#they both have ulterior motives

[e-lisard]

Ulterior motives

Characters: Shimura Kyomi, Solomon

Story: The Devil's Gift (multifandom fic, here in the Obey Me part)

TW: none

WC: 336

"You know, staring like that isn't going to be helping me." Kyomi briefly stops drawing to glance at Solomon leaning over her.

"Sorry, I just wanted to make sure you were doing it right," he says, lifting his hands as he backs off. "Seals are difficult."

"Well, if I'm still doing it right, which I'm gonna assume since you didn't say anything, then so far not really." Kyomi shrugs, going back to drawing the seal. First get it down, then imbue it with magic. And once she's good enough, she can imbue it with magic while getting it down.

"Well, you're doing perfectly so far. Is it really not that difficult to you? Most apprentices struggle with it, from what I've heard."

"You just gotta. Remember what you're supposed to be drawing." Kyomi tucks her hair behind her ear again, wishing she'd thought to put it in a ponytail before she started. Luckily, Solomon seems to notice her predicament, as he approaches once again to carefully pull her hair back and tie it with a ribbon.

"You're almost done. And then we can see how good it is." He lets his hand rest on her head for a little longer before backing off again, studying her instead of the seal. Idiot.

Kyomi gets up on her knees, carefully drawing the last lines while trying to avoid smudging the rest. She'd have to do the entire thing over. "And there we go."

"Well, use your magic, darling. See what it does."

"If this blows up in my face I'm holding you responsible." Still, she does as told, pouring her magic into the seal until it reacts. And just like it should, it seals the meal Solomon made. Good riddance, even if she'd never say that to his face.

Solomon whistles, nodding at the seal. "Impressive, darling. I think even I would have some trouble breaking through that. You've sealed that really tight. Which means the food will stay fresh, and we can eat it later!"

...

Fuck.

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[transingthoseformers]

Tbh i do run with the theory that tfone Starscream lost to D-16 on purpose btw

[uhohdad]

@thesoundofrayne once again leaving us gagged. they’re all so good but the price ones in particular i- ✋🏻😭

ily rayne thank u bb <3 <3 🩷💕💖🩷💕

KONIG X READER HUNGER GAMES AU

‼️⚠️🚨MAJOR VICTOR II 🚨MEMES/ SPOILERS BELOW!! ‼️⚠️

more TGWCM memes

[scarlct-vvitch]

bonus points if u say your favorite ship or favorite fic that uses it

[quillkiller]

yeah sorry having transfemme lucius and bella thoughts. yeah. sorry

[eliotquillon]

sorry guys got really into the shadowhunters subreddit this week and saw red over a show-centric meme that shit on sizzy and have been simmering in resentment ever since . If only they had walked a mile in my shoes (desperately refreshing cassandra clare’s website in 2014 waiting for shadowhunter academy teasers to be released because you were desperate for simon and isabelle to finally get their happy ending) and also the show had fucking bothered to give isabelle any kind of consistent characterisation at all . If only.

[unk1ng]

Aemond ( @rejectory ) said ❛ Sin begets sin begets sin. ❜

"It does." She closes the distance between them, demure, as if walking towards a dragon not her own. Because he is that, Aemond has grown so much. Into a strong, handsome man, fed well on Vhagar's power. Delicately she places a hand on his forearm, quells a shiver at the feel of firm muscle underneath her palm. "That is why it is up to us to purge it. To purify the world, to heal the damage done to our family." She looks up at him purple eyes, shining and wide. Hopeful.

[pilmyeol]

im seriously losing it this is the most insane revelation since the trigger

[bigkickguy]

[mofsblog]

Me when I get fixated on a ship so niche one of them barely has screentime and the other DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A NAME OR AO3 TAG AND HAS 0 TUMBLR POSTS ABOUT THEM 😭

[dazais-guardian-angel]

one of the (many) reasons why this exchange makes me so emotional is that Dazai knows very well the feeling of only ever being used and taken advantage of as a tool, and not knowing anything other than that life. He understands that Sigma can’t yet comprehend the notion of someone wanting you without any ulterior motives, of people just having natural relationships that don’t involve wanting to get something out of each other, because that was his life before he met Oda, who was a “balm for the soul” (in his own words) for him; hence, he doesn’t try to explain it to Sigma at first. But he does relent once Sigma takes Dazai’s initial silence as him being unworthy for an explanation... He doesn’t go into more detail as to why “understanding would be difficult”, because that would require opening up about himself which is something Dazai is still far from ready for, and because he knows Sigma wouldn’t be able to fully understand or accept all of this yet, but just the two reasons he does give for choosing him are already causing Sigma to start to rethink everything he’s ever known about the world and how people treat each other.

Dazai chose him to use his ability, just like everyone who’s always used Sigma has -- but he also chose him to save his life, and to help the agency, people he cares about and wants to help for completely selfless reasons, without expecting anything in return (sure, Dazai jokes about him being on the agency’s payroll, but that’s just his usual deflecting to avoid admitting that he cares :’). This is completely foreign behavior in Sigma’s world, where everyone has to use each other in order to survive, but he’s realizing that Dazai is different from them: he’s realizing what it feels like to be wanted simply out of compassion and love, and not because of how valuable he may be. Sigma isn’t just any other ordinary orphan Dazai saves; he wants to save him particularly because he empathizes with him and sees his old, hurt, jaded self in him, and he’s slowly becoming the balm for the soul for Sigma that Oda was for himself back then, which is truly touching.

[5hrignold]

Gerbug

[getinthefuckingcarkitten]

The Doren storyline has so much potential i hope it gets more content soon

[transingthoseformers]

I still think Fallen/Tarn in the context of tfp au could be interesting! Especially if Fallen gets to experience the new bits :3

You're so very right and their dynamic was fascinating because Tarn was focused on Pharma and Megatron first and foremost. But Megatronus was an facet into this because he was not only a partner in his scheme but his personal life at that point. Someone who finally reciprocated in his own way.

Iicr the thing that was alluring to the fallen was after all this time, there was someone who could "touch" him right back. After all the isolation and watching, someone who was just as as much a monster. Someone who finally reciprocated in his own way.

[iiguess]

HEADCANON. Sam... has a dislike for crushes, I think. Sure, it can be nice if it's just something light and sweet. But crushes aren't called 'crushes' for nothing. Crushes mean looking at someone with rose-tinted glasses, in actions that—-to her—-are meant to get closer to the object of your affections. They're overwhelming, obsessive, and tend to masquerade as 'puppy love' when it can really just be infatuation.

That's why, should she get a crush on someone? She'd stay far away from them. She has enough self-awareness and experience to know she wouldn't be looking at someone clearly with her own feelings in the way nor would she be acting like she'd normally would like with others, and would probably wait them out before interacting with them again.

( Granted, it's a much different story should her chemistry with someone be more natural, if that makes any sense? Think Hanako and Nene from Toilet-bound Hanako-kun versus Nene and her crushes. )

[zehecatl]

... Alice/Duchess au wherein Alice ends up at the Casino, and it's more of a political intrigue than an action adventure thing