#what if I gave him a hoarding hc

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yandere satosugu x female reader? can you do jealousy headcanons (like what makes them jealous and/or what they do when they get jealous)? sorry if that wasn’t specific enough!

╰┈➤𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: Yandere behavior (duh) murder, possessiveness, gore. (Ooc maybe) satoru being an oa little shit. Poly relationship.

╰┈➤𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: Yandere! Satosugu x Fem! Reader

╰┈➤𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: WHAHAHA i didn’t knew if you wanted it to be separate or not anon, you said satosugu so i immediately assumed that it was a threesome. But heree, some hc’s:33 sorry pookie, i got lazy on suguru’s part:< SJAKEKSKA i did this first cause hc’s are the easiest to write💀💀💀

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🔪Satoru struggles with pervasive jealousy issues, particularly when it comes to you and Suguru.

🔪This dude is like the embodiment of jealousy. he’s so envious he’s practically green with it. Hell he’s even jealous of himself. There was this one time he bet he could pull off dressing up as a girl for a dare, and oh boy, did he go all out. But then he got all pouty when you gushed all over him and got all touchy, something that you don’t really do often. And his reason of getting jealous with himself? He thought that you prefer him as a girl, like hello? you were supposed to prefer the original satoru and not his genderbent!

🔪But seriously, this guy’s jealousy knows no bounds. If Suguru flashes a flirty grin at someone else, bam, jealousy strikes. And if you dare compliment another soul? Jealousy overload. You hugged another man that isn’t suguru? He’s trying to force himself not to throw hands. This dude craves all the attention, all the affection, like a toddler hoarding toys in a playgroup. He’s aware he’s selfish, probably knows it’s not the best look, but he’s powerless against the possessiveness that overtakes him when it comes to you and Suguru. You both have this unique power to bring out the best and worst in him, after all, you two were the only one who sees him as “Satoru” and not as the “Strongest.”

🔪Satoru’s neurotic tendencies and jealousy issues stemmed from his messed-up childhood. The poor guy got stripped of his carefree youth and was thrust into the adult world way before his time after all. the jealousy bug bit him hard when he saw other kids having the time of their lives, while he was stuck with grown-ups fawning over him and expecting way too much and pressuring him. That childhood envy stuck to him like glue, and it grew into a full-blown mess when you, him, and Suguru became an item.

🔪The thing that grinds Satoru’s gears the most and the absolute worst, is when you and Suguru says something about other people’s eyes like; “Their eyes is so pretty” Blah, blah, blah, bullshit like that. It kills him inside that you don’t shower the same love on his eyes. His eyes are prettier, more powerful, and literally very unique, and you hardly ever mention how beautiful it is.

🔪Satoru absolutely loathes it when you’re completely oblivious to someone flirting with you. He’ll shoot menacing glares at the culprit when you’re not paying attention, as if daring them to keep it up, and he would end up threatening them.

🔪Satoru doesn’t bother in hiding his emotions, he’ll whimper, pout, and stick to you and Suguru like glue. And would play the melodramatic card, guilt tripping you. Or he’ll just straight up threaten you or tell suguru about how naughty you are.

🔪🔪🔪

Satoru’s head rested delicately upon your lap as your dexterous fingers ran through his snow white tresses. He gazed at you upward, sky blue eyes peeking from beneath his snowy eyelashes.

“Can you give me your phone for a minute baby? I just wanna do something”

Without pause for consideration, you obliged his request and gave the phone into his outstretched hand.

“Yeah, sure, here.” You responded with a hum.

“What are you gonna do with it, anyways?” You questioned, before your eyes widened as you saw how satoru’s digits hastened across the interface, focused intently on blocking specific contacts from further reaching your line.

“Huh, ‘Toru, what the hell?”

“Wait—why are you blocking them? Those are my—” Your words faded as Satoru lifted his head from your lap and moves away from you, his piercing gaze fixed on yours as he gently grasped your chin between his forefinger and thumb.

“Why do you always insist on conversing with them, hmm? Do you like them?”

“What— no! It’s not like that, what the fuck?”

“If you really love me and Suguru, then you have to sever ties with that girl/guy and keep your distance, okay?”

🔪Suguru really isn’t the jealous type, because he’s all about trust and loyalty when it comes to you and Satoru—He trusts you two.

🔪But, every now and then, a feeling of jealousy creep up inside him when he sees you and Satoru hanging out and having fun without him. He tries to brush it off though, understanding that you two are really close. He just wants to see his pretty lovers smiling, or at least that’s what he tells himself.

🔪When Suguru starts feeling jealous, it’s not a pretty sight. Beneath that kind and laid-back exterior lies a man who doesn’t really forgive that much. Suguru doesn’t forgive, and he doesn’t forget.

🔪Suguru may be a master at concealing his jealousy, but when it does surface, it’s like a storm crashing down. Picture this: you innocently text someone he’s really jealous of, and before you know it, your phone is pulled from your hands and tossed across the room while he summons a cursed spirit to destroy it completely, only to be replaced with a brand-new one moments later. Oh, and that person you were casually chatting with? It’s either you can consider them ghosted or consider them dead.

🔪Mentioning your ex around him was a big no-no. Because it immediately triggers him. can’t you just keep the spotlight on him and Satoru? One tiny mention of your ex’s name or Satoru reminiscing about his past flings, and Suguru’s mood immediately becomes sour.

🔪In stark comparison to Satoru, Suguru remains nonchalant about compliments being thrown around. He’s all for lifting people up until those compliments take a flirtatious turn. If that line is crossed, however, his cursed spirits will have its new meal.

🔪If Suguru was jealous and it led to an argument between you two, he would turn on his ultimate weapon—the silent treatment. He’d nonchalantly start hanging out with other people, making sure you noticed just to annoy you and make you jealous. He was well aware of his petty tendencies, but deep down, he simply wished for you to drop the bratty act and apologize.

🔪If you don’t really apologize and just pushed him over the edge... Well, you’ll have to say goodbye to your sanity because suguru is brutal as fuck when it comes to giving punishment.

🔪Unlike Satoru, who would guilt trip and manipulate you, Suguru would take it up a notch on the intensity scale. He wouldn’t shy away from using violence after all. And that doesn’t only apply to the person that he’s envious of, that applies to you too, and satoru. But that’s the difference, Satoru is a good boy, and you’re not.

🔪Suguru would be more than glad to kill someone in front of you and force you to watch it after all. He’ll hurt you too if you thrash and scream instead of being a good girl.

And you can’t really escape the both of them, after all, their love is like a noose.♡

🔪🔪🔪

Suguru’s hand forcefully clamped over your quivering lips, stifling any cries that tried to escape. His breath was hot against your skin, his fingers digging into your flesh with an iron grip, rendering you immobile. The metallic tang of blood invaded your nostrils. Your eyes were wide with terror, pupils shrinking, and your pulse quickening. A sickening view of gore played out before your horrified gaze, crimson splattering the walls, each nauseating squelch echoing through the room.

“I told you to stay away from them and you didn’t listen...” Suguru whispers, his breath hot against your neck, his delicate mouth parting to suck hard upon your pulsing skin, his mouth works its way slowly along your skin. And you shudder involuntarily beneath his touch, fear coursing through you as his lips close around a patch of flesh, sucking hard.

“See...? This is what happens when you disobey.”

The sharp prick of his teeth sends bolts of pain ricocheting through your body. Your already unsettled stomach lurches violently at the sight that greets you as you raise your head, struggling against his grip.

Before you, bound fast to a wooden chair, was the friend you had jokingly flirted with. Tears stream unchecked down their pallid cheeks, mingling with traces of dried blood, as their cries continue to ring in your ears.

Every limb was callously severed, Their bones was protruding out—the metacarpal bones, the carpal bones, the humerus, the ulna, the fibula, and other bones,  Their arms and legs are covered in long, vivid scarlet lines that are three inches wide, intersecting each other in a crisscross pattern and the wounds appear to have breached the surface of their skin, While suguru’s cursed spirits feeds on their severed flesh.

With a low, self-satisfied hum, Satoru drags the tip of the scalpel upwards your friend’s cheek, cutting them and the skin opens, revealing their inner facial muscle. He then reaches out to grasp a fistful of your friend’s hair, yanking their head back sharply to force clouded eyes up to meet your own.

“Suguruuuu, what do i do next? Do we gouge their eyes out for looking at our pretty girl that way?” 

“Do it. She said that she likes their eyes anyways... She’s probably implying that she prefers their eyes over yours.” Suguru smirks, humming as he pressed his body against yours, enjoying the way satoru’s face suddenly fell.

“Haah... Looks like i’ll be enjoying gouging their eyes then.”

[corpseidol]

can you write a tyler x female reader where reader's love language is gift giving?

OFC, DARLING.

author's note : this one's romantic but i'll prob write platonic one too because tyler is my comfort character hehe

concept : f!reader who’s love language is gift giving genre : fluff, hcs + drabble, romantic content : established relationship, mutual pining, you both met because of the sbg group, taylor mentions

⠀ › ⠀was more than surprised when you did it for the first time ⠀ › ⠀didn’t even know how to respond when you gave your first gift to him ⠀ › ⠀you could’ve sworn he had that small glitter in his eyes ⠀ › ⠀if you gave him a bracelet/necklace, he would wear it but hide it with his clothes (put the necklace under his shirt, bracelet under long sleeves, etc) ⠀ › ⠀in the phantom world, he would put so much sentimental value on the accessories you gave him as gifts. it gets him going. ⠀ › ⠀he’s the type to hoard all of it. ⠀ › ⠀at first, he kept it all in any area of his room that had space for it ⠀ › ⠀when your gifts started piling up, he got the idea of keeping all of them in one specific area ⠀ › ⠀when taylor found all your gifts, she prob brought it up to him like “have you ever thought of giving her a gift back?” ⠀ › ⠀he swears he has thought of it, he just doesn't know what to give. (he tried winning a plushie from that claw game at the arcade but he ended up raging and saying "this is rigged!") ⠀ › ⠀he was nervous about giving you gifts in front of others, so when you went out together alone; he gave you something i guess you could call.. adorable?

tyler held out a small box in his hands, one thing immediately went to your mind; a ring. "you got me something?" you smiled "we're a little too young for marriage but we can -"

you couldn't finish your statement when he quickly raised his voice a little bit "i'm not proposing!" tyler panicked, he took a deep breath and opened it, your lips slightly parted; gasping.

the look on your face and the stiffening of your body made tyler nervous so he immediately closed it and scratched his neck, "it's fine if you don't like it, it was taylor's idea anyway." you grabbed the box from him and opened it.

there was a heart pendant, you opened it and saw one half having tyler's picture and the other half having your part of the picture. it was the day you two met. you took a selfie with the whole group during the outing.

"i love it." you smiled. tyler had a surprised look on his face. "cool." tyler nodded "cool." you giggled.

⠀ › ⠀he dislikes being soft but he swears he would do anything for you

[sleepysuburb]

chinnery, pauline, bernice and mrs levinson 😩

these feel TARGETED

under the cut because i have a lot of hcs and they might get long

chinnery

he'd love a pet of his own more than anything, but can't have one for obvious reasons. instead he has a bunch of those little animatronic toy animals with touch sensors, so he can pet them to decompress after work.

once he starts drinking he finds it extremely difficult to stop. more than once he's gone for a half pint to take the edge off and wound up blackout drunk and sobbing. at this point barbara's fairly used to him being in floods of tears in the back of her cab.

he smells like disinfectant, silage and wet wool. it's not unpleasant, just musty and weird.

he's hopeless with dating. yes, he's tried it - but as soon as someone finds out he's THAT vet, they make an excuse to leave and never talk to him again. even attachments wouldn't help him and to this day he's devastated they put 'not at all kind to animals' on his profile without even asking him.

pauline

he can't sleep without his nature soundscape cassette. either it's birdsong and rainfall, or a sleepless night.

bernice

she's an astrology freak and treats herself to a trash mag every few days, mostly so she can check her horoscope.

she's rarely sick, so when she is she makes it a whole event. constant complaining, duvet on the couch, game shows, cartoons and bargain hunt on the TV all day... whoever's there looking after her has to make her chicken noodle soup - and feed it to her - and keep her topped up with lucozade, otherwise they're "ruining it".

tells people she drinks black coffee, but she actually loads it up with mental amounts of cream, sugar and syrup.

she has hoarding tendencies. it's a constant battle to keep her space clean and tidy, because she has a habit of trawling charity shops and grabbing any bric-a-brac, clothes, books or soft toys she takes a liking to. no, she's not getting rid of her garfield plush collection, she's imprinted on them all and it would be like chucking out family.

her eyesight is horrible and she's blind as a bat without her glasses. one time in prison she got into a fight and broke them, and requested to be sent to solitary until they were fixed so she wouldn't have to worry about fumbling her way around.

her favourite pen is the one mickey gave her at the end of his restart course. that's what she'll say if you ask her in front of him, but her actual favourite pen is a metallic pink gel pen she never uses to keep it in pristine condition.

under her clothes she's absolutely covered with tattoos, all blue linework and traditional designs (mermaids, anchors, stars, angels and devils...)

mrs levinson

she has a massive unlicensed weapon collection, but being the vicar, everyone turns a blind eye.

she hates christmas, but her favourite holiday is halloween; she likes drenching herself in fake blood and revving a real chainsaw at trick or treaters to scare them away, and then steals the sweets they end up dropping.

the communion wine hasn't been wine for ages, but somehow nobody's noticed she swapped it for vodka with red dye in it yet.

despite everything she loves her job because she enjoys hearing everyone's business. it gives her a huge amount of power to know the intimate details of everyone's life, who's shagging who, who's got crippling depression, who's stealing from work... she could ruin everyone's lives in an instant, but she likes to bide her time until someone really pisses her off.

she's a bottle blonde. for years she had mousy brown hair and hated it, thinking it made her look plain and dull. pretty soon after she bleached it, iris bleached hers too in competition, so now it's a constant battle to see who can maintain it the best.

she's cycled through lots of self-employed jobs to try and find purpose after eddie's death - counselling, making her own jewellery, countless pyramid schemes, the massage parlour. none have worked out.

she does some "romance" (read: dirty) writing in her free time under a pen name, and it gives her a real ego boost to go out in royston vasey and hear people discussing her books without knowing she's sitting right there.

any 'designer' clothing or bags she bought after eddie's death are likely cheap fakes. nobody except her would ever know, but she does sometimes get paranoid that someone's going to see the wonky coach logo on her handbag and call her out for it.

she has hookups occasionally, with both men and women, if the loneliness gets too much for her. her sexuality is complicated and she doesn't want to label herself, but as time goes on she's finding herself favouring women more and more.

[jtl-fics]

Brain science anon here

As an apology consider twinyards fluff...

Aaron learning about this is in class (Like I just did) and finally understanding Andrew a little better. Do you think he’d share this tidbit with Andrew? Would it be a conversation where Andrew decides to give a truth about his past to Aaron, telling him what happened? Would Aaron share it with the rest of the foxes (with Andrew’s blessing aka “do whatever you want” type answer when asked if it was okay) when someone starts to rag on Andrew about it, in defense of his brother? Just think of all the internal growth Aaron goes through when he realizes it’s not his fault. What else does he start to rethink and relearn about Andrew? How much closer do you think they get when Aaron realizes it's not out of animosity that Andrew acts the way he does.

I now only accept apologies by way of sweet Twinyard HCs.

Maybe Aaron finds this out and maybe he finds himself watching his brother more. Maybe he starts noticing how sometimes when Andrew is sat with Josten Andrew's eyes are warm and bright and content.

Maybe he listens to what Andrew says and sees what Andrew does more than the way Andrew says it.

I think Aaron would hold onto the information for a while. Maybe just a little bit because he doesn't know how Andrew will react to him going 'you're actually brain damaged not an asshole', maybe it's shame that he had thought his brother a monster, and maybe...maybe it's Aaron wanting to hold onto something only he knows about his brother (eat it Josten).

Then he hears Matt shit talking how Andrew will never make Neil feel loved with the way he talks.

Aaron's been watching, he is DEEPLY aware of his brother's feelings towards Josten, and has unfortunately seen his brother make those feelings quite clear even if his voice never gave anything more than 'phone book read' energy. Josten never needed to know about Andrew's brain damage to understand what Andrew means and realizing that makes him hoarding the information feel stupid (fuck off Josten).

He wants to say something but he did just take that whole 'patient-client confidentiality' ethics bit so he thinks twice. He stands up and goes to see Andrew.

Andrew and Josten are on the couch. Josten's asleep on Andrew's lap, it's domestic in a way that he's learning Andrew can be, and Andrew gives him a look.

Aaron knows if he wakes Josten up this conversation will go worse, "I took a course on brain injuries. I think you damaged your Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area and that's why your voice is like that." he says and Andrew blinks, "Did you ever...did any of them ever...hit your head really hard. Especially on the right side?" and Andrew's silent stare gives no clues but the way his hand curls in Josten's hair like he's the asshole is a preferred teddy bear. "When people bitch about how you can't emote in your speech can I tell them to shut the fuck up?" he asks.

"Do what you want." Andrew says with a shrug.

Aaron pauses before he leaves, "I...I don't think there's anything to fix-"

"I don't need to be fixed." Andrew returns and Aaron sees as Andrew traces his fingers along Josten's burn scar.

Aaron gets the impression that the only person Andrew needs to understand his emotions already does.

It doesn't bother him as much as it would have before he had started watching.

He shuts the door quietly and returns to his own dorm room to slam the door open. He points at Matt who is trying to to choke on the fig newton he'd been in the middle of chewing, "FIRST OF ALL-"

[frosted-night]

For personal reasons, here are the hcs I wrote for how the guardians help a believer dealing with loss. These might be heavy.

North: While giving new gifts would be rather moot, he'd try to encourage the believer to revisit gifts their loved one gave them. Even down to smallest object. He'd tell them it's okay to feel complicated feelings towards it and help them find ways to preserve it. (While trying to nip any possible signs of hoarding in the bud.) He hasn't delt with this scenario often but he does his best.

Aster: His center shines the brightest during this scenario. He becomes very gentle and carefully tries to get the believer somewhere quiet and open to where they could process their thoughts. Aster would make sure to remind them that while death may be inevitable, they can enjoy what part of their life was shared with their deceased loved one. He'd show them that there's so much left for them to live and to keep that glimmer of hope alive.

Sandy: He can find this topic difficult, because he knows sometimes dreams of dead loved ones can be more upsetting rather than comforting. Instead, he'd conduct the dreamsand to try to give the believer a dream that they want more than anything. Something to comfort them or just to allow them to glimpse at the person they want to see more than anything. Sandy tries to limit this as he's scared the believer might reject reality if he's not careful.

Tooth: Like Aster, its something she's come across constantly, maybe even more than him. From a child grieving their first pet, to something complicated and soul crushing. She looks through their memories and makes sure they stay in good shape. Her cases are designed to tell her or her fairies when a human needs them the most. Tooth knows those memories might fade one day but she can keep them safe for as long as possible.

Katherine: She can often see when someone vents through writing or journaling about a tough situation. Loss is one Katherine tries to approach delicately. While initially she may not have much to work with, she uses her literary magic to send stories or media to the believer to help them process what they're feeling. Maybe a story of someone in their exact situation getting the comfort they need, a song that expresses the difficult emotions or a story/movie them and their loved one enjoyed. Its very indirect but its worth it in her opinion.

Jack: It was hard to him at first, since he knew telling someone to "go outside" wouldn't just make the pain go away. It confused him. He'd tell them they don't need to keep a stiff upper lip or force a smile. They're allowed to be happy in the absence of a loved one, he'd say, and that no being alive could say otherwise. Jack would try not to step over their boundaries but would sit with them for as long as they needed or wanted him there.

Ombric: It's cruel in his opinion how time can cause such pain for others, but it is inevitable. That doesn't stop him from feeling empathy of course. While he can't interact with them directly, Ombric would whisper across the sands of time to the creatures around their dwelling. Just enough to have them check on that person in their own way. Butterflies lingering near their windows, bees staying for just a little longer than usual. He knows it isn't much but it could mean the world to the right person.

Man In The Moon: the wishes of someone in mourning sting the hardest for him at times. He understands it completely but knows he can never grant those wishes no matter how much it hurts. Instead, he'd try to search for anything else that would help ease their suffering. If no wish would suffice, Manny would contact the appropriate guardian to assist. If nothing else, he'd make sure they can see the moon's glow at night. To remind them that even in the darkest night, there's always a light looking down at them.

[legacyshenanigans]

Hello B!! I have come once again to bless your day and also ask some strange stuff again because I have no self control apparently 💚🐲 (I promise this time it's just me being curious)

Before I say anything I just have to thank you a billion times for the snake Gaunt boys snip bits from yesterday you absolutely killed it and I will forever love you for it 💚💚💚💚🐍🐍🐍🐍 oh and here.... have some gold and diamonds from my hoard 🪙🪙👑👑💎💎

Now the actual ask, since you've dropped the Rerek's opinions on everyone video I've been thinking, we've gotten to know a lot about our favourite boys Marvolo and Rowan but what about our favourite danger noodle?!! 🐍🐍

I'm not sure if you already gave some snip bits about him I tried to look but I couldn't really find any fun facts about our precious snake boy so I want to ask if you could tell us some interesting details about him....I don't know something like:

What's his favourite food?

What does he like to do in his spare time?

What exact breed of a snake is he? (I think he might be a rainbow python judging by the picture but I just want to be sure)

Was he given to Marvolo as a baby or did Marvolo find him and take him in himself?

And these might be a bit random but:

What's his favourite memory growing up with the Gaunts?

What would he do if Marvolo walked up to him without saying a word and booped him on the snoot?

And the last one what would human Rerek look like?

Sorry if I'm asking a lot I know your busy but I still wanted to ask since I absolutely adore all of your characters and I want to get to know them all as much as you can let me 💚💚💚💚🐍🐍🐍🐍

As always have a wonderful day!!! With lots of love your curious little Dragon friend 🐉💚🐍🐍

Consider me blessed 😊💚

Aw you're welcome! 💜

I've done some HCs on Rerek before, but I'll happily do it again and answer these, I love it when people take such an interest in my world and lore. 🥹💚

Rerek HCs

His favourite foods are nifflers and puffskiens, he just has a prefered taste for those, he also eats human body parts from the Den.

Rerek is a simple creature, in his spare time he mainly just likes to bask in his Vivarium, but he often also asks Marvolo if they can go out for walks in the woods

He's a golden child reticulated Python

Rerek was gifted to Marvolo by Aleister when Rerek was a snaklett and Marvolo was 9yo

His favourite memories were simply getting to know Marvolo, and developing a strong bond with him. Marvolo and Rerek adore each other, and have a very powerful bond.

Hehe, I'll do a script for that question 💚

Rerek: *minding his business*

Marvolo: *wanders over smirking, and simply boops his nose without saying a word*

Rerek: (?!) ...Urgh, I fucking hate it when you do that.

Marvolo: *chuckles*

Rerek: *chuckles back* But because its YOU..I'll allow it..

You know what, I've never really thought about how he'd look as a human! But I'd say he'd actually be rather inkeeping with the Gaunts aesthetic! With his voice being what it is, he wouldn't be young, y'all gotta remember Rerek IS AN OLD MAN NOW! 🤣 I picture an older gentlmen, tall, slender, high and prominent cheekbones. While writing this I decided to go and heavily edit one of my Marvolo pics to how I'd see Rerek as a human, and this is what I settled on.

You're not asking a lot! Don't worry, this was fun! 😊💚🐍

Thank you so much, hope you have a wonderful day too! 💜💜

~

[sepublic]

Do you have any fancasts for who should voice/play any particular characters in a Metroid show/movie? Of course Samus is a more loaded topic, and some characters like Raven Beak and Anthony have VAs, but what about Ridley? Mother Brain? Kanden? If you wanna get really speculative, what about Sylux?

Okay okay this is my time to pitch for Mother Brain either Cate Blanchett (for her role as Hela in Thor: Ragnarok), or Angela Bassett (for her role as Shatter in Bumblebee); I’m leaning more towards the latter because Bassett’s performance was specifically an evil duplicitous robot who puts on this friendly facade, that either reins in or lets loose her more sadistic, reckless male counterpart that has big child with a magnifying glass and ant hill vibes (AKA Ridley). There’s this very sickly sweet yet condescending and insincere tone to Mother Brain in my head. I’ve been sitting on this fan cast since forever and I’m so glad for the opportunity to bring it up. I’ve also considered Lorraine Toussaint, for Shadow Weaver from She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Masago from Star Wars: Visions. Lots of gaslighting “Join me in bringing order to the galaxy” and “I totally backstabbed everyone for good reasons” vibes.

Can’t think of anything for anyone else, at least in terms of specific actors. But for voice HCs… For Kanden, I’d prefer him to just be silent entirely, and for the rare times he speaks it’s in a low, rumbling, presumably Enoema dialect; That way it still preserves the idea of him being incomprehensible, alien, not quite heard or understood by the viewer.

For Ridley, it’s hard to describe but I like to have him with this almost buzzing filter, like he’s speaking through a radio; No static though! So not necessarily a raspy voice. I HC him as speaking the way parrots do, so his mouth and lips don’t necessarily move. Despite my previous comparisons, no I’m not considering Justin Theroux as a fan cast, too deep unless he shows a lighter vocal range. At which point it’d feel too perfect not to pair him up with Bassett again lol.

Kraid I’m still figuring out because despite him being a fave I’m obsessed with, somehow I’m still struggling to nail his personality and dynamic with Ridley and Mother Brain… But I am kinda inspired by this brief, slavering line by Benedict Campbell’s performance as King K. Rool, used in this fanmade Captain N reboot trailer, since I see a lot of similarity to K. Rool and Kraid;

K. Rool is often paired with Ridley because they were revealed back to back in cinematic trailers for Ultimate, being heavyweight villain entries to Day One franchises in Smash that otherwise had only heroes, with a huge amount of hype and demand about them for years no less. They’re even both reptilian pirates!!! Sakurai evidently picked up on the similarities because when doing Kraid’s Spirit battle, he used K. Rool to represent him. Sometimes I consider taking my perception of K. Rool’s personality and just transplanting it into Kraid, because it’s not as if I’m imagining doing a pitch for a(nother) Donkey Kong show haha…

I always thought Kraid’s Super design gave me vibes for a voice like Polpo’s from Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, either his original VA Hideo Ishikawa or Brook Chalmers for the English dub. I’ve considered Polpo as an inspiration for Kraid since they’re both huge fat villains who spend all their time in a room they somehow managed to fit in, and rely on a bunch of defenses to even get to them; But are still incredibly dangerous and high-ranking themselves, giving out orders from within their ‘cells’… They even have some strange regeneration going on with their fingers.

Polpo is a wealthy guy with a taste for the finer things in life, and Kraid seems built for defending things, more on that in another post; So characterizing him as a dragon with a hoard of treasure (making both Space Pirate lieutenants dragons, fittingly) and leaning into the material greed aspect of the Space Pirates, feels appropriate. Though sometimes I worry about leaning into fatphobic stereotypes by characterizing Kraid as a hedonist…

Of course, I consider the Dread design the new standard for Kraid now, and the vibes there feel more K. Rool to me… But at least more stereotypically piratey, which is good because I want to hearken to the OG vibes behind the term ‘Space Pirate’ before Metroid evolved the group into an entire military coalition. There’s also Darin De Paul as Sloth from Darksiders III, who even resembles Kraid, esp the more insectoid interpretation that almost made into Prime. Sloth’s vibe is meant to be more apathetic, but that might be relevant to Kraid’s static position, and even if toned down is a way to foil the more aggro ambition of Ridley and Mother Brain; He relies a lot on minions, something I also consider for Kraid. And simply for vibes is Clancy Brown doing Hades from God of War III, there's the deep and gravelly inflection, plus a monologue for vengeance that could hearken to Kraid outliving all of the other Space Pirates.

[not-this-guy]

Once again, picking at your brain for your thoughts

What’re your reasons/ideas behind your top hc’s for Bro

i'm brain dead right now after a full shift so let me give you the long short list and a more general explanation of my general fascination with this guy

the basis of my takes and hcs on bro stem from approaching him and viewing him as a person who is flawed and wrong and misguided, but a person and not a generic one faced boogeyman. he is an abuser, he has a lack of boundaries and he has violent tendencies, but i don't look at it in a vacuum because unlike dave who's only ever seen what bro allowed him to see, we can look at him as a whole.

i picked him up a couple years ago in a group roleplay server, mainly as a "i don't trust anyone else to write him/haha wouldn't it be funny if" and since then he's been living rent free in my head - but he's out grown what canon gave us.

and the fundamentals of that are:

0 | SPITE, DISGUST AND FRUSTRATION: he is a fascinating character in his own right, but goddamn is he polarising and one prone to settle in the extremes of fandom perception to the point that people have to fucking tag him as a trigger warning nowadays, which makes people unwilling to interact and engage in more nuanced discussions of him out of avoidance of being harassed which is understandable. however this kind of left him as a character to the wolves, and now a lot of his more recent works and his entire tag in general in whatever site you use has been trashed by incestuous pedophiles - which makes people even less wiling to interact with the concepts brought up in his character. and honestly fuck that. i'm willing to endure dealing w their bullshit directly n i'm willing to call these people what they are (groomers sharing csa material for personal gratification and desensitisation) and i'm not giving them free reign of bro's tag anymore. these freaks should be rightfully shunned and mocked and judged where ever they go because they're too deep in self-denial to ever change.

I | EXTRAPOLATION: with alpha dirk's introduction we were left with a question, how could this kid end up like his beta session self? what could possibly drive the dirk we grow to like and see multiple facets of become this shell of a man? and boy do i love assuming and explaining shit away for people who are barely characters in their own right. free reign to do whatever i want baby.

II | BRAIN DAMAGE: the answer to that question is to chip away at the soul and to scramble a man's sense of reality. i haven't really been in the headspace for it but id love to one day fully explore the horrors of Bro and Lil Cal's codependency for those 30 some years. with that as a base (but not an excuse) i started to slowly piece him back together, and working with the 'undesirables' of mental illness. he is an unmedicafed paranoid schizophrenic with hoarding tendencies who was diagnosed with aspergers as a child... and then punished for it, being effectively abandoned by the system to fates whims and blamed for never having his needs met. his one solid connection at any point in time was lil cal. but instead of villanizing him for having these traits... i see him as someone who was trying to help, but was misguided by his closest confidant and blinded by his over controlling paranoid nature and compulsory need to one up people. everything bro did, he did to help dave... he just never stopped to think about if he was going about it the right way, because he saw dave as an extension of himself and thus of course thought his behaviour was appropriate, because he is acting as who he wished he had when he himself was a kid.

III | PROJECTING AND RELATABILITY: damn he just like me fr. aka on top of all of that, i've grown to attach some of my own traits onto him and vice versa as a means of coping with my own backstory and as a backwards way of acknowledging that my feelings are valid... by allowing bro strider of all people to also go through them and changing myself to have compassion for him.

there's more but look i forgot and m done eating my cold burger.

[anxiously-sidequesting]

AAAA TY FOR THE HEADCANONS THEYRE NOT BORING I HAVE BEEN WELL FED AHFFDJSDS i am cherishing every one of them. the curling up into a ball one is too cute 😭 your brain is HUGE for the sign language/actions one - i can imagine he has so many little gestures and he 100% stabs his sword into the air when he goes "kiai! for bastion!" sjskdsjfl

also idk if it was intended but i love how most of your hcs point to Dyvim being a very physical/actions-over-words kind of guy bc that makes so much sense!!

also. also. i LOVE the one about him being reserved holy shit - theres one khonda desert quest where he's asking a hopper to clarify what they said and he says something quiet like "ᵘᵐ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᵈᶦᵈⁿ'ᵗ ᵃⁿˢʷᵉʳ ᵐʸ ᵠᵘᵉˢᵗᶦᵒⁿ…" like YOU GOT IT he really seems like he's in his element in the heat of battle, and not really in small social situations. maybe thats why he didnt attend our graduation sob (im choosing to think he'd send a nice note instead 😌 his writing WOULD be excellent you know it would have like curlicues and shit)

one hc i have is that Dyvim often has like a small smile on when talking, especially with the wizard bc he just feels comfortable/quippy around them X)

ANYWAYS SORRY FOR THE LONG ASK SFSFSG i just. your headcanons are Good Eats and if you have any more then i would love to hear them!! ok thats the end tyvm BYE <3

ANON YOU ARE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON, IM PICKING YOU UP AND PUTTING YOU IN MY POCKET TO GO TO THE FARMER'S MARKET

i'm so glad you liked my headcanons!!!! Just from his little interactions with you in Khrysalis gave me FUEL for all these thoughts (rewatching every Dyvim scene in Khrysalis multiple times is one of my hobbies but we don't talk about that)

OMG SMALL SMILE HEADCANON????? I LOVE IT SO MUCH i am a sucker for characters who act differently/more vulnerable around a particular person versus everyone else, there are actually a few moments in the game where Dyvim does exactly that, being confident and relaxed with you but wary and snappish around others (mostly enemy hoards and people who freak him out but I'm still counting that)

I'LL DEFINITELY BE POSTING MORE HEADCANONS FOR HIM IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE I LOVE DYVIM and this fandom could always use more food 😌

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL ASK, SENDING YOU MUCH LOVE ❤️❤️❤️

[ziracona]

Do you have any trivia about Alex the crow? (I guess "headcanon" is the wrong word because anything you decree about her is canon). I could see her being taught to use those communication buttons some people have for their dogs. Was she a fly on the wall for any of ILM's events? (Besides the Doctor fight of course).

Thanks! Haha it always feels a little weird to call author thoughts on my own story HCs too. Let’s see.

The Entity re-uses crows rather than make new ones, so she was there for maybe a third of any given trials in the book? Definitely a crow he had fed in the woods before (let’s be real, that /is/ most of them, but she was one of his first successful times feeding crows way back when he arrived). She saw him killed in the Trapper trial during Solidarity. In general, the crows eventually liked less any killer who specifically targeted Jake, and since Evan went after him for breaking hooks, Trapper was ‘we feel disdain towards this pleb’s taste in what survivor to hate’ for the crows. Crows gossip, so they all knew most of what any of them ever saw, if it might be interesting to them. She saw him ditch Claudette in the woods and think he’d lost her for good and collapse at camp in relief that one time Claudette mentions in a journal. Thought it was funny. Was there (albeit outside, listening) during Waking Nightmare. Saw the events of Distortion/Iron Maiden, and the part of Proven that takes place in the Doctor’s realm. Not the crow who gave Jake an apologetic look before taking off and making noise bc Dwight was with him, but she saw that and was like “It do be like that rip ✊😔” about the event. I don’t have a full running tally though.

She eventually just kinda does her own thing. She’s not a flight risk after a while, because Jake is the only person she truly loves and other crows are weird towards her because to them she’s some kind of weird eldritch crow thing pretending to be a crow. She gets to fly around and explore and come back. (After a few years, when he knows her behavior super well and it’s safe to do so). She gets friendlier with the other survivors too, but weirdly her second favorite being (excluding Rin, in the brief time before she passed) is Michael Cat. They should not vibe, given feral cat and eldritch corvid, but they do. They like to be mean and steal things or sneak up on each other and attack, but in a ‘we both actually love this game way.’ Took everyone else a /while/ to realize they were both into it, and not true hate filled fight on sight.

She’s possessive and gets jealous of causes of Jake not spending time with her. For a while she’s a dick to Dwight about that, but eventually she gets possessive about him not paying attention to, and he becomes a ‘Hey! Hey! Look at me!’ target then instead of a ‘Hey! Hey! Stop distracting Jake from me!’ Not that he knows peace from her, but least he knows love.

She’s very intelligent, and figures out some words eventually, like many corvids, and is absolute chaos incarnate. (IE she loves to find Andrew Park when he visits, sneak up behind him, and as loud as possible and menacingly go ‘He he he’ because it always flips him out and gets an amazing physical comedy reaction.) She loves startling people. If they got a button set, which I could totally see Meg talking Jake into, I’m sure she’d excel at it. Loves collecting things. Has what Meg calls her ‘little dragon hoards’ hidden throughout Jake’s house and the cabin. Will rob you, but also has been known to retrieve dropped precious things like a bracelet or phone on trips, because she knows she will be showered with love praise and rewards.

[t4t-apexeclipse]

alterhuman au hcs

virgil: very attached to their pet rock, brings it everywhere with them. one time they misplaced it and couldn’t function until it was found and returned to them

janus: is a little scared of logan’s parrot, like they make sure not to get to close. i feel like being gecko kin would make them a little weary of birds

logan: absolutely has a collection of shiny things and also brings gifts to her friends because of crow instincts. he’s probably a little embarrassed if it’s pointed out but the others think it’s very sweet

roman: because of being dragon kin sometimes they also have a collection of things but his collection is things from people he cares about or something a little strange like tabs from the tops of cans. very protective over their stash

VIRGIL LOVES SPRINKLES SO MUCH <3333 she was a gift from remus <33333

omgggg janus with a mild fear of birds is so gooddddd :0 i can see it

LOGAN WOULD SO DO THAT. she has a collection of trinkets in a cool little box he got at a thrift store and when she meets up with anyone he carefully selects an item to give them. she’s got keys, buttons, pebbles, a couple tiny spoons, stuff like that

ROMAN DEFINITELY STEALS FROM HIS FRIENDS AKDJDKK but it’s nothing like,,, valuable, it’s like,,,,, one time it went to patton’s house, and patton had to change a lightbulb. he handed the dead one to roman for em to throw away but secretly xe kept it. one time ze got kinda bold and snuck into virgil’s room to find something they wouldn’t miss, only to be caught. roman explained what they were doing and virgil took a button off one of their flannel shirts and gave it to him. it’s roman’s favorite item in kits hoard <3

[cryptid-killjoy]

HC: Bastien has had a lot going on in his head lately. Feral is fun in it's own way. Looting is it's own joy. Instead of watching out for cops or nosey citizens who can't mind their business he mostly watches out for rogue zombies. Delta tried to keep them herded back at Skull Rock for awhile, but that's easier said than done. They roam off. They're around considering the huge population. He likes to pretend he's in The Walking Dead now only... he actually is. Thank goodness for his "troll" hammer.

He's created several hoard hubs he's now calling Fox Holes. He's not quite sure where the lingo came from, but when that sort of thing happens 8 times out of 10 it's because Jetsam is mixing in. He might not be controlling Bastien but he leaves an imprint from possessing him so often, souls touching, like wires crossing. It's that out in the swamp language coming out. He doesn't necessarily dress like Jet, because if he ever could have afforded whatever he wanted he might have styled up. But, since he's been looting the rock look might be incorporated more than it used to be because he's been able to find it all his own Bastien-way without spending the cash- just the way he likes it.

To picture Bastien having a dressing room movie montage in all the abandon stores, thrift shops, and people's empty homes trying on all sorts of different looks with Hugo and the gang at his side is something Delta would pay money to see on a big screen.

There is another store he looted which might have been humorous to watch. The lingerie store down the way from the bridal shop Maddy went to with Piper. Yeah, he went there all by himself holding up dainty things trying to figure out what to bring home as a surprise for his wife. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Ticket worthy experience for sure. That said, when he brings home this bag to his wife he will say, "I would have brought more, but I couldn't figure out how they went on. Ladies undies are very confusing. Laverne told me to relax because all I need to do is figure out how to get you out of them. But, I still only picked out the easy ones... well I mean, and the pretty ones. The good ones." But he would expressly explain how beat he was over it taking a whole day on pantie decisions. "I had no idea how much stress underwear was for you ladies." Then he'd dump several six packs of boxers and briefs in his size. So easy in plastic packages. All the same and shove them in his drawer.

In his mind though his daily excursions like this were yet another way he was providing for his family. He still had a big fuck that debit card Esme gave him attitude and now hoarding instincts were kicking in big time because opportunity was knocking. He didn't know when times would change again. He never believed anything would last forever so, he was staking claims everywhere he was allowed. He was dragging all sorts of items to his personal property and storing it there. He asked for a room at the Blue Piper from Kuzco. Kuzco allowed him a room and Bastien was filling it from floor to ceiling with just... stuff. Stuff in his mind they may need some day.

He even started to claim places he used to hang out, old trap houses, and buildings weren't his property, but were his spots back in the old days. Delta had the whole dang city. When she noticed what he was doing and questioned his activity she even gave them to him. So, in his mind these were business transactions between him and his boss. As long as his loyalty remained he earned these properties as his own for just a small favor which gave him more work. He liked work. He liked feeling like he was doing something and useful. He had to hoard for Delta too.

Now, she already technically had everything within the ring, but what he was doing for her was organizing special items he might run across for her. So he had a hoard building for that too. Maybe this didn't mean much now, but if the city of Feral ever thrived with any populace again, Bastien would be quite the land owner when people did come in. The time he was putting in now was being looked at as an investment for his future whether Feral had much more of future than it did now or not.

Back to Jetsam, after the whole Father's Day pull Bastien would have wanted to across the sea for a visit. The only thing holding him back is Bastien's incessant hoarding obsession lately and his closeness to his brother. Believe it or not Bastien's close enough with Flotsam to know this isn't a good time and was holding back on purpose. As much as everyone loved Jet, Flo is the living person, and who Bastien bonded with that fated Halloween. He vowed to remain open for Jet for Flo's sake and even Bastien worries about the effects sometimes. It's only since then he's gotten closer to Jet. He won't be able to help it if Jet takes over completely of course, but he's tried to wait despite the pulling sensation to go due to conversations with Flo who's going through a lot right now. He never wants to make things worse for Flo. He also doesn't want to lose the connection and have Jet jump into someone else when he feels this is his duty to his friend and doesn't want to let him down, or have Jetsam take aim at him for not being cooperative. So it's a balancing act he feels he's playing all the time. However, he'd go soon because Flo would actually call him up for music reasons. That meant he was ready.

Jet is small stressor in Bastien's large room of voices that like to mess with his head. There's the gargoyles. Then new ones pop up sometimes.

Like one time he was looking for Frankie with his night vision goggles and his mind started to play tricks on him. It was like all the night visions movie sequences started to play in his head. Too many video games. He's looking around and suddenly he's got a commander in his ear telling him which way to go and where to look like he's on a covert mission, secret ops. It was like having VR on and when the visual hallucinations start popping up. He's blasting monsters with an imaginary gun he wasn't even carrying like he's in Men In Black. He freaks out and tears the goggles off disappointed and hyped he hesitated to shoot the girl with the lab equipment only to see Frankie sitting there with her pacifier safe and sound. Like okay. What just happened?

Not a monster. Not lab equipment. His hands are empty. Yeah, he needed some weed. Time to reduce stress right now. Something. That one freaked him out. Nothing happened. Nothing at all happened. But, for a split second he almost thought he about shot his kid. Hallucinations. Visual disturbances. Schizophrenia. Mentally challenged. Different. Ability to see into a different world. Magic vision. Whatever anyone wanted to call what Bastien went through off and on that one scared him. He didn't like the goggles anymore. He didn't like mirrors. He didn't like sunglasses. He sure as Hell wasn't going to play VR with anyone.

He liked cars though. Now that he didn't believe he was going to hurt anyone by driving key collecting was also a new hobby. Finding which keys went to which cars. There were abandoned car lots full of new and used cars. Feral was a land of plenty for the people there.

Everything that happens only makes him more protective of Frankie even if the threat is unreal. In his mind the threats are out there and possibly from another world/realm and could pop out at any time. Whoever they are is trying to trick him. So, if he seems extra paranoid of who knows what, in protective daddy mode, husband mode, even minion of Delta and Frank mode, he's got his reasons.

[i-cant-stop-fandoming-help]

ALRIGHT, THE CEO OF REI MEKARU ANGST HAS ARRIVED. Please pardon any spelling errors, I am typing really fast and I am still really tired.

Thoughts;

I am working on an essay delving into her childhood, her perspective and actions in the killing game, and her behavior post-kg.

The most i can say is that i think she experienced food insecurity in her childhood, and that i think shs suffers from abandonment issues.

Food Insecurity and Abandonment;

According to both the game, rei had been abandoned by her parents. In truth, they had entrusted her relatives to care for her, as they(her parents) were in debt and losing money rapidly-- they could not afford to feed her.

However, said relatives never ended up taking Rei in. Leaving her abandoned amd living on the streets. I do not believe it was ever mentioned in-game nor on her character sheet how old she was at the time, but my guess is that she was 9 or 10.

Of course, being a child and living on the streets would be difficult. Countless illnesses, possible frostbite, lack of dental care, and other things.

The biggest thing, i think, would be lack of clean water and lack of proper nutrition. I am not quite sure what the lack of clean wster would be classified as? So I will focus on the food insecurity.

Before delving further into it, I would like to clarify that I have not gone through food insecurity and homelessness myself. If you have gone through such things, please feel free to correct me on any errors. As well as that, there are people going through things such as this in Palestine. Please get your daily clicks in, I will attach the link at the end.

To begin, I would like to state some signs of food insecurity in children(some of which can last to adulthood, iirc), and I will bold ones that Rei fits.

Sign of food insecurity in children include(but are not limited to);

They ask about food every day and are not picky about what they eat

They suddenly lose or gain weight but don’t change their activity level

They hoard food and snacks

They bully others or behave badly

They have a poor attention span, memory, or trouble concentrating

They are hyperactive or impulsive

They show aggressive or antisocial behavior

Now, while only two of listed signs fit Rei, I do believe it is at least somewhat likely. In chapter 4, we are shown that she handles herself well, even when starving. I think this implies that she is both used to the feeling and that she has gone through it before.

In chapter 4, almost every other character seems to be suffering from the hunger. Rei is fine, though. She's able to keep her composure, while others like Tsurugi are talking about death and fighting.

Moving on from that topic, she bears a strong hatred towards her parents for abandoning her. In her character sheet, it reads; "She would seriously think about changing her name when she thought she was betrayed by her parents. The betrayal soon turned into hatred, and she wouldn’t want to use the name of her enemy."(translated by u/toastcat333 on reddit)

Now, moving onto headcanons since I'm still really tired and I don't want to ramble on, nor do i want to end up delving into everything else and write the essay hete instead.

Headcanons;

Rei's love language is physical touch. She struggles to talk about her feelings or tell anyone she loves them, so she usually resorts to cuddling and hand-holding.

I think she would act either big sisterly or motherly towards Ryutaro. Either out of guilt and blaming herself for Kiyokas death, or because she possibly sees her kg and pre-kg self in him. (Adding onto this, i gave a hc of Ryutaro and Kiyoka's parents picking favorites. Since Kiyoka was an ultimate, she was the favorite and hardly ever got in trouble for taking Ryutaro's money.)(will elaborate on both things if asked to. I am not good at describing things, though, so I might sound a bit confusing.)

Despite Tsurugi's wishes, she did end up working to try and seperate Sora's data from the game. It ended up working, and so Rei downloaded said data onto a hard drive and gave it to Yoruko.

After Tsurugi went MIA, she no longer got drunk. She couldn't afford to, she had to take care of the foundation. Before his vanishing, a few bottles could be found in her office, due to her drinking to ignore the grief she felt st the loss of Teruya.

Rei is a pretty good driver. UNLIKE A CERTAIN GREEN-HAIRED, HAT-WEARING, MAN.

She has a pet Ferret named Katherine :3

She still has her childhood teddy bear. Its bruised and covered in different patches from repairs she has to do. As a child, she named it Mr Stuffles, as an adult she pretends it doesnt have a name. (In private she addresses it by name and asks for advice.)

SHE SLEEPS LIKE A DYING VICTORIAN CHILD.

Attachment issues. Pushes everyone away so she doesn't get attached and doesn't grieve when they leave her behind.

Blames herself for all the deaths in the KG, and for Teruya's death. Upon finding out about Kokoro being Mikako's mother, she struggled to determine if Mikako would have wanted her birth mother to live. (Even if mikako didn't remember Kokoro, nor the experiments)

Thats all for now, folks. I am heading back to sleep.

Link for daily clicks; https://arab.org/click-to-help/palestine/

Rei Mekaru Simp Marathon 2024

Although the title sounds a bit much, I can guarantee that I’m just your average Rei Mekaru enjoyer who totally doesn’t spend every single day googling images of her or reading fanfiction about or featuring her- AHEM AHEM- anyway, I just made this post because I really want to hear everyone’s thoughts and headcanons about Rei, whether they focus on her life just before the killing game in Hope’s Peak or far before that. Admittedly, this post was made out of sheer desperation for more Rei Mekaru content, so any contributions, big or small, are greatly appreciated!

[fruitcoops]

ok so not really a request but hc: pre-sw, hope lupin had an instagram account, she mostly just posted recipies/ craft projects, super wholesome. She had a small following, but mostly just friends and aquaintences. Then at some point remus/sirius/ the lions tag her in a post and OVERNIGHT there are hoards of hockey fans hyping up her little digital diary. And she's just minorly internet famous for years just and chooses not to bring it up.

IDK IF THAT MAKES SENSE BUT INFLUENCER HOPE >>>

I hope you're not bothered that I made a full fic out of this, but it was too good to resist. Characters belong to @lumosinlove!

Hope Lupin had a hobby. A hobby she was quite proud of—it was an internet masterpiece that had been literal years in the making, giving her the perfect amount of payoff for very little work. Bake a pie? Take a picture. Make a birthday cake? Take a picture. Whip up a batch of cookies? Take a picture. Then, whenever she had some free time, post that picture on her Instagram with a screenshot (Remus had spent an afternoon helping her figure that out) and set her phone aside. The account was almost as old as Jules. A whole 64 people followed her, and some of them weren’t even family.

Honestly, Hope considered her Instagram account a living, growing recipe book rather than any sort of social media. She had Facebook for that. As such, it’s easy to imagine her surprise when she opened her phone to 6,500 likes on her cookies from the night before.

“Lyall,” she called from the kitchen, squinting down at the screen. “I think my phone was hacked.”

But when she went to scroll through the sudden influx of followers—nearly 5,000 new ones, just overnight—the usernames seemed real. The accounts checked out. Faces of complete strangers stared back at her, smiling from wherever in the world they lived.

“You were hacked?” Lyall was still scrubbing grease off his hands when he came in. “Your phone?”

“I…don’t know.”

His brow creased in bafflement and concern, and Hope tilted the phone up to show him. The frown slowly dissipated; his eyes widened when he looked to her follower count. “Holy shit, Howie.”

She bit her lower lip and refreshed the page. 24 new people in a minute and a half. “I don’t know what I did.”

Lyall shook his head, then leaned back to the hallway. “Julian!” he shouted.

A dull thunk followed. “What?”

 “C’mere, your mother went viral!”

“What?” The door to Jules’ room flew open and he came barreling into the kitchen, standing on his toes to see the phone where he hung off Lyall’s arm. “How? On what?”

She bent slightly to show him her phone. “On Instagram. Look at all these people. It was just a cookie recipe, I swear.”

Jules chewed the inside of his cheek. She could practically see the gears turning in his head. “Well,” he finally said. “Have you checked Remus’ Instagram?”

“Why would that—oh my god, I forgot he’s famous now.” Lyall snorted as Hope dove for her phone again, scrolling rapidly through her notifications until she reached the previous day. Sure enough, there it was: [rj.lupin] mentioned you in their story!

@bakingwithhope: Missing those kitchen sink cookies today! Save one for me : )

Her phone gave another little ping!

You have: [37] new notifications.

--

At first, Hope wondered whether she should be a little more mindful of her posts. Maybe she could take requests? People certainly left enough of them in the comments. It felt a little silly to share a combination of internet recipes, anything she could dig out of her mother’s old cookbooks, and random ideas from a Saturday afternoon with a crowd of literal thousands. Her most-liked post was Remus’ 15th birthday; she didn’t quite know how to feel about that. It was a very sweet picture of him and baby Jules sharing a piece of cake, though.

In the end, doing nothing different worked perfectly in her favor. The rush of followers slowed after a day, leaving her at a grand total of 15,167 people (and counting), a number she couldn’t even begin to fathom. The only acknowledgement she made about the change was a simple post when she found a few minutes of free time.

Hello! seemed like a good start.

There have been a lot of new people over the past few days—welcome to my Instagram! My name is Hope Lupin, I’m from Madison, and I have two boys with my husband Lyall. I’ve had this blog for almost eleven years now (wow!), so I’m sure there’s something here you’ll enjoy baking. Thanks for sharing my hobby with me, and have a wonderful day!

Love and hugs,

Hope (@bakingwithhope)

Nobody had told her going viral would be so fun. Her little recipe book suddenly had all sorts of kind words from people admiring her food, and anyone who came in with criticism was shut down before she could delete the comment. Hope had never seen so many ‘your mom’ jokes in one spot. The fame came with a bit of a thrill as well, knowing that so many people liked what she made. The Howells were a humble family, but Hope knew her worth, and she had her own private pride that threw confetti whenever her notifications lit up.

[bonjourbees]: Mrs Lupin can you make me a cake and also adopt me

[feefifofoundfamily]: SHE SENDS HER RECIPES TO SIRIUS BLACK SO HE CAN MAKE THEM TOO AND THEY TAKE MATCHING PICTURES NOBODY TOUCH ME RN

[hjsimpson]: can confirm the oatmeal cookies are to die for, I went to middle school with @rjlupin and I still remember when she brought them for his birthday. Literally daydream about those it’s been 15 years

[diamondlucy]: Okay first where’s your hairclip from second how did you make the egg whites like that third HOW ARE YOU NOT 35 YEARS OLD WTF

[lillian.william]: ohmygod I’m in Madison too can we meet up??? Cookie exchange??

[yeehonkinhaw]: now I see why people in that fan comment video were calling her a milf and they were RIGHT

Response to [yeehonkinhaw] from [vibecheck32]: man I just wanted a blackberry cobbler

Response to [yeehonkinhaw] from [ladylu]: Hey that’s OUR mom now show some respect

[lionsftw45]: LMAOOO @RJLUPIN ARE YOU ACTUALLY BANNED FROM BAKING

Jules found it significantly less exciting as the week progressed.

“Lane’s dad wants your lemon meringue pie recipe,” he called from the front door on the Monday after her oldest son launched her into the world of influencers. “It’s kinda cool, I’m double-famous now.”

And on Tuesday, “Do you have leftovers of Grandmom’s almond cookies?”

“Do you use a special version of blackberry cobbler, or is there, like, a normal one?” was Wednesday’s weary question.

“I just told Maria I didn’t know how you got a flaky pie crust,” he said on Thursday.

“Turtle brownies.” It sounded almost like a curse when Jules dragged himself through the door on Friday. He looked into the kitchen, where Hope was still packing up the previous night’s chocolate fest, and sighed. “So many turtle brownies.”

But in her glee, there was one person she forgot to inform of her sudden spotlight.

“You have what?” Remus spluttered as Sirius laughed hysterically in the background.

“I thought you knew!” Hope defended, holding the phone between her ear and shoulder while she scrubbed out a bundt pan. “It’s your fault, anyway.”

“How is it my—you have how many followers? Oh my god, mom! Do you have any ideas how many people have been tagging me?”

Hope huffed. “Don’t sound so surprised. And I’m serious, you mentioned me in your Instagram two weeks ago and now all these people think I’m a cool mom. They’re right, but still.”

Remus fell quiet, leaving Sirius to his snickering. “I’m…sorry?”

“Oh, no, I think it’s a lot of fun. They’re very nice people. I was going to take requests, but that seemed like cheating, you know?”

“Uh-huh.”

“I’m starting a dessert salad series,” she added, pointedly ignoring Lyall’s snort of laughter into his water at Remus’ faint noise of agreement. “Do you have your aunt Allison’s blueberry pie recipe, by the way? I can’t find it.”

Rustling filled the line for a moment and she paused. “Yes,” Sirius finally said, followed by the sound of a distant struggle. “Yes, I—stop it!—I have it. You brought it for Thanksgiving.”

“Give it back! My mom is famous, this is—I’m happy, but it’s weird!”

“Lovely, I was worried I lost it.” Hope tried not to let her amusement slip through; Remus sounded like he was struggling. “Will you send a picture?”

“Ouais, I’d be happy too.” They were both giggling now over Remus’ distress. “Have a good one, Hope.”

“You too, sweetheart. Bye, Remus! I’ll tag you in the next post!”

She hung up, turned to Lyall, and they both burst out laughing.

[twstedtales]

Athy I really love your love language hcs!! Could I request the same for the Diasomnia quartet? Stay safe and remember your writings are not cheap💖

𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑, 𝐌𝐈𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐋.

❝...keep your eyes on me.❞

𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 | malleus draconia, lilia vanrouge × gender neutral reader.

𝐭𝐰 | a bit of angst? but that's it.

𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 | Phew, this took me a long time to write because I'm not entirely convince what would be sebek and silver's love language so they will arrive later on 😂💦 if you're interested in reading some stuff I wrote before with a similar prompt like this, you can find it here (riddle & leona) and here (trey, jack, jamil & idia)!

Giving | Giving Gifts

As a dragon fae and a crown prince of a country, Malleus has so much stuff in his possession and he had no qualms of giving them to you as presents, or offerings. He had no shame in telling you over and over again that you deserve the whole world, everything of him and all he could offer. You just need to ask and he would hoard everything you desire like a dragon that he is.

When he sees something that reminds him of you, Malleus won't hesitate to purchase them, or get them no matter how impossible it may seem. Even if it's just a small jewelry in the colour of your eyes or hair, he will get them for you. You might have to tell him to stop eventually, because you won't certainly need them all anyway.

There would also be times when you would wake up in the morning and you'd see a bouquet of your favourite flowers on your doorstep, freshly picked and you were sure that Malleus had blessed them with enough longevity so you could enjoy it until he gave you another bouquet the next week afterwards. 

There was a handwritten letter with his beautiful cursive carefully attached to it, saying that he can't wait to see you tonight for your nightly adventures and how he looked forward to seeing you under the light of a thousand stars.

Receiving | Quality Time

Malleus' life span exceeds yours, and no matter how much he hates thinking about it, he was aware how fleeting your life was compared to his. And thus, he appreciates all the time in the world with you, treasures them and guards them in his memories where you could stay forevermore.

Spending time with him with nothing to worry about is the best day for you and him. No Overblots, no troublemaking friends on the loose, no responsibilities passed onto you by the irresponsible headmageーjust you and him taking your sweet time getting to know each other more.

Malleus doesn't have any qualms in talking to you doing the most mundane of things. You might think that he will grow bored, because he's a prince who has a lot of things to do other than listening to you wasting his time. But the simple stuff he does with you makes his lonely heart soar. He simply enjoys listening to you rambles on about your day, watching you smile at him as you narrate the stupid things you had done with your friends.

Those simple, mundane everyday life is what he treasures the most. And if he could, he would want to preserve them in a place where he could safeguard your memories for centuries to come.

Giving | Physical Touch

Physical touch with Lilia involves a lot of pinching your cheeks together, hugging you to death, kissing you while he's hanging upside down the ceiling, and probably even cuddling in public. No, he was a shameless old man and I stand by this headcanon. Lilia absolutely have no shame in displaying in public how much he adores you (one reason is that its because of the different reactions of your schoolmates, to his unending amusement).

If you voiced out loud that you're uncomfortable with it, he would stop. Though the 'show' of affection in public was averse, that doesn't mean he would cease his ultimate ways of showing his adoration in private. He was still a little shit, but he was your little shit. You were stucked with him and his undying love, he said in a rather dramatic fashion and you would never know if he was serious or not.

Though Lilia seems rather playful, carefree and open to you with his love, physically touching you is also his way of grounding himself in the present. Touching you is his way of telling himself that you were still with him, that you were still alive and next to him, that he could still enjoy the limited time he has with you...

Receiving | Quality Time

Similar to Malleus' case, Lilia had lived his life surpassing yours so it's not entirely weird for him to want you to spend lots of time with him. But unlike Malleus, Lilia does not fear the day you would have to leave him. Though it's not because he does not care for you, no, goodness. But it's because he believed that all things will come to an end one day, and accepted it as dreadfully as it may seem.

But as much as that separation will pain him, even if seeing you go will finally make his heart stop beating, Lilia believed wholeheartedly that you will find your way to him again. Plus, he doesn't like thinking of possible "what ifs" in the future if he could just enjoy the present moment with you, no?

Spending time with him involves lots of games, be it the ones online with Gloomy Samurai (it doesn't matter if you don't know because Lilia will teach you anyway) or in terms of pranking his own dorm mates (poor Sebek and Silver, respectively) and he would drag you along with his shenanigans, whether you like it or not.

You may want to keep him away from the kitchen if you still value your life /hj or if you have a patience of a saint, you both could bond over cooking with you on the lead, teaching him the proper ways to prepare edible food that wouldn't result to others who consume having a stomachache. Though you have to watch over him very carefully, because he was a mischevious shit, you wouldn't know what he will put in the pot the moment you take your eyes away from him.