#*proceeds to explode a tiger*

[lavaflowe]

WOE, BACK PAIN UPON YE

#Wukong asks Sanzang to walk on his back- Sanzang politely declines #he’s worried Wukongs gonna break his back 5 minutes into the journey #Wukong resisting the urge to rip out his spine and grow a new one #don’t want to scare shifu <333 #*proceeds to explode a tiger* #sun wukong #jttw #journey to the west #my art #tang sanzang #meme

[elia-de-silentio]

Chapter 8: Kill a Man and Die Thee Too

NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

We pick up roght from where we had left: Atsushi facing the little girl. She introduces herself as Kyouka, lists her likes and dislikes, and declares that she has killed thirty-five people up to that point. She proceeds to thoroughly trash Atsushi.

Meanwhile, Yosano talks philosophy with the mafia bomber, who muses on the essence of 'death'. He answers by locking her with a bunch of bombs and leaving her to die.

Back to Atsushi, who takes a moment of reprieve by hiding, and observing the scared passengers, he thinks that if he will be able to 'prove' himself by saving them, he will demonstrate that he has a right to live, contrarily to what the orphanage headmaster told him. So, he returns to the fight, summoning the strenght and speed of the tiger.

Kaiji returns to see if Yosano is properly cooked, and he gets decked in the face as an answer. Yosano reveals how she survived by explaining her Ability: a healing power that allows her to cure any wound, but only activates when the vict ... the patient is near death.

She promptly tortures informations about the bomb out of Kaiji by this very method, and communicates them to an Atsushi who has just 1) defeated Kyouka and 2) realized that the girl looks so unfeeling and prompted her to express herself more. The bomb is activated at a distance, and Atsushi realizes that this is true for the Ability of the girl, too, that obeyed the voice from the phone instead of orders from Kyouka. The voice now orders her immolation in the bombing, but she rebels, jumping out of the train to avoid exploding onboard. Atsushi jumps after her, and manages to get the explosive off her and protect her from the impact.

The voice is revealed as Akutagawa's, who nows closes transmissions and comments on the event to a chained-up Dazai.

NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES

During the fight between Yosano and Kaiji, we (and the latter) are baited into thinking that Yosano is dead, because she's half dangling from the window and we don't see her face. Then she springs into action.

In the last page, there is a cliffhanger of Dazai in the mafia's clutches: he says nothing, and we have no clue on what is going to happen to him.

CHARACTERS

Yosano: in the first chapter, she was introduced as a generic 'hot sadistic lady'; here, we get to see more of her depths in her conversation with Kaiji. When he muses a preposterous reflection on death which he wants to investigate by killing people, Yosano bluntly answers that death is the loss of life, despite a doctor's efforts. Here it becomes clear that she values life, and what she does to preserve it, very much. Her hurting people is actually a necessity to save them, not something she does for the fun of it; the questions stays why acting like she enjoys it, but this will have an answer in another chapter.

Atsushi: here he shows himself as very shaped and controlled by the environment he grew up in. The headmaster's abuse instilled in him the idea that he was worthless unless he was 'useful', and he sees saving lives as a mean to prove that he is worth something, that he is worth to keep on living. Once again, he is a fascinating mix of selfless and selfish: he risks his life to protect a bunch of strangers, putting himself in the line of fire despite having had a taste of how dangerous Demon Snow can be; but he also is saving those lives as a way to prove that he himself is important.

Kaiji: he tries very deep to be profound about death, noticing that the medical conditions that cause it can be easily reversed in a lab, so why is death so final? He wants to find it out by bombing things. As I said, he tries to be deep, and is very arrogant about it (he is very condescending to Yosano until he realizes who she is) and gets promptly trashed by the superior philosopher as a result.

Kyouka: the mysterious little girl from the previous chapter finally receives a name. And the 'mystery aura' takes some heavy hits: it's revealed that her Abilityis controlled by someone else through a phone, and the girl that seemed so terrifying is actually unable to even control what happens with her own powers. She still takes the responsibility of the people killed by the Ability, but she's far from remorseless: a tiny hint of sympathy from Atsushi is enough to prompt her to make it known that she doesb't want to kill anymore, and tries to off herself to save the people on the train.

Akutagawa: a new side to his ferocity is revealed: he was quite willing to use a little girl as a 'pawn' to further his plans, forcong her to become a killer and then pushing her to her death.

THEMES

The 'importance of life' makes its great return in both fights. With Yosano and Kaiji, it is discussed indirectly, through its cessation: Kaiji focus on 'death' in itself, Yosano instead focuses on life and the fundamental importance of it, to the point of defining death as simply its cessation. She has seen much more death than Kaiji has, and still, her focus stays firmly on life.

With Atsushi, the value of life is put into discussion and seen as depending on other factors; in this case, the 'usefulness' of the person. How much a person can be useful to a child abuser is no great parametre for the importance of lufe, but go tell this to the abused child: Atsushi, while hating the Headmaster, still embraces his worldview, trying to prove not that his life is essentially important, but that he is worthy of it.

SYMBOLISM

• The tiger: once again, Atsushi's Ability comes to represent his will to live and self-affirm. Although it is through wanting to defend other people, his core motivation here is wanting to prove himself as worthy of living, and this gives him better access to the tiger's strenght and speed.

• Demon snow: Kyouka's Ability is powerful, deadly, and controlled by someone else. A good representation of the state of Kyouka herself: a kid who is controlled by a large organization of stronger people, using her and forcing her to do something she doesn't want to.

REFERENCES

• Kyouka Izumi comes from the pseudonym of a male writer, Kyotaro Izumi (1873 - 1939). Active in the prewar period, he is known for the richness of his prose and for the reoccurrence of supernatural themes in his writing.

• Demon Snow comes from Izumi's play Demon Pond, in which the character Shirayuki (...'snow white') is offered as a human sacrifice to a demon pond of which she becomes the princess instead, but with a clause of being unable to leave it, lest the village be submerged by floodwaters.

Thank you for reading!

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd meta #bsd analysis #bsd atsushi #bsd kyouka #bsd yosano #bsd kajii #tentative analyses #tentative analyses: bungou stray dogs

[juneaulime]

Golden Core

Summary I was rewatching MDZS donghua and thought to myself "if only he told them about his golden core". Here I am. Probably very bad but hey I needed to get it out of my system.

Tags: Angst (tried), Probably OOC, Not Beta Read.

Written in Wei Wuxian pov

I tried

I just wanted to make Jin Ling happy

I finally reached Qiongqi Path with Wen Qing. I could hear some Lanling Jin disciple shouting orders. I turned to Wen Qing indicating her to stay behind me, then we proceed foward. There they were all the remaining people from Qishang Wen, they were only elders and a child. "Move you Wen-dog!" Ah, that annoying voice of Jin Zixun, if it wasn't for his title I would've killed him right were he stand. "How dare you to stop walking! Move your ass you filthy dog!" He shouts at the old man, 'You're one lucky bastard Jin Zixun, if I had a blade I would've cut you in half'. I walked forward with Wen Qing following behind, "Wei Wuxian? Why are you here?" "Wen Ning" "Who?!" "Wen Ning, where is he?" "I don't know who you're talking about" Man, just listening to him annoys the hell out of me. "Are you sure?" "I said I don't know! Why would I keep tabs on some filthy Wen dogs?! What you want to save them?" He looks at me thinking he "hurt" my feelings "And what if that is my idea? You're going to stop me?" I make eye contact with him and scoff "With your ability, you'll be lucky to tickle me" "You- You're nothing but a son of a servant, you have no title, you low born scum!" "Come on, can't think of a new way to insult me? You're pathetic. Wen Qing go ahead, when you find Wen Ning call me. I'm going to entertain Little Lord Jin Zixun." When I said those words a swarm of Lanling Jin disciples took out their blades and prepared to fight me. I took out Chenqing, that action alone was enough to make them hesitate. I started playing and in a blink of an eye half of them were on the ground. "AAAH!!" Wen Qing screamed from afar, I just quickly delt with the annoying ants and rushed to her position. When I reached her I heard "AH-NING!!" I looked over and saw what they've done to him. "You killed him" I turned to Jin Zixun "So what? He's a Wen that's his fate" "Wen Qing and Wen Ning, never harmed anyone, instead they helped many cultivators. So tell me what kind of sins they and the others here have committed?" "THEY'RE SURNAME IS WEN! THAT'S THEIR SIN, ANY ONE WITH THAT SURNAME DESERVES TO DIE!" There's no use trying to talk to this waste of a human. I felt the Stygian Tiger Sigil react to my emotions and it exploded, all of it's energy floaded into Wen Ning, turning him into a Fighting Zombie. I started playing Chenqing. I was so close to Jin Zixun then-

A familiar sound, 'It's him'. "Wei Ying" 'Lan Zhan' he looked tired and sad. Then I looked up there he stood the other waste of oxigen, Jin Guangshan and his bastard son Jin Guangyao. "Wei Ying, calm down and put Chenqing down, let us talk!" "CALM DOWN?! PUT CHENQING DOWN?! HOW ABOUT THEY CALM DOWN AND THEY PUT THEIR WEAPONS DOWN?!!" "Childe Wei" I looked up to see Jin Guangshan smirking at me "Childe Wei don't you think you're exagerating? I can let you take this Wen dog, but before that how about you hand over the Stygian Tiger Talisman?" "Hah, Jin Guangshan, do you think that, since Qishang Wen is gone Lanling Jin should take over their position, do what you want us to do, hand over our stuff to you. I almost forgot that Qishang Wen never got destroyed." "YOU- What do you mean by that?! Don't get ahead of yourself! Do you have any idea how badly are you painting the Yunmeng Jiang Clan?" "I've said it before, what I do has nothing to do with Yunmeng Jiang Clan" "Wei Wuxian, you have no manners at all! Is that what they teach at Yunmeng? You first show up with no blade by your side, what are you trying to show off? Are you famous enough? Is your hubris not satisfied with all the attention you have?"

I grit my teeth and close my eye and in a moment of rage I let out the truth.

"SO WHAT IF I DON'T HAVE MY BLADE BY MY SIDE!? I'LL TELL YOU WHY I DON'T HAVE MY BLADE! I DON'T HAVE A GOLDEN CORE!" Lan Zhan and the other present had a shocked face "I GAVE IT TO JIANG CHENG. NO I DIDN'T GIVE IT TO HIM TO MAKE HIM "OBIDIENT" TO ME! BUT BECAUSE HE'S MY BROTHER! AND I WOULD DO IT AGAIN FOR HIM! SO DON'T YOU DARE GO AROUND SAYING "WEI WUXIAN NEVER CARED ABOUT JIANG CHENG AND YUNMENG" YOU ALL KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ME!" Shit, why am I crying. Ah, shit. I finally opened my eye to see Jiang Cheng.

Ah, he looks like he's going to cry. What do you know about suffering Jin Guangshan?" "Huh?!" "I lost my parents when I was young, I lost my adoptive father and the clan that raised me and I've lost my brother and sister. I'm not afraid of losing my life for this." "You're patheti-" "That's enough." Jiang Cheng said "Lord Jin, Wei Ying is still a disciple from Yunmeng, so I'm going to decide what to do with him." "But this isn't just about Wei Wuxian! Is about the Wen!" "Yeah! These waste of Wen should be eradicated!" "Also the Stygian Tiger Talisman!" "YEAH! It could be dangerous for all of us of he use it!" "YEAH! HAND IT OVER!" "SHUT UP!" Jiang Cheng said while whipping the ground with Zidian. 'He definatly has Madam Yu attitude.' Lan Zhan turned to Jin Guangshan "I agree with Wei Ying, why is Lanling Jin acting as the clans leader? Why does he have to hand over the Talisman to you and not destroy it right now?" The last question made a lot of head turn "Well that's because..." "Sect Leader Jin, I Sect Leader Jiang Cheng would like to formally dissolve our alliance. From now on Yunmeng Jiang Sect will act as an indipendant clan." He turned to me "What are you waiting for? Let's go home." "Huh?" "You and the rest of them, let's go." This cause an uproar "WHAT DO YOU MEAN DISSOLVE??" "SECT LEADER JIANG PLEASE LISTEN!" "ZEWU-JUN, SAY SOMETHING!" Zewu-Jun looked angry (well on the Gusu way) "I'm afraid that I must also agree with Wangji and Sect Leader Jiang. I'm sorry but Gusu Lan also shall act as an indipendant Clan." He bowed to the rest of the cultivators and nod to Lan Zhan to leave. Lan Zhan turned back at me and looked at me with what I would say, endearment.

While I, Jiang Cheng and the Wen survivors were leaving. I heard some other clans also leaving the alliance.

The next day the main 3 clan Gusu Lan, Qinghe Nie and Yunmeng Jiang we're now just allies with indipendant goverment, everyone is equal and they don't meddle with others sect. Lanling Jin was left with some minor clans and by some pressure from the main 3 clans, Jin Guangshan resigned, in his place Jin Zixuan took the rule and he promised to not act like his father. He married Jiang Yanli, but this time not for any power gain, but for love, this union was blessed by Jiang Cheng and I, after some convincing from Shijie.

Many things happened Jin Guangyao trying to assasinate Jin Zixuan, which failed since we found the main collaborator, Su She. He was promptly arrested and judge, his verdict? Execution for treason and attempted murder.

Shijie gave birth to their first child, Jin Ling, I got to pick his courtesy name when he reaches 15 years of age. Me and Lan Zhan became closer, to the point where he would come to Yunmeng with Tianzixiao when he was free. With time romance blossomed and I too got married. Jiang Cheng was busy with the re-building of the Clan, and as I promised I helped as much as I could. But hey, when you're traveling the world with the love of your life you can't help much like I should.

The End

So that's it. I basically changed the story. I tried to leave it to y'all imagination the future. Yes I still kept Jiang Cheng single cause I just think he's not ready to handle someone else's feeling when he still ha to figure out his own. But yeah hope you liked it, sorry if there is any misspelling I'm very tired and I'll probably see y'all when I write again. Byeee.

#mo dao zu shi #chen qing ling

[braskeskildsen07]

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[toryhagen]

Turning the Corner

The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding came to me in a lucid and vivid dream that was in full color.

It was dark and I was on what appeared to be a city street at night time. Before me was a 2 story brick building.

Out from around the building She appeared in full glory. Arcs of brilliant light encircled Her. I was in awe. It was amazing how clear I saw Her from that distance. Then She went back behind the building out of view.

When I awoke, I was in awe of what I experienced. I knew then I was to follow Her around the building. The corner symbolized turning to a new point in my existence.

Weeks later, Taek’il appeared. He is a demon that came as a estranged friend from high school to my early years in college. This demon was a first for me in that never had a demon been given a persona. I asked my Heavenly Fathers what I did to bring him on. Rolling through my mind, They answered that I had not moved. I initially thought that meant my family’s home but it meant my body.

See the brick building in the dream represents the brick wall built around me by the Adversary. I am to will it to be knocked down. In doing so, I will be turning a corner in my life.

This would not be the first time in knocking down a spiritual brick wall surrounding me. The last time, once that was down a beam of light burst from my chest. Any demon that got in front of it with me awake or asleep they exploded out from my body. It was power to the nth degree. I learned later this was just releasing my true self (Michael) from the bindings of this body.

Today, I pleaded with my Heavenly Fathers to push me forward as I do not know how to proceed. They expelled a few demons from me and then later made cracks in the wall surrounding me that I could feel. Like a tiger slashing with its claws.

Tonight, I believe the wall may come down. From there, the sky is the limit. I believe it will then be much more than a beam of light from my chest, rather my full angelic self being released. Fathers willing, it will be so!

[zoeology31]

Carlos Correa thirstposting until the Twins win, day 4

(Twins record: 54-49. Last game: Tigers 5, Twins 3)

It is so Twins to come off a gorgeous walkoff win, absolutely crush the Trade Deadline and get exactly what they wanted and needed, and then lose the next game. Anyway.

This is one of my favorite videos of a single baseball play, especially one not involving the Twins. I think this is the Correa moment. Game-defining, series-defining, player-defining, and one of the most swagged-out walkoffs you’ll ever see.

First, the context. Down 0-1 in the 2019 ALCS against the Yankees, if the Astros don’t win this game, they’ll be in a tough spot heading to New York. Correa is carrying his team today; he drove in the first run in what is now a 2-2 ballgame, and saved another on defense. It’s the top of the 11th now, and a conveyor belt of pitchers have put up zeros since the 6th.

Second, the hit. First pitch, the announcers haven’t even said his name yet. Perfectly level swing on a letters-high fastball, loud contact, follow-through so fast you barely see it before Correa is stepping across home plate to watch the ball fly.

Third, the pimp job. Bat drop. Slow walk. The little smirk and “I can’t hear you” gesture as the dugout explodes and the fans scream even louder. Starts skipping down the line before breaking out into the triumphant home run trot. The basketball jump shot with the helmet. Jumping onto home plate and full-throated screaming as his teammates mob him.

Then, of course, there’s the part where they rip off Correa’s jersey and you can see the buttons go flying, which, uh. Sure is something. And then several people proceed to slap his very well-defined pecs. It’s a perfect storm of absolutely earned confidence, pure camaradic joy, star power on a national stage, and physical beauty.

This game, this at-bat, was the turning point for the Astros. They won the next two games in New York, setting up a series-clinching walkoff home run back in Houston in game 6. They ultimately lost the World Series to the Nationals, and then some other stuff happened shortly thereafter.

I first saw this video right after the Twins signed Correa, and it really set the tone for me. Even if his RBI numbers make me sad, the guy’s been above and beyond for this team in so many ways, and looks damn fine out on the diamond while doing it.

#baseball #carlos correa #my stuff #minnesota twins

[lildevyl]

DSMP FanFic Recommendations I

So, a few days @nastiiuu did a nice Recommendation of a DSMP FanFic called Evermore. So, per request, here's a list of different DSMP Recommendations that I have from my History, Mark For Later, and from my Bookmarks! Sorry, @nastiiuu that it took me a while to get this up! But I hope you all enjoy!

Stay safe and I will put the Summaries and Tigger Warnings in as well!

So, I will start off with the one the @nastiiuu recommended a few days ago!

Evermore

Summary: Prince Theseus, a child of blonde and blue, a child of isolation and a crave for touch. He's the youngest in the Royal Family, and somehow the most forgotten. The most neglected. The most alone.

Tucked away in his tower, the young prince watches the world move on without him, watches his family welcome two new princes into their arms, and yet reject him when he cries desperately from nightmares or shivers from a painful wound.

"Wilby?" The child had murmured, all curious and hesitant at once. He was tucked in his older brother's lap, watching as his other sibling sparred with their father. "We'll always be together, right? Forever and ever?"

Wilbur smiled. "Of course, Tommy. Forever and ever."

The Hanahaki rising in young Theseus' throat says otherwise.

TW: Isolation, Hanahki Disease, Angst no happy ending, Character Death, Villain!Dream, Manuplation.

The Exchange: My Life for Yours: I'm still reading this one, I'm on chapter 17 and it's ssssssssooooooooo good right now!

Summary: Tommy was a liability. Too annoying and too loud.

Techno didn't care about this child.

"Unless of course, you want call on that favor"

"Ok"

Then why he suddenly did?

TW: Villain!Dream, Canon Diverse, Kidnapping, Demons/Dreamons, Demon!Dream, Dreamon!Dream, Isolation, Manipulation, "A Deal with the Devil."

The Inevitability of Change: I just got caught up with this one and oh my Ghoul! This is intense and so good! I can't wait for the update!

Summary: Fuck it, he was allowed to do this, it would be better for everyone else anyway. They could do whatever they wanted and he wouldn’t be in their way. He wouldn’t cause problems anymore and he could have the perfect life that he had always wanted.

The egg extended a blood vine out to him. "Do we have a deal?" There was a level of smugness that Tommy recognized all too well from all his wars with Dream, it was the sound of an opponent knowing they’d won.

“We do, you dumb ugly bitch.”

or

Tommyinnit hated change. He'd witnessed so many people he cared about in his life change and hardly ever for the better. He just wished things could go back to the way they were when he had everything he ever wanted, a loving family who cared about him, a best friend who was always by his side. He craves this so badly that he makes a deal with the egg to get everything he's ever wanted.

or or

Tommy becomes a coraline kinnie

TW: Derealization, Unreality, Manipulation, Child Abandonment, Violence (later chapters), Explosions (later chapters).

Ties of the Puppet

Summary: Tommy hates how his mind feels trapped at that moment with Tubbo. The look in his eyes one Tommy had been forced to see far too many times. Wilbur’s eyes.

or

Tommy struggles with the trauma of his life and unhealthy relationships, Wilbur tries his hand at redemption, Phil and Techno learn to heal what's been lost.

TW: Mental Health Issues, Violence, Abuse, Redemption Arc for Tubbo, Healing for Tommy/Phil/Techno, some of the characters will seem a little OOC, Canon Diverse.

Forged By Truth (Or the Lack there of)

Summary: After his escape from exile failed spectacularly, Tommy only needed to be reminded that Dream saved his life a few times before it starts to sink in. Once his exile can continue again far away from any more distractions, Dream proceeds with his plan to craft the perfect weapon.

TW: Manipulation, Mention of Character Death (Character doesn't really die but the other characters don't know that), Suicidal Thoughts, Violence, Protégé AU, Tommy becomes Dream's Protégé, Angst, Whump.

Mask: I'm still working on this one but it's really, really, really good! A lot of Angst and Manipulation. So, please be careful when reading!

Summary: Dream knew Tommy was a naturally clingy child. That's why he found such satisfaction in having him exiled.

Dream didn't plan on Tommy clinging to him.

Dream was going to take advantage of the situation.

All Tommy needed was a bit of a push and then he would be completely broken.

Ready to be remodeled into the perfect weapon.

TW: Suicidal Thoughts, Attempted Suicide, Manipulation, Emotional and Mental Manipulation, Protégé AU, Broken!Tommy, Angst, Angst (possibly no happy ending but I'm not sure), Whump.

Lion's Cup, Tiger Stripes: I just finished this one and it's so good! Exile Arc but with a twist! Guest Appearances by Sad-ist, Late-August, Derivakat.

Summary: Tommy Innit knew what Dream was doing and was sure as hell not going through with it. So, by the third week of exile, as Dream starts to escalate his punishments, he leaves. One month later he runs into Purpled and hires him as a bodyguard while he travels.

Or Tommy runs away, stays in one village for a month to clear his head and decides to go travelling while dragging Purpled with him.

Or road trip pog.

TW: Angst, Angst with a happy, Found Family, Violence, Testing, Scares, Explosions (later chapters), I think that's all.

Valley of Serenity: This is a very long fic! It's about 60+ chapters so feel free to read in increments but this is a really good fic! Redemption Arc and Healing for the SBI Family!

Summary: After blowing up a nation, Wilbur throws a sword down at his father's feet and begs to be killed.

Phil, however, takes one look at the state of his children and decides he has other plans.

(post november 16th au where wilbur doesn't die. instead a family leaves the smp entirely, and learn how to live with each other again.)

"Fuck, I - I can't forgive either of you right now," Tommy says quietly. Despite the words, he hugs Wilbur tighter. "One day, though. I think one day I will."

"And we're still brothers, right?" Wilbur dares ask. Techno inhales sharply beside him.

They get a choked laugh in reply.

"Yeah. Brothers."

TW: Angst, Mention of wanting to die, Healing, a long road of healing, Mental Health Issues, Family Bonds, Angst but I think there is a happy ending, Violence, Mention of the L'Manburg exploding. Redemption Arc, Healing.

Breathing's Just A Rhythm: I finished this fic a few weeks ago and my ghoul! This is so good! Time Travel Fic with Dream, Schlatt, Tubbo, Tommy, and of course CHAT!

Summary: POGTOPIA??? WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE?? TIMETRAVELBLADE. technotravel

“Chat, I did not time travel,” Techno said exhaustedly, “I don’t know what gave you that idea, but please calm yourselves.”

The voices started obnoxiously whispering at the top of their lungs. HE DOESN’T KNOW. PANIC

Or: Tommy, Tubbo, Jschlatt, and Dream all end up in the past. (Oh, and the Chat comes too) (mcd is a villain, this fic has a happy ending)

Or OR! Dream attempts to Time Travel in the past but winds only go back a few months ago during Pogtopia Area and he winds up bring a few unexpected victors with him! MEANWHILE: Karl is trying his damnest to fix everything with Time Travel Fiasco that Dream caused! B/C the Future selves and the past selves switched!

TW: Graphic Violence, Bodily harm (later chapters), Kidnapping (later chapters), Explosions (later chapters), Betrayal (later chapters I won't say who!), Isolation, Manipulations, Mental and Emotional Abuse, Trauma, Therapy (Finally these boys gets some), Good!Schlatt, Villain!Dream, Redemption Arc Wilbur and Schlatt.

I think I got them all?

Wrong Place for Redemption: This one of the stories that helped inspired Breathing is Just a Rhythm! Time Travel Fic!

Summary: -Previously titled Time Will Decide. Name taken from lyrics in 'A Sadness Runs Through Him' by The Hosiers

“Okay, why don’t you go see him.” Tommy didn’t know what he thought the afterlife was going to be like, hell he didn’t even know if it was a real thing. Maybe he’d see Wilbur, possibly Schlatt, but he didn’t expect to see a white castle and Karl.

Or where Tommy looses his final life to Dream in the prison only to be teleported back in time.

OR where Tommy is given a second chance and isn't going to blow it, not even if things start to get revealed (things that change everything) and discoveries are made.

This whole book has TW's: Child abuse, violence/murder, gore/blood, implied/referenced suicide, suicide, drinking, etc.

Parental Rights: Another good on going fic for me! Can you tell that I love some SBI/Found Family Fics here?

Summary: Sam wants to be there for Tommy. Wants to be his dad. Wants to be the one Tommy comes to when he's in trouble or excited over something. He'd happily legally adopt Tommy, but well... Tommy's actual father is in the way of that. Sam thought with how distanced Phil was with his son it would be easy to persuade him to give his parental rights over to Sam. But well... Tommy's stubbornness had to come from somewhere, right?

TW: Sleep Walking, Mentions of Exile, Healing Arc for Tommy, Healing Arc for Sam, Healing Arc for Tubbo, SBI, Healing Arc for Techno.

Allium: This is still on going, but oh man! This is getting really good!

Summary: What if Dreams plan for the Disc War finale had worked?

Tubbo dead, Tommy in the prison, SMP under his control. Allium Ashes.

TW: Major Character Death, Ghostbo (Ghost Tubbo), Manipulation, Isolation, Imprisonment, Prisoner Innit, Making someone believe they are responsible for something they didn't do, Kidnapping, Rescue Mission.

And How Can I Compete (With The World At Your Feet): God AU and this is really Fangtastic! Rated M for Graphic Violence and Attempted Sacrifice.

Summary: Tommy has been kept away from the world and held captive for four years, and now he’s about to be used as a sacrifice to a god. A blood god, to be specific. The Blood God. But, instead of accepting his captor’s sacrifice, the Blood God is in debt to Tommy. And he’s going to save him.

A universe where Technoblade, Wilbur, and Phil are all gods who have become quite protective of a mortal fifteen year old without a home.

This concept was based on a text post I saw, I think! I can’t find it anymore, but if you see it let me know!

TW: Blood, Violence, Attempted Sacrifice, Villain!Dream, Villain!BadBoyHalo, Occult Setting, God AU, Blood God!Techno, Angel of Death!Philza, God!Wilbur, Angel!Tubbo, Angel!Ranboo.

Death's Forest: This is a nice little One-Shot for the SBI, and Dadza fans! Set during Tommy's Exile. Don't worry! Dadza to the rescue!

Summary: “Can I see him?” Phil asks, blinking owlishly, as if he’s simply just asking. As if he’s not holding a threat behind those light words.

“Don’t push your limits.” Dream responds, and Phil only smiles with a slow nod.

The next day, Dream wishes he had answered differently.

Or

Phil isn’t quite human. He wants to visit Tommy during exile.

TW: I don't think there's any TW here, but if there is, please let me know!

Prince Theseus: Royal AU! Hybrid Tommy. Prince Tommy (Theseus).

Summary: Prince Theseus Craft of the Anartitic Empire, A child who could bring joy to anyone's day left to be forgotten by his family left to spend his days in his tower with nothing but his Maid and dear friend as company

Left to watch his older brothers laugh and smile as his father looks at them with love and the eyes of a proud parent he never saw directed to him, watch them both receive the love he craved so desperately from his father. Left him to envy his brothers yet grow jealous as that jealousy turns to a small flame of hatred growing steadily as time passes leaving him to make his final decision.

No longer will he be known as Theseus but as the Amazing Tommyinnit who could do anything who will prove his former family wrong and show he is better than what they think.

Which leads him to where he is now, a runaway prince who finds a new family brought together by hardship and their love of traveling the endless seas.

AKA :

16 yr old Prince Theseus changes his name to Tommyinnit and runs away from his royal family who neglected him and finds a real family on a ship who just so happened to be pirates as well.

TW: Isolation, Mention of a Minor Character Death, Running Away, Royal AU, Hybrid Tommy, SBI, Neglect, Pirates, Found Family, Angst, Hurt and Comfort, Magic.

Therapy Marriage: Okay, I'm adding this one for some Wholesomeness, and Fluff with some Angst but there should be a Happy Ending!

Summary: but for some reason, tubbo (and possibly ranboo, although he doubted this was his idea) had got it into his head that tommy needed therapy or some shit.

which, fine, maybe he had a little bit of an issue. he did freak out at damage, and weapons, and he had reached out to puffy, but he was okay! he didn’t need tubbo to pity him.

but- here was where the weird part came in- tubbo wanted tommy in his marriage.

TL:DR Tubbo wants to help Tommy and decides that the best method is by marrying him as well. Ranboo just goes along with it.

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Okay, this post has gotten very long! I do apologize for that! So, I'll add others to another Post!

#nastiiuu #fanfic recommenation #dsmp #dream smp fanfiction #dreams smp fanfic #ao3 #dsmp fanfic recommendations #long post

[twistedtranslations]

Trey Clover - If you started to enjoy it

You can unlock this story by getting Trey’s SSR Dorm Uniform

Translation under the cut

Heartslabyul Dorm - Rose Maze

Ace: Isn't it unproductive to take care of the lawn? Those weeds’ll grow back in no time even if you properly pull ‘em out.

Deuce: Sometimes I really resonate with you, Ace. I feel like we’re stuck doing this forever with no end in sight.

Trey: Come on guys, don't slack and keep at it. A perfect lawn is essential for the "Unbirthday party".

Cater: If the garden looks unseemly, I can't take a pretty picture. After the weeding, the pruning awaits you! Fight on!

Ace: Huh, why do only the first years have to…

Trey: The only thing the first years are in charge of is the rare croquet game. The second and third years have other serious jobs to do. Everyone helps to prepare the party. That is what the law of the Queen of Hearts states. By doing our best to cooperate for the preparation, we can develop a better sense of unity… Don't you think that's surprisingly suitable for us?

Ace: ... I feel like everyone’s only cooperating because they fear the dorm leader will have their heads.

Deuce: Then what are you guys in charge of?

Cater: I'm preparing the venue~ Please look forward to an exciting arrangement!

Trey: I'm making the cake. An "Unbirthday party" is not complete without a cake after all.

Ace: Yay! We're getting your super delicious cakes! What kind of cake are you baking this time?

Trey: What kind of cake?… Hm, it's something I can't explain so easily. The definition of an "Unbirthday party" is a party with no birthday. There's no cake really fitting for that.

Ace: I think that depends on the sense and ideas of the creator… Ah. Doesn't that mean that the cake itself can be any kind? But melon tarts are a no go.

Trey: Huh? Ah, I understand. According to the laws of the Queen of Hearts… "The cake should have a candle" and "Melon tarts are prohibited" are the only rules…

Ace: Okay, then why don't we go for a cherry pie base instead of the usual cake! The sweet sourness is great and the crunchy pie dough makes for a perfect texture! … I like it better than anything else.

Deuce: Ace, don't trouble Clover by saying shoving your requests in. Furthermore… A chiffon cake made with lots of eggs is better than a cherry pie. The humble sweetness makes it digestible for everyone.

Ace: Now you're just making requests for the thing you want to eat!

Deuce: I-I'm not. I'm thinking about the entire dorm…

Heartslabyul Student A: What, are we requesting cakes? I want a chocolate cake!

Heartslabyul Student B: I'd like a cheese cake!

Heartslabyul Student C: A cake doesn't have to be limited to sweetness. Trey, why don't you try something like quiche?

*muttering*

Trey: There, there, guys. I never said I was taking requests from anyone! And in the first place, I'd have to prepare the ingredients. Immediate changes are hard, you know.

Ace: With your skills you'd be able to manage it~

Cater: I understand why you guys are pleading with our genius patissier~ But don’t you think you’re putting him on the spot by pestering him?

Heartslabyul Student A: But no matter how delicious a cake is, eating the same thing repeatedly will make you tired of it.

Ace: Ah, right? Fresh flavors are also important… I’m fed up with it, I want to eat something different every time.

Trey:… I see. Then why don't you guys try making the cakes yourselves? That way, you can eat your favorite cake. Our college endorses the study of cooking with the elective subject "MasterChef".

Deuce: Now that you say it, "MasterChef" is a practical class, right?

Trey: Yes. It's a traditional program from the past to teach students how to cook for themselves after graduation. It's not a mandatory subject, so few students take it, but it's very informative if you want to learn the basics.

Heartslabyul Student A: Hm… then we should try it. You can make it look so easy.

Heartslabyul Student C: It seems much more fun and easy than maintaining this plain law!

Trey: There's always a shortage of helping hands for making sweets, so if you started enjoying cooking because of that, you'd really help me out. Then I shall hand my kitchen utensils over and you guys can be in charge of the cakes.

Deuce:… Ace, you should apologize for that just now. For the whole being tired of his cakes and there not being new flavors…

Ace: You should too. Trey was simply too kind and didn’t get angry.

Deuce: Yeah… Even so? It's true that Trey is an adult, after all. It's rare for there to be helpful and nice people amongst the student body of this college… If I was being told that the job I had to do was "Easy, ", I would get pissed off.

Ace: If you got pissed that easily, you wouldn't be able to take care of our impatient dorm leader.

Cater: You're right. I haven't seen Trey get angry much~… Well, if you do make him angry, he drags it on for a fairly long time.

Chapter 2

Heartslabyul Dorm

Riddle: Unbelievable. Who was slacking for things to end up like this? No one has pruned the lawn, the colors of the roses are inconsistent and the tableware has not been polished! We won't be able to make it for tomorrow's "Unbirthday party"!

Trey: Calm down Riddle. Why don't we try to finish the party with no beheadings?

Riddle: Urgh…

Trey: There's no one who can do everything perfectly from the start. As for the first years, how about I teach them some magic that can help them prune the lawn more efficiently? If we finish everything carefully, one by one, we might make it in time for the party?

Riddle:… You are right. I understand. Thank you Trey.

Trey: Okay. I shall check the roses that still have to be painted… but before that, I'll check up on the kids in the kitchen, just in case.

Heartslabyul Dorm - Kitchen

Heartslabyul Student A: I'm making a chocolate cake but the chocolate won't melt. I'm putting all the chocolate bars in the oven!

Heartslabyul Student B: Weren't we making a cheesecake? I'm pretty fussy about cheese. Let's try making some with magic from milk.

Heartslabyul Student C: Didn't I say it was going to be quiche? By the way, does anyone know how to handle this fish…?

Trey: How lively. I see, do your best.

Cater: Ah, Trey. Dif you feel like watching over the first years who are encouraging each other to make cakes?

Trey: Kind of. Is the construction of the venue you're in charge of finished?

Cater: *sigh*… I'm really doing my best… I've been getting more nervous the more the "Unbirthday party" nears and lately Riddle has been in a super foul mood~ If we make one more mistake he might explode.

Trey: He hasn't exploded yet, so you can just proceed, right? That guy is also doing his best.

Cater: And there you go. You're coddling him! You guys have that kind of relationship because you've been together since childhood, right? I don't have childhood friends so I don't really understand, but don't you tire of it?

Trey: Actually, back in the days, he really didn't carry that angry image with him. He might feel responsible now because he is the dorm leader.

Cater: Huh, really? But the rumors say that he inherited it from his tiger mom?

Trey: Hehehe. They say that, but Riddle's mother wasn't really like that. When it was revealed that Riddle came over to play, she marched into my home, looking ten times more threatening than Riddle, and lectured our family for five hours.

Cater: Scary… you really shouldn't laugh that much, Trey!

Trey: Thinking about it now, I can make fun of it. That someone can get so angry about a child playing. But now that you say it, it was really scary at that time. I totally didn't understand why she was angry…

Trey: I was really worried whether or not I was guilty of doing something terrible. When I asked Che'nya, he merely said "I don't know nya~", so I had no one to talk it over with. And I think she got way more angry at Riddle than I, so I felt really guilty.

Cater: Heh. You were pretty serious since you were small huh… Are you the anxious type?

Trey: I think anyone who met that mother would be. In any case, once you made her angry, she was untouchable. If you think about that, I'm just grateful that sweets seem to cheer Riddle up.

Cater: About that! I totally understand why your tarts cheered Riddle up earlier. Honestly, your cakes deserve the graces of god. How many times have they saved me in this year…

Trey: Flattery doesn't work on me. Besides, this time, it seems I wasn't up to the task and had to relinquish my position.

Cater: Hahaha… Yeah. At least I didn't imagine he was angry.

Trey: Did you say anything?

Cater: Nothing~

Heartslabyul Dorm - Tea Garden

The day of the unbirthday party

Ace: S-Somehow… I captured all the hedgehogs that ran away in time for the party…

Deuce: The flamingos are perfectly on stand by. With this, the perfect party can start.

Trey: Thank you, you two. It seems you had a lot of trouble preparing.

Riddle: At one point I even thought about what would happen to this party… but it seems that despite all the "Unbirthday party" can start.

Cater: Riddle seems satisfied. It seems like no one will get beheaded today~

Riddle: Oho? I do not see the cake anywhere. Where is it?

Heartslabyul Student A: Uhm… It's…

Riddle: The "Unbirthday party" cannot start unless there's cake. Hurry and fetch it!

Heartslabyul Student B: U-Understood.

Ace: Hm? Don't you think those guys who made the cake look a bit pale?

Trey: …

Chapter 3

Riddle: The "Unbirthday party" cannot start unless there's cake. Hurry and fetch it!

Heartslabyul Student B: W-We brought it.

Heartslabyul Student A: We made this with our utmost effort… A special cake made by the first years.

Everyone: ?!

Deuce: Cough, cough, what's that stench! It smells sugary and smoky and of meat and fish… The acid and spice are hurting my eyes!

Cater: The green syrup, the blue cream and the shocking pink decorations… It's more art than a cake. I could upload it to Magicam with the tag #DestructionandCreation.

Ace: Hey, didn't it move? That cake definitely moved just now? Are you sure it's edible?!

Trey: You really did it. You guys made another intense cake. Just how did you make it like this?

Heartslabyul Student A: Ah, it's not my fault. It's his!

Heartslabyul Student B: Y-You're wrong! It's you who… No, wait? Isn't it Ace who said from the start that he wanted to eat something different? Didn’t he start it?

Ace: Maybe I said that, but you guys made it? I have no hands in this!

Heartslabyul Student C: Then it's Deuce's fault who said that chiffon cake would be nice and started a quarrel.

Deuce: D-Don't involve me! You made your own mess and you can clean it up yourselves!

*fussing*

Riddle: …

Cater: Uhm, Riddle? Let's stay amiable, 'kay?

Riddle: You guys!

Everyone: Argh!

Cater: S-Shit. We did our best, but Riddle is going to explode…!

Riddle: To think you dared to make such a messy cake for the dignified "Unbirthday party"… I hope you are all prepared?!

Ace: Aah! Why us as well!?

Deuce: Dorm leader Rosehearts, please calm down! If we apologize, will you accept…!

Riddle: Do not bother with excuses!!! Off with…!

???: Stop!

Deuce: Huh, that voice is…

Trey: Calm down Riddle.

Ace: T-Trey!

Riddle: What's this Trey, release my arms. I cannot chastise the first years who made a mess of the "Unbirthday party" like this!

Trey: … It is true that this cake does not seem edible by its appearance. It's not appetizing, and the smell is awful. It's laughable.… But wouldn’t you say that a cake made by the combined ideas of the first years is very Heartslabyul-like? With that said, isn’t it quite wonderful?

Riddle: I do not think so in the least!

Cater: Right~

Riddle: Furthermore, there is no candle on this cake. They did not obey the laws of the Queen of Hearts! Why did you not make the cake as you usually do? If you did it normally, something like this would not have…

Trey: I understand, I understand. You don't have to be that upset. Isn't this your long awaited "Unbirthday party". It's fine. I put some cakes aside that I make every time for the "Unbirthday party".

Everyone: Huh?!

Trey: The "Unbirthday party" is Heartslabyul's most important day. It's not like I had any intention to slack?

Riddle:… Then you should have told us earlier. I would have reflexively beheaded the dorm students. The "Unbirthday party" can continue without problems. You guys, thank Trey for that.

Heartslabyul Student B: W-We're saved!

Cater: As expected of you, Trey! Okay, everything is ready. Let's start the "Unbirthday party"!

Trey: Indeed, let's start.… Congratulations on the "Unbirthday party"!

Everyone: Congratulations!

Ace: T-Trey… No, Master Trey! You saved us!

Deuce: I really thought I was going to be beheaded. Thank you for persuading our dorm leader!

Cater: As expected of you, Trey! Just when did you make the other cake?

Trey: Yesterday evening, secretly, when everyone was asleep. I had a bad feeling, so I made it just in case.

Ace: Your cakes always look so delicious~ Just by looking I can feel my belly growl.

Deuce: Aah, I really want to eat it as soon as possible.

Trey: But weren't you two tired of these kinds of cakes?

Deuce/Ace: Huh?

Trey: It seems you guys were tired of eating the same thing every time and wanted some new flavors, so don't worry, me and Riddle will eat this one.

Cater: The first years telling you they were fed up with it really pissed you off, didn’t they?

Ace: T-Trey, please don't be so mean. That was just a slip of the tongue…

Deuce: Indeed! We think your cakes are the best. Right, everyone?

Heartslabyul Students: Yes! We want to eat your cakes!

Trey: … Then you guys understand, right? That making sweets isn't something you can do haphazardly. You have to consider all the risks, make plans beforehand and adapt yourself to the situation at hand… If you can do all that, it can become a routine. You don't have the comfort to make these things at peace.

Ace: Uhm… just to verify, but we're still talking about making sweets, right? Because it sounds an awful lot like you're talking about the dorm leader…

Trey: In any case. Do you now understand my hardships?

Deuce/Ace: Yeah…

Trey: Okay, I'm glad you're honest.

Deuce: We learned a lot.… Thank you for existing, Trey's cakes.

Heartslabyul Students: Bon appétit~…

Trey: Wait.

Deuce/Ace: Huh?

Trey: What do you guys intend to do with the cake you made? You shouldn't waste food. If you're not going to eat it, I won't let you eat the cake I made especially for the "Unbirthday party".

Deuce: W-We have to eat this shitty cake?! We already repented, but it seems just words aren't enough…

Ace: Where has our mature and kind Trey gone…

Cater: The gentler a person usually is, the scarier they'll be when they're angry! Treat this as an opportunity to learn.

#twisted wonderland #trey clover #riddle rosehearts #cater diamond #deuce spade #ace trappola #personal story #translation

[seabluesong]

Ikesen headcanon:

~ The warlords as cat shapeshifters ~

part 1

this was inspired by @ikesen-imagines-and-art 's "warlords as cats" posts;

I hope you’ll like it (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧

(this is also the first time I’m posting something this big so pls bear with me)

Nobunaga:

he finds it useful

good luck killing someone who can turn into a cat at will and flee, assassins

but most importantly

"*sigh* was that lord nobunaga who just ran out of the kitchen with a bag of konpeitos in his mouth?"

no hideyoshi, just an ordinary black cat that just happens to have very cold carnelian eyes

you'd think he'd be less intimidating as a little furry fellow but he somehow manages to remain as domineering as ever

that is UNTIL you proceed to tickle him

so you have cat nobunaga sitting on your lap, enjoying the afternoon sun up in the tenshu, unaware of the little tickle attack you planned

once you begin, he'll struggle with all his might to get away, which will prove to be harder than he expected; he's completely at your mercy in this form

unable to escape, he will revert back to his human form, resulting in you having on your lap the very big human nobunaga with a positively pouty and blushy expression

which of course you'll find adorable, but he won't, so prepare yourself for retribution

Hideyoshi:

he doesn't particularly enjoy this ability of his since it's kinda difficult to scold– i mean take care of everyone and be taken seriously while looking like a big ball of fluff

but turning into a cat does have its good uses; like searching even the narrowest of places for lord nobunaga's hidden stash of konpeito

or following mitsuhide to make sure he isn't plotting anything against nobunaga-sama; only his attempts at spying always end poorly, partly because of mitsuhide's "psychic" abilities but mostly because earnest honest hideyoshi, even as cat, is not made for such a thing and his presence becomes obvious almost immediately

so, after making hideyoshi follow him for a good number of minutes, mitsuhide suddenly turns around and locks eyes with his furry pursuer: "Is lord nobunaga neglecting his cute little kitty? I can pet you in his place if you'd like"

which of course causes hideyoshi to explode

he will eventually give up on trying to spy on mitsuhide since he has more important things to do those konpeitos won't find themselves alone

after a long and tiring day, it will be heaven for him to fall asleep on your lap while you deliver gentle strokes on his small back so please do (you’ll probably have to insist a bit before he agrees because he’s very stubborn, even though he loves it) 

Masamune:

he definitely enjoys it; i mean masamune in his human form is pretty feline-like to begin with

he loves the liberty and fluidity of movement; plus, turning into a cat is an unmatched way for him to get in touch with his wild side

he’ll take advantage of every moment you are lying on your stomach to jump on your ass; he'll stay there for a while

he also gets to nestle himself in your lap and have you pet him so what can be better? be ready 'cause he'll paw at your boobs in the weirdest of times to tease you you'll love it though

there is only one major problem; okay, maybe two

first, he can't cook in this form; and second, oh why, why does he have to be a feline of a smaller size than shogetsu?!

the tiger cub manages to overpower him almost every time they play together, so masamune doesn't even want to think about how it's going to be once the little tiger fully matures

Mitsuhide:

we know mitsuhide is extremely sneaky already, imagine how it'll be with him able to turn into a cat at will

he'll disappear and appear like magic much to hideyoshi's frustration (please save him, he can barely handle mitsuhide as it is)

it will also prove to be extremely useful on his espionage missions "Imma let you pet me if you tell me what I want to know *wink wink*"

his teasing will only get worse though; he'll probably sneak into your room whenever he wants to surprise you

like you'll be peacefully enjoying your night bath when suddenly you'll hear his frosty voice seemingly out of nowhere "Want me to help you wash your back, little mouse?"

OF COURSE THE LITTLE MOUSE THING WILL ONLY BECOME WORSE

he will leave you alone to your bath if you two aren't in a relationship yet or if you want your alone time because he does respect you and your privacy most of the time that is

want to cuddle and pet him? good luck because this one is hard to catch; he’ll teasingly say something like “And what do I get in return if I agree to fulfill this wish of yours?” in an attempt to discourage you but ONLY because he’s actually too embarrassed to let you do it yes mitsuhide we know you are a softie underneath all that teasing

Ieyasu:

he partly hates his ability because he is mercilessly teased whenever he’s in his cat form; “Oh look he became even SMALLER” “Oh look he’s even CUTER” “Will that prickly attitude of his go away if we pet him?” yes i am looking at you mitsuhide, masamune and nobunaga

“Oh, I would love to pet Ieyasu-sama” mitsunari nO. DON’T.

on the other hand, he does find it extremely useful to get away from unwanted social interactions and he uses it quite often because of it

he would LOVE to have you pet him but he would rather die than admit it; so you’ll need a lot of patience (or just take him by surprise and you’ll notice that although he complains the whole time, he makes no actual attempts to flee); with time, his grumbling will disappear and he’ll simply relax and enjoy your touch in silence

he also quite likes to hang out in this form with wasabi; you’ll see him sleeping atop the also asleep deer in his garden, basking in the sunlight

buT Of coURSe iT WASn’t HIm, yoU WERe juST SEeinG THinGs

Mitsunari:

this poor clumsy cinnamon roll would probably forget what form he’s in, making him even more of a walking disaster area

like he’ll return to his room after a war council and proceed to resume his reading only to realize he is unable to turn the book’s pages, and he’ll try more than once to do it with his little paws until he’ll finally realize what the problem is

he’ll also unconsciously nuzzle ieyasu-sama much to the latter’s exasperation “I swEAr MItsuNaRI I’M goNNA fuCKINg muRDEr yoU THIs tIME” although it doesn’t bother him that much

he does this with hideyoshi too, causing a very confused and embarassed expresion to appear on his face “Mitsunari, stop that” “Oh, I’m sorry Lord Hideyoshi”

one time, while he was reading with ieyasu in the archive, he actually fell asleep due to exhaustion and then turned into a cat in his sleep

“I can’t believe him” said a perplexed ieyasu, who then begrudgingly began to gently pet the sleeping mitsunari

“Oh, Ieyasu-sama, were you petting me? Or was it a dream?” “Of cOURse iT Was A DReaM I wouLD nEVer Do suCH A ThiNG” etc. 

mitsunari will let you cuddle and pet him although he’ll be a little shy in the beginning; please do it while reading to him he will ADORE it

wheee this turned out to be WAY longer than I tought so I’ll do the rest some other time ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧

#ikemen sengoku #ikesen #ikemen sengoku headcanons #ikesen headcanon #ikemen sengoku nobunaga #ikemen sengoku hideyoshi #ikemen sengoku masamune #ikemen sengoku mitsuhide #ikemen sengoku ieyasu #ikemen sengoku mitsunari

[solarisetlesetoiles]

!!!!! waitwait backtrack a couple of..days?weeks? did someone say Ilpyo and Taek as friends? 👀 what about like (girl)friends (based off of your lovely art of female!Ilpyo and blue-and-amaranth's female!Taek) where instead of fighting each other a group of catcalling thugs *conveniently* shows up and one ass whooping + police officer later ("You owe me." "Fine."), Taek treats Ilpyo to lunch + dessert? (let's just say it's a good thing Taek's rich l o l)

(I’m going to set this in an au where Taek hasn’t broken any legs or committed patricide. Just because canon Taek and Ilpyo is not a healthy ship. Very interesting in a fucked up way, but definitely not healthy.)

It’s an accident she runs into Park. Taek is walking around downtown because if she had to listen to the old man for one more minute, she's going to explode.

She catches sight of a flash of grey and a familiar tiger logo, and then the day isn’t so bad.

Taek likes riling Park up. She gets so huffy, and if Taek pisses her off enough, she’ll agree to spar. 

Park’s dressed in her usual blue skirt and black leggings. But today, she’s left her hair loose, and it falls around her shoulders and sways with her movements. 

Taek opens her mouth to get Park’s attention but-

“Hey, sexy!” some mouth breather shouts. Around him is buddies break into hyena cackles. The loathsome toad proceeds to yell several terrible pick-up lines at Park, and Taek feels the world would be better if she broke the waste of space’s jaw.

Park ignores him because she’s far above his paltry attempts to attract her attention, and she knows it. 

It seems to make the pathetic oaf upset, and he follows after her cursing and whining. 

It is incredibly satisfying to watch Park deck him when he tries to grab her arm. His little followers are upset, and they start posturing and crowding around Park.

Normally Taek would stand back and enjoy the show. Park can handle herself, and she will break these repugnant fools easily. But she’s wearing nail polish today, and Taek thinks it would be a shame to let her chip it.

Taek rips through the thugs easily. One punch or kick, and they crumble to the ground shrieking in pain. It’s beyond pathetic. 

When Taek finishes destroying them, she turns to grin at Park. “Sorry for cutting in,” she drawls, “I just couldn’t stand to see you dirty your hands with this trash.”

Park puts her hands on her hips and gives Taek an unimpressed look. “You got blood on my skirt,” she says. “While I appreciate the help, you owe me.”

There is a small speckling of red dots on her skirt now. “I’ll buy you a pastry,” Taek offers. She knows that Park likes sweets because she makes it her business to know everything about her rival. 

Park tilts her head consideringly. “Alright,” she says, slinging her arm through Taek’s, “but I'm choosing the cafe we go to.”

#ask response #the god of high school #god of high school #park ilpyo #jegal taek

[rye-views]

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983) dir. Terry Jones. 6.9/10

Very educational and clever songs.

I enjoyed the men becoming pirates and using innovative ways to be so.

I really didn’t enjoy the vomit.

Mel Brooks typa feel.

Spoiler: [About the Crimson Permanaent Assurance company having one man fired. The workers agree to become pirates and get rid of their bosses. They take hold of their building, which becomes a ship and they head to a city of skyscrapers. They crash in and attack all the businessmen. We shift over to fish in a tank greeting each other in the morning and collectively viewing the restaurant around with their friend Howard being eaten. Then we go through sketches to discover the meaning of life. During the miracle of birth, doctors help a woman give birth. They look down on her and don’t properly take care of her, but show off to admin that they are using high quality tech. Then in the third world, a catholic man sends a bunch of his children for scientific experiments because he can’t afford to feed them all. It’s because he’s a catholic and every time he has sex, he must have a child. Across the street, a protestant man explains to his wife that he is allowed to use condoms so sex for pleasure can happen. During growth and learning, a class is learning about sex ed. The teacher tries to keep everyone’s attention as he tries to get answers about what is foreplay. He then proceeds to have sex with his wife as a demonstration. One boy makes jokes and is forced to play a rugby match with superior players after. During fighting each other, an officer in WWI tries to get his men to move forward but one keeps stopping him to say his thanks before he might die. His crew gives him two clocks, a check, a card, a cake and so on. The officer is thankful at first but realizes it’s all too much and wants them to move forward since they are in the middle of being attacked. The men get shot one by one and say he’s being ungrateful and is a bastard. The officer ends up stopping everything and says he’ll eat the cake and they set up for a meal. During the middle of a Zulu war, a soldier mentions that his leg has been bitten off by mosquitoes during the night. The doctor comes in and says it was a tiger. They go off looking for the leg. They find two men dressed up as a tiger and ask if they have the leg, but they respond sketchily about what they’re doing. A scene of a different film shows up as the viewer aims to find a fish. It reverts back to the fish in the beginning, who claim that they’ll never learn the meaning of life. In the middle age, a couple goes to a medieval themed restaurant and the menu is filled with conversation starters. They choose philosophy and the meaning of life, but it doesn’t lead anywhere. They are given a new topic of live organ transplants. In live organ transplants, two men come to get a man’s liver since he’s an organ donor. He says he’s not dead yet, but they say when they take his liver, he’ll be dead. They cut it out of him. The wife comes and says he’s always doing things like this. One of the men collecting the organs asks if she’ll move on from him or if there’s another man for her. She says she won’t be moving on, so he requests her liver. He gets a man to come out of the fridge and go into song about the insignificance of their lives in the grand scheme of the universe. She is convinced to give up her liver. We go back to the pirates in the beginning and they are crushed by a skyscraper falling on them. During the autumn years, a pianist at a restaurant sings about the joy of having a penis. Then the restaurant takes in a largely obese man who requests a bucket. He vomits all over the bucket, the floor, and the menu. The waiter doesn’t mind and gets him his meal of such large portions and many quantities of drinks. He is later full. The waiter offers him one more wafer thin mint and though keeps refusing, he later accepts and eats it. He ends up exploding and vomit goes all over the other guests. One waiter takes the cameraman to his home and talks about his life philosophy and why he became a waiter. He realizes it’s not taken as important and heads into the house. During death, a criminal is given his choice of execution so he gets chased off a cliff by topless women in sports wear. He falls into

a grave. Later, a grim reaper visits a home and tells the home owners he is death. They welcome him into their dinner party and he isn’t taken seriously. He keeps proving that he isn’t one of them by going through the table and whatnot. He tells them they all have died and says its because of the salmon mousse they ate. He takes them all with him. They get to heaven and are seated with everyone else who has died and made it here. They watch a performance. A host then appears after and is given a envelope telling the meaning of life, which involves being nice to others, not eating so much, reading a good book, and so on.]

#monty python #the meaning of life #meaning of life #monty python's the meaning of life #monty python's meaning of life #terry jones #1983 #6.9 #movie #film #review #commentary #rye-views

[hajimesh]

Best Friend.

word count: 1.5k

pairing: peter parker x reader

summary: waltzing with your crush to a hozier song. that’s it. that’s the tweet.

a/n: okay this deleted itself somehow!? so yeah, posting it again. this was based on a dream i had with ‘would that i’ by hozier as background music (totally normal lol). let me know what you think! masterlist can be found in my bio♡

“She should be here already.”

Peter mumbles as he looks at his watch for the umpteenth time.

You are currently at a charity gala hosted by Tony Stark and everything would be running smoothly if it weren’t for aunt May’s lack of presence. She said she’d be here twenty minutes ago and yet she is nowhere to be seen which has Peter, your best friend, on edge.

He had asked you to accompany him to the event since he would be giving a speech and there was no way you’d refuse his offer. Not only because you knew he could use your support but because you’d take any chance you could to be with him, seeing as you have been harbouring a crush on him for the past three months. Not that he knew, of course.

“Have you tried calling her?” Your voice is gentle, trying to calm his nerves a bit.

Peter shakes his head as he murmurs something you can’t make out but he pulls out his phone from his pocket. You watch as he dials and perks up as soon as he hears May’s voice on the other end, the stress dissipating slightly. A minute later he ends the call, looks at you and gives you a tight lipped smile.

“She’s stuck in the traffic.”

You can’t help but laugh. Poor thing has been stressing over nothing!

“Gosh, Pete. You need to chill.” Placing your hands on his shoulders you shake him a bit, trying to loosen up his stiff posture. “She’s gonna be here on time, you’ll see.”

“I’m just– ugh, I’m so nervous.” His jittering hands find yours, interlacing his fingers with yours. Once again he looks nervous, giving you a worried look. “This whole thing is so stressful and I’m afraid I’ll mess things up.”

He rambles, words spilling non-stop as panic engulfs him again. But all you can think of is how warm his hand feels against yours. Your heart starts pounding on your chest at the unexpected contact of your hand with his but you know he needs the reassurance so you act like you’re not about to combust in the spot.

“Hey, I’m here. Nothing bad is gonna happen and your gonna ace it. C’mon spider-man.” You give him words of encouragement, smiling reassuringly at him before making a funny face.

This finally earns you a laugh from him and you can’t help but feel the pride swirling on your chest. If only he could see himself in your eyes.

You are making small talk, distracting him for a bit when you see the Tony stark approaching and you try to free your hand from Peter’s, thinking that he might not want to give the wrong idea. But you are surprised when he stops you by squeezing your hand, a nervous look on his face. You smile at him reassuringly and squeeze it back, earning a tiny smile from him.

“Hey kiddo. I see you made it.” Tony Stark says as he claps a hand on Peter’s shoulder.

“Y-yeah. Everything looks good, the place-” Peter clears his throat which has suddenly gone dry and you look at him worried. “The place looks amazing, Mr. Stark.”

“Thanks, Pete. And you brought company?” The man himself smiles at you with a raised brow.

Peter seems to come out of his daze and he looks at you, eyes wide open and then proceeds to introduce you. “Ah, yes, yes. This is my best friend..”

As Peter introduced you to Mr. Stark you greeted him with a polite smile. Peter had warned you Mr. Stark wasn’t very fond of physical interaction so you refrained from doing so.

“Ah, best friend. Is that what they call girlfriends nowadays?” Tony says in a mocking tone as he fakes a confused look, his finger tapping on his chin. “Your generation is weird.”

Clapping his hand on Peter’s shoulder one more time, Tony turns to leave not before winking at you. You look at Peter and you’re sure you would’ve laughed if you weren’t feeling so mortified. Peter looks as if he’s seconds away from passing out, red as a tomato while his mouth opens and closes, utterly speechless.

“Well, that went well?” You try to lighten up the mood, turning the awkwardness into a joke but Peter seems to be on the verge of exploding.

“Oh my god.” He finally looks at you, big brown eyes filled with nothing but embarrassment which causes you to break down.

You start laughing so loud that some guests give you looks but you don’t care because Peter is right next to you, doubled over in laughter as tears fall from his eyes. Your laughs soon die down to giggles, and if you weren’t a coward you’d have probably grabbed Peter’s face and kissed him right then and there because he looked so damn pretty. Flushed cheeks and shiny brown eyes looking at you as adorable giggles escape his mouth.

Out of nowhere, you hear the faint sound of a song you know all too well. Peter has been obsessing over Hozier’s music for the past six months, you even tried to get tickets for one of his concerts but sadly they sold out before you could refresh the website, leaving Peter all sad and mopey for a week.

Apparently Peter heard it too because a moment later his head perks up so quickly you worry it will come off his neck. “My song!”

You roll your eyes as the overexcited puppy next to you starts mouthing the words. The song must’ve given him some sense of familiarity, dissipating his nerves a bit because next thing you know he’s pulling you by your –still– interlaced hands to the dance floor as if it were the living room of his home.

“Peter! How do you even dance to this?” You whisper-yell when you both reach the middle of the dance floor, a few curious eyes watching you.

“Umm,” He clearly didn’t think this through and now you’re both standing like dumbs as more people wait to see what you’re up to. Peter gives you a timid smile, his cheeks turning slightly red “Like a waltz?”

Your breath hitches, nervousness hitting you like a truck but if this will calm Peter’s nerves then you have no other option. Not like you don’t want to dance with him.

You place a hand on his shoulder as you feel him hold you by the waist. Interlacing your other hand with his, you start swaying softly. It feels as if every single pair of eyes focus on you so you try to zone them out, relishing on having Peter so close to you. Closing your eyes briefly, you ease out the tension from your shoulders focusing on the music.

“Is this okay?” Peter’s gentle tone catches your attention.

Distancing yourself slightly from him, you look straight at his eyes and smile, nodding your head. “Yeah.”

You sound breathless, being so close to him is certainly making your heart jump excitedly inside your chest leaving you agitated.

He gives you a toothy smile, his childish aura captivating you and unconsciously freeing any shyness you have been feeling previously.

Placing your arms around his neck, you pull him closer. He immediately corresponds by encircling your waist with both arms. A dreamy sigh escapes your mouth and he laughs, his mouth placed right next to your ear.

“This is nice.”

You answer him by holding him tighter, which sends Peter into overdrive. He kisses you on your temple, melting your heart in the process. Lying the side of your face on his shoulder, you sigh contentedly.

Eventually the song ends and you distance yourself from each other, goofy smiles on your lips as Tony Stark makes his way to the scenario and clears his throat, successfully catching everyone’s attention.

“Good evening, everyone. I’m pleased to be here...” Tony starts greeting the guests and thanking them for attending.

You glance briefly at Peter who looks at ease, less nervous and jittery than before. Once Tony  announces Peter will be the one to further explain the purpose and goals of the charity, you give his hand a squeeze. He hasn’t let it go ever since he grabbed it earlier today.

“Go get ‘em, tiger.”

After placing a kiss on your cheek, Peter walks away leaving you a blushing mess on the dance floor.

You watch as he walks up the stairs leading to the scenario and Mr. Stark greets him with a hug. You can’t help but smile at the interaction knowing that Tony cares about Peter as if he were his own son.

“So, what did I miss?”

May’s voice comes out of nowhere and you turn to look at her. She’s smiling, oblivious as to what his nephew has done to your heart the past hour.

Oh, not much. Just your nephew holding me in his arms, turning my heart into jelly as I fall harder for him.

Yeah, nope.

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[wildxcardrebel]

//So! To follow up on that last post

Joker and Mona’s Showtime is flashy. They rely on their skills as Phantom Thieves and invoke images of big cats. They start out in the shadows before pouncing, much like a black leopard. They follow up by cutting at their enemy with their blades at blinding speeds, reminiscent of a cheetah. And then to seal the deal, Joker drives the Morganamobile into the enemy, with the roaring of the engine sounding like a mix of both a tiger and a lion as Mona hits their target and places a bomb at their feet for good measure with the cat jumping up on Joker’s shoulder much like he does when Joker picks a locked chest.

Skull and Joker are much more realistic and brutal. Skull bludgeons the enemy while Joker slashes at them. Then Skull proceeds to take his shotgun and kneecap the enemy in both knees before Joker mercifully puts the Shadow out of its misery with a shot to the head.

Joker and Panther’s is actually a tango, them dancing around their enemy with Panther’s whip and Joker’s knife twirling and hitting them. After dipping her down, hearts surround the enemy, trapping them before the Thieves unload their guns, piercing through the hearts.

Fox paints a portrait of Joker that the latter leaps into. Fox then proceeds to cut down the Shadow with his sword before creating another painting in front of the enemy, which Joker leaps out from and practically decapitates them.

Joker entangles the enemy in his grappling hook before he gets on Johanna, with Queen gunning it and dragging the Shadow across the road. After coming to a stop, Queen picks up the Shadow and beats their face in before Joker fires a bullet which Queen punches, increasing its speed and velocity at an incredible rate that it causes the enemy to explode.

With Noir, she fires a rocket at the Shadow though it misses them. While it misses, she sits down for tea. Joker then swoops in and using his grappling hook, swings the rocket around before tossing it at the shadow as he leaps into the other chair across from Noir, the two raising their cups in a toast to their victory.

#||The Depths of My Heart|| (Headcanon)

[noirbriar]

MDZS AU : Illusion of Spring (Final)

(Part 1)  (Part 2)  (Part 3) Our cultivators enter another world where Jin Guangyao had won at the Battle of Guanyin Temple.Jiang and Nie are at War with Jin and Lan. Wei Wuxian had died,his soul destroyed. Lan Wangji in his anguish have found a way to retrieve back Wei Wuxian but also not his Wei Wuxian. OCC-ness ahead.Also contains nothing but self-satisfaction and WangXian. Proceed with caution.

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- The battle between all 4 sects begin upon the old battlefield of the Burial Mounds. Lan Wangji charges up against Hanguang Jun, while shouting for Wei Wuxian. Although the calls go unheard as the demonic cultivator remains unwavering. While Songlan and Wen Ning try to fend off the many ghouls and corpses in the area, all having gathered where the Xin Mo is releasing a dark energy, feeding off Hanguang Jun, whose body has begun to have dark tendrils reaching up from his dominant hand wielding the demon sword Xin Mo. The sword is eating him and his soul alive.The melody of two guqins filled with energy thrums ceaselessly, bichen against its darken counterpart.Neither willing to back down.

- Jiang Wanyin and Jin Rulan goes up against Su She and Jin Guangyao respectively, Having a bone to pick with the people responsible for the death of their loved ones. - Meanwhile the 2 Lan Sizhui and 2 Lan Jingyi are forced to try and restrain Lan Xichen, but he is not the top cultivator for nothing.Though they have grown over the years and improved on their cultivation, are reluctant to hurt the kind and gentle Sect Leader who have watched them growing up. However, Zewu Jun is still a formidable opponent and just as it seems like an uneven match as Zewu Jun aims for Lan Sizhui - a sharp sound of a dizi pierces through the air, making everyone, dead and alive, all stop. “Aiya...I just stepped away for a moment and this is the mess I come back to?” Everyone: “...” -Hanguang Jun steps back and quickly appears beside Wei Wuxian,holding him gently as if he were a fragile piece of treasure he had found, “Wei Ying?” “Wei Ying!” Lan Wangji shouts over to his husband, who looks back at Lan Wangji warmly, ever filled with devotion. However, Lan Wangji stills his hand, he knows that hidden glint in his eyes. Trust his husband.Trust Wei Ying. Wei Wuxian turns back to this familiar stranger, a husband he doesn’t know, and looks into the darkened eyes of Hanguang Jun ( suddenly a sour smell fills the air, a strong smell of vinegar, everyone notes ) 

Wei Wuxian smiles, “Lan Zhan...It’s alright now.” The demonic cultivator reached out and caresses his check softly. ”But..I’m not your Wei Ying.” ”Let go.” - In that moment, Wei Wuxian had used empathy, and ends up watching the 13 years his lover had spent mourning for him. And right there in the memory scape, he watches too in sorrow. -Right at that moment, Jin Guangyao laughs scornfully and makes his move.He snaps his fingers and Zewu Jun breaks away and attempts to attack in bid for the demon sword. Although Nie Mingjue intercepts his fallen brother and (”Second brother!Awaken your senses!” ) reaching up his neck, removes the 3 nails from Zewu Jun’s neck. The older cultivator promptly collapses amongst the disciples’ arms, weary and struggling to regain his senses.It would take years for him to recover his spirit and cultivation. Jiang Wanyin finishes off the trash that is Su She with a flick of Zidian, although Jin Rulan struggles against his corrupted uncle.Jin Guangyao is still an older and more crafty enemy, and manages to corner his nephew... Until Fairy appears out of nowhere and attacks from behind, and dives right for Jin Guangyao’s jugular, and Nie Huaisang flicks his fan, and drives his saber into the corrupted cultivator’s chest. - Wei Wuxian slowly steps away, but in his spot, another figure remains.A soul that has been pieced together with the existence of another him. As he retreats back to his own Lan Zhan’s waiting embrace, the couple lets them reunite. In Wei Wuxian’s place, caressing Hanguang Jun’s check, was the flickering soul of Yiling Laozu. As he originally was.  The Wei Wuxian of this world.  “Lan Zhan..” He whispers- “I’m here.” - Xin Mo rumbles and is pissed,and Lan Wangji raises his qin, though Wei Wuxian waves him off, lifting Chenqing to his lips. While Yiling Laozu flicks a hand and Jiang Wanyin, feeling the dizi in his robes reacting to her master’s summon, throws it towards him. Two demonic cultivators. Verses a demonic sword and the countless of resentment and ghouls that is in their goddamn territory. The artefact is alot more vicious than the Stygian tiger seal, but its enough. -The darkness roars and tries to take all of the cultivators with it, but with a final trill, it explodes and leaves the Burial mounds empty.Neither a trace of spiritual or resentment remains as the possessed Bichen crumbles into dust along with Xin Mo. Yiling Patriarch drops Chenqing and grabs hold of his fallen lover.Whispering words quietly to Hanguang Jun that is only meant for him.While absorbing the darkness and dispelling it with his already weakened spirit. Come on Lan Zhan. Wei Ying...

It’s alright. I’m here. Slowly, their souls fades and they can only watch mournfully as a cloud pattern ribbon flies, entwined with a bright red ribbon on the cold mountain breeze along with the fragments of the lovers souls. A bittersweet reunion.  - Using the Golden Token one last time before it shatters in Lan Wangji’s palm, the husbands and disciples returned to their world in silence. Still reeling in from the tragic ending for their counterparts. As they ascend the steps back to Cloud Recesses, where their own family are awaiting, Lan Wangji stops holds onto Wei Wuxian tightly. His husband laughs softly and embraces back. Thank you for always being here. The spring winds are warmer now.

—- done! now my brain can leave me alone!

#mdzs #mo dao zu shi #mo dao zu shi AU #IllusionofSpringAU #lan wangji #wei wuxian #time travel? dimension travel idk #wangxian #scum villian crossover slightly

[magiccreaturecouncil]

Prologue

In a world where a civilization of many different lifeforms exists, chaos is inevitable, but certainly not uncontrollable. A council of 10, each of whom represent each major tribe, has been instated in order to control the chaos in the land and bring peace among every creature. 

The group prepare themselves for the ceremony to have them become leaders. 

“I’m so nervous...”, Ellie, a young, pink female with skin made of cloth and thread, stuttered behind huge, blue curtains and looked outside to see the crowd of creatures waiting for the ceremony to start. “I can’t do this! I can’t LEAD!” Ellie yelped as a cold, wet hand was placed on her shoulder. “Ellie, calm down. You were chosen for a reason. other creatures love you!” A watery female figure, Terry, was smiling at her overwhelmed silk friend. “You’re gonna be an amazing asset to this team, El. I know it.” Terry smiled and Ellie, who smiled back nervously. 

At that moment, a fiery portal burst from the ground and a figure began to emerge from the lava pool. It’s top half was that of a semi-humanoid shape with a black mask with dark orange cracks, resembling scorched earth. Hot red eyes stare at the Terry, who looked indifferently at him. “Rag... I thought you weren’t coming.”  Terry said. “It’s not like I wanted to come. But my Majordomo insisted.” ,Rag scoffed, “Can we get on with this already? I have other things to attend to.” 

 “Pfft”, Terry chuckled, “If you stopped talking like we’re still in the primordial times, people would take you a bit more seriously.” Rag’s flame grew a bit, “I don’t know about you, but I am definitely talking correctly. You’ve been hanging out with mechs too much. The sludge oil must be getting to your head.” A splash of water hit Rag in the face and he hissed. Terry smirked, “Watch who you’re talking to ‘Fire Prince’, this council is supposed to bring all creatures together after all.” She smiled at him, to which Rag responded with a glare.

  Two more figures entered, one humanoid red and brown bird and a girl in a traditional pandaren dress, along with a red cricket hair clip in her straightened hair. The bird yawned, the girl looked at her companion and spoke in a soft tone, “Looks like someone didn’t sleep early enough last night.” Yuni giggled a bit before her companion, Aril, responded. “Hey.Don’t blame me!”, He yawned again before speaking, “Blame the hatchlings...they never stop moving...and getting lost...and...” He began to doze off before Yuni hit him with her elbow. “ Come on, Ari. What type of leader sleeps on the job?” “Well, I have no idea why anyone chose me, the hatchery caretaker, to lead when I already work three 6 hour shifts. Aril rubbed his eyes and slapped his face a bit to keep himself a wake. Yuni notices Rag and smiles brightly at him. “Ragnaros! I’m glad you’re here!” “I’m not.”, Rag replied. Yuni chuckled, “Well either way, we will soon be able to discuss some issues that our tribes have with one another, and hopefully settle our differences.” Rag rolled his eyes, “Yes. I’m sure this council will provide a very... interesting take into one another’s society.” 

Another woman wearing a jade green dress with a golden dragon embroidered onto it and a young man wearing a sky blue jacket with a golden tiger stitched to the back talked amongst themselves as they entered. “And that is why, I believe that Windwool is one of the best cloths to use in dressmaking. What do you think, Xu 'Fu? “ the woman asked. “I liked all your arguments, Yu’la. They are very well thought out”, Xu ‘Fu said with a smile and he turned to the others, “Hello everyone! is everyone excited for the ceremony?” Terry and Ellie raised their hand up high and shouted “Definitely!” at the same time. Rag was indifferent and simply shrugged and muttered “Meh” in response and Aril was passed out in his chair. Yuni came up and hugged Yu’la and Xu ‘Fu tightly,”I’m glad you two are hear!” They hugged Yuni back and were taken aback by how strong she was. “We’re happy to see you too..oof..Yuni. Could you.please loosen your hug though? I can’t breathe.” Xu ‘Fu said smiling nervously. Yuni immediately let them both go. “Sorry about that guys!” she apologized. Yu’la smiled “It’s alright, Yuni. I promise.”  

The room began had a sudden chill to it, as if the temperature had dropped tremendously in only a matter of moments. Yuni, Xu ’Fu, and Yu’ la had gripped their arms while Terry and Ellie hugged each other to keep warm. Aril was chattering his teeth in his sleep while Rag leaned against the wall, holding his arms, even he was getting cold. “This is no ordinary cold.. this is the chill of death itself.”, Rag looked to see a female figure who was slightly transparent and hovered with ghostly white wings. “Valitria, surprising to see you here.” Rag stated. Valitria spoke in a low, foreboding tone, “I could say the same for you, fire prince. It is simply an obligation that I must keep in order for our tribes to finally be united. Valitria looked around the room, “Hello beings of life, do not be alarmed. I have not come to take you...yet.”, Valitria stated. “That’s...good I guess?”,Terry commented ,” Alright. who are we waiting for now?” Ellie answered immediately, “I think that the mechanical and humanoid representatives aren’t here yet.” 

At that exact moment, a loud crash could be heard from just behind the group, all of which turned to see a small, impish boy in wore- down jeans and a rough looking jacket and a thin, dark-skinned male wearing sunglasses and brandishing jeweled rings and belts  come into the room grinning to themselves. “That was AWESOME!” exclaimed the impish boy, the taller dark-skinned male chuckled “Damn right it was awesome! We gotta do it again.” Rag spoke with a smirk on his face as he spoke to the taller boy, “Look who finally arrived, I truly wonder how it took you this long to get here, Bling. With all your ‘State of the art’ technology you keep preaching about.” Bling shrugged his shoulders and looked at his hand, “Oh well. I’m here, ain’t I?” He replied snarkily towards Rag. Rag rolled his eyes and chuckled as he slowly clapped, ”Bravo! You’re actually HERE. What an amazing feat! Want a cookie?” “Hmph”, Bling responded with a quick glare and irritation in his voice as he walked away from Rag.

 The impish boy approached Ellie and waved shyly. Ellie waved back kindly, “How are you today?” The impish boy replied with a much softer tone than what he had come in with. “I-I’m fine thank you. Y-yourself? I’m Kariz by the way. But you can just call me ‘K’.” Ellie sighed. “I don’t really know, K. I’m supposed to feel like a leader... but I just don’t see why anyone else couldn’t have been chosen.” Kariz sat beside Ellie “I know the feeling..” Ellie smiled at Kariz, “Well.. I guess with other people to help us, it won’t be as bad right?” Kariz nodded and smiled back, “ Definitely!” 

Horns began to sound and a small miniature robot came in from the other side of the curtain to greet them. “The ceremony has begun! When your name is called, please proceed to front stage.” Everyone waited as the announcements began. 

“To all my fellow creatures! I am proud to announce our elected council!” The crowd cheered as he spoke and the sound of stomping and clapping echoed throughout the audience. It took a minute before the speaker could silence the crowd again. “I know that many of our different tribes have indeed had their differences and struggles against one another but I believe that we must not dwell on the past and now focus on our future, not as strangers, but as friends and neighbors. Now, enough of the preliminary announcements, it time to present our council members! And the first tribe is... Magic!” A firework popped into the air and exploded, creating a four pointed purple star. “ Our Magical representative is Ellie Plush!” Ellie took a huge gulp and headed past the curtain, walking to the speaker and nervously shook hands with them before being presented a medal. “ I am honored and humbled to be the one who bares the responsibility I have. I will do my best to achieve peace and represent the Magic community in the council!” She said proudly with little nervousness in her voice. 

The crowd  was wild with laughter and excitement, clapping for her from the minute she got on stage to the moment she was off stage. Ellie breathed out heavily and smiled at her new peers, who congratulated her. The rest of the council was announced and with every single announcement, the crowd for each tribe roared loudest for each of their representatives. 

“Ragnaros II for Elemental representative!” 

“Terry Puddle for Aquatic representative!” 

“ Xu ‘Fu for Beast representative!” 

“Yu’ la for Draconic representative!”

“ Yuni, ‘Red Cricket’ for Critter representative!” 

“Aril Teroclaw for Flying representative!”  

“Valitria Deathblossom for Undead representative!”

“Kariz Fiendish for Humanoid representative!”

“Blingtron Mini for Mechanical representative” 

Bling groaned “I told them to leave that out..” 

At the end of the ceremony, all the representatives stood before the crowd and bowed, with the audience bowing back as a form of respect. They all said their vows. 

“This council shall treat each and every creature as an equal and will protect everyone from harm or wrong doing. This council will be a place to exchange ideas and also negotiate with each other. This council is only made possible by you and we are all forever grateful! Thank you!” The entire crowd roared over excitement and the newly formed council members smiled and were proud of themselves and their people. When they all went to sleep that night, they readied themselves for the challenges ahead. 

(I hope you enjoyed this little prologue of mine! took me about 3 hours to write it all 0w0. Let me know what youguys think! 

.Ragnaros, Terry, Yuni, Aril, Valitria, Kariz, Bling, Xu ‘Fu, Yu’ la, Yuni, and Ellie are available for asks.)

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[unharmeddrudge]

Staying Up Late

A short story for an RP I’m writing with a friend. Besides writing well, they’re also an amazing artist. I, being unable to draw, have opted to just write a lot. I also need to write more as practice. Thus, this. Nothing heavy, just a domestic fluff for fun.

For context: The Soyuzi are a race of Russian space lizard people. Vokachaian is a human ethnicity. 

The house is quiet. The TV is off, it’s dark out, and no one has entered or left all day. A faint chill gives the house a temperature that makes blankets quite comfortable. The only significant sound comes from the mechanical clock on the wall.

“Drew, it’s almost eleven o’clock.”

“I know, I know, let me… let me just wrap this up. I’m almost done—you go to bed first.”

The half-Soyuzi eyes the translator carefully from a short distance, across the great peaks and valleys of books and papers surrounding the Vokachaian. He isn’t willing to tread that field just yet. It looks as though a printing shop had exploded, with the boy at its epicenter.

“You say that, but…”

“The longer you talk,” the Vokachaian snaps, refusing to look up from his book, “the longer this will take. Just go already.”

The corner of Sasha’s lips twitch irritably. “Fine. Ten minutes, hurry up,” he says, stomping off to the bedroom in a huff.

Lately, Drew had been pushing their regular ten o’clock schedule to unacceptable limits. He’d been too engrossed in the translation of some damn books, enough to make it feel like he was ignoring Sasha. As much as the half-Soyuzi enjoys watching Drew’s passions stir into a fever (especially at night, in bed), he knows all too well that this sort of behavior is a bad habit that only ends up with a sleep-deprived Vokachaian, and possibly also a sick one.

Sasha falls onto the bed. He can lie there as comfortably as he wants, but in the end, he just can’t fucking sleep. Not without him. The room is cold, as Drew always likes it, but it’s uncomfortable to be alone in. The still and quiet chill is so lonely. He stares at the ceiling for a while, complaining about Drew’s slightly workaholic tendencies, among his other faults. In it, though, he remembers some advice his sister-in-law once gave him.

“When he starts to work instead of sleeping, he’s probably upset about something,” Emily had said one night at the Yodrezhka family household having dinner. Drew had left briefly to buy dessert with his mother. “Trust me, I’ve seen it a thousand times. He did for a few days one time when the kids were bullying him at school, making him buy lunch for them.” She sat back, locking her fingers together and turning them outward to crack her knuckles. “Slept fine soon as I dealt with ‘em, heh.” She smiles, confidently throwing her hair back and examining her fingernails. “He’d done it another time when his last boyfriend broke up with him. He’d lent a book to the guy—never got it back, actually.”

Sasha listened amusedly to the bold young girl. He liked her style. “Huh. Yeah, I think word boy’s done that once or twice, I’m pretty sure. Thought he was just a workaholic.”

“Nah, that boy loves to sleep. There’s always something else. Something’ll be bothering him. Though, I guess work could bother him, too.”

“I see… Good to know, little tiger. But how will I… y’know, fix him?” Sasha grinned, waving a hand in the air.

“Well, look, he’s not one to share his problems so easily. I had my way, and it involved locking the room and playing Jamie Lockensteiner until he fessed up. He hated that stuff,” she smiled back.

“Oh, you’re a cruel sister. His music is terrible.”

“Hey, watch it. He was on the top 20 list in 3284, so obviously, you’re wrong,” she pointed threateningly at him. “Anyway, I suggest a slightly different tactic for you. If he ever gets like that: first, pull him outta work. I mean, really pull him out. Make him forget it exists for a moment. By, heh heh, you know—” She elbows the man suggestively, making a ring in one hand and poking the index finger of the other hand through, “—any means necessary… but just before you get down to the nitty-gritty—deny him! Surprise him with questions, make him talk. Hold your ground, and don’t give him anything until he spits it out.”

“I feel like you been reading too many—what’s it called—’doujinshi’ lately, Emily.”

“No, trust me on this! You just gotta surprise him, and be firm about it. Works one-hundred percent of the time. Promise.”

Sasha takes a moment to pause and thoughtfully reflect on Emily’s advice, formulating a plan. She’s a bit of a perv, but she definitely has some good ideas.

He looks at the clock. It’d been eleven minutes already. Man, he’d been lenient with his time. How nice is that? He gets up and walks down the hall.

The translator hasn’t budged. His brows are deeply furrowed, brown eyes staring into a book, probably puzzling over something esoteric and profound. Maybe.

It won’t be easy to transverse the defensive obstacle course of new and ancient documents surrounding the male. Sasha had once tried to simply trample over them—he’d certainly gotten over, but it left him with a distinct bruise on his face and a pain in his groin, as well as the option of sleeping on the couch. Best to avoid that tonight.

Taking a detour, Sasha enters their small kitchen. Coming up with a plan as he went along, he opens a cabinet, finding a large can of Kharzakyt beans.

Perfect.

Returning to his spot across the paper moat in the living room, the half-Soyuzi squats, facing Drew, who appears to be ignoring him. Shitty brat. Opening the can, Sasha picks a bean out, and tosses it.

Drew doesn’t flinch.

Huh. He’s really committed to this, is he?

Sasha tosses another bean. It hits the side of Drew’s face, then falls onto his book.

Drew blinks, brushes the bean away, and continues reading. He picks up a pen, takes a note on a notebook to his right.

Sasha narrows his eyes at the translator, stubborn with a vain and futile resistance. He’ll break that. He grabs a couple more beans and throws them at his target.

Drew pauses in his notetaking, expressionless, as if physically stunned. He looks up slowly at the offender with a displeasure. “...Are those Kharzakyt beans?” he asks quietly.

Sasha answers with a smug grin. “Yah. Gonna do something about it?”

Drew just looks at him for a long moment. Agitated, likely, under that suppressed exterior. That smug motherfucker has no power over me, he thinks. After a while, he shakes his head slowly, and looks back at his book.

It’s too late, though. Sasha’s got Drew caught like a rabbit in a trap. He tosses another handful of beans.

The translator tries not to react. The Kharzakyt beans are making a mess.

The man tosses another handful. And another.

They’re starting to cover the books. The floor around the boy is almost totally hidden.

Finally, with a maniacal smile, Sasha stands, and fucking spikes a handful.

Holy shit. It stings. At his wit’s end, the Vokachaian stands and lunges across the papers and books, missing the half-Soyuzi as he backpedals.

Joyfully, Sasha continues tossing beans at the other while retreating backwards down the hall to the bedroom while Drew clumsily chases after him.

“Who do you think you are, you scaley bastard? I’ll skin you into a fucking wallet!” Drew growls, continually failing to grab the man as he is lured into the bedroom.

Sasha’s thrill ends as he trips onto the bed, where Drew is finally able to jump and grab him.

Sitting on the Soyuzi’s legs, Drew grabs the man's shirt collar and pulls him up close to his face. “You are an enormous pain in the ass,” he hisses.

In contrast to the incensed raven-haired mess, the brunet is barely managing to contain his laughter. He leans forward, capturing the angry lips with his own. He brings a hand up to stroke those tense cheeks with the back of his knuckles. Drew's hands move down to the other's shoulders. They break, with Drew pouting and Sasha smiling. “Oh, kotyenok, you only have self to blame. You make it so fun to mess with you!”

The translator's grimace never softens, though his face surely reddens. “You're a fuckin’ bully.” He grabs the wrist of the hand touching his face, then proceeds to push Sasha down until he's flat on his back, making out with him along the way.

Sasha lets it happen for a while. He's cute when he's all feisty like this! And it feels good, to boot. He doesn't need to put any work in. Drew's hands run through the brunet's hair and over his chest, while Sasha's hands travel across his partner's back and touch his neck, slyly reminding the boy of the many marks there.

Drew is very intense. Very touchy. Feeling around a lot. Quick to take off clothes, but not willing to part lips for very long. He seems desperate. Frantic, even. Like he's still distracting himself. Just like when he was working.

Damn. He’s just replaced with his books with Sasha. It’s no good.

By now, Drew has managed to remove the half-Soyuzi’s shirt and unbutton his own. It would probably be best to stop him now.

Groaning internally, Sasha pulled Drew’s face off his own, sighing. The Vokachaian tries to continue, but ends up simply furrowing his eyes at the other, confused. Soon enough, the taller man grabs the shorter’s hands before flipping their positions around. Drew gets plopped onto his back, hands caught above his head, with Sasha between his legs, leaning over him.

“Okay, enough of that, Dryushka. Gotta talk,” he grumbles reluctantly. Personally, he’s not too happy about stopping, but he knows it’s the quote-unquote “Right Thing to Do.”

“Hey, what the—let go of me,” the Vokachaian whines, trying fruitlessly to free his hands and reach downwards. He’s way too weak, though.

“Come on, shortstack. Hold still. Let’s use our words, yeah?”

Drew stares in confusion at the other for a moment. “...H-huh? Fuck that, I don’t got anything to say. Take off your pants.”

“Not like that, word boy. “You have been skipping bed-time, and you look like you’re trying to ignore me. Is not okay. If something is the matter, you need to tell me.”

“Fuck you.”

“I think you have this backwards.”

“—Fuck me.”

“Right, but no.”

“I—ugh! Why are you so difficult?!” Drew squirms around a bit in another attempt to get free, before deciding to wrap his legs around Sasha’s hips. If he isn’t going to get free, his making the most of where he is right now. “What do you want from me?”

Oh, this cheeky bastard. He’s got some nerve. This is a rather precarious new adjustment, but Sasha isn’t letting up. “L-like… Like I said. I know something is bothering you—spit it out.”

Even in the cold darkness, the Vokachaian’s deepening flush is pretty obvious. “Wh-what? No, you’re… you’re mistaken. Misinterpreting. I’m fine. Let me go.”

Sasha just laughs. “No way. I don’t believe you. Ever heard of… ah… communication? We’re doing that. Now.” He punctuates himself with a prick on the neck with teeth. “So… How was day?”

Drew sucks in air through his teeth, turning away. He doesn’t have to answer a dumb question like this.

The brunet sighs against his partner’s neck. So much trouble. “I thought we’ already worked this whole ‘talking’ thing out.”

The captive Vokachaian doesn’t even squeak.

“Come on, kotyenok. At least look at me.”

He doesn’t budge.

It’s starting to get frustrating. They should be able to talk now! What could possibly be so troubling? So embarrassing?

“Say something, Drew. Honestly—there is no one else here, so whatever it is… you can tell me,” he coaxes in a firm, slightly impatient, yet reassuring voice. “Just tell me.”

Silence. Cold and hard silence with unhappy lips pressed firmly closed.

Sasha shakes his head. He might just have to give up. Can’t force anything.

“...’s stupid…”

“Huh?” The brunet’s eyes widen. The boy has spoken.

“I said it’s dumb… Don’t worry about it…” Drew still won’t look Sasha in the eye, but he’s certainly finding the blank darkness around them quite entertaining.

Sasha smiles once again, bringing their foreheads close together. “Why are you so embarrassed? If it bothers you so much, I have to care about it.”

“I told you it doesn’t matter.”

“It does!” Sasha exclaims, releasing Drew’s hands to embrace his torso. The freed hands end up on Sasha’s back. "You just don’t want to tell me because you’re afraid I’ll make fun of you.”

“Won’t you?” Drew mutters, looking wistfully out the window.

“I will. But it’ll be good for you.”

They lie like that for a while. It’s warm and comfortable, at least. The cold air lets them enjoy each other’s heat without getting all sweaty, though they still got sweaty for other reasons.

Finally, Drew sighs, looking down at the half-Soyuzi. “Alright, alright…” He looks very cute and flustered from this angle. “There was… a book at the convention last week. I wanted it, but I couldn’t afford it. Someone else took it… and… yeah.”

Sasha laughs quietly running a hand through the other’s messy black hair. “Oh, you poor, entitled brat, you. Now was that so hard?”

“It was, and my life has depreciated because of it,” he mutters, pouting. “This is why I didn’t care to tell you, you piece of shit.”

“Oh, but it meant so much to you! All week long… It’s okay Drew. I guess I feel sorry for you.” Sasha rises once more, giving Drew a kiss as a reward for his honesty and bravery. “And look, see—I’ll make you feel better.”

“As if. I’m not in the mood anymo-more—” Drew says before a shiver from Sasha’s touch cuts him off. “...Oh, h-holy shit, I guess I am.”

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