#poor man was dying trying to remember all his kids names

[stellisketches]

Okay what is going on with Jon and Gael (Garroths Great Grandparents ?) like six kids is a lot and they really did like G names huh. I can imagine dinners must’ve been confusing

Jon and Gael were both only children who wanted their children to have a reliable network of family members in case one or both of them died so they really just went ham on having kids. The reason he gave them all G names was because all of Gael's family had G-names and since all except for one of his aunts and uncles survived to at least adulthood with a G name he thought it was a lucky letter. Though it was DEFINITELY confusing at dinners.

[onyourowndaisymae]

strawberries

mammon hears you're missing something from the human world. so, he decides to fetch it for you.

content + warnings: just some cute (implied) x reader, can be read as platonic, normal mammon tsundere shenanigans, fluff

word count: 952

[longer oc version coming soon?]

mammon doesn't particularly think he's a nosy person. if you're having a conversation within earshot, then surely you're comfortable with someone nearby listening in. and when it comes to matters involving you-- well, surely your first man deserves to know more about you than anyone else, right?

while casually "passing by" (and definitely not stopping outside the door to the kitchen to listen in when he hears your voice get all soft and sentimental), mammon hears you talking to beel. you're talking about something you used to eat as a kid, laughing as you share how you used to make yourself sick on summer nights eating your fill. you paint a picture with your words of yourself several decades previous, with sweet red juice dripping down your chin, leafy tops discarded in the yard as you played long into the sunset. beel eventually has to ask you to stop-- he's actively eating his own meal, but your descriptions are so colorful that his stomach howls with want anyways.

mammon's lost in thought by the time he wanders off. what were these splendorous fruits you spoke so highly of? did they have a devildom equivalent? he didn't even catch its name...

part of him wants to grab these magical fruits and use them to turn a profit. since the exchange program had been initially proposed, a small but growing faction of demons had become obsessed with anything relating to the human realm. food, clothes, entertainment, etc-- all of it was heralded as exciting and mystifying. but the other part of him wants to see if you really liked them as much as you said. he wants to hear the stories directly from you, not overheard in the hallway, on how much you loved these little fruits.

a plan begins to form in his head. he'd be flying by the seat of his pants, but...

"they're a summer-y red human fruit. y'know, with the juice that gets all over ya?"

two teenage employees stare at mammon, trying to understand what the hell he's describing. he's speaking cryptically, like he doesn't even know what he's looking for.

"sir, can you be more specific?" the employee with flaming red hair asks.

"you said a summer fruit?" the other employee, an older blonde girl, asks. "like, maybe... watermelon chunks?"

"I don't know, maybe?" mammon's face is just as befuddled as before.

"here," the ginger proposes. "how about we go get some samples and have him taste everything? maybe he'll be able to figure it out then."

mammon is left standing alone as the young girls dart off towards another market stall, whispering and plotting as they scurry together. he feels like an idiot, truly. damn you. damn you and your pretty words, your smile, the way you make him feel so in love with you that he's willing to brave a human world market by himself on a busy sunday just to make you happy. his cheeks feel warm just thinking about it.

the girls return as quick at they left, a little basket of fruit donated by some nearby stalls to help the poor confused man nearby find fruit for his beloved (a bit dramatic of a marketing pitch-- but they're not exactly wrong). they eagerly beckon him to try all of what they brought. after all, helping someone is much more interesting than, say, doing the more boring tasks in their job description.

watermelon are nice, but the moment he see the actual size of the whole fruit, he knows he's got the wrong one. cherries are too tart. he can't imagine you gleefully popping them into mouth as a child without choking and dying on a pit (humans are so fragile). raspberries are close, but he isn't quite convinced...

then he sees them pull out a fruit with the leafy green top-- if only he'd remembered that earlier-- and he knows he's found what he needed.

"what are these called?" he asks.

"strawberries?"

there's a sense of awe in your voice as you look down at the little container. your favorite childhood snack is staring back at you, and they look just as wonderful as ever. mammon's face is red as he shrugs noncommittally.

"yeah, well, whatever. those lousy witches gave 'em to me while i was up in the human realm. i figured you'd know what to do with 'em."

he's lying. you could tell he would before he even opened his mouth, but you don't mind. the berries are vibrant and pretty under the kitchen lights.

"would you like to share them with me?"

"huh?"

his confusion only makes you laugh. you take your time washing them off, telling him the stories of how much you loved eating strawberries and running around your back yard at night. you have a feeling he knows these already. but he listens intently, arms crossed as he leans back against the counter and watches you, sprinkling in some commentary now and again about how human children are strange. there's a soft look on his face as he watches you work.

finally, you back to the counter and sprinkle a light dusting of sugar on the strawberry, then hold it up for him to try. his fingers brush against yours, but you make a noise and open your mouth-- you want him to do the same. he gets red again, eyes darting around for a good several moments, before hesitantly leaning in to take a bite.

a dribble of juice trails from the corner of his lips. you smile, chest warm, and thank him for caring so much about you. his sheepish smile only makes the strawberry taste that much sweeter as you take a bite yourself.

[xxnomadsxx]

Nomads AU! He’s……..DEAD?!

(This is basically what was going through the brothers heads during world tour)

John Dory: He showed up to the wedding looking for Bitty B (Branch) and after crashing said wedding the ✨queen✨ of pop came up to him for questioning. John soon explained that he was looking for his brother Bitty B/Branch, which wildly confused Poppy? No one named Branch ever lived in the village from what she remembered, and Peppy was very clearly trying to avoid the topic (this man straight up covered up branch existing 😃, it’s not to far fetched he would keep him a secret he’s the king of secrets ) In that moment sooooo much dred filled John, he asked immediately abt grandma Rosiepuff. Which king Peppy (surprisingly) told him what happened to her. When I tell you the amount of fear and guilt that man felt. Not only was his grandma dead, his brother was probably dead too. WELL he wasn’t going to take that he just knew his brother was out there…….. right?

After finding Bruce and Clay John knew he was running out of time to get Floyd, and with no leads. He had to accept it his baby brother was.…dead. It got reeeeeeeaaally bad for him. The guilt that HE INADVERTENTLY CAUSED HIS BROTHERS DEATH!! Just by leaving was crushing this man, he was on the verge of a complete breakdown. The others knew deep down Baby branch was gone they just haven’t processed that yet, still in a state of denial that maybe just maybe he was out there.. Maybe having a solo career that none of the brothers knew about (what a nice thought right) but he knew he had to break the news. After all they need to know their baby brother is…. Dead.

Bruce: He wasn’t as distressed when Bitty B wasn’t there when they showed up, but he was concerned they had no idea where he was which would have been fine IF it was any other brother except it was the baby of the family that they left behind in A TROLL EATING VILLAGE!! (No one talks about that enough, he could’ve died) He was concerned that’s for sure.

It was unreal to Bruce, John after a while finally broke the news that branch was … dead. To say Bruce was guilty was an understatement. He may have left his brother and basically had a family with the intention of never coming back but still all he could think about was if that was his kids. That there uncle was gone and they would never meet him. HE would never meet him. The poor guy was hugging photos too his chest sobbing (They knew that branch was probably dead but they all kept there hope that maybe just maybe bitty b was alive) but now he had to except it his baby brother was…Dead.

Clay: Oh boy. He was surprised to see his brothers, HELL he was surprised to see other trolls, but he was grateful until he noticed two were missing? After being caught up on Floyd he was prepared to go but Clay was confused. Where was Baby Branch? He asked and none of them had an answer (they were all hoping he was with clay or near but- well u know) Clay was hit with a toooonnn of fear. (living in a golf course fearing the bergens definitely wasn’t helping knowing his baby brother was still in the tree when he left) but he vowed he would find him.

(Yea no.. that vow went unaccomplished when they were out of time, they couldn’t look for branch since Floyd was… well.. u know dying!)

When John broke the news Clay was sobbing. Poor guy was trying to get his serious act together and just couldn’t. He had to be the serious guy and blow right past this mishap- but Clay couldn’t he felt guilty, responsible, he was in the tree with them (my headcannon)and he never visited. Grandma was dead and Branch was eaten by a Bergen! (as far as they know) He was a mess.. maybe it was cause he was younger then his brothers, or the fact he has been bottling up his emotions for uh…years by being serious. (yea maybe.. don’t do that) he always hoped his family got out in the escape but… deep down he sorta knew that wasn’t true, now he had to deal with the serious reality his baby brother… is Dead.

(It was a very messy drive they were absolutely devastated)

Floyd: (oh this is going to be a rough one) he was saved. He was saved by his brothers they were cheering and ugly sobbing? (it wasn’t pretty) but all that raced through his head was “where’s Branch?” When he asked that all his brothers immediately stopped cheering, their ugly crying turned from happy to sad (somehow their crying turned uglier?HOW?!) then the brothers dropped the news… and when I tell you Floyd’s world stopped in that moment. Because it did for him his brother his little brother was…gone. Floyd hadn’t cried much in a while, he tried to keep his emotions to himself more by adapting the rock lifestyle so no one would call him sensitive again. But it was like a dam broke, he was full on sobbing (at least it wasn’t ugly crying like his brothers 😔) his brother was dead HIS BROTHER WAS DEAD!!! Yea he was sobbing HARD- the poor guy was screaming too, begging his brothers this could be some cruel joke on him and …no one denied his accusations. He thought at times his brother could be dead and gone but, Floyd always pushed those thoughts away-

But now there was no denying it, his.. little brother was… Dead.

(Poppy and viva were here to, they just weren’t important for this post, it’s kinda a summary but it’s really just there reactions no branch being there upon the meeting of the brothers and the dred that filled till they announced “He wAs DeAd!” It’s sooooo long 😭)

[melishatweedy]

My take on Mrs Melisha Tweedy and why she is the way she is:

One of the first things that stuck out at me from reading “Mrs Tweedy’s Pie for the Soul” was Melisha’s backstory. Her father gifted her a puppy but her mother was disgusted with this. She wanted him to buy Melisha something “valuable”. Melisha reacts the same way as her mother does.. however we see a glimpse of her father in her when she agrees to try to bond with the puppy.

It seems she tries to make her mother happy the most, by saying she wanted a “gold telly” which is… unheard of for sure… and unrealistic. This tells me that she comes from a wealthy family.. this is maybe where her lust for money and power come from.. her mother. Her father seems very down to earth. He talks about how a young girl shouldn’t want riches, she should want something along the lines of a puppy, like other kids her age. I was obsessed with getting a puppy when I was a young girl.. just like most of my peers. The way her mother talks to her father is the same tone as she talks to Mr Tweedy.. a learnt behaviour.

We also see that Melisha doesn’t get along with her young peers. She claims she has no friends and is okay with this. It seems her mother’s words about being rich and alone seemed to have stuck with her. She’s accepted she has no friends, which is probably why she wants to be rich. She doesn’t want to be both poor AND lonely, which she ends up becoming after the end of the first film, or even the start.

Conclusion? She’s just like her mother. Her father tried, probably countless times to bring her back into reality and show money isn’t everything. But she’s stuck in her mother’s ways.. which is what we see from the first Chicken Run. The way she talks to Mr Tweedy, the way she’s obsessed with being rich. She most likely feels like she’s failed her mother now she’s poor and on a farm worth nothing. There’s a hint of emotional abuse from her mother.. cold and bitter, especially about how she should act. Here she’s a child, a child who cannot make friends and cannot see why most kids love puppies and toys etc. Thanks to her mother’s rich tendencies.

But why did she end up poor? Where is all this money and riches she once talked about? My guess is something happened with her father and they went bankrupt. Her parents lost everything during the wars. She was probably a teenager when the Wall Street crash happened.. remember it did affect the UK too quite a bit. When she met and eventually married Mr Tweedy, she probably saw the already probably dying farm as a new big business adventure.. but it didn’t go to plan. And in the second film, where she’s now married to Dr Fry, it’s mainly due to money and power. She married Mr Tweedy for love and a big future.. possibly children, which we saw never happened... she married Dr Fry for his money and intelligence.

Mr Tweedy… where do I start? The comic relief of the film one may say. He is a funny character. But she wasn’t abusive towards him. Emotionally? Perhaps some may say. We see her call him all sorts of names.. but physically? No. (Apart from that boot to the ass but that’s not relevant here). A simple man from a long line of farmer, most likely inherited Tweedys farm from his own father.

We see from his excerpt that the marriage is all but dead. However he says that he likes “a kind word from the missus” which indicates there is still a spark there. They do love each other but she isn’t in love anymore. She still does give him these “kind words” from his segment, and we see in the film her pinching his butt in one scene. My theory is they did marry for love, but with the farm failing and them becoming poorer than usual, that once love is now gone, from Melisha’s side anyway.

They divorce because well.. there’s nothing left. The farm is gone, the chickens are gone, money.. gone. They probably sold the farm and then divorced, he mayhaps moved on to work on another farm as a farmhand, and she met Dr Fry and the rest is history. There’s one part in the second film which sticks out to me, where she says “my current husband” meaning she probably will divorce him and take a lot of his money, investments and inventions. Yall know miss Melisha signed her name on many of these things. All I can say there is girlboss!

My ultimate conclusion: she’s had a hard life, give the woman a break. she’s not the “villain from chicken run” she’s a businesswoman with goals and aspirations.

I am all for any other theories or discussions with any of you!! I love it.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk!

[i23kazu]

𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒

these are all my ocs !!! do be nice :-) i've worked hard on them hehehe and i'm glad they get to come out of the basement now, please click on the picrews for better quality ! ! !! | post best viewed in light mode

𝓵𝓾𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷

he/him | 24 y.o. | modern au genshin !!! | ✦✦✦✦

fontainian intern at tianquan co ( a government agency dealing with policies ) !

lucien is originally from the court of fontaine but studied in liyue for law (ex-classmates with yanfei heheeee) and is now working as an intern ( because the government companies in liyue won't let him full time :") )

he hopes to create a stronger support group for foreigners in liyue to connect them with job opportunities & resource broking heh – he and yanfei work together to try and find loopholes but liyue law is TIGHTT

wishes he could do more though ngl poor bebs

hydro polearm :3 !!!!

it was his flex for a while that he got the same element as the one from his homeland mwahaha

love language : words of affirmation

𝓴𝓪𝓲𝓵𝓪𝓱

she/her | 20 y.o. | slight modern au genshin !!! | ✦✦✦✦

LIYUEAN SOCIAL WORKER !!!! <333 she's my representation /cope

masc girl ever

works in liyue's youth sector for the ministry of social affairs !! covers up her tattoo when she goes to work (everyone always asks her why she's wearing a turtleneck in office)

has a wolfcut - mullet - thingy ?? ?? ?

super boisterious like this girl is loud. she's one of beidou's friends & is close to shuying ( my self-insert oc !!! )

yongjia's twin !!! younger than him by 4 mins

does boxing in her spare time

u'll find her organising peaceful protests when she can btw #advocate

pyro claymore !!!

love language : physical touch

𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓳𝓲𝓪

he/him | 20 y.o. | slight modern au genshin | ✦✦✦✦

communications manager for a supply company that works with the restaurants of liyue!

kailah's twin !!!! older by 4 minutes

the more reserved sibling – but certain people definitely bring out certain parts of himself

dyed his hair bc he went through the phase of not wanting to look like kailah ..

ask him out with drinks after work, why don't you?

this man has really good memory ... remembers the little things about everybody + analytical ass brain

the brain of the twins, while kailah is the heart

well liked by the aunties of liyue what can i say

geo sword !!!

love language : quality time

𝓼𝓱𝓾𝔂𝓲𝓷𝓰

she/ her | 18 y.o. | slight modern au genshin | ✦✦✦✦

studying social work!!! kailah is her mentor & is one of her good friends

she wants to work with little kids in the future!!

is baizhu’s daughter :3

absolutely adores the twins, they’re like the older siblings she never had

has tried to pick up crocheting. never again. her hands were shaking the entire time and she couldn’t do anything

loves giving gifts!!!

tbh shuying is my self insert soooo. if i continue any longer it’ll just be “hey isnt this just ying”

dendro polearm !!!!

love language : physical touch

𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷

he/him | 25 y.o. | modern au genshin | ✦✦✦✦

a librarian at the house of daena :3

loves making friends honestly!! he's down if you're down.. except that some over-excited students take him a bit too seriously and get their hearts crushed

local sweetheart i'm ngl. good with old ladies and good with children. very sweet

family man! will introduce his family one day

heuheuehuue i love him so much,,, this sweetheart,,,

also his name was inspired from a typo btw. just saying

anemo catalyst !!!!

love language : acts of service

picrew one | picrew two

[dragonmarquise]

Escher headcanons 👐 any spare Escher headcanons for a poor starving Escher fan?

YESSS get ready folks, it’s time for… the Escher Hour!! \o/

For some characters, I have more thoughts about them than others. Escher is one of those characters. I feel it’s because there’s just so much room to think about and develop him more than what the game gives us.

Meaning, this post is gonna be LONG lol...

(Also please let me know if anything sounds awkward or doesn't make sense, I went over all of this like 5 times to fix stuff up and I Am Tired :u )

Starting off with his real name (mentioned in my headcanon names post a while back): Matthias Conrad Escher! So he has the same initials as M. C. Escher, his parents knew what they were doing, lol. As an adult he doesn’t mind it nearly as much as when he was a kid. He insists on everyone calling him Escher, not Matthias or any nicknames (with one specific exception, we’ll get to that near the end, hee hee).

A brief(ish) history before/during his time on the force:

Was in an archery club as a student before moving on to guns. In general he has amazing aim with pretty much any kind of long range weapon. Do not challenge this man to a game of darts, you will lose, lol

He’s not really a friendly guy. Not mean but also not exactly introverted, just… not that outgoing. The type of person who doesn’t befriend people himself, but gets befriended by others. If that makes sense?

As a kid, he was very into stories (novels, comics, movies, etc) about heroes with simple beginnings who go on to make a big impact and save the world! Though nowadays he gets annoyed by most stories like that because he realized it had a bad influence on him. More on that in a bit...

Joined the police because he genuinely thought he could do good and help protect people that way. Over time he becomes jaded due to witnessing some of the things his “fellow officers” were doing, especially going overboard with even small “crimes”. Escher either ends up threatened by said officers to keep things quiet, or otherwise if he does report someone, it just ends up getting swept under the rug while Escher is the one being reprimanded for being “too nosy”. Even if it never goes anywhere, he still makes reports on the hope that something will change.

Despite all of that, the main reason he sticks around on the force is because, in his mind, “If there’s even only one ‘good cop’ in the NAPD, it might as well be me.” The other officers know Escher is a “stickler” about rules, trying to be fair and respectful even to criminals, etc. So at least when he’s around, most of them will behave themselves. Thus, he figures if he quits, things will just get worse. Not to mention, he hopes he can influence and inspire his fellow officers to actually be better people and to be more genuine “good cops”, and make a change for the better from within the NAPD itself!

Remember those stories I mentioned that he liked as a kid? Yeah, subconsciously he was trying to be the cool and awesome hero he always wanted to be. Looking back on his mentality like this, present day Escher very much understands that he was being an idealistic idiot. :u

Though, it also didn’t help that there were in fact a few cops who were convinced by Escher to start being better about their activities, and even showing mercy and respect towards criminals. These guys were very far and few in-between though, compared to the number of cops who approved of more extreme measures (like the walking tanks) for any crime, no matter how small. Those cops either bought into Berlage’s “slippery slope” argument, or otherwise they knew they were corrupt but didn’t care as long as they can say they’re the “good guys”.

The NAPD probably would have just killed him and cover it up as an accident, but Escher proves to be a good fighter and survivor. And even during a few attempts, he makes it clear he is one very stubborn bastard when it comes to actually dying. He will only die when he feels like it, lol. So the force gives up on it after a certain point, and decides to just keep an eye on Escher and make sure he doesn’t quit (since it would mean he potentially ends up more actively fighting against them if he’s not on the force anymore).

He is gay, but realized/accepted it fairly late in his life, maybe somewhere in his 30s or 40s.

Unfortunately, his wife at the time was not happy when he came out to her. Lots of fighting, screaming, and a very messy divorce, with her taking almost everything he had. At the least it also meant he never saw her again after that, which he’s very thankful for.

He used to smoke. Obviously once he got his cyberhead later in life, he couldn’t do that anymore. He still keeps his old lighter with him though, mostly out of sentimentality. It’s a very nice zippo lighter!

Likes whiskey, mostly for the “warming throat” feeling it gives after drinking it. But by the time the game starts, he doesn’t drink much anymore.

Also note that by the events of the game, Escher is somewhere around late 50s or early 60s in age.

Some further info on Escher’s cybernetics, all of which happened after his divorce but before the events of the game. It’s not just the cyberhead!

Escher getting his cyberhead was due to an on-duty injury, where he was shot in the head. The official records state it was caused by a criminal he and other officers were tracking, but in reality it was from a fellow sniper who he “snitched” on. That guy ended up with a slap on the wrist like most of the other cops Escher reported, but he was still pissed at Escher about it. Escher himself doesn’t learn the truth about what happened until after the events of the game (more on that later).

That being said, enough of his throat/voicebox/etc is left in tact, such that he’s still able to speak “normally” (i.e. not through a speaker like most other cyberheads). Hence why in game, he’s the only cyberhead that doesn’t have a filter-thing on his voice clips.

On that note, of course most of his brain is also miraculously intact, but the shot still puts him in a coma. So his superiors make the decision for him to get him set up with a cyberhead.

During the procedure for getting his mind copied over into his future cyberhead, they also opened him up and gave him cybernetic lungs! The police force found out he had cancer from his smoking and decided to fix him up. How nice of them, right?!

Except, they did it without asking him first (again, the coma). Not to mention since then a lot of the higher-ups use it to almost bully Escher, saying he “owes the force” for being saved, both in terms of the cyberhead and the cyber lungs. Escher hates this, but again, he’s stubbornly stuck in his “might as well be the only good cop/if I leave no one else will be able to fix the force for the better” mentality at this point, so he’s still an officer. Also, while he hates to admit it, he does end up feeling like he “owes” the NAPD for being willing to save him, even after all his “snitching” and whatnot.

But combined with everything else going on, it still at least adds onto Escher’s doubts about how much “good” the NAPD is actually doing…

Besides all that, cybernetic organs (other than cyberheads, which replace an entire head including the brain) aren’t as great as cyberheads and limbs, and especially compared to the efficiency of there organic counterparts. Escher makes sure to get regular maintenance on his cyber lungs, but even then they can still malfunction on occasion. Sometimes it gets so bad, he wishes they had just left him with his cancer-ridden organic lungs.

He gets his arms fully replaced with cybernetic arms as well, though definitely not willingly. He suffered another on-duty injury. This one he knows was caused by his fellow officers, but it was ruled as an accident. Escher has doubts on how much of an “accident” it really was, and has been trying to find solid evidence to the contrary. He’s hoping it might actually be enough to finally turn things around with the force like he wants.

Anyways, truthfully his arms weren’t that badly damaged, but he was pressured by his higher-ups to get the cyber arms. They were convinced it would affect his aim as a sniper, which he took as an insult, but still agreed to the cybernetics just to get those assholes off his back.

Lastly, he also got part of his legs severely injured, this time being a genuine accident compared to the head and arms incidents. Both legs injured below the knees, enough to warrant amputation. His higher-ups also tried to pressure him into going for fully cybernetic legs, as a complete replacement for what’s left of his legs. This time he stands his ground and refuses. He opts for non-cybernetic prosthetics instead, especially since he at least still has his knees. Paid for them himself, so that his superiors couldn't say he "owes" them for this too.

As a note, I like to think the world of New Amsterdam has regular prosthetics like what we have irl, but also cybernetics which are basically more advanced prosthetics with fancier technology. Like, wires and sensors connected to the body’s nerves, so that it’s not too different from the original organic parts. It still takes a bit of physical therapy to get used to though, and of course regular maintenance and repairs to make sure it stays operational.

Next, headcanons of him during and right after the game, mostly what happened to him after being knocked out.

By the point of the game’s events, Escher is having especially strong doubts about the force. His investigation about the incident leading to his arm replacement keeps hitting dead ends, even though he knows there should be something to prove what actually happened. He’s also finally starting to have suspicions about the incident that led to his cyberhead as well. His investigations for that also lead to dead ends, but he finds enough clues and evidence to make him realize it wasn’t just an accident. Unfortunately for him, it’s still not enough to force a serious investigation into it all.

He considers quitting, but again, idealistic idiot! If he quits now, what happened to him could just happen again to someone else, so he’s determined to do something good from within before he gives up completely. It's a bit of sunken cost fallacy, in a way, but where Escher refuses to acknowledge how deep the ship has sunk by this point.

Even besides that, he’s heard about a new NAPD project that will lead to better crime prediction, and ideally less wasting time with harassing writers and other small time “criminals”. He’s hoping maybe this project is finally what the city really needs to stay safe, what the NAPD needs to be less corrupt, and maybe even what he needs to somehow find proof of what happened to him and finally getting proper justice.

*insert meme of your choice here that has a “What could possibly go wrong!” and/or “Image preceding worst possible outcome” vibe* :P

The way I see it, most officers are willingly following orders from Project Algo without question. Once Faux-as-Project-Algo starts ramping things up, I think the officers are encouraged to go to extremes with their actions against criminals. Which they do so as a combination of “orders are orders”, and genuine glee over finally getting to punish “criminals” in the way they always wanted to. Basically, the way I see it, the NAPD was always corrupt behind the scenes, Faux just made it worse by encouraging them to be way more blatant and public about it.

An aside: I mean, they have the tube system and turrets already set up throughout the city, not to mention plenty of attack helicopters and walking tanks ready for immediate deployment. You don’t have that kind of firepower at the ready unless you’re fucking looking forward to finding an excuse to start some carnage. Just saying!!

Back to Project Algo’s influence on the NAPD: A few officers have doubts, and these unfortunate souls are taken over by Algo/Faux and forced to do his bidding.

Guess which group of cops Escher is in, especially after he questioned Berlage about the “suspects” at Brink Terminal. And with his history of questioning and reporting his fellow officers over “trivial” matters before now, of course he’d be the first on the chopping block when it comes to testing out certain aspects of Project Algo.

After getting knocked out at BRC’s hideout, they check and confirm that he’s not dead. His cyberhead sorta shorted out from the impact and is effectively in sleep mode. But now they gotta figure out what to do with him before he wakes up!! Their solution: Put Escher on a bus. Literally in this case, they find a bus in Brink Terminal that’s heading far out of the city, get him on it (by stuffing him into the luggage compartment while no one’s looking, lol), and let it take care of him for them!

He wakes up far outside New Amsterdam, at which point Project Algo has lost its control over him. The project did not have good enough signal/network connection to keep controlling him from that far of a distance. Also he scares the poor bus driver and passengers by accident when they discover him in the luggage compartment. :P

Escher sorts things out and manages to get on a bus heading back into the city. He spends time on that return trip thinking over everything that happened to him leading up to this point: him trying to be a “good cop” but not making much of a difference; his injuries which led to his cybernetic parts and being told he now “owes” the force for “saving” him; and then him expressing his doubts and concerns over and over again, only to be scolded and have everything swept under the rug, no matter how serious of a violation it was. He wants to be a “good cop”, but now he’s realizing how much of an idealistic idiot he’s been for trying to make change from the inside out. Letting himself be a doormat because he desperately wanted to believe he could make a real difference, that the NAPD could do good like they claimed to, that he could be a hero if he just stuck around and did as much as he could, etc.

And then this time, being sent to capture “armed suspects” that weren’t armed at all, plus getting taken over by Project Algo for trying to be reasonable about BRC and other writers? This whole this is really just the straw that finally broke the camel’s back.

By the time he arrives back in the city, the main plot of the game is already done. So thankfully he’s not taken over by Project Algo again. But yeah, he’s thought about what he’s been through, what he put himself through due to a selfish sense of justice and heroics, and finally understands he’s been wasting his time trying to clean up a system that keeps dirtying itself up anyways. Not everything can be fixed easily, if at all, like in a story.

Now more post game headcanons!!

His outlook on everything that happened to him before now can be more or less summed up as: “They say, ‘the only good cop is either an ex-cop or a dead cop’. I never took that phrase seriously until I almost became a dead cop. And frankly, I’m still mad at myself for not seeing the truth sooner.”

So suffice to say, he quits the force, and becomes a private detective! He still wants to be a force of good in some way, but at least now he realizes he has to do that himself, outside of the NAPD. Occasionally the cases he takes on are against the NAPD too, so even after quitting he still gets on their bad side.

And of course, he's not completely jaded to the point where he thinks being good is pointless. He just has more realistic expectations on how to do good in the world. He's still frustrated with himself for not doing this earlier, especially for not quitting the force sooner, but better late than never I guess!

He tries to keep any hard boiled monologues in his head, especially since it could mean tipping off someone about what he’s doing. :P

His detective office is actually the living room of his apartment. He’s kind of hoping to upgrade to an actual office at some point, but for now it works well enough for keeping his files organized and as a space for meeting with clients.

Escher has a small collection of drinky birds going in one corner of his office, lol

He likes jazz, blues, and lounge music. He’s got a record player and a collection of records in his office too!

He doesn’t like watching TV, so he doesn’t have one in his apartment. He prefers listening to his records, the radio, and even podcasts sometimes. Otherwise he’s occasionally checking online for recent news and possible leads.

In terms of other hobbies… this guy actually doesn’t have much going on. Though he’ll sometimes check out random books from the local library to read, from novels to biographies to textbooks. The way he sees it, you never know when a random piece of info from a book you only read once could end up useful later on. And even if it doesn’t, he finds it kind of fun to read something new!

That being said, he at first avoids any fantasy or sci-fi novels about heroes going on big journeys and saving the world and stuff, because… well, you probably know why by now. He gets over it eventually, but he doesn’t get quite as much enjoyment out of them than when he was a kid. Not to mention, he revisits some of his childhood favorites occasionally, and they make him cringe sometimes. A lot of the time. For the most part, it's from him realizing how terrible they really were (be it because of poor writing, or things like racism, misogyny, etc).

Escher is saving up money to go full-cyber! Since the only major organic part of him left is his torso and part of his legs, he figures, why the hell not at this rate. Not to mention, his cyber lungs are still Not Good, despite making sure to get upgrades and updates over the years. It’s to the point where he’ll need to get them full replaced in the future anyways. So going full-cyber would be a huge improvement over continuing to deal with the cyber lungs!

In the meantime, he did at least modify his cyberhead so that his neck is part of it too. So now he has the voice filter thing! He always hated how before then, his voice made him stick out too much among other cyberheads. Back to his enjoyment of whiskey mentioned waaay earlier, this change means he doesn’t get the warm throat feeling from drinking anymore. Then again, by now he’s pretty much quit drinking completely, so it’s not that big of a loss in his eyes.

As a private detective, he held onto his sniper rifle but took it apart and converted it into a crossbow. Meant more for defense than anything else, especially since he has bolts for causing smokescreens, loud noises, bursts of paint, etc.

Escher is now on good terms with BRC even after the knock out. He understands they were just trying to protect themselves, especially with him being controlled by Project Algo at the time.

He also works with BRC and other writers to warn them about any police activity, such as to be on the look out for both police traps and actually dangerous criminals (like, suspected murderers and anything else along those lines), exchange information and rumors, etc.

For my “Red as a separate person from Felix” headcanons/story, Escher is eventually “convinced” to take on Red as an apprentice of sorts. Red actually manages to do a good job, all things considered!

And finally, ending things off with my patented Shipping Nonsense, lol

Sometime after the end of the game, he decides to give dating a try. He thinks it won’t really go anywhere, but at least he can attempt to be more social with others. He ends up speaking with Cinco, the five ball DOT EXE member, and going on a few dates. Cinco doesn’t deny he’s with DOT EXE when Escher asks about it, but asks Escher to not make a big deal of it (which Escher respects).

But then Escher at one point admits he was a former sniper for the NAPD. Which unfortunately leads to both of them worrying that he might have been the one who killed Eight Ball. He got taken over by Project Algo after all, he could have been control to handle Eight Ball before going after BRC...

They both break things off because of that. Escher is disappointed but realizes he should have expected his past to keep causing him problems. Meanwhile Cinco is outright devastated. He’s scared of the idea that Escher was the one to kill Eight Ball, but also still hoping that’s not the case because he ended up falling for Escher pretty hard. D:

Eventually, Neun (nine ball DOT EXE member) steps in because he’s “tired of Cinco’s whining” (i.e. wants to help his friend). He speaks to Escher privately and admits that he knows, with certainty, that Escher was not the one who offed Eight Ball. Neun looked into that personally, almost right after Eight Ball’s body was discovered, and managed to track down the real killer via hacking certain parts of the NAPD’s system. Of course, he was careful to make sure Project Algo didn’t detect what he was doing (thankfully Faux was too busy putting his All City King plan into motion to notice). Neun even admits he also “took care of” the killer himself. He hands over records and files to Escher to prove he’s telling the truth.

Through those files, Escher finds out the person who killed Eight Ball was a sniper who was not being controlled by Project Algo, but still followed the order without questioning why an unarmed writer needed to die. Also, plot twist, Neun had found additional info about the guy in the NAPD’s records and elsewhere, and it turned out to be the same sniper who shot Escher in the head way back when! So, things coming full circle and all of that.

Neun makes Escher swear not to tell anyone about him “handling” the real killer sniper himself. In exchange, the two of them go to Cinco with the rest of the info, explaining it as them working together to investigate things further and find out about who really killed Eight Ball. They cover up what Neun did by saying the sniper was eventually killed in a separate incident later on while Project Algo was still active.

So with Escher now in the clear, he and Cinco are back to dating!! Genuine old man yaoi, cyborg version, lol (Cinco is also in his 60s, so I’m serious about the old man part okay)

Cinco calls him “Mattie” as a nickname, but Cinco is the only one allowed to do this. Everyone else is required to address him as Escher. :P

Cinco is really affectionate with Escher, also very cuddly! You’d think Escher would be annoyed by physical affection like that, but he really doesn’t mind. Actually he’s touch-starved, but either doesn’t realize it or doesn’t what to admit to it, lol

Escher isn’t one to laugh much (and even before getting a cyberhead, he didn’t smile much either), but he does enjoy Cinco’s puns and joke. Not outright belly laughing, but definitely a chuckle, y’know?

That’s about it! Thank you for sending in an ask, I really appreciate getting a chance to ramble about my headcanons. Feel free to check out my other rambles in my BRC headcanons tag! :D

[itzsarahhh]

Let’s get it… My live reactions to The Rebound 🏀 Episode 3: (this is gonna be long and I’m so sorry for that) (also spoilers)

-Love the flashback, Ryu and Zen were so cute together. they definitely got close enough to kiss. So the question is did they actually kiss or did someone pull away?

-the tension between these two is crazy. And of course he kept the key to your locker

-yes boys, Ryu is better than all of you at basketball

-love that Emi’s character (don’t remember her name) is standing up for Ryu but I definitely think he will get into a fight

-not the bullying. of course Ryu steps in to help. Love that but hope this doesn’t cause any problems

-Oop and here is the teacher. And he got a warning for preventing bullying? What about the other kid, the actual bully?

-is Jedi gonna sit with Ryu? Omg cute! I love Jedi. Galactic alliance! (Ghost ship #1 perhaps? Just kidding but I support this friendship)

-omg an autistic character? In my sports bl? It’s more likely than you might think

-and now for the basketball playing scene. Love seeing Meen do what he does best

-sir you’re worried he’s gonna start a fight and then YOU (try to) START A FIGHT WITH HIM? Ryu is a head taller than you and from the streets he would clearly beat you if you actually fought (maybe that’s what he wants so he gets kicked off the team)

-100 push-ups? I would kill that man (Jed, not the coach). Yeah Ryu was not in the wrong on this one

-oh hi Frank

-atom, zen is a lifeguard and he thought you were drowning. he was just doing his job lol

-Ryu I don’t think it’s that easy to quit. And it’s hard to tell if the brother is actually helping

-atom I’m not sure if you like him and want to be friends or more than friends. But he still seems like a sad boi. Also he’s got that rizz asking for his insta

-Lin! That’s her name! Also girl I think a book report is more important than club duties

-Oop the parallels are paralelling. Goddamnit not the brother ruining the moment

-Yes Zen!! You hug that man from behind. He is definitely still in love with Ryu

-the Boss guy gives me the creeps

-why is it so dark out already? I guess if practice ended at 7:30 it could get dark soon but it looks way later at night. How long was that drive?

-ooh the famous bl bridge.

-the wiping of the mouth! A bl trope staple. I could never. I will give you a napkin and you can do that yourself

-Oop that father flashback. I’m guessing he passed away. Poor Ryu

-ok the brother is playing for Ryu but does he know how to play basketball?

-Q is annoying me. Sir your brother is a high school student, the only place he should be is in high school. Don’t you want him to have a good life and not stuck with that creepy boss like you are?

-oh no not grandma!! At least atom was there to help. But I can’t have her getting sick or dying.

-Q!??? When I catch you Q. Wtf are you doing to Zen??

-not the episode ending there. Thank god the next episode is tomorrow

Final thoughts: the show is keeping me interested and entertained so far. MeenPing continue to serve chemistry and I like how you can tell their characters still like each other. Q is getting on my nerves already trying to drag Ryu into his mess. Also are they blood related or is it just the honorific Phi? Anyways I will be tuning in tomorrow. Thank god I have the day off, so I won’t have to wait to watch it. If you made it this far I appreciate you deeply! Stay tuned for my episode 4 thoughts

[shipcestuous]

Sin(s) by F. Sionil Jose (submission)

(Hello again! I’m glad that you–and hopefully some others–appreciated my post on the other blog about the Rosales saga. This time, I’ll talk about the other book I mentioned.)

Sin (first published in 1973, then reissued as Sins in 1996) is about the life of Don Carlos Cobello, a rich landowner and businessman of Spanish-Filipino (but more Spanish) descent. He’s already dying when the book starts; the events are his recollections. Before I proceed, let me warn you all that he’s a self-important jerk. He expresses regret several times in the narrative, but in the end he’s still -ist and -phobic. Anyway…

Growing up, Carlos was close to his sister Corito, who was four years older. When he felt afraid (ex. during thunderstorms) or alone, he’d jump into her bed and she’d hug him.

I felt so safe with her, reveling as I did in her warmth and that delicious fragrance she exuded.

It was during one such incident when Carlos was a teenager that they started having sex. I won’t mention how old he was (too young by American standards, but legal under Philippine law until recently) but based on the narrative, they were both into it. Carlos then discovers that he’s quite the massive horndog and spends World War II chasing skirt, from the new housemaid to some prostitutes at his father’s brothel.

After the war, Corito marries a man that Carlos believes (correctly) to be gay. While the husband’s passed out on their wedding night, the siblings have sex, which results in a baby girl named Angela. Unfortunately, she’s very frail, Corito almost dies giving birth to her, and even Carlos shows signs of disease a few years later. Remember the prostitutes I mentioned? One of them got syphilis from a customer and passed it to Carlos, who in turn passed it to Corito and Angela. So I guess the author gets partial credit for mentioning a real disease instead of letting the audience assume that incest=mutant babies 100% of the time…?

Fast forward to May 1963. Corito’s marriage to her husband has already been annulled, so she, her daughter, and Carlos basically act like a family now. Though he’s gotten annoyed at her jealousy and constant hunger for sex (not that he’s innocent in that department, lol), they try not to quarrel in front of Angela, whom they both dote on. While they’re having breakfast, they’re told that a young man, “about seventeen or eighteen years old,” wants to see Carlos. Remember the housemaid I mentioned in the last paragraph? She’s the mother of this young man, Delfin, who stays just long enough to confirm that yes, he is Carlos’ son. Then he leaves. Carlos, overwhelmed that he has a handsome, grown-up son, runs after him and demands to know about his life.

Delfin’s a bright kid (high school valedictorian, full scholarship at state university) who dreams of becoming a lawyer so he can defend the poor. Obviously, this puts him at odds with Carlos, but right now that isn’t the old guy’s concern. He offers to let Delfin stay with them. Angela pops up and asks,

“Why does he not want to stay with us? Then you don’t have to help me with my homework. I can ask him to do that.”

Delfin chooses not to stay with them, and also refuses much of his father’s efforts at charity (tailored suits, money, et cetera). He feels out of place with the family and their rich circles. But he does bond with Angela, helping her with homework as promised. Even Corito’s impressed by Delfin. She finds him attractive, much to Carlos’ dismay:

“Now, Corito, whatever is in your mind, just keep it there. He is my son, your nephew–don’t you forget that!”

“Your son, my nephew–and you, Carling–you are my brother!”

I mean…she’s not lying.

After graduating from university, Delfin goes to law school and starts working for an activist lawyer that Carlos passionately hates. He gets the latest news about Delfin from Angela, who brings food to his boardinghouse every week. She calls him “a very good teacher” and “fun to be with.” She clearly admires him and he’s friendly to her–she’s the only person he can confidently speak Spanish to, for one–but he doesn’t fully return her affections yet because she’s much younger and he has a girlfriend back home. Unfortunately for Delfin, his girl gives up waiting for him after eight years and marries the son of their provincial governor. Delfin wins a scholarship to Yale Law School but doesn’t take it, instead staying in the Philippines so he can defend ordinary people in court. One day, the law office he works for sues Carlos’ hacienda on behalf of 54 families (including some of Delfin’s relatives) that were going to be displaced by mechanization. The case goes all the way up to the Supreme Court. Thanks to Carlos’ efforts, the hacienda wins, much to Delfin’s sadness and disappointment. He distances himself much more from his father. Delfin even fails to show up at Angela’s graduation party, which reduces her to tears in the car on the way home.

“I love Delfin, Mama.”

“You are cousins, Angie dearest.”

“I couldn’t help myself, Mama. It just happened.”

“What does Delfin say?”

“He knows! He knows! He said I must stop my juvenile infatuation. I am too young–and like you said, he also repeated it, we are cousins. But I know he loves me, too. Once, he kissed me…but now I am not sure. He didn’t come and I wanted so much to introduce him to my friends. They know about my feelings.”

Carlos tries to comfort her (“It is me that Delfin did not want to see, not you”) but it doesn’t work. He and Corito plot to send her abroad so that she can study, find an eligible Spanish guy, and hopefully forget about Delfin. Again…it doesn’t work. While Carlos is recovering from a freak accident in his bathroom, he gets news that Angela’s disappeared. She shows up and tells him that she’s living with Delfin now:

“He loves me, Tito. The day before Mama and I left, I seduced him. I am pregnant and very happy.”

Of course, Carlos summons Delfin. They argue a little before the subject turns to Angela.

“Angela told you that she had seduced me. That is not true at all, sir. Since she was young, I had watched her, seen her grow, so sensitive, so frail. I thought I would protect her. With all that beauty, I did not want her to be like my mother–bearing an illegitimate child. But now…”

“Marry her. Neither Corito nor I will stand in the way. But in heaven’s name, don’t let her suffer. Let her live with some comfort, at least. I looked at her hands–they were bruised…”

“I told her not to wash my clothes…”

“But she did it just the same. Yes, a woman in love is capable of abnegation. But she is pregnant now and needs all the care in the world, sickly as she is.”

Alas, it is not to be. At the end of the book, Angela comes crying to Carlos, telling him that she’s caught Corito and Delfin “in a sexual embrace” and that Corito’s told her that she and Delfin are brother and sister, which means they can’t get married after all. We don’t know what happens to her and the baby after that.

I expected the sad ending. The novel’s supposed to illustrate that the country’s upper classes are horrible people who care only about wealth and power. As with most mainstream fiction, the incestuous tendencies are supposed to emphasize their evilness. And yet…wtf? That thing with Corito and Delfin shocked me. I agree with the other reviewer on Goodreads who was shocked because (s)he thought they genuinely adored Angela. The poor girl deserved a lot better.

So…to sum up! Carlos and Corito are not moral paragons at all, but at least it wasn’t familial abuse or neglect that drove them into each other’s arms. Angela and Delfin’s dynamic reminded me of Luis and Trining from My Brother, My Executioner, only Delfin didn’t succumb to the temptations of landlord life the way Luis did. It’s a general dynamic I find cute, age difference aside. But that ending. Jesus Christ. People elsewhere on the Internet have said that Sin is not the most popular of F. Sionil Jose’s novels, and I think I understand why.

Once again, thank you for anyone who’s made it this far!

(The quoted lines are from the book. All rights go to the author.)

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Three for the price of one, wow. The author really embraced the incest with this one. 

Thank you so much for the detailed summary of these relationships. What a book! So much sadness but a lot of good stuff too. Poor Angela, though. 

[littlerosetrove]

My initial Spoiler Thoughts (as I was watching) for 7x8

Oof, so Bobby’s dad was an alcoholic, probably abusive to his wife, for sure hit his older brother, but young Bobby idolized his dad. Seems the older brother saw past the facade and was not impressed, even begged Bobby to come with him and the mom. Damn that's rough.

Athena telling Bobby he needs to remember he’s not the same man he was 10 years ago. She’ll probably need to remind him of this many more times. 

Oh thank goodness Amir isn’t The Bad Guy. I was a bit worried they’d make him, which is less interesting and cheap. 

May! She was there and gone. =/ 

The cartel? Hm. A Latino stereotype and not a good one. Hm…. 

Dang, I wish we could get an episode where Eddie got to speak Spanish.

I get it for sure, but Amir has read Bobby all wrong. He was suicidal for years after the fire, and to this day doesn’t fully believe he deserves this second chance with life. Bobby still struggles. But again, I get it cause that’s not something Amir could know without knowing and talking to Bobby. 

Ouch. Bobby basically had to take care of his alcoholic father, be a parent to his own parent. 

This was like one of The Worst Days Ever for Bobby and Amir. Good lord.

Oh that transition was MEAN. From Bobby’s dad to Bobby?

….Bobby found his dad. Dead. Are you KIDDING me?? This poor boy!

Yeah um. I’d say Bobby has had A LOT of tough and bad shit happen in his life. Give our TV dad break please!!! (i know they need drama in this drama, but still)

Shiiiit Bobby started drinking as a kid? Fuuuuck his dad. Like RIP, but come on. =//

Whoa. Amir asking who has Bobby been trying to save? Uhhhh take your pick, but my guess is his dad, whom he couldn’t save from his own alcoholism. Jeez.

The young kid playing Bobby was really good, honestly. 

Yooo I wouldn’t doubt it if, Herman? I can’t remember his name already, but the grandfather of the cartel member comes back. We’ve seen bts of Bobby wearing a hospital gown, so I do think someone from the cartel will try to get revenge or something on Bobby because Bobby Cannot Catch A Break! 

Huh... we've know this but Eddie is a kind of mirror to Bobby. Bobby still can't forgive himself for the fire or it seems his dad dying (which was an accident). And Eddie can't forgive himself for *gestures* Shannon and their relationship. They're both still stuck in the past, and don't know how to properly move forward, and I mean really move forward (though Bobby I'd say is doing better than Eddie). And of course forgive themselves. Stop making me feel sad, challenge.

I do wonder what ever happened to Bobby's mom and brother? Are they even still alive?

Overall a great episode. As heartbreaking as Bobby’s backstory is, I was very happy to learn it because up until now we’ve known very little of his childhood and whatnot. Excellent acting from Peter and Malcom-Jamal, and I think the young kid who plays kid Bobby has a bright future. 

I will say that the tone of this season has been kind of all over the place. Not a huge issue for me, but hopefully they’ll have a better balance next season when things aren’t as rushed and truncated. 

[little-blurry-stars]

hiiii i am here to tell you about the dolls of new albion the steampunk opera

so basically it starts with like. a narrator. there is a narrator whose name is kate and she talks about how this town came to be which is basically. a long long time ago there were a gambler and a monk and they had an intense philosophical debate and wanted to decide the winner with a game of cards which went on for Very Long. like so long that they had to build a whole city around it and people would come and watch them play cards. and there is a red haired dwarf with just one eye whose affairs he decides with a pair of silver dice over the zeppelin union pilots a castrati boss presides and we hear his song each afternoon as he flies by. theres prisons made of lead and gargoyles of iron shreds and annabel mcalistair whos raising up the dead ((: this is our first protagonist!! she had no friends growing up because her father was mean and made her do math and science instead and at high school she met this guy jasper and they kissed once but then she got expelled for stealing dead bodies and jasper got married and had a daughter named fay and recently he died. and annabel is very sad and now she wants to bring him back and she resurrects jasper as a lifesize mechanical doll but he can't really speak or move he just plays radio broadcasts sometimes. and annabel is really happy now because she has a friend ((: but jasper was ok dead and he did not want to be brought back. and so annabel is very sad ): and she destroys him again and hides all of her notes and discoveries forever gets married and has a child named edgar who is an asshole. and she died when he was ten and basically what im saying is annabel did nothing wrong in her life ever and i feel very bad for her

anyway the next act begins with an update on the shit going on in new albion basically the red haired dwarf with just one eye whose affairs he decides with a pair of silver dice was killed by his son. two girls are going around committing crimes and they have a pet albatross named simon and a brilliant mouse named sam and uhh yeah let's go meet edgar. remember how i said jasper got married and had a kid called fay when he was alive?? fay is now edgar;s girlfriend. but she is leaving him for a man named silof and there;s this song where all of this is happening called "edgar gets his heart broken" and thats where we got hte wonderful lyric from. the lyric is "i would have had the lime pie but i was dying inside" which honestly same anyway edgar is like "i want to kill you and destroy you. i want you died. #scene #anger #fuck #die #hatered" to silof and then he goes home and digs through his moms old things and finds her formula for raising the dead that no one was ever supposed to find out about oops????? and he starts a business. motherfucker is like "gather round friends today i will choose five lucky people and i will bring back a dead relative of their choice. if all goes well i will start doing it for money and you will have to pay me to bring back YOUR dead relative in the form of a lifesize mechanical doll!!! now in different colors!! ALSO I NEED ALL OF YOU TO FUCK THAT GUY SILOF UP A LOT PLEASE" then he goes up to fay and hes like "listen silof is a loser and i am rich and sexy. also i brought your dad back from the dead. but to talk to him you need to come bakc to me and not leave" and fay agrees but she hates him a lot also can jasper die already (affectionate) so yes i hate edgar a lot he should die so much forever

but edgar and fay had a child they named byron who is a poor little meow meow an d act 3 is a generation later and edgar fucked a lot of things up and now new albion is just. full of undead dolls and there is police that are trying to kill all of the dolls. byron inherited jasper not knowing who it is. and he is now in love with him?????? there is also a political movement called voodoopunk that byron is one of the leaders of alongside his best friend amelia who is also in love with him. but she also has a really shitty life in general like her dad is an asshole basically. and hte people at voodoopunk they want jasper to be mayor of new albion but then jasper sings a song through his radiobroadcast and hes like "listen guys. i was dead before all of this and i don't want to be here" and all the dolls agree and start playing it too and then amelia was like "hmm good point" and kills herself and then everyone in town got mad at the dolls and decided to burn them and byron is Panicking because tjey want to burn jasper too and he pulls him from the bonfire

then act four begins with kate reminding all of us about the gambler and the monk from the beginning. but now she also adds that right before the game was over the gambler was like "oh shit oh fuck im dying" and he swore to the monk that he would be back to finish the game and then died. and then kate tells us what happened in the meantime so byron got himself a trophy wife and they had a daughter named priscilla but when she was sti ll young byron being a part of voodoopunk got taken away by the police and her mother got taken to a mental institution and now there is lots of police going around new albion and destroying every doll that they find. and if they see you keeping one of the dolls they execute you and there is a guy called soldier 7285 who is. important basically to them idk he is Doing His Job Very Well and jasper is still alive and he hides from the police in a room with priscilla and. ok here is the thing the reason kate reminded us of the gambler and the monk. SEE BECAUSE PRISCILLA AND JASPER ARE THE GAMBLER AND THE MONK. ISNT THAT INSANE anyway jasper is like. he complains about being alive and he only stays becaue priscilla reminds him of fay and then hes like "wow haha this game sure is neverending. the only way it would end is it someone did a sacrifice" and then priscilla is like. hm. excuse me and she goes and contemplates and reaches the decision that. she will sacrifice herself for jasper to die because he sacrificed his happiness for her and oh mygod i love them so much do you understand. they love each other so much and i love them and ))): and she calls the police and confesses that she is keeping a doll and jasper is like what why the fuck did you do that and shes like dw we will meet in the afterlife (: ily and soldier 7285 and some other people arrive at the house to execute them and everyone shoots them and kills them EXCEPY for soldier 7285 because he saw that jasper and priscilla loved each other. and hes like hm i should start a revolution actually and he does that and kate is like THAT IS A STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME!!!!!! that story is a whole other musical called new albion radio hour that i still need to listen to and i will anyway what do you tjink of tdona

that's shorter than i was expecting. tbh but that sounds like a Lot

[noteriii]

𓍯 Velvet Garden 03

A story of the Pretty Sailor Guardian, Sailor Gaia and her lover. 

A neon impasse. 

˚ ⋆ ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ

Sunday morning, you wake up seamlessly. No ragged breathing or sweaty palms; no strange dreams. For once in what felt like ages, you didn’t dream of a woman and her sister named Serenity. You did not dream of a war and a man whose face you could barely make out- who you learned was named Endymion. You did not dream of faceless heroes and villains, nor did you dream of the pain of the faceless Princess Thea. 

Rolling over to your side, you find your phone on your bedside table. A text from your mother is amongst all your other random notifications- 

Mom: I won’t be home until late tonight, my card is on the table. 

Mom: I heard there’s a carnival in town. If you want, you should check it out.

Mom: I know it's for kids but you’ve been home alone a lot recently.. Do something fun today. 

Mom: I love you, Kaede. 

You read her texts, followed by an article link of the carnival she was talking about. It was a child’s carnival indeed, filled with cute animals and a princess. The entrance fee was fairly cheap and you had your whole day off considering you had done all your work yesterday. So, you got up and got dressed for your day. It was a lot warmer than it was Friday night but the large coat hanging in your closet reminded you to bring a jacket just in case. Slipping on a white hoodie and a pair of pink shorts, you threw on your shoes and danced around the kitchen as you scrounged for snacks before you left for the carnival. A simple 30 minute train ride away wasn’t so bad but, you didn’t want to starve yourself on your way there. After taking your time to get ready, making yourself feel pretty for the day ahead, you left your building to walk to the closest train station. 

The sun was bright out today, though it wasn’t scorching hot. Light pink cherry blossoms were starting to bloom on the trees you passed by and you took in a deep breath, admiring their scent. You smiled to yourself once at the train station, glad that it wasn’t as busy as usual. Waiting for your train to come, you rummage through your bag to find your phone to pass time. Instead, you pull out a strange looking brooch that you surely did not remember packing earlier that morning. It was a beautiful silver brooch with the design of what looked like the sun on it with six small and lightly tinted crystals on it. You carefully put it back into your bag, not wanting to scratch such a beautiful accessory before pulling out your phone and aimlessly scrolling. You sat at the bench, reading through the most recent Sailor Moon activities. 

– 

“Endymion, there’s no need to hide.” The woman says amusingly, glancing over to the man who was trying his best to hide behind one of the almost white trees. He leaves his hiding spot, quickly making his way over to her. “What if one of the guards sees me?” He asked her cautiously, only for her to wave her hand as if dismissing the thought. “The scouts are resting and the guards are at meet with my mother and sister, lecturing poor Serenity about tricking them.” The woman explains with a light smile, looking at him.  “I missed you,” She says quietly before he wraps his arms around her tightly, embracing her. 

“I missed you too, my love.” He whispers in her ear quietly, lovingly. 

—

Maybe you should go to the doctor, considering the amount of odd daydreams you’ve been having. Hey Doc, I’ve been having weird dreams of this lady and what i think is her estranged lover dying! You chuckle at the thought as you slip on your headphones to fill in  the quiet space. It’s a few more minutes before the train arrives, but you quickly head in and find a place to hold tight before the vehicle starts moving. 

Sooner than later, you make it to the fair. Big signs lead you to buy tickets and advertise the park: Dreamland. You smile to yourself, seeing the kid like attractions and such around. Entering the park, you take in the smell of the loved carnival food. “Yoo-hoo!! I’m having so much fun!!” a loud voice says, shifting your gaze to the source. You see two familiar blonde buns going up and down on the merry-go-round. You laugh to yourself and called out to her, “Hey, Tsukino-Chan! What’s up?” The blonde perks up at the sound of your voice and gets off the ride as soon as she could, running over to you. She tackles you in a hug, causing you to stumble back a step. “Ryuu-Sama, I’m so glad to see you!” The girl says to you, causing a confused look to crawl onto your features. She’s so excited and I barely know her.? “It’s good to see you too.” You tell her, patting her head before you two part from the hug. There’s a call for her name before you see two girls running to you guys. “Usagi-Chan, we’ve been looking for you!” Says a girl with dark black hair and almost purple eyes. Her gaze shifts over to yours and her eyes widen before she bows her head and greets you. “Ryuu-Senpai, I didn’t think we’d bump into you!” You pause for a second, before you laugh lightly. “No need to bow, Hino-Chan. It’s been a while, hasn’t it?” You tell her, causing the other girl with her and Usagi to look to you both. “We used to go to school together,” You explained briefly before continuing. “Hino-Chan would get lost in the halls and follow me around even though I was in a completely different grade.” You say with a fond smile on your face, Rei’s face flushed with embarrassment. “I’m Mizuno Ami,” Greeted the other girl with short, pretty blue hair. You smiled at her and gave her a small wave before Rei speaks up again. “Usagi-Chan, you aren’t supposed to run off like that, you know this! We’re.. looking for something and you aren’t helping!” She says, causing the blonde to frown. “Lighten up, Rei-San! I want to have fun!” Usagi says to her friend, only for her to roll her eyes. They don’t seem to be getting along. You open your mouth to speak before you’re interrupted by a new voice. “Hi.” The voice says to your group, startling you all and you guys to shriek. You all looked to where the voice came from, even more shocked with the result. “A talking lion?!” Screams Usagi, gripping your arm and hiding behind you. You looked at the girl a bit worried and stood in front of her to attempt to ease her. “Don’t worry, he isn’t a real animal.” Says a new voice, a girl in a poofy dress and crown. “You’re the Dream Princess. I saw you on TV.” Usagi speaks from behind you as the girl nods. Ami eyes the lion suspiciously, her glance shifting to you and Usagi for a second. “Are you sure the lion is fake?” Ami asks the princess, causing her to nod and show us a remote. She presses a button and the lion sits down, proving to us that the animal is indeed a toy. “They’re kinda.. Cute..” Usagi says, stepping away from you and closer to the lion. “I’m getting bad vibes from her..” Rei mumbles to Ami, you look over to them and nod. More and more animals waddle over to your small group, effectively gaining Usagi’s attention. You, on the other hand, feel your heart racing. Why do I have a bad feeling about all of this? You watched Usagi and the Princess talk about a party with candy, causing the blonde’s eyes to light up. “Oh, I can’t wait!!” She says excitedly before you quickly grab her hand and walk away, her friends following behind you too. You felt your heart pounding and a knot of anxiety tangling in your chest. You felt so protective over Usagi and her friends yet, you barely knew any of them. Was it because you were the oldest so you felt responsible for them? “I don’t like her. There’s something off with her.” You say as you finally stopped walking, far enough from the Princess so she couldn’t hear. Rei and Ami nod beside you, causing Usagi to pout. “Come on, she’s just the Dream Princess!”  You shake your head at her and sigh. “Maybe we should split up,” Ami suggests before looking over to you with a kind smile. “You can go enjoy the park, we should be going.” She tells you as Rei and Usagi nods, a sort of sad smile on the blonde’s face. “I can help. You guys are looking for something, right? We’ll split off into pairs.” You suggest as all the girls look at each other as if exchanging their thoughts. Before they could reply, you looped your arm with Ami’s with a smile on your face. “We’ll find you guys later!” You called out to them as you tug the girl away. 

Walking around the park, you glance around before looking at Ami. “So.. what are we looking for?” You ask her before she shrugs. “I’m not sure how to explain it.. But I’ll know when I see it.” She tells you as you nod in response. You spot a sort of flower garden display, nudging her arm and looking over to the garden. “How do you know Usagi-Chan?” Ami asks you as you two walk towards the garden. “Her cat woke me up at a bus stop.” You laughed lightly as you two entered the garden. Ami walks a little behind you, watching as you make your way through the beautiful flowers. 

–

“Princess Thea!” calls a voice, causing the woman to look up from her book in her lap. “Princess Thea, the queen wishes to have a meal with you and your sister!” The voice calls again, closer this time. With a sigh, she closes her book.

“Mercury, there’s no need to yell like that in the garden.” The princess speaks as the sailor scout bows in a light apology. “I’m sorry, your highness, I always seem to get lost in this garden.” Mercury speaks, drawing a light laugh from the princess. “That’s why I enjoy it here,” The princess sets her hand on top of Mercury’s head affectionately.

“I’m harder to find.” 

–

Ami breaks out of her daze, realizing she had stopped walking. Looking around herself, you were gone. The girl glances around the close vicinity before walking, hoping she would find you somewhere in the garden as the daydream plays in a loop in her mind. That is, until she sees you sitting on your legs, calmly looking through the flowers as if you two weren’t just on the search for whatever the girls were looking for in the first place. “Princess, I found you!” Ami says before her hand slaps across her mouth, in shock of her own words. You look up to her, your face scrunched up as you stand from your spot. “Princess? Do I look like the Dream Princess?” You jokingly asked her, motioning to your clothes. “I’m sorry Ryuu-San! I don’t know where that came from, really!” Ami says, sputtering out apologies. You laughed lightly, ruffling her short hair in response to her embarrassment. “It’s alright, Mizuno-Chan. This park with princesses and talking animals is a little weird for the head.” You tell her. She sort of shakes her head, dismissing a thought to herself and nods at you before motioning to the exit of the maze-like garden. “I think the Princess is having her party soon.” Ami says, motioning to the big building a bit away. You nodded in response, “Yeah, we should head over there. Maybe we’ll find Rei-Chan and Tsukino-Chan.” You say to her. 

When you guys make it into the cold factory, the smell of sugar fills your senses. There are multiple tables full of cookies and candies, desserts you’ve never even heard of line the tables as well. “I can’t believe Usagi-Chan is missing this!” Ami says, filling a small plate with sweets for herself. You nod as you pick up a cookie, feeling a chill run up your spine. “Is it cold in here or is that just me?” You ask Ami as she shrugs. You ignore the feeling and take a bite of the cookie, glancing around the room. Within minutes, the room feels dull and quiet, a wave of grogginess washing over you. Kids in the room begin complaining that they are tired, then soon enough the adults as well. Ami rubs her eyes, trying her hardest to stay away as she drops her plate on the ground carelessly. “It’s the sweets,” She says to you as you reach out to grab her arm, feeling yourself grow even more tired than before. “They’re taking up all our energy, Rei was right about the Princess.” She says before falling onto her knees. You fall with her, your bag falling off your shoulder and spilling. The beautiful silver brooch from before slips out, falling in between you and your newfound friend. She looks at it with wide eyes, taking it in her weak hand as she looks at you desperately. “Hold it..” She tells you tiredly. You reach your arm out to take it before everything goes dark. 

– 

“See what happens when you girls work together?” You hear a voice say as you wake up. You sit up and rub your eyes as you hear a group of girls speak before actually looking at them. Your eyes widen at the site of the Sailor Scouts and a small black cat speaking together in the room, causing you to let out a surprised yell and scooch back. What are the Sailor Scouts doing here? What happened? The Scouts look over to you worriedly before Sailor Moon runs over to you worriedly, kneeling in front of you. “Ryuu-Sama, are you alright?!” She asks you as you take another scoot back. A sudden flash of cold and light floods your senses as your hand grazes against a smooth metal.

“Sailor Gaia?” 

[ltlemon]

kk I'm gonna live blog episode 6 of OFMD because it'll be funny MAJOR SPOILERS but also like everything's super spaced out so you could probably read along with my reactions? (no clue why you would do that but the option is there.)

fair warning this is really long but no one's going to actually read this so that's fine.

that opening shot is SOO PRETTY

who tf is this guy

'my love'? is he fruity and evil? evil and fruity?

'god that was a beautiful pitch, that was really nice'??? I THINK SO???

I might end up liking the evil gay violin man

hi ed <33

oh no trauma

DRAMA WITH THE GIRLLLS <33 (Izzys little wiggle is precious)

HE THOUGHT HE WAS ROACH???? HOW DRUNK IS HE HOT DAMN

he did say sorry though :')

they're sharing the bottle !! the only times ed has done that with anyone that I can remember has been with calico jack and stede

fock off >:(

aww stede put away all his stuff for him

's probably not a good idea though

oop, yep, caught it. guilt room :(

poor stede he looks like he feels a little bad now.

he's so sweet about it though. <3

ARCHIE!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER SM

AA LOOK AT HOW JIM LOOKS AT HER

HOLY SHIT THAT WAS A BIRTHDAY STORY?!?!? AHAHAH

GIRL YOU ARE INSANE

oluwande looks like he's doubting his partners choice of a third slightly

fang's sticking his pinky out!

hehehehe they want a party <33

YEAHHHH

aww not stede offering to give the loot up to a good cause

give it a new purpose, one not tied to ed's guilt

you interrupted their little meeting >:(

EEhehe

YES TURN POISON INTO POSITIVITY

that's what I said

aw ed's charmed

✨I'm gonna go walk my dogs now, I'll be back✨

okok I'm back and I have a quesadilla

oh cool Ricky's back

you were minding your buisness?? no tf you weren't

heh, his new nose is cute though, it's like fancy china

old wrapped his arm around Jim!!! the cuties ever!!

AWWWWW HES FUCKINDUWDHAH

HES GIVING MONEY TO RANDOM KIDS BC HE WAS POOR AS A KID ADSIJN

I love him so much

'filthy little gutter rats' I'm dying

INN RP???

'don't be pirates' 'yeah agreed don't be pirates 😀'

zheng!

girl what is wrong with you

wee John doing drag makeup!!!!!!!! EAHEIDHAB

izzy seems quite intrigued

AWW stede's so charmed by the party

it's rubbing off on ed too

omfg Jim's so silly

just a little guy

HOLY SHIT WEE JOHN LOOKS GOOD

eeeeee ed's little smile at stede <33

WHAT THE FUCK IZZY MUSICAL SCENE WHAT

WHAT THE FUCK

AND HE'S GOOD!?!?!?!?

WIAIYT WAIT WAIT ARE THEU GONNA DANCE

PLEASE PLEAAAASE TELL ME THEYRE GONNA DANCE

fang's clapping for izzy in the background ee

UEUEUEUE SOME PEOPLE ARE DANCING

Jim and Archie are so flipping cute omfg

holy shit??? hand kiss???

AWWWW <<3333

OH OH OH AND JIMS DANCING WITH OLU TOO

THEY REALLY DO HAVE TWO HANDS

HAH HOLY SHIT THE THREE OF THEM ARE TRYING SO HARD

JIM SANDWICH

!!!!

AW OH OH NO ED SHIELDING STEDE-

oh its gay violin man!

'oh I'm going to torture you all. by the way. 😃' sorry I forgot, I meant evil gay violin man.

I love how when ed says 'its because I only hang out with cool pirates' Stede's looking at him like he just delivered the burn of the century

oh holy shit stede's getting pissed he's like stop touching him

'oh shit! You struck a chord, I think you got it in one!' his face here is so wholesome aa

'you torture like a bitch' 'yes ok honey maybe you shouldn't say that it might get us killed'

AW NO THE LITTLE 'it's me you want ITS ME YOU WANT' he can deal with it, causing pain to himself because of an action he did is fine, he's used to that, but that pain coming to stede is unacceptable.

'so what's the plan you...weird...fock?' starting to like izzy

AHDJAKSJ I love Lucius and Pete sm ya'll

his little conductors baton is really cute

Lucius and Pete in the lower levels of the ship looking like a shot from Alien

omfg stede asking for her name is so cute'

'where were you 😡' 'we got engaged 😄' 'aww🥰' 'anyways- 😡'

'alright gang! let's talk profit sharing! 😄' I'm dead

'don't do it stede 🥺' crying sobbing shaking

holy fucking shit stede

OH NO

baby's looking haunted by the horrors in his bedroom

??????

WHAT??

THE LOOK ON HIS FACE???? I NEED TO REWIND HOLD ON

HOLY SHIT

EDS FACE TOO HE WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT

sir you just killed a man???? why do you want to fuck now????????

aw ok but Izzy's back to singing though <33

he likes it :))

PHEW HOLY SHIT WHOA

OK IM STAYING SILENT FOR THIS SCENE ILL TALK WHEN ITS DONE I CANT FLIP BACK AND FORTH DURING THIS ONE BOYS (gn)

THAT WAS SO GOOD

LUCIUS'S LITTLE DANCE, EVERYONE SINGING ALONG,

GAY SEX?!?!?!

AGAGAAHAH

omg they're shouting for an encore in the creditsaaa 🥺

and Archie and roach interact yay!!

wow. ok. so we were right about the gay sex hips!!!

wow. we were right about the gay sex hips....

on to episode seven. (I may die within the next 24 minutes.)

[mermaidsirennikita]

If you have any I’d love recs for the childhood crush to adult lust trope! It’s so fun.

For sure!

--A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean. All time favorite of mine, perfect book. The hero and heroine used to write letters to each other and they're scattered throughout the novel. He got into gambling and lost his family's estate. When they meet up again, she's a part of his plans to get it back, and he's super cold and starkly different, which shocks her--forced marriage ensues.

--Ever Yours, Annabelle by Elisa Braden. Hero was the best friend of the heroine's older brother; she had a huge crush on him and he doted on her. Then she was indirectly responsible for an accident that changed his life and they separated, meeting years later when he's looking for a wife. She offers to help him find one, even though they're super into each other.

--A Scoundrel of Her Own by Stacy Reid. Reading this right now and it's very good. Hero was a poor kid, heroine was a noble lady, he saved her when she got lost and they spent a few days snowed in together. Separated by her parents upon discovery, and he's now wealthy and meets her again. He decides to become her forbidden lover~.

--When the Duke Was Wicked by Lorraine Heath. Childhood friends is a bit of a stretch because he's nine years older than her, but their parents are best friends and they grew up knowing each other. She had a childhood infatuation with him and was devastated when he married young. His wife and child end up dying, he becomes a dissolute rake and seducer. Heroine asks him to help her find a loving suitor when she becomes a debutante, he ends up licking rum off her pussy on his floor, you know how it goes. There's a lot of "Oh my Goddddd I have corrupted herrr" in this one, magnified by him having known her dad since he was super young.

--Seduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa Kleypas. Heroine is a lady, hero was a lower class growing up in her household. They were best friends and fell in love as young kids, but she got super sick and almost died; she's weak after recovering and he feels that if they get together he'll kill her with his penis (both in a crazy way and in a legit "can she survive pregnancy and birth" kind of way). He rejects her, she goes off to the continent for a couple years to get better, returns healthier, and it's ON. But he's also super self loathing so she's still gotta get her seduction on.

--Daring and the Duke by Sarah MacLean. Another childhood sweethearts one, they grew up together and fell in love young, and under some crazy circumstances he was basically pushed into... trying to... kill her. Anyway, he thought he was dead for years and is the villain of the previous two books. When he finds out she's alive he goes INSANE trying to find her and it's delicious. She makes him pay.... big time. Book-long grovel!

--A Lady at Midnight by Tessa Dare. These two were childhood friends, but she was super young and doesn't remember at first. But when he sees her again, he recognizes her and becomes her protector. Very sweet/hot.

--Rules for Engaging the Earl by Janna MacGregor. Hero and heroine were sweethearts, he goes off to war, she marries another man. When he returns he has chronic pain and a lot of shame. Her husband dies and she's pregnant; turns out the marriage was bigamous, so she needs to remarry to ensure her child isn't a bastard. Childhood friend steps in.

[timetower18]

After Nightmare💀

Lodger is a depressed, let-down character. after a big civil war in his country, He lost everything and now he works at a library. But suddenly he finds a little hope in his nightmares...

Day 1 [night time]

I could hear the sound of soft wind under the cloudy afternoon sky. It seemed like another normal day. I was reading a book while lying down on my old sofa. A book regarding people who hurt each other without reason and cried victim afterwards.

I I never understood humans, all I've ever heard was people saying they are smart and wonderful. So why won't they help us? Why don't they at least show mercy to the characters they create instead of hurting us?

There’s many more questions I have to ask, many truths that I want to find out. I am a researcher after all. 

Well, it was like that until "that" day, the day I found about a young human girl. She’s a trouble maker, but just for us, she doesn't hurt any people.

I don't quite remember how or when, but I fell asleep while thinking about these subjects… I just closed my eyes for a second and then, my house was covered in darkness. I even couldn't see a step forward. The darkness was accompanied with heavy silence… I even couldn't hear the sound of the clock on my wall..

Suddenly... "Knock KNOCK!", Someone knocked my door. This was AWFUL! I never liked unwanted visitors; I had many things that I didn't want anyone to see. I mean—My house was messy. I got up with a big yawn and grabbed a candle and lit I up, and slowly crawled on the main door.

“who’s there? “

I said, with a grumpy sound.

“P-Please... let me in... “

Said a fearful sound from behind the door. He was breathing fast, as if he had ran all the way to my house.

“And why should I let you in? I even don’t know you! “

“Please, I beg you! I have a kid… she’s dying! “

He was crying but not like a human. believe me, his sound as raspy. So I thought he’s safe, since he was obviously a character and not human. I opened the main door and when they entered to my house, I closed it quickly.

I could see them easily under the candle light. He was young man but had short white hair. With a fearful face and small eyes, that were looking me up. He was wearing black and white pajamas and was taller than me. And his hand, covered by the blood of the little girl in his arms.

“Humans are very wild these days. Come with me! She’ll be ok.“I said. With the candlestick in my hand, stepping firmly towards the inside of the house.

“T-Thank you! Your so kind! “The young man answered me softly.

“No I’m not. “I said. And with little help of candle’s low light, found the light switch and turned it on. And in a moment’s notice, my house was covered in light.

“As i was saying, not kind, just trying to stand up against the cruelty of humans. “

“I see… “

“So, what happened to that poor girl? “I asked. I got the little girl from the tall man and put her on my sofa.

“I don’t know… I just found her. my own daughter died a few years ago… “He answered me with tears.

I quickly found some bandages to stop her bleeding. For a brief second, I took a look at the girl, she was not like the tall man in the slightest; she has short gray hair and a tiny but strong looking body, Which probably was the only reason that she had stayed alive until now. She wore a white T-shirt and nasty, torem blue pants. I patched her wounds with a bandage, and tightened it to stop the bleeding.

“Thank you for letting us to stay here!” The white man said, with a warm smile.

“WHAT?! I never said that! “I shouted.

“Please! Just one night! Have you seen how it's like outside? It’s dangerous for me and the little girl both… “He begged me.

I didn’t have much feelings –this was a fact that everyone told to me-But I don’t like someone begging me, I wasn’t a bad character.

“ok. You can stay. Just stop looking at me like that!” I grumbled.

His name was Thomas. We'd never met before. I told him my name too, and showed him around the house.

“Ow..! This house really messy… “

“I told you. “

“It seems you don’t have many visitor… but it’s not fair for you to be all alone… “He pouted with a goddamned sad face AGAIN.

“I don’t care. You shouldn’t either.”

“Got it…”

After dinner, we were getting ready for sleep. I had many rooms in my house so we didn't have any trouble finding a bed for them. The little girl was still sleeping, we layed her down on a bed together, but she wasn't moving even a tiny bit...

I said a cold [ Good Night ] to them and then left the room.

I knew this wasn't real. I knew it was just a nightmare. There was no Thomas, there was no little girl. But for the time being, it doesn't hurt to play along. I wasn't even a bit sad or scared. Maybe the humans really were gone for good.

to be continued...

[kitsunesfandomtime]

Treasure Vault - CH 2

Characters: All for One, Yoichi Shigaraki, Original Character

Relationship: All for One & Yoichi Shigaraki

Warning: Platonic Yandere, Disturbing behavior, Vault time, Force Feeding, Poison, Murder

Summary: All for One has had enough of his little brother's rebellious nature. He can't afford to risk his little brother's life by letting him continue this. If he has to commit cruelties to keep his brother safe, then so be it. What's one more sin on the pile?

Food is a love language.

When made for those you care about it can tell you how much the cook cares for you. Even from chefs you can see the love for cooking in every small detail for the craft itself.

No one would think All for One cooked, such a fearsome being does not just stand behind a stove cooking. In a sense they aren't wrong as things become more heavy the less time he has for this labor of love.

It's why he connected with the man who nearly lost everything.

"How has your daughter been doing?" All for One chimes to his new chef that he has been having make all his meals for a while.

His name was Haruka Hamaguchi. He wasn't anything special just some man who owned a small traditional Japanese restaurant. One he held for generations but also possibly the last one who will hold it's name as his only grand daughter held no interest in it. A subtle and dying business trying to hold a piece of normalacy in a world gone mad.

It was no surprise that thugs would eventually attack the shop in some midguided attempt to make money. They don't know he doesn't have much, they don't know how much he struggles. All they see is a business with a lot of customers and a man who seems content.

So they thrashed it. Unaware this man has left overs at the end of the day to share with those in need. Uncaring how much the man just wishes for people to get along, they took it all.

And frankly, it felt just a hint personal to All for One. After all, he used to be one of the kids that would take left overs home to his little brother. So he had assumed it was time to return the favor to the poor old man.

Not that this man would know him as that young boy hanging out in the alley way waiting for him to set food down. Rushing in to take and sprinting away knowing his little brother was starving. The image of that boy would not match the man in front of him now.

"She's been doing well All for One," he speaks with such a bright demeanor that it allows the criminal to relax. All for One didn't hide his identity after revealing he was the donator, "She's a little genius and apparently has been getting popular. At some point I'm going to have to beat boys away from her."

Its so normal. So mundane this was probably a first in a long time for the demon lord just talking about casual things as he waits for his meal. He fixes his coat able to smell the scent of the others food, he obtained a quirk that made his senses stronger just to savor such things.

"She must love you a lot," All for One muses watching the man cook staring intently as he plates up the meal. It was Katsudon today, it seems he figured out that was his preference despite him always saying whatever he wants to make.

"That she do tho lately she's been saying I'm much too fussy and I'm so nosy compared to other parents. She got a big dream tho," the man just chuckles. As if he was proud to be considered a weird parent who loves their kid so much. "So I'm saving up for her college. I got to thank you for that."

All for One perked up a bit surprised at this well not for being thanked. He does quite a lot that he deserved it but he didn't do anything for the kid. Feeling himself tense as he stares the man down, "I don't remember doing anything for your kid. You know I don't enjoy involve kids."

It's not as if he couldn't. It's easy to turn off your emotions if you have the adults be the middle man. But he never enjoyed making kids miserable its always their parents that involved them.

"O-Oh! I don't mean like that as I said any debt I have to you is on me and my restaurant," Hamagushi was quick to correct likely seeing the man getting restless made him quick to fix his wording. "I mean your donations to my restaurant and my craft. Traditional cooking hasn't been very profitable, no one can sit down and relax so when those men broke in I was done for. If you hadn't come I likely be in debt to some Yakuza. I heard a lot of things about you, to think all you want is my cooking? I say it's a great deal!"

Hisashi's demeanor relaxed and in this moment he felt at ease. To hear someone genuine that his deal was good and fair as all he desired was food.

"I'm glad, all I could want from you if your cooking. I think it's a fair exchange and you don't have to get too involved," he assures with a genuine fondness for this man who doesn't know who he is. Could never think this man known as a symbol of evil could have once been some kid scrapping by in some alley way.

All for One can't cook all the time it's a time consuming task so having someone who can was needed. He wants to bring Yoichi to this man whose only job is to cook food. His only proof that he can do good if given a chance....

.....So why did even this good thing turn out to be a lie?

Months he had eaten this man's food with complete trust. Holding onto fond memories of when he would leave out food for young ones with nothing.

Watching the man despite his business struggling still be able to put aside food for those struggling. Pretending it was just being thrown out and yet now this very same man was cowering before him.

The food had been tainted.

"You know, I almost ate this," he muses at how has gotten so comfortable that if didn't have his normal senses would have just ate it. The strong bitter smell and the feeling of malice in the air had been what stopped him. The slow realization that it was in his food and from the man standing in front of him.

"Please, you have to understand. The government-" just as the man was about to speak some excuse All for One crushes the bowl in his hand. Watching how the 'chef' shut up staring as if slowly processing who he had angered.

"Let me guess. Money? Safety? Did they tell you that eventually I'll get tired and throw you aside so best to help them out? Or did they threaten to take everything from you?" His words spilled out like venom and bile as he dropped the destroyed bowl and poisoned meal onto the table. Staring intently at the man he gets up to his feet thankful he had enough scent to smell before eating.

"Tell me the exact reason you tried to backstab me," he sneers as the man cowers before him. This wasn't the kind man who would feel the kids in the alley way this was some backstabber dressing as a kindly young man.

"It's my daughter, you have to understand! They threatened to expose our relationship and ruin my daughters life if I don't take you out. Please you have to understand," the man cries as if his almost victim should have sympathy for the man that tried to KILL him. Was All for One life not even a factor in this? Was his life so much lesser?

He sighs staring at the man with something almost like pity even as his heart hardened with spite.

"You should have told me," he notes as he turns his head to look at his plate scooping up some of the poisoned rice. "I would have helped you."

There is slight surprise in the man's eyes as if the idea of All for One helping him with such a thing was outrageous. It seems even this man is convinced at his ability to cause harm and cruelty. Not like he hasn't proven it time and again, this man wouldn't have known he was an exception...

Not anymore.

"It's too late now," before the other could even register his words All for One forced the poisoned rice into the man's mouth. Holding his face with his free hand as a cruel smile formed on his face, "You already made the deal with the government and chose murder as your option so it only appropiate I reply in kind. But don't worry your daughter won't suffer your fate."

It's strange how easy it was as he forced the man to eat. Watching him struggle and cry for mercy as the very food he created was forced down his throat. While all All for One could think is how the man was willing to watch him die.

Using something he had taken as a comfort and twisting it into something that caused harm. This man took his comfort as weakness and used it against him.

Food is a love language and love is wonderful. But Fear is a much stronger motivator.

This wasn't a mistake he will make twice.

The man didn't last long it seemed the poison he had was quite strong as he fell limp in his hand. And All for One dropped him noting it has been so long since directly killed someone. He had allow himself to get invested, he should remember this as a lesson to not get too close.

"Drop him in front of the Diet Building. That should send a message and find his daughter. I will handle her personally," his voice was curt his body guard he had obtained appeared beside him. Barely saying anything as he goes to pick up the dead body, All for One felt nothing by the end of it.

What a foolish man. He had a daughter who needed him and decided to try and become a killer. All because the government decided they wanted to get rid of him as 'subtly' as possible. Cowards, the lot of them can't even face him face to face or maybe they thought that lowly of him just some thugs.

...The world truly was mad.

He sighs as he goes to the kitchen slowly looking through it and a feeling of melancholy falls over him. Slowly gathering some rice and whatever food that remained he had to carefully inspect every ingredient.

Because he has to feed Yoichi. He's probably hungry, he can't eat right now after that but Yoichi needs food regardless. He won't tell him about what happened as is sure the boy would scream at him for killing someone.

Surely no sympathy that his older brother might have nearly died nor that prior all he had wanted from the man was food.

SLICE.

A small hiss escaped him as he had been chopping some vegetables and clearly had been so distracted he nicked his finger. Seeing his finger bleed he grimaced wondering when he will find a good healing quirk so didn't need to bandage himself up.

It seems he's still human, what a surprise.

"Focus Hisashi. You're making a fool of yourself- And now you're mumbling because you're stressed out. God dammit," he hisses wanting to curse and lash out but he can't help himself. He just... Needs to try harder. Focus, focus, turn off your emotions you can do that.

It was difficult his hands kept shaking, wondering why this particular thing bothered him so much. He had done it so easily force feeding the man his own poison was karma. He needs to take care of Yoichi- Yoichi...

He hopes he is alright.

He put in some music to keep the other company so it isn't so monotone. And he had refused the last batch of food he had given him but it was for the best. As the last batch was from the chef but this one he made so maybe will be more inclined.

The meal was completed even if the demon lords mind was a mess it eventually did become quiet. Feeling relaxed as he wraps it up and takes it to where his brother is held hoping this meal would have better results.

Entering the vaulted room, once more his little brother was huddled in a corner. The strong foul smell of sweat and mold greets his senses as it seems his brother wasn't keen on cleanliness either. Though he tries not to draw attention to it as he has been there for a few weeks and the remains of the food he left last was covered in flies and maggots.

Seems they will need some fly traps around the place.

"I see you still haven't touched your last meal," he notes with a sigh as he picks up the wasted meal and replaces it with his own. Wondering if the hunger hasn't set in just yet, "You really should eat it must be hard to rebel on a empty stomach."

Though it seems his little brother was still in a mood as some would say as he shoots a glare. There were tears in his eyes it seemed he must have been crying recently.

"Let me out of here. You aren't going to convince me to join you," Yoichi hisses as if he was strong even though his body curled in on itself. As if even he was afraid that his brother would turn on him, lash out and tear out his insides.

"And I didn't even say anything about joining," Hisashi points out with an amused smile glad to see he still had some energy at the least. Watching his little brother forcing himself onto his feet trying to make himself seem bigger then he was.

Yoichi can never reach his height, but then Hisashi was much taller then anyone else could imagine being.

"But you were thinking it right? Oh, Yoichi must be so miserable so he definitely will join me. That's what's going on in your insane brain right!?" Yoichi shouts unaware of what happened earlier. Of the care his brother took to make his meal of the attempt on the male who stood before him life.

"Well I guess I can't deny that I would enjoy that," he answers it casually with a shrug. As if that isn't the whole point of this little vault situation.

"Stop acting as if this whole fucking thing is normal!" Yoichi snaps at him as his hands grab at his own hair. It was so thin his fingers were digging into his scalp as Hisashi watched his brother. He really likes that vulgar word doesn't he?

"I'm aware this isn't 'normal'," he makes quotation marks at the word because what is normal when chefs become assassins. Or the government tries to keep a terrorist as they call it unknown to the public the world a mess. "But it is neccessary the least you could do is eat."

His little brother's face turned red as clear frustration showed as if he was speaking in a way that made no sense. His little brother truly didn't understand him.

"I refuse to eat until I'm out and you stop this 'villain' nonesense. If I die thats on you," his little brother spoke with venom and contempt. In a way that made Hisashi's very being feel hot as he wanted to grab the boy and thrash him. Demand where he gets off in caring so little for his own life as it is the very reason he is here.

It's amazing how much better he is getting at holding his composure.

"That's a bit cruel..." his voice is even as he feels a rush of emotions as he smothers them. He isn't about to let his little brother rile him up, "Do you hate me that much?"

It seemed his brother seemed to register his own words staring intently as he tries to think of how to respond. Watching those chapped lips open as if was about to take back... Only for them to shut tight and Yoichi's eyes narrow.

His brother was quite stubborn, he guessed it's what they have in common.

"Well I guess it just tells me how little you value your own life. Making my decision to keep you here all the stronger," he answers as he wants it clear it is only because of Yoichi's behavior he is here. If he would value himself just a bit more, if he would behave, not get into trouble then he would allow himself to be free.

This earned more glares but they were harmless. But Hisashi looked over at his little brothers form noticing more bones showing. That wasn't a good sign and it was time to get serious.

"Though..." his voice lingers as his red eyes stared the other down, "You better start eating or you're about to find out just how cruel your big brother can be to keep you alive."

Yoichi's eyes widened as he shrunk just a bit staring at him as if unable to believe that, "You're just trying to scare me."

If he won't believe his threats then it is on him. He gives a small smile of amusement that his little brother thinks he can just out stubborn him. "Believe what you want but I meant what I said. I want you alive, trust in that."

It seems his brother wasn't pleased or happy right now. Likely if was to eat would refuse to do it in his presence so it best to leave him be. As well as prepare for the inevitable when will have to force his brother to eat least he wants him to decease.

"I can see this conversation going no where. I brought your food and with that will take my leave," he purrs with a smile clear on his face as he picks up the trash bag. Watching the expression on his little brothers face change from anger to something much meeker.

Those green eyes widened as if Yoichi was hurt at the fact Hisashi was leaving already as if he was meant to stay longer. To keep fighting for who knows how long until they were both exhausted but there was still the daughter of the chef he had to deal with. He can't ignore that.

"But you just got here..." Yoichi's voice was soft much more leveled as if regaining his senses. It was effective making the older male pause in his attempt to leave actually looking at the other intently. His little brother.

"I know... I just had to drop of this food but something came up," he tries to assure the other that he wasn't abandoning him. That he still loves him and will come back to have their spat, "I promise I'll make sure to handle it quickly."

It seemed something snapped in Yoichi at the fact his brother wasn't going to stay he screams, "I can't stay here! I'm going insane there are no windows, colors or anything in this damn room!"

If he can't stay then he should know his option to get out of the room.

"I can and will. You know how you can leave it is quite a simple thing," he notes wondering why the other is acting like some tortured victim. Even his actual victims have more awareness of why they are in their situation then Yoichi does.

"You can't be serious," Yoichi's voice cracked looking as if he was about to cry unable to believe this was reality. That his brother was once again going to leave him locked up and alone, but it's all he can do.

"Yoichi," he watches as the other's heart shatters in front of him but he doesn't call attention to it. Because he doesn't have the strength to continue this he will just ignore these emotions as he smiles fondly at the distraught male, "I will be back. Hold onto that thought when isolation gets too strong. Ok, little brother~?"

Oh he knows it is cruel to smile at the boy. But this will convince his brother to live much more then if he was sad or heartbroken. He can't be weak and needs his brother to know he won't budge until he does.

Whatever it takes. Able to easily ignore Yoichi's screaming at him to come back here as shuts the vault door. His little brother is too weak to run anyway to try and escape and Hisashi's shoulders finally relaxed.

"Haah, that took a lot out of me but good practice," he speaks to no one but himself just staring at the door as the feeling of melancholy returns. Thinking about the series of events the betrayal he went through of someone he thought was a friend. How the government is now resorting to espionage despite claiming he isn't a threat.

"...I definitely need to talk to the doctor he's getting worst. So much worst," he mutters the doctor was someone spewing about quirk singularity or whatever. A total quack as many call him but that is what made him perfect as even the government didn't want to deal with him. He can help.

Once more he makes a promise that the other won't hear as places a hand on the vault door.

"Even if won't believe in me that won't stop me from achieving my goal. You will see."

It was now the government he would have to deal with since it meant anyone could now be a potential traitor. If that's how they are going to retaliate then he will make sure he is someone they can't ignore. He will make sure everyone knows his name and have fear in their hearts when they hear the name All for One.

"It is better to be feared than to be loved, if one cannot be both. So let me become the Government's personal Boogieman~"

[dualnaturedscientist]

I had a thought based on the mice siblings you came up with, also for the mousebraingirl au.

A scientist lived in a wilderness area outside of Fair City with his wife and 10 year old son. Now unfortunately his wife and child were struck with a deadly virus. The wife died but the son was still holding on to life. Grief stricken and afraid to loose his son as well, the man built a device to combine his son's DNA with animal DNA so the virus (which targeted human genes) would die out in his blood stream. The man built a machine with the same design as Steven's mind reading device. The scientist also used a mouse and the man purposefully fused his son with a mouse making him a two brained mouse boy as well. Unfortunately the scientist also caught the virus trying to save his son and died as well. The son survived, but had no memory of his past life or who he was due to the fusion. He is healthy now and the virus is gone so no worries of dying. The boy just wanders around and talks to the mouse brain in his head from time to time who he called Buddy because the mouse brain was his only friend. He soon winds up in Fair City and is found by Steven and Mouse. Steven and Jenkins are surprised and shocked at the sight of someone else being fused to a mouse but the boy explained he vaguely remembered he was made this way to save his life thought he doesn't remember all the details. Mouse is happy to find a new friend like her and a new pseudo sibling. She gives him the name Chet which the boy likes. Now Buddy is a docile and nice mouse compared to Squeaky but also has a cheese addiction just as bad as Squeaky's. So now Mouse has a sidekick who she treats well along with her own henchmen. It is Mousebraingirl and Colonel Cheesewhiskers vs Wordman and Captain Huggy Face. The comedy for this bit is that Huggy feels insulted, jealous, and indignant about being replaced. Chet himself is a quiet and brilliant kid and wears a variation of the henchmen's outfit with a cape and goggles. Chet ends up bonding with Jenkins and ends up calling Jenkins dad while Steven is Uncle Steven. Mouse is called sis.

Oh my yes yes yes

Poor Chet ahhhh he gets a new family!

I feel so bad for him but the found family. I love it so much. Yesss. I must know more about this new addition to the family. Ahhh.

What if his intro episode name was:

Mice to meet you?

This is so good I love it so much

Jenkins unintentionally becoming a dad.

His reaction upon being called dad

Jenkins: :o :') *happy crying.*

I'm sorry i kept rereading this ask as well. Is this McDonald's? Cause I'm loving it!