#was actually started as a sort of Shining Force 2 AU thing lol

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[ficsandpieces]

Random papa!QN headcanons (3/4)

papa!Ranmaru (2 kittens, an older boy and a girl):

Plushies, lots of plushies in both kids bedrooms. Ranmaru insists that they’re gifts forced onto him by Natsuki but you know the truth, having seen the receipts in his wallet.

His very first birthday gift to his son was a bigger version of the teddy bear that he used to have when he was a kid. Seeing his son carry it with him everywhere he goes makes Ranmaru warm with nostalgia.

Your daughter receives a huge Prince Cat for her first birthday (she throws her arms around it and squeals “Daddy!” You have to mop up Ranmaru afterwards, he was reduced to such a mess)

This becomes a tradition of sorts and Ranmaru starts bringing home every new edition of his Prince Cat (if he wasn’t already doing that to begin with lol) 

He takes a cue from Reiji and starts taking vitamins and health supplements after becoming a father. It’s like a switch just flipped on in his head one day and he realized how much his own father missed out on when he passed away. He doesn’t plan on following in his dad’s footsteps and is determined to look after his health and watch both your kids grow up together with you. 

Your children like to follow Ranmaru around the house whenever he’s home, so it’s normal to see him go past carrying a basket of laundry with two kids and four cats trailing behind him like ducklings. 

Sometimes he’d stomp stiffly around the house, and when you look down you’d see that he has one kid hugging each leg and giggling.

Your current lockscreen is a photo of Ranmaru passed out on the couch during one of his naps, one arm thrown around a child on each side of his chest and the rest of him covered with cats.

In fact, your children’s nap times have synchronized with Ranmaru’s when he’s home to the point that all you have to do is put them on his chest while he’s lying down and they’re out. 

If you try to remove either child while he’s still holding on to them Ranmaru will growl in his sleep, tighten his grip on them unconsciously and won’t let go of them until he’s fully awake. The mama!bear instincts are strong in this one.

He’s another one who carries his kids everywhere, but it’s out of necessity for him. The fact is that he’s very tall and walks very fast and his kids are very small and very curious about everything, so when they’re out together he tends to lose sight of them very quickly if he doesn’t hold on to them. 

He once managed to lose both children in the agency lobby when he had to bring them to work for something. He almost tore apart the place in panic looking for them and finally found them following a Piyo-chan mascot around. That one time shaved months off his life, poor man. 

(I actually headcanon that Ranmaru likes carrying people around, even if he himself doesn’t realize it. The agency staff have more than once seen Ranmaru stride past with Reiji under one arm and Ai tossed over his shoulder while grumbling at Camus behind him to hurry up cos they were going to be late for something.)

Getting his kids to eat their vegetables is more of a chore for him than for you because they argue that Daddy doesn’t eat his veggies either, so why should they? This normally results in Ranmaru glumly chewing on a double helping of salad while grumbling to his kids to finish what’s on their plates. (He resists at first, but then you remind him of his promise to stay healthy and he gives in reluctantly.)

He takes his son on his morning jogs with him he’s older. It’s another way for him to squeeze in some father-son time with his busy schedule. His daughter sometimes joins them when she’s bigger too, but most of the time it’s just him and his boy.

Makes the effort to walk his kids to school whenever he can, which isn’t very often. 

The paparazzi once snapped a photo of him doing this and published it with a headline like “Kurosaki Ranmaru and his elusive children!!! Is the God of Rock becoming soft?!!” 

Ranmaru just glared at the photo and complained that he couldn’t possibly be the only father in the world who took his kids to school. 

”Reiji yells mushy stuff to his kids at their school every day. Why the hell don’t they follow him around instead?” “They’re probably sick of him by now. I heard he chased after one of them when they tried to leave while he was talking about the first time his twins washed the dishes.”

When he has to leave early in the morning for an overnight/overseas trip, your kids get out of bed just to see him off together with you. It always takes him all of his willpower not to hug them back when they sleepily lean on to him and tell him to come home soon, because he knows that once he does he won’t be able to let go.

They came out to send him off in fluffy cat pajama onesies once-you have never seen so many veins stand out at the same time on Ranmaru’s face before as he furiously held himself back from immediately scooping them up and taking them with him.

You’ve told your children not to disturb Ranmaru when he has his headphones on and is on his bass, but it starts with your son curiously watching him play from a distance. He gradually goes closer and closer until Ranmaru finally notices and asks him if he wants to learn. 

He can hardly keep the proud grin off his face when he lifts your son on to his lap, shows him how to put his hands on the bass properly and starts teaching him the basics.

Then years later it’s your daughter's turn to plop herself in his lap and demand lessons cos it isn’t fair that only her brother gets to play with Daddy.

He gives his son his own bass for his tenth birthday. The first thing his boy does on unwrapping his present is ask Ranmaru to teach him how to play his songs. 

Nothing could shake Ranmaru’s perpetual good mood for days after that (His manager calls you up in a panic and asks if anything happened after he witnesses Ranmaru laugh off everything that Camus says to him and even give him a good-natured noogie in return. Meanwhile, Camus is convinced that the end of the world is nigh.)

Your son accidentally somehow gives his elementary school form teacher the impression that his father is a washed up entertainer who is much, much older than you (he mentions that he has grey hair and eyes, that you call him a grumpy old man sometimes and that he sings and dances on TV). On parent-teacher meeting day his teacher expects to see you with a much older gentleman who fits the stereotype of being badly-dressed and fat and balding. 

Instead, Kurosaki Ranmaru, voted one of the entertainment world’s top twenty hottest men, also one of Shining Agency’s biggest rock stars whose recent TV commercial made at least half of the nation’s women (and men) wake up in the middle of the night sweating with highly inappropriate thoughts of him, rolls up in a suit and shades with his hair slicked back, unintentionally oozing waves of masculine sexuality as he walks through the classroom doors. 

Your son’s teacher spontaneously combusts at the sight of him.

Ranmaru never imagined the day would come when his bed would be so crowded but here he was now with you, his kids and whichever number of cats have decided to grace all of you with their presence tonight, all comfortably squeezed in somehow. 

He looks down at his daughter snoozing against his chest, one small hand clutched into a fist around his t-shirt, then across to you with your son cuddled in your arms. Pulling up the covers around all of you, he stretches out an arm around you and draws all three of you closer to him while thinking that eh, he could get used to this.

Bonus! 

Again, in the AU where Camus’s daughter has a little girl crush on Ranmaru’s son after meeting him once:

If you ever want to rile Ranmaru up for whatever reason, just find an article/TV program with Camus in it and casually mention “oh, our future in-law.”

100% guarantee you’ll get either a massive vein-pop on his forehead or a long-suffering “woman, why do you do this to me” look lol

“Is it the blonde hair? Or the eyes? You like foreigners, is that it? I’ll bring you to America, there’s tons of girls like that there, just don’t pick that one...”

“Ranmaru, he’s only five. It’s a little early to panic over who he’s going to bring home in the future.”

“Who’s panicking? I’m, I’m just making sure, that’s all! Nothing wrong with that!”

[thedeliverygod]

The Ship of Dreams

A Noragami Titanic AU Drabble Collection

2 & 3/?

I apparently forgot to put chapter 2 on here so you guys are getting a two for one deal lol. The links for AO3 and ff.net will lead to chapter 3 though.

AO3|ff.net

2

“Can’t believe he kicked me out of the room.” Yato muttered to himself as he stared up at the clear starry sky, chewing on his lip in annoyance, “After I was the one who got it for us in the first place. Ungrateful brat.” He shivered and pulled his jacket closer to his body, starting to think that maybe he should just find somewhere on the ship to lurk around until Yukine finally gave in and let him in again.

Just as he started to push his elbows into the bench to lift himself up, he heard the heavy clacking of heels on the wooden deck as well as loud sobs rushing past him. Keeping low, he peeked over the top of the bench to see the same girl he had been staring up at earlier that day, clinging on to the rail desperately and looking down into the ocean as her shoulders shook in time with her cries.

After a minute or two, the sounds grew quieter and she seemed to get a determined look on her face before stepping up onto the first bar of the railing.

At that, he snapped upward, “What the fuck do you think you’re doing?”

The girl whirled her head around in shock, “W-what? Who are you?”

“That really isn’t important right now.” He got up from the bench and pushed his hands into his pockets, “’Again, what are you doing?”

Her mouth hung open in surprise, “I-I-I’m—” She turned back to look over the back of the ship, “Nothing. I’m just upset, alright?”

“So you’re not planning on flinging yourself off the side of the ship, then.”  Yato answered in somewhat of a mutter.

“What? No! I—” She had started to turn again to look at him before the heel of her shoe tangled in her dress and she started to dip forward, letting out a loud scream.

“Shit.” He dove forward and grabbed both sides of her waist, yanking her backwards with enough force to knock both of them over. They both hit the floor with a yelp, Yato panting and the girl sputtering out a few coughs. “Are you…okay?” He took a few breaths before he could finish his question.

She inhaled deeply, “Yes, I think so.” She sat up quickly and moved to the side of him, her face getting flushed, “E-excuse me, sorry.”

“Don’t need… to apologize.” He breathed out before coughing as well as he sat up, “Unless you were going to off yourself in front of me.”

“I told you—” She fired back at him angrily before he waved her hand to shush her.

“HOLD IT!” They were interrupted by the sound of pounding footsteps of a group of men rushing towards them.

Yato’s eyes widened, “Wha—” The girl’s eyes flashed to him, almost seeming apologetic, confusing him more until he found himself with his face pushed against the ground and his hands pulled behind his back, “The hell!?”

“Rabou-san—Kouto!” He heard her voice from above him as if she had stood up.

As whoever held him pushed him even harder against the deck, he heard another voice answer, “Hiyori!” The voice then turned into pure venom and he felt what felt like a shoe begin to press down into his back, “How dare you touch my fiancée—”

“Kouto, stop!” Her voice was shrill, “Rabou-san, you too. He was helping me!”

Yato was released only to find himself harshly shoved upward to meet two glares, Hiyori’s worried face just barely within his line of sight.

“Is that true?” The man with auburn hair lingered just a few inches from his face, his intense stare not faltering a bit.

Yato glared back out of sheer annoyance, “Yeah.”

Hiyori took a step in between them, explaining frantically, “I was trying to look at the… the, um…” she trailed off, waving her hands.

“The propeller…?” He questioned back, squinting his eyes.

“Y-yes.” She nodded sheepishly.

The white haired man gave a sharp laugh, commenting, “Goes to show you that women and machinery don’t mix.”

Yato didn’t miss Hiyori’s quick glare at his words, but he let out a sigh of relief as the grip holding his hands behind his back finally released him. He shook his wrists in front of him, trying to get rid of the numbing feeling that had started to creep in.

“So I guess we’ve got a hero on our hands.” Rabou looked at him smugly, suggesting, “Don’t you think he deserves some sort of award?”

He almost sounded sarcastic, but the other started to reach into his jacket, “I suppose you’re right—”

“Are you really going to put a price on saving my life, Kouto?” Hiyori asked in disbelief, her voice cracking.

His eyes widening as he realized his mistake, he withdrew his hand and hummed to himself, “Hiyori is displeased… Hm…” He looked up before turning back to Yato, “How about you join us for dinner tomorrow night so we can recount your tale of heroism?” He motioned towards him for his name.

Rabou looked on in disbelief and Hiyori seemed to be urging him to agree, so he did, “Uh… Yeah, sure. And it’s Yato.”

“We’ll see you then.” She took a step forward, lowering her voice, “And thank you.”

The three of them started to walk off before he cleared his throat, “Actually, would it be alright to bring along my kid—uh, kid brother?” He wasn’t really his brother, nor truly his child, but he wasn’t sure what else to call him, especially in front of this sort of audience.

Hiyori paused before smiling brightly, “Of course.”

3

Hiyori had spotted him on the lower deck that morning and attempted to subtly wave him up. After giving her a blank look in return, she waved more furiously, earning the looks from other passengers and causing both her and Yato to turn light shades of pink.

“What’s up?” He tried to ask as nonchalantly as possible as she let him through the gate, avoiding the harsh stares that were still very much present.

“Nothing, I just wanted the chance to speak to you in a… calmer setting.” She tugged the fabric at his arm before rushing forward, “Let’s move farther down the deck.”

“Don’t have to tell me twice.” He mumbled under his breath, glad to escape their audience.

Finding a good stopping point, she turned around to face him and looked him over for a minute before squinting, “If you have a little brother, why is it that I always find you without him? Are your parents on the ship?”

“Ah, no.” Yato swallowed and cleared his throat, “Yukine isn’t really my brother, but I didn’t really want to get into that during that moment, you know. There was enough going on. He’s a kid that I sort of take care of, but he does alright on his own as well. He’s short, but he’s a teenager.”

Her frown only seemed to deepen, “Well it doesn’t seem like you’re doing a very good job of taking care of him if you’re just letting him wander around a ship on his own.”

He laid his portfolio across his chest and crossed his arms over it, “Truth be told, he made friends with some kid named Suzuha shortly after boarding and he’d rather hang out with him than me. And for your information, Suzuha’s parents are aboard the ship, if it helps you feel any better. Not that that’s any of your business, really.”

Seeing Hiyori turn red again and part her lips with a lack of something to say, he smirked and added, “I’ve been on my own since I was fifteen. My old man was abusive so I got the hell out of there as soon as I could. My little sister came with me at first, but dad didn’t treat her nearly as bad as me, and she ended up going back to him despite everything. But anyway, I found Yukine who was pretty much in the same situation as me and I was already somewhat used to having a kid tag along by that point, so I just took him in myself.”

“O-oh…” She chewed on her lip, still at a loss for words and sympathy shining through her expression.

Yato leaned his back against the wall, “Don’t worry about it. We’ve struggled, but we’re making it okay. I mean, we’re on this ship.” He made a wide gesture with his arms before looking back at her, “Anyway, what’s your story? Why were you so worked up last night?”

Hiyori took a breath before laughing nervously, “I’m sure you’ll think I’m being over dramatic.”

He didn’t say anything, just waved his hand forward urging her to continue.

“It—it’s everything. I don’t even have room to breathe anymore. I’m constantly being asked a million questions or being watched even when I’m just trying to have some solitude. It’s a miracle I even managed to catch you like this. There’s just so many expectations, hundreds of invitations have been sent out, and I’ve been weighed down by literally everything ever since I got this.” She held out her hand to reveal an elaborate engagement ring, but she looked at it as if she wanted to do nothing more than rip it off of her finger and toss it into the sea.

Yato raised his eyebrows at the ring momentarily, thinking, ‘That thing’s probably worth more than anything I’ll ever make in my life.’ Looking up at her face, he asked, “Do you not love him, then?”

Hiyori dropped her hand and looked at him with wide eyes, “What?”

Rephrasing the question, he asked, “Do you love him?”

“T-that’s…” She coughed as if she had lost all the air in her body before she regained her composure, “That is a totally inappropriate question.”

“…It’s a really simple question, actually.” He put his hands on his hips and gave her a smug stare; sure that he already knew the answer.

“One that’s extremely rude and that I’m not obligated to answer.” She huffed in response, “Anyway, I invited you up here; this is my part of the ship. I think you should be heading back.”

Yato quirked an eyebrow, “Now look who’s being rude.”

Hiyori let out another huff before roughly grabbing his portfolio out of his arms, “What is this thing you’ve been carrying around all morning anyway?”

“It’s—” He reached out after it for a moment before letting his hand fall back to his side, “It’s my sketch book.”

The more she flipped through it, the more her mouth opened wide in awe. When she finally looked back up at him, she commented in a small voice, “These are really good.”

“Er, thanks.” He muttered sheepishly, looking down at his shoes.

“No, really. They’re very good.” She sounded awestruck.

Yato gave somewhat off a scoff, trying not to let her admiration go to his head, “Glad you think so, all the so called professional art critics don’t seem to agree.”

[sept-dix]

soulmate! au (bae jinyoung)

summary: soulmate! au with baejin in which he’s still an idol who’s part of wanna one a/n: requested

so how it works is that soulmates share emotions

kind of

whenever your soulmate is feeling any type of extreme emotion, you feel it too

and vice versa

and apparently, according to everyone around you who had already met their own soulmates, you’ll just know when you meet yours?

apparently you’re supposed to feel like a rush of a range of emotions when you meet them for the first time, and you just know in your heart that you’ve met them

or whatever

sounds kinda sketchy to you but ok

anyways the one thing you’re thankful for is that whoever your soulmate was seemed to be relatively emotionless lol

he seemed to rarely feel any type of way extremely enough that you felt it too

most of the time growing up, you’d just feel a random sense of joy now and then

of course there were times when he got sad and angry too but those times were rare

but tbh you kind of felt bad for him bc although you were generally an optimistic and happy person, you’re also super short-tempered

so there must have been times when your soulmate who was having a perfectly good and happy day must have gotten fricking irritated out of nowhere

so you always make a mental note to yourself to apologise to him when you two finally meet lol

ok anyways things were going smoothly for about the first 15 years of your life

until suddenly you started to feel super down all the time?

like on some days you’d be going to school, doing your work, hanging out with your friends, doing whatever you usually do but there’d always be this dull ache and sort of.. hopelessness? at the back of your mind

it started out with you feeling this way for like 1 or 2 days in a few weeks but the frequency started increasing to the point where you were feeling like this almost every other day

the reason why you were feeling this way should have been obvious to you but for some reason you just couldn’t figure it out

guess it’s like how people sometimes miss what’s right under their nose

you try to think of reasons why you were feeling this way because honestly everything in your life was going relatively fine and you weren’t particularly having any big problems

you were having a particularly bad day once when you were hanging out with your friends and they notice

so they start asking you about it and once you confess that you have no idea why you’re so lost

they’re like “omg y/n... it’s obvious isn’t it? it’s your soulmate”

and it suddenly hits you and you’re like oh wtf....

and you get a little overwhelmed bc for some reason you’re thinking about how if you were already feeling so low all the time, your soulmate who was the actual person feeling the full force of the emotions must be going through such a hard time

what’s he going through that makes almost every other day so confusing and hard for him? assuming he’s around your age, he’s kinda young to have gone through anything too horrible

the thought breaks your heart

in fact you somehow feel so bad for him that you start tearing up

your friends are like oh y/n :((((

one thing you hate about all this though is that sometimes your own emotions get buried under your soulmates’

like now and then you feel sad or down because of your own life but because your soulmate was feeling that way pretty often you don’t even know whether you’re the one who’s sad or if it’s your soulmate

and this means you can’t even take care of yourself properly

the inherent flaw in the system tskkk

anyways after a few days one of your friends invites all of you over to her house to like hang out

and one of your friends is having a super bad day bc of her soulmate

wtf this kind of thing makes you hate the soulmate system so much because if one person is already sad then why does the universe have to double the feeling and increase the negativity index in the world? smh

in fact you’re so angry about it that you tell yourself to calm down bc if not your soulmate’s gonna feel it lol

so in order to cheer up your friend your other friend suggests you guys watch the second season of produce 101 which had started airing a while ago

and you’re all eager to agree bc y’all loved the first season

so you guys marathon the first few episodes of broduce and even from the first episode you have your eyes set on the mmo boys

i mean how could you not they are literally talking every five seconds

and their performance of A is not too bad and you’re especially interested in the guy with the pink hair like you think he dances super well

so this means that while watching the show you should be most affected by daniel right since you’re the most impressed by him?

wronggg

there’s this other trainee called baejin who looks super shy and anxious throughout the first few episodes and for some reason your heart breaks every time they show him struggling

like you empathise with him so much that you feel like you almost know exactly how he must feel?

you don’t even know much about this guy but you can tell how unsure and hesitant he is

as the weeks pass it becomes a tradition for you and your friends to come together every friday night and watch broduce together (where can i get friends like these lol)

you’re kind of surprised because in the episode where daniel gets ranked last in his sorry sorry team and the disappointment shines through in his eyes despite his smile

you’re more concerned and curious about what’s gonna happen to baejin

so like although you claim to your friends that daniel is your one pick they all know that it’s baejin lmao

as the episodes pass you are sooo glad and proud to see him gaining confidence

when you guys are watching the final episode and baejin is the center for hands on me you actually cRY because of how happy and proud you are

and when it’s announced that he’s going to debut? there are no words to explain how happy and relieved you are bc ur FAV MADE IT!!!

but as you’re watching the ending moments of the last episode and it’s late into the night and all your friends including yourself are sobbing messes

suddenly there’s a thought that sneaks its way into your mind

tbh you weren’t really feeling all sad and low recently? especially in the past few weeks

and it’s just that of course all of you guys were pretty emo about broduce but you were so particularly invested and focused on baejin

and considering the fact that you weren’t one to get so emotional about stuff like survival shows

you feel like it’s almost as if,,,,,,

never mind, you shut yourself up before you can even entertain the thought because it’s a ridiculous one and your friends would probably laugh at you if you voiced it out loud

so you just let it go and cry happy tears for baejin that night and a little bit more for your original fav daniel who has risen to the status of a king and a little more sad tears for jonghyun & the rest

anyways so yeah the days go on as usual after that and you get so busy with school stuff that you don’t really have time to pay too much attention to wanna one stuff

so like around a month later you’re with your friends as always hanging out when one of your friends is like

“hey guys i think wanna one just released their debut mv wanna watch”

and you guys are like hell yeah

so you watch

and the thing is??? you haven’t seen baejin for so long despite being so attached to him bc you’re so busy but the moment he appears on the screen again you’re so overwhelmed bc wtHECK you love this boy

you’re so happy watching them at their debut showcon

and you’re like wow i’m gonna be this boy’s fan forever he’s so talented and amazing and handsome and funny etc etc etc the list goes on 4ever

but as you’re thinking that there’s the other thought creeping into your mind again and you’re troubled

you think about it for a while

and decide that the only way to understand it is if you could meet him

which is nearly impossible because he’s a fricking superstar

but,,, they’re having their first fansign soon and although you don’t have enough money to like buy hundreds of albums to guarantee yourself a spot in it

you decide that maybe you could apply with just one album

if you got in, then it was the universe trying to make something happen

sounds kinda stupid and highly unlikely even to you but you have nothing to lose so you buy that album

((you get daehwi’s photocard lmao))

when the announcement for who got in is up you’re super anxious and you open the website and ???!!!!!

!?!?!!??!

your name is there??!!

you have to rub your eyes and squint a little to make sure that you’re not hallucinating but yes, your name is right there

you are overwhelmed to say the least

like you had no idea what to make of this because??? you literally bought ONE album?????? this has to be a joke

you know you should be grateful and thanking the lords for the miracle because that’s what this was - a damn miracle

and beyond that you’d never actually expected to make it this far but now that you’re here you have no idea what to do next

like you’re Actually gonna be meeting baejin (at the back of ur mind you’re kinda feeling lightheaded at the thought of daniel up close but mmm yeah)

and you want time to slow down so you can slowly plan everything out but of course not

time moves the fastest when you want it to pause

so when the day comes you spend like 3 whole hours getting ready with the help of your friends who are screaming at you because they can’t believe your luck

you don’t dare to tell them the actual reason behind why you applied bc you’re embarrassed lol

but anyways everything else passes in a blur and before you know it you’re inside the tiny fansign venue and the 11 members are right there in front of you

you purposely avoid looking at baejin bc it makes you super anxious and you’re afraid to do it but you do get a little distracted from your original intentions by the other members lol

after all you were a fan of them all

soon you’re queuing up to go talk to them and baejin is towards the middle of the members

you don’t even remember what you talked about with the first few members but once you get to baejin

and look at him

and he looks up at you and says hi?

you

are

floored

for a fleeting second you wonder if this was the feeling of being starstruck

but you look at him and..,,

why does he look starstruck too

“hi! what’s your name?”

he manages out after a second but his voice is kinda shaky and his wide eyes stay on yours

and you try to reply him but you can’t because your voice has run away

and after a second he just puts down the marker and looks at you with his eyes full of so many different emotions

and as cliched as it sounds, in that moment you know

after a few moments of silence you somehow manage to choke out your name

and baejin somehow manages to write it out and sign your album

just as he finishes signing and opens his mouth as if to finally say something, the security behind him looks over and gestures for you to move on to the next member

and your mind is telling your feet to move but somehow you stay rooted to the spot looking at baejin who looks like he has so many things to say

but in the end the security ends up asking you to move again and this time you do

you can’t say anything to the rest of the members because you are sooo conflicted like first of all??? baejin

second of all?? was this the end? you hadn’t even managed to say anything to him

so the rest of the time is a daze and the reality only hits you when you’re back at your seat

and you see him looking at your direction several times

you’re panicking though because you’ve missed your only chance to talk to him so how is anything gonna work out after this?

but suddenly you remember what your mother always told you about these things

if it’s meant to happen, it’ll happen. the universe will find a way to make it happen

surely enough, when the fansign wraps up and everyone leaves

you’ve just stepped out of the door when a burly big man comes towards you

“excuse me, is this y/n?”

one second you’re lowkey scared but you nod anyway

“i’m sorry, could you come back in for a second? bae jinyoung asked for you. i believe it’s something important”

drop me an ask or message me to tell me what u think! thank uuuu for reading <3

ps requests are open

[anghraine]

I got tagged by @brynnmclean​ in the first sentence meme! AKA: Do the first sentences of whatever fics you want, however many you want. Are there any patterns?

Decisions are hard, so I’ll just go with the top ten by kudos:

1. we get dark, only to shine 

Lucrezia twirled, laughing as her skirts unfurled around her, a blur of pink and white.

I remember that I started here—before the story really begins in Pesaro—mostly because I loved that image so much. I’m not terribly visual, so I definitely go with it when something’s that clear! And I did kind of like the idea of having this brief beautiful moment before it all goes to hell, where they’re very young and innocent despite everything.

(Of course, few canons are so profoundly visual as The Borgias.)

2. per ardua ad astra (AO3)

Jyn never forgot the moment when her mother’s body slumped to the ground.

This was one of the hardest to find a starting place for. I had my ridiculously detailed outline, but it started with Bodhi arriving, and actually positioning Jyn at the moment was just difficult. But I did want her to be in that place of loss compounded by loss, where she finally just refuses to relinquish people and to give up—that’s really what ad astra!Jyn is all about.

I also had only seen RO once, in the theatre, so I had to rely on memory for everything—it’s why there are some continuity breaks from the early chapters.

3. but thou didst not leave his soul in hell (AO3)

Palpatine had sensed Luke as a vague disturbance in the Force.

Again, a sort of positioning thing: this is Vader’s POV, not Palpatine’s, and there to contrast how he connects to Luke. Definitely a “lol fuck you” element there :P

4. Season of Courtship

Miss Lydia Bennet’s marriage to Mr Wickham had effectively ended a very promising source of gossip; and Miss Bennet’s engagement to Mr Bingley was hardly better.

I loved this beginning. It’s still probably one of my favourites—I wanted to start on the outside looking in, picking up with Darcy and Elizabeth after their engagement by starting in the minds of people gossiping about them. And starting with a snide omniscient narrator felt appropriate!

5. Ten Facts About Harry Potter

Professor McGonagall is Harry's favourite professor.

The fact is more detailed than that. :P 

This is actually for my Slytherin!Harry AU. I wanted to start in comfortable territory—and there are in-story reasons this is true. It basically splits off with McGonagall happening to really look at Harry’s address and sweeping off to investigate. Since that messes with the timeline, he meets different people and starts off with somewhat different attitudes, which ultimately affects the Sorting—but it all started with McGonagall going “no, this is Wrong” and he never forgets that.

6. Anomaly

Fitzwilliam Darcy was a man of principle and integrity, austere in his habits and discriminating in his tastes.

Heh, I think all of these begin with announcements of fact, but this one particularly so! It’s my grey-ace!Darcy fic, so again it’s starting with a familiar baseline in a scenario I knew people would be resistant to, before swerving into the “and that’s why he doesn’t realize” territory.

7. Contradictions and Varieties

On the third morning of their stay at Lambton, Elizabeth and her uncle and aunt set off for a walk through Lambton.

Probably the most like wgdots: the purpose is still signaling where we are in the story (...obviously), but with some approximation of action. I don’t think I do that much. It’s just setting up an encounter with Darcy in the store—I remember that this fic was written for a couple of specific challenges, so that’s why it’s a bit random as an AU.

8. Redemption (AO3)

He falls by stages to the Dark Side, from pride to fear to anger to hatred.

This is for my first and weirdest SW fic (I gleefully tossed out chunks of ROTJ/PT canon because ... uh, I felt like it). One of my very, very rare present tense fics—I read a lot of it, but personally I vaaaastly prefer past tense. 

Again, it’s sort of easing you into the fic. If I have any signature tics, that’s got to be #1. I didn’t have any wrangling to do, though. IIRC the fic itself sprang into my head with that line.

9. wandering inside this night (AO3)

Han resigned himself to the inevitable.

The Han POV was so fun for this one. I definitely dove right in, but I wanted it to be a bit ????? wrt what the hell was going on. Since that’s definitely how he feels, haha. And I wanted a kind of sullen, pseudo-pragmatic grumpiness right off the bat.

10. First Impressions

Henry Bennet and Charlotte Lucas had been inseparable companions as children, and at twenty-five and twenty-seven respectively, were as near friends as two young, unmarried people could be.

This was another one that I struggled with starting (and it also had a detailed outline!). I definitely didn’t want to conceal anything here, but to make it very clear that it was ... you know, m!Elizabeth/f!Darcy retelling of P&P. And I was genuinely very interested in the idea of this platonic friendship between Hal and Charlotte; I meant to do more with it and had ideas for the resolution that just never panned out (since I wrote the last few chapters in a rush to the deadline). So starting with them was probably a bit deceptive in the long run, but it gave me a sort of launching pad.

So: none begin with dialogue, none begin with action beyond walking/twirling, and most begin with a simple assertion about the characters and jump into their heads. I’m not really the in media res type (except in the irritatingly pedantic sense that all things are); I like to begin with beginnings.

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[girls-scenarios]

#girlsscenariosanswers

1. First Kpop song you ever listened to?

Kitty: I don't quite remember but I believe it was either Gee or I Got a Boy #iconic

Nan: Nillili Mambo by Block B!

Kiwi: It was I Am the Best by 2NE1, or Fantastic Baby by Big Bang. I don’t really remember.

2. First bias/bias group?

Kitty: I think it was probably Sunny and SNSD but I can't fully remember

Nan: Zico and Block B

Kiwi: Probably Dara and 2NE1, but I got into 2NE1, f(x), and Sistar around the same time.

3. Top 5 recent songs

Kitty: Hyuna - Babe, Sunmi - Gashina, Paloma Faith - Crybaby, Sarah Close - Only You, Rake It Up - Yo Gotti

Nan: Dua Lipa - New Rules, Sunmi -Gashina, Prettymuch - Would You Mind, Dean - What 2 Do, Loona Odd Eye Circle - Girl Front

Kiwi: Sunmi - Gashina, G.Soul - Tequila, AKMU - Dinosaur, Hoody - Hangang, Primary ft. Soyou - Right?

4. Favorite album

Kitty: WJSN - Happy moment

Nan: Odd/Married To The Music by Shinee

Kiwi: Eclipse by EXID

5. How many albums do we own

Kitty: I have around 34

Nan: Between my sister and I we have about 40 albums!

Kiwi: I don't own any physical albums, I'm broke.

6. Favorite genre to write

Kitty: My favorite is definitely Au's, like any type but specifically fantasy or soulmate.

Nan: Probably fluff but smut is also fun to write

Kiwi: I like slice of life and comedy. Throw in an au of some sort and I'm happy.

7. Favorite request we’ve done so far

Kitty: I think my favorite requests were the 'Idols as...' questions, they were just so fun and interesting

Nan: I really love the Taeyeon fake texts I did but all the fake texts Ihave really loved!

Kiwi: I really enjoy doing reactions, especially for f(x). But my favorite scenarios to write are college au's, especially Sana's.

8. Our hobbies outside of writing

Kitty: I'm a video game and youtube kinda gal

Nan: I really enjoy producing music, dancing, and doing makeup.

Kiwi: I collect dolls and books, and I enjoy taking things apart and putting them back together. I fix things for fun.

9. Any tips for aspiring writers

Kitty: When you're having writers block, don't force yourself to write. You will end up with something you absolutely hate. Give yourself time, even have a break for a little while but it the ideas will come back at some point.

Nan: Don't be afraid to show other people your writing they can really help you become better, And don't give up even if you think you are a bad writer you will be able to improve I promise!

Kiwi: You'll always be your own worst critic. Practice and when you think you've practiced enough, practice some more. And don't be afraid to mimic your favorite writers. Eventually your own style will emerge, but you'll learn many things from the masters.

10. Top 5 favorite girl group choreographies  

Kitty: 4minute - Love Tension, Red Velvet - Russian Roulette, Wjsn - Secret, Oh My Girl - Liar Liar, DIA - Will You Go Out With Me?

Nan: Sting by Stellar, Freak by Good Day (cover dance), First Love by After School, Rewind by Wonder Girls, I’m In Love by Secret

Kiwi: My Copycat by Orange Caramel, Kill Bill by Brown Eyed Girls, Watcha Doin' Today by 4Minute, Short Hair by AOA, and I Swear by Sistar

11. Have you ever been to a concert?

Kitty: Nope lol, England doesnt get a lot of opportunities but when they do come I'm always too late

Nan: I have been to Kcon NY 2016, Kcon NY 2017, Seventeen Dimond edge tour in NY and saw Kard in dc a few days ago!

Kiwi: Nope. Again, I'm broke. Also, I live in Colorado. Groups don’t come here on tour. I plan to go to Kcon eventually though.

12. Top 3 biases

Kitty: Sohyun (Formally 4minute), Xuan yi (WJSN), Jimin (AOA)

Nan: Hanbit (Formerly Mercury) Matthew (Kard) Hyeri (Laysha)

Kiwi: Amber (f(x)) Choa (Formerly AOA) Jeongyeon (Twice) (honestly though I'm a mess when it comes to biases)

13. Ideal type

Kitty: My ideal type is kinda all over the place, I don't actually have one. I kinda just find people attractive that I find attractive (If that makes sense lol)

Nan: I dont really have an ideal type, but i really love Tall girls and have a soft spot of bob haircuts!

Kiwi: My type is probably small girls. Short girls. As you can see by my biases, I have a thing for short hair, but long hair is good too. I like dark eyes and dark hair as well.

14. Dream job, from both childhood and now?

Kitty: I think when I was younger I wanted to be a Vet but now I don't really know, I kinda want to be a teacher but we'll see.

Nan: When I was younger I wanted to be either a doctor or a reporter, now my dream job would probably be a music producer or a politician.

Kiwi: I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was younger, but eventually I realized that I can't sew. Now I'd love to write/direct movies, tv shows, dramas, honestly anything like that.

15. Somewhere you want to visit before you die

Kitty: Soooooo many places!!! But for some reason I really want to visit Sweden

Nan: Im not really sure. I have always wanted to go to Thailand though

Kiwi: Italy or Japan.

16. One cool fact about yourself

Kitty: In the past 17 Years I moved over 10 times (I'm not very interesting omg)

Nan: I have been homeschooled since 1st grade, and I started dyeing my hair when I was 10!

Kiwi: My hair is almost 4 feet long, and super thick. It's also naturally three different colors so it changes hue in the sun from dirty blonde to auburn.

17. Favorite non-kpop song/artists

Kitty: My faves consist of Sarah Close, Frank Ocean, Melanie Martinez and a bunch of old 80s/90s artists. My favorite song right now would have to be Rake It Up by Yo Gotti

Nan: My favorite artists are Bruno Mars, Dua Lipa, and Pretty much and I think my favorite non kpop song is New Rules by Dua Lipa

Kiwi: I like Kelahni, Childish Gambino, and Tame Impala, among others. My favorite song right now is probably Sober by Childish Gambino.

18. What have you been watching recently?

Kitty: I don't watch TV shows but I've been watching a lot of youtube videos from members of the Sidemen, Miniladd, Jacksepticeye and Jenna Marbles.

Nan: I have been watching a Thai drama called Sotus which is super good I recommend watching it!

Kiwi: I recently watched the anime Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun. I'd recommend it if you need a good laugh!

19. Favorite solo singer?

Kitty: Hyuna!!!!!!

Nan: Anda or Ailee!

Kiwi: Hoody or Suran. Although Lim Kim would be a close second.

20. One thing you really want to say

Kitty: I'm sorry I don't write enough for you all, trust me I really am. It's very hard to keep up with life and this. I always have thoughts of leaving but never make up my mind. But thank you all for sticking around and supporting us, it's made this all worth while knowing people enjoy what we do. I've been here since the very beginning and it's been a long journey but it's been a lot of fun along the way.

Nan: Im sorry life has been crazy and our updates have been so sporadic but thank you so much for sticking with us and supporting everything we have done! And thank you for all the cute requests it really gives all of us a chance to show our talents and have fun!

Kiwi: I wanted to say thank you to everyone for accepting me as an admin and supporting all of us. This blog makes my day, and hearing from you guys makes me smile. Honestly life is hard, but this blog has been my pride and joy. It's made me a little more confident in my writing, and I got to meet the awesome admins on top of that. Thank you guys for giving me this opportunity!