#we're all monster's verse

[of-the-stars-and-the-sea]

Darkness of a Secret World

Hey.

It's been a long time, hasn't it? I'm going to guess you weren't expecting to hear from me. It's a rare day when the dead come back to life, after all.

I let you dig my grave, firefly. Some of it's hard to remember, but even now, I can picture the way you crumbled as you buried me deep into the ground. Your face, tear-stricken. Your hands, nerve-wracked. You can't hide anything from your eyes, you know. Your eyes are like windows. And on that day, I've never seen something more haunted.

To tell you the truth, firefly, I've written this message to you nearly a million times. I've written in my head from limbo. I wrote it aloud to the starless sky as I crossed the desolate landscape. I've traced it over and over onto paper until it disintegrated into scrap. I should’ve said something far sooner than now, but no matter how many times I've tried to put words to how I feel, I haven’t been able to.

I'm not angry, firefly. Maybe I should be. I've tried to be. Despite all our original intent and all of our purposes, you ruined everything that I had. There would be no breath in my lungs if the abyss had not come for me and ripped me from the ground to leave me to the nothingness of freedom. But the simple truth is I'm not. I can't be. Because in the end, firefly, we were both just kids. Kids who ran on fences and believed we could never fall in a way that mattered.

Truthfully, all I really am is sad. I am sad for all you felt forced to sacrifice. Sad for all all we were. For all we could've been if the darkness did not swallow us both. But more than anything, I am sad for those little, scared kids whose innocence was left behind and buried beneath the darkened soil of an unmarked grave.

Do you think that maybe our fall was inevitable? We ran so far that we never gave a thought to what could've been behind us. Maybe that darkness had been chasing us the whole time, and we had just never turned to look behind us. Could we have avoided it, if we had just turned around? I don't know what's worse. If we could've stopped it, or if we were always doomed to let it consume us.

You better be alive out there, wherever you are. Gods curse me, if they really do exist, but after everything I could never forgive you if you weren't. The shovel was in your hands back then, firefly, but I was the one who told you where to dig. You may have been the one to set me aflame, firefly, but it was with my lighter that I was burned alive. The darkness was there for both of us.

This isn't forgiveness. I don't know if it ever could be. But if you see this, firefly, please, come find me. I'll be at the tree we carved our names into, all those years ago. I can climb it now.

~~~

And on that tree I’ll carve your name

‘Cause in years to come we both know we won’t be the same

You asked me to climb, I never learned

But if you ask me for my fire

Just watch me burn.

(Secret Worlds, The Amazing Devil)

[hawksblooded]

⤖ indie & selective ALIZEBETH KENWAY,  a fandomless original character from own lore.

⤖   generic fantasy & fandom verses available. strictly 18+ .  ⤖ sideblog to @henosiis. written by KAT ⤖ affiliated with @fishermcn, @swordluck

Exploring grief, DUTY, acceptance, friendship, misfortune, necessity, justice

[bijoumikhawal]

Okay I've read the main body of SVSSS. I think it's really good as a meta parody and gives some interesting insight into MXTX's mind- I think some of the criticism of her work is unfair and this book is a pretty good example in parts (the running commentary about misogyny in stallion novels is a lot more unambiguous than her accurately depicting misogyny in others wirks like MDZS, though I don't understand why the latter gets read as an indication of her as a person).

However I don't think it works well as a romance story. There are main two problems; one,that while all of MXTX's main characters are people that have gone through the wringer and lashed out on others because of it, sometimes in really grusome and reprehensible ways, we get to see who they are not just before it goes to shit, but after they've acted in a such a way and either by intentional choice or just the passing of time, behave in a kinder and more upright manner. SVSSS's main story ends right after LBH isn't being an antagonistic force driven to the pits. Additionally, LBH is (understandably) a very misanthropic character which makes the way you'd show him learning how to be a person not driven by grief, fear, and anger different.

The other point is SY/SQQ's internalized homophobia is handled in a way that distracts somewhat from his feelings for LBH, and this combines with a lot of the things taken as romantic by other characters being misinterpretions of his internal world. Some of the latter seems to be him bullshitting himself though- "I'm not crying because I'm facing down my beloved student who I've failed horribly and hates me before I off myself without knowing for sure if my contingency plan will work, the sun's just in my eyes", sure Jan. Given how WWX acts its clear that MXTX now knows how to balance internalized homophobia with the character falling in love even if he doesn't realize it, and TGCF doesn't really have internalized homophobia on the protagonists part as far as I've read, he's just a sworn virgin. (However one could argue HC had some issues when he was human depending on how you read the Land of the tender scene).

SVSSS is short compared to her other works, and while I'm not sure how one would do it, having us spend some time with LBH and SQQ after they've gotten rid of his evil sword and SQQ is helping him work through his misanthropy, desire for control, and abandonment issues would improve their relationship from a story perspective, especially because of how obsessive and unhealthy LBH has spent... 8 years of his life regarding SQQ. There's already a foundation with LBH taking SQQ back to his home peak to be taken care of after his near death experience and leaving alone when he gets chased off, and SQQ choosing to go with him with no pressure on him to do so other than LBH's wellbeing (which is no longer tied to things like the apocalypse). I just think there needs to be a bit more between that and what I'm reading in the extras so far.

And it is needed because of how much LBH's dark behavior was directed at SQQ. WWX's dark behavior wasn't so targeted, LWJ's had an instance of targeting but a large part of the novel has been about him doing his best to respect WWX's boundaries and not repeat his parents relationship. I'm not up to snuff on what happened after XL's first banishment yet so I'll keep quiet on that. LBH is so desperate for this one person's affection that he almost destroys the world to ensure he has no other choice but him (and they have terrible fuck or die sex that no one enjoys about it). Evil sword possession making him decide this was a good idea or no, to work as a satisfying romance story, you need to after of all that. Especially because the evil sword had the ability to push him that far because of how chaotic and wrecked his mental and spiritual state were. They're still wrecked.

[ajaxbell]

Fangs of Fortune (Bai Ze Ling): perfect on pure aesthetics alone, but also it will tear your heart out while being very gay.

I was lured in to this show by Tumblr gifsets and friends on Bluesky talking about how queer and poly this show is. I'm old and I've been in fandom more than half my life. I know how to read queer subtext. I'm also pretty well versed in cdramas, so again, I know how to read subtext. So I went into this ready to, well, read the subtext.

But no this show is just puts the queer it right there in the text. The vague information we have about Chinese censorship repeatedly left me asking, 'wait how are they getting away with this?' Like some of these jokes and implications are just so blatant it seems incredible this show ever made it to being broadcast. It just feels very much like queer media made for queer people even if t's more subtle than something western like Queer as Folk.

Even without the heavy coloring of gay this show is incredible and so much more than I expected from the title and the promo. The premise is essentially the death of the goddess, who governed relations between humans and demons, leads to an influx of demons in the human world. This brings together the goddess's disciple, Wen Xiao--seeking to restore the goddess's power. WX's childhood sweetheart, Zhuo Yichen--seeking to restore the demon-hunting bureau after the powerful demon Zhu Yan killed his father and brother. It opens on Zhu Yan, in human disguise as as Zhao Yuanzhou, volunteering to help the imperial court restore the demon-hunting bureau to quell the chaos. They are joined by Pei Sijing, a retired female general from the rival demon hunting sect, and a very young doctor (and comic relief) named Bai Jiu. It starts off as a sort of monster-of-the-week with a grim Scooby gang doing detective work and fighting monsters. Each major demon has a mini arc that relates to the larger case (restoring the power of the goddess to balance the realms), and they are repeatedly blocked by either the demons or the rival demon hunting sect. Each mini arc also acts as a mirror or parallel story to slowly revealed backstory of all the main characters as well. In true cdrama fashion it's a mix of adventure, intense emotional drama, romance, and comedy. And queer and poly jokes and romance. It also has a kind of manga vibe in the way the comedy is woven into the more serious story, and in the fantastical depiction of the characters and how the story unfolds.

It is also just insanely beautiful. Every single shot is lovely. The costumes, make up, and hair are incredible. The casting director made all the major demons inhumanly beautiful. The sets are spectacular. The effects are nicely done. Every bit of has the vague surreality of a fairytale. The perfection of each shot ads to the manga vibe, as if we're seeing each critical storytelling panel come alive. There's recurring water-based special effects that are just gorgeous. Based on aesthetics alone this show would be worth watching to me. That it is combined with a complex, very emotional story is a spectacular gift to the watcher. A lot of the negative reviews of this complain about the staginess or that it's overly contrived in how each scene is shot. But I think it's gorgeous, works perfectly with the storytelling, and if we criticize art on whether it achieves the goal it intended then this show is doing exactly and perfectly what it means to do and doing it beautifully.

Additionally the acting is also very good, but Neo Hou is the stand out for sure. I enjoyed him in Back from the Brink, especially the later part of the story, but in Fangs of Fortune he's transformed, utterly embodying the role, the way Dylan Wang is Dongfang Qingcang in Love Between Fairy and Devil. Neo Hou has the right look, a slightly uncanny beauty perfect for a gorgeous immortal not of this world. The show does incredible things with his styling between the various looks and personas the role requires. But in acting he somehow manages to utterly transform his face and demeanor to manifest each aspect of the character as story demands changes from him.

There is a lot of crying in this drama. Like early on I joked that there was going to be a character crying a single perfect tear in every ep. Lol nope. Multiple single perfect tears per ep and many outright full on sobbing scenes. This show is just waiting to rip your heart out and you see it right from the beginning. But it was such sweet pain all the way through. Just a truly engaging and utterly wrenching set of intertwined stories.

My only criticism is that the pacing falls apart in the last 3 episodes. But overall the story is solid through the end, though like so many cdramas, it's saved by the epilogue.

You should absolutely watch it if you want the chaotic bi polycule (it's her, her girlfriend, her boyfriend, her boyfriend's boyfriend who is also her boyfriend, their two idiot sons, and her boyfriend's ex-who is also eventually sort of his boyfriend again), or if you want your heart torn out and stomped on. Or even if you just like really gorgeous cinematic things. Also if you watch, please don't skip the ending credits, as they change as the arcs change, and the radiant joy Tian Jiarui has as he dances is an excellent antidote to the emotions of each episode.

[parainvestigate]

Others comparing his likeness to that of certain primates was nothing he was unfamiliar with, those who were close to him even used monkey as a term of endearment. Saying the stumps of his horns were like burger patties was certainly unique. Hellboy took no offense. “They're horns, the filed down sort.”

ㅤㅤ❝𝓨ou haven't seen much of the galaxy then!❞ Mantis said cheerfully. ❝And I haven't seen a big red monkey-looking being with burger-patties on his forehead before!❞ She commented innocently- not realizing the offence of her own words- having learned a few earthly things from spending time there, as well as from her step-brother.

|| @parainvestigate

[arthurs-better-half]

John and Yellow (Mirrors and Monsters)

Reblogs much appreciated 👍

1. Julio Cortázar, Los Reyes // 2. Malevolent - Part 23 // 3. Brené Brown, Daring Greatly // 4. Brutus - The Buttress // 5. Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" II // 6. Minotaur Forgiving Knossos - Moonface // 7. Dawning Night by Joseph Feely / Malevolent - Part 1 / Malevolent Part 21 // 8. Joan Tierney, The Elektra Complex // 9. Malevolent - Part 24 // 10. The Bravery - Bad Sun // 11. Minotauro (Minotaur) by Jordi Garriga Mora (2007) // 12. Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" II // 13. Margaret Atwood, Corpse Song // 14. Repeat Until Death - Novo Amor // 15. Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" II // 16. The Calling - The Amazing Devil // 17. @autistic-evil-xisuma (sorry for the tag) // 18. Bad Bad Things - AJJ // 19. Marie Howe, The Affliction // 20. Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" II // 21. Ragnarok III: Strange Meeting - The Mechanisms // 22. a conversation about identity - tea // 23. Malevolent - Part 40 "The Order" // 24. Requiem - Death Note Musical (English concept album) // 25. Richard Silken, The Long and the Short Of It (Annotated)

ARIADNE Why do you fear him? He is my brother. MINOS A monster has no siblings.

YELLOW: But it was me. I-In a way. ARTHUR (sighing): John. YELLOW: He was... different than me.

I want to experience your vulnerability but I don't want to be vulnerable Vulnerability is courage in you and inadequacy in me. I'm drawn to your vulnerability but repelled by mine.

But why do I lie awake each night thinking "Instead of you, it should be me"? Something wicked this way comes And as I set to face it, I'm unsure Should I embrace it, should I run? What motivates me? Hatred? Is it love?

ARTHUR (sighing, pityingly): Yellow. He never will. You are trapped with him. Forever. JOHN: Trapped?

I was born into this We were all born You were born like a pearl We were all born

YELLOW (in awe): There's a building, with lights on.

ENTITY (surprised): Well. ARTHUR: What? ENTITY: Nothing. I, I just... the city is so alive.

YELLOW: I... appreciate the life I saw. I... am at a loss for words.

ENTITY: I... the city... the life that exists on every street corner. It's... so different than the Dark World I thought I would forever call home.

I tip my head like a dog at the window. The outside world is so interesting, and I am not a part of it; I'm just witnessing.

JOHN: It's nothing, Arthur. I'm just telling you that every time you call him a monster, you're forgetting that I am the same.

I don't know what's wrong with us They just made us this way There's a hole in you and me That pulls us together

JOHN: If killing Larson kills Yellow... ARTHUR: Then you'll be fine! Stronger, maybe. JOHN: Or. I don't know if I can survive with only half a soul.

I exist in two places, here and where you are

Don't go, you're half of me now But I'm hardly stood proud

JOHN: I know you can't promise me. I know you aren't sure. But... Yellow is a piece of me. Can you imagine having to destroy a piece of yourself? Even if it's a reflection of yourself you may not like!

I look into the waters and see a face I don't recognise Who's this (Who are you)

people always talk about evil clones like oooh a dark mirror oohh what if you saw what a cruel person you were/are capable of becoming. and well yes but what if you were the evil clone. what if you looked in the mirror and what you saw was so bright it blinded you. what if you had to know exactly how good you could have been.

So I looked into your eyes And I saw a reflection Of a coward that you and I both hate very much

And he: (and this was almost unbearable) he saw me see him, and I saw him see me.

ARTHUR (quietly): But we all have to face our demons. Even if they're ourselves.

[Verse 2: THOR, LOKI, & Together] Where are you going? For vengeance For love

You're losing in a staring contest With whatever's in your mirror You are me and I am you But we're not one and I'm inferior

YELLOW: I... I... (Quieter.) Why you, John? What did you have to offer? Why does he care about... you?

Gone, who was right or wrong Who was weak or strong Nothing left to learn

The question for this issue was Do you have a human soul and can you prove it? And, of course, there was no definitive answer.

[Tumblr has deleted progress on this like three times now so I'm posting it now while it's done before it can fuck it up again!!! And thank you @ghostnotoast for being so lovely here is the weave]

[xxgoblin-dumplingxx]

Verse with tele-empath powers is getting a reboot to explore said powers? Hello, yes.

Re-verse, engage!

Covered in blood and filth, whimpering in the bottom of a cage, was a small, broken child. So small, huddled and androgynous- Dick couldn't tell if it was a male or female child. He only knew it was a child.

And that the feeling of fear and desperation- helpless, hopelss sadness, is coming from them. "Batman," he murmured into his comlink, "I think you need to see this."

"What is it?" Bruce demanded, silently ordering Tim out of the room full of bodies. Scientists that had taken their own lives.

"A kid," he answered, kneeling next to the bars. "It's gonna be okay," he said to you. "We're gonna get you out of here okay?"

Slowly an arm moves away from a face and reveals a gaunt face and hollow cheeks. Hair that had been shaved so close they've nicked your scalp... It made his heart twist. "You shouldn't let me out," you tell him.

"Why's that," he asked, keeping his tone light. Were you a Meta? An Alien? He'd seen other empty cages. Dead guards. And he felt... Well. He wasn't sure what he felt but. God it was so heavy. He wrapped his hand around the bars to keep his balance and settled in. You just looked so small.

"Monsters belong in Cages," you murmur, laying your head back down. Like holding it up was too much. Like the weight of the world was pressing down on you. "I killed them. All of them."

________________

"How is our patient?" Dick asked slipping into the medical bay of the watch Tower.

"Troubled," J'onn J'onzz answered, "but, I believe I would be too if I had had her story."

Dick nodded but, didn't ask further questions. He, Clark, Tim, and Bruce had been putting the pieces together while you healed. And what they found... well. They didn't say that you were a monster. They said that you were a little girl put in a monstrous situation.

"Thank you for sitting with her," he said, proffering a pack of oreos. "I just didn't want her to wake up totally alone when she opened her eyes." His preference would have been for Diana- but. She was who knows where. And at least J'onn could anticipate what she was thinking. And he could be patient.

"Of course. Poor creature. She yearns."

And before Dick could ask what for he was gone. And Dick pulled himself up a chair, and helped himself to a magazine, helping himself to a cosmo with a snort. "Let's see what my ideal date with Bruce Wayne is, huh? Bet he hate's all this shit. They always get it wrong."

[pokeshippingweek]

POKESHIPPING WEEK 2024!

It's that time again, pokeshippers!

Last year, we announced that the format of Pokeshipping Week - one theme per day - was getting retired. We also said that we'd still put on a celebration of some kind going forward. Well, the time is here, and I'm happy to announce that we are planning a pokeshipping zine...next year!

If you'll forgive the bait-and-switch there, we have seriously talked about doing a zine, but time got away from us this summer. So, while we do hope to tackle that undertaking in 2025, for this year, we're planning what you might call an open Pokeshipping Week!

How does it work, you ask? Simple: over the years, you all have submitted a lot of potential themes for Pokeshipping Week. For every seven that got chosen each year, plenty were left behind. Well, now you can fill November 1 to 7 with art, fics, AMVs, GIFs, graphics, etc., all about our favorite Poke-couple, using any seven you'd like from the unused themes list.

Any and all contributions are welcome, and if they're tagged #pokeshipping week 2024, we'll reblog them here and on the main @pokeshipping blog. Besides Tumblr, we’ll keep our eyes out for the tag on Twitter and DeviantART for artwork, for fanfics on FF.Net and AO3, and for AMVs on YouTube (no NSFW, please).

The full list of unused themes (from years 2020 through 2023) is below the "Read More" break. Use, combine, and create as your heart desires, and we'll see you November 1!

A bad fight A day in the life  A never-ending road A ship full of shippers Alola sunset scene Amusement park Anime characters meet their game/manga counterparts Anniversary Art classes together/Drawing each other Ash and Misty in Sinnoh Ash’s hat Avatar: The Last Airbender AU Birthdays  Breakup Cameran Palace ball (as in Movie 8) Celebrating Celebrities Champions/Masters  Cheerleader Misty Childhood sweethearts Chocolate Comfort during a natural disaster Comforting each other Competition Confiding in one another Cooking disaster Costumes Criminal/Detective Crossover Crossover with game/manga-verse D&D Dealing with Team Rocket’s teasing in “A Scare in the Air” Dewpider/Araquanid Different hairstyle Disaster dates  Disney AU Double dating Elder years  Elders Ash and Misty Evolution Fairy tales/Fantasy AU Fankids Fireworks First day on the job Food Fortune-telling/foresight Game of Thrones AU Giving advice to a younger generation Grey hair Gym leader Ash/beginner Misty Halloween/horror/ghost story Hanahaki disease Handkerchief Happily Ever After/Fairy Tales Hiding Hogwarts AU Horizons Hot tub/Hot springs If Ash heard Misty’s Song If Ash or Misty weren’t from Kanto If Ash started his journey at 16 or older If Ash’s journey had ended after winning the Indigo League (in season 1) If Misty caught Lapras If one came from another region If their parents met If they didn’t meet on Ash’s first day In-universe Pokéshippers Intimacy Japanese-style confessional love letter JRPG AU (ie, Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, Monster Hunter, etc.) Karaoke Ladybug and Chat Noir Last goodbyes Learning a different language Lost Pikachu Love Letter  Love triangle Lovers across the multiverse Lovestruck (if Ash acted like Brock) Meeting the parents/relatives Mewtwo Strikes Back alternate ending Misty and other Pokégirls discuss their loved ones together Misty meets Goh and Chloe Misty overcoming her fear of Bug-types Misty the coordinator Misty’s Bug-type phobia Mixtape/playlist  Mystery dungeon Nervous Ash  Never have I ever Other Pokemon games AU (Detective Pikachu/Pokemon Masters/etc) Out of their element  Overprotective Misty  Perspective of Oak Ranch Pokémon on their relationship Photo shoot Pirates Plot twist Pokemon daycare Pokémon Mystery Dungeon AU PokéNav communication/Video calling Possessed/evil Misty Pregnancy/Birth Pro-gamers Puberty Reappearance of Ash’s father and/or Misty’s parents Regency Era Romance  Return to Orange Islands Romeo and Juliet Sci-fi AU Scuba diving Secret identity/superhero AU Slow Slumber party Spies AU Stargazing Studio Ghibli AU Sunshine and Rain  Superhero AU Swimming lessons Sygna suits Tabletop RPG AU Taller (height differences)  Tauros ranchers Ash and Misty Time capsule Training together Umbrella Vacation Visiting Oak’s ranch  Water and electricity/water and fire What if Ash didn’t take Misty’s bike? Yoga together Z-ring/Mega Stone

[kiame-sama]

What kind of other monsters exist in the HAE!verse? Any "human-turned-monsters" like vampires, zombies, banshees, etc.? If so, we're they originally humans or born as monsters?

None that were born Human or are still alive. A Human can only be 'ascended' by a Dragon and the death of that dragon kills the 'ascended' Human as well. Humans can become ghosts/phantoms/poltergeists but usually they are wandering spirits that Hades has to put to rest, and he has done a good job so far in finding all the lost Human souls.

Vampire is a phrase attached to the monsters that primarily feed off of blood or that have a blood diet. (Ie. Lilia is a Vampire Bat because he drinks blood as part of his diet)

There is the undead such as the Undying Ursus Minor where they are considered dead yet refused to actually die. Skeletons do occasionally rise up, but they are usually possessed bodies by magic spirits.

But Humans don't turn into anything other than spirits or the few that were considered 'ascended' by a Dragon.

Sirens are a thing, but they are the sea-faring versions of the land-faring Harpies. Puffin Sirens are quite sociable compared to a Dove Harpy.

There was only one recorded instance of a Human gaining magic and changing form without a Dragon, that was a man who sought to rise above his brothers who bargained for power. Who granted him this power has been lost to time, but in the end he was cursed with the form of a large undying bear (the only Undying Ursus Major) and slaughtered his siblings, driven feral by the magic he was never supposed to wield. Only a Human can kill him or his twisted offspring (The Undying Ursus Minors) because only the creature he once was can end his violent torment. (Mor'du)

[of-the-stars-and-the-sea]

You will be free.

I remember the first time I saw you.

I remember the way the shadows had clung to you in the night, as if they were a second skin to you. In the dark, your eyes seemed to glint unnaturally in the moonlight. Though most of your skin was covered, I could still see where your fingertips had been stained a terrible crimson. The scent of copper and iron that trailed you was so strong I could practically taste it. 

But when I looked closer, I could see the way in which you hardly seemed to breathe, as if the mere action of filling your lungs would give you away. I could see the way your nails dung into your palms as you attempted to steady your shaking hands to no avail. The way your face had been rubbed to the point of rawness in order to hide the tracks that your tears had engraved into your cheeks.

You are a disciple of death, darling, but you did not choose to be this way, did you?

You did not choose to have the mercy carved from your soul the way it was, but they left no choice for you when they laid that blade into your hands. You killed your humanity because the only other option was to let them kill you instead. And I do not blame you, darling. For I could never blame you for holding desperately into existence, no matter the cost. I would’ve done the same in your shoes. 

But even if you will never be able to live freely and without fear, I ask you just this once to pause in your pacing and listen to me. You are more than just a weapon. You are more than a piece of steel to be whetted and wedded until death do you part. I need you to know that. I need you to know that there is more to your nature than the night you cloak yourself in. 

You don’t need to understand them yet, but I need you to trust that my words are true. And I know it is cruel of me to ask, but I need you to trust me when I say that you are more than what they’ve made you. I need you to do this because if you don’t, I’m afraid of what may happen to you. They have never been kind to you darling, and I fear that this time will be no different. 

So please. Please stay. Stay, and then once you have recovered, once they no longer share your name in requiem, we will return for restitution. We will make them regret every reproof they laid upon you for the sin of simply daring to have a soul. We will damn them in the very same way they tried to damn you. We will tear down their walls until they have nothing left to hide behind. And then once they are laid bare we will–

I’m getting away from myself. 

But I really do mean it, darling. If you will allow me to, I will do my very best to hold onto you. Mark my words, if you stay with me, I will never let anyone use you as if you are nothing more than an object again. 

And after all is said and done, I swear to you that you will be free.

....

inspired by this post.

[valentine-cafe]

May I have a croissant and red velvet cake please!?!?

[Afab reader]

Just thinking about being obsessed with sucking their dick! And they can talk about anything because you just get so dumb and empty-headed when you suck cock!! Like imagine sucking Rishen's cock and Jingyi walks in to talk to him! And you take a second time to notice Jingyi is in the room!! And you get so pouty when you pull yourself away to ask

"Huh? What happened?"

And Rishen will just coo at you, stroking your cheek with her thumb while he tells you

"Nothing baby, keep going."

AAAHHH!! And you do!! But then you realize that Jingyi is right there!! So what's even better than sucking one cock!? Sucking three!!:D So when you pull away this time you won't be so pouty, and you'll look at Jingyi expectantly, and he'll already know what you want!!

"Oh sweetheart, I'm a bit too busy for that."

And you'll just stare at him with big eyes and a pout because you just wanna suck his dick!!:( Sure you're holding Rishen's cock in one hand, but you have another for a reason!!!>:[

"Please daddy?"

And if he wasn't hard before, he sure is now. You already had him when he saw you between Rishen's legs, if we're being honest here. He just likes teasing you. Rishen would tug at the scalp of your hair, snapping your head towards her.

"You haven't forgotten about me have you, carino?"

And you'll just shake your head and get right back to sucking his cock!! You don't want her thinking you're neglecting her!!:( But you also don't wanna neglect Jingyi!! So you'll pull your panties down for him so he can use whatever hole he wants!!:D You just like getting stuffed full of their cocks!!

-🍄

⊹ ۪ ࣪ ᥫ᭡ verse 209 jìngyí & rishen ⊹ ۪ ࣪

. ˚◞꒰ 🍰 mad scientist x reader, mad doctor x reader, spider monster x reader, moth monster x reader, mantis x reader, snake monster x reader, yanderes x reader, villains x reader, cw: blowjob, oral fixation, double penetration, tendril fucking, cum eating. ꒱

they both find you absolutely adorable. with your sheer need to have their cocks down your throat or pumping at it until you can taste their cum.

this time is no different. rishen strokes his hand through your hair. groaning softly at your skilled lips and uttering hushed praises to you before he’s glancing over at jìngyí and continuing their conversation about the newest experiment.

you don’t have the slightest clue of what they’re talking about. of course you don’t! you’re too busy trying to be a good darling and suck off your lover’s cock in the way that makes him buck his hips.

oh you get so happy when he stutters a thrust. lets you know just how well you’re doing.

when you slip your panties down you feel a smooth appendage down below. yelping when you realise one of rishen’s tendrils ventured between your legs.

this is the only time you’ll part from his cock. a bit of drool on your lips as you huff at him.

“don’t be greedy,”

you give his tip a little tap with your index - and his grin will turn into a laugh. oh, you’re so adorable.

“mhhm, sorry love. can’t help it.”

he’d withdraw just as you feel jìngyí filling you to the brim. pulling your body up and over the other chair so that he does not have to kneel.

“oh you are such a good sweetheart, aren’t you?”

the doctor smiles. reaching forward to play with your head and guide your mouth back down his husband’s cock. he’d lean over to give rishen a quick kiss before they continue their conversation.

all while you’re there between them. getting filled in both holes and completely oblivious to the talk. you don’t care. as long as you’re brimming full.

[pirateshippotato]

My take on a polites lives au

I've seen a bunch of polites lives aus, so here's a way I think that could go down

During the Cyclops attack polites is spared. There's a chance that Odysseus does kill the Cyclops here because he's not trying to honor polites, then Poseidon never comes up and they make it home easily, but we're gonna say that he does so this is longer than two sagas. So the fight goes the same except that polites lives. Afterwards polites would probably be like "I'm proud of you Captain, any other man wouldn't have shown mercy to the Cyclops" and ody would be like "any man besides you, my friend"

The storm hits and they see the floating island all the same. I feel like luck runs out might turn into an argument between ody and eury with polites moderating. Polites would go with Odysseus up to aeolus, so he would know the bag isn't treasure. I've seen versions of this where the bag never gets opened so, again, no Poseidon, but then this is only three sagas so we're gonna do something different. Polites tells Odysseus to put his faith in the crew, so ody and him go to bed, but the bag gets opened. I don't think it was eurylochus in this au, cause if Odysseus AND Polites are telling him it's not treasure I think he'd believe them, so some other random crew member opened it. Ody would be mad at polites for letting him go to sleep. Poseidon still happens, but he has to change the lyrics of ruthlessness a bit cause "47 left under your command" doesn't fit as well. Maybe polites could also get a verse in this song arguing with Poseidon about their very different views on mercy.

They end up on Circe's Island and ody is still a bit mad at polites. Eurylochus goes off, and polites probably goes somewhere else on the island. Ody and Circe still have their battle all the same. Polites meanwhile saves Elpenor (cause I'm just trying to save as many crew members as I can at this point). At the end of the Circe saga ody and polites make up (maybe in a reprise of open arms or something? I know there aren't really reprises, but some song that uses the same melody. It would be called 'my friend' or something).

They go to the underworld still, but obviously polites didn't die so that doesn't happen. It's also only "556 men, who died under your command!" Polites is there to support ody when he sees his mom and the rest of the crew. They meet up with the prophet, and that's probably pretty similar, but maybe there's some lines about how polites (who's standing there too) "wasn't supposed to make it this far" (cause, y'know, polites actually dies). Odyssey doesn't have Monster, and instead maybe just talks to polites about how they're gonna get home.

When dealing with the sirens polites probably encourages ody to not kill the sirens, and maybe they realize they should keep some to feed to scylla. No casualties happen during scylla, and cause eury didn't open the wind bag there's no fight that happens between ody and eury. Because of that no cow stabbing would happen, so no Zeus happens either. They make it home 7 years earlier, and I think there's 48 of them, so that's pretty good. Ody beats up the suitors (there's probably less of them than in the wisdom saga) and they all live happily ever after.

@cr4zy-cycl0n3 made good points about the scylla encounter in the reblogs

[blradley]

A powerpoint introduction to Liesmyth!

(I swear the next one will actually be in Comic Sans... shout out to @incandescent-creativity for popularizing this medium!)

Anyway...

Do you wanna read a dark, Norse-inspired Adult Fantasy?

Do you wanna read about queer gods causing mayhem?

(literally every single character is queer lmaooooo)

Do you wanna support a queer, multiply disabled author?

Look no further than Liesmyth! We're out on subs at the moment - so, pretty-please reblog this powerpoint if you like the concept! Let's prove to all those prospective publishers that there's an audience for my book!

Image IDs:

All eleven images are power point slides.

Image 1: Title card reading 'Liesmyth: or, how Sigyn ruined everything, by B. L. Radley'. The words are displayed over a person in (...vaguely) Viking-era garb, against a green background. Only a slice of their torso is visible.

Image 2: A picture of an ash tree against a green, cool, mountainous scene. In a yellow text box, words read: Welcome to a world inspired by Norse mythology, where witches can climb through the cosmos using the boughs of an ancient ash tree, and any magic is possible, so long as it is cast with a suitable sacrifice. Yes, it’s basically a Viking Isekai. Shoot me. Then, a quote in italics: I know an ash tree named Yggdrasil, Nine realms cradled in its loamy arms… Prophecy of the Voluspa, verse 19

Image 3: Meet the characters! An image shows a white woman in Viking-era dress, leaning against a fence, looking pensieve. She is introduced as Sigyn Narisdottir. Her quote is: “It’s a God-eat-God world out there…” Below this, there is a description of Sigyn, reading: Just a nice, normal Christian woman from a nice, normal Christian village. (Totally not a gay witch, haha no, why would you suggest such a thing.) After her father is killed by his own God, Þórr, Sigyn has only one chance to free his trapped ghost from eternal torment. She must confront Þórr and slay him in combat. But how can a mortal defeat a God? Traits are bullet pointed at the bottom of the page. Hers are: Ruthless, ambitious, cunning, and desperate.

Image 4: The next character description is of Loki. His quote is “Monsters lost their menace when they huddled crying in the corner. And when you might use them for your own ends.” His image shows a clean-shaven half-naked man sat against a scandinavian-esque backdrop of rugged rocks and dried grass. He is white, with curly red hair, and is looking curiously off to one side. His description reads: The savior of the Gods, or their bane? A framed innocent, or a prophesized murderer? A victim, or a monster? Loki is a man of juxtaposed polarities, not least of which being that he isn’t a man at all. At least, not when it doesn’t suit him. Sigyn knows he’s dangerous. But in the viper nest of Ásgarð’s royal court, he might be her only ally… or her downfall. His traits are: Sly, wily, and 'not to be trusted'.

Image 5: The two characters introduced on this slide are Freyja and Thor. Freyja's image is of an Arab woman staring directly at the camera, expression serene, curly hair falling around her face. Her quote is: “Goddess of beauty. Goddess of desire. All who saw Freyja fell a little in love—but though silken longing stirred in my belly, I wrung it dead, reminding myself that Freyja was a goddess of bloodshed, too.” Her description reads: Queen of the Vanir, Freyja is an ancient and powerful goddess who takes Sigyn as her indentured servant. Her traits are: Proud, cold, and vicious. On the opposite side of the page, Thor's image shows a white, bearded man in an iron helmet glaring into the camera, viking sigils scrawled across his face in charcoal. He is shadowy and menacing. His quote is: “I saw a rainbow flash over a church. I saw a broken sky. I saw the end of everything.” His description is: Eldest prince of the Æsir. Murderer of Sigyn’s father, and countless more beside. The living embodiment of berserker rage, he is the strongest god around – and next to inherit Ásgarð’s throne. Unless Sigyn can stop him. His traits are: Violent, mighty, and 'a storm made flesh'

Image 6: introduces Angrboda and Baldr. Angrboda's image shows a white woman with blonde braids, wearing chain mail and warpaint (black streaks over her face), with a huge axe over one shoulder. Her quote is: “ ‘Sigyn, meet Angrboða: witch of the Ironwoods, god of a lost nation, relic of an elder age, master of magics that not even my darling brother dares dabble in, cosmopolitan worldwalker, mother and father of my children, and—if I might say so—a practitioner of truly superlative strap-game.’ ” Baldr's image is of Assad Zaman, looking wistfully, beautifully, into the camera. His quote is: “Out strode the most beautiful man in all the Nine Worlds. His gentle smile, his topaz eyes, his black curls, the fawn velvet of his cheeks… Oh, warmth radiated from him. I looked at him and felt, for the first time in oh-so-very-long, safe.”

Image 7: introduces Saga and Menglod. Saga's image shows a Black woman in darkness, with facial tattoos and a nose ring. She raises her eyes to the camera, pulling back a dark hood, her expression difficult to read. Her quote is: “In another version of this tale, I stayed with Sága. We travelled to Ljósálfheim every winter—one for every six of Vanaheim’s years—and raised foundlings as our own (for ever were the elvish freer with their loves than those of my world). But in this tale, we reached Freyja’s palace, and I had a dream.” Her description is: Prophet, witch, worldwalker. The woman Sigyn left behind. Menglod's image shows a Black woman smiling slightly, slyly, as she looks back over her shoulder, her natural hair framing her face. Her quote is: “If I tended the hearth in Freyja’s chamber, I left ash on her floors. If I swept the ash, I left streaks invisible to any eyes but Menglǫð’s. If I breathed, I did so far too loudly and regularly, and if I were a considerate soul, I would stop.” Her description is: Freyja’s attendant, and Sigyn’s main rival for her favor.

Image 8: So, like, wtf happens? Set against a background of dramatic red-on-black fire is a description of the book's plot, as follows: Crumbling kingdoms. Hungering Gods. One woman who will end the worlds. Loki, Norse god of fire and mischief, will be tortured until the end of time. And he shall deserve every minute. At least, that’s how the story goes. Behind every great man is a great woman, and behind every genderfluid trickster-god is a spouse who darns his socks, plots his victories and keeps his secrets, as well as her own. After a thousand years of agony, Loki looks to the woman who kneels by his side – his jailer, his torturer, his wife – and asks for a different story. Hers.

Image 9: a continuation of the plot from the previous slide, this time with a cool blue lake as the background, with a viking-style ship floating atop its surface. The image feels less calming, more unnerving in its stillness and the lack of human life. The description reads as follows: Down with the gods. So swore Sigyn, a young mortal woman, after watching her father die at godly hands. One millennium later, she has joined the same pantheon she once despised. Now, as Ragnarǫk approaches – the end of all Nine Worlds – Sigyn narrates the tale of the Norse Gods’ fall, and her own.

Image 10: Themes. A picture of two crossed axes accompanies a list of themes, which are: 1) Revenge. What is a life worth? And what would you give up, to avenge the life of someone you love? 2) Corruption. Can you ever fix a broken system from the inside? Or will it, inevitably, consume you? and 3) Divinity. What does it mean, to become a god? What might you lose along the way?

Image 11: A picture of Loki as a woman, with red hair, dressed in a Viking-style dress and sat on the edge of a Scandinavian dock, accompanies text that reads: This book is for you if you like... Queer-led, queer-written fantasy, with main wlw and nonbinary characters! Court drama and political intrigue, mixed with a sizzling dash of mythology! A prophecy that cannot be averted; a tragedy that cannot be outrun…

[11queensupreme11]

No cause- it's canon that Percy has low self esteem,with her being insulted by monsters and gods alike in the pjo verse, also adding that even demigods think Percy is a bit different from them, And gods in the RoR verse like calling Percy stupid (jokingly tho), imagine they like, hear her talking to Mnemosyne

Percy's saying "I feel guilty, everyone's been treating me so nicely, everyone is calling me the 'perfect princess of the sea', but I'm barely getting by my studies and I'm a mix of two species who hate each other, how can I be anything other than flawed?"

And she says it like she believes she's not worthy of the kindness she's getting and the tone was so nonchalant and sure

AND IMAGINE THEY'RE REACTIONS OMG, GODS ARE GONNA BE BLAMING POSEIDON CAUSE OF HOW HE TREATED HER THE FIRST TIME

Zeus is gonna be like "Oh you have your daughter low self-esteem, congrats, you're the best dad"

Durga also, cause she was doubting Percy's kindness when they first met, she probably feels guilty for saying mean stuff and now she's like "Yeah we're adopting her"

AHAHAHAHAHHAAA

and the other gods??? If they feared Poseidon before they definitely feared and hated him now

so basically it's just this meme all over again 😭

(this is an old meme from chapter 11 btw!)

[ravangie]

that's it i'm calling Dreamworks I'm being like hey DREAMWORKS drop whatever you're doing I rewrote the entirety of Shrek the Third LET'S DO SHREK-VERSE I propose my all-female universe we're gonna have: lesbians, Holding out for a hero 2.0 but with Princess Charming and the Witches as the performers and Fiona and the Princesses as the sabateurs, found family trope, working through the fear of responsibility on one hand, working through the need for constant validation on the other hand, AND NO TODDLER NIGHTMARES. Only the bestest of the best c'mon let's go let's go let's go

(we're gonna keep the scene where Shrek says that she used to think that she was a monster as well, but then she learned not to listen to people and be who she truly is, that's a good scene, there specifically for me to cry to)

[demigodsanswer]

Percabeth sick/injured fic x secret relationship

Set in the secret relationship/Roman!Percy Verse

They are about 25, engaged, and public rivals, privately engaged and very in love.

~

With his mother and fiance on the other side of the country, Percy decided he needed to finally invest in a phone. Valdez had figured out how to dim the monster-attracting qualities of cellphones, and of course he was safe in New Rome, but he always seemed to attract more monsters than the average demigod.

He had "mom" save in his phone twice -- one with a blue heart one with a red heart. Blue heart was actually Sally. The red heart was Annabeth. It was an easy way to make sure no one accidentally spotted her name on his phone, even if Annabeth did tease him about the oedipal implications.

A senate hearing was not when he wanted to see "Mom ❤️" flash across his phone screen. Annabeth rarely called him unscheduled. But she was twenty-seven weeks pregnant now. Things couldn't always be scheduled.

"I need to take this," Percy whispered to Reyna, one of his allies in this whole clandestine relationship. She'd met Annabeth first, actually, when Hera decided to swap her and Percy. Percy got a fun few months of camp fire songs and marshmallows. Annabeth ... well, the Roman's were a little more intense.

"Praetor Jackson, certainly there's nothing more important that the investigation into these assassination attempts," Octavian yelled through the room as Percy stood.

"There is, actually," was all Percy said before leaving.

The on-going attacks on high ranking Romans had really thrown off the last few months of Percy and Annabeth's life. They were engaged, expecting a baby, and ready to finally end the rivalry between camps. But these attempts had stalled all of those plans.

Only members of the seven had been spared at all. Reyna had been attacked recently, although she escaped with her life. Greek weapons had been found at several scenes. Percy -- well, Annabeth really -- maintained it was some kind of frame job. What did the Greek get out of assassinating random Romans? But weeks in, two dead, several injured, they were no closer to figuring it out.

The whole ordeal kept Percy trapped in his Praetor position and far away from the woman he loved.

So if Octavian wanted to say something, he could. Percy was hoping for an excuse to be kicked out of his position anyway.

He answered the phone call after running down the hall, far as he could get from the senate doors.

"Hey, I'm in the senate building I just stepped out," were his opening words, so she knew that if he didn't react, it was all for the sake of his public appearance.

"Percy, something feels weird," Annabeth said.

He'd climbed through and out of hell with her, and even then she'd never really sounded afraid.

Annabeth sounded afraid now.

Percy did his best not to match her tone.

"Everything is going to be okay," he promised. "Does it seem like a demigod thing or human thing?"

"It feels like ... cramps. Maybe contractions? Human I guess, but ..."

Not good.

"Are you still at home?" He asked. They shared a new two-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn that he'd barely gotten to spend anytime in because of the band of rogue assassins terrorizing his city. But still, it felt more like home than New Rome did these days.

"Yeah," she said.

"When my mom was pregnant with Estelle, she had all sorts of weird feelings and pains, so it's probably okay, okay?"

"Okay."

"But we're gonna go to the hospital just be safe, okay?"

"We?"

"I'll get on Mrs. O'Leary. I'll be there in five minutes," Percy said.

"The Senate --"

"Fuck the Senate," Percy said. "You're much more important."

He could almost hear her smiling, just for a moment. "Okay, I love you," she said.

"I love you too," he promised. "If I'm not there in five minutes, don't wait for me. I'll find you."

"I know," she said. They hung up. The moment her voice was gone from the other side, he took a deep, panicked breath and rested his head against the cold tile wall in front of him. It'll be okay, he promised himself. A demigod healer, his cousin's partner, worked at their hospital. He mostly did mortal ER stuff these days, but if it was demigod-related, or something he could treat with Apollo magic, he'd be there.

The seven, Nico, Reyna, Grover, and now Will. That was their network of demigods who knew why Percy kept sneaking away from Rome, and who knew how assumed-virgin Annabeth Chase had gotten pregnant (she hadn't been a virgin since she was seventeen, but that was no one else's business).

Percy walked back in to the senate hearing, but didn't sit back down. He gathered what little he had with him and whispered to Reyna: "My mother is in the hospital."

She looked at him, worried. Reyna casually rested her hand on her abdomen, as if to ask: Annabeth? Percy nodded. "Is she okay?"

"I don't know. I'm going to New York. I'll be gone for a few days," he said.

Reyna waved him off. He'd been so distracted for the last twenty-odd weeks (longer really, several years at this point), that he was mostly dead weight to her anyway.

"Go, I can handle this," she said.

"I'm still talking!" Octavian reminded them. "Praetor Jackson, some might consider it treason if you leave now--"

Percy set off the sprinklers. "The meeting is over."

~

Mrs. O'Leary got him to Brooklyn in a matter of seconds. Between her and Blackjack, the long-distance periods of his and Annabeth's relationship were surprisingly manageable.

"Percy!" Annabeth said the moment he appeared in their living room.

"Hey," he said, pulling her into a hug. "How are you feeling?" He asked.

She just shook her head. "Lets go." Percy grabbed her bag for her. She'd shoved a pair of pajamas and extra pair on undies in her purse, he noticed, as well as whatever she was currently stress-knitting.

Their Uber arrived quickly. In the car, Annabeth took off her necklace -- a long chain that held her engagement ring, so she could hide it under most clothes. Now, she slipped it off the chain and onto her hand.

~

In the end, it wasn't a big deal.

"It's just braxton hicks contractions," the OB assured them.

"Are you sure?" Annabeth asked. "I thought most women don't feel those."

"They can be felt," the doctor corrected. "They don't cause dilation, but your body is starting to get ready." The doctor handed Annabeth a pamphlet, and Annabeth glared at her, always annoyed when people thought they were smarter than her. Even when, in this case, they were. "If they start to feel more intense, or you start bleeding, come back right away. But you two did the right thing coming in," she promised. "You'll be wonderful parents."

Percy kissed Annabeth's hand as the doctor left them alone in the room.

"I feel stupid," Annabeth said, covering her face. "I made you come all this way for nothing."

"I'd much rather be here with you," Percy said. "And it wasn't nothing. You heard the doctor, coming in was the right thing to do."

Annabeth sat up and untied the hospital gown to get redressed.

"When do you need to head back?" She asked, stepping into her maternity jeans.

Percy was quiet for a moment as he made up his mind.

"I'm not going back, Annabeth," he said.

"What? Percy, you can't --"

"I can," he insisted. "I'm tired of being away from you, missing out on things, not being there when you have weird feelings. I --" she rested a hand on his face. "I love you. Fuck New Rome, they'll be fine without me."

Annabeth kissed him.

"How are you going to tell them?" She asked.

Percy hadn't thought that far.

"I don't know," he admitted. "But when you give birth to a baby with big green eyes and water powers, people might figure it out."

Annabeth smiled. "We don't know that she's going to take after you."

"Nope, first kid always looks like the dad. That's what my mom says," Percy told her.

"That's not science," Annabeth protested.

"Neither is a surfer bro pulling the sun across the sky in a sports car," Percy said. "We live in a strange and wonderful world." Percy rested a hand on her bump.

Annabeth kissed him again. "Let's go home, Perc, I want to take a bath."

~

Reyna IM'd him later. "How are Plato and Aristotle?" She asked, her nick names for Annabeth and the baby.

Nearly ten years ago, Annabeth had arrived at New Rome carrying Juno with no memories of who she was. But she'd become quick friends with Reyna nonetheless, and Praetor in record time. In a short time, she ran New Rome far better than Percy ever could.

Percy wished that had translated into long-term peace between camps, but no, some Brutus had to go and start assassinating people.

"Everything is okay," Percy said. "We're home, resting, stress crocheting ... is that a baby sweater?" Percy asked. It didn't have much form yet.

Annabeth was just slightly outside the perimeter of the rainbow, her head in Percy's lap, her belly towards the ceiling. Annabeth held the work in progress up for Reyna to see.

"Looks cute," Reyna said. "When should I expect you back?"

He could see it in her face and hear it in her tone. She knew what Percy was going to say.

"I'm not coming back. Not in the long term. I'll find some way of stepping down. And we need to find a way to break our news. We can't keep this secret forever," Percy said.

"I understand," Reyna promised him.

"Give Frank or Hazel my job," Percy said. "They're ready and way more qualified than I am."

"You're perfectly qualified," both women said at the same time. Percy laughed.

"Thanks," he said. "But I'm bound to get impeached the moment they find out I'm engaged to the Greek's Philosopher King."

"Not my title," Annabeth said, a frequent refrain of hers.

"And what does Plato expect to happen once you two walk out of the cave?" Reyna asked.

"We are really stretching this philosophy metaphor," Annabeth said. "There might be another Peloponnesian war," Annabeth said with an alarming casualness, "or maybe the power of love will win the day, and everything will be fine. That's what Piper has her money on."

Reyna flushed a bit at the mention of Piper's name. "How is the daughter of Aphrodite?" She asked.

"Single," Annabeth said. "You know, you could do Percy and I a huge favor and go public with a cross-camp romance first," Annabeth suggested.

"I already got you a baby shower gift," Reyna reminded them. "I'll let you get some rest," she said, "and start figuring out how to navigate this transition."

"Sorry for only making your life harder," Percy said.

"Annabeth, if you ever want to trade sides again --" Reyna started, before Percy wiped away the message.