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sunlightmurdock · 1 year

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The Parent Trap | 0.2 | Bradley Bradshaw x Reader au

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♡ In which, after a couple of years of listening to Peyton and Parker Bradshaw complain about their parents’ custody agreement, Grandpa Mav’s meddling goes a little bit too far.

♡ warnings: mentions of divorce throughout the fic, flashbacks to arguments and unhappily married people. Idiots who still love each other and don’t know it, struggles during breastfeeding, Jake Seresin cameo, flashback indicated by italics

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“She’s seeing someone? — You’re kidding!”

Penny looks up from the bar, eyebrows scrunching slightly as she stares across the otherwise empty room at her husband and his two adopted grandchildren. Sitting opposite the two young girls in a booth, the three of them turn their heads and realize that they’re been overheard, then quietly resume their gossiping.

Maverick has this idea in his head that Rooster isn’t happy being alone. He probably isn’t, most people aren’t — but Penny has told him time and time again not to meddle. Rooster’s kind of a hot head about his personal life and this can only end badly.

Anyone that has come across Pete Mitchell, though, will be able to tell you that trying to get a bad idea out of his head is like drawing blood from a stone. There’s no level of intervention that can stop whatever he’s up to. Besides, it is a little bit cute watching the three of them plotting away together.

The door startles Penny as she’s cleaning residue from the beer taps. It’s only eight in the morning, they aren’t open yet and that door is supposed to be locked. Mav left it open. Jake Seresin strolls in the same way he always does, sunglasses on, lips quirked. Like he owns the place.

“Penny.” He greets with a nod.

“Little bit early for me to be seeing you, isn’t it?” She replies with a soft smile, setting her cloth down and leaning her palms forwards on her side of the bar. Jake takes off his sunglasses and tucks them into the front pocket of his khakis.

“My blushing bride seems to think she left something here last night.” Jake answers without a hint of shame, lips quirked at the sides, knowing Penny knows exactly what he’s talking about.

“Ah. Yeah, I was wondering if she would be wanting it back.” Penny answers, her cheeks running hot even though she has nothing to be embarrassed about. Jake’s wedding is to a local girl that Penny has known for years, Quinn even worked her for a couple of summers while she was in college. Last night, Quinn’s bachelorette party began here.

Penny crouches down and slides the lost and found box out from under the counter. She presents Jake with a plastic bag. His brows scrunch slightly. Quinn only sent him here for a phone. Glancing between Penny and this mysterious plastic bag, he opens it gingerly. She watches as his grin grows slightly.

Sure, there’s his fiancées phone. But there’s also a cute little gimmicky thong that was a gift from one of her friends that proudly proclaims ‘Property of Captain Jake Seresin’ on it. There are a few other things too, but it’s the thong that really catches Jake’s eye. He chuckles and closes the bag again.

“Thanks for saving these for me, angel. I’ll make sure that they get back to Quinn safely.” He winks one of his green eyes at her and pats a hand over the top of the bag.

Penny breathes out a dry chuckle, shaking her head. In her almost fifteen years of knowing Jake, he hasn’t changed a bit. “I’m sure you will.”

The sound of hushed whispering draws Jake’s attention away from their conversation, his head turning towards the booth in the corner. He leaves the bag on the bar, wandering over, “Bradshaw’s!”

They turn their heads in unison, two freckled faces staring up at the man who taught them exactly how fun water balloons can be, smiles crossing their faces. “Hey, Jake.”

“What are you two troublemakers doing here? — Shouldn’t you be in school?” He checks the heavy, black IWC watch on his wrist and frowns slightly at the two of them.

“We got suspended.” Parker answers calmly, still undecided in whether or not she should feel guilty about the situation. It’s hard to feel guilty when she gets to spend an entire week hanging out with Grandpa Mav instead of learning fractions.

“No way,” Jake smiles at the idea, leaning forwards and resting his palms on the table on the booth. He has always said that the two of them take after their mother and this just proves it. You always had a knack for finding mischief. “What’d you do?”

“We swapped places so that I could beat someone up for her.” Peyton explains. Jake grins. He and Rooster might have had their differences, but Jake has always adored these little terrors. He turns his head towards Mav, raising his eyebrows and then looking back to the girls.

“You look like you’re up to no good right now.” Jake decides, folding his arms over his broad chest. The twins glance at Maverick and Jake knows that he’s right. He slips a hand into his pocket and pulls out his wallet, opening it up. He drops two five dollar bills in front of each of the girls, “Well, do me a favour and give your old man a little hell.”

“Thanks, Jake.” Parker grins up at him. Like butter wouldn’t melt with her little pigtails and their matching denim overalls. Jake smiles and gives them a curt nod as he steps back.

Jake chuckles to himself as he waves goodbye to Penny and takes his fiancée’s belongings back to his car.

“What did Bradley say when she told him?” Maverick presses.

“He was fine with it!” Peyton bangs her fists on the table, startling her sister and getting a sharp look from Penny. She sighs and folds her arms over her chest. “He’s going to meet this weirdo tomorrow!”

Maverick hums, resting his hand over his face. Admittedly, he hadn’t been expecting a third party and this derails some of the plans he had made with the kids. But, it doesn’t kill the plan completely.

He sits forwards and rests his hands on the table as they lean in closer to hear him. “Okay, so here’s what you do, and this is important, so listen.”

The next afternoon, Bradley finds himself more anxious than usual for the evening. It’s a big deal. Meeting someone who could be a big part of his childrens’ lives. Bradley glances around his room at the two of them, wondering for a moment what they would think if they knew.

Only, they do know, and they’re two steps ahead of him already.

“How come you’re watching me get ready? — You two never care what I wear.” Rooster squints at them through the mirror as he tries to tame his short curls with a small amount of styling wax. Parker picks up the pot and inspects it. Barber Barber beachcomber sea-salt infused styling paste. She lifts it and inhales. It smells good, at least.

Peyton searches through his closet, looking through shirt after shirt as she tries to find one that’s good enough.

“Are you going on a date?” Parker asks. He glances down at her as he grabs the deodorant from his dresser and sprays it under his arms.

“No, just going out with some friends.” He replies calmly. Telling white lies to your kids is just part of being a parent.

“Which friends?” Peyton prompts.

Rooster gives her a quick look from the corner of his eye and smooths a hand over his mustache, eyeing himself in the mirror. There’s more scrutiny in the way he looks at himself now than there used to be. It isn’t that he has let himself go, it’s just that he’s not as young as he used to be. Stronger now, a little less lean than he was back then.

“We don’t have to tell each other everything, you know.”

“I’m gonna remember that when you’re asking me who I’m going on a date with in a couple of years.” Parker replies.

“Watch it.” Rooster warns, instantly frowning at her. She smiles sweetly back up at him. She looks so much like you when she does that. There’s affection in the way he rolls his eyes and grabs his belt from his dresser. “You found a shirt for me yet, honeybee?”

Peyton hums in consideration and steps up onto the base of the wardrobe, extending onto her tiptoes to pull a hanger down from the rack. She turns and sets it on the bed, “Try this one.”

Rooster scrunches up his nose slightly, eyeing the coal coloured button up that his daughter just laid out in front of him. “Kinda boring, don’t you think?”

“It’s grown up.” She protests, hopping up onto the foot of his bed and staring him down, “Try it.”

It’s probably not the smartest move to take advice on what’s grown up and what isn’t from a seven year old, but Bradley relents. It’s a grey linen short sleeve. He slips it over his shoulders and buttons it up. Peyton frowns at her father’s reflection as Parker shakes her head in disapproval

Something about it isn’t clicking. It hugs him too tightly in the wrong places, it sits weird on his arms. He sighs softly. There’s no way he’s wearing this to see you.

“Guys?” The chirpy voice carries through the condo as the front door swings shut downstairs. Amber. Parker glances across at her sister as Bradley calls back that they’re upstairs.

Amber is the twenty year old college student that lives next door. She trails her manicured fingers along the wall as she strolls along the carpeted hallway, already barefoot by the time that she stops to lean up against Bradley’s doorframe. She’s super friendly and she has been so helpful since she got back from college for the summer. She adores the twins and will babysit whenever Bradley asks.

“Hey, Amber — does this look dumb?” Bradley asks, furrowing his brows as he half turns towards her, still eyeing up the awkward fit of the shirt through the mirror. She smiles, her plump, glossed lips quirking at the edges as she looks him up and down.

“Like that? — Um…” She presses her hand over her mouth like she’s about to laugh. Rooster scoffs and shakes his head as he starts to unbutton the shirt.

“Enough said. Pick something else, my little Honeybee.” He chuckles. Amber’s green eyes trail as his fingers work open the buttons on the shirt, revealing more and more tanned skin. Peyton moves to jump down.

“Wait, wait…” Crossing past Parker, she steps in front of her boss and looks him over once more. “We can fix this. Do you have tank tops?”

Parker moves to sit beside her sister on the bed. Faces stormy and their eyes crossed, they watch as this borderline teenager plays dress up with their daddy.

First she gives him a tank top, and then she recommends that he changes his pants. She fiddles through his jewelry while he changes. He steps out of his en-suite with the grey short sleeve unbuttoned and black dress pants that hug his hips perfectly.

“How do I look?”

Her hands reach out and curl into the unbuttoned sides of the shirt, holding onto the fabric as she looks him over. The smile on her lips is unmistakably sly as she nods her head at him, “Amazing. Right, girls?”

Met with immediate silence and stoney faces, Amber’s confidence wavers. Peyton folds her arms over her chest while Parker squints at her side.

“Alright, well I’ve gotta get going. There’s money in the kitchen for pizza, bed by nine at the latest. I’ll be back before eleven. Have fun, kids!”

Amber winces at herself being included in that. Even wearing her Mom’s perfume and the shortest skirt she owns, he’s still calling her kid. She doesn’t realise that Bradley’s aloofness doesn’t run in the family.

The knowing look in the girls’ eyes as their babysitter checks out of the window and watches their dad drive away. The trouble they’re already planning to ensure that she won’t be invited back.

“Babe?” Slamming the car door shut, Bradley damn near forgets to lock it as he bundles the plastic bag under his arm. He rushes forwards, crossing the browning lawn at the front of the condominium and fumbling for his house key. No time for lack of precision, he slips the key into the lock and twists. Even before the door opens, the screaming fills his ears. Hell, he could hear it before he had even turned the car radio off.

“Baby?” The powder-blue painted door swings open wide, chipping paint from the hallway wall that’ll count as a two hundred dollar reduction in the return of your rental deposit later on. He kicks it shut behind him and carries on through the small apartment, already knowing exactly where you are. There are technically only four rooms to pick from.

The kitchen and living room are all in one space. Small bathroom. Two bedrooms. The screaming tells him exactly which room you’re in. Rounding the corner into the nursery, his heart breaks in two. You’re sitting on the floor with your back to Parker’s crib, your head in your hands. He hadn’t heard you sobbing until right now.

“Baby,” He breathes out, legs carrying him forwards as he moves to sit next to you. Parker’s cradled in against your chest, wailing as loudly as her little lungs will let her. Behind you, Peyton’s screaming just as loud in her crib. “It’s okay, give me the baby.”

Up close, he can finally see the way that you’re trembling. No, not even trembling. Shaking. Your lips, your arms, your legs. Unable to hold still as your body wracks with sobs and your smaller baby flails in your arms. Faintly, you can hear your husband saying your name.

“Give me the baby, it’s okay.” Bradley says softly.

Your lip quivers as you cradle her closer to your chest, silent tears burning your cheeks as they stream freely. Your voice breaks, barely audible over the newborn screeches that fill your small apartment. “I called you over an hour ago.”

“I know, I’m sorry,” His adam’s apple bobs in his throat as he sits forwards, shuffling closer to you. He presses his lips to your temple, “I got here as quick as I could. Let me take her.”

You hold her closer, a silent sob wracking through you, feeling her tiny heart racing against your skin with how worked up she has gotten. Tears stream down your face without a break, living your skin wet and salty. “I can’t — s-she still won’t— I’ve been trying—“

“I know, I know, it’s alright,” He smooths a hand gently over the wispy curls on Parker’s head, fluffy and already thinning from the amount that she had been born with. He kisses your shoulder softly. “I got the formula.”

Parker was born smaller than her sister. It’s natural with twins, there’s almost always a smaller one. But, it’s been three weeks. Peyton latches without issue and her weight has been progressing normally. Three weeks old and yesterday’s doctors appointment confirmed that she’s still underweight.

Your mother managed to breastfeed four kids successfully. Four different pregnancies, four different times in her life — and you can’t manage just the two of them. She has been telling you since you found out that you were pregnant that your body would know what to do, that it would all be okay and it isn’t.

“C’mon, mama. Let’s get her fed,” Bradley hums softly as he reaches out for her. “Just need her to stop crying first. Right? — We’ll figure out what comes next after that.”

He kisses the top of your head as you relax your arms enough for him to take the newborn.

“That’s it. Alright, I’m gonna go and make her a bottle. Can you bring Peyton? — Doc says they should eat on the same schedule.” He pushes himself up with one hand and cradles your daughter with the other.

“I fucking fed Peyton already!”

It’s snappier than you mean for it to be. Your chest heaves after you speak, throat sore already from all of the crying. Bradley nods his head, “Perfect. That’s great — she’s probably just crying because loud mouth here’s keeping her up. She’ll calm down. I’m gonna be right back, baby. Two minutes.”

He scoops up the plastic back on the floor and wanders off towards the kitchen. Over the sound of the other twin screaming, you can hear him faintly shushing your daughter.

“Not even a month old yet,” Bradley hums, pressing his lips to his daughter’s forehead, then her nose. “Already being a little trouble-maker. We’ve got our work cut out with you, huh, kid?”

He sways softly, taking care to support her tiny head, leaning back to keep her balanced against his shoulder as he shifts her into one arm so that he can pour the boiled water. Humming softly, he doesn’t even realize that the crying in the other room has stopped until the bottle is ready and Parker’s screeching is replaced with the contented hums.

“Atta girl,” Rooster murmurs, his infant daughter rested safely along his forearm, leaned back against the kitchen counter and her bottle lifted in his other hand whilst she guzzles the formula back. “Gonna just as big as your sister one day, aren’t you?”

A soft whimper breaks his attention from the baby. He looks up and finds you standing in the doorway to the hall. This isn’t how motherhood looked when you had pictured it.

You, barely able to get one baby off to sleep, standing in yesterday’s pyjamas at four in the afternoon, watching your husband take care of the baby after he has been at work all day. You stare at him, still in his work khakis, making it look so natural.

Standing before him in one of his stretched out old hoodies and a pair of boxers that you bought for yourself in your final trimester. Skin blotchy and your eyes swollen with tears, you turn your face away from him towards the ground.

“Hi, beautiful,” Rooster smiles at you. After most of her two ounce bottle is finished, Parker stops drinking and Bradley sets the bottle down on the counter. His face soft, head tilted, those big brown eyes tugging at your heart strings. “Tough day?”

A sob catches in your throat as you stumble forwards and press yourself into his side. Parker tucked up against his other shoulder as he pats her back gently, he’s quick to wrap his other arm around you. He’s going to have to grow a third with him being outnumbered like this.

“I keep trying and she just won’t — or she can’t — or I’m doing something — a-and my Mom says that—“ Babbling on, dampening the shoulder of his uniform. Bradley simply rests his cheek against your hair and smiles to himself.

“Baby,” It’s enough to make you quiet for a minute. His hand patting Parker’s back softly, the gravel of his voice vibrating through his chest as your head lays against his shoulder. “Your Mom once asked me if the movie Avatar was based on a true story. She gets it wrong sometimes.”

You can’t help but chuckle at the analogy he chose, hugging yourself closer to his side, resting your hand against Parker’s back over the top of his.

“Formula or breastfeeding — whatever stops her from screaming the house down like that is a win in my book. How about yours?” Bradley asks, rubbing his free hand up and down along the base of your spine. You nod softly against his chest. He pulls back and lays Parker down along the length of his forearm again, her head resting against your stomach.

“I just want to do it all right. They’re so perfect, and I just… I want to be perfect for them too, like you are.”

“Me? — Perfect?” Bradley lifts his head and grins at you. He unhooks his arm from around your waist and presses the back of his palm to your forehead. “All these kids are making you loopy, baby.”

You lean down and kiss her forehead softly, then settle back in against Bradley’s side. “I’m so worried about her already. Do you think we ever stop feeling like this?”

Bradley shakes his head softly as he strokes his index finger along her rounded cheek, and over her chin. “Nah. Kids are designed to stress their parents out, it’s like their sole purpose.”

Lips quirking softly at the sides, you glance up at him and know that he’s probably right. Doing it with him made it all seem okay, though. Being stressed out with him at your side didn’t seem so tough.

Now, staring at him across the restaurant, it suddenly occurs to you to wonder when all of that changed. When had doing it alone become a safer option than having him with you? — Those last few months all seem so blurry now.

The memories might be fuzzy but the feelings aren’t. They’re heavy and they’ve sat with you for the past two years. You might not remember exactly why you let him go, but the pain is enough to know that you wouldn’t like to feel that way again.

“Rooster!”

Chris and Bradley’s heads turn at the same time. Bradley nods in acknowledgement as his autopilot directs him to do. Then, he steps past the hostess and points to the two of you. He takes in what’s in front of him as he walks over.

This new guy isn’t ugly, which is more irritating than Bradley was expecting it to be. He looks him up and down. Loose fitting jeans and a flannel shirt buttoned up. Brown hair that really isn’t styled all that differently from Bradley’s. But, thanks to Amber, Bradley is dressed significantly better.

The pants fit him perfectly and the charcoal shirt just makes his skin look even more golden than it usually is. You squint softly and wonder who the fuck dressed him — because the man that you married doesn’t dress like that.

Maybe the man that you divorced does. It’s been a long time since you saw Bradley for something other than drop offs or pick ups.

“Hey.”

“Roo— Bradley,” It seems more grown up, more formal. A more appropriate way to refer to your ex husband. “This is Chris. Chris, this is Bradley.”

“Heard a lot about you.” Chris smiles, cheeks dimpling as he sticks his hand out. You watch as Bradley takes his hand and shakes it casually. Weird — it’s weird.

“You’re still a man of mystery to me,” Bradley admits playfully, shooting you a quick look and noticing that you’re eyeing his outfit. Letting the babysitter pick what he was wearing was a good choice. “Luckily, I’m good at asking questions.”

Small talk, small talk. Your ex-husband and your boyfriend are hitting it off like a house on fire and you’re just standing idly between them, wondering why this doesn’t please you as much as it should.

The nerves that have been bothering you all weekend don’t settle down even when they’re laughing and jibing each other about football teams and golf. You didn’t even know that Bradley played golf.

You’re shown to your table and you accidentally pick the seat between them. Chris sits back in his seat with one hand on your knee and the other curled around his beer as he teases Bradley about a football game from three years ago that their teams played against each other.

As much as he’s enjoying the conversation, Bradley’s eyes keep wandering back to that guy’s hand on your knee. His foot taps impatiently against the floor, fighting to keep his focus on the conversation.

Finally, focus shifts to something a little more engaging for you when Bradley asks you how the two of you met. He sits back on his chair and watches the two of you finish each other’s sentences.

“Well, Chris’ workshop is right down the street from my store, and y’know, I have consultations all the time and weddings are stressful so I like to keep my appointments chill and quiet, but then he was always—“

“Y’know, building something. Hammering, sawing, whatever. And there are a couple of times actually, where she came flying through the door of my shop telling me what’s what and —“

His thumb swipes through the condensation on his beer, staring at you. Your face is turned away from him, looking at Chris with this dopey, lovesick look on your face. Bradley wonders if you’ve told him that you love him yet.

It’s a cute story. The way that you’re beaming across the table at this guy doesn’t make Bradley happy, but he knows that it should. By the time you’re finished eating, he has searched high and low for some kind of major character flaw on this guy and had come up with nothing.

Short, brown hair. Stubble covering his jaw, kind of a squinty cowboy look to contrast the sharp blue of his eyes, not short. Handsome, sure. And he’s great with kids.

Bradley damn near picks up his dessert spoon and turns it into a weapon — either for use on himself or your new boyfriend, he isn’t sure, when he listens to Chris’ stories from his work with inner city kids.

Thankfully, right as they’re getting into the nitty gritty of Chris’ charitable personality, Bradley’s phone cuts through the silence. You grin across the table at Chris, squeezing his large palm in yours and pretending that this doesn’t make you as uncomfortable as it does.

“Whoa — kid, slow down. What?” Bradley plugs a finger into his other ear, brows furrowing as he tries to decipher the incoherent babbling on the other end of the phone.

“I looked everywhere, and I’ve been calling them for like fifteen minutes! I don’t know if they’re hiding or they ran away but I’m freaking out right now, please don’t be mad at me — should I call the cops?”

Rooster pushes his chair out and stands up from the table. “Jesus Christ, no. Don’t call the cops, I’m on my way. Did you check the crawl space in my room?”

“Cops? — Rooster, what the fuck?” You frown at him from across the table. Rooster sighs and presses his finger into his ear drum to understand the shrieking girl on the line.

“There’s a crawl space in your room?”

“Just, hang tight. I’m gonna be ten minutes. Tell them I’m on my way and they’ll probably turn up.” He hangs up and shoves his phone into his pocket, grabbing his wallet and tugging it open. “I’m really sorry, I’ve gotta run. It was great meeting you Chris, you seem really cool, but, uh—“

“Rooster, did you let somebody lose our kids?”

“No! I left them with a very responsible babysitter, actually, and I’m pretty sure that they’re just messing with her.”

“Oh, well that’s good. You’re pretty sure.” You sigh, shaking your head at him as you set your glass down. “I’ll be sure to mention that when I issue the amber alert.”

Chris slips his hand into yours and squeezes softly as Bradley tosses his card down onto the table.

“Whatever. I’ll text you.” He slips his wallet back into his pants and turns, leaving your mouth gaping.

“Are you kidding — our kids might be missing, we’re obviously coming. Right?” You shoot a look across at Chris as it occurs to you that this is probably extremely overwhelming for him. He gives you a calm smile and nods his head at you.

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@fadingbelieverexpert @jessirosebud @cowboybarbie @pinkpantheris @thedroneranger @a-serene-place-to-be @xoxabs88xox @unordinaire @slutfordw @fudge13 @averyhotchner @hangmanscoming @sharpsapphic666 @khaylin27 @bradshawseresinbabe @diorrfairy @perpetuelledaydreaming @phoenix1388 @cherrycola27 @wkndwlff

“Yeah. I’ll get the car if you settle up in here, we’ll meet Rooster back at his place.”

#bradley rooster bradshaw #bradley bradshaw #miles teller #bradley bradshaw smut #rooster x you #rooster bradshaw imagine #top gun smut #the parent trap

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gabessquishytum · 1 year

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Listen. Hear me out.

Dreamling Bridget Jones's Diary AU

Hob as Bridget: 30 something, working for a publishing company, occasionally has to go home to his loving yet embarrassing parents, has not had a boyfriend in...... a while.

Dream as Mark Darcy: posh lawyer, no social skills. His parents know Hob’s parents. Hob used to play naked in his paddling pool as a child??? Terrible Christmas jumpers. Very, very sexy. Wants to fuck Hob in a romantic way, just doesn't know how to tell him.

The Corinthian as Daniel Cleaver: Hob’s boss. Very bad boy, serial adulterer, very sexy. He and Dream used to be best friends until Corinthian fucked Dream’s fiance, oops. Wants to fuck Hob, then develops... feelings?

Also staring Johanna Constantine and Matthew the Raven as Hob's terrible best friends, Lucienne as Dream’s long suffering colleague, cameo from Aziraphale and Crowley as Hob’s embarrassing but well meaning parents.

Please consider such incredible scenes as:

- a very grumpy Dream in a terrible Christmas jumper

- inappropriate workplace behaviour

- Corinthian trying and failing to row a boat, and falling in the lake

- Hob’s very sexy grandpa underwear (he likes to be comfortable)

- Hob in a sexy bunny costume (no one told him the party wasn't fancy dress anymore)

- Dream liking Hob "just as you are"

- Dream throwing Corinthian through a restaurant window as they fight for Hob’s honour

- Hob being the world's worst cook (why is the soup blue)

- Hob running through the streets in the snow only wearing boxers and a jumper because he needs to tell Dream that he loves him, too

- Aziraphale and Crowley's wedding vow renewal <3

#the sandman #dreamling #dream x hob

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hollowboobtheory · 4 months

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i mentioned my fancast for chris chef and blainely are ryan reynolds, andre braugher and gwyneth paltrow but i also want to make it clear i do not have any celebrity fancasts for any of the kids. ideally they'd all be fresh young up-and-coming actors. BUT whenever any of their family members have a brief appearance they'd be celebrity cameos. gwen's mom is winona ryder. owen's grandpa is jack black. geoff's brothers are whatever hot boy band is in style. leshawna's sister is beyonce. as herself. her sister is beyonce and she just failed to mention that. heather's mom is lucy liu. scott's family are those duck dynasty guys. etc.

#beck rambles #total drama #tdi #td fancast

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adhdtsukasa · 29 days

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i don't think there are any haters of the theme of emu fes (or at least i haven't seen them as much as i saw tsukasa fes' haters. this card i am also defending for the rest of my life but this has been already said so there's nothing much from me to say) but if there actually IS someone then you're not invited to my emu themed birthday party

both the untrained and the card story are perfect in capturing emu's grief, which is definitely not talked about enough in this fandom — even though phenniland is saved and she has moved on onto the "new world" with the rest of wxs, she still misses her grandpa dearly, obviously. she still wants to see him, this is the very core of her feelings and motivation

and her trained does a good job too. it's not my favorite emu card ever, but it serves being a fes card very well. it doesn't have to be all sparkling and whimsical, it's supposed to reflect emu's very self — the innocent and nostalgic part of her, the one who still looks up into the past sometimes, despite going forward (hence her pose, or at least i like to think so). yes! i had different themes in mind! but a calm and bittersweet emu fes is ABSOLUTELY what she deserves, because she's not just an one-dimensional always happy wandahoi whose cards HAVE to be full of things happening on them 24/7

also this card gave us a HINATA CAMEO come on

#project sekai #prsk #pjsk #emu otori #ri says things the tag #this is just a random rambling i had to get out while cleaning my room lol #but genuinely i am so happy with the sakiemukasa fes outcome #i'm its nr 1 defender

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mikashisus · 2 months

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OLDER — movie cast !

zhongli x fem!reader

GET TO KNOW THE MOVIE CAST !

y/n — 20. starring as “guizong” in “tales of the archon war: the nation of contracts volume II”. deeply infatuated with her coworker, zhongli. combats hate comments by simply blocking ppl. outsold everyone’s looks at the movie premiere. overall girlboss (only a girlfailure when it comes to rizzing up zhongli).

zhongli — 41. starring as “morax”. is a bit of a grandpa when it comes to most things, but he knows how to use social media (rlly only uses it more frequently bc of y/n). has a huge crush on y/n and literally everyone knows it. has been in the acting spotlight since he was eighteen. started out starring in musicals before landing a role in a few movies. now, he is a widely known actor throughout teyvat. has two kids: hu tao and xiao.

xiao — 20. starring as “general alatus”. very introverted ands tends to stay out of the limelight as much as possible. was thrown into the acting spotlight very early on and was a theatre kid all throughout school. decided to go to college to pursue a degree in film and become a director. has connections to make that happen sooner.

hu tao — 22. starring as “wangsheng funeral parlor’s first director”. has also been involved in acting and was in theatre all throughout school. dropped out of college to pursue an acting career, only to land a job in directing and producing. is now a newly famous director and does acting on the side. promised xiao she’d help him become a director once he finishes college.

keqing — 24. costume design crew. recently graduated college with a degree in fashion design and a minor in finance. has her own fashion line and her own store in liyue harbor. has gained a surge of popularity after her work in the movie. is in a long term relationship with ganyu, though they both joke that they’re not online.

ganyu — 27. starring as “the qilin adeptus ganyu”. graduated college with a degree in communications and a minor in fashion. began her acting career after being cast in volume I of the nation of contracts. zhongli recommended her to the casting director, and she got a call back the day after her audition. makes cookies for everyone on set. is also a part of production.

ningguang — 36. the cast’s manager. owns one of liyue’s biggest businesses, and also works under the liyuen government. one of the most wealthy people in the nation. graduated college with a degree in business and an accounting minor. became a manager through pure interest. considers kazuha her son and his boyfriend, kuni, her son-in-law. likes to spoil kuni with expensive clothing and takes him out shopping frequently just to spend time with him.

beidou — 38. prop manager and a part of the special effects team. owns a restaurant on a large pirate ship she named “the alcor”. said ship also had a cameo in the movie, along with beidou herself. has been married to ningguang ever since they graduated college. graduated with a degree in music industry. has a son: kazuha. considers kazuha’s boyfriend, kuni, her son-in-law.

ping — 40. starring as “streetward rambler”. everyone’s mother figure on set. incredibly wise and kindhearted. close friends with xianyun and graduated with her. graduated with a degree in music. has been told she looks way younger than her age. long time friends with zhongli and ganyu as well. has two adopted daughters.

charlotte — 21. mandated reporter for “the steambird,” fontaine’s biggest news outlet. works closely with ningguang. her bubbly personality and optimism is infectious, leading many people to take a liking to her. never oversteps anyone’s boundaries. majoring in journalism. is very passionate about her job. might have been in musical theatre in high school??

chiori — 22. costume design crew and makeup artist. skipped college and opened her own business at age 19. soared in popularity once her fashion line reached fontaine. became so popular in fontaine that she opened a branch of her business there. only agrees to help work on a movie/show if her designs end up featured in it (they always are). planning to open a branch of her business in liyue harbor soon.

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summary: when your acting career booms, the stress of the spotlight and your every move being watched starts to drown you whole. the only escape from a complete all time low comes in the form of your attractive coworker, zhongli— a distinguished and slightly older man that you can’t seem to stop thinking about.

#genshin impact #genshin #genshin x reader #angst #zhongli #zhongli x reader #zhongli x you #liyue #genshin impact au #genshin impact smau #fluff #older smau #actor au #hurt/comfort

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orion4ever · 6 months

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Okay , I think the majority of us can agree that Baxter (+ Derek but i will make a post about him later) lack content , compared to Cove.

So I had a idea to maybe have Baxter to be more connected to Sunset Bird

Instead of the Donnels , the mean old grandparents with no kids staying in the condo and making it a tradition until Step 3.

Why not replace them with Baxter’s grandparents ; okay. I can hear you guys saying they would loose the ‘no kids’ status but i think it would make sense!

I feel like Sunset Bird isn’t super known to out of staters , you would have to look really deep into rentals to rent one there.

It makes sense that his parents would want to send him somewhere familiar to their family at least, so in Step 3; when Granny Ward and Grandpa Ward stopped taking big trips, they recommended the condo for Baxter to use.

This would be a cool way of connecting him with the earlier steps and be a cool parallel to him and his grandparents

The senior wards are unwelcoming and mean, and yelled at kids for even being in the vicinity of their condo being replaced with there much more younger grandson counterpart who is very amiable and friendly.

ALSO ALSO , maybe in Step 2 , we could’ve seen a another Baxter cameo , his parents and him visiting the condo and getting a glimpse of him ; like a teaser

This might be a EXTREME reach but idk i am desperate

#olba #our life beginnings & always #baxter ward #olba baxter #orion thought #orion4ever

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aliceisathome · 6 months

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OK, so I stayed awake until the wee small hours and glommed the last 4 eps of Kiseki: Dear to Me before my visitors arrived the next day. No regrets (except for the frantic tidying and cleaning at the crack of dawn). It was flawed - were there bits that could have been fleshed out more? Yes. Were there rather too many stabbings, head injuries and a completely unnecessary fake shooting? Also yes. Did I love it all anyway. YES.

Random thoughts:

Chen Yi should have given ZongYi a lift home from prison - it's the least he could do surely? Hated the whole fake amnesia thing - It must have been real at some point otherwise Ruei wouldn't have allowed ZongYi's acceptance letter from medical school to be binned. I'd have liked to see when/how he remembered again.

BTW if there's any bastard in the Fan family it's Grandpa. He's a piece of work. And I knew Sining was connected to Teng somehow - there was a reason why the person he was saying he'd make a home with wasn't shown on screen in that earlier episode and she did fall terribly conveniently when they were chasing the drug dealer in school. Plus she was the only peripheral person to reappear from the past. Still, it wasn't badly done.

Oh god, the presents. All the birthday presents. My poor little murder kitten, pining for all those years. At least Chen Yi finally got with the programme. I love a cinnamon roll baby girl who could (and probably will) kill you - I could have watched Ai Di flapping around in his giant sweatshirt all day. And Chen Yi princess carrying him all around the place. And the pillows! Oh lord, the pillows. Reader, I squealed. These boys made me so happy.

Mr Glorious Hair from Plus and Minus popped in to pick up his drunk boyfriend (who I didn't recognise without his glasses - he looks amazing). THEN the other couple appeared as well. Hello boys! I love the fact that Taiwan have these cross-pollinating cameos in their BLs and Kiseki must hold the record. Shame we didn't get the Trapped guys popping in as well.

Taiwan never disappoints as far as intimacy and spicy scenes go. There may be bits I have to watch again. For science. *cough*

#asianlgbtqdramas #taiwanese bl #kiseki: dear to me #bokura no kiseki #Ai Di x Chen Yi #Zongyi x Ruei #Plus and Minus #ALL THE CAMEOS #history 3: trapped #Taiwan does it again

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What are your PREDICTIONS for the future Twilight show? What are your HOPES for the show? What are your FEARS?

I mean my best guess it's going to be some cheesy CW thing that it loosely based on the books but starts to spiral into its own thing by like, season 2. I expect there will be inclusive casting and that Certain People will absolutely hate that, but honestly some parts of the fandom will hate the casting no matter what. Plenty of people will demand the Original Cast to return even though they aren't supernatural immortals and have all aged past their characters. There will be a few cameos from the original cast though, not Rob or Kristen or Michael Sheen or Dakota Fanning but some of the other actors. I can so clearly see Kellan showing up as some vampire rando or something.

I HOPE the Indigenous characters are handled more sensitively. If you're faithful to the books there's a lot that you can't really fix, but you can handle it better. You can cast an Indigenous actor for Jacob, at least. You can get some Indigenous writers in the writers room. You can stop calling the shifters monsters when they canonically AREN'T WEREWOLVES. Also, give the Quileutes some money. Have a PSA at the end of an episode about the Move to Higher Ground project. And with a TV show you have more room to explore backstories and side characters so I hope they will be fleshed out to be full characters rather than accessories to Bella's journey. I hope imprinting is chucked out or at least reworked. I hope the Sam/Emily story is revised. Indigenous characters in popular TV show could be SO COOL if handled well, and great representation, but you've got to be willing to change a bunch of what SM wrote to do it.

I hope all the side characters are given more room to breathe and B and C plots in episodes. I want to see Carlisle at work. I want to see Esme trying to make friends with other parents. I want to see Alice at school. I want to see Embry and his mom. Quil with his grandpa. Angela with her little brothers. I hope we get a lot of flashbacks to the vampires' long histories. I hope they work in some LGBTQ+ representation, either by tweaking the core cast of characters or by expanding the scope to include new characters.

I fear it's going to be a money grab that doesn't acknowledge the issues of the original story and doesn't try to do better at all. That it's going to be Pretty White Kids with Problems with just some vaguely tan white kids with dark hair playing the Indigenous characters. Just double down on all the problematic stuff SM wrote and not make any effort to be more inclusive and sensitive.

#asks #tw: anti-native racism mention

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Also on the subject of Valas and how other people (including other characters) misinterpret him, there's another layer to his interaction with Zaknafein that I find really amusing.

Because the entire thing is shown through Zak's perspective.

From Zak's end of things we see him repeatedly reference inside jokes between himself and Jarlaxle in relation to Arathis, all of which go over Valas' head because that's his grandfather, not *him*

So Valas just kinda awkwardly stands there in silence and just gives him confused looks as he keeps talking to himself about how 'one does not find a drow'

And Zak is interpreting it as evidence that Valas is a creepy weirdo just like his grandpa and just like... absolutely assuming the worst of him due to his social awkwardness.

But anyone who's read anything else with Valas in it (especially WotSQ or his cameo in Gauntlgrym) know that if it were told from Valas' perspective, he'd be like:

"Wow, Jarlaxle's bestie sure is a strange guy. Huh. Oh, well *shrug*"

#legend of drizzt #valas hune #zaknafein do'urden #it's so fucking funny because zak's like #THIS GUY IS SO CREEPY AND QUIET AND WEIRD AND HE JUST LOOKS AT ME AND DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING #WHILE I MONOLOGUE ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WAY BEFORE HIS TIME AND HAD FUCKALL TO DO WITH HIM #and valas is just chilling out and trying and failing to understand why this guy's so on edge around him #and he doesn't even take any of it personally #zak more or less admits to killing his grandfather in self-defense #and valas has an initial reaction because a) he doesn't know the context and b) isn't sure whether HE is in danger in this moment #but then he just relaxes once he determines that zak is not an immediate threat to him #and just kinda accepts that there was mutual hatred between arathis and zak that led to bloodshed #and that maybe his grandfather wasn't a great person #and he just takes it in stride

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dearchifuyu · 1 year

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SICK DAYS WITH WAKASHIN!!

characters : wakasa imaushi & shinichiro sano

contents : character headcanons, relationship headcanons, character x character, sick!bf x caretaker!bf, fluff, sano family cameos, ooc (???) maybe idek, & not proof read

note : wakashin for (late) valentines day!! i was sick yesterday so that's what kind of inspired this. ALSO!! i wrote these to take place after the black dragons disbanded and shinichiro opened his shop so like waka still has his white hair n stuff but you are free to read it in any timeline you want it won't change shit n i don't care. anyways, enjoy!

when wakasa is sick

when wakasa is under the weather he usually just let's himself become completely bedridden. he doesn't try to fight against his sickness but rather just accepts it and melts away in his bed, waiting for it to pass over with occasional intakes of meds and soup.

because of this, he doesn't like to leave his bed unless absolutely necessary, nor see anyone except shinichiro. (with the rare exception of takeomi & benkei ofc.)

after hearing about his boyfriend falling ill, shinichiro immediately signs himself up as wakasa's caretaker out of force of habit. even if waka tells him he can take care of himself, shin won't budge.

shinichiro always brings him bed trays of 'sick foods' and keeps track of his eating. if waka refuses the food or doesn't eat much of it, shin tries to encourage him so he can eat more. wakasa will make side comments, telling shinichiro to “stop treating me like a child”, but he knows waka appreciates it.

shin sticks around whenever waka is ill just cause he's worried. his least favorite thing is not being able to see his boyfriend and even more than that, wakasa being in pain. so he's always keeping a close eye on him.

PLAYING WITH HAIR!! shinichiro loves to run his hands through waka's soft hair regardless but he does it when he's ill as a way to distract wakasa if he feels any pain from his sickness. the feeling always sends waka straight to sleep, which shin finds adorable.

but, if shinichiro tries to pull away before wakasa wants him to, he'll mumble weakly and pat around for shin's hand, grabbing it, and putting it back on his head. shin really thinks he can't get any cuter.

if shinichiro can't visit waka he'll BLOW up his phone with texts. wakasa never has the energy to reply but he'll call shin once or twice just to avoid worrying him.

waka is the type to sleep through his sick days. if shinichiro is over he'll join him in the bed despite wakasa's protests of “stop it you'll get sick dumbass.” though wakasa never makes a physical effort to stop him. part of it because he secretly craves the intimacy just as much as shin and the other part just being lazy as shit.

grandpa sano will constantly call in, asking when shin will be home and reminding him to keep his distance so he doesn't get sick too. but he'll always wish wakasa to get well soon!

despite grandpa sano's (AND wakasa's) warnings however, shinichiro can't keep proper distance away from his boyfriend. he's so used to being all over him that he doesn't want it any different, even if he's sick. it always ends with shin falling ill later because he can't keep his hands to himself, which wakasa berates him for constantly. don't blame him! he just loves his boyfriend okay?

when shinichiro is sick

unlike waksa, shinichiro tries to fight against his sickness. he'll hide it and still try to work in his shop or look after his siblings but it's obvious to everyone around him that he's out of it. so grandpa sano, mikey, and emma force him into his room, not allowing him out to go to work till he's in top shape again.

now unlike shinichiro, to no surprise, wakasa isn't the best caretaker. but he takes the job into his own hands regardless cause he cares for his dumbass boyfriend. (he also doesn't want to stress grandpa sano out even more since now he has to fully look after emma and mikey because of shin's forced absence.)

when wakasa comes to visit, shin is beaming. he's immediately throwing teasing remarks about how “the dangerous white leopard is a softie for is sick ol' boyfriend.” and shit. waka is quick to tell him to shut the fuck up while handing him a bowl of his favorite soup.

shinichiro tries to bribe wakasa often so he can go back to work and/or get back in line with his other responsibilities. saying that he'll take waka on a lovely date if he just tells grandpa sano he's well again.

wakasa will never budge but he does hold shinichiro's promise of that “lovely date” to him once he's actually better.

if waka stays long enough to see shinichiro fall asleep he'll plant a quick kiss on his forehead before leaving, he's weary of the act of affection since he doesn't want to get sick himself but he'll do it nonetheless.

besides that minor act of affection, wakasa keeps his proper distance. shin complains about not being able to kiss and hold waka while he just rolls his eyes, promising his boyfriend all the physical affection he desires when he's feeling better.

hoodie lending!! normally, wakasa is the clothes stealer in the relationship but since he refuses to be close to shinichiro when he'll lend him one of his hoodies to wear (if it even fits lmao) (it won't) or just have with him.

if waka can't visit he'll call shinichiro since he knows he likes to hear his voice over a text. though shin whines about his boyfriend's absence to any family member who checks in on him, much to their annoyance.

waka berates shinichiro whenever he doesn't take his machine. he'll never fully admit it but he does get paranoid when shin seems to be ill longer than normal so he keeps track of shinichiro's medicine intake. shin will claim he's worried over nothing and waka will call him a hypocrite.

if wakasa starts to show symptoms he might have accidentally picked up from shinichiro, his boyfriend is quick to try and turn the tables, wanting to look after waka when he himself is far from feeling any better. waka will sit him down, telling him he's not the one who needs care right now and he'll deal with it later because shin's recovery is the only important thing to him right now.

made by @dearchifuyu do not repost. reblogs appreciated!

#tokyo revengers #tokyo revengers headcanons #tokyo revengers drabbles #wakashin #shinwaka #shinichiro sano #wakasa imaushi #shinichiro headcanons #wakasa headcanons #tokrev #tokrev headcanons #shinichiro x wakasa #wakasa x shinichiro #tokyo revengers fluff #tokrev fluff #shinichiro fluff #wakasa fluff

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Do you view Gary/Ef as a 'fanfic' ship? Like... for me, Augus/Gwyn, Eran/Mosk, all the canon FT ships... whenever you wrote a different setup with them, I loved it, but I was sort of aware that it was a fannish thing. But somehow I don't get the feel here? Like I know Arden/Ef came first, but Gary/Ef feels just as canon, if that makes sense? Maybe bc the Rainbow verse is so fleshed out, idk, but I thought it was interesting and I'm curious how you feel abt it XD

Hi hi anon!

This one's complex, so I'm gonna try and explain how I think about it as clearly as possible.

To me, everything I write that's set in my own world with my own main characters is original fiction.

That includes the alternate universes, because those alt universes are canon within those universes. So what happens in The Wildness Within isn't canon for the main universe, but it's certainly canon to TWW, and not only that, but about 70% of the extra character details are canon to the main universe, they're just things I couldn't share there, for whatever reason.

On the other hand, if someone else wrote an FT story, it wouldn't be canon to anything at all, except for like, their own story.

I think of many of the Fae Tales AUs as being fannish in nature (they're serials, they go up on AO3, I'm pro transformative works, they show characters in different or new scenarios etc.), but to me they're still original fiction. I've never seen a single AU that I've written as a 'fanfic' ship, no matter how connected it is to the original canon (like The Nascent Diplomat and The Wildness Within which I think we can say are probably the closest to the original world, and the original canon).

However, when it comes to almost complete departures, where characters like Efnisien become almost unrecognisable compared to his original counterpart, I think of those as new worlds. For example, I almost never tag any of Underline the Black with 'fae tales AU' anymore, because it doesn't really mean anything. It's not helpful to newcomers. It's not useful.

Most of the cast never appeared in the canon. (This was also true for the main cast of Falling Falling Stars sans Efnisien - Arden, Gary, Kadek were all newcomers; for me, if a story is 75% new main characters and 25% one holdover vastly AU character, that's now another canon universe lmao).

But back to Underline the Rainbow:

Kadek, Gary, Anton, Flitmouse, Caleb, Faber, Nate, Janusz are all either original characters or were developed as original characters in AUs (like Kadek). Kadek, Caleb, Faber, Kent, and more aren't AUs of anything, they're original to the story. Characters like Gary, Anton, Flitmouse, Nate, Janusz were never anywhere near the Fae Tales canon, or the early Fae Tales AUs, and to me they have nothing to do with it. Which makes classifying Underline the Rainbow as a 'Fae Tales AU' make about as much sense as classifying it as an 'FFS AU' - there's about as much crossover in the characters, after all. And not only that, but main ensemble characters more fundamental to the canon - Ash, Mosk, Eran, Julvia, Gulvi, Augus, Gwyn, either haven't made an appearance (or been mentioned once), or have only been one or two chapters out of 50+.

Proportionately, the amount of characters remaining from the original canon Fae Tales universe stands at about 10%. If you had a dog that was 90% border collie and 10% beagle, you probably wouldn't call that dog a 'beagle AU' or a 'beagle cross' - you'd probably just start calling it a border collie with a weird grandpa. Falling Falling Stars is the same to me, honestly, because so much of the core cast was original to the story, and everyone else from the original series mostly got 'cameos' if they weren't Efnisien or Gwyn. I made a conscious decision to give more weight to original characters - even side characters we don't see much - Vicki, Bridge, Han Yuen, Leo, Nate, Janusz, Teddy, Mika, Gary, Arden, Kadek, etc. The story is nothing without them.

To me, this kind of process (10% og characters remaining) separates Underline the Black out into its own universe. It has very heavy, fairly robust worldbuilding for an omegaverse story (enough that I need to use worldbuilding software to keep track of some of it). I don't need to go back to the Fae Tales canon ever to write it (which I did have to do sometimes for The Wildness Within, and have very rarely had to do for The Nascent Diplomat). I don't need to go back to the Falling Falling Stars/Spoils universe to write it. It stands fully on its own, complete and contained.

Because it has some links to Fae Tales (Efnisien + Gwyn's family mostly), it still has like... a Fae Tales flavour. And now that I've started working on like completely original world stuff in the background, there is a difference.

But yeah no, for a start I don't consider any of it fanfiction, and it's weird when people do, because it's not fanfiction if it's something the OP is doing. We don't call comics by the same comic author - that happen to be different versions of the same world - 'fanfiction.' If the Russos direct two Marvel movies focusing on two separate characters, but the first character cameos in the second in a way that retcons the character's narrative, we don't call the second movie an AU of the first, or fanfiction of the first. It's still an original property.

Underline the Black and Spoils are both separate universes as both have like less than 25% of the original story/characters within them (Imho Iron Man is still Iron Man just because Loki or Thor cameo, or join the ensemble as minor characters). It could be that the Spoils universe feels less fleshed out to you because it's contemporary, for me they're on a similar keel. Especially because Efnisien was literally a 2 dimensional paper cut-out of a fae before Spoils who exists for like 5 seconds in the canon, and he bears almost zero resemblance to his originating character except in name, family and appearance. But certainly not in personality, origins, actions or capacity for growth - i.e. everything that makes the character a character.

But it is fannish.

Tl;dr: I definitely don't see Gary/Ef as a 'fanfic' ship. I don't see any of my AUs as 'fanfic ships' because I don't see any of my original writing as fanfiction even though it's fannish in nature.

If anything, Underline the Black is a Spoils AU, lol.

#asks and answers #spoils of the spoiled #underline the black #fae tales au #(lol)#fae tales verse #pia on fandom #pia on fanfiction #efnisien ap wledig #dr gary konowalous #one of the reasons you might feel that Underline is separate #is because i made a deliberate choice #not to bring Arden into the world AT ALL #and in a more standard AU #he'd be there in some other visible capacity #either matched off to someone else or like #just around #i didn't repeat the couple that most folks would write an AU about #and he's not even in the world itself #which does change the vibe #but i did the same when i transplanted Efnisien and matched him #with someone completely new in Spoils too #both to me were new / original worlds with cameos / guest star spots #vs. AUs like TWW / TND / QPP / Strange Sights / etc.#for me it's like...a percentages thing #but none of it is fanfiction #even though it's very pro fandom asdlfkjsa #bless your soul for not asking me about Temsen

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