#THANK YOU for this ask

[c-hrona]

12 + Vashwood 👀

Things you said when you thought I was asleep.

Ask game

#trigun #trigun maximum #vashwood #vash the stampede #nicholas d. wolfwood #so sorry it took ages to do it #it was supposed to be a quick sketch but i loved working on this #thank you for this ask #i have some more to do and i really can't wait to draw them! #chronart

[jedi-enthusiast]

Honestly what made me love Mace Windu was the Zillo Beast arc, because he had so much compassion for it! Like Jedi in general and space animals is a favorite.

I know!!! It was just so sweet seeing him like that, and the Jedi interacting with space animals is definitely a favorite of mine too! It never fails to make me feel all warm and happy inside!

In a better universe, Mace gets to adopt like 20 loth cats and they follow him around the Temple like a bunch of ducklings.

…and now I’m imagining him sitting in the Council room, all of the cats on his lap or crawling on him, one of them in his arms, just like-

Mace: Just so you know, you’ve disappointed all of us.

Qui-Gon: Now that’s just cruel.

Obi-Wan: *happily playing with some of the loth cats on the floor*

#also #thank you for this ask #all the mace haters on my blog has been driving me up a wall #so it’s nice to have people that appreciate him asking me stuff and/or reblogging my shit #star wars #sw prequels #pro jedi #mace windu #qui gon jinn #obi wan kenobi #mace windu appreciation

[aerequets]

i know its weird to say ive been scrolling your account for 2 hours and i stumbled upon your old miraculous fanart but the love square to twiyor pipeline is REAL

1) I'm equal parts baffled and honored that you scrolled my blog for two hours because I didn't even know there was 2 hours worth of stuff to scroll through, let alone anyone willing to do that JDJAHA

2) AUGHHHH DONT CALL ME OUT okay call me out 😔 I like what I like

#actually i made an insane amount of miraculous art in middle/high school #(me making insane amounts of sxf fanart) #this is just what i do #i have one longstanding interest that takes over my drawing brain and its 99% of what i draw until i move on #i watch other things on the side but very rarely #it gets boring sometimes bc ill have nothing to watch or do but. more time for homework I guess LOL #thank you for this ask #spy x family #miraculous #twiyor #ml love square

[fairuzfan]

not “compassion fatigue” again, dear god. here’s Mahmoud Darwish talking about despair.

❤️🍉❤️🍉❤️🍉

#palestine #gaza #no id #thank you for this ask #it means a lot to me

[pippeebottom]

Of course you need to be cucked, sweetie. There are only two types of girls and I don't think there could be any doubt about which one you belong to:

Women. Real women. Dominant. Assertive. Full of self-esteem. The kind of girls men -and other women- turn back to gaze at. The girls you'd probably envy back in High School. Maybe even your own bullies. Sexy, confident women that just loooove bossing around tots like you.

Toddlers. Cute little infants who don't know better. Pissy, messy, smelly babies who can't process any emotion and throw a loud tantrum every time they don't get their own way. Blushy little things who can't keep their panties dry and whose only purpose is to entertain real Women. Stupid toddlers who are not sexy. Just cute.

Do you really think your Daddy would doubt for a moment who to do the grown-up stuffs with? Do you even know what those things are? Wouldn't you actually prefer to be sound asleep in your crib, sucking on your pacifier, not even wondering about the thrusts you can hear coming from Daddy's bedroom? I think so.

i get sooo blushy every time i read this 🫣

Daddy tells me all the time he needs big girls to talk to and be with because i’m such a little baby but i jus wanna stay up and find out what Daddy is up to and why i have to go to bed so early when his big girl friends are over!!! and what they think is so funny when they look at me!!

i do know what grown-up stuffs is!!! 😝 i guess im not THAT much of a a baby huh? and Daddy gives me my paci even if i am having grown up stuffs because im so good 🥰

#piper answers #it took me so long to form coherent thoughts about this #also i use they/them pronouns and don’t identify as a girl #it wasn’t explicitly said and i get what you were going for so its fine #so much of a baby that im a secret third thing #thank you for this ask #i love your blog very much

[shiftylinguini]

Fuck I Can't Write Crisis Pack:

@phoebe-delia asked in response to this fun lil ask game:

Do you have any advice for getting out of a slump/getting writing confidence back? . (for the ask anything) Do you have any advice for getting out of a slump/getting writing confidence back?

Now THIS. This is a good question, and something that is very much on my mind and has been for a while, as I am currently absolutely in the midst of this and trying to army crawl my way out. I don't have any magic bullets (is that the saying? idk) but I have been here before and i do have a small arsenal of tips or methods that I find can help me. 

Here is my Fuck I Can't Write Crisis Pack (In no particular order):

Write anything 

This is hardly groundbreaking advice, and it's also the hardest thing to actually do (imo) so do not beat yourself up if it takes a while to get to this. Basically, write ANYTHING―it can be aimless, it can be pointless, it can be crap (crap is subjective!! don't let the brain gremlins win!!). 

Don't think about posting it, don't worry about anyone else ever reading it, just fling a few words onto a page and feel the rusty faucet turn on, proving to yourself that it still works. 

Try and sus out what it is that's blocking you 

Again this one is hard and annoying but functional. Once you can put your finger on the particular reason you're staring at a flashing black line on a blank page it can help you kick that reason off your lawn and into the bin. 

And then, take it out of the bin and be kind to yourself about whatever that reason is. Maybe you feel shit because you're comparing yourself to others, your last fic felt like a lead balloon, you can't muster enthusiasm for what you once loved doing and fear that it's gone forever, you're projecting in a Tumblr post―whatever it is, it's something all the writers you admire and aspire to be like have felt, and been annoyed with themselves for, and so you can wrap it up in a blanket and put it on a shelf and be kind to it so it, (respectfully) shuts the fuck up. 

(and remember, everyone feels insecure about their stuff. Like literally everyone, at some stage, feels like their stuff is rubbish)

Cheat on your OTP 

Okay this one might not work for everyone, but it really does for me lol. Ruts (not the sexy kind) can often come with not wanting to engage in my usual ships, being annoyed by my lack of ability to fucking write them/anything/all my ideas taste like cardboard/bleh, and stepping out on them and reading something new can snap me out of it. Just, an injection of new ideas or scenarios or words or even just a little reprieve from being fed up with myself, which ideally, is why we're all here anyway. 

(And then I come crawling back, and am welcomed with open arms haha)

In a similar vein:

Engage in media 

This subtitle is genuinely terrible, i am sorry, LMAO, but essentially: find a piece of media that makes you go "oh, helLO sailor", unhinge your jaw like a snake, and consume it whole. 

Let it nourish you, inspire you, excite you, making you feel SOMETHING, and then take that and think "fuck, what if i wrote bleepbloopblarp" and even if you write nary a single word, you've thought about it and that fucking counts. 

It might be an album, a book, a song, a show, gifs of a hot person, the wikipedia summary of a movie, literally anything counts here if it makes you feel a twinge of creativity. 

Ask yourself, what would Astolat do? 

No for real. @candybarrnerd and I genuinely use this haha.  

Worried your idea is stupid? Astolat would say write it. 

Worried it's too weird? Nah, just write it. 

It's dumb and no one will read it? Just write it for you *waggles eyebrows* (and then find out that yeah, nah, someone else will absolutely read this and be real fucking happy about it haha.)

Worried you're a one trick pony and have already written this fic before, like, and not even once before, and also you're projecting again in Tumblr post? WRITE IT AGAIN! As Astolat once said, "it's a fic so nice, I wrote it thrice". 

It's good advice. 

Make a friend or lean hard on the ones you have here

Misery loves company because it knows they'll come out of this together :). I know, I know, that's fucking NAFF, but fandom is all about finding like-minded freaks and blowing up their DMs because you saw a gif and now feel a kind of ways about it. 

And lastly: 

FUCK STATS! 

I mean I love stats (yay validation!), but god can they make you feel like a worthless shit (hey where did my validation go :((( ). It can be really insidious, so piss that right off when it starts to fuck with your confidence or outlook on your own writing.

Hopefully there is something useful here, even if it's just looking at this advice and thinking "no that's shit, it's writing POISON" cos then you can maybe do the version you think is NOT shit, and that might work. 

Good luck, fellow travelers!!

#thank you for this ask #this turned into projected cathrsis but i hope this helps if you are possibly feeling in a slump!! #on fic #writing #writing advice #our lord and saviour astolat #shifty turns an innocent ask into a therapy session #also is there a fucking name for the flashing space bar line on a word doc LMFAO there has to be right?? i do not know what it is

[thatfuckinjester]

Imagining the look of confused horror Copia gives him after being asked.

"My- cucciolo what are you talking about. You are going no such place. You're staying here, have the others been telling you these things?"

The genuine concern he would have for him hearing the fear in Phantoms voice as he asks, the way he has to swallow down the anxiety ridden bile that threatens his throat

-🌱

OMG Y E S

like copia hasn't seen the baby quint since they got back from the tour and well, he was busy but never too busy to notice when something is up with his ghouls, but he thought it was a depressive episode because the tour was over and thought that ant would go to them when he needs comfort but then he got woken up by mountain and rain, saying that something is wrong with phantom and that he doesn't talk to anyone and that all of his things are packed and he doesn't react to anything.

so he sat next to him, watching the quint looking at the sky through vacant eyes and copia didn't know what he should do, if whatever he does will set the ghoul off even more so he just started talking about how much he missed seeing the ghoul around and phantom's ears twitched but he still didn't look at anything but the sky and then, while copia was in the middle of a word, phantom looked at him, his eyes looked so far away, so distant and sad. and something in copia broke. and it broke even farther when phantom asked him to promise that being sent back won't hurt as much as being pulled from the pit was.

#THANK YOU FOR THIS ASK #ghost #the band ghost #nameless ghouls #phantom #phantom ghoul #phantom ghost #copia #papa copia #angst #phantom believing that he's being sent back to the pit

[jv-f1]

Any chance you have a nice collection of racer James pics?? They make me absolutely weak 🫠🤤

I got this ask so long ago, and I apologize for how long this took! I’ve been doing some digging around for a few weeks to collect all I could find.

Now, I am pleased to present you with: Racer James, The Masterpost!

#thank you for this ask #any excuse to go perusing for racer James #this took so long but it was worth it #blood sweat and tears and I have no regrets #please enjoy jv nation! #☺️☺️☺️ #this is also my 100 followers celebration! #enjoy the little treat! 🍾 #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #james vowles #jvf1 #mercedes amg f1 #mercedes f1 #williams f1 #williams racing #racer James #jv nation Masterpost #jv nation ask

[gimblegamble]

Mumbo’s true height revealed

POV: you're Mumbo Jumbo, 30m tall redstoner on the hermitcraft server

#gim gabs #gim's stuff #gim's drawy bits #hermitcraft #mumbo jumbo #grian #goodtimeswithscar #thank you for this ask #i get to make lil bugeyed g and scar

[marimayscarlett]

I trust your view of Richard, please share the sexiest photos you have of this man Dankeschön ❤️

Hello and thank you for your trust on this topic 😌

I searched high and low and must say, I think I did found some nice picture material, hopefully to your liking 👀 Of course we have some superb oberkkörperfrei action in this list, but in my opinion, a man can be mindblowingly sexy wearing suits or coats or anything actually if he has charisma 🤍 Let's get into this (like ever so often, this list is sorted by different topics):

Richard wearing stage outfits/suits/dress shirts:

2. Richard showing skin (more or less):

3. Some specific picks - maybe not everyone's pick but definitely some of my favourites of all time:

Especially the Loudwire picture, it's just. yeah.

#rammstein #richard kruspe #ask #thank you for this ask #always at your service 🙌

[goldenandhappy]

One Piece is crazy good this week. Sorry if this is a downer.

I found the pacing odd. I suspect we were supposed to get the happy ending next chapter, but... well...

Either the editors wanted him to tone down the graphic genocide, or Oda may have decided to reformat because of Gaza. I have no proof, obviously, but 1096 hits different if you read it as advice. There are sure to be Palestinian One Piece Fans after all. One Piece has global popularity.

Every survivor is a win. Don't believe their mercy. Focus on surviving. Do what is in your power to save others. If you survive there is hope afterwards. You can rebuild your life, from nothing if necessary. Big News Morgans is a Hack who will only report the heroism.

One Piece is a kid's show.

I think I need a drink.

You are right. You are so right.

Reading One Piece these last two weeks, in the light of the latest events in Gaza, felt like a punch in the guts. More than usual.

One Piece was crazy good this week. The pacing felt a bit odd. Morgans is a hack. A massacre happened. But there's hope. There's always hope.

Idk if Oda did it on purpose. Idk if people in Palestine could have read that chapter with the horrors going on.

But I am glad that chapter ended the way it did. Because what else can we hope for if not dreams of liberation.

#Thank you for this ask #thank you for letting me know that those silly One Piece fan feelings were shared #free Palestine #free gaza #from the river to the sea #فلسطين حرّة #op spoilers #one piece spoilers #opspoilers #one piece 1096 #bartholomew kuma #sun god nika #nika #the warrior of liberation #that in the middle of the chapter I found myself praying to.

[animeomegas]

Would Neji be considered a sad beige mom 🤔

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This is one of the funniest questions I've ever received and it's making me question everything.

I mean... Kind of 😭 Here's how I imagine his home:

Which I feel like... yes, he's a bit of a sad beige mum. He would make the pillows blue or green though, I think. He's okay with pops of nice muted colours lol.

This kind of colour palette:

His home is a bit more traditional, and he's not a professional interior designer, so it's not as swanky as the rooms above, but that's what he aims for.

He's also more than happy to hang up colourful children's drawings, and boxes of toys (plastic toys are banned, toys that make noise are especially banned, but colour is more than allowed.)

But yeah... I won't deny that he has sad beige mum energy haha!

#thank you for this ask #it made me laugh so hard #neji #headcanons #naruto

[steviesbicrisis]

I

I saw the sweetest thing on Reddit some time ago and I need to share with you! It was a girl telling that her boyfriend got a brain lesion and got into a coma for a week, so when he woke up he had to learn how to speak correctly all over again. The doctor was doing an exercise with him and she was there to know how to make it at home, the doctor says a word and the guy has to give a synonym or a definition of it, so he says "happiness" and the boyfriend points at her and says her name, the doc says "no, that's not right" and the guy was pouting not know why it was incorrect. Can you imagine this with Steddie? Initially I thought this with Eddie being in a coma after the S4 events, but I came to think of Steve in the boyfriend place because of his many head injuries, thinking he got one very hard and was out like light.

This ask really got me 🥺🥺🥺

I think this would make more sense if this happened after an hypothetical final battle! So, Eddie survives S4, gets together with Steve, they defeat Vecna but Steve gets badly injured (shocking) and gets into a coma.

The situation would be very tense, Eddie would blame everyone (for letting Steve taking too many hits in the head in the past) then himself (for not being able to protect him).

Robin and Eddie can only be around each other while they wait for Steve to wake up. They argue over the smallest things, but also laugh just by looking at each other at random times of the day. By the fifth day of being best friends and archenemies back and forth, they mutually agree they’re going crazy.

The worst part is that, in order to stay by Steve’s side, Robin pretends to be his girlfriend and Eddie his cousin, so the doctors tell everything to Robin first - another reason for their arguments. She’s the one who takes care of Steve, Eddie is nothing.

When Steve finally wakes up, things get better. They’re able to see him right away, he seems confused and unable to speak properly, but an exchange of looks is enough for Eddie to understand that Steve remembers him, and that he’s glad they’re both alive.

Once again, the doctors explain to Robin that Steve will need to do speech therapy multiple times a week, and exercises at home once he will get discharged.

“I’ll do it!!” Eddie jumps in immediately.

“That is very nice of you” the doctor says, but he sounds unconvinced “but I’m sure Robin here would be a better fit. We need someone that Steve trusts deeply, this is a delicate situation.”

Eddie knows that the doctor his talking like this just because, in his eyes, Eddie is just a cousin and Robin is the girlfriend, the one Steve loves. Maybe it’s the tiredness, maybe it’s the weird competitive dynamic he has developed with Robin, but he feels useless. In the end, why would Steve need him when he has Robin? When Eddie was supposed to protect him and wasn’t able to.

“Oh no, I think Eddie would be a better fit” Robin replies, getting two pair of surprises eyes on her.

“What? It’s true! I have to work - you know, since Steve won’t be able to for a long time” she adds, to save the appearances “and he trusts Eddie, they’re extremely close.”

When they get out of the hospital that night, Eddie hugs her impossibly tight. They stop fighting after that.

The speech therapy is challenging, Steve gets frustrated easily and Eddie can’t blame him: the doctor is very strict with him, gives him the hardest exercises and, for someone who does it for a job, he has too little patience in his opinion.

“C’mon Steve, last one of the day” the doctor shows him one of his card “happiness. Give me a definition or a synonym.”

Sometimes it takes him a few seconds before he can answer, but this time Steve lights up and points immediately at Eddie, saying his name out loud.

The doctor sighs “no Steve, h-a-p-p-i-n-e-s-s. C’mon, I know you can do it!” He tries with a little encouragement.

Steve huffs, points again and says “Eddie!”

Eddie, after the initial surprise, has to look away to hide his watery eyes from the doctor.

He only turns back when he hears the doctor getting out of the room.

Steve is pouting and looking down at his feet. Eddie melts.

“You did great sweetheart, don’t worry” he dares to come close since they’re alone in the room.

Steve looks unconvinced, still pouting. Eddie can practically hear his self deprecating thoughts, he knows him well enough.

He notices the doctor left his cards on the table. He lifts up the ‘happiness’ one in front of Steve, giving him the time to read it.

Eddie points at him “Steve.”

Steve blinks a couple of times, stunned. Eddie waves the card, points at him once again “Steve,” he repeats, firm.

Now it’s time for Steve to have watery eyes.

#thank you for this ask #I’m still melting #sorry for taking so longs #I’ve had a couple of crazy days ahahah #ask me anything #steddie #steve harrington #eddie munson #steve and eddie #stranger things #steve x eddie #platonic stobin #robin buckley

[felizusnavidad]

Hi so i only recently got into hamilton and really liked lmm in it but ive been seeing a lot of pjo fans talking about not wanting him as hermes and you are a lmm expert so i wondered if you knew why people are hating on him for being casted in pjo?

first of all, i am actually flattered that you called me an expert (i am literally not but i do know a lot, i observe, i go through lmm tag every day, i get mad when i see people talk shit about him, basically i'm super loud about my love for this guy so there's that some call it dedication, i call it obsession lol).

there are a lot of reasons actually but all of them are just so silly to me. for example, some people say he is a bad actor (if hamilton is not enough for you, please go watch his dark materials, he is excellent and i will fight). others say he can't sing (he can, he may not have the most incredible vocals ever, not like most broadway stars and i know a lot of people compare him with the best singers out there, but it doesn't mean he can't sing, also, he is much better now than he used to be years ago, for example i'd recommend listening to vivo soundtrack, especially keep the beat or one more song, i mean EXCUSE ME BUT MY MAN CAN SING). another reason: some people say he is annoying because he puts raps everywhere. ok, and? he is a great rapper, i'll say more: he is also a freestyle rapper, very talented indeed (i recommend checking literally any freestyle love supreme video on youtube or you can just go through my fls tag here. making up rhymes on the spot? pretty insane if you ask me). there is also a group of people who think he is cringe, his rhymes are cringe, some of his songs are not good, etc etc (i bet those people can write better songs). i think he is one of the greatest composers of our generation and i will, of course, fight (haters, please shut the fuck up about the scuttlebutt, this song was supposed to be annoying, you just don't get it apparently? same with my own drum actually. can we just stop pretending that he is talentless because of those songs you guys literally have no taste and you hate fun and also shut tf up). oh, and also, people these days very often say he is everywhere and it's annoying (this is literally his job but whatever). and my all-time favourite: some people are mad that he was playing hamilton because they think he didn't deserve it (he literally wrote the whole thing but ok). one more thing: i have never read pjo, i literally just started reading it only because of lin, so i know nothing about hermes, but personally i really hope he will sing/rap, just because i want to see them all suffer.

there were also other controversial stuff (with in the heights, hamilton and puerto rico) but we are not going to discuss it on my blog, sorry (mostly because i have my own opinion about it and i know i will get a lot of hate for speaking my mind). one thing i can say is that nobody's perfect, we all make mistakes sometimes and i will always fight for him, no matter what.

#thank you for this ask #i really love talking about him and it always makes me super happy to know there are others who love him like i do #please feel free to visit my blog whenever you want to #it's a safe space for lin's fans #will i get hate for it? idk maybe #still i'm gonna tag it so others can find it #lin manuel miranda #lmm #anon #i saved every letter you wrote me* #(i am literally drunk and writing essays about lmm on christmas eve what tf is wrong with me)

[xx-thedarklord-xx]

WAIT I JUST REALIZED THAT YOU WROTE AS TIME PASSES. WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE BEST SOULMATE FIC TO EVER EXIST AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I am! I love the enthusiasm lmao! I'm guessing you are new to following me then? Or maybe it's because that fic is six years old? I'm just glad you liked it! When I first started writing I struggled really hard with writing angst. I tend to be rather fluffy, which is why some people called me the fluffy lord and said I was only dark in name lmao. But I wanted to write angst, I wanted to explore it and be able to write it well. After an angst challenge with @serenefreakgeek that story is what I came up with!

Thank you for reading it, thank you for liking it and thank you for stopping by! I appreciate it and it means a lot to me!

As Time Passes It wasn’t until Harry was six that he felt his hand start to burn and he knew that the Dursleys had lied to him! The unbearable pain was the sign of a soulmate bond forming. Harry grows up imagining everything about his soulmate, who would they be and what kind of person they were. Just who was Draco Malfoy? Draco was used to people pitying him because they believe his soulmate is a muggle. He doesn't care what they think. He will love whoever Harry Potter is. First, he just has to find him.

#drarry #asked and answered #As Time Passes #Thank you for this ask #I loved it #and it meant a lot to me

[misc-obeyme]

i would read the barbatos essay ‼️

Anon, you have made my entire day lol. I'm always worried about answering asks with lengthy posts because I can really ramble on and on. But since you asked for the Barbatos essay, well...

Buckle up 'cause this turned out quite long! I'm putting it under a cut just so people don't have to scroll.

There's only one section of spoilers, which I indicate so you can skip it if you like!

Here it is, my Why I Love Barbatos essay:

Okay, first we have his design and the color scheme. That teal is just so pretty. And the way his hair has that one streak of brighter teal? Perfection. I very much think Barb would look amazing with long hair, too.

The way his uniform is altered to look more like a butler. The way he's always wearing those white gloves. When he actually does take off the gloves?? Though I do wish they had given him a casual outfit, they kinda do this with all the side characters - all of them are missing at least one outfit that the bros have. BUT it's funny to think that Barb just wears his uniform all the time instead AND sometimes he does take off the jacket when he's about to get into something. Such as in the Dust-Fighting Demon SSR and the Face Paint Charm SSR.

And then there's his human world outfit?! It's perfect for him. Elegant and unique and just visually interesting. And if iirc it's like a tea merchant outfit? I mean. Of course it is.

Demon form? Perfection. THAT TAIL. I wanna touch it so bad. And his horns are just so different from everybody else's. They're so unique. And the outfit? It's like butler uniform but upgraded. The patterns and the colors and the frills that come out of the wrists I just love it so much.

Needless to say, I very much love Barbatos's design. Visually he's just so pretty and I think that is part of what initially drew me to him. But in the end, what it really comes down to for me is personality, too.

I think there are a couple of things about Barbatos that I really love that just made him become my absolute favorite.

He's not instantly in love with MC. People have talked about this before. It takes basically all four seasons for Barbatos to say or do anything that indicates he might have feelings for MC. A lot of his more romantic interactions happen in his Devilgrams and the events, which are outside of the main story line. (A Party Just For Two UR card is one of my all time faves when it comes to romance with Barb and most of it happens in the kitchen lol.)

The thing about this that was always interesting to me was that he didn't act like he was NOT interested or that he disliked MC or anything. In fact, he always seemed to be curiously intrigued by MC. While most of the other characters usually develop a kind of crush on MC before they're just straight up in love with them, Barb is just kind of like, oh you are interesting. But that's it until much later in the story. And even THEN we don't get a straight confession out of him.

I have always been a fan of the slow burn. The little moments that just steadily increase the character's feelings, the build up, the anticipation... it's so good.

And then there's just how mysterious he is in general. We know very little about him. In the beginning I was like okay so who is this guy? He's just a butler? I don't get it. And yeah, he's a butler, but then you find out he's also got time powers and portal powers and suddenly he's a lot more than just a butler.

NB spoilers here for his Tea Time With You UR+ Devilgram:

The story in this Devilgram really hints to there being so much more about WHY Barbatos is Diavolo's butler. He talks a lot about atonement and how something he did had a profound impact on both Diavolo and Solomon. He won't tell us what it was because he's not ready to reveal it, which is not surprising, but also indicates that it still weighs on him pretty heavily. At least it does in the NB timeline. To me, this added a whole new layer to his air of mystery. We don't know why he stays as Diavolo's butler except that he says he likes it and that's what he wants to do. But there is clearly another piece to that involving some self imposed penalty for whatever he did.

End spoilers.

And even though there's a lot we don't know about him and especially his past (which to be fair, there are probably a billion years of past there so we'll never know all of it lol), he just has this comforting way about him. Once he accepts someone as sort of being in his charge, he takes care of them without being overbearing. He sort of does this thing where he gives each person in his life as much as they need from him.

Diavolo is the obvious example and he needs the most from Barb. So Barbatos does a lot for him and Dia is always his priority. But then we've also got characters like Luke and Solomon. With Luke, Barbatos is always ready to teach him how to bake or give him advice when he asks for it. But he also doesn't smother him or anything. He knows that Luke has Simeon and Solomon that help him, too. And with Solomon, Barbatos only really helps him when Solomon asks. In the OG, it's pretty clear that by that point, Solomon is incredibly independent. He doesn't need a lot of attention from Barbatos anymore, so Barb just lets him do his thing for the most part. But if Solomon does need him, Barbatos has no problem helping. (I am assuming, of course, that the only time that Sol forced Barb to do something he didn't want to do was in the labyrinth in NB.)

And I think this tendency to care for people extends to MC as well, but he knows that MC has everyone else looking out for them, too. So he's willing to sort of stay in the background, but you know that he's paying attention to MC. He will sometimes ask MC to come help him with something in daily chats or he'll invite them over for tea and he always says something about being happy to see them.

Another thing I love about his personality is his tendency to be subtly teasing. He's always so super formal and restrained that sometimes it's hard to tell when he's teasing because he does it the way he does everything else. But we all know that one demon sticker he sometimes uses, the one that's covering its mouth 'cause it's laughing slyly. Yeah, that one. It's kind of similar to the way he always smiles even when he's angry. He never breaks his butler persona, but those who know him can tell when he's being playful and when he's actually angry. (Unless he's really angry, which we have seen in the way he interacts with Solomon in Nightbringer.)

And then there are his interests. He loves tea, as we know, and he likes to cook and to bake. For me personally, these are big reasons why I love him, too. I drink both coffee and tea, but when it comes to tea I'm really picky. I only drink loose leaf tea that I buy by the ounce and I know about the different kinds and what my favorites are and how to make them correctly. I sometimes cold brew loose leaf tea to make iced tea and I have a very particular way of making it. So like... I get all that, you know? I think I would love to experience the way Barbatos makes tea. I also enjoy cooking and baking, but I don't get to do it very often. However, I absolutely have a sweet tooth. So again, I'm just imagining tea parties with Barbatos in the garden with some tasty dessert he made and that sounds like absolute heaven to me lol.

He's also just a little less boisterous than most of the other characters. He's calm and collected. I have some anxiety issues and I'm an introvert, but I just get the feeling that spending time with him would be so nice and relaxing. There's just something about him that makes me feel peaceful and contented.

And all of that is why I'm in love with Barbatos.

If he turns out to be Nightbringer, I don't know how I'll feel about it. I'm just hoping they don't change his character too much because I love him just as he is now.

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