#truly alive au

[doctorsiren]

I’ve been thinking about Miles as Serizawa quite a bit 😁

[godlyicarus]

seeing a gay middle eastern character with the name youssef (my name!!!) on screen on a major internationally adored show has truly healed something in me that i wasn't sure would ever heal so thank you for that @chronicintrovert, truly groundbreaking stuff

[quinloki]

Ooh ghost ship... horror but make it bittersweet. Imagine being a castaway. Delirious, struggling to survive on a barely functional escape boat, no food, soaked to the bone from the storm that constantly threatens to capsize you- and then through the fog comes a ship so huge it fills your whole field of vision. You drift to the side of it, the davit(I think that's what it's called? The crane they use to get little boats up and down) seeming to attach itself to your boat. You're welcomed aboard, something about all these larger than life figures feels surreal to you. It's like... you can't truly focus on their faces. But you're out of it, so you chalk it up to that, thanking them tearfully for the food the one in white serves you, the fresh set of clothes and warm blanket wrapped around your shoulders. One man, clearer than all the rest, gives you a checkup. Maybe even puts you on an IV after everything you've been through. You're there for a few nights, enough to recover, for your head to clear. And then you wake up, and... the ship is empty. The sky is clear. The quietest it's been in ages. You wander the deck, calling the names of the friends you've made, but you aren't close to death anymore. There's no response. But you find a proper dinghy, fully stocked. A map and log pose are laid out for you, and a letter wishing you well. And along with that- what appears to be a vintage photo of the crew.

THE EMOTIONS I WENT THROUGH READING THIS ANON

How

DARE.

T-T noooo my heart.

You did this right in front of my salad too, I just -

I need to recover.

[taddymason]

Does Jay sometimes tell Kaida stories to help her fall asleep? Did he ever tell her the story of Jack the Rabbit that Wu Lloyd told, where the moral was never to trust a snake and Kaida then thought the book was freaking racist? xD How would Kaida react to flying on a real dragon? :D How would Jay react if he ever met Kaida's biological parents?

thanks for the asks :D

Kaida actually asked Jay to read her bedtime stories quite often under the excuse that she needed to improve her Ninjargon reading, but it was because she found it entertaining to have Jay read in such different voices and doing bad, exaggerated accents to make her laugh. Plus he often changed parts of the story and the names of the characters even when re-reading the same book.

ahsjs ah yes, definitely Jay, who probably still has prejudices against snakes just like in s1, would read that story to Kaida only for her to point out confused at the end: ... Wait, don't you have fangs and a snake hiss? (and so Jay came to the conclusion that a snake must have bitten him in those years that he doesn't remember.) I think that eventually there are snakes working in the Administration would change his view of them a bit, but I see him still having this deep-rooted distrust.

Can't say; spoilers :)

I've left everything regarding Kaida's biological parents ambiguous, except for the fact that it's obvious that they didn't care about Kaida's condition once they left her, and knowing how impulsive Jay is, he'd probably be awfully hostile towards them, and his first reaction would be to tell them to fuck off. I don't see him being able to exchange a word with them without yelling/swearing at them. ALTHOUGH on some level he would understand if Kaida wanted to confront them directly, so he'd offer her the chance to have closure with them if they ever showed up, even if he's against them seeing her again.

[theshadowrealmitself]

“Sasuke doesn’t get why I don’t hate him sometimes. Like, he sees the similarities between our situations, his brother being used as a pawn to kill their parents, and Obito, someone who could’ve been like a brother to me, being used as a pawn to kill my parents. And I get it, I see what he means, but I just can’t hate Obito.”

“I know he feels alone and he wants me to feel the same way so he’s not, but…”

“I thought about my parents a lot as a kid, who they were, if they just died accidentally or if I was abandoned, and then I found out I was a jinchuuriki. And, well,…there were times I didn’t even think I was actually human, didn’t think I actually had parents.”

“Sasuke…Sasuke spent so many years hating Itachi for what he did, but me? I didn’t even know there was somebody to blame.”

“…I thought maybe I was the one to blame.”

[saltsongwc]

Since Onewhisker gets the boot out of life, does the Darktail thing still happen?

Gotta be honest my knowledge of AVOS is limited to Nettletail and Sleekwhisker's MAPs and PMVs and frankly I'm not sure if I want to get to that point, I still need to figure out how the au impacts PO3 and OTS so put a pin on Darktail and I'll revisit him at a later date

[pynkhues]

Hey sorry, I’m not creative in the slightest and wanted your input on this rando thought I had just now. If Nicolas was still alive or a ghost and, maybe, after Lestat, how do you think his relationship with him would be? And with Louis?

Hey! And ah! Don't say that you're not creative, anon, because having the random thought and asking it is, in itself, creative. Creativity is, to me at least, just about being curious, and giving yourself the space and outlet to be curious. Asking questions is a huge part of that, and I love that you asked me because it gets my creative brain ticking, but I'd also encourage you to ask it of yourself too. I think asking yourself questions and finding your way to an answer is a really great way to nurture your own creativity, particularly if it's maybe something you're not used to doing. :-)

But yes! It's really interesting to think about your question in terms of this ask that I just answered, because their relationship is a complicated one, and like I said there, I think more complicated than it gets credit for.

The nature of Nicki's death means that if he was to survive and still be there in the present timeline, he'd have had to have some sort of personal reckoning with himself and to be on a sort of path to recovery? Which I do think would probably involve acknowledging that he and Lestat don't work together. If that was the case, I don't know if I think he'd go after Lestat romantically or otherwise, but I do think he and Lestat could potentially reconnect and have a tentatively positive relationship? I think it would be a really bittersweet one in the sense that their break-up was ugly and cruel, and that they're both so tied up in very traumatic events in each other's lives and that they were unable to hold onto each other through that, but I like to think they might reach a mutual acknowledgement of what they were to each other, and have that sort of tenderness that you often have for a first love.

I feel like they wouldn't see each other very often, although I think Lestat would know where Nicki is because I do think Nicki would stay with the Paris Coven if he survived. There are implications to that, of course, if you think Louis and Claudia still would've ended up there in canon if Nicki had survived, but if we're going full AU and the trial never happened, I kind of like the idea that Lestat and Nicki might visit each other on occassion, and after the initial awkward tenderness and reminiscing, they'd mostly just get a bit drunk and bitch about musicians and the state of the arts, haha.

I do strongly, strongly feel that Louis and Nicki would hate each other though, hahaha. I think that would partially be tied up in both of them being inherently jealous people when it comes to Lestat, but also I think their personality types are too similar and their interests and careers too vastly different? Like you KNOW Nicki would have snide comments about Lestat ending up with a capitalist who gentrifies poor, artistic neighbourhoods and sees art as products and artists as disposable, just like you KNOW Louis would have a running biting commentary about how Nicki's an ego-driven, not-as-talented-as-he-thinks-he-is, college dropout and musical washout working for a glorified amateur theatre, and obviously he and Lestat would never have worked and thank god they ended when they did. I just know they would not be subtle about it either, especially if they do all end up seeing each other more regularly.

Hilariously though, I actually think Nicki and Claudia would get along extremely well, haha.

[mars-ipan]

hmmm. thought a little too hard about repression and keeping your mouth shut and pretending pretending pretending and then marzi doodles happened

[cheswirls]

magi rambling

idk it jus hit me out of nowhere how much i love magi fic and how sinja is portrayed in such. imo THEEEE best magi fic of all time is works cowritten by galiko and daphnerunning, those two were genuinely on galaxy brain mega dimension level thinking full time, but like less abt magi meta as a whole and more on how the characters are so true to themselves and their flaws

it's been so long that in not gonna be able to remember who all did it but i def remember all of galiko's sinja fic that also portrayed sinbad/judal to some extent, that it was made very clear in the text how differently and on different footing both relationships stood. judal especially in their hands was written so well in a way that changed how i viewed the character in canon to some extent and in every other piece of fictional media. like how can you write someone so pathetic and deceptive and a bastard and it's all perfectly in character

I've never been into sin/ju and i don't think i ever read anything w them in fic seriously or w/o skimming but i did sit thru enough to know how the galiko/daphne pair brought them forth and made it very wanton-ly obvious that sin is always just manipulating judal and leading him on to get what he wants at the end of it all, but in contrast, it's clear that he so deeply loves ja'far in ways mere words cannot express

to see the relationship dynamics compared and contrasted in fic was always such a treat because sin treats almost everyone like they're a stepping stone used to further his own objectives, but then he treats his advisor like a genuine person. shows real care and concern, becomes inconsolable when ja'far is hurt, refuses to quell his rage for any reason when someone has wronged ja'far. his advisor truly is his precious person that he can strip down out of his title as king and just be sinbad around.

and this is even further glorified when ja'f knows but insists he doesn't!!! playa it off bc sin is king and this is uncouth!!! only to have such moments of weakness when anything goes terribly wrong and he's suddenly on the brink of death, terrified of leaving sin behind all alone, letting himself have just as long as it takes to recover the bare minimum amount to bask in sin's unending devotion. they truly do treat each other differently in canon and otherwise and it's so gratifying to see and realize each time as someone who loves sinja so dearly

[dark-elf-writes]

Lol- Fawn Spots Harry, after awakening as Thanatos, has some biases.

Sure as Death he should technically deter his best friends from seeking immortality via becoming Vampires, but as Harry he knows that's a helpless endeavor. So he suddenly becomes blind and deaf whenever those two are discussing the merits of becoming Vampires within his vicinity.

Neville discovers that his plants take longer to wilt than any other plant, and whilst he could chalk it up to realizing Demeter is his ancestor, there was a gap between then and the mysteriously long lived plants. One that ended when Harry became Thanatos, but not. He decided to just shrug and not think about it too much afterwards.

Luna, who noticed that her father as he ages is still in good health. Oh sure his bones creak and he gets gray hair and wrinkles, but otherwise he's just as spry as he was all her life. She just smiles and gives Harry an anonymous thank you letter.

I'll be blunt here Percy probably became immortal via helping Hades with his paperwork and Hades decided to throw him a bone lol-

But most obviously of all, Sirius. Who, upon falling into the Veil of Death was shoved out because Harry instinctually knew it wasn't his time yet. After all, the Veil goes to Death's realm, and as Death, Harry refuses to let in those he cares for until it is their time.

If there one thing a god is allowed to be, it’s selfish. In fact, it’s more of a requirement than anything.

Harry is no exception to the rule.

But he has never been good at being wholly selfish, has never been able to get the butter reminder of the Dursleys out of his mind, but for his friends? For his family? He would rewrite the very laws of reality to keep them happy.

So he lets Ron and Hermione scheme a way to live forever. He smiles as he whispers to Neville’s plants when he helps his friend in the garden Hades and Persephone set aside for him. He runs a hand through blond locks and murmurs too quiet for mortal ears to hear “Not yet, friend.” He appears outside of a familiar flat downtown in the middle of the night wild-eyed and banging on the wood until Hydra lets him in so he can make sure Sirius is still there and not on the other side of the veil. He gives his heart Percy with a smile, knowing deep down that he would give him immortality without hesitation if his loved only asked, no matter what the other gods might think.

(He did not expect someone else to beat him to it, however, and he certainly didn’t expect it to be Hades rather than his grandmother who did. But perhaps he should have. For all Aphrodite knew him in this life, Hades had worked hand in hand with Thanatos since time immemorial, had been one of the few to mourn for Death itself when he grew tired enough to decide to start again, had watched with guilt in his eyes and dread in his heart as this new iteration of his old friend went through trial upon trial until he finally achieved his birthright. Giving Percy Weasley immortality was no hardship when he knew how happy the man made his old friend, his nephew as Aphrodite sometimes teased. Besides, Percy was the best secretary he had ever had and there was no way Hades was giving that up to something as preventable as mortality. He was allowed to be selfish too.)

And, really, who was to say that all of it was Harry’s doing? His friend’s lives had become so untwined with Olympus that it could very well be Persephone nurturing Neville’s plants or Apollo granting Luna and her father long lives, and gods didn’t even know what all Hydra had up his sleeve to keep Sirius annoying him for the rest of their lives.

[gracebethartacc]

WAIT WAIT WAIT So was Amaya once an actual person that Magnifico knew and loved but she died so he recreated her and made her into the marionette? Or was she never a person and he invented an entire new person so he wouldn’t be alone?

i think the second one!! like he just straight up created her from scratch

[planet4546b]

i do wanna try my hand at a no dl6 au sometime cause i’ve been thinking of it a lot the past two days and i mostly wanna have fun with the miles ziska dynamic (<- evil things happening) but im going to patiently wait because every aa protag needs their government assigned buddy and miles already HAS a government assigned buddy in kay so i wanna see if her role can be ported over too. phoenix is around he’s just not following miles around to crime scenes and such he’s chilling with the feys and being a flop. As is his nature

[stellerssong]

5 and 29 please?

5—what’s a fic idea you’ve had that you will never write?

having given the matter a great deal of thought, i’ve come to the conclusion that i have no interest in writing a corinthian/lucienne femdom hatesex on the beach fic, on the grounds that i’m personally not compelled by the fantasy it presents. apologies to everyone who read the middle section of that sentence and immediately went AWOOGA AWOOGA BARK BARK BARK BARK AWOOOOO like a cartoon character. i know you are out there and i heard you do it.

the real bummer of this whole affair, though, is the fact that “beg me to spare thee the back of my hand” would have been a kickass title. free to a good home, friends!

29—share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic.

i don’t work in drafts, so everything that’s been cut from existing fics has been sent to hell already. but what i CAN offer you is this (probably obnoxiously long) snippet from a portion of wereverse that i will probably never actually post about, lovingly nicknamed, “the bath time fic”:

The tub isn’t quite wide enough for them to sit side-by-side, and he moves toward the tap a little so Lucienne can lower herself into the water, angles himself so his cheek is to her, rather than his back. A dark glitter as his gaze flicks over her body. She knows it’s ridiculous to have an attack of modesty right now, but she brings her arms up to cover her breasts. “There,” she says, too cheerful even for her own ears. “Does that help?” Dream makes a small noise in his throat. Maybe assent. Hard to tell. But he does reach out with one hand and rest his knuckles gently against Lucienne’s knee. You can tell he’s getting keyed when he starts grabbing and clinging and clawing at you. Light touches are a good sign. They mean he’s present enough to be careful. (Well. They mean something’s present enough, says a voice in her head that sounds a lot like Cori. She ignores that, as best she can.) “Is the water warm enough?” A nod. Better and better. “Do you need me to soap you, or…?” Silence for a moment. Dream’s throat works, like there’s a reply stuck in there trying to get out, but in the end he just unfolds one slim arm and picks up the bar of soap himself. “All right. Well…” Lucienne settles herself a little uncomfortably against the back of the tub. “Just—let me know. If you need anything.” His white lashes go up like a pair of dove’s wings. Luminous dark underneath, whites visible only at the corners. A creature’s eyes, an animal’s eyes, for all that he’s being so good about holding onto his human shape. That’s going to be…difficult to explain to people not in the know about his condition, at some point, but Lucienne’s not thinking about that yet, she’s just thinking about immediate concerns, practicalities— He shifts position slightly so the tips of his toes are resting against hers. A faint line works its way in between his brows. He still doesn’t speak, but that expression is plain as black ink on white paper: is this okay? Lucienne has to smile at that. Her face aches, like she’s lost the muscle memory sometime in the past however-many weeks. Footsie. Aren’t the two of them fucking adorable.

[theconfusedartist]

maybe this is weird (and I do promise I’m dropping the rest of the lore in a hour or so) but

in the rewrite, i always write Altaïr as seeing Desmond as:

Altaïr: this is my little brother, my son, my best friend, and annoying twin that makes all the reckless mistakes i already learned from. i love my boy, but damn if he doesn’t be doing some wild shit

wereas Desmond is like

Desmond: i love Altaïr! he’s my brother, my best friend, one of the few people who I’d happily consider my father, my face twin, and (did I already mention?) best friend! he makes a lot of mistakes, and we disagree about lots of stuff, but i’m so happy he’s in my life

Altaïr in permutation 17: this sucks. Des isn’t even here right now (hist time) and he can’t even hear me when I’m trying to talk to him (in modern time)

Desmond in permutation 17: this sucks. Altaïr isn’t even here right now (modern time) and I’m so fucking lonely !! !! !! now I’ve gotta die to turn on the eye and then what?! no one is coming back for me!! I don’t even know where Alex is, I’m just praying that I’ll survive after dying to get Elijah and keep him safe, but this shit sucks!

[arcxnumvitae]

Cariad. His Cariad.

[thejellybeanboys]

How embarrassing are everyone's parents during valentines?

(Luis has gotten up from the pile of cards, giving up for now)

Luis: “VERY. MUCH. anon....here let me show you a small example.”

Luis: “Again...This is just a small example... They're much worse in real life, like talk about gross.”

Cecil: (“At least you're parents love each other...”) :((

Leroy: (“At least your mom isn't only seeing some old warrior dude.”)

Benny: “Mines are kinda embarrassing too, they keep trying to make up new strategies of how to increase the price of Valentine's day candy or go on luxurious dates to Paris or Cancun, well at least they take me too but I don't stick around to see them smoochy kiss, that's too inappropriate.”

Codey: “Um sure, totally relatable things to say Benny. Anyway Well my moms at least know that I don't care for the holiday so they just do their own thing and I do mine simple as that.”

Jeremy: “I don't like talking to my parents at all so I don't really know how embarrassing they can get during this holiday...well actually there was that one time they really tried to make me give a valentines to this boy i didn't like, only cause his dad worked with mine or something.”

Mason: “My pops goes on dates around this time, I usually help him get ready or be encoumaging, y'know dapper up my old man so he can have a good night out.”

Hoagie: “Erm well my parents just do simple things. Sometimes they stay home and watch a movie or go on a double date with my uncle Chuck and Whammer. They're not really embarrassing--at least not to me.” (And Mason the word is encouraging not encoumaging.)

Wil-Liam: “.... Um yeah-- um my parents they are parents--they are so embarrassing haha, like wow can't be living without them being all in love...or something? Like doing embarrassing parent things because they are parents...”

Luis: “....okay? Hmm back to my issue, I guess my parents just win official worst embarrassing Valentine's day couple ever. They're so sappy and ugh why do they have to be so love dovey when I'm around? Can't they wait until I move out so they can act like that?”