#tysm this was very fun to answer!!!

[kybelles]

So I found this around, can I ask for Damen/ Laurent?

♥ Send a ship and I'll give you who:

- Gives nose/forehead kisses

- Gets jealous the most

- Picks the other up from the bar when they’re too drunk to drive

- Takes care of on sick days

- Drags the other person out into the water on beach day

- Gives unprompted massages

- Drives/rides shotgun

- Brings the other lunch at work

- Has the better parental relationship

- Tries to start role-playing in bed

- Embarrassingly drunk dancer

- Still cries watching Titanic

- Firmly believes in couples costumes

- Breaks the expensive gift rule during Christmas

- Makes the other eat breakfast

- Remembers anniversaries

- Brings up having kids

HELLO 💕 oh this looks fun!

gives nose/forehead kisses: damen cause the height difference 🤭 but i like to imagine laurent returning the favor when they're fresh out of the baths and he's toweling damen's hair (there was a very lovely fanart about it but i couldn't find it!)

gets jealous the most: i'm gonna say both! only damen outright admits he's jealous while laurent quietly steams in anger before finally cracking

picks the other up from the bar when they’re too drunk to drive: hmm i'm gonna go with laurent picking up damen

takes care of on sick days: both 🥺 their phantom thread slay <3 (I'M JOKING)

drags the other person out into the water on beach day: definitely damen

gives unprompted massages: DAMEN IT'S LITERALLY CANON (and what a scene it was 😳)

drives/rides shotgun: damen drives and laurent rides shotgun but occasionally damen also wants to be the passenger princess

brings the other lunch at work: i'm gonna go with both 🙏

has the better parental relationship: damen but laurent has a better relationship with his brother (again, canon)

tries to start role-playing in bed: LAURENT 🗣️🗣️ anyone who sees this post MUST go read one way or another immediately!!!

embarrassingly drunk dancer: damen but he actually rocks it he's not embarrassing 💅

still cries watching titanic: i don't think neither of them cries during titanic...

firmly believes in couples costumes: damen! style is everything

breaks the expensive gift rule during christmas: both 💀 they are loaded so they don't set up a rule like this

makes the other eat breakfast: chef damen is a beloved hc for me 🫶 his baklava is to die for!!

remembers anniversaries: both cause they are crazy about e/o

brings up having kids: i feel like this is an unpopular opinion but i don't think neither of them are very crazy about kids?? like i love the concept of them fostering nicaise but i don't think they would want like a new born or something?? just my two cents

[necrotic-nephilim]

For the ask game, Jason/Tim where the Pit makes Jason possessive rather than mad and so he imprints on Tim as being his and needing to take him and make him fully his, turn Tim into Jason's own creature? I think that could be a cool idea, since the Pit has different effects on different people.

for the ask game!

oooh, i love explorations of what the Pit does to the psyche, especially if it falls outside of the typical Pit Madness schtick. here's how i would try and write that

so what i think is fun about Jason and the Pit is, he wasn't *dead* when he got dunked, he was just mentally catatonic. dunking him in the Pit was a gamble on Talia's part and Ra's even points out in Red Hood: Lost Days it may not work. so to have it work but just... wire Jason *differently* is a lot of fun to me. i like the idea of Jason being a bit aimless after the Pit. he's got his wits to him but it's still the "came back wrong" vibes. and when Talia shows him the pictures of Tim as Robin, trying to show him that Bruce replaced him, it has the opposite effect. Jason's wires are crossed in all sorts of directions and all he can think of is he won't let what happened to him happen to another kid. so he spirals, looking into Tim and getting more and more obsessed. what starts as a genuine concern for Tim's safety becomes a possessive imprinting. Tim becoming Jason's purpose.

one of the defining things about Jason's feelings on Tim, in canon, is feeling like Tim is being held back by his loyalty to Bruce. so, i don't know how literal you meant creature, but i'm taking it balls to the walls bc i like fucked up monster vibes. the *how* is the fun part of it. it's easy for Jason to corner Tim, kidnap him. but how does Jason decide to corrupt Tim? i know the Court of Owls is a New-52 thing and i'm going off of pre-Flashpointt, but, i think it'd be fun to steal it. just because well. i really fucking like Talons. and Jason making Tim a Talon would be a twofold thing- for one, it protects Tim. it's a lot harder to kill a Talon than a person. and for two, it makes Tim easier to control. i think Tim would fight it hard, but the Talon programming combined with Jason's fierce protectiveness would snap him pretty easily.

Jason would be smart about it. he'd keep Tim locked up for at least a few months. because if Robin goes missing, then the calvary is going to start looking for him. Batman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Oracle, Huntress, the Titans, everyone. and Jason knows even if he puts a mask on Tim, he needs to wait. needs to let the smoke blow over. so for months, it's just Jason and Tim somewhere underground where no one can find them. that's where the bulk of their bonding comes in. because i do think Jason would want Tim to *genuinely* like him outside of just monsterous programming. Jason would work to earn that trust, even if it's through manipulation. tbh i think he'd lie to Tim, either gaslighting Tim about his loved ones not looking for him, or straight up tell Tim he's imagining having been Robin. anything that deconstructs Tim's idea of a support system outside of Jason. Jason is Tim's savior, in his eyes, and he'd want Tim to believe that too. that Jason had to protect Tim, from the Bat. very fucked up vibes.

once Jason's sure it's safe, he'd slowly start making his presence known as Red Hood, with Tim by his side. Jason would still want to do the whole Red Hood thing, but now, he has the ability to taunt Bruce about Tim. it'd be a fun mind game for Jason, telling Bruce that he lost *another* Robin. (three, if you count Steph) meanwhile, Jason gets to go home to Tim the whole time. it's a fun game to him, while also making him preen that he's protecting what he believes belongs to him.

eventually, the truth would come out. but by then, Tim's too deep in Jason's pocket to listen to anyone, even Dick. he'd lash out at anyone claiming Jason is manipulating him, and he'd be Jason's perfect little partner. very fucked up ending where Jason and Tim are "happy" together, but in the most fucked up way. i'd give Tim a new codename, something like Shrike because that sounds fun and pointy. they'd almost be a Batman and Robin parallel/foil, in a way.

also, just as a bonus alternative: another route i think you could take this idea is playing with Joker Junior. like, Jason imprinting on Tim *just* as Joker kidnaps Tim. so that's what sets Jason's plans into action, he was going to wait for the perfect moment but now, Tim is missing and Jason will be *damned* if someone gets to Tim first. and since Jason has well. firsthand experience with the Joker, he's able to find Tim first and since Tim is so mentally shattered at this point, it makes him easy to manipulate. easy to get him to traumabond onto the person who saved him and even once he's mentally recovered, he's so attached to Jason he wouldn't want to leave Jason. and maybe Jason would use Lazarus Resin or something similar to make Tim more creature-like, and even get Tim to agree to it, under the guise of it helping protect Tim. this route could be fun bc it plays more with just how "consensual" it is for Tim and how much he really has his wits about him, choosing Jason after being brainwashed.

[staticart]

you should totally draw how you picture lord vile

Behold, the bastard

[cowboyinternist]

Might I please have a List of your very favourite Sheriff Sam Moments

YES YOU CAN!!!

this is by no means an exhaustive list but definitely the moments i think of most often ^_^

i loooveee. this part. they’re rlly fun to look at in general in this arc but this bit in particular has always stood out to me? their eye shadow for sure has glitter in it (detail i decided on when i was like 13 that i still stand by). it’s just silly. they’re irritated.

and then i really love all the live shows. i think that’s like,, Peak Unfiltered Sam. this goes for every other character as well but i really like hearing from them directly as opposed to through cecil. also their VA is just fucking awesome. LOVE her. my favoriteeee live show with them rn is the haunting of night vale? but it changes occasionally.

in that same vein, their bit in episode 88! i see people say often that wtnv drops off in year four, but actually this episode is when it gets good. the song choice. they have a caffeine headache and they don’t even drink caffeine. EYE think that they just like to drink tea and don’t realize that it has caffeine in it. they’re pretty upset about it though.

also rlly rlly love this part from 228! it makes me sad that this is one of the last time they’re mentioned in this arc because i find the VERY sudden malice between them and janet really fascinating? and this is like a really big turning point. REALLY wish they were even hinted at in 230. miss them.

and i know a lot of people don’t like the frank chen arc? but EYE do. they have a lot of rlly great moments in that one. like they literally necromance someone. come on.

probably missed some things and will be annoyed about it later but yeah ^_^ live laugh love sheriff sam.

[vagabond-umlaut]

HIIII KIT <333333 you said you were okay w selfship asks so!!!!! here i am :33

first of all >:3 i’m a sucker for the falls first/falls harder dynamic, so!!! in your selfships, who fell first and who fell harder?? 🎤🎤 or did you both fall at the same time??? i need to knowwww!!! 

anddddd i also . love & adore….. sun/moon pairings……… 👉👈 so i’d love to know where your selfships fall on that scale too!!! :3 i get sun vibes from you but i could see moon too…. super curious to hear abt this one hehe

anyway!!!! ily kit <3333 i hope sukugo r treating you nicely!!!!! feral cat men smh…

AAAHHH ARIIi, TYTYTY FOR SENDING ME THESE QUESTIONS! I SERIOUSLY LOVE ANSWERING ASKS ON MY SELFSHIPS SM— i'm hugging u so very tightly rn *mwah mwah mwah* @twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat

who fell first? who fell harder?

kitoru

honestly speaking, the lore of my ship w satoru changes w the seasons 🤭🤭 but acc to the information i hv as of summer 2024, i'm the one who fell first. and 'toru is the one who fell harder. i fell for him a very long time ago— back when i was in my mid teens and he was in his early twenties. but nothing romantic happened then– wtv hints i gave him either went over his head or he intentionally side-stepped them. and i js stopped giving him hints after one or two failed attempts, js staying happy with staring at him from afar, or yk, relishing wtv moments i used to get him as being one of his acquaintances... [he used to see me as a 'friend'. i nvr thought he cld see me as a 'friend', haha] but yk, when we grew up, i crossed quite some distance into my twenties and he too entered his late twenties— this is when the tectonic plates of our relationship slowly started shifting. i cld feel it, but i did not want to hope once again js to get heart-broken a second time— satoru, however, felt the shift like an earthquake. it's like, one moment he was thinking of me like he wld think of a friend, but then smthng happened, and he was like, "oh. this isn't how i think of shoko or nanami. oh. oh."— and well, let's js say, satoru was not rly in the mood for dating... he was more like, "omggg, ily! i'll take care of u! i'll make sure u hv a happy life! why don't we get married engaged, hm?" [i love my men a bit yandere 😂]

kitkuna

i think, mr. darcy's words fit sukuna and my dynamics the best 😄— “i was in the middle before i knew that i had begun.” we did not hv a very normal start to our relationship. sukuna js abducted me from my family and made me his queen. and i js became his queen and began to live in his temple or palace or fort or wtv. and yeah, we js started living together the way two ppl married as if for tax benefits start living together under the same roof. tht is it... except, tht doesn't stay tht is it for long. usually, i wld be content w some yummy food, interesting books, and nice comfy clothes— but over time, i began to notice i was feeling stuff other than js content. over time, this heavy feeling inside my chest began to grow lighter and i began to feel freer— and i realised, it was because of this freedom i was experiencing here. smthng i nvr got to experience when i was w my family— that place was rly good, yeah. i was treated rly well. but i felt more like ' a bird inside a golden cage' there. this observation changed my perception of sukuna from a housemate to smthng more amiable, perhaps smthng more affectionate, and i tried to get closer to him, inch by inch— actually millimetre by millimetre, 'cause i love to test the waters 1st then dip my toe into it— and then one fine day, when i wake up from an afternoon nap and i find sukuna sitting at the table, totally immersed in scrolls of poetry... an odd thing happens in my chest— which occurs again at dinner a few nights later... when i notice him eating as messily as ever— smthng which repeats when i catch him napping one day, akin a big cat lounging in the shade— a phenomenon which starts to happen multiple times a day very very soon... needless to say, i quickly diagnose it as a case of falling in love w my hubby 😌😌 as for sukuna... i don't rly think he feels love... he kidnapped me 'cause he was lwk intrigued by me. [idk why] he married me 'cause he grew highkey intrigued by me. [i still hv no idea why 😭😭] and he gave me space, never tried to be bad or scary to me 'cause he gave me some amt of respect as his wife, his queen [i nvr went to his court tho. i preferred drinking fruit juice and reading a good book in the shade of a tree] [were u able to guess i'm lazyyy] but then, one day, few weeks after i was able to extricate myself from my jumbled emotions and reach a definitive diagnosis— i found him snoozing under the same tree i take rest under, w a very amateurish book titled 'how do you know you are in love'— and i actually got rooted to the spot. and sukuna, heaven knows how, woke up while i was busy gaping at him. and he made an embarrassed face and dashed away— uraume later confirmed, their lord was feeling an odd thing in their chest; esp the last few weeks— roughly the same time as when i first encountered my symptom. later tht night, when i started subtly teasing him, calling us soulmates, he js put a blanket over my head to shut me up, but did not kill me— guess he loves me, huh 🤭🤭

who is the sun? who is the moon?

be it kitoru or kitkuna, i think i'm the moon, babes 😇😇 tho not a full moon. i'm more of a waxing crescent, methinks... 'cause i feel like i'm bright, but not bright enuf to light someone's path thru a forest at night... i js hv the potential, heh [i'm defo not the sun, babes 😅😅 i can be a lil grumpy and mean tbh, hahaha] satoru and sukuna, on the other hand... i think they are the sun in our dynamics. they can be both the comforting sun of chilly winter mornings, when i need them to be here for me, to hug me, to kiss me, to love me— and the scorching sun of a summer noon, ready to burn anyhting and everything which dares to bother me... [i love satoru and sukuna being a little crazy in their love for me 🥰🥰]

they're treating me pretty well so far, babes 🥰🥰🥰 and fr fr— feral cat men make me go insaneeee 😂😂😂

now i too wanna know ur answers to these same asks for ur selfships, my loveee 🤗🤗🤗 [no pressure tho!! only if u wanna ❤️❤️]

[hermitkisser]

🎃 + 🌄 withhhh charles!

[ - @lotsloveslots ]

🎃 - How would carving pumpkins with your f/o go? What do you think theirs would look like?

I think it’d be some sort of school wide event, with everyone carving pumpkins (i don’t even want to think about how many pumpkins that would be…) I think Charles would try to carve a pumpkin, but get immediately overstimulated by the pumpkin guts and ask Cameron for help. They’d carve a cute kitty together :3

🌄 - If you were picking out each other’s outfits for the day, what would your f/o pick for you, and what would you pick for them?

^ Cameron’s choice for Charles! I think Charles usually goes to Cameron for style advice anyway so it’s pretty similar to his normal clothes. (Honestly it was between this outfit and one with a long skirt,, I think he’d be so pretty in a long skirt <333)

^ Charles choice for Cameron! Cameron doesn’t usually wear more earthy/brown tones but this is a welcome change.

[graveyartblog]

HEYYY HIIII FOR THE ASK GAME:

3, 10, 31, 45 for Vitor

50, 56, 15, 4 for Sam

17, 21, 27, 42 for Uri

and if u want, some free questions u can answer w any of your ocs: 43, 46, 1!!

(feel free to skip any of these im just chewing ur guys between my teeth. always)

I started yappin real hard so here's a tdlr of the undercut: my guys are so silly.

3.How often do they show their genuine emotions to others versus just the audience knowing?

I see what you're doing.

10.What fact do they excitedly tell everyone about at every opportunity?

What doesn't he excitedly tell everyone.. Something he's particularly eager to announce is when the troupe has arrived at a new town, Vitor is so so so excited and will make sure EVERYONE knows. He's inherently a bit of a thrill seeker now and gets hyped to tell the others about something exciting happening in town. or the fun that could happen on a new adventure, ect ect.

31.When do they feel the most guilt? How do they respond to it?

This ones honestly hard! But I think he'd feel the most guilt when accidentally harming someone he was trying help. He'd feel downright awful to hurt a friend he was trying to cheer up! Vitor would scramble to try and make it better, apologizing or trying a new way to make whoever feel okay. Which could just overwhelm and make the feeling worse, but he's trying, you know?

50.What belief / moral / personality trait do they stand by that you (mun) personally don’t agree with?

Sam, unfortunately believes that certain systems aren't inherently corrupt, it's just that there's bad actors who abuse it. And if they just removed those people everything would run smoothly. But TBH. I disagree with their everything, they're just, they're kind, they'll throw themself in the face of danger to protect others, but their self sacrificial concept is ungodly toxic! Never trust a paladin to be normal!

56.If they’re scared, who do they want comfort from? Does this answer change depending on the type of fear?

They.. do not like showing fear. As a knight to show fear is to cast doubt on those who believe in you, depend on you, look to you for protection, you can't give them a reason to be afraid too. However, Sam does tend to seek comfort from positions of higher authority. In a backwards attempt at seeking comfort after being defeated for the first time in their current party, they asked their leader (Claude) if they would be kicked out for being weak. They also use prayer as a form of comfort, there is no fear with their goddess to guide them.

15.What’s the most obvious difference between their behavior at home, at work, at school, with friends, and when they’re alone?

This is really tragic but I think Sam just looks very forlorn when alone. They just.. carry themself differently. Everyone respects them as a strong unwavering figure but they're kind of mopey when left to themself compared to their headstrong and introspective presentation as a knight. They're not like.. faking it persay? But there's a different vibe.

4.What’s a hobby they used to have that they miss?

They miss sparring with the other knights in training at their old guild. They know if they were to battle old friends again, it wouldn't be for fun this time around.

17.What do they notice first in the mirror versus what most people first notice looking at them?

Uri tends to notice any physical changes w/their body right off the bat when looking in the mirror, they're very aware of their form, so they tend to pay attention to necrotic developments w/their freak body (Thrilling for them.) And most people tend to notice their height (or lack thereof) first.

21.What common etiquette do they disagree with? Do they still follow it?

Handshakes and not kicking up your boots on the table. Handshakes feel like they're a competition to whoever got the strongest grip, n it feels like a formality only used by people trying to not rip each others throats out. They follow it though.. out of respect (sometimes.) They're gross with the boots thing but a cowpoke don't care. Look at their shiny spurs.

27.What’s the worst gift they ever received? How did they respond?

Worst gift to their sensibilities? Christmas Day. 1922. Received a gift by the one and only Victor "Charlie" Shelley. It was the mascots, Titled Mister Georgie, suit for the underdog baseball team Underdark Spiders

(art by @/nilovalentine)

Anyway they responded by making a deal with the bbeg about 30 minutes later!

The worst gift they received for their personal growth as a human being? A pistol as a child. And let's just say they're no dull marksman.

42.If invited to a TED Talk, what topic would they present on? What would the title of their presentation be?

"Just because you "DIED" it doesn't make me reviving you "UNHOLY": Why Necromancy is Modern Medicine."

43.What do they commonly misinterpret because of their own upbringing / environment / biases? How do they respond when realizing the misunderstanding?

More of a positive misinterpretation, bc of Uri's cowboy life, they follow the code of payback. If you scratch their back, they'll scratch yours. People don't do favors often in the underdark, and when they do, you don't want to be in debt to em. So They don't take kindness for granted or understand people being nice for the sake of being nice. It takes them awhile to understand. That people do favors without wanting things in return! It makes them feel very odd when realizing, but it's nice, isn't it? To be able to expend energy without cost?

46.Are they a listener or a talker? If they’re a listener, what makes them talk? If they’re a talker, what makes them listen?

Sammy is definitely more of a listener, while they'll insert their opinion when they feel necessary, outside of life or death discussions they tend to be more quiet n prefer listening to their friends talk. A pretty easy way to get them to talk though is asking about, well, morals, even if they don't know whats wrong from right anymore it is something they think about a lot. They also like talking about the art of weaponry and armor c:

1.What’s the lie your character says most often? One they say to themself quite often is that they're not scared.

54.What’s their instinct in a fight / flight / freeze / fawn situation? (Requested in another ask)

Sam's Fight, Uri's Fight/Flight (complicated), and Vitor's Fawn, maybe Freeze sometimes.?

[unexpectedbrickattack]

i wait for ur art like it’s christmas morning i swear…i get so excited everytime u post ur headcanons are so true and real and u make my little pepstavo heart full

WAAAU …..THANK U UR SO SWEET

[kotoal1011]

Hiii!! I'm here with some questions!! Have fun 🤗💕

🕯: Who’s more likely to stay up later at night while the other's fast asleep?

🧦: Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other when cuddling? Unannounced, even?

👻: What are your F/O's and your thoughts on ghosts? Do either of you believe in them or not?

🕯️: Who's more likely to stay up later at night while the other's fast asleep?

Definitely my wife. She always wants to look over me for a while before falling asleep herself, making sure I don't have any nightmares or something similar. And even when she is asleep, it's a very superficial sleep most of the time, so she quickly wakes up if something happens. On the other side, there's me... who falls asleep in a matter of seconds.

🧦: Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other when cuddling? Unanounced, even?

My hands are always freezing cold but hers are no exception, lmao. Sometimes she does it out of nowhere, only to tease me.

👻: What are her and your thoughts on ghosts? Do either of you believe in them or not?

K.otoko does not care. At all. So no, she doesn't believe in them. Me, however? I get scared very easily, and more often than not it's been because of, yeah, ghosts. In which case I cling to her as if my life depends on it and hide my face on her chest until she manages to calm me down. And it's not like she enjoys seeing me anxious or scared, but at the same time she's grateful to be the one who gets to hold me and comfort me even for something as silly as that.

[mariatesstruther]

okay hear me out modern au where Tommy and Maria first meet in a club in their 20s and they bump into each other while dancing and just start dancing together and they just hit it off but in the end they both forget to give each other their numbers so both of them go back to the same club the next week to hopefully meet each other again (also Tess and Maria definitely go clubbing together because I love them as best friends)

cowboy!!!! yes yes YES i LOVE this. and u could extend this meet-cute into like a whole thing where tommy and maria keep trying to meet at the club and exchange information, but something gets in the way everytime!!!! kid emergency!!! bar fight!!! cocaine bear on the loose!!! zombie apocalypse—who knows????

im thinking the first time, tess drags maria to a bar she likes because she’s been trying to get the attention of this hot dilfy guy at the bar, but he’s always tailing along with his friend. by tess’s design, maria and tommy meet and and hit it off and dance (to maria maria by santana) the night away. they fall in love and decide they want to go home together, so maria goes to the bathroom—but joel randomly comes up and is like “tommy, hey sorry selena’s mom called, sarah had a nightmare and she wants us both to pick her up, we gotta go” and in true miller dad-uncle panic they BOLT. by the time maria comes back, tess is like “idk dude, mine got a call so they had to go. seemed like an emergency. bummer” and they assume thats that

on the flip side: everythings okay with sarah, but after tommy and joel tuck her in tommy’s suddenly just like “fuck—fuck!!!!!” and joels like “what? what???” and he’s like “i didn’t get her number :(:(:(:( fuck” and so joel’s like “it’s okay, i see her friend there all the time” and so tommy’s like “omg :D do you have her friends number?” “well… no” “joel… what the fuck man.” so they make a plan to go back next week with the hopes of at least seeing tess and getting maria’s number from there—tommy also wants to get tess’s number for joel, but he doesn’t need to know that

little do THEY know, tess and maria are already plotting for next weekend. they show up to that bar looking fine as FUCK—they quite literally turn heads walking through the door. of course the miller brothers are there, sitting in a booth all the way in the back and waiting, making eyes. tess and maria are not shy, so they start making their way over. unfortunately, some drunk asshole decides to try to get handsy with tess on her way there—which results in her punching him in the face, which results in him trying to punch her in the face. she dodges, of course, but it starts a full-on bar brawl that the miller boys jump into without hesitation (joel manages to tackle and land a few good ones on og drunk asshole too so. slay.). none of them get arrested or anything, but they definitely don’t get eachother numbers on account of joel and tommy having to duck the cops

so i guess they gotta keep trying ;)

[ask-the-toybox]

“Thanks for the question! It’s always nice to talk about a friend! That time was a little... unfavorable. But good always comes from bad, right?”

[necrotic-nephilim]

Please infodump about the JayTimSteph Grotesquerie AU WIP if possible.

OF COURSE i've been thinking about it since i saw the trailer and now it's a little brainworm. (disclaimer i've not watched the first two episodes yet, this is like. solely on the vibes of the trailer. some details might change once i. watch the show depending on if i follow it or just go with the vibes the trailer gave me. which also means there will be no spoilers for the show if you care about that.)

the current idea involves Detective!Tim, Nun!Steph, and Priest!Jason. the vague idea for the plot so far is that a serial killer leaves a *very* artful display of a crime scene inside of the church that Jason and Steph operate out of. Tim is assigned as the leading detective on the case and ends up in a relationship with the both of them as he spirals in madness trying to catch the killer.

for Steph, i want to explore the idea of her father, Cluemaster, being a *very* prolific and artful serial killer who's whole gimmick was sending clues to the police until he was caught when Steph was still a child, and her and her mother were forced to go into witness protection for their own safety, which led her down the path of becoming a nun. it was a defining childhood moment for her to walk in on one of her father's crimes, so when she's the one who finds the crime scene in the church, it *immediately* sends her back to her childhood and she's caught between PTSD-fueled horror and a sick, enticing fascination. she wanted to become a journalist before going into WITSEC but that career was basically all but ruined for her. now she runs the small newspaper for the church and is desperate to write on the first "real" story she's ever had, dragging her into an intense obsession over the crime and trying to prove she can solve it.

for Jason, i want to deal with his history as Bruce. the current idea is that Bruce is Tim's police chief who adopted Jason and Dick from a young-ish age and raised them to be detectives, taking them to crime scenes as teenagers and teaching them the ins and outs of how criminals think. it leads to Dick becoming a detective, but when taking them to crime scenes led to Jason being kidnapped and brutally tortured by "Jack Napier", almost dying. Dick kills Napier to save Jason and it fractures their little family so badly that Dick switches departments to another city and Jason runs away at 17, eventually happening upon joining the clergy. he's the new, young priest in the church who's known for being very pretty but very emotionally distant even if he's nice enough. and he's *pissed* that Bruce is in his church investigating a murder and that no matter where Jason goes, he can't seem to get away from the horrors.

and for Tim, he's the young new detective in his department who is *entirely* unaware that he's been taken under Bruce's wing bc Bruce is treating him as a surrogate replacement for Dick and Jason. haven't fully decided his backstory yet, but it'll likely be similar to canon with losing his mother and father. i kind of want him to be lost and lacking a sense of direction. very gifted in noticing patterns and detective work, but it's clear he doesn't *really* want this job. and when he's assigned as the lead on a case that feels *way* too big for his experience bc Bruce is showing clear favoritism, he's forced to go to Steph for help, which leads to Jason ending up wrapped up with them too.

despite how heavy the plot *sounds*, i honestly want this fic to be like. 40% porn. like the show i want to explore a lot of fucked up sexual interests in Jason who's punishing himself for it, Steph being too interested in things for her own good and desperate for a taste of what "real life" feels like, and Tim just being incredibly repressed. like i want the line between horror and erotic to feel like a jumprope. lots of fucked up sex balanced with like. them actually trying to catch the killer. and then of course the emotional aspect of how Jason's baggage with Bruce works into all of it. also want Tim to have a mild hero worship for "the great Detective Dick Grayson" while being clueless that he's Bruce's son and Jason's brother. i sort of want it to be Steph-centric, but still have POVs from Tim and Jason just to round out their emotional arcs. i haven't fully decided everyone else who'll be in the fic but i know i want Cass to be a fellow nun and friend of Steph's, Babs to also work at the church, Helena to be Tim's favorite coworker, and possibly for Damian to be around somehow. those roles will probably get more fleshed out when i. watch the damn show tho.

anyway TLDR: religious imagery, body horror, kinky sex, and a mystery that might break everyone psychologically once they get to the bottom of it. i have some very specific scenes and dialogue planned out. probably cannibalism as a metaphor for love thrown in there too. idk i just want these three to be as fucked up as possible and unhinged about each other but fighting their repressed side with their unhinged feral side. and since it doesn't exist by god I'll create it.

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

WAHHHHH ARIIII THE MOODBOARDS ARE SO FUCKING CUTEEEEE WTFFFF I LOVE THEM arisugu being the cat n coffee n books kind of a couple and arigojo being the sweets n cats kind of a couple it just makes so much sense waaaoowwwww

and omfg i can't wait to see the arishoko moodboard too hehehehe i know it's gonna be so good - @teddybeartoji

MICKEY!!!!!!!! wahhhh thank u my beloved!!!! yours are sosososooooo cute and perfect too 🥺🥺🥺 i just saw the mizai one….. theeee cutest kitties ever. AND YES ARISUGU COFFEE/CAT/BOOKS COUPLE REALNESS…… and ofc arigojo and the sweets. we’d enable each other’s sweet tooth i fear……

ALSOOOO i just finished making the arishoko moodboard :33 here it is hehe . it ended up….. kinda chaotic……… but i hope you get The Vibes!!

……… and also. an arikenny moodboard 😔 my demons won…. he’s a freak and i love him dearly

[acornered]

because I am for some reason fascinated by fragrance and scents: what do your oc’s smell like?

OH FUCK YES!!

Holly- Sweat and leather, her natural musk, the oil she uses to polish her knife.

Ama- Cinnamon and clove, lavender and bergamot, musty linen and pipe tobacco, smoky and nostalgic.

Rae- Heady like rotting wood or stormy air, rich soil and burning leaves.

Sarah- Cigarette smoke and cheap floral perfume, hints of shimmer lights conditioner, occasionally sunscreen.

Adele- Old, classy perfumes, lilac and linen and citrus.

BONUS THAT ONLY YOU WILL CARE ABOUT:

Solaris- fruity body wash and citronella with hints of dirt and petrichor

[icehearts]

thornless rose and moss!

Thank you for the ask! <3 [ floral-inspired questions ]

thornless rose ; a flower for love at first sight .. for the first, or only, time my muse felt the pull of love at first sight.

She'd deny it until her dying breath, of course, but Esca was immediately drawn towards the headmaster of the alchemist's guild. Yes, Severian. The very same Severian who would hardly look her way unless it was to make a passing comment about whatever she might be working on — if she was so lucky. Even then, he never really saw her. The man was always so consumed with his own work, driven by some unknown passion, always producing immaculate results — or at least delegating orders for immaculate results. Maybe it was this passion that drew her in: his ceaseless pursuit of alchemical excellence in service — of what, exactly? It didn't really matter to Esca at the time, starry-eyed as she was. Her youthful fawning for the guildmaster would pass, as all things do, though she still admires Severian as a professional.

moss ; a flower for maternal love .. for my muse to elaborate on their mother, maternal figure/s, or on the concept of motherhood; whatever is most applicable.

By all accounts, Esca's childhood was an adequate one. As her Sharlayan-born father was often occupied with botany-related business of his own, Esca's Ishgardian mother wasted no opportunity to dote on her darling daughter, to provide her beloved offspring with whatever she needed — within reason, of course. The family's coffers were strained for as long as they remained in Ishgard, but the move to Ul'dah (who can resist the gil of wealthy Ul'dahn investors?) would change everything.

Not for the better, though. Perhaps it was the drastic change of climate that affected her, but Esca's mother would frequently suffer from illnesses of varying severity. The situation would only worsen, leading to the circulation of the worst kinds of rumors. How had Esca's father's promising new business so quickly earned the ire of the East Aldenard Trading Company? It's all so unfair. Her mother had never harmed a soul. If such terrible things still happen to good people, then what's the point of being a good person?

[frankenfossil]

for the space related asks, ⭐️ & 🛰?

whee!! thank you!

⭐️ Star - Do you have a favourite character? If so, why are they your favourite?

Oh no a very hard question actually... Probably the answer is evidently Emily and Dee since I spend more time thinking and writing about them than any of my other characters. POSSIBLY if I had to choose out of the two of them I'd pick Dee because I am kind of a sucker for a sad sack loser with emotional problems and I deeply enjoy thinking up situations to make him happy and/or traumatised. I also enjoy overthinking his powers and what kinds of things I have to tweak about physics for him to exist with the functions I've given him. (Such as recently I've thought of new objections to the plausibility of time travel but I think I've also thought of a way to resolve them storywise which I personally think is very funny, but if I learn more about physics before it comes up it might change.)

I love Zoe a lot but she is much harder to write and to draw for some reason? I feel like she is clear in my head but never comes out right somehow. It's weird.

I have other characters from other stories that I love too... another favourite who is unrelated to this story is a guardian angel whose first guardee died prior to the story beginning; clearly the angel fucked up a bit with that but gets a second chance, but then is pretty lousy with the second person too!! Trying to push them to fill the shoes of the first person.

Recently I found out that the person who inspired my first 'canon nonbinary' character (I didn't know that was a thing at the time tho) has since come out as for real nonbinary, which obviously makes a lot of sense lol. It was mostly about this one very cool jacket they owned. But that character was a strong fave for a long time... the story was terrible and really problematic lolol but ah well. Probably all the good parts of that character have gone into Dee and Zoe anyway.

I LOVE THEM ALL ;_;

🛰 Satellite - Do you have a character who is very dependent on another character? Is it healthy or unhealthy?

WELL. Again... Emily and Dee are each other's most emotionally intimate relatinship... Dee again is more dependant on Emily than vice versa, and less healthy about it, although I would say it's overall good for them both (but I would say the healthy/unhealthy balance varies over time and may be affected by external factors...).

Zoe is still on the periphery a bit but.............. well there are/will be some dynamics of questionable health there. She doesn't have particularly healthy attachments and is still not exactly over her previous friendship dynamic of being the second best friend of two besties who were shitty to her, and is still kind of stuck in the mode of 'trying to be exactly what the other person wants so they will like me'. Which Emily is not really aware of because she doesn't ever do that. Although the kinds of things Zoe plays up to try to be friends with her probably aren't as bad as what she has done to get OTHER people to like her, and she's relatively confident that Emily isn't going to use any of the stuff she knows against her.

Again, in terms of OTHER characters I have a couple where they are both disabled in various ways but one has more problems with mobility and communication than the other, and also had to be rescued from a kind of slavery by the other, which naturally gives the rescuer some pause for thought about the power dynamic there and whether she's ~taking advantage~ by falling in love with her at the same time (I mean by the time she even gets aware enough of her feelings lolol, gotta sort of pine without realising first!!)... but I'm trying to write that one as pretty healthy tbh, they're just trying to support each other through a difficult world yknow. And anyway the one who used to be a slave deliberately tried to square that debt immediately so it wouldn't be hanging over them both and is now mostly consumed with a quest for revenge lol. But also love.

I am going to.... stop rambling for now lol!!