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not-poignant · 3 months

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Tradewinds Launch - A Fae Tales Novel - Jan 31st

FULL NOVEL RELEASE on JANUARY 31st - EXCLUSIVE to REAM & PATREON ONLY

In the dangerous, ethereal realm of the fae, alliances between the Seelie and Unseelie fae merchants are few. Some say impossible. Matan, a Seelie fae and peacock pheasant shifter with a talent for trade, must keep his Seelie alignment a secret as he embarks on a perilous journey to gather wealth and save a loved one from a terrible curse. He joins an Unseelie merchant caravan of fae who would surely eat him if they learned of his alignment. The enigmatic Udir, a paranoid Unseelie master of poisons and bearded vulture shifter, discovers Matan’s secret and threatens to blackmail him in exchange for vile favours. But Udir’s bravado and bluster hides a painful past and Matan isn’t as innocent or as naïve as he seems. Amid bustling markets, savvy clients, and travelling to new lands Matan has never seen before, Tradewinds is a story of love, found family, trust, betrayal, and the healing that can grow in the shadows of the vibrant, perilous southern fae lands.

Foxhall @ Ream (available on the Gary+Efnisien tiers or higher) Foxhall @ Patreon (available on the Gary+Efnisien tiers of higher)

#tradewinds #pia foxhall #fae tales #fae tales verse #merchantverse #original work #original story #romantic fantasy #epic fantasy #secondary world fantasy #hurt/comfort #like mild angst with a happy ending #it's what i would say lighter than my normal stuff #sort of? dsakfjdsa #it's more 'wildness within' vibes but with no OT3 #there will be excerpts and more coming over the next two weeks #or there should be i need to organise that lmao #but anyway now the announcement post has been made!

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starry-bi-sky · 9 months

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just wanted to say that your thomas wayne au is making me swoon - baby bruce is the most adorable baby ever and they love each other so much 😭

(I saw you mentioned them meeting canon dc and I think everyone of the batfam would be unwillingly won over by this adorable baby and their grandad (and adult bruce would either be paralysed by emotion or start crying or both)) (and maybe there is no martha wayne, simply thomas and alfred raising the cutest and most troublesome baby 😏)

Aaaaahhh I'm so glad you like it 🥺 i love making aus that have the emotional effect of a gut punch on the Bats 🥰 its why 'Danny being a variant of Jason' is such a fun little au I have that I haven't shared here since its pretty convoluted imo.

And i absolutely agree you have it down pat that the canon DC Batfam would be unwillingly won over by Baby Bruce and Danny/Thomas frfr. Danny is so protective and affectionate with his little guy, and I have a personal headcanon that he teaches Bruce how to play piano after discovering an interest in it once he's adopted by the Waynes. (OH and when Bruce is older Danny sits him out in the gardens or on the roofs and shows him how to find constellations)

Danny finds out that the bruce in this world grew up without his parents and starts side-eyeing him HARD bc he wants to be affectionate to this version of His Boy but he doesnt want Bruce to react negatively to it

I'll also tell you a secret: the day Danny and Bruce are transported into the canon universe was the day Danny and Bruce were meant to end up in crime alley :) they were just about to leave the manor.

#dftw au #dpxdc #danny fenton is thomas wayne au #coming up with the nickname 'boo' for Bruce was a big brain moment for me honestly #so was bees #i have so many thoughts about this au but it'd all be nonsensical rambling if i put it in here now #also for martha wayne you totally get it #i could only think of three options for martha and it was:#have martha #have a martha-like oc #or have no martha at all #danny being a variant jason has SO many different aus of it #like there's one version of the au where he ends up in a universe where jason is still dead and everyone thinks HE'S their jason #there's another one where he ends up in a world where its post-jason's revival #and he gets discovered by jason and becomes a little shadow of him #i have so many thoughts its almost paralyzing lmao #i havre SO many in-universe memes about danny and bruce ending up in the canon dc verse but i never shared them i dont think #they're all the same meme but in different formats tbh

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radioves · 1 year

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its quite shrimple actually

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purecommemasolitude · 9 months

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you guys ever listen to vse kar vem

#joker out #it's SO GOOD. the lyrics are SO GOOD.#also they make me very sad #the contrast between the needs of the speaker and the needs of the partner #the hand-in-hand solace and hopelessness of the chorus #the way that even 'i've heard that' in first line sets the situation up as being an uphill battle #actually to elaborate on the first point. the contrast between #the framing of the speaker as not only something now unnecessary to the partner (OUCH) but as something that could actively cause them pain #in the future #vs the framing of the partner as the speaker's sole solace (ha) and comfort that they are soon going to lose #but it's a necessary loss because otherwise they would just be dragging the partner down into hell and presumably the speaker cares greatly #for the partner. but it's still a loss of someone who acts an an anchor for the speaker #the way what's good for the speaker can't live alongside what's good for the partner because they're the antithesis of each other #the feeling of desperately trying to hold on to the last tatters of solace. I'm using that word a lot. before it gets torn away and you're #left with nothing #the hopeless repeating of the chorus in contrast to the verses #'i've heard this and this and this and i know this and this but all that i know is you are my anchor and comfort and when I'm with you #i'm safe'#hell even the way 'i know' vs 'I've heard' is used throughout the song #“i've heard everything comes to an end and I've heard you don't need me anymore. but all i know is that i need you”#“but i also know you've been through hell before and you don't want to return. and staying with me will put you there”#“but i know still that your presence keeps me from being there”#i am going to EAT DRYWALL #i'm making interpretations now so it's probably time to wrap this tag-fest up #i'm sure it was very redundant. i may end up getting emotional and adding to it another time but in summary #kris guštin i'm going after you with a hunting knife #and maybe bojan cvjetićanin too?? idk if he's credited as co-writing the music or the chorus #only tagging kris though because he's the one i'm sure wrote at least a portion of both #og #kris guštin

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a-world-in-grey · 1 year

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Life Debts and why Nyx's is a Big Deal

@secret-engima because I've been thinking on this and have Feelings.

Y'all can find SE's original post on Debt Braids here, but a short recap:

Debt is taken very seriously in Galahd. If you owe a debt, it's expected that you pay it off as soon as you can - via goods, services, etc. Very large debts between families can be settled through marriage, but as it requires both potential newly weds to be completely willing (Galahdians don't do divorce, you're married until one of you die), that sort of arrangement is rare.

A Life Debt is declared when a Galahdian believes they owe a debt they cannot repay, usually because the debt is so large, so personal, that a value of the debt cannot be given. In such a scenario, the Galahdian will declare a Life Debt and weave a Debt braid into their hair. A Life Debt is declared on that Galahdian's life. Only they can pay it, and once they die, the debt is fulfilled.

Now, this is where we get to just how serious declaring a Life Debt is. A Galahdian who declares a Debt is declaring that they owe this one person so much, that said person essentially now holds their loyalty over even the Galahdian's own clan and Chief. That loyalty stays until the Galahdian dies. If the person holding the debt dies, the debt passes on to their heir. When the heir dies, the debt does not pass on to anyone else, but even then, the Galahdian is not free from the Debt. Instead, they are free to choose how they will fulfill the debt until they die.

Because Life Debts are such a serious thing, no one can demand a Life Debt as payment. It is only ever voluntary.

So now we get to Nyx's Debt to Regis.

(I won't go into why Nyx declared a Debt - canonically we know Regis once saved Nyx's life, but exact details are for everyone's personal headcanons.)

On the surface, it's not that big of a deal. Oh, it's significant. It's a major commitment Nyx can never take back, but it's not really a problem.

Three things make Nyx's declared Debt significant, even by Galahdian standards. 1) The holder of his Debt is the Mainlander King. 2) Nyx is a Clan Chief. 3) Nyx is the absolute Last of his clan. Any single one of these wouldn't be remarkable, but together they turn what would be a significant but standard Debt into a nightmare.

Regis being an Outsider would normally not be an issue. Oh, there are Galahdians that sneer in private over Nyx declaring a Debt to an Outsider, because they believe Galahdians don't owe Outsiders jack shit. (Is it xenophobic? Yes, but Galahdians have a strong insider-outsider mindset and there will always be extremists in any culture.) But they keep their opinions to themselves because commenting on someone's declared Debt is just asking for a broken nose. Even Regis being a king wouldn't be anything other than an unusual detail (because just what happened that caused Nyx to owe a king a Debt?). The biggest thing about Regis being an Outsider is that to fulfill the debt, Nyx pretty much has to leave Galahd for Insomnia until the king and his heir die or one of them gives Nyx explicit permission/orders to return to Galahd. Which sucks, but that's what Debts mean. Regis - and later Noctis - will hold Nyx's first loyalty until Nyx dies.

Nyx being a Clan Chief is where things start getting sticky. A Chief's first duty must be to their clan. Chiefs, as a rule, do not declare Life Debts. They can't, not when they're first loyalty has to be to the clan, instead of a single person outside the Clan. In the very rare cases a Chief feels they must declare a Debt, they step down from their position as Chief. At least, they should. There's no clan law stating someone with a Life Debt cannot be Clan Chief, but a Chief in such a position will either neglect their clan or their Debt. Neither is something Galahdians regard favorably. There's never been a case where a Chief has refused to step down after declaring a Debt, so none of the Clans have ever had to decide what to do, but it's likely it would not end well.

Nyx being the very Last of his clan means that there aren't any other Ulrics he has a duty of care to as Chief. He is the only one affected by his declaration of Debt, so him remaining Chief Ulric isn't actually a problem. Where him being the Last becomes the final nail in the coffin is if anyone ever joins Clan Ulric. Because unless the Clans somehow find an Ulric that escaped the Burning, Nyx can't step down as Chief.

Nyx's first commitment must be to Regis. Then to Noctis. Not to his people. Not to his friends or any personal relationships. Not to rebuilding Clan Ulric. Any spouse/children/clansmen would always come second unless Regis/Noctis allowed it.

(Do I think Regis and Noctis would allow it, if Nyx asked? Yes. In a heartbeat. But Nyx would have to ask. Might even have to explain, and as a whole, Galahdians tend to be... reluctant, to explain their culture to Outsiders.)

I don't think Nyx really thought about the long term consequences of his Debt, when he made it. He might have, and could have decided that the situation was such that he was honor-bound to declare a Debt regardless. But Nyx has a reputation for not really thinking before he leaps into action, and depending on when Nyx declared his Debt? If it was after the Burning, after Nyx lost literally everyone, he probably wouldn't have been thinking clearly even if he had taken the time to think the decision over. And that's assuming he would have realized the implications in the first place - if Nyx wasn't raised to be Chief, it's very probable he wouldn't have.

Every other Clan Chief would have caught the implications. They would have known, from the moment they saw Nyx's braid, that the Last Ulric would never return to Galahd (not when the likelihood of Nyx outliving a boy 12 years his junior was slim to none). That the Last Ulric would likely remain the Last, condemning the Ulric Clan to die with him.

#ffxv #worldbuilding #galahd culture #galahd #Nyx Ulric #braids #working on my various Sola aus and realizing what it means for Nyx to declare that Debt #in most aus is doesn't end up being a problem because either Regis dies and Nyx transfers the Debt to Sola as his chosen queen #or Nyx never bonds as Sola's Sword before either of them die and is never confronted with that particular crisis #but in Sunshine-verse *Selena is still alive* and *still a child* for about four years after the Burning #...oh I work with that I can *definitely* work with that #then there's the Memories-verse when Nyx finally meets Sola again after Sola's supposed death (and actually *knows* it's Sola)#and he's smacked in the face with the realization that he can't stay with Sola because Sola doesn't want to return to Insomnia #and Sola has very good reasons for not wanting to go back but Nyx *has* to go back *because he declared a Debt*#and that Debt will go to Noctis on Regis' death because Sola is still 'dead' and Sola (now going by Rhea) doesn't want to be Sola anymore #so Nyx can't tell Regis or Noctis about Rhea because they'd want Sola to come back but Rhea *can't* be Sola #can't be the daughter and sister she was before she fell down Taelpar Crag #before Taelpar Crag it could have worked - Sola's first loyalty will always be to Noctis so she would have understood and accepted #Nyx being unable to give her his first loyalty even as her Sword (which is how it works in the fusion with SE's Blood of my Blood-verse)#(and in the fusion with SE's Nox-verse though Sola does ensure that Nox is aware of Nyx's situation when the two are courting)#it's unlikely I'll ever have Regis or pre-Crystal Noctis learn that Nyx declared a Debt or what it really means

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booksandpaperss · 1 year

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Sooo after my bestie @wayward-sherlock pointed out that Achilles Come Down by Gang of Youths is literally the perfect song for Mike getting Vecna’d and Will begging him to live and come back, I listened to the song again and promptly had a mini mental breakdown, so then ofc I listened to I Know the End bc I was in the right mood, and I ended up feeling really inspired so-

-I spit balled a poem about Mike getting Vecna’d from Will’s POV. It *attempts* to combine phrases, motifs, and themes from Achilles Come Down and I Know the End, and it is definitely one of the messiest poems I have ever written in my typical poetry style so I have no idea if it’s genius or literal word vomit (it definitely will not make sense to u if you don’t listen to the two songs so go and do that if u haven’t already at some point), but I figured I should share it here and let you guys decide that hehe (cries)

Haha anyway… Enjoy the results of my Greek mythology and Pheobe Bridgers induced mental breakdown 🫡

To Swing in our Rusty Memory (like the age old pact)

An old, haunted house

Somewhere in Indiana

Old memories

A swingset, rusty and

Metal damp from Rain

Do you remember

The promise

The pact we made

Do you, do you, do you

Don’t.

Don't listen to Him

Stay, and swing

Swing with me

In my loving memory

I’ll keep you close

Where you go, I’ll go too

So tell me

Tell me, is it the same

For you

Would you stay

Will you stay

Stay and swing

Swing with me

A reason to live or to die, you say

Oh sure

Just rip

Rip him away from me

Just go ahead and rip and tear

him away

All I have left

Of a happier time

Of a swingset

Rusty with rain

Lie, lie, lie

That is all

all they do

Do not listen to their whispers

Their callousness

It is all a Falsehood

I beg of you, Do not listen.

When we held

One another

An innocent touch

Hand to hand

So light

How can that be Wrong

Please, please, remember

Remember our

Swingset

All rusty and old

When you reached for my hand

It can be new again

We

Can be new

New again

As the end approaches

As the world falls away

I want, I need

Need you

By my side

So please, please

Step away from Him

From Them

Choose the Rain

The Rust

Choose Us.

Choose our swingset

And come Swing

Swing with me

In our loving Memory

I promise

Like our age old pact

Where you go, I’m going

Like our age old pact

The End is near

So come. Come Home

And I swear won’t desert you

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rosaacicularis · 1 year

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which was more culturally significant, the renaissance or hermitgang

#it all started when grian touched my redstone he played himself like a xylophone set on automatic doc monster is a savage with technical #skills and crazy vocal acrobatics i’m a legend of the nho with etho beef and double o docmc is coming for you seven fold i got rendog and #other firemen to douce the flames that you shoot at this leviathan iskall can try again you think i’m in hiding i’m just biding my time #putting pen to paper coming up with rhymes were the star studded group got together just to crush you once we start something you know were #going to see it through i’m the knight the soldier who brings the fight at first light y’all had to incite so now i gotta indict you’re #guilty of getting murdered with words y’all are outgunned go home nerds hermitgangx16 if you think you can stop the symmetry that’s false #gteam is dialling for help but i’m in ignoring their calls and when their bodies dissolve you know that false’s on a killing spree try to #stop my pvp and perish painfully i’m the queen of hearts heads and body parts your diamond armour can’t compare to my martial arts i’ll #send a poison dart to make you breath your final breath gteams name will be the only thing left caffeinated animated redstone innovator my #behaviour’s crazy can’t phase me impulse is never lazy tango why would you betray now my scope is aiming better run from cover from all the #ghast balls that i be taming without a sound without no hesitation my creations are amazing better watch your step or the gteam will end up #blazing whos the better team there is no controversy but before it’s said and done y’all be begging us for mercy hermitgangx16 x gone give #it to ya i’m gone give it to ya x gone give it to ya what lyrical boxing dropping blows on all my foes and the gteam they’re looking #unclean needing some sunscreen burnt by words this herd of nerds it’s ubsurd how my rhymes got them injured danger danger i got lasers to #cut them up like razors it’s flexing season and i got flavour their weak defenses like trenches and fences that these dense heads are #presenting they’re presenting them alright they’re not very good i could walk over them i could jump over them i could use an ender pearl i #could use my elytra come one gteam geez hermitgangx16 now i’m back and i got some things i wanna say what’s the letter that starts the #alphabet a ladies get it line the diggity be on the way cleo don’t know who she freaking with all the signs say to notify her next of kin #this digitty dog be dropping bombs nothing but hits spit that line again brrr cause the message is i could mumble rap and still be the best #there is hermitgangx16 oh you wanted me to do a verse i’ll have to check with gteam i mean i’ll have to check my schedule to see if i can #see if i’m able to do that sort of thing busy guy lots of things to do oh do averse bananas do a verse bananas i just don’t know if it’s a #good idea for me to a part of this song really #i just typed all of that out from memory im a little bit insane i think

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teufelme · 6 months

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fears.

bold any fears which apply to your muse. italicize what makes them uncomfortable.

the dark ⋆ fire ⋆ open water ⋆ deep water ⋆ being alone ⋆ crowded spaces ⋆ confined spaces ⋆ change ⋆ failure ⋆ war ⋆ loss of control ⋆ powerlessness ⋆ prison ⋆ blood ⋆ drowning ⋆ suffocation ⋆ public speaking ⋆ natural animals ⋆ the supernatural ⋆ heights ⋆ death ⋆ dying ⋆ intimacy ⋆ rejection ⋆ abandonment ⋆ loss ⋆ the unknown ⋆ the future ⋆ not being good enough ⋆ scary stories ⋆ speaking to new people ⋆ poverty ⋆ loud noises ⋆ being touched ⋆ forgetting ⋆ being forgotten ⋆ hospitals

bertolt suffers from thanatophobia, the feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude when one thinks of the process of their own death/dying, as opposed to necrophobia, which is a specific fear of dead or dying people and/or things. despite his calmness and fearlessness in the face of death and destruction, he is absolutely terrified of dying himself. if he feels as though his life is in danger, he won’t hesitate to act and it is one of the only things that will get him to act.

he also fears failure, namely where his mission is concerned. loss of control when it comes to his fellow agents (particularly his control over reiner) or the direction of the mission also applies (also loss in general).

after being abandoned and left to die in canon, he fears a repeat of said events in survival aus.

tagged by. taken from my old blog. tagging. feel free to steal, i'm tagging you if you're reading anyway >:)

#i . ooc .#ii . headcanon .#ii . study .#Coming @ you with another taggerino #I steal the ones I haven't reposted from my old blog as an excuse to reshare some hcs hehe.#Some are also very dependent on verse so I left most of them as uncomfortable for now and bolded the ones across most verses...#E.g. A fear of prison would develop in a captured AU at the end of RTS arc.#Hospitals because. We don't know what kind of tests and treatment he was subjected to as a Warrior cadet. And he'd always have to see his #Father in one and we know the Marleyans didn't treat them very well. War n death making him uncomfy is understandable.#Speaking to new people/Rejection/Intimacy - mostly because of them finding out who he is and not trying to understand.#Being forgotten/Being alone/Powerlessness - more so at the end of his life. Being left to die with no help and no loved ones. *Cries*#Others I left unformatted COULD be applied but it's headcanons or certain verses?? I'd be here all day if I went through them all haha

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unusualwhatsits · 10 months

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Can this count as a WIP Wednesday if I never intend to finish it. Spidey!Will's design by Kidovna

#Spidey!Will #Byler art #Byler #Will Byers #Stranger Things #Spiderman AU #Uwi draws #Art #wanted to practice will's spidey design because head empty only spiders since across the spider verse came out #Intention was Will borrowed Mike's jacket but then I ended up detailing the suit and I kinda liked it more without the jacket #and now I'm just over the whole thing woops lol #Maybe someday I'll come back to this #I swear I can draw hands I just refuse to and that's different lmao #but yes I'm terrible at anatomy and it's been an extremely long time since I've drawn a full body esp digitally so omg please go easy on me #My ST post #My post

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sweetlesson · 2 months

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✿ @ionozoned asked: ✿ ✿ "ACK!!!" She immediately hid her face in her hands, as if that would somehow stop her from being recognized despite her purposefully standout style. She was totally on board with this whole coach thing, but why did he have to be invited at the same time??? Why did any teacher from the school she'd dropped out of have to be here the same time as her? Oh God this was so awkward. "LISTEN BOZO, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME FINISH HOME EC! I know I failed like EVERY test when I was in your class but that's like SUCH old news! We're on new turf now, kay? Student Iono, who??? I dunno her!" Wait, did he even remember her? Uh oh, she might have outed herself for literally no reason. ✿

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Saguaro was quite taken aback by the sudden outburst, raising his hand to his mouth as he tried to puzzle out the scenario. He... did remember this student, even though he hadn't been at the school for very long. That was because... She quit his starting year. The very first year he had been teaching, she had dipped. That had hit him pretty hard at the time, and even now he wondered if he had done something wrong that had managed to run her off. Surely it could not have been only him, but...

But what was this reaction...? Did he really run her off? Was she scarred for the rest of her life because he had been too much when she came into his class? Why else would she be so... So intense?

"If... If you're really worried about me making you 'finish the class', then I am pleased to inform you that I am a special coach here, for-- for the students of Blueberry Academy. I'm not--"

"I'm not here for you."

He couldn't say that. That would make everything worse. That sounded so bad.

"I'm not going to try to make you continue the class. Just... Take care of your pokemon, please."

#✿ i showed my true colors to you just now without thinking ┊ ic #✿ the time for answering questions has come to an end ┊ answer #✿ looking back on our time together i realize that i focused almost entirely on food ┊ post scvi verse #ionozoned

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fiepige · 8 months

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The Venom!Hobie brainrot is real! Finally came up with a fic idea (that I can actually see myself write) while thinking about them all day at work lol

#I've started writing the beginning of the story and I've written some core moments of the story down so far #wish me luck!#I'm still not entirely sure how it's gonna end yet lol #seriously I've been thinking about them ever since I came up with my concept for them #but I haven't been able to come up with a story idea I like until now #cause I've been so focused on finding a plausible way for hobie to get a symbiote #the solution turned out to be don't worry about it lol #oh well it's still in its early stages I might figure it out as I go haha #venom!hobie #venom hobie #hobie brown #spider punk #across the spider verse #atsv #my post

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royaletiquette · 10 months

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I've been thinking if I wanted to make Hibiko her own separate verse for not being married off and instead staying in Edo. I'm not, really because it's very dependent on muses she interacts with cause like, it's just not happening otherwise.

But boy does that alternate universe really fuck her up. It's the concept that trying to change the future just makes everything worse.

She stays and takes the crown without marrying to prove/force herself to not be so dependent. Reject the yakuza after being outright insulted for her body. Eventually have to drag herself back to them, fighting them every inch of the way. Yakuza try to push her under their wing by sending very pretty and normal spies to the point where she falls in love with a couple of them, to find out just barely in time that they're rats. It happens more than once so her trust with basically anyone is trash. She only marries Rhodri because she knew of him before everything and has a total fucking mental breakdown not knowing if she could even trust someone enough to rely on them, politically.

Because of all that time and years of Hibiko refusing to give up before super doing that, Michiko wouldn't even be two years old yet. Hibiko also definitely would not have worked through that parental trauma yet, barely even acknowledging it as something wrong.

#needless to say! big exclusive verse but id be happy to explore if it comes to that one day #like its changing her history right? so itd have to make sense #like just saying 'our muses are dating now' lol. slow build. v slow. crawling #but fun nonetheless. my little girl not just facing the evils of the world but having to actively fight it #kokoheadcanon #world building #v: the future held hope #i absolutely love thinking about this though because she would likely end up hating the muse that convinces her to stay #not right away. but realizing where her life 'went wrong' and having a target for that

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byanyan · 1 year

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@chronal-anomaly sent: [ Wake ] they finally got into enough trouble to land them in a hospital bed smh

injury prompts ✧ * º • accepting

[ wake ] for one muse to wake up to the other at the side of their hospital bed

ㅤstirring begins slowly, and the only real indicator of their slow return to wakefulness is the occasional twitch of a finger and a slight shift in their breathing. it's the dull feeling of numbed pain that keeps them from succumbing to unconsciousness again, which prevents them from laying comfortably and forces their mind back into a state of awareness despite their best attempts to remain blessedly unaware. within the next few moments, eyelids flutter open and, though it takes a second for them to register it, the lack of recognition they find in their surroundings sends a chilling stab of fear through their body.

with no thought but the need to protect themself in mind, byan shoves themself into an upright position — a huge mistake, as the movement causes an instant and intense increase in pain. a startled, agonized sound escapes them, and they clutch at the area of their chest where most of the pain is centralized. stab wound, they think — it's a pain they've felt on more than one occasion in their past, though the location of it, nestled perfectly between two of their ribs, is a new one.

that's when it clicks. when the last thing they remember before waking up just now comes back to them. a fight — well, maybe less of a fight and more of an ambush — they remember getting jumped after leaving the convenience store and rounding the corner into the alley. the guys had been waiting for them, probably having followed them while waiting for the right opportunity to strike. big group, too; probably five of them in total although, admittedly, it had been hard to count through the all chaos of the violence. they can remember retaliating but, caught off their guard like that and being so outnumbered, they'd really only gotten a few good swings in, had barely been able to slip the knife out of their pocket... it's easy enough to recall the shouting, but not much of what had been said, all of it washed out by the pain that came with each impact of fist, foot, knee, and blade. from there, the memory just gets fuzzy, and byan has to shake themself out of it, eliciting another hiss as this only really succeeds in jostling their many injuries.

the hospital then, they realize as their bleary gaze flits about to take in the room around them. shit. this is just what they need. the hospital is a place they avoid at all costs — it's a place that leaves them too vulnerable, trapped in a room, at the mercy of others (and easy for the cops to locate) — but someone must have found them, collapsed in the alley and left for dead, and made a call. ...maybe for the best, in this case, given the severity of the incident and their injuries, but byan is still FURIOUS.

shoving off the blanket that still covers them, fully intending to grab their things and leave, the realization that someone else is in the room brings them to an abrupt halt. how they hadn't noticed her there, right at the side of the bed, they're not sure, but spotting her only manages to make them angrier. because of course it's her. of course it's fucking lena sitting here in a hospital room, waiting for them to wake up. hell, nosy as she is, it was probably her that found them and called the ambulance in the first place.

ㅤㅤ" god fucking dammit. " they're not in the mood for this. they can't handle a lecture or those haughty, knowing looks right now; they might just lose it on her if she tries. their entire body hurts, their pride is wounded, and they have to worry about those freaks tracking them down again — the LAST THING they want to deal with on top of that is some concerned adult sticking her nose into their business.

ㅤㅤ" move. " they mutter, directing lena to get out of their way so they can swing their legs over the edge of the bed with a grimace. it hurts a hell of a lot more than they expect, more than they're prepared for, and more than they're willing to show. another time, they'd be impressed with themself for not shouting out another expletive for the way the pain throbs, but right now all byan cares about is getting the hell out of here. " 'm not fucking staying here. "

#chronal anomaly #━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ ANSWERED: IC ⋮ I AM A VULTURE THAT FEEDS ON PAIN.#━━ ˟ ⊰ ✰ VERSE: MODERN ⋮ COME ON UP / BRING THE PAIN.#byan waking up & realizing they're in the hospital: lmao fuck this shit i'm out #sorry lena they're gonna be a little nastier than usual (:#somehow this both got away from me but also didn't end up with everything i wanted to put in it #been sitting here poking at it for like an hour now tho so pls accept it #violence cw #injury cw

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visionkept · 9 months

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“ ah, here’s our star for today, hello tama-chan! ” quick was the young class president to sink to his knees upon being approached by the little one, allowing his height to match with that of the younger’s. weekends for the kojima boy normally meant advanced studying, leisure reading or a couple of rounds playing tetris, but on this particular saturday he found himself in the home of his classmate chihiro, heeding her call for help in babysitting her niece. he didn’t mind though, he didn’t mind at all! he has a little sister too whom he has been taking care of since he was seven!

while the older girl went deeper into the house, satoru found himself entertaining tama. “ oh yeah, I brought you something … ” a palm reached into his bag, only to soon come out with a beige-hued little box – a limited edition chocolate snack he had specifically bought for his classmate’s niece. “ tadaa! remember to give your otousan and obaasan a few pieces of the chocolate too, alright? i’m sure they’ll like it as much as you’ll do ” following a lighthearted chuckle, a palm was raised to gently pat the younger’s head.

“ i know we didn’t get to play last time because we were really busy studying, but now the tests are over and your obaasan has invited me to help her watch over you … ” cue in the childlike wonder that glinted against blue grey hues. “ what do you want to do today? shall we read stories about mermaids, and dragons, and princesses? ooor how about let’s spend the afternoon baking? it’s your day today okay, tama-chan? anything you choose to do, i promise your obaasan and i will see to it. ” / hehe here’ mr. fancy pants at the ready to help babysit little tamaa!! (OMG TAKE 2 BC i accidentally sent this ask from chihir.o ALSDJF A 😂)

HE'S HERE ! HE'S FINALLY HERE ! ! !

She has been waiting for this for years ! ( Actually, it's been a week or two at most but for a small girl like her, time goes slower than usual. She's mainly being DRAMATIC though ). This encounter was written in the stars, fated by destiny, and predestined by the gods from above. The time has come for the Aoki's so awaited visitor to make an appearance. Welcome, SATORU KOJIMA !

❝ Chi-chan, he's here ! ❞ She had spotted him from her place right next to the window, watching birds fly by and people crossing the street. That proper uniform of his didn't go unnoticed for the little one, with his carefully groomed hair and his every day backpack with what she presumed, books. A small wave goes his way before she strolls down to her auntie's room, knocking excitedly to announce his arrival. ❝ Sato-chan will play with us today ! ❞ Play ? Well, that's how she sees it anyways. His job could be described as babysitting while Tomoya was away working, a favour between classmates, and the opportunity for their daughter to open up her little world and meet new people. Chihiro trusted him and by that logic, they do too ( not just anyone manages to make their sister talk for hours non-stop ).

A second knock is given, followed up by a giggle as she hops her way to the door ( almost slipping a couple of times in the process ). There's a ring from the doorbell and the little miss doesn't waste a second on opening up. ❝ Welcome ! ❞ She gives a light bow as taught, courtesy is something to always have in consideration no matter how eager one is. ❝ Come in, Sato-chan. ❞

Today will be just perfect ! They could play with her dolls or read a story, maybe even watch a movie ! Why not the three of them ?! Oh her mind was coming up with more ideas and she's not even sure where to start but before that. . . ❝ CHOCOLATE ! ❞ Emerald hues light up at the box in hand, jumping with delight as the sweet smell coming from the gift invaded the room. Would be impossible to hide them from her father, she might as well SHARE some of it when they get home. On the other hand, Chihiro was without a doubt, getting lots if that's what she wanted. ( FAVORITISM ? Perhaps, but papa can buy their own chocolate so that's alright ). ❝ Thank you. ❞ Again, manners are essential.

❝ What I want to do. . . . ❞ She has to choose. . . that's difficult when all of it sounds like fun. Think, Tama, think ! ❝ Hmm. . . I want to do. . . ALL OF IT ! We can play princesses and bake a cake ! And read stories of pretty mermaids and watch a movie ! And draw together and━━ ❞ Well, good luck SATORU.

#satorukojima #︾╼╼ █ █ ║˚ ▹ ASK.▕🗲#MODERN VERSE TAG TBA.#tama: what about we do... ALL OF IT !! narrator vc: she most likey fell asleep after the second activity #she is a babpy at the end of the day !! she is an introvert but around chi and sato her extrovert side comes out #small tama loves playing princesses with sato and chi but she loves playing as the dragon AJSDHSA #face full of chocolate saying 'rOARW'. mod.ern verse rlly b so happy and sweet !! . . . for the time being #now tama has to meet sato's lil sis pls !!#me watching this ask twice in my inbox: 2X1 ?! ASDJKS pfff don't worry kaya pls

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heavvnsiighs · 2 years

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EAST HAMPTON, NY — SUMMER ‘22

Crisp white sheets are being taken out of storage cabinets, feather dusters dance along marble staircases and sheer gauzy fabrics billow jauntily, the house filling with a breeze, as windows finally reopen. A white duvet tucked perfectly into a king-sized bed and liquor cabinets and fridges restock as the sound of convertibles with the bass pumping zoom into the quaint little town.

This can only mean one thing: they’re back.

The gated community of Hidden Palms has practically been filled with ghosts for the past 8 months, but its awakening as new and old faces make their way through the small sea side community; passing by the doe eyed tourists staying in their Air Bnb’s, breezing by them without another look as they stop in front of a wrought iron entrance, pausing for just a few seconds to press the four digits that open up the gates into their summer playground. [x]

#hidden palms... ya tbt iykyk #consider this an interest check for anyone who maybe wants to do a mumu w me hehe #linked a little pinterest board at the end w some muses i have in this verse but there... are prob loads more #alsklsk yes this is my old graphic bc i was too lazy to make another one #remember when i asked for a tsitp plot before the show came out #well... here i am beggin for one now that it's come out #alkslks imagine.....exes who went to a deb ball together years ago reuniting #u never forget ur first love they say #</3 #anyways she's a 10 but she's delusional and doesn't shut up

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merlin-wolfgang-trades-hale · 1 year

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One of my on-going project snippets. Avatar!Steve

“Why is Danny’s place still frozen?” Steve demanded as soon as he saw Duke.

“Our water-benders are trying, but there is a limit to their ability,” Duke replied.

Steve’s clarity was being disrupted by his worry over Danny, so he snapped, “Limit? It’s ice! They’re water-benders!”

Duke often revered to Steve with the respect gained by his rank, in both military and as Avatar, as well as the respect he was born with as a McGarrett. But in that moment, he was an older Hawaiian native who gave a strict gaze as he reminded Steve of where they lived. “You have traveled far and seen many other places. Maybe it has escaped your memory that out of all the benders that live or visit our small islands, water is arguably the one with most restrictions and rules. Only a limited few water-bending masters exist here who are experienced with colder temperatures and ice or snow manipulation.”

Steve closed his eyes for a moment to collect himself before he opened them again and apologized. “Sorry, Duke. It’s...it’s Danny, y’know?”

“I do. And I know that there’s no one else on this island who knows those ice bending restrictions better than him. Given how much flack he got in the early months of him being here. So I understand your concern...but these ice structures were created by Danny himself. They’re fortified with the strength that will take the Hawaiian August sun hours to melt. We can’t get inside yet.”

“Yeah, well...I’m here now. Let me work.” It was nearly a threat but it most certainly was a warning. Duke called off the benders and let Steve try.

Steve has begun his water bending training but it was with the basics. Learning to alter the water’s temperature to make it freeze or unfreeze wasn’t anywhere near the curriculum. Didn’t mean he didn’t try. Except he was too angry because he didn’t want to be worried.

So he stopped trying to water-bend the ice away and instead unleashed his fury with his fire-bending until he saw some of the ice give way before earth-bending a stalagmite to shatter it’s way through.

I started thinking about world building rules and them being applied to different fandom. Implementing the Avatar bending to H50, and it made me think. Being surrounded by so much water, water benders are pretty dangerous. They always have a weapon, and if they’re mastered it enough the humidity in the air, even if there isn’t an obvious body of water, they still have access to it( never mind potential gangs and criminal organization potentially having Blood Benders).

Then I was thinking, how much of the average tourist would a)not know a fuck shit about the proper water temperature a place, it’s plant life, and animal life need to remain stable? And b)would be assholes to try and make their own waves or bigger waves or retaliate against anyone or to show off?

Beaches in an Avatar AU would have STRICT rules in place. Lifeguards might need to be specially trained to like a military level to secure the peace, ensure the safety of native plant and animal life.

Water benders, no matter the profession or life style they lead/live, if they’re in Hawaii they are limited to just water bending. Healing, yes...but when it comes to temperature control...there are like...two official water bending MASTERS who know how to turn water into snow or ice. And it’s become a thing where it’s just been like that for so long that no one really questions it unless they’re not from there.

I made Danny a Water-Bender and with how winters are on the east coast, and because I personally headcanon Danny to just have a more affinity to colder climates, to him ice and snow are second nature. And because he came from a big city where younger water benders as young as 7-8 year olds make their first bit of chump change by offering to snow-bend the drive ways of little old ladies or get more allowance if they wake up and defrost their parent’s car...when Danny first came to Hawaii as he followed Grace, seen as an outsider with the element that may have the most restrictions, particularly in his specialty. It was hard but Danny learned to ‘control’ himself..aka adjust his mannerism. (He’s always in control. Just...things that were normal for him are a big deal on the island, but he has never been out of control of his element. Danny is also a Blood Bender and that’s why but it’s not knowledge anyone knows and he’s terrified of anyone learning)

Steve has seen plenty of Danny’s power, potential, and most importantly his control. It’s why Steve chose Danny to be his Water bending master instead of the native Hawaiian born they wanted to assign him. There are also a lot of deeper feelings involved, so Steve hearing that Danny elsa fortressed himself means something is very wrong!

but on like a lighter note, when they need something from Kamekona, Danny has bribed him with water-bending him x-lbs of shaved ice.

#what is time anymore?#some time ago I think my darling cowandcalf tagged me in a wip tag game but I haven't really had the time #I have two other fics in the avatar au verses but they were on a whim of what I wanted #which is valid sure but I do want to tackle it again but with...a more serious hand #The weight of the Avatar resting on Steve's shoulders as he came into his powers late #he struggles with being fair when he was brought up in the American Navy when he now has to represent the spirits and elemental benders of #ALL four nations as 5-0 becomes a more international/global kind of task force #Danny's backstory is expanded as his powers and abilities are applied in ways that would really bond him and Steve #through a lot more angst and trauma and they keep coming into these situations where they keep ending up choosing the other #when they've either never been the one chosen or the one left behind #And Steve's hero status is questioned by his loyalty to Danny because rather than let Danny be sacrificed for the greater good #Steve taps into his Avatar State to save Danny(probably from Colombia and in the process make political waters muddy)#And eventually Danny blood bends to save Steve and they would break or rewrite the rules of nature EVERY time if it means they can save the #other...whom they love with all their hearts #so anyway yeah this is something I'm working on when the motivation and inspiration strike xD

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