#oof i'll need to name this au won't i

[pareidolla]

a new au (stp voices as the protags of scarlet hollow, simultaneously) has hit the pareidolla

long long long rambling under cut:

plot bunnies

i'm thinking this au would happen after the strange beginnings ending instead of a standard modern au. the construct collapses after tlq departs with stranger, and the voices are forcibly expelled to the nearest world.

all eleven of them wake up weird clothes. the only other person with them, some weird guy, says they're on a "bus" headed for "scarlet hollow." weird stranger notes they've must have traveled far judging by their british accents (what the hell is a british???)

tabitha's eyes bulge as her cousin (hero) steps out of the bus followed by ten other people like it's a clown car. cue hero's panic as he plays along, apologizing profusely to this scary woman who's apparently his relative (???) and learns he's here for her mother's funeral (!?!!!?) fortunately, oppy cuts in and calms things down

i think the voices would be mainly separated, as opposed to all eleven of them being there for every scene and it playing out beat-for-beat like it does in the game.

for instance, only a few of the voices, particularly hero, would be driven to the estate by tabitha while the others would be forced to walk. some might hit the library, the general store, or the diner first and meet different characters then. broken definitely perks up at the mention of a church

i think hero should get to look at a bird. as a treat

trait justification

mm i've been puzzling over traits for awhile. some voices are a natural fit for a trait while others less so, and picking two for all eleven is going to require some serious stretching. i know some of the npcs in scarlet hollow have one trait but it feels... mean? lazy? to skimp out on giving everyone two traits

i think it makes sense for hero, broken, and cheated specifically to be playing hard mode. the latter because suffering defines them and the former because, try as he might, hero simply won't be able to save everyone

hero makes sense to be power build i think, i think? it's not only strength but protection, and who is he if not the the long quiet's guard? a bit stumped on a third trait however...

if i could then i would give everyone the hot trait (♡) but being hot is more about how readily people trust/like you than it is about appearances. hero's kindness would disarm most people, meanwhile smitten and opportunist make a great effort to charm others

opportunist was also made for street smarts. i just know this little weasel would lie his ass off to tabitha, sucking up to her and complimenting the scarlet estate every chance he got, before immediately gunning for the forbidden wings the moment she was out of sight. worst man alive /aff

i feel pretty comfortable in the talk to animals + keen eye for combo for hunted. perceptive voice... animal princess... p simple!

(god i want him to meet gretchen so badly. little beast, how do you expect to run with legs so small and a body this fat? ... cute?)

not quite sure what to do for smitten's second trait however. he's arguably one of the strongest voices so powerful build makes sense, but i'm also tempted to give the hot/pb combo to stubborn and i don't want any of the voices to double up. alternatively, talk to animals might be a cute nod the princess. except, instead of a bluebird as a companion, it's dustin, the desk possum.

skeptic gets the detective combo, obviously. not much to write home about here - i just think it'd be fun to see him sleuthing in another horror game. i hope he and smitten befriend kaneeka and discover what anime is

broken i'm a little... eh about in terms of traits. i'm learning towards keen eye since he's the most understanding of people's emotional states, but anything else feels like a stretch. powerful build since he can endure suffering? mystical for his connections to tower? bleh...

well, stubborn gets powerful build, obviously x2. i'm a little lost for a second trait because he's kind of straightforwardly The Strong One. not the sharpest, not the most insightful, don't see him as particularly magical enough to justify mystical or talk to animals but, as mentioned earlier, i think there's a case he could be hot. i'm only marginally against it since he's a touch aggressive and that might rub people the wrong way, but people adore jocks, and the developers once called adversary a himbo, and stubborn is basically just her.

paranoid with mystical and keen eye just makes me laugh tbh. suck it up, boy, you're gonna see EVERYTHING

cold might have also mystical, possibly? on one hand, it's the Scare The Hoes trait and cold excels at that, but i'm not sure about it. but the same, i don't think any other trait fits him either like... sure, maybe he's strong but is he ever going to use his strength? yeah, he has a brain but is he ever going to think? yeah he can see but is he ever going to-

banging my head over cheated and contrarian too. i love you both sm but your personalities are complaining about the narrative and avoiding the narrative respectively. how do i possibly convert you two into traits. this is a nightmare

[ray-venous]

zhongluc christmas (modern AU) -- santa baby

wc: 507 Santa baby plays softly in the background with the cracks of hot logs. It's quiet, the moon high in the sky with the promise of snow in the future. Mondstadt usually never had terrible snow, but with Dawn Winery being so close Dragonspine, snow tended to settle more during the winter. Diluc always loved waking up to fresh snow on the ground when he was younger. Now, the cold only causes his joints to ache. He sits next to the fireplace, a red plaid blanket over his lap with his husband sitting beside him. He had met Zhongli only seven years ago, though they had not dated the entire time. Their dating, and marriage was quick. A quick shotgun wedding with little planning and few people around. Quiet, small, just how he had wanted it. Diluc truly considered the man beside him his soulmate. After years of despair, he couldn't help but appreciate what was offered to him. "This song," his husband muses as the song plays out. It plays a little longer, the song ending with it's signature 'hurry, tonight', "The connotation." The song is replayed, Diluc barely lifting his eyes from the book he was reading, "Hm? Well, I've always heard it as a gold digger." "Reminds me of someone," Zhongli muses, though he is quickly met with a slap with Diluc's book on his chest. There's an 'oof' followed by the man's deep laugh. "Am I wrong? You married a CEO." "As if I married you for materialistic means," Diluc goes back to reading, not have lost his page considering he kept his thumb as a marker. "Go get me more tea." Yet, the man behind Diluc only wraps his other arm around Diluc, fully snuggling into Diluc's shoulder, "I'm warm here though." "Be good, a-Li." "'Luc," the name rolls of his tongue in a way that has Diluc both shivering but also annoyed by his husband's antics. The man knew what he was doing breathing on his neck like that, "I've been an awful good boy, an angel all year." Diluc wants to slap him again, but those arms hold him so tight. Lips press against the nape of his neck. Soft, wet from the cooled tea on his lips. "Santa baby..." the nickname slips off his tongue again, and Diluc is very much not focuses on the book in his lap, "one thing I really need.." Another peppering of kisses, moving from the back of his neck along the side of his neck. One is stuck right behind his ear, his breath from his nose causing more of those goosebumps to run down his spine and settle in his stomach. "I'll wait up for you, dear," he whispers, another kiss on his jaw, "Santa baby, won't you hurry down the chimney tonight?" Then his husband, like the tease he is, moves, getting up and leaving a space of chill and emptiness behind him. Promises for later wait at the top of the stairs, but soon, Diluc's cold tea is replaced with warmth.

[villainsblog97]

Xdinary Heroes When they get Jealous

Requested by @mirohlayo, thanks for the request!

Summary: What happens when our 6 Heroes get jealous?

Warnings: Mentions of arguing, Jealousy (Obvi), some mentions of harassment, Language, some PG-13 stuff.

Scenario: Boyfriend AU, Romance, Angst, fluff at the end

Also Happy New Year lovelies!!!!

Gunil:

You should probably just expect this exact face from him

Gun-il would be PISSED

He sees another person flirting with you

They're dead

He's gonna become super clingy to you

Calling you every pet name in the book

Just to let this person know

You are already spoken for

The person will eventually get the hint

But now he's slightly hurt by you

And it's making him mad all over again

You two will have to talk it out

"Come on Y/N that person was totally flirting with you!"

Its gonna end up in an argument

But then when you see how hurt he is

You realize that you were in the wrongs

And you gently wrap your arms around him

Gun-il wraps his arms around your waist tightly

Holding you like he's gonna lose you

But you won't let that happen

Jungsu:

Jungsu can be super petty when he wants to be

(For this scenario he is)

So when he sees someone talking to you

Making you laugh

He's gonna give you the silent treatment

He's gonna let you finish your interesting conversation with this person

But after that

No words come out of Jungsu

"Jungsu are you listening?"

...

Nothing

All the way home

He's as silent as the grave

He wants to you know just how angry he is

but I feel like the silent treatment is also his way of biting his tongue so he doesn't say something he'll regret later

Finally you ask him if he's mad about something

And he just shrugs his shoulder

"Is it about who I was talking to earlier?"

Another shoulder shrug

"Oh my god Kim Jungsu you're so ridiculous!"

Now he's slightly glaring

"That's my cousin you idiot!"

"Wait really!?"

It speaks...

"Yes!" You laugh

Well now he feels kind of stupid

Gaon:

Now I've said before that Jiseok looks like a really scary guy when he's pissed off

(I still stand by it)

And he was really pissed off

This person had been trying to make a move on you all night now

He was trying really hard to not let it bug him

But he finally had enough

He walked over and pulled you up from the chair and slid his arm around your waist

"Sorry friend... this one's taken" he smiled with a slight smirk

(oof)

He's feeling a lot of emotions right now

Anger

Sadness

Hurt even

Jiseok would be an emotional mess when you two got home

"I mean what were you thinking!?" he would snap

"I'm sorry Jiseok I thought they were just being nice, I told them over and over again that I was here with my boyfriend"

"Which is why you shouldn't have talked to them in the first place"

You gave Jiseok some time to cool off

You never intended to hurt him

Jiseok eventually accepts your thousand and one apologies

But he doesn't want people to take what's his

Ode:

With this picture alone you should know what's coming

I wouldn't want to mess with Oh Seungmin

I feel like it's the last thing you should do

Someone should tell that to the person who kept hitting on you

Seungmin had stepped outside for a second to take a phone call

and someone thought they could just come up and start hitting you up

You tried to ignore it

but then they tried to put a hand on your leg

Just as Seungmin came back inside

Boy is fuming

He's gonna grab the person's hand that's resting on your leg

and give him a piercing glare

"Didn't your mom ever tell you not to touch things that don't belong to you?"

(Whew... I need a moment....)

Now he's really mad

He drags you away to a spot where it's only you two

And you can't deny that you're finding his jealous side extremely attractive

Now there's tension

(Yes that kind of tension)

He's gonna kiss you like there's no tomorrow

To remind you who you belong to

(I'll leave the rest to your imagination ;) )

Junhan:

This wasn't supposed to happen

Hyeongjun introduced you to one of his friends

(Not any of the band members)

But he introduced you

and here was his best friend flirting with you

Hyeongjun doesn't know what to do

He's seriously conflicted

He doesn't want to show he's jealous

But he can't just sit here and let his friend flirt with his lover

You couldn't tell that your boyfriend's blood was boiling

in fact you couldn't really tell his friend was flirting

Finally Hyeongjun looks at his phone

"Ah Jagiya it's time to get back! The guys need me for practice"

He's giving you a look

One you don't think you've ever seen

Did he just call you Jagiya?

He takes your hand and pulls you away from the scene

Holding your hand tightly in his

Jun... are you okay?"

"I'm fine.."

You stop in your tracks and look at him

"Han Hyeongjun... are you jealous?"

"Well how could I not be!? My friend has always been a better flirt and he can get anyone he wants!"

You walked up to him and kissed his cheek

"True... but he can't get me... because I already belong to someone"

Jooyeon:

They say the first stage of grief is denial

Well it's also the first stage of jealousy

And boy was Jooyeon in it

You introduced him to an old friend of yours

Who also happened to be an ex boyfriend

But the break up was mutual

And you two decided to be friends

So why in the hell would an ex boyfriend be flirting with their ex lover?

These were the thoughts that were running through the maknae's head

You were his now

There's no way he's flirting with you

His mind was going all over the place

So bad he missed half the conversation

Including the question your ex boyf- I mean your friend, asked him

"Sorry what?" He asked

"I asked how long have you and Y/N been dating?"

"Ah... A couple of months now"

He starts mentioning how long you and him were together and all the stuff you guys did together and all the funny things that would happen on your countless amounts of dates

This was really starting to piss Jooyeon off

And it takes a lot to piss him off

You can tell Jooyeon is starting to get uncomfortable

Far from it

He's just getting irritated

So you say goodbye to your friend

And as soon as you two get home

Jooyeon captures your lips in his own

You melt into the kiss

"Sorry if that made you uncomfortable Joo, I didn't think he'd do that"

"Lets just forget about it" he whispers as he catches you in another kiss.

(My heart is beating so fast rn!!!)

Welp! That's it for that one! Feel free to leave in the comments or dm me if you have any requests for both group HCs or individual member's HCs! Happy New Year! Let's keep supporting our heroes and showing them our love! Fighting!

[talesfrommedinastation]

WIP Wednesday!

Oof, those last two episodes...not comfortable.

So, here's a piece I've been working on and off. It made me smile, hope it does for you too.

We're in the AU where Clone Force 99, along with thousands of clones they've rescued, have become a part of the Ring system. It's a crossover of Star Wars and The Expanse and y'all can read it here.

It's been 20 years since they escaped the Empire in 'Far Past the Ring'.

Let's talk about it!

Omega is in her early 30's, and girlfriend's been running shots between the Sol system and the Empire for over a decade. She knows her shit. She runs a serious underground for clones and Rebels and Jedi on the run. She has connections everywhere. You don't fuck with her. Even the Laconians give Omega a wide berth.

Tech (who is now going by the Belter version of his name, 'Teki' with his wife's last name of Drummer) is a high-ranking officer within the Transport Union, the chief of engineering (LTG). It's The Expanse, so he got some anti-aging drugs. Won't make him young but slows it down enough that he can go Silver Fox like a normal dude. He's looking at a quiet retirement, but Omega is snapping that he needs to get off his wrinkly butt and help her out.

The lovely young brunette next to him is Tech's half clone/half Belter daughter, Cpt. Omega 'Meg' Drummer. Yup, the sweet toddler from 'Far Past the Ring' is in her early 20's now! A college dropout, she ended up helping Omega in the rebel underground instead. Meg did go back to earn a double degree in nuclear engineering and political science*, and then went right back into helping out rebel cells.

I'll keep expanding it, and finish this. Why if it's not canon? Because it makes me happy, and I hope it makes you happy too.

*= Imagine Tech's reaction when he finds out his baby majored in science....POLITICAL SCIENCE.

[mercury-lurks]

APHS!AU

Word Count: 4,182

Character Number: 64~

TW: very brief mention of SA but it's like one sentence we good 👍

Notes: this isn't canon in the slightest i just had a brainworm and couldn't let it go.

Benny walked into the school, backpack slung over his shoulders. He was a bit nervous, as he was coming into the school year part way through and from another state. Everybody probably had their friend groups already. It would just stick out like a sore thumb like he always had.

He pulled out his schedule, trying hard to remember where he's supposed to be. This school is so much bigger than his old one, with a lot more people. It wishes it could've been homeschooled instead of dealing with all this.

The classroom system was really confusing, and Benny couldn't quite figure out where to go. He wandered a bit, went upstairs and downstairs, and looped past the same bathrooms at least three times. Eventually it ended up back at the front of the school, resolving to just ask for directions. He was thankful that his first real day wasn't until tomorrow, it just wanted to get used to the place today so he didn't look like an idiot.

Benny went into the office sheepishly, brushing his hair out of his face only for it to fall right back where it was before. He walked up to the counter and pushed a little bell, one of the office attendants looking up.

"Um.. h- hi, I'm new here… could I get some directions? Well, I don't start until tomorrow, but I just wanted to, y'know, get a feel for things? I- if that's not allowed I can leave, but I really don't want to go in blind, and, um… yeah."

The office attendant just smiled. "Oh, no worries hun. I can have someone show you around!"

Benny blinked under its long fringe, not quite expecting this to go as well as it already had. "Really?"

"Of course. James? Could you come in here for a moment?"

A boy wearing a black baseball cap poked his head out of what Benny assumed to be a copier room, holding a stack of papers. "Yeah? What's up?" He pushed his glasses up with a knuckle, scrunching his nose to make it stay.

"I need you to show a new student around."

James looked over at Benny and grinned. "Oh, sure thing." He set the copies down on a counter and walked out, hopping over a table and the front desk to get over to him. "So, what's your name? I'm James."

Benny already knew this was either going to be either the worst tour he'd ever had or the funnest. "Benny." It answered, ducking its head down to his shoulders.

"Sweet. Can I see your schedule real quick?" He reaches his hand out for the paper, and Benny gives it to him. James reads it over, clicking his tongue. "Oof, you've got Hevarro as your Algebra teacher."

"U- uh, what's wrong with Mr. Hevarro?" Benny asked, suddenly even more nervous.

"Oh, nothing really. He's just really strict. If you get the homework done on time he won't be a problem. He does tend to randomly call on students and pick on them, which is what happened to one of my friends. We call it 'Sacrifice.'" He explained, reading over the rest of its schedule. "Heyyy, you've got Araujo! She's awesome. Come on, I'll show you around." He hands Benny's schedule back to him, gesturing for it to follow.

Benny followed James out of the office, walking a bit behind him. "So, you're a freshman right?" It nodded. "Ah, figures. You got that child look to you still. I'm a junior, I just have chronic baby face syndrome." James chuckled, and Benny did too just to be polite. They stopped in front of a classroom. "Here's your physical science classroom!" James opened the door to his A1 class, letting Benny peer inside.

It wasn't anything special, just a regular classroom with regular students. James pointed over his head at the teacher. "That's Ms. Araujo. She's the teacher for AP Bio and the Environmental club, too. She's super nice, most people who've taken her classes say she's their favorite teacher."

Benny was hopeful about this class. He wouldn't jump the gun and say he was going to join the Environmental club, but it sounded like fun. It's always liked plants, especially molds and fungi.

"Oh, and that guy with the blond hair is Neil, he's a Freshman too. So is Karmen, that girl sitting next to him. They're pretty cool." James waved at them, and got a small wave back from both of them. "Andy's out today, he got his wisdom teeth removed yesterday and he's delirious."

Benny frowned. "Oh. That doesn't sound good."

The other shrugged, pulling him out of the class and closing the door. "Eh, he'll be back in a few. What's your next class?"

"Um.. Speech."

James walked down another hall, this one with a mural on it. It was a work in progress, but seemed to be of a dog of some sort. He must've had some sort of look on his face, because James went on to explain. "My sister's part of the Art Club, and they're doing a big fuckin' mural on the wall. Our school's mascot is a Hellhound, so that's what the dog is."

A Hellhound sounded pretty edgy, but Benny thought it was cool. He likes dogs.

They stopped at another class right by a staircase and James opened the door to Benny's A2 class. There was a class in session once again, but if James didn't care Benny would try his best not to either. "HEY MORNINGSTAR!" He yelled, getting the entire class's attention on him. Benny shrank back, trying to avoid their stare.

The teacher, a man with ginger hair that was slowly graying, turned around with a deadpan look. "Mr. Watson. Please try not to interrupt my class again just because you feel like it." A few students giggled, suggesting this might be a regular occurrence.

"What? I'm just showing a new student around! What's so bad about that?" He feigned innocence, making his eyes bigger and pushing up his glasses.

"The new student could be shown around without interrupting me." Morningstar pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to hide an amused smile threatening to take hold.

"Whatever you say, Mr. M." James backed out of the conversation and closed the door. "That was Morningstar, the school Speech teacher. I've been over to his house before."

Benny furrowed his eyebrows, but elected to not ask any questions lest he regret it. He followed James upstairs and to Hevarro's classroom, Benny's A3, where they stood outside for a moment.

"Not going in?" It questioned, peering in through one of the windows. There was a class in session once again.

"Well, we could, but I don't want to set you up on bad terms with Hevarro. We'll just look through the window." James joined it at the window, scanning the class. "You see that kid with the paper airplane?"

He nodded, seeing a kid in the back of the class making a paper airplane. The kid was wearing a red facemask, his eyes darting to the board every so often before going back to fiddling.

"That's Fox. He's a Sophomore, and a huge social butterfly-slash-class clown. Hevarro hates him, he Sacrifices Fox like every day." James points to someone sitting in the middle of the class with a long braid. "That's Nimue, xe's also a Sophomore. Xe and Fox are like.. glued to the hip. Most people think they're dating, but to tell you a secret, they're both Aroace. Nimue may seem sweet on the outside, but there's a reason they're called the Poltergeists. So. Many. Pranks."

Benny resolved not to get on their bad side, and then they moved on to the next class, Benny's A4. Once again, they didn't go inside this class. "Bad teacher too?"

James scoffed. "That's not even the half of it. Mr. Morrold is just so incompetent at technology, and yet he's the one teaching the Multimedia class. Several students have tried to get him fired because he's got several accusations of SA under his belt. He's been investigated a lot over the years, but Principal Bit can't find any physical evidence behind it to get him jailed. So for the time being, he's here."

"Oh." Benny really didn't like the sound of this class.

"He doesn't really interact much with the class, which is a good thing for you." James changes topics swiftly, pointing at the window. "That's Casey, Andy's boyfriend, and sitting next to him is Ë. Both of them are Freshmen, and I'm sure Casey would be happy to catch you up if you asked him. And since you have Morrold for your fourth period, you'll have Terrence and Mona with you."

"You know a lot of people." It remarked idly, a bit confused by all these names.

James chuckled, rubbing the back of his neck. "Dude, this isn't even half the people I know. I know people who know people who know people, and I'm on the student council."

Benny can't ever imagine James being responsible enough for student council, but keeps its mouth shut. They move on to another class, Benny's B1 period.

"Oof, Dorren's the substitute." James winced, looking in the window. "Mr. Levi would've been your English teacher, but he's out on paternity leave."

It looked in the window too, spotting the teacher, Dorren, fairly easily. The beard gave it away. "He's bad?"

"Oh, he's a nightmare. He tries to hex us."

Benny paused, slowly turning his head towards James. "Hex?"

He laughed, looking over at Benny. "Hex. He thinks he's some sort of deity. Oh, god, that reminds me about the Turf War."

This school was insane, Benny concluded. "...Turf War?"

James looked excited to explain, which didn't help the foreboding feeling. "So, there's three different sides to this school, like a big clique. There's Heaven, Hell, and Neutral. Like gangs, I guess. At the end of the year we have a big competition for who gets the APHS Duality Dagger. It's school endorsed, which means Principal Bit probably thinks it's hilarious. She's cool like that. Anyway, if your side wins an event, more Turf gets added to your side of the school. Right now, you've probably noticed the weird decorations, right?"

Benny nodded. It had noticed that there were two distinct halves of the school, each decorated weirdly. There were propaganda posters with either devil horns or angel halos, yellow decorations and red decorations, even one Hit List per side.

"The school for the majority of the year is half Heaven, half Hell. Hell won last year, so Heaven's doing their best to get new Freshmen recruits."

It officially decided that this school wasn't just insane, it was batshit fucking crazy. "Um.. which side are you on?"

"I'm on Hell's side. Once an Ashpoint Devil, always an Ashpoint Devil!" He put his two pointer fingers on his forehead like horns and grinned.

"What about Neutral? Don't they get a side?" Benny asked, tilting its head in confusion.

"They would if they participated. Neutral is just one person though, and acts as the mediator and referee throughout their time here. If things start getting really ugly between teams, Neutral is there to remind us it's just a friendly competition. Right now Neutral is Ferry, but he's graduating this year so he's gonna have to nominate a new Neutral before he leaves. I'm betting it's going to be Quincey, and Quincey's gonna choose Evan."

He didn't know who Quincey or Evan were, but he was sure it was going to meet them eventually. "Do I have to pick one now?"

James shook his head. "No, not right now. The Freshmen only have to pick when the Turf War starts, but until then the Freshies are free game. That's why there's all the posters up, because a good majority haven't picked yet."

Benny supposed that made sense. James began pointing out people. "Oh, there's Ellias and Stevie, they're Juniors, and that's Molly in the red beanie. Oh, there's Zaliel too, and over in the corner is Aven. I think she's making a spit funnel." He waited for a few moments, and then Aven spat into the rolled up paper and blew it at Dorren, who whipped around and demanded to know who did it. In the end, it was blamed on Zaliel, because apparently everyone hated Zaliel. All the teachers, anyway.

They moved on to Benny's B2, welding with Mr. Miller. James opened the door this time, letting Benny know Mr. Miller was at least decently safe to be around.

"Now, Miller looks like a crotchety old fart, but he's actually pretty nice. A bit flat and deadpan, but he's actually willing to help you if you ask. Oh, there's Salem. Hi Salem!" He waved at a tall student in the back who was putting away their welding stuff. Salem looked back and gave James a small smile and wave, turning back to their things. "They're a senior. She may look a bit scary because they're fucking huge, but Salem's really great. They're ASB Vice President."

Benny looked over and spotted someone wearing a cowboy hat. He pointed over to them questioningly.

"Oh, Thomas? I don't actually know too much about him, but I think Mr. Lofenshire knows him? He's the chemistry teacher, and also the guitar teacher. You're taking Guitar 1, right?"

He nodded.

"If you wanna know more about Thomas, I'd ask Lofenshire. He's a crazy old coot, but he's good at what he does." James shrugs. "Or just ask Thomas himself. Whichever."

James then leads him to Lofenshire's classroom, which is empty. "He has a chemistry class on right now, but this is where you'd go for your B3 class."

Benny made sure to memorize the location of this classroom, since it was kinda far away from his others. It then heard a clicking sound coming from behind him, and turned around to find there was nobody there.

Presumably hearing it too, James turned around with him. "Francis? You there, buddy?" There was another click and a whistle. "Hi! You looking for Ellias and Stevie? They're in Levi's English class." Francis whistles again and walks away.

"Um.. who was that?" Benny asks.

"Oh, that's Francis. He's an Office Assistant like me, and they usually run around the school delivering notes, loves to hide and stuff. All I know is that Ellias and Stevie got detention today for vandalizing the school bathroom. I think it was Avery, but Ellias is always getting blamed for his shit and Stevie just goes along with it because they're a ride or die couple, apparently."

Benny didn't think that was very fair. "Avery?"

James snickers. "Yeah. He was supposed to graduate last year, but he failed too many of his classes. He's a super senior now, and one of Morningstar's flock of demon children. We were pretty close last year." That probably explained why he'd been over at Morningstar's house before.

After that, the bell rang, and James started taking him to the cafeteria for lunch. It had to admit, the tour wasn't as bad as he thought it would be, and he was actually looking forward to attending. Once they got into the cafeteria, James led him over to a table.

"Alright, so, what do you think about the school so far?" He asked, watching as kids poured in.

He thought for a moment, collecting his answer, and then spoke. "It's weird. But not a bad weird. I think?"

Laughing to himself, James shrugged. "Yeah, that's pretty accurate. Oh, hey, there's Taylor! Hey!" He got up and waved at a kid with long blond hair in a braid. They just averted their eyes and kept walking. "Aww, boo. Taylor's one of my best friends, they just don't act like it at school because of their reputation."

Benny tilted its head. "Reputation?"

"Mhm. Taylor's one of the popular kids. Well, they're their brother's lackey, and he's apparently the hottest guy in school- I really don't see it, I think that's Matthew, but Nicky's tall, thin and blond- whatever, doesn't matter, you'll just want to avoid him. Oh, there's Avery." James points to the door.

Avery walks in with three other kids, one of whom is riding on another's back. Benny has to admit, he does look kind of nasty- not because of the scars, he just looks mean.

"Yeah, he's really upset this year because his boyfriend broke up with him, graduated, he got held back, and his younger brother Lust graduated too. I mean, he's a good guy, but just really peeved. Those three guys with him are Louis, Jason, and Ezekiel. They're all Seniors. Zeke moved up here from Florida, believe it or not, and Lou and Jace are from Tennessee. Real thick Southern accents. I heard they all plan to go into the army together. Stupid, right? Avery makes fake IDs and he wants to go into the army? He'd die."

Benny definitely couldn't process all of that, and so he just nodded. James seemed to take that as the right answer, grinning. "Glad you agree! Ah, there's Matthew! If he ignores me I'm going to kill him. Matthew!" He shouts, standing up.

The boy, whose name was Matthew apparently, looked up. He was wearing a hood, hands stuffed into his hoodie pocket. Matthew walked over and sat down. "Hey, JJ."

"Hey yourself! Where have you been, man? It's been like.. five days!" James shook him by the shoulder.

Matthew brushed James' hand off him, sighing. "Legal stuff. Don't worry about it."

James clicked his tongue. "Phantom almost went to juvie again, huh?" When he didn't speak to confirm or deny, he cackled. "How many times is he going to skirt the edge before he gets sent in!"

Trying to avoid the conversation, Matthew starts picking at his food. James is about to speak when someone jumps on the table.

"HEY ASSHATS, I HEARD MY NAME!" Presumably, this must be Phantom. He looks quite a bit like Matthew, if Matthew was built like a skyscraper, had green hair and had the raspiest voice known to mankind. Benny flinches back.

"Hello to you too, Phantom. I'm trying to eat lunch here." Matthew looks up, just completely defeated.

Phantom sits down cross-legged on the table. He's wearing a letterman jacket with a bear patch sewn onto the front, and a football just below it, along with two more patches below that. He must've lettered in football since Freshman year, then. "Shoulda thought about that before saying my name. I hear that shit, you know? Like a.. like a hawk."

"Hawks see stuff, dumbass. I get you're failing English but you can do better than that." Rolling his eyes, Matthew proceeds to ignore whatever mindless yelling comes after, until Phantom huffs and slides off the table, stalking away.

James turns to Benny and begins to explain. "That's Phantom, Matthew's twin brother. He's Quarterback of the football team, real angry guy, almost goes to juvie like three times a school year for assault and battery. But he's fun. I like to think we're friends."

Benny doesn't know why anyone would want to be Phantom's friend at all, but keeps his mouth shut anyway.

"Oh, hey, there's Solace and Mona. Solace is a Junior, Mona's their younger sister and she's a Freshman. She follows them around all the time like a lost puppy." James turned his head and saw two girls walking in. "And those two over there are Rosalind and Lyra. Rosa likes to bring her snake to school, and they're planning on starting their own reptile store after highschool." A shorter boy with a green hat walked up to Rosalind and Lyra. "That's Dee, Fox's younger brother. He's a Freshman, and really likes snakes. I'm not surprised he's over there."

Spotting three girls walking into the cafeteria, Benny tapped James' arm and pointed them out. "Them? Those are Inferno, Flame, and Ember. They're sisters, obviously, that red hair is really distinct. Inferno's a Senior, but both Flame and Ember are Juniors. Flame is set to graduate a semester early though, because she took summer school classes. I like setting fires with them, and they're always fun to team with during the Turf War. Except for Ember, she's on Heavenside and Avery has serious beef with her."

They start idly talking and eating their lunches, Benny getting used to the loudness of the cafeteria, when two boys, one with white hair, the other with brown hair, walk over, the first holding a clipboard. "Hi guys, would you care to sign my petition to get Baron Morrold removed from staff? Principal Bit said we needed five hundred signatures to get the school board to consider firing him."

"Hell yeah, I will." James grabbed the pen from the clipboard and wrote his name down. He hands the pen to Matthew, who signs wordlessly. Then the pen gets transferred over to Benny, who writes down its name as best as it can. "I'm glad someone's finally doing something about it, and I'm not surprised it's you and Petey, Quincey."

Quincey grins and flicks James' hat. "What can I say? He needs to be passive-aggressively told to fuck off." He gives Benny a small wave, both of them walking away to find more signatures. Benny waves back, of course.

A few minutes later, the lights in the cafeteria dim, and three blond students get onto a table. They begin a glorified sales pitch, complete with cardboard angel wings and holy sounding music. James scoffs. "Ugh, the Council. They're Heaven's representatives. Ariel, Asheal, and Ariuk."

Matthew looks over at them. "What's wrong with the Council? We do the same stuff."

"They're on Heaven's side, that's why I don't like them!" James slouches in his seat, although the bench is backless so he ends up almost tumbling back.

"I guess." Matthew goes back to eating. However, that's interrupted when Avery gets on another table and takes his shirt off to reveal bright orange body paint just absolutely streaked all over him.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP! DEVILS OR DIE!" He turns to face the crowd, beginning to hype them up. "COME ON, WHO'S WITH ME? DEVILS OR DIE!"

Avery surprisingly creates a successful chant with a lot of the Hellside students in the cafeteria. It goes for a few minutes before he gets dragged off the table kicking and screaming by someone James says is named Mariel.

Ariuk mumbles a few choice words as the lights come back on and hops off the table, leaving the lunchroom. Asheal follows after with crossed arms, chatting with apparent frustration at Ariel as the three leave.

Benny sees Avery getting a stern talking to by another student, one who is far taller than him, with black and white hair in a braid that goes down to their hips. James sees it staring and nudges him, pointing. "That's Ferry. That guy is terrifying. But he's really, really hot. And weirdly polite."

He probably didn't need to know that second part, but it's grateful for the context nonetheless.

The rest of the day goes by pretty smoothly as he gets bounced between friends. James would've liked to show him around more, but unfortunately he had classes to get to. Benny ended up hanging out in Lofenshire's classroom chatting with Thomas, and he really liked Thomas. He had a funny accent and a cool hat.

For the fourth period, he ended up hanging out with two people named Ollie and Coriander who were really nice to him, and met a few other people too! There was Vertigo, a Senior, who just kind of stared and left (but that was okay, Benny knew it probably just didn't want to speak), and Solomon, a Senior, who was pretty rude and Ollie didn't like him, and Ozymandias and Basil, both Seniors too, who didn't really talk to it and just kept bantering back and forth trying to catch each other in tricks. Of course, there was also Nai Re, a Freshman, who was part of the Environmental club and got him interested in it, and Nathanial, a Junior, who gave him a bar of chocolate. Oh, and there was also Siren and Spirit, Sophomores, who Benny thought were a bit scary. They apparently had some sort of rivalry with Nimue and Fox he wasn't aware of, and they were on Heavenside while Fox and Nimue were on Hellside. It was really confusing…

There were so many people here, but Benny was really glad he was going to be attending! He already told Thomas he was going to hang out with him during lunch tomorrow, and he'd already made so many new friends it was kind of dizzying.

Once the day ended and Benny was free to go, he stopped by a little booth near the entrance, manned by a few people called "The Reapers." The booth was red and demon themed, and Benny happily signed away the next four years of its life to Hell.

Once an Ashpoint Devil, always an Ashpoint Devil!

[brick-a-doodle-do]

tumblr has taken my reblogs away and i know nothing about your aus so tell me something funny about one or more of your aus

pop i just gotta say it's awesome to see you around my blog and in my activity again :D and oof i hope the tumblr gods gift you your reblogs back soon :')

ALRIGHT something funny....hmmm *reminisces back on my sprinto era* oh yes okay-

so i made this canon a few months ago with xyz and i'm likeee 90% sure i haven't posted it yet so have this for something's brewing au (aka curiosity killed the cat which i'm almost confident you know,,,,)

(this is like wayyy in the future) wilbur has a meltdown every time a door won't open because he accidentally pushed it instead of pulled (or vise versa) and every time tommy has to step in wil gets really embarrassed LMAO

hhhh there has to be more stuff brb i'm gonna go deep diving in the past

this isn't rlly an au....nor does anyone but x really KNOW it...but in serenity when tommy first comes to the mortal realm (i rlly need to think of a name for that place my god) sbi catch him staring at the night sky with his mouth just wide open in awe bc he's never seen night before- it also scares the SHIT out of him the first time he sees it- he has enough maturity left that he can calm himself down but it's such a funny thought GJDFJSCS

in tiny workers during christmas time it's pretty much mandatory for the workers (ESPECIALLY the tinies) to wear lil elf costumes and wilbur would not shut up about it FDJJFSD (he 100% pulls the 'lil baby man' bit)

unnamed vamp au: tommy tries sleeping upside down AND falls down from the cabinet and almost collides with the floor and dies because he forgot he doesn't have wings DSFJDS

HHHHH i want to think of more but i can't </3

i'll add if i think of anything but for now this is all i can think of

does this mean i have too much angst?? or does this mean i just need to pointlessly worldbuild to the point where the things i'm developing will never ever see the light of day any it's absolutely pointless? >:D

[neon-pink-leitner]

Ask Game: A, B, E, K, L, N, O, P, R, V, Z.

Anon, send me "Z" in its own ask. I got a plan for that one and I've already written enough here. This needs its own post.

A - Ships that you currently like a lot.

V/Johnny is probably one of my main ships right now. Same with Johnny/Kerry but one that I love and don't talk about much is Cletus Kasady/Carnage Symbiote.

B - A pairing–platonic, romantic or sexual–that you initially didn’t consider, but someone changed your mind.

V and Takamura, at first, I just did not get it at all and while its not a main ship for me, I see why ya'll ship them.

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom? If so, what?

Oh god. Okay so ummm...I wrote a crack fic that ships Thanos from the MCU with Knull the God of Symbiotes. Its fucking great, its terrible, I want to burn it, I should frame it, you can read it here

K - What character has your favorite development arc/the best development arc?

I got two here. First being Johnny Silverhand. We get glimpses of his past self being a total fucking asshole and we know from others that he wasn't always a good person but we get to watch this slow change with V's help as he grows into a person that you could sit in the same room with. At the end even willing to give his life for V's which I feel like is something that past Johnny would not have done at all. My second one would be Eddie Brock. He went from being one of Mavel's top villains with a grudge to kill Spider-Man to somewhat healing his wounds and ends up, no joke, not kidding, being a fucking God who wants to save the world from Knull. Its really stunning to see.

L- Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your fave

I'm very middle of the road with River Ward. His personality is a little, I don't know, I can't really find the word. But his quest? One of the most interesting in gaming and I said it once and I'll say it again, DO NOT run his quest at the farm if you are not sober, you won't have a good time. Also Mickey Jones from Doctor Who didn't deserve to be led on so much by Rose. He might have been a bit annoying, but The Doctor and Rose didn't treat him like they should have

N - Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

Really the only thing I wish that was a different is I feel like fic writers don't get the credit we deserve. I understand why visual art gets the attention it does and it should! Drawing of any type if hard as fuck! I don't see this as much in the Cyberpunk fandom because everyone is really happy to get any type of content but I saw this in the Marvel fandom where most often drawings would get praised way more than fics. Honestly on that topic, the Cyberpunk fandom is one of the chilliest fandoms I've ever been in. If I had to pick a second one I'd say I wish people would post more about their OCs!(I say this while pointing at a mirror) I love love seeing ya'lls lil guys! I always wanna see more!(Again, still pointing at the mirror)

O - Choose a song at random. Which ship or character does it remind you of?

Oof, okay, here we go, loading up my liked songs on Spotify and hitting random. Here were go

Sparks Fly • Taylor Swift (spotify.com)

Had to think of this one but I feel Kerry and V would fit this. I've read alot of MaleV/Kerry stuff where they are both hopeless romantic mushy types and this just feels like something they would dance to in the living room when it was just them. Judy/V also popped into my head but I'm not sure why.

P - Invent a random AU for any fandom

AU in which Johnny is a devil hunter in Devil May Cry. He's got the vibe for it, the gun, and the guitar. In fact he's modded his guitar in such a way that he can use it as a weapon (think Nevan from Devil May Cry). I could see Samurai being both a rock band and a band of devil hunters as well. Not sure where V could fit in. Maybe they got, I dunno, bit by a demon and know they got fucked up powers?

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

We really don't get to see enough of V and Misty and that's a damn shame. I would have loved maybe a little side quest thing with the two of them, more so than just Jackie's funeral. I also love Jackie's and V's friendship. I know some people ship them but I just see them as friends. Its really driven home that you can't trust anyone in Night City and here's Jackie willing to take V under his wing after they lost everything. A real choom, good guy, truly.

V - Which character do you relate to most?

In Cyberpunk 2077? Despite her not being one of faves, Judy. Much like her I also a friend to suicide. It was that quest that prevented me from playing the game for two years because I didn't know how I would handle it. Only to find that when I played, and V comforts Judy, It felt like comforting myself. I understood her feelings of loss and guilt. Its a type of feeling you only get when someone close to you takes their own life and its hard to put into words. Recently my grandparents sold my childhood home, my forest and my safeplace. Seeing Judy explore the flooded remains of her childhood home made me cry after this. I understand now. The longing for a place you'll never go back to and even if you do, it won't be the same. The feeling of watching memories play out before your eyes. Its not something you really get over and it changes you.

[bookpersonmaryjon]

Fanfic Writer Interview

Thank you @you-have-to-use-your-imagination for tagging me!

I have to tag people now, but since I only have very few followers (for a reason, that reason is I get overwhelmed easily and need a bit of distance) I hope no one gets mad if I skip that part...

How many works do you have on ao3?

40 works on ao3, one other on a German fanfic site but it's uhh on a several-year hiatus so... not important!

What's your total ao3 word count?

it's 79.578 words holy shit... that's almost 80.000??? how???

How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

I've posted works for four fandoms, three on ao3. Doctor Who (27 fics), The Umbrella Academy (2 fics) and Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast (10 fics).

I've technically got 2 Harry Potter fics, written before JK turned out to be a terf, but I removed them for the moment because I don't want to support her in any way until she gets over her bigotry, and if she never does that then I'll just leave them unpublished forever.

The other one not on ao3 is a Once Upon A Time fanfic that's really just a self-indulgent self-insert for my best friends and myself.

I've also written for far more fandoms, just most of those are only WIPs on my laptop that I'm not sure I'll ever finish and/or post.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Cheating (236 kudos, The Umbrella Academy fic)

Stormcage Wives (232 kudos, Doctor Who fic)

drunk on your love (and a whole lot of ginger) (119 kudos, Doctor Who fic)

tired of the lies (but afraid of what the truth will bring) (107 kudos, Doctor Who fic)

you're burning up and I'm burning out (or is it the other way around?) (101 kudos, Doctor Who fic)

Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Yes, always. People tell me they like my writing, of course I'm gonna thank them for it! And if I get to ramble on about my fic for a bit, even better!

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Oof, let me think...

I'm torn between three, I think.

Wait for me - TUA fic that is really just angst the whole time and especially the ending

Achilles Come Down - DW fic that I would call angsty, but it's kinda ambiguous? it's based on the song by Gang of Youth with the same name, and that song is definitely angsty, so it stands to reason the fic is also at least a bit angsty

I had a dream, which was not all a dream - DW fic that's also very angsty throughout and the last thoughts aren't very cheery, I'd say it's pretty darn angsty.

Do you write crossovers? If so, what's the craziest one you've written?

Yes, but only unpublished unfinished stuff so far.

The craziest of them would probably be the 'Hunger Games but fandoms for districts' one which I only started because of a tumblr post I shared with my friends and we hyped each other up so much that I wrote three chapters in a haze of euphoria before reality kicked me in the teeth and I stopped.

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

No, and I really hope I won't receive any in the future...

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Every time I try it either turns into cuddles or the screen fades to black without my doing. I just can't write smut for my life.

(I might be greyace actually??? that might be a contributing factor...)

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not as far as I know, and again, I really hope it never happens.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Does it count if I started translating my own fanfic?

If not, no, but I wouldn't be opposed to it if someone were to ask!

What's your all time favorite ship?

Thoschei, I'd say.

Maaybe Zoscar, but tbh I've shipped Thoschei the longest so I gotta go with that one.

No, wait, I've been shipping SwanQueen far longer than Thoschei!

So either one of those...

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

Oof, that's a hard question... I've got so many WIPs I wanna finish but don't think I ever will.

There's a soulmate AU I've started, Doctor Who, Thoschei, rather angsty, and I've written myself into a corner and can't get out of it again.

I also started something that I call Override Paradox, which is really what it sounds like, in that it's 13 trying to create a paradox big enough to override the memory block in the matrix. I really wanna finish it, but it's really hard to write paradox fics, tbh...

Err, I've got several timetravel fix-it stories for various fandoms that I'd really like to finish, but not any one specifically, really.

I also really want to finish that Once Upon A Time fic, mostly just so I can have it finished, and because I did start it for my best friends and I'd really like to give them a nice thing, basically.

I also recently got back into The Umbrella Academy and really wanna finish a couple of those stories, just because they're rattling around in my brain and I would love to make something out of the ideas.

What are your writing strengths?

I'm... pretty good at angst? And fluff? Does that count as strength?

I'm good at imagining what a character is thinking, that's probably a neat thing. There are a lot of fics where I get fully immersed in the inner monologue of someone, and I'd say I'm pretty good at it?

I've also been told I'm good at plot twists, so. those?

(gosh I'm so bad at complimenting myself... definitely need to work on that.)

(also what the hell is a writing strength??? I don't really know what this means...)

What are your writing weaknesses?

I ramble a lot. Describe too much.

I also cannot for the life of me just write a story on the fly without having at least five paragraphs of backstory... It's really annoying, honestly.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

If it makes sense story-wise and if it's done well, then I'm all for it!

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

Once Upon A Time. I started it like, five years ago? It feels like an eternity tbh... hang on...

2017??? holy shit that's. yeah, that's six years... wow.

What's your favorite fic that you've written?

Gosh.

I'm gonna choose from the ones I've finished, because I will not be able to choose from the unfinished no matter how hard I'll try.

'Achilles Come Down' is really one of my favorites. I had a lot of fun writing it.

'confessions uttered in the (un)safety of your embrace' was incredibly nice to write. The level of double and triple thinking? Brilliant. The fact that I didn't even realize I was doing it in a triple way until it was pointed out to me (thank you @rearranging-deck-chairs)?! Effervescent.

So yeah.

That's it. You can stop reading now. Also, thank you ^_^

Bye!

[friendofhayley]

Monthly shout-out to every fanfic creator for all fandoms! Thank you for posting your talent for free and making our fandoms a more creative place. <3 This fic rec includes 12 fics from One Direction, Harry Potter, and Teen Wolf fandoms.

Larry (One Direction)

1. Praise the Mutilated World by @eeveelou, @creamcoffeelou | dystopian AU - A/B/O - on par with Hunger Games for dystopian world/plot - maybe its the feminism but I saw some parallels between governing of vagina-welders and omegas - 106k

It was August when everything changed.

By October, the leaves changed, and so did Louis’ heart.

2. i'll be someone who won't be forgotten by @socialiststyles | oof oof oof this hit close to home (for Sagittariuses) - love confessions - friends to strangers to lovers - angst with a happy ending - 27k

"I’m just—" (Harry hiccups) "there’s a lot here."

And – yeah. There are oceans between them and mountain ranges surrounding them and Louis can feel tectonic plates shifting beneath his unsteady feet, pulling them further and further apart by the heartbeat. There are countries of distance, but there are pages and maps and textbooks of shared histories, moments documented and carefully filed away and Louis can’t remember thinking complete thoughts before he thought of Harry.

3. Send Me Your Pillow (The One That You Dream On) by @lesbianiconharrystyles | this was so soft and lovely - gAyBO - omega/omega - fluff and anxiety - 1k

Harry is embarrassed to realize he's nesting but can't stop stealing Louis' things for his nest.

4. falling, catching by tsuneni | light academia - first time - strangers to lovers - creatives in love - 23k

Harry’s jotting down some more notes when he feels a thud on his right shoulder. He doesn’t flinch, thank God, because when he turns his head to the right his suspicions are confirmed. The boy has fallen asleep on Harry’s shoulder.

When Harry lets out the breath he had been holding, the sleeping boy pushes his nose further into the burgundy fabric of Harry’s sweater, and wraps his arm around Harry’s waist.

This boy is going to be the death of him.

Wolfstar (Harry Potter)

5. I Tried Writing Your Name In The Rain, But It Never Came, So I Used The Sun Instead by @lenscribbles | I loved that Remus was a POC and his Syrian mother is amazing - friends to lovers - mutual pining - and nothing bad happens to them ever in the future :) - 12k

Don’t get Remus wrong. He loves his friends, he does! Loves them to the moon and back in fact. They’re his people, his favorite part of everyday, his found family. He’d do anything for them. But the thing is that doesn’t take away from the very simple fact that his friends are fucking ridiculous. Remus knows this, has known it for five years now. But it doesn’t stop him from startling awake on the morning of his sixteenth birthday surprised by the sound of fireworks exploding in their dormitory and a raucous chorus of “Happy birthday Moony!” being shouted into his ear with jaunty gusto.

“You are wicked, wicked wizards,” Remus moans from where he refuses to get up on his bed, covering his face with his hands, a good call on his end considering that the very next moment he feels a cascade of confetti pouring all over him. “The worst of the worst! You deserve to rot in Azkaban!”

“Oh how you flatter us Moonykins,” Sirius croons, pulling him up while James and Peter begin a frankly awful rendition of For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow.

6. Our Destiny in the Stars by orphan_account | non-magical AU - body insecurity issues - trans Sirius - amputee Remus - 11k

Having no luck in the dating field, and insecure about his body, Remus checks out a dating website which offers the users the opportunity to get to know a person before seeing what they look like. It's during this time he meets Sirius, an enthusiastic teacher--and they immediately click. When they agree to meet, Remus sees a photo of Sirius and immediately panics. He's too good looking to ever be interested in someone like Remus. What the tawny-haired man doesn't know, is Sirius has already checked him out online and has fallen head over heels for the adorable editor.

Drarry (Harry Potter)

7. Old Magic (series) by @mystickitten42 | Drarry runs away together pree-HBP - very realistic getting-together - Narcissa is the GOAT - poor Sirius stuck in the middle - 2+ parts

Harry is undeniably numb. Still reeling from the sudden death of his godfather, he’s back at the Dursleys and everything seems hopeless. One day bleeds into the next. But, as they say, nature abhors a vacuum…

Draco is unimpressed. The Dark Lord and his infernal giant snake have taken over Malfoy Manor and he’s confined to his rooms. He feels like a prisoner and it’s just not right. He’s a Malfoy. Itching for confrontation he decides to go visit Harry Potter.

Things don’t go according to plan.

8. The Importance of Being Draco Malfoy (series) by @upon-poppyhills | this is just great, I love that without memories Draco is without prejudice - Harry goes from suspicious to denial to crushing - brief but wonderful Draco/Justin Finch-Fletchley - I can't wait for everyone to find out about Draco's head - 3+ parts

The answer to the age-old question, "What if instead of a scratch on the arm, Buckbeak had stomped on Draco's head instead and caused tragic memory loss?"

It was a truth universally acknowledged that the path to reforming a Slytherin prince never did run smooth.

9. Dear Cousin, Love Regulus by @xx-thedarklord-xx, @llap115 | I confused this with another fic so I never read it until now and it's THE BEST - Drarry talk like dark academia boys sometimes - I'm so glad Draco had Regulus T.T - when he meets the Regulus portrait!! *screams* - 86k

As the sole Malfoy heir, Draco understood that his path was set long before his birth; who to be, how to act and what his choices should be. What he had not counted on was the power of outside influences. Letters from his deceased cousin caused him to realize that he did have choices, starting with the choice to be someone else, to be who he wanted to be. The road to self-discovery was difficult and navigating that path in the shadow of Harry Potter was its own challenge but maybe, just maybe, his friends would help him along the way. And he would owe it all to Regulus Black.

10. bury the dead where they're found by @rocketdocket | THIS FIC is the ultimate found family fic - sometimes people prefer the closet and that's awesome! - PTSD and suicidal thoughts - queer people are just better than the straights, sorry not sorry - 52k

The war is over. Or at least, that's how it feels for everyone else. But not for Harry. He can't escape the memories and the nightmares of the war, or his guilt about those who died for him. While all he wants is to be alone, finding a family in the most unlikely of places may be just what he needs.

Sterek (Teen Wolf)

11. A Californian Werewolf in New York by @dancinbutterfly, knight_changes | I love that Oz from Buffy is just there - friends to lovers - bottom Derek - misunderstandings - 16k

When Derek finally realizes that there's nothing left for him in Beacon Hills, he goes back to New York, gets a life, falls in love and finds his home.

12. (they say) this should feel something like fire by dallisons | mental and physical trauma - Boyd & Stiles friendship - dream!Erica - rebuilding - 11k

"Turn it off." The pack looked up, stunned into silence by the first words they'd heard from him in weeks.

Stiles stood, trembling - his knees weak. He tried to run and collapsed, his bad leg failing him once again. Derek caught him. "Turn it off," he said, his voice unmistakably a growl.

The water continued leaking from the loose faucet, and all Stiles heard was Erica's blood against the concrete. Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop. Drip. Drop. Drip.

[hws-cernunnos]

Italian 101:expressing romantic love and attraction

As promised I'm back with the romantic version of this post :D Link

As usual long post ahead (❁´◡`❁)very long oof

Let's start this journey by defining each role with it's name :)

It can be quite useful to understand a certain type of mentality ! You'll see what I mean right away.

Boyfriend is ragazzo and girlfriend is ragazza and they literally mean boy and girl ahah. Now, it's normal for unmarried native English speaking couples in their late 20s and beyond, to call each other boyfriend/girlfriend. That's really not a thing in Italian. Ragazzo/a are only used by teenagers because it does feel quite infantile to refer to your s/o in such terms in our language 😅 especially if you live together... Ex:{nation x}è il mio ragazzo/la mia ragazza

... Which brings me to: compagno/a. It's the word used by adults to refer to their s/o and it means partner as in life partner and it really doesn't matter whether you're only dating, living under the same roof and/but decided not to marry(but maybe start a family!) it's still the correct terminology! So realistically the Italy Bros would call their s/o their partner, at their current age :) And oh! If you ship them with Vanya it could be a great pun since it also means comrade ahah. Kids of course don't make use of it because a) it indicates a committed relationship as I explained, it would be weird b)it kinda sounds like classmate lol (compagno di classe). Ex:{nationx}è il mio compagno/la mia compagna

Weirdly enough it's not that uncommon to hear a teen say fidanzato/a, which supposedly should only indicate your fiance ahah. As a kid it profoundly amused me to hear fellow 12-year-olds talk about their fidanzati. But it is indeed a common way to call your loved one and I used it myself to talk about my friends' bfs/gfs. As you can imagine it lost such connotation, but I can say that many still feel quite nervous about being called fidanzato/a because they feel like they're about to step on the altar. Ex:{nationx}è il mio fidanzato/la mia fidanzata

Talking about altar... Husband is marito and wife is moglie. On the other hand groom is sposo and bride is sposa. Ex:{nationx}è mio marito/mia moglie. As you can see they don't need an article, *John Mulaney voice* quella è mia moglie! I'm so sorry.

A more yoyo *snort* way to refer to your bf/gf is tipo/a, which literally means dude/dudette ahah. Ex. {Nationx}è il mio tipo/la mia tipa😎.

Onto dialectal versions:) very important tbh, could give that something more to your texts. A common way to call your bf/gf in many northern Italian languages (except my own rjrnh) is moroso/a. It stands for "amoroso", loving and it takes the article according to the language; in most cases it does, in Veneto it doesn't. Ex:{nationx}è il mio moroso/la mia morosa or (in Veneto's case) ho visto mio moroso parlare con mio fratello(I've seen my boyfriend talk to my brother). Would be cute in a social media au like, bio "mio moroso🥺" link to the poor lad's account.

In many southern Italian regions you can find zito/a :) (it's used in Apulia, Sicily and Calabria as far as I know!!) and it pretty much means lad/lass.Ex:{nationx}è il mio zito/la mia zita. I'll assume someone like Mano would use it in a more intimate context.

Common terms of endearment and silly pet names ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

A very common mistake I've encountered in ffs is "mi amore". Italian really doesn't work like Spanish, in our language "mi" isn't a possessive adjective but a particle that indicates the indirect object :3

Ex:Mi piace il gelato.(I like ice cream, Ice cream is liked by me).

Mio is what you're looking for ☺ and it doesn't change according to gender because the adjective takes the word's grammatical gender (amore is masculine). In this case the adjective should be postponed "amore mio", unless in an example like this:

Ex. Sei il mio amore(you're my love).

Tesoro works the same way!! "tesoro mio".

As I mentioned in my platonic love post patata/o is very common and so is It's diminutive patatina/o, but it seems like carotina/o (little carrot) is popular as well (not as much tho! Once again the masculine form is pure invention ahah :)) .

Many use sugary sweet stuff like pucci-pucci which don't really mean anything dbbd we all probably collectively think they sound cute(or irritating, depends who you ask).

One I've seen a couple of times in ffs is caro/a...which indeed means dear in Italian!! But it's not that popular:( mostly because it sounds straight out a 50s commercial. It's used in a ironic way and once again ,with others I've mentioned in the other post ,to address someone who happens to be particularly annoying.

My favourite ones have to be respectively tato/a for Feli and principe for Mano. I truly thought tato/a(tatino/a) were panitalian but my main moots are from the South and they said it's not a thing there,,,? Quite the revelation. It doesn't mean anything, it's just baby talk and it's used for.. Anyone really... Your child, your pet, your bf... Might be a short form for the so popular patato but who knows ahah

Principe truly fucks me up. The idea of Romano calling his bf prince out all of things sends me. And yet it seems like it's quite popular in some parts of the South?? In my friend's @flamaflavio words "I've seen 30 something years old women use it". Oh btw princess is principessa just in case :3

Any kind of cute little animal is game(for example cucciolotto,little puppy or topolino/a little mouse that I've already mentioned). And ah in English there's this thing where you take your s/o name and add bear, in Italian it's orsacchiottino, little teddy bear.

Almost forgotten about it, a bad boy type of character might use dolcezza, sweet thing, or piccolo/a baby.

Let's conclude this post with some sentences o(〃＾▽＾〃)o

Sono innamorato/a di te "I'm in love with you"

Mi sono innamorato/a di te "I've fallen in love with you"

Ho una cotta per lui/lei "I've a crush on him/her"

A more sappy one could be "sei la luce dei miei occhi" (you're my eyes' light). It's also said by parents to their children

Ti adoro "I adore you"

Mi piaci "I like you"

Sono pazzo/a di lui/lei "I'm crazy for him/her"

I won't cover compliments but I can tell you how to say someone is hot ahah. You can say:

Che figo/a! (He/she's really hot!)

È davvero bono/a (He/she's really hot)

A funny way is "È proprio gnocco/a". My girl @flamaflavio introduced me to " È un intero piatto di gnocchi " "He/she/they is/are an entire plate of gnocchi" and I've never been the same😭

We also say "è proprio manzo" to talk about a guy ajsjsj. Manzo means beef, so I suppose it's the Italian version of "beefcake". On the same tone of the gnocchi plate a common meme is " Non è solo un manzo è un'intera macelleria " He's not only beef (a steak??)he's an entire butcher's.

In genovese slang(not language mind you, kids language ahhehs) we might jokingly say "Che beccio". A beccio is a very confident (and hot?definitely stylish) guy.

A more crass way can be "Che fregno/a"

Will keep this PG djdj but you can check this link out if you want some funny horny on main expressions ahah link

Aaand we're done!!! Just let me know if you've enjoyed this and what you'll like me to cover in next post 🥰 thanks for reading this

[prehistoricalcats]

JELLICLE QUEEN APPRECIATION MONTH

June 16th:

OCs

(Again there are no gifs, but please take this amazing art of Persi by @platothefluffbutt and this stillframe of "Baby Griz" which is basically what Hildebriar looks like)

For this one I'll be forcing myself to alter the format and removing the "favorite version" "favorite actress" and "favorite moment in he musical" questions because they simply don't apply here

I don't think I can do all my OC queens, but I wanna do at least Persi and Hildebriar, who I haven't yet discussed in detail or released a bio for yet, but she's important and I don't want to leave her out.

Persimmian

OC bio here, jelliclequeens submission here

What do you love about this queen?

She's a badass bitch that doesn't take shit from anyone. She's fierce, proud, strong, and fearless. But then she also has a soft side, and I love writing her in softer moments where her affection and/or concern for her friends bleeds through the tough outer shell

That being said, I equally love writing moments where she kicks ass and takes names, or where she's otherwise in intense serious business mode which is a phrase I've used to describe her in three separate posts now but it describes her so well 💙

What is your wlw ship with this queen?

I could see her hooking up with Cass. They're both tough strong and proud, they're both fighters, and both have a "lol fuck you" sort of attitude. Persi radiates "don't try me, you will fucking die" vibes that nicely compliment Cass's "try me, I fucking dare you" vibes. I think they would appreciate each other. And they would certainly appreciate each other, if you know what I mean ;)

I could also see her being attracted to Demeter, but I don't think Demeter would return the feelings. She's too angry and aggressive for Demeter's tastes, but I think Persi would be attracted to Demeter's kindness and courage, as well as everything else because dayum girl it's Demeter

But then Persi may be a bitch, but she ain't that kinda bitch. Once it was clear Demeter wasn't interested, she'd shrug off the attraction and move on. She ain't about to go chasing some queen that ain't interested

Hildebriar

In short, Hildebriar is the queen that plays Grizabella when the Jellicles (performers in my hc) put on their play about That One Particular Jellicle Ball™

Everyone else plays "a caricature of themselves" for most of the show, but Hildebriar only plays "herself" right at the very beginning (Baby Griz)

When I finally post her bio, I'll link it here

What do you love about this queen?

She's like that one teacher in every high school who absolutely does not tolerate bullshit and no one wants to misbehave in her class because they know she means business, but that most students love anyway because she treats everyone with respect and will work with you if you need help and be patient and chill about it instead of criticizing you, and she always has like a bowl of snacks or something on fridays just make sure you clean up after yourself or you won't get any next week

She's like that, but not a teacher. Just a caring, helpful authority figure in the tribe. She's stern and has a very no-nonsense demeanor, but she's secretly very sweet and caring. Which is awesome 💙

What is your wlw ship with this queen?

Oof idk. I've considered shipping her with Griz, but I've also considered making them sisters. And also considered that as strong a connection as that would make her playing Griz in the show kinda weird, so also considering the "good friends" route. Idk

Other than that I don't think I have any ships for her atm. She definitely isn't with Jenny or Jelly, because it simply wouldn't make sense with certain things that go down in my headcanon. Maybe in an AU?

Hmm maybe she had a lover (or several) that went with Abraxas when the tribe split up? Hmmmm… 🤔

I love coming up with new hcs right in the middle of writing these ^ ^

So anyway I think that's all of my own OCs I'm gonna do right now. May do more later in the month. Let me know if you want me to do one of yours!

Day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

[brightlotusmoon]

Pain Does Funny Things To My Trauma: A Rant

Oof. I'm in a fucking mood. I went off in three different disabilities forums about how we actually need discourse and discussion about words and phrases being applied by the Ableds, ie how we are all suffering, battling, etc. It's one thing as an individual cripple to shut myself out and not care what terms and ideas are floating around society and social media, it's one thing to keep saying "just walk away, just stop caring, it shouldn't matter, just be you, don't listen." It's one thing to think disability activism and talking about how we are referred to is absurd or annoying or blah.

It's quite another to tell THE ENTIRE DISABLED COMMUNITY to consider doing the same.

We have, literally, fought our way here. We CRAWLED on the steps of government buildings, threw petitions on lawns, marched and shouted and cried in rage just to be dared to be looked at as HUMAN BEINGS WORTHY OF BEING PEOPLE.

I refuse to sit and listen when a disabled person who just wants to be left alone is telling the kids not to bother with discourse. I'm going to be forty years old. In both cerebral palsy and autism, that is fucking old age. We were never meant to get this far. I wasn't really doing much until I got involved in online support groups, advocacy, activism, and counsel for people who just learned they had a disability I have.

To hear that I shouldn't bother with surreal absurdities like wondering when normal people will think of us as Just Living, as opposed to Living With, Suffering From, Battling With...

I don't have words.

Look. You can, and you must, listen to yourself and your heart. Decide how you feel and make a choice to stand somewhere. If you want to shrug it all off so it never emotionally bothers you, if you really have the resilience and fortitude to legitimately Not Give A Fuck, then good. Do that. Live your best life and live it well and live it for all you are.

But not when I am giving advocacy and support. Get off my activism until you understand that I will not drop it. I won't stand down. I'll keep talking. This is Important. We are history. We are those who should be dead. We are HERE.

Every born disabled person has their own methods and their own traumas and their own realizations time and again, as they literally grow up wondering how many birthdays they have left. Will the next fall down the stairs break my neck. Will the next seizure stop my heart or cause a stroke. Will I spasm and stab myself. Will I miss that car because I couldn't limp across the street fast enough.

I want the kids to know that it's okay to be afraid, to question everything, to mourn the age they will take on in their bodies long before their lived years wear them down.

I have cerebral palsy and I am aging and it is hurting AND IT'S OKAY. I'm autistic and I have no clue how all these connected syndromes will work out. I don't know and I want to find out and that is what social media is helping me do. Without a lot of these support pages I would have no friends with palsy and I would have very few resources or answers to Why Is My Body Doing This.

I will come at you with fists swinging, I will breathe fire at you before I see your name. I am fighting for more than just myself.

Don't tell me that none of this matters.

I'm learning to be a master of myself and I'm going to be just fine. So are you.

And now I'm going to keep working on a fanfic AU where a canon character who is seen as a happy go lucky wacky goofball optimist slowly and insidiously develops major depressive disorder, temporal lobe epilepsy, dyspraxia, para-suicidal thoughts, unexpected ESP complete with overwhelming sensory processing dysfunctions, and grave misgivings about his place in the world. Yay, whump, angst, hurt comfort, and fluff as coping mechanisms.