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marcothephoenixhusband · 2 years ago

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From Being Bullied, To Spin The Bottle

NSFW 🔞18+

Marco x F!Reader

Warnings: Blood, Angst, Pining For One Another, Plot Errors Oh Well, Crucified, Bullying, Revenge, Happy End, Pops Thatch and Ace Stay Alive, Spin the Bottle Truth or Dare, Consensual Sex, GF and BF, Office Sex

Reader has the Goro Goro No Mi (to create, transform, and control lightening at will) but strangely doesnt use it till later.

Summary: Your a 28 year old rookie or so they think who eventually gains the Second Devision Commander position. Marco is 33 since were skipping 10 years. (Im not good at math) Marco first talked with you like he does all rookies. At first no one has any clue you were a devil fruit user, you were such a sad soul crying silently or having a dead expression on all the time. Then Marco helped you out of being bullied after seeing how severe the bullying was getting, it was becoming torture. You then learned how to be the second commander of the Whitebeard pirates with Marcos help. Many years later while playing spin the bottle truth or dare both your feelings are revealed.

(N) POV

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"..*speech*...... all right rookies line up to get your room key. If you loose it, then well throw you overboard! Hahaha thats all kids" you hear Pops say as your in line, these four guys cut you which you let them, saddened eyes dejected looking down. Little did you care for someone elses eyes on you.

~ After Getting Settled In Your Single Person Room Since Your A Female~

You go out but are pushed/bumped into by the four men.

"Better watch your back if your trying to start a fight missy"

"What he said"

"Yaa!"

"Move it, we have devil fruit powers!"

They all said laughing crowding you.

Thats when it started, the bullying. In the hallway they stopped for now getting bored by your expressionless face.

"Come on shes no fun!"

"Man your right lets go!" The other two agreed and you waited for them to leave. Once you were sure they were gone you made your way out on deck. Not caring for food you just head to the side of the medical office up some stairs and sit legs out between the columns of the railing looking out towards the sea. After awhile you feel someone coming up to you, you tense up.

"What are you doing over here all alone? Why not go drink and meet new people? Yoi" you turn to see the first devision commander Marco say with a ale mug in his hand. You reply

"Im ....allergic... and I.... dont... care... to..........hmm......" you sigh wind whisping your hair over your face. Completely emotionless.

"Allright suit yourself I wont push you but if you need to talk im here Yoi" he says then walks off.

~The First Couple Nights Nothing Happened~

Then one night since you always suppress you devil fruit so others can touch you. After dinner after everyone left they stuffed you in a barrel and left you over night. In the morning you woke up early to hear someone by you saying.

"Odd, whered this barrel come from? Yoi" you hear obviously Marco from his speach pattern.

"......help....." you whisper but he seemed to have caught it because he opened the barrel to reveal you curled up inside. He helps you get out.

"What happened? Who did this to you?! Yoi" he asks and you just look down. He helps you out of the barrel. An involuntary tear running down your face. He bends down and softly wipes away your tear with his thumb.

"If others are bullying you come tell me. Its not right and we dont have room aboard the ship for troublemakers Yoi!" He explains as you just look down and nod another tear fallen.

"I have to start my shift, but feel free to come in to the medical office anytime to talk. I mean it (n) Yoi"

~Later That Night At Dinner In The Back~

"Come on doll, chug chug chug!" The leader of the four yells, voice getting lost in the crowd. Them holding onto your arms. Once their done spilling alcohol down your throat and all over you, you fall down on the floor in the puddle they made of alcohol.

"Oh shit she fell we should leave so no one notices" the leader says as you just lay there completely expressionless.

~After Dinner~

You were curled up partially hidden by sitting barrels but someone noticed you. You felt yourself being picked up and carried away. Once to said destination you hear.

"(n) I cant help if you dont tell me what the problem is or in this case who the problems are. I know theres more than one of them. Is it three or four of them? Yoi" the commander asks.

"..... four....." you didnt want to speak you felt so sick as the commander put an IV in you.

"Get some sleep (n) you can clean up tomorrow. The door will be locked. Yoi" he replys.

"Thank....... you.... commander....." you meekly say. He turns surprised you said something positive.

"Of course Yoi" he says with a big smile as he turns off the lights then you hear him exit the office and lock the building. You drift of to sleep on your med bed.

~Months Later~

Everytime something happens you have to visit Marco, who has been getting more and more suspicious of certain men. Their bullying has been getting worse and worse but just so they dont get caught, but they went to far this time.

When everyone was asleep, you thought you were alone on deck. When a bag went over your head, they stuffed a rag in your mouth and you felt yourself off the ground. Suddenly you feel a piercing pain go through your hands and then feet then stomach as you coughed on blood on the rag desperately trying to yell. Then they left but you still felt eyes on you as you passed out from pain. You awoke in the morning with an IV in your arm on a med bed. The heart beat monitor gave you away. Raising your head to see Marco walk from behind the wall, to your bedside. You just realized your eyes have betrayed your tears overflowing falling hard from your face. The first devision commander gave you a tissue.

"(N) this has been going on for months tell me whose doing this to you Yoi!" Marco lost his cool for a moment then readjusted himself.

"(N) please for your sake and mine please just tell me who they are Yoi" he says softly and holds your cold hand warming you up. Everything youve bottled up came crashing down. Through tears you say

"Its Riko and his groupie. I just feel like I deserve this...."

"What do you mean you deserve all of that? No one deserves what youve been through! Yoi" he replys taking off his glasses pinching the bridge of his nose, then putting his glasses back on.

"Sobbing you speak through your sobs.

"I killed my ....parents when I..... was very young.... I pieced it ....together. I couldnt control it..... their dead because....of ...me" you full on ugly cry sitting up Marco undoes all your IVs and wires and rubs your back. Hes on his rolling chair and transforms into hybrid form pulling you onto his lap hugging you as you cry it all out.

"Sounds like youve been surpressing you devil fruit for a long time Yoi"

"What did they do to me this time? I passed out from the pain..." you question him as he replys.

"They crucified you to the sail pole. To be honest I was scared they nailed you with sea prism nails and one through the stomach. I didnt think youd make it but your natural powers happened and regenerated yourself when you were asleep. Yoi" Once done crying you look up at Marco.

"Do I deserve to live after something like what I did?" You tear up but are quiet now.

"Of course you deserve to live! Find your own happiness. It sounds like an accident you couldnt help it or control your powers. Where are you from? What have you been doing this whole time with your life? Yoi?" He asks rambling.

"I just feel like I deserve it..... Im from Skypeia.... I had a angry phase so.... id destroy islands. The world government wants me dead only. Heres my bounty" you pull out a paper from your shirt and give it to him as he transforms into human.

"Hmm (N)D.(L) 4,000,000,000! Dead Only Yoi" He yells the number part.

"Well they never actually got my face...so they dont know what I look like...." he nods and responds.

"Do you mind me giving this to Pops? Yoi" he asks you politely.

"Sure..... I trust you..... Marco" you say with a twinge of blush at being so close realizing your current position noticing he also had a small blush on his face.

"Well regardless if you had told me who they were or not. I finally caught them. Yoi" he says as your eyes widen.

"Come on lets go talk to Pops Yoi" he slides you off of him onto your feet as he stands.

"Come on little bird, im right next to you do you need to hold my hand? Yoi" he asks and chuckles as you nod yes. He holds the bounty in his right hand and holds your hand in his left as you both exit the office. Once outside you see the four men tied to a mast with sea prism chains.

"You fucking wench ill rape you once out of here!!"

"You fucking snitch we should have thought of the sea prism long ago!!!"

"So your fucking the first commander? that it? Fucking whore!"

"You should die for being born!!"

"Shutup Yoi!!" Marco yells at them. That last one got you angry, as you and Marco walk up to Pops.

"Hey Pops we got a live one here look Yoi" he hands over the bounty. Squeezing your cold hand him warming it up.

"Ahh 4,000,000,000 berries (N)D.(L) you should take the second commanders spot" Pops said. You look over to Marco as he smiles at you, giving your hand a squeeze.

"The position has been open for a while you should take it Yoi" Marco smiles and says as you look back to Pops thinking.

"Okay ill.... take the.... position..." you say meekly.

"Marco work with her this next year to show her the ropes son.

Well have to keep your bounty hidden from the rest of everyone. Now that thats decided what to do with these traitors hmmm. (N) since they did you wrong so harshly what do you recommend?" Pops asks.

".. I want to kill them... with my own powers that I didnt use before because I felt I deserved it." You state as you see Pops nods.

"Death for torturing the second commander is sufficient isnt that right Marco?"

"Sounds right to me Pops Yoi" Marco says unhanding you. The first commander unchains them as they talk more shit, your expression changes from expressionless to pure anger as you reach out encapsulating the three in balls of lightning as you go up to their leader. Suddenly the sky darkens very quickly with thunder and lightning. Summoning a huge lightning bolt you grab Riko by his collar and pick him up you stab him through the mouth into his stomach as the lightning dissapears all thats left is ashes. You drop him causing him to shatter and disperses.

"Oops my bad" You feign ignorance. Now the other three are scared as hell.

"Have mercy!!"

"Ahhh no!!!"

"Help anyone!!!"

You let them go as they jumped over board you make the sea an electric barrier so they cant drown. Then you step on the railing smile at Marco which leaves a blush on him, and fall off not seeing Pops and Marco, them of which walked to the edge to see what you would do. You walk on the electric water as the men scream out in absolute pain as you yell.

"Heavenly Electric Rain!" As all around the Moby Dick is surrounded by electricity then a loud *BOOM!* is heard as the circle of lightning goes outward until Pops and Marco and others on deck see whats going on. You bring your hands down as the water vibrates then explodes as you raise yourself up to the railing now with electricity on your feet hovering. A crowds gathered as you point outward the circle explodes in a radius outward in all water killing anything in it. After the lightning went to the horizon exploding all the water like a tsunami of water and electricity in a circle around the Moby Dick going outward. Everyones mouths agape. You raised your arms spreading the sky to reveal the sun and a cloudless sky. As you float on electricity over the railing and hop down on deck. With tears in your eyes.

"Child you are strong no question about it you deserve your rank. We will announce it at dinner. And Marco show her to her new room. Thats all for now." Pops says smirking. You walk with Marco to your room which you just mainly had clothes, shoes and money. Your tears stopped. He helped you pick up everything and move to the second commanders room which Marco gave you the key for.

"I dont think anyone had any idea you were that powerful. Why didnt you ever fight back little bird? Yoi"

"Because I thought I deserved the pain and torment for what ive done..but I see now how things should really be because of you" Marco and you make eye contact and you blush while he smiles wide with a twinge of red on his face.

~At Dinner~

"Listen up everyone! We have filled the Second Commanders position say hello to (N)D.(L)!" Pops yells as everyone cheers and murmurs what happened eariler. You stand, smile softly and wave then sit back beside Marco and Izo who was beside Marcos other side. You, Marco and Izo chat, eat, and you drink water. As the night grows the first commander bends down to your ear and whispers.

"You wont have anymore problems, I promise Yoi" and that makes you genuinely smile up at him making him blush, him drinking to hide his blush.

"Thank you Marco I owe you" you playfully nudge his arm lightly as he smiles wide at you.

~One Year Later~

You and the First Devision Commander have grown quite close over the year of him teaching you your position. He calls you little or baby bird as a term of endearment but not to anyone else and you call him big bird he is more protective of you now than before too. You have been going on missions bringing back tons of gold. Pops is mighty impressed by you, the used to be wordless, emotionless woman now your bright and cheerful and he knows too its because of Marco. When Marcos birthday came round you got him the rarest gem of Sapphire with flecks of yellow and red in it. You dont know what he did with it but you gave it to him regardless. Youve decided to get him something ever year from now on. You let it slip to Thatch that you really like like Marco then the whole crew knew except for Marco. They knew youd kill them if anyone spoke a word. Only Thatch knew how Marco felt about you. But eventually he let that slip too. But no ones told you or Marco anything. No one knew your birthday even though everyone would ask you and try and figure it out. Ace is in your second devision squad. You and Marco always spend your off days together.

"Youve really gotten the hang of it little bird! Yoi" he exclaimed and petted your head, in your office. Going through your papers as you watch he applauds you again.

"Good job (n) now you dont need me anymore Yoi" your mouth agape with a sad expression.

"Does this mean we wont hang out on off days now?" You quizzically ask him as he looked a bit shocked but understood.

"Well still hang out I promise silly dont be a stranger if you finish your work come hang out with me just as usual Yoi" he smiles wide blushing very slightly as you reply

"Yay! I was worried cause your the one .....I trust the most here..." you say looking down so he wont see you blushing. You look up as your blush fades only to cetch Marco blushing then turning to look at your desk.

"Youve come so far (n). I remember when you would cry or be totally expressionless. It would break my heart seeing you like that. Youve opened up so much baby bird. Yoi" he says but you notice a couple tears falling from his face. You get off your chair and hug him from behind.

"Dont cry Marco.... im doing much better all because of you...." you say as he turns around in your arms. He picks you up by your under arms and hugs you close. You hug around his neck close as he tears up, you run your fingers through his hair over and over saying

"Its okay" eventually he let you down taking off his glasses. You reach on your tippy toes and wipe away his tears for him. He smiles blushing at you.

"Thank you my baby bird Yoi" he says petting your head as he puts his glasses back on.

~Nine Years Later~

You confess to Thatch and Ace that your completely in love with Marco but none of them offer any good advice besides well ask him out which you say no way he has to ask. Same on Marcos end but his excuse is he doesnt want to abuse his rank. One night yall are playing spin the bottle truth or dare after a lot of the crew left dinner. Ace *spins bottle* it lands on you. Shocked you say

"Tru- no dare!"

"Okay (n) I dare you to sit on Marcos lap for the rest of the game except for refills!" He yells and drinks more beer as you thank god your wearing panties today your wearing your favorite skirt and t shirt as you move and sit on Marcos lap. Looking up at Marco you say.

"Is this okay big bird?" As he glances down at you he says

"Of course little bird Yoi" facing straight forward again you did notice a slight blush on his face as you reajust your eyes on Thatch and Ace. You *spin the bottle* landing on Thatch.

"I ant no pussy give me truth" he says confidently.

"Okay how many women have you slept with? haha" you ask as his demeanor changed to saddened.

"Noone dammit thats not what I thought you were gonna say" he scowls at you and you shrug laughing leaning into Marcos chest on accident but you feel him stay firm you feel his heart is going fast. Thatch *spins the bottle* it lands on Marco.

"Truth or dare Marco buddy?" Thatch says with a smirk. Marco seems to be contemplating his answer.

"How about dare? Yoi" The Phoenix says sipping from his mug.

"Okayy okayy I dare you ... to kiss (n)" Thatch says evily. As Marco just looks at them with a glare that you could hardly see. Marco turns you a quarter with a blush on his face he leans down eyes closed as you lean up eyes closed and surprisingly your lips met soft ones that lingered for a moment to long.

"He did it highfive!" Thatch and Ace highfived.

"I said kiss I didnt say where though" Thatch then both you and Marco blushed a deep red and you both just drank from your drinks. As you turned around again, your back to Marco. Marco *spins the bottle*

"Truth or dare Ace?" The first commander says. Ace thinks for a minute.

"Hmm okay how about a truth round no dares" Ace says.

"Okay so is it true you have a girlfriend Ace?"

"What no I wish who told you that?" Ace admits and Marco just shrugs. Ace *spins the bottle* and it lannnnddsss on .....you.

"Remember only truth so lemme think..."

"So ive been hearing you love someone close to you spill now" Ace replies. You blush a thousand sunnies while glaring at him.

"I think im gonna go to-"

"Oh no you dont little bird im curious as well Yoi" Marco hugs you over your arms keeping you down as your butt squirms rubbing areas it shouldnt be for Marco. Finally you settle down huffing.

Your glare at Thatch and Ace a thousand needles.

"I love........." you whisper. They all go.

"Huh none of us heard that."

"I said I love .... Marco....." you immediately blush the deepest red ever putting your hands on your face not knowing what to feel as Marcos still involuntary now hugging you as you boobs are squishing into his arms and hands. You hear a sigh from Marco. You *spin the bottle* which it lands on Ace.

"Truth or dare?" You question quietly Thatch and Ace knew there in for punishment.

"Ill pick dare" Ace replys.

"I dare you to drink those barrels until you feel like you get a hangover" you say glaring at him as he gets another mug full.

After Ace *spins the bottle* landing on Marco.

"Your the last truth then its truth or dare"

"Hmmm Marco why dont you tell us who are you in love with hmmm spill the beans mann" Ace finishes. Blushing as you take a peek at the first commander. You could feel him scratch the back of his head.

"Haha its (n).." he smiles drinking some ale then puts it down. You half turn on him.

"Are you serious Marco! When were you gonna tell me?!" You shout grabbing his collar. He smiles even wider at your outburst.

"It never came up in conversation Yoi"

"Oh thats your excuse you shoulda grown a pair earlier" you yell.

"Hey no- Yoi" you cut him off holding his collar of his purple jacket you kiss him longer than last time. Meanwhile Thatch and Ace are whistling and hollering so are the crewmates left on deck. After you released Marco you sat back down in his lap.

"Oh you two shutup you got what you wanted" you say crossing your arms. They both say

"But arnt you glad now?" They say to you both.

You look up at Marco whose looking down at you still blushing and say at the same time.

"Yess."

"Welp im beat" Ace says.

"Yea and I have to get up early for inventory" Thatch also says.

"Your both leaving like that? Ill kick your asses!" You yell but then feel Marco hug you close and nuzzle your neck planting a kiss which makes all anger drain from your body. He whispers in your ear.

"I can finally say I love you (n) Yoi" you gained a shiver as his hot breath douses your neck making him smile against your skin. You turn your head fully blushing as he looks at you with lidded eyes with a blue fire in them. As he stands he picks you up facing him and says

"Wrap your legs around me wheres your key? Yoi" you both blushing hard.

"Here" you take it out of your bra.

"Your not gonna need that soon Yoi" he says breathing on your neck making you hot and bothered. You whisper in his ear softly.

"Im a virgin Marco.." he replys back in a whisper too

"So am I Yoi" as he unlocks your commander room door walks in and locks the door.

"Do you not want too? I am in need of cuddles too Yoi" Marco says thinking about it he did sort of spring it on you.

"Maybe I got the wron-Yoi"

"I do want to Marco im just shy look at my face" you cut him off. He leans back and looks at a tomato red blushing (n). He goes to your bed and lays you down.

"Awee are you that nervous? Then dont worr-Yoi" you cut him off again. Pointing a finger at him

"Ive waited long enough bring it on me" you shout then bury your face in your hands from embarrassment.

"I think I understand now Yoi" he says then continues.

"(N) do you masterbate or have you ever?" Peeking at him you reply

"No should I have been?"

"The reason you dont know what your feeling is because your body is telling you need it but your head is saying no Yoi"

Uncovering your hands you state

"So your saying I should get layed?"

"Well that would help or masterbate but you look like your in heat so masterbation probably wont help. Yoi" you blush even deeper.

"How am I this hor-..."

"Nevermind I know why its cause you got a bonner while I was sitting on you making me all like this" he just chuckles and sits on the bed with you.

"I just need your consent silly or we can cuddle Yoi" he says with a smile.

"Well first what are we Marco I dont just want to be lovers.." you state.

"(N) will you do me the honor of being my girlfriend? Yoi" he states with a wide smile making you blush again.

"Yes id love that Marco!" You exclaim in glee.

"And I give you my consent Marco just help please ive never experienced this before with anyone but you" he caresses your cheek with his right hand and tilts your head so he has access to your lips and neck. Leaning down the kiss is more passionate as you fall into it and follow his lead, tounges flicking around embracing both of you swallowing each others saliva. Breaking for air you kick your shoes off trying to unbutton your top then Marco takes over slowly unbuttoning your shirt as he kisses your neck then starts sucking hard everywhere on your neck then down to your bra, making you moan his name

"Marcooo!" He smiles and once unbuttoned you sit up to get your shirt off then he slides his off putting his jacket on the ball of the bed railing undressing his shoes which have a zipper then he runs his hands on up your thighs making you moan again as he keeps getting closer to your panties making you shiver and twitch. Finally he grabs your panties and pulls them off. While he undresses his pants leaving just his boxers. Finally he takes off your bra one handed. He pokes your sensitive nipples and rubs them as you twitch and moan

"MarcoOO!"

"Im gonna have you screaming my name soon dont worry my baby bird Yoi" he says as he slides his boxers off revealing a huge present for you.

"Will it fit?" You honestly dont know.

"Trust me im the doctor here little bird Yoi" he says as he repositions you laying long ways with the bed as he gets on top of you and slowly checks your wetness the same time making you moan.

"Commander Marco!" You yell.

"Ouu I like the sound of that Yoi" he smiles wide and says, as he positions his cock at your entrance sliding it up and down as you are twitching more than ever.

"My sweet little bird look at how wet you are for me slicking me up really nice Yoi" Marco taunts you while you moan louder

"Big bird MarcOOO pleasee I need you!" He leans down to suck on your breasts sucking hard then swirling around your nipple and the other one.

"Others are gonna se-"

"I want everyone to know who you belong too screaming my name. Your mine! Yoi" Getting mews out of you. You huffing face all red. He admires you for a second and his handiwork on your neck and breasts then leans back down, eye level with you. Positioning his dick at your soaking entrace again sliding up and down as you wrap your arms around his neck you kiss then suck hard in various spots making Marco moan also

"God! Second commander!! (n)!!! your feisty Yoi!" You both knew others could allready hear you both. After youve sufficiently hickeied him you state

"Well now others will know your mine!"

"Well my baby bird are you prepared? Im gonna slide in, soon youll be mine forever! Yoi"

You nod and say

"Im ready big bird Marco" thats all he needed as he slips just the tip in making you go

"Ahh Commander!" As he slowly reaches your virginity he says

"Are you ready sweetheart? Yoi" and you just nod hanging onto him as he slowly pops your virginity one of his hand goes to your button swirling and massaging it while his lips met yours fighting, playing for dominance which he won as you makeout you start to moan again. Giving him the sign to continue. Breaking for air breathless he says

"Now your mine forever say it little bird who do you belong too Yoi"

"I belong to first devision commander Marco!!!! Ahhh!! Big bird your filling me up!!!" You moan as he thrusts out a little then in to stretch your walls for him.

"Thats another point we havent discussed! Do you want kids?! But more importantly do you want my babies?! Ahhh!! Fuck your so tight!!! second commander!!! Yoi"

"Yes I want your babies inside of me!!! Ahh yesss!!!! Marco please cum in me!!!!!" You yell for all to hear.

"Okay dont have to tell me twice Yoi" he huffs his erection growing harder as he bottoms out at your cervix.

"Told you it would fit Yoi" as you look down, wrapping your legs around his waist he chuckles. He starts to thrust out then in

"Ohh god!!!!! Yesss!!!!! First commander!!!!!!" You yell to the heavens as he starts gradually making you both huff in wanting and knowing you belong to eachother now. He places his hand back next to your head as he speeds up thrusting in and out, but not all the way out just enough to slip back in. Your fingernails dig into his back you look into his eyes and he doesn't seem bothered. As he speeds up more, both of you cant help but moan for the other.

"Yesss Marco!!!!! First commander!!!!!"

"Ahhh!!!!! (N) second commander!!!!!! Yoi" soon he is railing you

"Found! Your g spot! Birdy!!" Yoi!!!" He yells as he keeps pounding you in your g spot relentlessly giving you the pleasure you were denyed your whole life.

"Marco!!!! Yess!!!!! Right there!!!! My first Commander!!!!" Your body started to get the rhythm and soon you both were moving together slamming it. Time was useless for you both. It was starting to weigh on you both getting closer and closer to climax.

"Ahh!!!! Yessshh!!!!!!! First commander!!!!!! Im getting close!!!!!!" You scream.

"Fuckkk!!!!! Second commander im getting close too!!!!! You want my cum all inside you baby bird?!!!! Yoi!!!!" Marco screams.

"Yess!!!! Cum in me Marco!!! Cream in me!!!!!!" You scream. After some time of thrusting and you bouncing with his movements.

"Big bird!!!! Your gonna make me cum soon!!!!!"

"Fuck!!!! Baby bird your gonna make me cum!!!! Yoi"

"Lets cum together!!!! Yoi" he yells loudly as you see stars and black spots you tear up and moan

"This is heaven!!!!Marco!!!" Screaming he says

"Are you ready second commander?!!!! Ready to cum for me?!!!!! Ready for my hot creamy cum!!!!!!! To squirt all inside you!!!!!! Yoi!!!!"

"Im ready!!!!! Marco I need your hot cum to fill me up now!!!!!" You scream.

"Ready cum with me!!!Yoi" he yells

"Im cumming Marco!!!!!" You scream.

"(N) im cumming in you, take all of my hot cum!!!!! Yoi" as your walls constrict it makes his cum go even deeper filling you up. He keeps thrusting through both of your sexhighs as he slowly comes to a stop both of you shaking slightly but mainly you twitching and shaking more. Looking into his eyes soft lips meet yours as you welcome them making out breathing through your noses now swallowing eachothers saliva then breaking for more air. Huffing. He looks around but theres no rags anywhere.

"You dont keep- Yoi"

"Never mind thats a stupid question Yoi" he says as you use your electricity to hover you both upright and over to the shower.

"Handy and ticklish Yoi" he smiles as he uses one hand to place his glasses on the top of the shower. As hes holding your thighs so slipping out that quickly wont hurt you.

"Ready my little bird? Im gonna slip out now Yoi" he questions

"Im ready Marco~" you state as he slowly pulls out in by inch until its out.

"Ahh!" You twitch. He sets you down but have to hug his abs to stand.

"Just hang onto me until you can stand little bird Yoi" he says while turning on the warm water as it pours over both your heads soaking your and his hair. Watching your and his cum go down the drain. After awhile you can finally stand.

"Lets get cleaned up Yoi" he says as he washes your back and you wash his back. Cuddling in the soap then rinsing off. He shuts off the water and grabs your towel wrapping it around you. He transforms into hybrid form and wraps his wings around you.

"What about you arnt you cold Marco?" You question.

"Naw I dont really get cold dont worry sweetie Yoi" cuddling in his chest you stroke his wings using haki but not to hurt him.

"Ahh feels nice. Noones ever done that to me before. Yoi" he says kissing your neck as he chuckles.

"You know we have to talk and test our divisions tomorrow Yoi" he says to you.

"Marco you asshat you planned this?" He just chuckles smiling wide

"No no dear I just think its funny the timing Yoi" once your both dry he transforms into human form again. Leading you to the bed, sliding into bed, for you to cuddle. He puts his arm down as a pillow for you to lay in the crook of his neck while he wraps his other arm around your waist, bringing you closer to him intertwining both your legs with his. Pulling up the covers he says

"Your all mine and im all yours, and im sure everyone will have something to say tomorrow Yoi"

"Im all yours and your all mine. I dont care what people say I love you Marco"

"I love you (n) Yoi" Marco says.

"Goodnight" You both say at the same time, he chuckles and you laugh while you both cuddle falling asleep.

~The Next Morning~

"Little bird Yoi~"

"HmmMm" you open your groggy eyes to see Marco in your bed then recall the events thats happened last night. With a gaint blush on your face you finally make words.

"Yes?"

"Were going to be late if we dont hurry Yoi" he says to you as your eyes widen and you shoot up from bed. Marco chuckling as he gets up and gathers his clothes dressing. While your trying to find new clothes you throw the dirty onces in the bin. Finally finding that pair of black shorts and t shirt you wear you black boots. Finishing up the necessities brushing teeth, bathroom etc.

"I need to get ready too. I love you (n). Ill see you soon Yoi" his sweet lips on yours real quick. While you did that, Marco left for his room to prepare. You grab your clip board and pencil and head out the door. Locking your room but leaving a window open to let it air out since the room smelt of sex. Meeting your Second Devision Squad on deck, you did rollcall.

"Okay today were doing training ill be your opponent. Luckily we stopped at an island so we wont damage the ship everyone to the island." Ace raises his hand as others are sushhing him trying to put his hand down.

"Yes Ace have something you want to share?" You question him. He snickers and asks

"So whered you get all those hickeys?" He snickers again as you lightly chuckle shrugging you admit.

"I got them from Marco. You might have heard something last night im sure. Or maybe we werent loud enough?" You scratch your head with your pencil letting it roll off your back like Marco always does. Everyones mouth is agape that you just outright said it.

"Oh please dear god no forget I even asked!" Ace yells as you giggle.

"Your lucky im in a good mood lil Ace" you say as you float over the railing bringing your whole devision with you too the island. As everyone floats down to the island.

"I am not little!" Ace yells as you giggle. After everyones on the island which was baren and a good medium size you went up the list from down floating each person back to the ship after they were done. Giving pointers and offering ideas and ways to help each member. Until only Ace was left.

"This time im gonna beat you (n)!" You hear chanting then glance to the ship where half were chanting for Ace and the other half were chanting for you including Marco. You look back to Ace hes in a ready stance. As you ready your stance, you take out a blindfold and wrap it around your head.

"Im not gonna fight someone who blinds themselves!" Ace yells as you and you retort.

"This is your handicap Ace you better fight or ill fail you and punish you."

"Tchh fine but you better not cry to Marco when I win!" He yells to you as he starts running your way. Your observation haki is very strong so this should be quick. Once hes in range you swing kick half force ontop of Aces head making a gaint crater where his head was. You feel him after a couple of seconds get up and wipe his mouth.

'He must have spat up blood' you think to yourself as Ace uses

"Fire fist!" As you point a finger at him letting go of your charge you've built up causing a massive shockwave rocking the Moby Dick hitting Ace then exiting his body.

"Is this all you have to offer me Ace?" You mock him getting him riled up.

"Flame Commandment!" He powers up then unleashes it to you.

"Lightning Commandment!" Which you point a finger at his attack and at the last second you discharge both of you unseeable from the attacks. Another shockwave and everyone is in awe at the fight before them you felt even some commanders and whole devisions were watching along with your big bird and his devision. All anyone can see is the island smashing apart and the gaint half of electricity and half fire. After the flash was over you walk through Aces flames. Using your electricity you hold Ace above water along with you. Hes on his knees

"But that was my strongest attack.... what are you??...." Ace asks

"Im the lightning god. Theres no way you were going to beat me" You reply taking your blindfold off. Floating your clipboard over to you where the island used to be you wrote down some notes then floated Ace and you back to the deck. Ace just layed on his knees head to the deck. You spy Marco walk up and say

"Dont feel that bad Ace even I couldnt beat her Yoi"

"Good job my little bird Yoi" Marcos kisses your cheek and everyone mouths are agape some were hollering and whistling. You giggled as you say

"Well Ace looking here your number one in the Second Devision Squad at least thats something to be proud of!" You say trying to cheer him up. Finally he stands saying

"Yea I guess" he rubs the nape of his neck and walks off. Marco looks at you with a smile which you smile back, both your hickied necks fully visible to everyone.

"Ah let him cool off hell be fine by dinner Yoi" you hear the First Devision Commander say.

"All right shows over, get back to work everyone! Yoi" Marco says. As everyone disperses Marco says

"That means you too (n) Yoi"

"Ya ya I know First commander~" you say cutely rubbing one of his hickey's. He grabs your hand gently and pulls you close whispering in your ear.

"Keep this up and ill have to punish you tonight~" he taunts and releases you. You just blush red and say

"Im gonna go do paperwork now bye boyfriend~" you stick out your tounge then run away as you hear him chuckle and smile. Once in your office you do paperwork on your Devision. After all day you hear a knock on your office door.

"Who is it?" You wonder.

"Its me Yoi"

"You dont have to knock you know" you reply back to him.

"Just being curdious my baby bird" he comes up behind your chair leans down and hugs you close while kissing on your neck making you moan softly

"Marcoo" then he pulls away but nips your sensitive ear causing you to shiver.

"So lover what are you stuck on? Working hours are over. Havent you noticed? Yoi" Marco says curiously.

You look up to him and ask

"Who would you put for fourth and fifth place this person has great defense but this other person has great offensive their tied and I dont know what to do" he seems to think for a moment then replys

"I would say offensive is better than defense Yoi"

"Yay! Finally im done with this stack! Time to report in" you say popping up as you clutch the papers. Your picked up as you instinctively wrap your legs around Marcos waist and hang on his neck with one arm. Him makingout with you, him also holding your thighs up. You could feel a bulge going on from him. As tounges fight for dominance you nip at his and he does the same making you moan. As you both brake for air huffing he lets you down.

"Look at what your doing to me woman Yoi" he motions to his bulge. He reajusts his cock in his pants so its not noticeable. Thats when Ace came through the door.

"Hey there you are Marco I knew if I went to (n) youd be here! Could I get a painkiller my heads killing me!" Ace says holding his head. You just hear Marco slightly sigh then turn around with a smile.

"Allright come with me Yoi" Marco says as they leave. You exit your office, lock it and head to the bulletin board tacking on the newest rankings.

"Ah it seems everyone allready did theres oh well im not that late" you speak to yourself. As you go to the main office for each devision to put the paperwork. You put your stack in the second devision box. Then head out its a sunny day.

'I want a smootie' you walk over to cantina and pick up kiwis and raspberrys blend them with ice then set your drink down.

'I should make one for Marco too' you think to yourself grabbing a pineapple chopping the green off then blend the whole thing since hell eat all of it. Once done cleaning you took the two drinks looking for your boyfriend. You went to the med office and used your head to knock.

"Come in Yoi" with your hands full you use your electricity to open the door and enter.

"Hey dear-" then you saw Ace.

"Thought you only needed a pain pill?" You directed your question at Ace but Marco spoke.

"He broke a bone when you both were fighting Yoi" your boyfriend says using his blue fire on Aces arm.

"Welp I made us drinks big bird" you change the subject and layed down his drink on his desk while you sip on yours.

"You didnt have to but I very much appreciate it my little bird. Yoi" he takes a sip while working on Aces arm.

"Its delicious love. Yoi" he says with a wide smile to you.

"Ugh get a room you two" Ace says.

"Maybe you should get a girlfriend Ace" you stare daggers at him making him flinch and you laugh.

"And by the way we had a room but someone burst in without knocking" you add. That saying made Ace blush red.

"There all done for now. You will have to come in every day for a week. Yoi" Marco says as he enjoys his drink now and so do you.

"Thanks doc see ya two later" Ace says leaving the office. Marco goes and locks the door making you raise an eyebrow. You both finished your smoothies.

"Bottoms off now Yoi" he gives you that look, like I want you now. You use your electricity to drawn all the blinds as you undress your black shorts and kick off your boots. Then he slides off your panties as he drops his pants and boxers. Sliding his dick in between your thighs.

"My my allready soaking wet for me just how I like it. Here bite on this gauze roll be a good girl and I wont punish you like I said eariler. Shh try not to make a sound my sweet little bird Yoi"

"Bend over the table for me Yoi" he demands and you obey your arms supporting your weight.

'Thank god all the tables are bolted down or it would rock into the wall' you think as he inserts his tip and you moan but quietly because of the gauze. He picks you up by your low stomach feeling himself fill you up with his cock through your lower abdomen. He starts thrusting as you moan long and softer than normal this was a more sensual kind of sex. Forbidden sex in the offices. It turned you on as he pounded your g spot makeing you see circles and dots moaning a little louder he says while grunting.

"Shh remember Baby bird be a good girl and you get your reward Yoi" you nod as he thrusts again and again the gauze making you drool on the cleared off desk. Whatever he was doing it was working. This new feeling of euphoria made you feel so high. Afterwhile he leans over and says

"Are you close baby bird? Yoi" you just nod viciously. He takes that as a sign to finish as he kept up his pace which wasnt even that fast like the first time this time it was sensual but still making you want to cum. He whispers

"Im going to cum soon (n) Yoi" he whispers to you as he holds your low stomach him feeling his cock moving in and out of you turning him on even more. He speeds up a little more hitting your G spot everytime on purpose. You moaning as quietly as you can.

"Heres your reward my sweet girlfriend Yoi" you moan a little louder as your cuming, he keeps thrusting. By you cuming it makes him cum. Him whispering to you

"Heres your reward my little bird take all of my hot cum have my babies Yoi" he grunts moaning softly as he thrusts through your and his sex highs till he gradually slows down and stops. You took the gauze out of your mouth. Huffing for air as he grabs a small towel and after a minute he whispers

"Im going to slide out now Yoi" and you just nod. As he slides out you have to stifle a loud moan. You knees weak legs twitchy. He cetches your juices and cum ckeaning you up then flipping the towel in half cleaning him up now.

"You couldnt have waited? " you giggled as you put your panties black shorts on and boots back on you cleaned up your drool and tossed the gauze away. He pulled up his boxers and pants too. He comes up behind you and says in your ear.

"No I couldnt youve been poking jabs at me all day and especially in your office. So I half punished you and half rewarded you Yoi" he states as you open a couple windows.

"Now it smells like sex in the doctors office." Marco just shrugs and smiles wide and leans down to kiss you, kissing back then departing with a string of saliva falling away he picks you up by your thighs as you hook onto his neck.

"It was kinky I liked it, what about you (n) Yoi" he says quietly as you whisper

"You in that doctors coat is a turn on its been a fantasy of mine for awhile" his curiosity gets the better of him.

"What other things tantalize your mind? Yoi" he asks sliding you off of him.

"Youll just have to find out~" you shake your booty a little as he grabs that ass firmly making you gasp and him chuckle.

"Wait how long have we been in here?" You question and he replys

"Not long at all about thirty minutes Yoi"

"Oh good come on big bird lets go before were found out" he nods puts his doctors coat up and unlocks the door letting you exit as he locks the door.

"Dont you feel better (n)? Yoi" he asks

"Actually I very much do feel better. How about you?" You ask.

"I think you know but ill entertain you. Yes it feels like a weights been lifted off my shoulders. Yoi" he chuckles at your guys fun and smiles wide intertwining hands with you as it was getting close to dinner time. He led you to your guys table to chill before dinner Izo and Ace were allready there talking.

"Well speak of the devil or devils in this case." Ace says as Izo nods.

You and Marco just cock your heads like what.

"What is it this time Ace? Yoi" the first devision commander asks.

"The whole crew want to know what exactly are you guys to eachother" Izo speaks. You just let Marco talk it out. With a smile he says

"Well shes my girlfriend of course and more. Yoi"

"And hes my boyfriend and more" you giggle. As Ace and Izo look a bit taken aback by the transparency.

"Ring A Ding Ding Its Dinner Time" you turn to see Thatch handing out food and crewmates lining up for booze.

"Excuse me little bird. I better go get some ale before its gone Yoi" you slid out of the booth and let everyone slide out to get booze while you allready had water you just stood while Thatch came with food to your table setting down meat for Ace and Izo a pineapple and a fruit bowl for Marco and tuna sushi for you. You got stars in your eyes

"I heard sushi was your favorite food so ill be giving it to you from now on" Thatch says as you gleam "Ahh!!! Thank you soo muchh Thatch!!! Thats so sweet of you!" He rubs the back of his head.

"I kinda have to cater to the highest commanders" Thatch says.

"Whats goin on Yoi?" Marco is suddenly standing behind Thatch.

"He made me my favorite food!" You raised your arms in the air excited. Marco raises an eyebrow to Thatch.

"I was just telling her I make the highest commanders their favorite foods. Wellp back to work" Thatch goes back to the kitchen. You let Marco slide into the booth seeing his favorite food he smiles and wraps his left arm around your shoulders. Making the crew murmur. You look at Marco eating his pineapple with the skin on makes you giggle. He smiles and asks

"Whats so funny my little bird? Yoi"

"Why do you eat the hard peel?" You reply.

"It carries a lot of nutrients Yoi"

He says as you whisper in his ear

"They say if you eat a lot of pineapple that your cum tastes sweet~" he whispers back

"Well well have to figure that out if thats okay with you? I have something I want to do to you too but shh its a secret Yoi" you reply

"Its okay with me im curious myself" you both ended the conversation and started eating your sushi and he ate the rest of the fruit. Then drinking some ale while you drank your water. Everyone including you were chatting having a merry time. After dinner you and Marco split up to take showers once done you dress in a short thigh high black thin dress then walk out of your room and lock the door. Then go to Marcos room and knock. You heard it unlock guessing its for you. You walk in then lock the door. Suddenly you feel Marcos arms around you from behind and picked you up

"Hey put me down" he obeys and puts you down.

"Whats the matter little bird I want to cuddle~ Yoi" you inspect his room then see on a small pillar on the wall by his library all of the gems youve given him for his birthday.

"Aweee you kept them" he walks over to you hugging you from behind.

"Of course I kept them, there my treasures from the one I love Yoi" he holds your hand and leads you to the bed. You get in and he slips in under the covers with you. He turns on his side spooning you holding you with both arms as you hold his arms and intertwine your legs with his.

"Goodnight my sweet little bird Yoi" his breath on your neck making you shiver.

"Goodnight my handsome kind Phoenix"

~Happy End~

#marco op x you #marco the phoenix x reader #op marco #op marco x reader #marco the pineapple #marco x y/n #marco x you #marco smut #marco the phoenix #marco onepiece #marco x reader #one piece marco #one piece men

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coffee-or-murder · 1 year ago

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So I found a song (Anna Bates - “He said / She said”) that gut punched me with how perfectly suited it was for Lemon/Lonan if they’d gotten to be friends and form romantic feelings naturally. Instead their parents went “hey get married we want connections/money and you’re our only kids…..also you gotta make an heir after you get married them’s the breaks get to it”, so that slow burn progression from friends to lovers didn’t get to happen. Basically I’m just rambling about how well they actually could have worked together if things hadn’t turned out the way they did because I have some severe Lonan brainrot again lol.

No crazy spoilers really except more info on Lonan as a person and his “friendship” with Lemon before the events of the MiV session AND some sandboxy thoughts about where it could have gone if they’d had the chance for their relationship to grow naturally outside of their arranged marriage (ie. current sandbox thought is him showing up at the tower also having run away and both of them hiding from his family, staying in Lemon’s room and maybe helping with arcnane RnD lol).

LYRICS:

He said / I’ll hit a man if I have to honey / But I faint at the sight of blood / So I’ll protect your sweet heart darlin / But you might have to pick me up

Canon - Lonan is a socially inept shut in academic, boarding school his whole life type of guy. He does not do well with the sight of blood and tends to just outright faint or get very woozy. He was bullied a bit by the others in his wizard schools, but mostly he kept to himself and just tried to avoid people. He got a bit roughed up at school, but he’s never really been in an actual fist fight before

Sandbox - After he and Lemon had bonded if someone did try to hurt her, he just might throw a punch first and think later. He’d get his ass handed to him, since he for sure is not a physical fighter at all, but he’d sure try. Lonan would be…kind of painfully aware that Lemon does most of the protecting, and wants to help but has zero idea how. So he’d see red, throw the punch, and think that was a dumb choice later. It would still fluster Lemon seeing him fight for her though lol

She said / I am small, but I’ll carry your body / After you’ve been seeing bright red / And I’ll feed you bread and strong hot coffee / And we’ll put your mind to bed

Canon - Lemon in canon still has so much guilt about leaving Lonan behind. They’d only just started to be friends before she was sent away, and even though she’s glad to be free and away from her mother she is still very worried about him. He may have been an ass when they first met, but after a bit of time Lemon came to find out his situation and realize he was just as stuck as she was. They commiserated a bit over that and got to bond a bit as friends, but then things came to a head with their engagement party and Lemon was shipped off before they could really come together.

Sandbox - If Lonan had gotten hurt trying to protect her he’d get fussed over so much by Lemon. Lemon is very aware that she is only three feet tall, but she physically outclasses Lonan by a decent bit (he’s got 9 she’s got 13) and she’d be just as overprotective of him as she is any of the people she loves. Lonan would get healing, and fed, and then she’d end up having to make him lay down and put his research down long enough to rest. I can very easily picture Lonan sleeping on his back closest to the wall with Lemon sitting up against the headboard with a book and her hand in his hair, like a physical wall between him and danger.

He said / I am gentle, yes I swear it honey / I will be gentle till I die / But oh bless the face of a cold cold man / Who goes and makes you cry

Canon - Lonan looks like an asshole. He was just born with a broody mean mug, and his upbringing in boarding schools with strict teachers along with either distant or outright mean classmates didn’t polish his social skills well enough to compensate. He is actually a very gentle sweet boy, but he is so very bad at social cues and has very tall walls built up to try to protect himself from the inevitable disappointment of getting close to anyone. It’s easier to be alone so that’s what he says he wants. Lonan tends to come off as a know it all slightly prissy asshole, and that’s normally enough to put people off enough to leave him alone.

Sandbox - Lonan and Lemon to start would have one of those “I can be mean to them but don’t you dare hurt them or I’ll ruin your life” friendships, but the second it tips over into romance Lonan would put himself in time out the second he accidentally makes Lemon genuinely feel even slightly bad. He would never intentionally hurt her, the banter isn’t supposed to hurt after all, but they both would end up accidentally emotionally bruising each other a bit. After they’d cooled off they’d come back together to talk about how not to have it happen again. They’d be weirdly good at talking things out together, because they’re both scientists at heart and would tackle laying out their problems in very similar ways.

She said / Don’t go getting yourself in trouble now / I need you home alive / But to be fair I ain’t felt so safe here / In a long long time / It’s been a long long time

Canon - Literally this line. Lemon does worry about Lonan, he was forced into the whole arrangement just like she was, and his relationship with his parents is clearly so strained it’s barely existent and not healthy. Between her mother emotionally abusing her and the minimal physical abuse with the whole kneeling on grits thing, Lemon hasn’t felt safe at home for years. Having her engagement arranged to Lonan and dealing with the Harlow’s in court only exacerbated that. Once she’d gotten to know him a bit she felt like he could be a safe person to be around, especially considering what happened during their engagement party when he did keep her safe. By the end they were so close to being actual friends she was not happy they couldn’t take him with her, but that would look enough like eloping to the courts they’d have ruled in her mother’s favor and that just wasn’t possible. Lonan said it was fine, but lemon hated leaving him to the wolves like that.

Sandbox - Lemon is a fairly clingy person once she’d dedicated herself to someone. Not suffocatingly so, but she is incredibly physically affectionate and takes so much comfort from returned physical affection. She may be the more dominant personality in their relationship, but the amount of comfort she would get from curling up with him at night would be so very welcome. It may get to the point where she couldn’t sleep well without him or at least a reminder of him with her like a scarf or stuffed animal.

#dnd lonan #lonan dnd #dnd lemon #lemon dnd

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ironflowerflower2008 · 2 years ago

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I am going to write about till the end of the moon as there are none 😔 sadly so I am going to write and it is my first you can also request me feel free and don't stop if you are going to request I will make it.....

And this my first one shot sooo please be easy on me and important English is not my first language

Devil god (tantai Jin) x reader " I swear I will kill you "

Part 1

People yelling as someone attack the world with arrows..... " Li susu they are coming here " you said to her she was concerned about there sect.

Gongye jiwu was concerned for Ii susu you loved gongye jiwu with your whole heart you were his Best friend and when he tell you about his feelings towards li susu. Your heart was broken and then it was the end of your best friendship.

You were suffering from depression and then you both break you best friendship in all sects your friendship was so famous and many people ship you both.

But it doesn't go as it was planned he liked someone else 😔. " Don't you think we can kill him " I said to her

" he is a devil god y/n " you rolled your eyes. Li susu and gongye jiwu go after him to stop him but he was so powerful that even my father 'I am adopted daughter' ( li susu father best friend . I think his name zahayo). He was stronger then us but devil win against them. He asked my father

"where is she?" He said to him " even if you threatens to kill me I will not tell you " devil become pissed but zahayou was not an idiot but he will never tell him where y/n was or time turner ( just call that thing this )

Then cheif Qu arrived there and they fight and free Zahayou from him. And take him to his sect palace. You were there and help heal him. " My lovely daughter " he gave her something a necklace

" take this and reflect to your past and if you can forgive me please " and then li susu came with the time turner and show us devil how he was getting bullied.

'so he was made a villain he wasn't actually a villian' I thought and cheif Qu and my father use that turner to take us 500 year in past. I didn't give that much attention to his face.

But until then devil has arrived " so you are here " when I see his face I remember the face from my dream he was replica of that person. " Y/n " he looked shock to see me and some kind of hurt in his eyes.

But he had killed everyone even my father 😢 we ( li susu and me ) said at the same time " I swear I will kill you " he didn't care for li susu answer but from my mouth when these words were said he looked like he will break down.

I couldn't see his face we finally got in past.

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maryellencarter · 1 year ago

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Memed from this post!

1: Do you prefer writing oneshots or multi-chaptered fics? -- So funny story, almost everything I write alone is a short oneshot, but I'm the one who talked Leia into breaking up our longfics into actual chapters. She used to just drop a 20k fic in a lump and bail. Then she agreed to try chapters for one fic (it was Dutybound) and suddenly discovered that having the fic broken up that way really helps her focus during edits. So we did a bunch of rewrites ahead of our already-announced posting schedule, which I would not enjoy doing again, but it made a much better story, and now I break up our draft into chapters at the beginning of editing.

2: Do you plan each chapter ahead or write as you go? -- We start with a rough concept and then write the story, usually front to back. Then we break it into chapters and revise them. No outlining. Occasionally we'll have a scene or plot trajectory we're aiming towards, especially for our longer fics.

3: Describe the creative process of writing a chapter/story. -- I think I just did. We pretty much always write in RP style, with one of us doing a little bit of setup in a Gdoc and then just tagging back and forth, discussing in Discord DMs what we want to have happen if we're not sure we're on the same page. I'll do any light fixes for typos, grammar, and POV as we go, but by and large, our first draft is written straight through clean, like how Steven King describes his process. When we're really rolling on an idea, we can get a relatively solid 50k first draft in two or three months.

4: Where do you find inspiration for new ideas? -- Everywhere! New dubs or new canon drops have been a big one. Sometimes we'll come up with a sequel to one of our own pieces. Chatting with other writers and other fans about the canon is a big one. (Not in the way some commenters in megafandoms do where they drop a comment out of nowhere like "You need to write me exactly this very long detailed plot for free". More like when you're in a group chat talking about, say, ways of shipping nonhumanoid but sapient entities and then your friend surprises you with a TARDIS/Millennium Falcon flashfic. Sometimes those ideas just grab you and don't let go till you write them.)

5: Do you like constructive criticism? -- I am *very strongly* against the thing where people pop up in your comments to give unsolicited criticism, which is the usual context where I hear the phrase "constructive criticism". If I need a beta reader, I will find myself a damn beta reader. The only thing unsolicited negative comments do is make people stop writing. And let the commenter feel smug and virtuous about being a bully, I guess, which does not add to the net good of the universe.

(I, personally, at this point in my writing career, am not unconfident enough to stop writing because some idiot didn't get what I was saying -- which is how at least 99% of all unsolicited "constructive criticism" comments come across. Like the time I wrote a Yuletide sympathetic to a ditzy female character and some rando produced an absolutely massive essay on how actually female ditziness is irredeemable. I'm sure that person thought they were being "constructive" by telling me my whole fic wasn't worth writing. Luckily, the actual recipient loved it.)

A lot of other authors are a lot thinner-skinned or less confident in their writing than I am, and might actually stop if hit with "constructive criticism". Destroying someone else's creativity is an objectively evil act. Don't do it.

#well that got a bit long #might answer more of these later

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hallowed-be-the-void · 2 years ago

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pinned post cause why not

hi, call me Henry, i use he/xe/fae/vir/they, and i am a sucker for whump & soft content.

my honest fav blorbo for HK is Hollow, with Hornet in a snug 2nd place (& TPK is also a blorbo, unfortunately). i will make oc content in the future (including canon x oc). if i find your headcanons about HK that i like, i likely will steal them. Currently busy with daily gijinkas of the HK characters.

feel free to block me if i make you uncomfortable/just don't want to interact with me.

more beneath the cut;

DNI: regular dni stuff, like being bigoted & similar

soft DNI, i guess? (like you can still like/reblog/follow me, but i rather you not talk/message/ask me):

Radiance apologist/pro-Radiance (like sympathizing is fine, but i will not want to interact with you if you say she was in the right)

morally simple TPK, and i do mean both people who say he did nothing wrong and people who think he's amoral apathetic man bordering on cold evil (he's complex imo, feel free to bully him tho lmao)

similar with The White Lady (complex lady, feel free to bully)

ship Ghost with Grimmchild or any other canon characters (i headcanon Ghost as an immortal child till the ¨start¨ of my au, which makes shipping awkward without making it take place in the future with an oc)

ship Radiance & Grimm (they're siblings to me)

misgender the canon vessels/Ghost & Hollow (by that i mean use he or she for them, if you do that i won't respond to you)

tags explanation:

pale siblings: Hollow & Hornet & Ghost

my darlings: Hollow & Hornet

the prison suffers by its prisoner: Radiance being awful to Hollow

you're my king and i'm your lionheart: The Pale King & Hollow, mostly as seen through Hollow's eyes

daughter and her only father: Hornet & The Pale King

married pale monarchs: The Pale King &/x The White Lady

{BLANK} angst: character-specific angst

drawing requests are open, tho only for hollow knight & know i have the right to reject anything

#pinned post #pinned dni #hollow knight #requests open

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the-firebird69 · 1 month ago

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Sore sunsets alone no invite for anything and is more valuable than anyone here and they're all a bunch of slime and that's why they don't consider themselves to be anybody and they can't bring themselves to the kind to anybody that's worth something. They're jealous about it but not much because they're too stupid to know it's very real what a bunch of hateful assholes and we can't stand them at all that's one reason why he said he's coming out to drive around the other is operational but really this is what the operation is I'm going ahead today and we're going to start weeding them out. Right now Trump is at a war and he's at war with mutants and he's going to get overrun infiltrated and pilford coming up pretty soon and they're going to take stuff and he's not going to know it. And it's going to be wondrous

-couple other things. On the path that we noted would happen is happening they are at the Black ships to get their leader back one of their leaders and they're going at them hot and heavy and they're going to take them down and they are going to crush them to Oblivion as described and that's the ones who are takers or the ones that come at them yeah and it's going to happen fairly soon we think they will reach the ship and they will free people and try and take it sometimes they fly off and they can't complete the mission but they will try and they'll be kept out then they fly around the world and get pushed out of everywhere and odd things start happening with that ship and the one in Utah and begins our program additionally they take the ships themselves some of them and you can see them and they managed to figure out how to take ships out using them it's not complicated there's other things too but this is Major this is huge news we think that they will have reached the ship and removed her by as soon as tomorrow night and they're removing the ship in Utah and it's to try and get d together and they know that she knows a ton of stuff and that's what they're after and Dave is still doing his routine and being a little bully and is going to get beat up.

--he's a loser that guy you should know he's on the terrorist list they look over here and say that stupid s*** and calls go out about you not about our son you stupid piece of s*** only to defend him and that's what they say too now you're a very very sad sad loser and they're going to pick you up and smash you down till they figure out they should just get rid of you that's coming up too and your diet is Dennis to set and it starts a whole series of events that gets rid of you and your offspring. And yeah this is bja in this out there drinking everyday and I know that's Dan BJ's next door but really these people are a bunch of nutcases telling everybody really telling him people who they are and their humongous losers but this is going to have a very big impact Friday if she's out and comes back they'll be held to pay and Trump's will feel it and they will have a forced to solicit the help of other groups and rapidly and they'll use math and it's going to be happening and damage will be incurred on Trump and his will leave the cities and bja will have some follow and Trump will be ruined mostly most of his will evacuate the cities and the occupy half the city where the bunkers are the bunkers are destroyed and they're destroyed Trump thinks he has robot controls is actually inside the thing because Tommy f is pretty in there and he hasn't wake up in the control seat and it's horrible so one time our son says feel your head and where the line is he reaches up and he feels it and says oh oh so he noticed it because he can't really say anything and he figured out what's happening a little so that actually helped quite a bit

Thor Freya

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Hehe and Dan is saying wow and he says then my husband says well you know Trump's extorting for me to tell him LOL

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It's not funny it's kind of true no now I get this and it's horrible

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wowsoboring · 4 years ago

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Deconstructing Baseless Harry Potter Arguments#2 (i) : Harmione Edition

Obviously I once again do not mean to target all Harmione shippers. I know quite a few who're very good human beings and tolerant and accepting above all. However these aren't. In this case, you might sense quite a bit of levelheadedness in the beginning, however you must not be fooled as it goes south and takes a nasty turn very quickly. Don't get your hopes up, this is some of the worst shit I've ever seen, especially the way in which it progresses through its course. Naturally, for this post I have picked my own style of writing which will match that of those redditors. Reddit is the perfect breeding ground for all these weird cults, honestly. I shall be resorting to a formal language and style of conversation, very much like a debater would to sound as pretentious as these do. These posts are found on the instagram handle toxicharmonyshippers who gather such toxic musings and sayings for Harmione shippers while respecting the ones that are nice.

Oh yes, let's use words like 'vehemently' to sound smart, why not? Of course, this little tidbit of the highly stupendous post seems more or less civil at the start. They also have the common decency to say "some Romione shippers" rather than generalizing all of us. Very nice of you, how very saint like. Let's wait till they drop the act and show us their true colors. Harkening back to the argument, I have but one question for you, "where do you find these people?". Where's the proof? Who are these radical Romione shippers who worship Ron and dislike Hermione? I haven't seen any such shippers and I am surrounded by Romione shippers on tumblr, instagram and fan fiction sites as well and haven't met the people you speak of. Some point out her flaws, yes, but no one hates her or dislikes her that much. I have seen two or three Romione shippers across hundreds and thousands who're skeptical of Hermione's perfection. Skeptical. Not hating, disliking, or anything. Of course, unlike this person, I have evidence: find these pi charts for your referral (clickable): https://imgur.com/a/QfPnQbB

you can, through these, see the amount of Hermione bashing across Harry Potter fanfiction and you can see that even in Romione fanfiction there's more Ron bashing. Hermione-bashing is a non-issue. That's what it is. Regarding the "nagging" statement, where's the lie in that? "Annoying" is somewhat subjective, I personally don't find her annoying at all. Who are these people and how often do you find them? "Mary Sue" is only reserved for Movie!Hermione. I have only seen book fans call her that. No one has ever called Book!Hermione Mary Sue. The movie does paint her as a flawless, all-rounder who's also drop-dead gorgeous. Only things she's bad at are flying and divination, all of which she denounces as useless, even though flying is like biking for wizards, divination, sure, not that important. with a teacher like Trelawney, even I would denounce it as hokum.

Remember what I said about waiting for them to show us their true colors, well here they are. Bask in the glory of their senseless arguments. Why, I am from reddit, heck I have 25 thousand karma points on there, I just left because it was too stupid for me but I can argue like them very well. And in this case I would like to say that these people are under the impression that Ron is just there in the story for the sake of existence. And he doesn't work hard. That argument is of course, wrong. Because Ron (in no particular order):

1) fights a troll when he's 11

2) is willing to sacrifice himself when he's 11

3) stands up for his friends

4) makes sure Harry feels like he belongs in the family

5) worries about Harry and rescues him from literal jail

6) stands up against Draco rather than by-standing and enabling his behavior

7) tries his level best to make sure Norbert the dragon is in safe hands and carries it out, albeit not in perfection

8) is with Harry every step of the way in his confronting the basilisk

9) sends Harry and Hermione long letters and calls them often to check up on them

10) stands up on a bitten leg to defend his best friend

11) always apologizes for any of his mistakes and is forgiving when others wrong him

12) works his way to join the Quidditch team unlike Draco who most certainly bought his way in

13) destroys at least 2 horcruxes

14) finds out how to defeat a horcrux

15) has an excellent enough memory and observation to notice Harry speaking parseltongue and also using it to his benefit which proves he's resourceful

now since I have 8 more such pictures to rebut and I do have a life, I will stop. These aren't even a twelfth of the remarkable things Ron has done though, so rest assured.

oh wait what did you say about him just existing and not working for anything? If I recall correctly, he did just as well as Harry did in school and didn't score well only in subjects he didn't care about. Which is true for most people except for Hermione who has an eidetic memory which not everyone has, understandably. Rote memorization is not the best way to get by in life, by the way.

what are the "so many reasons" behind why Harry is the best fit for Hermione? Kindly share so I can rebut those too, I'm rather free nowadays, my finals have been cancelled. You say there are so many reasons but don't even give one, yet you want me to take you seriously. I'm afraid that's impossible.

Romione shipper here, i don't dislike Hermione. I haven't met or seen many people in the book!romione fandom who dislike Hermione (except for Movie!Hermione). The question of someone you like ending up with someone you dislike doesn't particularly make sense. In Friends, Chandler ends up with Monica: now I'm not the biggest Monica fan (I don't hate her but I don't like her very much either) but they are my favorite couple because they make sense. It's about compatibility and character traits, not liking or disliking because that's just a set-up for a ghastly invitation for people to pair up hideousness. "Oh yeah, I like Harry and I also like Hagrid, they should be together. I mean it would be very very disgusting but that's my logic, now, you can't fight it. "- that's how you sound. Please read what you write. Your logic is just...abysmal. That's all I can say without breaking my resolve and berating you with colorful profanities.

This is without the doubt, the easiest one to rebut. It's a delight to see such terrible arguments at my disposal. Come on, dear Harmione shippers, write something that makes me question my choices, not things that make me scoff in disbelief.

In this case, you're essentially providing us with theories. Unproved theories and speculation of what you believe because you'd say anything you like. Where's the proof of your theory, though? Where is that crazy radical Romione shipper who does this? Kindly show me these people. Oh yes, you wanna say we objectify Hermione and disrespect her and view her as a prize. This aches me, that you believe this. No one has ever insinuated this, ever, in the history of anything. What is this winner-loser theory? How do you round off Harry Potter to "an alpha-male ends up with lead-lady" trope and still say you're a fan of the series? Harry Potter doesn't fit in with that format. Ron, Hermione and Harry are co-heroes. Similar to how there's no main character in Friends or the Heroes of Olympus series or the Avengers. We're not living in the 80s anymore. Hermione will be a hero, invariably whether she ends up with Harry, Ron or no one. She ends up with Ron and that's it. Talking about her like this doesn't make you sound any better either. Now you're calling me a misogynist because I don't support the ship of two people who describe themselves as siblings. That's very mature of you. Well here's the thing- I'm not a misogynist. It's as simple as that. I believe that women are capable of anything and everything. I believe Hermione is an amazing person and she is a hero and a different person. I believe the series would be impossible without her. I believe she is no one's prize. There's no requirement of a prize. I just think, similar to canon and the truth and her romantic interest, she will have a great relationship with Ron. There's nothing complex or deep about it, really. No personal weird-thing, no psychological complex, no internalized misogyny. There's nothing deeper than what I said. I am not sexist. I am a feminist. I am all for women empowerment. I love women with the fabric of my being. I love Hermione. I think she's amazing. You only become sexist when you ship people with unstable power dynamics, a bully-victim relation or something of the sort. Neither Romione, nor Harmione are sexist. Heck if you paired Neville with Hermione you wouldn't be sexist. And I hate talking about this so much, I can't even tell you. This talk does make it sound like I treat Hermione like an object and I assure you I respect her and I normally won't talk like this unless someone just outright calls me sexist for something that's not sexist. And this is that situation.

in the case of Romione, no one is too good for anyone. Both are amazing people who're heroes and have done amazing work. That's all I have to say. There's no league, they are romantically interested in each other. I have no intention on sounding lame, but, in love there is no league. As long as you're not putting in any effort and are extremely lazy and leech off of your partner, there is no such concept and no, Hermione is not "too good" for him. Unless of course you're talking about movie Hermione, who is too good for anyone.

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oh yes they try to pull this off and wonder why we hate them. Classic. This person likes to sound british, so let's switch up our language, yeah? At least then I won't be out of my element. Let me correct ya, Ron at his best is an amazing, loyal, friendly, brave, strategic hero. There you have it. Ron and 'git' can't be used in the same sentence. Now if you talk about Ron's achievements, I re-iterate you to point two. If it's too much work, here:

1) fights a troll when he's 11

2) is willing to sacrifice himself when he's 11

3) stands up for his friends

4) makes sure Harry feels like he belongs in the family

5) worries about Harry and rescues him from literal jail

6) stands up against Draco rather than by-standing and enabling his behavior

7) tries his level best to make sure Norbert the dragon is in safe hands and carries it out, albeit not in perfection

8) is with Harry every step of the way in his confronting the basilisk

9) sends Harry and Hermione long letters and calls them often to check up on them

10) stands up on a bitten leg to defend his best friend

11) always apologizes for any of his mistakes and is forgiving when others wrong him

12) works his way to join the Quidditch team unlike Draco who most certainly bought his way in

13) destroys at least 2 horcruxes

14) finds out how to defeat a horcrux

15) has an excellent enough memory and observation to notice Harry speaking parseltongue and also using it to his benefit which proves he's resourceful

hey, see, I like Ron and I took the time to copy-paste this instead of asking you to scroll up. And I'm a lot of bad things but I am not lazy. I stick to my deadlines like Hermione. I start my homework in library class and continue it during phys ed the day its given. And I am not exaggerating. Bloody hell, I wish I was. I'm the ceo of deadlines, mate, don't tempt me! So you can see that Ron is much more than just a "nice bloke". And being a "nice bloke" isn't a bad thing either. He's all the things I said: intuitive, strategic, helpful, loyal and on top of that he's also a nice person. Yes, I do see a bit of myself in Ron. I do. I see the insecure side. I waste my time hating myself and criticizing myself and undermining myself, telling me I'm no good. But Ron overcomes that. He inspires me to appreciate myself. Is that a bad thing? Are you going to shame me for having a low self-esteem? Do you want to worsen my low self-esteem and make me feel more like shit?

Now the person who replied to your comment saying, "he isn't a nice bloke most of time.", he is. He is not being nice twice in a span of 7 years. How often do you act rudely or with jealousy? Wasn't Harry yelling at everyone in caps lock in OOTP. Now I don't condemn him for that because he's a fucking hormonal teenager like me and that would make me a hypocrite, but by your logic why don't you condemn him? Or why not condemn Hermione for saying "I only date good Quidditch players" and shoving canaries at Ron's face because someone else kissed him, while she kept using Krum and Cormac to make him jealous. She wasn't being a nice girl, then, was she? Now, once again, i don't dislike her or hold that against her because guess what, mate, I'm a hormonal teenage girl who gets jealous most of the time and would probably react in a similar fashion in the spur of the moment (Not defending her actions here, just putting myself in her shoes.) In short, Ron is a nice bloke MOST OF THE TIME.

It would be misogynistic to think that. The thing is, NO ONE DOES my dear friend! My dear daft friend. I have never heard anyone say that! why are you so hell-bent on portraying us as misogynists when no one ever says that? Stop assuming. Just stop. You are crossing a limit here, aren't you? Yes you are. You cannot say these sort of things. We never said that or believed that, no one ever said this to be a reason to ship Romione. God what is wrong with you? Literally, stop fucking ASSUMING god damn it! Do you want me to assume things about Harmione shippers? Do you want me to go there? Because I will go there! I will go there the moment you tell me to. Just challenge me.

Ron is not a perfect best boi , the reason why so many of us like him is that he's imperfect and tries to become better through the course of time. You are once again assuming and I am once again asking you to stop.

Ron might be an ordinary wizard. He might be poor, sure, but he's a pure-blood and won't face much if he chose not to fight. But he did. He fought. Now I identify with Ron's attitude a fair bit, but I am also likely to spend my day in a library without noticing. People aren't one dimensional. Stop trying to act like you're a psychologist, i know you're not. I don't even think Hermione's overbearing at all! You just insulted someone you're a big fan of. Jesus.

Both Hermione and Ron are strategic, jealous, passionate, feisty, argumentative, intellectual...

that's like 6 similarities. They aren't polar opposites in the slightest. Their differences are just: workaholic, not workaholic. Nerd, not a nerd. Like that's fucking it, man!

being relaxed doesn't make you less independent or driven. A relaxed and levelheaded Hermione will think through things, not be impulsive, not panic etc. She doesn't need Ron. I don't understand your obsession with acting like we ever insinuated that. Then she doesn't need Harry either lol. Stop shipping her with Harry, then or like shut the fuck up. Being a bit relaxed won't stop her or anyone from hitting great strides. Just don't get relaxed to the point you're lazy and casual about everything, that's it.

What do you mean? Ron is balanced. He does finish his work on time. And even if he does procrastinate, she could also help him not and be more driven. Of course, this is an open invitation for you to call me a sexist bitch because I said that she could help him and now you'll think her goal is to help him become better yada yada yada. Fuck off. Defeating the horcrux taught him enough. He respected her. He remembered about the elves when she didn't. He begged to be tortured instead of her. He wouldn't need it because school work and jobs are different and the same person might perceive those differently. Calmness and relaxation doesn't hinder your potential. Not caring and laziness does. You can't function if you work and are stressed 24/7 with zero breaks. Period.

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No i do not want (nor does anyone want) Hermione to become Ron. Being slightly calmer doesn't change up your personality. I'm sure many people dislike those sort of fanfics without a doubt. I hate OOC and I don't want Hermione to lose her intellect with Ron because that makes no sense. Ron himself is intellectual and loves arguing with her. They'd boost each other, more like it.

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okay thats it i am exhausted as fuck. thanks for reading, i appreciate it. notes and reblogs are appreciated, this takes work.

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icecreamkink · 4 years ago

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watched all of the untamed / cql in two weeks after my friend 1 told me abt mdzs a hundred years ago and my friends 2 and 3 tried to get me into cql for like two whole years and there are.

feelings.

very first scene is a very dramatic death in the middle of nightmare battle on sith planet land . i will forget abt it in the next tenish episodes and then will be very surprised when it becomes Extremely Painful

anyway magic flying gays and possession and human sacrifice! we are off to a great start

in retrospect, chaos goblin wei wuxian must have had a blast pretending to be so cRaZy and be as disruptive as he could as mo xuanyu lbr

listen. why is fire always evil coded. cant a magic clan wear red, black and orange and have flame motif while being wholesome?

For Legal Reasons These Are Not Zombies

i wish the politics of the sect were a bit clearer, especially at the beggining when the wen clan had sm power, was wen ruohan the chief cultivator? is that why they were so slow in responding to the attacks? im v confused by the pre yiling patriarch politics

fighting in the roof by the moonlight as way of flirtiiiiiiing. as i understand this is a wuxia/xianxia trope and honestly...... thank u for ur service

slight bullying and being a nuisance in general, as a way of flirting we love to see it

wwx: if i drink on the rooftop, thats not inside the cloud recesses! hmmm check and mate :D lwj: i will fuck u up so help me god wwx: :0

i lov them

through hell or high water (quite literally) wei wuxian rem ains a trashfire gremlin till the end and i love him with my whole heart

in the pt subs wei wuxian calls jiang cheng a stubborn duck and i dearly wish that had come back

my opinions on almost every character goes from love to hate u - Hmm Me Like U - BABY. ILY. and i am Very Pleased w that. its been a while since i loved such a complete cast so much i think

no really. i WONT go into a detailed rant abt what i love about each of these characters and each of their relationships to each other. but i COULD.

some lan disciples in the loudest whisper ever: YEAH THATS THE JIN BASTARD MENG YAO HEARD THE GOT SUPER HUMILIATED BY HIS DAD LOL SURE HOPE HE DOESNT TAKE SLIGHTS TO HIS CHARACTER TO HEART

lan xichen, immediately: i must Love him

being into problematic ppl is in the Lan genetics, we come to realize

wen qing deserves so many awards for so many things but not snapping and just stabbing wen chao is at the top

that scene at lan qirens class where wwx talks about using resentful energy to fight a violent spirit. exquisite.

It establishes Good Student lan wangji, wei wuxian as curious and questioning and not afraid of taboo, lwj sees that wwx is not, in fact, a dumb ass hes just a Dumbass, shows us the audience (esp. a western audience) how shocking the idea of disrupting the dead/dying and controlling resentful energy actually is, the theoretical foreshadow arguing, everyone else like ‘shUT UP’, “and how could you ensure that the resentful energy would obey you and not hurt other?” “well i havent thought that far” and of course, lan qiren just straight up lobbing a hard object at wwx head,. chefs kiss

fellas is it gay to bother the hot rule obessessed nerd from ur school and make drawings of him with flowers in his hair and then hide gay porn in his book to antagonize him and ask him to hold ur hand and be ur friend and talk to him all the time and get him drunk and give him bunnies bc you know he likes them and give him a lantern and always want his attention and dedicate yourself to getting him to smile-

and after all of that wwx rly said oh i Admire him, aksd like yeah we all were there in high school buddy

i have Learned. caves = gay.

accidental marriage +beint physically tied together with the sacred married ribbon+ gay panic+foreshadowing+bunnies! in the cave (1)

the story abt lan yi and baoshan sanren tho. i would like to see it

early days wen bros pull my heart strings like a guqin

EVERYTHING about the lantern scene; disaster hets jiang yanli and jin zixuan; how wwx made lwj a bunny lantern. how soft and touched lwj was. wwx gleefully pointing out he was smiling and lwj IMMEDIATELY PULLING HIW SWORD ON HIM LMAO. tragically foreshadowy promises to do right by pepople, living without regrets. lwjs 'oh no do i love him??' face. just. all of it.

i have it on good acc that in the novel lwj is explicitly Repressed Gay Panicked Big Horny which is delightful and rly Adds to the performance

baby lwj is really just conceal dont feel dont let them know u have EMOTIONS (derogatory)

jiang cheng rly went "why dont.u go play with HIM if u like him so much"

jc and wwx have big BIG annoying sibling energy dont think too hard abt it or youll cry

lotus pier is soo pretty :((((((((((((((((

up until episode 13 you could think this could be a magical ancient chinese gays pride n prejudice w swords and shenanigans ................youre just not prepared for the game of thrones of it all

seriously ha ha ha i cried so much w this show my eyes genuinely swelled up . like. physically. fun timez fun timez

that being said, its hilarious that wen xu goes to cloud recesses like 'come out or ill kill all these hostages' and then DOESNT WAIT FOR AN ASWER AND KILLS THEM ALL IMMEDIATELY. do u know how blackmail works sir

would like to make it recorded that from day one i was like 'CALL A GODDAMN CULTIVATION G20 THIS ASSHOLE SECT IS LITERALLY MASSACRING YALL!!' and it took them like 3 or 4 massacres to do anything and they STILL sent their heirs into their territory LIKE

when wwx cites the gusu lan rules to wen chao tho. that rebel/attention whore/cutie pie 'look lan zhan i DID memorize the rules after all' ‘also a big fuck you to the wen sect :D :D’ sweet spot that scene achieves . delicious

all the cultivator young masters being petty af even though they are practically prisoners at the cave is hilarious and i love them

hurt and comfort + gay mistunderstandings + watsonian gay declaration music + accidental evil acquisition! at the cave (2)

its like where do i start? the fact theyre both trapped and kind of heavily injured inside an isolated cave with a murder turtle? wwx gay panicking lwj into coughing up bad blood? lwj being jealous as wwx babbles abt mianmian? telling him he shouldnt play with people and wwx saying he never played him? wwx going Oh. I See what is happening. YOU like mianmian, and lwj absolute done face ??? (iconic) wwx touching the sacred married ribbon Again? the telepathic communication? the sword? WEI WUXIAN ASKING LAN WANGJI TO SING TO HIM AS HE IS PASSING OUT AND LWJ SINGING HIM. THE SONG. HE WROTE. FOR WWX. AND THAT HE CALLED. THEIR SHIP NAME????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

they are SO insufferable pleeeeease

in the words of my friend 1 : “CQL is so gay we were all amazed how it got past the censors Ofc unfortunately it can't be novel level gay But they did their best And we love them for it”

in the theme of songs THIS OST. WUJI HAS BEEN LIVING IN MY MIND RENT FREE SINCE I FIRST HEARD IT the whole ost is so so sO beautiful.

the costuming in this is also soooo exquisite. the embroidery? the fabrics? the details? how every sect and clan has a distinct style and architecture? (also ik they based each off of dif periods in chinese history which is REALLY fucking cool) just chefs kiss

the direction too!. i enjoy the unusual camera movements and i think they give it that Vibe, also their composition is PARTICULARLY good when it comes to telling the subtext through position of camera/position of character (like nhs off to the side in scenes he at first glance doesnt need to be/ how lwj is often centered when hes Jealous Yearning at wwx being affectionate w other ppl, wwx return from burial mounds etc)

ik madam yu is like Badass Milf Check and shes not getting any mom of the year awards but im delighted at how messy she is. IMAGINE that woman on tiktok

you better have enjoyed gay cave (2) bc its Just Pain from here on out!

jiang fengmian and madame yu win the Most Dramatic Way to show they do care about each other, actually ..... ever :)

i thought jiang yanli jiang cheng and wei wuxian forcing themselves to escape yunmeng barely holding on after their parents are killed was going to be the height of pain in this show. ha.

the family dynamics in general on this showwwww, both blood/ adopted/ found families, brotherly bonds and lifelong friendships just. rly. truly. fucked me up. theyre all so important and complicated and well rounded and beautiful and tragic

and beyond being a Win For the Gays im so glad the relationships w wwx and jiang yanli/ wen qing were NOT changed from platonic bc they are so much better like that imo. like maybe if we didnt Live In A Society it wouldnt be so, but the fact wwx and others can love and value them so much and theres nothing romantic or sexual abt it is like. so refreshing. especially @ jyl, with the way he and jc are overprotective of her and shes such a nurturing/care taker figure for them, it would just not vibe as well if they made it romantic

i love that this is a story abt Wei Wuxian, the Yiling Patriarch aka Actual Satan/Boogey Man/Village With/Public Enemy Number One , my dude is literally a necromancer who only dresses in black and has evil smokey black tendrils wafting out of him, but the really edgy one is still jiang cheng, pastel purple fashion icon

and speaking of best/worst siblings wei wuxian and jiang cheng *immediately starts crying*

The Golden Core Transfer i just. no thots only tears

wen qing and wen ning putting themselves in so much danger just.... to help them. wn saving jc from wen chao. wq finding a way to get wwx to transfer his core. like thinking about the monumental work these two did to help wwx and jyl and jc... jyl trying so fucking hard to be strong and keep on moving and giver her little brothers comfort after losing everything... jiang cheng. losing his parents and his home and his ability to do anything abt it and his complete desperation and lack of self worth and turning on them with agression when he didnt realize all that they did for him ... hhhhhhhhhhhhh

me, pointing at the whole cast “i just LOVE them mom!!!”

its sad tho, that BARELY ANY of the women have like.... actual important conversations let alone relationships with each other at all in the story. and like wq and jyl have stayed at the same place for extended periods of time, where wq actively took care of her TWICE, and still! not one measly convo, nothing! ................ .𝓌ₕᵧ

everyone in this show need a good sip of Self Worth and Stop Sacrificing Yourself juice

ngl the sword flying looks very dumb

“a-cheng, please bring a-xian back.” “i will, i promise.” ;-;

the whole calling each other by the More Intimate Version of the name, first as teasing and later as true intimacy. mmmhmmm yes

untamed where everythings the same but wwx evil flute song is eoeo

related that scene when wwx comes back from the burial mounds for the first time w demonic cultivation and he acts all formal and calls lwj hanguang-jun and keeps being evasive and distant and mean and soooooo................. facetious

and how hes kind of desperately trying to keep intense lwj at bay (A FIRST) and avoiding actually talking to either of them and its all tension ughhh and then he MOCKS his and lwjs relationship, he jokes w him in this like... mean echo of their usual ~banter~ oof

and like!!! uncertain but so relieved jc who just HUGS him w no reservations for once and its not like he isnt just as worried as lwj abt wwx and what hes doing, but he chooses in that moment to enjoy getting him back first and mmhmMMMmMm yes (maybe my favorite scene in the whole show? MAYBE SO. )

highkey hurt me but also. i might be into mean wwx. i will take no criticism.

lan zhans sad eyes tho :(((((((((

on one hand i wish we could have seen what happened at the burial mounds but on the other the timeskip adds so much flair to his return so im hnnn

also i love that hes been missing for 3 months reappears kinda melancholic and bloodthirsty and knowing malign tricks and jc is like 'so. are u sad bc of lan wangji'

when ur bae survived the war but he thinks ur evil/ might be evil so you cant kiss :///

hmmm talking at the rooftop under the moonlight not mentioning everything that stands between usssss

they are the two jades of lan and we’ll be the two heroes of yunmeng is the type of line u dont even need to know whats gonna happen to know thats gonna be sad

when they fight wen ruoshan at the nightless city i thought that was the battle we see at the first ep and its not and its so easy and theyre all like ‘yayy we won go wwx!’ i was just. SCREAMS WHAT is gonna HAPPEN

so like. post burial mounds/sunshot campaign pre yiling patriarch wwx is like. ultra arrogant, ultra mocking, peak lil shit and it gave me e v e r y t h i n g i wanted

even tho having the wen prisoners at the targets at phoenix mountain and still having wwx and jzx shooting the arrows was???? so.... tone deaf

wwx: fucking w demonic energy jyl: he has never done anything wrong in his life, ever <3 <3 (mood)

the parallels between meng yao/wei wuxian (and even xue yang a bit?) are Seen and they are Valid

wwx post burial mounds: can yall SHUT UP abt the goddamn sword (suibian left the chat)

LIKE truly, we talk abt the angst and yearning with wangxian. but what abt wwx and suibian. xianbian / xianqing angst and comfort 100k

take a shot everytime someone coughs up blood

zidian is simply the coolest spiritual weapon rip to suibian and chenqing and bichen and sendou and baixa........ but tis the truth

cons: everyones families died in a nightmare war! everyones homes burned to the ground! everyone is traumatized! pros: everyone gets cooler clothes and weapons!!

wen ning and a-yuan and yanli bestest babes squad dont touch me rn

everyone: brooding and fighting wq and jyl: why dont you try some acupunture/drinking some soup and calm down huh? how abt that bitch??

showing the battle/massacre at the nightless city first was genius actually bc then everytime we have a cute scene w yunmeng bros and theyre like 'we'll be together forever! uwu' youre like oh. oh no. oh no no no.

justice vs lawfulness vs means and ends 👁

jc: stay in the right path and practice the art of the sword wx: yeah thats not gonna happen chief

my reaction to wwx renouncing to the sect politics to help the wens was just that elmo burning gif in succession

the dramatic rain. wen qing desperately calling out to wen ning. the ghosts/puppets killing the guards. how terrifying wn actually was while wwx was controlling him :( lwj goeing after him to try and stop him and then he just; he Sees him and understands him even if he cant actually do anything about it other than let them go.

“there must be somewhere in this earth we can go to :(((((((((”

"IF I HAVE TO FIGHT THEM, I'D RATHER IT BE YOU. DYING BY YOUR HANDS WOULD AT LEAST BE WORTH IT." oh my god oh my god oh my goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooddddddd

also lwjs umbrella is white w black smoke.. . . nice

yiling patriarch / demonic farming burial mounds settlement is like one of my favorite concepts. they an "EVIL" FARMING COMMUNITY LED BY THE VILLAGE WITCH COME ON

they planted TURNIPS and LOTUS FLOWERS and ONE (1) baby and made lanterns and a common hall :(((((((

wen qing and wei wuxian, baddest bitches and genius science best friends i absolutely LOVED to see it. they rly went ‘is anyone gonna sibling/project partner that’ and didnt wait for an answer

both wwx and jyl getting lotus ponds at the burial mounds and in lanling bc they miss lotus pier ;;;;;;;w

;;;;; wish jyl had actually gone into the burial mounds. we were robbed of jyl and wq meeting again and jyl meeting a-yuan and seeing the settlement and the homes and all ;w; at least jc did go, stab wounds and broken arms and all

wwx like... having thrown his whole life away to help the wens (yeah the sect leaders and jin guangshan in particular wanting his stygian tiger amulet was an Element but still) and not.... necessarily regretting it, but grappling with all of the consequences of it... becoming moody and drepressed at times, missing his family and lotus pier and his friends and probably simply missing being around people and causing trouble, extrovert that he is, lashing out at the wens and at a-yuan, just in general the whole messiness of that experience

the way the resentful energy does affect his temperament is rly nice bc its not too in your face,(i mean outside of the Shaky Hands of Rage) but like he clearly has a much lesser control on his anger and impulsivity (tall order) than both before bm and after hes ressurected

on that note A-YUAN BABIEST BABY BOY BEST BOY

lan zhan being like oh hey there wei ying fancy meeting u and our son here. just passing by u know how it is hmmmmMm and then PLOT TWIST having defied orders to go see him and being punished for it. oof;;

they habent seen each other in like? a year? and now theyre tgt 10 seconds and are already parenting a child together

also lwj rly kneels down in the snow way too much to be healthy

wwx: calm down guyssss i wont lose control of demonic cultivation omgggg . spoiler alert: he loses control of demonic cultivation

did u enjoy cute children? good bc now the Real Pain Begins

jiang yanli and jin zixuan rly out there APROPRIATING both disaster gays AND bury ur gays huh ;w;

i KNEW jin lings birthday was gonna fuck something up but the GASP that left my body when wwx lost control of wn and killed jin zixuan .. . .

im sorry and thank you aaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaAAAAaAAAAA

when wen ning and wen qing were telling wwx their plan i was saying NO NO NO NO NO NO out loud in despair

also can we talk abt how wq is definetely talking about only the both of them surrending themselves but then? everyone else just surrenders w them? IT MAKES NO SENSE LIKE WHY WOULD THEY what would be the Point

sometimes there are some pretty gaping jumps in logic and continuity that are just like ? ?

wwx: oh so when you try to murder me its justified but when i survive through dark magic and murder all of you its a "war crime"

unsurprisingly, his most feral, most spiraling moment talking to the sect leaders on the roof and attacking them and even fighting lan zhan is among my favorite scenes... its like, so painful to watch but also so thrilling (and maybe my wen bbs dying arose some resentful energy in me what can i say)

and its JUST, all they ever wanted was to do good but then... war. and trauma. and hubris.

jiang cheng on the ground clearly thorn between what to do and feel is a Mood, lets just say

i was already crying when jyl showed up, but if i wasnt-

i suffered SO MUCH through this series trying to figure out WHY jc would kill wwx. and when i understood. its somehow not as bad as i thought and also MUCH MUCH WORSE

a look into my group chat during the last flashback episodes:

SO ANYWAY. after the BLOOD BATH and RIPPING YOUR HEART OUT and FEEDING IT TO YOU the untamed goes ‘ayy back to the present!! tu du dud ud du’

literally it ends a quarter into an episode and then KEEPS GOING i had to pause and stare blankly at the ceiling for an hour

babie cultivators and detective soulmates . i do need some cute after All of That

(not that the pain is over LOL)

lwj is significantly less emotionally repressed in the present and its delightful. hes just ALL IN with wwx. and not just in the ‘i would and have killed various men and risked my reputation for you’ but also ‘ur tired here have a drink i brought it up cause i know u like it and it want you to be happy, always’

“when everyone praised me and wanted my power, you were the only one that challenged me. now that everyone hates me and wants me dead, youre the only one that stands by my side.” hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

and just filling in the blanks how lan zhan searched for him. for all of those 16 years he searched for him and was punished for it and raised a-yuan, the only survivor of the burial mounds settlement, as his own in gusu......

and jiang cheng. being the tough love uncle . having raised the yunmeng jiang clan from the rubble all alone, his whole family dead, some of it on the blame of his own brother, his siblings, his closest friends gone.......and only jin ling there needing his guidance.

THE PARALLEL BETWEEN JIN LING BEING A LIFELINE FOR JIANG CHENG AND A-YUAN FOR LAN WANGJI AFTER THE BATTLE AT THE NIGHTLESS CITY

great now i made myself sad

and like . the fact! that lwj and jc dislike each other!!. jc projects blame onto him for wwx both “leaving” him and indirectly causing their families deaths and when hes so consumed by it he makes wwx an enemy, lwj is there now? trying to protect him?? and lwj, who can never understand the pain that wwx , indirectly or not put jc through, but who was right there when jc tried to kill him and will never allow him to hurt wwx again. and how they like. in a way project blame of their tragedies onto each other while dealing with some type of survivor guilt and in their own way still loving wwx through it all??? amd in way its kind of fundamentally selfish but also tragically understandable? and like when u put it against the fact that after he disappears during the sunshot campaign they were looking for him together and fought together??

JUST. THE CHARACTERS. AND THE RELATIONSHIPS IN THIS. MAN. UGH. GOD.

and like i think thats what makes it so good? its such a sad and painful and violent story, edgy even, but its compelling bc at the center of it there are all of these relationships and different types of love and hope and. :( i love it

enough crying lets talk abt wwx sleeping at the jingshi with lwj and wearing his under garment for a minute 🙏

jin ling just has that Was Raised by JC energy tho lmao i love him

babie cultivator squad is the perfect ammount of cute and comedic relief while still bearing the weight? of the narrative in a way, both from sizhui and jin lings existences, and also. like. how do i put this. they feel hopeful? they were born after a war, they came of age at a time of relative peace, they dont hold on so closely to the resentments of their parents/father figures, they are specifically shown as more accepting and open minded. and its like.... Hope for the future

one of the ?? things i love the most is the fact that the main cast are often in situations where theyre hunted/running but they like. never wear disguises... just going around in their gorgeous expensive clan clothes and hair ornaments and distinctive spiritual weapons.... maybe w a straw hat on, just for kicks

wwx teacher 🥺🥺🥺

so this is why its called Yi City Misery huh

a-qing is such. an icon. im so sad. my girl even knew to leave xys dumb self rotting by the road but no one listens to her thats why theyre all dead or sad

her and xue yang measuring each other up was so entertaining lmao

its the funniest thing when hes like. HERES MY SAD STORY. FOR WHY IM A SADISTIC MURDERER. I BROKE MY HAND ONCE.

like ok someone broke his hand in a horrible way, and like Poverty, i get it but also like.......... that lost the brunt of a proper sob story like, 50 sadistic murders ago bby

and i love that xingchen does not entertain that for a second hes like ‘not ?????? good enough???’ and the best thing is he wasnt even like 'u hadto be the bigger person' or sth but ' well then break that dudes hand back, rip his arm off for i care, what do the rest of us have to do w anything???”

anjo sensato :(

xue yang is like..... the sexy sadistic evil version of a himbo..... a meanbo...

the fucked upness of xy’s feelings for xxc/ xxc and sl feelings for each other... like my dude literally gave his bf HIS EYES. and xy getting so attached to xxc .... the fucked up fake domesticity.... having him hurt sl..... then desperately trying to bring him back ...................... oof

song lan........... literally had his eyes AND tongue removed, his bfs eyes put in place, was almost killed, turned into a puppet by his bf unknowingly, manipulated by xy, sees his bf killing himself in despair.... and STILL finds the strenght to get up from there, and keep on traveling and helping people and attempting to fix xxcs soul.......... like, my man. damn.

wangxian looking at songxiao and seeing an Actually more painful parallel for themselves. ft. that Color Coding.

THE A-YUAN/SIZHUI REVEAL PUNCHED ME IN THE HEART but in a good way for a change

should have know that he would be the Best Boy the cute one w all the braincells

the butterfly AND the bunny lantern. i see how it is

u know is very convenient that no one can see the stark black veins on wen nings neck, ever

BAT WEN NING

wns face when lwj comes into wwx room like ‘:0 omg did u two finally get your shit together? good for you master wei good for u’

(they didnt) (yet)

DISASTER DRUNK LWJ. JUST. THRUST SOME CHICKENS TO SHOW UR RESSURECTED BAE THAT U LOVE THEM.

i have absolutely no idea WHY they gave lwj the same punishment for fighting his own sect/allies to protect the burial mounds as when they got drunk on cloud recess class days.... like? its such a ... emotional continuity error again

also is lwj gonna get an actual friend besides wwx , ever

mianmian marrying and having a family and a cute life after saying FUCK U AND UR SYSTEM TOO in a much less unhinged and dramatic way than wwx......... fills me w joy

also lol the idea that like. her husband not knowing that shes friends w satan/the boogey man/the village witch is hilarious

i love nie mingjue bc hes the resident Though Guy but also the most dramatic bitch in this show and thats Saying Something

jin ling cant have one uneventful relative can he

the fact that everyone present already knew “mo xuanyu” was wwx at the stairs is so funny, their faces are like ‘oh............ wow. that. sure is a development. shock”

in the tradition of extremely loud whispers wwx tells lwj with twelve guards standing like one meter away from them: HEY PSH LAN ZHAN PRETEND IM FORCING YOU TO STAY W ME DO IT

oh my god oh my god

the absolute Yearning on his face when he leaves wwx and a-yuan at the burial mounds and refuses to stay for dinner was already Enough but the fact?? they brought it back?? to this declaration of love?? their expressions??????? strike me dead right now just go ahead

lFor Legal Reasons We Cant Kiss but we will have a very sappy declaration of love and trust and look at each other in way that is the actualization of 💞💘💗💖💓💘💞💗💖💘💗💖💕💞

also icb all the sect leaders and guards are standing there watching them say they like like each other with a dozen swords pointing at their neck

i enjoyed the depiction of the fickle public perception and how easily it can be used to scapegoat people. when the sect leaders turn on jgy and wwx knows thats its more for convenience than anything else...

poor lxc is literally like 'oh so when YOUR problematic boyfriend gets called evil its a misunderstanding but when its MY problematic bf-'

ok like i cant get over nmj let jgy play a song that messed with his temperament at all, like maN u KNEW he might be shady wth

wwx: “hey dont say anything bad abt lan zhan hes not an arrogant dick, thats just his face.

ME ON THE OTHER HAND"

the cultivators as wwx is poking holes in their narrative is literally *nazaré meme*

"wei wuxian-!" "what did i break your leg, too?" not to be problematic but i laughed so hard

not as hard as "you dont have the rank to talk to me " tho

i Enjoy that, over the course of story, wwx sees that... theres nothing truly to Do, but move on. he saw how his arrogance and his mistakes hurt others, and hes trying to fix what he can, but he already did die for his mistakes and there are things he cant fix and that's. just how it is. even towards jgy, the narrative doesn't go gleefully and completely with "lets make THEM pay bc theyre the big bad" bc its not that simple, and it wouldn't lead anywhere but more pain...

re him and jiang cheng and the wens and kinda. isnt that what nhs did? scheming to displace jgy out of revenge more than any justice and doing so in the most painful way?

idk if that actually makes sense im truly just babbling

i thought the scene at the lotus pond would be CUTE but the context was PAIN again

jiang cheng finding out about his golden core and his conflict with wwx at the guanyin temple .... destroyed me but in a nice way kinda.... same way it destroys him look at his face oh god

and. the fact??? he sacrificed himself for wwx?? first?? and he'll probably never tell anyone much less wwx???? keeps me up at night

i havent decided if the neckbreak transition between jgy does sth super Evil or does he he does OR Does He yes he does O R does heeeee is sth i dislike or not

jin guangyao and wei wuxians most interesting parallel is that... theyve both seen 'hmm hey this system is fucked up' and wwx went 'so fuck it all i will renounce it and challenge it' and jgy went 'so fuck it i will use all of it to my advantage and manipulate it to my goals and whims'

the fact jgys mom was actually great and he loved her and his whole issue w it was more than simply being ashamed of being a bastard kinda got me ngl

never trust a dude with a fan.

nhs and jgy: the first rule to a convoluted and decades spanning violent revenge plot is to have fun and be yourself!

when a-yuan finally FINALLY remembers ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;-;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; wen ning has someone in his family back and a-yuan has someone to talk abt his wen family and wwx has him back bc he survived and lwj raised him anD HES THEIR SON. THEYRE MARRIED AND HAVE A SON. UGH.

and theyre allowed to heal. everyone is allowed to try and recover and be happy

netflix put all of the 3 endings on top of each other and it looks kinda weird actually BUT I DONT EVEN MIND :’’’’’’’’’)

the gasp that left me when lwj says ‘wei ying’ and wwx turns.........

there was also a screen with ‘thank you mxtx for creating these characters, we hope their wishes come true’ and i might. have cried then too. maybe.

that was . a ride. as is proven by this behemot of a ramble clearly i just really needed and Outlet. i am currently trying to convince dumb monkey brain to not consume the other medias of mdzs immediately bc i REALLY need to like. live. a life. and take care of real responsibilities. *longest oh boi ever*

#m.#ANYWAY #ENOUGH TALKING #THIS IS SO LONG #LOL #but whatever this is MY performative journaling i do what i want #rambling impressions abt what i watch is a thing i do now? apparently??#cql #untamed #the untamed #fun fact that chat is named 'k keeps on babbling abt the untamed' and it STILL wasnt enough #also it took me 15 episodes to realize lwj was yibo #IT WAS V SHOCKING #i did not recognize him at a l l #but in retrospect he WAS the perfect choice

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Chapter 1: The body in the Entrance

Here is it guys!

So, I changed the order of some event around to fit better with plot pacing. Also, I extended the mystery beyond one night because that gives me nothing to work with.

I know I said that this is a romance between Henry and Nancy, but it’s not going to really be that because: 1. Who falls in love over the span of 4/5 days? 2. Henry can’t just go from one relationship to another 3. I have a hard time believing in quick love/relationships. I need foundation, and it’s reflected in my writing.

I plan to continue the series beyond CRY, and build their relationship. So if you don’t ship, don’t worry, you can still read this. I suggest listening to the soundtrack while you read to enhance the experience!

Had anyone asked Henry Bolet what love was, he would have had no answer. No honest answer, that is. Love was a parent’s devotion to their children. But his parents died when he was young, and their will somehow declared his father’s brother, Bruno Bolet, as a fit guardian. Love then, must be the desire to look after someone. But Bruno tossed him around from boarding school to military school. Summer and winter breaks were the only chance Henry got to see his uncle, but as he grew older he learned to use his sparse vacations more wisely. At twenty-five, he supposed he couldn’t complain much. Bruno never hurt him. He ensured Henry was clothed, fed, educated, and safe.

But surely, Henry thought, a person could expect more than Maslow’s base level of needs?

That was all life seemed to teach him. If you’re able to stay alive and keep moving forward, be thankful and keep your mouth shut. Be good, be quiet. And Henry was good. He performed well in school. And he was quiet. He silently bore the bullies, the snickers, the shunning. It paid off in military school where his silence was applauded as patience and he was promoted to officer at a young age and expected to delegate arguments. The nub of anger in him, an anger that appeared on the night his parents died, screamed at his fragile backbone. Its voice molded with the voice of his superior officers, commanding for attention among other orders. With so many years being called private Bolet, corporal Bolet, sergeant Bolet, and officer Bolet, Henry almost forgot his name. It wasn’t until he met Summer at a random bar that he remembered.

She sat by him while his fellow soldiers mingled with the other soldiers. It was their scheduled night out and the soldiers wanted to go to the bar. Outnumbered, Henry had no choice but to agree. To disagree would lead to a lack to trust and camaraderie, especially with him. So he sat somewhere dark and quiet in the bar, hoping no one saw him till it was time to leave. But like her name, Summer’s warmth crept into his corner.

“Hey there,” she cooed. “What’s your name?”

“Bolet” came the automatic reply.

“Oooh a cold one are you? Don’t worry. I don’t bite”. She nudged him a little and Henry could smell the alcohol oozing off of her.

“Henry,” he muttered after a long pause.

“Hen-ry”. She played with his name, brought it to life. “I’m Summer”.

Henry nodded, waiting for her to continue.

“Why don’t you join the other men? They seem to be having fun?”

“On duty”.

Summer’s eyebrows perked as she took in Henry’s response.

“So you’re not drinking?”

“It’s not my thing”.

“Ooh, a cleanwhistle,” she edged closer towards him. “A proper soldier”.

Henry said nothing. He could feel Summer’s gaze on him and didn’t know what to do.

“Come join us,” she spoke suddenly and got up, pulling him with her towards a group of people. They quietened when he and Summer approached and she introduced him as the “officer in charge”. It got a few chuckles, but Summer’s face showed pride. Henry didn’t say much, didn’t have to. Summer talked for the both of them, and the other members of the group seemed to have no problem with his trepid responses. Excitement, a rare emotion, flowed through him as he listened to the conversations that flowed through the drinks. It didn’t help that twice Summer gave him a peck on the check. She ordered more drinks. Henry paid for the first one, but then cut her off in concern. A chorus of coos went around the drunk group as Summer proudly declared him as “a good soldier”.

“My good soldier,” she whispered to him and Henry let himself fall.

It was Summer who persuaded him to leave the military.

“What will I do then,” Henry asked.

“Don’t worry,” she placed a hand on his shoulder. “I’ll tell you”.

She suggested taking up a degree in accounting. It would be a 180 from the military, but the analytical side would be familiar. Henry considered letting his uncle know of the changes he was making to his life, maybe even introduce Summer to him. But Bruno never responded to the letters and emails Henry sent, nor did he pick up the phone. After a while, Henry just stopped calling. And anyway, there was no need to be concerned. Summer’s decisions were always right. She didn’t attend college, but she worked in the local café. Since she couldn’t accompany him, she suggested he stay and work in the café. After all, most freshman were too busy enjoying their youth to offer any real friendship, and since he was older than the others, it would just be too awkward for him. So he spent his free time in the café. He allowed her to crash in his apartment and picked up her slack.

Summer would often complain about her coworkers, her parents, Henry, even herself. The more time Henry spent with her, the more he saw how tired she was. She was often too tired to help out and frequently disappeared for days at a time. Henry was most worried about those days because she never bothered to let him know when she was going or for how long. Whenever he tried to bring it up, she would snap at him, exclaiming her need to discharge from the world. He tried to explain it to her, how his parent’s sudden death made him a little paranoid.

Summer listened to him. She then held his hands and said, “I’m sorry, but I’m not your parents. Get over it”.

So Henry got over it.

Now, two weeks from graduating, he stood in front of the Bolet manor struggling to get over his uncle’s sudden death. Summer had scoffed when Henry informed her of his uncle’s death. She didn’t understand the point of attending the funeral of some estranged relative who barely cared about Henry.

“He took care of me Summer”.

“So?” she exclaimed.

But when she saw that, for once, Henry would not be persuaded, she rolled her eyes and let him go with an aggravated sigh. A permission he thanked with a shopping spree.

“Just come back when you’re done Bolet,” Summer said as she left for her parent’s house.

It was at the funeral he learned that Bruno had made him executor of his will and also dedicated thirty percent of the estate to him. It was no measly figure. Bruno Bolet’s house was of average size, but his estate encompassed the cemetery plot that belonged to the Bolet family. Even the ten percent that Bruno’s housekeeper was to get landed her a pretty sizable fortune. It was the housekeeper, Renee Amande, who welcomed Henry to the Bolet manor and showed him to his room. The house was very clean, which was all Henry could think of saying as she led him to his room.

“Of course it is. I keep very high standards,” She turned and looked straight at him. “Though Mr. Bolet was an eccentric and disorganized man, I always ensured he lived in a clean home and ate regularly. You don’t get to 98 single and alone”.

“He seemed quite content to live alone, from what I know of him,” Henry said. He couldn’t help snapping back. The anger he held had started to ebb out during the funeral and Henry had no outlet for it.

Renee stared at him. Her eyes roved around his figure, taking in this so called nephew of Bruno Bolet. She didn’t trust him. He certainly played the role of a Bolet very well with his eyeliner, painted nails, and what looked like a fishnet glove on his right arm. But what nephew never met or even called his uncle? Renee entered into Bruno’s life when he was in his sixties and he spoke very little of his family. Oh Bruno prided himself in the Bolet family’s eccentric personality and their history with New Orleans’s ghosts, but he always held Renee and most others an arm’s length away. But New Orleans was linked to the Bolet name.

The Bolets started out as gravediggers and worked their way up to undertakers. Everyone, both living and dead, knew that if you wanted to be taken care of in death and the afterlife, you came to the Bolets. The family owned the largest cemetery in New Orleans and everyone took advantage of that. Taxi drivers who picked up the occasional ghost rider would drop them off at the cemetery. They would usually find a dollar for their trouble, though it never covered the fare. It was an unacknowledged law that the construction of any infrastructure had to have the approval of the Bolet family. Progressive or not, no one wanted to anger the ghosts of New Orleans.

Yet here stood the heir of the largest cemetery. The next Bolet set to inherit the role of his name. Renee knew from Bruno that the Bolets erred on the side of melancholic, but Henry’s aura radiated cynicism. That boy is trouble for you Renee.

He didn’t object to her desire to stay until the will had been properly sorted. He didn’t object to staying in Bruno’s old room, now stripped of life. He didn’t even object to her carrying on as a housekeeper. But something was off with the boy. At first she though it was grief. But the lack of connection between nephew and uncle made her assume greed. The boy kept staring at his phone with a dark frown on his face. At breakfast, he only nibbled on the blueberry cornmeal pancakes. When she showed him Bruno’s study, Henry just grumbled and set to work. Renee always took pride in Bruno’s workplace. It was a perfect blend of Bruno’s eccentricities and the Bolet’s prestige. But seeing Henry sort through the numerous papers that decorated the dark oak desk, Renee couldn’t help but feel disgust.

He doesn’t deserve any of it.

Summer had been endlessly calling Henry since he landed in New Orleans. Frustrated and stressed, he put the damn cell on silent. But the missed calls piled up until finally, his phone died on him.

Thank god, he thought, then immediately felt guilty. Summer was just concerned about him. He didn’t even notify her that he landed and attended the funeral. He slept fitfully in a bare room and had no appetite for the breakfast Renee kindly made for him. He didn’t even get the chance to thank her for the pancakes when the landline rang and Henry was pulled into conversation after conversation. Everyone swooped in like vultures, desperate for a piece of the Bolet wealth. From last payments for furniture to unfulfilled I.O.U.s. Bruno Bolet had a lot of money and a lot of places he threw his money. Thankfully, it didn’t look like his uncle was in debt, but the mess he made of his finances made Henry nauseous. How could anyone be so careless on the things that mattered?

The first thing Henry did was grab a trashcan and clear out what seemed irrelevant. Advertisements. Confirmations and thank you for attending parties. Some random info on skulls. And an envelope from a research institute. Rubbish. As both executor and inheritor, Henry was caught in making sure Bruno’s will be carried out, but also in ensuring that no one swooped in and took something without permission. He also had to deal with Bruno’s remains.

After the cremation, Bruno wanted Henry to bury him in the Bolet garden. Where exactly, the old coot never specified. After roaming around a bit, Henry saw a red-eyed vulture sitting atop a shrine. Below it, there were four other red-eyed vultures. Suddenly a gust of noises crowded his mind. They whispered words, some of which Henry barely heard. Am I losing it? He should have been terrified, but whether it was a lack of sleep or the start of insanity, Henry found himself at ease with the whispers. They surrounded his presence and grew louder as he approached the vultures. Here…Here…Here, they urged and as Henry looked around the shrine, he saw a pot hole with the name Bruno Bolet on it. But how to open it?

The pot hole was shut and no matter how hard Henry tried to lever the lid up, it remained fastened to the ground. Taking a closer look at the pot hole, Henry noticed a lock design. So, it needs a key? But where was he supposed to find a key in Bruno’s mess? He sighed and gave up. He’d just figure out some other place to bury his uncle. The whispers cried out as he left, but fell silent when he approached the double doors of the study.

That night, the whispers came into his room. They swarmed around him, chattering. Tittering whenever he sprung up from the bed.

“Go away,” he shouted.

They shivered.

“What do you want?”

Skull… man… skull… find… man… arrives

Henry flopped back onto the bed. He didn’t have time to chase after the adventures of some Skullman. Maybe he really was losing it. Maybe his uncle’s death was affecting him more than he anticipated. He wasn’t unnerved by their presence. They felt like meeting an old friend, not that Henry knew what that felt like. The only person he had was Summer. Speaking of which, Henry reached for his phone and saw that Summer had called again, numerous times. He sighed, then called and prepared for the onslaught.

“Hen-ry!” Summer’s high-pitched voice spoke through the silence of his room. Immediately, the whispers become silent and Henry could feel their presence leave the room.

“Hey Summer. Sorry about not calling you before. It’s been hectic.”

“God, Henry you’re such a jerk. You couldn’t even call me one time to check-in on me? Don’t you care about me?”

“Course, I do. How are you doing Summer?”

“I’m bored. My parents are working and I have nothing to do”.

“Didn’t you mention that you made plans to go to the beach with some friends? That’s why we bought those swimwear outfits”.

“Yaaa, but what can I do if my friend suddenly decided to bring along her boyfriend? Do you know how lame I look saying I have a boyfriend but not bringing him along? See how inconsiderate your uncle’s death is?”

“Sorry about that Summer,” Henry replied weakly. He never really figured out what to say to Summer when she got angry.

“You have to make it up for me,” Summer demanded. She sounded serious and Henry knew that a stubborn Summer was an uncooperative one. Still, he tried.

“Aw, come on Summer”.

“No buts, Bolet!”

“Alright, alright,” Henry said, trying to pacify her.

“How about I get you some CDs? That way you can listen to them until I finish around here?”

Summer was silent for a while and Henry held his breath.

“How long will you be gone for?” she asked.

“I’ll get you enough CDs for two weeks. How’s that? That way, if I finish early, you get extra CDs for another time?”

“You’re really pushing it Bolet”.

“I know. I’m sorry”.

“Just hurry up!”

Saying so, Summer hung up on him and Henry dropped the phone to the ground.

There was a local antique store in the old French quarters. The owner, Lamont Warrick, didn’t hesitate to introduce himself to Henry at the funeral and procure a business card.

“For anything you deem useless, just toss it over to me”.

Henry didn’t have much on him. It didn’t help that Renee seemed to always keep an eye on him. Between the whispers and her unexpected presence, Henry didn’t know which was worse. Honestly, he was so close to snapping at her to just get it over with if her intent was to kill him. Her badgering presence was something he didn’t want to deal with. He didn’t know from where he was supposed to get the money to by the CDs Summer wanted. He only had a debit card on him and the stores only took credit. He cursed himself for never applying for a credit card. He never really needed it seeing as uncle Bruno and school took care of everything. It wasn’t until he left with Summer that he had to really take care of himself.

He didn’t need much, just enough to get the CDs and pay for shipping to Illinois. He knew it was wrong, illegal even. He could be forfeit from his inheritance. He would be a hypocrite for sure. But if he didn’t do this, Summer would be mad at him, and if Summer was mad at him—he didn’t want to continue that thought. So he grabbed a box and quickly chucked some clutter from Bruno’s room. The faster he did it, the less he would have to think about what he was doing. Giving Renee a quick excuse, Henry shuffled out of the manor and headed towards Zeke’s curiosity shop.

Lamont gave Henry a friendly hello and perked his eyebrows when he saw the box. Lamont felt bad when he saw Henry Bolet for the first time. He knew Bruno Bolet well. The man spent a lot of time at his curio shop, and frequently bought items. His housekeeper, Renee also frequented the place. But Bruno was the one who truly admired Lamont’s collection. In Bruno, Lamont found an appreciator of junk. The discarded bits people didn’t want, or had no place for, all found home in his curio shop. Bruno often invited Lamont over to see the Bolet manor, so Lamont knew that the house was a trove for antiques.

Lamont once asked Bruno who would get the house and the artifacts upon his death. He supposed some people would take the question as insensitive, greedy even, but Bruno understood what he was really asking.

“A relative of mine would inherit the majority”.

Seeing as Bruno was already hitting his 80s, Lamont assumed the relative was older. But when he saw the relative, this Henry Bolet, as a young man, all sympathy burst forth. This Henry was younger than him. Lamont had heard that Henry’s parent’s died when he was only eight. Bolet news spread like wildfire in New Orleans. Bruno would have been his only other relative. To have him die too. Lamont knew it was wrong. The young man didn’t seem to want company, but business was business. If he didn’t want comfort, maybe this Henry would understand business.

“Didn’t take you long to stop over,” Lamont said as he eyed the box. “Didn’t bring much either”.

“This is just a small sample. I’ll bring the rest later”.

Lamont was confused. People didn’t decide to sell a small portion of their junk and save the rest for later. It was usually a full overhaul, especially when death was the cause. Most just wanted to shove off the remains of the dead, as if they were scared of the memories the junk contained. Henry himself looked distressed, as if he was in a hurry.

Lamont perused through the box. Some old photographs. A locked box, and what seemed to be a top hat and skull costume. He’d often see Bruno wearing the top hat. It would sell. The box would also sell. But the rest would be hard to pitch to customers. No one really wanted the photographs of an unknown person, or their letters. Lamont sighed.

“Your uncle died 2 days ago, right?”

“Yes, and?”

“Well, let’s just say that in my experience, people don’t bring in things to sell 2 days after someone dies. Also, they don’t bring a small box”.

Henry became very quiet and Lamont continued.

“Hey man, I’m not judging you, but I’m assuming that you need cash fast”.

Henry gave a stiff nod.

Lamont sighed again. It was common in his business for people to quickly sell off something they assumed was junk when strapped for cash. He never bought anything from them. If they got caught, he could also get into trouble and Lamont had a family to worry about. But this kid, he looked so, so naïve. He clearly had no idea what he was doing.

“Look, I can’t buy this”.

Henry’s face fell.

“But,” Lamont continued. “Here’s what I will do. How much do you need? Hundred bucks?”

“Two hundred,” Henry muttered, then scowled. He couldn’t Lamont in the eyes.

That’s nothing, Lamont thought. But the kid looked so worried about it.

“Okay, so let’s say this. I give you the two hundred. I’ll even take this box and make a receipt for you if it will make you feel better. But, in exchange. When you actually go through your uncle’s possessions, you invite me over and let me have first pick over the artifacts. I take two hundred dollars’ worth with me. Deal?”

Henry nodded and Lamont rang up a bill.

A couple days later, after dealing with an endless amount of callers, Henry pushed it all away. Slowly Bruno’s estate and finances were sorting themselves out, but Henry needed a break. Feeling perky, he offered to treat Renee out for dinner.

“About time I saw some Southern hospitality in you, young man”.

Their plan of enjoying the May breeze in the French quarters at a local café was ruined by the onslaught of rain. Henry apologized to Renee, but it was clear that the woman blamed Henry for the rain. They ate in silence and returned back to the manor to see the front door open.

“Did we have a break-in?” Henry exclaimed.

“Oh dear. This is highly unusual to happen in New Orleans. Normally it’s so safe, we needn’t lock doors,” Renee wondered.

Henry turned towards her.

“You didn’t lock the door?!”

“No dear. Like I said, it isn’t necessary”.

Henry pointed to the door.

“Yes, I can see how unnecessary it was”.

Renee eyes flashed.

“No need to take that tone with me, young man. I am not speaking nonsense”.

Henry resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Why was he bothering to argue with someone who made huff-puff hoodoo powder in her free time? It didn’t help that the whispers came back to him. They followed him to that curio store, screamed more like it, as he ‘sold’ the junk. They were screaming now.

Skull… man… skull… man… fall…

Henry massaged his forehead.

“Let’s just infiltrate and assess damage”.

As both he and Renee stepped into the house, Henry caught the sight of footprints. One wet and small. The other muddy and large. The muddy one indicated that it’s owner had long left the house, but what caused him concern was that the smaller foot prints only went in one direction.

“Be careful Renee. I think our thief is still inside the house,” Henry whispered.

“Understood,” Rene whispered back, eyes watching the floor and mirroring Henry’s thoughts.

They stepped cautiously into the foyer and Renee reached for an umbrella. Smart, Henry thought. The thief might be armed. It would be best for Renee to arm herself. Henry clenched his hands into fists and tensed, ready to throw a punch.

When they stepped into the living room, Renee let out a gasp and dropped her umbrella. In front of them was the award-wining cemetery model Bruno made a long time back. Below the table, and splayed out, unconscious, at the centre of the living room was a young woman.

#nancy drew #henry bolet #CRY #legend of the crystal skull #nancy x henry #what's their ship name? do they have one?

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