#rub salt into the wound a bit lmao

[nerosdayinanime]

Please post more about giyu just dating everyone

i should...... gonna start right now cuz ive actually thought about mitsugiyu for the GiyuusFuckingSad au- when hes still moping around in the cafeteria corner she pops over because she saw shinobu, shinobu stops her excited rambling and explains that its Quiet Time and shes like 'oh! okay! i can be quiet!' and she just hangs around to doodle in her sketchbook across from them. giyuu once again baffled by another random girl deciding she wants to hang out near(with?) him when hes literally never said a word in response.

she sees him in the halls and tries to talk with him, he responds minimally but shes encouraged by any response at all and talks to him outside the cafeteria any chance she gets- giyuu's incredibly confused as to why she likes talking to him so much, but one time when he realizes he missed the turn to his class about three halls ago finally notices how much he enjoys listening to her stories (he ended up just walking her to class to hear the end of the story, he was a few minutes late when he got back to his own)

when shinobu starts inviting him to little outings with her friends mitsuri's the first to welcome him, kyojuro and suma quickly follow and hes. very overwhelmed. why did he get introduced to the loudest ones of the friend group first?? contrary to what he thought would happen though, they actually love him and despite how hype the three of them get (and how not hype he usually is) he doesn't ever feel left out or pushed to the side (physically speaking too- suma frequently hangs off him since hes the most stable one around now and mitsuri & kyojuro aren't hesitant to pull him in to make him focus on whatever they're talking about. he likes how free they are with affection towards him like that)

months later he's acquainted with and knows the whole group and they're all out at a restaurant chatting and having fun- giyuu notices how entranced everyone else is at kyojuro's retelling of a story and he can't help but think how much sabito would like them all... mitsuri stops paying attention to kyo and turns to him, "Giyuu? Are you okay?" "Yeah, why?" "You're crying"

the grief finally hits, the tears get heavier despite his attempts at drying them before he starts to panic and excuses himself- he practically runs out and mitsuri worriedly glances back at everyone before excusing herself and running after him. she follows him to the side of the restaurant in the little alley where hes having his breakdown and hugs him- he buries his face in her shoulder and holds back shaking like a leaf for a while before the worst of it passes. she asks what happened, "I-i just- he'd like you all.. he would've loved to meet you.." she knows who hes talking about- well.. she knows he was extremely important to giyuu, and that something happened and he's not around anymore, and that its extremely painful for giyuu to talk about so he just doesn't. she says shes honored by his thought and goes on to try to calm him down/cheer him up, his face looks a mess from the splotchy flush and eye liner- it got smudged to hell and back and hes a little embarrassed by it. only for a moment tho because mitsuri immediately offers to fix it for him. when they're finally ready to go back in they notice obanai standing at the entrance of the alleyway, blocking the view from outsiders. "aw! you're so thoughtful obanai!" "You two good to head back inside now?" "how long were you standing there?" "long enough, you worried everyone running off like that" "sorry.." "don't apologize, idiot. c'mon, lets go eat" and they followed an excited mitsuri back to the rest of the group.

after that mitsuri started inviting him to her apartment to practice makeup art on him since she knew he was okay with it. he was good at sitting still and he liked how gently she touched and moved his face however while she worked, quiet and serene with her music playing from the room over- the first thing she tried out was a simple little water-esque mark on his left cheek. when he was finally allowed to look at it he remembered the time when they were kids and sabito backhanded him there for saying he wished he had died with his sister. remembered how badly he wished he could have gone with sabito too. remembered his final words, 'promise me you'll love again'

he looks back up at mitsuri with a little smile, maybe that promise isn't as impossible for me to keep as i thought. "i like it" "oooh! i just had another idea! what if i made it look like a stream of water coming out the corners of your mouth!?"

[milliesfishes]

still have yet to read the book yet (probably will this weekend) but maybe something like you getting hurt on your vacation?? like i can imagine maybe you step on coral and get your foot cut real bad and so then there is the comforty fluffy part of him carrying you around so you don’t have to walk after the angst of him trying to get you to relax when you’re panicking at all the blood (little no clue if this is in character but it’s cute regardless lmao)

this is from. a long time ago. but it's cute I love you Phantom🫶

⋆౨ৎyou get hurt on vacation with alex⋆౨ৎ fem reader x alex nilsen

Blood on the floor. You cursed yourself when you saw it trickling from your shoe, trying to lift your foot so there was less damage. The motel staff had enough to deal with without you bleeding all over the place.

Limping to the bathroom, you clenched your jaw as the pain sharpened on the underside of your foot. Trying to take deep breaths, you sat on the counter, leaning back against the mirror. It was cool against your head, and you tried to focus on that.

Your heart was stuttering in your chest as your breathing became shaky. Still salt-combed from the sea, your hair was dripping pearls of water down your shoulders onto your breasts. You hadn't bothered to put your shorts or tank top back on, mind too preoccupied with the problem at hand.

Were there even bandages in here? You doubted it. Kicking off your ruined shoes, you bent your leg so the damaged foot was resting on the counter. Reaching for a washcloth, you cringed as your blood stained it, but held it in place, putting pressure on the wound. Biting the inside of your cheek when the fabric met the gash, you held back a cry. It hurt, more than you'd have expected it to.

The door opened and shut, and you barely noticed. Eyes closed, you were trying to center yourself, somehow make the pain go away. Maybe if you focused, you would get used to it.

"Babe?"

You looked up, accidentally letting a tear slide down your cheek. It could have been mistaken for the other droplets on your face. Alex was standing in the bathroom doorway in his running shorts and shirt, earbuds and phone in hand. His collar was sweaty, hair sticking to his forehead. Seeing his furrowed brow, you had the urge to smooth it out with your thumb.

"I'm okay Alex, I just-" He was already coming over, setting his phone on the counter with a clatter and leaning over to examine your foot. The washcloth had a big red spot in it where the blood had soaked through.

He tried to be gentle as he peeled it away, but you whimpered, grabbing his wrist. "Don't."

"Shh, I know, I know it hurts," he soothed, voice soft. Alex very carefully removed the rest, your hand squeezing his wrist the whole time. You took in shaky breaths as he held your foot, lowering it from the counter as he knelt in front of you. His touch was so delicate that you almost cried for a different reason. When he looked up at you, blue eyes so worried, you did shed another tear and he lifted his other hand to your knee, rubbing gently. "What happened?"

Sniffling, you brushed away another tear. Somehow his presence numbed some of the pain. Or maybe it was your anxiety put at ease because he was here. Either way, you didn't feel as hopeless anymore. "I just wanted to go swimming...and when I got out...there was a sharp rock and I didn't see it..." You swallowed, trying not to cry more. "This is gonna ruin the rest of our trip-"

"No, no," Alex shook his head, his expression reassuring. "Sweetheart, it's not gonna ruin anything. This is just another adventure, okay?" His thumb drew a soothing pattern into your knee. "We're gonna laugh about this someday, right?" He was repeating something you'd said to him several times when something bad happened, and it made your lips turn up a tiny bit.

Alex reached for a clean washcloth, folding it over and holding it carefully to your wound. He leaned up, kissing your knee, resting his chin there. Your shoulders slumped and you smoothed back his hair, as a distraction. Leaning his head forward, he dropped his lips to your lower thigh, nose smushing there.

For a moment it was just that- his head on your leg, hands gently holding the washcloth to your foot. You breathed in softly, the weight of his head on your bare leg a comforting thing.

Lifting his head, Alex put one hand on your knee, scratching gently as he took another look at the gash. "Okay. It doesn't look too deep, it's just bleeding a lot." He reached for your hand, kissing the knuckles. "I'm gonna go see if the front desk has any bandages, okay? Will you be alright for a minute?" When you nodded, he tucked your leg back into its original position, making sure you were holding the washcloth before he let go.

Kissing you on the forehead, he left with the promise to be back soon. You breathed easier, leaning against the mirror again. It was miraculous how he could fix what had felt like the end of the world.

When he returned, bandages in hand, it was like your guardian angel had arrived. Alex stood this time, dabbing medicine onto the gash, wrapping your foot snugly and bending over to kiss it once he was done. "There. All better, cutie." He hooked his hands under your knees, sliding you forward so they were hooked around his hips. "C'mere."

You sniffled, leaning into him as he hugged you tight, hardly registering how sweaty he still was. With your head in the crook of his shoulder, you realized now it was less leftover from his run and more because he was worried. You clung to him tighter once you realized.

He pressed a kiss to your temple, rubbing his hand up your back. "I'm gonna shower really quick. Do you wanna go back to the bedroom or stay here?"

"Here," you decided immediately, crossing your ankles over his back.

"Okay." Alex squeezed your thigh, gently removing your legs and disappearing into the other room. He kicked off his running shoes on the way, leaving them by the door. You heard the drawers opening and closing, and then he was returning with clothes for both of you, underwear included. "Here, you can take your swimsuit off." He chucked you under the chin, thumb lingering. "It looks pretty, but I know you wanna get out of it."

Smiling lovingly at him, you returned his kiss when he gave it. While he stripped himself of his clothes, you worked your swimsuit off, replacing it with your underwear. He handed you your hairbrush when you reached for it, leaning over to start the shower. You pulled the brush through your hair, giving him a squinty-eyed smile when he kissed your cheek before pulling back the curtain and getting in.

He showered quickly, and when he got out, hair curly and sticking to his forehead, you were fully dressed, hair brushed out and drying. Alex toweled off and pulled his clothes on, reaching for you and murmuring, "Still hurting?"

"A little," you admitted, not wanting to make it seem worse than it really was. "Just...it's okay. I can probably walk on it."

"Uh uh." Alex pulled you forward and re-wrapped your legs around him. "You shouldn't have to walk at all right now." He lifted you off the counter, carrying you into the next room. When you opened your mouth to protest, he silenced you with a kiss to your nose. "I took my pills. It's fine."

Though the logistics were shaky, the walk was so short that you didn't say anything more. He set you down, easing a pillow under your foot and grabbing his laptop, starting to type with one hand while sliding his other arm around you. "We'll watch one movie and then we can try walking, okay?"

You cuddled under his arm, pressing a kiss to his chest and resting your head there. Already, your foot was starting to throb a little less. He kissed your forehead as the opening credits began to roll on his laptop, running his hand up and down your arm.

His skin was warm from his shower, and you inhaled softly, the scent of his soap only calming you further. And as he held you close, checking in every few minutes and looking over at your foot, you got the overwhelming sense that he would always take care of you.

No matter what.

[fairykazu]

WISH UPON A STAR FT. SCARAMOUCHE ! cws: best friends, mutual pining, requited, fluff, modern au, teens, gn!reader notes: guess what they wished for. this has been in my drafts since forever. so sorry about that. masterlist | moonflower masterlist taglist: @ainnofinway @lovemari @lily-lmao @aethion

it was friday and it was usually the days where you and scaramouche hang out and relax from school, which is almost always turn into a sleepover. both of you were in his room, underneath a blanket fort. leaning on scaramouche's shoulder, you yawned, "scara, did you know it's going to have a meteor shower tonight?"

he shrugged you off, your head hitting the pillow besides his torso, "really?" he liked how you didn't mind that your head hit the pillow, instead resting nicely on his shoulder. he didn't want you to know that he actually liked it.

you nodded your head, boring your eyes into his indigo lensed ones. he turned around quickly, ignoring your gaze as his ears burned. "when?"

"around 11:50, i think." ignoring his antics, you answered, smiling. "i hope we would see it by then, if your mom lets us."

"don't worry, she will."

he replied quickly as you furrowed your brow, "are you sure? how would we even see them?" as long as you could remember his mother is protective over him, but luckily, not to a point where she's overbearing. regardless, she hates when scaramouche gets rebellious which is bad for her since he likes to rebel whenever he can. you try your best to prevent it, but you end up wrapped into whatever he wants to do.

his answer was blunt, as sharp as a newly forged sword, "sunroof."

you scrunched up your face, scaramouche likes when you do that. it's funny to see your reaction to his seemingly careless replies. "the sun roof? seriously?"

it's clear that you aren't taking him seriously, maybe it's time to amp it up a bit.

he confirmed it and took it a bit further by crawling out of the fort to point up. he could hear the blankets rustle behind him while you crawled out of the fort from the tiny opening. looking where he was pointing at, you wanted to cry. despite his family being rich, his mom liked to spend it rarely, making sure it goes to the right places, which is smart. she is smart but man, how could you guys even see the stars from this one-by-one square?

well, not really one-by-one, but it's big but not big enough to see every star that's possible to see with the human eyes. you wanted to cry but instead you turned around, hearing scaramouche's chuckles. "did you really believe me?"

your frown pressed into a thin smile, "what?" you were in disbelief because not only did he lie, he's laughing at you. wow, rubbing salt in the wound is really cruel.

he liked to pull pranks or jokes on you because your reactions are almost always funny to watch. but seeing the doubt set into your face, it made him feel a bit guilty. so he decided to uplift your spirits instead."im lying! of course, i won't make you watch it from this window because this-" he drew a rectangle with his fingers. "- is too small for you. when it's around the time, let me know and i'll show you how we'd watch it."

"what?"

"i just know a place."

when he said, 'i just know a place', you didn't expect it to be on the roofs of the house and how you got there? you don't even know nor remember. it kind of just happened within a blink of an eye.

scaramouche was chuckling to himself quietly as you looked at him, dumbfounded. no one in this house ever discovered that he had dug up tunnels and pathways in secret. so of course, he had a pathway to go up the roof. is this really true?

kind of. mikoto figured it out it was him but despite it, she never tattletale on him so it's technically a secret. if you ask him why he did it, he'd just smirk but in reality, he was a devoted liv and maddie fan.

you two sat on the roof, where scaramouche laid out a blanket for the both of you. scaramouche threw up pillows in which you caught, "are you comfortable?"

"as comfortable as a person can be on a roof."

"good enough." scaramouche replied, climbing up and adjusting the corners of the roof. you're just happy that he didn't make you sit on the slanted roof but instead, where he had his hideout on the flattest part of the roof.

you took two of the pillows and set them down. scaramouche immediately hogged both of them as you frowned, "that was two for two of people sitting here..." you pointed to yourself and then him. "two people, scara. me and you."

"...uh huh, i'm following?"

"you're insufferable." you replied as your face lit up. "wait."

"what? what are you doing? you're making me scared."

you pretended to stretch your back as you declined on him, resting full body weight on scaramouche. "humph! what are you doing??"

"you're a hogger, you know that? this is what you get and you can't push me off." you said, expecting him to fight back or roll you off gently. but instead, you hear,

"fine. what time is it?" thank god, he changed the subject because you wouldn't have known how to continue it after he agreed with your antics for once. "around 11:40."

"good, we can wait out here then."

"good..." you glanced everywhere but where he was. "scara, i don't think your roof may not be the safest place for us to stargaze." you said, recalling your complaint from earlier.

scaramouche lifted himself up as he watched for you if you fell, his hand near your head in case you did. "either this or the sunroof."

"thank you for blessing me with the opportunity to see this beautiful night sky, scara!" you replied quickly as he hid his chuckle.

waiting for ten minutes just to pass away is taking forever, scaramouche thought as he annoyed you by poking you. it was easier to just watch paint dry than wait for the incoming meteor shower. but he looked at you while you began to fight back with his poking by poking him back, it was worth it.

"scara! the stars!" you jolted up as scaramouche pulled you back into his embrace. when you turned to his face, he explained, "i don't want you to fall down and die. i don't want to be linked to your death, how would i go to the ivy league colleges now?"

"uh huh."

but did you really care? no... you rested your head against his chest, noticing how his heartbeat was increasing. you wanted to make fun of him, but you didn't want him to notice so was yours; you kept your mouth shut.

you asked, as he was tapping your arm, "scara, isn't the stars so beautiful?"

scaramouche agreed with you but not for reasons you may think. as you looked at the stars, he looked at you.

"wait, scara! wish on the stars."

"that's so childish."

"but i heard they come true!"

"... fine but im not doing it because you said so."

"i know, don't worry."

[comp-lady]

{FIC} Bitter Cold

Fandom: Rise of the Guardians

Characters: Jack Frost, Pitch Black, other characters mentioned

Summary:

His grip on her hand is weak, but he squeezes it anyway, "Tell him goodbye for me," he says, "tell him good-bye and tha—" a wheeze of breath, a gasp, she pleads for him to save his strength "That I'll always believe," and he's fading and all she can do is cling to his hand. Jamie has died, sand it hits Jack hard. The last person he expects to understand his pain is Pitch Black.

Read it here on AO3

Notes: Originally started back in uuhhh 2012.... ha ha for the ROTG kinkmeme, I actually finished it last year but I'm only now getting around to posting the full fic here on ao3 lmao. The prompt was:

The day finally comes when either A) Jamie stops believing in Jack Frost, or B) Jamie, being a mortal, passes on, or C) some other terrible thing happens to poor Jamie which means Jack will never get to see/talk to him again. Since Jamie was the first child to believe in Jack, Jack's very upset by the news. The Guardians try to comfort him, but they don't do much to help (bonus if they actually make it worse by accidentally saying something hurtful), so he runs off on his own.

Pitch finds Jack on his own, crying, and is a bit shocked. Jack gets defensive, thinking Pitch is there to cause trouble or rub salt in his wounds, but Pitch is genuinely concerned for the Guardian; he listens to Jack and tries to comfort him about his loss. Maybe the two of them end up "visiting" Jamie, whether that means his grown-up self or his grave?

If you like my work consider leaving a tip! ☕

[husky-studies]

HOW IS YOUR FINGER ALRIGHT??

Concept: Stellaron hunters with a reader who plays rhythm games

Character(s) included: Silver Wolf, Kafka, Blade, reader (the reader is from the stellaron hunters in this scenario)

Warning(s): somethings might not make sense with the previous statements 😭

Note: NO JING YUAN FOR TODAY 😕. I dont have any ideas for him atm and I haven't seen anyone did this yet when I started writing this. Ngl playing rhythm games is fun, like proseka, enstars, etc. I haven't really tried out phigros yet lmao. N e ways, i hope you enjoy this.

Silver Wolf:

-Yay another gaming buddy!

-But seriously you think you can beat her? In a game nonetheless. "You're serious?" With a 🤨 look on her face

-If you do beat her congrats, now she's more determined to defeat you in rhythm games 👏

-Even if you don't beat her, she'll give you a thumbs up for keeping up with her

-Not before rubbing the fact that she won (i see her as that type of person to add salt to the wound unless you're really offended/saddened by the fact)

-You two probably play together when you're both not on a mission

Kafka:

-You remind her of Silver Wolf, games and games. Although she does know its a rhythm game and not rpg or anything else

-She would be impress by how fast you're playing (if ur a thumb player like me, you'll know the pain when its with spam notes)

-Honestly she would be even more impress with the amount of notes your finger/s could handle in that one beat map

-She would sometimes ask you to try and beat Silver Wolf during your breaks

-Whether you win or not doesn't matter, she'll still be amused by the tension between the two of you later 😕

Blade:

-"The hell are you doing" is probably what he's going to say 💀

-Bro knows what that is, seeing Silver Wolf playing it a few times when she was bored

-But seeing you play, he's either going to ignore you (which is most likely) or he's going to ignore you again

-I DONT KNOW HOW TO WRITE BLADE EWEUUWD 😭

This feels a bit half done- 😭😭 I just had another weird idea

Tag(s): none atm

[princessfroslass]

Angel Dust has a clear validation problem.

I had been thinking about this ever since episode 2 and episode 6 all but segmented this onto my subconscious.

Angel clearly doesn't care whenever anyone slut shames or just overall insult him- he lives to get a rise out of people. Hell, Hazbin Hotel's VERY FIRST SCENE on the Pilot was him going full "oh yeah slut, very creative." And going after Travis life- but not on a insecure way, he very clearly didn't care. Fast forward to the actual show and it's more of the same- he doesn't care whenever Vaggie or Husk or anyone else threaten him because he enjoys the chaos and it's open about the fact he is only there to no pay rent. He just doesn't care about what others think of him.

Except.... When he does.

You see it's interesting because back on that origin comic (that I don't even know if it's canon anymore but for a characterization point I'll take it.) when Charlie states they need a quest and even pays him for his time (Angel was working on the street when they meet him) and she goes full "this is an investment, on you." He leaves the limo all "oh...ok....sure...." Clearly moved or touched by her faith in him, even though he still thinks it's misguided trust.

Back to episode 2, it's pretty much the anthesis of this. For once, someone else seems interested on changing his ways and THAT obviously excites Charlie, who referred to Sir Pen as "the hotel's first real quest" now to be fair with her, Angel is very vocal about how he thinks the Hotel is BS and hadn't show any intention to change his ways soon- but y'know that still must stings like it hasn't even been a week and this girl that is all sunshine and rainbows already gave up on him lmao but it gets even worse- on the roleplay thing, look at the fucking role he is giving- A CRACKHEAD- like he had to pause before saying that shit- and to rub salt on the wound, Sor Pen performance ends with the "no sex before marriage!" Line. Like out of all sins one could commit- you pick Addiction to Drugs (more specifically CRACK) and Sex. Yo girl what the fuck- and ofc, only Sir Pen gets congratulated, because Angel was critical of the whole thing and the former was full on enthusiastic about it- the last shot before the bedroom scene we get us Angel staring at Charlie validating Sir Pen's efforts and how he is going to be redeemed so fast before Angel sadly goes upstairs.

Now the room scene..... Yikes. The fact that the roleplay was all and on about the drugs thing and how the last voicemail/Angel's imagination? Things we heard it's "Addict trash like you doesn't change"... Hahaha all the yikes with that fucking roleplay. So yeah it's very fucking clear from the get go Angel has....issues. Hell even after "It starts with Sorry" when everyone goes back to sleep he doesn't looks happy, just resigned lmao

(Which it's funny because on the very next episode he saves Sir Pen from the war thing going down but I digress)

Now episode 4- oh MAN where do I even start. Now remember how in the first paragraph I mentioned how Angel disses Travis but like, in a confident way? Not on the way someone affected would react? Well this ep is everything but that lmao "I don't give a shit about what a drunk ass bartender thinks of me" reeks of insecurity by the tone alone I am sorry. Notice how he looks very taken aback when Husk calls his act out before he doubles down and goes full "I am actor dumbass" bit. Man's defenses were penetrated in a way it hasn't before and he needed a moment to put more bs out of his ass because God forbid someone in this Hotel knows how horrible his life is and how much he hates himself- and then his advances were thoroughly rejected for good ("It's never gonna work on me") and he absolutely losses it. Not being able to compute that someone that clearly stared at him long enough to read him, doesn't want to fuck him. Disgusts from people that barely knows him he can take- being told to his face it's not working, he can't. And it's not even because he particularly want to fuck anyone there- that is how he sees his own worth. He makes Val money, everyone around wants to take him, his services are apparently FAR from cheap ("you know how much I am WORTH?!") and he had based his whole self worth around it- no matter how many times he gets taken advantage of on a random club on 3am or if is his own fucking abuser (he literally only opened Val's voicemails after the whole ep2 fiasco) people either despises him because of his overt sexuality or want to use him for it (there is also the middle road where his worse habits are enabled and that makes him 'fun' company- but I'll be there in a min) there just can't be a reality where he is told to his face that he is destroying himself and any connection he can have WITHOUT the alterior motive of wanting to fuck him- right? I mean even Charlie's hope on him was proven to be limited, so why bother?

Enter Loser, Baby.

And yes, my beloved Huskerdust atem- you see there is something fucked up about it. Angel only joins in to sing as well after he goes full "I am a hoe that likes drugs tehee" but unlike always, he is...not proud of it. He only sings about it because Husk sang how "it's ok to be a-" like expecting a negative, and it's ONLY when Husk completes it with a "Baby that is fine by me" does Angel truly smiles. He just had a whole breakdown, he doesn't has the energy to put his facade and his "I don't care what you think" actitude. But because Husk validates that he is able to follow along.

There is also the "This guy it's not that bad" part. Angel softened up at that because, again, Husk validated him- the real him. He saw through his facade and embraced it.

In episode 5 there is this little scene where Charlie is talking to her father over the phone and everyone else is silently supporting her from behind. And Angel, the ever realist- is just....grimacing through the whole thing lmao but to his credit seemed to support her regardless- but what cought my eye through the whole thing is that when Charlie goes full "Dad, this is important to me!" The camera focus on Angel a bit....touched? See the scene you'll get what I mean.

Then episode 6 came along. Cherrie comes along, and her and Husk play devil and angel on Anthony's shoulder the whole night. But there is something interesting about this- Angel never.... really stops Cherrie, nor explain why he would avoid drugs- Husk does. He ONLY explains himself when Cherrie confronted him about being so protective of Nifty. When Cherrie offer him the pills he doesn't goes full "I am sober now" cut and dry, instead he goes full "er....I dunno, I am tired. Maybe another time?" after Husk does the whole "I thought you were better than that" bit. Cherrie enables Angel- she clearly CARES about him, there is not doubt about that- but Hell is made with good intentions, validating his excesses and taking an active part on it is how they bond- and how his relationship with her makes him feel a bit better about himself, even when at the end of day it all comes crashing down (hello end of Addicted) and what is the first THING he smiles at after his confrontation with Valentino? "You did good, kid".

Ao in synthesis, Angel craves for validation in all and any way he can get it- regardless of how good the intentions of those giving it are. It either can be an validitation of his usual behavior (Cherrie) an validation of him wanting to better himself (Charlie, Husk) or just.... validation of his body as a whole (those weird sharks he ran to at ep4) it really depends of how much his mental state is on the gutter that day.

And then there is Valentino.

It's clear Angel's self Worth issues are not much better thanks to the way he is treated in and out of the studio- but, and knowing his familial relationship, it's doubtful they CAME from there, and it was an unfortunate result of it.

Valentino and the Vees pray on the vulnerable- that was DIRECTLY stated at ep2, and what is more vulnerable that a drug addict whose own family rejected? Sure Angel had been on Hell for a WHILE but his foundation was already shaky to begin with, he is street smart and posseses more common sense that some of his peers (literally the only one that stated they SHOULDN'T bring every psycho that tries to kill them to the Hotel lmao) but this need for Validation running deep on his core makes him the ideal pray for any asshole that is willing to drop a few "oh you are so pretty 💜"s his way until it's too late. How tragic would it be- to have the first person that validated him in a WHILE be the one that hurt him the most.

[boydepartment]

Hello jayjay...

I asked about requesting and then disappeared 😅 life got a little 😵‍💫😵‍💫 for a minute

Anyway 👉👈 if you're still up for something angsty could I request riki comforting you after a break up?

Like he thinks you're crying because your ex broke your heart when he dumped you but in reality you dumped your ex because you realized you were in love with riki, your best friend. Your heart is broken because of the impossibility of you and riki being together 💔

Like imagine riki being so sweet and taking care of you getting you your favorite snacks and letting you cry on his shoulder and him trying to distract you and make you smile with his silly antics and all the while he thinks he's making you feel better when in reality he's just reminding you why you love him so much which just adds salt to the wound because you know you'll never be able to claim anything more than friendship with him 🥲🥲🥲🥲

▪︎ 🧈bttr🧈 ▪︎

a/n: IM SORRY THIS TOOK A BIT! i got food poisoning LMAO and i had to do my lab

come up with lies - nishimura riki x gn! reader

MASTERLIST

wc- 350?? 500?? i am not sure

warnings- ANGST

you found yourself at your best friends door after you had dumped your boyfriend…

the breakup did not go smoothly in the slightest, your ex knew exactly why you were dumping him which led to your ex becoming aggressive.

you can still remember your his words clearly, “it’s because of him huh? everyone told me not to date you because of riki. but i decided to give you the benefit of the doubt. now look at me.”

you took a deep breath and knocked at his door, almost immediately riki swung open the door, he was expecting you as you texted him that you and your boyfriend broke up. he pulled you in a hug and you couldn’t help but start crying.

the sight of riki was making you cry, your heart hurt more seeing him than when you were breaking up with your boyfriend. the grip on your best friend’s jacket strengthened. riki patted your head and tried to calm you down. eventually you both pulled away from eachother and he led you to his room.

you sat down and rubbed your eyes, he knelt in front of you. his eyes looking into yours intently. which never failed to give you butterflies.

“you wanna talk about it?”

you looked at him, part of you hated him, but that was just your brain projecting. you hated yourself because you were in love with him.

“i cant right now…” your lips curved into a frown and you looked away from him. you couldn’t even talk about it with him.

for a long time you wanted to tell him how you feel, however, there was no signs he liked you back. hell, even if he did, he couldn’t date you. or give you the relationship you wanted with him.

nishimura riki worked his entire life for his career, you’d be selfish to let him risk it for you.

“here.” he stood up and walked to another part of his room, riki started digging through his closet. he spent a good couple minutes digging and humming. your heart hurt watching him.

it was crushed when he threw one of his hoodies at you. you caught it and he turned around smiling at you.

“you love my hoodies! you can have that one okay?”

your response to this was to immediately start crying again. riki’s face fell again.

“y/n if it smells that bad you could’ve told me!” he tried to joke but you just kept crying, letting the hoodie fall beside you on his bed.

riki watched you as you kept weeping. he sighs, hating seeing you this hurt over your ex… what could possibly make you feel better?

oh! he knew!

you watched as he walked out of his room, you eyed his hoodie to the side of you. you shouldn’t put it on, you shouldn’t give in to hurting yourself more. but you loved him. you think you’d always be in love with your best friend. you took a deep breath and put it on.

when he walked back in he had a bowl of ice cream with a ton of candy sprinkled on.

“i wasn’t sure what you wanted on your ice cream so-“

when you saw how hard he was trying for you, your eyes started tearing up again. riki saw this and blinked a couple times.

what on earth was he doing wrong?

the truth was, he wasn’t doing anything wrong. riki couldn’t help he was an idol, and you couldn’t help that you were in love with him.

he sighed before pulling you in a hug again. you leaned into him and continued to weep. you were letting your heart break more as you gave into his affection.

“please talk to me about what happened with your ex eventually… i know you loved him a lot and it hurts… i’m so sorry… i wish i could make it all go away…”

every bone in your body wanted you to yell that you weren’t in love with your ex and that you loved riki himself more than anything.

but you didn’t

all you did was softly mutter an “okay..”

you’d figure out a lie to tell riki later, right now you just wanted to cry into him while he held you oblivious to the real reason why you were so distressed.

[ladybugkisses]

I was reading your posts about Ari and Felix and this scenario popped into my head. Let me know what you think of it!

What if Felix’s family hosted some sort of Formal event in America and Felix took the opportunity to invite Ari. Whether Felix is planning to win her back or to apologize idk, and I think Ari certainly wouldn’t know. You can tell me if Ari would even consider attending, but I like the idea that she does, and that she brings Rocky along to make it absolutely clear she’s moved on. Like, to rub it in, a bit 😁. Eleanor would definitely want to go I think, maybe she convinces Ari to go so that she has an excuse to invite herself haha

Shenanigans would ensue I’m sure. Or at least drama. It’s fun to think about, right?

it's sooo fun to think about, i have a pretty similar scenario in mind! party drama is just a classic trope lmao

Félix is too sour to invite Ari to anything and she would definitely not go if he did, so my idea is more specifically at aunt Isa's birthday party: Ari receives an invite and knowing Félix and his family will most likely attend she really doesn't wanna go at first, but the thought of taking Rocky as her plus-one makes it sound more bearable (+ he gets to meet the rest of her family, and if she does bump into Félix she won't be alone ✨ hooray ✨)

there's a part of Félix that still likes Ari and wishes they could get back together somehow, but alas he's prideful and petty- the fact she broke up with him but is now dating a street rat his words not mine is like rubbing more salt in the wound. their reunion turns into a bit of a screaming match

i picture him pulling Rocky aside at some point to try and convince him Ari's a bitch who'll dump him as well once she gets bored 🙄

as for Eleanor, she'd get an invite too!! aunt Isa's friends with her and her boss! and y'know her nosy nature would make her aware of the drama surrounding Félix, so... ..before the party's over she's gonna put him in his place a little gdskgds

overall a 7.5/10 night, it ends on a good note despite the few bumps

except for Félix, his mother's gonna pull him by the ear on the way out ♥️

[glisten-inthedark]

“Because I don't know about y'all, but I don't know for sure whether or not Mike has already come to terms with his feelings (I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, yours and anyone who might be reading this).”

I think where I’m at w/ this is that if Mike gets Vecna’d then he doesn’t know that Will likes him and he’s been repressing his own feelings for him and either refuses to think about it or doesn’t think Will would reciprocate

This is a bit of a weird comparison, but it reminds me of the 2018 A Wrinkle in Time movie where they cut out an entire planet from the adaptation despite filming it because they realized that they wanted Meg to go into the final conflict at her rawest, most emotionally vulnerable, and intense state, and that planet that they cut out was where she had received comfort and healing.

Mike knowing or heavily suspecting that Will likes him is in a way a comfort because if he is aware of his own feelings for Will, or has started allowing himself to process his feelings for Will (especially during the time skip—that’s a fair amount of processing time) he won’t be at his rawest and most emotional state when Vecna curses him, unless Mike starts the season believing that Will likes him and something causes him to believe that he was wrong, like overhearing a conversation between Will and someone else that causes him to believe that Will is either straight or has feelings for someone else or doesn’t that way 

I think if Mike is going to get cursed, he needs to either be fully repressing his feelings for Will and refusing to acknowledge their existence even though he knows in his heart of hearts that he is in love with Will, or aware of his feelings for Will but unaware of Will‘s feelings for him.

Only in those two scenarios will he be at his most emotionally vulnerable and rawest state, which would make the curse scene be all the more intense for both the audience and Mike himself. Especially since we see that Vecna’s speciality is stuff people have ~repressed~ or desperately hide from themselves and others or run away from

And if what Vecna confronts Mike with is stuff Mike already has confronted himself, then that’s not as……satisfying? It feels weird to call it satisfying but hopefully you understand what I mean lmao

Hi! How are you?

I totally agree with you, which is why I love the hypothesis that Mike figured it out the whole painting thing and when Will was all like "You're the heart" Mike assumed he got it all wrong.

So it could definitely play into his feelings, because imagine. You spend six months trying to work through your feelings and suddenly you think the boy you're in love with loves you back when he presents you with the best gift you ever had and you think maybe this is it, maybe you actually stand a chance until he does something that proves otherwise. That would cut anyone very deeply.

So it'd tie everything together and it'd be just another wound for Vecna to rub salt in. Like, really Michael, you really thought he would ever love you?

Pathetic.

[shijiujun]

there's like so much i like about episode 5!!!

it's not going to be a smooth journey teaming up but they're going to get there: it's sea's turn to be insecure and has to work through everything and neil has always been very quietly supportive, and i love that they argued in the prev episode and seem so stubborn but they went home and reflected and came back more accepting of the other like THIS IS REAL LIFE, but also generational gap istg, a bit of the old-uncle neil came out trying to pretend he understands what sea is talking about with tech LMAO

orca and neil friendship LMAO: 100% bros like they're like no please don't ship us EVER because damn i wanna fight you the next moment you say something, like neil's face when orca jumped up on stage like ????!?!?!?! literally i don't welcome you whachu doing here bij and then later in the office like: "ORCA!" "FINE!" bruhh i'm dying

ORCA AND REESE: omg i've got second couple syndrome again LIKE DAMN i love the younger+more forward and older+more reserved combination AND YOU CAN TELL THEY GOT SO MUCH HISTORY and argh reese was such a geek i cannot do this they're so damn cute and ORCA HIS FACE!! so damn HANDSOME

store owner bruh: literally the most real and annoying bro ever, like talk about rubbing salt into sea's wound huh

neil and sea head pats: I LOVE IT I LOVE ITTTTT

[base0h]

Ok I just read your story about (y/n) making pasta for killer and can I request one kinda similar with kid.

Scenario being after a battle and a bit tired (y/n) is making a late night meal while everyone's sleeping and kid come wondering it. (´◡`) thank you!

a/n - I’m just gonna make this but with luffy as well 💜💜

Warnings ⚠️ - fluff, g/n reader

Is there a time that luffy isn’t in the kitchen scavenging for food lmao

It was late, the only ones who were awake were you and maybe Zoro who was on night patrol. That being said, he might’ve dozed off as well. You decided to make some pasta, even after Sanji’s cooking, you were still hungry. Right as you were boiling the noodles, you heard footsteps above you. It was as if Luffy awakened from the smell of pasta noodles.

He went downstairs, rubbing his eyes as he stared at you. His hair was messy, and he only had his trousers on, his chest vulnerable to the cold breeze of the sea. “Hey luffy, couldn’t sleep?” You asked curiously as you started to grate the cheese into a separate pan. “I smelled food!” He replied, his eyes sparkling as he bounded over to you. He sniffed the cheese and you swore he started drooling right then and there. You slapped his hands away, making him pout at you, crossing his arms like a baby.

“Don’t eat it yet- dummy.” You replied, continuing to try and make the sauce while defending the food from Luffy. It was quite a difficult task- swatting hands away while stirring? It was hard enough to deal with Luffy’s food obsession without doing anything else. He had almost no patience when it came to waiting for food, especially if you or Sanji were making it.

“Is it done yet?...” He asked, groaning as he melted into your shoulder with a groan. His stomach was already growling even though he ate a huge snack just an hour or two ago. “It would go by faster if you helped.” You replied, bonking his head with your fist.

He bounced to his feet, eagerly waiting for you to tell him what to do to help. Anything to make the food ready faster! “Here, we have to mix the noodles with the sauce, so stir it slowly while I pour them in.” You said, taking the pot and adding the noodles. Surprisingly, Luffy was a pretty decent cook! (If you counted literally just stirring the pot as cooking skills, then he was pretty good)

You poured some of the salted pasta water with the sauce, it always tasted better that way :) “Is it done yet?” How many times has he asked this? You didn’t know, but finally you had the answer he’d been waiting for. “Yeah, it’s done.” You replied as he jumped up and down with excitement.

You poured some onto his plate and he immediately took a bite. He had sparkles in his eyes as he continued to stuff his face with the pasta. “Mffm! Sho GHOOD!” You could barely understand him with his cheeks stretched out with pasta, but the message came across clearly enough. You loved it when Luffy was happy like this, and you’d gladly make pasta for him anytime he wanted.

“Thank you y/n! You’re the best.” He said, kissing your cheek before going back to the mountain of food on his plate. The food managed to disappear in a matter of seconds, you swore he had beaten a record of some sort. You patted his head softly before saying softly, “I love you luffy.”

It was a really late night, after a long battle too. Everyone on the victoria punk was either sleeping or receiving treatment for their wounds. Not you. You were in the kitchen, fixing up some pasta for yourself since you thought after a long fight, this was a nice reward for your efforts. Pasta was such a nostalgic food that you ate when you were younger, it never failed to bring you comfort even on hard days.

Kidd was wandering around, looking for you, only to find you in the kitchen. “Oi, what are you doing?” He asked gruffly, standing behind you with a tired look on his face. His hair was down, his goggles around his neck. His red hair draped down the sides of his face, his intense eyes now softening. “I’m making pasta, want some?” You asked softly. He turned away with a grunt, he didn’t want to admit he was absolutely starving. Not because of his pride, but because he didn’t want to make you work harder for him.

Stomachs don’t lie. When his stomach growled, there was such a long silence, and all you could hear were the pasta noodles boiling softly in the background. Kid’s face turned a bright red, even brighter than his hair as he clutched his stomach with his hand. You struggled not to laugh, “I’ll make some for you too. Can you help me?” You asked him. He nodded and tried his best to follow your instructions.

“Yeah, just grate the cheese.” You said kindly, showing him how to use the block of parmesan. He ended up breaking the entire block in half by accident, his hand was too strong. “That’s alright, we can just use it like that.” You replied, patting his head, earning yet another death glare with red cheeks from the tulip head.

The pasta was almost done! Now to just mix the sauce with the noodles, that was the easiest part! You had your hand guiding his as he stirred the pot as gently as he could. If you squinted, Kid had a soft smile on the corners of his lips, he enjoyed doing this with you. “All done!” You said happily, crossing your arms before serving it onto two plates for the both of you.

He noticed you gave him plenty more than yourself which made him scoop more onto your plate with a huff. “Don’t give me more, dumbass.” He said gruffly, sitting down right next to you. “Kid, there’s literally the entire pot full of pasta, I can get more if I want.”

Both of you ate in silence, but Kid now found a new comfort in his rather- uncomfortable life. Making pasta with you.

a/n - help this was adorable 🥺

[vacantgodling]

48, 53, 69 for the platonic ask game!

this has taken me nigh forever to answer and so i’ll do this for the magic sex school kids cuz i need to develop them anyway 🤷🏽‍♂️ so i’ll answer this for bruno, pax, and mallory :3c

48. Oh no! Two of their friends (of your choice) have events scheduled at the same time! Which one do they attend?

BRUNO -> the people most likely to invite him to things are elsie and mallory and he’s definitely going with mallory. mallory usually invites him to orgies so he’s a bit biased about why he’s going frfr but yknow. if pax invites him to anything tho all bets are off and he’s going to whatever pax asks.

PAX -> i need to actually work on establishing pax’s other friends tbh BUT between another friend and bruno he’d probably pick the other friend. not great best friend behavior sure, but in his defense he’s trying to build up a friend circle of his own outside of just bruno so he kinda frames it as “well i wanna make a good impression and get to know these other people better” — doesn’t make bruno happy but yknow they’re not dating so it’s not like he has a say in it 🤪 (i’m rubbing salt in the wound sorry rune fjdjdjrej)

MALLORY -> she’s the kind of person who wouldn’t pick, she’d just say yes to both plans and then if she made it to both cool—but if she got hung up or wasted (or distracted 👀) at the first event, she’d message the other person as soon as she was able to try and set up a make up event lol. no one ever really gets mad at her if she flakes but that’s mostly bc her follow up is really good.

53. Are they jealous of any of their friends?

BRUNO -> define jealousy…? he’s not jealous of most of his friends in the “i want to be you” or “you’re better than me” kind of way, but he’s definitely jealous about pax in the “i don’t want you to find people more important to you than me” kind of way. he’s not particularly egotistical about himself or anything actually it’s more like, when you take him out of his messy relationships and emotional turmoil bruno is actually a really good student and a pretty hard worker—there’s a reason he did actually get into this school on his own merit lmao. tbh it’s night a day what he’s like dealing with real life things and whatnot versus the way he deals with relationships 💀💀

PAX -> he’s a little jealous of bruno actually—but he knows it’s silly bc it’s something neither of them can control: their magical heritage. in the sense that, pax doesn’t have ancestral magic at all (neither of his parents were particularly studious magic users and only know the little basics that most people know so that’s not enough to pass onto him) so he has to work Much harder to do magic than bruno does; who’s got 6 generations of magic at his back. mind you, bruno isn’t like a savant or a prodigy or anything—but pax always (when they were growing up) felt like his achievements paled next to bruno’s who was able to do harder spells and master concepts earlier in life than he did just bc of that slight boost. pax knows it’s silly; he and bruno have talked about it a few times before and bruno is nothing but encouraging of him and his study so it’s not like bruno is being a shitty person and rubbing it in his face or anything he just kinda can’t help it. it’s more… redirected frustration at his parents that he projects onto bruno than him actually being jealous of bruno particularly. tm.

MALLORY -> literally not at all lol. mal will cut out people who make her feel bad about herself bc she just doesn’t have time for that drama in her life. so any of the people she may be jealous of or want to one up—they aren’t her friends pff.

69. What do they value most in a friend?

BRUNO -> prioritization (i need you to make me feel like i matter to you) and quality time (don’t constantly blow me off and then say we’re friends it doesn’t work like that)

PAX -> similar goals or work ethic (he doesn’t like being around unmotivated people), emotional maturity, and communication (and if you’re wondering how the fuck are he and bruno friends—it’s kinda why shit is rocky rn FHDJD)

MALLORY -> fun and adventurous (she’s a party girly through and through), kindness or charitably (she’s a i’ll give my shirt off my back if you need it so she wants people with that same energy), and low maintenance (funny bc she’s friends with bruno but he’s actually very low maintenance in their friendship bc he doesn’t constantly feel like mal doesn’t value him 💀)

[cemetery14]

i really like talking about akashis faults : )

theres so much soft akashi love someone has to do it!

this kinda applies to all the miracles but akashi in particular, in teiko after akashis switch i feel like there was something inside him that NEEDED to squash kurokos spirit til there was nothing left

just this sick need to kill his spirt completely

the way he would talk to him really felt like he was rubbing salt in the wound and that he was bitter about the fact that kuroko never lost that spark inside him like the rest of them did, even when he lost everything

i think it was the second time akashi confronted him in the gym after he switched, where he just went on and on until kuroko started crying!!!!!!! than he just left him to cry alone in the gym! aaaaaaaaaaaaa

i think he even called kuroko a child or some shit LMAO or he called his thinking childish

oh my god the line where kurokos like

"isnt basketbal about having fu-" (its something like that)

"NO"

just being so harsh about it

THAN the whole 111 11 shit, i genuinely think akashi saw an opportunity to REALLY get to kuroko and finally kill that spark in him and he technically succeeded, kuroko did start hating basketball, idk if he expected him to just quit tho either way kuroko was too stubborn and im sure akashi knew that it wouldn't stick

THAN after he basically told kuroko it was his fault and he shouldn't have asked for special treatment and like... ok if you jump through a bunch of hoops sure hes not totally in the right but that was definetly just akashi being extra harsh when the kid just had a panic attack in the middle of the court!!!

CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT KUROKO HAD A FUCKING PANIC ATTACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT

DID NO ONE SEE THIS??? DID ANY OF THE MIRACLES EVEN CARE????????AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

i really wished theyd shown more of kuroko and akashis friendship in the anime, cause the way akashi went from being his polite friend who is the whole reason he could even join the third string, to this cold sadistic person who rubs salt in his wounds

its been a bit since i watched the teiko episodes so sorry if i dont remember everything exactly

[cheemken]

Knight I had a small angsty vision of the newest AU, while listening to Gods Mercy of all songs lmao

Actually it’s full on angst™️

Just,,,when all the Champions are captured, they get tortured to death instead of, idk, shooting them or something quick and relatively painless

Cause like Team RR is using them both as a show of power, but also what will happen to rebels and traitors if they don’t agree with Team RR

Imagine it being worse that they give E4 and gym leaders a change to join their side, cause they’re all strong trainer, before they label them as traitors, but not the Champions just to rub salt in the wound. Truly letting them know they have 0% chance of finding a way out of dying

Anyways yeah, Giovanni ordering them to stab Lance all over his body in non lethal parts, letting him slowly bleed out and watch the rest, Maxie ordering for Steven to be slowly burnt alive, Archie ordering the grunts to water board Wallace before finally drowning him, Iris being mauled to death by Dragon Types, just horrid deaths they all got

But wait ‼️‼️

What about SilkWing angst, like Giovanni ordering the grunts to kill Iris in front of Diantha and Lance, and both of them have to watch their practically get eaten alive. Them just screaming at the Leaders to let Iris live, saying “she’s only a teenager she doesn’t deserve this” “we don’t care what happens to us just let her go please”

But of course, Diantha’s gonna be next

Just Giovanni being an evil leader and killing Lances family in front of him before he dies himself

Also sorry if this is to much. Feel free to delete if you don’t want to answer this and just let me know so I don’t send something like this again

YOUR HONOUR THATS SO GOOD WHAT CBMDBCMDND

Oh love myself some torture fr fr if you have more concepts like this send em my way, man you don't understand I had like the whumpiest au back then in my old fandom and it low-key broke some people hahahaha the torture and abuse in that au was too much too ig but hey

Ough that's so good tho what the fuck😭😭😭 just bcmxbxmx yo idk this got me excited holy shit hahahah

Like, you know what would be so so fucked up SHIT FUCKING IMAGINE CHMDBXNDND if Lysandre knows just what would really fuck Diantha up, for not joining him, for wasting her beauty, for trying to stop him, is that instead of Dragon types being the ones to kill Iris, it's a pack of Houndoom. Like. She's literally being fed to the Houndoom and Diantha could only watch as she screams and writhes in her confines, screaming at Lysandre, cursing him, and Lysandre could only smirk as she watches her daughter get killed, and soon she'll follow suit

Like cjxncbmxbxsk OUGHHHHH IMAGINE TOO THO LIKE CNDNCBDN once all of the other Champions are dead and Lance is still around, Giovanni's there smirking at him, telling him that he must be missing a few people, he really wants to see just how Lance breaks. As if his daughter and wife wasn't enough fucking imagine Gio calls in the grunts and the other leaders to take Clair and Silver right where Lance is, and got them killed in front of him too cbmxnx like Gio's too deep within that rabbit hole that he had no problems having Silver killed, so Lance had to also watch his cousin and his son die before him man like csxjdmdjdkd

Ough bonus points if Lance is there just basically begging Giovanni to kill him, but for Gio that would be mercy, and why would he ever show him mercy y'know? Imagine if Gio and the other leaders kept him alive, making him watch as they destroy his home, his region, and the next will soon follow, he was forced to watch innocent people die, and Gio's there leaning close to him, forcing him to watch, "see how powerless you are? Are you truly still worthy of being called a Champion?" And he could only laugh as he watches the last bit of hope in Lance's eyes get extinguished, his defences crumbling, he was nothing more than a shell of his former self, and god did Giovanni revel in it.

[nami-moittli]

Okay, since [3] people liked my post, here’s the charts for my

Though, I will admit, I feel like the shojou influence may lessen after the first group, but oh well. It’s the drama filled romance twst AU.

So, the freshman gang is the main one, along with the only one I bothered to add text in the image itself.

These guys are also the only ones who have any real semblance of a plot going on, and I imagine if this was an actual shojou romance anime, there’d be two seasons, so dynamics get changed and two more characters (Grim and Yuu!) get added into the mix. But I haven’t made that chart yet, so I won’t talk about it unless someone asks

Anyway, Ortho would be the main character here, as she was the reason why I decided to make this AU at all lol. (Btw, she’s 16 just like everyone else here, so don’t worry about it) Epel and her are best friends and as such I decided to give him his own side plot as well!

Since I wanted Ortho and Epel to already be established as best friends, I decided to mash their hometowns closer together, and I also wanted to make them know Vil for awhile too, so Idia, Ortho, Epel, Vil & Jack have all known each other since elementary. The others they only met in HS. Why? It’s probably a really prestigious one like in canon or smth, idk

Bc of this, Epel’s been crushing on Jack since, idk, elementary? Middle school? Awhile now, that’s for sure. Ortho’s been making fun of him for not being able to confess for years now, and he finally decided to ask him out in HS, but by the planned time comes, Oops! He likes Sebek now too! Ortho is understanding, but loves to make references to cringy manga and anime that have love triangles/harems in it. That is, until she falls for both Ace and Deuce, and suddenly Epel can have payback.

There’s definitely more to this, but that’s all I feel like writing about rn for them.

Onto the next ones!

Now this description will have less in it cause I definitely think of these guys the least, but I will say that one love square ends in two couples, and the other in polyamory, so,that’s fun!

Also, to balance out the gender ratio, Jade and Floyd are Jade and Floyd, Riddle, Kalim, Azul, Jamil & Ruggie are all girls. Silver can be the token guy. Or I could change my mind and make her a girl. Idk.

I do have a bit more to say about the juniors tho!

First off, I didn’t know where to fit in Cater & Trey, so they’re kinda just in the background. Maybe Trey & Vil had smth but now Trey and Cater are dating? Idk, but they’re here!

Anyway, back to the exes, yk how I said that Vil, Jack, Idia, Ortho & Epel all knew each other? Yeah, back in middle school, Idia and Vil dated for, around a (school) year (plus summer) I wanna say? Maybe a bit less than that. But in their freshman year they broke up, leaving them not really speaking, then about two weeks later Vil and Leona started dating, so that just kinda rubbed salt in the wound for Idia and he went back to staying in his room 24/7 again. Though he does show up at school more often than his canon counterpart does, I feel. Simply bc this is supposed to be a no magic AU, so flying tablets are a bit harder to get from class to class with lmao

Anyway, after who knows how long, maybe for like 6 months or so? Vil and Leona break up. Not sure how long after that, maybe a month, little more than that? Anyway, then Leona and Malleus date for like, a week? Idk, Leo & Mal remind me of two middle school boys who hate each other, so do with that as you will lol

Second year maybe you could fit in the Trey thing but idk. Anyway, Vil & Rook have been going strong since then, and Idia’s recently gained a crush on Malleus. Shenanigans ensue

The only other thing I’ll note is that Lilia doesn’t attend school with his kids, maybe he’s a teacher? Part-time substitute? Idk, but just like in canon he’s Mal & Silver’s dad (and Sebek’s too lol) and online friends with Idia. So that’s fun!

Anyway, that’s all for now, if anyone wants to know more, feel free to ask!

[joshhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Okay, I finished The Final Horizon. Spoilers following.

Thoughts specific to the stuff I didn't mention yesterday are that the final tower climb was a lil bit easier than I expected given how much time I spent on one of the ones before it, but still good stuff. The final trial is very mediocre. I think a boss rush kinda just feels shitty to have in the main game knowing that like 2 updates ago we already added a boss rush mode to begin with. The extra stipulations to make it more challenging are certainly something - you have a fully level 1 Sonic who can't get rings back and whose ring count carries over between fights, so you're on a timer for all 400 of those rings to do three titans in a row, even cylooping doesn't give you more. That part's neat, adds a lot of tension and asks that you're able to take these bosses out efficiently. The shit part is that they changed how the parry worked to give Sonic the "perfect parry", which is a linear downgrade from the normal parry lmao. Way it works is it's the parry but you need to time it. On paper a good thing! In the first place the parry window being uhhhhhh infinite was criticised quite a bit at release, and they've found a roundabout way to address it in this update. But that brings the obvious problem of now you've got to time a parry that you have never practiced with, and your training room are boss fights with a lengthy restart period if you fail, and that's coupled with the fact that the boss hitboxes really don't match their animations well at all. So the perfect parry - instead of bandaging the parry problems - just rubs salt in the wound instead. Ouch.

Once you've done that tower climb and trial, you get to go for the final boss - a fight against regular Supreme from the regular vanilla game. Very much of two minds about this because of how The Final Horizon's content is implemented into the game to begin with. Since it's just a portal on Ouranos that takes you to Ouranos but we're doing this story instead on an optional save file and stuff, it makes sense to have the exact same Supreme fight since like holistically if someone is playing the complete version of the game for their first time then hey they should see this fight, right? But on the other hand what this means is if you either beat the game before this update, or if you're playing it for the first time now and decide to go for I suppose both endings, you will at two different points in the story have to do the same Supreme fight. Feels bizarre. Also strange thing but base The End, if you fail you just start at the start of that fight, but in The Final Horizon if you fail that new version of The End you gotta refight Supreme. That's tedious and inconsistent, not really a fan.

As for the new fight against The End, it's another thing I'm of two minds about, although I'm leaning more positive probably. The goods are the setpiece elements of this - cool as absolute fuck and I guess Cyber Super Sonic or whatever it officially ends up being called? Shit's fucking awesome, plays mostly the same but dude his attack animations are so over the top shounen badass and he does awesome poses and like shot of the back while one eye looks down at the camera, I felt like I was watching Nazo Unleashed for the first time again. Moreover the nature of this take on the story is such that every other character is significantly involved and gets to do a lot more, even if they are still ultimately spectators but like hey they're more there than they were before. Also just as a game design thing, hey it's another Super Sonic fight. Awesome. This is a long established formula within the game by now and it's far more logical to end the game on than a schmup out of largely nowhere. Good improvement. The bad though is kinda twofold. For one we're doubling down on perfect parry, which like hey technically they've introduced it to us by now so it's less of a jumpscare, buuut it's still shitty and the animations don't feel like they match up and it's just a bizarre difficulty spike in control that would really need a ground-up different approach to really fix. The other thing is I think this fight has like, pretty bad conveyance, I guess? You're told quite directly that "attacking The End head-on won't work, find something else to do", but that feels like a bizarre thing to ask of the player when they're by now already conditioned towards "super sonic = press attack buttons". Moreover the cyloop just never seems to really accomplish anything either. See what you actually need to do is attack higher up on Supreme End's body and then do specifically a quick cyloop - at which point you can deal damage. From here you do uhhhh, I don't really know? I kinda just did stuff until it was over and wasn't really confident until I hit a quicktime event. Was that fade to black a quick time event animation? Did I die? Is the fight about to be over? I never really felt like I knew. I think the fight is a cooler setpiece than vanilla The End and certainly the game "earns it more" but it seems like regardless of which one you do, the final boss of Sonic Frontiers is just kinda shitty lol.

Was a bit disappointed to see that on completing the file, you don't get to take the new playable characters back to old islands or use them in Cyberspace. Would just be a really fun and rewarding thing is all. As it stands you can use them in the same Ouranos island you can already use them in by going to a character swapper that's pretty far away from lots of stuff on the map. One of those things where I suppose implementing them into the rest of the game is a tall order, but it is a bit sad is all. Unless this is some reward for finishing all the new cyberspace levels which uhhhh I still haven't done lol. They're fuckin hard okay!!!

Overall though, I think Final Horizon is interesting - largely good (last post goes into more of the detail surrounding that), but it will change the overall conversation surrounding Frontiers quite a bit. I think updates 1 and 2 did great legwork to making Frontiers feel a lot more "complete" as a game, whereas Final Horizon kinda feels like a more standalone expansion that's perhaps so standalone that suddenly the game feels actually less complete. Like by itself this needs more updates to fit in with the rest of the game better, or something. Put another way, updates 1 and 2 are linear upgrades to base Frontiers, while Final Horizon is a good-to-mixed addition to a game that hey, tbf, was already good-to-mixed anyway, right? Hope that makes sense lol.

But I think more than anything else though I can't help but respect the hell out of this update existing. Kishimoto and the team actually taking feedback, addressing complaints, and adding new stuff to the game for fucking free is insane in this day and age, even comparing it to other Sonic titles like Origins Plus or Superstars with digital deluxe and preorder and retailer exclusive downloads and shit. The precedent that these updates set for future Sonic titles as well is also insanely exciting - lots of Frontiers' problems were addressed across the updates anyway, with some of the core fundamental parts already in the game being left as is by necessity (I'm talking like lots of the puzzle design and stuff). I think if Frontiers is to be seen as a stepping stone towards something greater then these updates really will help along that journey. And it downright goes without saying, but holy shit I'm so glad to see solo sonica die. Tails and Knuckles are back, and even Amy is on the core team. I don't strictly think every game going forward needs these exact playable characters in this exact playstyle but the general idea of how they play and how they feel compared to Sonic is perfect - that's what I want more of going forward. Perhaps in the long term this'll make Frontiers somewhat eclipsed by its successors - a game that's spoken about for what future titles did based off of it, rather than getting to fully stand on its own years down the line. There's an insanely complicated conversation to be had about that subject, and about making games for that purpose, but for a series like Sonic I think that's a worthwhile thing to aim to be and if the experiment pays off then hey, shit's all the greater.

For now though, I need to work on those cyberspace stages lmao.