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oifaaa · 4 months ago

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Intelligence can be measured in different ways and what everyone thinks is "genius" may vary.

If you want a genius but don't understand why and how they became to the level of intelligence it can feel flat as the character is rather one dimensional.

If you meant the all-knowing world's smartest ever person to ever live. Yes it will feel flat.

A character with absolute intelligence is boring and stupid to think of.

And also no matter what when a person is inteligent others seem dumb in comparison. It's logic.

I agreed with you up until that last paragraph since I don't think others around you seems dumb if your smart especially as you said in your first paragraph intelligence can be shown in different ways viewing others as dumb even just because they might not be as smart as you in some areas is in itself a dumb thing to do

#ask #anon #as i said before #the myth of genius #the idea that your born with a low or high intelligence #that like most things you cant work to improve it

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royaltea000 · 4 months ago

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You know you’re gone when you start playing dress up doll with a character :/

#my take on a modern human swk disguise #real proud of this one actually those tiger skin pants were a stroke of genius #and my dick tbh #journey to the west #jttw sun wukong #sun wukong #digital art #my art #journey to the west fanart #fanart #me guitily looking at the Hetalia followers watching me slowly become a furry 😬#listen if this is to be my furry awakening I’m glad it was swk #that’s peak #what I love about jttw is that it’s such an old story that it connects generations #my friend was watching black myth wukong playthroughs and her grandma came up behind her and immediately clocked that it was swk lmao #the elders know peak #posting this on campus after it was announced as soon as I arrived in class that it was cancelled #fuck my stupid baka life #o(-(#I’m loving reading jttw so far it’s so nostalgic #I feel like I’m 10 again with no friends devouring the entire mythology section of the school library #oughhh I skipped breakfast to do hmwk I’m so hungwy #love that monkey that’s my goat 🐒 🐐

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nyxinastris · 23 days ago

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putting ‘nobody’ by mitski on my penelope playlist

#bc im evil and genius #the odyssey #greek myth #greek mythology #tagamemnon

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fairytalesofstarlight · 9 days ago

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EPIC: THE ITHACA SAGA

A Quick Summary

The Challenge: yassss, SLAY QUEEN!!!! those VOCALS

Hold Them Down: Shocked, Uncomfortable, Disgusted (unfortunately this Slaps)

Odysseus: FUCK YEAH VIOLENCE! FUCK ‘EM UP KING!!!!

I Can’t Help But Wonder: Local Father Returns Home With Milk After 20 Years, Everyone Cries

Would You Fall In Love With Me Again: *ugly crying* i-it’s just… so beautiful *loud, wailing sobs* they’re IN LOVE your honor

#epic the musical #epic the ithaca saga #truly a roller coaster of emotions #so worth it though #jorge rivera herrans #the man the myth the legend #what a genius

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lastofthe20thcenturygirls · 9 months ago

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smort girl

#i am dying hekp 😂 she's a genius #im sol #lovely runner #kdrama #will won bin the legendary myth of a man ever return to acting ever

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pelideswhore · 2 years ago

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petition to change “written by a woman” into “written by euripides”

#no one understands women the way this man understands women and i stand by this #greek mythology #greek myth #euripides #trojan women #clytemnestra #medea #women of troy #aphrodite #cassandra of troy #<- just to name a few. this man is a genius.

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thesilicontribesman · 9 months ago

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Roman Genius Loci

A Roman altar dedicated to the Genius Loci, the 'Spirit of the Place: It was found in Sheep Street, Cirencester in 1880.

The Genius wears a crown and holds a cornucopia in his left hand. In his right hand he holds a patera, (a sacrificial bowl) extended over an altar.

Corinium Museum, Cirencester

#roman #romans #altar #genius #symbol #roman myth #roman empire #roman belief #Corinium #Cirencester #ancient cultures #ancient living #roman figure

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justjudethoughts · 2 days ago

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Say what you want about the old animated Barbie movies, but they understood the feminine genius.

#y'all the 12 dancing princesses #“big or small there is a difference only you can make”#the gentleness of genevieve #barbie's ability to think relationally is always what saves the day #which is one of woman's most important natural gifts #barbie is never strong arming things #she is logically thinking things through #seeing the big picture #relying on her friends #bringing people together #bridging gaps #nurturing #the feminine genius #the one true myth #theology of the body #barbie #old barbie movies #mattel

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tanadrin · 1 year ago

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@sadoeconomist

Something politically aware people on every part of the political spectrum from the left to the right think is true and leaders of the Russian, Chinese, Israeli, etc. governments believe in enough to talk about publicly and make major geopolitical decisions based on maybe is not just a crazy fringe conspiracy theory, could be that there's some truth to the CIA, NED, etc. having more involvement in these events than the video author thinks I watched all this stuff happen in real time, and I read your notes, which went over how Russian hybrid warfare succeeded in Crimea in 2014. Every major power takes hybrid warfare seriously, what's objectively stupid is your mischaracterization of how it works. Trying to astroturf a revolution out of nowhere simply by paying random citizens en masse to overthrow the government would indeed be stupid but that's not what it is. Your notes seem to suggest that the video says US was paying little attention to eastern Europe until 2013 but Russia was frequently reacting to imaginary US provocations because they are stupid. It's like there's a giant America-shaped hole in the video's narrative. Ukraine was understood to be a NATO-Russia geopolitical battleground long before Euromaidan, it wasn't just Putin shadowboxing imaginary opponents out of pure stupidity that led to this.

You seem to be operating on the basic assumption that governments don't do stupid things for no reason, or fall prey to obviously inane conspiracy theories. That's simply not true; governments are led by human beings, human beings are subject to a common set of cognitive biases, and when you're an authoritarian right-winger (as the leaders of Russia, China, and Israel all are right now), an explanation for your apparent unpopularity that pins all the blame on the CIA instead of your shitty policies and your attempts to cling to power flatters those biases.

But we don't need to speculate about the propensity of governments to do stupid shit, because we have plenty of historical and contemporary examples of governments believing in nonsense: Havana Syndrome in the US, AIDS denialism in South Africa, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories in Nazi Germany and Imperial Russia, etc., etc. And often these false beliefs lead to real strategic blunders: the Bay of Pigs, the Iraq War, World War II, etc. Sometimes world leaders are stupid! Like, leadership probably tends to select for some kinds of intelligence and ability--charisma, social intelligence, and so forth--but it doesn't automatically make you a geopolitical genius, or make you immune to believing false things about the world.

And the biggest problem with the conspiracy theory outlined here isn't just that we can trace its origin to a fringe American political cult, it's that it's not necessary to explain any development in politics since 1989. There is no problem in understanding the revolutions of '89 or 2000-2014 that CIA involvement is necessary to solve. Indeed, as the videos point out (if you would actually watch them), trying to use "the CIA did it" as an explanation adds considerable problems, bc color revolution theory doesn't work. It's based on misconceptions, misunderstanding of data, and a healthy dose of paranoia.

The only real problem is trying to explain Putin's behavior--and that doesn't require color revolution theory to be true, only that Putin believes it is true. And why he would believe something is true, when he has the supposedly vast power of the Russian state at his beck and call, is easy to explain: authoritarian dictators surrounded by yes men do not have accurate pictures of the world! From Idi Amin to Saddam Hussein to Vladimir Putin, there is a common pattern of authoritarian dictators losing touch with reality, getting really weird, and coming to believe all kinds of counterproductive stuff that flatters their egos. It would be an even bigger problem to try to explain why Putin was immune to that dynamic after 24 years in power.

"World leaders don't shadowbox opponents out of pure stupidity" is an assumption that seems wholly ungrounded to me. Why not? World leaders do foolish things all the time on large and small scales. World leaders make mistakes. World leaders can become paranoid and out of touch--and if they lead countries without functioning electoral democracies, they can stay in power regardless. World leaders are not a magic special class of human being. They're just people. And whether it's because they're your uncle who watches nothing but OANN and Fox, or they're the President of Russia and they have yes-men and the Global Research guys telling them only what they want to hear, they can end up making absolute nonsense a load-bearing part of their worldview.

#like putin has benefited from this myth of being hyper competent and calculating for years in the west #and i just don't think that was ever true #he's not some super capable genius supervillain #he's just a run of the mill authoritarian #who was willing to placate russian elites to get what he wanted #and once in power gradually solidified his power base #in a very run of the mill fashion

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pathetic-gamer · 1 year ago

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WAIT WAIT WAIT CONSIDER THIS: TOM AND BARBARA AS ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE, ALAN AND ALICE AS A DOOMED RETELLING

#alan wake #like this is fully what they already are - not in a 'someone make this content' way. they just Are #alan wake 2 #alice wake #tom zane #barbara jagger #barbara dies in a tragedy and tom is overcome with grief and through art and song (film/poetry) moves heaven and earth to bring #her back from the darkness - only to discover the dark place did not grant him his love again merely a shade of her #and so in that same roiling grief he destroyed himself - cast himself back into hell #the dark place took Alice so Alan followed her into hell - but despite Thomas's guidance he could not save both himself and Alice #and so he did the impossible and trapped himself in exchange for her freedom #Alan was taken by the dark place and so Alice followed him into hell once more #and she - knowing he could not afford to look back if he was ever to escape - tricked him into thinking she was already lost #sacrificing herself to lead him back to the light #and now the cycle is broken. alan cannot follow her into hell again - at least not in the same way as before #but in breaking the cycle he has declared himself the master of two worlds - is this hubris? has he doomed himself again with those words?#or does he hold the reins now? will he be able to reach into the underworld and free her? have they trancended myth itsel #*itself?#anyway. I'm a genius (jk)

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x-heesy · 11 months ago

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𝙿𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 (𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎)🫶🏽

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

-𝚂𝚝𝚎𝚙𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙿𝚑𝚞𝚌𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝚊𝚠𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 🫶🏽

𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝙸𝚜 𝙰 𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚋𝚢 𝙵𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚒, 𝙲𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚜 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚠𝚘𝚘𝚍 🎧

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padfoot-lupin77 · 5 months ago

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Myths: and this woman was desperate for power but in the end she was helpless against her fate

Bea Fitzgerald: hold my drink while I fix that

#I love that woman #like #the whole Persephone goddess of life thing? genius. makes perfect sense #Cassandra reweaving FATE itself altering the future against the will of the gods?#EVERYONE SAY THANK YOU BEA #bea fitzgerald #girl goddess queen #ggq #the end crowns all #myths #Greek myths #greek myth retellings

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bugwolfsstuff · 1 month ago

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Me talking about my wip mermaid Travercy AU to one of my friends: Okay so Percy is a mortal Lighthouse keeper, Travis is a Mermaid with a green tail and Hermes is a stressed dad. Also how much do you know about seahorses?

#I TOLD YOU ID GET HERMES PREGNENT SOMEHOW #I SAID ID DO IT #HES NOT PREGANT IN THE AU BUT HE CAN GET PREGNART #IT IS A POSSIBILITY!#I also gave him a harem #Hermaphroditus is also a clownfish/partially anglerfish mermaid cus angler fish were the only ones i could think of that could work w ->#his myth because some species of angler fish fuse with their mates and clown fish are hermaphrodites #Hermaphroditus only shows up like twice in the AU cus he does not live with Hermes and cabin 11 but i'm way to proud of my genius #pjo Hermes #Hermes pjo #pjo au

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p4nishers · 1 year ago

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can we actually take a moment and remember swan upon leda? can we actually shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down and think about our lord and savior swan upon leda because i'm tired of doing it alone every single day guys

#the title itself!!! THE FUCKING TITLE #swan UPON leda #god he's an actual genius THANK U HOZIER SO FUCKING MUCH #i hate how that myth is portrayed and received and objectified bc they make it out to be such a funny little chuckle story like 'hahaha led #is SO easy that she fell for a swan isn't that actually the funniest thing you've ever heard omg like women are literally so easy to please #whatever whatever blahblahblah yes that's fucking hilarious matthew thank u SO much for that absolutely fascinating commentary on a women #getting raped by a god really truly an amazing insight into ur pea fucking brain #like fuck sorry but i just absolutely despises how this myth is made out to be and i remember learning abt it in class and being literally #nauseated bc guess fucking what it's literally not hard to understand wtf is happening and while u r laughing away about i repeat a WOMEN #getting RAPED some fucking of us have brain enough to be mortified #jesus ANYWAY #hozier dropped that song after roe v wade was over turned and i just i love him so fucking much he cares SO MUCH and before anything else #he's an activist and he actually gives a shit about women's rights and he dropped this song as a comfort as something to hold onto but also #as a social commentary and he linked charities and resources to help women and keep them safe and this song just means everything to me #bc greek mythology often gets reduced to children stories bc most ppl know myths from children books and obviously a book for kids not gonn #outloud say the word rape or even imply that that's what's happening and that's fine ig but bc so many ppl know it from there it gets #reduces to a joke and a raped women gets ridiculed but hozier actually took one of the few poems about leda being raped and it being a rape #at all and made it into a song during a time that was so traumatizing for ever afab person in the world basically and it just says 'i see #you i see what you're going through and i'm listening and i actually care and i want to help you' and he's helping by writing a song yes bc #he's spreading the word that way bc that's how movements are spread and people listen to him when he's singing and that's how he helps and #i did i mention that i love him? bc i'd actually do anything for him and to meet him and tell him how much he fucking means to me #the line that always gets me is 'a crying CHILD pushes a CHILD into the night' bc yes she was a fucking child who had to deliver 4 KIDS BC #AN ASSHOLE DECIDED SHE WAS PRETTY ENOUGH TO FUCK and nobody ever cares that she was just a child and her child helen was just a child when #she was abducted and raped and impregnated (JUST LIKE HER MOTHER) by theseus a supposed great hero and im genuinely sick she was just a #child like so many women or girls in greek mythology and ik it was a different time back then or wtv but they were just GIRLS and nobody #cared about that or cares now. but this song does.#bc of course it does it's hozier.#hozier #swan upon leda

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commsroom · 1 year ago

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i have a definite answer for what fantasy creature hera would choose, though. selkie. the literal context may not apply to her, but selkie stories are about autonomy and control, about other people choosing who you are and how you should live. they're about parts of yourself that are kept locked away from you, and parts of yourself you learn to restrain for your own survival. and, of course, the ocean as a symbol of freedom. it doesn't matter how accustomed or docile she might outwardly seem; when the selkie gets her coat back, she always returns to the sea. i think that would resonate with hera, and i think she's introspective in a way where she would give an answer that sincerely resonates with her on a deeper level.

#i think hera would love myths and folklore and. symbolism #i love thinking about how drawn she is to the natural and the abstract; it's such a fascinating and genius choice for her.#i want her to see wildlife. marine animals.

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voltage-vixen · 2 years ago

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‘Tis the Season for Love Content Creation Challenge Masterlist

Here’s the Masterlist from @xxsycamore’s and mine ‘Tis the Season for Smut Challenge! The featured content includes an assortment of creations, and includes works from the following fandoms:

Cybird >Ikemen Prince >Ikemen Vampire >Ikemen Sengoku >Ikemen Revolution Genius >My Secret Spy Lovers Genshin Impact Mystic Messenger Obey Me Twisted Wonderland Voltage >Ayakashi Romance Reborn >Court of Darkness >Destind: Mr. Almost Right >Kings of Paradise >Oops! I Said Yes?! >Star-Crossed Myth

A 🎨 next to a creation indicates it is artwork.

*Please be advised that some of the content created for this challenge contains NSFW content and to respect the creator’s warnings and labels while also reading at your own risk.

The Fluff Prompts

Starting with preparations way too early

Cybird

Ikemen Vampire

One More Christmas With You: Comte de Saint Germain x MC @xxsycamore

Voltage

Star-Crossed Myth

Recovering My Star’s Shine: Zyglavis x OC @fang-and-feather

Sipping hot chocolate and then stealing a kiss

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Right Here: Clavis Lelouch x f!Reader @scorchieart

Sipping Hot Chocolate and then Stealing a Kiss: Leon Dompteur x Reader @violettduchess

Sipping Hot Cholate and Stealing a Kiss: Luke Randolph x Reader @aquagirl1978

Ikemen Revolution

Sipping Hot Cholate and Stealing a Kiss: Harr Silver x Reader @aquagirl1978

Ikemen Senogku

Sipping Hot Cholate and Stealing a Kiss: Kennyo x Reader @aquagirl1978

Ikemen Vampire

Sipping Hot Cholate and Stealing a Kiss: Jean d’Arc x Reader @aquagirl1978

Voltage

Ayakashi Romance Reborn

Like You as You Are: Shizuki x MC @lost-khione

Sweet Drink: Koga x MC @lost-khione

Oops! I Said Yes?!

Cocoa Kisses: Shu Hasunuma x f!MC @voltage-vixen

“Okay, maybe I DO need help putting the star on top of the tree.”

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

A Little Bit Short: Yves Kloss x Reader @myonlyjknight

Make Me Reach for the Stars: Yves Kloss x MC @xxsycamore

My Shining Star: Gilbert Von Obsidian x Reader @aquagirl1978

“Okay, maybe I DO need help putting the star on top of the tree.”: Chevalier Michel x Reader @violettduchess

“This gingerbread house just WON’T stay up!”

Cybrid

Ikemen Prince

A Chaotic Christmas: All princes, Emma, and OC in a platonic grouping @myonlyjknight

A Sweet Moment: Yves Kloss x OC @fang-and-feather

Ikemen Revolution

“This gingerbread house just WON’T stay up!”: Harr, Loki, and OC in a platonic grouping 🎨 @krys-loves-otome

Sharing a scarf

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Scarf Sharing: Leon Dompteur x Reader @violettduchess

The Scarf: Licht Klein x Reader @myonlyjknight

Warmth: Gilbert Von Obsidian x OC @gilbertvonobsidian

Ikemen Sengoku

A Warm Winter Day: Kicho x Reader @aquagirl1978

Sharing a Scarf: Kennyo x OC 🎨 @krys-loves-otome

Ikemen Vampire

Attention On Me!: Napoleon Bonaparte x MC @xxsycamore

Mystic Messenger

Snuggles in the Snowfall: Jumin Han x f!MC @voltage-vixen

“I said that I’d teach you how to ice skate, I didn’t say that I know how to ice skate.”

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Ice Skating: Clavis Lelouch x Reader @violettduchess

Voltage

Kings of Paradise

“I said that I’d teach you how to ice skate, I didn’t say that I know how to ice skate.”: Yosuke Sagara x OC 🎨 @cupidocherie

Forced to wear an ugly Christmas sweater

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

An Uncanny Resemblance: Silvio Ricci x MC/Emma @midwinterrmemento

The Ugly Sweater Party: Silvio Ricci x Reader @aquagirl1978

Ikemen Vampire

Our Ugly Getalong Christmas Sweater Party: All residents of Comte’s mansion in a platonic pairing @xxsycamore

Being the MC/LI’s fake date for a Christmas party/ball

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Fake Date: Nokto Klein x OC 🎨 @krys-loves-otome

Mine For a Christmas Night: Jin Grandet x Reader @xxsycamore

What a Difference a Year Makes - Chevalier Michel x Reader @aquagirl1978

Genius

My Secret Spy Lovers

My Rescuer: Masamune Araki x Reader @ikemen-prince-writers-posts

Voltage

Ayakashi Romance Reborn

Dancing Between Emotions: Toichiro/OC @fang-and-feather

Surprising their partner in the morning with a new pet underneath the Christmas tree

Cybird

Ikemen Vampire

Birds Of A Feather: Dazai Osamu x MC @xxsycamore

Voltage

Court of Darkness

Puppy Love: Toa Qelsum x MC @chirp-a-chirp

Destind: Mr. Almost Right

The Gift of Family: Rei Rindoh x f!MC @voltage-vixen

“Those clichéd traditions are exciting for me, now that I have you.”

Obey Me

It’s A Wonderful Life: Diavolo x gn!MC @chirp-a-chirp

Twisted Wonderland

Traditions: Malleus Draconia x Reader @ikemen-prince-writers-posts

Voltage

Ayakashi Romance Reborn

First Shrine Visit: Gaku x Futaba @lost-khione

The Smut Prompts

Warming up together after a snowball fight

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Warming Up Together After A Snowball Fight: Chevalier Michel x MC @ludivineikewolf

Genshin Impact

The Winnings of War: Childe x f!Traveler @voltage-vixen

Wearing nothing but a ribbon around the neck

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

A Kitten for Christmas: Sariel Noir x Reader @norel-ravenclaw

Ikemen Vampire

I’m Yours Tonight: Arthur Conan Doyle x OC @fang-and-feather

Fun under the blanket

Cybird

Ikemen Revolution

Fun Under the Blanket: Fenrir Godspeed x MC @ludivineikewolf

Ikemen Vampire

Another New Year: Napoleon Bonaparte x Reader @aquagirl1978

Bodies roasting by the open fire

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Bodies Roasting By An Open Fire: Clavis Lelouch x MC @ludivineikewolf

Ikemen Sengoku

Warlord Roasting By An Open Fire: Nobunaga Oda x f!MC @voltage-vixen

“A kiss under the mistletoe doesn’t have to be where we stop.”

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Don’t Stop: Jin Grandet x Reader @aquagirl1978

Insatiable Cravings: Silvio Ricci x Reader @ikemen-prince-writers-posts

Ikemen Revolution

Mistletoe Not Require: Zero x f!Reader @chaosangel767

Voltage

Court of Darkness

Nothing Else to Compare: Roy Invidia x MC @chirp-a-chirp

Star-Crossed Myth

Sweet Heat: Zyglavis x OC @fang-and-feather

“I’ve decided I don’t want to be on the nice list this Christmas.”

Cybird

Ikemen Revolution

Dalim, Baby: Dalim Tweedle x f!Alice @voltage-vixen

Ikemen Vampire

The Gift of Your Touch: Issac Newton x OC @fang-and-feather

“Actually, there is one more thing on my wish list.”

Cybird

Ikemen Vampire

A Joyful Wish: Charles-Henri Sanson x Reader @aquagirl1978

“Actually, there is one more thing on my wish list.”: Vincent va Goh x OC 🎨 @krys-loves-otome

Obey Me

A Wish Come True: Diavolo x f!MC @voltage-vixen

“Those clichéd traditions are exciting for me, now that I have you.”

Cybird

Ikemen Prince

Yours For A New Year’s Morning: Jin Grandet x Reader @xxsycamore

#'tis the season for love #'tis the season for smut #'tis the season for fluff #ikemen prince #ikemen vampire #ikemen sengoku #ikemen revolution #my secret spy lovers #genius otome #obey me #mystic messenger #voltage inc #ayakashi romance reborn #star crossed myth #oops i said yes #destind: mr. almost right #genshin impact #court of darkness #twisted wonderland

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