#youngest child supremacy

[hadimrska]

grandpa was having trouble with playing videos on his little tablet so he asked my dad for help. he didnt know how to fix it so he handed it over to my older sister. she didnt know how to fix it so i took it from her.

i updated the app 🙂

[mvjerbs]

NEW GOLDENHEART CHILD! have been planning to add him but didn't have a slightest idea on what type of person he should be.

When @long-distance-muse shared her idea to me, it all started to come together.

Meet Nectar Goldenheart

The youngest sibling who loves wreak havoc with Nimona, chill and tease his sister Grethyl, making sure his parents knows he loves them, playing jazz (much to Ballister's dismay) and most importantly, admiring his crush, Kyno Shieldblade. A fan child made by @goldenheart-supremacy between Todd and Aerin. Good stuff I tell you good stuff.

Some facts about him:

Nectar loves bees, to the point that his aesthetic is bees.

Nectar plays the trombone.

Has bad eyesight like Ballister but prefers to wear contacts instead, thus the yellow eyes.

Can speak Korean and Urdu but prefers to speak Urdu while Grethyl likes to speak Korean more

Both will rant in their favorite languages.

Absolute simp for Kyno.

There were more but I forgot what they were, so have this for now :)).

[total-drama-brainrot]

In regards to José trying and failing to sway Noah away from Alejandro, which is funny as hell, I just picture him getting absolutely ripped apart when Noah talks about his middle child syndrome and how he's clearly just trying to look down on Alejandro for being the little brother. When Noah, himself, is the youngest of like eight.

José older child supremacy mentality means nothing to Noah

José, on his way to try and ruin yet another one of Alejandro's friendships/relationships: To think that someone as intelligent as you would ever debase himself by befriending the inferior brother. Such a shame, really. I make much better company.

Noah, who's dealt with more than enough Middle Child Syndrome™ to know exactly what's going on here:

[prying-pandora666]

The Bachelorette: Toph Beifong Edition - Who is the Dad?

(Adapted from a Twitter thread of mine)

Since I’ve been asked several times if I know the answer to this question, let’s just compile a post.

Who is the father of Toph’s children? A comprehensive guide of the five most cited candidates.

It’s stated in canon that Lin and Suyin have different fathers. Right away this complicates matters as we can’t use the evidence for one sister and apply it to the other.

So let’s break them down separately, starting with the youngest.

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Suyin Beifong

Bachelor #1: Sokka

We all know who he is. The man, the myth, the legend himself. FOR: Probably the most popular as he’s a fan favorite and canon tells us he never married or had children (not officially).

Toph had a crush on him in childhood, and Sokka considered her his best friend, so it’s not impossible these two developed romantic feelings down the line, especially if Sokka’s long-time squeeze Suki was out of the picture. Suki doesn’t seem to be around for unknown reasons in LOK.

Suyin has a noticeably swarthy complexion compared to her mother or sister, which many credit to Sokka.

Her more light-hearted and free-spirited personality compared to Lin is also cited as potentially coming from Sokka.

AGAINST: Sokka is absent from Lin and Suyin lives in flashbacks. Even though we see he still works with Toph well into adulthood and there doesn’t seem to be any bad blood between them.

After losing his own mother and his father being absent due to the war for most of his childhood, it seems unlikely that Sokka wouldn’t be present in his child’s life.

Some fans argue that perhaps Sokka didn’t know Suyin was his daughter, but considering that Sokka and Toph stayed close friends and worked together into adulthood, it’s hard to believe that brilliant detective Sokka wouldn’t have put it together. Unless Toph went out of her way to deceive Sokka, but given their positive relationship it seems out of character for Toph to deprive Sokka of his own child and vice verse.

CONCLUSION: Unlikely.

Unless more information comes out to explain what reasons there could’ve been to keep Sokka away from the girls, this theory falls apart. There just isn’t enough evidence to support both him and Toph acting so bizarrely unlike themselves

Bachelor #2: Satoru

Satoru was an engineer and industrialist who worked for the Earthen Fire Refinery. Lao Beifong (Toph’s dad) left him in charge after Satoru’s corrupt Uncle had a change of heart and resigned.

Satoru is kind and naive to a fault. He has an “adorkable” quality about him and is a HUGE Toph fan.

FOR: Toph became co-executive-partners for Earthen Fire Refinery with Satoru, and although we never saw them progress to a relationship, there was clear mutual attraction.

Satoru admired Toph greatly and advocated for her against his bosses; his Uncle and Toph’s father.

He has wavy hair that resembles Suyin’s.

Works with metal. Zaofu is made of metal. That’s about it.

AGAINST: There isn’t a whole lot to go off of. Satoru isn’t even mentioned by Toph when he isn’t around, and despite her strong interest in him in The Rift story, in Imbalance Toph seems more interested in Sokka, indicating she may have moved back to her initial crush.

Satoru’s naïveté and capitalist employment practices inadvertently served as a catalyst for the bender supremacy movement in the colonies. Womp womp.

Neither he nor Toph has Suyin’s tanned complexion. So where did it come from?

CONCLUSION: Possible

Satoru’s presence is so vague that it’s hard to make a case for him other than a case from exclusion. There aren’t any huge issues disqualifying him, but neither is there much to support him over other candidates.

Bachelor #3: Sun

Sun was a street urchin and prodigy lava bender competing in underground fighting tournaments until Toph plucked him from obscurity and made him her student.

FOR: The resemblance. He’s swarthy, he has a similar smirk and distaste for authority, and is a young prodigy bender.

His distaste for authority and rebellious spirit make him a suitable match for Toph, especially if she was trying to reconnect with her old self by then.

He was a wild spirit and not fan of Aang and the group due to perceiving them as being subservient to the Earth King. This makes a case for why Toph may not have told anyone he was the father, and is more justified than hiding it from Sokka if he were the dad.

He spent time with

Toph as her student, presumably.

AGAINST: Toph was police chief by then (I know, I hate it). If Sun remained a hooligan, they may not have still been compatible.

Sun is never mentioned outside of the one comic he appears in. Despite her initial fascination with him, Toph seems to have forgotten him.

There is no indication from what we saw that Toph’s fascination with him was in any way romantic, but rather she was intrigued by his bending abilities.

CONCLUSION: Possible

I personally find him the most likely candidate simple due to Suyin’s looks and personality. Sun and Toph not working out due to her job as a cop and him being an anti-authority hooligan could well explain why Toph doesn’t talk about Suyin’s father. Their relationship could’ve ended disastrously.

Sun may have also been a catalyst for Toph reflecting on what she had become and deciding to abandon her job as chief of police, deciding to instead go be a swamp with in retirement.

But this is all speculation.

Bachelor #4: Someone else!

A character we haven’t met and who hasn’t been named.

FOR: We have no information so it could be anyone.

AGAINST: Why name-drop Lin’s dad and not Suyin’s unless there’s reason to hide it?

CONCLUSION: Possible. But why?

The most boring possibility.

Bachelor #5: Kanto

FOR: He’s the only canon relationship for Toph we’ve had confirmed.

AGAINST: It’s been stated clearly that Lin had a different father from Suyin, and there isn’t a good reason to suspect Toph is lying.

CONCLUSION: Unlikely.

That’s about it for Suyin. So let’s get into her older sister.

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Lin Beifong

The GOAT and the most unfairly disrespected character in LOK.

Bachelor #1: Sokka Again

He really was a rizz-bender in the end… FOR: Same reasons. Fan favorite. Him and Toph are BFFs for life.

Older Lin has a hairline very similar to Katara’s. Could that be a sign of Sokka’s genes?

AGAINST: Same reasons. Why would Sokka not be involved in her life? Why would Toph lie about him?

Even worse, Lin was in a serious relationship with Tenzin for years. They were even engaged at one point. Seeing as Tenzin is Sokka’s nephew, if he were Lin’s father it would’ve made Lin and Tenzin first cousins. I doubt Toph would’ve hidden her child’s parentage to the point she would allow incest.

CONCLUSION: Impossible.

For all of our sanity, let’s not make kissing-cousins a thing in Avatar.

As Sokka would say, “MAJOR OOGIE!”

Bachelor #2: Satoru

FOR: Same reasons as Suyin

The hair resemblance is still there, but there’s no longer the issue of skin tone. Satoru is a similar complexion.

AGAINST: Why would Toph lie about Lin’s father being named Kanto? Unless there was a falling out we’ve never heard about.

Toph just didn’t seem to be that into Satoru after their initial appearance, and she never brings him up outside of dealing with the company.

CONCLUSION: Possible

Probably the most likely candidate at this time, though the Kanto question is still an odd curveball.

Bachelor #3: Sun

FOR: Same reasons as Suyin.

Sun and Lin’s hair have some similarity.

AGAINST: Same reasons as Suyin x10.

Toph would‘ve been at the height of her role as police chief. Not exactly a great time to be having affairs with hooligans who oppose authority. (Unless maybe Bryke wants to decanonize Toph becoming a cop? Pretty please? Hey, I can dream!)

CONCLUSION: Unlikely

Although Sun has more reason for Toph to lie about Lin’s parentage and throw out the made-up name “Kanto”, there just isn’t enough to support the idea, especially given how strict and serious Lin’s personality can be compared to her sister.

Bachelor #4: Kanto

FOR: Toph said Lin’s dad was a nice guy named Kanto but that it didn’t work out between them. We’ve been given no concrete reason to believe Toph was being deceptive.

That’s about it.

AGAINST: Who?

Seriously, not even a flashback or a picture? No one else ever mentions him? Sus. Even Asami’s mom got a character design.

CONCLUSION: Possible

It could just be some rando named Kanto no one stayed in contact with.

Anti-climactic but sometimes life be like that.

Bachelor #5: Zuko

Yeah. That Zuko. Fire Lord Zuko. Son of Ursa and Ozai. Great grandson of Roku. The Blue Spirit. Aka the fandom bicycle.

Buckle up. This one is a doozy.

FOR: Politically it’s a smart match. Zuko has to make amends with the Earth Kingdom. Political marriages were a common tool to broker peace between nations. Toph is EK nobility from the fine house of Beifong and would be an ideal candidate.

Toph has the capacity to be a refined Lady and hold court, she just chooses not to.

Toph has a built-in perfect response anytime Zuko starts to spiral about his scar. “Looks fine to me!” She’s the only person who has never seen it and doesn’t associate him with a scar upon mention.

Toph seems to have a small crush by the end of Book 3, insisting on going on a field trip with him and glomping onto him. In the comics, she roots for Zuko over Sokka in a sword match, indicating she may have transferred her crush from Sokka to Zuko.

Iroh would be all for it. He loves Toph. He even calls them a perfect match for each other in Legacy of the Fire Nation.

Mai dumped Zuko in The Promise and as of yet they haven’t gotten back together.

Toph and Zuko are depicted standing under twin doves together during their field trip. One of the doves even has a black spot where Zuko’s scar is, making it clear these doves represent him and Toph. Doves are a sign of eternal love. And just as Zuko walks away from Toph in this scene, the doves kiss. Perhaps a sign of their future?

Zuko and Toph both left abusive homes due to the Avatar. Zuko was banished and sent to chase Aang, while Toph ran away from her stifling home to teach Aang. Parallels.

Both act tough as nails but have a sensitive heart that can’t handle rejection.

Izumi and Lin look quite similar. Izumi has glasses (vision problems, like Toph) and Lin has a prominent facial scar (like Zuko). Were these intentional choices to tie them to their respective parents?

Zuko and Lin have facial similarities, and Izumi shares some with Toph’s mom Poppy.

AGAINST: While it’s easy to make a case for Toph crushing on Zuko, there is no evidence that Zuko has ever returned such feelings. He never even says her name for the entire show.

Toph claims he still owes her a life-changing field trip in old age, implying they didn’t get one.

That would’ve made Toph Fire Lady, even temporarily, and it seems like SOMEONE would’ve mentioned that! Kind of a big detail to leave out!

Zuko shows no interest in Lin. Then again he doesn’t show interest in Izumi either, so who knows?

All evidence is circumstantial at best.

CONCLUSION: Crack but compelling

I love everything about this theory but personal biases aside it’s just pure crack.

Still, I’ll leave you with this: It gives a good reason for Toph to lie about Lin’s parentage. And Kanto can be written as “冠都” which means “crown capital”.

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You’ve heard the evidence! So you decide!

[sliipppy]

Because I am insane and sleep deprived, here is my attempt to make sense of the batfamily ages and what I believe they are currently at, with full explanations. Fair warning, although I have done like, legit research and have reasonings, some of these still fit into headcanons.

Bruce - 45

Dick - 28

Babs - 30

Jason - 23

Tim - 21

Steph - 22

Cass - 23

Damian - 14

Duke - 17

Bruce is the oldest, obviously. However, when he first adopts Dick he is still young himself. Hence why along with their father-son relationship, they sorta have a brotherly relationship. (Specfically in classic comics, Bruce would often refer to him as a brother. ) I like how it complicates their relationship and how it shows he wasn't really ready to nessicarily handle a child. I like to hc that he got adopted at 8, which would make Bruce 25 when he adopted him.

It was difficult to settle on this age because the age in which Dick became Robin has been changed so many times. Originally, he was 7. New Teen Titans says he was 8. Other comics say he was 10, 12, and even 15. I feel like most people say 8, and for the sake of my own agenda, I'm saying 8, and you can not stop me.

I think 28 is a good age for Dick. Babs similarly should be around his age as they grew up together (at least in newer canon since she used to be quite a bit older.), but she's always been portrayed as older even when around her age, and to kinda account for the weirdness surrounding her age I put her as 30. She becomes Batgirl at 18, and likely becomes Oracle when she's in her 20s, probably around 23.

Batman tells Cass multiple times in Batgirl 2000 that she and Jason were the same age, so that makes it easier to rule the two together. Addiontally, Cass, Steph, and Tim are all around the same age range, Cass being the oldest, so that makes things easier too. Cass starts operating as Batgirl at 18 which would make Tim around 16 when she takes the cowl. This works since Tim became Robin at around 13 and he had been Robin for a good amount of time before Cass became Batgirl. I think it's a litttle longer than I'd like. But whatever. I was considering ignoring canon and saying he becomes Robin at 14, because I think 2 years as Robin before Cass rather than 3 is more fitting but whatever. It does fit since Tim was introduced way earlier than Cass, however real time doesn't really affect these ages. Anyways, big sister Cass supremacy I think people forget she's one of the oldest. I think she might have been de-aged to be around Tim's age but FUCK that she was originally Jason's age and this is my headcanon and I like to thing N52 didn't fuck everything up in my happy Tumblr space.

We know Steph is 1 year older than Tim because she's a freshman in college during Batgirl 2009, and he's a high-school dropout in Red Robin 2009 as he searches for Bruce. Stephanie becomes Spoiler at 15, and Robin at 16. She comes back when she's around 17-18. This lands our 2000s trio with ages at 23(Cass), 22(Steph), and 21(Tim).

Jason is a mess. At least I thought he would be, but it actually turned out kinda perfect. We know Jason and Cass are the same age, so he's at 23 with her. He becomes Robin at 12, and dies at 15. He comes back as Red Hood at 18 and was dead for around 3 years. Jason Todd is 18 when he comes back to life because right before War Games, Bruce takes Cass to Jason's grave, on his 18th birthday!!! and of course the event that acts as a sort of aftermath to War Games is Under the Red Hood so Jason is 18 when he first becomes Red Hood. Cass is still a fairly new character when UTRH happens, so i think her being 18-19 when he comes back fits well. Tim being around 16 kinda fits nice too as hes around the same age as Jason when he died. I think Steph being so close in age also helps since so many parallels are drawn between the two.

Detective Comics #790

Duke is still a teenager, and he is regarded to be one of the youngest bats, but still quite a bit older than Damian. In We are Robin, Duke is 16, as shown in the who are the robins bonus art. He is still a newer character and hasn't been Signal for long. I assume that by the time Batman and the Signal rolls around, he's 17 and is still currently 17.

We are Robin #4

I'm pretty sure Damian was 14 in Robin (2021) but I could be wrong it's been a while since I've read it and I never finished it so idk if he ever aged since then. He became Robin at 10, so in those 4 years, he's obviously grown and matured a lot, but I mean, who doesn't those are formative years. I was gonna bump him up to 15. However, this doesn't work. He is supposed to be 10 while Tim is 17. (Babs says he's ten during Batgirl 2009, and we established Tim is 17 during this.) To keep it consistent with the others, I'm keeping Damian at 14.

Batgirl 2009 #17

Feel free to correct anything I said here if it's incorrect. I am not perfect nor all-knowing. Also I'm horrible with math and numbers so I probably fucked something up here so feel free to make fun of me for that. Or you can make fun of the issues I have below.

Issues :

Dick can't be Robin at 8 if I stick with these ages because that would mean at the time Tim is 1 which means he wouldn't even be able to remember the show which means he would never be Robin.

I would've liked Bruce to be a little younger when first taking Dick in, but also I think Bruce is at his best when he's a middle aged man and I didn't want him to be below 45 because I wanted him to be on his late 40's.

It's hard to characterized Duke after We Are Robin because he's supposed to he a teenager, however he was 16 in We Are Robin and it feels like he should have been Signal for a bit longer than that. This isn't as big of a deal, because I still think it's believable for him to have only been signal for about a year, and it's mainly just DC inconsistency, but it still bugs me.

Damian's entire age is sorta messy and there's definitely issues with it lol.

I think Cass' age is around the same as Tim's post 52 to fit with him since their the same generation. But i chose to ignore that, and you can't stop me I choose what canon I want.

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Anyways, if you've read all of this, I fear you might be a little crazy. However, thank you!!!!!! Feel free to like leave your own opinion/headcanons. I LOVE hearing them. Thank you! Bye!

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When life put you on ice, Embrace the ice and Call it refreshing

//Chapter 1///

Bi-Han × Tomas, Bitomas supremacy

- Brother, we are going to explore the forest. The forest you used to hunt. - In Tomas's room, an excited Kuai Liang tried his best to get his younger brother out of bed. - Join us.

Ever since the day they met, when the Lin Kuei's Grandmaster took Tomas in and explained his situation, Kuai Liang had tried to get closer to the boy and make him feel part of the family as instructed by his father, but even after months of trying to get him to open up and trust in people - trust that no one there would hurt him again - the boy's state of isolation only seemed to get worse with each passing day.

- I don't wanna go, sorry. - Indifferent to the older boy's excitement, the little european continued to look at his hands as if he could still see blood on them. - But I hope you have fun, Kuai Liang.

- Come on, man, it'll be fun. I'm sure no one knows that forest better than you!

- I'm sorry, Kuai Liang. I'm not ready to go back there.

"And I don't think I'll ever be…"

- We are brothers now. You can trust me to vent anytime. You know that, don't you?

Tomas just nodded in response, Kuai sighed sadly. Despite being only four years older – Tomas being 8 years old, Kuai Liang 12 – he understood that Tomas' situation required patience and his father's guidance to make him adapt, would have to wait a little longer.

Respecting the youngest's time, Kuai withdrew and left him alone, lost in thought.

The image of his family falling one by one before his eyes… 

His mother and his little twin sister falling badly injured and bleeding all over… 

Unable to prevail against the wrath of the warriors and their relentless blows. 

The shed blood of his mother who had stood in front of the twins – in a failed attempt to protect them – splashed onto the boy's face and clothes. 

Defenseless and too puny to defend his family from the terrifying warriors, all Tomas could do was cry and shout for mercy. 

A mercy that came too late.

________

Looking out his bedroom window, Tomas could spot a good deal of the training field from a distance under the cloudy sky.

The days passed in a tortuous way for the little boy who previously lived to hunt with his family.

Far from having had a luxurious life with his biological family, the comfort and luxuries of the room he isolated himself in were something he had never had access to before, with each passing day he felt an inner conflict growing within him.

"They murdered my family just for crossing their territory!"

"My mother, my sister…"

"I should hate them…"

"Why can't I? Why can't I hate them?!"

- Bi-Han, Kuai Liang. This is Tomas, he will stay with us and will be your new brother. Treat him with the same respect that It's incumbent upon all of us as Lin Kuei

- Welcome to the family, child. I know I can never fill the hole of sadness in your heart, but I can try to ease your pain. I will be proud to call you son and I will be honored if one day you call me mother.

- Now I'll know what Bi-Han feels! Welcome, Tomas! I hope we can get along well.

- Bi-Han! Bi-Han, come back here! 

"They are not bad people. Their cause is noble. Grandmaster has shown me compassion and has been the father I never had, my adoptive mother is good to me, my brothers too, well…"

- I feel no pity for you.

Unlike the rest of the family, Bi-Han had never shown him kindness, quite the opposite, he always treated him coldly and distanced himself as if he were a nuisance. However, going against all his survival instincts, the young cryomancer's cruel aversion only attracted him more every day…

The grumpy and arrogant young master fascinated him in a way he couldn't understand. And of everyone in the clan, Bi-Han was the only one he could watch for hours, studying every movement and every detail of his features, without getting tired.

- He's incredible... - Tomas sighed once again as he saw Bi-Han emerge victorious from yet another fight.

Distracted by the older boy's back, the young european almost choked on his own saliva when he saw him turn around and look directly at him, apparently irritated.

Fearing the worst and too embarrassed for being caught in the act, the gray-haired boy quickly ducked down with flushed cheeks, hiding from the hard gaze, almost as if he had been hit by sharp arrows.

- Did he really see me? - Biting his lip as he felt his heart palpitate, Tomas threw his head back and muttered to himself. Too young to understand what the cryomancer was doing to him, but old enough to become addicted to it. 

_______

Returning to his room after spending the entire dinner avoiding the eyes of the heir of the Lin Kuei, Tomas was walking through the endless corridors quickly, when the cold touch of a heavy hand on his shoulder startled him and stopped him from walking away.

- Tomas. - The cold and ferocious tone was already unmistakable. The shiver it caused him too, like no other.

It had been months since the youngest cryomancer had spoken to him.

- Bi-Han?

- Wanna spar me? 

- I… I don't know how. - He responded timidly, after gathering the courage to look into the other's pale brown eyes. 

Bi-Han was taller and stronger than Tomas, due to constant training and advanced puberty.

- But you know how to hunt, don't you? - Tomas nodded proudly. - Think of it as a hunt, but you're the prey trying to escape me.

- I am the hunter, never the quarry! -He said outraged, feeling even the tips of his ears burn with the image drawn by Bi-Han in his head.

- Oh yeah? - He would never admit it out loud, but the youngest's boldness amused him. - Prove me wrong. Show me what you can do.

Trembling slightly, Tomas accepted the ice dagger that the cryomancer had carved in the blink of an eye before following him to the training field.

Bi-Han's experience worried him, but after spending so much time watching him fight and fighting the desire to follow in his footsteps, the young european believed he was old enough to hold his own in a fight and hopefully impress him with it.

_______

- You held up very well. 

After the night Tomas sparred Bi-Han, he couldn't stop thinking about joining him in training, wanting more than ever to become a warrior too.

As a habit, his eyes searched for the warrior in blue. And although it wasn't the first time he watched Bi-Han and Kuai Liang fight together, he couldn't help but marvel at their synchronicity every time and wish he could have the same with Bi-Han someday, feel the same as Kuai Liang felt…

Bi-Han's admiring glance at him, the cryomancer's strong arms wrapped around his body, hearing him talk about him with so much pride, holding his hand, being chosen to be by his side as a partner...

After so long just trusting the Lin Kuei Grandmaster, trusting Bi-Han was refreshing.

And when his eyes met again, not identifying anything other than curiosity in them – and much due to the sparring match between the two still fresh in his memory – he held the older boy's gaze, trusting that Bi-Han would never hurt him and he had no reason to fear him.

//Chapter 2///

- Tomas?

- Father, I want to be a warrior. I want to join my brothers in training and defend earthrealm in the future. I am ready to make the mission of the Lin Kuei my life's mission.

Tomas stared blankly at the ceiling, refusing to let tears fall as he clung to the good memories with his adoptive family in the fortress. Fighting the growing desire to return there.

He had left everything behind...

His room, his belongings, his position, the respect of his fellows Lin Kuei, his friends of years, the memorial of his adoptive parents...

Bi-Han

Even with Kuai Liang's promise that everything would return to the way it was before, as soon as he defeated Bi-Han and reformed the Lin Kuei, each day that passed he felt that such promises was more like a pipe dream than a forthcoming reality. 

- I'm sorry. - Tomas murmured sleepily in the older warrior's ear while receiving a piggyback ride to the infirmary.

If it weren't for Bi-Han's occasional nocturnal walks, the gray-haired one would still be trying to get back to the castle on one leg, after having sprained his ankle in another one of his secret training sessions.

- What are you apologizing for? For being weak? - He asked with his usual cold tone. Tomas was just thankful for the darkness of the night and his position that Bi-Han was unable to see how much he blushed in embarrassment.

Tomas had no idea, but as soon as Bi-Han heard him mewl and let out a frustrated sigh, the cryomancer was sure the typhomancer was blushing and pouting, making him smile at the thought.

  - For not recognizing my limits.

Bi-Han scoffed at such a notion.

  - If you want to be stronger, you must seek more power by any means necessary. Overcoming limits is the motto of a true warrior.

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- (...) let me train with you.

- What's wrong with Kuai Liang's training?

Embarrassed and unable to look into Bi-Han's eyes for too long, Tomas returned to playing with the sheet between his fingers.

He didn't intend to speak ill of his brother, but after years of training with him and feeling as if he learned more from his busy father's occasional training than from his older brother, Bi-Han was his only hope.

- Kuai Liang is always too soft, too worried, always holding back... - The cryomancer just smiled mentally when he heard the frustration in the younger's voice, he wasn't the first one to come to him after Kuai Liang failed to find his pupils's weaknesses. - It's almost like he doesn't take me seriously.

- Is that why you decided to train alone? Is he still a failure as a master?

- I wouldn't call him a failure... - Not wanting to upset Bi-Han, the young typhomancer looked at him with his best puppy dog eyes. - Please, Bi-Han. I know you are busy with your own duties and pupils, but I am your b… - "No. I'm not. He let it perfectly clear more than once". - Y-You train Kuai Liang, why can't you train me? 

He needed someone like him...

Someone who would help him to push himself beyond his limits.

- I won't go easy on you.

- Am I asking for it?

As soon as Tomas recovered, the training with Bi-Han started at night - with the intention of avoiding hurting Kuai Liang's feelings and casting doubt on his abilities as a master - sometimes Bi-Han even allowed the youngest to accompany him on his night walks. Walks that, most of the time comfortably silent and long, Tomas cherished every passing second alone with the cryomancer. He felt privileged to learn more about him every day. The rude and unloving manner persisted, but the typhomancer was hopeful that one day he would have access to the iceman's gentle side.

After all, the pleasure of hunting is the pleasure of waiting.

And he would never stop being a hunter.

______

Unable to sleep and overcome with the desire to regain everything he had been forced to give up, Tomas had decided to silently invade the Lin Kuei fortress, hoping to convince Bi-Han to reconcile with Kuai Liang. It wouldn't be his first attempt, but definitely the most dangerous.

- Even your father's dreams weren't so grand. Only you could've replaced him as our Master Armorer.

- You honor me, Grandmaster. - Under Bi-Han's bed, Tomas rolled his eyes when he heard Sektor's polite tone coming from the hallway. Of all Bi-Han's bootlickers, the armorer was always the one who bothered him the most... - With you in command, our clan will finally be established as one of Earthrealm's great nations!

- Be more stealthful than the night.

- And more deadly than the dawn!

After what seemed like an eternity to Tomas' ears, Bi-Han finally turned off the lights and lay down on the bed. But before Smoke could do anything, Bi-Han let out a growl in annoyance.

- So the back-stabber came back with his tail between his legs... - Bi-Han murmured when he heard Smoke's anxious breathing coming from under the bed.

Under different circumstances, Bi-Han would mock the title of master of stealth, something like he having received such an honor too early, 'cause few things gave him more pleasure in life than seeing the young slavic pouting his lips.

- It was you who betrayed us, Bi-Han.

- I gained the Lin Kuei's freedom! - He responded aggressively.

- You only earned their infamy. - Claimed sadly, looking into the eyes of his former Grandmaster.

Bi-Han sighed heavily and turned to the other side, hating Tomas' look of disappointment on him. After having spent a good part of his life so accustomed to the younger man's admiring glances, not having them anymore, in some way, disturbed him greatly.

- You have to stop this madness Bi-Han! - Turning the older man around forcefully, he jumped on him holding the Karambit to his throat. Making him gasp in astonishment. - I don't wanna have to hurt you!

- As if you could hurt me. You little slavic orphan, pathetic, weak…

- Bi-Han! Don't make me... - Touching the blade to the cryomancer's skin, Bi-Han grunted as he felt the blade cut him, a cut deep enough for a drop of blood come out and Tomas' eyes to fill with tears when  realized what he had done, pulling the blade away immediately. - I-I'm sorry, I-I didn't mean to...

Before Tomas could get out of bed panicked, Bi-Han grasped him by the waist and rolled over, pinning the youngest down, holding both his wrists firmly against the mattress.

- You're still weak! - Tomas groaned in pain as he felt the grip on his wrists intensify. - Unworthy of being considered my brother…

- If father w-were here, he w-would…

- He's not here anymore! - Bi-Han almost shouted in anger. - I am your Grandmaster now. When will you wrap your mind around this?!

Tomas wept bitterly below him, only stopping struggling to free himself after the older man let him go and collapse beside him. Suddenly feeling an abnormal exhaustion take over his body.

- Get out of my sight before I break you into pieces.

- I don't run from anyone… - Wiping tears from his eyes, he tried to compose himself before looking at the older man again - And I'm not afraid of you!

- All I see next to me is the scared boy who feared me since the day we met…

- I never feared you! I-I admired you! I respected you! I loved you deeply until you betray us! - Tomas grabbed him by the collar of his pajamas, looking firmly into his pale brown eyes while clenched the silk. - But you never noticed! You never noticed me! Too busy with your delusions of grandeur... - The cryomancer just returned the typhomancer's tearful look with a murderer one, but even if he were about to die for it, Tomas wouldn't back down. He needed to get it all off his chest. - While I tried to gain your favor, even a little of your love, looking for any sign that you had any affection for me, treasuring any crumb of kindness you were willing to give me... You pretended that I didn't exist, ignoring my existence whenever you could, continually reminding me how unworthy I was to even share the same air as yours… - Bi-Han was good at feigning indifference, but his facade was starting to break. Never before had he seen the grey-haired man so distressed in front of him. - Y-You never looked at me the way you look at Kuai Liang. You've only degraded me my entire life! And discarded me at the first opportunity, like I never mattered to you…

- Tomas…

- No, Bi-Han. Now you'll listen to me. I grew tired of your whims! I won't submit myself to you never again! I am… I'm tired of crying for you... - And even though he said that, tears continued to run down his beautiful face and occasionally drip onto the older man's face. - Kuai Liang was right, you never even respected me. How foolish was I to think that one day I would earn your love?

- Tomas…

- Have you ever truly loved someone but yourself? - After seeing Bi-Han attack his younger brother, he already doubted the love that Bi-Han supposedly felt for him. - Have you ever thought about doing something nice for someone without expecting something in return? - Receiving nothing but visible anger from the cryomancer's eyes, he let him go and turned his back on him. - You only use people…

- Tomas!

- What!?!

- In what way do you love me?

- A-And why does it matter?

- How do you love me, Tomas?!

- I love you like a... - Suddenly, the answer seemed difficult to smoke out of his mind. - L-Like a brother of course!

The truth was that the typhomancer had never questioned himself about that..

Love was simply love in his conception. He had never felt the need to label what he felt.

- Are you sure about that? - Bi-Han approached the edge of the bed and hugged him from the back. - Are you saying that you don't feel anything when I do this... - Caressing Tomas' chest and slowly running his fingers down his ripped abs, Bi-Han kissed his pale neck, smiling slyly as he made the typhomancer pant so easily. - Do you moan like that when Kuai Liang touches you?

- W-What are you insinuating, Bi-Han? - Tomas looked at him from the corner of his eyes.

- That you want more than my fraternal love, puppy.

- I-I don't know what you're talking about...

Warning: Pseudo-Incest, Yaoi, M x M, explicit

[olivernothere]

NAME: Oliver Castellioa Solace-Di Angelo

ALIAS: Ollie, Ol, Olive Tree (sigh), Olive (ONLY Iggy)

AGE: 16 years old, 6th of January

WEAPON(S): A dagger made out of celestial bronze, 20 centimeters

POWER(S): He can enter peoples dreams, and watch what’s happening from afar. He can also change their dreams to however he’d like, this tends to drain him very much though.

PERSONALITY: He’s a bit rude and cold, sometimes shy, in the start, but if you get to know him, he’ll warm up. Once you know him, he’ll be the most caring person, he’s a bit loud sometimes, he’s a little overprotective of his family, even though hems the youngest, he ignores rude comments and such in public, he doesn’t know how to say no, so you never really know if he wants something or not. He’s REALLY scared of adults (sometimes even Will and Nico), and WILL call them sir, miss, ma’am, etc., he can and will sometimes isolate himself from everyone if he’s having one of his “episodes”.

FATAL FLAW: Thinking that he’ll never be good enough for anyone and it’s why his mother disowned him

HOBBIES: I like to paint, mostly landscapes and such, sometimes I write poems I guess? Oh and I love to spend time with my cat, is that considered a hobby?

FAMILY: Nico Di Angelo (Papa), William Andrew Solace (Dad), Daphne Naria Solace-Di Angelo (Sister), Hades (Grandfather), Maria Di Angelo (Grandmother), Apollo (Grandfather), Naromi Solace (Grandmother), Morpheus (Father A stranger to me.), Allison Castellioa (Mother Who is this?)

People I know (!!):

FAMILY:

@ghost-king-and-thebones - Nico Di Angelo, my wonderful papa!! <3

@daffy-not-a-duck - Daphne Naria Solace-Di Angelo, my lovely sister!! (STAY AWAY FROM EPHIE)

@doctor-sunshine-andcarebears - William Andrew Solace, my awesome dad!!!

@drea-and-nico - Andrea and Nicolas Lilith, Children of Hades, my aunt and uncle, but Drea is like a sister to me

@iggy-mini-miny-moe - Ignis Grace, a child of Jason Grace and Leo Valdez, my boyfriend fjbfjgbekd<33, DON'T let him near bleach

FRIENDS:

@chasing-that-jackson - Charlotte Sally Chase-Jackson, a child of Perseus Jackson and Annabeth Chase, please stop dying

@ineedtoescapefromreality - Echo and Rosalyn Mclean, children of Piper Mclean and Shel

@hey-guys-its-sam - Samantha Zhang, a child of Frank Zhang and Hazel Levesque

@violent-cinnamonroll - Aria Nicole La Rue, a child of Clarisse La Rue and Silena Baeuregard

@notwillingtobefound - William Valdez, a child of Jason Grace and Leo Valdez, Iggy’s brother

@not-a-panda - Pandora Stoll, a child if Travis Stoll amd Katie Gardner, she has a cute cat!!

@morningstar-of-the-night - Kallisto Danica Arrelano-Grace, a child of Reyna Ramirez-Arellano and Thalia Grace

@daredevil-larue - Lucine La Rue, a child of Clarisse La Rue and Silena Beauregard

@overwhelmingly-his-son - Lukas Castellan, a grandchild of May Castellan, he's cool

@the-poison-and-the-sky - Belladonna Chase-Jackson, a child of Perseus Jackson and Annabeth Chase-Jackson, from another Universe

@praetor-ambrose-asher - Ambrose Asher, a legacy of Primordial Khaos

ADULTS I KNOW:

@leo-repairguy-valdez - Leo Valdez, father to Iggs and William, married (?) to Jason Grace

@percy-jackson-xxx - Perseus Jackson, father to Charlie and Cassie, married to Annabeth Chase

@sincerely-anniejackson - Annabeth Chase-Jackson, mother to Charlie and Cassie, married to Perseus Jackson

ACC IS RAN BY: @moonssong

Tags:

#Oliver arrived - In character Oliver

#Oliver died - ooc

#Ephie supremacy - About his cat

#Oliver rants - something random ic Oliver

#Sister tag☀️ - When he interacts with his sister

#Death and fire - Oliver and Iggy (They’re shipped)

[atopvisenyashill]

sort of tangential to what you've been posting, but idt rhaenyra/jace or anya waynwood/her sons are special cases. arys oakheart's mother is a ruling lady and the wiki makes clear he's her youngest son, so surely his bros, esp the heir, have the oakheart name too. we also see this in the hornwood crisis, where one of the tallharts is married to the late lord's sister and offers to have one of his sons take the hornwood name to inherit his hornwood mother's old home. and there's harry the heir, with the arryn sigil in his personal arms and being called "the young falcon", i'd say there's a clear intention for him to take his grandmother's maiden name to inherit the arryn lands and titles if sweetrobin dies. that's the only way these old houses can survive with the same name for thousands of years, even when a lady isn't put in charge, a female-line male heir must use the name going with the titles he's taking. (see also, king joffrey lannister, who was not born a lannister but took his wife's name when she was her father's last surviving child. or the bael the bard story where a wildling's bastard inherited through his mother and took the stark name.)

definitely a fair point. part of my fixation is more

first names - because these are typically the "man's domain" even when the woman is an heiress (like Rhaenyra's boys for example) and i think it's wildly fascinating to analyze that aspect.

a sort of forced, idk, feminization i guess? of these fathers - when we have an heiress, we get characters who only think of their mothers (doran, arys) in a way that ned only thinks of his father and i find this pattern really fascinating in what it says about How The Family Operates

i mean...the thing is that "Andal Law" is really only like "Andal Tradition" and even then, "Andal Tradition" is more like a guide line than a strict rule and I think its interesting what cultures treat it more like a rule and what cultures treat it as a guide line. I think it's interesting how the North gets really fucking touchy about how they swore a vow to Rhaenyra, and then cause a massive succession issue with a string of unworthy heirs usurping their likely much more worthy and much more prepared aunts and cousins, because partaking in some borderline incest is lichrally better than a woman being in charge (god forbid). But then you have the Vale, which for some reason regularly has female line heirs with absolutely no issues or usurptions and I think it's really fascinating to think about why especially with the North having so many female line heirs in the "current" era (because all the men are dead). It's similar but different to the aftermath of the Dance - whereas the Dance had a rule by widows, the North will simply be ruled by heiress' taking up their father's seats after their brother's and cousins have died.

Also (imo) different when it comes to Valyrian husbands marrying heiresses because of the Valyrian supremacy thing as well as Jacaerys walking a very fine line here between claiming and overclaiming the Velaryons when he has no actual blood relation to them. As you say, there's probably plenty of second born sons or lower born husbands who are happy to take their wives' names if it means they get access to more privilege (I know Genna takes Emmon's name, obviously, as do their kids, but we see Emmon is more than willing to take a backseat to Genna's politicking if it will benefit him. I mean, that's the point of marriage, is to gain access to more stability or privilege, after all! Pride only lasts so long in the face of jealousy or even hunger!) but Daemon isn't exactly a normal second son and then there's the added issue of Rhaenyra being crown princess.

[aka-lambda]

I have this first design of one of the antagonists of my jjk oc lore.

This design is the first of four designs. This one represents her in the flashback arc about Toji's past.

MENTION OF SOME DARK THEMES: please consider that this OC is a villain and the creator doesen't necessarily agree with her actions.

Biographical informations

Name: Junko Zen'in

From Japanese 順 (jun) meaning "obedience" or 純 (jun) meaning "pure" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

Personal description

Species: Human

Birthday: 21 March

Age: 67(2018)

Gender: Female

Height: 168 cm

Weight:???

Hair color: black

Eye color: hazel

Professional status

Status: deceased

Relatives: unknown mother

                  Unknown father

                  Naobito Zen'in (husband)

                  Unnamed sons

                   Naoki Zen'in (son)

                   Naoya Zen'in (youngest son)

Occupation: wife of the head of Zen'in clan

 

Affiliations: Zen'in clan

Cursed technique: drain

Hobby: smoking the kiseru

Favorite food: shio Ramen (it is the oldest variation of Ramen with a lot of salt  with chicken, vegetables,  fish or marine seaweed)

Least favorite food: none

Stress source: Toji Fushiguro

Life is a gift for us but the worst of the condemn for others, too bad you were just unlucky,  but you must admit that you have lost .

-Junko to Ogi Zen'in

Personality:

Junko appears incredibly calm and composed in her manners, she barely does hand gestures while speaking often maintaining a soft smile and a soft voice.

Even if someone could have the impression of her flirting with them Junko can stay distant and strict even with her soft facial expressions and relaxing tone of voice.

Especially when she was younger she knew to be a beautiful woman and wanted to express it always caring about her physical appearance given also from the fact that she was raised in a noble family.

She is so good at looking self confident, Junko looks incredibly secure of her ideas and thoughts considering also  her social status and the fact that she was the wife of the head of the clan. She seems to be caring but actually she shows no empathy for the other clan members, especially Ogi Zen'in and Toji Fushiguro while she acted as an highly manipulative woman towards Jin'ichi Zen'in and her own sons not seeing them actually as humans but only caring about their own strength, techniques and purposes.

Naoya was her favorite among her sons and she made him to believe that he could do everything he wanted in his life, even justifying his orribile behaviors, she wanted him to become the head of the clan and felt betrayed when Naobito gave to Megumi the title. But despite her condescending manners towards Naoya and the other sons she barely showed genuine affection to them having to raise them all almost the same time.

Junko has strong and controversial ideas thinking about the supremacy of cursed techniques and the desire to arrive to stronger techniques. That's why she brutally gaslight Ogi and his wife for having daughters "not strong enough". She is completely obsessed by strength given by the cursed energy and she is scared by everything that goes in a different way like the people affected by the heavenly restriction: she is horrified by Toji because, for her, he is the "black sheep" and the "different one" and even if she looks so self confident she is highly insecure and scared from what she doesen't know and tries to find a scapegoat like Toji or Maki.

Being a  woman doesen't mean not being misogynistic: Junko shows a lot of interiorized misogyny especially towards Hanako,  she always tells her to shut up in presence of the other family members especially if men and to have a better language in front of them, trying to teach her how a woman should  behave. She has similar behavior to Mariko and Mai.

Rarely Junko has a physically violent side that tries to hide but it was showed with the death of Naoya: Junko brutally kicked the corpse of Maki's mother after discovering that she killed her son, revealing her unhinged disorder hidden too much.

Role in the story

Probably born in a side family or a distant relative of the Zen'in family (they can pratice inbreeding sadly) Junko knew from the start that she would have been the wife of an important member of the Zen'in clan. Even  with her destiny already decided by others she managed to find the advantages of marrying Naobito: he would guarantee a life in luxury and she didn't mind giving him some sons and daughters.

After not much time from the marriage Junko had the first sons, Yutaka was the can leader and she was scared that he could pass the title to Ogi and not her husband.

Fortunately for her the first son and daughter of Ogi born dead while the sons of Junko had a good health even if for now none of them inherited the projection sorcery.

Junko considered poisoning Ogi as an option but he was weaker than Naobito that maybe would have become the head of the clan, instead of that she started to poison Yutaka slowly killing him that was obliged early to give to Naobito the title since his sons Toji and Jin'ichi weren't enough to become leaders. Junko discovered that also Ogi poisoned Yutaka at the same time contributing to kill him and trying to do the same with Naobito but being discovered by her.

The final victory was hers and when Maki and Mai were born she found another reason to bother Ogi and his wife.

Before that when she was pregnant of her latest sons she got close to Jin'ichi taking advantage to the absence of Yutaka as a father, making him to see her as a mother and slowly manipulating him with the purpose of putting him against Toji, she was horrified by Toji and wanted to throw him out of the family. Jin'ichi became incredibly envious of his younger brother even despising him for not having a technique.

That time young Jin'ichi had a future wife: Mariko, Junko convinced him that she was cheating on him with a member of the clan Kamo and pushed him to kill Mariko and to give all the fault to Toji, she also managed to provide to false proofs for it.

In 2007-08 Junko was one of the first Zen'in clan members that wanted Hanako to marry her last son Naoya. Even with this she was cruel with her also imposing her "feminine" clothes and manners. She was killed by Hanako's fans  ten years later after trying to escape with Naoki and brutally kicking the corpse of Maki's mother after she discovered that she killed her favorite son(she came to visit the rest of clan discovering that they were all killed). She didn't oppose any resistance to Hanako.

Cursed technique

Drain: Junko's cursed technique allows her to suck up the cursed energy and vital strength from the opponent but only if they are wounded. After that she is obliged to pass the cursed energy and vital strength stolen to another person touching them. If she doesen't pass the cursed energy to others there will be bad consequences for her body. She can suck up the vital strength even from injured animals and the cursed energy from injured curses, she can also take the cursed energy present in an area.

[sarcasticsweetlara]

Queen Aemma Arryn

Credits to @sajirah

Aemma Arryn's perspective in the royal family is very interesting.

To begin, she's the daughter of Princess Daella Targaryen and Lord Rodrik Arryn

Jaehaerys wed off Daella so that he would no longer deal with Daella's shortcomings in learning and anxiety.

Aemma in the other hand was acutely aware of who she was and of her position, she had not inherited the disorders Daella suffered and even though her grandparents married her to Viserys when she was really young -she was actually younger than her own mother at the age of 11- she grew to be a fierce and strong woman.

Aemma was a Targaryen on her mother's side, just like her ancestor Alyssa Velaryon who was a queen as well -though Alyssa was a Targaryen due to her grandmother being a Targaryen who married a Massey as it was stated in both AWOIAF and Fire and Blood-, however the difference lies in the cultures they were raised.

Alyssa was raised in the Valyrian way, speaking High Valyrian and learning about the Valyrian gods, whereas Aemma was raised in the Andal way in the Vale.

Aemma was technically an outsider within her own family, as she was not used to the Valyrian lifestyle, but she adapted quickly and eventually became the Queen Consort of the Seven Kingdoms, and the foremother of the kings that followed her daughter's sons Aegon III Targaryen the Unlucky and Viserys II Targaryen.

Aemma had the silver hair due to it being a recessive trait that got combined with the own recessive traits of the Arryns, but her eyes were cerulean blue, a part of her Arryn heritage that overpowered the Targaryen side of her, technically the physical proof that Aemma was a whole part of two worlds.

In a parallel to her cousin Rhaenys, they both had the hair color of their mothers and the eye color of their fathers, in Aemma's case she had the Valyrian silver-gold hair color and the cerulean blue eyes for which the Arryns are famous; both their Targaryen parents were the first ones to die when it came to their parents, and both Rhaenys and Aemma had two children - one girl first and a boy later- who would be crucial in the history of Westeros.

And in opposites Rhaenys had been expected to be the first ruling queen due to her birthright being the first child of Aemon Targaryen the oldest child of King Jaehaerys and Queen Alysanne, and her mother Jocelyn Baratheon was by her Baratheon side the second cousin-once removed and maternal half-sister of Jaehaerys and Alysanne on her Velaryon side, but Rhaenys was passed over due to her gender, and Aemma had never been expected to have a powerful position as many would have thought little of Daella Targaryen's child who was the fifth child and youngest of Rodrik Arryn but due to her marriage to her cousin Viserys, Aemma became queen.

From what we see in the show and get from the books it's fair to say her relationship with Daemon was neutral, they got along for the sake of Viserys, but very probably Daemon thought little of Aemma for being Daella's daughter and for being an Arryn who grew up in the Vale, now imagine his surprise when he saw Aemma was not dimwitted and that she was proud of her entire heritage.

Aemma was the first fully recognized queen who had been raised in the Andal culture, even if she was half Targaryen she represented that the Targaryens could mix and adapt without problem and still maintain their influence and power, in a contrast to the Valyrian supremacy that others had.

[kyriefae]

*This is a TL;DR maybe trauma dump kinda post so fair warning. 😉

I have been no-contact with my parents for about a year and a half now. I'd say in that time I've found peace I wasn't affording myself before and I hadn't consciously been able to figure out why. I held on to a sense of guilt and obligation they imbedded in me; indoctrinated into my brain.

I let them go at the age of 32.

I let them know my reasoning but I also note on here a very important thing they were and will likely never know: they don't know I'm nonbinary and they don't know I'm bisexual.

Their acceptance isn't something I crave because I have long since lost it. I've grieved it's loss a thousand times over; many sleepless, tear-filled nights wore away at the desire to feel their acceptance like rain to stone.

It started with "Mom, Dad...I'm not Catholic" at 16 and snowballed from there. The amount of therapists and counselors and priests they sent me to and the sheer distance emotionally they created with me had profoundly negative consequences on our relationship. Not to mention the heightened sense of awareness I began to note as to how much they wondered or cared about my preferences or my day or my thoughts on things. They established a power dynamic and believed they could throw money at the problem; but their "problem" was me. A non-dogmatic child.

I say all of this to build at least a semblance of context around the significance that a couple of days ago, I re-downloaded the book of faces to my phone. I generally don't care to use the app but friends of mine remain connected through messenger. Anyway, my mother reblogged the prototypical Christian supremacy thought line on the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Specifically the part where she and so many other people, fueled through hatred, see a drag showcase of the Feast of Dionysus and think of it as an abomination unto her lord.

...

It's a quiet pain.

Quiet because I expected as much but I know now I was correct. Correct to preserve myself. To look after my own safety; to walk away.

...if she'd heard her youngest child who staunchly accepts agnosticism is ALSO "one of those queers" well ...she'd have a downright panic attack. The phone calls I would receive alone would send me into a spiral. Instead...I know where I stand. I know where she and my father and my siblings stand.

Over there in their echo chamber of heteronormative, god-fearing obligations, duties, and restrictions. Atop their pedestals looking down upon the rest of us that live our lives in every other sort of manner.

While I'm over here. Loving the beauty that exists out there in the world and genuinely moved by what I've been seeing these Olympics. Especially the opening ceremony.

Gojira!? Are you kidding me? I fucking love them. Whales are in the sky!

If you've read this much, know that I'm sending you the positive vibes I plan to instill in my day. You're included and you're valid. 💞

Kisses.

[the13thtraveler]

The True History of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

With the new wizard game recently released, I wanted to share a re-write of the history I created for Ilvermorny before JRK got her mitts into it. My version has been re-done to conform more with what canon I could use (Houses, location) but attempts to make it better. FYI I am not First Peoples so hopefully my representations of them were respectful. And as always, much love to @americanwizarding for inspiring me to make my own American canon (and letting me use some of their own creations for my canon too).

Born in 1603 Elias Sayre was the youngest child of William and Rionach Sayre, an Irish Pure-Blood Family. The Sayre’s traced their history back centuries and counted among their ranks the legendary witch Morrigan on William’s side and Salazar Slytherin on Rionach’s. While they did not share the same level of rabid blood supremacy as other members of their extended family did, the Sayre’s were not the type to mingle with Muggles and Muggle-Borns.

Elias’ first disappointed his family when attending Hogwarts as he was sorted into Hufflepuff, breaking the long tradition of Sayres being proud Gryffindors. His time at Hogwarts was unremarkable as he did not try out for Quidditch and excelled at charms and transfiguration over battle magic and curses. Most of his family wrote Elias off as a black sheep and expected nothing much from him except to not embarrass the family name. Unfortunately Elias failed at this too.

Graduating from Hogwarts in 1619 he traveled to London and took up with the Muggle-Born community there. Elias became a strong advocate for Muggle rights including votes for Muggle and Magical women, abolition, and general equality. While his parents were able to overlook his bleeding heart approach, his extended family could not bear to extend him the same courtesy. His great aunt, Gormlaith Gaunt, especially hated Elias viewing him as a blight on the family tree. It was when Elias made a public proposal of marriage to a Muggle woman that Aunt Gormlaith took matters into her own hands.

The Sayres and the Gaunts had a substantial fortune between them and Gormlaith used some of the money to hire mercenary wizards to murder her nephew Elias. What Gormlaith (and Elias’ parents) did not know was that Elias was a Seer, a mage with the power to see the future. Elias had witnessed his Aunt’s betrayal and so forewarned withdrew a large amount of money from his family’s Gringotts account and fled England for the new world on the easiest ship to board: the Mayflower. Giving the fake name of Elias Story, Elias traveled across the Atlantic to hopefully find a new life in the New World.

During the long journey Elias realized that he would find no friends or allies among the Puritans and so the 18 year old fled Plymouth Colony for the western wilds of Massachusetts. He had heard about the various native tribes that lived in the Americas, but seeing how they were treated by the colonists led Elias to be fearful of them and so for three years he avoided all contact with anyone, hiding himself with his magic. Elias made his home atop the tallest point in Massachusetts, Mount Greylock, in a stone cottage well protected from detection both magical and mundane. He christened his new home Ilvermorny after his own childhood home, and was determined to make it a place of hope and love like he had never known.

During his isolation Elias learned about and even befriended several magical creatures of the region. He had a few polite conversations with Pukwudgies, had pet and ridden a Snallygaster, and beheld the magnificent migration patterns of the Thunderbird. The Thunderbirds held a special place in Elias’ heart as they used Mount Greylock as a roost during their travels across the continent. While at first weary of him, the Thunderbirds grew to trust Elias and he was able to harvest some of their tail feathers for study.

It was during one of his foraging expeditions that Elias came upon a group of No-Maj Mohican hunters (No-Maj is the American term for Muggle, short for No-Magic) who were being set upon by a Hidebehind. This beast had already killed several of the party as its pelt and natural invisibility made it almost impossible for No-Majs to fight it. Elias however made short work of the monster and dispatched it with his magic. The hunters, while obviously and rightly suspicious of a European with magic, thanked Elias and asked him to accompany them to speak with their chief Etow Oh Koam. It was with great trepidation that Elias agreed.

Elias found that he had little to worry as he was warmly welcomed by the Mohican tribe of western Massachusetts. Etow Oh Koam had three children who were all No-Maj-Born and was delighted to learn that there were other practitioners of magic from other parts of the world. This moment would be life-changing and some would argue world-changing as Elias’ eyes set upon the chief’s daughter Tahawus. It was love at first sight for both and Elias would make a point of meeting with the tribe as often as possible to have a chance of meeting Tahawus. The perfect opportunity provided itself for Elias to visit often, for Etow Oh Koam suggested a trade of magical knowledge and Elias was all too glad to accept.

While Elias had never before made a wand he knew of the process and already possessed a wide range of magical supplies. North America was full of new magical creatures from the dragon-like Snallygaster to the noble Horned Serpent. Elias had collected a sizable amount of suitable cores and so for a whole month made five wands for the Mohican’s magical members. Widely accepted as the first American made wand, the wand of Red Maple and Horned Serpent Horn that Elias presented to Tahawus was said to be as powerful as it was beautiful. Elias had poured his heart into it and offered it as a token of his love, which was happily accepted. When Elias asked Etow Oh Koam for his daughter’s hand in marriage the chief was confused for Tahawus was in fact two-spirit, they were one of few who though born of one gender preferred the social customs and responsibilities of the other. Elias was unfazed and history records his reply as simply “my heart has never led me astray”. Tahawus, who had been frightened that Elias would respond with revulsion and horror, was said to have produced magic of such beauty and joy with their wand that those who witnessed it believed that the spirits themselves were blessing the happy couple. They were soon married and Tahawus moved in with their husband Elias into their cottage.

Their marriage was a joyous one and as they could not have children of their own they adopted two young Mohican mages whose parents had died due to a magical disease. Elias and Tahawus took care of Alawa (girl) and Ahanu (boy) as if they were their own, and Elias taught them the ways of wandwork and European magic. It was here Elias found his calling and began offering his knowledge to all magical members of the tribe as well as those from neighboring tribes that had pacts with the Mohican. For all of them Elias made wands and taught them spells of protection and concealment so that they might preserve their own tribes from No-Majs coming to steal their lands. Elias found a use for the stolen money he had brought with him and purchased land on Mount Greylock for himself. 

Alawa and Ahanu had always been enchanted by their father’s stories of Hogwarts far across the ocean and so desired to have their own version here. Elias agreed and so Tahawus suggested they each found their own house, not named after themselves but after their favorite magical creatures. Fierce and fiesty Alawa chose the Wampus, calm and thoughtful Ahanu chose the Horned Serpent, kind and gentle Tahawus chose the Pukwudgie, and adventurous and wise Elias chose for himself the Thunderbird. For a while the school flourished among the native tribes of the region until a magical explorer stumbled upon the cottage after fleeing a Hidebehind. Amazed by what he saw he traveled back to the Colonies and shared his information. Not long after this tales of a school of magic hidden in western Massachusetts reached the ears of magical colonists up and down the coast and soon Elias found European families petitioning him to educate their children too. Realizing what was happening Elias and Tahawus used their magic to grow their home from a humble cottage into a large castle atop a mountain. While it would undergo numerous renovations in the coming centuries Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would open its doors officially in 1630, becoming the first European styled school of magic in North America.

Unfortunately, word of the school passed beyond the Colonies and back to the old world. When Gormlaith Gaunt heard the tale of a young man Elias who was married to a two-spirit (a Native American and a No-Maj-Born at that!) she became apoplectic with rage. Horrified that this indignity would destroy the name of her family she herself set off to the New World with the intention of hunting down her nephew, destroying him and his “unnatural” family, and ensuring that his legacy never be tied to the Sayre or Gaunt names. She disguised herself as William Sayre and traveled to the new world upon the Bonaventure, after which she stole into the American wilderness and headed north to Massachusetts.

It was on a late summer night in 1634 when Gormlaith Gaunt reached Mount Greylock and Ilvermorny. Traveling up she called out to her nephew, lying that she had come to seek forgiveness for her earlier transgressions. In his kindness Elias stepped out to see her and then she struck. It is said that the battle lasted for almost an hour. As soon as Gormlaith attacked Elias, Tahawus burst from their home roaring with rage and joined the battle, along with their adopted children. While they fought four against one, Gormlaith proved herself stronger and more dangerous. Elias and Tahawus fought to not only stop her but to protect their children, and Gormlaith used that against them. Targeting the children with a dark curse Elias threw himself in front of them taking the full brunt of the blast which almost killed him. One down Gormlaith moved forward for the kill, and that is when the Thunderbirds arrived. Witnesses to the battle from afar noted that the early stages looked like a thunderstorm atop the mountain, and that its finale was like a storm of fury and rage. Called by their supernatural sense for magical danger the Thunderbirds swarmed Mount Greylock and with a mighty and collective flap released a bolt of lightning so powerful and so concentrated that it reduced Gormlaith Gaunt to dust in a moment. All that remained of the wicked Aunt was a charred stick that had been her wand and a few twisted bits of jewelry.

Elias made a quick recovery tended by Tahawus and his children and the winds scattered Gormlaith’s ashes to the four corners of the world. Elias felt such a strong dedication to the Thunderbirds that saved his family that after his recovery he built permanent nesting grounds for them and to this day a flock of Thunderbirds still call Ilvermorny their part-time home.

News of the battle quickly spread and made its way back to England. Elias’ parents were shocked by the brutal actions of Gormlaith, but they were also proud of how their son defended his home and his family. While they didn’t openly approve of his marriage or his views, a letter to Elias arrived a few months after the battle. His parents had written to him an apology for never believing in him and for driving him away. Though they knew they would most likely never see each other again, they wanted their son to know that they were proud of him, proud of the family he loved and protected, and proud of the school he built. Elias would never speak of the letter but it still hangs preserved and framed in the Headmaster’s office to this day. 

Elias and Tahawus lived well into their hundreds, staving off Arcane Governor William Stoughton and his Scourers during the American Wizarding Revolution and witnessing the founding of the Magical Confederation of the United States of America. When they passed away together in 1718 President Charity Wilkinson (Wampus) declared a national day of mourning and remembrance for the two beloved educators. Alawa and Ahanu both went on to form their own families who produced children of magical power. Today, the current Headmistress Isabella Ingersoll is a direct descendant of Ahanu and the Sayre line.

[althaeaofficinalis]

someone in a discord server I'm in said that they think gendry is cersei's kid and that he's the legitimate successor to robert, and I wrote up something way too long for discord so I'm posting it here:

idk I feel like one of the main themes in ASOIAF is "clinging to blood purity and blood supremacy is wrecking this place so ultimately it doesn't matter who your family is" - like one of the best people in the entire story is Davos Seaworth, a man who was a smuggler, a man who stands in front of his king and lord and tells him that using children's blood for sympathetic magic is still murder and is bad ("What is the life of one bastard boy against a kingdom?” “Everything,” said Davos, softly.) and he comes from nothing and nowhere! For an example, Jon might be the son of Rhaegar biologically - but ultimately he isn't a vessel to carry Rhaegar's dreans into reality, he's Ned's son now, and he is his own person. Dany's hallucinating on the Dothraki plains and maybe losing a child and she's hearing, "Dragons plant no trees," but she isn't her family, she doesn't have to commit to fire and blood (and ultimately I don't think she will). Tywin gave his children a double Lannister legacy and look what that gave them - the twins are committing incest and the youngest has massive sexual trauma inflicted by his father and nobody will inherit Casterly Rock at this point. (Kevan's son is committed to the Sparrows because of the sexual trauma inflicted on him by his cousin Cersei!)

This is all really to say, I don't know what it adds for Gendry to be a legitimate son of Robert and Cersei, even if Cersei didn't explicitly say she did everything possible to make sure she only conceived by Jaime. She wouldn't keep that kid alive. She wouldn't go see that kid. If Gendry's mom was Cersei, he would be dead in the cradle.

[soraeia]

The Dominions of The Seven Deadly Sins

The Dominions are a class of seven eight individuals who have been granted embodiment(further explanation later) as well as leadership and supremacy over other creatures and lands existing within the domains of their respective Sin. Thus, the Dominion demons themselves rank just below the imperials(or imperium, a class reserved specifically for Hell's ruling family).

Wrath - Ira, Lord Ira/Wrath, Damian d' Ira

Name: Damian Havencor Up until Lyall, he has been the only Dominion known to have once been human. A part of the "dead race", as those who look down upon mortal-turned-demons would call them.

Lust - Luxuria, Lord Luxuria/Lust, Savane de Luxuria

Name: Savane Soresi He is in serious financial debt to Greed (and Wrath, much to his chargin) due to his excessive spending.

Pride - Superbia, Lord/Lady Superbia/Pride

Names: ??? The anomaly. Only one individual at a time is ever allowed to hold a Dominion Sin title, yet somehow an ancient demoness and her newly wed headless husband has made it possible.

Greed - Avaritia, Lord Avaritia/Greed, Avar, Hyland d' Avaritia

Name: Hyland (but he does Not like being called by that) Perhaps the quietest among the Dominions, mostly minding his own business as he builds and builds a wealth he is never satisfied with. Also has a small daughter named Paperclip. Yes. Paperclip.

Gluttony - Gula, Lord Gula/Gluttony, Little Lord

An actual 600-year old child. He has others who help him do his job while he just runs off to do what he wants. Attaches to an individual he will refer to as "mama" every other century before he eats them.

Sloth - Acedia, Lady Acedia/Sloth, Cia

Name: ??? The most dormant yet most powerful Dominion if woken into a frenzy. Sleeping near 80% of the time, and when not sleeping she's attached to her mate like a cape.

Envy - Invidia, Lord Invidia/Envy, Lyall d' Invidia

Name: Lyall L. Merlow The youngest and newest Dominion, and also the younger brother of Allisae and Avelan from their time as mortals. Has no idea what is happening. Is a mess. Probably also needs help doing his job because just wants to go back to his mom but he isn't allowed to leave---

[raven-of-domain-kwaad]

OC Tag Game

Got tagged by @starknstarwars thanks very much!

Will give out some no pressure tags to @swtorpadawan, @a-master-procrastinator, @dream-of-tanalorr, @imperial-topaz2003, @voidendron and anyone else that sees this and wants to give it a go!

favorite oc - Amarra Kine

I have fallen so hard for my girl Amarra. She is a force for political change yet has no vision for the future. She is one of the most powerful individuals in the empire yet has no ambition for personal power. She loves her family more than anything and yet she is completely alone in the empire. She is the deadliest warrior in the galaxy yet she wants peace for herself and her people. She is a mess of contradictions and I love her for it.

newest oc - Lana Kine

Lana is my OC Kelsa Kine's youngest child. Lana was named after Kelsa's mother Lana Beniko.

(Lana is in the background and Kelsa is in the foreground)

oldest oc - Ryscha Kine

When I made the decision to give SWTOR another chance at the start of the pandemic, I made Ryscha. She began as a semi-self insert before I just started making my Kine Family of OCs and she became her own person. (I did have two previous SWTOR characters that I made in like 2012 but I never really developed them into actual characters)

meanest oc - Avaraxi Dagan

My mad scientist OC that will happily vivisect anyone if it gets them more usable data points. They did vivisect and ran numerous experiments on Kelsa Kine, even harvesting some of her eggs for later which is how Lana Kine and her siblings came to be.

Also diversity win! The mad scientist that's running unethical experiments on you is non-binary!

softest oc - Bryala Kine

All Bryala wants in life is to be a good person and not disappoint those closest to her. And if she can help others along the way then she'll happily do so.

most aloof/standoffish oc - Keras'eren'naru

She is a Chiss that believes in Chiss supremacy. Everyone else is beneath her and her people.

dumbest (affectionate) oc - Inara Almari

She spent her early young adult life raiding dangerous tombs and ruins on the off chance that there might be ancient knowledge she can study. She will also forget about lab safety procedures if she gets too carried away while running experiments. Because she focuses so much on her work she was captured by Zakuulan forces on three separate occasions and all three times resulted in her being rescued by Ryscha Kine who eventually took her on as an apprentice. Inara might have also accidentally infected Ryscha with the rakghoul plague while developing a vaccine. Whoops sorry Master!

smartest oc - Serra Kine

I mean she helped develop the refined Children of the Emperor procedures for Vitiate. Was trusted to develop a Children of the Emperor 2.0 generation using children actually sired by the Voice of the Emperor. While doing all this successful force experimentation, she also planed out a coup against Vitiate (which while unsuccessful in her life was more or less carried out by her daughters Amarra and Ryscha). She also discovered Nathema on her own and managed to negotiate an alliance with the spirits of Marka Ragnos, Naga Sadow, Tulak Hord and Exar Kun on Yavin IV to help her take down Vitiate.

horniest oc - Élise Kine and Braken Rist

This married couple enjoy dominating the other nobles of Alderaan in their spare time and will also happily engage in the whole sleep with a target before killing them assassination special. They usually go at it again with each other after said assassinations too.

oc you'd bang - Damar Nakash

Damar is kinky, caring and enjoys making his partners quiver. Also those sith ridges are always mmmm

oc you'd be best friends with irl - Inara Almari

I love folks that have special interests and hyper-fixations. Listening to them info dump passionately is always great and I enjoy learning new things that way. Inara fits that bill. She is also the right type of dumb ass that I would probably laugh a lot with her

[elevatorladylady]

Critical Reread - ACOTAR Chapter 2

Join me on a reread of A Court of Thorns and Roses

Chapter 2

F/eyre feeds her family.

“Mortals didn’t possess magic—didn’t possess any of the superior strength and speed of the faeries or High Fae.”

It'd be a lot more interesting if the humans in this world possessed something the Fae do not. The Fae Supremacy in this series is out of control.

“But then again, my mother hadn’t made them swear anything when they stood beside her deathbed.”

I really wish we got any kind of reasoning for this at all. Especially since F/eyre says she was the most distant from her mother. Could have been an interesting scene to have her ask Papa Archeron at some point.

“Elain sometimes just … didn’t grasp things.”

I am so curious about Elain's POV, though it's entirely possible that her attitude during the cabin years won't come up at all.

“No, she just spent whatever money I didn’t hide from her, and rarely bothered to acknowledge my father’s limping presence at all.”

Bad look for my girl, Nesta.

“Some days, I couldn’t tell which of us was the most wretched and bitter.”

As much as Nesta is awful during this time, it's nice to see that F/eyre deeply understands the bitterness Nesta feels. And it's also a hint that F/eyre can be unpleasant too.

“No one bothered to confirm they’d heard me, anyway.”

I always wonder how much of this part is written for a book where Nesta and Elain don't get a bigger part down the road. There are hints of goodness in them, but it's just so bleak and hard to come back from.

“and that Nesta was sometimes prone to leaving far out of his reach.”

Bad girl, Nesta!

“He just let me walk into those deadly, eerie woods that even the most seasoned hunters were wary of.”

HE LET HER HUNT. HER DAD. WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE PROVIDER.

“I glanced at Nesta’s still-shiny pair by the door. Beside hers, my too-small boots were falling apart at the seams, held together only by fraying laces.”

SJM is doing the most to make sure we feel bad for F/eyre, but she's totally in control of their money. If they have new stuff and F/eyre doesn't, that's because she chose to sacrifice her own needs for her family.

“You stink like a pig covered in its own filth. Can’t you at least try to pretend that you’re not an ignorant peasant?”

OMG Nesta.

“she didn’t have time to do anything with me at all save contemplate how my budding abilities to sketch and paint might secure me a future husband.”

Why in the world would this woman charge her with taking care of the family if she only recognized her artistic abilities?

“Had she lived long enough to see our wealth crumble, she would have been shattered by it”

It makes even less sense that she had her make this promise before they lost their wealth. Why would the feral youngest child be in any position to protect her high society family?

“Stay together, and look after them.”

I do wonder if the promise is even necessary. F/eyre has enough motivation with not wanting her family to die, even if they are awful to her. And by this point she isn't trying to keep them together, she's trying to marry her sisters off. And there isn't any kind of pay off where we get to explore F/eyre's relationship with her mother.

“We have nothing to offer them—no dowry; no livestock, even. While Tomas might want to marry you … you’re a burden.”

I feel like this is the closest we get to F/eyre also being "wretched" as she previously states.

I don't think this is really anti F/eyre, but I added /// just in case.