#the vow verse.

[lilacsongs]

“sorry,  i  just  have  to  grab  something  real  quick.”  with  that,  kyungsoo  slips  into  the  master  bedroom,  before  he  catches  what’s  happening  by  the  periphery  of  his  eyes.  “oh.”  it’s  a  scene  that  he’s  all  too  familiar  with  and  he  remains  frozen  in  place,  unsure  whether  he  should  leave  the  man  to  it  or  join  him.  “.... do  you  need  any  help  with  that?”  he  asks,  amusement  palpable  in  his  low  voice.  / @artisn

[nerdie-faerie]

I'm once again thinking about the missed opportunities to have Klaus and Kol bond more. Part of Klaus' whole motivation as a vampire is to get his werewolf part back and to finally be stronger than Mikael (sort of, I'm simplifying) both of which can be obtained by breaking his curse. But Kol? Kol is the only other original that can relate to having a fundamental part of themself ripped away from them. Klaus might not have known he was a werewolf until he killed, but he likely still had a connection he couldn't explain, as evident by him going to watch the wolves transform. And something he'd never been able to explain was now gone. He might only be able to realise the connection afterwards through its absence.

Kol though. Kol had grown up with magic, a connection to nature and the world around him in a way the rest of his siblings supposedly didn't have. And then he gets turned. And not only has his baby brother died, his father has just murdered him and the rest of his siblings after forcing them to drink human blood, which he'll later learn. Now, not only does he have to deal with the grief of Henrik's death and also his own but also the loss of his magic. A loss that's likely only worsened by Kol being a self-proclaimed child prodigy.

Kol is pretty much the only one who could understand what Klaus is going through with the binding of his wolf. We know Kol searched for ways to get his magic back/carry on practicing magic in the same way that Klaus was looking for ways to break his curse. While Klaus likely could still feel his wolf there despite being bound, Kol has no access to his magic anymore. I just think they should've been able to bond or connect over their shared loss of an intrinsic aspect of their selves at the hands of their parents

[patrice-bergerons]

Oh but what if James came to Francis as a ghost in the Arctic when he was living with the Netsilik and convinced him to return to England when JCR's rescue party arrived, and what if when they were back in London Francis was invited to a ball, which he was going to skip, but James convinced him they should attend?

And what if when Francis arrived at the ball, his eyes desperately scanning the room for any sign of James who'd said he would be there and wasn't, he finally spotted him, walking towards Francis in a dress? And James said "suddenly every woman in the room must appear infinitely more pleasing to the eye once you have gazed upon me; you must pick a partner and dance Francis!" with an easy smile, but he was easily the most stunning woman in the room, wearing not just any dress but Queen Victoria's wedding gown, an exquisite thing of silk and lace, perfectly tailored to fit his body, and Francis told him this, and James blushed, and they jested about how they may court were James in fact an eligible young woman, and you know, still alive? And what if they danced? What then?

(the answer of course is that i am so writing this fic and nothing can stop me 😭)

Dress in question for reference

[jtexplorer]

[actionfiguresunite]

Eddie!! I'm here to help! It's that thing that's getting to your head!

[watsonjackpot]

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+ " Peter, I'm PREGNANT, not FRAGILE ! "

[gravesung-moving]

@chaoslulled ( satoru ) — binding vows.

SUGURU GETO KNOWS HE SHOULD BE more nervous than he is. perhaps he should even be angry, shunted off by his family as a bargaining chip to unite their clans politically without any say in the matter. and he is bitter about it, but only in the same way he has been bitter for his entire life: this is not new. it only proves what he has already known about his family since he was very young.

that bitterness, he knows, is his own. he cradles it carefully within his heart, guards it like a starving dog against the curses that shove stolen emotions into his soul like a hand down the throat. surges of anger, fear, envy, melancholy, rejection linger on the back of his tongue, but the bitterness is his. so is the shame at the root of it all, deeper still.

the gojo clan estate is massive. easily several times the size of his family home and exponentially more opulent, he finds himself feeling lost as he stares up at the entryway. no one told him what to do when he actually got here. was he supposed to wait at the gates? should he knock? the place is so damn big, how is anyone even supposed to hear it if he does—

suguru's hand is already poised at the wood of the door when it swings open, and suddenly he is face to face with the bluest pair of eyes he has ever seen. even behind the shades, they are arresting, wide and gleaming, framed by snowy lashes and a face that can only be described as objectively beautiful. when they met before, it was brief and gojo was shrouded in a hood to hide away from the rest of the suitors. suguru remembers the flash of those eyes when they stood together on the balcony and he handed the frustrated heir a lighter. the hint of a cheekbone and tousled white hair. but that was just it: a flash, like a passing car.

here, right in front of him, gojo's ethereal beauty is almost overwhelming.

❝ gojo-san—! apologies, i... ❞ he stammers, steps back out of gojo's personal space. ❝ wasn't sure where to go. are you... ❞

a glance up and down at the bedhead, the slippers, the tousled clothing. ❝ did you just wake up? ❞

[randomnameless]

RE thinking about King Gerard in Unicorn Overlord -

We knew the man was a trash dad and a trash king, but thinking about his "sacred blade" and the ring he gives Alain in the main quest...

Both items are supposed (?) to be blessed, somehow, by the holy Unicorn and prevent, gameplay wise, status/afflictions : Alain with his grandpa's sword cannot be frozen or poisoned anymore.

Ludonarration being a thing, if Gerard died to poison while he had access to this kind of equipment, it either meant the sword+ring didn't work when he was shot, or, he didn't have them when he took his "let's travel around the world" trip.

However, lore wise, we know the Unicorn is a symbol of faithfulness, trust and oaths - Rosalinde warns Alain that if he betrays his covenant, he will suffer a fate worse than death

(which might have been done by Zenoirans with their whole "sacrifice that horned pony Baltro said it'd be fun" which condemned them to the netherworld)

What if Gerard was spurned/couldn't wear any "unicorn blessed" stuff during his reign, because he was not the kind of king who could uphold covenants, be faithful and trusted etc etc?

I mean, bar his implied affair with Alcina - while Ilenia and Ilenia's sib were kiddies and most likely had their mom around - Gerard effectively ditched his duty as a King, going as far as calling his coronation something like a nice distraction/event.

Sure, his musings about what makes him more competent than a random to rule and reflection about status could have stuck a chord with some people about general themes like classicism* and all -

Nonetheless ditching your country and the oath to protect/rule/govern it that comes with being its ruler, especially when your family is magically bonded to a fantasy creature that values faithfulness and adherence to vows, is a dick move and I can't unsee the "he was suddenly hit by a poisonous arrow" as some sort of karmic retribution : unicorn themed accessories could have saved him, but King Gerard was - from what we know - spitting on the Holy Unicorn's principles and covenants, so he was banned/couldn't use those accessories and died as a result.

And died because back then, Alcina didn't buy a charm that cures poison.

*Clive seems to have been his biggest supporter, talking about the Province of the Ashen Blue and its creation but from a ruling/Cornian royal family standpoint, the creation of the Ashen Blue was akin to lighting a bomb - and Gerard ran away before being caught in its explosion, leaving his kid daughter deal with the consequences.

The Ashen Blue Order and Province, per Clive's story, is basically a land Gerard gave to minor knights who would only obey to him, and not to their feudal lord (the pecking order seemed to have been this King > Big Noble > Smaller Noble > Random Noble > Knight with the > noting the bonds of vasselage existing).

Gerard thus erased Big, Smaller and Random Nobles, so the Knights would be able to administrative their province themselves, and only obey to him (and not to their lords).

Of course doing something like this, and we have enough examples IRL, would alienate those nobles, and they wouldn't be super happy with the King or Royal Family who decided to pull something like this.

We know in the prologue that nearly all Lords from the Kingdom of Cornia turned against Ilenia, is it because they were all fooled by Galerius-Valmore, or because they were all corrupt? Or because some of them had legit grievances they fostered since Gerard's days and the dude being killed like bum their grievances were transfered to Gerard's daughter, Ilenia?

Shit dad, shit king and most likely shit husband, hopefully he passed the "be a broken unit on a pony" genes to his grandson, because otherwise... He'd be a total failure lol

Still, I like how UO spends time telling and showing the player that the various countries had their own issues before Zenoira rolled over them - unlike a certain verse it doesn't make Zenoiran invasion and occupation uwustified and no one wants to walk with Galvius nor hold his hand - and it's up to the newer generation, or Alain's friends, to change that for the better.

[saiwola]

"I know ... You're going to hate what comes next. But I promise. I will use the rest of my life to atone for it..."

[lilacsongs]

“you’re  awake.”  kyungsoo  smiles,  reaching  for  another  mug  to  pour  eden  some  coffee.  he’s  unsure  how  to  act  after  the  night  they  had,  which  is  almost  ridiculous  considering  that  they’re  legally  married.  still,  everything  has  changed  and  he  wakes  up  with  uncertainty  every  day.  “did  you  sleep  well?”

[fantastic-nonsense]

616!PETER PARKER FOUND DEAD IN MIAMI, PETER B. AND RENEW YOUR VOWS!PETER HAVE TAKEN HIS PLACE

[victorluvsalice]

Helo yes, I just want to say that I found your Forgotten Vows verse again, and also your Secundus verse, because of @thesatiricaldemon 's "Beneath A Broken Sky" and all I have to say is:

... how dare you both, now I have two AU fic ideas that sprouted from them because of inspiration! [Positive] (Actually three, but that one is just an afterthought)

*snrrrk* How very dare we XD But hey, I'm glad that both my fics and SatiricalDemon's have been inspiring to you! Love to know more about what percolating in your head! (And hey, don't dismiss that "afterthought" idea -- my ORIGINAL idea for an Alice: Madness Returns / Corpse Bride crossover after the release of the former was for them to meet after Alice killed Dr. Bumby and Victor had gone through both the "corpse bride" incident and its aftermath, but while I was sorting out that, I had a stray thought of "but what if Victor's parents hadn't believed him and instead sent him to Dr. Bumby to force him to forget the whole thing...and we see where THAT ended up. XD)

[2346khith]

Ultimate Peter, Spiderverse Peter, MC2 Peter, Renew your vows Peter: "Living happy lives with their wives Mj and having kids they love very much and either retired or balancing spider man life with everyday life."

616 Peter: What about me?!?!

[mayxthexforce]

Break a Vow, Make a New One || Sabé & Anakin

Starter for @corruptedforce

Since his return from the outer rim, Anakin behaved strangely.

It wasn't his USUAL strangeness, either. No. Sabé was used to that, even fond of that. This was different: Something was wrong.

Another night where she woke up due to his side of the bed being cold. It'd barely been a week —give or take a few hours, because she didn't feel like actually checking a clock— since he'd returned and as the days went by, it became clear to Sabé that he wasn't doing well. He tried to hide it, of course; most likely because he didn't want to worry her. But she had gotten quite good at reading him and she could see it in his eyes, in the way his dimples didn't quite show anymore whenever he smiled. There was something on his mind.

A bit laboriously because of the sleep that clung to her mind and due to her pregnant belly getting in the way, Sabé stood from the bed.

"Anakin," she called as she stepped out, looking for him and finding him, as she had two nights now– not in a row, but still enough times for her to start sensing a pattern: standing in front of one of the windows, looking out. "What time is it?"

From the look of it, it was still dark outside. It was still late enough that the birds, whose chirping she'd grown to dread in the mornings where they could afford to stay in bed later than usual, hadn't woken up. And yet here they both were: awake for reasons still unknown to Sabé. But she could sort of guess, and the hypothesis her mind provided her with as she stepped closer to him wasn't at all a comforting one.

After he had gone missing for so long, she'd promised to never let him get lost again, and she intended to keep that promise.

"Can you tell me why is it that I've woken up three times now without my husband in bed with me?" her tone left it clear that she knew something was up, but it was not accusatory- it was actually kind of lighthearted. Sort of soft, too, since she liked being able to call him her husband. "The view is beautiful, but nothing extraordinary this late at night. What's on your mind?"

[linkneol091]

My fav screenshots

It will take A WHILE for me to shut up, esp about peter b

[spinxeret]

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+ " I promise you , i'm FINE ! "