#kalin talks about things

[merikalin]

I guess i’ll just die

[erenjaegerwifee]

Summer In Pandora 🌸 Day 2 - One Bed 

Paring: Lo’ak x Fem!Omatikaya!Reader

Warnings: MDNI 18+, smut, explicit language, p in v, orals (f receiving), jealous Lo’ak, friends to lovers, mentions of courting, passionate sex, Lo’ak feeling guilty and in love, sensitive Lo’ak, body worshipping, sweet aftercare

Word Count: 3.5k

Index: ma kalin - my sweet, sevin - pretty.

Disclaimer: All my characters are aged-up! If that makes you uncomfortable do yourself a favor and scroll, don’t bother reading or interacting with my account, thank you!

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You decided to have a sleepover with your best friend and everything was going fine. You played board games and got into little arguments about how much rent you owe Lo’ak while playing monopoly. You played pranks on his brother while he was chilling out in his room.  

Everything was seemingly normal for a sleepover. Your parents never seemed to care that much when you and Lo’ak would spend time together. They knew well Lo’ak was your closet friend and you liked being around him so sleepovers were not an uncommon thing. You both were never without the other growing up so nothing would change now. 

Even though you have both grown into adults, both exceptional hunters and both single, it was never really an issue to be around each other. It’s not that you haven’t noticed the way Lo’ak would glance at your chest sometimes staring a bit too long. Or the way you would admire his chiseled abs when he would pull back his bow to shoot his prey when you were hunting. No, you were well aware of how hot he was and vise verse, but you never though it would be an issue. 

That was until tonight when you crawled into bed with him after a long day and then some of your playing around letting your limbs stretch out into the comfortable blankets. Lo’ak jumped onto the bed bouncing you up slightly as he looked down at you, “Awe are you tired already eveng(girl)?” he teased you as he seemed to not be tired at all. 

“You’re all talk bitch, when your head hits the pillow, you are gonna be out like a light, it happens every time.”  you look up at him smiling at the thought. “Whatever...” Lo’ak replies while he lays down next to you, “Wanna watch some TV?” he asked you. 

A couple years back, he had a TV installed in his room with movies downloaded on it for this reason specifically. Lo’ak never liked watching T.V alone, he always wanted someone to be with him usually opting between his brother and you, “Aren’t you tired?” you say with a yawn. 

“No but I take it you are, are you getting old? You never go to bed this early” his comment made you laugh. “Oh Lo’ak, I’m just an adult, it sucks but at least I get to have sex so” you shrug watching the TV as he flips through the selections. Lo’ak pauses immediately he felt like his brain lagged, “Sex? You are having sex? With who? Why didn’t you tell me?” he started off and turned his body to you. 

The TV now long forgot, the remote sits beside him as his attention is directed at you. The faith glow of light makes him look beautiful, his freckles shine in the dark but at the same time they don’t. You find yourself tracing the pattern on his face, something that was unique to the na’vi, no one is alike in this way. But Lo’ak was even more special with his extra fingers and toes. Some people may think he is dangerous because of his human feather but you like it a lot. Lo’ak has done nothing but protect you in all the time you have known him, not one day since you knew this man have you felt unsafe. Even though he can be quite reckless, he never has and never will put you in a position to get hurt, and it is not just something you know, it is something he has told you. 

“With no one specific, and I don’t know, I didn’t know how you would take it. You never told me when you had sex, if you did, I still don’t know” you answer him. You lay in your back and turned your head to the side on his pillow looking at him. Lo’ak’s entire body faces you and his head is propped up on his wrist and he watches you, “Ok fine is that what it’ll take? I had sex with, you remember Nila? She was my first time, then a couple more chicks after from the Metakayina clan.” his words upset your stomach but you ignore the feeling.  

“Well when you and your family when to the metakayina, I was lonely and it just happened, after that it never happened again” the sully family had only been with the metakayina clan for about a month. After they were attacked there Jake realized it made no sense, they run away from home is the sky people will find them where ever they go, he didn’t want to put people who do not know war in danger. So at least they decided if they stayed in the forest the Omatikayan are strong. They can fight for their own.  

“Your moving so sudden Lo’ak I was very sad watching my best friend leave with the rest of your family that I love every much.” you try to explain but he stopped you, “with who? Who did you lose it too ma kalin? His voice was soft, almost a whisper and his gaze doesn’t falter, “Adrik, we went to a party and met up there and I was feeling a bit awkward and he stayed with me so I wouldn’t feel uncomfortable. The next few days he’d spend more time with me and he was sweet, but when he requested to court me, I declined, it was the day before you came back home.” 

Lo’ak didn’t say anything, he just took in your words. Yours eyes started to flutter as you drifted away to sleep waiting for his response. Lo’ak watches you drift off to sleep right in front of him but his brain didn’t even process it. He admired your features but he wasn’t thinking about that, no. 

Lo’ak was thinking about how you fucked someone else, his entire life he stayed by your side and the moment he leaves you fall into bed with another man. He doesn’t blame you though, it natural you were alone and someone took advantage of your kind and submissive nature. It was his fault, he should have never left you. Maybe then you would have fallen into bed with him. 

Lo’ak didn’t mean to sleep with those other girls, after Nila he realized how much he really wanted that to be you and he regretted it ever since. When he left for the metkayina he wanted to take you, but he didn’t want to put you in unnecessary danger, no matter how much you cried for him to take you. That was the first time in his adult life he actually cried, it was because he left you.  

Now here you are sleeping comfortably in his bed, looking gorgeous as ever after you told him he made you lonely, “baby no I’m sorry...” Lo’ak whispered, scooting his body closer to yours. You had already fallen into deep sleep but it didn’t stop him from waking you. His large palm rested over the blanket on your hip shaking you slightly while calling your name.  

Lo’ak’s head came down to your neck, he rested his head on the pillow behind yourself and pushing his head into your skin meeting it with his lips. He kissed and whispered into your skin, “wake up kalin please” his voice was strained, desperate, “have to tell you something.” when your stir your body and open your sandy eyes you don’t see Lo’ak, you feel him. 

His body was pressed up against yours even though he’s bigger than you, his feet almost hang off the bed as he finds solace in the feeling your skin, you listen to him sweetly ask you to wake up so he can talk to you, you feel his hands squeeze your hip but they don’t really move from the spot, only to shake you. You feel his breath kiss your neck, the coolness that settles every time he inhales and the heat you feel when he exhales.  

“Lo’ak” you whisper and his head whips up to look at you, his body shuffles up so your lay face to face but he didn’t pull back to give you space, he stayed pressed up against you, “I’m so sorry I left you kalin, I should have fought harder for you to come with us, I am sorry” his apology catches you by surprise. “Lo’ak you do not need to apologize for that it is okay you are back-” 

“No but it is not okay, it’s my fault you slept with him, your first time shouldn’t have been because you felt alone, because I left you alone, I’m sorry, I’m sorry” Lo’ak cut you off desperately trying to win your forgiveness, every pause in his sentence he kissed you on your cheeks, both sides got equal love he even kissed the corners of your lips at one point, it was like he wasn’t thinking straight.  

“I shouldn’t have slept with those girls, I’m sorry they weren’t you, when I left, I searched in every girl for even a little sliver of you but no one was the real thing, I’m sorry you had to find comfort in someone else I promise I’ll never leave you again.” you take in his words, not fully processing but you tried to find a way to understand.  

“Lo’ak want are you trying to say?” your voice comes out a bit mean but you don’t think anything off it. He does though, he pulls his lips away from your face to look at you, his ears are pinned down as he looks into your green eyes due to the dark room. Even though his are almost the same shade, Lo’ak thinks yours are so much more beautiful. The slight difference in your eyes makes it all the more beautiful in his opinion, he has never seen this color on anything in his life, no plant, flower or vine has ever come close to how beautiful the shade of green your eyes are.  

You seem to finally process how mean you sounded and brought your hands up quickly too his face, his hands were still situated around your waist, and the rest of his body was still pressed up against yours except for his face and chest, “wait, I didn’t mean it like that, you just- you woke me up apologizing for something I have never blamed you for, I want to know the reason is all” you pull him closer and rest your forehead to his. 

Lo’ak sighs into your touch, your voice is so soothing to him, he could listen to you talk all day. He closes his eyes and takes in your words letting them resonate with him, you don’t blame him, he shouldn’t blame himself. Lo’ak raises his head from yours and looks you in the eyes, “I- I love you; I was waiting for the right time to tell you but I don’t think any time could be better than this, holding you close to me, in bed, this is all I want for the rest of my life I love you” his words are nervous but you couldn’t have been happier hearing them.  

“Oh Lo’ak, I love you too-” he doesn’t wait for you to finish your sentence, just pulling you close, kissing you on the lips. The action surprises you but you don’t push him away only melting into the feeling of his soft lips. You only break the kiss to get some air and again he tried to kiss you almost immediately. It makes you giggle how sweet he looks wanting to kiss you so bad, cute blush on his face as he looks at you, “Patience Lo you will get whatever you want, but first I wanna know what brought this on” you tease him. 

Your hands run down his neck to his chest and back up, you watch him close his eyes feeling your touch and it makes you giddy, you’ve never seen Lo’ak look so fragile before, it is quite loving to see him relax with you into such a state, “I made a mistake, you shouldn’t have slept with him, I wanted to be the one to do that. I know it sounds selfish and you had every right to do what you did but I can’t help but feel like if I was still here, it would have been me”  

His words make you melt, “It is not your fault. Do not blame yourself you can still make me yours; it was only one time and if I’m being honest the only way I got through it was thinking about how much I wanted it to be you...” you voice is soft, shy as you confess to him, you lean towards him and press a soft kiss on his nose. 

“Let me make it up to you” his words are almost slurred and his blush deepen from the kiss. Before you could protest Lo’ak slide his was between your thighs flipping your loincloth up exposing you to him. You try to close your legs but his big body stopped your movements, “Please, I promise I’ll make you feel good, please let me get a little taste”  

His words make your cunt gush, you hoped he wouldn’t notice to way you got wet so easily but it didn’t matter much when you gave into him nodding your head for him to touch you. “Want to hear you say it kalin, tell me you want me down here”  

This man is down bad for you and you both know it, the thought makes you clench around nothing, “Want you Lo, make me feel good” your voice comes out as a softly but he hears it, not wanting to wasting anymore time he licked a stride up your slit sucking on your clit, you weren’t expecting it to feel so good when you agreed but damn he is amazing, you don’t want to think about where he learned to do this so well but it benefits you entirely. You whimper and feeling his tongue glide along your wet folds and flicker at your clit, it doesn’t take long before he throws you into your orgasm making you gush in his mouth. Lo’ak is reeling between your thighs as he shoves his head in deeps almost disappearing from your view when you clench on his tongue repeatedly, he doesn’t waste a drop. 

When he licks you clean, he raises his head panting, his lower face is messed up with your essence making you turn your head from him shying away. Lo’ak chuckles as he watches you blush and bite on your middle finger glancing at him. He kisses and sucks his way up your body leaving marks on your thighs, hips, abdomen until he makes it to your covered chest.  

“Can I take it off please?” his voice is so sweet but you let him do it anyways. He wastes no time getting you naked after he got your verbal confirmation. Lo’ak takes a minute to admire your bare body before him, his hands run up and down your slim, sexy waist thinking about how soft your skin is, how amazing you look in the dimly lit room, he sees everything so clearly as if the sun was shining down on you. Thats a thought, imagine having you sprawled out naked in the forest taking his cock, he can’t wait for all the fun that comes with being in love with you.  

He snaps out of his thoughts when your hand reaches down to palm him in his loincloth noticing the obvious bulge. Lo’ak groans when his feels your hand squeeze him, “wanna make you feel good too Lo” you bite your lip looking at his strong figure above you, your voice was soft but not a whisper you wanted him to hear how much you wanted to please him and he certainly did.  

“Fuck baby, you’re just perfect aren’t you, wanna suck on my cock for me to feel good...Eywa you really are fucking perfect aren’t you.” he doesn’t move your hand from his covered cock but brings a hand to stroke your hair sweetly. This man just had a way of making you feel submissive for him, his hand runs through the strands of your hair petting the top of your head occasionally. You looked up at him with such lust, you want him so bad, “yea Lo, wanna be good for you” you say sweetly looking right at him. 

Your words make his cock jump under your touch which in turn make you giggle while you look at him, neither of you have broken eye contact yet when he bends his body over yours brining his lips down to kiss you sweetly on the mouth. Lo’ak makes you swoon in that kiss, when he pulls away you raise your head chasing his lips. 

“Kalin, as much as I wanna feel this sweet mouth on my cock, tonight is about you. Tonight, I want you to have everything you deserve” his voice is calm, soft but steady, you know he means what he is saying to you. Lo’ak removes his hands from you and unties his loincloth letting his harden cock bounce freely in the air. The exposure makes his hiss and he strokes it slowly.  

You watch him pump his cock in his hand, he is huge, a little on the thin side but his cock was still thick and the length...he was so long you think he could possibly touch the inside of your belly button. He lines up his cock with your slit pushing in slowly, his gaze shifts from your tight hole taking him in and your screwed up face. He feels the way your small cunt stretches to accommodate him and he drops his head on your collarbone when he bottoms out, “Fuck kalin, did you- are you sure you’re not a virgin? You are so fucking tight” he mumbles into your skin. 

“You-you’re so big Lo-” your voice stutters and he’s not even moving yet, you definitely boast his ego but you sound so good talking to him like that, he almost cums in the stop. He knows what you are trying to say, he understands but he wants to hear you say it, “Hmm, you think so sevin?” he raises his head to look at you watching you bite your lip and nod your head. 

Lo’ak pulls back giving and experimental thrust and when you moan, he swears he hears paradise. Lo’ak takes it as a sign to set a nice pace for it, it’s not too fast but enough to make you mewl out for him. Your arms come to wrap around his neck pulling his down to meet your lips. Lo’ak doesn’t want to muffle your sounds he wants to hear everything, but he just can’t resist his sweet girls asking for a kiss.  

When his lips touch yours your body stutters, you clench on him unintentionally making him moan into your mouth. Lo’ak quickens his speed feeling the way your lips no longer kiss him, your sounds travel from your mouth to his, lips touching sweetly as you tell him how good you feel. “Yea? Feels good? You feel so fucking good too baby, clenching on my cock like that, you’re gonna make me cum”  

His words send a jolt of electricity through your body, his lips travel down to your neck sucking on the sweet spot that makes your legs weak. You whimper loudly into the air when you feel your orgasm creeping up on you. “Lo- Lo’ak wanna cum!” your voice is pitched another octave when you speak to him, “Cum baby, wanna feel you cum in my cock, doing so fucking good for me, such a good girl, cum for me” Lo’ak groans when you gush on his cock clamping down in him tightly.  

He follows right behind you pulling out and aiming to cum on your stomach, but his cum shoots out landing of your naked tits. The cool air makes your shiver as you come down from your high. You watch him pant above you as if he’s so worn out now, he drops beside you on the bed reaching for his discarded loincloth to clean up your body. Not that he would be needing it now.  

Lo’ak sits up dipping the cloth into some warm water then swiping it on your cunt, the feeling making you flinch but welcome the feeling when he pulls away and you’re clean again. You never thought he’d be one for such aftercare but here he was surprising you again.  

You yawn cutely catching his attention and he crawls into bed next to you tossing the cloth aside. He pulls you close your back against his chest and he kiss your shoulder and neck whispering how good you did for him, how amazing you felt, and sweet compliments that would make you blush if you weren’t so tired. You drift off to bed in his strong arms listening to him tell you how much he loves you, you really couldn’t have felt more loved than you do in this moment.   

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[rcpconfessions]

I just saw the thing about CK, and yk, I miss her too, part of me didn't want to believe that she was really gone, she was a really sweet and nice person. The last time I ever saw CK interact with my posts was the one of my art, with Poli and Roy together. I just want to say, I am glad she got to see one last art piece from me before she left.

And I am also sad to know that her cousin went down the same painful road. And then we almost lost Kalin after, he hasn't been on tumblr for a while, but wherever he is, I hope he is living a happy life, idk, maybe he is on discord talking to you guys, since I don't really have discord. (a slight adjacent to this but, that Romanian doctor did well, an Angel sent from God...) CK, come see me in my dreams, your cousin is welcome as well, and Kalin, I hope you're doing good out there, we miss you too...

damn.. I lowkey don't know what to say but I feel sad now

[halfamask]

Soft gentle life between dark signers and Grand Prix headcannons of the garage apartment boys who absolutely do not know how to live a soft, normal life. (Inspired by that one filler episode of jack trying to a get a job)

- Yusei does most of the cooking because while the other two can scrape together a meal they either put together the bare minimum for nutrition (chicken and rice with a veggie smoothie style) or go absolutely ham with sweets and expensive products and he cannot live with that. Plus he enjoys cooking because once you figure out the basics you can get creative and trial and error and It’s kind of like working on his bike.

- They really lean into the bachelor pad lifestyle thing. The most expensive things in the apartment are their duel runners and their video game console for the tv. They have a shabby beat up couch but sit on the floor half the time anyways. Jack insists on having one spot he likes on the couch be “his” spot and Crow and sometimes Yusei will run, like literally haul ass, to the couch to sit in that spot and piss him off.

- They have had physical altercations over this spot.

- They don’t bother with bed frames and just toss mattresses on the floor of their one bedroom. They tend to have their fair share of nightmares, especially Yusei dreaming about his duels with Kalin, but when one of them wakes up in a cold sweat one of the other two will undoubtedly be up out of bed making them their favorite tea (akiza put them onto tea it’s doing wonders but only jack will admit to liking it). Sometimes yusei’s nightmares will get so bad that jack and crow wil say fuck it, move their mattresses to his, and use the warmth of their bodies and the weight of their arms around his to get him to feel secure enough that he’ll finally rest, physically knowing that his friends are ok and alive and literally on him. When they wake up no one mentions that they’ve been three way spooning the whole night basically.

- Jack is such a coffee snob and will treat the boys to the best beans and a nice espresso machine which crow thinks is the hugest waste of money ever but uses more than he does (because he is perpetually tired from work)

- It takes a second for Jack and Crow to get used to Leo, Luna, and Akiza just coming over to talk to Yusei or hang out. Leo immediately closes the gap by gushing to Jack, well, about himself, and Jack’s soon regaling him with tales of his best duels and Crow’s competing by telling him about his run ins with sector security (only the PG stuff) and teaching him to build things. Jack eventually forms a connection with Luna and Akiza because he gets what it’s like to be more reserved but still be dramatic and have a rich life and eventually they’re talking about dueling or books (for some reason I headcannon jack as the biggest reader of the three but also that Luna loves to read) or things to do in new domino.

- They also have chill table top duels with Leo, Luna, and Akiza and Jack and Crow are surprised when Luna and Akiza give them a run for their money. (Sorry Leo but Luna’s the dueling prodigy).

- The three boys will have their own three way duel game nights. These inevitably end in them physically tussling around the living room.

- Yusei and Crow have to make a chore chart bc Jack never wants to do household chores (living with Goodwin’s funding made him mad spoiled) Jack will do the chores when put up to it but by god will he complain and trash talk then the whole time.

- They don’t talk about Kalin a lot. Or about those years when he was locked up and the three were living separately. It’s still obviously in the air, noticeable when Crow and Yusei go visit different groups of people in the Satellite and Jack stays with Martha basically the whole time. The days they go to visit though, they finish off with a meal at Martha’s so filling their stomachs hurt and a ride back to new domino city that’s slower than they usually ride, like they’re savoring the existence of the bridge and prolonging their time on it for as long as possible.

[pyropsychiccollector]

Yu-gi-oh 5D's: IF (Part 2)

After the Fortune Cup concludes, there's a brief lull as our heroes figure out how to proceed. Interrogating Goodwin isn't as straightforward as Sector Security hoped, especially when the former Director says he'll only speak to Yusei.

Meanwhile, Yusei, Jack, and Kalin face the public storm with Yusei's rise to glory. Plenty of Grand Prix fans are dissatisfied with someone from Satellite being their new Champ, and the biggest nuisances are the media eager to get the scoop on Yusei and/or drag him through the mud. Dragon manages to temper the crowd's volatile nature somewhat by formally acknowledging Yusei, and says if people have a problem with that they can take it up with him. Because Dragon doesn't care where people are from; Yusei demonstrated a burning spirit and drive that had him plow through every hurdle until he was finally able to defeat Dragan. If people are that upset about it, they can just gun for the Pros and prove that they're actually superior. Until then, they can cram it with the heckling.

Yusei weathers all the attention rather well - he's more concerned with understanding why they're all here. Why Goodwin had a hand in Greiger's village vanishing. Why he was so fixated on Jack and Yusei. But Trudge isn't so eager to strike a deal with Yusei to get Goodwin talking, he thinks he's more than sufficient for the interrogation so Trudge keeps at it for a while.

Jack stares at all the haters and wonders if this was what he wanted. If people would've accepted him any better than Yusei. Given the public's disdain for Satellite, he's wagering that it would've been about the same. It's certainly a wakeup call for him, though Jack isn't disheartened for long. The allure of stardom is an enticing one, but in the end what he seeks is being the best. It's just bothersome to him that people are so prejudiced; none of them deserve this resentment for making it so far in the Fortune Cup, for being judged for where they were born. Hell, those slack-jawed numbskulls don't even understand Yusei was threatened to do this tournament. Jack could care less about the public's opinions, he'll keep striving for greatness. He'll get another shot at Yusei once things have cooled down somewhat.

Kalin is amped about his buddy becoming the top dog in Neo Domino, that in a way the Enforcers managed to achieve a victory far grander than they ever dreamed. Though he's not so arrogant to claim this is a group victory; this was all Yusei, and in a way his friend has surpassed him despite not being much of a leader. And that thought sobers Kalin up, making him look back on all they've accomplished and gone through together. The other Enforcers always looked up to Kalin, but there was always a part of him that wondered how warranted that admiration was. He had moments of jealousy, of his emotions getting the best of him. Yusei might not have been a leader, but there was a down-to-earth quality that made him ideal for the role. It got Kalin thinking that Yusei had truly surpassed him as leader of the Enforcers, in every sense of the word...

As everyone regroups at Blister's place for some privacy and downtime, Kalin stews on the fact Jack is still here. That it almost feels like the old days, just with all the new faces - Tanner, Yanagi, Luna, Leo, and Greiger - along for the ride. Dragon stayed back to ensure the media didn't tail them. Kalin can't shake the feeling he doesn't want to feel this comfortable around Jack yet. That Jack hasn't earned it yet. Yusei forgives so easily, and to a degree Kalin is jealous of that. He wishes he could be so noble. But in all the post-tournament celebrations, it feels and looks like he's the only one left sour and dissatisfied. Not wanting to ruin the atmosphere for their new friends' sake, Kalin slinks out to get some air.

Greiger gets along well enough with Leo and Luna. While he'd love to be grilling Goodwin personally, he's content to leave the man in Sector Security's care. That does mean there's a bit of a lull for him, a certain aimlessness for his next goal. But Greiger can't deny that hanging around Yusei and his friends helps him feel at peace. That they're just as restless as he is, just as eager to fully stop Goodwin's schemes. Greiger doesn't have a home to return to, so he's pretty much on the same level as those living in the Satellite. Maybe that's why he vibes with this hodge-podge group. They're social outcasts who are decent and well-meaning. They don't let their standing get in the way of what's important, saving their friends and fighting for what's right. He's also a Duel Runner enthusiast like Yusei, Jack, Kalin, and Blister. Even Bolt was thinking about returning to the Pros. So there was a brothership of sorts.

With Yusei busy checking in with Blister through video call, who made it to Satellite and saved Rally and crew, Kalin is the one approached by a Dark Signer drone. He tries to bait Kalin over to their side, suggesting that he can crush Jack Atlas. Kalin briefly considers the proposal, but immediately discards it as he would be enemies with Yusei in that case... And Kalin isn't that desperate to get back at Jack. So he duels the drone, and manages to win despite the Dark Synchro being a formidable challenge.

Jack went searching for Kalin since it was late, and on the way he bumps into Carly, who's been searching for Yusei to get some exclusive scoop. They catch the tail end of Kalin's duel with the drone, and while Kalin is still aggro, he does put aside his feelings of frustration and report they got a new threat coming their way. Mainly for Yusei and Jack. They all vamoose before Sector Security arrives to investigate the scene of the duel, which wreaked havoc on a construction site. Jack tries telling Carly to go home and let them handle things, but the girl's too curious for her own good.

Much to Trudge's frustration, he has little choice but to ask Yusei for help with Goodwin so stubborn in his silence. He personally escorts Yusei to the interrogation room, and has Jack, Kalin, and Greiger remain in a waiting room since they tagged along. While Yusei gets the explanation on the Crimson Dragon as well as the impending war with the Dark Signers, Trudge gets taken over by a spider drone and he duels Jack... with Carly supporting him, as the drone managed to injure Jack to get an advantage in their duel. Jack still wins, and gets looked after by Mina who feels embarrassed for Trudge's momentary insanity, and harbors a small crush on the blond ever since she watched him duel in the Fortune Cup. ... This does put her at odds with Carly, though.

After Yusei gets the low-down from Goodwin (still isn't sure if he can trust the man), he meets back up with his friends and learns what they've been through in the meanwhile. They then get approached by Lazar, who's rather fidgety and panicky at a new development. Regrouping in Lazar's office, they're vexed at some arm in a container with the fifth Sign emblazoned on it. None of them has a clue what it means, Lazar hasn't dared ask Goodwin about it because he's terrified of whatever answer he'll get. Lazar just found it while rooting around in his new office. And since Yusei, Jack, and Luna are confirmed Signers, he believes the...arm... is best off with them. Yusei accepts custody of it, and requests that they get a ride back to Satellite. They have business there.

However, at this point, everyone agrees to split up. Yusei, Kalin, and Greiger agree to head out to Satellite to check on the situation there. Meanwhile, Jack, Mina, Carly, and Trudge head for the Arcadia Headquarters to try and get Akiza onboard with the new mission of taking down the Dark Signers. There's also the issue that Luna and Leo attempted to infiltrate Arcadia's ranks while their eyes were off the kids.

In this version of events, Mina confronts Sayer when she sneaks into his office and finds evidence of criminal activity. Sayer defeats her in a duel and blasts her out the window, unwittingly turning her into a Dark Signer. Misty still attacks Akiza, accusing her of killing her brother. In the hectic demolition of Arcadia Headquarters, Trudge saves Leo and Luna, and Jack helps Akiza abort the duel with Misty, and they flee with Carly. Mina defeats Sayer in a rematch, and turns him into a Dark Signer as well. In the aftermath, Mina's horrified at what she's become, and Misty tries to console her. Then the three Dark Signers depart for Satellite for the coming battles.

Trudge doesn't take Mina's disappearance well, but knows it's his duty to help get Jack, Akiza, Carly, Leo, and Luna over to Satellite. He doesn't want more lives at risk than there already is... But he does worry about Mina, all the same.

In Satellite, Yusei's group rendezvouses with Blister, Rally, and crew. Crow hooks back up with them as well, but things get dicey as Roman's drones are multiplying amongst the Satellite's residents. Yusei entrusts the fifth Sign to Crow, hoping it'll help protect him with everything going on.

Tragedy strikes. Crow goes out on his own as he's worried for some kids he left behind. That's when Roman attacks, and does his best to tempt Crow over to the Dark Signers. Doesn't work so well with how spirited Crow is, but Roman does possess him with a drone and uses the Enforcer to duel Yusei and break his confidence. Roman does manage to get under Yusei's skin with this maneuver, and gets Yusei into a crash with his Runner before the duel can conclude.

Kalin gets Yusei over to Martha's, while he leaves Greiger and the others to bring the Runner. Roman made Crow slip away, and still has the fifth Sign back in his possession. When they regroup at Martha's, Yusei blames himself for allowing Crow to get captured by the enemy. Kalin resolves to fix this...somehow. Crow is just as much his friend, it's not Yusei's fault things ended up this way.

Jack's group arrives shortly after, and they all have time to decompress and think of their next move. Yusei helps Akiza to get over her lingering mental blocks, helps to make up with her parents. They all stew and reflect on why they're here, why they're fighting the Dark Signers. As tempting as it is to ignore Goodwin's ominous fantastical tales, they do have their reasons.

Yusei, Jack, and Kalin want to save Crow.

Trudge wants to find out what happened to Mina.

Luna wants to rescue Ancient Fairy Dragon.

Carly wants to help Jack. Leo wants to help everyone.

Greiger believes this will close the book on his vengeance against Goodwin.

Akiza wants to resolve matters with Misty.

Eventually, Roman throws down the gauntlet and challenges the Signers to close the gates to the Netherworld before the sun sets. Our heroes come to realize their enemies are Roman, Misty, Devack, Sayer, and Mina.

The fight against Devack goes about the same, with Luna and Leo taking him down and reclaiming Ancient Fairy Dragon.

Trudge tries his best to save Mina, but he isn't strong enough to defeat her Earthbound Immortal; his defeat does bring Mina some amount of grief and heartache. Carly tries getting through to Mina, seeing her rival so distraught. However, this winds up with the Earthbound Immortal fully possessing Mina and taking Carly hostage to strong-arm Jack. Of course he doesn't listen, and stakes it all on one last turbo duel. Jack manages to defeat her, save Carly, and promises they'll bring Mina back along with Trudge.

Kalin duels Crow in Yusei's place, but defeating his friend results in Roman claiming Crow's soul like many others in Satellite. He and Greiger go to seek out Roman, and narrowly triumph over him in a two-on-one match. During that battle, the fifth Sign bonds to Kalin, and his Infernity Doom Dragon becomes the fifth dragon card in the set. Back in Neo Domino, Goodwin can feel instinctually that his brother lost, and feels the subtle call of the King of the Netherworld. The former Director begins taking steps before his window of opportunity is lost.

Yusei duels and takes out Sayer. He learns that Sayer is the one responsible for Misty's brother's disappearance, and he manages to record Sayer's confession in the hopes that Misty will come to her senses. Which goes about as well as canon, Akiza needing to win her duel without Misty's surrender.

Back in Neo Domino, Goodwin nearly consummates his pact with the Dark Signers. Almost calls forth the King of the Netherworld. But Dragan duels him, as a favor to Yusei and his friends. He doesn't see the Crimson Dragon as some lesser deity to Thor or any of the Nordic gods. Dragan knows how hard they're all fighting to save this city, and chips in as the once-champ. With his defeat, Goodwin can't summon the King of the Netherworld, and everything resolves.

A key difference is that with Thor's interference, Rex and Roman are able to be brought back to life through some miracle. It's not the ending the brothers were looking for, but reflecting on it they should atone properly. They have a duty to look after Devack, Sayer, Misty, and Mina. The former two will need rehabilitation like the brothers, while the ladies can return to their lives without much fuss. Everyone knows the real responsible parties for all the suffering and misery over the years. They'll put the spurs to the Arcadia Movement and track down Misty's brother, along with all of the people held against their will. And further, the brothers, Devack, and Sayer will surrender to the authorities and whatever punishments are deemed appropriate.

Crow and everyone else affected by the Dark Signers are returned to life. Crow reunites with the gang, and is surprised Kalin can be near Jack without going feral, and that Jack is sticking around. Jack points out he's had lots of time to stew over and regret running off like he did; and he's not going to repeat history. Kalin embraces his role as a Signer, and doesn't get pigheaded over being the one to defeat Roman. Without every one doing their part, they wouldn't be standing here. Kalin resolves to let his bitterness go, to work with Jack and everyone to bring Satellite and Neo Domino back together. Yusei can get behind the Enforcers reforming for that purpose, they all can. Crow feels left out of the adventure, but they won't leave him behind. There's a leftover plot thread of Kalin feeling Yusei might make a better leader of their group (not just the Enforcers, but everyone involved), but for now he has the mark of the dragon head.

Yusei wasn't expecting Dragan to step in like that, but thanks him for the help. Goodwin could have blindsided them... It was a close thing. Dragan waves him off and declares he'll return for that Championship title someday. For now he wants to track down the other Nordic god wielders and embrace the feeling of camaraderie; as much as Dragan respects Yusei and the Crimson Dragon, he can't deny there's some jealousy at seeing them come together as a unit. Dragan points out the others might not be so receptive of the Crimson Dragon; they do have their pride as fellow heroes. But if they have to, they'll settle accounts with the Signers someday. ... Someday soon. Dragan can feel it in his bones.

Greiger feels good about taking down the Goodwin brothers, and even better about saving his home village from the Dark Signers. While he will be taking time off to return home and celebrate, he promises Kalin, Yusei, and everyone that he'll be back. As easy as it would be to part ways, Greiger wants to help them save more people and reunite this splintered city. Luna and Leo go with him, wishing to show their support.

Mina reconciles with Trudge, Carly, and Jack. She still has feelings for Jack, but it is a lot murkier after this whole Dark Signer business - a lot of which she doesn't remember. Subconsciously, she's grown closer to Trudge after defeating him in that duel; she feels guilty and sorrowful, and doesn't fully understand herself. Carly's ecstatic at the conflict in interest (less competition for Jack), but does feel kinda bad cuz it has to suck losing some real personal memories like that. Jack doesn't have romantic feelings for anyone yet; but he has no problem accepting Carly and Mina, and even Trudge as friends.

Akiza and Misty have a similar reconciliation, yet Misty handles the memory loss marginally better because she was in a dark place mentally, anguishing over her brother. But Akiza apologizing for being so horrible to him, for giving her hope about her brother still out there somewhere... Misty has no grudges left. She sees Akiza isn't the witch everyone accused her of being, and feels content knowing Sayer was in custody and the Arcadia Movement was being dissolved. Misty picks her modeling career back up, but does so with a two-fold purpose. To help her brother return to her, and also to help sponsor the future Team 5Ds. Like Greiger, Misty doesn't like leaving debts unpaid and is more than happy to stay in touch and do what she can to help her heroes.

While everyone else branches off a little, the Enforcers succeed in funding and building a bridge to connect Satellite and Neo Domino. It's a small step in their goals, but it's an important first step all the same. Now the real work can begin in healing the Satellite...

[gramarye]

yugioh characters i am earnestly 100% turning into women none of that "he is like a girl to me but not really" shit but "this is a Woman to me" realness

kalin kessler i think this is a woman i think she grew her hair out in a depressive phase in crash town and also realized something about herself hashtag #WOMAN

fubuki.. girl...if you dont stop bothering your sister and look within about your ideas on femininity NOW

shay is my beautiful butch

crow is also my beautiful butch and shinji and crow is butch4butch idgafff talk to the hand etc

declan also sorry it is Not my fault arc-v is full of beautiful butches.

ryoken... WOMAN!

gakuto sevens .. listen. give her five years. maybe six.

honorary mention judai but this is different this is an outlier this is a there are 5000 judys in my head situation. this can be a transfem butch this can be nonbinary or bigender or transmasc whatever. just know this is nawt a cis man to me im doing something to this thing...amen

[bulgariandeficit]

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My name is Kalin, no other names please! I am from Gabrovo, Bulgaria, so my second language is English (excuse my mistakes if there are any). My pronouns are they/them. My birthday is on July 13. I talk about/draw RCP (Robocar Poli).

(I also like hetalia, but that’s only exclusive to my twitter)

In RCP, I mainly draw Jin because she’s my favorite character (but I barely post about her becsuse I have too many drafts...) but Lifty is cool too!

I’m keeping my tumblr generally worksafe, but watch out for mentions of gore, NSFW, and adult stuff.

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There really isn't a dni... I don't care if your a weirdo, proshipper and whatnot, just don't be an ass or a zionist (This has to be said.)

SOCIALS 🗣️

(Note: Twitter and Insta are separate from my real accounts, these are like alternate accounts, hence the little followers and following.)

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[seastarblue]

Creators Club: Trivia Tuesday

✨Good day!✨

for this Trivia Tuesday, I’m gonna talk about the behind-the-scenes parts of Interwoven! (Deathless)

under the cut bc it got a little long:

tldr is Kaiden was a fairy Once Upon a Time, now she’s way way wayyyyyy different, this is basically a glorified yap sesh lmaooo also a lil SeaArtTM so ehehe

Now even though Kaiden is the main character, she’s not the first character from this world. I think that honor goes to Saffron, the fairy captain of the Fifth Order of the Azari. But I’ll talk about Saffy some other time!

The reason I thought of Saffron first (because frankly I kinda forget she exists sometimes) was because Kaiden used to be a fairy as well! I think she (Kai) had green butterfly wings and bright green eyes to match. I changed her design constantly over the years, but this design stuck for about two whole ones.

Also her name was not always Kaiden, her name progression went like:

Naomi,

Jacks,

Jaqueline,

Malakai,

Kalin,

just Kai,

then Kaiden!

Here’s a lil thing of what I remember (it’s been about five years so bear with me):

So yeah. She’s changed quite a bit: she’s now human, not tiny (she’d have been about 4’8”? Now she’s 5’8”), she doesn’t look like she’ll bite your kneecaps, and she now has locs.

She also now uses a different weapon, two dagger-like blades as opposed to a hatchet (ik it don’t LOOK like one but believe it does ok thanks).

Her story has changed a lot too! I think she was a … renegade… someone? actually I don’t remember, but it certainly wasn’t a bounty hunter like now.

I could probably reuse this design though—who knows!

Anyways, I think that concludes Trivia Tuesday! Have a great day everyone, and I hope I didn’t bore you lols

@bardic-tales

[wordslikesilver]

Have I ever talked about my most insane crack ship ever on here before, I was telling some friends about it last night and now I just gotta share the lunacy. Note this is explicitly a non romantic ship, I just think these two would be amazing friends and get along wonderfully.

Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy and Yusei Fudo from Yugioh 5Ds.

Okay so hear me out Yusei is this super kind and gentle gifted mechanic and physicist who is deeply altruistic right down to his core so OF COURSE he’d help Rosalina on the Comet Observatory if he ended up there. Please imagine him working away in the engine room to help keep the place running and help with maintenance on the reactor while lil Lumas are like, carrying a big heavy toolbox and cutely failing or playing around with his goofy ass hair. Then you’ve got Rosalina, this kind, loving, deeply gentle motherly woman who takes care of the Lumas. Now imagine her being protected by Stardust Dragon and calling forth its evolutions with her wand or carrying a baby stardust dragon in her arms or on her shoulder. Taking a nap under one of Stardust Dragon’s tattered wings over in the Garden.

I explicitly see them as just friends because I feel like Rosalina has something otherworldly and cosmically distant about her that makes her not really feel like a normal human you’d romantically bond with the same way, she’s simply the mother and caretaker of the stars. Yusei is in love with his motorcycle and Bruno. Speaking of his motorcycle just imagine him like, him going through launch stars streaking through the skies on his bike, a big thing in the show being the feeling of freedom and exhilaration that comes with speed. One of Yusei’s most formative duels was on a Rainbow Starlight Road outrunning the pull of a black hole. Speaking of which, I especially imagine just the most wretchedly heartbreaking scene where as he’s going between galaxies finding and dueling for power stars for the CO, he comes upon a galaxy eaten to bits by little black holes and when he reaches the end, Bruno steps out of one, changed horribly by something dark in the endless void and the emotional trauma that would lead to. The processing of grief over losing his boyfriend a second time. No I never said I was a good person, cry about it. Maybe like, Bruno is possessed by the big bad that attacked the CO again and resulted in Yusei ending up there needing to help and he’s trying to free Bruno from this dark influence, just like he had to do with his other ex Kiryu/Kalin when he was a Dark Signer. Anyways yeah, instead of the crimson dragon which left at the end of 5D’s, Yusei is empowered by the Mother of the Cosmos and he gets like new Stardust Lumas he can summon to help him and all that cool stuff. Are you seeing my vision, it’s insane but it cooks and you fucking know it cooks deep in your heart.

[kuriboo]

Crow! Because fnuy.

fnuy bird man! i do love he greatly. i'm not as feral about him as i am others, but he is a good good boy and i would protect him if he didn't insist on protecting me because i'm a weak little shit.

Why I like them/why I don’t There's so much to love about Crow. He's such a kind, nurturing soul to any kids around him. He's also not afraid to talk shit to people who deserve it, and he has the ability to back himself up. This boy is multifaceted! He's got it all, the whole package. What I like about their appearance I like his hair, and I like his outfit. The forehead marker, however, does not do it for me, sorry. I think I should blame Dragon Ball Z for this one; I see a giant M on someone's forehead and go whoops that's a bad guy. Didn't care for the design choice there, either. Not a bad thing by any means, this is just personal preference. The rest of him is great. He has a cute face OTP It is really hard for me to ship Crow with just one person... He's just so poly to me, sorry. If I had to put him in a monogamous relationship, however, it'd probably be Crow/Akiza. Which isn't my favorite Crow ship, but incidentally may be one of my favorite Akiza ships. Everything from the WGRP leading up to their duel against Sherry in Ark Cradle... Beautiful. I care them. NOTP Only thing that comes to mind is I don't care so much for shipping him with the Arc V cast, outside of Jack. I didn't like Shinji so I didn't ship him and Crow at all. Other than that, I can't really think of anything. Like, I can't remember Crow having any meaningful relationships with adults that I didn't care for. OT3 Yusei/Jack/Crow Honorable mention: Yusei/Jack/Crow/Kalin Favourite card they use I love the imagery of the name "Shura the Blue Flame". I also love the archetype spells and traps. Crow's a scrappy little guy.

Favourite moment they were in If I gotta pick just one... I really want to pick all of roommates arc (pre-WGRP, the beginning of that season, with Yusei and Jack and Crow living together in an apartment and just all the slice of life from that part of the season). I can't really pick a specific moment in there. The time Jack got arrested? Crow and Jack moping because Yusei's attention is all focused on Bruno? All the times Crow yelled at Jack for spending all their money on coffee? I can't. It's all so good.

Honorable mention: The fact that Crow was meant to be like a rival to Yusei, but the popularity of his archetype was so strong that it made him a good good boy instead. It's so funny to me. Least favourite moment That argument at the beginning of Arc V's Synchro arc where Crow and Yuya argue whether food or smiles are more important. Because I definitely agree with Crow on that one, but the whole thing just gives me secondhand embarrassment for some reason. Would I fuck, marry or kill them

Absolutely marry. Anyone who wants to kill Crow has to be heartless, have you looked at him? Have you heard his voice? Have you seen him smile? I'm not mentally unwell about him, but literally anyone would be lucky to have the chance to marry this man.

[merikalin]

I’m back in this place again 😔

[gx-gameon]

So this is for your Jaden in 5DS AU

1. what other temporal consequences occur as a result of Jaden missing for 30 + years? (Especially since you're considering letting Jaden and Jesse stay in 5DS permanently)

Like something Jaden would have solved/prevent but didn't cause he was flung into the future. I know the GX and DM cast will definitely be older now (and some might be gone )

2. What's Jaden and Jesse's reaction when he learned about 'future' events like Zero Reverse, Satellite and the Dark Signers ?

I need to talk about this au more.

Here’s the thing. If we are doing time travel, especially one that won’t be a closed loop, where we don’t return to the original time. I don’t think there is anything that “changes” Jaden was always going to travel forward.

Now if he stayed in his time I don’t think the Arcadia movement would ever really get started. Between Jaden, Jesse, and Chazz there are a lot of people who are well versed in there spiritual powers.

Jesse’s whole dream is to be a bridge between people and spirits and that’s what Jaden sets out to do once he leaves school.

It’s weird that a whole public cult appears that takes in young physic duelist and trains them as soldiers would exist in a world where Jaden, Jesse, and Chazz are around. Like maybe they are only in Domino city but that’s still weird. Unless Jaden and Jesse (maybe Chazz) aren’t around.

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As far as Jaden and Jesse’s responsed to Reverse Zero, Satellite, and Dark Signers. It’s the same way we feel when we hear about horrific things in the past.

There is no way Jaden could have stoped Reverse Zero and the resulting prejudice and injustice faced by the people of Satellite. He’s upset about what happened. The destruction of the city. The way his friends have been treated/still treated. But there is nothing he can do about it right now. (Maybe he makes notes for if/when he travels back in time but as of right now there is nothing to be done)

Now the Dark signers is a little different. He appears pretty soon after the Dark signer arc ends. Again there is nothing he can do about the events of the Dark signers.

But it allows him to bond with Carly and Kalin. If the two of them remember their past as Dark Signers Jaden relates to them. He was the Supreme King he knows what it feels like to not be in control while a darker version of you does horrific things to those you care about.

[anxso]

@ygoc-week Day 7 - AU

YU-GI-OH! 5D’S — RAIN ORICHALCUM

Clear Skies is a story that involves multiple timelines and a version of Z-ONE trapped, trying to find a solution to a time loop. This VERY mucH revolves around Rain and Kalin.

One timeline we get to see is a brief snapshot of an attempt where Z-ONE defeats Roman and is able to restore Rain’s memory prior to her awakening in the Satellite, so during the Team Satisfaction era she’s instead a murderer-menace.

Yet stilllll ends up in a relationship anyway and is facing a firing squad for the things she and Kalin have done. He sets off an explosion, and they manage to escape.

It gets cut off there in the main story BUT I honestly was so enamored with this timeline that I wrote out how they ended up warming up to each other. This one-shot is prettttty long, almost 4k words! but I’m happy I get to share it for OC Week! I originally wrote this for the Angstober prompt “Crimes of Passion” because oh, doesn’t that fit them perfectly?

WARNINGS FOR THIS ONE-SHOT: alcohol use, gun violence, a drinking game that gets. hot n heavy. implied/offscreen nsfw (nothing that would be an E rating on AO3, don’t worry~!)

full fic under the cut :3c

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Soft beeps filled the hospital room. Kalin Kessler had fallen asleep on his knees, his hand in Rain Orichalcum’s; she lay comatose on the bed. Z-ONE appeared in the visitation seats in a green flash wearing a blank expression.

“Again. Again,” Z-ONE whispered. “How many times have I been here?”

A swirl of violet flames birthed the figure of a Dark Signer, Ccapac Apu wearing Rain’s skin. Its black robes lined with blue drank in the noonday sunshine. Its drawn hood casted shadows over its dark eyes, but its grin was free and bright. “If it isn’t the worthless machine back again! What are we at now? Should I be celebrating three thousand?”

“When you are snuffed out,” Z-ONE said, “those taunts will vanish with you along with all the anguish you have woven into the universe.”

“Little old me?” It feigned surprise. “But I was happy to eat up one timeline! Here you are creating ever more for me to feast. Tell me, rusty bucket of bolts, do you ever consider how those timelines end up? Ever had one stick in the old brain?”

“What? No. It doesn’t… matter.”

“Oh, but it does. A tree fallen in the forest may go unheard by humanity yet makes sound enough to scatter the birds, and a timeline abandoned by your sorry self continues to spiral until ending up in my wondrous arms. Or are you a depressed solipsist?”

Z-ONE stared. “I go on. It is what I do.”

“The weight of it all must eat you up.” The wicked god hovered over Z-ONE, spittle flying with its words. “The decisions you’ve made and the sheer agony they’ve resulted in. I know you lie to me. They’re lodged in your brain as much as I continue to experience them—every timeline continuing on, every light for me to consume! You should try godhood sometime, but oh, no machine could process it. You would fall to pieces. I suppose it wouldn’t matter, since you’re already a heap of junk!”

Z-ONE’s fists balled. “I am no god. Nor am I a machine. The probability exists. I merely have to find its branch. Your days have been numbered from the start. As for the other branches…”

Z-ONE stood. “A god such as you exists simultaneously on every timeline, and so you will be eradicated everywhere; everywhen.”

“Eradicated!” The wicked god laughed and slapped its knee. “Funny! You aaare funny. You don’t like to talk about them, but I have my favorites! Timelines you’ve screwed up, that is.”

“I’m done talking.” Z-ONE’s bracelet shone emerald. “I defy your ending.”

The wicked god rolled its eyes. “Whatever, whatever, see you next time around.” It cleaned beneath its grimy fingernails and studied Kalin and Rain.

Its smile curled up.

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One thousand three hundred and seventy-seven.

Z-ONE tampered with the game of gods by defeating Roman Godwin, possessed by Earthbound Immortal Uru. Uru had snatched Rain Orichalcum’s memories. She was left as a complacent girl with childlike naïvete. A chance run-in with Kalin Kessler netted her an opportunity to join Team Satisfaction and survive in the post-fallout wasteland known as the Satellite, an island used as garbage disposal for the nearby New Domino City.

The Rain Orichalcum who had her memories returned before any such meeting took place, before growing close to humans who showed her kindness and empathy, was a very different person indeed.

Smog intermingled with the gray clouds blanketing the overcast sky. Kalin Kessler strolled the grimy Satellite streets whistling a tune. He kicked a can as he went and periodically glanced up at the rooftops. He passed a pair of stray dogs fighting over a scrap of rotten food and tossed them a fresh granola bar. 

The hairs on the back of his neck lifted. Wind swept through the streets, carrying litter and brushing the collar of his Team Satisfaction vest against his cheek. He spun on his heel, his focus locked on the rooftop of the building behind him.

A pale woman with long, black hair and blue eyes glared down at him. Her legs dangled over the building's edge. Kalin said, "Heyo, it's just the girl I'm looking for!"

She thinned her eyes.

"Oh, how I enjoy our long and eventful conversations. You know, they've started calling you the shadow. I don't think it fits so much. What about something more creative, like, Raven!"

She rolled her eyes. 

"Not your name, then." He sighed and made a show of slumping sadly. "One of these days, I'll find it out! Eh, I have a more, uh, pressing priority today. You got a hard number on how many Securities you've killed?"

Her head tilted, expression unchanging. She held up both hands and lifted one finger, two fingers, all the way to ten. Then she curled her fingers and shrugged. 

"So many you don't know?" 

She confirmed with a nod. 

"See! That's a problem for us. You, too. They're hiking up their numbers in the Satellite and making it worse for every one of us. It goes pretty counter to what I'm trying to do around here, which is to stay on the low to keep Security out of our hair. S'long as we got a nice, united Satellite, Security's the only fuckheads. Make sense?"

She stared.

"Come on. There's gotta be something I can do to convince you to leave them alone. Anything you want? I'll find it. Anything you wanna do to me? Hell, murder me instead for all I care. The rest of my team can take it from there."

"Your logic is flawed," she said, and he jumped. Words! From her mouth! "Every human is a fuckhead."

He couldn't help it; he laughed. "Ah, you got me there! Hey, you duel? How about a bet?"

"I'll take a bet," she said, "but we'll play my game."

"What game's that?"

She smiled in a very unpleasant way. "Drinking. You pass out first, and you never acknowledge my existence again. I pass out first, and you get your wish. I'll leave the guys in gray alone."

Very many a thought raced through Kalin's mind. If this was her game, she was surely better prepared than him. On the other hand, he had biology on his side considering his size over her. "You got yourself a deal."

She dropped onto the street before him, her boots stirring dust. Her loose-fitting black shirt, one arm missing the fabric, swayed with her stride. He followed her without word and with a wide berth. He'd heard enough stories to know even a perceived slight could end his life.

Yet there he went, following the Satellite's infamous murderer to who-knows-where. If he survived, Yusei and Crow would kill him. Jack would shoot him one of his more judgmental looks.

Perhaps he should rethink this.

Nahh. It was for the good of them all, so he had to. Plus, free drinks. They might end up being straight up poison, buuut-

"Here," she said.

Gray waves splashed up the high, craggy shoreline. Across the inlet, New Domino City caught rays of sunshine. The smog in this part of the Satellite, so close to the factories, blocked out the sun. She stood inside a control building connected to a now-defunct hydropower plant. The steel dam still stood, and trash floated on the disgusting green water behind it. 

Kalin followed her inside. She wound down a steel staircase. Their clanging footsteps echoed, testaments to how deep the plant stretched. She stopped three stories down. The emergency generators kept on the lights, and select rations lay scattered on the many control panels. In the corner lay a sleeping bag, an unlit lantern, and scattered bottles. 

She struck a match and lit the lantern. He studied the place. A few cockroach corpses rested here and there but nothing serious. He said, "Must stay pretty warm way down here in the winter."

She yanked down a large switch on the wall, and the humming overhead lights shut off. Screens and buttons provided minimal bright blue lighting. Most came from her lantern, a buttery orange glow. "Do you feel colder now?"

"Huh? Not really."

"The electricity here keeps the heat going," she said. "Since I don't need it, well. There it goes."

He kept a straight face, but it wasn't the greatest news to hear. They hadn't reached the snowy part of the year but the chill was enough to wake him up in the middle of the night. He'd worn only his typical red t-shirt, jeans, vest, and boots. His socks had more holes than he could count, so the cold found his feet first. "Not many places still get heat. How'd you find this?"

"I'm not here for small talk." She picked up two glass bottles of clear liquid and dropped into a rotating chair. I took the one beside her. The pair of tall bottles rested between various knobs and dials, and the lantern sat on the floor between us. The upward casting of shadows darkened her eyes and the hollows of his cheeks. She said, "Truth or dare's the game. If you pick truth, you drink."

The thought of what she might dare him to do skyrocketed his pulse. He said, "You should drink first. Y'know, so I'm sure you're not poisoning me."

She rolled her eyes and took a deep swig. "Guess I'm truth first."

"Your name!" he said. Uh. Surely there were better options, and yet.

"Rain," she answered. "Rain Orichalcum."

"Wow," he whispered. "Rain…"

"Don't- say it like that."

"Like what?"

She shook her head. "Your turn. Pick."

"Truth." He smelled the bottle. Fuck was it strong. He took a swig and coughed. Stuff almost came back up as vomit but he hit his fist against his chest and kept it down. The strength of it flooded his sinuses and lingered there. "Ugh, what the hell?"

She was laughing. He was too stunned to speak. She swiftly recovered her composure and swiped the bottle from him. "All the other stuff isn't strong enough."

"So you drink fucking rubbing alcohol?"

"Yes."

His brows shot up, and he studied the stuff with renewed interest. It'd hit him within seconds and he felt the urge to laugh even though nothing had happened. He rubbed his mouth and said, "Uh, your question?"

"What are you trying to do to this island? Conquer it?"

He blinked. "Kind of. I don't know. That doesn't sound like the right word. We're trying to, like- unite! Thaaat's the word. Yeah, so, right now it's split into a whole bunch of territories run by different gangs. They make life hell for anyone who's not in their gang, and lots of times, members of the gangs act like slaves to whoever the gang leader is. We're not like that. We wanna take them down and let everybody be free. We can make the Satellite as good a place to live as the City that way."

"Why do you believe that?" she said.

"Ha! I'm not drunk enough to fall for that. You gotta ask me next time."

"Fine." She drank. "Truth."

"Why do you keep killing people?"

She squinted and cleaned out her ear with a pinkie. "Do fuckheads deserve the lives they've been given if they use it only to abuse others? Take these other gangs, for example. Clearly you have a case of an individual with power who abuses it and takes advantage of those beneath the leader. Why should they continue to exist?"

He snorted. "Yeah, okay, they suck. Why does that mean you get to kill 'em? Like, why do you get to decide that?"

"I answered my question."

"Ugggh. How many in are we?"

"You've had two shots," she said. 

"What? No. I'm gonna fall out of the fucking chair! Whatever. I'll take a dare!"

Rain struck a match. A single strip of smoke rose up between them. "Your tongue. Five seconds."

"What the fuck?"

She arched an eyebrow. Psycho. Kalin opened his mouth. The heat started at the tip and slowly moved back inside his mouth, her fingers touching his lips. "One. Two. Three."

He shut his eyes tight against the searing pain. He smelled something burning. She dragged out her vowels: "Fooour…"

He clamped down his teeth, snatching the match and smothering it with his tongue. Her fingers came away wet, and she gaped at them. He grinned with the blackened match as his toothpick. "Five!"

She scowled and took a swig. "Truth."

"So boring!" A corner of his mouth quirked up. "How many shots does it take to get you to pass out?"

"To be determined."

He threw up his hands. The fact it didn't throw off his center of gravity was a good sign insofar. "Lemme ask a real one since you can't answer that. It's only fair." She nodded, so he said, "Why d'you hate people so much?"

A corner of her lip jumped with her snarl. "Because of what they did to me."

Hangups, eh. He considered the bottle. "Meh, do your worst. Dare again."

She giggled. He about fell into the floor hearing it. He deeefinitely had the lead. She said, "Really?"

"Yeah, really! What's the torture gonna be this time?"

She leveled an even stare at him. "Take off your shirt."

He busted out a laugh. Her expression didn't change. He said, "Oh, so I've caught the shadow's eye, huh?"

The chair spun behind Rain as she shot to her feet and gripped a fistful of his shirt. He grinned and held up his empty hands. She dropped him and sniffed. "I hope you freeze to death."

"Mhmm, that's it." He was too far gone to fear her snarl. He tossed off his vest and peeled off his shirt, stretching to leave his broad shoulders. She sat with the chair backwards, her chin resting on its cushioned back. The bottle dangled from her fingers. She kept her eyes locked with his. The cold raised bumps on his skin but the thundering pump of his blood kept him plenty warm. He smiled, saying, "I can tell you're trying sooo hard to keep your eyes up there."

Her expression soured. She downed three massive gulps, finishing the bottle, and tossed it aside. "Truth."

"Do I get three?"

"I'll ssstab you," she said. 

Her blinks were getting uneven, too. That with the slurring meant very good things for him. He nabbed the next bottle. "Are you really gonna follow through on our bet?"

She let her arms dangle over the chair, and her cheek pressed against the chair. "Mmm. I would still defend myshelf."

The lantern flickered yet the light was bright in his eyes–electric. "Myshelf?" 

"Shut up. You take three. You slowed down too fast for it to be fun."

He swallowed a trio of the nasty stuff. He stumbled and had to find his chair with a probing hand. "That answer works for me. I get a truth now, right?"

"Yeah." She stood up and swayed. A firm hand on the chair kept her upright. "What the hell is with your interest in me? You're always talking to me and wanted my name and- you've heard about me. You know what I've done."

There was a tremble to her that could've come from any number of things. Kalin chalked it up to the alcohol. "Suuure. I've got connections. I know the witnesses. Funny thing about all the stories is how all those kills were for the purpose of protecting a victim. Crazy stuff! There's always someone who was in danger and got away."

"That's not true," she hissed.

"Okay, take your sip and lemme ask you for the truth."

She grit her teeth and growled. "Dare."

"I get mine now? Finally!" He crossed his arms over the back of his chair. "Shirt off."

"What?" 

"Come on. You can't act that way when you made me do it."

Her inhale was sharp. Her focus rolled down his bare arms and abdomen. Her frown was a tight little thing as she threw off her black shirt. Loose gauze bound her chest. The lantern light caught on the light hairs surrounding her navel and trailing up her flat stomach to the white wrappings, the topmost loop of which was juuust open enough-

"Stop," she snapped.

"Yeah, yeah. The hell do I do? I think if I have another sip I'll, like, die." 

There was also the curve of her hips, how the lantern's flicker played its soft and warm light over her skin disappearing into her waistband-

"Dare," he managed.

"I dare you to claw out your own fucking eyes."

He blinked and stared at his hands. "Shit."

Rain doubled over laughing. She stumbled, hit the floor, and lay on her back still busting a gut. He started in with her. She said, "Dumbass."

"How'd you know the nickname my friends gave me?"

They broke down into a new fit. 

"I dare you to drink more," she said.

"Huh? That's gotta be against the rules!"

"Fuck your rules."

"Can't argue with that," he said, and he drank. He couldn't taste it anymore. Probably he was dying or something, but what a way to go. "Your turn."

She pushed up off the floor. "Dare."

The lantern was low and sputtering. He leaned into the dark and said, "Touch me."

Her eyes widened, the reflected spot of orange like a sunburst sky. He laughed and ran his hand through his hair. "No, that was stupid, I-"

But she was approaching him, cautious like a feral animal attracted to proffered food. He stood stock still. She studied him from his ice-blue locks long enough to fall in his face to his warm hazel eyes to his bare chest. Her fingertip pressed onto his sternum and traveled down, tracing the outline of his abs, leaving a hot touch in every trench. He realized he was hearing her breaths, loud and echoing, and he was holding his own without meaning to. She pressed her hand to his stomach, and he gasped, the incredible warmth of her enticing a shiver throughout all of him.

"You know," she whispered, her fingertips glancing up his chest to land on his shoulder, "I think it's your turn."

He could only remain upright and breathe.

"Kalin?" she said.

A shaky exhale left him. He laughed a little, and she squeezed his shoulder. "This is the greatest day of my life."

"Huh?"

"You said my name," he murmured, staring up at the ceiling. "And I've never heard it said better."

She clicked her tongue and turned away. "I can tell I'm drunk because that one kind of worked."

His arm looped around her waist. "How much?"

She shook him off, and he stepped back. She said, "Drink or don't. I'm still gonna win."

He took a swig. His vision went blurry for a few seconds but he managed to blink it away. "Ask away."

She met his eyes and said, "What do you want to do to me?"

His brows lifted and he had absolutely zero control over his stare landing on her chest, on the gauze-wrapped curves swelling and retreating with the rhythm of her breaths. She inched closer to him, licked her lips, and said, "Dare."

He pinched the end of the gauze above her cleavage and waited, the question in his eyes. Her fingers curled around his wrist and the smallest part of him, the still sober bit, expected his bones to snap. But she guided his hand to unwind the binding and free her bare skin. The white strips fell and curled around her feet. He stared at her and she at him, their exhales long and intermingling, the world silent outside the thrumming beats of their hearts.

She snuffed out the light with her bare fingertips and pressed her body to his. She kissed him and he tasted like bonfire smoke. He couldn't think beyond the need to be consumed by her heat like the damn match, left a burnt and useless nothing, and he didn't care. Her dark hair was silk through his fingers and he had to hold her ever closer. They fell onto the sleeping bag. The glow of the LED screens turned her eyes electric blue, and he grasped her face to brush his thumbs beneath them. She kissed him again and her fingers found his waistband. 

It's dark outside–a seemingly abrupt state but one that occurred gradually, the sunset a fleeting and dying beauty to behold.

/\/\/\/\/\/

"We can't keep running forever. What do we do?" Kalin slammed his fist into the alley wall, and his knuckles bled. The pouring rain filled the open wounds. "I don't know what the fuck to do!"

Rain sat slumped on the opposite side. The white roots of her hair showed on the crown of her head. The drizzle dripped down her face like stray tears. Blood mixed in the liquid from the cut on her cheek, the graze of a bullet. "The clothes factory?"

"Fucking Security knows about it, and about your power plant. The hideout, too. Shit. That explosion got you away from the firing squad but brought more of those fuckers out of the woodworks. Where do we go?"

"If I turn myself in-"

"Don't give me that shit. We go down, we go down together."

"I wouldn't be anybody without you!" she said. "You have to keep going, even if I-"

He took her hand between his. "You're everything, whether I'm there or not. Let's get going. Hard to hear with the rain, so we gotta stay on the move."

They climbed the rooftops. Flashlights attached to assault rifles cut through the storm. Shouts rang out but the downpour drowned them. Rain and Kalin ran from building to building, offering minimal exposure. Bullets fired. Glass shattered by them. They hit the deck and scrambled outside the back exit.

A horde of Securities awaited them. A pair filtered in from behind and jabbed them forward with their barrels. Rain followed Kalin's lead by holding up her empty hands. The Securities surrounding them were all poised and ready to fire their uncountable weapons. 

A voice crackled over their comms. The Security wearing a scarf clicked his radio, saying, "Roger."

All fronts fired at once. Rain screamed but the bullets whizzed past her and tore Kalin apart. The onslaught ceased. She dove to his side and gathered him in her arms but he was gone, gone. She roared and threw out her deck, touching every card. An army of monsters filled the sky. Dragons blasted Securities and blades stabbed clean through bulletproof vests. A panicked Security fired wildly, automatic weapon churning out bullet after bullet. Several Securities fell yet the attack of the enraged monsters did not end.

Scarlet blossomed from Rain's chest. She collapsed in a splash of water. The endless gray sky brought her back to that day so long ago it felt like decades past rather than months.

How love slows time.

Her breaths weakened, and her heartbeat slowed.

It doesn't have to end like this.

Violet blazed from both Rain and Kalin's forearms. The mark of the Giant glowed, and fuchsia flames ate away at their bodies until nothing remained.

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(reminder I’m just a writer, artist credit in alt text!)

OC week has been so great!!! I’ve loved seeing and reading about all your blorbos <3 (and I’m in a few nice OC spaces if anyone wants in/ to add on discord, anx)

[lucky-ladybugs-lovelies]

Five Characters who have changed my life

I have been pondering a lot lately on the top characters who have changed my life. So it’s not like just a list of favorite characters or characters I like. It goes much deeper than that. One’s life truly can be deeply affected by amazing characters. I wanted to list the ones I felt have been most influential for me and why.

(Also, WTH, Tumblr, I forgot that if I make a numbered list, it turns everything into ones! And it won't let me edit that!)

Yugi Muto, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

Now, this is actually a bit of a curious choice because I wouldn’t say it’s Yugi himself I have seriously gravitated towards, but it’s his whole franchise in general. Yugi was the original protagonist along with Atem, and therefore, because YGO DM has changed my life more than any other franchise, I decided to give Yugi a position on the list even though there are other characters on the show who have intrigued me more. Seto was the first one I seriously fell hard for, but I ended up having a lot of issues with him by Battle City. Marik was perhaps the YGO character who was most important to me as a character alone, but he hasn’t influenced or fueled all or even most of my YGO works. YGO DM is Yugi’s show overall, and this show has inspired and shaped me like no other. Because of YGO, I learned how to seriously improve both my drawing and my writing. I could not draw a decent human before I discovered anime! And I have found so many friends because of my fanworks. Some of these people only stayed for a time. Others are still around now. I role-played, talked, shared so many things with these friends and their affect on my life can never be overstated. YGO DM was the gateway to so many wonderful things for me that as a sheltered home-schooled person I didn’t have a lot of access to before that. I think Kazuki Takahashi would be happy about that.

Radley, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds

While Radley was not the first who interested me in 5Ds, no one else has seriously captured my imagination as he has. I love characters I can flesh out and characters I feel are or could be good, and he qualifies for all of that. But it’s not just a matter of loving to write about him. He, and Kalin, have helped me through some very serious rough places in my life. I first became interested in writing about Radley right before I learned that my friend of 20 years had died of cancer. I had so many wonderful ideas for stories about Radley, and focusing on those was really a balm for that grief. Later that same year, it was the love of Radley and his love of motorcycling that finally helped me conquer a fear of driving I’d had for almost ten years after nearly getting in a horrible wreck on the freeway. I wanted to have fun driving like Radley did. That longing was finally greater than my fear. Nothing else had gotten through. Because I was finally able to drive again, I’ve been able to do many things to help my family as we have been going through challenges the last several years. I believe God brought Radley to me at a time when I desperately needed him and that I would be remiss to not give Him the credit.

Sephiroth, Final Fantasy VII/Kingdom Hearts

I remember when I first watched Advent Children, I loved it but wasn’t impressed by Sephiroth’s limited screentime. I can’t even exactly remember how or why he finally captured my imagination and my heart. Maybe it was spending hours reading the entire game script since I had no access to the game and could not play it even though I desperately longed to do so. I definitely remember seeing in the flashbacks that he was a good person. I fell in love with that person. I know when Crisis Core came out and there was suddenly much more sane Sephiroth content, my heart was absolutely enraptured. I loved him, I loved Zack, I loved the beautiful friendship they could have together. But I know I already loved that before Crisis Core, most likely from reading some intriguing fics. I was disappointed that Crisis Core didn’t have them as close as the fics made them and that Sephiroth hadn’t been the one to train Zack, but there was so much to love anyway and I found ways to make their friendship work even with things being somewhat different in Crisis Core than fans had thought.

Because I loved Sephiroth so much, and also Zack and Cloud and their complex interactions with him, my imagination soared again as it had with YGO. I’m not sure I’ve loved any characters as much as them save for YGO ones. I wrote many fics for both FF7 and KH verses, I drew for them, and I made more friends. It was the YGO experience all over again. It was magical. I also used Sephiroth as my email address, with a name based on KH Sephiroth. That is still my main account today.

Now, finally able to play the game at long last due to having a Switch Lite and it being available for that, my imagination is soaring again. My muse has woke up. I’ve been doing new things with the characters in both verses, including finally investigating KH’s Birth By Sleep and starting a timeline that uses its vital information on the KH Sephiroth—information that fits with what I wanted to think about him all along. I’m playing KH Sephiroth in role-plays. I’m also playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a game I honestly hadn’t ever planned to buy, because seriously, even though I don’t like fighting games, I can PLAY as Sephiroth! I don’t think any other game to date allows that.

Eevee, Pokemon

No one can deny the immense influence Eevee has been on my life (and my wallet!) over the last years. I always loved Eevee, but Radley turned that love into something life-changing. When I decided to play Radley in a Pokemon RP online, I chose Eevee as his starter. I quickly fell in love with the little darling, as did Radley, and he and I both soon wanted more and more of them. My room is an Eevee colony! But it’s not just a matter of loving collecting Eevees. I love it because of their sweetness and innocence. I am not exaggerating when I say that looking at their adorable faces has actually helped my emotional well-being more than once. Things have been very difficult in real-life for the last several years and I’ve clung to Eevees as something bright and beautiful when things have been falling apart around me and not making sense anymore. Last year I had an absolute meltdown in June. It was seeing my sweet Eevees looking at me with their innocent, happy smiles that calmed me down and helped me start to heal. I don’t think I’ve gotten that bad again since then. I believe God has allowed me to collect so many Eevees because He knew they were actually important medicine for me.

Tony Ferano, The Monkees.

Now most people will probably look at this and go “… What? Who?” Tony was a supporting character in episode 25 of The Monkees, Alias Micky Dolenz. He was absolutely hilarious, mostly because of his expressive reactions to all the nonsense going on around him. I just couldn’t get enough of him, to the point that I started following his actor Jimmy Murphy from role to role. It wasn’t the first time I’d done that, but no other excursion has led to so much. Because of Jimmy, I followed him to Kolchak: The Night Stalker and got interested in Darren McGavin and Simon Oakland. Then I followed Simon to Perry Mason, a show I’d loved before. I got obsessively interested in it and some of the actors, including William Talman. Because of William and wanting a Hamilton Burger plush, I started making my own plushies using plushie bases from Joann’s. I’m still doing that now. Then I followed William to The Wild Wild West and fell in love with that show and it became one of my most favorite classic TV shows of all time. Mom and I shared so many happy hours watching it, and most of these other shows. Those are memories I will cherish forever. I liked Christopher Cary in his WWW episode and his character Snakes Tolliver has been hugely inspirational to me. He had less than ten minutes of screentime, but I worked with that, fleshed him out, and developed him over many fics, both for WWW and for other series I crossed over with. I’m still using Snakes today, in RP as well as fics. I just posted something with him a couple of days ago. And Christopher was also hugely influential when I followed him to The Rockford Files and ended up fascinated by Ginger Townsend and Lou Trevino and their relationship. And so on and so on. I’ve written fics, tried drawing non-anime people again (albeit they do have anime influence in the style), even made a webcomic.

All because of Jimmy Murphy and his character Tony Ferano.

[the-kings-of-games]

Easy one for the ask meme: Crow :V

Hi, mew!!! I've actually done one for him before! BUT I won't say no to talking about him again, especially now that I know there's more active Crow fans here and I got new followers since then. ^^♥️ This Crow stan needs to re-establish himself as a Crow stan! Let's see where I've changed about him!

How do I feel about this character? I love him!!! I already liked 5D's from some childhood memories but didn't get to the Dark Signer Arc, so I didn't meet Crow until a few years ago when I finally got into YGO. My favorite types of characters include happy-go-lucky redheads and characters with bird motifs, and Crow Hogan hit both those points immediately!

Honestly, he's a very dear character to me because after writing him for about three years, I learned a lot about myself too. Crow always makes me smile, and I hope more and more people will find reasons to appreciate him. (⁠つ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)⁠つ🐦‍⬛🟠

All the people I ship romantically with this characters? All time favorite is Kizunashipping! I love, love the childhood friends to lovers trope so it's a no-brainer, but I love it even more when they still act as silly and mean to each other. It's all the "things that don't need to be said because they've been loved a hundred times before" that gets to me. (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) They're so precious, and writing Kizuna really helped me get into writing and flushing out Jack and Yūsei in my head.

As Crow, and Kizuna, is queerplatonic, I can generally ship him with anyone within the context of Kizuna. My favorites to write him with is Bruno and Brave, but I've also done Trudge, Akiza, and Kalin. Crow is very lovable and, like a Facility building, he can sneak in easily, kek.

My non-romantic OTP for this character? Trudge. They come to respect each other, and Trudge is very dedicated to Mina no matter how one-sided it is. Crow and Trudge become friends through S2 (in my head).

My unpopular opinion about this character? I don't see it much any more, but it will still be the idea that he's a dad character. He's the youngest of three, and S1 starts when he's 17. He's too young to be a dad of several kids age 6-10. He can be as reckless that Yūsei who's a year older and as prideful as Jack who's two years older. This idea is iffy to me because it usually stops people from shipping Crow with other characters, which sometimes ends with people being passive aggressive about my tiny, tiny ships. Q3Q And because it really limits a read on Crow's character and keeps him one dimensional imo.

One thing I wish happened/had happened with this character in canon? Because I wrote Crow for three years, canon no longer satisfy me so I'll talk my all-time favorite YGO headcanon: CROW IS A GENDERFLUID HE/HIM DFAB. o⁠(⁠(⁠*⁠^⁠▽⁠^⁠*⁠)⁠)⁠o And I'm still very grateful that this headcanon really clicked with people. I thought nobody would like that, but the support and love I've gotten for it has been lovely overall. (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)/♥️

Send me an ask! 👀 I've watched all the series.

[halfamask]

The boys and their drinks bc I’m planning a cocktail party and my mind is forever on 5Ds:

Jack: I think Jack is the easiest one bc he moved to New Domino to try to fit in and his habits still betray that. They have alcohol in the Satellite obviously when when he, Yusei, Crow, and Kalin were still together that usually involved whatever discarded low quality liquors they found and beers that their one hookup sold them without checking for ID. So once Jack moves to New Domino his tastes verge on things he thinks are expensive and fancy. He goes to cocktail bars but doesn’t really know many names other than an Old Fashioned so he gets that, also because it’s a stereotypically manly drink. My headcannon is that he becomes a wine snob, and prefers reds with lots of tannins. This also turns out to be great bc Yusei and Crow hate dry wines and will not take his stuff. He’s the kind of guy that’ll know exactly what brand, region, and year he’s looking for on a given day

Crow: drinks the least because he spent enough time taking care of kids alone that he stopped drinking for a while and now basically only drinks with Yusei and Jack. He’s the kind of guy to spend a Saturday afternoon making his way through a few beers as he works on his bike with classic rock playing and not realize he’s a walking talking stereotype. He also likes that your typical beer is an approachable drink; Yusei or Jack will walk up to see what he’s doing and absentmindedly grab his bottle and sip from it, which he thinks is super endearing, especially when Jack looks scandalized that he’s been enjoying a light beer for the last fifteen minutes. When he treats himself, which is rarely, he goes to a brewery to find locally made hazy IPAs with cool new flavors and insists on trying new things each time. He’d drink a whisky and coke to keep Jack company but very rarely.

Yusei: I also feel like he doesn’t drink a lot because he prides himself on his control and being able to help people when they need it, and drinking impairs both control and clear thinking. But he relaxes with his boys and also Aki because he knows they can take care of themselves. He’s probably the least picky about his drinks; he’ll accompany Crow to the brewery and then Jack to the wine bar but doesn’t drink either as bitter as the other two like it. He sticks to lighter ales and semisweet white wines when he drinks but he doesn’t love how fragile wine glasses look. He rarely indulges but loves to get wine drunk with his boys, loves how sleepy and happy they get as they sit on the tables and roll around in their beds and kiss because wine lowers every last damn inhibition he has. He likes going to cocktail bars with Aki because she’s upfront about liking sweet things and actually knows different drinks to order and try. They order one drink at a time and share every drink they have so they know what they like and after he drops her off at home he loves coming back to Jack and Crow with what he knows is a stupid little smile he can’t control on his face, seeing their own indulgent ones beaming back at him as they make room for him between them on the couch.