#smart in magic but dumb in basic school things

[musubiki]

better to not ask next time

[gloria123idk]

Since my RSA AU is growing strong here's some things for RSA! Heartslabyul boys (REMINDER: RSA AU IS BASICALLY WHERE CHARACTERS ARE OPPOSITE OF THEMSELVES)

RSA!Riddle (White Queen):

• In this AU his mom is still strict as fuck, BUT he decided that he'll run out to the fuck knows where (somehow survived on street (got later LATER adopted tho))

• His signature spell "Through the Looking Glass" is able to summon origami animal or object. He still has some problems controlling it when he wants to summon origami animal, for example he wants to summon origami bird but ends up with frog or other shit

• Street Smart but FOR SHIT NO BOOK SMART (Also probably dyslexic) (Give him a book and he will either destroy it or eat it out of frustration)

• Even when pissed off, he will smile in the most cute way possible (Dont believe guys with ':3' smile)

RSA!Ace (Alice):

• Often has hallucinations and is cut off out of reality most of the time, so he often misses things and overthinks what is real and what is not (and has paranoia)

• Is basically Pomni or Kinger from TADC 😭

• Is pretty strong when it comes to magic. Signature Spell (still without name lol) can break false realities, barriers and magical hallucinations (as long as he's aware those are not real (give this man his meds and he will be unstoppable GIVE HIM.)

• Will call you by 'Sir' or 'Ma'am', but often gets confused (We love him tho, he's sweet)

RSA!Trey (Mad Hatter):

• Is a lil bit insane (But who isn't 💀)

• His spell "We're All Mad Here" can change unanimated objects as he pleases to whatever amount he wants (often breaking laws of physics)

• Is basically Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony, minus the baking part (DO NOT LET HIS MAN INTO YOUR KITCHEN, DO NOT)

• WILL encourage you to do dumb shit :3 (and WILL join dumb shit)

RSA!Cater (Dinah):

• Acts as he's only normal here (he's kinda not, but cant blame him)

• After his family was moving so often, he just decided in Middle School he will live with someone from his friend group, somehow it got on Ace (at some point Cater was living in same city where Ace was and just decided to stay there) (Dinah and Alice... Hehe... Get it? Im so fucking hilarious)

• Gives off "Fuck you all" vibe

• Has ZERO internet knowleadge, and speaks like old man

RSA!Deuce (White Rabbit):

• Always has clock with himself to keep up with time (clock is 2 days late)

• His signature spell "Into Rabbit Hole" allows him to create rabbit hole that can teleport anywhere he wants as long as he knows place (sometimes he'll screw up and you will end up in completly unrelated place)

• Absolutely AGAINST violence.

• Is main reason of all Ace's problems in RSA 💀 (Fuck you)

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Do we know exactly why yuu is called 'trickster'? Pretty dumb question ik I actually don't know if this has been answered alread

The nicknames in TWST are not usually explained. The main exceptions I can think of are “Monsieur Dent-de-Lion” for Ruggie in book 5, “Baby Seal” for Grim in book 4, “Goldfish” for Riddle in Floyd’s School Uniform vignette, and “Crabby” for Ace in the second volume of the light novel. We have to draw on assumptions for basically the rest of them. I’m guessing that “Trickster” is meant to allude to Yuu’s implied strategic nature despite passing off as plain and unassuming by appearance alone.

I believe the closest we get to learning the origins of Yuu’s nickname is in the first Happy Beans Day event; in it, Yuu is part of a ploy to trick the Monster/Beast team in order to seize the golden harp the other team is protecting. However, Rook is calling them Trickster long before the final deception is revealed in chapter 13, in which he remarks that Yuu is truly deserving of the nickname.

The issue I have with it is that I think Yuu has done very little to maintain it 💦 Sometimes Yuu has flashes of intelligence (like realizing that the contracts aren’t invincible). However, outside of the prologue (guiding Grim on where to shoot fire and formulating a plan to take out the OB In the mines) and maybe that small segment in Happy Beans Day (though most of the plan was Jade’s), we rarely ever see Yuu being that much of a tactician or trickster. Rather, they are often strung along on other people’s plans or doing minor or coincidental things (like making noise to prevent Leona from sleeping/stealing the magic carpet and crashing into Octavinelle) to push the narrative along while letting other characters do the Big Brain work for them (it was Leona and/or Azul who actively orchestrated the plots). I guess the argument could be made that maybe Yuu helps in tricking others (Endless Halloween Night, distracting Jamil with board games while Kalim is interrogated in book 4), but it doesn’t come off as a particularly strong or defining trait of theirs if several other characters also engage in the same acts (Floyd, Azul, Malleus, Lilia, etc.) or Yuu had little involvement in planning the deception.

I just think it’s a wasted opportunity to give Yuu such a cool nickname but then never fully commit to showing us why Yuu has “earned” that title. I guess it implies that Rook, who is an observant character, sees more in Yuu than being generically nice or cheering about friendship. However, it rings… somewhat hollow if characters are just saying Yuu is smart (Leona + a few others also have lines that express similar sentiments) or telling Yuu what to do without Yuu actually doing anything smart or actually planning a ploy themselves 😭 It’s “telling” us what Yuu is rather than “showing” us. This is likely done for the self-insert aspect of TWST/to make players feel important, but I don’t think it’s good from an actual writing standpoint.

[fave-fight]

ROUND 1, MATCH 26

NO MAGIC, POWERS, OR WEAPONS

Dr. Coomer:

“i… don’t think he would win.”

“HELLO, GORDON!”

Floyd Leech:

“If he stays in human form and has no mage stones, he's just Some Guy, so he still qualifies. This mafia motherfucker would FIGHT. One time when faced with a monster, everyone else was like "oh no, we need magic" and he was like "nah, let's punch it" and then he DID. He hasn't used his pointy teeth in canon yet, but he could in theory bite someone if necessary, and it would hurt like a bitch. He'd fight dirty, I just know it. Let him punch everything and then get punched in the face, it'd be so great.”

“This guy is a menace who almost never uses weapons or tools to terrorize people. He's strong and athletic, smart enough to get what he wants on a whim, and squeezes contract-breakers until they faint on a regular basis.”

“NOTE: Floyd is a magic boy, but the “no mage stone” thing is there because it means he won’t be able to use magic, because people in Twisted Wonderland can’t without accumulating deadly magic toxin unless they have the stones. He’s also a merman, but he’d be in his human form. His human form does have pointy teeth (like the anime character kind) but I’m not sure if they have any real effect in game other than to intimidate people. Other people in this game have them too who are allegedly “human.” And again, plenty of “human” anime characters have them. Myfeeling is that they shouldn’t be disqualifying on their own.  This game is about magic boys at a magic school, but don’t worry, they get into traditional fist-fights so often it’s literally a randomly generated event that can happen in your Guest Room space. And Floyd Leech would never use magic in a fist-fight. He’d think that was “no fun” or “totally lame.” His signature magical spell just nullifies other people’s magic that targets him… so he can fight them with his fists. Since no one else here has magic, it’s totally irrelevant.  Also I’m not sure he uses fists so much as he does something to his opponents that he describes as “squeezing” them. I don’t know entirely what he means by that when he’s in his human form, but how much it scares the faceless NPC students indicates to me that he’s found a way to make it work. I do know it’s supposed to have a whole mafia vibe to it. Because his dad (and his childhood friend he lowkey sort-of works for) have real mafia boss energy. And Floyd’s basically decided that if he’s going to do this mafia shtick it’s Capo or bust. Floyd doesn’t always feel like doing stuff, due to his wildly unpredictable mood swings, but it honestly seems like the thing he can most easily be convinced to do is beat the shit out of people. During the “Beanfest” event (which was somewhat analogous to a paintball match), he insisted on throwing his weapon away and beating up aforementioned childhood friend even though the game was over and he’d already lost, just because apparently “once Floyd has decided to fight nothing can be done about it" and you just have to fight him if you want to get on with the rest of your day. He’d started out that event “not really in the mood” but somehow ended up spending the entire day beating the hell out of every person he ran into. In the camping event, when all of the boys were being picked off by a monster in the woods one at a time and were panicking because they didn’t have magestones or cellphones and therefore couldn’t defend themselves with magic or call an adult for help, Floyd was literally just like “why don’t we just beat the shit out of it?” And then he DID. And it was awesome.  But before you think he’s just some sort of dumb thug, let me assure you that Floyd is actually one of Night Raven’s most intelligent students. He has a photographic memory and can create valuable gems in alchemy class with minimal effort. Unfortunately, his mood swings make it impossible for him to maintain a decent GPA. But he’s actually a smart, tactical fighter. He’s just violent and unstable. Oh and if you’re wondering, his personality is generally abrasive and confrontational. He regularly starts arguments with the most volatile people at the school, just to mess with them and see where it goes because he’s bored.  Finally, if it sweetens the deal for anyone, Floyd would wear some killer designer shoes to this fight. Don’t worry, they wouldn’t be dangerous/weaponized. They’d just be expensive and custom made. You know, so he can get upset when someone scuffs them up.  Like for real, is there anyone who deserves to be in a crazy bitch fist-fight more than a moody mafia prince who’s secretly some sort of genius, but seems to only truly love fighting and designer footwear? If there is, I can’t think of them. ”

[yams-here]

So I like thinking about franchises that disappointed me in some way

and after watching too many reviews I redesigned the High guardian spice characters (and thought of how the plot could work way too much)

Rose in this version isn't a complete idiot, and may not be so book smart, but she is very good in combat because she's kind of a fangirl. Like, "she studies attacks and can probably name pretty much every guardian" fangirling. While she is still kind of a dumbass, she's the one that always brings Sage down to earth whenever she gets too stressed. Although she is mostly the source of that stress. Her mom was taken by the rot, but she isn't really sure what it is, so when Thyme mentions it devastating her home she's like "!" so they can actually have something that might bring them together. She decides to take on forging and weapon enchantments so she can have a moment where she steps out of her mom's shadow to do her own thing teehee Sage here is still kind of an ass (her sexist discourse to snap was NOT a Girlboss Moment) but here I think it would be interesting if it was something that other characters think its weird too. Like its a belief ingrained into her together with the more traditional upbringing by her family (thus her only knowing old magic) so it can be part of her character development learning how those thoughts should be changed and that not everyone thinks like that, But she still tries her best to be respectful and kind. (also, her parents sent her to the academy because new magic is VERY new, so the fact that it was being implemented in the curriculum was not widespread, specially in a small town like where she was raised in.) she's an overthinker to the core, so sometimes she needs her friends to calm her down, although sometimes that anxiety is what prepares them for something they weren't even expecting.

Parsley is honestly well written enough in the original show, so the only things I would change is that the progress with the conflict with her parents is stretched a little through episodes, and the conflict is that while her parents want her to be a blacksmith and take on the family business (and help take care of her three thousand simblings) she wishes to go out and do something for herself as a warrior, because she wanting to go to school to become a blacksmith and her parents fighting her on it because they want her to become a blacksmith is kinda dumb. also her short ass hammer feels so weird to watch in the series, so I think that a longer handle would make it a little better. also tiny irony of her weapon being taller than her. Thyme feels like she should be written better because shes the only one that actually has any correlation to the plot, but she kind of... isn't?? I like her backstory of being ran out of the woods she lived in because the rot was devastating it and her dad staying behind to try to solve it, but I think it would be more dramatic if her dad was killed in the conflict but she doesn't know so dramatic moment when she finds something that belonged to him (maybe a little charm she made? for protection? in the way children do that stuff for their parents) and she connects the dots. Also the rot here is because the overuse of the power new magic is able to draw out without the control of old magic is taking too much energy from the earth, and woodsy areas thrive on it, thus the root like structures of the rot. The trees are basically oysters for the magic energy of the world. When its bad, they turn bad too. Also make her more of a "expresses affection through favors and actions, not words" person. She, Rose and Sage took wayy too long to become friends. Amaryllis stays the same because she is perfect and I love her and if you disagree to talk to the wall I personally think Snapdragon is good too but I would make him genderfluid instead. I think that the idea of Caraway THINKING he might be a trans girl but that ending up not the correct answer would reinforce his "there's always more options than you think" speech. And someone needs to point out how he's drawn to women that scream at him. Also we need a better arc with his dad instead of the raw carrot that was the canonical "his dad reinforces toxic masculinity hurr durr" thing we got (that wasn't even well made btw) NOW TO THE SIDIES

Slime boy is now named Slime boy because of an accident he had in potions class the previous year (he's one year older than the main cast) which caused him to continuously produce a slime like substance instead of stuff like spit and sweat. It doesn't inconvenience him a lot other than him making bubbles when he speaks every now and then. He's just an assistant in the terrasphere shop, and the owners are Alloe and Anise (wow they actually do something else in the story!!) but he's mainly just a more experienced student that sometimes knows things the main cast doesn't like secret entrances and cool rooms and stuff. He's a full on bard because that was barely explored in canon and music based attacks are cool. He has the tiniest little crush on parnelle cuz I thought that would be fun Parnelle is ENBY because I SAID SO (and cuz cal is stablished as transphobic and I like payoffs) and since whatever they're doing at the academy is never really clarified, I made them kind of an animal whisperer, like they call on animals to assist them in battle and other stuff. (Maybe then we actually get to see the trixies again after their prolongued mating dance that lead to literally nothing in episode 1) being an animal whisperer is a very rare "old magic" hability thus why they entered the academy one year earlier than expected. They sew their own clothes and are still the generally weird little guy they are in canon, except this time its explained as them preferring to communicate with animals ever since they were a child. They are still very polite and friendly tho, always happy to help. Cal is (his full name is calamagrostis and like if I was named that I'd be an asshole too) still parnelle's cousin, but he doesn't outright bullies them. in fact, he isn't an outright bully, he just tends to look down on other people that don't follow what he believes in, which is a more traditional view on the world, kind of like sage, so I thought of him maybe being a catalyst to her being like "wow I can see why my way of thinking may be bad now, I don't want to be like him" which pushes her to grow and stuff. And I want him to grow as well, so I thought, maybe he and Snapdragon used to be friends, but recently they drifted apart and he started to kind of resent him after he came out as genderfluid, but deep down he still misses his friend, so maybe that pushes his character development. And other people saying that hes kind of a prick. idk I just really hate the trope of a bully character just being there to be the mc's punching bag instead of getting development.

In general, the lore would be (I think, I'm not the best at lore) that Guardians are generally like soldiers, but in a more captain america type of way. they're more like beacons of hope and symbols or power and peace than soldiers are, (thus rosemary knowing a bunch of them as they're usually famous) but they are still required to know combat. High Guardian Academy is known as a guarantee to become a good soldier, and a high chance to become a guardian. They VERY recently implemented new magic in the curriculum, but are experimenting with mixing its high power output with old magic's control of it, (thus why caraway knows how but why none of the students are being thaught it. It's a fairly new tecnique they'd rather get a good grasp on before teaching a bunch of children how to use it) because since they're expertly trained guardians they can tell that a terrasphere takes too much energy above what would be considered okay. They just aren't aware of how much tho, the extent of the rot is a secret held close to their chests by witch country, which is where the terraspheres come from, which has brought them tons of profit and advancements. So when someone knows about the extent, or tries to stop it, they are eliminated, (thus why thyme's dad died. People that stayed in the fairy woods and knew how bad new magic could be were all "silenced" so they could keep profiting out of it.) (Any letters or research about the rot, or from the people that knew, were burned and interfered with, thats why no one else knew about it.) idk what else to talk about cuz this show had such little things to explore but there's so much filler that almost none of it got explored but I think it had potential, even if I prefer to focus on character interactions and how they change eachother. Again, I'm not very good with lore. and plot.

[my-memed-tw-adventures]

Book 3 — Chapter 34

*stares at watch again* HOW THE FUCK

God I’m back at this shit what is time

Anyway, let’s be sad together

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AHHHH BABY NO

Why are children so mean man

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“Hopeless in studies” my ass boi. You were literally just dealing study guides that helped students get 100%s on tests. I think you have to be smart to create stuff like that

Now if only you didn’t scam people

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Games are fun Azul! They don’t have to be productive. Tho I guess little bitch children like that do absolutely ruin the fun of any game huh

Fuck those kids for making Azul this way. Now I have to deal with his trauma as an underpaid therapist

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How does writing with ink in the water even work??? Also he must be braining very good because I can barely focus on writing with my two limbs. Imagine writing 5 things at once. Couldn’t be me

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Awwwww little Azul meeting little Jade and Floyd! They all sound so cute!

Also what bullshit was Azul saying about not being able to assert himself. He like immediately threatened the twins when they tried to touch his stuff

I love that it sounds like Jade and Floyd just decided to keep Azul and he had no choice in the matter lol

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Oh yeah. Azul saying he’s hopeless in studies when he’s able to do magic like Ursula. He better quit selling himself short here

I love that Jade and Floyd know it’s him. I mean, it’s pretty obvious but still. And they just basically call him out on it

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Oh boi he’s lost it

Azul, holding into middle school revenge plots and grudges isn’t good for you man. I think we did you a favour with the contract destroying. You need a fresh start bro

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Azul, honey, as your severely under-appreciated and underpaid therapist, observing your bullies for moons on end is not healthy. Please find a better coping mechanism than holding issues over their heads and hoping no one like us comes along to fuck it

This man needs help with his control issues from someone who actually knows what they’re doing. Aka not me. Get a real school therapist Crowley

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AZUL THIS ISN’T HOW IT WORKS

I get it but sir not like this. He’s too dependent on the scrolls as a part of his identity to realize he’s smart and capable and no longer at the bullies’ mercy. He’s not that same little octopus, not cause of the scrolls but because he grew as a person (mostly, he’s still a baby dumbass like everyone else at the school)

Also him thinking he’s invincible because he has the scrolls. He’s kinda dumb there because he like knew he wasn’t

Masterlist

[mdhwrites]

Subtext vs Plain Text: Multi-Tracking in TOH

So a disclaimer first: I am someone who DRASTICALLY prefers your basic story functions before you try to tell me what the deeper meanings of it are because, you know... If I don’t like your base story, why should I care about your subtext? If I’m questioning how this functions, claiming you’re smart for breaking your own rules isn’t going to make me turn around. And this is kind of the entire vibe I get from Hexide’s allowance of people to study multiple tracks. I’ll actually talk about the metatext first as I’ve seen others point out: It’s a commentary against modern school systems where kids are forced to learn a curriculum set by others specifically for a specific subset of jobs, commonly office or factory jobs. There is a lack of self expression and even self identity in these curriculums and it’s always justified with you needing it for the sake of your future. Even Willow plainly states she’s in abominations because of the job prospects which any Humanities or History major will feel in their soul. TOH presents instead the idea that self expression and experimentation are good and help advance kids more than simply trying to slot them into a one size fits all curriculum. That they need to be allowed to experiment and have a wide variety of experiences or to follow that which they are passionate about doing as an adult. For a kid’s show, it’s not terrible and it will resonate with many kids who feel abandoned by traditional school systems. The outcasts. The target demographic of the show in theory. And it’s not so radical as to seem completely dumb about these things. Until, you know, you spend five seconds thinking about the context of the show itself. In universe, there is a VERY basic explanation for why kids would focus on one track of magic. It’s literally illegal for them to do otherwise as grown ups. That’s not an over exaggeration or the like even. Because every coven in the world only allows one type of magic, and being outside of a coven is illegal, every multi-tracking student has two options: Join the Emperor’s Coven, which is depicted as difficult (at least until Sport in a Storm but that’s another blog), or becoming a wild witch which ranges from imprisonment, being forced into a random coven or just straight up execution. Quite literally the change to allow multi-tracking is setting up the kids for failure and death. If they can’t make it into the EC and compromise by going into a single track coven, they’ll be weaker than anyone else there because they aren’t as focused in their discipline. If they don’t compromise, they literally become outlaws. And Bump theoretically knows this. He was raised under Belos’ rule and likely would have been in school as the whole system changed to be based around the covens. Around what the new world order was. And as a pragmatist, the single tracks would have been befitting for that new order but allowing people the ability to swap if they showed an aptitude for another track is a good compromise. And the fact that all of these kids are setup for failure kind of undermines the subtext, doesn’t it? But if you ask why it was done besides to comment on the subtext, there isn’t really an answer. Hexide is never a major part of rebelling against Belos, never much of a driver for Luz to decide covens are inherently bad, especially since this subtext and plain text is mostly in her first day at the school so she can have a special, rainbow outfit when at school, so... Why just blatantly ignore your world building like that? Unless it’s just to get on a soapbox and preach about your ideas? Because even if I agree with your assessment, screeching it incoherently in the middle of Disneyland while I’m trying to enjoy it is only going to sour me on your message, if I hear it at all.

[katyspersonal]

You talk about underrated bloodborne cooperators? How about some headcanons on olek or gremia if you have them?

Ahhhhh, shoot; Sorry for the delay ;-;

🦠 Honestly, for him, the things are sort of,, writing themselves? He is a unique cooperator: he doesn't step back during the boss fight, but will always jump into the battle aggressively, as well as being a unique cooperator that can sprint just like the player! This is especially interesting, since he is a cooperator for Isz Dungeons. Another Isz cooperator is Damian, who has like three long distance Hunter tools, a healing bell, and a shield that was distributed specifically for the Tomb Prospectors that delved into Isz. You also cannot summon both Damian and Gremia... This gave me very strong feeling of them having worked together and fallen apart, as well as them having directly opposite hunting styles - Damian being overly cautious, and Gremia being.... opposite of that.

🦠 His affiliation with the Choir is further hinted by him wielding Rosmarinus! Again, he appears to be not a full member, but the lower class that would simply bring them cool stuff from the dungeons... Isz dungeons, specifically. I think it is weird that he doesn't have Loch Shield even as an unused item, though? I can't help but feel as though it is a deliberate choice - he believed it was completely pointless to guard himself from basically "magic", seeing how it was the VERY thing his institution pursued... Basically, not only he is the type to jump head first into a battle, but also he had that concept of 'if that Arcane stuff is truly a good thing, it is not supposed to harm us'. It was both very smart and very dumb idea. Like... He had the right logic, but not the right picture.

🦠 He is one of the characters using the generic face data. You might know it from gems such as:

sgfgdgfd okay sorry for cursing you xd But yeah, I've basically spent it on him, since other characters with this face data had their faces COMPLETELY obscured. He though, shown enough face to earn it. I simply chose the hairstyle and added the 'aged person' spots on his skin.

🦠 Like I said, he used to explore with Damian, whereas Damian would always have his sorry reckless ass saved. But I write down Damian as one of the 'still alive' cooperators; so, Gremia's hatred would be because Damian is in School of Mensis now (hence no way to summon both of them). Gremia is not very capable and educated on the Choir's shenanigans, but with whatever naivety and honesty he has, he believes them way more and is devoted to them no matter how many Ls they take :( Though, in the way, he adopted the mentality that was around in earlier Healing Church somewhere - that you should strive to do good, even if it is not always a smart choice... Or something like that. He swears he can't remember where it came from.

🦠 He visits the base at Choir occasionally, only to cover up rare celestial larvae that would grow into teen or adult state and then petrify. None of those babies is able to grow up to be like Ebrietas, they all lean stronger to half-human and just... go still at some point. I simply drew it from the fact that the "statues" in Upper Cathedral seem to be weird Eldrich figures covered by fabric, as well as themes of petrifying upon facing too much arcane being enough in Bloodborne:

🦠 He is actually on good terms with Wallar! That dude also might originate from Choir's prospectors, moreover, he is wielding an arm of a smaller Amygdala as a weapon... And Amygdalae are trademark Great Ones of School of Mensis. They are both more on the "just block and report" side regarding opposing institutions; but whereas Wallar is more malleable and puts curiosity before principles, Gremia is... well, not that.

🦠 I am not entirely sure where he came from, but hmmm. Loch Shield was initially used in Research Hall by bodyguards of the Healing Church staff that were performing "rituals". I'd say Damian was there for the practice, but Gremia was not. He was simply more of the Healing Church hunters trained by Ludwig. He is also one of like, four people that ever saw Ludwig's Moonlight Sword shining in action - in his case, this was an accident. He told Forgotten Madman, though, and whoever else would listen, because he is absolute garbage at keeping secrets, but only very few actually cared.

🦠 In fact, his penchant for picking up fights and blurting out whatever he thinks was the real reason why Choir collectively agreed to never promote him, at all cost. Gremia is not a fool just because he can be naive and blunt to a fault, but he could not be predicted and controlled in the way they wanted... Hell, they had to lie to the guy that the orphans were terminally ill and experiments were their only alternative from dying early, because if he knew the true nature of those "experiments" - he'd tear them all apart! Like I said, he has a good faith, but is also naive enough to be diverted where "smarter" people want him to be. If you have morally questionable plans - you simply should never let him in, that's it. He won't understand, and jump straight into conclusions.

🦠 He likes working out at the times when he is not exploring the dungeons, nor tending to what remained from the Choir's base. Physical activity just gives him peace! However, if only he lived at the time when photography was developed enough, he would be obsessed with it. He likes pointing out interesting bits about his environment! Without a good camera, though? Yeah, he is bringing along TOO many "discoveries", including the pointless ones, like arcane plantlife everyone saw 7 times this week already, or a literal brick from the wall. At the very least, this passion ensured that he'd bring a LOT of Pearl Slug eggs...

🦠 At the same time, he is forgiving to a fault. If Damian came to him saying that maybe School of Mensis was a failed institution, after all, Gremia would just go 'oh, good, glad you are done being a dumbass'. He is only hostile for as long as it is relevant. Patches woud've approved 🤔

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⛏️ Everything around him suggests being a very basic Tomb Prospector of the Healing Church! His weapons are Kirkhammer and Repeating Pistol, his summon locations are Pthumeru dungeons... Interestingly, in the layers 4 and 5 of Pthumeru Dungeons, you can only either summon him OR Queen Killer. Yeah, I know, gameplay mechanics and all, but!! I try to use what I can + I headcanon that the surviving veteran Queen Killer was helping School of Mensis to capture Mergo's cord from the undead Queen Yharnam (only to be left to die as he expired his use...). So I feel as though the "normie" Healing Church and School of Mensis had a competition for Mergo's cord. Do I even need to mention that Yharnam's battle in the dungeons features her as still pregnant, but with still a slice on her belly area...?

⛏️ You probably don't need a reminder in who won that competition, but yeah... Olek is a rare cooperator that is technically dead as you summon him. I think he fought Queen Killer and lost. He is one of the people that honoured Ludwig, though. If you got to fight him as a hostile NPC - he'd recite Ludwig's inspirational speech (same as what Yamamura recites in his madness).

⛏️ He was not rude to Simon for his weird ass choice of weapon (well... weird in Healing Church's concept of such). Only a few people were understanding of Simon, actually!

⛏️ Otherwise, he was a very devout hunter. It is funny that you asked for both Gremia and Olek, as they are both devout to their institutions! I separate the "normie" Healing Church focusing on the blood ministration and the "nerds" Healing Church focusing on Arcane and Eyes; and so, Gremia would be more interested in eyes, whereas Olek would be more devout to blood. But they both would struggle to listen and consider alternative ideas.

⛏️ I also found his design interesting! The curly hair is my liberty, actually, since his original face data is bald. But he looks rather 'not white', which I wrote in my headcanons about how Healing Church opted out to blaming the "foreigners" for the beast plague, and Olek looked.... very foreign. So, much like with many other hunters and Tomb Prospectors that looked not like typical Yharnamites (think Czech + Polish + Hungarian people), he ended up being tasked with too many requests, just as long as no one had to see him.... Only, he survived for a long while, one of the few.

⛏️ His genuine faith in Healing Church and passion for hunting could bring him back from the death, after all. (More about it in this ( x ) post)

⛏️ He would've been rather social aside of his duties before the Healing Church. He would know every neighbour he has. He would know every friend's birthday and special day to prepare the gifts for. He would always be ready for any celebration months ahead! Basically, he is a 'backbone' person of the community, doing his best and lost to a pointless quest he has lost in anyway.

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Thank you for the ask!

[dianaraven]

ok your turn, tell me all about your ocs👀

Sorry this took two weeks to respond to, school makes me work on my own time:

BOY OH BOY IM SO EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT MY OCS

So right now I have two main series that I'm working on, and one manuscript for a different series that is finished and going through editing.

Two main series are called Makings of Magic--previously the "Alexis" series--and Crystal Kingdom. The manuscript I have finished is the first book in my Save the Princess (STP) duology. It was my nano project for 2020 (and I won nano!! which was nice). Most of these have tags: tmom or the makings of magic and stp1 or stp, idr if ive posted much about ck before

The Makings of Magic

This is a whole ass world, nine book + companions series that I've been working on since I was 10. I could literally be here all day explaining who all the characters are, but I'll just go for the main gang and a summary:

Summary: Fantasy minor professional jock Alic gets kidnapped by baddies because they think she has a secret magic that they want to use their evil ways to un-secret. She does not have any of this magic. She ends up being the center of a secret-magic conspiracy and eventually is freed and decides to go after the people who kidnapped her, with another guy they kidnapped, and accidentally creates an international incident and starts a war while the conspiracy-nuts continue to try and prove that they're right by attacking people Alic knows.

Alic:

Alic is the mc of the series. She's very silly, and very brave. She's one of those people who will do anything on a dare. You cannot scare you, you cannot phase her, you cannot make her uncomfortable. She never lies because she doesn't see the point of it. She isn't afraid of anything. Light of my life. Not very smart <3

Gray:

Gray is the local prince, and Alic's best friend. They're basically QPR partners. He spends most of his time changing his personality so that people will like him (and thereby listen to him) but really he's very petty and a little neurotic and when combined with Alic willing to do very dumb things, because with Alic, Gray doesn't have to pretend to be put-together, and they love each other a lot and get into loads of trouble <3

commission from @/lovermyme (alic is right, Gray is left)

Topaz:

Topaz is the manager of Alic's fantasy jock team. He's very suspicious of other people, and very good at spying on others. Alic (and by extension, Gray) decide he is their friend and he gets dragged into their crazy adventures. He leaves for three chapters in book three and they accidentally commit war crimes.

Jacian:

Jacian is a prince and scholar of magic from a nearby kingdom and he is blackmailed into helping the conspiracy-nuts essentially torture Alic until they figure out what magic she has. He and his gang of do-gooders end up freeing Alic, but in the process the conspiracy-nuts kill his father and give Jacian memory loss and brain damage and he sets out to try and figure out what he has forgotten: which is who killed his father and who the Big Bad is. This is a majority of the plot in books three and four as well as his side companion book. He's kinda wishy washy and nerdy which Alic thinks is cute.

Crystal Kingdom

Summary: This is my Princess and the Pea retelling. I'm not going to go too much into the plot here because hehe i like it being a surprise.

Zira: Zira is a paranoid, neurotic prince of a city-state that is constantly under attack (hence the paranoia and neurosis). He's also mean and bitchy and very petty, and doesn't trust Leihari, the supposed nearby Princess who supposedly lost her family and her country after a usurper supposedly kicked her family out. What sucks is that he may also be falling in love with her.

Leihari: Leihari is (supposedly) a princess from a far away city-state who has lost her crown and is staying with Zira and his family. In return for their kindness, she is helping them out with matters of state and other things a princess is supposed to do. She's kind, and a little sad, but trying to make the best of her new situation. It would be much easier of the prince stopped being mean to her. What's really frustrating is that he's wonderful to everyone else--it's just that he's paranoid. But seeing what he is like when he is nice to others makes her yearn to earn his trust, and maybe she starts falling in love with him too. Supposedly. But in the meantime, she isn't going to take any of his shit.

STP

Summary: My nano baby! This is a Princess and the Pauper retelling with dragons!! It's very exciting and i love it a lot :) Takes place in a historical alternate universe (with dragons) in about 500 BCE, in Ancient Israel because I'm Jewish and I thought why the hell not.

Adina: The Princess. Adina was meant to be married off to the highest bidder as any good princess of the time will, until her older brother was killed and she became next in line to the throne. Realizing that she knew nothing about her own people--after all, she's been expecting to be married off--she decides to switch places with someone who looks exactly like her. And everything is fine until the dragons attack.

Adina is quiet and generally second-best, and scared of the unknown and not meant for adventure, but she has a responsibility to go after the dragon that attacked her people, so off she goes. She's even shocked herself by how brave she's trying to be.

Dekeli: The Extortionist. A cloth merchant who works for dragons and was doing fine until everyone in the known world came out trying to kill a bunch of them. Now he has to get his latest job finished, and the easiest way for him to do that is by extorting Adina's secrets. Ironically, he's the person she can trust the most. Probably.

He's snarky and rude and very good at what he does. Adventure finds him, and he goes with a flair and a quip. It gets on Adina's nerves.

Mara: The Pauper. She's meek and smart and that's all Adina needs from her, so that's good. Right? Nothing more needs to be said, right? She has no ulterior motives--why would she?... right?

[sokokoko]

These are from @awfulalignmentcharts

I have wanted to fill out alignment charts for so sooo long. I even have some saved on Pinterest that I might get to later

Using my characters from After School Guardians for this <33 I did 10 charts because I don't have self control

Sorry I haven't made proper drawings for everyone yet :((( but these are them. I'm going to rant about my characters and their placements now though🚨🚨🚨

Any good, healthy decisions Ash makes is as a result of him thinking about his father

I was so tempted to put him in doesnt study and it shows seeing as he's proved to be a problematic disaster (see: road trip and living together 😭)

Stormy aces without studying even though she's not much of a brainiac (more of a fashionista type, tbh) because a lot of her youth was spent either surviving or sharpening her mind. She's unexpectedly smart sometimes (kind of sad that it's "unexpected", as if she can't be both beauty and brains). She has photographic memory and commits important details to mind (which really helped her when she was on her own) and I think that'd transfer over to remembering things she needs to ace tests

There's no other way to put it but to say Shadow is a himbo. but!!! he can't completely be blamed? He, Ash, Crystal and Stormy are all non humans getting used to human things so stuff's kind of complicated. Although, it probably makes him look really dumb seeing as the others aren't doing things as silly as him

On the note of them being non human, (Shad a boogeyman, Stormy a siren, Crystal a harpy and Ash an it's complicated) they don't attend school (they'll definitely have their moments where they show up and embarrass the human gang or get into shenanigans) so the studying one is definitely hypothetical

I'd honestly be scared to give some of those guys phones. Crystal would follow instructions on how to use it (probably being guided by one of the humans), Shadow would struggle for 3 months and discover a new feature every other day ("huh?? You can check the weather? I thought this was just a calculator???" "Shadow, PLEASE 😭") Stormy would probably always be getting hers wet/forgetting it's not waterproof and Ash would be the one with the horribly cracked screen, disgusting fingerprints all over or losing his phone frequently (possibly all at once. If so, Zinthia would faint after seeing the "phone" and she isn't phased by many things [execpt Ash being Ash])

It's okay though cuz Zinthia and Alan are our rich kids!! Just buy more phones and ignore what Ash is doing to his current ones 💞

Zinthia steals your wallet only for the thrill of stealing it but doesn't care about money cuz she has her own ✨

Alan will def help u out by holding ur wallet for u but he got his own money so he wouldn't even have any particular intentions. He's not not touching your money cuz he cares about you or your feelings. No, no. Koko is the only one who could be accused of caring about feelings (Shadow too but not in the situation in which you give him your wallet and say he can buy something if he likes)

Crystal's alignment explained wallet wise; she simply doesn't care about material goods (but food is 💯 the way to her heart)

The phone wallpaper one is actually really interesting to me cuz the pairs seem to mostly have the same tastes. Crystal is Nino's guardian, Stormy Alan's, Ash Zinthia's and Shadow Koko's and they're all basically next to each other ("basically" cuz Koko and Shadow deviated, dang it, guys)

The arrows in the thunderstorm one indicate that they'd just be comforting their magic guardians and Alan would use hot coco (never been so glad before that i used Ks in Koko's name 😭✋) while Nino uses his awkwardness

The storm one is funny but Crystal and Stormy are literally reliving trauma so that puts a bit of angst to an otherwise lighthearted situation. Thanks, Soko 🙏 just what the Dr ordered 💞

I felt the need to add something special for Stormy during the road trip. She'd appreciate me letting her have a place at the top <3

Nino and Koko protect the snacks in shifts but show no loyalty/there are no discounts for each other if they both happen to awake at the same time while one is guarding and the other is craving snacks

The urge to say Stormy disappears into to the ocean was so strong but considering the fact that she's a siren that's literal just running away 🤣 so Nino gets to avoid his problems through cryptidhood

Im crying at how Ash's placements literally tell a story

And Alan's "aesthetic" wallpaper exclusively means he goes through rotations of pictures of stars. Because he is obsessed with them by virtue of his family and their history. I won't get into that just like I won't get into what Ash is because that is a whole Thing™️™

Also, Alan is not meek, that's just the drawing. He's more of an intelligent, dedicated and composed person. Crystal might seem a bit similar to him because they had some similar answers or in how they are studious, but she is quiet and stoic in her intelligence and has a bit of a superiority complex towards the others at first. Alan just tries to wrangle these heathens he's been stuck with (read: everyone but Koko and occasionally Shadow if he doesn't get attacked in conversation. Despite how silent and level headed she is most of the time, Crystal gets hella argumentative with Stormy.)

✨ Refer to this post for the old + new summary of After School Guardians ✨

[ustalav]

OC Tag Game

i was tagged by @idolsgf thank u, i love talking about my ocs lol

Favorite OC: So this is liable to change but Gideon Trevelyan has my heart and brain at the moment. He was actually my first inquisitor after several false starts getting into dai and he has evolved a lot but I love him so much. Andrastian Loyalist Circle Mage Prettyboy

Newest OC: probably my unnamed Renegade Shepard. I am playing through MELE with a different OC (Gideon's brother actually lol) doing a Paragon run but I am already mulling her over in my brain. [EDIT AFTER FINDING THIS IN MY DRAFTS LMAO:] her name is Grace and here is her pinterest board so far. I am really enjoying fleshing her out, but her basics are that she is earthborn + ruthless + vanguard.

Oldest OC: LMAO welllll I could give my like warrior cats OCs from my middle school days but no one wants that fjsadklf sooo I guess the first OC I made for tumblr rp groups back in like 2015 that I still think about from time to time was Edward he was a dirtbag loser that came into a lot of money and didn't know what to do with it. Still have his pinterest board

Meanest OC: That's an easy one, Grant Hawke. He is gruff, blunt, prone to solving things with violence. He pretty much only cares about his closest friends and his family. Grace Shepard may end up being meaner than him though lol, she does not have family to soften her up.

Softest OC: Soft Andrastian Scholar with the constitution of wet tissue paper Gideon Trevelyan. He is full support mage in combat, there is a lot of fade stepping out of melee. He is also very kind, very sweet. Perhaps internally prone to being judgy and spiteful BUT he really does care about people.

Most Aloof/Standoffish OC: That would also be Grant Hawke, he is pretty quiet, not one for small talk or being buddy buddy with many people. Although in his own way Faron Lavellan can be emotionally aloof. It's harder to catch onto because he's very extroverted and talkative, just keeps people at an emotional distance.

Dumbest (Affectionate) OC: Welllll there is a certain trait passed down the Trevelyan line that has left them all a bit ditzy. Gideon's naivete leads to some ditziness, he can be gullible. He also struggles a lot with magic, although that has more to do with religious trauma than intellect. His brother Hessarian Trevelyan isss pretty dumb sometimes. The lights aren't all on. He was hit a few times in the head by a mage's staff when he was still a Templar.

Smartest OC: Probably Muren Tabris, she is very calculating, very aware of her next moves. She can be crass about it, I think she is often underestimated because of that and her somewhat violent sense of humor. But she is very smart! Has been helping take care of her family for years. Although if she doesn't care enough about something, she's not putting her mind to it. That sort of happens with the Wardens, so she does end up stepping down from Warden-Commander to focus more on the Denerim Alienage with Shianni and assisting Zevran as much as she can in Antiva!

OC I'd Probably Be Friends With: Hmmm I think I would find Muren cool from a distance but wouldn't speak to her lol. Probably Gideon honestly, but also I would heavily disagree with him on many things.

tagging @sinquisition and @transprincecaspian idk if y'all have done this yet but if you want to!

[shubbur-wubblr]

! WUBBLE DRABBLES FOR WITCH ACEDEMIA !

(basically witch schools and like academia concil)

✿ rival schools anyone?

✿ wilbur is big smart at his school… like class president… future of the magic type beat.

✿ shelby big dumb at school… she’s notorious for flunking… and especially not being careful with her magic! (to say the least… she is “experimental?”)

✿ They met at their schools’ annual rivaling futball match and shelby not into it at all just screams dumb profanities and fake futball lingo. Wilbur being wilber joins in… they ended up screaming even when the teams weren’t even playing.

✿ they meet again at debate team match… (if your wondering why she took debate it’s because she needed an elective… *shocked*) she wasnot fully prepared and he was extremely so. they chatted for a bit before, talking about the matchs before and had some cute banter about who’s gonna win.

✿ her debate partner barley gives her a chance to talk when on stage, in frustration she knocked over the water spilling out the wires and outlets on the stage. The system went out. They had to postpone the debate convection for 2 weeks till they could get another venue.

✿ shelby was a mess that day and she basically just had to stay on the steps of auditorium while waiting for her punishment from her teachers the staff.

✿ “rockstar move,” wilbur said taking a seat next to her. they make more small talk and he slips her his number (or whatever witchy thing i come up with.)

[sorcerous-caress]

Also I’m sure I’ve said this before but I love Sol they are so pretty but something I haven’t said before is that unfortunately Jubilee would probably look up to Sol. As they are like the first person she has ever met like her (aka the only other draconic sorcerer) and they know what they are doing and they are cool and confident and actually know how to use the magic. She probably playfully starts calling sol cousin and I honestly can’t imagine Sol being an exactly thrilled with this little cotton candy puff attaching herself to her nor being a good influence on Jubilee lol. Fortunately jubilee is virtually incorruptible on account of being made of sugar, spice, everything nice & gold dragon blood however she is dumb so smart but so dumb so I’m sure Sol could manage some shenanigans until jubilee’s girlfriend(s) wrangle her.

It's a good thing Jubilee is a gold dragon, red dragons are very territorial and competitive with each other. Luckily never with other dragons since they deem them the lesser kind.

Sol would be like, "and what makes you think you're worthy of being my kin, little dragon?" That's a nickname they'll keep using for Jubilee, saying she basically a hatchling that barely grew her claws.

They want Jubilee to grow a spine and thicker skin. They feel like she is wasting her potential by being so docile to others, gullible, naive, the list goes on.

They would feel jealous over the fact Jubilee still has her family and parents. Sol doesn't even know their own last name because their family didn't see them worthy of it yet. Instead of thinking it's their raising that's unusual, they'd deflect and say the reason Jubilee is a failure of a sorcerer because her family never raised her right. They were too soft. But that's in act 1 before they start realising how wrong their own family was.

Then their jealous turns into betrayal once they find out, not only does she still have her family but they also loved her. Treated her with kindness and unconditional love?

Sol thought Jubilee's family only failed ber because they didn't have magic. It feels like a slap to the face to care for Jubilee like an older cousin only for her actual family to turn out like that.

They really thought she was like them, no loved family and envied for her magic that's consuming her life, now they completely hold a grudge against her.

And no they wouldn't take kindly to her following them around and being friendly to everyone Sol is trying to intimidate into submission. They'd grab Jubilee, place her in front of a wall and tell her to have a chat with it until they come back.

Also Sol hasn't met a tiefling before, they're used to dragonborns and their thicker scaley tails. One time while leaving the grove in a hurry and seeing Jubilee having a friendly chat with someone or an animal, they wouldn't think twice before using her tail as a leash to pull her away with them.

"You're just being dramatic, it couldn't have hurt that bad." They'd say if Jubilee started crying, but also carry her if she kept whining and bring her to a healer or Shadowheart.

Respects Jubilee more than Gale as a mage just for being a sorcerer, even a weak one. Gale could cast a firewall around camp and Sol would be like "even Jubilee's cantrips are more impressive than your little candle-flame."

In general they'd be a bad influence on her, especially since she would feed their arrogance by looking up to them. They think she should be doing that, they'd be concerned if she didn't.

They're not trying to corrupt her, or purposely fuck with her like they'd do with other companions' weaknesses. They genuinely think they're doing what's best for her, gold or not, a dragon is still a dragon and kin to them, even if they'd rather die than admit it.

Just by being around Jubilee, they feel responsible for any and all of her magical failures. Sorcerers only can be trained by other Sorcerers since no magic school could teach them, if Sol doesn't train Jubile the who will? It's a miracle two draconic sorcerers even met under these circumstances.

Would tell her to straighten her back, take her tail out of her skirt and stop cowering behind others. Speak louder and forget using "thank you" and "please". Stop treating these people as anything more than insects to leech off of our magic.

Sol would be critical and mean to her so that she'd improve, they don't know about positive reinforcements. They'd consider her selflessness either a fraud or a form of self-flagellation.

Would be willing to train her like how Sol was trained in magic which is...very very brutal. Life threatening brutal and they tell Jubilee they can never be cousins because she would've been killed if she was born in their family.

They keep telling her to get up and fight back no matter how many times they pin her to the ground during training. Yes they get she is in pain, they get she is scared.

But she must fight back, even through fear. Strike back through the tears and agony. The world and Sol will eat her alive if you don't.

"I can swallow you whole, claim your magic for myself and end your entire lineage. Is that what you want? Is that the legacy you want to leave behind? No? Good. Then get the fuck up and let's try that spell again."

Also imagine Jubilee who is used to travelling with Dame Aylin, Isobel and Shadowheart. Suddenly being moved to a team with Lae'zel, Sol and Minthara.

[simplylove101]

2023 Horror Challenge: [19/?]

↳“You wanna know what I think, Clare? I think you're a selfish bowl of bitch sauce." Wish Upon (2017) dir. John R. Leonetti

Plot: A teenage girl discovers a box with magical powers, but those powers comes with a deadly price.

Starring: Joey King, Ki Hong Lee, Sydney Park, Shannon Purser, Sherilyn Fenn, Elisabeth Rohm & Ryan Phillippe

Going in, I already knew this movie was gonna be a hard one for me. lol Joey King's character is just so incredibly unlikeable and selfish so that right off the bat was a challenge. I get her character is still dealing with loss and school's hard for her, but to make the decisions she makes... At the point when it's quite clear that her wishes are killing people and she still does it anyway, I was done with her. Sorry to Joey since I'm actually rather cool with her as an actress but the script was doing her no favors. Now I gotta talk about how insane that cast is because wow, sooo many familiar faces in here! Pretty cool thing in an otherwise unpleasant watch. The kills are kinda insane as well if that's any consolation I guess but honestly, I was mostly annoyed and bored throughout. Not to mention, the very ending (mid-credits scene) had me fuming because it has one of the characters who was smart make a dumb decision. Now given there's plot context missing that makes it so that decision is possible but it's still annoying when you remember his stance the whole movie about Claire's wish-making. Anyway, this was a mess basically. lol

[honey-baby-blossom]

Peachy! - eddie munson

part one | part two

summary | Hawkins High’s resident freak convinces the librarian aide to help him finish his book report, but that might not be all she could help him with…

warnings | f!reader, size difference, flirting, mutual pining, absolutely no mention of what the duffers did

word count | 2.2k

notes | im a basic bitch what can I say? a boy has nice eyes and good hands so now I'm whipped ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

The library was finally starting to clear out, the frantic eyes and overstuffed backpacks trimming out of the herd one by one as everyone started making their way home. Midterms were always busy, but finals were hell. Your fingertips started to ache from peeling stickers and logging new books into the handwritten system you’d finally started to understand. There were still a few stragglers; freshmen waiting on their rides, a couple of sophomores apparently trying to write wedding vows inside their partner’s mouths. It was so very close to empty and as soon as it was, you were free like everybody else. 

You tried not to stare and foam at the mouth as the last kid slipped out the wide, swinging doors. Once his bouncing backpack was out of sight, you jumped to your feet and searched for the keys. Just as you found them and held them tight in your palm, the low squeal of the doors sent your excitement out the metaphorical window. You looked up wearily and the last little bit of your patience was ground into fine powder as that mess of brown hair and stupidly large matching eyes sauntered in. 

“Did the bell ring already, Peach?” he asked, his voice almost echoing through the silent and empty library. You huffed out a short breath and closed your eyes. 

“For the last time, Mr. Munson, please don’t call me that. And yes, the bell rang twenty glorious minutes ago and I would like to go home,” you said, messily gathering your things from your spot behind the counter. Eddie let out an amused snort, tossing his head back slightly. 

“I’ll stop calling you ‘peach’ when you start calling me Eddie. It’s not my fault you just couldn’t get enough of me,” he said, his smile wide across his face. 

“I always knew I’d come back to work here, it’s your fault you can’t seem to pass a single English class in all four years of high school,” you shot back, making his smile drop slightly. He sighed and let his backpack fall off his shoulder as he stepped his way up to the counter. 

“That’s why I’m here, okay? It’s the last project of the year and I’ve been doing fine but the fucking story about the guy and the wolf or whatever is kicking my ass. You’re the only one I know who might possibly be both smart enough and willing to help,” Eddie said, his eyes somber as he looked down at you in your seat. You hated his eyes. Those big, dumb, magic doe eyes could convince anybody of anything. Including you. 

“Who said I was willing?” you smirked, raising your eyebrows up at him. He stuck his tongue in the side of his cheek and let out a huff through his nose before stepping around the counter to where you sat. You turned in your rolling chair to meet him and watch as he knelt down on one knee with his hands clasped together in front of him. 

“I am begging you, oh peachy one, please have mercy on a weary idiot like me and help me with my English project so I can finally graduate,” he said, filling his voice with drama and empty formality. You hummed quietly to yourself as you thought it over in your head. After a few beats of silence he looked back up at you, his brown puppy-dog eyes boring into yours. “Please.”

“Oh alright. But only because you begged,” you smiled, nudging his knee with your foot so you could stand up. He grunted and held a fist in his victory, bouncing back onto his feet with a clap of his hands. “What’s the book again?”

Eddie squinted in thought and pushed his lips out, humming for a moment before speaking, “Big Wolf? Bay of Wolves? I don’t know, something like that.”

You let out a loud snort and tossed your head back with a laugh, causing the boy to look down at you with a pointed frown. 

“Beowulf?” you asked, still smiling with a chuckle. Eddie rolled his eyes and turned on his heels. 

“That’s what I said, Peach,” he said, scooping his bag back onto his shoulder lazily. You let out another loud laugh and pulled your own bag into your arms. 

“You realize it has absolutely nothing to do with wolves right? I don’t think there’s a wolf in the entire book,” you asked, following him out the doors. His hand made a loud smack sound as he pushed the door open, the metal of his rings connecting with the thick wood. You looked at him curiously, waiting for him to answer your question, as you stepped past him. He frowned back at you and let the door shut behind him, standing patiently as you went to lock it. 

“Then what’s it even about?” he said, his eyebrows furrowed in disapproval. 

“A warrior named Beowulf,” you answered, looking up at him over your shoulder. His eyebrows raised and he nodded in pleasant surprise. 

“Kickass name. I can respect that.”

“I’m sure the author would be overjoyed to know that the great Eddie Munson, three-time senior of Hawkins High, approves of the name,” you said, tossing your hands up dramatically as you spoke his name. You looked up at him with a proud smile and watched as he rolled his eyes, unamused. “That’s gotta be a record right? Spending a whole six years in high school?”

“Record stands at seven years. Some guy got held back for 10th twice then another two for his senior year. As long as I can pass this one, I’ll be just as good as the rest of you,” Eddie said, his voice failing to hide the dripping desperation in the back of his throat. He cleared it quickly, turning back to you with a weak smile. “Can’t always be the freak, right?”

You nodded slowly, looking back down at your feet. You never liked that label on Eddie. He was a lot of things, but freakish was a stretch. Van Halen, Kiss, ACDC, bands that were weird and heavy a couple of years ago were starting to become incredibly mainstream. Who was to say that Black Sabbath, Metallica, and Iron Maiden wouldn’t soon do the same? Plus, you had an uncle that played D&D every weekend with his work buddies over beer- it wasn’t a damn cult. 

“They still call you that?” you asked, frowning up at him slightly. He snorts and nods quickly, looking down at you with a raised eyebrow. 

“Are you kidding? The closer I get to graduating, the worse it gets,” he said, holding the door at the end of the hall open for you, exposing the bright parking lot. It was pretty much empty besides a few other teachers parked on their side and Eddie’s dark van in the back corner. You chewed on your lip as you stepped past him. 

“I never liked that. Seeing them treat you differently,” you muttered. Eddie looked down at you curiously and you sucked a quick breath in. “N-Not just you. Everyone, plus you, I guess.”

You stopped in front of your old Chevy quickly, fighting off the hot pink feeling in your cheeks. He stood over you, his face breaking into a sly smile. He licked his lips and let out a quiet laugh before nodding. 

“After school tomorrow, okay? Beowulf. Sound good, Peach?” he asked, his smile still wide on his lips. 

“Sounds good, Eddie,” you answered softly, failing to beat the heat rushing to your face. He stayed in front of you for another moment, his smile dimming into a look of gentle adoration. 

“I missed you, Peachy,” he said, nudging your foot with his. You nodded slightly and looked up at him. 

“I know,” you said softly. He bit his lip and continued to stare, his liquid eyes bright in the afternoon sun. You met his gaze finally, letting his eyes read the reality and somber look in yours. He cleared his throat and nodded to himself, stepping back slowly. 

“I’ll see you tomorrow then?” he asked, blinking a few times. You nod with a gentle smile, reaching to open your car door as he turns away. 

He gets almost halfway through the parking lot before you stick your face out of the window and call after him, “Hey, Eds!”

He almost falls as he turns around to answer you, “Yeah?”

“Make sure you bring a pencil! You’ll need to take notes!” you shout, smiling widely after him. He laughs and nods, shaking that brown mess of hair. You roll your window back up and let out a soft sigh before turning and driving past him out of the lot. 

-Two Years Earlier-

Your body felt heavy and sluggish as you made your way to your spot at the lunch table, the precious seat left open next to the denim and leather-clad boy. You were nervous all your weight would break the cheap plastic seat as you plopped down into it and buried your face into your best friend’s shoulder, your lips pressed against the iron-on patch to his vest. 

“What is it this time?” Eddie asked, turning to wrap his arms around you loosely. 

“I saw him holding her hand. She’s a goddamn sophomore and he’s holding her hand,” you groaned, pressing your palms against your eyes. Eddie let out a sympathetic chuckle. 

“You poor thing,” he said, pressing a chaste kiss to the top of your head, “But maybe reconsider this never-ending crush now that you’ve seen his potentially pervish behavior and interest in underclassmen?”

“You think I don’t want to?” you huffed, sitting up straight. 

“I know you do. I’m just suggesting it,” Eddie shrugged, taking a sip of the soda in front of him. You chewed on your lip and let out a breath as you finally saw the frantic scribbles in the boy’s ratty composition book. Various fantasy buzz words were written in messy handwriting all surrounding the bold words “Hellfire Club” in the center. 

“I take it this is what you were doing instead of the classwork last period?” you smirked, pulling the book in front of you. 

“You know it,” he chuckled, leaning his chin into the palm of his hand, his thin elbow propped up on the table. 

You raised your eyebrows and held out for the pencil next to him, silently asking permission to make edits on his work. He placed it in your hand immediately and leaned closer to watch you. You quickly erased and respelled the words he wrote incorrectly: psychedelic, freakish, complexities. He hummed softly and nudged your shoulder defensively as you let out a soft sigh at the last error. 

“Can’t figure out the logo quite yet. Everything I do seems too cheesy,” he said, pushing his brown messy curls away from his face. His hair was getting long, almost past his shoulders. You liked it, but that wasn’t the kind of stuff you told each other. 

“What about this?” you asked softly, lightly tracing a cartoon devil underneath the bold words. Eddie tilted his head and nodded slightly. 

“Yeah, but more. It can’t be like anything people have seen,” he answered, taking the pencil back, his fingers intertwining with yours for a short second. You swallowed and pulled your hand back, glancing over to make sure he didn’t notice.

He boldened the lines you had started and added gills to the sides of the head, transforming the creature from classic devil to freaky demon. You nodded and took the pencil back and changed the silhouette of the eyes to be smaller, sharper, and added small lines to make the creatures fangs a little longer. 

The two of you stayed that way until the lunch bell rang, shoulders leaning over the book and handing the pencil back and forth. You fixed the lettering for the title and added the little flame over the I and the crack in the demon’s skull. Eddie added the flaming sword and glowing chain mace on either side. Just before he started to stand up and close the book you gasped and stole the pencil from his hand. Your tongue stuck out from between your lips as you quickly drew a pair of dice on either side, a D-4 and a D-20. 

You looked up at Eddie proudly, a wide smile on your face. His cheeks were a soft pink as he nodded, gently pulling the book closed and into the crook of his arm. 

“Couldn’t have done it without you. Seriously,” he sighed, pulling you into a half hug. You blushed harder and buried your face into his side. 

“Does this make me the queen of Hellfire?” you smirked, looking up at him from your seat. Eddie tossed his head back with a warm laugh and nodded.

“Forever and always, my dear,” he smiled, pressing one last kiss to the top of your head. 

[sweetlywriting]

Hi, there~! So I have this really fun idea in my head. I would like a headcannon in which the fem! reader asks the Dorm Leaders to be her pretend boyfriend. But what happens when the boys fall in love for real? Super fluff, please! Thanks!

Fake/pretend dating with dorm leaders

Includes-Leona Kingscholar, Azul Ashengrotto, Malleus Draconia, Kalim Al Asim, Vil Shoenheit, Idia Shroud, Riddle Rosehearts

A/N- I think these are the longest headcanons I’ve ever done but I love this trope-

Please reblog or comment if you enjoyed!!

Leona Kingscholar-

It was some dumb bet from Ruggie but you’d lose too much money if you lost, so you sucked it up and went over to ask Leona to be your boyfriend or at least pretend so you wouldn’t go broke

He’s snickering the entire time, eyes glimmering with amusement as you mumble your request

He takes great enjoyment in your embarrassment and you almost have to scream it at him to get him to agree

He agrees, just for a week and you have to do whatever he says in return have fun cleaning his room and other messes

Ruggie is now extremely happy because you have to do his job

Leona likes how he can obnoxiously pull your hair in magic history when he’s bored, and haul you away from classes

Oh also, now you’re basically a human pillow, he’s constantly dragging you too take naps with him

Leona’s still smart and observant, he knows when he’s in love with you and will likely burst into whatever class, club, or nap you were having to ask you out. For real this time.

Azul Ashengrotto-

Honestly he’s the one who asks you too fake date him, his business has been getting less publicity lately and dating the new magicless dorm leader would definitely incite some good rep

Plus now he can coerce you into turning your empty dorm into a mostro lounge branch! In return he’ll pay you well and help you with any studies for the entire rest of your school year!! It’s a good deal and you sign it with a contract

At the beginning it’s all very normal, but slowly he begins to enjoy this deal more than he thought he would

Azul is a bit touch starved so every time you lightly kiss his cheek in pubic, he completely flusters

It’s the same for you when you happen to be working on a extremely hard piece of homework and he whispers the answer in your ear and then swiftly walks away as though nothing happened

It’s a fun game and even at the end of the year he doesn’t want it to end

“ Shall we extend this contract? Forever?“

Malleus Draconia-

Lilia had seen you and Malleus talk once, and now all he thinks about is what color he’ll wear to your wedding

He’s constantly “coincidentally” signing Malleus up for all the classes you take or "coincidentally" locking you two in broom closets

It’s very exhausting, and when you both have had enough you and Malleus decide to pretend to date to get Lilia to calm down for a while

Spending time with Malleus you got to know him more than anyone probably could. He’s not used to company considering how most people are afraid of him, but begins to enjoy it

He comes to ramshackle dorm every night for his daily walk, now opting to take you along. The moon and his hand holding yours is the only sense of direction you have, but it’s all you need.

“Perhaps we could do this forever?” “I’d like that”

Kalim Al Asim-

It’s not super complicated with Kalim, you want him too pretend to be your boyfriend? Sure that’s fine!!

One of the best things about him is that he won’t push you on why you want him to do this. You’re his friend, if fake dating will help you in any way he’s down!

That changed when he realizes he’s actually falling for you

Kalim is typically pretty oblivious so he doesn’t know exactly what to do

Suddenly, something that was a casual thing is something he can’t live without

The moment he realizes this, he drops everything and runs to you-and just by the look on his face and the way he crashes his lips on yours, you know this was never pretend

Vil Shoenheit-

Vil is famous, being in a relationship would cause huge scandal and completely ruin his career, but sometimes he feels alone and wants to be cared for the way he sees the couples laughing through the hallways with hands clasped

He doesn’t want to ask any of his friends so why not the person he just so happens to be alchemy partners with?

So one day, out of nowhere he’ll blurt-“will you let me be your boyfriend?-pretend of course.” Once you accept he’ll try all the stereotypical couples things

Picnics, ice skating dates, stargazing, cooking together, cute stuff

Vil finds himself getting a little too attached, he feels so at ease with you

It’s scares him a little, the way he’s already fallen so deeply for you

But he loves the way things are now, real or not he doesn’t want to ruin that

Idia Shroud-

You need a date to the school dance, he needs a date to the dance. . .

But really when you come up to him asking him to pretend to be your date, he’s half flattered-like his face is entirely red and he can barely answer, but another part of him is a little sad

You don’t want him too be your real boyfriend? He brushes it off, far too happy to at least be your date to be too bothered

He picks out his best suit and shows up with flowers, gentlemanly but still in a nervous sweat

Everyone is a little suprised to see the both of arrive together, and as Idia’s about to run out far away from all the stares, you pull him to dance

He’ll never forget how it felt to melt into your smile and the feeling of slowly forgetting that anyone else was even there, laughing and twirling- it didn’t feel fake

It felt like the happiest night of his life. “Could we go out as a real couple?” He says it confidently because it’s something he’s sure about

Well so much for fake dating, you answer him with a passionate kiss

Riddle Rosehearts-

It was some dumb dare from Ace and Deuce, you had enough with their teasing about how you would you would be single forever and now to spite them you were standing in front of Heartslabyul’s dorm leader, persuading him to pretend to be your boyfriend for a while

At first Riddle is very offended that you would ask him on a fake date, and for something so silly? But eventually with the promise of strawberry tarts and the thought of Ace and Deuces shocked faces, he gives in

The entire Heartslabyul is shocked that their stony strict dorm warden is dating someone

Riddle has never been in a relationship so he’s actually quite nervous, he almost screams the first time you grab his hand

He’s completely red afterwards and refuses to look at you

He tries to deny actually being in love with you for as long as possible, but he doesn’t want to lose you either

After shoving his pride down for a bit, he invites you for tea and a heartfelt confession