#it's like friendship but with. romance. hey does anyone fucking know what romance is by the way

[loverboybrightsideghost]

i think i understand dating now. you find a person that seems cool and you become their friend but in a romantic way until you. actually love them. yes?

[shipsdoishipidk]

Dick, hissing: I am sick and tired of him. He always shows up out of nowhere and what does he do? Nothing! He’s always just follows me around going ‘Robin, your punch on the right is weak, you aim for the heart.’ ‘Nightwing, your snark is like a rabbit with fangs.’ ‘Little bird, did you just get out of bed because I could take you right now.’ And ‘you’re dripping sweat- Wally: ‘-am I working you too hard?’ Dick: Yes! You understand! Roy: Uh no. No we don’t. It’s all in the “how to flirt with your oblivious fellow hero counterpart” book. Dick: W-what? There’s-what? Raven: yes, it’s quite…collective. Dick: WHO WOULD EVEN WRITE SOMETHING LIKE THAT?! Gar: Dude it’s written by a bunch of thugs and villains. It’s like famous. Even the Joker added stuff to it. Dick: oh my god why would Slade even read that?! Wally: Dick. My buddy. My bro. My ship in friendship. C’mon. Dick: what-it’s not like he’s trying to flirt. Garth: *turning to the group* and this is why there’s "oblivious" in the title. Dick: *flustered* hey! Fine, even if he is, why would he read a "how to romance" book? Roy: Now we’re asking the right questions. Dick, he doesn’t read it. He’s the source of inspiration. Dick: Wha- Roy: A bunch of thugs got tired of seeing him flirting with you and started complaining about it at the villains' bar. One of them got the really dumb or maybe really smart idea to write a self-help book about all the pick up lines Slade’s used on you over the years. Dick: No. Roy: Yup. Dick: No. no. There’s no way. I would’ve noticed. If someone was flirting with me all these years, I would’ve noticed! Wally: Really? Thanks for noticing then. Roy: And not saying anything. Dick: What? Garth: *shoving Roy and Wally* Nothing! Get your butt tootalooting out of here. You have business to catch up on. Dick: *getting shoved out the door and having it slammed shut behind him* I- Raven: That worked out great. Gar: Yeah! Wait no! I thought we didn’t want them together? Garth: Yeah that was the plan. I guess it just slipped out. We have a bigger problem now. Wally: what? Garth: Who’s gonna tell Batman that Dick knows about Slade’s interests now? Roy: Wally: Gar: Raven: Roy, Wally, Garth, and Gar: ICALLNOTIT Roy, Wally, Garth, and Gar:... Wally: Raven? Raven: *Glaring* Wally: Yup, yeah, okay, that’s fine too. Roy: *packing his bow* whatever, I’ve got a suitor to hunt down. Wally: Me too. Gar: I’m gonna hang out with Raven, bye! Gar and Raven: *disappearing* Garth: hey, anyone? Garth: *dragging out the communicator* Why is it always me? Garth: …actually you know what? Fuck Batman. Enjoy your new fresh hell, you possessive fuck. We’re all gonna be in it.

[fangirlstorycreator]

Alastor X Reader

Context: Alastor saves you, and you both, surprisingly grow closer. When you defend him from an old aquatence of his, Alastor's fondness for you grows. But when you find yourself in danger, Alastor will stop at nothing to get you back, especially when your in the hands of one of his enemies...

Contains: Asexual Alastor, Asexual Reader, but romance is involved, swearing, mentions of injury, kidnap, attempted sexual assault, hypnosis, Not for minors

P.S. Anytime you see writing in red, that is when Alastor is speaking with his static demonic radio voice

Part 2/4

Days had passed since you spoke to Alastor, and quite frankly, you didn't want to talk to him right now. You would never think to do something to him or manipulate him into doing something against his will, just like many overlords tend to do. Anyway, there were times you happend to catch sight of him when he wandered the halls, and it was bizarre. Because every time you saw him, weather he was walking from one room to another, helping Nifty out of the toilet again, or just wondering through the hotel, his complete concentration was on the book you leant him, An Inspector Calls. He had his head buried in that thing, paying little to no attention to anyone who walked past him, it seemed he genuinely liked the book. But that aside, you didn't speak to him, at all, you were still a little annoyed about the other day when he dragged you into his room. So you did everything you could to distract yourself from Alastor, and that day, coming down the stairs one afternoon, Angel was at the bottom putting on Fat Nuggets harness, when he saw you, smiling at you happily.

"Heya toots! I was gunna take little nugs hear for a walk. Wanna come?"

"Sure, why not"

"Sweet. Let's go"

You didn't see, but as you left the hotel, Alasor had watched you leave, smile still beaming, but his eyes spoke a different emotion. On your walk around the city, you and Angel chatted happily about your times at the hotel, and what he was having to do at work.

"Val seriously makes you do that?"

"Oh fuck yeh! That descustin smoke of his can turn into ropes, or chains, and it can force me to do whatever the fuck he wants me to do. Most of the time I just pretend I like it, otherwise I'll get some more bruises. Did you know he can hypnotise too? But only once he's kissed yah, that fuckin pink saliva of his is gross!"

"Oh Angel, that's awful. I'm so sorry you have to go through that"

"Ah it's alright, drugs help. But anyway, I've noticed you and Al ain't been talkin much. Whats up with that?"

"It's...it's nothing really"

"Ah come on toots, it's alright, I'm a good listener"

"......It's just that....I thought me and Alastor had a friendship"

"I didn't think he had any of those. I'm just kiddin baby, carry on"

"After I saw him fall alseep, and put a blanket on him so he'd stay warm.....I guess he....saw that as me attempting to break his trust, and that I was doing it to make him weaker"

"Ah, that's just Al, don't take it to personal babe. Alastor's got enemies everywhere, I'm surprised he ain't accused everyone in the hotel at this point. Just don't let it get to yeh toots, if he's got any brain cells in that head of his, he'll work out that you ain't like that"

"Thank's Angel, that does help. Say, did you know Alastor can create and use tentacles?"

"He what?! I didn't know that! I won't lie to yah, it sounds kinda hot"

"Aaand that's because you've told me how much you like bondage Angel"

"Yeehhh...I bet tentacles can do all sorts of things....Hey! There's that toy place I told yah about! You wanna come in and see it?"

"Nah I'm ok, I'll just wait outside for you"

"Are the sure babe? Little nugs loves when you walk with us"

"I know, and I love doing it. I'll be right outside, you can let him pick a new toy"

"Alright babe, I'll be a few minutes"

You leaned against the wall when Angel and Fat Nuggets entered the shop, just wanting a little quiet from all the sex talk Angel kept going on about. You rub at your eyes, then your temple, slight headache brewing. You were glad the walk was almost over, and just wanted to relax at the hotel.

"Hey there pretty lady......whatcha doin out hear, all on your own?"

Asked this creep, drool running down the left side of his chin, one hand on his belt, the other on his hip, attempting to look attractive.

"I'm contemplating weather to burn down the V's entire enterprise, what do you think I'm doing? I'm waiting for my friend, and I'm not in the mood to chat right now"

"Ahh...a smart one are you? Why don't you use that quick little mouth you've got, to give me a blowy behind the shop?"

"I would rather walk barefoot over a field of lego pieces. Piss off you creep"

"Awww, does the naughty little lady need a big strong man to punish her?"

"Considering your hands are smaller than mine, you really aren't that threatening you unsharpened pencil"

"Hey! I ain't no pencil!"

"Ughh. If there was a disease that ate peoples brains to survive, it would starve if it got locked in the empty skull of yours"

"Oh yeh? Well say that to my fucking gun bitch!"

This asshole pulled out his gun, pointing right in your face as you flinched, and yet, no bullet was fired. Opening your eyes, the gun in this guys hand had been wrapped around and was tightening in a black tentacle, squeezing tighter and tighter, causing the creep to fall to his knees in pain. That's when Alastor walks up to him, staring him down with his dark expression.

"Oh ho ho......you made a veeery big mistake there....sinner.......Noone......I repeat......NOONE HARMS THIS WOMAN!!"

"(Screams in pain) Hey I'm-I'm sorry alright?! I didn't know she was-"

"SHE IS MY FRIEND!! You'll do well to remember that......"

His tentacle tightened one last time, breaking the gun and snapping the creeps wrist like a twig. His screams of pain could practically be heard in all the streets of pentagram city.

"Now......leave......BEFORE I KILL YOU!!!"

This guy couldn't get to his feet quick enough, clutching at his broken wrist as he spead in the opposite direction, you think he even wet himself a little too.

"Hey toots! I'm sorry I didn't know you was gettin mugged out hear! Nice one smiles, seems I got to see your tentacles in action! Super hot..."

"Hmm....not what I liked refer to my...appendages Angel, but never mind. Are you alright my dear? He didn't hurt you did he?"

"No no, I'm fine. Thank's....you didn't have to do that"

"But of course I did. A young lady should not have to face a danger on her own, absolutely not. Angel?"

"Alright, before you say anythin Alastor, I was on my way out to help Y/N"

"That is not what I was goin to say. Angel, I wish to speak with Y/N alone, if you wouldn't mind? I will make sure she is safely escorted back to the hotel"

"Uh? You alright with this toots?"

"Yeh it's fine. I'll see you later Angel"

"Alright, I'll see yas later"

Angel walked Fat Nuggets down the street, allowing you and Alastor to talk alone.

"And I thought Angel would kick up a fuss. It seems he is not as annoying as usual, I'll have you to thank for that"

"What do you want Alastor?"

"Ah...yes, I do remember how things were left between us....might we take a walk? I wish to tell you my side"

".......fine......"

"Wonderful"

For the first few minutes of your walk back with Alastor, there was just silence, not uncomfortable, just silent.

"So.....I'd just like to thank you for allowing me the time to tell you my side"

"It's fine..."

"Alright......I apologise"

"Huh?"

"I apologise for my behaviour. I thought hard about your words, and what you were trying to do for me, and for that, I apologise. I must confess, I have had enemies throughout my life as a human and an overlord, infact, I've had more enemies than freshly made jambalaya dishes!"

"Ok...."

"And I......I assumed, because of my past, and those in it, that....everyone is a potential threat. I've only known one person whome I trusted dearly, and....and I don't wish to talk about them right now. But what I can tell you, is that my actions were uncalled for, and the way I spoke to you and treated you that day I brought you too my room, was very bad of me"

"I felt hurt that you thought I was a threat to you Alastor. You've been nice to me, and all I wanted to do was return the favour. Show you my appreciation, show you that I care"

"And I know that now.....I haven't.....I haven't had anyone hear in hell......see me in, what I think of as a vulnerable position.....and do anything that would give me safety. Most evil beings would take that chance to harm me...take my staff....anything cruel..."

"But I'm not like that Alastor"

"I know.....I know that now. You have shown me through your actions and kind words, that I should not.....I should not have questioned your motives.....maybe, in time.....I can learn to trust another....trust you"

"I hope for that too...."

Even though he never stopped smiling, this one he was giving you felt more genuine. It was his eyes, there weren't focused or judging, they were calm and relaxed. And his demeanor was a happy one now that he could talk to you again, it got easier and easier to speak to him on the way back to the hotel, it was just nice to feel like you weren't his enemy again. The last thing you'd want, is to be his enemy, infact you...actually liked him...more than you were letting on. He was a true gentleman back at the hotel, and he showed you that he wanted to regain your trust by showing you his radio station.

According to him, when he was showing you how he connects to his radio, he had not allowed anyone else in this area, not even Charlie. You felt honoured, like the trust was slowly building back up again, and what better way for him to to show you that, than by allowing you into his safe space, when noone else had been there before. You and Alastor laughed, talked and discussed his radio, and he even showed you how to tune it to find the right frequency, it was lovely. After the few hours in his radio room, you both went to the lobby with everyone else, to take part in yet another activity Charlie had planned, and thanks to you asking him nicely, Alasotr actually joined in with this one. But he wouldn't do it with anyone else, just you. Angel tried to push his luck in this second round of trust falls, by aiming for Alastor, but as quick as a flash, his shadow engulfs him, and moves his body to where you are stood, making Angel fall on his ass. And yet, when you did it, Alastor caught you, without any hesitation.

"Wow Alastor! You did the trust fall! And caught someone! I'm so proud of you"

"Why thank you Charlie. I couldn't let our dear Y/N possibly hurt herself in that exercise, could I?"

You could overhear Angel muttering about Alastor as he walked to the bar.

"Fuckin asshole..."

You just chuckled, Angel knew Alastor wouldn't catch him, it's not exactly surprising.

"Now then! I do believe it's time for me to exit the hotel for my overlords meeting. Take care Charlie, I'll see you very soon Y/N"

"Buy Alastor"

You say before he leaves, you didn't know overlords had meetings? Course, being a sinner, you didn't know much about overlords, other than not to mess with them. Except for Vox, he was just being an asshole the day you kicked him in the balls, overlord or not, he was a real dickhead. The rest of the afternoon was pretty slow, and you didn't feel like hanging out in the big group, so you slipped away to your room. Lying on your bed and reading another book, an idea formed in your mind, after reading two characters exchange gifts to show their appreciation for eachother. And you wondered, if you could do that for Alastor? To show him that he is important to you, especially after apologising for his behaviour. Why not? Having a think, you write a few ideas on your notepad, grab your handbag, coat and shoes, and make your way out of the hotel and towards the shopping centre in pentagram city. Unfortunately, most of the shops there, were quite modern, not something Alastor would enjoy anything from, he was far more old fashioned than this. Taking a walk around, you find an antique shop, perfect! It smelled of oak and old clothes in hear, the shop was quite dark, small, but was totally Alastor's aesthetic. You wave to the shop owner to let him know that your there, then started to browse. Nothing much caught your eye when you first looked, and you knew what you wanted to get him before you left, it was just a matter of finding something like it. Then there, out of the corner of your eye, under a stack of boxes and news papers, a flicker of colour. Moving the things out of the way, there you saw it, the perfect thing to give to Alastor. A few hours later back at the hotel, Alastor had yet to come back, and it was only you and Angel chatting in the lobby.

"So like, nothin? No sexy thoughts or feelin's at all?"

"Nope"

"That's so strange, not bad toots, just strange. Comin from me who loves sex, it's kinda hard to wrap my head around someone who don't like that kinda thing"

"I can't deny, I did feel like a freak when I was growing up, like the odd one out. But as I got older, I didn't care. So what if I'm different? I'd rather be my real self that pretend to be something I'm not"

"Hell yeh baby! I love that you don't give a fuck! And again, sorry for when I tried it on with yah before. Your gorgeous and...I thought..."

"Angel, it's fine, I promise"

"So uh, if you don't mind me askin? What are you into?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you say you don't like sex or anythin like that, but don't yah like to feel anythin physical?"

"Oh of course I do"

Unbeknownst to you and Angel, Alastor come back, but is very quiet as he slips past you. But he does linger when he begins to hear this part of the conversation.

"Sex isn't something I like, but that's not to say everything physical is uncomfortable for me. Holding someone's hand, hugging, even big bear hugs, I love those"

Alastor remains out of sight, but listens even more.

"Feeling wanted and cared for, it's a wonderful feeling. I'm not going to lie, the best feeling in the world to me, is when I'm lying in bed with a special someone, they're holding me, and I'm resting my head on their chest....I can't describe how amazing that feeling is...but it's better than perfect"

"Aww that's sweet toots. And what about kissin?"

"Kissing...I do enjoy that too. But, it has to be with someone who understands me and my boundaries, not just some random person on a night out. And it doesn't have to be all hot and dirty like most people do with a one night stand. But I do like it...slow...gentle...like the rest of the world is faiding out around me, and all that's left is me and him. Passionate...sensual....like I'm the only one in the world that matters...."

"....Well......holy fuckin shit baby.....that's gotta be the most romantic thing I've ev'a heard. To be honest, the way you describe that, sounds better than a good hard fuck!"

"Uh, thanks Angel (giggle) And thanks for listening, it's nice not to have anymore awkwardness between us anymore"

"I agree, and I ain't even annoyed with Al anymore. I can see why he hit me when I was sayin that stuff to yah"

"Yeh, sorry about him doing that"

"Ain't nothin to be sorry about toots, it's obvious the guy cares about yah"

At that moment, Alasor slips away and towards his room.

"Are you working tonight?"

"Nah, thank fuck! Mr and Cherri are goin to a club to get fucked up. Wanna come?"

"No thanks, but you enjoy"

"Oh I will baby (his phone vibrates) Hey! That's Cherri now! She says 'I'm out side you fuckin light weight' Ah, I love that bitch. A'right, I'll see yah lat'ah roots!"

And he was out of the hotel before you could say his name. It was nice clearing the air with Angel, it was awkward with him after he hit on you, but now you were friends, and he understood your boundaries. Getting up and grabbing a drink from the bar, you notice Alastor's radio stick is leaning against the bar. That's strange? He never leaves the hotel without it, that must mean he's home. Using your sence of decency, you take it and make your way to to his room. You know that if it was left around, others in the hotel might use it to fuck around. Knocking on Alastor's door, you wait patiently for him to open it. When he does, you can tell by the look in his eyes, that he is genuinely happy to see you.

"Ah! Hello my dear. I see you spotted my staff"

"Yes, I didn't want it to get lost, or fall into Angel's hands. You remember what he said about it last time?"

"Oh yes, that he would like to (looks away uncomfortably) Use it like a dancing pole"

"Yep. So, hear you go. I'll give you some peace"

Turning to walk away, your suddenly stopped when Alastor gentle rests his hand on your shoulder.

"Wait"

"What's wrong Alastor?"

"Nothing my dear.....I was just wondering....if you would care to partake in a night cap with me? I have a lovely beverage I have just prepared...it would be lovely to share in your company"

"That...sounds lovely Alastor, thank you"

Opening the door for you a little more, you entered his room, this time not dragged in by a tentacle. This time around, instead of just seeing Alastor, you were able to see his room in more detail. It definitely felt like him in hear, the colours, the books, animal skulls and candles. And yet, it wasn't unpleasant, this was just his room.

"Hear we are my dear, freshly made"

"Thank you Alastor. (Takes a sip) Oh! That's lovely! It's almost...chocolatey? Or maybe hazelnut?"

"Yes. I remember you telling me that you liked that flavour. So I made this for you specially"

"That's so sweet, you didnt have to do that. Are you drinking the same thing? It looks darker than mine"

"Ah, I do indeed have something different. I'm afraid I'm not a fan of sweets, I much prefer a savory beverage"

"Ok then. (Takes another sip) So when did you get back? I didn't hear you come through the lobby"

"I arrived a short while ago, but I came hear to make this night cap. I did not wish to disturb anyone. And that meeting was a rather long one, quite frankly I did not wish to converse anymore than I needed too"

"Then, why did you invite me in? If you didn't want to talk anymore""

"Conversing with the overlords is far more different than speaking with someone whose company I actually enjoy"

"Aww, that's sweet Alastor"

"Thank you"

".........So.......I actually was hoping to see you tonight Alastor"

"Oh really? How interesting! Do tell me why"

"Since I've been hear in hell, I've found it very hard to be around people, talk...trust. And with you....I want you to know that I do trust you. I enjoy being around you"

".....You......trust me?"

"Yes, I do. And, to show you that I mean it...(reaches into back pocket) I wanted to give you something. It's only small, but it's to show my appreciation. (Hands it to him) A gift from me"

It's wrapped up in this parchment paper, but Alastor takes great care in opening it, carefully and not tearing it too much. His eyes change, look almost like a little doe, cute, big shiny eyes. He sees that the little gift you've given him, is a little keychain, with a little red radio attached. Just like the one he has in his tower.

"Oh my......"

"I know it's not anything big but, I saw it and thought of you. I hope you like it"

"My dear sweet Y/N.......this is beautiful (holds it up and admires it).....I don't know how to thank you"

"There's no need to. I just wanted to show you how much you mean to me"

His eyes met yours, sweet, calm, not like he's looked like previously. It's strange that it's only with you that he smiles with his eyes, not just his mouth.

"My dear......I have not felt this kind of comfort since I was alive....and that was my mother. I...I do not yet feel ready to speak about her, but I want you to know that there have only been two people I have felt comfortable with in my life and afterlife. My mother, and you"

"Oh Alastor, that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me"

"You deserve to be told sweeter things my dear.....in fact you.....you deserve....better things..."

"I'm sorry, what do you mean?"

"I.......I wish to show you....my appreciation..."

He walks over to his small radio on his table, turns the dial, and this beautiful slow jazz music comes on, filling the room with a delightful, happy warmth. When Alastor turns back to you, he clicks his fingers, magically opens his balcony door to the night sky, and offers you his hand.

"Care to share a dance?"

"You want to dance with me? But I, I don't know how, I'm a little embarrassed"

"Don't be, it's just you and me...let me show you..."

Not feeling uneasy about him offering you his hand, you take it, and he slowly and gently pulls you in close to him.

"Do I have your permission to rest my other hand on your hip?"

"(Chuckle) Yes, you can"

Again, he is very gentle and slow, making sure you are comfortable with him touching you. When your the one who should be asking him, shouldn't you? Usually it's Alastor who doesn't like physical contact, and will not allow others to touch him, and yet, hear he was, leading you into a slow dance around his room, holding you close and guiding you through the steps. With the music playing in the background, and him keeping eye contact with you, it felt as if there was nothing else, like the only things to exist in this world right now, were him and you. The more you danced, the more confidence each of you became. You'd laugh lightly when he spins you, as does he, watching the pure happiness in your face, your enjoyment was also his. Lost in the music, you didn't know how long you'd been dancing with him, and nor did you care, it was wonderful. In your moves and spins, you both ended up out on the balcony, under the red stary sky, the air warm, but just the right amount of breeze to bring goosebumps to your arms. The music was still heard loud and clear out there, and feeling this bond with Alastor was truly amazing, and he did look very handsome under the red starlight. Both feeling a little danced out, the music slowed, and so did you and Alastor. Now, he just held your hand in his, swaying with you slowly from side to side, still not looking away.

"I never knew you could dance Alastor"

"Oh, I have many skills my dear. Dancing was one of my favourite ways to pass time when I was alive"

"And now?"

"Now.....it's much more pleasurable....knowing that I have the perfect dance partner"

"I'm not sure perfect is the right word to describe me. I know for a fact that I stepped on your foot at least twice"

"Practice makes perfect my dear, I myself was not always as skilled in this art as I am today. It makes a very pleasant change to dance again. I would not wish for any other person to dance with"

"That's so kind Alastor...thank you"

The moment was calm, the music still slowly playing in the background. Alastor glanced over to his hand that held yours, sighing in a relaxed way, interlocking his fingers with yours.

"I have something I must reveal to you my dear..."

"...Yes?..."

"I.....I did arrive at the hotel tonight....when you were conversing with Angel......"

"Oh? (Blushing and looking away, embarrassed) how um...how much did you hear?"

"...Enough....why are you avoiding my gase my dear?"

"Because I'm embarrassed"

His hand reaches to your chin, turning your face to look him in the eyes.

"Don't be....you spoke about what you like...what you enjoy....and it was very sweet. You...are very sweet. I....I listened, and.....I wanted....to be...that special someone...for you..."

Raising your eyebrows in suprise, you never thought Alastor would be saying anything like this to you.

"Alastor...I...I don't know what to say..."

"Then allow me to ask you two questions....1....If you care for me, like I care for you....may I have the pleasure, a chance...to be your special someone?"

Oh my god! This was so adorable! You'd never seen Alastor be like this! And you could tell it was genuine by the look in his eyes.

"...Alastor...I...........I would like that......very much"

"Ah! Oh that's a wonderful thing to hear. I promise I will show you that I do indeed care for you, above anyone else hear"

".....You uh...you said you had two questions?"

"I did....Y/N.....(his fingers brushing against your cheek)......As long as you want it....and with your permission......I would very much like to kiss you"

"Oh......Alastor........are you sure you want to? I know this kind of physical contact-"

"It is something I would not normally do. Unless it was with the right person......a person whome I trusted. So, my dear...if you'll have me....I'm yours..."

Your heart felt lighter when he told you that, you couldn't help but feel so happy, you seem to finaly have someone who wants the same thing as you, who wants you, and it was Alastor! Nodding to let him know that you would very much like that, his gases softened even more, moving himself a little closer. You couldn't get any words out of you if you tried, the way he expressed his feelings to you made you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, and it would appear his lips would be even better. Delicately closing the gap between you, with his hand cupping your cheek, his lips pressed to yours, gentle, a sweet and slow peck kiss at first. But once, he finaly flet your touch, his head tilted a little and he kissed you even deeper, no tounge, but there didn't need to be. It was passionate, needy, and made your head spin, if it wasn't for his other hand holding you, you'd be sure your legs would wobble and lose their strength. The moment you both slowly pulled away, it seemed as if neither of you wanted it to end, as if your lips were powerful magnets.

"I........I cannot remember I time where I......enjoyed.....wanted...to kiss someone....what is this hold you have over me?"

"(Giggle) I can't possibly tell you what your feeling, it's your body, your mind"

"And you dear Y/N....have bewitched both of them....your lips...they are softer than I had imagined"

"You've imagined my lips?"

"Does a man not imagine what paradise would feel like?"

"(Giggle) For an overlord, your very sweet, you know that?"

"Let's just keep that between you and me, hm? I wouldn't want any other overlords thinking that about me. Now my dear, is there anything else you wish to do? It is quite late, I did not know if you wished to retire to your room"

"I'm not, that tired. What about you?"

"Certainly not. As you know too well, my sleep schedule is all over the place"

"Ok...how about we just relax and maybe discuss the book I gave you?"

"Ah! An inspector calls! It would very much please me to discuss it with you! I myself have read it all the way through now, but I do have questions"

"Ask away (He puts his arm around your back, leading you inside) I'm guessing your going to ask me about what the inspector does in the end?"

"Oh absolutely! Oh, and....if...there are moments we may be able to...share another kiss....would that be alright with you?"

"Let me save you the trouble Alastor, you don't have to ask me. Just know that I want you to do that, whenever you like"

"Wonderful! Aha!"

Alastor closes the balcony doors behind him, happy that both you and him have started a wonderful new chapter in each of yours after lives. However, while it was all good for you two, unbeknownst to either of you, someone had been watching you from a building the whole time, someone who hated Alastor, and after your interaction with him, now had a grudge against you too. Vox. His face flickered with static, shouting and swearing to himself as he left the building he had been spying in. How dare his nemesis be happy? It was his job to tear Alastor apart, and instead, Alastor was happy in his stupid hotel. Vox had enough, storming to the V tower, still shouting and swearing in anger, bursting through Valentino's doors, seeing him smoking on his sofa.

"God fucking damn it!"

"What's up with you? Did your wifi cut out while you stroking your dick again?"

"Shut the fuck up Val!!

"Oooooh! Someone's being a pouty little bitch"

"Gguuhhh! I fucking hate him!"

"Who?"

"Who do you think, asshole? Fucking Alastor!"

"Ugh, him again. What's he done this time? Breathe?"

"No! Mother fuckers happy!"

"Huh? Vox, he's always happy. He smiles every second of the fucking day"

"Yeh! But he's happy in another way!"

"Ok, I'm missing a few details Vox"

"That.. asshole...has gone and got himself a little girlfriend"

"Alastor? Alastor the radio demon? Vox, are you sure you saw the right guy?"

"Oh! Just cuz you can't see anything further than your fucking hands, doesn't mean we're all as blind as you!"

"Oh chill out! I was just asking!"

"I know, I know. Sorry, alright? I just can't stand the fact that he has someone"

"Wait a second Vox.....you said girlfriend?"

"Yes"

"That means Alastor is her boyfriend?"

"Yes!"

"And he.....likes her.....wants her...needs her?"

"Are you fucking deaf too Val?! Yes! They were all lovey dovey, kissing and dancing in the hotel. Fucking bastard"

"But wait Vox, this may be a good thing!"

"Oh really? How the fuck can you see anything good about another person being on Alastor's side?"

"Think about it....(Stands up, twirling his cigarette) Have you ever seen Alastor be that close to anyone before?"

"Well, no"

"Has he been out with her in public? Protected her from anyone? Shown to the public that she is someone whome he likes?"

"Well yeh, when I saw him on the street, mother fucker didn't wanna fight me because she was there! Then! The bitch kicked me in the god damn balls!"

"Mmm...feisty....I like a girl who can fight back..."

"Get to the point Val!"

"Well...the fact that we haven't seen Alastor behave this way with anyone else...(starts circling Vox) Means this connection he has with her is strong...stronger than anyone else he's associated with.....he's let his guard down with her...."

"Which means he's vulnerable.....he has a weakness...."

"And we...can use that to our advantage..."

"Val, you fucking genius! That's it! The way to get to Alastor, is through her!"

"Now, how are we gunna do that?"

"Uhh, I'm thinking. Think think think.....Oh! One of your whores lives with both of them! Angel! We can use him!"

"Good idea, but, if I know that little whore, he won't want to do something to his friend. Unless I make him work every day for a month?"

"I've got an idea. Bring Angel in tomorrow, and I'll handle the rest"

"What are you going to do to Angel?"

"Let's just say, I'm very persuasive. And with the right...look...I'll get him doing anything I want. Tomorow, I'll take care of Angel. And you, I need you to prepare some of that strong stuff...you know....the shit that makes you light headed?"

"Ooooh....it would be my pleasure.....

Meanwhile, back at the hotel, you and Alastor had been spending at least 2 hours discussing the book you loved, as well as others you've recommended to him, whilst sat together on his bed. He loved speaking to you about this, noone else in the hotel found reading as interesting or fascinating as you.

"So? Who do you think was the killer?"

"I simply cannot think of a single person! They all have an interesting tie to the young girls death, it's hard to choose anyone, especially as it seems that they are all involved"

"But do you see what I mean now? That it's one of those books you can come back too? Enjoy again and again?"

"Oh absolutely! Infact! (Walks to his bookshelf, coming back with another book) I seem to have acquired another one of your favourites while I was out for a stroll the other day. (Sits back on the bed with you) Hear you go, I hope you like it"

"(Gasp!) The Hobbit! This IS my favourite! I can't believe you remembered!"

"But of course! I listen very carefully to our interactions my dear. And when I happened upon this in the shop window, I simply could not pass it buy"

"Thank you so much Alastor. (Stifling a yawn) I wanna read it right now"

"Now? But my dear sweet Y/N, your eyes are ever so heavy. And you've been trying to hide your yawns too"

"I guess I'm not good at hiding them am I?"

"I'm afraid not"

"But I'm really enjoying myself with you. I don't want to go to bed yet"

"Hm? How about we compromise?"

"With what?"

"Lay down with me, allow me to hold you, let you get nice and comfortable. And I shall read this book to you until you fall asleep"

"Aww Alastor, that's a lovely idea. But aren't I going to stop you from sleeping? I wouldn't want to be in your personal space"

"Not at all! Why, you know I do not sleep most nights, in fact, the night you found me on the hotel sofa, was the last night I had a decent sleep. But worry not, I will be more than happy to have you in my company...and my arms"

"Alastor, has anyone ever told you, your such a romantic?"

"Aha, no, I'm afraid not. But hearing those words fall from your soft inviting lips is better than music to my ears. (Leans in and gives you a sweet peck to the lips) Now then, if you'd like to lay down with me, we can get nice and comfortable"

Even when he was lead down, Alastor was as straight as a pencil, legs together and arms folded.

That is, until he had his hand out to you and brought you down to him. Snugling in close, reasting your head on his chest and putting one arm over him. His own arm looped around your back to hold you closer, his other hand holding the book up, turning the pages with his thumb.

"Oh...your so warm"

"Aha, I always am my dear. Do tell me, are you comfortable?"

"Very"

"Delightful. Let's begin"

Turning to page one with his thumb, he started to read, and you happily closed your eyes, listening to him.

"Ahem. Chapter 1. In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an ozzy smell, not yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat. It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort"

It didn't take long for Alastor's calming voice, the slow jazz music in the background and the warmth radiating from him, to send you into a deep sleep. Infact, Alastor has barley made it past chapter 3 before he noticed you had fallen asleep. But he didnt mind. He chuckled, seeing you so relaxed. So he carried on reading to himself, not wanting to move or disturb you, just enjoying this bizarrely blissful moment. Bizarre, because who in hell can say they've had a wonderful time? Well, it would seem that now both you and him can indeed say that.

Link to part 3

[picathartidae]

Tav/Durge Ask Meme

17. Looking in a mirror

20. Can’t fit into a small hole

35. How would your Tav/Durge greet a player character if they were a companion at low, neutral, high, or romanced approval?

38. If a player character asks them to consider consuming tadpoles or using the Astral tadpoles, how would your Tav/Durge respond?

25-34* party banter with (romanced companion) and/or (best friend)

*Dealer's Choice/Choose one you'd like to answer*

Thank you so much for these! I had way too much fun trying to think of my answers.

(Small warning; Alassane, my Dark Urge, tends to swear like a sailor, sorry in advance for that.)

17. Looking in a mirror

"Huh... not what I expected."

"That's what I look like?"

"Sure. Fine. Whatever."

"Does anyone actually know you, Alassane Erendse? Is anything about you fucking real?"

20. Can't fit into a small hole

"Nnnnope."

"Not a chance."

"Ha! Good fucking luck."

35. How would your Tav/Durge greet a player if they were a companion at low, neutral, high, or romanced approval?

Low: "Oh, gods. What?" / "Fucking get on with it, then."

Neutral: "Yeah?" / "You need something?"

High: "Hey there." / "You always manage to make my a day just that bit brighter."

Romanced: "I missed you." / "I'm glad you're here."

38. If a player asks them to consider consuming tadpoles or using the Astral tadpole, how would your Tav/Durge respond?

"You're not seriously asking me this. Are you out of your mind? No. No! Not on your fucking life."

28. Party banter with Karlach (Dealer's Choice)

Karlach: "You doing good, soldier? You're getting all twitchy." Alassane: "I'm fine." Karlach: "Well that's a fucking lie. You know you can let us know when it gets bad. No one is going to mind if you need help." Alassane: "Some people might." Karlach: "They won't. That's the thing about friendships, soldier. They're supposed to go both ways."

[algolagniaa]

as a teenager watching Daria I related a lot to the titular character as I think a lot of oddball teenage girls probably did. she was smart, nonconformist, and absolutely did not do a thing to fit in or please other people. she saw the world she inhabited for how stupid and shallow it was and she never pretended otherwise. these qualities were placed in opposition to her sister Quinn, who cared about fashion and popularity and dating (and getting the guys she dated to give her things and do things for her). I thought Daria was awesome. what I didn’t notice as a teenager though is how many subtle jabs the show made at her - she’s ugly, she’s weird, no one likes her and the idea that she would date or have sex is treated as a joke quite often. all the qualities I liked about her - qualities we as the audience are supposed to like about her, because they are objectively cool and awesome - are the things that make her unlikable within the show’s universe.

still, she finds her tribe in her friend Jane, another girl who is in her own way just as smart and nonconformist as Daria herself. then she gets a boyfriend: Tom. the thing about Tom is he is actually Jane’s boyfriend who cheats on Jane with Daria. Daria and Jane have a huge fight about this but make up which speaks to the power of their friendship bc I would personally never speak to my best friend again if she did that to me. the fact that Tom is a creep who cheated on his girlfriend with her best friend, though, is never really a focus. Daria never stops to think “hey, maybe this is not such a great guy if he’s willing to do that” nor does any other character ever express that opinion. even Jane eventually gets over it and hangs out with both of them together. Tom is not treated by the narrative as a creep, he’s treated as a viable first boyfriend for Daria. they like the same books and Jane doesn’t so it’s fine! he and Jane just weren’t right for each other!

then there are multiple episodes about tension in Daria’s relationship with Tom that position Daria as the insecure emotional girlfriend to Tom’s rational boyfriend. this is I admit good characterization of Daria. if you have a Daria-esque personality people tend to assume you have no emotions but that is not true. what’s fucked up about it though are the things they fight about. Daria is insecure that Tom never takes her out anywhere, that he didn’t remember their anniversary, that he doesn’t do much more than sit on the couch and watch TV with her. this is again contrasted with her sister Quinn, who is drowning in love and adoration from her many dates. Daria isn’t getting that and she would like the guy she is dating to act like he’s dating her and treat her romantically. however, the show inevitably paints Daria as silly and irrational for expecting anything of Tom. because Daria is supposed to be too smart to care about romance or attention or anything superficial like that. Daria is supposed to be cool with whatever because she’s not like other girls. again, the narrative refuses to acknowledge Tom as a shitty boyfriend and person.

ultimately it’s because the show is written by Toms who resent the Quinns of the world for not dating them. they know that realistically the Darias of the world are too good for them too, but they rely on lowering the Darias’ self esteem and gaslighting them into thinking it’s unrealistic and silly to expect anything better. expecting something better is for Quinns and you’re not shallow like Quinn right? you don’t care about all this dumb bullshit like the person you’re dating being excited to date you? after all he’s the only one who wants to date you anyway, everyone else kind of thinks you’re a joke. if you’re going to be a joke anyway you’d better stick to your principles right? not the principles where you don’t steal your best friend’s boyfriend, that’s a mistake anyone could make. but having emotions that are inconvenient for that boyfriend? now that’s just going too far. it’s missing the Point of what Romance is All About, which is never feeling special ever and being happy with crumbs

anyway that’s my Tom essay

[bytedykes]

Nie mingjue and liu qingge for the character ask game?

Sexuality Headcanon: im a nieyao/3zun truther so like he likes men... lqg is my beautiful aroace swordguy <333

Gender Headcanon: I LOVE BUTCH WOMEN!!!! ok both of them are men to me as canon, but like. take my hand. butch nmj and he/him butch lqg okay?

A ship I have with said character: i guess i already said but Big fan of nieyao i like it when weird assholes tear each other into pieces ^-^ 3zun is also good. for lqg i like him in bingliushen but only the way i personally like it and not the way people usually do it. hes a part of their marriage in the sense that he's their nonsexual nonromantic chew toy that they like sooo much. also lqg/tlj can be really good sometimes (thinking of raitala's 'the reluctant suitor' series - very nice tianliu series but also one of my fave lqg characterizations i've seen lol he's such a weirdo in this one)

A BROTP I have with said character: nmj and nhs!!! i love you nie siblings you rock. also i like nielan childhood friends i think its very fun especially when they start falling apart in the later years <3 an interesting take ive seen before also is nmj&wq which is pretty fun. LQG&SQQ THE BESTIES <3 theyre everything !!! i really like them i like how much they genuinely enjoy each others company and how fucking Bad they are at like. being in a friendship its awesome. also as a treat for myself lqg&yqy is sooo tasty i love it when lqg genuinely likes and looks up to him and yqy is fond of him in turn. could a sect leader and his coworker-subordinate really be... friends?

A NOTP I have with said character: obviously ew incest ships but aside from that i cant really think of anything? lqg x romance my notp i think he's so aro. also okay. okay honestly. liushen sometimes NOT all the time but sometimes the way ppl act about it irks me and i automatically look away. like the blatantly ooc fandomized liushen. bye </3

A random headcanon: lqg forest puddle water drinkerrrr dkjaskdss no im kidding im kidding. my random headcanon ("random headcanon" lol) is that he has good dad energy. he could pull thru. give that man a baby :] can i plug spring in bloom here again does anyone want to read spring in bloom by kay my friend kay <3 also i think he's immune to sex pollen bc he's an aroace jock who just exercises it out of his system. no basis for this one other than it's hilarious

for nmj... i think he secretly has a very annoying sense of humor that many people don't know about but he terrorizes nhs with. dad jokes type of beat... da-ge jokes <3

General Opinion over said character: I FUCKING LOVE THESE GUYS!!!!! i love it when there is a guy with a big fucking sword who has sooo many problems. lol! anyway ok more specifically:

i thought nmj was very interesting while reading the novel and definitely had a "hey wtf dude" initial reaction to him, but he's reallyyy grown on me <3 partially bc he's been on my mind a lot and partially bc of his presence in cql! (cql nmj is my type also so that definitely did smth to me as well lol) i think he's a really interesting character to explore both bc of his general backstory and bc of his relationships w other characters, as well as the fact that (in the novel) we never really see him of completely sound mind, so there's lots of room to play w how you portray him. he's fun!

lqg i love soooo much i loved him from day ONE i loved him as soon as he showed up. he's so good. i think his appearance was a very funny surprise (?), esp the way sqq narrated it lmao, and i really like him in general. i loveee the loyal sword character trope and i like how lqg does it (so well <3). his general awkwardness and extreme talent to put his foot in his mouth is also really charming ("its ok you can just get a new disciple" what is wrong with him). i also think there's room to explore w him, especially his family + relationships w other sect members, i love you liu siblings... lqg is a character who goes through a lot of growth imo and it's very satisfying to see that + how his rs with sqq changes through the novel. lqg is also a character that is so fun to put into situations and also make fun of. bc he's so sucks <3 ANYWAY I FUCKING LOVE LQG if there is no lqg lovers on this earth i am dead etc

TYSM FOR THE ASK KAY <333 sorry it took me so long to answer LMAO it was really fun though

[jacquestar]

someone said yes to the tf2 post so fuck it we ball with

general merc relationships hcs!!!

(friendship & dating)

i'm trying to make this as gender neutral as possible. also no romance w pyro bcs i hc him as aroace :) s/o means significant other, but in this case, a petname for a gf, bf, etc!

Scout

() scout is the friend ever

() he has got your back!!!

() adhd icon

() maybe with enough convincing, you teach this man how to READ.

() ...& then he falls for you.

() he just sees you one day & is like "wait why are they cute now"

() he just starts joking about wanting to date like "yo what if we kissed lol" as a joke

() & YOU ACTUALLY KISS HIM.

() he's red now

() like

() redder than a cherry & tomato combined

() he makes it real obv that you both are dating, he means well though </3

() "GUESS WHO'S GOT A (s/o) NOW!!! SUCK IT!!"

() will stop if it makes you uncomfy or embarrassed :)

() huge on pda & petnames but they're corny petnames

() only problem is that he is easily jealous.

() "HEY! that's MY (s/o) pally, find ya own!"

() if some knucklehead even thinks of flirting with you, he will give them a very strongly worded speech about his s/o being his

() not to the point of being a yandere though, he will fight a dude for you but he won't (intentionally) kill someone!



Solly

(bear w me i'm not too good w soldier)

() this man. is autistic. i can confirm because i am autistic with adhd

() no convincing will change my mind

() ANYWAYS you are the most active person on the field other than scout

() & brave at that

() when this guy yelled at you, you kept a straight face

() no reaction or tears

() if you hate loud noises, he will be a lil more quiet to you after that :]

() also you became soldiers favorite person in the base bcs of that

() but the exercises are NOT easier but the only exception is that if you aren't really fit or you have a medical condition. he is NOT a monster.

() "MAGGOT!!!! JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND FOREVER DOES NOT MEAN IT SHALL BE EASIER!!!"

() this man can GRILL

() he has some good grilling skills, but not cooking skills.

() solly slowly falls for you but doesn't even know it.

() & when he DOES realize it's love, he is IMMEDIATE to ask you

() "HEY CUPCAKE! DO YOU WANNA DATE ME?"

() you are VERY flustered

() but you return his feelings ofc & now when someone slightly insults or teases you, he will yell at them.

() "MY (s/o) IS NOT A BASTARD, YOU ARE!!! NOW DROP & GIVE US 20!"

() you are his chill pill. you're the only person who can calm him down

() like scout, he easily gets jealous.

() he thinks you're a blessing to 'murica & he NEVER says that to anyone so he means it <3

() he has a hidden soft side that you activate in him & it is the most adorable thing ever <333333



Pyro

(nonromantic btw)

() you became besties the day you understood him.

() he isn't really a bad guy :)

() he is roommates w engi.

() "ah, ya here to see pyro again? don't stress about it, hun, come on in." :)

() you LOVE drawing together

() he compliments everything you do & hypes you up!! :D

() MANCHILD

() despite being besties, he will NEVER. EVER. show what's under the mask.

() only engineer & medic know, & they will NOT tell you. >:(

() "sorry kid, i can't tell ya what's under the mask."

() "HAH! do you zhink I vould tell YOU?! not in a MILLION YEARS!!"

() you're one of the only people stopping him from "going into pyroland" (committing arson)



Engineer

(tw: amputation mention!! just one but STILL!!!)

() you show a heavy interest in scientific/engineering stuff

() so

() you attract him

() he shows you his gunslinger, short circuit, etc., & you're all impressed

() you then ask if he had no arm at birth so he made the lil hand attachments & he just goes "oh hahah yeah yeah..."

() he had it amputated by the medic turns out. he keeps it a secret between himself & the doctor to this day.

() he has

() the best

() cooking

() ever.

() like fr

() LET. HIM. COOK.

() when he falls for you, he immediately knows

() but he's been heartbroken before

() so, he just stares at you with loving eyes, daydreaming about a future life that may never happen...

() ...until py(b)ro does eventually make him confess because he learned from the doctor that compressing feelings is bad & it is big nono bad >:(

() he couldn't say no to that level of cuteness! so...

() he confesses to you via love song on his guitar

() ain't no way you're saying no to this. if you do, no you didn't you said yes shhhhhh

() every once in a while, he'll let you hold his gunslinger hand :')

() it's cold but also warm?????

() but fyi, he is a busy man

() you have to remind him to sleep or he will accidentally pull an all-nighter

() but his cuddles make up for it ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა

() SOFTEST TUMMY EVER <33333333333333333

() you help each other with burnout ofc



Demoman

() you stole his last scrumpy

() oh boy was he PISSED at you

() you two both yelled at each other & it almost got physical

() ...

() then you two became best friends.

() like WHAT IN THE HELL?

() so now you both share drinks every night together <3

() which is how he fell for you

() you're tough, strong, & also a lil sassy!!

() he took a lil too many drinks one night &-

() "eruhhhhhh i think i love ye man..." & then proceeds to slur his words furthermore

() you're cuddling him when he wakes up & he almost has a heart attack

() but he doesn't leave your arms

() he snuggles closer to you <3

() this man is tied w engineer for the best cuddles imo they are TEDDY BEARS

() protects you at all costs

() oh btw his eyelander hates him being so lovey-dovey

() but you two will have small talk

() do not touch eyelander

() DO NOT TOUCH EYELANDER

() DO N O T TOUCH EYELANDER

() eyelander will be pissed & trying to attack you while demoman will worried

() not fun. 1/10. do not recommend



Heavy

() you were fluent in russian & english

() so you served to him as a translator for a bit

() he seemed intimidating

() one day you were doing your workout in the base & heavy noticed & was like " little person strong??"

() so you & him are gr8 friends now

() will give you a crumb of the sandvich

() that's it though

() you are always complementing sasha/sascha & apparently heavy can speak gun because heavy is saying that sasha/sascha says thanks :)

() idk if it's sasha or sascha i seen both so bear w me

() he eventually, like everyone else on this list, falls for you

() like engineer, he makes some sort of art with words for you

() unlike engineer though, it's a poem <3333333

() it's specifically in russian so no one but you or him can understand it

() became lovey lovey with him FAST

() he is the equivalent of a bear

() a lil intimidating at first

() but depending on who you are, he loves you <3

() will stop guys flirting w you UNINTENTIONALLY

() "hey sweetch- HOLY SHIT-" *running* () "hm? why..why was little boy running?"

() if he ever forgets a certain word in english, he comes to you :)

() lifts you up A LOT

() he means well by it

() if you tell him to not do that, he ofc will stop for you



Medic

() you didn't take his bullshittery. you were thinking:

() "MAN IF YOU DON'T CUT THAT SHIT OUT-"

() but instead of thinking it, you accidentally said it.

() oops.

() thankfully it was just you & him.

() you knew a thing or two about medical stuff so you two bonded!!!

() you, him & engi helped w experiments that either of you had!

() you also talked about random things

() he is secretly a softie & falls HARD for you

() like with engi, he's afraid to tell you because he's been heartbroken as well,

() but he does want to be alone with you more often than usual,

() so you figure him out & wait

() he does eventually confess, & was very relieved that you felt mutual with him

() yeah you two spend a lot of time together more, but ofc you still hang out w engi!!

() it wld be very rude to just leave him behind like that >:(

() although he will accidentally pull an all-nighter too if you forget to make him come to bed.

() calls you "mein Täubchen" or any other german petname he can think of

() you & his doves are close friends

() OH one time you & him were practically cuddling on his chair while he was working right, & then archimedes flew on down to your head & rested there

() you're sure it was to just get medics attention but medic LOVED it

() you were asleep though :(



Sniper

() loner

() you become friends after making sure he isn't being attacked by a spy

() you give him a warning sign that there lies a spy

() now he lies behind sniper

() "ey, thank ye for earlier"

() "ah no worries, i'm always glad to help!"

() you'll visit his van & chill

() doesn't even realize he's fell

() he just zones out on you a lot more.

() you confess first & he's like "wait that was the feeling?"

() he's never felt this way give him a break </3

() shy, at first

() he does branch out to you more

() takes you out on camping & maybe hunting dates if you're comfy with it :)

() keeps the relationship PRIVATE

() "ey look luv, as much as i love ya, if we share this with anyone, our careers are done for"

() means it in the best way though



Spy

() flirts with each other abound

() started as jokes, ended in actual love

() you eventually ask "hey are we actually dating?"

() he says "maybe, if you want to" to mess w you & flirt

() you SWOONED just by those words

() so you two are ALREADY dating

() you go FAST with him friendship & relationship wise

() by the second date, you two probably 👉👌

() of course, he is taking this relationship TO THE GRAVE.

() if ANY rumor were to get out about "spy has a (s/o)", he will deny it until EVERYONE is convinced.

() he loves you oh so much

() he TRULY means well & will protect you by any means necessary

() after he checks everywhere to be sure nobody is looking, he'll show you what's under the mask & tell you his real name

() the only rule with that is to call him by his name in private

() & ONLY in private

() outside, you two may never be alone

() he'll ramble to you about his life as you sleep on his chest <3



sorry it took a bit, school & life always kick my ass

[priwenshallprevail]

GETTING TO KNOW YOU.

respond to the following prompts out of character. then, tag others that you'd like to get to know a little bit better!

( Picture optional )

ROLEPLAYER NAME: Mjodvitnir , or Wraith to some.

ROLEPLAYER PRONOUNS: He/Him/They/Monster

MUSE NAME: Geoffrey Aodhán McCullum

PREFERRED COMMUNICATION: Tumblr messages, or even Discord if you'd prefer. If you want my discord, just ask. Whatever is easier for my partners.

EXPERIENCE: At the very least 20 years of experience in role playing. Back in the chatrooms of american online, or myspace. Am I showing my age yet ? I know, it's such cringe. I want to say my first three characters I ever role played was Rufus Shinra from Final Fantasy VII and two oc characters, one VtM relative , the other Werewolf. I'm wanting to say my character had been Tremere clan. Can't remember my generation I had him under, though. My werewolf was from the tribe Silver Fangs. An Ahroun if I can remember correctly.

PREFERRED ROLEPLAY TYPE: Well... absolutely everything! Dark, torturous gritty, gore-infested, action, combat, drama, comedy, angst, fast paced, slow paced, smut, fluff, one shots. I enjoy them all ! Hit me with all the above !

PET PEEVES & DEALBREAKERS: I don't have many, but the few I do hold -- are more toward general respect for your partners. Don't be a dick.

God moding/meta-ing the RP. Don't use any info your character wouldn't have the slightest clue on. Unless it was discussed on how they may have acquired it prior , or planned through other threads. What remains in a thought collective, stays in the mind. Unless your muse holds telepathy in some aspect. Then it's a different story.

Judgement of writing style. My writing is far from perfect, and I often have one hell of a time judging myself. I don't need others on top of that, adding to my horrendous insecurities. I like detailing things, from the environment, to facial expressions, or even course of actions. I sometimes hyper focus on one thing and become brief with another. I don't understand it myself, nor always catch myself doing it. I hold horrible habit of having issue with repeating a certain word when writing my own posts, and I do sometimes get carried away over different synonyms to these said words. To the point that not every definition becomes so literal. How, or when I developed this habit, I do not know. It's a tick that only happens on my own writing, never on any of my partners. I judge myself too harshly in everything, not just writing. However, if I flood you with a lot of paragraphs -- that usually just means you struck my muse in a massive way and I wish to shower you with love. That I want to engage with you at what my brain considers my best. No body ever has to match whatever length I spew out. Please remember that. Also note, that even if my muse is struck so highly for your muse. My brain can still muck it up. It's a fickle beast. But that is adhd in a nutshell.

Judgement over ships/shipping. ... This one, the more I think on it, is a big one. I have been judged on ships in the past. On several accounts, actually.. some more recent. That it has gotten me reluctant to approach anyone to ask " hey lets try to smoosh these two together ! ?" Judging someone's ship is a disgusting form of shaming someone because they didn't conform to your ideals of said characters. Judgement with narcissistic attempts to push stuff a certain way -- yeah, no. Don't do it. Also, don't try to force ships . I support McReid, but if a Reid does not ? You back the fuck off the suggestion. It's really that simple. Respect. Your. Partners. Not everything revolves around romance anyways. Plenty of other relationships they can aim for. Friendships are a beautiful thing too. I mean -- platonic is also a thing as well, you know. It can bloom just as heavenly.

Constructive feedback though is more than welcome.

PLOTS OR MEMES: Yes ! I enjoy everything you're willing to throw at me, and will happily plan entire story lines to multiple connectives we can later link if that's what you'd like.

LONG REPLIES OR SHORT REPLIES: The in-betweeners. I love doing long replies when muse hits like a freight train, but if my muse isn't as strong -- or if my brain struggles to focus. Which it does, trust me. It'll be between that short and long range, or sometimes drop short all together. I don't ever expect you to match length if you don't wish to. That is not a requirement with me. As long as you can provide me with a paragraph to work with , I'm more than game.

BEST TIME TO WRITE: This is .. .. a tricky one for me. Cause my adhd makes it hard for me to write when everyone else is up in this household. So it would be somewhere between late night and early morn, for me. Eastern time.

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSES: I'm honestly not sure if it's the we have similarities, or if my constant processing of what can be done to improve role play, suddenly bleeds into my own characteristics on a daily basis. Taking a bit of my characters with me every time. I'm a little withdrawn, keep a lot of my emotions on the inside, sometimes quick to become surly with forced authority types, described grumpy often , can be witty with the usual sarcastic bites -- if that accounts to anything.

Tagged by : I stolez it, but I don't remember from who. o.o;

Tagging : @fangsforhire , @coivi , @arcanescholxr , @anedendarkly , @undeadunalive , @astridnorddottir , @luposcainus

[thebreakfastgenie]

Hey, you might have done this before, but if you would rank all the mash ships how would you rank them

Well, what is all? All the, like, popular ones? Because there are a loooottttt of rarepairs or possible ships.I've done this in my head but I don't think I've ever done it in public. It's complicated, because I like different things about them. I'm limiting this to like, ships involving main characters (plus Sidney) that I see mentioned just to keep it manageable. If you want to know about any I didn't mention please just send a follow up ask!!

Best to worst:

Houlihawk (Hawkeye/Margaret) and hawnk (Hawkeye/Frank) Houlihawk because they just have so much chemistry it makes me insane and there's just some wonderful "opposites attract but they're more likely than they think" romance, narrative foils make a powerful couple Hawnk because it is very funny

Piercentyre (Hawkeye/Trapper) Best-friends-to-lovers is so cute! I'm already obsessed with their friendship so sure. The chemistry is fun. They're obnoxious (affectionate). The show jokes about them being a couple or situates them as the other couple to Frank/Margaret a lot.

Hawkeye/Charles There's not a lot to this except for whatever the fuck Alan Alda and David Ogden Stiers were doing whenever they had a scene together. I think they're both just such great actors (and Alan Alda's approach to acting heavily involves relating to a scene partner) that it creates chemistry. I don't know!!

Henry/anyone from the main cast I have no real opinion but Henry is the epitome of This Dude Fucks and McLean is sexy so why not. I don't seek this out. Someone wrote Henry/Hawkeye/Trapper porn based on my post one time so I have to have a little affection.

Trapper/Margaret I don't get it at all, even when the show teases it I just get no spark, but it would be hot.

Hawkcahy (Hawkeye/Mulcahy) I don't get it and I'm not into shipping the priest with anyone but I mostly just don't react when I see it.

Klinger/anyone from the main cast I just don't see it!

Charles/Klinger Don't get it!! None of their interactions seem this way to me.

Radar/anyone from the main cast A little squicky for me because of how Radar is written especially in his later seasons. I also just don't really get it.

Hawkeye/Sidney There are already enough ethical problems in this relationship. Also they have no sexual chemistry and Sidney could like men but I have no reason to think he does (and headcanon him as straight and happily married).

BJ/Hawkeye (aka hunnihawk or beejhawk) Whatever the opposite of romantic chemistry is, that's what they have to me. I'm not shocked slash of them exists because I know how slash fandom works, but I was still surprised at how big this ship was and like... the specific way it was popular when I got into the fandom. I do not see them as a couple under any circumstances. Specifically I cannot see Hawkeye having feelings for BJ, that's an immediate "he would not fucking say that" for me. Truly cannot emphasize enough this is a bottom-tier ship for me. I think across all the fandoms I've been in, I've only found one ship that's more NOTP to me than this one. If it weren't so popular with the fandom it'd be more "I don't think about you at all." Also like, if I could believe them as a couple, I don't think they'd be a good one based on their dynamic in the show.

[mdhwrites]

What are your thoughts on Willow x Hunter?

I… don't care? They're fine. Cute enough, they have something to bond over, both good to each other and exceptionally boring as a couple. They're almost the same person even except one likes lifting weights and plants while the other likes sci-fi and actually matters to the story.

I do not get the hype I guess is what I'm saying. Not that I'm entirely surprised either. It was finally a ship for Willow that wouldn't get you accused of enabling abuse or evil like Boschlow would (seriously people, what the fuck? I don't like the ship but you all need to learn to breathe.) or just all alone like Willuz or Amillow would. For Hunter it was an even bigger reprieve. The show finally told you "Ship them" with a scene without it either breaking up Lumity or being with the CANONICAL LESBIAN.

Seriously, I will not drop that they tie his character arc, effectively starting it three times over, with three different girls and that would be bad without one of them being AMITY. Because each one really does get that "This could be the start of a friendship or a romance" moment with Hunter and that makes me roll my eyes some.

So yeah, they're the safe option. They're the show approved option with no conflict between them, little contrast and it does a good job of entirely making you forget that while Willow questionably worked out before the show (we actually have nothing to go off of one way or another), Hunter almost certainly did. Because child soldier.

Going into that goes into everything that's a mess about Willow though and how much the writers just do not care about her.

So instead, I actually want to talk about two of the complaints about Huntlow that I just think are… The complaint has a purpose but its target is wrong.

"Huntlow stole time from the show."

I actually severely disagree with this. After all, Hunter was always going to get time and his arc is already rushed, to the point where it doesn't really have a middle. It just starts a few times like mentioned above, then Hollow Mind forces a climax on it and we get a little bit of resolution. That was always going to happen because it was a well established as part of the story.

The only question was with who and… Well, Willow was the choice the writers made and they made it for the sake of Huntlow over narrative. And that's the problem. Your complaint is that Hunter's arc is not good and the unfortunate consequence is that giving the arc more focus would have meant Willow just… Not being in S2. Not in a meaningful way because Willow always has to have an excuse from another character to exist.

And the time Huntlow did take? Effectively none. Because they allow Hunter to just consume Gus' role as closest person to Willow, all the Huntlow moments actually get to flow naturally because they have one personal, one on one conversation and then just know EVERYTHING about each other so the rest of it is just glances, blushes, etc. that take no time and you can just move on from.

It's really fucking bad writing but hey! Part for the course.

"It's ableist."

I think the argument for it, what little I've seen, is… dumb. And puts way more importance and impact on the two's magical handicaps WAY more than the show literally ever did. And again, the complaint is kind of missing the real problem.

Eda's curse was an AMAZING disability allegory. Unlike so many shows where the dude in a wheelchair is actually in a SUPER WHEELCHAIR SO HE CAN KICK BUTT LIKE ANYONE EL-

No. Eda was genuinely held back by the curse. She didn't let it hold her back though. She instead took her medicine, watched out for the things that may trigger her and the curse, etc. like that. It wasn't a super power but it also didn't stop her from being an exceptional person. From living the life she wanted. As someone struggling with disability myself due to anxiety and depression… That's what I want.

I don't want characters being super powered from it is not. Or being cured. And Eda gets a super saiyan form, Gus takes out a fucking coven head and Flapjack DIES and their sacrifice gives Hunter magic. The cure to his disability (and I know this was not the intention since Hunter was dying from other things but it still matters) is another person's LIFE.

When I can say for myself that my number one goal in life is not to be a burden for others due to my jacked up brain.

So… I would say people are right to say this gets borderline offensive to disabled people but it's REALLY not Huntlow's problem.

Huntlow's problems really are about the show's problems. The problems inherent to these two characters. But, as I've shown in this blog even, for being able to say SO MUCH about the two characters… There's really not a lot to say about the ship. It's there, it's cute, they don't do anything that would make people hate it outside of… I dunno, being straight? At least there is a positive straight couple in the show that isn't dead.

It's a mess but only because the show is a mess. But it's hardly one worth actually throwing a fit over.

[yisanged]

8 10 orvie

HII ELISEYY my friend. thank you for the ask! and sorry it took so long the sleepies and school and etc. I HOPE COLLEGE IS GOING WELL FOR YOU BTW!!!!!!!

this got so long sorry you know how it is with novels. but hey before i read more the rest of this guys if anyone else wants to send me hater asks you still can... i only got one 🥲 does nobody else want to send asks to their friend nico? i've actually been so dead lately guys that is on me. but i still love you all.......

anyways um 8 is "common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about" and 10 is "worst part of fanon" pretty similar really going for the haterisms here okok. hmmm i honestly don't even interact with the orv fandom that much like most of the orv posts that aren't just art that i see are mine and my few orvie mutuals' which i usually respect i don't see a lot of posts from outside of this orv echo chamber i've created for myself which i'm ok with tbh. but something i see a lot that i don't like is the depiction of kdj as a scammer type like the breed same as cale tcf and others? i haven't read regression instruction manual but like he's a common comparison and such. and it's true that they're all from the similar mold of like "isekai/fantasay coming to real life but i have an upper hand because i read the book it came from nyeheh" and in that specific aspect yeah kdj has his moments where he takes advantage of his knowledge but it seems like some people attribute him being a liar an unreliable narrator etc to that part of the story also and i don't totally agree with that. he's not an unreliable narrator because he's trying to be sneaky and smart the dude is depressed. he's been so depressed since he was like 13 and he's a grown ass man now it's totally changed his outlook and makes him unable to see the world and his interactions with others properly for what it is. he didn't lie to our faces about smiling when he was actually crying because he was trying to be smart and sneaky it was cause he's sad as fuck and can't even recognize it because he's lowkey wanted to kill himself since middle school. i do agree that cale is similar in that he downplays how insane he is almost dying all the time and getting hurt forever but not caring and driving all his friends up the wall with it without even realizing and like he's also depressed as fuck but when people group them together for being self sacrificing bastard scammers or whatever i just feel like it's different a lot of the time. we aren't seeing the same thing there.

i guess that's my soapbox for 8 umm for 10. the way yoo sangah gets pushed aside so often peeves me for sure. she's so everything where did you put her....? and the kids too the kids are so important to me and to kdj but they're never given justice i feel. honestly i think all of kimcom doesn't get enough love most of the time or maybe i've just been bad at finding content that actually does them well it just feels like there's so much joongdok yaoi and not enough friendship and mentorship and everything. jihye and joongdok are so everything but i never see the two of them together ever. heewon and hyunsung also. even if you're not the biggest fan of them romantically like i respect the lesbian heewon grind don't you care that they're the sword and shield.......? and of coures sys and yjh have a lot of interesting potential but no one ever does anything with it. and there's never enough lee gilyoung anywhere i love you gilyoung. yes that's my fanon complaint. too much yaoi focus... there's so much love everywhere it's a main theme but the story ain't a romance there's so much more out there. take my hand we can discover friendship together

[uniquezombiedestiny]

thinks about owen in ruina.... lastest reblog inspired me :3

thinks about the final battle. its like "oh power of friendship! dont you have everyone on your side?" and he doesnt. his issues are finally catching up to him - he's disconnected from his friends. after l corp (considering this version of things: owen learns about the loops of day 45, not 50, and finally breaks on d50. he tells himself he couldve changed things if he hadnt.) he's closed himself off more - yeah, he has his friends, but... they dont know him. he doesnt know them anyone. they've looked so far into eachother and their minds that they havent seen the bigger picture enough.

so in the final battle, owen vs vera alone, he cant go on. this was all he wanted, to save her (and everyone else ofc). to make up the debt he's been carrying for so long, watching those around him slowly break from the pressure over l corps story, never trying to help. this is his chance. he can fix everything here. he can save vera here.

and he does try. he wills himself onward - 5 more minutes of holding yourself together. 5 more minutes of watching all of your mistakes fly by you. is this emotion, this sadness from her sincere? or is this just a trap? but hey, what about his own? is this just matrying, just insincere guilt?

were any of these connections, these feelings, repairable in the first place, or have we all been faking it? in the end, thoughts like these, that have piled up for so long, are the hands that drag him into her embrace. vera, the voice of distortion's. maybe saving isn't what we needed. maybe i did want to live in your fantasy. maybe i'd be happy then--

but vera cant do it, either. neither of them can survive this. she can't bear to do this, not after her fantasy has been broken, even so slightly. even through this sole crack, she can see, and she cant go on like that. meanwhile, the other half of her, has finally received what she wanted. acceptance. someone, anyone, to reach their hand our to her, not the other way around, like it always has been.

she has been shunned by the world all her life. her family, her friends, everything around her. and finally, she is being listened to, heard out sincerely, this one. they both accept eachother without judgement.

they both break at the same time, then and now. on d50, and in the final battle.... they're so connected.

thinks about owen and vera. also thinks about straight relationships written by gay people (the fucking understanding and unspoken bond between them is fucking crazy. and theyre not even confirmed canon relationship theyre like. in the middle. theyre like friends with some romance yeah but theyre still friends in the end. qpr swag?)

[alloarocharactershowdown]

Redemption Round 1 Eliminations

Vi have already selected four of the eight characters who will be returning for Round 3, leaving four more characters to be selected. Based off the submissions vi received, vi have narrowed down the options to 14 characters. Y'all will have the opportunity to vote on a Google Form to pick four of these characters to return for Round 3.

Below the cut are the names of all the characters included, plus what reasons people gave for nominations (both in Redemption Round and initial nominations) as well as any propaganda made for them.

At the very end of the post is a link to the Google Forms.

Katsuya Serizawa

"The others are more just so I don’t look like I only have two options and are people I would love back in as well."

"My blorbos"

"but i also chose a few others i can see as aroallo since we can pick more than 1. sorry it's obvious i only know the anime characters..."

"They great and they fuck"

Submitted propaganda - [link]

Dean Winchester

"I mean just look at them have you seen them? They deserve it."

"He's the character I think of when I think of aroallo characters. Ik it's not canon but he's accidently great rep"

Teruhashi Kokomi

"Technically the only one I feel strongly about is Noszaki and Teruhashi because I’m a huge fan of their respective shows and they fit it to a T."

"They great and they fuck"

"She is absolutely consumed by heteronormativity but deep down is a aromantic lesbian. She only likes saiki because he doesn’t like her and is doing exactly what I did and fooled myself into thinking I liked people because I felt like I should"

Jake English

"I feel bad bc he was an early aro headcanon of mine and meant a fair bit to me as a teen but also he went up against my specialest boy of all time miles straume so I couldn't vote for him. I think he deserves a second chance he is very aro coded from what I remember just not as much as miles was. and miles is like next level."

"Let’s start with Jake English. In Homestuck, a core point of his character is the desire to be recognized as more than an object of romantic desire. See, several characters over the course of the comic are attracted to him, romantically or otherwise; in fact, all 3 of his best friends were attracted to him at one point in time. He even gets together with one of his best friends - Dirk. The thing is, though, many people around him within the story don’t really see him as anything *outside* of the people who desire him, which is a point that causes him no small amount of grief. Uhh I’m not really sure where I was going with this. But yes, an important part of his arc is wanting to be recognized as somebody outside of how people romantically desire him."

"JUSTICE FOR JAKE ENGLISH THE OG ALLOARO!!!!"

"as an alloaro dude myself, i rel8 to him so very much. him fumbling his way into a rel8ionship with a close friend because "hey might as well i mean i guess i can be into him if i try" + convincing himself he was feeling romantic attraction heavily resembles how i went about things. also hes coded grey and green."

"He is canonically aromantic and heavily implied to be bisexual! He is physically attracted to women and at one point dated a man, but ended it because he realized he doesn't feel romantically for anyone -- never has and never will!"

Grog Strongjaw

"He fucks and he does not love. He fucks so much. He does not love (romantically. He loves his friends a whole lot.)"

"1) It would be REALLY entertaining for me personally, and 2) They're the characters that I know that fit the alloaro vibe well"

"I'm projecting onto characters from my fixations please"

"Canonically very interested in sex, but no romantic love interests. The player, Travis Willingham, specifically did not want to do any romance in this campaign. Grog still has very strong interpersonal connections, especially his friendship with the gnomes Scanlan and Pike."

"He canonically is very into sex but has never felt any sort of romantic attraction towards anyone in his entire life. That's pretty alloaro to me."

"He's also a himbo. I think he deserves extra points for that /j"

"He is never portrayed as wanting or needing a relationship and is shown as perfectly happy with the companionship of his friends but also recognizes that booty is nice"

"I love him so much"

Buffy Summers

"Come on did you SEE how close the Buffy vs Jeff matchup was she literally lost by 1% Just give her a chance and she could go soooooo far she's the character of all time and deserves to sweep every tournament she's in. Also I recently rewatched the episode I was made to love you and it really solidified my aro bi buffy trutherism she was giving off VIBES in that episode. It's not even just the obvious part where in this episode she has her revelation about how she can maybe be happy outside of a relationship having time with herself it's also her protagonist of a movie about a divorcee finding herself energy it's her being so fucking done with all the dudes in this episode obsessing over their unrequited crushes and it is, most importantly, her spending the whole episode identifying with a robot"

"For Buffy, Miles, and Mello I just think them being aro is fun and I wanna see them have another chance. But more importantly I want all of them to rejoin because Im Aro and So Are They Can’t You Feel It"

"Her aro bi swag <3 It's more Vibes than anything and in fact is often actively contradicted by the show but also there's Something there! SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING OF BTVS but I am thinking in particular about the show's finale in which Buffy decides that she doesn't want a relationship with any of the love interest characters and like the show presents it as her wanting to take time to figure out who she is which is cool and sexy and valid of her but also. could be the aromanticisms. It's especially pertinent that there's a running theme throughout the show of her believing there's something wrong with her because her relationships never work out and in the end her having this realisation that there's nothing wrong with her it's ok to have failed romances she's still working out who she is (AND WHAT'S SHE WORKING OUT? THAT SHE'S AROMANTIC??? HUH????) And tbh I'm not even tinhatting or making this a bigger thing than it's meant to be like they put buffy's speech about getting out of the vicious cycle she's been stuck in getting trapped in relationships that don't make her happy in the finale episode which is all about her changing the system that the show's entire premise has been based around and like. creating her own story. it means a lot to me!!! Also someone else pointed out that she had two different love interests who were convinced she didn't actually love them while they were together which I mean. sure that could just be those specific guys and their issues but WEIRD THAT IT HAPPENED TWICE HUH"

Alix Kubdel

Canonically alloaro

"All these characters are definitely aro and utilize their aro-ness in such a great way that it makes me feel glad to be aro (like Sonic being aro but still being incredibly devoted to his friends, Alix willing to hide in time for them, Agent 3 being a great leader of the Squidbeak Splatoon because they’re amicable but also, can do it alone because they trust their friends are there)"

"My blorbos"

"Word of god specifically aromantic and not asexual. Also an absolute badass and voice of reason."

Submitted propaganda - [link]

Jess (Loveless)

Canonically alloaro

"she’s canon aroallo and the jess nation is strong!"

"she’s canonically aroallo (and bi too - double win)!"

Submitted propaganda - [link]

Kaname Date

"I picked these characters because I love them and I am aroallo. However I’d like to put a special word in for Kaname Date, who, if I remember correctly, never shows any romantic interest in anyone but is so relentlessly horny that his reaction speed is three times better when looking at or thinking about porn. This is due to a near death experience with a snake as a child. He’s the guy ever and I love him."

"Alloaro swag so immense it puts me to shame"

"babygirl <3"

Umetarou Nozaki

"Technically the only one I feel strongly about is Noszaki and Teruhashi because I’m a huge fan of their respective shows and they fit it to a T."

"So aro, very good boys"

"They great and they fuck"

"He doesn’t understand romance in the slightest and I will die on the hill that he is aro"

"I’ve never even seen the show…. O.O"

Makoto Sunakawa

"my main pick is kou yamori and you already know why but i also chose a few others i can see as aroallo since we can pick more than 1. sorry it's obvious i only know the anime characters..."

"So aro, very good boys"

"He's the conventially attractive friend of the less conventionally attractive (and wholesome!!) protagonist in the story, but never accepts any girl's crush 'cause most of them have talked badly about the protag behind his back. The only time a girl confessed to him that didn't make fun of him, he turned her down anyway because he didn't like her in that way, but they were on good terms anyway."

"He's an excellent wingman to the protag and his girlfriend, but none of his advice is particularly romantic. It's all about caring for one another as people, and given how his friendship with the protag isn't deep, I see him as a loveless aro. He's not canonically aro or ace, but he has been my comfort aro-coded character so it would be nice to see him there even if he doesn't win~"

Kou Yamori

"my main pick is kou yamori and you already know why but i also chose a few others i can see as aroallo since we can pick more than 1. sorry it's obvious i only know the anime characters..."

"He’s basically canonically aroallo. By that i mean they didn’t use any label but he canonically has no romantic attraction and canonically has sexual attraction."

"His aroallo identity is also a big deal in the story since the premise is that he wants to become a vampire, but to become a vampire you have to be bitten by a vampire you are in love with. So that’s the conflict. He isn’t villanized for this identity nor is the moral/goal ever to “fix” him. Also they tackle amatonormativity and the value of platonic relationships :) incredibly refreshing and meaningful to me"

Submitted propaganda - [link]

Clover Martinez

Canonically alloaro

"clover is i think the first aroallo character i've ever read about in a book, and it's super cool to have an aro protagonist. i really love how her aromanticism was handled- the book is about other things but her aromanticism is still important and talked about"

"canonically aroallo (aromantic bisexual)"

"she's cool"

Anya Jenkins

"Anya - Listen if ONE character I've nominated today gets through to the redemption round let it be her please please please I'm begging. She has SUCH aroallo energy and beyond my own personal hc I do think that a lot of her character just adds up so much more if you take that view of her. Like she canonically uses romantic relationships as a way to give herself a sense of identity and to make herself feel like a normal person (she used to be a demon before being turned human so she has a Complex about that) and she makes multiple jokes about how sex is the only thing she actually likes about being in a relationship. let her in the redemption round the writers fucked her character arc so bad and she deserves a win"

"the aroallo character of all tiiiiiiime oh my god. she was a human who got turned into a demon and then back into a human again after a thousand years. she didn't understand the difference between sex and romance. 99% of her problems could have been solved if anyone had sat her down and explained the concept of friends with benefits. she spent most of the dates we saw her go on infodumping about her past murders. she became the love interest to one of the show's leads largely because she thought he was the most tolerable guy at their high school and felt like she needed to go to prom with Someone. she agreed to marry him because she thought it would give her the sense of identity she lacked and was desperate for. she sang a musical number about how she only wanted to get married for the sex money and sense of identity. she got left at the altar. she immediately went and fucked an amoral vampire after getting left at the altar. she was vaguely trans coded. she was even autistic <3"

Redemption Round 1 Eliminations - [link]

[ghost-inacup]

So, how does amatonormativity fuck a person up? (i made the aro survey)

omg okay so hi bestie sit down have some tea cause i might go on an endless rant here:

okay, so lets begin by defining amatonormativity: it is the societal expectation of everyone wanting an exclusive, long term romantic relationship and would be better off with it. some common assumptions made due to this are :

Assuming that everyone wants to get married, and unmarried/unpartnered people are unhappy or lonely

Treating romantic relationships as more important than friendships

The structuring of society around married couples (housing, taxes, etc.)

“Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend yet?” (sourced from: https://sophia.smith.edu/aace/about-asexuality-and-aromanticism/allonormativity-and-amatonormativity/)

Now, while this affects many queer identities, i can only provide an aro perspective on it.

Growing up, all around me, from as young as kindergarten, romantic relationships were prioritised. even 3 year olds who didn't even grasp the concept of romance were like, oh they're dating now, oh they're married now, etc. throughout my life, the expectation that everyone will eventually pursue a romantic relationship was a constant.

And that fucks you up.

Lets start with the fact that it forced me into thinking it would be my end all goal. i would meet a guy, have a romantic relationship, marry him, have kids, the whole package. And that led to quite a few situations where i forced myself to act like i felt romantic attraction, to convince myself to do things i was not ready for. It led to heartache and probably contributed to my depression. It led to destruction of friendships and led to an unhealthy relationship, which i will say is still affecting me. half a decade later and i still berate myself over those things, it has affected my self perception a lot.

then, when i discovered i was aro,(and its still going on tbh) it made me think i was not normal. it led to the realisation of my othering in a way, for i would never truly know what it is that society prizes and lauds so much. It led to a feeling of isolation and forced me to internalise a lot of shit, and probably bottle up things which i still haven't told anyone about.

then, the linking of my self worth with someone showing romantic interest in me. the feeling that something is wrong with me, physically, mentally, emotionally, just because someone never said hey i like you. the fear thats still within me that i am undesirable and not worthy. that even in movies the "ugly" girl sometimes ends up with a boy so why cant i? it led me to cling unhealthily to anyone who shows/ed me even a modicum of affection, to such an unhealthy degree that it destroyed a friendship, all in the wish that i was worthy of someone's love. all in the feeling that if no one likes me romantically, i do not have worth. i would be just someone people barely tolerate and leave as soon as they can.

also, as a cupioromantic: it fucks me up even more. cause i know wanting a relationship is sort of enforcing amatonormativity but fuck, it would be nice to have. and also, the fear that what will i say to an unsuspecting person, who gets in a relationship with me? with the expectation that it will be romantic? " hey sorry i can never love you romantically but i love you with my whole heart and i hope thats enough?" and then watching them leave cause if there isn't romance whats the damn point?

it hurts every time i think people getting in relationships, expecting me to relate about romantic attraction, them saying "you will also get one don't worry" them being allies but not even knowing aromantic and treating me like i'm a cold hearted monster who could never love truly and its the mourning in the corner of my heart for the fact that i can never experience what people say is a fundamental feeling and in the end,

it fucks you up.

[delicrieux]

Ma'am, please, spare some angst/fluff with eddie munson please

ALL THE THINGS YOU’D SAY TO ME  | endless drabble series (summer edition)

summary: now what would happen if two extremely bored friends decided to imagine what it would be like if they were dating pairing: eddie munson x reader a/n: ... you’ve charmed me. used prompt 13. heatwave

masterlist. ☕. reqs are open for the summer prompt list!

“C’mon,” He says, but quietly, without his usual bravado, “humor me.”

It’s just mild enough to breathe in the shade of the tree canopy. Eddie’s sprawled on his back next to you, hair a matted nest of curls that he keeps pulling away from his face. Your sit on the peer’s edge with your feet dipped into the water - cool lake, cool shade, you might just live to see tomorrow after all - and your mind is clouded in a pleasant, balmy daze. It’s the heat. It’s insufferable, makes everyone delirious.

His hand nudges your elbow, “Ground control to major (Name).” He doesn’t sound all that grounded himself, “This is ground control to major (Name), do you copy?”

You crack a smile, “I thought you don’t listen to that stuff.”

He shrugs, but ceases his pestering, “I heard it on the radio. It’s fine, I guess. A bit whiny.”

“I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that.”

“Humor me.”

“Thought I was already doing it.”

“You know what I mean. Humor me, c’mon, it’ll be fun.” He sits up slowly, and once he does, his face scrunches as if he had eaten something sour. You have a moment to laugh before he hides his face in his palms, “Jesus fucking Christ I think I just blacked out for a second.”

“It’s official,” You say, grinning from ear to ear, “the heat has melted your brain. It’s gone.”

“Do I qualify as damaged goods now?”

It’s amazing, the way he makes you laugh. It always happens and it’s always expected but you’re caught off guard still. A pleasant silence follows your fit and when the water settles and a breeze wheezes by you start recalling what he had asked. It’s stupid. And probably not a very good idea. Maybe the worst one he has ever had.

But you’re just bored and curious enough to think, hey, what’s the worst that can happen?

He’s looking at you now, and there’s an inquisitiveness to his gaze, a sharpness that you aren’t used to seeing. You shake your head, “I don’t know what I’d say to you.”

It switches in a blink of an eye and you’re seeing Eddie again, the Eddie everyone sees, the strange, theatrical goofball with his dramatic motions, “You don’t know?!” He’s on the verge of tearing his hair out, or perhaps the heatstroke finally caught up with him. He slumps to the side and almost into the water before your hands pull him back to safety, “How can you not know!”

“I just--I dunno! I’m not, like, that good at thinking on the spot.”

He looks into your eyes, and the heat really starts making the world spin, “Just...lie, then. Make something up. I believe in you.”

He always does. He’s the only one.

If the woes of completely 100% platonic friendship were replaced with romance, what would you say to him? That you like it when he smiles? That his eyes are pretty? That he’s good at playing the guitar?

No, it’s not that simple. You do like it when he smiles, but most of all when you look at him and he’s already looking at you and the corner of his lips is quirked upwards and then you know that he will say something that will make you laugh. And when he says it he looks away and glances back to make sure that you’re laughing and looks away again when you do. 

You like it when he looks for you in crowds and looks at you during his concerts or when you’re giving a presentation or when he’s playing the guitar for your ears only in his bedroom. They’re gentle, round, a happy brown color that makes you wonder if anyone else sees him the way you do. There’s a knot in your stomach when you think that they do. Someone has to. He’s just so... so...

“So?” Eddie urges, unnerved by your silence. You continue staring, “Is there something on my face?”

“What? Oh, no, just your face.” 

“Admit it.” He says, “You got lost in my eyes.”

“Yeah,” You say softly, and his suave expression falls, “or at least that’s what I’d say. If we were dating.”

He gulps. Turns away. Watches the water for a solid moment, “Friends can get lost in each others eyes.” He mumbles.

“Oh really?”

“Yeah,” He shrugs, “I get lost in yours all the time.” He backtracks quickly, maybe even panics. It’s hard to tell when he’s being serious. He’s too good at playing pretend, “Not in, like, a weird way or anything. Just like, you know...in a nice friend way.”

But the damage is already done. His words bury deep between the muscles of your heart, lodged there. You’ll have to get used to their intrusion. 

You finally get his insistence to play this game, only for a different reason. 

You’d like to know; would like to dream for a moment. Imagine what it would be like dating your best friend. What he’d say to you.

Had he been wondering the same thing?

...Nah, can’t be. He’s Eddie, and you’re you, and that’s the way it has been since eight grade and it won’t change anytime soon. 

Maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to play after all.

“Forget it,” He rubs his face with his hands. Slides closer to the peer’s edge, “it was stupid.” And disappears under the water with a loud splash.

Stupid.

Stupid.

It was stupid. It’s probably the heat, making you feel weird. 

Stupid.

hope you liked it! xx

[multiples-fandomswontkillme]

~Metal Family headcanons~

These are like my... general hcs)? which means I didn't include my main hc that Glam, Ches and Vicky are polyamorous, married and started dating after Glam met Vicky, and absolutely everything that implies for the kids and the relationships between each member of the fam. Maybe I'll make a separate post for that or maybe not! Who knows lkfwnlfqnf

Glam

Bisexual

Glam has constant nightmares and ocasional night terrors ever since he ran away home and is an active sleep walker. Ches helped him through the worse ones when they were younger, and learned how to deal with them, always preferring not to wake him up but being with him until the episode passed. Vicky has learned how to deal with them, though she normally asks Ches for advice with it cuz she comes out short sometimes.

He has PTSD. I bet it's diagnosed too, he takes medication and goes to therapy, it doesn't mean he still doesn't have his bad days anyway. He's trying to get better.

Glam has talked to Vicky about his past, his father and his family. This is a direct contradiction of Alina's confirmation that Glam doesn't talk about it with anyone but man FUCK THAT. We love good communication in this house, Vicky tries her best to help him, but there's only so much she can do to help.

Glam enjoys gardening, cooking and making models, he also likes doing his make up, painting his nails and dressing up in fancy, extravagant clothes even if he has nowhere important to go.

He likes taking care of everyone's hair, and constantly helps Vicky brush her hair cuz there's so much of it, Dee when he gets stressed over how tangled it can get, buys Ches hair products so he actually takes care of it, and chases Heavy so the kid actually washes, untangles and brushes his hair.

This one is kind of weird, but I refuse to think any adult in the family is unarmed at any time. Glam owns a taser and pepper spray. They're bright pink and sparkly.

This man cried his eyes out while watching Coco. He's hell to watch movies with cuz he talks and predicts what's gonna happen during the movie, judges them with scores at the end and all.

Vicky

Also bisexual!

Vicky's the one who does everyone's laundry most of the time. She prefers it that way since she's the only one that knows how to wash their black clothes so the colors stay vibrant. (This is based on my gf shaming everyone but Vicky cuz their black clothes always look so muted and almost gray, but Vicky's whole outfit is always the same vibrant black colors, so we decided that neither Glam or the kids know how to wash dark clothes)

She has anger issues, if it isn't obvious. I think she also has PTSD, mainly survivor's guilt due to her surviving the accident her brother died in. She blames herself and cannot bear to talk about it, in some sort of deep denial. If she can't remember, it can't hurt as much, right?

She has scars on the right side of her back and her hip, from the road rash she got on her brother's accident, she never treated it due to grief and it scarred badly. Apart from that, the scar of the caesarean section from Heavy's birth. She doesn't really mind both of them, they happened, nothing to do about them.

She likes watching boxing competitions, brawling matches and motorcycle repairing on TV. Loves doing BBQ's and going to the pool. Also an enjoyer of teasing her kids, kissing and loving her husband at random times, spending time drinking and bonding with Ches and bragging about her family and punching anyone who thinks they're not that cool.

Not particularly a fan of make up, skirts and dresses or any traditionally femenine-perceived stuff. But has been making exceptions due to Glam and Ches being unashamed of being seen as femenine, and actually rocking the looks. The internalized misogyny is kind of slowly dissapearing.

Apart from the guns she carries in each arm (I mean her biceps, have you looked at the size of those?? She strong) she has brass knuckles on her at all times. Glam gifts her new ones sometimes, she loves having multiple choices to punch people teeth in.

Loves horror, thrillers and action movies. Falls asleep during rom-coms and dramas. Ironically, loves gossip and talking shit about people. Enjoys hearing Ches talks about the gossip going on in the nursery home even if she doesn't know who the hell he's talking about.

Rest of the family under the cut!

Heavy

Heavy is a trans boy! He doesn't know his sexuality yet though, he's still figuring himself out. When he's older, i think he definitely dated some men but had better luck with girls.

Heavy has had innocent crushes on some girls on his class before, but they never turn into anything more cuz he's not the best at expressing himself. He follows the bother-the-girl-to-death-until-she-hates-you gimmick, and unsurprisingly, it doesn't work.

I'm sorry to break this to u but Heavy totally had an among us phase, and uses so much reddit and twitch slang... You know he does.

Likes bullying and teasing his brother to death. You know that when Dee had his first romance, Heavy was ALL up in his business being a tease and a bad attempt at a wingman. He means well tho.

He's not squeamish at all. Also has great pain resistance. This kid has picked cockroaches with his bare hands and loves cats, of course the cats have scratched him. He's tough!

Grows up to be the charming himbo he was always destined to be.

Dee

I hc him as demisexual. Kind of inherited his dad's tastes for the takes no crap, intimidating but pretty kind of people.

Can't cook. He tries but he can only do basics like rice, cereal, chicken nuggets or eggs. Complicated meals always burn or don't taste like anything at all. It drives him crazy.

Dee was a quiet and very well behaved toddler before Heavy was born. He never threw tantrums or got whims. After Heavy was born though, and despite the fact he understood his brother was small and needed special care, he started craving attention often and cried and got mad at little things. Typical jealousy of the oldest sibling.

The first time Dee fell in love with someone, he didn't recognize it was love at first. He just thought his interest on the person was born out of curiosity and aesthetic attraction, but as soon as he realized he seeked validation and companionship, that he liked seeing them smile, that he wanted to protect them, that he yearned for more time alone with them and that he wanted more than what just a simple friendship implied, it was an instant 'oh hell no'. He wanted those feelings to get the hell away, but unfortunately, they were there to stay.

Canonically likes MLP, psychological and horror anime like Death note and Hellsing, so I'm deciding he also watched Death Parade, had a FNAF phase, is very into The Walten Files. This guy enjoys any kind of specially dark ARG's and knows a ton of lore of real crime, unsolved cases, ghost appearances and other stuff. Doesn't believe in the supernatural, but sure is entertained by it.

He's a mess at romance. Flirting? His attempts at compliments are hardly flattering. Giving gifts? The best he can manage is jewelry and you can kind of tell he asked his dad for help. Dates? He's so nervous he's silent for most of it, but begins getting comfortable and having fun if his partner really knows how to get him down from his negativity cloud.

Ches

Pansexual.

He's very good with kids. He has the patience of a saint and he's laid-back, chill and fun but still is an authority figure who knows how to put limits. Sure, he's gonna let the kids light up a house on fire BUT hey, now they know everything about fire precautions, burns and how to treat them AND how to get away with arson. What an educational evening, am I right?

Due to certain info from the "Goodbye" official comic, I headcanon Ches as depressed. I don't want to elaborate a lot 'cuz of spoilers, but... God, everything related to his mom fucking hurts, man. How did he deal with all that?

Ches has been Dee and Heavy's babysitter so many times he cannot count them with all his fingers. He learned how to put those kids to sleep almost immediately (Sing Bon Jovi's "This ain't a love song" and any cheesy love song in a slow lullaby style and they're out), which movie were their favorite as kids (Heavy loved 'Monsters Inc.' and Dee never looked away during 'Meet the Robinsons'), how to console them after nightmares (Heavy needed reassurance, sweet words, and to be with someone until he fell asleep again. Dee just had to be tucked in, get his nightlight turned on and kissed in the forehead). He practically raised those kids along with Vicky and Glam.

More than once, Dee and Heavy have slipped and called Ches "Dad". Ches immediately gets his shit eating grin on and answers "Yes, son?" and does a couple of dad jokes just to mess and embarrass them. He's actually very flattered and surprised at how proud of himself he is for being a father figure to both kids.

Has a scar on the left side of his forehead due to a bottle his mom threw at him when he was younger, around the time he met Glam. He hates the scar with passion, it's a permanent reminder of the fact she never cared, that's why he always keeps it covered with his headband. Gets sad about it sometimes.

Ches likes to spend his time with a group of grannies of the nearby nursing home. He genuinely considers them his friends and gossips and hangs out with all of them on weekends. Bingo, billiards, walks in the park, soap opera marathons, you name it. I even designed them, gave them names and backstories... God, i just love the concept too much. I'll make some art about Ches and his granny gang FOR SURE, you're NOT ready for them.

Carries a pocket knife on him at all times. This man grew up on a bad neighborhood and absolutely knows how to defend himself, he can be intimidating when he wants to be and will pose a threat if needed. He's fucking terrifying when genuinely mad. Just cause he looks harmless doesn't mean he is, darling.

That would be all!