#not platonic 24 or romantic 24 but a secret third thing

[balestrra]

Splatoween but its Troy and J

[2deadboys]

I haven't seen any floating around, so I thought:

Dead Boy Detectives Ask Game!!

Encourage some more interactions amongst the fandom! Reblog for people to send you asks.

(Be kind and send an ask to the person you reblog from, and the people who reblog from you 😉 it helps makes the game more fun ❤️)

1. Who is your favourite character?

2. Which is your favourite episode? Why?

3. A character you think is underrated/ underappreciated.

4. Something you wanted to see in season 2?

5. Which character do you relate to the most?

6. A fanfic rec or fanart rec!

7. Favourite headcanon from the fandom so far?

8. A headcanon you have (that you havent seen talked about yet)!

9. Have you seen/read any of the other Dead Boy Detectives media? Which?

10. DBDA tumblr user you follow you want to shoutout 🥰

11. Favourite ship in the show?

12. If you existed in the universe would you hang around as a ghost? (What would you do?)

13. Favourite case we see the detectives do?

14. Least favourite character?

15. Favourite line in the show?

16. A Rarepair you like?

17. Theory you have/had for season 2?

18. Opinion on Edwin and Charles' dynamic? (Is it Romantic/ Platonic/ Secret third thing?)

19. Favourite actor from the show?

20. Which characters style do you like the best?

21. Something you wish had been done differently in the show?

22. Personal favourite female character? Why?

23. Song that reminds you of the show..

24. What would you mail the netflix execs if you could send them anything?

25. Why do you recommend the show?

(Feel free to reblog and add some more questions!)

[gauloiseblue]

Gauloiseblue's Bookmarks

A/N: Since there's no bookmark system like they had in AO3, I decide to make one on this site. Will update the list from time to time.

COD

Price

[The True Me] by @i-am-hungry-24-7 Useless by @syoddeye Lazy Saturday Mornings by @clementine-thedestroyer Price and Beauty Mark by @ohmygraves Growing older with john price. by @obsessivelullabies Growing older with john price; smut. by @obsessivelullabies Ex-husband price, but the “ex” lays on significantly blurred lines now. by @captainfern Ex Husband!Price by @moongreenlight (A/N: you have NO idea what this fic had done to me) The boys all collectively realize that you are the captain’s favourite by @dante-mightdie weird HC by @theycalledhimastar

Gaz

lavender skies by @yeyinde (A/N: Gaz girlie, please read this I'm begging-) I may love Kyle, but I can totally admit when he acts like a total weirdo (he doesn’t, he’s perfect). by @theycalledhimastar

König

Ex-Lover Konig with runaway reader by @diejager Dog Hybrid König by @comfortless Hades!Konig and Persephone!reader by @comfortless Aroura Borealis by @clementine-thedestroyer Underground Fighter!König X Rich!Reader by @melancholic-thing

Soap

Rugby player soap fucks you after a win by @vanderilnde Pushy ass cbf!johnny and benefit pay by @shotmrmiller Valentine Days with Soap by @killerpancakeburger cbf!johnny as the dog he is by @ghouljams

Ghost

soulmate au with ghost but it's the fucking opposite of rainbows and sunshine by @bi-writes

Poly/HC

Fancy (Vampire! Poly! 141 x Plus size! Fem! Reader) by @swordsandholly 141 80’s Arcade AU by @clementine-thedestroyer TF141 and "can I try your drink?" By @syoddeye (A/N: don't @ me) 141 when they need attention by @void-my-warranty TF141 when you gave him hickey when you're drunk by @gloomwitchwrites

The Arcana

Asra's Love by @bahrtofane Teen Asra and puppy love headcanons by @smoke-and-silver Trip adventures with Asra by @smoke-and-silver Arcana and Weddings (fanarts) by @bastart13

Random/Miscellaneous

A/N: I put all of the Ghost Band stuff here bc I'm not officially into the fandom, but they're so irresistible to read hnggg

THEN // if (then) FINAL PART (Ghoap Comic) Roach's puppy eyes Korangi pt. 1 Korangi pt .2 Korangi (sus) pt. 3 Korangi (even more sus) pt. 4 Ghoap food pt. 1 👍👍 Self-care (Ghoap short comic) Capt Price having a cheeky wank (audio) Barry Sloane thirst trap (maybe) Bare chested Barry- Barry ugly ass poems (i'm horny) Barry Sloane seducing clip ASMR Barry talking ASMR Barry (Price) pt. 2 The band Ghost wildin' Ghost band shenanigan: part 1 The Ghouls + Rut Season (HC) Swiss meets red velvet ‘you’ve got to press it on you.’ (Ghost Band HC) Nameless Ghoul NSFW headcanons Swiss relationship and NSFW headcanons .... yeah I'm normal I swear St. Vincent *heart eyes* Miyazaki's Retirement Declarations (chronologically) Hayao Miyazaki's "Inspirational" Quotes The Hand

Web Weave | Poetry

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe] - Lyudmilla Ignatenko, the wife of deceased firefighter Vasily Ignatenko, Voices from Chernobyl, by Svetlana Alexeivich (transl. Keith Gessen) Robin Wood, “Psychoanalysis of Psycho” | Stoker (2013) dir. Park Chan-wook Stoker (2013) dir. Park Chan-wook and "The Lady of the House of Love" by Angela Carter This Is Me (Stoker 2013) Rice Paddies Home (What Is Home?) Whenever I see you, I remember AM I MAKING YOU FEEL SICK? // DEVOTION THAT EATS YOU ALIVE

[joenhead]

im gnna go to bed but i need the ppl to know that when i say qpr solbin to me they have never formally decided this

there have been multiple points throughout their lives together where they establish “youre my partner in every sense of the word” without ever actively labeling it and then promptly continue on with their day. like at some point in their early 20s they realize “hmmm this best friendism i see about,,,seems different than what we have”and then never elaborate any further. theyre each others emergency contact they know all their medical info their schedules make them miss each other and when they can they prefer to spend their time together because really they dont want or need anything else they both intend on spending the rest of their lives together until woops! time to save the world ????

so to me, they both understand that whatever they have is mutual and neither platonic nor romantic but they both had jobs so they dont rlly care abt labeling that rn … and then theyre trynna save the world so they dont rlly care abt that rn .. they just have this secret third thing and its nice

it is rlly confusing to everyone else tho. to many it kind of just seems like both sol and albin have one sided crushes on each other. like wow sol really talks a lot about how cool albin is so hes prolly crushing but albin doesnt seem to notice or care (they base this off albins sallow tired exhausted face which is just how he looks). and for albin theyre like oh man albin is totally crushing on sol hes the only guy he ever hangs out with too bad sols super out of his league. and its so funny cuz albin and sol r non the wiser to ppl thinking these things sol is knitting albin another scarf and albin doesnt have it in him to tell sol go stop because he has more scarfs than he knows what to do with but sol seems really happy so whatever who cares if its summer he cant get anymore miserable.

and yes albin does have a lucky tie AND a lucky scarf and yes both are gifts from sol sorry i DO make the rules and this is what ive decided they plague my mind 24/7 its only fair i get this please dont take this from me i have so little…

anyways yea theyre partners but like only if u ask them cuz otherwise theyre not gnna talk about it theyre just going to be clingy protective and overly complimentary to each other

[nix-nihili]

Hi! 5, 16, 18 and 24 for the dbda ask game

queenie hellooo

I've answered 5 and 16 soo

18. Opinion on Edwin and Charles' dynamic? (Is it Romantic/ Platonic/ Secret third thing?) look I'm a big believer in payneland endgame romance okay but I would not have been opposed to a qpr. they already are a qpr basically and I love that for them dearly. but romantic payneland my beloved <3

24. What would you mail the netflix execs if you could send them anything? a multiple-page printed doc with everything they did wrong while releasing and promoting dbda. ugh. the whole fandom could end up on the marketing team and do better atp

DBDA Ask Game

[vanyafresita]

my si-5 designs ! maybe i draw later the hephaestus crew too...

anyways after making this to have as a reference for whenever i want to draw them, imma yap here under the read more all i want about my headcanons for them (cracks fingers)

alana maxwell is very saeyoung from mystic messenger coded, thats why i gave her the dr pepper can lmfao

also she is literally aroace i wont take criticism for this one

to me she's transfem too, but i only like to think about that if jacobi is ALSO trans bcs i love me a t4t queerplatonic relationship

she forgets to eat often so shes a lil underweight- but its okay kepler and jacobi will make sure she doesnt actually faint from hunger

she is also taller than jacobi i tihnk she would b like... 176cm or so... jacobi is like 170cm and kepler is around 185cm

she also doesnt have a lot of scars on her body since she gets protected when working on a laptop by the other two during ops (or she is working as a sniper, and thus she isnt a direct target most of the time)

unlike kepler who prefers hand to hand combat, or jacobi who joins him and also messes around with chemicals and explosives often

absolutely random thought, but alana is canadian to me ! warren is american and jacobi is chilean (i am latino, me reservo el derecho de latinificar a un personaje por cada obsesión que tenga xoxoxo)

jacobi wears a hearing aid on his right ear too btw !! an accident with a small explosive left the right side of his face and his ear damaged !

jacobi paints his nails too (he actually doesnt, its alana the one who does, jacobi has a terrible case of shaky hands)

both maxwell and jacobi wear glasses, but while maxwell uses them 24/7, jacobi just.... does not care. they keep getting broken one way or another so he doesnt bother... he can see from up close, so who cares ! (at some point tho, he get convinced to get eye surgery, so he obliges)

okay switching to kepler's sexuality... he is aro and very horny for jacobi we all know this like. its very obvious i fear.... like... yeah

jacobi is bi... i feel like he had a crush on alana at first, but the closer he got to her something changed and, believe me, he does love her A LOT (probably more than kepler) just not in a romantic way !! ergo: qpps

and because jacobi is a masochistic idiot of course he fell in love with his evil boss CMON MAN GET BETTER TASTE <- alana to daniel

kepler probably doesnt date tho, most likely he doesnt feel like it would mean much making official any type of relationship they have (aka 'we fuck sometimes, i try my best to be considerate of ur feelings, i dont feel jealousy seeing you being close with maxwell, and i wanna keep her close too'), while jacobi is like. biting his nails trying not to die from love but he knows dating ur boss is not a good path to go down (its already bad they are fucking behind everybody's back- except alana, he cannot keep secrets from alana)

i think the relationship these three have (at least in my head idc about yall's opinions LMAO) is absolutely insane and it makes me act like a rabid dog, i lose all coherence trying to explain how they make me feel

they are all in love with each other, just in very wildly different ways

i love thinking about jacobi and maxwell's closeness, how they care for each other, the vulnerability, the love, the devotion, how open they are and how little they care about how others perceive them

i love thinking about kepler actually trying to make an effort to be romantic, getting it wrong often, and then having to deal with jacobi being passive aggressive; WARREN JUST TELL HIM U DONT GET ROMANTIC LOVE, YOU JUST LIKE HIM AND WANNA MAYBE DATE AND DEFINITELY BANG, DONT BE STUPID

i love...... whatever the fuck kepler and maxwell have going on... not romantic or platonic, but a secret third thing.... the mutual respect and admiration, the overprotection feeling.....

jacobi is sooooo glad his two most favourite people in the world get on well, he'd die if kepler and maxwell weren't on good terms... but thank god all three of them are fucked up and obsessed, and insane and love each other

they all love to banter, they would kill each other, they would kill for the others, they cant stand to be near, they would die if they are apart, they need to be so close together you cant tell apart where one ends and the other stars

as a side note of my designs, i wanna comment how confused i was when i finished the podcast, checked the art tag, and saw most people draw warren kepler as a white man, like i got jumpscared ngl IM SORRYYYY

listen when i heard his honey voice... that cadence... he gave me this very clear image of distinguished bald tall black man, the image went straight to my brain and i have not been able to imagine him otherwise

and i keep seeing him drawn white and blond and with blue eyes and i feel SO SCARED like i have nothing against those designs but its so confusing because to me he is that type of attractive motherfucker that charms everybody around with a smile, that make people trust him blindly from how confident his posture and personality is... and to me (poc person) a white blond blue-eyed man does NOT inspire me trust lmfaoooo so i guess i may be biased ?

anyways i know warren kepler is a divisive character !!! he is so fucked up and complex and hot HE IS MY EVERYTHING im gonna throw up /pos im so obsessed with him... you evil bastard... youre my babygirl, ure so important to me, your war crimes and horrible morality is charming to me <3 i dont wanna fix him i wanna observe how he makes other people WORST (thinks 24/7 about the implication that he disciplines jacobi and maxwell in very creative ways)

okay anyways IM DONEEEE SORRY THIS GOT SO LONG BUT I DONT CARE ITS MY BLOG AND MY HEADCANONS AND ITS ALL UNDER A READ MORE SO I CAN YAP TO THE NOTHINGNESS AS MUCH AS I WANT OK BYEEE

[polyshipweek]

Polyship Week '24 - Day Three Prompts

We are four weeks away from #PolyshipWeek24, and it’s time to take a closer look at the prompts!

Day Three

Queerplatonic Partners

Show us the relationships in your polyship that blur the lines between platonic and romantic! What does it mean to your blorbos to have partnerships that are exactly what they want, no matter what anyone expects? Does your ship have aro or ace members at the heart of the polycule? Lifelong nesting partners, unhinged ride-or-dies, the people who are your blorbo's "people" — this prompt is a celebration of all those beautifully unique "secret third thing" relationships.

Beach

Who doesn't love a beach episode? Take your polyship to the seaside! Who likes to get buried in the sand? Who forgets to wear sunscreen? Who's teaming up for beach volleyball? Who just wants to read their book in the shade? Is your squad's beach a tropical island, a quiet lakeside, or a lighthouse on a rocky spur? Is this a pleasure trip, or is there something more complicated afoot?

Reverse Tropes

For this prompt, take a classic trope, and turn it on its head! A hotel suite with too many beds, a dose of can't-touch pollen, or maybe a curse where you can't say anything true — how does your polyship handle a topsy-turvey plot device? Check out the links here and here for even more ideas of reverse tropes!

Through the Years

Show us your polyship getting old and grey! Maybe they're taking a group selfie on a crisp fall day, like these folks from shutterstock, or maybe they're commiserating over their various aches and pains. Do they have kids? Grandkids? What does retirement look like for your blorbos — or are they too stubborn to slow down? What milestones have they celebrated together?

As a reminder, feel free to make any kind of fanwork for any of the prompts, mash them up, or do your own thing entirely. Check out the 2024 Masterpost for the full prompt list!

[jack-daww]

Writer ask game! (Both fanfic writers and non-fanfic writers)

1: What is the best compliment you've gotten on any of your works?

2: Do you have readers that you recognize by name (even if they may not comment regularly)?

3: Do you have scheduled uploads and if so, when?

4: How long was the longest work you've written?

5: What is your go-to way to deal with writers block?

6: Do you have a motivational cycle? (As in phases in which you barely write and phases in which you write so much holy shit)

7: How long are your uploads in regular?

8: Do you look through any and all replies to your work? Why?

9: What genre is your favourite to write?

10: Do you read and write similar stuff or are there differences?

11: What kind of relationships do you like writing best? (Family, platonic, romantic, etc.)

12: Do you write in your first language? Multiple languages? A secret, third option?

13: How many WIPs do you have open?

14: What POV do you write? First person, second person, third person?

15: What is the weirdest thing you had to look up for writing?

16: What is something you didn't have to look up but is still weird to know?

17: Could you or could you not successfully pull of a murder (at least in theory)?

18: Do you have a beta reader?

19: Do you edit your works?

20: Do you start on new ideas immediately or do you write them down until after you finish your current WIP?

21: How serious do you take your writing? Do you get money for it? Do you want to? Is it a hobby or a profession?

22: How often do you write fanfic? (From not at all to exclusively)

23: Is there a project you want to talk about?

24: Do you stick to the same writing style or do you try out new things when you can?

25: Have you ever gotten hate and if so, how did you deal with it?

26: Do you have a special writing process you have to follow every time you write?

27: How many people you know irl read what you're writing?

28: What would you say is your specialty in writing?

29: Do you listen to music while you write? If so, what kind?

30: What is, in your opinion, the greatest achievement that you have reached in writing?

Please don't feel pressured to answer anything you're not comfortable with!

[e-vasong]

For the DBD ask game: 2, 18, 24!

2. Which is your favourite episode? Why?

I unironically love every episode, but "The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers" is the perfect case to me. A good mystery, an even balance of the characters in the spotlight, weird riddles, and character conflict??? AGH. Perfectly tailored to me. (The Case of the Devlin House is also fantastic, but I get sad that Charles is out of commission for such a large chunk of it. :c I miss my boy!)

And of course, Leapers is tied for my favorite with "The Case of the Very Long Stairway" - for reasons that I imagine are quite self-explanatory!

18. Opinion on Edwin and Charles' dynamic? (Is it Romantic/ Platonic/ Secret third thing?)

I think that during season 1, Charles and Edwin's relationship is like. Platonic. But it's definitely the "we would buy a house together, raise children together, never ever leave each other; we are the most important people in each other's lives" sort of platonic, and then on top of that there's an undercurrent of repressed feelings from the both of them.

That said, I'm a Paineland truther, and in my heart of hearts they do end up together romantically. They just need some time to figure the rest out. <3 And they will.

24. What would you mail the netflix execs if you could send them anything?

I am in fact a passionate letter writer and I did actually draft a letter to email Netflix execs. Feel free to move some sentences around and steal it. It probably won't bring the show back, but it will be annoying, and I think that being a pest to millionaires/billionaires is always a public service.

Thanks for playing the ask game!

[constelationprize]

you can totally ignore this if you want but i'd love to hear more about #5

especially attic wife kevin and miserable gardener jean's relationship before and after jeremy gets there

And I'd love to tell you more about it!

I really really love gothic romance, and due to a personal original project of mine, I have read a ton of classic gothic lit this past year. This au has vary sligth influences from some of my favorite works, namely Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, and Rebecca (and it's possible original version A Sucessora but that's another can of worms), and a heavy influence of my favorite tropes in general. I also am of the personal opinion that Riko has the makings of a great gothic villain and honestly he deserves the stage to be properly dramatically evil.

The setting is vaguely victorian, but since I love myself and don't want to bother with all the logistics for a silly little au, it is a historical work in vibes only.

Kevin and Jean's relationship is a bit hard to describe without giving the plot away or just rehashing canon, but I'll try. In this AU, Kevin, Jean and Riko know each other since very, very young; Jean was born to servants of Evermore, Kayleigh died in childbirth, and Kengo sent Riko away when he was still being breastfed by a maid because he suspected him of being a bastard. Life in Evermore was not as harsh as it was on canon, but it was still not good. Tetsuji was a very bitter, cruel man, obsessed with legacy. For reasons related to inheritance and his own weird attempt at rewriting the past, he always planned to have Kevin marry Riko when they were of age. What he did not plan on was the two of his servants would rob him and run away, leaving their young son behind and him in charge of a third, commoner, useless ward. Jean was made to work at Evermore as a sort of indentured servant ever since, but when he was a child, the staff took pity on him and put him to smaller tasks, ones that would put him in more direct contact with the other children of the house. Kevin always saw Jean as a friend, but to Riko he was more like a toy, and Jean was often the butt of the jokes and the target of their more cruel games. As they grew up, Kevin and Jean stayed close even as their interactions started to be considered improper. Kevin always mistankely believed that Riko had grown out of his childish distaste of Jean, but that wasn't quite true; Riko had just started tormeting him behind his back, and Jean wouldn't confess for fear of who he'd choose. Tetsuji was just about as cruel and punishing to the boys as he was in canon, he just had less of a reason to keep a close eye on them and so was more of a distance presence in their lives. However, a important distinction is that in this AU, he truly did see Riko as his son and heir and spoiled him a lot in the name of conving Riko to follow his goals. Riko is less obssessed with the father who abandoned him than he is with what he was taught was his birthrightm which includes his perceived ownership of Kevin, who always saw him in more platonic terms even as he knew they were going to be engaged. Jean and Kevin start a secret romantic relantionship when they were around 17, when Jean was moved from doing general tasks to being Riko's personal valet. They are 19/20 when Tetsuji dies and instead of things being better when Riko becomes master of the house, they take a turn for the worse shortly after.

Jeremy arrives at Evermore when he is 25, and Kevin and Jean are 24. In the years since Riko inheriting the estate, the staff has diminished way beyond what was actually necessary to mantain the house in good shape. There remain only his new personal valet, a couple of cooks, the now-groundskeeper Jean, and the chief of staff (who is Thea! I'm unsure wether her function in the house is more like a housekeeper or a butler so she doesn't have an official job title yet. But she does give Jeremy many ominous warnings and clues. The rest of the staf are also gonna be Ravens, but who is who is tbd if any of Riko's goons are properly named in TSC, which I suspect they will). ANYWAY! When Jeremy arrives, Kevin and Jean have not spoken (or exchanged any kind of communication) in years. They only know of each other what Thea thinks is safe to share without risking Riko finding out, which is not a lot. They would like it to be different, but both have lost hope of ever getting out of Evermore by this point. Fear not, however! Jeremy, as expected of a gothic heroine, will not leave well enough alone and will do his best to reunite him and free them. And it might even work out!

As my parting words, I can tell this project has a title (acronymed BNTB), will probably have three to five chapters, and I have made this moodboard for it:

[whimsicalcotton]

https://www.tumblr.com/whimsicalcotton/757244198884917248/httpswwwtumblrcomwhimsicalcotton757163102785

Radio Anon — Love the song!! It’s surprisingly happy for an AmberPrice pining song, it’s like “we don’t need to officially be girlfriends because we like what we are already”. Like, they don’t need labels because what they are is already special enough they’re just OUGH

Also, angst question: Was there ever a point where Max tried to do what Chloe wanted and save the bay, only to find that doing so just made her feel empty inside, so she immediately went back into the loop?

(Also also, getting Brain Worm ideas about 15 winding up in post-Bay timeline, encountering a grief-stricken Max, and immediately deciding to help save Chloe AND the Bay because maybe then he can save Rogue, too)

haha yeah i have this problem where i tend to think of amberprice as like 30% less angsty than they canonically are. i literally have my playlist for them split in two between fun stuff and angst lol it's a problem

also i could go on for way too long about their ridiculous unnamed dynamic. as I've said before to me amberprice are functionally a silly old married couple but neither have the balls to look each other in the eye and say they're girlfriends. these bastards say i love you every way except the actual words themselves. they are yuri manga protagonist levels of doing/saying the gayest shit possible 24/7 without ever actually technically dating. is it platonic? is it romantic? is it a secret third thing? is it casual now? who knows! not even they do (i could also go on about how Rachel is more okay with being nameless than Chloe but Chloe puts up with it bc Rachel is just so important to her but. i digress.)

as for your angst question:

short answer, sort of. kind of. almost.

long answer; there's been at least once where Chloe actually convinced Max to go through with it. they agree to save the bay, they say their goodbyes. and then she's back in that bathroom and it hits her that she's going to let Chloe die, and how is she supposed to do that? how is she supposed to just stay back and let Nathan hurt her again? how is she supposed to turn a blind eye and hide in the corner like the coward she used to be? how is she supposed to stand there and pretend she doesn't know what's coming when she knows she could stop it, she's the only one who could stop it, she has to stop it.

Chloe takes a lot of bullets over all the timeloops but Nathan only shoots her in the bathroom once. Max would always intervene (to quote that Bloody Shirt remix you sent me: "i stepped out with heavy heart to bail you out again.") even with intention of letting it happen she just. Can't. and so everything starts over.

[ennaku-sirri-da]

Hey I'm mentally okay again! Time to post something unhinged but true and real to my heart.

I have a secret to confess to all of Tumblr.

I've been thinking about Habismal kissing nasty for almost two years now.

[ plaintext: I've been thinking about Habismal kissing nasty for almost two years now. ]

And its the most beautiful thing in the world. I think if you saw them not making out but definitely locking those lips in an extreme manner that would cause thermometer glasses in their vicinity to burst toxic mercury and any animals around to have courtship season come early-- your heart would undergo an orchestral, transcendant epiphany. Just pairs, pairs, everywhere, I love when things come in twos.

I want it to be Gross. I say this with love. Theres spit, there's blood and there's ass grabbing. It is still the most enchanting and magical thing, like a butterfly with iridescent wings flying on a clear day, and oh, the sky goes on forever. If any homophobes saw them in the park bench being a public disgrace then it's THEIR RIGHT to do so, HELLO. So a laser will shoot that bitch into the nearby duck pond. Even a 24 platoon army could not stop Habit from appreciating Kamals generous&bountiful backcheeks. It's so horribly romantic that it takes my breath away. I have missed five, fifteen or even twenty minutes of exams and classes and official appointments thinking about all this in the most vivid, painted detail and I hope I never forget that sheer winged bliss.

It's the love in the little things too. When Kamal burys his face in Habits boobs for emotional support because the coffee shop is getting to be a oversimulating situation, not because he doesnt care what the wide-eyed employees watching think, but because he loves his bro more than that. The Brocabulary. When Habit cited "Article 56: Help Thy Bro If His Back Be In Peril" ( plaintext: Article 56: Help Thy Bro If His Back Be In Peril" ) and Kamal lets go of sweet sleep to follow their old Code from college that's a joke but no it is but no it's not.

They are not Only romantic and not Only platonic but a third thing: so devoted the lines blur. You bet if Kamal gets married to someone then Habit will be invited and also snogging him for good luck before he ties the knot. They're the ultimate buddy movie to me. Fool antics, unexpected deep moment, WILD trips to the same few places they're used to, anti climax etc. Then at the end is an inexplicable (if you're straight ) inexplicable scene where they're in the same bed and oh my god. I don't know if I could've gotten through this part without crying. It's so....they're getting something from each other that they have been unfairly deprived of from the past. The soft touches, the touches that promise not to hurt..also the hickeys DAMN!??? Such a mess their designs are. I never thought I'd be the kind of person to be saying these things, but imagine the comfort it must bring them on some days to see their marks on each other and remember through the painful mind that, yes, he loves me. Anyway yes they're in the same bed and being silly hehe winky face. When the credits roll then Best Friend by Toybox (nightcore ) plays but with a special effect that makes your heart open all its eyes to eight new colors that you didn't even know existed.

NONE of the marketing mentions this( if you're straight). It's all shot like a found footage indie film btw.

But what really gets me is how they're...they look out for each other. They would protect each other with their lives. Kamal holding Habit laying down under his arms. Stitching him up when hes torn. Habit stashing Kamal away in his coat and/or boobs. Did I tell you one of his reasons for not getting top surgery was so that they could be comforting somehow one day btw. And I think it's somehow more meaningful to me when they're not solely each other's partners as well but DO have other people they see and would primarily define themselves as friends really. Friendship...is more important than love da😭( sobbing emoji) God, I'm so soft for that.

And really the kiss, Rose(kamal) meets Red(habit), is a culmination of all these thoughts. To me it's like an unashamed&mutual "I care about you dickhead" and that's beautiful. Thank you and always stay nasty.

[hkandiu]

A challenge for me, a gift for you! 🎄

Hello everyone! While I do have a bunch of stories for December I'm finishing, I wanted to give myself a fun holiday challenge again - to give you a gift! I’m looking for this to be in the Naruto world like last year, but expanding this year to also include Stucky in Marvel, and Superbat in DC! (Those are my strongest pairings in those two fandoms, but other secondary characters/pairings are welcomed too!)

The challenge for me is that I'll basically stick to like 1-2 hours to write it/maybe stay under 4k because lordy knows I can write veerrry long ones!

Ratings won't be higher than T and no adults will be romantically matched with children. All will be posted to ao3 in one multi-chaptered story, and I'll let you know what chapter yours is etc.

So, if you're game, send me a message in my ask box or in reply to this post with a pairing (or more) or one or more characters (if you want gen/platonic) and one or more of the prompt numbers below (some kept from last year, others are new), and I'll whip up a short story in December/January! Anonymous requests welcomed too! Big thanks to those of you who did this last year, I really appreciate it!

Prompts: Also feel free to specify if you want a type of AU, version of the characters (specific portrayal of Superman/Batman or perhaps Captain America/modern Bucky?) and any other info or details you'd like to share for it

1  Disaster date

2  "You're scared of that??"

3  Secret Santa

4  "Who needs a party when we have each other?"

5  Fur-ever family/pets (adoption or current pets)

6  Fake dating (not fake forever, wink wink...)

7  Rainy day

8  “That's it, I quit!"

9  “Nothing shocks me anymore...”

10 "Should we follow them?"

11 Teamwork

12 "Your taste in [insert] is terrible"

13 Call the medic!

14 Roommates

15 Decorating for the holidays

16 Co-workers meddle

17 At least one is drunk

18 “I never said that!”

19 Shouting match

20 Secrets

21 Mistletoe

22 Matching outfits

23 Drunk confessions

24 Someone is scolding someone

25 Pajamas

26 "Good thing we didn't do that..."

27 No sleep

28 They keep running into each other

29 “We never agree on anything!

30 “A cup of coffee/tea/water etc would be nice.”

31 "Would falling in love with me be so terrible?"

32 Sick and over it all

33 Person C gets involved for Persons A and B because they sure won't/can't do it for themselves!

34 Someone gets locked out and asks to spend the night at someone else's place

35 "You know what? The feeling is mutual."

36 Clutter

37 Memories

38 A second chance (or third, or fourth, or...?)

39 Video games

Feel free to ask questions too! Thanks for reading! 🍥

[stellena]

do u do platonic ones? if so, could you do being jj's platonic soulmate like y'all are truly each other's fave person 🥺🥺 (obx jj btw) (:

Being JJ’s platonic soulmate would include:

• You and JJ had known each other since forever

• Literally forever

• Your moms were in the same delivery room

• And just like that, a new friendship was born

• Since your parents were practically absent, you two had always helped each other out

• Out of the whole friend group, you and JJ were the closest

• You were more than best friends

• You meant everything to JJ, and the same thing vice versa

• The kooks always thought you two were dating, but you just enjoyed each other’s company

• Deciding to move in together

• Spending almost every night falling asleep in the same bed having deep conversations

• “Do you believe in soulmates?”

• “Do you believe in god?”

• “Do you believe in love?”

• Falling asleep curled up to one another

• JJ always making sure there was a smile on your face

• Working odd jobs together and splitting the cash

• JJ always playing with your hair

• And learning how to braid and curl it

• Helping JJ study since he could never focus

• Pulling all nighters so he could understand the difference between Spanish and French

• Stealing all his clothes

• Sitting next to each other in class

• He’d always help you when you were sick

• Giving you medicine, chicken noodle soup, blankets, whatever you needed

• He won’t go anywhere without you

• You two are a matching set

• Where one goes, the other follows

• You’re JJ’s go to person for everything

• You two are extremely open with one another

• Telling you about his dad’s abuße

• Telling JJ when a boy would make you uncomfortable

• Wearing JJ’s hoodies and his hats

• Making breakfast together

• Dancing around the kitchen together

• Wearing his rings

• Constantly pranking each other

• And scaring the life out of one another, but it was all in good fun

• Relaxing on the beach while you watched JJ surf

• He’d always come running to you afterwards: “did you see that wave?” with a big smile on his face

• “Where’s y/n?” Kie would ask

• “With JJ”

• And “JJ’s running late again.”

• “As is y/n.”

• Sometimes even John b wondered why you two didn’t end up dating

• He had know the both of you since the third grade, and always thought there was something there

• But neither of you ever had any romantic feelings towards the other

• You were always trying to set each other up

• Telling JJ all the details when you’d go out on a date, and him telling you everything about who he hooked up with

• Kie thought you’d end up dating too

• You two were always physically close

• JJ with his arm around you at bonfires

• Holding his hand when you were nervous

• Lots of hugs

• When you’d cry JJ would cup your face and give you a forehead kiss, telling you everything would be okay

• When you’d go on adventures with your friends and get in trouble, you were always the person JJ was the most worried about

• He’d hold your hand while running from the cops

• Making each other laugh 24/7

• JJ telling the worst jokes but laughing at them anyways just to see the smile on his face

• JJ protecting you from everything and everyone

• Having a secret handshake

• Lots of cuddles when neither of you could sleep

• JJ painting your nails

• Letting you paint his nails black because he thought it “looked dope, man.”

• Doing all your class projects together

• Everyone on the island knowing how close you were

• Pretty much the only time you weren’t seen without the other was when you went to the bathroom

• Rafe teasing you and asking how you ever expected to find a boyfriend when you always had JJ attached to the hip

• JJ was ready to fight him

• “Maybe you should worry about yourself.”

• You and JJ going home that night and realizing that you’d both be okay if you never dated anyone or got married

• You’d rather spend the rest of your lives with each other, in your own platonic way

• You already lived together and did absolutely everything together

• You both cared for each other so deeply and would never let anyone come between you

• Never fighting with one another

• It was the two of you against the world, and you wouldn’t have it any other way

Request a fic or headcanon here! ❤️

[violet-knox]

Imagine getting a panic attack in the middle of Potion’s class with Professor Snape

Request: Could you you do a Snape x Reader fic where someone fucks up in his class and it just caught him on a bad day so that launches him on a rampage and he's just chewing this kid out, like really screaming about how incompetent they are when on the other side of the class reader starts having a massive panic attack. Like full on shaking and loudly hyperventilating and she just cant get up to leave cause she's frozen with fear and Snape sees this and is like oh shit I fucked up. Eventually the student just leaves the class not even asking first. Just runs out and doesn't return, leaving him feeling horrible until the student finally returns to class a few days later and he apologizes. 

Word Count: 1689

A/N: Thank you @aquananner24 for the request! I hope you enjoy! Also, as mentioned previously, I don’t do romantic or platonic student/teacher relationships so this is NOT a pairing. I also changed the plot a bit and I also made the reader a Hufflepuff, but the idea is still the same. Also also, thought I’d try something a little different this time so this is mostly in Sev’s POV written in third person. 

- Preposterous was the only word that could truly sum up this year’s events. How could Dumbledore pick this buffoon over him to teach Defense? All these years he’d been passed over on the position, he’d watched Professor after Professor fail at their post but this had to be the biggest insult yet. Severus had actually ‘taught’ (and he had to use that word loosely) this idiot prancing around as if he was some heroic Wizard to be praised for deeds he likely never had a hand in completing. 

- Gilderoy Lockhart. What a joke and perhaps that’s what this was; a practical joke the Headmaster had decided to play to see how many of Severus’ buttons he could press. It was bad enough the Dark Lord’s return had almost come to pass last year, but this- petrified students and a reopening of the Chamber of Secrets, had Severus truly believing the mere presence of the Potter boy to be a menace to the school. 

- Already the school had broken into chaos and he wasn’t sure if he would live to see the boy’s graduation at this rate, the school sure to explode from the destruction he brought with him before then. It was a shame the boy hadn’t been sorted into Slytherin, else all of this would likely have been avoided with him back with that wench Petunia after his inevitable expulsion. 

- Despite it all, Severus had still managed to fulfill his job as Potions Master, teaching those ungrateful ingrates and keep the storeroom stocked in the infirmary. But would one day break from the chaos really be too much to ask? Just 24 hours of peace was all he wanted.

- “Put away your wands and have your quills ready,” he said as he burst through the Potion’s classroom, billowing his way to the front of the room. At least the boy wasn’t in his morning class, at least he could be granted some sort of serenity teaching his Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff students. 

- Well, that’s what he’d thought before stepping into a classroom full of nothing but gossip passed from one student to the next. Rumours always seemed to spread so easily through the castle walls but why this? Of all the ridiculous theories they could have come up with students had somehow convinced himself that Potter was the descendant of Slytherin himself. The mere thought of his father having any sort of relation to a man that founded this great school was repulsive enough to put him in an even worse mood than he was in these last few weeks.

- “Have you gone deaf or are you simply incapable of following the simplest of instructions Miss. Lovegood?” He hadn’t even bothered to spin around as he spotted the girl with the latest edition of the Quibbler in her hand in the corner of his eye. With one foul swoop he finished writing out the instructions for today’s potion before whipping out his wand and vanishing the Magazine from her hand. “Quills out! I won’t ask a second time!”

- He normally didn’t mind the girl’s absurd theories, so long as they remained just that, simple unfounded theories, but it seemed as though today she’d decided to approach things a little different. The class had barely begun brewing their potions when he heard mention of moon frogs coming from Lovegood’s direction.

- “Despite your clear interest in fiction over the study of a perfected science, I still expect you able enough to remove your head from the cloud of your imagination for two hours and learn something useful! Or perhaps you find stories of fairytail creatures fascinating enough that you believe spewing this nonsense would earn you a passing grade in my class. Should I call Hagrid or perhaps the ministry to investigate this seemingly newfound knowledge you’ve discovered?”

- Severus felt himself letting go of his frustrations, taking it all out on this girl who really hadn’t done anything to deserve such a scolding. Sure, she was quirky and odd, but when had that ever been a crime? If it was, he certainly would have been guilty of it at her age and if anyone were to see what he’d done with the spare bedroom in his house without context, filling it with all those jars full of animal parts, they certainly would have freak out at the very least. 

- Still he continued to batter her, regrettable words spilling out of his mouth and the more they bounced off her, the more irritable he became. And despite his harsh words, the girl simply sat there batting her eyes as if his comments were nothing more than passing criticism. 

- He was normally so observant, always aware of his students and their display of idiocy, but in this moment of rage and outburst, he’d let himself go. He’d forgotten for a moment where he stood and neglected to realize one of his Hufflepuffs beginning to hyperventilate as he continued lecturing Miss. Moon-Frogs on her inability to attach herself to the real world. 

- “What is the meaning of this?” He snapped as he stepped towards the Hufflepuff sitting in the farthest corner of the room. She was tearing up, crying as if she’d just watched him rip out her puppy’s heart and he couldn’t fathom what could have possibly warranted such a reaction when the entire class was doing nothing but watch his outburst the last few minutes.

- He tried to shift his attention to her, but the second he turned in her direction, she’d sprung up from her seat as though if he got any closer to her, she’d instantly retract Dragon Pox. He watched her tremble and stumble over herself as she struggled to see through her tears and sprint out the door.

- He froze a moment, taken a bit by surprise. After all these years of sarcastic comments and strict mannerisms, never had one of his student’s walked out of his class before. 

- “Get back to work,” he blurted out as he made his way to the door, running after her. “I expect all your potions to be near completion when I return.” 

- He didn’t have to travel very far before catching up with her, finding her bundled on the floor into a ball as she hugged her knees, sobbing with her head hung low. Examining her shacking body and trembling hands, he began to feel a sense of familiarity as he realized she’d had a panic attack during class, likely triggered by something. It only took him a short moment to fit all the pieces together and realized that he’d been the cause of this. This girl’s current state was his own doing.

- Guilt seeped into his chest as he recalled his own past traumas. How he’d used to wake up in the middle of the night, shacking from the reoccurring night terrors that had only passed after he’d worked relentlessly night after night and strengthened the Sleepless Dream Potion. 

- Approaching her slowly, he kept a safe distance as he lowered himself, kneeling on the stone floor, trying to think of any way he could possibly repent his mistakes. 

- “Miss. (Y/L/N),” he spoke softly, careful not to worsen the situation. Closing his eyes, he thought back to his own time huddled into a corner as she had done now and spoke the words he’d hoped someone had said to him at that time. “I apologize for my behaviour. I should not have lost my composure as I did, and I apologize for that.”

- Pausing, he let out a gentle sigh as he ran his fingers through his hair and swiftly stood to quickly make his way back to his classroom.

- You’d only heard the faint echo of his footsteps as he walked away from you, surprised at the fact he’d left you alone when you’d fully expected him to throw some of those nasty comments he was handing Loony Lovegood your way. Your mind went blank as you sat there in silence, ridding you of the old memories your Professor had raised.

- His sudden calmness had somehow snapped you back to reality as thoughts of curiosity overwhelmed you instead. You hugged your knees closer to your chest while you watched through the corner of your eyes as he returned to you, kneeling before you like he’d previously done. 

- “Calming Draught,” he stated, and you heard the sound of a glass vial placed on the stone floor beside you. “And Sleepless Dream if you find yourself up tonight.”

- He placed the second vial beside the first as he sat there watching her peer down at his offering. Her tears had stopped but it was clear she was not yet prepared to return to class.  

- Deciding the best thing for her was to give her time, he prepared himself to head back into the classroom without her, taking one last glance at the girl before speaking once more. “When you’re ready, I trust you can find your way to your Head of House. When you see her, hand her this.”

- And with that, he slid a small folded note towards her containing the explanation for her state, her Potions Professor taking complete responsibility for the situation and mention of excusing the rest of the day’s classes. He swiftly made his way back to his classroom, looking back to see her slowly reach out for the Calming Draught, secretly content he hadn’t completely failed his duties as a Professor. 

- Severus was careful from that day on with his temper, taking a small sip of Calming Draught before class if he ever found that bubble in his gut about to burst again. And by the looks of how this year was turning out, he was likely to need a lot more of it if he wanted to get through the year without poisoning a certain irritable Professor. Then again, would the world really miss another failed Defense Professor if he was to be replaced again next year?

@marvelschriss​ @bush-viper-cutie​

[saturno-sol]

9, 11, 23, 24?

Thanks for the ask! Alrighty let's see here... 9. Tag 3 fic writers you think are underrated/unknown in the fandom/fanfiction community.

Oh! I get to rec some awesome people!

First off I wanna rec is NurgleTWH! They've got 2 big HK fics, one currently in progress and omg I absolutely love reading em! The detail in em is just *chefs kiss*

Second off is feralphoenix! They got some amazing prose, though most of their HK fics are explicit and/or deal with heavy topics they have a few sfw ones that are pretty good.

Third I'm gonna have to go with a double feature of AlbiNora and CuriouslyCheekyCheye for their fic Petals and Wings! Following a lil Vessel that was picked up and taken into the White Palace they explore what happens when you put a creature made of darkness into the brightest place imaginable, poor Differing Horns...

11. How do you come up with your fic titles

Rah! If I told you my secret I'd lose my magic! /j

Nah honestly whatever comes to mind as I'm writing it out, be it song lyrics, something relevant to the plot. The only one I really put some extra thought into was Codex Xihuitl, Codex means an ancient story on a manuscript, and Xihuitl in Nahua can mean a variety of things such as grass, turquoise, and most importantly to the story, the year and flames.

23. What are your absolute Favorite Tropes to write?

I love love love writing characters hugging, cuddling and such, be it platonic or romantic. Something about the physical aspect of it makes my touch starved brain go hee hee.

Angst, I love writing angst, I love throwing characters into bad situations and seeing how they get out (or don't). Angst and Hurt are my bread n butter >:3

This one's pretty niche but I like exploring Modern AU's esp with fantasy worlds as extensive as HK, just trying to translate it all, sometimes having to create new things is a super enjoyable thought piece for my brain to puzzle out!

24. What's a trope that you'd like to never hear about, let alone write for as long as you live? Love Triangles, maybe it's because I grew up reading YA Books with the main protag girl falling in love with both the nice lifelong friend boy and the dark and brooding boy and there'd be chapters of confusion LIKE COME ON!!!! Urgh! Why can't they just all sit down and talk it out, or better yet, she just doesn't chose at all!!!! Get on with the PLOT!!!!

You will never see me write a Love Triangle, ever, not on my entire life.