#thinking about Adult Grey™

[rosierin]

a hair toning intervention | atsumu, osamu, suna

synopsis; osamu comes home with brown hair and atsumu feels left out. his solution? a hair transformation of his own

a/n; this was super fun to write bahaha. i've seen a few versions of this historical miya event in other fics before and thought i'd do my own version hehe

this fic is part of the off-season quartet™ series! for more, click here :)

(Y/n) was midway through opening a bag of crisps when the front door swung open.

She looked up—only to freeze completely. Her lips parted. The crisp in her hand never made it to her mouth.

Beside her, Suna and Atsumu both gasped in unison, equal parts stunned and horrified.

In strolled Osamu, tossing his keys onto the counter like nothing was different. Except something was different.

Very different.

(Y/n) blinked like she was perhaps imagining things. “Wait. What.”

Atsumu gawked, staring at his twin like he’d grown a second head.

Suna tilted his head with a frown. He made vague gestures with his hands, holding them up and forming an imaginary camera lens around Osamu's face. “There’s something… wrong with this picture.”

Osamu rose his brows. But he must be playing dumb because there's no way he couldn't know what they were talking about. “What?”

(Y/n) stared, stared and stared some more. She turned to Suna, then to Atsumu, silently asking for some kind of confirmation. They were all seeing the same thing, right?

But just to make things extra clear...

“Your hair!” She pointed.

She couldn't believe it. His silver was gone!

That iconic shade of silver (or grandpa grey according to Atsumu), was no more. Not just dyed over, either. It was chopped off, by the looks of it—meaning this was all his natural hair. (Y/n) hadn't realised he'd grown it out long enough to do so.

She eyed the deep shade of chestnut atop his head in awe, taking in the full picture. She'd never seen him with his natural hair colour before. Ever since high school, it has always been silver.

"You're a brunette again!" She said merrily.

Osamu blinked, and she saw the moment it eventually clicked. She spluttered a laugh.

So he really had forgotten to mention it. “Oh, yeah!"

“Oh yeah?!" Atsumu finally snapped out of his daze, rising from the couch. "Since when, scrub?!"

Osamu shrugged. Clearly, one twin was finding it harder to adjust. “Since this mornin’.”

Suna let out a low whistle. Not much fazed the latter, but even he looked surprised. “You look like a different person."

(Y/n) grinned and hopped off the couch. She'd never seen him like this before. Naturally, she wanted to take a closer look. “No way,” she breathed. “This is so weird—but in a good way! This is your natural colour, right?”

Osamu nodded and—bless his soul—he had every right to look embarrassed. (Y/n) was practically circling him like a vulture, truly fascinated. He looked good. Better, even! The cool tone brown made his complexion look brighter, and his deep grey eyes look even more striking.

She clasped her hands together, practically bouncing on her feet. “You're so handsome! It suits you so much!”

Atsumu physically recoiled at her outburst. “No, it don’t! He looks like a teenager again!"

(Y/n) immediately whipped her head toward him and glared. “You shut your mouth,” she scolded. “He looks great. And, personally, I think this makes him look more mature."

She turned back to Osamu, whose lips were parted in a way that made him look as though he'd been caught off guard. He probably didn't expect this much enthusiasm, but he should've known better. Nothing about this household was nonchalant. Even the mundane could be made dramatic depending on the mood. And a full-on hair transformation was far from mundane, anyway.

“Uh. Thanks," he smiled, rubbing the back of his neck.

“Ya can’t be encouragin’ this," Atsumu groused. "He looks like he's cosplayin' as a responsible adult. It don't feel right."

“Maybe cause I am a responsible adult," Osamu shot back. "Unlike some."

“No, yer Osamu, ya ain’t supposed to change!”

Osamu rolled his eyes. “Yer bein’ dramatic.”

(Y/n) nodded in agreement. She didn't really understand why Atsumu was kicking up such a fuss. Maybe he just didn't like feeling left out. Or maybe it ran deeper than that and he felt as though Osamu had left part of their childhood behind. But that was just speculation.

Either way, he was being dramatic. “I agree with Osamu."

Atsumu pulled a face. “Hearin' ya say that sounds plain wrong."

Osamu shrugged before sauntering into the kitchen. “Should be used to it by now, blondie," he called over his shoulder.

(Y/n) saw the exact moment it hit him. Probably triggered by the nickname—a glaring reminder that Atsumu had in some shape or form been left behind.

It looked as though the gears in his head were turning. Like a creeping realization was dawning on him. He was now the only twin with dyed hair. The only one with unnatural colour. Osamu was now the twin with the “normal” hair.

His face fell.

Atsumu looked at Osamu. Pulled out his phone. Opened his camera. Looked at himself. His lips pressed into a thin line.

"Well, now I have to do somethin’ to mine."

Suna sighed. (Y/n) rolled her eyes. Osamu barked a laugh.

And just like that—Atsumu’s hair crisis began.

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The next day, Atsumu dragged (y/n) aside like he had breaking news.

Serious. Grave. The end-of-the-world kind of serious.

“Alright.” He exhaled. “I’ve thought about it.”

(Y/n) couldn't believe she'd been dragged out of bed for this. Well—not literally, but it might as well have been. If he hadn't brought her a steaming cup of tea in bed this morning—after waking her up by practically banging on her door—she might have refused his request for a hair brainstorming.

"Go on," she said, trying to muster at least some from of enthusiasm. Because, Atsumu—despite his eagerness—looked genuinely excited.

“I’m changin’ my hair," he declared.

(Y/n) closed her eyes briefly with a sigh, already picturing the drama. Osamu cutting off his hair was definitely not worth all the theatrics, but this was Atsumu. He was the theatrics. There's a reason he still did the hand thing before every serve, even at his grand age.

“God, give me strength," she muttered.

Atsumu ignored her.

At that exact moment, Suna and Osamu strolled into the room. It didn't take long for Atsumu to rope them into this too.

“Oi, you two,” he called, waving them over. “We’re talkin’ hair.”

Suna paused, glanced at Osamu, then back at Atsumu. “…No thanks.”

Osamu snorted. “Yeah, I’m good. I haven’t even eaten breakfast yet.”

Atsumu ignored them too.

“I’m thinkin’… platinum. Ya’know—white.”

Suna let out a long, suffering sigh.

Osamu rubbed his face. “….No.”

Somehow, (y/n) didn't think white was quite his colour... He was lucky he could even get away with blonde, to be honest. She supposed his personality made it work. He had that typical, jock heartthrob air about him.

She rested her chin in her palm, deciding to humour him nonetheless. “Here we go. Tell us more, Lady Gaga.”

Atsumu continued, undeterred. “Or—pastel pink.”

Suna wrinkled his nose. “You’d look like a rejected K-pop star.”

Atsumu frowned.

"Or an anime protagonist," Osamu added with a snicker.

"True," (y/n) chimed in. "Neither are a cute look."

Atsumu seemed to take their comments into consideration, albeit with visible disappointment. “What about black?”

Suna arched a brow. “You think you can handle the responsibility of dark hair?”

Atsumu looked every bit confused. “What the hell does that even mean?”

“It means you wouldn't suit the mysterious bad boy look," (y/n) clarified.

Suna nodded. “Yeah, you’re too loud. Blonde is better."

Atsumu didn't look one bit amused. Apparently, he really was serious about having a full hair makeover. She still wasn't sure why, but perhaps it was that important to him, after all.

But then, the more she thought about it, the more the image of Atsumu with any other hair colour unsettled her. Blonde was just his colour. It was perfect already.

Of course, she wasn't about to phrase it just like that. “You know... you don’t have to change your hair. Like Rin said, blonde suits you.”

“Plus, you know what they say about blondes…” Suna started.

Osamu snorted. (Y/n) bit back a laugh.

Atsumu clicked his tongue. “I ain't dumb!"

At that, they exchanged a few looks. Nothing was said, and yet everything was said at the same time.

Atsumu’s eye twitched. “You guys are NO help. Gimme actual suggestions instead of bein' smartasses!"

"We did!" (y/n) argued. "We already told you: stick with blonde!"

"No, 'cause that's borin'!" Atsumu parried.

He looked genuinely exasperated, jaw tight as he kept scrolling through hair Pinterest boards for inspiration.

Osamu and Suna seemingly had enough of his nonsense and simply went back to making breakfast, the clinking of plates serving as a backdrop for (y/n)'s thinking. She wracked her brain for ideas. Then, in a moment of clarity, perked up.

"Why don’t you tone it?”

Atsumu looked up from his phone. “What?”

“Toner,” she repeated. “It keeps your blonde, but it takes out all the brassiness so it looks cleaner. It won't look drastically different, but I think you'd be surprised what a difference it'd make."

Atsumu stared as if she had just started speaking another language. “…What the hell is toner?”

Osamu whipped his head around in what looked to be disbelief. Suna did the same. Then, they both look at each other as if to confirm what had just been said.

"You don't know what a toner is?" Suna asked, voice wavering as a grin crept onto his face.

"No??"

(Y/n) bit her lip as she watched the two of them. Seconds later and Osamu and Suna began sniggering amongst themselves. Seeing them like this made (y/n) think of two schoolyard bullies picking on a more oblivious pupil.

“What’s so funny?!” Atsumu demanded.

"There's no way," Osamu said mockingly.

Suna looked equally mischievous. “You’ve been blonde for years and you’ve never used a toner?”

"That explains so much," Osamu added with a laugh.

"What do you mean?!" Atsumu groaned. The poor guy looked as defeated as he was embarrassed. "And o 'course I never used one! How could I use one if I didn't even know it was a thing 'til now!"

Clearly, his brother and Suna were too busy mocking him to actually he helpful. And (y/n), being the nice person that she was, decided to take pity on him. For now, at least.

“Listen,” she started, talking slow like she was explaining something to a child, “you know how your hair sometimes looks a little… yellow?”

Atsumu’s eyes narrowed. “What do ya mean, a little yellow?”

“She means it looks like piss," Suna clarified.

Atsumu looked at a loss for words. He dragged his gaze to his brother, as if seeking validation.

“Hear them out," he said somewhat amicably. Atsumu looked ten times more concerned.

(Y/n) bit back a laugh. “The toner will fix that.”

“My hair ain’t piss-yellow," Atsumu griped stubbornly.

"It is," Suna argued.

Osamu did nothing more but nod.

(Y/n) simpered, not wanting to sound too mean. “Yeah, a little bit.”

She felt guilty, yes. But in retrospect they were doing him a favour. How he had gone years and years with a shade of chick yellow on his head was beyond her. It needed to be done sooner or later.

Osamu clapped a hand on his gawking brother's shoulder. “Come on, ‘Tsumu, it’s time."

“We’re helping you," Suna solemnly offered.

“For the greater good," (y/n) declared.

Atsumu rolled his eyes, but the seed was planted.

“…Fine. Let’s do it.”

And just like that—the Hair-Toning Mission was officially set in motion.

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Two hours and a trip to the shopping centre later, (y/n) stood at the sink, reading the instructions on the toner bottle, while Atsumu sat on the toilet seat, fidgeting like a restless child.

Through the bathroom mirror, she could see Osamu and Suna loitering behind them in the doorway, watching like they were witnessing history in the making.

Atsumu's leg was bouncing restlessly.

(Y/n) shook her head fondly. "Relax, Tsumu." She rested a hand on his shoulder, hoping it was somewhat reassuring. He eventually went still. "Remember, this morning you were begging us to help you, so here we are."

Osamu crossed his arms. "Yup. No turnin' back now, Tsum. Ya gotta commit to it."

Atsumu whipped his head around. "Don't you talk to me about commitment. You abandoned the twin hair pact first!"

(Y/n) raised her brows at that. Twin pact, huh?

Osamu huffed a laugh. "That pact existed when we were ten."

"It was fifteen, actually," Atsumu grumbled. "Yer a traitor."

Suna piped up behind them. "Hate to break it to you, but (y/n) is actually doing you a favour. Your hair’s been looking… rough."

Atsumu frowned at him through the bathroom mirror. "My hair is fine."

(Y/n) sighed. "Atsumu, honey, do me a favour and look at yourself in the mirror."

Reluctantly, he turned.

There, under the bright, unforgiving bathroom lights, his unnatural yellow-blonde hair looked even more tragic than usual.

He blinked. “…Oh.”

Suna stifled a laugh.

Osamu clapped a hand on his shoulder, mock sympathy written all over his face. “Happens to the best of us."

"But that's why we're helping you!" (Y/n) beamed, clasping her hands on his shoulders. She offered him a grin through the mirror, one even he couldn't seem to return. She softened her voice. "Don't worry, Tsumu. I'll make you look good. Trust me."

Atsumu grumbled but sat still as she gloved up, mixing the toner with developer. (Y/n) was no hairdresse, but the instructions and Youtube tutorials she watched earlier seemed straightforward enough. She felt confident enough. Confident that she wouldn't royally fuck up, that is.

"You ready?" She asked, dipping the brush in the gloopy product.

Atsumu nodded but the moment she lifted the brush to his hair, he flinched and jerked away. "Yer sure this ain't bleach?"

(Y/n) refrained from rolling her eyes. "Oh shit, you're right. This is actually hair remover. Hang on, lemme just—"

Atsumu's eyes bulged.

Osamu and Suna cackled from the doorway.

"I'm kidding, dumbass."

Finally, and with Atsumu eventual cooperation and trust, (y/n) started applying the toner, brushing it through his roots while trying not to laugh at the look on Atsumu's face. He usually never let his nerves show, so seeing him like this was an interesting experience. Especially over something as minor as a bit of toner.

The application was easy enough. Quite therapeutic, actually. The only thing unpleasant about it was the smell. Too strong, too close to sewage water for her liking.

Also, it wasn't supposed to sting, but Atsumu sure acted like it did.

"It fuckin' reeks," Atsumu gagged. "Is it meant to smell like that? Did ya mix it properly?"

(Y/n) hummed in means of a yes. "Chill, ya big baby. Some hair products just smell like that. It's normal." She dipped her brush into more of the toner. "You should know—you've bleached your hair for years, and that's way worse."

"But it feels weird too—"

She gave Osamu and Suna's reflection a withering look.

"Wait—is my scalp tinglin'? What if I'm allergic?"

(Y/n) paused mid-brush stroke. "You literally bleach your hair every few months. You're fine. Now stop fretting!"

Atsumu gasped, so loudly it made (y/n) almost drop her brush. "I can feel it seepin' into my brain!" he fake cried.

"That's unlikely," Osamu snickered.

Atsumu pointedly ignored his brother.

Meanwhile, Suna swiped open his phone, thumb hovering over the "record" button like he was itching for a disaster. "If it turns out bad, I'm sending pictures to everyone we know."

(Y/n) sighed, fighting the urge to smack all three of them. "Can you clowns hush up for five seconds?"

Atsumu huffed. "Fine. But hurry up. I can't deal with the suspense."

"Fine." Despite herself, (y/n) tried to do so, coating every strand with precision, her hands swiftly weaving through his hair. She was getting the hang of the motions. And Atsumu, for once, was actually sitting still.

"Look at you, actually being patient," (y/n) cooed, pleasantly surprised.

Atsumu smirked, leaning back into her touch. "What can I say? I like the feel of yer hands in my hair."

Osamu physically recoiled.

Suna made a quiet retching noise. "Get a grip."

(Y/n) would've dropped the brush in his lap and told him to do it himself, had it not been for the fact she was pretty much done. His hair was fully coated in toner. She gave him a once over, making sure she hadn't missed any areas. Once satisfied, she took a step back to fully admire her work.

"Done," she announced, feeling proud of herself.

And so, the waiting game began.

Suna leaned back against the counter, the image of calm. "So, worst case scenario, his hair turns purple, right?"

(Y/n) nodded. "Or green."

Atsumu tensed despite their blatant teasing. "Fuck off, guys. That ain't funny."

Osamu shrugged. "Relax. It probably won't happen."

"Don't say 'probably.' Yer freakin' me out!"

Suna snapped a picture of his panicked face and toner-coated hair. "One for the memories."

Atsumu groaned, leaning his head back against (y/n). "Do something," he pleased.

She smoothed her gloved hands through his hair in guise of distributing some of the toner. Atsumu closed his eyes at the touch, looking like a cat being petted.

"Just a bit more waiting, Tsum. And you'll look like a new man."

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Twenty minute later, and the deed was done.

(Y/n) washed out his hair, blow-dried it, styled it, and applied some of her expensive hair oil.

Needless to say, she was ecstatic about the results. They were exactly as she'd hoped, if not better.

Now Atsumu was leaning over the sink, staring at himself in the mirror. And for once—he was speechless.

His blonde was still there, but softer, cleaner—less like an overripe banana and more like an expensive shade of gold straight out of a TV commercial.

Slowly, he ran a hand through his brand-new hair, tilting his head to admire it from every angle. He whistled like he was seeing himself for the first time. “Damn, I look good."

Osamu snorted. “Here we go.”

Suna winced. “What have we done…"

Atsumu ignored them both. He obviously couldn't care less. The man was too busy falling in love with himself.

He fluffed his hair. Styled it. Messed it up, then slicked it back. Different angles. Different expressions.

He leaned in closer to the mirror, squinting like he couldn’t believe his own reflection. “Damn. Who’s that fine piece of—”

(Y/n) rolled her eyes and reached forward to physically yank him away by the shoulders. “Alright, enough.”

But honestly? She couldn’t really blame him. Even she was surprised by how well it turned out. How such a small change made such a big difference. Osamu looked a little stunned. Suna gave a slow, reluctant nod like it pained him to admit it.

“I hate to say it,” he muttered, “but it’s actually really good.”

“Yeah,” Osamu added with a hum. “It’s definitely an improvement.”

(Y/n) grinned, stepping up to Atsumu, still holding onto a towel with streaks of hair toner on it. She tilted her head, taking in the finished product. The shade was perfect, his skin somehow looked clearer, and yeah—they were right. He looked good. Like, really good.

A strange little urge bubbled up in her chest—probably a mix of pride and mischief. She reached up and pinched his cheeks.

“You look lovely!” she cooed.

She meant it playfully, of course. Mocking, even. But she really did mean it. Atsumu had always been handsome. But now? Even more so. Too handsome, maybe. She had a hard time taking her eyes off him.

Atsumu’s entire expression fell flat.

She giggled, giving his face another playful squeeze. “What? You don’t think so? You look adorbs, ’Tsum ’Tsum.”

He gawked at her, thoroughly betrayed. “‘Aborbs’?! ‘Tsum ’Tsum’?! Are ya kiddin’ me?” He spun around toward his brother like he was looking for backup. “How come he gets normal compliments and I get treated like a toddler? Gimme a redo."

(Y/n) huffed a laugh, still grinning. “Fine.”

She released his cheeks, stepped back, and crossed her arms. For a moment, she pretended to size him up seriously, as if she were seeing him again for the first time.

Then, with the most perfectly smooth smile she could muster, she said simply:

“You look hot, Atsumu.”

She didn't think her words would have that much of an impact, but by the look on his face, they definitely did. She saw the blush creep up his neck in real time, dusting his cheeks pink.

For the second time that day, he was speechless.

(Y/n) fought the urge to laugh and just raised an eyebrow instead, feeling smug. "What? You wanted a redo."

“God, he’s whipped," muttered Suna.

“Kinda embarrassing," echoed Osamu.

Their words seemed to snap Atsumu back to reality. "No, I just didn't expect 'er to be so forward about it," he explained weakly. "S'no big deal. S'whatever—I'm hot, I know."

"Listen to him ramblin'" Osamu teased one last time as he stepped out of the bathroom.

Suna pushed off the wall himself, taking that as his cue to leave as well. “Looking a bit hot under the collar, there.”

Atsumu countered Suna’s smirk with a warning glare—one that lacked any true heat, given his ears were still pink. Just like that, Suna drifted out the bathroom.

The room didn’t feel smaller, per se. But without Osamu and Suna acting as buffers, (y/n) felt a small spike of nerves bubble up in her chest at the prospect of being all alone with Atsumu.

She wondered if he felt the same. That would explain his silence. How he turned back toward the mirror, fiddling with his hair more than necessary. She met his gaze once, and bit back a smile as he promptly looked away.

Perhaps a little more tormenting wouldn’t hurt.

With that thought in mind, (y/n) leaned against the counter and folded her arms across her chest. Atsumu side-eyed her curiously, but said nothing as she slowly cocked her head to one side. “He was right y’know. You did look like you were sweating a bit earlier.”

“Must be the steam,” he muttered. “From the shower.”

If Atsumu was still embarrassed, he didn’t let it show. Gone was his defiant scowl, replaced with a perfectly practiced air of nonchalance—not one meant to convince, clearly. Not when he chose such an obvious lie.

“Mmhm. I bet it was.” She rearranged her expression so that she was looking at him with just enough interest to catch his attention. As expected, his eyes snagged on her display of a flirtatious smile. “Thought you'd be immune to compliments,” she teased, resting her elbow on the sink beside him.

His smirk turned knowing. Echoes of giggling high schoolers and love letters left in lockers flashed in her mind. "What makes ya say that?" His tone was full of mirth.

She levelled him a bored look. “I’ve seen your admirers.”

"Were you one of them?" He asked cheekily.

Look who’s got their swagger back, (y/n) almost said. Instead, she shook her head innocently. "No, I was more team Osamu."

He gaped at her and she threw her head back with a laugh. “Kidding,” she sang. She then felt the need to deflect when his expression turned almost hopeful. “I was team Rinnie.”

Atsumu rolled his eyes. "'Course you were."

The deadpan delivery made her laugh harder. He looked like he was trying to stay unimpressed, but she caught the tiniest twitch of a smile tugging at his mouth.

Her eyes flicked back to his hair.

“Seriously though,” she started, her voice light with merriment, “it really does suit you.”

He gave a casual shrug, but his smirk was too suggestive. “So I’ve been told.”

(Y/n) shook her head fondly with a huff, brushing past him to start tidying up. As she passed, she reached up and gave his hair a quick ruffle. “You’re welcome,” she chirped.

He tutted, already fixing it in the mirror. “Oi. Watch the new do.”

They moved around the bathroom in sync, falling into the easy rhythm of cleaning up. Bottles were capped, towels tossed into a worn laundry basket, surfaces cleaned. And despite all the drama, things turned mundane again.

Atsumu’s hair transformation day was a great success.

[gryffintheparrotcat]

Things in Veilguard that have annoyed me so far, in no particular order:

(I'm about to recruit Emmerich and Taash, if you're not there yet consider yourself formally spoiler warned)

1. Solas hates bloodmages now, this makes no sense.

2. Bioware still doesn't know people darker than #8D5840 exist. This is the fourth game, you'd think the devs learned this by now.

Player characters pass the paperbag test, that is not a good thing. I swear I've seen npcs with darker skintones but Rook can't have a slice?

3. Dalishs are just chill with their gods being evil and real and instead of addressing all that we just go and watch another elven community get massmurdered.

4. We're in The Elvenenslaver And Qunarihater City™ and there are 0 slaves and everyone is friendly to my elven and my qunari Rooks.

4. My Rook having an Elgar'nan vallaslin has not been acknowledged even once.

5. The qunari are going against Qun orders and are just cartoonishly evil now. Neither of these things align with previously established lore.

6. The Crows are all a big happy family. Sorry Zevran.

7. The Grey Wardens are incompetent. Again.

8. My Rook being called kid by Varric and others, that is a grown adult man.

9. Being called Rook. I didn't like that title much to begin with but the fact that it's not even earned this time makes it even more annoying. He has a last name!

10. The companions doing jackshit in combat. I'm a mage not a tank, can someone else kite the enemy?? I miss the pause button

11. The controls being different again. Why is spacebar a whole different button in each dragonage game? Were these ever made while considering people who may play one after the other?

12. Harding not being a romance option for the inquisitor. I never played Viviennes semiromance (i'm always siding with the rebelmages so we haven't exactly been getting along) so I can't say how deep that is and if she should be an option, but i will note that she is also not an option.

13. Harding saying she wasn't in the inner circle of the inquisitor. Harding darling I promise you inquistior adaar loved you dearly. I'm pretty sure I talked to Harding far more than I talked to Varric in Inquisiton.

14. "The previous games aren't relevant because they play in the South" WHAT ABOUT KIRKWALL? What about Navarran Princess Cassandra?? Dorian is here why not the others?? Not even mentioned once?? Cmon.

15. No proper wrinkle slider in character creator... again.

16. Not being able to resize eyes in character creator. Why??

17. No slider for the stomach to stick out. A for effort on even adding bodysliders to begin with but I was hoping for proper tummys for once.

18. The dialogue wheel. And more specifically how little origin/class specific options there are as a mage elf with a vallaslin specifically. And not being able to be mean, just a bit blunt. Meeting Davrin and him being a bit prickly at first was a breath of fresh air ngl. I don't need evil alright, I get it I'm playing a hero now. But let my Rook be a bit spicy sometimes. Neve complains about a Crow prioritising Treviso over Minrathos? Let Rook be an ass about it.

19. I brought Neve & Mage Rook to recruit "The Mage Killer" and neither have voiced any discomfort about that? Or acknowledged that at all? Neve has some party banner with Lucanis but even there it's more of a L "Are you scared bc of the title?" N "lol nope".

Hopefully I won't have to make a pt2 any time soon.

[niittinaatti]

Niiverse: That old centaur family & random details.

Hey @loominggaia you know those centaurs living in the Hollow who I talked about a long time ago and said I’d draw sometime. I’ve been really putting off drawing them because I don’t feel like drawing 9 big horse bodies. Well I finally drew them but only the upper bodies because I’m still lazy. Happy early easter

Most of their bodies are mostly brown with white patches, except Valma & Miska are white/really light cream, Lahja is grey and Marja is greyish-brown. Valma, Miska and Aino have some shag on their hooves.

They wear a lot of clothing for centaurs and don't look too broke so I'm not sure about them living in the Hollow anymore. But they still live in Noalen in the same place the Vrinsas live at

Also here’s some random details about my ocs because I like having little minor lore. Like what magic can the magical guys do and what food they like:

I changed Charlio's name to Casio because Casio keyboard hahahahhaha. Also his eyes are orange but turned blue from a side effect from some medicine (the medicine is racist and only does that if you're Damijan and have orange eyes)

Magical specialities

I think most of them aren’t exactly professional mages, but just know some basic spells for living or that they learned from school or something

-Dr Awesomeness: Doesn’t do much magic, usually just carries around a ton of different ray guns which is simpler in Zareen. Can do all the usual maenad stuff and the x-ray and microscope vision thing, only has random future visions if she leaves the x ray thing off for a while

-Yue: Electromancy and transmutation

-Vanella: Illusions and later learns terramancy, is only about as powerful as a gaian made magical as an adult.

-Cresti: Photomancy

-Valerie: Enchanting animals, does it with a magic flute mostly

-Josefrollop: Transmutation and curses

-Ignatius: Pyromancy, has also been trying some telekinesis to make up for the missing arm. But he hasn’t really gotten arcane education and just learns stuff from random public library books that probably don’t have much because zareen

-Strata: Enchanting, both objects and animals

-Helena: Umbramancy, she’s actually pretty powerful but doesn’t get to show off much

-Saku: Pyromancy, mostly uses it to heat up drinks

-Ster: Telekinesis, telepathy & teleportation (Learned all that because tele makes anything cool)

-Ruukku: Floramancy for growing roses

-Casio: Telepathy

-Zicki: Echomancy and electromancy

-Croc: Hydromancy

-Jonas: Curative

-Stefan: Telekinesis (or basically super strength)

-Valma: Blessings and some floramancy. Most of her family isn’t magical

-Emilia can also do floramancy

-Miska: Enchanting animals

-Aino would like to be magical but she’s young and nobody has gotten around to magicalizing her yet

-Curlinita: Galemancy and electromancy

-Goria: Floramancy

-Zepito: Curses

-My sona I guess: Shooting colorful lightning!!! Transmutation and teleportation would be cool but realistically i’d be too lazy and scared of screwing up to really learn them. Maybe they know some really basic stuff like teleporting a salt shaker from one end of a table to the other or smthn

Some random food that they like

-Dr. Awesomeness: Pop tarts

-Mr. Garnet: Soufa bol, and ice cream with crushed nuts

-Yue: Nettle pancakes (we don’t count lethal chemicals as food)

-Vanella: Fried ants and rocky road

-Pakila: Shrimp noodles

-Blera: Meatballs, with any kind of meat or veggie balls, she’s not picky

-Maleena: Ronerol and pear chewing gum

-Sineriina: Orange and mango soup or kissel

-Akamia: Etiosi fishwraps

-Sprucie: Waffles with cloudberry jam

-Krinolina: Corn and red cabbage salad

-Ignatius: Sardines and Gamer Bubbly™

-Leila: Those weird 50s gelatin salads

-Jussufiina: Durian, and ice cream in tomato juice. Likes eating weird stuff to gross people out in general

-Josefrollop: Living cats. But if he has to eat normal food then rabbit meat

-Molsa: Fish egg quiche, and dark chocolate

-Cresti: Fried eggs

-Noros: a bunch of different kinds of candy cut into little pieces all mixed in a bowl (calls it alien vomit)

-Satara: Pine needle tea

-Valerie: Some forest berries they have around there

-Strata: Porridge with berries, usually blackcurrants

-Helena: Noodles with veggies and nuts, also bananas even though she’s allergic to them (she likes how they burn in her mouth)

-Saku: Blueberry bread and cocoa

-Ster: Lime

-Loren: Mashed rockyams

-Penhoven: Bloodbroth, or tomato soup if they don’t have any

-Ruukku: Octopus and rice

-Casio: Onion chips

-Zicki: Pepaja with fake pepperoni and honey sauce, and sour candy

-Croc: Fish dogs and grass flavored soda. Weird flavored sodas in general

-Jonas: Burger with ranch dressing

-Stefan: Those spicy veggie wraps like in Damijana but a little less spicy and with a ton of mayonnaise. Also prefers food that tastes cheap and artificial so he knows he’s not living in the woods

-Valma: Spinach soup and boiled eggs

-Lijen: Beetroot beef and mushrooms

-Taru: Sausages and cola

-Emilia: Bread and apples but only red ones. Has kinda plain taste

-Lahja: Salmon, and fish paste on sandwich

-Veeti: Chocolate chip cookies and raisin buns

-Miska: Strawberry muffins and lamb

-Aino: Peaches and cheese

-Marja: Deer meat

-Sebastian: Salty licorice

-Pallas: Orange marmelade

-Stjern: Veggie pepaja

-Estrada: Pasta with soy grain

-Wilba: Fruit salad

-Glimmer: Strawberry granola bars

-Goria: Strawberry pitter milk

-Zepio: Honey liquor

-Curlinita: Pitter roast with licorice sauce

-Esmeralda: Roasted squirrel

Also

Random thing that I haven’t talked about yet: A lot of my ocs have scars from random minor incidents because I was adding those a lot when I came up with them. Helena has faded scars on her temple and nose from hitting her head on the ceiling which is based on me. Also on her thumb from trying to cut open Strata’s rubik cube with a knife Yue obviously got all of hers before becoming a divine, I think a lot of them were just from dicking around in the woods as a kid. Noros keeps getting dared to do stupid shit Vanella had a little diamond implanted in her arm in case she gets robbed and needs money and has a scar from it covered with the bee tattoo. Also I think she had a couple toes removed from hypothermia Satara on her forehead from hitting a doorframe as a kid Pakila on her hand from a failed shitty magic trick of making something stick to your hand

Ignatius went to dentist as a kid and his parents were cheap and didn’t get a fae friendly dentist and he got poked with some iron which is why he has that little scar under his eye (Raccoon’s idea) Lahja got a fish hook stuck on the back of her hand once, Taru on her knee from tripping while playing sports, Emilia fell on a sharp bush or something, Miska on his arms from being scratched by a cat, Veeti from dropping a hot tray on his foot (might change that since he’s a centaur) All of Sebastian’s kids: Stjern on his chest, Estrada on her arm, Wilba on her leg and Glimmer’s forehead, from some kinda exploding lawnmower incident?? Idk why I gave my ocs so random ass lore

Also also

About Vanella: after getting transmuted into an elf, she of course moves to Mogdir, but has to leave the kids behind because it would be bad for commoners. Of course she feels bad about it and visits them when she can. She's annoying Helena at the cafe now. Pakila and Blera are now basically joint-custody with Mr. Garnet, Vanella’s parents, and Krinolina. Also Vanella still has the spider tattoo but she used an illusion to make it silver so it looks better on her.

Also also also. Yue’s green fuzzy flying monster shown here is sapient and can talk but it can only tell lies, like the opposite of fae. But it's otherwise a nice enough guy.

Its name is Broccoli, lmao

Yue tried to make it only able to tell the truth like fae to make talking to it simpler but magic decided to be a bitch and now it can only lie. But she’s gotten used to it by now.

I changed my mind, Dr. Awesomeness DOES have a Tome of Infinity. But it’s a tiny keychain-sized book attached to the magic guitar that most of her amphora was turned into. She has priorities you see. Like this:

And I'm thinking Ignatius's dad Ohto got his woodchipper licence revoked and is now a janitor at the science lab that the lab buds work at, but doesn't know much about the goings on there being just a janitor. He's a bit uncomfortable from all the blood but it's hard for fae to get decent jobs around here so he'll take what he can get.

These friggin guys. And more

[when-we-drive-away-in-secret]

aside from Lesbian Reasons™︎ (understandable.), what is it about esme that makes you adore her so?

Ooooooh boy I am SO glad you asked

Okay, so first off I just think she's fun. Like, obviously a terrible person, but a fascinating character—the show kind of did her dirty in some regards, but if we go off the books, she's definitely one of the most competent adults, and yet no one actually seems to acknowledge it?

Like, especially in terms of the fandom, people CONSTANTLY underestimate her as a character, but I'm so intrigued by her. We're introduced to her as just another terrible guardian; selfish, arrogant, frivolous. Not a terrible person, but not a good one, either. She cares more about trends and appearances than the lives of children, but there doesn't seem to be any real malice in it. And then the children tell her everything; they've discovered a good portion of her and Olaf's plan, and if it were Olaf confronted with this information, he would have become immediately violent and panicked. He probably would have lashed out, grabbing a child (most likely Sunny) and threatening them to get them to fall in line. Not Esmé, though. She stays perfectly calm, perfectly in-character. She guides the children outside, reassures them, and switches at the last minute, pushing them into a pre-prepared trap. The children—very intelligent, notorious for seeing through disguises—had no idea until they were falling however many feet to their presumed deaths.

Then, even more fascinating, she fools them again. Sure, you can argue the kids didn't interact all that much with officer Luciana, but when Olaf "disguises" himself, it takes them all of two seconds to clock him. Even Fernald is better at disguises than the supposed actor! But Esmé talks to them, has a whole scene in the court, and they have no idea. If I remember rightly, even when Olaf shows up, it's not until the end of the book that they actually clock her. And yet everyone pretends she's the incompetent member of VFD!

Then of course there's the rivalry with Beatrice. We know Esmé tried to save Olaf's parents, and yet Esmé's the villain and Beatrice is the hero (another gorgeous demonstration of the grey-morality typical throughout the entire series). But do we get any explanation? Kit specifically had to get past Esmé to give Beatrice the darts—why? It implies that Esmé was not only aware of what was going on, but actively trying to stop it—did she tell Olaf? Did he not believe her? Did she try anyway, knowing what the deaths of his parents would do to him? (I have my own personal answers to all of these questions, and a long-ago thought up fic plot to explore them, but that's another story). And why was there a tunnel connecting the Baudelaire mansion to the penthouse? In the books, it isn't even a network of tunnels; it's all but stated it was a direct route! Why? Why was Esmé so intent on getting that penthouse? Why didn't she use the tunnel? Or did she? When? And what for?

There are just so many curious elements to her character that I LOVE to think about, and mentally expand upon—but also the lesbian reasons, of course

[glorified-red]

Hii

I was wondering how do you see the batboys??

(I mean physically what version of them since there’s been multiples)

Ooo this is interesting! I actually love hearing about this kind of stuff.

Bruce: I usually imagine him older because I like to include all of the batfamily so he has to be an adult adult. I actually really liked Ben Affleck's Batman and I think it's the closest I can get to explaining how I view Bruce. He's got a little bit of grey but in a Sugar Daddy Way™. He's tired but still handsome. Very much a DILF but like, a tired DILF with fifty kids.

Dick: Wolfgang Novogratz. I've literally posted side by sides of him and Dick from the newer Nightwing issues, it's uncanny. I found him while watching "Feel The Beat" on Netflix so that's the version I usually picture as Dick.

Jason: I view him as a mix between a bunch of fanart I've seen on here. The one I resonate the most with is @mammutblog 's Jason with de-aged Tim. It's so good and I love the way they capture Jason's energy because it's spot on in my brain. He's pretty! But also handsome! And also big! But soft! It's perfect in every way.

Tim: Belen Ortega's Tim in Urban Legends. I used to imagine Tim in his Red Robin suit (not the one with the cowl, the one with the X across his chest) but her Tim is just MWUAH. That plus @chamiryokuroi 's Tim just makes my brain happy and I can't unsee that Tim, it's gonna be that way forever.

Damian: I really loved the way he was drawn in his Robin run. His body type, suit, energy, it was perfect. I really love it. That's how I picture him when reading batfamily fanfics but when I read/write older Damian I tend to view him a bit more defined? And more regal? Idk how to explain it. His personality shifts when I age him up so I usually change the way I view him to reflect that. He's more comfortable in his own skin instead of trying to fill shoes that aren't his. But I guess that's more of a body language topic.

[phoenixyfriend]

Masterlist: Polls (non-Star Wars)

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Your favorite character is a mad scientist of the engineering subspecies. As a child, teenager, or sleep-deprived young adult, what random appliance have they taken apart and possibly set on fire in the course of trying to "improve it?" New and unanticipated sentience for the appliance optional.

Anti-plagiarism check! Pick your favorite citation format.

You can only pick one: Jokes about how white people don't know how to spice or season food. Jokes about how white people shotgun cinnamon the second September hits.

Is it vaguely dystopian for large elementary and secondary schools to have numbers instead of/before names? (e.g. the students of PS 91Q only know it by that code, not Richard Arkwright)

How long does a daily commute ROUND TRIP need to be to qualify as 'long'?

It is easier to change... your appearance OR your personality

When you see DSM-V, how do you pronounce it.

microwaving water for tea

Everyone Pick The Same Number

Writing and fandom polls!

Posting WIPs or unfinished works?

Best non-standard narrative format (that I've personally used)?

How well do you know omegaverse?

What does "it reads like bad fanfiction" mean to you, WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE WILD, assuming no context?

What do you mean when YOU say "it reads like bad fanfiction," assuming no other context? (Unfortunately, typo messed it up)

Have you ever posted something Anonymously on AO3? (Not counting temporary anonymity for events.)

Tell me about your culture (and opinions on such)!

Did your school have you do a Mole project where, while learning what an atomic mole was, you took home a pattern and made a stuffed mole (animal)?

How close is your nearest grocery store? (Or farmer's market, fruit stand, butcher, etc. Food shop that is not a restaurant.)

Did you have to stand and recite a Pledge of Allegiance type thing to your country of residence in elementary school (and possibly beyond)

Taking off shoes on an airplane

Favorite elementary/middle school "everyone just learned a new body part" phrase

Did you know that bagels are a whole Thing and just as important to the New Yorker identity as pizza, if not more so?

Is "Whistling will bring mice into the house" a thing for you guys?

Do schools in your area do active shooter drills?

Does your culture/region have 'ants on a log' as a snack? (contains peanut butter brand discourse)

Do you do egg battles?

Tell me about yourself!

Think of your favorite band! Make sure it it is a band and not a solo artist. Now tell me the gender breakdown.

If you're trans, what's your preferred way to finish this sentence?

Pronounce "Sixth"

When you see the letter J in an unfamiliar word that you don't know the origin of, how do you pronounce it? (Assume you are reading a text in English.)

How important is the eco-friendliness fabric content to you when buying clothes?

What is your least favorite kind of makeup to put on?

Did you ever go to a big box store with your parents, get bored, and decide to take your blood pressure at the kiosk while you waited for them to finish?

A question for the pals who grew up bilingual: Have you ever had to translate from 'the language of the home country' to 'the language of where we live now' for your immigrant parents?

Last app you downloaded?

Can you reliably identify the various national blue/red/white tricolor stripe flags? (e.g. France, Russia, Netherlands, Serbia, and so on.)

Which of my "childish for someone over 21" traits are you?

Which syllable do you stress when saying Zagreb?

Do you ever heat up your milk* for cereal? - In defense of Panda Puffs

First grey hairs?

Ladies, where do you buy (most of) your undies?

How tempted are you pronounce processes (the plural of process, not the verb) as "PRO-seh-SEES" when you write it out?

Which New Doctor Who companion First Meeting™ career are you?

What are you willingly sacrificing DESPITE it being important* to you the next time you go to the hair salon/fuck it up in the bathroom?

What's your comfort/background noise show that you can rewatch indefinitely to turn off your brain a bit?

How often do you wash your bra?

How often do you change/wash your sheets?

Oh shit, the peanut butter you just opened is separated, and you need to mix the oil back in with the rest. How?

Mayonnaise

Nonsense!

let's make a bell curve!

But I am le tired... 🚬

I use an Android because

Blood on ya undies (funny phrasing)

If you're NEW to tumblr (like joined in the last two or three years), are you seeking out guides on how to engage with tumblr?

Without context, FTW stands for

Rocky Mountain Oysters

Is pilaf/pilav* a casserole?

Tag meme, not a poll: Who’s your fake late spouse?

[rjalker]

some of these surevey results about trans people's experiences that people hold up as irrefutable perfect proof of whatever they're arguing have fewer fucking respondants than any moderately popular tumblr poll that's only been open for 2 days.

These are results from a survey that had 1,005 people answer.

(Source)

[ID: A bar graph labeled, "Rates of Violence by Gender Vector", with percentages ranging from 0-60% on the side, and different categories on the bottom. The categories are: Child SA Adults SA Dating DV Stalking Hate Violence each category has two color-coded measurements. Green for "MTF", and blue for "FTM". Child SA had 48% of MTF, 50% FTM. Adult SA had 28% MTF, 31% FTM. Dating had 6% MTF, 23% FTM. DV had 29% MTF, 36% FTM. Stalking had 17% MTF, 18% FTM. Hate violence had 30% MTF, 29% FTM. At the bottom of the graph is small grey text that reads, "Forge, 2011 (N=1005), and "Forge: www.forge-forward.org". End ID.]

Please note the glaring lack of options for nonbinary people to participate without misgendering ourselves. So the results are already binaristic shit.

And like. Sure it'd be nice to assume that because it's an Official Organization™ doing the survey, they're making sure not to be biased...but have you seen the fucking surveys conservative organizations write?

I don't even know where I'm going with this. I'm not even arguing that the results are lies, I'm just really fucking tired of people holding up random survey results as indisputable fact without any kind of critical thinking about where the results came from and blah blah blah. Especially when the results do include nonbinary people, but because nonbinary people are not important to whoever's doing the arguing, they'll just fucking pretend our results, which almost awlays are worse than both binary genders, are just not there at all.

[redroom-rainbowguts]

Baby boy, baby → that is an adult man with Problems

[daylander1000]

“And children,” he said pointedly while turning his eye patch to her. “I’ll scare the little ones.”

>>>>>>> Why is he such a cutie pie??? I just wanna cuddle him.

He would be such a good dad

Kinda borrowed from my grandmother a little. 😖 She was sort of like the kindly grandmum who'd play hide and seek with us and stuff. And then she came back from the hospital and me and my bro were legit kinda scared. (We were young.) The whole family had to get used to how to be around her, how to not stare, etc. I would just cry constantly because my ommetaphobic/somatic ocd ass was just like

People stopped visiting her. She'd sort of hide when my sister's friends came over... It took a while to get her to go out again. No eye-patch, but there was a baseball cap.

I also had an uncle with cerebral palsy and he was essentially afraid of children. It was always just either open mocking or children being afraid of him. Boo Radley treatment. People are sensitive and children are cruel sometimes. Not always intentionally, but they have a tendency to just sort of react, you know?

And then you get to HotD where human, adult, professional screenwriters do things like "guy with a clubfoot has a foot fetish..."

*Deep sigh*

It's kinda weird tho now that you're making me think about it. 😐 I'm giving Aemond kindly grandmother/uncle energy??? Gonna have to make him kill someone now... To restore the balance. Got to keep him Morally Grey™ 😹

[helloclancy]

or; an Eddie Munson Meta slash ST 5 Prediction™ slash Future Plot of My Fic so Don't Get Any Ideas:

The goals of Eddie's character, in my opinion, are: 1. to be a foil for Steve, who is still trying to be his own person and distance his present self from his past self; this is obvious in the fact that while Eddie explicitly admits he is jealous of Steve, we are explicitly shown that Steve is just as jealous of Eddie. He is afraid of being replaced in the kids' (Dustin's especially) lives by this new adult-ish person that the kids admire and idolize, an admiration that Steve has no control over, and 2. to show the kids (and everyone) that it's okay to be 100% yourself even when people are against you; that there are those out there willing to accept the risk and fight for you. This is evident in his outspoken personality, the starry-eyed looks he gets from both Mike and Dustin in the cafeteria where it's clear that he's gone on similar rants before, and his acceptance of Erica into Hellfire so quickly - he collects the misfits to protect them and give them a safe space. (And a secret third thing which is to give Mike the universal queer experience of crushing on an older friend and feel safe in the space Eddie created to accept that part of him to then accept his feelings for Will, evident, again in the starry-eyed looks Mike gives Eddie. And even though! Steve is right there! Mike "hates" Steve and I don't think he'd even subconsciously have a crush on his sister's ex lol. This secret third thing has an even more elusive secret branch of 'Eddie's character was introduced to be both Mike and Steve's bi awakenings' and Steve Harrington is no longer just a cool ally!!!!!)

I think what his arc did in ST4 is going to come full circle in ST5: that arc being as follows:

Eddie runs away -> Eddie dies after he stops running -> Eddie accepts it's okay to run and lives

Mostly because as is, his arc feels incomplete and depressing. Eddie is a morally grey character who ran away from the things that scared him the most, but as the season progressed it seemed like he started to move into more of a chaotic good alignment because he found people who believed him and believed in his goodness regardless of what the outside said, and regardless of what he portrays himself to be. He didn't run in the end. By deciding to stand and fight - a term I use loosely because how in the ever living fuck did he think he could give the bats the old runaround and come out unscathed?

On the other side, he did it to protect the people he's grown to care about. To give Steve, Robin, and Nancy more time to kill Vecna and save Max, and to keep the bats away from Dustin. So, by giving his life to protect the people who's Most Important to him, Eddie became a hero. But goddamn, at what cost? You finally face your fears and you get killed for it? You finally take a stand and get eaten alive by demon bats? It doesn't seem finished. It leaves such an open wound in both the show and the character. (Literally LOL). By completing his arc with 'it's okay to run', to me, it'll feel finished. Like this character who is flawed but is unapologetically himself finally accepts all of him, not just most of him. Not just the good parts.

So I think when he comes back Different, we're going to see this internal struggle Eddie deals with externally when he's fighting to get control back of his body (if that's the case) - like he struggled with his want to run vs. his desire to stay, and I think it'll be like that at first. He'll give in and let Vecna have full control, because what's the point? He's basically dead. He's wanted for murder. He doesn't matter. But then maybe the kids, more likely Steve, will be like 'Eddie, are you still in there?' I think there's a greater possibility that it will be Steve that recognizes Eddie is still in there, fighting. Steve can recognize an internal struggle, and I think he'll see that Eddie isn't completely gone because of two scenes. The first being where Eddie tells Steve that the ladies, Nancy in particular, didn't hesitate to jump in after him. But neither did Eddie - he may have been last to go in, sure, but he still followed them all into the pits of hell without any real knowledge of what he was swimming toward. The second is going back to ST2 when Nancy calls Steve, and their relationship 'bullshit'. It's ben shown through this that Steve believes he doesn't matter, that he's bullshit. And I think a lot of his character growth is just trying to prove to both the world and himself that he does matter.

I also think Eddie's explanation to Steve as to why he isn't a hero is precisely why A. Steve argues that Eddie is being hard on himself because again, he followed them into Mordor regardless of how it happened, B. is part of the reason why Steve will be the first to believe Eddie is still in his mind somewhere, and C. proves to Steve that Eddie wants to fight, wants to win back his autonomy, and is willing to stand by the party and fight along side them even when he didn't understand the dangers.

Eddie will try to push his way to the surface to scream 'yes! I'm here and I'm stuck!' and Steve will tell him to fight. Steve's actions, in Eddie's eyes, have always been super heroic, and something Eddie is shown to be jealous of. So, Steve urging him to fight against Vecna's control will once again motivate him to stay and fight for control rather than 'let go' or run away, and 'betray' Vecna by going against him in his own mind.

However, I also think that because it was explicit in the fact that Eddie dying did nothing to prevent Vecna's plans; Max died and was resurrected, the clock chimed, the gates were opened, that there is no possible way it is the end of his arc. Whether or not the bats ended up in the right-side up didn't actually matter, because the entire upside down is now filtering into Hawkins. Giving Steve, Nancy, and Robin "extra time" didn't actually benefit any of the party, because everything bad that could have happened, happened. So, I think in the end, it will be a parallel to Max's Kate Bush scene, with Eddie in his own mind, held hostage by Vecna, running back to his friends, that will complete this arc of self-acceptance and finding a place among friends.

Because running isn't always a bad thing, especially when you're running to something. And I think that's what his character essentially boils down to. He's been running away for so long; he just needed something to run toward - and even with him running from Chrissy, he was running towards safety. He didn't know what was happening. He kept running towards safety because an angry group of homophobes were after him, trying to kill him. He runs to safety, maybe because he never felt safe as a kid. This brings it back to him creating a safe environment for the kids that don't necessarily fit in. He wants to create a safe space because he didn't have any when he needed it the most.

I think we'll get a similar scene to when El went into Billy's mind, but I think it'll be Will, not El, to venture into Eddie's. Eddie is very similar to both Jonathan and Will in the fact that the word 'freak' is used to describe them; the differences are that Eddie embraces his title while Jonathan kind of lets it roll off his shoulders, and Will actively tried to fight against it at first. Since it's highly theorized that Will has more power than currently displayed and known, it would make sense for him to finally want to tap into that power and embrace what makes him a 'freak'. Will going into Eddie's mind to save him and protect the party is exactly who Will is as a person, and I think this is where we see why Eddie has the desire to run to safety.

Most likely, with the comment he made while hot wiring the RV, it's from his dad, because if the show wasn't called Stranger Things it'd be called daddy issues (duffle bags r u ok?) and it would give Will another reason to urge Eddie to fight, because they have similar pasts and problems with their fathers.

And I think Will will tell him it's okay to run sometimes. This will directly parallel the scenes where Bob told Will that he stopped running away in his dream, and the scene where Will stopped running and the Mind Flayer possessed him. (Something something, Will actively fighting against being a freak vs. actively fighting against the Mind Flayer, vs. him finally accepting that while what happened to him might make him a 'freak' he is still Will motherfucking Byers who survived the Upside Down and inter-dimensional demon possession. Yeah he's a freak but what makes him a freak also makes him a goddamn superhero which is precisely when his powers will kick in, when he accepts all the bad that happened to him in order to protect the party) "Sometimes it's smarter to run," he'd say. "You have to run because Vecna is coming, and he won't give up."

So Eddie does. He'll run, and run, and run while his favorite song plays in the distance because Dustin told Steve what it was and they could only hope it would help him like it helped Max. And he runs to where he sees himself as something inherently Not Eddie trying to kill Dustin or El, Steve or Will, or any of them really, but it'll most likely be Dustin to parallel Eddie's death scene with the two of them on the ground. He'll run until he doesn't think he can anymore, but Vecna is reaching out behind him and he hears everyone screaming for him and he's so close so he reaches out and suddenly he's staring down at whoever he pinned to the ground, back in his body, alone, in full control. Because he ran. Not because he ran away, but because he ran toward.

[harostar]

So random shower thoughts, but I was thinking again about the propaganda poster we see in the background of the Atlas subway station.

Now I could be mistaken, but....doesn’t it seem like that is a younger Cordovin? Her hair is black instead of grey with age, and she doesn’t seem to have the wrinkles she has in the present time. 

How old do you think that poster is? 

Anyway, it got me thinking that Cordovin is presented as being another Old Lady (tm) like Maria. Maybe not AS OLD as Maria, but certainly much older than the Adult Characters (tm) such as Ironwood. So maybe a decade or two, depending on where we want to estimate ages. 

So she would have been part of the post-war generation, and was once someone used in Atlas propaganda. So she’s evidence that Atlas Military Ideology (tm) was around long before Ironwood himself took over command. And it gives us a possible sense of the kind of ideology that Ironwood was himself taught, and would later embrace and pass down to the Ace-Ops and Winter. 

Now, we know by Ironwood’s time that Corovin had become annoying and gotten assigned to a post where she couldn’t bother people. (As much). But it definitely shows how she was at some point a major figure for Atlas. 

[fedonciadale]

Ugh I hate Arthur W so much. Probably b/c he is never called out within the narrative as he is one of the Good Guys™. But he is more detestable to me than the caricature bad guys. His approach to muggles is reminiscent of orientalist, racist behavior of "Oh you are so smart for a --" "Oh you have this and that in your country too!!!" "Oh in the movies your cities are all sand and dust and huts, but look how civilized you are!". He is emblematic of everything that is wrong with wizarding society.

Hi there!

I can’t say that I actually hate Arthur Weasley, I rather hate his attitude towards muggles or rather how JKR describes that or rather how she describes that while never addressing the problems with his attitude. Because you got the vibes quite right and hit the nail on the top. Reading Arthur Weasley’s remarks as an adult is difficult and I cringe every time I come across them.

The thing is that in a way the society JKR describes makes sense. There is a prevalent prejudice and classism within wizarding society and it not only a problem of the so called blood purists. I prefer to call it classism, because it’s clearly modeled after the classism of English nobility (or nobility in general) and their idea that blue blood is better. I am aware of course that -isms interact, and the attitude towards squibs has elements of ableism and the attitude towards elves is clearly racist.

Anyway what is visible in the actions and remarks of all the wizards is that wizarding society has a problem with deeply ingrained prejudice and -isms and it is only the most hateful variants of it that are condemned. As long as they draw the line at killing muggles it is obviously o.k. to dislike muggles to look down on them, to confund them, to prank them, and so forth. Now, there is very obviously a difference between killing people and just looking down on them, but if we have learned anything from the history of the 20th century and Germany in particular it is that prevalent prejudice enables more hurtful discrimination. The Nazis knew what they did when they started small and waited until everybody had grown accustomed to it before they launched the next step.

The problem is that JKR wrote books that actually put the members of the ‘upper class’ on a pedestal (as long as they are nice to their underlings like elves and so on) and that she never addresses the connection between prevalent prejudice and hate.

And while I think that her society is in a way realistic in that regard I don’t think she did in on purpose and that is the problem. That is why all the lesser sins of the Weasleys, Longbottoms, Dumbledores are never talked about because - and I don’t know if JKR is even aware of it - these are the good people in the upper class, the people who we should trust to take care of their lesser. Arthur Weasley shares characteristics with the slightly confused but amiable man from the gentry a ‘likable and nice chap’ a ‘jolly good fellow’. 

I am always baffled you know. That JKR describes this so well, how the prejudice is everywhere and how it is not only the extremists, and at the same time fails to notice that she described a society that had enabled Voldemort by their small acts of anti-muggle sentiments. For her the blame is so easily attributed to the Slytherins, the death eaters, Voldemort etc,

This is one of the reasons I hate that Harry becomes an auror according to JKR, because that means that he is one of the people who supports the system. That is why I rather dislike Hermione as minister of magic. I’d rather have her as  a werewolf and elves rights activist who clashes with the establishment.

The actions of the characters in JKR’s world are more often grey than not, but they are written through a black-and-white lens.

Thanks for the ask!

[lavienjin]

get to know me 💌

tagged by so many lovely pals thank you for thinking of me!!! @kithtaehyung @sunflwrxclouds @xjoonchildx @lovelytaes-blog

tagging: @writtenwhalien @pjmsdior @hobipaint @sunshinekims @yeoldontknow @sugaurora @sugasbabiie @jikookiekosmos @trustingofwinds and anyone else that would like to play along pls!

when is your birthday?

july 14th!

what is your favorite color?

grey and yellow!

what's your lucky number?

my family has a specific lucky number and it's 899!

do you have any pets?

nope and probs never will. i am not a successful adult! i don't eat vegetables and or take care of myself (name the quote and i will hold ur hand)

how tall are you?

170 cm!

how many pairs of shoes do you own?

a total of 6! two sneakers, a pair of sandals, two going out, and one office pair

favorite song?

i'll follow you into the dark (death cab by cutie)! if we're talking bts it has to be spring day!

favorite movie?

i don't like watching movies :C secret life of arietty & the cat returns is up there tho (studio ghibli!)

what would be your ideal partner?

i'm stealing ryen's answer: "kim seokjin".

do you want children?

nope im good :)

have you gotten in trouble with the law?

yes!

what color socks are you wearing?

i don't wear socks unless i'm going out

bath or shower?

shower. i don't like baths :C

favorite type of music?

indie! but i listen to a lot of classical music/piano renditions of bts/pop songs when i write

how many pillows do you sleep with?

1 + RJ

which position do you sleep in?

on me side, curled up like a cooked shrimp

what don't you like when you're sleeping?

heat T_T i don't like it when it's too hot!

what do you have for breakfast?

eggs and avocado toast! this was my breakfast almost every day. when i'm feeling fancy, i sprinkle everything bagel seasoning and oof delicious <3

have you ever tried archery?

YES! i enjoyed it a lot!!!

favorite fruit?

peaches! *cue jk singing* i got my peaches out in georgia

favorite swear word?

fuck me, cunt.

do you have any scars?

yep C: they're battle scars to remind me that i'm alive!

are you a good liar?

i'm good at acting. but i don't think i lie very well!

what's your personality type?

INFP-A :3

what's your favorite type of girl?

mean women that can kill me with one look

left or right handed?

both!

favorite food?

kbbq. marinated beef + rice + lettuce wrap + other vegetables? akfjsldjf my dream

are you clean or messy?

organized messy. i know where things are - they're just not super neat

favorite foreign food?

martabak (i mean it's foreign for most people) but probably sushi!

how long does it take for you to get ready?

give me half an hour and im' ready for met gala

most used phrase?

i had to ask a pal for help. here are my moonie-isms™:

one (1) ___ | e.g. you had one (1) job

oh, that fucks

the most beautiful thing about advice is you take it with a grain of salt

[strangely aggressive but positive message here]

emojis: >:C O:< C: :3

are you a good singer?

i don't think so! but i'm good at harmonizing :3

do you sing to yourself?

yus!

biggest fear?

spiders. it's the fact that my happiness could be ripped away at any moment because time is fleeting and just because i'm happy now doesn't mean i'm happy in the future and i'm afraid of that lmfao

do you like long or short hair?

for meself? short.

are you into gossips?

no :C but i will listen to you if you need to vent!

extrovert or introvert?

introvert to a damned fault

favorite school subject?

english!

what makes you nervous?

pretty people + crowds

who was your first real crush?

robin from teen titans + prince zuko with long hair lkdjflkjsdl

how many piercings do you have?

just me earholes

how fast can you run?

*taehyung voice* not...

what makes you angry?

inconsiderate people! >:C

do you like your own name?

yas!! my name is jade moon. you can say that i rock.

what are your weaknesses?

i always want to know what i can improve on instead of perfecting what i'm already good at! also i am a big hermit.

what are your strengths?

i think im pretty charismatic and can talk to virtually anyone! plus i'd like to think i'm a v good active listener!

what is the color of your bedspread?

it's gay today :) aka rainbows

color of your room?

beige :C

thanks for reading this far!! i hope you had a grand time reading about little ole me!

[dorkousloris]

otp tag!

I got tagged by lovely @curiousstrawberry! 

Would love to tag @dep-yo-tee @moon-sugar @doodlingcubes and anyone (you don’t have to do it!) 

I’m doing Julita, especially in Cypher-verse (my OC-verse/Self indulgent ‘if anita was still a vigilante but differently’ verse)  because I said so! *looks away* 

Warning: There is [18+] questions and a couple of questions from Disagreements that I didn’t answer but putting it under a readmore just to be safe.

DISAGREEMENTS.

Who is more likely to raise their voice?

Both of them, through, I think Anita is more likely to raise their voice. Especially when they’re very frustrated, and pissed (if pressed buttons wrongly) and I think Julia can raise her voice, and honestly, it’s probably when she’s Mad(tm) you know? 

Who threatens to leave but never actually does?

Nope! Honestly, Neets hate threatening, and is uncomfortable about that. If anything, that when one of them get mad, one of them just leave to get a breather and to collect themself. 

who actually keeps their word and leaves?

Like my previous answer, buuut Neets would leave because they always keep their words, and Julia knew Neets, through. 

Anita need to cool down and get a breather, let them have their own space. When they do come back, even if it’s been hours, she wouldn’t bring up the topic until they bring up as it is their own right.  

who trashes the house?

No.

do either of them get physical?

No.

how often do they argue/disagree?

Not a lot, actually! The only times they ever disagree is mostly when one’s life is in danger. The other times were mostly just friendly disagreements that doesn’t provoke neither of them. 

But if is something serious, they do tend to argue over it but then, again, the seriousness sometimes is the small things that they both need to knowledge and really talk like real adults. 

who is the first to apologize?

Depend on either them, it’s def Julia that apologize first and Neets take a while until they come back and just be stubbornly leaning on her. They mumbles sorry’s in the middle of their quietness together. 

SEX.

who is on top? Who is on bottom?

Neets tried so hard, but always ended up under Julia. That’s all I can say about that. 

any kinks?

I will not say it, unless if you’re a friend of mine because that’s kinda embarrassing, but I will say Neets had some that still surprises the, and Julia is very Pleased about it sdgjksdjgsjkdgjk. 

who has the strangest desires?

None of them! Julia simply jokes about the weirdest and strangest ones and Neets correct her that is Wrong, Dangerous, and Hazard but they both knew they wouldn’t do that. 

who’s dominant in bed?

Both of them, but Julia is more likely. 

is head ever in the equation?

Switchable! 

if so, who is better at performing it?

JULIA. 

ever had sex in public?

NO!!!!!

who moans the most?

both of them, but Anita will kill me if I say it’s them and Julia is Proud of That---

who leaves the most marks?

both of them, really, and I think neets bite more than they would admit. 

who is the more experienced of the two?

JULIA. 

do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’?

“It is fuck or is it making love?” 

“I think they’re kinda the same?”

“Fuck to love, huh?” 

“....Jules, please.” 

how long do they usually last?

Anita will kill me instantly. 

rough or soft?

They’re more to soft all the time. But there are times when there is rough. That’s all I will ever say it here! 

is protection used?

YES. 

does it ever get boring?

Nope! These two idiots will just sometimes like to cuddle, afterward or just none of that at all! 

where is the strangest place they’d have sex?

“Does office--”

“We’re not telling everyone about that.” 

FAMILY.

Do they plan on having children/or have children?

They both discussed about it, like, a lot. It was just a wistful thinking, but after two years of marriage... They def considered it! 

If so, how many children do they want/have?

One! For now! No, I will not give Anita more grey streak. Yet. 

AFFECTION.

who likes to cuddle?

Both of them! But Anita does it more because who doesn’t?? Anita just want to feel the arms of hers, but also just being close to her is what matters to them anyway! 

who gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places?

"Julia is a horrible girlfriend for that.” 

“What? All I did was to tease you--”

“Like in a meeting?” 

“I--Well...” 

who struggles to keep their hands to themself?

Julia! Anita is more of just want to hold hands and just lean on her while Julia does lean on them more, and hug them more and just. She knew Neets want to be closer to her so she did. 

how long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable?

It probably happened during the first years into their relationship, but over time, they gotten comfortable with each other enough to just relax with each other while cuddling. 

what is their favourite non-sexual activity?

Sparring, going on a walk, watching a movie night, Julia listening to Neets when they do a read of their favourite novel, and so on. Julia likes to think their mundane activities are adventures and Anita agrees. 

where is their favourite place to cuddle?

Bed, sofa, and sometimes on a armchair when Neets is on top of her. 

SLEEPING.

who snores?

I haven’t thought about that, probably Anita? 

if both do, who snores the loudest?

n/a

do they share a bed or sleep separately?

they share a bed together, like, a lot since they started dating 

if they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart?

cozy up together!! 

what do they wear to bed?

tanks for both while Julia wears long pj pants and neets wear pj shorts, but there are times when Neets also wear Julia’s shirt and made them look almost taken over by her shirt. 

are either of them insomniacs?

Neets. They’re trying to sleep better now, with her. 

can sleeping pills be found by the bedside?

No.

do they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side?

Both! They started by side by side, then limbs around each other, but Neets is more likely to just curl up against her than everything and Julia had her arm over them like she wanted to protect them even through she knew Neets doesn’t need because they handle it themself. 

who wakes up with bed hair?

Both of them! 

who wakes up first?

Julia! Sometimes Neets on most days.

who prepares breakfast in bed for the other?

ANITAAAAAAAAA

what is their favourite sleeping position?

I said in a previous answer that Neets curl up, like a feral position, against Julia and so far it is their favourite. Most of times, it’s usually when one of them is on top of the other. But the former is still a favourite for both of them. 

do they set an alarm each night?

Anita need it for work. 

who has nightmares?

anitaaaaa and sometimes julia but anita moreeeeeeee

can a television be found in their bedroom?

julia suggested it one time but both decided not to have it in their room, because they just like talking to each other before sleeping (and sometimes when Neets is reading their book aloud for julia to listen to their voice while she is starting to sleep slowly) 

who has ridiculous dreams?

Both, but I like to think Anita does it more when they don’t have a nightmare. 

who sprawls out and takes up most of the bed?

Julia. 

who makes the bed?

Both of them. What? Their moms taught them the best they could! 

what time is bed time?

midnight or late honestly. 

any routines/rituals before bed?

Just a normal routine of changing into pajamas, brushing teeths, and chattering before going to bed. 

who’s the grumpiest when they wake up?

ANITA LEE. 

WORK.

who is the busiest?

ANITA. 

who rakes in the highest income?

Both does it together. Little bit more from Julia’s side through. 

are any of them unemployed?

Anita was. 

who takes the most sick days?

None of them, the “sick” days they had is when Anita can’t handle it anymore and Julia calls work that they will not come today. 

what are their jobs?

Superheroes! ...Anita runs a computer shop with a few friends, and Julia runs a little mart with her mom’s imported fruits from the ranch. 

who sucks up to their boss?

Julia. 

who is more likely to turn up late to work?

None of them! Except for uh, some stuff. Anita would apologize profusely if they’re late through. 

who stresses the most?

Anitaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Leeeeeeeeeeee

do they enjoy or despise their careers/occupations?

Both of them! Through, by the time they decided to marry each other is when they’re retiring through. They ended up running Julia’s mom’s mart so! 

are they financially stable?

Yee!

HOME.

who does the washing?

Both. THE MOMS KNEW THEIR BEST. 

who takes out the trash?

BOTH

who does the ironing?

Bothhhhhh

who does the cooking

Both! Except Anita does it more than Julia, because everyone knew Anita want to ensure the food is the best. 

who is more likely to burn the house down just trying?

Julia. 

who is messier?

Both of them, and Anita doesn’t mind it. They used to want to keep it clean but thanks to Julia’s family, they’re comfortable in just the mess because it meant they had fun! 

who leaves the toilet roll empty?

...None of them? 

who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor?

Anita used to do that during their second to third year in uni but that’s it. 

who forgets to flush the toilet?

NONE OF THEM??? THEIR MOMS TAUGHT THEM THE BEST THEY COULD DO!!! 

who loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere?

Julia. 

who answers the telephone?

Both have their phones, but they had a telephone mostly because of family. 

who mows the lawn?

They live in a apartment in the city and lives in a little cabin when they’re away from city so, no lawn. 

who does the vacuuming?

Both. 

who does the groceries?

Julia calls them adventures, and Neets chuckles with a roll of their eyes. 

who takes the longest to shower?

both. anita is more of just depend on their moods, through. 

who spends the most time in the bathroom?

Julia! Anita had since cut their hair short by then. 

MISCELLANEOUS.

is money a problem?

Nah

how many cars do they own?

One car that is a Camper van that is customed built as a little small house when they’re on a roadtrip and Neets love that baby so much. 

what’s their song?

“Look for the girl with a broken smile, and she will be LOOOOOO-OVED!” 

but their songs tend to be varies through!

do they live in the city or in the country?

City, but likes the countryside more down the road. 

do they own their home or do they rent?

They both had a apartment they rent but down the road, owns a house slight a walk distance away from Julia’s family ranch. 

do they enjoy their surroundings?

Anita hates the city by the time they were in their thirties, but looks at Julia and says, “She’s my surroundings.” 

what do they do when they’re away from each other?

Work, patrols together, and sometimes texting each other when think about each other, and work, and sometimes, Julia sees Neets being a relentless mentor to some rookies for superhero training. Who knows! 

where did they first meet?

Meet when Anita was a vigilante, but it takes months until Sammy Themmy basically brought them together during a hangout, off masks, because “WE NEED TO REALLY HANGOUT.”

who spends the most money when out shopping?

I think they both learn not to spend too much. They discussed before deciding it. Sometimes Neets restrain themself for some stuff and Julia tried to encourage them because “if buying that book is making you happy, then do it!” 

who’s more likely to flash their assets?

WHY. WHY IS THIS A THING. 

any mental issues?

Since this is Cypher-verse... Anita still retained their anxiety, but not too much worse than just, want to be with friends. I don’t know much about Julia through. 

who finds it amusing when the other trips over?

None of them, but I think once, Neets did and Julia cackles and Julia trips over afterward and Anita laughs more. 

who’s terrified of bugs?

You can hear Julia’s scream. 

who kills the spiders around the house?

Anita doesn’t kill it, they just bring it to outside, and probably far away as Julia insisted. 

do they have any fears for their future?

Always. Both fears losing each other, hurting each other, breaking each other’s hearts..... you know, these kind of things. 

their favourite place?

“Probably the parks?” 

“...Julia’s my favourite place.” 

“....”

“W-what?”

“Aw, you love me so--”

“SHUT UP--” 

who’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner?

no fancy,  but the first date they did had that then Julia invites them to a food truck and that’s when Anita realized they really love her so damn much. 

who pays the bills?

Both pays their bills, and when they’re together, they spilt it up. 

who’s the tallest

Anita is a smol angy cat, don’t talk to them msdmgsdmgds

who’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other?

Julia. That one time Anita screams, but now they’re just flustered and goes “Oh my GOD JULIA, PLEASE LEAVE--” 

who wanders around in their underwear?

Anita is looking away respectfully and Julia is a smug little shit. 

who sings the loudest when singing along to the radio?

Julia! Encourages Neets because she knew Neets a good singer! 

what do they tease each other about?

They both do a lot but I think Julia teases a lot more, mostly because she love seeing how flustered Neets get. Neets teases her more like unexpected times because Neets doesn’t do it a lot. 

who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times?

Anita is questioning their tastes in dating Julia so-- 

who crushed first?

Anita first then Julia in like. four years into their friendship late. 

any alcohol or substance related problems?

NO??? 

who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am?

nope!!!!!

who swears the most?

Julia is looking away respectfully when Anita swears a lot. 

[clockworkspider]

Reincarnation AU - Part 19

Previous Chapters

Reunion

They found Lan Zhan. 

-

Jon Snow: Hey WY

YiLing Daddy: who this?

Jon Snow: It’s Nie HuaiSang.

YiLing Daddy: omg long time no talk. What’s up? Did you and MY decide to get married now that America legalized gay marriage and you’re inviting me to your wedding for hooking your up?

Jon Snow: …

Jon Snow: The fact you typed that up in 3 seconds makes it look like you’re expecting this.

Jon Snow: No but I do have exciting news.

YiLing Daddy: You guys had sex?

Jon Snow: Heh. More exciting.

YiLing Daddy: You found your Da-ge? Is MY alive?

Jon Snow: Yeah, we did, and he’s alive.

YiLing Daddy: Wow congratulations. Does he approve of your relationship?

Jon Snow: idk he still have a lot to process. We found Er-ge too. btw why are you awake? Isn’t it like, 3 at night in china lol?

YiLing Daddy: Wow how did that happen.

YiLing Daddy: stfu don’t tell me how to live my life.

Jon Snow: We met at the supermarket. Er-ge and MY saw each other across the dairy aisle and then they had a supermarket chase scene. 

Jon Snow: But like, less parkour and more speed-walking cause you know what they’re like. So anyway I was looking at canned soup back then and heard the commotion and apparently so did Da-ge

Jon Snow: who blocked Meng Yao cause he thought Meng Yao was shoplifting or something. 

Jon Snow: And then it got really awkward lol

YiLing Daddy: Holy shit.

Jon Snow: Yeah.

Jon Snow: Anyway everyone’s okay. Nobody’s dismembered or arrested.

YiLing Daddy: Is MY and Er-ge okay?

Jon Snow: Mostly.

Jon Snow: I mean I think they’re dealing with it on their own. Idk about Lan Huan but he seemed okay when we parted. MY is… 

Jon Snow: well you know the way he is, Functional Adult™.

YiLing Daddy: Geesh. I hope Da-ge’s doing okay. Sorry, LXC, not NMJ. I’d love to meet him again. If only I am with Lan Zhan... 

Jon Snow: Oh yeah, speaking of.

Jon Snow: Lan Zhan and Lan Huan are adopted by the same parents.

Jon Snow: So I have his contact lol

YiLing Daddy: WHAT?

YiLing Daddy: SEND ME SEND ME!

YiLing Daddy: WHY DIDN’T YOU START WITH THIS?

Jon Snow: heh

Jon Snow: I was gonna. Then you started guessing and it’s funnier

Jon Snow wants to share a contact with you.

YiLing Daddy: omg what should I open with? Does he remember me? What if he doesn’t and I come off too strong?

Jon Snow: Er-ge told me he remembers.

YiLing Daddy: Thank you thank you thank you may you have the best sex life and finally get laid I love you so much.

aggressive-kiss.gif

Jon Snow: Gross. I’m taken. Save this for your husband.

...

YiLing Daddy: I’m buying tickets for USA rn

Jon Snow: Don’t you have to get visa first?

YiLing Daddy: …

YiLing Daddy: Fuck

YiLing Daddy: so close, yet so far..

YiLing Daddy: man-crying-on-beach.jpg

—

It took 5 weeks for the visa to process, and a month for Wei Ying to book an affordable ticket. The international terminal of the airport is a place of reunion.

There he was, Lan Zhan, HanGuang-Jun in the flesh, dressed in a simple white sweater and grey vest.

There he was, Wei Ying, dressed in full hanfu, in the dark colours of the YiLing Patriarch, as if attending a wuxia convention…

Of course he did.

“Lan Zhan!” Wei Ying sprinted forward, luggage left on the floor. Meng Yao, Nie HuaiSang, and Lan XiChen smartly dodged out of the way. Lan Zhan opened his arms.

But Wei Ying did not throw himself at Lan Zhan or leap into his arms. Instead, he stopped before Lan Zhan, and put his hands forward in a small bow, a traditional greeting.

“Lan Zhan,” he said, a dazzling smile, "it’s nice to finally meet you. I’ve missed you.”

“Wei Ying,” Lan Zhan nodded in greeting, a ghost of a smile over his lips. He waited for Wei Ying’s hands to drop before slowly closing the distance between them and wrapping his arm around the other man.

“Lan Zhan,” Wei Ying returned the embrace, closing his eyes.

Lan Zhan’s sweater felt softer than Cloud Recess linen, and it was odd, to hold him without the feeling of his long hair in his hands.

But their hearts beated against each other’s all the same.

Behind them, Nie HuaiSang and Meng Yao had started clapping, and a few people from the crowd followed. A few scattered cheers arose. 

A security guard awkwardly stood behind them and said, slowly, in English, “Sir, it’s very dangerous to run in the airport.”  

[rjalker]

this picrew for the first one, and this one for the others. Didn't realize until now they were made by the same person lol...

In order from left to right: The deadbeat dad, whose name I did not learn. Pretend the mark over his eye is a bruise. He has a black eye from not following the most basic safety protocols for dissecting literally anything, let alone an unknown dead alien.

Bethany Thomas, who was so fucking adorable words cannot suffice. Cutest character ever to appear in a dream. She was the main character who was stuck in a time loop, who gave herself two first names because she's bigender and wanted to represent her feminine and masculine sides at every introduction. Yellow seemed to be her Theme color.

Then Matt, her BFF who had the amazing shirt, and Shelly, the new (but not replacement! They all became BFFs!) BFF who hasn't actually met Bethany Thomas yet because the time loop just reset.

They were all trapped on an abandoned space station with a bunch of already-dead horse-shoe-crab looking aliens. Which Mr. Deadbeat Dad was dissecting without proper PPE which is why he got a black eye. An organ just came shooting out and smacked him right in the eye. A reverse chestburster lol.

All of the kids are Queer. The deadbeat dad is not happy about this, but he's the only one who thinks he has any authority over them, so it's fine. They mostly sit back and enjoy watching him hurt himself because he refuses to use the most basic caution or follow any kind of safety rules out of spite for being reminded to.

He's there just by absolute random chance, no one was planning for him to be on the same shuttle as his estranged dauson. He now thinks that as the adult he's the boss and they all have to listen to him and Respect™ him. Nope.

[ID: Four picrews, all with a watermark reading "Makowka" or "Makowwka". The first shows an angrily frowning man with white skin, unruly short brown hair, and stubble on his chin and cheeks. He is wearing round glasses, and has a red mark over his left eye. He's wearing a blue button-up jacket overa Star Trek shirt. The background is solid red-brown with a white circle behind his head. The second shows a young nonbinary Black person smiling at the camera happily, with dark freckles and a little speech bubble with a heart emoji in it. She has black hair that comes to just above her shoulders, with a yellow bow and gold heart-shaped earings. She's wearing silver glasses, and a white and blue tracksuit jacket. The background is the trans pride flag, with stripes of blue, pink, white, pink, and blue, with a cream circle behind her head. The third shows a young white boy with light brown hair and freckles smiling at the camera happily. He is wearing a white and blue tie-dye shirt, and the background is the Pride flag, with stripes of black, brown, red, orange, yellow, green blue, and purple, with a black circle behind his head. The fourth shows a young white girl with shoulder length blonde hair and a gap in her tooth as she smiles at the camera, blushing happily. There is a pattern of light scarring crossing her face. She's wearing a black choker necklace with a silver heart, and black crescent moon and star earrings, and a pastel shirt of blue, pink, and yellow. The background is the Ace pride flag, with stripes of black, grey, white, and purple. End ID.]

Anyways, the picrew art belongs to the creator, but the character concepts themselves are public domain because they were in my dream, and I say so.