#it the 8yo coming out

[softbroken]

to wanting to cry because i was horny as fuck

it's funny how i can switch from feeling horny as fuck to wanting to cry hahahah

[coffeemira]

need an age regression/de-aging fic where a post-KH4 riku has to take care of a younger sora, and bb sora is just completely awestruck over how strong and kind and pretty (and tall!!) his best friend riku got… and is so transparently smitten that riku, who is actually dating present-day sora, is just like: wow we really were oblivious how did either of us miss sora’s glaring crush on me??

[francy-sketches]

Can’t take the valonquar tommen theory seriously like that’s an actual baby all I can picture is this

[solcarow]

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[moinsbienquekaworu]

Every time I cleanly recite L'Albatros I feel like I'm back in primary school at the front of the class

[emo-batboy]

thoughts on battinson with his like seven kids and they have to suffer through everyone wanting to fuck him cause have you seen him??

Alright so this response kinda works in a competely separate realm of canon than what I usually post. I’m gonna preface that right now, but BOY do I have thoughts :D

So when I think of Battinson and his (non)accidental orphan acquisition, I see Battinson as being on a much more even playing field emotionally than most other iterations. He’s not really as stoic and put-together, so having kids (especially multiple) would cause a LOT more chaos and drama. So in this case, I like to think that it happens at a very rapid rate. (Again, I’m saying this because this require straying from the film’s canon to a much larger degree than I usually do.) SO by the time he’s 32, he has an 11yo Dick, a 9yo Jason, and an 8yo Tim. And they probably grow with him much like teen parents do with their kids. He’s not as authoritative as most parents. Instead, he starts out as like half older brother, half dad, then graduates to the roll of batdad after his whole vengeance era.

THAT ALL BEING SAID!! BECAUSE THEY’RE SO MUCH OLDER AND BRUCE IS YOUNGER, THEY DEAL WITH A LOOOOTTTTTT OF CREEPY LADIES TRYING GO GET WITH THEIR DAD. (AND THEY ARE VERY. SMART. FOR THEIR AGE)

Dick, older brother and the leader of the ��Save Dad and Our Childhood Innocence” brigade teaches the three everything there is to know. He is the most experienced with these awful public events like galas and charity auctions, so he is in control.

And it is SO much easier to get the creepy suitors to back off when they work as a team

Dick talks everyone’s ears off. He’s the golden boy (getting perfect grades and gold medals in his school’s gymnastics team) so he EASILY gets away with distracting people

Dick will insert himself into adult conversations all the time, and Bruce always lets him, which allows Jason and Tim to wreak havoc on whatever target they chose.

Whenever it isn’t too obvious or it’s late enough in the night, Jason will fake a cold or a headache sometimes (he’s prone to falling sick) and Bruce will insist that he take his kid home and tuck him into bed himself, very fatherly

Tim uses his Youngest Child points to woo the nicer ones and direct them away from Bruce, but it doesn’t usually works on the gold diggers (and thank god because Tim HATES acting cute) so he’ll use it on Bruce instead

When those three plans don’t work, the three gremlins start getting Creative TM

Jason, taking a swig from some wine glass and proceeding to spray it all over Vicky Vale’s white dress: “This isn’t grape juice!”

Tim, resident iPad kid and (despite popular belief) The Most Evil of the Three, sees some lady touching his batdad so he finds her phone number on an online directory and prank calls her every time she gets too close

Suitor: “Your father is very handsome.” Dick: “My father’s dead :(” “…” “Oh wait, you mean Bruce! Yeah, he’s nice.”

One lady starts hanging off of Bruce, but he needs to run off to say hello to an investor. Jason appears from nowhere in his dapper little tux and the lady just says, “So uhh, you like the Wiggles, right?” Jason: “Nope! Have you ever read Crime and Punishment? :)”

Dick “accidentally” slaps some obnoxious guests with his wild hand gestures “Oh no! I’m so sorry :(( Let me get you an ice pack” and pulls them away while the other two hide their laughter

One of the ladies who is WAY too comfortable and forward when flirting with Bruce is forced to sit down with Tim and he goes in head first “what are you doing with my dad?” “oh you know what adults do, honey. Messing around, having fun” and he’s like “well My dad doesn’t look interested” “of course he is! who knows? Maybe we’ll hit it off and make another one of you one day” which gives Tim intense psychic damage, but he’s a horrible little brat so he doesn’t give up. He hits her with the innocent doe eyes and asks in the cutest fucking voice “Where do babies come from?” she BOOKS IT (they never see her again)

Anyway, to answer your question: they are little terrors. and Bruce knows they’re little terrors, but he doesn’t care because he hates the creepy attention even more than they do, but this way it comes with a show :D

[offtorivendell]

Elain, Gwyn and a possible January birthday...

I can't believe it's the end of the Year of our Cauldron 2024 and this argument has resurfaced, but here we go I guess.

Thank you @shitwillnotbegiven for working though this with me!

Firstly, I really want people to know that none of this even matters; the interview in which Steph asked SJM if Azriel's person could have her birthday happened after ACOSF was sent* to be published. So whatever couple was built up was already set in the text. It's a complete non issue. Secondly, SJM has fudged up the numbers before; I am pretty sure that someone did the maths and, according to canon, Eris would have only been around 8yo when he left Mor at Autumn's border! These things happen, and SJM has said she's not a numbers person (no shame).

* Correction: ACOSF was not yet published, but it would have been at the printers and/or being shipped out. Thank you @valentiinexo.

Thirdly, assuming SJM honours the promise to begin with, even if the birthday request predated ACOSF being sent to the printers, it's still a non issue because both Elain and Gwyn could have been born in January. I don't know why people are saying Elain was born over the summer, besides wanting to reassure themselves that she won't end up with Az.

But let's have a look.

Elain

Nesta said that Elain was "barely thirteen" at the ball when the heiress bullied her for whatever reason.

“She wouldn’t have gone into much detail about it,” Elain said. “Nesta was only fourteen at the last ball we went to before—well, before we were poor …” Elain shook her head. “Another young heiress was at the ball, and she positively hated me. She was several years older, and I’d never done anything to provoke her hatred, but I think …” “She was jealous of your beauty,” Amren said, an amused smile on her red lips. Elain blushed. “Perhaps.” It was definitely that. Even though Elain would have been barely thirteen at the time. “Well, Nesta saw how she treated me, her casual cruelties and snubs, and bided her time. Waited until that ball, when a handsome duke from the continent was there to find a bride. His family had run out of money, which was why he’d deigned to come over at all—to nab a rich bride to refill their estate’s coffers. Nesta knew the heiress had her sights set on him. The girl had bragged about it to all of us in the powder room at every ball for weeks leading up to it. - ACOSF, chapter 44

Nesta herself was only "fourteen," born in the spring.

Cassian held her gaze as he stalked for her, then reached out an arm— And plucked the cerulean-and-cream scarf Elain had given her for her birthday this spring off the hook on the wall. He gripped it in his fist, dangling it like a strangled snake as he brushed past her. - ACOSF, chapter 1

As the map and seasons of Prythian both coincide with the map and seasons of the UK and Ireland/the northern hemisphere in general (besides the four seasonal courts), and it should be safe to assume that the ball happened during the social season, then we can extrapolate from most online sources, which suggest that would have begun when British parliament returned after closing for the winter.

Per Wikipedia:

The Season coincided with the sitting of parliament; it began some time after Christmas and ran until midsummer, roughly late June. Some sources say it began at Parliament's Easter session break. The social season played a role in the political life of the country: the members of the two Houses of Parliament were almost all participants in the season, as all Peers sitting in the House of Lords were by definition nobility, and many if not most Members of the House of Commons were gentry. But the Season also provided an opportunity for the children of marriageable age of the nobility and gentry to be launched into society.

Feyre confirmed as much in ACOTAR, because she arrived back in the human lands after the "socialite season" had ended and it was getting into summer. Elain was even wearing summer appropriate attire and was flushed - maybe from the heat as much as her excitement?

Summer—in the weeks that I’d been painting and dining with Tamlin and wandering the court lands at his side, summer had come. Did my family still truly believe me to be visiting some long-lost aunt? What were they doing with themselves? - ACOTAR, chapter 25

I glanced sidelong at her. My sister was beaming, content—prettier than I’d ever seen her, even in her simple muslin gardening dress. Her cheeks were flushed beneath her large, floppy hat. “I think—I think I’d like to see the continent,” I said. And it was true, I realized. There was so much of the world that I hadn’t seen, hadn’t ever thought about visiting. Hadn’t ever been able to dream of visiting. “I’m surprised you’re so eager to go next spring,” I said. “Isn’t that right in the middle of the season?” The socialite season, which had ended a few weeks ago, apparently, full of parties and balls and luncheons and gossip, gossip, gossip. Elain had told me all about it at dinner the night before, hardly noticing that it was an effort for me to get down my food. - ACOTAR, chapter 29

The following afternoon, bleary-eyed and quiet, we all gathered at the lunch table. I thanked my sister and father for the party, and dodged my father’s inquiries regarding whether any of his friends’ sons had caught my eye. The summer heat had arrived, and I propped my chin on a fist as I fanned myself. I’d slept fitfully in the heat last night. It was never too hot or too cold at Tamlin’s estate. - ACOTAR, chapter 31

Spring is "right in the middle of" Prythian's social season. Winter > spring (tulip season) > summer. Feyre gives us this information.

All of this is to say that it is absolutely possible for Elain to be born in January and be "barely thirteen" years of age in the late winter/early spring of the same year "weeks" later, when Nesta got revenge for her at the ball. And Nesta, who was "only fourteen" at the time, could have been nearing her fifteenth birthday. "Two under two" is a common saying for a reason, and I suspect the "only" was not to suggest that Nesta had recently turned fourteen (though two in one year is definitely possible), but that she was too young for marriage in her father's/family's opinion, and the entire situation was ludicrous.

Perhaps the wooden rose was actually a birthday gift for Elain from Papa Archeron?

She plucked another figurine from the mantel: a rose carved from a dark sort of wood. She held it in her palm, its solid weight surprising, and traced a finger over one of the petals. “He made this one for Elain. Since it was winter and she missed the flowers.” - ACOSF, chapter 55

Gwyn

If Gwyn and Catrin were conceived on Calanmai, which is the first of May, and faerie pregnancies last ten months - this is of course assuming that their half-nymph mother would have expected the same duration of her pregnancy as a high fae like Feyre - then yes, a pregnancy with a due date of May plus ten months (it's impossible to count from her last missed period as we know at least the high fae only have two cycles a year, so the conception date will have to do) could end with a set of twins born in January.

Gwyn went on, “My mother was unwanted by either of their people. She could not dwell in the rivers of the Spring Court, but was too untamed to endure the confinement of the forest house of Autumn. So she was given in her childhood to the temple at Sangravah, where she was raised. She partook in the Great Rite when she was of age, and I, we—my sister and I, I mean—were the result of that sacred union with a male stranger. She never found out who he was, for the magic chose him that night, and no one ever showed up to ask about twin girls. We were raised in the temple as well. I never left its grounds until … until I came here.” - ACOSF, chapter 29

Around half of twin pregnancies make it to term, and 90% are born after 32 weeks (per google), so even with the extrapolation between human data and the barely existent faerie pregnancy "lore" I think that a January birthdate for Gwyn and Catrin is not a risky guess. I also think it's much more exciting to refer to pregnancy "lore" than data, so can we all get that going? 😂

So yeah, there you have it. Both Elain and Gwyn could have been born in January. Though again, it was a request made after ACOSF was finished. This argument doesn't "benefit" either side, and to suggest that it eliminates either Elain or Gwyn is disingenuous. Why does it keep popping up?

[twstfanblog]

I found your blog from the period drama and when i check your tumblr and found your manhwa au, oh boy, how i LOVE IT! i have an angst ask coming for you cause i like it.

What if Yuu never went back with the trio? Like not out of malice or new love interests, but because Yuu already fallen out of love? Like imagine that the more the trio tried to win her over, the more she fell out of the love she originally have?Like imagine that Yuu has servant or spy to search what the trio up to just because she didn't want to see the trio who in her mind still with FL, and found out all the things the trio do to her friends(like malleus with leo and Azul screaming at Idia, poisoning Rook) and misunderstood it?

It got even more bad if Yuu found out that the trio also went back to time and they do what they do to Yuu’s new friend(leo, idia and riddle) because they didn’t want anyone to against their beloved FL because in the former life, one time Yuu tried to scold FL it ended up badly by Yuu the one getting screamed and scolded by none other than the trio because FL went back fake crying to them? Or because Yuu thought it's payback for what happen before and Yuu deserve lonely life? Or something along that line

I imagine that when the trio do everything to correct their relationship, it just do backwards things and make Yuu less and less loving them because of misunderstanding, and when the trio tried to correct it, it just create another misunderstanding.

Honestly if Yuu didn't keep their affection for the trio there wouldnt be a Manhwa AU.

This is still my Yuu, they're only docile right now because they're dealing with an intense heartbreak but theyre in their 8yo body.

But if she didn't care about them anymore, they'd never be back in her life PERIOD. They'd straight up be dead to her.

[stealingpotatoes]

Invitation to talk about Sayuri and Nymie?

:D CAN OF WORMS: OPENED!! i'll tell u abt how they got found as Jedi

ok so Sayuri is one of the students that doesn't rlly go home bc there isn't much to go back to. Basically her parents were Rebellion pilots (or one was a pilot the other a mechanic. kinda unsure) but were both killed in action against the Empire abt 3-4ABY ish. obvs the Rebellion couldn't look after a 7-8yo while fighting the Empire

so the remainder of the squad manage to get her back to her parents' home village/ where she was born. so having like Everything change all at once leaves her pretty ?? and gives her some serious trusting-her-environment issues. her coolgirl "i dont care" persona is very much a result of this bc she's worried abt getting too comfy in smthn. (which is at odds w the OTHER issue she got from this event which is "deathly afraid of flying" an issue not helped if Master "traffic laws are just guidelines" Skywalker is piloting. but she tries 2 act like shes fine)

this is gonna get kinda long so im gonna smack some unposted art here and then go into a readmore

anyway fast forwarding to when Sayuri's abt 13 (roughly 9aby) she's visiting her parent's old squadron on a New Republic bc they'd all come visit whenever she could and after the Empire's fall they did a lot more pick her up and fly her to a base to ALL see her. and they're like omg Sayuri you came at the PERFECT time bc this rlly amazing pilot war hero who's also some like. mystical whatever is here!! he's on his way to some magic place we heard. maybe u can meet him!! which sayuri meets w her usual whatever bc she's not that gassed abt war heroes.

very worth noting that the squad's probably all seen her move shit with her mind, but theyre like oh you know how it is with teenage girls. the "nobody knows what a jedi is" + "the empire existed for a decent bit of her childhood" thing has kept anyone from being like yeahh sayuri should like. talk to someone abt this.

anyway she goes along when the squad are like c'mon let's see if we can see him. ok the only way i can describe this is you know the spiderverse like... spidey-sense recognition thing? that's basically what happens LOL Luke and Sayuri both have a FORCE USER RECOGNISED?? moment and Luke then makes a beeline for her then realises oh shit tiny teenager not jedi. would you LIKE to be a jedi?? and sayuri who hates her village and is feeling the strongest emotional connection she's felt in forever w this stranger she met 2 seconds ago is like okay fuckin sure yeah. and woo jedi!!

i posted my unposted nymie art yesterday but likkeeee pretend theres some here <3

So Sayuri falls into the "one of the Jedi found them thru the force or by chance" category of students who get found. However Nymie very much falls into the second category, which is "CAN SOMEONE DEAL WITH THIS WEIRD SUPERPOWERED CHILD FOR US????"

So 2 things about Nymie: 1. like i've said before, she's from a very rich high class pantoran family. super stuck up, mostly raised by nannies & tutors, but somehow Nymie just didn't get the stuck-up genes like all her (4!!) siblings who are just obsessed w their social standing etc and is instead just :D all the time. 2. her proficiency ig is the living force esp in the 'good at connecting to animals' way (which I think means I legally need to draw her w Ezra).

so the former often led her to escaping her family's stuffy parties and galas or whatever (usually to whoever's house it is' garden or somewhere she wasnt meant to be) to find something interesting. usually a pet <3 one particular time when she was 9 she was following her Pet Sense but couldnt find anything in the house. so she kinda just reached out more and long story short thats how Nymie managed to call this hugemassive beast (i'd tell u what it was if i knew pantoran animals LOL) out of the nearby countryside to her. massively distressing for everyone, all these rich ppl were like "OH MY GOD I NEARLY DIED" (it didnt attack anyone). very funny exciting time for Nymie who was enjoying this new beastie friend til animal control showed up. saddening. everyone is confused bc HOW did that happen

a dude old (and cool) enough to have seen more than one jedi in their heyday (+ idk uni researcher knows his shit) noticed what happened w it going straight to Nymie and overheard her account and realised what happened and was like hi nymie's parents. i think u need to get into contact w the new republic bc thats a jedi right there (which they take and go oo social climbing. we have a jedi child people will think we're cooler. bc theyre assholes)

and yeah im losing steam now but luke shows up and she joins the academyyay!

[galedekarios]

i need to scream in your inbox about this bc i have nobody to talk to about it irl or online aldkjfallskddk but the FACE of pure discomfort and fear gale pulls when mystra meets him in her realm and goes on that "you look well" spiel :(((((

the way she changes the way she addresses him depending on whether he obeys (i.e. calls him gale of waterdeep) vs if he doesn't (i.e. calls him gale dekarios) :((((

the way she's so fucking manipulative, telling him he looks well when it's implied that he grew out his hair and beard because of depression and the effects of the orb have also left its mark on him physically :(((

the way she goes out of her way to SEPARATE HIM FROM HIS FRIENDS all of whom (well, i guess depending on how you play it-- but i digress) have talked him out of obeying mystra and are also probably ready to bring about the second spell plague LIKE--

she's such a manipulative abuser she KNOWS how to hurt him emotionally, especially when she's angry that he's not obeying her and she isolates him from people who care about him AND PEOPLE THINK SHE'S THE ONE IN THE RIGHT IN THEIR RELATIONSHIP?????? um. no.

feel free to always come to my inbox, anon. 🖤

i agree completely with everything you wrote here.

i saw many people say he looks sad in the screenshots and yes, maybe that's part of it, but what i see is someone who is scared, afraid.

i think it's important to remember that what we see in this scene is something and someone that gale had to deal with for many years already. the power dynamic is extremely skewed with a ~40yo gale. now imagine an ~8yo gale in a situation like this.

she's insanely manipulative in this scene and it shows in the plain version already - if you know what to look for - but the moment gale steps even a toe out of the line she drew in the proverbial sand?

hoo boy. 💀

the devnotes of this scene only add to that as well.

i also think that the way she presents herself physically is important. she doesn't do it in the way that shar or vlaakith do it: larger than life. godly, in every way. there's a clear distinction there, between the mortal and the divine.

no, she chose to appear as human as possible. unassuming. non-threatening. calm and very rational. (as long as gale dances to her tune.)

and to me, that truly adds another layer that's insidious within the context of what happened in gale's story.

[canis-dies]

pulls out pointer, taps the chart

wisteria, despite being my older full sister, doesnt count because we're estranged. left to take care of pup.

nur is essentially the same age as me, but i didnt meet xem until last year. and im not related to her by blood. step siblings and all.

gin and i are half brothers. tbh ive been taking care of him long enough i forget the half part. just younger brother.

and pup is... ten... years younger than me...? and the tension with wisteria being his primary caregiver and us having... not a great relationship... makes it difficult to get close to him. at all

? my point being although im dead middle child of 5 i always felt the elder of one. lmao

pap subsys family tree

[ent-is-indecisive]

this is me doodling away to a fun lil au @trensu and i were spitballing, as we do. the jist (edited for readability):

blind and frozen by beast in black as a collab song between pop star Steve and metal star Eddie probably started as a publicity stunt. Eddie is abrasive about it at first and Steve's all bitchy.

Steve is writing about his breakup with famous reporter Nancy. It's supposed to be a dumb thing to stir up attention but then Steve starts to pour all his heartbreak into the lyrics they come up with together, and it's sincere, is the thing. Eddie can feel the ache of failed love in every word, watches Steve hurting over this, and watches him with his fans, adult and child alike, and how genuinely happy he is to see them. And Steve tells him that he likes knowing that he can brighten someone's day because life is shitty sometimes and people deserve nice things, and Eddie falls HARD.

Like the first time he sees Steve give an 8yo kid an autograph, Eddie melts because the kid sings him his favorite part of his favorite song and Steve sings along with him and Eddie is DYING. And then he gets to see Steve pull out his bitchy retorts when somebody trys to insult his fans (or maybe he had a young boy fan that was getting called unsavory things for being Steve's fan). Eddie didn't stand a chance really.

So there's all this PINING because Steve is obviously hung up on Nancy and Eddie is nothing like Nancy and the chances of Steve liking dudes are slim at best. But, the song works as catharsis for steve and he realises that he is less and less sad about nancy and on the opposite being slowly restored energy by working/talking to eddie.

Steve starts working on a love song for eddie and how great of a person he is and makes it a surprise either on an album they collab on or at a concert theyre both at. Because the thing about Eddie is that yeah he's nothing like Nancy except for his DRIVE and PASSION which are two traits Steve has always found attractive, doe eyed stubborn nerds make him weak in the knees. And he compares eddie to sunlight and eddie absolutely melts in a puddle when he hears the song which surprises everyone with the personna he usually has. There's an entire verse dedicated to his big doe eyes. (In Steve's album with the love song there's also a more risque song where Steve obsesses a bit over how Eddie works up a sweat on stage, leaving his skin dewy and delicious.)

[fictional-love-is-my-life]

Can u do a oneshot of Mirage x Reader?

The autobots and his SO is on a mission, taking place in the middle of the ocean. His s/o insisted to hop on their ship, (i guess cargo ship?) Because she's thalasophobic(fear of the sea). (A little backstory of her trauma: she went to the beach with her parents, she went snorkling then a decepticon like shark attacked someone bruttaly in the water, she watched everything bare eyes. Then she was almost the next victim, she was still 8yo btw).

She was being inconvenient on board, and acted strange when she gets near water. Mirage asked her why. She didnt tell him and said that everything was fine. Chaos began to happen on the ship, the ship was wrecked by that decepticon she had encountered before. Brings back her trauma and frozes her. The ship then fliped and her biggest nightmare happen. Diving in. She almost became a victim of the Con, but luckily Mirage saved her just on time. When they retreat back to base, his s/o still looked pale and frozen in a shocked face. Then Mirage comforts her, she told him what happened, how she got her trauma. Mirage asure her that she'll be fine and that he'll keep her safe

I just hv a lot goin on in my mind but i cant write it down :<

So it's not exactly the prompt, at least the ending isn't. But here it is. Endings are hard. Anyway, thanks for the request.

Mirage x human reader.

Warnings: Fear of water/sea, ptsd, trauma, panic, panicking in water, mention of gore.

~~~

A ship, why did it have to be a ship? Why couldn't they have flown? Better yet, why did you tag along?

Because you wanted to stay with Mirage, that's why. He's usually pretty busy, so you try to spend as much time with him as you can. He and the other bots had a mission that would take them away for weeks. You asked him to stay but knew he couldn't. So you joined him.

Now you were on a ship in the middle of the ocean. The worst place in the world.

You tried not to look at the water. Spending most of your time either hiding inside or burying your face into Mirage's armor. Anything to try and keep your mind off the ocean.

"Come on, why don't you take a look?" Mirage asked.

"No."

"It's just water. It's actually quite pretty."

"No!" You snapped.

"Babe, what is wrong? You asked to come along, but you just keep freaking out. What's going on?"Mirage asked, he was worried about you. But his tone sounded a little frustrated.

You didn't want to talk about it. You knew you probably should, but it was too haunting to discuss.

"Nothing's wrong, I'm fine. I think I'll just head inside."

You had been hugging Mirage's leg. Eyes shut tight. You let go and opened your eyes but kept them looking at the floor as you walked. The bots were too big to be inside, so they stayed outside on deck. You didn't like having to be on deck, but you had to if you wanted to see Mirage.

You tried to scurry away, ignoring Mirage as he called your name. You could hear the splashing of the waves, it was making your anxiety flare, making you want to rush inside.

Suddenly the ship lurched to the side. With no time to react you fell to the floor. Your hands and knees stinging from the impact.

Everyone around you began to panic, rushing around to try and find out what happened. Just as you tried to stand the ship lurched again, tilting slightly. Your heart pounded in your chest, panic rushing over you. You turned to face Mirage. He called out your name and reached an arm out towards you.

You took a step forward, wanting to race to the safety of Mirage's arms. Within a split second, the ship tilted, continuing over until being fully capsized. During the flip, your body fell. You felt weightless as you fell from the ship, your body quickly coming into contact with the sea below, harshly slamming into the cold water.

You thrashed around, panicked, trying desperatly to swim to the surface. Your clothes felt heavy, keeping you from swimming up. Your lungs stung from the lack of oxygen.

Then you saw it. Although the sea was dark, you could instantly recognize it. The large shape, the bright red eyes. You know now it was probably a Decepticon. But to you it's the nightmare from many years ago. The monster that keeps you from going near the sea.

It began to swim towards you. You screamed, the last of your oxygen escaping, the bubbles obscuring your vision.

This was it. It was your turn, it was coming straight for you. It was going to get you.

A large hand clasped around you, raising you, carrying you out of the deep waters. You coughed and gasped as you were brought to the surface, happy to breathe again.

"You alright baby? Just breathe ok!" Mirage's voice was a heavenly sound. You clutched at him, terrified if you let go you'd go back in the water. "It's ok, I gotcha."

Mirage hugged you to his chest. You could hear guns and blasting, but it sounded muffled. Your mind was on the beast below you and your near death escape.

"I shouldn't have come. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come." You cried.

"It's alright, you're ok."

"It came for me. It came back for me!"

"What did?"

"The monster. It came back for me!" You cried harder. Trying to bury yourself into Mirage's chest. He wrapped his servos around you tigtly.

"Hey, hey, you're ok. No one's come for you. Just breathe and try to relax."

Mirage held you tightly as you cried. Eventually the gunfire stopped. Some voices yelled out orders, but you weren't listening to what they said. Then everything fell silent. You took time to get your tears out. After a few minutes, you began to calm down. You opened your eyes and pulled back from Mirage.

You were still out at sea. Mirage and the others were sitting on the overturned ship. You briefly looked at the water, quickly turning away, your body beginning to shake with fear. Mirage used a digit to lift your face to look at him. He was looking down at you, worry clear on his face.

You decided you had to tell him.

You took your time telling him your history and the horrific events many years ago. While trying to hold back tears you told him how you saw the large metal shark tear someone apart in front of you, and how you had never stepped foot in the ocean since.

"I just wanted to be with you. But it almost got me." You croaked.

"Oh, baby. I'm so sorry you had to go through that. But I saved you, and I promise no matter what comes our way I will always keep you safe. I won't let anything or anyone hurt you. Besides sharky got shot to pieces. He ain't gonna be bothering anyone anymore. You could say he's 'sleeping with the fishes now'." Mirage laughed trying to do a fake mobster's accent. You giggled. No matter the situation he was always able to make you smile.

"Thank you Mirage. I know I am safe with you."

"Course you are baby. I'll protect you on land, sea, and air."

You stood on your tip toes to place a kiss on Mirage's lips. He gently stroked your back as you did.

"We need to flip the boat so we can go home. But I won't let you go, do you trust me?" Mirage asked.

"Yes." You nodded shakily. You trusted him, but you still felt uneasy.

Mirage held you tightly. You closed your eyes and stuck your head into his neck. At one point you felt water on your legs. You squeezed tighter onto Mirage. Mirage kept his servo on you the entire time, his presence making you feel better.

Soon the ship was right side up. Mirage sat back down on the deck, keeping you on his lap.

"You don't have to look baby. I'm going to take you home right now. I'll get you back to dry land, then never take you to the sea ever again. I promise." Mirage stated.

"Thank you Mirage." You whispered. Mirage stroked your back as the ship began to move.

Knowing the metal shark was dead was a relief and made you feel a lot better. The thought of the ocean still terrified you. You didn't know if there were any more or any other dangerous things in it. And you didn't want to find out. But having Mirage by your side made it easier. His presence was reassuring and you knew that he would keep you safe. Although, you also hoped he would keep his promise and keep you far away from the sea.

And maybe the next time he had to go on a mission that revolved around water, you would just stay home.

[thelesbianpoirot]

i don't really care about taylor swift one way or the other, but i love the fact the biggest celeb on earth rn is a woman who overwhelmingly dresses "comfortably" (outside of her dancing leotards you rarely if ever see her in something skin-tight or lowcut/etc, if you get me) and wears only "normal" makeup as opposed to drag queen makeup, etc. she's just a celeb to us, but to little girls growing up and seeing her that's GOT to have a mental impact. when i was growing up it was heroin chic kate moss super skinny, and it's never left me, the idea that i need to be under 100lb to have worth. i really hope all those millions of 8yo's looking at taylor singing her lil songs looking human have that imprinted on their psyche forever too.

I agree. I couldn't even pretend to give a fuck about Taylor, but the way people are obsessed with painting her like she's the devil, or that she is uniquely untalented has a lot to do with her image. For all the shaming they try to do with her dating life, she is pretty clean cut. They complain she is for basic white b*tches or say they hate her because of her carbon foot print, ignoring beyonce has sweatshops making her clothing for her fashion line or the impact of fenti. She is no different than any other wealthy celebrity. She's still very feminine, but in a closer to natural than the beauty standards of today. She's like 90s celebrity feminine, and she still has to diet, exercise, wear makeup, go to stylists, have micro procedures etc. I think it's one of the reasons people hate her. In a few ways she won't changed for them. She looks older, but generally the same as the day she entered the industry. This is quite the feat. I notice she is one of the few big named female popstars that gay men don't worship. Too many men say how much they hate her and how mediocre she is. And this is coming from men who worship Charlie XCX. And a large amount of libfem women hate her with a childish unfounded passion, while licking the boot of any untalented man or popstar sing explicitly about dick loving. Little girls and young women being obsessed with Taylor Swift isn't a problem, it's an improvement, just a few years ago they would be obsessed with a boyband, Justin Bieber or one direction. Swiftees aren't more unhinged or annoying than biebers, directioners or the beehive were/are.

However, I have to say, She isn't gay, people who think she is a closet lesbian are delusion on the level of flat earthers. That is my only beef with swifties.

It is hard to recover from the desire to be sickly skinny because it never really goes out of style. People are enamored with women looking like we're on the verge of dying, the only difference today is they want you to get a butt implant attached to your withering frame. People are going to the surgeon for hollowed out cheeks. Dickensian Orphan aesthetics pop back up every few years.

[sailing-ever-west]

👉👈 hey so uh. I made an AU. and extra Vinsmokes.

Meet Goju and Rokuji, Sanji's 8yo siblings made using Sora's stored DNA, whom he only finds out about when he comes back during Whole Cake Island! They become the first reason he feels like he can't leave, because even though they're likely already horrible like his brothers, they're just kids, and he can't bear to leave them in the hands of Judge. It's also part of what pushes him to come back to Luffy, because he needs someone to make sure the kids are taken care of if he gets killed.

My ideas for their powers so far are Vice Violet: her grip is inescapable so she uses grappling to fight, and Blinding White: he can flashbang people basically lol

Judge is pretty sure they're even more perfect and emotionless than the first batch, but Goju has a protective streak and Rokuji is endlessly curious, they've just become very good at hiding it to survive.

Not totally sure where the plot of this would go but it sure would make things extra complicated for Sanji and I would LOVE to explore that.

[legacyshenanigans]

The Gaunt Brothers🐍

8yo Ominis / 14yo Marvolo

Ominis: *Comes in from outside, crying*

Marvolo: (??) What's wrong?

Ominis: I tripped and fell, and hurt my knee *sniffles*

Marvolo: *sigh* Come here. Sit down.

Ominis: *feels out a chair and sits down on it*

Marvolo: *kneels down and looks at his knee seeing a cut and its bleeding* It's bleeding a little.

Ominis: AM I GOING TO DIE?!

Marvolo: *chuckles* No don't be silly, you're not going to DIE. Jesus wept.. *cleans up the cut, then applies magic ointment that closes up the cut in an instant* There..Better?

Ominis: ...Yes, thank you, Volo.

Marvolo: You're welcome. Be CAREFUL out there, Ominis. For goodness sake.

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