#second mate

[captainkurosolaire]

[Insight]:体 Van Sinbad🎼

For those to my chest... never, never again! Will I fail to protect them! What's the point of my existence? if I can't SIMPLY do that!

[l4tchk3y]

I love Espio so much. I wish chameleons were real.

[somnas-writes]

Hc that by Illyrian standards Azriel is considered unattractive.

Illyrians are a more practical group, they’re strong and have traditions they want to follow. They live in cold mountains in camps. Strength and endurance is a top quality, and while Azriel embodies this— He doesn’t look it.

Illyrians want someone whose body reflects their strength. Huge arms, wide wings, tall and bearing tokens of war (scars but not too many scars because that then signifies defeat). Azriel is trained for reconnaissance. His job is to be unnoticeable, being a huge hulking figure doesn’t make that easy. He’s tall and large yes, but he’s not that ideal Illyrian man. Hes just slimmer that average and plays sneaky. Not the big bold way that they believe is honorable. So by the cultures standards, he’s not attractive.

Cassian and Rhys both know this, that their sworn brother is considered “unattractive” by their peers. They never really think about it because that’s their brother, you don’t go around agreeing that your partner in crime is ugly. (Also because he could totally kick their asses and hey you don’t call the guy who is covered in conscious shadows ugly)

It becomes irrelevant as azriel ends up sticking to his job and doesn’t have to often interact with large groups of Illyrians (that gets to be Cassians job).

On the flip side, other groups of fae need that man CARNALLY. What makes him unideal in Illyrian standards makes him the perfect man in theirs. Strong beyond what they could achieve, skilled, quick witted and mysterious—he’s a 10/10.

Rhys learns about this after Azriel makes a rare appearance at a large event to let Rhys know about a new development in one of his missions, the crowd immediately hones in on this hunk of a man. Later, Rhys has to deflect multiple offers of marriage from court nobles.

[bunubunss]

the dream team (o´▽`o)

[jadewritesficshere]

Just thinking about s4 but when Alpha!Eddie grabs Steve to shove the bottle against his neck, he doesn't realize Steve is an omega and accidentally scruffs him. And Steve is just boneless, kinda goes down. And Eddie isn't expecting deadweight and almost falls ontop of Steve but realizes what's happening (let's just say he's fought off a few bullies who scruffed members of his pack). He immediately drops the bottle and holds onto Steve, who tries to scent Eddie. Just shoves his face into Eddie's neck and nuzzles it, lets out a purr unintentionally.

[linddzz]

Harry Lloyd had said he's aiming for specifically a "bad Czech accent" for Viktor (hilariously candid, thank you for your service sir) so I like having Viktor mutter things in Google Translate Czech

And look. Is it in character? Probably not. Or maybe it is but it is pushing it ok I know I am pushing into some syrapy ooc cutesy shit but hold my hand ok?? Hear me out here

Bc I cannot resist the idea of Viktor pre-relationship calling Jayce lásko. and refusing to elaborate further. Not that he needs to elaborate, because Jayce would just roll with this fun nickname that Viktor will call him with such casual ease (like it's the most sensible and obvious nickname there is) because they're buddies and partners yay!

And it's not until they've been fucking for a while that Jayce finally THINKS to ask what lásko means and Viktor shrugs and says "ah that, it means love. Or my love." like it's NO BIG DEAL.

And Jayce is sitting straight up staring at him with an indescribable mix of equal parts fluttery chest feelings and also indignant "are you shitting me rn???" because he is suddenly flipping through how long Viktor's been calling him that (it's been since Jayce said "crank it!!!" that first night at the chalkboards in Jayce's blown up apartment) like it was a totally normal thing to call your new lab partner

With Viktor holding eye contact. Eyebrow raised. His expression 1000% I said what I fucking said

[verticalplane]

redraw of this ICONIC pic cause they are sooooo cute and also because @twojamie-o-clock inspired me to <3

[the-daydreaming-show]

The Gods Has Spoken (Poly!Feysand x Reader)

SUMMARY: You were a mere mortal, daughter of no one. You were sold into slavery by your father. Furthermore, you were a courtesan on the pirate islands, known as The Pirate's Bride. And then you were condemned to work for life in the volcanoes for killing a free man as a slave. From there, you conquered Slaver's Bay, having seen dragons and a new version of yourself born in the lava.

Now you go to the Night Court, in search of an alliance that is easy to fall into nothingness, because of looking for your childhood friend Feyre Archeron.

Or

Where you were Feyre's childhood friend. A couple years older than her, you took her under your wing and taught her how to survive. Now you are both leaders of your lands and your causes, and those may not be compatible.

Feyre already has her peace, and you are about to start your war.

CHARACTER(S): Poly!Feysand x Fem!Reader, Feyre Archeron x Fem!Reader, Rhysand x Fem!Reader.

WARNING(S): Reader is female. Reader is described as having long hair. Reader is given hair color, but it is clarified that it is artificial and has natural unidentified color below. Misunderstandings and slight miscommunication (in my defense, it is justified). War. Slavery. Prostitution. ACOTAR Canon sh*t.

NOTE 06/02: I'm overwhelmed with college, but I haven't abandoned this story, I swear!!

AO3

Tag List is OPEN.

(0.) PREFACE

SUMMARY: You make some last arrangements before leaving for the Night Court. Or. You make a stupid decision that will change everything.

(1.) THREADS OF TIME.

Ever since you arrived in the Night Court, you've avoided awkward confrontation and the thought of going out of your way to talk to Feyre. You've barely looked at her in an attempt to avoid facing the very thing you came here for. But finally, one evening, after a flight over the mountains with Balerion, you come face to face with the past and present you've been avoiding.

Or.

After not seeing each other for over a decade, you and Feyre finally meet in the woods again, but nothing is the same, not even the two of you. You make an agreement to try to find a balance, and you fail miserably.

(2.) EMBRACING ILLUSIONS

After realizing that the alliance won't happend, you decide to take a new approach to what's left of you visit, while Feyre decides it's time for you to have a serious talk. Or. Where you and Feyre get too carried away by what could have been, and yo ignore what you know will be, just to live in an illusion a little longer.

(3.) DREAMS MADE HEAVY.

It's the celebration of Nyx's first birthday. Or Your time in illusion is running out and the past is fading, unable to bear its own weight any longer.

(4.) THE SKYFALL

Your time is up.

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[critterishere]

First image was drawn like 11 days ago I think,,,,

the virus….. it’s changing me…….

[science-lings]

You know how Superman can super-change into his outfits? Do you think that if they’re in a rush, Bruce taught him all the ins and outs of the batsuit so he can change them both at super speed? Like no matter how fast that guy has taught himself how to get in and out of that thing (because you know he has) sometimes it has to be literally instant.

It’s like an insane show of trust, not many people know all the little tiny details that get updated every few months, the close batfamily might know how to take of pieces in case of emergency and the exact contents and placements of his belt, but Clark has a lot of hands on experience and the symbolism of him putting Bruce’s cowl on for him is neat too.

[nonranghaes]

"i think we messed up."

seungmin's fishing broken pieces of eggshell out of the bowl, and you watch the way batter drips off his fingers like its practically water. where did you go wrong...? you meant to double this recipe so that you could share with his buddies, but clearly you forgot to double something. or... maybe several things? seungmin flicks the broken piece into the trash before going for the paper towels so that he can wipe his fingers off.

"huh." you frown, arms folding across your chest. "i think... you might be right."

"we could pay felix." seungmin stares at the bowl for a moment longer, hand hovering over it as he debates giving in to whatever thought is in his head. slowly, he lowers his hand down, dragging his fingers through the batter again. "we could help him, too, so it's not like he did all the work--"

"no." you press a finger against his lips. "honey. i've seen you two in the kitchen. i don't think the three of us working together is going to fix that."

seungmin frowns at you, all too aware that you're right. something about him and felix cooking anything together... goes wrong. now that he thinks about it, it's kind of like what he thinks happens when he's around you. he says nothing, but darts his tongue out to lick you finger before you jerk your hand back. he cackles in glee. the impulsive thoughts are winning today.

"i'll call him," he wipes his fingers off on the nearby paper towel, crumpling it into a ball that he tosses into the trash. "and ask him how to fix that." with a nod toward the bowl, he's already going for his phone. "we can do this. we're competent. we can make cookies."

ah. now he has something to prove. you fight back a laugh as he's already calling felix, leaning against the counter... only to immediately make a beeline for him when he starts saying that you were the only one making mistakes (because seungmin, self-proclaimed professional baker of fifty years, clearly knows what he's doing).

[suzukiblu]

WIP excerpt for miri-tiazan behind the cut; “the one where omegaverse fucks up Red Hood’s life”. (( chrono || non-chrono ))

“Jay,” Dick mumbles back belatedly, sounding all dizzy and punch-drunk and like he’s actually–like he’s really–

Dick smells like sympathy rut, Jason’s stupid enough to think. Dick smells like he actually wants to–to–like he actually wants him. 

He doesn’t. He can’t. And Dick wouldn’t–he wouldn’t rut over Jason’s heat, even if he did. Wouldn’t . . . 

Dick had–he’d asked him if he wanted it. And Jason had said–had said– 

And then Dick had started to smell like . . . 

Jason’s stupid and in heat and his stupid fucking omega actually thinks its alpha wants them, and his fingers dig into Dick’s ribs and his thighs shudder and he thinks his fucking hole even shudders, kind of, and he’s never felt like this before. Never felt like this in his life. The ghost of it, the seed of it, some vague watered-down illusion, but not . . . not this.

“Dick. M’–I need–” Jason chokes, and his omega is, again, an absolute bitch. 

Or at least, it really, really wants to be. 

“Need?” Dick mumbles in that same punch-drunk voice as he buries his face in the crook of Jason’s neck just above his scent gland and breathes in his pheromones like he wants–like he likes–“What’d you need, baby? Little wing. We’ll get it for you. I’ll get it for you.” 

“M’empty,” Jason whines as he tries to tilt his hips in against Dick’s, because he’s apparently just as much of a bitch as his omega is. 

At least for Dick Grayson he is, anyway. 

“‘Empty’,” Dick echoes, ragged and breathless and like he really is rutting, like Jason’s not stupid and delusional, like–“Empty like–” 

“Put it in me,” Jason chokes, gripping Dick’s back tight, and doesn’t specify if he means Dick should put his knot in him or his pup in him. 

It’s fucking obvious what he means, he thinks. 

He knows it’s obvious. 

Dick should have better self-control than this. Shouldn’t sympathy rut like this at all without at least Ivy being involved, because Dick’s had enough ruts and spent enough time as a Bat to just–to be able to–

Jason’s never been in heat a single time in his fucking life, but he should have better self-control than this too. He should, but–but–

But it’s Dick, so he can’t even try to. 

He wants to pretend it’s the same for Dick, that the bastard’s feeling anything like he’s feeling–like he’s felt–but knows it’s not. Doesn’t–doesn’t know what it is, but–but–probably Dick’s trying to distract him, keep him from bolting, keep him here ‘til–’til Batman gets here, and–and then just–and then–

It doesn’t feel like that’s what Dick’s doing, though. 

Not to his stupid bitch of an omega, anyway, and not even really to his stupid bitch of himself. Not . . .

[takaraphoenix]

The Hale Pack

I've been thinking a lot about it lately. I've worked a lot with just throwing everyone into the Hale Pack, ignoring the True Alpha nonsense and having it just be one big happy pack. But they can as well be split up, the Hale Pack can co-exist alongside the McCall Pack without interfering with the canon pack's lineup or plotlines. Whether the Hale Pack moves somewhere else to live or still exists in Beacon Hills, they have been individually removed from the canon pack to the point that I can fully gather em all up into the Hale Pack by season four while leaving Scott all the betas he does have at that point.

Peter, Derek and Cora, the obvious ones. The Hales.

Peter's whole deal is, quite frankly, so damn vague in canon that it's pathetic. Is he actually considered part of Scott's pack...? But Scott keeps claiming that he doesn't trust Peter, so it's not very likely. So is Peter canonically an omega just lurking around the McCall territory? It's weird, it's contradictory to the lore, it makes no sense. Let's just keep the Hale Pack going and say Peter is part of that and then Scott doesn't have to trust Peter, because Peter doesn't have to be part of his pack.

Derek's pack situation is honestly nearly as vague as Peter's. He left Beacon Hills after he lost his Alpha spark, but then returns to... play mentor to Scott... because a vision of his dead mom told him to... What in the world were the writers smoking when they made that decision. But after that, after the possession? Kate takes Derek and Scott only notices weeks later that he's been taken so even though the McCall Pack goes to search for Derek and free him, the fact that they didn't notice him gone for so long makes it obvious that Derek isn't part of the McCall Pack. He's an ally, at best. So... a packless omega on the territory, again. It's great how conveniently the becoming-feral-if-packless thing works only when the writers want to, huh. So why not keep the Hale Pack around to solve that plothole. As a member of the Hale Pack, he could totally mentor Scott, why not.

Cora was... why.... Hng. I remain so mad by how underdeveloped and underused she was. Derek gave up the Hale Alpha spark to save her life and then she's written off and Derek doesn't even stay with her (listen, I would have hated to permanently lose Derek, but from a narrative point, him returning to Beacon Hills after conceding the territory to an in-over-his-head teenager after it had been Hale land for centuries and then being forced to mentor the teenager who was now the special Chosen One to protect the lands was just... not rewarding for Derek's character. Derek getting to be happy and start anew with his sister would have, quite frankly, felt more rewarding for Derek). They should have come back from South America together, she should have stayed on their family's lands and in her family's pack. (Recasts exist!! Even if an actress leaves, you could theoretically cast another one of the hundreds of thousands of conventionally attractive brunette white girl actresses that Hollywood have to offer!! It might have been an adjustment, but believe me, we would have lived and had come to accept Cora-with-a-new-face.)

Boyd, Erica and Isaac are also a given, considering that they're the OG betas to the new Hale Pack.

I don't need to go on a long tangent on this one: Boyd and Erica deserved to live, they deserved better than what they got in canon. So they live, in my heart and in my fics, and continue being part of the Hale Pack.

And Isaac, the one beta wolf who joins the McCall Pack, being written out after only half a season in the pack was just... unhinged to me. (Even more so when Chris returned alone without him. Like, I'm sorry, did you just take a legal minor into another country, without having any kind of guardianship over him, and then left him there. What.) So why shouldn't he get to be part of the Hale Pack again.

And Jackson. The fourth beta Derek turned. Canonically also part of the Hale Pack - as Lydia pointed out, Derek taught him about being a werewolf over the summer, before he left for London. So even if just for a brief time, Jackson was a member of the pack. We just didn't get to see it. (I am, once again, weeping about this show's inability to just recast when an actor leaves. They set up so much potential, literally all of season 2 was about Jackson... and then he's just gone. Unhinged behavior on the writers' part.)

This is where my much beloved 'the Hale Pack moves to London' comes into play, because we can just move them all over to London, where Jackson lives, and be a pack over there. But, again, it doesn't have to be London, it could still be in Beacon Hills, Jackson could just not leave.

Special shout-out to the last member of the Hale Pack who, ironically enough, is the only non-wolf and the only one who does pose a problem by actually being McCall Pack to the end in canon.

Stiles.

Because in season 2, Scott and Stiles do join the Hale Pack. And they work together, as one pack. And then Scott betrays Derek and tells him that Derek was never his Alpha. But... Scott doesn't actually speak for Stiles, and Stiles had no idea about this ruse. He joined the Hale Pack in good faith. Now, how that works out in the story, whether Stiles has dual pack-membership on account of being human, or if he leaves one pack for the other, or if there is only one pack and we never dissolve the Hale Pack to begin with, doesn't matter. He's in it.

This is the Hale Pack, to me. The one I'm clinging onto. the one I keep together. I might add more members, various members, depending on where the story takes me, on how much divergence I am playing with, but at their core, the people who were canonically members of the Hale Pack? They are the Hale Pack, to me.

[nnjthndr]

Joels kind of like a shonen mc in wild life especially the finale, where once he declares you part of his "family" you can't hurt him. Not that you can't try to, everybody except gem and grian tried to kill him many many times, it's just when they do they can barely graze him, hell half the time he's not even aware that they're trying to kill him and even when he is he just shrugs it off (there is something deeply wrong with him)

[lianmilanesa]

Pride month yay

[xxplastic-cubexx]

logan on that plane when the divorcees started arguing had to have been AT LEAST one of his top 20 worst moments in life if not at least one of the most awkward like imagine not liking flying in the first place and then the plane starts being crumpled like tin foil once the metallokinetic gets frustrated and now we're all nosediving towards the middle of the ocean