#they sabotage eachother every chance they get

[shmowderslut]

Very sorry to blorbo tag, but is this not literally the haruspex and the bachelor?

they're divorced. they weren't even married. this isn't romantic. they're definitely not platonic. they're cinematic parallels. they are fighting the narrative. they slowly built their relationship. they rely and trust each other. they were aggressively thrown into this. they want to bite each other's head off. they kill for each other. they live for each other. they should kiss. they would put each other in a blender. they're insane. they don't even realise. they're fully aware it.

[mylonelylife135]

Something Important for 'My Pathetic Family' guys!

*Chapter 2 will be out by the late morning!*

*YOU WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON POLLS SOON ONCE YOU ARE OLD ENOUGH TO MAKE IMPACTFUL DECISIONS IN THE STORY!* (This will be by chapter 3!)

*The story will be a darker centered story than most fics, so it will be steered in a certain direction. However, your decisions and what you decide to do or learn will decide whether you succeed in your goals or not!*

*You can either choose to do dumb shit, some heinous ass shit or maybe do something nice for a character if you don't secretly hate them! You'll probably get an option to do something funny occasionally if you're feeling petty with a character.*

*That or you can try to learn new things as you get older. This will be mainly for when you are younger cause kids are curious and so are you!*

*You're going to have to be a bit older to actually try and do heinous ass shit. No offense, but you ain't committing crimes at 6 years old guys💀*

*RELATIONSHIP STATUS* (This will start next chapter!)

An integral part of the story, they will start to be shown every chapter and when a new character is introduced in the family and maybe some other characters if you get to meet them.

PLOT TWIST!

I'm showing how much YOU like The Batfam, what you think of them and if you love them, hate them, if you think they're mean or scary or anything like that. YOUR FEELINGS MATTER TOO IN THIS STORY GUYS! If they didn't this would be a very boring fic 😭

You want to know how the others feel about you? Tooo badddd. (It also might be too many numbers to remember and will get overwhelming to remember, especially if it's changing every chapter. Sorry guys but we both gotta keep our sanity.)

So, numbers! We all love Numbers!

0-15/100: you barely know the person. You probably aren't comfortable around them and you wouldn't be able to pick them out from a crowd.

20-30/100: you're aware of them, you don't think of them as a friend or anything, barely an acquaintance, let alone family.

40-50/100: You know the person, what they like and dislike; you might even like them a little or respect them. They're an acquaintance at best.

50-55/100: They're almost a friend, you both know each other, maybe you both have something you enjoy in common and talk often. There's a good chance you'll hang out now that you know eachother better if given the chance.

55-60/100: Congrats, you're friends! A normal, healthy relationship!

60-80/100: Getting closer, I see? You're starting to care about this character a lot and like being around them. You might even share your vulnerabilities with them if you ever open up.

80-90/100: You love them very deeply and would be saddened if they died or got hurt, you might also cling to them and only really be around this person instead of others you don't know as well.

100/100: I don't think you wanna get here, you might become a bit too obsessed with the person.

If you get to 100%, the story could potentially end. You're the yandere at this point, my guy. You're the problem. A second chance can be given.

*Unless you are still young, you can't do shit to the characters then unless you're like Damian.*

*Spoiler: You ain't built THAT kind of different. Damian is Damian and you are you.*

Now, I know what you're thinking. You're all so funny and attractive, but wait! What if it's the other way around and the numbers go in the negatives?

The answer is: Not good my friends! Not good for you or the character!

It's very important that you have a good relationship with characters.

However, if the characters are mean, insulting, or they even attempt to sabotage or hurt you?

You'll grow to dislike this person. You might even grow to hate them or worse, want to hurt them.

-5/100: You don't really know them but don't like them because of an interaction, wondering why they weren't nice or maybe insulted you. An apology would bring this back to zero.

-10 or -15/100: You're starting to wonder if you did anything wrong, if you weren't mean to them you'll become slightly annoyed and might not want to be in their presence shortly after a bad interaction. This can be fixed if the character apologizes or is a bit nicer.

-20/100: You're starting to become frustrated with this person after repeated bad interactions with them, at this point if the character also has bad interactions with a character you are friends with it will go down further. An apology alone won't fix this.

-30/100: You now start to dread seeing this person or interacting with them, expecting the worst after insults or even more bad interactions. You remember what they've done and you won't forget it either.

-40/100: You start avoiding this person and will now start to hate them. You've learned by now that they won't stop being mean, insulting you or throwing jabs at you.

-50/100: Alright so this is where it's gonna start getting bad. A character can get this low with you if they attack you. (I think you know who would do this. It's literally a trope at this point in every fic I've seen with the neglectful batfam.) You will start to hate them even more and will start insulting them under your breath or start wishing ill on them, their actions towards you will lower even more at a faster rate.

Unless the character has a brain tumor that's making them act irrationally, it's only going to get harder for a character to get out of this percentage without a very good justification or unless they are actively trying to make things right.

-60/100: You start planning on how to get the characters to mess up on missions and start sabotaging them, potentially getting them hurt or in dangerous situations.

-70/100: You are actively sabotaging the characters equipment, missions and information in the hopes of getting them hurt.

It's very easy at this stage to go lower to the -80s immediately, 70s is entirely skippable simply due to how much you hate them.

-80/100: You are actively planning on how to hurt the character or worse. It would take a miracle for you to get out of this state into a less dangerous one. At this point, one more major bad action or a major bad interaction can make you go to 90% instantly.

-90/100: You act out the plan on how to hurt the character and attempt to do so. Whether you succeed on hurting them depends in your skills.

-100/100: You've gotten to the point that you hate this character so much that you snap and take matters into your own hands.

If this happens, the story can potentially end right here as there is no going back from what you did to the character. Or a second chance can be given.

You might also be wondering: can we stop this from happening?

Kind of. You can avoid characters so the meters don't go too high or too low. However, if the meter is in the high negatives at this point it will be up to the character to try and change the relationship for the better because at this point you will most likely not be interested in being kind towards a character you wish ill will on.

TLDR: You can make dumb decisions, heinous ass decisions, funny decisions, learn new stuff. 1 to 100 is good, -1 to -100 is not good. The character or you can be fucked if it goes to 100% or -100% unless you're too young to do anything. You can kind of stop it. Good luck guys. You can also become a yandere cause why not everyone else can why not you?

[kawhh]

Okay but Dark!Quinn meeting his match. He discovers she has tattoos, loves metal music and getting into wall of deaths. He decides she needs to stop it but as he attempts to drug her she uno reverses it and drugs him... she's just as crazy and obsessive. He tells her no and she's like "Well you keep playing hockey and putting yourself at risk so I will not stop it!

Cat and mouse

(Please don't chase me with pitchforks down the street.)

Warnings: Usual dark warnings, stalking, biting, drugging throughout, device hijacking, hints towards fucking you when you're asleep, but no content.

It'd give control freak Quinn so many problems - he's not used to being challenged, he's not used to the almost taunting protesting, the bark being followed up with the bite from someone.

The way you don't flinch at him being in your face, the way you stand firm, the way you don't mould perfectly to what he'd want. Your eyebrows raised when he tries to give you orders.

You're always fighting for control over everything, you want to control what he eats, he wants to control what you eat. You want to cook his food, to have the chance to make him more 'suggestible' - he hates leaving you in the kitchen with every sharp object in there.

You're physical about it too. Your late night games of stalking eachother around the house, your surprise attacks against him as you try and counter his physical strength, well timed bites, ambushing him when he's tired from practices and games, when you know he's vulnerable.

Your teeth sharp in his neck, drawing blood like you're trying to punish him for not bowing down to you, anger at his continued behaviour, putting himself in danger weekly. Wanting to lock him up when you see him take a harsh fall on the ice, your eyes narrowing like daggers at whoever's hurt him.

The way he punishes you for every tattoo you get, every single time the thought even enters your head, the incoming hurt you want to cause yourself - he might not be able to stop you, but he can take it out on you. He knows you're more vulnerable in the morning, less cautious about checking the coffee he makes you. It's the one thing he can easily do, the one thing you don't fight him on.

It's easy for him to drug you, kneeling over you on the bed watching as your body fights to stay in control, his smirk cruely growing as your eyes struggle to stay open, your weak little thuds of protest against the bed, his grip bruising as he forces your legs over his shoulders as you pass out.

The way you fuck with him in return, slipping something into his food when he's too tired from a game to do anything but accept the food, constantly falling for your innocent act. You keep him out of it when he's supposed to be at games, making him miss his alarms. Silencing his phone calls from the coach.

You give each other little wins as long as they benefit you. You both know every device is bugged. He knows you watch every single little thing he does on his phone. You know he often watches you through your laptop webcam. You both have the app to control the cameras in the apartment. You know he tracks your car. He knows how you try to sabotage his car to stop him from getting to his responsibilities.

[fanganfessions]

I believe Wolfgang was a genuinely good, but misguided character.

And I believe if he hadn't died in chapter 1, he only would've become more misguided. But in a way that's entirely justified from his POV but terrible from Damon's and Eva's.

For example, imagine that he reads into Damon and Eva's speech from chapter 1, and how they think group bonding is only a way to get other people to lower their guard (at least from them). He also sees them being apathetic to idea of murder. He then sees Damon and Eva getting along with the others and participating in bonding moments they themselves basically deemed only useful for potential killers. Wolfgang overthinks this and spends the whole night up awake worrying about everyone else.

Heck, about Eva, he'd be correct in the case of canon, her bonding moments with the larger group (gaming tournament) were only a cover-up for murder. But this isn't canon, and we're basically going off of the AU idea that Eva spends more time thinking about the killing game tuan the postee, gets dragged to the tournament by Diana who isn't busy that day, and has fun and bonds with the group, especially Cassidy with their niche favorite video game (You could also have Eva not bond with the group, but just not commit murder as well for this AU).

But Wolfgang doesn't see this. He only sees people who deemed bonding moments murder opportunities engaging in those exact moments. He overthinks this so much that he distorts his own perception of Damon and Eva, from classmates who accused people of being potential murderers and sabotaged the group's spirit (still a horrible thing to do, but not as horrible as what he thinks they are in this AU), to possibly cold-blooded murderers who are taking their opportunities (big emphasis on possibly here, he doesn't see them as monsters, but he also doesn't really see them as people due to his twisted perception).

And he starts doing what he thinks is right. He begins asking Diana and Kai whether they feel safe at night, whether they'd like to switch rooms to room with eachother or Grace and himself, that its fine for them to ask to do so and no it won't inconvenience anyone in the slightest, he asks Toshiko to stay away for them, as shes in potential danger because of her age, he asks Desmond to keep an eye on them as Desmond's a marksman and he'd surely be able to defend himself incase anything happened, he starts being a little more vocal about them being suspicious then more and more, he keeps an eye on them every time he sees them with the group, whenever they're close to being left alone with only one other person he makes sure to stay behind so nothing happens.

But just because he's the hero of his own story, trying to protect his friends from people he thinks are going to hurt them (to reiterate, this isn't entirely ungrounded in fact, Eva did murder him in canon) doesn't mean he's not the coldhearted villain of another. Damon and Eva don't see these action as "harmless" or "preventative". They see him trying to ostracize him, asking Desmond to basically stalk them, making Toshiko run away, sabotaging their relations with their respective roommates to make them alone and less safe at night, never letting them be alone with one of their classmates and fostering distrust between the group while preaching the exact opposite. They see him as a giant hypocrite who is entirely delusional.

in short, I really think villains who are nice and kindhearted to everyone but the protagonist are cool and should be featured more.

(Most of this is AU but I think it could've had a decent chance to become canon if Wolfgang and Eva were long-term characters)

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[ananiel]

A story for a friend, and today we have a new fandom, Lies of p!

For those who don't know what this is about IT is basically a Pinocchio addaptacion soullike game in which we play as P, which is a puppet that resemblences Geppetto's dead son Carlo, and P tries to find Geppetto and goes out in Krat to search for him, and my friend saw this game and said yeah, let's add howl pendragon to it

Now for more context to the story , the main things didn't happen, Romeo and Carlo are alive and became stalkers togheter, and geppetto is still a shit father!

Warning : mentions of Hurt, pain and other things relating to injuries, mentions of forced marriage

Howl pendragon! Reader x Carlo geppetto

Happy birthday Eliza, we love You and for those who know, fuck You Maria.

She didn’t give him the chance to speak. Instead, she let out a long sigh, leaning back against the wall, her breath shallow. “It’s just… this wound. It won’t heal. Not completely. It’s too deep. And I’ve tried. I’ve tried everything I can. But every time I think it’s getting better, it gets worse.” She paused, her fingers subconsciously grazing the bandages wrapped around her torso. “Magic can only do so much. Sometimes... it feels like it’s fighting me. Like it doesn’t want to heal.”

His wife, You, the one so powerful had been teribly Hurt, so much so that he almost didn't regonise her

Carlo had never seen her look so tired, so small. The woman who could command storms, who could weave magic into the fabric of the world itself, was now lying before him, reduced to this shell of herself.

Their marriage was...complicated, yes, they were arranged. Arranged by Geppetto himself. The first time they saw eachother was at the alter, where She, a powerful witch, just to spite his father, snezed and suddenly her pristine gown was nothing less of a rainbow.

After their so called wedding, they had started talking, none rushed, and they both agreed to live togheter but have separate lives, not forcing into friend groups or anything, not acting all lovely dovely, they were nothing more than roommates .

Thought he did Grew to understand the not understandable, and more tine then not to see strange sights, like His wife—his witch of a wife— standing by the stove, completely unbothered as the frying pan levitated in front of her, flipping eggs on its own. The kettle poured itself, stirring sugar into the tea without her touching it. A broom casually swept across the floor, moving by itself.

This Grew normal, he Grew to love Being greated by flying gloves and other things on that level. IT became normal, for him to love this things, for him to love her.

But alas, things don't always go as planed, and jealousy, a certain jealous person, can't stand happiness, can't stand the unusual.

He was on a mission with Romeo when he Heard the news, of Maria failing to be a partner in a mission, and his wife, You, getting very very Hurt because of IT his world crumbled, now, now after everything started to be good, to be happy, someone hâd to take that from him.

Carlo was running on fumes.

His mind was still reeling from the confrontation with Maria—his body stiff and trembling, and the words he had spat at her, his slap landing hard against her cheek. The cold satisfaction that had come over him was replaced with a gnawing anger, a fury that he could no longer control. She had tried to act as if nothing had happened, as if she hadn’t just sabotaged his wife and left her to die.

He had lost control—completely.

“You’re lucky I need to check on my wife,” Carlo had told her in a low, dangerous voice, the fury simmering beneath his words. “Or I would have done so much worse.”

The look on Maria’s face as she stood there—clutching her cheek and unable to speak—had been enough to shake him. But it wasn’t enough. Not yet.

He didn’t know how much time had passed since the slap. His thoughts were fractured, disconnected. And yet, he couldn’t waste time thinking about Maria. She had already done enough damage. What mattered now was getting back to her—the only person who truly mattered to him.

His wife.

Carlo had left the base as quickly as he had arrived, the urgency in his step matching the chaos of his thoughts. He had to get back to her. He needed to see her. Needed to make sure she was okay. That she was still breathing, still there.

The run felt like it took forever, his heart pounding in his chest the entire time. Every minute without her felt like hours.

Finally, when he finally saw their home he finally started seeing and actually breathing. As soon as he stepped inside, he heard it—a sound that made his heart leap into his throat.

A glove. A flying, floating glove.

The sight was so absurd, so ridiculous, that it caught him off guard. It was waving at him, moving gently through the air as though it were saying hello.

It was just like her. His wife.

She had always been unpredictable, her magic wild and untamed, always manifesting in the most unexpected ways. But seeing the glove made him laugh—a small, breathless laugh that cracked through the tension that had built in his chest. It was exactly the kind of thing she would do. And in that moment, the absurdity of it made him feel like the world was right again. Like everything that had been wrong, every fear, every worry, was now somehow manageable.

Carlo shook his head as he entered the living room, finally seeing her. She was there, sitting up on the couch, wrapped in a blanket. Her frail body was slouched against the cushions, but she was still here. Still alive. And that was all that mattered.

He couldn’t contain himself anymore.

“God, I missed you,” he whispered through a shaky breath. His voice cracked, the words coming out strained. He stepped closer, quickly dropping to his knees in front of her. His arms wrapped around her in a desperate, tight embrace, as if she might slip away from him if he didn’t hold on.

Your delicate fingers found his face, cupping it gently. She had a soft smile on her lips—her body weak, but her eyes still sparkling with that same quiet fire that made Carlo fall in love with her over and over again.

“Carlo…” she murmured, her voice as frail as she was, yet filled with the same softness that had always been her. “You’re home.”

His body trembled. The sight of her, so fragile and small, broke him. The love he felt for her, the guilt, the frustration, it all poured out in a flood of emotions.

“I’m so sorry,” Carlo whispered, his voice barely audible. “I… I should have been here. I shouldn’t have left you. I don’t know what I was thinking. I just—Maria…” His words faltered, but the anger was still there, burning beneath the surface. “I should have killed her.”

He pulled her closer, his face buried in the crook of her neck, the weight of everything crashing down on him. “I’m so scared. I can’t lose you. I can’t lose you. When they told me of the wound of...of... that wound. I was shown a photo when Your results were back to the base, i was horrified"

The wound wasn’t just a simple cut or a gash. It was much worse than that. It was a jagged, deep gash that ran from her side all the way across her back, slashing through her spine. The wound looked like something out of a nightmare—raw, red flesh exposed beneath torn skin, still oozing with blood, though not as much as it had before. But what really made Carlo’s stomach churn was the unnatural way the magic was attempting to heal it. For a long while he thought She was dead, that what he was holding was the last ever thing portraying her, but She was alive, here, maybe nit well but here.

Hands gently combed through his hair, soothing him in the way she always did. She didn’t speak for a moment, letting the silence stretch between them before she finally whispered, her voice soft yet firm, “I’m not going anywhere, Carlo. I’m here. I’m not going anywhere.”

But her words didn’t do much to calm his heart. He couldn’t stop shaking, the reality of just how close he had come to losing her making his entire body tremble with fear and regret. He had been so caught up in everything—work, the missions, the anger—that he had forgotten what was important. What was always important.

Her.

Carlo leaned back slightly, wiping his eyes with his sleeve, trying to steady himself. He hadn’t realized how much he needed her until this moment, how much he had taken her for granted.

“I’m sorry,” he repeated, his voice thick with emotion. “I… I don’t deserve you. But I’ll never leave you again. I promise.”

She smiled softly, her fingers brushing over his cheek. “You’re here now. That’s all that matters.”

For a moment, Carlo just sat there, holding her close, breathing her in. He couldn’t think of anything else, couldn’t process anything beyond the fact that she was alive and in his arms. That she was safe, at least for now.

But then the tears came.

They came in waves, flooding out of him all at once. He couldn’t hold them back. All the fear, all the guilt, all the anger—everything that had built up inside of him in the days since he had seen her so weak and fragile—burst out in a torrent of emotion. He cried without shame, his sobs shaking his entire body as he held her tighter, as if afraid she might disappear.

You didn’t say anything. She didn’t need to. She just held him, letting him release it all, knowing that he needed this.

For a long time, they stayed like that, tangled together, Carlo clinging to her as if his life depended on it. When the sobs finally subsided, he pulled back enough to look at her, his eyes swollen and red. He gave a small, shaky laugh, his lips trembling as he smiled weakly.

“I’m such a mess,” he said, wiping his face with the back of his hand.

You didn’t respond right away, but the faint smile on her face said everything. She tilted her head, her fingers gently brushing the dampness from his cheeks.

“You’re not a mess, Carlo,” she whispered, her voice filled with warmth and tenderness. “You’re just… human.”

And in that moment, Carlo felt like he could breathe again. Like everything was going to be okay. He didn’t need to be perfect. He just needed to be there for her.

And that, more than anything else, was what he vowed to never forget.

[k-9brute]

'Yello! Dani's really awesome, love a morally-troubled king 👑💯

How do you think he and Marcel would interact? They do have the preps' errand boy thing in common

+ He takes every chance to poke fun at Dani for being with Bif. I'm talking like the pettiest hater shit ever, gagging noises and booing if they're being affectionate in public 💀 (massive hyprocrite as usual)

COMPETITION. (apologies for any mischaracterisation ahead)

Dani would HATE that Marcel is also an errand boy. He’d be in insane competition with him,,but he also wouldn’t mind him (to some extent obviously).

Dani and Bif try to hide whatever the hell they’ve got going on (mostly because Dani is in denial and Bif isn’t too keen on letting anyone know) but there has been times were people caught them in some very…questionable situations. Sometimes if they’re in front of other people they both try to be subtle, but what everyone knows is that they “respect eachother to some degree” and only a very few handful of students have caught them being uhm..strange..so if he does catch them it’s not a huge surprise 😭😭😭

Dani would be very shouty with Marcel, raising his voice and being very argumentative when talking to him. He’d call Marcel a “stuck up sissy” and make fun of him for being a ‘Derby-loving freak’. Despite this harsh treatment, however, Dani doesn’t take it too seriously (weirdly enough).

I feel like Marcel would also tease him a lot and try to bring his guard down to humiliate him, which would just gain aggression from Dani. They’d have an unstable dynamic, with one day being alright and the next ending in a screaming match over who gets to run an errand (Dani does NOT play about that cash..).

“When’re you planning on telling people about your little relationship with Bif?”

“When are YOU gonna stay out of my business huh? Your only concern should be booking a wedding venue for you and Derby. Get out my sight you twink.”

“Struck a nerve there..”

Definitely boxed with him before. It would end in a really messy tie and they’d probably end up tossing the gloves and going bare hands on eachother ,,no mercy

Very witty with one another, throwing around some VERY rare insults😭😭😭. I feel like their verbal tussles would be the funniest things ever

Honestly sometimes he may stick up for Marcel. As much beef as he has with him, he wouldn’t wanna pass up the opportunity for a good fight..so…

The NASTIEST glares are exchanged when spotting eachother around school. Dani may purposely run into him or step on his shoes and claim it was an accident whilst grinning like the LIAR he is. 😭 Marcel would shove him off which would lead to Dani walking off suppressing his laugh.

Of course, Marcel would want his revenge. If they have classes (e.g. Biology in this instance) together, Marcel would walk by Dani when he’s doing his dissection and poke/prod him, pinch him or maybe even lightly push him to throw him off and make him make a wrong cut which would jeopardise the whole thing. (-15 respect from Dani for this one💀💀💀)

Overall, I think their dynamic would be heated but there’s that careless undertone to it. It’s just two teen boys who happen to do a similar job to one another and have a competitive nature when it comes to said job. Dani doesn’t care about Marcel all the much, and Marcel doesn’t care about Dani that much either. It’s a “sworn enemies but ehh not really” type of situation, the whole thing (in my eyes) is just sabotaging one another for the sake of ferocity and savagery, it kinda keeps their spaces lively if you think about it.

As violent and easy to provoke Dani is, he knows that there’s not a WHOLE lot to be angry about here. Yeah the comments piss him off and the errands are something to fight over but he doesn’t harbour some extreme hatred to the point where he feels the need to beat on Marcel every day. It’s just a fun-ish rivalry :)

Extra: If they somehow end up doing an errand together, Dani probably listens to Marcel’s dramatic rant..then they argue…then Marcel goes back to ranting.

Sorry for any mischaracterisation!! Hope you’ll enjoy this.,and i know its RIDICULOUSLY short but yeah💔 I could always write more if im given time to think of something

[ryukatters]

def gojo, but also toji and maybe y’all are like competing assassins who run into eachother sometimes

⟡ word count: ~700

⟡ a/n: your brain is so big

⟡ Based on this ask

Your target is right ahead of you.

Just a few more feet, the two of you will be away from any wandering eyes and security cameras— and you’ll be in the clear to take him out with a single blow.

It’s an older gentleman— a local politician, you’ve been told, with connections to the black market. Made a few people working underground unhappy with some new laws passed. So you’ve been ordered to execute him.

You get jobs like this all the time. You don’t necessarily like what you do, but you don’t necessarily hate it either. It’s something that brings food to the table, allows you a roof over your head. Despite your unconventional career, it’s actually pretty stable, given your high success rate and gracious recommendations from satisfied clients.

Stable, as long as you’re the one actually doing the killing.

You blink once and suddenly your politician has a bullet going straight through his skull.

“You’ve gotta be faster than that, sweetheart.”

The politician’s body hits the floor with a dull thud. You hardly pay attention because all you hear is the rush of blood in your eardrums and all you can see is that annoying smirk on that stupid face of his.

Damn him.

You stomp towards Toji angrily, pointing an accusing finger into his (well-built) chest, “That was my target, you freak!”

“Was it? Well that’s too bad. Looks like you’ll have to pick up another job elsewhere,” he sneers. “Think you could make a pretty penny with those tits of yours.” He stares down at them pointedly. You feel your cheeks burn from humiliation.

“Oh fuck off, Fushiguro.”

“I’d much rather fuck you.”

Toji Fushiguro: a quick, money hungry, infamous assassin. Or, as you often call him— a pain in the ass. Your ass specifically, since he seems to have a tendency to sabotage all of your missions.

He’d argue that he simply has a penchant for pretty things, and you’re a high he has yet to come down from.

“You’re deplorable,” you spit, arms crossing over your chest. “A waste of space. Are you really so broke that you feel the need to steal someone else’s kill? Maybe you’re the one that needs to pick up a gig at the local strip club.”

Your words do nothing— they bounce off him as if he were a wall of solid steel. He might as well be. Nothing could ever penetrate Toji, physically and emotionally.

“So everyone can see the scratches you leave on my back?” He sneers, taking a step closer. He smells like sweat and cheap cologne. It’s intoxicating. “Dunno why you’re pretendin’ to hate me s’much with the way you’re creamin’ on my cock all the time.”

“Maybe because that’s the only redeeming quality you have,” you bite back. Toji merely chuckles, as if the venom spewing from your lips lacks virulence. And maybe it does.

“You’re pretty spunky today, baby. You know how much it turns me on when you put up a fight.”

You let out a growl, swinging your arm to punch him, but he’s gone from your sight before you even get the chance to land a blow. That’s the second time you’ve missed tonight.

He appears behind you before you can react.

Toji presses a kiss to the nape of your neck, relishing in the way you suppress a shiver as he leans down to his whisper in your ear, “Gotta be faster than that, sweetheart.”

You hate him. You remind yourself that every single time you see him.

“Bring that attitude with you tonight and see where that gets you,” he murmurs, allowing himself a rough nip at your jugular— a little taste of the inevitable. “You know where to find me.”

The words ring in your mind, each syllable being burned into your hippocampus with every passing second. You make quick work of delivering the corpse to your handler before you’re off to find a certain assassin.

Toji Fushiguro would ruin your life. Yet for some reason, you can’t find it in you to push him away when he calls.

[flowersforbucky]

hi cait, i hope you’re doing amazing! i love all your works and saw you were open to bob requests — but also completely ignore if you don’t like it haha

bob idea i’ve been thinking about, more angsty i think. reader and bob like eachother, and seem to be getting closer. (maybe reader joined after bucky asked for help? wasn’t in the incinerator) but most of the team is weary of her getting close and think she doesn’t like bob fully. thinking she’ll dump him once she’s bored — so they sabotage her any chance they get — fearing an relapse with the void.

(kinda reminds me of pride and prejudice with jane and charles. just assumed she didn’t like him as much. sorry it’s so long haha)

ooooh this would be interesting for sure!! i'm going to brainstorm on it!! i like this because it would definitely challenge me, every time i try to write angst my brain is like make it fluffy rn 😬 but i really like this idea and i'm gonna try to come up with something for it 🫶🏻🫶🏻

btw i LOVE pride & prejudice 2005 it's one of my fav movies of all time

[xiphiaarts]

Still solidifying the relationship between Starscream and Megatron for my au

I don't know the fine details of it yet, But I know I don't want to go the 'Starscream gets pimpslapped for every small mistake' route

I rather go for like the corrupt military official route, who may very well be sabotaging his own affiliation in order to have it's people turn against their leader, and elect him, the one who supposedly knew Megatron didn't have to steel for leadership all along, as new ruler (Also known as Starscream talking sweet in Megatron's face and talking shit about him when he isn't around.)

Soundwave and his cassettes are spared Starscream backstabbing musings, his loyalty to Megatron and the decepticon cause poses a threat to Starscreams plans

I also like to think Starscream wants to lead based off of the idea of being loved/feared by all, being seen as a revolutionary like Megatron, untouchable like him too, though he usually lacks the compassion to be the kind of leader Megatron started out as, the compassion Megatron has slowly but surely lost.

I also like to think another part of it is the idea of 'if I can just get x thing I'll be good enough' or 'if I can just get x thing I'll be happy', he's tunnel visioned onto ruling the decepticons as his object of happiness, he assumes the role comes with power, respect, and safety, but never considers factors like maximizing your troops survival or an end goal *if* the decepticons ever manage to truly trump the autobots.

He wants the power, but he has no righteous goal he wishes to see through, he has no guilt for those weaker than him because he was never fighting for them, only for the chance of being the one on the throne and calling the shots, to be the one wearing the crown

I can't imagine if they (the cons) win Starscream will be satisfied, there will always be a bigger fish, such leadership won't make him happy so there will always be another 'x thing' for him to pursue, it will never end unless he changes his goals entirely.

He isn't in the cons to make a difference, he's there to highjack what power and notoriety Megatron has achieved with his own two hands by soaring straight to the top with little effort besides his manipulation. He works hard but he works hard for his own interests and nothing more, he figures he's done being used and he has the right to use everyone else, like some twisted sense of vengeance

I like to think only after Starscream manages to kill off most of the decepticon ranks does Megatron's trust in him waver, even if he doesn't say anything to Starscreams face, he knows of the whisperings Starscream spreads about him (he's been told many a time to ensure the loyalty of his second in command by other cons, hes not nearly as sneaky as he thinks he is) But Megatron keeps him close to keep an eye on him, to keep him sharp in the face of fake friends, and to utilize what resourcefulness Starscream does posses.

This is why plans may be made or revised in the absence of Starscream, his second in command left out of the loop to make it more difficult for him to orchestrate decepticon failures. He knows of plan A, But not plan B Through Q, the backups Incase something interferes, autobot or traitor.

Though Megatron does bestow him with 'decepticon hospitality', the base layer of hostility all decepticons treat eachother with, he doesn't particularly aim his frustration at him, he more sees his disloyalty as a challenge, a way to keep his processor on its toes and to expect every bad thing.

His punishment may come in the forms of suicide missions, but the wonder that is Starscream always returns from them, bruised, beaten, maybe missing a few operatives assigned to him, maybe even dead. But he always returns

That's all for now, I'm still thinking about it, thanku for coming to my Ted talk

[aldritch-ao3]

(person who asked about toji and naoya) I'm really glad you feel the same way as me when it comes to their relationship, i honestly thought i'd only get a couple sentences, so thank you so much for that lengthy answer. Also with the 'naoya being an example of what gojo could've been' thing, i think that's really interesting. Cause i've seen something similar be explored before, with people writing naoya and gojo being raised as almost rivals of eachother, but they also seemed to glorify naoya in a way, so i took it more as their own intepretation rather than a reflection of how things would have been in canon. Back to your point with gojo and naoya tho, thinking about it more, you're really onto something there, cause kid gojo sorta acts like naoya?? still different, but the similarities are there. i also just realised toji seriously affected both of their lives. I can't imagine how naoya would have been had he not met toji. It just feels like he wouldn't be naoya. Christ, you were so right about toji haunting everyone. It's funny how someone regarded as nothing impacted so much of the lives of those who are regarded as everything. (you may be america's strongest run-on sentence soldier, but i'm britain's. we will compete to see who gains the title of world's strongest run-on sentence soldier one day..)

omg cross-sea solidarity ... why would we compete when we could instead join forces to make runon sentences that would make english majors puke

i case you couldn't tell by [gestures to playback] i have a lot of big big feelings about the zen'in clan in general, and naoya - honestly, feelings i didnt have before starting it that i've come around to the more i study these guys under a microscope! i dont know if the comparisons between young gojo and young naoya are intentional, but to me they're very much there - each is the prodigal genius heir of their clan, inheriting a genetic technique that sets them apart from a young age and has them both praised and isolated for this technique. each at a young age is egotistical and carries themself above others because that's been treated as outright fact by the people around them. gojo is exposed to other viewpoints and experiences that allow him to grow beyond it, though aspects of that mindset remain in him they don't take a malicious form - naoya isn't given that social opportunity, and instead stuck in an echo chamber that eventually makes him even worse than the people around him. they obviously aren't 1:1 but i do really think there's a comparison to be drawn

and imho the zen'in clan as a whole are kind of a microcosm of jujutsu society, where even those in privileged positions in the social hierarchy suffer and live less fulfilling lives for it. literally none of them seem happy. naoya is one of the most insecure, bitter, unhappy characters we meet imho, feeling challenged by and overcompensating to extreme measures to every single perceived threat and slight. we see much of the same with ogi, honestly, with one key difference - naoya doesn't seem to have anything or anyone that would make him happy, while ogi has a wife and children and yet self-sabotages every chance at a meaningful life and meaningful human connection because of his fixation on rank and power. his family is just an extension of himself, and therefore disappointing and discarded as worthless because they don't meet his expectations.

their hierarchy prevents a lot of meaningful connections from being formed with ideas of rank and power and honour and tradition getting in the way of them. not in a way that excuses the way a lot of these guys are, but as a whole this is a generational and societal issue as much as it is an individual one, and its noteworthy that someone like gojo, in contrast, turned out as relatively well-adjusted and normal as he did - under the right circumstances, he very well may have been much worse. isnt that just what all of their stories are? under the right circumstances, almost anyone could have ended up like geto, or like naoya. to me jjk is a series where theres a sense of nurture taking precedent over nature very often, and all the spectacular ways one's nature can remain unshaken and unchanged even in the face of that. or something.

this isn't even what your ask was about. i feel like a lot of this pertains to toji in interesting ways but also theres very little to be said about toji that hasn't been already. something something nature of cycles and how his breaking out of it had ripples across the entire world because the clan is representative of the world he was a part of something the way you must break tradition before it breaks you whatever.

[dana-chan-the-control-brain]

Non-SAMS fan here and honestly, you are so valid for your thoughts.

These are robots. They do not have the capacity to commit *ncest because they do not have a biological connection or relationship.

It's no different than meeting someone who is "like a sibling" to you and later (or even previously) sleeping together. It's not actual blood related siblings having that kind of relationship.

Also, these aren't real people. They don't exist.

Hope this helps those who might be confused about the topic.

Ah yes! What I all said can be applied to Fnaf and the DCA fandom as a whole

It's honestly why I reblog some Sun x Moon stuff, and some Sun and Moon as brothers stuff. (sometimes I forget to tag cause im in a hurry or scrolling on my work break)

Cause to me, what they are depends on how they view each other and how they define their relationship.

I mean, Sun and Moon could have just a co-workers relationship, but I think the fnaf fandom is in the minority on that take.

Like we all want them to be friends, or some semblance of a relationship to eachother, and to me, it's whatever the context of the story needs.

For example, in my story, Sun and Moon are NOT brothers yet.

They are very annoying roommates who are trying to sabotage eachother every chance they get.... yet they would be devastated if the other were to leave. They don't know what they are yet. They just know they need eachother and hate eachother. They're figuring it out.

[spokelseskladden]

Hey, I'm sorry to bother you, I just wanted to ask if you still have ideas about the Time Travel AU (the CK one) cause I've been a little obsessed with it (I really love you art ♥️)

Omg CK time travel AU... I'm so happy people still like it, I haven't thought about it in so long :') sadly I don't have any new art of it, but I can add a few notes

The whole idea was always about Miguel and Robby from the end of season 4 waking up around the start of season 2. Neither one knows the other is in the same boat, and it creates some problems as both try to change events in their own ways, thus making different situations harder to predict. They also go about it the wrong way until they get Demetri on board, like they focus on the wrong things to solve the problems.

I was always imagining Miguel waking up on the day he gets his braces removed, because everything will suck for him for a while but at least he'll get to experience that twice ( my people who wore braces will know what I'm talking about)✌️✌️

Before Robby and Miguel figure out they're time travelling buds they try to sabotage each others non-existent relationships. This makes Sam think Miguel still is a jealous douchebag, Tory thinks Robby is...weird. basically, those relationships are soooo dead. I like Robby/Tory (controversial, I know) but it would be complicated. There's a chance for them being endgame, but I'm on the fence about it, cause the point of this AU was more about friendships, especially for Robby.

This one drawing I made where Robby and Miguel sort of talk about juvie/the paralysis was supposed to take place after this big fight they had. Because they're not friendly towards eachother after finding out they're both from the future. They're forced together due to the circumstances, but there's a lot of tension between them that culminates into this big fight where they nearly repeat the event they're trying to avoid. It shakes them to their core, and they realise they don't want this -> they try to talk about it and figure out that they have more in common than they thought.

This was supposed to be the turning point in the au. Pre them making up, everything just went from bad to worse, every situation they tried to fix ended with something else going straight to hell, but once they become friends? Everything suddenly seems to go smoothly. Until it doesn't. (enter fucking Hawk and the feelings they didn't take into account. Because they were all clueless about it.)

Hawk is in love with Miguel. This is true in all universes, I take no criticism on this lol. The AU was never supposed to be migueli centric, but it makes him extra jealous of Robby. Like, if the guy you like suddenly start sneaking around with someone you both used to talk shit about, keeping secrets, blowing off a potential girlfriend for this person, and now they suddenly seems to get along a bit too well? Yeah he thinks they have something going on. Which sucks for him, cause it's one thing if Miguel can't like him back because he's straight, if he's actually into guys as well? Ouch. It's a total misreading of the situation, but Hawk isn't going to jump to time travelling buddies as the first answer :/ There's a lot of hurt feelings here, and his go to coping mechanism is ofc anger and overreactions. Miguel is so used to Hawk listening to him (especially in his champ era) he didn't ever count on him doing the exact opposite in order to spite him. Cause he kinda...took Hawk for granted I guess 😔

While I made a joke about Hawk hitting on Tory (because she never got with Miguel there's nothing stopping him from doing that) I never planned on them getting together. They would go on one date maximum, Tory would realise they're way better as friends because they would've had a toxic fucking dynamic, and break it off. Which also makes Hawk spiral, but this ain't about him. Tory hangs with Aisha more because she's not with Miguel, and they have their own theories on what's going on with Miguel (and hawk tbh). I think they're the ones who accidentally starts this whole "Miguel and Robby might be...👀👀👀👀" Thing. They also realise what Hawk's deal is.

Sam v. Tory is waaaay more focused on Aisha, as it always should've been imo. I don't think their rivalry gets as bloody, and I think all three can learn some important lessons way faster. Also Aisha never disappears, because there's no school fight.

The adults are the biggest challenge, because neither Miguel nor Robby knows what the hell they were up to most of the time, and they're the ones who creates the mess. Miguel is from the end of s4, so from his perspective his relationship with Johnny is strained, while Johnny has no clue why their dynamic feels so off now(when he finds out Miguel and Robby are friends now, he assumes it's because of his shit relationship with Robby. Which isn't far off from the truth, once Miguel and Robby start talking they actually bond quite a bit over failed fathers/father figures which in turn puts even more strain on the Johnny-Miguel dynamic)

Originally I was considering Miguel being in a similar accident in the end, but under different circumstances. I'm not sure if it would work, but there's something about doomed narratives that compels me.

At least one character will be disappointed in Robby and Miguel for not even trying to win the lottery once they find out they're from the future. Robby and Miguel say they were a bit preoccupied with stopping the karate-gang-wars. Idk which character this should be but let's be real, it's Bert.

[fennel-tea-and-nightshade]

Eli and murdering

Again, Eli has no actual reason to murder at this point. For her it was a weird coping strategy to feel less small. She kinda put herself into "god" shoes and taking mortals any agecy and control. It was also about making others feel how small she has felt when her trauma happend. Not only reflective to the god trauma but also reflective how small and helpless Asklepios has made her feel......

Why would she do this to another mortal after Limos? All she was shown was gods traumatizing mortals again and again and again.... She wished someone would "understand" her pain yet she also wished this fate would not happen to any other mortal....and yet it did

Eli only does things when she has a reason too. Causing other mortals more pain has no point to her anymore. It doesn't prove anything. It doesn't stop the suffering and it won't help mortals has a whole.

She wants mortals to be free. If they want to cause pain to eachother, so be it, but she will not part take in anything that doesn't serve her.

To be honest, I think my girl is just sooo over it. She's so over self sabotaging every chance of connection she gets. Connections are important.

[5sosfanfictioncatalogue]

POV Calum Masterlist

Chrysalis (ao3) - jbhmalum michael/calum T, 49k asexual!calum, trans!michael

Summary: When Michael breaks up with him without an explanation, Calum is left confused as he tries to pick up the pieces. He just doesn’t realise they’re not meant to be put back together the same way.

don't stop (ao3) - bellawritess michael/luke, pre-luke/ashton T, 5k

Summary: Five times one of them asked “do you want me to stop?” and the one time someone else asked them to.

Guess I was Running from Something (I Was Running Back to You) (ao3) - TheseEmptySoundsAndEndlessStories luke/calum G, 5k

Summary: Usually it’s Calum who offers to walk home with Luke and the night Luke does it, Calum takes a chance.

make it to me (ao3) - cthink ot4, michael/luke/ashton G, 23k (WIP)

Summary: Calum is in a band. Now, this band consists of three other people who he considers his best friends—no more, no less. They're all bandmates. Straight, "no homo", hetero bandmates (fragile masculinity included and all).

Or, at least, that's what he thinks, until he finds two of them sucking eachothers' faces off in the toilet of a shitty club. Cue sexuality crisis.

it's not my fault i want you(it's yours) (ao3) - sometimeswebreakbeforeweshine (orphan_account) michael/calum, luke/ashton, michael/luke N/R, 3k

Summary: michael puts up cuddle applications and calum sees. he doesn't want anything more but this is a fanfic what are you expecting honestly.

More: An Ashton Irwin and Calum Hood Fanfic. (ao3) - WeaSlyis0UrK1ng calum/ashton E, 3k

Summary: You would think living with Ashton Iriwin would be fun... it's not.

the hues of me and you (ao3) - Calumthoodshands (tndart) luke/calum T, 25k

Summary: “And you’re not… doing this to get a date after all?” he asked after a moment, chewing on his lower lip. If he didn’t make sure of it now, he never would, and if there was one thing he most definitely didn’t need, it was his own love life interfering with his bachelor’s. No, thank you. Luke exhaled almost unnoticeably, but he smiled at Calum, a little lopsided, a little mischievous. “No, I’m not. You know, if you want, we’ll just make a pact. No falling for the other allowed, as long as we’re working on the project. No feelings and no dates. Nothing’s gonna happen, and we can both move on, and you’ll get your bachelor’s and we can live happily ever after. How’s that sound?”

When Fire Meets Gasoline (ao3) - Hoodie luke/ashton, michael/calum M, 12k

Summary: They were meant for each other.

When they’re together, their love is powerful and explosive, like fire meeting gasoline.

Yet, their love is so passionate, it’s dangerous. Nevertheless, he loves him so much he enjoys the pain of being burned alive because he loves when his lover makes him feel, regardless of its nature. This is why they keep returning to each other.

You can say their love is…smothering.

Why Do We Sabotage Things? (ao3) - YourBiologicalRomance michael/calum T, 1k

Summary: “Cal,”he said “I’m quitting.”

“Quitting what?”

“School.”

“You gotta be fucking kidding me,Mike.Tell me you’re kidding.”

“I’m serious. We are flying to LA.”

“For…for what? For your band things?”

“Yes.”

you've got a million reasons to hesitate (ao3) - hideforalifetime luke/calum M, 6k (WIP)

Summary: “I’m not gorgeous,” Luke argues. “I’m just a normal guy.”

He steps forward, laying a hand on Luke’s waist, sending a pleasant chill down his spine. “If those baby blue eyes aren’t the most beautiful thing anyone’s ever laid their eyes on,” he whispers, “this world is fucking colourblind.”

He knows he’s pretty, and he knows he’s being watched every time he goes out. And that’s alright. He’d probably screw up a serious relationship, anyway.

[valictini]

im sorry im a lil dumb 😭 but i saw ur meme about not attacking the other defenders during tri color battles in splatoon and i dont get what the advantage is to not kill them and try for the signal yourself. do u mind explaining like im 5

It’s ok you’re not dumb! Nintendo didn’t really do a great job at fully explaining this mode! (So much so that when making research on it for this post, I learned a few things too, which also explains why it took me so much time to answer this)

I actually was thinking about posting basics of tricolor after seeing so many tags not understanding why it was important for the attackers to cooperate, so thank you for the question!

SPLATOON 3 TRICOLOR BATTLE GUIDE

What is the tricolor battle mode?

It's a modified turf war mode that features special stages and 3 teams: 1 defending team of 4 people, and 2 attacking duos.

They happen during splatfest, which means, each team is competing to have the highest score and usually fight eachother. However, in the context of tricolor battles, the 2 attacking duos are asked to cooperate despite being on different teams. As of a few so splatfest ago, anyone can be defending or attacking. It is not tied to the halftime ranking anymore.

To win, both attacking duos can try to use the ultra signals that the defending team has to protect.

What is an ultra signal ?

The ultra signal is an object at the center of the map that the attacker duos need to reach, then need to hold for a certain amount of time to fill it up and secure it.

Every attempt at filling the ultra signal builds up and makes the next attempts shorter and shorter, BUT there's a delay between each attempt. The attackers can secure a maximum of 2 signals per match.

When filling up the signal, you are completely vulnerable, and it's the defending team's job to take you out and make sure no attacker secures a signal.

Why do we want to secure an ultra signal?

When secured, the ultra signal creates a sprinkler spraying a lot of ink on your side of the map (and then at the center of the map if you secure both) That means you won't have to worry about inking the zone around the sprinklers for the rest of the match, which lets you focus on putting pressure on the defending team by covering THEIR ink. That's the reason they don't want you to secure it.

Why do you want to cover enemy ink?

The team who covers the most turf by the end of the match wins, like normal turf war. The catch is, if either attacker duo wins, the other duo wins too, which means that when you’re an attacker, you should focus on covering the defending team's ink first and foremost. This way, you maximise the chances of an attacking duo winning.

Ok but how many points do I get when I win? And when I lose?

When losing, all players get 0 point + individual ink coverage score

When defenders win, they all get 9000 points + individual ink coverage score

When attackers win, the winning duo gets 6000 points while the other duo gets 5000 (you get nothing regarding your ink coverage score) Each duo also gets a separate bonus regarding signals: 300 points per failed attempt at getting the signal OR 2500 points per signal secured.

However, the halftime report gives multipliers for all teams depending on whether or not they're in the lead.

The leading team (ex: Team Power during last splatfest) gets a 1.5 multiplier when they win as defenders.

The 2nd and 3rd teams (ex: Team Wisdom and Courage) get a 1.5 multiplier when winning as attackers.

So when you're on the 2nd or 3rd team, it quickly becomes MUCH more important to win as an attacker than to fight over the signals.

TL;DR: As attackers, securing signals does give you a bonus, but not as much as WINNING (especially when you have the multiplier on your side). Signals are mostly a tool that makes it easier to beat the defending team.

Sabotaging the other duo not only delays the next opportunity to get a signal, but it also frustrates your allies and make them NOT want to cooperate with you/actively try to kill you.

In turn, it makes it even harder to secure the signals and easier for the defenders to overwhelm you and make you lose.

You could say that there are some matches that actually call for sabotaging the other duo, or that you should only start cooperating with the other duo after securing both signals for your own team. But I think you need to take into account the fun factor of it all.

Why should I care about being a team player?

Do you actually care who wins the most points or who wins the splatfest? And if so, is it worth inflicting a frustrating match onto the other duo? Are you really having fun when confronted with the same aggressive tactics from the others? (aka, getting splatted when trying to get the signal and seeing the other duo steal it from you, getting snipped by the other duo while they’re not even dominating the match, getting spawn camped…) If you DO enjoy it, then I guess go for it but I think you’re missing out on a much, much more satisfying way to play that simply involves cooperating from the beginning to the end of the match.

Getting such a match is a rare occurrence, unfortunately, because most people don’t even understand that you’re supposed to cooperate in some way, but it is SO worth it, because when you find another duo that actively helps you, you don’t care about the points or splatfest results, you’re just having plain fun.

Hopefully, by explaining it all, more people will be ready to be team players for next splatfest, so here I go.

What do I do if I want to be a team player?

- Try NOT to kill your teammates at all (accidents happen, of course, but overall, you should always try to assist them)

- Try NOT to ink the other duo’s side of the map and focus on covering defenders’ ink as much as possible (Remember, you want the defenders to lose! If the other duo si dominating and the match is coming to an end, try NOT to cover their ink at all, even if it’s on your side of the map, to ensure that they win)

- If the other duo is attempting to secure a signal, DEFEND THEM (because the faster you all secure the signals, the faster you can focus on overwhelming the defenders!)

To end this, I’ve seen so many tags saying something along the lines of ‘I’m not touching tricolor’ or ‘I played 2 matches and i quickly went back to normal mode’ which I assume is because of the lack of encouraged cooperation between the attacking teams.

Which is sad because I’ve had SO much more fun playing tricolor with cooperating teammates. It makes winning all the more satisfying when you can tell they got your back and you got theirs. It’s just really, really nice!

I wish Nintendo would modify the rules so that any signal that’s secured by the attackers gives less points but goes to both teams. I’m sure you’d need to balance out other things to make it work, but I feel like it would help a LOT.

[kazewhara]

augh.... zuzu youre killing me ..... best friends to enemies to lovers.... the angst potential the sheer TRAGEDY......... id imagine that even tho you hate the idea of going thru with the raid, you hate the idea of not being there more because with anyone else leading the troops, how are you to make sure kazuha at least escapes unscathed? of course, you never tell him that. after this, after seeing him see you on the estate-made-battlefield, after seeing the /expression he had/... you could never shame yourself(more than you already have) by subjecting him to your presence again.

drowning in your shame, regret, and self loathing at this point, you spend your next years playing out the role the shogunate wants you to. you are jaded, you feel faded, and the dead end position you have in the army is the only thing you let yourself do anymore. nothing feels the same since the raid, and everything feels dulled by the monotony of just going through the motions every day.

its at this point that id want to set up the reader for a well and truly redemption arc taking place during the events of the inazuma archon quest in game.... maybe you meet him again after he joins the traveler with beidou in the skirmish at nazuchi beach, and kazuha finally has the chance to get the answers he didnt ask for that night during the raid. you two are hostile to eachother, kazuha because, well, you were the downfall of the kaedehara clan, someone he thought of as a friend and even had feelings for betraying him just like that. but you? youre so convinced that youre bad for him that you cant bring yourself to drop the 'perfect tenryou commission general' act. its a mercy to him, you think, to make things simple, to make it so that he can dismiss you as a bad person from his past, to push him away so he never has to see the ugly thing youve become because of the ugly thing you did to him. so he never has to know that secretly, hes still the person you think of the most. (you cant help but think that you dont even deserve to think upon him fondly anymore, but you cant stop either.)

kazuha's arrival at inazuma after years of not seeing him in person shakes you in ways you cant describe. after nazuchi beach, for the first time in years, you cry in bed that night. the self sabotaging monotonous life you had set up for yourself suddenly seems so bleak compared to the possibility that is kazuha being in your life again. you think, you KNOW that you shouldnt think this way, you dont deserve it after all, but you cannot stop yourself from cradling the sharp spark of yearning that has rekindled itself after seeing him again.

kazuha...... kazuha knows that something isnt right with how you were acting when he interrogated you at nazuchi beach. he was your best friend, he Knows your tells, that you were lying somehow when you told him that you raided the kaedehara estate because the shogun told you to, plain and simple, that your past friendship didnt mean so much as he thought it did and that the shoguns orders are more important than anything else to you. a part of him is upset that somehow after all these years you still are lying to him and being dishonest, but a smaller part that he cant seem to quell hopes that the thing you were lying about was the part where you said you felt nothing for him the whole time.

this is already long as fuck and i dont want to clog your inbox with a whole fic but ideally this would end with you being dishonorably discharged from the tenryou militia for confronting kujou sara and the raiden shogun about what happened to the kaedehara estate and Everything Else theyve done being wrong after you get back together with kazu and have your character development moments together ALSO ASKJFDBAKJFBKSDJF SORRY I KNOW THIS IS SO LONG BUT LOVERS TRAGEDY ALWAYS HITS A SPECIAL SPOT IN MY HEART ESPECIALLY WHEN THERES A HAPPY ENDING SO I KINDA RAN WITH IT SORRYYYYYYYY

-🌲

MY CHEST???? I'M LITERALLY CLUTCHING MY CHEST RN LIKE I'M SO INVESTED HNNNNGGG THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE TROPES EVER LIKE THE WAY WE LIE AND THE WAY KAZUHA HAS HOPE AND FUCCKSKAJSJDJNDSJ)$&×*@@^@@;#@,,#&##,@,,#,

THE NOISES COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH ARE UNGODLY

OKAY SO WHEN'S THE FIC COMING? 😁 I'M YOUR BIGGEST FAN, WHEN WHEN WHEN :DD