#my neighbours above me really don't think about others

[i-miss-lotor]

Who the fuck decides to fucking drill at 8am in an apartment

[norikuna]

r/AsksReddit | Help! I think I accidentally summoned the King of Curses ! ⌦ part one of ?

💬 hi reddit, i know this sounds fake but i swear on my life it's true. i was just messing around with this prank book my friends got me last christmas and it had some 'ancient' summoning spells in it. i didn't even think it would work but there's a 7ft demon looking guy sitting on my couch and i don't know how to get rid of him.

Sorry, this post has been removed by moderators of r/AsksReddit. MOD: Please ask real and serious questions, thank you.

💬 update! the mods removed my post but i'm genuinely telling the truth here. anyway, it turns out that by summoning him, i think i bound us together for eternity. sukuna (that's his name) isn't that bad and he's kinda like a big, lazy cat.

u/9to5exorcist : Ryomen Sukuna? Are you quite sure? u/tenshadowsanimalcrossing : You're joking, no way u summoned sukuna lmfao. u/you : not joking! i took him grocery shopping today! u/SixEyesSensei : dm me asap!!!! please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

inspired by @kasukuna and the most amazing dumbass boyfriend!sukuna fics 🤎

absolutely refuses to use your furniture properly. sukuna insults your apartment for at least 2 whole days and calls it a sad, little domain. he has no idea what paying rent is like in this economy. lounges across the couch with all four arms spread, sits on the kitchen counters, and insists on rearranging your entire living room spread so he can move around it easier.

now you're constantly sleep deprived by having this deadbeat, massive behemoth of an awful flatmate. sukuna keeps telling you that he's a medieval sorcerer, someone who flattened entire clans and mountains but it's hard to take him seriously when he keeps hitting his head on your low ceilings. he's always so loud around the apartment, complaining about how boring it is for him to be stuck and bound to you forever. if you're a university student or just someone who's employed, he thinks he's being helpful by offering to curse your professors/employees.

you have to beg him to get some real clothes. you're slowly getting used to the anatomically strange sight of a 7ft man with four arms, but you know that others are going to call the police. he's usually wondering around your apartment and loitering in his loose, wide pants. nothing else, not even a shirt. occasionally sukuna will drape a cloak around his torso but you have to basically wrestle a baggy shirt over his head. and he bites you, at least thrice.

refuses to help clean, and claims he's very much above menial labour. one day, you threaten to leave sukuna hungry if he doesn't contribute for at least five minutes. he begrudgingly starts picking up after himself, but not before bestowing you with the ugliest death threats of all time.

sukuna is the very definition of a lazy freeloader. well, you told him to be useful and get a job, but then the idea of him causing more problems and insurance paperwork later made you break out in a cold sweat. so he usually spends his hours just loitering around your apartment, and draining your resources. never puts dishes in the sink and still doesn't grasp the concept of a fridge so he's always leaving the door open.

but he is very curious about modern day life. seems like the world has really moved ahead in the one thousand years that sukuna hasn't walked the earth. asks a million questions about wifi, the internet, a phone, streaming services and so on. he will be the last to admit it but he loves trashy reality television, and he enjoys watching 'pathetic humans squabbling over pathetic things'. has an ugly, evil-ass laugh that wakes up your neighbours at 3am.

after weeks of being cooped up in your apartment, he starts complaining. loudly. stomping around and getting even nastier, to the point where you have to give in. he tells you that he is no house pet, and if you don't let him outside, he will go anyway and have his own fun. god help you, sukuna's idea of fun in the big city will involve blood and destruction so you relent and prep him with a million rules that he ignores.

has a beef with a bunch of birds that sit outside your apartment every morning. definitely the type of weirdo that glares back at birds and throws rocks at them. backfired, because the entire swarm started flocking around him. but you did promise him that you'd let him go outside, so you decide to start with somewhere easy. grocery shopping.

already impressed with the idea of grocery shopping and parking lots. has no clue why humans would cram their 'carriages' in one place, and has no concept of traffic laws. you try patiently explaining that these cars weigh tonnes of metal and they can really injure a person. sukuna's pretty confident that no car could ever even scratch him. cue the big delivery truck that almost runs him down.

completely fascinated by sliding doors. it's already embarrassing enough being outside with a loud, rude tank with pink hair and tattoos. but now he's holding up gruntled customers trying to figure out what enchantment allows glass to move so smoothly on its own. keeps stepping back and forth in front of them to watch them open and close. almost breaks them with the strength of just one cracked fingers before you plead with him to keep moving.

sukuna encounters an escalator for the first time and refuses to step on it, and vows to bash in the head of the little kid who gave him a big side eye. after five minutes of arguing, he finally steps onto the moving belt and almost tilts off-balance, but he's got a tattooed hand practically gripping the side for dear life.

literally the biggest hater when he's inside properly. makes snarky remarks about how this flashy bazaar can't possibly be for real merchants who respect the trade. you try to show him the different types of stores, but he's more interested in people watching. loud people-watching. you almost go home when sukuna asks another man why he's swallowing wet balls. hint: it was an innocent guy having bubble tea.

entirely interested in new fruits and vegetables that he's never seen before. but he'll pretend he doesn't give a flying fuck. has taken a deep liking to tomatoes, and comments that these delicious, tasty red globes were not around during his era. sukuna thinks colourful cereal boxes are the worst things to ever happen to mankind, and you fear that you gave him too much internet access when he sneers at you for picking up a box of froot loops - suddenly muttering things about artificial and fake foods with fake flavours.

baffled by the concept of frozen food, and wonders what sort of jujutsu keeps the meat cold and fresh? practically wide-eyed when he reaches the butcher's stand until you tell him that 'no, sukuna. you can't buy steak and eat it raw here. we have to get home and cook it.' he's just happy to see the deli. he opens the freezer and fridge doors for too long and lets all the cold out.

he has no concept of modern money or a credit card. insists that there is no need to trade for these goods, and he can just take what he wants. you believe him but you're trying to avoid the mall police, but he just stands behind with his arms crossed, while you sigh and take out your credit card to pay at the self checkout.

sukuna refuses to sit still at the food court, and towers over the poor workers. demands to know how the food is made, "is it poisoned? who are your chefs?" the poor teenager working the kebab store has to call the manager to get this fiend of a man to back off. he's able to polish off a doner kebab in two, nasty bites. refuses to carry any of your shopping bags and claims that he's not a mule. you remind him that he put in five tubs of ice creams and two watermelons, and he begrudgingly slings the lightest bag over his shoulder and leaves you to haul the rest up.

but who knew the key to keeping your local king of curses happy was to just simply take him out for a walk? sukuna seems more energised (while you feel like death warmed over) and he's already tearing open a bag of your favourite crisps, insisting that next time he will be able to conquer this 'shopping centre' properly and rule it with ease.

[mrs-chonk]

A waste of blood - Paucity

Part 1 master list here (The story is heavily inspired by this art made by @miracleboylene) tags : sevikaxreader, AU of arcane, set in a fantasy/maleficent-inspired world, reader isn't explicitly mentioned or present in this chapter, brief swearing involved, 1000+ words, third person, can't really think of anything else note : this series will be a bit longer! please don't complain about how many parts this will take, I have to include world-building and add a whole new character. Anyways, enjoy! summary : Sevika is called to the castle. But for what task?

"We're friends, aren't we?" they ask quietly. 

She looked at them, a small pause strung in between them, like the highest cord of a lyre. "Of course." 

They scoot closer to the second, taking her hand. My golden girl, They think. The girl with the obsidian hair littering the view of her dusty eyes. Eyes so knowing, knowing of things that should've been kept behind closed doors and garden hedges. The girl with the big voice and shifty eyes. The eyes that have seen so many things that should've been left behind fresh linen sheets and starry skies. The girl with the passionate bearings about small things like rocks, sunrises, and the smell of dandelions in her neighbour's garden. Her small chubby hands, which were calloused from squeezing a wheelbarrow too tight. Her chipped tooth from when she'd fallen off her horse when they were 11. The scar on her left cheek that she'd refused to talk about, and the other thought it was because she wanted to keep something close to her chest. Something that the other didn't know. The girl with her early mornings and secret smiles. The girl with her worries. 

The girl with a father who slowly smothered her, his binding words and silent resentment. 

The girl with her gentle nature and loyal heart, too precious to be exposed to the world. Yet she was not exposed, but instead thrown, dragged, kicked, and beaten into it. Shamefully.

“And we’re always going to be friends?” They ask, fragile, as if a single breath could undo the 13 years of life they had already lived so boisterously. 

The girl looked seemingly undisturbed by this question, a skill she had learned so well from her father. Though internally she wonders what follows this conversation, what tragedy the other could have foreseen to tear them apart so suddenly. ��Yes. Always.” She says, with hesitancy you could only see if you paid close enough attention, gently rubbing her round fingers against the calluses at the edge of her palm.

The other smiles and closes their eyes beneath the twilight, and allow the moonlight to swallow them. Emulating a sharp glistening spark along their contrastingly melanated skin. “That's good enough for me, Golden Girl.” 

“Fuck.”

Her fingers fumble the sling for what feels like the millionth time. The bend of her chest leaves little room for anything else, forcing the sling of her prosthetic to crawl its way provokingly between the divot of her mounds. A string of shushed audible fucks leaves her deep brown lips, as she finally reaches for her merlot cape. Quickly tossing it over her shoulder. The metal creaking, a once sturdy design betrays her with its age, rust now lining its entrances and crevices against her shoulder. The floorboards were now littered with sun rays that had broken through her window. She makes a few lazy, but large strides to her varnished entrance door stepping on them, and closing the door with conviction behind her.

“In a hurry Sev?” She turns to see a tall, wide man holding a dull machete and a bucket with questionably cut slabs of assorted vegetables inside. And a lucrative addition of dirt smeared across his upper lip and hairline. A small girl behind him begins to make “snowballs” out of the soppy mud below her. Lightly giggling to herself and her silver hair clips reflecting the sunlight above. Sevika fiddles with the lock on her door, knowing that the frame of it is so torn that the door could easily be kicked down regardless. ”Still rushin’ around? Ya know, I’d say that ‘Vanessa’ up there works you too much these days.” he says with a hand on his hip, twirling the machete loosely in small circles. 

“Busy, Vander. Unlike some people, I don't have time for mud pies.” She says unamused and in a slightly bitchy tone as she finishes up with the lock, abandoning it and leaving it open. Her weak brown soles slap the stone path as she rushes uphill. Making way for the tall ivory towers of the kingdom ahead. Vander flicks the machete’s handle against his side, the dull thud matching his quiet sigh. “Alright then.” Vander mumbles, to himself almost. With a huff, he turns around to give the small blue-haired girl a frown, followed by a stern index finger nodding in her direction. She drops the congealed ball of mud and wipes her generously soiled hands on her pant leg. 

Sevika ponders the inquiries of the queen, the reason she's walking this absurd distance in the first place. She was accustomed to the queen's requests for intel, small things regarding the people of Sevika’s side of the kingdom. A side the queen herself would rather distance herself from. 

The queen knows they're not all animals unlike the rest of the council is convinced. She sees them as important; she knows they serve a greater purpose than even they know. But it is about keeping them in line. The lesser must be cultivated to believe in little, dream small, and keep working —all with no hope of achieving above their means. To keep them tamed you must beat them, kill them, and hurt them. That is a queen's duty. But Sevika’s duty lies in a more urgent nature. 

“You're late.” The woman's octave reached lower than Sevika was expecting. Spindling her position, Ambessa faces Sevika. Her expression was rather blank, yet obtrusively disturbed. Sevika didn't reply with words, but instead with a bothered expression that rang “Get to the point.” without verbalizing it. Ambessa saw it and promptly ignored it, moving to more pressing matters than the ugly meaning behind Sevika's contorted face. 

A gruff expression of hesitancy clouds her face, her dark brows nuzzle their way into the center of her face and her lips tighten their seal; as if careful not to spill unwanted secrets. “You’ve heard of the market spikes I would imagine? Ref among them.” She slowly began her small circle around Sevika, her heavy feet gently meeting the tile floor. Leaving small unseen traces of dirt and bacteria. The small flickering candles down the hall left glints of orange sprinkled in her luxurious coiled hair, the strands of silver emulating a bright white rather than any specific colour. “It's funny how a dried-up flower can cause so much disturbance when left unattended.” Sevika releases a pent-up sigh from her lightly scared mouth. “And you think I know who's eating poppy seeds?” she asks in an almost rhetorical tone. Ambessa, yet again, doesn't give her sass any attention, looking at her when she speaks but not changing her face to accommodate her words. Turning her head to look at a painting on the wall instead, one depicting her young daughter, who could be no more than a couple of years old by now, maybe 8 or 9. Sevika had seen her daughter a few times, peeking around the corner at her and Ambessa’s conversations or sitting with poise and strictness in portraits along the main hall of the castle, which was always dimly lit, heavily guarded, and the location of these curious conversations. Ambessa allowed a small indent of worry to crumple her brows.

“No. I want order. Ref is a distraction, but distractions are costly.” Her face ever so slightly changed to one of frustration and reminiscence. “Someone a little too close to home has let their greediness get the best of them. Someone’s been careless. Their indulgence compromises more than their purse. It compromises us all.” Sevika's interest peaked, the concept of a part of the court succumbing to what must be public humiliation among the council, the thought amused her. “This weed must be nipped before it grows outside of my jurisdiction. I need someone with a precise hand and… good sheers.” she says, questioning her analogy a bit before she continues speaking. Sevika slowly understanding the picture being painted before her. “Find the hidden game, the treasures buried beneath the decay. Bring them to me, before the wolves smell weakness in our borders. I trust you know how to get your hands dirty, coming from a long line of prestigious hunters.” Her smile doesn't reach her ears, and she lets out a low hum when Sevika relaxes her face out of annoyance, and into curiosity as she begins to speak. “What am I looking for?” Sevika doesn't want to feed the rich by any means, but she of all people knows best what happens when the rich go unfed.

[dearchloe]

one big appy family

All characters are 18+

I was exhausted. Just back from my first term at university, wiped out from a long day of travel by a succession of trains, all of which had been either cancelled, delayed, or moved to a platform at the other end of the station at the last moment, I wanted nothing more than to collapse into bed from the moment I got home. Instead, I had to fend off a round of interrogatories from my parents and neighbours, pretend to be sociable as far into the evening as I could manage, tell them all the same (sanitised) freshers' week stories that they'd already heard twice before, and choke my way through a three course meal before finally being allowed to retreat to the sanctuary of my childhood bedroom and disappear under the covers into blessed oblivion.

It lasted, by my reckoning, about two hours.

I woke suddenly, the house in darkness and quiet at last, and stared into the black void that was my room, such an adjustment now after the past months of thin curtains above city-bright streets. For a moment, I wondered why I had returned to the land of the waking — and then a part of the darkness shifted awkwardly from one foot to the other, and I knew, and I sighed internally at what was no doubt soon to come.

"What is it, Vicky?"

My sister came closer, sitting uninvited on the edge of the bed. "Erin?"

"Yeah?"

"I missed you."

"I missed you too. But I swear to god, if you've woken me up just to tell me that..."

"No, I didn't."

"Then what is it?"

"I'm wet."

Like a lot of people, I had to help look after my sister when I was growing up.

Unlike a lot of people, it was my older sister.

To anyone else, this would be strange. To me, it was simply my family.

"Let's see." Reluctantly, I pulled myself upright and leaned forwards, giving Vicky's nappy a good squeeze through the fluffy fabric of her pyjamas. She simply sat there, unresisting. "You'll last till morning. Get back to bed."

"But Erin! I'm gonna leak!"

"Keep your voice down."

"My bed will get all wet!"

"And I'll end up cleaning it, and probably bathing you as well, so what do you care?"

She whined. "It's yucky!"

"Bed. Now. I'm tired."

"But Erin..."

I clicked on my bedside light. "Victoria Drover. Just because I've been away, do you think the rules have changed?"

"... No."

"So what do you absolutely not do at night?"

"... Get out of bed."

"How many times do I have to tell you, Vicky?"

"But... But I need..."

"No, you don't." I put out a hand and grabbed my phone from the bedside table, and my sister suddenly assumed an expression of total panic.

"Erin... Erin, please... I'll be good..."

"Should have thought of that before." I opened my phone and flicked through the apps, looking for one I hadn't used in a while. When I was at home, the tracker app that the family used to keep tabs on Vicky's needs and behaviours lived at the top of my Most Used list. The rest of the time, I hardly opened it.

I ignored Mum's latest nursing stats on the Food tab and clicked into Sleep instead. As Vicky watched, bouncing from one foot to the other with nerves, I found the point where Mum had registered her as going down for the night, opened the entry, and edited the end time. Then I put my phone down on the covers and looked up at my older sister.

"Ok, Victoria. I'm going to put you back to bed, and if you go down ok for me, I'll write that you had a nightmare and I got you back to sleep. If you're going to give me a hard time, I'll write down what really happened. And your sleep stats don't look too good this month, do they?"

Mum kept a religious watch on Vicky's sleeping, feeds, and nappies, helped by the comprehensive recording service offered by the app. If any one of them didn't come up to scratch, she had a range of unpleasant methods of correcting it. For sleep, the answer was usually to put my sister on a newborn schedule — eighteen hours a day, more or less only interrupted for feeds and changes. But that was a hell of a lot of work for anyone involved, and I wasn't too proud to save myself the effort if it was possible.

My sister sighed. "Fine."

"If you're good, I'll change you first thing tomorrow." I glanced down at her records. "Though I think you're overdue to make a stinky nappy for us, so you might want to work on that."

"Night, Erin."

"Night, Vicky. Sleep well."

"Sleep wet, more like."

[theficpusher]

My Little Poet by Thingssicant | G | 1861 Louis is a librarian and someone keeps ruining his books

don't be shy, i'm your guy by winterPearls | nr | 4658 "...Harry wondered if this pixie of a boy with crinkles by his long lashed eyes had a personality as addictive and loud as his laugh that reverberated around the otherwise silent library..." or AU where Harry is a cute librarian that really likes one of the boys that is a regular and he just wants to talk to him but he's shy and it's cute honestly i just suck at summarizing

Just Jump by jaerie | E | 9748 Finally, after years of suffering alone, the insurance plan at Harry's new job covered omega heat services. As a grown omega adult, it finally felt like the right time to try it out. And, since taking an entire week of heat leave would really put him behind at work, using a service to shorten it seemed like a responsible decision. At least that’s how he rationalized it. He was nervous about his decision but it was too late. The doorbell rang. “Hi!” The alpha said again and Harry took the hand he offered and shook it firmly. “I’m Louis from Omega Services. It’s nice to meet you.”

Record Your Fate (and Write Me In) by LadyLondonderry | T | 13012 Harry is the Archivist, it's his job to record what happens in the universe. He's only a few days into the job when things take an odd turn. Suddenly, the small blue eyed boy seems more important than writing about crowning dignitaries.

If the Surface Begs You Home by QuickedWeen | T | 17752 Harry is a mermaid from the underwater kingdom of Mercadia who is a little too fascinated by life above the surface. He's kicked out of his home after he winds up pregnant, and has to figure out how to make his way in the world. Louis is the darling of the small neighbouring seaside village who came home after university to take over their local library, and can't seem to stay away from the mysterious pregnant mermaid his friends introduce him to.

Checking Them Out?: How To Use Your Library Science Degree To Get an Alpha by InsightfulInsomniac | E | 19965 When a flirty, attractive alpha patron checks out an entire shelf of literature on omega behavior and omega rights, Harry can’t help but wonder why the man is so interested — is he a really attentive partner, or is he just a creep? It doesn’t help that this alpha visits weekly to exchange his books… and that he smells absolutely divine. Whether he likes it or not, Harry has a crush.

The Library Universe [Series] by allwaswell16 | E | 33825 Harry Styles has a great life. He’s a children’s librarian at the New York Public Library, he’s got wonderful friends, and he loves cooking, green tea, yoga, and his collection of bow ties. He doesn’t mind that his life seems a little structured, maybe even a little boring. But when Louis Tomlinson joins the library staff as the new Installation Coordinator, things become a lot less predictable. Louis gets under his skin right from the start, bossing Harry around, making noise during story time, and eating the last cupcake in the staff lounge. Louis may be almost offensively attractive, but Harry will not be succumbing to Louis Tomlinson’s charms, even if the rest of the library staff have.

i was yours (i wish you were mine) by staybeautiful | E | 56283 “Harry Styles!” His name rang out clear through the city streets. He turned quickly back to the bar, startled by his own name and startled by the voice that called him. Standing in the doorway to the bar, back lit and glowing slightly was Louis. Not an eighteen year old apparition dressed in the same low slung blue jeans and t-shirt with swooping bangs that was always the image in his mind. No, he was Louis now. or Ten years ago Harry dropped his best friend and high school boyfriend off at the train station and never saw him again. Now, he's twenty seven, living in NYC, and dreadfully unlucky in love. He can't stop wistfully thinking of Louis promising that they'd see each other again in ten years time. A chance meeting outside a bar has them tumbling head first into a summer of music, milkshakes, and maybe each other.

Through Eerie Chaos by MediaWhore | G | 102104 For as long as anyone can remember, Old Hillsbridge Manor has always been believed to be haunted. Everyone in the village agrees and keeps a respectful, fearful, distance. New in town after a bad breakup and an internship that led to disappointment rather than a permanent job, Harry Styles figures taking pictures of the decrepit building could be a great new creative project. Or at least a much-needed distraction while he searches for a job and crashes at his parents’ new house. No one warned him about the apparitions though; about the music, the laughter, the people who flicker and vanish when you call after them, the echoes of a past that should be long gone… Harry has never believed in spirits but even he can admit that there’s something weird going on. What starts as mere curiosity evolves into a full-blown investigation and soon enough, Harry finds himself making friends with an aristocrat from the 1920s and struggling with finding the best way to tell him that he’s dead. The Ghost Hunter AU where Niall lives to prove ghosts are real, Zayn is a skeptical librarian and Harry gets caught up in a century-old mystery and catches feeling in the process.

[phoenixdown-and-fairydust]

So I currently have 3 cats. One, the sentient Rage Incarnate posing as a Studio Ghibli Soot Sprite( aka the Creature) is a ball of nerves who spooks far to easily. My Tubey Boi, is very affectionate and trusting of set people but spooks in certain situations. But the third one. Oh. My god. The third one. The Bebby,the Perma-Kitten, Little Miss Missed-the-Jump-and-Fell-Snoot-First-into-the-Fountain-of-Youth. She has no fear or shame. She is so confident, secure, and trusting that I would fight each and every one of the gods for her and her siblings( and she's right), that this absolutely dork has slept through the start of a fire alarm on my desk, making us panic when we couldn't find her in any hiding spot because she wasn't hiding, she was watching us from her nap spot as we panicked waiting for us to see and to clip on her leash and go, she has snoozed through a lightning strike less than 100 meters from our home that scattered her siblings to the four corners of the world.

SHE CONTINUES TO BE A MENACE WITH HER TRUST AND LACK OF FEAR (don't worry nothing bad happened, but on with the story)

I am currently sick. I sound like a Ring Wraith when I talk and feel like I've been kicked by a mule. I went out to buy some cold and flu meds, so i had left the apartment early. I see the Rage Sprited and the Tube, but I realized I hadn't seen the Bebby for a while. No worries, she's probably asleep in the other room. NOPE. She's not in any of her nap spots, she's not by the food, she's not in the litter box, she's not on the shelf above my bed.

Now, as established, I am sick. I am missing 95% of my vocal range. Still, i start trying to call her, getting increasingly desperate. No response. I start panicking thinking she got out into the hall, because she's an adventure kitty, but hallway parties are supervised activities, and usual she's good about asking to go out together, but sometimes she gets impatient if she thinks it's been too long and tries to slip out to force one. Now I'm thinking she slipped out into the apartment hall when I came in, and being sick and out of it I missed it, and didn't hear here mewing and running around outside. So I check the hall. No cat. But it's been a while since then, and although it's closed now, my one neoghbour on this floor annoyingly keeps propping the stairwell doors open that lead to the exterior doors. So now I think I've really fucked up and she's either gotten picked up by a neighbour or outside of the building completely. Now I'm a blubbering mess, and I sound like a Nazgûl impersonating a tea kettle in a soundproof room that someone's rapidly opening and closing the door to with how my voice is hissing and failing. Defeated, I go back in my apartment and am about to call my roommate who isn't here right now and tell her how I've fucked up and am about to start banging on doors in the building and look outside, even if it's futile to look for a pure black cat outdoors at midnight in January. I'm so scared she's hiding somewhere outside, or worse that some superstitious asshat found and hurt her for her coat colour, because this poor trusting little fool looks exactly like a Halloween cutout, and my roommate and I also have witchy aesthetics.

So I wheeze-wailing and am a disheveled mucusy mess as I'm about to hit the call button. I'm also getting really light-headed because in addition to the panic and being sick, I have a heart condition that can abruptly make me light-headed for just existing on a normal day. Now is not the time to faint so I am struggling to breathe well enough to calm down, when I hear something fall in a cupboard. Looking around the other two cats are still in eyesight and nowhere near the sound. There's another bit of rustling, then through the tiny gap that I didn't think even she could fit through, a sleek little black paw suddenly pokes out before the rest of the rest of the cat liquids her way out of that closet, blinks at me and sleepily yawns and stretches, before slinky over to investigate like she's about to say "oh no, mömther, you look awful. Have you heard of closet naps? I slept like the dead in there. Maybe it will make you feel better?"

[inkblackorchid]

me again! 😹 I love the headcanons you wrote ,thank you ! While reading them I imagined something else so I thought to give it a try !

Perhaps, do you think you could write Faithshipping married headcanons? That would be so cool , thank you in advance:)

Also ,I am so excited for more Faithshipping fanfictions. Also ,I love how you're giving Aki more time to shine and get actual development 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

@mathemagician93 Hope you don't mind me combining these since they pertain to similar topics!

Had to think about these for a while so they've unfortunately been sitting in my inbox for a couple of days, haha. But here we go, married faithshipping headcanons!

The proposal is a long time coming (especially to Aki and Yusei's long-suffering friend circle), but both of them don't know how to go about it at first.

I imagine Aki's parents are just traditional enough that they're basically expecting Yusei to propose, while Aki herself really doesn't mind who proposes, but ends up being too chicken to do it herself. (She doesn't think Yusei would reject her, but old fears are a bitch and she knows it would break her heart if he said no for any reason.)

Yusei, meanwhile, definitely has the courage to propose, but doesn't have the foggiest idea how to. What do people do when they propose?? (Jack and Crow are the polar opposite of helpful, btw.) He ends up taking Martha's advice of doing it in a simple, but heartfelt way.

It's not a big thing. It's a date, but not a date that immediately seems special. There's no crowd, only them. The question's quiet and earnest, and the memory of it belongs to them and them alone.

(For a couple of days, the others don't even know the big question came up. Everyone's offended as hell when they find out Aki and Yusei didn't consider it big enough of a deal to make a big announcement out of it. But big doesn't matter to them. What matters is each other.)

I imagine several parties would try to hijack the wedding planning. Among them, Jack, Carly, and Aki's parents. Nobody manages to keep their trap shut and not make unprompted suggestions, at any rate.

Despite the above, the wedding wouldn't be big and fancy, either. Everyone who's important is there, but nobody beyond that. Aki manages to wriggle the occasional input out of Yusei and puts together some kickass (floral, duh) decor.

(They both stress about the wedding. Aki looks more like she stresses, but in truth, Yusei's also worried he's going to make an idiot of himself. Fancy occasions were never his thing. But they manage to put their heads together and make it work, because that's what they're best at.)

Married life ends up not being all that different from the way things were before. I'd imagine they already lived together and tackled day-to-day life together before. Except now both of them are Dr. Fudo.

(Yusei wouldn't have minded taking Aki's name, but Aki's parents fussed and she wasn't too attached to Izayoi, anyway, so she happily takes Fudo.)

They absolutely manage to mix up their name tags for work (if not their lab coats outright) at some point.

Half of the nurses working with Aki know and are convinced she's married to Yusei Fudo (yes, that Yusei Fudo). The other half are dead convinced the others are just pulling their legs and that it's a rumour because it would be cliché anyway, etc. The reason why is that Aki doesn't see the reason to make a big deal out of her marriage (and knows Yusei likes his privacy).

By contrast, the entirety of MIDS knows Yusei's married to Aki Izayoi. Because he brings her up every second conversation—not even to brag (although he sometimes does), but simply because he thinks of her that often. (You cannot convince me Yusei would not be one of the most wife guys to ever wife guy.)

They are popular with literally all their neighbours because they're the most capable couple on the block. Your washing machine is broken? Ask Yusei about it. Your grandma tripped and fell? Better pop over to Aki.

They're good at dividing up the chores and know exactly which chores each the other likes to do less. (Aki's better at doing the laundry and hates cleaning the bathroom, Yusei's better at doing the dishes and hates dusting the furniture.)

Despite Aki's demanding work hours, being a doctor and all, Yusei still always manages to be awake earlier than her. He knows exactly for what time her alarm is set and always makes sure a cup of tea and something small to eat are ready for her by then.

In return, Aki likes to stay on top of making sure that Yusei's got lunch he can take with him to work. (Because she knows his abysmal working habits and the fact that he makes time to actually go for lunch too rarely.)

They coordinate their days off to the best of their ability. What free time they have, they want to be able to spend together.

Yusei may or may not forget his lunch on occasion. Aki, on days where she's not stuck at work herself, may or may not pop into MIDS to bring her husband his lunch. (Yusei's coworkers find it hilarious.)

Hope you like these! And thank you so, so much, glad you enjoy my stories! Aki deserves every little bit of development I can give her. ^^

[ashwhowrites]

fic idea

robin has been in love with her sweet neighbour since they were kids. after a little huge push from her friends, robin has decided she’s going to finally tell you how she feels and ask you to be her date to the last prom before you graduate.

- 🦋

I love my baby Robin

Not proofread

Robin spent years crushing on her neighbor, Y/N. It all started when Robin moved to Hawkins in third grade, and once the neighbors heard a new family moved in, they were at her doorstep with a plate of cookies and a little smiling girl.

The two became best friends instantly, bouncing between houses and countless sleepovers. They grew up together and the older Robin got the more she realized she liked girls. Girls as in her best friend.

Robin came out to Y/N freshmen year, anxious and terrified as the words left her lips. Robin refused to even look at Y/N, biting her nails as she stared at the carpet.

Y/N just smiled and hugged her best friend. She told Robin she'd always love her and nothing would change that.

Robin wished she had the confidence to admit her feelings for Y/N that night, but the fear of rejection was too high. She didn't want to scare Y/N away.

So Robin decided to watch her best friend date other people for the next three years. Falling in love with Y/N more and more every day, but watching other people have everything she was dreaming of.

The two made it to senior year, finally. Their homes were still side by side, but not for long. Y/N got into an art school in New York, and Robin wasn't sure of where she wanted to go, or if she wanted to go to college at all. A part of her wanted to move to New York with Y/N. Robin just couldn't sleep at night thinking about her being states away, instead of a couple feet.

The closer they got to graduation, the more everyone noticed Robin breaking down. It was easy for everyone to tell that Robin was in love with Y/N, and the group decided enough was enough.

~~~

"Buckley, time to face facts. You are in love with your best friend and you need to make a move before she moves." Eddie said, his arms crossed as he stood above Robin, who sat on Steve's couch.

"Eddie! That was not the route we were taking," Dustin groaned, shaking his head as he walked to stand next to Eddie. Grabbing Robin's hand.

With a soft look, "Oh Robin, we love you dearly and we love Y/N. The two of you are smitten with each other. But she is going to move, and she is going to move without knowing your real feelings. Do you want that? Don't you want her to know you love her and would follow her to any state?" Dustin awed out loud

Robin cringed at the romantic speech, but she knew Dustin was right. She swallowed and took her hand out of Dustin's grip.

"Oh ew, Dustin, that made me want to throw up. Tough love is the better route. Buckley, woman up! Get your girl and get out of this shitty town." Eddie encouraged, shaking Robin's shoulders.

"I'm talking to Steve," Robin said, rolling her eyes as she stood up from the couch. Walking towards Steve's bedroom.

"Harrington, get me away from these two idiots" Robin groaned, knocking on his door.

Steve laughed and opened the door, a knowing look on his face.

"Y/N again?" He asked with a smirk, laughing as Robin rolled her eyes. Throwing herself on Steve's bed.

"Yes. All about how my time is running out and she's going to move away and forget all about me."

"Do you think maybe they are right?" Steve asked, his tone soft. Knowing Robin can be thrown into an anxious spiral.

"Now you too?" Robin groaned, covering her face.

"Just I don't want you to regret anything. Prom is coming up, why don't you ask her? If you start to panic throw in going as friends. Feel her out. I just think you guys would be really good for each other." Steve said with a smile, sitting next to the girl.

"Do you think she will say yes?" Robin squeaked out from behind her hands

"I know she will.....even before you say as friends."

~~~

That is how Robin found herself standing in the middle of her yard, holding a poster with prom written in a fancy font, glitter, and a bouquet of roses in her tight grip.

"Y/N!" Robin screamed, squinting as she looked up toward Y/N's window, trying to block out the sun.

"Robin?" Y/N questioned, rolling out of her bed as she heard her name being yelled over and over. She moved over to her window, seeing the tall girl out in the yard, holding a sign with flowers. Y/N felt her heart race and a giggle in her throat.

Y/N opened her window, peaking her head out with a smile.

"I'LL COME DOWN" Y/N screamed, racing down the stairs and out the front door.

Robin anxiously rocked on her feet as she waited, her eyes looking to Steve, Eddie, and Dustin that were hiding behind some bushes. All three boys offered a thumbs up and a big smile.

"Sorry, it's quite impossible to do this by being up there." Y/N breathed out, a giggle leaving her lips.

"Do what?" Robin asked, a confused expression taking over her face.

"This," Y/N whispered, stepping closer to Robin. Lifting her left hand to cup Robin's jaw, leaning in and placing her lips on Robin's. Robin felt her eyes fly open in shock. Her best friend was kissing her. The girl she has been in love with is kissing her. Robin was pulled back to reality when Y/N began to slowly pull away, Robin panicked and dropped the poster and roses, throwing her arms around Y/N's neck. Pulling Y/N back to her lips.

"HELL YEAH!" Eddie screamed, standing up as he fist-pumped the air.

The action caused the two girls to pull away, looking at Eddie with a stern look.

"Shit my bad, go back to kissing," Eddie smirked, with an obnoxious wink. His response was met with a smack from Dustin.

"So is that a yes?" Robin whispered, looking back at Y/N.

"Did you mean as friends?" Y/N whispered back, eyes looking between Robin's blue eyes and her pink lips.

"Fuck no," Robin laughed

"Well Buckley, you got yourself a date to prom." Y/N winked, pulling the girl in for another kiss.

[potahun]

saw you reblogged a gifset about iori so i was curious about something …. do you have any thoughts on iori & kazami dynamic? iirc aoyama mentioned they were classmates at the academy, a year above furuya and others

thank you for the ask!! <3 I don't really, actually, I am SO curious about them and wish we could have their version of WPS, but I have no well-defined headcanons yet! only lots of wandering thoughts like "ah, were they dorm neighbours? how was kazami back in the days? were they friends to start with or did iori stay in his mind just because he was outperforming everyone? did one ever help the other in class? was there ever something they did together that was just 'their' thing, like a specific incident or a habit? how does iori view kazami?"

i want to know so badly!!!! gosho aoyama please drop their backstory TT i don't have defined ideas so if you do i'd be curious to hear them as well 👀

in the present day, i am hung up on the fact that (1) gosho aoyama deliberately made kazami identify iori as his former classmate, (2) iori knows enough about furuya's pre-NPA past to know that he's not clean from it, despite himself no longer being in the NPA (or at least that's the official version). that is just...weird to me. i can't help but think that if he deliberately told us this, then there must be some significance to kazami knowing iori (because we already knew iori was NPA even w/o that statement)...and what if it's really kazami who's the reason for iori's info on furuya TT For example, iori knowing that furuya is NPA through the top brass for xyz reason, finding that the one currently liaising with him in the PSB is his former classmate, arranging a coincidental meeting with kazami, getting him drunk for old time's sake and making him talk about his "boss" without mentioning names (because i don't think - and i want to believe this! - that kazami would ever reveal furuya's identity even to a classmate).

if iori really is a regular civilian, none of it adds up to me. so i feel like iori still has something up his sleeve regardless of how he got that info on furuya...like kuroda is officially no longer NPA but is still operating as furuya's boss, I think iori could be something similar (not officially NPA but still attached to it).

i don't like the idea of kazami being the information leak but who knows...(sorry this turned into a post about my side-eyeing of iori. i don't even think he's a villain, or anything, but it's so weird that he knows furuya's past....)

[maramontwrites]

Job Applications

The being is unlike anything I've ever seen before. They have a humanoid form, but with proportions that are too perfect for a normal human and multiple white wings sprouting from their back. A soft glow surrounds their body, pulsating in a steady rhythm. At first, I think that rhythm matches their breathing, but they don't seem to breathe at all. Their chest doesn't move with the glow. In fact, their entire body is perfectly still, despite their feet hovering above the ground.

I almost slam the door in their face. I must be dreaming, or maybe there was some weird mould in the microwave meal I've just eaten that makes me hallucinate. Whatever it is, this can't be real, but there's something about this being that makes me trust them, like an aura or something. It makes me feel calm. I know that the most logical action right now is close the door and hide in my bed till the hallucinations disappear, but I also want to stay and listen to what they have to say, so that’s what I do. What's the worst that could happen?

“Are you Skylar Verian, currently employed as cashier at Kila Supermarket?” the being asks. Their hollow voice echoes through the hallway, a sound that scares me and comforts me at the same time. The voice of someone who has something important to say. I wonder if the neighbours can hear it too. Their question does confirm my fears: this being is real. If they were made up by my mind, they would've known that I got fired from that job a week ago, which means I can't just run to my bed and hide. This being knows my name, my address and my last job. They could know anything about me.

“Yes, that's me”, I say, trying to keep my voice from shaking.

“We are contacting you regarding your application to the position of ‘God’. We have reviewed your application.”

It takes me a second to realise what they are referring to, but I do remember filling out that application. I was jobhunting in the middle of the night, after hearing that I soon wouldn't have a job anymore. I had already spent hours filling out every application for minimum wage jobs in my area, when I came across one that said to be looking for a new God. Motivated by sleep deprivation and alcohol, I applied. I don't even remember what I wrote, but apparently it was good enough to get a visit.

“You could've just sent an email”, I say, half joking. My rational thinking is trying to make sense of the situation. If it's not a hallucination, then it must be some sort of joke. There's no way an actual heavenly being is talking to me right now, just like there's no way an application for the position of ‘God’ posted on a random website is real.

“We are pleased to inform you that we want to offer you the job. Congratulations”, they say, ignoring my complaint. Those are words I've been waiting to hear for weeks, but I never imagined this was the situation I'd hear them in.

“You're joking, right? You can drop the act now. This can't be real.”

“We apologize if we've confused you, but we can assure you that we are speaking the truth.” They pull out a key from somewhere, or maybe materialize it out of nothing. “This is the key to the Heavenly Gates. If you choose to accept our offer, it will be yours, effective immediately.”

“What happened to the last God?” I ask. I'm not touching that key before I know everything that I need to know. I'm hoping that if I ask enough questions, they will eventually not be able to answer anymore, revealing that it was all a joke, although I'm not really convinced of that anymore. This is looking more and more real every second.

“They choose to leave the position.”

“Why?”

“We are afraid we cannot disclose that information.” Their voice doesn't betray any emotion and their body is still not moving. My plan to trip them up with hard questions isn't going to work like this.

“What do I have to do as God?”

“You will rule over the Heavens and Earth, including the angels, humans, animals, plants, and other living beings that exist in those places. How you choose to do that is completely up to you.”

“Why did you choose me?” I'm not exactly a devout person, and my resume doesn't look that good either. Multiple years of working minimum wage jobs is not really something that has prepared me for being God.

“We have reviewed your application and your resume. Based on the information given to us, we have made our decision.” It bothers me that I can't remember what I wrote in that application. It must've been really good, if they think I can rule over the Heavens and Earth based on that.

“Were there any other applicants?” Being the only applicant is the only explanation I can think of that makes even a little bit of sense, but even then they didn't have to give me the job by default if my application wasn’t good enough.

“We are afraid we cannot disclose that information either.”

I can't think of any other questions that I can ask. All of this is just really confusing and the more I think about it, the more it seems actually legit. This mysterious being is way too perfect and way too still to be a human actor. They've answered all my questions perfectly, without hesitating or messing up or even showing emotion. Even though I doubt that I'm the best candidate for this, the rest of their answers do make a little bit of sense. And then there's that key. I can feel the power coming off it, similar of that aura surrounding the being themself, but ten times more powerful. Something inside me wants to take it, just to see what would happen.

I've been quiet for too long. “Do you accept our offer?” the angel asks. They hold the key out, ready for me to take it.

“Can I think about it first?” It's not an easy choice to make. If I take their offer, there's a big chance I'll just mess up humanity even more, but that small chance of doing it right is what prevents me from declining immediately.

“Of course. We will be awaiting your answer.” They mean this very literally. When I close the door, I can still feel their presence before me, even though I can't see them anymore. More proof that this is all very real.

I walk around my appartement, trying to make sense of everything that just happened. I'm afraid of what will happen when I accept. Being God sounds so impossibly difficult. I'll have to rule over both the Heavens and the Earth, with all the people in it. That's a lot of people. Most of those people will be human and humans are commonly known for being very fragile, so easy to mess up. As much as my last job sucked, at least I wasn't responsible for billions of lives.

But is declining really a good idea? Not only do I not want to make any angels angry, I also don't want to lose a potential job. After all, this is the only job offer I got after applying to way too many jobs. I can choose to not be God and just live my life, but that life isn't that special. I am unemployed, live alone and eat microwave meals for dinner every day. Maybe, despite all the responsibility, being God will be better than this. At least I will live comfortably and if I don't like it, I can just quit, like the last God did.

I open the door again. The angel is still there, holding out the key in the exact same position as before, waiting for my answer.

I take the key.

[yourlocalaphrodisian]

Hi, it's me again.

Missed me? I know I've missed y'all <3 This has been a LOOOOONGGGG three years LMAO. Last I was here I was still a kid, but now I am, surprising even myself, an adult. Yes, ya boi is 18 as of September 24th.

But this isn't a personal blog, so I'd lay off on the personal stuff except for that I've had a shit ton of ups and downs in these three years and a lot has changed... Including my faith.

Religion, to me, has been a constant in life. From birth to this very day, I seek religion. I was born Muslim, grew up Muslim, but then fell away from Islam. That much I'm sure my old followers know. I leaned back on Hellenic Polytheism when Islam became inhospitable. I leaned back on what to me was the most important thing in life: Love. And that Love was Mother Aphrodite.

Love holds the world together. Humans are communal creatures. Love is at the centre of our existence, our society and our civilization. From Prometheus, from Adam, from Manu and from the first modern homo erectus — Humanity has relied on love. Love for oneself, which manifests as survival instinct. Love for one's family, which manifests as protectiveness. Love for one's neighbours, which manifests as community. And even Love for one's enemy, which manifests as diplomacy. Love is a great power. I might even go as far as to say Love is the only power.

Perhaps it was my monotheistic upbringing which made my praxis so centric on Aphrodite, and I acknowledge that many may have not shared that henotheistic view, of a supremacy over all other divine beings. Perhaps it was my reason, of my then childish brain, which made me put Aphrodite on a pedestal above all.

I still exalt Her greatness, and I miss her dearly.

No, I have not practiced in these three years. However, I have never felt safer going out of a religion than I have with with faith. I must give it that credit. So what pushed me away?

I'd promised I wouldn't turn this vent-y, but here I am, laying my heart bare to you all. But alas, this is a temple of Love, is it not? Hearts are to be laid bare.

I'd considered reason, I'd considered need. I rationed with all I had, tried to reason with myself the existence of a divine being. Perhaps it is my idea of divinity as a personal force rather than a universal one which drove me away. I am not immune to bias, alas.

But reason was often at war with me. I needed divinity, I needed religion. I needed a crutch to lean back on, to lay my problems at the feet of in sacrifice. I needed a God. Allah didn't fulfill that role, so I sought the old gods.

Old Gods of a nation which isn't mine. I'm Bengali, that much you must know. This feeling wasn't there when I first practiced, but as I've grown into a bigger age, though still relatively measly at 18, I felt the rift between me and the gods grow. I prayed to them in Greek or English, which always felt a bit odd on my Bengali tongue. I know, the Gods don't care about the language you use. But, again, it is my own bias acting against me.

So where do I stand now?

Nowhere. I wish I could say I've achieved anything, but really I've got nothing very fruitful out of these three years. I'm still me, but, I don't intend to come off as boastful, more mature, more introspective, more... Indifferent. I've grown into a rather nonchalant person. Nothing bothers me, or at least I don't think too much about it to let it bother me.

Another way to put it would be I've turned shallow. The differences of blood and bone faze me. It is a bit cruel to say this, and I do not intend any offence to anyone, but I cannot bring myself to pray to a white man's god.

Aphrodite isn't a white goddess. She originated in the Levant, and in my practice she retained her Levantine aspects. However, even so, it's become harder for me to connect. It's been painful, but I do, in some corner of my mind, believe that the Mother has given her baby Dove the chance to fly on his own.

So, do I believe in Aphrodite?

It's... Complicated. Currently I don't practice any religion, though you could call my beliefs Hindu to some degree. So I do not engage in worship, nor do I call myself religious. But do I believe in Aphrodite? Yes. A thousand times yes. I'd be a fool not to believe in her. I'd be stupid not to believe in Love. Cheesy as it sounds, you'd know what I mean if you read the ramble on Love earlier in this post.

So, will I continue to post, now that I've finally decided to pay Tumblr a visit? I'm not sure, to be fairly honest. We'll see what the Gods have in mind, but the chances are... I won't. Or at least, I don't think I'll be posting theological or votive posts. So while I don't want to call it a goodbye, I also don't want to potentially lie and say I'll be consistent. I genuinely do love this community, and I've made good friends from it. So what I can say is — I'll be here. If you need me, I'll be here. As a friend, as a listening ear. I'm still around, and life will be well.

So, in short. I've missed you all, and I continue to miss you. I've been absent, I can't promise to be present, but I'll be here as a roadside hermit of sorts.

Khairete <3

In other news, FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸 FREE SYRIA 🇸🇾 FREE SUDAN 🇸🇩 and may all revolutions be in the people's favour, gods willing <3

[youremyheaven]

im a mess….my dog died….i got him as a puppy when i was 11….he would be 11 by January…

recently we found out he had a heart disease and he began to receive treatment but…he just died today 7th of august….he got into hospital but he was doing really bad…his lungs were filled with blood and he had a heart attack……

im heartbroken….i still can’t believe……i saw his de*d body in the vet but….i still can’t believe it….

omg baby 🥹🥹how are you holding up??? sending hugs your way 🫂🫂🫂🫂

i cant imagine what its like to have lost him after having grown up with him for a decade </33 the grief of losing a pet is so profound 😭😭

in this moment, the only consolation is that he went quick without suffering for too long, especially at his age 🥹🥹 may his soul rest in eternal peace

i think he might return to you as a spirit guardian because when we've spent that long with someone (and have a good relationship with them) they don't just vanish, their energy and good spirit remains with us and carries us throughout life. i know this journey is going to be a difficult one but he has moved to another realm but will continue to accompany you in spirit, protecting you and loving you as only he can<3 may you find solace in Spirit during this time.

he has left you but he has not gone. trust me.

my neighbour had a dog named Ruby. she was a labrador and getting quite old. after my neighbour got a new dog, she seemed to care less and less about Ruby and Ruby was basically out on the streets (I hope no one has to endure this fate, especially as Ruby was getting older and weaker) and Ruby had always been fond of my mom and I. She used to protect me from all the other dogs in the neighbourhood and used to walk with me if she saw me walking around 🥺she often ate at our house and we fed her happily. As our neighbour started neglecting her more and more, she spent most of her time on our property, by this point she was extremely sick and looked like it. Treating her would cost $$$$ which we couldn't spare at the time. But she spent all her last days with us and finally, one morning, my mom found that Ruby had passed away near the kitchen where she usually slept.

After having known her for 8years (she was much older but I dont know how much) she had become like a big sister to me because she was always so maternal and caring. Losing her was so hard. That year (2022) I knew I would lose someone I loved to death and I had been anticipating hearing news of someone's passing all year. Ruby passed away after Christmas and it was sooo shocking even though we knew she didn't have much longer. This year will mark the 2nd anniversary of her passing but I still feel her presence with me and I know she's guiding me as she always did. Her love, her warmth and her kindness lives in me and I know she's watching me from above, along with my ancestors.

please take as much time as you need to grieve but know that your dog will find his way back to you in ether <333

love,

Heaven

[noforkingclue]

I saw you did DC characters, I wanted to see if you could try to do an Jervis Tetch x Injured! Rogue! reader?

The reader liked Jervis, but they thought he was always talking about Alice, so that must be who he is after- they didn't match Alice either way

The reader isn't shy or timid like Alice, they're someone that you don't want in the kitchen because they'd accidentally set everything on fire while trying to make you a cake.

But maybe one day... After being thrown back into Arkham, after losing against Batman... Maybe Jervis is actually rather worried about their dear friend? Ending with him realizing Alice doesn't have to be someone who looks like her, it has to be someone who he truly loves, which is the reader.

( in my opinion I think the reader usually as a weapon, since most every rogue has a gimmick, that their gimmick is explosive/fireworks

But you can do whatever you'd like! )

Note: requests are currently closed

Of course! Hope you like it :)

Title: His Alice

DC tag list: @mxacegrey

Everything tag list: @greenrevolutionary, @byebyebreezywrites, @spngingerbread21, @layazul, @lov3vivian, @simonsbluee

“Home sweet home,” you said as you were led through the hallways of Arkham, “Boy I’ve sure missed being here. Got to be a record for the time I’ve be away right? Have you guys missed me? I bet you have.”

“Y/n!” Harley’s shriek cut above the noise from the other inmates, “When did you get back?”

“Yesterday,” you responded dryly, “When do you think I got back Harl?”

“Aww,” Harl pouted and leant against her cell door, “And I really thought you were going to try and change.”

“You used to be my shrink. Thought you knew me better than that!”

The guard gripped your arm tightly and you winced in pain. He continued to roughly drag you along the hall and you had no choice but to keep up with him. The Bat had been a bit rougher than usual tonight. Maybe you shouldn’t have blown up that building? He had obviously woken up on the wrong side of the bed. You let out a yelp as you were rough into you cell.

“Back once again,” you muttered, “Back home.”

“Is that you, my dear?”

Your heart couldn’t help but flutter at the familiar voice. You scooter closer to the wall and you said quietly,

“Jervis?”

“Yes.”

“We’re neighbours!”

Your face fell and you slumped against the wall.

“We’re neighbours…” you said sadly

You pulled your legs up to your chest and let out a yelp. You heard Jervis shuffle closer and he said softly,

“Are… are you quite alright?”

“Batsy was a little rough. I guess he finally got fed up of me. Treating me like one of the big children now. I can’t always expect the easy treatment can I?”

You let out a manic giggle and pulled your legs up to your chest. You closed your eyes and allowed yourself to drift off into your own thoughts, the one thing they couldn’t take from you. You thought about the man on the other side of the wall, one of your few genuine friends in this place. You knew what the people on the outside might think, but you had finally found people who truly understood you. You also developed a slight crush on the man you were closest to.

Although you knew it was unrequited.

What you didn’t know was that Jervis was also thinking of you. He was worried about you. He had never heard you sound so defeated and he didn’t like that. He didn’t like his Alice being sad. He blinked in surprised, slightly confused at his own thoughts. You mightn’t have looked like the Alice of his dreams but there were hints in the way you acted. The manic childishness and disregard for authority. You were so much like the Alice of his dreams.

At the sound of approaching footsteps you jerked your head up and ran towards your cell door. You slammed the palms of your hands against the glass and cried out,

“Commissioner! Commissioner! Wait!”

Commissioner Gordon sighed but stopped. He turned around and pinched the bridge of his nose and said,

“What is it now l/n?”

“Can you pass on a message to Batsy?”

“A message?”

“Yes. I’m sorry about blowing up that building. I just wanted to see what colour the fireworks would make. I didn’t mean for those people to end up in hospital.”

“You didn’t?”

“No,” you let out a manic giggle, “I meant for them to end up in the morgue!”

Ah yes. You definitely are his Alice.

[aufi-creative-mind]

What would have lead to Hyrule being MORE then 10,000 years old in your timeline? Most states and cultures IRL don’t even last above several centuries at most, so I wonder what’s the reason for it’s epithet as the “Eternal Kingdom” as mentioned in one of your posts

So... the name "Eternal Kingdom" is mainly what other countries outside of the Hyrule's border called them. Since from their perspective, the Kingdom of Hyrule had a very long and unbroken rule over its lands for 10 000 years under the same name and same ruling royal family. With evidences that they do have some level of divinity to back them up.

As opposed to themselves who may have gone through cycles of change. For example, my version of Ordon - their own recorded history goes back at least 9000 years with multiple eras of different rulers, governance, disasters and significant events that shape them into their present-day state. These countries and their people don't essentially need to know Hyrule's origins and take it into account with how they view this ancient Kingdom. But as far as they are aware, Hyrule has always been there. Until the day of the Second Calamity and how that shattered Hyrule's 10K year long streak.

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As for how old Hyrule actually is, I put an asterisk on the " 10 000 years* " since it's a bit vague and they didn't really give definite dates on when exactly certain events occurred and how far apart they happened from each other.

My interpretation of the BotW-TotK timeline is that the Founding of the Kingdom of Hyrule, the Imprisoning Wars and later the First Calamity happened WITHIN the Ancient Era of 10K. And the Age of Zonai along with precedessors of the Ancient Hyruleans existed for some time before the Kingdom's founding. (The exact number of years / dates lost or forgotten from historical records ).

At least from the standpoint of BotW/TotK's present-day. Since it happened so far back in time that its all mashed together into a blur.

Its implied that very little of recorded history from back then survived to present-day. Either because of written text being lost or destroyed, language drift (similar to how Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were misinterpreted/untranslatable for the longest time until the Rosetta Stone discovery in 1799) or they were forgotten from living memory. Or even a combination of all above.

TL;DR - the Kingdom of Hyrule is estimated to be 10 000-ish years old in the BotW-TotK timeline, based on in-game lore and history. And because of their extreme longevity, the Kingdom is sometimes called the "Eternal Kingdom" by their neighbours.

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Lastly, this is a rule I give to myself when it comes to worldbuilding, whether it be with the Legend of Zelda or...any fictional world I play around with.

The fictional world and their lore does not essentially have to be realistic, to our real world standards. It only needs to be believable within the rules of their fantastical universe. (Quoted by me cuz I made that up, 05 Sept 2023)

What I mean by this is that, it is okay to take inspiration from real world history, culture and people when building up your stories and the world that it is set in. How realistic you want your worlds and stories to be is completely up to you. BUT it is not essential. You can be as fantastical and mind-blowing as you want in your world and stories. As long as it is believable to the reader / player.

Hyrule being 10 000(ish) years old is frankly mind-bending and almost eldritch to think about. And that's okay. You can accept that official canon or not. And let's be honest, Nintendo is not that well-known for their lore building in their games. And the canon Zelda timeline is already a mess to follow with.

(Also do check out Overly Sarcastic Productuon's video about BotW-Hyrule and its environmental storytelling (pre-TotK release). It has influenced how I interpret this specific version of Hyrule).

Personally, realism for me is more of a source of inspiration rather than a hard rule to how my worlds work. I build my worlds to be...places that I want to explore. With that feeling of exploration to immerse people into what this world is like and their in-universe lore adds layers that can excite the imagination.

And that's the beauty of worldbuilding. You can make the most fantastical world with magic, dragons and aliens, or the most realistic world based on real life but with mechas, dinosaurs and cowboys. Because why not!

The only limitation is your own imagination and how you build it up.

TL;DR - You can worldbuild the most realistic or fantastical world as much as you want. As long as it is believable to the reader that they too can imagine your world in their own imaginations.

[selfsabotaqe]

paying good $$$ for someone to let me play courtney eaton, davika hoorne, nicholas galitzine, jessica alexander, logan lerman, xavier serrano, greta onieogou, ayca aysin turan, kim doyeon, chase sui wonders, maia cotton, drew starkey, taylor zakhar perez, gracie abrams, lola tung & apo nattawin in a plot on discord. open to anything in terms of pairings and any slice of life plots, but there's some specific ideas down below 🥹

any generic mumu. looking to generally start with a maximum of four muses each, but i would love mumus with ships with intertwined plots. the floor of an apartment building? college friends? high school friend group getting together for a reunion? band on tour? travelers staying in the same hostel room? sports team with wags? go wild. specifically for mumus, i would prefer writing a variety of pairings including same sex couples, and writing (against) a mix of men, women and non binary muses. so i ask partners are open to writing a variety of muses in terms of gender and sexuality themselves. i'll always be down for m/f plots as well, but i am not interested in just doubling up for the sake of it.

any sports plots. rival athletes to lovers? teammates who hook up constantly (no homo) but are in denial about feeling more? athlete and the no nonsense journalist who makes their life hell, but they are kinda into it? athlete and their celebrity significant other, who could be a real couple or fake dating? athlete and assistant coach, or team medic, or pr manager? mumu with multiple plots within the same sports league or team? especially looking for soccer, formula one or hockey (because i know most about those) but open to other options.

enemies to lovers based on jake and amy from brooklyn nine nine. two coworkers stuck in a work performance rivalry that's slowly turning more and more romantic. lawyers trying to win cases? servers or bartenders trying to make the most tips?

any cliche hallmark holiday movie plots but add more to it. pretend to be my significant other for the holidays? i've been stuck in a snowstorm in this town/city away from home? i'm visiting my family far away from where i live and oh shit, there's a really hot local? i'm visiting my family in my home town for the holidays, and my childhood best friend is giving me butterflies? just give me cliches, give me one trying to teach the other how to ice skate, give me hot cocoa in front of the fire, give me hooking up in their childhood bedroom and trying to keep the noise down for the family downstairs.

give me any (modern) royalty au. heirs from rival countries being forced into marriage to form a political alliance? prince secretly hooking up with one of his guards? unknowing american traveling to this small european country where they by chance meet one of the royals?

enemies with benefits plots in any capacity. sports setting? academic rivals? neighbours who drive each other mad playing loud music too late at night? just these vibes.

potentially something based off this, but maybe combined with a "muse a thinks they're enemies while muse b has been flirting all along" plot. very open to make this m/m or f/f as well.

very legal (don't make it weird!!!!!) age gap plots where maybe for once they do think it's difficult. maybe they're at different places in their life? maybe one of them wants kids and the other doesn't? maybe they just moved in together and they're having a ton of fights? maybe they want something different out of their relationships? could also be combined with any of the above tbh.

[keyleth-clay]

Do you have any headcanons about your favourite venture maidens ships or characters that you'll never let go of?

I always love getting VM asks from you, even when it's been long enough since I've watched Fate that I'm a bit fuzzy on the details 💜💜💜. (That means that if canon contradicts any of these headcanons, I genuinely don't remember, so therefore no it doesn't 💙.)

I'm sure I've made it clear by now that Sawyeh Noor is my most favouritest gorl, so I'll stick with her for the character headcanons, but I'll jump around a bit for the ship headcanons. (Now that I've finished typing this out, this got way longer than expected so I'll be putting the ship headcanons in their own post.)

Character Sawyeh headcanons:

I like to think that with Sawyeh's background growing up in the monastery, she developed a unique perspective on community that the other Maidens don't necessarily have - every member of the monastery would need to contribute to the upkeep and care of not just the building(s) and grounds, but the other people within it as well. This does come through a fair bit throughout the campaign, most notably post-Bastard's Breach and her consistent commitment to helping rebuild and train and help anyone in the Sisters of Sorrow that she can, but she's also just like that in her day to day life, to the point of occasionally being almost naggy towards the other Maidens to clean up after themselves or to keep their gear repaired and stuff like that.

I also think she would have learned how to cook while in the monastery (part of taking care of the people and not just the place is making sure everyone is fed), and I think she'd both be quite good at and genuinely love cooking, and find the process almost meditative.

Alistar Fritz Patrick occasionally joins her during her early morning yoga sessions - instead of cat yoga, it's pseudodragon yoga!

As a Way of the Four Elements monk, she obviously ends up having a connection to the elements, but I find it interesting which elements she ends up gravitating towards. She starts the campaign using fire the most, and then uses it and water (bc of her connection to Olhydra/Persana) fairly evenly throughout the campaign. She also uses air a decent amount, and that connection gets stronger once she gets her dragonfly wings...

...but she doesn't use earth all that much, if at all. Which I think is incredibly fitting for her, as a big part of her motivation in leaving the monastery was her desire to travel and experience new things - and if A:TLA taught us anything, that freedom and curiosity is essentially the opposite of earth as an element. I think she genuinely struggles with that kind of rooted-ness.

Building off of both of the above, I like connecting her to Ranna and Chidi once she starts studying from/training with the Carillons, and as such, she has someone who has influenced her life that is directly connected to one of the elements: her mother Maheen is water, her father Aram is fire, Ranna is air (bc air genasi), and Chidi is earth (bc of The Tree).

We already know that she's a big tea-drinker and avoids alcohol (I am considering late-campaign Sawyeh drinking an exception to the rule due to. y'know. the potential unravelling of the fabric of reality), but since I am also a big tea drinker, I have Thoughts. and by that I mean I am projecting my own taste in tea on Sawyeh.

She tends to favour black teas, but also really enjoys rooibos and herbal (especially anything with ginger or chamomile), and doesn't particularly like green teas. Properly brewed masala chai is her absolute favourite, and when she was growing up it was a treat for special occasions.

I know that Naseem is Iranian-American, and I know that Sawyeh Noor and Maheen and Aram are all Arabic names (or at least from neighbouring regions/languages), but in the very first stream that the Venture Maidens made on their channel, Naseem describes Sawyeh as Filipino, and that idea has stuck with me since then. However, I am Incredibly White and know next to nothing about Filipino culture - but I can definitely look up traditional & popular Filipino food, tie that back into my earlier headcanon about Sawyeh and cooking, and say that her favourite food is tinolang manok.

Also she can fucking DESTROY some minatamis na saging and lumpiang saging.

In the time-honoured tradition of the one ace/aroace friend in the group, she's somehow the person all the rest of the Maidens come to for relationship advice. Maybe she just seems wise beyond her years. Maybe she's able to keep a clearer, more rational viewpoint that isn't distracted by attraction. Maybe she's just the least likely to deliberately give them bad advice as a joke. Who knows.

(It's all three.)

As I said in the tags on one of your art posts that I reblogged, I love the idea of Sawyeh and Persana ending up as queerplatonic partners. I'm always a sucker for ships where one half is human or essentially human-like, and the other is just so inherently alien that their relationship fundamentally can't be put into the typical framework that we usually put relationships in.

Also that one scene from The Shape of Water. You know the one.