#virtues catra

[antispopausandstuff]

more virtues shitpost

villain: the only reason you're still alive is that i find your stupidity... mildly amusing. catra: well, thank you. but i find your evilness extremely annoying. villain: who do you think you are, magicat? catra: who do YOU think i am, bitch? villain: catra: hehe... villain: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! catra, stressed: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! catra's mind: ADORA, HURRY UP!!!

[seradae]

I block ageless blogs on sight. No warnings. "18+" is not enough.

(Putting it at the top so hopefully more people see it 😾)

About me:

I'm 36 years old

I'm someone's mommy but not yours

I write erotica for the gays and theys

95% domme, 5% sub, 100% top

My DMs are open for chatting, but if you make things sexual or RP-y without enthusiastic consent, I will block instantly

I'm married to @sleepydelights and poly but not looking

If you DM me, include "ghost" in your first message or I'll likely ignore it

If you're a minor: do not follow me, do not like my posts, do not pass go, do not collect $200. I will block you and tell your goddamn mom.

DNI: minors, TERFs/transphobes, racists, fascists, detrans fetishists, sissies, zoophiles (sigh, I hate that this even needs to be said. IF YOU FUCK SOMETHING OR SOMEONE THAT CANNOT OR DOES NOT CONSENT, IT IS RAPE AND IT IS WRONG), anti-SW or "don't pay for content"

I block ageless blogs on sight. No warnings. "18+" is not enough.

Feel free to send me asks! Requesting stories is encouraged. Requests with the most detail (specific kinks, genders, scenarios, etc) always get priority

Please check my list of kinks and limits!

If a story of mine helps you cum, I will always appreciate hearing that 👉👈 (you don't need to share details, I just have a praise kink and want to do good)

All of my stories:

I wrote a book about lesbians in space!

Strapped In [TF/NB] [bondage]

Relaxation [TF] [drugs] [breeding] [mdlg] [somno]

Soft Touches [FF] [soft] [mdlg]

Remote Touch [F/NB] [long distance] [somno]

Hide And Seek [FF] [TF] [primal] [breeding] [puppy play]

"You Can't Beat Me" Always Works [FF] [breeding] [CNC] [She-Ra/Catra]

Attitude Adjustment [FF] [brat taming] [edging] [overstim]

Wait For It [omorashi] [watersports] [FF] [TF]

The Club [MF] [slavery] [ddlg] [kidnapping] [human auction] [rape]

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Bunnie Tales [MF] [kidnapping] [NONCONSENSUAL!] [ddlg] Part 1 Part 2

Blanket Fort [DDLG] [somno] [CNC] [breeding]

Shopping Date [FF] [CNC] [breeding] [MDLG]

I Told You What Would Happen [FF] [TF] [public] [breeding]

Control [MF] [breeding] [bondage] [total power exchange]

Guided masturbation for femmes

Breakfast In Bed [FF] [somno]

Role Reversal [F TF] [somnophilia] [bondage] [breeding]

Slumber [TF/NB] [somno] [breeding]

Risky [FF] [TF] [breeding]

Roulette [FM] [TF] [TM/NB] [breeding] [CNC-ish]

Entry [FF] [TF] [intox] [breeding] [somno]

Take Your Medicine [FF] [TF] [mdlg] [breeding] [somno] [intox] [manipulation]

Comfort [MF] [ddlg] [soft romance] [loving]

A New Life, Part 1 [NB/TF] [kidnapping]

A New Life, Part 2 [NB/TF] [kidnapping] [medical fetish]

A New Life, Part 3 [NB/TF] [kidnapping] [bondage] [medical fetish] [overstim] [breeding]

Shell Time [bondage] [puppyplay] [D/s] [non-sexual]

Entwined Hearts [TF/NB/NB] [medical fetish] [overstimulation] [bondage]

Prescription [TF/NB] [puppyplay] [D/s] [non-sexual]

A Day At The Park [TF/NB] [puppyplay] [breeding]

Ice To See You [TF/NB] [puppyplay] [piss] [ice] [sensation play] [bondage]

Housebreaking [FM] [femdom] [omo] [piss] [puppyplay]

Virtue: Patients [FF] [bondage] [medical fetish]

Sleepy Little Princess [FF] [TF] [mdlg] [breeding] [somno] [intox]

Keys to the Castle [FF] [TF] [kidnapping] [bondage] [intox] [somno] [breeding]

Sleepy Cuttles [FF] [TF] [soft] [mdlg] [intox] [breeding] [somno]

Sleep Study [FF] [TF] [MDLG] [intox] [medfet] [somno] [breeding] [sensory deprivation]

Need [FF] [TF] [mdlg] [breeding]

A Room With A View (Part 1) [FF] [TF] [petplay] [bunnyplay] [breeding] [mdlg]

Tethered To You (FINISHED) [F/NB/TF] [bondage] [space lesbians] [lesbian breeding] [overstim]

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Trust [FF] [vampirism] [blood]

My Queen [FF] [monsterfucking] [naga] [alcohol mention]

Werewolf Bait [FF] [TF] [monsterfucking] [breeding]

In My Arms [two people (gender is dead)] [tentacles] [puppyplay]

Breaking Dawn [TF/TF] [edging] [breeding]

Goo Listener [NB/unknowable? F?] [goo] [breeding??] [monsterfucking] [alcohol mention]

Distraction [TF/NB] [puppyplay] [breeding]

Eggcelent [TF/NB] [puppyplay] [breeding] [bondage] [goo] [sensation play]

Patch Tuesday [TF/agender] [robotics] [hacking] [sex mention but no sex]

Moving On [F/TM] [romance] [D/s] [breeding] [The Spire]

Stress Relief [TF/NB] [puppyplay] [impact play] [D/s] [mild degradation]

Jump Around [F/NB] [SFW] [cute date] [The Spire]

Transplant [TF/agender] [TF/TF?] [robotics] [trans feels] [robofucking] [The Spire]

Taken Puppy [TF/NB] [CNC] [!!ROUGH!!] [puppyplay] [negotiation and aftercare] [breeding]

New Toys [TF/TF] [robofucking] [tentacles] [soft domination] [The Spire]

Birth of the Unintended [sci-fi] [AI] [technological body horror?]

Umbilical [FF] [sci-fi] [Spire universe] [SFW] [thriller]

Needs [FF] [breeding] [My Dragon Girlfriend] [Callie/Olive] [witch/vampire]

The Drift [sci-fi] [SFW]

You Said You Missed Vines [TF/NB] [breeding] [sensory deprivation] [werewolves] [virtual reality] [monster fucking] [primal]

You May Feel Some Pressure [TF/NB] [breeding] [technophilia] [total power exchange] [medical fetish]

I Heart You [TF/NB] [blood] [primal] [knife]

Fallen Angel [F/agender] [angel torture] [extreme sadism] [immortal] [knives] [blood]

Hour of the Hunt [NB/NB] [cult] [ritual] [breeding] [cryptid] [cryptid impreg] [primal]

Lunar Patrol [NB/TF] [werewolf] [breeding] [bondage]

Not Teasing, Preparation [TF/NB] [true story] [somno] [breeding] [overstim]

Witch Way [TF/NB] [werewolf/witch] [breeding] [(C)NC?] [primal]

Dream Of Me [TF/NB] [somno] [intox] [LDR?] [medfet]

Good Girl [NB/TF] [intox] [teasing] [breeding] [D/s] [slapping]

Triangle Challenge [TF/NB/F] [edging] [overstim] [bondage] [polyamory] [breeding] [cucking?]

Restraint [F/NB/TF] [SFW] [poly romance] [soft] [drug mention]

Pacing [TF/NB]

Robopup [TF/NB/more] [group] [robot? mecha?] [puppyplay] [breeding] [free use]

Hostile Takeover

Chapter 1

Virtually Mine [F/NB] [technophilia] [VR] [hypno] [bondage?] [sensory deprivation]

Toymaker [NB/TF] [breeding] [anonymity] [hypno]

The Summoning [no genders] [demon teasing]

The Mask [TF/NB] [puppyplay] [intox] [breeding] [breathplay/oxygen deprivation]

[n7punk]

When you write your fics do you have specific heights for Adora and Catra in your head?

sometimes, yeah! usually i just think of them as close enough in height it doesn't really matter (adora slightly taller), but sometimes i make the gap more quantifiable. I think you could make the case for their height gap ranging 0-3 inches canonically given 1) variation between panels, episodes, etc that just comes as a consequence of any handdrawn animation without a very rigid focus on maintaining things like this (something few TV shows have the production time to be even if they want to). 2) actual changes over the course of the show. all the characters "matured" in various ways through the seasons, which is partially down to the artists becoming more practiced with the characters, but there's also purposeful refinements and updates (seasons 4 and 5). 2) the visual complication factors of adora's boots and catra's hair. catra is (northern reach aside) always shoeless, so adora gets a slight boost she wouldn't have from her boots (but also this difference is usually still present in pretty much any scene or au i write, so whatever), but catra also has very big and fluffy hair (even when it's short it's still pretty fluffy) that might make her appear taller or shorter depending on how you mentally "correct" for that.

in addition to the canon case for it, there's also 4) au factors. i am generally of the opinion that any changes to characters should be genesis of the world setting and not feel like a deviation from the canon character but rather a variation of the canon character. some aus have more variance than others (for instance, things like lotd and isohm get closer to deviation because their world setup is just so damn different and i'm not satisfied with how those aspects of those AUs came out as a result). a great example would be strange disease, where i decided that by virtue of Being Werewolf™️Adora would be noticeably taller, not just from canon, but from how tall she was before the first time she wolfed out. she probably started like 2-3 inches taller, but by the time she comes back to catra she's more like four inches taller in that one. i think i decided to make her more like three inches taller in slas too? and probably a couple others.

anyway, you can usually assume adora is and inch or two taller in most of my fics, but sometimes i lean further towards one end. SYE adora is three inches taller so catra can make mental jokes about climbing her like a tree despite how it would be more like. stepping on a twig. standing on her toes. idk i ran out of metaphors

[nashidakyouko]

No, I do not think that liking a problematic or even evil character means you're a bad person.

I'm not condoning the character's actions—often not even in the context of the show. And certainly, I'm not approving those actions in the real world.

But it's a story. The world won't end if someone likes a character. Sometimes they are just well-written characters (obviously not all are well-written, but that's not the point of this mini-essay). Even if they are pure evil, if that is the purpose, then good! Achieved! (i.e. Lion King's Scar, Fullmetal Alchemist's King Bradley, Buffy's Glory, Avatar's Ozai, and many more) (then some characters who are not pure evil, but treated as irredeemable or just scum, i.e. She-Ra's Catra, Princess Mononoke's Eboshi, Buffy's Faith Lehane, etc.)

I can appreciate them for what they are while still not touching them with a 39-and-a-half-foot pole if they were real.

This goes double for characters that could reasonably have redemption arcs (or who have redemption [with varying degrees of success], but for half the fans it isn't ever good enough [sometimes even for me, I admit]—because apparently bad actions make a bad, unchangeable person, forever. But that's another post).

Evil exists in every world. Only shaming it when it's convenient (such as attacking fans of a thing), does very little to help any real victims.

Instead of screaming about an evil character, consider putting that energy into helping real people, real victims, and trying to stop problems (i.e. assault, genocide, misogyny, war, official/unofficial slave labor, hate groups, etc.) in whatever little ways you can. Find a good charity and donate. Give food and money to shelters and victims. Listen to their stories. Some of them might even tell you that the fiction you are so opposed to actually helped them feel less alone. Or any number of things that might have made the story cathartic for them, making it so they like the bad guy as a bad guy. Or, hey, just ignore the people who are bugging you and enjoy whatever media you want. Put your energy there instead unless the truth isn't that you don't care about victims, and you're just virtue-signalling.

*This is not about actual victims who are being upset or triggered. The only thing I have to say there is that you can go to a different media. Be safe, but don't tell OTHER POSSIBLE VICTIMS that the way they cope is inherently bad.

**ABSOLUTELY you can dislike characters or whatever. You can entirely judge them as evil and immoral. I am not saying you have to go along with every single thing. ABSOLUTELY you should not have to engage with things that you hate or make you uncomfortable or even triggered! None of this was meant to undermine any of that. I mostly just mean that everyone has their own experience AND fiction follows different rules, usually for the sake of telling a story. You do NOT have to engage or fake being comfortable. You CAN say you have issues with something. You should say! But your experience is not EVERYONE'S experience, so everyone—on both sides of this—needs to be more mindful of that.

***writing essays about the evils of characters and even how they may reflect or affect the real world is totally a different thing than screaming endlessly about it online. No problem there.

[tafadhali]

Femslash February Rec Set

Love to do a rec set for Femslash February, and I haven't done a general grab bag of one since 2018. So here is some of my favorite stuff I've read and watched since then!

vids

This Hell by januarium (Do Revenge, Eleanor/Drea)

Heart Shaped Box by sisabet (Killing Eve, Eve/Villanelle) ★

Black Tie by such_heights (A League of Their Own, queer community) ★

Now I Can Fly by walkthegale (A League of Their Own, Jo DeLuca-centric)

Melodrama by mithborien (MCU, Gamora/Nebula) ★

I'm a Man by snarkwithasmile (Revolutionary Girl Utena, Utena-centric) ★

Lost on You by periru3 (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Adora/Catra)

If U Seek Amy by elipie (A Simple Favor, Emily/Stephanie)

Bad Guy by AudreyV (Star Trek: Discovery, Burnham/Georgiou)

Become You by ultraviolet_catastrophe (Xena, Xena/various)

Whatever You Like by periru3 (multifandom, be gay do crime) ★

Wherever Is Your Heart by cosmic_llin (multifandom, older wlw)

fic

Eyes Always Seeking by igrockspock (Away, Mei/Lu, 1k)

you can be who you are any day of the week by Sonni89 (Baby-Sitters Club, Mary Anne/Stacey, every member of the BSC comes out to Mary Anne, 8k)

Farm-to-Table, Non-GMO, Responsibly Sourced by impertinence (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Amy/Rosa, undercover as a couple, 6k)

Let It Bleed by elviswhataguy (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Faith/Willow, post-canon, 94k)

and you're on the gossip team by palms (DC comics, Babs/Dinah, 6k)

don't tip the boat over (love and devotion) by merriweather (Derry Girls, Clare/Michelle, 15k) ★

i have crawled over town with your hair in my mouth by Princex_N (Dimension 20, Sam & Zelda, background Sam/Penelope, 4k)

i'm an expert, i'm the one by irisnebula (Dimension 20, Fig/Ayda, college AU, 21k)

let the heavens falter by allapplesfall (Dimension 20, Tracker-centric, background Tracker/Kristen, 28k) ★

Starlight by pigflight (Dimension 20, Fig/Ayda, Tangled AU, 15k) ★

the sound of your heart in your head by pigflight (Dimension 20, Adaine & Ayda, Fig/Ayda, 2k)

The Yunk and the Restless by Nomad (Discworld, Polly/Maladict, 3k)

don't know what a slide rule is for by heart_nouveau (Ghostbusters, Patty/Holtzmann, 3k)

The Other Big One by yeahitshowed (Gilmore Girls, Paris/Rory, canon divergence, 3k)

I Think I Just Blacked Out by Telanu (Grace & Frankie, Grace/Frankie, Brianna POV, 7k)

More Than I Have by chainofclovers (Grace & Frankie, Grace/Frankie, 4k) ★

to know even in the deepest sleep that it is you by millerpertuis (Grace & Frankie, Grace/Frankie, 3k) ★

Signature Color by scioscribe (Legally Blonde, Elle/Vivian, Star Trek AU, 5k)

Comes Out Wrong by Sineala (Marvel comics, Jess/Carol, Secret Invasion-era, 2k)

the only place worth being by overnights (Marvel comics, Kate/America, 17k)

the journey is a work of art by GotTheSilver (My So-Called Life, Angela/Rayanne, future!fic, 4k)

An Officer and a Gentleman by cedarboots (Persuasion, Anne/Frederick, trans, 47k) ★

Return Flight by cedarboots (Pride & Prejudice, Eliza/Darcy, trans, 10k)

they say love is a virtue (don't they?) by yasaman (Scholomance, El/Liesl, 3k) ★

I Made Phone Calls with Foreign Coins by out_there (Sports Night, Dana/Natalie, 1k)

Hey Hey You You I Don't Like Your Girlfriend by impertinence (Spy, Raina/Susan, 9k) ★

don't leave me hanging on like a yo-yo by firstaudrina (Stranger Things, El/Max, post-S3, 1k)

Girlfriends by thingswithwings (Ted Lasso, Keeley/Rebecca, 1k)

I'll Wear the Red Dress Tonight by leiascully (Ted Lasso, Keeley/Rebecca, 4k)

When It Comes to Nightlife by Muccamukk (Ted Lasso, Keeley/Rebecca, 6k)

Inside the Noise by scioscribe (Thoroughbreds, Amanda/Lily, post-canon, 7k) ★

Five Earth Gifts That Dorothy Brought Home by ErinPtah (Wizard of Oz, Dorothy/Ozma, 5 things, 2k)

the skin you're in by stifledlaughter (Wizard of Oz, Dorothy/Ozma, 6k) ★

[inmortui]

( nana komatsu . demi woman . she/they . daylighter ) .  *:·ﾟ✧ is that that naomi lightwood , the thirty-two / appears twenty-nine year old downworlder ? i wonder what business brings them out tonight . they’ve been in the capital city ten years , and rumour has it that they are notoriously fatalistic , whilst also managing to be quite astute . last i heard , they were neutral to the royal family ; i wonder what they make of all this upheaval within mundane world . 

𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐓 / 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓

𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒,

full name. naomi hatsue lightwood.

alias. naomi ketsueki.

date of birth. september twenty-seventh.

age (physical). twenty-nine.

age (actual). thirty-two.

species. vampire ( daylighter ).

gender. demi woman.

pronouns. she/they.

sexuality. pansexual panromantic.

occupation. gun for hire / ne'er-do-weller.

loyalty. lightwood family. nephilim. herself.

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘,

positive traits. astute, intelligent, devoted.

negative traits. fatalistic, embittered, hedonistic.

mbti. isfp-t ( the adventurer ).

enneagram. type six ( the loyalist ).

moral alignment. true neutral.

deadly sin. envy.

heavenly virtue. patience.

western zodiac. libra.

parallels. hannah kahnwald, dark / loki, marvel cinematic universe / mal cobb, inception / villanelle, killing eve / cassie thomas, promising young woman / natalie scatorccio, yellowjackets / remy hadley, house md / catra, she ra and the princesses of power.

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘,

tw: death (temporary), blood

Your life, your destiny, has been preordained.

At least, this is the mantra you grow up with. LIGHTWOOD is a name that carries weight – a burden placed upon your shoulders before you ever learn to walk or talk. Your parents assure you that this name means you are destined for greatness – that you will follow in their footsteps, in the footsteps of their parents before them. That your story is carved out in stone – that it is the will of God for you to swear your loyalty to the Clave, that you will learn to harness your power and wield it with pride. It is a lot to expect from a child – but you wear the expectations of your family like a badge of honor. You know the potential that is instilled within you, and you are determined, at all costs, to reach it. 

You are born and raised in ARADYAN. You grow up within the walls of a sprawling estate – lands which have been in your family’s control for generations. You are the second-born child to two reputable shadowhunters – and they raise you and your older brother as they had been raised; with respect to tradition, faith in the one true God, and an unwavering sense of duty. The early years of your childhood are spent sparring with your brother in the morning, and poring through ancient texts in the afternoons. You learn everything you can about the legacy you are set to inherit. You do everything within your power to ensure that, when the day comes, you will be ready to defend it. That you will be ready to make your parents, your bloodline, and your fellow nephilim proud. 

You are ten years old when your parents send you away to IDRIS to commence your training in earnest. Like generations of Lightwoods before you, you excel within the academy. You are bright and studious; quiet, but self-assured. Everything that is to come is predetermined, after all. The sun will rise tomorrow, the birds will chirp, and you will become one of the greatest shadowhunters of your generation. You soon learn to master the seraph blade, your proficiency with it only trumped by your intellect. You quickly emerge as one of the academy’s brightest stars, and, upon your eighteenth birthday, you swear your loyalty to the Clave, sealing your fate.

You are sent to COŇTSTANJA just before your twentieth birthday. It is an honor, you are told, to be dispatched to the capital city; awarded only to the most promising young shadowhunters. You quickly gain notoriety in the much larger playground; you vanquish demons and protect the city to which you have been assigned with every tool at your disposal. You fight alongside your parabatai, living the life your parents had planned for you, had promised you. You follow the doctrine of the Clave like law, becoming one of their fiercest and most loyal soldiers. This is what you had always worked towards, this is the path that God and fate had chosen for you. 

Three years ago, everything unraveled. You are twenty-nine years old; sent on an assignment that should have been routine. Instead of a simple vanquishing, however, you are ambushed by a coven of vampires – attacked and sucked dry; left to bleed out alone, on a cold concrete floor. You are not lucky enough to find peace in death, no, instead you awaken, buried beneath six feet of dirt. You claw your way to the surface like a tortured beast and find yourself face-to-face with your maker under a moonlit sky. The runes you have spent two decades collecting have disappeared, replaced with pale, untarnished skin. Your heart no longer beats, instead an eerie silence fills your ears as you come to realize that your worst fears have manifested. You have become the very thing you once swore to destroy.

You try a hail Mary – begging with the representatives of the Clave to do something. You attempt to reason with them, pointing to your years of fealty – but the damage has already been done. Your angel blood might mean you can still walk among the living in daylight, but you no longer belong in the warmth of the sun. The decision has been made, you are expelled from the Clave. You are a downworlder, now, and this means that you will need to fend for yourself. Your own family turn their backs on you, following the ruling of the Clave. You are no longer the righteous hand of god they had raised you to be. No, you are an arm of the devil. You would have been better to them dead. You are nothing now, but a monster.

You are stripped of your purpose, your identity. You find yourself alone, abandoned in your time of need. You go through the change, and by the time you become a fully realized vampire, you have grown bitter and resentful. Everything you had once believed to be true now lay in ruins at your feet. What sort of god would allow this to happen to you? How could the Clave – who value themselves on goodness – turn their backs when you needed them most? How could vampires, of all creatures, be the ones to offer you companionship? You are angry, but beneath it lies incorrigible pain. The sweet, obedient child you had once been is gone – you embrace recklessness, unrestrained desire; indulging in every vice you can acquire to numb yourself to your new reality.

Three years pass, and you are hardly recognisable. You spend your days haunting seedy establishments, utilizing the skills you’d learned as a shadowhunter to make enough money to get by. You try to keep your past hidden – adopting a pseudonym and lashing out at anybody who tries to prod at your past. Deep down, however, the desire to prove yourself remains. There is part of you that hopes to one day redeem yourself in the eyes of the Clave, of the nephilim who had cast you out. To prove that you are more than just a monster. And yet, an equal flame burns for revenge – to make those who turned their backs pay for the pain you have endured.

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒,

older brother. they probably haven't spoken since naomi was turned, so you know what that means!!! (angst).

maker. the vampire that turned naomi. very much a love/hate relationship. my father is the worst man alive and i am his favourite daughter. i hate you for what you did and i miss you like a little kid.

hookups. hey what are you going to do once you get turned into a vampire other than go through a string of self-destructive one night stands?

idris colleagues. people she knew when she was training as a shadowhunter. bonus points if they sometimes come to her for intel about the downworlders.

clients. if you need something done or someone killed on the down low, look no further than your local mercenary! just don't ask why they have shadowhunter weapons in their arsenal or they might bite you.

[thedeerdevil]

//closed starter @forcecaptaiin

It was a silly little game they played whenever boredom plagued their minds. Gaston, true to his character, had a penchant for talking about himself. Regardless of the topic's length, he always found a way to redirect the conversation back to how great he was, emphasizing the thrills of his life as a renowned hunter. While he did have the medals to prove it, some, including Ronno and Catra, grew tired of his self-praise. In response, the two friends devised a game. Every time Gaston extolled his own virtues (without LaFou's assistance), they would drink a shot. By the end of each meeting, they were usually wasted, unable to recall anything said. Yet, it was better than enduring the braggadocio-laden crusade.

As Gaston once again delved into self-praise, Ronno exchanged a glance with Catra. Both reddened in the face, they simultaneously downed their shots. As the meeting concluded, Ronno found himself unable to stand, and Catra strolled over with a laugh. "Shut the fuck up," he exclaimed, laughing and holding onto his seat for dear life.

[grxmincvdescxnce]

( sabrina carpenter, she/her, cursed blood ) To DAENERYN of VARAEL, the whole world looks like an open page. With a leap of faith, their ability of BLOOD MANIPULATION grows a little stronger.  They are a BENGAL CAT shade aligned to HOUSE of VANITAS. For TWENTY-FOUR years, they have survived a world of magic with both their TENACITY and SADISM. They work as a HEAD of VANITAS, but if they could change their fate, they’d want to RAISE HELL WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE. + head of vanitas skeleton

inspo includes the likes of the following: robin hood of english folklore, rebecca of cyberpunk: edgerunners, catra of she-ra and the princesses of power, tinkerbell of peter pan, ryomen sukuna of jujutsu kaisen, goldilocks of puss in boots: the last wish. 

&. ⸻ BASICS

name — daeneryn of varael 

aliases — daena, the blood witch, the demoness, the desert thorn, princess daeneryn, the devil queen

birthdate — august 13

zodiac — leo

birthplace — the country of varael

sexuality — biromantic homosexual

alignment — chaotic neutral

temperament — choleric

element — fire

primary vice — sloth

primary virtue — temperance

house — vanitas

occupation — head of house vanitas and thief

markings — all these tattoos in various locations

&. ⸻ HEADCANONS

daeneryn recalls nothing of her life before being found by her adoptive family, and though she’ll never admit it aloud unless pressed to the point of irritation perhaps, they mean the absolute world to her

she refers to her dreamshade family as her ‘council of merry men’ now that she’s head of vanitas. her slight obsession with robin hood stops just short of her wearing green tights, though honestly, she knows she’d look amazing in them

she often dons a leather jacket with this insignia present, a gift from her family to commemorate her becoming head of house vanitas 

daena’s feat of victory was accomplished not by lineage, but by brutality. a bloody, all-out brawl would range exactly twenty-four hours to determine their new leader, a long-kept secret of the faction meant to keep things ‘fair’ following the loss of their namesake, ruyun vanitas. participants are granted access by invitation only, and there would be no permitted challenge to the victor’s rule for at least three years’ time, per the guidelines 

daeneryn would earn the title ‘the devil queen’ as a result of her manner of victory, her body drenched in blood and her feline, dagger-like smile viciously menacing  

nobles and similarly well-off individuals have never been in daena’s favor

she doesn’t believe in modesty, and so most of her ‘clothing’ tends to reflect this. like this for example.

she’s never had a first kiss, and she’ll kill anyone who finds out. that said, she knows she favors women over men, most often, in just manner alone

the vanitas stronghold is located deep within the crystal caverns, full of monsters and needless danger and perfectly isolated for the destructive nature of the abilities within. it’s full of medieval flare, several rows of cells that are well used for those who disobey or otherwise annoy the house head, and the audience room resembles something of a graveyard with its scattered remains and throne of skulls. they even have a viking-styled table for meal times and a war table for council meetings. any version of ‘rules’ within the headquarters tends to resemble more of an outlaw brigade mentality these days, which tends to result in the most welcoming of  environments, of course

&. ⸻ ABILITY

hemokinesis, or the ability to manipulate blood. daena is quite proficient in this skill, often using it to puppeteer or skewer her enemies. her love of pain allows her to push through the consequences of this gift to only a particular point, with the house head tending to overdo it on most occasions to her detriment. anemia, organ shutdown, coughing up blood, and so on are often the consequences of her pushing beyond her limits so consistently. 

&. ⸻ HISTORY

neighboring countries geles and goren, her home country of varael was a corrupted matriarchy full of dragons, thieves, and amazonian-like warriors

just prior to the 100 year disappearance of selphia’s princess, when the boundary ran rampant, varaelians found themselves struggling to keep the upper hand. this was in spite of their phenomenal force and natural abilities, which included the likes of blood manipulators, contract killers, and an army built of undead. as they were primarily an isolationist entity, their request of aid was unusual and in time, wholly denied. their image was monstrous in the eyes of neighboring lands, the sea of blood at their borders troubling to even those of fiercer reputation. a lack of trust, wild accusations from those coveting the resources they hoarded, and gross misinformation stoked fears of eventual betrayal, should anyone come to their defense. 

this refusal would set the tone for the kingdom’s behavior going forward, living up to the image the world painted of them despite their efforts to appease and state otherwise. slaying those that crossed their borders — be they human or boundary-oriented — became commonplace. they earned a reputation for themselves as a kingdom of unwarranted destruction and distrust. this would carry on well into the years, even after peace and freedom from the boundary was temporarily achieved. daeneryn’s mother would be crowned in this time, however, and her plans to dispel the fears towards her land and gain allies they could rely on, for the sake of her people and country should the worst occur — as surely their efforts could not be sustained long term — were set in motion. a temporary treaty with selphian royals, specifically, would be established on the grounds that terms were honored and resources were shared. just as the coronation arose, and a young daeneryn and her family set on their way to selphia to showcase their newfound loyalties in a public manner, tragedy would strike through perceived betrayal. 

most residents of varael were dissatisfied with even the idea of reliance on anyone other than themselves, and this opinion was actually shared by the queen mother, daeneryn’s step-grandmother and mother to the queen consort. she was permitted the title of ‘queen mother’ as a courtesy, as daena’s own grandmother was no longer present in this world.

nevertheless, a coup was planned to ‘restore the old ways’, shepherded in secret by the queen mother. the intention was to restore the status quo and permit the step-grandmother her time in the light as she believed her daughter-in-law unfit for the task. the death of daena’s mother and most of her larger family was blamed entirely on selphian assassins by royal decree. with daena and her next eldest sister serve as unintended survivors alongside their step-grandmother, with both girls getting separated in the skirmish.   

daeneryn knows nothing of her sister’s survival or even the fact that she has one. in fact, her memory starts with her discovery in holograd desert, with nothing of her prior life present in her mind. her dreamshade family, a group comprised of those of actual relation and not, would raise her as their own. traveling the lands committing grand schemes against the needlessly wealthy and acting as outlaws should, they consider selphia a last-ditch effort to restore her memories and remove her humanity. the vial of cursed blood was discovered, and the rest, as they say, is history. 

[veliseraptor]

For the fanfiction trope ask meme- friends to enemies to lovers?

I feel like by virtue of the dynamics I'm most interested in I don't run into this one that often but when I do get it I'm very down, so I'm going to go with A-. more often I'm more about enemies to lovers (obviously) or friends to enemies than one where the "enemy" part is an intermediate stage, but there are...actually I can only really think of one exception and it's Catra/Adora.

mostly it really is enemies to lovers, friends to enemies, or lovers to enemies. so I changed my mind, this is probably more of a D. feels harsh but more accurate to the experience.

send me a fanfiction trope and I’ll rate it

[frenzyarts]

Okay as much as I like shego I think catra should be winning just by virtue of the fact that the shera had such a huge fandom, especially on tumblr

[antispopausandstuff]

virtues c//a dynamic shitpost

catra, awkward: i asked for a fair day's after a fair day's work. catra: then she kindagotalittleangry. adora: catra: so, i admit... i kindagotalittleangry. adora: did you kill her? catra, offended: what kinda fucking animal do you take me for? no, i didn't kill her! adora, relieved: oh, lords... catra: *holding hostage* BUT I DID KIDNAP HER WIFE! adora: OH, NO-

[llamagirl28]

10 Characters, 10 fandoms, 10 tags

Thank you @kalorphic @adoriels-tears-if and @the-kingshound for tagging me! 💕

In no particular order:

Jude Duarte (The Folk of the Air)

Hunter (The Owl House)

Henry "Monty" Montague (The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue)

Jinx (Arcane)

Catra (Shera and the Princesses of Power 2018)

Nina Zenik (Six of Crows)

Aaravos (The Dragon Prince)

Howl (Howl's moving castle - the book)

Tabitha Scarlet (Scarlet Hollow)

Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

Tagging: @defiledheartsblog @moonless-if @beeanca-writing @laraswritingshed @doriana-gray-games @barbwritesstuff @intimidatingpuffinstudios @anathemafiction (it's not 10 i know twt)

[the-entire-cast-needs-therapy]

ASDFGHJKL; I NEVER NOTICED THE SHOT WHERE LONNIE IS JUST LYING THERE AS ADORA GOES IN FOR HER BIG MOMENT THAT’S HILARIOUS

I didn’t catch on to the “setting Adora up to win” aspect of Lonnie’s character, but it kind of ties in to a headcanon I’ve had for a while now. That being that while the rest of the squad likes Adora as a person, there’s a certain amount of... distance.

Almost a full two years ago, I made this post about the “Adora’s not here to protect you anymore” scene- although it was less about that line and more about the implications some of the other lines have for how the Horde cadets see princesses, and what that means for Adora. It underscores how she’s socially isolated by virtue of her ignorance- and more broadly, her proximity to Shadow Weaver.

We don’t see Shadow Weaver from the average cadet’s perspective, but we can... extrapolate. The fact that evidently, no one fully believes the princess-related propaganda she spews, plus that one comment Catra makes about how Shadow Weaver is bitter and power-hungry “and everyone knows it”... Catra is biased here because of her (justified) hatred of Shadow Weaver, but that doesn’t mean she’s wrong. People know Shadow Weaver is, to some extent, full of shit.

But Adora doesn’t.

The game is stacked in Adora’s favor- her fellow cadets are helping stack it- but Adora doesn’t know that. Adora’s success isn’t because of any inherent qualities, it comes from how heavily Shadow Weaver (and by extension anybody Shadow Weaver reports to, which is seemingly everyone except Hordak) favors her. And everyone knows that, except Adora.

Part of Adora’s grooming as Shadow Weaver’s pet project involves convincing her that she’s The Only One Who Can Do This, that she’s inherently special (that everything is her responsibility/fault and she has to be willing to die for the cause). But pre-She-ra? She really isn’t. She’s good, yeah, but not really better than Catra. And nobody else even tries to beat her, because unlike Catra, they know they have something, however small, to lose by disrupting the pecking order.

There’s a lot of things the other cadets just can’t do with Adora. A lot of conversations they can’t have. Because they’re in on a few very important secrets that Adora just isn’t.

And it’s not like they’re going to tell her! That would be a terrible idea! Catra’s certainly trying, but it’s not exactly going well for her. Adora won’t listen. She’s too invested in the image of herself that Shadow Weaver created, and she’s not keen on it being challenged. And they have absolutely nothing to gain by either making Adora mad at them or giving her an existential crisis.

The Horde and Toxic Strength - Lonnie

(Post where I go on way too long about the Horde's ideals of Strength HERE.)

LONNIE

Status: STRONG

Lonnie is, first and foremost, someone who knows what side her bread is buttered on. She's unambiguously 'Strong', and - as somone who values that status - engages with the role far more deliberately and consciously than, say, Adora does.

Lonnie is acutely aware of the biases in the system; she knows that Adora is the Designated Winner in their creche, and that being better than her is just going to earn you a drubbing. So she doesn't try. If Adora is destined to win, then it's Lonnie's job to make that happen.

Lonnie never challenges Adora; instead, she spends her time removing roadblocks and lining up shots, then fading into the background while Adora score the winning goal. She works to reinforce the system, and she is rewarded for it. She gets to be the second-in-command, and be included in the camaraderie. She gets to make Kyle do all her shit work. Not being the Designated Winner even means she gets to be buffered against directly dealing with Shadow Weaver.

The also underlies her interactions with Catra, because Catra is one of those roadblocks Lonnie is responsible for removing. Catra's tactics don't actually matter - the fact that she is endangering Adora's status as The Winner is, in an of itself, "fighting dirty". It's breaking the system, and putting them all at risk.

That's where this bit of hostility comes from, too; with Adora gone, there's a hole in their group's power structure. Lonnie isn't saying this because she has a personal vendetta against Catra, she's doing it to try and stabilize the situation - to prevent Catra from rocking the boat when they're already in middle of a metaphorical storm.

She adjust (relatively) smoothly to Catra's unexpected promotion largely because she doesn't actually hate Catra. Sure, she's shocked, but after that initial outburst she more-or-less realigns herself like the good little soldier she is.

Which isn't to say she likes Catra. Their relationship remains prickly for several reasons - Lonnie has her own feelings of betrayal and abandonment to work though, Catra doesn't do camaraderie - but Lonnie actually tries really hard to make it work, because Catra is now the Designated Winner, and supporting the system is what she's always done.

The thing that ultimately fractures Lonnie's loyalty to the system (and thus to Catra) isn't so much that Adora left (though she did) or that S4 Catra is a bad boss (although she is); it's Lonnie processing that (a) The system never cared about loyalty, only it's use as a tool of control/self-perpetuation and (b) This doesn't means she has to not care about it.

Bonus head-canons/errata:

Lonnie would have backed off immediately and tried a different tack if Adora had ever gotten even slightly snarly about bullying Catra. Lonnie read the lack of confrontation as an implicit endorsement(and was not wrong to do so), even if Adora didn't parse it that way.

Post-series, Lonnie is probably still really angry with Adora, even if she's mostly processed her feelings about Catra. Think in terms of bad bosses: The one who mandated daily overtime and denied sick days is the one who made you quit. They sucked, but they never promised to be other than what they were, and at least you got to end the relationship on your own terms. But the boss who went on and on about being a family, and promised raises just as soon as you were over this hump, and then fucked off a week before Christmas with everyone's paychecks (and who never came back for you)? That's the one you resent.

[mercymorn-was-right]

I think it’s great when crews talk about behind the scenes stuff and discuss their thoughts about what they’ve created and all that

but I loathe this culture of taking authorial intent as 100% canon

like not to mention that there are very few times there is actually one single ”true” author of a piece of media

but it also ignores the point that what is canon is what’s in the text

authorial intention can certainly inform our reading and interpretation of a text

but it isn’t law, it isn’t “canon”

and this culture I’ve noticed of attacking other fans because they interpret something in the text differently than what the/an author has stated was their intent (or even their own thought of what might’ve happened that they haven’t even decided on!) — it’s harmful to media analysis, but on a smaller level it’s harmful to fans and fandom spaces

like, one example of this would be in one of my own fandoms — She-Ra (2018)

none of the characters have outright stated sexualities in the show — something the crew has even commented on that there wouldn’t be labels on Etheria as everyone is just taken as they are

like yes, you can certainly see hints in the text to some characters attractions: Bow pretty explicitly has a crush on Sea Hawk and later gets into a relationship with Glimmer, so it’s not fa-fetched to say he is canonically bi or pan — it exists in the text of the show! Similarly, Adora shows explicit attraction towards women at numerous times while being portrayed to be pretty indifferent towards men, meaning there is good evidence she is canonically a lesbian. Scorpia is portrayed this way too, being completely unimpressed when Sea Hawks tries to charm her in season 1

but for others, it’s not as clear

Catra, Perfuma, Netossa, Spinnerella etc

they are certainly sapphic — that much is clear, but we know nothing (in the text of the show) about what their attractions look like apart form this

for Catra, it’s by virtue of her obsession with Adora — unlike Scorpia and Adora herself, Catra never shows interest in anyone but Adora, and so we really can’t speak on what other attraction or capacity for attraction she has. It’s just Adora.

for the others, it‘s by the virtue of being side characters. Spinnerella and Netossa was a couple since day 1 so really, it’s irrelevant and the text doesn’t give us any indication of attractions outside their very happy marriage. Perfuma goes to prom with Bow, but it’s unclear if it’s in a friendly way or if she’s into him, and later she has a flirt with Huntara, and eventually gets with Scorpia. Because she‘s a side character her attractions aren’t pondered on any closer

and yet I see some fans hound other fans because they headcanon Catra as bi, or any other “infraction” on what the crew has said in panels or on Twitter

and like I get the urge

because the common argument is that you are “harming/erasing X sexuality”

and like, in some contexts that’s certainly true

for example, it would be helluva lesbophobic leap to call Adora a straight woman

but while bi Adora isn’t my cup of tea, and it goes against canon (which I agree with in this instance bc I like it), as a lesbian myself I don’t really see an issue with it

because it’s not erasing queerness or Adora’s queer attractions — it just shows a different flavor of queer that that particular fan vibed with more, maybe cause they are bi themselves and see themselves in Adora. Hell, I headcanon Adora as a demiromantic lesbian because that’s what I am and I recognize myself in her character

and so it really astounds me when some fans vigorously hound others for “erasing canon lesbians” because they headcanoned Netossa as bi when she isn’t even explicitly anything but sapphic in the text, and furthermore it doesn’t even harm queer people as a group

it only furthers separation between queer groups when we are all truly better of together

and not only does this have implications on queer issues of solidarity which is a big important topic

but on the interpersonal level, it works to make fandom a less welcoming, more hostile place for (queer)people wanting to be creative and play with characters they love

and it’s a damn shame

[qintennie]

ship tropes, let's go!

(saw this on the internet, so let's see if I can name one ship for each trope)

what are the chances none of them are gonna be straight

1; merwaine (this really isn't new) {merlin and gwaine, bbc merlin}

2; seblos {seb and carlos, high school musical: the musical: the series)

3; muffy {marty and buffy, andi mack}

4; jasico {jason and nico, percy jackson/heroes of olympus}

5; glimbow {glimmer and bow, she ra and the princesses of power}

6; scorptra don't kill me it's not that bad a ship {scorpia and catra, she ra and the princesses of power}

1; morgwen (think about it) {morgana and guinevere, bbc merlin}

2; cartero {bobby and liam, diary of a future president}

3; patrick and david (idk their ship name man) {schitt's creek}

4; tyrus!!!!!!!!!! {t.j. and cyrus, andi mack}

5; ineffable husbands {crowley and aziraphale, good omens}

6; rayllum {callum and rayla, the dragon prince}

1; wolfstar all the way {sirius and remus, harry potter} oh either that or willex {willie and alex, julie and the phantoms}

2; teleanor {eleanor and tahani, the good place}

3; makoharu {makoto and haruka, free!} and solangelo {will and nico, percy jackson/heroes of olympus}

4; felix and ezra {felix ever after, the book} oh and percy and monty {a gentleman's guide to vice and virtue, the book}

5; bujeet {buford and baljeet, phineas and ferb

6; reigisa {nagisa and rei, free!}

[swearyshera]

Alrighty! I have a whole bunch of asks from the last couple of days to get through, so let's go! First up, Prime....

It's almost as though if you only surround yourself with people who worship the ground you walk on, it rather blinds you to your own flaws.

@fallinforaguyfelldownfromthesky That would be pretty funny, but also impossible for anyone to read!

@maze-zen Funnily enough, one of the ideas we were discussing about Prime was to take the 'evangelical preacher' subtext and just make that plain, with him as some kind of Southern preacher - just extolling his own values.

That would indeed be rather terrifying, gotta love the British villain. Especially if he makes all the chipped people British as well! The other idea bouncing around in my head is that Prime's mission is to eradicate homosexuality from the universe (this one will require some careful handling, I know!) and all the chipped people gush about the virtues of being straight. The down side is that it implies some fucking awful stuff so I'm not sure I can quite do that, but imagine the uncomfortable dissonance of seeing 'straight' Catra. Horrifying. Also near impossible to get the tone right.