#thank you so much for asking 🥰

[moonlightbambina]

15. Which element best represents you?

Probably water 😌 I tend to live life in ebbs and flows. Plus I cry over any and everything 😂

[jaggededges123]

have you ever written omegaverse!

so,, so the thing is,, i have more than a full page of omegaverse works lol, but here is a favorite (and also my most recent, from the folger's flash!). and i will also tell you how i will probably write it for eighthcest once i get there because my brain keeps circling back around to it every few days like a creature to a salt lick (under the cut because uh, it might get a lil long):

so i was thinking it would be a sort of omega-centric build, with omegas almost always being necromancers and alphas almost always ending up as cavaliers (and betas tend to fill in the rest of the roles in their society i guess idk i'm here for the horn and building up fucky societal structures).

so i was thinking overall, but especially in the eighth, it's actually one of the many duties of a cavalier to help their necromancer through their heat, but it's not allowed to be real, it's supposed to be mechanical and cold. in the eighth, an alpha must wear a muzzle during the heat period so that there are no mating bites, and they're meant to use a silicone heat aid instead of their dick, etc etc. it's miserable generally, and it only stops if the necromancer marries someone not their own cavalier, and then they can spend their heat with someone else.

so anyway, silas hates touching the muzzle even to put it on colum the night before his heat is scheduled to start (upon reflection, he decides this is because he doesn't like touching the dead animal skin that makes up the straps. he does not consider that he touches colum's leather armor almost every day without a single problem jskdalfjsdklfja). and because neither of them really touch it outside of taking it on and off, when they're both a little compromised already, they don't notice when part of the strap has become worn.

i think... after some time, silas also really decides that he hates the silicone knot for Reasons, and so colum should just use his real one and not feel lust about it, that's a perfectly reasonable demand right? just fuck silas and be so super normal about it, like a good eighth house alpha.

and eventually... the leather snaps, the muzzle falls to the bed with a muted thud, and colum's balls deep inside silas who's half delirious with heat, directing colum to fuck him harder and touch him more... like, they never stood a chance, really.

colum bites him :3

them's the thoughts currently, along with some aftermath about how much of a "disaster" it all is (mostly just publicly a scandal, tbh, the fifth have been doing things like this for centuries if not millenia). but here the horn ends, and so here the coffee ends their ramble XD

[justplainwhump]

88%. What do they think is the worst thing that can be done to a person?

For Tyler?

So, Tyler by now is pretty sure he can answer this question; and it's what he does for a living.

🫣

He's fucked.

[bethccassidy]

the choice is obvious based on your url but lol beth cassidy or addy hanlon? <3

Hi, Sara 😊 I love Addy, but yeah, it's gonna be no surprise that I'm choosing Beth here. She is my absolute favorite of those two. Beth is my baby and I relate to her a lot ❤

[beefcakekinard]

bucktommy bedtime routine thoughts?

ooh let's see

tommy reads before bed. at least once a week he'll fall asleep mid-sentence - when buck's there, he carefully sets tommy's reading glasses on the nightstand and makes sure to mark his place before setting the book down beside them.

while tommy's reading his books, buck is reading articles on his phone about whatever his research fixation of the moment is. tommy worries about the blue light - for christmas, he gets buck an ereader with some newspaper and magazine subscriptions on it.

they hate each other's toothpaste but will put up with it for good night kisses.

at the loft, they sleep with the windows closed. at tommy's house, they have them cracked open, unless it's too hot or cold. buck always misses the fresh breeze the next time he sleeps at home.

tommy sleeps like a rock but buck has a hard time getting to sleep. sometimes the only thing that works for making him fall asleep is tommy sleepily plastered to his side, wringing as much pleasure out of buck as he can with a lazy hand on his cock and lips on the side of his neck.

buck prefers sleeping shirtless and tommy switches it up depending on the weather. in the winter he wears full on matching pyjama sets which buck mercilessly teases him about - but the sight the next morning of tommy, sleep-rumpled in the ugliest plaid flannel buck has ever seen, never fails to rev buck's engine.

[beannoss]

Hi Bean!

I have a question for you! I have noticed in your writings that Twilight and Yor begin a romantic relationship after their secrets are revealed. Are you opposed to any romance between them before they find out? I assume if so, it’s because it’s morally questionable, though a lot of fans find romance before compelling as it raises the stakes considerably. I’m not suggesting one is right and the other is wrong, I’m just interested in your take on this! I love your writing! Thank you! 😊

Hello you! I'm always chuffed to see your name pop up 🫶😊!

Oh boy! Thank you for this ask — it's a big question but also I do have thoughts XD Sorry it's taken me a few days to get my ducks in a row!

I want to start, though, by emphasising that my thoughts and preferences here are exclusive to Spy x Family as a canon enterprise; they don't pertain to fanworks or other fan theories, I'm not out to yuck anyone's yum ✌️ ditto for even my own writing! You're right that I don't really have an interest in exploring that dynamic but I reserve the right to change my mind ;)!

[Reference herein to manga chapters not yet animated]

Right, so. There's lots of things I love about SxF, but one of the things that interested me early and keeps me engaged is that it operates under an interesting and complex morality. Spy work and contract killing are obviously an ethical minefield, and in the real world, generally to the bad. Within the world of SxF, Endo takes pains to write Twilight and Yor both firmly on the morally right side, even if Twilight’s tactics or Yor’s actions in a vacuum are frequently questionable. With Twilight especially it seems Twilight is currently (resisting) working through the impact and ethical implication of his actions on Anya. When it comes to Yor, I expect that’s where we’ll see him wrestle with similar questions through a romance lens. I think it was quite deliberate and important that Twilight specifically articulated that he’d been wondering if Yor had previous romantic relationships, and that it was now confirmed she hadn’t. As far as I can remember, it’s the only time he’s had that sort of reflection on Yor's life before the Forgers; I mention it because it mirrors times he’s reflected explicitly on Anya’s history and trauma and her needs as a child, with implication that his actions and motivations for adopting her could/probably will hurt her. I hazard that his observation about Yor will be similarly indicative of an arc down the line.

When it comes to canon, if the Yor x Twilight romance were to firm up while Yor still believes Twilight is Loid, I admit there’s a high chance I’d nope out. I want to emphasize firm up though… I tend to think Yor already has feelings for Loid (Twilight?) whether she’s fully aware of them or would necessarily articulate them as romantic (and I think this is being really interestingly conveyed and explored through her current feelings about kissing, though I may differ with some on how I think that may shake out). I also think there’s a… less high but not impossible chance that Twilight is aware he has or is developing feelings for Yor. I’ve argued before that he knows he has formed/is forming an attachment to her and that he knows he trusts her. I don’t think it’s too far from there to romantic feelings for Twilight: after all, attachment and trust (intimacy) are not things he's had in a long, long time. And given his current pseudo-short temper and general malaise comes out most with Anya, with Yor he’s been notably softer and more receptive. In my view, this is partially because so far he hasn't really done much that would really hurt Yor and nor has she done anything that would really hurt Twilight. So far, Twilight and Yor are on a fairly even footing.

This is a very long way of saying that I trend toward thinking we’ve got at least a few toes into the romance already.

The reasons I’d be a squicked by the firming up of the romance, pre-reveal, are related to its being morally questionable as you pointed out (I'll talk a bit more about that in a moment.) But it's also because I think it would undermine character arcs and dominant themes.

Twilight’s arc involves finding and forging a new pack, a new family. Somewhere safe and loving that he’s been denied essentially for his whole life (I don’t dispute that his mother loved him deeply and did her best to protect him: living with an abuser and then with her under war was never going to actually be or feel safe). A big part of this safety and love for Twilight is about being accepted, warts and all. Twilight started lying because he wasn’t accepted by his father as he was. There’s a fair bit to work through by way of accepting Twilight’s warts already — I think Yor will be fairly understanding as things currently stand, and that’s part of why they’re a good match. Their moral compasses, their sacrifices, how they see the world and how they want to try and make it better, align and/or resonate in foundational ways. However, given their current standing, pursuing deeper intimacy of a romantic/sexual relationship with Yor before reveals, I think would take it past the line. And particularly when considering Yor’s character arc.

Yor’s arc is also around finding love and security, but centred less around acceptance (although that obviously also explicitly features!) and more around self-worth and understanding her value. If the romance were to firm up pre-reveal, the false pretences are… I mean, to me, they lob a Molotov cocktail into that theme of self-worth and being valued, as she really would just be being used: the intimacy could never be real because Twilight is not Loid Forger. To expand a bit on an earlier point, perhaps ironically, Yor’s relationship with Loid is mostly on the up-and-up: they both know any marital connection they demonstrate is fake. They may be (are) friends, and also they’re under no illusions that it’s something of a tenuous friendship (at least for now). They co-parent Anya but are clear that this co-parenting comes with clear lines around and between their relationship otherwise. I want to tread mindfully here, because I also really like and appreciate aroace interpretations of Yor and Twilight and their relationship: I think this discussion around firming up their romance actually also holds true in the case of attempting to substantially deepen their platonic bond, pre-reveal. In the same ways, Twilight needing acceptance and Yor learning self-worth would be severely undermined by a pre-reveal apparent and false deepening of their commitment to one another.

On the point of it being morally questionable generally, yeah it is. I mean, look, it's fiction and they aren't real people who can be hurt by those actions. So in principle, Endo can write what story he wants, I wouldn't think it reflected poorly on him or anything like that. I just don't really want to read a story that goes to that place; it’s a squick. I'm sure this has been discussed before in fandom, but my read on the moral dubiety centres around the idea that it isn’t possible to actively choose or meaningfully consent to emotional or physical intimacy when one person is lying about who they are (and in this case, they're both lying about who they are... Although Twilight to a greater extent). This does tie back into SxF themes as well, as choice and consent are also… maybe not big themes of SxF exactly, but active choice and informed consent are things which have come up more than once (I have my thoughts as to why: for a character whose choices drive so much of the narrative, Twilight is actually also a character who’s shown to have little actual choice or control over much of his own life. Considering his motivations for a world where children don’t cry, imo valuing active choice and meaningful consent are important factors required for that world. And I also actually suspect the theme of choice will become more important the more we learn about Donovan, and his role as foil for Twilight.)

Also, honestly for me, it would be too close to a common trope in a lot of popular western fiction/media that I don’t like: a woman being taken advantage of by a man in some way, shape or form, and then through the magic of her non-specific womanness, forgiving him his gross transgressions under the thinnest of pretences. Particularly as Endo has already taken pains to sidestep that as a foundation of their arrangement. To be fair, I wouldn't be surprised that were Endo to take the pre-reveal romance path, it would be a deeper interpretation of that trope, but as with other sexist tropes utilised in pop fiction/media, I have to ask why the choice couldn’t have been for a more interesting path, rather than retreading that one. And particularly given everything he's established for Twilight and Yor: it goes against much of what Twilight stands for — and indeed goes against much of what he meaningfully brings in his current relationship with Yor, that of encouraging her, supporting her, and shoring up her thoughts, opinions and self-image, particularly when she voices upset or doubt about them. It also goes against much of what Yor stands for: while the power imbalance would lie firmly with Twilight, it remains true that Yor’s lies in an apparently deepening intimacy would also undermine the safety and security she ostensibly creates for Twilight. She also so obviously hates lying, the prospect of her keeping her secret into what she believed was a real relationship would wreck her. Doubly so, given the weight Yor puts on Loid's acknowledgement of who she is and what she believes: something she hangs her self-worth on, a recognition of her value. And I'd argue here that it would actually, conversely, be impossible for Loid Forger to acknowledge or accept Yor's truth: that's only something Twilight can do.

And so I guess there’s also just the bare fact following from the above that I think a pre-reveal firming up of their relationship is the less interesting choice for what is a major franchise that has otherwise done innovative things. Another reason I love SxF is that it subverts tropes and complicates cliches. One of which includes communication: for a pair who have crossed lines as a foundation of their relationship, Yor and Twilight actually do a lot of communicating. That’s a subversion of many heterosexual romantic tropes and norms, at least in a Western context, and, to put it sort of flippantly, it would bum me out if it failed at the final hurdle.

I just want to emphasise one more time, my opinions and preferences here are strictly related to Spy x Family in an official canon capacity, and nothing to do with fanworks or fan theories or what fans want to explore in whatever fashion. Part of my feelings here are also honestly because of the tone and pacing of SxF. I think it entirely possible to do interesting things with those tropes and actually think Endo is the type of writer I would trust to do so. But the way SxF is written by way of tone, pacing, narrative priorities and audience demand, I don't think even Endo would be able to do them within SxF in ways that wouldn't squick me out and make me lose love for Twilight, specifically, pretty entirely. I'd rather he just didn't 😂

Tl;dr: in canon exclusively I’m not into a firming up of their romantic relationship pre-reveal! Their situation is complicated enough as it is; give these goobers the love they want and can share with one another, kindly and gently, when the world has been neither kind nor gentle with them. In my view, it’s already primed in their character and thematic arcs 🫶

[scrumptiousstuffs]

We miss a lot of stuffs thanks to the close ass shots 😢

Oh my god!! We actually have a moment of Khaotung/Ray possesively gripping First/Sand’s tiny waist 🥳

Woohoo! Thank you so much for this!

Here you go anon! And since this is actually from OF, we may get some more scenes in The Heart Killers 🤞

[turnipoddity]

Ive realized in your comics you probably have Adam as an actual ghost, but my first interpretation of it was he's a hallucination. And like especially with the most recent comic I love the idea of Lawrence finding both terror and comfort in this version of Adam in his mind. And even though he never really got to know Adam a lot before he had to leave him, this version in his mind he knows well. And as his life is falling apart around him this fake Adam is the thing both keeping him sane and driving him further towards that cliff of insanity...

Anyways I love your gay little drawings, your art motivates me to draw more as well :]

he is a ghost in my comics but your interpretation isn’t too far off!!! I was taking inspiration from hill house where the dad hallucinates his wife to get him through the day… sigh. He’s his terror, guilt, but also comfort…. their relationship will blossom from part 4 and above 🥰

[heavysighing-dreamyeyes]

HEYHEYHEY!!! DID YOU HEAR WE'RE GETTING AN ANIMATED ROBINS MOVIE WITH DICK & JASON??? HOW WE FEELING?? I'm so excited 😭😭

NONNIE!!! YESSSS!!!!! I. am. SO. EXCITED. I looove the DCAU, even the whole tomorrowverse stuff was super interesting!! I actually adore Dick and, obviously, Jason and I'm thrilled DC is going to give us a movie showcasing Robin!!! I'm actually already clawing at the walls and will not be normal about it.

[moonlightbambina]

15 & 47

15. Just answered but water 😌 I tend to live life in ebbs and flows. Plus I cry over any and everything 😂

47. Ideal day- waking up to coffee already being brewed, a quick yoga session, a nice long hot soak followed by a French breakfast. Then spend the day getting lost somewhere (preferably the quarter in New Orleans or San Juan Viejo). Lots of shopping and good food.

[wildbasil]

Your art is so cool!!! I love your funny little Welsh guys. Just out of curiosity- does Edern ever take his helmet off??

i think the real question is should edern ever take his helmet off. when his hair looks like this

[ifindus]

norway what was the bloodiest and most brutal battle you've ever been part of?

The battle of Lund in 1676.

The bloodiest battle Norway has been a part of is the Battle of Lund in 1676, fought between Denmark-Norway and the Netherlands against Sweden, where Sweden won. The Danish King had 12 300 soldiers to command and the Swedish King had only had 8 000. Both sides ended up loosing about 50% of their army. It is said to be the bloodiest battle ever fought in Scandinavia, and it was a coincidence that the Swedes won just due to the chaotic nature of the battle.

The battle was a result of Danish forces invading the southern part of today’s Sweden, an area that had previously belonged to Denmark. The Swedes were led by a reckless and young king who had already put them through harsh conditions and bad camp locations that had cause a great percentage of the soldiers to die from illness already before the battle had begun. The Danes had followed the Swedish army and were in much better position, both location-wise and with a steady supply line.

The Danes became impatient and gave up good placement to attack the Swedes as they neared the city of Lund just outside Malmö. As mentioned, the battle was disorienting and chaotic, with a lot of breaks in formation, a missing Swedish King who came back after several hours to break through Danish lines who had his forces surrounded. Not to mention over-eager Swedes absolutely slaughtering sailors who wanted to surrender, with the words “Sailors have paid to fight at sea, but not at land. You therefore deserve no mercy!”. The massacre was stopped by a Swedish officer.

[bethccassidy]

Hi! What's your favorite food?

And what's your favorite flower?

Hi! 🤗 My favorite food is french fries 🤤 And my favorite flower is the sunflower 🌻 I also really love dahlias 😊

[peaceoutofthepieces]

5 and jerejean for the kiss thing? 🥺🥺🥺

you chose a different kind of violence and i respect it (thank you thank you thank you)

5. Romantic (Tender) Kiss

Jean Moreau was not soft, but Jeremy had not expected him to be. Of all the rumours he'd heard, he'd always thought this one most likely to be true. You could not play a sport like exy, with a team like the Ravens, under the lead of someone like Riko Moriyama, and remain soft.

It was hardly surprising. Jeremy was often assumed to be soft, because it was something kindness was often mistaken for, but even for him it was not entirely true. There were parts of him that were hardened into a protective shell, and parts of him that were splintered and rough, same as anyone else. But he could not deny his softness in the sense of being gentle, because even at his worst he would try to be that—especially for someone like Jean.

Jean was not gentle, either. He did not try for softness in any sense. His insides were brittle and bitter; his outside was scarred and tough; his manner was sharp and blunt. Jeremy was in parts soft, and in hopes gentle, but Jean had been scourged of such customs.

What remained, though, was tenderness.

Jeremy had been surprised the first time Jean kissed him, for how tender it was. He'd been waiting for the aggression Jean often showed on the court, or for the violence that tended to drip from his tongue when he spoke, but the way Jean had cradled Jeremy's face and pressed them together could not be described as anything other than tender.

Now, Jeremy understood how to return it when Jean needed it.

Catching when Jean needed it was upsettingly easy. The storm cloud that had accompanied him all day, for instance, was one way of knowing.

It made it easy to follow Jean to his room—their room, really, now, considering the two narrow beds they'd crammed in and how much more frequently Jeremy stayed here, rather than his parents' house, because he could, because he was allowed, because Jean wanted him there and that made it more of a home than anywhere Jeremy had ever lived before—and pull him in.

Jean came without resistance. His towering frame tucked itself in to reach more of Jeremy's touch as Jeremy slid a hand over the back of his neck. Jean's hands, large and calloused, fit themselves around the dips of Jeremy's waist, smooth and easy in contrast to the stuttery breath that fell out of him. Not a careful touch, but a caring one, not light or gentle but tender, always tender.

Jeremy drew him down, slid his other hand over Jean's cheek, and stretched until they were pressed together. Even toe-to-toe, chest-to-chest, Jean pushed closer. He rested his forehead against Jeremy's and shuddered, his eyes drifting shut.

"Alright, Jean?" Jeremy asked, the French vowels falling from his tongue with more ease after months of practice.

Jean's lips quirked. "Alright, Jeremy."

Jean's accent curled around Jeremy's name, and Jeremy's chest tightened predictably. He stroked his thumb over Jean's cheekbone, pressed it to the stark black outline of a flower petal, and drew him into a kiss.

Jeremy corrected himself; Jean's lips may have been the one part of him that was soft. And though he was tough, he was malleable, molding to the shaping of Jeremy's hands with little pressure. Jeremy kept his touch firm, still, because Jean liked to feel it, but tender, always tender.

Jean nudged his nose against Jeremy's, the quirk of his lips curling almost into a smile, and Jeremy ached. Because this, whatever they had and whatever they were, might have been soft, but if it was not, it was only so they would feel it all the better.

send me a number + ship

[textsfromthetva]

this blog is so consistently excellent, it’s truly impressive! every post you make is a banger. thank you for all you’ve done for the loki fandom 🫡

[roxannepolice]

kitty cuddle pile

Aaaw, wook at the two eldritch horrors, embracing their deepest need to nuzzle at each other's fur 🥰🥰🥰