#verse sao

[catwif3]

AH YES! it is time for! the GIRLS. let's be real my original characters peaked with these two. lesbian disaster duo. bad idea queens. thomas says "hey let's do 'x'!" and vaska says "SOUNDS GREAT! SHALL WE IMMEDIATELY?"

vaska is a werewoof in this one because OF COURSE. thomas is.... mostly-human. possibly some faerie or similar blood. slightly fragile and slightly telepathic, you know how it is.

i spent a long time in the development of this verse trying to think my way around costuming a society that may have reverted to various historical-esque forms of dress simply because a lot of trade that enables mass-manufacture has been stopped (by video-game esque levels of constant monster attack, you know how it is), but also has been through the modern era and like, remembers our forms of dress as ALSO history

[lielove]

“I’m so proud of you, you know that?” (From Yuuna)

𝐒𝐎𝐅𝐓 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 ♡

praise from her peers, coworkers and even fans was fairly common - as an idol it's something that you get used to. people will praise people when they deserve it, and they'll do it when they don't just to stay on their good side. the entertainment world was always one that revolved around keeping appearances.

but yuuna wasn't like all the others.

ai didn't need to know her life and backstory to know that much about her. she was a kind and gentle girl, dedicated to the arts, and someone that ai felt comfortable enough to be around.

and here she was telling ai that she was proud of her. the words are enough to bring a smile to the idols face, bringing her hands together with glee.

she's not sure what she did to be the subject of the praise - but she's certainly not going to reject it.

❝ that means a lot, yuuna !! ❞

[akuikami]

“ i suppose i owe you one. ” the bar was a ruin. tables shattered, wooden chairs reduced to splinters, and the air still thick with the scent of blood — none of it his own. sukuna bore a few scratches, a couple of bruises, but those who dared lay a hand on him had paid dearly. whether they were still breathing was a question he didn’t bother to ask, nor did it concern him. in the middle of nowhere, a few missing bodies would go unnoticed.

he poured dark liquor into a glass and slid it across the bar to the man opposite him, keeping the rest of the bottle for himself. he took a long swig straight from it, savoring the burn it left behind. “ been a long time, logan. ” for them, fifty years was nothing more than a blink. the last time he’d seen his old friend . . . sukuna absently twisted the ring on his finger before he let the thought — and the face that came with it — slip away.

“ glad to see you’re still kickin’. ” / thewulverine

[heavenbled]

“I suppose these wounds are still bleeding.” (Nighthawk

traveling overseas was becoming more and more of a past-time, so much so it began to feel even more like they didn't truly have a place to call home. they belonged to nowhere and everywhere at once, whispers on the wind and blurry pictures on the internet neptune was the one to surely run into. nighthawk should've stayed dead, she should've kept that costume off and she should've died as a figurehead alongside her fellow heroes.

but she didn't. she just continued to work in the shadows around the globe, wherever the wind took her apparently. in reality, sao and neptune alike just never wanted to stay too far from their twin and their work tended to sweep him up around the world in a whirlwind. and it's not uncommon to have nighthawk's own higher ups having them take a trip out of country to a conference of some sorts with other heroes in the underground.

admittedly, nighthawk created a rapport with eraserhead through prickly introductions and half-hearted grunts. they've started melting the metaphorical ice here and there, sometimes ending a night or two with a drink. most of the time, it had been neptune to be the one to take to an easy conversation with him, the more natural way she could handle a conversation thus earning her the role of conversationalist.

though sao peeked through sometimes, when something rung too close to home or when she simply just couldn't help it.

like now.

in an instant she rounds on him, ultramarine eyes flashing a bright periwinkle in that moment that neptune had given way to the (ancient) anger that sao held so tightly onto. nostrils flare and fist pounds the table but in the briefest moment she steels herself. chews her lip.

" they will always bleed, eraser. just like the memories of my heroes on skewers or crushed, eternally bleeding but never running dry. "

guess it would take a little longer for them to grow accustomed to each other. she takes a sip of her drink in an effort to calm the raging fire she felt prickling at her fingertips and within her heart. sao couldn't risk an outing in the difference between her and her counterpart, but she's thankful that they tended to act similarly - even with the occasional angry outburst.

@eraserisms.

[preciousangelyu]

@childoflegend

“And heeeere’s a big happy birthday to my favorite brother ever~” the girl chirped as she placed a gift into the other’s hands, a big grin on her face. “Of course, my Bubby got the best present ever because he has the best little sister ever. Happy birthday, Yuu!”

-"Who says that you are my favorite sister?" he asked simply, tone flat for a moment, sounding more like Guren than himself. It was almost as if he was mocking their father figure.

-He laughed than, not bothering to open the gift as he looked at Rise. "You realize that I don't care what you got me, right? You already gave me what I wanted." Yu paused as he set the box aside. "You woke up," he said simply.

-Yu had watched Rise be stuck in that death game for so long, to come out when she did. It was so close to his birthday that he even said to everyone that he didn't care about a party for him, use the cake to welcome his sister home.

-"I actually got you something, but I guess you will refuse to take it, until tomorrow, knowing you."

[infinitexmuses-m]

@worldly-diversity​ asked: "I'm… sorry for not telling you before." || Kirito to Sachi A meme (Too lazy to tag rn)  

“It... It’s okay.” She felt herself go quiet, lips pursing. She knew that there were many things she had never been told, nor did she expect to ever be told them. She wasn’t the strongest, and to be told things would lead to problems in the future for him, she was certain. It still hurt, but...

“Has everything been going well?. . .” She was. . . Genuinely curious.

[sad-boys-book-club]

"&" Ampersand - A Literary Companion

Selected stories with the themes of Bastille's upcoming project "&" Ampersand. And, of course, a love letter to my favourite band.

PART 1

Intros & Narrators: Wallace, David Foster. Oblivion: Stories. Little, Brown and Company, 2004./ Nancherla, Aparna. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome. Penguin Publishing Group, 2023.// Eve & Paradise Lost: Bohannon, Cat. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023. / Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Alma Classics, 2019.// Emily & Her Penthouse In The Sky: Dickinson, Emily. Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them. Harvard University Press, 2016. /Dickinson, Emily. Emily Dickinson: Letters. Edited by Emily Fragos, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011.// Blue Sky & The Painter: Prideaux, Sue. Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream. Yale University Press, 2019. / Knausgaard, Karl Ove. So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch. Random House, 2019.//

PART 2

Leonard & Marianne: Hesthamar, Kari. So Long, Marianne: A Love Story - Includes Rare Material by Leonard Cohen. Ecw Press, 2014./ Cohen, Leonard. Book of Longing. Penguin Books Limited, 2007.// Marie & Polonium: Curie, Eve. Madame Curie. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013./Sobel, Dava. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024.// Red Wine & Wilde: Wilde, Oscar, et al. De Profundis. Harry N. Abrams, 1998./ Sturgis, Matthew. Oscar: A Life. Head of Zeus, 2018.// Seasons & Narcissus: Ovid. Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation. Penguin, 2004./ Morales, Helen. Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths. PublicAffairs, 2020.//

PART 3

Drawbridge & The Baroness: Rothschild, Hannah. The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013./ Katz, Judy H. White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-racism Training. University of Oklahoma Press, 1978.// The Soprano & Her Midnight Wonderings: Ardoin, John, and Gerald Fitzgerald. Callas: The Art and the Life. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974./ Abramovic, Marina. 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. Damiani, 2020.// Essie & Paul: Ransby, Barbara. Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson. Haymarket Books, 2022./ Robeson, Paul. Here I Stand. Beacon Press, 1998.//

PART 4

Mademoiselle & The Nunnery Blaze: Gautier, Theophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Penguin Classics, n.d./ Gardiner, Kelly. Goddess. HarperCollins, 2014.// Zheng Yi Sao & Questions For Her: Chang-Eppig, Rita. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023./ Borges, Jorge Luis. A Universal History of Infamy. Penguin Books, 1975. // Telegraph Road 1977 & 2024: Kaufman, Bob. Golden Sardine. City Lights Books, 1976./ Wolfe, Tom. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited, 2008.

Original artwork created by Theo Hersey & Dan Smith. Printed letterpress at The Typography Workshop, South London.

[house-of-tales]

"Vai...e eu já to pensando em como revidar toda vez que ele abrir a boca pra isso. Jeito é que não falta."

— O Azul vai ficar um nojo também exibindo a Liriel.

[stillavoidingbaddays]

I used to think that Eve & Paradise Lost was my favourite from ‘&’ but after listening to Zheng Yi Sao & Questions For Her SO MANY TIMES, it’s quickly risen to my top spot. The change of tone from the verses to the chorus, the change from 4/4 to 3/4, the minor slip of the strings, the breakdown at the end, Dan’s vocal solo at the end, and the story telling??!!!

One thing to know about me is that when I LOVE a song, I start to hyper fixate on small 1-2 second sections in a song and play them over and over again because I love the finer details. For example, Dan’s vocal flip in the second chorus when he sings ‘the waves were high, but somehow you ruled them’, and the change to his falsetto voice at the end that when solo’d, its haunting to listen to in a good way.

I don’t know if you can tell but I love Zheng Yi Sao & Questions For Her

[amuseoffyre]

I was left unsupervised and wrote an OFMD S2 and beyond version of We Didn't Start the Fire 😁

Stede dream-fighting Izzy Hands, Ed is wrecking wedding plans, The republic, Spanish Jackie, Swede is quite the snack, Roach keeps cooking, Buttons pining, Wee John warns about the stabbing, Poor old Izzy getting dizzy, Tattoo on Ed's back. Minor Prince, puzzle chest, Swede says marriage is best, Thieving planned, husband chore, treasure chest right out the door, Indigo and coins gleam, Crew's got a new queen, Zheng Yi Sao and the Red Flag, The Republic, goodbye.

[Chorus] We didn't raise the flag But we'll keep it waving For this show we're saving We didn't raise the flag But they tried to drop it We won't let them stop it

[Verse 2] Izzy shot and Blackbeard done, Frenchie gets a promotion, Wooden boy voice, blood all over, Lucius is back. Good soup, the Queen wins, Is the Revenge sinking?? Izzy shoots Ed, the crew attack. Bonnet gets on, all escape though Ed is gone, golden merman, raised from dead, come back to him, butt his head. Exiled. Magic bowl, Buttons turning to a gull, Leg kaput, make a new foot Unicorn is Izzy

[Chorus] We didn't raise the flag But we'll keep it waving For this show we're saving We didn't raise the flag But they tried to drop it We won't let them stop it

[Verse 3] Apology, cat bell, Lucius pushes Ed as well, Fang on a fishing boat, Stede's got a cursed red coat, Ed reflects, fish is his, Time for a little kiss. Hand-in-hand, going slow, Hunted down by Ned Low, Planning party, urchins, Stede's bathtub used for drinks Drag, songs and rainbows, For goddess Calypso. Low comes, torture led, Took violin to the head. Stede is shaken, grabs for Ed Fireworks as they go to bed.

[Chorus] We didn't raise the flag But we'll keep it waving For this show we're saving We didn't raise the flag But they tried to drop it We won't let them stop it

[Verse 4] Ricky Banes, Zheng's plan, Bonnet is the fucking man, Ed is leaving, The British Invasion, Leathers brought from under waves, English soldiers put in graves, Jackie, poison-trained, Pirates get away again, Crew sad, Izzy dead, Stede is in the inn with Ed Revenge crew sail away Will they see another day?

[Chorus] We didn't raise the flag But we'll keep it waving For this show we're saving We didn't raise the flag But they tried to drop it We won't let them stop it

[Verse 5] Show cancelled, Jenkins sad, Casey says numbers were bad, Press takes a look, Is Zaslav a crook? Gay twitter here to fight, BS leak on bird-site, Pirate violence is a 'shock', HBO is roundly mocked, Time Square billboard, LA plane, DJenks says they're free again, Lubewatch trend, lots of press, New network stress, S2 now on BBC, Kristian Nairn live on IG, fans are craving what's in store, I can't take it anymore

[Chorus] We didn't raise the flag But we'll keep it waving For this show we're saving We didn't raise the flag But they tried to drop it We won't let them stop it It will still wave on, and on And on, and on

[catwif3]

repostober day? 9?

it's time for! RENAE INTERLUDE

dated june & july 2019, renae was originally from the reverse fairytale licl au (i told you about the au's, bro), where lithi is a prince and forced to marry for the good of the kingdom even though he's in love with chlorine (a bridge troll) and so he has kids !

renae is the baby of the bunch and as such, vERY SPOILED, VERY OVERPROTECTED, kiiind of has something to prove, and also thinks she's totally invincible

incidentally, it was decided that in VAMPIRE au lithi also has kids, he just doesn't know about any of them (he's kind of a huge slut, guys).

AND THEN i brought renae back as a character for an urban fantasy rpg one of my friends was running, which lead to this (non-canon) comic where she has traced her ancestry back to this guy in the 1890's or whatever ONLY HE'S STILL ALIVE!!!!! (or undead, whatever). lithi doesn't like this. chlorine thinks it's the greatest thing that's ever happened to him.

[kid-brother]

Here is a Kirito drawing from SAO. I am not well-versed in drawing anime, so this took a few tries, but it turned out.

[akuikami]

i’m ready to talk about my onikuna / fantasy verse for suku

[heavenbled]

a collection of my fave nighthawk screenies <3 <3

NEPTUNE ANDAR

SAO TAE

[spigosaur]

VERY new to the Hatchetfield-verse. NPMD was the first ever Starkid musical I’ve seen so I’m trying to learn about the rest of the series

Uhhh lemme see- Headcanons…

Richie having an Asuna body pillow makes me think he’d quote the SAO abridged series. “Take the worst thing you can think of and multiply that by cancer” is something Peter and Ruth hear a lot

Ruth is actually well liked in the theatre program. The actors appreciate all she does and invite her to cast parties. Only reason she’s never gone is cause she thinks it’s some kind of prank (projecting as a former theatre kid—)

Stephanie would be into fanfiction culture. She just has the vibes/pos

Grace described Judas’ betrayal to Ruth and Stephanie once and they described it as “Toxic Yaoi”. She doesn’t tell them Bible lore anymore—

Heyoh!

I'm also kinda new to the fandom. I've watched tgwdlm and Black Friday a few years ago, but I didn't find out about nmt and never interacted with the fandom before npmd. But either way, welcome to hatchetfield and thanks for sending your headcanons!

I don't know if that's what you're referring to but in the show Richie only mentions his body pillows of Rei and Asuka (from Neon Genesis Evangelion) but I don't think that invalidates your hc at all! That obnoxious little disaster of a boy is constantly making references to the weebiest shit and when people don't understand him he calls them uncultured. (Ruth and Pete understand so many anime references because of him without ever having seen any of the media they're from)

Your Ruth hc makes me sad because it makes me think that she's been pranked in that way before and now she doesn't trust anyone who "pretends" to like her anymore :c

Steph I 100% agree with. She has that certain something, the alt style, she's totally a fandom girl. Although most people, even among her friends, don't know that about her. She probably has a tumblr nobody knows about where she yells about her obsessions but irl she never shows that side of herself until she starts hanging out with the nerdy prudes. Seeing them shamelessly gushing over their interests encourages her to let out her inner nerd too. When she eventually starts sharing her fanfics with the others, they're very supportive.

I don't think Grace would know what "toxic yaoi" means so now I'm imagining her being quite happy that her friends reacted so positively to a bible story just for her to look up what that means and. Yes I see why she wouldn't talk to them about bible lore anymore...

[msnihilist]

emotions that scare and confuse me. by Miss_Nihilist

Summary:

Asuna couldn't tell when, exactly, dislike gave way to fascination. She prided herself on understanding others — the better she understood them, the easier they were to manipulate. It was frustrating that she couldn't understand someone as simple and straight-forward as Kirito.

Until the day she finally could.

!! SAO ABRIDGED-VERSE !!

Preview:

"Hey, Klein?" Asuna spoke up from where she stood at the head of the table, the map with her strategy for their next raid laid out in front of her. The other members of their party had dispersed a while ago for lunch, leaving the two of them alone, so there was no audience to hear Asuna ask, "What do you know about Kirito?"

She was embarrassed that she was even asking, even wasting her time thinking about that asshole when she had a raid to plan. But Asuna hadn't been able to get Kirito out of her mind since he joined their raid party, and at this point, she was willing to swallow her pride in exchange for answers.

Klein didn't bother trying to hide his surprise. "You want to know about Kirito? But you can't stand him."

Asuna bit back the urge to threaten him into giving her answers. No matter how hard it was, she was not going to be like her father.

"Exactly," she agreed, "and that's a weakness in our party's ability to work together as a team. If I'm going to be able to trust Kirito with my life—" (the thought made her sick) "— then I need to know more about him. And you've known him longer than anyone here, so...?" Asuna tilted her head to the side, doing her best to exude innocent curiosity.

It must have worked, because even though Klein didn't look convinced, he slowly nodded. "Okay..." He looked away. "But I can't tell you very much. I know some of it, but Kirito's really... difficult to be close to. He doesn't like to talk about himself."

'Difficult' was a word for it. Asuna resisted the urge to roll her eyes and gestured for Klein to continue

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