#the prefect

[britishassistant]

I have literally just spent the last few days going through all of the twst supervillain au posts. ALL OF THEM.

It’s not 3 am here for like the third night in a row what are you talking about

I have so many thoughts and could ask so many questions but I am limiting myself for now because spamming is bad! No spamming, me! 😂

SO we got the event of Azul and the twins finding out that Yuu is the child of Crowley. And we got that little snippet saying Yuu wanted Azul to help them tell the other villains so they could just get it out of the way because they were tired of having it hang over their head.

BUT WE NEVER ACTUALLY GOT THOSE SCENES/THAT SCENE!

I wanna know how that wentttttt!!!! What happened?!?! How did it go??? Did Yuu tell them one on one? Or did they sit them all down together? How did each of them react to the news? I feel like it would have to be one on one because telling them altogether would be a recipe for a LOT of emotions all mixed together to create a volatile bomb.

Pleaseeeeee I wanna knowwwwwww!!! Please gift me us with your words of wonder oh supervillain AU writing deity!!!!!!

(Also I just wanted to say back when you were giving out names to everyone my first thought for a name for Kalim was just ‘Minion’ because you compared Jamil and Kalim to Megamind and Minion and I was like “that would be a total Jamil thing to do - just call Kalim ‘Minion’ because he was tired of Kalim getting all the attention in their civilian lives and this was supposed to be about JAMIL DANGIT so even though Kalim invited himself along he doesn’t get a cool name he just gets ‘Minion’ and Kalim would unironically love it. But then you named him Water Boy and that has the same energy lmao 😂)

Thank you so much for enjoying the supervillain AU so far!!

(Make sure you get some sleep though!! It’s important to try and maintain a regular sleep schedule!!)

And basically the answer to your question is that Yuu called a quasi-truce of sorts to sit down all the supervillains to deliver the news. Both because it was the easiest way to avoid the accusations of favoritism that would arise if the reporter went around one at a time, and ensured they’d only need to go through the whole thing once.

Of course, the other six supervillains are only willing to humor this because it’s Yuu that called it. They may have all brought their most trusted aides along with certain, ah, “safety measures” just in case anyone else tries anything, but even these are pretty tame compared to their usual fare. It’s a silent agreement that everyone is on their best behavior in front of their host.

Even if they’re a bit disgruntled by the fact that this meeting is being held in the second Monstro Lounge location, and Leviathan and the Leech twins are flitting around Yuu like a particularly jealous school of fish.

Worse, the reporter isn’t even telling them to stop.

And then Yuu finally comes out with what they want to say and—

Oh.

Oh, now the other supervillains can understand Azul’s protective impulses.

Vil and Idia are having the hardest time processing it and have the most questions, all told. Their mental image of Crowley and their mental image of Yuu are so different after all, it’s a struggle not to ask, “but has there actually been a paternity test and are we sure this isn’t just one of the world’s most depraved lies?”

In fairness, Crowley has done nothing to disabuse them of the notion that this isn’t the exact kind of behavior he would sink to if mildly inconvenienced.

Of all of them, Malleus and Riddle are probably taking it the best. After all, they both know what it’s like being the prized heirs of people who cannot afford to let them shirk their duties. Either because the well being of others’ depends on them taking up that mantle, or their parent’s pride.

Either way, they’ll support Yuu’s search for freedom from their villainous father’s legacy, by taking up the mantle of head of Night Raven themselves if need be.

Please give Leona and Jamil two to five minutes to reboot. Both have partially blue-screened at the motifs of being cast aside and the inesacabilty of family bloodline inherent in Yuu’s backstory. Once they’re back to normal, they’ll be some of Yuu’s staunchest defenders, but give them forty eight hours to process first.

Maybe eighty two.

After Yuu’s answered almost all the questions, Ace butts in, “So, you kept sticking your nose in ‘cause you wanted to get kidnapped?”

Yuu shrugs, “Not, not wanted? But it was a bit less nerve wracking if I knew I’d done something to merit being there, so to speak. Made it less likely that it was because you’d worked out my heritage.”

The other villains and minions nod, satisfied.

But Deuce pipes up with a worried frown curving his brow.

“So, does this mean you won’t be investigating our schemes anymore?”

A hush spreads through the room. All eyes are fixed on the reporter, waiting for their response with bated breath.

Yuu grins, a gloriously competitive spark in their eyes. “Oh, you wish.”

[twisted-x-hearts]

Not 100% happy with how she came out here, I'll have to redesign how I picture her uniform later, but here's my Yuu or er, rather, Roscida!

An amnesiac young woman who woke up in a coffin, she's been having these weird thoughts lately. Like, is any of this real? Or not?

Toyhou.se Mirror

Template and Background is thanks to @unfinished-projects-galore

I did use Epel's face as a base of sorts to try and emulate Yana Toboso's style, which is also probably why I'm not really happy with how she looks here. That'll teach me, I guess.

[psybrepunk]

I'm rereading The Prefect (retitled Aurora Rising) by Alastair Reynolds and wow idk if I was just way too high reading this the first time but I did NOT internalize almost any of this book, and it's so nice to read it again also actually knowing all the context for the universe.

[stuffycow]

Alace didn't really know what to expect when visiting Japan. However when she was approached by a very ordinary looking girl she was pleasantly surprised, most people viewed angels as scary.

"Am I pretty?" The girl asked, moving her mask down to show that her mouth lacked cheeks, causing her mouth to stretch into an eerily long grin.

"That depends, am I?" Alace spread her four wings as she removed her porcelain mask, revealing her face, or lack there of.

Alace was an angel, and as such had features such as talons, wings, a lot of eyes, and feathers. However one thing about angels that not many knew was that their bodies tend to reflect the way that they died before they became angels, and Alace died from being burned at the stake.

Himiko was shocked that the very European looking girl she'd approached spoke perfect Japanese, but also had a face that looked horrific. She was burned to a crisp, her four eyes sat on lidless sockets and her mouth didn't have an upper lip. Her skin was a charred black and flaky, like overcooked meat. She was absolutely stunning.

(This is unfinished, I might continue it or might not. IDK)

“Am I pretty?” The lady asked, showing you her slit mouth. “I don’t know, am I?” You ask, showing her your scarred face.

[scene-iii]

someone catch him :(

[ariasphirance]

Let's go see some Gargoyles!

[tartppola]

my dearest friend

[the-ramshackle-prefect]

Game recognizes game

Have the two nerds finally met their match? Will they be cringe together? Perhaps…

[cosmonavo]

I know he (probably) doesn't have that literal skeletal body underneath his clothes, but still a pretty comical scenario to me frr

Imagine him talking to MC "u wanna touch?"

And she just "you know how fucking weird it sound??"

[stupidneko]

you know the feeling, don't you? will you ignore him like they did to you?

[britishassistant]

So i cackled seeing their potential brother in law opinions for the adopted AU and stayed AU but what would they think of Yuuken as a potential brother in law? Even with the probable possibility that he’s the prefect, a vigilante who always ruin their plans. Would they still be fine with him being a potential brother in law?

Btw i love the supervillain AU a lot! Its unique and funny as hell and i hope to see more stuff like this in the future. So keep up the good work!

(Also this AU reminds me of another AU because of some similarities between them. However, the AU im talking about is uhhhh much darker than the supervillain AU (Its called the Silver Bullet AU by Jackplushie if your curious))

Thank you so much for the ask and your support, dear anon!

And there would be. So much conflict.

Because as you said, on the one hand Yuuken is (as they believe) The Prefect!! That damn vigilante who keeps foiling their plans, when even the heroes can’t!! It’d be an even more of a slap in the face if Yuu chose him than if they chose one of their coworkers!

But on the other hand…it does make a weird amount of sense.

Because you’d have to be blind to not see how Yuu and Yuuken care for each other. Two peas in a pod, the reporter and their cameraman, unflinching loyalty to each other even in the face of maniacal supervillainy. And The Prefect does at least take the time to hear what each villain has to say, try to understand their motivations even if he ultimately stands in their way. And….well,

At least if Yuu fell in love with a hero like The Prefect, their brother would know their partner would never try to use them to hurt him.

(Needless to say, if Yuu ever found out about this, they’d be torn between mortification and pulling a stitch laughing.)

[kantokuseirakugakichou]

THIS WAS FOR WHEN THE EVEN CAME BACK IVE BEEN MEANING TO FINISH THIS so happy to get asked to dance finally (tsunotaro and deuce thank u sobs you are the real homies)

[forgwater]

[thecoolsquirrel]

Sick!Yuu and Ace 🥺

[harmorii]

post nbc event ramshackle

[citrus-c0la]

He's trying