#thanks deryn!

[queen-scribbles]

26-30 from the otp asks for whoever strikes your fancy :3

Gonna dredge up the Spy Nerds for this one (Jaaide/Theron) bc that seems fun. Also I miss them

26. What are their vices?

Both are workaholics. Theron has trust issues and a caf addiction and Jaaide has trouble letting people help her. She thinks she has to solve everything herself, but then will get grumpy when no one helps her. (She's working on that, she's been called out by a couple different people)

27. Who is the light weight that needs to be taken care of after a party?

Jaaide. She doesn't tend to drink much, and when she does it's things with low alcohol content, so if she loses track or tries something new that's stronger than usual, Theron will be giving her a piggyback ride out of the club. xD

28. What are there thoughts on pet names? Do they have any?

They like them, but tend to stick to standard things; love, dear etc. Theron uses "sweetheart" a lot, and Jaaide's most common one for him is "darling". They don't have anything that's strongly personal that's turned into a nickname/endearment. that I can remember.

29. Who is more likely to jump in an elevator? Who freaks out?

I was gonna say neither, but then I remembered Jaaide 100% took the "Boo!" option during War for Iokath to see him jump. Sooo I guess she'd be more likely to jump, but I dunno if Theron would freak out. Maybe get a little on edge and ask her to stop, but I don't think he'd freak out.

30. Your OTP gets to pick out each other’s outfits; what is each wearing?

Theron's pick for Jaaide is the Jarael's armor top in green with leggings and comfy boots. (He likes her arms and green goes with her eyes.) Or his jacket and nothing else if they're staying in. Jaaide's pick for Theron is EITHER a shirt with the sleeves rolled up under a vest(think Impulsive Adventurer set) with his regular pants and boots or *cough* the Bold Hellion set, just with a tank top underneath. (he looks good in a leather jacket, but she doesn't need other people ogling her man, thanks.)

OTP Asks

[ecrivainalene]

I'm rereading Leviathan for the first time since like 9th grade and we can all agree that this series is gay as hell right

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

💬

I would say 'stop stop' except that I do love this story and I do want to share my favourite bits xD

This is later on in the scene at the waterfall that I just shared, the end of the scene.

The wind was cold in her face, and held a taste of victory. She could feel it. It was by no means a one-way road, back to life and living and happiness, but it was a start. A start was all that she needed at this point. A way to see that there was a road ahead of her, not the terrible darkness that seemed all she’d been able to see since her father’s announcement. “What would I do without you?” she murmured, and this time she didn’t try to make sure Deryn heard it. If she did, well and good—and if she did not, also well and good. God be thanked for true, staunch sisters who would stand by through thick and thin! What would she be without Deryn, whose companionship she had known for all the years of her growing up? She bent, and splashed icy water on her face. Some of it ran down her neck, freezing cold; no matter. She could get warm again on the companionable journey home, as she and her sister had a talk such as they had not had in years.

I just - when I was writing this scene I had one particular sister in mind - and I still love her and still feel this way about her, but it's interesting because now I would also include my brother in this kind of particular closeness. I don't know. I love this, anyway. I would love feedback too!

(This is excerpt #7. #5 and #6 are in the same post, all the others are separate posts, and at least approximately suitably tagged. Chronologically ordered also.)

[hideawaysteward]

Otto and Deryn both looked slightly surprised when Miles brushed away tears from his own eyes, though Otto less so. His dear friend had such a kind and empathetic heart, perhaps it was only natural that Miles was moved by what had brought Otto to tears as well.

Deryn's surprise became flusterment at Miles' bow; his hands waved back and forth in silent reassurance that the gesture wasn't needed. Otto rubbed his palm over his son's back in turn. From what he'd heard about Deryn's efforts, his seabird deserved more bows than any noble, just to start with. 'The pleasure's mine, to meet someone so close to my father,' came Deryn's response, signs hurried at first but slowing toward calmness as a thought cut through his embarrassment. 'I have so many questions, but... we should find somewhere safe first.'

"Aye," Otto nodded, still echoing his words in signs even as he addressed Miles. "We should be able to go back the way we came, find a good spot to make camp, right?" It couldn't be anywhere close to their entry point, he knew, but between the three of them he was certain they'd reach safety without any trouble. Honestly, the rush of relief and love was so high Otto felt like he could arm-wrestle Titan.

Otto adjusted his grasp on the haft of his loaned war-hammer, both to keep its end from sounding against the flagstones and to let out a little of his restless energy. Fortunate, then, that it was resting safely against his shoulder when Miles not only took Otto's other hand but interlaced their fingers. Grey-blue eyes flicked between the path before them and the man beside him.

The encouragement that followed was, for half a beat, a tad confusing. Where was he meant to--? Oh. His earlier urge to kiss the other welled high in Otto's throat, buoyed up by gratitude and an ever-deepening fondness. He noticed the retreat of Miles' hand more keenly than he might have otherwise, and blinked a few times as his vision adjusted to the change in light. The other man's wink and laugh amid such a kind compliment pushed Otto to follow that urge, at least partway. His own free hand lifted, to settle on one side of Miles' neck and cradle that strong jaw. His gaze met the other's once more, as firmly and tenderly sincere as his next whisper. "I could bloody kiss you."

Instead, Otto let his touch then slip away with equal reluctance, so he could continue slowly down the tunnel and obey his first compulsion. Drawing a deep breath, he shouted from the belly, just like he'd learned as a sailor. "Deryn! Seabird! It's me, Otto; it's your da!" Aching emotion shook his tone, echoed in his expression, but he held strong. "Please, if you're here, tell me!"

The last word had scarcely left his mouth when he heard an answer - lower than he remembered, but Otto would know that timbre anywhere. "Da?!"

He didn't expect or ask for any more spoken words than that. Otto simply halted, glancing over his shoulder to Miles as a grin flickered at the corners of his mouth, a mixture of relief and dazed anticipation and overwhelming love, of a couple different kinds. The light from Miles' flaming blade seemed to help, as a single pair of hurried footsteps drew nearer, pausing for half a moment before breaking into a run.

Otto glimpsed Deryn's face in the firelight - eyes hazel like his mother's and dark hair cropped short, with that damned Bearer brand on one cheek, though also with a temple scar Otto didn't remember - and rushed to meet him, arms opening just in time to return the tight embrace. He closed his eyes at the pressure, the breaths, the living warmth. Finally. Truly. After too many years of failure, he'd been found. "I'm here," Otto murmured, audibly choking up at the sound and sensation of his son's sob against his shoulder. "I'm here, seabird, I've got you. ...I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, it took me too long. Forgive me, Deryn."

Deryn only shook his head in reassurance. As he then lifted it, he paused upon seeing Miles, curious but wary despite the joyful tears. Otto heard his son's wordless, questioning noise, and realized who had been seen. With a squeeze, he released the embrace just enough to turn where he stood, one arm still around Deryn's upper back.

"He's a friend. A very dear one of mine." As Otto explained, his free hand echoed his words in the sailors-sign he'd taught his son. A habit he looked forward to cultivating again. "Without him, I wouldn't be here."

Deryn's eyebrows rose before he took a longer look at Miles. A grin, so similar to his father's, soon bloomed bright on the young man's face. He signed an answer to Miles, also mouthing the words - 'Thank you so much. I'm Deryn.' - though only one or two faint noises eked out from his throat while he did so.

[mistfallengw2]

Adamas Crystalsoul - Aurelia's son, engineer Deryn "Skylight" - Adamas's mate, guardian Ellara Echodancer - Aurelia's current mate, mesmer Daunte Burstspell - Aurelia's other best friend, elementalist

My charr OCs (the in-game ones) for the easy oc-tober challenge (13 out of 31)! Adamas was super easy, but a whole lot of time went into more or less finalizing the other designs :'3

Some trivia for them as well! - Adamas doesn't look much like his mother at a first glance, other than having the same kind of tufts around the eyes and chin. - Adamas has a scar on his left thigh, where metal pieces pierced his skin following an explosion on the day Kralkatorrik awoke. While ending up under the debris had inadvertently saved his life, some small bits of metal remained in his leg, and he had issues walking for over a year. The problem was quickly resolved thanks to asuran tech shortly after he got to Lion's Arch and was brought to Quazz's hospital, who eventually adopted him. - Deryn was born with a strong attunement to fire magic. While not uncommon for Olmakhan to have magic seep out of their body, she is the only one in her village with that specific kind of magic, and her flow can manifest as flames. - Deryn stopped caring much for her mane following the death of her uncle and aunt to the Inquest, too focused on keeping track of the asura movements around the island in order to prevent more losses. Eventually her younger cousin Irit convinced her to let her salvage the mess on her head, decorating her surviving locks with beads, rings and little trophies. It all lasted until partway through IBS, when destroyers burned much of it off. - Ellara's headpiece contains the crystal that was originally part of an enchanted trinket made by her late mate, Circe. The crystal is inert since her death, but it's all Ellara has allowed herself to keep as a memory of her. - Ellara met Adamas not long after he was adopted by Tocchix's family, as her warband went to Quazz's hospital following a mission. She felt sympathy for the young charr, and she made sure to visit him as much as possible, acting far too motherly for it not to become a joke between them. The fact she did fall for his mother later on was quite the ironic coincidence. - Daunte's left arm is mostly furless and badly scarred from the burns he received after being thrown in a campfire, when he was a yearling cub and attacked a Centurion to defend his dam from unjust punishment. When his sire finally intervened and the Centurion realized what happened, Daunte was praised for his misguided courage, but he grew disillusioned in the Flame Legion. Not long after, he and his dam were given the chance to escape to the Blood Legion territory. - Daunte wears a brass band on his right horn's tip to keep a crack from expanding, and a silver earring on his upper left ear that matches the one his mate Verge wears on the opposite ear.

[vampseraph]

haiii !! hello :33 hope you're doing good !! may i request xiao (genshin) npts please? thank you and have a nice timezone :33

★ ⎯ XIAO NPTS

names! xavion, xanthe, azrael, cain, samael, lucifer, keres, shax, agares, amon, charon, thanatos, malakai, peregrine, zephyr, icarus, alair, aerin, evren, aeson, talon, orion, deryn, nyx, arion, karma, leo, griffin, therion

pronouns! kar/karma, wing/wings, demon/demons, spear/spears, mask/masks, spirit/spirits, wind/winds, evil/evils, protect/protects, wrath/wraths, suffer/suffers, guard/guards, power/powers, devour/devours, conquer/conquers, agony/agonys, jade/jades

titles! the illuminated beast, the vigilant yaksha, the senior adeptus, the bane of all evil, prn who resides at wangshu, protector of liyue, the tamer of demons, the destroyer of worlds, the wrath deity, the guardian yaksha, the devourer of dreams, prn with karmic debt, the golden-winged king, the nuo dancer of evil conquering

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

Time For Tea: Introduction

Lavender Haze ( Violet Kingsleigh & Cian Hearts ) has now been merged with Long Live The Queen ( Queenie Hearts & Ace Hearts & Maria Frollo & Helena ) to create a clusterfuck political intrigue series, and several more Wonderland characters have been added to the mix

PS: huge thanks to @cecexwrites @ginevrastilinski-ocs @the-witching-ash for listening to me completely lose my mind and jump all over the place as I figured this out!

The OGs

Ace Hearts [ Curran Walters ] – Long Live The Queen; son of the Queen Of Hearts, Queenie's left hand man & chief enforcer

Cian Hearts [ Gavin Leatherwood ] – Lavender Haze; son of the Queen Of Hearts, invited to the isle because reports say that the child of the Queen of Hearts is running the Isle and they assume it must be her son

Helena [ Tegan Croft ] – Long Live The Queen; daughter of Hades & Persephone, Queenie's right hand man, and other chief enforcer

Maria Frollo [ Elle Fanning ] – Long Live The Queen; daughter of Judge Frollo, grew up locked in his tower and has only recently been freed and brought to Crims, manages Crims

Queenie Hearts [ Madison Davenport ] – Long Live The Queen; daughter of the Queen Of Hearts, unofficial Queen of the Isle, runs her crew with an iron fist and military precision

Violet Kingsleigh [ Meg Donnelly ] – Lavender Haze; daughter of Alice & The Hatter, heir to Wonderland, goes to Auradon because Wonderland suspects Auradon of poisoning the White Queen

The Wonderland Crew

Caoilinn Whittemore [ Florence Pugh ] – daughter of the White Knight & Violet’s personal guard; goes to Auradon with Violet

Arley Whitaker [ Tom Holland ] – son of the White Rabbit & Violet’s personal secretary / manager / wrangler; goes to Auradon with Violet

Chelsey Chester [ Rowan Blanchard ] – daughter of the Cheshire Cat

Tenney Earwick [ Jack Wolfe ] – son of the March Hare

Mallaidh Merrick [ Mary Mouser ] – daughter of the Dormouse

Deirdra Taggart [ Ella Hunt ] – daughter of Tweedle Dee

Deryn Taggart [ Joe Keery ] – son of Tweedle Dee

Duncan Taggart [ Joe Keery ] – son of Tweedle Dum

The Isle Crew

Neasa Kearney [ Kaia Gerber ] – daughter of the Red Queen, runs recruitment & orientation for the crew

Caitria Devlin [ Billie Lourd ] – daughter of the Duchess, crew manager

Keira Knave [ Alba Baptista ] – daughter of the Knave of Hearts, combat trainer

Killian Knave [ Freddy Carter ] – son of the Knave Of Hearts, combat trainer for the crew

Shiloh Reece [ Emilia Jones ] – daughter of the Cook, medic

Bonus – existing ocs who have been added to Time For Tea as part of Queenie's crew

Nettie Tremaine [ Peyton Elizabeth Lee ] – daughter of Anastasia Tremaine, medic

Raisa Rasputin [ Sophia Ann Caruso ] – daughter of Rasputin, barge day coordinator, collector

Rini Bing [ Jenna Ortega ] – daughter of Herman Bing / The Ringmaster, crew manager

Savina Stromboli [ Diana Silvers ] – daughter of Stromboli, collector

Winona Sykes [ Milly Alcock ] – daughter of Bill Sykes, head of inventory

( now need to decide if the existing ocs added to Time For Tea should keep their current titles or become part of Long Live The Queen )

[seolinah]

"No, I suppose I don't," she says honestly. Her social circle's small for a reason, so it's been a surprise to find herself liking Jade. And as blunt as Deryn's used to being, it doesn't mean she isn't bundling with nerves at her lackluster confession. "So are we brushing past me saying I like you then? Or did you need more time to point out I don't like many people to begin with?"

"... SORRY, DO YOU USUALLY like people in a 'you don't bother me and give me a headache kind of way' ?"

[theladysherlock]

Deryn realized now that she could have told him that same night, in that dark hotel room with no one about to hear. But every time she'd tried, Deryn had imagined the look of horror on his face. Not that she was a girl in boy's clothing, or that she had lied to him for so long. All that yackum Alek would soon get past, she knew. And then he would love her, she knew.

1. It's SO refreshing to have a female (at least in canon) love interest who isn't like "b-but why would he like me?? I'm just... ordinary!" (With an optional x2 if there's a goddamn love triangle) Thank GOD we have Deryn here to go "I'm really cool and interesting and attractive, actually, and I would be a fucking catch for ANYONE but especially the main guy." The self confidence is extremely welcome in these trying times.

2. Damn that is pretty much exactly how it went, huh? Deryn continues to be right about everything. You love to see it

[the-river-dreamer]

rules: list your ten favorite characters from ten different fandoms and tag ten people.

thanks for the tag, @lisascumslut78 !! 🫶🏻 listed of what fandoms i remember hehe

detective — criminal idol (static-p)

haibara ai — detective conan

shen qingqiu — svsss (mxtx)

deryn sharp — leviathan

edmund pevensie — narnia

little prince — the little prince

alicent hightower — hotd (tv 2022)

ava abaniko — super inggo (tv 2006)

regina vanguardia — darna (tv 2022)

maria clara de los santos — mcai (tv 2023)

no pressure tagging: @ikdoehetraamlos @logo-comics @micha-lapin @theidioticcowboy @villainessbian and anyone else who wishes to play!! (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

[mikachusblog]

list 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to simblrs whose sims you adore ʚ♡ɞ

Thank you so much for the ask i am so flattered!!!! Love you Darya dear ♡⸜(˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝

It was so hard to choose just one sim, but i figured i'd do this for Aria since i'm having so much fun with him atm!

Aria bounced between various foster families growing up and was eventually taken in by my sims Deryn and Xinyi. He initially didn't get along with Xinyi at all which was so surprising to me! He disliked her bubbly cheerful personality, it broke my heart (╥﹏╥)

Aria often babysits Sera who is Deryn's little niece. They love spending time at arcades with Aria's best friend Mable! Sera reallyy looks up to him and Aria treasures her like a younger sibling.

Aria first love Nathan passed away in an accident when they were 15 years old. I don't see him being able to move on from that for quite a while. He's also still in the closet and currently only out to Mable.

He reallyy dislikes public displays of affection.. too bad for him Deryn & Xinyi are my freakiest most affectionate couple ever..

I initially wanted Aria to give culinary school a shot. That is until he burnt his foster parents kitchen down and i had to learn the hard way how terrible of a chef he'd make ( ꩜ ᯅ ꩜;)

[queen-scribbles]

A wild (mild?) Halthiras appears, drawn by the ever-wonderful @captainderyn and guest starring Prism the hedgehog because she's his favorite pet. <3

[dickpuncher420]

tagged by @ducktollers ! this is so fun omg thanks for tagging me

make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and then tag five people to do the same. see which character is everyone's favourite

tagging @ranilla-bean @maangoes @jsup @sokkalore @cupcakecircus

[maybeamiles]

Characters that made me realize I was trans

You ever just wanna make a comprehensive list of everyone that gave you gender envy from a young age? Yeah me too.

So here it is! A list of every character that made me realize I was trans, starting from when I was a little kid!

No. 1 - Aravis from The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis

Okay, weird racism in this book aside, the amount I loved Aravis was probably the first indicator that I was not cisgender. I thought she was so cool for dressing up as a boy and rejecting traditional femininity and being so "not-like-other-girls" (i also had a big not-like-other-girls phase around the time I read this, go figure). Of course, she is cisgender, and seems to fall into a *slightly* more traditional role by the end of the book, but this isn't about C.S. Lewis' gender stuff and more on the fact that I related very heavily to Aravis and the fact that she didn't fit in with other girls, because I also felt the same way.

Her male co-star Shasta also gave me gender envy so between them both it's no wonder 9-year-old me loved this book.

No. 2 - Deryn/Dylan Sharp from Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Once again it's the girl-dressing-up-as-a-boy-to-fuck-with-gender-rules trope! Only this time, Deryn Sharp is actually treated like a man by her male co-star, Alek (up until he figures out that Dylan is actually Deryn, but then he's quite supportive of her gender fuckery). Deryn, like Aravis, doesn't actually feel any gender dysphoria. Her gender fuckery is a means to pursue her passion for air travel via joining the army. This does get fucked up by the last book and she ends up needing to leave the army, but we don't actually see how she presents herself when in non-millitary society so I will headcannon that she remains quite butch.

I thought Deryn was the coolest when I was 13, and even wound up copying her way of saying "barking spiders" for a bit. And her and Alek's romantic relationship was peak goals for me, probably because it begins while Deryn still presents masc.

No. 3/4 - Link, from TLOZ: Twilight Princess and Breath of the Wild

So, the Links! Let's talk about the Links!

Twilight was the first male character I remember projecting myself onto. So much so that I did not ship him and midna OR him and Illia (and didn't really like illia's quest), not because they didn't have chemistry but because I am very homosexual and did not like the idea of my self-insert being with a girl. Now, do cis girls project themselves onto male character? Idk but I'm not cis and this is something I did so *shrug*

I've lumped these two together because Zelda was a sort of twofer for me. I played Twilight Princess and then a couple years later played BOTW and began discovering what transgender people were. At the time I ID'd as nonbinary, and my Zelda obsession grew with my understanding of "shit I'm not cis." (I even named myself after a Zelda character for a bit). The links were my first *conscious* experience of gender envy, and hold a special place in my heart for it.

No. 5 - Aether from Genshin Impact

Last, but CERTAINLY not least, is the man, the myth, the legend, Aether Genshin Impact. And there is a STORY behind this guy's inclusion.

See, by the time I started playing genshin, I had long since accepted that I was not a girl. I called myself nonbinary, and thought I was okay with simply "not being a girl" and was fine doing what I saw all the other nonbinary people doing (binders, no testosterone, vaugely masc clothes, etc).

Then I booted up genshin impact, and had to pick between Aether and Lumine. And I still remember the "oh shit" moment I had when I realized that the default I expected to fall into would not make me happy. I had expected myself to pick Lumine, because I had previously thought that I was more comfortable with femininity than masculinity. I realized that I didn't just want "genderless." I wanted masculine. And I had this guy to thank for helping me come to that realization.

Anyways that's not all the characters that gave me gender envy or really even my entire "here's how I knew I was trans" but they are the most influential ones to me.

[captainderyn]

18, 20, 26; fic writer asks? :3

Thank you for the asks sorry it took six billion years to get to <3

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18. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

A fun fact about me is that I hate naming fics ;--;. Titles are the bane of my existence. Any title you see of mine was forcibly yanked out of my sad little head by sheer force of "I WANT TO SHARE THIS".

The real answer: after I write fics lol. It is very rare for me to have a title before I go to post on tumblr or AO3 and more often than not the titles are a one or two word thing that are relevant to the plot (see the oh so creative Misfire where Garrus misfires, and Dog Tags where Ryn is...you guessed it, given 'Garrus'' (her) dog tags).

Occasionally I have what I consider a stroke of genius such as And They Were Couchmates aka a play on the iconic vine, or Under the Party Tree which was just a sweet and call back for those who followed along with my first LOTRO fictober.

20. Have you noticed any patterns in your fics? Words/expressions that appear a lot, themes, common settings, etc?

Thematically, over the years, my fics have become a lot more hopeful and generally gear towards having a happy ending. In The Olde Days (about age 16-18) my fics explored a lot of pretty dark, heavy stuff as I inevitably worked through The Angst of Teens and needed an outlet for whatever the hell was going on in my brain. Nowadays I find I write a lot more happiness in dispersed with my angst, which is often plot driven.

Similarly, I've keyed in on the fact that what I write is often a reflection of what is going on internally for me at the time. Misfire was written when I was going through a lot and as such Ryn also happens to be Going Through A Lot.

But other than that, I like to write a LOT of very tightly character focused stuff. I don't tend to do a lot of sweeping plots, its a lot of character interactions. For better or for worse.

26. Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

Oooh hm...that is a good question. Does referencing my OLD Fanfiction.net Warrior Cats x LOTR crack fic oneshots count (no you can't find them on the internet)? I know a lot of people want to hide the stuff they wrote at like 12 but I still think that's pretty damn funny.

Lol no, uhm, I am super pulling a blank on this one. For sheer "why did you write this, Deryn" purposes, probably Little Victories because I never engaged with making contact for Check, Please ever again despite really enjoying the series (which I reread last month after not reading it since 2019). And the whole reason I wrote the fic was out of spite because the person who introduced me to it angry vague-blogged about me listing it as a fandom I'd do commissions for despite them introducing me to it (???). So I mentally, at 18, said "fuck you I'll give you something to be mad about"...and for the longest time it was my highest kudos/views/comments fic.

[chaosprancing]

I just recently put these pieces together, but are you also ThePrinceOfParties on DeviantArt? If so, I just wanted to say that back in 2011/2012 (whenever it was), I set one of your Leviathan pieces as my phone background and now it’s nearly 12 years later and I’ve just… never changed it. I’ve gone through several phones in that time, but the background has stayed Deryn and Alek for over a decade - every time I think about changing it, I can’t bring myself to do it because it makes me so happy every time I pick up my phone! Anyway, all that to say, thank you so much for sharing your art with us! I truly cannot overstate just how many little sprinkles of joy it’s brought to my life 💛

Oh my goddd yes haha that's me! Wow that is commitment!! Lol 🥹 Thank you for sharing this with me, you're so sweet!! Always nice to see what a small world the Leviathan fandom is on the big internet 🐳