#this one doesn't make much sense but eh. had to get it out of my system I guess

[anxious-witch]

Uh. I have no excuse for this one, it's partially inspired by that bojere painting ajd partially by me watching The Pieces Series on tiktok.

Weird time/reality travel, bojere, blood, temporary character death(kind of)

Bojan stared at painting, willing himself to make sense of the shapes and colors he was seeing. To see anything, but achingly familiar painting.

No. It couldn't be him. It couldn't be Jere.

He stared at year written under the painting. 1932.

-.. --- / -.-- --- ..- / .-. . -- . -- -... . .-. ..--..

A brush tapping on the table as he chewed om his lip. The painting was almost finished. It was just missing something. Something like-

"Are you painting again?" Jere said, leaning his head on his shoulder, "Oh! It's the one where you dream of me, huh?"

Bojan laughed, putting the brush aside and turning around, smiling at him.

"I am always dreaming of you."

Jere cupped his cheek, soft smile on his face.

"You are so funny. My Joker man."

.--. .-.. . .- ... . / .-. . -- . -- -... . .-.

Bojan stumbled a step, swaying on his feet. Strong hands stedied him.

"Whi, Jokerman! Easy."

He stared at Jere's eyes. Shokingly, electricly blue. Blue like-

-.. --- -. .----. - / ..-. --- .-. --. . - / -- .

-blue like the sky. Bojan was not going to let this piece of the sky dull out and dye. He would not.

"Just hang on a bit longer. If I can get you to Nace, he can heal-"

"Bojan," Jere said quietly.

Too quietly. He sounded too tired, too hopeless. Like he was giving up.

"It's the end of the line. We both knew it was coming."

"No!"

Bojan felt as if he was ripping his heart out of his chest. The villain stood dead few meters away and it meant nothing? What was the point if he didn't have Jere with him after?

"The prophecy-"

"Fuck the prophecy! I am not letting you go."

A thought came to mind, equally beautiful and horrfying.

"The artifact," Bojan whispered, looking at the body of a villain. The one still clutched in his hand.

The one with the ability to travel time and dimensions.

"Bojan-" Jere tried to interrupt, but he choked instead coughing blood.

Fear siezed Bojan's chest and he breathed out harshly.

"I'm sorry," he said, "I can't lose you."

Then he went to retrieve the artifact. It resembled a clock, except it also had years and to the side, numbers of what Bojan could only assume were dimensions. Currently, they were at number 2.

He turned the clock back.

.-. . -- . -- -... . .-. / .... --- .-- / .-- . / --. --- - / .... . .-. .

"Bojan!"

Bojan took in a lungful of air, feeling as if he was submerged underwater. He was shaking and Jere was holding him, his eyes wide and worried.

"What happened?"

Jere shook his head.

"I don't know. You almost collapsed and then you started shaking."

He remember the hallucination so clearly. It felt so real. Jere's blood was sticky and smelled of cooper. Power underneath his skin was drumming, he could almost feel echo of it.

"I don't know either," he said, "Can we just please go home?"

Jere furrowed his brows. He scanned his face, as if trying to gauge something on his face.

In the end, he just nodded.

Bojan kept his arm around him, almost afraid that if he let go, Jere would disappear. As they made their way out of the museum, Bojan shivered and put his hand in his coat pocket.

There, his hand closed around an object, shaped like a clock. A completely different shiver went through him.

"Alright?" Jere asked again, still looking worried.

Bojan forced a smile.

"Yeah. As long as you are here with me."

As much as he tried not to even think about cold, smooth metal under his fingertips, part of him knew that if he looked at it, number would have shifted to number 1.

.-. . -- . -- -... . .-. .. -. --. / .... . .-.. .--. ... / ..- ... / -. --- - / .-. . .--. . .- - / - .... . / ... .- -- . / -- .. ... - .- -.- . ...

[cj-the-random-artist]

I let them get friendship married so Narinder can get his tax benefits lol

But legitimately. I mulled this one over repeatedly for literal months. Like. Do I want them to get married in front of the cult? Should they even get married? It would be hilarious if the Goat married them and then cried at the altar the whole time, but also... that doesn't feel right, so maybe I won't do that. And then once I decided it should be a personal friendship-marriage ritual where it's just the pair of them making vows to each other, I wrote four different scripts and hated them all and ended up just pulling this one out of thin air pretty much on the spot and that was that. At one point, I wanted Lambert to basically suggest this idea and then have them get friend-married on the spot, but that didn't feel right (and it was also gonna be unreasonably long) so that's why there's no context going into this one. And the actual friend-marriage ritual is... maybe not the best designed one ever? I wanted it to in some ways be similar to like, the way I imagine a romantic marriage happening in the cult- the parties exchange vows and do rings and stuff...? (If it's not obvious, I haven't been to many weddings...) But I figured they wouldn't want an audience, or to party with the whole cult afterwards, or anything like that. I also had them kiss each other's rings as opposed to like... faces... because one of the fights I had with myself in deciding how I would want this to go was whether it would make sense for them to kiss or not. And I ultimately decided that in this AU at least they just wouldn't want to. They're also wearing the rings on their not ring fingers cuz. Honestly it just felt right that way. Based on vibes. But basically I just wanted them to exchange a vow of eternal partnership in a very casual, chill setting, because I don't picture QPR AU Narilamb doing... anything other than that.

Also this is the rest of Lambert's office, which I actually had a pretty clear vision for after my last doodle but I didn't really bother to draw before starting this comic. Maybe I should've but eh it looks good enough. Interior backgrounds are hard......

Anyways. I think I'm happy with this one? I was enamored by the concept of a chill friendship marriage, so I definitely leaned into it here. As per usual, it's not perfect, I think I could've done a lot of stuff better / differently, but honestly?? If I were to ever get friend-married I would want it to go about like this, it makes my little aroace heart happy, and I spent too long on it to not show it to anybody. Thus. Enjoy, and also happy new year cuz I totally forgot to make a post individually about that...

[space-blue]

Fixing Vander and Silco's story (a bit)

Using canon events! Sadly we can't actually fix it, but I hope this makes it a little better. I make my own edit proposal at the end that changes the bar scene to include Felicia without issues.

They meet in the mines, and meet Felicia and her partner there too. They end up together somehow (I think we can put the brotherly allegations to rest now, eh?) and one of them (or both) inherit/buy a bar.

Although Vander is the barman, there is no indication Silco doesn't own or co-own the place. After all he comes to take it eventually as his own, and he's still not bartending. That's just not his gig.

It's implied that Vander and Silco made it, as in, got away from the mines, while Felicia clearly didn't, as she comes home to both her daughters with mining gear and gloves.

So despite Vander and Silco building the Lanes together, the mines aren't closed, and the work "isn't done".

Felicia says they've done it, and Vander is happy to celebrate their success. Meanwhile, Silco has his "NoZ" Nation of Zaun book in which he's scribbling, still planning.

Vander's first memory that Viktor sees even has Silco holding that book.

Later, in season 1 episode 3, we see that Vander tells Silco that he had Vander's respect, the Lanes' respect, but it "was never enough".

There's also this fakeout moment in the memory at the bar, where Vander says they're done, and Silco replies with "You're gravely mistaken". And I thought he was going to go all zealous and say "We'll only be done when we have the Nation of Zaun", but no, he claims he's Bozo 1.

And imo, he is probably right. He calls out Vander in act 1 saying "I trusted you and you betrayed me", and Vander does not contest this. It makes the most in character sense as well that Silco is the brains of the operation while Vander is the brawn.

And we can conclude that Silco's goals were always "bigger" and that the Lanes were indeed not enough.

Years pass, during which we can only assume Silco keeps building his Nation of Zaun and Vander happily bartends and manages the Lanes with Silco. Felicia keeps working the mines and raises Vi, then Powder.

Vi is at least 11, if not more, by the time she's on the bridge. This is just consistent with her model, but also to make her 18+ by the time of act 2.

It's a long ass time for Vander and Silco to be running a bar and the Lanes together. Even assuming Vi is more 8 or 9yo, Vander and Silco spend all that time being together.

Sadly, their models aren't aged very well.

We are also forced here to make some unfortunate assumptions.

It's not a problem, IMO, for Silco to know Felicia and be close to her. It's a problem for him to not be close to Vi and Powder too. Close enough to recognise them at least.

It's easy to say, "Well, Felicia went back to the mines and raised her kids and wasn't super involved with Vander and Silco, who lived much higher up in their bar." Adult friendships and all that.

IT MAKES SENSE, but then it makes zero sense that Vander would murder his life's partner, a man he's been with 10 years at MINIMUM (fuck knows how long they were together while in the mines), over the death of a friend in a revolt they allegedly BOTH participated in.

The memories also imply that Silco is responsible somehow, for throwing a molotov. And yet the molotov doesn't kill the enforcer.

But Vander is shown in the opening of Act 1 season 1 pummeling one to death himself, long after the rest of the revolt has died down. That enforcer wasn't getting back up lol

So whatever we pick, because the writers made Felicia and Silco close, they create a plot hole either way.

Either Vander is whacko and murders his husband over a dead friend at a revolt he set up (since he repeatedly apologises for what he did, and claims he "lost his head after she died" and had that guilt on his hands too)

Or Silco and Vi and Powder spend ALL of season 1 acting like they don't know each other at all. Then Silco takes in Powder and somehow never comments on the fact he was friends with her mom.

Everything being triggered by Felicia's death also means that Vander's emotional thematic moment dropping the gauntlets after seeing what his violence led to is then followed up by a horrible attempted murder on the love of his life, which is... you know. Bad writing.

So I propose that they indeed drift apart. Silco knows of Felicia's kids, and they hangout a bit, but they aren't that close. She's busy mining and being a mom, and Silco is busy making the safe Zaun he promised to deliver.

The creation of that Zaun leads them to act out revolts and uprisings. Vander is happy to follow. He's angry, like he tells Vi. And this manifests in violence. Silco points his violence. It's how they create the Lanes and the moniker of Hound of the Underground. A hound usually has a master, after all.

Vander is Silco's hound, and I think, in Vander's mind this absolves him of some of the consequences of his actions.

So when his friend dies on the Bridge, even if they haven't been that close in a while, well, it's easy to put the blame on Silco.

Since we're following the new canon timeline... we'll have to have him go back with the girls, ready to turn a new leaf.

I think the best way here is to have him either dropping them at an orphanage, or back at their home (trusting Vi to look after Powder for a while) or with friends.

That way, Vi and Powder aren't immediately in Silco's legs back at the drop.

Then Vander and Silco take part in the "clean up" at the bridge. They go get bodies, and since they have no real estate in the fissures, they commit them to the sea (we have canon monsters in there, so I'm sure it all gets gobbled up).

That way, we explain why Vander is weirdly shaved, and why Silco and him are at in the Pilt: they just commited the bodies of the fallen to the waters.

There may have been many others, but Silco and Vander stay there, in the shallows, as they talk.

Vander is done. He doesn't want more of this. He thinks Silco went too far with pushing this one to the bridge. Piltover got defensive and they lost too many people.

Silco doesn't get it. Where he goes, so does Vander, but Vander is his own man, he decided to come too, and he killed enforcers too. Felicia's death is tragic, but as he later will tell Renni about the death of her son: at least she died fighting for the cause, and not some petty infighting, or worse, an accident at the shitty mines.

Vander, the Hound, is not only mad with grief, he refuses to carry the blame of his own actions. It's a character flaw and that's fine! The angry man channels that anger with violence, the only way he knows how.

Silco is probably shocked, and may not say the right things to calm Vander down.

Silco is under the assumption that Vander BELIEVES IN HIS DREAM. That he's a true believer of the Nation of Zaun, like Sevika turns out to be. A true believer would understand sacrifice. A true believer would understand too, that stopping now, after Felicia's death, would make THAT VERY DEATH POINTLESS.

So maybe he screams at Vander! What do you MEAN abandoning the fight? What do you mean, being content with the Lanes? How dare you? You'd make her sacrifice meaningless! You'd make Felicia die a pointless death!

And Vander would bellow that it's over. No more death. No more bloodshed. He rescued her kids from that bridge, and they don't deserve to die too, they don't deserve to see more death.

And Silco screams back that it's their job to create Zaun so these children won't have to see more death. Vander is just delaying the struggle.

And then, perhaps, Silco may even mock him. Say that Vander can't change like that. That he's not that sort of person, to just hang up his gauntlets and go peaceful. That Felicia's blood is on his hands too, and that the only way out is through more blood, more sacrifice.

It would be a horrible point to make, if then Vander truly loses it. Silco runs, and Vander's hound comes out, just grabbing Silco and trying to drown him.

It would be poetic, because then Vander goes home in shame. Gets his arm patched up, hides the scar under a brace, collects the kids and tries to pretend like HE CAN BE THAT MAN. Even though he surrendered his gauntlets and metaphorical violence, and tries to lean into the bartender chill persona, there's what he did to Silco.

And later he'll tell Vander "I'll show you what you really are". Because Silco knows that Vander's promises of being a peaceful good dad are flimsy at best.

Anyway, Vander goes home, and eventually the impact of what he's done really hits him. He's single now, and with kids, and the Lanes to run, and nobody knows where Silco is.

Vander slowly realises Silco was right about one thing. Just because Vander followed, doesn't mean he wasn't behind that event on the bridge. Becoming the solo leader of the Lanes has to have hammered that home for him. Suddenly so much responsibility thrust on him.

So Felicia's death was on him too, and his actions against Silco are the proof that he is indeed the sort of man Silco said he was. At any rate, surrendering violence as his first reaction to any trigger will take a lot of work.

He goes to their old hideout and leaves a letter for Silco.

In the happy AU, Silco finds it, and returns to Vander BEFORE ever meeting Singed. There is no glowing eye, no shimmer, and no cannery.

In our AU, Silco never finds the letter. He finds Singed instead. Starts helping him develop shimmer.

I've been thinking that since the goal of shimmer is a form of "keeping alive" and also "bringing back to life", then it's possible that Silco's glowing eye is a byproduct of shimmer experimentation.

And that the only way to keep it alive and function is more shimmer injections. It would otherwise be grey and dead like in the Nice AU.

So Singed is also a factor here. He gives our Silco a real way to deal scary violence to Piltover. And this changes our Silco. He's more radicalised, and more opposed to Vander, having discovered that Vander works with Grayson to keep Zaun under Piltover's boot (basically making sure the boot stays, but doesn't press down too hard).

Vander is, as always, the enforcer of the status quo.

And though this works for them timeline wise, it sadly doesn't change the fact that Silco should know who Vander's kids are.

Vi and Jinx can be excused for not recognising him, what with him being one of their mom's adult friends, and scarred. But Silco doesn't have that luxury. His great friend Felicia had two very distinctive kids, ONE OF WHICH VANDER FUCKING NAMED! And her death triggered his husband so badly he tried to kill Silco over it. If anything, Silco would be hyper-aware of Felicia's kids.

And no amount of alternate fix-its changes that. It's permanent damage to season 1's Silco.

I feel like we can fix Vander's side of things by inventing an entire scene at the Pilt as I did above, but we can't fix 10 years of knowing your friend's kids and then a lifetime of acting like you don't know them.

I think it also cheapens the found family aspect of both Vander and Silco's adoption. You're left to wonder if they took in the girls only because they were friends with the mom.

Silco's adoption of Jinx and co-dependence with her was great because it spoke of the similar shape of their traumas, and how unexpected their bond seemed.

But now it's redolent of friendly obligation. And lies.

How would I fix it by keeping Felicia in the picture?

I would fully remove Felicia's one-on-one with the boys. That night at the bar? It's a party. Young Sevika is here too!

Felicia and many others are there, all congratulating Vander and Silco over the creation of the Lanes. Eventually Silco tires of the social niceties and goes to write in his notebook at the bar. Or maybe there's a montage of the night as the crowds thin.

In the end, Silco is writing, and Vander is still socialising. He talks to 3 people--Felicia, her husband, and a random person. They thank him for all his work. They've done it! And the conditions in the mines are so much better now thanks to XYZ!

Vander is beaming, he's just so pleased. It's clear for him this is the end goal. Felicia asks him, pointing to Silco, if he's okay.

Vander laughs, says Silco is fine, but he's already got his head back in the clouds. You see, Silco doesn't just want the Lanes, he dreams of a free Nation of Zaun.

The other 2 laugh, but Felicia sobers up. She rubs her belly, thoughtful. Then she says "Sounds like a dream worth fighting for."

I don't think she even needs to say anything about being pregnant, but she could go on with something like "I'm expecting. A girl, I think. I know. And I would love if she could grow in a safe city. I'm so scared she'll have to live the way I did, growing up.'

And Vander smiles sadly and tells her, 'We've gotten this far, and we're not going back. We'll make Zaun safe for your kiddo, I promise you that.'

And that's it.

Vander knows OF Felicia. She is a community member. He knows her enough, maybe from Lanes meetings, that eventually he can recognise her children. But they're not friends, and SILCO definitely isn't friends.

And the disagreement after the bridge is fully about where to go from then on, and Vander deciding he wants to run the Lanes and keep them safe, that what they have now is good enough, while Silco wants "more".

That disagreement can turn nasty, and the fact Vander tried to drown Silco becomes a statement about how violent and temperamental he is as "The Hound of the Underground". Something he'll regret soon enough and spend the next few years working hard to try and change.

What do you think?

[rekino2114]

More~ More~, another proposal prompt where girls are with their boyfriend hanging out with her when suddenly he's says he doesn't wanna be her boyfriend any longer, which gives the girl angst thoughts until he says I want to be your husband. Let's do this Mitsuri kanroji, Maki harukawa, and Junko enoshima this time. Did I choose two girls who would have very angsty thoughts? Yup, yup, and if you want to ne trio, feel free to use Mukuro instead of Junko~

Proposing to mitsuri maki and mukuro by saying you don't want to be their bf anymore

A/n:I went with mukuro instead of junko cause I thought she fit better and haven't written for her in a while

Mitsuri kanroji (kny)

"I don't want to be your boyfriend anymore"

The moment mitsuri heard those words she froze and her mind went overdrive while trying to come up with explanations

She must have heard you wrong, that's the only thing that makes sense, because surely you wouldn't have left her like this, you wouldn't, you couldn't have abandoned her too

She had already been in a very similar position before but she couldn't accept that it was happening again both because she really didn't want to feel the pain of being rejected another time and also because she knew this time it was different

She loved you so so so much with all of her heart and she had done everything she could to show you that. And she could feel that you loved her too, she knew that, she was the love hashira after all so she knew you loved her you must have, she couldn't have been mistaken.....could she?

She wanted nothing more than to be your wife. Than to continue to love the man of her dreams and spend forever with you so you could live happily ever after......so why would you just let everything go like this? Was she not good enough

After she fully realized she had heard you correctly mitsuri's usual smile was replaced by a frown as tears started to fill your eyes, she didn't want to cry in front of you but her heart just couldn't handle it....it looks like all of the plans she had already made for your wedding in her mind would have to be scrapp-

"I want to be your husband"

"............EH!?"

Mitsuri's eyes widen as you get on one knee and pull out a ring box

"......w-wait n-no t-that's a real ring?....n-not a fake or anything....t-this isn't a prank is it? Please don't prank me"

"....why would I be pranking you"

"You said you didn't want to be my boyfriend anymore"

"Uh....yes cause I want to be your husband"

"......so......You're not breaking up with me?"

"No of course not, I'd be crazy to do that"

".....and so.......you still love me?"

"Obviously, I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't"

Hearing that mitsuri's heart rate returns to normal, she stops crying and flashes you her usual bright smile

"A-ah, I'm so happy to hear that, honey, j-just please in the future. Don't say stuff like that, you almost gave me a heart attack hehe"

"Yeah definitely sorry........so what do you say?"

"Hm? About what?"

"......about the proposal"

"........WAIT YOU ACTUALLY WANNA MARRY ME!!?"

"Of course so what-"

Before you can finish the sentence mitsuri hugs you incredibly tightly and starts crying again, tears of joy this time

"Yes, yes,yes a 100 no a thousand no a BILION times yes, ahhhh I love you so much, I promise I'll be the best wife ever"

You chuckle nervously wondering how did she suddenly got all this energy

"T-thanks I'm glad I love you too"

Maki harukawa(drv3)

"I don't want to be your boyfriend anymore"

Maki is really good at hiding her emotions, and surprise especially, she always seems like she expects whatever surprise you have for her......But not right now, she couldn't, she couldn't hide her immense surprise at what you just said

Maki knew she was cold and standoffish and frankly not the best girlfriend, but she hoped that you would look past that and see that she actually loved you, she loved you so much and she tried her best to show that

She told you that, which might seem like the bare minimum but to someone like maki, who isn't used to show vulnerability at all, admitting that she loved someone, that she relied on you and cared about you more than anything....was a big deal

And also all the small but cute gestures she did, like making you lunch, picking flowers or giving you gifts even if she basically always denied doing those things for you she thought that would be enough....but it seems she was mistaken

Were you scared of her? Of her ultimate? But she had told you so many times she would never hurt you, she would never dare to even try or do it accidentally.....she loved you after all

She closed her eyes and sighed ready to walk away back to her-

"I want to be your husband"

"..........do you wanna die?"

"W-what? I-i'm proposing"

"Did you seriously think I don't want to be your boyfriend anymore was a good proposal, are you an idiot?"

"........now that I think about it that was pretty bad....sorry"

"At least you recognize that......but....y-yes"

"For what?"

"The proposal obviously, just give me the ring now"

She takes the ring and puts it on her finger as she sighs

"............."

"Sometimes wrong?"

"No I'm just.......glad to be your wife"

Mukuro ikusaba (dr1)

"I don't want to be your boyfriend anymore"

"H-huh?"

Mukuro genuinely can't believe her ears, to be honest the thought of you breaking up with her never really even crossed her mind

Sure, mukuro knew she wasn't the best girlfriend. She was incredibly inexperienced in romance and almost constantly needed guidance in things related to it, so she was so thankful to have you for that guidance but she understands that it could get annoying after a while

But she genuinely tried her best for you, she read books, watched romance movies searched online and especially asked her sister for advice on how to be a good girlfriend so you wouldn't have just disregarded all of that effort right?

Just being with you felt right to mukuro, she wanted nothing more than to be with you and protect you....she would have protected you from anything and everything, she would have given her life for you and as much as admitting that makes her feel weak.......she still would have even if you broke up with her

She didn't know how to react, should she cry? Should she say something? No she should just stay silent and move on, breaking up with her was your decision after all and you had the right to do so....no matter how much it would have pained he-

"I want to be your husband"

".........w-what?"

"I want to marry you I love you mukuro and want you to be my wife"

"........i-i'm confused, didn't you say you wanted to break up?"

"No.....oh sorry i-i guess it could have been interpreted that way, I'm really sorry, but no I would never break up with you, in fact I want to spend the rest of my life with you"

".....me too"

"So is that a yes?"

"Yes definitely"

You put the ring on mukuro's hand as she looked at it and smiled slightly

"I'm still sorry about that, that really wasn't the best idea for a proposal was it?"

"No everything's fine now I suppose, I was sad for a bit but now I'm happier than ever that I get to be......y-your wife"

"I'm really glad you're happy about that cause I am too, so so much"

[mrs-monaghan]

Hey Shaz, how are you. I have been sad lately, and I was hoping you could cheer me up. Would it be too much to ask you to do a post on Hobi accidentally putting our favorite couple out there?

Listen. Not alot of people would put this moment on the list but its on the list for me. But mostly because this happens to me all the time! See anon, I am a laugher. I laugh ALOT, much like Jhope.

Not too long ago my sister and her hubby were going at it over something and I was in the back seat just laughing my head off. Then day before yesterday a close friend of mine and her hubby had a silly back and forth and I was there having the time of my life. So when I saw this tweet by Busan baes just now I couldn't help but add it to the list because Jhope here 👆🏾 is me when a couple bickers near me. And I bet I'm not the only one who's experienced this. So yeah, to me Jhope's reaction to Jikook here goes on the list 1300%

But moving on, anon. Exhibit B

A popular moment we all know and love ☺

I go more in depth about it here. The fact that Jhope didn't even notice his slip up thou 🤭🤭

Exhibit C.

Anon idk what in your life is making you sad but I'm hoping this small analysis of Jhope being a snitch, brings a smile to your face 😘 it sure brings a huge grin to mine 😂 its the way Jhope couldn't wait to tell Jimin what he had seen. Poor JK 🤣 Nah, I love that moment sm 🤭🤭

P.S -> that moment answers the age old question on who Jhope would pick if Jikook ever broke up 🤭🤭

Exhibit D

I talk about it here. I remember some ot7s tried debunking this moment by saying that Jhope confuses Jimin and JK's names all the time, so this was just him doing that. While that explanation is valid, it doesn't apply here. When Jhope shouts "JK!" He actually turns around to look at JK. So yeah, he didn't make a mistake this time.

Exhibit E

Speaking of Jhope confusing their names. On this compilation is all members confusing Jikook with eo.

Ends at 3:50. You will notice the culprit is mostly Jhope. This part is my fav 😂😂

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Its hilarious to me but its also really telling, anon. He is one of the reasons we know Jikook spend ALOT of time together.

Exhibit H

This compilation here shows Jhope being the Jikook president he is 😍

Among the things mentioned, is this moment where Jhope shouts "wifey" when JK carries Jimin

Notice how he didn't say it when JK was carrying anyone else ☕

Exhibit I

I actually didn't know about this one, anon. It's new to me 🤭

Its on this analysis here by "breakdown the kookmin" we all know that moment in rom coms where the couple goes to a pottery date and the man sits behind the woman, wraps his hands around hers and they mould the clay together. Now why on earth would Jhope tell JK to do that to Jimin? Eh? And like BTK asks, why can't he just do it himself? 😏😏 oh Hobi 🤭 tell us more, please 😂 tell us everything! ☕

Exhibit J

I don't really need to say much about this one do I?

It's a popular Jhope outing Jikook moment. Basically Jimin was lagging behind and Jhope went to JK specifically -not any other member- to complain about Jimin being slow. You know, like how you can go to a boyfriend about their girl and vice versa?

Tweet with video here

Exhibit K

Is another common moment. We talk about this live a little bit here and talk about Jimin being a big eater here.

Otherwise there is plenty of analyses videos on this live everywhere. e.g this one.

This is considered a Jihope moment but really its a Jikook one. Once you realise JK was in the room, what Jhope was doing to Jimin makes sense. This was a bestfriend teasing their other bestfriend about how they were gonna get some later 🤭🤭 tihihihihi.

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST (he will continue to slip once they finish serving. Ha haa)

Exhibit L

We talk about this moment here. Like I said, he could have used Jin or Suga as an example, but he used JK 🤷🏾‍♀️

Jikook is real. Have been boyfriends for a long while. So if in doubt, then pay attention to Jhope 😁😁 He's the closest to them which means once in a while he will slip up.

Thanks for the ask anon, I enjoyed doing it 😘 Hope you've cheered up and are feeling better 💛💜

[lxndonorris]

a paddock affair - Lando Norris

Y/N x Lando Norris Theme: Fluff Lando introduces you to part of the paddock x mentions of Max, Carlos, Charles, Oscar and Daniel word count: 1200+ taglist: @game-set-canet requested by anonymous :) hope you like it. gif by me;

As the sun is shining brightly, casting its golden ray upon the Melbourne skyline, you find yourself standing outside the gates of the prestigious Formula 1 paddock, hand in hand with Lando, your heart fluttering with a mix of excitement and nerves. 

It had been a whirlwind romance since you first met a few months ago, and now Lando was inviting you into his world, the heart of the F1 action.

"Lando, I'm really nervous," you confess, tugging at the collar of your Mclaren team jacket, a piece of clothing that now holds sentimental value beyond its sleek design.

Lando squeezes your hand reassuringly, his trademark grin lighting up his face.

"Don't worry, love. You'll be great. Everyone's going to love you."

With his comforting words, you make your way into the paddock, where the air is alive with the hum of engines and the chatter of mechanics and drivers preparing for the weekend ahead.

Your first stop is to meet Lando's good friend and teammate turned rival, Carlos Sainz. As you approach, Carlos looks up from his conversation with a mechanic, and his face breaks into a wide smile.

"Lando! And who's this lovely lady?" Carlos greets you, his Spanish accent laced with warmth.

"This is Y/N, Carlos. My girlfriend." Lando introduces you proudly with a shy smile playing on his lips.

Carlos extends his hand, and you shake it, feeling a rush of gratitude for his friendly demeanor. Lando stands by your side, his comforting touch a constant reassurance; his hand strokes the small of your back, a subtle yet comforting gesture.

"Nice to meet you, Y/N. I must say, you look great in that Mclaren gear," he motions to the jacket Land gave you a few days prior. "You're practically part of the team already."

You blush at the compliment, feeling a sense of belonging wash over you as you exchange pleasantries before Carlos gets called away to attend to his duties in the garage.

Next, you encounter Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc engaged in an animated discussion. Their laughter echoes through the paddock as they reminisce about the last race. As you approach, they exchange knowing smirks before Charles excuses himself, his eyes lingering on you for a moment longer than necessary.

Max bounds over to you, his infectious energy filling the air. "Well, well, well, Lando, you sly dog! Hiding your girlfriend from us, eh?"

Lando rolls his eyes playfully. "Yeah, yeah, Max. This is Y/N, by the way."

Max shakes your hand enthusiastically. "Pleasure to meet you, Y/N. Don't worry, we won't give Lando too much trouble... maybe."

Their banter is like music to your ears, easing your nerves and making you feel like a part of the tight-knit F1 family. Amidst the lively banter and laughter, Lando's presence anchors you as the grip on your hand tightens ever so slightly.

After Max excuses himself as well, Oscar Piastri joins your little group. You had met him before, and he greeted you with a warm smile, genuine concern evident in his eyes.

"How are you feeling, Y/N?" Excited?" Oscar asks, his Australian accent adding a touch of familiarity to the conversation.

"Excited doesn't even begin to cover it," you reply, unable to contain your enthusiasm.

Lando wraps his arm around your waist, pulling you close. "Come on, let's take a stroll through the paddock. I want to show you everything."

As you wander through the bustling paddock, Lando points out the intricacies of the garages, the sleek motorhomes where the drivers and teams strategize, and the various anemities that make the F1 experience truly one-of-a-kind.

With each step, your anxiety melts away, replaced by a sense of wonder and awe at the world Lando inhabited.

At the same time, your eyes can't help but wander to Lando, taking in every detail. His Mclaren shirt hugs his lean frame perfectly, the familiar papaya orange contrasting beautifully against his sun-kissed skin. The casual elegance of his outfit, paired with jeans that fit just right, only serves to enhance his natural charm.

But it is his curly hair that always captivates you the most. Each unruly lock seems to have a mind of its own, framing his face in a way that is both effortlessly cool and undeniably endearing. Every time a stray curl falls across his forehead, your heart skips a beat, reminding you just how lucky you are to be by his side.

"Lando, your hair looks amazing today." You can't help but gush, reaching up to tuck a wayward curl behind his ear.

He grins, his eyes sparkling with amusement. "Thanks, love. It's a constant battle trying to tame these ecurls, but I'm glad you like them."

You smile and caress Lando's cheek, marveling at the softness of his skin beneath your fingertips. His stubble tickles you ever so slightly, but you welcome the sensation, relishing in the intimacy of your moment together.

"I love your beard, Lando," you murmur, tracing the contours of his jawline with your thumb. "It suits you so well."

A hint of surprise flickers in his eyes before a sheepish grin spreads across his face. "You do? I wasn't sure if I should keep it or not."

You nod emphatically, leaning in to press a soft kiss to his lips. "Definetly keep it. It makes you look even more handsome, if that's even possible." 

His laughter echoes through the air around you, filling you with warmth and contentment. 

Lost in your quiet moment, a familiar voice breaks through the serenity around you. "Hey there, mate."

Startled, you turn to see Daniel Ricciardo approaching you, already donning his racing suit with that siganture grin plastered across his face.

Before Lando can react, Daniel reaches out and playfully pokes his sides, causing him to burst into giggles.

"Hey, Danny." Lando exclaims, returning the gesture with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes. "Trying to distract me before training, huh?"

Daniel chuckles, his charm undeniable, as he joins you. "You know me, mate. Always up for a bit of fun."

Lando's arm finds its way around your waist, pulling you close, giving you comfort.

You fall into easy conversation, chatting about racing and sharing anecdotes from past experiences on the track. Daniel's enthusiasm is infectious, and soon enough, you are all laughing like old friends reunited.

After a while, Daniel excuses himself, a glint of determination in his eyes, as he prepares to focus on the upcoming race weekend. "Well, it's been great catching up, but duty calls. See you both later."

With a wave and a parting smile, he disappears into the bustling crowd, leaving behind a lingering sense of camaraderie that warms your heart.

You turn your head to find Lando looking at you, a warm smile forming on his lips.

"Lando," you say softly, overcome with emotion, "thank you for bringing me into the paddock."

A tender smile graces his lips as he gently caresses your cheek. "You did amazing, Y/N; I'm proud of you."

His words fill you with warmth, and as he leans in to kiss you, you feel a rush of love and affection wash over you, knowing that with Lando by your side, there is nothing you can't face together.

[skreel-the-red-thing]

OKAY time for a review. I was… midly convinced by the sequel. In my opinion it’s a not so bad movie plagued by a not so good writing. I’m going to be vulgar at some point, don’t mind me that’s my way of coping. Let’s dive.

MIND THE SPOILERS OFC

What’s bad :

- Let’s adress the elephant in the room to get rid of it : « Nile can remove immortality » is bullshit. It's so stupid, it means that if by mistake she hurts Joe or Nicky in training then paf ! RIP gay people. I don’t buy it and I don’t think anybody here does. I understand they needed a threat for the gang, but why not just threaten them to lock them up in iron coffins, Quynh’s style ? Like, you established the worst fate for an immortal in  the first movie, why not use it again ?

- Speaking of Quynh. My girl is out of water with no trauma, speaking perfect english (language of those who locked her up. Mh.) and not insane ? Eh, a bit disappointing.

- No enough labrys in my opinion.

- Booker. Booker, Booker, Booker. He's my favorite character so I'm very pissed off *spit a bullet*. Ngl, I expected him to die and it didn't seem like such a bad idea. BUT THE EXECUTION WAS TERRIBLE. My man deserved so much better, he has almost no development, no redemption arc and he dies like shit, mostly out of selfishness: he knew Andy was as tired of life as he was, but he preferred to die and hand her the hot potato without asking her opinion. Erf. Also they both could have walked through that door, the “sacrifice” doesn't make any sense I'M GOING TO BREAK SOMETHING

- JoeNicky try not be captured challenge.

- Also Joe and Nicky had an argument at the beginning of the movie about Booker and Joe lying, and they made up while talking about something entirely different LIKE HELLO? The conflict isn't resolved here. It was cute tho, we like declaration and foreheads touch.

- HOWEVER. Nicky saying "ti amo" and Joe not responding ? DO YOU WANT ME TO GO TO THERAPY ?? Joe, when your husband says "ti amo", even if you feel guilty because you're lying to him, you say "ti amo" back.

- Do I need to point out what a flat character Discord is? I couldn't care less about her. Even pharma bro in the first film was more menacing.

- WHERE'S COPLEY? Like at the end, the guy might be dead, we don't know. Schrödinger's Copley.

- Tuah is... here. He has potential, but he's underdeveloped, so I don't have much to say. From my point of view, he's a bit of cannon fodder for the next film, to sacrifice his immortality to Quynh.

- Shall we talk about the dreams  stuff ? Well, it never really made any sense, either in the first film or in the comics. Like Nile dreams about Quyhn but Booker don’t ? Weird. And now ? Oh boy. Tuah dreaming about all the others but they don’t. And Discord ? Seriously, when you set up a mythology, you've got to make it logical, otherwise how are we suppose to write coherent fanfictions afterwards?

- I fucking HATE cliffhangers. Especially since  we've waited 5 years for this movie, and knowing Netflix's cancellation policy. At any point, Joe, Nicky, Nile and Tuah remain in a vacuum packing for eternity because we won't get a third movie.

NOW WHAT’S GOOD !

- Okay. I complain a lot, but I was super happy to see the sequel and to get to see again these characters that I love so much. I'm waiting for third movie to bring them all back to me. Yes, even you Booker. I'm delulu about him.

- I liked the vibe a lot ! It was less dark than the first movie, with more moments to breathe and appreciate the atmosphere between the characters. Special mention to the dinner scene after the first mission, I'm delighted to know that drunk Nicky snores like a boar.

- The film was more beautiful and colorful than the first one, and direction was better in my opinion, especially the fight scenes and choreography.

- NILE IS COOL! Her McGuffin role sucks, but it's not her fault, and besides that every time she was on screen I was like “damn, what a gigantic charisma she got!” . My girl is so stunning it hurts. Also the double spear ? Made for her.

- I still like Booker more than anything. I still like the fact that he jumped the second he had the opportunity to end himself. I just think it could have been handled better.

- « Has she spoken of me ? » « She never stopped. » MAYBE I DIED THERE.

- I'm relieved to finally have the answer to the question “If they cut off a limb, how does it heal?” and for that I thank Joe's thumb and Booker's head in the maze.

- I didn't get any sapphic kiss and that’s a shame, but the AndyQuynh relationship was cool anyway. Special mention to the whole reunion sequence, with Andy passing through the eras with the team in background, it was the most beautiful part of the movie.

- The soundtrack was better handled than in the first film. It doesn't look like much, but for me it was a major flaw, so I'm glad they've sorted it out.

IN CONCLUSION it was... okay. Now let's go another five years of waiting.

[yanderes-galore]

This idea could technically be done with anyone who has a tadpole/illithid parasite... or even just reads minds. Yet to keep it simple I just did the companions I had in my run. If you liked this idea and want it with someone else, PLEASE TELL ME :) (I didn't recruit Minthara but someone wanted her so here she is!)

Characters are in the order I found them in on my playthrough. Sorry if things are off, at the time of writing this I am just finishing Act 1 and moving on to Act 2. If you want a character from future acts (Like Gortash) I can still write them. I'm romancing Astarion and Gale in my playthrough so I have no seen anyone else's love scenes... Which may make their behavior off in this.

If you have ideas on how to make some companions more intense yandere-wise, I'll take ideas. This was just meant for self-indulgence.

Yandere! Origin Companions + Minthara using the Illithid parasite to read your mind

(Sharing Late Night Desires - Mini HCs)

Pairing: Romantic

Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Possessive behavior, Manipulation, Mature content/Implications of sex, Biting (Lae'zel/Astarion, Karlach, Minthara.), Marking, Blood drinking (Astarion), Implied consensual/dubiously established relationship.

Lae'zel

Honestly, Lae'zel is surprisingly quick to obsess over you as her party leader.

In the game (at least my playthrough) she expresses a want to experience late night desires at Medium Approval.

I'd definitely see her obsession with you in general start as just desires due to your strength in combat.

Githyanki tend to value strength of any kind, after all. Even if you're a caster.

While she acts really distant or aggressive... Lae'zel will not deny she's attracted and a bit obsessive about you to herself... but refuses to confess it.

She's canonically possessive and jealous, always wanting to keep you to herself.

You're always on her mind... So using the Tadpole to connect with you does come to mind.

She doesn't trust the damn thing... But she's conflicted when she realizes she can sense your desires.

You... drive her mad.

Sharing thoughts could go either way.

Maybe there's mutual attraction and one night you have a fantasy about her... Which she ends up intercepting.

She... ends up seeing everything, the Githyanki conflicted yet pleased that you see and admire her strength.

By the time you realize someone is using their parasite to infiltrate your mind, you look around camp.

Only to see Lae'zel, your Githyanki fighter, looking at you with a downright feral look.

You practically see her shaking... yet before you can protest or scold her for what she did—

She's practically on you with a growl.

"So is THAT what you want with me, eh? Fine, then... Show me your strength."

Or maybe it's the other way around, where you accidentally intercept Lae'zel's fantasy of her leader.

You're minding your own business around camp, occasionally glancing over at Lae'zel.

She's drinking from a cup, sitting down... yet her behavior seems off?

Maybe you even try to use the parasite to see if you need to discuss anything.

Then you get a vision, something rough... passionate... and downright feral.

You pause... for a long time....

Only to be roughly shoved out of the connection, making you struggle to process what happened.

You could ignore it, sure... You may even try to...

Until Lae'zel comes up to you, tugging you aside.

"I know what you saw... You desire the same, don't you? I can tell. Lay with me... You've always been mine, don't deny it...."

Either way the night ends the same with you sore and Lae'zel probably more obsessed than before.

You're covered in bites and scratches due to the Githyanki fighter being rough.

She wants everyone to know you're hers... She isn't willing to share in the slightest.

She enjoys claiming you... She likes you belonging to her.

While her obsession starts as just desire...

Eventually it becomes much more than that, she wants you to be hers fully...

She may want this parasite gone... but she does enjoy this new quirk about it... it makes you submit to her much more easily if she keeps projecting fantasies to your mind to make you hers.

Shadowheart

Shadowheart is normally very reserved.

In fact, from what I read on the wiki, she doesn't have an intimate 'love scene' besides kissing.

So for this, sharing desires through the parasite is probably much less... carnal.

Shadowheart has always tried to shut herself off from love, as a cleric she's devoted to Shar.

Yet you, her leader, make her feel conflicted.

Shadowheart doesn't really trust the illithid powers, viewing them as a corrupting force.

However... They are useful for peering into minds....

Shadowheart doesn't like anyone peering into her mind... So she'd more likely peer into yours.

Only to get visions of how you feel towards her... that may go beyond just kisses.

She's stunned, sitting on her knees in camp as flustered.

She... probably doesn't say anything about it to you at first.

She knew you cared for her... Enough to save her life, at least.

She'll admit she's... Had thoughts of kissing you or being a bit obsessive about you...

But now here she is, face red as she realizes you love her in a more intense way than she was expecting.

Honestly... While it may have been a slip of the mind or just... one little fantasy...

She kinda hopes it isn't.

Shadowheart likes knowing you care about her that much.

It... took her off guard but it isn't bad.

If you looked into her mind, it would be something less intense, like kissing or holding each other close.

But now that she knows you feel fond of her too...

It may intensify her obsession.

After such a thought, she seeks you out in camp, offering to share a drink with you.

The days after that her obsession strengthens, now she wants to spend all her time with you.

Maybe, in the future one night at camp... She'll be assertive and act out what she sees in your mind with you.

She ends up checking your mind more often than she should... which is hypocritical considering how she feels about others doing it...

She likes the idea of you wanting her in such a way...

That just means she has a better chance of claiming you as hers, right?

"You have a certain look in your eye... Would you like to relax with me? I'm sure it will help clear your head... just keep your eyes on me... I like it when you look at only me...."

Astarion (Spawn)

Oh you just KNOW he's exploiting this.

Astarion is a carnal creature, a seductive vampire spawn who fully intends to make you his.

You've caught his eye, while not fully possessive as just a spawn... He's still quite assertive with what he feels is his.

Astarion has also shown an interest in using the parasite's powers.

It isn't that hard to see him discovering that he can gain access to your head... and using it to seduce you.

Astarion is another yandere who is quite carnal with his obsession, simply using you for desires and his own motives before realizing he needs you.

You two have probably already had at least one intimate encounter together.

Astarion still remembers and craves the taste of your blood.

You don't always get the time to be together... But Astarion would make his needs known.

I definitely know him and Lae'zel are the most needy companions for carnal intimacy.

You'll be minding your own business, cooking or tending to camp...

Only for Astarion to just be in his tent broadcasting what he wants from you through the parasite.

Your other companions watch you with concern as you grunt or make a sound in response, irritated at the needy vampire spawn you take care of.

He'll even do it while traveling, he likes how you react.

Plus, he knows he's won when you come to him, offering your blood and body.

"Oh, darling! You got my little... requests. Please do lie down... I hate waiting to make you mine...."

He's smug the entire time, just happy to feel you against him and drink from your neck.

To him, this reassures him he has you wrapped around his finger.

You'll be his... now and forever... No one else can treat you in such a way.

He's completely content against you afterwards, nuzzling into your neck with his cold skin clashing with your warmth.

For now... He's sated.

But you just know the next night he's doing it again, desperate to have you EVERY night he can.

He may want this parasite gone...

Yet he's going to ENJOY this new ability he has with you... That way by the time he loses it, he'll still have you addicted to him.

"Darling... my sweet little thing... You can tell I want you again, can't you?"

Gale of Waterdeep

Someone said Gale would take advantage of this... which I didn't understand how at first.

However... I do like the idea of Gale secretly being a little freak when it comes to this kind of thing....

He fell in love with a Goddess, after all... and lived most of his life in solitary.

Go on... Tell me Gale hasn't thought of taboo pleasures.

For a long time he didn't think he'd get over Mystra, for she was his love.

But then he met you, his leader....

Since then he's been having... thoughts.

If anything I feel he has more... expansive fantasies than his fellow companions.

He thinks of worshipping you... of kissing you... of you controlling him...

He's probably the more submissive of the companions.

I feel Gale would be similar to Astarion with making his fantasies constant once he realizes he can abuse the parasite to be closer to you.

He's experienced such fantasies with you using The Weave... The parasite is simply another way for him to show he loves you, right?

However... I feel Gale would try to make showing you his fantasies subtle.

Subtle enough to make you think they're your own.

Gale is sneaky that way, He wants to make you fall for him naturally.

What better way to do that than to capitalize on the parasite in his head while he's got it?

He starts small... Putting in thoughts of little dates and sneaky kisses.

Then he makes it progressively more... demanding.

Late nights together, intimacy, you using him for yourself....

It's all things Gale wants... but he makes you think these fantasies are yours.

When you talk to him he just gives a soft smile, offering to support you and talk to him.

He's much more manipulative than he looks.

He doesn't feel like he can actually ask you to partake in these fantasies until he feels it's safe due to his condition.

Until he feels he can touch you without accidentally blowing you up... Gale would abuse the fact he can use these fantasies to make you fall for him.

Even better if he enters your mind and finds out you're having similar feelings all on your own... Then it MUST mean you love him too...!

Soon... you'll fall for him just as much as he loves you... He just knows it.

However, when Gale is comfortable and feels you'll be safe...

Gale will come up to you to ask about engaging in such acts.

"My dearest... There's something I have to confess to you... Will you spend the night with me?"

It's then Gale gets to explore the fantasies he's always had about you... and hopefully you'll enjoy them.

After all... You're the one who had them, right?

Why don't you let him help you confront the feelings you have for him...?

"Just look into my eyes, my love... Let me worship you...."

Wyll Ravenguard

Wyll, according to the wiki on his romance, wants a fairytale romance with his obsession.

He wants to be your prince, to whisk you away, to protect you and dance... to kiss you... to marry you.

He's another yandere companion that wants to take things slow like Shadowheart or Gale.

Wyll plays the long game... and while he doesn't trust using Illithid powers... The mind reading isn't that bad, right?

He'll just try not to use it to dominate others.

Wyll would probably be more like Gale with making it subtle.

He'll broadcast a fantasy to you, something small to make you think of him.

A dance... a kiss... just a night spent drinking together...

Mizora's probably having a field day with this, her little pet using forbidden powers to try and court you.

He wants to be your prince, your knight in shining armor... How cute.

Wyll always ignores his patron, too busy watching your face as he gives you cute little desires.

He'll give you desires enough to convince you to do them with him, like small kisses, drinks, or cuddles.

I imagine later in the journey he's still using the parasite, eventually making the fantasies more spicy.

Heated kisses, together in a bedroll, just you two... maybe even bound by vow....

Wyll admittedly gets too into it, coming up with fantasies that border on fanfiction.

You're probably going to notice at some point with how Wyll looks at you.

It's a cheap trick... but you might already be together at this point.

Mizora allows this for the most part if they still have a pact, mostly enjoying the idea of potentially having two pets to use.

So... Hopefully you'll accept him when he comes up to you and asks to lay with you?

Who knows, maybe eventually he'll finally ask you to marry him... Then you can truly be his.

Wyll is a bit of a submissive yandere like Wyll when it comes to this kind of thing... But can still be assertive.

One way or another he's going to have you, he just prefers to use chivalry to get to that point...

That doesn't mean he's going to let you out of his grasp if you decide to leave him, though....

"My love... Please never leave me. If you'll let me... I'd love to be bound to you forever. Let me take care of your every need... I'll be all you need."

Karlach Cliffgate

Poor Karlach is very passionate when it comes to obsessing over you.

However, she can't experience intimacy with you properly until her infernal engine is fixed by Dammon.

Karlach doesn't particularly enjoy Illithid powers... However...

The second she figures out she can make you experience fantasies with her, she considers it.

She hates that she can only watch you from afar, that she can't properly love you.

So... After some consideration... Your Tiefling barbarian may just decide to try it.

Girl can not be subtle for the LIFE of her, though.

Karlach's flames act up when she's worked up or excited.

You would just be minding your own business in camp, only to get a vision of the intimacy Karlach wants... possessive and intense due to her infernal blood...

Then you see a flash of flame come from Karlach's tent and hear someone like Astarion or Wyll yelling or making a comment about there being a fire.

Yeah... Karlach can not be subtle with broadcasting her desires to you through the parasite.

Even the smallest desires make her tail wag or her look distracted.

The more intense ones nearly cause a forest fire due to her excitement.

It's all she has though until her flames can be calmed....

She often apologizes to you... But she can't help but want to be that close to you!

You're so doomed the second you have Dammon fix her infernal engine in Act 2.

Karlach is touch starved due to what she's gone through... and clingy.

The moment you get her engine fixed, Karlach is excitedly on you.

She's still not subtle when she uses the parasite to show fantasies... But isn't lighting the camp on fire now?

Anyways... The second she can touch you, you're being dragged away.

"Yes, finally!!! Let's go, love! I have a lot to try!"

Poor you is bitten and exhausted by the end of the night, your possessive Tiefling barbarian curled tightly around you in bed.

She at least licks the bites afterwards in an attempt to soothe the searing pain of her fangs.

Her tail thrashes and wags for a moment before curling tightly around your waist.

She's warmer than all the others, being your own personal heater as she cuddles you.

As a Tiefling, she's definitely possessive the second she has her hands on you.

To her, after this night, you fully hers.

If anyone tried to change that, she probably would just kill them.

"Finally! All mine... my love... my cute partner all to myself...."

Minthara

Minthara, perhaps as part of being a Drow or just personal beliefs, is canonically possessive and jealous similarly to Lae'zel.

She originally was just planning to use you... or be close to you so the Artefact would free her from The Absolute's control for just a moment....

But as she hangs around your camp after you saved her... She admittedly finds herself feeling more attached.

Minthara has always felt you belonged to her since you two started getting... close.

She loves to use power to convince you to side with her, or using deception to take your attention from others.

She's even downright murderous and violent towards other suitors.

You're hers... and doesn't mind the idea of exploiting you with your desires.

She's probably similar to Astarion, often using the parasite to show you what she'd love to do to you.

She's dominant and possessive, her fantasies often cruel and rough yet all ones where she makes you hers.

She's probably got some dark ones too... Ones where she uses rope or marks you.

She watches you eagerly when giving you these fantasies, wanting to see how well you submit.

You're her cute little pet and partner... If she catches you having thoughts of anyone else, there will be consequences.

Minthara would use these fantasies to draw you in... Then she'll come up to you to claim you, to make you hers.

"Have you been good for me, my pet? You liked what you saw, right? Good... Show me, then."

Even better if you're the one who had the fantasies... It makes her proud.

Downright arrogant, even.

Minthara would use the parasite to seduce you... Then by the time you awake in the morning, you're covered in bites and raw marks.

She, on the other hand, spoons you from behind with her hands around your waist... a smirk against your neck as she kisses the skin.

"That's a good pet...."

She's of course going to do this more often.

She has never once shied away from gaining more power... Especially over you.

If this means she can trick you into being hers...

She's going to abuse it while she has it.

[daiourage]

That One Arc in Prime Where Optimus Lost His Memory But This AU Makes No Sense Because It's a Mix Between IDW and One

Happy New Years! My drawing app keeps crashing so I decided to draw my ideas on paper, and this took quite a while;;;

As always, press/click for both the full picture and for better quality!!!

["Brief" explanation of this comic:

1. In a previous post I mentioned wanting One to continue into something similar to the IDW continuum because I,,, love IDW, just in general, but the IDW MegOp crumbs are also tasty--//shot 1-2. Also the way the characters refer to each other is intentional please I think I know what I'm doing?? It's been a while since I consumed TF content (until recently) though. This entire comic is a what-if scenario that came to me when I was showering lol-- 2. MegOp is established 👍 (insert "old man yaoi joke" here (I agree with y'all btw, not mocking)) 3. In the last panel, I was debating whether or not to put Elita with Bee in helping Megs call Optimus "Pax", but decided to put Starscream because I feel like it makes more sense non-One wise. 3-2. I wanted to include more dialogue with other characters, but it ended up looking like it was shoehorned in because the concept was very MegOp centered I'm so sorry (me to every other character) Just know I love every one of y'all-- 4. I have crudely simplified the characters by complete accident. My bad;;;; in my defense, every character changes a lot when I'm not looking (I had so much trouble trying to figure out which Bee design to use),,, 5. It is very fast paced on accident as well;;; might sound like a badly translated manga, too;;; I don't know how it turned out but maybe my bilingual self is in that one phase where I'm good at neither language;;;]

It might look a little messy because it's been so long since I've touched colored pencils I'm,,, gonna try to get used to it since my app doesn't seem to be getting fixed anytime soon;;; (I don't know if it's an iPad problem or an app problem;;; Sketchbook get your shit together please,,,)

Also, I used a couple of sparkly colored pencils but I'm not sure it translated well in the scan so I'm a little disappointed but eh,,,

Also also, have this thing I drew of Megs being lovestruck in the last page when Optimus comes back lmao--

My bad for the long post; it's currently 4 AM because I stayed up watching music shows over here;;I hope we all have a wonderful year. I have a feeling my TF phase is gonna last a couple years longer than it usually does jlsdlakjsdlkfja

Let's all have a good time, yeah~?

[lurukifennecfox]

i had an idea that while Halfas can die and become full ghosts it is still hard to kill them

in ghost form the can get survive same as full ghosts (even if the get their head cut off they can just put it back in place) so they are basically immortal-ish there.

in human form they are way more durable than average human but still. they can get hurt more meaningfully than in ghost form and still feel pain so can't exactly shrug it off.

as such they instinctively transform if the damage is bad enough to risk their lives and because the injuries translate to forms if the injuries in ghost form are bad enough they get that block on transforming back to human like you'd get if you tried to put your hand in boiling water.

you can but your survival instincts say nu-huh so you just don't.

my brain also gave me a scene(incomplete and in video format so that's what you get)

** Danny in human form, for whatever reason there happens an explosion near and he's startled and getting, well, blown off so he's hurt from the explosion and mid-flight transforms into Phantom (no one could see that because there's still a ton of fire happening from literally explosion taking place?). **

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Danny is desoriented and kinda not feelin' it because duh.

"Ugh" he gets up into a sitting position and finds himself in ghost form, confused, he must have transformed and haven't noticed somehow? someone is calling him.

"Phantom!" someone staggers closer clearly panicked and limping, which makes sense considering the current situation.

"Phantom what happened?? i saw Danny there is he okay???"

Phantom panics a little himself and kinda hysterically laughs "i hope so!" then takes an unnecessary breath to calm down and explains hurriedly standing to his feet. "i portaled him to my lair so he should-"

he was interrupted by the person he was talking to "oh Ancients! are you okay??"

he looks down to where the person is looking to find out he very much looks blown up at the moment exept in green... which he hadn't noticed before and the sight makes him queasy.

he knows he will heal up in a few hours tho, or a day? depends. ouff that hand looks like it barely hangs on how did he use it to prop himself up??? "at least everything's attached, eh it'll be fine in a few hours"

he elects to not think about it and better think about whether or not it's too traumatising to see for him to check up on other people who were in radius (not as close as him, hopefully no casualties)

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he will freak out later thinking he actually fully died, because he tried to transform back and couldn't (boiling water thing), but nope he just didn't wait long enough for his body to stich together the very important internal organs.

he should just wait and idk? go socialise since he doesn't look gorey anymore.

[undead-cypress]

Some more shitposts and Jpn new game + notes

I THINK (because it's not like I have a script nor am I particularly observant) this miiiiight be the first instance of a personal pronoun? 自分 is a pretty impersonal one though, which makes sense in this context because this is the scene announcing Will's entry into the tournament. The dialogue choices here are, in response to (paraphrased because I don't remember it exactly) "Entry to the tournament? With this runt?"

> It's me who's entering

> not a runt

> don't answer a question with another question

I picked "not a runt" because it is endlessly amusing to me how obviously Will was supposed to be even younger. We're not a baby :((( not born three weeks ago :((((

(please ignore how, in my blazed out state, took me several minutes to try to type in "Jingles" - long story - on the PS4 while still forgetting to add the " to シ so now I'm stuck with "Shingles" for a mc name. Oops. The Japanese PS4 keyboard mapping is NUTS. You know how they put the English keys in alphabetical order?? When you're wired to use QWERTY?? It's kinda like that. It's hard when you're high.)

In other pronoun stuff, all the street vendors (not shop keepers though) refer to the MC as お兄さん, even though they're all universally WAY older. It's more of an informal way to show deference to a potential customer, a rank thing rather than an age or family thing.

Brigitta's pronouns for her dog are basically it/it's 😂. Mostly because she refuses to give it a name, so she refers to the dog as コレ, コイツ, etc

I think it's funny this is Strohl's default mode. I never noticed until now, when one of the ranked events had him going up to the landlord guy like this and for a second I wondered if we're supposed to interpret it as "we saw you across the street and we hate your vibes". But nah that's just his normal. Nobody else's idle pose has clenched fists, this is excellent. I've said it before but his line deliveries are a bit more aggro/seething in Japanese and maybe that's why I'm noticing.

Also, Rangief calls him Leon-bocchama. While "bocchama" translates to "young lord" it's pretty rare and embarrassing to call anyone over the age of eh.... 14 that. It does make the sub theme of Strohl's ranked episodes of coming to age as an adult come through a bit more when Rangief drops it at the end. Also it's funny. The English version places more emphasis on worthiness and responsibility rather than the growing up aspect, which I think is fine tbh because that IS the main thing. Age hierarchies matter less in the anglosphere and it would just be kind of baffling without explanation on why East Asia is obsessed with age hierarchies. And just hierarchies in general.

(it's Confucius's "trickle down ethics"'s fault)

Oh yeah the "my kind of strange" line everyone keeps screenshotting is less interesting in Japanese, it was something like "we'll get along well".

Fabienne is much more forceful sounding in Japanese and her tone was pretty scary at times. In English she comes off as more tired, but in Japanese it sounds much more like she's kind, yes, but she will beat you down with a stick with no hesitation if she must.

Bardon doesn't have an equivalent accent in Japanese and I'm not immediately picking up anything special about the way he talks. Aww. He does still sound very much like a hapless goober though.

Gloddel is even hammier, if that was possible. My god, this is what every middle schooler going through anime phase wishes they sound like.

Neuras has an accent though! He's very much still a wacky scamp.

I kept joking that Hulkenberg is horse coded so my friend made her a horse in miitopia. Then the Mind Horse (draw a horse without using references) challenge started trending again on Bluesky, and people wanted to see my mind horse. Unfortunately my mind horse is just a regular lookin horse and not very funny, so I drew Hulkenhorse instead

You're welcome?

[fiamat12]

Quick PSA: Haters/ in fighting

I'm a lover not a fighter - hard outer shell, soft on the inside. I can be biting. But then I'm the first one to give someone grace - i.e. my partner despises A and I'm always the one saying "we don't know everything that happened, she's young, etc." lol.

I do use the block button mostly to protect my mental & emotional well-being. If you've read my blog long enough, you know that I often block those who support those who hate on me. Simple enough, eh? So, I want to clarify recent events...

There's a Lukola blogger who came at me in the past few weeks. She doesn't say who she's talking about in her post(s) - and maybe she thought it wouldn't get back to me since I don't follow her - but a friend noticed it is clearly pointed at me, per the content.

1- She's taken things I said in dms we exchanged and made blog posts to try to prove me wrong. She 100% mischaracterized what I said/ took what I said out of context to make me look like the bad guy. Fair? Not so much. Shady? I'd say so.

2- She's made posts based on my followers' Asks. One of the Asks supported my pov and thereby debunked hers (see below*), so she felt the need to write about it, frame it is as "nuance" and then proclaim that she won't be silenced.

MY GOD!!! No one is silencing anyone! We ALL have the opportunity to have our voices heard on our own unique blogs, and it's a beautiful thing! But you know what's not? Jealousy, projection, hypocrisy, and vengeance. If we've learned nothing from the Lukola saga, haven't we at least learned that?

She initially reached out to me re: N's pregnancy and expressed a need to "mobilize" Lukolas. The message was significantly late to the party (weeks away from N giving birth), and I was not and am not going to mobilize Lukolas against anyone. This is a shipping blog not a war vessel. Yes, even the Jakolas & Antlukes are entitled to their opinion.

My response:

I won't go into any more detail so as not to air her dirty laundry (I won't hesitate to do so later if needed 🤷🏼‍♀️), but I will just say this: I eventually ended up blocking her blog because imo, she was spreading misinformation w/ her posts and her knowledge base was lacking as a newer blogger. I also wasn't in line w/ her fanaticism.

That's MY CHOICE - and you all know, w/ my background, how I feel about hearsay/ unfounded theory. People were messaging me pissed about what she was purporting at the time; we've already gone through this w/ MPOV in the early days w/ misconceptions that still linger, that are not favorable to Lukola.

Anyhow, she dmed me on Discord when she realized she was blocked, saying it felt "like a punishment", and that I did so because her pov "complicated the narrative"... no, it's because it was inaccurate and I didn't want it on my feed. I've already spent innumerable hours/ days/ mos. w/ my partner a year ago unraveling an extremely complicated set of facts to make sense of things. Just because you're new doesn't mean I have to go backwards, esp. when we've had confirmation that what we concluded is likely true.

She also claimed to have " No hard feelings. Just moving forward" yet here we are after a month.

⬆️ Just like this Anon, I've not read or followed her blog since early May. But because she seemed upset and claimed I was denying her the value of my pov (her words), I unblocked her. She's obviously now blocked again, as I consider her (as of late at least) to be no different than the toxic troll.

If you think I'm the problem because I prefer to mind my own business, curate my own blog, be as accurate as possible w/ information, post things I care about / am passionate about and protect my peace, I don't know what to tell you. All the Lukolas who have come for me this past year (and yes, there have been several) have one thing in common - they chose to talk shite about me, unprovoked. And yes, I consider that divisive. I also consider theory that reads like Fanfic yet positioned as plausible, irresponsible.

I will agree w/ her on one thing: always question everything, esp. the quality of people you let into your orbit (I bet we could ask L a thing or two about that). As for one of my own mantras: Always trust your instincts!!! We've been gaslit as Lukolas long enough... ✌️

*The aforementioned blog post ⬇️

[ewingstan]

One thing I appreciate about parahumans on an aesthetic level is that while there's an insistence on determining what would "really happen" if people had superpowers, and that oftentimes involves determining the exact mechanics and boundaries of someone's powers, is doesn't extend into the powers themselves making "realistic" sense. They're not "I have a powerful but explainable physical attribute" or "I control this one element/physical force/metaphysical force" that you sometimes see in modern "grounded" superhero deconstructions. Powers are wild and specific in a way that's better at capturing the feel of a comic superhero setting, without sacrificing the deconstructive angle.

Like, I'm on arc 12 of Ward right now, and "Red" keeps summoning random industrial equipment out of the ground. Saws, cranes, pistons, what-have-you. It doesn't seem like its a green lantern-style "I can create what I want but like to stylize my constructs" thing, it seems like its more "I can specifically summon industrial equipment." And there's lot of settings where something like that wouldn't make sense or fit in, particularly ones where powers are supposed to be mapped onto universal forces or natural kinds. Is "industrial equipment" a natural kind in the parahumans-verse? No. So why does she specifically control industrial equipment if that's an arbitrarily-defined category? Eh, it feels coherent as a powerset, and that's all the entities really care about.

There's a lot of powers with this quality. Pretty much all tinker abilities run into it: why can Bakuda have the ability to nuclear bombs, black hole bombs, and cold bombs, when all they have in common is triggering an effect in an area surrounding them? Why can Kenzie not make microphones, but can make "sound cameras?" Case 53s fit into this too: whats the relation between "secreting hallucinogens from your skin" and "having a tail?" Or "shooting out a bunch of random chemicals from your hands" and "being really durable?"

To be clear, this isn't a criticism. Works that insist on thinking up what superpowers it makes "sense" to have are cutting of a lot of the potential earned by getting weird with it. And works that focuses on giving characters only "fundamental" or "grounded" powersets oftentimes feel like they're in another, more boring genre entirely.

[theallianceofcelestials]

May we acquire a drabble about a scenario within ETD?

A hypothetical situation, of course. What if, Eclipse had said he wouldn't stay with Ruin upon the second rig, if only for comfort or revenge on the crew, and Eclipse finds himself upon a third one, with the discovery of another eldritch, who seems to have taken pity and curiosity upon Eclipse?

(Eldritch Killcode, perhaps? ))

All I'm hearing is Dadcode, so beware. You have brought this upon us all. Thank you

This is not my best work, but eh

The third rig is not as bad as the last one was. But that doesn't make it good.

Still, he wouldn't really change his decision. It felt so satisfying watching those people burn away. His lover quite clearly agreed, shooting him one last wicked grin before everything disappeared into bright orange.

Now he's here, feeling way more detached than ever before. He can't wait for his lover to show up. He's almost certain he will.

So when the rig lurches just as they began drilling, and everything's sent flying in a way that's not familiar, he panics. Because that was not his lover.

He rushes off to engineering, to see if the issue is maybe there, but at the first locked door he experiences something that's quite chilling.

There's someone knocking on the door. Or perhaps something

Because while the sound itself is unfamiliar, a strange tap-tapping, the surety, the confidence, is quite familiar. That's how Ruin carries himself, and the eldritch being really has no reason not to be self-assured.

...

He's going to die, isn't he?

Still he reaches for the knob, because if there's one thing he learned about the eldritch, it's that they appreciate politeness and respect. So despite how much he doesn't want to, he pushes the door open. And when nothing happens, he takes a deep vent, and steps into the dark room.

He really wishes he didn't.

There, standing above everything, is a living nightmare, more than twice his size. Whatever it is, it's coloured in two silvers, one a much deeper shade, the other almost iridescent lighter shade, gleaming like a precious metal. On the head sits a pair of onyx eyes, with the slightest glow of red to them. The irony of it being another celestial model, this one a lunar one, is not lost on him.

So isn't the way it dresses, with familiar jesterish pants with glistening stars on them, though curiously torn on the right side above the knee, deep crimson ruffles that glitter even in the minimal light, and a proud nightcap with a soft looking fur rim coloured a metallic purple with the same stars on it as the pants.

The being, despite its size, does not feel more, but also doesn't feel less than Ruin. He wonders if that's only because he can't sense it as a mortal. He wonders if this is perhaps even greater than what he already saw.

Where is his space octopus when you need him?

"I have not felt it wrong then. You really are under the protection of Ruin"

He shivers at his voice, the deep, demonic voice almost making him run. Only reason he doesn't is because his feet seem to have froze to the ground.

"And you are made from metal instead of flesh. How curious. Though I do have to admit I prefer it this way"

The giant gets down on one knee, never taking those otherworldly optics off of him. Even as a giant, clawed hand is reached out to him, the being doesn't look away.

"My name is Killcode. And you are, mortal?"

He takes in a deep vent, reminding himself this could be going worse, he reaches a shaky hand out, taking the offered servo. Even as they go through a polite human greeting, he feels rooted to the spot from sheer fear.

"E-Eclipse"

"Hm, that is a rather lovely name"

Introductions seemingly done, the large creature gets back to his feet, which he only now notices are actually paws, before motioning him to follow. Eclipse does so, because he's not an idiot with a death wish.

"You seem to have captured the attention of one of us already. I wonder why that is, though don't take it as hostility. It's not everyday one sees a being as you, alive, made from precious metals, and yet none of them my own."

"Yo-ur own..?"

Killcode hums, crawling through a doorway in a rather comical fashion. He doesn't dare to laugh though.

"Ruin, while he may be flesh at first glance, is also the liquid made from the dead and gone. I myself am made of metals, ones humans considered precious once upon a time. Despite them losing their minds to it."

That's not concerning. Not concerning at all.

"Tell me Eclipse, did you meat Ruin because you unearthed him?"

"N-not me exactly, but-but yes"

The giant hums, stepping out into the sunlight. Whatever he's made of, probably the same precious metals he claims to be, seem to come alive in the light. It's majestic, same as his lover.

"And who is he to you?'

The eyes looking back at him seem just the tiniest bit more red than in the dark. The casing of the large being is engraved with strange flowing patterns that remind him of the stars, if they were all connected.

"He's my lover"

That seems to take him aback, but when Killcode's scrutinising eyes rove over him again, it seems like he can feel it. Because why else would his eyes widen like that, and why else would a secretive, if pitying smile come across his face?

"Oh, you sweet child, you do not know the hunger you've fallen into."

"Hunger?"

"Ruin is not known to stop when he desires something. Not as long as it's in any shape or form, pleasurable to his treasure. You will know no freedom of him for the rest of your life"

That doesn't sound as bad as the eldritch beast may think it is. In fact, it sounds quite the opposite.

Even if he burns with flustered embarrassement at having his lover's rather questionable... behvariour brought up.

"But who am I to stop you from the fate you clearly long for? While I may have no use to the pesky little humans on board, I know my old friend would appreciate the snacks."

And it really speaks a lot of Eclipse how he isn't even the slightest bit bothered by that.

.*.*.*.

Killcode is an interesting person to have around. Mainly because when he called him a child, he actually seems to have meant it.

And now he's stuck here, with what he thinks is his new father. At least from what little he knows of parents, that's how the eldritch beast seems to act.

Apparently he's been awoken because the drill hit him, and he wasn't all that appreciative of a hole being made on him. Especially when this place seems to be a shared sleeping spot with Ruin, who he claims to be good friends with.

Even if a new tension has entered the giant's sentences whenever they reach the topic of his relationship with his lover. He honestly has no idea why that is

But the great beast has agreed to help him drill at least, moving out of the way as much as he could. When Eclipse asked him if being hit by the drill was painful, he outright laughed.

This eldritch being, is horrifying. There's no sugarcoating it.

But he's also a well of knowledge, and he's more than willing to teach him whatever he can comprehend of their kind's customs and behaviour. Which is immensely helpful, especially because he now knows just how meaningful it was when Ruin brought him onto the drill's lift, and willingly showed him his core. And now he also understands why he seemed so frazzled the first time Eclipse accidentaly stumbled into it.

But not, he also has extra ammunition to tease his lover with. Who, so far, doesn't really seem to want to show up. Despite Killcode claiming he's already aware of the drilling here.

"It's more than possible he can't sense you here because of myself. He might be searching for you in other places"

"Can't you tell him or something? You're basically sleeping on top of him."

"Which was already a rather big sign of trust. I may be overstepping if I were to go to him directly, especially when he's boind to be frantic. Give it a day or two more child, and he will show his face. He can't avoid greeting me for longer"

Which means it's great Killcode insists on standing guard over him while he sleeps, because the moment a familiar tendril shoots out past the drill, already having been given a more than sufficient opening, he's there to shake Eclipse awake.

"Someone's here"

And frankly, seeing the look on Ruin's 'face', despite him not having manifested his avatar yet, at his lover standing next to a friend of his, is priceless and makes the whole wait more than worth it.

"Eclipse, my love, are you alright?"

"He is more than fine Ruin. But before you were to reunite with him, I believe a talk between us is needed."

"Look, Killcode, you are a great friend of mine, but I think-"

"It partains to Eclipse"

That shuts his lover up, and surprises him more. Sudden cold dread fills him, and for a second he fears he's somehow overstepped or something.

But then:

"I have claimed him as my child, and if you are to court him, boundaries must be set up"

"Bound- I knew him for longer than you!"

And as the two eldritch beings descend into a rather childish argument, Eclipse is hit with the realisation of just how silly eldritch horrors actually are. And how despite they live for eternity, they'll make decisions that'll last for eternity rather quickly.

And he also realises that maybe he really shouldn't have dropped the lighter on the second rig, really should have stayed there, because he can't take two eldritch beings. Even if one is his 'dad'

He really wasn't made for this bullshit

[darkficsyouneveraskedfor]

Home Grown 1

Warnings: non/dubcon, stalking, and other dark elements. My username actually says you never asked for any of this.

My warnings are not exhaustive but be aware this is a dark fic and may include potentially triggering topics. Please use your common sense when consuming content. I am not responsible for your decisions.

Characters: Cole Turner

This AU is called Watcher Anonymous and will include different series for different characters. This is our introduction to Cole and Eartha.

Summary: loneliness can drive one to desperate measures.

As usual, I would appreciate any and all feedback. I’m happy to once more go on this adventure with all of you! Thank you in advance for your comments and for reblogging ❤️

Cole is tired. He's never really not. He spends all day on his feet, cleaning up some clog in the drains or fending off the pests in the fields. There's not much going on aside from the constant battle with the earth for his livelihood. His family's too.

Ever since his dad had a stroke, it's been on him to balance it all. His sister if off who knows where with who knows his name and his mom is looking after his dad. So it's all up to him to keep this place going. And it's all on her to keep him going.

The shame used to make him squirm. His skin would burn and his blood would boil. He'd close his laptop and mope, feeling bad for himself, calling himself weak. Then he'd open it back up and keep doing it. His persistence became indifference, Not to her. No, he only ever thinks of her. He just doesn't care if it's wrong because it makes him feel right.

That night, he's addled. His dad isn't doing well, his mom is worried despite efforts to hide that, and he can't get an answer from his sister. She said she'd come see them so he could spend more time working. Not that he really wants to.

He slips his phone into the little plastic pocket to protect it from the water. He balances it on the rack that hangs around the showerhead and he cranks the faucet to a steaming spray. He stands under it as he lets it wash away the tension and waits for the stream to buffer. It's taking a bit today but sometimes it happens. Out here in the farm lands, reception is spotty.

It's not working. He's lathered up by the time the error shows. Disconnected... Strange. Why?

He gives up with a sigh. The one thing he has to look forward to and even that isn't going his way. He'll give Jensen a call when he's done.

He rubs dry his hair as the water drips down his legs onto the mat. He looks down at himself then moves to face his reflection in the mirror. He's not an ugly guy. He's not being a narcissist, he just doesn't think he's that bad. He shouldn't be alone. Still.

He huffs and wraps the towel around his waist. He grabs his phone from the show and closes the curtain. He walks down the hall and locks himself in his room. His bars are full. He shouldn't be having issues with a signal.

He dials out and waits for Jensen to pick up. He does right as Cole expects to go to voicemail. He's whisper.

"Hey, dude," Jensen scuffs around.

"Busy?" Cole asks.

"Eh, sorta, just..." he clears his throat. "All clear now, bud. What's up?"

"Mm, well... you remember... that... feed. So, er, it's not working."

"Hm, and it's just on her laptop?"

"Yeah," Cole sits on the bed and chews his thumb. "All of a sudden."

"Did the error have a code?"

"Uhhh yeah, I think," he recalls the numbers as best he can.

"Device is either off or broken. Could be both. You could give it a few days and see," Jensen suggests.

"Sure, but, er..." A few days is a long time especially when they're so slow. "Yeah, you're right. I'll wait her out."

"Dude, trust me, I get it. Boss went out of town last week and I saw her pack her favourite toy," he purrs grossly. "Anyway, it's about that time for me."

The line clicks. Good. Jake kinda weirds him out sometimes. He drops his phone.

He'll be cool about this. He can handle a few days without watching her. I mean, she's a stranger. They've never even met. She doesn't even know he exists. So he can log off and touch grass, so they say.

~

The days pass in a torturous slog of dirt, pollen, and lonely nights. Cole is wound tight, ready to snap as he has a thousand things pulling at him at once. His mom wants to hire a nurse, his dad is getting aggressive with everyone, and his sister just convinced his mom to send her money they don't have. Worst of all, he's alone. He's not sleeping because all he does is dream of her.

As he cuts away the rot from the tomato vine, he catches the tip of his glove, just enough to pinch himself good. He curses as a flash of rage swells in him. He whips the clippers into the dirt and snarls. Goddamn it!

He paces back and forth angrily. He rips off the gloves and tucks them into his workbelt. He combs his fingers through his hair and prowls like a wild beast. He can't take it anymore.

He takes his phone out and calls Jensen. It takes two tries but he gets an answer. Not a happy one.

"Dude, I had to leave a meeting--"

"Feed's down," Cole interrupts. "I'm having a real bad day and I need--- I need it."

"Jesus, you sound like it. Hm, okay, you know her email?"

"Uh, sure I do," Cole says.

"Right, you know everything," Jensen laughs. "Come on, guy, let's not pretend here. We're all a bit freaky. So, I'll send you something. Don't click on the link, got me? You take that template and forward it to her. I'll include instructions so you can dupe the sender... she'll think it's some bullshit coupon redemption or whatever. She clicks on it, you got full access again."

"Really? That easy?"

"Well it all depends on her, doesn't it?" He snorts. "Alright, I'll get that too you when I can. Gotta go."

The call ends. Cole leans against the fence and sighs. He better follow through. Better yet, it better work.

[cosmerelists]

If We Had Cosmere-Themed Chess Sets...

Now that I think about it, these might simply exist. B-But anyway, here's how I think a chess set could be constructed thematically from various Cosmere books.

[Spoilers! I wouldn't read these unless you've read the series mentioned in the title]

1. The Stormlight Chess Set

King: Elhokar. He is the king and also, and I say this gently, he doesn't do much or go very far, typically. Just like the king in chess! Queen: Jasnah. Is the queen...albeit at a different time than her brother is the king, but eh. Very powerful. Can move anywhere. Might be the strongest piece on the board. Bishops: Kadash and Pai. I just think they should be Ardents, and I picked my favorite two. Knights: Renarin & Adolin. Renarin because he should be the piece that moves in the most unique way. No one else moves in an L shape! And Adolin? Well...not gonna lie. I just think Adolin should be a horsey piece. Rooks: Dalinar and the Sibling. Dalinar because he needs to be a piece that is strong. That moves in a firm, straight line. That can do that castle move which is about protecting the king. And the Sibling because they are literally a tower. Pawns: Bridge 4. Main purpose was to be sent out to die, although if they make it allll the way across the board they can get a very special powerup and become one of the most powerful pieces on the board.

2. The Mistborn Era 1 Chess Set

King: Kelsier. Yes, the game is supposed to end if the king dies. No, Kelsier-King does not play by the rules. Queen: Vin. I mean, she's a Mistborn, which to me is parallel to being the piece that move in any direction as far as it wants. Very powerful. Bishops: Hammond & Dockson. Stand on either side of the queen and king. One can only move on black squares, and one can only move on white, which symbolizes how Ham & Dockson are on the same side but rarely see eye-to-eye. Knights: TenSoon & Marsh. Knights make hard turns as pieces, and these are characters who are always making hard turns: TenSoon from one side to other, from one body to another (and yes, I gave him the animal piece. Sue me). And Marsh from human to Inquisitor to, uh, Death I guess. Rooks: Demoux & Spook. I can't tell you why rooks read as "true believers in Kelsier" to me, but they do. And I kinda like these two as a pair. Pawns: The Skaa army that Kelsier tries to recruit. Sorry to those men.

3. The Mistborn Era 2 Chess Set

King: Harmony. Can't do much himself, but does direct the other characters. If he gets killed (shattered), the game could be over for Scadrial. Queen: Wax. Harmony's sword. Can zoom all over the place killing other pieces. Bishops: Steris & Marasi, as the resident believers in Survivorism. Knights: Wayne & MeLaan. Yes, I'm realizing that I see kandra as the little horsey pieces, I guess. And the knights can't move straight. And neither Wayne nor MeLaan are straight either. Rooks: Ranette & uh...Marsh again? Am I forgetting someone? Why are there so few characters in Era 2? A-Anyway, Ranette and Marsh definitely make sense because they're both, uh, support characters. Ranette making weapons. Marsh dropping info. And the Rooks are there to support the king! Pawns: All the kandra. Pawns of Harmony, every one. Bleeder is the really angry one determined to make it across the board and get promoted.

4. The Elantris Chess Set

King: Raoden. As a dead guy trapped in Elantris, Raoden doesn't have a lot of moves he can make. But dang is he really good at doing a lot with a little. Queen: Sarene. Sarene, on the other hand, has a LOT more freedom of movement and she uses it. Bishops: Hrathen and Dilaf. Hilarious to have them on the same side as Raoden and Sarene, I know. But listen. They gotta be the church pieces. Knights: Galladon and Karata. Since knights trace out the letter "L" and the Elantrians need to draw symbols in the air to do magic, I thought...wait. I swear this made sense in my head. Rooks: Kiin and Eondel. Kiin because the rooks kinda look like they're wearing a crown and Kiin was due to become king, and Eondel because he's the guy who has the strong private army. Pawns: I think it would be fun if the pawns were people with the Shaod, since they could become really powerful but they aren't currently.

5. The Warbreaker Chess Set

King: Siri. Not only does Siri spend the whole book being shuffled from one room to another (like the king can shuffle one square at a time), but a major plot point is Keep Siri Alive when the other side tries to kill her, so. Queen: Susebron. I do want Siri and Susebron to be king & queen, and it just works better this way. Once he gets his powers figured out, he's an all-powerful sort of guy. Bishops: Lightsong & Blushweaver. They're literal religious figures. Knights: Vasher & Vivenna. Mainly because they're warriors. Rooks: Parlin & Llarimar. I know Llarimar should be a bishop because he has the hat, but I like the Returned gods as bishops. So I made him the rook--and Parlin too (as soon as I remembered he existed. Sorry, Parlin). They're both there to support/protect another character. Pawns: I think they should all be soldiers from the Lifeless army.