#lololol dunno why i just randomly write this but i do missed writing for them

[mel0-dy]

Ran Haitani / ft. Rindou / angst

"How can you return as if nothing really happened?" Ran mumbled, gritting his teeth while he saw you again transfer back to the same high school you went through. He saw you again, he can't believe his eyes. You, walking in the same manner you used to. He can only see your back, Ran was too stunned he saw you again after you just disappeared.

"Hey, Rin..am I high, or is that her?" he mumbled to himself and didn't even realize he nudged his drink to his younger brother's arm. "Huh? whaddya talking about?" Rindou then gasped and walked in front of Ran. "Oi! Oi! Ran," he groaned, almost a scolding tone to his older brother. "Come on, move on already," he whispered, not to drag attention to anyone who might have been eavesdropping. Not that Ran care but he just roll his eyes and sigh, "as if I am missing here..move, look" but when Ran looked again you were nothing on his sight. "Dammit, Rin! you got her away!" I hiss a bit and move more and look side by side, a panic a bit creeping in. But all Ran could hear was a sigh from Rindou, "I told you to take it easy, you drink too much..come on." Rindou can just facepalmed himself, he was used to this. "No, no..but this time this is real Rindou. She was there. I'm not just hallucinating," Ran replied tiredly.

Rindou just want to slap reality to Ran for himself but ofc he wouldnt. "Ran, we have school ya know?" "Since when did you even care for not skipping school?" Ran just became more annoyed at this point. Rindou just put his hands on his waist, "then what we will do if she came back?" his brows furrowed. "Shut up-" Ran got interrupted, "Oh don't talk shit, I won't take the risk loosing my brother's head just because a girl broke up with him and went out from the blue." Ran's eyes narrow a bit and lean, speaking in a bit careful voice, "Rindou..you know how important this is for me. I'll get her back- No, I'll make her mine again. You hear me?" he mumbled. Rindou wasn't intimidad even a least. He just sighed, "bullshit fine, as if I can stop you anyways you psycho. Just be careful..I know you really loved her." With that Ran even feel a little bit of ease and smile. He put his hand to his brother's shoulder, "glad I could talk sense to ya, come on let's go" Ran just gave a smile. Who knows how he'll approach you again.

[atamascolily]

princess tutu re-watch, episode 20

Fakir: Because we are all participants in a story, if I randomly select books, one of them will be the right one, because that's how stories work, right?

Fakir: … except all the endings are missing. What on earth could this possibly mean?

Me: I dunno, maybe you should WRITE YOUR OWN or something.

Then a new girl shows up (!!) and kisses Fakir on the cheek (!!!!) and suddenly he has bigger problems to deal with.

Fakir: Damn it, the childhood best friend romantic subplot is kicking in at the worst possible time!

Lilie yelling "Ahiru, you musn't look!" then twisting her head in that direction of Fakir and the new girl is hilarious.

Pike: Ahhh, he's hideous when he smiles, who knew?!

Due to circumstances outside her control, Duck ends up third-wheeling along back to Charon's place.

The new girl (whose name is Raetsel) asking Charon if Uzurua is his kid and Fakir and Charon both shaking their heads is delightful. But we cut to Uzura sitting on Charon's lap probably to keep her from mischief, so he does care about his weird puppet-child-creature.

Fakir: Raetsel is my older sister. My surrogate mother. I cannot emphasize this enough.

it turns out Raetsel is crushing on Charon, but he (correctly in my opinion) thinks she's too young for him

Raetsel: Oh, yeah, where Mytho? A family reunion wouldn't be complete without him.

Fakir (with a completely straight face): He's got dancing fever. Absolutely obsessed.

Raetsel asks Ahiru if Fakir is writing stories with the same attitude that most people reserve for drugs.

Ahiru: He can write stories that come true? That sounds like it might be useful, actually! THANKS FOR THE EXPOSITION, LADY!

Fakir (going to his trust horse for comfort): I just want to solve my problems by punching things, why does that no longer work anymore?

Horse: ....

Fakir then has a panic attack when Ahiru brings up the possibility he could save Mytho by writing

Fakir: NO! NO WRITING! ONLY VIOLENCE!

meanwhile, Mytho has swapped out the delicate "Waltz of the Sugarplum Fairy" for "Night on Bald Mountain" and scary crow choreography (croweography?), lololol

Raetsel arrives and Mytho, sensing weakness, immediately starts creepily flirting with her.

Rue, watching from the bushes: I have to let him seduce with other women so he'll be all mine someday. That makes sense… right?

love the shots of Fakir and Ahiru both hunched up with their knees to their chest, utterly miserable, and for the exact same reason

Ahiru asks Raetsel for advice, on the grounds that adults have their shit together, not realizing this woman is an emotional train wreck herself.

WHY IS RAETSEL STAYING IN THE MILLHOUSE OF ALL PLACES, I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. Does Kinkan Town not have inns or something?

Fakir's tragic backstory unlocked! Ahiru regrets everything! Although the framing is ambiguous as to whether Fakir's stories do come true, or if he merely believed that they did.

Mytho shows up and corners Raetsel because he is a creepy stalker

Mytho: You have two loves, and you can't choose between them, so PICK A THIRD OPTION - ME!

Raetsel: Yeah, okay, that checks out. Good thing I brought my wedding dress with me!

Princess Tutu discovers the ugly truth: not only is Raetsel an emotional mess, she also came to town hoping Fakir would write a happy ending for her.

Tutu: Your feelings are valid, but also there's a lot to unpack there.

Fakir: Mytho! Time to resolve this like MEN--by beating the everlasting shit out of each other!

Mytho: Sounds great, let's do it, even though you suck at not dying!

Fakir: You know, actually I'm going to count "not dying" as a success instead of a failure from now on.

The real Mytho emerges long enough to seize control and run away. Fakir stalks off and heroically returns to his desk to write a story--the hardest part, in my opinion.

Burning (heh) question here: do you think Ahiru gave the lamp spirit to Fakir for inspiration or do you think it's a completely different lamp on his desk?

Raetsel decides to marry Hans, which is probably for the best, as I have zero investment in this character or her relationship with Charon and cannot wait to see her GTFO of town.

Fakir: You know what, Ahiru? You were right. I think I'll give this writing business a try. How hard could it be?

Drosselmeyer: Oooh, those are fighting words! I'll believe it when I see it, hahahaha.

(bold words from someone who still hasn't finished their WIP, am I right?)