#or half the shitty parents in genshin

[cryptidowl]

I love it when random side characters get blown out of proportion in a fandom.

It’s either “this is glupshitto he has 3 seconds of screentime and he is our lord and savior”

Or “this is cuntkenzie he is only mentioned in passing and everyone wants to crucify him and stomp on his shallow grave”

[dookiecurly]

Homie, give us some Dai headcannons of his s/o being half cat since he gives golden retriever boyfriend vibes :)

- Anon Emzz aka @tiredemzz

(Fluff please, no nsfw.)

Daisuke with a half - cat S/O

First of all, what? How do you exist? Alien, or perhaps the world of mouthwashing has a few critters around ( considering they’re sending to a different planet, I’ll just assume it’s like… alien or other planet place. )

Okay, do you want the cute part first or the serious part first? Either way, we’ll go cute.

He gives off golden retriever boyfriend vibes. I feel like the first time you meet he's like, holy shit! But family friendly because, according to the fandom, his life’s background music is probably the music they played for those old toy unboxing videos.

Loves cliche dates. Amusement parks, beach picnic (he’ll go play in the water, and if you don’t like water he’ll splash you. Or drag you in idgaf. ). I feel like.. cat cafes? He thinks you want to reconnect with.. your relatives.

Other than that, i think he just.. thinks you're cute. Like any SENSIBLE person who looks at a cat would think.

Imo, he accessorizes your cat ears with.. whatevee he can ( it probably wont hurt that much, right? It's like clip-on earrings ). If you have a tail, he'll put bracelets on it. Don't fight me on this one, he will, and i don't care what you say. YOU'RE WRONG unless its "yes" and no ands or buts or maybes.

Mayhaps he will learn about cat behaviours just to see how your mood is... Like your tail... And stufff.....

Likes tracing fur patterns. He also tries to imitate your purring, and also just.. try to imitate because he thinks you're cool.

You wanna get onto the serious part? Don't read this if you don't wanna ruin his image in your head. ( Bc i know some of you want him to be all nice and fluffy. )

I personally think that he'd be intrusive at times. He'd go against your boundaries (but not in a way that he'd touch you weirdly on purpose), i mean that he'd be too overhyped and accidentally be a little.. just a littttllleee overwhelming.

Don't worry, he'll apologize. He'll get the message, or not. Either way, if you tell him what he did wrong, he'll understand and try to make it right

I feel like he has this IMPULSIVE need to do grand gestures for you even if it's unnecessary. It's your birthday? OH FUCK, PARTY!!! You're sad.......? Let's go steal one of the letters from the HOLLYWOOD sign ( ref )

Tell him to stop if you don't like it, he will. I think. He has the need to make his parents proud, so he wants you to be proud as well. He really wants you to be proud, like really really proud of him.

Also, if you ask him, he'll help you get shit in your games. Like, if you want a character from, let's say Hu Tao genshin impact, he'll definitely grind for you day and night. He'll catch your favourite Pokémon and use it for all his runs and win even if the pokemon is considered shitty.

Yeah that's all

[koiyan-hades-kid-with-a-system]

Game/movie/anime/show/manga/manhua/manhwa/novel/other book characters in pjo and slapping a godly parent on them +reasoning +in universe claiming +possible tumblr username(s) I might make into reality

Kaveh (Game: Genshin Impact)

Athena kid

Hes an architect literally graduated with an honors degree in architecture. DESIGNED A PALACE burnt out gay gifted kid frfr drowns sorrows in alcohol, no will to live

in universe respects the gods and makes a bunch of designs for athena to please her didn’t take long for him to get claimed after the designing a whole palace thing full time camper bc it means no alhaitham to boss him around. misses alhaitham though.

“Ah the palace is designed now-“ *sees the athena symbol above him* “What the fuck?”

Possible @: lost-my-keys-again, best-blonde-architect (sorry annabeth but he has a bit of an ego), every-building-made-with-pride, art-architect-athena, light-of-kshahrewar-and-athena, kaveh-the-architect, designing-takes-my-will-to-live

Maomao (Anime/Manga/Novel: Apothecary Diaries)

Apollo kid, Shennong legacy

shes an apothecary thats immune to most poisons bc she tested on herself to build immunity. can detect what type of poison she consumes or smells, can cure it, has a lot of medical knowledge, acts almost catlike. blessed by aphrodite possibly she was raised in a brothel and canonically has a pretty face. she paints on freckles with clay so she doesn't get kidnapped bc in old chinese times they did that- impassive, negative opinion of love. only thing she got from apollo was healing- apollo the genes are not strong with you this time- miss girl got kidnapped and sold to the imperial palace. now she serves under imperial concubines as the taste tester so they wont eat poison(holy shit i ranted about her a lot i love this anime-)

in universe probably disregards the gods until physical solid proof was shown aka apollo physically having to pick her up from the palace she worked at. she hissed and scratched to stay but plopped into camp half blood part time camper bc Sun Wukong does occasionally kidnap her to take her back to the palace. apollo only claimed her bc he realized the famous palace poison tester is his and fucking sprinted to make sure his kid is still alive went like

Sun Wukong:Oh and theres this poison crazy girl in the palace and i think i saw a hint of the sun in her but anyways she willingly eats poison Apollo:… THATS MY FUCKING KID OH GODS TAKE ME TO HER RIGHT NOW- *fucking busts in the door, apollo symbol, snatches and runs* Maomao: Give me a break already-

Possible @: poisoned-daughter-of-apollo, apollos-apothecary-daughter, cat-of-poisons-and-of-apollo, give-me-poison-please, maomao-is-poisoned, poison-for-the-sun-child

Penelope Eckheart (Manhwa/Novel: Death is the Only Ending for the Villainess/Villains are Destined to Die)

SPOILER????-Its a toss up on Hecate or Zagreus- She died and reincarnated over hundreds of times (point to Zag) in the original game in the story literally all you do is die as penelope. But Penelope has a shattered soul and a part of that soul was in the modern day and when it dies or something like that she was reincarnated/isekai’d as Penelope because she originally was Penelope well her shattered soul is. On the other hand Penelope is descendent of ancient wizards and possesses ancient magic (Hecate point) BUT THE DYING AND REVIVING IS SO ZAGREUS- MISS MAAM PENELOPE ECKHEART OF THE DUTCHY PLEASE BE SIMPLE IN THIS CATEGORY FOR ONCE probably Zagreus kid, Hecate legacy more that i think about it.

in universe probably didnt believe in gods because she lived a shitty life in the dutchy until one death where she met zag (if we go the zagreus route) or met hecate after discovering her magic (hecate route) if we did go the zag route he’ll make it up to her by spoiling her and calling her jewel, precious, ect. full time camper, the dutchy doesnt know where she is. She would like to keep it that way

Zag route: *penelope in the underworld again but this time zagreus sees her soul reviving* holy shit youre one of mine- Pene:WHAT???/Hecate route: *sees she has proficiency in magic, ancient power too* ah you must be one of mine. Pene:…Excuse me…?

Possible @: revived-daughter-of-hecate(zagreus), mad-dog-of-hecate(zagreus), lady-eckheart-of-hecate(zagreus), lady-penelope-of-hecate(zagreus), magical-mad-dog, jewel-of-blood (Zagreus route), jewel-of-magic (hecate route)

Rapunzel (Tangled: Movie and Show)

Apollo kid

Healing, music, HER POWER COMES FROM A SUN DROP FLOWER like ik she got it from the flower but like, who said apollo didn't like the queen? (THE QUEEN WAS HOT TO ME OK????)

In universe never knew about gods, Mother Gothel never taught them. when she got out of the tower Apollo gave her many books to read up on them, mostly him. Apollos pissed Gothel kidnapped his baby. Year round camper, kids love braiding her hair, everyone lights lanterns on her birthday as tradition, Kingdom of Corona, Apollo is not sorry, Rapunzels mom was hot and he had a slice, his kid now. She already had musical shit before the flower and now the flower enhanced her healing factor, WHICH IS ACTIVATED BY MUSIC

Apollo: *sees singing and glowing healing hair from a tower* Is that...? *squint* THATS MY BABY- DONT WORRY BABY DADDYS COMING Rapunzel: I have a dad???? *cue tussle for custody, cursed Gothel, bada bing bada boom camp*

Possible @: hair-and-healing, kidnapped-sun-baby, sun-drop-sun-child, flower-of-apollo, sun-drop-flower-child, sun-princess-rapunzel, rapunzels-healing-hair

Flynn Rider (Tangled: Movie and Show)

Hermes kid

Thievery, trickery, wit, athleticism IF HE WAS ABLE TO CLIMB THAT TOWER WITHOUT RAPUNZEL, HES A STRONG ATHLETIC BOY, the works

In universe probably doesn't worship the gods nor know they actually exist, like he read about them but he didn't believe because if they existed, why was his life full of misery? Plopped into camp the same time as Rapunzel bc Hermes called Apollo bc he already was picking up Rapunzel and went "Hey can you get my kid too? Great thanks" Year rounder. Steals shit.

He probably got claimed when he was sneaking into the castle to steal the crown Hermes:THATS MY BOY

Possible @: get-my-dam-nose-right, thief-of-the-sun, crown-stealer, dont-break-my-smolder, hottest-son-of-hermes

[oreo-creampie]

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HOLY SHIT IM SO FUCKING STARSTRUCK

oh!!!!! and!!! do you have any tips on writing smut that involves a hard shell character (whos rly mean on the outside but he would die for u in reality)

aaking because you're so fuuuucking good at it

i plan to binge your masterlists today to study more about smut writing too! (for my upcoming genshin fic that is)

hehe, thank you so much for the follow! im so damn awestruck right now and it was such a treat waking up to your notif!

Ok so this is half mini analysis, and part me just gushing.

Toji is my favorite when it comes to hardass who is soft for his s/o. He’s cold, brash, upfront, defensive, and calculating. It’s easier when I can answer to why they are like that. Which is where we get into character back story.

Toji neglected and beaten by his by his parents wouldn’t have an easy attachment style. Cold, standoffish and crude due to barely being shown a scrap of love had made him a rather heartless man. In reality he would be a walking red flag to stay away from.

It’s the calculating part that majorly comes into play with him being a softie. Chances are when he starts fooling around with someone it’s for two things sex and money. He is aware that being charming, using his good looks and sweet talking is going to help him get his way.

Would likely brush off/ignore most advances towards a romantic relationship, a sexual one would be easier to get with him. Which might lead to a romantic one, if he starts staying afterward because it’s a free place to crash and morning sex

He would crave while also reject softer intimacy. Such as hand holding, cuddling, forehead kisses, hugging you close. It starts off with pulling you in his lap, putting a sexual tone to it makes it feel less vulnerable.

Since I doubt he was valued, or validated emotionally so when he finally gets that from someone who sees toji for toji, flaws and all, he is a bit of a sucker for it. When he drinks a little too much, he opens up about his childhood, and hearing you validate how shitty it was and how he should have been treated better makes his heart beat faster. Has him softening up for the reader.

It helps to think about Toji at all given stages of the relationship within any given fic. From when they met to him falling in love, it would be a process that would take years before the finally said it.

But he would show it in his actions, for being a smooth talker he fumbles when it comes to vulnerable emotions. And with the reader he would be nothing but vulnerable when he is falling for them.

So while he might still sound rough, his sweet actions let you know more about his true intention. But at the same time Toji can't be too mean, otherwise that jumps into abusive territory.

As a calculating man he is very aware of his words and their affect. And once he cares for you, he doesn't want to hurt you. Unless it for kinky fun times. So this is where I head canon him changing small part of himself, this is where the softening begins.

I try to think about it from Toji’s perspective. Abused, neglected, beaten and hated on by most of the people around him. The thrived outta spite and became hard because of it.

Now there is this beauty of a person who is gentle with him, seeing his flaws but accepts him anyway, loves him anyway. Gives him all the patience and understanding he needs, at first its off putting. He isn't used to it, but he kind of likes it.

He would put some space but find himself thinking about the size difference of your hand. The warmth of your smile, the sweet way you say his name, the sparkle in your eyes that reserved for him.

He wants to hold you close, check in on your safety. So he comes back, you don't have questions for where he is been and there is no anger for his absent. Just concern on if he is taking care of himself.

Never having someone give a fuck if he eats, breaths or sleeps would be the norm. So you worrying for his well being is welcomed and addictive so he wants more. It has him coming back for more.

When in a relationship he is loyal, he’s smart and knows that eventually you'll catch him cheating. Every cheater gets caught at some point, so once he has chosen you. You’re his everything

Romantizing the reader through their eyes. Of course they are gonna soften up for you, you’re their everything, the one person who they feel comfortable with, who holds they heart. Toji love sick when it comes to his love, so attached to his partner he is willing to kill for them

They know you like a book and you can read him just as well. He knows he doesn't have to be the most love dovey always. That you understand he is rough around the edges, but love them anyway

[appreciatingtokrev]

i guess with age gaps friendships, it's better for both parties just to tell each other their age before the friendship properly start to develop because i support they got like a mini t&c given to them beforehand. that's understandable and fair but i feel like some ppl do that to tell if the other party will be a clingy friend or not. that's true and the cases where they keep in contact with everyone else but deliberately just do it to you is a real shitty realisation to acknowledge.

i think in those cases like that, the parties may find each other attractive too hence why they dive into a relationship so quickly or they just gel really well together i dk but i feel like it's a factor for some. she kept telling my family i have a surprise for z so when i came back, i thought she was joking. i would say 99% of ppl (including me) couldn't do that lol. it did worked for her, she's having her first child in May.

also, i saw your cats in mediterranean post, i went turkey last year and they were everywhere! i went to a McDondalds over there and a few kittens came into the sitting area outside but everyone was chill lmao. if i ever come off on anon, i'll prob just call you koko because i find that the easiest name to remember. ah i did recognise them including the gen one but not all of them. do you play gi?

ah some ppl are very laidback towards their names but it's interesting how much names play a role in someone personal/cultural identity. mine used to belong to a very specific group when i was born. also, finding out meaning of names is very fun. i suppose all this links back to psychology (?) to some extend.

agreed. that’s also one of the reasons i’m pretty open abt my age on here lol. the friend i gave as example has been aware the whole time too so

hm yeah understandable. yeah exactly, if you know everyone else is being ghosted by the person too then you know it’s not personal and stuff. but being the only person to be ignored really sucks

ngl i thought abt me & my relationships more bc i was trying to understand why you’d date/marry someone so soon and uhh. tbh. my qpp and i took a year and a half to label us as in a queerplatonic relationship (basically platonic partners. if things go well, platonic life partners :3 i would certainly marry him for tax benefits) but we clicked immediately so i’m starting to understand. a few weeks would def not be enough for such a big commitment like marriage but we p much were best friends like two weeks in and we only saw each other for 2 hours a week so... just immediately clicking and thus starting to date so soon actually makes kinda sense.

oh my god help this completely threw me for a loop first adhjdhf me & my friends are all so school focused i forgot that people my age and a few years above start having kids. omg. okay but congrats to her!! also very understandable i would’ve thought it’s a joke first too... like. a few weeks to get married is VERY unusual here lol

ohh omg life goals tbh. i love cats man i wish they’d swarm like flies here too adhjgdh ig it’s mostly a problem with stray cats tho :/ but it does sound like a nice experience lol

koko works fine hehe :3 yep, i’ve been playing genshin for over two years now! 26.1.2021 hehe. been slacking since last summer but during the first one and a half years i actually played it almost every day and i even picked up honkai tho i play that a lot less regularily. and i’m excited for honkai star rail!! which is gonna be released in just four days <3

oh oh very true yeah. i’m trans so i’m just not on the best terms with my deadname but i don’t care abt it that much tbh and i can’t decide on a new name so i just give people the option to do that lol. ngl i think the meanings of last names is more interesting... idk it has to do with your inheritage n that’s indefinitely more interesting to me than your parent’s naming choices but it is fun to talk abt name meanings! non-last name meanings definitely are linked to psyghology, especially if you choose them based on meaning yup. funfact my mom should have been named after ‘love’ but her parents accidentally shifted a line down when reading their book of names so now her name means something along the lines of ‘the one with an injured foot/leg’ which.... is not exactly a nice meaning lol but ppl don’t know abt it anyway plus it’s a pretty name so it doesn’t really matter. but it’s a fun little fact i think haha

[chisatowo]

Thinking abt complicated sibling relationships in the media I like love thinking abt complicated sibling relationships in fiction

[yahoodarling]

YAHOOOOOO!!!!~

I love the kind of dark content you do, not overly sexual (ookay thats a lie but it doesnt FEEL forced) and has good plot to it!!!! Could i request an abused and yandere Scaramouch and a reader that helps him?

Mwha Mwha! Kisses for you haha. Thanks for the kind words, i enjoy Dark Content plot more than sex most of the time. Hope this satisfies you. Made it a modern au to fit so it doesnt contrast genshin lore hehe

AbusedYandereScaramouch X ProtectorReader(GN) Modern AU

Warnings:DARK CONTENT, age gap (scara age 8 reader age 21 first half, scara age 18 reader age 31second half), murder, violence, descriptives of blood, child abuse, implied sexual assult, mental instability, yandere themes

Note:Child Scara looked after random/made up parents, NOT DEPICTED AS EI

Of course as any sane and rational being, I don't promote this stuff. If you are romanticizing the abuse of children get the FUCK out. I'm a teacher, surrounded by kids and I hear these things happen and it's fucking disgusting.

He just wanted to read the book, it wasn't a big deal. The cover was so pretty, a secret garden full of flowers and moss with a kind looking prince. The kind lady said he could have it… HE can HAVE it! He didn't ask for it or steal it or anything! He doesn't deserve to be reprimanded!

“This shitty child out begging for freebies. What?! We don't give you enough?!” the man yelled. That's all he is, ‘The man’. Not his father, just the horrid, foul smelling man that made his life a nightmare and next to him stood the witch of a lady he'd never felt to be his mother. 

“(*****), I think he should be a little more grateful and stop embarrassing us. He is already an embarrassment.”

Scara knew the lady wanted a daughter, one to braid hair and play with dresses, not a son like him, she forced him to grow his hair out, to wear dresses, to reject anything masculine.

“No shit. Come here boy-” 

He should run, he should run far away, far away from these people but he couldnt, he was scared. He didnt know what life outside this small apartment would be like, it could be worse than this. Are all kids like him brought up like this? Then maybe he should just take it, everyone must do it for a reason even if it does hurt so much.

Still… he didnt want that man touching him anymore.

“OI! Brat!” Scara ran away from him, clutching the book in his arms, tears streaming down his face. All he wants is to be the Prince, to live in a pretty garden and practice sword fighting with a tree or find a fairy that will lead him to adventure, he didnt want to be a mistake, to live in a grumpy apartment and practice how to quieten sobs from the man or be lead to …

“Leave me alone! Please!” he begged, please can he just live that happy life, please can he just be happy.

‘You have to fight for it.’

“I just want to read a book!”

‘You have to fight for it.’

“All i want is to live!”

‘You have to kill for it.”

“Thats it!” The familiar yell and view of a hand passed his eyes and he braced for protection.

You open the door to your neighbors house, those screams were worth investigating. You hoped they weren't what you thought they were. Upon first sight of opening the front door there was red, so much red. On the floor, smudged on the walls, on furniture and surrounding the two figures lying motionless on the floor. Your eyes scanned to find a young kid, you had never seen them before, with long dark purple hair and clothes soaked red, in his hands he held a knife and wide unfocused eyes staring blankly at the wall. As much as you wanted to scream and run away, call help and leave you knew that would make the situation worse. Before you stood a young, mentally unstable kid who had just killed your neighbors. You never knew them much, they were secluded and kept to themselves but they didn't seem like bad people.

‘I hate this… i hate this so much…’

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You need to think about every word and action.

“My name is (first name)” you say, create a personal introduction so he feels safer to calm down rather than immediately bombard him with questions.

“What's your name?”

It took a while, the boy's chest seemed to heave up and down from rapid breath until he whispered out a faint, ‘Scaramouch’.

“I see, well Scaramouche your hands are very dirty, could you go wash them?” get the knife out his hands, don't be demanding as it may trigger him.

The boy still seemed in shock but he did as you asked, he walked to the nearby sink, put the knife down and began to wash his hands. You took a moment to collect yourself. To call the cops right away may trigger him so you'd have to wait a bit. You looked at the boy and saw bruises and marks litter his skin, your heart fell immediately. So this was a case of an outburst from the result of child abuse? That's the only thing you could assume to imagine your nice, though quiet, neighbors like that made you very unsettled.

“Done.” His voice was quiet and toneless.

“I see. Could I come in?” you ask, still standing from outside, he nodded but still looked down at the sink.

“Scaramouch, could you come here so we can talk?” you ask, a good few feet away from the door if you need to run but inside the house enough to be close to the boy already. He seemed reluctant at first, his face squeezing into different frowns before walking towards you and looking at your feet. Good, he left the knife.

“What's going through your mind right now?”

“You are going to phone the police, right? I'm gonna go to jail like the other filth.”

It kind of scared you he was thinking of that rather than about him being sad or emotional about killing his supposed parents. You have to tell the truth, lies won't help.

“Yes I will but it's different. You are a smart boy, I'm sure you know you won't go to an adult prison. I think you may have to see some doctors and live in a special home but it's nothing like an adult prison so it will be okay.”

He looked up to you with big eyes, eyes that seemed to question, ‘will it really be okay?’.

“It's alright, i will explain to the police, i know it's not all your fault. Do you want to hear me phone them?”

He didn't respond, he just walked to the wall, sat down back to you and seemed to just phaze out of consciousness. The reek of blood and nausea was starting to set in, the whole situation was starting to set in but the best you could do was stay calm.

You phoned up the police to report the crime, needing to be mindful of what you said and how you said it since Scaramouch could hear you. “Hello, yes, im here to report a murder. Two adults at this address. Yes, I know who the murderer is, they are here too, its a child, maybe 6 or 7, he is stable for now. I believe this was an attempt of defense from child abuse, the child has signs of it all over. Okay, thank you.” you were told to be on alert, not like you weren't already, and to not approach the kid, though to see his huddled up form leaning on the wall like a lifeless doll tugged on your heart.

“Scaramouch, how are you feeling?”

“Sore”

“I can imagine.” … “May I sit here?” you ask, sitting a few feet away from him and he nodded.

It was quiet when all of a sudden the boy spoke up.

“Why do you speak like that? Don't all adults yell or talk harshly. Adults aren't supposed to sound… soft.” he frowned at his own sentence.

“Why can't adults be soft?”

“Cause they are mean and they do mean things and are angry all the time. It's my fault, I did something I wasn't supposed to and now I'm in this mess.”

This was his outlook… you really wished you had noticed what had been happening in this house sooner, maybe you could have saved him from some of this trauma.

“Scara, not all adults are like that. Most are nice and soft.”

“... Do they hug?”

You looked confused.

“One night I saw that man watching tv and saw two people hugging. That's normal?”

“Well yes, it is normal.”

“So I'm not normal?”

“Well, this house isn't normal but that doesnt mean you aren't. It will be okay.”

. . .

“Can I have a hug then, if it's normal?”

The question made fear spike through your spine, yes this was a kid but it was a kid that just killed two people. Of course you were hesitant but you were also stupidity emotional.

“Scara, can you promise me, on your most favorite thing, that you won't hurt me if I hug you?” You ask.

Scara looks around for a moment. “I promise on my book.”

You didn't understand the context but had to trust him.

“Scara! Well done!” You clapped for him as you left your car door and walked up to him, he graduated highschool and you two organized for him to stay the night and celebrate, it meant the world to him. Honestly, it surprised you how you were able to stay in contact. While he was a kid in hospital you visited a few times and when in the adoption home you'd message him and take him out for trips when you were free on weekends. He never did get adopted for some reason and now he'd be out in the world, he has told you he has a plan and not to worry about him but you still do. One thing that was hard to grow out of was seeing him in a safe limelight, for a while every time you saw him you reimagined the bloody scene and his face but now you had grown accustomed to the older him. The past still haunted you but at least it was better for you two now.

You hold out your hand slowly, he takes it, and you gently pull him in slow step at a time till he is close by to which you hesitantly open your arms and hold the small boy in you. He hugged back and immediately fell into your seated lap. You two stayed like that until the police came. It was a big deal sorting through everything, explaining and making sure Scara stayed calm and in time, in a long long time you could comfortably say the scene was over. Court done, Scara in a specialty hospital for kids and you were back home but that house next door continued to sink your heart each time you saw it. You decided to move.

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“Thanks” he smiled softly and tugged on his sun hat a little, even though it was late afternoon and the sun was already setting.

You pulled your stuff out of the car and approached him, giving him a side hug with your open arm and then directing him to the door. He had been here many times, it was natural to have him over.

“So, shall we pop open a bottle or have dinner first? Haha” you laugh, putting your stuff down as Scara quietly closes the door and takes his hat off, messing around his short hair for a bit before letting it settle.

“Hmmm, dinner first, then drinks. We don't need to rush.”

It was late and quiet all in contrast to  scaramouches loud heart beat. He couldn't sleep, he never could when he slept over at your house. Honestly he didn't care about school, nearly everyone there was useless and boring but to see your happy face as you greet him, to see you celebrate HIM, for whatever reason, made his heart flutter. He wanted to be with you, be with you more often than you do already and more intimately than just hugs or shoulder pats. He closed his eyes for a second, imagining the life he wished to live, maybe one day he will grow the confidence to make it into a reality but for now he had to be patient and just enjoy what he could get. That's not to say he wasn't confident in getting what he wants, far from it, proved by how he stood up, bare feet padding on the floors towards your room. You were asleep, of course it was close to 2am. His light, his savior from the dark. He wanted to cherish you, worship you and just be with you.

“Then so be it!”

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He neared the bed and climbed on, leaning his head over to yours, he 'd hear your breaths and see even the smallest movement on your face. He leant down, meeting his lips with yours for a very soft kiss, one not to disturb you. With a quick light hug to your covered body he then stood up, neared the door and watched you from a good while before getting back to his room. He doesn't need to worry about the future, where he will stay or anything else if his future is with you, no matter the cost.

[hopelesshawks]

Hey hey pspspsps if ur down to write some genshin headcanons👀👀 I’d loveee to see some modern au Tohma, Xiao, Kaeya, Childe, Zhongli and Diluc headcanons 👀👀 like college age mayhaps 👀👀

Ohhh ok BUCKLE UP KIDS it’s Genshin modern college au headcanons here we go!

Warnings for alcohol mention and very brief mention of recreational drug use

I feel like I should disclaimer that I’m in a coed frat and went to a small to mid size technical school that’s pretty nerdy so my experience with frats is probably very different and not nearly as gross as the like general US State School experience can be

Tohma

Smooth talker, big man on campus 100%

Probably joined a frat literally the minute he could for the connections and so he could meet even more people

Dude has been throwing ragers since like the first month of his freshman year, you don’t know how he knows so many goddamn people on campus he just does

Seems like a player and hopeless flirt but is actually such a dorky little himbo when you get to know him

If you need any kind of recommendation on anything he’s your guy. From the best spots to nap on campus to the best restaurants within walking distance.

In a relationship he’s super open about his affection and probably is into PDA. It’s not a possessive thing, he’s just so in awe he gets to have you that he wants to enjoy every second of it so why miss out on a hug or kiss from you just because there’s a few people around

Xiao

The first several times you interacted you were probably forced too. Like you were partners on a group assignment so he had to deal with you for a little bit and eventually warmed up

Has a reputation among the rest of your class for how standoffish he is so when he started hanging out with you a few of the other people from your year legit were just like “h o w” and you can’t even give them a proper answer tbh because even you don’t know

Is probably some kind of writing/English/history major

Not only is willing to fight anyone who tries to imply his degree isn’t as useful as a STEM one, but actually has gotten in multiple, some of which almost came down to an actual physical fight before you dragged him away

Definitely pouted about you pulling him away but will yell at you if you call it pouting

In a relationship there is almost no PDA. He might hold your hand and if someone makes him jealous enough he may pull you a little closer and/or put himself between the two of you but for the most part he feels like his relationship is no one else’s goddamn business and he has no interest in giving people a show

Kaeya

The biggest little shit as always

Also joined a frat but is mostly in it for the free booze and he says the brotherhood but you’re pretty sure he just likes the way the other members hang on his every word when he speaks

Doesn’t believe in the cult-like level of loyalty some frats expect and so will 1000% report any of his fellow brothers who try to be shady/scummy/gross. No one would dare get mad at him for it so it’s actually helped the frat stay a healthy environment, 10/10 could trust the guys there with your drinks

Honestly at this point the frat is pretty much just Kaeya’s Followers(tm) and by his senior year the juniors get worried about it because “uhhh who becomes Kaeya when Kaeya graduates” and when they try to ask Kaeya this question he just winks and gives an answer that is entirely unhelpful and sounds like it’s at least 80% bullshit

Never seems to go to class and yet somehow always has amazing grades

In a relationship acts very flirty and is constantly teasing you in public, but stops short of anything above mild pda and in private gets really soft and sweet he’ll deny it if you try to point this out in front of others though

Childe

Is in the literal douchiest frat on campus fuck the Fatui like you’re constantly trying to get him to de-brother but he’s got a misplaced loyalty to them that keeps him in the organization

First time you met him you wanted to punch him in the face but he also quickly becomes the only thing stopping you from failing out of a class the two of you share and over the course of that time he manages to win you over at least a little bit

It’s all fun and games until someone pisses him off. He’s another one that you have to try and drag away from physical altercations on a semi-regular basis

Once he notices that you care enough to try and drag him away or worry about him if he’s injured in a fight, he starts picking more of them just to see your reaction

Even if y’all’s relationship is entirely platonic he flirts with you. He thinks it’s funny when he can manage to fluster you so he tries to make a game out of it even if he doesn’t actually mean any of the things he’s saying

If you guys are in a relationship he definitely packs on the PDA, partially to fluster you, partially because he’s possessive and he doesn’t like the way some of his frat brothers look at you sometimes so he wants everyone to be totally clear on who exactly you belong to

Zhongli

Still rich, still never has any fucking money on him. The number of times you’ve had to cover for this man because he’s forgotten his wallet in his dorm or straight up lost it is honestly ridiculous at this point but you can’t even be mad at it because he invites you to his family’s beach house and shit to compensate

He’s the kind of rich where his family has had money forever so he genuinely doesn’t even realize that some things aren’t normal experiences like not everyone grew up with a butler and all designer clothes, etc.

Definitely an Econ major because his parents want him to take over the family corporation but on the low has 0 intentions of doing so and actually intends to create his own start up after graduation and do something he wants to do without having to answer to anyone

He’s so pretty and for what? Mans is oblivious as fuck. Literally half the people on campus that are into dudes have a crush on him but he has no idea and if you try to point it out to him he’ll wave you off

In a relationship he’s either taking you to the shitty Mexican restaurant on campus that’s open until like 3am on weekends or five star restaurants, no in between. You’re either eating like royalty because he knows you deserve it, or eating like broke college kids because he wants the ✨experience✨

He gives me gentlemanly PDA vibes, like he’s not gonna makeout with you in the quad but he’ll kiss your hand or your cheek, hold you close to him, and otherwise make it clear that he’s very much happily in love with you

Diluc

Not only is this man not in a frat, he probably actively campaigns against their existence and isn’t quiet about hating them

Always goes to class and thus always has amazing grades

Won’t get into physical fights the way Childe and Xiao do even though he could hold his own in one if he wanted to, but regularly gets into debates with people and is not afraid to drag you into the middle of it even if it has nothing to do with you

Doesn’t drink which frequently means him playing caretaker/mom friend when y’all go to parties together and while he might complain about it he secretly loves that you trust him to take care of you if you get sloppy drunk/high/crossed

Flusters easily but good at hiding it. If you flirt with this man in public his expression won’t change while he’s telling you to stop fucking around but his face will be going as red as his hair

In a relationship he’s not a fan of PDA but is a fan of you, so while he probably keeps the affection to a minimum while you’re out and about he still is maintaining some sort of physical contact with you most of the time or at the very least is keeping you close

[fleetofshippyships]

Oh man, I missed living rural but also damn the downsides suck too XD

Pros:

THE VIEW, I got up early enough (tradies coming early to work on the house) to catch dawn breaking this morning and 👌👌👌👌👌👌

Go outside and fresh crisp air and nothing but birdsong and maybe some animals and maybe the distant (or not so distant) comforting rumble of a tractor

ALL THE FRUIT TREES, no seriously, they have like ALL THE FRUIT TREES, I’m so damn excited for good citrus fruits again and not the shit at the far south supermarkets, and what they don’t have (apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach), Emily is as keen as me to plant and should grow and fruit well enough here, also, there are several feijoa trees and Emily doesn’t like feijoas so MORE FOR ME YASSSSS and also the persimmon tree is fucking loaded I can’t wait until they’re ready cos I haven’t had persimmon in years but I’M SO KEEN

THE ANIMALS, I mean, they only have sheep and a couple of pigs, but still ANIMALS, there’s also, oddly, a lot of quail (the pretty ones too), a bunch of them just passed by outside the window actually XD also, FANTAILS! seeing a fantail fluttering around outside just fills me with joy! I’ve also already seen rabbits around, and right up to the house, though I have to temper the RABBIT reaction with BUT THEY’RE A PEST 😒 but still...RABBITS. and we’re absolutely gonna get a non-farm dog at some point, and there’s a cat arriving from her parent’s house in May. (there is a farm dog, his name is ‘dog’ XD I met him when he was slinking into the kitchen knowing full well he wasn’t allowed in the house XD)

Cons:

SPIDERS (tbf the house isn’t sealed yet, so once the architraves are up and the skirting boards on, I will make it spider free, oh boy, just you wait you little shits! I was pretending not finding a white-tail meant they weren’t around and that was going great for me UNTIL I FOUND A GIANT ONE IN EMILY’S ROOM, I can live with other spiders if I must BUT NOT WHITE TAILS SO NOW I LIVE IN TERROR)

MOSQUITOS (altho tbf this is more of a north vs south thing, I was just lucky it was too cold for them where I was living before, so they never appeared even in summer, it’s autumn now and there are still some around and I am 😒)

SHITTY SHITTY INTERNET (I have been spoiled, spoiled rotten by gigabit and now I’m on rural broadband, so now my ping on genshin shoots up to 999 sometimes and the game becomes totally non-functional until the internet sorts its shit out, tumblr(web) won’t load images, internet randomly drops sometimes (in particular my phone can’t seem to hold onto the wifi even when my laptop has a perfectly fine connection, which is bloody odd but I guess I’ll finally be using the data on my mobile plan XD luckily tkrb doesn’t seem to use much), will probably have problems livestreaming tkrb performances 😭 I’ll find out soon enough, it’s still a couple of years until fibre is installed out this way cos the rural roll out is slow af so 😭😭😭😭 altho, tbh, I was on dial-up (and dial-up that dropped frequently when there was a shorting fence) right up to and through Uni whenever I visited home so it’s not like I can’t adapt, just ugh I have been spoiled and so much of my life and pain management tools are online now since I’m so housebound by my condition)

POLLEN. I don’t know yet cos it’s autumn but I suspect I will be highly allergic, my hayfever tends to get more and more severe the further north I go, while down south it was not a problem and easily removed with a single anti-histamine during summer, I am primarily allergic to trees and grasses and just moved to the country again 😩 really hoping it won’t be bad, but...😬 not looking forward to being shut up inside with all the windows shut in the height of summer just so I can breathe and not do myself a damage with constant sneezing fits cos taking max anti-histamines does absolutely nothing for it when I’m north

No takeout delivery when I have no spoons for cooking 😭

Neutral:

Mice (the house is not sealed yet, so yeah, mice). tbh not bothered, spent the first half of my life catching them after the cats let them go so meh, but Emily’s reaction to them is fucking hilarious so they’re almost a positive now XD and the urge to catch one just to tease her with is immense XD (Emily is raised townie so in general her reactions to shit are hilarious and I’m still so salty I couldn’t be here from the get go to see her adapt to rural life XD)

anyway yeah, I have missed farm life but living 10 years in a city has spoiled me rotten. but anyway, have this rambly post XD I was waiting for Emily to get back from an early appt in town and she’s back now AND SHE BOUGHT ME BACK BAKED GOODS FOR BREAKFAST 🤤🤤🤤

[loregoddess]

Hey, remember me saying I was gonna write out the DGS-Echoes AU idea? I wrote it out. This is 99% rambling, 1% actual AU talk. I lost steam partway through, but still got the gist of all my ideas so I’m...going ahead and post bc I doubt I’ll ever find the motivation to revise/rework this in the future.

I’m not usually an AU person really, but I was playing through the Very Dramatic reveal of the Masked Knight (aka, we all knew he was Celica’s “dead” brother the moment he showed his pink hair for half a second) and was like, huh the reveal of a mysterious masked knight brotherly figure kinda reminds me of Asougi’s reveal in DGS2 and then I was like wait...

Now, in this AU there are no perfect parallels bc there just...aren’t. And Asougi isn’t Conrad bc that would make Susato Celica, which would then make...I guess Haori as Alm? But Haori doesn’t have enough characterization to really go off with this idea. But casting Ryuu and Asougi as Alm or Celica does work, albeit with the lack of masked knights which is...fine honestly.

The question then is who is the “Celica” and who is the “Alm”? Asougi tends to rush forward into things and generally takes a more aggressive path in DGS, so he seems like a good fit for Alm, and Ryuu’s entire thing is being confrontational in a non-confrontational manner, making him a decent Celica, but Asougi tends to make rash, emotional decisions which is more like Celica, and Ryuu tends to act levelheaded and think most of his decisions out a bit which is more like Alm, and there’s the fact that the writing in Echoes screws over like, 90% of the women anyhow.

After writing both out (er, writing one out, attempting to start the other), I couldn’t bring myself to cast Genshin as Lima IV, and casting him as Rudolf is slightly less mean-spirited of me, so we’re assuming Asougi is Alm and Ryuu is Celica. This means we don’t get the angst of having Vortex manipulate Asougi, and miss out on the image of Sherlock raising Asougi and Iris as his kids, but we get the angst of Asougi having to fight Genshin, and also the angst of the ridiculous stabbing-to-life scene. Although if you want, flip-flop Asougi and Ryuu bc that stabbing-to-life scene would be super intense regardless of which was manipulated into sacrificing his soul to Duma and which was instructed by Mila to stab-to-save the puppet-corpse left behind.

Asougi leads the Deliverance, Ryuu leads the Pilgrimage For as far as character casting goes, I’d have Asougi as Alm (unique sword-wielding class), which would make Genshin Rudolf (this sorta works bc Genshin isn’t technically a bad parent but makes some really questionable decisions--I’m sorry, dueling a serial killer to the death, so that said serial killer can have an honorable death, is...uh....Genshin can we maybe talk this out--which is more or less on par with Rudolf’s “my son was marked to save the world so I’m going to give him to my friend and send him off to the neighboring country which I will then wage war on so he comes and kills me and eventually the gods as well”).

Yuujin is Mycen bc he’s as good a Mycen as anyone. Susato would still be his actual daughter of course (I’m saying fuck gender-locked classes, bc she’d make a great dread fighter), and Haori would be one of the childhood friends from Ram (cleric class bc she’s a med student in DGS and also bc clerics are one of the best classes).

Ryuu is the Celica (sorry to Ryuu’s dad who I’m almost certain was not as shitty as Lima IV) and is therefore the “dead” prince of Zofia gone into hiding (unique bow-magic class?). Sherlock fills in as Nomah bc if anyone’s gonna get lost in the flooded waterways beneath a temple devoted to a very powerful goddess bc he was worried about his kids, it would be Sherlock (I guess he can be a mge class as well, it more or less works). Iris is his adopted daughter as well, she’s probably a cleric bc she has similar hair to Genny and also writes stories like Genny does. Lestrade could fill in as the Saber, being the mercenary Ryuu and Iris hire to help them get to Mila’s Temple.

I don’t have people for like, 99% of the enemy goons, but there’s plenty of unpleasant criminals in DGS, so take your pick. I’m casting Vortex as Jedah though, bc who else would be the manipulative head of a shady organization?

With this sort of setup, Asougi, Susato, and Haori would join the Deliverance, with Asougi getting talking into leading it, while Ryuu, Iris, and Lestrade head to the Temple of Mila, find she got kidnapped by the Duma Faithful, recruit Sherlock, and decide to head to Duma Tower. Asougi and co. are eventually forced to confront Genshin, and Asougi is understandably devastated and confused when he figures out Genshin’s his father, and also kinda mad with Yuujin for like, not telling him anything (but they still have a chance to work it out and still be a family afterwards, bc that’s literally what Alm and Mycen’s supports are). But Genshin’s dying words also revealed the treachery of the Duma Faithful, and Asougi knows Ryuu is in serious danger and heads over to Duma Tower. (There’s no Berkut or Rinea in this AU bc there just...isn’t). Asougi’s fears are spoit on, as Vortex has manipulated Ryuu, playing on his doubts, and Ryuu foolishly agreed to sacrifice his soul to Duma, believing that doing so would save his friends. This is of course, a very, very bad idea. Which is when Asougi shows up, sees the possessed Ryuu, and with Mila’s guidance we get the very angsty stabbing-to-life scene, where Asougi thinks he actually killed Ryuu for a few moments before the power of magical dragon swords and love restore Ryuu’s soul and then they and their friends go and kick Vortex and Duma’s asses into next week. And then they get married and rule Valentia with a castle full of cats.

I was gonna write an entire summary of Echoes but like, with the DGS characters, but lost steam halfway through, so that’s why I have the summary of the summary instead. I was more interested in trying to figure out which character to cast as who...

But anyhow, that’s that.