#specifically by someone other than my nesting partner

[raccoonfagdyke]

i need to get fucking laid -_-

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Marauders and Lightning Era Masterlist

started - 08.13.2024

last updated - 01.11.2025

Reqs: Open! Can be as specific as you'd like, or as vague as Youd like! i write both xreader and canon x canon. all LGBTQ forms of requests are welcome!

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HARRY POTTER and CO.

-In The Absence of Goodbye (Angst, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort - Enemies to Lovers to Strangers to..)

Bartemius Crouch Junior x Fem!reader

Summary: Concept- After being sent back in time to spend a year in the Marauders Era, reader is thrown forward in time and has her memories erased. But was she truly sent home? Aka: Dumbledore underestimates Barty's absolute disregard for order when it comes to his vixen.

-HIATUS We'll Heal Together (Angst, Fluff, Hurt/Comfort) 13/? parts Remus Lupin/Sirius Black x Reader

Part 1-9 can be read as a standalone. Summary: Harry Potter grew up without the warmth of a family he should have known. A father in James Potter, a mother in Lily Potter, a God Father in Sirius Black, and an uncle in Remus Lupin. Oh, and let's not forget, a godmother in {Y/N} {L/N} Alt Summary: Starts at the end of Chamber of secrets and into the Prisoner of Azkaban with the first chapter, Harry meeting his father's old friends, and starts learning the fate of {Y/N}, who has long since been presumed dead. there seems to be more of a story hidden behind her disappearance, and in turn, her reappearance.

HEADCANNONS

Jealousy, Jealousy

Where the boys get jealous... (Feat. Barty, Regulus, Sirius, Remus, and James)

POLY!SHIPS

-Poly!Marauders+Lily x Fem!Reader

- Zombie Apocalypse Au Part 1 Summary: You find a group of survivors who could really use your help} Part 2 Summary: Someone had been hiding something fatal} Part 3 Summary: Reader has sometime with Remus, before she is sent out alone with Sirius} Part 4 Summary: Reader and Sirius go to gather water

-Loving You is Easy

Summary: Being younger than all your respective partners was never a big deal; until they graduated and you were left behind. As your mental health declined and their lives started without you, a break was needed.

-Lily's Touch {Omegaverse}

Summary: The reader is experiencing her first heat, and nothing matter how hard she tries, she can't get the nest right.

-Jily x Slytherin!Reader

Jily x Slytherin!gnreader Summary: An interesting situationship with Jily}

-Sirius/James/Remus Band Au

Summary: Reader has a horrible encounter on stage and the boys comfort her

-What's Your Name? {Sneak Peak}

Moonwater Fluff

REMUS LUPIN

-Spoiled Brat (Pt 1?) (Lil Angsty, +18, fluff)

Summary: When your escapism over the summer turns a bit more real, as you fall in love with a half blood your father would never approve of}

-Think like a Lupin (Angsty, lotta angst, happy ending! fluff +18)

Summary: Your parents are planning to marry you off the second after you graduate, but after an unfortunate encounter with a werewolf, plans change.

-Break a Leg Not My Heart (Some angst, mostly light hearted fluff)

Summary: You get hurt during Quidditch practice and Remus doesn't leave your side. Friends to lovers.

-Meeting Royalty (Fluff, Suggestive)

Summary: Meet cute but make it royalty} Part 2

-Too Late (Angst, no comfort) {Pt.2}

Summary: Remus comes to terms with a love lost to his own insecurities.

-Stray

Summary: Post war Remus finds home for his heart

-It Repeats Itself

Summary: Even years after the war the effects of Voldemort's reign still had waves of effects. One just so happened to have a poor girl caught in the cross fire. (This is more of a concept then a fleshed out story-a little cliche)

-Just thinking about Sirius testing tattoo ideas on you...

BARTY CROUCH JUNIOR

-The boy I knew {Sneak peek}

Summary- When Barty knew love

-The Boy I Knew {Part 1} (Angst, Fluff, +18)

-Do You Some Good

“When we’re done here, we can go back to hating each other. Deal?” “You’re not going to believe this, but I think I actually prefer things like this.”

-Dear Future Husband

-Cat and Mouse

Summary: The reader can never truly get away Barty, no matter how hard she tries. He'll always find his family.

-Love me, too

Summary: Late nights with loose lipped Barty, a single conversation unraveled years of yearning.

Potter!Reader;

-Everything is Blue

Summary: As things escalate with Barty he draws a line in the sand.

-I Might Still Hate You

Summary: An unexpected guest shows up at your house late at night.

-Not Quite Poison- {Pt.2}

Summary: after a chance meeting in the library; a whirlwind love affair between Barty Crouch Jr and the youngest Potter blossom, but neither of them were prepared for how life would go after.

-They'll Be Alright

Summary: James Potter learns to like tolerate his sisters taste in men.

-Making Mistakes - {Pt.2}

Summary: After a horrible break up in 7th year, Barty and you haven't spoken a word to eachother. Then, he comes barreling back into your life begging for forgiveness, will you trust him?

JAMES POTTER

-Fall in Love in a Night (A lil angst, basically just a fluffy fluffy love story)

Summary: College AU, Muggle AU, James falls in love with the some of the worst parts of you }

-Fix it Yourself (All the Angst, lil comfort) +18

Summary: Falling in love with James Potter was a whirlwind affair full of lies and heartbreak. Everything comes to a head when he asks you to fake date someone so Lily will give him a chance.

-Little Lupin (Fluff)

Summary: James has a little crush on little Lupin

-Masterpiece

Summary: James Potter goes a little too far with a girl everyone happens to like.

-Just Kiss Her

Summary: You find a few unsent letters with your name on them- literally.

-Bed Hopper

Summary: After creating a tradition of cuddling James before bed, you'd think you'd have the path down by now.

SIRIUS BLACK

-Casual (Angsty, fluff at the end) +18

Summary: Sirius falls for his most recent hook up, and she refuses to cave to what she wants}

-Fix it Yourself (All the Angst, lil comfort) +18

Summary: Falling in love with James Potter was a whirlwind affair full of lies and heartbreak. Everything comes to a head when he asks you to fake date someone so Lily will give him a chance.

-Like my father {Blurb}

Summary: Reader wants a man to love her like her father loves her mom. She just hasn't met him yet.. maybe.

-Kiss And Make-Up

Summary: Pool side at the Potters, Sirius takes you for a swim.

-Rock 'n Roll

Summary: Sirius stays home with a hangover, but the reader is always there to lend a hand.

-Just thinking about Sirius testing tattoo ideas on you...

FRED WEASLEY

-Summer Talks

Summary: Fred lets you know what he's waiting for

-Too Much Like Me

Summary: James finds out Lily's type in men is apparently genetic.

HERMIONE GRANGER

-Invisible (Lil Angsty, basically just fluff) Blurb

Summary: Reader is a bit of a punk like Sirius, with Remus's insecurities. She doesn't believe she deserves a girl like Hermione. No real plot just Angst straight into fluff

MATTHEO RIDDLE

-But daddy I love him (Lil Angst, fluff)

Summary: Harry finds out his sister is dating Mattheo Riddle Ft. James, Lily, Remus, Sirius - No war au }

" Dinner Party " (Pt 2)

Summary: The Potters throw a dinner party; Mattheo meets the family} Wc- 4142

REGULUS BLACK

-Monarch butterfly (Hurt/comfort) wip

Summary- Monarch butterflies only live for up to six weeks. Their life brings an unspoken joy to the people who witness it, a peaceful feeling to the life that last so much longer then their own. They bring smiles to the faces of children, they bring good luck for those who choose it, they bring so much value to lives they will never truly be a part of. Your butterfly was, and always would be, Regulus black.

BLAISE ZABINI

-Before a Stranger

Summary: Friends before a stranger

[nnymphie]

Hiiiii obsessively scrolled your blog in one sitting and I’m obsessed w how you write Laios it’s so sweet (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ

With that, how do you think he’d handle maybe some of the more animalistic traits his partner would have? Getting used to things like hibernation, “weird” (to tall men) mating rituals, different bodily reactions due to whiskers or different strength in senses. We all know he ♡’s monsters and animals of all kinds so he’s probably not TOO surprised by it, but now he has to deal with it as the partner to someone with these traits?! Woah!

AHH thank you so much🥺🫶 I’m seriously SOOO flattered!!! I’m glad you enjoy my interpretation of Laois! He’s honestly one of my favorite characters from any franchise, and i think one of by far the best written manga/anime protags ever. Like he’s just wonderful and i wanna chew on him and hold him so gently ugHHHHH

As far as you ask:

I think he’d honestly be a damn good partner to someone with animalistic qualities. This man probably has multiple journals dedicated to every little special quirk, habit, mannerism, etc, that you have- and he thinks they’re all wonderful. He is genuinely in awe of everything about you and how uniquely you live life. He would absolutely ask as many questions as you’d allow him, and conduct all the research he possibly could. Hell, I could see him researching the specific husbandry and behavioral aspects of whatever species your beast side comes from- and trying to work some of it into his routine. Dare i say he’d even be a bit jealous that you get the privilege of experiencing some of these instincts and traits???

If you hibernate? You best believe he is helping feed you plenty before its time and making sure you have a safe comfortable nesting place. If you have special mating rituals? He’s learning them all so he can be the best mate possible to you ( he’s honored to even have the title of mate)

He’d love to test your reflexes and sensitivity to different stimuli, but also learn what you don’t like and find ways to mitigate or all together alleviate your discomfort.

I’ve talked about it before, but I firmly believe that your animal traits and beastly nature makes him understand you better. He hasn’t ever really fit in, and regular human social situations are not his strong suit or something he favors really at all. He doesn’t seem to pick up on queues the others do, his interests and passions are often not understood and mocked/judged. Perhaps in a different way than you, but he has also been a misfit outcast most of his life, he empathizes with you on that, finds a sense of camaraderie in not belonging. And even better? The very things that make you different are precisely what he’s so passionate and knowledgeable about. He is fantastic with animals and beasts alike, hell, there’s a solid chance he already knows about some of your specific behaviors and needs before you even have to tell him. And what he doesn’t know? He is eager to learn from you at any and every opportunity. He would never make you feel like a burden for the things you cannot control, rather id imagine he’d encourage you to live as naturally and comfortably as you can.

Laois is so damn amazed by you, he loves every little weird thing, and wants to keep discovering more for as long as he’s possibly able to,,,

[misssakuramochi]

GENERAL RELATIONSHIP HEADCANONS FOR GEN

Requested by: A Lovely Anonymous Requester

Request: 'Forget about Dr. Stone having me in a vice grip as well, after reading your relationship headcanons for Senku I fear your writing has me in a chokehold. I saw you have requests open, would you consider doing a version for Gen?'

Age Rating: N/A

Warnings: None

Genre: General, Romance, Fluff

○ As easy as it is to catch Gen’s interest, it’s easy to lose it. Gen can be flippant - something he’s upfront about. Keeping him invested is the hard part; however, this is something Gen is extremely aware of. As such, flirt as he might, he’s quick to dismiss the idea of anything serious for a very long time. Until he knows for certain that he truly cares for someone, not for something they can offer him or any other somesuch, he won’t pursue anything at all. Gen may not have been as against fooling around in the past, but the new world has come with new relationships, and new ways of navigating the world. He cares, in one way or another, for his allies, and he doesn’t want to break their hearts for nothing.

○ That doesn’t mean that Gen is going to make a move once he realizes his feelings for someone are genuine. On the contrary, hide it as expertly as he does, Gen is terrified of the difficulty and heartbreak a real relationship might entail. He gaslights himself into thinking his feelings are little more than temporary infatuation until he’s fallen so hard the impact knocks him into realizing how down bad he is. It isn’t that he doesn’t like the idea of a relationship with the person he cares for - it’s just that his fear of the consequences is equally as overpowering. Gen moves surprisingly slowly in the actual courtship period, dipping his toes in and testing the water as he dares to see if this is something you both really want.

○ It takes time for a person to convince Gen that they like him, not just the persona of painted smiles and placating words he so often uses. The time is doubled because Gen isn’t particularly willing to just show his vulnerability to anyone; they have to be able to see through him a little, catch him at his worst and prove that they want to stick around even if he isn’t always everything he pretends to be. Once they’ve pushed through those barriers though, Gen really can’t go back. With the dam of emotion broken, the affection he’d been holding back is almost overwhelming. Once Gen knows not only that he wants this person genuinely, but they might just be good for him, he stops wasting time hesitating. 

○ Gen is extremely affectionate as a partner. Be it physical or verbal, he loves to laud his partner with appreciation. Though Gen tends to be extremely dramatic about it in jest, the heart of his compliments are genuine - he’s just trying to throw you off. Much as Gen just likes to make his partner feel loved, appreciated, and confident, he also loves to tease and fluster them. He absolutely can get his partner blushing with just a few well-chosen words, and he loves to use that fact against them. If they’re feeling particularly confident and respond in kind, Gen is more than happy to take the compliment: he will also take this directly as a challenge to try to outdo them. Physically speaking, Gen isn’t usually exceptionally overt about his affections. He prefers, generally speaking, smaller gestures such as having a hand on his partner’s knee or shoulder, or putting an arm around their waist or perhaps a small kiss, potentially on the cheek or forehead. Though he isn’t against PDA, Gen is much more… tame, shall we say, when in public with his partner.

○ Gen is an extremely huge proprietor of pet names. His partner is absolutely not getting away without several affectionate nicknames, often becoming situation-specific based on what makes him come up with them. These range from romantic titles such as ‘darling’ or ‘my robin’, to silly titles like ‘nest head’, and even further still to teasing names often based on silly memories like ‘mothman’ (that one’s a long story--) Nicknames are almost one of Gen’s love languages in themselves, so bear with him. If Gen’s partner tries to don him with a pet name he’s likely to laugh at whatever they’ve come up with, but he’s not going to complain so long as it’s something livable. In fact, he may not say it, but Gen finds it heartwarmingly adorable thinking about the scrunched up, focused face his partner had made trying to contemplate the perfect, silly little pet name for him.

○ Surprisingly, Gen is the jealous type and tends to lean towards being somewhat possessive on the rare occasion he feels somehow threatened or insecure. Most of the time Gen realizes that he’s really doing no more than pouting when he gets jealous and responds as such, though, so unless his partner is particularly opposed to having his arms suddenly snake around their waist mid-conversation with the offender while he makes a show of cuddling them and cooing over them, his jealous streak doesn’t usually pose a problem. That being said, if whoever is making Gen jealous takes his show of affection as a challenge of some sorts he takes that personally - and he’ll win. If his partner can’t become a mediator quickly in those situations they’re gonna become a prize; Gen’s, specifically.

○ Being sincere isn’t one of Gen’s greatest strengths. While this doesn’t mean that he’s incapable of being open and honest with his partner, it does mean that he prefers to keep things light and playful most of the time. Much of the way Gen shows his affection for his partner is by being silly with them and he absolutely goes out of his way to make them laugh. Not only does he love hearing it, but trying to make them happy and keep things light for them is one of the ways he shows how much he loves them. It also means that much of his more serious communication with his partner is non-verbal. A hand on their shoulder will suddenly steady them when they’re feeling the least grounded, a kiss to the cheek reminds them he’s there when they’re insecure, or the night after a rough argument his partner will come home to an extremely well-thought out apology gift on the bed. 

○ When I say Gen likes to make his partner laugh, I mean he borderline needs to. If someone thinks Gen can be silly now, they have no idea what goes on behind closed doors. He will absolutely go out of his way to do almost anything that gets his partner giggling, and he doubles down his efforts after they’ve had a hard day. Everyone needs to understand, when this boy is in love he turns into a fucking clown in the absolute best way humanly possible. His ability to make his partner laugh is also absolutely the thing Gen gets the most jealous about. If someone else is making his partner laugh just a little too much, even if their intentions are completely innocent, Gen will absolutely be finding his way over there to show them up at some point. Gen’s a little possessive over the idea of being able to make his partner happier than anyone else in a way that makes him almost incomprehensibly competitive.

○ One problem that can arise with Gen’s difficulty with sincere words is the way it compounds with his emotionally protective nature. While Gen is usually more than happy to admit that he is absolutely the type to put his needs first, ultimately, this changes when he actually has a partner he cares about - which he won’t admit to anybody. While Gen’s usual goal is to be happy with his partner, if he believes sacrificing his own happiness is the best or even only way to support his partner’s happiness he’ll do it, and he’ll lie about doing it the whole time in a well-intentioned and poorly executed attempt to keep them safe. Gen isn’t the best at trusting others in general, so trusting even his romantic partner with his thoughts and feelings is a long road with more than a few bumps along the way. Gen needs his partner to be patient, and call him out with a level of insistence when he tries to lock himself away for their so-called greater good.

○ As mentioned a few times before, Gen tends to be silly and lean away from overly serious conversation if it’s not necessary. This is his preference for sure, but he absolutely uses it to his advantage when he does want to be serious for a moment. It’s endearingly infuriating to his partner how often he’ll stop teasing them just as they’re at peak fluster, just to say perhaps the sweetest thing they’ve ever heard, only to revert immediately to teasing them for their expression to dodge the moment he’s given them. When Gen really does want a more romantic moment he’ll use a similar strategy - get his partner distracted with jokes or taunts so they don’t notice something romantic he’s set up until he’s properly presenting it to them, and them unsure sure how to tell him that he is both an asshole and the most wonderful man on Earth.

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A/N: Thank you so much anon!!! I'm glad you enjoyed my writing, and I hope you liked this set just as much! Tbh I'm really glad you requested these because Gen is my fucking boy and I loved writing these.

Thank everyone who read this as well, and I hope you enjoyed your stay!

Safe travels, readers!

[5a-alf]

The more i think about my experiences in military school, the more i realize the ravens were probably run similarly (if with a harder lean on the cult part) so i wanted to make a post explaining how quickly and even just how new ravens fell into group mentality.

[[Disclaimer: i think my experiences are like,, quite similar to some of what happened in the nest to the general raven but for them is like upped to 200%. We can argue the army is type of cult but not one as tightly run as the ravens probably were]]

The answer to the first is: pretty quickly. Let's say, a month is enough. After that first month, if you were to take them out of the environment they'd be quickly fine again, but they'd already be familiar with the mentality and would follow it if left in the nest. Different kinds of people react differently to the same conditions, but i do think Tetsuji choose ravens also based on their personalities/character, because each year only 4/5 people got into his team out of the thousand kids that play exy in high school, so he could choose for talent but also for drive and ability to listen to orders ecc. This eliminates the hardest type to break down, which is people who are naturally oppositional (like,,, any fox for example). He's looking for good soldiers.

Then, you are now allowed in this super niche private luxury club; there's only other 3 new people. One of them is now your partner forever and ever. What happens? You give EVERYTHING you have to be better than the other duo. That's only natural, there's a first place and a last place because only two couples are in this race; you need to win. What do you do to get better? You look for guidance in the older people around you. Some will ignore you, some will engage with you, but always with an air of superiority. You yourself are somewhat struck by their presence, as maybe you saw them play on television before, or speak in interviews.. you know of them, and that already puts you a step under them. That's power that they hold over you.

Now. There's rules in the nest. Do you think they were written? Do you believe for a minute that the new ravens were given a brief the first week, to let them know all about what is and isn't allowed? No. The rules are silent. You notice them because you can't miss the punishment that inevitably happens when you break them.

You sit in the wrong chair - someone screams at you.

You use the wrong tshirt - someone beats you up.

Well, now you won't sit it in the chair anymore, or use that tshirt in that specific instance, but you know what else you won't do? Sit in any chair you haven’t sat in before. Wear a tshirt you haven’t yet worn.

It takes that little.

Then with time comes confort. Months go by and now you now most of the rules, you're fine. Then you reach your second year, and there's new people... who will teach them the rules? You. Especially if they sit in the chair that is specifically reserved for second years. That's yours. And you feel you've earned it by making it through the year; that's a rule, isn't it? And you have a lot of pent up anger, because you are juggling school and training and you haven't had a pause in more than a year, you haven't seen your family or your pet or your old friends.

You yell. You beat them up.

The funny thing is, even when you just follow the rules to keep the peace, do it "ironically", to avoid having problems, at some point... it comes naturally. You get more and more comfortable with what you once found wrong, or not even wrong, but probably pretty stupid. Because the thing it: it's easier to oppose things that are glaringly wrong. You don't start teaching a new raven how to prey on kids. You start with something that maybe makes no sense, but also has no consequences, especially moral ones.

Why wluld you fight so hard for a chair. You can have another. It's not even that comfortable. It's not worth being yelled at. Just leave the chair.

And then, slowly, it escalates.

And the more time you spend inside, the more you let go on any of the hangups you had outside, because it genuinely starts to feel as a different world, where different societal rules are in place, and when you literally do no engage with the outside world for years... you forget how it used to be. You forget who you used to be.

Being there rewards you.

The more time passes, the more power you acquire. Now you can even invent new rules, as you like. It goes to your head fast.

There's so much more i can expand on, 1) shared pain 2) what happens after you graduate 3) what roles do the adults have in all of this 4) relationships (yes, same as the ravens, we were also not allowed to have romantic relationships; there were consequences ecc) 5) REHEARSALS AND GROUP MOVEMENT 6) public outings and perception.... and i could go on and on.

Let me know if you want me to expand on anything in particular

[pilfappreciator]

ATTENTION TROLLS FANDOM!!

This is very important. Mostly to me but maybe you guys have been wondering this too idk but anyways:

How does troll reproduction work exactly?

Cuz I'm genuinely curious. I dont think anyone on the series production team has said anything and so far I've seen absolutely no one touch on this subject but as someone who's always had an interest in the habits of creatures (both fictional or otherwise), I kinda sorta maybe NEED to know this otherwise I'll never be able to sleep peacefully again

Full disclaimer that I'm specifically talking about the whole egg situation, I am NOT ASKING HOW THEY GET IT ON IF I WANTED THAT ANSWER I'D GO TO DEVIANT ART OR TWITTER OR WHATEVER LAWLESS PLATFORM GOD STEERS CLEAR OF. This discussion shall remain STRICTLY educational, thank you very much

But anywho. Let's dive in

So trolls come from eggs. This is basic knowledge. First instance of this phenomenon (as far as I know, I've only seen the movies) is from World Tour.

Egg pops out of Guy Diamond's hair, egg hatches and BOOM, (literal) baby. Now I understand that this whole sequence was probably just a gag and a way for DreamWorks to implement another (merchandisable) addition to the cast HOWEVER this sequence also raises a few questions

First off, as far as I know Guy Diamond has no partner (again: I haven't watched any of the spinoff shows). Either that or maybe the other troll was a sorta one-night-stand/no-longer-in-his-life kinda situation? Which is great either way cuz its shown he obviously cares for his son and we at Tumblr appreciate a loving single father no matter the circumstances, but if my former theory is correct than that would imply that trolls are capable of reproducing asexually. Like onions.

Now if that hypothesis is, as they call it, "cap" then that would mean that some sorta hanky panky has to go down before an egg comes into question. And if that's the case, does this mean that male trolls are traditionally the ones who carry the eggs?

But that can't be right, can it? Afterall, World Tour gave us yet ANOTHER egg scene later on in the movie

In Cooper's flashback, we clearly see Queen Essence being the one carrying the eggs meanwhile King Quincy is eggless. Now, as far as i see it, this could be explained either one of four ways:

1) Quincy was the one who actually produced the eggs and Essence is merely holding them for her husband (since her hair seems more fitting to be a makeshift nest compared to Quincy's)

2) Female trolls are the ones who produce the eggs. Guy Diamond is just a trans icon

3) Troll reproduction differs from genre to genre

4) There is a... *sighs* a/b/o type of dynamic among troll kind where certain trolls are capable of giving birth/siring children depending on a secondary gender

In regards to theory #3, this could also explain why Guy Diamond seems to reproduce and hatch an egg in such a short amount of time (like 5 seconds I'm pretty sure) as opposed to Queen Essence/King Quincy who's eggs presumably went a while longer before actually hatching.

Actually, speaking off eggs, are trolls the only species in their world that reproduce that way?

Because now that Band Together has officially been released, we now know for certain that it's possible for different species to crossbreed. Biggest example? Resident DILF Bruce and his giant muppet wife

(Credit to @captainunderkrupp )

When I saw these two... I swear...

And these two already have a shit ton of kids okay so like... either Brandi was the one giving birth or trollsona Daveed Digs was over here pumpin out eggs, which I mean-

DO YOU SEE HOW BIG THESE THINGS ARE COMPARED TO BRANCH AND POPPY?? Believe me I am PRAYING that Bruce gave himself some serious maternity/paternity leave because my guy is honestly a trooper

But yeah any thoughts? :))

[ratiocowmilk]

another omegaverse au, but this time with aventio!!! wait don't leave

I've been thinking about what designations to give to them, but I've decided on Aventurine being a beta (and only a beta) and Ratio being an omega.

In my rendition of this au, betas have muted scents and can't smell other scents as well as omegas and alphas do. What is interesting, however, is if a beta mates with either an alpha or an omega, they can smell their partners scent in full and vice-versa. This works between betas as well.

More under the cut.

Aventurine being a beta would mean he luckily does not need to deal with heats or ruts. What he does need to deal with is having to take on extra work when his alpha and omega colleagues are on leave. So, how lucky is he truly? He's about as "normal" as can be in this world, though that causes him some issues down the line.

Ratio being an omega means he will have to deal with heats, obviously. It annoys him to no end when he's forced to take a week off work every time it happens. There are suppressants, but those that block heats from happening are dangerous and off the official markets. At most, the safe brands can stave it off for a few hours. Unfortunately, that is not the only issue regarding his dynamic. For him specifically, his scent is overbearing compared to other omegas. He has to wear patches to block it out, but even then his scent is still obvious. It has caused safety issues in the past, and he has prepared himself for any issues in the future.

When they first meet, Ratio is prepared for the worst. But when Aventurine simply looks surprised for a moment and continues on as normal, he's confused for a moment and eventually relaxes. Aventurine, on the other hand, is struggling to keep his pokerface up as he breathes in the scent. It's the strongest he's ever experienced, and they're not even mated yet! (Wait yet–?)

And then shortly after, the events of the Final Victor lc happen. And Aventurine doesn't regret it, but this time, he is able to smell the apprehension in someone's scent, so perhaps he's feeling slightly guilty about it.

As they keep working together, Ratio and Aventurine get closer. Ratio decides it's safe to drop his guard around him. Aventio notices and is feeling like the cat that got the cream. As the relationship progresses, they start making house visits. Eventually, Aventurine shows up unannounced at Ratio's residence and gets hit with his unobstructed scent. It's like getting perfume sprayed in your face, but it's somehow pleasant? Ratio goes to put on his scent patches, but Aventurine tells him it's fine. It definitely is. So he sits for an hour or two essentially bathing in it, until he gets called in for work. As soon as he steps in, everyone automatically assumes he got laid.

When Penacony rolls around, that's when things change. In the Dreamscape, everyone's scent is muted. Everyone's. The Family says it's to prevent issues from impacting guest experience, but who knows for sure. When they first step foot in there, Aventurine almost drops the act when he notices that he can't smell Ratio anymore. As they act out their plan, he struggles with the fact that the scent he got attached to was gone. It's not like he needs it to understand him, but it's a bit disorienting. It's probably worse than whatever bullshit Sunday threw at him, in his humble opinion.

So when they get back to reality, Aventurine sticks to him like a koala and buries his face into Ratio's scent gland. They exchange a few words like that, and when Aventurine finally lifts his head, they kiss.

(Extra: When they start dating, Aventurine doesn't get why Ratio wants his belonging in the nest if his scent is muted and they haven't officially mated yet. When he asks him, Ratio gets embarrassed for whatever reason. He'll learn the reason eventually.)

(It's less about the scent and more about the fact that it proves he's still here, choosing to stay.)

[euniexenoblade]

Question about that post you reblogged with a bunch of poly terms: I'm poly and have known for many years with pretty healthy relationships and breakups overall. However, I don't know most of the terms used in the post, and it also mentioned "books you should read when getting into polyamory". Would you suggest that anyone who is polyam needs to be reading some relevant literature to, in a sense, "do it right"? If so, would you have any recommendations for someone who is having a hard time with heavier reading, for what would be a good starting point?

(also possible that I don't know most terms there because they're more western terms, but it did make me wonder if it's essential to know all those concepts if you're poly?)

P.S. thanks for all your poly posts they're bringing some much needed positivity!

I mean they probably are Western terms so yeah I'd imagine. I don't personally know of books to recommend, I learned my stuff by interacting with the polyamory community and dipping my toes in poly relationships for over 10 years. But, maybe @deepseametro has books to recommend since he mentioned it (also feel free to fix my definitions here).

But definitions in order

Meta: short for metamour. partner of a partner.

Compersion: Opposite of jealousy. Joy from your partner having wonderful experiences with their other partners. Kinda murky in explanation, but it's just having happiness that your partner is happy in other relationships more or less.

Kitchen Table Polyamory: Polycule that operates like a family, it even can include metamours who aren't dating each other. Named such cuz they can gather at the table for a meal.

Triad: Pretty on the nose. Three person polycule. Generally meant to refer to three people who date each other specifically but I've seen other weirder more specific definitions. I've only actually heard it used to describe what I said though.

Solo Poly: very simple concept but hard to put into words. A person who controls their own autonomy, doesn't ask for permission to date people from other partners.

Polysaturated: poly but not seeking new partners, not open to new relationships (generally because of the amount partners and lacking time to devote to new ones).

Parallel Polyamory: when a person's relationships are independent of each other, the partners don't really talk or interact.

Nesting Partner: Person you live with long term. ie. My husband is my nesting partner, we live together and that's the plan for the foreseeable future.

Hierarchy: Again, on the nose. Some partners have priority over others. ie. I'm going to be more devoted to my husband of 15 years than someone i just met and only started dating.

Again, a lot of this I just learned by talking to poly community, ol and irl. Lived experience and all that.

[polyamorousmood]

Hi there,

I was wondering if you’d be able to offer any advice on my situation? I’m in a 6 year t4t monogamous relationship with my girlfriend, I love her very much and we’ve grown a lot together.

Our sex life has been dry for a few years, we’ve kept good communication about this and it’s due to a combination of her HRT tanking her libido, and her bottom dysphoria. She wishes it were different and we’ve tried a few things but nothing so far has helped, and as it stands there’s very little we can do to change this. I do my best to not shame her and thankfully she’s confirmed that I’ve been nothing but supportive and respectful of her.

Unfortunately I do have a sex drive, and although I get off regularly I’ve been daydreaming about fucking others for a long long while. I’ve not acted on it but my rumination routinely consumes hours of my day, and I think that I just need to get railed in order to get out of my head?

Luckily my partner and I have never been jealous types, and from the beginning of our relationship we’ve spoken with positivity and curiosity about opening up in some way, shape, or form. However, it feels wise to start any open or poly dynamic from a point where our relationship is healthy and well so that no one is being used to ‘fix’ to our relationship, and I can’t work out if seeing other people to fulfil my need for sex outside of my nesting partner should be viewed in that way or not?

We both imagined that we’d be dating others at the same time, but as it stands our dynamic would be unequal if I’m the only one excited to do that atm. I’m concerned that wanting to explore a sex life (or maybe more, unsure?) outside of my relationship could end up hurting my partner and anyone new, and I also don’t want to treat people like sex dispensers (if they’re not into that).

I’d appreciate any advise on how to proceed in a kind way, if at all! I’d also love some book recommendations on polyamory if you have any, I want to make sure that I’m well researched before making any decisions.

Thank you for reading, and responding if you do!

🗣📣Casual sex is not Bad. You are allowed to have someone in your life just for sex. It's fine actually.

sorry, I don't even think that's the meat of the issue, it's just the part of this that has the clearest answer. As long as the other person knows all you want is casual sex, it's fine to only have them around for casual sex, whether they're specifically "into" being "used" or not. It's not a kink of mine but it's still something I've done and enjoyed.

So onto your other concerns. You have once again hit upon the fundamental polyamorous virtue: communication. Whether something is okay to do depends entirely on you and your partner(s) so you need to be in constant communication about how everyone is feeling about things.

You're allowed to date someone when they're not, if they're cool with it. You're allowed to casually fuck someone without them if they're cool with it. Etc etc etc.

IF mismatched sex drives is the ONLY problem in a relationship, and they're not going to "take care of you" even when they're not feeling it (no judgement)[if you haven't already explicitly discussed this, start there], then that problem cannot be solved by any other means than you getting sexual fulfillment through other means (speaking from experience😅). And if masturbation just ain't cutting it for you, then it logically is impossible to open the relationship having previously solved this problem. If you have other problems you're ignoring because this one is the easiest to hang everything on, that's a different situation. Having said that, you need to apprise potential partners of the situation -- that you're testing the waters, and if it causes too much

I honestly think the best move here is just to tell her straight up its something you're really struggling with right now, and ask her what way of addressing it feels best to her. Maybe that's weekly unreciprocated head, or you getting a FWB, or you guys trying something new that might not be so triggering for the bottom dysphoria (there is a whole WORLD 🌍🌎🌏of possibilities, my friend), or a threesome, or phone sex, or maybe investing in one of those fucking machines would be worth it for you idk. HOWEVER, before you have that conversation, you need to be as sure as you reasonably can about what degree this is negotiable for you. Think HARD about whether you'd still want to sleep with someone else even if you were fucking her every night. Then, when you broach the subject with her, be honest. That may make the conversation difficult, but a relationship of 6 years should be able to take it. Maybe come prepared with reassurances you love her and don't want to jeopardize the relationship, though, just to be safe.

[joanofexys]

I have free time this weekend 👀 tell me more about Florian he seems cool

Florian!!! Flor, my baby. He’s definitely something

gonna try to not write an essay like i did with Merr and Jude

trigger warnings like for all my other characters apply. specifics for Flor I think are mostly child abuse and suicide

also Flor is an amputee and no his recovery and anything like that is not realistic so suspension of disbelief and please and thank yall

Backstory wise Florian was raised by a single mother who worked as a doctor. She was out of the house most of the time and when she wasn’t Florian wished she was. She harbored a lot of resentment toward Florian, blaming him for his father leaving. His dad never wanted kids, he and Flor’s mom already had an odd relationship, and he left shortly after Florian’s mother had taken a pregnancy test. He didn’t even stick around to find out if she was or not.

It started with neglect. He spent most of his childhood with a babysitter while his mom worked or spent her free time out of the house. Once he was old enough to “take care of himself” she stopped hiring the babysitter. That meant they were alone in the house and that’s when the yelling or, worse in Florian’s opinion, the quiet anger started. It quickly became verbal abuse and to escape it he spent most of his time at the school or public library. His mom hit him for the first time when he was 13. It started to increase in frequency when he 14. And he didn’t want to stick around much longer to see it get worse.

He threw himself into school and extracurriculars. He started doing summer school in high school to get his credits done faster. Played a few different sports until he eventually dropped them all but exy, which ended up taking up most of his time. He started playing a striker but switched to playing dealer. He started playing exy in middle school as a striker, played as a dealer for the short time he was in high school which is when he was recruited to the ravens.

Florian’s efforts to get himself out of the house led to him getting all the required credits to graduate at 16 and he started scrambling to find any college that would offer him a scholarship and get him far from home. And he ended up getting a full ride to EAU. His mom signed off on everything without complaint.

He started playing the same year that Riko, Kevin, and Jean started and he was partnered with Mara Fasil. The ravens no contact rule didn’t present a problem and he was happy to fully cut his mother off. He fell into the ravens routine with ease and adopted their brutal playing technique without hesitation. He got through his first year with the ravens and leaving wasn’t even on his mind. He’d take their abuse over his mothers. He’d take having someone to depend on rather than being on his own. His second season with them is when things got bad.

He had somehow managed to grab Riko’s attention. Maybe because he had grabbed Jean’s. Worse because he had caught Kevin’s. They needed a dealer for perfect court and Flor seemed like an ideal candidate. He was never marked for it though. With Riko’s attention came his ire and Flor was subjected to intense abuse both on and off the court. At 17 years old, involving what he only describes as an “incident” to the press, he lost his left leg and with it his spot on the perfect court.

Florian started his recovery with the ravens, got a prosthetic, and he pushed himself to get back to a condition he could play in. But by the time it happened he realized he didn’t want to stay with the ravens anymore. Leaving Mara was the hardest part and he didn’t even tell Kevin or Jean out of fear of it getting back to Riko too soon. He got the nurses to sign off that he couldn’t play anymore and he formally dropped out of EAU.

He couldn’t go back home and without a scholarship or the nest he had absolutely nothing to fall back on. He had a few emails and phone numbers from previous banquets and despite his anxiety over doing anything without his team he ended up reaching out to a few of them. He ended up with a lower pro team. One that was basically guaranteed to lose but was willing to pay him to essentially sit on the bench. Once he got there he was restless. He started playing sooner than they expected and after a point he started playing nearly full games. Despite his team he ended up being recruited for olympic court when he was 19.

All of my ocs who make court are court the same year and are all connected to each other. Florian and Mara reunite and fall back into their intense codependency. Jude does his best to create a strong support system. Emiko tries to be kinder to them than the nest made her. And Flor and Ilya go from rivals and butting heads to friends and then something more.

Florian ends up attempting to commit suicide 5 times within this whole time frame. The first time is in high school and he gets the dose wrong. No one finds him, and he wakes up feeling terrible. Second time is shortly after he loses his leg and it seems like he’ll never play again. He figures he’d rather be dead than deal with whatever he might be subjected to from Riko and his coaches. But once he’s out of the hospital the teams medical staff is keeping a close eye on him. Third and fourth time are with his pro team. His new coaches find him each time and mandate therapy. He goes but he doesn’t talk. The fifth time is while he’s on olympic court. The fifth time he realizes he doesn’t want to die. He calls Jude. It’s the time he finally starts talking to a therapist. Slowly but surely he gets better.

Flor doesn’t love talking to the press but he does it when he has to. Normally he’s reserved, gives polite answers, could be considered shy. He and Mara get a little more out there once the nest comes crumbling down and he starts insinuating a lot about what happened. The only time he’s really not all that quiet or well mannered in front of a camera is when a reporter asks Jude about Jean’s transfer to the Trojans and the rumors surrounding him. Flor interrupts, snaps, and basically tells everyone to shut the fuck up about Jean Moreau because none of them know what they’re talking about.

Anyway this is getting hella long so it’s time to wrap it up. He and Ilya end up dating and playing on rival teams after they take olympic gold. They keep their relationship a heavy secret, not even their friends or teammates know and it’s very intentional, and their rivalry gets blown heavily out of proportion. People think they hate each other. They compliment each other in interviews off the court and people are still looking for secret digs and creating theories on why they hate each other. When they come out it’s a hard launch. A single photo posted to Florian’s instagram. They’re mostly obscured by a pride flag but their jersey numbers are clear as day.

Also this is less developed by Flor’s dad def has some connects that connect Flor to Neil and Jean and the Moriyama’s but that’s the not fun part of character development for him so I’ve barely focused on that part of his story.

And i’m shutting the fuck up now

[taylooraaye]

It'll Work Out

Summary: When Gail Force, a producing duo, gets asked to join HYBE and work with a boy group under their company, they did not think that they would be meeting their Fated Mates. 

Pledis had been bought by HYBE, and Seventeen now needs more producers.

Disclaimers: Hi! Just a few disclaimers, this is a Seventeen A/B/O AU, and there will be smut at some point in the story. This is technically an OC fic but you are more than welcome to read as Y/N. This is something that I and my best friend are coming up with together. I don't have a set posting schedule yet so bear with me.

This is just some background on ABO

Background info

ALL SECOND GENDERS CAN MARK

Alphas: Mostly male, female alphas are rare but can happen, most alphas show signs around the time they are going through puberty, alphas most of the time get their second gender first. Commonly the most territorial of the typings and are commonly (but not always) the most dominant. They exhibit knots and go into ruts.

Behaviors: heavy scenting of others, does not like scent blockers that cant be washed off, very observant, stubborn, will not change mind especially if they think it is the best for the pack or someone in the pack, crave physical affection, not just sexual. socially (and in some interpretations, even biologically) dominant, physically built, short-tempered and a natural leader. Alpha voice is something that all alphas have, is meant to be use to calm stressed pack members but some alphas use it to trap inmate omegas as rut partners (this is a crime)

Pack Alpha: Leader of the pack, does not always have to the the oldest, takes care of everyone in the pack, in the protector of the pack, is the most possessive of alphas, they are the first line of contact for safety reasons. Pack Alphas can use their alpha voice on other pack members even if they are alphas as well.

Knot / Knotting: A bulge of muscles at the base of a cock that swells either when erect or before orgasm, often to keep both individuals from separating during and after ejaculation to ensure conception. A knot will last anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour.

Rut / Rutting: A period of 3-5 days where an Alphas will act more possessive and territorial than normal, but not specifically in need of mating with someone. Normally, rutting periods are more common after being mated, as part of a biological cycle to protect said mate.

Betas: Most similar to Humans, the majority of people are betas, can have heats or ruts based on if mate is also in heat or a rut but doesn't happen every time. Does not have a knot but can still impregnate female betas and omegas, does not have an underlining temperament but can mold depending on their mate's second gender. Easiest to be around as an omega or an alpha, every pack has a pack beta, betas have both Alpha and Omega genes but they are dormant and are the reason that they can switch roles of mates. They are able to detect scents and are able to scent others, but they do not possess all the anatomical or biological parts of either an Omega or Alpha.

Pack Beta: The beta is charged when the alphas of the pack are not around or able to lead.

Omegas: Mostly female, male omegas are rare, heats are every 6 months starting after the period. Most likely to get pregnant during a heat but can get pregnant out of them.

Behaviors: Nesting, most of the time likes to have packmantes scent on them. Can be seen as needy especially near heats. Craves physical affection, will cry, will pout if doesnt get way, are naturally submissive but can and will stand stand their ground

Heat: A period of 3-5 days about every 6 months where an Omega-identified individual will experience sexual excitability and have an increase in fertility. This often comes in tandem with a large release of pheromones to communicate the biological shift to others. Sometimes can trigger ruts in Alphas and Betas especially in Fated Mates.

Slick: Is a clear substance that is self-lubrication that Omegas experience, specifically during their heat.

Nest / Nesting: A structure that Omegas build, most commonly during heat and while pregnant. It can vary in appearance, but serves a calming purpose and dates back when a nest was required to keep an omega-identified individual safe during heat and pregnancy, as it was often built specifically to be hidden. Some still consider nest-building to be part of an omega-identified individual’s courtship or heat cycle process. M

Scent Blocker: Can come in patch, roll-on or pill form. Is policy to be worn in federal buildings, hospitals, High and Middle school. Most alphas do not like scent blockers as it makes it hard for them to smell if pack members are in distress or upset, however they do understand that it is required in some places. It is common courtesy to wear stent blockers in crowded enclosed places, like airplanes.

Scenting: Alphas, Omegas, and Betas all give off a very specific sort of scent as a personal marker to their primary and secondary sex. They all have the ability to scent others, which is simply the process of spreading their specific scent on another person or object (often by physically rubbing against them).

[junowritings]

Baldur gate matchups :0000000000

Cool nouns: he/she

Gender pref: no pref :0

Zodiac: Aries sun, Leo moon, libra rising

MBTI: intj-a

How I describe myself: huge nerd, collector of stupid shit, I am both the golden retriever boyfriend and goth girlfriend in one genderless human shaped mass. Girl kisser and dilf enjoyer (deadass men my age freak me out a little but…. dilfs….. explodes)

Hobbies: Digital art, web design, cooking, video games, reading,

How other people describe me (/pos):

- “you feel act like the embodiment of a mango monster”

- “The fact that of all of us (in reference to the polycule) you don’t have an autisim diagnosis is more of a jumpscare than you being ginger”

- “You could tell me the sky is hot pink and if you said it with the same conviction you say most things I’d trust you completely on it.”

Character flaws? Idk how to phrase this without it reading as self deprecating- issues I know I have that would inevitably be relevant to knowing me.

- I lack both empathy and sympathy almost completely, which makes me absolutely horrid at comforting people unless they want practical, logic driven solutions.

- I have a bad habit of seeing my solutions as the only viable solution, even if it’s been proven to be wrong/ineffective

- I can be incredibly arrogant (bordering on elitist) about the topics I am passionate about

- I form strong opinions of people quickly, and they are extremely difficult to shake (a bad first impression with me usually ends in a distain so strong I inconvenience myself to avoid said person, and it’s just as hard to convince me someone I like has done something wrong without extremely concrete proof, and even then I’m inclined to forgive them.)

Love language: gifts!! Usually art, or trinkets and cooking.

Miscellaneous and potentially unnecessary facts about me:

- I really like terraria

- I’m allergic to sunlight (literally)

- My bed is more categorically akin to a nest

- I’m completely nocturnal (re: sunlight)

- I’m also allergic to gluten, milk, eggs, pollen, grass, mold, citrus, red meat, cats, and dogs.

- My cats name is Fortnite Battlepass

- One of the name ideas for him was Dollarama

- I own a student grade microscope

- My favourite passtime is drawing pathetic men happy and in love

- I have Gale’s orb scar as a tattoo

Uhhhhh that’s it :0 if there’s anything specific you wanna know (or if you want pictures of my cat and/or tattoo) you’re more than welcome to ask!!

Match up time! Gotta say Fortnite Battlepass is adorable and only cemented who I decided to go with in the end! Which is,,,

So get this, two nerdy golden retriever partners walk into a tavern-

Okay but seriously, is it any wonder that Gale ends up so absolutely taken with you? 

The moment he sees your collection Gale wants to hear about it. There’s nothing quite like amassing a collection of things that bring you joy and make you happy, and he’ll gladly listen to you ramble about it if you’re comfortable to - where you got them, how long you’ve been collecting, what’s the most treasured part of your collection. These are just some of the things he’d query you on, all the while taking the time to admire your collection if you have it on display or bring it out to show him. 

He's actually got a fair collection himself, though his penchant for magical item consumption may have dwindled his display far more than he would have liked - alas desperate times had called for desperate measures back then. It’s honestly very validating to have someone show that kind of interest; though thanks to his curious nature you two may be stuck in this discussion for a couple of hours. It’s fascinating though! So who can really blame the guy? 

Will actively add to the stuff you collect so get ready to expand the space for them; one of his love languages is gift giving - so if that means getting you some of the weirdest stuff you’ve ever seen for your collection just to make you smile? By the gods he’d gift you something every other day if he could - thankfully Tara’s quick to curb that before he gets over excited and offers to refurbish an entire room in his tower back home for your stuff.

I don’t know if Gale would technically count as a dilf, being on the middle/younger side of the dilf scale (I hc like mid 30’s.) BUT he’s got the soft dad bod, bad puns, a couple grey streaks AND Tara so in my heart I would say this man is on the road to qualify.

Gale would be fascinated to see you at your computer, be it creating art or working on the code for your web pages. You’re practically working a magic of your own on your computer screen, confident in your ability to create and finishing off every piece you create with a level of detail and care that he’s sure very few people can even begin to replicate. And gods if there isn’t anything more attractive to him than someone who knows their craft and is passionate about it.

I hope you’re prepared for an audience because Gale will watch you work, leaning against the back of your chair with his head upon yours or your shoulder the whole time. You’ll have to warn him a couple times not to get too close to the screen because if he gets any closer you’re gonna struggle to see what you’re doing. When it comes to your web page designing, he would try and take up learning from you if you ever offer to teach him some basics - Gale would jump at the chance, actually. The guy’s a dream to teach, but also has a tendency to ramble as he tries to figure out whatever you’re trying to teach him. He also has a bad habit of getting overconfident, which when it comes to coding with him is a surefire way for the thing to blow up in his face (thankfully not literally.)

He absolutely LOVES cooking together. This man spent months being one of the only relatively decent cooks in the tadpole party so he’s got a decent list of recipes under his belt for each of their dietary requirements. Give him a couple times, let him learn what you can and can’t have and what foods you prefer, and he’ll make something pleasantly edible - not always perfect, but damn if it isn’t tasty. May or may not have a mental list of your favourite meals that he’d remembered from passing conversations. He certainly doesn’t use this as a means to surprise you or impress you whenever he invites you over (of course he does). The pair of you might occasionally butt heads over who cooks since he has a tendency to hover around in the kitchen trying to do stuff even if he’s not the one cooking that time.

It’s no secret that Gale’s bread and butter is books and tomes of all design and creed - hells he has an entire section of his home dedicated to his collection. He’ll happily give you recommendations and gift you books that you’ve expressed interest in without a second thought; he’s just chuffed to have someone who shares in this kind of pastime! If you guys are together around the time he does return home, he’ll ask for your company to sort through all of his books together. Sure it may not be the most riveting activity unless you’re really interested in what secret books he’s had stashed in his shelves all of these years; but it means a lot to him to have you there with him the whole time as he (quite literally) rearranges his life now that he’s home. There are some books that while he’ll still keep, they’re better off somewhere else than the main room - like the tomes and scrolls and forgotten texts once dredged up in desperate pursuits better left in the past. He’ll gladly let you fill in those gaps with books of your own, to create a space in his home that’s full of you - he can think of nothing better that would occupy that space than you.

Okay, so that one comment about the sky? Yeah, that’s Gale. While Gale’s not the kind of person to go blindly trusting everything someone says, there’s that conviction in the way that you say things that somehow makes him fall for it every time. If you ever did turn around and tell him that the sky was hot pink it’d earn you an amused snort and a sarcastic ‘haha very funny’ as he looks up from whatever he’s doing. But you’re the one who gets the last laugh because he’s the one casting a ‘subtle’ glance towards the window not even a minute later, only to be met with your knowing grin the moment he turns back. Just don’t let the others know that you’ve got that kinda one up on him, because I’m telling you now - Astarion and Shadowheart? Yeah they’ll be insisting to know how you get that kinda conviction to use on the poor man later.

While I can see Gale as the comforting type when the circumstances require, I also believe that having a partner like you who can ground him back to reality with logical solutions and practical reasoning is exactly what he needs. It’s so easy for him to get lost within the confines of his own thoughts, to allow things to become too much of a mess for him to pick apart and deal with on his own. But you’re a welcome hand, there to unravel the threads pulling taught on his mind with discussions of solutions and things that he can put into action in the here and now. That is comfort in its own way, even if you may not realise it.

As previously stated gift giving is one of Gale’s love languages, so given that you’re very much the same, that idea of making a room in his house just for you may not be such a far fetched idea anymore. His gifts centre around your current interests and fixations - he’s got a good ear for listening out to find what you need and get what makes you happiest. Expect more than a few magical items though - protective accessories for when he’s not at your side, or even items with silly magical effects that he knows will get a chuckle out of you once you realise what they do. Gets flustered under the same treatment however - your gifts are precious, and he feels like no matter where he puts them there’s not a good enough place to show them off and admire them. Always gets this lovestruck little look on his face each time he passes by one of your gifts in the day to day, running his hands along them like the mere touch of them is enough to brighten his very soul.

Hope there’s room enough in that nest for two because Gale doesn’t mind in the slightest. But he will help you to make it more comfortable - comfier blankets, softer pillows for extra cushion; this man spent at least a couple years falling asleep in places around his home that weren’t his bed so he knows the importance of making it as comfortable a place as possible for you (and his joints).

Comes as no surprise that he LOVES your cat, and it’s also no surprise that he’ll spoil the guy as much as humanly possible. Fortnite Battlepass quickly becomes one of the most pampered cats this side of Faerun, not just because of all the treats Gale likes to think he’s being sneaky about giving him, but because of the fact his tower is a cat paradise. Not to mention that cats usually warm up to Gale very quickly - guy’s a magnet because more often than not you’ll find Gale in the middle of work with Fortnite Battlepass flopped across his lap or desk, or lounging over his shoulder like a purring slinky.

The first time he sees your tattoo you can see several stages of panic go through his face in an attempt to remain calm about the situation. He visibly relaxes when you explain, no, it’s not actually an orb scar but a tattoo. Very much a ‘same hat’ moment for your tattoo and his own scar. Depending on where the tattoo is and if you’re comfortable with it, you may find him occasionally brushing his fingers over your tattoo, calloused fingertips following the inky tendrils that curl away from the main circle in the centre. Please do the same with his scar, you’ll basically turn the man to mush in your hands seeing you pay any kind of love and attention to a mark which once caused him such pain.

[pechadream]

Can we know moreeee about your Stardew farmer? Any cute facts?

Of course!!! I love sharing things about my OCs so please don't be shy to ask more about them! (especially if you want to know anything specific, I love going into details-)

Facts about Luna under the cut <3<3

When growing up, she'd frequently visit her grandparents and she'd bake with her grandma before going to help her grandpa on the farm. As an adult, she still uses the tips her grandpa taught her about farming along other general tips he gave her, occasionally she’ll bake the recipes her grandma taught her, and she’ll share it with the villagers. Evelyn, who was close with her grandma, jokes about how it’s even better than how Luna’s grandma used to make it. (Grandma’s spirit is not pleased)

She doodles a lot in her notebooks, her drawings usually consist of whoever her partner in that timeline is and also of her cat. The doodles aren't the best and she will get very embarrassed if anyone sees them and comments on them-

When Luna gets stronger as she works on the farm she starts picking up her friends (after asking if she can) as a way to show off how strong she got. For example, she can fully carry Sebastian, and she can lift Alex a few inches off the ground. She always gets excited whenever she can pick someone as she’s never really had the strength to do so beforehand-

Luna has a small trend when it comes to naming her animals, it started when she got her first two chickens and she named them after desserts (specifically; Custard and Tart) it may or may not have been because she was thinking about making said desserts and was hungry at the time of naming, but since then she's stuck to it and continued the trend of naming all future animals after desserts as well.

The Junimos like to spend time on her farm as it has lots of lush nature (she left some parts untouched and just left for nature to reclaim because she noticed the wildlife liked to stay there to make nests and the likes) But occasionally a Junimo will get curious about Luna and will start trailing behind her as she does her work, so she always carries extra berries on her at all times to hand out to the Junimos if any are following her for a long period of time (she assumes they get tired from floating after her all the time)

[west-tokyo-incidents]

Frozen Needles || Part 4

"How long do you think it'll spend awake?" Desir hisses under his breath as the trio make their way around the lake.

Click shakes her head, "I don't know. Last time it was barely awake for ten minutes." She mumbles. She can still hear it in her head.

The roar had been something akin to the great bellow of a plane just over their heads. Loud enough to shake the ground and hurt the ears.

Something had pissed off the Kingsnake.

But it's awake again. And has been for the last three hours. Now is their best shot of getting a good look at the lake.

Closer to the dead tree, Click examines the thing up and down. It's a log that looks like it had been jammed into the shore line. Maybe it had once been alive and growing there, then something killed it and it began its slow tilt towards the water. It still has some branches higher up, but Click won't need to go that far up.

Icicles hang from those branches, a frozen mockery of the needles that had once adorned those same branches. She glances at her partners and nods. Rage nods back and goes to the treeline, beginning to patrol the edge of the woods. Desir perches on a rock jutting above the others on the shore, keeping his own watch of the open space.

The surface of the lake ripples with an unfelt breeze.

She takes a step onto the wood, and hopes it holds.

-----

Boon crouches on the roof of a building, staring down and through a broken window in the building next door.

The 'Kingsnake' as they've codenamed it now, made a very, very big mistake.

They had been able to figure out a specific fluctuation in radio signals when it possessed the body in the compound. And therefore...

Boon has tracked those signals in the Alpha timeline, the parasitic one, to this place.

It's almost comical how far off they'd been. The Kingsnake had fully uprooted the douji and masters and taken them here.

The Appalachian mountains. Technically, these mountains had once connected to the French Alps, millions upon millions of years ago. The range is older than the evolution of bones.

So their nest is here. Somewhere down there.

A gust in the snowstorm makes Boon duck his head against it. Enlil next to him curses at it.

"Fucking hate this weather."

Boon grunts his agreement.

"Any luck?"

Enlil shakes his head, "Not without risking too much. We need to head back, get reinforcements. Better cloaking gear. My clones' gear keeps freaking out past a certain depth. I'm setting up cameras down there, but they're likely to get found, and fast.

Boon nods, "We'll have to move the compound."

"Ugh." But beyond that, Enlil doesn't comment. The clones come up and they disappear to reunite with their original.

"Might be a Cross job, this one. Boring, but... If we can locate them, he can snuff out their souls."

Enlil nods, and the two disappear into a small tear in time that Boon rips open.

-----

She doesn't know what she expects to see. Kneels at the furthest point she feels safe to go on the tree.

The lake, where it isn't frozen at the edges, is black. It's like staring down a well that you can't see the bottom of. No fish, but she doesn't expect any. According to her sensors, it's deep. Way too deep for a lake.

The surface of it moves just slightly, even though there's no way there could be a current.

But what keepa her still, frozen in place... Is the deep, haunting, sense of apathy.

It feels like whatever is in there could flick a finger and send her flying with as much care as someone flicking a bug off their water bottle in the summer heat.

It feels like when Songbird took her to the edge of Mother's body and she saw the Labyrinth for the first time.

And above all that, she wonders...

What the hell happens to the ones the Kingsnake shoves into this thing?

She sits there for a moment, lost in her own mind... Before she realizes the depths aren't so empty.

Something is looking back at her.

Her hair stands on end.

There's no glowing eyes to pierce the blackness, no gigantic form of any monster. She's staring down a dark room and knows there's something in it. Something looking back at her.

And she can feel a sick kind of joy in that gaze.

She scrambles off the log, nearly falling in twice, before Desir catches her and she curls up against him.

"They're in there." She whispers.

"What?"

"They're still in there. The ones he drowned. They're still alive. One saw me." She shakes her head, "We need to go."

Desir just nods, then whistles to Rage, and the three head back out.

Click wants to shed her skin, peel off her face, get rid of every part of her that had been seen by... Whoever that was. Whatever it was.

She's glad for the familiar snow that crunches under her feet, the smell of blood in the air, the pang of hunger in her systems.

"Click...!" Desir is calling her. How long has he been calling for her? She turns around. She'd gotten farther ahead of them than she realized. She waits for him to catch up, "What the hell did you see? I've never seen you spooked like this."

She shakes her head, "I didn't see anything... But I felt it. And it was happy, Desir." She shakes her head again, "The Kingsnake has no idea what he's doing. Whatever that lake is... He isn't in control of it. He's just throwing bodies into it like it's a trash can."

Rage stares at her out of the corner of his eye.

"I've got to wake up. I have to. I have to warn them."

Desir grabs her shoulder, "Click. You know we can't do that. We don't know how."

Click shakes her head, nearly in hysterics, "Desir, I have seen creatures that tear through timelines like butter. I've seen douji who learn to craft entire dimensions at will. That? That isn't something we can handle like we usually do. If they find the Kingsnake and kill him... He's the only thing holding this place stable. I don't know what will happen if he dies, Desir. I have to wake up...!!"

"We don't know how!!" He snaps, yelling. Rage snaps at him, his vocal cords breaking and bleeding heavily as he snarls at Desir.

Click freezes in place, her lips curving into a snarl.

Rage pushes himself between them.

The tension stays for a moment, but Desir shakes his head, "I'm sorry... But unless the Kingsnake lets you, you're not waking up. And we both know he isn't going to do that."

"..." She stares at him. Her shoulders slowly drop down.

He's right. She hates it. Hates it more than anything. Tears sting cold at the edges of her eyes.

God, what she wouldn't give for a drink right now. A trip to the Roost.

Kvas...

She doesn't even realize she's trembling until Rage gently pushes his muzzle under her arm, comforting her.

"...Let's get back to the den, okay? We still have food. And Jealousy's still asleep. We can't stay in the trees for long." He looks up and around, "And the last thing you need is to die and wake up halfway across the mountain."

She nods numbly, running her fingers over Rage's mane before turning to follow Desir. She stays with them this time. For a while... Her mind is blank. But slowly, gears begin to turn again.

With each crunch in the snow, another turn of the crank. Goldie's tale about the lake waking people up is a lie, obviously. But many people who aren't Frostbitten can still wake up. People who aren't under the Kingsnake's control.

How do they keep waking up? Is it because they're alive? If so, does that mean she's been killed in the waking world? That can't be true. She's under the observation of Urban Ghost AND Bloodline. Maybe they've taken her body out of the timeline to keep her safe.

No, Desir said before he was killed that the Kingsnake had forced Rage to keep sleeping, to keep him here.

She pauses, staring at the snow for a second.

Desir turns and looks at her, "What is it?"

"I need to talk to him."

"Who?"

"The Kingsnake."

[chrysothron-a]

@loned asked: 4,9, 16, 20, 23, 29, 19, 32, 11

romance & relationship headcanons! | accepting!

this is going to be a lot of text so i am going to throw most of it under a cut.

but here's a hestia icon bc she.

4. does your muse find any specific features particularly attractive?

honestly? i'd probably say "tall", but she's 5'2". literally most of the sinners if not all of them are taller than she is.

considering i almost exclusively rp'd her with meursault on CAI, though, i haven't really thought about her tastes outside of that. i'm sure she'll figure it out.

9. is your muse monogamous or polyamorous? would they be interested in a polyamorous relationship?

i think she'd think of herself as monogamous, but in reality, she's not sure. for her backstreets verse, the question might get a "nest-dweller problems" out of her.

she wouldn't be opposed to trying out a relationship like that, though.

11. how comfortable is your muse with their appearance and their body?

on a scale of 10, i want to say a 6. she considers herself pretty average-looking in terms of looks and body, but once in a while she looks at herself and considers her life and just goes, "y'know what? i look fuckin' good fer my troubles."

16. what is/are your muse's love language(s)?

her top one would have to be quality time, i think. she actively devotes more of her time to people she cares for, even if that time is spent lounging without a word. she enjoys both giving and receiving in this love language.

in terms of giving, she also has words of affirmation and physical touch. in terms of receiving, she prefers physical touch.

(it's not that she hates the others, she just grows really flustered when someone tries to give her service, gifts, or compliments--)

19. how many serious relationships has your muse been in? are they experienced or inexperienced when it comes to dating?

inexperienced. her closest experience with romance is trashy smutty romance novellas that nest-dwellers dumped off, and even then she recognizes them as idealistic fictional junk...but she does enjoy them.

20. how does your muse feel about public displays of affection? would they engage in them?

if hestia is the one acting first, she might get up to holding hands or holding her partner's arm. otherwise, she'll typically follow her partner's lead.

23. would your muse be good at recognizing their partner's needs right away, or would it take some time?

it'd definitely take some time, but she's observant of her partners and tries to recognize those needs as they come up.

29. how important is having (a) physically attractive partner(s) to your muse?

for most of her verses, definitely on the low priority end of things. even a higher-class version of hestia wouldn't put the physical appearance as too important on her list of priorities, though. she wants to be able to trust them and know they mean well for her like she would for them first.

32. does your muse have an ideal "type"?

meursault. /j

jokes aside, i'm not sure, actually. it kind of fits, though: romantic novella reader is hopeless at figuring out which romantic male lead would be good for her.

[plantcore-posterboy]

I wrote an essay on audhd werewolves <3

The Convergence of Neurodivergency and Lycanthropy 

Imagine a ten year old sitting and being able to hear every sound around them in the classroom. They can hear the scratching of pens against papers, and the hum of the air conditioner. There's bright colors all around them on every square inch of the classroom. The desks are in neat rows, but they can see the half inch misalignment between the front desk and the one next to it. Nobody else notices all these little differences, and if they were to speak up about the faint dripping of the water from the fountain, the other children might point and laugh. On top of all of this, they're aware of how they move around the classroom, how loud they're speaking, and how no matter what tone they use it seems to be the wrong one. As the child grows, they force themselves to fit in as best they can. They hide the things that make them different. If this situation sounds familiar to you, then you may be neurodivergent. On the other hand, there's a chance you're a werewolf and the full moon is coming. 

To be neurodivergent, in any capacity, is to be different. Often, someone suffering from some form of mental illness will find solace in animals. I happen to know many children who became attached to animal based series as children, because they allowed them to feel seen by the other “weird kids” who held the same interests. For me, I was attached to any and all things supernatural, but werewolves and lycanthropes struck a specific chord in me. Werewolves felt familiar to me. They shared so many traits that I couldn't see around me, and I doubt I'm alone in this experience.

As a child, I felt supernatural often. I could hear every sound for what felt like miles around me and see the smallest flaws and discrepancies. I never felt like I fit in with the other children, and I never believed myself to be like them. I remember making up tales about the full moon and transforming into a huge wolf, because the comfort of having a pack that doubled as an unconditionally loving, albeit unconventional, family felt like a dream. I found myself wishing for more animalistic traits. With sharp canines, I could hunt for the other wolves and be rewarded for something I would know by instinct how to do. With ears that would tuck and perk with my emotions, I wouldn't have to fight to be understood. It would only be natural if I went quiet, wolves don't talk. It would be natural to sleep in pillow piles (nests) on the floor, and to eat specific foods in a constant routine. I wouldn't be strange by these standards, I would only be following instincts. 

Speaking instinctually, the idea of the ranking system appealed to me. Werewolves have a relatively simple ranking system, with Alphas being the leaders, Betas being their partners and right hands, and Omegas being paternal, taking care of the pups within the pack. There are in between ranks that are more self explanatory, like Hunters, Warriors, and Healers. The main three ranks in the A/B/O system have core traits to them that neurodivergent people often gravitate towards. It feels easier to fall into these categories, it's more instinctual than the societal system of cliques and groups. If you happen to not be one of the main three, you'll often find a position in the subcategories that feels right. Even those six are not all! There are ranks for the outliers as well! What a strange and wonderful thing it is to have a place for the outcasts. Being able to have a place based on only a core trait that you're guaranteed to fit regardless of appearance or status is very appealing to the mind of a non-neurotypical child. 

In accordance with all these things, children are isolated and dehumanized by the masses for not fitting in with the standard groups. As they grow, they morph into adults who still suffer the same issues. We often learn how to mask and act “normal”. Normalcy is a concept, I promise you. Finding solace in these things is not unnatural, the outliers will find life for themselves where they see fit. I sympathize with the dog on a chain more than I sympathize with the cheerleader in the big white house, because I can feel what it's like to be in that position. If I was younger again, I would howl at the moon and hope I felt heard. Today, there's not a howl needed. We still find each other, us “outliers”, we are still pack animals. We make our own way, and there's no tails or ears needed.