#this is being written as i think about a char whos my best friend

[warmfungi]

What fucks with me is an evil, despicable character, lost and alone while violently ill – abandoned without anyone to care for them... And then someone Finds them.

Someone who has no connection to them or isn't even remotely aware of their actions. To them, it's just a stranger that looks to be on the brink of death. As the villain, who's got more blood on their hands than they can brag about spilling, collapses onto the ground, this person rushes to them, completely unaware they're about to save the life of someone who's not worth their time.

However, I'm tired of this trope ending up with the villain back to their old ways in an instant. If that's your thing, sure – but I always find it annoying. Sometimes, I think, it takes a monster facing its own death to realize they should treat people better – were it not for mere coincidence, death would have swallowed them whole.

Instead, it only got to graze them – because someone cared. For once, someone cared, and the villain didn't plan to use it against them.

Villain isn't a whumper. I don't like that dynamic.

[a-rat-who-writes]

Kirishima's Alphabet SFW (MHA)

Pls enjoy my lovelies

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?): Kirishima is such a sweetheart when it comes to showing his affection towards you. He obviously enjoys the simple hand holding in public or between classes, but he also strikes me as being a sweet talker as well. He LOVESS complimenting you on your quirk and hyping you up every time before you go into training or a battle. On top of that, he also seems like the type to want to spend as much time as he can with you (of course), so he doesn't mind just laying about beside you while you do your homework because of course he neglects his own until the last minute.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?): I feel like it would really depend on your OC's upbringing, meaning whether or not you met in high school. For simplicity, let's say you did in UA. In the first stages of showing off everyone's powers, you caught his eye. Since getting in high school, he was pretty sociable, so he went up to you pretty early on and showered you with compliments about your quirk, saying things like how you used it was so unique and he wished he had a quirk like yours. After becoming friends and talking back and forth, he ALWAYYSS wants you to be involved in group activities with Kaminari, Mina, and Sero, the usual group. Like Bakugo, if he needs to DRAG you out of your room to get you to hang out, he isn't afraid to

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?): Kiri LOVES a good cuddle sesh. It warms your heart every time you see his hair lying down, and when you guys usually do cuddle you see it like this. There aren't a whole lot of times where you two get to hunker down with each other considering the "rules" in the dorms that people allegedly follow, but on the off chance he can sneak into your room or you sneak into his, it's always a nice time. I feel like he would love resting his head against your chest, nuzzling his nose against it like he's a cat rubbing his scent on you. Kiri I'm afraid is also a bit of a snorer especially when he has had a long day, and although it annoys you sometimes, when it's soft it makes you melt and want to squeeze him to death. He obviously likes to be seen as manly, but he enjoys the occasional moment where you baby him a bit when he doesn't want you to get up or change positions.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?): I feel like it is important to Kirishima that you two do at some point settle down and move in with each other or perhaps even get married some time after he goes Pro. It is a big thing for him to spend as much time as he can with you, and having those special moments devoted to the two of you would make him feel like he’d led a happy life with no regrets if he were to lose in battle. I think that he’s a bit of an amatuer at cooking, only knowing how to do simple dishes, but if cooking is something you’re also bad at, he would definitely make that into a little date idea (seeing who can make the best… or rather least burnt dish). Depending on your quirk and role in UA and the Pro world, he would make sure your space is clean, prioritizing it over his (which is usually a bit of a wreck.) 

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?): It would heavily depend on why you two would need to break up, but I feel like how I’ve written Alphabets for other chars like him, he would try and prolong the relationship for as long as possible to try and make things work, but if they really can’t, then he would let you down slowly. Doing the necessities, making sure you two are alone and are sat down. The manly thing to do would be to tell you his feelings about everything and that he thinks you two aren’t a good fit for each other anymore. Rather than think negative things about you, he would still treasure the time you two spent together and wouldn’t think the time you two spent in a relationship was a waste of time at all, rather an experience that he was able to learn about and hopefully improve himself as a person for his next.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?): After his whole mentality change from middle to high school, I think he has gotten over being so hesitant about things, and as mentioned before, he would want to make sure he can have the special moments with you so you two don’t wish you did more with each other if things came to an end. I do think that it would take some time after he became a Pro just to settle into the new life, but he would definitely be the one to propose, crying the entire time he gives his stupid little speech about how he knew you were the one when he first met you and had the conversation about telling each other your names. Honestly I think it would mean a lot more to him if you let him propose to you so he could also show to himself that he is 100% in and devoted to you for the rest of his life.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?): Gentle monster. He is such a big teddy bear. Though he does like picking you up and running around with you, he is literally one of the most caring and self aware people that you know. I feel like no matter the situation there’s always this little inkling in the back of his mind of “Am I doing this right?” “Am I being gentle enough?” “Are they uncomfortable?” But of course, you always assure him that he’s being the perfect boyfriend. Emotionally, I would say he can come off a bit forward sometimes, especially if you are feeling down on yourself, but he once more is always big on complimenting you and telling you that you’re enough and what you did today helped everyone smile a little brighter.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?): HUGGER ALERT. He loves a good hug. He always likes a good hug or kiss before you depart for nighttime if you two see each other before you do. He always goes under and hugs around your waist (totally not because he likes pressing his face against your neck and feeling your flustered reaction). His hugs are usually pretty gentle, but if it’s after a long battle, this man hugs you like his life depends on it, borderline crushing your damn ribs. If he’s proud of you, (which he always is) he also loves to give you a good, tight hug, or pick you up and praise you.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?): He thinks inside his head saying this to you A LOT before he actually does say it, admiring how you observe things or the way you act when you’re excited, “God I love them”. I think it’s a bit of a toss up depending on your forwardness, but I think you’d probably say it first, which TOTALLY catches him off guard when you do. “NO WAY, I LOVE YOU MORE!” He would literally SHOUT back at you, startling you a bit. “I’ve been wanting to say that for so long, I just– I didn’t want to mess it up.” He would follow up. You’d shake your head and tell him that there isn’t a wrong time to tell the people you love that, which made him clutch his shirt in how strong of a statement that was. Safe to say that afternoon was a lovey-dovey one.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?): I think Kirishima, under all of his newfound confidence and strength, still has that small insecure side to him that we all have, so he would get jealous if you continually hung out with someone he wasn’t well acquainted with yet. On the other hand, if it’s anyone in 1-A like Midoriya or Yaoyorozu, he wouldn’t have any issues with you spending time with them, instead encouraging you to be sociable. I think it’s pretty circumstantial the times he gets jealous, but he knows he can trust you. When he does get jealous he definitely makes sure to show you that he loves you with kisses and touches (like on your waist or holding your hand). On top of this though, he’s always been proud to be your boyfriend, so there isn’t really anyone who wouldn’t know the two of you are together. I think you two are both pretty in love with each other regardless of anyone who tried to come in between the two of you, so it wouldn’t matter much if anyone tried to get in the way because he is definitely sure about his feelings for you.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?): Kiri’s kisses have a wide range of places and pressure. When things are normal and the two of you are hanging out, he loves to kiss you on the cheek or shoulder randomly to remind you that he’s there with you (but of course, you already know that). I think that one off kisses on the lips would leave him a bit flustered unless he initiated them. Despite how I explained before, this man’s hand placement is immaculate, either pulling you close and holding your lower waist, holding your jaw, or stuffing his hand in the back of your hair, he always makes you melt whether or not that was his intention. I think Kiri loves a good forehead kiss or just a kiss on his head, but anything around his neck would make his ears just about the color of his hair, sucking in breath so as to not accidentally make a fool of himself. I feel like in private he definitely finds kisses on his torso sexy (Bonus points if he’s in his hero costume).

L = Little ones (How are they around children?): I think he actually would enjoy babysitting some young grade school kids, putting them on his shoulders, or holding them upside down. In return, I also think kids really like him too! Especially the girls, I think they would fawn over him a little bit which would make him bashful, an expression you don’t see on him too often. He is also very careful with the kids, making sure that they aren’t hurting themselves or each other, instead encouraging them to use their quirks or anger against him because of his quirk. 

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?): I feel that if there was a late night in one of your dorms, then he would definitely not want to get up, keeping you close to him until he was either forced to leave or people got suspicious. I think in the morning times he is definitely the cutest because of how askew his hair is and the tired look in his eyes. I think he is also a very warm person, so he would cling to you for a lot of the morning if there wasn’t anything to do, wanting to also feel your warmth outside of the covers. 

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?): He’s always a bit of a social butterfly, hanging out in the commons with his friends just chatting about the next test or the latest hero gossip. If and when you two are alone in each other's dorm rooms he definitely enjoys staying up with you, coincidentally enjoying the look of how tired you are, letting your guard down around him. Trust is a BIIIG thing for Kiri, so it makes him all warm and fuzzy knowing that he makes you feel safe and that you trust him to protect you if anything happened while you were asleep. I feel he would also enjoy watching movies during these late nights with you, chugging drinks and sharing some food before passing out on top of each other.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?): He’s a relatively open book, wearing his feelings and his ideals on his sleeve. Anyone who knows Kiri knows he is a person who admires people who are strong, trustworthy, honest, “manly”, and admirable in general. I think that if you were to ask him anything about himself, he would be pretty open about it all, giving reasonable explanations for why he feels the way he does instead of brushing the question off and ignoring it. 

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?): Hence the whole children topic, I’d think he’s very patient with other people, and less so with himself. He always likes to improve himself so he feels like he’s on the same level as his classmates which makes you a little sad to see how hard he can be on himself sometimes, but he wouldn’t ever say what he says to himself to you or any of his friends. 

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?): I think Kiri’s a little bit of a scatterbrain if he is needing to remember something, but if there is something he knows is important to you, he is set in stone on remembering whatever it is even if he has to constantly put up sticky notes on his walls to remind him. I think there are a lot of random things he remembers about you, for example, some support item you have on your hero costume.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?): Headcanon time! So I feel that one night Kiri would mention something about there being a meteor shower and he insisted on sneaking out of the dorms since it would happen late at night and watch it together. You were intrigued by the idea and agreed, the idea of once more spending some late night time together was something you wouldn’t pass up, and now it had a direct purpose, of course, you wouldn’t pass it up. You make sure to stay up until about 1AM, to which you and Kiri quietly meet in the commons and snuck out of the dorms and around the side to lie down in the grassy field behind the school. You both cuddled up next to each other on top of a blanket and as if on cue, the shower began when you both were settled. The sight was actually quite beautiful when you saw how the subtle lights shot across the sky, your eyes widening as each one passed. You raised up your arm at the initial meteor pointing out that it started before laying back down beside Kirishima. You were almost at a loss for words, having not seen something like that before– the night being filled with more stars than usual too. This entire time, there was absolutely no way Kiri could stop looking at you. He watched the way the lights in the sky reflected over your eyes and the expression you had on your face. His throat went a little dry, to be honest at seeing the way you were just.. enthralled with the sight. He definitely was glad he asked you to spend the night with him.. He just couldn’t look away similar to how you were looking at the sky. When you finally noticed him looking at you, he blushed, looking the other way but you pulled him in for a brief kiss as another meteor shot across the sky. 

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?): I think this question is already answered if you watched MHA at all. Of COURSE he is protective of you in every scenario! He would always put you before himself, selflessly protecting you from any villain that posed a threat or squashing any insect you were too afraid to kill. Kiri isn’t really one to ask for help, but he would always ask right after the threat is gone if you’re okay and that he’s sorry he didn’t do enough if you did end up protecting him. 

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?): I think instead of coming up with date ideas on his own or.. Surprising you, he would sit down with you or ask in your free time what you would like to do so he makes sure you’re having a good time. You do a little reverse psychology on him by being unsure and suggesting ideas to see what he seems most enthusiastic about, whichever that is you also decide you enjoy the most. I think for anniversaries, he would always take you out somewhere, whether that’s a fancy dinner or taking you back to a memorable place you two spent some time at (ie where your first kiss was, first date, first interaction, where he first knew he fell in love with you, etc). He isn’t anything exceptional when giving gifts, but he does make sure to get things that you enjoy, like tickets to a singer you enjoy, or a pair of shoes/jewelry you have mentioned wanting before.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?): For those who follow my OLBA Alphabet, I feel like Kiri is also someone who wipes his hands on his shorts which leave occasional stains on them so he has to keep buying more. In addition, I think he also tends to overwork himself a lot, which makes you worry a little and have to ask where he is if he isn’t in his dorm in his free time. He also, which is a bit of a given, is a procrastinator, leaving his homework or studying to the last minute even if he does haphazardly look over his notes every once and a while.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?): Since his little high school glow up, I think his hair is something he usually takes into account most days, making sure to redye it (hc of mine b/c it technically is permanently dyed red) every so often when he sees his roots coming out. A fun hangout between you two is you redying his hair for him while sitting on his lap. He enjoys the physical touch while you also care for him.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?): I think if you two hadn’t ever met (if the show was what it was) he would become a fine hero the way he would if he had met you, but if you two met and then you left his life after dating or becoming a close friend, he would often think about you and dwell on the things you two didn’t do together. I think if he ever got free time in this scenario, he would spend it searching online where you are nowadays and what you’re doing, at least hoping you’re doing well and are healthy.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.): During the middle phase of when you two were talking but not dating yet, Sero and Kaminari would be an absolute PAIN IN THE ASS to Kiri every time you both hung out in the commons or whenever their whole group was out. They would say things like how Kiri seemed so much more “red” than usual, or “What’s the matter? Cat got your tongue?” After you laugh at something he would almost gaze at you as you did. Even after the two of you began going out openly, they would tease you guys at how you two were lovebirds and “...should get a room if you act like that.” 

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?): Dishonesty, not being true to yourself, not taking care of yourself, or being beyond too immature. He is a playful guy himself, but if you can’t take moments that are serious, seriously, then it would turn him off quite a bit. He is pretty open to learning about why people are the way they are, so he tries his best not to judge anyone for things so physical. As long as you were good at heart and were someone he could understand, at the end of the day he would give it a chance. (This is heavily because of Bakugo and Kirishima understanding that despite the way people present themselves, there is more than what people show.)

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?): As I mentioned before, SNORRERRRRR he SNORES. I feel like he also tosses and turns a bit when he’s on his own, somehow ending up at the opposite end of the bed, his feet where his pillow is sometimes. If the two of you are sleeping next to each other, I also think he would cuddle you to the point of you overheating. You’d stick it out for as long as you could until wriggling out of his arms to give yourself a small break before returning back to him.

JEEESSSUUSSSS do making these take it out of me. As soon as I saw my second most recent poll flip and go from Heros to 1-A student fluff I got my ass on here and worked. Kiri is one of my favorite chars if you couldn't tell. T^T

[thewertsearch]

Ask Comp 11/06

@ben-guy asked: […] Imagine the Greek god level drama that would have unfolded with those 12 drama machines if they all went God tier. Even if they all entered the human universe without the two teams fighting over who gets to rule it, there would be no ending the divides that would form for any and all reasons, from quadrants to rulership over Kanaya's new trolls. Kinda curious about your takes on all this, even if it will take a while for you to see this :]

That's exactly it. Vriska's assuming that having a more powerful team would be strictly beneficial - which is hilarious, coming from her.

Like - Vriska. What have you done with your God Tier powers, lately?

Did it benefit the team?

Anonymous asked: its really interesting how the first time vriska kills not out of necessity or due to any extenuating circumstances, she almost immediately regrets it

Yup.

I think it's beginning to dawn on Vriska that she has nothing to hide behind this time. She's stopped being forced to kill, and has graduated to choosing it. It's little wonder she's falling apart.

Anonymous asked: for what it's worth, i've always taken vriska's interpretation of sburb at face value. it's a setting, or a stage, moreso than a character or an organism

Sburb certainly feels like a narrative, which is closely tied to its coming-of-age themes. John isn't John in the game, he's a character called the Heir of Breath from Consort mythology, and it's predestined that he'll fulfil this narrative role - or else.

Sburb is a play. And if you mess up your lines, the stage will collapse underneath you.

@manorinthewoods asked: You know, during your original analysis of the Creation Myth reveal, you made a lot of notes about how the Denizen grist caches must have been comically large, or multiplicative, to allow the alchemisation of universes. Clearly there is no need for that, given the Genesis Frog, so… what is it for, do you think? ~LOSS (7/6/24)

This grist is confirmed to be for the Ultimate Alchemy, which I've been assuming is synonymous with the creation of the Genesis Frog. I guess Jade's currently creating the Frog without any Denizen Grist to speak of, but I assume it'll come into play later on.

My best guess? The frog has to literally eat the Denizen Hoards to grow into a full-sized universe.

Anonymous asked: I wanted to stop by and say your liveblogs are super interesting!! Back when I first read homestuck I didn’t really bother with analysis, just kinda screamed inchoherentoy at my friends, so actually seeing the narrative and char arcs broken down like this into understandable chunks of why might it be written this way, what is the char thinking, why are they thinking that, how does that play into what might happen - it’s super cool thank you for all this !! Anonymous asked: finally catched up with your liveblog, i have been a homestuck for like a semester and i am rlly happy to see someone go this in depth on a liveblog about it! Anyways! Whats the character you relate the most to, so far? - bralsra

Thank you very much!

It's funny. I've talked before about how I was never great at writing analytical essays in English class - but I'm essentially doing the same thing here, and I'm having a great time. I guess it's just more fun when it's a science fantasy webcomic and not, like, Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Who do I relate to the most, I wonder? To be honest, it's probably Kanaya, which probably isn't too surprising if you're a regular reader.

I've said things that are 90% similar to the shit she comes out with. She's so great.

@manorinthewoods asked: I'd like to hear your thoughts on each individual blood caste[…]. ~LOSS (7/6/24)

It's hard to generalize the blood castes, since we've only seen one example of each blood color thus far. Broadly speaking, we're aware that:

Lower bloods have more psychic power.

Higher bloods have more psychic resistance.

Highbloods appear to be physically stronger.

Kanaya's blood color is extremely rare, which implies that, contrary to my expectations, higher blood isn't always rarer than lower blood.

Beyond that, I can't say much more. Based on Karkat's position in the Trollian friend list, he was probably 'supposed' to have green blood, but I don't know if mutating out of the spectrum has actually changed his biology in any way.

He's not psychic, so we can at least assume he doesn't 'count' as being on the bottom of the hemospectrum.

@john-egbert-rose-lalonde asked: the searcherrrrrrrr

"why so discarded" - the drawer

Anonymous asked: Hey, since you like to experiment with stuff, what dl you think would happen if a Tier 2 Sprite prototyped itself into a Tier 1 Sprite?

Great question. I went in-depth into it during a previous ask - although I can imagine it's quite a rare occurrence. How often are two unprototyped Sprites on the same Land?

Anonymous asked: While I think a discord server is a good idea, I think it might be best for everyone if it's one where only you and those helping you with the blog can post anything. That might ruin the community aspect a little, but I feel like it'd be worth it to not get spoiled if you do ever make one. Feel free to completely ignore this- not exactly riveting things I'm sending here.

Right! Quick update on the Discord situation.

Initially, I was going to have Cat help me set it up, but she's been incredibly busy with her thesis lately. Plus, she hasn't really used the platform either, so we had no idea what we were doing. Might need to shelve the Discord server idea until later, or until it becomes necessary.

@krixwell asked: John Egbert when he's told the Earth is done for: John Egbert when his friend is his sister and his dad is his half-brother: John Egbert when he dies ignoble deaths at the hands of manipulators: John Egbert when Fruit Gushers are a Betty Crocker product: MENTAL BREAKDOWN

Dude's got his priorities straight.

@mhafanlol2000 asked: I’m taking an IT course next year, and I want a head start during this summer. Would you know any free beginner’s courses to any languages that would help in that department?

I'll always champion W3Schools as a great first port of call for tech self-learning. All the resources I've found there are well-put together, and let you test your code out in-browser.

As I mentioned to a previous asker, I'd recommend starting with the C language if you're genuinely interested in programming. It's a little harder to use than other, more high-level languages, but it'll teach you more about programming than they will. I'd liken it to learning to drive in manual, rather than automatic. You lose nothing, and acquire skills you wouldn't otherwise know about.

@caliquill submitted:

i'd like to briefly point out this tidbit of the first conversation eridan has with kanaya @krixwell asked: Gamzee to Equius, page 2221: "iF i CoUlD mAkE yOu SmIlE iT'd Be ThE bEsT fUcKiN mIrAcLe I eVeR dId PaRt Of." @dopplesgryndthloggle asked: I'm just gonna put this here: pg 2221 TC: WhAt CaN i Do To MaKe A bRoThEr FuCkIn ShApE hIs ShIt Up? TC: iF i CoUlD mAkE yOu SmIlE iT'd Be ThE bEsT fUcKiN mIrAcLe I eVeR dId PaRt Of. TC: hOnK hOnK hOnK! :o)

...this comic is going to go absolutely wild on a reread, isn't it?

Anonymous asked: oh god no, the clown got you :(

Thanks for the migraine, Gamzee!!

@5am-nztime asked: Insert the one millionth "The Heir of Void, Devoid of Air" joke you've probably gotten. I love dramatic irony

You're actually the only person who sent this one in - and I'm glad you did. It's kind of killing me.

Anonymous asked: a common interpretation is that equius smiles because he knows nepeta might find his body and he doesn't want her to think he died in pain :((

Shit, that's kind of devastating. That said, he had no reason to think Gamzee would leave his body where it was - but that said, he clearly wasn't thinking straight at the time.

Anonymous asked: fun little detail: the ==> leading to equius taking an arrow to the knee is replaced with an arrow, -->

He used to be a Sgrub Player like us :(

Anonymous asked: The idea that he somehow has the freakin' WARHAMMER OF ZILLYHOO in his jokerkind specibus but he STILL only brings out a low-tier pair of juggling clubs is somehow even more intimidating

Where did he even get the thing? When did he get it? Is this from before or after the Pen-Pal got their hands on it?

...if Gamzee is the Pen-Pal, I'm quitting the comic.

@morganwick asked: Well, as long as you don't know for sure whether Nepeta died, you could say… she's both alive and dead until she's observed? @ipunchvampires asked: By cutting away from Nepeta's fate, it's technically ambiguous right now whether she's alive or dead, since we cannot observe her. So you could say that she… heh heh, that she's Sch… she's Schröding…

....oh, god damn it.

Anonymous asked: I feel like there should be an intermission style counter. 4/12 Alien Children Murdered.

If you include Aradia and Vriska, the tally's up to seven. Murderstuck started a long time ago, it seems.

Anonymous asked: i would like to think equius says b100 like how boris johnson says blue in that one interview where he mentions the us brand new BLUE passports or whatever

I also think his voice suits Equius's character fairly well...

Anonymous asked: To be fair on the “overwhelmingly violent purplebloods” angle, Gamzee was stoned out of his mind basically 24/7 until they got to the meteor, so they probably would’ve thought it was a nonissue. […]

I suppose. But if everyone knows purplebloods are habitual murderers, I don't know why you'd ever let one into your friend group. There's always a possibility that one day, his slime delivery will be late, and he'll snap your neck for fun.

@wickedsick asked: You know, this would be the perfect spot for a paradox space intermission. You can read the fluffy comics to wash the taste of blood out of your mouth!

I thought about it - but in the end, I decided to liveblog the Paradox Space comics at the point in the comic where they were released.

Otherwise, Cat'd have to spoiler-check each comic with a fine-toothed comb, and I'd have to delay many of them anyway. Better to get them all out at once.

Anonymous asked: considering that eridan was on feeding duty for gl'bgolyb and had to kill lusii year round under apocaliptic threat im not surprised his response under pressure is to kill something

It really says a lot about the difference between him and Vriska, doesn't it? Vriska's reaction to killing Tavros was a full on existential crisis, but Eridan's first reaction to killing Feferi was to immediately kill again.

@witchoflight asked: hey sally i just wanna remind you of the conversation that dave and gamzee have, specifically about the line: "TC: My mInD'S NoT ThAt sHaRp nOw tHoUgH, iT'S BeEn aGeS SiNcE I HaD A GoOd pIe" gamzee hasn't had access to sopor for WEEKS, not since they entered the game. […]

Was he sober, though? He's still acting stoned, and using his original quirk, so if he did sober up, he must have immediately decided to pretend he didn't, and then arbitrarily reveal himself as sober later on.

To me, it feels like it just took a while for the slime's effects to fully fade. It might genuinely have taken a month for it all to leave his system.

@mimescantscream asked: Now that Gamzee has swiftly become the most important character, any thoughts on his transformation?

It's weirdly drastic, isn't it?

Like, if he was hiding this personality under sedatives this entire time, surely we should have seen some hint of it, in all the time we've known him. We've even been in his head, and he seemed like exactly who he appeared to be.

Was Gamzee unaware of this latent personality? Do we have a Jekyll and Hyde situation on our hands? He does say he's 'both' of his messiahs...

@elkian asked: You've now reached the point where I can (probably) say that the common fandom Exile match for Kanaya is Problem Sleuth, as he has the Vampire schema mode. (Plus a jade-green ultimate attack.)

Oh, I love that for her. We better be seeing Team Sleuth in some form before the end, even if it's just a cameo.

@krixwell asked: I think you're blaming the wrong chat program. Trollian is an advanced alien chat program powered by futuristic sci-fan shenanigans, with features specifically designed to allow the user to choose the timeframe at which they try to contact someone. Pesterchum, not so much. Pesterchum if anything is retro, with only the most barebones of 1-on-1 chat features, a status setting that barely changes anything unless you're rancorous, and a block feature that seemingly fails to recognize incoming Trollian connections from the same user at different times (possibly Trollian's fault). Even setting aside the frogskin barrier, it's a wonder the two programs can communicate at all. So when someone uses Pesterchum to contact a Trollian user whose timeline is entirely separate from their own, with no interface to pick a timeframe on, how exactly is either program supposed to know when to contact them?

I guess most of our nonlinear conversations have been Trollian-to-Pesterchum.

Karkat has tied himself into knots over memos, but that is admittedly a slightly different use case.

And can I just say, I love the concept of a 'frogskin barrier'. These two parties have been beaming messages from frog-to-frog this entire time, and the walls between their dimensions are literally made of skin.

@captorations asked: consider: this means that the sbahj joke that following kanaya's death was actually foreshadowing given the comic it's from

I can't fucking believe this.

Anonymous asked: tbh i'll never get over how the presumable FIRST THING kanaya did upon coming back to life was just. to wade through the horn pile to drink blood from a corpse.

Vriska's getting a little competition for Troll Of All Time!

@morganwick asked: I mean, technically Jade was already in the Fruity Rumpus Asshole Factory, it was just with two Karkats and Dave only made a brief appearance.

16-player fruity rumpus argument or we riot

Anonymous asked: do you think you'll liveblog tsg if you read it?

I wasn't planning on it, but if there's a lot of demand, I'll definitely think about it. If I was to liveblog any fanfic, it'd probably be that one, since it's a proper 'event fanfiction' from the author of TLT.

Anonymous asked: re: the ultimate riddle: karkat actually already explained it on page 1903. basically its just some more timeloop/alpha timeline predestination stuff

The sense I got was that there was a section of the conversation that we missed.

On Skaia, John begins a conversation with an early version of Karkat about the Ultimate Riddle, but the camera moves away before they really get into it. Then, on the Veil, an early Karkat shows up to continue a point he was making about the Riddle, implying that there's a section of this conversation that was deliberately obfuscated.

I initially thought that the Riddle was the mystery of Sburb itself - ie, what the point of the game is. I still think that's probably pretty close, but I do wish we got this full conversation, just in case.

Anonymous asked: “Scratch positioned [Vriska] as someone who will perpetuate a monumental, large-scale mistake, and I don't think there's anything she could do on the Veil that fits the bill.” When John was about to prototype jades sprite with a broken doll, Vriska made him fall asleep, and Becquerel jumped in the sprite instead, leading to Jack Noir becoming an unbeatable boss and destroying the trolls session. I think that could be the perpetuation of a large scale mistake.

Possibly. But as violent as Jack is, I don't think he's a huge threat to the rest of the multiverse.

He takes hours to rampage through a session, but there are presumably trillions of sessions out there in the multiverse. From a top-level perspective, he's not doing meaningful damage, and it's certainly within Vriska's comprehension.

I actually think Vriska's going to do something much worse than make Jack. If she contributes to the creation of Lord English, for example, she might be breaking something that can't be repaired.

Anonymous asked: Honestly its a little sad though right? That the troll kids are snapping and dying? Like yeah they were raised on a violent murder planet but also, they're all still 13 years old and have been without their means of Sleeping Naturally for a while (the sopor slime is how trolls usually get sleep) not being an apologist or anything but the murders could've been prevented with healthy moraillegences and good nights sleep.

Oh, it's horrific, that should go without saying. If the trolls had got some decent shuteye, it'd have kept them stable for at least slightly longer.

[just-a-carrot]

"Send my love to your new lover, treat [him] better. We've gotta let go , of all of our ghosts; we both know we ain't kids no more." anon here

I should have probably clarified that I meant "love" in a more queerplatonic sense, but yeah, what you described with Orlam seeing it as them having a sort of queerplatonic bond meanwhile Genzou essentially was leading him on(queerplatonically)+taking advantage of him as a source of support despite at the same time still being mean to him(probably partially also as a way of harmfully venting his emotions) is how I personally see what happened between them too!

As for why people often misinterpret them as exes, I think it mostly comes down to the unfortunately common phenomenon where people aren't aware of queerplatonic love and/or make any kind of strong bond between characters immediatelly romantic. Like dangggg two good friends(they were not infact good friends but thats besides the point right now for the sake of the argument) CANNOT platonically dance together on prom night huh

ahhh this was really lovely to read! I really love this interpretation

I've always felt like... obviously Orlam didn't fully understand himself growing up (well none of them did). and I do think he would have really strong feelings about ppl. though I think many of the feelings were different. which made it even harder. but he did want to be very close to and loved by those ppl he felt most strongly about. and he would form these incredibly strong attachments in his mind, to the point that his hopes would alter his reality a bit

genzou meanwhile was Going Through It, both in coming to terms with his blindness and sexuality and getting abandoned by his best friend he has feelings for. the only one who reached out during that time was Orlam. who in Genzou's mind was taking advantage of his disability but Genzou was so starved for compassion he went along with it, letting Orlam get way too close and exacerbating Orlam's hopes that something would be possible between them...

never mind the fact that both of them just kinda knew the other one was queer even though they never said it out loud and thought they were the only ones, increasing their isolation...

and then all of that ofc building up to after prom...

and all of that disaster

ahhhh...

I tried to throw in a lot of lines all throughout the game that I thought would help put some of the puzzle pieces together on both their viewpoints of what happened (and their differing interpretations of what happened lol)

overall it's just a really complex dynamic 💦

I truly am open to all interpretations though (of anything in the game, including them) and I love being surprised and intrigued when ppl present new ones or new theories etc. especially as I know sometimes ppl use the chars and their struggles to work through their own struggles and experiences and I'm so touched if any of my chars can be a help to anyone...

mostly I'm just like HUH? if I see different interpretations presented as fact on some semi-official site 🤣🤣

anyway I rambled a little bit but I really love what you've written here. I agree with many parts of it!! even though I've never thought about some of it in so many words before (hence the joy of discovering new interpretations!! LOL)

[luna-moonpack]

Couple fingers of Rye And Flesh

Warning: Smut!

Inspired by AngelFangs_666 & this is also posted on Ao3!

There's a part 2 coming soon!

“Come on, Dad! Can you at least try to get along with Alastor?” Charlie asked as she looped her arm with her dad’s, “Get along with him? Come on, Char. He’s a lowly sinner who just wants power,” Lucifer muttered as he rolled his eyes. “Dad, He’s helping with this hotel and I think It’d be nice if…Both of my dads got along,” Charlie said softly which made Lucifer look at Charlie in surprise but soon sighed and crossed his arms over his chest, “Fine…But I’m only doing this for you, my little duckling,” Lucifer said as he hugged Charlie before pulling her down and kissing her forehead. Charlie hugged Lucifer back with a grin, “Great! Mimzy should be at the bar and Rosie is in the cannibal town,” Charlie told him before she walked off to talk to Vaggie. ‘Did she…plan this?’ Lucifer thought to himself before sighing and walking off to head to the bar where Mimzy should be.

Lucifer stood in front of the vintage-looking bar and sighed as he walked inside, He looked around seeing sinners seated at the table and a woman on the stage, singing an old vintage song. Lucifer’s eyes wandered around until he saw Mimzy, he walked over to her with his usual grin. “Good evening, Mimzy,” Lucifer greeted as he took a seat opposite of Mimzy, ”Good evening, your Highness. I heard you're trying to be friends with Al, that true?” Mimzy asked curiously as she ran her finger around the rim of the martini glass while looking up at Lucifer. “Yes, it’s true. Now, Do you have anything?” Lucifer asked, trying to get down to business so he could get this over with as he wasn’t comfortable being in a public place with so many people. “Alright. Just put on some jazz and pour a couple of fingers of Rye. And he becomes a kitten!” Mimzy said with a soft laugh before noticing that Lucifer had written it down on a notepad, she wanted to question it but she decided not to as it was best not to question the king of Hell.

“Thank you, Mimzy,” Lucifer said before he stood up and walked off, tucking the notepad in his coat as he did with his heels clicking against the wooden floorboards. Mimzy dreamy sighed as she rested her head on her hand with a grin, “Al, is one lucky deer,” Mimzy said with a smirk as she watched Lucifer walk out of the bar. Lucifer quickly headed to Rosie's Emporium where Rosie was, He walked in but didn’t find her at the corner which confused him as he started to look around until he found a table set with two cups of tea and a woman sitting there, humming.

Lucifer slowly walked over to the table, “Good evening, Rosie,” Lucifer said softly as he took a seat across from her, “I like what you’ve done to the place,” Lucifer added which made Rosie smile. “Why thank you, your highness. I’m glad you like it,” Rosie said with a smile “What would you like to know about Al?” she asked, “What’s a good gift for Alastor?” Lucifer asked softly as he took out his notepad.

Rosie smiled softly and giggled lightly, “Well, he is a cannibal, my dear. So, gift him some flesh, he will love it!” Rosie told Lucifer with a smile, “Okay, Anything else?” Lucifer asked as he wanted this to be perfect so they could get along. “He also likes venison,” Rosie added as Lucifer took a sip of his tea, “Thank you, Rosie. This’ll be useful,” Lucifer said with a smile as he took another sip, enjoying the tea. They talked for a while before Lucifer left to start the plan.

Alastor hums quietly as he holds his microphone behind his back while walking down the hallway, heading to his room within the hotel before his shadow appears behind him and taps his shoulder, stopping him from walking further. “Hm?” Alastor hummed as he looked at his shadow who handed him a note, “What do we have here?” Alastor asked as he held the microphone between his arm and chest. “It seems that the king wants me. Hm,” Alastor muttered before shrugging his shoulders as he kept walking but was stopped by his shadow who took the shape of Charlie.

Alastor narrowed his eyes at his shadow before sighing, “I suppose a small visit wouldn’t hurt…” Alastor grumbled before he headed off to go to  Lucifer’s place which didn’t take long. Alastor walked up to the door and made sure his hair was fixed, he could hear a panicked ‘Fuck!’ from inside along with some things being rearranged. Lucifer opened the door with a slight grin, “Greetings, Alastor! Glad you decided to come!” Lucifer said as he moved aside to allow Alastor inside, “I’m simply doing this for Charlie,” Alastor told Lucifer as he walked in. Lucifer led Alastor to the dinner table which was set with candles, vintage plates with steak and small pieces of venison, cups, and a bottle of Rye from 1910 which Alastor didn’t expect to see.

“What’s this about?” Alastor asked curiously as he glanced at the plate of food, “Like you said. I'm doing this for Charlie,” Lucifer said with a simple shrug before he pulled a seat back for Alastor. “Now, we should probably eat before the food gets cold,” Lucifer told Alastor, who simply sighed and set his microphone against the table before taking a seat with Lucifer pushing the chair in. Lucifer uncaps the bottle of Rye before pouring some into the two cups, he caps it and sits down across from Alastor. Alastor picks up a fork and pokes it slightly as he is unsure about the steak in front of him, “Don't worry, it's not poison. Just flesh made to look like steak,” Lucifer explains before cutting a piece off and eating it to prove it to Alastor.

“I'm guessing you visited Rosie and Mimzy… not many would know about my taste for Rye and venison… Nor would someone go all out for Lil old me so, what's the catch?” Alastor asked as he took a sip of his Rye while peering over the cup's rim to look at Lucifer, “Well, your guess is correct,” Lucifer muttered. ‘Fuck, how much does he know?’ Lucifer thought to himself before taking a quick sip of Rye to calm his nerves, “There is no catch. I'm just simply trying to get to know you so we can get along for Charlie’s sake,” Lucifer explained casually.

There was an awkward silence for a few minutes before they started doing a bit of small talking while eating and drinking. But eventually after four cups of Rye in them, they started to talk about parts of their lives while being slightly buzzed but nothing more. Alastor talked about his beloved mother whom he missed greatly while Lucifer talked about the good times he had with humans and occasionally up in heaven until they got on the topic of desires.

“You know, I never really had any experience with the same gender, only with the opposite… I was afraid that if I did then, well, I'd get arrested or something. I have seen a few lavender marriages which I envied but…” Alastor trailed off before laughing it off, “Ha! I think the alcohol is getting to me!” Alastor said quickly as he stood up and grabbed his microphone before walking towards the exit only to be grabbed by the hand which made him freeze.

Alastor turned around to see Lucifer with flustered cheeks, ‘That's the alcohol, right?’ Alastor questioned himself before Lucifer pulled him close. “We could experiment. Just us with no consequences,” Lucifer purred softly before he pulled Alastor into a gentle kiss which Alastor found himself quickly returning, he held Lucifer close. Alastor broke the kiss, “Yes,” Alastor said simply before grabbing Lucifer by the neck and guiding Lucifer backward to the table before he grabbed Lucifer’s hips and picked Lucifer up onto the table.

Alastor pinned Lucifer to the table, he squeezed Lucifer’s neck with a smirk before leaning close. “You're mine tonight,” Alastor growled lowly before he started to kiss down Lucifer's jawline and then moved his arm to kiss down Lucifer's neck, Alastor’s clawed fingers quickly ripped the collar of Lucifer's shirt to get access. Lucifer arched his back into Alastor's touch and let out a soft gasp as Alastor started to kiss down his neck, ‘Fuck! Fuck! He's hot!’ Lucifer thought before moaning in surprise as he felt Alastor bite down on his neck, drawing golden blood. Alastor slowly licked up Lucifer's neck, licking the blood off which made Lucifer moan with his legs around Alastor’s waist, drawing him closer.

“You taste divine,” Alastor admits before he pulled Lucifer into a deep kiss with their tongues swirling around for a few minutes before they broke apart for air, “To the bedroom,” Lucifer said while panting softly before he snapped his fingers, teleporting them to the bedroom and on to the bed. The four-post queen-sized bed was adorned with tyrian purple silk sheets. “Let's get this show on the road as people say nowadays,” Alastor purred as he pushed Lucifer's coat off his shoulders before undoing Lucifer's shirt, “Be a good boy for Daddy,” Alastor purred in Lucifer’s ear, sending shivers down his spine. Lucifer couldn’t find the words to speak so he simply nodded which made Alastor’s grin widen before he leaned down, kissing down Lucifer’s chest causing Lucifer to arch more into Alastor’s touch. Alastor took one of Lucifer’s nipples into his mouth, his sharp teeth grazing it while his tongue teased it till it hardened.

Alastor switched to the other nipple and did the same thing while undoing the button to Lucifer’s pants, Alastor grabbed the waistband of Lucifer’s pants and boxers before slowly pulling them down to release Lucifer’s cock. “My, my, This seems to make up for your height,” Alastor teased with a smirk, “Fuck you,” Lucifer muttered before he groaned, feeling Alastor’s hand wrap around the base of his cock. “You already are,” Alastor retorted with a smirk before he teasingly licked up the underside of Lucifer’s cock causing Lucifer to groan with his head falling back against the bed while he gripped the sheets tightly for dear life, “Just fuck m-” Lucifer was cut off as he felt something cold and wet protruding his entrance making him squirm before some black tentacles appear and wrap around his legs, keeping them open.

“I'm getting there. Patience,” Alastor cooed as thrusts his slick finger in and out of Lucifer before adding a second finger, he thrust them in and out of Lucifer while sucking the head of Lucifer's cock. Lucifer couldn't help but shudder when he felt himself getting close to cumming despite them barely starting, Alastor took a breath as he took Lucifer’s cock which made him gag causing him to pull back. “Heh. Can't handle it?” Lucifer teased with a smirk, making Alastor's smile turn into a sneer before smirking as he curled his fingers up to brush against that bundle of nerves which made Lucifer moan loudly in surprise and grab the sheets tighter.

"You know, I don't have to do this for you. I chose to, so be grateful," Alastor growled before he gently bit on Lucifer's right inner thigh causing Lucifer to moan and his wings to unfurl on the bed, "Bastard," Lucifer muttered under his breath. "Slack your jaw and try again," Lucifer muttered as he panted heavily, He was beginning to get impatient. Alastor smirked and licked along the bite mark as he pulled away before taking Lucifer's cock into his mouth, he bobbed his head up and down Lucifer's length before deciding to push Lucifer close to the edge. Alastor deep throats Lucifer's cock while his shadow slipped its tongue inside Lucifer's entrance, Lucifer couldn't help but thread his fingers into Alastor's hair.

It didn't take long for Lucifer to cum down Alastor's throat with a cry of pleasure, he panted heavily as he looked down to see Alastor staring up at him with a cocky grin as he swallowed. “Cocky fucker,” Lucifer growled before pulling Alastor up onto the bed before crawling on top of Alastor, pinning Alastor’s arms above his head with one hand while the other quickly unbuttoned Alastor’s coat. “Let’s get this pesky thing off of you,” Lucifer purred with a smirk as he slowly pushed it off of Alastor’s shoulders once it was undone, “Such a small waist,” Lucifer purred as he slid his hand under Alastor’s shirt and slowly slides up. Alastor let out a shuddered breath as he felt Lucifer’s warm hand slide up his stomach to his chest before suddenly pulling away which made Alastor whine.

“I'm getting there. Patience,” cooed Lucifer, using Alastor’s words against him which made him glared up at Lucifer. “Blast you,” Alastor muttered before shuddering as he felt the cool breeze on his skin as Lucifer had taken off his clothes, using his magic. “You look gorgeous,” Lucifer said breathlessly as Alastor squirmed below him, “Let me go or take me!” Alastor muttered eagerly as his cock twitched against his stomach. Lucifer smirked, “Fine, you eager brat,” Lucifer muttered as he applied lube to his cock and fingers before he slides a finger inside Alastor’s entrance, hearing a breathy moan coming from Alastor. “Fuck, You’re tight,” Lucifer murmured as he starts to work Alastor open while adding fingers to stretch Alastor gradually, “No shit!” Alastor muttered before moaning as Lucifer’s fingers hit his prostate.

Lucifer smirked, “Bingo,” Lucifer purred before he pulled his fingers from Alastor’s entrance and lined up his cock with Alastor’s entrance. “Fuck!” Alastor cursed as he arched his back, feeling Lucifer’s cock slide inside him, filling him inch by inch. Lucifer stayed still and held Alastor close, he ran his hand through Alastor’s hair in a way to comfort Alastor who didn’t seem to mind at the moment. “Y…You can move now,” Alastor whispered as he laid his head on Lucifer’s chest, He felt Lucifer’s hands gently grip his hips. “Okay,” Lucifer purred as he gently pushed Alastor onto his back before he started to thrust into Alastor, slowly while Alastor grabbed Lucifer’s neck and pulled Lucifer close in for a deep kiss.

Lucifer didn’t expect to see this side from the overlord but he wasn’t complaining as he knew the results of simply pointing it out, Lucifer slowly pulled away from the kiss and pinned Alastor’s hands on either side of Alastor’s head, intertwining their hands together. Alastor felt butterflies in his stomach as he saw Lucifer intertwine their hands together, he couldn’t help but moan as Lucifer picked up the pace and started to pound into him causing Alastor to wrap his legs around Lucifer’s waist. “H…Harder,” Alastor begged with his arms around Lucifer’s neck before groaning as he felt Lucifer hit his prostate causing him to dig his claws into Lucifer’s back, drawing blood. “Fuck,” Lucifer cursed as he held Alastor close, biting along Alastor’s neck and shoulders before reaching between them to stroke Alastor’s cock while he kept ramming into Alastor’s prostate.

Eventually, Lucifer and Alastor both came together, Lucifer’s cum overflowed his channel causing some to drip from his entrance which brought a smirk to Lucifer’s face. “I think that’s enough for tonight. Unless,” Lucifer said with a smirk while leaving it up to Alastor who weakly shook his head, “This is enough for me.” Alastor said weakly between heavy pants. “Alright,” Lucifer said playfully before he slowly pulled out of Alastor who whined at the loss, he crawled under the covers with the blanket covering himself from the neck down while Lucifer crawled over next to him. Lucifer let out a small hiss as he felt the pain in his back more while he lay on his back but it was worth it, he looked over to see Alastor lying on his side facing him.

“Goodnight, Mon cher,” Lucifer whispered as he looked up at the ceiling, “Goodnight…Mon Ange.” Alastor whispered before he fell asleep while Lucifer lay there with a smile.

[strawb3rrysweetheart]

I'm here to request Angel Dust x male! reader. Basically he finds him about to get sexually assaulted while being drunk so he guns down the gang(of sharks I presume) and brings him to his room in the hotel. After bathing and taking care of the now passed out drunk sinner, he tucks him into his bed. When reader wakes up he thanks Angel and even decides to stay in the hotel for redemption. Angel falls first but is unsure on if he is gay or not so he does not make a move. Reader has no idea until he is drinking at the bar with husk and gets slightly drunk. Angel then takes him to his room but one thing leads to another and he confesses thinking that he won't remember in the morning. Surprise! Surprise! He does and well, you can decide the ending. I'm not sure if you write smut but you can add that in if you like at the end if you want to❤ Thank you!

OKAYY!!!!! As a victim this hits hard, but lets do this!!

CW: Never written for angel besides a sentence so lets hope hes not out of character,, Reader is irresponsible, idk how being drunk is since I don't drink,, Reader works for valentino too (IM SORRY) THE CHARACTER LIMIT CAN SMD I'LL MAKE A PART 2

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It was late, you were on your fifth drink of the night, you could barely see, let alone walk, you were laughing, Not at anything, you just couldn't stop. You were out for drinks with angel, since you have the same job, however he was away getting more drinks. You had stepped outside for a smoke. Some group of sharks walks up to you, The one in the front grabs your hand. "Grab him by the sides. I don't want it getting away" He says to the others. You just giggle, to drunk to understand what's happening. "Hey toots I'm back with the drinks- what the fuck??!" Angel stops in his tracks, seeing being held by a group of sharks, You were clearly too far gone to understand what was happening. "You're gonna put him down right now." Angel threatens, putting the drinks down on a nearby table. The sharks snort. "And what's a little cock slut like you gonna do about it?" They mock him. "This." Angel pulls out his gun and starts to shoot at them. The sharks drop you on the floor, reaching for their guns. However while they reach for you, angel shoots them. Their blood paints the outside walls of some shitty bar. "Eat led fuckers" Angel grins, watching the blood pour out on the ground. After he was sure they were down, He runs over to you. "Toots?? Toots, are you okay?!" He runs up and grabs you by your cheeks, you start giggling. "Angel!!.. Do you have-" You hiccup, your face flushed. "-anymore drinks?" You smile. "Toots.. No , You've definitely had enough." He remarks, still holding up your limp form. You pout. "But.. I want moreee" You whine. God.. You were out of it. Angel just picks you up, and carries you bridal style. "Toots.. No, I'm bringing you to my place" He starts walking, its not technically his place.. but you don't have to know that. While angel carries you, you mess with his chest fluff. Normally he'd complain, saying 'don't touch the merchandise'.. but you were too far gone for you to listen, so he just let you. Once he was at the hotel you had passed out asleep sometime along the way, he walks in. "Hii angel!!!! who's that??" Charlie smiles and waves when she sees him, a face of confusion washes over her when she sees you passed out in his arms. "Just a friend char" Angel looks up at her, smiling, Charlie is probably his other best-friend besides cherry, Charlie was just so nice.. As angel brings you up to his room, he decides it'd be good to run a bath, he sets you down on the bed as he starts the water, waiting for it to warm up. While you're on his bed; Fat nuggets cuddles up against you. As angel walks back to pick you up to give you a bath, he smiles at fat nuggets. "Ah.. Right" He mumbles under his breath once he remembers that to bathe you, he has to well.. strip you, I mean you and him had done plenty of shoots before, but these seems more intimate.. But oh well, he'd seen your cock plenty of times before. He takes off your clothes and sets you in the bath, wiping off any spilled booze. He lathers his hands with soap as he scrubs your scalp, using his other set of arms to wash your body. Once he had thoroughly cleaned you, he picked you up, you were still passed out. God you were gonna have such a bad hangover in the morning. He reclothes you and sets you in the bed, letting Fat nuggets cuddle on you. Angel scrolls on his phone, letting you sleep next to him. You slowly start to wake up, blinking a few times, adjusting to the light. "Angel..?" You ask. "Yeah toots?" He asks. "Where am I? What happened." You ask. "You're in my room, some group of sharks was trying to take you away from me, so I made them eat lead toots~" He grins, looking over at you. You chuckle. "Alright then.. well thank you" You sit up, glancing down at the pig in your lap. "Aww.. Whats his name?" You smile. "Thats Fat nuggets, he seems to really like you" Angel smiles. "Oh (Reader), I should warn you, this is my room, but uh.. well, its a hotel, but you stay here in till you get redeemed .. into heaven" He explains. Hotel? Redemption?? That sounds.. Nice actually. "How much does it cost to stay here?" You ask

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ILL BE MAKING A PART TWO!!!!

[doesnotloveyou]

re-analyzing mcu female characters now that i'm no longer a fan

look. they gave male writers a bucket of manly action figures and a baggie of female characters as accessories. fem chars were written like a list of tropes except with all the "icky sexism" ones crossed out. they were rarely written as, y'know, people (willing to argue that many of the male characters were barely allowed to be anything more than plastic action figures either)

Somehow though, despite being used as a fangirl stand-in (which are often derogatory caricatures imo) Darcy Lewis is an excellently written female character.

She is always herself. She doesn't care what professional men, hot men, authoritative men, extraordinary men, or even what any woman thinks of her. Not in a Hollywood "watch me not care and be so feisty and empowered while I do it" way, but in a chill "that's cool but imma be my own person" way

She is kind but doesn't put up with mistreatment

She is smart but doesn't need men to brag about her intelligence

She is savvy but doesn't need men to point it out

She is beautiful but neither a man nor the camera ever needs to realize it, and she dresses to be comfortable while also perfectly confident that she's gorgeous

She is fearful but she deals with it without needing a man to comfort her

She is firm in her opinions and her decisions without needing a man (or anyone) to approve of them

Best of all she cracks jokes for her own amusement and knows she's funny even if no one laughs

the writers (accidentally???) created a perfect every-woman by deciding to create a woman without making her Love Interest Material. they made her the Attractive Girl's Friend trope, yeah, but at least the friend gets to be herself instead of constantly wondering if the space viking will come back and sweep her off her feet

they made a strong female character in 2010, and when they brought her back in Wandavision she didn't even need a hot girl bestie as an excuse to be on the screen. their continuity reflected that she was now the most experienced person in her field. even the audience trusted her to be reliable in unreliable circumstances the same way a hero is meant to be reliable

every time Marvel tries to make a "strong female character" they do something hyper-stereotypical that bends in the other direction. "We can't be sexist, see? we converted his secretary into his assistant and then we made her the CEO of his company" or "we showed her punching out a misogynist in her first scene" or "canonically she's a maneater but we're afraid of how that will look so we'll make her have no romances instead while also being The Only Girl trope." and on and on and on

meanwhile, Darcy was great, and I give a lot of credit to Kat Dennings, but I would also like to know if there was a female, or even male, writer in the room who kept her all to themself and said "I'll write this character, I know them perfectly."

there must have been because she felt knowable. she also felt like a fun example of what being a normal human might be like in a universe where caped heroes fly around saving the world from aliens

[reddbuster]

In all seriousness, what're your opinions on the three dlc/bonus cases from across the series (rise from the ashes, turnabout reclaimed, and turnabout time traveler).

Oh that’s a good question actually! Not exactly a brave or controversial opinion here but I really like rfta. I understand why some people feel like it drags on too long (and there are definitely some parts of the case that I feel could have been shortened or cut) especially if you’re just here for the story and aren’t all that into the mystery. But I really enjoyed it. The mystery is fun and compelling and the themes of corruption present in the entire series really come to head here in a satisfying way. I also love Edgeworth’s arc in this case because this is arguably him at one of his lowest points. like wow way to kick a man when he’s already down. He definitely needed it though. Also my beautiful wife Lana is there and she sucks so bad it’s awesome I love her. When I first played the case I wasn’t huge on Ema for the first bit because quite frankly I missed Maya and I wanted her back. And of course there is no replacing Maya my favorite my best friend but honestly Ema grew on me really really fast. She distinguished herself from Maya enough to be her own character worth caring about but she also provided that much-needed pep to an otherwise dreary case. Also the way they build tension in that case…..chef’s kiss. One of my favorite cases probably in the entire series. Turnabout reclaimed is..decent. It’s a fun silly ace attorney case and generally a good time! It just…isn’t much more than that to me. There were also a few things in it that felt kind of iffy to me, like the way the game clearly expects you to look at Norma DePlume as unattractive and thus relies on this assumption for some of it’s humour beats. Period typical fatphobia I guess (The period in question being now). I also felt like the treatment of rap music in this case was a little mean-spirited but idk maybe I’m just sensitive. Overall though it was a pretty fun DLC case, I really like that we get to see Athena and Phoenix in action as investigative partners, I think they have a really fun dynamic! Also of course I love that they brought back Pearls for this case. my darling my angel my daughter who I raised myself et cetera I will never say no to a Pearl cameo even when it feels a little ham-fisted.

Turnabout Time Traveler is a tricky one because I am only just replaying it now and the last time I played it all the way through was a very long time ago but I will try my best to give my thoughts on it nonetheless. I am a not-so-closeted romantic so even if it sucked absolute balls and had no other redeeming qualities, I feel like I still would have gotten some enjoyment out of it. However I am also a not-so-closeted PW Trilogy fanatic so the whole premise of this case is right up my alley. I won’t lie and say I think this case is completely fantastic. The mystery is pretty easy to figure out overall and most people figure out who the killer is not long into the case. The nostalgia trip, while appreciated in some ways, also comes off as slightly forced in some moments to me. I feel like the way some of the returning characters are written (Larry, Edgeworth, even Maya to an extent) feels like it’s flattening the depth of them a little bit? I feel like that with a lot of moments in the Yamazaki games but I definitely find it more grating here than I ever did in investigations. And quite frankly I found some of the high-tech gadgetry shit a little too goofy even for ace attorney. I’ve always felt that aa is at its best when it balances the absurd soap opera bullshit (affectionate) with a believable setting and grounded character-based storytelling. And one of my biggest gripes with aa5 and 6 specifically is that for me they often failed to strike that balance. On the other hand, I do think turnabout time traveler is overall a really good time. The case, if not mindblowing, is entertaining, the characters are compelling to me, and I think the steampunk aesthetic of it all is a fun & fresh direction for a case to take, even if I rolled my eyes at some of the wannabe detective-gadget crap. And even if I have complaints about some of the characterization it IS really nice to have Phoenix, Maya, Edgeworth, Larry and Ema all together on one case. I am not immune to the We Put Your Faves In One Room and Made Them Solve a Mystery Together.

[shadow-tumbler]

Written in the stars

Prologue

3rd person pov

*1983*

The young girl stood nervous by the door of the classroom as she had recently moved schools after her farther got a job promotion "hi there sweetheart are you okay?" The teacher asked and the girl nods. The teacher could tell the girl was nervous "luke could you come over here please?!" The teacher called out and a boy her ages came over "would you be so kind as be our new students buddy?" The teacher asked and it even since then that Charlotte and luke became best friends and luke introduced her to his other friends Alex, Reggie and Bobby. The 5 of them where always seen together and their friendship only grew stronger as they grew up but eventually Charlotte her feelings towards reggie shift to something else entirely. At age 13 the boys started a band and Charlotte was a huge supporter tho she wished she could be in said band, when the school talent show came around she decided to secretly sign up bring on her guitar. She waits backstage and when she called on she walked up ignoring the stares she got from the boys, she takes a deep breath and starts stumming her guitar



If I could reach the top of the world

Be all I am it'd be so beautiful

If only...

I could be brave and I could be strong

I would know where I belong

If only

I wanna feel free to be who I am

What I'm about is more than I've been

Ready to show the world who I am

Start letting out what I am holding in

Find my own place to stand

So I could be who I am

Yeaaah

I have it inside, I know that I do

All that I am is gonna break through

If only...

I could believe and live it right now

Take the time to work it out

If only...

I wanna feel free to be who I am

What I'm about is more than I've been

Ready to show the world who I am

Start letting out what I am holding in

And find my own place to stand

So I could be who I am

I'm closer to where I'm meant to be

If I try I know that I can get there

I'm not gonna stop 'cause I believe

That there's so much more... to me to me

So much more oooohhh

I wanna feel free to be who I am

What I'm about is more than I've been

Ready to show the world who I am

Start letting out what I'm holding in

Find my own place to stand

So I could be who I am

Yeaah yea yeaah yea yea

So I could be who I am

I can be who I am

Yea...

*song over*

Apon walking off stage she was bombarded by the boys "why did you never say you could sing?!" Luke asked her "well I just felt really nervous about it 1 because I didn't think I was that good and 2 you know how my parents feel about music being more then just something you listen to" I say. My parents did exactly see music as a proper career choice and they made that very clear especially ever since the guys started their band "well you were amazing!" Alex says making her smile "thanks Alex" she says as the boys all look at one another "hey Char.....how would you feel about joining our band?" Luke asked with a slight smirk. She almost couldn't believe it "are you serious?" She asked them "definitely, you clearly have the passion for music" luke says "and the voice of an angel" reggie says making me blush a little bit.

It was on Charlotte's 16th birthday while hanging out with the guys that reggie gets her attention "so um I have something I wanna ask you" he says and the girl turns to him "yea reg?" She asked smiling "well I ummmm......" he gets inrrupted by Alex "he wants you to be his girlfriend" he says. Charlotte couldn't believe it "so?" Reggie asked her and she simply kissed his cheek "does that awnser you question babe" she says and reg gets this big goofy smile on his face "well its about time!" Bobby says making charlotte giggle a little bit. The next year was amazing but it was made even better when they were rehearsing for a show at the Orpheum which is huge for them especially since a loads of bands became extremely popular after playing this theatre.

(1, 2, 3)

Luke: Take off

Last stop

Countdown till we blast open the top

Face first

Full charge

Electric hammer to the heart

All: Clocks move forward

But we don't get older, no

Kept on climbing

Till our stars collided

Luke: And all the times we fell behind

Were just the keys to paradise

All: Don't look down

'Cause we're still rising

Up right now

And even if we

Hit the ground

We'll still fly

Keep dreaming like we'll live forever

But live it like it's now or never

Luke: Hear the noise

In my head

It's calling out like a voice I can't forget

One life

No regrets

Catch up, got no time to catch my breath

All: Clocks move faster

'Cause it's all we're after now

Won't stop climbing

'Cause this is our time, yeah

When all the days felt black and white

Those were the best shades of my life

Don't look down

'Cause we're still rising

Up right now

And even if we

Hit the ground

We'll still fly

Keep dreaming like we'll live forever

But live it like it's now or never

Alex: We ain't searching for tomorrow (reggie & Charlotte: tomorrow)

'Cause we got all we need today (reggie & Charlotte: today)

Alex:Living on a feeling that's been running through our veins

Reggie: We're the revolution that's been singing in the rain

All: Don't look down

'Cause we're still rising

Up right now

And even if we

Hit the ground

We'll still fly

Keep dreaming like we'll live forever

But live it like it's now or never

It's now or never (Charlotte: now or never)

*song over*

Charlotte couldn't believe how good that felt, The boys all pulled away from their instruments, Alex slowing down his beats while Charlotte concluded the song with a small guitar riff before her and Alex ended with one last beat of their instruments. The energy of that was plusing though the girls vains as she puts down to her guitar hearing a few cheers from the employees Orpheum making the girl smile. "Whoo Excellent!" "Sounds great, guys!" A hand on her shoulder caused the girl to open her eyes. her gaze shifting over to reggie who was smiling widely at her and he kissed her Forehead, Charlotte couldn't help but smile back. She turns her attention to the other boys who all had smiles apon their faces, "Whoo! Yeah!" one of the workers closest to them continued to cheer while Stephanie's smile continued to grow. This was the biggest night of their lives and they were merely hours away from playing for a big crowd at the Orpheum, They were about to become legends and nothing could ruin her mood.

"Thank you!" Charlotte said, smiling

towards the workers. "We're Sunset

Curve" reggie adds on "Too bad we wasted that on the soundcheck. That was the tightest we've ever played," Bobby told them while he and Luke high five one another. "There's always room for improvement, Bobby. Besides, I have a feeling our performance will be just that much better when we're feeding off the crowd's energy," Charlotte said, turning to Reggie who had wrapped his arms her from behind course her to ever so slight lean against him. Luke smile "she's right guys, we're gonna be so much better when the crowds energy is pumping though our vains so just wait until tonight, man, when this place gets packed with record execs" Luke agreed.

"Alex, you were smoking," Reggie

complimented while the drummer

looked to him in surprise before

bashfully lowering his head. "Oh, no. I was just warming up," Alex tried to say. "You guys were the ones on fire."

"Alex you were rocking it!" Charlotte complained as she playfully punched his shoulder. "Could you just own your awesomeness for once?" Reggie asked. Alex looked to Luke and Bobby who were nodding in agreement before glancing down The blonde eventually gave in, a smile appearing on his face, "Alright, I was killing it" he says "hell yea you were!" Charlotte says with a smile. "Ok, well, I'm thinking we fuel up before the show. I'm thinking street dogs," Luke suggested while Alex and Reggie quickly agreed. Charlotte however wasn't over hungry so she decided to stay back here while the boys went to eat, she followed Bobby over to the girl waitress who had been cheering

the loudest for them. "Hey, Bobby,

where you going?' Luke asked as he, reggie and Alex followed behind as well.

'T'm good,' Bobby tried to say, but

the rest of the band was already on

his tail as he approached the girl.

"Vegetarian," he told her causing

Charlotte to scrunch up her nose and

look to Reggie who chuckled as she

mouthed the word to him. "I could

never hurt an animal" he says and char just rolled her eyes, "You guys are really good" the girl told them before looking to Charlotte and smiling. "And you killed it out there girl" Charlotte smiled "Thank you very much" she says  said while the boys all grinned "I see a lot of bands. Been in a couple myself. I was really feeling it," she told them, her words making charlotte's smile widen while she tried to sneakily punch the arm of the person closest to her - Alex - in excitement "That's what we do this for," Luke said, clapping a hand on Bobby's shoulder "I'm Luke by the way" he says "and I'm Charlotte, btw I love your outfit" she says "thank you" the girl says.

"Hi, I'm Reggie." "Alex", "Bobby.", "Nice meeting you guys," the girl told them. "I'm Rose", "Oh, uh. . .here's our demo" Reggie said, handing the girl a CD. "And a T-shirt, Size beautiful." Luke says handing her a t-shirt "Thanks. I'll make sure not to wipe the tables down with this one. "Oh, good call. Whenever they get wet, they just kinda fall apart in your hands,' Alex told her, holding his hands out for emphasis as he spoke. "Don't you guys have to go get hot dogs?" Bobby questioned, obviously annoyed. Luke glanced at the boy and pat his shoulder once.

The boys left reggie making sure to kiss Charlotte's head once more before leaving "you two are really cute together" Rose says "yea reg is the best, I don't know what I did to deserve him" Charlotte says smiling

*later*

"Where are they, Bobby? We go on in

five minutes. They should be back by

now" Charlotte insisted, hopping from one foot to another in an attempt to shake off some of the nervousness she was feeling "They'll be here, Steph. Stop worrying, Bobby told her, gently grabbing ahold of her shoulders and attempting to get her to stand still. "They wouldn't pass up on an a opportunity like this andyou saw how excited your brother was. He'll make sure they get back to the Orpheum one way or another." "But-" Charlotte began to say, her hands shaking a bit. "Remember what Luke told you about working yourself up before a gig. You get too jittery and it doesn't help you focus when you're on stage" Bobby reminded her. Charlotte frowned before closing her eyes and taking in a deep breath. "You're right,' she said, letting out the breath and smiling softly. "They'll be here, They always are" she reminds herself. That of course doesn't stop her worrying about the boys where abouts which in turn coursed her to start pacing as there came a knock at the dressing room door.

Bobby opened the revel two cops "is everything okay?" He asked and the second the word left their mouths Charlotte broke down in floods of tears "nooooo!" She screamed out feeling her heart shatter into a million Pecies. Over the next few mouth she became a shell of the girl she once was but what really broke what was left of her was when her parents set her up with someone else. The fight that followed course her to run out of the house and its unfortunately it was a mouth later that she was crossing the street late at night as a drunk driver came speeding down the street.

And this is just the start of the story of Julie and the phantoms.

[loregoddess]

ask meme for albert legend of dragoon? (i tap my pointer fingers together) :D also hi fellow LoD enjoyer

oho, one of my favorite characters!

How I feel about this character:  Honestly, I love Albert, one of my original favorite characters going back to when I was very young watching my mom play the game. He's just such a pleasant, down-to-earth guy for being, y'know, a king who got stuck with the throne at a young age. Absolutely wonderful character. Also he has my favorite additions of any of the characters.

All the people I ship romantically with this character:  I'll be honest, I don't really ship him with anyone (his age difference with Lavitz is a bit too large for my own comfort, even though they have decent chemistry). I know his relationship with Emille is like, canon and all, and I'm fine with it, but I kinda wish the writers had written it a little bit more...romantically. "Love at first sight" isn't really the best romance trope in my opinion.

My non-romantic OTP for this character:  Lavitz, obviously, but I also love that Albert gets into a few of Meru's shenanigans. Like yeah, Haschel is usually her partner in crime, but Albert was very much a part of the "let's listen in on Dart and Shana" post-St. Louvia, and before that he sought out Meru to "hang out with his friends" on the Queen Fury.

My unpopular opinion about this character:  Not about Albert's characterization per se, but a lot of online guides talk about needing to have Albert or Kongol as part of the permanent party to use as tanks and like, I get it, but it's also not true. You can use literally any combination of characters, and so long as you know how to use them you can not only beat the final boss, but the secret superboss as well (though I will admit, using Rose with either Meru or Shana/Miranda would be one hell of a challenge bc of how much Rose's stat growth drops late-game). Like, don't get me wrong, Albert is fantastic to use in battle, and once you patch his magic defense, he's basically unstoppable, but I have very much beat the game without using either him or Kongol before.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon: Aside from "please, for the love of love, give him a more believable and well-written romance arc", I really wish we got to see more of Lavitz and Albert's interactions in-game, since most of what we hear about their dynamic is secondhand, after Lavitz's death. Building up their relationship more would've made the scene at Mayfil so much more impactful.

my OTP: Shipping and handling not covered at this station for this character.

my cross over ship: I have exactly one cross-over ship which is also more platonic than romantic, and it involves no characters from LoD. It's also a secret to everyone.

a headcanon fact: Not entirely headcanon, but more a theory that I have about the dragoon spirits and their chosen wielders, but I think an integral driving force of Albert's character is fear. This is partly because all the other wielders of the Jade Dragoon spirit are driven by fear, in some way or another, but the trait isn't as obvious with Albert until later in the game where he actually expresses some deeper anxiety over the world ending (as compared to a few of the other characters). Moreover though, I think a lot of Albert's "fear" actually centers around his kingdom and his own ability to lead it well, as his personal battle on the Moon is with his uncle, the dialogue of which directly addresses Albert's worry over his own weakness as a leader, as well as his realization that his strength comes from his bonds with his companions, and that he will be able to lead his country better than his father or uncle could. (Notably, everyone's personal battle on the Moon has them overcoming whatever integral negative "dragoon trait" is holding them back). I dunno if any of that makes sense, because any time I've tried to sit down and write out my theories for the dragoon spirits and the personalities/characterization of their wielders, I get my thoughts all mixed up, but...yeah.

NOT a headcanon fact, but a canon fact, according to fan translations from the Japanese guidebook, which has extensive notes on all the characters, Albert hates tomatoes. I think this is the funniest piece of trivia the writers could have added, bc it never comes up in the game, it's literally just an obscure fact hidden away in the Japanese guidebook. Absolutely excellent.

[amphibifish]

okk im answering a maloki 30 questions thing cause…. i need to talk abt it n why not?

1. How did you get into the fandom? I forgot how i initially found maloki, but i remember wanting to get into more norse mythology media after researching the myths for a few months. then i found it and it was the first thing my brain latched onto so now... we're here !!!

2. Favourite character? Oh i dont know.... maybe Heimdall..... just maybe...... and anime!Hel, i don't care for her manga counterpart since they're so diff lol

3. Least favourite character? idk none of them really stick out to me as being awful so much i hate them, theyve all got their charm.. baldr, ig ? i dont care abt him..

4. Favourite series? (Out of the original, Ragnarok or Shin Sekai no Kamigami.) ragnarok or shin sekai. ragnarok i think is fun and shin sekai i like just because it gets really heim centric lol the og series gets on my nerves....... its just sooo bad. its just awful.

5. Favourite case? (Since Matantei Loki doesn't give names to the cases, you can describe the case instead of trying to pinpoint it. However, if you can remember which chapter/episode it came from, that would also be good.) I keep forgetting that this is a detective series, and also i try not to reread the original because it really sucks more than usual imo, so idk

6. Least favourite case? see above

7. Most heartwarming moment? episode 24 of the anime,,, hel's plotline is honestly the most well written out of the entire series..

8. What didn't you like about the series? i have an entire post where i just complain to mutual rosquinn, but basically the many plotholes, the misogyny, the weird relationships that keep getting pushed, the amount of weird comments made abt mayura, the character development for heim in the manga which is basically him getting worse and not acknowledging anything at all in the plot for the sake of being evil... the anime is so much better abt this, but freya had so much potential there that was just lost :/

9. Favourite comic relief character? Freyr & Freya

10. Favourite song from the series? idk i don't pay that much attention to the sound traack

11. Would you like the English translation to cover everything in the Matantei Loki manga canon? The people responsible won't know what you said, but you can still voice your opinion. yes?

12. If they made a movie out of the series what would you like the movie to be about? ragnarok's plotline could work nicely in movie format i think.

13. Who would you most like to meet out of the cast? probably Mayura or Koutaro. being in the presence of some sort of god would have me stressed ok. i think frey and freyja might be chill tho

14. What kind of crossover would you like to happen with Matantei Loki? the tv show supernatural because that would be funny and my friends like spn

15. Do you think the manga will ever cover what happened to Heimdall's right eye? (If you saw only the anime, you can't answer this.) This is explained? I guess showing the actual event, it's very vague on how it really went down.

16. What song do you think suits Matantei Loki best? fighter - jack stauber matches a lot of the chars i think. doesnt necessarily fit though.

17. Manga or anime? If anime, fansub or fandub? Sub or dub? anime, i prefer the eng dub just because i think its funnier lol

18. Do you think Sakura Kinoshita could have added something to make the series (as a whole) better? If so, what could she have added? there's so many things to be fixed this list would go on forever.. as one thing though, i really don't think there should be as many romantic subplots as there is, esp if they're all going to be loki centered. it just gets annoying

19. Favourite quote? Freyr's "Nice one, Heimdall! It might be copyright infringement but it's working!" is very funny to me.

20. Favourite moment in the series? (It can't be the same as no. 7 though.) hard to choose, but maybe the part where its revealed heim got revived to help hel in the anime? or the part where heim almost gets murdered in his sleep i just like seeing heim be evil.

21. Least favourite moment in the series? The part where Narugami tells loki to look at mayura's boobs and generally loki being a freak abt this. This chapter is majority the reason i despise the og series. it is so awful. it makes me throw up. also the part where heim and loki each kiss mayura. literally what. what. what. im going to throw ten million hammers (mjolnirs) at you.

22. Do you think Tactics is better or worse than Matantei Loki? If you don't know about Tactics, which series would you say is similar to Matantei Loki? don't know tactics but in supernatural they;re also hunting creatures and killing them.

23. Despite Matantei Loki being shonen, do you think it would benefit if it were a shojo series? i dont know enough manga/anime terms to answer this ^^''   

24. Do you think Kantarou of Tactics (if you don't know who I'm talking about, Google him) was deliberately made to look like Loki? i don't really see it all that much.

25. If you could add one character to the series, what kind of character would it be? Do you have a name decided for the character - if so, what's their name? i think skathi from the myths would work great as another antagonist, esp. as she is the only other aesir that has the kenning of "loki's foe". (Heim is the other one)

26. Did you even want to learn about Norse mythology after seeing/reading the series? the reverse, I only got into maloki because I like norse mythology.

27. How well do you think Matantei Loki teaches people about Norse mythology? Not at all, but better than other popular media based off of norse mythology (cough cough marvel). I think a lot of its base is pretty accurate though, save a few things here and there (such as heimdall being god of tactics and dawn? straight up wrong and incorrect and false and not true.)

28. Do you think the portrayals of Loki in Marvel Comics/the movie Thor/Norse mythology etc. are incorrect now that you've seen/read Matantei Loki? They're both just diff interpretations and portrayals. I'd say they're equally incorrect but maloki gets extra points for keeping Loki's family tree accurate because that is such a pet peeve of mine.

29. What do you first think of when the name Loki or Thor is mentioned? the guys from the mythology.

30. What do you think the ending will be like? Or do you not want it to end at all? Uhh heim gets his shit rocked and his ass kicked again. iirc odin comes back? don't really know much else but i know loki gets the eye staff at some point, he's the protagonist after all. I reckon baldr gets stopped and the valkeryies are freed. Odin gets placed as king again.

[courageous-she]

Needing You- Charlie Gillespie

Charlie x female reader

Summary: You’re having a rough day and go to your best friend for some comfort

Word Count: 3037

Author’s Note: I haven’t really written in a while but became a SIMP for this boy after watching JATP. Here’s something I thought up while I should have been working at work. Also the formatting may have gotten a little wonky so sorry for that. Um anyway, hope you enjoy!

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You: Hey, are you home? Charlie: Yeah, why, what’s up? You: Can we hang out? I don’t really want to be alone rn Charlie: Sure thing! I can come over? You: Actually, can I come over? I don’t feel like being in my apartment rn Charlie: Of course, doors unlocked <3

You locked your phone, resting it on your chest and letting out a long sigh. Life had just been hitting too hard lately, so you texted Charlie hoping he’d be able to distract you and take your mind off of things. You simply needed some quality time with your best friend and to not think about everything going on in your life right now. Luckily, Charlie was always down to hang out and was always flexible on what the two of you would do.

You lifted your head just enough from your starfish position on your bed to glance over your outfit. You’d changed into your comfy clothes when you got home a few hours ago. These would be fine, Charlie has seen you in worse clothes, and probably in an overall worse state than this. Shrugging, you stood from your bed and grabbed your keys, making your way over to the bus stop at the end of your street. 

Quietly opening the door to Charlie and Owen’s apartment, you carefully left your shoes at the door. You looked up and noticed Owen and Jeremy sitting on the couch in the small apartment living room. “Hey, Y/N” Owen and Jeremy said at the same time, both giving a quick nod of the head. You waved back, making your way down the hallway to Charlie’s room. It wasn’t odd for you to come over to the boy’s apartment, so Owen and Jeremy didn’t question it. Owen was more used to your frequent visits than Jeremy because Owen actually lived there, but both boys knew how close you and Charlie are so it would be odd if you didn’t show up at some point during the week.

Charlie’s door was open a crack, a low light creeping out into the hallway. You pushed the door open just enough to slide your body through, and closed it when you were all the way inside. 

“Hey” Charlie said softly, sitting up slightly in his bed and closing his laptop. Instead of responding, you pulled the covers back on his bed and slid under. Charlie watched you, slightly confused, but lifted his arm for you when you began to crawl under it resting your head on his chest. His arm around you hugged you closer, while his other hand came around to rest on top of yours that was resting on his stomach. 

“Y/N? Is everything okay?” he asked, voice soft. You shook your head ‘no’ on his chest. “Do you want to talk about it?” Again, you shook your head. Charlie’s chest rose up before he let out a long sigh. It wasn’t often you got like this, but when you did it always broke Charlie a little inside. “What can I do to help?” “Is it okay if we just lay here for a while?” you finally said.

“Yeah, ‘course it is. Want me to put on a movie for background noise or somethin’?” Charlie asked, leaning over slightly to grab his tv remote. You simply nodded a ‘yes’ against his chest, knowing he would just choose a movie for the two of you. 

Charlie ended up choosing “Onward”, a Disney movie was bound to put a smile on your face, he thought. The two of you silently watched the movie, staying in relatively the same position. As the movie was coming to a close, tears began to make their way down your face, landing on Charlie’s shirt. He looked down when he began to feel the wet spot on his chest. Moving so he could see your face better, Charlie smirked at your current state.

“Are you crying?” Charlie asked, the goofy smirk not leaving his face. You lifted your head from his chest, glancing between his smirking expression and the puddle on his chest. 

“What? He never got to meet his dad! After all that!!” you said, pouting out your bottom lip so you didn’t start sobbing. Charlie chuckled before sitting back and pulling you back into him.

“Haven’t you seen this before? You knew this was coming” he replied while turning his attention back to the screen.

“Just because I’ve seen it already doesn’t make it any less sad, Char.” But he could tell by the tone in your voice that you weren’t talking about the movie anymore. He grabbed the remote, stopping the end credits. You started to sit up, wiping the remnants of tears from your face.

“Are you ready to talk about it?” he asked, voice soft and understanding. You hugged your knees to your chest, resting your head on your knees facing your friend sitting next to you.

“Everything is just so overwhelming right now. It’s like nothing can go my way and just keeps piling on top of me. I feel like I’m drowning and I’m so over it.” There was a comfortable silence between the two of you for a moment “I hate feeling like this” you whispered. Charlie put his hand on your back, rubbing small circles.

“Hey, hey, look at me” he said. Your eyes remained fixed on a random spot of his bed. “Y/N, please” he whispered. You shifted your gaze so that your eyes met his. “I know that things might be really tough right now, but I know you, and I know how hard you work, and I know that you will get through this. You have the weekend to forget about things and relax for a bit too, I’m here to get your mind off of the stress.”

You smiled at his reassuring words; he always knew what to say. You moved so that you could rest your head on his shoulder. “Thanks, Char, don’t know what I’d do without you.”

“I don’t know, probably die or something” he said casually. You punched his shoulder jokingly and laughing at the boy next to you. “You hungry? We can order some food” 

“I didn’t bring my wallet with me” you said, remembering that you’d only grabbed your keys on your way out. 

“Don’t worry about that, it was on me anyway.” Charlie said, scrolling through UberEats on his phone for something to order. “What are you feeling?”

“Char, I’m not letting you pay! At least let me Venmo you?” you asked, already beginning to feel guilty at the fact that he offered to pay.

“Y/N” he said, putting his phone down and turning to face you, “You’re not paying,” he placed both hands on your cheeks, squishing them slightly, “Do not. Worry. About it.”

“But Charlie,” you replied, turning your body to face him straight on, “I. Feel. Bad” you mimicked his position, placing both hands on his cheeks and squishing them. And there the two of you were, hands on each other’s cheeks, squishing them. That was until you heard Charlie’s bedroom door slowly creak open.

“Hey guys, Jer and I were just wondering if you wanted to order food?” Owen asked, walking in while looking down at his phone. When he looked up and noticed the way you two were positioned, he stopped dead in his tracks. “Uh, I’m sorry, did I walk in on something?” he asked concerned, but slightly amused. 

“Perfect timing Owen!” Charlie said, taking his hands off your cheeks and grabbing his phone again, “Y/N and I were just having the same conversation”

“I was thinking maybe Chinese?” Owen asked, resuming his scrolling on his phone. You and Charlie looked at each other, an unsure look on your face.

“Eh, not really feelin’ it” Charlie replied, going back to his phone for food inspiration.

“I was kind of craving pasta from that Italian place down the street” you said.

“Pomodoro?” Charlie asked, and immediately he looked at Owen and they gave each other the same look. “Yes!” They both said at the same time.

“I’ll go ask Jer what he wants, text me your orders.” Owen replied, leaving the room. But before Owen asked Jeremy what he wanted to eat, he explained in detail what he saw when he walked in on you and Charlie. The two boys grinned at each other, knowing how the two of you felt about the other, and knowing that neither of you would say anything to the other.

**

When the food arrived, the four of you sat in the small living room eating, joking, and watching a variety of YouTube videos. You loved hanging out with the guys, it was always entertaining and you definitely got a workout from how much you laughed. 

After everyone had finished eating, the four of you decided to put on a movie. You sat next to Charlie on the smaller couch, leaning into his side, while Owen laid out on the bigger couch and Jeremy had a spot on the floor with some pillows. 

You’re not sure how long into the movie you made it, but eventually you fell asleep on Charlie’s shoulder. He hadn’t noticed you fell asleep until Owen brought it up.

“Hey man, she out?” he asked, leaning up on the couch. Jeremy looked over too, noticing your sleeping figure resting against Charlie. Charlie glanced down at you, brushing your hair away from your face.

“Yeah, she must’a fell asleep” he said, eyes resting on you a little longer before turning to look at Owen. Owen smirked and looked at Jeremy, who matched his smirk before the two boys looked back at Charlie. “What’s the look for?” he asked confused.

“Oh, come on, Charlie!” Jeremy said, “You are head over heels for her!” he whisper shouted.

“And you have been since day one” Owen added. 

“I- I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Charlie whisper shouted back. The boys couldn’t see but underneath the blanket, Charlie was pulling you closer to him. He felt like he had to protect you despite there really being nothing to protect you from.

“Don’t avoid it Charlie, it’s so obvious” Owen retorted.

“The only question is, when are you finally going to tell her?” Jeremy asked.

As Charlie was forming his response, his felt you shift next to him. All three boys shifted their gaze to you, hoping you hadn’t heard what they were talking about. You shifted so that your face was resting in the crook of Charlie’s neck. He shivered at the feeling of your breath on his skin.

“Char?” you asked, too sleepy to open your eyes. Charlie squeezed your side to let you know he was there.

“What’s up? You alright?” he asked.

“ ‘m fine. What time is it?”

“Uh, it’s about 12:30” 

“Shit!” you said, quickly sitting up from your comfortable position and rubbing the sleep out of your eyes, “The last bus leaves in 30 minutes, I gotta go!” You started to stand up from the couch, but Charlie grabbed your hips, sitting you back down on the couch.

“Chill, Y/N! I’m not letting you get on a bus in the middle of the night! You can sleep in my bed, I’ll take the couch tonight” Charlie said, trying to calm you down. Jeremy coughed from the other side of the room, giving Charlie a look. Jeremy was crashing on the couch considering that he didn’t actually live there and had planned to spend the night. Charlie shot back a ‘not now’ look, returning his focus on you.

“I can’t take your bed. I’ll take the couch” you said, not wanting to put your friend out any more than you had tonight.

“Well, actually, I-I’m supposed to be sleeping on the couch” Jeremy finally spoke up. Charlie shot him a look, causing Jeremy to shrug and shy back out of the conversation.

“Then I’ll take the floor, but I’m not taking your bed” You said, bundling the blanket that was piled next to you. 

“Y/N, you are not sleeping on the damn floor. Either you sleep in my bed or we’re both sleeping on the floor. End of story” Charlie said, a little more stern this time.

“Well with that logic, why don’t we both just sleep in the bed?” you asked, shrugging. Charlie’s eyes went wide. Owen and Jeremy’s heads quickly turned their attention to you, smirks threatening to appear on their faces. 

“I-I mean, if-if you’re cool with that, yeah we could do that” Charlie stuttered, rubbing the back of his neck. He hadn’t expected you to offer to share a bed with him, but he sure as hell wasn’t going to pass this opportunity up.

“I wouldn’t offer if I wasn’t cool with it, but now that we’ve settled that, I’m tired. Goodnight boys!” you said, standing up and waving.

“ ‘night!” Owen and Jeremy replied, waving as you made your way back to Charlie’s room. What you didn’t see was the two boys silently cheering Charlie on as he slowly stood and made his way to his room. 

You were already tucked away when he made it, closing the door softly behind him. He made his way through the dark and found his way to bed. He slipped in next to you, laying awkwardly on his back, not exactly knowing how to sleep next to you. He turned his head to look at you. Your back was facing him, breathing slow. He figured that you’d already fallen asleep given how tired you were, so he got comfortable and eventually fell asleep.

**

Charlie woke with a start when he heard you start to cry out in your sleep. He couldn’t make out what you were saying but he knew that you were having a nightmare. He immediately pulled your back close to his chest, arms wrapping around you. His cheek was pressed against yours as he whispered in your ear. “Hey, hey, you’re alright, I’m here, you’re okay” You woke up, heart racing, and hands grasping Charlie’s arms that wrapped around your middle. He loosened them enough for you to turn around and face him. 

“What would I do without you?” you asked, cuddling closer into his chest, eyes closing in comfort. Charlie took a deep breath, he felt like now was the time to tell you. Tell you how he really felt, how much he wanted to never be without you.

“Y/N?” he whispered?

“Yeah, Char?”

“Can I tell you something?” He was trying to keep his nerves down, knowing you’d be able to feel him shaking.

“Of course, you can tell me anything.” You replied, shifting to lean slightly over him. He mimicked your position, the two of you leaning to face the other. “I like you. Um, like more than a friend kind of like you. And I don’t want this to ruin what we have so if you don’t feel the same way that’s- that’s cool we can forget I said this.” Charlie rambled. You were taken aback by the sudden out poor of emotional truth. Charlie was beginning to accept that you didn’t feel the same way until you made a move. You leaned in and kissed Charlie, all of the bottled-up feelings coming to the surface. 

“I like you too, Char,” you whispered, hand cupping the side of his face, “God, I’ve liked you since the day we met” you laughed, remembering your first encounter on set with Charlie. Charlie sighed from relief from next to you.

“I was so scared you didn’t feel the same…”

“How could I not, Charlie? I literally couldn’t survive without you.” You spoke. A smile crept its way onto Charlie’s face before he leaned in for another kiss, deeper and more passionate than the first. The two of you spent much of the rest of the night like that, moving between sleep and giggly sleepy kisses. The next morning, the two of you slept in a little later than normal, and laid in bed cuddled up watching TikToks, sneaking kisses in between. It was a kind of bliss you didn’t think you’d ever experience. Both of your heads turned when a short knock was made against the door.

“Are you guys dead in there?” Owen asked through the door. The two of you chuckled from the bed.

“We’re fine Owen!” Charlie shouted.

“Are you sure? It’s like noon-thirty and I haven’t heard anything from either of you?” Owen shouted back. You laughed at the boys, moving to get out of the bed and answer the door. Charlie pouted at the lack of you next to him. You opened the door to see a concerned looking Owen. 

“Good morning, Owen” you smiled.

“Did I interrupt something?” he asked, noticing Charlie’s lack of shirt and a messy bed.

“No, you didn’t. We were just getting up to grab some breakfast” you replied.

“Oh, well I was going to ask if you guys wanted some waffles? Jeremy and I just made some” he said, still looking between you and Charlie, attempting to put the pieces together on what happened when the two of you went to bed last night.

“I’d love some waffles! Let me just grab my sweatshirt and I’ll be right there!” 

Owen nodded, leaving the room. You turned to look for your sweatshirt somewhere on the floor. Feeling two arms wrap around your waist, you giggled, placing your arms over Charlie’s.

“You know you don’t have to go out there.” He said, lips hovering just over your ear.

“No, I don’t have to.” You said, “But we need to eat.”

“There’s something right here I could eat.” Charlie replied. You spun around quickly in his arms, slapping him lightly on the upper arm.

“Charlie!” You couldn’t believe how quickly he responded with that!

“What!? It’s true!” he winked at you.

“Well too bad because that is currently not on the menu. I want waffles!” you said before breaking free of his grasp, grabbing your sweatshirt and skipping out of the room to the kitchen. Charlie was left standing in his room, mouth agape, but laughing at how you handled that. What would he do without you?

[issaxcharlie]

Owen hosts Couple tag

Pairing: Charlie Gillespie x Artist Fem Reader

Summary: We play pretend world guys✨ (I missed them, I’m SoRryyyy.) So, Charlie wants some reassurance after starting to prepare his proposal to Y/N and makes this “genius” plan with Owen to find her answers without being suspicious. (She totally knows tho) also a lot of friendship fighting between Owen and Y/N because I had to, I made myself laugh a lot so I’ll hope at least makes you smile🤧🤣Anyways, have fun!

This is also my weird and nonsense way of doing sweet @marvel-ousnesss request of the we play pretend couple to do a couple buzzfeed quiz 💖

The blonde takes a deep breath before picking up his phone and heading to the living room, where his couple of friends and roommates are on the couch. Charlie is lying down watching television and Y/N is lying on top of him with her face snuggled into his neck, he hugging her around the waist while gently running his fingers down her skin.

The plan was simple, to help Charlie plan the perfect proposal and give him an idea of what she expects from her wedding, they were doing a “Couple tag” video. That way the questions wouldn’t be as suspicious. Of course, there are easier ways but we are talking about Charlie. They convinced Kenny to call her and tell her that it was to promote the second season that is currently being filmed, and she agreed.

Charlie mentioned many times that someone else had to ask her the questions because she reads her boyfriend like an open book, so his improvisation had to be perfect to keep his best friend’s clever girlfriend out of the hook.

He decided to start the live from his room so as not to give the singer the opportunity to think much about it, so he sits in the living room and focuses the image on his friends who are not affected in the least by their positions. After all, everyone already knows that they are a couple and that they live together.

“Hello, I’m Y/N Y/L! And yes, that sexy, beautiful, adorable and talented man is my boyfriend, Charlie Gillespie.” He blushes as the memory of their first night back as a couple invades the mind of the Canadian, who had his girlfriend in exactly this position when she was, as she said, 'practicing' her introduction. Sadly, this time it will not end like that night because his best friend and about 500,000 people are watching.

“Welcome to my first edition of the Couple tag everyone! Here's my first guest couple, I know it’s not much, but I promise to find someone worthwhile next time, this is just for practice." Charlie laughs but looks nervous. Instead, his girlfriend sits down and rolls her eyes.

"I can't believe you chose him over a puppy or a hamster." The girl says to her boyfriend while laughing at her friend's offended reaction.

“I'm going to write that down in my long enemies list, but for now I have a live to lead. Okay guys, so basically I will ask them questions and I will also choose who answers them because I’m the only one hot enough to call the shots here."

She laughs and sticks out her tongue. Charlie sits down too and she takes his hand to fiddle with it. She keeps arguing for a few minutes with Owen but shows no signs of not wanting to play the game so he starts before she regrets it.

“Okay, first one is for Charlie. How did you guys met? This is actually a good one because a lot of the fans think you met on set and are like this really intense couple who started to date the very first week without even knowing each other’s last names.”

They both start laughing at the comment. The truth is that they have seen multiple posts and comments online from people judging their relationship and how fast they were going, especially when they did that last interview together and Y/N said that Charlie was taking his sweet time to ask for marriage, since for the fans they only have one year and months of knowing each other.

“We have known each other since forever. Our moms were best friends and we were born only a few weeks apart so we've always been together. We grew up as best friends and were dating before Y/N moved to New York to play Daniela on Stardust." Charlie tries to shake off the memory of the last tearful kiss before Y/N got on the plane. Hopefully he’ll never have to part from her for so long again. Sometimes he can't even understand how he managed to get through those 5 years.

"So no, we don't know each other for just one year, but 22." She adds, kissing his nose.

"Y/N, honey. I didn't ask you, don't be rude and wait for your turn." Owen says teasingly, the girl laughs and throws a pillow at him.

“Okay, rude again. Y/N, What is the first thing that he ever gave you?”

“Oh my, this beautiful valentines card! We were like eight I think. The paper is red, and it is filled with gold and silver glitter stars. Inside is a big star that has written in the middle, “My bright star, happy valentine’s day. I love you. And a lot of doodles of my favorite things, like my guitar, a microphone, chocolate, and a little Charlie. Just adorable, I still have it and to date it is one of my favorite gifts.”

The emotion with which she responds makes Charlie's heart melt. That was the first time he called her bright star, and he kept saying it to her during every audition, every performance, every practice. The exact reason not even she knows, but maybe one of these days he'll tell her.

“Rude and a liar. The 22-year-old Charlie's handwriting is horrible, the 8-year-old Charlie handwriting could only be close to a squiggle, nothing more. Oh, and probably only you had the ability to read it. I very much doubt that was beautiful."

She opens her mouth in surprise and wrinkles her nose, feigning annoyance. “I liked you more when you had a crush on me. You were nicer.”

Owen's eyes widen and he turns to see Charlie looking for help but he just starts laughing. “Wh- What are you talking about, mean girl?”

“Oh c’mon, you totally did, Ohio.” She smiles at the camara while showing a superiority face.

“Really? I already told you a thousand times, I'm from Oklahoma. But hey, how funny, forget about Stardust and audition for Funny Girl!”

“Jokes on you, I would nail Fanny Brice.”

“Man, defend my honor!”

“Bro, I can’t. You totally did, I even got worried for a second there.” It is incredible to think about how their friendship has grown and matured over time. They went from Owen fangirling every time he saw her to being really good friends. All these fights are more of a show than anything else, the truth is that when nobody is recording they tend to be very cool around each other and the three of them have quite a pleasant dynamic now that they are living together for the show.

“I won, Idaho. Now, please continue.”

“Well, my friends embarrassed me on my own live. I can already imagine the headlines tomorrow. Anyways, Charlie, Would you let yourself in danger to save her?”

Charlie starts laughing as he drops his head on the girl's shoulder. "I think she's not going to let me lie, I always have and will continue to do so. For me it's always her safety first."

"Which has given me more than a scare but he's so freakin stubborn." She adds while looking stressed and Owen can't help but imagine all the situations Charlie must have put himself in before.

“I prefer you scared than in danger, beautiful.” He grins and kiss her lips, her facial expresions relaxing at his touch.

“Gross. Y/N, do you prefer a small wedding or a big wedding?” She can feel Charlie tense at the question, so she leans her body back to support it against him and give him a lowkey reassurance.

“I hadn't really thought about it, but I know that my almost mother-in-law has been planning it all her life so you should check with her.”

His mom. Y/N is right, as always. His mom is their biggest shipper and the wedding is probably something she’ll want to be an importart part of, maybe way more than with his brothers since she adores the girl as much as her own kids, and the fact that his girlfriend is even more aware of that fact than him makes him smile.

“Do you love it when someone refers you as ‘her boyfriend’?”

“Always. Especially if it's her. She has that little knack of saying it whenever she can and it’s the most adorable thing in the world.”

“Oh I thought she was just showing it off to me because she was intimidated by our chemistry. I don't feel so special anymore.” Charlie chuckles and sends a secret air kiss to his friend, who just smirks and fakes to blush.

“How would you handle it if you thought another man was hitting on her?” Owen asks the guitarist raising an eyebrow.

“She usually takes care of that situations, her method is to take me by the shirt and kiss me hard on the lips. I’m never going to complain about that.” Charlie says smirking and blushing.

“We are a celebrity couple, for better or for worse. I’m not having him in a fight when I can just kiss that beautiful lips and solve the problem.” Charlie smiles as he wraps his girlfriend in his arms, so she can't see his face with the next question.

“What do you dream of your marriage? Mmm, let’s go with Y/N.”

“Anything will be perfect if I spend it with the man of my life. My Char is my everything and my biggest dream is to live my whole life laughing by his side.” Owen pretends to vomit as Charlie fills her with kisses under the ear, clearly moved by her answer.

“Let’s get to someting less cheesy because I really can’t with you both anymore. Has anyone ever tried to break your relationship?”

Charlie rolls his eyes and thinks for a moment. “Yes. We were like seventeen, and this guy from hockey had this big crush on her, so he tried to flirt with her many times even though everyone knew she was my girlfriend, until one day that he made her too uncomfortable and things escalated between him and me. Luckily my brothers intervened before something else happened because he was much bigger than me. I would have totally lost.” He chuckles while his girlfriend turns to see his face and gives him another sweet kiss on the corner of his lips.

“Yes guys, they are this annoying all the time. How do I survive? A lot of yoga. Next question, If three guys are standing, and you have been blindfolded, then how would you recognize him? Guys we actually did this like three days ago on set.”

“It was awesome! We put my bandana on her eyes and since it had my smell she couldn't be guided by that to choose.” Charlie explains excited.

“We got the three of us, first Jeremy then Charlie and then me in front of her, then she began to lightly touch Jer's hand. Then she went to Charlie's, it didn't take her a minute to recognize him and she took him from the hair and draw him to her lips, it was actually a pretty smooth and risky move, I’ll give you a point for that, prodigy brat.”

“Char's body inadvertently reacts to mine. It was pretty easy to tell the difference, especially after touching Jeremy's hand.” She turns her head to give Charlie a soft kiss on the lips and then Owen starts laughing like crazy and telling her to come see a specific comment.

She gets up and goes to sit next to him, Owen changes the camera so that now they are the ones in the image and she begins to read aloud. “Charlie I could give you my... Oh my god!” Owen continues laughing, resting his head on his friend who simply watches the screen in shock.

“Thank god Charlie doesn’t know how to read.” Owen, who was just recovering from his giggling fit, laughs again as Charlie giggles and sticks his tongue out at his girlfriend.

"Who needs to read when you look this hot with sleeveless shirts." He jokes while winking at his partner, which seems to melt in front of the camera that is still pointing directly at her.

“The man has a point. Okay, Y/N move your ass back there I’m still in charge of this show. Would you prefer a silver or gold ring?”

She makes sure to move off the screen and sticks her middlefinger at Owen before heading back to her place with her boyfriend. “Good and really random question.” She smirks, not making contact with her boyfriend. “I don't have a preference, but I would love Char to design it. Obviously with the correct guidance, but yeah he choosing every detail and then explaining to me why he choose it would be the dream.”

Charlie smiles. He was already imagining something like this after so many years of gifting and has already been visiting the jewelry store several times to make sure he designed the perfect ring for his girl, a slight feeling of pride filling him.

“Which series does she thinks resembles your relationship?”

“She loves Boy Meets World and see a lot of us in Cory and Topanga. I can totally see it too, after all they too have known each other their whole lives and have a bond as strong as ours.”

“Well that explains why she’s always telling me ‘Life is though, get a helmet’ instead of actually help me.” She grins at the memory of Charlie’s last prank on Owen a couple of days ago, it was really good since she secretly helped him plan it.

“Man, It wasn’t personal. I do the same with Char. I’m not going to be known for being the one ruining prank war. Take it to the end of the road, if you need me to take you idiots out of jail I totally will... eventually.”

“My girl, everyone. Isn’t she awesome?” He watches her adoringly and she blushes in response, buring her head on his neck.

“She always has this enormous energy and personality but all it takes is for you to see her for her to melt, that’s... kind of cute actually. Okay next question Stardust, What about If Charlie tells you to marry him tomorrow?”

For the thousandth time that night Y/N can feel Charlie stressing out. The fact that he planned together with Owen and Kenny all of this just to make sure he was on the same page with her is the most adorable thing in the world.

“I’m pretty sure he knows I would always say yes. He could have gotten on a plane when we were 18 and told me ‘I don't want to be without you, let's get married.’ And I would have said yes. He’s my person, I have nothing to think about, I have always known it’s him."

Now it's Charlie's turn to melt, and Owen himself can't help but smile.

Charlie's confidence in what he has planned is higher than ever, and the day when he can finally make it official is near. He has been dreaming of this day with his Y/N for years and he will finally get it.

“Well guys, that was it, give it up to my favorite couple of dumbasses and please stop asking obvious questions. Will I be Y/N’s maid of honor? Of course I will. Oh, and tune in next week to see me becoming Kenny’s new favorite after I challenge Y/N in a dance duel with I got the music. Golden star is GOING DOWN."

Thank you for reading✨

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[lady-of-the-lotus]

The Undershirt

The Sleuth of the Ming Dynasty - Suitang - 2k - G - first kiss fluff - AO3!

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“Hand it over,” orders Sui Zhou.

Tang Fan pouts, a pout somewhere in between his “I’m hungry, feed me” face and “Dinner was an hour late, I almost died” face.

“I ran out of clean ones,” he says when Sui Zhou holds out his hand, “and I had to pack in a hurry—”

“I had only three rules. Rule one: Don’t mess up my house again—”

“Alright, alright,” Tang Fan says before Sui Zhou can lecture him. Leave it to Sui Zhou to take an inventory of his clothes as soon as he got home, all because Tang Fan had left his things just the tiniest bit mussed! “Take your stupid undershirt back; it’s too big on me anyway.”

Sui Zhou turns back to his cooking as Tang Fan slips halfway out of his robe, making a face as he removes the undershirt. Missing Sui Zhou, Tang Fan had pilfered the distinctive draped-neck garment from his things after he’d left on his ill-fated “business trip.” “Happy now, Sui-baihu?”

Sui Zhou glances up briefly from the soup, eyes flickering over Tang Fan. Sui Zhou’s handsome features are soft in the warm yellow candlelight and the orange glow of the stove. “Better.”

Tang Fan stands there with his robes draped around his waist, chest exposed, shyly holding the undershirt in front of him, watching Sui Zhou’s strong, sure hands as they slice vegetables and meat and then, once dinner is cooking, assemble the dessert, grinding the sesame seeds and working the delicate mixture.

A swell of fondness fills Tang Fan’s chest as Sui Zhou puts the finishing touches on the little sesame cakes, decorating each with a pink circle of honeyed flower petals.

"Aren't you going to put the undershirt back on?” Tang Fan asks as Sui Zhou puts the last petal in place. Most of the shyness has worn off as Sui Zhou tells him about how he developed the recipe, his deep voice low and soothing as it fills the cozy little kitchen.

"Later." Sui Zhou glances up, eyes flickering once again over Tang Fan's bare chest before returning to his work. Perhaps it's the warm glow of the candle, but Tang Fan imagines there's a hint of color in Sui Zhou's cheeks.

Too late it occurs to him that he should have at least put his robes back up over his arms and chest. Jiejie had driven it through his head that to wear robes without an undershirt was uncouth and a sure way to get the robes dirty, but…

"Do you still have your prison clothes? That was a good look." The question escapes Tang Fan before he can censor himself. "I mean—your uniform is good too—I mean, your normal undershirt is better than that prison one.” He dangles the undershirt from his fingertips, as if this question was just an extension of him returning Sui Zhou's undershirt. “I mean...”

Sui Zhou cranes his neck away slightly, as if trying to avoid looking at Tang Fan but probably only checking to make sure Dong'er isn't nearby to see Tang Fan in this state of undress. "Be careful with that. You're going to set the kitchen on fire again."

Grinning, and more at ease now that the conversation is back in familiar teasing territory, Tang Fan sidles closer to Sui Zhou, waving his shirt near where the mutton soup is bubbling on the fire. "Oh, that was on purpose. You know, to get you to free Dong'er—"

Sui Zhou gives him that look of his, the one that appears completely expressionless but in fact contains a half dozen emotions from all corners of the spectrum. "You set fire to my house on purpose?"

"Well—"

"What about the time you fell asleep with the candle beside your bed, and the time you tripped and fell holding the lamp—"

"Fine, it wasn't on purpose. But the bad food was! I can cook, if I wanted to—”

"You can't cook."

Tang Fan inches closer. He's not quite sure why. "You could teach me."

Sui Zhou frowns slightly. "You step foot in my kitchen without me here, and you sleep outside with the sheep."

Tang Fan wrinkles his nose. "The sheep has a name ."

"Li Qing?"

Tang Fan almost drops the undershirt on the stove. "How did you—”

Sui Zhou turns away again as if to hide a grin. Li Qing is the main character of Tang Fan's magnum opus, My Sexy Lady .

"You didn't read it!" Tang Fan leans forward in consternation. He's not sure why he's so thrown. It's a brilliantly-written work, like all of his books, but somehow to have Sui Zhou privy to—to all that — "Wang Zhi told you or something—wait till I get my hands on him!"

Sui Zhou is definitely holding back a grin. "I liked the part where the ‘sexy lady’ sets fire to Shi Yang's house after she thinks he stole her necklace."

"That never happened! She never did anything half so crazy!”

Sui Zhou is no longer holding back his smile. "Maybe in the sequel, My Sexy Wife."

Tang Fan laughs out loud. People who don't know Sui Zhou think he's stiff and cold and completely humorless, but Tang Fan knows better. It's subtle, but Sui Zhou's sense of humor and appreciation of the outlandish is definitely there. If it weren't, Tang Fan doesn't think he would get along with him as well as he does.

Which, when he stops to think of it, is rather odd. His getting along with him so well, not the sense of humor. Despite having lived in the capital for years, and having many acquaintances, Tang Fan has few close friends. As he knows he’s a delight to be around, never complaining and generously standing people meals, he can only assume it’s a failing in other people.

A failing that Sui Zhou evidently doesn’t have, to appreciate Tang Fan’s virtues, both hidden and overt.

It’s not that Tang Fan annoys people. That can’t possibly be it, no matter what Jiejie says. But he can’t deny that not everyone appreciates him, and that hurts, sometimes.

A sudden thought, and Tang Fan abruptly stops laughing. Why did Sui Zhou pick that example? Surely it was just a joke after what they'd been talking about—he knows it is—but of all characters to pick—

Tang Fan had based a lot of Li Qing on himself. Like him, she's a beautiful genius often put-upon by those who fail to appreciate her properly, driven to do the right thing at whatever costs, someone who appreciates fine food and faces the world with a smile no matter how she's feeling.

No. Sui Zhou is just teasing him, as usual. That's it. He probably hadn't even finished the book...

He wants to ask Sui Zhou if he liked the book, but despite it being his best-selling work, he’s hesitant to ask. Sui Zhou is nothing if not honest, and what if he didn’t truly like it?

Tang Fan resolves to start work on a sequel that night. Perhaps Shi Yang could enter the imperial guards and, together with Li Qing, solve a series of increasingly exciting mysteries that pit them against the world. Back to back, they’ll chase justice and stand strong against the winds of—

“Here.” Sui Zhou slides the plate of sesame cakes towards him. “For coming to get me.”

Tang Fan grins. “You mean rescuing you.”

Sui Zhou turns back to the soup. "Just eat them."

Tang Fan inches even closer, more to annoy Sui Zhou than anything else, he thinks. "Go on, say it. I rescued you."

"Keep this up, and you're getting kicked out of my kitchen."

" Your kitchen? Why is it—oh, right. It's your house." Tang Fan looks down at the sesame cakes. It's almost a shame to eat them, they’re so beautifully decorated. "Am I allowed to eat them before dinner, or are you going to get all sulky?"

Sui Zhou gives Tang Fan a look as if to say, I'm not the childish one here, and reaches for a sesame cake just as Tang Fan does. Their fingers brush, and tingling current runs up Tang Fan's arm. Startled, he jerks away, dropping Sui Zhou's undershirt on the stove.

Spattered in mutton grease, it erupts in a column of flame.

"Augh!" Panicking, Tang Fan drops the shirt in the soup. “Put it out! Put it out!”

Sui Zhou snatches the shirt out of the soup and drops it in a pot of water. "What did I just tell you about setting my house on fire?"

Smiling weakly, Tang Fan begins sidling in the opposite direction as Sui Zhou comes closer. "You startled me! You grabbed at me just as I was trying to eat, I haven't eaten all day, I was hungry, you forced me to take a cake—"

He bumps up against the wall. Sui Zou leans over him, one arm framing him, his face a mix of exasperation and—and fondness, Tang Fan wants to believe, though it’s hard to when there's a charred, soup-soaked undershirt not five feet away.

"It wasn't my fault I burned your shirt!" Tang Fan continues bravely. Whining has always worked on Old Pei and Jiejie, though he still hasn’t quite learned the exact point Jiejie’s indulgence tips over into slapping-him-across-the-face territory, hence all the slapping. "Tired after weeks of traveling, traveling across half the empire to rescue you, if you recall, weeks of seasickness and danger and unpadded saddles and not being able to finish my rice noodles in the one good restaurant between here and I thought you were dead at one point, and that was almost as bad as the noo—"

Sui Zhou bends forward and kisses him.

Tang Fan goes rigid.

Did—did Sui Zhou just—

Sui Zhou kisses him again, as if to clear up any doubts.

"Well, that's one way to stop you from talking," he says.

Tang Fan's heart is beating like a war drum, but strangely enough it's not from nerves. There's a smile on Sui Zhou's lips (rather full lips, he notices. Until now he's been too distracted by his arms and shoulders and—well—all the rest of him, most likely), and there's definite fondness in his eyes.

"I once talked through an acupuncture session for a sore tooth," Tang Fan says boastingly, more to calm his nerves than anything else.

He’s never been kissed before. Or rather, being a man, perhaps it was more appropriate to say he’d never kissed anyone before.

He’d always changed the subject when Old Pei brought it up. The local girls had never interested him, and he’d never though there were other— options—

"You can ask him at dinner,” he blusters on, pulse fluttering. “I was probably able to give him some good tips and pointers, I once read a book on acupuncture that—"

Sui Zhou shuts him up again, cupping his face in his hand. It smells of honey and spice, the callused palm somehow soft against Tang Fan's cheek, his long fingers curling around the back of his neck as he kisses him.

Tang Fan is suddenly very aware that he's half-naked, but it's somehow nice being around Sui Zhou like that, not uncomfortable as he's sometimes felt in the past around others. Natural, despite his first-time nerves.

He suddenly realizes that Sui Zhou is looking down at him as if waiting for him to say or do something.

"Am I allowed to speak again?" Tang Fan asks.

Sui Zhou half-smiles. "Nothing could stop you from talking for very long."

"I want another one of your undershirts, but a black one this time. I saw one tucked away in the chest, but Dong'er said it wouldn’t match my robes, though what does she know? I want the black undershirt, and—"

"Black to hide any future char?"

"This was an accident! You startled me!"

"The one you were wearing today is mostly black now, after you set it on fi—"

Tang Fan kisses him.

"You're right," he says, grinning at Sui Zhou, who seems to have forgotten how to speak. "That does work."

*

AO3

[the-era-of-shadow]

The Day The Moon Died Act I - An Ancient Evil's Beginnings

Chapter 7: Raising Panic

Written by Ash Rose Red

Cover by Ash Rose Red

CW/TW:

Swearing & Violence

Summary:

Long ago, there was a dwarf planet known as PetalBloom which was watched over by a kind Moon Goddess, who did her best to make sure everyone was happy. That all changed when an evil entity killed Moonshine and infiltrated his way to PetalBloom, and began a movement that would change everything from that moment on.

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"Cari, dear, are you still worried about the lack of response from Moonshine?"

"No… I mean, I am, but I'm worried about Charveyea…" 

"Ms Lillian said that he's with her, remember?" Cari got angry and grabbed a newspaper from the nightstand. 

"LOOK AT THIS, REAM!" She yelled angrily at her husband, shoving the newspaper in his face. 

"Group of Teenagers cause a scene with police; 40 officers dead, many more injured… Last night, five teenagers caused a scene in the Plaza area of PetalBloom’s Riverbed town and killed 40 police officers. Four out of the five teenagers have been identified by witnesses, those being, from youngest to oldest, Vladmira of the Waning family, Musttsuko of the Yasmin family, Sendrir of the Rojo family, and... Charveyea of the Chanté family…." He realized what Cari was saying. "Charveyea… A killer…? He's often been a troubled kid, sure, but… A killer…?"

"You see why I'm distressed, now??" Ream hugged Cari. 

"I do, my dear." 

"Ah, so you two finally got the news, hmm?" Cari's mother came into the room. "I was wondering when you would catch up to me.." 

"We know, Ma! You're always on top of the news! Do you really think that now is the best time to rub that in??" 

"Listen to me, my child… That mysterious man is the one who pushed Charveyea to murder! I was there in the craziness of that night, he was the one who killed the most of those poor officers, I still remember what he said at the end of it, trying to charm others into his terroristic ways like he's done with Charveyea and his friends! We need to put a stop to this!" Cari and Ream looked at each other and nodded, agreeing with the advice of Cari's mother.

The noon's starlight gaze gently shined upon Widow's masked face as she slept, curled up in the warm embrace of her beloved Black Doom. The two of them were wrapped up in their own love for each other while the others did some things about Ms.Lillian's house. Suddenly, a knock on the door and the sound of muffled talking woke her up.

"If he truly escaped from jail, then chance is that he's here, right?"

"Right."

Widow slowly opened her eyes and groaned, being angry about being prematurely awoken from her slumber. Seeing his dear girlfriend being annoyed made Doom quite annoyed as well. 

"Who are you that interrupts our downtime? I will punish you in the most painful of ways." Doom threatened. 

"Shh…. Shh… I'll deal with it babe…" Widow softly muttered. She opened the door to see that the people at the door were her parents, which caused her to heavily sigh.

"Oh Charveyea! Please come home with us sweety! We promise not to report you to the cops, just please stop doing such awful things for that man!! This isn't you, Charveyea!" 

"Well… duh. I'm not "Charveyea" or even "Char" anymore! I am Black Widow! The beloved of the leader of the newly formed Black Arms! Bow to me or feel my wrath..!!" Cari and Ream looked each other and then back at Widow in confusion. "Later today when I'm all rested up, you will regret this!!" Widow closed the door most of the way. "The Queen is gonna go sleep with her King now!" She slammed it shut. She heard Tsumiko giggling.

"You're funny!" He said.

"Is that so?" Widow picked Tsumiko up. He yawned, stretching out his arms and wrapping them around Widow.

"I'm tired… Can I nap with you and Doom?" He asked.

"I don't see why not…" Widow yawned as well. "What do you think, Doomie?" 

"Sure thing.." Widow snuggled up to Doom once again and Tsumiko snuck himself into the space between them, as if the two were his mother and father.

"Night-Night..!" Tsumiko said softly.

A few hours later, Widow softly opened her eyes, and caught a whiff of the sweet scent of meat.

"Yay!! Widow is awake!!" Tsumiko said happily. Widow hugged him and rubbed his head. Suddenly, a small piece of meat was placed in her mouth. Widow looked up to see who was the one who did such a thing, and saw it was her dearest Doom.

"It's good, right..?" He asked. Widow nodded. "It's fascinating how your mouth seems to work in the same way mine does." Doom noted, taking a bite of the meat after he spoke.

"Even after all these years of being friends with Widow, it still looks weird." Sendrir said.

"Probably b-because… it's a recessive trait…! I learned that in science class recently…!" Vladmira added. "Most people in PetalBloom have "normal mouths" cause it's dominant, but some people have what we called "hidden mouths" because they have purely recessive genes." He explained.

"Oh yeah I uh… I think I remember learning about that…" Widow responded.

"You retain information quite well, Vladmira." Death said to him, which made Vladmira blush.

"Oh hey, you finally spoke!" Sendrir teased Death. "And here I thought you went mute or something!" 

"My apologies that I'm not a chatterbox like the rest of you." Death replied sarcastically. "I've been trying to plan for what we should do next! I was thinking that we should set up a podium in the middle of town and take turns giving speeches, all of us having our own little parts written out, explaining our cause and motivating others to join. I was thinking we could go in a specific or-" 

"I thought you said you weren't a chatterbox, Mr Monologue." Widow teased.

"Mr Monologue? I'm trying to convey a plan here, you impatient bitch!" Death yelled back.

"I was just messing with you, asshole!"

"STOP FIGHTING." Doom snapped at them. "I like your idea, Death, but you two better pull yourselves together while we're doing it, and drop the curse words!" He added.

"Understood, sir!" Death said quickly.

"Sorry, babe." Widow said, feeling bad.

"Erm… not to be a bother, but you haven't cared about us swearing before. What changed?" Vladmira asked Doom, hoping to not offend him.

"Normally it doesn't bother me… that much, but while we're in front of the public eye, I believe it is best to leave the vulgar language out, in order to attract more people to our side…" Doom explained thoroughly.

"Oh, I see… thank you." Vladmira responded.

"No problem." 

"So, we gotta get to writing our speeches, right?" Sendrir asked, eager to get right to work.

"Yes, that seems to be what Death had in mind." Doom responded, seeming distracted.

"Correct! I can take charge for now." Death assured. Doom quickly and happily took the offer, and pulled Widow aside.

"Hey! Aren't we gonna write our speeches with them?" She asked him, confused.

"In a bit. We have unfinished business." 

"Unfinished business?" Widow was confused by Doom's vague wording.

"You said that they'd feel your wrath after you rested up, right?" He asked back, still being vague, but Widow was starting to catch on.

"Oh, I get it now! We're gonna go take care of my folks, right?" She responded, excited. Doom nodded, and with that, the two of them set off to the Chanté household.

Black Widow entered the house with fake tears in her eyes.

"Mom..? Dad..? Gramma…?" She muttered, putting on a front of guilt and sadness.

"Charveyea? Is… is that you?" Cari approached cautiously.

"Mom…? I… I… I'm so sorry.." She started to fake cry, but it was enough to convince her mom, who hugged Widow tight.

"It's okay baby… I forgive you…" Ream walked into the room as well, and saw the two.

"Dad!!" Widow ran to him and tackle hugged him.

"Charveyea?" 

"I'm sorry!! I promise you'll never see that side of me again!" Widow's act completely convinced Ream, just as it had for Cari. Cari's mother overheard the scene but wasn't convinced, she went to try to tell them that Widow wasn't actually sorry, but Doom snuck behind her and killed her before she could. He made his way to the living room, where Widow had Cari and Ream completely distracted.

"Oh Charveyea… I'm so glad you came to your senses…" Ream said to Widow.

"And I'm so glad you really believed this charade of mine." She responded, grinning. Doom got right behind Ream and killed him just as swiftly as he killed Cari's mother, with that last look of realizing the truth still on his face. Cari tried to run away, but Widow caught up to her and swiftly took her down, and started giggling. "This is so much fun! I wanna keep killing with you forever!!" Widow jumped into Doom's arms, kissing his cheek with her blood stained "lips". 

"Agreed in full, my dearest…" He kissed back.

"Should we write a message, like Sen did?" Widow asked.

"Why not?" Doom dipped his finger in the blood puddle. "What do you think we should write..?" Widow thought about it, and suddenly an idea popped into her mind. She told Doom what that idea was. "Got it. Let's write it out together." 

"Of course." 

The two of them did such and left the house, leaving anyone who stumbled upon the triple murder with a simple, fawning message.

"Now that we have your attention… let's have some fun :)" 

[kewltie]

what’s your fave flavour of bkdk — any particular AU or tropes that you have or haven’t written yet? also are there any pieces of media that you like to take inspiration from to write their relationship? i feel like you’re very consistent in the way you write them, they never feel out of character no matter what universe you put them in. it’s quite amazing!

hi anon!!

im SO sorry this is super late!!! cringes i got distracted with some stuff sorry!!!!!!! but to answer your question im kinda torn b/t domestic super close bkdk who lives together and do everything as a couple but arent a couple at all??? like that's such a vibe where you're basically living in each other pocket and doing everything that is a married couple does but the feelings hasnt caught up yet and idk i like that a lot. another flavor of bkdk that i talked about where they're super intense about each other - katsuki is all consuming and his love is an ocean w/o borders and izuku is bottomless well that katsuki can pour all his love into. it's just soooo idk intense and terrifying bc how overwhelming it it but for these two it works bc their both ppl of extreme so yea.

i think i dabbled into a lot of diff trope and AU, i try not to restrain myself on anything, but there's like two particular things i want to try but i never have the courage to bc im not smart enough to write it LMAO. i want to do a 'horror unlimited' thing idk if ppl know this but it's a very common trope in china and even in japan too where you're trap in a horror/life or death scenario where you have to play out games and do crazy stunts in order to survive. it's really interesting and very clever. i always want to try it but it takes a lot of skill and creativity to come up with the survival games for it and im not that smart LOL. maybe one day!!!! i also would love to write a crime scene/detective murder mystery thing where bkdk and their friends basically an elite unite of investigators solving serious crimes like serial killers and such. im obsessed with csi, criminal minds, and law & order so writing a fic base around that is a dream of mind but once again i dont have enough knowledge to write it but ONE DAY, ONE DAY!!!!

i dont think there's any particular media that based bkdk but i just have a very vivid picture of bkdk in my head and i staunchingly stick to it (that's why i don read bkdk anymore LMAO bc it's so severe). for me i put that in a lot of AU setting but i try very hard to keep the core of who they are like izuku being kindhearted even if i write fics where he landed in the LOV's lap and is raised by AFO, i cant see him changing his kindhearted way and it's something i work into the fic how his struggles with wanting to help ppl and wanting better for the world torn b/t knowing his father and the ppl around him are VERY, VERY BAD PPL. it's good shit lol. katsuki is similar that he's a person full of flaw and is a general prick but he's really just an awkward boy who's trying his best and he may not always be kind but he's a good boy underneath all that rough edges and that he cares more deeply than ppl realize. i try to keep that inherent 'core' of their char so even if i do funky and weird setting that seem out of place for who they are, to me they are still recognizable as bkdk so that's super important to me.

so thanks so much for saying that their char is consistent for you bc ahhh that makes me happy!!!! :DDD sorry again for the late reply and i love all your questions, they're very fun to answer.