#this is how the pact finds out that they’re dating

[casually-eat-my-soul]

I need stiles to ride a mechanical bull and do it really well and I need to see Derek hales reaction to said act. For science.

[grapesrsogood]

PART TWO OF PET AND PICKLE but now its Pet and Pickle and Barista and Love :3

All the listeners are referred to as women, the first one is gender neutral but i couldnt help myself with this one T^T

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Pet and Pickle deciding on one of their sleepovers that they need to expand their friendship group.

Pickle saying she could look into her childhood best friend, Barista, so she does and finds that she was taken in by a gang. Pickle doesn’t give up though and contacts the gang lord, explaining the situation and Warden finds it so amusing that he allows it (and with the knowledge of who Issac is and knowing he’s trustable)

Pet contacting her emergeny contact, who just so happens to be Dontis, asking if he know anyone who would be interested in their friendship group, Dontis asking Love and Love agreeing, they dont ask Xanthus though since he definitely would have to threaten them or what not.

Their stupid little group chat that took way too much effort to create talks daily and about literally EVERYTHING.

The texts consist mostly of “goodnight pookies :D”s and “good morning besties :3”s.

All of them agreeing to meet up in a park for a picnic together, they tell their partners that it’ll be a cute date in a pretty park but in reality its a massive fuck off picnic where the girls wrestle and make flower chains, laughing about random things.

The guys are just so confused about how this even happened, Issac being the awkward little shit he is, Xanthus angrily staring at everyone except for Love, Elias trying to start conversation and trying to ease the tension but inevitably fails and Asirel with his thumb and forefinger pinching the bridge of his nose the whole time, how the hell did they end up here.

The girls becoming best friends immediately and playing random stupid little games like duck duck goose, hide ‘n’ seek and tag whilst the guys dont understand the how they can be so trusting and have so much fun with people they’ve known for maybe a month.

The girls would all kill for eachother and are so close that they form a pact where if any of them are in trouble then the others would come rescue them no matter what.

They call themselves the bestfriend squad, the guys hate it.

They have frequent sleepovers but have to rent out places because none of the guys trust the others enough to go to their own houses.

Matching pj’s all the way. DUH

They dress up for halloween together, they give each other gifts, they NEED to throw birthday parties for each other and god forbid they find out its any of they guys birthdays.

They have created their own little family in a matter of weeks and their favourite days are when Dontis comes over too and they all get piggy back rides. :3

Two words. CUDDLE PILE >v<

Talking about how they all met and they’re all horrified to hear about each others.

“Yeah, Xanthus cornered me in an ally, i stabbed him and then he drank my blood. I love him so much” :)

“…. HE DID WHAT?!”

“Yeah, Issac kinda just picked me up in an alleyway and took me home”

“SO HE KIDNAPPED YOU?!”

“Oh, Elias saved my life when a rival gang blew up the coffee shop i was working at”

“Sweet but YOUR WORKPLACE EXPLODED?!

“Asirel bought me”

“What the actual fuck”

Thats basically how that went.

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BUT let me know if yall want more because i love them :3

This writing style is one of my favs and is the easiest but it also means the posts are fairly short most of the time :(

You can find part 1 here

And part 3 here

Find masterlist here

BAIIIIII :D

[hana-no-seiiki]

But like the ship trope where PERSON A looks like a childish brat on the outside but is actually the stable, mature one in the relationship

while PERSON B is the opposite wherein they’re super stoic, cool-headed but is actually super petty and aggressive at times.

tw/cw: soft yandere themes, seggs but not explicit

😤🫸🏽🫷🏽

That but with Villain and/or Vigilante! Reader and Yandere! Damian.

I’ve seen this a lot in Damian Wayne works so credits go to those amazing writers that inspired me to have my own take on this!! A lot of this is just a rehash/amalgamation of what people have already written but with some of my input and thoughts…lots and lots of thoughts.

Anyways, you seem like the type of person to ruin another’s life for the sake of it. Just your wicked whims. You’re notorious for stealing massive amounts of properties or (in case of Vigilante) beat if not kill people who you deem unredeemable.

MINORS/AGELESS BLOGS DONT GO BEYOND THIS POINT

VER I : I’m thinking second gen Catwoman/Batman + CatNoir/Ladybug (both the OG anime concept and the series) dynamic, just gn reader.

You’re always clinging unto to Robin/New Batman. Saying sweet nothings and flirting with him, if not full on making out/having sex with the vigilante. You like the dude, really. But your heart remains with Damian Wayne. Robin/Batman just really reminded you of him sometimes.

Hatefucking. Hatefucking happens a lot. Robin/Batman loves pinning you to the walls/floors of alleyways before you two get down and dirty.

Whereas, people (namely his fellow vigilantes) think he’s done with you, but he’s probably the biggest [Villain Name] fanboy out there.

He knows basically everything about you except your true identity. Which is somehow completely inaccessible to him.

Little does he know that it was actually his own doing, locking your civilian self’s private information as a favor between friends.

But because of this he misunderstands and thinks you’re even more of a genius or something because you managed to outwit him!! You!! Are!! So!! Damn!! Amazing!!

Damian acts cold with everybody. He’s a brooding guy. He doesn’t express much. Only about 1% of what he’s feeling actually gets put into action and/or words.

So the fact that he insists on taking on missions where he has to face you, assists you if you aren’t harming anyone, or actually indulges in your flirtation is a big thing.

So it’s safe to say when he found out you liked someone else other than him, that you were just using him to get yourself to feel better about not having said dude he gets petty.

You two used to have this pact, to never interfere with each other’s civilian lives and to respect your secret identities (of which he’s tried to breach remotely several times). But all that goes up in flames as he stalks you after a heist. Following you home.

He finds out about your secret identity, your ‘unrequited’ love for him, and you two begin dating. But you’re still oblivious about his other identity.

Damian kinda has a kink for it ngl. Like he’ll charm you as Robin/Batman even as you tell him you’re already dating someone else.

Like it’s so adorable how you keep resisting him, telling him how much you love his civilian counterpart.

But then he still proceeds to fuck your brains out as a Vigilante.

Man didn’t know he was into roleplaying until this moment. Like he’ll murmur stuff like “You say you love him, but nothing beats this. I’ve already carved a place inside you, Beloved. A place shaped in my image.”

Or “Where did your ‘undying love’ go, hm? Nowhere. You’re right back with me. Complete undone within moments of my touch.”

Things go a little awry though when you, ever the mature/communicative one in the relationship attempt to break up because Robin/Batman is leaving you confused as to how you truly feel. In addition to you not want to cuck your beautiful (soon to be ex) boyfriend any longer.

VER II: Is more on Vigilante x Vigilante. Similar to the one above except your relationship is a lot more professional and less hate-fuckey. You know of each other’s civilian/vigilante selves.

You’ve always admired Damian. Despite being quite close in age, you always saw him as a younger brother if not like a son almost. Witnessing him grow up and mature alongside you.

But your doting nature always came off a tad bit romantic. Flirtatious even. You tended to be a playful person after all. Hell you even call him Babe or Baby like that’s totally normal for you to call friends that.

A lot of your friends and colleagues always laugh at Damian’s expense whenever you arrive to come nag and/or flirt with him. It’s honestly hilarious. Judging from his murderous aura, people always thought that he wanted you 6 feet under.

The truth of the matter was that his glares and thoughts of murder were all directed to everyone else but you.

Damian never felt so at home and at peace with anyone or anything but his pets in life.

He’d be damned if anything happens to you.

Still, it frustrates him. He knows that you only see him as sibling almost. That you’d die for him but never date him. That despite your honeyed words he’s probably neck deep in the friendzone.

And so to the absolute surprise of everybody, he starts flirting back.

e.g. murdering those who slighted you and/or gazed upon your visage for too long, delivering their remains to your doorstep, amongst a bouquet flowers of course, and the occasional chocolates

You eventually fall in love back, though you ask him to tone it down on the violence.

- might edit more soon, but for now adios!!!

[borntobabygirl]

Building Their Relationships

Little drabbles on how my top 4 ships built there relationships (plus a lil extra at the end of my MC) ┏━━━━━༻🌺༺━━━━━┛

DiaLuci (Diavolo/Lucifer) - I rant about them way too much and I’ve probably said way too much so sadly we shall skip them.

BarbMeon (Barbatos/Simeon) - They barely knew each other prior to the exchange programs. They’d heard rumors of each other, but it never went past that. When they first saw each other, it was in the halls of RAD, and to say Barbatos was immediately smitten is an understatement. Simeon was elusive, mysterious, resilient to his advances- he was perfect. Their relationship actually furthered through Luke and his love for baking, so Simeon’s exposure to Barbatos furthered until they finally became good friends. 50 or so years into the exchange program, Barbatos got a tad drunk (shocking, I know) and sort of forced Simeon into a kiss (something he still feels incredibly guilty about). Their relationship became quite wonky after that, but after a very long talk, it all smoothed over. And it ended with another, more consensual kiss. They eventually began dating after 200 or so years of knowing one another, and another 200 years in, Barbatos proposed on a date they were on in Paris. Simeon took zero hesitation in saying yes, and the two are now happily married.

SoloDeus (Solomon/Asmodeus) - I know they canonically met in a bar, but everyone knows the bar isn’t the best place to find a lover! So I imagine they met in a human world strip club where Asmodeus was working, and Solomon said he’d give Asmodeus one hell of a night in exchange for a pact. He secured the pact and left without another word, basically ghosting Asmodeus for the next 15 years. However, when the exchange program came into play, the two were reunited. Asmodeus, surprisingly wasn’t that salty about Solomon leaving, and after showing Solomon around, of course Asmodeus seduced him. In reality, Solomon could have easily 100% rejected Asmodeus’ advances, but he chose not too. Since they began attending college together, obviously their relationship grew, and kind of morphed into a situationship. It stayed like this for close to 100 years until they started dating, and it only shocked everyone that they weren’t dating beforehand. After 90 or so years of dating, Solomon proposed under a cherry blossom tree on a date they had to Tokyo, Japan, and now they’re married. Despite Asmodeus being quite the flirt and seducer, since marrying Solomon, he hasn’t even kissed anybody else. Neither of them have. Despite being notorious playboys, they’re incredibly loyal to each other.

RaphMeph (Raphael/Mephistopheles) - Being nobility and one of the richest families in the Devildom, Mephistopheles was accustomed to constant galas and parties held at his manor. He usually ended up hooking up with someone at these parties, though they’d be gone every time he woke up. However, one time he managed to get Raphael in his bed, and instead of leaving, Raphael stayed by his side the whole night. Mephistopheles wasn’t used to his one night stands actually staying, so he didn’t know how to react when he woke up and Raphael was lovingly hugging his waist. It became very awkward when they saw each other at RAD. Mephistopheles kept trying to keep interaction minimal, but Raphael desperately wanted to talk to the man he had a one night stand with. It just wasn’t Mephistopheles’ forte to actually get into a relationship with his hookups, and he eventually convinced himself that Raphael only wanted to get back in his pants. He one day came too Diavolo with his concerns, and Diavolo pointed out that an angel wouldn’t try to purposely get in someone’s pants. They’re holy creatures. After more conversing, Diavolo suggested Mephistopheles actually try to get closer to Raphael despite his apparent dislike towards angels. Raphael was over the moon his crush was finally acknowledging him, and Mephistopheles was still in shock that someone genuinely liked him for him and not just his body. Needless to say, they dated and got married all within 100 years.

Money (Anthony x Mammon) - Their first meeting followed the canon game premise of Canon!MC and Mammon’s first interaction. Anthony came to the Devildom with his birth name, Jin Hwang-Lee, and everyone called him Jin. But he was distinctly female, and his ID card did read female. Mammon, as he got closer with Anthony realized that he A) covered up a lot and dressed tomboyish and B) Very subtly grimaced when called by She/Her pronouns. After a council meeting, Mammon pulled Anthony to his room and sat him down, interrogating him. To Mammon’s shock, Anthony came out as trans to him. With Anthony’s permission, Mammon immediately called a family meeting amongst the brothers, and told them all about Anthony being trans. Asmodeus was the first to ask what Anthony wanted to be called, since up to now they’d been calling him Jin. After the meeting, Lucifer told Diavolo, Diavolo told Barbatos, Barbatos told Simeon, and Simeon told Luke. Asmodeus was the one to tell Solomon. Anthony’s ID badge was quickly updated by Diavolo, and rumors spread around RAD of Anthony’s identify. One demon bullied him, but he was met with absolute shit from all the brothers. Asmodeus lent Anthony his old binder, and made sure that Anthony knew how to properly wear and clean it. When Mammon once more went into debt a few weeks later, Lucifer tried to scold him, but when Mammon said it was for Anthony’s top surgery, Lucifer said he could let it slide. After the surgery, Anthony kept up with school through Satan and Lucifer giving him work, and when he was healed, Asmodeus taught Anthony how to contour if he wanted to hide the scars. Mammon took Anthony on a shopping spree to find clothes he better liked. One night before a party, Mammon was helping Anthony get dressed, but after seeing Anthony shirtless…let’s just say they didn’t make it to the party. They began dating after that night, and Mammon was and is the one who keeps building Anthony up about viewing his body in a more positive light.

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Wow holy FUCK I YAPPED…anyway uh. Yeh. My drabbles :)

[blouisparadise]

Upon request, today we have the fourth part of our rec list of bottom Louis fics where Louis and Harry are friends who become lovers. If you'd like to check out the previous rec lists, you can find part one here, part two here, and part three here. If you enjoy our rec lists, please be sure to like and reblog this post to help spread the word.

Happy reading!

1) Truth Or Drink | Explicit | 5,548 words

Harry isn’t nervous. Of course he isn’t. He has done much more intimidating things than this. He has had sex with at least 100 men, and a few women along the way, while being filmed and watched by another 20 pairs of eyes. But for some reason the thought of doing this sounds a hundred times worse. He can feel his insides churning and sweat is starting to form on his palms. Sure, sex is Harry’s job and it has been for as long as he can remember. He doesn’t mind having a crowd of people watching him anymore, and everything is always quite professional. At the beginning things might have been a bit challenging but now it’s almost second nature. This, though, is more distressing than anything he has ever done before.

2) Incalescent | Explicit | 5,649 words

The onset of heat is something Louis still hasn’t learned to recognize.

3) You Step Where Words Are Written, Delicate Under Your Feet | Mature | 6,495 words

Prompt 513: A fic where Louis gives Harry a footjob over his pants while they're watching TV and Harry finds out he has a thing for Louis' feet.

4) Kiss It Better | Mature | 8,080 words

Harry shakes his head with a light laugh and leans down to kiss him again which Louis happily accepts even if he is a little confused by the reaction. "Baby, not a night has gone by that I haven't thought about you in my bed, naked, and begging for my cock." Blinking up at him with wide eyes, Louis opens his mouth to say something but nothing comes out. While they did flirt a lot over the last few weeks, Harry had never said anything like that. It shocks him as much as it turns him on. "News to me." "I won't lie and say I like random hookups or casual sex, but to me this isn't what that is." Louis swallows thickly, unsure of what to say to that but once again Harry gives him an out. "So, If you want we can stay up here and I can show you all the things I've thought about doing to you." Another kiss, quick and sweet. "Or, we can go back downstairs and we'll dance all night."

5) To Love Without Reason | Explicit | 8,854 words

“Come on in, soldier,” Louis pats Harry’s chest and walks away, leaving Harry to follow behind. Harry stands in the living room, looking around at Louis’ dwelling. Family pictures placed high on a shelf, certificates of Louis’ practice, and other trinkets that make Harry entirely too nostalgic. “I have to warn you,” Louis says as he puts the kettle on, the water droplets from his hair trickling down the golden skin of his back. “The door jams if you lock it so you'll have to leave it ajar.” Harry acknowledges with a soft hum, too entranced by Louis’ glistening skin to form a coherent reply.

6) I Would Wait Forever (And Ever) | Not Rated | 10,018 words

Louis is brave but has the worst timing in the world, Harry doesn't want to lose his best friend and they just don't communicate enough.

7) If I Saw You Every Day Forever | Mature | 10,685 words

There really should be a statute on the number of dates one can go to because how much longer does Louis have to suffer through this? A modern AU in which Louis might have accidentally signed up for something he probably shouldn't.

8) Wait Until You're Sure | Explicit | 13,042 words

Prompt 465: Louis and Harry are best friends who made a pact. If neither of them has found love by the time they’re 30, then they’ll get married. It was all laughter and fun until Harry realizes they’re celebrating his 30th birthday and in a few months, Louis is gonna be 30 too. So, he struggles to find someone for Louis to avoid being together, but Louis just keeps rejecting all men Harry introduces to him (because he has feeling for him, of course), which really upsets Harry. They argue about that and Louis says something like “wow, it’s that bad to be with me?,” accepting that Harry simply doesn’t feel the same. Louis moves for a couple of months with another friend and Harry has all this time to understand his feelings, realizing that he loves Louis too and wants to be with him. But when he goes to tell him, Louis is already seeing someone else. So what’s Harry gonna do to get Louis back?

9) Candle Wax & Polaroids On The Hardwood Floor | Explicit | 13,082 words

Prompt 463: Clumsy modern witch Louis AU where he accidentally gives his roommate Harry a love potion and he has a crisis because he thinks he will get in trouble with the law for technically poisoning someone and Harry’s heart eyes aren’t helping.

10) Blackberries And Cherries | Explicit | 13,894 words

Louis is a witch and Harry is his human friend. When Harry needs help focusing on his schoolwork, the obvious solution is to ask Louis for a potion. You could say things don’t go quite right.

11) Bend The Rules | Explicit | 16,823 words

Prompt 588: Lous hires a ‘ghost cooking’ service because his family is worried he’s not eating well and he wants to impress them by showing them what an amazing cook he’s become. The service includes sending a discreet cook to your house and have them get everything ready so that you only serve and take the credit. Problem is, his sisters (can be OCs if that’s more comfortable) get to his flat earlier than planned and the actual cook has to hide in the master bathroom for hours. Louis is mortified. The cook is amused and helps him to clean and well. Gives him a thorough service. Feel free to pick your fave as the cook.

12) Swap Me For Your Shadow | Explicit | 16,829 words

If Louis thought being in love with his best friend was a knife that continually twisted into his heart before, it was nothing compared to when Harry started to go around talking about having fallen for someone else. A 5+1 fic; 5 times Louis has to listen to Harry’s vague confessions of love for his ‘omega friend’ and the 1 time Louis snaps and confesses his love for Harry.

13) Sometimes A Fantasy | Explicit | 18,654 words

There’s nothing to complain about when Harry’s walking around their flat with his cock swinging about, nothing to complain about when Harry’s pressing himself up against Louis’ naked backside when he’s reaching for a mug in their cupboards, and nothing to complain about when Harry’s got his hand firm on Louis’ arse when they’re cuddling on the couch. So, in reality, it’s really fucking weird, and Louis knows that. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t like it.

14) Lonely Shadow Dancers | Explicit |20,838 words

“Mm,” Harry’s arms circle him, and their fumbling somehow turns into a cuddle session, “still can’t believe we’re here together.” Growing up with someone, one tends to become used to another. Used to the mannerisms and personality of them. Used to the changes and the things that stay the same. Harry hit puberty and sprung up into this cheeky curly flirt of an alpha and Louis still hasn’t found the time to get used to it. His stomach flutters and he bites back a stupid smile and wonders if he ever will.

15) The Mess We Created | Explicit | 21,099 words

An innocent one night stand changed into something more than that.

16) Not Safe For Work | Explicit | 23,295 words

I want to drown myself in Harry’s scent until I smell like him. “I think I'm open to trying that too. Sounds very good.” Louis shakes his head a little to get out of the Harry’s-scent-spiral. “Huh?” “The dish your finger's pointing at. I thought that might be what you’re choosing?” “Oh. Yeah.”

17) Sweet Like Honey | Explicit | 33,117 words

Weeks of flat shopping with their limited budget with Louis as a librarian aid and Harry as a barista and arguments about whether a balcony or extended bathroom suite were more important (Harry wanted to be able to feel the crisp night’s air and watch the sun set and Louis just wanted to take long bubble baths) led to them stumbling across the perfect fit. A small flat only ten minutes from campus with a cramped but lovely balcony and an included bath.  It’s affordable too… well, sort of. But they always manage. Louis picks up more shifts as an aid, adapting a habit of bringing his Psych textbooks and homework with him to finish in between duties, and later his script so he can quietly practice lines with little distraction. Harry also increases his number of shifts at the cafe and valiantly endures the nasty customers who for some reason flock to their establishment like moths to a flame.  For a while, it’s enough.

18) Once Burnt, Twice Shy | Explicit | 52,644 words

Louis and Harry are polar opposites in every way. Where Louis is a bestselling author from the city, Harry is a small-town firefighter who's never left his home. Where Louis is spontaneous and spirited, Harry is introverted and calm, never straying from routine. When an ill-fated accident and an exceptionally intelligent tabby bring them together, they are forced to confront their pasts and forge a better beginning for themselves. Will sparks fly, or will it all go up in flames?

19) Gallery Of Us | Explicit | 55,778 words

Harry knew what he was doing in life, everything laid out in black-and-white, each day pleasantly predictable. Cue lively art student, Louis, trying to find his place. An almost insufferably happy person who sometimes forgets to hide the way they feel meets the person who is diligent enough to notice and determined to make a difference.

20) If You’re Out There (I’ll Find You Somehow) | Explicit | 55,916 words

Harry looks so intensely into Louis’ eyes it’s as though he’s reaching in and touching his very soul. “I never thought… I never… I’ve been searching for so long, Louis, but I never gave up. I couldn’t stop, wouldn’t stop trying,” Harry says, bottom lip trembling as he strokes the backs of Louis’ knuckles. “I just knew that if you were out there, I’d find you somehow.”

21) It’s Golden, Like Daylight | Explicit | 61,496 words

"I actually think you might be onto something.” Harry’s eyes widened. “You mean…” Louis nodded. “As crazy and insane as this, this might just solve both of our problems.” “Are you saying you’re in?” Harry asked. “I’m in.”

22) Derail The Mind Of Me | Explicit | 77,323 words

Beside the photograph of a gaunt, pale face spattered with blood and lips torn into a Glasgow smile was a bloodied object, crumpled and stained almost to the point of unrecognition. Another photo showed the object shoved into the woman’s mouth. While Harry leaned forward to get a closer look, Louis scrunched up his nose and purposefully kept his gaze locked on his computer screen, refusing to so much as glance at the gruesome images the rest of the team examined. “What is that?” Zayn frowned. “Is that a tarot card?”

23) Ghost Note Symphony | Explicit | 96,426 words

Louis is on tour when he first hears about it. It’s all over the news – Harry Styles Attacked By Fan runs in headlines for days. It’s not even just the gossip rags, either. Actual journalists are covering the story. It would have been impossible to avoid hearing about it. Technically, Oli is the one who tells Louis about it, but it’s not exactly being covered up. Harry doesn’t answer Louis’ text asking if he’s alright, but that’s not really surprising. They haven’t spoken for months, and it’s been a lot longer than that since they’ve had a real conversation. The sting of the text going unanswered is still there, less painful than it might have been a few years ago. It’s not that it’s easy to forget about, exactly. Louis has a whole life outside of One Direction now, though. So Louis goes on with his life, figuring that if Harry was seriously hurt he would have heard about it by now. He might currently be in the same country as Harry, but being on opposite sides of it puts enough distance between them that putting it in the back of his mind is easy. There’s nothing Louis could do, even if he thought Harry might want him to. That’s why everything that happens next comes as a complete shock to him.

24) Our Endless Numbered Days | Explicit | 120,815 words

“Harry?” whispered Louis, his mouth dry, his nose pressing against the other’s warm skin. “Mh?” Harry’s humming was gentle, his fingers lightly caressing the younger boy’s arm, his chest steadily rising and falling beneath Louis’ cheek. A couple of seconds passed, and Louis looked up at him in the darkness of the cave, barely able to make out the expression on his face. When he tried to inhale deeply, his breath hitched. He struggled to find the words to tell Harry what he was thinking about. Another couple of seconds passed, and Louis listened to the reassuring beating of the prince’s heart beneath his cheek. He couldn’t. “Nothing,” he whispered, his voice weak. I think you’re half of my soul.

25) Love Will Tear Us Apart | Mature | 204,151 words

It was only meant to be a one night thing, but when the country goes into lockdown, Louis Tomlinson finds himself stuck in windsor castle, in company of his royal fucking highness, Harry, the prince of England.

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[allwaswell16]

A fic rec of One Direction fics where one or both of the main characters don't realize they're dating or might as well be as requested in this ask. If you enjoy the fics, please leave kudos and comments for the writers. You can find my other fic recs here. Happy reading!

—Louis/Harry—

▼ Truth or Dare by 2Larry_Stylinson2

(M, 123k, childhood friends) One night, Harry asks Louis to kiss him as "practice", but what was supposed to be a one time thing, just kept happening over and over again, with them going further and further with one another despite being "just friends".

▼ Never Let Me Go by loveisalaserquest17

(E, 55k, 10 Year Plan au) One night, with a little too much alcohol, they make a pact to marry in ten years if they're both still single.

▼ It Had To Be You by @kingsofeverything

(M, 45k, When Harry Met Sally au) Ten years after their post-college road trip, Louis and Harry meet once again, but this time they become friends. Eventually, things get complicated.

▼ I Like You, Say It Back by ishiplouis / @pocketsunshineharry

(E, 43k, a/b/o) the one where it takes a lot of time for Harry and Louis to figure it out. But they do, they always do, don't they?

▼ robbers and cowards by vintagehistories / @adoredontour

(E, 33k, enemies with benefits) a modern day robin hood au where louis and harry (don’t really) hate each other but they hate greedy billionaires more

▼ Have You Coming Back Again by whoknows / @crazyupsetter

(E, 31k, uni au) It’s a Monday, which means that Harry doesn’t even get out of bed before noon unless he’s planning on harassing Louis.

▼ the evenness i fake by @shimmeringevil 

(E, 26k, a/b/o) Harry doesn’t do relationships. He has a perfectly enjoyable friends-with-benefits agreement with a perfectly lovely omega, and he doesn’t see the need to change that anytime soon. 

▼ Play the Odds by @alivingfire

(M, 25k, bet) Harry and Louis are best friends since childhood who, after a night of drinking, find themselves locked in a bet: first one to kiss the other a thousand times wins.

▼ Saw It In Your Eyes by @taggiecb

(E, 15k, roommates) the one where Harry is an oblivious walnut.

▼ Rendezvous by Speechless / @smokingluckiesalltheway

(E, 15k, date crashing) Louis hates Harry so much that he likes to sabotage all his dates pretending he is his boyfriend.

▼ in the pub that we met he’s got his arms around you by fearsparks / @onlythebravest

(T, 13k, uni au) Harry's best friend Louis comes to visit him where he attends uni, meets Harry's friends, who point out that they don't know what platonic means.

▼ Waiting by @allwaswell16

(E, 10k, a/b/o) The six weeks that Harry has to live with Louis were going to be rough.

▼ You can remain unaware (if you want) by harryanthus

(NR, 7k, soulmates) the au where soul marks get coloured when they realise they’re in love with their soul mate and Harry has a coloured soul mark, Louis doesn’t.

▼ it's always have and never hold, you began to feel like home by lumineres

(T, 6k, pining Harry) Louis and Harry are best friends, they go for chocolate milk at 2 AM. Shenanigans ensue.

▼ Sweater Weather [L.S.] by appythealpaca

(T, 5k, girl Harry) Harry is Louis's lovely and... that's it.

▼ If I Can't Have You by Janie_17

(T, 2k, misunderstandings) After Harry turns him down, going out for Karaoke is the last thing Louis wants to do, but his friends are persuasive.

▼ sorry for... by stretchmybones / @harryslonecurl

(M, 1k, roommates) How else was Harry supposed to apologize properly? He was indeed a stress baker. 

▼ close enough to touch, but I never cared for love by @femstyles

(T, 759 words, oblivious Louis) Louis doesn't want to be in love, but Harry might be on to something.

—Rare Pairs—

▼ Long As There Are Stars Above You by alienharry

(E, 50k, Zayn/Liam) Zayn's just finished his undergrad and is ready to stop messing around with strangers and get more serious about his studies as he prepares for his dream job. No relationships, no sex. Which is harder than it sounds when Liam Payne comes into his life.

▼ The Long Way Round by Anonymous 

(E, 18k, Liam/Harry) Liam and Harry aren't dating, honestly, it's just that everybody thinks they are. Everybody, that is, except Liam.

▼ i should ink my skin with your name by crucios

(M, 10k, Harry/Nick Grimshaw) the one where everyone but them knows they're dating

[out-of-the-forest-i-come]

queer books coming out this week (July 1-7)

Earth to Alis, by Lex Carlow. contemporary romance coming out July 1st

"Alistair Woodson is a loner by choice. Since the traumatic night that ended his only friendship, he’s isolated himself by letting his classmates believe he’s a criminal and an arsonist, best to be avoided at all costs.

But on his graduation trip across Paris, Switzerland, and Italy, Alis discovers that isolation isn’t so easy to maintain in hostel rooms and cross-country trains. Soon he finds himself growing closer to classmates who were once strangers to him—namely the class clown, Craig Miltenberg, whose frustratingly good hair and cheerful disposition don’t irritate Alis nearly as much as they should.

Yet, as his deepening connections stir up painful reminders of his last doomed friendship, Alis continues to cope the only way he knows how: drowning out the pain on the inside by hurting himself on the outside. When his self-destructive behaviours intensify and put him and his new relationships in jeopardy, Alis must find the courage to confront his spiralling mental health—even if it means letting someone in."

You Had Me at Happy Hour, by Timothy Janovsky. contemporary romance coming out July 1st

"O’ little town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania—it may be charming, but Julien Boire can’t wait to get out of there. Soon he’ll be leaving to take an advanced wine course that will put him on track to become a master sommelier. Meantime, his OCD demands he keep clear of distractions, especially the hot new hire at his aunt and uncle’s restaurant, Martin’s Place.

Which should be easy, because Greg Harlow is as ill-suited to Julien as a bold cabernet is to a delicate salmon entrée. As charismatic and confident as Julien is tightly wound, Greg is a TikTok mixologist who could charm a paper bag. One thing they do have in common: neither wants a relationship.

Greg’s history with dating is…complicated. Yet working together isn’t. First, they’re teaming up to launch a series of happy hour events at Martin’s Place. Then they’re agreeing to a no-strings sex pact that involves new worlds of experimentation. Nothing is off-limits. Except a future.

It’s exactly how Julien wants it. Except for the little part of him that wonders if maybe he’s about to lose the kind of happy that could last much longer than an hour…"

Hiding Him, by Adam Hattan. contemporary romance coming out July 2nd

"Let's get one thing straight: Cameron Hawkins isn't. What he is, is hopelessly single and longing to escape his village in the arse-end-of-nowhere. That is until a newcomer arrives: Finn. He's tall, dark, obscenely handsome and somewhat of an enigma...

Is Finn the answer to Cam's happily ever after? Or will shadows of the past stand in the way of their palpable chemistry?"

Misrecognition, by Madison Newbound. literary fiction coming out July 2nd

"Elsa is struggling. Her formative, exhilarating relationship—with a couple—has abruptly ended, leaving her depressed and directionless in her childhood bedroom. The man and the woman were her bosses, lovers, and cultural guideposts. In the relationship’s wake, Elsa scrolls aimlessly through the internet in search of meaning.

Faithfully, her screen provides a new obsession: a charismatic young actor whose latest feature is a gay love story that illuminates Elsa’s crisis. And then, as if she had conjured him, Elsa sees the actor in the flesh; he and an entourage of actors, writers, and directors have descended upon her hometown for the annual theater festival. When she is hired as a hostess at the one upscale restaurant in town, Elsa finds herself in frequent contact with the actor and his collaborators. But her obsession shifts from the actor to his frequent dinner companion—an alluring, androgynous person called Sam. As this confusing connection develops, Elsa is forced to grapple with her sexuality, the uncomfortable truths about the dramatic end of her last relationship, and the patterns that may be playing out once again."

Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream, by Tehlor Kay Mejia. contemporary romance coming out July 2nd

"Cash Delgado has a good life in the quaint town of Ridley Falls. She has Joyce’s Bar, where she manages a familiar group of regulars and emcees the ever-popular Karaoke Thursday. She has her six-year-old daughter, Parker, whose spunky attitude always keeps life interesting. And she has her best friend, Inez O’Conner, who improves Cash’s sometimes overly responsible outlook with one full of joy and potential.

But change is on the horizon when Chase Stanton, the former bar manager at Joyce’s (not to mention Cash’s last hookup), returns to town with business prospects that could threaten the local institution and all of Cash’s plans to someday bring new life to the place. And if that isn’t enough, Cash starts having very intimate dreams of Inez. Dreams that could threaten the foundation of her well-ordered life.

As Cash embarks on a reluctant journey of self-discovery, she’s forced to confront all the ways she’s been hiding in her own life. But will she choose to remain the same, or will the desire for love (even a love that looks different than she ever imagined) prove worth the risk?"

A Darker Mischief, by Derek Milman, horror and mysery, dark academia novel coming out July 2nd

"When Cal Ware wins a scholarship to an elite New England boarding school, he's thrilled to leave his past behind. Back home in Mississippi, he was the poor, queer kid who never fit in. But at Essex Academy, he'll be able to reinvent himself. Or so he hopes...

But at Essex, Cal's classmates only see his cheap clothes and old iPhone. They mock his accent, and can't believe he's never left the country, or heard of The Hamptons. Cal, at his breaking point, is about to give up and return to Mississippi when he learns about a secret society on campus -- the key to becoming Essex royalty.

Cal knows he's not exactly secret society material, but to his surprise, he finds an unlikely champion in the handsome, charismatic, and slightly dangerous Luke Kim. As they get swept up in the mystery and glamour of the Rush process, Cal finds himself falling in love for the first time.

But as the initiation rituals grow riskier -- and increasingly nefarious -- Cal must decide how far he's willing to go, and how much of himself he's willing to sacrifice, to save everything and everyone he cherishes most. Because nothing at Essex -- not even Cal's first love -- is quite what it seems."

Lover Birds, by Leanne Egan. contemporary romance coming out July 4th

"When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises seemingly everything in Eloise Byrne’s life – her city, her accent, her trademark boldness – so if, when she catches Isabel staring, Eloise feels her pulse race, it must be because they hate each other. It surely couldn’t be for any other reason, could it? Eloise needs to get her ADHD under control in time for A-Levels, but when she meets Isabel, school becomes the least of her concerns. What begins as outright contempt turns into an oddly satisfactory rivalry, but for their rivalry to shift further into romance, their relationship must withstand Isabel's classism, Eloise’s distrust, and whatever secrets their friends are hiding from them."

[satoru-toji]

hELPP

im trying to find a chrollo/reader fic on ao3 but i can’t find it 😫😫 i’m pretty sure the author had a jjk name or also had some jjk works as well. i also pretty sure they had a tumblr but idk!! it hasn’t updated in over a year, maybe even 2 years bc it’s on an indefinite hiatus and there were like currently 7 or 9 chapters + it said it would be complete with 15 chapters. anyways the plot:

soulmate!au (kinda)!! set before the york new arc

reader works at a library and chrollo keeps on visiting her under the guise of being a uni student and they talk/flirt every time. one day, chrollo uses one of his stolen abilities on her to get her the confess what she wants/thinks about him. after that, chrollo basically asks her out for dinner at his apartment. while chatting during the dinner, chrollo takes off the bandage and reader touches his forehead and sparks fly bc her nen is essentially unlocked and she kinda goes into shock but in a more horny/aphrodisiac way and chrollo helps her a bit before she falls asleep. after she wakes, chrollo explains to her that she’s from a clan with a nen that basically enhances other people’s nen through a promise and explains who he is and they’re already at the ily stage but they don’t say it bc she wants it to be special lmao (she’s not entirely ok with what he does but she also doesn’t and the love overwhelms it lmao) she tests her reawakened nen by thinking about chrollo in danger, hurt, etc. and it immediately tires her out so she slep slep. after a while, she wakes up again to find shalnark there. they briefly met before this in the library but shalnark used it as an opportunity to see if her being in the lost/forgotten clan true and now that it is, he slightly overwhelms her with the she’s going to be the queen of the spiders or something and leaves after chrollo asks him to. after that, chrollo comforts reader and they talk and then things get slightly heated before they’re interrupted by illumi being illumi and wanting reader but gets obviously rejected and i think gets a broken wrist from reader. chrollo then suggest for her to use her abilities again to heal and to make the promise pact on illumi to protect her and stuff like a knight in exchange for some power. after he leaves, she immediately gets tired again. she doesn’t want to rest since she rested all day but chrollo urges her to rest and suggests them going to her apmt after to make the dinner date even lmao

they’re in her apartment now, chrollo is making food again. they talk a bit more with what’s revealed. chrollo makes reader promise to not follow after him if something happens to him and she’s obviously upset bc they just like promised each other to support/protect each other and how it’s unfair and all that bc he still has the mindset of being dispensable for the troupe. she promises him in turn if he promises her—but not really due to the nen promise so they work around it—to fight for his life for her and then things get spicy and during that, she promises chrollo to give him everything if he promises her to be not hard on himself, love and appreciate himself, etc. and they’re so close to fucking lmfao and he does promise her so she seals it w a kiss on the forehead and then they start <3 she’s so close to love bombing and chrollo says it first and he’s like this love bomb is the sex love bomb, i’ll make the real ily special like you want so she says ily back and then he’s inside her and yea <3 afterwards, they rest a bit then someone rings her doorbell and it’s her neighbor kurapika asking to hang out and it ends there 🥹

it’s so weird bc usually on ao3, it would show the work is deleted if you bookmarked it but i can’t find it in my library 😭😭 i wouldn’t have thought about removing it from my bookmarks but ig i accidentally did 🥹

[parad-ice-lostandfound]

Prompt:

Pairing: OM!Brothers x GN!MC

Genre: NA

TW: NA

Lucifer

It was in their files, so he knew about MC being an idol beforehand.

However, what he didn’t know was that the human that they had basically kidnapped for their exchange program was popular even in the Devildom.

On one hand, it meant less demons would be after their soul, but on the other hand, they’re too popular.

Man has his hands full with the work Diavolo gives him and his brothers, and now he has to look after a fragile little human who just so happens to be a big idol and influencer in two realms? He’ll need a vacation and a few bottle of Demonus after this-

Secretly is proud that his human has a fanbase that can rival those of him and his brothers in the Devildom.

Listens to MC’s songs when he needs to unwind. Just listening to their voice makes him feel relaxed and happier.

Mammon

New way to get Grimm: Acquired

After getting reprimanded for seeing MC’s celebrity status as a way to make money, he will act all cocky. Like, of course, it’s his human who’s a big idol with an even bigger fanbase. After all, the Avatar of Greed doesn’t make pacts with just anyone, y'know?

Will take his role as their first demon very seriously.

Will also sell autographed pictures of them. I can see him one day just barging into MC’s room with a stack of photos and asking them to sign each one of them.

But he will be greedy with one thing; their voice. He’ll ask them to sing some songs of theirs when the two are alone, preferably in one of their rooms. At that time he’ll set his tsundere nature aside, and if MC looks at him, they’ll see that he’s closed his eyes, a faint smile playing on his lips as he listens attentively.

He will become pouty if they sing for his brothers though.

Leviathan

Fanboy mode: Activated

He definitely knew about MC before they came to Devildom, and almost passed out when he saw them for the first time.

He’d be a stuttering, blushing mess of a demon at first, but as time goes by, he’ll become more comfortable with having them around.

That doesn’t stop him from fainting whenever MC shows him the smallest amount of affection though-

Proud 2.0

Another one who likes to hear them sing their songs.

Will buy all of their merch, then come up to MC like the shy little otaku he is and ask them to sign it for him.

Has a part of his room dedicated to MC’s merch.

Satan

Doesn’t really think much of it at first.

He respects MC’s hard work and determination for what they do, but doesn’t really go bonkers over it.

Satan does worry about their safety though. He knows that some people can be rather creepy with how they interact with MC, so he has designated himself as their bodyguard.

Reads up on musical theory and likes to talk with them about it. Sometimes he even helps them write songs, though the ones he assists with always somehow end up being about cats or overly angsty and violent songs.

Asmodeus

Squealed in pure joy when he saw MC for the first time and nearly got hung upside down by Lucifer

Asmo is always up to date with the newest trends, so obviously he’d heard about the up and coming sensation that was MC. May or may not have been thinking of paying them a little visit in the Human Realm before they were dropped into the Devildom-

Asks them to perform for him, but if they’re uncomfortable with that, he’ll settle for watching videos of their past performances, provided they are next to him.

He’s a highly sought after demon, so he’s had his fair share of experience with obsessed fans. He uses his charm whenever he feels like someone is making MC uncomfortable or has bad intentions.

Asmo often gushes about them on his Devilgram. There is an account devoted solely to record memories of him and them, and although it has more followers than his own account, he finds that he doesn’t really mind it.

Beelzebub

Is very proud of MC for still being caring and humble, even when they’re a celebrity. Beel is the part of the RAD Fangol team, and he’s seen firsthand how praise and fame can go to one’s head with a bunch of his teammates, so he really admires MC’s down-to-earth behavior.

Soft protector worries about MC a lot.

Always makes sure that they have enough to eat, and will make sure that they eat a well-balanced meal three times a day.

Beel likes work out with MC, sometimes dragging Belphie to the gym as well.

Very protective of MC, he’s always around them. And if for some reason he cannot look after them, he’ll entrust them to Belphie or any other brother of his.

Belphegor

The first thought that comes to his mind is dragging MC to take a nap with him. After all, being a celebrity must be exhausting, right? Always giving your best and entertaining fans must be hard work, so MC should rest a little.

MC thought he was clingy before? Belphie will literally cling to them at all times now, stating that he cannot go to sleep unless they sing him something.

On days when MC is tired or not around, he’ll fall asleep to the recordings of lullabies that he made them sing for him beforehand.

Uses his ability on them to give them good dreams, so that they’re refreshed and energetic the next day.

And if there were any demonic or human fans of MC who tried to harass them? Yeah, they’re not gonna see them for a long, long time…. And no MC, he didn’t have anything to do with it, don’t give him that look-

[andthekitchensinkao3]

Bits and Bobs, or the whole g-dabnit list of assorted fanfics by Yours Truly

Okay. Here goes.

A masterlist of all my fics? Here ya go!

Sorted by fandom, in alphabetical order. Whether it’s finished or a WiP will be pretty self-evident in the list, which will be updated as I go.

Baldur’s Gate (1)

A Promise Kept (13/13) also known as the BG3 fairytale mashup with Loki the TV series no one asked for.

A Lokius Fantasy Romance set in the BG3 universe, with all the fairytale tropes you can shake a stick at.

When Loki, youngest son of Odin Fraxinus of the Elder Tree, happens upon a charming former Paladin in Baldur’s Gate’s central market, his life is irrevocably changed. He hopes he’s finally found someone who’ll see him for who he truly is, and love him, body, mind and heart.

Unbeknownst to him, former Paladin Mobius not only has a troubled past, but an agenda of his own. Sent to spy on the Elder Trees’ host, Dyllard Portyr, for the tenday, Mobius is tasked to find out if he knows anything about Duke Ravengard’s disappearance. Or, if Odin does.

For, it is said, Odin once made a pact with a devil. A pact no one can discern the extent of, nor its ramifications in the present day.

But one thing is for certain: a promise kept is a promise fulfilled.

I’m posting this in a Series format on AO3, don’t ask me why.

Prologue (1/1)

Act 1: Love's Beginning (2/2)

Act 2: For Love or Duty (1/?)

Act 3: Love’s End (?/?)

Act 4: A Promise Fulfilled (?/?)

No, but literally. For every chapter I posted, it got fewer hits, likes and comments. It's now back as a multi-chaptered fic. Sigh.

Detroit: Become Human (26) (predominantly Hank/Connor RK800, but some Simon/Markus too)

Note: there’s 26 flippin’ fanfics in this category. I’m gonna add them over the weekend. In the meantime, click the fandom link to go to all of them. Below are a few of my own, personal favourites. If I can toot my own horn for a bit.

Metamorph (18/18) - my first ever DBH fic! HankCon, obviously. 137k, I kid you not. After a peaceful Android Revolution, Hank and Connor both try to navigate this new world they’re living in.

Silent Treatment (17/17) - in which the entire game plot is turned into a near-future sci-fi thriller. Go me!

The Knight and the Fool - fairytale mashup time! In which Hank is an old knight who goes to prove himself in a tourney, hoping to keep his farm running.

How to Create a Monster (10/10) - undercover high stakes, badass Connor, separate timelines and POVs.

Being Alive (19/19 ) - so I basically rewrote the whole HankCon third of the game, in a Reverse AU where Human!Cop Connor doesn’t smoke, is not a Gavin Reed knockoff, or “Hank” as played by Bryan Dechart instead of Clancy Brown.

Only You - A what-if spin and continuation on Being Alive, if that fic hadn’t had a happy ending.

Great Pretenders (1/1) - undercover shenanigans meet fake dating/fake relationship! Two of my fave tropes combined!

The Witch and the Werewolf - my prompt fill for a Halloween event. What it says on the tin, really. HankCon reimagined as a historical thriller with Sleepy Hollow vibes. And magic.

Spa Day (5/5) - Porn with Feels, in which Connor lovingly doms the heck outta Hank.

Loki (TV) (7-ish) (Loki/Mobius M. Mobius)

50 Years (1/1)

Between an ancient deity and an analyst with a heart of gold, 50 years isn’t nearly enough. It’s nothing. But it’s also more than long enough. And Loki has an idea for their fiftieth anniversary as lovers.

A Promise Kept - (a fairytale in four acts)  A Lokius Fantasy Romance set in the BG3 universe, with all the fairytale tropes you can shake a stick at.

When Loki, youngest son of Odin Fraxinus of the Elder Tree, happens upon a charming former Paladin in Baldur’s Gate’s central market, his life is irrevocably changed. He hopes he’s finally found someone who’ll see him for who he truly is, and love him, body, mind and heart.

Unbeknownst to him, former Paladin Mobius not only has a troubled past, but an agenda of his own. Sent to spy on the Elder Trees’ host, Dyllard Portyr, for the tenday, Mobius is tasked to find out if he knows anything about Duke Ravengard’s disappearance. Or, if Odin does.

For, it is said, Odin once made a pact with a devil. A pact no one can discern the extent of, nor its ramifications in the present day.

But one thing is for certain: a promise kept is a promise fulfilled.

Loose Ends (6/?)

After the events of Tapestry of Time, Loki has his mind set on going back to Asgard. On his timeline, his branch, to either face the consequences of his actions, or discern Odin's role in everything that led up to his encounter with the Chitauri, and the assault on Manhattan.

Sledgehammer (2/2)

When an anonymous user sends an amateur porn clip to Loki’s TemPad, he doesn’t know what to think. Who sent it to him? Why? But he’s charmed by the easy swagger of a young Don leading the way into his bedroom, drawn in by his confident, laidback sex appeal.

But the longer he watches, the more difficult it is to stop. And once he’s watched the contents of the sex tape, there’s no turning back.

Question is how to keep going forward without inadvertently ruining his friendship with Mobius.

Tapestry of Time (10/10)

After the season finale, the TVA gang is left in a state of shock. None moreso than Mobius, who finds a note tucked into his breast pocket.

It says "I love you. Forgive me."

It changes everything, and sends Mobius on a quest to get Loki back, without dishonoring his sacrifice.

Turns out that's easier said than done.

Variations on the Theme of Us (2/?) - set in the same ‘universe’ as Sledgehammer, but after the events of that fic.

When Loki wants to do something nice for Mobius whether or not they have an actual anniversary coming up, he sneaks off to the Sacred Timeline on a whim.

Unbeknownst to him, the adult toy store he walks into is manned by none other than the Don of his combined wet dreams and nightmares. And Don? Spells all kinds of trouble.

Void (1/1)

Post-S2 finale, Mobius hacks his TemPad to recreate one of his own memories, and uses the time loop chamber thingie to relive it. Over. And over. And over again.

Person of Interest (1) (Reese/Finch)

How Not to Say I Love You (1/1)

When Reese and Finch go undercover to help a Number at a couples therapy weekend retreat, not everything is as it seems, and John has to navigate his own emotions while posing as someone whose situation hits too close to home.

[bisexualfemalemess]

*HSMTMTS SEASON 4 SPOILERS*

Watched episodes 4-6 and Ricky Bowen is so unhinged this season, i love it 😭😭😭 Also rina failed couple costume because their out of sync and finally revealing their dating, i love it. Also my heart dropped when he said he needed a minute. MADLYN ALMOST KISS?!! Ruined by that pumpkin ghost, jarred is a fucking weirdo??? SEB CHEATED ON CARLOS???? Loved the original song this episode tho and jet simping for kourtney.

WITH BIG RED??? The way that gina’s motivation and way of finding chemistry is ricky 😭😭😭 I love them. Ej giving ricky advice on gina and caswen hug and i love you, i love their friendship. Glad, he’s with val. Loved their duet. The redlyn break-up was inevitable and i’m hoping it’s leading towards madlyn even if madison answered maddox’s phone. I MEAN SHR HAD A PICTURE OF HER IN HER LOCKER SHSHSHSHW Jealous ricky is a serve, i love it. HE��S TIRED OF LOOSING PEOPLE GIVE HIM HIS HAPPY END. Terri was annoying me in episode 5 like you told your daughter no boys and then you make an exception for a famous actor??? Like stfu. You don’t even know your daughter. I KNEW IT WAS COMING BUT RINA RAINKISS KNOCKED ALL THE AIR FROM MY LUNGS!!! AND THE CHOCOLATES?! A SPIN HUG IN THE RAIN TOO, I LOVE THEM, THEY HAVE AN INSANE CHOKE HOLD ON ME😭😭😭 Also, Love Kourtney’s storyline and jump was so good and Emmy is such a comedic relief, i love her.

Ricky calling her sweetie, awww. NO RINA TROYELLA??? I HATE IT HERE. Emmy’s episode 6 storyline, my baby she just wanted to sing ☹️ FLASHBACKS! Kourtney and Ashlyn were so cute in the scene with their little pact. Love their friendship. BENJAMIN WAS IN A BOY BAND?! BIGGEST PLOT TWIST OF MY LIFE. Awww miss jenn worrying and carinh about carlos without even really knowing him. MOTHER from the beginning. SEB AND NATALIE??? He’s so unserious “I was in a serious relationship. With a woman.” Seblos over again, they’re so cute. Get back together. ALSO THE AMOUNT OF SWEARING THIS SEASON ENSNEJWJS, IT KEEPS GETTING ME SO OFF GUARD. “He’s singing the damn song!” RICKYYYYY. Close-up on all the couples unofficial and official, they’re all endgame. REAL!! Gina flashback!!! Yes, she taught herself how to knit a hat. “Find something you like about this school and try not to kill it.” Runs into ricky. It’S A RINA FLASHBACK!!! I miss gina 1.0 but i love season 4 gina sm. Gina convinced him to join the musical and she joined because of him!!! “Love is lame, idiot. That’s why i try to avoid it.” NOT ANYMORE. Ha! “Good luck, skaterboy.” HE WAS A SKATER BOY, SHE SAID SEE YOU LATER BOY. They’re so fucking tethered and soulmates. THEY OWN MY LIFE! Alyson reed giving miss jenn advice and her joining east high omfg. TRUST THE PROCESS PERIODDD. GIVE RICKY A HAPPY END MF!!! THESE ARE HER CHILDREN DEN MOTHER FRR. OMG! DREAMS DON’t DIE!!!! Emmy’s voice is gorgeous, all the songs hit so hard this season tf. It’s the little rina moments this episode for me. ALYSON REED AND BART JOHNSON HELPING THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT AWWW! Gina not wanting to say i love you first i get it and i’m a ricky saying i love you first truther. RICKY GOT INTO COLLEGE!!! MY BOY! 1.8 GPA?! BOY, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THESE YEARS. Awww, as long as gina’s there his future’s locked, she’s his future 😭😭😭 NO, WTF WAS GINA’S CALL ABOUT IF IT’S SOMETHING BAD IM THROWING HANDS.

[duskforged]

artblr intro 3.0

Hello there, it's me again. This is the third iteration of my writeblr/artblr intro. Consistency is ridiculous and I have never made a choice in my life if procrastination was an option.

I'm tentatively going by Ezra, but you can call me Dusk as well! My pronouns are exclusively they/them, and I am trans/non-binary. This is more of a catch-all artblr, though it was originally made as a writeblr.

All my links can be found here.

Projects, past and present, under the cut, but I will be marking down the ones I intend to be putting most of my attention on at this time. This time I will organize them by world and then by type. As I said, I'm not the best when it comes to consistency, but I'm always up to answering questions!

I mostly prioritize fantasy and some sci-fi but I do love a good speculative story whether or not it's historically accurate. Though I'm not actively writing at the moment, I really would like to hear more from y'all.

AHVAN

Sanctuary inactive | fantasy novel | wip intro

After becoming a war hero in New Ánasezan Movement, Lady Alessámira Nasánza Solsinat is a knight who has retired from fighting. Three years have passed since the old monarchy was overthrown, and Ánaseza has finally returned to something resembling contentment and peace. Unfortunately for Alessa, darkness still lurks underneath the veneer of this new nation…

Amid Wisteria inactive | fantasy novel | wip intro

Having grown up on the isolated western coast of Aeros, Arêllan ve Povunra Aelisâm is only 29 years old when their mother, the Lady Matriarch Povunra, declares they will be adopted into the esteemed Llanaere family and live in the distant capital of Maêla…

URATHLA

Unto Summer Kings hiatus | fantasy novel | wip intronote: this is originally based on Arthurian legends, but I eventually intend to move it into its own fantasy world, which is tentatively called Urathla.

Arthur lives in a lull period between greater moments in history - the fall of the Roman Empire came before he was born and the future is yet unwritten…

Wolf In Shepherd's Clothing hiatus | fantasy comic note: takes place many many many MANY years before USK and in a very different place. Mesopotamian-inspired.

What's happening isn't their fault, Lahar thinks. But there's no explanation for why it keeps happening. Sheep stolen from rival herds - blood on their hands - and no memory of the full moon at night. Just dreams - nightmares - of hunger and pain. Only they can venture to find what is causing all of this.

MOIA

The Vespertine active? | fantasy novel | wip intro

Aselhi is one orphan among many on the streets of Kestramore, eking out a living as a servant in a minor household. Unlike other orphans, they’re one of the vespertine, an alien people who ate through the cosmic Weft separating Moia from the other realms and setting the Causeways alight.

These Absent Gods hiatus | fantasy comic note: TAG might move from Moia to a different world, depending on how I feel about it

Malachi was built for battle - all war demons are. But they certainly weren’t built for cleaving to a pact, much less one written by an idiot and enforced by the blood of an innocent. But here’s what that idiot doesn’t know: the one who bleeds is the one who owns the pact. Albae is just unfortunate enough to be that sacrifice.

EARTH note: unless otherwise stated, all these stories take place in different "save states" of Earth.

Lodestar active? | speculative, near-future sci-fi | wip intro

When Lieve was young, they used to dream of visiting Earth. Now an adult, they know that is but a wish made by a foolish child. Now, they toil on the inner asteroid belt, alongside most of their peers. But when one A.I. goes rogue and their own starts developing her own independent thoughts, they're not sure they can stand idly by.

Loveless active | visual novel | developed by nightlotus studios

Loveless is a dating sim through the eyes of an aromantic. Get to know seven different characters, their stories and their interests, and watch them get to know each other too! Grapple with amatonormativity in a world built for romantic relationships, make wise choices to garner affection, and figure out if partnering is really best for you.

[tmwcs]

Mermaids Tale - Chapter 5

Surprise! Chapter 5! Love yall!

Again, not proofread because tumblr is still acting up so i had to just type away into the post box, versus copy and pasting.

Nearly three weeks had passed since the New Year’s event. You maintained contact steadily with Jennifer, however, you avoided to meet up with her, just for a little while, avoiding any risks or possibilities of running into her fiancé’s ‘friend’ in case he happened to show up or be present.

“Hey let’s go to the karaoke bar! Come on! I felt like I haven’t seen you in forever.” Jennifer remarked, furthering your guilt at the fact that you had restrained yourself from seeing her, as a friend, you felt terrible for doing so. Though three weeks had been long enough, and in the case that the young man does show up, it’s not as if you could avoid Jennifer forever, at least not right now. Desiring nothing more than to enjoy her company, you agreed.

The evening started out nicely, it was peaceful and calming to have dinner one on one with Jen, not having to worry about a pair of eyes plastered on you. At the restaurant, the both of you caught up, laughing at the wild stories that Jennifer shared in regards to her and Jay’s antics, while conducting the preparations for the upcoming nuptials.

“So, I was trying to pick out my dress, and he insisted on going. It didn’t even matter that I told him it was bad luck to see the bride before the wedding day in her gown. But he’s such a fashionista, he wanted to help pick out the dress and said that if he looked at it from the catalogue and not on me, it wouldn’t’ count as bad luck. Can you believe him?” Jen recounted, earning hard laughter from you as you nearly fell of your seat.

With her mimicking of Jay’s voice, her facial expressions as she stunned the tale to you, it was hard to not enjoy the moment and find the humor within it. This is all the reason why you needed to cherish your moments with her while you can, before you had to move on and establish a new identity, a new home, and a new number to avoid suspicion. It saddened you at the thought of it but was quickly erased the moment Jennifer accounted another humorous story.

“By the way, Y/n, I’ve known you for nearly five months and I haven’t seen you with anyone. Do you date? Are you interested in men or women? Because I never see any photos at your home, other than the ones of your grandparents and distant relatives…”

The ‘distant relatives’ and ‘grandparents’ she referred to be the white lie you expelled the moment she inquired the contents of the photos in your apartment, all of which were of your mother, father, and stepbrothers. Hardly distant and ‘grand’, yet that was the fate you were riddled with by birth.

“Yeah, I’m not really big on the dating thing. Plus, I really enjoy being on my own, less drama.” You chuckled as she smiled with a wide pair of eyes, shocked at your outlook on relationships and dating.

“Wow, really? That’s so ironic, only because you’re so beautiful and every guy I see when I’m around you, they’re always so…like they just melt at the sight of you. You have so many to pick from.” Jen remarked.

Due to your inherited trait, it’s true that it would be too risky to date, not to mention the act in upholding the pact established by your ancestors didn’t appeal to be pleasing. Yet, the other side of the truth was, you truly didn’t feel the need or found any interest’s in building that rapport with anyone, perhaps no one struck your fancy. Either way, you spoke the truth at the remark of being content with your independence.

“Oh! Jay just messaged; he’s going to pull up in a few minutes to pick us up.”

Gathering your belongings, checking out after treating your dear friend to the meal, you both exit the restaurant, just in time as you watched a slick, silver Tesla model pull up.

“How fashionable…” you stated quietly as you saw the luxury vehicle glisten from the city lights. Jay steps out of the driver’s seat, being the courteous gentleman he was, he opened the doors for you and Jennifer, greeting you with a smile and inquiring how you had been.

There was a unique bond that you began noticing between Jay and yourself. Though you had only seen him twice, you noted the way he would smile and speak with you, you found it rather impressive that while he found you deeply attractive, his love for Jennifer remained and he never faltered. It wasn’t his fault for changing his demeanor whenever he engaged in conversation with you, due to the aura of your appeal, it was a power that you and the women in your family carried, which was every man’s curse. That only made your respect for him more apparent.

In the past, many married and reserved men would often falter at your beauty, God helped them if they had snuck up from behind as you were humming or singing a tune, which was a lesson you learned from experience, to never sing in public. Your features alone brought even the most powerful and wealthiest men to ruin their own standing and relationships as they kneeled before you, expressing that they lived for your desires in life.

Of course, you never intended to do so, you became the weakness of every man, thus the reason why you opted to wear hats, scarves, and high collared coats or jackets to cover hide your features as much as possible. Tonight, was an exception since you were spending a private evening with Jennifer and remaining secluded between the VIP lounge at the restaurant, having a private ride in Jay’s vehicle, and finishing the evening with a private room at a rather lavish club and bar, which of course had Jen’s favorite, high end karaoke lounges.

As stated before, while you had the best intentions of enjoying yourself with your friend, singing in public was out of the question. Recalling a moment in the past, as you were strolling through the park, singing a tune to yourself, a group of joggers that paused at the sight of your beauty, became even more enamored as the sound of your voice swooned them into a hypnotic trance.

One by one, each athlete knelt and crawled on the ground, ushering the words of their devotion and love for you. Women at the park stopped and stared with puzzling looks, one of which, who stood out among the rest, came about fiercely at you.

“What did you do to my boyfriend?! Is it drugs? What is going on?! Get away from him now!”

Her scream reeked of anger and fury as she took a knee beside her athlete partner, shaking him, attempting to snap him out of his endearing gaze on you.

Embarrassed and panicked by the attention that was being drawn to you, you ran off, taking the shortest route to your apartment.

‘What was that?’

It was the first that had happened, being that you never did sing outside from when you were alone. Though many times, teachers, tutors, and friends encouraged you to join the choir or audition for musicals, your mother would object sternly, using the excuse “You need to focus on your studies!” up until the day you found out about your heritage. At that point, you came up with your own list of excuses whenever proposed for an opportunity to sing at public events, though your mother never elaborated why, you just trusted her judgement.

That day in the park made you fully aware of the reason behind her prohibiting nature.

The entire time while at dinner, you had lied and told Jennifer that your heartburn was acting up, so you were tagging along merely just to enjoy the festivity but was skipping out on the singing. A pouted Jen looked at you with googling eyes in response.

“But…I’ve always wanted to hear you sing. Your voice is just so pretty.” Jen remarked.

Laughing as the three of you rode through the city, pulling up to the private parking suite, you, Jen, and Jay make your way to the top floor and were guided to the refined karaoke room.

Settling in, a myriad of champagne, exotic fruit platters, caviar, and crackers were all brought in by a line of servers. The room was surrounded by wall fountains as the trinkling water against the marbleized backdrop elegantly falls to the base of a rock bed, featuring assorted Himalayan stones. You never knew that a club or bar with karaoke suites would be so lavish.

Jen sat right next to you as Jay volunteered to sing first, allowing a genuine goofy side to show as he carried out the courageous act in singing, which as it turns out, he was very decent at. In fact, he was good, he knew how to use the range of his vocals and had a wonderful voice for it. Clapping and rooting for him, you and Jen cheered him on as he took off the suit jacket, rolled the sleeves of his dress shirt, and maintained a classy appeal as he sang the song of his choice.

After the first song, Jay’s phone dinged, reaching over to check the contents of the text that came in, Jay exclaimed in excitement.

“Oh! Jake and Martha finally pulled up, and Heeseung’s here too!” Forming an ‘oh’ with his mouth, he looked at Jen wide eyed as he remarked.

“Oooh…Heeseung is really good at singing. Just wait and see.” He stated as he looked at his darling fiancé.

“Really? Wow, you guys are all so talented. Because I’ve heard Jake singing the last time we came here, and he’s really good too.” Jen recalled as she recollected the moments when she heard her fiancé and Jake sang a series of songs, competing against one another for the highest score, furthering exhibiting their gifted talent.

Trying to avoid the thought of Heeseung being around, already dreading the fact that he would be basking in the same room with you in a few minutes, you remained aloof to the conversation between the couple.

With a delicate knock on the door, a staff peeks in and confirms with Jay if he was expecting additional members of his party, in which he answered in the affirmative. Opening the door, the staff props it ajar as Jake, Martha, and Heeseung walk in respectively.

Jake and Martha were all smiles as they greeted the three of you. Jake widened his eyes as he gasped at seeing you.

Just like Jay, Jake displayed an admirable attribute at trying to hide the uncontrollable act of appreciating your beauty but remained strongly committed and attentive to Martha. Not that it ever offended you, you found it to be of high diligence as Jake and Jay would avoid looking at you, avoiding any means to fall into that strange feeling that they could not explain or make any sense out of, yet all they knew was that as long as they didn’t look at you, they remained coherent of reality and were able to focus on their respective ladies.

“Oh! Y/n, it’s so good to see you again!” Jake remarked, Martha holding his hand right behind him as she shyly greeted you, stated the same thing. Behind her, was Heeseung, who didn’t say anything, only stared at you with a very, very faint side smirk on his face.

Peering down at you as he stood, looking at your seated posture as your arms remained crossed, your hair framing your shoulders, gracefully reaching past your mid torso as you displayed a level of sexiness with your choice of attire, in which you were beginning to regret wearing.

With your black, long sleeve shirt, and leather asymmetrical mini skirt, paired with black high heeled ankle boots, your legs crossed just as your arms were, adorned with the thigh high fishnet stockings paired with the rest of your ensemble, the man froze for a few seconds,

admiring the view before him as you slightly glared in his direction. To him, you looked far beyond delectable, as he felt the effect of his mouth watering, even while it remained shut and his expression displayed a calm, and amused demeanor.

“Hmph…well hello there, it’s been a while.” He calmly spoke out as he remained standing, his height appeared twice as high in measurement as you remained seated in your position, looking up in his direction.

“Yeah…” was all you muttered out.

Scoffing, he spoke once more, and again, his voice was eerily calm. “Heh…how you’ve been?”

You started to feel your eyes glaze up one more, just as it had done before at the New Year’s event when you first met him. He may not have been aware, or maybe, he did? Either way, he had an effect on you due to the level of fear he instilled, all because you recalled the history of both of your bloodlines that your mother issued to you, along with the warning should you ever cross a man who gives you the ability to ‘feel’.

“I’ve been good…thanks.” Yet again, you spoke using as few words as possible.

Still smirking, his eyes narrowed as he stood, his hands in his trouser pockets as the bulk of his suit jacket accumulated above his wrists. He continued to look suave, with his long legs draped by the dress trousers, the fine leather belt around his waist, and the expensive looking white shirt he wore under the matching black jacket.

Looking down at the floor as he faintly nods at your response, he sucks his teeth as he glances up to your image once more, the smacking sound of his act issued a chill to shoot through you.

“Well…looks like I get to have some fun with you tonight.” displaying the amusement of how his words came out, knowing full well that it was highly suggestive in a sexual manner, yet the moment you began opening your mouth to say something he beats you to the punch.

“With singing…I mean.” Winking at you, he walks over to the other side of the booth in the room, taking a seat.

‘What was that?’

Shutting your eyes as you winced at the pain in your chest from restricting your breathing, rubbing your head in the same manner you would at experiencing a headache, you did your best to internally shrug it off. Lining up a myriad of excuses in your head, you figured you’d give it a little bit of time before you issue a believable lie to excuse yourself for the remainder of the evening.

Gazing up as Jake ditched his jacket, stood, and takes on the mic from Jay to begin singing his song, you slightly smiled as you felt Jen and Martha call your name from the side.

“Y/N, you really should sing tonight.” Turning your head at Jen’s words, with Martha nodding eagerly by her side while she looked over to you. It was unavoidable, but the sight of Heeseung sitting across from you, off to Martha’s side as he appeared casual in his posture, leaned against a console table, caught your eye as you felt the dreadful aura of his desire for you, a stark contrast to the other men whenever they gazed at you.

Once again, he was gazing at you in the same manner he did three weeks ago. That eerie gaze you have now become familiar with...

'Why does he keep looking at you like that?.....'

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[precuredaily]

Precure Day 241

Episode: Yes! Precure 5 Go Go! 42 - “Komachi's Decision and the Arabian Nights“ Date watched: 10 January 2024 Original air date: 7 December 2008 Screenshots Precure Metamorphose Gallery | Sky Rose Translate Gallery Project info and master list of posts

Komachi, fabulous she, shielding and blocking

You know what’s fun? The night. What’s more fun than night? An Arabian night! What’s even more fun than an Arabian night? How about a thousand and one of them? Yes, today we are going to dive into another classic story to fight some bad guys, and learn some lessons along the way about self-worth. Let’s dig in!

The Plot

Anacondy pays Shibiretta a visit to implicitly threaten her job, so the witch gets fired up in plans to retaliate against Eternal’s second in command, as well as capture the Rose Pact.

Komachi and Nozomi are chatting in the library about the value of stories and just how many of them there are that Komachi’s could get lost. Nozomi tells her that no matter what, she’ll find her friend’s book. Suddenly, everyone finds themselves sucked into another world… or several, and facing unique individual threats from their stories.

Despite being separated, the girls and fairies figure out that this is another of Shibiretta’s plots and manage to reunite with each other by following the narratives and intents of the tales. They confront the witch and tell her she’s using stories wrong, which she rebuts as they’re just tools to use however she wants. Everyone was able to reunite with each other because they respected the stories. Nuts adds that the story of 1001 Arabian Nights is about a woman telling stories to the brutal king every night, in an attempt to get him to soften his ways; and what Shibiretta is doing is completely counter to that narrative.

In response, Shibiretta creates a genie Hoshiia and kidnaps the fairies and rose pact, so the girls transform, and the battle moves outside of the palace. They have trouble fighting it, since it can turn into smoke and their attacks just pass right through it.

Cure Mint and Shibiretta engage in a verbal tete-a-tete:  the Witch from Eternal says they both uses stories to suit their needs, but Dream defends Komachi saying her stories are exciting and heartfelt and she loves them, while Shibiretta just makes messes of existing stories. Shibiretta retorts that she tried telling stories to the director, and he was unmoved, causing Mint to shoot back that stories won’t respond to her methods. They fight again; Milky Rose defeats the Hoshiina while the Cures take out Shibiretta once and for all with Rainbow Rose Explosion.

Before the world dissolves, Aqua assures Mint that all of them are looking forward to her next book. Over in Eternal, Anacondy remarks that a report for this would be pointless.

At dusk, Komachi tells Nuts she wants to write about her amazing friends and share the feelings of all the good times they have together, in hopes that if someone lonely reads it they'll be inspired to find friends like hers. Everyone else was listening in and all of them want to be the main character of her story, with their own spins, and this ends the episode.

The Analysis

What I Liked

It’s one of the better Shibiretta episodes. I’ve often criticized her episodes for only using the surface elements of the story and not putting the characters through the plot. This time they actually addressed that and made it the entire point of the episode: Shibiretta is only taking advantage of the stories for what she can gain from them (monsters and distractions to attack the precures) and not the underlying morals and emotions. I thought it was especially poignant how she said she had read stories to the director and he was bored, so that means stories are worthless at inspiring emotion; and Komachi shoots back that it’s precisely because all she does is to use stories like tools.

Also, as per the narrative, you can actually see the difference between embracing the story and using it as a tool. The girls are able to reunite by understanding the tales that they are in. Rin kindly asks the magic carpet to help them and it responds. Urara’s sincere feelings to protect Syrup revert him from 40 clones of himself back to one. Nozomi uses “Open Sesame” on the door, and later Karen asks for a sign of the right way to go to find Komachi. It’s a bit convenient but hey it works.

On that note, as usual the antics that the girls get up to in the story world are great, they make some good jokes and gags out of them. The 40 (actually 39) Syrups, the magic carpet, the “Open Sesame” scene and of course the genie Hoshiina, all great uses of the setting. I also like their outfits.

I feel like Nozomi and Komachi are one of the less explored pairings in this series. Sure, Nozomi was the one who first enticed Komachi to become a Precure, but they haven’t done much together since then. Komachi is usually paired up with her longtime friend Karen, and there was that one time she and Urara had a really good bond. It’s true that everyone has been supportive of Komachi’s writing throughout both seasons, but this episode is the first time that Nozomi explicitly praises, uplifts, and defends Komachi’s writing and what it means to her, and that translates to a really great climax where they work together to ward off Shibiretta.

The fight against the genie Hoshiina that turns into smoke kept me on the edge of my seat. Its permeability is a distinct advantage but then Rose turns around and uses that to her gain, before dealing the finishing blow. It’s the kind of creativity I live for here.

Similarly, the battle of the Precure against Shibiretta was really well realized with some great stylized animation and action. Shibiretta launches herself like a rocket, but Mint and Dream combo their attacks to deflect her, and then Lemonade and Rouge kick her out of the sky so the team can perform their final attack on her.

What I DIdn’t Like Nothing comes to mind.

Miscellaneous

When Nozomi uses “Open Sesame” on the cave entrance, she does Kamen Rider’s henshin pose.

One Thousand and One Nights is a compilation of stories from the Middle Eastern region, from a variety of authors and tracing origins back over a millennium. The earliest known mention of the central character Scheherazade is in the 9th century, but many of the individual tales are believed to be much older, hailing from India and Persia. Over time stories from West African, Hebrew, Greek, and other traditions made their way. It’s a dynamic work that was passed down by storytellers over many generations and cultures. There’s no singular version of the text, there may not even actually be 1001 stories as some of the most famous ones, which incidentally are the ones featured in this episode (Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin and the Lamp, The Tale of Sinbad the Sailor) were actually separate stories that later got rolled into the collection much later. Trying (and failing) to unravel this complex history to give context to the references in the episode was a bigger undertaking than this blog merits.

In the scene where Syrup is supposedly cloned 40 times, as the 40 thieves that attacked Ali Baba, there are actually only 39 of him.

Conclusion

This was a fun episode exploring some real juicy feelings about anxiety and the future and legacy, and also the purpose of stories. It was a nice sendoff to Shibiretta, whom I’ve had very mixed feelings about throughout the show. She was a step up from the duo but solidly middle tier as far as Precure villains go. Smile Precure will give us another witch character to play around with so when I get to that series I’ll do a compare/contrast.

Next time on Precure Daily, Nozomi comes face to face with the director of Eternal! Look forward to it!

Pink Precure Catchphrase Count: 1 kettei!

[arialerendeair]

Participating in Dreamling Bingo and debating what I should work on and since the brain is being very wishy-washy, time for peeps to toss out suggestions for what they want to see!

Link to my existing fills!

Quick context for those with purple dots (ie ones I have ideas for)

Rift in Time - (Sandman/Kingdom Hearts Crossover) - Sora gets dropped in the “real world” of Sandman and is found by Hob Gadling - while Dream is investigating this human ‘Dream Eater’ Riku

Knife Play - Beard!Kink and sexy, sexy bearded time w/ shaving with a straight razor

A/B/O - Absolutely feral-for-each-other True-Mates-But-Won’t-Talk-To-Each-Other Dreamling get together.  Epic pining.  Musclechub Hob

On Your Knees & John Dee Wins (Sandman/Kingdom Hearts Crossover) Sora and Riku teach Hob how to use The Power of Waking (which, by canonical definition of it is basically the same as Dream’s ability to reset the timeline and I will never be over that) to undo John Dee beating Dream

Creature: Android - Han Solo-esque Hob Gadling finds an android-that-is-much-more-than-an-android in space

Self-Esteem Issues - In a world where it is common to gift your heart/heart’s manifestation to each other - Dream rips his out and discards it.  Hob finds it being sold and tries to give it back to Dream, but Dream doesn’t want it.  Hob keeps it and cares for it

Didn’t Know They’re Dating - Marriage Pact with each other when they turn 40 - hopeless pining for each other before and after 

Withdrawal - Touch Starvation for both boys - learning to give and accept hugs

Enemies to Friends to Lovers - Competing ASMR artists Hob and Dream on YT - casually having YT beef, then being friends on collabs, then getting together via a Shakespeare-off

Fairy Tale Curse - Dream is cursed by the Fae (or someone else) that he must marry someone or DIE and Hob is just ride or die ready to be anything and everything Dream needs and will fight everyone else for the privilege of marrying Dream and no one is gonna stop him

Soulmates - Hope!Hob AU - Bunch of supernatural creatures try to court the new Hope, but he has only one person he wants courting him

Meet Ugly - Hob’s a mechanic, Dream’s a posh git with an expensive car.  Hob thinks Dream knows nothing about cars - they fight and the sexual tension snaps (against the car, of course)

So, thoughts?

[gretchensinister]

Dark Crystal Vampire AU Part 1: HERE WE GO

I alluded to two different Dark Crystal AUs I probably wouldn’t write, but I figure, I can still talk about them, put them into the hive mind for consideration. It was in conversation with @tejoxys where he brought up the idea of the skeksis being vampires in a “human” AU. I thought that idea was really cool and an opportunity for weird vampires.

So, in this AU, there aren’t any real “regular” vampires; they’re still in folklore and fiction, but if anyone was like “hey I think that guy’s a vampire” everyone else would be like, “stop being a weirdo.”

Therefore, in the grand old tradition of Our Vampires Our Different, here we go:

The UrSkeks: In the 900s there was a small, secretive, mystical/esoteric cult who believed a) they once had been bodiless spirits, fully mature and aware (not like a baby soul waiting to be installed), b) one of their purposes on Earth was to spread the wisdom/knowledge they had due to once being bodiless spirits, and c) the other purpose they had was to become pure immortal spirit again, without dying, and remain ever-living on the Earth.

If I did this I think I’d spell it URSKEK and have it be a relevant acronym for mystic/occult/esoteric terms.

Some problems: a lot of their wisdom and knowledge was like...just utterly wack, or impossible to say if it was or wasn’t true. But some of it was good, and some of it was surprisingly ahead of its time, even when considering the whole world (if I wrote this I would set it somewhere in what is now modern-day Italy). Another problem is that they had a secret 1-7 ranking system for all other people based on how worthy the URSKEKs thought they were to receive URSKEK wisdom.

Anyway, (and here I had to stop myself from going down a rabbit hole of find out what interesting astronomical events were happening in the middle ages) at a certain point all 18 members of the inner circle of the cult have been excommunicated because the cult shit is getting too obvious. (Hmm, wait, there was a solar eclipse visible in some parts of Europe on July 20, 966, maybe that would be a good date for the Big Event. BTW it still troubles me that 2020 ended with what is called a great conjunction on Earth.) Anyway, things are getting hot, even though all the inner circle is pretty wealthy/privileged, there’s talk of heresy trials because WTF are you even talking about. This big astronomical event is going to occur, and the URSKEKs are like, we’re ready, we have everything ready to cast off mortal flesh and become immortal beings of pure spirit.

The aesthetic is very alchemy. (Another significant research hole hindering this project.)

So the URSKEKs prepare this complex ritual to cut their spirits free from their bodies during the eclipse (maybe the thing is that their flesh is “eclipsing” their spirits and as the moon moves away from the sun their radiant spirits can be free).

Now as a writer I’m always up for taking aim at the concept of the body vs. mind/spirit. They’re not really separate! So there’s that issue with the ceremony, along with the fact that the URSKEKs are not as pure and wise as they’d like to believe. Also, most of them are at least a little bit afraid of this ceremony, which, if one has any doubts at all, sounds like an elaborate suicide pact. But they can’t stop now, it needs 18 people to work because 2x3x3 and other math and geometry reasons, and no one else is enlightened enough. So the ceremony starts, and it gets underway, and whoa it seems to actually be working, or at least something’s happening that’s not just bleeding out and dying when you cut your body down the center line with a quartz dagger. But they also feel like they’re losing themselves and they don’t really want to do that (too late).

When totality ends there are now 36 bodies in the ceremony location, with fractured memories and appearances that are now somewhat off from human.

All of them immediately feel that there’s something very wrong about this situation, but it’s hard to think in the confusion.

And then a lower-ranking cult member that they’d arranged to check on them after the ceremony (an honor, to see their new spirit forms and maybe deal with their bodies if they were still there after the transformation) opens the door to the room. And for all of the new skeksis AND urRu, a couple of things become very clear: 1) one of the ways in which they’re different from humans is their fangs, and 2) they need that guy’s blood. Basically a feeding frenzy ensues, and this is when they all learn about paired injuries and paired deaths, and those two pairs whose names I forget die. Exsanguinated by their former cult fellows. Kind of fucked but this is a vampire AU babey.

Now, after this whole shitshow, the 32 remaining vampires are a lot calmer and they’re able to figure out that they’re halves of the URSKEKs. One set of halves (the urRu) is of the opinion that they all represent a horrible failure of the ceremony (they were compelled to tear into that guy like wild animals), while the skeksis halves immediately start insisting that it went right or even better than planned (they’re now above humans and can consume them like any other meat animal). The difference of opinion corresponds to some subtle physical differences between the two as well.

Part 2

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