#of course this happens with a lot of spider people but i think these three are a Specific Headache together

[sensesdialed]

personally i just think that the three live action peters are so incredibly ride or die for each other despite only spending like a day together

[sunarryn]

DP X Marvel #26

Danny didn’t really think it through. In his defense, there weren’t a lot of guidebooks titled “How to Deal with the Psychotic Future Version of Yourself You Accidentally Redeemed But Are Still Terrified Of.” Jazz suggested therapy. Sam suggested containment. Tucker suggested launching him into deep space. Danny, brilliant and seventeen and sleep-deprived after three days of babysitting a now mostly-reformed Dan Phantom, decided, “Screw it,” ripped open a portal to another dimension, and told him to “go make friends.” Dan grinned, sharp-toothed and wicked, and without hesitation dove through the swirling green and blue mass of unstable ectoplasmic energy.

Thus began the Marvel Universe’s greatest headache.

The first incident happened barely four hours after Dan’s arrival. New York woke up to a brand new urban legend: a demon with burning blue eyes and silver-streaked black hair beating the living shit out of Shocker in the middle of Times Square. People recorded it, of course. Viral videos showed Shocker screaming, running, trying desperately to aim his gauntlets while Dan literally phased through every attack like he was swatting a mosquito. Somewhere in the footage, Dan shouted, “C’MON, MAN! HIT HARDER, YOU’RE EMBARRASSING YOURSELF!” before drop-kicking Shocker into a halal cart.

The Avengers noticed. Specifically, Spider-Man noticed, because Peter Parker had never been so personally offended by something in his life.

“He’s stealing my bit,” Peter whined to MJ later, scrolling through TikTok and watching the mysterious “Blue Devil” bodyslam the Rhino into a GAP storefront. “That’s MY thing. Wisecracking and beating up guys in animal costumes.”

MJ, deadpan as ever, didn’t even look up from her book. “Maybe if you hit the gym once in a while, you could still compete.”

Elsewhere, S.H.I.E.L.D. was losing their collective shit.

Nick Fury reviewed the footage with the grim severity of a man preparing for war. “I want every available agent tailing him. Find out what he is, what he wants, and for God’s sake, do not engage.”

Unfortunately, Dan had other plans. He wanted engagement. Constant, chaotic, no-holds-barred engagement.

When the X-Men tried to approach him peacefully—because, to be fair, a floating, smirking, six-foot-seven superpowered anomaly screamed “mutant”—Dan responded by challenging Wolverine to a fistfight in the middle of Central Park.

“You smell angry,” Dan said, cracking his knuckles and grinning wide. “I like that. C’mon, Knives. Show me what those claws can do.”

Wolverine, never one to back down from a challenge, growled and immediately lunged. It took six X-Men to pull them apart. Logan was half in love and half homicidal.

Jean Grey, massaging her temples afterward, sighed, “He’s not a mutant. He’s something else. Something… worse.”

Meanwhile, Dan wasn’t picky about his opponents. Hero? Villain? Civilian? If you looked at him wrong, he was ready to throw hands. He got into a screaming match with Daredevil over a parking spot. He suplexed Deadpool into a dumpster for calling him “Discount Nightcrawler.” He made Venom cry after a fifteen-minute insult match that Eddie Brock would never fully recover from.

The Fantastic Four tried to reason with him.

“We can help you,” Reed Richards said, voice patient like he was talking to a rabid cat. “We have resources—”

Dan blew up the top three floors of the Baxter Building and left a sticky note on the ruins that said, “UR WELCOME - D.”

The thing was, Dan wasn’t evil anymore. Not really. He wasn’t trying to take over the world. He wasn’t murdering anyone. He just had a lifetime’s worth of rage, grief, and unresolved abandonment issues—and no idea what to do with them except get into constant, escalating, deeply unnecessary fights.

It got to a point where the heroes started treating Dan like a natural disaster.

“Code Blue,” a harried S.H.I.E.L.D. agent barked over comms one afternoon. “I repeat, Code Blue! The entity is currently body-slamming Juggernaut through Grand Central!”

Cap sighed, already pulling on his shield. “Alright, team. Let’s move out.”

Black Widow holstered her guns. “At least it’s not another alien invasion.”

Thor, cheerful as ever, grinned. “I relish a good battle!”

Hawkeye muttered, “You relish being concussed.”

Dan, for his part, loved the attention. He loved the chaos. He loved the feeling of letting loose in a world that could actually handle him, where nobody flinched when he punched through a concrete wall or melted a tank with a blast of pure ectoplasmic fire.

He was happy, in his deeply deranged, borderline-psychotic way.

That didn’t mean he was easy to deal with.

After Dan singlehandedly wrecked a Hydra base (“I was bored, okay?” he said when the Avengers confronted him), Tony Stark decided to try a different tactic.

“Look, Big and Blue,” Tony said, lounging on the ruined remains of what was once a cutting-edge jet. “Ever think about channeling that rage into something… productive? Like, say, joining the Avengers?”

Dan blinked, actually considering it for a full five seconds.

Then he laughed so hard he almost dropped a car on Tony’s head.

“Me? Work with you guys? Under orders? Are you high, Tin Man?”

Steve Rogers, exhausted and already developing a migraine, tried. “You could do a lot of good—”

“I am doing good,” Dan said brightly. “I’m keeping you on your toes. No need to thank me.”

“You broke Clint’s arm last week,” Natasha reminded him.

“He’ll live.”

“He was trying to give you a granola bar.”

Dan shrugged, utterly unbothered. “He looked suspicious.”

The closest thing Dan had to a friend was Deadpool. Not because they got along—they didn’t, not even a little—but because Deadpool was the only one insane enough to keep up.

They had a rivalry. A bloody, chaotic, absolutely incomprehensible rivalry that involved prank wars, bar fights, and one extremely regrettable karaoke contest that left three bars in ruins and a citywide ban on musical gatherings involving either party.

“I hate you,” Dan snarled once, pinning Deadpool to a wall after a four-hour chase across Manhattan.

“I hate you more!” Wade screeched back, thrilled beyond belief.

“Great! Friends forever!” Wade cackled.

Dan screamed into the void.

Meanwhile, Danny Fenton was back in his own dimension, blissfully unaware, telling Jazz, “See? Everything’s fine.”

Jazz, reading a news article titled “Unknown Supernatural Entity Causes $3 Billion in Property Damage, Punches Doctor Doom in the Face” quietly considered strangling him.

Eventually, the heroes adapted. Dan was like bad weather. You prepared for him. You kept an eye out for ominous blue clouds and spontaneous outbreaks of screaming. Sometimes he helped. Sometimes he made things worse. Mostly, he made things interesting.

There were even betting pools.

“Fifty bucks says he crashes this gala,” Sam Wilson said, tightening his bowtie before a high-profile Avengers event.

“Hundred says he wears a suit to crash it,” Bucky Barnes added, deadpan.

“Two hundred he punches Tony before dessert,” Carol Danvers said, sipping champagne.

Dan did crash the gala. In a tuxedo.

He punched Tony before the entrees even made it out.

By then, nobody was even surprised.

The turning point came when Galactus tried to devour Earth (again). The heroes mobilized. Big stakes. High drama. Apocalyptic dread.

Dan showed up in the middle of the chaos, lazily floating beside Captain Marvel.

“Hey,” he said, tilting his head at the giant cosmic entity looming in the sky. “I’m gonna punch that.”

Carol, blinking, said, “You can’t just punch Galactus.”

Dan, already cracking his knuckles, grinned. “Watch me.”

And then he did.

Nobody knew how. It defied physics, logic, and every law of reality. But somehow, Dan punched Galactus so hard the giant stumbled, clutched his jaw, and left.

There was a beat of stunned silence.

Deadpool clapped. “THAT’S MY BEST ENEMY!”

Thor dropped his hammer.

Tony sat down on the ground and decided to reconsider all his life choices.

Steve very seriously said, “We are never letting him leave.”

Thus, against all odds, Dan Phantom—the violent, chaotic, semi-redeemed ghost of a now-erased dystopian future—became an honorary Avenger much to his own dismay.

He didn’t exactly follow rules. He certainly didn’t behave. But when Thanos invaded three months later and Dan showed up by suplexing a Leviathan out of the sky and riding it into battle like a demented cowboy, nobody complained.

Well. Except the Leviathan.

In the end, Danny was right.

Everything was fine.

If your definition of “fine” included a psychotic ghost terrorizing both heroes and villains equally, destabilizing multiple governments, and becoming a beloved menace.

But hey. Could be worse.

At least he wasn’t totally evil anymore.

[whenlilyfallsinlove]

not today

ant x reader, probably gonna have multiple parts!! i am so in love with him stop.. there's a severe lack of heartbreak high work on here!!!

was it wrong to be in love with your best friend?

you often debated the logistics of this question every night before you fell asleep, when all you could think about was him.

anthony vaughn. your best friend since diapers, the ned to your peter, the ron to your harry and everything in between. you were together that often he had his own place at your dinner table.

it was an unlikely pairing, really. people often deemed ant as an idiot, which sometimes you couldn't refute. he had made lots of stupid decisions over the years, you couldn't deny that.

"YOU THREE DID WHAT?!" you screamed, as ant had a guilty look on his face.

ant, spider and dusty had made up a rumour that amerie had slept with jojo, the teacher of the group you both had been forced to join - SLTs. this resulted in jojo being fired, and a huge protest involving yourself, ant and the rest of the group sleeping in woodsy's office.

"it was dusty's idea!" ant exclaimed, trying to defend himself. he hated when you were mad at him.

"yet you still went along with it?" you scoffed.

"spider did as well." he protested.

"of course he fucking did." you rolled your eyes. as much as you were best friends with ant, you hated his other friends. they were cunts, mostly.

"look (y/n) i'm sorry-"

"i don't think it's me you should be apologising too." you interrupted him, firmly.

ant sighed, and you hated yourself for how you really can't stay mad at him for too long.

"look.. i've already apologised to amerie. we just.. i just.. was mad. SLTs is so boring y'know? and amerie is the reason we're there anyway!" he said.

"it was still wrong of you." you replied, but your eyes softened.

"cmon (y/n), you can't be mad at me forever." ant said, giving you his best puppy dog eyes.

you sighed, and playfully rolled your eyes.

"you're right, i really can't." you groaned and he got up and tackled you into a hug.

"get off of me, you smell awful!" you protested weakly, yet you still wrapped your arms around him.

you were screwed. well and truly.

you, on the other hand, were deemed as someone smart. someone respected. it confused people how you were so close, when you were just so different.

you didn't even want to think about how your friends would react after finding out about your feelings. that's why you told no one.

however, it seemed that you weren't as secretive about your feelings for ant as you thought. amerie's map. you couldn't look him in the eyes for a week after that.

loud voices were heard as you, ant and spider approached what seemed to be the talk of your year group. you looked up to see a map, a map full of names of everyone that you knew.

"what the fuck.." you muttered, your eyes roaming the map, taking it all in.

you see your own name, with lines between dusty and cash. you scoff. it didn't happen. whoever made this clearly relied on rumours that had once gone around about you.

"darren jerked you off.. nice bro, you into dudes now?" spider's voice, directed at ant, brought you from your thoughts.

you looked at the map to see ant's name connected to darren. you raised an eyebrow.

"fuck off spider." you roll edyour eyes.

"what, you jealous?" spider responded, making you clench your jaw.

"still mad i rejected you, yeah?" you replied. ant laughed at your response, making you feel quite proud of yourself.

"bro, ant and (y/n) have that same line between them that mine and amerie have." dusty's voice spoke up, pulling you from your argument with spider.

confused, you looked up to what he's talking about. your eyes widened. he was right. in all your anger about the other lines coming off your name, you had failed to notice the gold line between yours and ant's name.

"what the fuck does that mean?" ant asked, also looking up.

you look to the key.

"destined.." you muttered. you were mortified. destined? how had these mystery map bitches both fed your delusions and humbled you at the same time?

"the fuck does that mean?" ant said. to a normal person, you'd probably be offended that your crush of many years had that response but to you, you didn't care. it was likely he genuinely did not know what it meant.

"you're destined to be together, ain't that cute?" spider teased, smacking ant on the back.

you avoid eye contact with ant for the rest of that day. when it was revealed amerie created the map a small part of you wanted to ask her to elaborate. you still haven't asked ... yet.

you could never confess your feelings for him. there was no way you would. years of friendship would be on the line, if he said no.

you'd wait. wait until it was the right time.

anthony vaughn was your best friend, and you were in love with him.

one day you'd confess.

just not today.

[guinea-pig-enthusiast]

A comprehensive guide to my mindset when I play Minecraft:

Dig holes in the ground overnight to hide from the mobs. I cannot fight at all, and this is the only strategy I have.

If I ever get lost (which is very often), I am not able to use the environment to find my way around. My only option is to not dig a hole at night and hope I remember anything about where I respawn.

There is nothing intuitive about crafting recipes to me. I can make crafting tables and glass. Guess what I build my houses out of. Guess.

I saw someone say that enderpearls are "really good in the early game". Absolutely hilarious. My "early game" is three years in the making, and I don't even know what diamonds look like in-game.

Message my friends about the progress I'm making! I got a lot of cheers when I played for like twenty hours over the course of the week to find iron.

(I was actively looking for Iron the whole time.)

What the heck is an enchantment?

There are chests everywhere full of junk that I'm sure will be useful later. As long as I remember it's there. Which I won't.

Punching fish may not be effective but it sure is fun

I can't fight any mobs, but I have never won against a spider. If I see a spider, I either run or perish.

I like to look up inspiration online by seeing what other people build! It's always way out of my skill range, and I never will actually be able to imitate it, but it sure looks nice, doesn't it?

Google "where do I find x?" because I only know the location of dirt, and then I do not understand the coordinates system thing that's happening when I find the answers.

Marvel at the squid(?) creatures. Man, they sure know how to swim.

I never know where I am.

What even is the End? I went to the Nether once I think, but I'm pretty sure y'all are messing with me about the End.

If I see coal, I am filled with the sudden need for torches. It does not matter how many I have, I can always have more.

Marvel at the beauty of the pigs.

Half of my inventory is pickaxes. Just in case I get stuck in another cave.

So. Biomes, amIright?

I think I'm being lied to about redstone there is no way that is real

[weebsinstash]

As much as I want to have children by this man, let's take a moment to sip our platonic yandere Miguel juice

-i can't decide which sex he'd be more partial to in a 'child'/you since in the movie there was Gabriella but in the comics he eventually has a son who becomes the next Spiderman but--

-as a girl i just naturally think of a lot of those sorts of gender specific ideas 👉👈 he's this big scary hulking intimidating threat and his "daughter" is the one melting his cold exterior

-doesnt matter if you're a grown ass woman, Miguel sees you struggling to braid your hair and suddenly here he is, full dad mode, doing it for you,and depending on how close you two are, maybe he disguises it with "ugh, stop spending so much time messing around with that. If I do it for you will you get back to work? 🙄", but really it's just your new self proclaimed dad/tio wanting to help braid your hair and help you feel pretty and, oh, how he can fondly remember the last time he helped braid "his daughter's" hair...

-of course this evolves to him just loving to do things with your hair. Braid it, wear it natural, style it, use products on it, hes got you. you were just trying to put your hair in a lazy updo like a ponytail or bun and this man doesn't let you leave until he's got you completely combed out, hair braided with ribbons, and of course this entire time youre awkwardly sitting there in a chair in his absolute cave of a workstation with this gargantuan 6'9 man there, "so how was your day? Staying out of trouble?"

-really I mean. Is stealing other people's kids NOT technically in character for him. You're unfortunate enough to trauma bond with this man and you're never getting rid of him

-you hear Miles Morales call him tio (as in the tio meaning dude) and you jokingly teasingly start calling him tio, which Miguel secretly pretends is the version that means uncle. You're just constantly joking around or looking up at him with these big pouty eyes, "but tio 🥺 can't I PLEASE--" and its like. Lmao people know that if they need to ask Miguel for a favor, that it increases their chances to have you ask in their stead

- I mean, as a female adult abused as a child by my own father, raised by a single mom myself, like...

Reader flinches away when Peter B goes to give you a supportive pat on the back or comes in for a high five after a mission and you force yourself to laugh because you're feeling more than just a little awkward and in the spotlight. "Oh, sorry, that was dumb!" And they eventually get you to kind of anxiously word vomit "my dad used to just kind of, rough me up sometimes when I did something wrong! It-it could've been a lot worse honestly, but, it-it just makes me kinda jumpy around guys sometimes! It's not a big deal, or personal or anything. I'm sorry if I made you feel bad 🥺"

Peter B, Jessica, and Miguel all there as older parental figures and also literal parents, immediately exchange looks and agree like "oh hell naw, don't like that" and you get silently adopted by all three of em right then and there

-if it's a physically abusive father and you're still the victim of abuse, I imagine your dad had some suspicious figures suddenly show up in the middle of the night to terrify and threaten the shit out of him and suddenly you aren't getting as manhandled anymore

-can you imagine, like, you show up to Spider Society one day with a black eye "oh, this? It's, it's nothing. My dad is just, he's about to make police captain and he's really stressed about it is all" cue all your friends mentally high fiving around the table because your abusive piece of shit dad is going to die and you don't even know. When it happens they'll all be "oh no, sweetie, I'm SOOOO sorry :(" meanwhile they're thrilled bc now you don't have any parents and they can weasel in there as your new family, schedule your birthday parties, monopolizing more of your time, things like that

-goddd I just imagine it could become some kind of weird fucked up enmeshed scenario where the structure it's providing for your life is actually good for you meanwhile Miguel is like, retroactively kind of soothing some of his trauma both from his own childhood and what happened with the second universe he broke that it's just like. You're a grown ass adult and this man is tucking you in goodnight and saying "te amo, mija" at the doorway and you bet his ass is going to stand there and not let you sleep until you say it back. He knows you're just absolutely seething at him and he'll still refuse to leave without a grumbling "te amo, papá 🙄"

-He eventually just has you doing so much shit and depending on him so much that it starts to become second nature to you. one day you're in the Society doing one of the odd jobs you're allowed to help with and suddenly you're thinking, "Ugh I actually don't know what to do next, I wish Papá was here to-- WAIT SHIT NO I MEAN MIGUEL--"

-lmaooooo as a non Spanish speaker I keep thinking of how awwwwwful it would be if he actually forces you to learn Spanish. Not inherently because there's anything wrong with Spanish, but, I'm not always smart, and I can just SEE him quizzing your ass, forcing you to have entire conversations in Spanish, always clicking his tongue or chuckling at you when you make a mistake and he just thinks you're so cute struggling to learn 🥰 man hears you're trying to take extra lessons from Miles and he instantly drops everything he's doing to go track the little scamp down. Insert meme "I can forgive being an anomaly but I draw the line at teaching Reader bad Spanish"

-siiiiiiigh eventually the day comes when you're in big danger and you need his help, maybe you disobeyed him and was hanging out with some other Spiders in another dimension when there was a sudden villain attack, and he comes to your rescue as a villain does something dramatic like has a gun to your head or a knife to your neck and the second you see him you're just overwhelmed wirh a sense of relief, calling out for him, calling him dad/tio/papá whatever, and he's just like 😭❤️ pumping his fist internally, like YES you are so grounded when you get back home but also 🥰 you finally called him dad without him having to twist your arm 🥰 nevermind if the "villain" who kidnapped you was actually a Spider who owed him a favor, and this whole thing was to teach you a lesson about listening to your Papá, that's not important ❤️

-Miguel who forces you to learn Spanish vs Miguel who forces you to be Catholic. I can excuse kidnapping and forced adoption but I draw the line at making me practice religion 💀 no but seriously, he probably does have certain morals and values he instills/forces upon you if he thinks you need them, and he'll probably be one of those fathers, "are you leaving the house dressed like that? Go change" and orders you not to hang out with certain people he doesn't approve of or thinks have bad character (like hobie lmao)

-bruh you two will be on a super serious important mission and this man will be like "it's dark, hold my hand so we dont get separated"

Eventually it comes to a point where you're, not perfectly behaved but, just about. If someone finds Miguel, it means you're not very far away, or vice versa. Members of the Society quickly learn not to make any advances on you or make any "adult" comments unless they want to get suspiciously hurt during a personal training session by the big boss himself. You think you're safe just cause Miguel isn't around? Nah, cause then you have Peter B and Jess keeping an eye on you, and, not that YOU'RE aware of the extent, but, if Miguel ever gets worried, he can just ask Lyla what you've been getting up to, since your modified little daypass has her installed into it and she can track your every move ❤️ helicopter parent? Oh honey, you have NO idea...

[doe-eyed-fool]

Fallen {Chapter Three}

Alastor x (fem)Reader

Warning: Very ooc Lucifer (I made the first few chapters before the series came out)

"Redemption?" I wonder aloud. "Yes! This is my hotel, and here, me and my staff help sinners better themselves for a chance of being redeemed!" Charlie says enthusiastically. But it didn't make much sense to me. Why would sinners care about being redeemed? Could they even be redeemed?

That sounded impossible, unheard of even. But held my tongue, clearly this was a passion project of hers. I wouldn't want to spit on her dreams.

"How...nice." I say with a smile. "But may I ask why you would do all this?" Charlie's eyes lit up at the thought of me being interested in knowing more.

"I believe that everyone deserves a second chance to be good. Everyone has good in them, even if they don't believe they do. And I think, with a little help, we can shape them into the best versions of themselves as they can be. Then they can get into heaven after all their hard work on improving."

I almost couldn't believe the words coming from her. She seemed so kind, so, not demon-ish at all! I couldn't help but wish her luck. She really believed that the sinners and demons of hell could be better people. In some ways, I agreed. I do believe people can change and be better. But, a lot of those creatures out there were here for a reason.

"So, are you here to check in?" Charlie asks me. "Uh, I-" I was cut off by Alastor. "Why yes, she is!" I shot a concerned glance at him. "Wonderful!" Charlie claps excitedly. "Come on, I'll give you a tour and introduce you to everyone!" Before I could protest, Charlie grabbed my hand and began walking.

Before she left with me she turned to Alastor. "I'll be back to help. We mainly just need to fix the place up from our last extermination." Alastor nods his head. "Of course my dear. Take your time." Charlie gives him a thumbs up before walking me away.

What was Alastor up to? Charlie showed me different areas of the hotel, and even introduced me to the staff and guests. First I met Vaggie, who turned out to be Charlie's girlfriend. She was pretty abrasive, but Charlie told me it wasn't anything personal towards me. Other than that, she was a fine demon and she clearly loved and cared about Charlie.

Next I met Angel Dust, a spider demon, he was uh...Something else. Smug too. I tried to keep my eyes on his and not his skimpy clothing. Apparently he was a porn star. I felt bad for him. Mainly because I was concerned for his safety. But he looked like he could handle himself, hopefully.

Then there was Nifty. She was nice, and very hyper. Excited to meet me and become friends, her singular eye looking me up and down frantically.

Before I could finish talking with her and move on to the next person, she picked some lint off of my dress. A clean freak I suppose. I said my goodbye before meeting the last person on Charlie's list. His name was Husk, a cat demon. And a rather rude demon at that.

He had no interest in meeting me or even spare a glance my way. Charlie apologized for his behavior before leading me back to the lobby.

"We can work on getting you a room shortly. I just have to make sure everything is all set first. Things got a little out of hand after the extermination. Then we had some demon attack us right after, thankfully Alastor got rid of him. In quite the horrifying way..." She laughs weakly before clearing her throat. "Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy your stay with us."

I only offered a false smile and nod. "So, I've been meaning to ask." Charlie begins. "How do you know Alastor? I mean, everyone knows him, but you seemed to actually be friends with him." My mind blanked for a moment as I tried to think of a explanation. "Uh well, Alastor kind of helped me out a bad spot." That seemed to have caught Charlie's attention.

"Really? What happened? If you don't mind me asking." She asks. Darn. "Well, he...Uh, I was lost. Yeah, I got lost and, he helped me. I'm sure you know how hell is. So...dangerous and and all that." Charlie nods. "Trust me, I know." She chuckles. "Being the princess of hell, I'm aware of a lot of things that go down on a regular basis. But not everything, my dad knows way more than me." My eyes go wide for a second.

Did she just say princess of hell? Does...does that mean her father is...

There was a knock on the front doors of the hotel. "I'll get it! Excuse me for a moment Y/n." Charlie says before heading for the front door. She straightens out her suit before opening the doors. "Welcome to...Oh, hey dad." Standing before Charlie, was a demon.

But not just any demon. This demon was known by all, in heaven, hell, and earth alike.

This demon, was none other than Lucifer himself. But could that really be him? He looked nothing like how I thought he would. For one thing, he was much...shorter, than I picture him to be.

Charlie's takes after her father's looks, as he had the same pale white skin, blonde hair, and rosy cheeks to bring it all together. They even shared the same eyes. When he spoke, it only sent more surprise and confusion through me. "Charlotte! How have you been?" His voice was a higher pitch than I imagined.

Not deep and masculine, but not feminine either. Somewhere right in between. "I'm fine." Charlie says with a weak smile. "What uh, what are you doing here?" She asks carefully. "I just wanted to check on my daughter. This year's extermination was no joke! The angels were relentless, I haven't seen so much carriage in a while." Lucifer walks past her into the hotel lobby, he looked around. "So, this is the hotel you've been working on."

Charlie follows after her dad, nervously fidgeting with her hands. "Yep." Lucifer chuckles. "Adorable." He says with a shake of his head. Suddenly his gaze fell onto me and I froze in place. "A new guest of yours?" Lucifer glances at his daughter for a moment. When she nods he looks back to me before approaching me. My breath was caught in my throat, my hands began to tremble.

He was but a step away from me, he looked at me with a grin. "What might your name be, little demon?" He asks. I couldn't bring myself to speak, my cowardice only seemed to have amused Lucifer. "Well? Are you going to tell me?" He smirks.

I glance over at Charlie, I don't know why, but I was hoping she could help me somehow. But she only kept her gaze on the floor, holding her arm close to her side with a nervous expression. I turn my attention back to Lucifer, who was still waiting for me to give him my name.

Finally I swallowed the large lump in my throat and speak. "Y-Y/n." I murmur. "Y/n." Lucifer repeats leaning in closer to me. His eyes bore into mine, his grin dropping slightly. "Strange..." He narrows his eyes. Suddenly Alastor's voice caught our attention.

"Lucifer, my good fellow! I had no idea you would be stopping by!" Lucifer looks over his shoulder before his grin returns to his face. "Alastor. Always a pleasure." He thankfully moves away from me and towards Alastor.

I could finally breath normally again, my heart wouldn't calm down as it thumped harshly against my chest. "I thought I might pay this place a visit. After all, it means so much to my daughter." He was far shorter than Alastor. Though, Alastor kept his same respectful demeanor when talking to Lucifer.

"Of course." Alastor nods. "It's quite the hotel. Very...Unique." Lucifer laughs at that. "You're right about that my good man."

Lucifer glances back at me as still talks with Alastor. "I thought this place would be in shambles after that extermination. Turns out my daughter can fend for herself after all." Charlie's expression fell at his words. "Anyhow. I should be on my way. Lots of work to be done, and business to attend to." He walks past Alastor and back towards the hotel entrance. "Oh, I almost forgot." He stops just before the door.

"Alastor? You haven't seen anything out of the ordinary lately have you? I ask because I know how attentive you are when it comes to anything new and unusual."

"Hm. Afraid not. Why? Has something occurred that I should know about?" Alastor asks. Lucifer shrugs. "I can't be sure. But I could have sworn I saw something quite strange fall from the sky early this morning." I noticed that Alastor's smile tightened slightly. "A new sinner?" He asks.

"Perhaps. Though, I've yet to see a sinner with such unordinary wings." Lucifer said lowly. My heart dropped down to the pit of my stomach. "But then again, I am so very overworked." He sighs. "Must have been my imagination."

"Maybe so." Alastor says calmly. Lucifer's smile turned sinister. "I'll be seeing you around, Alastor." He says before stepping out and closing the door behind him. I stare at the door unblinking, my hands trembling.

I look over at Alastor, despite his smile, I could tell he was upset. I would have asked if he was alright, but Charlie walked over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorry about that." She sighs. "I didn't know my dad would ever come here. He's never been interested in my project, I guess I shouldn't have let my guard down. Are you alright?" She asks me.

I nod my head. "I-I'm ok." Charlie offers me a small smile before taking my hand. "Let's get you to your room. You can relax for a bit."

[kevinsdsy]

hi pookie if you have dicking around time i would love for you to drop some nabil hcs i miss that guy

AHHHHH THANK YOU FOR ASKING I LOVE TALKING MY SHIT ABOUT MY HEADCANONS AND NABIL MAHMOUD IS MY BABY-- this is a few days late tho because #busylife BUT LETS DO THIS!!!!

where to start? hmm. okay like in my mind nabil is really energetic, but in a chill and quiet way? idk if that makes sense. he isn't necessarily loud, but he does always have something to say and there's always a joke ready on his tongue.

this man has such random lore. like he knows basically everyone.

also has a lot to do with the fact he doesn't say no to hanging out like ever. oh you're bored and want to drive around? let's do it! you want to get coffee? just let me grab my shoes. oh you just want to leave the dorms and have no idea what to do? we'll figure something out on our way.

and not just with people on his team. it's also people from his classes. friends of his friends. people from other majors. just basically anyone he has ever met.

this also lead to him staying up for three days straight with derek thompson btw (to me they match each other's freak okay)

this guy doesn't go to most of his classes by the way, but he always passes his exams with flying colors (also has a lot to do with the fact he does not respect a good sleep schedule and just pulls all nighters when he thinks he needs them).

he skips so many classes to hang out with tony <333 and tony loves spending time with him so much he pretends like he doesn't have nabil's schedule memorised and isn't aware that nabil is supposed to be following his classes instead.

both tony and nabil are spider-man obsessed and they have comic dates where they go buy new comics together or hang out to read them. they're losers your honour <333

his brain works in mysterious ways. this guy is always using arabic phrases and words in his sentences and most of the time he doesn't even realize it or just assumes everyone on the team has spent so much time with him that they know what he means.

like if someone fouls him during games or something happens during practices he goes "bro what the fuck was that?! that was haram!" (not allowed in islam). it doesn't even make sense in the context, because of course it isn't even haram he's just a silly guy.

nabil is a MAJOR football (soccer) fan. he actually barely watches exy games meanwhile he catches every barça and PSG game and has crazy ball knowledge.

ever since jean joins the team and he gets to know jean better he always takes a piss at the french language (we gotta do it for our ancestors).

his french isn't the best, but he does know a few phrases here and there and likes showing off in front of jean (jean is not impressed btw)

he also listens a lot to french rap (doesn't every north african guy?) and rai (algerian folk music). i actually need to make him a playlist now that I mention it.

hmm what else? idk. i wanted to go into his ramadan lore since it's almost that of the year, but i don't have that much for him.

just know ramadan nights are CRAZY and he comes back with crazy late night stories.

"oh yeah so i was at the mosque and this guy THREW UP right next to me."

"let's go get smoothies?" he texts around midnight to the groupchat. laila obviously joins him since she's participating too, but that leads to cat joining in and obviously tony is already there. cody never sleeps either, so they're up for the late night food/drink run. shawn joins because #fomo but falls asleep in the car. derek is in the passenger seat next to nabil and is drinking and eating as much as nabil is. everyone (but shawn for once) is energetic and having a blast.

midnight is still the normal hour for him. he also does another run @ 4am. once again cody joins him and this time lucas is there too. laila is responsible enough to just eat and drink something quickly at home before praying and heading back to bed again.

then it's the next day and nabil is #dead since he didn't respect himself enough to get a normal amount of sleep nor can he get any energy drinks (which he normally drinks)

[squidthesquidd]

I need to know now about these AU's if you prefer of course I wouldn't want to force you may remember to take care of yourself and drink lots of water You are loved

AN EXCUSE TO TALK ABOUT MY AUS??? YES PLEEEASSSE RAAAA

ok this is gonna take awhile and be verrrry long so the list is under read more <3

Subfishmas au

so this au some ppl may know :3 cus i started a comic about and and never finished it. Emmet and Ingo are pokemon fish! ingo is a Basculin and dies on Hisui island after an adventure goes wrong, then evolves into Basculegion. Emmet thinks his brother is dead but is desperate to find his body. the people of hisui are not fish, they're just humans. Hisui isn't in the past, and is just an island inaccessible to fish! Ingo and Akari are the only mers that are on the island. I reallly gotta continue it some time

Twin dragons au

we all know at least three variations of this one. Emmet is Reshiram and Ingo is Zekrom. shenanigans ensue. it's not exactly a secret and most regulars to Gear Station know, but those outside of Nimbasa aren't told and would have to find out for themselves.

Masked au

a bit of a weird one but i still love it!!!!! Emmet gets sent to Hisui to find Ingo, but because of the mask he wears, no one knows he's Ingo’s twin. he's also completely nonverbal for the first few months he's in Hisui. even when he becomes more verbal, it's not by much, and he basically only ever talks to Melli. also Warden Emmet!!! he's the Warden of a fire/rock type Galvantula third evo called Drifider

Demon Slayer au

Just your average character replacement au! Ingo is Tanjiro, Emmet is Nezuko, Elesa is Zenitsu, and N is Inosuke. it basically follows the plot of demon slayer but there's Elesa X Emmet X N cus im mentally ill <3

My Other Demon slayer au

Everything is the same but! emmet and ingo are there :) emmet is a thunder breather that can do some basic flame moves, and Ingo is a flame breather that can do some basic thunder moves! for some reason tho, Ingos flames are purple. no one knows why that is :P. also they’re besties with tengen and kyojuro cus i love them <3333

Gem au

Emmet and Ingo are Onyx’s in Steven Universe. they are very small and very confused. they’re off-color Onyx’s that came out much too small, and after an incident where Ingo gets poofed, they decide to escape Homeworld and land on Earth! I actually started writing a fic about this, but haven’t finished lol. maybe some day

Fnaf au

haha what if Ingo and Emmet were the daycare attendants. they're twin robots that share a body, like the DA in canon. And also like canon, Ingo (moon) has a glitch that makes him dangerous. :3

Other fnaf au

Fnaf one style. Emmet and ingo are the only animatronics and elesa is the night guard. they do try to kill her the first few nights, but eventually the become friends :D

Tiny Emmet au

Emmet finds Jirachi and wishes to be with Ingo again, but Jirachi cant send all of Emmet back, so Emmet is sent to Hisui very very small. Ingo finds him. silly goofy shenanigans ensue. Emmet's clothes don't shrink with him, so he uses his coat as a tent and Ingo makes tiny clothes for him.

HLVRAI

Akari is Gordon, Emmet is Coomer, Ingo is Bubby, Elesa is Tommy, Volo is Benry, Laventon is Darnold, N is forzen, Drayden is Gman. silly goofy

Voltron au

Emmet and Ingo are alien gods that run a space subway. also season six never happens!!!!!!!!!!!

Spiderverse au

Ingo and Emmet are now spider-men! Emmet is Galvantula and Ingo is Ariados :3

Hisui caretaker au

Emmet and Ingo are Reshiram and Zekrom, and they are also just infant baby dragons. they accidentally get sent to Hisui and Irida and Adaman end up taking care of them. there are shenanigans.

Yugioh

Emmet is basically Yugi, and Ingo is Emmet's dead brother that's also kind of a pharaoh (because time travel) that possesses Emmet when he plays duel monsters sometimes. Elesa is like a weird anzu/jouno fusion?? Honda is someone. N is Bakura... who on earth would kaiba be....

Tranaformers au

Emmet and Ingo are the cybertronians Emit and In-go (like emitting and ingoing) Ingo loses his memory and is convinced that he's a decepticon by Megatron, so Emit joins the Autobots because they offered to help get Ingo back. (probably tfp cus tfp on top fr)

Minecraft au

Ingo is infected by sculk and becomes the Warden, and Emmet is trying to find a way to reverse this. Ingo kills Emmet a lot and everyone has trauma now

Vampire au

this ones conductorshipping centric lol. Elesa is a vampire and both Emmet and Ingo know this. Emmet gets into an accident and is near death, and help is too far away, so Elesa turns Emmet so he’ll survive. Now Emmet has to navigate being a vampire and also trying to keep a relatively normal life.

Big brother bug brother au

Ingo is Zekrom, Emmet is a Joltik and a bit of a menace. silly goofy fluffy shenanigans ensue.

Dead end au

Ingo just fucking dies in Hisui and then Emmet is sent back in time and has to deal with the fact that his brother is dead and he'll probably never go back home. and everyone is isolating him because he looks too much like Ingo and they don’t wanna see his face. and Emmet also is forced to take over as Lady Sneasler’s Warden. but she ALSO kinda hates him cuz he’s NOT her real Warden, no matter how much he looks like it (i want to say more but SPOILERS RAAAAAARARA)

Fallen angel au

I’m bringing my Christian/bible Lore special interest into this but only a lil bit. Emmet and Ingo are angels (biblically accurate freak’s because ofc <3 ) but Ingo straight up falls outta heaven and into Hisui. now there's a fallen angel (not quite demon) hanging out with the humans

Black butler au

Emmet’s EX va and Sebastian's va is the same person so i had to, don't look at me. anyway what if elesa had TWO demon butlers. and they were Ingo and Emmet. and all three like to harass Ciel <3

Celestial bodies au

I take submas and I put them in space. and also they are gods

Streamer au

au where Emmet and Ingo play video games. that's it, they stream video games. it’s funny

Overlord au

either Emmet and Ingo are NPCs in Nazarick or they’re new worlders that befriend Ainz. i dunno. i think they should interact cus I’m mental illness

Multiverse travel emmet au

while trying to find Ingo, Emmet accidentally figures out how to travel through different universes. he causes problems on purpose to spite god also

Totoro au

the plot of Totoro but with submas. also Drayden is the dad probably

Squidd World au

submas but they are in my OCs world!!!

PMD au

Emmet and Ingo are little beasts now and their rescue team is called ‘Gear Station Rescue Team’

Undertale au

what if Emmet and Ingo were the skeleton brothers. i think that would be funne (emmet is sans and ingo is papyrus btw :3)

Masked dragon au

Same as masked au BUT!!! Emmet is also Reshiram and Ingo is Zekrom (Ingo forgor he’s a dragon lmao)

Partner au

Emmet’s an Eelektross thing and Ingo’s a Chandelure thing. there are shenanigans

Soul bond au

Emmet and Ingo have minor twin telepathy, and can also feel each other's emotions and injuries to a certain extent. this makes Ingo getting sent to Hisui verrrry wack

In my Puter au

Emmet and Ingo are tiny lil sentient AIs that live in Elesa’s computer. also she might build robot bodies for them but who knows

Sonic the hedgehog au

Emmet and Ingo but they are silver foxes (animal, not old hot guy) in the Sonic Hedgehog universe

Emmet has a bad time au

After Ingo gets sent to Hisui, elesa also gets sent to Hisui. Emmet is now completely alone and develops some very bad no good coping mechanisms. and when he's right on the edge and he's about to snap completely, he also gets sent to Hisui.

Star trek au (travelers)

Emmet and Ingo run a space subway and are a ‘character of the week’ type thing

Star trek au (tng)

Submas but they are on next gens enterprise and are besties with Data

Star trek au (ds9)

now they're besties with Odo <3

Star Trek au (disco)

and NOW!!! there are besties with Saru <3 im living out my fantasies through submas and my fantasies are being friends with my Star Trek blorbos

Animal Crossing au

Emmet and Ingo make a town on an island. its Animal Crossing

Sky:cotl au

Emmet and Ingo but they are sky kids!!! Emmet loves grinding for candles and drags Ingo around with him on candle runs

Minecraft beasts au

basically i just make Emmet and Ingo into various mobs and then sic em on player Elesa (they’re friends dw) there are many but im counting it as one cus its a formula

d&d/high fantasy au

shooting Submas with my DND laser beam. not very fleshed out, but i think Elesa would be an elf

We’re okay now au

post PLA where everything’s okay and it's all fluff because that's how i deal with things

flight rising dragon breeders au

Emmet and Ingo breed dragons and go on dragon related adventures because flight rising. also Emmet is addicted to Mahjong

sending emmet to mcu for shenanigans au

I’m sending Emmet to the MCU so he can be friends with my MCU blorbos. (it's Arceus’s fault) Ingo is also there and the Avengers are helping Emmet find him :)

haha what if i made a fullmetal alchemist au

Emmet is Alphonse and Ingo is Edward. it's just more shenanigans honestly.

World champion kids au

Emmet and Ingo take the players role as kids running around challenging gyms. they travel to all the regions made so far and beat everyone the fuck up

Cave creatures au

N finds an injured Galvantula drider in the depths of Chargestone Cave. It's Emmet. N decides the best course of action is to nurse this big fuckin spider back to health 😎👍 but its a big fuckin spider so there are shenanigans. gay people

buzzfeed unsolved au

Emmet as Shane and Ingo as Ryan. silly goofy shenanigans. honestly just made this so i can use Buzzfeed unsolved audio for submas animatics

Terraria au

Emmet is a Melee main, Ingo a magic main, and Elesa is a ranger main. the besties are in terraria and really fuckin op!!! Also N is there and a summoner main. Akari’s a yoyo beast

Backroom wanderers au

Emmet and Ingo get sent to the backrooms!!! adventures and shenanigans ensue!!!

Double Amnesia au

Emmet gets sent to Hisui a bit after Ingo does, and also gets amnesia. He gets picked up by the Diamond Clan and later meets Ingo. Neither knows they are twins, but immediately become besties. Everyone just assumes they’re relatives from different time :P silly goofy shenanigans

Doctor who au

Emmet and Ingo are timelords with a tardis, Elesa is their companion. SHENANIGANS!!!! the tardis has a broken chameleon circuit and looks like a train car

Giratina possession au

Emmet gets possessed by Giratina. Now he's unhinged. no one's okay. this is an excuse to draw unhinged emmet

MLP au

what if they were horses

Pokemon snap au

Emmet, to deal with the loss of Ingo, decides to fuck off into the woods and becomes a photographer, and ends up discovering some wack ass things while he’s at it. Emmet accidentally takes a photo of a newly un-eebied Ingo but it's so blurry he's convinced it's a new pokemon. so he goes to hunt it down. and Ingo desperately tries to hide from this strange guy chasing him cus what the hell??? what does this weirdo want

Sphinx au

what if everyone was animal

Venom au

Elesa is a pathetic girlfail that finds two cringefail malewife aliens goo things and decide that they are her boys now

Soul eater au

Emmet and Ingo are Elesas weapons! shenanigans!! emmet and ingo can also wield each other

HTTYD au

submas but they r… dragon riders :3 lmao are they scottish now

Slay your brother au

slay the princess au. emmet is the princess, ingo is the hero, and volo is the narrator. Volo squished Giratina and arceus into the train men cus he wants arceus super dead (the damsel is replaced with the child also)

Cobblemon au

Emmet and ingo are in cobblemon! they crafted one million master balls someone stop them

Dragonvale au

Emmet and Ingo own a dragon zoo. its dragonvale. they have so many dragons

Infinity nikki au

what if they went on fashion adventures. elesa is definitely there

and thatssss 64 AUs in total! more will be made :3 mark my words

[final-bae-stination]

Thunder And The Rain (Ian McKinley)

Prompt: The reader is scared of the thunder and Ian tries to calm them down during a particularly heavy storm.

Author's Note: This does kind of go WAY out of the "Final Destination" universe, because I like to think, even though it was proven different, they could've beat Death at the end, and Wendy, Kevin, Julie, and Ian survived, so...we're going with that.

Third Person POV Ian hated life, or what passed for it. Somehow, Wendy did it. She beat Death, and in three years, nothing's happened to him, Wendy, Julie, or Kevin. Sure, they were all still extremely paranoid, but who wasn't anymore, after the shit they'd lived through, but barely? The truth was, he missed Erin, but Y/N took care of that.

After he left Build It after Erin's death, he'd been struggling for a job. Nothing seemed interesting. And then, surprisingly, he found one: the pound. He liked animals more than people, that was a fact. Sure, he tolerated Wendy and the others, but it wasn't a necessary kind of like. And, of course, he still hated Wendy for killing Erin (though he was sure that part was fading a little--he literally went shopping with her two weeks ago). He liked to work at the pound, which doubled as an animal rescue and vet clinic. And then he met you.

You were there, just starting a week after him, and he saw immediately that you were drawn to (favorite animal). He could see it: they were cute. Hard to resist. Made sense. What didn't make sense was you talking. To him. A lot. Alone, too. Like, okay, he knew he looked weird, all Gothic and whatnot, and that he was...weird, sure. But you didn't seem to notice that. You talked to him like a normal person, and try as he might not to, he liked that. You didn't treat him differently because he was different.

It was very, very slow, but you both started catching feelings, he'd asked you out, and one thing led to here: you, on your sofa in you and Ian's apartment, watching TV. You and Ian had gotten together four months ago, and he'd finally opened up, telling you everything, from his past to Erin, and things in between, the trauma dumping: the roller coaster accident, the near death experiences, losing Erin, watching the others die, the whole Death thing. You never once doubted he was serious or anything but crazy, because he had a look on his face, talking about it, that wasn't fake.

Now, you've not told him a lot, either, particularly your fear of storms, especially thunder. You felt it was childish, even though there were a million adults with the same fear. It's just...Ian seemed so fearless after everything, and you wanted to be that way for him, so you never told him your fears (you did admit spiders and snakes scared you, though).

As you're watching TV (Ian was at work), you heard the rain, and then the ominous rumble. You tensed, hand on the remote. Another boom, slow and heavy. Shit, you thought. Please not now, Ian's almost home! But the storm, obviously, did not listen, increasing the peals of thunder until you were shivering under your blanket, trying to turn the TV up to block it out. But then the lights flickered, and went out. You gasped, feeling panic clawing its way up your throat, through your veins. Is this how he felt? You ask yourself randomly. Is this what Ian felt, wondering when he'd die, and what from, and how? You shook your head. In the dark, that wasn't helping. Something slammed, and you jumped, heart pounding. You wanted to call out but were too scared. You flinched as thunder roared, lightning shooting across the sky.

"Babe?" A voice calls, and oh, you wanted to start bawling in relief. He finds you on the couch, under your blanket, shaking. "Shit, babe, what's wrong?!" He throws his coat, not even glancing at where it lands, and rushes over, kneeling at your side on the floor. "Babe. Hey." He says, his fingers under your chin as you hide. "Baby, what's wrong?" "It's nothing." You try to say, but he's not having it. Before he can speak, thunder booms, and you squeal, throwing yourself in his arms. He barely catches you, letting out a soft "oof" as he holds you in his lap, feeling you shake. "Baby...is it the thunder?" He asks, and your silence confirms it. "Oh, babe." He breathes, rubbing your back with one hand, the other in your hair.

"I know, it's dumb," You whisper into his red shirt. "No, no, it's not dumb, baby." He says soothingly. "There's a fuck ton of people that're scared, too." He tries to assure. You shake your head, "I feel like a child." You whine. He chuckles, "Well, that's why I'm here. 'Cuz I can protect you, right?" A pause. "Right. I love you, Ian." His breath catches. That was the first time you'd said that. "I love you, Y/N." He whispers. "Why don't we go to bed, yeah? I can throw on a movie or something on my computer." "I'd like that," You blush, and he carries you to the room, setting you on the bed. You pick out The Avengers, and you both curl up to watch it. Here and there, one of the peals of thunder makes you flinch, but with Ian beside you, it's really not that bad.

[the-morningstar-family]

Lucifer's gonna be an overprotective spouse when he finds out about it

Rosie brings Alastor back home, not caring about his protests. What's a hit more walking if it brings her a bit piece of mind? And it's a lovely day out, why not use it?

The kids run through the door first, still excited from the playground, then the adults follow. Husk raises an eyebrow to Rosie at her presents in place of Mimzy, she gives him a knowing look, making him growl and fold his ears back. Of course that woman fucked up. The deer very much avoids eye contact contact, opting instead to sit down. Headache is still in full swing, and he could fall asleep right then and there. Lucifer happily rounds the corner at having heard them enter.

Lucifer: “Hey guys! How was-”

The king takes in the picture, Rosie's there, Mimzy is not. Both Her and Husk share a sour expression, and Alastor looks down in the dumps, and bone tired.

Lucifer: “... Your time out… did something happen?”

Nova: “Papa and his friend had a fight”

Angel and Husk emerge from the bar, joining everyone else at the couch. The deer sighs.

Alastor: “I decided to part ways with Mimzy.”

Lucifer: “Wait a second, is that blood on your coat?”

Alastor: “Not to worry. It is not mine”

Angel: “Okay, spill the tea, what the fuck happened?”

Alastor: “To forgo our deal she brought me to the mess instead of the other way around. Thus bringing my children in danger and I won't have that”

He says it with finality, ears drawn back and stiff.

Lucifer: “What?! I– how - what do you mean by in danger?”

Al's sighs, massaging his temple, Rosie jumps in for him.

Rosie: “As it turns out, Mimzy has acquired Jimmy's Jazz club, but has failed to pay rent and neglected a few other things, resulting in three deaths. They occupied the club and defended it with angelic weapons, bringing us to clean it up”

Husk: “Oh of fucking course she did. I'm startin’ to think she gets off of Alastor helpin’ her”

The deer looks up, in remorse. Angel tenses, occupying more of the cats space to defend him if necessary.

Alastor: “This is the second time I ignored your advice Husker, and it very much backfired. I. Apologise “

Again, he is retching the words out like poison. But still, they are there. Especially to the spider's surprise. The Bartender on the other hand, nods.

Husk: “At least she ain't gonna come back”

Alastor: “No… she will not.”

While the people in the room aren't exactly a fam of the woman, their friendship had clearly meant a lot to the radio demon.

Husk: “... For the record, I'm just happy she ain't causing anymore trouble. Shitty for you though, I'm sorry”

It earns a slight and soft smile from the demon.

Alastor: “It is appreciated, Husker.”

Lucifer pulls Alastor closer, inspecting him of any potential harm.

Lucifer: “Are you really sure you're alright? You didn't use to much magic, right? Are you -”

Alastor: “I am fine. Tired, and a headache, but I am well. We all are”

Lucifer, sighing: “Okay… okay… just. Maybe read a book or something non strenuous -? Man so much for relaxing”

A humourless laugh escapes the demon. He leans against the king.

Alastor: “Indeed....”

He suddenly the demon Springs up.

Alastor: “Well, if you excuse me, I'll be off!”

The radio demon wanders to the bedroom.

[bluespiderlully]

Demon Slayer uniforms! 2.0

It's been months since I posted this, and in the meantime a lot of things changed: I made actual references with Niji Journey (that of course don't perfectly fit the characters, their faces is the only thing I'm 100% saving, but their uniforms are slightly different), I added characters, I changed their designs from time to time... A LOT HAPPENED, so I'm here to make a little update and talk more about all these characters and their uniforms.

First of all, in the first post I described the Hashira uniforms as black and with golden buttons, always consisting in a jacket, trousers and combat boots, everything's the same, except for their color. In this AU characters can choose the color of their uniform (black, blue, green, purple, red and brown; in very dark tones).

WATER BREATHING HASHIRAS

🌊 Giyu Tomioka: blue uniform + black haori with light blue wave print

🧊 Sabito Ashina: black uniform + light blue haori with asanoha pattern (and a white kitsune mask with a scar on the right cheek)

🪷 Kanae Kocho: purple uniform + white, pink and aqua butterfly haori (and two pink butterfly hairpin)

FLAME BREATHING HASHIRAS

🔥 Kyojuro Rengoku: red uniform + white, yellow, red and orange flame haori (and a very very small red and orange butterfly hairpin)

🐍 Obanai Iguro: black uniform + black and white striped haori (and bandage face mask)

🌸 Mitsuri Kanroji: purple uniform + white and pink flames haori (and three green and pink butterfly hairpins, one on each braid)

THUNDER BREATHING HASHIRAS

⚡️ Makomo Urokodaki: brown uniform + yellow sunflower pattern haori (and a white kitsune mask with blue flowers on the left cheek)

🌩 Hiromi Kazeshi: red uniform + brown haori with an orange and bronze lightings embroidery

✨️ Asuka Rengoku: red uniform + white haori with golden leaves

VOID BREATHING HASHIRAS

🕳 Rin Yeon: black uniform + greyish blue haori with black embroidered plants on it

🧿 Ayumi Shinazugawa: blue uniform + dark blue haori with white flowers (+ blue and light blue butterfly hairpin)

⭐️ Munsu Sol: purple uniform + lavender silk haori with a silver dragon print

WIND BREATHING HASHIRAS

🌪 Sanemi Shinazugawa: green uniform + greyish green haori with white pinwheels

🌫 Muichiro Tokito: green uniform + teal mist patterned haori

☁️ Nezha Xiang: green uniform + light blue haori with white clouds

BLOOD BREATHING HASHIRAS

🩸 Harriet Spencer: red uniform + black haori with red spider lilies

🌹 Fukuge Miyazaki: green uniform + white haori with green thorns and red roses

⚗️ Yorinobu Aoyama: green uniform + dark green haori with purple flowers

STONE BREATHING HASHIRAS

🪨 Fujiko Mori: green uniform + light green haori with white cherry blossom flowers

☄️Tengen Uzui: blue uniform + black uniform with colorful fireworks

⏳️ Obara Kazehara: brown uniform + rose maple moth haori

DREAM BREATHING HASHIRAS

🔮 Enmu Tamio: blue uniform + purple emperor butterfly haori

⚰️ Rei Miyazaki: blue uniform + blue death moth haori (and a blue and yellow butterfly hairpin)

🦋 Shinobu Kocho: purple uniform + white, light blue and lilac butterfly haori (and a light blue and lilac butterfly hairpin)

Now that you have a description of their uniforms I want to focus on their accessories and hair, because that's pretty important.

Obanai's mask: since he has his mouth cut off he has to wear the bandages on his face, in the first place to prevent it to get infected but also because it's not a good thing to show.

Kitsune masks: only foxfaces are allowed to wear those, they're made by the same people who are in charge of sewing the Corps uniforms, the mask always represents a kitsune but the slayer who has to wear it can decide how to decorate it.

Butterfly pins: in this AU butterfly hairpins aren't just for people working in the butterfly mansion, but Kanae actually makes them for everyone she thinks needs one. Mitsuri, Shinobu and Kanae herself work in the Butterfly Mansion; but since Rei is very young and suffered a lot before becoming a slayer she got one, same for Ayumi being a victim of SA and Kyojuro suffering from his father's abuse, Kanae decided to make butterfly hairpins for them too.

Butterfly haoris: the concept is a bit different from butterfly pins, the first one to have one was Kanae and she decided to give one to Shinobu too, after a while she gifted one to Enmu and that became some sort of symbol (accepting him into their family). Then when Enmu adopted Rei he wanted her to have one too, but in the moment he told her this Obara brazenly asked him to tell the tailor she wanted one too so she could match with her friend, Enmu accepted that request and she got one too.

Hair: if they have to go in mission (this concerns people that have long hair, shoulder long or longer) they just tie them in a bun so they can move properly but when they're at the headquarters minding their business they either leave them down (Makomo, Kanae, Harriet, Obanai, Tengen, Asuka, Fukuge, Muichiro, Shinobu, Sabito, Enmu, Ayumi, Rin and Hiromi), braided (Mitsuri, Rei and Obara), in a ponytail (Fujiko and Giyu) or in a half up bun (Kyojuro, Munsu and Nezha). Sanemi and Yoronobu have short hair so they don't have any problems.

[hobiebrownismygod]

Miles G. Morales/Prowler Miles Headcanons

I like to think that he's basically 1610 Miles in a different font

Like they're literally the same person, he just has more trauma

After his dad died he begged his Uncle Aaron to teach him how to fight so he could prevent something from happening to his mom or anyone else he cared about

Thats when Aaron introduced him to being the Prowler

Because his dad died, I like to think he has a lot of trauma and symptoms of grief that people around him can see

He probably has trouble sleeping and gets a lot of nightmares

He forgets to eat food and sometimes goes up to two or three days without remembering to eat (would explain why hes so skinny in the scene we got of him)

He zones out a lot in class, thinking about how he could've saved his dad if he had the chance

But he still does really well in school, cuz Spider-man's always a genius and he was supposed to be Spider-man

He doesn't like opening up to people, but when he does he can get a little emotional

He was raised by his mom so he's a little more comfortable showing his emotions than the average guy

He tries to act cool in front of his uncle though, so he gets all cold and "emotionless" when Aaron's around

He's also very artistic and likes to draw

If he's crushing on someone (earth-42 gwen??) he'll fill his notebooks with drawings of them

He does a lot of chores and helps his mom a lot

He's very handy, and fixes broken things in the house a lot (taking up the man of the house kind of job)

Very protective of his mom and frequently checks her location on his phone (they share locations)

He just wants to make sure she's okay cuz ptsd from his dad's death

If he gets really close to a person he checks their locations often too (only if they've mutually shared them of course, he's not a creep)

His face completely lights up when he smiles and his eyes crinkle a little

its a rare sight but its very cute to see

Has a lot of friends but not many close ones

He lost a lot of his close friends after his dad died cuz he drifted away from them

When hes the Prowler he makes his voice deeper like how the spider people do it

He probably likes cats considering the fact that his suit kind of makes him look like one

He grew up too fast so he's pretty mature in terms of his mindset and personality

he can act childish and throw tantrums sometimes though but only with people hes comfortable around

Mixes his languages up sometimes or forgets words in English (Im bilingual and I do that so I like to think he probably would too)

Random thoughts that popped into my head about him :/

He's not gonna be some bad guy, he's gonna be the silliest little goober I promise

goofy kitten looking mf

[crab-crime-enthusiast]

Also, with that being said and because I want to entertain your ramblings and discussions about this sort of stuff cos it’s genuinely super fascinating to me especially when you’re someone who knows so much in comparison to me, do you think that it would be logical to label the Last City’s current politics as a form of totalitarianism? Also their treatment of alien members of their count like the eliksni specifically, what do you think the systemic treatment of the eliksni means for the last city’s government? Idk. rant at me. tell me more

I've slapped my thoughts below. Fair warning that this is also very long-winded and again, I'm no expert and a lot of the Eliksni-focused portion of this is speculation based on my own opinions about their story. Content Warnings for mentions of Xenophobia!

Personally, I wouldn't classify the Last City as a totalitarian system. Traditionally, Totalitarian states emphasize complete control over the lives of their citizens, emphasizing allegiance to the regime and only the regime. The existence of the faction system to begin with is proof enough that the Vanguard does not wholly control thought; Future War Cult, New Monarchy and Dead Orbit all preached philosophies, somewhat akin to political parties in the real world. It's not that there is a complete lack of free speech, but that the Vanguard has the power to suppress ideologies they may deem too dangerous. This is a slippery slope, of course, but the existence of the factions as part of the City's government up until Season of the Splicer suggests the Vanguard does not impose a full ideological control over the Citizens. The Consensus itself was created after a conflict known as the Faction Wars, as a way to allow the Factions to shoot for influence and power amongst the Citizens through civil means.

Furthermore, following on from the previous discussion, something I forgot to include was that Ikora has supposedly pledged to reintroduce the Consensus, but with a much more civillian-based focus than the old Guardian-supported factions of before. Most importantly, she's pledged to hold elections for civillian Consensus representatives, showing that she, at least, wishes to move away from the statocratic system that seems to in place to a more democratic one. I'm unsure of the power this new Consensus would hold, but there is at least push from one of the three Vanguards to make the Last City more representative of its people. Things are likely to be moving now that the story has progressed past the death of the Witness, or perhaps they have already happened in the background and we just don't know yet. Maybe Bungie will follow up on it, maybe they won't, who knows?

This kinda neatly leads me into the discussions about the Eliksni citizenry.

Red Tape's entry hints at the continuation of Xenophobic sentiments from Season of the Splicer amongst some citizens of the City; I see it as the same question they asked of the House Light Eliksni being turned onto the House Salvation Eliksni now seeking refuge, especially with the Holocall where it seems to be suggested that certain individuals or groups have lobbied for zoning in regards to the arrival of more House Salvation refugees. It harkens back to the House Light Eliksni being dumped in the ruins of the Botza District, with human residents near the Botza District even moving out of their properties to get away from them. Whilst House Salvation obviously has a past of hostility against the City, it's important to note that House Salvation was not a House of entirely soldiers and contained many civillians - Crow himself said the call for aid about the Revenants came from Salvation Civvies. Their distrust of the City, coming from centuries of violence between the Eliksni and Humanity, should not condemn them to being left for dead whilst the Revenants hunt them down.

As such, I feel Spider's suggestion of an Eliksni representative would be... controversial, especially depending on who exactly would become that representative, even if I agree with his idea. As for who? Out of our named Eliksni characters, Misraaks and Eido would likely go down a whole lot better than someone like Variks, and if Spider somehow ended up being a representative it would be incredibly catastrophic in terms of Human-Eliksni relations, and we know from Crow that he's been taking an active interest in the Salvation refugees for his own gain. Realisitically the most obvious choice for Eliksni rep is Misraaks, and I expect the story to go down that route should it expand upon the City's government in the future. If that happens and it's someone else, feel free to point and laugh at my certainty here lmao.

So that leaves the question... Why there isn't one already?

An Eliksni represenative is less of a question of 'if' but 'when'; If Ikora's reformation of the Consensus goes through (Or has gone through), I could see them possibly opening a slot for the Eliksni citizens to have a representative at some point in time. Ikora has been welcoming to the Eliksni from the moment they showed up; Even if at first it was a tactical advantage, she seems to be on positive enough terms with Misraaks. Crow is, of course, extremely sympathetic to them as well, from both his time on the Shore and from when the Wolves lived on the Reef. Zavala had his reservations but it's fairly obvious he's softened to them as well.

Whilst things have gotten better in the City with the Coalition's existence, I personally think that it's clear that the citizens of the City aren't as friendly with the Eliksni as the Vanguard might be. This might be a factor constraining the Vanguard in terms of formally offering the Eliksni a seat in the reformation of the Consensus, fearing another conflict like the one Future War Cult stirred up in Splicer (I'd like to bring up the implied murder of Vriiksis' brother after the events detailed in Chroma Rush's lore tab), and is likely also something Misraaks has considered amidst his fears of being removed from the City should Eramis act out. Whilst it might have an understandable reasoning, it doesn't excuse the fact that the current Eliksni populace seem to be living there entirely out of a gesture of good will. Like it or not, the Eliksni of House Light, and likely a lot of Salvation refugees too, are here to stay, and they deserve to be represented and treated fairly within the City's system. House Light have proven to stand with the Vanguard, and the Salvation refugees are only in the City on the basis that they willingly disarm and try to play by the rules.

I have my own more in-depth thoughts about the Eliksni and the political parralels and implications of their story, but for the sake of length I'm not going to elaborate on them here bc I've been waffling a lot and I'd like to dedicate time to refining that as it my thoughts handles tough irl topics as well. I might make my own post on them in the future.

Ofc if anyone has differing interpretations of all this please feel free to chime in with your thoughts! Again, I'm not an expert on this and Destiny lore can sometimes be vague enough for multiple interpretations to exist.

[bayofwolves]

Rereading Immortal Guardians

It's been a minute...

At long last, I have begun rereading my favourite arc of the series, part one of Fall of the Beasts. Have a look at some of the notes I compiled as I went, if you fancy.

I like how Greenhaven is depicted on the cover. It looks much cosier than the grey stone castle I usually imagine. I don't understand the elk heads, though. They look cool, but why do the Greencloaks idolize Tellun so much? All he did (as far as we know) was imprison Kovo and Gerathon after standing by and letting the Four Fallen die, all while supposedly being their leader. If anything, we should be hearing about statues and decorations erected in the Four Fallen's honour. Replace those elk heads with wolf heads; Briggan was the one who originally shaped the Greencloaks into a real army. Have a stone statue of each of the Fallen guarding the four corners of the castle, like they stood with the Greencloaks in life. Briggan to the north. Uraza to the south. Jhi to the east and Essix to the west. Looking out towards their respective homelands.

It's always a bit of a shock when I remember how young Conor, Abeke, Meilin and Rollan are canonically. They start out a bit older in A Revised History of Erdas, and a lot more time passes over the course of the first three arcs.

In the canon timeline, it's been six months since The Evertree. Not long at all! (My timeline has the world at peace for a much lengthier period of twenty-two months.)

"'Someday our survival will rest upon knowing all about ancient Hellan rock decorating, and you're going to thank me,' Meilin said..." This line is funny to me because in the end, it was a creation of the Hellans that saved them.

The hidden section in Greenhaven's library is so intriguing. The librarian has been collecting literature about Stetriol and storing it there, and only certain people are granted access. Not even the Four Heroes knew about it. I don't think Olvan knew either, because he couldn't tell the kids anything about Stetriol when he sent them there. I wonder what other secrets are kept in there -- maybe stuff about the bond tokens? The location of the key to Gerathon's ancient prison? Records of the Stetriolan Genocide (if it truly happened)? Knowledge that might pave their way forward? The Four definitely need to dig into this.

The cover of the mysterious book is made of black snakeskin... which makes me wonder if the creator of the book was referencing Gerathon. How much did she know about the Wyrm, anyway?

All the pain and horror of Conor's infection could have been avoided if they had just amputated his arm at the elbow... but these books aren't based on logic.

Conor has moonbeam decorations on his ceiling! Someday I'll finish my blueprints for the Four's rooms.

When Conor, Meilin and Takoda make it out of the tunnels, I'm betting everything I have that they're all gonna have mad claustrophobia.

I'd argue that the Abeke Rescuing a Baby Animal saga continues in this book with the yak that she saves from the cougars. I just love the heart she has. To think nothing of herself even as blood is pouring out of her neck, only focused on protecting the vulnerable baby. Abeke, you will always be famous.

Anda has a baby sibling!

Anda was named healer for his tribe because Tellun came to him. It's interesting because in ARHoE, Tasha is chosen as Stetriol's next ruler for similar reasons.

Phos Astos is so much cooler than I remembered. The people live in giant mushrooms! They farm spiders (possibly using their silk for clothing and their venom for weapons or medicine)! It's lit by pretty colours and warmed by the earth itself! Amazing.

The Sadreans have spirit animals but no access to the Nectar, meaning they would have suffered from the bonding sickness until recently.

The Hellans and their Sadrean descendants were inspired by the ancient Greeks! Phos indeed means "light" in Greek. Xanthe itself is a Greek name. There are other similarities and references to Greek civilization/mythology later on (like Atalanta and the Meleager).

The Sadrean carvings reveal that Briggan, Uraza and Jhi were close even before their alliance in the First Devourer War! Interestingly, Essix isn't included.

While the chance of Shane meeting Xanthe while in Sadre is slim, it's not out of the question. Phos Astos is an ocean away from southern Amaya, where Shane entered from, but Xanthe is a wanderling and has been all the way to the Evertree before. It's possible that she's journeyed to other far reaches of Sadre, like the tunnels underneath southern Amaya -- or that Shane travelled quite a ways and met her somewhere in the middle. We're not told anything about his venture underground, so anything is possible.

On that note, it seems like different regions of Sadre have different coloured vegetation. Phos Astos is home to pink and green fungi, but the mushroom Shane found was purple.

Jhi has the power to stop sound. This panda is overpowered.

"Meilin turned her head in time to see [Takoda's] tattoo quiver and then disappear." Oh, the tattoos coming alive for a brief moment when the spirit animal enters or leaves the passive state is such a neat detail. I'm definitely keeping that.

Arax charging Abeke in the final battle harks back to Wild Born, when he cornered her after she stole his talisman. Since she was shown to have an affinity for the Granite Ram, I like to see connections being drawn between them.

Conor x Xanthe could have been something, actually. He seems quite enchanted by her, which I find sweet, but when I think about it some more, they have the potential for real depth. Imagine the internal struggle that could have arisen when she discovers he's infected, but by that point has already caught feelings for him. Something I'll explore in an AU, perhaps...

This was a great book. There were a lot of elements introduced that I really enjoyed: The overarching apocalypse, the Sadreans, the lore, the cool cast of new characters, and, of course, King. I have always favoured the aboveground team, but was pleasantly surprised to find the underground plot far more engaging than I remembered. I like Xanthe and Anda, but I'm not so sure about Takoda so far. He's alright, but I can't get a good read on him. His personality was all over the place in this book. I think I need to read some more chapters from his perspective. Thankfully, that is coming! And next time we are introduced to one of my all-time favourite characters: Tasha!

This is part of an ongoing series.

Wild Born | Hunted | Blood Ties | Fire and Ice | Against the Tide | Rise and Fall | The Evertree

Immortal Guardians | Broken Ground | The Return | The Burning Tide

Heart of the Land | The Wildcat's Claw | Stormspeaker | The Dragon's Eye

Tales of the Great Beasts | The Book of Shane | Tales of the Fallen Beasts

[jag-rat]

Let's analyse the drow!

Quick history on the drow: The drow have been historically characterised as ‘evil’, especially in earlier editions their alignment was always on the evil spectrum. Even Drizzt Do’urden for example was a story that essentially circles around one ‘good’ drow who managed to rise above the rest of his kin and become ‘one of the good ones’. I think we also need to acknowledge that in the earlier editions drow definitely had racist implications around them intentionally or not. With the drow initially being described as ‘completely opal black aside from their white hair’ and essentially just existed as the ‘evil’ elf counterparts to their perfect blonde cousins. Now in recent years wizards of the coast have started to rectify this. As of right now Drow have been described as being more purplish grey in colour and are steering towards being implied not to be 'completely evil'. There's no doubt about it that the drow have had a rocky history and being overtly over-sexualisalised by the early writers definitely didn't help much either. But I still think there's something very interesting wedged into this unique race of elves. 

Lolth's role: Their main goddess is of course Lolth who even in modern renditions is always depicted as a chaotic evil spider demon. You could argue she’s currently the main reason why the surface folk still don’t like these dark elves. Even in Baldur's gate three which came out last year the writers make a point of emphasising that the ‘good drow’ are the ones choosing to rebel against this goddess. Now obviously this ‘good’ and ‘evil’ thing has always been a core part of DND, which makes sense given it was inspired by Tolkien who consistently made a point about there being two sides, good and evil. And it's still a very common theme in modern fantasy but I think when we look at Lolth and her connection to the drow from a more contextual standpoint this insistence of ‘evil’ isn’t nearly as interesting as exploring the greyer implications of how this Goddess came to be. Being viewed as ‘evil’ in the dnd universe is natural as Lolth is written as a chaotic evil being, encouraging violence, the sacrifice of first born sons, and general betrayal among your fellow drow isn’t very appealing. It's enough for anyone to wonder why the drow worship her in the first place if they aren’t evil. However I think it's also important to remember in real life when we create gods they almost always reflect our world, the good and the bad. Let's take Zeus for example, he was a pretty shitty guy, cheating on his wife, kidnapping women and punishing people for petty reasons. But he was still worshipped, he just reflected power and kinghood. And kings aren't perfect or benevolent, they can abuse their power and take what they want. People are complex and imperfect and so are their Gods. So a similar sort of argument could be made for Lolth. 

How the environment shapes a culture: The underdark is almost always described as a harsh environment, with creatures like hook horrors casually wandering around, mushrooms that explode when touched and let's be honest probably not a lot of food in a place with little sunlight or stability. Earthquakes happen often here killing many and flattening villages. The underdark is without a doubt an unpredictable chaotic and cruel hellscape where death is a guarantee and often occurs for little to no reason. It's not hard to imagine how competition could become everything here. That means that every creature living in the underdark, even every other drow clan is just another competitor for those sparse food and resources in an already barren and harsh climate. In an environment so unforgiving and competitive you can imagine how a Goddess such as Lolth would be worshipped. Because Lolth, like most Gods, reflects the environment her worshippers live in, she is characterised as being as cruel, violent and chaotic as the underdark is. And the teachings of violence, sacrifice and betrayal that she encourages of her followers might not actually be such a bad thing but rather the key to the drows continued long term survival in such an impossible climate. Traditions and culture almost always stem from a purpose, in this case how you survive. The cutthroat nature of drow culture mirrors the underdark in such a way that it ensures that the strongest survive (although it's important to note when I say ‘strongest’ I don't mean it in a literal sense but rather those who possess the qualities best suited for survival in that environment.) The strict hierarchical structure also ensures this, with female drow being favoured as they are naturally larger, stronger and more robust than their male counterparts. Which in itself is most likely because larger stronger women generally lead to a higher rate of survival in offspring especially in harsher conditions where a single misstep can be certain death. This physical and social difference lends itself to the spider metaphor of their goddess both literally and figuratively where spiders eat their males. But as unfair as this rigid hierarchy based on sex seems, it can be argued like many cultural phenomena to be a curated survival method in itself. After all you need fewer males than females to maintain a stable population which is an important detail when living somewhere with a natural lack of food. Even sacrificing your first newborn son as gruesome of a tradition as it is, in a way makes sense. It selectively ensures that the male population is lower meaning less overall resource demand in an already scarce environment will be lower while still being able to maintain some semblance of genetic diversity.

Solutions to these dilemmas?: Now of course it goes without saying all these things are horrible, sex selection, strict hierarchies and encouraged violence to decrease competition are all bad. However in an extreme dystopian sounding scenario such as this one it does at the very least make sense. And I think what we can gather from this is that despite all the terrible things, at least terrible to us living in the world we are, drow aren’t really evil. Not even their society despite its depiction is ‘evil’. Calling them evil is kind of like if lions from a zoo who get fed everyday started calling wild lions evil for eating zebras. We may not like it of course but it's not fair to call it evil, it’s survival. In the same way Lolth isn’t even an ‘evil’ Goddess, she's just a cruel and unfair one, made to reflect the natural violence of the underdark and the lived experiences of those worshipping her. When debating the drows morality it's just about context. It brings some questions to mind. Like if the ‘good drow’ drow who are against Lolth did manage to rebel and forcefully shift the culture of the drow to be more like the surface elves for example what would really happen? Would the drow stop all their violent habits and competitiveness to live happily ever after in a more equal world? Or when all of this ‘evil’ behaviour was ‘corrected’ would it lead to a ripple effect causing famine and death anyway? Who are the surface dwellers to determine what’s wrong and right when they’ve never had to survive in such an environment? Perhaps instead the culture of the drow would just naturally change over time anyways if the need for those more violent and extreme traditions subsided because there were more ways of accessing resources and building a stabler environment. Either way I don’t know the future of drow society, but what I do know is that it’s far more complex and grey than we give it credit for.

[adashoflavendermelancholy]

Baby Halloween

Crocodile knew that this time of year would come again. It was Halloween soon. He would have to buy three costumes plus an adult one for himself for when Luffy noticed he wasn’t dressed up. Then a lot of candy that he would have to hide from the boys. If that wasn’t the only problem, Shanks showed up and started talking about the haunted house event he was doing. Of course, the boys wanted to go help.

“Sorry Luffy, it’s only for kids 10 and up. You’re still young.” Shanks said, patting the sulking boy’s head.

Crocodile knew that was going to be an issue later. “Why invite us then? Unless you think you can handle Ace and Sabo alone.” He asked. Ace and Sabo were already smirking at the idea. He loved his chaos children, when they were causing chaos for others.

“Hahaha, no. I actually was hoping you would let Mihawk baby-er watch Luffy for it. Mihawk has a son his age.” Shanks said, barely covering his mistake. Not that Luffy cared right now. Not when he was too young to have any fun.

“Mihawk? Are you sure he can handle-“

“I figured you would worry. So I brought you his number with his consent.” Shanks said, holding out a slip of paper. “Now then, boys! Let’s see how strong you got!” He said, leading the boys to the training room.

Crocodile looked at the number and called. After talking with Mihawk about watching Luffy and how difficult it could be. Crocodile was surprised to hear the man was still willing to watch him.

“I plan on having the boys decorate the house for Halloween, make them snacks, and let them watch the children’s horror movie.” Mihawk said, sounding unbothered by any of Crocodiles’ concerns. Still, this was his best chance to getting all three boys to behave. Rather than telling them all no. That wasn’t a fight he wanted to get into.

Crocodile drove to Mihawks home. A large building that already looked ready for Halloween. His boys were impressed by it already. “Hello,” Crocodile said, when Mihawk opened the door.

“Good afternoon.” Mihawk said, moving to let them in. The older boys looked at the look of the place. It was a very spooky season already. What more could Luffy and the other boy do?

Luffy spotted the green-haired boy playing with swords before anyone else did. Running over to him, “HELLO! I’M LUFFY!” He yelled.

The boy looked at him. “Hello.”

“Wanna be pirates with me?” Luffy asked, Crocodile sighed. Just how many people was Luffy going to ask that too? It was getting out of hand. Crocodile opened his mouth to say something when the little boy responded.

“I don’t wanna be a pirate.” He sounded annoyed.

Luffy tilted his head, “What do you wanna be?”

“The greatest swordsman in the world. Better than dad!” the boy announced. Crocodile liked his attitude.

Luffy gasped, “THATS SO COOL! I HAVE TO HAVE YOU ON MY CREW. I’M GONNA BE THE PIRATE KING AND HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST ON MY CREW!” the boy hardly took a breath while yelling that. Crocodile glanced at the other adult here. If there was a problem with this, it would be with him. Mihawk looked unbothered by all this. More like he was just waiting to see what happened.

The boy thought about it for a while, then nodded. “Fine, but if you hold me back, I’ll kill you.” Everyone tensed at the words, but Luffy laughed.

“OKAY! LET’S GO PLAY!” Luffy said, grabbing the boy’s hand. Zoro followed along, looking a little confused.

“Seems they will get along just fine. You may pick him up when you are done. Please, give me notice if you will be after seven as that’s when we have dinner. I do not mind feeding Luffy, but would like the notice beforehand.” Mihawk said, letting the three others out. Crocodile felt like he had whiplash from all this. Luffy’s energy wasn’t well matched here. Well, a few hours would be fine.

Luffy and Zoro ran around for a while before Mihawk brought out the decorations. There was everything from fake skeletons that looked so real it was better than the movies. To plastic tinsel with fake spiders on them. Luffy and Zoro ran around the house, putting up different things and talking about if they fit there.

When they were done, tuckered out running around. Mihawk decided to feed the boy earlier than expected. He sent a text to notify Crocodile of the change in plans. Along with a picture of the boys cuddled up, watching a movie about monsters scaring human children.

Crocodile felt bad that Mihawk was going to feed his son. He knew that the boy was a black hole. With a promise to reimburse him once he picked up Luffy, he got back to the other two boys.

By the time that crocodile arrived to pick up Luffy, it was 6:10pm. He knocked on the door. When it opened, it did look more festive in the house. But only at Luffy and Zoro’s level. He could tell where the boys spent most of their time. On the black leather couch was Luffy. He was fast asleep, holding on to his new best friend in the world. It was something that warmed Crocodile’s heart.

“I think they became best friends today.” Crocodile muttered, seeing that Zoro was the same. Holding onto each other after running around and decorating the place. It was almost too cute to look at.

Mihawk huffed, “We should save each other’s numbers, then. I’m sure we can come up with a day for them to spend more time together soon.”

Even though he sounded less than impressed, there was a small part of the Crocodile that suspected that he enjoyed this. Then again, what parent wouldn’t love their children finding a friend after struggling so long? Crocodile felt the same way about Luffy. It took a while, but there was now a good friend to be around him.