#there’s so many more I could make but these were the easiest trios for me to find in photos

[therighthandofvengeance]

pov: you’re The One

pov: you’re EarthForce’s main defense for the original last, best hope for peace

[myfictionaldreams]

I know it's already november but i've been so behind and off tumblr BUTTT what do you think our little mafia!stucky trio went as for halloween 🤭🤭🤭 i think there was def some public costumes and some just to wear at home

Sorry, it's taken me a few days to answer this! I absolutely loved trying to think of answers for this, as there were so many options I could have gone with! Thank you for sending this ♥

“Please come out of the toilet; I promise the others won’t laugh. You’ll look great!” you shout through the thick bathroom door, cheeks aching from the amount you’re smiling.

A snicker echoes across the room, and you glare pointedly at the man adjusting his green shirt, hardy attempting to hold back his laugh. You were trying, which was difficult, considering you hadn’t even seen  Bucky’s costume yet. Still, even the imagination of it was enough to have you wanting to collapse to the floor and laugh until your belly hurt.

“I don’t believe you, Doll. If I come out and hear one laugh, I’m not going to this stupid Halloween party”. You try not to roll your eyes at Bucky’s dramatics, but if you were in his situation, you’d refuse to leave the house. In fact, you were shocked he had even said yes to the outfit in the first place.

Turning towards the others in the room, you pointed your finger and demanded, “No laughing at Bucky. I really want to go tonight and win this prize for best dressed, and we can’t go without Bucky, so keep yourselves contained!”

“I can hear you smiling, Mama. You’re just as bad as them”, Bucky muttered, leaning onto the other side of the door. You smack your hand over your mouth, hiding the grin and try to compose yourself.

“Please just come out; we’re going to be late!” you say, stepping away from the door and picking up your tiny orange purse that matched the shade of your wig. Approaching Steve, who had remained by the door, you straightened his scarf, which also matched the shade of your wig, as he casually leaned against the door frame, admiring your outfit.

“Right, I’m coming out there. I don’t want to hear a single noise out of anyone; otherwise, you’re fired”, Bucky jokingly threatened as he opened the bathroom door and stepped out to a flood of laughter. In your fairness, you did try to hide the laughs, but looking at the little dog collar around his neck, you were beside yourself with laughter, doubling over and holding onto Steve so you didn’t collapse to the floor. “I hate you all”, he drawled, crossing his arms so the fluffy material of his Scooby-Doo outside stretched to its limits.

“I don’t know, boss, I think you make an excellent dog, especially the tail brings out the blue of your eyes., Natasha sarcastically reasoned with him as she grabbed his tail, but Bucky was swifter to grip her wrist and pushed her away.

“You’re the first to be fired, Romanoff”, he grumbled, adjusting the hood of the onesie with Scooby-Doo’s face on.

You move away from Steve, your heels clicking along the floor as you move, which captures the attention of the grumpy man before you as he admires your Daphne costume. “I’m sorry for laughing! You just look so cute and adorable! We’re definitely going to win the competition!”

You were surprised he had even agreed to it anyway, but you’d promised a separate costume awaiting his and Steve’s return from the party, which you knew would compensate for his embarrassment. Looking around the room, everyone was dressed to perfection. Steve as Fred was the obvious choice, and you loved nothing more than seeing Steve in a tight-fitting jumper, and his little scarf was adorable.

Natasha had initially argued with you, stating she wanted to be Daphne, but you quickly reminded her that in most versions of Scooby-Doo, Fred and Daphne were a couple, so it was only fair that you got to be Daphne. Anyway, Natasha didn’t even have to wear a wig to be Velma, so this choice was easiest. Then came the argument over who was going to be Shaggy and Scooby-Doo.

Bucky initially tried to pull rank over Sam, insisting that there would be many other gangs, dangerous people and high-powered individuals at the party so they couldn’t see him in such an embarrassing costume. You reasoned with him that Sam was the obvious pick for Shaggy, with his wit and sarcasm and that Bucky was still a menacing Second leader for the Rogers mafia, no matter what he wore. Additionally, the promise of a special costume in return had Bucky reluctantly agreeing to be Scooby and Sam, therefore, could be Shaggy.

“I promise this will all be worth it”, you whisper to Bucky, flicking the gold jewel on his dog collar and necklace.

“It better be, Doll”, he smiled finally, staring at your lips before clapping his hands, “Right, everyone gets into the Mystery Machine”.

“You know Buck, you look kinda adorable with a dog collar around your neck”, Steve jokes, attempting to reach for the necklace like you had, but Bucky ducked out of the outstretched hand and then shoved lightly into Steve’s chest.

“You can’t say much - Cute scarf, by the way”. Even though Bucky had been attempting to tease Steve, this only had both men smiling, wrapping arms around each other, and walking towards the exit.

Later that night, you were stuck between multiple costumes for them, having seen at least six different options in the shop that you knew would drive Steve and Bucky mad, so in the end, you wrote all the possibilities down and let them randomly pick which one they’d prefer. The choices ranged from cheerleader, sexy nurse and fairy. They were all stereotypical sexy costumes, but they were all ideas you knew would drive the two men crazy.

Steve reached into the pot first and then Bucky, reading their own pieces of paper and grinning devilishly.

“So? Which would you both prefer?”, you asked, standing before them, having removed the Dampne heels and hair.

Steve shifted his position from where he sat at the end of the bed with Bucky, already feeling his desire swelling between his legs. “Mine says Red Riding Hood. Oh baby girl, you know I would love to be your big bad wolf and chase you through the woods”.

You tried to ignore the pulse that bloomed in your core as you looked to Bucky with a raised eyebrow, waiting for him to talk. “Mine is Professor and Student”.

Stepping closer to Bucky, you plucked the piece of paper from his hand and then the same with Steves. “We can do one tonight and another tomorrow. Here’s the thing with the one you picked, Bucky. I’d like it if I were your professor and you were both my naughty students; how does that sound?”

Bucky’s mouth dropped open like he would say something, but no words came out, so he silently nodded. “Good! I’ll go and get changed, and both of you just wait here”.

[shinymisty-blog]

Am I the only one who feels like the episode "Six is a Crowd" was such a missed opportunity for so many things?

For those who don't remember, "Six is a Crowd" gave us this glorious gif:

The episode involves Sonic, Sonia, and Manic going to an Alternative Universe where Robotnik is the leader of the Freedom Fighters while the triplets are evil dictators. (Sonic is a glutton, Manic is money-hungry, and Sonia likes throwing mobians into jail...)

We never see Aleena. I don't even remember her being mentioned. And don't get me started on how pissed I was with not seeing the Alternative, Freedom Fighters Sleet and Dingo in this episode. It was AlL I WANTED out of an episode like this.

So...this is what I would have done with this episode if I could change it.

First off, the Royal Trio's role as the heroes trying to save Mobius would be replaced with the Robotnik trio. This would mean Dingo, Sleet, and Bartleby take the place of Sonic, Manic, and Sonia. (And yes. I am saying Dingo would be the leader of the group). They are searching to find Robotnik, the leader of the Freedom Fighters, to help overthrow the young tyrants ruining Mobius, Sonic, Sonia, and Manic, all while keeping the spirits of the mobians high with jazzy music.

Dingo's the most level-headed of the group, similar to Sonic, but tends to take on more than what he can handle. He also handles the drums (a different kind from Manic's drums). Sleet has street smarts and trusts issues like Manic, always snatching things he feels are needed...or that he feels they (the mobian he'd be stealing from) Shouldn't have. He plays the Double Bass. Bartleby is the one with the highest status but became wanted for crimes he couldn't control, like Sonia, being the one who's able to communicate the easiest with other mobians but has some...issues with adjusting at times. He plays the PianoSAXOPHONE!

So, when OUR triplets arrive in this universe, they are very stunned to see the Buried Hunters finishing a show hidden in a small, back alley within Mobotroplis, and even more shocked to see it being Sleet, Dingo, and Bartleby were the ones playing.

The two groups meet up and some shenanigans happen. Manic and Sleet bond over a shared interest in stealing shit and making the other members of their group have to pull them out of trouble because of it, while Bartleby and Sonia have a strange bond over their childhood friend ending up doing some really bad things. Sonic and Dingo bond over having to step up as leaders when they felt they weren't meant for it.

It'd give us the only episode where the triplets aren't the lead singers, but the "Buried Hunters" instead giving us the song. (I just want an episode where Sleet sings, damn it).

The Royal trio ends up meeting Robotnik, who reveals that, in this universe, he is the leader of the Royal Guard. We'd also learn that, apparently, Sleet and Dingo were very close friends with Bartleby. He then tells them why he hadn't reunited with the Robotnik trio, as all four of them still had to finish through their own paths, but that he felt unsure that they would even accept him back into their lives due to all the damage he had done, not warning the Queen about how poorly she was raising her children could cause issues down the line, blaming himself for the downfall of Mobius. He parallels Aleena and is foreshadowing a reason why Aleena hasn't reunited with them yet.

The Royal trio reassures Robotnik that the Robotnik trio are still fighting BECAUSE they believed in him and that they were trying their hardest to reunite with him, realizing that it may be the same with them and Aleena. With that, they are sent back to their own Universe with the notion that Robotnik is planning to reunite with the Robotnik trio and thanks the Royal trio for helping regain his confidence.

We wouldn't get the same ending we did in the original episode, as the Royal trio were only sent there to learn some simple lesson. They are left wondering how THAT Universe can restore peace to Mobius if they even can, similar to how we wonder if THIS Universe can be restored. The Oracle asks if they believed in the Buried Hunters and Robotnik to do the right thing, which then turns to him asking if they believed in themselves and Aleena to do the right thing when it came to it.

BOOM!

Better lesson than the actual episode...I don't even remember what it was. It could let us see a bit into the villains of the universe in another light, the trio can learn a bit from their journey, giving us some foreshadowing in specific places. Like how the trio would eventually reunite with their mother. WHY she's been avoiding them for so long, teaching the trio that they should do the right thing.

...

AND WE'D GET AU SLEET AND DINGO! WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT?!

[sitp-recs]

Rarepair Tag Game

Thank you @danpuff-ao3 for the tag! This was really fun 😍

Rules: List the top rarepairs that you like outside of your OTP, and why you ship it! (Criteria for what makes a rarepair is up to your own discretion.) tagging anyone who wants to do this, maybe @lqtraintracks and @writcraft if you feel like it?

Harry/Teddy

This ship has been a long-standing guilty pleasure fave ever since I’ve read the amazing When It Alteration Finds by the Hardy champion @lqtraintracks, many years ago. Shipping Starker (MCU) in 2019 made my love for Harry/Teddy come back even stronger because I can trace so many similarities between both ships (besides the obvious age gap). Pretty much like Tony and Peter, Harry and Teddy are war orphans whose paths wouldn’t necessarily cross only they did, and the mentor/father figure combo can lend itself to so many interesting narratives, both tender and angsty which is my ultimate jam. This was my very first ship that didn’t have the antagonist component - on the contrary, this brand of romance is even more heartbreaking because they’re so so seriously devoted to each other. They could have been best friends to lovers if not for the whole godfather+ age gap problematique but it makes the ship even more compelling to me. I love the guilt, the want, the inevitability of them falling into bed then hurting through the complications before finally getting together. My favorite fics include (you guessed it!) everything LQT has written especially Beneath a Foreign Moon and Coming Up for Air, plus the stunning Surface Texture by @the-starryknight.

Ron/Draco

I would never have considered this ship if I hadn’t stumbled upon the brilliant A Fine Foray into Fashionable Fellatio by @wellhalesbells - a masterpiece that remains my all-time favorite Dron fic because it finally opened my eyes to their sexual and emotional potential as a ship on its own, outside of Drarry’s shadow. Ron is such a fascinating character, so very different from Harry in his strengths and vulnerabilities, which makes his dynamics with Draco very unique and 100% different from Drarry fics. It’s a delight to see him as a protagonist, I love his sense of humor and I find the idea of exploring what brings him and Draco together (besides being tall Purebloods with strong feelings for Harry 😏) and what pulls them apart when it comes to wealth/status difference very refreshing and compelling. Lokifan handles it masterfully! Now, I might have come for hung!Ron smut, but I stayed for the feels. In the past year I’ve become more emotionally attached to this ship especially as dragon tamer pals thanks to the superb Dreaming Skies by @sweet-s0rr0w and @tackytigerfic and more recently, to a Dronarry gem that’s really a love letter to Dron, The Sun, Shining Above You by @oknowkiss

Ron/Harry

Young Liv couldn’t care less for “friends to lovers” but now that I’m older and mellow, those dynamics are slowly but surely working their way inside my heart. Gosh, I’m so soft for Rarry! I love the idea of them experimenting together as young and traumatized teenagers, and there’s something poetic and right about Harry falling in love with his first and best friend. My heart aches when I remember that Ron was Harry’s most precious person during the Tournament’s 2nd task, being with each other just feels right. Love me some confused pining, domesticity and slight possessiveness /jealousy for them, especially in a scenario where Draco’s involved (yes I am also here for the Dronarry agenda). My first contact with this ship was through Golden Trio fics and the catharsis of comfort sex during the Horcrux Hunt; it was the easiest thing to slide into Rarry afterwards. Now I see them everywhere and am low-key spreading the word among my most skeptical friends (@writcraft is probably thinking “wdym you were shipping them in my Drarry fic???”). If anyone’s curious about this ship or wants a break from enemies to lovers I strongly rec the darling Sun Kissed by @static-abyss,the angsty Prelude and Fugue by shes_gone, this hot af Kinkuary by iota the exquisite Silhouettes by @sweet-s0rr0w

[visualnovelzombie]

Furry Visual Novel Book Club: Echo Week 1 SPOILER DISCUSSIONS

Hi everyone, here is the SPOILER discussion post for “Echo - Saturday” (Click HERE for the Spoiler Free Discussion)

Next - Original - Spoiler Free Version  

Let me know if you have any feedback for the format, and be sure to vote in the poll linked at the end of the post for which Route we’ll be doing first! This is for people who have completed ALL of Echo previously!

As we hit Start, he melancholy title theme is cut silent, only to be replaced with a droning hum on a black background. A mysterious narrator opens by saying that we’re ‘returning’ and that just like this town, we’re only going in circles, as the opening ‘Day Card’ drops.

What could this Narrator be referring to? How is the town itself going in a circle?

It is safe to presume that the Narrator is Echo-Samuel Ayers that has bonded with Chase. While there are many possible interpretations, the cleanest and easiest to me, is that Samuel (who I will drop the ‘Echo’ moniker because his ‘ghost’ doesn’t appear in game) is referring to the ‘Player’ as an entity, and that how once again we are returning to see our characters suffer through the timelines etched in stone, and how we can’t stay away from their suffering, despite our attempts to make better choices. This sets the tone and meta-narrative of the Visual Novel as a whole and is the biggest IN PLAIN SIGHT type of spoiler this game gives.

We are then whisked onto a desert highway where the main character, Chase Hunter, has a conversation with is mom.

Is there information can we glean from this quick introduction of our lead character?

My pet answer here is that Chase is the same as his mom, in more ways than one. We see later on how her gossiping causes a lot of problems for Sydney, and how she might not be the most faithful/be promiscuous. Something we see Chase do... We Also learn that Chase is dismissive of his parents opinions/concerns, and that he’s ‘struck out on his own’.

We’re introduced to two of Chase’s friends, Jenna and Tj. The trio drive down the highway and Chase eventually remarks about being “Unbalanced” with just the three of them

Is there anything we can learn about how Chase describes about his friends here?

Chase wants or needs things to be the ‘same’, just like Leo. He wants the comfort and security of how things were, even though he’s been the instrument of change and escape. He’s torn between wanting his old life (before Sam) and also wanting to escape the psychic mind prison he’s found himself stuck in.

A short discussion later and we’re met with the game’s first choice: How the main character feels about the journey.

How impactful do you think a choice so early, with so little information could be? Why would the author put something as potentially impactful as a choice so early with such little ground work?

It doesn’t. It’s a direct commentary about how “we’ll always be back” and “no matter how hard we try, we’re always moving in circles”. I also believe it’s both an ease into normalcy for VN players in general, and masking Chase as a “blank slate protagonist”, as he isn’t sure about how he feels about a very big thing he’s spent all day headed towards for HOURS. A clever masking trick and mechanical tutorial all wrapped into one.

Spoiler Discussion/Observation: It was Chase who contacted Leo about going back during Spring Break, and from there Leo plans the group hangout. This shows Chase was still in contact with Leo and if Leo was truly ONLY planning on getting back with Chase, the wolf would have probably not invited everyone else back. Of course the growing Hysteria probably threw off his intentions as we clearly see later on in the game. But also highlights how he reacts/feels in Tj’s and Carl’s route while not omnipresent.

Following the choice the trio arrive at the hotel and disembark. The first ‘musical’ track begins to play when we get our first character sprite, “Neutral” replacing the ambient highway noises, and we get our first glance at the characters we’ve been with.

Tj Hess and Jenna Begay

The trio settle into the motel room and another character is introduced, Carl Hendricks. 

Our four characters discuss what they’ve been doing since highschool; Carl has dropped out of college that he attended with Chase, Chase is enrolled in a journalism major, Jenna is enrolled in a psychology major with plans set in motion to attend grad school, and Tj is in a sports medicine program at a Christian College.

Through natural dialogue the characters are able to give concise and quick insights to their interests, motives, and character disposition. An ‘exposition dump’ that provides deeper insight than at first glance (That we’ll see later!) Just a short tidbit that stood out to me as excellent writing.

We’re then introduced to two new characters, accompanied by the track, ‘Come Over’, a Flirtatious Synth Jazz piece. Chase’s tail involuntary thumps and his heart skips a beat as the two walk in

Flynn Moore

and Leo Alvarez

The group banter for a while, enjoying their meals. Chase discusses going to Lake Emma with Leo, a local reservoir, in order to complete the Otter’s school project. Leo immediately shuts the idea down, the two glancing at Flynn in the process. Chase feels guilty about the idea, and says he feels like an imposter for not knowing how his friends feel and trying to run the place after being gone for three years at university. The conversation continues, until the music is cut by Chase noticing Leo’s Anchor Bracelet. Chase is startled after Tj notices that he’s staring into space, and the music resumes with the track, ‘Banter’.

What’s happening to Chase here and why would someone need to call him out from his thoughts?

Chase has main character dissociation disorder caused by one slutty slutty old man. The physical affects show the player that the cause is bigger than a psychotic break, and that inner monologue mechanics/situations can tie into the plot line. (see Tj’s route!)

The group carry on into the afternoon and eventually snap a group photo, the game’s first CG

Spoiler Discussion/Observation: I truly believe that this photo/cg is ‘off balance’, not center-framed, because the group is missing Sydney. Without him, everything is thrown off-balance and into dismay... with Chase at the center of the cosmic unraveling.

Spoiler Discussion/Observation : Chase comments on waiting for Jenna to fall asleep before we’re met with a “...” I believe Chase is being set up for doing ~SOMETHING~ or having the capacity to do ~SOMETHING~ at night. We see this during Tj’s route, but I believe this was placed so early and has other places it can occur, as a tool for Howly to have Chase be the crazy little otter man he is more fluidly, even if we never see much more 100% concrete times of him doing this.

The group continues into the night before the three locals return home and the trio retire for the night. Chase has a nightmare where a metal chain is attached to his leg, pulling him down into a lake. Leo is there and ignores Chase’s situation, choosing instead to compares their “bracelets”, saying “everyone gets one.”

What insight does this nightmare give to earlier events? Does this event cause any tone shifts from what was previously established?

The Anchor Bracelet, the symbol of Echo, is what drives Chase to break into his own head/away from Sam for a second. His guilt and sins and worries bind him to this land (metaphysically, physically, AND mentally), and the nightmare manifests this. Leo is conversely shown to be proud of his bondage, literally wearing it on his sleeve. He also comments how “Everyone gets one”, signalling that everyone else has something that binds them to Echo too... something they can’t escape which leads to cycles of trauma they’re soon to experience/experience again and again...

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That concludes the first Book Club for this week! Thanks for reading and I hope to have a fun and hearty discussion with everyone in the replies!

For next week, we are reading all of ‘Sunday’, until the following Day Card:

Be sure not to forget to check out this poll HERE to vote on whose route we’ll start in two week! Thank you again to anyone participating <3

[the-pjo-analyst]

Chapter 19 - We Find Out the Truth, Sort Of

Theme of the day: Deception

Things are coming to a head for the trio in this chapter as they are forced to come to terms with their whole quest being one big deceptive plot. But there’s also so many layers to the deception, because each party believes different things and NONE are actually the truth lol. Like there’s Zeus who thinks Percy stole the master bolt and brought it to Hades or Poseidon, Poseidon and CHB who think Hades is behind it, and then there’s Hades who thinks Percy stole the bolt AND his helm and everyone has it out for him. And mixed up in all of this is the trio just doing what they were told to do and find themselves in a huge conspiracy lmao.

Hades really was the easiest red herring bc of the stereotypes around him. Zeus’s master bolt gets stolen, and Hades gets blamed bc he’s bitter and wants a war. But also stealing his helm was so easy bc of Hades’s is so distrusting of everyone. This whole plan really pokes at the holes of the Olympians and their whole order, in more ways than just between Zeus and Hades.

The flying shoes and the backpack are the clues to deception, yet Percy only catches onto one of them, maybe because he unconsciously doesn’t want to believe it. Like if you put everything together from what Percy knows so far, the voice in the chasm seems to be the true evil mastermind who wanted the master bolt and helm delivered to him. Ares gave Percy the backpack where the master bolt magically appeared, so he obviously is part of the scheme, but also the shoes which were meant for Percy carrying the backpack tried to lead the wearer into the chasm. And the shoes were from Luke, who was in Olympus on that fateful day. If you want to look deeper, you could also point to how Hermes is the god of thieves, which was offhandedly hinted at when Luke joked that he stole Percy’s toiletries for him lol. But also Percy is 12 and just thinking about his immediate problems, which are the fact that he needs to get out of the Underworld, confront the person who gave him the backpack, and get back to Olympus to stop a war.

Two interesting things came up about Percy that reminded me of the first chapter: Percy being pissed off about being blamed for something he didn’t do, and also how he chose not to sacrifice himself to save his mom. For the former, that interaction made me think of the beginning of the book, with Percy being labeled as the misfit kid with not much going on for him. There’s even a line that Grover says, “You know who’ll get blamed if anything happens,” in response to Percy wanting to throw hands with Nancy Bobofit for bullying Grover. And here we are at the end of the book and Percy is still being seen troublemaker. All he tries to be is a GOOD KID. When will the cycle end!! 😤 And Percy has every right to be indignant about getting blamed for the mess the Olympians found themselves in, like they’re the gods accusing a child for a heinous crime (following Poseidon’s orders but we’ll not get into the LOL). Anyway to the second point 😂 because also in the first chapter, Percy has a thought to go back home while at the museum but doesn’t since he’d know how his mom would react. And this is essentially what happens when he considers using his pearl to save his mom instead of using it himself. He knew what she would say. And that’s all it takes for him to not act on those impulses. He just wants to make his mom proud y’all ;w;

Small things:

This is just a tangent but I hate the concept of “so few people do good in their lives” bc it suggests that the only “good things” of value are large gestures or actions that affect a large number of people, completely ignoring that small acts of kindness are also important?? Like the concept of Elysium looks over regular people who do good not in grand ways but in their everyday lives. Idk it’s also same energy as “humans are inherently selfish” argument. I’d have to look into how Ancient Greeks viewed the Underworld but all of this also seems very Catholic lmao.

Another (smaller) tangent, but why was “African famine victims” specifically mentioned on the gates of Hades’s palace?? I take offense. Uncalled for. Such a broke take.

“I had spent thousands of miles worried that I’d be betrayed by a friend, but these friends would never do that” got to me ok

Previous: Chapter 18 - Annabeth Does Obedience School

Next: Chapter 20 - I Battle My Jerk Relative

[linkspooky]

Continuing on with a writing ask (I’m the same one that originally asked which characters you needed up liking when writing + which you found difficult to write)…

Since you’ve made OCs for your fics, which OCs did you enjoy writing the most? And which one was the most difficult for you to write?

Commission by @/ JJIMCMSN

Michi is the easiest of my ocs to write. He is my baby darling boygirl. Look how many outfits I've dressed him up in. The reason he is the easiest is twofold he is the oc I spent the longest time developing. He existed for over a year backstory and all ever since right around the hidden inventory arc was running in the manga.

Fandom-wise I was way more interested in the kids in the previous generation (the SSS Trio) and wanted a character to explore them by being another student at Jujutsu High during that generation. Second, I wanted Geto's family to be more explored because we know very little about the members who are not Mimiko and Nanako so Michi was created around the concept of someone who defects from Jujutsu High to join Geto's family, and therefore interacts with both Gojo and Geto.

The second reason he is the easiest, is because so much of him is modeled after Gojo his character voice is roughly the same. Michi dialogue is the same as Gojo dialogue, it's just phrased more politely. They are both characters who say whatever comes to mind and often have trouble perceiving other people's emotions in reaction to what they say. Gojo is the easiest character to write, so Michi who is his double in the story, the moon to his sun essentially comes naturally to me too.

Michi is just also once again the character I have put the most thought into, and planned out his arc. I know him when he was seventeen years old as a student in Jujutsu High. I know him and how he interacted with Geto's family for those ten years he lived with Mimiko and Nanako. For example, Michi never believed in Geto's dream, he only wanted to remain by Geto's side because he believed in some small way that he could course correct Geto. One thing he often did was intervene and try to calm Geto down whenever Geto tried to attack children who were not jujutsu sorcerers. Michi also believed that Geto is the only person powerful enough, to have stood a chance of achieving his goal of just destroying Jujutsu Society point blank and forcing them to rebuild.

(Michi is the alternative to Gojo, if he had Gojo's powers he would have just slaughtered the elders and let someone else take control from there, which is pretty extreme but Michi's belief is child abuse is the utlimate evil that can never be tolerated and should be punished and made so it can never happen again. An institution that exists at the expense of children cannot be reformed in any way, only destroyed. Basically Gojo thinks any radical change wouldn't stick and wants to make the next generation strong enough to take power and replace the elders, Michi has no patience and wants them gone now).

Then, in the third stage of his life post Geto's death, Michi basically has lost his purpose and place of belonging so he finds himself again in creating a place that is safe for other lost children like Mimiko, Nanako, Junpei.

Like, see it's easy to write an OC when you have this much of them planned out down to the smallest detail. When you have their character arc, flaws, and where you want them to end up at the end of the story all mapped out. (Ideally, Michi will eventually be a teacher again b/c working with children is what his character centers around). 

The OC that was the hardest for me to write was Ito Rie from Werewolf, and that is because they're actually not my OC originally. They belonged to a friend who was basically like "can I create an oc for your universe? Okay, well she's a really dirty kid, she used to live with her grandma but now she's a runaway kid, she cuts things with her kendo sword she swings around. Michi found her on the side of the road and gave her food. And also she's a lesbian. And also I think she'd be friends with Mai."

They did not really give me a lot of details beyond that so I had to spend a lot of time asking her questions, and then giving her ideas for what Ito's backstory could be, and how she became a curse user in the context of the story, and what happened to her grandma that caused her to be homeless and continually on the run from other people. It was all those questions I asked my friend about this character that made Werewolf come about, which was essentially Ito Rie's origin story and how she became a runaway.

The other thing that made Rie tricky is I decided to do the possession with Noranso plotline, which meant I had to write a character who was posessed but this was a twist and not obvious right away. Which means I essentially have to write a character acting very noticeably off (hence why she goes by weird girl) and unsettling for a girl, and at the same time like, idk have her have dialogue, have her interact with other characters, have her do stuff without giving away the twist too early. It was just a weird line to balance. The other thing is that Ito is posessed for most of the story, so I had to establish what Possessed! Ito acted like and what Normal!Ito acted like. The Ito we were talking with for much of the story is not the real ITO! TM so I had to find a completely different character voice for pre-possession ITO! and also she only appears really briefly in her first person segments so she had to be someone unique and striking like. You had to get a grip of what Ito was like before she was posessed within that limited screen time. 

I write characters by their voice, basically how they talk, how they think and so characters with clear voices like Michi are easy for me. Characters who are more muddled, which is Ito Rie by design because she's a victim of possesion and she's also a mystery to the girls of the main cast are harder because they're not so clear. Also, in general the more time I spend before planning a story the easier that original character is to write because I have lots of details to inform me how they would act in certain situations.

[kimium]

Tumblr's been doing their annual Year in Review and this reminded me that I've always wanted to do a review of my fics for 2022. Other years this has been something I've wanted to do but I've either forgotten or remembered too late.

So, here we are, my little review for my fics from 2022. All the data comes from A03's statistics. Rest is under the cut because it's going to be long.

Statistic Stuff

My "Top Five" fics by hits:

Wooden Shrine (SDR2)

Comfortable Bed(s) (Twisted Wonderland)

The Small Things that Don't Align (Twisted Wonderland)

Lingering Taste (SDR2)

"I can't swim," he said when he could, in fact, swim. (SDR2)

My most kudos in a fic: The Small Things that Don't Align (Twisted Wonderland)

My most bookmarked fic: Comfortable Bed(s) (Twisted Wonderland)

How many words I wrote in 2022: 149,496

Question Stuff

What was the hardest fic to write?

The hardest fic to write by far was Wooden Shrine. Which, was ironic because I purposefully tried to make it less of a work load on me. If you noticed, I made the chapters shorter. This is due to me having an Actual Job that takes a lot of time and mental energy out of my day. Yet, this fic ended up being a challenge. I think the hardest part wasn't the writing of the fic, but finding the mental energy to get through certain sections.

Yet, despite this, Wooden Shrine is one of my favourite fics this year. I think it's because a lot of elements to the fic are an accidental combination of my Kitsune! Komaeda fic and 1000 Kisses. Both fics are ones I hold near and dear to my heart.

2. What was the easiest fic to write?

Without a doubt Comfortable Bed(s) came so easily and so naturally to me. I wrote that in a single afternoon and I'm astonished that I managed to do it quickly. That being said, it was also a challenge for me because it was my second Twisted Wonderland fic and I decided to write Basically Everyone.

3. Which fic is the most underrated?

I think I have two underrated fics. Is this cheating? I made this entire thing up, so I can do what I want.

My first underrated fic is the first fic I wrote in 2022, The Way to Convince a Dragon to Not Murder is Through his Stomach (FE Fates). Listen. Dragon Anankos gaining just a little bit of humanity to barely curb his dragon madness? Dragon Anankos acting like a rabid attack dog with a leash that's about to snap? Dragon Anankos attracted to the Trio because I will shove my Anankos/Trio agenda onto people? It's a great fic and most importantly it was a gift to @shreedle "Thanks for being my friend that I can rant about FEH to".

My second underrated fic is You're Welcome, Byakuran (KHR). First, it's one of my rare 100/51 fics in a Good Timeline. Next, it's a fic purely based on joke conversations between me and @someobscurereference.

4. Which fic(s) had something "cut" or had an idea that never happened?

Originally, I wanted to write more Souda/Sonia/Gundham into Wooden Shrine. I also considered writing a short one shot to show how Souda and Gundham came into contact with Sonia and formed contracts with her. Sadly, this was a time and energy issue, so the idea was dropped.

For my fic Honeycomb Bakery (Modern AU FE Fates) I was going to write it as "Niles is pining after a customer and that's Owain" and thus he keeps giving free baking to Owain. However, I wrote in the silly signs that were clearly written by Owain. I couldn't have Owain as a customer and worker, so I made it an established relationship and moved on.

In Red Handkerchief (FE Fates) I considered giving Odin more angst and drawing out Leo/Niles getting together with him. I scraped it because it felt too close to another Leo Trio fic I wrote years ago, with the "they don't like me back" angst from Odin's end.

Finally, for Burner Phone (KHR) I wrote about 700-800 words in Shouichi's POV. I ended up not liking how it sounded/the tone so I swapped with Byakuran.

5. Which fic did you want to write but didn't get around to it?

-ObscureReference and I have an Elaborate Joke/HC of an OC Demon Parrot named Sprinkles that was summoned by Henry to protect Olivia but mostly Inigo. (We ship Henry/Olivia.) Sprinkles is absolutely Hilarious and our ideas for him have spanned mostly in a Modern AU, but jokes about him in canon verse have come up. I desperately want to write a fic with Sprinkles and might get around to it soon.

-For SDR2/Komahina, I have a fic titled "Another Post SDR2 healing fic" with extensive notes of what I want to happen. I've not touched it in a while since I'm worried it will sound like I'm trying to rehash one of my oldest fics, Waking Up in Pieces.

-With Bleach, a fandom I've been a part of since I was around 12, back I sort of want to write a Bleach fic. In fact, I started a Bleach fic way back in 2016 when I was living in Japan and had a big Bleach re-watch bug in my system. Obviously that never panned out but maybe this year is trying to tell me something...

6. Any WIPs that never got published?

-I have 351 words of a FE Awakening/Fates fic focused on the Trio having some weird ability due to Living Through the Apocalypse and Time Traveling. I wrote the base of it in June at work. I don't remember what I was going to do with this.

-I have a fic titled "Marzipan" and it has exactly 65 words describing Towa City. I do not remember what I was going to do with this fic.

-I started a fic titled "Love at First Stab Attempt" as a prequel to my Serial Killer Komahina fic, Working Relationship. I like the idea but didn't like some of the direction it was going. I might tweak it and post it later.

7. Share a snippet of WIP fic?

Here's the opening snippet from that FE Awakening/Fates fic I mentioned above. You can see that I'm using some ideas from prior fics such as blue flames and devouring something that most people aren't eating. I just really like eating as a metaphor.

"The fire was blue.

Not a light blue as one might expect from a fire. Most fires Inigo knew burned lighter at the source— almost stark white before fanning out into colour. Like a flower opening this fire burned large and tall despite the fuel only a small broken branch of bleached wood. The flame in question burned dark; a thousand midnights compressed into one, or perhaps like the depth of the ocean where under millions of metric tons light struggled to travel.

Pressing his hand against the flame, Inigo supressed the deep bone chilling shudder that ripple under his skin. An instinctual self-preservation method ingrained into his genetic code. It was accompanied by a voice that sounded like his mother’s. The voice rang hollowly before fading into an echo. Swallowing, Inigo reached out. The blue flame lapped at his hand and did not burn. Exhaling slowly, Inigo curled his hand and squeezed the flame between his fingers.

At once the flame jumped into the center of his hand, nestling in the crevice between his fingers and palm. Light danced in his palm, adding a red-pink tinge to the blue flame, creating a muted, dirty purple.

Pulling his hand away, Inigo pressed the flame to his lips and devoured it. Light pulsed in his throat for a moment before settling in his stomach. Warmth blossomed along with a surge of giddiness that border lined tipsy. A hiccupping laugh escaped Inigo’s throat before expanding into petals of soft laughter.

Widely grinning, Inigo picked up more flames until the fire was entirely consumed."

7. Which fic was the one you were most "excited" to write?

The fic I was most excited to write was my Katekyo Hitman Reborn (KHR) fic, Delivery. It's an idea that I always wanted to write: Shouichi going to Byakuran on his own accord. The main reason why I only got around to writing it this year was because I kept changing the tone I wanted. Did I want a more humourous tone? Did I want a more cynical tone? I never knew, but I think I hit the right balance.

8. What's something you're looking forward to writing in the future?

I am looking forward to writing more Twisted Wonderland fics. Yes, I guess I'm deep enough into the fandom that it might become a regular fic occurrence. I have a few ideas, but no idea where they'll lead.

I'm excited to write more SDR2 fics. Yeah, that's predictable, but sometimes a comfort fandom is what one needs.

I'm also super excited to write Sprinkles properly some day. It will happen.

[marshymindness]

sullen cheeks and little cuts along my face. I don't know where they come from.

things that feel like bruises but don't show, pains deep within I can't touch, I suppose I'll find out what they are in 10 years.

I know exactly when and why every scar on my skin got there. not that anyone would ever ask nor would I care to explain.

I turned 20 and celebrated a teenage funeral. it's been a year and a half since, all we talk about between our little spanish trio is how old we've gotten in such a short time span. haven't even cracked 22 but the pictures are telling.

many friends said we were acting like grandpas, being old fashioned and stuffy, playing cards and day drinking. we were only trying to get a taste of what life could still hold for us after decades of adulthood. must've been a sorry sight to see young men act like geezers.

but we're still kids at heart. when no one's watching at 4am, we'll play football and whisper silly things to each other. go off into the forest and get on swings and chase cats only when certain everyone's gone.

sometimes I wonder where do you draw line for growing up too fast. how much can be willful and how much but a reaction to increased burdens. this year I've shaken off so many young dreams. but as I try to replace them, there's just a lack of commitment. not because I don't believe, but because it demands so much strength.

strength I feel I have but the truth of this physical body keeps denying.

it also is a choice of engine. I'll chose love and curiosity over and over but such a fuel isn't tye easiest to replenish. I've seen others crush obstacles and gun it with engines built on rage, hatred, fear, contempt, ego, envy, pride... I can understand why they seem sinful. given a proper context I'll borrow some of that fuel too. but it leaves a dirty taste in my mouth.

I love to love and chose to love and it remains simple because it's a gift to others. but the consequences of such a policy is to come back around and see how that gift was left trampled in the mud. sometimes you can go the extra mile and instead find someone at the end wanting to drag you back ten more miles.

I don't think this world ain't built for me. a lot of the systems in place sure. but I'm not the first to make that observation nor will I be the last. what's uniquely mine is that it's my turn to acknowledge it. I'll love always and do my best to fight back. more often than not that fighting comes through sitting down and listening.

it's always a pleasure to listen to those who don't feel heard. such interesting brains to be surrounded by. loving living listening is all I've got. my ribs are showing and my legs won't stop cramping and adulthood tries its best to instill dread within me, but I still have the grateful ears and eyes of a child.

I know the story behind every scar on my skin and I have an invisible scar for every conversation we ever had.

[shiny-jr]

Can we get some more twst “how they hug”? I’d like to hear how the octa trio do it. (And whether Floyd differentiates between a hug and a squeeze.)

Sure. I'm gonna add Savanaclaw in here too, just because I already did Heartslabyul so might as well keep it in order. Oh, and like the last time, I'll try to put two per character. The first being more normal and the second being if you're closer to them.

SAVANACLAW

Jack Howl

Oh boy, it'd be a real challenge to get a hug from this guy. Tsundere jock. I think the first "hug" you'd get from him is the protector type of hug. You know what I mean, right? Where the first person is kind of behind the second person, and the first person has an arm around the second person's upper body kinda tightly or protectively. Usually touching the second person's shoulder and other arm, the first person's arm around the second person's chest or collarbone.

It only happened because there were some violent upperclassmen nearby. That's probably the closest thing to a hug you're getting from him, at least for a while. Jack isn't too fond of acting buddy-buddy with others. Although he probably doesn't even realize that he technically hugged you, if you mention it to him he'll vehemently deny it was a hug. Like many of the other characters, you have to initiate or ask. He will not just hug you properly out of blue.

If he considers you someone important to him, he might try to give you a normal hug. Keyword, try. But ultimately fail. You're shocked when you asked for a hug and he actually wrapped his arms around you. You didn't actually expect him to do it. Are you really hugging me? You ask in disbelief as he picks you up. N-No! I'm lifting you up so you can reach the top shelf. Liar.

Ruggie Bucchi

Thankfully, Ruggie isn't as aloof as the others in his dorm. So he's actually rather easy to get casual hugs. The most common from him seem to be the pickpocket hug. Where he stands beside you and rest his hand on your hip. No, he's not doing this to swipe the twenty bucks you have in your pocket, haha––

Out of all the people in his dorm, you'll have an easier time getting to hug him. Yeah, he'll give you a hug, but it'll cost you lunch. What? He's kidding! Maybe. If you want a genuine hug it will take some time though. Ruggie has this mindset that everybody wants something, and surely if you want to hug him that must mean you want to rob him of his wallet during the hug, huh? Well he's not falling for it!

Once you do have his trust though, hugs are pretty common. Casual ones in public, but the more genuine ones happen when no one else is around. He won't admit it to anyone else but you, but his favorite hug is the straddle hug with you on top. That way he can rest his head against your chest, it's easy too because he's a little short. If he could, he'd stay like this for a while... until he starts making you laugh somehow.

Leona Kingscholar 

Yet another tricky challenge. Once he’s gotten used to the company and doesn’t mind you around anymore, it’ll take a bit of time but touches will become common. Usually small things, like flicking your forehead or hitting you with his tail when you’re being, quote on quote, a brat. 

The first action from him that might be counted as a hug is the rag doll. It’s somewhat similar to the protector type of hug, where the first person stands behind the second person while slinging an arm over their shoulder. However, he isn’t holding you tightly over your upper torso. Instead, his arm is hanging off loosely over your shoulder. If you value this type of casual affection, don’t actually mention it to him. If you do mention it in front of him, that “hug” is not happening again. 

Once he actually trusts you and wants you around, you’ll be granted the privilege of napping in the same spot as him. This is the easiest time to get something that resembles a hug from him. Although it seems more like cuddling. In these situations, he’s always the big spoon. He doesn’t care if you’re facing him or facing away, your job now is to just stay and keep him comfortable. Again, do not actually mention the cuddling to his face or you can kiss those cuddles goodbye. 

OCTAVINELLE 

Floyd Leech 

Hugs? Hugs. Or rather, squeezes. You’re likely smaller than him, considering he’s about 6′2 or 6′3. But he doesn't care, he’s jumping on you. This gif but one is how Floyd hugs you and the other is how Jade hugs you. I’m sure you can guess who’s who. He doesn’t even give you any warnings. All you hear is Guess who~? Floyd’s logic is if I run and leap at mc, they will catch me!

Anyways, I think the most common casual hug from Floyd is the catcher hug, where one person runs towards the second person and the second person has to catch them. And, well... Floyd is always the one running at you. You either never notice it in time and if you do, he’s way too heavy so either way you’re going down. 

Every once in a while, you’ll get a different type of hug. One where he won’t knock you down. Just a big bear hug, but it’s not like that one is any better. All the air in your lungs escapes as he squeezes you so tight you might pop. You can’t move your arms, you can only kick your legs which do nothing to deter him. Depending on how he feels, it can last anywhere from a few seconds to a few minutes if he really feels like tormenting you. 

Jade Leech 

I mean... can you really win here? I cannot see Jade asking for a hug, so you will have to ask. When you do ask, he’s surprised and amused, that’s just opening up a floodgate of more possibilities to tease you. You ask one time, and he’s not letting you live it down. Aw, what’s the matter? You’re looking quite miserable today. Is it because you haven’t had your daily dose of hugs? Heheh, how childish. Is that why you’re here? For him to satisfy this childish need for physical affection? 

Before you even ask the first time, I suppose the closest thing to a hug he ever gave you was... not really a hug? Maybe it was? Who knows? Sometimes he’d stand behind you or beside you, looking as refined as ever. However, he’d have a gloved hand on your shoulder furthest away from him, and he’d keep it there so long as you stood beside him.

When you do ask for a hug, he’ll tease you relentlessly throughout the entire process until you’re embarrassed and regret even asking. However, his hugs are actually somewhat pleasant (like seen in the gif in Floyd’s part). He holds you close so you rest your head against his chest. He has a gloved hand over your head and back to keep you in place. It would be nice... if he hadn’t made you feel embarrassed about it.

Azul Ashengrotto 

Good luck with this guy. Yes, he’s suave and smooth but that’s only restricted to interactions that may lead to dealings. Of course, he’s far too nervous to immediately initiate anything serious, although he won’t admit it. But if he truly sets his mind on it, he can achieve any goal. Simply hugging you? That was too easy! Tell him, what do you truly want from him?

Similar to Jade, Azul’s gesture is confusing. Is it a hug? Is it not? Who knows? He’ll stand behind you or beside you, standing straight and speaking about something, probably his latest victim he lured into a contract. However, instead of placing a hand on your shoulder, his hand will just barely ghost over the small of your back. Just enough touch to not make you comfortable, while also a safe amount of touch is present should you want it. 

By far the easiest way to get a hug from him is while his mind is mostly occupied by studying or paperwork. Sit beside him, study or work on something as well. If you start to doze off, he may place his arm around you in a sort of side hug. Isn’t he so generous as to offer you his coat as a blanket? 

[stargazer-balladeer]

“Eyes on me” [Twisted Wonderland]

Song lyric: Eyes On Me - OR3O

based on the prompt: “no need to impress me since my attention is always on you anyways.”

Characters Included: Lilia Vanrouge, Malleus Draconia, Sebek Zigvolt, & Silver + GN! Reader

Notes: Uhh i think these are more chaotic than the heartslabyul one. Favoritism is obv here hehe. Which dorm is the next? Probably Scarabia, one of the few who has the easiest characters to write for. Pomefiore is the hardest one for me because of Rook :') Hope ya'll enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Warning: Small spoilers here and there and I think there's swear words?

Heartslabyul || Savanaclaw || Octavinelle || Scarabia || Pomefiore || Diasomnia

Lilia Vanrouge

Keep your eyes on him, he once said while hanging upside down with an innocent smile plastered on his face. All your attention should always be on him, and if not, he’ll get it back anyway. He has plenty of tricks under his rather large sleeves after all. Doesn’t care whether he’s scaring you or the other person, either way, would have the same result - your undivided attention. Smirks cheekily whenever you start to scold the old bat fae before silencing you with a kiss or two (or a load of them-). Or if he’s holding his guitar, he would strum wildly and rather loudly to bring your attention back to the stage. Works plenty of times.

Before you two started to date, he would try various ways to win your attention. Some were successful, some weren’t unfortunately (which makes Lilia pout). Would find every possible excuse just to gain your attention, which frustrates the other person (especially if its the Adeuce combo). “Darling, is it me or is the sun shining brightly whenever I see you?” “You seem cold, do you want me to warm you up?” *proceeds to give you his oversize jacket* and more. Yes, most of them were pick-up lines (which frustrates the Adeuce and even the Diasomnia trio). Silver can’t help but think “is this really the same man as the one who raised me??” SO MANY CRINGE- HELP THESE POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS-

So since Silver and his fellow Diasomnia duo were sick of watching their (father) friend doing a weird dance with his crush, they decided to help out a bit. Give Lilia the push he needs to finally confess his feelings. And what does this plan include? Trying to get your attention away from Lilia until he gets annoyed and do something about it. Not exactly a good plan but it’s the best they could do (i mean what’d you expect from a trio that consists of a sulking and closed-off dragon, “WAKASAMA” guard, and a sleepy boy? honestly speaking I think it was Silver’s idea that they went with). I mean it miraculously worked-

“how did we manage to make this stupid plan worked?” bebek “Your idea was more stupid, ‘force y/n and lilia-sama to confess their feelings through extreme torture’?? yeah no-“ silvy bb “i honestly believe it’s better than mine that consisted of locking them inside a tower.” - mal-mal

Anyways, unsurprisingly, Lilia already knew what they were doing when Sebek suddenly dragged you away while you were talking with the bat fae. He applauds them for making this plan (*proud papa crying noises*). He finds it amusing at first but turns a sharp turn when it began to be annoying. Just when he was about to steal your attention, it’s either of the trio that intervenes and stops him so while using various stupid excuses that they could think on the spot. (his favorite so far was Sebek’s - “UHH WAKASAMA REQUESTS YOUR HELP FOR HIS BOWEL PROBLEM-“ poor bebek). So when the sun was already setting in the horizon, enough is enough. Swooping in like the prince in those fairytales, he picks you up bridal style and flies away with you to a place he knew that you two could be alone together. Malleus, Silver and Sebek could only watch the kidnapping happening (“are we getting punished for this?” “probably” “hopefully not”)

“Those boys I swear. One moment they could be a trio of angels and next they are a pack of demons.” Lilia clicks his tongue, disappointment dripping from his voice. You giggled. “Can I safely presume that you were jealous?” He pouts at your question. “How could I not?! I have a bunch of good pick-up lines today…” You laughed. “I would love to hear it. Oh! Before that, I have one as well. You must be a rather good thief because I didn’t realize that you have already stolen my attention and heart.”

LISTEN UP BOYS YOU GUYS HAVE ANOTHER PARENTAL FIGURE :D (hopefully you know how to cook </3)

Malleus Draconia

Attention-starved and touch-starved are two different things you say? Well too bad because they’re now the same thing. This giant dragon fae that is supposed to be the next heir of the Valley of Thorns (or Briar Valley in the official english translation) is a literal puppy for you. It’s actually almost identical with Deuce’s since they both decided to follow their s/o wherever they go just for your attention. But whoever these brave souls are, bless your soul for you have the courage to steal Malleus Draconia’s lover’s attention whilst in the presence of the almighty dorm leader. Quite literally pouts beside you while glaring at the other person, how dare thee steal his future queen’s/king’s attention? Demands kisses and cuddles afterwards, clings to you even more and becomes more protective of you. I can imagine him hissing at anyone getting close to you- (Lilia doesn’t know whether or not to cry in embarrassment or happiness-)

Before you started dating, he would gaze at you longingly from afar as you hang out with your first-year friends. As much as his desire to be with you in broad daylight, it just feels special when he’s with you in the cold evenings of the moon. The moon and stars being the witness of the blooming romance between you two. Of course everyone can see the tension between you two, heck even Silver who is often slumbering away can see it. Malleus for sure isn’t as oblivious as people would think he is, he just can’t differentiate the feelings between platonic and romantic. So Lilia, being the ever so gracious father he is, taught him the difference (with Sebek screaming in the background about his master having gained a love interest and Silver sleeping away as usual).

Once he becomes educated between the difference of the two, he quickly got the gist that he should make a move (Lilia being not so subtle about it). He starts to court you in his culture’s style, dragon and/or fae. But for some reason, you don’t understand his actions since you aren’t aware of the fae’s culture of courting. But he always notices how your eyes shine whenever he does something in the process of courting, how your attention is always on him which makes him happy. It isn’t until he had to spell it out for you to finally understand what he’s trying to do. Chuckling at his pouting and flushed face, he looks away while mumbling - “how on the Great Sevens are they so smart yet stupid at the same time?” (wow harsh there Mal-)

“I don’t think you understand it either, Tsunotarou (i refuse to call him what the official english translation called him).” His attention was soon shifted to you again, watching your face morph into a huge smile. “I was also trying to get your attention in my own ways. Looks like we’re both fools in love.” You laughed. “I’m acutely aware of how protective your race is so, let me make this deal with you. My attention and heart is yours if you also give it to me.” This deal is even more sweeter than ice cream-

Sebek Zigvolt

“NONSENSE! MY HEART AND ATTENTION WOULD ALWAYS BE ON WAKASAMA!!!” ouch. Not even a hint of hesitation there okay. Just when you’re about to walk away from him, he suddenly grabbed your hand before you could go. Watching his face go from bright red (courtesy of him screaming his head off just a minute ago) to flushed pink was rather amusing. “But.. if it’s you, I wouldn’t mind.” He mumbles quietly, and rather shyly. He loves your attention as much as he loves you and wakasama. But since he’s constantly busy guarding Malleus, he can’t spend more time with you without him being ordered back. Luckily Lilia and Silver rarely calls him back since they could also take a break from his constant helicopter nature over Malleus (and their ears are forever grateful, including Malleus’). He doesn’t mind much if someone were to take your attention away from him, but if its over 5 minutes, he would shoo that person away already.

“CAN’T YOU ASK OTHER PEOPLE ON HOW TO DO THIS TASK INSTEAD OF THEM?! BETTER YET ASK THE TEACHER THEMSELVES!” “Sebek…” // “HEY! ITS OVER 5 MINUTES! TIMES UP!” “There’s a time limit????” (poor ace and deuce have to suffer from sebek’s lecture of wasting your precious time)

Before you two started dating, it was honestly the worse thing that the people around them ever witnessed and it’s mainly Sebek’s fault for that. He was in a crisis where his judgment was being clouded by the whispers of his heart that yells for you, but his rational part is fighting back for his position as being Malleus’ guard. So he was torn between wanting yet not wanting your attention. One moment he’s yelling your name, next he just walks away like nothing happened. Lilia swears his handprint is firmly printed on his forehead from the number of times he facepalmed from Sebek’s stupidity.

Honestly speaking, he would never confess his feelings for you. He swears to every saint and patron and whoever else that he will take it to his grave. So in this case, you two switched roles. He was ignoring you, thinking it was the best solution to stop his heart (news flash: it obviously didn’t work). You were the one who confessed to him, which makes him surprised at your revelation. It happened when he was trying to avoid you by walking past you as you decided to corner him near the magic mirror which leads to his respective dorm. “I’m in love with you, Sebek Zigvolt. Whether you believe it or not, my attention is always on you.”

Haha oh no im in danger - sebek 2022

Calmly enters the mirror before full-blown panicking when his mind finally registered what you said. His mind and heart were having an intense battle within him as he stumbles his way towards his room. The trio was worried for their eccentric electric half-fae companion, so Lilia decided to help him as his not-adopted father. After offering him the best advice (in Sebek’s eyes at least), he decided to pursue you while still being in the care of Malleus. Cue the epic scene of him running after you, lightning speed (which is honestly scary) and confessing his fears and feelings to you. “M-My heart have always been with you, but my attention was clouded by my concern for wakasama. Please give me a chance!!”

Silver

Honestly the least jealous amongst the guys since he’s often asleep anyways, it isn’t like he can see you shifting your attention away from him while sleeping right? WRONG. Even though he’s a heavy sleeper, the instinct inside him are still active, it could literally sense if you shift your attention to another. Squeezes your hand to give him your attention again and lets out a soft smile when he feels your fingers running through his silver locks. Grumbles when he hears another voice while nuzzling his face on your stomach or side of your neck. Quite literally glares at the person discreetly without you noticing. But when your eyes land on him, he would act stoic as usual. Pulls you along when he’s had enough and brings you to a clearing in the woods to sleep.

Before you two started dating, you were already acting like a couple without meaning to. You would let him lay on your lap or shoulder as he gets lulled to the dreamless sleep. And wakes him up if it’s already time for classes. You two pretty much spend time with each other that the rest of the Diasomnia trio were used to your presence. The habit of glaring at anyone who dares to steal your attention away stayed even before you two started dating. Gets so disappointed whenever you two part ways to go to class. Also the diasomnia trio ships you two hard, Lilia being the leader of the mini fanbase.

“Go, my son! swoop in for that kiss!” “Isn’t that too soon?” “Shhh”

One day, while he was slumbering on your shoulder in the library whilst you were reviewing for your upcoming test in Trein’s class, someone decided it was the best time to confess their feelings to you. Silver miraculously woke up in the middle of their confession and can’t help but feel the green monster of envy creeping up inside him. He decides to listen in on the conversation before stepping in. So whilst pretending to be asleep still on your shoulder, he listens to you promptly rejecting the other guy which makes him smile a little.

When the guy finally left in disappointment, you two stayed in a comforting silence you broke it. “I know you’re awake.” Cursing himself mentally, he slowly opens his eyes and lifts himself from your shoulder to meet your amusing eyes. Chuckling at his slightly pouty face, you grabbed his face with both of your hands. “You’re so cute when you’re jealous! I can’t believe the other guy didn’t notice you being awake.” “… He had the audacity to confess to you in my presence…” You lightly pinched his cheeks which made him let out a muted whine. “But you gotta admit that you at least respect his courage! Though, unfortunately, they were all in vain as you are the only one that I’m willing to give my full attention and love.”

😳 - silver

“I CALLED IT!” “LILIA” “LILIA-SAMA” “NAH YOU BOYS ARE JUST SOUR LOSERS NOW PAY UP-“

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[alcinadimitrescuwu]

The Little Night Visitors (An Alcina x Maiden Fanfic)

You are just heading up the stairs after a long day when you suddenly hear the doorbell resound throughout the castle.

This is odd. You and your wife Alcina weren’t expecting any visitors tonight. Oh, well. Might as well see who it is.

However, the possibility of an attack isn’t out of the question. You take your butterfly knife out of your boot and hold it behind your back just to be sure.

The doorbell sounds again, more insistent this time.

“Ok, I’m coming, I’m coming,” you call, shaking your head. “Geez. Impatient much?” you mutter to yourself.

You head over to the entrance and use all your strength to push open the double doors wide. Each weighed 100 pounds each and were not the easiest to swing open. You envied the ease with which Alcina could push them open with just the touch of her hand. When you finally manage to get them open, you look out and see…

Trick or treaters?

Yes, right before your eyes is a trio of three children with pillowcases open and expectant grins on their faces. Right behind them are their exasperated parents, still seeming to try and catch their breath.

“Trick or treeeeeaaat!” the children chorus together.

You smile. “Happy Halloween!” you say, surreptitiously putting your butterfly knife back in your boot. “I’m sorry but I don’t think I have any candy for you. We don’t really get many trick-or-treaters here at Castle Dimitrescu. Actually,” you amend. “You children would be the first.”

“Never mind the candy!” pipes up what you assume to be the oldest, dressed up as a vampire. “We wanna see her.”

You raise an eyebrow. “Her?’

“We wanna see the big lady!” chirps the littlest one, dressed up as a fairy princess. She bounces up and down on the balls of her feet in excitement. “Do you know if she’s around?” She swivels her little neck around looking past you, trying to catch a glimpse of your wife.

“M-maybe she’s busy,” says the middle child dressed up as Superman. You can tell he is trying his very hardest to remain brave. “She is one of the Lords of the village and I hear that’s a very important job.”

As if on cue, your wife’s voice rings out through the hall. “Draga mea? Is there someone at the door?”

Suddenly Lady Dimitrescu appears and the children erupt into cheers of excitement. Her forehead furrows in confusion at first, but her expression softens when she sees the trick-or-treaters. Alcina would never admit it, but she always had a soft spot for children.

The children may be ecstatic, but the parents are horrified. They drop to the ground before Alcina, holding their hands out in supplication, begging for mercy. “Pl-please forgive us, Your Ladyship,” the mother stammers. “We didn't mean to trespass on your property. The children wanted to see the Castle and we tried to stop them but they ran away before we could catch them.”

“Wooooaaahh,” Superman breathes, craning up his neck to take in the vampire woman’s staggering height. “You’re much bigger than I imagined!”

“Gheorge!” the father hisses. “Remember who you’re speaking to! This is Lady Dimitrescu!”

“Sorry, Lady D- Dimi- Deeme- Deemeetreek?” The child’s brow wrinkles in frustration as he tries to sound the surname out.

Alcina smiles gently. “My Lady also suits me just fine.”

“Ok!” says the little vampire. “Miss Lady it is!”

The little fairy princess shuffles her feet shyly. “You’re a lot prettier than I thought you’d be,” she says so quietly you and your wife have to lean in to hear it.

“Thank you, dear,” Alcina says. “That’s very kind.” To your surprise she bends down to her knees so she is eye level with the children, wincing as she hears the pops her joints make. Obviously they weren’t used to this position.

“Let's see what you’ve all dressed up as!” Alcina turns to look at each of the children in turn. “I see...a vampire!”

The child dressed up as a vampire grins toothily, showing off her fake fangs. Alcina smiles back, giving the child a glimpse of her real fangs, the points glinting in the harvest moonlight. The child gives a little shriek of delight.

Alcina then turns to the middle child. “The Man of Steel, I presume? That’s a very nice cape!”

“Thank you,” the little superhero murmurs. His gaze is cast to the ground but the tips of his ears are bright red. “My Ma made it for me!”

Alcina’s gaze finally rests on the smallest child. “And you must be a princess!”

“Not just a princess!” the girl corrects. “I’m a fairy princess! See?” She turns around and preens the gauzy wings that are strapped to her tiny shoulders.

Alcina’s aureate eyes widen in mock surprise. “A fairy princess? I hadn't seen the wings before now. Pray forgive my oversight, Your Highness.” With that, Alcina straightens and gives a deep and elegant curtsy.

“Ok, kids,” the father says, nervously wringing his hands. “I think we’ve taken up enough of Lady Dimitrescu’s time…”

“Wait!” the little vampire interjects. “Before we go, can you show us the thing?”

Alcina raises a perfectly sculpted eyebrow. “I’m sorry, the thing?”

“You know!” The little vampire balls her hand into a fist before spreading her fingers in an imitation of your wife unsheathing her claws. “The thing!”

“Oh!” Alcina seems rather taken aback by the request. “I don’t know, it might be a bit too disturbing for children.”

“But we wanna see it!” The little vampire protests. She brings her hands together in a pleading gesture. “Pleeeaaaassse?”

The other two children also look at Alcina with beseeching eyes, and you feel Alcina’s resolve start to waver. Finally she takes a deep breath. “All right. But stand back. My claws can get rather long and I don’t want any of you to get hurt.”

The children step back immediately and Alcina stretches out her arm and unsheathes her claws. The trick-or-treaters gasp, oohing and aahing over the black leathery nails.

“Awwwwesoooome,” the oldest child breathes.

“How do you do that?” Superman asks, pushing his glasses up over the bridge of his nose. He seems to have gotten over his initial fear now that his curiosity has gotten the better of him.

The little fairy princess looks at your wife with concern. “Doesn’t that hurt you?”

Alcina flinches as she sheathes her claws back, cradling her hand and stretching the fingers experimentally. “A little,” she admits. “But I’ve gotten rather used to it over the years. I try not to unsheathe my claws too often.”

The mother has started to fidget nervously. “Children, we really must be getting back. It’s become so late.”

“Wait!” The little fairy princess interjects. “Can we take Miss Lady back with us?”

You can tell by the horrified looks on the parents’ faces that the answer will be a hard “no”. You turn and smile at the little girl. “I’m sorry, but I’m rather selfish. I’d like to keep my wife here if you don’t mind.”

“That’s ok!” the child replies without missing a beat. “You can come too!”

Alcina chuckles. “I’m afraid I can’t come with you. But if you ever would like to come over for a cup of tea with me sometime, I’d love to have you. With your parent present of course!”

The little fairy jumps up and down with excitement. “Yay! I’d love to! Thank you, Miss Lady!” In her excitement she runs over and gives Alcina a hug. Well, the child barely came up to more than Alcina’s knee, so she was actually hugging Alcina’s calf.

The mother was finally brave enough to come and dislodge the child from Alcina, scooping up the babe in her arms. To your shock, the young woman gives Alcina an apologetic smile. “Thank you for indulging them, Your Ladyship. I hope they weren’t too much of a nuisance.”

“On the contrary, I found them rather delightful.” Alcina gives the mother one of her rare genuine smiles. “You have a beautiful family. You’ve done a lovely job raising them, I can tell.”

“Thank you, my Lady,” the mother says, blinking gratefully at Alcina. She then turns to her family. “Now what do we say to Lady Dimitrescu?”

“Thank you, Miss Lady!” the children chorus before finally allowing themselves to be led away by their parents.

Before they turn the corner out of sight, you hear the little girl dressed up as the fairy princess declare, “When I grow up, I wanna be just like her!”

[hollybollybingbong]

Albus Dumbledore is the worst.

Albus Dumbledore was written to be a hero, and that's what makes him such a good villain. Almost everyone in the Wizarding World trusted him and thought he was so incredible and amazing, but in reality, he was playing a brilliant game of chess, using them all as his pawns.

How? Let's start from the beginning with Tom Riddle.

Dumbledore first met Tom when he was eleven, and even then, you could see the warning signs. Dumbledore did too. He saw that Tom was dangerous and unstable, and Dumbledore, being Dumbledore, wanted to give him a chance at Hogwarts.

But, Dumbledore, also, being Dumbledore, was the only one who saw who Tom really was, and only "kept an annoyingly close watch on him." He saw Tom Riddle, at the age of eleven saying "I can make bad things happen to people who annoy me. I can make them hurt if I want," and did not think to do anything about it.

He said to Harry in Chamber of Secrets that, "help will be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it," yet, here we have Tom Riddle, who desperately needed help, and did not get it. Could Dumbledore have prevented Tom Riddle from becoming who he was? I'm not sure. Could he have helped him more while he was at Hogwarts? 100%

Next up, Sirius (and a bit of Remus)

One thing I never understood while reading the books was why Sirius had to spend twelve years in Azkaban when there were literally potions that forced you to tell the truth.

The truth is, unsurprisingly, Dumbledore wanted him there. By keeping Sirius in Azkaban, there was no way he could adopt Harry (who was legally his), and ruin Dumbledore's perfectly thought out plan of manipulating Harry. Dumbledore was a high-ranking member of the Wizengamot, if he managed to get Snape off, he surely could've gotten Sirius free too.

But unlike Snape, and Remus, and Hagrid, and Harry, Dumbledore couldn't use Sirius. Remus was a werewolf with no job prospects in the Wizarding World, and no Muggle qualifications either. He spent twelve years alone, as he watched his friends die or get sent to Azkaban. But then here comes Dumbledore, who gives him a job and a home when no one else would. And suddenly, Remus is loyal to Dumbledore.

Hagrid, a half-giant, was kicked out of Hogwarts in his third year for something he didn't do. But Dumbledore comes along and suddenly Hagrid has a home and job, and owes it to Dumbledore, ensuring his loyalty.

Even Snape, Dumbledore saved him from a lifetime in Azkaban prison, securing his loyalty too.

But Sirius, Sirius was different. He saw right through Dumbledore and his manipulation. He was a rebel and chose his path. A path that didn't involve Dumbledore, which is why he was stuck in Azkaban for twelve years, despite him being innocent. Because him being around would've messed up Dumbledore's plan to raise Harry to die, because there is no way in hell that Sirius would've allowed that to happen.

Finally, Harry Potter, himself.

Harry escaped death at the age of one and then was essentially kidnapped by Hagrid on Dumbledore's orders. While there's no proof, surely James and Lily would've written a will, especially considering they were living through a war with their son being the target for the greatest dark wizard of all time. I believe that Dumbledore pulled some strings (because remember, he was a member of the Wizengamot, and despite not holding the title of Minister for Magic, he was as good as, especially considering how incompetent they were), so he could be in charge of Harry's living arrangements and manipulate him further. Sirius Black was his legal guardian, being godfather and all, and yet Hagrid had "orders from Dumbledore," so he got stuck with the Dursleys.

Harry grew up in this abusive home where he was unwanted, neglected, and bullied, so when he eventually finds out about the Wizarding World, he sees it as a home, a safe haven, away from the Dursleys. He feels grateful to the Wizarding World for saving him from them. And when he has to go back at the beginning of summer, it's a reminder that it can all be taken away, so when Harry has to sacrifice himself to save the world he's come to love so much, of course, he does! Because why wouldn't he? It's his home.

Dumbledore could've left Harry with Remus, or the Weasley's, or the Longbottom's, or literally any other family, but the Dursley's made Harry easiest to manipulate.

And before anyone mentions Lily's blood wards, Dumbledore says in Order of the Phoenix: "You need return there only once a year, but as long as you can still call it home, there he cannot hurt you."

There was no reason for Harry to grow up in an abusive household, isolated from the Wizarding World, but it made Harry an easier pawn to manipulate in Dumbledore's game.

Similarly, when Harry is in school, he rewards Harry's saviour complex through house points. In Philosopher's Stone, the trio very clearly go against McGonagall's orders and put themselves in dangerous situations to 'save the day.' But instead of facing any punishment, they are rewarded via the House Cup, and Dumbledore is buying Harry's loyalty.

It's always Harry being the one to put himself into dangerous situations, never Dumbledore. Chamber of Secrets, Harry and Ginny both nearly die, but oh, thanks to Dumbledore's phoenix the day is saved! But wait, wasn't Dumbledore there the first time the Chamber was opened? Was there nobody else in the entire Wizarding World who could fix this mess, without having to rely on a twelve-year-old???

Prisoner of Azkaban. Why were Harry and Hermione the ones to rescue Sirius? Why couldn't Dumbledore do it himself? Goblet of Fire. You're telling me the 'most powerful wizard in the world' couldn't break the magical contract? In all honesty, he probably could, but he said it himself, he wanted to see what would happen. He was using Harry as bait. McGonagall seems to be the only person who cares about this poor boy's life. And then we have Order of the Phoenix. Where Dumbledore isolates himself from Harry, gets Snape to teach him Occlumency instead of doing it himself, which leads to Sirius's death, which I believe was planned (to an extent).

And at the end of Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore comes 'clean,' saying that the reason he ghosted Harry for the entire year, was because 'he cared for him too much.' That he cared more about Harry's happiness than the safety of others, that he put Harry's life above the life of innocent people. He was telling Harry, who watched his godfather die in front of him, and blamed himself for it, that him being happy would lead to the deaths of others. Dumbledore's exact quote was, "What did I care if numbers of nameless and faceless people and creatures were slaughtered in the vague future, if in the here and now you were alive, and well, and happy." And of course, Dumbledore said this, because he knows Harry has a tendency to sacrifice himself for others, and as a result, he'll choose to die when the time comes.

Dumbledore kept Harry's inevitable death from him for sixteen years, five while he was at Hogwarts. And guess what? By this point, Harry was wrapped so tightly around Dumbledore's little finger, and wouldn't say no even if he could.

Harry Potter was raised like a pig for slaughter, by a man he trusted. And this makes me so angry. Harry Potter was seventeen when he walked into the forest alone, more than willing to die. He was seventeen when he and his friends fought in a war against people twice their age. He was seventeen when he saw some of those friends for the last time, watched them die fighting a war that none of them had seen the start of.

He was fifteen when he watched his godfather die before him, and blamed himself for it. He was fourteen when he watched Cedric Diggory die at the hand of Voldemort. He was twelve when he had to fight a basilisk and Tom Riddle single-handedly while trying to save himself and eleven-year-old Ginny Weasley. He was eleven and having to find and protect the Philosopher's Stone, the first 'test' of many. He was a child battling an adult's war, with no choice in the matter.

Dumbledore manipulated them all, so he could get children to fight his battles for him.

[yamujiburo]

Jessie and Cassidy reconciliation fanfic thing

I was going through my notes app just now to just clear out some junk and I found something I'd written like a year ago and totally forgot about hahhaha. I don't usually do fanfics but I guess I was in a writing mood that night. I can't remember why I stopped. I either got stuck, didn't know how I wanted it to end or was just having a hard time figuring out like,,,, the arcs and what I wanted the main focus of the story to be. Anyhow, here it is if you wanna read the set up I made for it haha

Jessie, James and Meowth have once again failed to complete a mission and Matori is TIRED of it. She brings it up go Giovanni who tells her not to worry about them. Matori can’t figure out why Giovanni puts up with them and starts digging on possible reasons why Giovanni would keep them around. She decides to go to HR to find answers. There, she meets Wendy.

“Ah– Matori!”

“Pull up records for Jessie, James and–“, Matori notices that Wendy already has Jessie’s files pulled up and gives her a strange look.

“I see you’re already doing your research on Miss Jessie…”

“N-no! Well, yes. It’s just that Jessie has continuously failed almost all missions she’s been assigned! Not to mention she’s singlehandedly almost made the organization go broke. Well, not really but she still owes a lot of money!”

“And the other two?”

“Huh? Oh yeah them, too I guess.”

“I just don’t understand what Giovanni could possible see in them. They’re not good for Team Rocket.”

“Tell me about it, I’ve been trying to get the boss to fire them for years. But he’s got a real soft spot for them apparently. Tch, to think they were the top of their class once.”

“Hmph, I find that hard to believe.”

“I can’t speak for James and Meowth, but Jessie really was a promising recruit. So much so that when she threatened to quit, she somehow manipulated every exec into fulfilling her demands.”

“Threatened to quit?” The gears in Matori’s head began to turn. Sure Giovanni wouldn’t fire the trio, but if they were to quit, there would be nothing he could do.

“Yeah, she had a falling out with her first partner. And instead of being PROFESSIONAL she wined until she got a new one. Then she proceeded to go through like 10 more partners until James came along. If you’ve ever talked to her I’m sure you can tell she’s not the easiest person to work with.”

“Hm. Perhaps it’s time to switch up some teams.”

“C-can you do that? Is that allowed?”

“I could pull some strings.”

“Isn’t that sabotage?” Wendy asks. Matori shoots her a look.

“Call it what you want, but it’s my job to make sure this organization is successful as possible. Getting rid of some problem lackeys will only benefit Team Rocket. If Giovanni won’t do anything about them, then I will.”

“Matori. You are my hero”

“Are there any potential candidates we could temporarily team them up with? Or members they’ve been known to… not get along with?”

A big, Gengar-like smile creeps on Wendy’s face. “I know just the agents.”

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Early in the morning in Jessie and James’ base, they get a call from Matori. Jessie is already annoyed, knowing who’s calling, but she wakes up her team members just in case it was Giovanni.

“A little early don’t you think, Matori?” Matori composes herself and ignores Jessie’s jab.

“Giovanni hasn’t arrived yet, but I have very important news.” Jessie, James and Meowth’s interests are piqued. “Your success rates have been… less than exemplary. But, you have previously shown you are exceptional agents.”

Jessie is taken aback by the, sort of, compliment from Matori. “So what’s the issue?”

“We have reason to believe that, while neither of you are individually the reason for your constant failures, you are incompatible as a team and you are going to be reassigned to different partners, effective immediately.”

James and Meowth look at each other shocked, and the thoughts going through their head were interrupted by their soon to be, not-leader. “WHAT?! You can’t split us up! We–“

“I apologize for the inconvenience. But this is for the benefit of Team Rocket. I do not have time to argue this. It has already been decided and your new partners have been decided. James, you are to return to headquarters where you will meet your new partner and Jessie, you will remain where you are and your new partner will arrive tomorrow.”

“What about, Me-owth?”

Matori pauses. She hadn’t thought about the cat. “You can decide who you wish to go with. Thank you for your time. Best of luck with your new arrangements.”

Matori hangs up. Jessie, James and Meowth stand staring at the screen, solemn. What doe they do now? Years of working together over, just like that.

“UGH THAT LITTLE FOUR EYED BOWL CUT HAIRED FREAK! I’m gonna do something about this! They can’t do this to us!” James gently puts his had on Jessie’s shoulder.

“There’s nothing we can do,”

James packs up, Meowth has decided to go with James. They say their goodbyes. James and Meowth grab the rest of their things and leave. Jessie is left alone with her thoughts.

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Back at headquarters, we see James and Meowth being led by Matori to her office where she says his new partner is waiting. She talks about how this member is in a very similar situation. They walk in and see short, green hair. “BUTCH???”

“Oh no not you guys!”

“If you’re my new partner, that must mean…”

“Oh no,” they all say in unison.

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Jessie still lying in the same place on her bed. Why was she feeling this way? She’d been through so many parters before. Sure she’d been with James and Meowth longer, but she wasn’t one to get attached. Well, not anymore. In the middle of her thought, she hears the elevator to the base coming down. She gets up and makes herself as presentable as possible (over shirt is off, makeup kinda smeared, boots off). Before she can get her shit together, a pair of white boots click, clack in. Jessie looks up, and the flash of orange, blonde seared her eyes.

“CASSIDY?!”

“JESSIE?!”

“No, no, no there has to be some sort of mistake. I can’t be teamed up with you! I hate you!”

“The feeling’s mutual.”

“I can’t believe I going to have to work with your ugly ass every day.”

“You’re one to talk. Have you looked in the mirror lately?” Jessie turned to the standup mirror leaning against the wall. She was definitely not looking her best.

“You caught me at a bad time!”

“You sure? I recall you always looking this ratty. I guess it has been a while since I’ve seen you, thank goodness," Cassidy said smugly. Jessie was already pissed off.

“We’re calling Matori RIGHT NOW to fix this.”

“Gee, while you’re looking like that?”

“I DON’T WANNA HEAR IT.” Jessie picked up the communicator, which brandished a large R on the wall. Matori picked up.

“Good afternoon Jessie, are you aware that you’re not in uniform?”

“Cut the crap you clod! You set me up with Cassidy on purpose!”

“Ah I see you’ve met your new partner! Hello, Cassidy.”

“Matori,” Cassidy said with a small bow. Of course Cassidy was trying to stay composed. Just another way to try one-up Jessie.

“We can NOT work together. I demand you put me back on my old team!”

“While I’m not one to disagree with higher ups, Miss Matori, I unfortunately have to side with Jessie on this one. You might not be aware but Jessie and I were partners once in our training days. We simply are not compatible,” Cassidy explained as politely as possible.

“Was there a reason for this, incompatibility? I was looking through your records and it appeared that you two were quite the team back in the day. I had assumed that the executives just wanted two top agents to be on other teams with some less skilled trainees.” Both Cassidy and Jessie blushed.

It was true that Jessie and Cassidy were at the top of their class for quite some time. But the reasons for them being split up were quite… personal.

“Listen, we just can’t work together. Try getting that through that helmet head of yours.”

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~aaaaand this is where i got to~

Anyone wanna finish this for me? /j

I can't remember where I wanted this to go. I think I was gonna have Jessie and Cassidy try to suck it up and work together so they don't lose their jobs. They fight Ash and Goh, trying to get Pikachu as usual and quickly fail because of their bickering. They eventually have a heart to heart, wondering where they went wrong back when they were a team. They say a lot of things that they'd failed to communicate in the past and reconcile.

THEN this is where I kinda got stuck on what I wanted the focus/them to me. There was a version in my head where after they reconcile they like,,, make out and start falling in love again (for those new here, I firmly believe Jessie and Cassidy are bitter exes and had a falling out during their training days). After this their chemistry and communication improve immensely resulting in them succeeding to catch Pikachu. Matori comes to retrieve it but Ash and Goh get it back while it's in Matori's hands (making it her failure). And then I wasn't sure how to end this version. Maybe things going back to normal after Giovanni finds out that Jessie and Cassidy are dating and deems it unprofessional. Jessie, James and Meowth are reunited and Cassidy and Butch are as well. Happy ending were things are as they were but now Cassidy and Jessie are on good terms and still together maybe???

The oooother version was centering the story more around Jessie and her inability to keep her partners/not appreciating them. If I went with this I think I'd start off the story differently with her being a dick to James and Meowth (which she is a lot of the time but this time she crosses a line). After the team switch she finds that she really had been taking her teammates for granted. I think Cassidy and Jessie still have that heart to heart but then it's more about how Jessie hurt Cassidy and Jessie kinda realizes that she's still making the same errors currently. They reconcile buuut the both of them still want their old partners back so they hatch a plan to successfully steal Pikachu but ensure that Ash gets it back when it's in Matori's hands. They request that they be paired up with their old teammates and in exchange, wouldn't tell Giovanni that Matori messed up. Everything goes back to normal the end.

I had too many jumbled ideas and because I don't have the attention span to write for more than a couple hours I just dropped this LOL. Just thought I'd share in case anyone found this remotely interesting or entertaining hehe

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hiihi !! ive been loving all the stuuf yoube been wirting latley its so good :^D i ws wondering if i ciuld have some hcs ,or just a onrshot either or i dont mind, of reader geeting sick and mumza nd dadza take care of them ?? bc i lovr mr and mrs minecraft <33 liek like reader like "ahh im finr mr minecraft" and they have 102° fever Nd have a runny nose and mr minecatft is liek "mmm no i dont thnik so m8" nd yaeh !! they/them pronouns but i thnk uve benn doing that arleady - :^) anon

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hiihi !! ive been loving all the stuuf yoube been wirting latley its so good :^D i ws wondering if i ciuld have some hcs ,or just a onrshot either or i dont mind, of reader geeting sick and mumza nd dadza take care of them ?? bc i lovr mr and mrs minecraft <33 liek like reader like "ahh im finr mr minecraft" and they have 102° fever Nd have a runny nose and mr minecatft is liek "mmm no i dont thnik so m8" nd yaeh !! they/them pronouns but i thnk uve benn doing that arleady - :^) anon

:^) anon my beloved;;;;; i love your brain. this could go two ways depending on whether you’re staying with phil or if you guys are online so i went with your staying with him. i also did a one shot but if you want hcs i hv no problem writing some :) i hope this is good!

cw: cursing

mumza and dadza take care of you:

  it had finally happened. while covid wasn't fully over just yet, many had gotten the vaccine and conventions were opening up again. which meant two things: meetups and twitchcon. finally, you could meet some of your supporters and see your friends.

  “mom, are we almost there?” your mom was driving you to the airbnb you’d be staying at with a few of the other dream smp members. at first, you assumed you’d all be staying in separate hotel rooms. but, this way, you could spend more time with friends, save money, and your mom wouldn’t have to be with you the whole time. there had already been many long conversations between philza and your mom to make sure you’d be safe staying with everyone.

  “yes, sweetie. almost there. we’re just two minutes closter than when you asked earlier.” ok, sue you, maybe you were a bit excited. but really, who could blame you? making in person friends had never been easiest, so the majority of your friendship were with people online. not being able to see or meet anyone for so long had been excruciatingly painful. 

  within ten minutes, you had finally arrived at the airbnb. quickly jumping out you ran to the door, obnoxiously ringing the doorbell. through the door, you heard an accented voice yell out, “i’m coming, i’m coming!”. at this point you were springing up and down on your tippy-toes, ready to spring out of your skin.

  the door opened and you were greeted by a very tired and annoyed looking wilbur, “hello?”.

`   “WILBURRRR!!!” you were screaming in his face (unintentionally), waking him up from his drowsiness. you launched yourself in his arms, not paying attention to your mother’s bewildered expression. you quickly let go of him and shoved past him, “i’m gonna go say hi to everyone!” distantly you heard wilbur begin to talk to your mother, explaining what you guys were doing.

  while running around you said hi to tommy, tubbo, ranboo, eret, fundy, niki, techno, phil and kristin. the others were either staying in another airbnb or in their own hotel rooms. after about thirty minutes, wilbur had finally stopped talking to your mom.

  “yes, ma’am. i can promise you they’ll be completely safe. you have absolutely nothing to worry about.” wilbur was calmly talking with your mother, looking more and more tired by the minute.

  “alright. thank you.” your mother called you over. “come give me a hug and say bye!” slowly dragging your limbs over, you let her hug you. behind you you could hear wilbur and phil laughing at you.

  “bye mom…” she was holding onto you tightly, petting down your hair.

  “oh, sweetie, i love you so much. i’m so happy you found something you're passionate about and made so many lovely friends while doing so.” as much as you loved your mom, the small snickers behind you were getting quite embarrassing. you could hear that tommy had joined in on the laughing. 

  “... i love you too, mom. can you let go now?” you tried pulling back, but all she did was pull you closer.

  “oh, but i just don’t wanna let you go. i love you so much, you know that right?”

  “i know, mom. i love you too. but you’ve gotta get home and i have to unpack and get ready for meeting with fans tomorrow.” you finally got her to pull away, “i love you mom, okay? thank you for letting me do this.”

  “oh, i love you too, sweetie.” and with that, your mom left. after watching her pull out of the driveway and down the street, you whipped around.

  “not. a. single. word.” you stared dead in the boy’s eyes, seeing just how much wilbur was about to burst out laughing.

  “what? personally, i think it’s very sweet.” tommy was smiling, purposely pissing you off. “so sweet, how much your mom loves you.”

  “shut your fucking mouth, tommy.” you stared deadpan at him and began walking inside and over to the kitchen.

  “what? i didn’t say anything wrong! i was just simply commenting on your very, very sweet relationship with your mother.”

  kristin moved forward to talk to you, “for what it’s worth, i do thing you hae a very sweet relationship with your mom.”

  “thank you. you’re the only good one in this house, kristin minecraft.” with that she laughed, and you all continued on with your evening. after staying up late watching old youtube videos, you all went to bed. in the morning you would have your first day of three at twitchcon, meeting fans and other creators alike. 

  for around 10 hours, you stood in booths signing fanart, prints, notebooks, and the like. meeting so many different people was eye opening, just learning who supported you. at the end of the day everyone went to a restaurant to eat dinner after so long.

  “this food… is so… fucking good.”

  “agreed.” you and the rest of the so-called ‘bench trio’ were eating at what wilbur had deemed the ‘kiddy table’. after eating so much food you were all tired. the rest of your friends had already left, walking back to the airbnb. when it was finally time to leave the restaurant, it was pouring rain.

  “WHY IS THE RAIN SO COLD IT’S LITERALLY SUMMER”

  after running home you had gone to sleep while the others had changed and taken showers. after sleeping for around ten hours, you had finally woken up. frankly, you felt like dogshit. you could barely breathe out of your stuffy nose and your head felt like it had been shoved full of wet cotton balls.

  instead of staying in bed, you got up and tried to get ready. on the way downstairs to get food and see who was making so much noise, you fell face first down the stairs. “owwwww…”

  hearing a ruckus, phil and kristin left the kitchen, where they were making pancakes. “holy shit! are you alright, mate?”

  pushing phil over, kristin walked over to you, “obviously they’re not okay phil! the poor kid is lying on the floor.”

  slowly getting up, you try to reassure both of them that you’re okay. “no, no, no, don’t worry. i am perfectly okay.” while you don’t know exactly how you sound, based on the expression on phil’s face, you don't think you sound very good.

  “uh, yeah, how about no. you sound like you’ve draken a whale bottle of vodka.” phil walked over to you and grabbed you by the arm, trying to hold you up.

  “i’m fineeee”

  “no, your fucking not. you’re burning up.” phil looked at you, angrily. “you need to go to bed.”

  “but i don’t wannaaaaa. i feel fineeee.” you felt like crying, for absolutely no reason. with that, you passed out on the floor.

  phil and kristin somehow managed to get you back up the stairs and into bed. once you were safely in your room, with no risk of cracking your skull open, phil took your temperature. “mate, your temperature is at nearly 102°. you’re lucky i don’t take you to a hospital.” he started at you, disapprovingly.

  “i’m sorryyyyy dadza. are you mad at me?” in your deluded state you pouted at him, like a child.

  “no, i’m not mad at you. just disappointed. you should’ve known not to do that. you’re old enough to know when you’re sick.” he stared at you with a disapproving look.

  “but that’s even worseeeeee” you felt like balling your eyes out. out of embarrassment, you tried to hide under your blanket. “can you tell mumza i’m sorry for worrying her?”

  above you, you heard phil laugh. “it’s not that big a deal, kid. i’m just upset. you could’ve seriously hurt yourself. i was worried.”

  “you were worried about me? awwwww, i love you too dadza.” you moved your head out of the blankets, smiling at him with dried tears and sweat on your face.

  “yeah, yeah. now shut up and go to bed.”

  kristin walked in, hearing what he said. “phil, don’t bully the kid. they already feel like shit.” out of the corner of your eye, you saw her look over to phil and smile at him.

  “i’m not doing anything, swear on my life!” he put his hands up in defense of himself, making you laugh.

  turning away from him, she directed her next question towards you. “how you feeling, kid? took quite a tumble there.” she smiled at you and ushed your hair out of your face.

  “i’m sorry for worrying youuuuuu. i love you, mumza. promise.”

  laughing, she leaned down to kiss you on the head. “love you too, kid. now, want me to sit with you and we can all watch some netflix or something?”

  you silently nodded and the two of them joined you on the bed, not caring very much if they got sick. after not even an hour, you all passed out.

  a few hours later, everyone returned back from the convention. let’s just say wilbur now had some very valuable blackmail.

hope you like it! this was so wholesome i- wfowcsjvri

i want parents like dadza and mumza now

[yostresswritinggirl]

One of the first few girls I'll ever write in here wobdoswsn- I'm going on my base knowledge of Jean here and it's not gonna be a pretty start, mind you. I don't ship characters really but I see the dynamic in this one, honestly one of the fics that are easiest to write for me. Also I just realized how many poly asks are there aodhsosnxons—

Chivalry Isn't Dead

Poly Relationship Scenarios with You, Jean and Diluc!

Background (How It Started)

You are a knight in Ordo Favonius, the place where you met Jean and Diluc for the first time. You were there when they both started and you were also there when they ascended to be the Dandelion Knight and the Cavalry Captain.

You became close first with the captain, the first one you've met between them, because of the fact that you were under his unit. Back then he was very open and close with you, teaching you and making sure you were intact.

When Jean ascended, that's when she found out about you due to the nature of her work as one of the higher-ups. She found you so endearing with your whole-hearted desire to secure Mondstadt.

Jean knew about Diluc for a while now due to his status as one of the youngest to ascend in Captain hood and how their work was closely aligned, and they both collaborate with their silent oaths to protect you. The trio of you are VERY confused over your own feelings, wondering what exactly this entails or which one would you have to choose.

In the span of that mulling, you three had become very close due to your intervention, the glue that keeps you all together literally. You're very physical when you're dealing with people you consider very close, and the both of them always melt upon your embrace.

Between the both of them was light-hearted competition on who can make you feel safer, protect you better. And you are ever so dense over their friendly banter, and the sexual tension between them.

When Diluc left the knights, you had been under the comfort and command of Jean instead, taking your place away from the Cavalry unit to be those of the stationary knights to assist her after she became the Acting Grandmaster. You were devastated over his disappearance the most due to your closeness and Jean was the only person who could keep you sane.

The relationship starts in that period with you and Jean as the first set of couples.

When Diluc came back, his relationship with Jean became estranged and yet there was still a hint of comfort when he was under your presence. Jean was a bit devastated at their new status quo as she had come into terms of her feelings about him during his leave.

You spent most of your time then trying to get close to Diluc again and his feelings came back tenfold, making him finally confess. In front of you and Jean. the tension was thick when Jean finally caught her breath to inform Diluc of your relationship with her.

Horrified yet still adamant, Diluc stood his ground and looked at you both, millions of emotions flashing through his red irises. Jean looked at him longingly and of the old memories they shared protecting you. And you... were trying to understand why you desire them both in the same level.

Your honesty over the situation suddenly opened up the idea of polyamory and it seems that despite the tension between the two ex/knights, with you as their mediator and lover, they were willing to try or wait until you choose only one of them.

Spoilers: You chose both in the end.

How The Relationship Goes

While things go nicely between you and the other two, when it comes to them alone it was... weird. You pretty much carry the triangle here as they were both wary of displaying affection with each other, and most of it has to do with the reputation they have to uphold.

Jean protects you at day, Diluc makes sure you're safe at night. The nature of their work had you evenly split between the both of them and you three chance a fully present meet up by evening when Diluc is still on his shift and Jean has finished her work early.

Speaking of, you and Diluc fret over Jean's overworking albeit different in approach. Diluc would be brash about his opinion, calling her out while still offering materials that may help ever so subtly. While you are more adamant, sometimes dragging her off her seat and you taking over her work while she rests on the couch.

Since her work correlates with yours, you always put double the effort to help her with commissions to make sure it gets cut faster. This sometimes backfires with the both of you overworked, a disappointed Diluc pulling you both to the Winery to relax by the fireplace without the scandalous rumors sparking.

When you show physical affection Jean, she always reciprocates it the best she can, happily granting you attention and letting you cling to her during work. Your presence grounds her, relaxing her at the same time with your bouts of comfort.

When you indulge Diluc with affection, he's stoic and cross armed usually. Because of the nature of his work at the tavern, giving him some loving would need to be done while he works or not at all. The customers would find you behind the counter, clinging to his waist as Diluc serves the drinks nonchalantly, sometimes he wears glare if people were about to comment on it and that usually shuts them up.

Behind closed doors however the Ragnvindr indulges you too with his affection, still stoic but reciprocal, the rarity of it making it the more precious.

Dates RARELY happen between you three because of the fully loaded schedule all three of you have. It only ever happens when you all suddenly have free time or you cry about it.

The both of them spoil you a lot more than you'd realize. Diluc gifts you and Jean materialistically, while yours were small trinkets, Jean's are more for functionality or items that had slipped past her lips once of which Diluc remembers.

Sugar daddy Diluc for the both of you, motherly Jean in retaliation, and you're just their precious darling that will never be hurt under their supervision.

In time, Diluc and Jean would end up getting closer but still behind closed doors for safety. It was only ever you that's so shameless to pour out affection in full display and these two are too intoxicated by your love to pull you away.

During daytime on a weirdly usual occassions the people of Mond frequently spots your trio strolling hand-in-hand around the city, lively chatter about anything and everything before going back to your stuffy workspaces. Diluc would part a few feet away from the headquarters with a kiss on the head for you two. And when he turns back, you and Jean would giggle to yourselves before going to work.

Bonus: Diluc has asked for a professional painter to paint you and Jean, said canvas hanging at his office in the Winery. Jean has a Kamera photo of you three by her office too. And you have them both in a locket.

As Leverage

Your highly advantageous position to garner the heart of not only the Acting Grandmaster's but also the holder of the wine tycoon (and Darknight Hero) had made you a target for many lecherous beings.

While those with mind do not outright take you away, opting to trying to get to your good side as leverage, there are rascals like the Abyss Order who just does what they want and can.

The moment you disappear, both of them are immediately alerted due to their schedules coinciding with yours. And with your kidnapping, they too slip into the shadows, never to return for days.

It was one of the scarce moments that Diluc and Jean are in perfect sync, knowing each other's plans and next move, falling into each other's pace as they carefully concoct their plan for your retrieval.

Jean would definitely cry. As she was the one who mostly basks in your presence, there are many parts of her breakdown that comes to play: the heavy work left behind, your comforting presence that keeps her alive, and the fact that she lost you when she's supposed to keep an eye on you as per silent agreement with Diluc.

She'd cry at him, telling him she's sorry for being careless, and Diluc would comfort her in his arms without ending up as broken as her. This moment had established a bond between them that would be a solid foundation to your triangle, but also a better understanding of how important you are to them.

You disappear three days maximum with how quick and smart they are about the kidnapping.

Abyss Mages were almost forgotten with how quiet they suddenly got after that incident. That massacre.

While traumatized, you are also more than happy to see the newfound closeness between your lovers, as you melt into their tight cuddles after rescuing you.

There may or may not be talks of plans about you and Jean moving in the Winery officially.

Ugh, so cute!!! my bi ass was on full blast here-

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