#though I might have to be more specfic if I do more of this in this au

[blushblushbear]

Hear me out… concubine/consort AU with monarch reader

you'll have to forgive, I'd be open to writing more of this kind of set up but frankly I read this prompt and one dude came to mind in particular.

Utterly humiliating.

Fuyu, worn down and looking the most unkempt he ever had, was being pulled from a dim covered wagon by a chain around his neck and wrists. The restricting runes etched into them glowing, almost as a warning to not resist.

"Come along, fox."

Ornate guards with brutish demeanor were tugging him along, beckoning him out into the blinding sun of the court yard and up the steps of a large palace.

He followed with a look of indignity and a shimmering feeling of rage. He, the once mighty leader of the winter clan, a prisoner to humans. And being passed off like a trinket no less! The emperor who he had fought with managed to trick his way into the upper hand, and Fuyu had been captured. Taken cavity as a victory of his prize.

He was paraded around for a while as a show of the 'great emperor's might', kept in shabby livings and feed off scraps like some god forsaken beast that pompous gloat had tamed.

And now here he was, being given off as a token of 'peace' to some other noble. No doubt another cruel master for him to play trophy for.

As his eyes adjusted, he took the sights of his new 'home' in. Lavish does not do justice to the finery that can be seen even along the front steps into the palace. The stairs were finely crafted; with linings of gold to accent the soft color of the marble, all taking shape into something that mimicked a walk way lined with flowers. The grounds from what Fuyu could see were adorned with vibrant flowers to compliment the stairs.

And as he stepped inside, the finery did not stop. All neatly ordered walls a wash with tastefully placed art. Nothing too gaudy, but meticulous, thoughtful and most of all-- tasteful.

'Well--' thought Fuyu, 'at least this master has an eye for presentation.'

His mind cast back to the shear sickening slop job of decor his previous master had fancied. The most expensive pieces he could find strewn about with little thought or care other than to show off that he had the means to buy it. All money,no decorum.

Fuyu was marched through the halls, deeper into the heart of the palace, and with each new wing he past through, he noticed the themes shifted-- each wing it's own proud individual, but somehow still meshed seamlessly with the wings around it.

Truly the home of someone with genuine refinement.

Still, with each rattle of the chains that bound him, with each time they pulled against the sensitive parts of skin, he knew that this place would still be a prison, no matter how lovingly it was adorned.

As they went deeper, Fuyu heard music drifting in from a distance. And as they drew closer to it, he felt a weird sense of relief and fear. On the one hand, his new master seemed an artistic soul. On the other--- Fuyu was still bound in chains.

He almost felt as though he might be sick as the doors opened and gave way into a cozy yet spacious parlor.

"Your Grace, a present from the Emperor of the Southern Kingdom."

Fuyu was a bit shocked that the one who turned to respond to the guard was the figure who was at the piano. He was assuming that they were simply having someone else play to entertain them. Fuyu was also shocked at how they were shocked-- for when they turned around their expression went from curious and cheery to a look of disgust and confusion as their gaze fell upon him.

"Oh--" They rose and made their way towards Fuyu and the guards that surrounded him, "Oh my-- how.... lovely??" She looked down at him, looking unsure as to what to make of him. "He uh--- he sent... a man...?"

"There is also a letter your grace!" The guard stated, holding up a wax sealed letter and holding out for them. They did not take their eyes off Fuyu, still baffled of what to make of him.

He was just as confused. They seemed more shocked than anything. Were they not told he was coming. They still were looking him up and down as they opened the letter and unfolded it while matter,

"You poor thing, the state of you..."

They then turned their attention to the letter and began reading it's contents aloud,

"For the most Honorable Monarch of the North, I humbly submit this, my most prize position," they made a face reading over that last bit, "A Kistune of a felld tribe from the mountains. This beast has been my greatest triumph and now I share it with you. I thought it fitting seeing as yOU DON'T HAVE A SPOUSE?!" the indignity in their voice made it almost crack, "AND I HEARD THAT KISTUNE MAKE FINE LOVERS?! I PRESENT TO YOU THIS SPECIMEN TO TAKE AS YOUR CONCUBINE?! WINK WINK?!?!"

Well-- that was news to Fuyu as well. And guessing by how they are reading it, his new master finds the insinuation just as insulting as he does. He's not sure if he should be hurt by the fact that they are not honored to have a kistune such as himself as a prize, or relieved.

"HEARS TO LONG AND PROSPEROUS PARTNERSHIP, YOUR BUD THE EMPEROR!" They sighed deeply, pinching their nose "of all the... SERIOUSLY?! Who sends a person?!" they asked turning to their guards and Fuyu. "Unbelievable..."

They leaned down, taking a better look at Fuyu as he knelt before them. He was almost shocked how gentle their hand was as they inspected his grimy face.

"Poor thing... Look at how poorly he cared for you..." They noticed the chain around his neck. "Did he send a key?"

"Uh, y-yes your grace," the guard said, handing them the key as soon as they held out their hand for it, "but are you sure it's a good idea to--"

Click.

"There, that much feel better." They said, unlocking the collar and deactivating the runes. For the first time in a while, Fuyu felt the air on his neck. It almost was a shock how much of a relief it felt. He was still processing his thoughts as this new master held his hand up and unlocked one wrist, then the other. All the while he was taking in the sight of them-- their face was very warm and their eyes so gentle... this was-- definitely not what he was expecting... As they held his hand, they saw how raw the skin beneath those bindings had become.

"Oh, look at your poor wrists..." They leaned in closer and gently touched his neck, "oh, and your neck to--" turning to the guard, "bring me a healer. And tell them to bring dressing for wounds. And you," they gestured to another guard, have the staff draw a bath. He needs on," more examining of Fuyu as they ran their hand across his hair, "hmm-- and tell them to break out the good conditioner. Stand up for me please?" They gestured from him to stand and in a fit of confusion, Fuyu followed their orders. They guided him to spread his arms out and they took a good look at his form.

"Man you're tall... probably not going to have anything that will fit you that well... we're going to have to make due for now, but I'll send someone down to get your measurements after you're cleaned up. Oh, speaking of-- Rose," they turned to a maid who had been standing by in the corner, "have the house staff ready one of the guest rooms-- one of the larger ones."

Fuyu stood there still in shock. What was all this...? Now that all of the staff had departed to handle things, him and his new master were left alone.

"You must be hungry---" they walked over to a table and grabbed a tray of treats and brought it over to him, "Take your pick. Oh, but this is just to tide you over! Don't worry, we'll get a real meal into you of course!"

Their smile was so sweet. Fuyu still wasn't sure how to take this... was it a trick? Or some sort of ruse. He remained in a stunned silence as he looked at the tray, then back at them curiously.

"Go on!" They said with a bit of a laugh, "They won't bite!"

He sheepishly picked up some sort of baked good and started to nibble on it experimentally. It was strange... it had a pleasing enough smell but the taste was--- almost herby? But not quite an herb...

"It's lavender!" they chirped, "You don't have to eat it if you don't like it, it's not everyone's taste." It was now Fuyu's turn to give his new master a semizing glance. They were definitely... a lot better looking than his previous master. Though they were also much more confusing. Fuyu could handle cruelty-- that he was used to-- but such an out pouring of kindness? And to one who looked so feral as he must right now? This must be some sort of trick...

"And once we've got you cleaned and fed and clothed," they started, setting the tray down on a near by table, "we can begin to make arrangements to send you home."

Fuyu froze. In his shock he dropped what he was eating and stared at them wide eyed.

"Send... me--- you... aren't going to keep me?"

"Pff-- what? No!" they chuckled and walked towards him, "Dude, you have kidnap victim written all over you! I'm not going to keep you prisoner here!"

"But... that emperor..."

"Oh I'll just tell him you escaped. And if he tries to come find you-- I can always send you off with some form of protection! I know many a guy, we could probably hook you up with some kind of way to make you untraceable! Besides, your tribe must miss you!"

Fuyu felt a paign of sorrow and bitter rage that was capping a mild panic. After a long silence he finally growled out,

"My clan are all dead... I lead them to ruin like a fool... I have nowhere to go..."

The Monarch's expression turned sympathetic. They came up to Fuyu and took his hand in his.

"You can stay here. As long as you like. To save face, you can be a concubine, but in name only." They took the other hand, pulling Fuyu's attention to their face as they looked in his eyes and told him, "I will never make you do something you don't wish to do. You are free to do as you please here. No chains, no bindings. I promise."

Fuyu left his eyes watering. Such kindness, such mercy... it had been so long since he felt it, and he believed he did not deserve it. But he will accept it. He took their hand in his, lowering his cheek into their palm.

"Thank you..."

They simply smiled.

"Of course. If you're mine now, then I plan to treasure you. NOW! Let's get you washed up. And after that, I can show you my library if you'd like---I have all manner of literature-- you're free to go through it as much as you like of course-- and the--" Fuyu followed as he was dragged once again through the halls, though this time it was gentle and surrounded by excitable chatter.

He still didn't feel he deserved this, but maybe he could grow to enjoy being treasured...

[leewritestoomuch]

hiiii!! sorry if this is kinda specfic but could i rq neji and gaara + anyone else you would like with a reader (romantic or close friends type thing, up to you!!) that grew up with older siblings (a kind of big-ish age gap? like they were around 8 or so when the reader arrived) and the reader + their siblings are all competitive over ANYTHING, so they love to rub it into each other alot (like a "heyyy big sib, remember when i beat you in a match of rock paper scissors and you promised me hotpot? well i want to cash in my reward now") just like a 'healthy' siblings dynamic, they aren't scared of inviting [insert character] into these little games, cause they just want them to let loose a little,,, so kind of just fluff, kind of like character getting to know s.o/readers family outside of formalities or important clan thingies,,,,

Neji and Gaara (separately) with a reader who has Older Siblings

More specifically, a healthy relationship with those siblings.

Neji Hyuga

He’s just a little jealous.

He admires your dynamic with your older siblings

The way you all bicker, compete over food, etc.

And especially the way you all have each other’s backs. Your older siblings, despite being quite a bit older than you, might bicker with you like your close in age, but they have the clear older sibling role.

All of them protect you. (Like how they all warned him not to hurt you. He won’t, but he admittedly was scared)

He keeps his distance from all of you when you’re bickering or competing though because he made the mistake of not doing so once, and he blinked and suddenly he was in the middle of a food fight…

He pretends not to hear you when you ask him to defend you, because he’s not getting involved and used as collateral.

If all of you decide to go out to eat and purposely seek him out to go with you all because he’s “part of the family,” he will be so happy (inwardly, he doesn’t show it)

He ends up involved in random games you all play together, usually as your partner in those games. He’s tired, but he’s so grateful.

Gaara of the Sand

Reminds him of his older siblings once he recovered and amended their relationships.

He’s glad you’ve always at that support system. He knows how important it is and how nice it is.

You have a much larger gap with your siblings than he does with his siblings though, so he wonders how you guys have anything in common at first. It’s hard to see how somebody 8 years older than you would share your interests or hobbies or anything really.

There is a rather large gap between him and Temari and they get along fine though, so he takes to just watching you and your siblings from afar.

He notices how you all bicker and argue. You’re clearly competing, but you’re laughing.

Any mean comments are taken lightly and don’t go too far.

He finds himself smiling.

Until he’s being dragged by the wrist to split some sort of tie. He’s startled, but goes along with y’all and tries to help.

If your siblings ever refer to him as family, his eyes will light up. He’s so happy to be included.

[crusty-chronicles]

sorry if this is a bad time to request and feel free to put this off till whenever or even delete it if you're sick of airheaded stronk s/o asks

I was wondering, could you do short headcanons about how hiei and/or kurama with a stronk/airhead s/o would react to someone random or even a minor antagonist actively being rude their s/o while they're in earshot

[for a more specfic example maybe that eyeball at the gate of betrayal calls their attempted sacrifice foolish or the pretty boy purple guy from the dark tournment says smth like "it's a shame such a pretty face is wasted on such a brainless oaf" which has the added bonus(?) of sounding underhandedly flirtatious.]

again no pressure to write this quickly or at all. i just figured i'd throw it in your ask box incase it interested you at all.

Also entirley seperate question but would you be willing to cover roroanora zoro in your stronk/airhead s/o series?

BONUS AIRHEADED S/O DRABBLES: How they react to someone insulting their S/O

An: Of course I don't mind! Never be afraid to request things, it just might take me a little bit to get to them but really I enjoy doing them!

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Kurama:

More than likely it would be a comment from Yomi or Kaito that would make him lose his cool. For this instance though, we'll go with the latter.

🦊🦊🦊🦊

It was a little after Botan got her soul stolen that Kaito decided to run his mouth. You having been kidnapped with Yusuke because where one went, the other followed. Much to Kurama's dismay.

"You've got me curious, playing house with a human I'd figure would be so far below you. Do you find them amusing? Maybe think of them as some sort of plaything? A way to keep yourself entertained?"

The taunt was an attempt to make the fox demon slip up. And it seemed to be working judging by his glare and increase in spirit energy.

"Did I strike a nerve? Don't tell me the great Yoko Kurama is actually infatuated with a human. And not a very bright one at that." There was a smirk on his face that only grew seeing Kurama manipulate the plants around him. Knowing he couldn't physically hurt him at the moment.

"You should have seen them. Getting all worked up over Urameshi being immobilized, only to fall for the exact same trap. It was almost too easy. Even when being told moving was useless, they still struggled. Yelling out curses and promises to...what was it? Oh yes, 'kick out asses' I believe. I never would have pegged you as the type to go after a stupid brute."

His cackling was soon disrupted by the sound of Kurama's voice. Speaking up at last with a tone so cruel, it temporarily frightened Kaito.

"You should hope I don't find a loophole around your no violence rule. Because if I do, you'll regret every last word." Eyes glowing an eerie golden.

When he finally bested the snarky human, he half thought to just crush his soul. No only because he put his friends in harm's way, but he also insulted you.

Insulted his relationship with you.

Buuuut, Kurama wasn't exactly allowed to end a human's life. And he refused to stoop that low anyways.

No, he'd just leave Kaito the way he was and focus instead on getting you and Yusuke back safely.

Overall he's petty about it, but not angry enough to lash out. He'll let it go for now....But if it happens again all bets are off.

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Hiei:

For Hiei it is most definitely Shishi that gets to him. I feel like maze castle is a little too early for him to get mad at someone making fun of you. Maybe a comment of 'A foolish sacrifice and yet you're the one who's dead'. But if it's during the dark tournament on the other hand 👀👀👀

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Kuwabara had just gotten teleported to who knows where. Leaving you, Hiei, and Kurama left to fight. It was just your luck that the die landed on your name. The other once again on Shishi's.

"Oh great, another bumbling idiot. At least this one is easier on the eyes." The demon commented as you made your way onto the arena.

Already Hiei could feel his blood start to boil. Disliking the way Shishi seemed to look you up and down.

"Perhaps defeating you will boost my popularity. Just don't die so quickly. I want to be able to entertain my fans."

You were already getting tired of this guy yapping. And it didn't help that he made your best friend vanish into thin air.

"I wouldn't be so sure about you beating me."

But at your comment, he only grew angry and snapped.

"Are you delusional or just that stupid? You think I would let a mere human beat me? Especially one as klutzy as you."

You were not a fighter to be underestimated. Hiei knew that firsthand. Yet you continued to let that cretin berate you as you fought.

For some reason that made him furious. Wanting to both put him in his place and let you teach that bastard a lesson. He took a step forward. Already deciding that if you did indeed lose this fight, he'd be the one to beat that egotistical demon.

A firm grip on his wrist stopped him from taking another step forward.

"Refrain from doing anything foolish. I know you care for them, but you'd only be damaging their pride more by stepping in." Kurama scolded.

The words temporarily snapping Hiei out of his protective thoughts.

"Tch, I don't care for them."

Hiei is absolutely ready to throw hands on your behalf. Yes you're foolish, but you're his foolish human. The only one allowed to insult you is him.

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MASTERLIST

[blues-of-randomness]

could you do more headcanons for the Smiling critters please

(Maybe when they’re Sad )

Good suggestion and yes I can.

Cw for self harm and involuntary age regression

Catnap - When Catnap gets really sad he retreats to his home and hides there for who knows how long, it could be days or even months before he comes out again. All the curtains drawn, not a single like in the house, if you're hoping for Catnap to eat or drink during this time peroid, other than a cup of juice or two...it's very wishful thinking. he'll most likely just be laying around on the floor or on the furniture. This is also when involuntary agere sets in, during this time he just feels so small and even simple tasks are two scary or frustrating for him (like brushing his teeth or even turning on the lights). During this time he might just were a bathrobe or his pajamas for some form of comfort. He'll hug himself and squeeze his arms very tightly, most of the time his claws are out when he does this so it leads to him cutting himself frequently. I have a feeling he might also wear dresses as a comfort.

Dogday - Remember that MLP episode where Pinkie pie lost her color cause she thought her friends didn't like her anymore? Yeah that's basically Dogday when he gets sad, any bright colors drain from his fur and his smile fades from his face. In my Dogday headcanons I mentioned that his fur feel like a warm mini sun, well when he's sad his fur becomes frigid cold. Unlike Catnap though Dogday still spends time outside, looking for anything that could cheer him up as quick as possible. He still has a hard time talking about what made him upset but he'll try. if what made him said was say him disappointing his friends he'll have a lot of self depricating thoughts (specfically about falling them in some way). he's not nearly as self destructive as Catnap is though, he still takes care of himself. I'll be honest though I could see Dogday having a tea party with stuffed animals when he's sad.

When Kickin gets sad he just gets angry. Like any kind of sorrowful feeling will vented through aggression before the tears eventually come. You can't tell me that Kickin hasn't gotten super overwhelmed thrown himself to the ground and started having a tantrum like a little baby. Kicken grew up with a father with very toxic views on how men should behave so he's not very comfortable crying in front of anybody. The only one who's seen him cry is Bubba, Bubba is reall the only one he's go two if he's sad. he might all himself stupid or an idiot depending on what he's crying about. He also has a teddy bear that he talks to when he's upset.

Bubba is a man who doesn't were his emotions on his sleeves per say as he always tries to keep his cool. You wouldn't even realize he's upset unless he get's really upset. Like Kickin, his sadness comes out as anger, he does cry but not often and not in front of his friends. Bubba would probably be the type to just pick of book or try to do some brain puzzles in order to take his mind of what he's upset about, if that doesn't work he tries to solve the problem on his own.

Hoppy is another critter who i imagine can get very aggressive when she's sad. Her first instinct is just to walk away, blow off the steam and come back when she's ready. She might yell or hop and down depending on how frustrated she is but she would take a deep breath and say "I need to go for a walk" or something like that. She prefers to do this alone but she wouldn't say no if you offered to walk with her and talk about it. It actually means a lot to her that you'd wanna help her.

Picky's ultimate coping mechanism is food though contrary to when she's stressed and stress eats, i feel like when she's sad she makes treats for everyone else. Since she already makes an unholy amount of food for everyone, espically when their doing an activity or going on a trip this just seems like her normal behavoir. Other than baking she might do something calming like apple/berry/flower picking. A nice picnic is also a good way to calm down.

What does any Artist do when they are upset or down in the dumps? Dump every single raw emotion on anything that doesn't move. Craftycorn has had her far share of vent pieces, some she's actually proud of, some that are just nonsensial scribbles soaked in tears. The only vent pieces her friends have seen are the ones that look cute and don't have any concerning elements to it. All the others go straight into the fire, those are not for the critter eye to see. Music, blankets and toys also help.

Bobby is a very emotional person, when she gets really upset it is instant tears or instant bawling. It's real easy to calm her down though, give her a hug, a flower, take her somewhere safe, play a game with her, and voila! If you couldn't tell she does not like being alone when she's upset, She'll cling to the closest person until she isn't upset anymore. If she's bawling she'll be begging you for a hug, she won't make yu hug you if you're uncomfortable with that though.

[maleyanderecafe]

Hiii !! Have u played this hidden gem of a game called "Degrees of Lewdity" ? Been playing it for weeks now and honestly I NEEEED games that are quite similar to it. May I ask for recommendations :3 ??

Yeah, sure! Degrees of Lewdity is a fun game though it has been a while since I've kept up with updates. I'm still waiting to see if they ever add some new content for Great Hawk.

It's hard to recommend exactly what you might like since it sort of depends on what part of DOL you like. Do you like the darker aspect? The game play? The romance options? The fact that it explores a lot of different kinks? A combination of them? Hard to say. If you like the darker aspects, try looking at this list for games that are similar to Boyfriend to Death since they often do overlap in a lot of ways and I will probably repeat some from that list as well.

Still, I'll try my best to give you some good recommendations.

The Snake's Taken a Spouse - from recent memory, this is probably a game that has a closest resemblance to Degrees of Lewdity, though it is not nearly as expansive, as you only have one love interest. The artwork isn't the best but I do appreciate it a lot for what it is. Shimil is also just adorable.

Courtin' Cowboys - I'm still in the middle of playing this game, but it is pretty fun to do. There are a lot of options and minigames and you can cause the deaths of certain npcs if you're not careful. Also follows a more darker and more gory feel to it. Also has a more walking around town and doing a bunch of

Forcefully Yours - definitely has the feel of a lot of choices since you can make Riker hate you or love you and even change his appearance. He can be really sweet or really violent towards you depending on your choices.

Yandere Love: Chains of Fate - even though I'm not the biggest fan of how the yanderes are in these games, there's no denying that they're pretty dark and have more of the DOL type feel to them.

Rotten Dinner - dark thematic wise, it does remind me a bit of DOL. It's more surreal and follows a visual novel aspect to it more than the game aspect to it, but it's still a good game.

Saccharine -pretty much all of this creator's game tends to have this kind of dark undertone to it, but I think Saccharine has a bit more of the gameplay elements that are in DOL such as earning money, baking and talking to people. Good story though.

Dead Wishes - specifically Mateo, Vincent and maybe Shizuka or Ophelia's routes. The range from pretty sweet and wholesome to downright gruesome and disturbing, but overall I think it's a pretty well made game. I think other routes like Lucian as well tend to be on the darker side too.

Triania Academy - not nearly as dark, but still a fun interactive fiction where you go to an academy to meet a bunch of other people with super powers. You can choose the route that you're on as well as the genders of the datable/non playable characters, and change your personality based off of them. What fun!

Samurai of Hyuga - another interactive fiction which I only played the prologue for so far (I'm sorry Flaine, I swear, I'll get back into it at some point) but it does have more of a dark story and a yandere in it, which is always good thing. You can also choose your attitude and gender, which affects different parts of the story.

Here you go, there are some things I think are similar to DOL. If you aren't satisfied with those answers, send me another ask! I think it helps if you're more specfic on aspects you like since it will help me create a better list for you.

[helianss]

I really like your art for avatar au!! Wanted to help you out a bit with minute and leo.

Me and my sibling discussed and we both agree that minute would be an earth bender yk cuz he's a tank in most fights and it kinda fits his vibes.

As for leo, probably water bending, fits his personality more than fire, although his main fighting tactic is minecarting sooo maybe fire if you lean more into fight based abilities.

Let me know if i should stop or on the other hand if you'll need help!!

RAHH THIS IS SO HELPFUL THANK YOU(dont stop this was actually great and got the gears in my head turning)

ur right minute does have that earthbender energy especially with his personality like how hes like stubborn as rock at being set to be the hero

i did consider making him a lightningbender at one point cause of his name like MinuteTech like electricity or something but i was like "no thats stupid—"

For leo though his personality and vibe does fit that of a waterbender and honestly kinda suits him more but like idk i kinda thought it would be funny to make him a combustion bender cause of his minecart (if i do make him a combustion bender i would kinda have to design the tattoo thing on his forehead and thats a whole other thing and its likee i dont really wanna do thaattt)

(and something i just realized)

Honestly making the PMC from like all the nations (minus air ig) would be kinda cool and might highlight their power as team cause Clowns a waterbender, Minutes an earthbender, Leos a Firebender(hard maybe)

If i lean into that i feel like they'd have the vibe of the Triple Threat Triad from tlok(but like deadlier)

I guess with that deadlier vibe they'd have Red Lotus vibes (specfically P'li, Ming Hua, and Ghazan)

[solar-halos]

wait yall i literally can't sleep in kinda a crazy way so here are my lucy gray and billy taupe hcs. yes theyre all highly specific. yes they only make sense within the highly specific pre-canon lore i established in my fics. lets just get into it

i know it's not really feasible but i am a firm believer in billy taupe being lactose intolerant. like of course he fucking is. billy taupe ruins fucking everything

with that being said, his ass needs to watch the fuck out. one wrong move and lucy gray is tampering with his fucking food yall dont know about her

okay no seriously he'll say something like "would it kill you to cook something edible for once" and she'll be like no but this might and then sneaks so much fucking dairy into his food

billy taupe never hits her sober, but when he gets drunk, he does get a little rougher. maybe not intentionally, but, well, you know. he's naturally the bigger one, so he's not as careful as he should be

i'd love to say that lucy gray starts swinging back but i think 1) she is smarter than that 2) wasting her makeup covering up a bruise that she offensively acquired doesn't sound worth it to her. like she's gonna try to diffuse, not actively esculate the situation. i do think she's a huge Object Thrower during sober arguments though

but that's the only case of her diffusing anything bc literally any other time is fair game. billy taupe bets on the wrong dog? don't catch lucy gray in a bad mood, or else she's gonna snap at him for being a bitch (pun not intended). he comes home late from the hob? he can sleep out on the fucking porch since he loves being outside so fucking much. looks at a girl a little too long at the market? lucy gray refuses to hold hands with this IDIOT and she's telling him off the entire walk home. she's not even waiting long enough for them to finish up their shopping

they're both so insanely jealous. at first i made a joke like "haha billy taupe is the type to get jealous when lucy gray kisses him for the first time and it's not sloppy bc that must mean she had prior experience" but i was wrong lucy gray is definitely getting so fucking upset over that. i think the shift of billy taupe being the more jealous one comes when they get a bit older. men are fucking weirdos though so i can def see him getting jealous only in specfic contexts, like exclusively when theyre performing. otherwise he's like this is my girl isn't she pretty and everyone else is like shut the fuck up billy taupe

speaking of performing, billy taupe rips up lucy gray's performance dresses and her makeup whenever he gets mad about her getting too flirty. unfortunately, since our girl isn't a diva 100% of the time, all she rlly does is get angry, but it happens again and again and again until the rest of the covey step in and start switching up the defense they use. instead of being like hey billy taupe it's pretty fucked up to treat ur gf that way they're like well lucy gray obviously intends on keeping him around but he can't keep ripping up her pretty dresses or else we'll have to send her out in rags. which. isn't very good for business

this is less of a lucy gray and billy taupe hc but i think billy taupe and maude ivory had huge big brother and little sister vibes. CC represents one end of the spectrum (accepting, but ultimately dejected by billy taupe's absence) and maude ivory represents the other (absolutely PISSED. a child of divorce fr)

when they break up she lets shamus gnaw on any leftover clothes that billy taupe didn't come back for (she threw all his stuff out the window after she found out about mayfair). she also burns all the songs he wrote for her

this one is very silly but they have a custody battle over shamus. still need to write that fic tbh

tbh that's all i have to say bc atp i feel like im just gonna be regurgitating the stuff i already wrote about in my fics. but that's all for now

[crystalkitty1220]

Monthly-ish check-in

Aka more of a diary entry than a blog post

Gonna disappear again for a bit after posting this

Decided to major in animation because ever since losing all of my confidence when it comes to writing creatively in Creative Writing class, my focus has been moved entirely to storyboards and scripts. Storytelling is still my passion but clearly I'm not very good with words, and tbh the only reason I had ever really been confident in my writing is because I'm good with grammar. I feel like my storyboards/scripts are pretty good and capture the exact energy I've never really been able to get across in my writing, but actual animation capabilities are still yet to be seen because I can barely fucking draw in the first place. Gonna also experiment with 3D modeling in college, because who knows, maybe I'm better if I can see my work from multiple angles at a time.

Maybe I'll host a MAP at some point when I fully come back to tumblr. If I do, it'll probably be centered around Traffic Life. Or maybe IBVS if there's enough people.

Fandom-wise, I somehow managed to get Echos obsessed with Traffic Life by showing them some episodes of Secret Life (specfically Tango's Torchy one). Then we watched Empires together, and now Echos is watching season 10 of Hermitcraft with me (Grian, Scar, and Joel's povs, though without them I've also been watching Mumbo, Bdubs, occasionally Zed, and now Doc. Before season 10 I only watched Grian, Scar, and Bdubs). I've even started working on a little something centered around Jimmy and the Canary Curse. Also add Xornoth to the list of even remotely evil-aligned characters that I thought were dudes at first and find out they're nonbinary/genderfluid/genderqueer after I start crushing on them. This is the, what, fifth time? At this point if I get a crush on a character I should just immediately start calling them by they/them. Specifically the Empires the Musical one btw, not the one that's just Smajor with a voice filter.

Still been having major nostalgia for Feral ever since downloading Emuferal. Got Krita to paint something based on it but I don't know when I'll post that. Wrote around three complete animatic scripts featuring the Blood Tundra kobolds. Three is actually a very small number compared to the amount I normally write per fandom. (Then again, I've only got around 2-ish for IBVS. That's probably because I like to focus on symbolism for my animation scripts, and the only consistent symbolism I can think of for IBVS is with Isaac and birds. He's been drawn in a bird cage, which is very much known to symbolize being trapped or lacking some kind of freedom. In another bit of art he's been drawn with wings, showing the achievement of freedom. Freedom from what? Hell if I know. Possibly unrelated to the bird stuff, in another bit of art, Isaac is seen holding Drew's hand. Drew has a confused, upset expression, and Isaac's expression is unreadable as always but I interpret it as being rather solemn. Isaac's feet are, notably, not on the fucking ground. He's drifting away, and Drew's trying to hold onto him. This could symbolize Isaac shutting down emotionally/socially and Drew trying to help. Or, if this connects to the freedom symbolism, Isaac might fucking die by the end of IBVS. It's probably the first one. I am eating this shit up I fucking adore symbolism.)

Speaking of IBVS, I've been reworking Curse!IBVS. The version I posted about in the past was basically the second version of Curse (I never posted anything about the first) so this one would be version three. Isaac's going back to being much more like version 1 because I decided I'm not a huge fan of the second one for multiple reasons. Due to Drew having healing powers, he and Nevin are also getting reworked - I even wrote a little snippet surrounding them just to get the vibes right, but I don't think I'll ever post it. Edward's curse is basically staying the same, but the way he handles it is being changed so he can work as a sort of foil to Nevin. I'm still trying to figure out how to turn Dez's power into a curse without making it too similar to Nevin's or Edward's. And I'm thinking Chris and Charlie can be more similar to normal IBVS, and then I can use Chris as a sort of anchor to introduce everything else. Also my brain keeps showing my this huge dramatic climax scene but unfortunately I think it's a little too out-of-character and I have no clue how it'd even get to that point.

Got the fourth Animorphs graphic novel. The whale thing is still super weird. Ax looks nothing like I imagine him. Not much more to say on that.

Started playing Royale High more regularly but it's a bit depressing because I've been playing since it was Winx Fairies and Mermaids Roleplay and now it's just Work a Job to Buy Useless Items and Invest in the Stock Market Simulator. Idk the musical chairs minigame is pretty fun.

Warrior Cats animations continue to be my main inspiration for basically everything I've ever drawn. I could write about them for hours but it's already 1am so I probably shouldn't. Oh and the new arc is pretty good if you cut out everything that isn't Frostpaw. Might be my new favorite pov character.

Really disappointed Camp Camp ended on ep 4 of the new season because literally episode 5 is always either a Jasper episode or my favorite episode Quartermoon Convergence. I can't believe my favorite character is now bald forever and my second favorite character hasn't been mentioned since season 3. On the plus side I have a whole separate document from my main script one just for Camp Camp animatic scripts because I've written so many of them. I don't know what I have more of, UTMV scripts or Camp Camp ones.

For years, crossovers have for some reason been my brain's main focus. Probably because the first ever fanfic I read was Morphing is Magic, and that shit was fire. So here's a few of the odd ones that have found their way into my thoughts:

•Yet another variation of an Animorphs and IBVS crossover.

•"The Othermind from WoF can affect people who ingest the Breath of Evil, and Nightmare's goo can break down and absorb anything, so could he be affected by the Othermind if he was stabbed one of the vines? Would it not count because he doesn't have a bloodstream?"

•IBVS constantly haunts my brain so that last one turned into the IBVS characters being dropped into the WoF world (as humans, mind you) but Drew and Nevin are in Pantala while the rest end up in Pyhrria.

•Similarly (while I was reading the new Warriors arc), the IBVS being dropped into the lake territory (this time catified) and all into different clans.

•Speaking of catification, I found this shit (below) in my ibis paint drafts, and immediately screenshotted it to send to Echos.

I don't remember how or why I drew Drew's hair like that. I don't know why Dez would be trying to catboyify Drew, or why using the wrong materials would get him possessed by Ende from Feral. But by god, the thing that caught me off-guard most is the words "Is this what I get for saving your life? Catboyfication?" and I don't think I could write something funnier if I tried. Of course my brain immediately began to run with this, resulting in this blurb of text later being sent to Echos:

Me: it's four in the fucking morning, *stop* thinking of dumbass crossovers, they don't even make any fucking sense / My brain: monika said she had some of rachel's memories when possessing her. What if, when ende possesses drew, she's led back to his home and immediately feels like this place is a sanctuary - a safe place after being in danger for so long - something that drew has managed to find but ende still longs for. When she walks inside and sees nevin, she gets really emotional and can't stop herself from hugging him, then has to come up with the excuse that she (still pretending to be drew) didn't realized how much she missed him, then makes a fake promise to explain what happened in the morning. When she's by herself in drew's room she silently swears to drew - despite the fact she can feel he's falling into some kind of 'sleep', one that she can only recognize because she herself has been in an absent 'sleep' like that for so long - that she'll do everything she can to make sure they can both be free in this place. And when she goes to bed, she experiences drew's memory dream, and ende can relate to the feeling of having an important memory be kept from her. / And then the arms around her feel like they're turning into wings, and when she opens her eyes (though still dreaming) she sees luka. And ende demands to know why, if she's supposed to forget everything, can't they let her move on? A blizzard rages on in the background. She tries to pull away from luka's arms, but they still feel like wings encasing her - trying to keep a member of the flock safe, but only trapping her there - or like those of the watcher's. Again, she demands why they can't just let her go. Luka keeps their signature empty smile, but their eyes are not their own, boring down into ende like those of an all-too familiar statue. And then she wakes up, and she makes a second promise to the boy who can't even hear her: she's going to help him remember. / Me: stfu its sleep time. honk shoo. honk mimimimi. go to fucking bed.

Echos' reply was: "Ooo".

•Hermes from Empires SMP using the Staff of Sanctuary for Multiverse Shenanigans™

•Multiple concepts of villains from different media being thrown into Gotham City, and how they'd fare against Batman. I blame Echos and the other one for being obsessed with the Batfam and talking about DC constantly.

•Doodles of Empires!Smajor, Celestia from MLP, Dream from Dreamtale, and Sun from FNaF interacting in "my sibling got corrupted by an outside force and turned evil" club™. At some point I threw DogDay in there just for the hell of it even though he doesn't fit the criteria whatsoever. One of the doodles is just Scott, confused, with a thought bubble containing a cartoony sun symbol. (Wait, does Jake from Animorphs count? Can't believe I missed that.)

•Some other IBVS ones idk it's just constantly in my head

Also been reconnecting with some irl friends I hadn't spoken to since the Women List Dude incident. First time hanging out at a friend's house for as long as I can remember, and you best believe one of my rambles led from Spiderverse to Undertale AUs to Kirby Takes Manhattan to the origins of the ship Fingers In His Ass Sunday. Also got to learn a bit more about Women List Dude, whom none of them even knew I had experience with, and vice versa. To quote one of my friends, "Every time I talk to someone new about him, the story grows." Apparently he was fucking infamous in our school, and not even just in our grade. Istg he's practically an urban legend. "Oh, [Woman List Dude]? Yeah, I've got some stories about him..." *crackling of a campfire, the smell of smores.* Except there's concrete evidence and multiple witnesses to every account. It's honestly hilarious.

Uhh I think that's basically about it for this update. It's now 4am and I just finished rereading everything, so I'm gonna hit post and then not check tumblr again for like another month.

[thesoundofmadness]

HIIIIIIIiiiiii it’s @mrfartpowered I just need you to know that ur band au is literally eating my brain. It lives in there, dude. It’s like a second canon to me 😭😭 the angst is SOOOOOO so so tasty I’m actually such a fiend for the tension and drama……and giving levander the role size he deserves ?? CHERRY ON TOP (chefs kiss) if u ever wanted to talk more abt that I would looooove love love to hear :3333

omg thank you im glad you like it so much <3 i have so many ideas for the band au that makes no sense to anyone but me

speaking of nonsense that makes sense to no one but me, do you want some randyverse ideas i have? here's some ideas. human nomicon my beloved putting this under a read more. i've been thinking about this again

I have a lot of thoughts about the ninja nomicon during all this

So there's 4 different nomicons. OG Nomicon, which OG Randy has. Band Nomicon, which is with the band ninja. Swap Nomicon, which is being evil in the swap au. and guide nomicon, which is with the guide ninja in the guide au.

Band Nomicon has all of Band Randy's memories, though it and the band Ninja are completely irrealvant. They don't show up at all. Guide Randy suggested that they don't get the band ninja involved in this whole multiverse thing because. what are they gonna do about it?

Swap Nomicon probably ends up teaming up with evil juilan to destroy everything

OG Nomicon has. absolutely 0 goddamn clue what's going on. Nothing like this has ever happened before. It's struggling Hard to comprehend that there's alternate universes.

It... doesn't really trust Guide Randy, thanks to what happened with Mac Antfee. Probably tries to mind wipe him every time he goes inside it.

Levander had no clue about the ninja nomicon, so when he sees OG Randy go into the nomicon for the first time, he thought he died.

i have a more specfic idea for guide au nomicon. here it is

So, guide au. a stanking happens, guide randy and the ninja go to investigate it, guide randy falls into the multiverse

While he's stuck in the band au, the Ninja and the Nomicon have. NO goddamn clue where he went. As far as they know, he's not in the realm of shadows, but he's alive.

They... really don't know what to do about it. the Ninja can't go after him if they don't know where he went. the Nomicon has NEVER had a student just. outright disappear before. It's had students do stupid stuff, get hurt, mind wipe, etc but never just disappear.

The ninja does try looking for him around Norrisvile, thinking the portal might have been like, a portal from the video game portal. but no dice.

Well, they can't just let Randy lose his job as a teacher. So, Ninja suggests to the Nomicon maybe making some kind of clone of him to pose as him until he comes back.

NomiRandy is. NOT down for it. outright tells the ninja to fuck off at even suggesting such a thing.

Ninja turns to the Nomicon and is like, "maybe you can pose as Mr. Cunningham until he comes back? I mean, if you can give Nomirandy a body, maybe you can give yourself one?"

Nomicon is... hesitant to do so, but it ultimately agrees to act as Randy. It shapeshifts itself to look like him using the art of disguise.

The thing is, Nomicon is a book. It doesn't understand human stuff very well, despite being filled of memories from humans. 14-18 year old humans.

Nomicon essentially just. gets into a bunch of trouble and pins it onto Randy's name. Payback for all the stupid shit he did as the ninja.

At school, the Nomicon tries to follow the Ninja around, but it's like Ninja: No, Nomicon you gotta stay in Mr. Cunningham's classroom. You can't follow me everywhere. Nomicon: ?????? But you're the ninja?? I have to stay with you. It's my duty to teach you the ways of the ninja. Ninja: I know, but no one else knows that. I know you're the nomicon. but right now, everyone thinks you're Mr. Cunningham. Nomicon: But... I have to stay with you. Ninja: I know but... look, just stay in his classroom until school's over. I'll be back as soon as I can. Nomicon:... What am I meant to do? I-I've never done this before... Ninja: uh... I don't know. Do what teachers do. Maybe grade some papers? Nomicon's angrily sitting at Randy's desk, getting anxious like it's husband just went off to fight the war when the Ninja is 3 classrooms away.

Randy's known as one of the cooler teachers at the school. He lets students skip in his class as long as their work is done in whatever class their skipping, doesn't give out homework, and is just chill overall. One student reguarly skips in his class, and they try to tease the nomicon.

Student: Come on, Sensei, aren't I you're favorite student?

Nomicon:.... you're not the ninja

Student: HUH

Nomicon acts stand-off-ish around the other teachers, which is weird bc Randy's usually friendly and respectful to everyone. It asks one student what it's supposed to be teaching, (randy teaches either japanese, english, or art. entirely depends what i feel that day), doesn't take attendance, and just acts strange all around.

Instead of teaching anything actually useful, Nomicon teaches the regular students some wild shit, like how to make a smokebomb or how to build a boobytrap. The students are absolutely down for it, the rest of the staff... not as much.

Word eventually gets around to the Principal of 'Randy's' weird behavior. the Principal is another OC of mine. He took over after Slimovtiz retires and is friends with Randy. Principal relies on him to deal with all the weird shit around the school, and they hang out after work sometimes. Dude has NO clue Randy's working with the Ninja, tho.

Principal: So I've been hearing some, rather concerning stuff about you these past few days. You haven't been as friendly with the rest of the staff, you haven't been teaching the curriculum, and I'm sure you know the rest. Now, I know you're not exactly the most strict teacher but... is everything okay? Nomicon: uhhhh yep!! Everything is fine!! I'm totally not an 800 year old book posing as my previous student who randomly disappeared and possibly died!! Nope, not at all!1 Principal:.... what -

Principal: I... hate to ask this, but I have to, just to be safe. You're not on any substances, are you? Nomicon:... What do you mean by substances?

Principal: Drugs or alcohol or anything of the sort. You've said before you don't take anything, but I just need to be sure. Nomicon: Oh I'm on all of the drugs *among us sus sound*

Nomicon's trying to act like randy based off of it's 14-18 year old memory of him. It's not going well. only reason he's not fired is because the principal doesn't tell the school board about it.

Guide Howard has, no clue about any of this. Before he disappeared into the multiverse, Guide Randy told him he had a work thing to take care of.

Howard tries to reach out to him. He tries texting and calling, no response. He goes over to Randy's house, he's not there. He goes to the school, only to find the Nomicon.

Nomicon... doesn't recongize him at first. While the nomicon sees Randy almost daily, it hasn't actually seen Howard since graduation.

Howard: dude where have you been? I've been looking for you EVERYWHERE Nomicon, leaning over to the Ninja: who is that

Nomicon tries to keep up the act for a bit, but Howard sees through it almost immediately. Ninja tells him what happened, and Howard is PISSED.

"Are you serious? He told me he had a work thing! *long, deep sigh* goddammit, Randy..."

Guide Howard is worried sick like a mom watching their kid go to college, while Guide Randy is totally fine, trying to learn how to dance in place of band randy while band randy is MIA.

I imagine the guide bros also have some drama to them. Howard's supportive of Randy still sticking with the ninja, but Randy pushes him away because he doesn't want him to get hurt, and doesn't want to be a burden on him. may or may not lead guide randy being corrupted later. who knows

i have thought about this. too much

[acaplaya-musings]

Voiceplay Visuals - Baby It's Cold Outside

Hey folks! This is the first post in my VoicePlay/VoicePlay-Adjacent Visuals Christmas In July series! (Yes, Christmas in July is a real thing here in Australia, albeit a fairly minor one). There'll be 12 posts total, one a day (12 Days of Christmas, get it?). First, posts for 5 of VoicePlay's Christmas videos, then "bonus posts" for two other random VoicePlay videos (already selected), a bonus post for another Geoff video (also already selected), and then finally posts for all four of Geoff's Christmas releases! Some posts might be short and sweet, and some might have me hoping that I don't hit the image limit, but all in all, hopefully it's gonna be a fun time!

Alright, so we're starting things off in 2017 - specfically the 16th of December, 2017, when VoicePlay released a video for their cover of Baby It's Cold Outside. This cover was arranged by Geoff, and features him in lead vocals as well, though more in a baritone/tenor range than his typical bass range! (Not that I'm complaining - he sounds great in any octave!). And of course the video features Shoshana Bean doing the female vocals! But enough context and stuff, let's begin!

Sure might as well start with the "title card" (also I'm only now noticing this video looks to be in a slighly different aspect ratio than most of VP's videos? Or compared to their newer stuff anyway)

And yes, since this is late 2017, we got "mid-length hair Geoff"! Not super short, but not even fully chin-length yet <3 (And it also means the video has both Earl and J None in it!)

"I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice"

(*pfft* 😂)

(Also he didn't even hold her hand, he literally just touched it! 😆)

Outfit talk time!

Shoshana looks great, though the rips in the jeans are a little Hm, and her shoes confuse me in a way I can't put my finger on, but I love her top and the beret thing is cute!

Geoff: Not wearing black or dark grey for once! Lol I'm just teasing, and I know blue is another relatively common colour for him too. Nice boots, nice scarf, and even in an earlier video like this he's got his trademark smart watch and wristbands on! (And I'm wagering he's probably got his silver pendant necklace on as well)

Earl: ...is wearing a scarf with a short-sleeve t-shirt. Fam. 😂 Like okay I know you're in Florida and it probably doesn't get that cold in winter there (like south-east Queensland, though we can have the odd cold snap), but seriously my dude, sending mixed messages!

Eli: Obviously we're back in the era of him wearing glasses and not having the full beard/moustache combo he has now (though he's got a bit of a light goatee in this video). He at least has a longsleeve shirt underneath his shortsleeve one, so I assume he'd be a little warmer than Earl, lol

J None: matching Eli with his shirt pattern (though I'd say Eli's is more plaid and J's is more gingham, but eh), and low-key This Is Halloween vibes ngl (though that was yellow plaid I know)

Hm, are we missing anyone? ...Nope, don't think so! 😝😉

Geoff's got some great facial expressions in this one; 100% giving "a little awkward but well-meaning and Doing His Best" energy

(Also I wasn't even trying to look for it but ayyy you can see that Geoff is wearing his silver pendant necklace here too!)

Whoever had the idea to include this bit in the video, you knew damn well what you were doing! (And I love you for it)

And not until 1 minutes and 23 seconds into the song/video does Layne come in (background on the right), literally! (There's also no vocal percussion in the cover until roughly this point)

Hey Layne, how nice of you to finally join us! 😄

(And he's wearing a short sleeve shirt, with not even a longsleeve shirt underneath or a scarf on top!)

"Look out the window at this storm!"

(I love Earl's confusion in the background here - somehow I don't think Florida gets a whole lot of snowstorms, or any, really 😝)

"Maybe just a cigarette more-"

"-NEVER SUCH A BLIZZARD BEFORE!"

Lol, if I had a nickel for every time Earl busted out a super high part in a song where Geoff was taking most of the lead, I'd have two nickels! (Three if you count the Elvira live performance!)

So cute!

Not really much to say in my little signoff thing, but yeah I really do enjoy making these posts, and I hope you enjoy reading them! More festive posts to come, but until next time!

[demon-blood-youths]

An Officer's Corruption: Sinful trails of the six claws OVA - Part One

Hi everyone! This is me. I got inspired from reading @the-silver-peahen-residence's drabbles on An Officer's Corruption parts. Here are the parts that Peahen wrote so far and there will be more coming.

Part One

Part Two

Part Three

This drabble is going to be ova series of An Officer's Corruption series since will have parts related and unrelated.

Anyway! Enough of that. Here's an intro to the OVA. This is a short introduction so there will be more parts after this.

---- Warning ---

Mature content

Implied Violence

Hilarity.

---- Guest Stars ----

Midoriya and Bakugo from MHA ( This is a version which has Evil!Midoriya sorta... )

Atsushi Nakajima from BSD

Rin Ostuma from Blue Exorcist

Ren from Persona 5

Denji Hayakawa from CSM ( All of them above forms a gang )

Yuji and Megumi from JJK ( They're also prisoners as well. ) All canon muses above are rped by Peahen herself! )

Kisho Hashimoto ( My JJK OC from @chunibyo-x-sorcerer, he is in the same group as Yuji and Megumi )

Jinx, an OC from @the-silver-peahen-residence and leader of the Cursed Vixens.

Ira 'Kali' Vin Shia, Vanity 'Ink' Vanguard, and Kinie Ger are my OC muses.

---- Summary ----

Ink Vanguard has been assigned to a prison known for holding the most dangerous individuals. Not only that, she is there to look over and monitor six individuals especially. The Six Claws. How would Ink do on her first day upon entering the prison and who are the Six Claws?

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Ever since Ink was transferred to a new prison, Ink already missed her fellow officers. She wonders how they're doing. From what she heard, Rust is looking after a prisoner named Davion, a fellow dragon-like herself. Something about a bounty hunter hunting down criminals but end up running into trouble.

Plus, Shdwkyz is in charge of a prisoner that is a bat or...man bat??? Something regarding vigilantism? Oblivion got transferred dealing with a girl who has power over poison. Or was it she was working with her? Ink can't remember but she gotta ask.

But at least Kali and Jinx are going with her. They also have prisoners assigned to them. Jinx has a prisoner nicknamed the Wild Tiger of the West who just assaulted a police officer after a raid on an illegal fighting gambling den. It won't last long since this guy Yuji Itadori has an older brother getting him a lawyer so it might be temporary. Jinx is there to make sure no fights break out involving the tiger.

Kali has a prisoner but she wouldn't tell her so Ink is not going to bother her. The warden of that prison is named Kinie Ger. Taz's older sister.

Once Ink arrives to the office, Kinie Ger is waiting inside.

"So you must be the famed Van Ink the Dragon. Known for your....many arrests and some complaints." Said Kinie Ger, reading her file. Ink grins, "That I am!"

"And you managed to keep a prison from rioting and preventing a prison breakout."

"Yep! Though..it's a crazy story!" Said Ink. Kinie Ger hums. "Anyway...I get straight to the point." Kinie Ger puts down the folder, "I want you to look after six individuals known for their misdeeds. They have been arrested for their specfic crimes. Not all of them are in the same gang but a group formed together. They became the worst group in history."

"They are named as the Six Claws in this prison and they basically controlled most of the prison despite my authority." Kinie Ger growls, "These fiends already scared off four officers before you. They couldn't endure them. So I hope you last longer than them!" She said. "Now...do you have any other questions?!"

Ink stood there with a smile on her face, making Kinie Ger stared. Why is she thinking right now!

"Sure!" Ink smiles as if there is nothing wrong with this. Kinie Ger had to make sure, "And you're prepared?"

"Yep!" Ink said. "These guys sound like they're super strong! I think I can got them!"

"Right.." Kinie Ger gets up and proceeds to hand them a handbook. "Here! Read this and tell me you understand all of it. If you have any questions, please ask."

"Okay, okay~!" Ink nods as she reads the content of the book, regarding the profiles of each prisoner of the Six Claws. Okay..so these are the guys. And... "Huh? Are they all different people and having nothing to do with each other?" Ink asked.

"They are. Most people form groups due to identity and background so they won't fall prey to other prisoners. Six Claws aren't that different and ever since their leader came here. He forms the best of the best or rather the worst of the worst. Prison is where Six Claws isn't the only thing you have to worry about. Other gangs in this prison have some beef with them but don't get your hopes up, they won't mess with them and won't help you unless they benefit from getting payback or something serious goes down in here. Understood?"

"Right..." Ink nods. After reading and such, she grins, "Okay! I'm good to go!"

"Perfect. Let's introduce our new officers to the prison. Make sure to give your best impression."

------ Tasmania Yard -----

Outside the yard, prisoners were hanging out in the yard. Some are playing on the field, some are having a conversation on the seats and some are doing exercise with the exercise equipment. Sitting on the stands is Yuji Itadori with his friends, Megumi Fushiguro and Kisho Hashimoto. They were thrown in here due to their affiliation as they both in the same fighting gambling den.

"This sucks..." Kisho grumbles. "How long does it take?"

"Just shut up and wait, Kisho. It takes time." Megumi tells him to which Kisho pouts. Itadori Yuji, a young man with pink hair, nicknamed the Wild Tiger of the West has a diagonal scar between his two eyes and a small left labial commissure of the mouth. He is closing his eyes as he sighs, "It's fine, Fushiguro. Kisho has a right to worry. I can't believe that the police busted us though. My brother, Sukuna might find a way to get us out of here. We just need to keep our mouths shut and listen to the lawyers. That's what he told us." Itadori sighs.

"Hm." Megumi hums, "In the meantime...we have to-"

It was relatively peaceful until doors were burst open making the prisoners alert as some of them jumped.

"Ah shit...it's them, again." Said Kisho while Megumi nudged an eblow at his side, hushing him to be quiet or else they will get attention on them.

Six young men walked through the yard and already...the prisoners there are already looking down and not meeting their eyes.

"We have to deal with them." Megumi whispered to Itadori while the tiger looks towards the group. The Six Claws. A gang founded in prison. The six got the name as they are now the dangerous gang in this prison. He heard about them from his brother and even he told him to be careful.

He heard the stories about them from other prisoners.

Up first is Denji Hayakawa, a known pervert and is known for slaying demons for hire. He was sent here after he killed a mafia gnag that was known for illegally smuggling demon remains. Their partnership went south and Denji killed all of them after the mafia were turned into zombies. Itadori heard his main choice of weapon are chainsaws. He is very tenacious and scared off female officers from here with his lecherous nature.

"Hey! Out of the way! We're walking here!" Denji barked at the prisoners to which they became startled.

Second is Atsushi Nakajima, known as the White Tiger. Interestingly, Yuji heard that this guy can turn into a big monster tiger. A weretiger. He was sent here after killing a bunch of farm animals and harming a lot of people. He killed several poachers inside a forest he called home. "Now, now, there is no need for that, Denji." Atsushi said, patting him on the back. "You just need to show instead of tell." He smiles with closed eyes, looking towards the two prisoners with a look before opening his eyes that look to be a tiger's, scaring them off.

"W-we're sorry!" Cried the prisoners making Atsushi chuckle. A groan is heard behind the two.

"Hey you two. What if they don't listen? You two need to punch them if they don't get out of the way." Said another man who has a dark blue hair and has a black long tail. This man is named Rin Okumura aka Son of Satan. Known for beating up a lot of guys and sending them to the hospital with serious injuries. He fought a huge biker gang and he was the last one standing on a pile of knocked-out guys. One time, he was arrested for certain arson incidents and sent here. "What's wrong, man! Are you too tired after jacking off?! Rin asked Denji.

"Ha?!" Denji responded with annoyance. "I could of punch them but I don't feel like it, okay. I bet you didn't punch because you're so tired all the time."

"Fuck off, Denji." Rin rolls his eyes while another man wearing glasses as he had that cool exterior around him.

"What's so funny, four-eyes?!" Denji asked.

"Oh nothing."

"Ren...if you got something to say, say it!" Denji said. Ren Amamiya, known for being an infamous thief. A gentleman thief. He is good at stealing and he runs a band of thieves like himself called the Phantom Thieves of Heart. Since his arrest, nobody has found his gang or his stash of stolen treasures. That's why he was sent here. Some say that he's a kleptomaniac.

"Hey, you! You got a smoke?" A spiky blond with red eyes stares down a timid prisoner. A new fish. "I-I...no...sir. I don't. S-sorry." Said the new fish. The blond groans, "Shit, really? Oh well."

"Y-yes...really." The timid prisoner nodded with a nervous smile on his face. This got the blond to frown and his eyes narrowed. "What's so funny?"

"F-Funny?" The prisoner repeated, still wearing a nervous smile.

"Yeah. Are you happy that I won't get a smoke?"

"N-no, I-"

"So why do you have that stupid smile on your stupid face?!" The blond growled. The prisoner gulps, "I-well..you.."

"You what?! You shitty extra!" In the blink of an eye, Bakugo punches the prisoner in the gut before kicking him across the few inches, making the prisoner crash against the gym bars. The prisoner coughs.

"You two extras! Pick this fucking loser up and get him out of my sight!" Bakugo Katsuki ordered the prisoners that kneeled down to their friend. The two nodded, "Y-yes!"

The guard notices this but doesn't do anything because he knows that he is no match for Bakugo and the Six Claws. He is already nervous.

Bakugo Katsuki is known for having anger issues and works as a vigilante to round up criminals. The criminals he caught ended up suffering burns and some hearing loss. He was charged for his illegal activities such as property damage and assault. He's someone to watch out for. But Itadori knew that guy is the least of their troubles, his friend is another story. He is standing while he looks through his notes with a wry smile.

The greenette with the freckles hums, reading a book with a hum. From what he heard, Izuku Midoriya took down criminals and not only that, pro-heroes with questionable histories, a handful of them were killed. Everyone calls him the Second Stain the Hero-Killer. Itadori heard that Midoriya could take down anyone no matter what. He heard that he's scared off many guards from this prison with his deep analysis of people, mostly their names. He always has that glint in his eyes. Regardless, he's the leader of the group.

"Also hey Yuji!" Kisho goes to get Yuji's attention, "Did you hear? We're going to get new guards coming in!"

"Wonder how long they last?" Megumi muttered, drinking his coffee can. "The last one who looked after the Six Claws didn't last a week," Megumi recalled. "Plus I heard there's one assigned to you, Itadori."

"Wait...really?" Itadori blinked with a brow raised. This is going to be interesting. Soon, the recess will be over and there will be an announcement by Warden Kinie Ger. They must stay in the yard for further directions.

----- Five minutes later -----

All the prisoners gather in front of a stage, forming in lines of rows and columns in an orderly fashion. There is Warden Kinie Ger is standing and in the back, guards are standing. Izuku noticed that there were three new faces.

"Prisoners!! As all you heard, we have new guards!" Kinie Ger informs them, "Now I don't want any funny business like a few certain incidents!" Kinie Ger eyed Izuku especially while Izuku gave her an 'innocent' smile. Kinie Ger scoffs.

"Anyway here are your new guards so you can get some self-acquitance with them." Said Kinie Ger before snapping her fingers.

Three came forward. All three are beatiful young woman in prison guard uniforms and caps. Denji is already grinning, seeing new female guards! Rin gives a look of disgust seeing Denji's reaction while Ren and Atsushi remain indifferent. Bakugo looks like he didn't give a shit while Izuku hums in amusement.

First up is...

"The name is Kali Vin Shia!" Kali Vin Shia said with frown. The young woman has olive skin with golden undertones, as she has long wavy black hair and purple eyes. "I'm the officer from South Manhattan Precinct! Top of my class! And all of you maggots-" Megumi can't help roll his eyes. Yeah, she won't last in here. "Better not start shit with me! I know martial arts! So you better listen to what I said or else! I WILL PUT A FOOT UP YOUR ASS IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW FUCKING ORDERS!!"

Ren can't help but chuckle a little while Rin scoffs. The next up is..

"Hi there! Name's Jinx Violet!" Said the girl with a confident smile. Jinx has medium ivory skin with dark reddish brown hair. "I'm from North Manhattan Precent." She said. Midoriya notes the burned scars, on her elbow and arm. Not only that there appear to be tattoos on her upper arms.

"They look like...vines," Atsushi noted while Midoirya hums.

"As long as we get along, everything will be okay! It's nice to meet you all!" Jinx tells her with great confidence before taking a step back. Kinie Ger nods as if she approves of their introductions. Megumi hums and whispers, "She seems confident." He tells Itadori.

And the last one...

Ink gives a breather and walks forward, ready to give her introduction. However, what happens next is that nobody is prepared for.

"My name is Ink and-" As Ink took a step forward, she stepped on one of her shoelaces from her right shoe. Minutes ago earlier, Kali reminded her to tie her shoelaces before coming up stage but Ink told her that she will do them later. That choice alone to tie them later is her biggest mistake. She steps on her shoelaces and then trips.

Eh? Ink widens her eyes with a dumbfounded look.

Huh? The prisoners stared and what happened next was that Ink tripped, rolled across the stage, and fell from the stage, landing face-first against the ground with a huge thud with her legs dangling forward in the air while her arms were on the floor.

Kisho gasped while Megumi and Yuji winced at the sound of the impact. The Six Claws were in shock and surprise even Midoriya stared in surprised, slowly blinking. Huh? Did that just happen?

Already, other prisoners were going crazy.

"What the hell?!"

"What happened?!"

"She tripped!"

"She just fell off from the stage!!"

"Is she okay?!"

"Damn! She must of landed on her face!"

Kinie Ger sighed, facepalming and the guards were in shock Kali twitched an eye while Jinx gasped, "Ink! Are you okay?!" She yelled. "TALK TO MEEEE!" Jinx yelled in an almost dramatic fashion. Kali curses, "For fuck's sake, this is why I told you to tie your shoelaces!"

She stepped on her untied shoelaces and that's what caused her to trip and fall from her stage??? Atsushi heard this as he didn't believe this.

The prisoners wonder if she is right because it sounds like it hurts from the sound of it. The commotion ceased when they heard a groan from the fallen female guard.

"HIII!" Ink goes to recover by rolling on the side and doing a backflip, "Sorry! The name is Ink! I will be assigned to this prison and watch over you! I'm from the Upstate..and I can't remember!" Ink said with a smile while there was a trickling of blood from her nose. "It's nice to meet you all!" Which got the guards and some of the prisoners almost startled and concerned.

"Uh...officer....you're bleeding!" Kisho yelled. Ink blinks, "Bleeding?" She licked her lips and wiped some blood from her nose with her fingers.

"Oh! Ow...." Ink said blankly with a smile.

OW?! All the guards and prisoners stared at her, hearing that. What's up with that late delay reaction?!

"Anyway! This is fine! Nice to meet you!" Ink waves while Kinie Ger shakes her head. "I will be always here if you need me!"

Six Claws watches her leave, thinking this girl can't be serious about working here, right? Already, they can guess that the guard they will get is Kali based on her attitude. If only they knew.

----- In Holding Cells -----

The Six Claws just found out that Officer Vanguard is assigned to them much to their surprise.

"What the hell is Warden Ger thinking?" Rin asked, tussling his own hair. "She can't be serious about assigning that clumsy lady to us! Did she even read the profiles on us?!"

"I heard from an outside source that Officer Vanguard did and still took the job. From what I heard, Officer Vanguard is top of her class as well and is recommended for this assignment apparentlty.." Ren pushes his glasses up.

"Top of her class? I mean...we all just watch that she just tripped over her untied shoelaces and fell off from the stage, right? This can't be right." Atsushi asked, sweatdropped. "There is no way..."

"As long as she's cute and pretty with those boobs of hers, I'm fine with this!" Denji exclaimed, not seeing a problem. Rin rolls his eyes, "Of course, that's what you thinking, you damn moron!" Rin shouted angrily.

"Who is she, anyway Ren?" Atsushi asked.

"From what I heard about her due to my outside source, she is called Van Ink the Dragon." Ren said. Everyone became silent as they heard that name. "Hold on...." Rin begins, "Isn't that the one who took down several bad guys and worked on a major case taking down that infamous demon hunter, Megan?!"

"Yes! Not only that, she took care of that corrupt pro-hero case and took down a terrorist too." Atsushi added. "We are talking about the same one that was up on that stage? That Van Ink the Dragon?!"

"That's the one and only." Ren nods.

"Woah...she's sexy and sounds freaking awesome!" Denji grinned. Now he can't wait to see her again and up close.

"Fuck that!" Bakugo shouted, getting everyone's attention. "There is no way...that damn extra is the Van Ink the Dragon and some prison guard! This can't be for real."

"Like what the fuck? There is no way that she is our prison guard, right, Deku?" Bakugo refers to his friend by his nickname. Midoriya hums.

"Let's see. This new batch of guards is already interesting, enough. I wonder what powers do they have? Officer Ink already showed me that she is strong." Midoriya smiles slyly. "So if she is what the stories said, then I can't wait to see her again.

And see what she's made of. Midoriya chuckles micheviously.

This prison just got interesting, alright.

To be Continued....????

[joziokowalski]

4 and 10 for the books ask game

hehee thank you for asking!! i ended up typing up a lot of words, but then why shouldn't i type up a lot of words about my favourite books. many thanks for giving me an excuse to do so!

4. What are your top 3 comfort reads?

1 e m forster: a life by p n furbank i'm very fond of biographies in general and this one is my absolute favourite. it's as informative as one could wish, and personally i found it extremely engrossing - i feel like it's easy to assume that forster couldn't have had a very exciting life, but this narration, to me, was a real page-turner. very endearing, frequently quite hilarious, i love the fact that it's written in a tone similar to that of forster's own novels, i e often ironic but also brimming with warmth and sympathy for its subjects, even though they aren't idealized in the slightest. it's got lots of excerpts from diaries, letters, etc. so one gets to look into a lot of forster's (as well as lots of other people's) thoughts that he didn't write down for publication, and personally i have found those extremely valuable at many points in my life. the book itself is quite hefty so i wrote out many passages of it into a notebook when i was leaving for university to make sure i would have them with me if i need to come back to them. generally, i'd say one of the comforts of a good biography is that it makes one feel that ultimately every life can be narrated in a way that makes one see the value of it, so maybe those of us who tend to find things rather pointless and meaningless can take a break from that, and this particular biography delivers this 100%

2 the orchid trilogy by jocelyn brooke the thing about this book is that it feels like it was written specfically for my own personal enjoyment. it's like a perfect amalgamation of all the things i tend to love in a book. fictionalized autobiography - check. a dense web of references to artists i'm familiar with and fond of - check. a tone of melancholy and nostalgia married perfectly to irony - check. a deeply obsessive nerd of a narrator who can and will tell you everything about his subjects of interest - check. a preoccupation with the themes of failure, disappointment, adolescence, mediocrity and inferiority, a fascination with the morbid and the sinister coupled with childish naivety, (homo)eroticism always camouflaged in one way or another but in such a manner that only makes it stand out more, a gorgeous gorgeous personal mythology and a sense of getting to borrow someone's very extraordinary personal lens and look at the world with new eyes. and it's funny - at least i have found myself laughing out loud many a time while reading it. there is something especially touching to me in the fact that i only discovered it by sheer accident and even though it's so intertwined with so many of the things i adore i can't think how i could've come upon it if not for a myriad of circumstances coming together. it's a gem i could very well have missed, which i think is quite fitting considering that so much of this book is about the narrator's search for elusive objects that have the power to afford him transcendent extasies but can only be encountered by chance

3 ferdydurke by witold gombrowicz this might be an odd choice of a comfort book, seeing that it's the opposite of peaceful or warm or any other associations the word carries, but that's what it is to me, mainly because i find it endlessly ValidatingTM. firstly, a huge chunk of it is basically merciless absurdist satire levelled at some of the things i also despise with a passion (cough cough school episodes). generally it exposes many things one is normally supposed to accept as if they were ok for the fever dream that they are. and secondly, we reasonable psychologically aware people talk so much about the dangers of depending on other people's perceptions of ourselves, being preoccupied with how we appear to others, giving others the power to define us, we all know very well that those are the things that pave the road to misery and we're trying very hard to liberate ourselves from that, which is very healthy and reasonable of us. but mr gombrowicz frankly chooses violence and embraces neurosis, and posits all those things as unavoidable ("Man Is Profoundly Dependent On The Reflection Of Himself In Another Man's Soul Be It Even The Soul Of An Idiot". yeah panie witoldzie i sure am). so what you get in ferdydurke is a disgustingly relatable deep dive into the horrors of being a person among other people & Being Perceived. his characters have no selves outside of their interactions with others, they are either shaped by other people's treatment of them or artificially shape themselves to resist the influence of others, and they will spend every waking moment fighting tooth and nail to gain control over how others perceive them. and it's a romp! it's one of the funniest books i've ever read. gombrowicz & his narrator is a delightful self-absorbed contrarian who doesn't leave a table unflipped or an apple cart unupset. and, paradoxically, reading about the neuroses that plague one's life can feel extremely comforting when they're presented so unapologetically and with such incisive wit

10. What is your favorite genre book to recommend to someone who doesn’t usually like that genre?

hmm. the problem is, i don't think i read much of what could be labelled as genre books, so i'm actually the one who should be taking recommendations here! the only GenreTM genre i'm really into is nautical fiction, and i won't be very original here - i'll just say that the aubrey-maturin novels by patrick o'brian are gorgeously well-written and so rich in their subject matter, style and manner, that anyone, i believe, could find something in them to enjoy. there's the immersive historical setting, beautiful language, lots of humor (both of the subtle and cringe awkward in-your-face variety), delightfully vivid characters and so much more. if the imagined addressee of my recommendation happens to dislike quick-paced plot-driven adventure stories or lengthy descriptions of sea battles, they will be relieved to find that there aren't that many action sequences in these novels and plot development is very often not the priority. and though the amount of naval jargon may seem intimidating at first, one quickly sees that understanding it at all times actually isn't that much of a requirement, and the novels are written in a way that a reader who doesn't have any knowledge of it will have key terms explained to them when necessary, and at other times will have characters to relate to who don't understand a damn thing of all the sailor talk either. (another author i love who technically fits the genre is herman melville and i sure do believe that moby dick and billy budd are gorgeous wonderful amazing books that are very much worth reading, but tbh i would generally hesitate to recommend them unless to a kind of person i believe would really enjoy them - for better or for worse, they are not everyone's cup of tea, and many of the features that might attract or put someone off don't have much to do with the nautical aspect of these stories imo)

[i-am-minty-fresh]

Topic Essay

Fandom: One Piece

Topic: Love and Romantic Attraction

One of the major things about One Piece that draws me, and I think a lot of people, into it is its weird lack of emphasis regarding romantic partners. This isn't to say that One Piece is without romance, Usopp and Kaya being a good example, but the way that the concept of relationships are handled in One Piece is really unique.

Let's go about this in, by far, the most annoying way possible which is to go character by character

(Obviously Spoilers Ahead!!!!)

Luffy: While I could talk about Luffy's character for the rest of my life, lets focus on the way that Oda handles him interacting with other people, specfically women. The first potential character Oda could have lazily set up with Luffy is Nami, who first meet in episode 5 with the introduction of the Buggy Pirates. Luffy helps her purely on accident after Nami throws him under the bus, and in exchange Nami finds some food for him and decides that they should work together for a bit. Later Nami saves him from the buggy ball, not because she likes him but because she hates pirates. Their relationship forms into a sort of allience as she follows him finding other members of his crew, all the while Luffy refers to her as their navigator. Nami referances her sexual apeal constantly whether to trick other pirates or to help her cut a deal, but Luffy pays it no mind. He never referances it and seems to not even really know what it means. He treats her like he does the rest of his crew and even with the introduction of the Arlong Arc, you never feel like he's doing it because he has some ulterior motive...he believes in freedom and loyality. Nami has already proved her loyality to him when they first met (as far as he knows) and by joining his crew she doesn't become his navigator, she becomes one of Luffy's precious treasures that he will protect with his life...no matter if she never navigates again.

The best example of this is with the Boa Hancock scene where he sees her naked and doesn't even react at all. He's not interested in her. He excepts her help and respects her, but to him...she is one of his friends and nothing else.

Zoro: This one is gonna be much easier. Kuina could have been a crush, a childish one, but a crush none-the-less. Instead, though, she became his older sister, or mentor. Her dream became his dream and he fights for that dream every day. He's aware of the attraction that Nami, Robin, and Boa have but it's never interesting to him. The most flustered he ever really seems to get is around Tashigi, which is because she looks exactly like Kuina, but is nothing like her. They are two sides of the same sword-weliding coin, but there aren't butterflies, but tension.

Sanji: Okay this one might be a bit hard to explain. He follows around Nami, Robin, and every other female character constantly expressing his undying love for them...but not really. If Sanji is a play on the chivalrous gentleman trope, then it stands to reason the Whole Cake Arc should end with him generally expressing his undying love for Pudding, outside of the pressures of his family…but that didn’t happen. It’s up for debate whether or not Sanji loves Pudding as she does erase his memory after kissing him, but he respects her as a pastry chef and still seeks to protect her. Sanji’s protection regarding women might come from his relationship with his Mom and Sister. They both protected him from violence and he returns the favor by protecting all women no matter what. He’s the character most aware of the attractive nature of his crew mates but never breaches personal space. He’s extra nice, without being extra creepy. (In my opinion Robin benefits the most from this, being someone who is always seen as this unstoppable demon from hell…but Sanji feeling the need to protect her, must feel nice. Being treated like something fragile and precious, but still powerful has got to be a fun change of pace, but I’ll look into this more later).

Usopp: I know I’m going out of order but whatever. Usopp’s is pretty easy too. He has a crush on Kaya but, like his dad, is a pirate at heart. Oda doesn’t mention this half as much as I think he should, but Usopp acknowledges attraction, but he just ignores it. He calls Boa a goddess for her beauty, but does nothing about it. Afterall he has a girl. Kaya. He acknowledges Nami’s seductive ploys, but in no other way than Luffy’s ridiculous plans.

Chopper: Literally a reindeer. Literally a sweet little boy. 

Robin: Similar to Usopp, she seems to acknowledge the attraction of others (and in very innocent ways, her crewmates), but sees it as nothing more than an observation. While Sanji dotes on her, she does nothing more than smile and thank him. She enjoys complementing her crewmates, but no more than a mother would (more on that in a later post).

Franky: Is considered a pervert for wearing a speedo, but other than that doesn’t do much else. Like Robin he will compliment his crewmates for looking SUPERRRR while also, like Usopp, commenting on how Nami uses her sexuality to get what she wants. Even the way that Kiwi and Mozu are handled, not as his sidechicks, but rather his second-in-commands.

Brook: Besides being a literal collection of bones wrapped in some, at times, truly ridiculous outfits, he’s also insane and also socially inept. He just gotta stop asking all the women he sees to show him their panties and then they’ll be good. 

Jimbei: … Wise Grandpa fish…

Conclusion: No one, besides Usopp, has a girlfriend to get back to. No one has a wife long lost. A lover who died too soon. No one is seeking revenge. Oda instead uses other storytelling methods to develop these complicated characters, like Loyalty and Trust and Respect. To create conflict Oda doesn’t so easily fall back into romance and attraction, specifically for the Strawhats and instead…I don’t know…Kills the characters family/friends, Blows up their entire island, Murders their previous crew, or Locks them in the basement with a steel mask over their face as a child…just to spitball some ideas. One Piece isn’t an anime about being in love, it’s about the unconditional way that Luffy expresses love and the crew that follows his lead.

[verndusk]

feeling the menthol ilness in the chilly's tonight, so i wanted to share the playlist i've made for the bad batch crew, some of them aren't finished yet but each one has their own playlist.

here's the hunter one. when i make my character playlists, i specfically choose ones that relate lyrically. why? ,,, so i can make amvs in my head, next question. also made this one a relatively easy listener so i don't get overstimmied. song choice explanations below (WARNING THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE INCOMPREHENSIBLE):

Amateur Blood - Ed Tullett and Novo Amor

Oh, our rivalry, young Oh, a tide on your tongue Hide in it all Hide in it all

A blurry bruise I was brotherly, motherly through A callous youth What a way to lose All of you

No I can't get rid of your blood No I can't let go of your love

this to me was a hunter and crosshair song, they're still brothers, they still care for each other and they cannot get rid of that. i often think of how hunter must be feeling after losing crosshair. im gonna throw up.

Sleep Deprivation - Chance Peña

Sleep deprivation's got me at my heels This year taught me how it feels to be

Lost and ambitious I've been on a mission I won't stop till I'm done I toss and turn almost every night I pray to God I'm doing right By all my family's wishes

One day at a time I see the world outside my door Constant reminder there's so much more Than what I'm seeing That thought is freeing

you KNOW this man is tired and needs some sleepy time, especially when on the run, having to do mission after mission just to survive. i wonder often if he doubts his choices and if they were correct, or if the rest of the batch is happy with how things went. one day at a time he has to live with those choices, and although they are "free", this man needs some fucking rest and sleep. god please give this man a chance for a proper nap.

Places - Portair

The bridges you're walking, the bridges you've burned Loss is your neighbor who feels your concern

You leave a part of you wherever you may go You leave a part of you with those that need it most 'Cause the world is full of faces that you may never know And some will leave you words when you need them the most You'll leave a part of you, a part of you when you go

i think that epecially in the earlier episodes, during the missions that they did for Cid, they left an impact wherever they went. in the mission where they freed Muchi, they had an impact on the captives they freed, they left an impact on Caleb/Kanan, helping Hera, helping Gregor - they leave a little bit of hope wherever they go.

Brother - Vraell

Oh, brother, brother Come down Sit a while here with me Oh, you know I won't leave you be

Oh, brother, brother You found burdens you could not keep I know But I'll take them off your heavy knees

So stay a while Won't you stay a while? Well, these broken bloody wings are made to shelter you and I So stay a while

Open your eyes I'm calling you Please, just open your eyes I'm calling you

more hunter and crosshair mental illness, i find these lyrics pretty self explanatory but i can't help but highlight them. you know he'd want crosshair back and although he was hesitant during the finale, you know he absolutely hoped he'd get him back.

Hello My Old Heart - The Oh Hellos

I wanna find a home And I wanna share it with you

closed off hunter finally opening up. i also wanted to highlight this lyric especially because i feel sick when i think about how Hunter finally decided to settle down in Pabu but got that all stripped away from him oooughgh.

Alpine Green - Jolé

I can see a sea of alpine green Something that will stay with me Sky is wrapped in blue

I wish that I could share with you Like a photograph when times are good When a flower begins to bloom Life never felt so good

Pabu feels, i need them to be happy more often.

With Me - Northwest Stories

It's a long way home And this road It's full of obstacles It's taken me a little while To see That you've been by my side this whole time with me You've been with me

THIS ONE REPRESENTS THE LOVE AND APPRECIATION FOR HIS BROTHERS DESPITE ALL THAT HAS HAPPENED *throws up on the carpet*

Southern Star - Gregory Alan Isakov

We'll dig in our heels, salute the battlefields Where our broken hearts were born, oh-oh

My broken open child Were we thirsty, thorned with wild eyes? Still, we are slaves to the sirens of the salty sea

thinking how they kept strong to the idea that they're still soldiers and that's the only thing they'd ever be, and how that affected hunter's early perception of what to do with omega. i am fine.

Settle Down - Woodlock

My mind's been sleeping in Waiting for the weekend I can't change it, I can't shake this off We can settle down

See I've been chasing dollars nine to five See I've been working damn hard all my life I'm tired, I wanna go outside

We can settle down We can settle down We can settle down We can settle down Let's just settle down

feeling normal about hunter's decision to finally settle down on Pabu again.

Featherstone - The Paper Kites

And we'll hate what we've lost but we'll love what we find And I'm feeling fine, we've made it to the coastline

Past all the signs of the slow decline Live like your love wasn't meant for mine Now you've gone, now you've gone to a different life To a lonely side

both a pabu and crosshair song baby!!!

Surveilling Sky - Freyr

Under surveilling sky, here we are

Under surveilling sky, hear me now

despite being constantly watched, constantly being found by trouble, they're still standing. please excuse me as i sob.

War - Chance Peña

I don't wanna go to war But I can't take this anymore Baby what we fighting for There's no use in running

Take a second think about Everything that we have been through Tell me what you're feeling now Just confront it

You're enough, you're enough You're enough, you're enough You're enough, you're enough So here's my love

Cold sweats and heartbreak dear All this and I'm still here To the ends of the earth and the atmosphere Rest easy and know my love's always near

an omega song, he just wants to give her some damn peace for one goddamn second !!!

I will probably update the playlist from time to time if i find something that fits - and along with that i'll edit the post to reflect that. if you've made it this far i appreciate it, thank you for listening to my unmedicated ass whilst i ignore all my other responsibilities.

[zapzigzam]

josuke job headcanons (beware: long post)

For a while I was opposed to the belief that josuke would want to be a policeman when he became older (to be like his grandfather) and instead i liked the idea of him as nurse. the only thing is that i personally think josuke is probably super lazy when it comes to school work and wouldnt even be able to / want to pass nursing school. of course he loves healing people but the abilites of crazy diamond can be able to all kinds of job. so here is a log post about what i think josuke would do after graduating highschool / as a career in general:

he, okuyasu, and koichi all help and support each other so they can graduate high school - after graudation koichi wants to go to college (major undeclared) and okuyasu does not really enjoy school and does not have the best academic records and goes to culinary school (he loves to cook so he figured he has to get a job/ go to school he might as well focus on something he loves

josuke is conflicted because hsi friends appear to have a full fledged plan and he has no idea what he wants to do and is too afraid to reveal that to his friends ; he eventually decides to go to college after his mom encourages him too (she's a teacher so she would lecture him about the importance of education even though he doesnt care lol)

josuke goes to the same college as koichi but instead of being undeclared like his close friend he decides to major in nursing (he thinks it will be easy since he can just use crazy diamond to heal people without knowing how difficult and time consuming nursing programs are)

he finishes his first semester taking basic classes and making good grades but the second semester whoops his butt after taking like two slightly advanced chemistry and biology classes and tries to come up with a different plan to persuade his mom to let him drop out

he tells his mom he wants to go to the police academy instead of university and drops out after his first year of school

he actually does pretty well at the police academy and passes with flying colors

after a few months of having a job at the same police department as his grandfather he starts to dislike it after seeing how corrupt the system is and the lack of accountability for police officers (i imagine that he would see this more often since his coworkers would think he doesnt care and he knew what he was getting into since he was close with his grandfather, who he also discovered was one of those few "bad apples") [note: i am not that familair with politics of police in japan specfically but in most countries the general issue is that police get away with crimes and harming civilians in the name of 'protection' - which is where i think josuke has the main issue with

he continues to stay at morioh's police station but attempts to stick to more desk work instead of being on the streets - during this time he talks with koichi and okuyasu and confesses that he doesnt know what he wanted in the first place and was just going along with what his mom told him and his grandfather's job - he figured since he admired them both he should trust their opinion

during his talks with koichi he finds out koichi has decided to major in pyschology (he realized he grew so much from the support of his friends during the events of diu and wants to help others) and okuyasu is about to finish his culinary arts program and is being an assitant chef at trattoria trussardi and tonio has actually been helping him afford the program

his friends encourage him to think about his hobbies and passions. he realzies that he likes playing video games for fun but he isnt good at them and doesnt care about computer science or like game development

okuyasu (jokingly) tells him to go to hair school since he loves his hairstyle, has perfected it, and actually spends a lot of time on his hair

josuke disagrees with idea but goes in one to a local Cosmetology school to sit in on a class after koichi informs him that his sister has a cosmetology license and yukako is thinking about getting one as well

josuke goes to sit in a class after asking for the day off at the station. he goes and falls in love and gets more information about the program while he is there.

he is too scared to tell his mom and starts saving money from his police job to afford the cosmetology program and in a few months he has enough saved after combining his savings from his job with some of his savings from the lottery he won in high school and enrolls in the program and starts working less in the station

he does well in the cosmetology program and tells his mom and tells her that koichi's sister is going to get him a job at the hair salon she works at after he has completed the program - josuke later quits his job at the police department and tells his co-workers off about how corrupt they are

eventually he passes the cosmetology program and and starts working at the local hair salon with koichi's sister who is one of the head stylists - customers love him because if he cuts too much or does a style they dont end up liking he just uses crazy diamond to restore their hair to the way it was (but i feel like crazy diamond wont be able to fix hair back to like its originally color or something but anyways)

so yeah enjoy this long post of what i think josuke's future career would be and why i think he would later become a hairstylist!

[crossoverfamily]

Having thoughts about each muse and the concept of having to harm or kill another person, as well as the type of foes they can face.

Wei Wuxian and Ireth both come from a world where having to harm or kill another person is kind of normalized if the situation calls for it. In comparison, it isn't normalized for Peter, Wild and Allen's worlds. It can happen, but it isn't part of what they can expect might one day be necessary.

You can see this reflected in how they deal with having to fight actual people: Wei Wuxian does it without hesitation when the situation calls for it, DAI gameplay is similar in that aspect, but Peter tends to not want to harm let alone kill (unless really necessary or extreme/specfic circumstances), Allen explicitly mention he doesn't want to fight people (though he still does if if necessary), and when you think about it, Wild never has to fight people unless its the Yiga but the Yiga always retreat implying Wild doesn't slay them (unlike monsters).

And it kind of ties into the type of foes they might face: in Wei Wuxian&Ireth worlds, actual people have a real chance of becoming enemies you have to face. Meanwhile, in Wild&Allen worlds, humans aren't expected as enemies, non-humans are the "common foes". In Peter's world, in theory having to fight or kill humans/people shouldn't happen, but can happen.

Which again, reflects how each acts in canon: Wei Wuxian and Inquisitor have no issue killing humans/people (kind of normalized), Peter comes from a place where he would rather not yet would do it in certain situations (not normalized but not unexpected either), Wild and Allen implictly or explicitly show they are pretty unwilling (not normal at all to have to because their "common foes" are not human/people).

And yeah I just. thought about it and wanted to share.

It does make it interesting to consider the possible discussions between them, the way their environment influenced this kind of thing, what it means to them. And the situations they could end up in, especially when it comes to possibly facing enemies they aren't used to. And the question of how it influences them to meet each other in relation to that specific topic. Does it make Wei Wuxian and Ireth questions a bit more their willingness to harm and kill people? Does it makes Peter, Wild, and Allen question a bit more their general unwillingness to? Both?

Can you imagine though, if Wei Wuxian or Ireth gets hurt because they hesitate due to this? If Peter, Wild, Allen, hesitate less and it saves them? But also, a possible first actual kill of a person for these three?

So much potential with this topic~