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page 2 | Romantic f/os, continued

The Devil [Cuphead: Don't Deal With The Devil/Cuphead animated series] | Dating | 👿Don’t Deal With The Devil👿 | Tertiary f/o

King Dice [Cuphead: Don't Deal With The Devil/Cuphead animated series | Dating | 🎲Devil’s Right-Hand Dice🎲 | Tertiary f/o

Waluigi [Mario Bros franchise] | Dating | 👺Hunka Hunka Burning WAH👺 | Tertiary f/o

Kaos [Skylanders franchise] | Dating | 🏰Kaotic Castle in The Sky🏰 | Tertiary f/o, childhood crush, I have made One art of him and my s/i and that's it for content on this ship

Jasper [Steven Universe] | Dating | 🧡Jasper🧡 | Tertiary f/o, I haven't actively been into Steven Universe in Years but I still feel the need to honour her on this list lmao

HIM/His Infernal Majesty [The Powerpuff Girls] | Dating | 💄His Infernal Infatuation💄 | Tertiary f/o, another childhood character that I came back to

The Mask [The Mask] | Dating | 💫Looney Love💫 | Tertiary f/o, will probably end up rehauling this ship if the idea strikes me, haven't talked about him in a long time

Dr. Frank-n-Furter [The Rocky Horror Picture Show] | Married (10•13•24) | 👠Material Girl👠 | Beloved Tertiary f/o

Tallahassee [Zombieland] | Dating | 🧟Cure for The Loner🧟 | Tertiary f/o, relevance in my brain waxes and wanes

Krusty the Clown [The Simpsons] | Dating | 🚬Poker Chips & Cancer Sticks🚬 | Tertiary f/o

Hades [Disney's Hercules] | Dating | 💀O Thánatos Kai O Ílios��️ | Tertiary f/o

Megamind [Megamind] | Dating | 💙Giant Blue Heart💙 | Tertiary f/o, part of the great Meme Trinity F/os

Piers [Pokémon Sword/Shield] | Dating | 🌑Dark-Type Melody🌑 | Tertiary f/o

Fix-It Felix Jr. & Sgt. Calhoun [Wreck-It Ralph] | Dating | 🕹️You Bring Me Joy(stick)🕹️ | Tertiary f/os, f/o limbo

Flint Lockwood [Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs] | Crush | 🧪🍔 | We love crush limbo here at Clownlord Inc., 'nother dude from my childhood

Fender Pinwheeler [Robots 2005] | Crush | 🗑️One Man’s Trash🗑️ | We also love limbo characters from our childhood

Derpy [MLP:FiM] | Dating | 💌Gray Feathers & Love Letters💌 | Tertiary f/o

Dr. Whooves [MLP: FiM] | Dating | ⌛A Positive Reaction🧪 | Tertiary f/o

Applejack [MLP: FiM] | Dating | 🍎Home is Where My Heart Is🚜 | Tertiary f/o

Rarity [MLP: FiM] | Dating | 💎My Diamond in The Rough👒 | Tertiary f/o

Queen Chrysalis [MLP: FiM] | Dating | 🕸️The Only Thing She’s Ever Loved💔 | Tertiary f/o

Steve Small [TAWOG] | Crush | ☁️ | Crush limboooo

Gaston LeGume [Beauty And The Beast] | Dating | 💪🦌 | Tertiary f/o

Felonius Gru [Despicable Me] | Dating | 🌕Tall Dark And Bald👁️ | Tertiary f/o, part of the great Meme Trinity F/os

Kenneth [Bee Movie] | Dating | 🎾Nothing Artificial About Our Sweetness🎾 | Tertiary f/o, part of the great Meme Trinity F/os

Tommy Callahan III [Tommy Boy] | Dating | 🍬Tommy Baby🍺 | Tertiary f/o

The Metatron [Dogma] | Dating | 👁The Metatron🪶 | Tertiary f/o leaning Secondary f/o depending on mood

Phil Allen [Blow Dry] | Dating | ✂️Phil✂️ | Tertiary f/o

Sinclair Bryant [Close My Eyes- don't watch this if you value your sanity] | Dating | 📈Life’s Eccentricities🍴 | Tertiary f/o

Sheriff of Nottingham/George [Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves] | Dating | 🗡️A Heart of Black Charcoal🖤 | Tertiary f/o

Colonel Christopher Brandon [Sense & Sensibility 1995] | Dating | 🐴My Beloved Colonel⚔️ | Tertiary f/o

Hans Gruber [Die Hard] | Dating | 🔫An Exceptional Thief💲 | Tertiary f/o

Henry Higgins [My Fair Lady] | Dating | 📚A Foolish Scholar📚 | Tertiary f/o, limbo f/o

The Mad Hatter/Tarrant Hightopp [Alice in Wonderland 2010] | Dating | ☕️Hatter🎩 | Tertiary f/o

Ken [Barbie] | Dating | 🐎He’s (Not) Just Ken🏖️ | Tertiary f/o

Sweet Tooth [Twisted Metal tv show] | Dating | 🍦The Greatest Show of The Apocalypse🍦 | Tertiary f/o

Irving Wallace/The Night Owl [Stage Fright 1987] | Dating | 🦉For Owl Eyes Only🎭 | Tertiary f/o

Pavi Largo [Repo! The Genetic Opera] | Dating | 💔Pavi Steals All The Hearts🫀 | Tertiary f/o

Tim LaFlour [Senseless] | Dating | 🌼Smells Like LaFlours🩶 | Tertiary f/o

Ichabod Crane [The Legend of Sleepy Hollow] | Dating | 🐦Mr. Crane�� | Tertiary f/o

Vincent "Vinny" Gambini & Mona Lisa Vito | Dating | 💼Vin & Lis👝 | Tertiary f/os, I wish my brain had more to say about them honestly

David [The Lost Boys] | Dating | 🧥Rebel Yell🥡 | Tertiary f/o leaning Secondary f/o

Lester Sinclair [House of Wax 2005] | Dating | 🦌Blessed Les🫀 | Tertiary f/o

Wadsworth [Clue 1985] | Dating | 👞Get a Clue / I’m Mad About You🍽️ | Tertiary f/o

Grim [TGAOB&M] | Crush | 💀🔐 | Tertiary f/o

Paul Smecker [The Boondock Saints] | Dating | 👁️‍🗨️Black Coffee & Edible Glitter☕ | Tertiary f/o

The Corpse/"Adam" [Lisa Frankenstein*] | Crush/Dating | ⚡Exquisite Corpse🪡 | Tertiary f/o, *this is an AU where Lisa does not exist/it's my own plot involving my s/i and Cole Sprouse's character, whom I'm calling Adam for convenience sake

Eric Draven [The Crow] | Crush/Dating | 🪶Eric is An Angel🪦 | Tertiary f/o

Asa Emory/The Collector [The Collector/The Collection] | Dating | 🦋Pinning For You🦋 | Tertiary f/o

Hank Hill [King of The Hill] | Crush | ⛽Propane Lights My Flame👓 | Tertiary f/o

Harry [Love Actually] | Crush | 👓Designed For You🖥️ | Tertiary f/o

Johnny Bravo [Johnny Bravo] | Crush | 💕Bravo’s The Name (Of His Latest Flame)💁‍♂️ | Tertiary f/o

W.D. Gaster [Undertale] | Crush | 🖐️💀 | Tertiary f/o

Boy [Boy Kills World] | Crush | 🤫Boy Loves Boy🥣 | Tertiary f/o

Dr. Henry Jarrod [House of Wax 1953] | Crush | 🎨Eternal Life (In The House of Wax)🦽 | Tertiary f/o

Jareth, The Goblin King [Labyrinth] | Crush/Dating | 💎Faery Tale Kind of Love👑 | Tertiary f/o

QPP f/os

Structure: [f/o name] [source] | [tag] | [tier]

Ray Stantz [Ghostbusters] | ❤️Heart of The Ghostbusters❤️ | Tertiary f/o

Artie [Cruella] | 🧵You are A Work of Art(ie)🧵 | Tertiary f/o

The Demoman [TF2] | 🍻The Cyclops & The Clown🍻 | Secondary f/o

Platonic F/os

Structure: [f/o name] [source] | [tag] | [tier]

Peter Parker [MCU & Raimiverse Spider-Man franchise] | 🕸️Spiderboy🕸️ | Tertiary f/o

Wallace Wells [Scott Pilgrim comics] | 🍸Tequila!🍸 | Tertiary f/o

Winston Zeddemore [Ghostbusters] | 🌃Everyman’s Man🌃 | Tertiary f/o

Jasper & Horace [Cruella] | 🖤Lackeys🤍 | Tertiary f/os

Tiffany Valentine [Child's Play franchise] | 👰Living Dead Girl👰 | Tertiary f/o

The rest of the TF2 mercs [TF2] | 💰Mercs of A Feather💰 | Secondary f/os

Bo Sinclair [House of Wax] | 🛻Bo Bo Black Sheep🔧 | Tertiary f/o

Vincent Sinclair [House of Wax] | 🕯️Valuable Vincent🕯️ | Tertiary f/o

OJ Haywood [NOPE] | 🍊🐴 | Tertiary f/o

Dante Hicks [Clerks franchise/View Askew] | 🏒What Are You Looking At Ya Hockey Puck (Dante)🏒 | Secondary f/o, additionally a romantic ex

Randal Graves [Clerks franchise/View Askew] | 🏒Jackass 2 (Randal)🏒 | Tertiary f/o

Elias Grover [Clerks II/View Askew] | ⭕One Ring To Rule Them All⭕ | Tertiary f/o

Jay [View Askew] | 🧢The One That Talks (Jay)🧢 | Main f/o, prone to not-traditionally-platonic displays of affection

Silent Bob [View Askew] | 🧢Cute Motherfucker🧢 | Main f/o, prone to not-traditionally-platonic displays of affection

GraveRobber [Repo! The Genetic Opera] | ⚰️Steal and rob… GRAVESSS!!!💉 | Tertiary f/o

Nathan Wallace/The Repoman [Repo! The Genetic Opera] | 🔪REPOMAN🩸 | Tertiary f/o

Blind Mag [Repo! The Genetic Opera] | 👁️I’d Rather Be Blind🎤 | Tertiary f/o

Nellie Lovett [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street] | 🥧Try It! (You Might Like It)🥧 | Tertiary f/o

John's Apprentices (Amanda Young, Mark Hoffman, Lawrence Gordon) | 🐽 | Secondary f/os

Loki Laufeyson [MCU] | 🐍Charming Serpent🐍 | Tertiary f/o

Homer & Marge Simpson [The Simpsons] | 🟨The Simpsons🟨 | Tertiary f/os, Homer is additionally a crush f/o

Ned Flanders [The Simpsons] | ✝️Howdily Doodily Neighborino!✝️ | Tertiary f/o

Sans & Papyrus [Undertale] | 🦴BBFs (Best Bone Friends)🦴 | Tertiary f/os

Bruce Wayne/Batman [DC Comics] | 🦇Bat Facts🦇 | Secondary f/o, additionally a fwb situation

Abe Sapien [Hellboy 2004] | 🌊Ocean Man🌊 | Tertiary f/o

Bowser [Mario Bros franchise] | 🔥Just a Couple of Kings🔥 | Tertiary f/o

Wario [Mario Bros franchise] | 💛Wario💜 | Tertiary f/o

Doris [Shrek franchise] | 💅Spill The Ale💅 | Tertiary f/o

The Big Bad Wolf/Wolfie [Shrek franchise] | 🐺Wolfie🐺 | Tertiary f/o

Barbara & Adam Maitland [Beetlejuice] | 🌻👻 | Tertiary f/os

Kronk [Emperor's New Groove] | 🥜Heart of Gold / Dumb of Ass💛 | Tertiary f/o

Billy & Mandy [TGAOB&M] | 💀🎀 / 🧢👕 | Tertiary f/os

Veronica Sawyer [Heathers (Movie & Musical) | 🏑Kickass Girl📓 | Tertiary f/o

Jason Dean [Heathers (Movie & Musical) | 💣My Favourite Juvenile Delinquent🥤 | Tertiary f/o

Schnitzel [Chowder] | 🪨Solid Like A Rock🪨 | Tertiary f/o

Gazpacho [Chowder] | 🥭Wooly Friendship🦣 | Tertiary f/o

Dale Gribble, Bill Dauterive, & Jeff Boomhauer [King of The Hill] | 🍺Yup4️⃣ | Tertiary f/os

Luanne Platter [King of The Hill] | 💛Hey Blondie💇‍♀️ | Tertiary f/o

Ratchet [Robots 2005] | ♠️Fool’s Silver🤑 | Tertiary f/o, romantic ex

Kristoff [Frozen franchise] | 🛷Ice is His Life🧊 | Tertiary f/o

Familial F/os

Structure: [f/o name] [source] | [relationship type] | [tag] | [tier]

The Sawyer Family (Leatherface, Chop-Top & Nubbins, Drayton) [The Texas Chain Saw Massacre pt 1 & 2] | Cousins | 🍖Sawyer Family Shenanigans🍖 | Main f/os

Pamela Voorhees [Friday the 13th franchise] | Adoptive Mother | 🧸Mama Voorhees🧸 | Secondary f/o

Jason Voorhees [Friday the 13th franchise] | Adoptive Brother | 🧸Jason🧸 | Secondary f/o

Glen/da/G.G. [Seed of Chucky/Child's Play franchise] | Step-child | 🎸Rebel & Rhinestone🎀 | Secondary f/o

Morticia Addams [The Addams Family franchise] | Adoptive Mother | 🥀Black Is Such a Happy Colour🥀 | Main f/o

Gomez Addams [The Addams Family franchise] | Adoptive Father | 🤺Either Way What Bliss🤺 | Main f/o

Wednesday Addams [The Addams Family franchise] | Adoptive Sister | ☠️Poison Sister☠️ | Secondary f/o

Pugsley Addams [The Addams Family franchise] | Adoptive Brother | 🧨Explosive Brother🧨 | Secondary f/o

Fester Addams [The Addams Family franchise] | Adoptive Uncle | 💡Uncle Fester💡 | Secondary f/o

Nancy Downs [The Craft] | Foster Daughter | 🔮My Daughter is A Witch🐍 | Secondary f/o

Lock, Shock, & Barrel [The Nightmare Before Christmas] | Pseudo-children (Not officially adopted but not biologically related either, they just see me as a parental figure of some sort) | 🎃Creepy Kids🎃 | Tertiary f/os

Millennium "Millie" Falcon [Jay & Silent Bob Reboot] | Step-daughter | 🏒Riot Grrrl (Millie)🍃 | Tertiary f/o

Queen Barb [Trolls: World Tour] | Half-sister | 🌹Goths & Roses🤘 | Tertiary f/o

Thrash [Trolls: World Tour] | Dad | 🤘Thrash Dad🤘 | Tertiary f/o

Dale Dobson & Allison [Tucker & Dale Vs Evil] | Adoptive Parents | 🧢🛻 & 📚👩 | Tertiary f/os

Queen [Deltarune] | Adoptive Mother | 💾C0mput3r M0m👑 | Tertiary f/o

Susie [Deltarune] | Adoptive Daughter | 🪓Axe Daughter💪 | Tertiary f/o

Harry James Potter [Harry Potter franchise] | Adoptive Son | ⚡👓 | Tertiary f/o, that's my baby, he'll never not be my baby, fuck JKR

Creepy Susie [The Oblongs] | Adoptive Daughter | 🖤Creepy Susie🎀 | Tertiary f/o

Professor Membrane [Invader ZIM] | Uncle | 🥽FOR SCIENCE!🥽 | Tertiary f/o

Dib Membrane [Invader ZIM] | Cousin | 🛸 | Tertiary f/o

Gaz Membrane [Invader ZIM] | Cousin | 🎮 | Tertiary f/o

J. Jonah Jameson [Raimiverse Spider-Man franchise] | Uncle | 🗞️ | Tertiary f/o

Bart, Lisa, & Maggie Simpson [The Simpsons] | Godchildren | 🟨The Simpsons🟨 | Tertiary f/os

Mario & Luigi [Mario Bros franchise] | Adoptive Brothers | 🔧Plumber Bromthers🔧 | Tertiary f/os

Fairy Godmother [Shrek franchise] | Adoptive Mother | 🔮Just a MA! Away🔮 | Tertiary f/o

Prince Charming [Shrek franchise] | Adoptive Brother | 👑Charming Siblings👑 | Tertiary f/o

Delia Deetz [Beetlejuice] | Mother | 🖼️Mother Unit🖼️ | Tertiary f/o

Charles Deetz [Beetlejuice] | Step-father | tag n/a | Tertiary f/o

Lydia Deetz [Beetlejuice] | Step-sister | ☔My Whole Life Is One Big Dark Room☔ | Tertiary f/o

Astrid Deetz [Beetlejuice Beetlejuice] | Niece | 📚Morbid Little Thing🧠 | Tertiary f/o

Sam [Trick 'R Treat] | Adoptive Child | 🍂Child of Autumn🍂 | Tertiary f/o

Yzma [Emperor's New Groove] | Adoptive Mother | ⚗️Advisor & Heir⚗️ | Tertiary f/o

Heather Chandler [Heathers (Movie & Musical) | Sister | 💄My Sister is A Mythic Bitch👘 | Tertiary f/o

Mung Daal [Chowder] | Adoptive Father | 🌕You Take the Moon and You Take the Son☀️ | Tertiary f/o

Truffles [Chowder] | Adoptive Mother | 🍄Mumshroom🍄 | Tertiary f/o

Chowder [Chowder] | Adoptive Brother | 🐰A Spoonful of Brotherly Love🍨 | Tertiary f/o

Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin [DC Comics] | Godfather | 🐧Uncle Oz🌂 | Tertiary f/o

Elsa of Arendelle [Frozen franchise] | Sister | 🌨️Cold Hands/Warm Heart👑 | Tertiary f/o

Anna of Arendelle [Frozen franchise] | Sister | 👑Not So Alone🌷 | Tertiary f/o

Clownie's F/o List (*COMPLETE LIST*)

Here it is, the extended list and not just the notable characters you can view on my pinned post, with additional basic commentary. This is ever-growing as I consume new media because making self-inserts is one of my favourite pastimes. 🫶

Listed in the order I have their tags in in my personal track-keeping document.

Romantic F/os

Structure: [f/o name] [source] | [relationship status or type] [marriage or engagement date if applicable] | [tag] | [tier]

The Joker [DC Comics] | Married (12•04•21) | 🃏A Joker and His Ace🃏 | #1 Main f/o

Wade Wilson/Deadpool [MARVEL Comics] | Married (07•12•22) | 💣Bulletproof Boys💣 | Main f/o

Charles “Chucky” Lee Ray [Child’s Play franchise] | Married (03•19•20) | 🌈Foul-Mouthed Little Fucker🌈 | Main f/o

Betelgeuse [Beetlejuice] | Married (10•01•20) | 🪲Two Bugs in A Rug🪲 [🐞Two Bugs in A Rug🐞] | Main f/o

Jack Torrance [The Shining] | Married (12•31•22) | 🪓Darling - Light of My Life🪓 | Main f/o

Marcus Holloway & Wrench [Watch Dogs 2] | Dating | 💻Hacked into My Heart💻 | Tertiary f/os, haven't finished watching a play through of the game but I really love these characters

Daniel Robitaille/Candyman [Candyman] | Dating | 🐝Daniel is Orange🐝 | Tertiary f/o, I deeply love him but sometimes I get anxious about shipping with him

John Kramer [Saw franchise] | Married (08•17•23) | 🧩The Missing Pieces🧩 | Secondary f/o

Michael Myers [Halloween franchise] | Dating | 🔪The Night He Came Home🎃 | Secondary f/o, occasionally leaning tertiary

Billy Lenz [Black Christmas] | Dating | ☎️Waiting By The Phone☎️ | Tertiary f/o

V/Codename V [V for Vendetta] | Dating | 📺Love Is A Smoke and Is Made With The Fumes of Sighs🧨 | Tertiary f/o

Herbert West [Re-Animator] | Dating | 💚Love Is Nothing More Than a Chemical Scam (Will You Stay by My Side?)💚 | Tertiary f/o leaning secondary f/o depending on mood

Dr. Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus [Raimiverse Spider-Man trilogy] | Dating | 🐙6 Arms to Hold You Tight / Does That Make You an Insect???🐙 | He mainly shows up in an AU where I'm in a relationship with both Otto and Norman nowadays, tertiary f/o

Norman Osborn/Green Goblin [Raimiverse Spider-Man trilogy] | Dating | 💵Norman Osborn🎃 | Tertiary f/o leaning secondary f/o depending on mood

Anton Chigurh [No Country For Old Men] | Dating | 🐮Sugar Bully🐮 | Secondary f/o

Phillip J. Fry [Futurama] | Dating | 🚀I've Been To The Year 3000🍕 | Tertiary f/o

Bender Bending Rodriguez [Futurama] | Dating | 🤖If I Only Had A Heart🍺 | Tertiary f/o

William Afton [FNaF franchise] | Dating | 🐇My Funny Bunny🐇 | Limbo f/o, I don't really ship with this guy anymore but my headcanon version of him is a blorbo I don't know if I'll ever be able to shake, especially with Matthew Lillard now portraying his film counterpart. FNaF is also kind of just a limbo interest of mine, I care more about playing with the characters like paper dolls than paying any attention to canon lore, etc.

Sweeney Todd [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street] | Married (08•19•21) | 💈I Will Learn to Love Again💈 | Secondary f/o

Lucifer Morningstar [Lucifer] | Dating | 😈Sympathy for My Devil😈 | Tertiary f/o, would probably think about him more if I watched the rest of the show, but also his relationship with Chloe bothers me so much and is probably the main reason why I haven't watched past the first season (I wish they could've just been platonic friends honestly it would be a lot more compelling imo)

Cruella de Vil [Cruella] | Dating | 🏎️I Know Something About Love🏎️ | Tertiary f/o

Captain Jack Sparrow [PoTC franchise] | Dating | 🏴‍☠️Drunken Sailor & Bonny Lad🏴‍☠️ | Tertiary f/o leaning secondary f/o depending on mood

Robert DuBois/Bloodsport [The Suicide Squad] | Dating | 🩸Bloodsport Tag🩸 | A guy I don't really talk about anymore, but who knows, he still has potential to float to the surface every now and again

Jack Skellington [The Nightmare Before Christmas] | Dating | 💀King of Halloween🎃 | Secondary f/o, childhood comfort character

Oogie Boogie [The Nightmare Before Christmas] | Dating | 🐛Lovebug🐛 | Tertiary f/o

Willy Wonka [Charlie And The Chocolate Factory] | Married (02•24•24) | 🍫Sweetest Moments🍫 | Tertiary f/o

Scott Pilgrim & Ramona Flowers [Scott Pilgrim comics] | Dating | ❗Multiplayer❗ | Tertiary f/os

Dr. Hannibal Lecter [NBC's Hannibal] | Dating | 🍽️Ella et Porcus🍽️ | Tertiary f/o

Spamton G. Spamton [Deltarune] | Dating | 📞MORE PERSISTENT THAN A [Pop-up Ad]📉 | Tertiary f/o

Curtis Vaughn [Mississippi Grind] | Dating | ♠️Lucky In Love♥️ | Tertiary f/o

Eric Brooks/Blade [Blade trilogy] | Dating | 🗡️The Daywalker🩸 | Tertiary f/o

Beverly Sutphin [Serial Mom] | Dating | 👗PUSSYWILLOWS DOTTIE!🔪 | Tertiary f/o

Pickles Oblong [The Oblongs] | Dating | 🥒Pickles🥒 | Tertiary f/o

Tony Stark/Iron Man [MCU] | Married (03•10•23) | ⚙️Empire State of Mind⚙️ | Tertiary f/o

Thor Odinson [MCU] | Dating | ⛈️Riders on The Storm⛈️ | Tertiary f/o

Peter Quill [MCU] | Dating | 🪐All Shook Up🪐 | Tertiary f/o occasionally leaning secondary

Egon Spengler [Ghostbusters] | Engaged | 👓Spengler Time With Me👓 | Tertiary f/o

Peter Venkman [Ghostbusters] | Engaged | 👻You Talk a Lot of Shit (For Someone That Can’t Talk)👻 | Tertiary f/o

Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader [Star Wars] | Dating | 🖤Courage Dear Heart🖤 | Tertiary f/o, the only thing I care about in Star Wars honestly

Hellboy [Hellboy 2004] | Dating | 👹And His Heart Was in Their Hands👹 | Tertiary f/o, used to be a pretty big secondary f/o...

Count Dracula [Dracula 1931] | Dating | 🧛Love as Torrid as Blood🧛 | Tertiary f/o, I mostly use Bela Lugosi's Dracula as a base but I do take inspiration and aesthetic choices from Coppola's Dracula as well, especially for my s/i and his backstory

The Medic [TF2] | Married (08•03•22) | 💉I Need A Doctor (Ohh!~)💉 | Secondary f/o

The Spy [TF2] | Married (01•22•22) | 🕵️‍♂️Mes Affections ne sont pas Un Masque🚬 | Secondary f/o leaning Tertiary f/o depending on mood

The Heavy [TF2] | Married (04•15•22) | 🥪Toll & Smol🥪 | Tertiary f/o

Ash Williams [Evil Dead franchise] | Dating | 🍂Good. Bad. He’s The Guy With My Heart.🍂 | Tertiary f/o

Dr. Jack Griffin/The Invisible Man [The Invisible Man (1933)] | Dating | 🤍An Invisible Heart Still Beats🤍 | Tertiary f/o

Severus Snape [Harry Potter franchise] | Married (date n/a) | ⛅He Saw a Glow in The Darkness⛅ | Tertiary f/o, in an ideal world we'd all pretend that Snape is my original character and has no relation to a certain disgustingly bigoted author, though I don't post about him much here because of that... huge comfort character to this day and the source of my obsession with all things Alan Rickman

Leslie Vernon [Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon] | Dating | 🍎Apple of My Eye🍎 | Tertiary f/o

The Janitor/"Nick" [Willy's Wonderland] | Dating | 🧽Cleanliness is Close to Sexiness🧽 | Tertiary f/o

Stitches the Clown [Stitches] | Dating | 🤡A Stitch in Time is Mine🤡 | Tertiary f/o, I haven't talked about him much since seeing the movie but I'm cursed to find all clowns (with exceptions), especially gross and/or scary clowns, attractive 🙈

Logan Howlett/Wolverine [X-Men franchise] | Dating | ❌Lend Me Your Flannel❌ | Tertiary f/o, another character who's source I'm only vaguely familiar with and I really just started shipping with him bc I though Hugh Jackman was hot in this role

Asgore [Undertale] | Dating | ✨Our Love is Magic✨ | Tertiary f/o, my second-longest lasting Undertale crush

Mettaton [Undertale] | Dating/Crush | 🤩🤖 | Tertiary f/o, forever locked in crush limbo and my longest lasting Undertale crush

The Doctor [Doctor Who] | Dating | 🌌The Eternal Playwrights🌌 | Tertiary f/o, I mainly ship with the 10th and 12th regenerations, another childhood comfort character

Norman Bates [Psycho] | Dating | 🦆Good Old-Fashioned Loverboy🦆 | Tertiary f/o

Pennywise [It 1990 miniseries] | Dating | 🎈Urban Legends🎈 | Tertiary f/o leaning Secondary f/o depending on mood

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vinnygordon · 2 years ago

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What if lockwood and co gang demigods. Right? Or like lockwod and co au where it's Percy Jackson.

The skull was an Apollo kid, I'd have picked Dionysus but nah. Hermes. He seems like the type. He just got in good with like a Hades kid or Hades himself now is this mess of a ghost.

Lockwood is Athena I feel, he's very strategic with his battles and planning. Dunno feels like an Athena child

Now. Lucy is either Ares or Hades. Hades would explain why the Skull is following her sort of deal but I dunno locklyle where it's Athena and ares children is quite funny to me. She has the anger but also she has the gift of listening with the dead so Hades would work more really.

George is probably a minor god child, stuck in the Hermes cabin. They'd think he'd b Athena with his research but was never claimed. He's very good at figuring out where monsters are especially when his friend Flo, a Satyr (I dunno found it funny this scruffy goat woman picking up demi god's and kicking ass), helps figure it out.

Barnes I like to think is like Dionysus just there as a punishment but he's like a grumpy Chiron, a proper dad but is so done with it all.

Kipps probably a Aphrodite child who kicks absolute ass and looks fab while doing it.

Holly I would put as Aphrodite but I like to think is also an unclaimed child which makes Aphrodite lot but jealous. Or maybe even Apollo for healing like she's the best healer, be funny with the skulls hatred of her, but maybe even older tha that and is just medicine. But overall unclaimed.

I dunno rushed little thoughts to comfort myself gimme yo opinions and stuff I'm intrigued what you think.

#lockwood and co #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #george cubbins #barnes #skull #lucy getting angry and raising the dead behind her bit like beginning of ATLA #just this giant monster comes out under her control and doesnt realise she ca do that #lockwood a BEAST with a sword

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electricxmayhem · 5 years ago

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When It’s Time

Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies

Relationship: Oakson

Word Count: 5,339

Authors notes: There’s a lot of gen content in this because I accidentally thought too hard about the plot and also I’m afraid of intimacy. Please just pretend the action was more drawn out and realistic. Also if the writing of this seems un-American I’m sorry I’m...not American.

One

‘Did anyone think for even a second that this might be a terrible idea?’

‘All our ideas have been terrible, Darryl. This is our best shot right now.’

Trudging around yet another unfamiliar town was wearing on everybody, and the long day had only been made longer by Darryl’s mood. He had been a little extra crabby since his split with Carroll, which would have been understandable were the other dads not so on edge.

‘Can someone else take Peter?’ Ron asked, shifting his shoulders under the weight of Paeden fast asleep on his back, ‘He’s heavier than he looks.’

‘Give him here.’ Henry rubbed his eyes and reached out his arms to take the exhausted boy. But before he had him, something caught his eye and he turned suddenly. Ron let go of Paeden’s legs and the boy fell hard into the dirt, startling himself awake.

‘What the fuck?’ He spluttered.

‘Oh my gosh, Paeden, are you okay, buddy?’ Henry fussed, pulling Paeden up and dusting him off while he squirmed indignantly.

‘Yeah, I’m fine, I can take a hit.’ He sniffed, ‘What happened though?’

‘Oh, I think I just saw the sign.’

‘For the fortune teller?’

‘Yeah, come on, this way.’

Relief bringing a burst of energy, everyone followed Henry to a faintly glowing eye-shaped symbol carved into a wooden sign. Below, in similarly glowing letters the sign said ‘OPEN’. Below the sign was a small tent made of heavy red material.

Glenn reached out and knocked on the door. Nothing happened.

‘Did you just try to knock on a curtain, Glenn?’

‘Look, I’m really tired okay.’

‘Hello?’ Henry tried.

‘Enter.’ Came a creaking voice from inside.

Shrugging, the dads piled into the tent, shepherding Paeden ahead of them. Disappointingly, the tent was no larger on the inside than it was on the outside. There was barely room for 4 and a half people to squeeze in facing the woman sitting at the table within, commanding the room despite her small stature. She smiled at them in silence for what felt like minutes before Henry spoke up again.

‘Uh, are you the Seer of-’

‘Silverman? I certainly am, Mr Oak.’

Henry laughed delightedly. ‘Neat!’

‘Hey, Siri, what’s my name?’ Ron pushed forward.

‘You’re Ron. And my name is not Siri-’

‘Siri, call me uh, Adam Sandler.’

‘............No.’

Darryl waved his hands in the air.

‘We’re getting off track. Ma’am we’re here to-’

‘Let me guess. You vowed to take on the beast in order to gain the favour of Lady Lockwood, so that she might grant you an army to assist you in your raid of Castle Ravenloft.’

‘Uh, yes.’

‘So what do you want from me?’

‘Seems like you already know.’

‘I know a lot of things, Darryl, but I do hate a one-sided conversation. So come on, ask me nicely.’ The old woman leaned forward and clasped her hands under her chin. Her gaze was unnervingly bright for her wizened face.

‘We heard you might be able to give us some clues on the beast, see what we’re up against.’

The Seer chuckled. Drawing back a sheet of velvet she revealed a perfectly smooth crystal ball in the center of the table that glowed softly in the low light. Everyone leaned in.

‘You should know, first and foremost,’ The old woman hummed, ‘That I work for Lady Lockwood. I am forbidden to give you information like that.’

The dads groaned.

‘But!’ She continued, ‘I have one offer. For a few seconds I can allow one of you to see one day into your future. Whatever this reveals may offer you some...foresight into your battle.’

Darryl looked around at the other dads. Everyone seemed to be nodding. Paeden’s head was nodding too, in and out of sleep.

‘I’ll do it.’ Darryl nodded firmly.

‘There will be a price…’

‘No worries.’ Glenn held up a heavy bag, coins jingling as he did, ‘We’re good for that.’

‘Well, then, let’s begin.’

Without warning, the candles in the tent extinguished, leaving everyone blinking in total darkness. Small, cold hands found Darryl’s and he felt the cool curve of the crystal ball under his palms. Anticipation tingled through his arms.

And then suddenly he was somewhere else. His eyes fluttered open and low candlelight spilled in. He could still feel the hard wooden stool of the tent under him, but out of the corner of his eye he could see that he was reclining on a large bed with a thick blanket. It was kind of hard to see anything else, though, because it seemed like something was pressed against his face. He could hear movement and-

Oh God.

He was kissing someone.

Someone was sitting on his lap and he was kissing them.

Shocked, Darryl was vaguely aware of his shoulders moving to run his hands up the other person’s back.

‘Ow!’ The person recoiled suddenly, wincing in pain. Barely breathing, Darryl stared dumbly at the other person. At Henry. It was Henry and he had been kissing Henry and it’s not like he hadn’t thought about it but nothing had prepared him for it actually happening. There was no way this was right. He must have been in someone else’s vision-

‘Sorry! Sorry, I forgot-’ No, that was definitely Darryl’s voice. Those were definitely his arms, wrapped in bandages, moving frantically, touching Henry’s arms, his stomach, his hips-

Laughing, Henry grabbed his fussing hands gently by the wrists. ‘It’s okay, it’s okay! You were distracted.’

Henry was wearing an unfamiliar silk shirt with his old cargo shorts, which looked cleaner than Darryl had seen them in a while. He followed his future self’s awe-stricken gaze up to Henry’s flushed face, and watched as Henry’s hand reached out to brush his forehead. Finally, he heard himself take a breath to say something-

And his vision went black.

Darryl blinked in the darkness, a little shell-shocked, as the Seer gently moved his hands off the crystal ball. One by one, the candles in the tent lit themselves again, and in the flickering light the other dads were leaning in expectantly, searching Darryl’s face for clues. Paeden was sitting on the floor, dozing against Glenn’s leg.

Darryl nearly jumped out of his skin when he felt Henry’s hand on his shoulder.

‘Whoah, Darryl, are you okay?’ Henry threw his hands in the air, looking worried.

‘It is something of a harrowing process, seeing one’s future,’ The Seer assured the room, ‘It may take a few seconds for him to adjust.’

Darryl massaged his forehead and turned to look at the others. Somehow he couldn’t quite bring himself to look Henry in the eye.

‘Sorry, sorry guys, I’m fine it’s just...that was weird.’

‘So what’d you see?’ Glenn prompted.

‘Did you see the beast?’ Ron added.

‘I was...in bed.’

A look of collective disappointment shot around the room.

‘Well hold on! It was a big bed in some kind of fancy room, and I had bandages on my arms, and Henry had some kind of sore back or something.’

‘How do you know Henry had a sore back?’

‘He was in there too.’

The others took this pretty easily. Sharing rooms and beds had become a pretty familiar sleeping situation during their time in this world.

‘Well!’ Glenn shrugged, ‘That’s what we get for doing this at night.’

‘No, wait, are you kidding?’ Henry cut across, ‘This is amazing! If me and Darryl are hurt, but we’re resting up in a fancy room, that must mean what he saw was after the battle! Now we know whatever beast we’re up against, we win!’

Darryl put this together. Not only was the fancy room most probably in Lady Lockwood’s house, but despite their injuries they were obviously strong enough to…

Well, they couldn’t have been that hurt anyway.

Glenn placed the bag of coins on the Seer of Silverman’s velvet covered table, and Darryl gave her a firm handshake which she returned with surprising force.

‘Before you go,’ She spoke up ‘Let me see the boy.’

Groggily, Paeden stepped forward, and the Seer fussed over him, holding his hand and pinching his cheeks.

‘I just love children.’ She cooed, ‘How old are you young man?’

‘Eight.’ Paeden snuffled.

‘And so brave for your age! Tell me, little one, how would you like a gift?’

‘Hell yeah.’

‘Paeden, come on, use your manners.’ Henry said.

‘Oh, that’s quite alright.’ The Seer smiled, and turned to pull something from the darkness behind her. ‘I’ve got something I know you’ll enjoy.’

A glint of metal shone in the candlelight and Paeden’s eyes widened.

‘A sword!’

‘Mmhmm, a sword named BeastSlayer. It’s just a name, but hopefully it will bring you luck. Do you like it?’

‘Yeah, it’s boss. It’s fuckin’ sick.’

‘Paeden!’

‘We should go,’ Darryl told the old woman, ‘But thank you for your help.’

She returned his shifting gaze with a knowing smile. ‘You’re quite welcome.’

And, pushing through the curtains into the clear night air, the dads headed back to the van, led by Paeden swinging a massive sword with reckless abandon.

Two

Darryl had always been a light sleeper, even at the best of times, but tonight he’d given up entirely. Knowing he needed to rest up for the fight tomorrow did nothing to quiet his racing mind, and his heart beating fast in his chest just would not let him sleep. He sat in the upright drivers seat and just stared out the window at the city walls.

He thought about the first time Henry had kissed him. It had been to shut him up, but it hadn’t been mean. It had been rushed and desperate but comforting too. He’d felt guilty about the feelings that had stirred in him, cursed the butterflies in his stomach for making something out of what had been nothing but a peacekeeping move on Henry’s part.

What he hadn’t considered before was that there had been plenty of times that Henry had wanted Glenn or Ron to shut up, too. But he only ever kissed Darryl.

Tomorrow, Darryl knew, he was going to have to fight and defeat something mysterious and threatening. He knew it was going to be hard, and that it was going to hurt him and his friends. And still he was more scared of the fact that he was in love with Henry Oak.

As if on cue, Darryl heard stirring from where Henry had been sleeping moments before. He cringed silently to himself and waited for Henry to inevitably notice him sitting up.

‘Darryl?’ God, his sleepy voice at that moment was almost too much .

‘Mmhmm.’

‘What are you doing up?’ Henry whispered.

‘I could ask you the same thing.’

‘To be honest with you,’ Henry climbed gingerly into the passenger’s seat, ‘I, uh. I swallowed my retainer a while back, when I was in bear form. So I’ve been kinda sneaking out at night and turning into a bear to try and, you know, pass it.’

Darryl blinked.

‘You swallowed...you had a retainer? And you haven’t- seen it?’

‘Nope! I hate to think what it could be doing to my insides. Never chewed gum a day in my life and this is what I get.’

Darryl chuckled and Henry smiled at him softly. Did he smile at him differently or was Darryl just reading into it too much? Was that just the way he’d always smiled? Or had he always been smiling like that?

‘You still haven’t told me why you’re up.’

‘Oh you know I just…. just got a lot on my mind.’

Henry reached for Darryl’s hand, which he shakily offered. Turning to face him, cross-legged, Henry turned his hand palm up and looked at it. Darryl shivered as Henry lightly traced his finger over the creases, stroking his fingers one by one.

‘Are you reading my palm?’ Darryl whispered, barely able to breathe.

‘Yeah.’

‘What does it say?’

‘It says I’m no psychic, but I just met one and according to her we’re gonna get through tomorrow, and I’ll be right there with you at the end of the day, sore back or not.’

Darryl closed his hand around Henry’s, squeezing gratefully. Glancing up, he saw Henry’s eyes searching his, open and honest, and he felt a crippling wave of guilt. There was no way he could tell Henry what he saw, but he felt awful keeping it a secret, keeping the image of Henry in his lap behind his eyes, even as he sat in front of him.

Darryl had the strange feeling of being a man caught spying in through the windows of his own house. Slowly, he let go of Henry’s hand and reclined his seat. Henry laughed almost silently as he watched him, before following suit and curling up in the passenger seat.

‘What about your retainer?’

‘It hasn’t killed me yet. What’s one more night?.

Three

The next day dawned with the noise of false bravado, each dad secretly comforting himself with back slaps and battle cries, filling the morning with terrible jokes and tense laughter. Paeden enjoyed swinging his sword a little too close to people’s legs as they hiked towards the castle.

‘Paeden, I’m glad you like the sword but I think you should give it to someone else for the battle, okay buddy?’ Darryl suggested, ‘I don’t want you involved in the action.’

‘Why are you taking me then?’ Paeden huffed.

‘Well we can’t leave you on your own, someone might take you.’

‘I’d take them.’ He grumbled, swinging the sword in a low arc right next to Henry’s ankle.

‘Whoah! I need that!’ Henry was exaggerating his confidence as much as everyone else. Darryl could see that he was paler than usual, and he kept scratching at the skin around his fingernails. Looking around he could see that Ron’s forehead was sweaty and that Glenn had tied his hair back from his face. He only did that when he knew they were getting into some real shit.

The two guards at the castle door regarded them with undisguised judgement as the five of them approached.

‘Hey fellas!’ Glenn waved an arm, ‘We’re here to take on-’

‘The beast?’ Said one of them, ‘Quite. You will see the lady. She is waiting for you.’

‘For some reason.’ The other one added, raising an eyebrow at each of them in turn.

Ignoring this, the dads and Paeden followed the first guard through the door into the huge entrance hall, and down through another door into a huge room with high stone ceilings and tapestries on the wall. In the center of the room stood a long wooden table, and at the end of it, in a high backed chair, was an incredibly muscular woman in a delicately embroidered tunic. She waved a hand for everyone to sit. There were notepads and pens at every chair.

‘So you are the brave warriors who have vowed to slay my beast.’ She looked skeptical. ‘I thought you’d be...I don’t know. Taller.’

‘We’ve got it where it counts.’ Glenn shrugged.

‘I don’t even know what that means.’ The Lady frowned. ‘Is the kid one of you?’

Paeden was drawing in his notepad. It looked like a drawing of himself with a six-pack.

‘He’s just tagging along. He’ll keep to the sidelines.’ Darryl assured.

‘Hell no. I’m fighting that thing.’

‘Maybe you should sit up in the box with me.’ Lady Lockwood patted his shoulder regally.

‘The box? Are you telling me you’re going to be spectating this fight?’ Henry asked.

‘Of course! Why do you think I have people challenge the beast at all? I just love a good blood sport.’

Everyone at the table looked uncomfortable. Suddenly, the Lady clapped her hands.

‘Shall we?’ And she swanned across the floor on legs like tree trunks, while four disgruntled dads and one disappointed boy stomped after her.

Outside the castle, the grounds had been surrounded with a large stone wall, encircling the lawn like an amphitheater. The features of the courtyard still remained; a few pleasant statues, a stone path, flower beds- but it was all overshadowed by a fifteen foot reinforced door set into the wall. No one could tear their eyes away from it.

‘Well, this is where I leave you.’ Lady Lockwood smiled, one hand firmly on Paeden’s shoulder. ‘Good luck, warriors.’

‘Wait.’ Ron said suddenly, ‘Paeden. Give me your sword.’

‘No.’

‘Okay, thanks anyway.’

And just like that they were alone in the courtyard. Darryl could hear the other dads’ breathing in the tense silence.

‘Quick dad huddle?’ He suggested, and the others fell gratefully together, ducking their heads into the private space their bodies created. ‘Okay I don’t think we have much time so let’s just one-two-three-doodlers okay? One, two, three-’

‘Doodlers!’ Came the nervous response as everyone’s hands went up. Henry turned back to the door, and then back to Darryl.

‘Listen, before this kicks off, I just wanted to say-’

The ground shook. Slow, heavy footsteps echoed against the walls. Darryl tightened his grip on his hatchet and set his jaw. Then came the cry of Lady Lockwood, safe in her viewing box above them.

‘RELEASE THE BEAST!’

The door gave way, and standing in the courtyard was a huge, red dragon.

A dragon.

Oh fuck.

For a second everyone just stood there, stunned. Then the dragon bowed its head and starting walking, covering too much ground with a single step. It took a while for all of him to come out of the door.

Henry yelled indistinctly, and suddenly vines burst from the ground, wrapping around the dragon’s legs. They held for a couple of seconds, then they were torn apart like wet spaghetti, lying useless on the ground. Henry looked around desperately.

Already, Darryl had lost sight of Ron. He took this as a good sign.

Steeling himself, Darryl mustered all his strength and ran towards the dragon, hatchet raised. Uncertainty was beginning to grow in his stomach. Maybe that Seer woman had tricked him. Maybe they were going to lose and she had just shown him a fantastical image to spur him on. He aimed for the dragon’s face and caught the side of it as the giant reptile turned away. Strange blood wet his blade.

Darryl was still processing his own strike, catching his breath, when too late he realized the dragon’s head was swinging back in his direction, fast. He tried to scramble out of the way but before he could move the beast’s huge skull knocked the air out of his body, throwing him like a rag doll to the ground. Darryl’s lungs tried to make up for lost time as his head swam. Vaguely aware of the dragon leaning towards him, he dug his heels weakly into the ground. Tears of frustration filling his eyes as huge, awful teeth moved in-

Any breath Darryl had gathered was suddenly knocked from him again, but this time by something smaller and warmer than a dragon’s head. Henry rolled into the space between Darryl and the teeth, his back on Darryl’s stomach, and green poison sprayed into the dragon’s mouth. The dragon recoiled, shaking his head, and Henry was beside Darryl, holding his arm, checking his eyes.

‘Are you okay? Can you stand?’

‘Yeah.’ Darryl croaked, ‘I’m fine.’ He was well aware that the fight was far from over, and even as Henry helped him up, squeezing his hand worriedly as he did, he could see that the dragon had turned its attention to Glenn, armed only with wildly swinging nun-chucks.

A surge of adrenaline tightened Darryl’s grip on his hatchet as Glenn started running, and he moved to strike again, but quickly noticed something was happening. The dragon’s steps became short and unsteady, and its head whipped around in confusion, still oozing blood. With one final step, it fell in an indignant heap on the ground. Darryl couldn’t help but laugh when he saw two of the dragon’s legs tied together with four pairs of shoelaces. Ron stood up behind the heap of scales with a grin. Somewhere above them, Paeden cheered.

‘Hey, nice work, Ron!’ Darryl called.

Nun-chucks spinning, Glenn ran towards the writhing dragon and flailed at it’s jaw, resulting in a loud crack, and a strangled cry as he nutted himself on the rebound. The dragon snorted.

Little by little, smoke began to pour from its nose. Struck by fresh fear, the four dads slowly backed away. The smoke thickened as the dragon’s breathing got heavier, angrier, and with a ‘ping!’ the shoelaces snapped. The dragon was back on its feet. And it was staring at Henry.

Darryl swallowed. He hadn’t thanked Henry yet for stepping in when he was in danger, and there was no time like the present. Henry was standing with his hands out, fruitlessly trying to de-escalate the situation as flames started to lick the dragon’s lips. He moved, and the dragon followed, locked onto his target. And suddenly Darryl was between them, heart hammering, holding up his hatchet like it could provide any protection.

Henry’s hand found Darryl’s shoulder and pulled.

‘Don’t you dare.’ He said as he pushed Darryl behind him, turning his back on the growing flames as he faced him.

Time froze for a second as Henry’s hands cupped Darryl’s face.

‘Look,’ Henry rushed, ‘I know this is a bad time and I should’ve told you before, but I can’t die without saying I love-’

He was cut off as Darryl’s arms were flung around him in a vice grip, and not a second later flames hit them hotter than Darryl could have imagined. He wasn't sure if he screamed, he just focused on Henry’s head buried in his neck hard enough to bruise, and held his body so close he worried he could break it. Fire and desperation rang in his ears, tinted with muffled yells. Smoke filled his lungs.

And it was just smoke. Without warning the flames turned to black, choking, extinguished smoke.

He looked up.

Glenn was wrapped around the dragon’s neck, kicking and yelling. The dragon’s head had dropped to the sooty grass, defeated.

‘FUCK YEAH!’ Glenn yelled, ‘I SLAYED THE FUCKING DRAGON!’

But Darryl was looking past him. Straddling the lifeless dragon’s back was Ron, and buried in the scales in front of him was the BeastSlayer.

‘Nice work, Glenn.’ He smiled genuinely. Glenn stared at the sword.

‘Yeah, I mean...you probably helped.’

From the box, Darryl could hear Paeden whooping, but his attention was turned back to Henry. His back, along with Darryl’s arms, was blackened. The adrenaline coursing through Darryl’s veins stopped him from feeling his burns as badly as they looked, but at least he could still feel Henry’s shaky breathing and bounding heartbeat against his own chest.

‘Henry?’ Henry didn’t move his face from Darryl’s neck. ‘Henry, we won. We did it, we survived.’

Slowly, painfully, Henry lifted his head. His tear stained face was still blank with horror. Darryl all but peeled an arm off Henry’s back to cup the side of his head. He leaned towards him, whispering into his hair.

‘You should have let me protect you.’

Henry’s own hand covered Darryl’s as his brow furrowed.

‘Your job isn’t always to protect people.’

‘It kinda is.’

‘It shouldn’t be.’

‘Guys!’ Glenn yelled, ‘Come on bring it in!’

‘Can we maybe…’ Darryl felt the dull ache in his arms begin to sting, ‘Can we maybe have the group hug over here? And maybe don’t actually touch me?’

Henry disentangled himself from Darryl’s arms and turned shakily to take in the scene with a small shake of his head. Gingerly, laughing with utter relief, the four dads orchestrated a makeshift group hug as decorated guards marched out to escort them inside.

Four

The rest of the day was a blur. The dads were welcomed by an elated Lady Lockwood who quickly bustled them into the castle infirmary. Darryl spent his afternoon biting back tears as attendants washed and bandaged his burnt arms, and biting back embarrassment as they bathed the rest of him and laundered his clothes. Although he had to admit, his aching muscles had been crying out for a hot bath.

He couldn’t stop thinking about Henry. He hadn’t seen him since the fight finished, and everything had been so overwhelming he hadn’t had the chance to think. Well now he had way too much time with only his thoughts.

It was just...it had sounded like Henry was about to say he loved him. Loved him. Loved Darryl. He couldn’t remember the last time anyone had told him they loved him. He had kinda resigned himself to giving out love and not getting it back. To protecting without being protected himself.

Of course, he’d seen his future. Maybe it should have been obvious to him. But he had assumed that whatever happened would be Henry experimenting, or giving him what he wanted in celebration, or some weird fluke born from a rush of high emotion. It just hadn’t dared to occur to him that it could be something Henry had wanted too.

Henry wasn’t at dinner. A servant informed them he was on bed rest. Glenn and Ron were almost unrecognizable in new clothes fit for nobles, with washed hair and clean faces. Even Paeden had been dressed up, and was sitting at Lady Lockwood’s right hand side with pride. Darryl felt a little under-dressed, having opted for his newly cleaned polo shirt and jeans, but he couldn’t get into the spirit of celebration anyway. He was too nervous to eat, and ended up asking to be shown to his room early as the others laughed and drank.

The room hit him like a ton of bricks. Of course it was the room from the vision, but it still made everything feel frighteningly real. The red curtains, the heavy blankets, the low candlelight. He sat down to stop himself from pacing. How much time did he have before whatever was going to happen happened? Did he have time to go and pee? Did he even need to pee or was he just nervous? He stared at the candles for a second. They were only recently lit but had melted down a little already. If he wasn’t mistaken they looked pretty close to how they looked in the vision.

There was a knock on the door and the breath was knocked from Darryl for the third time that day. For a moment he was totally frozen.

‘Darryl?’ Henry’s voice came softly through the heavy door.

‘Yeah, uh, come in.’ Darryl called, and watched the doorknob turn and Henry appear in his room, dressed in a familiar silk shirt and his cargo shorts, clean apart from those stubborn iodine stains by the knees, freshly washed hair bouncing as he moved, glasses reflecting the candlelight. Darryl was a little entranced.

‘I thought you were on bed rest.’ Was the first stupid thing out of his idiot mouth. Great job, Darryl. And they say romance is dead.

‘I’m supposed to be.’ Henry smiled, ‘But I wanted to come and see you.’

‘Well, sit down, take it easy. Are you okay?’

‘I’m fine, I feel way better.’

‘You look better.’

Darryl moved his legs to let Henry get comfortable on the side of his bed, their hips parallel, close enough to hear each other’s breathing.

‘I’m sorry-’ Darryl started.

‘Don’t.’ Henry cut him off, ‘Please don’t, just, let’s talk about anything else.’

Darryl took a deep breath to settle his nerves. He could feel Henry’s eyes on him as he looked at his hands.

‘Earlier. Before...this.’ He gestured to his bandages. Henry shifted his weight and nodded. Darryl noticed that he looked nervous, too. It wasn’t a look he was used to on Henry. ‘Were you about to say you love me?’

Henry looked very hard at the floor. Then he stared at the wall and sighed. Finally he turned his gaze to his own hands and stuttered ‘I-’

‘Just ‘cos I was wondering whether I should say I love you or I love you too.’

Henry’s shoulders dropped and his eyes widened. For a few seconds he just stared at Darryl, but there was no intensity in it, it didn’t hurt to meet his gaze. It was the stare of someone seeing something beautiful they hadn’t believed existed before.

‘I was.’ He whispered eventually, ‘I mean, I do.’

‘I love you too.’ Darryl smiled ever so gently and Henry softened completely, leaning forward stiffly to rest his hands on Darryl’s shoulders and leaning in as Darryl leaned in to him and their lips met like soot falling, soft and silent.

Kissing Henry before had been exciting. Thrilling, unexpected, and forbidden. This time, it couldn’t have been more different. This time, Darryl let himself relax and melt into it, and his heart jumped as he felt Henry do the same, moving his hands from his shoulders up his neck and into his hair, taking breaks to smile against his lips. Darryl felt safe, trusted to take control as he gently took Henry’s glasses off, and lifted him carefully into his lap when he started slipping off the bed.

This is a hell of a lot better with feeling Darryl thought as he appreciated the warm weight of Henry in his lap, and let his hands pull him closer by the hips, run up his back-

Wait, shit.

‘Ow!’ Henry recoiled suddenly, wincing in pain. Darryl floundered for a moment. How could he have forgotten?

‘Sorry!’ He yelped, ‘Sorry, I forgot-’ As he frantically touched the unscathed parts of Henry, trying to somehow reverse his mistake.

Henry grabbed his wrists gently, careful enough not to disturb his wounds through the layers of bandage.

‘Its okay,’ He laughed, ‘It’s okay! You were distracted.’

Darryl could do nothing but stare as Henry dropped his wrists. Looking up from his compromising position to Henry’s flushed face, smiling even after everything that had happened, watching the slight drag on one of Henry’s eyes without his glasses, he wasn’t sure how he could have possibly been this lucky.

One of Henry’s hands gently brushed a loose strand of hair off Darryl’s forehead.

‘This is what I saw, you know.’ Darryl said.

‘What?’

‘This past few seconds. That’s what I saw when the Seer showed me the future.’

Henry’s face turned slowly into a shocked grin before he burst out laughing.

‘Really?’

‘Yeah!’

‘No wonder you were so weird about it!’

‘I was weird about it? Do you think the others noticed?’

‘Nooooo, they probably believe you. I mean we are alive, in a fancy house, and covered in bandages.’

Darryl relaxed.

‘You know I have two Darryl-arm-shaped patches of skin between the burns.’

‘Oh, God.’ Darryl laughed ruefully as Henry dropped his forehead to rest against his.

‘Hey.’ Henry whispered. ‘Can I stay in here tonight?’

‘Are you sure?’ Darryl’s voice was slightly slurred by Henry running his thumb over his bottom lip.

‘I’m asking.’

‘Of course.’

With this, Henry kissed Darryl briefly one more time and crawled out of his lap onto the empty bed space beside him, where he lay on his front.

‘I’m just really tired.’

Darryl shuffled down until he was lying on his back.

‘Me too.’ He whispered. With everything that had happened, he would have done anything to hold Henry as they fell asleep, but with their injuries it was impossible. Instead he lay his hand, palm up, between them. Henry idly traced the creases with his finger, before folding his hand into Darryl’s. A gentle gust of wind through the room extinguished the candles.

Muffled by the pillows, Henry spoke up one last time.

‘You know, the others are going to figure out something happened.’

‘How?’

‘You told them I was in your bed in the vision. Now they know that we weren’t made to share they’ll know I must have sneaked in.’

‘Well, that sounds like their problem.’

Fin.

Authors note: This is not a songfic but the title is the name of a song which I chose for the lyrics

‘All I want is you to understand

That when I take your hand

It’s ‘cos I want to.

And we are all born in a world of doubt,

But there’s no doubt,

I figured out

I love you’

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #oakson #henry oak #darryl wilson #glenn close #ron stampler #paeden bennetts #fanfiction #my writing

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booksbeyondimagining · 5 years ago

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2019 is at an end, the Roaring Twenties is right around the corner, and here is my round up of my reading for the year! Favorite books read, goals achieved (and unachieved), and thoughts for the year to come!

First book read this year: All is Fair, by Dee Garretson Final book read this year: Of Fate and Phantoms (The Ministry of Curiosities #7), by C. J. Hunter

Favorite Reads of the Year

The Golem and the Jinni, by Helene Wecker The Priory of the Orange Tree, by Samantha Shannon Geekerella, by Ashely Poston There Will Come a Darkness (The Age of Darkness #1), by Katy Rose Pool Bloodwitch (The Witchlands #3), by Susan Dennard Soul of Stars (Heart of Iron #2), by Ashley Poston The Archived duology, by Victoria Schwab Red White, & Royal Blue, by Casey McQuiston Lockwood & Co series, by Jonathan Stroud Tarnished are the Stars, by Rosiee Thor The Ministry of Curiosities series, by C. J. Archer The Mortician’s Daughter trilogy, by C. C. Hunter

Challenges/Goals from 2019

Finishing the Series 2019 (To finish/catch up on series that were previously started prior to the start of 2019.)

Personal Goal of Series to Finish: 1-4 Series of Books Actually Finished: 5 Challenge: Completed!

Goodreads Challenge

Personal Challenge: 80 Books Total Books Read: 82 Challenge: Complete

Goal for Next Year: 85 books

Goals I Set Myself for 2019

BLOG MORE – yeah sorry this just didn’t happen. In fact, my reviews kind of slagged by the end too, both in content and in posting them in a timely manner

LESS E-GALLEYS – I did do better on this one, I think. I still downloaded some that I was highly anticipating, and some I read but not all which was kind of bad, but I definitely cut back! Which certainly made me feel better stress-wise

Reading more middle grade books – Eh, this one didn’t happen so much. I read the Lockwood & Co series, which I absolutely adored, but those books aren’t even regularly stocked on our shelves so it’s a little hard to promote them.

Bring the number of own-but-not-yet-read books down and my read books up – closer, but no, didn’t happen.

Most Anticipated of 2019

The Raven and the Dove, by Kaitlyn Davis Among the Beasts & Briars, by Ashley Poston The Queen’s Assassin (Queen’s Secret #1), by Melissa de la Cruz Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards #1), by Janella Angeles Rebelwing, by Andrea Tang Scavenge the Stars, by Tara Sim The Serpent’s Curse (The Last Magician #3), by Lisa Maxwell The Princess Will Save You, by Sarah Henning House of Dragons, by Jessica Cluess Sunshield, by Emily B. Martin Sisters of Sword and Song, by Rebecca Ross As the Shadow Rises (The Age of Darkness #2), by Katy Rose Pool The King of Crows (The Diviners #4), by Libba Bray

I have decided to not make any goals for next year aside from the Goodreads challenge. I just need to not force myself to try to do anything and then feel bad for not achieving it.

Looking forward to reading for me. What I want, when I want, without feeling any kind of obligations to fulfill any sort of goal.

2019 Reading Round Up 2019 is at an end, the Roaring Twenties is right around the corner, and here is my round up of my reading for the year!

#2019 #Anticipated Reads #Favorite Reads #Reading Round Up #year in review

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multi-fandom-imagines8 · 6 years ago

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Blood & Family

Part 4

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Summary: Astraea learns about Klaus and the Mikaelson’s past. Damon, Elena and the rest of them have a plan to kill Klaus, but they fail. Stefan wants to get revenge on Klaus

Word Count: 4290.

“Hey, Elena! I’m sorry for everything that happened. How are you doing?” After Klaus left, Astraea returned to the Gilbert house.

“It’s not your fault. I don’t- I- uhm… not good” she started crying.

“Hey, hey, hey. Everything is gonna be alright, I promise. Maybe not now, not soon, but it will be eventually. Do you need a hug?” Astraea offered and Elena nodded.

Later that night, after everyone went to sleep, Astraea was still awake. She couldn’t sleep, she was used to sleeping in the uncomfortable car. She needed some time to adjust to her bed again. There was a knock on the door and she went to open it.

“Rebekah! Hey, what are you doing here?” She was surprised to see her.

“I can’t believe Nik left me here. My own brother left me without saying a word. I have nowhere else to go” Rebekah informed her.

“That’s what siblings do. I wish I could help you, but unfortunately I can’t. This isn’t my house I can’t invite you in and I’m sure Elena will kill me if I asked her to. You can try the Salvatore's. I’m sure Stefan won’t have a problem with it, since he’s without his humanity. If you’re staying here and don’t want to be alone, I can suggest you join our school. It’ll be fun, many parties if you’re into that stuff” she told her.

“Sounds fun. See you around”.

Astraea was about to close the door. “Hey Astraea!”

“Yeah?”.

“Thank you”.

“For what?”.

“Being nice and helpful, even when you don’t know me and probably hate my brother”.

“I don’t hate him. That’s what friends are for. Good night Rebekah”.

“What is she doing here?” Elena was at discomfort.

“I have no idea” Caroline answered.

“I invited her. I didn’t think she’d actually show up. She’s all alone and I-“.

“You what?” Caroline was about to freak out.

At night, Elena, Caroline, Damon and Alaric were planning to take out Stefan. Tyler and Astraea arrived a bit late.

“Sorry, we’re late. What’s going on?” Tyler asked.

“We need you to raid your mom’s vervain supply, enough to keep Stefan down for a while” Elena informed him.

“You can’t do that to Stefan”.

“I agree with Tyler” Astraea remarked.

“Why not?”.

“Trust me, Tyler, it’s in his best interest” Elena added.

“Yeah, but it’s not in Klaus’” Tyler told them.

“But Klaus is the bad guy, Tyler. Why are you acting like some freaky hybrid slave-minion?” Caroline didn’t like Tyler’s answer.

“Oh oh” Damon realized something.

“What?” Rick asked.

“Klaus made me who I am, Caroline. I owe him everything” Tyler expressed.

“Oh, boy”.

“Okay, can we cool it in the commentary, please?” Caroline was starting to get angry.

“I’m just gonna go” Tyler said, but Damon injected him with enough vervain to knock him out.

“What are you doing?” Caroline questioned.

“He’s been sired. He feels loyal to Klaus because Klaus’ blood created him. He’ll seek acceptance from his master. It’s rare. Maybe not so much in hybrids” Damon explained.

“I don’t want to be a part of your plan. I’m sorry, I don’t like deceiving people, specially my friends” Astraea backed away.

“What are you talking about? Ever since you left with Klaus you’ve been acting differently. Are you sure he didn’t compel you?” Damon asked.

“Yeah, I’m sure. Of course I changed, Damon. I’m a human who’s been on the road with an original hybrid and a ripper, how do you think that affected me. Oh, wait… you didn’t even think about it, because nothing matters other than what Elena wants. Your welcome by the way, in case you forgot I saved your life. I’m just gonna go back. Enjoy the rest of the night” Astraea left and no one was able to say anything, since everything she said was true.

“How did your plan go? I take it from the look on your face, it didn’t go well. I’m sorry” Astraea was waiting on the terrace for Elena to come back.

“No, it didn’t. We almost had him, then we didn’t. Hey, about earlier, I’m sorry that I didn’t even ask how you were doing, I was so focused on Stefan that I forgot about you. I’m truly sorry” Elena apologized.

“It’s fine. Happens all the time. You’re not the first and you won’t be the last. I’m just glad, you’re back safely”.

—-

“Hey, Rick! Have you seen Ele- oh” Astraea barged in Alaric’s house, only to find him with Elena and Damon, who she’s been trying to call all day.

“Astraea, hey! What’s wrong?” Rick asked.

“I was looking for Elena and Damon. They weren’t answering their phones, but apparently they’re doing it on purpose”.

“A, sorry. I was just training” Elena said.

“Whatever. Do you know where Stefan is?”.

“Why do you ask?” Damon questioned.

“He’s been silent for a couple of days now. I figured you’d know where he is”.

“No, I have no idea where my brother is. Who knows what he’s up to these days” Damon lied.

“Screw you, Damon. So, your plan was a success after all” Astraea had a talent of knowing when someone is lying to her.

“What gave it away?”.

“You… what is that?” She saw pictures of Viking ruins and other drawings.

“It’s nothing. You don’t have to worry about it” Damon stood in front of her.

“Out of my way, liar. What is this?”.

Rick sought Elena’s approval before answering “we’re trying to find a weapon to kill Klaus. This was beneath the Lockwood cellar. We think it’s the story of the original family”.

“I’m headed to see Rebekah, wanna join me?” Elena offered.

Astraea knew that Elena was using her, since she was closer to Rebekah than her, but she agreed because she was curious to know their story.

“My parents had just started a family when a plague struck their homeland. They lost a child to it. They wanted to escape and protect their future family from the same fate. My mother knew the witch Ayana, who heard from the spirits if a mystical land where everyone was healthy. Blessed by the gifts of speed and strength . That led my family here, where we lived amongst those people. The werewolves. To us, they were just our neighbors. My family lived in peace with them for over 20 years, during which time my family had more children, including me. Once a month, our family retreated to the caves beneath our village. The wolves would howl through the night. By the morning we’d return home. One full moon, Klaus and my youngest brother, Henrik, snuck out to watch the men turn into beasts. That was forbidden. Henrik paid the price. And that was the beginning of the end of peace with our neighbors and one of the last moments my family had together as humans” Rebekah told the story of her family.

“This explains why werewolves and vampires are enemies. It all started with you” Astraea concluded.

Rebekah teased Elena about Stefan and she wanted to leave.

“The necklace wasn’t Stefan’s to give. It belonged to the original witch” Rebekah told her.

“The one who put the hybrid curse in Klaus?”.

“Not just the hybrid curse. She’s the one who turned us into vampires… My father didn’t want to run anymore. He wanted to fight and be superior to the wolves. Where they could bite, we had to bite harder. Where they had speed, we had to be faster. Agility, strength, senses. My parents asked Ayana for help but she refused, saying it had consequences, leaving it all in my mother’s hands”.

“In her hands? How could she do anything?” Elena was confused.

“Because my mother was also a witch. The witch of the original family. The original witch” Rebekah elaborated.

“But if your mother was a witch-“

“Am I? No. A witch is a nature’s servant. A vampire is an abomination of nature. You can either be one or the other, never both. My mother did this for us. She did bot turn”.

“How did you turn?”.

“She called upon the sun for life and the ancient white oak tree, one of nature’s eternal objects, for immortality. That night, my father offered us wine laced with blood and then he drove his sword through our hearts. We had to drink more blood to complete the ritual. It was euphoric. The feeling of power was indescribable. But the witch Ayana was right about the consequences. The spirits turned on us and nature fought back. For every strength, there would be a weakness. The sun became out enemy. It kept us indoors for weeks. And though my mother found a solution, there were other problems. Neighbors who had opened their homes to us could now keep us out. The flowers at base of the white oak burned and prevented compulsion and the spell decreed that the tree that gave us life could also take it away, so we burned it to the ground. But the darkest consequence was something my parents never anticipated, the hunger. Blood had made us reborn and it was blood that we craved above all else, we could not control it. And with that, the predatory species was born”.

“Why did Mikael start hunting Klaus?”.

“When Nik made his first human kill, it triggered his werewolf gene, with that he became my father’s greatest shame. My mother tried to make it right. She put the hybrid curse on Nik to suppress his werewolf side and then she turned her back on him, but Mikael’s greatest weakness as a human was his pride. As a vampire that was magnified. He went on a rampage and killed half the village. Then he came home and killed her. He said that she broke his heart, so he would break hers. He tore it from her chest as Nik watched. Afterwards, my father took off in a rage and the rest of my family scattered. Nik stayed so he could help me bury her. He knew I had to say goodbye to my mother. We made a promise to each other. We’d stick together as one, always and forever”.

“Always and forever, even though he locked you in a coffin for 90 years?” Elena didn’t understand.

“We’re vampires. Our emotions are heightened. I’m stubborn. Elijah moral and Nik has no tolerance for those who disappoint him. Over a thousand years as a family, we’ve all made that mistake at least once. I’ve made it several times”.

“But you still love him?”.

“He’s my brother and I’m immortal. Should I spend an eternity alone instead?”.

“That’s why Klaus is the way he is. Everything makes sense now” Astraea remarked.

Rebekah knew that Elena wanted to wake Mikael up and wanted Klaus dead. She threatened to kill her if she went after her brother “as for you, Astraea. I suggest you find a better company. They will only lead you to death. My advice to you, leave this town and never come back”.

Elena went back to the cave and discovered something new. She returned to see Rebekah, but Astraea was still there.

“How do you know that Mikael killed your mother? Elena asked.

“Nik was there. He told me”.

“He lied to you”.

“And how do you know that?”.

“The cave where you carved your family's names is covered in symbols. The story of your family. How your parents arrived. How they made peace. The spell that turned them into vampires. And this, this is the symbol for hybrid. It’s the combination of the werewolf and the vampire symbol. And this is the one for your mother and this is the story of her death. The hybrid killed the original witch, not Mikael. Klaus.” Elena showed her pictures of the drawing in the cave.

“No, he wouldn’t” Rebekah refused to believe that.

“She put the curse on him. Made it so that he would be the only one of his kind and then she rejected him. With the werewolf gene comes aggression and violence. When he turned, all of that was heightened. He killed her, Rebekah and then he made up this entire lie about your father so that he wouldn’t lose you” Elena tried to convince her.

“And that makes you the expert. Stop it Elena” Astraea warned but Elena continued to provoke Rebekah until she got angry and almost killed her but then she stopped and realized she was saying was the truth.

Rebekah broke down in tears and Astraea tried to comfort her.

“Maybe it’s not true. Don’t you want to hear what Klaus has to say about this? I’m sure if he did it, he had good reasons. I’m truly sorry, Rebekah” she stayed with her until she fell asleep. Then she called Klaus but he didn’t answer so she left him a voice message.

“Where the hell are you? Everything is a mess here. I’m pretty sure Elena and the gang woke Mikael up and now she told your sister that it wasn’t him that killed your mother and that it was you. She even had prove, the drawing you carved in the cave, smartass. Rebekah is a mess, I just managed to get her to sleep. You better get your ass back here and fix everything. I’m not even sure why I’m helping your or telling you anything. Maybe I shouldn’t, after all you’ve done nothing but bring pain to the people I care about. I really hope you show up soon”.

—-

Elena, Damon and Stefan devised a plan to lure Klaus back in town, with the help of Mikael of course. Elena daggered him and they even included Rebekah in their plan. Stefan called Klaus and told him, he wanted reassurance of course and Rebekah confirmed it, but he sensed something was wrong. He didn’t listen to any of the voice messages Astraea sent, since he was “too busy” and they were many, instead he called her.

“Hope, love! I’m coming back to town. But first, I have a question for you-“.

“Thank god you answered, finally! I’ve been trying to call you for days. Where the hell have you been?”.

“It’s none of your business, sweetheart. Just answer my question. Is it true that Elena daggered Mikael and he’s in the possession of the Salvatore’s?”.

“What? I have no idea what you’re talking about. I didn’t even know they were- wait, this doesn’t make any sense. They wanted him to kill you, so what’s changed?” Astraea sensed that something was wrong.

“Rebekah confirmed it. Apparently, he tried to kidnap Elena to use her as bait”.

“Klaus, have you even listened to the voice messages I sent you? My guess is that you didn’t. To summarize it, Rebekah knows that you killed your mother and she’s mad. As for Elena and the rest, I wouldn’t believe them if I were you, just my advice to you. I mean they didn’t include me in it, which means they suspect that I’m on your side, which I am not. I’m done with this town”.

“Didn’t take you for a quitter”.

“Well, I didn’t take you for a coward, yet you left anyway. Guess we’re both not what we thought we were. Goodbye, Klaus”.

“Wait, Hope-“.

Astraea returned to the Gilbert house and started packing up her stuff. When she was done, she called Rebekah but she didn’t answer. She tracked her cellphone to the Salvatore’s.

“Astraea, hey! What are you doing here?” Damon asked.

“Damon! I’m not here for you, don’t worry! I’m here for Rebekah, where is she?”.

“Not here at the moment. She’s probably shopping for a dress for tonight” Damon lied.

“Lying again, great!”.

“Why would I be lying to you?” He tried to deny it.

Astraea called Rebekah again and heard her ringtone, which led her to the room they were keeping Rebekah’s body in.

“Daggered, huh? I came to say goodbye, but now I can’t even do this. You know ever since I told you I know you’re a vampire, you stopped trusting me. You used to tell me everything. So, do you have anything else you want to tell me about?” She gave him one last chance.

“Hmm.. no, not that I can think of” he lied again.

“Goodbye, Damon. Oh and by the way, good luck with your plan to kill Klaus. I hope you fail” she smiled and walked out the door, but Damon rushed outside and stood in front of her.

“How do you know about the plan?”.

“I don’t actually know what it is. But it’s nice to actually find out that you’re planning something from the person you are trying to kill”.

“Klaus? What did he tell you?” Damon looked surprised.

“Nothing. Just that he wanted confirmation about Mikael being daggered”.

“What did you tell him?” Damon was anxious to hear the answer.

“The truth. That I have no idea, since no one included me and that Rebekah knows that he killed her mother”.

“Why would you say that?” Damon got angry.

“What was I supposed to say? After all, I knew nothing of your devious plan. And since you don’t trust me with lying, I told him the truth about Rebekah, so I’d actually give you a real reason”.

“You see that’s why we didn’t tell you. Because we don’t trust you. You’re on Klaus’ side, ever since you left with him”.

“That’s where you’re wrong Damon. I was a human caught up in a vampire world. What I did, was look after myself, if I didn’t I’d probably been vampire food the first week we left. As for when we returned, none of you trusted me, yet you trusted Stefan. So, I chose a side and at least I’m not being fooled or deceived”.

“This won’t get you anyway. You chose the wrong side and you’ll lose” Damon warned.

“You know I was leaving town, but since you said that, challenge accepted”.

Astraea then went to the party Klaus was throwing as quickly as she could, only to be met outside by one of his hybrid guards.

“Listen, pal! I don’t have time for this, I need to see Klaus asap. It’s urgent”.

“Not without an invite, you won’t”.

“I don’t know if you can smell it or not, but human, I’m human. Which mean, I can’t harm Klaus, if that’s what you’re afraid of. I’m Astraea- Hope, Klaus knows who I am, so unless you want him to rip your head off, you’ll let me pass” she threatened and this time the hybrid let her in.

“Ah, Klaus. I’ve been looking everywhere for you. We need to talk”.

“Hope, love! You came. I thought you were leaving” Klaus smirked.

“I was, but as you said I’m not a quitter. The truth is, I had an argument with Damon, which led me to choosing a side, your side. You should know, I’m doing this as a challenge. Damon said I chose the wrong side and that we’re gonna lose, so you better not”.

“Don’t worry, love. I’m two steps ahead of them”.

“You mean the hybrids? I would!’t completely count on them. Rebekah’s been daggered. I don’t think Mikael is daggered, since there’s only one dagger, so my guess he’s coming here for you” Astraea informed him.

“Thank you for the heads up, love. Enjoy the party while you still can”.

“I’m not one for parties. Hey, what is Matt doing here?”.

“You’re asking me? He’s probably been dragged into this plan, poor soul”.

“Klaus, whatever you’re planning, please don’t kill him or any of my reckless friends and family”.

One of his hybrids came and whispered something in his ear, that changed his facial expression.

“What’s wrong?”.

“Dad’s here. I’m gonna have a little chat with him. You should get out of here”.

Klaus went to face Mikael, while Astraea followed quietly. Mikael had Elena and threatened to kill her if Klaus didn’t come out, but Klaus pretended to not care.

“If she dies, this lot will be the last of your abominations” Mikael pointed at the hybrid standing behind him and ready to tear him apart.

“I don’t need them. I just need to be rid of you”.

“To what end, Niklaus? So you can live forever with no one at your side? Nobody cares about you anymore, boy! Who do you have other than those whose loyalty you’ve forced? No one. No one”.

“I’m calling your bluff, father. Kill her” Klaus didn’t believe him.

“Come outside and face me, you little coward and I won’t have to”.

“My whole life, you’ve underestimated me. If you kill her, you lose your leverage, so go ahead. Go on, kill her. Come on, old man, kill her. Kill her!” Klaus yelled.

“Ah, your impulse, Niklaus. It has and will forever be, the one thing that keeps you from truly being great” Mikael laughed at him, before stabbing Elena, who turned out to be Katherine.

Damon came from behind him and stabbed him with the white oak stake, making him scream in pain. Astraea tried to inject Damon with a vervain shot but he stopped her and threw her across the room. Then Stefan came and stopped Damon.

“What are you doing?” Damon was furious.

“Klaus” the stake was near Astraea, so she immediately threw it to Klaus and he killed Mikael with it.

“What the hell did you do?” Damon asked Stefan.

“He’s earned his freedom. Thank you my friend. You no longer have to do as I say. You’re free”.

Everyone left except for Astraea.

“You stayed, even when I told you to leave, why?” Klaus asked.

“I told you, I wanted to make sure we win”.

“I’m certain that's not it, or at least not the only reason”.

“Alright. All my life, I’ve been watching from afar. I wanted to be involved in something, to feel useful for once, to belong. And tonight, helping you, made it so, even if just for a couple of minutes” she admitted.

“Thank you. You’re free to go, if that’s what you want”.

“Oh, Klaus. If I wanted to go, I would’ve left when you left the town or even before. I was always free. I came with you because I wanted adventure, something thrilling and of course to save Damon’s life. Being with you the past few months made me learn a thing or two. I don’t think I want to leave, there are many things a girl can learn from you. Besides, I believe you need someone to complain to about life”.

“And you think you’re fit to the position?”.

“No, I know that I am. I mean, what have I got to loose? I’ve lost the trust of my family and friends long before tonight, so…For the record, I don’t think you’re a coward and Mikael was wrong about the not caring part. I find you an interesting person. I’m sorry your life has been a living hell. Rebekah told me about the story of how you became a vampire. How your mother turned her back on you and how Mikael killed your real father and hunted you down. I understand now why you’re the way you are, but I believe a day will come when someone will walk into your life and change it forever”.

“That’s only a fraction of the torment I’ve been living. If you knew the whole truth, you’re heart would break”.

“Then tell me, I am curious”.

“That’s enough for one night, love”.

The next day, Klaus decided to wake up the rest of his family.

“You said you were interested in my family, well get up, I have something to show you” Klaus barged into the room Astraea was stating in, in Tyler’s house.

“Klaus? What are you doing here?” She was half awake.

“Get dressed. I want to show you something”.

“So, you’re having a Mikaelson family reunion, cool! But are you sure they won’t be mad at you? I mean you only daggered them for a couple of centuries, no biggie” Astraea mocked.

“What happened to your optimism? Come on, I need you to have hope, Hope” Klaus smiled.

“You’re in a good mood today”.

“Why shouldn’t I be? Mikael is finally dead. I don’t have to run anymore. It only took a 1000 years of my life”.

Klaus’ phone rang “Stefan! Miss me already?” Klaus grinned.

“I’m just calling to thank you for my freedom”.

“Well, I like to believe I’m a man of my word, more or less”.

“The thing is, it came at too high of a price. You took everything from me, Klaus”.

“Let bygones be bygones. Trust me, resentment gets old” Klaus opened the back of the truck, but the coffins weren’t there.

“You know what never gets old? Revenge”.

“Oh, oh!” Astraea commented, knowing exactly what was coming.

“No!” Klaus was getting angry.

“What’s the matter Klaus? Missing something?” Stefan teased.

“What are you doing?”.

“I’m just enjoying my freedom”.

“I will kill you and everyone you’ve ever met” Klaus threatened.

“You do that, and you’ll never see your family again. I wonder, Klaus, as someone who’s been one step ahead for a thousand years, were you prepared for this?” Stefan warned.

Klaus hung up and Astraea could see the murderous desire he had.

“Klaus, I know talking isn’t gonna help, but calm down! We’re gonna fix this, just don’t rush into making decisions”.

“You’re right! Talking isn’t helping, so I suggest you keep your mouth shut or your eyes are gonna be the next thing to shut forever. Now out of my way” Klaus yelled.

“Have it your way!” She stepped aside and let him pass.

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Lore of Command: Commander (2013 Edition)

Welcome to Lore of Command, a series where I look at the lore and flavor of Legendary Creatures in Magic: The Gathering.

Today I’m continuing my look back at supplemental legends, mainly from products like Commander, and examining what, if any, lore they’ve added added to their stories. In most cases, the answer will be they have not, but it’s worth noting who has had their story expanded on.

The second Commander product, released two years after the first, is the aptly named Commander 2013. The blurbs for each of the Commanders in this product were printed collectively in The Ten Commanders.

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Jeleva, Nephalia’s Scourge by Cynthia Sheppard

The name of Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge, invokes terror in Innistrad. Known to play cruel games of cat and mouse, she preys on her victims' minds before devouring their blood. She spends her days sequestered in an opulent mansion in Nephalia, but by night, her merciless predations know no bounds. No one's throat is safe from Jeleva, but it's the minds of archmages that she truly craves. She targets the most renowned personalities of Innistrad, intent on stealing their knowledge for herself. The powerful Church of Avacyn has put a price on her head, and monster hunters from across Innistrad track her through the dark province of Nephalia. Jeleva welcomes them. She likes the blood of monster hunters, and will happily steal their minds as spoils in her private war against the Church.

Home Plane: Innistrad (Nephalia)

Featured In: The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Innistrad

Updates: While the art book doesn’t add much, it does mention that Jeleva’s favorite minds to drink are those of Avacynian Archmages.

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Nekusar is a former king who schemed to retain his power even after death. In life, he was an unpopular ruler with many enemies. He was obsessed with the machinations of his court and threats to his reign. When one of his plots to assassinate a rival backfired, Nekusar was killed in his own throne room. But he had prepared for his eventual death, and he transformed himself into a lich lord. Nekusar has positioned himself as the secret power of the realm, and now he monitors the court with his network of informants, both living and undead. He offers knowledge to the highest bidder but at a painful price. Nekusar has more power now than ever. He devastates his enemies by giving them what they think they want but cannot control.

Home Plane: Unknown

Featured In: Flavor Text

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Oloro manipulates the forces of life and death. He believes that he possesses the secret to eternal life and guards it jealously on his remote, mist-shrouded island. Oloro's location is sought by thieves and mystics alike. Some seek to steal his possessions while others seek to learn his secrets. Oloro will tolerate the companionship of only a few select individuals—those who can help him in his quest for knowledge. Some say he is older than time itself and wiser than all the great minds in the illustrious academies of learning. So far, Oloro has maintained an uneasy balance between the darkness and the light, but any threat to his carefully guarded secrets could force him into a quest for merciless domination.

Home Plane: Unknown

Featured In: Nothing

More After the Break

Sydri, Galvanic Genius

Sydri, Galvanic Genius by Terese Nielsen

Sydri is a master of metalwork and mystical animation. She's young, brilliant, and willing to sell her ingenious devices to anyone who will pay her substantial fee. Sydri can infuse life into almost any object, which will then tirelessly do its master's bidding. Under her touch, a statue could become a spy, or a sword transform into an unexpected assassin without the need of a hand to wield it. Although honest by nature, she's fallen into a dangerous circle of elite priests who will do anything to gain the upper hand in the political sphere. Sydri is tempted by material rewards and must soon make a choice about the nature of her creations and their ultimate purpose.

Home Plane: Fiora

Featured In: The Perfect Gift, Flavor Text, Like Cogwork (mentioned), Blood Will Have Blood (mentioned)

Updates: Sydri was connected to Fiora after the fact, and only in hints. Two of the Conspiracy stories mentioned her offhand as a former student at the Academy and a pupil of Muzzio.

Marath, Will of the Wild

Marath is an elusive, powerful beast who roams the untamed regions of his shaman-ruled world. Although many try, few have glimpsed this majestic creature. Some believe he was one of this world's progenitors and has been around since before the dawn of time. Vines twine out of the earth as he passes. Green mist rises around his feet. Some of the mist takes on animalistic forms, and new life is created as he passes by. He's infused with elemental magic, and many of the elves who share the wilds with him believe he is the source of growth and natural justice. When threatened, Marath is a ferocious opponent, striking with furious blows and predatory power.

Home Plane: Unknown

Featured In: Nothing

Gahiji, Honored One

Gahiji is revered as a god by the fierce Rahode tribe, who call him the wild heart of their people. He came to their aid during the epic Battle of Flat Sky, when the Rahode were being slaughtered by their enemies. Gahiji appeared on the hills above the battlefield. He let out a great roar and charged headlong into the midst of their foes, with the Rahode warriors rallying behind him. He saved the tribe, and now Gahiji dwells with them in a place of honor. He hunts in the surrounding jungle by night but willingly returns to the palace during the day. Worshippers pilgrimage for months to bow before the Honored One.

Home Plane: Unknown

Featured In: Nothing

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher by Todd Lockwood

Prossh dominates the Kher region of Dominaria. Each day at dawn, he takes to the skies, tracking his prey and monitoring the lands he claims as his own. The sound of dragon wings in the distance sends many of his subjects into a panic, scrambling for shelter that can withstand his dragon fire. He levels entire villages just to punish a single hunter who strayed into his territory. Those who don't pay tribute to him are burned alive. Prossh is worshipped by the kobolds of the region, and some offer themselves to His Mighty Overlordship in hopes that he spares their kin. Prossh is a predatory machine, and the death of his "allies" just makes him stronger.

Home Plane: Dominaria (Kher Ridges)

Featured In: Nothing

Updates: Prossh is actually a reference to a very old bit of Magic lore, the Kobolds of Kher Keep and their lord Rohgahh way back in Legends. The running joke is that somehow, these idiotic kobolds are still alive despite millennia of stupidity. Kher Keep is referenced again in Time Spiral

Shattergang Brothers

Shattergang Brothers by Kev Walker

In Ravnica, if you want something destroyed, call the Shattergang Brothers. No job is too small or person too important for this goblin family. They are sought after by thieves and priests alike, and even the Rakdos have been known the hire them for jobs that need a bombastic finesse. These goblins can take out—or blow up—any problem you might have. An Izzet mage giving you trouble? Gargoyle spying on you? Pesky curse upon your house? The Shattergangs will bring the destructiveness you need for a (mostly) reasonable price. The Boros and Azorius have both put prices on their heads, but the Shattergangs have eluded capture time and time again. These brothers take pride in their work and joy in the destruction of others.

Home Plane: Ravnica

Featured In: Limits

Updates: In Limits, the Shattergang Brothers were introduced as rivals of Krenko, Mob Boss. The three brothers were named Rikkig, Dargig, and Gardagig. Krenko killed the youngest, Dargig, after a weapons drop gone bad. Gideon managed to apprehend Gardagig, but Rikkig remains on the lam.

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Soaring above the battlefield, Derevi, Empyrial Tactician, uses cunning strategies to outsmart her enemies. She orchestrates the movements of her great army as they fight invaders who would lay waste to her peaceful lands. Derevi's keen eyes absorb a multitude of factors as she rapidly alters her plan to meet the changing conditions on the ground. Among her devoted followers, Derevi is called the greatest commander the Shards have ever seen. Her brilliant strategy routed the Grixis hordes at the Battle of Split Peak. Her clever diplomacy diverted the Esper Council in their plot against her. Derevi is disciplined but fair, and she evokes loyalty in her soldiers. Always the eye in the sky, this commander outmaneuvers her enemies time and time again.

Home Plane: Alara (Bant)

Featured In: Nothing

Roon of the Hidden Realm

Roon of the Hidden Realm by Steve Prescott

Roon is believed to guard the gate of an ethereal world. Raised in a devout family, the young rhox was drawn to warlike pursuits against his father's wishes. Roon joined the infamous Herald's Army, where he became a skilled fighter. But after a mistaken slaughter of innocents, he deserted and wandered in the wilderness. There he received a vision of the Hidden Realm and was told he was the keeper of its secrets. Called a blasphemer by some, Roon embarked on a pilgrimage to rally people to his cause. His compelling personality attracted many, and he became a prophet with legions of followers. Roon does not seek out conflict, but when he perceives a threat, he will eliminate it quickly and efficiently. For those who believe in him, he is a great guardian who will one day open the gate to eternal glory.

Home Plane: Unknown

Featured In: Nothing (A Roon is referenced on Shadowmoor, but it is not the same Roon.)

Speculation: Given everything we know of Roon, Rhox culture (namely that they often become monks), the look of his armor, and the look of the building behind him, I’m pretty comfortable suggesting Roon is from Bant.

Thanks for reading. Next Time: Commander (2014 Edition)

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