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Mistress of Darkness (Eddie Munson x. Reader) Smut

Word count: 1k

Summary: you dress up as your dnd character to surprise eddie and he finds it very attractive

Warnings: oral (fem! receiving), fem!dom, uhhh fake blood?, slight choking, unprotected sex (p in v), slight mommy kink, m!sub.

A/n: i wrote this before eddie is a little nerd and would eat up fantasy role playing sex and i feel like it’s not talked about enough on here. also i’m not into fantasy or dnd so it might not be accurate sorry

Eddie had a rough couple of days at work, taking extra shifts at the mechanic since the two of you were trying to move into an apartment, so you decided to plan a little surprise for him. 

“Babe, are you here? Wayne said you before he left?” You hear Eddie come home an

“Yea, in your room!” you call out as you adjust your outfit a final time. You hear him walk towards his room, excited for his reaction. When Eddie walks in, he sees you in a long black dress with a red corset that pushes up your boobs, you did your makeup with a black and red eyeshadow and a long black wing, and you have costume blood dried around your mouth, and on your hands. It doesn't take him long to see you dressed up as your rare DnD character. 

You didn't know how to play and were confused hence why it was rare for your character to show up, but when she did, she was the villain, she was a powerful witch who was killed for her crimes but came back from the dead, and though her powers weren't the same, she was just as terrifying. She was originally gonna have the chance to eat different party members if they failed a checkpoint or chose the wrong move. Still, you said it was too dark for Ercia and the other kids, so Eddie dialed it back, just making you violent and not so blood-hungry. 

Eddie doesn't know what to say, amazed that you went into so much detail even though you didn't understand the game, he felt like his character had come to life, and he can't deny how attractive it was seeing you dressed like this. He walks towards you to touch you, but you smack his hands away. 

“Did I say you can touch me?” you ask, raising your eyebrows, trying to sound as cold and menacingly. Eddie's eyes widened at how you were in character; he couldn't help running him down your waist and staring at your boobs in the corset. “This is the hottest thing I’ve ever seen.” you laugh at him, a little breaking character, but you quickly snapback. 

You grab his hands, forcing them off you. “Wow, you don't listen, do you?” you step close to him even though he is taller. Your demeanor and how you carried yourself intimidated him but also turned him on. You slowly push his chest, making him walk back to his bed and push him down on it. “I might have to show you who you are in charge of here, hmm?” you take his hands, placing them above the bed as you start taking his shirt off. 

“Woah, wait do you want me to go shower, sweetheart? I’m sure I smell like exhaust fumes and-” “SILENCE!” you raise your voice as you continue taking his shirt off; you lean down, whispering into his ear. “You speak when spoken to?” you sat up, straddling his waist, and continued taking his shirt off. “Or there will be consequences. You know I have a reputation for drinking men's blood when they don't listen.” You pause, leaning in closer to him. “Or when I'm bored, either one.” You touch the fake blood on your mouth, smirking. 

Eddie stares at you. His brown eyes are wide at how turned on he is. You bunch up your dress, showing your fishnets underneath, and he can't help but run his hands along your thighs. “Fuck, sweetheart, you're killing me here.” 

You shake your head, lightly wrapping your hands around the sides of his neck and squeezing it just a little, he feels the blood rush to his hard cock, and he closes his eyes, moaning slightly. 

You remove your hands from his neck and grab his hands off your thighs, pinning them above his head, “Mhm, you're a naughty boy, huh, Might have to punish you so you can listen, hmm?” 

Eddies face flushes red at your dominance since it's usually his role. “F-fuck me, baby; please touch me.” you shake your head, trying hard not to break character. 

“I'm not your baby, and I'll touch you when I think it's time.” You get off his lap, making him whine. You go over to his wall, grabbing his handcuffs. You swing them around your finger, looking hungrily at him, trying your best to remain the intimidating queen of the dead. 

“Strip,” you demand, holding in a chuckle watching as Eddie rushes to remove all his clothes. He lays back on the bed as you handcuff his hands above his head. You run your long red and black press-on nails down his chest, making him shudder until you reach his throbbing cock. “Shit honey, you really went all out on your nails, too” You smile at how cute he is, forgetting that you're trying your best to remain scary and sensual. You compose yourself as you run a nail down his sensitive cock. 

“Fuckk me, oh my god, you gonna make me cum right now” You shake your head, grabbing his full balls in your hands, squeezing them lightly, making him curse under his breath.  “jeeessuuss christ!”

“You’ll cum when I let you.” you give his cock a few strokes .“If I let you.” he squeezes his eyes shut, frustrated at your words.

“No, no, I’ll be good. I'll be a good boy. Please let me cum.” he begs as you lean down, slowly licking the tip of his dick, teasing him, and rubbing his balls in your hands. You feel yourself getting more aroused as his moans fill the room.

“Please, please let me fuck you, baby. You're so hot dressed like this.” He calls out. 

You fake pout, mocking sympathy. You lean in, grabbing his face. “You'll have to prove you're worthy of doing such a thing, or you’ll end up like the others.” you threaten, staying in character. 

You pull your underwear down, taking it off but keeping your dress on. Eddie watches you pull a small red knit from your bra and rip a hole in your tights, exposing your center. He lets out a small moan at your actions. You climb on his lap again, and Eddie sees where you’re getting at. 

“Fuuckk, I’ll prove it- prove it to you I’m worthy, please.” you continue climbing to your place, your soaking cunt over his face, sitting on it. He eagerly puts his lips on your clit, sucking it. You grab his hair tugging on it as pleasure takes over. You start slipping out of character as his tongue flicks across your dripping pussy. 

“Fuck Eddie right there!” You moan and start to grind against his tongue as he eats you out like he was starving, his tongue dipping into your cunt fucking you with it. 

You feel yourself getting closer, your orgasm approaching. “Im close, so close, EDDIE FUCK!” you cum over his face moaning his name loudly. 

You breathe deeply, coming down from your high as you get off Eddie's lips. He smiles at you, confident knowing that’s was one of his best, his face wet with your juices.

You get the handcuff off him, and he pulls you on top of him, kissing you passionately. When he pulls away, his hands can’t stop touching your body, the queen of the dead persona forgotten for a moment. 

“Fuck sweetheart, you look so hot like that. I swear, baby, you need to let me fuck you” You're about to nod until you remember your character. 

“Well, since you have proven you’re self, you’re worthy of fucking me.” he laughs as you fall back into character.

He nods “fuck thank you, Miss. I’ll be good. I'm a good boy.” 

You smile as you hike up dressed and slowly sink down onto his hard cock. You moan as he fills your sensitive pussy. He instantly grabs your hips so you don’t move. 

“Ahh….Wait-wait-fuck, you’re so tight; hold on, I almost came just now,” he says in a breathy moan trying to compose himself as best he can. 

You smile but slowly move around his cock, making him groan.

“That's cute. You think you’re in charge” You take his hands off your hips and start moving his hips faster, starting to move your hips up and down, his moans getting louder. 

“Ah! Please, please let me cum. I’m so close, please.” you continue moving his hips as you feel his hip thrusting into you, getting faster. You move your fingers, putting them into his mouth as he sucks on them. He moans more, and you can tell he's getting close. 

“You close?” he nods, his big eyes looking at you.

“So fucking close, sweetheart, please, please, can I cum?” you move your hip feeling your second orgasm close, and you remain in character, feeling the dominant side of you grow more as you continue riding him. You grab his chin, your long nails lightly scratching him, making him look at you. 

You shake your head. “You can beg better than that. I’m not sure you've been good enough to cum yet. You move your hips faster up and down his shaft and wrap your hands around his neck, lightly choking the sides of his neck once again. 

“Show me how much of a good boy you are.” he thrust one more time, as his hips still not moving, you feel his cum shoot inside you. 

“Mommy-mommy! AHH FUCK!, I’m cumming” he moans as his orgasm hits. You raise your eyebrows, hearing him call you mommy, instantly making you wetter as you watch him ride out his orgasm. 

“Holy shit Im-Im sorry, so sorry, you're just so hot,” he explains as you feel his cum still filling you. 

You nod “It's okay, it's. Okay, you did so good. I got a little carried away.” you laugh. You move the curls sticking to his forehead from sweat before going to lift off of him, but he holds your hips down. 

“Wait, I'm still-aaahhh- okay shit, sorry” You look at him, slightly surprised that he is still cumming. You slowly get off his hips feeling his cum drip down your thigh as you sit next to him, loosening your corset and taking off your costume. 

You look back at Eddie as he lays on his back, his stomach covered with his cum as he breathes deeply. “I think you really did kill me shit, sweetheart I don't think I've cum that hard in a while.” You grab one of his old shirts, putting it on, and lightly stroke his face and hair. 

“That was my first time being dominant; how was it?” he raised his eyebrows at the question. 

“How was it? You gotta make a new character if you plan on playing with us because I won't be able to even hear your character's name with cumming in my jeans, holy shit, that was amazing.” He breathes heavily, still recovering from his orgasm.

You smile, laughing “Well, maybe she’ll be our own private character, hmm?” 

You grab the tissues off his side table by his bed, wiping the cum off of him and yourself before grabbing a pair of shorts you left. 

You lay next to him as he wraps his arms around your waist. 

“So, um..have you ever thought about pegging?” Eddie asks shyly, blushing a bit.

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hello! feel free to ignore me if this is slightly outside the boundaries of this account, but i'm a tabletop roleplaying game (ttrpg) designer looking for opinions on mechanics for disability in games.

my game specifically covers a lot of themes that, while not about disability, would make me feel remiss to not include some explicit mention of how physically/mentally disabled characters fit into the greater picture of the game. it has a specific focus on telling stories of diverse characters, for one, and on fighting the unfair capitalist systems that harm these marginalized groups.

my issue lies in how, exactly, to both treat this topic respectfully and make the characters not feel out of place or unbalanced. i've considered several options, and was curious to hear from a physically disabled perspective how to proceed (i am mentally ill & neurodivergent, but to my knowledge not physically disabled).

option one: mention that disabled characters of all kinds are encouraged, and talk about roleplaying them or provide resources for how to handle them respectfully, but don't apply any specific rules with hard mechanics or numbers to them. this option is least likely to be inadvertently misconstrued or written poorly on my part, but may make disability feel like a "flavour" side note.

option two: provide examples for some common disabilities on the mechanical effects (such as a low vision character rolling less dice on rolls to notice visual details) without any "counteracting" mechanics. this one gives mechanical weight to disability, so it feels less like an afterthought, but may discourage people from playing disabled characters as they would be more likely to fail than other characters.

option three: the above, but with mechanical incentives for roleplaying in a way that acknowledges the character's disability. a "benefit", but less "giving a blind character echolocation" and more "gain XP for showing your characters disability and any aids they use" (similar mechanics exist for following your character's goals/personality traits). this would make disabled characters be more on par mechanically with other characters, but i fear it may come across as... viewing disabled characters as not worth it without some sort of benefit, i suppose?

apologies for the long rambling message, but i'd love to hear which of these options (or another suggestion) you'd be happiest to see in a game written by someone who isn't physically disabled! this is far from the focus of my game, but it's still an important part of the greater theme that i'd love to be able to get right. thanks! (similarly, if there are any groups not covered in the "underrepresented but common disabilities" post from your FAQ that you'd want to see in a game, i'd also be happy to hear those!)

Hello!

First things first, thank you so much for thinking about this! This isn't something that most TTRGs consider and, as a massive nerd who plays DND, Pathfinder, and other tabletop games, this has always been a big pet peeve of mine since making a disabled character is always unnecessarily hard to do with the game mechanics and rarely works out well.

Most of the time, I have to talk to my GM about how to make it work in their game and, unfortunately, I'm often told they won't allow it because it's "too much trouble".

This is all just to say, I really love the idea here and the fact that you're actually thinking about these things and wanting to do well by them is great!

Now, taking a look at the options:

Option One

One of the unfortunate things that I see a lot is people that are too scared to get something wrong with representation (Or social justice on a broader scale) that they don't try to do it at all. With this current era of cancel culture and people's reactions to what they deem 'offensive', it's understandable to be a bit apprehensive but if you're approaching the subject from a place of respect and you're receptive to learning and improving, most people will appreciate the effort.

While this option does sidestep the main issue you've identified, I do think it sidesteps the attempt at making disability part of your game as well. You can encourage people to make disabled characters all you want but without any real content for them in the game, it won't do much.

If you do go with this option, I'd strongly suggest including some information on the culture of your world and how it relates to disability, both to provide more substance to the content and to give players a bit to go off of when making a disabled character.

Option Two

I like this option much more than the first one, though I do agree that it may discourage people from choosing to play a disabled character.

Within the game mechanics, I think it makes a lot of sense to have these kinds of effects but I would encourage you to include more variety with it. Disability isn't 'one size fits all' and two disabled people can have different needs, strengths, and experiences -- even if they have the exact same disability. Instead, I'd suggest going for a slightly different model that includes more choices.

For example, a character with low vision may:

- Roll lower on perception checks involving vision

or

- Have disadvantage with ranged weapons/attacks

or

- Have lower rolls/less success in dim lighting

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Having more options for how the character's disability affects them allows players to make a choice for how they want to play the character while also encouraging them to think more about how their character's disability might affect them and impact their life.

The examples given are all reflections of how blindness can affect somebody. Blind spots or blurry vision can make it more difficult to notice certain visual changes, severe nearsightedness can make it difficult to aim/focus on things that are far away, night blindness can make it difficult to see in the dark or in dim lighting, etc. That being said, there are dozens of other ways to go about this (Though I'd advise sticking to five options per disability at most to avoid overwhelming people).

Option Three

Personally, I like this one and the second option the most. Although I understand where your concerns are coming from, it feels less like it's implying that disabled characters have to be 'worth it' and more like it's just balancing it out.

Like with the second option, I'd suggest going for more of a choice model here where the player can pick what 'benefit' (For lack of better word) that their character has -- or even to choose no benefit at all.

Many physically disabled people develop our own skills or tools to compensate for where we struggle, whether this is an intentional decision or just something that happens.

For example, my boyfriend is paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair full time. As a result, he has kick-ass upper body strength from it.

Similarly, many deaf and hard of hearing people are more observant when it comes to visual cues and many blind people are more sensitive to other senses (Though, of course, the whole 'super senses' thing is a myth).

While this isn't true of all disabilities or all disabled people in general, it is something worth considering.

That being said, if you do decide to implement this option, make sure that the benefit makes sense for the disability or is related in some way and isn't just something random being tacked on -- that would make it seem more like a 'disabled characters need to be worthwhile' thing.

As a few extra notes:

If you go with the second or third option, I'd suggest separating the different stat effects into different types of disabilities. You don't need to go too into specifics with it but something like 'low vision/blindness/vision loss', 'deafness/hearing loss', 'limited mobility', and 'chronic illness' would work. While disabilities are more nuanced than this in real life, setting it up this way would keep it pretty simple and allow players to tweak the mechanics slightly for their own characters.

If you go with the first option, I'd probably avoid discussing how to roleplay disabled characters. Because roleplay and character development is much more open than stats and game mechanics are, showing one or two 'proper' ways to play a disabled character is more likely to reinforce stereotypes, dismiss certain experiences that disabled people have, or just come across as more of a 'lecture' than anything. The same goes for including information on what to avoid. I'd stick to providing information about your world and how disabilities are seen in them instead of giving instructions here.

I'd suggest including ways for players to bypass the mechanics of disability if they'd like to, even if their character is disabled. That would allow for a bit more freedom with how they portray their character and would also ensure that they aren't being 'penalized' (For lack of a better term) with their stats for playing a disabled character. As a bit of an example of what I mean: A character in DND could have been a criminal growing up without necessarily taking the Criminal/Spy background.

In general, I think as long as you're approaching this respectfully (Which you are!) and reaching out to physically disabled people for their input (Which you are!), you don't have to worry too much about misrepresenting it.

Cheers,

~ Mod Icarus

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Hawkins Confidential 3

Part 2

Steve walked into Dustin’s room the next day and was happy to see that he was awake. He went right over to his bed and grabbed his hand. “Hey bud, how’re you feeling?”

“You don’t have to get all soft on me, dad”, Dustin said.

“I’ll always be soft on my only pup”, Steve countered, kissing Dustin three times on his cheek. He was able to put up a bit of a fight, so that was good. Steve could tell he had just a bit of energy today.

“There’s someone outside waiting for you”, Steve said.

Dustin’s smile dropped, almost immediately. “Is it father?”

Steve swallowed and reached out, holding his son’s hand reassuringly. “Not quite. It’s someone I’ve wanted you to meet for a long time.” He looked to the door, halfway open. “Come on in.”

Eddie walked in, looking nervous in a way Steve hadn’t seen since they had to tell his uncle that they were having a pup. He waved and sat down on the other side of the bed.

“Dustin, this is your real sire. His name is Eddie”, Steve said.

“My…my real…?” Dustin sat up a little more in bed and it almost seemed like color was returning to his cheeks. “Are you being for real?”

Steve nodded and Eddie replied, “It’s the truth. I couldn’t be there for you before, but I wanna be there for you now. It’s why I’m here. I’m gonna get the operation done in a few days.”

Dustin’s eyes got wide as he looked back and forth between them before shouting out, “I knew it! I knew that asshole couldn’t be my real father!”

“Dustin! Language!”, Steve reprimanded. But it fell short as Eddie laughed.

“Oh he’s definitely mine.”

Steve rolled his eyes. “Don’t encourage him.”

“Sooo, your dad told me you like games?”, Eddie turned to give Dustin his full attention.

“Yeah, before I got sick, my friends and I were starting this new game. Have you heard of Dungeons and Dragons?”, Dustin asked.

“Have I heard of DnD?”, Eddie smirked at Steve.

“Don’t look at me like that. He saw the book in the store and thought the cover was cool. I had nothing to do with it.”

“Oh, I’m sure you did everything to discourage bringing up a nerd. But it’s in his blood!”

Dustin reached out to the table next to the bed and held up something in his hand. A 12 sided die colored blue and yellow. “This is my lucky die. And I know it works now, ‘cause it brought you here.”

“Ahh…” Eddie’s voice broke a little as tears came to his eyes. “Shit little man…”

“Are you gonna tell him about his language too?”, Dustin asked.

“And there’s that Harrington sass”, Eddie teased.

They visited for a few minutes more, but Steve could tell when the excitement was starting to get to Dustin and he needed rest. He would vehemently protest, but both Steve and Eddie promised to be back. Eddie at least, promised to be here at least once a day until the operation. After that, well, they’d have to see. Steve decided to take Eddie out to lunch so that they could catch up more and the diner was perfect for that.

“So you’ve been working as a mechanic? What’s that like?”

“Eh, you work on cars, tale as old as time. Tell me more about Dustin. What have I missed?”

“You know, I’ve got a bunch of home movies. We could…watch them together?”, Steve suggested.

“How’s your husband gonna feel about that?”

“Tommy works all day. And sometimes he comes back late. He’d hardly notice. So long as you can behave”, Steve grinned, then remembered himself. “Sorry, I shouldn’t have-you-I was just-”

“I see your flirting game is still on point”, Eddie smiled. “Must have had years of practice with Hagan.”

“Don’t even joke”, Steve rolled his eyes. “You know it’s not like that between us. It never was.”

“Never?”

Steve locked gazes with him and shook his head. “Never. Not even once.”

Eddie put his chin in his hand and leaned over their table. “And I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that you brought us to our old date spot.”

“This wasn’t our only date spot”, Steve argued.

“It wasn’t?”, Eddie said, playing dumb.

“No, there was Lover’s Lake, the quarry, Skull Rock, behind the bleachers, and-oh get that smug look off your face, I know what you’re doing.”

“And what would that be, angel?”

“Don’t”, Steve whispered, fighting back the blush on his cheeks. “I didn’t-we can’t, Eddie you know that.”

“Tommy’s got you on a leash that short?”

Steve’s eyes narrowed. “It’s not just about him. I have Dustin to think about. Calling you here already rocked the boat.”

“Say no more. I’ll be on my best behavior. Scouts honor”, Eddie promised.

Just then they both heard a gasp and what sounded like someone trying to scramble for something. They both looked towards the sound and saw Chrissy, trying very hard to look inconspicuous, but failing. Seeing that she had failed, she waved to them both and they waved back. Steve and Eddie had already finished, so after paying, they walked out with her.

“I can’t thank you enough for connecting us”, Steve said. “You literally saved my pup’s life.”

“Oh it’s nothing”, Chrissy said, walking between them down the sidewalk.

“It’s not nothing, Chrissy”, Eddie shook his head. “Thank you. I’d kiss you if it didn’t get tongue wagging in this town”, he teased.

“Since when do you worry about tongues wagging about you?”, Bianca Harrington spat out, making the three of them freeze in place. She was still dressed in all black. “You should all be ashamed, just walking about where anyone could see. The streets are already talking about you attacking Jason”, she glared at Eddie before turning her attention to Chrissy. “And you…haven’t you disgraced yourself and my family enough?”

“Mother, stop it!”, Steve shouted. “Chrissy is the reason Dustin’s going to live.”

That got her jaw to drop and then clamp shut like a trap. She looked at the three of them in turn, expecting someone to explain it all to her. 

“You don’t think I actually kept up communication with Eddie, do you? After father’s threats? Chrissy was the only one who knew where he went. She helped me find him. And now that he’s here, he’s going through with the operation.”

“Out of the goodness of his heart, I assume”, Bianca bit out, looking Eddie up and down.

“Oh there’s no goodness there, I assure you”, Eddie said. “No, I’m doing this not to save my only son, but to get a leg up on the Harringtons, once and for all. But we can discuss the details back at the estate.” Eddie led the way around her, his presence carrying both Chrissy and Steve along.

“You shouldn’t have done that”, Steve said. “You know she can’t take your jokes.”

“Who said I was joking?”

Once they were a good distance away, they parted from Chrissy and let her go on with her day. Eddie fully intended to reconnect with her too, Jason be damned. But he had to get his own family affairs in order. Steve did drive them back to the Harrington estate and Eddie was gobsmacked with just how big it was. He’d been here quite a few times back in the day, usually sneaking through Steve’s window. Rarely through the front door. Unless he was being kicked out.

Steve got out the photo albums and they got comfortable on a very nice couch. They spent hours going over pictures. From Dustin’s first steps to his first day of school. It broke Eddie’s heart a little that he could tell when his pup’s health began to decline. He was so small. Too young to be having problems that kept him from running around and being a kid.

“I wish you could have called me sooner.”

“I do too”, Steve said. “And not just because of the operation. You should have been there for all of this.” 

It wasn’t fair that Eddie didn’t get to experience all of this first hand. It wasn’t fair that he wasn’t in any of these pictures. And he could tell Eddie felt the same from the way his scent was. It was barely there, like he was withdrawing into himself. Steve got up, saying he’d be right back. He went up to his bedroom and grabbed a box he kept hidden away, deep in the closet. When he came back, he set it between him and Eddie on the couch and opened it.

Right on top was one of the few pictures he had of Dustin and Eddie together. It was the day Dustin had been born. Eddie was holding him, all swaddled up and gazing in such adoration that there was no doubt he loved his boy. Eddie sniffed back tears, remembering that day so clearly. Inside the box were other things Steve had needed to hide away. 

“You kept this?”, Eddie said in awe as he pulled out the guitar pick necklace he’d given Steve their senior year.

“I kept as much as I could. I meant what I said in the diner, Eddie. You and I, we can’t-it can’t be like it was when we were teens. But I never stopped thinking about you. I never…I never stopped lo-”

The sound of the door opening stopped him and quickly he put the contents of the box away and hid it behind one of the couch pillows. Just moments later, Tommy stalked in. Steve frowned, a bitter scent wafting off him.

“Have you been drinking?”

“Is that any way to greet your husband?”

Steve stood up and walked over. “Welcome home. Now let’s get you upstairs-”

“Oh now you care? Now you care about the one who actually mated you? The one who’s got his bite on you?”

Steve brought a hand up to his neck, suddenly conscious of it. His eyes flitted to Eddie and Tommy followed it. He was home early and he’d been drinking. Steve knew he must have been with Jason and Andy and they probably filled his head with a bunch of nonsense regarding Eddie.

“You know you’re trash, right?”, Tommy pointed at Eddie.

“So I’ve heard. And yet you need this trash so that you can keep this castle of yours”, Eddie leaned back on the couch and propped his feet up on what he was sure was a very pricey coffee table.

“You’re trash”, Tommy repeated. “And your genes are trash. That’s why your pup’s garbage.”

“Tommy!”, Steve hissed.

“Don’t you fucking talk about him that way”, Eddie growled, getting to his feet. “I put out Carver’s lights already. Trash like me isn’t above knocking out a guy in his own house.”

“I’m home~”, Bianca announced herself. She came in, looking unbothered at the sight of two alphas smelling like they wanted to fight. “Thomas, rein yourself. Eddie is here to help. And he’s so generous to offer-”

“Not that generous, Madame Harrington”, Eddie cut her off. “You think I’m gonna give up an organ and then just go on my merry way? That you’ll never hear from me again? Fat chance.”

“The hell you going on about, Munson?”, Tommy frowned even deeper.

“I’m talking about the conditions of my going through with this”, he said, putting his hands in his back pockets and surveying the room.

Steve kept silent. He knew Eddie had never cared about his family’s money. But it was possible things could be different now. After years of scorn, he now had them bent over a barrel. He could ask for anything. And if his mother and Tommy wanted to keep what they had, they’d need to give it to him.

“Well, what sort of compensation do you require to save your son’s life?”, Bianca urged.

Eddie grinned, then it softened to something more fond when he looked right at Steve. “I’ll do this. But only if I get to spend more time with Dustin. As his father.”

Tommy’s already flushed face turned more red. “You can’t be seri-”

“I get to have dinner with him once a week. And every other weekend, he visits me.”

“That sounds…agreeable”, Bianca said, looking like she was fighting every bone in her body to say it.

Steve couldn’t believe his ears and it took everything he had not to jump for joy. Eddie wasn’t going anywhere. Not for a long while. Tommy snarled but said nothing else as he pushed by Steve to go upstairs to their bedroom. The door slamming echoed. But even that couldn’t bring Steve’s spirits down. Now all he needed was for the procedure to go off without a hitch.

Part 4

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wis=nerd int=geek

wis/int distinction the same exact thing as the nerd/geek distinction

[lifeseries-ttrpg]

Meet the mods!

Hey guys! Admin Excel here, this time writing to you after a few days of compiling this post! Yippie

Today's post will serve as an introduction to out mod team! Aside from me, there are six mods, each who overlooks a different part of the project. Our contributors will get to meet them and work alongside some of them, depending on their role. They're a group of wonderful people who can't wait to meet you all!

Hey there, I'm Michaelli! (He/Him) I'm the story mod for this project, and I am super excited to work with yall and the rest of the mod team. I'm an animation student and a really big dnd nerd. I am passionate about the projects I take on, and love to see the community grow and thrive! I can't wait to get this show on the road!

Hi, I'm Adam/Aaron (they/he), I am one of two character mods on this project! TTRPG's have become a big interest of mine these last few years and I've always been found in mcyt spaces since 2013, so this feels like a perfect project to be made to me! Can't wait to see everyone working together on this awesome project!

Hello!! I'm Dakota Sleepyy_Dakota (They/En/Red/Bang). I'm one of the Character Mods <3 I haven't got all too much experience with TTRPGs but I used to be an avid D&D player, and love to worldbuild for my personal stories :D ! I've been a fan of the Life Series for 4 years and I adore all the fan projects surrounding it, so I'm so happy to be part of the mod team of something so cool, and am excited to see what comes of this :)

Hey!! I'm Park (they/he/she), and I am the items mod! I played my first TTRPG 7 years ago, and I've been fascinated with worldbuilding ever since (although immersive stories have always been my thing, I'm getting a minor in Themed Entertainment design lol). This is my first time being a mod on a project, and I can't wait to work with so many other creative minds!

Hey howdy! I'm Crow (he/they), and I'm one of two Worldbuilding mods, with a focus on Environment! Mcyt got me into art, and life series got me back into writing, so I'm beyond excited to blend two of my favorite things, life series and ttrpgs! Looking forward to working with everyone!

Hello hello, my name is Lossei (they/xe). I'm the Mechanics mod, and oftentimes will be seen poking my nose in elsewhere as well. I originally started playing D&D's D20 system before I was even in highschool, and now am often known for my DMing in Cthulhu Hack: 2E, MÖRK BORG, and other smaller-known systems. I've always been a quiet fan of MCYT, and I'm excited for this to be my first big project for a fandom I adore. Never hesitate to DM me if you want, and I look forward to this becoming the best it can be with this team!

And, last but not least, may I add myself to this little list :3

The name's Excel (he/they/it) and I'm the project's head admin, as well as social media and design mod! I'm a gamedev and creative writing student - hence I came up with the idea for this project while working on a college presentation. I'm very passionate about fandom project and Minecraft men (gender neutral) so this is a perfect combination of both! Be ready to hear me yap a lot on the server :>

[nesting-dreams]

This is kind of for my own notes:

How Tim Drake is usually: Calm, snarky, impulsive, smart. Pretty graceful. Overworks. Only drinks coffee and energy drinks outside of missions. Likes skateboarding. Dnd. Naps outside missions a lot. A bit of a freak. Actually does hook ups. No survival skills. A good friend who will always bail you out. Ride and die. He is very blunt and can hurt his friends feelings. Pushes his luck with his friends constantly where they wanna whack him with a pillow probably. (Steph hit him with a brick on first meeting. Like she listened to the dark thoughts in the back of her head and whacked him 😂)Gives bad people chances all the time. He loves his friends, but feels like they don’t love him sometimes. Damien’s existence makes him feel pointless to the batfam. Has done a ton of messed up stuff and not felt bad about it until someone gives him a good yank on that leash to tell him to stop who he likes. On flip side, when he’s not at his worst, he can be super sweet. Villains like him and hate the other robins and batgirls (I theorise it’s cuz they’re waiting for him to come to the dark side). (My thoughts on something canon: His feelings are valid about Damien. But he also pushes his luck with Damien, so Damien should slap him sometimes. (Same for when Damien is nasty to Tim. Tim should slap back). How Tim is when he has a crush: His silly and freak goes up. Is a mess (not in a shy UWu way. Like the internet claims). (He didn’t do this but, I mean mess as in: falls down the stairs when he’s admiring them, this is a metaphor). He’s not: 🫣. He’s 🧍kind of mess. Committed. Can’t take loss and breakup well. Keeps in contacts. Isn’t as confident as Dick, but he’s kind of a chill confident. Has that nerd, cocky, loser rizz that not many can pull off. Loves texting and phone calling them every day. Kind of stalks them on patrols. (Like at first it starts out as checking up on them, but then he’s been observing for over an hour and it’s not really checking up anymore and someone has to snap him out of it. Normally the love interest notices if they’re a villain or anti hero or hero themselves and come say hi. Civilians are clueless).

How Dick usually is: Isn’t a flirt. You People confuse being a gentleman and friendly with being flirty. Just as smart as Tim.. The bestest friend anyone can have. Can be scary sometimes. Wants to do normal people domestic things, but gets so passionate about his work. Has tons of hobbies like gym and vehicles mechanics. Does not sleep for days. Messy organised mess. Doesn’t like hookups that much. Knows people well and his words can cut deep. He has that genuine dog charm, like the dogs ripped up the pillows and shit your bed and it’s looking sad face at you, that makes you not able to stay mad at him. (Not sure if he knows he has this charm. I think he doesn’t cuz he never purposely uses it. He accidentally manipulates with it). His safe place is with his friends, but he leaves cuz he doesn’t know everybody loves him. (People use that one time he experimented in a relationship and regretted it afterwords to claim he is a player and flirt but that was over 2 decades ago). Loves bubble tea and takeout. Good at cooking.

How he is with crush: Straight up just asks the attractive person out right away. Keeps purposely bumping into them after asking like a normal person where they usually work and what time they get off. Just wants to walk them home at least In between dates (he’s a busy man). Over commits to the relationship. Gets jealous if someone flirts and his lover flirts back. (He doesn’t get jealous if the other person flirts and his lover gives them nothing). Hopeless romantic. If a breakup happens, always tries to fix the problem before he leaves so they are not making mistakes. Tends to hookup for one night cuz he’s depressed and he’s a physically expressive person, so he doesn’t know what to do with this breakup depression. He usually feels conflicted about that after cuz he doesn’t like casual sex. It seems like he’s just going through the motions and not really enjoying it (so far. No one has offered to fix things with him yet and told him to get out every time. He tries so hard).

Jason Todd: funniest batboy in my view. Sarcastic, dark and broody. Is a good friend when you nab him, he knows he’s messed up, and so he goes out of his way to make sure his friends don’t mess up like him subtly. Tries to actually be reasonable before someone who isn’t a villain starts a fight with him. Once he gets angry, yea we know what happens when that happens. Is a mobboss who has done messed up things. He doesn’t target civilians. (People like to erase the fact he does messed up things and he doesn’t apologise to anybody for it). Is an angry cryer and will put on that mask.

When he has a crush: He’s less guarded and more open about himself. The snark increases. His crush is his top priority. He cries in front of them and doesn’t put the mask on. Is that dude who is the stereotypical bad boy who you hate at first and then you see him be nice to a “stray cat” for once and people crush on him.

(If anyone else wants to add anything go ahead. I was thinking about canon stuff. No headcanon stuff please. If one of my things is headcanon. Let me know. Sometimes it seeps in. I wrote this cuz overly flirty Dick and Jealous fics is constant in fics and it gives me whiplash. He’s not Roy for crying out loud. It made me think about the other boys. ironically The bad boys stay the most in character in fics? Anybody else noticed that?).

[abyssal-dungeons]

Do you like The Magnus Archives? What about Epic: The Musical? Maybe you’re a Welcome to Nightvale fan! Are you a ttrpg/dnd nerd? Are you “patiently” waiting for the tma ttrpg?

(Are you scared of full campaigns because committment? Are you new to dnd and unsure where to start?)

Well i have the server for you!!

This is a 15+ server for quite specifically this! Various TMA episode/entity themed oneshots!! Open campaigns!! We accept and encourage newcomers!!

We will offer official TMA + WTNV RPG’S when they are released!

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You do not need to have full knowledge of ANY of the listed fandoms but it will help GREATLY if you at least have a vague idea of the plot!!

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[sky-scribbles]

What is Essek's Wisdom score?

(aka, a totally unnecessary ramble about one drow and his dnd mechanics by me, a tumblr user who should be asleep)

Last episode, we got a rare hint about Essek’s Wisdom score, in the form of Fearne’s attempt to sneak a look at his feet while he slept. Whatever Essek’s passive perception is, it was ‘just enough’ to catch Fearne, with her Sleight of Hand check of 9. I made a joke about this giving Essek a pretty low Wisdom score, and several people pointed out that because Matt halves his characters’ passive perceptions when they’re sleeping, Essek’s Wisdom would actually be around the 18-20 mark. But this… might not necessarily be the case.

Now, I did honestly mean that post as a joke and not any actual theorising on Essek’s mechanics, but since people got me thinking, let’s crunch some numbers! (Huge thanks to the folks over on the Essek discord for helping me with the maths here! Also, disclaimer that all of this could be disproven next episode, and I am fine with that. I enjoy doing dnd maths anyway, because I am a nerd.)

So: if Matt remembered the house rule about halving the passive perception while a character sleeps (and he doesn’t always), this would give Essek a passive of 18-20. But does this mean his Wisdom is 18-20? Actually, no! For a start, if he had no other bonuses to perception (and I’ll get to that in a second), this would give Essek a bonus of +4 or +5, which would make his awake passive just 14-15, and his sleeping passive 7. Not enough to catch Fearne. But: it might well be the case that Essek simply has Perception proficiency, in which case, he wouldn’t need a Wisdom of 18+.

While Essek, being an NPC, obviously doesn’t conform to PC rules, it’s worth bearing in mind that all elf PCs get perception proficiency for free from their Keen Senses trait. Perception would therefore be a pretty reasonable proficiency for Essek to have, even if it didn’t make sense from a character perspective – which it does. He is, after all, constantly having to look over his shoulder for assassins (and even before he was, having a keen eye out for trouble would be a useful asset in his former courtly intrigues.)

So what does this mean for his passive perception? Well, he appears to be the equivalent of a level 17-20 wizard, if his use of a ninth-level spell slot is anything to go by. With the caveat that he doesn’t have to use player rules (just attach that caveat to, uh… everything I say in this post) that would give him a + 6 proficiency bonus. If this is true, then all Essek needs for a waking passive perception of 18 is actually a Wisdom modifier of just +2, i.e. a Wisdom score of 14 or 15. (A baseline of 10, plus 2 from his Wisdom, plus 6 from proficiency). This would allow his halved passive to be at least 9, and let him catch Fearne in her sneaky feat of feet-peeking. If we make his Wisdom any higher than this, I don’t think we can qualify Matt’s ‘just enough’ statement.

But wait! There are more options! Unlikely ones, but options worth bearing in mind, nonetheless. We know Matt is on board with giving his allied NPCs feats; indeed, Essek himself has the War Caster feat. So it’s entirely possible that he might also have the observant feat. This would be a very logical choice from a roleplaying perspective considering Essek’s current status as a fugitive.

Having this feat would add +5 to his passive perception. Let’s say Essek has no Wisdom bonus at all, but has this feat and is proficient in perception. In this case, his passive while awake is 21 (a baseline of 10, plus 5 from Observant, plus 6 from profiency). That's a sleeping passive of 10: just enough to catch Fearne in the act. We could actually dump his Wisdom into the negative and he'd still be able to just barely notice her.

If you shook me and asked me to tell you what I actually think Essek’s Wisdom is, I’d guess at his Wis being at that ~14 mark I pitched earlier. I think this would make sense from what we’ve seen of him – yes, he has done some completely dumbass things, but he’s shown a level of self-reflection and self-awareness, especially after his redemption arc kicked off, that I think a Wisdom of about this number is justified. I wouldn't be surprised to find it was lower or higher, though; Wisdom is a wibbly stat to define at the best of times and you can make a case for Essek being just about anywhere on the number scale.

A stat of ~14 also works for me from a character construction perspective: we already know he has an Intelligence of around 22, and a decent Charisma; back in campaign 2, the Nein regularly had to roll Insight checks of 20+ to see through him, indicating a high Deception. So I’m hesitant to pitch his Wisdom too high; this might just be my own personal preference as a DM, but I’d be unlikely to roll up an NPC ally with high numbers in all three mental stats. Give ‘em some lower scores to keep things spicy, y’know?

(As a side note, Essek’s Dexterity is a very serviceable 16, and I suspect that his Charisma is at least equal to that. Having scores of 16+ in four stats would be a bit much, imo, even if his Strength and Constitution are probably much, much lower.)

A final point: one thing we can rule out is Matt allowing Essek to use his regular, un-halved Passive while trancing, since he didn’t remember that Essek could trance until Laura reminded him (bless them both), and I’m pretty sure the Fearne incident happened before she did. Though I should say again, considering that Matt can and does forget rules from time to time… it is also true that Matt might’ve just forgotten about halving the passive score. If he did just forgor, this entire ramble is meaningless but oh well.

Tl;dr: we don’t know, but a reasonable guess would be to say that his Wisdom is about 14. I guess I’ll just sit here and hope that Matt may eventually release his statblock (and an explanation of how he made his dad so mad he died. Hi, Matt Mercer, not to beg but please –)

[qprstobin]

Maybe it's just the jock in me, but I think about Steddie going to the gym soooo much. For a lot of different reasons lmao. Part of it is that I think it's a great place for Eddie to thirst and be confused at how homoerotic so many of the rituals around the gym are, but also because there's a lot of humor in Eddie going to the gym.

He has a lot of energy, and we know he has some muscle, likely just from day to day activity, mechanics, band equipment, etc. He seems like he would enjoy being outdoors, and hiking or exploring. Something that is a work out but doesn't feel like one if you do it right. Despite all that, he absolutely has the vibe of someone who hated gym class (which, same), and probably would claim to hate working out/doing physical activity.

I just know that when Steve finally convinces him to go to the gym with him, Eddie would be SO MAD at how much he loves it and how great it makes him feel. He is absolutely that post that is like "you mean regular exercise is good for you and makes you feel good???? is good for your mental health??"

He feels lied to, he feels cheated. Maybe he should've expected this, now that he's dating a jock, but he thought that his jock was an exception. He hates jocks. What is happening to him.

Of course part of it is just that it's not gym class, which is not good at catering to any demographic other than "generally athletic and doing a school sport". Another part is that Steve is very big on making sure he doesn't hurt himself, and making sure that why he lifts and shit are at the level he is actually at. Steve would not allow him to overwork himself. He likes that he looks after him and likes that they are able to do something together that aligns with Steve's interests and not the nerd herd's.

It becomes a great way for them to spend time together in public, and it's extra fun when Robin comes along, or when they manage convince one of the others to join them.

The funniest part would be how much his friends would heckle him for it though. It's all affectionate, but Gareth every practice makes a joke about how he knows how Luke Skywalker feels, now that his "father" has betrayed him. Lucas is smug every time he shows up for a session with Steve, and Eddie is there too. it takes a lot for Eddie to remind himself he can't fight a toddler.

(He refuses to admit that he knows Lucas would win.)

The worst though, as @starsvs brought up, is that Steve would look at Eddie, who loves the outdoors, is good at staying hydrated for dnd/the band, and is now working out regularly? And go "babe I think you're a jock now" and Eddie would lose. his. shit.

Eddie genuinely takes a moment to consider if this is what is going to cause him to dump his boyfriend, because he better take that slander back right the fuck now. Eddie? A jock? The very antithesis of everything he stands for? The sheer dramatics that statement causes is enough to keep Steve laughing for weeks. Eddie would grumble and bitch for days, laying on the floor complaining about him!! being called a jock!!! Wayne is just calmly sipping his coffee and watching his boy go on and on, because its certainly more entertaining than anything on day time tv.

[p1zzaparty]

Dennis the menace vs Bart Simpson…u get it dude

THANK YOU KAT HHAGFKJG i had no other way to properly express it..

Obviously there's more personal things i enjoy with them in the 80s compared to the 50's, i effin love the 80's!!!! As a concept!!! Not the getting called a fag for breathing bits!!!

However i get peoples preferences for the losers taking place in the 50's vs the 80's. I have big feelings about the modern remakes and what they did right and how MUCH they did wrong. But i loved it personally, the losers to me always felt perfect as 80's nerds who were outcasted before nerd culture would become beloved. The peak of science fiction, pop culture, riding off the coat tails of Disco and Jazz as New Wave begins to take more of a hold. The Talking Heads, The Go Go's, The Police, MEN AT WORK. Granted this is also a good argument for them being adults at this time period, i just prefer them being kids and growing up with peak geek. It would become almost a sore spot for most of them, seeing how accepted nerdy shit is now. Imagine getting bullied for being a Star Wars fan just to see people praised for their sexy jabba the hutt cosplays now. AND BEFORE ANYONE CORRECTS ME the same thing can be said about the 50s and the rise of comic books and more dorky culture. Stan in his little boy scout uniform?? So cute and so essential in establishing his raw dorkness. But i still lean towards them in the 80's and their own individual nerd fandoms. I've actually got a project ive been working on with them in their little nerd fandoms 😭 Richie obviously was a Star wars kid Eddie was heavily into Star Trek and thinks Star wars is a cheap light show trying to copy the popular show at the time Bill is into dnd but after Georgies death his love for it begins to taper off, he does host a campaign every now and then when the inspiration strikes Stan has started to enjoy Thundercats as it premiers the winter before that awful summer And the group makes obvious Heman references all the time and have arguments over which Marvel character each person in the group would be (Which again could apply to the nerd group of 50s losers) I am in full agreeance that they botched the losers badly in the modern remakes; Ben?? Mike?? Bev?? Its not even funny how badly they were written. I could write a badly written novel about how much they fucked up Mike and Ben. But i still have such a soft spot for the modern remake. They feel more like jerk losers in the 80's, like kids who are bullied and because of that bullying have built a sort of defense mechanism to be pricks back. I would love to have seen more of the micro details King writes for his characters in the modern remakes, but i understand how difficult that is to express it in the movies. Though, personally, i'd watch a 5 hour long movie of The Losers just doing stupid shit to build their character

also im so sorry Kat you got me going and i had to write 30 paragraphs but THANK YOU 😭

[confused-rat]

You ever read something so asinine that you instantly crave the taste of copper and dust that would come from bashing your head into the fucking pavement? So yeah, I saw Lily try to compare KH to Dark Souls. I crave the sweet release of unconsciousness by bludgeoning.

Dramatics aside, this is more than likely Lily saying shit to bait anons and deliberately piss off game nerds. (It’s me, I’m game nerd.) I know I’m falling for the trap, but by god, if I’m going down I’m taking Lily with me for being a mean spirited troll.

Anon made perfect sense actually Lily. Here, let me hold your hand as I walk you through this.

In KH, you start the game with a choice between three weapons/classes that’ll influence Sora’s stats throughout the rest of the game. You do not get to change this later. Your choice will influence which skills are learned faster, but you will still always learn said skills eventually as you play. And if you come across a boss that requires a different approach, you have the ability to immediately switch tactics/load-out.

In Souls games, you have to think about your build. You have to pick which stats you devote resources to and think about how said stats will affect your gameplay. It’s not hard, you just have to pay attention. You like big weapons? You need strength. You like magic? Go for intelligence. It’s DnD logic. However, if you devote time and energy to one build and later come across a boss who’s resistant to your strengths? You cannot simply pause and change out your equipment and spells. You either have to respec or push through.

Kingdom Hearts also has difficulty modes to choose from. Souls games do not. I know you can read Lily, come on, let’s sound this out — KH isn’t as punishing. It’s okay. I know it’s still a hard game. To this day, if I hear “Dance Water Dance” I go into a blind rage. Buuuuut, KH is still more forgiving with the fact it even has the option of a difficulty settings. You cannot “play Dark Souls on hard,” you can play Dark Souls and that’s it.

Now here I’ll concede that Kingdom Hearts can be immersive, but STILL in a very different way. Souls characters are blank slates. You have to create your character, you have to make choices that influence the story, the player character is completely apathetic to the world around them, you the player are the one who cares — which is contrasted to Sora because he is, you know, A FULLY FLESHED OUT CHARACTER. You have no influence over Sora’s decisions. Sora’s opinions. Sora’s reactions — they’re all his. Not the players.

KH is immersive in that you grow to like the characters and want to see them succeed.

Souls games are immersive because you alone want to succeed.

They were making a point about how the player characters are different (fully realized person vs empty player stand-in), don’t be a bitch Lily, I know you knew what they meant. For fucks sake, you play Bioware games, you KNOW customizable characters are inherently different from fully realized ones.

Again, stop being a bitch, Donald and Goofy and whatever extra party member you get from time to time are ai game mechanics made to support you throughout the whole game. Co-op Souls is optional, makes the bosses chunkier, and the only support they really contribute is an extra damage source and diverted aggression. The Summons effectively work the exact same. And you don’t have access to them for the majority of the game, unlike Donald and Goofy. Yes, you have the option to remove Donald and Goofy — but you don’t have the option to keep party members throughout Dark Souls. (“Oh but in co-op—“ I’m representing my psn account not-havers, we don’t get friendly randos online to help, we suffer through the bosses with ai or nothing.)

So yeah, it’s a completely different system.

Ah, a classic Lily tactic. One where you purposely withhold context to support your statement. Dark Souls was praised for not being as punishing…. as Demon Souls. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t still punishing.

I know what you’re trying to do here Lily. You think other gamers think Dark Souls is superior to Kingdom Hearts, so you’re trying to rage bait them by implying both games core mechanics are similar enough to require the same skill set (but somehow KH is still better?). But in actually, you just look really fucking insecure about your own interests. Kingdom Hearts doesn’t have to be Dark Souls to be good. It is challenging, it is silly, it is engaging and fun—stop demeaning its own worth by saying it’s the better version of a completely different genre of game.

You just want to imply you can do what any Dark Souls player can, and you can’t.

[buzzyandbadatmath]

Bucky and DnD

First MCU fic/drabble/idk, but I had this idea after I remembered how he read The Hobbit literally the year it came out and how proud he looked when he said it. My favorite thing about Steve and Bucky is the fact that they’re both huge nerds. Anyways enjoy😁

Warnings: none, can be interpreted both platonic or romantic

Wk: 437

It was a quiet evening at the Stark tower, the tail end of a movie night and most of the group had gone to their rooms. Meanwhile, you made your way to the kitchen for a snack some time ago, but got distracted by your phone along the way and was leaning against the island watching videos while snacking on some pretzels.

Bucky was halfway paying attention to the movie playing, it was The NeverEnding Story 2. Suffice it to say, it was understandable why no one was paying attention. Poor Banner, when he noticed people starting to filter out while the movie was still playing he leaned over to you and muttered, “I am never picking a movie for these shmucks ever again.”

As you scrolled through your feed, a meme about dnd popped up, which wasn’t uncommon for you. Outside of busting the heads of bad guys in real life, busting the heads of bad guys in dnd was your main hobby. You’ve played ever since high school and intend to do so until you die.

The image of you and your friends in a nursing home rolling a nat one for an attack and trying to convince the DM why they should give them advantage popped into your head and you chuckled.

It was one of those things where anytime the opportunity came, you were going to talk about it in agonizing detail to the first person who would listen. One of those hobbies that gripped your mind body and soul. Stark always called you a nerd for it, which was rich coming from the guy who gave you an unsolicited lesson on quantum mechanics and their applications while the both of you were drunk.

After a moment, you liked the post and kept scrolling, glancing up for a brief moment to see Bucky across the room from you nodding off while the bird was looking at Sebastian’s lost memories. You snorted and popped a pretzel into your mouth.

A sudden realization hit you like a truck, making you slam your hand down onto the counter and calling Bucky’s name louder than you intended. It startled him awake and he scrambled to stand up, “what the hell happened?” When he saw you alone in the kitchen and not being ambushed, his shoulders relaxed and he gripped the back of his neck with a pained groan.

“Sorry, I just need to know…” you rounded the counter and made a beeline for him, grabbing his shoulders and looking at him with an intensity that did not fit the situation, “have you heard about Dungeons and Dragons?”

[ratsoh-writes]

Ooh!! What if the way Skelly and their S/O met and bonded had to do with them sharing a passion about one specific topic. Like, S/O knows EVERYTHING there is to know about this one particular thing.

The question is what is it? (And how often do the two of them nerd out over it?)

Sans: they bond over everything mechanics/nuclear/astronomy/physics and chemistry! … wow that’s a lot of topics. Well considering how much of a nerd sans is, his SO definitely has to be one too to match that! Hearing them geek out together gives his friends headaches lol.

Papyrus: PUZZLES! Any type! Word, boxes, rooms, riddles, he loves them all. Paps would adore a SO who loves a mental challenge the same way he does! For someone like this, he’d propose by putting the ring in a puzzle box for his SO. It may take them a while to reach it, but he knows they’ll love it all the more for that

Star: he really loves exercise and sports in general, which makes sense with his type. Stars always been more drawn to fit people. So someone who knows their sports is a great match for him! They can play pickup games together and paint their chests and scream at the referees in actual matches together! True love

Honey: he LOVES dnd. The SO of his dreams can play as a character and DM! Honey is the DM of his group, so he’d love a break occasionally to just be a character too. Or they have someone else do it and they be the power couple together. Every time honey rolls to seduce his SO though he always rolls 1s lol

Red: cars!!! Red loves cars, and he loves hot babes. Hot babes who love cars are like double the love for him! And of course in reds eyes, anyone who he has a thing for falls under “hot babe” category. Sometimes when his SO is gushing about their favorite truck models, he gets little hearts in his eyes

Edge: he loves fencing! And while he’s down to geek out about it, edge can’t help stressing out a little when his SO is in a duel. It’s just in his nature to be a bit overprotective. The way he gets excited when his SO wins a match though is absolutely adorable!

Mal: oh naturally this diva loves fashion, especially the kind that uses a lot of accessories. So a fashionable SO would be so fun to be with. The two basically share a closet these days with how much their clothes overlap now. And mal is always making new custom jewelry for SO and presenting the presents like the little shiny obsessed crow brained skeleton he is

Cash: well, he loves spicy food. So a SO who knows a ton about it is pretty cool he supposes. Cash is always impressed when his SO takes a sample of his really hot stuff, and just handles it like a champ. Most of his friends would be over the sink gagging by now. Kinda hot

Oak: food. He just likes food. When his SO walks into the room with the tallest burger he’s ever seen, oak doesn’t know what looks more angelic, his soon to be soulmate or the burger lol. His SO just has that happy glow around them sometimes, and oak just knows they had something delicious earlier and they can’t wait to tell him about it. And his beautiful kind angel of a SO always saves him a bite

Willow: he loves crafts of all kinds! So an artistic SO is lovely for him! Someone who enjoys making things with their own hands, and who isn’t afraid to try something new. It’s safe to say that 90% of willow and SOs dates revolve around a hobby of some sorts. And all their gifts to each other are either homemade or craft supplies