#young adult hisoka

[anticanonhearts]

Happy Birthday Hisoka 🌟

[ladyravenjadethe2nd]

Hisoka's sexual interests are both better and worse then we thought.

A lot of people are caught up in oh he draws the line at bestiality, but not pedophilia, but I think we need to focus on the fact that Hisoka is straight up calling fighting to the death sex.

No foreplay, not build up that makes him horny, fighting and killing someone is the definition of sex to Hisoka and that changes everything.

First of all if his end goal is to murder someone and not do anything with anyone's genitals then while he may get hard over it or even off to it we would not consider him having sex with that person by fighting them to the death.

By our definition of sex Hisoka is not a pedo because he doesn't want to actually do anything we consider sexual to kids or possibly anyone else. I want you to think about that for a min. If fighting plus killing equals sex for him he might have no interest in real sex at all. The most horny dude on the planet might not actually be down to literally fuck anyone strong that moves.

He could not even get off to it and just enjoy being horny and not letting himself cum. This fucking clown man could actually be super chaste by common meaning of the word sex. Virginity is not impossible. Let that sink in.

Even if he does cum if I came whenever I shake someone's hand they didn't have sex with me when I shook their hand. That's a me problem. If it happens when I shake a kid's hand that's weird and gross and horrifying, but I don't think that's sexual assault? Although if it was done on purpose it may be something else? Hell of a weird thing to think about. I don't know what you would call it.

So for someone that has been certain from the beginning that Hisoka cannonly wanted to stick his dick into little boys this is pretty mind blowing, but....but the thing is.

Hisoka does think he's a pedo.

If fighting a strong animal to the death is bestiality for him and fighting lots of people to the death at once is an orgy then fighting a child to the death is pedophilia by his own definition.

Assuming hear me out here that Hunter X Hunter has an age of consent in that world at all or that it's anywhere close to ours. I know gross idea. No one likes it, but it would track.

Mito allows 12 year Gon to get on a boat by himself to take a dangerous test that could kill him. The whole island loves it. No one says he's just a kid. Certainly no that's illegal children must have adult supervision or even a school is mandatory. She doesn't want him to go, but there are no laws that would make him stay. At least on whale island so let's look at the exam.

Captain, crew, and passengers think it's weird a kid is taking the exam so young, but no one is concerned about laws or what not.

Exam officials are just like here's your number. No parent's permission or signing a waver at all. No one in the exam is concerned. Moving on to the next place Haven's area is the same.

I see you two unaccompanied minors would like to enter into a tournament where you might die! Right this way please! They aren't hiding it. This is a big city and if Gon died on live TV to Hisoka no one would get sued.

Child endangerment laws don't exist. If a 12 year old can sign up to die why would there be laws about them not being allowed to jump on adult dick?

Also Hisoka says very sexual things about the children in front of people that do not treat him like the scum of the earth for it. Like there are deeply evil people that would lose their shit at a mild suggestion that someone wants to fuck kids.

You think Bisky didn't notice how he stared at the boys on greed island? The kids she felt motherly towards? Didn't bother her at all.

I mean I don't think it's wildly accepted to fuck kids, but I don't know if it's illegal there. Most people see or hear him being creepy and act like he said he likes pineapple on pizza. Everyone could hear him talk in his fight with Gon. No one was calling him out on saying he's hard in front of the child.

Does Meteor city where Hisoka is from have any laws at all? Baby's are dumped off there. As insanely dark as it is at least some kids are gonna picked up for sex work.

The reason I bring this up is that Hisoka says he's normal and while he is a lair he was talking to himself and he's normally self aware. If pedos are a thing there then I think he would consider himself one and therefore I don't think he would use the word normal.

At the very least I think the age of consent might be terribly low or Hisoka was so used to seeing kids fucked in his hometown that he thinks it's normal, but again he doesn't actually want to fuck them, but he thinks killing is fucking so......ARUGH!

Don't get me started on his thing with Illumi. Are they fucking??? Clearly Hisoka thinks their relationship is going to lead to his kind of sex. We don't know how they met so they could have started out as fighting to the death and it was a tie so he thinks they are lovers?

Does someone have to die for it to be sex for Hisoka. Like if someone is fighting of their life and he spares them for later is that foreplay or a blow job?

Does Hisoka think he's done the nasty with Gon, Leorio, and Kurapika?

If Chrollo had used the spider members to cheat with his fight with Hisoka (I don't think he did) making it more then one on one without his permission does that mean Hisoka would consider himself gangraped since the rules of the sex changed?

Lots of things to consider here. Personally I have a fanfic that I was very proud of him being in character that I need to make serval changes too. I thought killing animals if he couldn't kill people would help with him control bloodlust, but I've misunderstood him in a big way.

How does everyone think this changes their view of Hisoka if it does at all and do you think that if Hisoka is a pedo with his own way of thinking then he should be considered one regardless of the exact actions he's taking towards children?

Also what is up with everyone's weird reaction when Hisoka doesn't hide that he's getting turned on by children? Are the laws super different or does no one think he would actually fuck a kid? Like what's going on with that? Is Togashi just blind at how most people see pedos?

[imagineanime2022]

Little Sister

Illumi Zoldyck X Sister!Reader

Word Count: 2062

Requested: Anon

Request: Could you possibly do a one shot with illumi and a younger sister similar to daki pretty pls who’s also a good assassin and is prided on her looks 😊 AND Basically Illumi little sister (reader) gets a S/O and they cheat on us so we run to him in tears what would he do? How would he handle it? How would he comfort us? AND Hiii can you do brother head canons for illumi with a sister who’s about 15-16 so in the middle of milluki and killua who is like a great assassin but also very like caring with him and similar to daki/ume from demon slayer pls!🐺 AND Can you do a one shot or just headcannons(Whatever you prefer) with a reader who is the third oldest Zoldyck who is a amazing assassin who doesn’t fail while also looking after all her siblings and trying to keep the family together pls :)

You had, much like the rest of your family, established your place in the criminal underworld, your ability to assassinate people without leaving so much as a trace was sought after everywhere, you were good at blending into the shadows, your nen ability markedly more dangerous than some of your siblings. You were an emitter type with the ability to turn any bodily fluid into a poisonous substance, something untraceable with subtle symptoms for the most part well until the asphyxia set in.

Illumi was the brother that you were closest to, he liked working with you and when you were younger he spent the most time with you, Milluki was too busy trying to get his mothers approval and Illumi honestly couldn't care less and that led him to watch you more carefully. He started training you young when he realised your ability was manifesting, you had accidentally killed two butlers when you had gotten injured playing in the garden. He noticed when you were young that you were very pretty, and the compliments that you got from others made it an asset that you could use. Even now at the age of 16 it was the selling point for most of your jobs.

The family was starting to crack now that Killua had decided to leave, with all bets placed on him for the next leader of the family, the adults were scrambling even if they tried to hide it. Illumi was off tracking him down, well that was a strong term at the very least you and Illumi knew where he was, the hunter exam. You decided that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to have a hunter licence since travel was such a pain when you were on jobs. That was how you found yourself in the underground tunnel waiting for the exam to actually start. You came in as contestant 320 with your boyfriend as number 321. Your eyes found Killua who was already looking at you.

“What are you doing here?” He asked, “I’m not going home.” “I’m not here to take you back, travelling is really hard these days, the licence is going to make that way easier and we both know that we can get through this no problem.” You shrugged and he smiled. “Is Dad mad?” He asked. “Honestly I don’t think so, I think he wants you to go home though.” You answered. “Go find some friends, they’ll be good to have, there’s going to be some stages where you need them.” You turned to walk away feeling someone watching you, you looked over to see a man in green, pins in his face and jerky movements. You continued walking as you got close enough he spoke. “You aren’t supposed to be here?” He said and it was then that you realised who it was, Illumi. “Well, I figured that it might be worth getting a licence and since you're both here why not make it a family outing? Don’t worry I’ll stay out of you and your friends' way.” Your eyes travelled to Hisoka who was leaning against the wall a few paces away, he smirked when his eyes met yours. “Mm, what did you bring him for?” Illumi asked as he gestured towards your boyfriend. “(Y/B/N) is here for a licence too, he wanted one.” You rolled your eyes at your brother’s dislike towards your chosen companion. “Remember not to let your guard down.” He warned. “There’s nothing to worry about.” You waved him off as you walked back over to your boyfriend. “Who was that?” He asked. “I don’t know some creepy guy, guess he’s sizing up the competition.” You answered.

It took two tasks for things to break down you had managed to get separated in the tower, that didn’t cause you any problems and you finished as one of the first, with Hisoka and Illumi being some of the people that you noticed first, as time ticked down you started to worry that you’d have to complete the rest of the tasks alone. Hisoka was the one that came over to you while you were sitting alone. “You know you don’t need to wait for him, I doubt that he’ll get much further.” He said. “What does it matter to you?” Your eyes hadn’t moved from the timer, you could see Illumi in the corner of your eye. “Honestly, it’s rather annoying to watch you handicap yourself so readily, little assassin.” Hisoka answered. “You should know that he’s using you.” “Using me?” You asked with a frown. “What do you mean?” Before Hisoka could answer your question the door opened and out stumbled (Y/B/N) but behind him was a girl, you had seen her throughout the exam, she hadn’t ever approached him while you were with him. “Look at his shirt.” Hisoka prompted before standing and leaving you alone, your eyes travelled to (Y/B/N)’s shirt, it seemed to have been thrown on haphazardly or recently ruffled you couldn’t tell, he walked over and smiled. “I’m glad that you made it.” He smiled. “Same to you.” You smiled, plastering on the fake emotion so naturally as you noticed the smell of the girl on him, everything was adding up to a conclusion that you really didn’t want to think about, not right now.

You sat on the boat taking you to the island that the next task would take place on, you looked at the badge number in your hand 321, (Y/B/N)’s number. You could definitely pass without taking his badge but as you looked at him, the way his eyes now wondered, you realised that you weren’t so sure that you wanted to. You decided to talk to him about the tower. You hadn’t noticed in your pondering that he had disappeared, you attempted to find him and it honestly didn’t take long given your occupation, the problem was the position that him in, the girl that he had come out of the tower with pressed against the wall, they hadn’t even realised that you were there, tears gathering in your eyes as you glared at them. She was the one to notice you but you weren’t sure if it was you or the presence behind you that made them look. “O-oh I-” “You what?” You asked, the presence behind you seemed to have disappeared from the moment he looked back at you. “Look, I don't think we’re going to work.” He said. “Oh really, was that before or after you put your tongue down her throat?” You asked. “You know what? You want to know the truth?” He asked. “Yes!” You answered. “You really aren’t that pretty, you’ve been convenient and honestly you’ve gotten rid of a lot of obstacles. I was hoping that you would be able to get me through this last task but it seems like that won’t be the case.” He explained and you looked at him frozen in place, your family had always told you that you shouldn’t put trust in other people but now you understood why and all you wanted to do was turn around and run but this time the presence you felt before seemed closer and you saw your brother’s long hair out of the corner of your eye. “Are you really going to let him talk to you like that?” He asked. “He’s seems to have taken something from you, I think it’s time that you take it back, little sister.” “Later.” You answered as you held the badge up so that they could all see it “after all you're my target on the island I think I’ll take everything from you there.” “That sounds like a perfect plan.” Illumi answered “and the girl?” “Isn’t that your number, big brother?” You asked.

The island itself had not been a problem, you had been tracking (Y/B/N) and the girl, they were sporadic and jerky in their movements they were trying to preemptively shake you off but you wouldn’t be in the occupation that you were that easily shook off, they stopped for the night and that was when you made your move. “You're stopping here?” You asked from your place in the branches. “Y-you found us?” He asked. “I found you.” You answered “I made a promise, I really need your badge.” “Here, have it!” He threw the badge at you and you smiled picking it up off the floor. “Thank you.” From your crouched position you looked up at him. “T-then go.” He ordered. “No.” You answered as you dove forward, dagger taken from the holster on your as you pressed your knee to his throat, the girl screaming. “Sit down, shut up and I might have mercy on you.” You turned back to him “now back to you, you never asked me what my nen ability was, you really should have because you would have known that everytime you kissed me I chose to let you live.” You moved your knee from his neck moving to straddle him pressing your lips to his as your ability activated, you stood as you walked over to the girl who was still sitting on the ground. “I-I did as y-you said.” She stuttered. “You did.” You said softly as taking her chin in your hand. “You said that you would let me go.” She said, tone lifting in hope as you looked at her and shook your head. “I said I’d have mercy and that just means you don’t die slowly and alone like he does.” You explained. “W-wait don’t I have your brother’s number!? I don’t have my badge see” she pointed to her top “if you kill me you’ll never find it.” “It’s a good thing he doesn’t need it then.” You smirked, her eyes widened “yeah I lied because I knew it would force you to stay with him under the impression that he’d be able to keep you safe, stupid assumption really.” “I-I’m sorry.” She cried. “I’m sure you are.” You nodded before yanking her head to the side and effectively breaking her neck. “Nicely done.” Illumi’s voice emitted over the clearing standing over your dying ex. “Do you have your badge?” You asked. “Mm.” He hummed while holding the badge. “Then I will see you in 3 days.” You muttered as you left the clearing and the dead bodies that you had created there as well.

A few days later you found yourself back home, Killua was back home as well and while he was supposedly being punished for everything that he had done you decided that you should go and talk to your father about, he was the only one that could change anything that was happening “Dad, can I talk to you?” You asked. “Of course, come over here.” Your Dad prompted, he’d always had a soft spot for you, his only daughter, well the only one he acknowledged. “What do you want to talk about?” “Killua.” You answered as you settled next to him. “What about him?” Your Dad asked. “I think we should let him see the world, he’s going to have to at some point, he’ll never run the family if it seems like a prison.” You answered, the silence that followed made you rethink “sorry I have overstepped.” “No, no, it’s not that… You think that he will come back?” Your father asked. “I do.” You nodded. “If we give him reason to.” “And why did you come to talk to me about all of this?” He asked. “I want the family to stay together and I thought this was the best way.” You explained. “Mmm, thank you. Let me talk to your brother.” He said, pressing a kiss to your forehead before you got up to leave. “Once this is done I want to hear about what happened, Illumi said there was something that I should hear of.” “Okay Dad.” You answered as you left the room.

It was only voicing your opinion but you hoped it was enough you wanted everyone in the family to be happy and for it to stay together and it only seemed fair that Killua found his way back to the family on his own rather than being forced. You only hoped that your father headed your advice.

Request Here!!

[kiame-sama]

Hi it’s me again! sorry if I annoy you by asking another question about the adult trio kids but is it ok if I ask how do the kids spend their free time? (I’ve been obsessed with this au 😭🤚)

- When the kids have free time between training and education, they tend to spend it playing or trying to get their parents to play. Occasionally they will go and bother their grandfather, their great-grandfather, and their great^3 grandfather.

- Bunny will happily join their little games, but they are the progeny of three vicious and powerful men, so they usually have to tone the game down or move slower so their mother can keep up. Even as young kids, the octuplets are faster and far more wily than their mother can usually handle, so they go easy on Bunny whenever she joins their games. They adore their mother, but they know their mother is not on the same physical level as their fathers so they become far more gentle and loving whenever their mother joins in the games.

- When Hisoka, Chrollo, or Illumi joins the game, usually the octuplets have to step it up quite a bit. In Illumi's eyes, it is a great chance to train the octuplets and test their abilities through the guise of play. To Chrollo, he usually uses these games to take gauge of the octuplets Nen abilities and development of Nen. For Hisoka, he just likes the fact he can be unhinged and- so long as he doesn't injure any of the kids- he can tousle and be rough without Bunny getting mad at him.

- When Kurome and Shirome (oldest with red eyes and black hair, and the youngest with blue eyes and white hair) go and bother Silva, Zeno, or Maha, it is actually approved of. Shirome has the clear Zoldyck genes of the white hair and blue eyes, and Kurome is the eldest of the eight, so them seeking their elders out allows for them to get more tutelage on being the head of the Zoldyck family. The elder Zoldycks feel that if Killua doesn't want to return, Illumi will take the mantle of head temporarily before Shirome or Kurome can officially take the title as head of household. Kurome is the eldest of the eight, so he is a good potential for head of house. Shirome has the mark of a prodigy by having white hair and blue eyes, so he is the ideal next head of house.

- If their parents and grandparents+ are busy, the octuplets will torment the staff. Much like cats practicing pouncing, they will use the butlers as target practice and will take turns sneaking up on/ startling the butlers. Some butlers- Tsubone and Gotoh- know fully that the octuplets are stalking them in the shadows and will exaggerate their reactions the same way mother tigers react to their cubs pouncing in order to encourage their skill development.

[lulu-bin]

you said you thought hisoka would be into age play 👀

can we get some headcannons on that? <33 :)

Hisoka and Ageplay Headcanons

Hisoka Morow x GN!Reader

CW: Age play, dd/lg/lb, rape, forced regression

He's a pervert. Full stop.

Hisoka will force his partner to call him daddy, and he loves to treat them like a child.

He'll buy them clothes that look more fit to be worn by children rather than adults. Insists on doing things for them like buttoning their pants and tying their shoes.

Hisoka prefers them to act young, but not like a full on baby. Middle school age is his sweet spot.

Smart enough to talk back and understand that what he's doing to them is wrong, but naive enough to manipulate and convince them they like it.

Makes them say that they like being molested and raped by their daddy.

He knows he's disgusting and a borderline pedophile. Hisoka gets off on that. Always telling his partner/victims that they look so cute when he rapes them.

Hisoka likes when they fight back, yelling at him, telling him no, calling him gross.

It just makes bending them over and fucking their holes bloody all the more fun.

[asordinaryppl]

A3! Backstage Story Translation - Guy SSR - Today’s Star: Otori Seiran - Part 2

this part discusses guy's stepfather and very heavily alludes to domestic abuse

also proofread by myuntachis!

Guy: I liked these biscuits as well, but… Truth be told, it was my mother who was more fond of them.

Hisoka: Your mother…?

Guy: Yes. She was especially fond of this specific combination.

Guy: I believe my father thought my mother used to prepare them for me, given that it’s biscuits and hot milk.

Guy: The two of us always had them together, after all.

Hisoka: I see…

Hisoka: You don’t talk much about your mother. This is kind of nice.

Guy: I am unsure whether it was consciously or unconsciously, nor can I explain it very well, but… There may have been many times when I’ve avoided talking about her.

Guy: … I believe I’ve told you about how she remarried in Zahra and how my stepfather often reprimanded me.

Hisoka: Yeah… And that’s how your heart closed up…

Guy: Yes. At the time, I often wondered why she did nothing to help me.

Guy: She never rejected me the way my stepfather did.

Guy: However, even though she never did, she also never stopped him from berating me.

Hisoka: I see…

Guy: I apologize for suddenly bringing up something like this.

Hisoka: Don’t. I want to know more about your mother.

Guy: Alright…

Guy: Looking back with the eyes of an adult, I’ve come to believe there must have been special circumstances that kept my mother from protecting me.

Hisoka: Why do you think that?

Guy: … My stepfather is an intimidating man. I can’t say with certainty he hasn’t also harmed my mother.

Hisoka: … I wonder if that’s it…

Guy: You don’t seem as convinced.

Hisoka: I think… She wanted to protect your heart. Though there may have been special circumstances, as you said…

Guy: … Thank you. But there were times when my mother tried to protect me.

Guy: Eating this biscuit reminded me…

-

My stepfather criticized and intimidated me as he always did… I was still young at the time, so I hid and cried.

“Guy… Come here,” my mother called to me softly.

“Eat this.” As she said that, she secretly handed me some Earl Grey biscuits and hot milk, the same way she did when we lived in Japan.

“Mom… Thank you.”

My mother shook her head when I thanked her.

“You shouldn’t… thank me for this.”

-

Guy: At that time, my mother must have been trying to comfort me in her own way.

Guy: I have no intention of blaming her for thinking of me and acting appropriately. I’m glad I was able to remember that.

Guy: This may seem like a simple thing, but I believe that being able to think about it like this is a big step for me.

Hisoka: I see… You’re too kind, it worries me…

Hisoka: But seeing you a little relieved as you are now, I think I’m happy for you.

Hisoka: And… You also have a memory tied to a smell now.

Guy: … You’re right. Perhaps that is what I needed to play Otori once more.

-

Tsuzuru: So, your role is Otori from Sunny Blanc.

Tsuzuru: Is there anything you’d like to do as Otori?

Guy: Not much about him was revealed through the story, so I believe there are lots of possibilities…

Guy: Perhaps there could be a story about him remembering something due to the scent of a flower the same way Botan did, but what do you think?

Tsuzuru: Ohh, that sounds nice. Maybe the scent would remind Otori of something from the strict household he grew up in…

Tsuzuru: Oh! For example, a story of a flower’s scent reminding him of his mother could draw a nice contrast to Botan.

Guy: ——

Tsuzuru: Uh…? Did I say something strange…?

Guy: … No, I’ve just come to realize that you might be a wizard after all.

part 1 | part 2 | part 3

[polycule-playoff]

A3! vs NU Carnival

Descriptions Under The Cut:

A3!:

"Fuyupoly is the ship between the 6 members of Winter Troupe! They canonically describe their relationship in a way that "sounds like marriage" according to someone who hears them!!! They're together in sickness and health, bound by a common destiny… All of them have different reasons for joining Winter Troupe, all with their own emotional walls, but together they're bringing those walls down together. They're all adults who are unused to getting close to each other, but they save each other over and over with their compassion and love for each other. You CAN separate them into pairs, but imo they really aren't complete without all 6 of them! Though the final member, Guy, joins after the marriage happens, he's deeply important to all of them just the same <3 Winter Troupe marriage is REAL <3"

"The Winter Troupe (or "Fuyugumi" in Japanese, which is why we call them "Fuyupoly" (ie Winter Poly)) started out mostly as strangers who were desperate to find a home and a way to create new connections despite their fear of commitment holding them back, and they found it with one another.

Tsumugi and Tasuku were childhood friends who had a fall out and had to learn to live with each other again when they joined the Troupe, while the rest were all a group of strangers.

Tsumugi is the leader of the Winter Troupe. Calm and reserved, with a teaseful edge, he also has major self esteem issues and an imposter syndrome despite being the most talented actor in the company.

Tasuku used to be a top actor in a bigger company, and was absolutely sick of the spotlight, so now he dedicates himself at being the perfect support for the people around him. He sucks at showing off his own feelings, and originally only Tsumugi knew how to interpret him, but now the whole Winter Troupe knows how to deal with him despite it causing troubles originally.

Hisoka is an amnesiac sleepy guy they found in the street and gave a home to for the time his memories return to him. Originally extremely apathetic to everyone, preferring to sleep than befriending any of them, he slowly opened up to everyone and started to vow to protect them, despite being absolutely terrified of his past coming back to haunt him and hurt the people he now came to love. He defines every members of his troupe as pillows.

Homare is a poet and artist who is constantly making poems about the people around him. He cares extremely deeply for them, but he has very low empathy, which caused issues and hurt everyone when he wanted to help them and failed to understand why they were suffering. After making his situation clear, everyone understood Homare was doing everything to help out of love, and they've been making sure Homare knows that it doesn't mean he's broken, like Homare had said he was.

Azuma is a cuddle therapist, who sleeps with people and listens to their woes at night, mostly so he doesn't have to be alone at night, else he has panic attacks. Struck by grief at a young age he has kept everyone at a safe distance from him to not get hurt again, but is extremely emotionally starved and is seeking for connections anywhere he can, while also freaking out everytime people get too close, which can led him so self sabotage and self isolation. He's extremely gentle and understanding, and loves to cuddle with everyone in his troupe. Because he often has relapses when he's alone at night, his troupe often organizes sleepovers just to cuddle around him at night to remind him he's not alone.

Guy is the royal attendant of a Prince character who's in the Spring Troupe. He believed himself to be an android for most of his life after being extremely emotionally abused by his step father who called his lack of expressiveness a robot trait. He's emotionally stunned and has trouble processing his emotions until the Winter Troupe worked their way in trying to help him out.

Guy joined the troupe one year after its formation and his arc was especially insightful because it challenged everything the Winter Troupe has learnt about one another and dealt with for one another.

See, for this whole year the Winter Troupe worked in trying to lower their own walls in order to let each other in, and learned about one another. We had stories about how Homare saw himself as a broken robot that took the whole troupe, prompted by Hisoka, to reassure him they love him just that way, or Azuma having a relapse and the whole troupe, prompted by Tasuku, to find him and impose themselves to him so he would never be alone ever again.

Hisoka's past was revealed, and it did come with a major danger to the Winter Troupe. Hisoka was completely panicked, until his troupe came to him and they said "Just how heavy is that sin you bear?" "With little luck it'll be enough for the 5 of us to carry together.". It allowed Hisoka to face the horrors of his past and make sure to put all of his strength in protecting his precious Troupe now.

So when Guy arrived to them: unable to express his emotions (like Tasuku), believing himself to be an android (similar to Homare), not having any memories of his childhood (like Hisoka), having panic attacks at night (like Azuma), and eventually self esteem issues (like Tsumugi), everything the Winter Troupe had to learn with deal with one another ended up being useful to them when they teamed up to help Guy through his traumas.

I could detail each pairs of the poly and why they matter so much - Tsumugi and Tasuku childhood friends to lover, Homare and Hisoka that has Homare being extremely protective of him while Hisoka finds safety and comfort around Homare even if he brushes it off as being annoyed, Azuma and Guy being more mellow adults and traumatized - Tasuku and Azuma having started on a very bad ground until Tasuku devoted himself so hard in reading every bit of Azuma's expression so he can catch when he's getting depressed to be here for him so much so Tasuku is the only person who saw Azuma completely crumble out of grief, Hisoka being extremely overprotective of Azuma, Homare constantly singing praises of Azuma's beauty, and so so much more for each duos.

But ultimately what makes this polycule precious is how they're constantly a team when it comes to one another. For each duo that gets in focus, we always get a scene that follows up of the whole Troupe joining in and getting invested in making sure their troupe's mates are healing and happy. They started out feeling it difficult to talk to one another, to lower their walls around each other, because they're all adult and have the impulse to be polite before being sincere, and it made them all so lonely. But they decided that being with one another was worth lowering all of those walls. It was worth learning to be vulnerable again.

Each troupe of the company explicitly see each other as a specific dynamic: The Spring Troupe is Family, the Summer Troupe is First Close Friends, the Autumn Troupes are Companions in arms. But Winter has explicitly been about being Soulmates, it's about learning to open up to one another, to heal together, all together.

Leaving it with a song they sang all together about their dynamic with one another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LwiYkh_BV4"

NU Carnival:

"Short version: CANON POLYCULE. And it's non-hierarchical! Canon non-hierarchical polycule!!! They're SO important to me. The game is a harem genre kind of thing but there's none of the jealousy and infighting that implies; at worst there's some frenemy dynamics because one guy is kind of a dickhead, and that's totally unrelated to the polyamory. The singular dickhead aside, everyone works so hard to support each other and lift each other up!! I love them!!!

Long version: BUCKLE IN. IT'S LONG.

NuCa is a BL porn game and so Eiden, the main character, has sex on-screen with all the other listed characters. If we're going by an extremely strict interpretation of canon, they aren't explicitly dating, in the sense that they don't sit down and verbally agree that they're romantically dating. However, anyone with a lick of sense and a smidge of media literacy will tell you that they're obviously romantic. In particular, Eiden's scenes with Yakumo, Edmond, Quincy, Kuya, Blade, and Dante often feel like direct reenactments of romance novel scenes. Eiden straight up roleplays as Dante's bride in a sex scene.

Of the remaining characters (Olivine, Garu, Rei, Aster, and Morvay), Eiden/Olivine is likely intended to be read as romantic, though they're a bit less romance-novel than the other Eiden ships. I personally prefer to headcanon them as queerplatonic, but submitted them as romantic because that seems to be the writers' intention. Eiden/Garu I personally don't consider romantic but someone else could reasonably read them as such, and Garu most definitely has a special level of devotion to Eiden; Garu calls Eiden his Master. Rei is a relatively new character (NuCa is also a gacha game) and so there's not yet enough material by which to judge Eiden and Rei's relationship; I submitted them as queerplatonic for simplicity's sake. Aster and Morvay have a deep devotion towards Eiden. They're familiars and, like Garu, they call him Master. It's something like a master/servant dynamic but they choose to stay with him out of their own free will.

For all Eiden ships, both romantic and queerplatonic, Eiden is central to each of their character arcs. In return, Eiden also gains a lot of emotional support from being in a found family polycule situation; he was an orphan and had no family, no close friends, and a slew of failed relationships prior to meeting the game's cast. Eiden used to be incredibly lonely and now he no longer is.

For non-Eiden ships with strong canonical basis, Quincy and Kuya have some kind of hundred-year situationship going on. They hate each other but they're also deeply connected to each other. 99% of the fandom agrees that they're twice married thrice divorced. Toxic old man yaoi.

Morvay and Aster also have something going on, as the only pairing that canonically has sex without Eiden involved. The exact nature of their relationship is also complicated and ambiguous, but I would describe it as straddling the line of romantic/queerplatonic/familial (submitted as married for simplicity's sake). I and others have called them husbands before. They're familiars, i.e. they were created by a sorcerer, and Morvay was quite literally made for Aster in the sense that Morvay only exists because Aster begged his original creator for a companion.

For everyone else, they're mostly canonically friends and any romantic/sexual subtext is weaker than the aforementioned ships. (Mostly friends, because some of them are more like frenemies.) I took the liberty of submitting some romantic/queerplatonic ships that are either extremely popular in the fandom or that I personally headcanon as such.

Special mentions:

Olivine/Morvay: Olivine is a priest, while Morvay is an incubus. Despite being so opposed on the surface, they're canonically great friends and go shopping for aphrodisiacs together. They're also both SUPER horny, super submissive, and both love sucking cock. Opposites on the surface but extremely similar deep down.

Edmond/Olivine: in a porn game where everyone is absolutely raring to bone down at the slightest excuse, these two are extremely well-behaved and polite lads who would have the most comically slow-burn, chaste regency romance. They would blush like virgins when their hands touch and then get fucked silly by Eiden later the same day. Edmond's even a noble and the game's world canonically has a social season.

Yakumo/Quincy: a rarepair in the overall fandom, but they're SO popular specifically on NuCa tumblr. quincamo nation where we at

Kuya/Olivine: not one I submitted as romantic or queerplatonic, because they're honestly more like. Frenemies with benefits. My friend coined milf-on-milf violence for them and slowly but surely it's been spreading throughout the fandom.

Blade & Garu: they're jam pie buddies… Jam pie being a cute mispronunciation of standby. It refers to the pre-canon period where they both spent years in an uninhabitable area waiting for their special someone, and since they were waiting anyway, might as well wait together. Their friendship is soooooo cute."

"Additional update to the previous submission: Garu and Karu are a system, and are commonly referred to as brothers by fans (and I believe there's one in-game instance of one of them calling the other a brother?) Who's fronting is denoted to players by eye color - blue eyes for Garu and gold eyes for Karu. The game's structure (event appearances, etc) treats them as one character so I previously didn't submit them separately for fear of making things too complicated, but then I felt bad about leaving Karu out so I'm adding him in now.

also look at The Chart (though its Aster/Morvay take has since been disproven by canon): https://www.tumblr.com/zerenovation/723328410773028864/in-case-youre-wondering-how-my-best-friend-and-i?source=share

man,, NuCa is just like. SUCH a good depiction of polyamory and relationship anarchy. Like I can't do it justice by just describing it, you have to see it to believe that a BL porn gacha genuinely does polyamory very very well. Canon polycule in my gacha game, more likely than you think. There's a good argument for headcanoning every relationship as romantic, but I think that's a boring way to simplify the polycule. They're so complicated and so horny and I love them for it."

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Round 4, Match 2: August vs. Simon Petrikov

Submitted kids:

August: Hisoka Mikage, Chikage Utsuki

Simon Petrikov: Marceline Abadeer, Finn the Human, Fionna the Human, Jay Mertens

Propaganda under the cut!

August:

1. “august is the adoptive older brother of hisoka mikage and chikage utsuki. for context, these characters are all spies, and were invited into the organisation by august. (also known as misha sometimes). hisoka is december, and chikage is april! their collective group name in fanon is "gekkagumi."

the first interaction we see of him in game is him adopting hisoka off the street. he was a dying homeless child, and august invited him to join the organisation. at first he declined, but august kept coming back to him until he followed (despite chikage's protests about it) he fed fed hisoka gingerbread, and declared "we're a family now."

chikage was adopted before hisoka, but we only learned more about it later in the story. chikage was living in a "facility" when he runs into august who lives in the organisation.

despite their very harsh life, august really did everything he could to give hisoka and chikage the best life he could. he loved the idea of family, and always encouraged them to celebrate christmas and birthdays, and play games!

august had a cover job where he owned a candy store. despite it just being a cover, august loved it and had a genuine care for the children. he used to give away free sweets to the point his shop was actively going out of business, and whenever he saw a sad kid he'd try his best to cheer them up. people around the town came in just to talk to him, to the point where hisoka said when he was covering the shop for him, the first thing people would ask was "where's misha?"

in his shop, he also used to have a myth that if you wrote a wish on a certain brand of cookie's wrapper, the wish would come true. august spoke excitedly of the wishes kids would wish for.

events in the story lead up to august's untimely death. years later, hisoka runs into a kid who used to go to his shop. this child had wished to be a painter, and was now painting. he actually ended up in possession of a wrapper august wrote on which said "a happy family." however, the boy couldn't read japanese and didn't know what it said. despite that, he held onto the wrapper for years after august's disappearance. he also manages to draw a picture of him from memory. :((”

2. “he's so . gwahh he just wants to give them a nice family”

3. “please vote for august!! he is such a kind soul who shows so much generosity and selflessness despite the cruel circumstances he was stuck in.”

Simon Petrikov:

1. “My guy saw a child (or young adult) in trouble and said is anybody gonna be a supportive figure in their life?' and didn't wait for an answer”

2. “cant stop won't stop adopting kids. constantly implied that he's wanted to be a dad forever (Marcy, him being so upset about making a little girl cry, calling out the Vampire King on being a bad father, etc) and the realest real to ever real. you agree.”

3. “SIMON SWEEP PLEASE man has not gone through 1000+ years of Ice King Shenanigans to not be voted the best father”

[sheridan-le-fanu]

i read Falling for My Hot Mafia Bodyguard and i wanted to know if you were thinking about writing more about the phantom troupe?

You know, I'm not sure. I'm a big Pakukuro shipper, and I have some base-level fondness for Shizuku, Shalnark, and Machi, but they've never been my favorite characters surprisingly. I definitely like the dynamic of Chrollo and Kurapika and how they reflect each other. I was considering writing a fic called "soulmate support group anonymous," set in a world where most people have platonic or romantic soulmates around the same age as them who live for about the same amount of time as them. The main four would meet in a support group for tweens/teens/young adults with "soulmate disorders," meaning they have very, very undesirable relationships with the people the universe arbitrarily paired them up with. In Kurapika's case, he would have a rare "enemy soulmate," or someone you are fated to kill or be killed by (Chrollo). Leorio would have a dead platonic soulmate who lived a very short time (Pietro). Gon would be cursed with a pedophile for a soulmate (Hisoka, but I'm def not a Hisogon shipper, it's for the plot), and Killua would have no soulmate at all. I want to subvert typical soulmate au tropes and explore how awful it could be to live in a soulmate universe. Obviously Chrollo would have a heavy focus in that au. Thank you for asking!

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Happy Birthday

Prompt: Illumi is the only person to ever celebrate Hisoka’s birthday.

Rating: Mature (Mentions of sex, but nothing explicit)

Words: 4,000~

Note: A VERY FLUFFY one-shot that I had planned alongside the comic I did for Hisoka’s birthday, but could not get to cooperate with me until last night! So... Happy Birthday, Hisoka! 🎂🎈🎊 (+ao3)

—

No one ever celebrated Hisoka’s birthday.

In fact, most people would rather curse the day he was born than celebrate it.

They couldn’t curse the exact day, of course, because just about no one besides Hisoka himself knew what the actual date of his birthday was.

No parents, no siblings, no extended family that might have taken guardianship otherwise.

Hisoka hoped that if any had ever existed that they were all dead.

The administration from the carnival that had bought him as a small child were all dead. Hisoka had made sure of that.

They had known the date, since his documentation was inside the safe a young Hisoka had plundered after killing the office staff and owner. 

June 6th, 19xx. 

(There was a convenient coffee stain over the last two digits of the year.)

Hisoka kept the date as one of his little secrets. That way it would be so much funner to be out indulging himself in a bloody fight or two and no one would know it was really just a birthday gift to himself. 

The few times that he shared the date was in passing at bars or clubs on the night of his birthday, and he was often treated to a few free drinks and sex with pretty, drunk strangers for doing so.

They wouldn’t remember the date. No one alive did.

Except, that wasn’t entirely true anymore.

There was one. 

And it was funny too, that the only person to ever remember his birthday, let alone celebrate it, was someone equally as merciless and bloodstained as himself.

Illumi Zoldyck, of all people.

—

The first year was laughably minimalistic. The absolute bare minimum.

Hisoka had accompanied Illumi on a small job, free of charge. Only he knew that it was an excuse to do something a little fun for his birthday, in the company of one of the few people that could stand him for more than a few hours. 

It was fun keeping his secret for the flight there and during the slaughter that Illumi allowed him to commit with the guards. Illumi didn’t know that allowing Hisoka to act out was incidentally giving him a birthday present, and it made Hisoka smile. 

By the time they were waiting for their flight back to Padokea, Hisoka felt inclined to let Illumi in on his secret. He had been a good “friend” and had shown him a good time for his birthday, albeit unwittingly. 

“You know…” Hisoka smiled as he shuffled a deck of cards in his hands. “Today is my birthday. ♦”

Illumi turned to look at Hisoka, his expression betraying no emotion. Hisoka tilted his chin up to catch a peek at his companion. He knew Illumi’s wide eyes well enough now to know that he was curious about the declaration.

“Hoh, is it…?” Illumi asked with his airy, unafflicted voice.

Hisoka pressed his smile flat into a pleased “u” shape, and his eyes bent closed in an equally pleased fashion. 

“Yup! ♣” He answered childishly. “And my friend Illumi was so nice to take me out for the day~♥” 

Illumi’s small mouth disappeared into an even smaller dot on his face. 

He hadn’t been aware at all that Hisoka was celebrating with him today. Hisoka’s way of speaking was confusing, but it was acceptable that Hisoka enjoyed his time working with him, seeing as Illumi wasn’t paying him for this job. If Hisoka took that as Illumi doing him a favor on top of already working for free, then that was fortuitous on its own. 

Still, Illumi was confident that Hisoka was asking too little for a birthday, even for an adult. Illumi was currently the only adult in his line of siblings, but his parents would still present him with a few practical gifts and his favorite dessert come his birthday. His younger brothers were much more spoiled, and always had cake and toys on their birthdays.

“Hm.” Illumi put his knuckle to his chin in thought. 

This was quite a predicament he had been put in, but simple enough that surely it was fixable. 

Hisoka’s expression faltered when Illumi stood from his seat suddenly.

“Excuse me for a moment.” Illumi said politely.

Hisoka watched his cohort walk down the terminal hall and slumped his mouth to the side. He supposed it was his own fault for expecting more of a response than that from a man as composed as Illumi Zoldyck.

It took quite a bit longer than a moment for Illumi to return, and by the time he did, Hisoka was standing by the window while other passengers waited in line to board. 

Illumi walked right up to him without any change in expression. 

“I bought you a gift.” Illumi said nonchalantly and reached into his pocket.

Hisoka’s eyes opened more in surprise. He wasn’t sure what kind of gift Illumi would have purchased from the many random travel kiosks in the airport, but he was curious to know. 

“Oh? Did you? ♦” Hisoka leaned in to see Illumi’s hand.

Illumi opened his palm face up to reveal a package of Bungee Gum. Hisoka’s eyebrow twitched. 

“Ah…♠” He didn’t know what to say. 

“Hm? This is your favorite, isn't it?” Illumi asked him curiously. 

Hisoka lifted his hand to take the candy from him.

“Oh, well… yes.” He admitted. 

Well, it was his favorite gum. Significantly so. 

Hisoka would have loved to receive a packet of Bungee Gum for his birthday when he was a little carnie kid without a jenny to his name. But as an adult… 

Hisoka turned the package in his hand and looked at the familiar smiling face and suit patterns decorating the paper. He couldn’t stop the smile that snorted to life with his laugh.

One of the world’s most proficient assassin’s had gotten him a pack of gum for a birthday gift, because he remembered that it was his favorite. Why did Illumi even bother to remember that?

“I guess it’s the thought that counts…♣” Hisoka thought, and laughed again.

“What is so funny about it?” Illumi asked while they joined the check-in line, with Hisoka giggling to himself all the way.

“Oh, not a thing, Illumi.” Hisoka grinned at him and peeled the wrapping off of the side of his silly birthday gift. 

Hisoka popped one of the blocks of gum into his mouth, then picked up another foil covered piece between his clawed nails. He offered it to Illumi while he chewed. 

“Would you like one? ♦” Hisoka asked courteously. Illumi blinked back at him, still confused.

“It's your birthday gift.” Illumi replied with almost enough infliction to sound human. 

“And I would love to share it with you. ♥” Hisoka rebutted. 

Illumi looked at the piece of candy with some thought. After a moment, he took it, peeled the foil off, and popped the square of gum into his mouth without a word. Hisoka smiled.

They spent the first part of the airship ride with nothing but the shuffling of cards and the dull pops of bubblegum to break the silence.

—

The second year was more practical. 

It was about a week before Hisoka’s birthday, and he and Illumi were enjoying a drink after completing another easy job. 

Hisoka hadn’t brought up that his birthday was nearing, and debated the best way to do so as he sipped on his glass of whiskey. He didn’t want to point it out on-the-nose and come off as desperate.

The addition of sex to their relationship’s pot had really been a mixed bag; on one hand, great sex, and on the other hand, constantly teetering on emotional vulnerability.

He tilted his drink back and forth while he considered his words. Illumi spoke up before he found them. 

"Oh," He breathed. "I almost forgot."

"It's your birthday next week…" Illumi turned toward Hisoka further.

"It is customary to have dinner and drinks, isn't it? Do you have any preferences?"

He had really meant to bring it up earlier, as it was his nature to be prepared for events such as these. Reservations may be needed, and even though the Zoldyck name could easily sway any establishment to bend policies, it was always better to have accommodations settled early. Hopefully a week was enough time—Illumi didn't want to come off as ill-prepared for something important.

Hisoka's expression lit up at the question, and he tried to stifle his glee, to no avail.

No one had ever offered such a thing to him in his entire life!

A good few times he had eaten and drank with others on his birthday, but it was never planned, and it certainly was not offered to him by a friend. He had allies come and go in the past, but no friends to speak of for as long as memory served him. 

Except now, he had Illumi.

(Even if the assassin argued over the definition of "friend" every time it was brought up.)

"Ohh~♥" Hisoka cooed. "Illu you are so sweet to me~♦"

Hisoka rested his elbows onto the bar counter, drink still in hand, and laid his cheek onto his wrist in thought.

"What did I do to deserve such a sweetheart like you? ♣"

Illumi's mouth pursed at the overly soft term.

"You ensured that my birthday last year was quite… memorable." He answered.

Hisoka dropped his expression for a moment, then slid his eyes shut with a mischievous smile. 

Illumi's birthday was in November, a considerably good while ago, but he must have truly enjoyed himself to want to return the favor now in June.

Hisoka allowed his ever-hungry tongue to flick out from the corner of his mouth and lap at the skin above it as he recalled the wonderful sounds he had pulled out of Illumi the night of his birthday. Dinner, drinks, and a very hot night of dirty kisses and oral sex—what a blissful memory. And it hadn't been long after that that they had finally slept together, too.

"Will I be receiving a similar gift from you? ♦" Hisoka purred in excitement.

Illumi watched Hisoka's hips as he squirmed enough to pivot himself in place on his stool, even with his legs crossed. He looked back up to Hisoka's face with a small smile.

"It is your birthday." He said, with an understanding that it meant Hisoka was free to ask him for whatever he would like as a gift. 

Hisoka swooned with a malicious laugh. 

"You're too good to me, Illumi~♥"

—

The third year was a… surprise.

Illumi called Hisoka two days before his birthday and informed him that he urgently needed his assistance with a job on the west coast of Kukan'yu. Hisoka was expecting Illumi to be calling him about potential plans for his birthday, but figured that a job in a pretty, posh little coastal town would offer plenty of opportunities for fun together, and plus, killing and fighting was a treat all on its own.

Hisoka flew to the much larger city just north of Illumi's location, then took a cab to the affluent hamlet where Illumi said his target was holed up somewhere. As he watched the glittering sea from the taxi window, Hisoka received a call from Illumi.

"I got your text." Illumi said, distracted. Hisoka could hear him rummaging with something in the background.

"Yes, I'll be in town within the hour~" Hisoka flicked at his nails casually. "So where am I meeting you? ♣"

"Oh, I cannot meet today." Illumi replied with a much more direct tone. "You will be meeting a correspondent."

Hisoka glanced at his phone questioningly. He didn't want to say he was disappointed to have to wait to see Illumi until tomorrow, but it did take some gusto out of him. Illumi was aware that his birthday was tomorrow, right? He had to be.

Oh well, once the job was done they could do something together.

"Alright." Hisoka turned his attention back to the ocean view.

"I'll send you the address." Illumi said, absentminded again.

—

Hisoka arrived at the address Illumi had provided by mid-afternoon, and found it to be attached to a manicured townhouse. The street was lined with equally well-kept, Mediterranean style homes, with groomed tropical plants and trees that made the area look more like a postcard than a place for murder.

Well, murder follows money, and there was plenty of money here.

Hisoka entered the house with a quick knock, and was greeted by an older man in a black suit.

"Master Illumi has asked me to give you instructions for the meeting tomorrow." The man said formally. Hisoka tilted his head. 

This was a butler, he assumed. Not very powerful, maybe 45 points.

The butler handed him a small envelope.

"Please follow the details listed inside carefully. Master Illumi says it is imperative."

Hisoka stared at the envelope, then raised his eyes back up to the butler with a cocked eyebrow.

This was not normally how his jobs went with Illumi. They always met together and Illumi personally explained the details to him. They call and text each other freely, after all, so what was the point of this run around?

"Alright. ♠" Hisoka agreed finally.

With a flick of his wrist, a card appeared between his fingers, and he used its Nen-hardened edge to open the envelope like a letter.

The instructions were clear, but all the more confounding. 

Hisoka was to meet with an informant tomorrow, at a different address, and give them the code "44301". That was all.

There was also a note to again remind Hisoka that Illumi would not be available to meet tonight. Hmph.

But Illumi did take the initiative to book a room for Hisoka to spend the night at… on the other end of town. Hisoka did his best not to grind his teeth—his taxi just left five minutes ago. 

The hotel better have a bar.

—

Hisoka laid in bed and stared at the clock; 11:45PM.

The only contact he had with Illumi after he arrived was texting him to tell him that he got the information for the meeting, and Illumi acknowledging it.

He didn't want to be disappointed, but he had been expecting Illumi to at least mention his birthday. Though, technically it was his birthday tomorrow and not tonight, but still.

No text saying, "Sorry to do this on your birthday weekend, but…" or any promises like "We'll go out after the job is done."?

This was all very unlike Illumi as he knew him.

Hisoka frowned. Had Illumi forgotten?

Illumi remembered last year, so it would be strange if he forgot this year, but it wasn't impossible.

Hisoka watched the clock tick past 12:00AM.

This was stupid, being upset over someone forgetting his birthday. No one ever celebrated it with him until recently, so it shouldn't bother him.

But Illumi was the only one to ever remember, so he was the only one that could forget it, too.

Hisoka groaned and rolled away from the clock to get some sleep.

—

Hisoka’s blood was boiling.

After waking up to nothing from Illumi but a text telling Hisoka to notify him once he met with the informant, Hisoka had again called a taxi and gone to the new meeting spot as requested.

He had assumed the informant may be untrustworthy, and probably powerful, if Illumi was having him go, but to his surprise, as he arrived at the listed motel room, Hisoka was greeted by a civilian man in an inconspicuous blue-gray suit with a dull, lackluster expression.

The man asked for the code, and upon receiving it, handed Hisoka a manila envelope.

"Please bring this paperwork to the address below." He said.

No fight, no attitude, no bloodlust, not even any impressive Nen or rowdy cohorts that might have had him considering to fight even if it was against Illumi's wishes! This was a trivial errand that anyone could have accomplished!

Hisoka was so upset by the insult of this mundane exchange that he failed to notice the neat line of golden needle heads sticking out of the back of the "informant's" hair.

Instead, Hisoka seethed as he stalked up the sidewalk and into a very affluent neighborhood that overlooked the ocean by cliffside.

"Calling me for a job on my birthday? Sure, fine, whatever." Hisoka ranted in his head bitterly. "But to have me run these menial little errands? A butler could have done this! At least have me fight something! ♠"

His clawed thumbnail dug into the paper of the yellow envelope as he gripped it tight in annoyance.

And that bastard Illumi hadn't called or texted him anything about his birthday all day! He really had forgotten!

It made Hisoka mad, and a little embarrassed, to have had placed any expectations in the assassin, even if he was his lover. He felt even stupider for being so upset about it, as if he needed Illumi to give a damn about whether he was born or not.

"That's what I get for expecting anything. ♠" Hisoka thought with a huff as he reached the listed residence. He didn't even bother to knock, and let himself inside.

His heels clicked on the tile floor of the foyer as he skulked into the belly of the house to look for the next stupid correspondent he was probably meeting here.

He stopped short at the sight of pastel party decorations and Illumi, standing amongst it all, with his hands up on either side of his head.

"Surprise!" Illumi said with a big smile that was disproportionate to his airy, calm voice.

"Haha, I tricked you!" He added gently with a boyish laugh.

Hisoka dropped the envelope in his absolute dumbfoundment.

Behind Illumi there were bouquets of baby blue, pink, and yellow balloons—one of his favorite color palettes—that hung on either side of a "Happy Birthday" banner that draped down the wall in similar colors.

Below the banner was a small party table, with its pastel blue skirt pinned up in intervals by soft pink and yellow pom poms. And in the center of the table was a very expensive-looking chocolate birthday cake; big enough to look like a centerpiece, but small enough to share between two.

Hisoka felt an unfamiliar, overwhelming feeling overcome him as he realized what was happening, and he shakingly approached Illumi as the latter carried on explaining without a care.

"Retrieving the envelope was just a diversion!" Illumi continued, giddy that his clever plan had worked exactly as intended. "It actually has your card—"

Hisoka grabbed Illumi by the shoulders, quickly enough to startle him into pausing his explanation.

"ILLUMI… ♥" Hisoka choked out, eyes wet. Illumi stared at his upset face with his usual wide eyes.

"Oh, do you not like it…?" Illumi asked.

That would be a shame, as he was sure Hisoka would like it. His younger brothers had always liked parties like this.

Hisoka swallowed back the emotion clogging his throat, and followed it with a hard sniff for good measure. He returned Illumi’s stare, though his eyes were bent up to fight off the mistiness that kept clouding them.

Illumi had planned him a surprise birthday party, in an expensive rental home on the coast of Kukan'yu, for just the two of them. He really thought that Illumi had forgotten his birthday, and in doing so, he played right into Illumi’s hand. Illumi got him good; some master of tricks he was!

Illumi didn't forget.

Hisoka pulled him into a tight embrace.

"You were setting this up all yesterday?" He asked, muffled by Illumi’s thick, black hair.

Illumi smiled and hugged him back.

"Mm!" He affirmed, and carried on with his explanation. "I had to wait on the balloon arrival, and then oversee the workers through the set-up in the afternoon yesterday, and there was a delay with the champagne delivery, which was very annoying, as well as having to continuously call the service desk at the bakery today because they were also over an hour late delivering this morning."

Illumi paused his rambling to peek at Hisoka, who had not moved besides pushing his face into Illumi’s neck. Illumi gave himself a self-assured grin.

"Did I surprise you?" Illumi asked, his voice as mischievous as a toddler's.

Hisoka squeezed him tighter, and after a moment, managed to pull away to plant a deep, grateful kiss on his lover's lips.

"Yes. I love it. ♣" Hisoka sniffed, then turned to pepper Illumi’s sideburn with quick kisses.

"Suki, suki, suki, suki, sukiiii-dayo. ♥" 

( →"I love you" but soft, like a crush)

Illumi gleamed at the appreciative gesture, and rewrapped his arms around Hisoka’s broad shoulders. 

"Oh good! I was worried for a moment." He sighed contently, completely unaware of the turmoil he had caused.

—

♥ Epilogue:

Hisoka sank further into the rolling bubbles of the jacuzzi. He watched the sunset stretch over the horizon line of the ocean from the comfort of the vacation home's private balcony, and from the comfortable embrace of the hot water, and his hot lover, who was just as naked as he was.

Illumi puffed a relaxed sigh, and leaned further into Hisoka’s embrace.

He was glad that his efforts had paid off, and that Hisoka was pleased and cuddling with him now. Hisoka had stalled his invitation for sex right after the surprise, which was very unexpected, but his worries were eased when Hisoka suggested this instead. Illumi had never been met with anything less than overt enthusiasm when he was the one to initiate, so for a moment he was worried Hisoka was unhappy with him.

It was quite the opposite of unhappy, unbeknownst to Illumi.

Hisoka cradled Illumi closer and carefully slid a wayward strand of his long, wet hair back into place. Illumi hummed approvingly from his resting spot on Hisoka's collar, and Hisoka pursed his lips with a blush.

He felt silly.

He felt bubblier than the jacuzzi, or the champagne sitting nearby.

He wasn't even really in the mood for sex, which was so surprising that he couldn't even bring himself to explain it to Illumi, instead shying away from the other's inviting words and proposing this alternative instead.

There was no way he could coolly explain that the only thing he really, really wanted to do tonight was hold Illumi close for as long as time allowed. Teasing about taking a naked dip in the hot tub was the closest that he was getting to that confession.

Hisoka stroked more of Illumi’s hair back, and drew lazy circles over the smooth skin of his shoulder blade. He felt Illumi smile, and pouted over the heat that reaffixed itself across his cheekbones.

He was so happy, so content. It was really unlike him.

There was nothing he would rather be doing on his birthday than reclining with Illumi like this.

"Hmm, ah…" Illumi mumbled as his thoughts started up again. "Is there anything specific you would like for dinner?"

Illumi tried to sit up, but Hisoka coaxed him back into lying on him. Illumi smiled in amusement.

"There are several acclaimed restaurants close by." He resumed from the nape of Hisoka’s neck. Hisoka's lips squirmed again, and he set a kiss onto the crown of Illumi's head.

"I don't feel like going out…" He answered reluctantly. 

He didn't want to move from this spot. He didn't want to stop holding Illumi, who cared for him and took him into consideration. Illumi, who remembered his birthdate, and made such an effort to make him feel special.

That's what it was, Hisoka realized with another shy sigh.

He felt special.

He felt special to Illumi, specifically.

"We can order take-out then." Illumi suggested it like a solution to a math problem. He moved to reach for his phone, but was again enveloped in Hisoka’s arms and dragged into a tender hold.

"I'm not too hungry yet..." Hisoka tried as an excuse. "I would rather stay here for longer."

Illumi's black eyes stared up at Hisoka from below his chin. He was acting very unusual, almost submissive, but he supposed it wasn't a bad unusual, so Illumi let it be. 

"Alright, then," Illumi pressed a kiss to Hisoka's neck, unaware of the agonizingly blissful expression the act garnered.

"Happy birthday."

[ros3maryt3a]

Rushed Heartstitches fan kid cause why not?

I cannot stand her colour pallet but hey ho gotta commit sometimes!

She is currently unnamed (open for suggestions) and as you can see took on her father’s “performer” persona. Despite this fact, she’s actually much closer to her mother (hard to be close to Hisoka when you blatantly refuse to use your nen). Though, given she derives pleasure from causing as much pain as physical (and mentally) possible: they get along fine and dandy in most cases.

She’s a manipulator who’s nen is dubbed “Deja vu” and is rather complicated to explain (though I will in a separate post if wanted).

Due to her nen she tends to forgo using it whenever in a fight she knows she can win. Which, with her usual victims, is almost all of them. Her gloves are usually replaced every other week with these aggressive habits.

She’s not particularly involved nor interested in Troupe activities. Much preferring to do anything and everything else. This isn’t because she doesn’t like the mayhem, more that she wishes to reap her rewards solo (She’s a ringleader not a circus performer). However, as a young child she was mainly under the Troupe’s care; has grown to care for them a great lot, (mainly spending her time with Phinks and Shalnark) having sat watching Machi’s work for a large portion of her days. Even though she may not have picked up on her mother’s medical hobbies, this woman knows how to sew and she knows how to sew well. Anything with knots and most strings/threads she excels at. Perhaps those nights spent: staring up in awe at her mother’s nimble hands paid off well.

I have like bucket’s worth of rambles on her already lol anywhoodles tho that’s my Hisomachi fan kid I guess. Also, screw timelines here! Realistically, I know there’s no way she’d be an adult pre Yorknew but this is a fan kid so continuity sorry to tell you: I’m seeing other people.

[lunaphertalks]

cw adults being gross to kids

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there is a really strange amount of pedophelia in hxh...

- theres hisoka (written as creepy)

- theres the trick tower prisoner where the gag is she didnt realize how young leorio was (written as funny)

- theres palm (written as normal)

- theres all the "cougers" gon willingly went on dates w back on whale island (written as normal)

- and now (s5e128) theres a scene where he draws a direct parallel between the sexual pleasure of having ur dick sucked and being told your life force "tastes exquisite", and the joy a mother experiences when their child feeds from their teat (written as normal)

togashi... my dude... why are you like this?

[brokenquillpen]

One of my favourite headcanon is that Illumi and Hisoka met when they were young but were separated (by life or Hisoka ruining off or maybe illu's parents) then they met later in their teens or as young adults, when they both had change so much....

[effei-s]

okay, question time! are all monoshippers THIS INSUFFERABLE or just twitter kurokuras?

babe, let's get back to that soulmatism bullshit when I have at least one confirmation that chrollo remembers kurapika's name, ok? or when you all learn that parallels, mirrors and foils are three different words with three different meanings...

RANT INCOMING!!!

i've been in fandoms for the better part of my life, i started with young adult books and, trust me, ten~ years ago those spaces were A BATTLEFIELD. but still, i never EVER encountered this level of pretentiousness and MY SHIP IS BETTER THAN YOURS energy. this is the first time i fell out of love with something only and only because of the fanbase and that "#they don't understand characters like WE DO!!!" fuckery.

understanding in question: chrollo obsessed with kurapika, kurapika in love with chrollo. ooc, ooc, ooc, and more OOC. did you know that leorio is ugly? OOC kurapika the housewife, chrollo cosplaying tserriednich (or hisoka because his "obsession" is uncanny-valley similar to what hisoka had towards chrollo in canon), more ooc.

nothing but obnoxious behavior toward other people, a superiority complex and the most overused cliches you can easily find in the dark romance section of the bookstore.

rant ended.

p.s.: is it the ship's fault that the fanbase is awful? no. are there talented people writing and drawing krkr? yes. but this bunch is the loudest.

p.p.s: never saw this behavior on tumblr (or anywhere else) so i guess it's twitter-only phenomenon.

[obihiro-division]

Hisoka’s Thoughts on Ginza Division

Masa Judice

“A priest… Maybe I should try looking into religion. N-Not necessarily Catholicism, I'm just saying any religion. Rikiya-san was nudging me towards Buddhism, but truth be told, I’m unsure about it. The dedication to a belief is daunting, especially when all I want to get from it now, is some… Guidance. Some clarity, to my life. I might see this ‘Masa Judice’ if I get dragged to the main island. If he gives me a good vibe, I'll give his community a chance.”

Noguchi Eiji

“Holy shit, the PROFILE CEO? Why is he joining a rap battle? He doesn’t… Well? Actually, I guess he probably got his interest piqued by the hypnosis microphones. Being a tech guy, maybe he wants to learn about how they work. That’s at least my best guess… Honestly, I was envious of him back then. Lots of seething as a young adult, wishing I could have gone in a similar direction as him after college. I can’t say the feelings are the same now. I was happy with my new life. Emphasis on was… Getting into this rap battle stuff has been a nightmare. But hey, no point in hiding as much, maybe I can remake a new PROFILE since we’re going to be celebrities now.”

Teagan Oki

“Teagan Oki… Oh, you mean ATLAS? I only heard of him from Haruto. Mostly him trying to tell me that rap groups like CHARON would make for the perfect audience to market my awful copy of the hypnosis microphones. He often said it would be best to try and sell to Teagan, since he was infamous for his temperament. Thankfully, I don’t think Haruto got the chance to bother him since Teagan vanished before… Everything fell apart.”

Last Judgment

“A priest, a tech CEO, and an infamous rapper… Sounds like the start of some awful joke. This is one of the wildest trios I’ve had to review though. Nothing else I can really say about them… They’re thankfully pretty normal.”

[polycule-playoff]

A3! vs Ensemble Stars!!

Description Under The Cut:

A3!:

"Fuyupoly is the ship between the 6 members of Winter Troupe! They canonically describe their relationship in a way that "sounds like marriage" according to someone who hears them!!! They're together in sickness and health, bound by a common destiny… All of them have different reasons for joining Winter Troupe, all with their own emotional walls, but together they're bringing those walls down together. They're all adults who are unused to getting close to each other, but they save each other over and over with their compassion and love for each other. You CAN separate them into pairs, but imo they really aren't complete without all 6 of them! Though the final member, Guy, joins after the marriage happens, he's deeply important to all of them just the same <3 Winter Troupe marriage is REAL <3"

"The Winter Troupe (or "Fuyugumi" in Japanese, which is why we call them "Fuyupoly" (ie Winter Poly)) started out mostly as strangers who were desperate to find a home and a way to create new connections despite their fear of commitment holding them back, and they found it with one another.

Tsumugi and Tasuku were childhood friends who had a fall out and had to learn to live with each other again when they joined the Troupe, while the rest were all a group of strangers.

Tsumugi is the leader of the Winter Troupe. Calm and reserved, with a teaseful edge, he also has major self esteem issues and an imposter syndrome despite being the most talented actor in the company.

Tasuku used to be a top actor in a bigger company, and was absolutely sick of the spotlight, so now he dedicates himself at being the perfect support for the people around him. He sucks at showing off his own feelings, and originally only Tsumugi knew how to interpret him, but now the whole Winter Troupe knows how to deal with him despite it causing troubles originally.

Hisoka is an amnesiac sleepy guy they found in the street and gave a home to for the time his memories return to him. Originally extremely apathetic to everyone, preferring to sleep than befriending any of them, he slowly opened up to everyone and started to vow to protect them, despite being absolutely terrified of his past coming back to haunt him and hurt the people he now came to love. He defines every members of his troupe as pillows.

Homare is a poet and artist who is constantly making poems about the people around him. He cares extremely deeply for them, but he has very low empathy, which caused issues and hurt everyone when he wanted to help them and failed to understand why they were suffering. After making his situation clear, everyone understood Homare was doing everything to help out of love, and they've been making sure Homare knows that it doesn't mean he's broken, like Homare had said he was.

Azuma is a cuddle therapist, who sleeps with people and listens to their woes at night, mostly so he doesn't have to be alone at night, else he has panic attacks. Struck by grief at a young age he has kept everyone at a safe distance from him to not get hurt again, but is extremely emotionally starved and is seeking for connections anywhere he can, while also freaking out everytime people get too close, which can led him so self sabotage and self isolation. He's extremely gentle and understanding, and loves to cuddle with everyone in his troupe. Because he often has relapses when he's alone at night, his troupe often organizes sleepovers just to cuddle around him at night to remind him he's not alone.

Guy is the royal attendant of a Prince character who's in the Spring Troupe. He believed himself to be an android for most of his life after being extremely emotionally abused by his step father who called his lack of expressiveness a robot trait. He's emotionally stunned and has trouble processing his emotions until the Winter Troupe worked their way in trying to help him out.

Guy joined the troupe one year after its formation and his arc was especially insightful because it challenged everything the Winter Troupe has learnt about one another and dealt with for one another.

See, for this whole year the Winter Troupe worked in trying to lower their own walls in order to let each other in, and learned about one another. We had stories about how Homare saw himself as a broken robot that took the whole troupe, prompted by Hisoka, to reassure him they love him just that way, or Azuma having a relapse and the whole troupe, prompted by Tasuku, to find him and impose themselves to him so he would never be alone ever again.

Hisoka's past was revealed, and it did come with a major danger to the Winter Troupe. Hisoka was completely panicked, until his troupe came to him and they said "Just how heavy is that sin you bear?" "With little luck it'll be enough for the 5 of us to carry together.". It allowed Hisoka to face the horrors of his past and make sure to put all of his strength in protecting his precious Troupe now.

So when Guy arrived to them: unable to express his emotions (like Tasuku), believing himself to be an android (similar to Homare), not having any memories of his childhood (like Hisoka), having panic attacks at night (like Azuma), and eventually self esteem issues (like Tsumugi), everything the Winter Troupe had to learn with deal with one another ended up being useful to them when they teamed up to help Guy through his traumas.

I could detail each pairs of the poly and why they matter so much - Tsumugi and Tasuku childhood friends to lover, Homare and Hisoka that has Homare being extremely protective of him while Hisoka finds safety and comfort around Homare even if he brushes it off as being annoyed, Azuma and Guy being more mellow adults and traumatized - Tasuku and Azuma having started on a very bad ground until Tasuku devoted himself so hard in reading every bit of Azuma's expression so he can catch when he's getting depressed to be here for him so much so Tasuku is the only person who saw Azuma completely crumble out of grief, Hisoka being extremely overprotective of Azuma, Homare constantly singing praises of Azuma's beauty, and so so much more for each duos.

But ultimately what makes this polycule precious is how they're constantly a team when it comes to one another. For each duo that gets in focus, we always get a scene that follows up of the whole Troupe joining in and getting invested in making sure their troupe's mates are healing and happy. They started out feeling it difficult to talk to one another, to lower their walls around each other, because they're all adult and have the impulse to be polite before being sincere, and it made them all so lonely. But they decided that being with one another was worth lowering all of those walls. It was worth learning to be vulnerable again.

Each troupe of the company explicitly see each other as a specific dynamic: The Spring Troupe is Family, the Summer Troupe is First Close Friends, the Autumn Troupes are Companions in arms. But Winter has explicitly been about being Soulmates, it's about learning to open up to one another, to heal together, all together.

Leaving it with a song they sang all together about their dynamic with one another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LwiYkh_BV4

Have a good day!!!"

Ensemble Stars:

"They love each other so much and you can tell in the MVs and their entire story and stuff is about how much they love each other. Someone else can describe it better."