#we are free to interpret them as we want to

[lunaritex]

𓏲࣪ ִֶָ ︎ִֶָ DRUNKEN WHISPERS 𖤐. — sim jaeyun

(*´▽`*) Ꮺ sim jaeyun + fem! reader non-idol au college/university au friends to lovers ᛝ warning cursing drinking partying drunken confession one kiss scene open ending so interpret it as how you would . . !? & 1249 — m.list

note. i've been itching to write something related to drunk confessions so yeah. also this is my first jake fic, hopefully i didn't messed up his character here. i might make a part two for this if this blew up hehe. and merry xmas! 🎄tagging @senascoooop

Ring, ring. Ring, ring. 

“Hello?” You picked up the ringing phone without checking the screen. Your desk was a sight to behold; a stack of books placed dangerously close to the edge of your desk with sheets of papers covering the surface. In the middle was your laptop, the blaring screen nearly blinding you. 

“Hey uh, do you mind coming over to pick Jake up? He’s drunk,” Heeseung said, sounding embarrassed. You could make out the faint booming music from the other line. 

“Again? Heeseung, this is the fourth time it has happened this week,” you sighed, already rising to your feet, swiping your phone, wallet and car keys off the table as you stepped out of your room.

You heard a laugh. “We tried to stop him, (Name) but you know how it always turns out.” 

You merely rolled your eyes, having known Jake long enough to visualise how the scenario played out. As far as you were aware, Jake was a persistent pillar in your life. You had known each other since you were toddlers, due to both of you being neighbours and how your mothers were friends too. Everywhere you went, he was sure to follow you. It was an endearing sight to behold for the public, like a puppy following its owner. 

“Whatever, I’ll be there in thirty minutes. In the meantime, please stop him from drinking again,” you replied, hanging the call after Heeseung texted you the location of where they were. 

It didn’t take you long to arrive at your destination and you stepped out of your car after parking it, able to hear the loud bass boosted music that grew louder as you got closer. Thankfully, you didn’t have to enter the club as you easily spotted Jake and the others seated outside. It was like Jake had heightened hearing, for he perked up at the sound of your approaching footsteps. His face lit up as he rose to his feet while swaying side to side, resulting in both Heeseung and Jay having to steady him. 

But Jake didn’t care. He staggered his way towards you, throwing his entire body weight on you. You would have fallen to the ground if you didn’t catch yourself in the nick of time. You scrunch your nose at the revolting stench of alcohol lingering on his body and you could smell it from his mouth too, much to your disgust. 

“(Name)~, I’ve missed you so much,” his words were borderline slurring, barely comprehensible but you were still able to make out what he said. 

Thankfully, Heeseung and Jay pulled him away from you, eliciting a pathetic whine from Jake who struggles to free himself. You, on the other hand, ran a hand through your hair. “How many did he drink?” You asked. 

“Uh, like seven?” Heeseung replied, earning a smack to the arm from Jay, who shot him a glare.

“Seven? And none of you tried to stop him?” You asked, exasperated. 

“Hey, we tried our best but he refused to listen to us. He only listens to you,” Jay pointed out, a knowing glint in his eyes; a glint that made you look away, ignoring how your stomach tightened. 

“I’ll take him home now then, I’ll see you guys next week,” you sighed, bidding them farewell as you threw Jake’s right arm around your shoulder, having to grip onto him to prevent him from falling forward or backward. The others see you off before returning to the club, wanting to get more drinks before heading home. 

Needless to say, it was a struggle trying to complete the short walk to your car. You had to support the weight of a fully-grown man who is drunk, all the while maintaining your balance. With some difficulty, you managed to overcome it. However when you were trying to fish for your keys, Jake thought it was a good idea to bury his face in the crook of your neck. You groaned when his abyssal-like hair blocked off a good portion of your view, making a simple task harder than it should be. 

“Jake, what are you doing?” You asked, trying to push his head away but it was futile. 

He whined, still able to move his limbs despite his current state. You froze when Jake wrapped his arms around your waist. Physical contact is a common thing in your friendship but something about the way his lips brushed against the sensitive skin of your neck caused goosebumps to form. You involuntarily shivered when he rubbed circles on your waist, through the fabric of your clothes. 

“Jake, seriously, stop this,” you said, your voice wavering at the end and it didn’t go unnoticed by him. 

“Noooo,” he whined, his hot breath grazing against your skin with every word he spoke. “I miss you so much.” 

“We literally meet every day, how can you miss me?” You sighed, finally pulling out your keys to unlock your car. You opened the backdoor, managing to get him in. 

Jake grabbed your wrist and before you could react, he tugged you down. You yelped, falling forward and thankfully, you didn’t hit your head against anything. You held yourself up in an awkward position, one knee digging into the car seat, one hand gripping onto the headrest of the driver’s seat while the other was pressed against the window in front of you. Your breath hitched in your throat when you realized just how close he was. 

You were so close that if one of you were to move, you would be kissing. You have always known Jake is attractive but it was another level to see his features up close. His eyes were windows to his soul. No matter how expressive he is or how he tries to hide his feelings, his eyes will never lie. And right now, you could detect nothing but pure love and adoration in them. It was enough to make you gulp nervously. 

“(Name), you’re so pretty. Wanna kiss you so bad,” he murmured, words no longer slurring and for a moment, you thought he had sobered up, only for him to giggle and the thought was washed down the drain. 

“Jake, enough. You’re not thinking straight,” you said, not wanting to ruin your many years of friendship. You didn’t want to let something as simple as your feelings for him ruin it. You tried to move away but his grip on your wrist tightened. 

“I’m telling the truth,” he whines, lips curling down in a pout. You were tempted to kiss him right there and then but you held yourself back. “Heeseung and the others know about how I’m madly in love with you. You’re always on my mind, no matter what I go. If only you know how crazy I am for you.” 

You were rendered speechless, taken aback by the utmost sincerity in his voice and the abrupt confession. Never in your life have you thought that your friend feels the same way. 

“Jake, I—!?” 

You weren’t given the chance to finish his sentence. Jake moved and with one smooth movement, he captured your lips in a kiss. You were too stunned to react and the kiss ended as fast as it started. He pulled away, looking into your eyes for a few seconds before passing out. All you could do was to openly gape at him, watching as he fell asleep, occupying the entire backrow of your car.  

What the fuck just happened? 

[heaven-s-black-box]

Embarrassing- traveler!Aether x fem!Reader x Xiao

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Recovery date: December 23rd, 2024

Description: I don’t know if you do Threesome nsfw scenario Aether, Xiao with a fem shy reader, reader was asking to do it with Aether and Xiao. I can see.. Aether is more the praise type and Xiao is more awkward? When reader is easily overstimulated

Includes- plot if you squint, FMM threesome, relationship up to interpretation, Oral (both F and M receiving), established tap out, awkwardness/shyness, some overstimulation

Notes: This work was recovered in conjunction with researcher @darklolita666, we thank them for their contribution. Okay, slight disclaimer this one had me stumped for a long time so I think I managed to make it coherent and good, but also I definitely don't think it's one of my best works. Sorry.

Word count: 2 379

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Aether is trying not to laugh because he doesn’t think it’ll lighten the mood like he hopes it will. Xiao is so red that Aether thinks he would just teleport away, and Y/n is already so overwhelmed he thinks she might cry… more than she already is and for completely different reasons. Less fun reasons.

His chin is resting on Y/n’s shoulder and her head is thrown back onto his. Her lashes are soaked with tears, and her breathing is heavy as it brushes against his ear. Soft whines and moans catch in her throat as Xiao is buried between her legs, pads of his fingers digging into her thighs as he laps at her cunt. 

It’s a little awkward, Xiao isn’t really sure what he’s doing. Y/n is left chasing after his mouth when it moves away from the good spots, but he always seems to find another one before she can complain– to at least find his way back to the last. Xiao’s grip tightens as he tries to pull her down closer, his nose knocking against her clit as his tongue delves into her hole. Her left hand grips helplessly at Aether’s thigh, nails leaving angry red marks, and her right twisting the sheets beside them.

One of Aether’s hands, meanwhile, rests on her abdomen– his thumb tracing a soft arc against the tense muscles– and his other plays lazily with her breast.

“You can look up you know,” Aether hummed, addressing Xiao, before turning to place a kiss against Y/n’s pulse. “Don’t you want to see his pretty eyes?” Aether asked, stage whispering next to Y/n’s ear so that Xiao could clearly hear him.

He gently loosened Y/n’s grip on the sheets with one hand while trailing his other hand from her breast up her throat to her chin to urge her to look down, and led her now free hand to Xiao’s hair.

Neither of them seemed sure what to do with their hands; Y/n was too nervous and Xiao just wasn’t sure what to do. But as soon as Xiao’s hair was within reach she grabbed the ruffled strands and pulled, and even though she was nowhere near strong enough to force his head up, Xiao followed.

“Fuck,” Y/n breathed, whimpering as Xiao’s tongue ran through her folds and brushed against her clit.

By her ear, she heard Aether’s breath hitch and felt his dick twitch against her lower back. Xiao’s pupils weren’t blown out like Y/n and Aether’s, instead they were sharp slits.

He was a hunter, something they were both well aware of– having fought by his side before– but neither of them were used to having that piercing gaze directed at them. He was hunting them, and archons if that didn’t send a chill down their spines.

Aether reached out to tangle his hand with Xiao’s hair, overtop of Y/n’s hand, to pull the adeptus in for a kiss. A very messy kiss, slick with saliva and Y/n's arousal. 

When they pulled away panting there was a clear string of spit connecting their lips, but it was quickly snapped when he leaned back in. Though it started with Aether pushing into Xiao, he quickly started pushing back; climbing up over Y/n until he was caging her and Aether against the headboard. The position pushed Y/n further into Aether, making him hiss at the pressure on his already sensitive dick.

Xiao pulled away first, leaving Aether to chase after him though he couldn’t move far with Y/n between them. Instead of sitting back on his knees, Xiao dropped his head to the crook of Y/n’s neck and began trailing kisses and gentle nips against the skin.

Y/n whined, rocking her hips against nothing. Even though she was unable to find any friction, Xiao’s thigh was just a little too far, Aether was rewarded for his patiences. He moaned and shifted so that he could lean over Y/n and kiss her.

And that was when he’d had a realization. If he was feeling this pent up, left with nothing but the friction caused by Y/n squirming, Xiao must be suffering too. Clearly a conversation about asking for what you wanted was needed, but for now he’d just have to work on his mind reading abilities.

“Y/n,” Aether cooed, pulling away from her lips, “I think Xiao deserves a reward for all his hard work today, don’t you?”

She blinked up at him, and Xiao stopped his quest to cover the expanse of her neck in kisses to join her. 

“Oh,” Y/n whispered, her brain finally catching up. She looked down, avoiding Xiao’s gaze as his eyes snapped to her. “Can I?”

“What kind of reward?”

“Um…” Y/n looked up at Aether who shrugged.

“It’s your call.”

“Mine?” Y/n buried her face in her hands and let out an embarrassed whine, making Aether laugh.

“We can stop if you want to,” Xiao offered.

“No, no! It’s not that…”

It was more so that ever since clothes started coming off, none of them had really needed to say anything. Maybe it was because they were so used to predicting each other; or maybe it was just because they all wanted the same thing and there was only one way to get it, but now there were plenty of ways to proceed and it really came down to what Y/n was comfortable with.

She’d had a feeling Xiao and Aether were a page ahead of her when this started, like they’d talked about this before.

Y/n mumbled something into her hands, but even Aether couldn’t hear what she’d said.

“Come again?”

“I want to suck him off,” Y/n said, a little louder this time. Xiao turned bright red, and Aether couldn’t help the satisfied smile that settled on his face. Then, Y/n turned to him. “But what about you?”

“What about me?”

Xiao huffed. “You’re ignoring your own needs again.”

“It’s fine,” he shrugged. “I’m enjoying this plenty already.”

With a pout Y/n placed a hand on Xiao’s chest and gently nudged him backwards. The adeptus fell back onto his haunches before crawling closer to the end of the bed and making himself comfortable. He was still bright red, and the other two swore he was getting redder with every passing second.

Once Xiao was far enough that she could lay forward, Y/n leaned down onto her forearms with her ass up.

She looked up at Xiao, who was staring at her with wide eyed anticipation, and then back over her shoulder at Aether and wiggled her hips.

“Don’t make me say it,” she whined, then looked back down at Xiao’s dick and mumbled, “and you better make me cum.”

Y/n kissed Xiao’s tip, then ran her tongue from base to tip along the underside making him shiver. Aether, still feeling rather playful, leaned over her back to watch. His dick slid against her drenched folds, brushing her clit. The friction made Y/n draw in a sharp breath, and the cool air brushing against the wet head of Xiao’s dick made him groan.

This time, Aether let himself laugh a little. “Come on, if you can’t even handle that how do you plan on sucking him off while I fuck you?”

“I can handle it! I just wasn’t expecting it,” Y/n huffed.

“Well,” Aether drew back, earning a moan as he moved against her clit again, “expect this.”

Slowly, Aether lined himself up with Y/n’s hole and pushed in.

Y/n’s head craned back as she moaned, her eyes closing and her arms starting to shake a bit.

“Hey now,” Aether breathed, trying not to cum immediately from the feeling of Y/n tightening around him, “be a good girl and take care of Xiao.”

Placing his hands on either side of her hips, Aether leaned forward until his lips were a breath away from Xiao’s ear. The movement pushed Y/n forward, placing the tip of Xiao’s dick between her still slack lips.

Without thinking, her tongue flicked out against it before she lowered her head further to accommodate the lessening space between Aether and Xiao.

“You might want to keep a hand on her,” Aether whispered, though Xiao was only half focusing on him, “I don’t think she’s going to be able to multitask for very long.” Pulling away, Aether let his teeth graze the lobe of Xiao’s ear. “Y/n?”

“Mhm?” Y/n hummed, tongue lapping at Xiao’s dick; earning soft whines from the adeptus.

“Two taps if it’s too much, okay?”

Y/n gave the traveler an awkward thumbs up, trying to angle it towards the ceiling as much as she could.

“Good,” he praised, placing a kiss to the middle of her back along her spine. “I’m going to move for real now.”

He waited for a moment in case she wanted to tap out, but when nothing happened he pulled out half way and thrust back in. Y/n’s head pushed forward with the motion until the tip of Xiao's dick hit the back of her throat, making her splutter a bit.

Xiao gasped, both from the feeling of bottoming out and the vibrations as Y/n moaned. He grabbed at her hair, pulling her up a bit when she choked, but Y/n quickly pulled down against him to let him bottom out again.

Again Aether pulled out and pushed back in; the sound was absolutely filthy, wet squelching from Y/n’s arousal and whatever remnants of Xiao’s saliva there may have been. He watched his dick disappear into Y/n’s cunt again before looking over at Xiao who’s eyes were squeezed shut. Y/n’s head was completely down, so he could only imagine she was running her tongue along the sensitive underside and sucking at his dick.

Still moving at a slow pace, Aether pulled almost all the way out before leaning across Y/n’s back again. She squealed as the movement changed where Aether’s tip was pressing inside her and her walls tightened around him. He hissed softly at the change.

One of his hands moved from her hip to splay against her abdomen, keeping her steady as he pushed her forward until he could kiss Xiao.

The adeptus was so focused on the feeling of Y/n’s mouth and the way his tip hit the back of her throat that the sudden pressure against his lips startled him. He released the inside of his lip from his teeth and moaned into it, his free hand coming up to tangling in the long section of hair at the back of Aether’s head.

Aether’s tongue ran against Xiao’s lower lip as he pulled his hips back and rocked forward again, making Y/n moan and in turn making Xiao moan.

Y/n, assuming that Aether had settled for a bit by the steady pacing he was rocking into her, tried bobbing her head and letting her tongue drag against Xiao’s dick. Her pace was erratic though as the pleasure made her brain fuzz and focusing on two tasks became hard. This made Xiao’s grip of her and Aether’s hair tighten as his hips jerked up and he moaned into Aether’s mouth. He used the grip on Y/n’s hair to guide her up and down his shaft, leaving her to focus on breathing through her nose and moan freely.

With the way Aether kept thrusting into her, pressing against that collection of nerves inside that made her brain fuzz up– and maybe a little bit of the limited oxygen from choking down Xiao’s dick–, Y/n could feel a tight coil in her gut building. The same coil that Xiao had been accidentally taunting her with earlier.

When Aether pulled away, Xiao finally opened his eyes and was greeted with dark pupils and spit slicked kiss swollen lips as Aether sat back on his knees. His control of Y/n briefly stilled, keeping her bottomed out and he was only brought back to his senses by her annoyed whine– though to him there wasn’t really a difference between moans of pleasure and whines of annoyance, vibrations were vibrations.

“Sorry,” Aether said, moving the hand from Y/n’s abdomen down to her clit.

He’d barely pushed against the external bundle of nerves when she let out a sharp cry, her walls seizing around Aether’s dick as she moaned around Xiao’s dick. Aether continued running circled against her clit as she gushed on his dick and her hips jolted forward to try and escape the stimulation.

Xiao, being almost equally worked up at this point, came as soon as he looked down to see Y/n’s eyes rolled back in her head as she moaned. He held Y/n down, brain blanking until he felt her struggling and two taps against his thigh brought him back again. As soon as he let go Y/n pulled herself back and swallowed him before coughing violently. Her breathing was rough as she caught her breath.

“Are you okay?” Xiao asked.

“Y-ya,” Y/n breathed.

“Perfect,” Aether said before pushing her back down

With no worry about suffocating her, Aether threw caution to the wind. His thrusts were faster and harder, and even without the sharp angle he’d had earlier Y/n was seeing stars. She squealed and moaned, hips wiggling as she tried to escape but didn’t tap out. Xiao was left watching in awe as Aether pulled out, moaning as he came all over Y/n’s lower back.

Y/n shuddered, breathing heavily as she shifted into a more comfortable position.

“Was that too much for you?” Xiao asked, again not quite sure what was worrying and what was expected.

“No,” Y/n breathed, “but next time, you’re finishing him off.”

“Not my fault you’re so sensitive,” Aether laughed, kissing her cheek.

“And you’re a sadist.”

“You do seem to like watching her cry,” Xiao noted, slowly laying down next to Y/n who moved her head against his chest.

“Looks like I’m cleaning up,” Aether said, getting up and skipping over Xiao’s statement.

“Don’t forget the water.”

[queenvhagar]

Man, I loved Alicole in S1. The courtly love aspect really drew me in and the potential of both characters, individually and separately, made me excited for S2...only for it to fall apart completely. I wasn't expecting it to be The Princess Bride or anything, but damn. It felt like ridicule and even with Criston's speech to Gwayne in the "finale", I can't even muster enjoyment because it's so hollow after what we got in S2. I know it's supposed to be a tragedy but their characters have been written so weirdly that I cringe every time I see a picture or gif of them together.

At university I studied courtly love (l'amour courtois) as it existed in medieval French literature. Because in medieval times marriage, especially among nobility, was a political and economic affair, love was viewed oftentimes separate from marriage. One manifestation of this is courtly love, described as an experience between erotic desire and spiritual attainment, "a love at once illicit and morally elevating, passionate and disciplined, humiliating and exalting, human and transcendent" (from The Meaning of Courtly Love).

Some suggest core tenets to courtly love: that the love is illegitimate, furtive, adulterous in nature; that the male lover holds an inferior position to the woman, who is often elevated in station; that the man completes quests, trials, challenges in his lady's name; that there are rules and subtleties to it, similar to chivalry or courtesy (from Études sur les romans de la Table Ronde). Devotion, piety, and gallantry were valued characteristics.

Many stories portray this love, like Tristan and Isolde and the tales of Lancelot and Guinevere, as well as songs, such as dawn songs, or albas / aubades, poems that spoke of lovers parting in the morning before rivals or spouses discovered them. One such song is Reis Glorios by the "master of troubadours" Giraut de Bornelh:

The potential for exploring courtly love in relation to the pairing of Alicent Hightower and the knight Ser Criston Cole is vast and could have been a fascinating expansion of the relationship between the two as it existed in Fire and Blood. Whether it resulted in a physically consummation of the love or existed as a romantic and spiritual devotion between a noble lady and her knight, there was so much that could have been explored: how does each view the other as the personification of chivalrous ideals of honor, duty, loyalty, piety? How do the rules of courtly love and its secret, private nature influence the interaction between these two? How does their courtly love influence their motivations and the actions they take in their journey? And, if physical, how might each view this in the context of their vows, responsibilities, and their ideals?

The least likely scenario of all of this, when it comes to this pairing, is a situation in which a decades-long mutual admiration somehow evolves / devolves into meaningless physical consummation of the relationship, especially considering not only the illicit nature of such an affair but also the ideals that both characters hold in relation to duty, honor, chivalry, and their own relationship to sex.

Yet once again this is the writers interpreting the story through a solely modern lens. With this tale, they focus on a solely physical experience in the context of Alicent finally "getting off" after being in a loveless marriage all her life, and its purpose is 1) to position her in contrast to the mourning of the main character ie "look how selfish and evil Alicent is, having sex with Rhaenyra's ex while Rhaenyra looks for her dead son" 2) portray her as hypocritical and paint the conflict between the two women as somehow solely the result of jealousy for sexual freedom / hypocrisy at hating sexually free women while wanting it / achieving it oneself (despite this clearly not being the crux of the issues between these two women) 3) set her up to be responsible for the death of her own grandson and lighten / distract the moment of Blood and Cheese with the purpose to mitigate the blame put upon the actual perpetrators by having them have sex during the sequence, pointing the blame at her and Cole for not preventing the act set in motion by the actual perpetrators, removing her role in the actual event as it was written in the source material.

By taking this stance of a solely physical, using each other for sex, modern lens of the relationship between the lady and her knight, it misses out on a more accurate exploration of what love and sex really looked like in a medieval setting. The story truly suffers for it, as do these characters. Instead of an exploration of feelings, motivations, or the development of this relationship across decades, it is reduced to a one dimensional plot device created solely to make the characters look worse in relation to others.

Unfortunately this pairing is not the only part of the show to suffer from this pattern. The result is the world and characters feel incomplete and hollow, divorced from the setting, the logic of the universe, and the humanity of these characters. Nowhere is the "human heart in conflict with itself" that GRRM explores with his characters and stories. And really, courtly love would have been a phenomenal way to build upon the themes GRRM loves to incorporate into his stories.

[hello-universe-lovers]

"I don't want to go back..."

On the first day of Chris--oh wait it's already passed in my timezone. Nvm. Anyway, Broken is done, yaaay! The girlfriends are reunited! Anyway, you know how it is. Spoilers beware!

So my interpretation of the Broken is a lil more...healthier than canon. I mean, she's still a depressed bean and all but unlike Cold, she's medicated/hj. Much like the Opportunist, I stamped way too many HCs onto her (actually my bf did, bc he's disabled and he's where I get most of my ideas from) so she is not 1-to-1. But when has a lil canon divergence stopped anyone? I still am happy with how she turned out and how her disability affects her!

Details time:

- Her Princess is the Wild. And the separation from her was rough on Broken. Because of her empathy, she truly thought that being connected was the right call. We both know how it ends, and the resulting split took her legs. When they got to the Wounded Wild, both can see the damage they caused the other, and so agreed to move forward from the pain, getting to know each other.

- She obviously lost her legs, up to her thighs are root. And they also sprout from her head, too. The flower is just to hide the hole that are now in her skull.

- her wings were stripped bare, boney and unable to grow new feathers. So she opted to wear a shawl over them so they didn't hurt.

- her walk is more like a waddle, if she's doing it alone. She'd prefer to move with assistance (mainly Cheated) but if push comes to shove, she'd move on her own...very slowly.

- she is still connected to the Wild. And more often than not, she'd go to her to assimilate into the system. It's mainly a coping and calming thing, as she and Wild talk better through this direct connection. To her, this is the equivalent of going to your friend's house for some chit-chat.

- her clothes were made by Smitten to be as comfortable and easy to pull off as possible.

- her talons are frequently trimmed

- as stated in headcanons, she smokes weed. Medicinal weed to cope with the pain.

- Obviously, sometimes things hurt. Her legs are a big contribution to the pain, but her head, chest and arms also flare up. It's something that happens and while she groans and moans about it, she'd just lay still until she can move again. (And pain medication if they are REALLY bad)

- the cane was provided by Wild. It's perfect for her and if you forcibly take it from her hands, the cane turns into a root to strangle you.

- it's hard to get her motivated to do so, but almost every voice has experience the Broken Bonk™️ of Disapproval from her cane (the ones who haven't are Connie, Hero and Cheated)

- she has channel most of her self hatred to unfiltered sass. She will call you out on bullshit while using herself as the goal post. ("At LEAST I have no legs. What's your excuse?" Is an example).

- wheelchair is also optional for long distance travel.

- if anyone can draw the back of her head, I will give you a free doodle. I just wanted to give her curls but idk how to make thst look, if you're looking from straight behind her.

- Despite EVERYTHING, she still loves the Wild. She views her as a fellow person looking to heal. With Cheated included, they formed a little support group for all the trauma these poeple went through. Mainly through providing a calming and empty space to get away from the chaos and noise of Construct (and sometimes each other).

- is she as zealous as canon Broken is with Tower? Eeehhh...a little. She would much prefer the interpersonal connection and sense of completion the Wild provides than the Distant but guaranteed Protection of the Tower, but separate the 2 princesses, and she'd still grovel to Tower exactly like canon.

- it goes without saying but I will say it so it's clear: if you draw my version of Broken, draw her with her mobility aids (Cane and/or wheelchair). They are a part of her and me and my bf would appreciate it greatly, if you do that.

Ok, that's all. If it's still Christmas in your timezone, then Merry Christmas!!

[genderqueerdykes]

how exactly does one … “be” alterhuman? i ask this because lately ive felt very detached from my body and this world. mostly due to current events and things and stuff. i rarely feel human due to the nature of those around me. its not necessarily a superiority thing, i dont think, but im often existencially horrified at the feeling that i dont belong in this world, not with other humans or in society as we know it.

since i was young i was very enamoured by the idea of fairies/unicorns/mermaids, i think it was the idea of being able to live far far away from civilized society, just being able to run and skip and swim free wherever it is i desire. i live in the city but i remember desperately wanting to find an untouched piece of land and not direspect it the way humans do. to just sit on a bed of moss, or a rock with the waves rhythmically crashing against it, and to just lie there. i think it also has to do with my gender because ive always seen those creatures as genderless enigmas with no/mixed gender characteristics lol, like the image of being a pretty androgynous fairy/pixie without a chest. certainly helps that i love the vibes of those 3 creatures & dressing like my interpretations of them haha

but what alterhumanity seems to be is that its like, kind of an out-of-body thing? with crazy kintype dreams and phantom sensations stuff? i dont even know the difference between alterhuman/otherkin/therian, its all a bit overwhelming. im a bit scared there are “requirements” i have to go through

you know, thats a good question!

there's fortunately not rules to identifying as alterhuman! it sounds like you definitely have a strong connection to non humanity! some people have those kinds of intense feelings, some don't. i also don't relate to humanity at all. i DONT understand what humans are doing, ever. they fight over nothing and for what? i have always felt like i belong in nature

there's no requirements, don't worry! you don't need to have memories, phantom limbs, or anything like that! it sounds like the label fits you :) feel free to ask any more questions you may have

[astro-witchery]

—🔥Astro ‘Hot’ Takes🔥—

(Mostly lighthearted but also… it’s the truth.)

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There is no difference between man and women zodiac signs.

— A man Scorpio will not act different than a woman Scorpio. Some might be like “but what about the sexes! Males vs female!” And I would answer the same. A Scorpio is a Scorpio. This sort of mindset also doesn’t account for people that do not align with ‘man’ or ‘women’. It also doesn’t account for intersex people. The zodiac do not have gender and they don’t change in interpretation when applying to certain genders or sexes.

There is no difference in zodiac months in astrology

— This means that there is no difference between, say, an October Scorpio and a November Scorpio for example. I’m not sharing this as my opinion either, in the classical study and understanding of astrology this will not be taught. Deacons can be more useful in explaining this phenomenon.

No sign or placement is ‘worse’ than another.

— All astrological placements, especially zodiac, have the capacity for positive and negative features. Some placements might require more work or they might not be in complete harmony, but that does not inherently make the person with said sign placement bad. Everyone has positives and negatives in the chart, all human life requires work and resilience and hopefully growth into something better than when we started.

Nothing is set in stone in astrology

— Everything in life is fluid and has the capability to change over time. The placements of your natal chart indicate potential. A proclivity for behaving a certain way. You might not embody everything about a certain sign or placement. You might embody said placement at one time, then through growth you don’t anymore. Another placement or aspect might completely overshadow a certain signs behaviors making it so that you don’t behave a certain way. You can have horribly negative looking placements and aspects (signs in detriment or a lot of squares and oppositions) but you could totally work through them with ease and kick ass at life. Diminishing your existence to your astrological profile and having a rigid hold on yourself is not what astrology is meant for in my opinion.

If you study astrology, you’re an astrologer.

— You don’t need to open up a shop or go take some astro course to become an astrologer. I understand if you’re just starting out and you feel like a newbie that you might not want to call yourself an astrologer, and that’s fine. But if you have been self studying for years, know all the zodiacs in order by name and can recall most of the archetypes by memory, know how housing systems work and what they represent from memory, know the differences between aspects and how they are calculated, know about different types of astrology, housing systems, and synastry/composite chart reading I think it’s safe to say that you’re an astrologer. Congratulations! Even if you’re not there yet, but you have the desire to continue learning go ahead an call yourself an astrologer too. I give you the pass.

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Those were some of my hot takes! Feel free to give me a follow for more astro and witchy content on your feed.

I also offer paid natal chart readings and I can do synastry and composite chart readings. I’m not super organized about it, I just do a sliding scale price for what you can offer. If you want some free advice just drop an ask and I’ll answer some of your astro questions ~

[izelthewashbear]

Good news: we finally know why c!Martyn fell off between his win in Limited life, and then his recent placements in Secret life and Wild life!

Bad news: Not angsty enough.

Worry not, for I have already thought of three (3) alternative reasons for why Martyn fell off the way he did!

(disclaimer: this post is NOT meant to signify that Eyes and Ears is a bad AU by any means. I respect the decisions that Martyn makes (as much as I wanna toss this man into a wall sometimes), but I decided to give this one thing my own little spin, since I've already been thinking about it for a while. Enjoy!)

These headcanons are placed in a particular order: 1 fits pretty well into EaE AU and technically could be canon if Martyn likes it ig?, 2 is a pretty neutral one that could fit into any AU or interpretation (+ is the closest one to what Martyn said on his lore stream, but a little different) and 3 is one I personally use in my own AU, called Preservers AU, or The ones who watch, the ones who listen, the ones who kill AU (WLK for short).

1. Martyn got fucked up the same way Cleo and Pearl did in Double life.

While doing research into EaE and watching Limited Life lore stream a while back, one particular thing caught my attention. As you may remember, in session 6, Cleo and Pearl were absent and Gem and Lizzie came to fill in for them. I really liked what Martyn lored there - the idea that Double Life messed up with them so much (especially Pearl, but Cleo too) that even after "resting" in the eternal fuckass void that the Watchers throw them into (the void has no name, so may I propose the name I use in my own AU - The Midway, as in the middle of the way between different worlds) they weren't quite in the right mindset to enter the games again - hence, for example, Pearl talking about Tilly in ep 1 of LimL. So, their souls got snached by the Watchers, threw into the void like into a microwave when you need to heat up your food for just a minute longer, and their conciousnesses were replaced with Gem and Lizze's.

And what if the same should've happened to Martyn?

Let's be honest, winning this series messes everyone up, especially if it ends by you backstabbing the only person who was nice to you the whole season (+ some random guy who just happened to be too close to your sword). Especially if we take into account the interpretation that Martyn got briefly possessed by the Watchers as he killed them ("time is delicious" yada yada yada, we know what you are sir). I can totally believe that this win messed with him enough that at the beginning of Secret life, he was still a bit woozy, a bit disjointed. That would explain him being the first yellow, first red, as well as ending up in the bottom half of the leaderboard for the first time. Funny how he was still the only person to never fail a task, I guess even when fucked up by the Watchers he still has his 300 IQ.

But why didn't the Watchers snatch him during Secret life and put him back into the aforementioned void? Cuz they like torturing him too much and they were like "naaaaaah he'll be fineeee" (he wasn't). Or, they wanted to, but they accidentally snatched the wrong blond guy (aka Tango) (just like in Wild life, they mixed up their blondes again and got Martyn killed before Jimmy).

2. The nihilism route

Martyn's explanation during the lore stream was that c!Martyn, after he won, stopped caring about his performance and decided to chill out a bit, hence him doing worse and worse each subsequent season. But c'mon dude, where's the angst? So I propose a slightly changed version.

You go through four painful, draining, exhausting death games. Each time you die too early to reach your goal. You see your friends die, and you die painfully as well. Until one day, it happens. You win, you kill everyone. You're ecstatic, now you can fix everything, free everyone, change everyone's fate and be free-

And then you're tossed into a new game. All your happy murder time didn't matter. You're right back where you started. Not to mention, the one you were fighting for isn't around, still. So what do you do? Wallow in sorrow, of course! You're all stuck and you're all fucked! There is no escape! Nothing matters! (/neg)

So yeah what Martyn said but make it sadder

3. The Watchers hate you, personally (spoilers for my AU! + if it sounds stupid out of context I'm sorry)

(TW for body horror, oops)

So I'm no stranger to writing horrible fates to characters I really like (and unfortunately that includes c!Martyn, this guy is just too fun to mangle repeatedly). In my AU, after a win, each player is granted a singular wish from the Watchers - and that wish is twisted into a sick version, making up the new game. WLK!Martyn, the nosey bastard he is, asked to know everything about the Watchers - all their secrets, all their knowledge, how to defeat them. Watchers said "bet" and in return, gouged out his eye and replaced it with their own, "lending" him some of their powers (with the side effects being migraines, insomnia, being flashed with horrifying visions, throbbing pains in half of his skull and falling off in general). So uh yeah, guy that loses an eye in such a fashion and doesn't have any time to recover will probably have a hard time placing high again.

It could also be made into a non-WLK version where the Watchers mangled him in some other way. Sorry Listeners but you can't save your boy from that, he too far gone

So I hope you liked my little ramble! If you have any of your own ideas, interpretations or even questions lemme know, I love loring and I wanna outlore the lore guy one day :3

[citrusai]

taash said "they were doing it" and people ran with the interpretation of an npc that doesn't know solas or the history of the elvhenan even when bellara interjected and said, no, that's not right. that's not how it was for the elvhenan. they formed bonds before they had physical bodies. and people ran to doompost or create weird anti-solavellan shit even though mythal & solas refer to each other as old friends and when she releases him there is no tenderness or love in it. it is the act of unchaining a dog from his post, the stepping down of a general. but to each their own ig.

[dykedvonte]

Mouthwashing is genuinely one of the first fandom spaces in a while where I’ve seen people outright refuse to curate their own personal spaces and try to shame people for not making what they personal like/believe

Like this is not saying ignore any issues that come up or whatever is serious but like on the general terms of just not interacting with things that are not your personal take or interpretation, a genuine refusal to just look at and create things that you like.

Constantly seeing people repost art without credit to shit talk it and excusing it because “well it’s bad cause insert deeply personal and not actually a valid justification”, calling out people for silly comics or differing interpretations. Its not just a holier than thou mindset it’s just a weird hatred for things not specifically catered to you or your view point at this point and like it’s seriously the case of just follow and like what you want to see and block, mute or whatever doesn’t fit it.

Take this out of context all you like, but I just so odd to me to try and force people to interpret and engage with a media that is supposed to be purposefully vague and open in certain areas. Or just be mad that people like to play with and explore the characters outside the story, in different settings or with twists in events.

Like why is it an issue that someone is having fun with the game in a different way than you?

[summertimemusician]

Linktober 2024, Day 1, Mirror (Self)

Alright here we go again.

Technically a sneak peak of a bigger thing to come in the future that I'm repurposing, and the result of my final playthrough and readthrough before EoW dropped being Four Swords Adventures and that made me sad about Shadow Link again.

Note that this is for the Four Swords Adventures iteration of Shadow Link that might evolve into an LU Shadow, not Dark Link in either LOZ or LU, I have other plans for him.

This one shot was brought to you by Scars by The Crane Wives, Ribs by The Crane Wives, Ruin by The Amazing Devil and Two Minutes by The Amazing Devil because the author's playlist decided to be incredibly cheeky when they blacked out to write this like an ancient seers being cursed with visions and then called mad and hearing they've been put up for execution.

As always the nature of the relationship can be romantic or platonic, mostly due to the author's time constraints and further plans.

Anyway enjoy the reading!

It was cold.

The sort of cold after a wildfire, when everything's turned back to ash, the sort that left burned your vision white after the flames licked through your veins and left an ache in your bones. He shuddered, coughed black onto the stone floor, shaking with a muffled whimper.

It never got any easier, being dragged from the Dark World and into the Realm of Light, the goddesses' world itself revolting against an intruder, wanting the wound torn asunder into their oh so precious realm cauterized. To purge the intrusion and smite it where it stands.

Too bad for them (and for him), his master didn't particularly care about what the world wanted. Didn't particularly care that he hadn't grow accustomed to the pain or the cold, he had to stand up. There was work to be done.

(Shadow gritted his teeth, willed himself not to think about the prophecy of a golden haired princess- because whether he liked it or not, it was prophecy. As those with divinity running through their veins are wont to spill from their throats so carelessly- of violet eyes and a smile a third moonlight and hands holding a hammer.

It always hurt more, after one of the heroes liberated one of the maidens, or the jewels, the pain lingering for days afterwards and carving a home in his metaphorical bones. But just this once he'd take the cold bite of the Four Swords over the pain in the hole in his chest that Vio's betrayal had left, something that felt so much worse than every other time before.

Just this once he wished that maybe, just maybe, the hurt would be too much to bear, that he wouldn't wake up again-

Why? Why does it hurt so much but he's still here? He already knew the Light was uncompromising and unforgiving, but he thought them at least above curses.)

His ears twitched as soft, almost silent footsteps came up to his side. Someone crouching by his fallen form, setting a cautious hand over his own that Shadow couldn't help but draw away from with a hiss, blinking as his eyes adjusted to the world again, to your face, carefully blank as you guided him to lean against your side, a silver choker with a crimson gem winked mockingly at him, the shade closing his eyes and going boneless against your side.

Shadow was so, so tired.

He heard you quietly sigh, plucking his cap from his head and running your fingers through dark amethyst, smoke and mist made hair. "I told you so."

"Shut up." He grumbled, nuzzling further into the crook of your neck. One clawed hand curling against your free wrist, digging into the skin. Absentmindedly noting there were new scratches just above the metal.

It was routine by now, the warmth of your existence against his own a welcome balm, not quite of the Realm of Light where it's unpleasant, not too close to the Dark World where he felt like melting back into the embrace of the darkness, only to howl in agony at being dragged out.

Memories not quite his own bled into his mind all the time. How you'd shape ice into flowers for the princess in winter with nary a though, of blinking and from one second to the next you'd have whatever sword he had hostage if you though it was time for a break with a smile brighter than the sun.

His master had changed that though. It took months for you to stop trying to claw the collar out and to stop trying to fight Vaati.

(Funny how holding a mage's dragon as a bargaining chip is just as effective as kidnapping a ruler.)

Your gaze flicked to the polished obsidian of the Dark Mirror, to the gold, ornate frame. "The offer is still open, you know. Let me take the suffering from you."

"No." He scowled, leaning back to glare into your eyes, a hint of fangs poking out from a maw struggling to keep the shape of a human jaw, "You helped him. Helped them." Shadow spat, there is that hurt again.

You shrugged, a movement that's just slightly awkward as you flinch, "That I did." You confirmed simply, it almost made Shadow see red as he leaned away, knocking your hand from his head in the process, but if there's anything him and the heroes shared, was a lack of a desire to hurt you. It was a little grating to be honest, "Vio even offered to take me with him, to be honest."

"Then why didn't you leave?" He demanded.

Why did you stick around?

Your eyes shuttered, a hint of conflict in your pursed lips. Before you found your words, they come out softly, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you why. You'll just have to find out yourself."

You tug your wrist from his grasp, and Shadow lets you go.

(Stubbornly pushing down on memories and emotions that arearen'tarenotanymore quite his.)

You stand and turn away, pushing the curtains away from your sight, you turn your tired eyes to Shadow with an emotion he can't put a name to. "Just keep it in mind that there's more than one way to end this. Nothing is truly inevitable."

Shadow watches you go. 'There's nothing that can be done. He tells himself, hand hesitating above the Dark Mirror, briefly, it curls into a fist. The hero's original self stares back at him.

'… Does he really believe that?'

He shakes his head, and focuses on willing the Dark Mirror to show him his counterpart.

His chest still hurts.

[blood-orange-juice]

This this this

It's delightfully messed up

Childe won't mind it precisely because he's here for all the messed up things the world has to offer

I'm here for it too (even if I still can't understand why Zhongli would be interested)

What I don't get is how we are mostly getting the fluff version of the ship, not the delicious mindfuck that it could be.

(at the same time Zhongli is one of the few people in Teyvat who can feel/express compassion for this maniac and actually survive it, so I kind of see the appeal)

Also having a situationship with an ancient god is as cool as it gets.

Hot take: zhongchi is an *insanely* problematic ship.

One of the guys is 5000 years old and the other is, what, 22 max? I don't understand how you people are not finding it weird.

[ahopefulbromantic]

wait do you believe in hell as eternal conscious torment? (im curious bc that debate has been a crux of my own journey w faith & christianity)

I believe in hell as eternal disconnection from God or more precisely as defined by the Catechism a "state of definitive self-exclusion from communion with God and the blessed" (CCC 1033). How that would look like i have no idea but i do know that tearing yourself apart from the one and only source of life, love, happiness, fulfilment, goodness, and everything that is good would absolutely be the worst torment imaginable, or rather well, unimaginable. And i do know God would hate to have His beloved children be in this state. I hope with all my heart that hell is completely empty, i wouldn't wish it upon anyone and i mean anyone

Oh and since you mentioned a debate, can you tell me more about it? Cause i'm not sure what you're refering to and i'd love to learn more! God bless you anon and best wishes for your journey with faith!

[wonder-worker]

"As for the government of the kingdom, [Edward V] had complete confidence in the peers of realm and the queen."

"According to the Crowland continuator, [Elizabeth Woodville] seems to have taken the king's place in listening to his council immediately after Edward IV's death. It does appear that she expected to have some role in her son's kingship, and the Crowland continuator’s report of the letters sent to her by [Richard of Gloucester] indicates that she had good reason to expect to be able to work with him and the other councillors: 'the duke of Gloucester wrote the most pleasant letters to console the queen; he promised to come and offer submission, fealty and all that was due from him to his lord and king, Edward V, the first-born son of his brother the dead king and the queen'."

"[However], in what was Gloucester's first coup, Edward V was separated from his household and Woodville advisors. When the young king questioned the move, Buckingham was reported to have told the boy 'It is not in the business of women but men to govern kingdoms'. The blunt remark referred to the authority of Elizabeth Woodville as queen and the power she must have anticipated within the new political climate left by Edward IV's sudden death [...] While the veracity of this scene is questionable*, the words attributed to the duke no doubt seemed plausible to Dominic Mancini who believed they exemplified the popular sentiment held by men [...]."

-Dominic Mancini, The Usurpation of Richard the Third / J.L. Laynesmith, The Last Medieval Queens: English Queenship 1445-1503 / Alexander R. Brondarbit, Power Brokers and the Yorkist State, 1461-1485

*One of Mancini's key sources seems to have been Edward V's own doctor, John Argentine, who attended to him in the Tower. It's very likely that he was the one who recounted this scene to Mancini, which suggests that it should probably be considered more credible than not.

[molagboop]

Reference sheet commission: client asked for Raven Beak.

[akuma-tenshi]

working on a submission for a discord rp and i want you guys to see her i'm so proud of this so far

[trevisos]

i’m going to be a hater again for like 20 seconds. about astarion. as per usual.

why do ppl insist on reading (spawn and/or pre-ritual) astarion as possessive of his partner? why do we Want him to have that trait? what is the point. why r we trying to make him possessive and protective when he’s like… not? ascended!astarion is right there u can literally have this if u want it! u don’t need to ascribe it to spawn!astarion when it’s not there. there is Literally A Version Of Events Where It Is True