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The reader and Hugh are in bed in the morning and the reader has to get up for work but Hugh doesn't want her to leave so pulls her back in bed in a big bear hug and she calls In sick đ
bad influence (one-shot)
summary: already running late for work, hugh convinces you to call in sick. pairing: hugh jackman x fem!reader tags / warnings: fluff, brief suggestive sexual content (18+), no use of y/n word count: 913 a/n: to the anon who sent this in - i'm so sorry it took me a while to post this! hope you enjoy regardless. and as always, this is purely fictional! i mean no disrespect to hugh jackman.
You awake with a jolt, glancing at the clock and realizing that youâve slept through your alarm. You glance over to the man next to you whoâs stirring awake at your sudden movements. Heâs lying on his back, shirtless with an arm behind his head as his eyes slowly begin to flutter open.Â
âOh my god, Iâm going to be late!â you exclaim, trying to scramble out of bed and bringing the sheet with you. Last night had been amazing and you hadnât expected to spend the night with Hugh. It had only been your third date with him, but throughout the night, there had been a lingering tension of what the night would bring.Â
When he invited you back to his place after dinner, you were excited to accept. To be able to spend uninterrupted time with him behind closed doors without worrying about someone asking for a picture or an autograph was something you were looking forward to. You had both been sitting on the couch â you with your glass of wine and him with his â before the effects of alcohol coursed through your veins and gave you the courage to straddle his lap.Â
He had looked up at you in surprise, but with an excited look in his eyes. Hugh had immediately rested his hands on your hips and groaned to himself when you pressed yourself further into him. He wanted to be a gentleman, wanted to be respectful of you and your boundaries, but the more time he spent with you, the more he found it difficult to keep the pent up frustration to himself. His hand could only do so much and he was finding that he needed more relief. He needed you.Â
So, when you agreed to come over to his place, Hugh was excited. Not only because of what could happen, but because he was starting to like you more and more with each date. He didnât want to scare you away, but you had promised him that his lifestyle wouldnât deter you from pursuing a relationship with him. And it was true. When fans came up to him, you gave him the space and distance he needed but also went so far as to offer to take the picture for the fans; you knew how important Hughâs fans were to him.Â
When the paparazzi would follow him, youâd be right there by his side, just as polite and kind as he was. He knew that not many people could fit into his life, especially after the success of Deadpool & Wolverine, but you managed to fit in so well â like you had always belonged by his side.Â
And last night⌠Well last night was amazing. Falling asleep with you in his arms had lulled him to a deep slumber and it had been a very long time since he had a good nightâs rest. Hugh had convinced you to just spend the night, that heâd wake up early today to make sure you leave on time for work, but he was just too comfortable. Too relaxed with you by his side that he had slept through his own alarm too.Â
When he hears you mumble under your breath, followed by your sudden movements, Hugh slowly opens his eyes. He sees you from the corner of his eyes lifting the sheet above your chest, covering yourself. He grins to himself, having remembered that you both had fallen asleep naked.Â
âWhat are you doing?â he whispers, the hand behind his head reaching out to gently rest on your lower back as you sit up.Â
âIâm going to be late for work, Hugh,â you answer. âI should be at home, already on the way to leave andââ
âTake the day off,â Hugh interjects, eyes gazing up at you. âSpend it with me.â
âHugh, I canât. I have a big project that I need to get done.â
âWill it be done today?â Hugh asks.
âWell, no, butââ
âThen at least youâll have something you can do tomorrow.â Hugh smirks.
You shake your head and go to climb out of his large bed before his arm snakes around your waist to pull you back into bed. He turns on his side and pulls your body flush against him as your back rests against his chest.Â
âHughâŚâ you whisper, feeling his naked body press against you from behind. You can feel his lower half begin to harden, begin to stir awake at the close proximity.Â
âCall in sick, baby,â he mumbles, lips lowering to pepper soft kisses along the back of your bare shoulder. Hughâs hand slowly dips lower past your abdomen, inching closer and closer to the place between your legs.Â
âYouâre a bad influence,â you whimper, rolling back into him as your hand reaches down to grip his wrist.Â
Hugh grins against you, leaning up to gently nibble at your earlobe. âIâll take as much time with you as I can get, baby. Now, let me have my breakfast, yeah?âÂ
Youâre about to ask him what he means before he moves to hover above you, lowering himself further and further down the bed until he disappears underneath the sheets. You feel his breath against the inside of your leg and when he licks a stripe up the center of your sex, your back arches and you reach down to grip onto his hair.Â
âGod, good morning to me,â you whisper, eyes falling shut as you let out a quiet moan.Â
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#hugh jackman#hugh jackman requests#hugh jackman fanfiction#hugh jackman fanfic#real person fiction#rpf#hugh jackman x fem!reader#hugh jackman x reader#story: bad influence
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bioware really said "let's release it on halloween... it's so terrible... it's gonna scare the shit out of everyone...the perfect halloween"
#oh da2 zevran face scares the shit out of you? hold my bear... wait till you see how returning characters look like in da4#here get spooked by the most amateurish writing and childish dialogue and disappointing story conclusions and lack of choice import#da critical#my post#my posts#holy shit I watched all the endings and I watched all the romances etc. ... damn the writing is bad#i am not surprised they hyped this up by showing the first 15 minutes because that seemed bad exposition dump but the rest is worse...#wtf were they thinking the story should be the selling point of these games and the role play ... not the fucking action#your choices don't matter...certainly not in the past..and even in the present...all choices essentially lead to the same ending with solas#AND that fucking retcon in the end that everything was actually influenced by big evil bad WTF shut up... this game is not canon to me#wtf are the laser pew-pew shooting sounds by the way lmao during the finale#and wtf do you mean we couldn't import the well of sorrows choice but it still comes up and essentially it's 1 of the 2 options canonised#halloween#2024#october 31#31st of october#current events#da mine#dragon age the veilguard#dragon age#dragon age 4#da4
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sugu/reader timeloop au . is this anything
#i blame niku for this btw#being a bad influence đ affecting me w timeloop thoughts đđ (i love you)#this au has been buzzing in my head for a while but. i think itâll stay in my wips for a bit longerâŚ#i need to wait until i can do it justice !!!#as i was writing the outline i kept thinking of . that one line from clannad âŚ. kotomiâs routeâŚ..#itâs actually a scifi short story quote i think but idc đ kotomi sweep#âthe day before yesterday i saw a deer; yesterday it was a rabbit; and today â#you.â#âŚ. something about it just. fills me with longing đđđ#i keep thinking of reader meeting suguru over and over again in a sunsoaked classroom#waiting for him to say his line every loop⌠waiting for it so they can turn around and greet him#with sooo much familiarity . even though through his eyes theyâre a strangerâŚ..#IâM JUST . yeah. timeloops my beloveds <333#ari noises âŠ
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i think its very fun to consider the mc as another king like obviously not the same way as the devil kings but in two ways: one being that you are the descendant of the wise king, solomon, and what he had has been inherited by you, but also as in the mc having rule over a very small, but wholly devoted kingdom.
and by that i mean minhyeok.
sure it was a kids game, him swearing his loyalty to you and you ordaining him as your knight, but that kids game became his reality. he is your only subject but he will never leave you. whatever he can do to protect you, he'll jump to it in a heartbeat even if in the end it costs him his life. but a king cannot be a king with no one to rule, which is why when it was your turn to save him there was no hesitation to literally make a deal with the devil to keep him alive. and he will wait as long as it takes until you return and he can be by your side again
#cliffnotes/.txt#whb#what in hell is bad#ive been rotating loyal/minhyeok stuff in my head ugghhhghh#also funny i named my mc that before i knew what was going down in the game. thats just what i picked before starting#ive never changed it either#i just knew âđ˝#i also like to think of this as being something that puts the mc on more level footing with the others bc of solomons influence but also#their own role playing king since childhood#how long does an actor play a role before its no longer just a role yknow#when the curtains wont drop it starts to become reality because theres no one else you can be. the play isnt ending#because somewhere along the way it stopped being just a play. its a way of life now#edit: i forgot to say but the knighting thing is in one of minhyeok's side stories!#i believe in ch2 or 3 i went to find the screenshots to make sure i didnt make up that convo in my head#then forgot to check where it actually was.
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tired of early 20-somethings acting like harry potter was never good or had no value in its day like shut the fuck up half of you weren't even there when it peaked
#sit with the cognitive dissonance like the rest of us or shut up honestly#was it a product of its time yes#was it's author a very basic neoliberal white lady from a country with a long and unchecked imperialist history yes#was the story influenced by said neoliberal worldviews and unexamined biases obviously#does any of that make it a bad story or an unimaginative world no#you can pick apart any fantasy world if you try hard enough#harry potter was a good telling of the hero's journey written in the format of seven mystery novels set against a fantasy backdrop#we can certainly talk about its flaws or how the author's biases leaked onto the page#but stop acting like it was never good and there was never a reason those books resonated with people#it's condescending for one thing and again- if you're younger than like...24-25 you didn't actually experience the heyday of the books#if you're 25 now you'd have been like 8 or 9 when the last book came out and probably weren't reading them yet#you might remember the latter half of the movie era but you have no idea how much it was the BOOKS that drove its popularity#never before and never since has any book series had the fanfare that harry potter did and that didn't happen for no reason#so find a way to make peace with that instead of acting intellectually superior because you grew up with percy jackson instead#this 'well MY generation's preferred childhood book series is morally superior to YOURS so I'm better than you' shit drives me up a wall#like get over yourself honestly#...sorry had to get that off my chest there was this youtube video and it was irritating me
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Daily life: YHK edition
#dietmimo doodles#omniscient reader#omniscient reader's viewpoint#orv#yhk#YHK shenanigans#just them doing chores and living#giving em that sweet sweet slice of life vibe cUZ THE MANHWA BE DOING SOME DAMAGE AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHAH#This is a scheduled post#you know funny story about the laundry pic#I had to do my laundry the same day I was drawing YJH#originally he was supposed be scrubbing a shirt but he didnât want to#so he played with bubbles instead#so I followed his example and didnât do my laundry that day AHAHAHHAHAHAHA#yjh you a bad influence#Hsy is so short they use her head as a dumpling table LOL#KDJ stuck between mosquito bite titts and melon titts#HSY: WHO YOU CALLING MOSQUITO BITE TITTS#kdj: itâs okay I still love you even with your lack of boobage#kdj: and he had enough titts for the both of us *points at yjh*#you know how married couples have their side of the bed?#HSY and KDJ have shared custody of YJHâs tiddies#but they switch every other weekend#tho most of the time when they all share a bed KDJ is squished in the middle#itâs the separation trauma blame kdj for that#kdj: guys itâs been years can you pls just let it go#Hsy & yjh: no/shut up
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horror's about to get his shit rocked i guess but its ok he got to say a cool line. anyways i had this silly little idea :3 horror deserves to be the one inflicting pain onto killer sometimes anyways it can't ALWAYS be killer being sadistic đđđ
#killer got a bit too silly and horror had to put him in line#and by a bit too silly i mean do the wrong thing at the wrong time (when horrors in a bad mood)#i had this idea all throughout school broooo BROOOOO they hate eachother so much why do they stick around#if it were dust doing it he'd do it in silence or maybe rambling a lot of stuff really quietly to himself#but nooo horror likes to rub it in killer's face and oh shiiiit stage 3 RUUUUN#its ok its ok horror dont worry ill protect you with my totally awesome creator powers!#and then they made up and kissed dont worry this was all consensual#dust's bitches get a bit freaky sometimes dont worry it was ALL planned totally not spontaneous#i think this is one of (if not the only) times ive ever DRAWN out my short little ideas#usually i just like. imagine it and then type it out and have to figure out how to make it a hc or rant or wtvr#but i really didn't think i could capture this idea in anything but art. see this is why i dont particularly like my artstyle#this looks SO silly and goofyUGH!!!! if only my art didn't look like an 11 yro drew it#this is totally horrorkiller btw this is ship art :3#thinking about that five finger filet draft i have again about hrkl FUCK i need to actually edit that one#horror's new design looks so cool here UGH THE CLOAK!!! ITS SO SIMPLE BUT ADDS SO MUCH!!!!#mtt are one big echo chamber of negative reinforcement and improvement#they all learn to not piss eachother off but not because they respect eachother#but just because none of them wanna deal with the fighting or the insults#hey i mean...... if it works it works i guess! don't fix what's broken!#besides it's better like this anyways. what's that? actually be vulnerable and learn to accept eachother? you sound mad#they can get their therapy and positive influences ELSEWHERE!!!! TOGETHER THEY SUCK âźď¸âźď¸âźď¸âźď¸#alright time to make some progress on swapinverse :3 i've actually been doing a lot lately!!!!#if i dont finish crash's extra facts section today let's just say that you wont be hearing from me. forever. becaus ill be killing myse#tricule art#maybe i should start the comic now...... :3333 mayhaps#NEED TO FINISH CHARACTER LORE AND THEN ACTUAL STORY AND THEN CAN MAKE COMIC
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btw for reference Here are all the spoiler glimpses of beatrice's form i've been accidentally exposed to for the sake of transparency and also so you can know how surreal/funny it is for me to be unravelling the meaning of this vicious murderwitch in canon while also seeing occasional iceberg tips of what seems to be some kind of extremely thorough and comprehensive blorbo memeification going on. i think you guys are doing some breaking bad fandom shit to this woman.
#umineko liveblog#one's the icon of the exe file of the game so unavoidable#and one was a random pfp so only having two legit spoilers sent my way isn't a bad track record#pointedly Not thinking too deeply about any of this to not ruin anything for myself#but i will say i'm very amused by how beatrice is seemingly presented as this whimsical jester-like figure who is pro trans rights#very funny considering her only confirmed action in the story was to viciously and spitefully murder a dysphoric twink (kanon)#how fake trans rights beatrice fans look when a REAL murderwitch rocks up#none of this is influencing my thinking since it's obviously all out of context Jokes with no basis in canon#but i think the discrepancy between the presentation of beatrice in the text (elusive haunting horror figure)#and the presentation of beatrice in this limited slice of fandom memes (silly girl. trans ally?) is baffling and fascinating#of course it shouldn't need saying but do NOT discuss anything about this where i can see it#i'm still god knows how long away from beatrice showing up. and probably way further away from understanding even half of these jokes#this is just a curiosity i'm stating for the record and not an invitation for discussion for a long while yet#also bets on whether or not i will see yet another accidental beatrice spoilerimage before i get to the real deal in my readthrough lmao
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I'm so grateful that the only GG fans that care about the light novels are the ones that can be normal about things because Lightning the Argent goes from the rawest scenes of carnage imaginable to Ky Kiske doing something mildly religious like offering a short, silent, prayer for someone that got mangled to death by WMD dragons, and I just know that, in the wrong hands, those brief religious moments would generate the most annoying goddamn memes you could ever imagine
#textpost#I have a mountain of beef with catholicism specifically and am negative percent religious#But the punchline to so many Ky jokes is just âha ha catholicâ like come onnnnn get creative#Religion on its own isn't bad. Look instead at how an individual interacts with it and judge from there#Untapped potential in how Ky's consistently depicted praying to Mary/an unspecified female saint for example#Actually... How come I've never seen anyone analyze that aspect of his belief?#His parents died when he was pretty young (iirc) so their influence couldn't've been too much of a contributing factor in that#Maybe he was closer to his mom in the brief time he had with his parent(s)?#Almost all of the Holy Order knights/members they've ever shown have been male too#So I wonder if maybe it's more like the calm/uncombative protective presence of a sacred woman is comforting to him?#It's definitely a stark contrast to the types of things he's generally exposed to in his daily life in any case#Another interesting contrast is how much Sol DOESN'T like religion#He's got some sarcastic lines about God and stuff even pre-Gearification. Wonder what the story with that is...#Anyway Ky only expressing his religion in private moments is interesting to me too#I can't think of an instance where he ever forced it on someone else or tried to explain something as happening just because God willed it#He's smart and logical and yet he still has this spiritual component...#Man is his character is complex. Studying this blond kid under a microscope...
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something that isn't talked about enough is how soothing the early 2010's era of ipk feels! it's nostalgic but not too far away, not too unrealistic. i feel like i'm transported back in time when everything was sunshineyyy
#like can you imagine not being able to vc arnav when he's in london?? that trope would fail so bad rn#thankfully khushi's stage fiasco came on news and not instagram#this makes me think modern au where she goes viral on ig? hmm#online stalker!shyam#celebrity!asr#khushi looks like a wannabe influencer??#wow there's a story right there#anyway#ipkknd#arshi#arnav khushi#iss pyaar ko kya naam doon
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Doom Prompt 16: TEEF
A semi writing prompt from my Doom Discord, tied into the Garnets story.
we were talking about how the Slayer's teeth are likely that liiiiittle [lot] bit different then normal. and John has some interesting teeth he very good at hiding normally. you don't spend so long in hell without being effected after all. he doesn't want to scare his humans- child no why?
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14: âTEEFâ
Heather wiggled once she successfully climbed up onto the bed, looking around but seemed pleased she was the only other person other than the not quite man as he was turning to see who was invading his bed. She could feel John snort or huff as she flopped over his side. There was that deep vibration that followed, echoing in her bones in that strange but now nice way.
Annoyed-Affection.
The girl giggled as a large arm moved over her and just as big hand was placed gently over her head. Heather enjoyed the attention given as a small head rub, then she was being picked up and pulled around to Johnâs front. She smiled and pressed her head against the pink shirt he had on. Heather could smell petrichor even more as she was snuggling shamelessly against her guardian.Â
John hummed the tones of Heatherâs name, the real first sound he made since going to sleep. Smiling as he settled back down on the bed, giving the little back a gentle rub with his knuckles. Even if she did not weigh much of anything to him, John was glad the girl had flopped on his side and not on his still sore hip. He smiled as she wiggled up closer to his head level.
Silly Flower. John signed lazily as he settled down, feeling small hands patting at the scarring on his neck. He was feeling drowsy again, settling into that healing sleep before yawning. Heather was not pinned and could get away if needed-
John just about choked and barely kept himself from biting reflexively. He stared down into the big brown eyes of the little girl. Arching an eyebrow in a silent question.Â
Heather blinked back, looking all too innocent as she still had her hand in Johnâs mouth. Holding the teeth of his lower jaw, then pushed at his lips to look up at the teeth of his upper jaw. Staring intently at what had caught her attention, being so close for the first tone to realize that some of his teeth were different.
The demigod rolled his eyes, then head and gave a mock growl as he leaned forward, catching Heatherâs little shoulder in a mock bite. Hearing the squeal of confused play as the girl squirmed.Â
Now he was awake, and had a hold of the girl again to let her wiggle away, only to pull her back with another play nibble on her arm with no pressure.
#omie's writing#doomguy#doomdad#doom slayer#doom fanfiction#doom eternal#garnets story#Heather is a good nugget#she just learned no personal space because of the Slayer#he's a good doomdad but bad influence sometimes
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the idea that jc is the main character of mdzs is so nonsensical its almost laughable to me honestly. he couldve been /a/ main character if mxtx had focused the narration around both wwx and him. it wouldve changed the story to be the tale of two brothers instead of being primarily a love story but all the components of the existing story couldve remained intact as one half of a two sided story. however even then he wouldve been one of two main characters. ive thought quite a bit about it over the years since i read mdzs and i cannot think of any way to tell the events of the story with jc as Thee Main Characterâ˘. the main plot is driven by solving a mystery that jc had a passing knowledge of, at best, so even if mxtx had focused the pov entirely around jc the way she did wwx, it would be debatable if he was actually the main protagonist or if he functioned as an outsider pov to the main events. i mean that wouldve been an incredibly interesting choice and i wouldve had sooooo many Thoughts about how heâs barely the protagonist in his own story, but thats not the choice mxtx made
#im not a jc hater hes one of my favorite side characters but he is a side character and youre fooling yourself if you believe hes the mc#the main plot is solving nmjâs murderâ the process of investigating it is what frames the flashbacks to wwxâs first life#yeah one could say âif jc was the mc nmjâs murder wouldntve been as importantâ but that would fundamentally change the story#âif jc was the mc the story would very differentâ proves the jc isnt the main character#jc is undeniably a very important character who heavily influences the plot but he is not the main character#i want to study him like a bug but he is not involved in the main framing device and only a main player in one of the main themes (debts)#he is marginally involved with the themes about reputation and morality but as an outsider judging WWXâS reputation and morality#hes only mentioned as much as he is in the narration bc wwx loves him so much/feels so indebted to him#he was fooled by wwxâs facade too. he believed wwx had gone badâ he wouldve been extremely ineffective at pealing back the layers of it#wwx is so painfully the main character its kinda ridiculous#retelling mdzs from jcâs perspective is a excellent framing for a fic or a spinoff story but thats BECAUSE he is a side character#mdzs#mdzs thoughts#mine#the brightside to having a weird character tag for mine means i can tag this for him without sticking this in the main tag#jcwy#i am truly sorry if this ends up in his tag anyway i intentionally never spelled out his name to help prevent it
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@katkastrofa, circa 40-ish hours ago: Hey, what if our newest bunch of OCs adopted a baby from one of the other brothel girls who knew she couldnât afford to raise one? That would make for some fun shenanigans :D
Me, with a notoriously non existent sleep schedule, instinct of self preservation or concern for my poor wrist: Alright, bet. Watch how fast I can make you fall in love with this hypothetical baby >:)
Daneli as a gentle and loving caretaker-turned-adoptive-mother is something that can be So Personal, actually, and originally I was going to leave it at this quick sketch, but then I got carried away thinking about what this child will grow up to be like raised by this little gang of misfits, soâŚ
Here she is!! A little older and so, so beautiful, I need more of her in my life immediately, sheâs way too precious
And, because I wouldnât be me if I didnât also add a sapphic element to this absolute cinnamon roll, a small crack ship that Iâm only half serious about for when sheâs a little older still:
All in all, we may be getting impossibly far from canon, but I for one already cannot get enough of sweet darling Kumisai <3
(I fully drew three pieces from scratch in 9 hours I cannot feel my brain or my hands anymore send help)
#my art#artists on tumblr#the legend of korra#original characters#jinora#wow. nia drew a canon character? what is this?? who was I replaced by???#but joking aside. a small explanation for this crack ship#originally it was me editing my timeline and realising that Kumisai would be around 14/15 during book 4. the same age as Jinora#so my mind immediately went đđđ and I decided to go for it#since in sotrl I sorta implied Jinora had a gay awakening by watching Suiren. so.. why not go all out and make her another baby queer?#no offence to Kai. what they had was rather cute tbh. but it felt kinda out of nowhere and just added for the sake of parental drama#plus she was a young girl meeting someone her age for the first time. of course she got a crush#doesnât mean she has to stick with it you know?#anyway. as for how they would meet. Midori could introduce them :D#Kumisai is Daneliâs daughter. whoâs a friend of Summiyaâs. whoâs Zaheerâs sister. whoâs Midoriâs uncle. whoâs friends with Jinora#and spirits know Jinora deserves to act her age a little more often. she has way too many responsibilities on her shoulders#so maybe Midori would think that a friend her age would do her some good#and donât even try to tell me these two wouldnât be absolutely adorable puppy crushing on each other. look how cute Jinora turned out here#might be the first time Iâve drawn her? not sure. maybe I did before but it was A LONG time ago. 2019 ish#but okay. enough rambling about Jinora. back to Kumisai#I donât really have too many headcanons about her yet. but sheâs probably rather happy and carefree#having a large support system as a result of being raised communally#I think she considers Daneli her mom and the others are her aunties. auntie Shezan in particular is a notoriously bad influence :)#and maybe one day sheâd get to meet her bio mom. but only if thatâs something both of them want. not sure yet#I feel like sheâs rather disconnected from her water tribe heritage since everyone around her is Earth Kingdom. save Phailin whoâs half FN#but she still has small hints of blue in her clothing. the colour matching her beautiful eyes. maybe she is curious about her bio dad a bit#since unlike with her bio mom no one knew him and canât tell her anything. thatâs bound to come as a natural curiosity at some point right?#maybe that can be part of her story when sheâs an adult. trying to find her bio dad. but ultimately it doesnât matter that much#because Daneli is her mom and the only parent she needs <3 Iâm really just throwing out suggestions here to fill the tag space#kaaatttt come discuss all this stuff with me I waited all night for you to wake up >:) distract me from my grandmaâs tv watching
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thinking a lot about a premise where after the events of Psychonauts 2, years later, Raz winds up breaking off all contact with his family overall (barring his younger siblings, his older sister, his dad and Nona, and his younger siblings are a borderline case depending on whether or not they pick up their mother's passive aggressive and dislike of psychics like Raz's older brother) and the story idea is SPECIFICALLY Donatella, being grief-stuck at Raz completely cutting off all contact with her and much of the family after he was able to eventually become independent with the Psychonauts and is now a beloved icon and hero to the world famous for his advances in the use of psychic work to aid psychiatry and he very explicitly does not discuss her and acts as if she died when he was a kid
and the whole thing is basically about her having to very bluntly have to come to terms with the fact that if she hadn't been so cold to him or made him feel unwanted because of his powers, or his older brother learn from her example to become a vicious bully towards him (even by older brother standards), then maybe he wouldn't have fixated so hard on the idea of the Psychonauts as a place where felt he belonged and didn't feel like his very existence was shaming her
and its entirely her fault, and all her passive aggressive guilt trip actions in Psychonauts 2 made it worse and just made every moment around her, no matter how much he missed his mother, hurtful and he only felt better when he spoke to Helmut Fullbear who at this point was the first genuinely nice and accomodating voice he'd heard once the events with Maligula took off.
(He would be the first to admit much of that was his fault, but he still felt alone, and it was nice to feel such a kindly and welcome voice, like someone from a group he really belonged to, and that Donatella very specifically never made him felt like he belonged.)
And there's no magic fix. There's no tearful reconciliation, no heartfelt pleas that led to a happily ever after and the family reunions she wants. Decades of resentment, bitterness and childhood unhappiness that gradually turned into simmering hatred isn't something that can be taken back and she has to live with that; her second born son wants nothing to do with her and has written her completely out of his life, and will be quite happy if he dies without ever having to see her or speak with her ever again.
Also probably something like a line like "He stopped loving you a long time ago. After all, he thought you stopped loving him first."
#psychonauts 2#psychonauts#ideas#story ideas#fic ideas#psychonauts spoilers#kinda#tbh i feel this probably isn't TOO canon compliant with the way the character arcs tend to go#so realistically she would eventually dial down her dislike of psychics and they'd all have to live with their mistakes and try to live#in a better way#but the idea of Raz's in game sadness and the implied character arc of the middle part of the game leans WELL towards this idea#just being around his family feels stressful or sad and if you go to Psi King Sensorium fairly late#Psi King's helpful and kindly attitude makes him STRIKINGLY different from the other adults#he's nice and helpful and open minded and probably is a major role model for Raz later in life#so its not hard to imagine Raz eventually drifting more towards the members of the Psychic Seven he's personally closer towards#and just passively reducing the influence his mother and older siblings have#i mean frazie isn't that bad but she keeps throwing rocks at his head#and lying about what she is just so her mother doesn't hate her too but making her brother feel alone and even more sad#wow that is a VERY Applicable line actually but that's another topic#queued
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oh trashcan man theyâll never get you the way i get you
#âtheyâ being the writers of like every adaptation#the things i would do to get into the writing booth#PUT ME IN THERE COACH!!!!#trashcan man is quite literally my favorite character of all time in any media ever and i do not exaggerate when i say that. itâs BAD.#he may not be a conventional character to relate to. but by god is he the most relatable character to me i have ever seen.#not to mention personal relation aside HES JUST SO INTERESTING????#the implication that if not for flaggâs intervention he wouldâve ended up in the boulder free zone never leaves my mind#and that combined with how things end? how heâs finally pushed over the edge and defies flagg in his very last moments? oh my GOD#SEDATE ME#also just the fact that flagg has been influencing him since he was at least eleven. how he feels like he never had a choice. ough.#i will never forgive the adaptations for cutting so much of his character out. it kills me.#the fact that his final defiance against flagg is never included. how he always stays loyal to the end. it feels so wrong.#like dude heâs been through so much shit LET HIM HAVE THIS. LET HIM SCREAM AT FLAGG AND MAKE HIM COWER ONE TIME. HE DESERVES IT.#i have so many thoughts about him and his dynamics with other characters and his general place in the story#i could write an entire essay and it wouldnât cover it all#itâs so bad. i simply cannot be normal about him.#i need to be PUT DOWN#my condolences to anyone who took the time to read this entire ramble. i salute you.#the stand#stephen kingâs the stand#trashcan man
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guys can i say something controversial i think that just because a character dies doesnt mean they are no longer relevant to the plot. if the character dies and they simply arent part of the story in any way any more then its probably just a Bad Story
#like.....if you have a character and you just kill them off just to kill them off thats just bad writing#but if their death influences the story and sets up a narrative of some sort. then their death had value and was necessary#i feel like a lot of ppl these days tend to disregard this and just follow the logic of if they died they no longer matter#like that is just not true#ex. sua from alnst despite dying in the first ep haunts the entire narrative. she is ALWAYS relevant#or like idk lumera from engage she died early on but her death was a catalyst for so much shit and i cant explain all of it play the game#anyway what im getting at is people...........need to read. LOL#been thinking a little too hard lately abt miss sua alnst and then this post happened
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