considering his true purpose for being in Prehevil is to kill the Kaiser, He's practically on a suicide mission.
And this can be further backed up by his attitude towards failing to kill the Kaiser, being saved, and taken to the train. What was the point of joining the same army that killed your village, rising up the ranks through whatever horrible means you had to go through and very possibly willing to do onto others what was done to you in order to get close enough to the man that you deam responsible for everything that has gone wrong in the world, only to find out that he was a indestructible monster beyond your powers? After that, it's either start from square one again, wait to die, or live your life on the run from everyone. Pav had kept a facade for possibly most of his life up until that moment, but as soon as he's cut down the mask breaks apart and he breaks down in train mad at you for giving him a few more moments of life.
To summarize, I'm intrigued by Pav's portrait because it gives us that hint on what kind for person he really is underneath the Bremen "disguise". He can't wait tear the damn thing off himself.
Is he a Bremen pig? Probably not. Is he still a pig? Yes. Or... rather something more feral hiding in the styes that he's trapped himself in, waiting to start a rampage in until he's put down himself. (Hmm. I wonder if that's would actually be a good Moonscorched idea?)
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On the topic tho of like. The archons switching up domains, what do you think could be other interesting changes? Like. Zhongli and Eternity vs Erosion, or how contracts could be subsumed by Justice. Similarly- I think Nahida, with her domain of dreams- could honestly be really fun to play with a Freedom domain, considering the irony of a caged god of freedom to parallel Ventis current story. Alternatively- Freedom in the nation of hydro, where they’re cursed because of the flouting of the rules, and Furina is trapped in a centuries long gilded cage- like. There’s interesting things you can do!! -☁️ (hi it’s me again, I forgot to tag the previous backreading one)
oh yeah absolutely, honestly since the game is about solving problems and dealing with Situations, you could reasonable slap freedom onto any nation and find an interesting outcome. like- freedom from the shogun's dicatorial rule, freedom for ei from her own fears and isolation, freedom for nahida from her prison, freedom of knowledge in sumeru, freedom for furina in how she wants to live life, freedom as it is seen by the people of meropide choosing to remain underwater, freedom for the people of fontaine to finally be people as their ancestors wished without celestia dictating what they can and cannot do, freedom for zhongli to retire and live life at his leisure, freedom for the humans of liyue to carve their own path forward on their own two feet (i admit that's the weakest one); and now natlan will probably be freedom to coexist or freedom from violence or freedom from natlan itself since it's closed. snezhnaya, too, could be about freedom: freedom from celestia's rule, freedom from the heavenly principles (or whatever the fatui are doing); same thing for khaenri'ah and the abyss sibling. freedom from fate and to be able to decide your own destiny.
at the end of the day any plot with any conflict can include freedom as a motif, so like- yeah, freedom would be the easier to switch around.
as for the others, that would be the more interesting part i think. like you said, contracts and justice, eternity vs erosion (which is already ei's plot so zhongli wouldn't be all that new honestly), wisdom for zhongli too with the whole witnessing history thing. eternity for nahida in the way wisdom perseveres through time but also in the irony of knowledge is beholden to irminsul and knowledge in irminsul is apparently subject to erasure. stuff like that
we'll have to see how we can play around with natlan and snezhnaya. if snezhnaya is about love that could also be really interesting, as you could also feasibly slap it most of everywhere, too.
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that post about the internet lingo in books is so funny because when i reblogged it i was thinking about the locked tomb and then someone reblogged it from me saying TLT wasn't that bad and then someone else reblogged it from me saying absolutely TLT is that bad about it
and i gotta be honest, if a book comes to mind AT ALL for including too much internet-isms, even to defend it... that's too much you've fucked up
if i can smell twitter or tumblr or reddit in your book... if can hear the vocal fry of a podcaster... if i feel at all aware of the fact that your screen time on your phone is more than an hour a day through your book... you gotta scrap the entire thing and start over again
the internet existing in a book isn't necessarily the problem but if i feel like your book is sprouting out of a specific internet ecosystem and its drastically affecting the tone/voice of the work...
it's over.
internet voice in a novel is just marvel quips for people who think they've evolved past marvel quips
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You and Transmasc!Hughie's First Time [Imagine/Oneshot]
“When he first starts speaking, you’d be surprised, and then you’d be relieved and tell him through giggles that you were in the same boat as him.”
RATING: 18+ MDNI
SUMMARY: Hughie’s been very nervous for your guys’ first time sleeping together. You find out why. Turns out, you and him have more in common than you thought.
EXTRA INFO: GN!Reader, Trans!Reader, Hughie is AFAB & transmasc
AUTHOR’S NOTE: hi i been feeling a little dysphoric lately . so i hit hughie with the vagina beam to help me not want to die ☺️ . this is entirely self indulgent but if someone out there also wanted this then…….. this is for yoouuu…… nodding my head
WORD COUNT : 587
Hughie wouldn’t be able to hide it for much longer. He’d sit at the edge of the bed, nervously bouncing his leg as he waits for you. In his mind, he’d be going over what he would tell you, fully prepared to be hit with rejection.
What he wouldn’t know is that you were in the bathroom silently freaking out over the same thing. You really liked Hughie, what if this was a dealbreaker for him?
You’d walk out, letting out a deep breath as you face him. But before you can say anything, he stands up and tells you himself.
When he first starts speaking, you’d be surprised, and then you’d be relieved and tell him through giggles that you were in the same boat as him. The tension in the air would ease and the two of you would fall onto your bed, you on top of him as he held onto you.
And now he lets out soft breaths into your mouth as you kiss him, shooting sparks up your spine. Your hands fumble with his belt, desperate to get it out of the loops. His hands assist yours and he shuffles his way out of his jeans, bunching up at his ankles. Your hand goes to the waistband of the boxers covering him up. You can’t rush it now, practically teasing the both of you by keeping them on.
But you can’t resist for too long before your fingers are rubbing gently over his swollen clit, feeling the slickness practically dripping from his entrance. He shudders and grasps onto you like you’re his lifeline as your hand flawlessly works him open for you.
You only start with your index and middle finger, gently coaxing his cunt into relaxing around you. The way you can feel him flexing around your digits drives you fucking crazy. You whisper little praises to him, smiling down at the way his face twists in pure bliss.
You readjust your hand, your middle and ring fingers now fucking him open even further, but it’s clear that he would be getting more stimulation if you were touching his clit. You move your body down, your mouth and hands working together to make him practically cry from the pleasure. You wouldn’t mind doing this for the rest of your life until your jaw fell off.
Hughie’s legs shake as you continue sucking and finger-fucking his cunt, and it’s not long until he’s desperately gasping out his little warnings about coming already. You have a one track mind as you push through the soreness in your wrist and jaw, desperately needing to feel him come around you. If your mouth wasn’t so occupied, you would be telling him how good he is and how pretty he sounded, even if he was trying to be quiet.
A strangled cry sounds from his throat as he writhes under you, his muscles tighten and relax irregularly for a few moments, his hands resting on your head, grasping onto your hair. It took all his self restraint to not tug at your hair, wanting to be gentle and not hurt you. But it wasn’t easy.
You gently pull your hand away, watching the string of cum between your fingers as you separate them. Looking him in the eyes, you can tell he’s a little embarrassed at the wet and pathetic mess he had become. You don’t care, though. This was only the beginning of what was sure to be a wetter and even more pathetic night.
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