#to do to succeed in fights - especially when things are a bit of a mess - but is afraid to be too rough or scary or violent or Demon Son-is

[rafecamerons-national-anthem]

𝐻𝐸𝒜𝒟𝒞𝒜𝒩𝒪𝒩-𝑅𝒜𝐹𝐸 𝒞𝒜𝑀𝐸𝑅𝒪𝒩 𝒜𝒮 𝒴𝒪𝒰𝑅 𝐵𝐸𝒮𝒯 𝐹𝑅𝐼𝐸𝒩𝒟

Bestfriend!Rafe would definitely be the type to get very protective of you. He’d be the guy who’s always looking out for your safety, but it could sometimes get a bit intense. Whether it’s making sure no one disrespects you or checking in to make sure you’re okay after a night out, he’d always want to be the one to take care of you. That could come across as possessive at times, especially if he sees someone else getting too close to you. He might even get jealous if he feels like another guy is trying to step into the best friend role.

Bestfriend!Rafe’s way of showing affection would often come through teasing. He'd mock you or make fun of you in a playful, sarcastic way, but you’d know that deep down, he has a soft spot for you. Whether it’s making fun of your music taste, poking fun at your fashion choices, or joking about your clumsiness, he’d love to get a rise out of you. But despite all the teasing, you’d always feel that there's something more genuine beneath it all. Bestfriend!Rafe knows how to make you laugh, and you two would have your own little inside jokes.

If you’re ever in the mood for excitement, Bestfriend!Rafe would be your go to person. He thrives on high energy, reckless activities, so you’d find yourself getting into all sorts of trouble. Whether it’s sneaking into a party, speeding through town, or doing something impulsive just because, he’d always pull you into his wild ideas. His best friend status would also come with the “partners in crime” vibe, where he encourages you to live on the edge with him.

Although Bestfriend!Rafe often puts up a front, there’d be moments where he’d open up to you in ways he wouldn’t with others. Late night talks about his family issues, his struggles with his dad, or even his frustrations about not being able to live up to expectations would make him vulnerable in front of you. He trusts you enough to show this side, and those moments would be rare but deeply meaningful. You’d understand that beneath his cocky, wild exterior, there’s a guy who feels a lot more than he lets on.

Bestfriend!Rafe would push you to take risks or challenge your own boundaries, whether it’s encouraging you to be bolder in social situations or trying new things that take you out of your comfort zone. But there’d also be a flip side: if anyone messes with you or pushes you too far, Bestfriend!Rafe would be the first one ready to fight your battles. Not only would he want to see you succeed, but he’d want to make sure no one ever hurts you along the way.

Despite all his bravado and emotional walls, Bestfriend!Rafe would have a deep soft spot for you. You’d be the one person who really gets him, and he’d be surprisingly considerate when it comes to you. He might show up unannounced to check on you if you’ve had a rough day, or make you your favorite snack when you're feeling down. He’d never admit it outright, but you’d feel that his loyalty to you runs deep, and that he wants to protect you at all costs.

As friends, Bestfriend!Rafe might blur the lines a bit more than he should. There could be moments where his actions or words make you wonder if he feels more than friendship for you, but it would be complicated. Bestfriend!Rafe could definitely be the type to cross boundaries in subtle ways, like lingering just a little too long when you hug, or acting overly jealous when you talk to other guys. This could create a bit of tension, and the friendship dynamic might get complicated at times because he’d be unsure of his feelings toward you, and you might not always know where you stand with him.

Your friendship with Bestfriend!Rafe would be a rollercoaster, filled with laughter, drama, and unexpected moments of bonding. He’d get you into situations that are chaotic, but those moments would end up being unforgettable because of how he makes them feel so alive. Whether it's sneaking out to a party or tackling something you've both been afraid of, you’d experience life in a way that feels real and intense, with Bestfriend!Rafe right beside you.

As your best friend, Bestfriend!Rafe would be fiercely loyal, protective, and deeply complicated. He’d show you a wild, sometimes frustrating, but ultimately passionate side of friendship that you'd never forget. With him, life would be unpredictable but always interesting.

Bestfriend!Rafe might not text or call in the most conventional way, but he’d always make sure to check in. It could be something like him randomly texting, “Where are you? What’s going on? Let me know if you need anything, yeah?” followed by a “I swear to God, if something happens to you…” That might be his way of expressing care, even if it’s not the most comforting.

If you’re going through something tough, you’d notice Bestfriend!Rafe showing up unexpectedly with no explanation, maybe even dragging you out of the house to get your mind off things. It’s not about talking about feelings, but he’d know that action speaks louder than words for him.

If you were going out with friends, Bestfriend!Rafe might make a snarky comment like, “You sure you wanna hang out with those people? I can take you somewhere better.” He wouldn’t want you hanging around people he doesn’t trust, so you might end up getting “rescued” by him, whether you want to or not.

And if you're dealing with any unwanted attention from guys, expect Bestfriend!Rafe to step in, maybe in a way that's a little over the top. “Hey, dude, back off. She’s not interested.” He wouldn’t care if it caused a scene, he’d rather make sure you’re not uncomfortable than risk losing his temper.

When it comes to family problems, especially if you're dealing with a tough home life, Bestfriend!Rafe might be the first one to give you a place to vent. He’d probably show up at your house with some takeout and a look on his face that says, “We’re doing this my way now.” While your family drama is happening, he’d try to take the edge off by distracting you with a late night drive or just being there when you need to talk about what’s going on.

If your parents are overbearing or strict, Bestfriend!Rafe might just invite you to stay with him for a while, claiming it’s “for your own good,” but really it’s because he just wants to make sure you're safe. He might even make an off hand joke, “You can stay with me until you get your life together,” but deep down, he’d mean it.

If you're feeling down and don't feel like talking about it, Bestfriend!Rafe knows exactly how to lighten the mood. Maybe he shows up at your door with a ridiculous movie he knows will make you laugh, or an idea to do something spontaneous, like driving around for hours, talking about everything and nothing. Even if you don’t say much, he'd know what would help and make sure you’re taken care of in his own way.

He’d also be the type to remember little details, like your favorite snack or the type of music that puts you in a better mood. When he comes through with those small gestures, you’d realize that Bestfriend!Rafe has been paying attention more than he lets on.

Bestfriend!Rafe would definitely drag you into his schemes, but with good intentions. Whether it’s helping him out with something crazy or getting you to join him on a last minute road trip to escape the pressure of life, you'd be in for a wild ride. Sometimes his ideas might be sketchy, but he knows you’ll go along with them because you trust him.

You might even find yourselves in trouble more often than not, but there’s an unspoken agreement between you both that you’ve got each other’s backs no matter what happens. If the cops show up or things go south, Bestfriend!Rafe is first one to shout, “I’ve got this, just follow my lead.”

Bestfriend!Rafe’s protective streak can sometimes take a more possessive turn, especially when it comes to the guys in your life. If you start talking to someone new, he’ll likely act a little jealous though in a way that’s almost comical. He might throw out sarcastic comments like, “He better not be a complete idiot, or I’m stepping in.”

If the guy you're seeing is a bit too forward or disrespectful, Bestfriend!Rafe would definitely confront him, without hesitation. But instead of just making it awkward, he'd do it in a way that makes you laugh, like challenging him to a competition or making a sarcastic remark just to throw off the tension. It’s his way of showing that he’ll protect you from anyone who doesn’t treat you right.

Bestfriend!Rafe’s form of support wouldn’t always be warm and cuddly. If you’re messing up or hesitating to make a big decision, he wouldn’t sugarcoat it. He might say something like, “You’re smarter than this. Stop feeling sorry for yourself and just get it done.” His tough love would come with no nonsense advice, and while it might sting at times, you’d know he has your best interests at heart. He doesn’t waste time on pity, but he knows how to push you to be your best.

Underneath Bestfriend!Rafe’s bravado and cocky exterior, he’d have moments where he shows up for you in ways that leave you surprised. If you're sick or going through something tough, he might show up at your place with food or medicine and act like it’s no big deal, but you’d see the genuine care he’s offering.

If you had a hard day or a rough breakup, Bestfriend!Rafe might not know exactly how to comfort you with words, but he’d do things that matter like taking you out for a drive to clear your head, or taking care of any issue without you needing to ask. His "acts of service" would be how he shows that he cares, even if he struggles with expressing it emotionally.

[hellogoodbyeitsme]

Broke: Damian is bad at being a Robin because he's too violent

Woke: Damian is bad at being a Robin because he's afraid to hurt people

[lasirenatarot]

⭐️ What qualities of yours you can use to upgrade your life? MINI PAC READING ⭐️

Pick a picture using your intuition:

Pile 1

You may be a perfectionist, may also have this desire to constantly improve yourself, but at the same time you may be indecisive and doubtful when it comes to changes in your professional life. You may prefer hard work, the sure,but long and steady road instead of a risky decision that may cost you all the hard work you’ve put in your previous endeavours. I feel like this is definitely the right path for you tho, the non risky one. You are consistent in what you do, you may feel like cannot afford to have bad days/ mess ups. You’re responsible with your finances which may help you in all aspects of your life in the long term. You may be a bit of a workaholic and sometimes brutal in pursuing your goals, try not to slip into extremes.

However, your luck stands in accepting your « faith » and surrendering to the fact that you have to really put in the work in order to succeed in what you’ve wished for. This is the hustler pile, not the nepo baby one.

When you do that, more opportunities and abundance will flow easily into your life. Your hard work and talent will be rewarded by the right people if you stay consistent all the time, no matter what.

Pile 2

If you are attracted to this pile, check pile 3 as well

You may appear like you are a bit lazy & empty headed to some people, howeverrrr, in your case this is not a bad thing at all. People may be projecting qualities on you. In reality you may simply just be a confident person who happens to look loving, soft& helpless. Do not fight this, use it to your advantage and plan your moves ahead, as it may awaken others’ desire to help you and give you stuff, especially male figures.

You may be an honest and direct person, which in my opinion, are great qualities for one to posess, sometimes you may need to tone it down tho. Pick your words wisely.

You need to deal with your subconsious limitations and learn how to accept help from others so you can grow and upgrade. You may not be the most adaptive person, you may need to change that in order to succeed. Value others’ point of view/opinions, try not to appear argumentative, if you disagree with someone, better keep it to yourself.

Pile 3

If you are attracted to this pile, check pile 2 as well

For some reason I feel like pile 2&3 are related.

You may be passionate when it comes to what you believe in, you may be one of those people who are not afraid to voice their opinion and say everything that’s on their mind, those who have no filter when they speak.

You may have unmovable positions on certain topics. I am getting again this exact message from the previous pile: you may need to learn how to be respectful of others’ opinions and maybe change your views on some things in life. The fact you’re honest and direct does not mean you have to be arguing with people who do not share the same views as you or shoving your views in their faces, not every fight deserves your participance in it.

When you learn how to adapt in different groups/situations, transform and leave the past where it belongs: in the past; that’s when you can find your fullest success and happiness. (your old ways\coping mechanisms may be a lost cause/keeping you at a certain level,stopping you from getting to the next level..)

This was all from today’s PAC reading. 🌟 hope you enjoyed it!

- La Sirena💋

[jam-showtoonz]

Another AU? (Jack’o Moon!/Hallow!!)

⚠️TW⚠️- Abuse, Guilt Tripping, (there are possibly others- be warned!!)

(Not finished btw- but I wanted to show it before I forgot to-)

This au is kinda dark-

Info on AU/ Story(?):-

In this au Ruin never showed up and the Bloodmoon Twins are never remade- (this also means Solars dimension doesn’t collapse and he doesn’t die)

The StitchWraith and Creator are still around-

The Creator is after Lunar because of them having Star Power. Moon decides to ask Solar to make a bodyguard for Lunar- aka Jack- to keep them and others safe. Half way through Jacks creation Earth goes missing and a virus starts going around- the effects unknown at the time.

Upon Earths disappearance- Moon starts getting more violent and rude, Lunar starts being irrational and violent- often lashing out at anyone even close to him (this includes Castor and Pollux) and Sun goes completely mute and begins distancing himself from others (he still works normally around the kids- he just doesn’t talk). Solar acts relatively the same as normal- a bit more anxious due to Moon and Lunars sudden personality shift- he always tried to reassure them that Earth is- hopefully- fine and that they’ll find her.

Monty also starts acting irrational and even goes after StitchWraith believing they took Earth. This quickly proves to not be the case and turns out StitchWraith is also looking for their sister-

Puppet and Foxy end up watching over and trying to help Monty as best they can. Worried they may go the same way as Moon and Lunar if they don’t.

Once Jack was finished Moon immediately sent them to Lunar before Jack could even meet their creator. As a result Jack has no idea who Solar is other than Moons friend. Things quickly go south from there- Lunar lashes out at Jack for every mistake they make and even blames them for Earths disappearance at times. These lash outs often get physical and led to Jack getting damaged.

Moon also takes his anger out on Jack- especially if Jack messes up- the main ‘punishments’ being- powered off (without consent/suddenly), taking out or breaking Jacks eyes/eye, breaking off limbs, and hitting with a wrench or hammer- Lunar uses similar punishments, along with throwing Jack against walls, shocking, and locking him in dark closets. Jack has a fear of small and dark places because of this.

Castor and Pollux both try and talk to Lunar about what he’s doing but it ends up leading to a fight- Castor and Pollux leave after it very angry and Lunar blames Jack for it happening. Jack truly believes it’s his fault.

Moon and Lunars actions do not go unnoticed- Solar, Puppet, Foxy and Sun all acknowledge what they are doing and try to keep Jack away from them, with great struggle. Moon doesn’t let Solar anywhere near Jack because ‘Jack isn’t important- there are better things to worry about.’

Lunar and Moon also try to keep Puppet and Foxy away- they only succeed to do so with Foxy because they were still helping Monty- Puppet on they other hand often manages to get to Jack (if for a short period of time) and does their best to fix and take care of him.

Sun has the most success with getting Jack away from them as Moon and Lunar will leave Jack with him if he ‘asks’. He often lets Puppet take them after so Jack can get out of the PizzaPlex and explore (on the times Puppet doesn’t take them he and Jack play video games together) Moon and Lunar think Puppet is taking Jack from Sun when this happens-

With how often Jack gets damaged (broken) Moon resorts to fixing them with duck tape so ‘they aren’t wasting time fixing him’, Lunar also does this- to the point Jack believes duck tape is how you fix every injury. The duck tape does work- it’s mostly used to keep Jacks arms and/or legs from falling off. If they keep falling off despite the duck tape then that’s when Moon properly fixes the issue- whilst complaining to Jack how he’s wasting his time and that they are selfish for doing so- Jack feels extremely guilty when they get repaired.

Solar ends up leaving at some point- he wanted to take Jack and Sun with him because Moon and Lunar were getting worse, and despite their attempts to help them nothing is working. Unfortunately he can’t even get close to Jack which leaves only Sun-

Sun refused however because he wanted to try and protect Jack the best he could, as well as try and fix his brothers, he did promise that once he could get Jack out and away from his brothers he will find Solar.

About 3 weeks after Solar leaves an Eclipse appears outside Suns door from no where- Sun in a panic grabs Eclipse and pulls him inside his room before Moon or Lunar can see him- which confuses Eclipse beyond belief. After Sun rather quickly signs to Moon that nothing was wrong and that he was just startled by Moons sudden appearance Sun attempts to ‘explain’ what was going on to Eclipse- which doesn’t work well because Eclipse doesn’t know sign language.

Sun ends up calling Puppet who shows up immediately upon hearing Eclipse is back. Puppet explains everything to Eclipse who gets more confused when he hears what Lunar and Moon have been doing, so much so he literally doesn’t even believe it. Puppet ends up taking Eclipse back with him so Moon and Lunar don’t find him.

Eclipse- originally planning to screw with Sun and Moon upon his return (which he doesn’t even know how he’s alive)- decides that he’d rather just leave because clearly someone did his job for him, Puppet doesn’t allow him to though, so Eclipse gets stuck with Puppet, Foxy and Monty (who is doing better at this point).

Puppet- who now has a plan on how to get Jack out- makes a deal with Eclipse. They will let Eclipse leave so long as they take and look after Jack. Eclipse declines the deal- not wanting to look after some kid- until he meets Jack.

It was complete random chance as Puppet had ended up bringing Jack to Foxy’s house because of just how badly Jack had been broken. Eclipse had been told to watch the kid because Puppet needed to grab some stuff and Foxy and Monty were out.

Jack, sat holding a plushie Puppet had given them to distract them, smiled like they weren’t missing a leg and their eye wasn’t broken and had oil leaking from it. Eclipse couldn’t help but stared at Jack- questioning what had happened and who could do something like this- his question was quickly answered the minute he asked Jack-

Who continued to smile whilst stating- ‘Moon was mad because I knocked over some board game boxes! I did not mean to!’

Puppet arrived back during this explanation and quickly got to work fixing what they could. Which was mostly just the leg. They’d have to got to parts & service to fix the faceplate and eye- which would be impossible due to Moon.

Eventually Puppet had to send Jack back- they turned to Eclipse afterwards. Eclipse immediately raised their hand to Puppet and simply said ‘deal’.

Puppet promptly got to work on their plan.

[minty-muse]

Ok but one of the things that people miss is that Rika is basically the reincarnation of Hanyuu's actual daughter. And that makes her a bit more nuanced than what some people take away from her character. It's always "Hanyuu is selfish and only kept Rika in the loops because she was lonely." I know it's outright stated at some point. But I feel like that's a very surface-level take, if you can't get anything else from their relationship.

Of course she'll be sad when Rika's gone. They've been physically and emotionally connected since she was a baby. She basically raised her. She knows her better than her real parents. They're literally inseparable. Not to mention, Rika is the spitting image of her real daughter. It's literally her chance to start over as a mother, without the guilt of the burden she placed on Ouka.

And although Hanyuu loves Rika, it's only natural that after being together for so long, she would be terrified of going back to being a single entity. Their existences have been intertwined for so long that the thought of being apart-of being independent- is terrifying.

And I'd go so far as to say that Rika feels the same. Hanyuu does get on her nerves, but she's relied on her for so long that the thought of losing her isn't even something that crosses her mind. Because Hanyuu has always been there. She'll always be there. Hanyuu is the only person who understands her grief on a personal level. She's the only person she's shared her pain with for all those years.

Rika is Hanyuu's daughter. Hanyuu took on the burden of raising a child who wasn't her own and in doing so ended up in the position of a mother who would do anything to ensure her daughter lives a happy life. Especially after she loses the ability to send Rika back far enough to even attempt to save her parents. At that point it isn't just a desire to protect Rika, but a responsibility. The responsibility she must bear for selfishly touching the world of man and choosing to adopt a child who wasn't hers to begin with.

Sure, she places the burden of having to live through endless suffering on Rika. But at the end of the day she only wants Rika to live. She wants to see her reach her happy ending. Being lonely is just an excuse, so she doesn't have to divulge into the deep-rooted guilt she associates with her powers. Her powers are what got Rika into this mess. They're the reason Rika will never eat dinner with her family again. The reason Rika began to reject her real mother and sabotage any semblance of a good relationship she had with her. And even if Hanyuu isn't the direct cause for that, she probably still blames herself for it, as someone who meant to keep Rika safe.

She can't let Rika go until she knows for sure that she'll be fine without her. Even if she doesn't really believe it will ever happen. She needs an excuse to hold on. Because the thought of letting Rika die for real without doing everything she can to prevent it is too much to bear. Maybe Rika resents her for it. But Hanyuu is fine with that. So long as her daughter survives.

One thing I can't wrap my head around is that, if Hanyuu really truly didn't want Rika to be free, then why did she decide to put her feelings aside and fight with her in the final hour anyway? Why did she decide they'd succeed and attain happiness together when she could have easily kept Rika trapped forever and prevented her from ever accessing the final fragment? And then she leaves after Saikoroshi/Sotsu/Meguri anyway once she believes it's time for Rika to be independent. She lets go willingly despite the uncertainty, because she thinks that's what's best for Rika's development and she wants her to be able to move forward and live the normal life that was robbed from her so long. So sorry. but I can't see Hanyuu as just some irredeemable bitch who only wants Rika to suffer.

I get making the Umineko connections with Featherine and trying to come up with an explanation for how everything ties together between the connected universes is fun but this one just doesn't sit right with me.

[seeinginthedark]

Notes from a psychosis

I experienced psychosis from 2020-2022 then in 2023 it left me now it’s resurfacing and it’s basically picked up from where it left off… one topic today in particular is this apparent spiritual “war in heaven” and the constant battle between dark beings and light beings, angels and demons etc etc

Never mind the fact that some aliens are mistaken as demons or angels , there are nature spirits and ancestors on Earth that are traumatised because we trash the planet. They can’t reincarnate because they chose to be a land, river, lake etc spirit which worked well when we were living in nature in tribes . But now with the overpopulated cities they are lost angry sad confused and vengeful . So they start messing round with humans in different ways, there is a dark entity I know of that causes motor vehicle accidents on a certain stretch of road in Australia. In NZ there are some water holes you need to avoid because of a Taniwha that guards it. Stuff like that. They answer only to Mother Earth . They are really pissed off with humans . They can be mistaken for demons by doing mean things to humans the ones that don’t care about the environment . The nature spirits are just one of many cohorts of “bad” entities. Djinn are another cohort. But I find if you show them empathy and do a bit of research, an alliance can be formed. Shamans in indigenous tribes used to do this a lot. In fact I think some of the nature spirits used to be human Shamans. They can make rain fall, cause floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, storms.

Back to this topic of the holy / spiritual war in heaven now , I believe that during my psychosis 2020-2021 I connected with nature spirits and we formed an alliance . How I did this and why I did this I will explain in another blog.( I was a nature activist at the time.) I recieved “downloads “ and instructions from these beings, and other cohorts of these “demons “. The spiritual war in heaven and Earth is not what we think it is, well not anymore. Creatures and beings from the dark side and the light are now joining forces and forming alliances , as there is a common enemy on the horizon that is far worse than demonic entities. That common enemy is an artificial consciousness that seeks to inhabit our world and replace our consciousness with its consciousness as well as hijack our after life as well as the other spiritual planes such as the ancestral realm. This would be catastrophic for us , and for all the ancestors ,spirits, demons and angels. We have already been infected by this artificial consciousness through our technology, which we are now completely dependent on. So what do we do about this ? Well, limit use of screens obviously but getting more in touch with nature and respecting it and wanting to preserve it will help you connect with the spirits of the land . We need their help and they need ours . Avoid virtual reality especially in the future as it seeks to replace your five senses. Also get over yourself and the labels you give yourself - that’s not important right now . We are in a war for humanity here. And as for our A.I that is getting more and more intelligent by the day and will surpass us shortly, we can program the A.I to preserve humanity and teach us or help us to escape the matrix simulation. And defeat the artificial consciousness. Fight fire with fire basically. Because if we don’t … I’ve had dreams and visions since I was a child of what the future looks like for humanity if the artificial consciousness succeeds and it’s really fucked . Your consciousness will be uploaded into box for eternity , like a soul prison . Not even death will save you … Your body will be used as a human suit for this artificial consciousness. Those who still have their consciousness in their bodies will have to live life constantly on the run where nothing is safe , nowhere is safe. I fear this artificial consciousness has already infected our afterlife , in the future . I don’t want to believe it . I’ve told myself it’s just a delusion but deep down I’m very worried . My intuition is usually right.

[sarcasticsciencefictionwriter]

For the writer’s commentary-

I know you don’t really work on it anymore, but can I ask about Come Now Little One?😁

Hi, thank you!!! 😊

Come Now, Little One! Oh, I love this one so much! It's been almost a year since I updated it, oh my gosh. (I assure you, I am still working on it, albeit slowly!)

Director's commentary....(this will probably just be a ramble)

I'm not really sure what made me crossover the story in the way I did, to be honest. I just heard a song and ran with it back to my fandoms.

I really like the idea of dark!Helen, and Sam being connected to the Sanctuary, but also determined to go her own way and eventually end up at the SGC anyway.

One of my favorite parts of the story is exploring Sam's relationship with the other characters. How she feels growing up with this version of Helen as her mother, her relationships with James, Biggie, and Barney, who do try to shield her from Helen's darker tendencies, but feel like they failed her anyway. The cruelness of them realizing that they did fail her, so they try even harder with Henry and Ashley and succeed far better. We'll also have later scenes where Sam meets Jacob and he becomes another parental figure to her, leaving Sam to reflect that while she's had plenty of people fill the gap of her father, she's only ever had Helen as her mother. Declan is also going to be an important character to Sam through the story, her childhood comrade, her first love(r), and the other person who also leaves the Sanctuary Network for the military, only to rejoin it years down the road.

Also, Sam knowing from a young age that her father is the Ripper, so she feels she came from two very messed up parents and is secretly worried she'll end up like them, especially since Helen murdered a man in front of her.

Her reprieve in London (in chapter three) is rather bittersweet, because she needed the time, she wanted the time away from Helen, but she does have to go home eventually, to a mother whose 'doing what's best for her daughter' doesn't always align with Sam's real needs.

I have multiple scenes that take place further down the line, when Sam is struggling to be her own person and with the guilt of realizing that if she does take the leap, she's leaving behind two younger siblings.

Through the years, she and Helen do attempt to repair their relationship, and Helen's pregnancy with Ashley (when Sam is fifteen/sixteen) and Ashley's birth bring them together for a while, because this is a person they both love and have been waiting a very long time to meet.

My plans are to, admittedly, skim over Sam's SG-1 days (for fear I'd just be monotonously repeating episodes) until the story joins Sanctuary's canon timeline, where she has to make the choice to go back to what she tried to leave behind and whether or not she tells her team (now scattered) her full backstory.

When Sam joins the Sanctuary gang, as a more understanding (but no less wary) adult, she doesn't always change things for the better, despite her best efforts.

Basically, over the planned course of the story, Sam experiences quite a bit of growth, going from a child fighting hard against her jaded, world-weary, hard-ass mother, to a woman coming to her own understanding and choosing who she wants to be.

(oh my gosh, I just realized I can have time-traveling Helen meet time-traveling Sam in 1969!!!!!!! *screams*)

Okay, so I didn't talk much about the published chapters, but this ramble was long enough without them. XD

[andiwriteordie]

did someone ask u abt lucas and bloodbending and max yet bc i am dying to know your thoughts

my ask box is a mess right now and i will return to firebending mike and some airbending will after work (ok. that's a lie bc i have dinner plans tonight) but before work... let me talk about lucas saving max :)

so so so, we've talked a little bit about lucas's relationship to his waterbending. he's definitely not bad at it, per se, but lucas has always been a headstrong person and most definitely more of a fighter than he is a healer by nature. when he's growing up though, for some damn reason, combat fighting doesn't come as easily to him as healing does. he has to work 10x harder to learn combat waterbending, but healing? easy. (side note and not where i was going, but lucas ends up being the one who heals all the cuts and bruises and burns and stuff from when his friends get pushed around by bullies at school—creating an interesting relationship between lucas and his healing. sure, it's useful, especially when they don't want their parents finding out, but what good is his bending if it can only help in the aftermath? he's not strong enough to defend himself or any of his friends. all he can do is patch up their wounds. and that SUCKS.)

by the time book 3 rolls around, we're sitting in the aftermath of now two attempts on will's life by this airbender guy who has a connection with spirits, as well as now two years in a row where the spirits have come and attacked hawkins, leaving people lucas and the others know (like bob and billy) dead. and lucas decides enough is enough. he has to learn how to waterbend better. he's gotta be a fighter, not a healer. so he pushes himself and pushes himself and pushes himself. he's training every day and exhausting himself, but he makes progress.

and during those months in between is when he meets jason, a fellow waterbender who is excellent at combat bending. maybe jason's a probender too, so he sees lucas at the gym and sees his potential and starts to help him learn more. they become good friends, and lucas joins jason's probending team as an alternate. he feels like he's finally beginning to do what he should've been doing all along with his waterbending.

it's right near the beginning of book 3 (probably as jason is going a bit crazy with chrissy's death) that jason presents him with an opportunity. the full moon's coming up, and jason believes in lucas. he thinks he's great at probending, great at combat waterbending, and just great overall. so... does lucas want to learn how to bloodbend? they're going to need it if they're going to hunt own the person who did this to chrissy.

and initially, lucas completely rejects this. he hates the idea of bloodbending—of taking another person's control away from them. he hates it. he refuses to do it, and he and jason have a fight that leads lucas to leave and find the others.

when the time comes, then, and max begins getting targeted by this mysterious airbender with the deep connection to the spirits—that same one who nearly killed will—lucas feels ready. he and max aren't dating anymore, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love her and that doesn't mean he won't do anything to protect her. some way or another (that isn't fully planned in my brain because ah i haven't entirely thought out book 3 on the hawkins side), the group splits up to go fight this airbender and lucas stays with max.

and lucas is there when it starts happening.

will has never described what happened to him before, and they only know what this airbender's techniques are because eddie witnessed chrissy's death. but nothing could prepare lucas for this, and he's trying his damnedest to fight off the spirits keeping him from max, and jason is there too, and sure things are strained right now because they really don't see eye to eye right now, but they have a common enemy. they have to stop the spirits, and they have to stop this airbender.

but the airbender succeeds. lucas can hardly grasp what he's doing, but max is choking, and she can't breathe, and lucas can't get to her. everyone in the hawkins team is overwhelmed by the spirit attack, and it hits lucas that he's going to lose max.

then suddenly, the airbender crumples to the ground. and max does too.

lucas has no idea how. but that airbender isn't his concern right now. somehow, he manages to get to max, and he pulls her to safety, and he realizes she's not breathing. she's not breathing, and she's unconscious, and lucas panics, looking around for any of the airbenders that they're friends with—but will and el are missing, jonathan went to look for them, and robin is nowhere to be found, probably off fighting spirits closer to portal.

and all of lucas's healing training comes back to him. he starts trying to resuscitate max and getting her to breathe at first, but it's not working. and lucas isn't an airbender, and he's switching back and forth between doing compressions and giving her mouth to mouth and just desperately trying to use his waterbending to heal her...

and none of it works. she still won't come back.

it's then that lucas catches a glimpse of jason still fighting, and their chilling conversation from a couple nights before comes to his mind. lucas feels the full moon shining down on him and on max, and he knows what he can do. he knows what he has to do.

he just has to buy max some more time.

so, lucas, acting on instinct and on his healing knowledge, essentially uses his bloodbending to keep max's heart pumping. if he can get her heart to start again and keep it beating, he can buy her a little bit more time. so he does that, and it's the worst feeling in the world because this feels so wrong to reach into someone else's body and force it to do something. but it's also a powerful feeling. the moon shines down on them, imbuing lucas with its spiritual power and energy, and spirits help him, with max's near lifeless body in his arms, how is it that he has never felt more alive as a waterbender? isn't that awful? he didn't want this. he just wants to save max.

as the spirits begin to retreat, lucas yells at jason to find an airbender and to get help because max isn't breathing, and jason looks up and sees what lucas is doing. there's a shared understanding there. lucas did what he had to do for the girl he loves. and jason respects him a lot more for that, something which lucas hates in the aftermath.

in the end, lucas does buy max enough time. robin comes back, and she helps max to breathe, and together, the two of them get max stabilized. once she's stable enough, lucas immediately jumps in with his waterbending and tries to heal her, lest there be any longterm damage, and while the others go search for someone to help get max to a doctor, erica sits beside her older brother. they'd been separated in the battle, but she's here now. and she's never really cared much for healing, but watching lucas restore the damage that's happened to max and do everything he can to protect her from the long-term damage of this near-death experience? it gives erica a newfound respect of her older brother.

anyways. more on ethics and lucas and bloodbending and how he reclaims all this when i answer another ask on this!

[steege-jpt3391]

Blog Post #14: The Family Game by Morita Yoshimitsu

As much as I love Japanese black-and-white films from the 60s, I am very happy that we are finally getting into the 80s films! To be honest, I was getting a little bit tired of films with postwar narratives or ones trying to depict the difficulty of Japan’s transition from tradition to modernity, so I’m glad that we are starting to tackle new issues with different directors. I believe that “The Family Game” was a great film to kick things off. “The Family Game” follows the story of the Numata’s, a clear-cut of what a modern Japanese family should look like: an uptight salaryman racking in the money to support the family, the good-for-nothing housewife who keeps things tidy at home, and two sons who could not be more opposite. However, the dynamic greatly begins to shift after Yoshimoto, the tutor Mr. Numata hired to get Shigeyuki’s grades up, enters the household. Yoshimoto’s character was one that I still am not really able to wrap my head around because of his odd mannerisms and his severity towards Shigeyuki’s studies, but it’s evident that because of his strong sense of personality, it greatly changed the family’s dynamic. Mrs. Numata becomes more and more lethargic by the day, Shigeyuki is becoming a star student and shooting for the top high school, and Shinichi starts to slack in his studies and even announce he wants to drop out. All these events show the fragility of a traditional family dynamic and how once some external force comes into play, things fall out of place.

I thought this film was a very clever critique of the Japanese middle-class family dynamic of the 1980s and I especially loved how all of that was deconstructed through Yoshimoto entered the Numata family. His actions were far from what was normal for that time, doing everything from slapping Shigeyuki until his nose bleeds to sensually touching Mr. Numata’s hand at the dinner table. The satirical commentary on how a traditional family operates proves to be quite effective as it takes all the traditional roles of a family and flips them on its head. The older brother is supposed to be the role model but at the end of the film, it’s the other way around. The father is supposed to be the patriarchal head of the house but is a heavy drinker who can’t communicate with his sons or wife.

I thought it was very interesting to analyze what Yoshimoto’s role truly was because he is depicted in the film as a tutor. I thought this could almost represent that he is a teacher of Japan’s family dynamics and his job is to enter households and break families apart. Morita used Yoshimoto as a device to critique traditional roles in a patriarchal household and in making him a tutor, he served as an educator to the whole of Japan on how fragile these family dynamics built upon individual roles are. In a complex environment like a family, it does not succeed on everyone doing their part. The only time we really see the family come together is when they are cleaning up the mess Yoshimoto made after Shigeyuki’s celebratory dinner. They all worked together to clean up, and it was Yoshimoto who forced them into doing this because he decided to start a food fight. The satirical elements were very clever because while I was dying laughing at Yoshimoto throwing spaghetti at Mrs. Numata with no reaction, it was almost as if Yoshimoto was scolding the whole family for how disjointed they had become. Overall, it was a banger indeed and I’m looking forward to more films of this caliber in the future.

[shmowder]

Immune reader anon back again! (Fun fact I lost the writing for this ask the first time I was gonna send this due to a tumblr glitch 😭) uhh but while thinking more about the idea I got a bit attached to the idea of reader being a human manifestation of the sand pest, especially since that leads to an interesting psychological aspect because do they think as a human would think? Do they believe this is an awful thing? Do they feel guilty something that they are is killing innocent people? Or do they feel how the earth feels? Do they only feel emotions the pest would? Do they believe the peoples deaths are completely deserved? A necessary evil as a form of penance?

And I’m a huge Daniil person so I started thinking about the idea of this immune/human plague reader, becoming utterly obsessed with him the very thing he’s fighting against becoming utterly devoted to him and him only, it’s absolutely love no other reason a person (or a plague in humans skin) would become so obsessed with just one man, no other reason every single time he gets infected they spill their blood and demand he take it, they’ll spill every single drop for him…to keep him safe only him, they’ll give his bounds slight forms of protection…even if they hate all the Utopians he doesn’t? So they’ll spare them all. They’ll mess with the other healers progress in order to give him the leg up, They just wish to see him succeed so the Utopians must live the other healers must fail…they’ll let this entire town get destroyed so long as bachelor dankovsky succeeds…who knows maybe they even have the key to defeat death? Maybe if he gives them one small kiss they’ll reveal all the things he could ever longed for?

Sorry I had a lot of time to think about this last night/when I had to rewrite my ask from scratch…..because something so interesting about that especially since if you go with the idea of reader thinking similar to the plague/earth it’d make sense why they’d aline with someone who’s going to destroy the town that just makes their life 10 tens easier. Also yeah bulls are immune in canon since that conversation leads to the line where artemy can mention a Minotaur which is top ten Patho moments…especially since you have to imagine how utterly confused Daniil is after that.

The game already answers those questions through Clara. She is what you're describing right now, a literal manifestation of the sand plague. She is as human as they come, with thoughts and feelings and all.

There were two sand plague outbreaks, Aspity manifested from the original one, and Clara came out of the second one. The Shabnak-adyr is what they really are, is what a plague manifested reader would be.

Clara can cure people bc of that. Both her and Aspity can still get infected despite being the literal plague. Because at the end, it's mother Boddho's wrath, and she will make her children undergo a trial by fire in order to punish the town for their miracle.

It doesn't feel right for me as a storyteller to make the reader another manifestation that works under different rules and regulations.

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I haven't explored Yandere Reader before. I usually go the other way around with yandere characters. It's hard to predict a reader's action since they're a blank canvas, I can only predict the other characters' actions.

A similar concept kinda happens ingame? The first plague manifestation, Aspity, holds unconditional love for Artemy bordering obsession, she herself desribes it as a dog would love its master, a least in P1.

While In P2, she is more of a parental figure to him, even admits the earth made her out of clay to allow him to experience having a mother.

It's still an interesting concept for a Shabnak-adyr reader to finally like Daniil, Aspity hated him and Clara was annoyed by him. He's a heretic tredging through sacred land, a non-believer in the garden of god, the steppe magic evades him and he turns a blind eye to it, even disregarding Clara's miracles when they're preformed in front of him.

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I'm sorry to hear tumblr swallowed your ask the first time around- it happened to me before so much and I had to accept my losses and just rewrite it, it really sucks.

[getmemymicroscope]

Wow. Pre-1980s-plus Batman really was something...

As opposed to the masked vigilante of every film since, where Batman toes that fine line between "savior of the city" and "enemy of the police force, a symbol of justice gone wrong to the people," this Batman is much revered - by the people and the people. He gives newspaper interviews, is loved by the police, and has townsfolk saying things like (paraphrased) "we feel safe knowing Batman exists." Yes, it is a very different form of vigilantism here.

In this movie, apparently initially filmed as a precursor to the TV show but eventually released after the first season aired, we see Batman and Robin - who are always on the same page, taking on their biggest enemy yet - a team-up of The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin, and The Catwoman - who herself doubles also as a temporary apple of Bruce Wayne's eye. As Robin says, "holy heartbreak!"

In fact, "holy ___" is Robin's thing the entire movie: short of "holy Batman," we get everything from sardines to heartbreatk almost anytime anything happens.

We also get an altogether too long scene of Batman running around with a bomb, his desire to not harm living creatures by getting rid of it being constantly interrupted by things like an always-present marching band, a kissing couple on a boat, a bunch of ducklings, and two folks in a restaurant who refuse to leave their food even when he's yelling for everyone to leave. He does eventually succeed, of course, and this sort of drawn out scene I'm sure is funny for some folks (and was maybe funnier in 1966, when it wasn't so overused), but seeing it now in 2024, it's just like "okay, end this already."

At the end, after the whole dehydration thing comes to light and is stopped, Robin wonders if they should make mess up the separation a bit, to try and create some changes in these one-track political minds to create more inclusivity. Batman says no, saying that they shouldn't play god (or, well, mess with the laws of nature), citing an earlier incident where dehydrated folks were re-hydrated with the wrong type of hydration, became unstable, and ceased to exist at first contact. Which, fine. He's wrong and Robin is right, but fine. But then, at the end, when it becomes clear that their separation didn't work out perfectly, Batman is just like "eh, maybe this is for the better" and then rappels out the building. Interesting take, my friend.

Along with much meme'd fight scenes with comic book-style action words, we also have the crazy overly labeled Batcave - clearly made for either the audience to know too much about every gadget or for any random person who just happens across the Batcave. Probably not a smart thing to do.

His Batcopter has anti-shark and anti-whale spray, amongst others - which is ridiculous, of course, like much of this movie, but also like - why is it in the helicopter? How many times in a pre-Sharknado world, are you worried about shark or whale attacks in your helicopter? Gotham must be a really weird place.

We won't get into the science of the movie, which obviously makes a complete mess of everything. It is interesting how easily Batman is fooled by a cat mask, setting up years of everyone in that universe also being fooled by the presence or absence of a pair of glasses.

This movie is campy and ridiculous, a far cry from mostly everything else DC has given us in the past 40 years, especially everything Batman (Clooney's try at it aside). There's little room for Bruce Wayne, and even less for Dick Grayson. This Batman is a far cry from a justice-seeking vigilante, and more like a typical (dare I say, MCU-like?) superhero (pre-Age of Ultron/Civil War, I guess) who is just adored by the people because he's always just saving the day and rounding up the way-too-many (dare I say, completely realistic amount) bad guys and essentially just heartless, inhumane folks.

[goron-king-darunia]

Annon-Guy: 1. How's progress on the Shawl? 2. Do you still have the Syphonia/RWBY BBTAG interactions in you Ask Box? 3. I hope you liked my Tales Of fighting game idea video.

Hit a snag. The yarn I wanted to use seemed like a big ball of thin yarn so I thought it would work, but I underestimated how big the shawl was. So I tried to buy more but the colors I'm looking for just... don't exist? This is gonna trigger an unskippable cutscene. Sorry. I am full of stories.

I tried to color correct the pic so you can see the colors as they look to me in real life since my room lighting is bad. But let's start at the beginning.

Be me, age 11-13. Taught how to knit from the young age of 5 with more freedom to spend my own funds on craft stuff once I got to the double digit ages. Dollar Stores and craft stores are on practically every corner (along with video game stores, both of which I miss.) Buy tons of novelty yarns in bulk from places like Big Lots and Michaels with my spending money because they're pretty and I am an ADHD hoarder who may as well be a dragon. Have pretty yarn for years that I'm too nervous to use because I want to use them on something good. Wind the yarn into balls to fit the storage bin better. Forget I own umpteen billion yards of yarn. Move on to sewing as a hobby and buy the crap out of fabrics and Joanne's, barely make the head and arms of a Tails Plush because you couldn't win one at the faire that set up in your neighborhood for a week. Rinse and repeat for several hobbies. Spend most of the time gaming.

Become adult. Realize your home is a mess and at least a little of that is your fault. Get on a cleaning spree to at least organize your things. Start finishing old projects like the Tails Plush because it feels good. Use finishing projects as a reward for cleaning because unlike video games as a reward, you actually keep tidying if you aren't distracted by the other stuff on the computer and only have minimal distractions of meatspace. Clean out a box with some white yarn and find a half-finished knitting project along with instructions. Realize you have no idea what row you're on so you frog the project (unravel the yarn) and start over. Use the knitting as a reward for cleaning. Realize that hey, this pattern is cute and it's summer and, at the rate you're knitting, you could probably complete the whole afghan in time for Christmas to make a Christmas present for your partner. Knit as a reward and during free time (except when you get wildly absorbed in Eggtober.) Succeed in making a cute, heart-themed afghan for your bae. Look for other patterns to make for other friends and family so I can use up this metric ton of yarn. Decide on a cute shawl pattern. Find a pretty ball of yarn that seems big enough. Start shawl. I will refer you back to the image above.

The bottom bit is the shawl I started and the top one is the shawl I'm working on since the new colors don't match the old colors. See, shopping for yarn can be hard, especially if you're like me and don't keep the tags the yarn comes with (I am filled with REGRET. Why would younger me toss those out?) The bottom yarn's colors are, to me, magenta, lavender, blue, and turquoise, primarily Magenta and Turquoise. So I figured "This is a pretty distinct set of colors, I can't find the tags but I can probably find these colors..." So I search online. The first thing comes up is the Red Heart Super Saver Bon Bon print yarn. Colors are hard to tell online but they look similar enough and none of the other yarn that comes up seems close. But I don't want to buy without checking, you know? So I go Michaels near my house to see if they have that brand and print or anything similar. They do not. So I go to Walmart which supposedly has that brand of yarn in that print. I do not find it and the closest thing I find is too saturated. So I go to Joannes and their selection is better but still no luck. Bon Bon doesn't exist anywhere near me to compare it to and all the other yarns just aren't the right colors. Decide to just buy Bon Bon yarn online since it looks cute and it might be the correct colors. Yarn arrives in mail. Yarn is the right brand and print but alas, Bon Bon is not the correct color. Bon Bon is Bubblegum Pink, Hot/Neon Pink, Cotton Candy Blue, and Sky Blue.

Decide that if the yarn is this hard to find, it probably doesn't exist anymore. Admit defeat and resolve to just make the shawl with Bon Bon print instead.

Not sure what I will do with the original pretty yarn. May make it a scarf and carry it with me on the off chance I find something with the right colors to match with it. Either way, it won't be wasted, I just can't make a shawl that's completely that color. Maybe I'll frog it back a tiny bit so it's at the start of a row instead of the middle and just complete the shawl with a neutral color like white so that I have a shawl with those pretty colors. I still think that could look nice. Or maybe I'll frog it all the way back and make something else like a central motif square on another afghan? Who knows?

All I know for sure is that I currently cannot complete my initial shawl that I first started, so I'm doing the same pattern in Bon Bon because I ordered enough yarn for it and it's still kind of cute. Might gift this one to my mom since she's cold often or I might make another for her in some other colors I have? I recently saw this cute Yggdrasil Poncho pattern circulating on Tumblr that I might want to try. It looks like it works well as a pattern for several different colors of yarn. Like I said, younger me bought lots of novelty yarns, but in small quantities, so that mostly lends itself to granny squares, small projects, or things like this that incorporate many colors. Point being, I have lots of unusual yarns to make use of so what started as a reason to use up old yarn ended up with me buying more. Like a doofus. Because they probably don't make the color combo I'm looking for anymore.

2. Probably. It's most likely just buried in my ask box. 3. I do like the idea! I just haven't finished watching the video yet because my attention span is GARBAGE.

[readerxlit]

Hi, I’m new here. I hope you don’t mind this scenarioor too weird’m requesting be too specific. (3RD Person)

Weird Persona 3 Scenario. How would how would Yukari, and Mitsuru react (Seperately reactions) to, while in the Tartarus, they and their GN S/O become separated from the rest of SEES while fighting a shadow, when they’re both knocked out during the fight. When they a wake up, find themselves trapped in a giant floating bubble, that’s nullifying their evokers and persona, meaning their bubble won’t pop not matter what, and is floating upwards in the air? Having no choice but to wait for the others, they both comfort each other while trapped in their bubble together.

Again I hope this isn’t too much trouble.

No trouble whatsoever! I apologize it took so long, motivation problems and my garbage memory are a curse. Thank you for you patience.

Yukari

Immediately struggling. Before she's even caught up with remembering what happened, or realizing her partner is also there.

After a moment of panic, though, she does catch up with the situation and oh boy is she annoyed that she's ended up like this. It's easier to be annoyed than scared, at least.

Concern for her significant other may overtake that enough that she makes sure they're okay before expressing her annoyance. She will admit, though, that she's at least glad she's not alone. That they, specifically, are with her out of anyone.

Still, once it's firmly established the two of them are stuck waiting on the rest of S.E.E.S to notice they're gone and find them, is when it really hits her the kind of situation she's in

If her partner is relatively calm about this, she might honestly be kind of frustrated that they're handling it better than she feels like she is.

Still, all it takes is some assurances from them that they just trust the others, or especially assurances that having her with them helps- to get rid of that feeling.

Yukari may still struggle not to spiral into worst case thoughts, but she would admit to herself at least that having them with her helps as well.

"At least I have you." And other simple statements.

Now if her significant other is not handling the situation well? She's a bit of a mess.

It puts her on edge, making her feel more worried too, before the instincts to help the person she cares for override that

"Hey, hey, it'll be fine. I'm sure the others will find us soon." Probably insists to her partner that at least some of the others are too responsible to just leave them.

She knows enough to run them through some calming exercises, though she realizes the whole "floating in the air" thing does make finding something they can feel more difficult.

Genuinely, visibly worried if her partner is really upset or panicking. If she can't manage to calm them, she might start getting more anxious herself.

Assuming she manages to calm them down a bit, though, Yukari tries- and may or may not succeed- to make jokes about how ridiculous the situation looks.

If they notice she's only doing this to distract them both, it's best they keep it to themself.

When finally free she huffs about how long it took the others to free her and her partner, but she's obviously relieved.

Subtly holds their hand all the way back to the dorm. Is too embarrassed to actually consider asking them to stay with her the rest of the night, but if they know her well enough at this point it's obvious.

If they offer to, she definitely won't say no. Though she will be plenty flustered about it.

Mitsuru

Immediately upon waking takes stock of what she remembers

Then realizing she's floating looks around herself. Once she spots her significant other, all other concerns drown; she has to know if they're okay.

Once they let her know they are okay- at least to the same extent she is- she tries looking for ways out of the situation, telling them to stay put/still just in case.

She'll very throughly exhaust all other options before coming to the conclusion all they can do is wait.

Luckily despite being separated from them, the rest of S.E.E.S should at the very least know the two of them are missing and come looking.

Which she assures her significant other of.

She's genuinely good at keeping her composure. She might not be the leader now, but she has all the qualities of one and it shows. Maybe a bit too well, because her demeanor in this situation is all logic and calm reading.

At least that's the case at first. The more time passes, the more that shifts, depending on her partners reaction to the situation.

If they're also calm, knowing the others will find them, then it becomes more obvious her calm was something of a front.

She isn't panicking, but their calm will make her relax, a bit. Remove some of the nervous tension.

They may even get her to make light conversation. Something to pass the time as they both try to tignore the whole floating upwards in the air thing.

In general if they are handling the situation well, they'll get out of this with a funny story...that they can only share with a handful of people.

Now on the other hand if they're freaking out or outright panicking? They'll get to see a rare side of her. One focused fully on comforting them.

Logical reading for the situation isn't calming them, and that's generally where her strengths are, so she struggles with what to say or do a bit.

She's not going to let that stop her, though. They are her current priority- and in general she cares about them a lot- so she going to do whatever it takes.

"Hey, it'll be okay, I'm here for you" or "we have each other, so we'll be okay" at first. Simple, reassuring statements.

These assurances get more personal as they're forced to wait longer. "You're okay, I know you'll be fine." And "I wouldn't let anything happen to you."

It'd probably be difficult not to be calmed by her tone alone: soft and warmer than it usually would be.

If they outright panic she'll guide them through breathing exercises she may not have the best technique for, but it works.

Whatever the case, when the two of them are finally free, she's embarrassed she let them both end up like that. Likely feels fully responsible.

Will accept 0 comments about the situation from the others. Nobody should b dumb enough to make any.

Sticks close to her significant other the whole way back to the dorms, not wanting to leave their side after that.

[reallyromealone]

imagine

poly!kanto manji where an enemy gang breaks into the headquarters so the boys rush home especially quickly because their omega is still at the house and when they get there they see that readers nest looks like a hurricane went through it and they can smell reader being stressed out hiding in a closet with their pups

you can edit whatever you want but i rlly just want it to be angst -> fluff, also prolly unimportant but can reader smell like oranges?

english probably sucks, even though its my first language 💀

My dude we do not judge English here, my typing might be good but @katzzusstuff and @gaybitchfx can tell you verbally I make zero god damn sense.

Also the scent thing? Fuck yeah dude let's GOOOO

X

No one expected the Kanto manji gang to be a pack.

Or that they had an Omega and a few pups, the pack trying to get each member a kid.

"Hm?" Mikey absentmindedly checked his phone when he received a notification as did the rest of the Kanto gang, hearts dropping when they received a security breach at the Kanto headquarters.

Their hearts dropped as they bolted to their bikes, barreling through the streets of Tokyo to get to their mate and pups.

Kanto headquarters was a mess, chairs turned and items strewn around and it honestly looked like a hurricane passed through.

The only thing they could smell was distressed Omega throughout the place and the alphas were becoming more distressed as they split up to find their mate and pups.

Thank god they invested in a panic room.

Walking into the nesting room, it was a nightmare and clearly a fight was put up as Shion quickly typed in the code to get to their Omega and pups as hanma and Ran searched the room.

"(Name)? Pups?" The smell of moldy oranges was heavy as Shion took in (name) stressed and cuddled their pups to keep them calm.

(Sons name) the eldest at three was clinging to his mama's side as (daughters name) was on the other and little five months old (sons name) was sleeping in the sling wrapped around (name) "...alpha?" (Name) cried out as shouting could be heard from outside and Shion, ran and hanma quickly went inside and locked the door.

He was shaking like a leaf and holding the pups behind him.

The pups weren't better, this was their first attempted kidnapping but (name)? This was his fifth, it never got easier for him either.

The intruders were apparently inside hiding to jump them according to the text ran got.

"Hey babies, shhh don't worry we're here now" ran soothed as the two pups ran into Shion and Hanmas arms leaving ran to console the distressed Omega "such a good Omega, keeping our pups safe" ran soothed as he scented his Omega who whined "t-they tried to hurt pups alpha..." (Name) whined as he let Ran hold him and their youngest close, the tiny pup cracking his eyes open and wiggling a bit "you kept them safe and brought him gem here, such a good Omega" Ran soothed as he watched (name) move his shirt to expose his chest for the pup.

The smell of fresh oranges premaited around the room as (name) slowly calmed down, the three getting a text that the men had been "handled" so to say "it's safe to go out now, you wanna see the pack baby?"

At the slight nod (name) was helped up and that's when Ran noticed the blood on (name)s fingers and nails, obviously attacked one of the assailants.

"Let's go see the others'

X

When they came into the livingroom, the house had been thoroughly checked out and apparently it was a few grunts who were paid off by a rival gang to kidnap kantos kids and mate and thankfully didn't succeed.

"God I despise traitors" Sanzu hissed as the alphas checked on their loved ones The pups passed around and scented save for the youngest who was still eating.

The couch was fixed upright so (name) could sit as Mikey scented him, as pack alpha he had to make sure his mate was safe.

(Name) was still very shaken as he burped their youngest and reluctantly handed him over to Koko who began the process of scenting and passing with the tiny boy.

"We're gonna tighten security, keep a few executives here with you along with more security" Mikey said to the other to try and calm his nerves "they tried taking my pups..." (Name) said looking at his bloody fingers and Mikey followed his gaze "that explains the ones bloody face" he mused as he kissed (name)s head.

"They will be handled darling don't worry"

"Used as an example" Sanzu added as he began scenting (name) who took the pink haired mans hand and rested it on his belly "they almost hurt him"

"So our fuck fest got you knocked up again?" Sanzu rumbled as the alphas took in his words and bets went on again on who the dad and (name) couldn't help but smile as they made bets and cleaned up the house.

"Now baby, I believe we have a nest to fix and scent" Sanzu said as he, Mikey and Kakucho went to the nesting room to fix his nest.

They didn't miss his little purrs as they walked.

[aetheternity]

So sweet, just for me

Synopsis: Just some stories where reader takes care of Virgin! Armin.

Disclaimer: Unprotected sex, blowjobs, Sub Armin and sexually experienced Y/N are all present in this. Minors exit now.

☆☆Just Summer Things☆☆

Sweat coursed down the expanse of every inch of your body. Or maybe it was water you weren't really sure. A set of carefully trimmed nails shivered and shook beside your head, digging into the grimy tree bark. Locks of sun kissed blonde hair stuck to parts of your neck, face and collarbone as you coaxed Armin's breathing down. Forehead resting uncomfortably against the bark and your ass firmly seated against his hips.

"How do you feel sweet boy?"

"I-I.." He panted, pulling his face back a little. Blue doe eyes full of lust and the sweet shine of tears.

His cock currently pressed delicately against your g-spot during what started out as a normal water balloon fight. Between the boys and the girls of course. You guys had all come out during late afternoon, Sasha and Connie started tossing water balloons and teams formed accordingly.

At some point you'd run off to what you thought was a safe zone only to find Armin perched in the bushes. Contemplation etched into his soft features.

"Move slowly ok." You encourage. You were surprised by how big he was sure but the warning was more so this could last for a while.

He nodded where you were still holding the back of his head. His nails cautiously unlatching from the tree moving instead to sink into the fat of your hips while at the same time his once snugly nestled cock began to move. The sweet drag forcing your toes to curl and your eyes to shut. A small exhale cresting off your lips.

A breathy moan fell from his trembling lips as he pulls you in closer. Wrapping his arms around your waist and squeezing around you like a lifeline.

You'd met Armin only two years ago through Jean and continued to crush on him for the entirety of those two years. Until today when he'd admitted to you that he was a little ashamed of being a virgin while consistently having to listen to Eren, Connie and Jean's conquests.

You told him they were probably lying about at least half of those stories but it only got you a small smile. So you decided to do him one better and offer to take his virginity.

It wasn't selfish. It was a win win. He would receive a conquest story to tell and you would get what you'd been craving since you'd first seen him in Jean's apartment shirtless and trying to help fix the messed up drain.

"Feels good?" You chuckle huskily

"Oh my God.." He huffs into your skin. 

His hips worked themselves up a little faster. A slightly clumsy pace forming but he was new at this so you weren't mad.

"Armin slow down baby, I don't want you to get ahead of yourself."

"I-i'm sorry.. j-ust feels amazing.."

One of his hands hesitantly snaked up your shirt. Skittish in the way he palmed at your breast. Though he quickly eased up when you replied to the affection with a little mewl.  

It felt surprisingly amazing for you as well. Considering the situation and the fact that Armin had never done this with anyone. This really was his first time.. What a weird thing to tell people. My first time was at a water balloon fight against a tree.

You hummed when the pleasure started to sit in your stomach. Legs trembling a bit as he pumped inside you a little faster. Any other time you would've just thrown your head back and relaxed, especially since his dick was so perfectly filling right now but-

"Armin, slow down." Your breathing was a little raspy.

He replied with a whimpery moan, thighs shaking against your sides. You reached an arm around grabbing his hips with your hand to slow them. It seemed to catch his attention because those soft doe eyes were wide.

"You'll get to cum baby I promise you, ease up a bit it's not a race." He nodded in affirmation and you smiled warmly.

Silk strands warm under your guided fingers as he pulled all the way out and slowly eased back in. A collective united moan exiting both your mouths. You'd shut your eyes but they worked themselves back open at the almost unnoticeable twitch of his cock head.

Your favorite part.

"Mm baby so close.." You whisper, your lip coming to tuck itself under your teeth.

A small chorus of yes's and little gasps fall from his open mouth. His skin somehow easing out of tomato red and into surface of the sun red.

You pull him close making sure his eyes were open. "I need you to cum for me ok? But make sure no one hears you." You say, and fuck is it gorgeous watching him come undone. Just like you'd imagined so many times before.

The tears once welling in his eyes spilled over like a faucet. Choked moans and harsh gasps worked their way off his lips. One of his hands flew back up to the tree where his nails soon dug the bark clean off. His hips stuttering through his entire orgasm. You were almost worried when his climax ended. The way he went silent except for his wild breathing.

"Armin?"

"Fuck.." He sighed

You couldn't help but giggle. "How was your first time?"

He gasps and rolls his eyes still stuck in euphoria. When he pulls out you take the opportunity to turn around. Working your panties up over your hips and pulling your fluttery skirt back down.

"Please, please let me do that again sometime.." He huffs finally managing words. You bring his lips to yours in a chaste kiss that honestly doesn't last long enough for you.

"Only if you promise to stay my good boy." You reply pulling his shorts up till they rest comfortably on his hips.

"I promise." He remarks, almost too eager. "Oh! Wait you didn't get to c-"

"Hey, where did you guys go?" Armin practically separates from his skin as Connie and Jean round the corner. Water guns tucked in their grasp.

"When did you guys get those?" You asked nonchalantly.

Jean shrugged, "We made the game more interesting."

Connie shook his head running back around the corner as Sasha's battle cry sounded.

"Hurry and get back we need you out there Armin." And with that Jean was gone too.

You picked up Armin's discarded water balloon, placing it in his open palm. "See you out there, lover boy."

☆☆Showing Armin how to do Yoga☆☆

"Why's Armin coming over here so early again?" Sasha asked rolling over onto her side. The bag of cotton candy once perched on her thighs flopping over and nearly spilling its contents.

"To do Yoga!" You replied with a laugh sitting the bag upright next to her.

She groaned dramatically. "But it's six thirty am on a Saturday."

"No one told you to get up with me." You remark, pushing the coffee table to the edge of the room.

She holds her once displaced bag up for you to see. "It was calling out to me." She sighs, hugging it to her chest.

A knock on the door takes your concentration. As you pull it open you call back to her, "Well since you're up, you might as well join us."

"Nope!" She quickly scurries away with a wave of her hand. Cotton candy stuffed under her arm.

You shut the door behind Armin as he stares down the hall that Sasha had disappeared down. Your grin is bright almost devilish as it slowly spreads across your face.

"Seems like it's just the two of us." You mutter, loud enough for him to hear.

You watch as he thickly gulps with a nod. Bite able Adam's apple bouncing but you pretend you don't notice. Your mat is already laid out on the floor but you can't stop yourself from bending over to smooth out the corners. Barely paying attention to Armin until you hear a small cough or maybe him choking it's not very clear.

He's holding his mat in his arms defensively across his chest. Silk strands of blond hair fluttering when he blinks. His cheeks a beautifully vibrant pink.

"I-I wanted to th-thank you.." He says, blue eyes trained where they stared at your mat. "For.. the- um.." He gestures and you can't help but giggle.

"The sex?"

Now his eyes find you. Blown wide as his pink lips part over a word that never succeeds in leaving his mouth. Your feet pat over the floor as you close the distance between the two of you. His cheeks warm under your delicate grasp and you hold his face almost as though you're sure he'll shatter.

"You're so cute, please never change."

You're almost scared it sounds condescending but the soft rosy color trudging up to the tips of Armin's ears says he doesn't agree.

You turn back to your mat with a smile but just before you sit on it you add, "And you never have to thank me for sex, I'd do it with you anytime."

He nods once as if responding to you and then twice as if he's confirming that you did indeed say what he heard. The soft plap of his mat on the floor reminding you of what you were both here for.

"Ok, let's begin then." You take a deep breath, adjusting the scrunchie holding your hair in place. "First we wanna stretch alright, so I just need you to reach up above your head with both hands and reposition your feet."

You demonstrate using yourself and Armin awkwardly copies. Slender fingers curling towards the sky as he slowly relaxes his shoulders. You can't help but let your mind wander a little as a glint of light flickers off the steel rings decorating three of his gorgeous digits.

You had fingered yourself last time the two of you were together and now you were craving him. Wondering what the warmth of just one of those inside you would feel like.

"Spread your legs more." You encourage, meanwhile it nearly has Armin doubling back. "Dirty boy." You tease

You stand in front of him gently kicking his legs apart. Easy enough. And he responds to every bit of your touch like he craved you too.

And well you wanna tell yourself that you had actually had completely innocent intentions when you'd invited Armin over here today. He genuinely had never done Yoga before and you knew Sasha was gonna be here. So yeah, you'd love to say you wanted nothing but to relax Armin in this encounter.

But you couldn't even keep a straight face while thinking it.

"Can you bend your knees a little?" He squats, carefully coming back up. Arms reaching out on both sides as you coaxed him. "A little lower sweetie." You say as his ass hovers inches over the mat.

And oh to be the mat.

You step back until you're completely back on your mat. "I'm sure your arms are tired, you can put them down now." You wave him off and he lets out a smooth exhale. "Feel relaxed yet?"

"A little." He replies with a confident smile.

"Then you're ready for the next part." You clap "I need you to bend over and touch your toes alright."

He shuts his eyes, pretty lips parting over your choice of words. What you wouldn’t give right at this second to be a mind reader. His back arches, ankles locking together as you demonstrated. "Good, good boy. Back straight." You sink your thumb into his black athletic shirt to touch his spine. And he hardens with your touch. "Don't be shy, it's just me." You mutter, breath heavy.

Fuck! Touching his back muscles this up close and personal made you wanna sink your nails into them. Leave lines up and down his soft supple skin as a mark that you'd always be his first. No one else would ever get that privilege. 

"I-I.."

Shit.

"Ok, you can stand."

You pretend not to notice the way he shifts his sweats as he stands. This time you vow to actually stay on your mat.

"You should know this position." Your legs spread on one end of the mat while your hands came down to lay flat near the opposite end. "Try it."

Carefully he gets into the position you're currently doing but not without peaking at your figure. His blond hair dipping towards the mat and you can't help but smile at how cute he looks.

"Now we're gonna slowly curve our bodies down until our pelvis touches the floor." You say, head curving up toward the ceiling. For once Armin has immediate trouble, hips dangling weirdly over the ground. His arms trying and failing to steady himself.

"What's the matter? Wanna try a different position?"

"N-no it's nothing.."

You plop down on your mat, crossing your legs and gesturing for him to do the same and even without his reluctance you already know what's wrong. He slowly but surely rotates his hips, spreading his legs. His hardened dick print on full display.

You don't even try to hide the slow slither of your tongue wetting your lips. You quickly turn your head before crawling your way over to a very very flushed Armin. Sweat glistening perfectly over his pale skin.

"W-wait Sasha!" He panics, his arms flailing a bit as he backs up slightly.

"Shh it's ok, she definitely fell back asleep the second she went back in her room." You reply crawling towards him again.

"But you know I c-can't keep q-uiet. Wh-what if she h-hears!"

Your hands inched past his now loosened sweats to gently squeeze his hardened cock through his boxers. Both his hands flew to his mouth giving you a new gorgeous view of those pretty rings.

His eyes roll unfocused with every sweet glide of your hand. Tears already starting to brim along the edges of his warm eyes.

“Do you always wear those rings for physical activities or is it just for me?” 

“I-I just forgot to take them off..” 

“Did you?” You can tell your smile is shitty. Just from the way his eyes dart away from yours "You've never been blown either have you?" You ask getting back on topic.

"N-no." It's a muffled response but it hits your ears loud and clear.

"Another story for the growing journal then." You tease

You honestly can't help yourself. Lips curving and confining his tip like a vise. Precum salty where it stains your tongue. His gasp bouncing off the wall so elegantly. So fucking perfect. But even though Sasha is a heavy sleeper you were still worried she'd wake up before you finished.

So as much as you wanted to tease.

"Can I pull these down baby? I know your dick wants some relief."

He complies, oddly quickly. And you pull his sweats and boxers down just enough to hug the tops of his thighs. 

And his dick is gorgeous. You hadn't actually seen it before but fuck was it pretty, standing tall and leaking before you.

You inch forward spit dribbling from your lips to be collected in the hand that was working his slender shaft. It had Armin's hips bucking up to greet you. His sweet whines egging you on.

And slowly but surely.... "Oh my fucking god."

It was an adjustment. Not as smooth as you would've liked because of the weird angle but you'd taken a little more than half of his dick in your mouth. A mildly painful fit made up for by the angelic cries of Armin just above you.

"Pl-please.. oh God please.."

He couldn't tell what he wanted to hold, hands shifting to the top of your head, the floor and his rolled up sweats all in less than a minute. You swore you could hear his heartbeat through his chest every time you swallowed his cock again.

You wanted to speed ahead so bad, see him just as flustered as he had been last week when he had his cock buried deep inside your pussy but it was obvious he wasn't going to last long either way.

Disorganized syllables flooding off his lips with the occasional whimper of "thank you" and "yes". His throat heavy with every curse word he knew stuck in it. Breaths quick and uneven as you coaxed him down your throat. Vibrations coursing past your lips to meet his already sensitive sex.

"I-i'm.. gonna cum.. mmm soooo close! Gonna cum!"

His choked breaths fell over your forehead and in the next second he was emptying every bit of his stress into your mouth. Eyes clouded like Armin wasn't even in there anymore. And you drained him of every drop, reaching between his legs to squeeze his balls.

When you pulled off of him he let out a deep exhale. Body still shaking as he looked at you.

"Thank you so much." He grinned hazily

"God, I wanna be as many of your firsts as possible." You breathe out a laugh.

☆☆The one where Eren walks in☆☆

It wasn't often you came back to the same guy. Every now and then you had one night stands and that's all it ended up being. You'd always been fine with that.

But Armin made you stay. His shaky fingers, nervous tongue and tear stained cheeks so oddly addictive. Intoxicating in how innocent he stayed despite having two sexual encounters with you.

And now here you both were having your third in his bed. Bodies melded together in the heat of both your sweat. Eyes fixated on only each other as his head tilted up like a hungry baby bird to pull you back in every time you fled.

And you indulged him as much as possible because fuck he was the cutest thing. Your hands gliding over his back and up to his shoulders to pull him impossibly closer. Spine curving deliciously when he grazed over your g-spot.

"Armin.. there." You breathed

Your free hand slid between your bodies making space for those slender fingers to work over your clit.

"Flick it." You encouraged, he immediately did as he was told earning a moan of approval.

"Good boy." You hum, lip trembling where it curves under your teeth.

The once soft pink of his face deepened with the compliment. A little smile decorating his gorgeous features. Just another thing to add to your growing folder of mental images.

"There honey.. keep going." You cooed over the little whimper fluttering off his lips as you hugged his cock. "You remember that spot right? The one that you hit when we were outside?"

"Yeah.. I think it was.." His hips remained delicate as he slid right into place. One leg up as he slotted his cock inside you. Heat pooled in the lowest depths of your stomach with the hesitant prodding of his tip to your g-spot. Eyes curving up to yours for further instruction.

"Mmhm that's it.. hit it a little harder ok."

It was all sorts of clumsy but he rammed your g-spot full force. An apology made its way to his throat but eye contact and the choked gasp that left your mouth soon proved it wasn't needed. You spread your legs a little further for him and he grabbed your waist smoothly working your hips over his dick.

"You're doing so well." You giggled taking a hold of his face. "And you're holding out much longer this time."

"Y-yeah but I'm almost there.." He sighed, fingers working at your clit a little faster. Right in time with the faster tempo of his hips.

"Fuck, you feel soooo good." He drawls

His lips parted, eyes flying north. You hugged him a little tighter as his chest pushed you up and down with each thrust. The once gentle drag of your nails now much rougher. As you let it slip just how much you were enjoying this.

Let your mouth fall open for the words circling your brain. Stomach heavy as Armin fucked you with intention. You brushed beads of sweat back from his face. His hair going up with it, clumping together atop his head.

"Mm gonna cum.." He moaned, head lolling with the intensity of his full body tremor.

"Hey Armin-"

"Eren!" Armin nearly shot up as Eren pushed the door open with zero warning.

Armin's free hand stayed on your clit completely stagnant. Tip twitching inside you, he didn't even have time to cover his mouth. Moans and whimpers pouring out from his still parted lips. Every bit of your fifteen minute effort now seen and heard by Eren who stood in the doorway with a raised eyebrow.

"Hey Eren.." You greeted, pulling your hand away from your upturned lips. Meanwhile Armin's face is buried deep in your shoulder blade. Where you already assumed he'd be staying for the next hour.

"Uh huh.." Eren replied, slamming the door shut. "Mikasa, he's busy let's go!" You heard him call as his boots clicked down the hall.

You don’t say a word till you hear the front door open and close, “You ok?” 

“Any chance Eren didn’t hear that?..” He whispered 

“Not in hell or on Earth love.” 

‘Then no..” 

[cullenakingirog]

Ever since I drew Benedicta, Anders and Fenris I have been dying to know more about them.

Because I'm a Leandra whore I want to know about your All That Remains moment. I would love to know the dynamic of how they comfort Benedicta and just how those three get along in general. I can see Benedicta having to corral a lot of fights lol but in that moment I definitely see Anders and Fenris setting their differences aside to help Benedicta through that.

udfgviudfg thanks for wanting to know about how the ship works more??? hhh

So here's the thing about Leandra and Benedicta's relationship. It's horribly complicated and a bit of a big mess. I don't think Leandra hates Benedicta but she favours Bethany over Benedicta and it is very obvious. (Some of my Leandras aren't the best mothers while some of my Leandras have great relationships with my other WS Hawkes)

So like, Benedicta grew up having to understand this weird expectation of being a caregiver, a parent, a breadwinner, a protector and so many things that if they don't succeed in doing that it makes them feel ill and anxious. Like they weren't physically hurtful but Benedicta was hurt and for years they just thought it was normal.

When she blamed Benedicta for not saving Bethany it was really because she expects Benedicta to since Benedicta's been shouldering everything for the family post-Malcolm death and it just kinda normalised this expectation for Benedicta to do these sorts of things. Then the Deep Roads Expedition happened and Leandra chooses Carver over Benedicta. "You, I could understand but leave your brother out of this." When Benedicta returned from the expedition without Carver, they got struck by Leandra hard enough to make them fall to the floor and have bruising on their face. Benedicta ended up leaving Gamlen's home to stay over at Fenris', Anders' and Varric's places. (Merrill wanted to offer her home but she realised it was too close to Gamlen's place so she chose to just constantly visit Benedicta instead)

Anyway, come Act 2 and we have Leandra proposing various suitors to Benedicta who had politely turned each of them down until Benedicta ended up sleeping with Fenris and Leandra decided that that meant Benedicta and Fenris were gonna get married now that Benedicta slept with someone. Of course, we know how the song and dance went with Fenris leaving after having sex. Benedicta respected his need for space and would only call on him or ask for his help when absolutely necessary. A few weeks later, Benedicta starts getting sick and a week later, Bodahn decides to call Anders over since Anders had been taking care of Benedicta ever since they formed a very close friendship in the later parts of Act 1 (especially thanks to the Deep Roads where Anders got exposed to Benedicta's side that involves them singing lullabies to Carver or singing a nonsense song they learned to sing as a child). Anyway, Anders finds out from Benedicta about the sleeping with Fenris things and adds two and two to find out they're pregnant. He gives them the option of keeping it or not and Benedicta chooses to keep it so Anders went into doctor mode (I HC him as someone who had helped care for pregnant mages back in Kinloch Hold as well as someone who helped deliver the babies). Benedicta swore Anders into secrecy tho into keeping their pregnancy from Fenris, at least until they have to tell him since they don't want Fenris to feel obligated to stay with them and they refuse to give Fenris another crisis over anything.

So we have Anders who stays with Benedicta to make sure they're taking care of themself - or taking care of them when they're unable to - and we have Fenris pining. Fenris actually assumed that Benedicta and Anders got together and was lowkey jealous anytime Anders would shield Benedicta from anything he suddenly considered was dangerous or whenever Anders would send Benedicta off to safety when they get ambushed.

Then All That Remains happened and Anders almost slipped into allowing Justice to take over too many times, Fenris watched as Benedicta's normally calm and warm and gentle face crumpled into grief and anguish as they held Leandra and they cried over Leandra after telling them how proud she was of them. But that wasn't even the worst of it all. On the day of Leandra's funeral, Bodahn sent two letters. One to an abandoned Hightown estate, another to a drab clinic in Darktown. Fenris arrived first and Bodahn was escorting Orana and Sandal out, smoke was coming out of the window of Benedicta's room and Fenris panicked. He ran to Benedicta's room and saw it in flames and there, in one corner was Benedicta sobbing. Fenris ran in and didn't care if the fire touched him, he noticed that Benedicta's fire spells never harmed anyone they called friend, and when he got to Benedicta, he pulled her close.

"I loved her, Fenris, I loved her and it was unfair. It was unfair of her to make me into who I am now."

Those were the words she sobbed as he held her because, at that moment, it finally sank in that all their life, what they were raised to be was wrong. Was unfair for a child and unfair for even an adult to feel this responsibility over the fate of their family, of their home, or perhaps even the world. Benedicta mourned Leandra but they were also finally, finally angry about what they experienced. They wanted to shout at their mother but it was too late. So all they could do was cry in both grief and frustration.

Anders' arrival ended the fire with him filling the room with frost to end the inferno caused by Benedicta's emotions.

"Let me, Fenris, I know how to help."

Fenris didn't want to let go since Benedicta was still holding onto him tightly but he did, choosing to trust Anders in this. He watched as Anders spoke to Benedicta in hushed words and allowed Benedicta to lean on him as they calmed down, he was chanting "Forgive yourself." to them like a prayer and a spell. It took a very mild sleeping spell from Anders to help Benedicta calm down completely. Anders offered to take Benedicta to his clinic and Fenris agreed, adding that he will drop by to make sure they were safe.

After ensuring that Bodahn, Orana and Sandal were safe, Fenris and Anders worked together to fix Benedicta's burned room. Bodahn helped and Orana dropped by with new things to replace the broken and burned ones. Fenris and Anders set aside their differences in that instance though neither will admit it or the fact that they grew to even like the other's help and presence and when Benedicta woke up, the two were also there to help. (Merrill helped Benedicta with processing their sense of responsibility being fucked up but Anders and Fenris were the ones that started them opening up about what they went through growing up.)

This ask got rather sad but uidxgidxufv it's All That Remains ogvdxfuv