#zirian

[mishy-mashy]

*looks up "unordinary" for fics here*

*sees nothing*

*opens up existing drafts to drop some stray lines here*

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A mainly New Bostin-centric fic and OC. Zirian is a main character. Including,

Arlo and Levani are neighbors. Levani is a karen

She spared herself the hassle and had the new fridge delivered to Arlo's door, where his across-the-road neighbor apparently tried taking it as her own, dragging it like some gremlin.

"LEVANI STOP BEING A BITCH!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME, BOY!?"

Zirian embodying the trope of [kind to exactly one person]

"Hold on a second," Zirian muttered, fishing out his ringing phone. One look at the contact name and he accepted, bringing the phone to his ear. "Hi, Kels," he murmured in the softest voice ever.

His Turf mates boggled at him. Because what the fuck?

Whoever was speaking on the other side was definitely a female voice. Something about wrangling sheep, subways, and not being able to come to town today.

"Okay. Okay," he whispered to whoever was on the other side of the line. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"'kay. Can you hang up? My hands are wet."

Oh, they recognized that voice. They definitely knew who this was. Country bumpkin, she was.

"Okay. Bye."

He removed the phone from his ear and hung up. Immediately stuffing the phone in his pocket, his glare returned full-force as he rounded on them.

"Now listen here, you little shits-"

Zirian losing to low-tiers when it comes to farmwork. This life is not for him

"Hup!"

CLUCK!

"Up and at 'em, King! We got work to do!"

He let out a loud groan of protest, to the loud, indignant clucking of the chicken that just got thrown out the window after running over his face. Apparently, that chicken getting in the house was a common occurrence.

When he raised his head to look out the window, and saw only pitch blackness, he let a louder complaint. This wasn't ass o'clock in the morning. He didn't even think it was morning.

He could stand her level of craziness. But the amount of labor her lifestyle required was bound to drive him to retirement at the early, early age of 18.

John rising up as a violent King

"Where the fuck is she?! I'm going to kill her and string her intestines as this school’s Christmas lights!"

If someone told her an angsty sophomore would be trying to gut her today, she'd have just called the police and stayed home to sleep in the sheep pen.

Alas, she was not warned. The fact a teacher got thrown out a window was only part of the result of catching John's attention for "training".

Zirian can cook. OC cannot.

".. I killed someone with my cooking," she finally said, at how Zirian froze on his feet after putting the spoon in his mouth.

"..... What did you put in this?" It took a strangely long amount of time for Zirian to compose himself, gulp down the food, and compose himself again.

(It happened to not only include him trying to be polite over retching into the sink, but becoming Catholic for exactly 10 seconds to send a prayer of "What the fuck" to God, but she'd breeze past that)

"??? I followed the box. It said one of the main ingredients was salt." She pointed at the ingredients used to make the macaroni and cheese powder. "And I thought any white powder would do, so I used baking soda."

"And you used how much?"

"Just a cup."

"And the soy sauce..?"

Ah, he saw her use that too? She didn't know he was watching her cook.

"Well, I think of cheese as an umami flavor, and soy sauce is pretty similar, so-"

"You followed the list of ingredients instead of the cooking instructions?"

She looked at the box. "There are cooking instructions?"

"Oh my god-"

[heylelumus]

he escupido.

@vixy-ki @coalcrown

[beehiveofblorbos]

Another similarity between John and Blyke; they were both Rank Fives at one point who later ascended to King! They also both got into tons of fights with their predecessor before ascending to the role

[just-a-lil-guy-uwu]

bored....

UWU TIME BABY!

UwU 

[anhelconhmuda]

@bei-xxx estoy recopilando mis viejos memes y me salió cuando le dediqué papi chulo al asqueroso de azriel daddy de medio kaelkoth

[oreothefox715]

Wolf’s voice claim Project Alice from Resident Evil :3

[qernn]

Flipando con el tema de Masterpiece de @bei-xxx y @gamberroymaleante, porque lo tenía en mi lista de lecturas kkothianas (así es, una buena stalker apunta temas que se quiere zampar), y no puedo dejar de chillar imaginando su diálogo con todo lujo de detalles. Escalofríos con:

Y con:

Me torturáis con tanta belleza.

[heylelumus]

lo que escucha Mikhail en "el ojo avizor:

lo que hace con la niña del diablo:

[ro-rogue]

the tragic thing about john doe is that he was doomed from the start.

he was likely born in a low- or mid-tier district: new bostin high's old king, zirian, was the only one john had trouble beating, before he figured out how to amplify abilities, and at the time he beat zirian, zirian was a 3.7. zirian, pre-john, was considered incredibly powerful, nigh unbeatable. in new bostin, someone who was barely an elite was considered incredibly powerful.

god-tiers are already incredibly rare. they're even more rare than high-tiers, and whenever remi, blyke, and isen visit a low-tier district as vigilantes, everyone regards them almost as royalty - unbelievably powerful, unreachable, divinity on earth. they are with dozens, and they’re terrified of a single, non-hostile girl. also, some of the background characters say: “what’s a high-tier doing in branish?” “yeah, they would never come to a place like this.” most low-tiers likely have never even seen a high-tier in the flesh, let alone a god-tier.

add to that that wellston is supposed to be the most powerful school in the province, at least, and before john, there were only two god-tiers in attendance: an 8.0 and a 6.3. and before arlo became king, rei was, and rei was a 5.8. the king of the strongest school in the province was a 5.8.

jane doe was raised in a god-tier family. she knows, presumably, what it means to be a god-tier, when everyone around you is weaker than you, and not by a little bit. but jane has been gone since john was a toddler - and the only person left to raise him was his father. his cripple father, who has lived his whole life being spat on, disregarded, considered less than.

and then you have john. john first discovered his ability in his last year of middle school. unordinary doesn't give us an exact timeframe, but it is mentioned that he first uses his ability towards the end of the school year. if we assume that the education system in unordinary is comparable to the us education system, then that makes john about fourteen years old. it is never mentioned when most kids discover their abilities, but sera mentioned that she got martial arts lessons for a few years when she was a young child, but stopped when her ability came in. assuming sera's development is normal and abilities usually come in at the same age regardless of level, that would place the average age well before ten. another thing: everyone around john seemed to assume he would never get an ability. they considered him a cripple. which either means that late-bloomers are so incredibly rare that it isn't even considered a possibility, or john was so far past the age of ability manifestation that no one thought it was possible.

of course, his dad was also a cripple, and since genetics are a thing in uno, it would make sense for people to assume john would be a cripple even before he passed the manifestation age. (and treat him accordingly)

john got expelled in his second year in high school. when, exactly, doesn't really matter. once again assuming that the uno education system works like the us education system, that would place john at 15-16 years old.

so you have this kid, sixteen years old, who's had his ability for about two years. he spent most of his life being considered the lowest of the low - spat on, disregarded, less than. his dad, his only parental figure, has had those exact same experiences, and the only thing he can tell his child is that that is just the way the world works. it's unfair, but that's life.

but then he gets an ability. and within two years, he is almost twice as strong as the second strongest kid around. none of the adults have ever met someone as strong as him. him, the former cripple, with the cripple father. former lowest of the low, now a god amongst men. the kids, though, his classmates, his peers, they don't really understand his power. how much stronger he is than them. to tell the truth, he doesn't either, not fully. he's never met someone as strong as he is, at sixteen. but his classmates, they just remember when they used to walk all over him. when they would beat him bloody and then complain about getting his disgusting cripple blood on their shoes. and now he dares to stand above them?

they don't like him. of course they don't. cripples aren't able to become gods. they can't comprehend that john did.

and john, obviously, lashes out at his former bullies. he finally has a chance to pay them back, for all the cuts, bruises, broken bones he'd received from them over the years. he's stronger than them, and it's his turn to make them hurt. he goes farther than they did - their abilities are useless against the might of his power - but he doesn't really care. (they never held back, so he doesn't either, and the damage he does is much, much worse. the adults are mad, and he doesn't get why. he's only doing what everyone else does.)

the adults have no idea how to handle him. he's out of control. but they've never seen an ability this powerful before, except on tv, or in stories. high-rankers are supposed to keep order. (but no one listens to john. why would they? he's just a cripple, the lowest of the low, who managed to cheat the system.) his dad, kind-hearted william doe the cripple, has no idea how to help him. he can't relate to his problems at all. (is there even a problem? who wouldn't want to be powerful? for william, for adrian, for claire, it'd be a dream come true. it used to be, for john.) there is no one around who even vaguely knows what it's like to be a god-tier, or even a high-tier, or even just a high-ranker in general, except for zirian, who's barely a high-ranker at all, and who hates john for dethroning him. there is no one who understands him.

so then you have john. sixteen years old. god-tier. angry at the world, and the world is angry at him. how was he ever supposed to win?

[michixoxo]

"𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮?"

what is the unO main cast's ethnicity's and sexualities?

Sera

bi queen

the head of the bisexuals actually

perfect arc sera probably had a hint that she liked girls but shoved it so down into her soul that pretty much no one would've guessed

she probably tried forcing herself to like arlo but that lasted for like 30 minutes at best...

during cripple john, she probably didn't really care about her sexuality, only being able to finally admit she liked girls.

she's not in the closet anymore really, she just doesn't tell anyone about it unless they specifically ask.

she's never brought up anything sexuality related with her parents. leilah did once and it didn't go over very smoothly.

her childhood gay awakening was shego from kim possible

she's russian but lived in the U.S. for her entire life

she doesn't speak the language but can understand certain common words and learned multiple swear words from leilah when they were kids

John

omnisexual brat

he never really cared about the genders of people he liked

he'd just see someone and think they were hot, regardless of what they presented themselves as.

though, i think his kryptonite is most definitely boobs

he blushes pretty much whenever a pretty girl talks to him

when he was younger he had the teenest, tinest crush on zirian for like two months or so

but it quickly went out the window once he dethroned him

he also may have a thing for people stronger than him, both ability wise and physical wise

he was never really in the closet so to speak, he once asked his dad if it was normal to like both guys and girls and william was the most supportive dad ever about it all

he makes jokes that make it obvious he likes guys as well, but he'll only specifically state his sexuality when asked about it.

his childhood gay awakening was shang from Mulan.

he's half-german half-american, at least thats what his dad tells him

he only really considers himself american since he doesn't know his mom

william tried both learning german himself and teaching it to john but john got bored so fast that it was a complete waste of time

like sera, he knows a few swear words and will just shout them out randomly

Arlo

bi king

so far into the closet its actually insane

at least he's well dressed (unlike a certain joker cough cough)

he definitely didn't understand anything about being gay or whatever. his parents aren't too conservative but they definitely didn't teach nor tell him anything about same sex love, and not in a positive light anyway.

he barely had any girl crushes and almost never any guy crushes, so he didn't even think about his sexuality at all.

until he entered wellston and became a little too involved with a certain blue haired king (fly high rei)

he gay panicked so hard the first time he saw rei without a shirt on, like his entire body malfunctioned and started convulsing.

till tomorrow, he'll never come out. he might have some internalized homophobia and be concerned about how the people closest to him might view him, especially his aunt.

the closet is sealed shut and bulletproof at this point

his childhood gay awakening was both aladdin and prince eric

he's french and has all the audacity of a parisian

he speaks the language pretty fluently already and takes french class at wellston for the easy grade.

he lived in Paris until he was 7 and learned to suppress his accent a lot, though it comes out whenever he's extremely pissed.

he just screams in a raspy parisian accent and its either extremely hot or viscerally terrifying depending on who you ask

Remi

pansexual girlboss

she loves everyone with no preference at all

shes always just been really non-judgemental about everything and so kind

"omg he's so cute! wait he's non-binary? omg they're so cute!"

like John, she'd just see someone and think they were cute, regardless of their gender

she remembers having her first crush on a girl at 13.

remi: mom, can i start dating yet?

mama lightning: ABSOLUTELY NOT! no boys until you're 30!

remi: ...well do I have news for you

speaking of girl crushes, I think the wellston lesbians love her. like, she's friendly, pretty, and strong to the point where its intimidating but not absolutely terrifying.

evie probably wrote fanfics about her and posted them on ao3

this sweetiepie also might've had a crush on perfect arc seraphina for about a month, but she quickly got over it once she saw just how different their idealogies and personalities were.

her childhood gay awakening was calhoun from wreck it ralph

her parents are both canadians and she made trips to both vancouver and quebec to visit family very regularly.

she picked up a little quebecois and tried speaking it to arlo. she still remembers the absolute look of disdain he gave her.

Blyke

demisexual malewife

he never felt anything like love at first sight, even towards remi

it takes a lot for him to begin liking someone, even platonically. he isn't the nicest guy and wasn't all that interested in making many friends, especially very surface level ones.

that said, he didn't really think much of it. his sexuality wasn't ever really on his mind.

it wasn't until remi that he knew what it meant to really, truly like someone. from the way they blinked to the way they breathed.

it was like his eyes were opened for the first time in a long, long while.

that said, he was low-key kinda afraid to tell his mom about it.

he just didn't want it to change anything, didn't know if it was important enough that he should even waste his time on telling her.

but when he did finally, it didn't go how he expected.

blyke: mom, I think I'm like, demisexual... or something...

blyke's mom: demisexual and still can't get a boyfriend nor a girlfriend? bless your heart

blyke: that's not even what it's.... y'know what? idk why I bother

his childhood gay awakening was Danny from Danny phantom

WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER?!?!? 🦅🦅🦅

american born and raised in the mid-west

he was really confused the first time isen came over to his dorm and blyke slapped his hands on his knees and said "welp, guess it getting past my bedtime." and the dumbass responded with "it's like 7:00, are you a child?"

he then reverted to saying get the fuck out

Isen

queer prick

the most non-committal person to ever exist

went on a tangent about how "gender and sexuality constructs make people feel inclined to label themselves as something to fit into the boxes society sets up for them-"

blyke started fake snoring just to piss him off.

he's out of the closet only to his close friends like remi and blyke

his parents are conservative so he pretty much assumes that they wouldn't support him.

he isn't as upset about it as he was when he first figured it out, he guesses that's just how the world works, and he got the short end of a straw.

he's gay panic personified. he kinda thought arlo was hot after the fork incident, but it multiplied by like 100x when his growth spurt hit.

he's equal parts terrified and equal parts enamored.

same thing with cecile, there's no way he didn't show up to the press club on his first day, get absolutely berated by cecile for a shit article he showed her, and then came back for more the next day.

for some reason I always saw him as latino.

like he'd just randomly start cursing people (arlo) under his breath in spanish.

blyke will ask him for notes and he'll say okay just to write it all in spanish.

blyke: what the fuck is this dude. you fucking know I cant understand this shit

isen: sounds like a skill issue

[heylelumus]

"el ojo avizor" be like:

@vixy-ki @coalcrown

[qranta]

( @bei-xxx )

Death in Love

— by Chema Gil Ramirez

[unordinary-diary]

In JWNCAU would John still want to become king of New Bostin? Would he become powerful enough like Jane to be targeted for his powers?

Good question!

ask game

In the JWNCAU, John does still become New Bostin’s king, but because of Jane’s parenting he ends up stepping down and giving the throne back to Zirian. (Jane gets involved and tells John to either be a better king or don’t be king at all, and John chooses to abdicate.) Then, we can get a really sweet moment when John comes home from school and tells Jane he gave up his title. He thinks she’ll be disappointed with his choice but she hugs him and says “No, I’m proud of you”.

As for the second question... considering that the basis for this au is that Jane was left alone, I don’t see a reason why John would be targeted instead of her. In regards to his strength, I do think John would be more powerful in this au than canon, because Jane would help him use it and he wouldn’t have hidden his ability. However, I really don’t think that John is going to be as strong as his mom. I’d give him an 8.0 max. The main reason for that is William. I don’t entirely know how ability genetics works, but I imagine that William’s genetics would give John a lower level than if Jane had a child with another high tier. That’s also my theory on why he was a late-bloomer— Willaim’s genetics made his ability develop much later. It also happened to Terrence: Weak mother + strong father = strong late bloomer, but he’s still weaker than his father.

Another reason why I think John would be weaker than Jane is that Jane was probably pressured her whole life to become stronger and stronger. I highly doubt Jane would pressure John like that, so he’s quite a bit weaker than he would be if she did.

I’m gonna place him at a 7.8 in this au, but with potential to get stronger during the story.

[qernn]

Mirein y Zirian in a nutshell. Change my mind

[ro-rogue]

i have very mixed feelings about the new bostin confrontation that got john expelled.

it is portrayed as the worst of john's actions in new bostin, his lowest, most violent moment. and while that last part is not untrue, i feel like the confrontation is a lot more complicated than just john going insane.

by that point, john had already been king for a little while, and he was absolutely terrible at it. (i've written before on why i think that is, and even his objectively horrible actions here were not excusable but understandable.) claire decided he needed to be stopped, and she gathered a bunch of their schoolmates to confront him, as her vision had shown. then, instead of trying to talk it out, zirian (one of the people she had gathered, for some reason) immediately attacked john, and everything devolved from there.

now, a few things stick out to me here:

first of all, claire took zirian with her to confront john. the question is: why? john and zirian had already fought on multiple occassions, and last time they fought, john had beaten zirian. did claire think seeing someone john defeated in a fair fight would make him realize he was a horrible person? did she think that if people saw zirian, they too would be willing to confront john? but wouldn't those people then think they were going to beat john up? did she not realize that if people believed her lie enough to follow her, they would be prepared to act on it too? i really struggle with her thought process here.

next, zirian thought that they could beat john if they all worked together. this supports my theory that the kids in new bostin had absolutely no idea how powerful a god-tier was. the wellston kids would never try to gang up like that on pre-ability loss seraphina - they knew she was too strong.

however, they did gang up on john at least sixteen-to-one (in episode 185, the shot with the most classmates shows sixteen people). when claire was telling the story to seraphina, she made it sound like it was completely unreasonable that john assumed that a group of people who all hated him, at least some of whom he had fought before, including the former king, would want to attack and overthrow him. "he refused to listen" is true, and something john has struggled with a lot both before and after the ambush, but to be honest, in his shoes, i also wouldn't have believed claire.

moreover, he is criticized for going too far in beating them up, but imo that mostly applies to claire and adrion, who weren't actually attacking him. the other fifteen kids were very clearly willing to hurt him just as much as he ended up hurting them. besides, they were attacking him fifteen-to-one, with claire standing to the side - what was john supposed to do? hold back?

the answer, of course, is yes: he should've. it was absolutely not right for him to go that far. but we must understand that john was sixteen, stressed, hurt, and facing people who were likely his former bullies, in the sense that everyone used to bully him.

(plus claire, who gathered everyone there, and how was he supposed to know that she didn't mean for it to turn out like that? and plus adrion, who called the authorities on him, which was objectively a good decision, but it can be hard to see it that way when you're the one who the cops are being called on)

in addition to that, if seraphina or even arlo had been ganged up on like that, no one would be surprised if they, too, fucked up their opponents. (remember that turf war back in episode 17/18/something? where arlo clearly wasn't just going to stop hurting rein, not until seraphina physically stopped him?) john was out of control and very much Not Okay, but his handling of the ambush actually seems to be quite typical for a god-tier.

so to conclude, the new bostin ambush/confrontation was more complex than simply john going crazy, and while both he and claire definitely think that he is the only one at fault there and he acted completely irrationally, that isn't actually the case, and uno readers should be aware that we are viewing the story from the perspectives of biased and thus unreliable narrators.

[qranta]

(@bei-xxx)

"Lullaby"

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