#little fang makoto >w<

[pixelatedraindrops]

M: “You poor thing. Playing in the river isn’t a good idea in Kanai Ward you know!"

Y: (Who is he…? And why is he doing this for me…?)

A drawn scene based on my alt headcannon I made long back, and I even tried to make a small fic on it. (HUGE SPOILERS)

and tbh I just wanted to draw makoto feeding yuma something while he was completely helpless :3 dw the porridge is edible, he had someone else make it so yuma isn't in any danger.

Unmasked version (just because)

(he's too pretty to have the mask on for long)

(no shinigami since this is post game???)

this is like the 3rd or 4th time yuma got sick on one of his visits to kanai ward due to overworking himself out there

what is makoto to do with his silly workaholic original... (like he's one to talk lmao)

[theamityelf]

"Obviously, it's not awesome that we're, you know, kidnapped by vampires," Hiro said, in-between dutiful sips of a very iron-rich smoothie, "but it's also kind of...it's not super not awesome, you know?"

They were all seated around a small dinner table. Ever since they'd been abducted here (less than a day after escaping Hope's Peak), they spent most of their time in this room, which had a table, a small TV, a pile of old books, and a connected bathroom. At night, they returned to their bedrooms– which were small. Renovations had been done to make this three-bedroom house sleep six humans and two vampires. It was less space than they'd had in Hope's Peak, but at least now they had sunlight, and they were allowed to open the windows for fresh air.

That wasn't to say that Makoto was satisfied with them living as vampires' pets while the rest of the world suffered. (Eventually, he and his friends would have to get out of here. They were fairly safe compared to most people, but things couldn't just go on like this!)

"Invertebrates can get comfortable anywhere," Byakuya said, stabbing his fork into a spinach wrap.

"But I actually kind of get what he means," Hina said. "After what we saw out there..." (She shivered. The bodies strewn around the streets were heavy in everyone's mind.) "You can't say we're not a little bit lucky."

A side door opened as Nagito came up from the basement. "Not lucky– hopeful!" he reminded. "The blood of the despair-afflicted is worthless, after all. They make themselves worthless."

"Oh, you're back," Makoto greeted, in a tone that would probably have been more positive were it not for that last comment.

Nagito beamed at him regardless, rushing over to the table at such inhuman speeds that Hiro fell out of his chair. "You smell especially divine today," he enthused, sniffing chastely at Makoto's shoulder and arm through his jacket sleeve. (He usually avoided smelling Makoto's neck or hair, when his friends were around. Usually. The few things he wouldn't do in front of other people just further proved how strangely intimate they were, when he did them in private.) "I don't even need to taste you; just getting to breathe it is enough!"

"And yet your fangs..." Byakuya said pointedly, his lip curled in disgust.

With a self-deprecating laugh, Nagito hid his mouth behind his hand. "I can't help that. Everyone gets thirsty, you know."

Hiro, back in his seat, absentmindedly itched at the now-healed bites on his forearms.

Toko got up with her barely half-finished plate, starting for the trash can.

"You should really eat your food," Kyoko warned her.

"I wouldn't worry about it; she smells sour," Nagito said. "Miss Asahina, on the other hand...well, I'd recommend finishing that."

With a startled look, Hina wolfed down the last of her spinach wrap, then protested, "No fair! Toko never gets a turn."

"W-What, is this the f-first time being h-hotter than other girls hasn't benefited you?"

"Was that...even an insult?"

While they bickered(?), Nagito took the opportunity to whisper in Makoto's ear, "He's finished hunting now. He'll want you when he gets home."

A shiver ran up Makoto's spine, but eventually he said, "Okay."

Nagito straightened up, stroking Makoto's hair as he urged, "Finish your smoothie, okay?"

"Right, yeah." Makoto drank his smoothie.

[fheythfully]

fanfic author meme

my friend tagged me to answer all the questions in a fanfic author meme, and it is primarily for the Final Fantasy XIII fandom, so it’s located under a read more. :)

Fanfic Ask Meme

A: How did you come up with the title to [fic of your choice]?

Most of my fic names come from lyrics in songs that have to do with the story content, no matter how vague. Poetry also makes its way in there, and on the very rare occasion, something I come up with that sounds pleasantly appropriate.

A Series of Firsts was the only one in the past five or so years to get a title that accurately and simply described the story, something which I typically never do.

B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?

No, actually. I write primarily angst and I have a very satisfying and healthy life, so… it all just comes out from somewhere? I am not entirely sure where.

C: What character do you identify with most?

Most recently, maybe Makoto from Persona 5? Growing up I felt that I had all these expectations on me from my family and the adults in my education (which I totally dug myself into by being smart and eager to please) and I always wanted to just say “fuck it” and stop caring about pleasing others and being the perfect student. Which took me until my third year in university to actually achieve but hey, better late than never.

D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with cause I’m a vampire smile (you’ll meet a sticky end)?

The title comes directly from the song ‘Vampire Smile’ by Kyla La Grange and it entirely fits so well for that fic. I definitely had it on replay the entire time I was writing.

E: If you wrote a sequel to Serendipity, what would it be about?

EDITED because I wrote for A Series of Firsts instead oops.

Serendipity would have a much shorter sequel - just lots of the gang being happy, of Fang and Vanille traipsing around the world, Yeul living in a big city and being amazed by all of it, Serah and Snow in a small French village with rose bushes and a kid or two and Light living in the same village with Hope being the Cool Aunt. Snow would have a motorcycle (and try to modify it to have a baby seat). Sazh would have a farm with chickens and livestock and live with his son and finally get the life he deserves. Maybe he runs into the reborn version of his wife and she remembers him. And live happily ever after. 

F: Care to share a favorite hurt/comfort fic?

I don’t have one :( I even went through my favorites on both FFnet and AO3. I just like anything that makes me cry, and I cry easily, and sad fics make me happy.

G: Care to share a favorite crack fic?

I rarely read crack but an amazing one I’ve been reading is Sincerely, Me by Ignis_Sassentia and SharkbaitHooHaHa on AO3. It is a FF15 texting fic and just phenomenal.

H: How would you describe your style?

Lots of run on sentences and disjointed narration. I prefer writing drabbles because I feel like that format lets me get away with using the style better. I like using metaphors and a good balance between simple and more flowery language.

I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?

Angst. All the angst. Also, if a fandom has some sort of divine figure in it, then you can bet it’s gonna be worked into my fics – usually as either a passive or active antagonist. This is a big reason why I still love writing for FF13 so much, because thank you, Bhunivelze. And Etro. Mwyn too. I need to write more Mwyn.

J: Write or describe an alternative ending to any Bhunivelze!Hope and Etro!Light fic.

I said to the sun, tell me about the big bang is my favourite out of the few (two?) I’ve written where both take after the divinity. Alternate ending to that one would be, their friends catch on and end them before they can succeed in destroying and recreating the world.

For just Bhuni!Hope, of which I wrote more, eve as my latest one – I considered Light actually realizing what’s happening within the fic itself and being the one to kill him. She would realize this in the midst of a relationship Bhuni!Hope has succeeded in constructing with her, and there would be lots of tears, and horror, and the symbolic knife stuck in Hope’s torso.

Gosh, I just can’t give you guys happy things, can I?

K: What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?

The premise in A Series of Firsts, where Hope and Snow have to come to terms with failing the world, and Light dying and becoming the Goddess, and then having to witness Light and Serah as children and then take them in, and do all in their power to prevent Orphan, and having them be family and Hope has a child with Light and then… they fail. And have to start all over again.

I’ve always appreciated time loops.

L: What's the weirdest AU you've ever come up with?

I discussed an idea with RainbowSerenity about a texting crack fic in the new world about the gang placing bets on how long it will take for Light and Hope to get together, and just being little shits in general (with a very liberal use of emoticons) and then Light and Hope are just there, like… should we tell them? When do you think they’ll realize we’ve been together for months now?

Also, an appearance by Bhunivelze via repeated friend requests to Light’s Facebook through a multitude of accounts. The sentence “how the hell does he have service in the deep ass of space!?” is written down in my phone.

I have to be in a very specific mood to write something of this sort, haha.

M: Got any premises on the back burner that you'd care to share?

The AU fic above. Hope finding the temple with Light’s statue in 13-2, and ritually visiting it before it becomes inaccessible. Also, a fic I will shortly be releasing on – once again – Bhuni!Hope.

Outside of the 13 fandom, I have further ideas for my 14 OCs and how they meet, fall in love, and then go their own ways. An idea for an original fantasy story I’ve been sitting on (I have the entire plot written out, too…).

N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?

If someone could read my mind and finish that one FF8 fic I started in 2007 and never finished, despite rewriting like three times, it would be a miracle. The OC I created for it has grown alongside me all this time and I treasure her deeply, even though her story will never be properly finished.

O: How do you begin a story--with the plot, or the characters?

I usually start with a plot idea I want to write about and then the characters usually write themselves.

P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an "architect" or a "gardener"? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the story unfold as you go?)

The way I write my oneshots, the most planning I ever do is I have the final sentence in mind and then I have to write to get to that point. When I write (wrote) multi-chaptered stories, I typically had the plot mapped out and sometimes things would just write themselves in the process.

Q: Do you have any discarded scenes/storylines/projects?

That FF8 fic. I don’t even want to talk about it, haha. Also a Narnia fic I was writing and had like, two sequels planned for. I am just horrible at finishing things.

R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?

Not really? I always write however and whatever I want. I really admire attica on FFnet, though – their writing takes me breath away.

Also Sylvia Plath and E.E Cummings make my heart skip a beat.

S: Any fandom tropes you can't resist?

Bhuni!Hope, and Etro!Light. As has been made obvious.

T: Any fandom tropes you can't stand?

Whenever Snow is being written as useless or dumb. That’s my biggest one.

U: A pairing you might like to write for, but haven't tried yet.

…Light and Snow, very brief in the original 13. I actually had something written down when the game first came out, but never properly wrote it.

Don’t kill me. It would be very sad where they share their angst over Serah and then realize what they’re doing and part ways.

V: A secondary (or underrated) character you want to see more of in fic?

Yeul. YEEUUULLL. I love Yeul. So much.

W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?

Specific ones.

X: A character you enjoy making suffer.

All of them. Primarily, Light, Hope, and Yeul.

Y: A character you want to protect.

All of them. From me.

Z: Major character death--do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can't tolerate?

I love reading it if it’s written well, and I’ve never written specifics just background plot. There aren’t any deaths I can’t tolerate, because if done well, it can throw things into a nice twist.