#sorry this isn’t kuro related

[grellestan]

greta van fleets music is written with a passion i thought only a lesbian could possess

[indigoipsum]

I like how everyone just collectively decided that Leorio and Kurapika are both trans. Seeing them both drawn with top surgery scars makes me 🫶👍

[verdantcrimson]

Heaven and Earth / Discernment of Heaven and Earth - 5

(Unproofread)

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Kuro: Sorry ‘bout that… But well, and I’m not just sayin’ this ‘cause I fell asleep, this is a pretty poor showin’, ain’t it?

Kuro: If we air this, the show and our own reputation might go down, but it definitely won’t go up.

Keito: You have a point… It’s a pity, but all this has done is reaffirm the fact that we need the ‘Three Sages’ in order to make ‘Rumbling Heaven and Earth’ a reality.

Souma: ‘Tis easier said than done. That an amateur would be unable to create a popular yet timeless TV show from scratch comes as no surprise.

Keito: Yes. I knew that from the very beginning though.

Keito: Moving on, we decided to make a version of the show as Ieyasu-sensei suggested we do.

Kuro: …… Dude said not to change the content of ‘Rumblin’ Heaven and Earth.’

Kuro: But as it stands, we don’t really gotta go out of our way to recreate anythin’ when we can just air old episodes of the show—

Keito: Exactly. So we ended up recording nothing.

Souma: As of now, the ‘Three Sages’ have proven themselves to be utterly uncooperative. If, perchance, we were to request the involvement of all three parties, it remains unclear whether they would do their utmost as they did once before.

Keito: Indeed. Therefore, we passed over Ieyasu’s proposal, and are currently creating a version based on Hideyoshi and Nobunaga’s proposals.

Souma: As the one in charge, I became personally acquainted with her. That she would change her troublesome intent— I attempted to persuade her.

Keito: Yes. I heard from your report that Nobunaga-sensei wants to create a show with more of a visual focus.

Souma: That appears to be the case. As I listened to her speak, I was quite impressed by her persuasiveness.

Keito: Honestly, I think that’s a pretty good idea. We start off with the visuals or whatever works, because unless we capture the attention of the audience, we won’t be able to start much.

Kuro: Yeah. Ieyasu-sensei said that too— The show won’t have a future if it turns into somethin’ only old crazy folk’ll watch.

Keito: Hm? That’s odd. I thought Ieyasu-sensei was the conservative type?

Kuro: He’s just actin’ like that on purpose, waitin’ for the youth to get all riled up.

Kuro: And now Nobunaga-sensei, who didn’t even wanna participate, is actively suggestin’ ideas. Seems like Ieyasu-sensei’s idea was fairly successful.

Keito: Hehe. That’s the kind of wisdom you would expect from someone his age. So he isn’t just a hard-headed old man after all.

Kuro: Yeah, I was pretty impressed.

Kuro: I know Nobunaga-sensei seems like she wants to get rid of all the old people, but ya really can’t mess with the wisdom of your grandparents with loads of life experience.

Souma: Umu, They do say experience is the mother of all wisdom.¹

Souma: Now then, Hasumi-dono, what would Hideyoshi-sensei’s proposal happen to be?

Souma: I have yet to understand it properly.

Kuro: I think ya said somethin’ about collaboration’ with a mangaka?

Keito: Correct. Hideyoshi-sensei talks so much that I felt myself being drawn in, so it was rather difficult for me to parse and summarize what his arguments were.

Keito: But simply put, Hideyoshi-sensei’s proposal is what is known as a ‘media mix strategy.’

Keito: We turn ‘Rumbling Heaven and Earth’ into an anime or manga, increasing its accessibility. 

Keito: Even people who aren’t interested in complicated educational programs will give an anime a shot if it’s on TV or available on the internet.

Keito: If they purchase manga magazines, they’re likely to read through it, even if they aren’t necessarily interested in every work published.

Kuro: ‘Cause ya wanna get your money’s worth. And if it’s on the internet for free, may as well take a look durin’ your spare time.

Keito: Right. You’d have more reason to do it if your favorite mangaka is drawing it, or if there’s a character being played by your favorite voice actor.

Keito: And so, by presenting works related to ‘Rumbling Heaven and Earth’ in various forms of media, we create more accessibility, more points of entry, and increase the number of people interested.

Keito: That’s the gist of what a media mix strategy is. It’s one of the oldest advertising strategies there is, so much so that at a point in time, nearly every company was doing it.

Keito: Nobody wants to read complicated text, so they turn it into manga, that’s how it goes.

Souma: Truthfully, this does seem to be rather effective.

Souma: There is a problem, however. Hideyoshi-sensei’s proposal speaks only of how to market and advertise the show, with nary a mention of its contents.

Souma: If it were indeed made into a manga, what manner of content would it contain?

Keito: Impressive that you noticed, Kanzaki. Good work. Naturally, this was a concern of mine at the time too.

Keito: However, Hideyoshi-sensei left that part to us, saying, “That’s up to you guys to think about.”

Keito: In essence, all that fellow cares about is how to make money.

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Translation Notes:

Souma actually says 亀の甲より年の功 (kamenoko yori toshinoko) which literally translates to 'experience is more valuable than a turtle's shell'. There isn't a particularly interesting origin to this proverb, it just so happens that 'turtle's shell' (亀の甲) rhymes with 'experience' (年の功). Souma using a turtle related proverb was cute enough to be worth pointing out though.

[unhappytimeleaper]

Hello, may I request Q, T, and Y with Kuro x reader? Thank you and have a wonderful day. 💟

requested by anonymous

Word Count: 3,150+

I love Kuro. It was a while ago on a chat, but I realized I kinda have a type for delinquents. Oops. This mainly doesn’t go too much into the actions that make him a yan, I do touch on it occasionally or try to slip some of it in there, but I didn’t want to get too off-topic from the letters which meant I had to leave a lot of it out. Also, I wrote half of this 7 months ago and the rest today, so I’m sorry if it’s a little disjointed.

Also, I finally gave in and watched up to part 5 of Jojo, and I have… feelings. My poor friends are being subjected to all of them,, and someone should come to save them. TLDR for those curious, but I did not care for part 3, parts 1 & 2 were decent, I love part 4, from the art style to the characters, and part 5 I adore the characters, but I’m weak to character deaths :(. Maybe with time, I’ll possibly add them to my list but no hopes. Anyway, Kuro.

Kuro Kiryu; Unedited. Gender Neutral Reader.

Warnings; yandere content, mentions of potential threats, alludes to minor manipulation, self-isolating, and simple fights. Nothing is in detail nor is there truly anything bad but as always it is yandere. 

This blog is 17+ please have your age in your bio or tagged; any ageless blog and below the age asked for will be blocked at the end of the week.

Quit: If their darling dies, leaves, or successfully escapes, would they ever be able to move on?

This would vary on if you leave or die rather than escape as he is also one where a lot of the relationship borders on unhealthy. It mainly is because Kiryu has some self-awareness to where things run too far but gets lost in the minor details. His delinquent past might affect some of his actions, but it's not as of he's one to ever use physical harm against you to get you to obey. He tends to focus more on voicing opinions. While he rarely might force you to not interact with others [generally completely strangers rather than friends or family unless he has proof they are bad news], there is a self-imposed guilt you feel when doing so, causing you to avoid others. Unlike others who force rules, and force isolation, Kiryu doesn't make it, so there ever is something you need to escape from. This would be unlike Eichi or Shu, for example. Even being yandere, it’s likely that with Kuro, the relationship develops naturally– or at least appears that way to an extreme extent that there never was some sort of reason to fear Kiryu in the form of genuine escape.

Leaving might be the most common reason or situation the two of you might face. Various reasons; thinking you need to experience life outside of a relationship, becoming tired of the relationship, dating an idol being too stressful, realizing you and Kiryu just don't connect past a honeymoon phase, etc. There are many reasons why you might want to break up, not wholly reliant on his yandere behaviors, but regardless of what it is related to, he often will have the same reaction.

No. Okay, maybe it comes off scarier than he intends when said like that, but Kiryu means, no, we can work this out. You know he's not attempting to come off as scary. He has never been in the relationship, and more so, his fear factor comes from how he traditionally is himself. Kiryu rarely even goes out of his way to threaten others to avoid you; the way he talks and carries himself does that for him unless he can find some valid excuse that even you can’t deny being a good option. Kuro also has never had a past of lying to you when he says he didn't threaten them or did something— it really was the others who picked to act that way post their conversation– although it’s hard to say for sure if there truly was never any violence or threats under his actions. However, no reason to doubt him is still no reason to use it in a breakup. It's not to say that he isn’t aware of his fear factor and thinks of it as a benefit in these situations, but honestly, he tries extremely hard not to do anything bad. He's changed from the delinquent days anyway when he would have quickly jumped to use violence to get them to stay away from you. Really, he doesn't want to do anything to tarnish his new reputation to you, nor have his actions come back and likely affect his sister or career. Leaving him becomes a lot more difficult because while he isn't necessarily the smartest at problem-solving or convincing you to stay as others might be, he tries. He tries so hard that it's impossible to stand your ground firmly. He works to make it so you can compromise [in his favor] to stay with him. Or a break up isn't really a break up— yeah, you've agreed to label it as a break, but this only if it's clear you don't want to date anyone else. Kiryu, even in this situation, hovers around more; not quite a relationship way that you feel you need to tell him to back off, but enough that it feels you're always on the brink of appearing still together. You can blame it on ES, for such a large building; it seems everyone is always wrapped up with each other in some way, although all of it is still profoundly intentional in Kiryu’s actions to stay near. If it is the route of still dating with compromises, these can vary but rarely will it alter or break aspects of his yandere traits as most of these result from his stoic, straightforward, and scary appearance. It's more working on adding things into the relationship to keep you more excited or understanding while a honeymoon phase is over; there are still think you can do together/have in common. Just cause one stage ends doesn't mean to give up; it means working to enjoy the next phase too. So ever really leaving is quite tricky because Kiryu's directness just results in a rebuff of finding reasons to stay, even if it gets to the point staying is just easier than leaving. There even is sometimes a sinking fear that you’d be throwing away the best partner you might ever get because of his personality over this. What if there really never would be anything better? Would you have to come crawling back to him begging for another chance– it’s entirely self-inflicted, but a tiny part of your mind would have to eat away at the possibility.

If you do manage to break up unless you are leaving the country as a whole, where it is hard to avoid Kiryu even if it's clear the relationship is over. Most of his actions feel like he's trying to win you back, such as cooking your meals or asking to spend time with you while he works on a sewing project. It's often weird, but his ability to be direct can make him easily be able to pass it off as being over you. These are just him, well, being him. Even in ways other idols can verify this is just his personality, even if he is being that awkwardly kind self. Under the surface, you know it's more than that… but there is no proof, the uneasiness no one else can understand. Though it's not misplaced, Kiryu's kindness might appear as just his standard attempt to make amends for his past as a delinquent, but everything he does is his goal of making you regret ending the relationship. That maybe you'll fall back in love with him, or you'll come crawling back, calling it a mistake. It’s undeniable that even with his jealousy and misplace tendencies he’s a wonderful partner, brother, and teammate. Kiryu deep down is still a good person fighting against his past and urges– and it’s hard to find someone who would likely treat you as good. Post breakup you’d likely fall back into seeing only happy couples too, it all sinking in just like you feared that even though you have so much life left to live you just tossed aside the best person you could have been with. Perhaps all that anxiety and weird feelings you were getting was from something else– your mind making all sorts of excuses to convince you to just text him those simple words. “Let’s get back together.”

Also all of this is his way of hovering to ensure no one else can pursue or harm you. Kiryu is well aware that even if he's changed from his past, others might hold grudges, and much like how he feared that might impact his sister, he knows that if it got out you were his ex, there is always a chance they might you use against him. Or there might be jealous fans— both upset you hurt him by breaking up or upset that you had the opportunity to date him. There is no telling what might happen, and he might not directly admit these reasons to you as it could become a bigger fight, thus harming the chance of ever getting back together.

Would he move on? If you're around, no. There is always a lingering chance, and if he is around just the same, you’ll unlikely be able to meet someone new. Okay, well, if you were gone completely… maybe. Just like how Kiryu has changed from his former delinquent lifestyle, he also knows there is a point in growing and changing in other ways. Not to say his yandere tendencies heal from this, but he knows it's unfair for him to forever pine after you when you are entirely gone living away from him. It doesn't happen quickly, he locked his heart away for years after this loss, and it's easy to tell even to others he becomes even more reserved [something most won't think was possible, but you proved them wrong]. He might become more snappy with subjects and reject many other forms of care, such as friendships. But in five years… ten years… things might change, and some of that ice might melt again, allowing him to try again. However, the second you show up once again he would be ready to start anew.

Furthermore, if you were to pass away either while dating or post-break-up, where you are still around, the answer is no. Kiryu will have believed that he was lucky enough to have met his soulmate so young, and unfair it might be he doesn't deserve a third chance. His personality is the same as if you were to move away forever; colder, and that stoic nature becomes bitter and quick to tell others off. He doesn't need anyone else, not friends, not someone to love. His sister really would be the only one who would have close contact with his personal life and understand on a deeper level his feelings, usually being the voice of reason to others as to why he became the way he is now [assuming this is in the future and she is also growing up]. He'd care for a grave site weekly, and overall, it feels like a piece of him died along with you.

Tears: How do they feel about seeing their darling scream, cry, and/or isolate themselves?

There are more what feels like two layers, and it depends on the reason and reason you might be having a moment of out-lash at him.

Take, for example, isolating yourself because you’re upset with him or an action he took or an argument. In this sense, Kuro would probably think you’re being childish. This is the behavior his little sister would have if upset or pouting, not an adult in a relationship. He would likely become more closed off and stoic at the moment and find himself annoyed at the action you are taking rather than settling to deal with the problem at hand. Ironically, it’s just as contradictory that he closes himself off too and doesn’t work to resolve the problem, but if you want to act like a childish brat, why should he have to fix the case you started? Kuro isn’t really the type to make it so you’re fully locked away, unable to have any form of life, and thus resort to isolating yourself in disdain for him. If in a fight, you do resort to isolation to calm down or whatever, then it’s expected you should be able to talk for a short moment before coming to Kiryu to resolve the issue. The longer you wait to talk over the ‘tantrum’, the more frustrated Kuro will get and likely leave him in a grumpy, cold mood to you for longer, unable to express his emotions as he doesn’t want to take them out on you either. Like this, his fear factor only increases, and his hovering nature seems to double for the amount of time you hid progressively. Even if it wasn’t forced isolation or him actively trying to scare other people off, they are now wanting to avoid him and you, by extension, even more. In the end, it only seems to backfire creating a cycle of loneliness problems.

As for something like screaming or crying in a fight, Kuro gets quiet for a reason of self-reprimanding. Not that he feels too guilty over his actions but that his actions once again come back around to hurt someone he loves. Kuro is well aware that his jealousy isn’t normal, and that his actions have never been the healthy solution, but he’s trying. He so desperately wants to amend his past, to melt and burn and tear up the negative and harsh feelings of jealousy boiling in his mind and heart. That this could all be normal, you could love each other and not have to feel this way if he just had done something different. And while he’s quiet, appearing perhaps slightly disinterested or the scowl on his face making you only fear more, he does nothing. He doesn’t take a step; he doesn’t flinch his hands, it almost looks like he’s not breathing with how steady he goes, telling himself not to lash out like the delinquent side of him wants to. He’ll simply wait, running scenarios and words over and over in his head while you exhaust yourself. Honestly, he’s probably not even processing the majority of your comments, so fixated on his thoughts. And as your screams turn into whimpers and tears begin to dry along your cheeks— too exhausted to keep going, Kuro will finally make his move coming over to comfort you. He’ll wipe away the crusting tears with a personal handkerchief and wrap you in his arms slowly as you hiccup those feelings away. In the end, you don’t remember what you were even screaming and crying about; Kuro too distracted to fully reflect the cause either. The fights are usually too far and few in between, but they are draining, with nothing ever being resolved waiting for the next time it comes around.

Yearn: How long do they pine after their darling before they snap?

Kuro takes a long time, at least compared to the majority of the other idols. And it stems from keeping his guard up— both because of his past haunting him and his natural exterior from being a delinquent, his personality, and his wish to change.

To start, Kuro knows his personality is… rough at least from an outsider’s perspective. He’s aware he’s intimidating, his a wall of a person, and his face doesn’t always convey the intentions in his heart. It’s no secret to anyone that even the softness he has is not easily exposed in his demeanor, nor that his ability to pick and throw grown men isn’t terrifying in itself. Even if you don’t come off as frightened by his rough exterior and bluntness to topics that come off as harsh or off-putting at times pre-relationship, there is a lingering doubt in his mind to rush into things. And this leads to the other point; Kuro wants to change. As mentioned, he’s deeply aware not only of his feeling of being over-driven to a not-so-standard degree but being a delinquent doesn’t come with an easy change. It’s not even the fights that are hard to shake off; it’s all of the mentality, the lessons, and skills that come from that life. He doesn’t want, you know, to see that person he once was. He might still be underneath everything because change is more complicated than people expect. Kuro wants the soul mate relationship he feels; he wants to be the knight, not the villain. He wants the fairy tale love from the stories and movies he watches with his little sister— more than giving in to his jealousy and unsavory thoughts. So he waits. Hoping that things can change, not progress.

And the other reason I touched on a little before. His guard has to be still and shaking when getting into a relationship is not easy. Kuro wants to relax, give in, and just let things happen. But being a delinquent means always being on guard, and his softness, while a strength can only be shown in small amounts, tries to keep himself safe. It falters around you more than others, even more as time goes on, but it takes a long time to chip away that shield. And the other guard is, like I said— Kuro knows delinquents make enemies. He has plenty, and while being a famous idol can protect him more so now others might seek revenge on his sister or you. It’s one of the key factors that both hinder and progresses his yandere tendencies because if his guard is up, you can’t love him back, and you won’t be a target. But you’re around him anyway… and it’s unlikely that delinquents care to verify a relationship’s true nature as long as it’s exploitable.

Between these contradicting factors, it takes months. This is beneficial for Kuro means everything can play out, and fall into a relationship like an average couple. One void is his tendencies fogging up the back of his mind, eating away at his heart. It genuinely starts off simple… progressing into seeing him while he sews— one of the few times he lets down his guard— and hanging out with him more and more. It turns into bringing you lunch and hands brushing over each other. It’s hard to suspect him of doing anything wrong, or thinking anything wrong. His rough exterior becomes a flustering teasing point that makes his ears burn, chin buried in his hand. And the bluntness is useful. Asking you out is direct. It’s effortless and more of a command, so you can only blush and agree when the time finally comes. Kuro doesn’t need to snap or to lure you into something. He’s one of the few that isn’t genuinely trapping you, but that doesn’t change the manipulation and fear dripping down his heart; one day, you’ll see past his facade to the delinquent locked away but never truly gone.

[immaturityofthomasastruc]

IOTA Reviews: Risk (Shadowmoth's Final Attack – Part 1)

Well, here we are. After a year of reviews, we've made it to the season finale. As such, I feel like I should reflect on this occasion. Now, was it a bold idea to start writing detailed reviews of the fourth season of Miraculous Ladybug? Yes. Have I regretted spending some of my free time sitting through some awful episodes of the same TV show? Yes. If I could, would I do it all over again? I'll... get back to you on that last one.

For now, let's get into the twenty-fifth (chronologically the twenty-fifth) episode of Miraculous Ladybug's fourth season, and the first part of the season finale: Risk

We start off after an Akuma attack, with Ladybug, Cat Noir, Carapace, Ryuko, Viperion, King Monkey, Pigella, and Purple Tigress meeting up to celebrate. Now, stop me if you've heard this before. The temp heroes' Miraculous all start to go off, Ladybug tells them to find a safe place to detransform so she can collect them, Cat Noir asks to come along, Ladybug says no, and Cat Noir whines about how he's important too.

(Because the universe hates me, yet again, I have to rely on/suffer through the English dub for these last two episodes, so sorry for the lack of screenshots)

Cat Noir: I know, I know. Only the Guardian knows the identities of the Miraculous holders, and Cat Noir, despite being the first and most amazing team member of all is now just a holder like any other.

Ladybug: Yeah, but you'll always be my favorite!

Believe me, I'll get to this later.

We see Rena Furtive keeping lookout on a building so all the temp heroes are alone, an interesting idea for her new support role. You know, it would have been nice to get more scenes like this instead of not showing her at all after her debut in “Rocketear”. After retrieving the Miraculous, Marinette and Alya meet up and decide to go to a movie, United Heroez: The Final End Fight. I'm guessing Majestia dies using the Endless Mitten to wipe out Tanhoss and his army.

We cut to Gabriel talking to Emilie's body yet again, saying how after four seasons, he's still failed to get Ladybug and Cat Noir's Miraculous, claiming that “He's not worthy of their love!”, because I'm guessing he assumes Emilie would be perfectly fine with all the lives he's endangered in her name. In his anger, Gabriel accidentally cracks the stasis pod containing Emilie, but it doesn't go anywhere. Nathalie (who is back in bed even though she was shown to be recovering in Kuro Neko) then talks with him about the stalemate they and Ladybug's team are currently in, and after mentioning that using the broken Peacock Miraculous was a risk she was willing to take, Gabriel gets an idea.

Gabriel transforms into Shadowmoth and searches for a new victim, showing that the process is kind of like an evil sonar that picks up on emotions across the city.

It's a pretty cool visual, and it makes a lot of sense. Shadowmoth doesn't choose the first person to get upset every day. He searches for candidates whose emotions he thinks would make strong Akumas with. Shadowmoth finds a kid named Froggy who wants to ride his bike without a helmet or training wheels, and akumatizes him into Risk.

Risk has a pretty cute design. I like the frog theme, and the bike looks nice. I like how Shadowmoth finally thought of creating an Akuma that isn't meant to attract attention. Like his name implies, his powers relate to forcing people to take risks, thanks to these little green orbs he creates while riding his bike across the city and giving them markings that compel them to do things they wouldn't normally do, and ask the serious questions like “Why ARE there so many songs about rainbows, and what's on the other side?”. Though admittedly, it's basically just Simpleman's powers all over again, so there's not much I can really say there, other than that it makes more sense here than it did in “Simpleman”.

Overnight, almost everyone in Paris is marked by Risk's song, including Marinette and Adrien. The next morning, Adrien wakes up, and is told by Nathalie to meet his father in his study to discuss a new ad campaign, where we see just how dangerous Risk is, because his powers actually made Adrien grow a pair.

Adrien: I've had it, Plagg! I'm tired of photos and ads! I don't wanna be a model for my father's brand anymore! I just wanna be a son, and be able to have breakfast with him just once! I'm gonna go talk to him.

Plagg: You do realize that your father will take this very badly, right?

Adrien: I'm willing to take that risk!

Because only an Akuma specifically designed to make people act more reckless is what gives Adrien the courage to stand up to his father. It's not like this could have been the pinnacle of a character arc where he starts to become more of his own person, right? And even then, just one order from Gabriel is enough to make him go back to cowering. It's not made clear if this is the result of Gabriel ordering him through the ring or not, but either way, I'm not sure how this affects Risk's influence on Adrien.

Much like with “Heroes' Day” and the New York Special, Gabriel comes up with a plan to keep Adrien safe by making sure he isn't anywhere near Paris. His cover is that Adrien and Lila will star in a new perfume commercial about a boy and girl who travel around the world searching for each other before meeting up on the Eiffel tower and melting together and becoming the perfume bottle, which is surprisingly tame for a French perfume ad. Gabriel wants this to be filmed in different locations as opposed to simply using green screens and special effects, meaning that Adrien will be forced to go around the world with Lila for at least several months. Bob's protests about how much of a financial nightmare this would be are ignored, and despite being under the influence of an Akuma that makes him take more risks, Adrien still doesn't stand up to his father.

The weirdest part is that Adrien and Lila are going to leave that afternoon. Gabriel literally just came up with his latest plan last night, yet he managed to plan an entire perfume ad, contacted people around the world, got the permission of Lila's mom, and booked plane tickets in just one night? I know this is an incredibly minor nitpick, but why did the writers have to do all this just to get Adrien out of Paris, and remind the audience Lila exists?

Marinette is naturally horrified that Adrien is going to spend time with Lila, and while everyone else is happy to see him go around the world, Tikki claims that the reason Marinette notices how miserable he looks is “Because she loves him”. Marinette goes to talk to Adrien, where he vents his true feelings to her thanks to Risk.

Adrien: If only you knew how sick I am of all of it, the photos, the film shoots, all these people fawning over me who don't even know me! These ads that don't make any sense? And now I'm expected to just leave my friends and travel to the end of the world for I don't know how long, with Lila?

Marinette: Why don't you tell them all that you don't wanna do this?

Adrien: No one would understand my complaining. They all think it's amazing what's happening to me.

Marinette: I understand you.

Adrien: Well, you're the only one.

Marinette: You've gotta talk to your father, Adrien.

Adrien: I've tried but I can't. I don't know why. He's my father, though, I love him! I know he loves me! It's all so... frustrating! Has there ever been something you wanted to tell someone but you just couldn't do it, as if some kind of invisible force was holding you back?

“See? SEE? Look at how made for each other these two are now that they’re actually having a conversation!”

And I think now's as good of a time as any to talk about my problem with this conflict, and the way Adrien has been written for the entire series.

Since day one, Adrien has always been portrayed as this timid rich guy who isn't able to stand up to his controlling father, so someone always has to fight his battles for him. Adrien can't have a birthday party? Nino has to be the one to try and convince Gabriel to let him have one (The Bubbler). Adrien is pulled out from school after being accused of taking an important book? Marinette has to risk her future in fashion by taking blame for stealing the book so Adrien can go back to school (The Collector). Adrien is visibly uncomfortable around people like Lila? Marinette has to try to stop Lila from violating Adrien's personal space on her own (Oni-Chan). Adrien feels he isn't getting enough credit as a superhero and decides to ditch his Miraculous? Plagg has to explain to Marinette why this is all her fault (Kuro Neko).

For one of the two characters the show is named after, Adrien barely has any agency in the plot. When he isn't complaining about how much his life sucks, other people need to help him stand up for himself or do things for him. Yes, you could argue that this is a more realistic depiction of a victim of emotional abuse, but other than the occasional line about how controlling Gabriel is, nobody ever acknowledges how much this could affect Adrien mentally and why it's so hard for him to stand up to his father. Instead, whenever Adrien talks about how so many parts of his life have been predetermined, he keeps trying to convince the audience that Gabriel loves him, as if we're just supposed to ignore what he did to his son in “Cat Blanc” and “Ephemeral”. Adrien never even thinks about standing up for himself in his civilian life, and after four seasons, what gives him the drive to try and be more vocal about how unhappy he is with his life? The support of all his friends? The extra confidence he's gained from his time as Cat Noir? An event like Gabriel's commercial pushing him too far? Nope! Instead, an Akuma with the power to magically force people to take risks is the sole reason why Adrien is only now starting to protest his father's demands.

And even then, despite Risk's powers literally forcing people to take more risks in their lives, Adrien still can't stand up to Gabriel, much less tell the friends he supposedly cares so much about how he feels, so Marinette has to convince everyone else how unhappy Adrien really is, because the plot wants to make it seem like Marinette is the only one who really gets Adrien.

And putting aside the problem this plotline represents, the idea to try and give both sides (in this case, Marinette and Nino/Alya in the next scene) a point in whether Adrien going around the world is a good thing or not doesn't work because A) We know Adrien isn't happy, and he's already tried protesting this arrangement, and B) Adrien can't leave Paris because he's Cat Noir, and earlier episodes (Ephemeral, Kuro Neko) have reminded the audience that Cat Noir, and by extension, the power of the Cat Miraculous, is very important, and can be crucial to defeating Akumas.

At least, that second point should be important, but even though a big part of the New York Special was how screwed Paris was because of Cat Noir's absence, Adrien's only gripe with this trip is just being forced to go around the world without his friends and only Lila to keep him company. And yes, that does suck, but Adrien doesn't stop to consider how this could affect Paris, and doesn't even try to explain this to Ladybug when Ladybug explained she was going away in the New York Special. Hell, for some reason, Tikki keeps protesting Marinette wanting to keep Adrien in Paris when she knows he's Cat Noir (The Dark Owl), and therefore, should make sure he should stay there to help Ladybug.

Before he leaves school to head on his trip, Marinette tries to talk to Adrien again, but thanks to  Chloe getting in the way as part of a plan she and Lila came up with, she can't do anything. I hoped you enjoyed those two lines of dialogue Chloe gets, because outside of a brief cameo towards the end of the next part, this is literally all she does in the finale. So once again, despite alluding to something in the penultimate episode of the season, a plotline that could have been interesting goes nowhere. Then again, at least they did something with Chloe unlike forgetting about Lila entirely at the end of Season 3.

Marinette tries to convince her friends that Adrien isn't happy, but Nino and Alya refuse to believe her, the former because he thinks it's good for Adrien, and the latter because she thinks Marinette is just jealous of Lila. You know, one of the things a lot of people were looking forward to when Alya found out Marinette's secret identity was how this would affect episodes with Lila, seeing how in her very first appearance, she lied about being best friends with Ladybug. Turns out the writers didn't care about that because how else could Alya blame Marinette for something? Sure, Marinette tried to reach out to Chloe and is now good friends with Kagami to the point where she tried to get her and Adrien back together, but to Alya, all she thinks is that Marinette is jealous of Lila. Good lord, this is going to inspire to many salt fics...

While Adrien starts packing for the trip, Felix suddenly arrives, wanting to help Adrien. Once again, Felix offers to take Adrien's place by dressing up as him so he can convince Gabriel to cancel the commercial. Oh my God, we get it, writers! Felix was the first draft for Adrien! You don't keep having to remind us whenever he's on screen! But, shock of all shocks, Felix's real plan was to investigate Gabriel again, finding out that he's Shadowmoth (he was previously thrown off in his last episode) before discovering Emilie's body.

Okay, why do the writers only use Felix for things that Adrien himself should be doing? In his first appearance, he confronted Gabriel and tried to get Adrien to stand up to him, in his next appearance, he suspects Gabriel of being a supervillain, and now, he's the one to find out about Emilie in an episode that doesn't get undone. It makes Felix feel less like a character, and more a way to progress the plot in ways that don't force Adrien to do anything, like learn Shadowmoth's identity, because that way, they can keep the status quo for the two leads the same as it's been since Season 1.

Gabriel, worrying his plan might go wrong, decides to give Nathalie his wedding ring before he goes into battle. Felix, still disguised as Adrien, tries to tell Gabriel he doesn't want to go on the trip, but while Gabriel orders him to listen to him, he remembers he doesn't have the ring... but then Nathalie gives an order, and Felix obeys, giving us even more evidence that both Felix and Adrien are Sentimonsters.

I've already gone over my problems with this idea in my “Ephemeral” review, but recently, I've realized that there are even more plotholes regarding this revelation and how this contradicts previous episodes.

First, when Gabriel suspected Adrien of being Cat Noir in “Gorizilla”, why couldn't he just order him to give him the ring or transform to prove his theory instead of the plan he went with instead?

Second, if Adrien is a Sentimonster, why wasn't he driven out of control when he was hit by a Cataclysm in “Miraculer”? The other Sentimonsters hit by Cataclysm were driven berserk (Reflekdoll, Truth, Queen Banana, Kuro Neko), so why not him?

Third, if Gabriel wanted Adrien to join his side in “Cat Blanc”, why did he struggle to control him while akumatizing him? When he akumatized Adrien into Ephemeral, a single order using the ring was enough to break his will, so why did Cat Blanc fight back and destroy the world when all Gabriel had to do was order him to obey him?

And fourth, if Felix is a Sentimonster, why couldn't Gabriel use the other ring to order Felix to give him Emilie's ring back? All he had to do was call Felix, give him the order, and Felix would have no choice but to comply.

Do you see why this single plot twist contradicts so much and raises so many problems with the show?

Back in Marinette's room, she follows up on that crap about Adrien being a helpless prince that was started in “Gabriel Agreste”, and despite Tikki's protests against using her powers for personal gain, Marinette transforms into Ladybug to save him. Pretty rich that the show wants to act like Ladybug can't do anything selfish when for the past four seasons, Adrien has viewed being Cat Noir as a way to get out of his responsibilities, when the most Marinette has really used her own powers for her own personal benefit was to get to a social gathering in “Timebreaker”, and to deliver Adrien's hat in “Cat Blanc”, and she was blamed for causing the apocalypse in the latter.

Meanwhile, Adrien, dressed as Felix, is waiting to get a phone call from his cousin about his progress, when he gets a call from Kagami.

Kagami: Adrien, I saw you on TV this morning, and I know that you don't want to leave. Once again, you let your father decide for you! How long are you going to remain his puppet, Adrien?

Adrien: But... my cousin is gonna talk to him, and...

Kagami: This just keeps getting better. You're letting your cousin do things for you now? Who's pulling the strings of your life? Your cousin? Your father? Me, when we were together? It's never YOU! You're only good at doing what people tell you to do! Dare to cut your strings, Adrien!*pauses for a moment and frowns* Forgive me if I hurt you.

I can't begin to describe the huge grin I had on my face watching this scene. After so many episodes where all Adrien does is complain about how hard his life is while needing other people to do the hard work for him as a civilian and as a superhero, hearing Kagami chew Adrien out for his indecisiveness is unironically the most satisfying thing I've seen all season.

Admittedly, once the ecstasy wore off, I did have some problems with the placement of this scene. Like Chloe, this is the only scene Kagami gets in either part of the finale, not counting her time as Ryuko, and it has no real foreshadowing. Maybe if there was an earlier scene where Kagami saw the news report, I'd find it to be more understandable, but here, it feels like it was only there because Kagami is the only character besides Plagg to tell Adrien to actually do stuff he wants to do. I think this would have worked more if this was the end result of a subplot where Kagami slowly started to rebuild her trust in Adrien, and her rant is meant to be a parallel to when Adrien couldn't be honest with Kagami in “Lies” to show Adrien has grown beyond his hesitance to express how he really feels about the situation with his father. In addition, it's not made clear if it's the result of Risk's powers or not, so we don't know how genuine Kagami's anger towards Adrien is here. But hey, either way, we finally have someone yelling at Adrien to stop being a pushover for once in his life, so I'll take it.

Adrien texts Felix to let him know he's on the way, but he deletes the message, presumably because he's still forced to follow Nathalie's orders. At the train station, Ladybug tries to convince “Adrien” not to leave, but he can't go through with it. Once the train leaves, Gabriel heads to the Eiffel Tower and transforms into Shadowmoth, sending out an Amok and through his cane, creates the Sentimonster, Strikeback.

Strikeback just looks plain awesome, what else can I say? The giant imposing look, the spikes and armor that make him look ready for combat, and the expressionless face that just highlight how inhuman it looks, and lacks the bright and colorful designs of the previous Sentimonsters. I also love how Shadowmoth finally decided to be smart and create a Sentimonster that he isn't controlling through a coffee cup. I'll talk more about Strikeback's powers next time, as he doesn't do much for now.

Marinette initially gives up trying to stop “Adrien” from going, but then plans to use the Horse Miraculous to teleport to the train. Meanwhile, Adrien, motivated to not do what others tell him to do after Kagami told him to stand up to Gabriel, goes to confront Gabriel, but after his Risk mark acts up, he finds the same high-tech monocle Felix used to figure out Shadowmoth's lair that he dropped earlier. Just as he picks it up and wonders what it can do, he feels a tremor in the earth and turns around, ending the first part.

I'll skip the analysis for now, and save it for the end of the next part, “Strikeback”.

LINK TO PART 2

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WIP Game!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have wips. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!)  I have deemed that this isn’t just for writing either. Sketch titles? Comics? Dnd campaigns? If you have an unfinished project, it counts!!

tagged by: @bunnvoid @enchantingruinscandy

tagging: @stargazyng @rillette @catmanbowser @wingedrobins @red-hood-redemption if you guys want to or anyone else who wants to help idk who else to tag sorry aaaaaaa

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(multiple linked image references throughout this post)

Ok, so I loved this post

The part that got me though was when you said “I wonder what type of animal form they take factors into that” - that’s where the gears in my head started turnin’

So I went snooping on each animal counterpart associated with each sin.

1.) SLOTH: are cats sensitive to cold?

So Kuro isn’t JUST a neet that prefers blankets or a kotatsu over the cold… his animal form being a cat does play some part… key word beings some

“Cats are pretty well adapted for cold weather, but when the temperature dips below freezing they are susceptible to hypothermia and frostbite. During periods of cold weather, cats will go looking for a warm place to hunker down. How cold is too cold for indoor cats? Cats prefer warmth but will be okay in rooms hovering between 50-60°F degrees; while their counterparts Lions, in a zoo environment, stay outside in the winter unless the temperature dips below 40°F (in the wild, most lions don’t have to worry about temperatures dropping below 65°F so in most cases 40°F and below is too cold).”

SLOTH SENSATIVE TO COLD? ✅ (yes)

2.) PRIDE: are bats sensitive to cold?

“Bats can't survive freezing temperatures, even when they're hibernating. Any roost bats shelter in for the winter must be at least 45°F or warmer. They also seek out dark, secluded, and sheltered places that can keep them safe from predators. Bats are defenseless while they're hibernating.”

PRIDE SENSATIVE TO COLD? ✅ (yes)

3.) ENVY: are snakes sensitive to cold?

Jeje being a snake is pretty much a given… but it’d be mean to not include him (so no funny ideas outta you, ok Mikuni?)

“What is the coldest temperature a snake can withstand? Snakes usually stay out of cold climates. Because the coldest temperature any snake can thrive in is around 65°F, snakes normally live in the warmer temperate or tropical zones. Below 60°F, snakes become sluggish. Above 95°F, snakes become overheated.”

ENVY SENSATIVE TO COLD? ✅ (yes)

4.) WRATH: are wolves sensitive to cold?

“Wolves don't need to do anything. They're much better adapted to cold weather than we are. Thanks to their winter adaptations, wolves can live in temperatures as low as -40°F. During the coldest nights, a wolf will curl itself into a ball, covering its nose with its tail, which will hold the exhaled warm air over its feet and nose, conserving precious body heat. It will also sleep close to its pack-mates(her Eve) in a unified effort to stay warm.”

WRATH SENSATIVE TO COLD? ♾ (neutral-ish)

5.) GREED: are hedgehogs sensitive to cold?

“Hedgehogs getting cold is a BIG ‘No no’. It slows their metabolism down, leaving them susceptible to infections, dehydration and starvation. It's important to keep your hedgehog in an environment between 72-80°F. Even if it’s not always comfortable for us humans (comfortable for angels? no clue), temperatures lower than 70°F are considered ‘cold’ for hedgehogs and can result in a hibernation attempt, which can be fatal.”

Maybe that’s why Lawless always wears that scarf? Since hedgehogs are severely thermally sensitive then it would make sense…

(Crantz, Gil… please stop the angel from getting any ideas)

GREED SENSITIVE TO COLD? ✅ (yes)

6.) GLUTTONY: are pigs sensitive to cold?

In this case I will refer mostly to Vietnamese Potbellied Pigs because as far as I know, we haven’t actually seen Ildio’s pig form yet - one of the only depictions is Lawless’ stage depictions of the 7 vampire siblings in ep6… and based on his stage depiction of Ildio’s pig form, Viatnamese Vietnamese Miniature Potbellied Pigs seem like they’d be the common type of pig that seems to fit that shape/size.

“The ideal temperature range for a potbelly pig is 65-88°F. Pigs in winter do not need any type of supplemental heat down to at least -20°F. Most potbelly pigs require more feed to maintain heat production and body condition; meaning that housing aside, the more feed/calorie intake, the easier it can be for pigs to regulate their body heat.”

However, seeing as Ildio is an ageless vampire with the mother-effing holy grail of metabolisms, we don’t know if his MASSIVE calorie intake, that he doesn’t really gain much/any weight from, will actually help him in cold weather.

GLUTTONY SENSATIVE TO COLD? ♾❔(neutral/unknown where they stand exactly)

7.) LUST: are butterflies sensitive to cold?

Snow Lily’s butterfly appearance is probably one of the most exaggerated of the 8 servamp animal forms. That gorgeous shade of pink and black aside, I couldn’t find any real buttwrfly species with that wing pattern or wings shaped like that. So color and wing pattern aside, I’d say the closest real-world butterfly to Snow Lily would be a variation of Swallowtail Butterfly.

Butterflies are cold-blooded critters, however, generally speaking butterflies won't fly when temperatures are less than 55-60°F.

LUST SENSATIVE TO COLD? ✅ (yes)

8.) MELANCHOLY: are foxes sensitive to cold?

Even though Tsubaki’s two tails seem to be a play of of the legends of Nine Tail Fox, generally speaking based off his other details being black fox with white on the end of his tail(s), he is most likely a Silver Fox; which is a type of Red Fox.

The upper critical temperature of the red fox is probably between 86-89°F. An official temperature range of what is too cold for red foxes is more or less unknown or unofficial at best. The arctic fox is said to be able to tolerate temperatures as low as -72°F but red foxes haven’t occupied the tundra in the past partly because it was too cold; with their longer ears and limbs, they lose heat faster than their arctic cousins. So we know the average red fox can tolerate and survive cold temperatures, but most likely not temperatures like their arctic counterparts live in.

MELANCHOLY SENSATIVE TO COLD? ♾❔❌ (neutral/unknown where they stand exactly/least affected of the bunch)

and after ALL OF THAT…

the most interesting thing is–

when I first got into SERVAMP, I remember being curious where the concept of ‘the different sins transforming into animal forms’ came from. After a little research, I found that there is a history to it! A very detailed account of the origins and representations of them within history. And a small portion discusses the animal depictions of the original 7 deadly sins⬇️

“An allegorical image depicting the human heart subject to the seven deadly sins, each represented by an animal (clockwise: Toad = Avarice [greed]; Snake = Envy; Lion = Wrath; Snail = Sloth; Pig = Gluttony; Goat = Lust why? I have no idea; Peacock = Pride).”

So Jeje and Ildio’s animal forms are the only ones true to the original depictions of their associated sins.

Pride as a peacock does make sense… but I can understand adding the bat into the mix because - vampires.

I get why they’d change Kuro to a cat instead of a snail because I can’t see a snail being threatening at all unless it’s either severely poisonous or Gary… like, supernatural vampire powers or not, Kuro as a snail wouldn’t be very badass.

Why the ever living f*ck would a goat reprint lust? Originally I was going with the possibility that goat could be related to ram, ram represents Aries, Aries is one of the most lustful zodiac personalities… but no, apparently the goat represents the Devil, lust, lubricity and the damned… so that’s fun - I prefer the butterfly thank you very much.

Apparently frogs symbolize greed because it is a greedy creature in desiring to live in both worlds- on the land & in the water… okay I guess?

& lastly even though the Lion role is also occupied by Kuro within the series, I can understand Wrath not maintaining the original Lion role swing as Wrath is female and they probably wanted a male to hold the depiction of Lion so that the could use the lion’s mane, again, to add to the badass factor… regardless I don’t think Wrath as a lioness would have played out the same way… is it sexist when referring to animals? Whatever - that’s a question for another day.

If you’re interested, the full article can be found here

I am so sorry this random rant turned out WAAAAAAAY longer than I originally intended… I always love your analysis and theory posts so I hope you enjoy :)

YOOO ANON, THAT’S AWESOME! I’ll definitely check that article out!

In return, have this!

We know what piggy ‘dio looks like now! :D

Hopefully this will make your research a little easier?

[kisilinramblings]

Hello! I hope you don't mind several questions about future of Ladynoir. I enjoy your posts about the show I love and would really like to hear your opinion.

I'll start with something that gives me optimism. Episode Timetagger has Bunnyx say that in the future there'll be a great Chat Noir and Ladybug's team. It is mentioned that Ladybug is its leader, and this gives an impression that it's their team with LB the head and her right-hand man CN. Not Ladybug's team de facto, Ladynoir's team de jure (aka just because Chat Noir was there from the beginning).

Now, we are only in the middle of forming the team, some things change: roles, frequency of inclusion, amount of people, etc. And from what I undertsand, Ladybug does think that the team she and Chat can rely on is theirs. But it doesn't feel like it to me personally as a viewer. With time the difference between CN and other heroes is that he is a permanent hero and is irreplaceable to LB. But does it really stand out and constitues "the second person in the team"?

Another related thing is Su-Han's presence: we saw it somewhat unites Ladynoir in Furious Fu, at the same time adds more differences and distance. With his appearance in Ephemeral even more secrecy is added. And he has bias against Plagg and his holders. I thought he is there to help our heroes, but it seems it's more of a figure to-go-against (in terms of establishing rules) and to-make-impression-on (he is the one who "judges the level of guardian") and he barely helps Marinette, just puts pressure on her.

It's hard to tell where the show is going but can we say that it intends to make Ladynoir review and rebuild their partnership and relations to the team and have mentoring from others?

I am sorry if that was too lengthy!

Hi, hey no worries!

First, it's accurate. Bunnyx does say she is part of Ladybug and Chat Noir's team. So, in the future, Ladybug is the leader. Or rather "will become". As for future!Chat Noir, we don't know what his role will officially be, but a right-hand man sounds about right. Or a counsellor. Or just some vice-something who has some obligations but who can take over if Ladybug is unavailable for example. Someone all the other heroes trust and consider capable. And judging from how Ryuuko and the other temporary heroes welcome CN at the beginning of Kuro Neko, it feels like he is currently viewed like a big brother figure of sort to them? He is a veteran like LB and is respected as much by them, but the temporary heroes seem more relax/casual when interacting with him. Though that is just an impression and I don’t have enough material to really support it. Still, I very much liked it when Rena first started, he did act like a mentor to her. Believing in her and coaching her with her power.

But the thing is, the future Bunnyx describes is a future that is around 10 years ahead. So A LOT can happen between the time of Timetagger and the time Bunnyx comes from. Plus, remember Bunnyx’s answer when CN ask about LB and his relationship status. 

So a lot can and will happen between them. It isn’t a smooth sailing with a clear trajectory. 

As S4 goes, I fully understand why you don’t believe this is Ladybug and Chat Noir’s team. Because Chat Noir has currently no implication in managing said team and Ladybug doesn’t involve him either with her Guardian duty. Not because she doesn’t trust him, but because she fears reenacting the Chat Blanc timeline again. And Ladybug relies more and more on others. And don’t forget the Fu’s accident is another trauma she is dealing with as well. She lost someone she was close to because she was distracted and she doesn’t want that to happen again.

Anyway, the fact is Ladybug being the Guardian and the leader of a group instead of a duo is still recent. It has all happened in the matter of a few months and her team of temporary heroes is growing quickly. So, she is still learning. And the biggest hint given early in the season is that she doesn’t have a Guardian staff to go with the Miracle Box she is guarding. Something is missing. Something is lacking. She has been appointed Guardian, but isn’t fully equipped yet.

After all, Ladybug is still figuring out how to do everything : superhero, leader, guardian while also maintaining a social life, be a student and have hobbies. And she keeps wanting to accomplish all of those obligations too! Ladybug has natural leadership qualities capable of rallying people. She is also an excellent strategist focused on the job, but she has still work to do about herself and how she interacts with others. She has blind spots. And what she has gone through has effects on others. Like Chat Noir but also Alya / Rena Rouge. 

As for Chat Noir, this season, he is figuring himself out. Who he is? What does he want? What are his personal motivations to be and stay a superhero? Like he started as a superhero because it offered him freedom, a chance to get away from the home-prison. It was a fantasy. And then he met Ladybug, fall in love, and his world view become kind of dependant of her because being with her, laughing, battling supervillains together is what bring him joy and were the best moments of his life. But as shown during Lies, when Ladybug is out of the picture, it’s a problem for him. Chat Noir is unmotivated. It’s not as much fun for him when she isn’t around. And now he is facing reality again. When he sees Ladybug relying on more and more superheroes, he questions if he truly has a place inside her team (again Wishmaker) or if he had become a burden for her. 

And as things go, I think it will probably be more important for Adrien, for Chat Noir, to decide what will be his role than to let Ladybug or Su-Han or any authority decide for him. He might want solo time to figure it out as well. And I would love to see Ladybug support him back in his decision if he makes it. 

So long story short, the kids are not there yet because they have some self-care and growing up to do. It will be a roller coaster, but we will get there eventually.

As for Su-Han, he is the complete opposite of Fu and illustrate the changing tone between S3 and S4. Where Fu was lax and hopeful, Su-Han is strict and pessimist. Their experience and thus views as Guardian are totally different. But neither are that much of a help to our heroes who are still on their own and figuring this out themselves for the most part. 

Marinette had Fu who offered her some guidance and he taught her all he know about the Miraculous and try to decipher the Grimoire to better help them (the power-up potions was his initiative), but in the end, he was still a reluctant mentor, just like he had been a reluctant Guardian. He didn’t have much initiative nor propose training sessions on-screen to both or either of them really to better prepare them. He let things unfold on their own and be of guidance when asked about it. But I believe it is more due to the fact he didn’t know much how to be a mentor in the first place as he never had pupils nor charge before.

Su-Han on the other hand feels more like that one person who is above you in hierarchy and dictates you how things works because that is how it has always work and if you are not sticking to how things should be done, then you get scold instead of having them try understanding you and find a compromise. Su-Han isn’t malevolent, but comes from a background who perceive the Kwamis as too powerful to be left unattented or at the hand of children. And well, he did miss 150 years and suddenly appears in a world vastly different to how it was before. Like, if you somehow jumped 150 years ahead, you would be lost and scared too. That’s why Su-Han clings to what was taught to him. But his views get challenged and he has to learn to be more open-minded, that they are other way to do things that also work. Depending of the context, his own biais and convictions can make him either an ally or an opposing force. But yeah, he mostly stays in the background unless unnerved. His character is there to show how the Order was and show how Ladybug differs from them. Anyway, I didn’t expect much of Su-Han in the first place. He is challenging her, testing her. And putting pressure on Ladybug to how she should be a Guardian. He isn’t much an ally nor an antagonist that the representation of an ancient system. 

[pocket-luv101]

The Elysium Hotel // Chapter 1

Fandom: Servamp Ship: LawLicht (main), KuroMahi (side) Characters: Licht, Hyde, Kuro, Mahiru, Misono

Summary: Licht is asked to help investigate the mysterious deaths and disappearances connected to The Elysium Hotel. The hotel is run by the Servamps and Licht’s ex-boyfriend, Hyde. (Business AU)

A/N: This is a request from cynic-weaver (formally noishedraws)

(Ch.1) //

That morning, Licht received a call from his old friend, Mahiru. They were best friends in high school before he became a pianist. He needed to travel for his job and it was difficult to maintain a friendship with a thousand miles between them. They drifted apart and they hadn’t spoken in years. Licht thought of the others who promised to stay with him throughout his career and how they eventually left him.

Red eyes appeared in his mind. The broken promises they held hurt Licht far more than the others. He forced the demon from his mind and he told himself to forget him. He didn’t deserve his time when he lied to him. After their breakup, Licht threw himself into his music and he spent the next year touring Europe. He recently returned to Japan at his manager’s insistence and he hoped he wouldn’t see him again.

Kranz forced him to take a break from touring because he was worried that Licht would overwork himself. He understood his concern so he reluctantly agreed to take a hiatus. He hoped spending time with friends would be a good change from the hours of practise he was used to. Mahiru had also mentioned a potential job where he could play his piano part time.

He expected Mahiru to invite him to a café so they could talk and reconnect. He was confused when he asked him to meet him at the Alicein’s manor instead. Licht stepped out of his car and he looked up at the regal building. The manor was breathtaking and it reflected the family’s wealth and power. He wondered how Mahiru was connected to the family when he was an ordinary man.

Licht was greeted by a butler who appeared to be expecting him. They immediately ushered him into the building before he introduced himself. He felt suspicious of their secretive behaviour but he followed the butler down the hall. Mahiru was a fellow angel who would never lead him into a trap. He reasoned that the job Mahiru mentioned was connected to the Alicein family.

They stopped in front of a door and DoDo knocked politely. “Todoroki has arrived. Should I let him in?”

DoDo waited for an answer on the other side of the door before he turned the doorknob. Licht leaned forward slightly to peer into the room and he saw Mahiru sitting in the office. He didn’t recognize the man behind the desk and he guessed that it was someone from the Alicein family. Without bothering with politeness, Licht let himself into the room. He promised Kranz he would take a break from work so he didn’t plan to take the job Mahiru mentioned. He only intended to spend time with friends again.

“It’s great to see you after so long, Licht!” Mahiru jumped to his feet and he greeted Licht with a wide smile. He walked forward and he took his hand to pull himself into the office. He gestured for him to sit in the chair across from him. “I’m sorry for asking you to meet me on such short notice. When I heard that your tour in Europe was over, I knew this was the best time to call you.”

“You were vague in your phone call.” Licht sat down and he turned to the man sitting at the desk. He studied him to determine whether he was an angel or demon. While the man appeared to be Mahiru’s friend, he recalled how trusting he was and a demon could easily trick him.

Mahiru must’ve noticed his accessing glare when he quickly introduced him. “Licht, this is Misono Alicein. He’s my friend and he asked me to help him investigate a personal matter. I looked into his situation and it’s too much for me to do alone. I was hoping you could join the investigation, Licht. This must be a lot to ask when we haven’t spoken in years but you’re really the only one I can ask.”

“I still doubt this will work, Mahiru. This man is a pianist and he doesn’t have any experience conducting an investigation. From all the articles I’ve read, he’s too blunt to keep a secret as big as this. If anything leaks from the investigation and that family discovers our plan, my brother could be in danger.” Misono’s words made Licht’s brows furrow.

“Only a pianist? You must be a demon if you can’t recognize that I am an angel.” Licht snapped back at him and he stood to face Misono. His pride was hurt after he had dismissed him so easily. Before a fight could erupt in the room, Mahiru quickly placed himself between the two. He held one hand on Licht’s shoulder and he frowned at Misono.

“No one knows how important this investigation is more than me.” Mahiru said. “That is the reason I decided to call Licht for help. I didn’t keep in touch with him as much as I should’ve but I trust him. You can too, Misono. There is no one else who can help me. Let’s talk.”

Mahiru was relieved that they both silently nodded at him. He waited for them to both sit back before he opened a folder on the desk. Articles and photographs were collected and Licht read the headlines. Actress dies in car crash on the way to the airport. Politician mysteriously disappears. Anonymous donation given to the orphanage saves it from closing.

“I’ve been investigating The Elysium Hotel.” Mahiru told him and Licht had to question how the articles were related to the hotel. The articles didn’t mention it.

“The hotel that is run by the Servamps.” Licht glared at the photograph of the Servamp family standing in front of the grand hotel. Only celebrities and politicians were able to afford to stay there. As a musician, he had visited the hotel a few times. He thought it was a haven but he eventually realized that he was only fooled by its beautiful décor and promises of forever. “The name they chose for the hotel is a little ironic considering the place is filled with demons.”

“Have you heard about the rumours as well? That would save us the time of explaining everything.” Misono asked and Licht had to shake his head. He couldn’t tell him that the reason he disliked the hotel was far more personal. He told himself he would never return to the hotel yet he couldn’t help but be a little curious.

“There are rumours that the Servamps could be connected to several deaths of powerful people. They stayed at their hotel and then died shortly after they left. There isn’t a pattern in the way, some were car accidents and others were muggings. The police haven’t been able to connect the family to these crimes but it’s a little suspicious to me.” Mahiru had investigated many crimes throughout his career and he knew how easily powerful families like the Servamps could evade the law.

“My brother has an event planning business and he’s currently in negotiations with The Elysium Hotel for future business plans. If the rumours are true, they could implicate Mikuni even though he isn’t related to the hotel.” Misono had been protected by his brother since they were young. This time, he would help him. “I asked Mahiru to investigate these rumours. Once we have evidence, we can give it to the police before my brother’s business deal is complete.”

“I have been investigating undercover as a housekeeper. The hotel is too large for me alone and there are places I can’t go. With eight Servamps, it’s difficult for me to sneak around.” Mahiru slipped out a job posting from his folder and he held it out to Licht. “Can you help me, Licht? There is a position open for a musician to play live music in the hotel’s dining room. I can refer you for the job.”

Licht debated what he should do. While he thought it was his duty to bring justice to demons, a part of his heart told him the rumours couldn’t be true. His face betrayed him and Mahiru was able to read his emotions. He moved his chair in front of Licht and he smiled regretfully. “I’m sorry that I dropped this on you, Licht. It must be difficult since you dated Hyde.”

“I stayed at the hotel a few times but I’ve never spoken to that demon before.” Licht’s first instinct was to lie. He dated Hyde a year ago and they wanted to keep their relationship a secret. Between Licht being a famous pianist and Hyde’s family name, reporters would speculate on their private lives. Neither of them wanted their relationship to be picked apart in a magazine.

Mahiru only smiled in response and it was clear that he knew the truth. “It’s okay, Licht. You don’t have to join this investigation but, please, don’t discuss this with anyone. How about we have lunch as friends tomorrow? I do want to be friends like we were in high school.”

For a moment, Licht was silent. He didn’t answer his question and he asked one of his own instead. “How did you know that we dated?”

“I saw a photo of you two together on Hyde’s desk.”

“It’s so difficult to find someone faithful these days but no one needs to be hurt by this photo.” Hyde twirled the polaroid around his fingers before he let it fall onto the bed so the politician could see. The photograph was of the politician with a woman. He immediately tore the picture and Hyde only chuckled at him. “I have others. How would your wife react once she sees them? Sad? Angry? I don’t know her personally but, if I was her, I would be angry and burn your reputation to the ground.”

“What do you want? Money?” The man tossed money at his feet and Hyde wondered why that was always the first thing that politicians jumped to. He didn’t reach for his money and he picked up the torn photograph instead. After years, he thought he would be numb to corrupt politicians and immoral celebrities but they still made his stomach turn with disgust. He was only bored with their reactions and he doubted anything he tried would surprise him.

“A new bill will be introduced in the house to help the homeless. We want you to help pass it.” Hyde pushed himself off the bed to leave the luxury suit. “These soundproof rooms are good for affairs but better for private talks. It’s been fun. You’re staying here for another three days and we’ll be watching you. Be careful on your drive to the house and tip the staff well.”

“You won’t get away with this.” He spat and Hyde merely grinned back at him.

“I hope you actually try something entertaining. The others had been boring with their attempts.” Hyde turned away from him and he checked his phone. His brother texted him that it was safe for him to leave the room without someone seeing him. He ignored the politician’s angry screams behind him and he merely shut the door to silence him.

Hyde walked through the penthouse of The Elysium Hotel and he wanted a stiff drink after the conversation with the politician. He was often reminded of how people would use their power for selfish and immoral reasons. His family owned the hotel and they would search for blackmail on their corrupt guest. They would use the blackmail to force them to help good causes. The ones who committed crimes they couldn’t overlook never lived long after they left the hotel.

Each time he confronted a person with blackmail, Hyde became more jaded. He saw the worst people could do and he wondered if he would meet a true angel again. The only person he would describe as an angel had left him and he bit his lip against the memory. If he could go back to the night they broke up, would he change his mind? As much as he loved Licht, he needed to protect his family.

Hyde entered the elevator and he pressed the button for the first floor where the restaurant was located. He never liked the business side of running a hotel and he would work as a cook and bartender. The restaurant wasn’t open yet but he needed to prep the kitchen for the dinner rush. He didn’t expect to see anyone in the dining area— let alone to hear music.

His heart jumped in his chest when the song of a piano washed over him. Hyde stopped in the doorway and he stared at the angel playing the piano on stage. He knew Licht was the one playing even before he saw him. No one else could impact him so much with a song. He couldn’t take his eyes off Licht and the door slipped from his hand.

Gravity pulled the door close and the sound drew Licht’s attention. He stopped playing and he turned towards the entrance. Their gaze met and Hyde held his breath as he waited for Licht to speak first. He stood from the piano bench and he shut the cover over the keyboard. The soft click echoed throughout the silence and it pulled Hyde out of his daze. As Licht walked to the ledge of the stage, Hyde moved to the spot too. He held out his hand to him so he could help him down from the stage.

“Welcome back to Elysium, Angel Cakes.” He smiled up at him. Hyde wanted to appear confident but a hopeful gleam appeared in his red eyes. The same eyes that had promised him love but dragged his heart through hell. “What brought you back?”

“I’m not your Angel Cakes.” Licht didn’t take his hand. He placed his foot on Hyde’s chest and he kicked him back. He kept himself from falling to the ground by catching a table. Hyde looked back to Licht and he looked into his blue eyes. It became clear that he didn’t return due to their past relationship. He thought of the warm love in his gaze and that was now replaced by his hard glare.

Licht placed his hands in his pocket and he gave the fake explanation he practised with Mahiru. “My manager told me that I needed to take a break from my tours but I wanted to continue playing the piano. This is our compromise. I will play the piano for the hotel. But, know that this doesn’t change anything between us, Shit Rat.”

[kenkamishiro]

Jack Jeanne Playthrough Part 3 (April 5)

1 month later. April 5th in the VN. Kisa is at Univeil and excited she passed the entrance exam. She runs into her childhood friend Yonaga who's also been accepted. He's shocked that Kisa is attending too, but before she can explain Suzu joins them, introduces one each other.

Quartz's theme is "transparency" where many inexperienced performers who haven't specialized yet tend to go.

Onyx = Jacks whose forte is in dance.

Rhodonite = Jeannes who specialize in song.

Amber is where talented and unique students gather.

Suzu theorizes Kisa would be in Rhodonite because of her appearance, himself in Onyx because his physical abilities make him more suitable for dancing than singing or acting. Yonaga would like to be in Quartz.

Yonaga: Quartz...would be nice.

Suzu: I get what you mean!

Yonaga: Huh?

Suzu: Tbh I enrolled in Univeil cause I really admire Tachibana Tsuki, the legendary Jackace of Quartz!

Kisa: ...!

Suzu: That's why I wanna be in the same class as Tachibana Tsuki...come to think of it, your last names are the same.

Kisa: (If people find out I'm related to Tsuki-nii, it might make it even easier for them to discover my identity...! But it might be better than lying poorly...)

Kisa: It's true. It's the same (nonchalantly)

Yonaga: ......

Suzu: Maybe you guys are distant relatives!

Kisa: *nervous laughter*

Yonaga cuts in and says they should go check which class they're in. Kisa thanks Yonaga for the save. Their year is the 78th class of Univeil. All 3 are in Quartz.

Kisa gets called to the headmaster's office.

Chuuza congratulates her and informs her about her admission. The only ones who know that Kisa is a girl is him, Quartz's homeroom teacher Enishi Rokurou, and now Yonaga, Kisa's childhood friend. Chuuza is surprised that someone who knew about Kisa enrolled in the school.

But if anyone else finds out that she's a girl, expulsion. But since a lot of students are feminine, she won't have to go out of her way to act and dress like a boy. He reminds her to build trust with the rest of the students, and aim to become a lead and aim for the top.

Kisa arrives to Quartz's homeroom late.

??: Yes, yes, come right in.

Kisa: (The teacher...? But he's in a student uniform.)

??: You were called in quite loudly during the school announcements. Did you run into any issues on the first day? Theft, robbery, manslaughter, extortion, coercion, or a bank robbery, perhaps...?

(Please watch the clip of this scene. Can you tell he and Furuta share the same VA? 😄)

Fumi: No one like that would be in our school, Kuro.

??: But wouldn't be great to have such a plucky 1st year around, Fuumin! All the world's a stage!

Fumi: And, if the cops came?

??: I concede! Law is what keeps society together.

Kai: ...you two are bothering the 1st years.

Kisa finds a seat by Suzu and Yonaga.

Neji Kokuto (3rd year, 76th class of Univeil) welcomes the 1st year students to Univeil and Quartz. Class leader-slash-scriptwriter-slash-director-slash...all kinds of other things! He provides an info-dump about Univeil for us.

5 performances in total: Rookie, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Univeil Exhibitions. The Rookie Exhibition is where the 1st years take the lead roles, which is going to be held May 30th. Today is April 5th, so less than 2 months remain. Most viewers will watch over them warmly,  but others will be more strict, like journal reporters, critics and avid Univeil fans. Neji will write a script to allow even novices like them to shine on stage. Casting will be announced mid-April. Upper years are also participating and support the 1st years.

Neji: If you have any questions, all you need is to ask. I'm sure all our seniors here will be more than happy to help you.

??: What, no way.

Neji: With some exceptions of course! Mwahaha. Mikki's a 2nd year now, you can be a little nice to your juniors, hm?

??: ...

Kisa notes he looks cute like a doll. Shirota Mitsuki, noted for his singing. He catches Kisa staring at him, and she apologizes.

Neji asks if anyone has any questions. You're given 3 options: 1) How casting is determined, 2) Type of training to be done, 3) No questions.

Casting is based on Neji's subjective judgment. Everything from how they're doing in lessons, campus life, the way they walk, talk, physique, voice, facial expressions. Essentially based on his intuition, which he uses to find gemstones in the rough.

Training I'll explain later, there's gameplay related to it.

Neji finishes his spiel and passes it on to Quartz's homeroom teacher, Enishi. Pretty low energy. Lessons start tomorrow. Class is dismissed.

Suzu meets Kisa outside the Quartz dorms and asks if she's ready to introduce herself to the other students. He notes it's hard to find people since Univeil is so large. They chat for a bit, Suzu asks Kisa to call him by his first name, so Suzu-kun it is.

Inside Yonaga's dorm. He's finished unpacking, though he's still yet to put away his books (on theatre). He asks how Kisa got into Univeil, and she explains what happened. Yonaga says he'll help Kisa to make sure she stays at Univeil. He's glad that Kisa is here with him.

Yonaga: Kisa-chan, about Tsuki-kun...

Kisa: I can't get in touch with Tsuki-nii, but I'm sure he's doing fine wherever he is. 

Yonaga: I see. Yeah, I'm sure he is.

(Isn't that sketchy? Maybe he turned into that weasel with the moon on its belly lol)

Kisa begins her search for the Quartz students. At the Univeil courtyard, Kisa hears Mitsuki singing.

"Within this chest of mine I dance, the rhythm of possibilities"

Kisa: (I'd heard he was lauded for his singing, but he really has a beautiful voice...the lyrics paint the scene in my head.)

Mitsuki: ...could you not stare at me like that? It's uncomfortable.

Kisa: Oh, I'm sorry!

Mitsuki: Oh, you again. The 1st year who came in late.

Kisa: Yes. My name is Tachibana Kisa. It's a pleasure to meet you.

Mitsuki: Huh...you've got a face like a girl.

Kisa: Eh? Y-yes, I suppose so.

Mitsuki: A high-pitch voice. A delicate figure. And a Jeanne at that. At least be aware of your own features.

Kisa: I-I'm sorry.

He sighs and introduces himself. 2nd year, 77th class of Univeil. A Jeanne and a tresor (songstress/diva) of Quartz. VA is Kajiwara Gakuto (Asta). Kisa compliments him on his singing.

Mitsuki: So you were eavesdropping.

Kisa: I-I'm sorry.

Mitsuki: Well, not like I care either way. Later.

Kisa: He left...I guess he doesn't really like interacting with people. But his voice really was beautiful.

(If I had to describe Mitsuki's tone, it would be similar to Kenma, but a bit more antisocial lol)

Kisa finds Kai in the forest, seemingly concentrating on something. She decides to come back later, but Kai notices her.

Kai: ...? Quartz's 1st year?

Kisa: Yes! I'm Tachibana Kisa.

Kai: I see, you're...

Kisa: Yes!

(awkward silence between the two)

Kai: Mutsumi Kai, 76th class of Univeil. I'm a 3rd year.

Kisa: So I should call you Mutsumi-senpai!

Kai: Kai is fine. You can call me that around other people too.

Kisa: But...

Kai: ...

Kisa: ...(agrees)

Kai: ...

Kisa: T-then, I'll call you Kai-san!

Kai: Okay.

Kisa notes Kai is the Jackace of Quartz. And since Tsuki was also the Jackace, that means he must be talented too.

Kai: I'm a vessel meant to garnish the Aljeanne. Nothing more, nothing less.

Kisa is confused by his statement. Convo ends.

Kisa runs into Neji next in the hallways. He enters a room then promptly comes back out.

Neji: Welcome!

Kisa: Ah!

Neji: What're you doing in a place like this?

Kisa: I'm going around introducing myself to everyone in Quartz.

Neji invites her into his workroom where he writes his scripts and plans his staging. But he also performs on stage, any male or female role, from a shining prince/princess to old grannies/gramps.

He's currently working on the script for Quartz, but he won't reveal it just yet. Kisa asks if the other class leaders write the scripts like he does, but Neji is a special case, who screenwrites, directs and performs.

Neji: Once you get carried away, you can't see what's going on around you. What we do has no end to it. Acting, dancing, singing, they're fields that you can pursue for a lifetime. You could reach the stars, or merely end up as a master of none. No matter how much time,  it will never be enough. It's a terrifying world out there. That's why it's so engrossing. The stage is a colossal device. The Jacks and Jeannes make up the gears, and I am the craftsman who pieces them together. Let's create a fantastic stage together, Tachibana-kun!

Neji must continue writing, and wishes Kisa the best for the Rookie Exhibition. (Neji definitely talks the most out of the main cast lol. And fast too, talks a mile a minute and tone varies hugely)

Kisa finds Fumi standing languidly in the middle of the dance room, taking deep breaths before beginning to dance. A Japanese-style dance where his movements are gentle, beautiful and brilliant. He comments on Kisa staring intently at him, just like during the entrance exam.

Kisa is surprised that Fumi remembered, despite the number of applicants.

Fumi: I remember you and the red-haired guy well cause you two danced so terribly.

Kisa: Oh...

Fumi: I'm just kidding. Though the red-haired guy really did suck.

Kisa introduces herself, and Fumi pauses at hearing the name Tachibana. 3rd year Takashina Sarafumi, 76th class of Univeil, but he prefers being called Fumi, no senpai honorific attached. Kisa ends up calling him Fumi-san.

Fumi: Let's have fun, Kisa. (leaves)

Kisa: It's overwhelming seeing him up close. So that's the power of an Aljeanne.

Kisa goes to her room excited for her new life at Univeil and retires for the night for her 1st day of classes tomorrow.

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[yououui]

First of all, congrats for your 900 followers, you deserve them ❤🎉 related to the KF prompts, what about Kurogane being a warrior elf and Fay being a mage. They both have had very long lives and have been friends for a very long time too, but have little to no experience in romantic love for any reason you wish lol. (They have experienced family love, love for their friends and other types of love though) and Kurogane accidentally says something that makes Fay's heart skip a beat and blush. Kurogane doesn't notice what he says until he sees Fay 😂 what happens next is up to you 😊

Quiet footsteps, expertly avoiding any twigs or dry leaves. Arrow nocked, bow raised, he gives one quiet breath to steady himself as he aims for the deer and— 

“Hyuu~ what good form!”

The deer’s ears perk up and it promptly dashes away. Kurogane lowers his bow and looks above him into the foliage of the forest with a scowl and a pounding in his temple. “Oi,” He snaps as he returns the arrow to its quiver and the bow to its place on his back. “Get down here so I can beat you up properly.”

Without even a rustle in the leaves, pale silks and wispy hair appear above Kurogane. Hanging upside down, his knees hooked over a branch, Fai grins happily at Kurogane without a single care for the threat just thrown at him. The hair that usually frames his face is hanging down, exposing his pale forehead, the rest of it pulled up to the top of his head and secured with a ribbon to match his expensive robes. Taking the bait hanging in front of him like a rope, Kurogane grasps the wavy golden locks and gives a tug.

Fai whines and waves his hands around his head to swat Kurogane away. “Hey, that hurts!” The mage pouts.

Kurogane only scoffs. “Lucky I don’t do more to you. You cost me my hunt, you annoying little fae.” He reaches to flick at pale, pointed ears, but Fai pulls away before he can.

Fai weightlessly falls from the trees and lands silently on his feet, as graceful as a cat, and shrugs casually. “You’ll find another deer to slay. Come, I have something much more exciting to show you!” He has an eager look on his face, his bright blue eyes sparkling under the beams of sunlight spilling through the leaves.

Kurogane sighs but follows regardless. He’s followed after Fai and given in to his antics since they were children, though why, he never quite knew. Fai was his oldest and, really, only friend. He’d go anywhere with him, even if he complained the entire time.

“Don’t you have some lessons to be in?” Kurogane asks as they walk through the quiet forest.

“Don’t you?” Fai counters. He waves a hand nonchalantly. “I’m finished for the day! I practiced some spells, worked on some potions, and slipped away as soon as I was dismissed. I’m all yours for the day!”

“Mm.” Kurogane hums. “Until someone comes looking for you. Remember what happened last time their favorite pupil disappeared for too long?”

“Then I’ll just have to make sure I pick a better hiding place,” Fai winks with a charming smile.

Fai is quite possibly the most powerful elven mage in their entire kingdom and has been doted on since he was a small child and his powers first began presenting themselves. With so few mages remaining of their kind, any mage born is seen treated as royalty, but Fai is extremely special. 

By comparison to him, Kurogane is terribly average. A warrior elf, one in a thousand—  though he is the strongest of them all, at least he has that to brag about. But with just one look, one could see how different the two of them were; Fai, wearing his gifted silks and pretty pendents, and Kurogane in a beige tunic with a bow on his back and a sword at his hip. 

And yet, the two became quick friends as children. They were allowed to play together back then, when they were too young to begin their training. But by the time their lessons started, they were expected to understand that they were not the same, that two elves of drastically different lineage could never be seen at the same level. And so, they were no longer given permission to spend their time together. And Fai especially was forbidden from frolicking around freely and instead was often treated like fragile glass.

But Fai, being Fai, found a way. He’d sneak away and drag Kurogane along with him so the two could play, or hunt, or train, or just lounge around. No matter how many punishments it led to when they were caught, he never stopped, and neither did Kurogane.

Kurogane wonders, as he sees dirt cling to the bottom of Fai’s flowing robes, how much trouble he’ll get in today when he’s inevitably caught.

“Where the hell are you taking me?” Kurogane asks eventually.

“Patience is a virtue, Kuro-tan,” Is Fai’s response. “We’re almost there, and then you will see that it’s worth the wait.”

Kurogane grumbles a quiet complaint. After a little while more, they eventually break through the line of trees, which opens to a wide clearing surrounded by the forest on each side. Without the leaves to act as shade, the sun shines brightly over a field full of pale purple flowers, petals drifting lazily in the breeze and honeybees buzzing around.

Fai lifts his arms to gesture grandly to the field. “Here it is! Isn’t it amazing?”

“It’s... fine, I suppose,” Kurogane shrugs. He’s never been much of a flower person.

Fai, however, looks at Kurogane like he’s just said something horribly offensive. “Fine? It’s fine? What have you seen that could possibly be any more beautiful than this?”

“Honestly?” Kurogane glances at the mage. “You.”

He says it easily because, well, it’s true. It’s not like it’s only Kurogane that thinks so—everyone is enamored by Fai’s looks. Kurogane is certain the mage must have some ancient fae blood flowing in this veins; he can’t find any other reason for Fai’s almost other-worldly beauty. Blue eyes that shimmer like gems, fair skin that never blemishes, hair like threaded gold that reflects silver under the moonlight. Even Kurogane, who never much cares about things like physical appearances, knows that Fai is quite possibly the most beautiful creature on the planet.

Kurogane doesn’t think anything of the compliment. Not until he peers at Fai again and sees that his cheeks have gone bright red. Even the tips of his pointed ears are pink. Kurogane furrows his brows and leans in closer to the mage to get a better look at him; Fai’s back bows to lean away from him.

“Oi. What’s wrong?” Kurogane asks as he reaches out to touch Fai’s forehead. “You look ill.”

“What?” Fai squeaks and leaps back from Kurogane’s touch like a skittish animal. “I’m fine!”

Kurogane crosses his arms over his chest and frowns at the mage. “Your face is all red.”

Fai places a hand on his cheek and looks away. “Yes, well. I suppose. I’m just surprised that Kuro-pan would say such a thing.”

Kurogane blinks at the blushing elf. Is Fai embarrassed? There’s no way he’s bashful; Kurogane knows that Fai knows how pretty he is. “Thought you’d be used to it by now,” Kurogane tells him. “You get called beautiful ten times a day.”

“This is... different,” Fai tells him.

“...Why?” Kurogane asks.

“I... I don’t know, really,” Fai responds, turning away slightly to look at the flowers. “But for some reason, hearing you say it has me feeling rather...” He stops suddenly, his lips pressing into a tight, straight line as his cheeks redden even further. 

He gulps and glances at Kurogane, then abruptly looks away again. Kurogane scratches the back of his neck awkwardly and looks at the flowers as well. “Sorry. Won’t do it again,” He murmurs.

“No,” Fai responds immediately. “You... You can say it again. If you want to.”

Kurogane regards the mage. “...Okay then,” He says quietly.

Fai swallows and, very stiffly, says, “...Kuro-pan is rather beautiful, too.”

Kurogane feels his own face heat up and he can only hope that it isn’t as apparent on his bronzed skin as it is on Fai’s. “H-Huh? What the hell are you saying, you idiot?!” He stammers.

Fai looks at him with a soft smile, not one of teasing, but of honesty. Kurogane feels something swoop down in his stomach and his ears get hot. Is this what Fai had just felt, as well? He’s never experienced such a thing in his long life, but his heart is beating wildly and he finds it difficult to look away from those pretty eyes, reflecting the warmth of the setting sun.

Eventually though, Kurogane pulls his eyes away from Fai and scowls at the flowers. “The hell are you staring at me for?” He asks. “Didn’t you want to come to look at the flowers?”

Fai laughs quietly and nods. “Yes, you’re right. I did come all the way out here to admire the beauty.”

Kurogane glances at Fai again and finds that Fai, his face still flushed, is still looking at him.

Kurogane finds it hard to look away, too.

[mythykl]

UNSPOKEN,, *todoroki x (f) reader

Genre : fanfic, smut *aged up* (shoto is imagined to be 21yo or something,, and reader as 19yo)

rating : explicit, NSFW, 17+

Warning : fingering, oral?? todo is pretty horny overall. starts w a pretty intense bg story, so you gotta read through all that to get to the good stuff. cool.

words?? idk, it’s pretty lengthy tho.

our todoboi is a pretty lovin’ bf in here.

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“I’m really sorry for yesterday, Y/N. I-I did’n-”

You clench your fists as you sit on the couch beside him, and interrupt, “Whatever it is- save it, I don’t blame you to begin with. I-I’m just mad. I’d spent almost a week for that chapter, to give justice and bring perfection in what I wanted to put across to the readers. Well- its not even about the time; I had thought through it so much, and atlas thought of typing it out yesterday- I mean- whatever crap that I had even written, I was proud of that- until,, your ignorant ass decided to show up in the room and fuckin’ switched off the computer assuming it’s already logged off, o-or whatever. You could’ve at-at least- fuck-” yup ya ass is livin’ in the worst nightmare of a writer, stay steady

You of course cried, and even threw a tantrum for an hour or so once you realized what had happened. But primarily, you were just mad- mad at yourself for not saving that damn file, and even at him cuz ofc. 

Todoroki certainly didn’t take it well, since he is sad at present, and can’t even look in your eyes. He apologized multiple times since last night and had even prepared a breakfast for you before leaving for work; on the other hand, you haven’t even answered to his appeals yet with clarity.

Out of the blue you just cup his cheeks, making him instantly look up- at you, and then get up with an audible sigh, “Go get ready, I’ll prepare our dinner by then.” That gesture somehow took him aback. 

He gets up instantly and blurts out in confusion, “I d-didn’t expect you to prepare a dinner for me, and on top of it- wait for me so we can have it together. You should’ve ate already, it’s almost midnight.”

You turn back to him, walking towards him to hold his hands, "I honestly don’t know what to reply. My heart- just thought it is the right thing to do that; one mistake isn’t enough to just hate you all of a sudden, Shoto. Moreover we are talking about this, it’s not like you’re being arrogant or things are left unsaid- and you’re genuinely sorry. I can see that in your eyes. I’m just- I don’t know. I’m depressed a bit- yes, but it can’t be helped now. I need some time to think, maybe.” 

Little did you know that your kind words pricked him like thousands of tiny needles against his skin. He loves you, and however seemingly ‘small’ mistake this might be, he hates himself for hurting you- the person he loves so dearly. He thinks of his mother, his complicated family life- which had made him seemingly unemotional. You were one of the people to break through that forged cold wall. He had finally accepted you as his reality than his mere escapism and live with you, but here he is- bringing tears and fueling anger in you, like a good for nothing- just like his father.

After a slight pause, he just busts his arms open and pull you close to him, in his warm embrace, “What did I possibly do to deserve such an angel?” He almost whispers in his beautiful voice.

An angel? 

“So talented, pretty, wonderful, real and warm. Remember. I love you. No matter what. I always will. And I respect you- your passion, interests, talent, likes and dislikes, freedom, strengths-weakness, your work, happiness- everything. Throw all the tantrums you want and cry all you want- more than just agreeing and being there for you- I’ll always make sure I understand you first. I’m sorry for being so ignorant lately.”

It may seem as if he’s crying, but he’s not. He said all that with a tough stance and gratefulness in his tone, a faint disbelief of having you as his significant other. While you just stood there, in surprise. You aren’t oblivious to his past and his journey through it. Is he blaming himself? or Is he again thinking that he doesn���t deserve happiness?- you’re at the loss of words and a mind fumbling all over the place. You simply subside the chaos, and hug him back. 

“We’re definitely working, Todoroki. Understanding each other more than just being in love- something that many fail to do. Isn’t this great?” You at last blurt out.

“Yes. I guess,” he says as he detaches himself from you, “I’ll be right back- until then, read what I’ll send you as you have dinner. Gonna sound stupid of me- but I already had dinner at office. I assumed that you’d not prepare a meal for me and- would be asleep by now as well.”

“Wow icyhot, I’m mad at you even more now,” you say playfully as you walk towards the kitchen.

“I-”

“Save it. You would be saying that for the millionth time now,” you chuckle as you grab your phone, lying on the dinner table.

Before serving your food, you decide to see the text, only to find an attachment with a rather strange message- ‘Hey, here’s an headcanon for chapter 37, that I wrote. Enjoy.’

Wait-

Headcanon??

Wait did he- read your wattpad book? And moreover, came up with a theory to what might happen in the ne- next chapter.

Nice. jk. Ofc you lost your shit

For the sake of getting back to senses, you legit do the deep breathing shit- which your therapist always recommended you to do.

Now what?

You serve yourself some noodles instantly, since you don’t feel hungry anymore, rush to the dining table and start chomping on the cold noodles as you open the attachment.

What made you almost throw up was that the mention of word counts. Which is 3k by the way, though no where near how much you usually write.

Shoto is definitely not the kinda guy to have read any wattpad books, or more specifically even have come across the word 'headcanon’.

He probably noticed how you mention it as well at the end, but decided to put it in the beginning,, for god knows what reason?? Or, he did decide to go through the fanons- which your readers’ posts on tumblr. This eases your nervousness, you clearly urge for more.

You swipe down, reading furiously fast, yet scanning every word and sentence- atleast twice. The chapter, honestly, was mediocre. He had ideas but couldn’t put them across- with excessive repetition of words, but he is almost close to-

“Honey, are you done?” Todoroki’s voice almost scares you. You look at your bowl ready to grab another bite- but you had already finished the meal.

“Earth to Y/N. Don’t tell me my words were that mesmerizing,” he says with a smile as he rubs his hair with a towel.

“Let’s be honest, though you don’t have the talent of a writer, your idea was- kinda similar to mine. What I’m sayin is that you almost. GOT. IT. RIGHT. Well, kuro did spy on KAORI’S house that unfaithful night, and he didn’t have any sources as such, which does mean that he is hiding his real quirk- but, no- I’m not telling you more than that.”

“Since you already know that I read all your chapters, and did like the book- I certainly can’t wait to understand why KURO would possibly do that.”

You just smirk off his curiosity; “You gotta wait boy,” you say as you as you walk back to kitchen counter with your bowl. Todoroki marches behind you to grab the cleaning cloth to clean the table, as you do the dishes.

“Put that towel in the washing machine, please.”

“Yup,” you almost feel an ounce of happiness in his reply. After he closes the machine’s door, you at last ask, "So what are your thoughts?“ It has never been one of you expectations for the people to you read your books or even, praise you for writing, but a review wouldn’t hurt, would it?

"Uhh- well, I love how everything is now just coming together, as one can foreshadow that the book’s gonna end. The use of words was elegant, and the plot is bewitching. Has been a while since I even read anything in thriller, that too- this good. Fuck. Reading kaori’s point of view just the day before the murder was- unbelievable. And characters, they all are just great.”

That is indeed a Todoroki kinda explanation. 

“Wow you did read all of tha-” but before you could complete your statement, shoto just grabbed your hips and stood tall behind you, now speaking in an extremely low tone, “And not to mention- the first sex between Kaori and Braun, it literally was like the depiction of ours. Except, they were awkward and slow, we weren’t.”

You pause. what took over him all of a sudden?

He continues, “That gave me a whole another perspective to what sex really means, and moreover what intimacy mean to you. It was.. surreal. Reading it, was as if- I’m living through that afternoon again, but with more emotions, and a bit more of you.”

“It’s not like I’ve explored much to actually wri-”

 “Oh, is that so?”

“I’m not complaining, of course, but these are the moments I believe must be left to cherish and our intimate times just feel more- sacred to me like this??” Sigh, “Ugh. Now, how do I explain?” Well, that is true, even though Todo and you’ve dated for almost two years now, it was just four months ago that you lost your virginity with him, on your nineteenth birthday. 

He had already lost his with the previous girl he was with. Though he never implied, it felt as if you were obliged to do it for him, due to your own insecurities. Once he got to know that, his reaction was nothing as what you had thought. He said that he loved you, and such things are nothing related to love; that sex is overrated, and continued on saying dorky yet adorable stuff like- cuddling was much better and what not. Since then, you had sex with him just thrice. None of you were really against this unspoken agreement, to not have-

Wait, an unspoken agreement?

Unspoken.

You instantly feel like an hypocrite, since you had just claimed to have nothing unspoken between you both.

Sudden a sharp pain in the skin of your neck brings you back to reality. Shoto is sucking on your skin, kissing ever so lightly. As if marking you.

An audible morn escape your parted lips as the bowl just falls on the kitchen sink. Todoroki leans forward and simply closes the tap and whispers, “So you do like to be 'submissive’, don’t you? Had this discovery while reading one of your books, 'Starless nights’.”

The exact book for which you had to watch vintage porn to make the chapters with intercourses more sensual and intresting.

Again, taking you by surprise, he simply turns you around as you continue stare at the ground with your hands wet, in front of you like dog’s pow.

“So I assume you liked my headcanon.”

“Yup; was much better than the crap I write, let’s go to-” but you’re interrupted-

“Now baby, we both know you’re the better writer, and that you just lied.”

“That was sarcas-” but he just pulls you closer and spanks you hard. You hiss as the pain spreads all over your butt cheeks.

“Never interfere, Y/N.” Wait wut-

Your immediate reaction was biting your lips- is he saying the words from the book? Not exactly inacting them but attempting to set a similar atmosphere, which you lowkey craved for in your wildest dreams.

“Since I’ve anyways taken this unspoken, unofficial oath of keeping you happy and stuff, now why not help you with some satisfaction- with all those juices flowing down your-”

You suddenly push him back and blurt while blushing hard, “Stop with this teasing and aw- awkward co- conversations todoroki! Fuckin’ juices, seriously? I’m not co- comfortable with-”

But then, you notice his right hand in your shorts. Or more like the sheer coldness against you clit, almost like there’s ice against it. When did his hand go in there? You end up clenching his T-shirt, as you jolt up on your toes.

“You. Clearly. Want. This. Don’t. You.” Suddenly, he pulls his hand out as he grabs your ass tight as he pulls you even further. Then, he brings his hand up to the height of you face and simply starts stares at the dampness on his fingers, “Wetter than I suspected." 

Now behold the unbelievable.

He keeps staring at his fingers, opens his mouth as he places his fingers into them and suck it as you watch this piece of art in awe.

"Can’t believe that I had you like- just thrice before this. You do live up to what I usually call you, honey.” He continues, “I hope you’ve noticed my creativity as well, as i used my coldness to.. nudge it.”

“You’re being quite quirky today, aren’t you?” This statement just makes him go still, and the next second he’s found laughing. His deep voice, almost reverberating in the silent room. He steps back, brings one hand to his face as he looks down and continues to laugh. The mere sight of him in this way gives you so much warmth, this is the moment you realize that this is the true home. With him.

When he finally looks up, the mere sight of you blushing so hard makes him lose his composure again, but this time it’s a nervous laugh. 

Approaching closer, you set your hands on his torso and continue, “That was quite execrable pun to chortle at, we were doing excellent just now-” but in reply, he simply cups his hand around your cheeks and say, “Shit y/n. You’re going to be the death to me,” and continues grinning like an airhead.

Why is he being annoying now? After so much sexual tension, how can he stop? In midst of you cursing yourself in your head, he leans at your height and kisses you.

Finally being out of patience, you look at the ground and stutter, “Ca-can we do i-it al-alrea-”

“Quite frankly, I’d like if you stay quiet, you shall take what I’ll give you, right?”

You look up immediately into his beautiful heterochromic eyes and say without any further doubts with a smirk, “Go ahead, Shoto, who am I to deny?”

“Sedective. umm, I like that.” he smirks too.

“Know that I love you,” and that’s it. Within one second, his hands are in your hair and his face is buried in your neck, digging deeper into you, as if uprooting releasing your soul from your body.

Skin glistening on your collar bone now and colours warming up on your cheeks, you whimper under his dominance, as he squeezes your waist and lightly nips against your shoulder. You shiver, with pretty evident  goosebumps, in spite of the heat you both bear at this point. 

Your breath gets hitched in your throat as he moves inwards below your collarbones. while his hands rest on your waist. You involuntarily climb a bit on him, intending to close the gap, but more to feel his manhood against you. Your hands firmly on his shoulders, almost pushing him back- maybe because it’s too much pleasure to feel at once. 

At another rise of your hips, Todoroki places his hand on your waist and pushes you back down, “Easy, easy princess,” he mummers before getting back to fiercely kissing me. You run your fingers through his hair, as you body slowly commences to accept an indeed new experience bombarded at you. 

Suddenly, you remember something. In heist, you shove him back and say, “Wait! We need to wash our hands- I- I mean we have just did chores. Well, at least partially and I need to wash myself- I mean I’m clean,” but then you stop to look at him just to find him in utter shock. 

“Shoto! I mean I want this but hygiene is impor- fuck. I’m. Such. A. Boner. Killer. Ain’t I?”

“Point made.” Todoroki picks you up in bridal style and rushes towards the bathroom.  for some reason i thought of adding this,, lmao

“Wait what-?”

“No time to waste.”

This makes you giggle a bit. You wash yourself while he as well washes his hands, and you practically pull him out of the bathroom, grab him by his collar and kiss him deeply as his hands slowly move up and down, feeling your torso- flesh untouched due to s mere knit. 

His hand unapologetically moves to the hem of your sweater, and further inside; but within one move of his, you stood there shivering, exposed. 

Immediately, you move forward in order to close the distance between you and shoto out of nervousness. His eyes drop down to your heaving chest and you’re painfully aware of that.

“Don’t. Don’t hide,” he mutters, grabbing a hold of your hands and locking them behind with one of his own for you to stay still; as he slides his other in your shorts. You feel his gentle hand running down the slit.

“Honey you’re dripping wet, what have i done to this innocence?” It seems that he expected a reply, but you didn’t. You just couldn’t. He then pulls the other hand to you face, diving in for yet another passionate kiss- accompanied by a battle of tongues this time. You are going breathless, but he refuses to move away.

The creasing in your folds level up to three fingers now,. He isn’t generous anymore, with aggressive circles in there, he finally commands, “Say my name.” 

“Sho-shoto.” Your moans only fuel in his lust and desires, his want, an indeed selfish want to have you all for himself, to offer the utmost satisfaction.

He pushes a finger into you as you instinctively let out a small breath hold his busy arm with both of your hands. This makes him push you against the wall with his free hand.

“M-my legs, it’s going numb,” on hearing this, he removes his own shirt and slightly repositions himself, with one hand now on the waist and the other back in there. He kisses your forehead as you look down, unable to keep up with his pace.

That’s when the coldness returns.

 “I- ah- can we ge-get to the bed first?” Your stuttered words only results in a widened smile from him. He is enjoying the sight, clearly in love with the effect he has on you. His head shakes, further sliding another finger inside you, “You can do it baby. You’re taking it all in without questioning.”

You nod quickly, as you start climb up a bit again. In return, he slowly curls his fingers- more and more with each passing second making you almost cry out this time, “Please n-no, this is too intense for me.”

“Yet my princess didn’t make Braun stop after that, I read in somewhere that Kaori secretly wished for him to not stop even if she said so. Just go on.”

You didn’t know how to come back at it, because it is true. You want your Shoto to push those limits you’ve set for himself, and you’d as well be fine if he simply throws off you cliff at this point. 

“Now now, spread your legs y/n.” 

Did he say something? You couldn’t listen. With eyes rolled back, you can’t comprehend anything to begin with.

“SPREAD YOU LEGS or else I won’t play nicely.” You’re eyes shoot up, and find his already searching for yours; before leaning in and gently kissing you. Your legs not being shut anymore, todo takes the opportunity, making his finger get stuffed deeper. His two digits start moving faster and harder, pounding against your walls- all while he feels you squirm to slow down.

“You can take it hun’,” he definitely knows what he’s doing, and you’re totally in for it. “Y-yes,” you moan softly. This is when he slides in a third finger, now really making you scream.

You attempt to gasp and struggle to stand, but then he says,”Stay,” as you unknowingly slide down the wall. Your nails dig in the skin of his back as you try to stable your stance on your tip toes yet eventually, your legs give out on you.

Suddenly, you feel him hit a spot which just pulls something inside your stomach. Todoroki on the other hand, notices your unusual hitched breath and starts hitting the SAME. EXACT. SPOT.

His free hand goes to the back and around your waist, holding you evermore tightly so that you won’t hurt yourself.

“I feel- like that- again-,” you manage to blurt.

“Like what?”

“Like pe-peeing, b-but different. Just like th-the last time we-”

He simply smirks, “We what?” He sighs and growls in your ear, “Is princess gonna squirt for me?”

Your body shudders against him as you moan his name, again and again, “Shoto, I-I-”

“That’s it. Squirt for me y/n,” with that he removes his hand entirely for one second, only to push two digits inside again, now thirsting harder and curling tighter; with his thumb against you slit. His hand grows even more colder, almost stinging down there, making you restless. 

“Now.”

He watches you open your mouth and moan loudly, as his hand only gets wetter, feeling you squirt against his hand. You shake hard in his hold. He doesn’t let you go. A tear escapes you eyes, but simply doesn’t seem to care,”Shoto, for some reason I-I feel s-so great wi-with yo-,” but you are interrupted as he shoves you further against the wall , sliding down your shorts and undergarment, again with three fingers in.

“That’s my good girl,” he praises you while curling those fingers inside and then removing them together. He further continues, “seems like you’re ready,“ as he rubs the wetness inside the slit, giving special attention to your clit.

Saying that, he kneels down, now facing lower abdomen and plants a kiss over there. You simply look down at him, still struggling to balance, searching for even a slightest hint to know what is there to come.

Maybe he’ll stand up an carry you to the bed? or How about making him feel better this time?

But then, his face smashes his face on your dampness; almost attempting to bury in it as he holds you up and pushes. your legs apart. You clearly know where this is going, todoroki will be showing no mercy whatsoever.

"That wasn’t even the start honey,” he confesses in midst of you moans and begs for him to go slow. It doesn’t hurt anymore as much as it gives an unbearable form of pleasure.

You moan and whimper, yet he continues to suck in your clit. You can feel a finger inside, or maybe two, as they go in and out. Practically shattering you all at once while fusing you once for all.

Your hand travel its way to his hair. Ruffled enough to make the red and the white parts almost indistinguishable.

Oh dear.

Though your eyes are close, hands are fumbling around for support and legs are strictly held in place by Shoto, yet you can feel his tongue moving. As if in patterns, not that you could figure out. It either went in for an eight or just licked off entirely as one does while eating an icecream. You moan his name again and again, the same sensation building up block by block as he paves deeper and denser.

“I can’t take this anymor-”

“What makes you think that’s gonna stop me from eating this pussy.”

Little do you know that shoto can’t hold back anymore, it’s not just that he is in control but he has lost control. At the sight of your dark flushed red cheeks, delicacy and vulnerability, he only gets faster and tougher on you. His other fingers reach around and grips your ass, with his fingers slightly grazing across your unused hole.

That’s it, that was enough for you to go stagnant again, in your mind atleast. Your legs start shaking, with your mouth parted yet again. Shoto quickly stands up, with fingers still inside, to help you stay stood up. You feel yourself about to pass out, but in actuality are fully awake and aware. He kisses you, now moaning with you as well, as he fingers you until you cum.

His teeth take in your lower lip as your eyes flicker up at his unmatched ones.

Shoto, with one hand against the wall, halts for a minute. He stands tall in front of you, while holding you as you struggle to stand.

In midst of huffed breaths, you manage to say, “I- I, I mean- can I make you feel good as well?” On listening thise words, he goes still, “Baby, you can barely stand.”

“Still-” but again, before you could say anything, he picks you up in bridal style and dropping you on the bed; letting you lay back while he removed his left over garments.

This is when his erect manhood is finally exposed, refilling your memories of your first time when you had simply wondered how would you take all of that in. You did, though it was painful. But this time you refuse to be scared by the length, you know this is going to feel the best and you’re willing to take him in, deep inside you.

Shoto sighs and walks to the bed, “No-”

“Shoto?”

“Tonight is about you. Let ME explore you.”

“I wa-wanna hug you,” you blurt out.

He giggles, “sure, all that my y/n wants shall come true.”

But when you attempt to get up, your legs just fail to response. Even the slightest movement feels like a bolt of electricity run through you. At the sight of you falling back on the bed, Shoto simply smirks and says, “By the looks of it, I think I did a pretty good job at pushing your limits.”

“Don’t- I can’t even walk.”

“Wait,” he climbs on the bed beside you, sitting with back against the headboard while you lie against him, still breathless, still attempting to move.

“Don’t move princess,” saying this, he carefully pulls you up, with your head on his thigh. He helps you sit up slowly, while embracing your body against him, and finally hugs you, like a child clenching onto his teddy favourite bear.

“You are so beautiful,” he says as he gets up, while eyes glued on you. He moves to the end of the bed and pulls you towards him as he climbs in again. His two digits reenter your dampness, almost making you hiss at first but it’s soon replaced with moans.

Your back arcs as you mumble, “Sho-shoto, I’m very sensitive ri-right n-now. ah-”

While on his part, he receives it as a signal to level up to the next stage. He slowly penetrates in, soon pacing up. Warmth filled in your hearts and sweat glinting the lustre. He repostions you both a couple of times, giving you different forms of pleasures with each go. 

You as well witness his fire quirk leaking out at times. He kisses you deeply and claims you as his own as he repeats the words, “I’ll never let you go.”

Now it’s past 3am, as your exhausted bodies lay next to each other; that’s when he whispers, “I love you.” Maybe he thinks you are already asleep, but you are not. He clearly can’t leave anything unspoken.

i hope this has left you baffled 

[ixqritsu]

HII can i rq keito with O P and X for the fluff hcs😿 i always rq him and im sorry i just love your writting so much!!

CAN I CALL YOU KEITO ANON PLEAS THAT'S SO FUNNY DW ABOUT IT HE’S SO FUN TO WRITE FOR <3333 these are kinda long so prompts below the cut!!

O n Cloud Nine - What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?

     Oh, you can definitely see through Keito like glass when he’s caught feelings for someone. All of a sudden, he gets quiet and jittery when they’re around and refuses to make eye contact with them. His calm, composed self just magically disappears when he’s around them. All his friends will know about Keito’s sudden romantic interest before he wants to admit it. His attempt at flirting would just be striking up small talk in situations where he’d usually keep to himself. He’d stumble on his words and laugh awkwardly while trying to hold on a conversation.

P DA - Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?

    Keito gets super flustered when anyone brings up his s/o— even if it's just in casual conversation and not particularly related to him. He tends to daydream about his s/o and will occasionally even gush about them to the other members of AKATSUKI. That means Souma knows all about how your date went last week and Kuro is practically third-wheeling your relationship. Keito isn’t a huge fan of physical affection, especially around others. When he’s busy and his s/o come kissing him, he’ll kiss back absent-mindedly while still doing his thing. 

X OXO - Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?

   Keito tends to be weary when giving or receiving physical affection, which leads his s/o to initiate most of their cuddle sessions. They’d drag him from his desk to take a break from working to spend time with them. His attempts to refuse turn out futile and he eventually just gives in. He likes when his s/o rests or falls asleep on his chest while cuddling— it makes him feel all warm and fuzzy. 

   Keito gets really surprised when his s/o kisses him out of nowhere. He has to take a moment to comprehend what’s happening, wide-eyes and slightly blushing, before he decides to kiss back. He isn’t exactly the romantic type, so when he initiates kisses, they’re relatively short, and more like soft pecks. He loves forehead and cheek kisses though, both giving and receiving!!

[floofiestboy]

Senyuu AU Masterpost

I asked if I should do this on Twitter but Twitter is trash for big posts like this so I’m posting it on Tumblr. 

I’m calling this an AU masterpost but I’m including canon alternate versions of characters too. I’m writing this assuming you don’t know anything past S4, but it will contain spoilers for F5 and the Haruhara Robinson Channel content.

Since the majority of these AUs are entirely fan-based with only the slightest bit of official content, I’ll also discuss common fanwork concepts, including things like special ship names for particular AUs.

Table of Contents

Common AUs

Web

SQ

High School

Magical Girl Alfo-chan

Visual kei

2P

Less Common AUs

High School Detectives/Police

Himura + Yami

Rosicks + Hialba

Sheepba

Wild West

Obscure AUs/Outfit Changes

Feral Ros + Adventurer Alba

Formal Wear

Karaoke

Kindergarten

Saeki-san

Scientist Ros

University

Urashima Tarou

Vampire Ros

Wedding

Canon-Adjacent AUs/Canon Alternate Characters

Albatross 

Boss + Sleepiez

Creasion + Maoruba

Elf’s Universe (”0verse”)

Meta Ros

This got super-long so I highly suggest using CTRL/CMD+F to jump to just the ones you’re interested in!

Common AUs

All the AUs in this category are universes you see everywhere in fan content, regardless of how much official content there is for it. 

Web

Alright, this isn't an "AU", but including it for completion's sake. This is the main canon, the original Alba and Ros from the original webcomic. The anime and the Main Quest manga can be considered to be equivalent to the web-verse.

Official Japanese | English Scanlations 

SQ

(Image from Jump SQ’s website.)

SQ is an “official” Senyuu AU - it’s basically Senyuu if Alba and Ros kept their Season 1 dynamic forever and nothing really bad ever happened. Haruhara has said a number of times that an important thing about SQ is that everything sad has gone poof, which is why he decides against giving a sad dramatic reason why Ros’ name went from Sion to Ros in SQ-verse. Other notable changes in SQ include Januar being human, Elf being a demon, and Foyfoy being cute and shy.

Senyuu SQ originally ran in the Jump SQ magazine for thirty chapters (Official Japanese | English Scanlations), named as such because of the magazine it ran in. More recently, Haruhara began releasing SQ Senyuu! on his channel, where the SQ stands for Super Quality and definitely not anything copyrighted (Official Japanese | English Scanlations.) The chapters released on his channel were sometimes in draft form, so he additionally inked some and released it in doujinshi form (Official Japanese | English Scanlations), along with a doujinshi-exclusive chapter.

Senyuu SQ Alba (seen above) looks identical to Web S1 Alba. SQ Senyuu! Alba (seen below) looks like Web S2 Alba but short and without the Red Fox scarf. SQ Ros doesn’t change appearances between Senyuu SQ and SQ Senyuu! He has the Web S1 Ros hairstyle, but lacks his armour and sword - his bat is his most defining feature.

High School

There’s actually two different high school AUs:

SQ Academy: There’s three omake chapters in SQ Senyuu where everyone is in high school - see here and here, in volumes 1 and 2 respectively. In the SQ High School AU, Ros, Alba, Hime-chan, Foyfoy, Januar, and Rudolf are students, while Rchi is a teacher. Alba is the president of an unnamed club with Ros as a club member. 

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter.)

Soccer Club Drama CD: This drama CD was released with one of the MQ volumes. You can only buy the original Japanese on auction sites now, but you can listen to the audio and read a translated transcript here! This AU features only Ros, Alba, and Crea, who are all part of the same soccer club. Alba is the club president.

In both AUs, Ros calls Alba “Prez”. The canon content for both AUs is rather sparse, so the Prez thing is usually the only thing that’s retained in most fanworks. Reincarnation stories are pretty popular in fanworks, but there’s no hints or implications in either official High School AU that it’s connected to SQ or Web canons. Usually people use the Drama CD designs (probably because they don’t want to draw Ros with S1 hair.) Sometimes they use the SQ Academy designs at the start, then change to the Drama CD designs in second-year or something.

There’s also the Senyuu Light Music Club from one of the web omakes, which features Crea and Elf. I haven’t seen any works incorporate it though.

Japanese terminology glossary

High School AU: 学パロ - Gakuparo

Prez:  部長 - Buchou

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Magical Girl Alfo-chan

This is the mahou shoujo parody of Senyuu, featuring Alba as a girl - Alfo-chan - and Ros as a cat - Roll.

(Image no longer available online.)

Roll is usually made into a cute catboy that can transform into a cat, because I mean, why wouldn’t you. And also presumably people want a Roll they can ship with Alfo-chan. For some reason there’s also a lot of works that ship Alfo-chan with Creasion, though I’m not sure where it came from.

The “official title” of this parody is actually Magical Princess Alfo-chan, not Magic Girl Alfo-chan, and most fanworks on pixiv are found under this name.

Japanese terminology glossary

Magical Princess Alfo-chan: マジカルプルンセスアルフォちゃん

Alfo: アルフォちゃん

Roll: ロール

Alfo/Creasion: アシルフォ - Ashirufo

Alfo/Roll: ロルアル - Roruaru

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Visual kei 

Visual kei is a music genre - you can read about it here. This AU started because Haruhara drew a pic of Alba and Ros in visual-kei-like outfits, and then it all spiraled from there. There’s three images that fuel this entire AU:

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter. Note that you can find a higher quality scan of this art if you download this artbook scan here.)

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter.)

(Image no longer available online.)

The Alba and Ros in the first image were dubbed Visual-ba and Visual-ros, the Ros in the second image “Roppongi” (because his t-shirt says “Roppongi Hills”, and the Alba in the last image “Kuroba” (because Kuro means black and he’s black-haired.) Why were the bottom two images lumped in with the first? That’s a mystery that may never be solved.

There’s two common variations of the AU in fanworks. 

The first is where Kuroba + Visual-ba and Roppongi + Visual-ros are two pairs of brothers, and typically the pairings go Kuroba/Visual-ros and Roppongi/Visual-ba. In this variation, Visual-ba basically always gets to be Alba, while Roppongi and Visual-ros often take the names Ros and Sion respectively. 

The second common variation is where Kuroba and Roppongi are just the civilian identities of Visual-ba and Visual-ros, which doesn’t have a pithy shipname in Japanese.

With regards to their visual kei identities, I’ve also usually seen two main variations - either Alba and Ros are currently in a singing group together, or Ros used to be a famous singer and Alba is currently trying to get famous under his tutelage. 

Haruhara has also recently posted a glow-up pic of Visual-ba, bringing the grand total of official art in this AU to... four.

Japanese terminology glossary

Visual kei: ビジュアル系 - vijyuaru kei  (Note that while technically ヴィジュアル is the correct term in Japanese, in the Senyuu fandom, ビジュアル is used for everything, probably because it’s easier to type and say.)

Visual-ba: ビジュアル - bijyuaru

Visual-ros: ビジュロス - bijyurosu

Roppongi: 六本木 

Kuroba: 黒髪アルバ - Kurokami Alba (lit. Black-Haired Alba) --> クロバ

Kuroba/Visual-ros: ジュロ黒 - jyurokuro or 黒ジュロ - kurojyuro

Roppongi/Visual-ba: 六ビジュ - rokubijyu or ビジュ六 - bijyuroku

Visual-ros/Visual-ba:  ビジュロスアル - bijyurosuaru, 派生ロスアル - haseirosuaru

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2P

“2P” is used in many fandoms to refer to alternate character designs that are often associated with different personalities as well. In Senyuu, the official 2P designs are all alternate colourings:

(Image from Haruhara’s pixiv.)

(Image from one of Haruhara’s artbooks which doesn’t seem to have an online scan, sorry for the bad quality.)

Likely because the bottom two are only available in an artbook, I haven’t seen many fanworks with them. 2P AUs tend to be only 2P Alba and Ros, with some occasional 2P Rchimedes or 2P Crea (who’s typically drawn as 2P Rchimedes with short hair.) 2P Ros is usually drawn with blue eyes, presumably to match with his red Mana Maker. 2P Rchi is also common enough - she tends to be drawn with a blue and black scheme, to contrast with her canon pink and white scheme (example). 

2P Alba and Ros have varying personalities in fanworks, but the one consistency seems to be that their personalities are nothing like canon. 2P Ros tends to be the silent serious type or a yandere. 2P Alba tends to be an innocent happy boy or a yandere. You may be seeing a pattern here.

Note also that 2P Ros is usually referred to as 2P Creasion, for obvious reasons.

Japanese terminology glossary

2P Alba/2P Ros: 2Pアシアル - 2P ashiaru or 2Pアルアシ - 2P aruashi. Both are sometimes shortened by removing the “2P”.

Less Common AUs

These AUs aren’t seen quite as much as the juggernauts above, but you’ve probably still seen them around occasionally.

High School Detectives/Police

There’s a few different detective-related fanworks floating out there, based on one of the three official chapters: Detective Ros in Senyuu SQ, Senyuu Police from the webcomic, and High School Detective Teufel in Main Quest Vol. 6, which hasn’t been scanlated yet (runs):

I haven’t seen too much art of High School Detective Teufel, but I’ve seen a couple fics and art out there for both Senyuu Police and Detective Ros, mostly Senyuu Police.

Himura + Yami

(Image from Haruhara’s Skeb.)

This isn’t really a Senyuu AU, but it shows up enough to include it here. Himura and Yami are two characters that Haruhara drew - you can see this original picture of them on page 12 of the artbook here. Himura is the redhead - at first, he meant to draw Alba, but he decided in the end it wasn’t Alba anymore and renamed the file to “Himura,psd.” Yami is just a fan-name - he’s only referred to as “the boy that shouldn’t be seen” in the artbook. Himura and Yami eventually appear in Gakumon! with the names Rahimu and Damia respectively.

Senyuu fanworks that include them usually have Himura being an Alba that fell into despair after Ros’ disappearance, while Yami is a physical manifestation of his despair.

Japanese terminology glossary

Himura-kun: 火村くん

Himura-kun/Yami: やみひむ

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Rosicks + Hialba

This is yet another AU that was born from a mere two pieces of official art:

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter.)

(Image from Haruhara Robinson channel.)

The first picture is entitled “Soldier Rosicks” - Haruhara posted it saying it was a Ros beta design. The second picture is an scrapped Alba design for web season 2. Hialba was originally revealed on the NicoNico channel Hiaruron that Haruhara shares with a couple other artists, and so he got the name “Hiaruba” --> Hialba from the channel name.

Fanworks typically have Hialba as dead inside and sad because of Ros’ disappearance, and Rosicks as a gruff irritable guy who isn’t Ros and doesn’t like being compared to him. Cue angst because Hialba sees Rosicks as just Ros, etc.

Japanese terminology glossary

Hialba: ひあるば

Rosicks/Hialba: ロシひあ - Roshihia

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Sheepba

Sheepba originates from a New Year’s illustration Haruhara made for the year of the sheep:

(Image from Haruhara’s pixiv.)

While Haruhara has done this for multiple years - there’s illustrations of Alba as a dog, a rat, etc. - Sheepba in particular became particularly popular. Why? Is it the floofy body? The innocent expression? Nay. I say there’s but one reason for Sheepba’s popularity in comparison to other Chinese Zodiac/Alba hybrids-

Haruhara has produced a crapton of Sheepba merch over the years.

I believe he’s made coloured sheep versions of other characters too for merch, but I unfortunately wasn’t able to find any of them. I was, however, able to find outlined drawings of them:

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter.)

Enjoy this flock of Senyuu sheep. And be prepared to see some uh... questionable things if you choose to browse the ひつじるば - Hitsujiba tag.

Wild West

This AU comes from the Wild West parody in this chapter. The fanworks I’ve seen tend to have Ros be some dangerous outlaw with a huge bounty.

Obscure AUs/Outfit Changes

These AUs tend to be only used as outfit changes, or aren’t seen often at all.

Feral Ros + Adventurer Alba

Basically a Tarzan AU. Based on this Haruhara Channel comic: Official Japanese | English Scanlation.

Formal Wear

You may sometimes see Alba and Ros wearing suits. There’s two pieces of art this originates from:

(Image from Haruahara’s twitter.)

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter.)

There’s also a corresponding Ros-in-suit-with-striped-shirt photo that you can see in the artbook here.

Karaoke

You may have seen characters dressed up as what seemed like waiter outfits. That may have come from the Senyuu Karaoke collaboration that happened around when the anime aired:

(Image from collaboration website.)

Kindergarten

This comes from the recent Haruhara Robinson channel comics - Senyuu Kindergarten Story #1 and Story #2.

It features Alba and Rchi as kindergarten teachers to the rest of the Senyuu cast.

Saeki-san

Haruhara was the writer for a manga called Dignified Asleep Saeki-san (Official Japanese | English Scanlations), which was a romcom that featured a girl called Saeki determined to sleep in class, and a boy called Tokimiya who sits next to her. 

When the manga began serialization, Haruhara drew a parody sketch of the manga where Ros is Tokimiya and Alba is Saeki.

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter.)

Scientist Ros

You may have seen art of Ros wearing the glasses + lab coat combo from when he made the Mana Maker in season 3:

Or from when Alba had his... questionable body measurement exam in Senyuu+:

Or when they both wore glasses in the Haruhara Robinson Channel doujinshi Crea-kun Has Cheerfully Fallen to the Dark Side:

University

A while back, Haruhara drew a picture of Alba and Ros in the winter wearing coats:

(Image from Haruhara’s pixiv.)

A little more recently, he was commission to redraw the image:

(Image from Haruhara’s pixiv.)

Fanworks that use Alba and Ros in these outfits often treat them as university AUs (and usually have them on a date.)

Urashima Tarou

Urashima Tarou is an old Japanese fairytale which Haruhara used as the setting for one of his omake segments. If you’ve seen turtle Alba:

Or Ros in old-timey fishing clothes:

That’s where it’s from.

Vampire Ros

The typical Vampire Ros design comes from an SQ chapter where Alba and Ros disguise themselves as demons after chasing Elf into the demon world.

Alba is usually either a werewolf (presumably because werewolves and vampires are a common pair) or some hapless human that Ros sucks blood from. 

Wedding

(Image from Haruhara’s twitter.)

Haruhara drew this when he was getting married(?) because it apparently felt less embarrassing to draw his protagonist getting married than to draw him and his wife. 

Fans promptly used the outfit to marry Alba off to Ros, likely galvanized by the Mana Maker + Hero Symbol combo on Alba’s head.

Canon Adjacent AUs/Canon Alternate Characters

Moved to an overflow post here because this one got big enough that Tumblr stopped saving my post.

[crimsoncarcass]

Hello I logged in on 1/11/2021 by accident but here are some feelings

This is not the blog I wanted to find. This is not the one I thought I’d log into. This is not the account I hoped to remember or to write in, but my thoughts are important, my feelings are important, and recently pain soars through so much of my mind that I forget and shut down. It’s like everything leaves me, my mind, in a wisp of the wind, and the numb feeling of all those emotions of pain, hate, is all that is left with the tear thaat welled up in my eyes, that couldn’t drop for some reason. Why is it? That ever since Kuro left, I’ve stopped something inside that could still change and grow? What is it that I fucked up in myself to have a fake girlfriend, a fake romance, and fake emotions? I am lying to myself, I know, but about what? I can’t even tell. There’s nothing here for me at the age 24. There is nothing here in this whole world because I have hid myself from everyone, even myself, to the point that maybe there’s no way to open up again. To me, I have always separated, segregated, and kept them away; those people that cared and the friends and people who actually reached my heart-- even those people, are something that I try to erase from my heart every day. I try my best to open up physically, to be more present, to be more honest and to be genuine and myself, and yet, every few days when my repressed emotions surface, I find myself deleting myself, deleting the memories, deleting people, and in one way or another, distancing myself. 

Even when I look back on the good memories, I smile at it like a parent to a child, somewhere inside me, it says “We all grow up and leave some day”, and there’s a warmth behind all those words, but it sounds so cold. It sounds so cold to my soul that the tears that well up, sometimes drop down my cheek. Sometimes it makes me scream into my pillow because I can feel my skin, my extra fat on my chin wrinkle up and my nose scrunch up, and I don’t want to imagine what I look like. Sometimes I can let my voice out if I unwire all the way, sometimes, actually most of the time, I am silenced. Muted. 

Yes, that’s how I cry. Why do I write this? I don’t even know, maybe I think someone will read it one day. Maybe I think the pain I hold inside will be noticed one day, and even understood. Maybe I think someone who knows a similar pain will approach me one day -- and I won’t be so alone. Maybe I will find someone I can relate my trauma to, my despair with, someone I can truly connect with like Sophia was. Maybe all I’m looking for is a way to ask for help, someone to show up and prove that surviving was worth it, that the suffering I went through in life was something I wouldn’t regret or cry about. Maybe one day I will wake up in that dream I had in my happiest moments... Do you want to hear the dream I had? I had it one random night I stayed on call with Kuro. We slept on phone calls all the time, it made me feel safe, it made me feel like someone was actually paying attention to me, even when they weren’t. I didn’t feel abandoned, and I never thought he’d abandon me, and it was the best time of my life. Sometimes, he would be so exhausted, but we always laughed, whether it be the bad Vietnamese I practiced to tell him “Good Night” or “Thank you”, or just a random thought. I have seen happiness, and perhaps I should be blessed enough from that.

In the dream, I’m sitting on some random window with my violin in my hand. Whether or not there is an actual seat is unknown, but whether it be comfortable or uncomfortable. I looked hella cool. I had no trauma playing my violin, it was like I practiced 8 hours a day again, but from my own will. And I was doodling my own composition, I was spaced out and unfocused but i was inspired. There’s a kettle blowing in the back of the house, the kitchen, and I hear a female voice yelling in the background. It’s almost exactly like my mother, perhaps it was her too, but before my mom, out of the hallway comes another, a better and more familiar voice-- Kuro’s voice. “GIN OH MY GODD” is all I could make out of the yelling and the distant kettle stops its high pitched drone. I stop playing and turn around and yell “IM SORRY” and despite a happy undertone, I feel my face holding an “oops” expression on my face. My mom comes out from the hallway too with her high pitched yelling, she’s always like this but her voice along with Kuro’s scolds me and somehow, it’s all good. I feel a warmth in the way they scold me and at this point the dream is so fuzzy I don’t know if I had any visuals, but I remember the bright white screen in my head, and the simple warmth and relief in my chest that tomorrow will be an okay day. It was so nice, it was the best dream I’ve ever had in my life. If I died, I’d want to live in that moment forever. Even if I don’t die, I want to feel like that once in real life.  I don’t know what I felt. I don’t know if it was love. I don’t know if it was affection. I don’t know if what I felt was acceptance. I don’t know if it felt so good because I left all my trauma and depression behind, maybe I got over my exes in that moment. Maybe I --- I told Kuro so many things, near the end I had so many delusional dates I wanted to do, I told him everything I wanted to do with him...and yet, I was probably the one who broke his heart.  I wish you could tell me. What do I do now? What should I do? I know what you said, you told me to take care of myself, you told me to put myself first and to make myself happy. You told me to do all of these things and I’ve been working, working so hard. I have been doing everything you told me to, I promise. I just haven’t gotten to the brushing your teeth thing yet, I can’t do it yet, and sometimes I even think that you don’t come back because I can’t even brush my teeth by myself every night yet. But I don’t because what if ...what if I do get myself together, and you still don’t come back? How will I ever get better if I lose hope? I know you don’t want me to coin you as my life’s hope, I know you probably hated it and it weighed you down so much that when everything broke, you quickly found a way out-- and I respect everything you’ve done and do, I don’t think you’ve done a single thing wrong and even if it hurts, I know you must be in a better place by now, because that’s how you are. You never go anywhere that isn’t better. But with you gone, I can do anything I want with you in my memories can’t I, even if that means turning you into some miracle, some deity in my book that I can obsess over?  Kuro I’m not better. I’m not sure if I’m getting better at all. Sometimes I feel like my life is coming together, and then I remember it’s all going to fall apart, and it hurts and hurts so I shut it away like you did, because negating your feelings was what you were good at, and I couldn’t understand until recently I met Jessi, and she has taught me how to do it and even enjoy the process. I wish you can come and stop it, because right now you have such power over me that if you said one word I’d do anything to obey your wise words. Please, just please. I wish you’d let me forget to wait for you. I wish you reply one day, I wish one day I forget all of this. I don’t even know how anymore. I don’t know what to do with your memories Kuro. I can’t change maybe. Maybe this is really where I end at age 26. Did you know? The zodiac readings from the japanese blogs and professional fortune tellers all say that 26 for my year, is actually a Huge bad luck Year? I really think it might work. I really think that this will happen. But atleast I had you once. I fucked up Kuro. I get it now. After so much remorse and overthinking, I stopped thinking in details anymore. So now the answer is simply, I fucked the fuck up. And this is it. I’m going to die at age 26. And so far, everything is confirmed and it seems no one can really stop me anymore. I keep waiting for a sign, a message, a symbol, or an experience, that can keep me alive and going, to not kill myself at 26. But I think...so far, its not going so well.  The only person I feel sorry, and truly truly sorry for, is Vally. I don’t know how much time I have left, but I know for sure, that the time provided between Vally and I, were probably meant to be longer-- but I’m not sure if I can make it through my 26th year. I’m planning to do a phone call this weekend with her. I don’t know what I’m going to tell her, everything is such bad thoughts and bad endings, I don’t know what to say. I dont want to tell her anything that isn’t confirmed yet, but maybe its better for her to hear it early? But who can really tell her, a true companion, a true trauma-bonded victim, a true compassionate ally of yours, the most trustable person in the world, even more than Kuro at times,... that so far, it’s about 87% confirmed that I will kill myself in 2 years?

[starwarsfic]

Innocent Bystander

Originally posted October 5, 2020

Summary: Plo might be the closest thing Jon has to a friend. For the Marry Plo Challenge.

Details: Jon/Plo. Friends to Spouses. Trans!Jon.

CW: suggested child abuse, a transition during the fic (ie misgendering, but not maliciously)

xxxxxx

Plo thought he was the only Jedi for systems.

To find two others was...surprising. Until he realized who they were.

"Master Kuro," he bowed, carefully, attention in the Force darting to the Padawan at her side who he vaguely recognized.

"Knight Koon." She was respectful, but cold, always so cold, in tone and in the Force.

Master Tyvokka had not been fond of her, he remembered, had sometimes spoken out against the way she trained her Padawans. Which was probably why there was no knowledge of them being there--she was taking a detour to force poor Padawan Antilles to do who knew what.

"I have been called by the Force to assist you in your mission."

He frowned behind his mask. Kuro was a successful Master and Padawan Antilles was near her Trial, and not much younger than Plo by human standards, but...it was a more dangerous mission than a Padawan would normally be assigned to.

As if sensing his hesitancy, Kuro continued, "With the three of us, rooting out these pirates should be much simpler."

"...As you say, Master."

Of course she'd appear after he'd had to stop sending comms to the Temple, because of the risk of the signal being spotted by the pirates' scanners. He had no way of running this by the Council.

A typical An'ya Kuro move, according to reports and the Temple rumor mill.

"Sorry about this," Antilles muttered as they fell back, Kuro taking the lead as though this weren't Plo's mission.

He shook his head. "Reining in one's Master is not actually the responsibility of a Padawan, even if it often feels like it is."

And, just to re-enforce what he was saying, he sent playful understanding through the Force. From the way Antilles tensed, Plo thought she might not experience anything like that often, and he made a note to bring it up to Tyvokka--it was unhealthy for a Force sensitive, especially as powerful as Antilles, to be without commune with others.

"We'll be out of your hair soon. She doesn't like to stay anywhere for long."

"...Maybe you should both come back to the Temple for a rest? This traveling can't be good for your studies."

She wavered, looking closer to her age than the stern mask she wore for her Master would show, but shaking her head. "I'm studying remotely. I'll be back for the end of term exams, anyway."

"Right."

They did successfully take care of the pirates, though with more outright violence than Plo's plan had called for and a small injury on Antilles' part that she waved away like it was nothing (which Plo would also be making a note to mention).

Then they separated and Plo moved on with his Knighthood.

***

He gave a brief thought to Antilles when he'd seen the list of successful Trials, but it was over a decade before they met again.

Plo had a Padawan of his own by that point, one he very carefully left behind at the Temple when he went on his most dangerous missions, despite their protests. Antilles had no Padawan, had not even been seen at the Temple in years, except to update his personal records with changes he might have hesitated to make sooner. He'd gained his Knighthood and all-but fled, possibly from Kuro, who was only getting worse, possibly from the foreignness of the Order for someone who had spent so much of his life outside of it.

It seemed like a lonely way of living to Plo, but he would not do Antilles the disservice of bringing it up.

"Jon," he was told, after he'd helped Plo protect his charge--a local political leader--from an assassination attempt. "I'm going by Jon, now."

There was a small table between them, a mostly empty tap caf in vague disrepair around them, but it felt like a private moment. Plo wasn't sure how many other Jedi Antilles had spoken to at all since becoming a Padawan.

"I like it," Plo had said before he could think better of it, not sure if that would sound too much like he thought Jon required approval. "It is simple. Too many human names are...not."

Jon smiled with his teeth, more like a predator might than most humans. "Yeah, I...didn't want anything too memorable. Not with what I do."

"You don't have to wander, you know, just because your former Master does."

"No, that's...that's not the issue. I like it. I don't...I've never felt comfortable in the Temple. Too many people, too much...everything. Even with shielding. It's better out here."

While Plo couldn't relate, he could understand, and he let the conversation move on to some of their recent missions. The stories they exchanged were more detailed and personal than would ever make it into a report.

***

They saw each other off and on after that. If Plo was perhaps the Jedi who saw Jon the most--well, that must just be the will of the Force. Certainly not that Jon had a secure comm which Plo could send his Outer Rim mission updates to.

Eventually, Plo was a nearly appointed member of the Council, still reeling from Master Tyvokka's death and had gladly taken any and all work that the other Councilors had seen fit to give him (which was a great deal of it).

Such as a yearly review of the nomads of the Jedi Order that bothered to check in, sometimes. He'd sent out messages, requesting their presence at the Temple (or a nearby location of their choice), and just had to wait and see who showed up.

He wasn't actually expecting Jon, who had avoided such check-ins for years, to be one of the first.

"I had to see it for myself," was the answer, in a voice gravelly from disuse.

Plo chuckled, motioning for Jon to take a seat on the cushion beside him. "Is it that unbelievable?"

"After the kriff you pulled on Nal Hutta?"

"I pulled? You'll find that the report shows that you had taken charge of that mission. I was an innocent bystander."

Jon cursed, and laughed, the sound more disused than his voice. He didn't spend a lot of time around others and spoke to them even less. Socialized with them less than that.

Which actually gave Plo an idea.

At the end of the official meeting, he said, "I have a mission coming up for the Council, I wouldn't mind some company. I apparently must spend a few days in a moderately comfortable hut to show the planet's natives our commitment to waste our time on them."

He'd originally been thinking of forcing it on his friend Qui-Gon, whose Padawan clearly needed a break from him, but he could find something else for them.

Jon knew what he was doing, of course, but did not take much pressure to give in.

***

The planet was peaceful, calm. Nothing like the Outer Rim stations that Jon could normally be found in and the complete opposite of Coruscant, as well. Plo wasn't sure of the etiquette of bringing another, but the natives did not seem to mind.

There was always some discomfort in long days inside his mask, but Jon provided a welcome distraction. They had brought food, but Jon proved adept at catching it, as well. Plo himself wasn't a bad hand at cooking, although he had to stick to soups and other foods he could eat through his mask.

It was almost...domestic. Something that both of them refused to speak to, because that wasn't something they were comfortable examining.

By the end of the odd ceremonial retreat, he had almost loosened up to where he'd been once upon a time, a Knight nearly freed of a too-strict Master. He was still a little feral, as all of the wanderers were, but it was more amusing than unnerving.

Neither of them were expecting a party when they'd returned to the city--it wasn't in any of the reports that Plo had read.

"To the newlyweds!" one of the natives crooned as they made their way to the center of the celebration, shoving a ring of flowers onto Jon's head.

Jon, who was glowering at Plo as though this was somehow his fault. "If I said I didn't know, that I was completely innocent in this, would you believe me?"

"If you make it sincere, I might make your death quick and report it as something less than embarrassing."

There was no doubt in Plo's mind that Jon knew how to cover up truths in his reports to the Council--there was, after all, that kriff Plo had pulled on Nal Hutta--but he was hoping murder might be an exaggeration.

"Divorce isn't an option?" Jon took a step closer, eyes glinting in the shadow under his hood, but he let his amusement flavor the Force in answer to Plo's own.

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A/N: I was trying to come up with a ship for this that I hadn't seen before but I could still write as something more than complete crack and was like running through my head of the lesser known Jedi and, well, here you go lol

I may or may not be doing more for the challenge, but I've paid my dues haha