#prince plays pokemon shield

[wishingprince]

I swear to god I have gone my entire life not giving any fucks about IV and EV training and then Pokemon was like, ok but Leo, if you win these raids, u can farm for herba mystica and get more inventory for shiny hunting and I was like fuck ok I guess this is happening.

Anyways I have like 10 pokemon IV and EV trained and move sets built out and all that shit and I feel powerful.

Also it makes me emotional like a baby because two of them are from my Pokemon Sun. Sobs.

I need to go back and finish Shield so I can get my legendary horses and thusly remove my baby children from that game too lol.

[transmascutena]

unrelated to my utena pokemon au, but i tried to make an rgu themed pokemon team. roserade for roses, aegislash for the swords and dueling, gallade for the prince, cofagrigus for the coffin, zoroark for illusions, and togekiss as the bird that breaks free of the shell. i might try using it when i play through either shield or y (just without the gallade mega evolving obviously) soon

[alolanrain]

Crown Prince Ash is wild and free. Never once having the burden of the thrown weighing down his choice. Not like his uncle Lance, the King of Kanto and Johto, who bemoans the High court and their stupid social circles.

Ash grew up in mud and tree’s. Cheeks and arms littered in bruises and cuts from his own adventures and mishaps. Never once had an adult raise their hands towards him. Their voice? Oh that was a daily thing. Delia couldn’t go a day without near screeching her throat out to recall Ash back home from the forest. He’s slick in sweat and his clothes ruined beyond repair but her son is happy and exhausted every time. Something Princess Delia couldn’t have in her childhood.

He’s still a royal and despite his annoyance and ridicule for the court, much like his uncle Lance, Ash acts the part of the Crown Prince in every aspect. His love and respect towards King Lance and his mom runs deeper then the wild unleashable abandon he has for the Pokémon and nature that sings in the very bone marrow of Ash’s body. He has a duty to not only of the people of this land, but to the nature, Pokemon, and the God’s themselves.

There was a rumor that still circulates to this day, the elder servants and maids know it well, that Lugia themself had brought a gift to Ash when he was just newly born. The first time Delia, with a worry filled Lance by her side, brought her son into the gardens Lugia had descended down from the sky. Looking deeply into the Princess and Kinds eyes before turning their piercing gaze to the baby.

Despite Delia’s attempt to shield Ash away from the legendary, Ash still reached out. Giggling and squealing in happiness for the first time. Lugia then plucked one of their feathers and gently laid it on a bunch of nerine. It was an obvious pick as one of the maids told the royals that the nerine flower represented freedom and good fortune. Clearly Lugia had given its blessing and good tides to Ash.

A few other Legendaries had stepped forth on their own merit after that day. Bringing their own gifts for Ash despite the fact that he was still a baby. Other would return every so often, almost like they were checking up on Ash as he grew up in their neck of the woods and the fancy halls the humans liked to build to show off their wealth. Others almost became a fixture to what ever building Ash was housed in.

Delia had started out in worry, along with Lance who couldn’t believe of the rare sightings of the Gods that stalked the world they inhabited, but soon her worry soothed a little the longer she watched Ash play with them. Even as a child Ash never went into the forest surrounding their castles and holiday homes with his new friends. Even the normal Pokémon that played on the grounds couldn’t coax Ash into the thick brackets of roses and bushes. Only Ash himself would pass the tree lines, if he happened to meet a friend on the way he’d immediately head back home. Said friend in tow almost all of the time.

Before Ash had ever set sail to another region both Delia and Lance agreed that the other rumored Gods in the world wouldn’t seek the boy out. Not like their’s. Ash wasn’t special enough to warrant every legendary and mythicals attention. He was just a wild happy Prince.

How wrong they were.

Not even twenty steps into the land of Unova, on the way to meet King Alder for the first time ever, A black swirling storm came out of nowhere. Shocking both Ash and his partner and brother in crime, Pikachu. But instead of taking away power Pikachu’s electricity sparked blue for almost the entire stay in Unova. Finally fizzing on the day the two were leaving back home to Kanto.

Zekrom’s sudden appearance was soon overtaken by Reshiram. Bringing a large branch of enigma berries. It wasn’t until later, when Ash had given the branch to Alder as a gift of gratitude of hosting him in the capital castle, that Ash learned it was carefully cut in such a way that it could be grafted into any tree. Though there were still evident marks of teeth and claws near the end that suggested Reshiram took its time.

It didn’t stop there, other mythical’s and Legendaries made themselves known to the teen and his Pikachu. Despite the rumors and caution surrounding their names, they treated Ash and Pikachu with respect a noble would treat the Kantonian Prince. In return Ash did the same.

If they bowed Ash and Pikachu would return it, if they nodded in hello the two would return it, if given a gift the two would return it to King Alder with the request it be taken well cared for on behalf of Prince Ash.

It definitely wouldn’t be the last, as Ash had to basically make his debut of being chosen as the Crown Prince in every region that made this earth. But it was a start nonetheless.

[franks-reblog-blog2nd]

For @fattest-disney-characters

DCComics:

(Batman 66’, BTAS/TNBA, HBOMAX) Barbara Gordon/Batgirl: 589lbs

(Young Justice/Arkham Games/Gotham Knights) Barbara Gordon/Oracle: 795lbs

(BTAS/TNBA, Suicide Squad (2016)/Birds of Prey (2020)/Suicide Squad (2021) and HBOMAX) Harlem Quinzel/Harley Quinn: 897lbs

(Wonder Woman 77’, JLU, the Brave and the bold, Justice League/Batman VS Superman/Wonder Woman (2017)/1984 (2020 movie), Doom, Super Friends, JLVSTT/Death of Superman/Bloodlines, HBO Harley Quinn) Diana Prince/Wonder Woman: 8,898lbs (she’s a Amazonian)

(JLU, the Brave and the bold, 1984 (2020 movie), doom, super friends, Batman unlimited, JLVSTT/Death of Superman/Bloodlines, HBO Harley Quinn) Barbara Gordon/Cheetah: 4 tons of hippo fat (message me if you’re confused)

(JLU, Bloodliens, Batman Brave and Bold, HBO Harley Quinn)Doris Zuel/Giganta: 397,957lbs (she’s giant woman who weights a lot, duh)

(BTAS/TNBA, and HBOMAX) Pamela Isley/Poison Ivy: 898lbs (she’s a plant person, duh)

(BTAS/TNBA, Batman Returns, HBOMAX) Selina Kyle/Catwoman: 598lbs

(Julie Newar, Eartha Kitt, Lee Meriwether) Catwomen from Batman 66’

Resident Evil:

Alcina Dimitrescu: 8,949lbs

Daughter Dimitrescu: Unknown (Bela: Belly, Daniela: Bottom, Cassandra: Top)

Disney Princesses:

1. Snow White: 957lbs

2. Cinderella: 858lbs

3. Aurora: 576lbs

4. Ariel: 958,894lbs (she’s mermaid at sea and human at land, so transform)

5. Belle: 708lbs

6. Jasmine: 498lbs

7. Pocahontas: 528lbs

8. Mulan: 747lbs

9. Tiana: 957lbs

10. Rapunzel: 869lbs

11 and 12. Elsa: 958lbs and Anna: 589lbs (Honorary Official Princesses)

13. Merida: 298lbs

14. Moana: 159lbs

15. Raya: 497lbs

Former Disney Princesses:

TinkerBell: 498,948lbs (she’s tiny fairy with human appetites)

Esmeralda: 559lbs

Forgotten Disney Princesses (or not):

Princess Eilonwy: 957lbs

Kida Nedakh: 497lbs

Not be from Disney Animation Canon:

Giselle: 935lbs

Anastasia (1997): 498lbs

Princesses Best Friends (Animals):

1. Snow White-Forest Animals

2. Cinderella-Jaq and Gus

3. Aurora-Flora, Fauna, and Merrywether

4. Ariel-Sebastian, Flounder, and Scuttle

5. Belle-Philippe

6. Jasmine-Rajah

7. Pocahontas-Meeko and Flit

8. Mulan-Mushu, Cri Kee and Khan

9. Tiana-Stella (Lotte let Tiana play with her)

10. Rapunzel-Pascal and Maximus

11 and 12. Elsa and Anna-Sven the Reindeer and Bruni (Frozen II)

13. Merida: Angus

14. Moana-Pua and Hei Hei

15. Raya-Tuk Tuk and Sisu

Dragon:

Sisu (Disney): 198,997,999lbs (she’s a dragon)

Redneck AU:

Redneck Elsa: 910.7lbs

Redneck Anna: 890.9lbs

Redneck Wonder Woman: 485.90lbs

Redneck Cheetah: 589.89lbs

Redneck Bud and Lou: 9,999lbs

Queen and Princess (Elsa and Anna’s pets): 8,979lbs

Real-Live girls:

Reenaye Starr: 998.98lbs

Ivy Davenport: 897.89lbs

Tammy and Amy: 1000lbs (get it)

TMNT:

87 April O’Neil: 1,879lbs

2012 April O’Neil: 597lbs

2012 Karai: 897lbs

Uneven left leg April: 3,979lbs

Uneven right leg Karai: 8,894lbs

Portal (kinda):

GLaDOS: 1,987,958 (she’s a robot voice with Halo’s Hologram-body type and potato as a head which is based on our RP, don’t judge)

Pokémon:

Gloria from pokémon sword and shield (18 years old): 498lbs

Marnie from pokémon sword and shield(18 years old): 595lbs

Irida from pokémon legends arceus (18 years old): 398lbs

Akari from pokemon legends arceus (18 years old): 297lbs

Cogita from pokémon legends arceus: 495lbs

Serena from pokémon x and y(20 years old): 698lbs

Misty from pokémon (25 years): 497lbs (Misty-Hyena: 999lbs when’s transform)

Delia Ketchum: 988lbs

Daisy, Violet, Lily (Misty’s sisters): each weight 797lbs

Jessie (Pokémon): 159,948lbs (she’s immobile, Misty and other girls have to take care of her, so)

Officer Jenny: 594lbs

Nurse Joy: 958lbs

(Add more coming soon)

[rei-murasaki-the-anime-lover]

favourite anime and anime characters part3

Phantom of Twilight- Baileu Ton

Phantom Thief Jeanne-Maron Kusakabe

Phi Brain

Photo Kano-Rina Yunoki 

Piacevole

Piano no Mori 

Pilot's Love Song-Claire Cruz/Nina Viento 

Ping Pong Club

Planetarian

Planet With- Ginko Kuroi

Plastic Memories-Isla

Platinum End-Nasse

Play It Cool Guys

Please Teacher/Twins-Mizuho Kazami, Miina Miyafuji[Twins]

Please Tell Me Galko-chan 

Plunder-Hina

Plus Sized Elf

Pokemon-Koharu(Pokemon Journeys), Liko(Pokemon Horizons) 

Police in a Pod-Mai Kawai 

Pon no Michi-Pai Kawahigishi 

Pop Team Epic

Popotan- Ai

Popolocrois

Potemayo-Mikan Natsu

Power of Hope

Powerpuff Girls Z-Momoko Akatsutsumi 

Precure- Makoto Kenzaki/Cure Sword(Doki Doki Precure), Ageha Hijiri/Cure Butterfly(Soaring Sky Precure)

Pretty Boy Detetive Club-Mayumi Dojima 

Price of Smiles- Yuuki Soleil 

Prima Doll-Karasuba

Prince Of Stride-Nana Sakurai

Princess Connect-Kokoro Natsume/Kokkoro 

Princess Jellyfish- Tsukimi Kurashita 

Princess Lover-Charlotte Hazelrink

Princess Nine-Ryo Hayakawa 

Princess Princess 

Princess Principal- Ange

Princess Resurrection-Reiri Kamura

Princess Tutu-Ahiru

PriPara-Sophie Hojo. Rinka Aoba(Kiratto Pri Chan)

Prism Ark- Bridget

Prison School-Chiyo Kurihara

Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?- Black Rabbit

Project Scard-Azusa Yuki

Protocol: Rain-Yuu Saegusa

Pseudo Harem-Rin Nanakura

Psychic Detective Yakumo-Haruka Ozawa

Psycho Pass- Akane Tsunemori, Shinya Kogami 

Puella Magi Madoka Magic

Pumpkin Scissors- Alive L. Malvin 

Punch Line- Mikatan Narugino 

Pupipou

PuraOre-Yuu Kiyose

Puzzle and Dragons X- Garnet 

Qualidea Code-Canaria Utara

Quality Assurance in Another World

Quaser Of Stigmata-Tomo Yamanobe 

Queen's Blade-Tomoe

R-15-Fukune Narukara 

Radiant-Melie

Rage Of The Bahamut-Amira, Nina Drango

Ragna Crimson-Leonica

Ragnarok the Animation-Yuufa

Rahzephon

Rail Wars-Haruka Koumi

Raimuiro Senkitan-Momen Sanada, Kasuri Hattori[Raimuiro Ryuukitan X]

Rainbow

Rainy Cocoa

Ranking of Kings 

Ranma ½ -Ranma Saotome(female)

Ranpo Kitan

Rave Master- Elie 

Raven of the Inner Palace-Liu Shouxue

Rascal Does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai

Re:Creators:Meteora Osterreich

Reign of the Seven Spellblades-Nanao Hibiya

Re-Kan-Hibiki Amami

ReMain

Re:Monster

Re:Stage-Mizuha Ichikishima 

Re:Zero-Rem

Read or Die

Real Girl- Sumie Ayado 

Reborn as a Vending Machine,I Now Wander the Dungeon-Lammis

Reborn to Master the Blade-Inglis “Chris” Eucus 

Rec

Records of Grancest War-Siluca Meletes

Record of Lodoss War

Record of Ragnarök-Goll  

Recorder And Ransell 

Recovery of an MMO Junkie-Lily

Recently My Sister Is Unusual-Mitsuki Kanzaki

Red Data Girls-Izumiko Suzuhara

Red Cat Ramen-Tamako Yashiro

Red Garden 

Redo of Healer-Setsuna 

Regalia-Yuinshiel Asteria 

Reincarnated as a Sword-Fran 

Reikenzan

Release The Spyce

ReLife-Chizuru Hishiro

Remi,Nobody’s Girl

Renai Boukun- Akane Hiyama

Rent A Girlfriend-Ruka Sarashina 

Rental Magica-Honami Takase Ambler 

RErideD

Requiem of the Rose King  

Restaurant To Another World-Aletta

Revenger

Revisions

Revolutionary Girl Utena 

Remake Our Life-Aki Shino

Rewrite-Kagari

Riddle Story Of Devil-Haru Ichinose 

Rideback 

Rifle is Beautiful- Hikari Kokura 

Rinkai

Rinne-Suzu

Rio-Rio Rollins Tachibana

Rising Impact 

Rising of a Shield Hero-Raphtalia 

Rizelmine-Rizel Iwaki 

RobiHachi

Robotic:Notes-Akiho Senomiya

Rokka-Flamie Speeddraw 

Rokudou’s Bad Girls-Ranna Himawari 

Rokuhoudou Yotsuiro Biyori 

Ro-Kyu-Bu-Tomoka_Minato

Rolling Girls-Nozomi Moritomo 

Romeo X Juliet 

Romantic Killer-Anzu Hoshino

Ron Kamonohashi’s Forbidden Deductions 

Rosario + Vampire- Moka Akashiya, 

Roshidere-Alisa Mikhaiovna Kujou/Alya

RPG Real Estate-Kotone Kazairo 

Rozen Maiden- Shinku

Rumble Garandoll-Rin Akagi 

Run For Money-Luna Nishinotouin 

Run with the Wind- Hanako Katsuta 

Rurouni Kenshin-Kenshin Himura

Rusted Amor 

RWBY Ice Queendom-Ruby Rose

Sabagebu-Urara Kasugano 

Saber Marionette 

Sabukui Bisco- Pawoo Nekoyanagi 

Sacred Blacksmith- Cecily Cambell

Sacred Seven-Ruri Aiba

Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts- Sariphi 

Saekano- Megumi Kato

Sakuna-Sakuna

Saga of Tanya The Evil-Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov 

Sailor Moon 

Saint Cecillia and Pastor Lawrence-Cecillia 

Saint October 

Saint Seiya

Saint Tail-Meimi Haneoka/Saint Tail 

Saiyuki  

Saki-Nodoka Haramura

Sakugan-Memenpu

Sakura Diaries- Urara Kasuga

Sakura Quest-Ririko Oribe

Sakura Trick-Haruka Takayama

Sakura Wars- Sakura Shinguji

Sakurada Reset-Misora Haruki 

Salaryman’s Club 

Samurai 7-Kirara Mikumari

Samurai Champloo- Jin, Mugen, Fuu

Samurai Deeper Kyo-Yuya Shiina

Samurai Flamenco-Mari Maya

Samurai Girl-Ryoko Mitsurugi

Samurai Gun

Samurai Harem-Ibuki Ikaruga 

Samurai Warriors 

Sand Land-Ann

Sanrio Boys

Sankarea-Rea Sanka

Sangokushi

Sansha Sanyou-Youko Nishikawa 

Saving 80,000 Gold in Another World for My Retirement-Mitsuha Yamano 

Sarazanmai

Sasaki and Peeps-Elsa

Sasami-san@Ganbaranai-Sasami Tsukuyomi 

Say I Love You-Mei Tachibana 

Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei

Scared Rider Zeches-Akira Asagi 

Scarlet Nexus-Kasane Randall 

Science Fell in Love So I Tried to Prove It-Ena Ibarada

School Babysitters-Maria Inomata

School Days- Kotonoha Katsura

School Live-Yuuri Wakasa

School Rumble- Tenma Tsukamoto

Schoolgirl Strikers-Yuumi Sajima

Scorching Ping Pong Girls-Koyori Tsumujikaze

Scrapped Princess 

Scryed

Scum’s Wish-Hanabi Yasuraoka 

Seirei Gensouki-Latifa

Seiren-Hikari Tsuneki 

Seitokai Yakuindomo- Aria Shichijo

Seiyuu's Life-Futaba Ichinose

Sekirei- Musubi 

Sekkou Boys

Selection Project-Suzune Miyama

Sengoku Basara Samurai Kings- Masamune Date,Yukimura Sanada

Sengoku Collection-Ieyasu Tokugawa

Sengoku Choujuu Giga 

Sengoku Night Blood- Yuzuki

Sengoku Youko-Tama

Senpai Is an Otokonoko 

Senran Kagura-Asuka 

Sensual Phrase 

Senyuu

Senryuu Girl -Nanako Yukishiro 

Seraph Of The End-Shinoa Hiiragi

Seraphim Call  

Serial Experiment Lain  

Servamp 

Servant x Service- Lucy Yamagami 

Seton Academy- Ranka Ookami 

Seven Deadly Sins-Elizabeth Lyonesse, Anghalhad(FKotA)

Seven Knights-Ellen

Seven of Seven-Nana Suzuki

Seven Senses of The Re’Union-Asahi Kuga 

Sgt. Frog- Angol Mois,

Shachibato-Yutoria

Shadows House: Emilico

Shadowverse-Mimori Amamiya,Ren Kazamatsuri(Shadowverse Flame)

Shakugan no Shana- Shana 

Shaman King-Anna Kyoyama

Shangri-la- Kuniko Hojo

Shangei-la Frontier-Emul 

She Professed Herself Pupil of the Wise Man-Mira

Shenmue The Animation-Joy

Shigofumi-Fumika

Shigurui 

Shiki- Natuno Yuki, Sunako Kirashiki

Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie-Shikimori

Shikizakura-Haruko Yamada

Shimoneta-Anna Nishikinomiya 

Shine Post-Rio Seibu

Shining Hearts-Neris

Shining Tears X Wind 

Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion

Shinkyoku Soukai Poluphonica 

Shinobi no Ittoki-Kirei Kisegawa 

Shinya Tensai Bakabon 

Shion no Ou 

Shirobako-Aoi Miyamori

Shirokuma Café

Shironeko Project-Iris

Shrine of the Morning Mist-Yuzu Hieda 

Shokugeki No Soma-Megumi Tadokoro

Shomin Sample-Aika Tenkuubashi

Shoot 

Shounen Hollywood 

Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight 

Shounen Maid-Miyako Otori 

Shounen Onmyouji- Fujiwara no Akiko

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu 

Shoushimin Series

Shouwa Monogatari

Show By Rock- Cyan Hijirikawa, Himeko Mashima[SBRM]

Shuffle!-Kaede Fuyou

Shugo Chara-Amu Hinamori 

Shukufuku No Campanella-Carina Verritti 

Shy-Teru Momijiyama/Shy 

Silent Mobius 

Simoun

Sin-Maria Totsuka

Sing Yesturday For Me-Shinako Morinome

Sirius The Jaeger

Sisters of Welber 

Silver Guardian 

Silver Spoon-Aki Mikage 

SK8 the Infinity 

Skate Leading Stars 

Skelleton Knight in Another World-Chiyome

Sketchbook-Sora Kajiwara 

Sket Dance- Hime "Himeko" Onizuka 

Skip Beat-Kyoko Mogami

Skip and Loafer-Mitsumi Iwakura

Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita

Sky Girls-Otoha Sakurano

Sky Wizards Academy- Lecty Eisenach

Slam Dunk

Slayers-Lina Inverse, Zelgadis Greywords

Sleepy Princess in the Demon Catle- Princess Syalis 

Slow Loop-Koharu Minagi 

Slow Start-Kamuri Sengoku

Smile Down the Runway-Chiyuki Fujito

Smile if the Arsnotoria-Arsnotoria 

Snack Basue-Akemi

Snow White With The Red Hair-Shirayuki

So I Can't Play H-Mina Okura

So I’m a Spider, So What- Filmos Harifenas/Kanami Okazaki

Softenni-Chitose Akiyama 

Sola-Matsuri Shihou

Solo Leveling-Sung Jin-ah

SoltyRei-Solty Revant

Somali and the Forest Spirit 

Sonic X -Shadow,Espio,Knuckles 

Sonny Boy-Mizuho

Sono Toki Kanojo wa

Sora No Manimani-Mihoshi Akeno 

Sorcerer Hunters- Tira Misu 

Sorcerous Stabber Orphen-Claiomh Everlasting 

Soul Buster 

Soul Eater-Death The Kid, Tsubaki,Meme Tatane[Soul Eater Not]

Soul Link-Karen Tachibana

Sound Euphonium-Kumiko Oumae 

Sound of the Sky-Kanata Sorami 

Souten Kouro

Space Battleship Tiramitsu

Space Brothers-Serika Itou 

Space Dandy 

Space  Patrol Luluco 

Special 7- Bellemer “Ninja” Cinq 

Special A

Speed Grapher-Kagura Tennouzu 

Spice and Wolf- Holo

Spiral 

Spiritpact-Kau

Spy Classroom-Lily 

Spy x Family-Yor Forger 

Squid Girl - Squid Girl/Ika Musume

SSSS.Grindman/Dynazenon- Akane Shinjo,Mujina(SSSSDynazenon)

Stand My Heroes-Rei Izumi 

Starmyu

Stars Align-Kanako Mitsue  

Star Driver-Wako Agemaki 

Stardust Telepath- Umika Konohoshi

Starry Sky

Starship Operators 

Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko

Steel Angel Kurumi-Kurumi

Steins;Gate- Kurisu Makise

Stella Women's Academy , High School Division Class C3

Strain- Lottie Gelh 

Strange+

Strange Dawn 

Strawberry 100%- Aya Toujou

Strawberry Eggs- Fuko Kuzuha

Strawberry Marshmallow-Nobue Itou

Strawberry Panic-Nagisa Aoi 

Strike The Blood- Yukina Himeragi 

Strike Witches-Yoshika Miyafuji, Hikari Karibuchi(Brave Witches), Inori Shibuya(Luminous Witches) 

Student Council's Discretion. Mafuya Shiina 

Studio Apartment, Good Lighting, Angel Included-Towa 

Subete Ga F Ni Naru-Moe Nishinosono 

Sugar Apple Fairy Tale-Ann Halford 

Suicide Squad Isekai-Harley Quinn 

Summer Time Render-Ushio Kofune  

Summoned to Another World…. Again?-Yuuhi Hanabashira 

Sumomomo Momomo-Sanae Nakajima

Sunday Without God 

Super Crooks 

Super Cub- Koguma, Shii Eniwa 

Super Doll Licca-chan

Super HxEros-Kirara Hoshino 

Super Robot Wars Original Generation 

Super Sonico The Animation- Super Sonico 

Supernatural the Animation 

Suppose a Kid from the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town-Alka 

SukaSuka

Sweetness and Lightning-Kotori Iida 

Sweets Reincarnation-Licorice Mill Hubarek 

Sword Art Online-Asuna Yuki,LLENN/Karen Kohiruimaki 

Sword Gai

Symphogear-Hibiki Tachibana

Synduality-Noir

Taboo Tattoo-Touko Ichinose 

Tada Never Falls In Love-Teresa Wagner

Taishou Baseball Girls 

Taishou Otome Fairy Tale-Yuzuki Tachibana

Takt Op-Cosette Schneider 

Takunomi-Makoto Kiriyama

Tales of the Abyss-Anise Tatlin 

Tales of Eternia 

Tales of Wedding Ring-Hime/Krystal Novaty Nokanatika 

Tales of Zestria The X-Edna

Talentless Nana- Nana Hiiragi 

Tamako Market-Tamako Kitashirakawa

Tamayomi 

Tamayura-Maon Sakurada

Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless-Miyano 

Tasuuketsu

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes- Sherlock Shellingford 

Tantei Team KZ Jiken Note

Tatami Galaxy 

Tawawa on Mondays

Tayutama-Mashiro Mito 

Tearmoon Empire-Mia Luna Tearmoon 

Tears To Tiara-Riannon

Technoroid

Teekyuu

Tegami Bachi- Niche   

Tenchi Muyou-Sasami Masaki Jurai

Tenjou Tenge

Tenka Hyakken 

TenPuru-Yuzuki Aoba 

Teppen-Kana Kiyotsuru 

Terra Formars-Hong

Terror In Resonance-Lisa Mishima 

Tesla Note-Botan Negoro

Testament Of The Sister New Devil-Mio Naruse 

Texhnolyse

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime-Shuna

The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me?-Louise Yorande Aorelia Oufelbelk

The 100 Girlfriends-Shizuka Yoshimoto

The Helpful  Fox Senko-san- Senko

The Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten-Mahiru Shiina 

The Ancient Magus’ Bride – Chise Hatori 

The Apothecary Diaries-Maomao

The Aquatope on White Sand- Kukuru Misakino 

The Banished Former Hero Lives as He Pleases 

The Big O

The Brave Express Might Gaine 

The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses-Shiragiku Ona

The Candidate for Goddess

The Case Files of Jewler Richard-Shouko Tanimoto

The Case Study of Vanitas-Jeanne

The Comic Artist And Assistants- Rina Fuwa

The Dangers in My Heart-Anna Yamada

The Dawn of Witch-Loux Krystas 

The Day I Became God- Hina Sato

The Demon Girl Next Door- Yuko Yoshida

The Demon Prince of Momochi House-Himari Momochi 

The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy-Riseria Ray Crystaria

The Detective is Already Dead-Siesta 

The Devil Is A Part Timer- Chiho Sakaki

The Dreaming Boy is a Realist-Aika Natsukawa 

The Duke of Death and His Maid-Alice Lendrott

The Dungeon of Black Company-Rimu 

The Eccentric Family-Kaisei Ebisugawa

The Elusive Samurai 

The Eminence in Shadow-Alexia Midgar 

The Fable

The Family Circumstances of the Irregular Witch-Alissa

The Executioner and Her Way of Life-Akari Tokito 

The Fire Hunter-Touko 

The Faraway Paladin-Robina Goodfellow/Bee 

The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil-Lily Amane 

The Fruit of Evolution-Saria 

The Future Diary- Yuno Gasai

The Galaxy Railways 

The Gene of AI-Risa Higuchi 

The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses-Ai Mie

The Great Jahy Willl Not Be Defeated-Jahy 

The Heike Story 

The Human Crazy University-Chie Negishi 

The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace-Paula

The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague-Fuyutsuki-san

The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World-Amelia Rose 

The Irresponsible Captain Tylor-Emi Hanner,Yumi Hanner 

The King of Braves GaoGaiGar 

The Kingdoms of Ruin-Doroka

The Little Lies We All Tell-Chiyo

The Legendary Hero is Dead-Anri Haysworth 

The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady-Anisphia Wynn Palettia

The Magnificent Kotobuki-Kylie 

The Maid I Hired Recently is Mysterious-Lilith 

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya- Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuki Nagato[DoNY]

The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen-Pride Royal Ivy 

The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt-Ninym Ralei

The Girl Downstairs 

The Girl in Twilight- Akane Tsuchimiya 

The Girl Who Leapt Through Space-Akiha Shishidou

The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody-Ireena Litz de Olhyde 

The Great Cleric 

The Great Passage –Kaguya Hayashi 

The God of High School- Yoo Mira

The Good Witch of the West 

The Gymastics Samurai-Rei Aragaki 

The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter-Emma Brightness 

The Law of Ueki-Ai Mori  

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Use to Be Archenemies-Byakuya Mimori

The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio 

The Marginal Service-Lyra Candeyheart

The Master of Ragnarok & Blesser of Einherjar-Linnea

The Masterful Cat is Depressed Again Today-Saku Fukuzawa

The Misfit of Demon King Academy-Misha Necron 

The New Gate

The Ones Within- Himiko Inaba 

The Ossan Newbie Adventurer 

The Prince of Tennis 

The Promised Neverland 

The Quintessential Quintuplets- Ichika Nakano 

The Reflection 

The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World-Yifa

The Royal Tutor 

The Ryuuou’s Work Is Never Done-Ai Hinatsuru

The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent-Sei Takanashi

The Severing Crime Edge 

The Story of Saiunkoku 

The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human-Dairokuten

The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest-Lurie Abendroth

The Strongest Tank’s Labyrinth Raids-Luna

The Tale of the Outcast-Wisteria Langley 

The Third-Honoka

The Thousand Musketeers 

The Unwanted Undead Adventurer-Lorraine Vivie

The Vexations of a Shut In Vampire Princess-Terakomari Gandesblood

The Vampire Dies in No Time-Hinaichi  

The Vision of Escaflowne 

The Wallflower 

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash-Ivy/Femicia 

The Witch and the Beast-Guideau 

The World God Only Knows- Elsie 

The World’s Greatest Assassin Gets Reincarnated In Another World as an Aristocrat-Tarte

The World Ends with You  

The World is Still Beautiful-Nike Lemercier 

The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic-Suzune Inukami 

The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting-Yaeka Sakuragi

The Yuzuki Family Four Sons-Uta Kirishima

Thermae Romae 

Those Snow White Notes-Shuri Maeda, Sakura Yamano 

This Art Club Has A Problem-Mizuki Usami

Those Who Hunt Elfs- Ritsuko Inoue

Tiger and Bunny- Kotetsu Kuburagi/Wild Tiger, Barnaby Brooks Jr

Tiger Mask W-Haruna Takaoka

Time Bokan 24-Calen 

Time Travel Girl-Mari Hayase 

Tis Time for “Torture”, Princess-Princess

Toilet Bound Hanako-kun-Nene Yashiro

Tomo-chan Is a Girl-Tomo Aizawa

Tonagura-Kazuki Arisaka

To Be Hero 

Too Cute Crisis-Garmie Lou 

Toji no Miko- Kanami Etou

Tokimeki Memorial Only Love-Tsukasa Kasuga

Tokko- Saya Shindo

Tokyo 24th Wad 

Tokyo ESP-Rinka Urushiba 

Tokyo Ghoul-Hinami Fueguchi

Tokyo Majin-Aoi Misato 

Tokyo Mew Mew-Ichigo Momomiya

Tokyo Ravens-Kyouko Kurahashi 

Tokyo Revengers-Hinata Tachibana

Tomica Kizuna Gattai 

Tomodachi Game-Yutori Kokorogi

Tonari no Youkai-san 

Tonbo

Tonikaku Kawaii- Tsukasa Yuzaki 

To the Abandoned Sacred Beats- Nancy Schaal Bancroft 

To Heart-Multi, Konomi Suzuhara[TH2]

To-Love-Ru- Lala Satalin Deviluke

To Your Eternity-Rean 

Toradora- Taiga Aisaka 

Toriko- Toriko,Rin

Toshokan Sensou

Touka Gettan-Momoka Kawakabe

Touken Ranbu

Toward the Terra 

Tower of Druaga-Coopa

Tower of God- Endorsi Jahad

TP Bon-Ream Stream 

Train to the End of the World-Akira Shinonome

Trails of Cold Steal Northern War-Altina Orion 

Trapped in a Dating Sim-Olivia

Triage X- Mikoto Kiba 

Tribe Nine-Saori Arisugawa 

Trickster-Makoto Noro

Trinity Blood -Able Nightroad, Esther Blanchette

Trinity Seven- Lilith Asami 

Trigun- Vash The Stampede. Milly Thompson, Meryl Stryf

Trouble Chocolate-Hinano

True Tears-Noe Isurugi

Try Knights 

Tsubasa:Mokona Modoki[white], Sakura

Tsugumomo-Kiriha

Tsuki Ga Kirei-Akane Mizuno

Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni

Tsukimichi-Mio

Tsukipro The Animation 

Tsukiuta 

Tsukumogami Kashimasu-Okou 

Tsukuyomi-Hazuki/Luna

Tsuritama

Tsurezure Children-Yuki Minagawa

Tsurune

Tsuyokiss-Sunao Konoe

Twin Star Exorcist-Mayura Otomi 

Two Car 

Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru

UchiMusume

UchiTama-Momo Hanasaki 

Udon No Kuni No Kin-iro Kemari 

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie-Sanada

Ueno-san wa Bukiyou-Ueno

Ulysses- Jeanne D’Arc 

Umi Monogatari-Kanon Miyamori 

Umineko

Umisho-Amuro Ninagawa 

Uma Musume Pretty Derby-Special Week, Rice Shower 

Un-Go

Unbreakable Machine-Doll-Yaya

Uncle from Another World-Sumika Fujimiya 

Undead Girl Murder Farce-Aya Rindo

Undead Unluck-Fuuko Izumo 

Undefeated Bahamut Chronicles-Philuffy Aingram 

Under Ninja 

Unlimited Fafnir-Iris Freyja

Ultimate Girls

Ultimate Otaku Teacher-Sachiko Tanaka/Kisaki Tenjouin 

Ultra Maniac-Ayu Tateishi, Nina Sakura

Ultraman

Ultraviolet Code 044

Unnamed Memory-Tinasha

UniteUp

Upotte-Funco

Urara Meirochou-Chiya

Urahara-Rito Sudo

Urawa No Usagi-chan 

Urusei Yatsura-Lum 

Usagi Drop

Ushio And Tora-Asako Nakamura

Uta No Prince-Sama-Haruka Nanami 

Utawarerumono-Eruru,Kuon[U:FF]

Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out-Hana Uzaki

Val x Love- Mutsumi Saotome

Valkyria Chronicles-Alicia Melchiott

Valkyrie Drive-Mamori Tokonome 

Valvrave The Liberator-Shoko Sashinami 

Vampire Dormitory 

Vampire Knight-Yuki Cross/Kuran

Vampire Princess Miyu 

Vandread-Dita Liebely 

Vatican Miracle Examiner 

Vazzrock The Animation 

Venus Versus Virus-Sumire Takahana

Vermeil in Gold-Vermeil 

Vinland Saga 

Vilainess Level 99-Yumiella Dolkness 

Violet Evergarden

Viral Hit

Virtual-san Looking

Visual Prison  

Vividred Operation-Himawari Shinomiya 

Vivy-Vivy

Vlad Love-Mai Vlad Transylvania 

Voice of Fox  

VTuber Legend-Awayuki Kokorone 

Wagamama High Spec

Waka Okami wa Shougakusei-Oriko”Okko” Seki

Wakaba Girl

Wakakozake

Wake Up Girls 

Walkure Romanze-Mio Kisaki

Wandering Son

Wandering Witch-Fran

Wangan Midnight 

Wanna Be The The Strongest In The World-Sakura Hagiwara 

Waiting In The Summer-Ichika Takatsuki 

Warlords of Sigrdrifa- Miyako Muguruma

Wasteful Days of High School Girls- Saku “Loli” Momoi 

WataMote-Yuu Naruse 

Wataten- Miyako Hoshino 

Wave

Wave Listen to Me-Minare Koda

We Never Learn-Fumino Furuhashi

We Were There- Nanami “Nana” Takahashi

We Without Wings-Hiyoko Tamaizumi

Wedding Peach 

Weiss Krauz

Weiss Survive 

Welcome to the Ballroom-Mako Akagi

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun-Clara Valac

Welcome to The N.H.K-Misaki Nakahara 

When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace-Hatoko Kushikawa

When Will Ayumu Make His Move-Urushi Yaotome

Whisper Me a Love Song-Himari Kino 

Whispered Words-Sumika Murasame 

White Album-Yuki Morikawa, Kazusa Touma[WH2] 

Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion- Raeliana McMillan 

Why The Hell Are You Here Teacher-Mayu Matsukaze  

Wise Man’s Grandchild- Sizilien “Sicily “ con Claude 

Wistoria 

Wind Breaker

Witchblade- Masane Amaha

Witch Craft Works- Ayaka Kagari

Witch Hunter Robin

WIXOSS-Ruuko Kominato, Suzuko Homura[LIW], Akino Onko[WIXOSS Diva(A)Live]

Wizard Barristers-Cecil Sudo

Wolf Girl And Black Prince-Erika Shinohara

Wolf's Rain- Tsume, Kiba

Wolverine

Wonder Egg Priority- Ai Ohta 

Woodpecker Detective’s Office 

Wooser's Hand To Mouth Life

Working!!-Popura Taneshima, Hana Miyakoshi[WWW.Working]

World Break-Shizuno Urushibara

World Conquest Zvezda Plot-Kate Hoshimiya/Lady Venera 

World DaI Star-Yae Niizuma 

World’s End Harem 

World of Narue-Narue Nanase 

World Trigger-Chika Amatori,Yuichi Jin

Wotakoi- Narumi Momose 

W’z

X

Xam'd: Lost Memories 

Xenosaga The Animation-Shion Uzuki 

Xmen

xxxHoLic-Zashiki Warashi, Yuko Ichihara

Ya Boy Kongming-Eiko Tsukimi 

Yaiba-Sayaka Mine

Yakitate Japan-Tsukino Azusagawa 

Yamada-kun And The Seven Witches-Urara Shiraishi 

Yamada's First Time: B Gata H Kei-Yamada

Yami To Boushi To Hon No Tabihito-Hazuki Azuma 

Yatagarasu

Yatogame-chan Kansatsu Nikki

Yatterman Night-Alouette 

Yoake Mae yori Ruriiro na-Mia Clementis 

Your Lie In April-Kaori Miyazono 

You’re Under Arrest-Yoriko Nikaidou

Yondemasuyo Azazel-san-Rinko Sakuma

Yosuga No Sora-Nao Yorihime

Youkai Gakuen Y-Fubuki Himekawa

Young Black Jack

Yowamushi Pedal-Miki Kanzaki 

Yozakura Quartet- Hime Yarizakura

Yu-Gi-Oh-Black Magician Girl, Asuka Tenjoin(YGOGX), Aki Izayoi(YGO5Ds), Kotori Mizuki(YGOZEXAL),Yuzu Hiiragi(YGOARCV),Aoi Zaizen(YGOVRAINS),Romin Kirishima(YGOSEVENS),Yuamu Ohdo(YGOGORUSH)

Yumeiro Patissiere

Yume no Crayon Oukoku 

Yume Tsukai

Yumeria-Mizuki Agatsume

YU-NO

Yurei Deco 

Yuri is My Job-Hime Shiraki/Hime Shirasagi

Yurikuma Arashi-Kureha Tsubaki 

Yuru Yuri- Chitose Ikeda 

Yuuki Yuuna Is A Hero-Mimori Tougou/Sumi Washio

Yuuna and Haunted Hot Springs- Yuuna Yunohara

YuYu Hakusho-Koto

Yuyushiki-Yukari Hinata

Zatch Bell-Megumi Oumi 

Zegapain-Ryouko Kaminagi 

Zetman- Jin Kanzaki

Zettai Bouei Leviatan-Leviatan

Zettai Karen Children-Kyousuke Hyoubu 

Zipang 

Zoids- Rei-Mii(ZG)

Zom 100-Shizuka Mikazuki 

Zombie Land Saga- Sakura Minamoto

Zombie Loan-Michiru Kita

Zone of Enders 

Z/X-Ena Soranokawa(Z/X Code Reunion).Ayase Kamiyugi(Z/X Ignition)

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And here’s yet another one shot, inspired by a chat on discord Title: Cuddles Word Count:  1272 Pairing: Leon/Raihan Summary: It's been a long day for the Unbeatable Champion Leon, and his boyfriend Raihan wants to cuddle....

I hope you guys check it out you can read it on AO3 or if you would like it will be down under the “keep reading” link below

Leon burst through the door of his hotel room at the Rose of the Rondelands, absolutely exhausted. It was the night before the challenger’s cup was supposed to take place and Leon was tired from all of the pre tournament interviews…

“What do you think of this year's crop of challengers?”

“None of the challengers this year have been able to complete the circuit without defeat...do you think any of them have a chance against making it against the Galar leaders at full strength?”

“What do you think of the two trainers you endorsed? Your brother Hop and his best friend Calla...are you disappointed in their-”

Leon almost lost his cool with the reporter with that last one, almost. Over a decade of being in the limelight had of course forced him to watch his tone especially with the hounds that are the Galarian press, looking for the slightest gaff to rip him to shreds. Of course even the great unbeatable champion of Galar had his limits, and picking apart his brother and his best friend’s performance was one of them…

“Hey Leon” a voice rang out from the hotel room’s bed. A small tired smile grace the champion’s face as he looked up to see his boyfriend Raihan standing up “How’s it going champ?”

“Raihan,” Leon said before running to the taller man and throwing his arms around him. Raihan chuckled at that and put his arms securely around Leon, allowing the champion to lean his weight onto the dragon gym leader. Even though Raihan was leaner than Leon, he was nothing but lean muscle, able to carry the weight of the man nuzzling into chest. Raihan pressed a gentle forehead kiss to Leon’s forehead, a gesture that melted the reigning champion’s heart.

Raihan, the gym leader of Hammerlocke and the heir to the Hammerlocke throne. The one person the great champion of Galar turned to when he needed comfort.

“Rough day with interviews, eh” Raihan spoke after a bit.

“Was it that obvious?”

“To the public? Nah...but I could tell you were ready to throw hands with that reporter who mentioned Hop and Calla’s name” Raihan said his eyes sparkling with a mirth that said I would pay good money to see you throw hands with a member of the paparazzi

“I mean...you’re not wrong…” Leon said in between fits of laughter “Talk shit, get hit, especially when it comes to my bro and his best friend”

“Just let me know when you square up so I can live stream it, that will definitely be a popular video, probably even more than you doing the WAP Klik-Klok challenge with the Alolan champion” Raihan mused “anytime our wholesome Galarian champ does something risque it's an instant hit”

Oh that had been an interesting video at the champion’s conference the year before. Done on a whim, at the behest of the Alolan champion (“to help you and Raihan finally get together” she said). Rose giving him an earful about his reputation and Cynthia being upset that she wasn’t invited to do the WAP dance with them...

Leon felt his eyes grow heavier while resting on Raihan’s chest, listening to the powerful yet steady rhythm of his boyfriend’s heart. He really needed his rest. Leon carefully, almost reluctantly pulled himself out of Raihan’s embrace.

“I need to get ready for bed”

After washing up and putting on some comfy Charizard pajamas, Leon climbed into the bed next to Raihan who was currently scrolling through Pokegram. This made Leon smile. Yeah Raihan’s obsession with social media could be a little concerning at times (especially when Raihan wouldn’t let Leon eat their dinner until after he posted the perfect picture) but moments like this where Raihan was lying on their shared bed, content watching a video from a nursery of baby Goomy playing around well…

Leon leaned over to give Raihan a loving peck on the cheek…

“Goodnight Rai” he said before moving under the silk sheets of the king sized bed. Leon suddenly felt a shift in the bed and he looked to see the teal eyes staring down at him

“Rai?”

“Lee, I want to cuddle tonight” Raihan said with just a hint of a whine to his voice “...it’s been so long…”

Leon’s heart sank. It’s true, the current season has been much busier than previous ones. Leon had been forced to travel all over Galar more than usual to protect the citizens from the rogue dynamaxing Pokemon. And Rose seemed to be more on edge than ever before...constantly dragging him to meetings, constantly pulling him aside to talk about the future of Galar.

It was exhausting, Leon was worn ragged.

And this was the first time in weeks that Raihan and Leon could actually spend the night with each other but...

“I-I’m sorry Raihan, but I can’t...not tonight.” Leon said resigned “I have another early start...more early morning pressers before the gym challengers face off against each other”

Raihan huffed but nodded sadly. One of the many great things about dating Raihan, he understood what it was like to be in the harsh spotlight that is the Galarian League. Leon knew he’d be disappointed but that he would understand.

“Alright” Raihan sighed as he laid his head back on the pillow, turning away from Leon sadly “but after this is over and I finally take that crown away from you, my first order of business as champion is cuddling with you”

“That’s if you can actually knock out my Charizard first love” Leon mocked playfully “Good night my prince”

“Don’t use my title in bed Lee...so unsexy”

With that the two drifted off to sleep...well they tried to anyways. Sleep was alluding both star trainers. This gym challenge had been so off, and there was a growing sense of dread between the two about the rogue dynamaxed Pokemon.

But more so than anything...Leon and Raihan wanted each other. Just themselves, without the weight of the champion crown for Leon or the being the heir to one of the four great galarian houses for Raihan. Not the self-assured, fierce, borderline cocky personas that the public loved when watching the two on the pitch. The Leon and Raihan that bonded over astronomy and watching the stars in the wild area as kids while Nessa and Sonia bonded over books at their four person camps. The Raihan who was fascinated upon seeing Leon’s family farm for the first time. The Leon who got lost in Raihan’s family castle and ended up in the catacombs. The Raihan and Leon who made their one shared science class in college the most memorable semester for their professor due to their...interesting takes on the experiments.

They needed some time for themselves, some intimacy...and just lying together in the same bed wasn’t enough...not right now.

Raihan was shocked when he felt the shift of the bed before feeling Leon’s strong arms wrap around him, bringing his taller frame closer to his body. Somehow, Leon had maneuvered himself so that Raihan’s head would rest on Leon’s famed chest.

“Oh so now we’re cuddling?” Raihan asked, pretending to be offended but his heart was leaping for joy Leon said nothing but planted another kiss, this time into the locs of Raihan’s hair. Raihan grinned as he leaned into Leon’s strong embrace. Contrary to what many fans would assume...Raihan enjoyed being the little spoon.

And so the champion of galar and his greatest rival, lover and friend, were finally able to sleep, entangled in each other’s loving embrace.

[sphinxsmuses-archived]

ooc: Alternate Verses/AUs for some of the Muses:

Fire Emblem Three Houses Diana: Diana’s mother is a noble knight of Faerghus, retired now after having a child, her father a Monk who used to be an adventurer. Diana would hear stories from both about serving the kingdom and seeing the world. Though adventuring around the world seemed fun, she decided to strive towards a path of being like her mother. At first she trained under her when young, then when old enough was accepted into the Academy under the Blue Lions house.

Knowing Dimitri is the heir to the throne, Diana tends to sway to training her hardest to impress him since she is aiming to be a knight of his someday once she graduates. Her hardworking and studious nature has some students frowning upon her, thinking her an overachiever, while others admire her.

Tsareena Gijinka Iyumi: (A Pokemon Gijinka version of Iyumi where she is a Tsareena. Prissy and can seem stuck up but is actually willing to help others. If you’re charming and caring, her personality flips and she becomes a lot more friendly and adoring.)

Genshin Impact Iyumi: Iyumi is a Electro Fatui mage on the prowl for someone cute she can call hers. To most she acts vicious and snobby, ready to electrocute them should they get on her nerves. But should she find the someone she wants, she becomes more adoring and flirty, chasing after them until she can have them. Which can turn into an aggressive chase should the other not want her.

Iyumi is a talented Fatui mage from Snezhnaya, obeying the Tsaritsa though sometimes goes off on her own in search of someone to play with and be her lover should they catch her interest. However her aggressive behavior and the fact that she is a Fatui has scared multiple people off, making her a bit hot tempered and grumpy towards others.

Pokemon Sword/Shield Diana: Diana is a trainer from the Galar region, aiming to become champion and quite strong already. Because of her knight themed team, she’s been called Lady Paladin by random trainers. Her team consists of Aegislash, Sirfetch’d, Escavalier, Bisharp, Gallade, and Ninetails.

She is friendly but serious in battle and can seem stuck up. But she loves her Pokemon and is loyal to them and her friends, willing to throw herself in a fight to protect someone.

One Piece Xia: Xia started off on an island of rich folk and snobs. She was given everything she could have asked for except one thing. Freedom. Her parents were terrified of the outside world, even of some of their own neighbors thinking they would try something drastic to get their fortune. She was kept inside for the most part, couldn’t make friends, could barely even set foot outside. It drove her crazy. She could take care of herself! Nothing would harm her. She tried every way she could to break free of the cage she was in. And then, she finally saw her chance when a pirate crew came to her shores.

The crew fell for her charms and looks and made her captain, blinded by their lust for her. Though she had never been a pirate or captain, she led them on one mission, to simply go place to place and have the fun she could never have when she was held like a captive bird back home. Knowing how easily her small crew succumbed to her wishes made her decide to branch out and use it more against others. Obtained the Inu Inu no Mii: Fox Model fruit on her travels.

One Piece Kyana: Kyatana or Kyana as she prefers to be called lived in a humble town. Days were peaceful, all thanks to the Marines. Or so she was told by her parents. She listened to stories of famous Marines and saw them as heroes, desiring strongly to be one. She read as many books about them as she could, trained herself to at least wield a sword, and anxiously waited for herself to be old enough to join. Then the time came and she was recruited as a bright eyed rookie with dreams of becoming legendary and famous.

Demon Iyumi: A demon AU for Iyumi where she is a demon princess wanting to find her king and become a queen! Though her stuck up, snobbish attitude tends to scare away others. However, if she has interest in you, her personality switches and she’ll be nice and adoring towards you, possibly even flirty. Though watch out, when she sets her eyes on someone she wants, she’ll do anything to get them. Also has a Disgaea verse where she is a wannabe Overlord!

Goddess of Darkness Iyumi and Goddess of Light Miyuki: Twin goddesses with not only polar powers but polar personalities. Iyumi is a snob and a bit of a brat, seeing herself as above all others (especially mortals) though secretly wants to find someone to love (and dominate over) and has a secret soft side as well. Miyuki is sweet and kind and has a very sympathetic heart, willing to help any mortals she comes across that are in trouble. Though she is also quite gullible and naive. The two bicker at times but try to work with each other.

Angel Miyuki: Miyuki or Miyu is a young angel of heaven. She watches over humans with great curiosity but also a sense of duty to protect them. She is quite interested in the mortal world and wishes to visit it one day. Though she is no warrior, she wishes to use her healing abilities to help anyone in need. Miyu cares a lot for all living things and sympathizes easily with others’ struggles, even demons and fallen angels. The innocent angel only wishes to help whoever in need in whatever way she can. Face claim: Nasse from Platinum End

Fairy Miyuki/Miyu: Miyu is a friendly fairy that lives in the forest. Since people who come there sometimes get lost, if she finds anyone with such a case, she tries to help them in any way she can to find their way out and be happy. She feels sorry for them and also as someone who was born in the forest, finds it her duty to help those who don’t know the area well. Miyu is however naive and desires to help everyone even if they might have hidden intentions, and is rather innocent in nature. She could never hurt anyone even if they were to try and hurt her.

Fate Series Emilia: Emilia is from a family that has some mages, but none of them have participated in the Holy Grail Wars. When she was born, they decided she would be the first to participate once she was sixteen. It sent her family into a feud, some saying that she was much too young to join the Holy Wars, others saying she would be old enough to handle it.

Her family is counting on her to summon a strong Servant like Saber and carry their wish on her shoulders, a wish to make their family famous with a name that will go down in history. But Emilia decided on another wish. Realizing how deadly the Holy War was, she decided on the wish to never have it happen again so no one else would be forced to participate like herself.

Final Fantasy 15 Diana: Diana grew up wanting to become a knight like her mother, her father a black mage she met on her travels. She was granted her wish when she showed great prowess in sword fighting and magic and was determined to do anything to protect her country. When trouble was heard brewing from the kingdom of Insomnia, Diana decided to start her journey as a knight early despite not being officially recognized as one and is traveling with her family friend turned her guardian, a moogle named Vico. Now she helps whoever is suffering under the empire and hopes to meet the prince one day to help him as well.

Club Singer/Information Broker Xia: Set in a time of gangsters like Al Capone, Xia is a infamous club singer, beautiful and willing to sell information she gathers from the patrons there for good amounts of money. She may be willing to pull other favors as well if there is something interesting for her to gain.

Villain Kyana: Kyana is a villain, her parents both villains but are rather comical about it. She is as well, coming up with catch phrases, monologues, and nicknames for the heroes who go against her. She never murders or kidnaps anyone, rather steals jewels or other cliche villain things.

[ceridawn]

Unlikely New Friends

This is all going to be bullet points, but I hope people will still enjoy it.

It starts with Tas finding 7 strange little orbs. Their was an evil wizard and other things as well, but they don't really matter here.

Anyway, he pockets them. Into a pouch, forgotten about aside from when he occasionally digs through his pouch.

Here is the thing. Forgetting is not being forgotten. So their inhabitants wait and watch.

Years pass. Tas makes friends, goes on all sorts of adventures. But even the most skilled make mistakes. Even kender luck runs out.

He is wondering what death will be like as a goblin sword swings down. Then there a flash of red light and a strange squirrel is between him and the blade. Another flash.

Swords are great and conducting electricity.

Well, Pachirisu showed herself. Let herself out of her pokeball. They others may as come out too. They were getting bored anyway.

Pachirisu sticks with Tas. They fit. Through war and dragons and time.

(One day there will be a dwarf and a kender and a tree. In the branches of that tree will play an electric rodent who has felled dragons.)

Honedge chooses the warrior woman. They see inside her an ambition and skills to complement theirs.

(It is said the Blue Lady is so skilled her sword doesn't even need her hand to guide it. Lord Soth is perhaps not as surprised as he should be to find he is not the first ghost in Kitiara's service.)

Flint would like to be left out of this, thank you very much. Unfortunately for him, squirtle in no way agrees.

(There is a boat and a splash. There is a sinking dwarf. The bright white light. A larger turtle surfaces, pulling his dwarf along with him.)

Caramon wishes he had gotten the dog. Or the fox or honestly anything but this tiny pink thing. Happiny thinks her new loud trainer is funny but knows he is kind.

(Years later, as he sits and watches his brother burn with fever, Caramon is grateful. So grateful.)

Togepi chooses Tanis as the second least likely to drop him. Tanis takes the egg because no one else wants it.

(Years from now, Togekiss will fly through the sky. He will have a power to rival dragons and a prince to protect.)

Eevee picks Raistlin because he has steady hands and does not rush into fights. Raistlin supposes there are worse companions to have.

(One day, there will be a ghost. Eevee is not a fighter, never has been. But Raistlin has been a good friend to her. And she will keep him. Her fur turns black as her teeth snap. She can't drive him away completely, but Fistandantilus never planned on an umbreon.)

Sturm gets a puppy. Knight have worked with hounds before, even in this one is odd. Houndour chose him for many reasons, none of which are ever known.

(Sturm always wanted to slay a dragon. Houndoom throws himself at reds fearlessly, a shield for his friends. After all, he does not burn.)

How all this changes things is a story too big for me to write. Also, pokemon are stupidly overpowered outside of their own universe so they probably destroy the story completely.

[medea10]

My Review of Sarazanmai

How did I get into this anime? I heard “things” about this anime. 2019 was a weird time to be alive apparently. You know, before 2020 happened! As much shit as I give 2020, at least they didn’t give us kappas eating people’s asses.

Yes, I just said “kappas eating people’s asses”.

Be afraid. Be very afraid!

Kazuki Yasaka is a young boy who must carry around a box wherever he goes and follow specific directions day-by-day. Toi Kuji is a delinquent that breaks into cars and commits other crimes throughout the city. And Enta Jinnai is a childhood friend of Kazuki…He’s there too! These three boys have been chosen by the kappa prince, Keppi to help restore the Kappa Kingdom to its former glory. Kazuki, Toi, and Enta can now transform into kappas by being eaten ass first by Keppi and then shit out. Yes, I said eaten ass first and shit out by a kappa! These boys then must eat the inner-most desires of these kappa-zombies that are causing Keppi trouble. And these inner-most desires are located…in the ass. But there are those from the Otter Empire that cause this trouble for the kappas by turning folks into kappa zombies and causing havoc in the real world.

I would not expect any less of a mind-rape anime from the great Kunihiko Ikuhara.

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: Even playing a kappa, Junichi Suwabe still finds a way to give me an erection.

Okay, let’s try that again and not make it sound disgusting, Medea.

Right! Let’s talk licensing. FUNimation is the licensors of this fine product. Seriously? Eating ass is fine, but you frown upon the likes of Interspecies Reviewers? Yes, there is a dub to this and believe it or not, I pretended it didn’t exist. Not because it was bad or anything! It’s just that this anime had the likes of Mamoru Miyano, Kouki Uchiyama, Rie Kugimiya, and Mr. Sex-in-a-Voice Junichi Suwabe. Let me state that my infatuation with Suwabe is like John Oliver’s infatuation with Adam Driver.

That…totally doesn’t help my case! Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

JAPANESE CAST: *Kazuki is played by Ayumu Murase (known for Minami on Yuri on Ice, Luck on Black Clover, Asuto on Inazuma Eleven: Aries, Madoka on Shounen Maid, and Shinichi on SAO)

*Toi is played by Kouki Uchiyama (known for Yurio on Yuri on Ice, Soul on Soul Eater, Rui on Demon Slayer, Ikuya on Free!, Benedict on Violet Evergarden, Midnight on Fairy Tail, Yuu on Charlotte, and Ichijou on Nisekoi)

*Enta is played by Shun Horie (known for Kazuya on Rent-A-Girlfriend)

ENGLISH CAST: *Kazuki is played by Alejandro Saab (known for Leon on Pokemon Journeys, L’Arc on Shield Hero, Kuga on Food Wars, Yamazaki on Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, and Takezou on Kono Oto Tomare)

*Toi is played by Ricco Fajardo (known for Koutaro on Zombieland Saga, Itona on Assassination Classroom, Karim on Fire Force, Natsuya on Free!, and Kyousuke on Danganronpa 3)

*Enta is played by Justin Briner (known for Deku on My Hero Academia, Yukito on Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Shou on Fire Force, Luck on Black Clover, and Ryouta on Danganronpa 3)

SHIPPING: Well…we got our BL kiss by the third episode. That’s quite early for an Ikuhara anime. Ooh boy, Enta loves him some Kazuki. He REALLY loves Kazuki! There’s a lot to be said of a boy that would sniff and fondle items owned by his lover and kiss his unconscious lover. I can understand why Enta would care for Kazuki. I mean after hearing that he’s truly his first friend after a childhood of traveling around and not making many friends, you want to feel for this kid. Key word here is “want”. But this boy goes too far sometimes and his jealousy does get the best of him to a point where I’m just saying, cut ties with the megane brat. But Enta ends up screwing things up again by taking a bullet for Kazuki and throwing all that anger out the window.

And then we have Reo and Mabu! God damn Reo! We’ve got shark teeth, an arrogant attitude, homosexuality, and the voice of Mamoru Miyano. This is just a Rin Matsuoka of a different color! If Reo and Mabu’s otter dance isn’t a dead giveaway, they totally love each other. To a point where they would sacrifice each other for the one they love.

POLE-DANCE ALERT: I don’t know why I always find random pole-dancing moments in animes so alluring. I guess I can blame the likes of Grell from Black Butler. But this moment was so random that it came right the fuck out of nowhere. Then again, this entire anime is an enigmatic brain-fart that it was only a matter of time before a kappa prince starts randomly dancing on a pole.

There we go, Medea’s love for random crap will never die!

ENDING: Throughout the series, Kazuki, Toi, and Enta were gathering these dishes in order to get a wish granted by Keppi. And each time they’ve gone up against a big bad otter, Reo and Mabu are usually the ones to bring out the kappa zombies. But everyone has a plan for using the dishes of hope for their own wishes. Enta wants to use it to stay with Kazuki so the two can remain the golden duo. Reo and Mabu want the dishes to be with each other and save one another after an incident nearly killed them. And Kazuki originally wanted to use the dishes for his baby brother’s own sake, but changes to wanting to help Toi (who ends up leaving with his older, criminal of a brother). And shit goes crazier than what I’ve just mentioned. Enta fucks up by stealing the collected dishes and really fucking up his relationship with Kazuki! Toi ends up leaving town with his criminal brother.

Reo and Mabu, the otter cops shoot Kazuki, but Enta takes the bullet and is hours away from dying. But then we learn that Reo and Mabu were actually kappas who worked under Keppi. It’s just that the otters have been manipulating these two. Mabu is just a hollow body created by the otters because of some accident that happened prior to the events in the anime. The otter gives Mabu a mechanical heart to keep him alive, but in order to stay alive, he cannot say he loves Reo. Unfortunately for these two, Mabu ends up saying he loves Reo and dies right in front of him and vanishing from his memories. Reo is then shot by Toi who comes in at the last minute.

Toi’s back. We all knew it wasn’t going to last. His older brother got shot dead the episode before. So Toi is going to use the dishes to resurrect his brother from the dead. This leaves Kazuki in shambles as he was going to use it on Enta before his body expires in like 10 seconds. In the last minute, Kazuki used the dishes on Enta and he’s going to live. End of story right? No, we still have a demented otter on the loose. And the otters have a dark Keppi that he’s been storing for just this sort of moment. And now it grabs Toi and Toi accepts. He wants to erase his existence from Enta and Kazuki’s lives. Problem is if he does that, Toi erases giving Kazuki the ankle bracelet that’s been a staple in Kazuki and Enta’s relationship when it comes to soccer. But the boys were able to connect, destroy the otters, bring the memories of Mabu and Reo back, turn Keppi into a kappa prince, and save the town from OTTER-destruction.

Yeah, if you watch this series, you’ll hear a lot of puns involving otters. I mean when you’re not smothered in sexualized otters and kappas.

The ending credits show Toi getting sent to juvie for three years. And it’s quite sad to see his dejected face while the ending song blasts. When the lyrics literally say “stand by me” it gets quite sad. Three years pass and Toi’s out of juvie. He goes to the bridge and jumps off. Keep in mind this is an Ikuhara anime, Toi’s not gonna die. Enta and Kazuki jump in and join Toi and welcome him back to society.

Good lord Ikuhara-san! I didn’t think you could out-gay an anime after the likes of Yuri Kuma Arashi. But good fuck, you found a way! This anime was…INSANITY. Pure insanity! Then again, this is the same director that did Revolutionary Girl Utena, Yuri Kuma Arashi, and Mawaru Penguindrum. Yes, connection and desires are a big take in not only Sarazanmai, but a lot of the other animes Ikuhara does. It’s just that Sarazanmai is the strangest acid-trip of them all. And that’s saying a lot because Yuri Kuma Arashi has sexy bears that say “Shaba-da-doo”. ALSO VOICED BY JUNICHI SUWABE! But people getting turned into kappas by being eaten ass first by another kappa and stealing spirits inner most desires, conveniently stored in their asses is some wonky-ass crack-fest. Recommendation wise, I would say watch some of the other animes Ikuhara has directed to get your feet wet in what you might expect in this kind of anime. After that, pop in a few Bakemonogatari episodes just for good measure. And after you do all that, take some CBD gummies and let-a-rip with Sarazanmai.

If you want to watch Sarazanmai, Crunchyroll and FUNimation have it available for streaming.

Okay, what’s next for my FUNimation list?

Okay, boobs! What are we talking here? Are these boobs flat as an ironing board or crimes against nature like in Eiken?

Oh, this can’t end well.

[askkrenko]

Krenko’s Guide to Pokemon: Poliwag Line

Ah, Poliwhirl, the main character of Pokemon.

...What, you thought it was Pikachu?

Well, sure, Pikachu became it, because people didn’t like Poliwag, Poliwhirl, and Poliwrath enough, but if you go back and look at the earliest Pokemon promotional material, you’ll find the Poliwag line everywhere, because Satoshi Tajiri himself wanted to push it as the big symbol of Pokemon and Evolution- the tadpole turning into a frog.

Back in the day, Poliwag’s line was inexplicably everywhere. There’d be toy lines of “Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, PIkachu, Meowth, and Poliwhirl.” Poliwhirl was on all the promotional material. Hell, when Pokemon was on the cover of Time Magazine, guess who was front and center.

But nobody actually liked Poliwhirl all that much so eventually the Pokemon company stopped putting it in everything. Eh, they can’t all be winners. DESIGN:  Poliwag is actually super cute. It’s a tadpole with a spiral reminiscent of real tadpole intestines (visible through translucent skin) but not gross at all. Feel free to google that on your own time. I’ve decided not to share the picture here. The little feet show it’s just starting to turn into not-a-tadpole and it’s got a cute little mouth for blowing bubbles. I love Poliwag. Poliwhirl is... fine. Trading the tail for arms makes sense, but what I don’t really get is losing any semblance of a mouth. It just looks weird. Incomplete maybe. There’s something inherently offputting about Poliwhirl’s appearance and I honestly think it’s that it has no mouth, so it’s not clear that that big swirly thing is supposed to be its tummy. 

Poliwrath is just a design I don’t like. It’s just Angry Poliwhirl.   It’s thicker and has bicep, but it still suffers from the weird mouth issue that Poliwhirl does, and it doesn’t actually look like a different creature. It might just be the least noticeable change in an evolution in all of Pokemon. Seriously, look back and forth between Poliwhirl and Poliwrath quickly and tell me those are two different Pokemon and not just, like, the male and female variant of one. At least with Poliwrath I think I see where its mouth is sort of SUPPOSED to be, but with it closed so tight I can’t really tell.  Its made even more confusing because Poliwag shoots “Water Gun” out of its mouth, but Poliwhirl shoots it out of its belly.

And then there’s Politoed. Politoed has a mouth! I approve.  Unfortunately, I feel like Politoed diverges too much from Poliwag and Poliwhirl. 

The coloration is entirely different, which would be fine if Poliwhirl wasn’t the exact same color as Poliwag, there’s suddenly a huge mouth, the hands and feet are three-fingered instead of whatever’s going on with Poliwhirl, and while there’s still a stomach swirl it’s not only less pronounced, it’s a different color. Now, I will say that overall I do like Politoed’s design. I think it’s a cool frog monster that’s clearly a frog but also has enough unique traits to be interesting. I just don’t feel that it looks like the frog Poliwag was destined to become.

Now, Shiny Politoed actually goes a long way to fix this just by being the same colors as Poliwhirl, but my general feeling here is that if Poliwag to Poliwhirl’s transformation involves big gloved hands and raised eyes, then the Poliwhirl to Politoed evolution should’ve kept those.   Also, I don’t get why it has a single long hair. The Pokedex says that hair is proof of its status as a King, and it does evolve via King���s Rock, so maybe there’s some Frog Prince shenanigans going on there, but I just don’t see it. EVOLUTIONS:  I love Branching Evolutions, generally, especially ones where you just get a choice.  Poliwag to Poliwhirl is a normal level 25, and Poliwhirl to Wrath or Toed is Water Stone or Traded With King’s Rock... And I gotta say, I kind of hate “Trade with King’s Rock.” I don’t think I’ve gone into this yet but I’ll definitely say it a lot in the future: Trade evolutions that require additional items are a pain in the butt, a waste of everyone’s time, and there’s too many different items for them. Also, Trading is already a bit of a thing. Why not just make Poliwhirl evolve into Poliwag by using the King’s Rock like an evolution stone?  You know there’s like 40 evolution items and most of them only apply to one Pokemon?  And King’s Rock only applies to two. 

Look, I understand and begrudgingly respect that, until they came to their senses in Sword and Shield, Pokemon didn’t want to include evolution methods that were attemptable and failable in an earlier game, like using a Leaf Stone on Eevee, but I will never understand while Sneasel needs a Razor Claw but Gligar needs a Razor Fang even though both work by being held items that trigger evolution on level up. And King’s Rock, Metal Coat, Upgrade, and Dragon Scale were what started this mess.  And why the devil can’t Seadra become Kingdra with a KING’S Rock? Somehow Politoed is more king than Kingdra? Anyway, split evolutions are cool when they’re sufficiently different. Though Politoed and Poliwrath seem similar, they have a decently different move list and, most importantly, Poliwrath leans Physical while Politoed leans Special. TYPING:  Poliwrath is a rather unique Water/Fighting combo which gives it a whopping seven resistances. Sure, this comes with five weaknesses, but if you play smart it means you can switch Poliwrath into a lot of attacks.  Also, a Water/Fighting combo gives super effective coverage against seven types, and nothing resists both types.  This is a really comfortable place to be. Politoed is pure water, which is fine defensively with four resistances and only two weaknesses, but with only three types of STAB coverage and three types that resist all its STAB attacks it’s going to have a much harder time putting out damage.

STATS: You know what’s weird? Poliwhirl has speed 90. Both Poliwrath and Politoed have speed 70. While it’s not unheard of for a Pokemon to have a stat decrease, especially a speed decrease, on evolution, Poliwhirl is the only Gen One pokemon to have this issue, other than Caterpie and Weedle who lose Attack and Speed upon cocooning but got it back in their final forms. Some Gen One Pokemon retroactively got it later, like Onix and Scyther both losing speed when they become Steel types, but Poliwhirl was the first. Anyway, actual stats. Both Poliwrath and Politoed have above average HP and below average speed. Poliwrath has comfortable defenses at 95 and 90, and a decent 95 attack. It’s not exactly a heavy hitter, but it’s good all around.  Politoed has 75 Attack and Defense, just a bit below average, but a Special Defense of a good 100. Its Special attack at 90 is just a smidge lower than Poliwrath’s attack, but it’s still fine.

ABILITIES: For main abilities, both Poliwrath and Politoed have Water Absorb and Damp. Damp, as mentioned for Psyduck, is basically useless. It shuts off self-destructing moves, but those don’t really come up enough to matter. Water Absorb is just good. Water Absorb replaces their Water Resistance not with Immunity, but the ability to heal any time they’re hit by a water attack. In a normal battle, this lets them catch Water attacks even better than they’d be able to otherwise, and jump into them late game to heal. In a 2v2, this allows your ally to spam Surf, healing your Poliwhatever while also damaging both enemies. We’re going to see Water Absorb a lot in the future, and it’s always an entirely solid ability.... but both hidden abilities are worth talking about. Poliwrath’s Hidden Ability is Swift Swim, which doubles it speed in the rain, and it’s another ability a lot of water Pokemon have. Obviously this takes some setup to use, but Poliwrath’s speed is right at the level where it’s poor normally but suddenly really good with Swift Swim up. If your team can reliably trigger it, it’s a serious boost to Poliwrath’s overall effectiveness. Whether this is better than Water Absorb absolutely depends on your team. Politoed... gets one of the greatest abilities in the game. I said this when Ninetails came up, but if a has Drought, Snow Warning, Drizzle, or Sand Stream it’s automatically useful.  Politoed is one of only three Pokemon with Drizzle, and while Kyogre is the Obvious Best of the three, it’s a Legendary that’s banned in many tournaments, so the competition is just Politoed and Pelipper- and honestly, they’re both entirely reasonable options. Drizzle is a free action Rain Dance. That’s it. And that’s all you need. Politoed comes out and oh look it’s raining.  Now water attacks do more damage, fire attacks do less, and all those other fun rain abilities are triggered. Politoed is a strategy in himself, and even if his stats were much worse, Drizzle would still be reason to use him.

Unless you’re in a format where Kyogre’s legal in which case, to hell with the little frog.

MOVES: As always we start with our attacks.  Poliwrath has two main fighting options, the defensive Drain Punch or the offensive Close Combat.  As Poliwrath is a bit on the bulky side and not really strong enough to reliably one-shot things with Close Combat, I’d lean toward Drain Punch.  For Water, Poliwrath gets.... Liquidation. It’s not impressive, but it’s STAB Physical.  Poliwrath actually has a serious move problem in that many of its best moves are Special rather than Physical, but it’s physical attack stat is much higher.   With a Swift Swim Poliwrath, Waterfall becomes a lot more desirable than Liquidation, as it’s likely to outspeed its foes, but if your Poliwrath isn’t built for speed, that Flinch is unlikely to happen. Politoed has this question a lot easier. It can learn Surf, Hydro Pump, and Scald, depending on which better fits your tactics.

Poliwrath’s coverage options are Darkest Lariat, Earthquake, Ice Punch, Rock Slide, and Poison Jab.  Of these, Darkest Lariat works against Ghost and Fairy, Earthquake against Poison and Electric, Ice Punch against Flying, Grass, and Dragon, Rock Slide against Flying and Bug, and Poison Jab against  Grass and Fairy.  Obviously there’s no way to win them all, but Poliwrath can reasonably threaten a lot of types.  

Politoed’s coverage options are Ice Beam, Psychic, Earth Power, and Focus Blast... But with guaranteed Rain Dance and STAB, it’s better off using Water against anything that isn’t Dragon, Grass, or Water. Nothing it has hits water, so Ice Beam is the only secondary attack it needs to pick up. (Politoed would be utterly busted if it could learn Thunder, but it can’t so... Ice Beam it is.) And then there’s the question of utility, and Poliwrath has a lot of it. Option A is Belly Drum. Belly Drum punches your pokemon in the gut, hard, dropping their HP in half... and raises their Attack by six stages.  It’s a dangerous gambit, but Poliwrath is bulky enough and has enough resistances to give it a shot.  Option B: Rest.  Poliwrath can take a nap and heal to full. Lots of Pokemon can learn rest, but most Pokemon don’t have above-average defenses and seven resistances. Poliwrath can combine Rest with Sleep Talk (but don’t combine Sleep Talk with Belly Drum or you’ll just kill yourself,) in order to keep performing moves while asleep. Of particular note, Circle Throw changes from -6 Priority off of Sleep Talk to using Sleep Talk’s priority, making it a solid option that keeps your opponent from properly fighting back against your sleepy frog.  With this strategy, using Scald over Waterfall or Liquidation becomes reasonable. The damage is much less, but Burning an opponent cuts their Attack and deals damage over time. Option C: Bulk Up. If you’re worried about the HP loss of Belly Drum, just Bulk Up instead. It’s weaker, but it raises Defense too, and then you can get back to Drain Punching.  Politoed doesn’t have that much for utility options (though Perish Song, Protect, and Encore all have their uses) but that’s fine because the goal here is to just set up rain and then blast enemies with a water attack and  Ice Beam or switch out into something that can better take advantage of the rain. You don’t need other utility when you have Drizzle.  Take Splash for all I care. It doesn’t matter: Hydro Pump, Surf or Scald Ice Beam Whatever. Maybe take Rest and Sleep Talk, too. Politoed’s pretty bulky.  It doesn’t really matter. Drizzle means that Politoed is secretly one of the strongest Special Attackers in the game. Just make sure you have a Ground type on the team so you can safely switch when you’re staring down an Electric type, because you do not want to eat a Thunder. OVERALL:  Poliwrath and Politoed, despite being counterparts, are very different pokemon. Poliwrath’s near-unique typing, shared only with Legendaries, and solid bulk gives it an interesting defensive position, with a wide range of attack coverage. Meanwhile, Politoed has Drizzle, which makes a pokemon on its own. Everything else is just gravy.  And I seriously wasn’t kidding about Poliwhirl being on EVERYTHING.

[nekoabiwrites]

Battle Bonds

Ahhh! It feels so good to be back and writing again! Panto was great fun and I’m kinda missing it but also, I’m so happy to not have to watch the same show 60 times anymore...

Anyway, this fic was inspired by a freaking adorable piece of art by @artistictaurean with Roman and a lil cute Swablu: https://artistictaurean.tumblr.com/post/190329454010/holy-crap-i-actually-finished-something-just-a  Mega thanks to them for not only being super talented at making such darn cute art, but also for being chill with me writing this (even tho I was on anon asking but mehhhhhh details)

AU: None Pairing: None Words: 2644 Warnings: Remus and Deceit are in here. Anything else, please let me know!

Summary: Thomas has been on a bit of a pokemon kick recently and it has affected his imagination more than he would ever think of...

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Due to the recent release and information about new titles in the Pokemon franchise, Thomas had been thinking about and playing a lot of the series – much to Logan’s dismay. It had just been something he was doing, not once did Thomas even give a thought to how his gaming habit would affect his sides.

Roman lightly chewed on the end of his pencil as he tried to work out the perspective of the next detail to his sketch. It was rare to have all of the sides in the imagination with him after all, even more so that it was for social reasons rather than important ones. He dropped his head and added detail to the figure of Logan in his artwork, doing everything to capture the bewildered expression that was currently resting on the logical side’s features and the open book in his hands.

The prince couldn’t fault Logan for this, as he could hear the excited squeals of Patton off to his left as he discovered yet another new species that he didn’t realise existed.

“IT’S A PUPPY!” The paternal side yelled, holding Rockruff high above his head in order to show it off to the others. An amused snort and swishing of grass told Roman that Virgil was heading towards Patton to get a closer look at the small animal.

Time passed leisurely as the cycle of Patton finding new species, calling out that he found a new one and then being told which pokemon it was continued to repeat itself, all while Roman continued sketching. Eventually, Patton and Virgil settled down in view of Roman, allowing him to finally add them to his piece. Then there was an odd breeze that ruffled his hair and a weight was added to the top of his head.

Roman dropped his sketchpad and held his arms up, yelping loudly in surprise. He knew deep down it was fruitless to try, but his instinct was to attempt to look up and see what was perched upon his head.

Another Patton squeal had Roman freezing in place. The moral side jogged on up to Roman and coo’d at the creature on his head, “It’s so fluffy and – Oh! – It’s just like a cloud, and its so soft! Virgil, Logan! What’s this one?!”

“If memory serves, it is a swablu, Patton.” Logan approached, flipping the pages. It took seconds for him to find what he was looking for and he began to read aloud, “It is a primary normal type with a secondary flying type that was introduced in the third generation. Its category is the cotton bird pokemon. According to several entries in the pokedex of various games, swablus are very concerned with cleanliness and enjoy perching upon the heads of people.”

“I thought you didn’t care about this stuff?” Virgil asked slyly, gently brushing a finger along the tops of the swablu’s fluffy wings.

Logan flushed slightly and cleared his throat, “I do not recall saying that I didn’t care about it. I was simply attempting to get Thomas to understand that playing such a game for long periods of time is unproductive and-”

“I was just messing with ya, Logan. It’s okay.” Virgil snorted and rolled his eyes good-naturedly.

Roman was remaining fairly motionless as the others fawned over the pokemon perched upon his head. After getting confirmation on what pokemon it was, he’d regained his composure, sure that there was little to no threat. The prince reached up to pet the extremely friendly pokemon, feeling the cloud-like wings for the first time while also bringing the attention back down to himself with an exaggerated clearing of his throat. “Not that I mind being surrounded by attention, but my art was almost completed and now you have all moved from your positions. I place the blame upon you all if this turns out absolutely horrendous.” He gestured to the forgotten sketchbook resting in the grass.

Shortly after Roman had begun yet another round of bantering back and forth with Virgil and Logan, Patton saw a new pokemon that excited him, and he ran off. Virgil trailed behind, watching with amusement. Logan eventually moved in the same direction once Patton called for him yet again. Roman was now alone with the creature atop his head.

He summoned a floating mirror before himself and saw the blue bird for the first time. It looked to be starting to dose off, clearly comfortable in its position. The royal reached up again and gently stroked the bird, who seemed pleased with the gentle attention as it chirped in response. “How do you like the name Alto?” Roman asked rhetorically. The swablu perked up and flew in a small circle, just above Roman’s head, before seating itself again and almost nuzzling into the creative side’s hair. “I’ll have to take that as a yes.”

It wasn’t long until the hype died down and Thomas went back to his usual level of enjoyment of the series. This meant that if the sides wanted to keep all the random pokemon, Roman would have had to start working extremely hard to keep them all around. Thankfully, Patton wasn’t going to push his fellow side like that, and they all compromised on only keeping certain pokemon that they’d all become attached to – mostly due to the fact that their attachments would take some of the strain off of the creative side.

Out in the dirt courtyard of the castle located near the entrance to the imagination, Roman had placed a battling area for the pokemon, giving all of them a place to battle in a regulated, enclosed space.

“Servine is unable to battle.” Patton called out, “All three of Deceit’s pokemon have fainted! Roman wins! Yay Roman!” The moral side applauded, causing the Lillipup currently resting in his lap to yap alongside.

Roman laughed heartily, “Of course I won. What were you thinking, putting your grass type out against my superior flying type?” Alto soared over to rest upon Roman’s head, allowing her trainer to give her well earned scritches.

Deceit rolled his eyes, “It was because I have no knowledge of typing and most definitely had nothing to do with the fact I only had one pokemon left and therefore had no other options.” As he spoke, he returned the pokemon to its pokeball

“Now Deceit, be nice…” Patton chastised.

“Apologies.” Deceit sarcastically responded before stalking off to who knew where.

Patton went to say something to Roman, but was cut off by the creative side, “It’s quite alright, Patton. Not even the attitude from a slippery snake can dampen my mood!”

“Well, good! Let’s heal everyone up before the final match!” Patton hopped up from his cross-legged position on the ground and took Roman off to the side. Instead of battling on his own, Patton had taken the role of judge and healer. He found it was far more rewarding to help the fainted and injured pokemon than be the reason why they were hurt in the first place. Due to the fairly decisive victory, Roman’s pokemon took very little time to heal.

“There you go! All better now!” Patton handed the pokeballs back over to Roman, who replaced them back into their places on his belt. The moral side then looked around and bit his lip a little in worry, “I’m sorry, kiddo… but I need to go and find out where Dee went. Are you alright to wait just a little longer?”

“Of course he is!” came a third excited voice, who made both sides jump with his sudden presence and arms over their shoulders.

Roman’s smile fell and he sighed heavily, “I hate to admit this… but, for once, my brother is right… It’s more than fine for you to attend to business, Patton.”

“If you require a moderator, I am free to fulfil that role in Patton’s absence.” Logan cut in.

“Ooo! Yes! Let’s murder both of these birds with the stone!” Remus gleefully clapped his hands and hopped in place, whilst the other sides simply agreed to Logan’s proposition.

The two sides of creativity took a spot at each end of the field, staring each other down; Roman with a hardened glare that aimed to strike fear in his brother, Remus with his signature unhinged grin and twitching fingers hovering just over the balls resting against his side.

“The usual format and rules apply. Three pokemon per user, first to have all three faint is the loser. Are we agreed on this?” Logan called out. Both of the participants nodded. “Let the battle commence!”

Roman tossed out his first ball, summoning his precious swablu onto the field. Both looked as determined as the other. Remus, on the opposite side, released his first pokemon and everyone in attendance immediately grimaced.

“What in the heck is that thing?!” Roman yelled.

“It’s an Arctozolt! Isn’t he just a precious little monster?” Remus coo’d, making kissy faces at the abomination before him.

Logan’s eyes darted between the two for a moment, clearly having knowledge that Roman did not. The prince was going to ask what had the logical side looking as though he was nervous for him but decided against it. Instead, he steeled his resolve.

“Alto, Cotton Guard!”

Using her wings, Alto managed to surround her entire body in layers of almost invisible cotton, using it almost as a shield against anything that would attack her. She then seemed to brace herself, watching the pokemon before her carefully.

“Thundershock!”

Time seemed to stop for a second as Roman heard the command. He hadn’t even considered the fact that Arctozolt had the type advantage, especially since he’d never seen it before. Now that he was helpless to do much other than stare, Roman managed to notice the thunderbolt-like growths on the pokemon’s top half and that it was shivering, which may indicate that it was also partially ice type. His thoughts were cut short as Alto screeched in pain as the electric attack hit her square on.

“Alto!” Roman cried out. He watched as the swablu dropped in the air slightly but managed to catch herself before hitting the floor. He let out a soft sigh of relief, “Shake it off and use Round!”

Alto did just that, physically shaking her body to clear herself of the shock before soaring in circles for a few seconds, ending up heading directly for Arctozolt, hitting it square in the chest. The odd pokemon recoiled slightly after the hit, but still seemed to be feeling alright. The same could not be said for Roman as he saw the smile on his brother’s face grow even larger.

“Arctie, use Avalanche!”

Once again, Roman cursed himself internally. “Alto, avoid as much as you can!” He called out, trying his best to get his beloved swablu to not take as much damage as humanly possible.

It was effective somewhat as Alto did avoid several hits, but it always put her in the path of another part of the attack. Overall, it was a severe hit and Alto’s energy seemed to be waning as she was taking far more effort in order to keep herself in the air. Thankfully, the cotton that surrounded her body did help in staving off some of the damage.

Racking his brain, Roman tried to think of the best way to win the battle that seemed almost completely impossible.

“What’s wrong, brother?” Remus jeered from the opposite side of the field, “Having problems?”

Roman glared harshly at Remus before issuing another command, “Alto, sing!”

Alto responded immediately. She swooped in to hang in the air just a short distance from Arctozolt and began to sing a soft melody, attempting to put the creature to sleep. However, before it could really take effect, Remus called out for Arctozolt to use another move.

“Use Echoed Voice!”

The abomination began to screech loudly, the sound causing most everyone in the surrounding area to cover their ears. Alto drifted backwards, clearly in pain from the hit to her senses, her song being cut short. She began to float downwards towards the ground, looking as though she were about to admit defeat. She turned slightly and was able to notice Roman staring at her, worry coursing through him. Her eyes started to shut as she fell closer and closer to the ground.

“Alto, no!”

Her body touched the ground for a brief second before erupting in a flash of light. Yet again, everyone in attendance flinched and avoided using one of their senses until the light died down.

Remus’ grin dropped completely off of his face as his mouth fell open once he’d caught sight of where Alto had once been.

In place of the small round fluffy-winged bird was a far larger version. Its neck extended upwards, causing her to look far more intimidating as she could look down upon him and its cloud like wings curled around its lower body, looking as though the wings were what made up the creature instead. Just behind, his brother was also as shocked.

“Uh Logan. Information please!”

“Alto evolved into her final stage, that being an Altaria. Her typing has now changed, becoming a primary dragon type with the same secondary flying type as its pre-evolved state.” Logan offered.

“That has to be cheating! That’s his second pokemon now, right?!” Remus pouted, stamping his foot like an angry child.

“Not at all. Evolution is a natural process of the pokemon species as a whole and it cannot be timed, at least in the case of the majority of evolutions. In terms of our ruleset, it is the amount of fainted pokemon that provide us with the final result. As Alto has only evolved and is, in fact, still very much present and aware, it still counts as Roman’s first pokemon.” Logan side-eyed the moustached side as he explained.

Roman was still a little surprised but was more than ready to fight back with his now larger cloud bird. Something in him just knew that Alto had learned something new, so he acted without much thought, “Alto! Dragon Breath!”

Alto reared back as she took in a large breath, physically puffing herself up in preparation. She stared straight ahead at the Arctozolt before letting the blue flames pour from her beak, engulfing the odd creature entirely. Remus also yelped and attempted to shield himself as the edges of the attack came close to reaching his position. The flames dissipated after a moment and Arctozolt seemed to be wobbling back and forth slightly before it fell over and was removed from the competition.

After two more quick battles, Roman was declared the victor of the small tournament and Remus went off to lick his wounds – everyone was sure that wasn’t just a turn of phrase when it came to the intrusive side. Patton returned shortly after the match and was more than a little enamoured with the giant cloud bird. Shortly after, the sides returned to their jobs and things went back to normal.

Later in the evening, Patton headed back into the imagination to call Roman for dinner, since he was nowhere to be found in the regular mindscape.

“Roman? Where are you? Dinner’s ready!” Patton called out into the distance as he wandered around the edge of the castle. He rounded a corner and had to clamp a hand over his mouth in order to muffle a happy squeal.

Alto was sleeping soundly, resting at the base of a tree on the edges of the forest. Curled up in her cloud-like wings was the figure of Roman. Evidently, he’d tired himself out and Alto had offered her soft wings as a base for him to nap. Patton quietly headed back, making a mental note to put Roman’s plate in the fridge for when he woke up.

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LAST EDITED ON 7/24/2020

I’ve been asked to make a list of what games I have streamed and plan to stream, and this is that list!  Please note that while I have many more games on Steam, my computer isn’t really suited to handle streaming games while playing them and I’m trying to avoid it for now.  All games on this list are ones I currently own; if a game isn’t on this list, I may simply not have it, and you’re welcome to bring that up.

COMPLETED STREAM PLAYTHROUGHS

Axiom Verge

AM2R

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Metroid Fusion

Fallout 4 (abandoned)

No Man’s Sky (stopped playing, didn’t complete story, may start over someday)

DOOM 2016

Dead By Daylight

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Golden Deer route)

The Legend of Zelda: Cadence of Hyrule

Enter the Gungeon

Steven Universe: Save the Light

Tales from the Borderlands

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune

Resident Evil 2 Remake

Hollow Knight

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Ashen Wolves route)

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Black Eagles route)

Nier (abandoned)

DOOM Eternal

Final Fantasy VII Remake

Pokemon Shield

Astral Chain

Final Fantasy VII Classic

The Liar Princess and the Blind Prince 

Dead Cells

Transistor

PAUSED STREAM PLAYTHROUGHS

Fallout: New Vegas

Baba Is You

The Outer Worlds

Alien Isolation

CURRENT AND UPCOMING STREAM PLAYTHROUGHS

Void Bastards

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Crosscode

Devil May Cry 5

OTHER GAMES I MAY STREAM

These will be separated by console I own them on but are in no other particular order.

PLAYSTATION 4

Prey (replaying, only finished half the game before)

Bioshock Infinite

Danganronpa

Final Fantasy XV

Horizon Zero Dawn

Resident Evil 0

Rogue Galaxy

The Witcher III

XCOM 2

Batman: the Telltale Series

The Evil Within

Outer Wilds

Final Fantasy VIII (replaying, only finished half the game before)

Final Fantasy IX (replaying)

Final Fantasy X (replaying)

Final Fantasy X-2

Witch and the Hundred Knight

Resident Evil 4 (replaying)

Resident Evil CODE: Veronica X

The Wolf Among Us

Tales of Vesperia

Metro 2033

Kingdom Hearts III

Subnautica

Final Fantasy Type-0

NINTENDO SWITCH

Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Blue Lions route)

Risk of Rain (replaying)

Risk of Rain 2

Secret of Mana

Trials of Mana

Celeste

Carrion

Stardew Valley

Octopath Traveler

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy

PLAYSTATION 3

Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age 2

Dragon Age Inquisition

Dark Souls

Skyrim

PLAYSTATION 1

Metal Gear Solid

Silent Hill

Parasite Eve

Dino Crisis

XBOX 360

Final Fantasy XIII (replaying)

FFXIII-2

FFXIII: Lightning Returns

Mass Effect (replaying)

Mass Effect 2 (replaying)

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (replaying)

Lost Odyssey (replaying, only finished half the game before)

Dead Space (replaying)

Dead Space 2 (replaying)

GAMES I WILL NOT BE STREAMING

Persona 5 (streamers can have their accounts suspended for streaming after a certain point in the game; I plan to liveblog the Royal release, as it was kindly provided to me by a fan, but will not be streaming it)

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Author Interview

I was tagged by @lesetoilesfous and I finally got around to answering it! I’m also going to tag @dovabunny, @ocean-in-my-rebel-soul, and anyone who wants to answer these (I’m really bad at tagging people).

Name: ContreParry, Contre, Ann

Fandoms: Dragon Age, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Legend of Zelda, and other miscellaneous fandoms.

Where You Post: Ao3 and tumblr.

Most Popular One-Shot: I went with the one that had the most kudos, which ended up being Little Teasing Notes!

Most Popular Multi-Chapter Story: That would be For The Love of Soccer Dads and Bake Sales.

Favourite Story You Wrote: I’m so critical of my work that this is really hard to answer. I suppose the three that I’m currently the most proud of are as follows.

 Beauty From The North: A Breath of the Wild fanfic about the relationship between Kass and his teacher. I love that bird bard and couldn’t rest until I wrote about him.

Ghostwriter: A Dragon Age II Fenders fic collab with @goatbazaarofdragons. It’s all about Fenris writing friend fiction and inadvertently writing a literary classic. I love writing a Fenris who writes as much as I love writing a Fenris who gardens. Let the man have some peaceful hobbies and passions, please and thank you!

Fairy Wiles: A Pokemon Sword/Shield fic about Opal adopting Bede. The moment that happened in-game I knew I had to write about it. Writing Opal was a challenge, but I loved every minute of it.

Story You Were Nervous to Post: Every single one every single time. I sometimes have to close my eyes to press the “publish” button.

How You Choose Your Titles: I play around with whatever my fic is about, and after I make a list of them I’ll put them through a tournament bracket. Usually I can narrow it down to one I really love and workshop that one. Sometimes a title will come to me and then I’ll write a story around it (Example: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Mage After Midnight)).

Complete: A few.

Incomplete: So many. Just... so many. I hang my head in shame over my incomplete works and despair.

Do You Outline?: Absolutely! What’s fun is looking at my outlines and then looking at what I’ve written, and realizing just how far I strayed from the outline before somehow ending where I needed to end. My outlines shift so much but I do try to have a start, middle, and end. And sometimes there’s a whole scene with dialogue in the outline!

Coming Soon/Not Yet Started: I’ve got quite a bunch of stories on the back burner. I have a few Breath of the Wild stories I’ve written openings for. There’s a Pokemon Sword and Shield story that’s partially written and partially plotted. I’m thinking of slowly getting back to the Voltron epic I had planned (Things Happened and I didn’t know where to go with the story until I realized and accepted that the canon is only a suggestion). There are several Dragon Age fics I’ve got ready to go in the coming weeks/months (I’m very excited to share some of these, they’ve been in the oven for So Long). And there’s a Star Wars: Rebels fic I’ve been toying with for a bit that finally has an opening scene that I like.

Do You Accept Prompts?: Every Friday I fill prompts for @dadrunkwriting. At least, I try to fill prompts every Friday, but I’ll always get to them! Eventually!

Upcoming Story You Are Most Excited to Write: Besides my Dragon Age projects? Someday I swear I’ll get to that Lord of the Rings story I’ve been meaning to write about Princess Lotheriel and the Princes of Dol Amroth because if I’m going to write about characters you know I’m going to write about the more obscure ones. There will be Drama! Romance! Horses! The Sea! And hopefully some levity because I don’t want it to be all doom and gloom and drama. We’ll see.

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Stars in Our Eyes and Hearts on Fire

A/N: So @sanderssidesfanfiction organized a Reverse Big Bang, and I’m so excited to finally unveil my fic based on @incubchii​‘s wonderful fanart! Huge huge thanks to my beta, @bangthekobrakid​, who I couldn’t have done this without! Anyway, without further ado, enjoy the fic (it’s a wild ride, and is probably both the angstiest and the fluffiest thing I’ve written)!

Pairings: endgame Romantic Analogince, Familial Moxiety, Romantic Remile

Wordcount: 10,922

Summary: Logan was a witch of great power- but also of great regret. One night, while flying over the city on his broom, he notices that his former flame was in trouble. Logan swoops in to save the day, and things only get more complicated from there. Can he and his newfound friends, a pair of twin brothers, save his once lost love from being hunted?

Warnings: breakups, feelings of regret, violence, injury, torture, attempted murder, death mention, passing out, kissing, anxious thoughts, food mention, distrust, magical exhaustion, crying, pain delirium, mild jealousy, thoughts of guilt, implied rough childhood, attempted stabbing, minor villain Deceit (he’s only in one scene), blood, relationship negotiations, soft makeouts, implied NSFW, mild insomnia, embarrassment, playful teasing, nearly getting crushed, cursing (lmk if anything should be added!)

The wind ruffled Logan’s hair, threatening to blow away his pointed hat, while the stars twinkled above him and filled his very being with magic. It wasn’t the most logical thing to be doing, flying on his broomstick over the city, but Logan didn’t care. Being up there, it felt right. Even if the people below him could potentially see him up there, thus exposing the regulars to magic, Logan felt it was worth it. He was feeling particularly reckless tonight… if only Roman could see him now.

Logan huffed, shifting so that he was leaning back on his broom, idly twirling his staff between his fingers while his other hand adjusted his hat. Why did his train of thought always shift to the hot-headed magma-witch? Was there nothing that didn’t make Logan’s heart twist painfully with the memory of Roman? He was supposed to be glad that he was rid of that unfairly gorgeous idiot. Yet, all he felt was regret.

Logan and Roman had studied magic together under the same master witch. Roman was a witch bound to two elements: fire and earth. Meanwhile, Logan was one of the rarest witch types: an astro-witch, bound to the celestial. The two of them had bonded over their oddities, making quite the unlikely pair. Logan had always studied hard, desperately wanting to live up to his title of astro-witch, meanwhile Roman was quite the show-off, flaunting both his earth and fire skills with no uncertainty. Such differences… it tore the two of them apart. And after their training was finished, things didn’t end well, and Logan hadn’t talked to or seen Roman since.

A sudden spark of red magic burst past Logan, nearly throwing him off of his broom. He quickly righted himself, turning to glare up at the spark that was shooting higher in the sky. It burst into a fiery explosion of reds and golds, and Logan’s heart clenched with fear. That was undoubtedly Roman’s magic. His gaze shot down to where the spark came from, and a horrified gasp choked its way out of his throat. Down below, in an alleyway, a swirling mass of shadow lashed at a beacon of red and gold. The bright beacon of light was flickering in and out, the shadows threatening to overtake it.

“Roman,” Logan gasped, eyes narrowing as he zoomed back towards the beacon of light and the shadows surrounding it.

The shadowy figures crept closer. Roman held his side with one hand, while the other was outstretched, magical flames dancing in his palm. He wasn’t sure how, but an entire band of shadow-witches had managed to jump him while he was on the way to visit two of his closest friends. Now Roman found himself cornered in an alleyway, his magic dangerously close to being depleted.

A sudden wave of shadows flew at Roman, and he desperately tried to summon a wall of flames to shield himself, but he was too late. The mass of shadows hit him square in the chest, and he was flung against the alleyway wall. Pain flared through his body, and the air was knocked from his lungs. He fell to the ground, dazed for a moment or two before desperately scrambling to his feet. His vision blurred and he stumbled to one side, eliciting cruel laughter from the shadow-witches.

“What’s the matter, sweet Prince?” one of them sneered. Tendrils of shadows shot out, wrapping around Roman and pinning his arms to his sides. He squirmed, trying to break free, but the shadows clenched tightly around him, causing the magma-witch to cry out in pain and fall to his knees. One of the witches came closer to Roman, summoning a sword made of shadows as they walked. The point was put beneath Roman’s chin, forcing him to meet the figure’s dark eyes.

“Roman Prince. You will pay for what you’ve done,” they snarled.

“Which would be what, exactly?” he asked, brows furrowed in confusion. The figure growled, making a clenching motion with their free hand. Roman let out a pained yelp as the shadows cinched around him tighter.

“Don’t play innocent. You deserve this,” the figure hissed, and they raised the sword above their head, preparing to strike.

Suddenly, a bright bolt of light threw the figure to the side. Roman’s head whipped to the side, and his breath caught in his throat. Logan hovered just above the ground on his broom, staff brandished in front of him. He had a powerful aura about him, starlight twinkling dangerously in his eyes. He was more gorgeous than Roman remembered.

“Take care of Prince! I will deal with this interruption,” the figure snarled, jumping to their feet and summoning another shadow-sword. One of the figures flanking Roman nodded curtly, and in two brisk strides, they were in front of Roman, their hands pulsing with some sort of dark energy. He desperately tried to squirm away, but the shadows held him fast. The figure placed one hand on either side of Roman’s head, and the magma-witch screamed in pain. The dark energy pulsed through his skull, and Roman’s world was narrowed to the pure pain radiating through him.

In an instant, the pain was gone, as well as the shadowy tendrils keeping him bound, and Roman felt himself falling forward. A set of arms caught him, and Roman blearily tried to scramble away until he heard a soft and painstakingly familiar voice murmuring words of comfort. Through the pain-induced haze, Roman looked up and saw Logan, instinctively reaching out to caress the astro-witch’s cheek.

“Starshine?” he gasped weakly. A flush overcame Logan’s cheeks, and he covered Roman’s hand on his face with his own.

“Roman, you’re hurt- I need to heal you… but I’m not sure-”

“I have friends nearby… Patton and Virgil, a pair of twins- healers,” Roman hurriedly tried to explain, feeling his grip on consciousness fading fast.

“Patton and Virgil who? Where do they live?” Logan pressed, eyes wide and his expression becoming fearful.

“Picani,” Roman gasped out, the world around him and Logan’s face- his almost painfully beautiful face- fading in and out of focus. The astro-witch was pleading with him, possibly begging him to stay awake, but Roman couldn’t quite catch Logan’s words. With one last burst of strength, and before he could truly think about what he was doing, Roman leaned up to press a kiss to the corner of Logan’s mouth. The astro-witch’s face flushed deeper, and Roman smiled softly, glad that he at least got him flustered one last time. And with that wistful thought, the magma-witch’s eyes fluttered shut, and he fell limp in Logan’s arms.

Virgil Picani sat on the roof of the joint apartment and tea shop he shared with his brother, Patton, and stared up at the stars. Shadows curled around him restlessly, and he sighed in frustration. Being a shadow-witch had its disadvantages, he supposed. One of them being that the shadows tended to darken around him because of his emotions.

“Need some tea, kiddo?” a voice piped up from behind him. Virgil jumped at the sound but looked over his shoulder to see his brother Patton, a solar-witch, standing behind him. He held two mugs of steaming tea, offering one of them to Virgil. He took the offered cup with a smile, and the shadows cleared slightly as he took a sip.

“Chamomile and lavender? You’re turning into Dad,” Virgil joked.

“Aw, Virge! Don’t tea-se me like that!” Patton replied, grinning from ear to ear as he sat down beside him.

“Ugh. You really are becoming Dad,” Virgil groaned, rolling his eyes.

“Is that such a bad thing?” Patton retorted with a giggle.

“Nah. But if you start wearing colorful ties and cardigans, I’m staging an intervention.”

“But Virgil… I already wear cardigans!” Virgil let out a dramatic gasp at that, grabbing Patton’s shoulder.

“Patton, it may be too late for you! You’re turning into Dad!” he said with a laugh.

“Don’t you mean I’m evolving into a dad?” Patton grinned.

“Cartoon references! It may be too late!” Virgil cried, dramatically placing a hand over his chest.

“Technically Pokemon is a video game.”

“There was a cartoon too, I’m counting it,” Virgil scoffed. A comfortable silence settled between the brothers, and Virgil idly sipped at his tea. The shadows had finally calmed behind him.

“So. What’s got ya so restless?” Patton asked.

“I’m not restless,” Virgil protested. Patton raised an eyebrow, and the shadows twitched defensively behind him.

“You’re sitting on the rooftop, and the shadows were just swirling around you. Something’s got you worried,” he pointed out. Virgil let out a sigh, and took another sip of his tea.

“It’s Roman. He should have been here an hour ago.” Roman Prince was a good friend of theirs and often met up with the Picani brothers to hang out or discuss magic. It was also no secret that Virgil was harboring a bit of a crush on the magma-witch, but Roman was either clueless or didn’t care. Virgil tended to believe the latter, but Patton was pretty confident in the former of the two.

“Aw, well you know Roman! Probably got distracted, and he’ll tell us about his adventure when he gets here!” Patton exclaimed. Virgil’s lips quirked up into half a smirk, and he took another sip of his tea.

Suddenly, a burst of red magic shot up into the sky, just a few blocks away from Patton and Virgil’s apartment. Virgil’s heart clenched in his chest. That was Roman’s magic, no doubt. A flash of blue shot down towards where the magic originated from, and the shadows around Virgil pulsed with fear.

“Patton-”

“It’ll be okay, don’t panic, Virge,”  Patton soothed.

“Don’t panic?! This a perfect time to panic! Roman must be in trouble,” Virgil exclaimed as he shot up to his feet. He stormed over to the door that led to their apartment, flinging it open before descending down the stairs. He practically flew through their apartment, grabbing his cloak off the hook before going down another set of stairs that led to the tea shop that Virgil and Patton owned. The brothers had named it Quali-tea Time, although the name was more Patton’s idea than Virgil’s. But Virgil didn’t have time to think about their adorable tea shop. Roman was in trouble.

“Virgil, wait!” Patton exclaimed. Virgil halted in his steps, having just affixed his cloak around his shoulders. He cast a glance back at his brother, who had his pointy gray hat clutched in one hand, and his wooden staff in the other. It was topped with a sun shape made of gold, with an orb in the center that glowed a soft yellow.

“Sorry. I just-”

“You’re worried, it’s okay. We’ll get him,” Patton soothed, placing his hat on his head firmly. Virgil nodded curtly, and the twins headed out into the night.

Logan’s heart pounded in his chest as he cradled a limp Roman in his arms. For maybe the first time in his life, Logan felt completely clueless. Helpless, even. He barely knew any healing magic, and he doubted he could find the brothers that Roman had mentioned in time. The name Picani was vaguely familiar to him, but he couldn’t place why and his brain was too frazzled to try and remember. All he could focus on was the soft, adoring smile Roman gave him before unconsciousness snatched him away. And, of course, the kiss that had sent fire skittering along veins and heat to Logan’s cheeks. How was it possible that Roman could be so alluring, even while battered and half-dead?

“Get away from him!” a voice snarled from the mouth of the alleyway. Logan gasped, placing Roman on the ground and springing to his feet. He took a defensive stance in front of him, brandishing his staff at the two figures that had stepped into the alleyway. One wore a hooded black cloak with purple patches, and shadows twitched around them restlessly. The other figure seemed to be the polar opposite, as they wore a light blue polo, a gray cardigan over their shoulders, and khakis. The only sign that they were magical was the pointed gray hat on their head, and the sun staff they held in one hand.

“Who are you, what do you want with him?!” Logan cried.

“Could ask the same about you,” the hooded figure growled. The shadows curled towards Logan menacingly, and he sent a warning blast of starlight from his staff in response. The shadows jumped back, as well as the two figures in the alleyway.

“An astro-witch?” the hooded figure gasped in surprise.

“Please, we’re Roman’s friends, we just want him back!” the individual with the gray hat pleaded. Logan furrowed his brow, magic simmering dangerously in the air.

“He was just nearly killed by a band of shadow-witches. Why would I trust another one?” Logan snarled.

“We’re two of his best friends, I’m Patton Picani and this is my twin brother, Virgil! We’re both gifted in healing magic, let me heal him and prove to you that we don’t wanna hurt him!” the one with the gray hat exclaimed. Logan’s eyes widened in surprise. These two were the brothers Roman had wanted him to find.

“Pat, you sure we can-”

“You’re the friends he wanted me to find,” Logan gasped, interrupting Virgil.

“Aww, he mentioned us?!” Patton squealed.

“How do we know you’re telling the truth? That he really told you about us?” Virgil demanded.

“My name is Logan Andromeda. Roman and I studied under the same master witch,” Logan explained, a little exasperated. He didn’t have time for this- Roman didn’t have time for this.

“The master witch, what was their name?” Virgil pressed.

“Thomas, Thomas Sanders. He’s a solar-witch,” Logan answered. Virgil and Patton seemed to share a sigh of relief.

“Okay. Your information seems to check out, although I’m not sure if I really trust you yet… but we don’t have a choice,” Virgil said, tone grim. Logan nodded curtly, and he stepped to the side to let the brothers take a look at Roman. Virgil darted over, dropping to his knees beside Roman. He placed a hand on his forehead, brow furrowing in confusion.

“What the hell happened to him?” he murmured.

“Like I said, he was attacked by a band of shadow-witches. I believe there was four or five of them that had ganged up on him. When I arrived, one of them was about to strike Roman down with a shadow-sword they had summoned. I disarmed them fairly quickly, but they had commanded one of the others to ‘deal with him.’ They attacked him with some sort of dark energy-” Logan’s voice cut off as Roman’s screams of pain echoed in his memory. “After I had dealt with them, the others scattered and ran off.”

“Thank you for saving him, Logan,” Patton replied, placing a hand on Logan’s shoulder and giving it a comforting squeeze before kneeling next to Roman as well. He closed his eyes and placed a hand on the magma-witch’s chest. A soft glow emanated from Patton, and it began to seep into Roman’s body. He shuddered as the energy flowed into him, and his eyes fluttered open as he drew in a sharp breath. Logan could have sobbed in relief.

Patton suddenly slumped into his brother, the soft glow fading away. Virgil wrapped an arm around his brother’s shoulders, expression twisted with concern.

“M’kay. I’m okay,” Patton insisted, voice slurring slightly as he tried to sit up.

“Hey, whoa, no you’re not. What did you do?” Virgil asked, supporting him as he sat up a bit straighter.

“Roman was… he was- closer to… closer to d-death than we-” Patton broke off into sobs, leaning against Virgil heavily.

“Pat? What’s-” Roman gasped out weakly.

“The loveable dork that is my brother nearly depleted his magic saving you,” Virgil huffed out with a slightly hysterical laugh.

“Logan found you… I knew he would,” Roman sighed, his voice soft and wistful.

“It… It was more like they found me, actually,” Logan chuckled.

“Smaaaart friends,” Roman said, voice slurring a bit.

“Get some rest, Roman. We’ll take you back to our place,” Virgil said with a soft laugh, reaching out to brush Roman’s hair from his eyes. Roman sighed, leaning into the touch. An unfamiliar emotion twisted in Logan’s gut. Were Virgil and Roman… together? It certainly seemed so, with how fiercely protective Virgil was of Roman. But then why had Roman kissed him? Perhaps he was too disoriented when Logan found him?

“Logan, can you take Roman? I’m gonna help Patton,” Virgil said, snapping Logan from his thoughts. He nodded, willing his staff away before walking over to Roman’s other side and scooping him up into his arms. He clung to Logan, nuzzling into his chest with a hum. Logan’s face flushed, and his gaze flicked over to Virgil. The shadow-witch seemed mildly annoyed but didn’t say anything as he rose to his feet, with Patton’s arm over his shoulder to support him.

“Where are we headed?” Logan asked.

“Our place. It’s a tea shop with our apartment above it. It’s only a few blocks from here, can you carry him that far?” Virgil asked.

“Yes. I am stronger than I appear, and Roman isn’t that heavy anyhow,” Logan replied. Roman made an indignant sound, muttering something about not being a feather-light damsel in distress. Virgil and Logan chuckled at that, and even Patton let out a light giggle.

“C’mon. Let’s go home.”

Somewhere along their journey, Roman had passed out again, this time from sheer exhaustion instead of pain. Virgil had convinced Patton to climb on his back, and the solar-witch had quickly slumped into unconsciousness, his face nuzzled into the crook of Virgil’s neck.

Eventually, they reached the home of the Picani brothers. The sign above the door read “Quali-tea Time”, and had a picture of a smiling teapot pouring out tea. Logan also noted that the door was painted in rainbow colors, and the sight caused a smile to quirk up on his lips.

Virgil shifted around a bit awkwardly for a moment or two, eventually fishing out a key from within his cloak. He unlocked the door and pushed it open, silently beckoning for Logan to follow him. Once inside, Virgil shut and locked the door behind him, while Logan took in the tea shop. Although the lights weren’t on, Logan was fairly certain the shop was filled with pastel shades and rainbows, if the exterior was anything to go by. There was a counter with barstools at it, where customers could order and pay for their tea. Shelves with various types of tea lined the walls, and there was a plush seating area with a fireplace off in one corner.

“C’mon. Our apartment is upstairs,” Virgil said, heading to a door towards the back of the shop. He opened it to reveal a set of stairs, and he adjusted his grip on Patton before heading up. Logan continued to follow him, being mindful of the unconscious magma-witch in his arms. Virgil flicked the light on when he reached the top, and Patton let out a sleepy, confused sound.

“It’s alright Pat, we’re home,” Virgil soothed, smiling softly to himself. The expression seemed almost… strange, on the shadow-witch’s face. Virgil hadn’t done more than scowl or frown since Logan had met him, and this soft, shy smile made an emotion that he couldn’t quite place unfurl in his chest. It was shockingly similar to what he once felt when he gazed at Roman, before harsh words were flung and the mere thought of the magma-witch’s dazzling smile only brought pain and regret.

“You can- uh, lay him down on the couch. It’s just past the kitchen nook… follow me,” Virgil said, snapping Logan from his thoughts. His face flushed slightly, and he hoped Virgil didn’t notice that he was staring at him. Why had he even felt such things about Virgil? Logan was still hung up on Roman, wasn’t he? Nothing made sense, but he pushed those thoughts aside and followed Virgil deeper into his apartment.

They walked through a small kitchenette area, and made their way over to a seating area with a couch nearly overloaded with pillows. The couch was set across from a television, and Logan could picture Roman and the Picani brothers sitting down among the many pillows and watching movies. Virgil clumsily cleared the couch, pillows flopping unceremoniously onto the floor.

“I’ll tidy that up in a sec, just lay Roman down for now. I’m going to get Patton to bed,” Virgil said, walking over to a door past the seating area. Logan nodded, although Virgil couldn’t see it. He walked over to the couch, leaning down and gently depositing Roman onto it. He instantly snuggled down into the couch, letting out a sleepy sigh. A small smile wormed its way onto Logan’s lips at the sight.

“How is he?” Virgil asked, causing Logan to jump. He hadn’t realized that Virgil had re-entered the room.

“I think he’ll be alright, just needs some time to recover. How is your brother?” Logan asked. Virgil huffed out a laugh.

“He’s pretty zonked out right now, but okay,” he replied. An awkward silence settled between the two, until Logan noticed the shadows shyly creeping closer and shuffling the pillows into a pile beside the couch.

“You could have just walked over and done that,” Logan teased.

“Hey, gotta get rid of this nervous energy somehow,” Virgil shot back.

“I suppose,” Logan replied, fighting back a yawn.

“Are you tired? The pillows make for a nice napping spot, I know from experience,” Virgil replied with a teasing smile.

“That… actually sounds like a good idea,” Logan said with a yawn, arms stretching above his head. Virgil’s brows furrowed in confusion.

“You seem… awfully trusting of us,” Virgil said, suspicion creeping into his voice.

“Roman trusts you. Plus there is something… familiar, about your names. Specifically, your last name,” Logan replied. Virgil chuckled slightly, a blush creeping onto his face.

“Yeah… our Dad is Emile Picani,” he replied sheepishly. Logan gasped in realization. No wonder their names seemed so familiar to him. Emile Picani was a well-renowned herbal-witch, and his healing magic was legendary.

“I wasn’t aware that he had sons… it must be quite the reputation to live up to,” Logan commented.

“Yeah, that combined with our Pop being a dream-witch… growing up was interesting. But they never expected us to be like them, Dad always emphasized that we weren’t defined by who he and Pop were,” he answered with a shrug.

“A dream-witch?!” Logan gasped. Astro-witches like himself were incredibly rare, but dream-witches even more so. They could manipulate dreams and cause people to fall asleep with a single touch… such power was unheard of and often abused.

“Yeah… Dad met him soon after taking in Patton and I. His name’s Remy Picani- well, formerly Remy Morpheus. But then he married Dad and the rest is history I guess,” Virgil continued. A silence settled over the two as Logan let the information sink in. Something in Virgil’s tone implied that he and Patton had been through a lot, but he wasn’t certain that this was the time to press the subject.

“Well, guess I’ve bothered you enough. You get some rest, I’ll be in my room,” Virgil said, gesturing to a door back towards the kitchen area.

“Of course. Goodnight, Virgil.”

“Night.” The shadow-witch left the living room, shadows curling after him. As Logan watched him leave, he vaguely wondered how his life had managed to get so complicated so fast. With a sigh, he flopped into the soft pile of pillows and drifted to sleep almost instantly.

Roman’s eyes snapped open. He wasn’t sure what had woken him up- or how he even fell asleep in the first place. His memory was a foggy mess… there was a fight- Logan was there? Patton and Virgil, too. He was in the Picani brothers’ apartment. But what woke him-

Someone was suddenly on top of him, their hand clasping over his nose and mouth, while their knee dug into his stomach. He let out a muffled cry of surprise, and his eyes widened at the glint of a blade in the darkness. He struggled beneath the figure in vain as it got harder to breathe, and the blade drew closer to his chest, just above his heart- he couldn’t let this happen. He couldn’t be the damsel in distress again. A small burst of flames sputtered from his hand, and while it wasn’t much, it was enough to throw his attacker off of him. They slammed into the wall, but were back on their feet in an instant. Glowing golden eyes glinted at him in the darkness, and Roman scrambled backwards in fear, ending up falling to the floor with a loud thump. The sound startled what he had previously believed to be a pile of pillows, but was instead Logan.

“Roman, what’s-” his sentence cut off as he saw the fear in Roman’s eyes, and he quickly sprung to his feet, conjuring his staff in an instant. His gaze swiveled about, trying to find the source of Roman’s distress. The figure behind Logan crept closer, and the magma-witch’s eyes widened.

“Behind you,” he gasped out. Logan whirled around, and the attacker slashed at him with their blade. He cried out, stumbling backwards for a moment before regaining his footing. Logan glared at the golden-eyed witch, and sent a burst of starlight from his staff. They were thrown back once again, but sprang to their feet again and snarled at him in frustration.

Suddenly, before the attacker had a chance to try and strike Logan down, the shadows whipped out at them, disarming them and binding their hands behind their back. Roman glanced over to see Virgil standing a few feet behind him, and he practically melted in relief. Virgil gave Roman a small smile, which for whatever reason made his heart flutter ever so slightly. But before he could contemplate that, Virgil’s expression twisted into a scowl as he regarded the attacker.

“Kiddos? What’s going on?” Patton said, having emerged from his room at the sound of all the chaos. He had a fluffy blue blanket wrapped around his shoulders, and his hair was unruly from being asleep.

“This individual broke in and tried to kill Roman. I managed to hold them off for a time, but luckily Virgil came in and restrained them,” Logan explained, his voice slightly breathless.

“Logan, are you okay?” Patton asked.

“I’m fine. Let’s just find out who the attacker is,” Logan said dismissively. Patton looked like he wanted to protest, but summoned a small sphere of light in his hands. It cast the room in a warm glow, and allowed them to see who the golden-eyed witch was.

The figure was a man who wore a black cloak edged with yellow trimming, and had dark hair that fell into his golden eyes. A jagged scar ran over half of his face, trailing from the top of his forehead to his lip. His blade, now discarded on the floor, was a curved dagger with twin snakes twining around the hilt.

“Who are you?” Virgil growled.

“No one of importance,” the figure hummed, sounding bored.

“I’d consider rewording your statement,” Logan said cooly, his staff humming with magic. The figure swallowed nervously, then let out a pained sound as the shadows clenched unexpectedly for a moment.

“Don’t make me ask you again,” Virgil snarled. He rolled his eyes, huffing out a sigh.

“Fine. The name’s Declan,” he replied smoothly.

“Why did you attack Roman?” Logan demanded.

“You know, I’d love to stand here and answer your questions all night, but I have a job to do,” Declan snarled, and his dagger flew to his hand. He tried to slash through his bonds, but the blade merely slipped through them, not breaking their hold. A shadowy tendril shot out and snatched the blade from his hand, bringing it over to Virgil.

“Dude, they’re shadows. You can’t cut through those. But good to know that you must be an earth-witch with a particular talent in metal manipulation,” Virgil said with a smirk. Declan scowled, squirming in the shadowy bonds.

“Are you in league with that band of shadow-witches?” Patton asked, his voice firm and eyes almost cold, a strange phenomenon for the solar-witch.

“What?! Those idiots? Oh please, I’m a solo assassin. I don’t need those morons,” Declan huffed.

“Thanks for telling us you’re an assassin. Now, why are there people after Roman?” Virgil pressed. Declan cursed under his breath, clearly frustrated that he had given himself away.

“Hell if I should know. Prince did something to piss someone off, and now there’s a rich bounty waiting for any assassin who kills him,” he replied, shrugging nonchalantly.

“But I haven’t-” Roman’s voice cut off with a pained gasp as he tried to sit up.

“Roman!” Virgil gasped, eyes wide with concern. Unfortunately, Virgil’s sudden flash of panic at Roman’s condition caused his hold on Declan to slip for the briefest of moments. But that was all the assassin needed, breaking free of the shadows and summoning his dagger to his hand.

“Well, this has been fun, but the bounty is not worth this much trouble,” Declan scowled, before turning around and leaping out the open window.

“I’ll go after him,” Logan declared, but only managed to take a step forward before he winced and fell to his knees, hand clutching at his side.

“Logan!” Virgil cried out, rushing over to Logan before dropping to his knees beside him.

“M’fine,” Logan protested weakly, before he slumped against Virgil, eyes fluttering.

“Bullshit. You’re holding your side… he managed to get a hit on you, didn’t he?” Virgil pressed. Logan shifted uncomfortably for a moment, until Roman shuffled closer to both of them, expression twisted with concern.

“Jus’ a scratch,” Logan muttered, moving his hand. Both Roman and Virgil’s eyes widened as they saw the jagged cut running across his side, and the red rapidly blooming from it and onto his polo. With hardly a second thought, Virgil closed his eyes and ran his hand along the cut. Shadows trailed after it, before settling into Logan’s skin and leaving a mere scar behind. He let out a shaky breath once the cut was healed, opening his eyes.

“There. It’s no light-healing magic like Patton’s, but it gets the job done. You’ll probably feel a little sore and weak for a few days,” Virgil said with an apologetic hum.

“S’okay. Thank you,” Logan said softly, clasping his hand over Virgil’s. A light flush overcame the shadow-witch’s face, and Roman felt his heart thud the slightest bit faster in his chest.

“You’re- uh, you’re welcome,” Virgil stuttered, eyes darting around frantically, unsure of where to look. Logan smiled, and gave Virgil’s hand a comforting squeeze. Virgil met Logan’s gaze for a moment, then switched to look at Roman. The magma-witch had pink dusting across his cheeks as well, and lips parted in a somewhat surprised expression. This only caused Virgil to flush deeper, and let out a light chuckle. An emotion Roman couldn’t place settled over the three of them. It was strangely warm, and almost caring. He wasn’t sure if he wanted it to stop.

Patton watched the nearly silent exchange between his brother, Roman, and Logan with an amused smile tugging at the corner of his lips. He could see what was happening as clear as day, but the three of them had absolutely no idea. Which was even more amusing, considering Patton had no desire for romance, dating, or anything of the sort.

“I think you three have something to talk about,” Patton piped up, breaking the tender moment.

“What?!” Roman spluttered, gaze whipping over to Patton. The solar-witch merely giggled in response, slipping the fluffy blue blanket off of his shoulders and draping it over the back of the couch.

“I’m aroace, not blind, Roman. I see what’s going on here,” Patton replied with a grin. A surprised squeak escaped Roman’s lips, while Virgil gestured uselessly behind him. Meanwhile, Logan seemed to be silently unraveling Patton’s words.

“But-”

“I’m not saying you have to talk anything out, but you probably should before things get… interesting. I’m betting people aren’t going to stop coming after Roman, so I’m going to go get some help,” Patton said, finger-combing his unruly locks as he began to walk out of the living room.

“Patton, you’re still recovering from healing Roman!” Virgil protested.

“I’ve gotten some rest, I’ll be fine. This can’t wait. Besides, Dad and Pop aren’t too far away,” Patton said, summoning his staff in one hand, and his broom in the other. Virgil frowned, but let out a sigh of defeat.

“Fine. But be careful. And don’t forget your hat.”

“My hat!” Patton cried out, shifting his broom under one arm, then holding out his now free hand. His bedroom door flew open, his gray pointed hat zipping out and into his hand. Patton put on his hat with a determined smile, then took his broom in hand once more.

“I’ll be back soon. You three should talk. Love you!” Patton said, rushing out of their apartment, leaving the three witches to stare after him in mild bewilderment.

Logan mulled over what Patton had said. He wasn’t entirely sure of what the solar-witch was implying, but he had a niggling feeling that it had to do with… well, feelings. It was clear there was something between Roman and Virgil. And, much as it pained him to admit, Logan still cared deeply for Roman, in spite of everything that had happened. Not to mention that there was something about Virgil that just seemed to draw Logan in.

“There’s something I must confess to the both of you,” Roman blurted, before either of them could say anything. Virgil and Logan exchanged wary glances.

“Well… perhaps we should move to the couch, first,” Logan proposed, starting to rise to his feet. Roman and Virgil nodded, flushing slightly before standing up and making their way to the couch. Roman sat down in the middle, with Virgil at his left, and Logan at his right.

“So… uh, what was it you wanted to tell us?” Virgil asked, fidgeting with the ends of his cloak.

“Well… the first thing is that- that I… I really still care about you, Logan. I know I said some awful things… we both did. But I didn’t realize just how much I still cared about you until you saved me. Twice,” Roman said, looking down at his hands, which were nervously folding and unfolding. “And yet… I find myself caring deeply for Virgil as well.”

“What?!” Virgil shouted in surprise, cheeks flushing red.

“I know, I know. It’s strange, but true. I care for both of you. Very much,” Roman uttered softly, brown eyes warm and earnest. Virgil’s mouth opened and closed uselessly, the shadow-witch unsure of how to respond.

“Roman… I must confess that I too, still care for you very much. And perhaps the reason things didn’t work out before is that we were missing something. Someone,” Logan replied, flicking his gaze up to Virgil.

“I… what?” Virgil gasped, looking incredibly flustered. Roman’s reaction seemed to be more or less the same, except for the excited glint in his eyes.

“I’ve never been one for the ‘love at first sight’ sentiment, but there’s just… something about you, Virgil, that makes me want to reconsider,” Logan confessed softly. Virgil’s blush grew darker, if possible, and Roman looked like he was about ready to squeal with excitement.

“I… um…”

“I’ll admit, you came off as tough, powerful, and fearsome when I first met you, but there’s an underlying softness to you that is…” Logan’s sentence was cut off by Virgil suddenly surging across the couch, taking his face in his hands, and pulling him into a deep kiss. Logan made a startled sound, but quickly sank into the kiss. Virgil pulled away, a bit too soon for Logan’s liking, eyes wide.

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t thinking, I shouldn’t have-” Virgil’s sentence cuts off as he suddenly realizes he’s practically in Roman’s lap, the magma witch having wrapped his arms around Virgil’s waist.

“It’s alright, Virge. I don’t think Logan minded,” Roman said with a smirk.

“Ugh. That’s- that’s not- this is complicated. Roman, I feel like I’ve had a crush on you since forever, but I don’t- I’m not sure how I feel about Logan. But I just kissed him, and I really liked it- I don’t really know what I’m feeling,” Virgil rambled.

“Virgil, a kiss doesn’t have to be a commitment. If you’d rather just remain friends, I am fine with that. But for the record… I enjoyed kissing you as well,” Logan soothed, a slight flush over his cheeks.

“I think… I think I want to try. A relationship. With the two of you. I’m just scared,” Virgil said, refusing to meet either witch’s gaze.

“I’m scared too. But I think what we have, what we could be- it’s worth the fear,” Roman said, one hand rubbing soothing circles into his back.

“You’re scared? But you’re… you’re you! Brave and reckless… and- and all that stuff!” Virgil exclaimed. Roman chuckled, tugging Virgil the slightest bit closer to him.

“Oh Virgil… I’m afraid more often than you would think. I talk about going on grand adventures… but they can be terrifying. The fear of not coming home after a quest… but that’s what makes them an adventure. And in the end, it’s worth it. To have won, and to return with a noble story,” Roman declared, voice soft and eyes shining.

“Can you stop being so adorably dramatic? It just makes me wanna kiss you,” Virgil grumbled, but there was a soft, adoring look in his eyes.

“Guess I’ll just have to be more dramatic, if that’ll finally get you to kiss me,” Roman smirked.

“Shut up,” Virgil murmured, looping his arms around Roman’s neck and pulling him into a soft, sweet kiss. Roman seemed to melt for a moment, letting out a satisfied sound against Virgil’s lips. The arm around Virgil’s waist tightened, while the other hand reached up to run through his hair, causing a shiver to run up Virgil’s spine. He let out a sound akin to a moan, and Logan found himself shaking his head with a fond smile.

“Careful you two, I’m sure it won’t be long before Patton returns,” Logan teased. Roman broke away from Virgil with an indignant sound, face red. Virgil let out a snicker, covering his mouth with his hand soon after. Roman soon dissolved into giggles, and even Logan found himself laughing slightly.

“Oh Logan… I’ve missed that smart mouth of yours,” Roman sighed wistfully.

“I’m sure that’s not the only thing about my mouth you’ve missed,” he replied with a smirk.

“Fair enough. C’mere you,” Roman said, carefully disentangling his hand from Virgil’s hair and reaching out towards Logan. The astro-witch chuckled, and leaned in. Roman’s hand rested on his cheek, and their lips met… it was everything Logan didn’t realize he was missing.

Emile hummed as he tended to his plants, a small watering can in one hand. They reached up and stretched towards him, their vines curling around his fingers. He huffed out a soft laugh, stroking the leaves lovingly.

“It's alright, I'm here,” he soothed. They retracted from his fingers, and if plants could purr, Emile believed they would have.

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped his waist, and a nose nuzzled into his neck. Emile laughed again, turning his head to look down at his husband, who was now pressing soft kisses to his neck. He pressed a kiss to Remy's soft yet unruly hair, setting his watering can down.

“I'm here for you too, don't worry love,” Emile said with a grin. Remy let out a pleased hum, pulling back slightly to look Emile in the eyes. He twisted in his husband's warm grip, placing a hand on his cheek and kissing him lovingly.

“What're you doing up so late, babes?” Remy asked after pulling away.

“Couldn't sleep,” Emile shrugged, pressing another kiss to Remy's lips. Remy was frowning when he pulled away, but was stopped with a hand on his chest when he tried to kiss it away.

“I could help with that, you know,” Remy pointed out.

“You were sleeping soundly, for once. I didn't want to wake you,” Emile murmured, brushing a strand of hair from Remy's eyes.

“You're like… too sweet. But as you can tell, I woke up anyway. Bed feels empty and strange without you,” Remy hummed, pulling him down into a deep and passionate kiss. Emile laughed into the kiss, hands plunging into Remy's soft, thick hair.

“Mmm… I love you. Sorry for leaving bed,” Emile murmured against his lips once he pulled away.

“Betcha you'll find a way to make it up to me,” Remy smirked. Emile let out a low laugh, and leaned in once more.

A sudden blur of blue and gray bursting in from the window caused both witches to jump, Emile losing his balance and toppling backwards, taking Remy down with him. The two of them glanced over to see their son, Patton, looking a little disheveled with an urgent look on his face. Remy was the first to scramble to his feet, rushing over to Patton and stopping just short of pulling him into a hug.

“Patton? Hun, you okay?” Remy asked softly. Patton’s expression wavered for a moment before he threw himself into Remy’s arms, sniffling. The dream-witch hugged his son tightly, looking over Patton’s head at Emile, expression twisted with concern. Emile rose to his feet and walked over to Remy and Patton, wrapping his arms around both of them.

“What happened?” Emile asked in a murmur, gently rubbing Patton’s back.

“You remember our friend Roman?” Patton asked.

“The one Virgil has a crush on?” Remy asked. Patton nodded, tears beginning to spring from his eyes. Emile and Remy exchanged concerned glances once more, hugging their son tightly between them.

“Someone’s put a bounty on him, he’s almost been killed twice! Thankfully an old friend- well, they were more than friends- of Roman’s saved him, but then he got hurt too! I just… I don’t know what to do, we need your help,” Patton whimpered, burying his face in Remy’s chest.

“It’s okay hun, we’ll figure this out,” Remy murmured, gently running his hands through Patton’s hair. Emile pressed a gentle kiss to his son’s hair, then pulled away from the hug.

“I’ll grab my bag, and then we can head to your apartment,” Emile explained with a soft smile.

“Grab my bag too, sweetie? I’ve got my broom,” Remy said, shifting Patton into a one-armed embrace and holding his now free hand out. His broom flew into his grip, and Emile smiled at his husband’s dramatic antics before heading to their room and grabbing their respective bags- Emile’s a large floral handbag, and Remy’s a brown messenger bag. Both bags were enchanted so that any object could fit in it, no matter the size or weight.

Emile strode back into their main living space to see that Patton had now detached himself from Remy, wiping at his eyes before adjusting his hat with a confident smile. Emile smiled back before giving Remy his bag. He slung the bag over his shoulder, before giving Emile a smirk.

“What?”

“Aren’t you forgetting something, babes?” Remy asked, gesturing with his broom for emphasis.

“Oh! My umbrella!” Emile cried out, holding out his hand. After a few crashing sounds, and winces from Remy and Patton, his umbrella flew into his grip. Remy chuckled fondly, shaking his head.

“You and your Mary Poppins aesthetic,” Remy scoffed, but had a soft twinkle in his eye.

“Practically perfect in every way! Now, let’s go to Patton’s and see if we can sort this dilemma out!”

Remy wasn’t sure what he was expecting when he arrived at Patton and Virgil’s apartment, but his son curled up on the couch with Roman and another man he didn’t recognize was not one of them. Virgil was seated in Roman’s lap, one of the magma-witch’s arms around his waist. His nose was buried in the crook of Virgil’s neck, eyes closed and snoring softly. His other arm was around the darker haired man that Remy didn’t recognize, his face smushed against Virgil’s chest, one hand clutching at his cloak. Virgil was leaning his head on Roman’s, a soft look on his face as he gazed at the two men clinging to him.

Patton let out a sharp gasp, and Virgil’s head shot up at the sound. The movement nearly startled Roman and the other man awake, causing Virgil’s expression to twist to one of mild panic. But they both settled back asleep, and Virgil let out a sigh of relief.

“Calm down Patton, you’re gonna wake them up!” Virgil hissed.

“Sorry! I’m just so excited! It looks like you three talked things out!” Patton whisper-shouted. A light flush came over Virgil’s face for a moment, paired with a rare soft smile.

“Yeah… we did. They’re my… uh, well- we’re uh- dating. All of us. Together,” Virgil stammered, becoming more and more flustered.

“Well, I’m very happy for you three,” Emile said, smiling encouragingly. Virgil gave a small half-smile back, gaze shifting back to Roman and the other man.

“Thanks, Dad. And while you’re here, do you think you could take a look at Roman and Logan? Patton and I tried healing them the best we could… but I’d really feel better if you’d double-check our work,” Virgil asked, gave flicking between Logan and Roman, then back to Emile.

“Of course, Virge, I’d be happy to! But it seems they’re a little wrapped up with you right now,” he replied with a wink. Virgil flushed deeper, if possible.

“Daaaaad! I am so glad they’re not awake right now, you’re embarrassing,” Virgil muttered. Just as the words came out of Virgil’s mouth, Logan began to stir. His eyes fluttered open, and he blinked tiredly for a moment until he saw Virgil. A soft, adoring look came across his face, and he leaned up to give Virgil a quick peck on the cheek. A small squeak escaped Virgil’s lips, and he glanced frantically between Logan and the others.

“Logan!” he hissed, face incredibly red.

“Mmm… you’re cute when you blush. Was kissing you okay? I didn’t overstep, did I?” Logan asked, brow furrowing with concern.

“No, you’re fine-”

“Good,” Logan interrupted with a murmur, pulling Virgil into a soft kiss. Virgil made a surprised sound into the kiss, but began melting into it- until Remy cleared his throat.

Logan jumped, breaking away from Virgil with a yelp. The noise awoke Roman, who made a tired, distressed sound, tugging Virgil closer to him in a protective manner. An incredibly deep blush was over Logan’s face as he saw Remy, Emile, and Patton standing in the living room. Virgil was murmuring soothing words to Roman, assuring him that they weren’t in danger, and his grip on the shadow-witch loosened.

“Remy, they were having a moment! And you spooked poor Roman!” Emile protested with a frown.

“Babes, I’m happy that our son is happy- but we came to help them with whoever’s trying to take out Roman, not see them be all cutesy and domestic,” Remy replied.

“Yes, of course- sorry Mr. Picani,” Logan stammered. Remy huffed out a laugh.

“Gurl, you can just call me Remy. And don’t sweat it.”

“Yeah. Besides, he and Dad are much worse,” Virgil teased with a smirk.

“Hey! Now wait just a minute-”

“You said something about helping us?” Roman piped up, before a full-on sass-off erupted between Virgil and Remy. The dream-witch quickly schooled his expression and nodded.

“Roman, do you know why someone would be after you?” Emile asked. Roman sighed, drawing one arm away from Virgil’s waist so that he could run a hand through his hair.

“That’s the thing- I have no idea,” he replied.

“Are you sure? What about your adventures, you’re always running into unfriendly people,” Patton pointed out.

“But I haven’t come across anyone as of late! The last big adventure I had was slaying a dragon that was terrorizing people,” Roman said with an irritated huff. Remy and Emile exchanged nervous glances.

“Is everything alright?” Logan asked, but the two of them didn’t seem to hear him.

“You don’t think that-”

“Emile, it’s been years, decades since one’s been seen or even heard of!”

“The same could be said about you.” Remy let out a frustrated sigh, then turned to Roman.

“Are you absolutely sure it was a dragon you killed?” he asked.

“I think I know a dragon when I see one, Remy,” Roman huffed, expression twisted with confusion and frustration.

“Are you sure? Think about its eyes, its mannerisms, did anything strike you as strange about it?!” Remy demanded.

“What? I don’t know! It was a dragon, it was hurting people, so I put an end to it!” Roman snapped.

“Pop… what are you trying to say?” Virgil asked carefully, gaze flicking between Roman and Remy.

“A dragon-witch might be targeting Roman,” Emile replied gravely. A shocked silence settled over them for a moment, until Logan spoke up.

“But- they’re even more unheard of than a dream-witch or an astro-witch!”

“Yeah! And how could one be after Roman if he killed them?” Patton asked.

“There could be more than one dragon-witch. Or it could be one of their dragons that Roman killed. It’s hard to say,” Emile explained.

“See, this is why I keep telling you all of these adventures are a bad idea! You’re gonna get yourself killed,” Virgil huffed.

“The dragon was hurting innocents! I couldn’t just sit there and let people die!” Roman protested.

“Why do you have to be so goddamn noble and heroic?! It’s both the most frustrating and charming thing about you,” Virgil grumbled.

“You think I’m charming?” Roman smirked.

“Oh my god, shut up!” Virgil exclaimed, burying his face in Roman’s shoulder.

“Roman, where was the dragon’s lair? Maybe if we went there, we could figure out what exactly happened,” Emile suggested.

“It was in the old subway system under the city,” Roman replied.

“Then it’s settled. We head to the old subway system in the morning,” Remy said.

“Why not now? We’re all awake and ready to go!” Roman protested.

“Gurl, haven’t you been attacked twice?! Y’all need rest before we try and take on a dragon-witch!” Remy scolded.

“I agree… but it may not be safe here. An assassin has already come here, there’s no telling who else may know of our location,” Logan pointed out.

“Hun, I’d like to see them take on a dream-witch and the most notorious herbal-witch,” Remy said with a confident smirk. Emile blushed slightly at Remy’s proclamation, but nodded.

“Yeah, and Logan did a pretty good job of protecting me earlier,” Roman cooed, leaning over to kiss Logan’s cheek.

“I got wounded.”

“Virgil healed you!”

“I’d prefer not having to heal either of you.”

“Okay lovebirds, that’s enough. Let me take a look at Roman and Logan to make sure that they’re healed up okay, then you all can get some rest,” Emile said, tone making no room for argument.

He looked over Logan first, then Roman. He checked over Virgil too, despite his protests that he was fine. The three of them then trudged to Virgil’s room, none of them needing Remy’s dream magic to help send them to sleep. Emile sent Patton off to bed, despite his insistence that he didn’t need to rest. However, he was practically asleep the moment his head hit the pillow. It reminded Emile of the days when Patton and Virgil were just children, just after he had married Remy.

“You should rest too,” Remy murmured, arms wrapping around Emile’s waist and nose nuzzling his neck.

“What happened to potential assassins not being able to take on you and me?” Emile teased.

“I’ll wake you if anything happens, promise,” Remy murmured.

“Fine,” Emile sighed, letting himself be led to the couch. Remy sat down first, and Emile laid down with his head in his lap, letting Remy stroke his hair until he fell asleep.

The next morning was calmer than expected, with Patton and Emile making breakfast for everyone. Logan and Virgil hardly left Roman’s side, both of them equally paranoid about how he was holding up despite Emile’s okay on his condition. They shuffled through their morning routine, a little different from what they usually experienced on their own. Roman didn’t mind it one bit- in fact, he felt he could get used to it, waking up with Logan and Virgil.

After they had eaten and rounded up their various magical paraphernalia, their quest could not be put off much longer. The band of witches set out to the abandoned subway. It was a bit of a trip from Patton and Virgil’s apartment, but with their brooms (and Emile’s umbrella) they made the trip in no time.

“So where’s the dragon?” Remy asked, voice echoing in the empty subway cavern. Scorch marks could be seen all over, as well as parts of the tunnels that had completely collapsed, leaving behind only rubble.

“That’s the thing, it just went poof after I killed it. I didn’t really think anything of it at the time,” Roman explained.

“What?! Why didn’t you tell us this sooner?!” Virgil demanded.

“Hey! I’ve had a very stressful past few days! Details slipped my mind,” Roman protested sheepishly.

“How about the detail that you should check to see if the dragon you killed is actually dead? Or that the dragon is actually a dragon?” a voice snarled from behind them. They all whirled around, Logan and Virgil taking a defensive position in front of Roman. Patton stood beside his brother, while Remy and Emile were in front of the four younger witches.

Before them stood a tall woman wearing a sleek bodysuit that seemed to be made of shimmering green scales. Her dark hair was piled into a haphazard bun on the top of her head. If the horns protruding from the top of her head weren’t enough to prove what she was, then the fiery orange-red reptilian eyes certainly were. She was a dragon-witch.

“Um… heyyy, about before-” Roman started, but was cut off by Virgil elbowing him.

“Don’t make this worse than it already is, Princey,” Virgil muttered. The dragon-witch moved as if to step closer, but halted by a firm glare from Remy.

“Gurl. Don’t even think about it,” he snarled, golden dreamsand beginning to swirl between his fingertips. The dragon-witch arched an eyebrow, dark laughter rumbling in the back of her throat. She threw her head back and began to full-on cackle. Remy gritted his teeth, and with a defiant yell, hurled his dreamsand at the witch. Golden tendrils surged through the air- but ended up curling through nothing. The dragon-witch had vanished.

“Where did she-”

“REMY!” Emile cried out, but his husband turned around too late. The dragon-witch was behind him, hands having morphed into claws. She slashed them across his face, and Remy cried out, stumbling backwards.

“NO!” they cried out in unison, Virgil’s voice swelling above the rest as a wave of shadows flew from his fingertips, hitting the dragon-witch in the chest and sending her sprawling. Emile and Patton rushed to Remy’s side. Emile kneeled beside him and pulled the dream-witch into his arms. Patton’s hands flew to his mouth when he saw the heavily bleeding cuts over his father’s face. Remy let out a whimper, eyes fluttering and tears of pain mixing with the blood trailing down his cheeks.

“It’s okay, you’re going to be okay, my sweet Bedtime Bear,” Emile soothed, his voice trembling as tears dripped down his face. Some of them landed in Remy’s cuts, the tears causing them to heal slightly.

“Thought ‘m more of a Sweet Dreamsss Bear,” Remy slurred. Emile choked out a laugh, brushing Remy’s hair out of his face.

“Maybe now’s not the time for cartoon references,” he murmured.

“Youuuuu ss-started it,” Remy pouted.

Patton let out a sudden gasp, and Emile’s gaze shot up to him as he slammed the end of his staff into the ground. A shimmering golden dome materialized above them, just in time to stop a massive dragon claw from crushing them. A frustrated roar was heard, and the claws came down, again and again, Patton letting out a pained gasp with every hit to the dome. His body was trembling with the effort to keep the barrier up, and sweat trailed down his brow.

“Patton…”

“Don’t worry about me, heal Pop!” Patton cried out. The dome was hit again, and Patton let out a shout as he fell to his knees. The barrier flickered, but stayed up as Patton leaned against his staff, gripping it firmly with both hands.

A burst of starlight hit the dragon-witch, soon followed by a wave of shadows and a blaze of fire. She roared in pain, stumbling back from the golden dome. Patton glanced over to Logan, Virgil, and Roman, giving them a weak smile before slumping to the ground with a pained sound. The golden dome flickered out, and Virgil was at his side in an instant.

“Nononononono, Patton, don’t do this to me, c’mon- not like this, please-” Virgil begged, shadows clinging to him and swirling anxiously as he took his brother into his arms. Patton’s eyes fluttered open, and Virgil sobbed in relief.

“‘M okay, jus’ tired,” Patton murmured.

“Well, if you weren’t sleepy, I would be able to help you with that, hun,” a voice piped up from beside Virgil.

“Pop!” Virgil and Patton cried out in unison, seeing Remy standing beside them. The cuts had healed to become just faint lines against his face. Emile stood at his husband’s side, smiling in relief as he gazed at him and his sons.

An enraged roar broke the Picani family out of their reverie, and their gaze snapped to see the dragon-witch stumbling backwards against the old subway system’s wall. Bursts of fire and starlight rained down at the witch, Roman and Logan fighting together in tandem- almost like a practiced, graceful dance.

“I’ll take care of Patton, you two go help Roman and Logan,” Emile said, already scooping Patton up into his arms.

“But what do we do?” Virgil asked, glancing over to the dragon-witch nervously. No matter how many hits Logan and Roman got on her, she would get back up, jaws snapping and spitting fire.

“You three keep her distracted long enough for me to use my dreamsand without her noticing. Once she’s asleep, we turn her in to the Board of Master Witches. They’ll figure out what to do with her,” Remy explained.

“Sounds good, Pop. Be careful,” Virgil said.

“You too, hun. Go help your boyfriends,” Remy replied with a wink. Virgil spluttered for a moment or two, blushing, before turning and running to help Logan and Roman. Logan caught sight of Virgil first, expression flashing with concern. He sent another burst of starlight from his staff before rushing over to Virgil. He gently grasped his shoulder, eyes searching for any injuries.

“Are you okay? How is your family holding up?” Logan asked, gazing softly into Virgil’s eyes.

“They’re okay, Pop has a plan,” Virgil said, then explained Remy’s plan to him. The astro-witch nodded curtly, about to pull away and tell Roman the plan, but hesitated.

“I’ve never been one for superstitions, but-” he paused to press a soft kiss to Virgil’s lips. “A kiss for good luck.”

“Good luck,” Virgil gasped out, practically breathless from such a simple, soft kiss. Logan smiled, then turned to run and explain the plan to Roman. Virgil watched him leave for a moment, until he saw movement out of the corner of his eye. The dragon-witch was getting up from Logan’s most recent blast of starlight, and her angered gaze was zeroed in on Logan and Roman. Something snapped inside Virgil. He couldn’t let them get hurt.

“Dragon-witch!” Virgil cried. Her head snapped to glare at him, but Virgil stood his ground, glaring right back. Tendrils of shadow writhed and whipped behind him, and Virgil was surprised to see a spark of fear run through the dragon-witch’s amber eyes. The tendrils lashed out at her, pinning her front claws to the ground. Her massive wings flapped as she roared in frustration, trying to free her claws.

A burst of starlight hit her side, and a mighty roar shook the old subway system. She breathed a plume of fire at Logan, but Roman countered it with his own fire. With his other hand, Roman summoned some of the rubble towards him, and it swirled around him for a moment before he sent it flying at her. She roared again, and Logan sent another burst of starlight straight into her mouth. The dragon-witch shrieked and writhed, but Virgil’s shadows held firm.

“Gurl, you sound so overtired! Bedtime for you, bitch!” Remy shouted, dreamsand swirling around him before it shot forward into the dragon-witch’s head.

“No!” she shrieked, before her eyelids fluttered and her body slumped to the ground. The dragon form shifted and melted away, and she soon was in human form, fast asleep. Virgil’s shadows retracted, and he let out a sigh of relief.

“We did it!” Roman squealed, rushing over and wrapping his arms around Virgil’s waist, lifting him up and spinning around with him in his arms.

“Put me down! And could you be any louder? We just got her to sleep!” Virgil hissed. Roman gave him a cheeky grin, setting Virgil down but still keeping his arms around his waist. Virgil opened his mouth again- probably to reprimand Roman- but he was cut off by a pair of lips meeting his own. When Roman pulled away, his grin was brighter and his gaze soft and loving.

“I’m sure your Pop can get her to sleep again,” Roman murmured.

“You’re insufferable,” Virgil muttered.

“Yes, but I believe I prefer him that way. It can be rather charming,” Logan said, walking over to them and dropping a kiss on Roman’s head. The magma-witch flushed bright red, causing Virgil to smirk.

“That’s our Roman. So charming it’s insufferable,” Virgil agreed, loving the blush that danced along Roman’s cheeks.

“Alright you three, how about we head home?” Emile’s voice piped up, and the three witches turned towards him. Patton was still in his arms, although he was more alert. Remy was just behind him, the dragon-witch slung over his shoulder and snoring softly.

“Home sounds fantastic,” Virgil said. Logan and Roman nodded, and the witches headed out of the old subway system, the threat over their heads finally gone.

Logan woke up to sunlight streaming through the window, strong arms around his waist, and someone’s head against his chest. He blinked in confusion for a moment, not quite recognizing where he was. But then, soft kisses were trailed up the back of his neck, and Logan remembered in an instant.

“Good morning, Roman,” he murmured, turning his head to look his boyfriend in the eyes.

“Shhh… too much talking, not enough kissing,” Roman pouted. Logan rolled his eyes, but leaned in to press a kiss to Roman’s lips. When Logan began to pull away, Roman followed and kissed him deeper, causing Logan to let out a soft gasp. He could feel Roman’s smirk against his mouth as the two continued exchanging soft, passionate kisses. One of Roman’s hands inched underneath Logan’s shirt, and Logan gasped again.

“Hey, some of us are trying to sleep here,” Virgil grumbled, his voice muffled against Logan’s chest. Logan broke away from Roman with a laugh.

“Sorry Virgil, you know how Roman gets,” Logan teased.

“Hey!”

“Only teasing, love,” Logan said, still not used to the thrill that went through him whenever he said that. Love. It had only been a few weeks since they had defeated the dragon-witch, and Roman, Virgil, and Logan’s relationship had started. But Logan was certain of his feelings, for one of the first times in his life. He loved them.

“Hey, you guys are adorable, but am I gonna get a good morning kiss here or not?” Virgil huffed.

“Of course, my dear. Apologies for forgetting you,” Logan replied, shifting towards him again. Virgil leaned up to press his lips to Logan’s, the astro-witch running his fingers through his boyfriend’s hair. He let out a sudden gasp into the kiss, as Roman had begun kissing up his neck again.

“Roman!” Logan gasped out. Roman smirked against his neck, pressing another soft kiss there.

“Sorry Starshine, you’re just so kissable this morning,” Roman murmured.

“I’d have to agree. C’mere?” Virgil asked, a little bashful. Logan smiled, and leaned in once more.

As the three of them exchanged soft kisses for most of the morning, Logan couldn’t believe his luck. Just weeks earlier, his heart had been filled with regret. But now his once lost love was back, and he had Virgil now too. And he would fight a thousand dragon-witches if it meant they were forever by his side.

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Introduction Time!

Hello world of Tumblr. Thank you for wondering onto our humble blog. We are just here for a simple reason; that being to post our art, writings, scribbles, thoughts and ideas. These things will center about the current world of pop culture, anime, books, television and movies.

So as we get started let us introduce ourselves!

I'll start us off. I just want to begin with putting the basics:

I go by: Slowbito on most social media's, my official name is Ed or Eddward.

Here's a list of the things I've watched, *for favorites

Animes- Naruto*, Bleach*, Full Metal Alchemist*, Hellsing*, Attack on Titan, Cowboy Bebop*, Samuria Jack, Pokemon*, My Hero Acedamia*, Fairy Tale, Hunter x Hunter*, Avatar the Last Airbender*, Dragon Ball Z, Death Note, Fooley Cooley*, Inuyasha*, Sailor Moon, Black Lagoon, Black Blood Brothers, Trigun, Ghost in the Shell*, Tokyo Ghoul, Sword Art Online, xxxHolic, Wolf’s Rain*

Currently watching: Fairy Tale (restarted from beginning, trying to keep interest) and HxH (that I have almost completed and really putting off because I know it isn't complete T-T) and about to start Demon Slayer and The Rising of the Shield Hero

T.V- Shameless*, Lucifer*, Rick and Morty*, House M.D*, Disenchantment*, The Office*, The Handmaids Tale, The Walking Dead, Bojack Horseman, Big Mouth, Adventure Time*, Stranger Things*, Modern Family, American Horror Story*, The Good Place, Regular Show, The Simpsons, Family Guy*, American Dad, South Park, Bob's Burgers*, The Venture Bros, Drake and Josh*, iCarly, Victorious (though some of these are animated, I put them in this catagory because I don't think they are meant for young children)

Currently watching: Shameless, Bojack Horseman, American Horror Story, The Handmaids Tale, The Good Place

Cartoons: Spongebob*, Lilo and Stitch*,Gravity Falls, Steven Universe*, The Amazing World of Gumball, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Tom and Jerry, Courage the Cowardly Dog*, Ed, Edd, and Eddy, Rugrats*, Dexter's Lab, Teen Titians*, Power Puff Girls, Cow and Chicken, Scooby Doo*, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*, Chowder, Looney Toons*, Kim Possible*, Lizzie McGuire*, The Proud Family*, Wizards of Waverly Place, Even Steven*, Jake Long, Recess, Brandy and Mister Whiskers, Jessie, Phineas and Ferb

Currently watching: Spongebob, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, wanting to watch We Bare Bears, Over the Garden Walls

Movies: Spirited Away*, Howl's Moving Castle (Anything Studio Ghibli) Lion King, Robin Hood, The Nightmare Before Christmas*, The Corps Bride* (Anything Tim Burton and Disney), Shrek* (Anything Dreamworks), Harry Potter*, Avengers series and indiviual movies*, Forrest Gump, E.T, The Hobbit* (animated and live action), Shawshank Redemption, Slingblade*, Back to the Future*, Jurassic Park*, The Wizard of Oz, Rocky series, Terminator series, 50 First Dates, Marley and Me, Grown Ups, 300, American Pie, Matrix*, Hellboy series*, Toy Story's (Anything Pixar), Avatar, Men In Black, Joker*, Dark Night/Batman series, Fast and Furious

So basically I've seen a good mix of things. I love animated things, anything that is funny, stupid, or has a good story. I grew up on Disney, Cartoon Network (Adult Swim), and Nickelodeon. I didn't have cable so a lot of what I watched was on the weekends at my nana's or when we would record tapes and brought them home. We owned so many movies, and honestly I'll never grow up so anything meant for kids, I probably have seen or currently watch. If it's even somewhat popular or trendy then I try it out and see if I like it. Even with some of these I watched I didn't like them all (I know, shame on me).

I'll give you the basics of me, as best I can. I am opinionated, but not really into politics. I never really grew out of my childhood, I am easily entertained, meme's are a simple joy of mine, and I love to watch old vines. I was introduced to YouTube by Oni, and she started me off with the best: NigaHiga, = 3 (Ray William Johnson), Anna Akana, and eventually Markiplier, and so on I grew my own likes; VizziePop, Collegehumor, Buzzfeed, Pewdiepie, Boyinaband, Prince E, TheOdd1sout, Jaiden Animation (Oni's find), FailArmy, so on and so forth. I like astrology, and my sign is Tauras. I loves food, cooking and baking is a side hobby, and I'm into all the nerdy stuff like reading, drawing, role play, and gaming.

Alright, now I will leave some links to some profiles of mine below and will leave it all to my partner!

Link for DA: Here Link for Amino profile: Here Link for Youtube: Don’t have one yet... Link for personal Tumblr: Here

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*currently my digital tablet is out so this is what I have to work with*

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Sup, Tumblr. This is my intro post.

I’ll be simplifying myself to the fundamentals:

Firstly, I go by: OniBlueArt on most social media, my name bestowed to me at birth is Oni.

Here's a list of the things I've watched, *for favorites

Animes- Naruto Shippuden*, Blood+, Dragon Ball Z, Assassination Classroom, The Ancient Magus' Bride, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Appleseed, Fruit basket, FairyTail , Attack On Titan, Baccano!, Baki The Grappler, Kamisama Kiss, Black blood brothers, Black Butler, Black lagoon*, Claymore, Devil May Cry, GunGrave, Psycho-Pass, Devil Is a Part-Timer, Wolf’s Rain*, Witchblade, Trinity Blood, Vampire Knight, XXX Holic, Tokyo Ghoul, Berserker, My hero Academia*, Soul Eater, Servamp, Hellsing*, The Sheild Hero*, Vampire Slayer, Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken, Fire Force,* Hunter x Hunter*.

T.V- Lucifer*, House M.D*, The Handmaids Tale, The Walking Dead, Stranger Things*, Modern Family, The Good Place*, Veronica Mars*, Reba*, Grey’s Anatomy, Raising Hope, The resident, New Amsterdam, Fresh off the Boat, Ghost Whisperer, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Doctor, That 70’s Show*, Izombie, Once Upon A Time, Black Mirror, New Girl, The Ranch, Dexter, The 100, 13 Reasons why, SHerlock holmes*, YOU, ZOO.

Cartoons:  Rick and Morty* Family Guy*, American Dad, South Park, The Boondocks (P.S I just hate most cartoons/Kid Shows from Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. Fight me)

Movies: Spirited Away*, Howl's Moving Castle (Anything Studio Ghibli, Disney, or Tim Burton , Shrek* (Anything Dreamworks), Harry Potter*, Avengers series and individual movies*, Shawshank Redemption, Jurrasic Park*, Terminator series, 50 First Dates, Ace Ventura (anything Adam Sandler or Jim carry) Marley and Me, Grown-Ups, American Pie, Matrix*, Hellboy series*, Toy Story's (Anything Pixar), Avatar, Men In Black, Joker*, Dark Night/Batman series, Fast and Furious

So I share a lot of things with my partner and some things I don’t. Everything in the lists above I generally like.

Now time to get to the basics of what makes me, me.

Here is that list of things: Oxygen 65% Carbon 18% Hydrogen 9.5% Nitrogen 3.2% Calcium 1.5% Phosphorus 1.2% Potassium 0.4 Sulfur 0.2 Sodium 0.2 Chlorine 0.2 Magnesium 0.1 Other >1%

So i hope that helped you get a better understanding of me.

Last but not least my social media handles! I hope you check my teammates as well!

Link for DA: Here

Link for: Amino Survivors Community 

Link for: Amino Art Hotel Community

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❥ —— 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐌𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 !

list the ten muses that you’ve enjoyed/you’re enjoying writing the most. one for every fandom !

1. Akira Kurusu / Joker / Persona 5 Protagonist from Persona 5. I’ve had Akira since 2016, with moving him from two previous urls and blogs. I just love this protag since he’s the one that I could see myself in. The other two protags from 3 and 4 were so polar opposite that I couldn’t really see myself when playing as them in the game. Akira definitely feels more real than any other self insert character that I have come across through gaming. Plus the whole rebellion thing and have to wear glasses for most of the game really stands out to me. And fine I’ll admit it, the ability to say/do memes and tease people once he really gets to know a person are also traits that I love to explore as well. A person who you both do and don’t know all too well.

2. Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd from Fire Emblem Three Houses. I’ve been playing Fire Emblem since 2007 ( Radiant Dawn ) and ever since have been a huge fan. There’s only a few games that I haven’t played because they are region locked but I have many favorites in the series. Ephiram from Sacred Stones used to be my favorite lord of all time before I played Three Houses and met one blonde lance prince from the Blue Lions house. Expertly well-written and not so black&white when it comes to character, I love writing him. I even supported the character when everyone else was hating on him because of his hair design. I’ve had my Dimitri ( @seekswrath ) since 2018 and I don’t know if I could ever say goodbye to such a great muse.

3. Back when I started tumblr rp back in 2012, my first muse was Peter Pan from Once Upon a Time, also my first time rping a villain character. I had a lot of fun on that blog and I wrote more too but we also used huge moving gifs and big images. But we all had fun and didn’t care too much about formatting, fancy icons, stylistic blogs that no one can navigate properly. I still have that muse floating around tumblr but I have lost the login and password to that blog so it’s going to be inactive forever.

4. 2010 had me having a huge interest with a little series called Durarara!! but it wasn’t until 2014 that I had made myself an Izaya Orihara rp blog. It’s funny since my friends and I used to have this little game when we all watched anime to see who was going to be who. And my bus friend was in charge one time and told me that I was just like that Izaya character. And I asked, ‘Isn’t he the bad guy?’ and he replied that even if he was, he still was cooler than the rest of the others on the show. So that somewhat stuck with me when choosing which Durarara!! character I wanted to play as.

5. I really miss writing my Light Yagami from Death Note. Not only do I have a birthday two days before his, I actually liked writing intelligent characters that were supposed to be more emotional since they were born in the Pisces part of the zodiac. Plus, he really wasn’t into romance and actually got annoyed when people did fall in love with him or his ideals. He just didn’t want to be bothered and that part was really fun to write.

6. Bede from Pokemon Sword and Shield is a fun muse to write because he’s a rival character and there hasn’t been a lot of rival ones that are basically rude and actually get in your way, save for Silver and maybe Green ( Blue ) depending on how you look at it. Plus, he’s basically a bastard version of a wooloo and likes Psychic pokemon, well mine at ( @psyprodigy ) does anyway.

7. I like writing all of my muses over at ( @hitobanju​ ) because I do love most characters from Otome based games because there’s a character in there for everyone. Don’t like this one character in the game? Then there is always another option. It’s fun choosing muses that speak to you and even if I am not one for romance, there is characters in those games that is not too focused on that as well.

8. Elsa from the Frozen / Disney franchise. This one is self explanatory for the most part because she’s my favorite princess / queen / royalty from Disney since she is character that I can look up too and also is an ACE icon for people like myself and others who identify as this. ( @glovenice​ ) is my muse blog for Elsa and I am really grateful for everyone on there.

9. I remade my Noctis ( over at @somnumsol​ ) but I had him as a single muse in 2018. I just loved how Final Fantasy actually had the protagonist to be laid back, liked to fish ( as I do ) and be extra tired all the time instead of the local brooder ( Cloud, Lightning, and Squall ) or the laughing comic relief ( Tidus and Zidane ). 

10. I just recently made him because the movie just came out last week but I’m having fun rping Sonic ( @blrings​ ) since it’s been a long time since I’ve played a sonic game that isn’t smash bros. It’s really nostalgic because sonic was the first video game I’ve ever played and writing the smart alec, chili dog eating, blue blur is something that makes me smile. Also, the memes. Gotta go fast.

Tagged by: @jokaito​ && @p0lymat​ Tagging: @praeteritus-memories​ and anyone else who wants to do this.