#my shitty elven prince

[memoiandy]

Omg, this shit again? Of course these assholes have to make it sound like we poor girls don't have the intellectual capacity to recognize that a character we like / are attracted to is a dick, has some toxic traits and would be insufferable in real life. But of course boys are allowed to like fictional dickheads because they are cool. Many, many Bruce Willis' characters come to mind.

Well, guess what, Astarion is a 200+ years old vampire elf from a fictional land who's been through stuff no real person can realistically go through. We... kinda know he's not real, Bobby.

Rant ahead:

I am so tired of men treating women like this when it comes to them being attracted to a FICTIONAL man. And, of course, just like in the old days, they resort to using derogatory terms like "psychosis of the average woman" (do they even know what psychosis means lol), which is just the updated version of "female hysteria" that was so commonly thrown around as a legit medical diagnosis.

You don't have to like the character. You can call him wtv the fuck you want. Astarion isn't real. But the women in these spaces are. Even if you disagree with their perspective, don't be that dude who is so blatantly misogynistic.

Also, of course we are once again dealing with those who keep mixing fiction with real life and "women just love Astarion and in real life they like men like him too" as if we are all the same and too "dumb" to see through an obvious facade.

The whole "You are being emotionally manipulated by a fictional character"??? Do you guys even hear yourselves??? Astarion was written by real people. He was brought to life by a trauma survivor, so you are basically implying that those who were involved in creating him are manipulating women in real life.... like gtfo.... seriously.

THIS IS FICTION! A GAME!

[githvyrik]

tired of talking abt men who aren’t conventionally attractive with other ppl and I’m forced to find out they exclusively like willowy twinks who could blow out the window like a napkin and when I try to bring up fat men they all give me a pity “oh yeah sure” and move on

[soupbitch-moneybitch]

comprehensive list of how ofmd characters would fare if tasked with destroying the ring of power in the fires of mount doom

would be immediately corrupted by the ring:

badminton twins

prince ricky

would use the ring for evil and/or chaos for fun:

calico jack (and it would get Weird(tm) )

spanish jackie (jackie loves her some eternal power over all living creatures in middle earth)

roach (love the guy, but the chaos would be too enticing)

ned lowe (duh)

anne bonnie and mary read (sometimes you gotta spice things up. god forbid women do anything amirite)

evelyn higgs (god forbid women do anything x2)

pre-stede, peak blackbeard era ed (his heart wouldn't really be into it, but it would be expected of him, and he'd do it for the image more than anything else)

would make an attempt to get to mordor but wouldn't make it:

pirate queen zheng (has too much power already, she'd pull a boromir, or more likely, pull an aragorn and accept that she can't be the one to take it, and instead would take down saruman and lead the battle outside the black gate)

ivan (has good intentions, but is too much of a traditional pirate and would inevitably get corrupted)

the swede (he would give it the ol' college try, but would get lost, and fall into the dead marshes, or get stepped on by a tree ent or something)

ed and stede (they would try, but would 10000% lose the plot, probably as early as rivendell when they start dicking around dressing up as elves and pretending to be elven royalty, and then, through a series of wacky misadventures, would somehow end up opening an inn in the shire and being completely unaware of the fact that all the hobbits really don't love having men living among them, but they sell cheap drinks and good food, and that's all hobbits really care about so they let them stay)

wouldn't go to mordor in the first place:

lucius (um, that sounds like a LOT of walking, and he has much better things to do)

pete (would volunteer, but it would be unanimously decided that "maybe you should sit this one out, bud")

wee john (the ring is too basic and tacky and wouldn't go with his Look(tm), and also he'd prefer to stick to what he's good at: napping, sewing, and arson)

archie (would be prepared to go, but the second she gets her hands on it, she would start using it as a party trick like, "lol, look guys, i'm invisible!" and then would inevitably get murdered by ring wraiths)

could go to mordor and destroy the ring, but wouldn't:

auntie (she could definitely destroy the ring, but she's too busy making sure the red flag stays afloat, and keeping the pirate navy in check--she doesn't have time for petty concerns like "the fight between good and evil")

buttons (mad galadriel energy--would be able to refuse the ring, and this would then elevate him to the next phase of his transformation into an all-knowing, all-powerful being, who is also probably a bird)

would make it to mordor but wouldn't destroy the ring:

frenchie (he gets to the fires of mount doom only to realize he dropped the ring somewhere along the way and has no idea where it is)

mary (could make it to mordor, but the feeling of power for the first time in her life after years of being subservient in a shitty society would make the allure too strong in the end)

jim (would probably become corrupted if they were the one carrying it, but could 10000% act as a cutthroat body guard throughout the trek)

would make it mordor and would be able to destroy the ring:

oluwande (the purest of heart, perfect cinnamon roll, too pure, doesn't know how to pronounce "china"--he would never become corrupted)

doug (he would be the sam to mary's frodo, but in a very casual chill way, like "oh, you're being corrupted? no worries, babe, i got it")

is gollum:

izzy hands

my assessment is perfect and correct, but feel free to add your thoughts if you think i'm wrong (but i'm not)

[thelordofgifs]

Obscure Tolkien Blorbo: Third-Place Play-Off

Tar-Ancalimë vs Eldacar of Gondor

Tar-Ancalimë:

The first Ruling Queen of Númenor.

Ancalime the First Ruling Queen Of Numenor Herself!!! Let me tell you she is wonderful! She is savage! 'she did not refuse the Heirship, and determined that when her day came she would be a powerful Ruling Queen' a girlboss! I know people love making characters gay (it's me, i'm people) and Ancalime is a great case for lesbian/ace/aro headcanons (about marriage) ''We could', said Ancalime, 'if I had any mind to such a state. I could lay down my loyalty and be free. But if I were to do so, I should be free to wed whom I will; and that would be Uner (which is ''Noman''), whom I prefer above all others.'' She has gay vibes, take her and love her! Also she eventually gets married (either out of spite or to please the government) and her husband is just so rude to her so she kicks him out of his house because she's the Queen.

Propaganda for my girl Ancalimë, she must succeed. Technically Ancalimë is more obscure than most of the other characters here and she is such a wonderful character. This fandom says they like girlbosses, she is so girlboss, she's the First Ruling Queen. Plus she is politically savy - since she is called Tar-Ancalime that's probably not her original name, which means she could have named herself after the elven tree and not the other way around - that's one heck of a statement and more tree symbolism for her, tree lovers vote for her she is one of you.

Eldacar of Gondor:

The twenty-first King of Gondor, also known as Vinitharya. During his reign the conflict known as the Kin-strife occurred and he was forced from his throne for ten years.

The blorbo of all time actually. He’s the protagonist of one of the most interesting stories in the LoTR appendices, the Kin-strife, and everything about his life story is so fascinating! His father was the crown prince of Gondor and his mother was the princess of Rhovanion so not a Númenorean. As a result all the racist nobles of Gondor made noises about how Eldacar was of “lesser race” and wouldn’t live as long as a “true Dúnadan”. One of the most fascinating examples of fantasy racism in Tolkien’s works imo – the bigotry is awful but the bigots have a shield to hide behind! Obviously their concerns are actually valid because they just don’t want their king to die young! (Their concerns aren’t valid. But I think the worldbuilding here is great.) Anyway Eldacar was born in Rhovanion and given the birth-name Vinitharya, but when he returned to Gondor aged five he was obliged to take up the Quenya name Eldacar, presumably to pacify all the racists in Gondor. He’s the EMBODIMENT of mixed-race/immigrant child trauma my beloved. Eventually his father died and he ascended to the throne of Gondor, but then his shitty second cousin Castamir (all my homies hate Castamir he’s the worst) started the civil war known as the Kin-strife and usurped Eldacar’s throne. Eldacar was forced to flee north to Rhovanion but Castamir captured his eldest son Ornendil and had him cruelly put to death which is SO SAD. But Eldacar, being brave and resourceful and clever and extremely cool, put together an alliance with his mother’s kinsfolk in Rhovanion and after ten years reclaimed his throne, which turned out to be slightly easier than expected because Castamir was The Worst and all his subjects hated him. And Eldacar PERSONALLY fought and killed Castamir HIMSELF and AVENGED HIS SON which is extremely important when you consider all the cringefail elves in the legendarium whose quests for revenge didn’t really go anywhere at all. Then he lived to be 235 proving that all the idiot racists who were worried about his lifespan didn’t have any idea what they were talking about, as is par for the course with racists. Also the Kin-strife itself has such far-reaching consequences for the history of Gondor! The Corsairs of Umbar, Gondor’s long-standing enemies, are actually followers of the descendants of Castamir. And during the Usurpation of Castamir Osgiliath was sacked and burned, leading to the beginning of its decline as Gondor’s greatest city. Even though Eldacar’s story is, to me, ultimately hopeful, it’s also such a fascinating turning point in the history of Gondor. Also ALSO he’s explicitly surrounded by textual ghosts which is really fascinating. His father Valacar has “children” plural – so Eldacar had siblings!! What were they like? How did they react to it all? And his son Aldamir is described as Eldacar’s second son and third child, meaning that he had a daughter too. Who was she?? What happened to her? He’s such a blorbo and there’s so much interesting stuff to dig into around him and he has to win this entire tournament please please please❤️

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[memoiandy]

Imho, it doesn't even imply he was an equivalent of a late teenager. I have honestly never seen any info suggesting that elves psychologically mature slower than humans. Elves just have added "layers" (for a lack of a better word) in their psyche due to them living so long. Astarion was 39 when he was turned. So he was probably an equivalent of a 39 year old human at that point. Maybe it's hard to some young fangirls to diggest that they are into a pixel middle aged guy... And then he has additional 200 years of horrible experiences. He wasn't locked in time. He has has a lot of pure shit to go through. I know I keep talking but this all goes back to me thinking that the idea of him being basically an elven baby/teen... it's infantilyzing at best.

"Young elves are almost like the humans in their passions of youth, and they adapt to their more transient surroundings. They eat over-spiced animal flesh and other abominable foods; they wield simpler, cruder, combat-oriented human magics; and they even mate with non-elves."

That's what it means when elves say you're not mature until you're a century or two into life. A young elf's life experience and sense of the passage of time is at the same rate as the "shortlives," with whom them have more in common than their own elders. The concept of two centuries in the future is an abstract concept to them, while for a "mature" elf it's anywhere from a few years to next week away. The youth often prefer to spend time with humans, who relate to them easier in this regard, and they keep getting swept away in human fads because they don't understand how fleeting this nonsense is. They readily take non-elven partners unprepared for how one day the time will fly, their partner fading before their eyes. (Although there is absolutely a load of xenophobia behind these attitudes too.) Young elf "thinks like a human" while a fully mature elf "thinks like an elf."

Despite Astarion being about only 5% through his total lifespan, Cazador didn't murder an actual child; Cazador, by elven standards, murdered the equivalent of an 18-20-something young idiot still working himself out. At worst, he was late into his teens. It's still horrible, but he was not a literal child.

Earlier editions did have elves taking a century to physically mature, but that got dropped for elves physically maturing at roughly the same speed as humans long before 5e happened. (I remember physical maturity being 25 years old for elves in the Realms, but don't quote me on that.)

[theboarsbride]

Can I get some Wyrm's Bride thoughts/headcanons, please? (Sorry if this comes in twice, your ask box was acting a little weird earlier!)

OH MY GOSH OK IM SO SORRY IT TOOK ME A HOT MINUTE TO REPLY TO THIS COLLEGE/WORK HAS BEEN GETTING BUSY AND MY BRAIN ROT HAS BEEN DIRECTED ELSEWHERE HHHHHHH😭😭😭😔😔 I've been neglecting Grima and Tathareth, it's unfair-

OK GONNA TRY AND MAKE THIS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE AS IM CURRENTLY HALF AWAKE AND ALLERGIES ARE KICKIMG MY BUTT

BUT👏👏 Wyrm's Bride AU!! Kinda of a 'fairytale au' that's based off the fairytale Lindworm Prince and Russian film I Am Dragon! Grima is a beeg ole snake/lindworm creature, Tathareth is someone offered up as a sacrifice to him but PLOT TWIST he doesn't kill her and romance shenanigans ensue 😩💦

Grima became creature because of Sauruman because.... of course! Wizard is petty and mean enough to curse him like that lmao, probably as some sort of punishment for being a shitty spy in Rohan once the Fellowship shows up like the gang of absolute Giga Chad Madlads that they are😔😔😔

Never put TOO much thought into this curse but I love the idea of it being a 'man at night, creature during the day' !

Snake!Grima makes lots of gator sounds! The deep, growling purrs, especially. XD

Probably has a HOARD! Some small treasures, but mostly hoards stuff like books, scrolls, etc. Prefers bookish materials over finery, lowkey 🥺

In terms of like... inner turmoil Grima wants to try and separate HIMSELF from his Wyrm self. Sort of like he does in Serpentine Whispers, where there is Grima, a man who is cunning and has the capacity to do good (but chooses not to), and then there is Wormtongue, the sly, dark ugly and unwanted aspects of his character.

So in this AU there is Grima, the man, and the Wyrm, an embodiment and manifestation of everything awful about him

Tathareth is offered as a sort of sacrifice to him because elves of Lothlorien (or off brand Lothlorien in a separate fantasy setting lmao), in a moment of infinite wisdom, think that giving a giant Wyrm that made himself at home in some caves just on their realm's borders a maiden to "wed" (or eat lmao) would appease him......also they wanna make peace with the beeg scary lizard before it becomes a nuisance 😩💦....also they could slay him themselves but for plot convenience we'll just say that elves aren't privy to slaying dragons anymore

And she is given as a sacrifice since she's no (living) family to be remembered by and she makes no effort to be social, and create social bonds, with elves soooooooo needless to say she wouldn't be missed 😩😔

She gets all done did and elaborately dressed in a gaudy bridal gown of lace and gossamer and silks, wears a veil and jewelry adorned with bells to garner attention, wears wreaths and headdress made of various red flowers, wears gaudy red makeup, and spent the previous night drinking a FUCKTON of wine so her blood tastes sweet..... and she also has a blade hidden on her, a fancy bejeweled one, that she hopes to use to slaughter her wyrm husband

A whole procession ensues, including the elves bringing various elven treasures and luxury foods, even having Tathareth riding atop an elaborately adorned horse with the intention of Grima devouring it as an offering as well. LOOKS like a wedding procession, but the somber folk hymns being sung and dour atmosphere make it feel like one for a funeral.

Tathareth has a whole internal meltdown realizing how her people never truly cared for her, thinking so little of her that they throw her away to be eaten by a wyrm. Realizes that she must be undesirable and wretched if that's the case.

Grima never devours her (or the horse) and spares her life, but accepts her as an offering for a wife because 1) pretty lady and he feels bad 🥺 2) .......actually 1 is one of the only reasons because why not

Tathareth is too scared to really do anything, let alone try to slay him as she planned, so she just tries to hide and cry her feelings out

Nighttime comes and BAM! She meets human Grima😩

She believes him to be a prisoner of the Wyrm as well, so she begins to cling to him as a companion so she feels less alone 😔

Grima just tries to distance himself from his Wyrm self because he is terrified of being reminded of his shitty behavior lmao

So she gets sad whenever he leaves her during the day for reasons that are a mystery to her, buuuuuuutttt she gradually puzzles out that Grima and the Wyrm are one in the same because obviously lmao

Because it's quite the coincidence that Grima disappears in the day only to he replaced by the Wyrm, and vice versa

And because both exhibit melodramatic, sneaky, intelligent, and overall cold attitudes

But a friendship develops when Tathareth realizes that Grima ain't so bad 🥺

And friendship turns to love ofc😭😭😭🥺🥺

Love confession scene would deadass look something like this scene:

Tathareth wonders if she can heal him at all, but comes to terms that her powers as a healer can only go so far when it comes to healing black magic 😔

So Grima is snake forever

But they manage

As beeg snake and hippie elf wife lmao

HHHHSHSBSJJSSNJSKS IVE NOT THOIGHT OF THIS AU IN AGES OH MY GOSH HHHHHSBSBS

thank you SM for this ask, bro!!!!!🥺🥺🥺💛💛💛 I hope ya like my crazy aah rambling

[trapezoidal978]

this is like. the whole world. mostly just the continents are named but heres a quick and dirty rundown:

ionia- the starting continent for mandolin and mordred. theyre from the quentin kingdom and take up a base in the city of trostenwold. this is also home to the secret elven city erlathain and the kingdom of the dark elves, genovia. somewhere in there is the heavenly coast but fuck if i know where it is

hakkaido- fantasy feudal japan bc my fellow party members are fuckin weebs. isolationist until mandolin visits to tell the emperor davos probably is going to set up shop there. little does he know that that’s where davos is defeated over two decades later. for some reason, it has centaurs and completely civilized goblins. also excellent sushi

athenus- capital monarchical shitty place, in campaign 2, we lowkey kidnap the prince and cause the death of the king. the two are not related. this is also where most of campaign 2 takes place.

noctis- my personal brain child. a mostly democratic continent ruled by the council of 99 i created to start dming and marc just kind of uses it for anything. its where campaign 2 and 2b start, with 2b starting the year before. its also the home of castletown bard college, halfling mafia, and limerick’s circus troupe. it’s probably the second most fleshed out continent.

exandria- a lawless continent taken directly from matt mercer thru the lens of literally whatever marc has on his mind at the moment. as of right now it’s the place that jimin and orvar are exploring. it has a reputation of being kinda thin, dimension wise, and incredibly magic charged. lots of weird shit. lots of illegal shit.

sumera- isolationist desert continent ruled by an immortal druid queen. she is a shitty mother, but a fair ruler. that’s phobos and deimos’s mom. we dont find that out til mid campaign. much rioting. home of a tree of life that gives a seed once a century. is actually a turtle.

beastman island- where butar is from. its super shitty. the beastmen were enslaved for centuries. nonbeastmen cannot set foot on its shores

sicerillan- idk man, i wrote it in and we both fuckin forgot about it

theres also the dark continent which is its own world and several continents put together but i can’t talk about that until campaign 3 bc it’s after a fucking multi dimension convergence bc marc loves convoluted storytelling

[not-so-lost-after-all]

While that would make excelent angsty fic, I must point out that several things. He's always going to be our shitty elven prince, he's always going to be difficult partner even on his best days. I can easily see him as hot one day and cold on another, yes. That's okey, nobody is perfect and neither is Tav.

What I don't agree with is that he needs centuries of healing. Look at how he's changed in a few weeks. There's always going to be some melancholy and anger but one of his best traits is that he's resilient and always capable of changing.

As for Tav being a goner before him... Firstly, he's like a cat. They rarely live to see the full capacity of their life span due to their life style. So there's that. And even the races with shorter life span have a lot of options to prolong it in this setting. This issue is only as angsty as you want it to be. My Tav has full intentions to be with him for a veeery long time but also gently introduce him to the idea that death doesn't have to be a boogeyman if chosen in your own time and on your own terms. Spawn Astarion still has a soul and elves can reincarnate, BTW.

At some point I'd like to write a little more about what a relationship with Astarion is like in the long term. Because trauma doesn't disappear overnight or because you're in a healthy relationship with someone you love. Even if most of your days are good days, there will be bad ones too. Days you wake up overwhelmed with feelings the should have died a long time ago, days you can't push the memories to the back of your mind, days when you trot out old coping mechanisms for reasons you don't even understand. Even if Astarion loves his partner and they treat him well, there's going to be challenges. There's going to be times when he's angry over what seems like nothing, or days where he slips back into manipulation when he feels threatened. And despite his talk of wanting to live, I doubt his mourning of what he could have had is over. He had two hundred years where he couldn't fully process it. Love isn't a Wish Spell, it doesn't fix everything. But it makes the darkness much more bearable.

[snapdragon-mina]

Enchanted Pt. 2

Kuroo x GN!Reader

A/N: AYOOOO it's finally out! Part 3 up vv soon.

Warnings: No beta we die like men, swearing, implied death, poisoning, attempted murder, etc Crack treated seriously.

Word Count: 2.7k

[Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]

A snake could be seen inside of Tetsurou's bag, though nobody looked hard enough to notice it.

Prince Tetsurou was allowed to travel alongside (y/n) and Shoyo, who had each been given a horse to help with their travels.

Tetsurou decided to pick up conversation. "So... Travelling with an elf. Your boyfriend couldn't make it?"

"Nope. Mostly because I don't have one." they answered.

"Oh? I would've thought for sure you had one." He grinned.

Rolling their eyes (y/n) asked him a question. "What about you? Your girlfriend okay with you leaving her alone?"

He glanced to the side and coughed. "I uh, don't have one."

"Oh?"

"I have many."

(y/n) started at him blankly as if their brain was still lagging from that. Tetsurou snorted at the look. "I'm kidding, I'm kidding. You shouldn't believe everything you read in a magazine."

As they chatted the moment was interrupted by a loud "Excuse me!" coming from Shoyo. They both glanced back at him and he rides his horse up to the two.

"Excuse me, Prince Tetsurou. Permission to speak?" He looked up.

"Sure, go for it."

"Well... it's a weird coincidence but I was going to the Royal Palace to discuss a few... career options that I-" The elf was cut off from his rambling.

"Shoyo wants to petition the kingdom so that he can become an Athlete." (y/n) told him.

The prince seemed comtemplative but ultimately advised Shoyo to speak to his uncle about it. (y/n) stopped talking to him after that and they eventually came across giants working in the fields. One of them stood up to take a break, only to be whipped and forced to continue working.

Tetsurou stared at the sight in absolute shock. His eyes wide open. "The... The giants have always been gentle. Why are they being treated like slaves? I'm... I'm sure my uncle doesn't know about this. There's no way."

They continue on their way to the wedding. Upon entering they're instantly greeted with loud music and dancing. The giants seemed to be having a great time.

"I hope they don't get to upset with me here, I know they must hate the Royal Family." Tetsurou looked around.

"Nah, They'd respect you having the balls to show up here. Plus, they don't hold grudges... They're bigger than that." They grinned at the sound Tetsu made once he realized the joke.

A giant noticed them. "Prince Tetsurou, what are you doing here?"

"I came to have a little chat, but I think I'll come back when there's been less drinki- OW." He got cut off by an elbow jabbing his side.

"He's here as a friend to hear your complaints." (y/n) told the giant. She nodded and smiled.

"Well then, welcome."

Before anything else, (y/n) asked for Satori and was pointed in his direction. They thanked the giant and rushed off, leaving Tetsurou and Shoyo behind.

They rushed over and asked around, only to be told that He'd left over an hour ago. They had no helpful information to give, So they turned to Ryuu. "Ryunosuke, can you show me Satori?"

The book opened up and he spoke. "Yeah he's getting an FWI. Flying while Intoxicated."

----⭐----

"I had no idea things were so bad. I promise the first thing I do after coronation is help you buy your farms back." Tetsurou told the giant.

"I'll hold you to that."

(y/n) hesitantly stepped in. "Excuse me, sorry if I'm interrupting."

"No problem, we were done," the giant told them. "That's a fine young man you have there."

Almost immediately (y/n) began denying and rambling before giving up. They turned to Tetsu and spoke. "Have you seen Shoyo? We need to leave, My fairy godfather isn't here."

"Leave? But it's the middle of the night, you have to at least stay for the party."

With a sigh, they reluctantly agreed. Tetsu furrowed his eyebrows. "You don't... have to stay. I don't wanna force you to do something you don't want to do." He spoke gently.

A small smile appeared on their lips. "Thank you, Tetsu... For everything. So, I'll see you around?"

Before they could get far, Tetsu spoke again. "But... I wish you would stay."

Turning to face the prince they smiled a bit bigger. "I guess one more night couldn't hurt."

A few minutes later, they sat on a giant's table, explaining their situation to Tetsurou casually when he suggested something way too good to pass up.

"You could always check the hall of records? I could pull a few strings to get you in there."

A huge smile was formed. "Really? You have no idea how much that would mean to me, thank you so much, Tetsu."

----💫----

After an impromptu performance that resulted in (y/n) and Tetsurou getting closer, they sat near a fireplace and just talked. Tetsu revealed that his mother had passed away a long time ago and (y/n) revealed the same. They talked about their memories with their parents and bonded more because of it. The conversation ended up going back to politics and (y/n) spoke of how easily Tetsu could win over the kingdom's subject, no matter what species.

"Wow was that, almost a compliment? From you? I must've died." He laughs.

"Yeah yeah. Don't get a big head over it. Your stupid crown won't fit." They smiled at him.

He was silent for a moment before he spoke again. "Tomorrow. I'm going to go to my uncle and ask for the Elven restriction law to be removed. I'm going to make sure I get to watch one of shoyo's games."

They stared at him for a moment before leaning in closer. "I think you're gonna be a great king someday. Your father... He would've been proud."

"Thanks. He would've really liked you."

They sat in silence for a moment, just basking in the comfortable atmosphere before Tetsu spoke again. "Kiss me."

They leaned in even closer towards him but he paused. "That... wasn't an order." He spoke hesitantly, almost as if he were afraid. But they just smiled at him.

"I know." And with that, the gap between them closed.

----💫----

When they reached the town the next morning, Tetsurou couldn't stop stealing small glances at (y/n) that seemed to be so full of love and adoration that anyone could see how much he cared for them. They approached castle, being let in easily by the guards, but Shoyo didn't have the same luck. Being an elf, one of the guards forced him out of the castle.

The two of them walked in, hand in hand, only to instantly freeze once they realized that his fanclub was taking a tour of the castle. Tooru notice the two of them first and the gradually, everyone else did. A beat of silence passed before Tetsu booked it, dragging (y/n) with him.

They'd found an area where they were safe from the mob and were greeted by none other than Kei.

"Tetsu, I've been looking all over for you." He spoke calmly. As Tetsu prepared his answer another question arose from the shorter man beside Kei. "And who might thiss... Charming young lady be?"

"This is (y/n). (y/n), this is my uncle, Kei and this is his... Tadashi." He gestured to the man with blond hair and glasses first and then the dark haired man with freckles covering his face.

"I assume your journey went well?" Kei asked.

"We ran into a few ogres but other than that, everything was good." They responded.

Kei raised an eyebrow. "You could've been killed." He glanced towards Tetsurou. "Oh well, you just have to grin and bare it, as I say." He turned and looked towards (y/n). "Grin and bare it."

Within less than a second, they had a grin on their face. This caught both his and Tadashi's attention but they said nothing of it. Kei turned back to Tetsu. "Can I speak with you for a moment? The crown maker needs to see you for a fitting."

"Cool, well I need to take (y/n) to the Hall of records."

"Fine, hop to it then." once again, (y/n) did as they were told.

The moment the two were out of sight, Kei spoke to Tadashi. "You were right about them."

"And they've been filling the Prince'ss head with "dangerouss" ideologiess." Tadashi hissed.

----⭐----

"(y/n) has lots of interesting ideas about the kingdom. I think you should hear them." Tetsu told Kei as he stood in front of the crown maker.

"Can't wait." He faked a smile.

"Giant's working conditions are just an example, it's unbelievable how shitty they're treated. I've talked with them though, and it seems like they're open for negotiations." Tetsu said.

"The only negotiations between me and the giants will be over vegetable deliveries." His voice was cold and Tadashi laughed.

"This isn't a joke, uncle Kei." Tetsu watched the blond get closer through the mirror.

He placed his hand on his shoulder. "We'll talk about it after your coronation, yes?"

"Fine. But we will talk."

"Of course." Kei confirmed.

A moment of silence passed before Tetsu took a deep breath. "I'm going to ask them to marry me."

Kei paused in his tracks and turned to face Tetsu. "Who? This (y/n) of frell?"

"Yes. Tonight at the ball. At the same place and same time as my father when he proposed to my mother."

Kei and Tadashi looked at each other. Tadashi walked off and Kei turned to stare at Tetsu as if he'd grown a second head.

----❌----

If (y/n) was getting sold out by their step brothers for the prince's hand in marriage, then that was between those two and who ever they sold (y/n) out to.

----💫----

"I can't find him in any of these books. Ryuu, show me Satori."

The book opened at their words, flipping until it showed Satori, blacked out on a bed. No luck. Not until they took a magnifying glass to one of the pages and read a flyer in his area that pointed him out perfectly. Before they could get too excited, Kei walked in.

"I... Hope you've found everything to your satisfaction?" He approached them slowly.

"Yes, thank you."

"Good." He glanced at a book on a desk and forced it off of it. "Oh no, how clumsy of me. Pick it up." He commanded.

A yelp left them as they were forced to pick up the book that he'd thrown down. "Very good. Now touch your toes."

They did as told, only to realize what was going on with a groan. "Oh no."

"Oh yes." Kei forced them to do a multitude of things, mostly testing the waters before the big one came. "As you know, tonight is the coronation ball. At some point, Prince Tetsu will sweep you away to the Hall of mirrors. Then, just before midnight strikes, he'll take you by the hand and ask you a question."

"How do you know all of this?" They cut in.

Tadashi spoke. "We know everything."

"The one thing we know with most certainty... Is that at the stroke of midnight, you will take this dagger and plunge it through his heart and kill him." Kei told them, holding the dagger out.

As much as (y/n) tried to argue and fight the curse, they could do only do so much before it kicked it.

"It's actually rather lucky your here. That way I wont have to do it myself." Kei sat down.

Shaking, they asked. "You would kill your own nephew?"

"Well why not? I killed my own brother."

"What? Why?!"

"I want to be king."

"Now leave, but before you go... You will not tell a single soul about this plan."

-----💫-----

"Can I help you?" A fairy asked.

"Yes I'm looking for Satori Tendou, it's extremely important." (y/n) told the fairy.

"Yeah sorry, he got kicked out last week."

"Do you know where I could find him?"

"Nuh uh."

The fairy walked away leaving (y/n) to do whatever it was going to do. (y/n) took a seat a a nearby table and wrote a goodbye letter to Tetsu.

Hours later, they found Shoyo and asked him to chain them to the trunk of a dead tree outside of the city. Once it had been done, they gave him instructions. "Look. I need you to rally all the elves and giants you can find. You'll need all the help you can get. Someone needs to sneak into the castle, steal Ryunosuke back, and keep Tetsu away from Kei."

"...Why? What's going on?"

"I can't tell you. But if you don't you'll be stuck singing and dancing for the rest of your life." They scowled.

"Fine! Into the stupid forest I go." Shoyo huffed, grumbling under his breath as he walked away.

----⭐----

The ball began and Tetsu sat alone on his throne. Tadashi slithered up to Tetsurou's right side. "Where'ss your little friend?" he mused.

"Yes, She should be here by now." Kei followed.

"I don't wanna talk about it." He walked away leaving the two of them there.

He walked up to Tooru and very hesitantly asked him to dance.

----💫----

As (y/n) remained chained to the tree, a light began to glow in the sky. No less than a moment later, Satori Tendou appeared. They called out his name in desperation until he approached them.

"Hmm? Do I know you?" He tilted his head.

"(y/n) of frell, you gave me a gift?" They explained frantically.

Recognition shone in his eyes. "Ahhh yes, the obedient one."

"I'm so happy to see you, I've been look everywhere for you. I need you to take the gift back."

He narrowed his eyes. "Take it back? Nope!"

"It's not that I'm not grateful, it's just, If I keep the gift I might do something horrible to this guy that I really, really like."

"Get rid of it yourself." He told them. "Ah but I will help you out this once. I'll unchain you." Despite their begging as pleading, Satori got rid of the chains that held them against the tree.

"Y'know what? Let's change your clothes and send you off, yeah?" A poof a smoke and They were in a shimmering sliver outfit and sent to the ball.

----⭐----

As he danced with Tooru, a loud crash was heard. Tetsurou turned to see (y/n) desperately trying not to get to him.

"Tetsu, tell me you never want to see me again." Was the first thing out of their mouth to him. Immediately, he shook his head.

"Why did you write that letter? Tell me how you really feel about me."

Unable to stop their words, "I love you" came out shaky and nervous. Quickly followed by "But I... I'm wrong for you and wrong for the kingdom."

His eyes softened and he placed a hand on their cheek. "Is that what this is about? (Y/n), that's crazy. Follow me."

As soon as the words left his mouth they started panicking again but they couldn't choose not to follow him. From the throne, Kei and Tadashi watched on with sick interest as Tetsurou led (y/n) down to the Hall of mirrors. "Thiss sshould be fun." Tadashi grinned while a grandfather clock ticked on in the background.

They reached the Hall of Mirrors and The prince stepped away from them for a moment. "When I was little, my dad brought me down here. Told me to look in the mirror and see myself as a great leader. I never could, at least, not until I met you." He stopped speaking and held them the moment he heard sniffling. "What's wrong?"

"I... I wish I Could- I wish I could tell you everything, but I can't." They all but sobbed.

"These last few days have been perfect, I mean, excluding the whole almost getting eaten alive, or that letter you wrote that made me die a little inside, and then I had to dance with TOORU, of all people. But none of that matters anymore. We're together now, aren't we?" He pulled them to the center of the room after he finished speaking. "I don't want it to end."

"I know, I know," they sniffled. "I feel the same but I—"

"I brought you here— I know you're scared and I'm scared too. This is... a big step." He held eye contact and slowly got on one knee, despite (y/n) shaking their head softly, with tears in their eyes. "(Y/n), will you marry me?" He stared up at them with big, hopeful eyes that shone brighter as they smiled at him.

Too bad the clock struck midnight.

[thedragonagelesbian]

@neocores​

this post is probably going to be too long apologies in advance

for folks who aren’t familiar with the stolen throne, our major players here are:

rebel prince maric theirin, alistair’s daddy and the man who will eventually end the orlesian occupation of ferelden. he has major loser/failed upward energy that is tempered by his heart of gold & sincere, endlessly charming naivety

commander loghain mac tir, Does Not Want To Be Here but has repeatedly found himself unable to cast off his responsibility and growing loyalty to maric (including a scene in which maric falls to his hands and knees and begs loghain to stay, all the while exacerbating near-fatal injuries from the battle the night before, which i mention only to emphasize that there is nothing platonic or normal about this relationship. this is important context going forward)

katriel. my beloved. my darling girl. a woman in the dragon age franchise with the unfortunate and insurmountable flaw of being Written By David Gaider. she is an orlesian elven bard who was hired by the occupying king of ferelden to win maric’s trust and thus deliver him to the king for a near-bloodless capture and surrender.

at her best, she is a passionate and caring storyteller with a dark and violent past who is slowly learning her own lovability through her relationship with maric. at her worst, her writing screams late aughts femme fatale and also hinges on maric’s gullibility & attraction to the point of near-immersion breaking.

maric loves katriel profoundly and unquestioningly, repeatedly assuring her that he does not care about who she was before or what she had done before they met. 

loghain and katriel are, likewise, both in love with maric. because maric is a good person who sees good in others that they themselves may not be aware of.

they rarely ever talk, because loghain is innately distrustful of katriel even before he finds out she’s a bard, and their one private conversation includes this exchange:

“He’s not ready to be King yet,” [Loghain] said evenly. “He’s too trusting.”

[Katriel] nodded silently.

“But he needs to become ready. And it’ll be hard for him.”

“I know.” Her voice was hollow, resigned.

loghain thinks maric needs to learn what it’s like to be betrayed, to have his good, trusting nature taken advantage of and to deal with the consequences of that himself.

so what happens when loghain has definitive proof that katriel was originally an orlesian spy? one whose treachery nearly cost the rebel army the entire war?

he waits until about 5 minutes before katriel and maric reunite to bring this up to maric. he stands there silently in the back of the room throughout the entire confrontation, making no effort to intervene or deescalate things as maric becomes increasingly distraught. 

then we get some clumsy gaider prose that i think muddies both maric and katriel’s reaction to the whole thing, but the end result is maric running her through with a sword in a fit of anguish and rage.

which. again. loghain does nothing to stop.

only approaching as maric cradles katriel’s dead body to tell him to stop crying about it because “this is justice”. this is the lesson maric had to learn: to punish treachery as a king should (at least in loghain’s mind).

and then we get the exchange:

“Tell me, Maric, that her treachery didn’t call out for blood.”

“You wanted this,” Maric realized, his voice quiet.

Loghain looked him in the eyes, unrepentant. “I wanted you to see the truth. You told me you wanted to win this war. This is how it must be.”

So... you can see that as a woman enjoyer and a violently toxic homoeroticism enjoyer, I’m. Quite mixed on this whole situation. Katriel deserved so much better and it’s so shitty that even her death isn’t framed on its own terms, but is rather entirely in service of Maric’s character arc.

Also it goes without saying that her death being narrowly framed in the context of loghain preparing maric to make hard, violent decisions as king, right down to maric's quiet 'you wanted this' while his hands are still wet with the blood of a woman he loved and executed, is a shitstorm bonkers level of toxic homoeroticism.

[fae-fucker]

Review: Fierce Heart by Tara Grayce

Essie would do anything for her kingdom…even marry an elf prince she just met that morning. When a diplomatic meeting goes horribly wrong, Essie, a human princess, finds herself married to the elf prince and warrior Laesornysh. Fitting in to the serene, quiet elf culture might be a little difficult for this talkative princess, but she’s determined to make it work. With impending war and tenuous alliances, it will be up to Essie to unite her two peoples. And maybe get her hands on elven conditioner while she’s at it.

Someone recommended this book to me after I expressed my love for elves (no they're not overrated, you guys are just mean), with the warning to ignore the cover. So I did! The book isn't as bad as the cover would imply. But it's not very good either? Let me explain, with some spoilers. You can read a spoiler-marked version of this review on Goodreads.

This book is basically 95% fluff and then you get like, a hint of plot at the final 5%. And tbh, that's fine? I'm totally chill with a book that just has character building and political intrigue. But this book is not that. It's mostly mild culture clashes and Essie figuring out which cupboard has the glasses and thinking about elven conditioner. It's mostly just domestic fluff with fantasy flavor? And that would be fine if not for the fact that, even there, there's little to no conflict. Essie is the book's biggest flaw, in that she doesn't have any. Her main "flaw" is that she babbles when she's nervous, but her hot elf husband is very much into that, and she never actually says anything wrong or anything that causes actual consequences when she rambles, so ... how is this a flaw, exactly? Especially when we see how Essie is actually quite persuasive when she babbles. Essie just ... has it easy. She's never actually challenged, never actually messes up, not even in a small way. Essie has to marry a foreign prince she's never spoken to, so what's Essie's solution? Be nice and soldier on! It works, she's more excited for it than her king brother, and hey, that elf is hella hot, so what's the issue? Farrendel has PTSD and is socially awkward, so what's Essie's solution? Be nice and soldier on! It works. He opens up. They're in love now. Essie's in-laws are kinda shitty, so what's Essie's solution? Be nice and soldier on! It works (sort of). They call her "sister" now. Essie finds the elven culture a bit foreign, so what's Essie's solution? Be nice and soldier on! It works, and in fact she even prefers many aspects of their culture over her own. She gets to wear pants! Weee! There's some trite moral about how you choose your love and have to nurture and create it despite all the obstacles, but it all falls apart because 1) Essie did indeed choose to put herself in this position from the start 2) Farrendel is a hot-ass elf who's socially awkward but otherwise kind and willing to work with her, and 3) they're already perfect for each other from the start. The idea that you have to choose to love another person despite their flaws and the difficulties of the relationship falls flat when there are no flaws or difficulties. What conscious effort are you making when you don't have to make an effort at all? It's like "today I will unfortunately choose to have a nice dinner and watch a good movie." You feel me? Essie also goes into the marriage being all smug and trying to remain logical about the political alliance thing, except only a few days or weeks go by and she's already super hella attracted to her HOT. ELF. HUSBAND. and soon finds that she wants to fall in love with him forreal. And that's all fine and dandy except it's all still fed through this lens of "oh we choose our happiness." Bro, what choice is there to make? DON'T fall for my hot elf husband? DON'T be attracted to my hot elf husband? What the FUCK are you talking about? Plus, she didn't even make the choice to fall for him, she actively resists it by trying to remain realistic and not expect love. You're contradicting your own narrative, here. Like, is she choosing to love him, or is it just happening to her "despite" everything? You can't have it both ways, of this being some great sacrifice Essie is making for the good of her country while the "sacrifice" is actually being married to a sexy sad elf who doesn't even put up much of a fight when she tries to woo him because, spoilers! He liked her from the start, too! People who are into political/arranged marriage type storylines are usually in it for the aspect of two logical and level-headed people falling in love despite how the relationship began. Here, they might as well have been in love previously and gotten a perfect fairytale wedding, there's zero tension or dimension to their relationship at all. Another reviewer pointed out how Essie unwittingly marries a bastard, which should be a huge political issue, but it's sort of glossed over because "Farrendel is our brother despite how he was born uwu" and Essie loves him anyway so ... political scandal avoided? Except it would legit be such a huge deal to potentially spark a war, and it's just glossed over. Why even make your book about royalty if you're not going to engage with these things at all? It would've been a genuinely interesting, relevant and potentially heartbreaking thing to explore, perfect for a book about political marriage between royals, and yet. Nah, forget about it. Let's talk more about elven conditioner. I still had a decent time with the book, it's a very quick and breezy read and if you turn your brain off, you will have a good, fluffy time. But as a good friend of mine put it: "[...] I had a decent time but then I started thinking about it a bit more and.... it sort of collapsed like candy floss in a pool." This book is candy floss. It's sweet and insubstantial. If you're into that, go for it. But don't expect political intrigue or interesting character dynamics, you won't find those here.        

[eternallysmaug]

legolas and aragorn: an epic, wordless friendship - part 3, ROTK

links to parts 1 and 2: 

https://eternallysmaug.tumblr.com/post/615480073846390784/legolas-and-aragorn-an-epic-wordless-friendship

https://eternallysmaug.tumblr.com/post/615932510896013312/legolas-and-aragorn-an-epic-wordless-friendship

so, rotk is actually pretty thin in terms of interactions between legolas and aragon, but it has my absolute favourite scene of their friendship. 

but let’s start at the beginning. 

like i said, it’s pretty thin in terms of aragon’s interactions with legolas and gimli, which makes sense because 1) we don’t spend all that much time with aragorn, actually and 2) he’s got so many other characters to deal with. the first interaction we get is at edoras after the post-battle celebration. 

legolas is standing outside and aragorn joins him, and we get some expository dialogue about sauron’s attention awakening and coming towards them. it’s not much, but it is important because, like the scenes at moria, amon hen and fangorn, whenever legolas gives a warning of danger (especially a danger he senses rather than sees) that warning is always given to aragorn. 

the next major interaction we get is at dunharrow, where legolas and gimli will not allow aragorn to take the dimholt road alone. it is rather telling of their friendship that it doesn’t come off as a major surprise or sacrifice at all; instead, it is a certainty. 

the movie already points out that legolas doesn’t hesitate to follow aragorn into a cave where even gimli fears to go. in the book, legolas doesn’t fear the army of the undead because human ghosts can’t harm him. no such explanation is given in the movie, so i really can’t call it one way or the other. 

when they exit the caves, aragorn spots the corsair ships and sinks to the ground in despair. 

and legolas trots over to put a comforting hand on his shoulder. 

why is this something that contributes to the ‘great friendship’ idea? here’s why: aragorn has lots of interactions involving close proximity with other characters. he’s an affection-dispensing care bear, really. it’s not unusual to see other characters touching him. however, legolas is a character that gets very little physical interaction with other characters that he chooses. we saw a bit of this in moria, where legolas grabs boromir, gandalf and gimli on the stairs - because he needs to. over ttt and rotk, gimli sits with him on arod - sure, they chose each other’s company but gimli has to be close for him to ride arod too. but here, we have one interaction where legolas chooses to initiate physical contact where none was truly necessary and it’s pretty close contact too. he could have put his hand on aragorn’s right shoulder, but he puts it on his left, bringing him closer than the former option. there’s no other scene in rotk where legolas is this close to anyone because he chose to be. 

and then we come to my favourite scene. ps. please forgive the shitty quality of these shots, i wish i had the gifs of these scenes. 

the one at the black gates. 

what’s fascinating is that we get a scene with legolas and gimli here - you know the one.

and if we followed the trajectory of the book, this would be a truly emotional scene indeed - where two once-enemies now turned friends take comfort in being by each other’s side in a hopeless battle. however, it’s diminished in magnitude by a number of film-making decisions made in the following scenes.

it starts when aragorn takes on a troll. 

and legolas makes this face

you’d all agree with me if i say that legolas is a pretty stoic and unshakeable character. even when he was arguing with aragorn at helm’s deep, there wasn’t any fear to be seen, only frustration. 

but this face, this is legolas terrified. 

and what does he do next? 

he starts pushing orcs out of the way. 

we have never seen legolas lose his head in a skirmish/battle, not once. no matter how desperate the fighting gets, no matter how reckless some of his moves seem to be, they’re all thought out. he climbs a cave troll, he climbs a mumak, he skates using a shield - in all of them, he’s still in control of himself and his actions.  

but not here. he’s forgotten about fighting, he’s not protecting himself, he’s just pushing orcs out of the way to get to aragorn. 

and it’s really interesting that we have gandalf, pippin and gimli in this same skirmish, probably not too far away from aragorn either, and the movie doesn’t show a single shot of their reaction to aragorn being stomped on by a troll. of course, the movie cannot show every character’s reaction to another’s dilemma,  you’d never have enough screen time. the movie has to prioritise. and it does so by showing the most pertinent reaction i.e. the reaction of the person/people who would be most affected by that dilemma. 

here, by showing only legolas’ reaction to aragorn’s dilemma, the movie is telling you that this person is the one who will be affected the most if aragorn does die. it may not have been a conscious decision on the part of the producers to imply that, but the implication came through nonetheless. and top that off with legolas’ sheer panic and desperation to get to aragorn, and the message the movie sends is that the one person legolas cares about far more than any other is aragorn. 

and the final scene we get with legolas is this: 

and here we see how important legolas is to aragorn. eomer - now king of rohan - is standing in the audience. pippin - hobbit nobility in his own right - is in the audience. gimli is a crown-bearer. from his reaction to her, aragorn doesn’t know that arwen is in this delegation, but he’s not surprised to see legolas walking up the path? aisle? to greet him. why does legolas - a mere prince of some far flung elven kingdom - get this special treatment? it’s as though aragorn wanted some display of his rule being accepted by other rulers and of all of the available ones, he picked legolas despite the other candidates ranking higher than him. 

like i said, i don’t know far these choices were intentional, but they’re definitely something a viewer picks up on almost unconsciously. 

and so concludes my analysis of the ways in which the movies showed a deep friendship between aragorn and legolas in a very, very understated manner. i hope you all enjoyed it. 

[a-marlene-s]

List of Au’s, Stories and One-Shots posted on Tumblr

One-Shots Stories:

Title: Listen To My Melody Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug Couple: Marinette x Luka Summary: Luka singing to a Marinette, in hopes of her snapping out of an Akuma’s trance. Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189284165656/listen-to-my-melody

Title: It’s a date Fandom: Harry Potter Couple: Fred x Hermione Au: Yule Ball Summary: Fred asking Hermione to the Yule Ball Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188184566766/its-a-date

Title: Birthday Date~ Fandom: ML Couple: Felix x Marinette x Luka Genre/Au: Romance with a hint of hurt/comfort Summary: A Birthday Date Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/187833716931/giveaway-prize-4th-place-the-500-word-one-shot

Title: Prompt 16: “She Locked herself in her room…” Fandom: ML/Mortal Combat Couple:  None Au: Sabine Dupain-Cheng, she is the forgotten sister of Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot. Cryomancy passed over Sabine, but it did get inherited down to her daughter, Marinette. Cryomancy!Marinette. Au by: @opalmoon04 Summary: Marinette locked herself in her room and her uncle has a heart to heart with her. Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/187616953716/prompt-16-she-locked-herself-in-her-room

Title: Understanding Fandom: ML/Mortal Combat Couple:  None Au: Sabine Dupain-Cheng, she is the forgotten sister of Sub-Zero and Noob Saibot. Cryomancy passed over Sabine, but it did get inherited down to her daughter, Marinette. Cryomancy!Marinette. Au by: @opalmoon04 Summary : Sub-Zero, Kuai Liang, visits his niece to tell her that she is no monster and there is much more she could do with her newfound abilities. Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/187854654621/giveaway-prize-3rd-place-the-1000-word-one-shot 

Title: Talk Fandom: Fairy Tail Couple: Natsu, BrOtp Navia Au: None. Summary: Perhaps it is better to talk to someone else… Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188059965136/giveaway-prize-3rd-place-the-1000-word-one-shot

Title: Waking Up Fandom: Harry Potter Couple: Fred x Hermione Au: Fred Lives. Everybody Lives! Summary: Fred is still dealing with the aftermath of the war. Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188143465491/giveaway-prize-1st-place-the-2000-word-one-shot

Title: Lady Noir and Red Robin Fandom: ML/DC Couple: Timari Au: Marinette adopted  by Black Canary Link: Pt. 1: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188830276141/how-about-a-lady-noir-the-mini-catwoman-fic-how Pt. 2: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188853273231/pt-2-of-an-ask-timari Pt. 3: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188874396621/pt-3-of-an-ask-timari

Title: Jason is very picky with who’s he’s soft for Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug x DC Ship: Jason x Marinette Summary: Fandom: Miraculous- batman relationship: Marinettex Jason genre: Humor blurb?: Jason is very picky with who he's soft for, Marinette is he's soft person. Keyword His. Apparently, dick hadn't got the message

Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188920734216/fandom-miraculous-batman

Title: Sabine and Tom witness the worst. Fandom: ML Summary: Marinettes parents come to school (she forgot something at home) overhear what Lila and her classmates are saying about her and just SNAP.

Link:  https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188919838391/if-you-are-still-doing-the-20-drabbles-maybe-one

Title: Au Where Mari’s Bio!Dad is Bruce Wayne. Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug & DC Au: Male!Mari Summary: Au where Mari's Bio!Dad being Bruce Wayne. Also in this au Mari is a Male so he's Marin. Bruce met Sabine and Tom when when younger and fell for them hard.

Link: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188942301766/au-where-maris-biodad-being-bruce-wayne-also-in

Title: Chat Tortue Status: Incomplete Fandom: ML Couple: Nino x Marinette Au: Chat Noir!Nino Summary: To be seen. Link: Origins:

Pt. 1 https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/187298890316/chat-tortue-origins-part-1-of-3

Pt. 2: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/187412540356/chat-tortue-origins-part-2-of-3

Pt. 3: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188336927241/chat-tortue-origins-part-3-of-3

Title: I Nearly Got Ran Over By The Batmobile: Twittter Au Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug & DC Ship: Damian x Marinette Au: Twitter Au. Summary: Marinette twitters away her disbelief at the fact she nearly got ran over by the Batmobile. Link:

Day 1: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189261197606/i-nearly-got-ran-over-by-the-batmobile-twitter-au

Day 1(Still): https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189284523521/i-nearly-got-ran-over-by-the-batmobile-twitter-au

Title: Chesire’s Smile

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug Ship: Marinette x Adrien, Multimouse x Chat Noir Au: MultiMouse!Mari Background Info: -The first two heroes that came to be are Chat Noir and Carapace. -Nino and Adrien know of each other’s secret identities. -Ladybug/Marinette never became a thing. It will be Marinette/Multimouse. She doesn’t know Chat Noir and Carapace’s secret identities. Link:

Link 1: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188622617066/oh-can-you-write-a-drabble-about-adrien-and-chat

Link 2: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189244772036/cheshires-smile-adrien-living-arrangements

Link 3: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189679564841/cheshires-smile-adriens-first-day-in-public

Title: Iron First, Velvet Glove Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug Ship: To be decided. Summary: Bustier get’s replaced by someone that rules over an iron first and a velvet glove. Links:

Link 1: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/188943269701/iron-fist-velvet-glove

Link 2: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189009587031/i-would-like-to-give-a-shout-to-those-that-have

Link 3: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189032752456/iron-fist-velvet-glove-pt-3

Link 4: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189055141316/iron-fist-velvet-glove-pt-4

Link 5: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189082815921/iron-fist-velvet-glove-pt-5

Link 6: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189225898391/iron-fist-velvet-glove-pt-6

One Hell of a Friend:

Headcanon Post: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189343629341/im-one-hell-of-a-friend

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug x Black Butler Summary: Rolland really wanted to protect his son, daughter-in-law and only granddaughter. Using an old favor from the previous head of the Phantomhive family, he sold his soul to a demon. Under the promise that said Demon will protect his family… Said demon deeply regrets said contract.

Pt. 1: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189487136491/im-one-hell-of-a-friend-pt-1

Blog: Spots On

Inspired by a post by @vivilakitty​: https://vivilakitty.tumblr.com/post/189295836977/okay-playing-on-the-idea-that-ladybug-calls-lila

All inspiriation goes to @vivilakitty​ and @miraculousl4dybug​!

Pt. 1/3:https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189465872691/blog-spots-on-13

Title: Number Three Hero

Fandom: My Hero Academia Au: Number Three Hero, Hisashi Midoriya is Japan’s Number Three Hero and a Shitty father at that.

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184359923491/number3heroau-izuku-midoriya-headcanon

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184428813811/number3heroau-todoroki-family-headcanon

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184429446421/number3heroau-katsuki-bakugo-headcanon

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184447195866/number3heroau-hitoshi-shinso-headcanon

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184447299111/number3hero-ochaco-uraraka-headcanon

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184625345661/number3heroau-hisashi-midoriyas-background

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184721412051/number3heroau-friends-of-friends

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184723425026/number3heroau-quirk-realization

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184728060631/number3heroau-an-ever-changing-future

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184763671916/number3heroau-visions-of-a-family-life

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184862501331/number3heroau-burn-marks

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184903003571/number3heroau-recovery

https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/184958554766/number3heroau-life-after-surviving

I’m a Scholar, Not a Knight

Fandom: My Hero Academia

Summary: Izuku knew he wanted to become more than a simple peasant. He plans on becoming a scholar. A simple scholar that is repeatedly being told otherwise. Somehow, he found himself in the company of a retired knight, a squire, a witch-in-training, a runaway prince, a barbarian king, a human/dragon hybrid and a frog shifter… All of whom start to assume he’s the Lost Hero of Legend. Yeah… there goes his goal of becoming a scholar.

Pt. 1: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189201651731/im-a-scholar-not-a-knight-pt-1

Pt. 2: https://a-marlene-s.tumblr.com/post/189393762946/im-a-scholar-not-a-knight-pt-2

Headcanons For La Red:

The Blog: A Sight For Sore Lies

In Au Chat noir discovers the anti-Lila site. He sees numerous people were harmed by her lies. Hears about Marinette’s involvement

Backstory: See-No-Lie

Possible Future Au’s:

Miraculous Dragon Age:

Marinette Dupain-Cheng:

Species: Half-Elven Inquisitor,

Backstory: Her parents are highly known bakers in the Orlais. The bakery is known to be the Divine Justinia’s favorite bakery, even dropping by for a random visit here and there. This came into play when everyone planned on having the family come to the conclave to cater the event.

Marinette went ahead of her parents to bring in the first of the items that were needed for their job. Unfortunately for her, she got lost and found herself smack dab in the middle of trouble.

Adrien Agreste:

Species: Human

Backstory: The son of a nobleman who wanted to keep him away from the outside world. Despite this, Adrien had managed to run away to join the Templars at a young age. He got into some… trouble when his best friend helped his friend got messed up with the Hero of Ferelden. Then once again when he got transferred to a new place… and dealt with the Hero of Kirkwall.

He doesn’t have the best of luck. However, throughout this, he managed to rise through the ranks and was asked by none other than the right hand of Divine to join the Inquisition.

Fridge Au:

What if Adrien grew up in a normal household...

Gabriel Agreste gave up his chance of becoming a famous fashion designer to take care of his ailing wife during her pregnancy. Instead of fretting over designs, business deals or becoming the man as we know him as, gave everything up. Giving up the limelight to be there for his wife and their unborn son. 

For Gabriel, nothing is more important than family... 

Emilie Agreste remained hospitalized after giving birth to Adrien Agreste and shortly fell into a coma. Gabriel had to take on several odd jobs to pay off the hospital and to provide for his son. One of those jobs ended up being a delivery man for the Dupain-Cheng bakery.

Quirk: Miraculous Ladybug

Quirks:

Marinette Dupain-Cheng: Cloth Manipulation/Miraculous Ladybug

Adrien Agreste: Formerly Quirkless/Cataclysm

Alya Césaire (class deputy): Computer Interaction

Nino Lahiffe: Frequency manipulation.

Chloé Bourgeois: Paralysis Inducement

Sabrina Raincomprix: Invisibility

Rose Lavillant: Plant Manipulation

Nathaniel Kurtzberg: Digital Art Manipulation

Juleka Couffaine: Identity Manipulation

Lê Chiến Kim: Emotion Weaponry

Mylène Haprèle: Slime Manipulation

Max Kanté: Technological Combat

Alix Kubdel: Flash Forward

Ivan Bruel: Earth Transformation

Lila Rossi: Feign Damage

Aurore Beauréal: Weather Manipulation

Mireille Caquet: Omnilingualism

Jean Duparc: Miming

Luka Couffaine: Sound Manipluation

Marc Anciel: Ink Manipulation

Kagami Tsurugi: Elemental Manipulation

Justice League.... You’ve been banned from Paris.

Au from: @vivilakitty​: https://vivilakitty.tumblr.com/post/189642522467

Summary: The Justice League found out they are banned from Paris. They have no idea why and they send someone to investigate. What they found out about Team Miraculous and Akuma’s, things grew tense.

I know her, I’m close friends with her son~

Au from: @countingdowndays: https://countingdowndays.tumblr.com/post/189602949856/prompt-lila-salt-adriens-mom

Summary: Adrien mentions the movie his mom stared in to the class. Lila latched onto it, claiming she personally knew the actress and that she could introduce Adrien to her. “Great, let me know what my mom says.”

Marinette Mode

Story Idea: @vivilakitty​: https://vivilakitty.tumblr.com/post/189567415622

Summary: Marinette takes on an apprentice ship under the one and only Edna Mode.

Hear Me Out Au

Story idea from: @maxdark158​: https://maxdark158.tumblr.com/post/187476540811/hear-me-out-ive-got-an-au-idea

Summary:

Best Friends Adrien and Marinette. No love interest or love square here.

Marinette paired with either Damian, Tim, Jason, Dick, or someone from Dc.

Adrien, I don’t know if I want to pair him up with someone or if I do want to pair up him with someone, I don’t know with whom yet.

Adrien is protective of his best friend.

Lila Salt.

Alya Salt.

Passive (Agreste)sive.

The Delinquent

Story prompt from: @rubixchick​: https://rubixchick.tumblr.com/post/189551994983

Summary: Lila assumed the older guy Mairnette has been hanging out with lately, is just some delinquent due to the guy’s tattoo’s, pericings and ripped up clothes. Spinning her tales, Lila made it difficult for Marinette to hang out with this guy or trying to occupy her time by smoothering her to no end. Things go bad to worse... for Lila when she accused Juleka’s brother, whom she never met before, being the deliquient.

Presentation Day

Prompt by: @art-deco-shrimp​: https://art-deco-shrimp.tumblr.com/post/187540795390/fanfic-prompt-ms-bustier-assigns-each-of-the

Summary: Ms Bustier assigns each of the students to do a report on someone they know, with a presentation at the end. They need to pick someone to report on, learn about their daily life, interview at least three people close to them, and then do a presentation on that person when the project is due in two weeks (arbitrary time limit is arbitrary). When Alya comments that it’s too bad that the restrictions mean a report on Ladybug is probably out of the question, Marinette suggests Ladybug’s best friend as a substitute. Alya can interview Lila’s parents as one source, Rose can probably connect her for a short Q&A with Prince Ali about someone who’s done so much for his charities, and Alya can even justify asking Ladybug some questions for the project this way! (The direct prompt from the post.)

What’s the Stitch?

Prompt by: @kanamexzeroyaoifangirl

Kim Possible/Miraculous Ladybug crossover where Marinette and Kim are cousins though Gina. Lila lies about knowing and going on side missions with her when Marinette's the one going on missions with her when she's in town or visiting. Class minus Chole, Nathaniel, & Kitty Section believe and bully Marinette due to Lila's lies. Kim shows up during it one Tommie then uses her connections to show the truth and take her down. All bullies are sued and are banned from the bakery.      

ONE MORE THING!

Prompt by: @vixen-uchiha​   

Jackie Chan adventures. Can I request an uncle Jackie and cousin jade dropping in after learning about what is going on in pairs with some Lila and Alya salt  

[bookupastorm]

— a writeblr introduction

‘ello writeblr! i’m nikko and although i am not technically new, i used to be @bbabyapollo​, this account still is and as thus i feel it’s appropriate to do a proper introduction for anyone who does not know me. also, i would like to think i’ve changed since i last posted.

— about me;

you can call me nikko, neeks, alexander, or piece of shite i really don’t care tbh

19, he/they, isfp, pisces sun, aquarius moon, virgo rising, ravenclaw, i have cerebral palsy anxiety and aphantasia, trans, queer (achillean asexual)

bagged milk crew 🍁

my one talent includes remembering song lyrics and literally nothing else

lactose intolerant but still eat dairy / drink milk...

what are my favorite things? nobody knows, not even me 

choir and theater kid so basically i am glee if it was gayer and badly dressed

dnd fanatic, grinch enthusiast, reincarnated elf, uh oh stinky

— about my writing;

i write mostly speculative fiction / fantasy and literally have no idea if it would be considered adult or young adult, i also write poetry

i’ll be real, i do not know what i’m doing

my outlining process is really bad and therefore things are likely to change about my writing and characters

— my current wip;

from kingdoms come ash is a novel set in the fantasy continent of vlerus that follows a young prince as he finds himself torn between two worlds. 

it features explicitly queer characters (including two trans characters), a disabled main, and more

have i mentioned it is mostly own voices??

also there’s a pretty and super badass disabled elven woman 👀

focuses on found family, magic, shitty kings, duty vs free will, hidden destiny, and some sweet love between two masc aligned people

please feel free to reblog if you’re a writeblr because i would love to follow you! 

[theincaprincess]

Meeting the parents *part 11/final*

Good Evening my darlings I have the next and final part of meeting the parents for you! I hope you enjoy it and yes I know it’s been a while since I updated.

Main masterlist here 

Legolas masterlist here 

Tag list @amyf20​ @blankdblank​ @deepestfirefun​ @catthefearless​ @sdavid09​ @nikolett3​ @j25m18c24​ @letsbeinspiredby​ @moonfaery​ @meyoko10​ @idk888999​ @miabee0706​ @southsidesarcasticwriter​ @starlightintherain89​ @tolkienprincess​  @elaneth-elf-friend​​ @fuer-immer-jetzt​​ @gwendelerynan​​ @lady-of-lies​ @fizzyxcustard​ @xxbyimm​

Warnings one swear word, and mentions of death.

Catch up here 

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10

Word Count 1,046 

Helping your father up onto Froagien, you heard the dragon slowly purring as the old man rubbed the back of her neck, smiling at the interaction you felt Legolas place his hand on your back, and you turned to face the smiling elf.

“I’ll ride behind him and make sure he doesn’t fall from her” Legolas spoke as he stepped forward and climbed up behind your father, while you took your place behind him.

Taken a breath you had a horrible feeling but you needed to find your mother wetting your lips “Froagien fly fast and true to Mirkwood” you said and you felt the dragon spread her wings and lift up from the ground heading towards the one place both you and Legolas did not want to return to. 

Flying high in the sky both you and Legolas used your elven eyes to search for your mother, but by the time you had gotten to the start of the forest neither of you had seen no trace of her, or the orcs, watching the ground approach as Froagien landed you slid off her back and helped your father down, climbing off the dragons back Legolas stepped in front of you as you both turned to see Tauriel walking out of the forest and towards you with a horse for your father. 

“My prince Legolas, you have returned, we saw the dragon and knew it would be you, I have bought a horse for the old man” Tauriel spoke placing her hand over her heart and bowing her head, and handing the reins over to you.

“Where is my father?” Legolas demanded as he helped you with getting your father on the horse.

“With the healers and” Tauriel spoke before turning to you “with your mother, she was rescued early this morning….” stepping to the side she watched as you mounted the horse behind your father and kicked it into moving towards Mirkwood, “Legolas she was badly injured, she doesn't have long left” Tauriel continued once you entered the forest. 

Staring at her Legolas’s mouth dropped open before he turned to look at the forest when two more horses stepped out and allowed him and Tauriel to mount them and chase after you.

Catching up to you Legolas’s horse matched the pace of yours as you turned to him and he saw the worry in your eyes, turning back you looked up and saw the front gate of Mirkwood opening to let all four of you enter the kingdom.

….

Taken a hold of Legolas’s hand and your father’s you followed Tauriel as she took you and your father to the room where your mother and Thranduil was, coming to a large brown door she knocked gently on it and waited a few seconds before one of the nurses's opened it and stepped to the side, letting you all pass into the room. 

“Right through there” Tauriel spoke as she pointed towards the back of the room. 

“Come on Papa” you spoke as you walked forward helping your father take the last few steps. 

Turning the corner your eyes landed on your mother lying in a bed larger than she would have liked, feeling your father grip your hand you turned to him and saw tears were starting to building his eyes, taking a hold of his elbow you helped him walk to the bed and watched as he climbed on it laying next to his wife as she slowly started to wake up, hearing a soft clearing of a throat you turned your eyes and saw Thranduil standing at the side watching this scene unfold in front of him, as Legolas reached your side, watching Thranduil turn his eyes landed on you and Legolas as he tilted his head to the side in an unspoken request to talk to the both of you, out of earshot of your parents. 

“We will be outside (Y/n)” Legolas whispered to you as you nodded and climbed on the bed with your parents just as your Mother slowly opened her eyes. 

Closing the door Legolas started at his Father waiting for him to explain himself, wetting his lips Thranduil looked at the floor then back to his son “Legolas, I’m sorry” he finally said. 

“Sorry for what Father? Trying to steal (Y/n) away from me? Sending me further away? Or just being a shitty Father?” Legolas snapped. 

“All above and more” Thranduil admitted. 

Rolling his eyes Legolas stepped back and leaned on the wall “Will she make it? Tauriel said she hasn’t got long left” he asked as he turned back to his Father. 

“The healers did everything they could, but no (Y/n) Mother is dying and there is nothing we can do to stop it” Thranduil admitted with defeat. 

“We have to tell her” Legolas said as he twisted the door handle and opened it to see you standing there with tears in your eyes shaking your head. 

“Did you hear?” Legolas asked as he pulled you towards himself. 

“Every word, but it doesn’t matter now” you sniffed, as you rose your hand and wiped the tears away from your eyes. 

Looking at each other Thranduil and Legolas walked back into the room and saw your human parents both on the bed not breathing, rushing back to you Legolas took ahold of you as your knees finally gave out and you fell to the floor as all the emotions hit you at once knowing your human parents had finally died. 

….

Pulling your bag over your shoulder you were finally ready to leave Mirkwood you had been here for a whole month after your parents death, and Legolas helped you through your grief even Thranduil sent elves to collect all your belongings from Laketown, your parents had been buried in the royal gardens and you had made plans to leave middle earth with the help of Tom Bombadil, Thranduil knew he couldn’t talk you or Legolas out of it. 

Climbing on Froagien back you and Legolas bowed your head to Thranduil and the rest of the nobles who stood at the edge of the forest bidding their prince and you a final farewell, as the dragon rose to the sky taking you and Legolas on a new adventure.

[maydaymadier]

party line-ups because I feel like rambling sometimes

The Cool Patrol (level 14), current location: The Shadowfell

- Thrain Brokkrson, dwarf druid (circle of the moon), moral compass/tired dad, wants to be the very best (crafter/blacksmith) like no one ever was, from Jorheim (specific location unknown)

- Fannar Morthos Freyr, devil’s tongue tiefling warlock (archfey, The Good Fellow), stole all the bard horny from the bard and wants to become an archfey himself so he can break his pact while keeping his power very endgame though, for now he’s cool with maintaining his pact, youngest prince of an elven kingdom, from Jorheim (Kolbak/The Frozen North)

- Odaviing Stormfang, platinum dragonborn sorcerer (divine soul), his dad is the President of Bahamut and he McSucks my guy, just, a lot of Bahamut stuff with this guy, from Tutapul (holy capitol of the world)

- Norman Alfred Hubert Mann, human* bard (college of swords), Just A Normal Human Man Nothing To See Here Aside From The White Feathers For Hair And Glowing Golden Wings He Summons And The Lairon He Summons To Crush Things With The Fall Damage It Inflicts, from Elysia (specific location unknown)

- Isorropia, half-elf ranger-cleric (revised, horizon walker; grave domain), demigod child of Hades, takes it upon herself to hunt down undead, this is non-negotiable, has an uncanny, inhuman presence to her, from Elysia (presumably, specific location unknown)

- Dratini, gold dragonborn fighter (battlemaster), fought in a war and started adventuring after that (we killed his ex from that war, we didn’t realize who he was but we got in big trouble for that bc he turned out to be the Champion of Nemesis), STRONG BOYYYY!!!!!, has a ruby demon arm, currently missing, from Elysia (presumably)

The Amen (level 5), current location: Camelot

- Thing, half-elf cleric (tempest domain), raised by wolves, taken in by a shitty Odin Temple, killed them/ran away and wears their tattered robes over her armor, retains some of the wolf habits, hates organized religion, just here vibing with Thor, doesn’t like High Priest Stormfang from the Bahamut temple, prefers to work with High Priest Talrin from the Pelor temple.

- Gawain, revenant half-orc fighter (eldritch knight), yes that Gawain of Arthurian fame, died in a crusade bc he got wrecked by Rhongomyniad and was brought back 20 years later, is trying to find the dude that killed him, DEVOTED to the Lady of the Lake, only one of the party that’s interested in converting people, highest INT score of the whole group

- Reverence Langstrom, tiefling paladin (oath of redemption), has died twice before and brought back his mysterious god no one else seems to have ever heard of, *slaps Reverence on the head* YOU CAN FIT SO MUCH GUILT IN THIS BAD BOY!!!, married to another (now retired) adventurer, no memory of his past before waking up from the second death, still feels guilty about the shit he did before though (why he took redemption oath)

- Crow, elf rogue (homebrew subclass with warlock spells), She Stab, She Sneak, She Obliterates That Poor Hooligan, got in league with The Clasp, dug up a bunch of dirt on High Priest Stormfang, very creative with her use of Minor Illusion, currently missing

Barnes and Nobles (level 3), current location: on the road in Elysia

- Tactum Barnes, tabaxi bard (college of lore), only child, parents worked with white collar businesses to help them expand, travelled a lot growing up, inspired by the stories they heard while travelling to become a bard, wants to make accessible/widely available books, very well-dressed to give a good first impression, met Nobles in back in Celestial 101 (and thought he was cute), has the cart and mule we use to get around, is very particular about who is allowed to drive the cart.

- Tarot Nobles, tabaxi wizard (school of enchantment), youngest of six, casually religious bc grew up worshipping Iris with his family, enthusiastic, earnest, and frequently socially oblivious, was a teacher’s pet and didn’t realize it, inspired to become a wizard when he visited a magical shop (Morpheus’s Mystical Mercantile) at a very young age and was so blown away it stuck with him, went back to the shop when he was accepted to the school to tell the proprietor (Mr. Morpheus Devries) that he inspired him and they ended up striking up a friendship/mentor-tutor type prelationship, his hat is his a Hat of Wizardry, he can use it as an arcane focus.