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tamayula-hl · 7 months

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I have illustrated many Dad!Ominis, but as I have not yet published my headcanon on DadOmi, I would like to explain it in drawing and text because I am not good at English😳

In my headcanon, Ominis discussed this with his girlfriend, MC, while he was still at school, and they chose to drop the Gaunt name and elope together. The pair jumped ship on a steamer to the USA soon after graduation. As you know, the Gaunt family has ties to the USA, as the mother of the founder of the Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the USA was born a Gaunt, and there is a Slytherin wand buried in the garden of that school.

(This is an illustration of that scene that I posted on Twitter in May, but there are lots of things I want to correct 😂)

They then started a new life together in the USA, where Ominis was lucky enough to get a job as an employee at MACUSA, which had just moved to New York and was short-staffed. (I have no idea of the details of how Ominis, under a pseudonym that presumably hides his Gaunt family origins, was hired as a permanent employee, and whether his obvious posh English could hide his identity in the US. Never mind the details!🤣)

And secondly, how Ominis became a father in the place where he eloped. In my personal opinion, he would surely be reluctant to leave offspring, even if he became a couple with the woman he loved. A witch named Rionach Steward, daughter of the founder of Ilvermorny School, has become so thick with Gaunt blood that she is rumoured to be a Parselmouth. She remained celibate for the rest of her life in order not to leave her cursed blood to future generations. Ominis is very serious and thoughtful and, like Rionach, would not want to leave the Gaunt blood flowing in his body to future generations.

Where Rionach and Ominis differ, however, is that he is a man. If Ominis were heterosexual and had a healthy body, it would be difficult for him to completely abstain from sexual desire for women. (As an aside, I think this dichotomy is the spice that makes Ominis' smut more attractive.)

Two young, loving people who are financially strapped and starved for entertainment are sure to indulge their carnal desires. Soon, they find out that MC is pregnant.

In other words, in my headcanon, ominis become fathers for the pathetic reason of contraceptive failure. I guess there are two sides to this, but of course I am convinced that Ominis is not the kind of irresponsible man who would run away from an unwanted pregnancy. Ominis will be very bewildered, but he will be cheerful in front of his pregnant wife and will support her with dedication, as in the manga and illustrations I posted the other day! During MC's pregnancy, Ominis will be repeatedly struck with anxiety, but as he sees his wife's belly growing bigger day by day, he will gradually develop paternal feelings for her. And after the birth of his first child, when he holds his baby for the first time, Ominis will be moved by the preciousness of the creature in his arms and the weight of life, and he will awaken as the best dad…!

I hope that Ominis, who became a father after unexpected events in his elopement, lives happily ever after, chewing on how precious a healthy family is😍.

Of course, it's all my headcanon, so I like different people's different ideas about Ominis' future! Anyway, I am happy as long as I see Ominis living a long and happy life..!

Thank you for reading my long story 🫶🫶🫶

A Japanese translation of the text is placed in undercut. (ほぼTwitterで書き散らかしていた妄想をまとめたものです。画像内の文章を和訳する元気はありませんでしたすみません…😂)

（機械翻訳にブチ込む用に書いた文章なので、ちょっと変ですがご容赦ください🙏）

私の脳内設定（headcanon）では、オミニスは在学中にガールフレンドであるMCと話し合って、Gauntの名を捨て、二人で駆け落ちすることを選びました。二人は卒業してすぐにアメリカ行きの蒸気船に飛び乗りました。

その後二人はアメリカで新生活を始め、ニューヨークに移転したばかりで人手不足のMACUSAでオミニスは運良く職員としての仕事を手に入れました。（おそらくGaunt家出身であることを隠している偽名のオミニスがどのように正社員として採用されたか、また、明らかなposh Englishを話す彼がアメリカで素性を隠しきれるかどうかについては、私は細かいことは全く考えていません。こまけえこたぁいいんだよ！）

ご存知の通り、アメリカのIlvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardryの創始者の母はゴーント家の生まれで、その学校の庭にはスリザリンの杖が埋まっているなど、Gaunt家とアメリカには縁があります

そして次に、駆け落ち先でオミニスがどのようにして父親になっていったかです。私の個人的な意見ですが、彼はきっと愛する女性と夫婦になっても、子孫を残すことを嫌がるでしょう。 Ilvermorny Schoolの創設者の娘のRionach Stewardという魔女はParselmouthという噂があるほどGauntの血を濃く継いでしまいました。彼女は呪われた血を後世に残さないために生涯独身を貫いた。オミニスはとても真面目で思慮深い性格なので、Rionachと同じように、彼の身体の中に流れるGauntの血を後世に残したくないと思うでしょう。

しかしRionachとオミニスが違うところは、彼が男性ということです。 Ominisが異性愛者で健康的な身体を持っていれば、女性に対する性欲を完全に断つというのは困難でしょう。（余談ですが、この二律背反こそ、オミニスのsmutをより魅力的にさせるスパイスだと私は思います）

金銭的な余裕もなく娯楽に飢えた、若い愛し合う二人は、きっと肉欲に溺れるはずです。そして間もなく、MCの妊娠が判明するのです。

つまり私のheadcanonでは、オミニスは避妊失敗という情けない理由で父親になります。これについては賛否両論かと思いますが、もちろん、オミニスは望まぬ妊娠から逃げ出すような無責任な男ではないと私は確信しています。オミニスは非常に困惑しながらも、妊娠中の妻の前では明るく振舞い、先日投稿したmangaやイラストのように献身的に彼女をサポートするでしょう！ MCの妊娠期間中、オミニスは何度も不安に襲われるでしょうが、日に日に大きくなる妻のお腹を見ていくうちに少しずつ父性が芽生える。そして第一子が誕生後、初めて赤ちゃんを抱いた時に、オミニスは腕の中にある生き物の尊さと命の重みに感動し、最高のパパとして覚醒するのです…！！

駆け落ち先の予想外の出来事から父親になったOminisが、健全な家族がどれほど尊いものかを噛み締めて幸せに生きていてくれればと思います😍

もちろん、全て私のheadcanonなので、オミニスの将来については、色んな人の色んな考えも好きです！とにかく私は、幸せに長生きしているオミニスが見れればそれで幸せなのです…！

長い文を読んでくれてありがとうございました🫶🫶🫶

#hogwarts legacy headcanons #hogwarts legacy fanart #ominis gaunt #ominis gaunt headcanon #ominis gaunt x oc #ominis gaunt x mc

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mostlysignssomeportents · 5 months

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Kinkslump Linkdump

This is my dozenth linkdump! The world comes at you fast, and even though I'm writing 4-5 essays a week for this newsletter, many's the week that ends with more stray links than will fit in that format. Here's the previous ones:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

I managed to turn out five posts last week, despite being on tour with my latest novel, The Lost Cause, a hopeful solarpunk novel endorsed by Rebecca Solnit, Bill McKibben and Kim Stanley Robinson. The tour went great – the book's now a national bestseller on the USA Today list! Here's an essay I wrote explaining the structure of the feeling that the book is meant to convey:

https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/11/14/cory-doctorow-the-swerve/

This is a climate emergency novel full of rising seas, terrible storms, wildfires and zoonotic plagues, and yet – it is a hopeful novel. What makes it hopeful? It depicts a future in which we are treating these phenomena with the gravitas and urgency they warrant, with our whole society's focus shifting to moving coastal cities inland, weatherizing and solarizing our housing, and creating permanent housing for internal refugees.

While it would be infinitely preferable to live in a world where none of that is necessary, that's not the world we have. This is an sf novel, not a fantasy novel, so all the climate harms we've locked in through decades of expensively procured inaction are present. But the difference between disaster and catastrophe is how and whether we address those harms. Sure, this is a world where superstorms wipe away whole cities and Miami is a drowned mangrove swamp, but it's also a world in which oil executives do not chair UN climate summits or complain that oil companies are being "unjustly vilified":

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/27/opec-says-oil-industry-unjustly-vilified-ahead-of-climate-talks-.html

I write a lot, and it's not just this newsletter. Writing transports me from my anxieties and aches. That's how I came to write nine books during lockdown ("when life gives you SARS, make sarsaparilla"). Lost Cause was one of three books I published in 2023.

I'm going to greet 2024 with another novel, The Bezzle, a sequel to 2023's Red Team Blues, about the hard-charging, high-tech forensic accountant Marty Hench:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

The Bezzle is a story about the shitty technology adoption curve – the way that the worst technologies we have are first rolled out on the people least able to complain about them. After these bad technologies have their sharp edges sanded down on the bodies of prisoners, refugees and kids, they move up to blue collar workers and discount store shoppers, and so on, until we're all living under their thumb.

In The Bezzle, a dear friend of Marty finds himself serving a long sentence in a privatized California prison that flips from one private equity fund to the next, each with even worse, more extractive ways to use technology to bleed prisoners and their families dry. You can read the opening scenes in a just-published excerpt on Tor Books's site:

https://www.torforgeblog.com/2023/11/20/excerpt-reveal-the-bezzle-by-cory-doctorow/

The period immediately before a book's publication is always a tense one, as the first reviews trickle in. Library Journal's Marlene Harris is the first out of the gate, with a spectacular review:

https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/the-bezzle-1802415

Marty’s reminiscences range from obscure financial machinations to heaping helpings of social commentary but always move the underlying thriller story forward in a backwards heist tale that delivers a righteously satisfying ending to the surprise of both the reader and the villain. This novel, like his previous outing, rides on Marty’s voice. He has a jaundiced view of everything, but he tells it with such style and verve that readers are caught up and ride along on the surface until the shark beneath the water jumps out and bites the villain where it hurts.

I'm headed into Skyboat Media's studios on Monday with @wilwheaton to record the audiobook for this one, directed as ever by the amazing Gabrielle de Cuir. Keep your eyes peeled for a presale crowdfunder in January!

I am often asked how I decide when to present an idea through fiction and when to do so with nonfiction. The answer is a complicated one, and I got into it in some detail on Nature's Working Scientist podcast, in discussion with Paul Shrivastava:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03394-8

When it comes to politics, fiction and nonfiction are intensely complementary. Nonfiction can convey the data about a social phenomenon, but fiction can convey the meaning of the data. It's one thing to see a chart about inequality, and another to inhabit it through fiction. Marty Hench's narrative adventures are a way into the feeling of living in a corrupt oligarchy.

There are other ways into that feeling, of course. Take Barry Bowen's "Lifestyles of the Blessed & Famous: Preacher Homes Sold in 2023" for The Roys Report:

https://julieroys.com/lifestyles-blessed-famous-preacher-homes-sold-2023/?mc_cid=9678383b64

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then carefully staged realtor drone shots ganked from the Redfin listing for a "pastor"'s $3.5m mansion in Newport Beach is a full-on sermon about the corruption of the Hillsong megachurch:

https://www.redfin.com/CA/Newport-Beach/503-30th-St-92663/home/12363926

Narratives and photos are all well and good, but there's always room for some data. The USA's weird breed of federalism and devolved power makes for some very interesting data. Writing for The American Prospect, Paul Starr rounds up several studies evaluating the "natural experiments" created by enacting very different policies in otherwise similar states:

https://prospect.org/health/2023-12-08-life-death-cost-conservative-power/

The data is in: conservativism kills. Living in a red state shortens your life expectancy. The redder the state, the worse it is. The bluer the state, the longer you're likely to live:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1468-0009.12469

The exemplars here are Connecticut and Oklahoma, whose life expectancies were at par until they began to diverge in policies. Oklahoma got more conservative, Connecticut got more liberal. Today, the average Oklahoman will pop their clogs at 75.8, while a Connecticutensian can expect 80.7 years.

Different scholars have parsed out different policy outcomes. Giving Medicaid to children, for example, shows benefits for the next 50 years:

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20171671

The big one, of course, is gun control. Here's the topline: "restrictive state gun policies reduce overall gun deaths." Water also wet:

https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2023/11000/the_era_of_progress_on_gun_mortality__state_gun.3.aspx

Fact-free spiritual beliefs like "an armed society is a polite society" are key to conservative policymaking. Pesky progressives who confuse the issue with relevant facts are playing dirty, pointing out reality's unfair leftist bias.

But after 40 years of neoliberal deference to corporate power, the worm is turning. Somehow, a world on fire, filled with megapastors in megamansions who brief for lethal policies, has finally inspired a global vibe-shift (and not a moment too soon!). One of the most tangible expressions of that shift is the revival of antitrust, which has been in a coma since the Reagan administration.

All over the world – the EU, the UK, Ireland, Australia, and the USA – there are new competition enforcers challenging corporate power in ways that were unthinkable just a few years ago. If I'd written an enforcer like FTC chair Lina Khan in 2010, critics would have slammed me for wish-fulfillment too unrealistic for science fiction.

But today, Khan is taking big swings at corporate power, fighting against a calcified edifice of decades of bad, pro-monopoly precedent. The pro-monopoly press hate her, which is why the WSJ keeps publishing sweaty op-eds insisting that she is wasting her time and that monopolies are good, actually:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/14/making-good-trouble/#the-peoples-champion

But she is still out there, fighting for all of us. After a pro-monopoly judge stymied the FTC's bid to block the rotten Microsoft/Activision merger, Khan re-filed, appealing the decision:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/us-ftc-tries-again-stop-microsofts-already-closed-deal-activision-2023-12-06/

Critics insist that she's on a foolish errand, but Khan is tackling the most promising face of a sheer cliff, and the plainly anticompetitive merger between one of the world's largest console makers (a convicted monopolist!) with one of the world's largest games publishers is the right place to start. If she can get her piton into one of the hairline cracks in that face, her arduous climb gains a solid anchor for the next stage of her assent.

Of course, Khan's highest-profile action is her case against Amazon, the omnipresent, dystopian poster-child for enshittification, a platform we can't avoid, but which is so haphazardly policed that the bestselling bitter lemon energy drink you order might be bottled piss harvested from its immiserated drivers:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/10/20/release-energy/#the-bitterest-lemon

In a world of murderous, community-destroying monopolies, Amazon stands out for the sheer number of ways it makes the world worse. Amazon maims its warehouse workers and kills its drivers with impossible quotas. It poisons Black and brown neighborhoods with truck exhaust from its giant depots. It destroys small businesses that sell on its platform. It was part of the studio cabal scheming to destroy actors and writers' livelihoods with unfair contracts and AI. Its audiobook monopoly stole at least $100m from independent authors. It makes goods and services more expensive at every retailer (not just Amazon), and price-gouges on its own storefront:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/#consumer-welfare-queens

Keeping that scam going requires a lot of skullduggery. A new set of leaked internal Amazon documents shed some light on how that inedible sausage gets made:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjbm9/amazon-brags-it-cultivated-california-mayor-with-donations-in-leaked-policy-document

Amazon's "Community Engagement Plan 2024" brags about buying off small-town mayors and astroturf groups in its bid to resist regulations that would limit warehouse delivery van emissions in communities of color (Amazon calls this "philanthropic work"). Coincidentally, that "philanthropy" targeted Perris, a town where residents voted for a warehouse tax to repair the roads that had been trashed by fleets of Amazon vans.

But the real focus of Amazon's "Community Engagement" is California's AB1000, a bill that will limit the construction of supersized, 100k+ sqft warehouses near daycare centers, schools or rec centers. Secondarily, Amazon is hoping to get California to make it easier to advertise alcohol around kids, to "unlock" California's liquor market.

This kind of shameless, mustache-twirling villainry can only go on so long before it meets resistance. One of the longest-running, hardest fought struggles against corporate malfeasance is the farmers' right ro repair fight against John Deere. Deere boobytraps its tractors so that after a farmer repairs a Deere tractor, they have to wait for days, and pay hundreds of dollars, for a Deere technician to come out to the farm and type an unlock code into the tractor's console:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/08/about-those-kill-switched-ukrainian-tractors/

Despite multiple state right-to-repair initiatives and a pending rulemaking from the FTC, Deere is still fucking around. Now, they've found out. US District Court Judge Iain Johnson just handed Deere a scathing, 89-page memo rejecting the company's bid to kill a class action suit brought by its customers:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/deere-must-face-us-farmers-right-to-repair-lawsuits-judge-rules-2023-11-27/?ref=404media.co

The memo hearkens back to company founder John Deere, "an innovative farmer and blacksmith who—with his own hands—fundamentally changed the agricultural industry":

https://www.404media.co/a-massive-repair-lawsuit-against-john-deere-clears-a-major-hurdle/

Judge Johnson tells Deere's lawyers that the real John Deere "would be deeply disappointed in his namesake corporation," and calls out their lying. You love to see it.

This kind of thing is happening all over the world as policymakers, regulators and lawmakers take aim at corporate power. The Australian government just announced that it would force Apple to open up iOS to alternative browser engines:

https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/new-digital-competition-laws-for-australia/

This is obscure and technical, but that's why it's so exciting: rather than mumbling broad platitudes about competition and user choice, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's regulation targets a critical leverage point where a small change will deliver huge benefits:

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/consumers-and-small-businesses-to-benefit-from-proposed-new-regulation-of-digital-platforms

While there are many browsers in Apple's App Store, they're all just reskinned versions of Safari, all running on the same core engine, Webkit. Webkit is ancient, undermaintained and feature-poor. Crucially, Webkit does not implement the parts of the HTML5 standard needed for WebApps, which would allow app developers a safe channel to offer apps that don't go through Apple's App Store monopoly chokepoint:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/13/kitbashed/#app-store-tax

Now, there's a big jump between announcing this kind of regulation and enacting it. As Mark Nottingham points out, Australia's had an "in principle" commitment to enact a privacy regulation for two successive governments, with no actual regulation in sight:

https://techpolicy.social/@mnot/111546662237364754

So we can't take these announcements as a sign to declare victory and stand down. The policymakers who announce these proposals deserve our accolades for the announcement and they require our constant vigilance until they make good on their promises.

That's the case in Ireland, where the Coimisiún na Meán has just published a fantastic regulatory proposal for recommendation systems, requiring recommenders to be turned off by default and that recommendations based on "political views, sexuality, religion, ethnicity or health" have to be switched off by default:

https://www.cnam.ie/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Draft_Online_Safety_Code_Consultation_Document_Final.pdf

It's especially significant that this is coming out of Ireland, a corporate crime haven that has successfully lured the world's tech giants into flying its flag of convenience, with the guarantee of tax evasion and lax regulation:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/15/finnegans-snooze/#dirty-old-town

This rule won't enforce itself. It'll require constant vigilance and pressure. There's plenty of ways to do that on a part-time, voluntary basis, but if this kind of thing enflames you enough to make a career out of it, here's a tenure-track job for an infosec professor at Citizen Lab, fearless slayers of high-tech corporate ogres:

https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Information-Security-ON/576463017/

That's all for this week's linkdump. It's time for me to go hole up in my office and wrap presents. When I do, I'll be tuning into the latest Merry Mixmas MP3 of Christmas mashups from DJ Riko:

http://www.djriko.com/dls/DJ%20Riko%20-%20Merry%20Mixmas%202023.mp3

Riko's Christmas mashups have been part of my holidays for more than two decades now. He's been making them for 22 years! That's a lot of great holiday mashups:

https://www.djriko.com/mixmases.htm

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/09/gallimaufry/#marty-hench-rides-again

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PLS as a new stars enjoyer i really wanna know whos who in this 🥹🥹 i kill for family dynamics 🤲🤲

https://www.tumblr.com/39oa/744137614807924736/the-stars-are-like-this-is-39-yo-joe-pavelski

hi anon!!! of course i would be MORE than happy to explain and in fact am about to egregiously overexplain so apologies in advance for that >__< welcome 2 starsblr pls enjoy your stay!!! 💚💚💚

"pavs and sons" → this is our top line that consists of jason robertson (21 / "robo"), roope hintz (24 / some call him "roop", his finnish nickname is "hine"), and joe pavelski (16 / "pavs"). pavs spent over a decade in san jose and was the sharks' captain during essentially their twilight years, and he came to dallas intending to retire (which is likely to happen at the end of this year tbh) but instead revitalized a distinct second phase of his career after being placed on a line with 2124 in 2020-21, unexpectedly becoming stalwart producers for a struggling dallas stars offense (2 words: rick bowness) — robo was only in his first year with the stars and roope's career was not that much older, hence the nickname pavs and sons; although pavs is only an alternate captain because the stars already have a very established, homegrown captain, he is basically treated as our second captain thanks to his age and the vast influence he has over both our young players & the locker room as a whole :') one of his nicknames is also captain america from representing team usa on the intl stage LOL.

rest below the cut:

raising johnny -> our team's ACTUAL baby is 2003-born wyatt johnston (53 / "johnny" but sometimes we use "wyjo" lol), who was in the ohl before the 2022-23 season but managed to impress during training camp and basically forced his way onto the roster (without getting too much into it, 18-19 y/o rookies can play 9 games with the big club before burning a year off their elc, so being from the ohl at his age his only options were basically Be In The NHL Permanently or go back to ontario.) because "HE (WAS) ONLY 19!!!" and there was some uncertainty about whether he'd stay up, pavelski invited him to live at his place with his wife and teenaged-son, and now a second year into his career wyatt is STILL with them because he loves it there so much lol. the stars frequently joke about pavs being his dad/landlord, and we've gotten a ton of fun content like these quest for the stanley cup clips and other interview moments like this, this, and this.

fostering stank(s) -> logan stankoven (11 / "stank" though you will also see "stanks") is our other baby and a very recent addition to our nhl roster; he's from the same draft class as johnny, but spent last season in the whl and therefore was eligible to go to the ahl this year, where he's been cooking up a storm for half the szn. it was pretty inevitable that he'd come up at SOME point, but the perfect opportunity arrived after one of our forwards got injured and he was slotted in on short notice. like johnny, he has basically forced his way onto the team permanently by immediately performing to (and well-beyond) standard :') the fun part is that he stayed with johnny at pavs's house when he first came to dallas, though he's since moved out and found his own place... nevertheless, this was still very sweet because logan & wyatt have GENUINE history from knowing each other half their lives & winning gold for u18 team canada in 2021, and have since picked their immediate chemistry right back up on the stars's 3rd line together. (more on this later!!!)

resident glueguy tydel + otter's son -> u know how every team needs its emotional support 4th liner who is at constant threat of being dumped at trade deadline? ty dellandrea (10 / "delly" but we like "tydel" as well) is our 13oa pick who never really panned out as expected, but he's still crucial to the overall health of the locker room and beloved by many. as a small piece of the Cycle Of Mentorship that the stars subscribe to, pavs is known for basically being a deflection master and a menace in front of the net and has passed on this propensity to a lot of younger stars by doing targeted practice sessions with them, including tydel. anyway delly's lore in general is just INSANEEE because he's at the center of the stars' social fabric in a lot of ways. happily third-wheels along with the wags, gets along with the 279195 canadian slagline who mostly exist outside of any family narratives, is Publicly Liked By Roope which is kind of weird because outside of cellys roop practices jane austen levels of finnish repression, imprinted on johnny hard last year (JOINED HIM ON PAVELSKI FAMILY NIGHTS) (from this devastating webweave), has SOOO much ahl history with otter to the point that otter's baby brother sees ty as part of the family — this is also where otter saying that he and his girlfriend saw ty as their son when he stayed at their apartment during training camp comes from. which is genuinely like Absurd Things to say because jake oettinger (29 / "otter") (as a completely random aside, please look at this gifset of harls wearing otter's shirt) is ONLY 2 YEARS OLDER THAN DELLY. LIKE THE FUCK D'YOU MEAN YOUR SON???

i'm normal. okay

jbenn / "daddy" line dads -> so the stars' real captain is jamie benn (14 / multiple nicknames but "chubbs" is a signature), whoooo is a quite the contentious figure amongst stars fans but as a 2007 draftee is very much a homegrown player and still quite important to the organization. i'm ngl, stars rpf is a VERY small space nowadays in hockey fandom, but ~back in the day~ he and tyler seguin were one of The Big Ships before slowly fading as both fandom figures & stars of the team thanks to age and injury and [waves hand vaguely]. anyway while the top line on the stars has remained *mostly* set since robo was called up, the 2nd & 3rd lines still experience a decent amount of reshuffling, so wyatt is kind of jamie's fixed line son atp but they also played with tydel before we 1:1 swapped some russians and evgenii dadonov (63 / the "DADDY" in question) came in and replaced delly. so now we've had multiple "benn and sons" lines (jamie + wyatt/delly, now jamie + wyatt/logan ❗️), plus essentially a "wyatt and dads" line (wyatt + jamie/daddy) lmfao.

wedge raising harls -> robo's emotional support backup goalie is scott wedgewood (41 / "wedge" or "wedgie"), who as far as backup goalies go is like shockingly well-integrated into the stars' locker room. the piece of lore that inspired this WHOLE post is that taylor dropped an article on how wedge claimed to basically be RAISING HARLS WITH HIS (recently-married!) WIFE...??? which is just. thomas harley (55 / "harls") is one of our resident baby d-men and was in and out of the ahl for a while but has been Officially with the stars since last years' playoffs... he's a very like, self-assured but kind of introverted, Beyond-His-Years type who literally has the voice of a 50 y/o, so it's both DEVASTATING and hilarious 2 me that wedge is like "oh, this 22 y/o kid likes to show up to my house every day and me and my wife are teaching him how to cook and he keeps facetiming me to ask random questions about his bills." LIKE OH... OKAY THEN ;___;

& last but not least: the ultimate Mini Family on this team that i didn't mention in my orig post is actually the finnish mafia — see robo constantly joking about them being brothers and loving each other lol. finnmaf currently includes four players (roope, miro, esa, jani... rip kivo 😔), and they kind of help split the stars' locker room into several groups including the finns, the ontario guys, robo's goaliefucker / Nerd_Collector ensemble, and... well honestly the cliques overlap a lot (which is why our locker room is so healthy!!!) but you get the idea.

there is soooo much other lore i could get into that isn't really related to dad/son/brother narratives but i feel like this is enough of an infodump so i'll stop here for now. in general the way the stars are constructed makes it really clear why they all see one another as family and why there is such a strong & positive & sustainable sense of personal leadership that permeates the locker room... benn handles Official captain duties while pavs uses his experience not to usurp him but simply to further support him in understated areas of mentorship/leadership, and our top line consists of 3 Very unassuming & responsible player archetypes which crucially trickles down to all the other lines. so while many teams have their Old Guys (who are often on a noticeable decline) and Kid Lines, the stars are cool because we've been successful at integrating young players with very established veterans and having them feed off of each other without sacrificing their development or "anchoring" any young talent unnecessarily; benn is really not the player he used to be but he's still been great with wyatt over the past 2 years. and pavs IS a total anomaly, so it's kind of insane & surreal that a guy in his late 30s can perform at such a high level while also taking it upon himself to prepare so many of our young guys to be the present & future of our team *__*

tl;dr: also i just remembered that the amazing @starscelly has a preexisting primer from last year so feel free to check that out too :') (the primary differences are basically that we replaced domi for duchene and recently picked up chris tanev haha)

#a #ERMMMMMMMMMM. did not expect to write this much #thank u for the ask and so so so sorry once again 💔

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rocketyship · 5 months

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Look at the war

(can also maybe apply to the main timeline if you want)

(Very rough/sketch of the idea, mainly showing the places of the AM megastructures and honey-combs)—Takes place the height of the war—

During the war many countries fell/surrendered and got absorbed into the larger powers. Listing the different areas/territories by colour (all super brief here):

Blue — USA (new name not decided, give a suggestion if you want), was very quick to take over Canada and a large portion of South America. The AM megastructures tend to be the largest and most complex on their main land, even where the structure isn’t directly, large pipes and cables all throughout the country are visible. Due to this, a rapid industrialisation has happened and there are very few rural areas left. America’s population (like most of the other places) is also experiencing a decline. The air is extremely polluted and when close to the megastructures it’s said that the smell of burning and rotting flesh is very potent. The remaining population either remains constantly inside, moving around through tunnels, or permanently underground in the new lower cities. Notably radical religious organisations have become more frequent due to the war, mostly due to people supposedly disappearing in their sleep without a trace.

Red— Russia has the largest Megastructure, however due to this, it faces the most attacks. One structure notably, was built small in the ocean yet over time it grew and built itself and the area around it up, creating a false floating continent. However it is due to its creation that a large population of sea life has been erratic and floods that wiped out many coastal cities and communities. Much like America very few rural areas remain, and due to extreme climate change caused by the war, the area faces even harsher and year long winters that have spread to the rest of Europe.

Yellow— China. The AMs (CAM) are very close together here and have been designed in such a way that people are able to live within them. Due to their general closeness to each other they tend to function better in self-protection than the other AMs. It is constantly building, more and more structures as opposed to constantly developing a single one. Within China a few rural and farming communities have been preserved, however due to such a fact, those areas in particular have become targets—especially to RAM.

Orange— These are actively hostile territories (well everywhere is hostile), but life is still found. Camps are usually found scattered, yet still alined to one of the powers. Mostly these are unclaimed territories that are being fighted for.

Grey— Dead zones. Areas so destroyed and ruined by the war that they near uninhabitable and been stripped dry of resources. This is where most of the fighting has happened, in what used to be Central Europe. Majority of the people who were there are dead or have been displaced (mostly in Russia and China, with the luckier ones making it to the Common Wealth of Southern Africa) The remaining people are scattered and can be found within underground shelters. These shelters are horrific places, with few supplies, little food, and constant sickness. The people are actively hunted by all the AMs. Notably Naomi is from one of these bunkers, having been forced into one at the age of two. Nimdok too (when he was alive alreast).

Green— The commonwealth of Southern Africa (previously the African Commonwealth) A bit after the war began (post 1994) many African nations merged diplomatically in order to better conserve resources better and to be a better neutral force. However as the war progressed more and more of the continent was over taken. However in the process the remaining state has become a power in of its own. Creating a defences that work efficiently to keep the AMs out. It was chosen to sanction themselves from the world and the war. Truly wanting no part in it. Eventually Australia did join, before half was taken, but the remainder acts as a port and outlook. This is one of the few areas were “regular” human society is still found, with there being heavy laws and propaganda meant to block out information of the war. Previously they had been very open to refugees, however they would begin to refuse them as it had opened opportunities to the AMs. Ellen and Evan are both from here. Gorrister also hides within it, however he smuggles himself in and out constantly, as being a member of the peace core, he has work to do all over the remaining world.

Where everyone is from including the survivors of the og and love au:

—Gorrister from England however he fled to America, then to COSA, and eventually to Russia where he would help develop the BE virus.

-Ted, Tiffany, and Gloria are all from the USA, however Ted is an average citizen, Tiffany is a member of one of the religious groups, and Gloria is a high ranking military commander, government official and one of the reasons of AM’s existence.

-(idk where Benny is from, can’t decide lol, same with Becky)

-Nimdok and Naomi are from different parts of Europe but both find themselves in the survival bunkers

-Ellen and Evan (being siblings) are from COSA, being born where Zimbabwe used to be. Evan however would go onto explore the rest of the state, mainly in the area where South Africa had once been. Ellen would stay closer to home. (Reason as to why is that in the original and audio drama, Ellen frequently refers to life before AM, and rarely mentions the war, which could mean she either doesn’t think about it or knows very little of it)

(There’s like no world lore in the og and whilst that is kinda the point, I just wanted to build on it a little. Will be posting some concept art for this stuff soon. As usual if you have ideas or suggestions please share)

#i have no mouth and i must scream #ihnmaims #am ihnmaims #ted ihnmaims #ihnmaimsloveau #alternate reality #ellen ihnmaims #harlan ellison #gorrister ihnmaims #ihnmaims am #ihnmaims ted #ihnmaims game

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lambertdiary · 8 months

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hello 💞 first i wanna say i love your fanfics so much and i'm literally obsessed with Dalton and i wanted to request something

can you write one where reader and Dalton move off campus together and so they finally spend all day together and its like really sweet how they get used to being with each other all the time and build cute habits

idk if it made sense but thank you if you do write it !

A/N: heyy thank you so much for your kind words and for the lovely request!! I’m not sure if this is exactly what you requested but I hope you like it <3 Also I wanna start by saying I’m not entirely sure how off-campus housing actually works in the USA, so i just went from a little bit of my personal experience, sorry if it’s not accurate! Please let me know what you think 🤍

Word Count: 1.5k+

Warnings: mention of showering together (not in a sexual way), pure fluff, extremely cheesy stuff

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Domestic Love

Y/N and Dalton were finally able to move off-campus. They started talking about it kind of early in their relationship, craving the privacy that college dorm life lacked, and after discussing it for a while they eventually started looking for a flat.

Y/N had a part time job and a little help from her parents, and Dalton was managing to sell a few of his art pieces, with the support of professor Armagan who constantly encouraged her students to put themselves out there. It would be way more affordable anyway, and overall the best decision, so after finding a place they both liked they went for it.

It wasn’t the biggest flat, but they had everything they could possibly need. A bed, a kitchen, a bathroom and most importantly, each other.

“Is that the last box?” Dalton asked her, taking it from her hands and setting it next to the door.

They didn’t have that many things to move with them, just their personal belongings, other essentials they had to buy and a few boxes their parents sent them to help with their new independent lifestyle.

“Yes” She replied, collapsing on the couch “Although we might need to get more pans and stuff if we actually wanna start cooking”

Dalton collapsed next to her, immediately pulling her in for a hug “We will, but right now let’s just enjoy this”

Adapting was as easy as they expected, the only thing that annoyed them at first was transportation and getting to their classes on time, but once they adjusted to that there wasn’t a single thing they could complain about.

Y/N was especially excited to decorate their own space, weeks in advance before moving into their home she had been collecting pictures of them together to hang around the house, choosing an entire wall in their room to put up their favourites. She made sure to ask Dalton his opinion on any new addition, even if it was just a little plant or a candle, but he said yes to everything she wanted. He was thankful for the effort she was putting in, but what truly warmed his heart was a permanent night light plugged next to his nightstand, although he didn’t need it as much anymore.

Sleeping in the same bed without having to really squeeze in was a huge upgrade, not that they hated being really close to each other but in order to fit into the tiny dorm beds Y/N practically had to sleep on top of Dalton, so it wasn't always the most comfortable thing or ideal.

They also got to know each other on a whole new level, and he started to notice the tiniest details about her, but the things that stood out for him were the things she does when no one is watching, things he’s sure she doesn’t even notice herself. Like how she sticks her tongue out when she’s pouring something, or how she does a little dance when she’s eating anything she loves, or the way she taps her fingers when the microwave is not fast enough, just everything about her that made him love her even more.

He often caught himself doing things he never did before, like writing down the stuff they needed to get next time they went to the grocery store or carefully folding his dirty clothes instead of just throwing them somewhere on the floor, loving how proud and happy Y/N would get whenever he did it right. Really just taking pleasure in the little details that came with living with her, as simple as saying ‘I love you’ before any of them left the house without the other.

There were a lot of times Y/N found herself stuck when she couldn’t reach high in the cupboards. Dalton enjoyed that more than he should, so he started to put some of their groceries there, just so that he could see her struggle in her tiptoes and ultimately have her ask for his help.

“Why do you keep purposefully putting my snacks so high?”

“Me?”

“Yes, you” She replied, pointing a finger at him “You think I can store things all the way up there?” She made her best attempt to grab something as she stood in her tiptoes, demonstrating she couldn’t reach there.

Dalton shrugged his shoulders and smiled as he helped her, denying any accusation Y/N threw at him.

Oh, but cooking together was something he didn’t think he would love as much. Putting on their favourite songs as they moved along the kitchen, picking up every ingredient they needed for their meal. Y/N was much more talented when it came to that, but he wanted to be just as involved, so that the in-betweens steps felt like a reward when he pulled her in for a little dance break and as they shared cheesy kisses.

They had been living there for almost two months, and slowly but surely the flat was coming together very nicely, definitely feeling like a home already. It was Sunday and they didn’t have any plans for the day, wanting to just stay in and relax. Dalton got out of the shower with a sleepy gaze still on his face, the wet strands of his hair were left to drip water on the floor leading to the small mirror in the bathroom. He stared at himself for a moment, contemplating if he had the energy to shave. He didn’t, so he just went for a fluffy towel to shake his soaked hair with it.

He then made his way to their shared bedroom, the bed was made and he noticed a brand new book on Y/N’s nightstand. He quickly changed into something comfortable as he wondered where Y/N was, but as soon as he opened the bedroom door a delicious smell invaded his nostrils.

Dalton walked slowly towards the kitchen, where he spotted Y/N quietly humming to herself as she decorated the plates in front of her with french toasts and strawberries. The blinking of the coffee machine indicated that it was ready to be served, so he decided to grab their designated cups and do it, but not before greeting his lover.

“Good morning” He whispered as wrapped his arms around her from behind and kissed her temple, resting his head on her shoulder.

“Good morning” She tried hard to hide her smile but failed when his eyes finally met hers “How did you sleep last night?” Y/N asked, now facing him.

“I haven’t slept that good in a while. You?”

“Me too. Fells nice to sleep in for once” “Yeah, we should do that more” He replied, now directing his attention to the coffee cups.

He helped her bring everything to the small table and Dalton smiled softly at the new set of flowers that were decorating it.

“So when are you gonna paint something for our home?” She asked once they started eating their breakfast.

“You would like that?” “Obviously” She replied “I didn’t think I was gonna have to ask you”

He giggled and looked down at his plate shyly “Okay. I guess I can give it to you for very cheap, family discount”

Y/N rolled her eyes playfully at him, but her heart definitely skipped a beat when she heard the word family “Come on. I think some of your art would definitely tie everything together. Maybe in the living room… or our bedroom”

“Not that I'm trying to boost my own ego…”

“Here we go” She said under her breath.

“But yeah, a portrait of us over there would be the perfect touch” He said, pointing at an empty spot on the wall.

“That’s what I’m saying!”

Getting ready for bed with her was one of his favourite activities. Dalton adapted most of her bedtime routine, sometimes taking a warm shower together and then standing by the sink to proceed with skin care next to each other as they talked about their day, he just loved the intimacy of it.

He also looked forward to the late night conversations as she tried to keep her eyes open just to have a little more time with him before completely dozing off, although it wasn’t always easy after a long day.

“Are you sleepy?" Y/N just hummed in response “You don’t wanna talk?”

Y/N opened her eyes again, looking up at him and meeting with his soft blue eyes “What do you wanna talk about?” She asked, a sweet smile appearing on her face.

“Well, we’ve been living here for almost two months and I don’t think we’ve had a proper housewarming party”

“We’re not throwing a party”

“I didn’t mean like a crazy big party, just a little gathering with our friends” He clarified.

“They have been here”

“Yes but not all of them at the same time. I was thinking we can invite them over, cook something and just have a chat or movie night, just like we used to”

She reached for his soft hair and slowly brushed it out of his face “We can do that”

“Ok, you can go to sleep now” He whispered, kissing her forehead softly as her head laid on his chest and her heavy eyes finally got to rest.

He went to sleep every night with a smile on his face, and he was always excited to wake up next to her.

#sorry if it's a little short #dalton lambert #dalton lambert x reader #dalton lambert fluff #dalton lambert fanfic #dalton lambert fic #dalton lambert imagine #dalton lambert imagines #insidious #insidious the red door #insidious 5 #ty simpkins

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bradshawswife · 2 years

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that one night| b.f

(sorry having thots about straddling him right now dear god)

Based on the smut prompt: “I’ve never wanted to fuck you more than I do now”

description: you & bob finally finally stop being idiots. You realize the love you both have for each other, after a date Y/N had with a different man.

pairing: bob floyd x fem!reader.

warnings: smut, minors pls dni, protected p in v, oral f!receiving, fingering, praises.

Being friends with Bob was like a breath of fresh air. Bob was reserved, quiet, sexy. He was different than your other friends, the rest of the Dagger Squad.

You’ve always found Bob overly attractive. Little did you know, he’s been in love with you since the day you two met. You obviously loved him as well, but it took you a few months to come to this realization.

It had been 3 years since you guys were in the detachment, and you both got permanently stationed in Fightertown, USA. It had also been 3 years since Bob had started loving you, but was too shy to ever admit his feelings.

He had seriously doubted how someone as beautiful as you would ever reciprocate his feelings. He assumed you liked Hangman, or Rooster, because they’re “easy on the eyes”, but to you, Bob is the easiest on the eyes.

Phoenix knew of his love for you, trying her hardest everyday to convince him to confess his feelings. One drunken night, recently, you confessed to loving Bob, but worried he’d never see you in that way. Phoenix just looked so confused, and tried to explain how he also lover you, but you were too far into the drinks to believe her.

You were also too nervous to ever confess your feelings to Bob. You loved your friendship, and you didn’t want to ruin it in case he didn’t love you back like that.

Your friend had set you up on a blind date, telling you its time to move on from Bob. As much as you tried to protest this, it would be nice to get out besides being with your friends. Ironically, he wanted to go to the Hard Deck. Oh great, now your friends are going to bug you all night with your date and scare him off.

As you walk into the Hard Deck, all dressed up in a pretty dress that emphasized your pushed up breasts. You see your friends in the corner of the bar, where they usually are and make a b-line to the opposite side, where the booths are, hoping to avoid your friends.

Bob noticed you the moment you walked in the door, he could spot you anywhere. He nearly had a heart attack seeing you in that short of a dress. My god the way your breasts looked. He’d always been able to hide how he felt about you, especially like this, but tonight was just different. Why were you so dressed up? Why didn’t you come say hi? His mind was racing, knowing you were here for someone else.

You have a perfect view of the door, waiting for your mystery date to show up. You’re nervous, peering over to your friends ever so often. Almost every time, Bob is staring right at you. You felt his eyes on you the whole time, and whenever you made eye contact he would look away, only to continue keeping an eye on you.

Phoenix eventually spilt the beans about you going on a blind date, and Bob felt his world crumble under him. He really missed his shot huh? He thought. Phoenix shot him a soft smile and said “It’s not too late you know.”

The rest of the group realizing he had a crush on you. Rooster handed over a $10 bill to Hangman. He predicted Bob was smitten by you around a year ago. Rooster didn’t believe it.

“Double it if he actually makes a move tonight” Rooster chimes in. Him and Hangman make a deal, the rest of the group joining in on the bet. Bob felt his face getting red with either embarrassment or anger.

The door rings its bell, and mystery man finally walked in. He walked to the bar asking for where you were, Bob hearing your name come from this man, shooting daggers at him as he walked over to your booth. He sat down across from you, smiling.

Your date was going well, still feeling Bobs eyes on you. Every time you saw him, he was shooting daggers at your date. You couldn’t help but wonder if Bob was jealous? Why would your best friend Bob be so jealous?

Bob certainly was very jealous. He wanted that to be him, right across from you. Every time he seen the guys eyes trail down to your chest, anger just kept fuming inside him.

At the end of the date, you both got out of the booth. When Bob noticed you were about to go home with him, he had about enough of this. He got up from his seat and darted towards you.

“Y/N can I p-please talk to you? he says, stuttering a bit. He’s overly nervous, knowing he’s about to jeopardize his friendship with you, but this can’t go on any further.

“Ok,” you say hesitantly, telling your date to meet you outside. He walks away and Bob practically drags you further into the corner.

“What are you doing going home with a guy like that?” he asks, staring at your soft eyes. You had the prettiest eyes he’s ever seen. He loved the way sunlight would emphasize the colour.

You stare up at him, giving him a confused expression. “What do you mean? I’m on a date. Sometimes the nights end like this, Bob.” you say, semi annoyed now.

“He doesn’t deserve you.” he chirps, putting his hand on your arms, rubbing up and down. Your skin is so soft, he loved whenever you rubbed against him and he could feel your skin. Tonight, you had exfoliated and made it even more soft than usual. Bob practically melted, but he had to keep his composure.

“Bob, you have no idea who he even is” you laugh, wondering where he gets off telling you this.

“He’s not me.” he says sheeply, looking down at the ground. You stumble back a bit, taken back from the words that just came from his mouth.

“Y/N, please don’t go home with him,” he looks directly into your eyes, moving his hands to your waist, “come home with m-me, please.” he finishes.

“I thought you didn’t like me?” you add in, melting at the touch of his hands gripping your dress, tugging you closer to him.

“I’ve loved you for years, honey.” he smiles, taking one of his hands and moving a loose strand behind your ear. You felt a tear come out of your eyes and he wipes it quickly. “Oh no, i’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you” he quickly adds, removing his hands and starts fiddling with them. You wince at the loss of contact.

“You’re telling me, you’ve loved me for years?” you question, he nods his head, nervous for your reaction, avoiding eye contact now. “I’ve loved YOU for years Bob. I thought this whole time you didn’t like me like that.” you add. He snapped his head to look at you, a soft smile on his face. He goes completely out of his comfort zone now.

He raises his hand to hold your cheeks, then leans in to press a tender kiss to your lips. You’re shocked by his wave of confidence all of a sudden, but melt under his touch. After he removes his lips from yours, you both smile at each other.

“I can’t believe we’ve been so stupid,” he grins, gripping your waist again and bringing you in for a hug. He hides himself in the crook of your neck.

“Let me just go let the other guy down, nicely” you smile, pressing a quick kiss to his lips.

The guy took it relatively easy, he knew something was up when he kept catching your friend stare at him like he killed his cat. Once he left, you quickly ran back inside to meet Bob again. You catch him off guard, pushing him into the wall.

“Take me home now,” you laugh, looking up at him with puppy dog eyes, “please.”

“You don’t have to tell me twice, darlin’” he smiles, grabbing your wrist and dragging you out of the bar, smiling at the rest of the Dagger Squad as they all hand over money to each other. They watched the whole ordeal go down, proud of you two for finally getting over yourselves and quit being idiots.

As you reach your car, Bob firmly presses your back against it. Placing kisses up your neck, sending waves of heat down to your core. “God, let me get in the car first Bob” you giggle, as he walks to the passenger side. Driving home, his hand was inching up your thigh the whole time, teasing you beyond belief.

“Don’t let us crash and burn,” he laughs as you close your eyes for a short second as he moves his hand towards your soaked panties. “Oh god you’re soaked sweetheart” he grins, knowing what he does to you.

“We’re so close to the house Bob, please stop teasing me” you choke out, trying to focus on not killing yourself and Bob before the best night of your life.

You quickly pull into your driveway. You lived near base in military housing, Bob lived just down the road. You two would hang out as much as work allowed, having movie nights and game nights, dinners often. In the grand scheme of things, you now realized you both were the biggest idiots to not realize that you both loved each other for the last 3 years.

Making your way inside, Bobs hand is on the small of your back. As soon as you get the door unlocked, Bob is making haste on pushing you against the wall of your hallway. grabbing your waist, you moan at the feeling of his semi hard on pressing against your core as he moves his legs apart to grind against you, “i’ve never wanted to fuck you more than I do now.” he growls into your ear, moaning into your mouth as he grows harder, as your hand roams his stomach towards his hard on.

God those words turned you on more than you wanted to admit. You loved how dominating Bob was, pushing you against the wall. He quickly hoists you up and wraps your legs around his waist. Carrying you up to your bedroom, he pushes you down on the bed. Making haste removing your guys clothes, you take out a spare condom.

Before you could hand it to him, he quickly opens your legs with his big hands and looks up at you for permission. He’s always a gentleman, so this isn’t surprising. Giving a small nod, he’s still breathing over your heated, soaked area.

“Use your words, baby” he moans out, tracing his finger on your thigh.

“Yes please” you smile, and before he attaches his mouth to your clit, he stops. “Good girl,” he quickly says, before attaching his mouth to your wet cunt, making you expel the prettiest sounds he’s ever heard.

He continues switching between licking, and sucking on your clit. You finish embarrassingly early, covering his face in your juices, licking his lips. He sticks a finger in, quickly coating his finger, and bringing it up to your mouth.

“Suck” he grins, moaning slightly as you suck on his finger.

“Good girl baby, you did so good” he smiles, pressing a kiss to your lips, before peppering kisses from your collarbone, all the way down to your core. He doesn’t forget to stop and suck on your delicious breasts.

“Oh my god I need you inside me” you moan out, as he’s teasing your core with his fingers.

“Patience, pretty girl” he chuckles, sticking a two fingers in you. You groan at the stretch with his big fingers, making their way in and out. You finish once again, on his fingers. This is now two orgasms before he’s even touched himself. He’s painfully hard under his jeans. His erection just begging to be freed.

He quickly grabs the condom from beside you, as he unbuckles his jeans. Freeing his extremely hard dick, he slides the condom on. Before inserting himself into you, he teases your entrance. Sliding the tip up and down over your slick folds.

He slowly pushes into you, as you adjust to his size. He groans loudly as he bottoms out. “If you don’t move right now,” you start, as he wraps his hand around your throat, lowering his head to your ear, “I said, patience, did I not?” he questions, in a deep voice. Oh god if you weren’t already extremely wet, you definitely were now.

“Sorry,” you say, shooting him a brat smile. This doesn’t go unnoticed by him, as he quickly removes himself, only to shove back into you. His thrusts are hard, getting sloppier and slower the closer he gets to finishing. You wrap your legs around his waist to bring him closer to you, getting even more deep in you. As he’s hitting your sweet spot over and over again, you once again come undone, this time while he’s in you. As soon as he feels your walls clench against him, he’s a goner.

“Fucking christ baby” he says, as he finishes in the condom. You feel his dick twitching as hes coming, laying on top of you. Within a few minutes, he’s removing himself from you, as you both wince from the loss of contact.

You’re beginning to doze off when you feel a warm washcloth, cleaning you up. Bob went to grab a glass of water and a washcloth for you. He is absolutely amazing at aftercare. Once you’re all cleaned up and you’re both hydrated, he pulls the cover over you and slips underneath, pulling you flush towards him.

“I love you so much Y/N,” he begins, rubbing his hands over your waist, “I should have told you sooner. I just didn’t want to lose you as a friend if you didn’t feel the same way” he lets out a small chuckle, and you twist yourself around so you’re facing him.

“I didn’t tell you because I was also afraid i’d lose you, Bob,” you smile, staring into his pretty eyes that are illuminated by your bedside lamp. “I love you too, Bobby” you finish. He smiles at the nickname, his face quickly turning red. He quickly kisses you, then pulls you into his neck. Within minutes, you’re both soundly asleep, with the love of your lives.

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So the other day I was watching Tokyo Vice, and there is this scene that got me thinking. Basically it's a scene with Sato and Jake in a car and they talking and messing around and they end up singing along a Backstreet Boys song. So of course that gave me some Younger!Johnshi vibes.

Like, imagine an AU where they meet back in Japan when they are younger (earlier to mid 20s). Kenshi is climbing (willingly or not) the Yakuza ladder and Johnny is in Japan for something (either acting or maybe he starts as a fighter then moves to movies??). And for reasons or shenanigans they meet and get to bond. They both develop a Big CrushTM for each other but bc life is happening (Johnny can't move to Japan permanently, Kenshi doesn't want to risk dragging Johnny into the Yakuza life etc), they don't do anything about it. Maybe they are aware of their feelings, maybe they are not, regardless, they became a very fond and bittersweet memory for each other. Johnny goes back to USA and that's the end of the story (let's say it happens when communication, internet and such wasn't as it is today, so keeping in touch was difficult).

Cut back some years later (current MK1 time) and they meet again. I'm not sure if the mortal kombat plot would work here. But. The whole thing with Sento could stay for sure. Mostly bc it could be a point of friction between these 2 : how a sweet memory sours and turns into a rivalry (kind of they've become strangers towards each other but then reconnect and learn to know each other again blabla).

Maybe the whole thing with the other planes could happen (Johnny and Kenshi becoming both OIA agents??).

So yeah. That was that 😂😂

My jaw is on the floor. I can't add anything more, it's perfect ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#johnshi #submission writings

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Sophie’s eldest girl has been enrolled in school in England. They were supposed to be returning to her there permanently in September after her filming ended while the JoBros continued touring. Family courts favor the status quo - if Joe filed today, when the family residence was established in England, he would find it difficult to remove them back to the USA. So he got the papers in in just before that permanent move could happen. Tale as old as time. What a cunt he’s turned out to be.

Yeah, despite his dirty tricks she has at least a better case than I thought. Still, US courts are super reluctant to let anyone out of their jurisdiction, but it's not like she has zero argument in favor of the children going to the UK. I just can't imagine the panic she must have gone through being on the other side of the freaking planet and getting clobbered with all this shit at once.

#sophie turner for ts

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˖ ࣪ ⋆ ᝰ KIM YUNHEE - (TW, DEATH) - was born on October 8th, 1997 in Suwon-Si, South Korea. Her childhood was that of most, a good one with nothing much out of the ordinary, a normal life with a few bumps in the road and that was all. This was until her great-grandfather died a few months after her 10th birthday. Yunhee’s great-grandfather had left her a large sum of money for her to use when she was of legal age, so for now, this money belonged to her mother. Instead of saving the money and mourning their loss, Yunhee’s mother decided to push her into modeling immediately, in attempt to double the money they already owned.

She had no choice but to comply and spent a good few years modeling instead of taking important exams and tests. Yunhee struggled a lot in school but managed to narrowly pass with average grades and that was when she realized that she had no career path after she had just quit modeling permanently. Obviously, Yunhee had no plans of going back to modeling but wanted a similar job that didn’t need perfect grades. So, she decided to audition for Melody Media because of a random flyer she saw when walking home and managed to secure a spot in the company. In 2019, Yunhee debuted as the Leader & Main Vocalist of Hashtag.

STAGE NAME. Yunhee

BIRTH NAME. Kim Yunhee

DATE OF BIRTH. March 8th, 1997

BIRTHPLACE. Suwon-Si, South Korea

ETHNICITY. Korean

HEIGHT. 5’4”

FACECLAIM. Cho Miyeon

˖ ࣪ ⋆ ᝰ REIKO HIROTA, born in Sapporo, Japan, had always been very into ballet when she was growing up and was extremely interested when she found out that there was a ballet studio just two streets away from her house but her Father had never approved of her interest and advised her to join the School’s Science Club instead, so she could possibly end up being a scientist or a doctor, like he was. In secret, Reiko’s Mother decided to enroll her into a few ballet classes as an attempt to make her daughter happy, and obviously, it worked.

She continued to do ballet until her Father found out a few years later but this time, Reiko stood her ground and refused to quit. Because of this decision, she went on to be a professional ballerina and was extremely popular before her debut. In 2018, Reiko suddenly stopped performing and was revealed to have quit, joining an unknown company at the time which was later revealed to be Melody Media. In early 2019 it was announced that she would be debuting in Hashtag as their Lead Dancer & Lead Rapper. The reason behind why Reiko quit ballet is still unknown as she refused to mention it in any interviews over the years.

STAGE NAME. Reiko

BIRTH NAME. Reiko Hirota

DATE OF BIRTH. November 28th, 1998

BIRTHPLACE. Sapporo, Japan

ETHNICITY. Japanese

HEIGHT. 5’3”

FACECLAIM. Sakura Miyawaki

˖ ࣪ ⋆ ᝰ YOO ANNIE, Who was born in California, USA, found growing up in her family very difficult. She was born into a quite wealthy family but her parents never spent much time looking after her and her siblings, Milo, Melanie, Audrey & Bonnie so they mostly raised themselves. They never spent time together as a family, and soon enough, their Mother decided she couldn’t stand living like that and took off one day without telling anyone, leaving her children deserted. Things continued to be the same and nothing changed despite the loss of a mother figure, they were still both being ignored by the only parent they had left, their father.

Annie decided that she had to take care of things herself, despite being one of the youngest of the family and convinced her siblings to speak to their Aunt and ask to move in with her. Luckily, their Aunt agreed and the five siblings left her father to live with their aunt in South Korea for the next four years. Annie lived peacefully in Korea and enjoyed life until she was scouted, along with Bonnie and Melanie, after leaving one of their performances since all three were interested in making solo music and performing at that time. Melody Media were extremely impressed with Annie’s skills and didn’t bother asking her for an audition, Annie was already accepted as a trainee and later debuted in Hashtag as the Center & Main Vocalist.

STAGE NAME. Annie

BIRTH NAME. Yoo Annie

DATE OF BIRTH. December 21st, 1998

BIRTHPLACE. Los Angeles, California, USA

ETHNICITY. Korean

HEIGHT. 5’5”

FACECLAIM. Choi Yujin

˖ ࣪ ⋆ ᝰ JANG MINSEO, Who was living in Daejeon, South Korea, had always liked the idea of cameras when she was a small child but the desperation to be in front of that camera didn’t start until she was in her early teens. Her home life was steady, and she received the most love a child could get from having no other siblings to share her parents with. It wasn’t until one of her friends from school suggested she should try out streaming or something digital to earn a little bit of money when hanging out together that Minseo first entertained the idea of an online career. At first, she gained mediocre attention, but when she switched her focus to more interesting topics, her popularity sky-rocketed.

Mainly, Minseo played horror games on live and her reactions gained her the most attention but every once in a while she’d make awfully blunt comments and videos based around certain idols. She never named them but fans started to make speculations of who she was talking about in each video after she debuted. All her accounts and videos have since been deleted prior to her debut as Hashtag’s Lead Dancer and Main Rapper but clips of Minseo’s controversial lives still circulate the internet and its many platforms.

STAGE NAME. Minseo

BIRTH NAME. Jang Minseo

DATE OF BIRTH. June 6th, 1999

BIRTHPLACE. Daejeon, South Korea

ETHNICITY. Korean

HEIGHT. 5’2”

FACECLAIM. Yoo Sia

˖ ࣪ ⋆ ᝰ TSAI MEILING, Much like Yoora and Minseo, was sure that she was going to be a popular name when she was an adult, no matter what obstacle she would have to face. Born in the capital city of Taiwan, Tsai Meiling was a quiet person, never really having many friends at school and always choosing to rely on herself and herself only. She just wanted to get through school and at least attempt to do well, but during high school, Meiling gave up and neglected her studies.

In January of 2019, Meiling decided that she would audition to the company closest to her house, which was Melody Media. Surprisingly, she passed and was taken in as a trainee. However, Meiling was known for being the worst behaved trainee under Melody Media due to her rude comments and manipulative personality. She was still added to the lineup of Hashtag immediately despite these claims and debuted in August of 2019, as the group’s Rapper and Sub Vocalist.

STAGE NAME. Clem

BIRTH NAME. Tsai Meiling

DATE OF BIRTH. August 22nd, 2000

BIRTHPLACE. Taipei, Taiwan

ETHNICITY. Taiwanese

HEIGHT. 5’7”

FACECLAIM. Yeh Shuhua

˖ ࣪ ⋆ ᝰ IM YOORA had always dreamed of being on a big stage, whether it was acting or being an idol, she knew she wanted to be in front of crowds of people. However, she would first have to focus on her education to make this dream a reality. Her parents were quite strict when it came to her future and her grades, two of the most important things in both her and her parents life.

Yoora didn’t do as well as she hoped for on her final exam, diminishing any of her parents hopes for her to do well in the future. Somehow, they eventually approved of Yoora’s 'big dream' and helped her audition for multiple entertainment companies. She failed most auditions and miserably went back to studying until she got an email that invited her to audition for Melody Media. She passed this audition and debuted as Hashtag’s Main Dancer and Lead Rapper.

STAGE NAME. Yoora

BIRTH NAME. Im Yoora

DATE OF BIRTH. October 15th, 2000

BIRTHPLACE. Seoul, South Korea

ETHNICITY. Korean

HEIGHT. 5’6”

FACECLAIM. Jo Yuri

˖ ࣪ ⋆ ᝰ WANG LILING didn't have much when she was living in China, it was a struggle for both her, her brother and her parents. It was increasingly difficult for her since she didn’t fully understand what was going on due to her young age. Liling and her brother, Shenyuan, were close growing up but this changed when they started High School. She was constantly bullied for everything she did even for the littlest mistakes and he did nothing to help or even attempt to defend her. Her brother was well-liked and that was what caused the rift between the two.

She couldn’t understand why people picked him over her, she was just as likable. Liling was tired of being overlooked and decided that she needed desperately, to be better than him. Liling started training in 2018 after being scouted in the streets by Melody Media and debuted with Hashtag in 2019 as their Lead Vocalist and Visual.

STAGE NAME. Liling

BIRTH NAME. Wang Liling

DATE OF BIRTH. July 11th, 2001

BIRTHPLACE. Beijing, China

ETHNICITY. Chinese

HEIGHT. 5’3”

FACECLAIM. Ning Yizhou

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is it weird to say i feel like i'm mourning arc of a scythe? like it'd be one thing if the book was actually just not that great n whatnot like harry potter but. the book is actually good. i almost wonder if neil tripped and fell into writing a book with good commentary when he seems to be so incapable of understanding those same things

its not that its nessecarily that its just good, perse, but it made me want to read again. i felt like this series was meant for me, and it permanently affected my taste in books

sorry if it seems like im venting in your askbox its just. im kinda just wondering if my feelings are just felt by me or if others understand

No it’s okay - I’m gonna break some of this down with my own thoughts where I can.

First of all, I can’t really say how you should label your feelings about Neal and his books. I’ve personally tried to avoid using words like mourning or grieving due to the context of why I’m retracting support from Neal in the first place. People, children, are being ruthlessly murdered every day. Me being upset that my (now former) favorite author is completely apathetic towards the victims of genocide will never compare to the grief, pain, and trauma that the people of Gaza and Palestine have been made to face for months now. That doesn’t mean you can’t label your feelings that way! That’s just something I try to keep in mind when talking about Neal myself.

The reason I shifted the focus of this blog, while keeping its original branding, is because I want to at least try to help in a way Neal is refusing to - making his fans aware of the absolutely inhumane treatment of Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli government. Like Neal, I’m by no means an expert on… anything going on right now. I try my absolute best to spread accurate information, but that doesn’t make me a professional or expert. I’m not Israeli, and I’m not Palestinian. I’m a white person living in the relative safety of the USA, who isn’t going to be the target of antisemitism or Islamophobia. I should not be anybody’s primary source of information. But, unlike Neal, I feel like I’m at least doing something, and I want to keep trying to do as much as I can. I’m not trying to one-up Neal here, this isn’t a competition - but I’m saying that all the excuses he’s used for saying nothing could easily be applied to me, and many of the people who have spoken out against him. And yet, here we are.

I haven’t reread Arc Of A Scythe with knowing the additional context that Neal is okay with being completely silent on a genocide, but I have been rereading Dry while keeping that in mind, and, yeah. Neal makes a lot of parallels to real-world crises in that book, and how governments, people in power, and regular people treat them - with where I am in the book right now, everyone not affected by the Tap-Out seems to be completely apathetic and not concerned, because the Tap-Out hasn’t made their life any worse… so it can just be swept under the rug while the people of Southern California lose access to potable water. Literally most of my notes are pointing out how hypocritical Neal is being with his commentary - he’s doing things right now that he portrays as bad things to do in the book. The most egregious example so far is linked here.

So, I can’t say why Neal has taken the stance that he has right now. There’s no point in speculating if he was always this performative in his activism, or if he’s fallen into the Israeli propaganda trap, because it ultimately doesn’t matter. He’s being ignorant and harmful, and he deserves to be condemned for that either way.

You’re not alone in how you feel, I think - a lot of former/current AOAS fans have been really thrown for a loop by Neal’s shit. We have to move forward from here, but no one person can tell you how to do that. (Also, none of this was me trying to be rude or disrespectful, so I’m sorry if it came off that way. One adjustment I’ve had to make for this blog is not talking like a YouTube shitpost, so my tone probably seems a little different from posts I made pre-“Neal being a colonialist sympathizer”.)

P.S about the Harry Potter thing: I’m not sure what you mean by “not that great”, but I agree with you there. There’s so much “not that great” stuff in Harry Potter that the average person doesn’t even know about - the entire franchise is rooted in these really weird ideas about race, class, and a million other things, so it’s bad beyond “oh the goblins are antisemitic caricatures and the author is a terf”. Those things are still extremely bad, don’t get me wrong. But if you want to know more about how bigotry permeates into every part of the franchise - not just the movies, books, and Hogwarts Legacy! - I recommend this video essay by Lily Simpson. It’s ten hours long, but definitely worth a watch. (Yes I did watch the entire thing over like, a week this summer.)

#arc of a scythe #scythe #the toll #thunderhead #neal shusterman #aoas #gleanings #unwind dystology

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Patrick Colquhoun was born born in Dumbarton, on March 14th 1745.

Colquhoun was sent to the new world and served an apprenticeship as a sixteen-year-old in Virginia in North America. Likely working in a tobacco store.during the American Revolution he was part of the Government militia, in what was a Glasgow regiment to contribute to the government’s war effort. This part of history is being explored at the moment in the hit show Outlander.

On his return to Glasgow he became one of the city’s famous/imfamous ‘Tobacco Lords’. He had multiple commercial interests and was also a co-partner in the Glasgow-West India firm, Colquhoun & Ritchie, that traded with Jamaica and Antigua. As such, his wealth was derived from transatlantic slavery and its commerce, perhaps this is why he is not as well known in his native Scotland, we have a habit of brushing over the shame in the abhorrent trade of human beings.

In 1782 he built Kelvingrove House - in what is now Kelvingrove Park - as his residence. Colquhoun was Lord Provost of Glasgow, 1782-1784 and founder and the first Chairman of Britain’s oldest Chamber of Commerce in Glasgow in 1783. He was an honorary graduate of the University and the Colquhoun Lectureship in Business History is named for him. He moved to London in 1789 where he became a magistrate and published pamphlets on policing and other social issues of the day.

It is due to his work in London and those writings on policing he is credited with being the founder of the first regular investigative police force in England, The Thames Valley Police the first regular professional police force in London. Organised to reduce the thefts that plagued the world’s largest port and financed by merchants, the force was directed by Patrick Colquhoun and consisted of a permanent staff of 80 men and an on-call staff of more than 1,000. Two features of the marine police were unique. First, it used visible, preventive patrols; second, officers were salaried rather than stipendiary, and they were prohibited from taking fees. The venture was a complete success, and reports of crimes dropped appreciably. (In 1800 the government passed a bill making the marine police a publicly financed organisation.) This was a decades before Robert Peel established the Metropolitan Police, and it has to also be noted around the turn of the 18th City of Glasgow Police was established.

Colquhoun’s treatises on police also inspired the foundation of police in Dublin (Ireland), Sydney (Australia), and New York (USA).

Colquhoun’ has also been criticised for his violent oppression “wholly in the service of an industrialist and property-holding class in the earliest incarnation of socio-economic warfare in the Atlantic economy.” He “organised political surveillance by spies and snitches of those opposing slavery. In addition to his Virginia cotton interests he owned shares in Jamaican sugar plantations.” So by many accounts a nasty piece of work.

Colquhoun has been called ‘the Father of Glasgow’ because of his role in promoting Glasgow’s trade and manufacturing during the late 1700s. In fact, he referred to himself in this way when drawing up his will in 1817. We have a name for such people in Scotland, and it really fits this guy- Baw Heid.

#scotland #scottish #history #Glasgow

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Via Born Free Primate Sanctuary:

URGENT HELP NEEDED! Over the weekend of May 21, a speeding vehicle drove onto our primate sanctuary property and into our largest monkey enclosure, home to 63 animals. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but there was extensive damage to the enclosure's fencing.

We must act quickly to protect the precious monkeys who call the enclosure home. We need to immediately raise at least $10,000 to protect the animals and make repairs.

Please rush an urgent donation to enable us to take immediate action to

— Reinforce and maintain the provisional barriers we have constructed to keep the monkeys in the enclosure and predators out.

— Move the monkeys to other enclosures on the property.

— Assess the full extent of the damage and develop plans for permanent repairs or to replace the fencing..

We do not have a moment to lose! Please donate to our fundraiser today to help us take emergency steps to address damages to the sanctuary's Main enclosure, home to 63 precious monkeys!

You can donate here:

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sagau-fruit-bowl · 2 years

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CHAPTER 21! THIS STORY CAN DRINK IN THE USA.

Guess who went back to school and lost all motivation?? This bitch, right here.

Guide!AU is a Sagau type story where instead of [Name] being seen as the Creator, they are seen as a god who cares for Teyvat, as a result of their actions when controlling the Traveler.

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As surprising as it may seem, for someone so put together, Aether would be the last to say he had a good perception of time, especially for the length of time someone should be asleep.

Through his travel in Teyvat, his Guide would leave him in the same conversation for hours and turn around to have him awake for days on end, finally finishing their chaos by leaving him to rest for a week after their latest adventures.

If he was being honest, he found a sense of irony in how often [Name] seemed to sleep, considering Aether himself had plenty of issues attempting to rest the night before but didn't feel an ounce of exhaustion.

Perhaps it was [Name]'s presence leaving him in the usual state he was blessed with or perhaps their constant puppeteering of his being left permanent effects, he wasn't sure and quite frankly, he didn't care.

It gave Aether the chance to stay awake, at his God's side, as they rested.

Kaeya had carried [Name] in his arms through the entire journey before placing them in their bedroom back at the Knights of Favonius headquarters, or as [Name] often referred to it, KOF HQ, However both knights within their group had been called away rather quickly, Jean had claims about a announcement she had to make and Kaeya unfortunately had been summoned by a very curious Lisa who wanted each of her questions answered.

Along with Aether keeping watch at the foot of [Name]'s bed, Razor and Bennett had attatched themselves to their sides, Razor on their left and Bennett on their right, The shorter haired boy had a hand resting on the corner of [Name]'s pillow while Razor instead had a grasp on their left hand.

It was near impossible for the two to be lured away, dispite Aether's best efforts, so instead the Traveler allowed both teenagers to remain.

In the corner of the room closest to the door is where Diluc made himself comfortable. His view of [Name] had been blocked but instead he redirected his focus towards the door, listening for footsteps and any snippet of a conversation he could hear.

The red head pressed the back of his head against the wall in an attempt to block out the muttered conversation between the Traveler and Paimon who remained at the Hero's side.

The conversation had begun moments ago but the sound of Their Grace's name set every nerve in his body on high alert.

The voices sounded whispered and Diluc recognized the Acting Grandmaster's voice immediately. Her voice was as striking as always, cutting through the empty air of the hallway and seeping through the door, but the voice that replied was softer, happy and light, floating on the breeze and carrying itself as though it was meant for everyone in Mondsadt to hear.

Jean spoke first. "I'm afraid our previously discussion was as comprehensive as neccessary. There is a request I need to make of you."

The lighter voice replied with a playful lilt. "Always happy to serve our Acting Grandmaster. What good can I do for Mondstadt?~"

Diluc turned his head to have his ear pressed against the wall and leaned to get closer to the doorway, the cracks of the door allowing more sound to be heard.

"A simple question first, has news of Their Grace's arrival reached the other nations?"

"Ehe, not yet."

"Are you certain?"

"I'm certain, trust me, portion of the Qixing would already be here if they had the slightest hint their Grace had arrived."

A sigh of relief was released and Diluc suspected Jean was the source.

"Brilliant, moving on, how difficult would it be for them to never find out?"

"Mhmm? You're asking me? Why, why would I have a clue? I'm just an average citizen.~"

"Sure, I believe that. I simply had the suspicion that someone with your history would be able to tell if there were any certain.. tells, of Their Grace's presence."

"Well… I can say you won't be able to hide it for long. I have my reason to believe they'll know of [Name]'s arrival soon. Teyvat is a special kind of messenger."

Diluc could almost feel Jean raise a brow.

"And what does that mean?"

"Ehe! The wind told me immediately, but until Their Grace is close enough, that's up to Teyvat."

There was silence for a moment before the unknown voice spoke up again. "Why do you care?"

A sharp and quick left echoed down the hallway. "Why do I care? Isn't it obvious? [Name]'s favor could make or break our nation. Any distaste or favoritism for some place else could absolutely destroy everything here. Their distaste will make people angry, their favoritism would have suffocating effects on other nations. You would understand of course, you've never run a country, but this could either being our saving grace or our downfall."

Silence prevailed once more and Diluc began to pull back when he heard the lighter voice speak again. This time much more serious than before.

"So you're using them. You want them to serve you."

"No!" Jean told the other individual. "I want them to stay but I won't make them… I simply won't let others make them leave either."

"Be careful with what you say. [Name] will want to see it all, surely you understand that after everything they've done for each nation, and Teyvat is dedicated towards the goal of having them see all it has to offer."

Another pause and Diluc was sure Jean was simply gather her thoughts. His back felt tense as he listened closely while trying to pull as little attention to himself as possible.

"I'll do it properly. They're our ticket to the safety of Mondstadt.

Diluc heard their voices fade away and he let his muscles relax, a pain in his shoulders he didn't register before, now slowly dissipate.

Turning around, he glanced in between Aether and Razor to catch a glimpse of [Name]'s sleeping face as he came to terms with what he had heard.

Jean didn't care about Their Grace for what they had done, did she? She cared about what they could do. [Name] had done a better job than each and every one of the Knights yet, that wasn't enough?

So much for valuing them, the only value the Knights saw was the capacity for granted power that [Name] has.

Diluc breathed in deeply, putting in effort not to cause the fabric of the chair he sat in to begin to burn, [Name] wouldn't want to wake up to the smell of something burning.

Well, he thought to himself, if the knights won't value [Name]'s freedom and enjoyment of Mondstadt then Diluc would take that task upon himself, any trip would be paid for, any threats would be handled immediately.

[Name] had been nothing but a savior to Mondstadt, why now are the Knights being foolish enough to treat them like a weapon?

An upset god was never going to he kind and Diluc would have been damned if he let a god become angry towards his home.

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Tag list! (Closed for the foreseeable future.)

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#genshin impact x gender neutral reader #genshin impact x reader #sagau cult au #sagau #genshin self aware au #genshin impact sagau #genshin x reader #guess who forgot tags were a thing?

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