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butterfluffy · 1 year

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“braids”

⠀⠀ੈ♡˳· how would these long-haired, blond men react if their s/o braids their hair?

⠀⠀➧ fluff | killer, b. hawkins, cavendish (separate) × gn!s/o!reader | headcanons + scenario

⠀⠀➧ warnings — none! the boys be slightly ooc though, and mistakes may be present.. so do ignore them, thanks!

⠀⠀➧ requests are open! do send some requests for me to write!

⠀⠀꒰ 🍨 ꒱ notes : being able to get your hands on their luscious hair is a privilege frfr. 😫💗

KILLER

Killer would NOT let you braid his hair, since he only trusts himself with his luscious locks, hAha.

But don't worry, eventually, he will let you do so, although he's a littleeeee grumpy the whole time, ehe.

You'll be needing to do a lot of pleading, and your bestest puppy eyes to get Killer to give in to your request though.

Will give you a light scolding if you comb his hair too harshly, or if you get them tangled, so ya better get a good job done, honey. 😐

“kil, can i braid you hair?” you ask all of a sudden, sparkling eyes glued on killer's beautiful hair that is still damp from the shower he took, while he, on the other hand—

“huh? no way...” killer, who is currently unmasked, retorted. piercing eyes squinted at your pleading ones, not showing any sign of giving in to your request.

“aawww, pretty please? i just wanna braid your majestic hair!” you beg, slipping a small compliment in hopes to melt killer's cold front, which surprisingly worked.

“you—ugh, fine. ya better do a great job though, or else ‘m never lettin' ya touch my hair ever again.” giving in, killer finally slumped down the floor, sat in front of you so that you could start braiding his hair..~

You can definitely confirm that his scolding and snarky comments are worth it after seeing the result of your hard work.

Bro looks hella majestic when he has his hair braided, frfr. 😫😫

Kil might ask you to braid his hair again next time if he likes your work. Might reward you a kiss, too. 👀✨💋😍😍😫💋💋😘💗💗🤭😍

BASIL HAWKINS

Wanna braid his hair? Sure, go ahead. He doesn't give a damn whatever the hell you want to do with his hair. He trusts you with it, since you're his lover.

Just don't you fucking dare cut, or fuck his hair up, or else you would wake up next to an enemy, and not a lover. 😀

Not the type to be grumpy ‘nd irritated when he gets hurt during the braiding session, but the type to constantly send you a glare and mutter a small curse, hAhaHahaHA.

Also, I feel like he'd guide, or help you in braiding his own hair. Cuz I think he braids his hair/knows how to braid hair. ☺️☺️

“hawkins..~? may i, uh, you know....” you muttered, shyly approaching your lover who lets a sigh escape his lips, already knowing what's on your mind despite not consulting his cards.

“yes, my love. yes you may braid my hair.” hawkins hums, approving your request that he foreseen by your obvious hint—which is constantly looking at his hair that shone brightly like gold under the sun, that is truly fascinating...

“thank you, hawkins~!” you chimed, happily skipping to your lover who was quick to let his hair down for you, and only you to touch, a faint smile on his face as he continued to read his book while you begun your work.

“mhm, always welcome.. do be gentle, though.” the man reminds, sending you a sly glare when he recalled how you hastily brushed his locks before, which he obviously isn't a fan of..

Compliments your work on his hair, good or not, cuz he loves how you do your best with it.

↑ Hawkins also secretly loves getting his hair braided by you, though it isn't a secret anymore, since it's obvious! 🤭

Will braid your hair, too, (if your hair can be braided). But only if you ask him to. :))

CAVENDISH

Omg! Go ahead! Feel free to braid his hair anytime! He's totally fine with it, in fact, he's the one asking you to braid his hair! 💗💗💗

Just don't fuck it up tho (2), or he will not speak a word to you for an entire week. 😦

Cavendish owns the most luscious, majestic hair ever. Not a single tangle in there, so combing and braiding is gonna be smooth as hell.

He'll whine like an annoying assed child if he gets hurt though. 👽

“y/n~ i see you admiring my beautiful hair, and i bet you wanna braid it, yes?” cavendish notes, immediately noticing the special attention you're giving his locks, catching you in 4k.

“...yes. i do want to braid your hair, so, may i?” you ask for consent, which was quickly given by your lover who snickered, “of course you may! i mean, who wouldn't not want to braid my majestic hair? haha!”

“make me even more beautiful, my dearest. you can do that, right?” he hums, as you nod in response, receiving a kiss on your hand from cavendish who settled down.

“that's great, now, please do your magic. i'll reward you later, fufu~” he cooes, teasing you one last time before he shuts up to let you do your work, secretly admiring you the whole time.

↑ Yep, he admires you as you braid his hair, and of course, he also admires himself in front of the mirror he has before you two. + Yes, he will reward you afterwards with another kiss, and a dinner date. 😍🫶

Like Hawkins, Cavendish also knows how to braid hair, so sometimes, he braids yours, too (if your hair can be braided).

↑ Though before he met you, he doesn't know how to braid hair. Watched you braid hair once, and learned how to, so he could do braids, too. 😊

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#ੈ♡˳· butterfluffy #one piece #one piece x reader #one piece fanfiction #one piece scenario #one piece headcanons #killer one piece x reader #basil hawkins x reader #cavendish one piece x reader

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tvlandofficiall · 9 months

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Very general ask sorry haha but I’d love to hear more about your swatchton (or just swatch) headcanons 👀

SWATCHTON! where do i start with swatchton? (continued under the cut 'cuz this gets LONG!)

first off, i'm more of a fan of them as a divorce/dysfunctional relationship than i am of the fluffy stuff (just as a personal preference thing ^^;;). i really like tragedies, and deltarune is a game rife with both divorce and tragedies, so it only seems fitting that swatchton would be rife with such things as well.

swatch is a very special darkner in that they have a direct connection to their gods -- they're able to make the hopes of the light into a reality, in a far more literal and direct way than anyone else, and this is a duty they take very seriously. their creations hold a great, hopeful power. in general their relationship to their purpose is a lot like ralsei's -- they cope with the inescapable nature of it by fully believing it to be Right and Good. obviously, thought, it isn't, and that causes them to be more than a little stuck-up and callous towards other darkners. to them, being used is a holy thing, and everyone should aspire to be as good a servant to the light as they are. if someone isn't blessed, like them, they simply deserved their fate. if someone has the opportunity to be blessed again after years of disuse, they should be thankful to the light for such a gift. that's how swatch feels.

because of all this, swatch has a very intense religious devotion, cultivated by their status as "object" in this world. unlike many other characters, they believe this not only because it is how they were conditioned, but also as a way to stay sane in the wake of their inability to choose who they are in this world. a revelation through a shadow crystal or some other means would only strengthen their beliefs, because they would see the true inescapability of their fate. "no one can choose who they are in this world, so why would i do anything but accept that? better to reason it as Good and Just than fight an impossible battle." that's how swatch survives in this world.

on spamton's end, he believes he can truly "game the system". he thinks he can change fate. he thinks, if he just gets on the grindset (so to speak), if he can harness the power of the light for himself, he can gain power over other darkners and truly become a Big Shot (in an ironic way, because his conception of being a Big Shot still involves his purpose -- being an advertisement -- and so in his search for freedom, spamton is never truly free at all). he wants the neo body for himself. he wants to become god-like. he wants the power over others that only those who see them as objects possess. who cares if the rest of the world freezes over? who cares if a few people have to die? that's show business, baby!

both of them see the neo body as a vector for their views of the world. swatch sees it as another part of their purpose -- even as it is abandoned by the light, it is imperative for them to keep it away from prying eyes, to guard the once holy relics in the basement to the best of their ability. it was made in the image of a god, after all, blessed with the hope of the light. spamton, meanwhile, sees it as a means to his own ends. he wants the light -- and hey, if swatch has it, why don't they show it off? why act all high and mighty about keeping it away from someone who could really use it? why don't they use it for themself? swatch's reason for that, of course, is that they see such a thing as a sin. they know, in an abstract way, that it could only end badly, that the light will still hold power over them no matter what. there will always be strings.

but as spamton becomes more and more fixated on the body, learning of it through what i imagine is a while of observing swatch at work, swatch becomes more and more fixated on spamton. their differing viewpoints come to a head as spamton spends less and less time in his room and swatch spends more and more time keeping an eye on spamton. i like to think that for a while, during the big shot era, swatch and spamton would meet in the basement nightly, as spamton would make a routine of going there to pray, and swatch would make a routine of questioning just what he's praying for. a blessing, perhaps? or for it to grant him an impossible ascension?

when things go downhill, of course, swatch and their men throw spamton to the curb, and spamton continues to try and sneak back into the basement -- now dressed as a two-bit version of swatch, which no doubt brings even more complexes about the man to swatch's mind.

i do think, though, that there was a sort of mutuality for them, and there still is, regarding their situations. it's why they keep coming back to each other again and again, despite how diametrically opposed they are. they are the only two who know about the neo body in the way that they do, the only two as close to the light as they are (or, were, in spamton's case). they spend so much time around one another that when spamton needs a shoulder to cry on, he still finds himself seeking swatch. as there are in many relationships, there are often those quiet moments, those times when they're together in the cafe at the end of the day where things are perhaps not nice, but peaceful. and, too, there are those moments they spend together in the basement, tension high, the neo body watching silently over them, where they think "i need someone like this. i wouldn't be here if i didn't clash with you like this. i wouldn't be here if we weren't polar opposites. i hate you. i don't know what my life would be like if you weren't here to know me this way."

#ooc #deltarune #swatchton #swatch #spamton #long post #THIS IS REAL LONG just know that i have a lot of thoughts on this. perhaps not quite ship. narrative idea #i think its fairly unique and different than popular 'fanon' swatchton so if you need something to sell you on the idea in a fresh way #that is this. to me

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mochamoth · 17 days

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Some silly hcs for my silly little rarepair from a random AOSTH episode!! (Scratch x Henrietta hcs!)

(.. I wanted to write a fic but didn't know what to write about exactly plot wise 🥲 anyways this is probably gonna be cringey so you have been warned! And long! Probably long!!)

So these would all take place after they met up again. Scratch wouldn't be with Robotnik probably by this point and is probably recovering from y'know, actual abuse.

The two sorta meet up and Scratch apologizes for the whole amnesia thing (finally giving him a chance to explain) and Henrietta forgives him. So it goes from there (can ya tell idk what to make the story exactly, aa 😭).

Also I do hc Scratch as a trans lesbian. So um y ea. I use he/she for him usually.

Anyways, the two preen eachother like.. Well birds!

Scratch attempts to help Henrietta out on her farm, but he kinda sucks at a lot of the tasks. He's good with the chickens, though.

Also obviously motorcycle/bike rides! I like to think Henrietta has multiple, cuz I find the fact she's both a motorcyclist and a farm girl charming. She likes to speed through random fields near the farm for funsies.

The two probably move out on their own. Not far from Henrietta's parents (obviously) but like, to their own cottage (haha cottagecore).

Scratch is very awkward when it comes to showing affection. Henrietta will be all OVER her, and she won't know what to do because she's simply not used to it. Scratch does try though! She gives random kisses here and there and occasionally cuddles up with Henrietta first. It's not that Scratch doesn't like affection, she adores it. Scratch just doesn't know what to do cuz she's used to abuse and isolation. (Ofc except Grounder, yay siblings!)

The two do eachothers makeup because cute!

Self indulgent as HELL but both are autistic.

And share special interests.

And will rant about them to eachother for hours and hours.

Scratch and Henrietta both wake up at sunrise. As much as Scratch finds it funny to annoy poor Grounder by crowing at the night owl (or uh.. Mole) to wake up, it's a nice change of pace to live with a fellow morning bird. He still crows though!

Scratch will fight anyone who tries to harm Henrietta. Henrietta insists unless one of them is in immediate danger that the fighting isn't necessary, but Scratch sometimes forgets about that.

Pet namess I mean this is already canon. Henrietta has her cute little pet names for Scratch like dear, darling, sweetie, and ect. Scratch isn't very good at coming up with pet names, but she started to mimic her's which Henrietta finds cute.

They share a nest bed. Because I find Scratch's nest bed in the show downright amazing and incredible.

Henrietta gains comfort weight and is chubby, CRY ABOUT IT!!

Henrietta kinda helps Scratch learn about the world from a non-villain perspective. Scratch is still a little "evil" ofc, I'm bias I adore silly little evil guys (team Skull my beloveds). But not legit taking over the world, endangering lives, and abusive evil! Anyways, Henrietta kinda helps Scratch acclimate into a more peaceful life.

Scratch is secretly a bit insecure about how she looks, but Henrietta helps him love herself a little more.

Henrietta helps put Scratch together if he ever breaks. She's no robotics engineer, but she does know how to fix vehicles. So she has a bit of knowledge plus guides and studies on robots.

I'll probably come up with more later, but that's all for now! Sorry if there's any bad grammar or typos, I am so so tired cuz been busy on remodeling my entire room 😭!

#aosth #adventures of sonic the hedgehog #aosth scratch #scratch aosth #henrietta x scratch #scratch x henrietta #rarepair #rare paring #headcanons

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mias-back-from-the-dead · 7 months

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caught up to wwdits season five and oh my GOD

The turn to Everything Is Genuine with Guillermo's story clicking into place is fucking chefs kiss mua mua

(writing under the cut is mostly me spoilerly-gushing rather than any actual deep analysis)

Cuz like. there's the show-long trend of Nandor constantly pushing Guillermo away from vampirism has been treated as joke, framed as a joke the entire time, exacerbated with a wild amount of emphasis on how Nandor is characterized as a bit of a dummy in social interactions. Every time Guillermo gets closer to either a) Nandor and the other housemates or b) Belonging in Vampirism/being taken seriously as a threat he gets knocked back in one vicious way or another.

And so a lot of the energy in the fandom for the last few seasons has been "lol what if this is like that old romance drama trope where one party's actively putting distance and being cruel because it's what they think will be kinder in the long run for the other party, wouldn't that be so juicy? very regency drama! its way too sappy to be canon, Nandor's not playing the long game, they're OBVIOUSLY gonna play it off as a goof forever but let's play in this space :)"

but no

no that's ACTUALLY what's been fucking going on, at least for the last few years or so in-show!!!!! Nandor CAN'T keep pushing and insisting that he doesn't belong in the dynamic of the house anymore, especially in season 4 with all the bonding done co-parenting with Laszlo and weird family night stuff with Nadja. The group can cut off Guillermo mid-conversation all they want (probably out of rote habit) but literally everyone (except maybe colin? if he never gets his child-season memories back that is) would fucking take a stake for the guy. In Nandor's case literally.

Guillermo's gotten too close to them all so Nandor CAN'T keep running excuses for not turning Guillermo (forced diner comedy voice: haha wouldn't it be sooooo funny if you were a vampire? :)) other than the ACTUAL reason, which is that he's considered vampirism to be a curse for some time now, and KNOWS Guillermo would be miserable with it.

and he was right

Too much time elapsed between his late season 3 descent into "brutal vampire-hunter ready to murder Nandor if needs must" and the time of his turning. He gained and lost a boyfriend, he reconnected with his family, was at Nandor's side for an incredibly human journey of desperately trying to seek happiness via marriage.

The shampoo scene is SUCH a good depiction of it, overhearing all that just confirms Nandor's suspicions of what Guillermo needs. Sure, he knows that Guillermo likes the ceremony and pathos of his little made-up induction, but he knows he NEEDS a real choice to make. One that he's been hoping for (please do not bear the same curse as me, I know you would hate killing innocents) and dreading (does it make me a worse monster if I wanted you to revel in the blood in order to stay by my side), but under all his posturing he knows Guillermo's choice as easily as he would his own.

No more dismissiveness, no more pretending to forget serious things about Guillermo to push him away. He remembers the words spoken from Guillermo over a decade ago, the place where they first met, where he grew up and who his family is.

He knows Guillermo's choice.

I'm just. I'm just frothing at the fucking mouth about this because no amount of cutting Guillermo off mid-sentence is going to put that rabbit back in the fucking hat for season 6. There was still a decent bet on Nandor not turning Guillermo for bullshit and/or comedy reasons if their weird season 3 elopement thing went off without a hitch. For him to mayyybe seem he might not care, or not want to turn him due to purely selfish reasons (like when CEOs sabotage secretaries to keep them by his side).

There's NO way they're gonna sell that he doesn't care anymore and I'm SO FUCKING CURIOUS to see how that shakes out now.

#also what was with the helsing beard anyone know more info on that #what we do in the shadows #wwdits #wwdits season 5 #wwdits spoilers #nandor the relentless #guillermo de la cruz

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moonrisecoeur · 23 days

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i know i do not have to thank u for sharing ur stuff but get this!!! i want to!!!!! cause its good and i like it and being thankful for good stuff is nice!!!!!!

anyways!!! nickname name whatever is bunny!! not that original not that interesting but its been my nickname my entire life + its cute so!! why not!!

anyways pt.2,, leon with his re6 voice whining and calling for his mommy oh im getting so lightheaded. he would sound SO sweet ;(( his re6 voice is honestly my favorite voice ever, i looove matthew mercer. i think he's like one of the 3 voice actors i can recognize anywhere (tho that might be cause he's also on my fave final fantasy but also leon i guess. leon is important too)

ur so cute omg okay FINE u can be thankful for my stuff but i'm thankful for YOU because get this, i'm genuinely just some girl who likes it when people like her!! so as long as people like what i write and i feel inspired to write, i'm gonna write!!

OMG BUNNY IS SO CUTEEE OH EM GEEEE!! love that :3 i have another mutual who's tag is #bunii <3 so i feel like i'm collecting all of them lol !!

in matthew mercer we trust like. i had the biggest crush on cassidy from overwatch when i was younger so like. obviously it translates haha. i love nick as well he did such a great job with re2r/re4r leon!! really love his voice like he really shows it off well in that scene in 4r where leon is comforting ashley after she attacked him cuz of the plaga. he really like makes leon sound so gentle and sweet despite like the crazy fuckin environment they're in! but like i really like how matt did the scene in death island where leon and jill are fighting those monsters like !! he just sounded so goofy and silly during the aftermath of such a scary moment which is sooo quintessentially leon!!

i just love the idea of leon saying mommy ugh. like i keep imagining the lines in my head, like when he gets back from alcatraz, "i'm home, mommy. yes, i'm okay. it was a long mission but i've got all my limbs intact."

"you're my mommy, i don't want to share you." when he's all grouchy in the morning.

"please, mommy? you know i'll be good. i'm always good."

JUST GIVE HIM TO ME RAHHHH

#bunny <3

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moonlitxeuphoria · 1 month

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14, 17, and 18 for Zutara asks please!

Hello there, kind stranger!! Thanks for submitting!

(This was a lengthy response so I apologize in advance)

14. How do you feel about “The Southern Raiders”?

- So many intense feelings, that’s for sure haha. That episode is just one of my favorites from the show overall, and not just because of the obvious showcasing of how good Zuko and Katara work together as a pair (though it does play a major part), or them finally having that moment of reconciliation after what happened in the catacombs, but mainly because of the highlighting of Katara’s internal battle over coming to terms with deep seated grief caused by the traumatic loss of her mother. Obvi, that loss is a big part of her character, considering it’s consistently referenced throughout the show but in ‘The Southern Raiders,’ we finally get to see and hear from Katara first hand about that awful day. The episode gives her the room to rage - to feel her and express those dark, ugly feelings - and delve into just how she’s been baring the pain of being the reason why Kya is no longer with them (them - referring to Sokka/Hakoda/Herself). It’s messy and cathartic and just great writing all around on the very real topic of how consuming grief can be; of how you can end up hurting others, be it purposefully or inadvertently, while navigating through it. With that, there’s also the flip side of being able to eventually find peace with the help of someone who truly understands that pain you’re carrying. That with the right person, that load can be lightened until it doesn’t feel as heavy anymore.

17. How do you think Iroh and Hakoda would react to Zutara?

- Iroh is zutara’s #1 cheerleader aside from Toph and Suki, and that’s just facts. There would be fireworks, music, and endless rounds of tea and food in celebration over the news. That sweet old man would be overjoyed at his nephew/adopted son having found someone who pushes and makes him into a better person and vice versa. Not to mention the endless supply of dad jokes, like come on. DAD JOKES.

- I feel like Hakoda - as easy going as the guy is - would be a little skeptical about zutara at first. Not just from general fatherly concern, but because of the stories Sokka and Katara more than likely filled him in on regarding Zuko during the aftermath of the battle in the crystal catacombs. He eventually comes around though, especially with the added help of getting broken out of prison by his son and the aforementioned ‘Prince of all jerkbenders’ and then later hearing about how the kid put his own life on the line to save his daughter from certain death. Needless to say, Hakoda cashes in on his own set of dad jokes later on at their expense alongside Iroh because seeing Zuko and Katara’s slightly mortified but amused expressions are absolutely worth it.

18. How do you think the Gaang would react to Zutara?

- Toph: this girl would be absolutely unsurprised. She’s the first one to find out and tell them straight up that it “took you guys long enough to figure it out” cuz she’s a walking, talking lie detector and those heartbeats never lie. She clocked them from the get go and takes every opportunity to tease them over it because how is it that the literal blind girl could ‘see’ they clearly liked each other but these two dunces couldn’t. (Deep down they know it’s her way of saying she’s happy for them without sounding too sappy about it).

- Suki: would absolutely be the second one to figure it out and is immediately onboard with it because who doesn’t love a good enemies to friends to lovers storyline. (One of us, one of us) She obviously teams up with Toph in teasing the hell out of them whenever the opportunity arises and the two end up bonding over how equally dense their friends were to the blatantly obvious fact that they’re so into each other. It’s borderline comical, really.

- Side note: In my head, Suki, Toph, and Iroh are the official but unofficial zutara council who get together every so often and gossip about whatever new updates on their favorite couple they may have over tea and cakes. It’s a grand old time for all of them and they all would absolutely lose it when Zuko finally proposes to Katara.

- Sokka: Ah my over dramatic water tribe boy. His reaction is just a thing of beauty, really. He would basically go through the five stages of grief because first off, that’s his little sister and second, that’s his best friend and third, what do you mean they’re together now???!! (I picture it to be like a Ross from ‘Friends’ type of reaction, specifically when he finds out about Monica and Chandler) It’s only made worse when Suki and Toph just say ‘called it’ and continue on like this isn’t the most earth shattering news to ever be released. After he’s processed it though, he’s 100% on board and later joins in on the zutara council meetings with Suki/Toph/Iroh.

- Aang: Oooh, our little flighty boy. This one was a tough one to settle on, let me tell you, buuut I think I figured it out. In my head, I think that Aang would obviously hurt for a little while over the news because Katara is his special person. This girl literally saved his life more than once, has seen him grow up, has supported him through so much, and seeing that person you so deeply love end up with someone else isn’t easy. Never is. He would more than likely keep his distance while he works through his feelings. But then one day, he starts really paying attention to how they interact with each other and Aang feels something in his brain click. Zuko understands Katara, and I mean truly understands her. He thought he understood Katara, that’s why he knew in his heart that he loved her, but seeing the two of them together makes him realize that maybe he doesn’t. His perception of her - her wants and needs - are vastly different from his and that’s probably why nothing ever truly developed between them. Sure there was maybe a spark or two but never anything big enough for a full on flame to burn, ya know. And that realization is what eventually pushes him to be in full, genuine support of their relationship. Because how could he deny her that deep understanding that Zuko is more than capable of providing? (To end on a happy note, he later joins the weekly zutara council meetings and full out cries happy tears when Zuko finally proposes to Katara because oh my god two of his favorite people love each other so much and they’re making it official.) Now keep in mind, this is how I think his reaction would be once he’s had some time to grow and actually understand (and I mean understand) that Katara is her own person and doesn’t belong to him (she’s not an object that someone can simply say is theirs).

This was so long oh my goodness but what a fun set of questions!!! Really got my brain’s gears working overtime to think up of some eloquent-esque answers for each of them 😊💗

#random babbles #zutara asks #zutara

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spinnysocks · 3 months

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i've been sucked into a RDR2 fixation at the same time as my Lion Guard one. naturally, my mind crossed em over and BOOM! i present: The Outlanders in a human au where they're COWBOYS!!! buckle up >:)

also you don't have to know anything about rdr2 for this au! it's based loosely on some of the events and dynamics of the game, but i mostly wanted to develop a cool human au :3

under the cut cuz long post!

setting things up:

jasiri takes the role of dutch essentially. she is the leader of the "gang", as i'm gonna call it! although she was supposed to be head of the Hyena family, she and madoa rejected the town lifestyle and started their own together, the 'cowboy' life i suppose haha. their motto is something like 'Free, but Good'. their original gang (jasiri's clan in canon) has changed a bit over the years as the members slowly joined, and some died - the two of them have looked after wema and tunu together ever since their mother passed away

as the cowboy life appears pretty sketchy to most of the prideland townsfolk, jasiri and madoa started helping people wherever they could, however big or small. they gained the trust of the towns and started to move on to harsher parts, a desert called the Outlands. eventually, their smaller jobs transformed into the much bigger and more impactful goal of trying to help/see the good side of the land's notorious gangs. jasiri realised that's what she wanted overall - to help people, even if they hurt others, and hopefully change their ways. she wanted to help them live "Free but Good". obviously janja's gang was her first target....

janja's had a rough life. his mother and her infamous gang dropped off the face of the earth one day, so he and his friends were raised by mzingo's gang. seeing it as their means to survival, janja led his gang in town raids, stealing whatever they needed, even if it sometimes ended in the gang getting hurt or killing townsfolk. though it took a lotta standoffs between them, jasiri eventually got them to see eye-to-eye. she showed him how she was surviving without the need to kill innocent people, and with time they became the first gang she reformed! janja reminisces a lot about when he led his gang, but he wouldn't change his new life for anything, and he would defend his new gang till the end

mzingo and his gang followed janja's joining. it didn't take them much convincing- despite a few conflicting moral values- as it was a hard time even in the towns and they were pretty much going to starve without jasiri's help. the former Vulture gang members kinda work as spies for jasiri, specialising in being swift and able to spy from high vantage points on horseback. i'd say jasiri and mzingo have a decent friendship and work pretty well together on strategy; mzingo likes being able to put his brain to use and jasiri likes him not using his questionable strategies to kill people lol

the Jackal family were basically forced to absolute poverty. the only thing reirei and goigoi could really do to get enough for all of them was steal for money, food, travel, etc. it was the only way they thought they could survive, believing there was no help for them, and there wasn't for a while. with janja's gang- who somewhat threatened their livelihood- reformed, it was much easier for reirei and her family to take what they wanted from people, but jasiri's offer to her was pretty convincing... so after a few hard and lonely years, reirei accepts jasiri's help. she promises them food, warmth and community- kind of the only thing reirei ever wanted for herself, her husband and her children, and they get to live free too! she's just happy that her husband and children are happy, and that she can be too, even if she can have arguments with the other former gang leaders lol

kiburi's gang..... yeah they were definitely the hardest to convince. jasiri wasn't acquainted with them at all. they'd were a bit newer to the Outlands, coming there after some failed riot kicked them out of their town. but janja, mzingo and reirei knew them well. kiburi was very adamant that he didn't care for jasiri's lifestyle, that it was "too soft" for he and his gang, that they didn't want or need their help and that violence was just "what they did". jasiri had just about accepted defeat. that was until one night kiburi's gang were attacked by strangers who were too much for them, but jasiri's gang swooped in to save them, both from the attack itself and their bad wounds. if it wasn't for them, kiburi's gang would be dead. he doesn't have much of a choice but to sign off his leadership in exchange for the protection of his friends, which he decided inwardly matters more to him than being leader anyway. in joining the gang his personality doesn't change much from the outside, but you spend a little time with him and you realise he's a good guy beneath it all

the same sorta thing went for ushari and the Skinks. ushari grew up in the stuffy towns and he liked it well enough when he was left alone, but he just kept getting disrespected by people. it only took a few months for him to snap, and then it was him who was disrespecting by plotting against the different towns in the lands. his plans were pretty genius, especially with his acquaintances shupavu, njano and their gang called the Skinks, who just so happened to be the best spies in the lands. despite their lack of brawn and being far from well-off, together their plans were dangerous and could cause lots of townsfolk casualties. people also just kept getting tricked and robbed by the skinks. no one wanted anything to do with them, ushari, or anyone associated with them (ahem, kenge and sumu, ahem ahem)

there was a massive, brutal shootout between the Prideland townsfolk and the Outland gangs before they reformed. jasiri tried to stop it and reason with the gangs, but all hell broke loose as everyone started shooting. ushari was shot as jasiri was talking to him. he was genuinely considering being the first to join her side, as she'd shown him genuine kindness like no one else, but it ended in the shootout (you can guess who shot ushari. i am glaring at you bunga). jasiri and her gang tried everything but the wound was untreatable :( the guilt weighs on jasiri's shoulders as well as the skinks. initially they tried saving ushari themselves- finally putting someone else over being in a fight- but were surprised and inwardly thankful that jasiri tried so hard to save him, even if it was futile

after the shootout and ushari's death, shupavu's gang spent a few weeks aimlessly wandering, realising that stealing wasn't so fun or as easy now that ushari was gone. they kinda awkwardly shuffled into jasiri's gang when she next came to see em. they found it really hard to fit in or do 'good'. like most of them, they joined because they kinda had no choice but to. eventually they find their place, especially when kenge and sumu join

only ushari and the skinks knew, but kenge and sumu were at that shootout too. they went because ushari, shupavu and njano told them about it and What Else You Gonna Do In The Wild West lmao. it was pretty tragic when they found out ushari died, they didn't know bc they were caught up in the shootout and weren't really on the main scene until the shooting started. realistically they probably caused the most carnage; kenge is insane and sumu is a sniper. they left once it was all over, expecting to hear from their acquaintances, but shupavu and njano had to break the news to em. they were also completely unaware that the skink gang joined jasiri

almost forgot to talk about their history! sumu doesn't come from the pridelands/outlands, he travelled a long way bc he pretty much worked as a hitman sniper for criminals who wanted townsfolk killed. he wouldn't stay long in each place to avoid getting caught by law, but he stuck around the outlands because ushari was a cool guy he actually made friends with, and kenge too. in kenge's case, he's that guy who could like. crack your skull if he wanted to. he's really antagonistic and has been in loads of bar fights before being run out of towns, but they could never kill him because he's too good of a fighter and too strong. i guess like rasputin without the lust lmfao??

but yes! kenge and sumu were eventually convinced to join the gang when jasiri finally met them, in her eyes she saw another two misunderstood individuals on the wrong path and managed to reach out to them. she probably called them "friends" and that was the first time they'd ever heard any stranger be that kind to them. both of em were definitely the most uncertain and antsy about being in the gang, as they'd lived solitary before, but no one was really going to bother or push them. sumu's the almost-silent one who has cleaned up a mess before you even notice there was one (perks of being a sniper) and kenge's the guy ordering the best drinks for the camp (perks of being a former bar fighter)

speaking of what everyone does in the gang, i will be talking about that in a follow up post 👀 because i didn't realise how long this was!!!

i have loved building this au!! :3 there might be a few tweaks along the way as i try to find a good balance between the outlanders being from a kids show and the brutality of rdr2 lol. i think i'm starting to develop a story i like tho, just going to flesh out important events as i go along :)

#also i listened to shut eye stealing sheep on loop making this #gotta get those cowboy vibes 💪#the lion guard #tlg #tlg outlanders #tlg au #tlg rdr2 #i love that i can make that a tag now #i've been working on this for WEEKS #sigh of relief and happiness

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decolonize-the-left · 2 years

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My gf was watching a YouTube documentary on Chris Chan and I have some complex feelings on the whole ordeal.

Like for one, I've discovered that even if they're a bigoted, abusive piece of shit, I do think there is a limit for bullying and dehumanizing another person. At some point it stops being "haha nobody owes you kindness cuz you suck" and starts turning into just senseless torture. Like there is actually a point where you need to realize you've stepped away from socially acceptable bigot shaming and stepped into the territory of Abuser.

Like these people straight up detached Chris from any form of reality over the course of 2 decades. They got Chris to think she was living on another planet with sonic characters she made up herself. That she was traveling dimensions through a game console. They've had her post humiliating videos, taken advantage of her financially, emotionally, & psychologically, forced her to do things I literally feel uncomfortable typing out. And I really don't feel comfortable saying what else they got her to believe and do. But I will say Chris was never really in a right mind and everything these people did made it worse.

And I'll admit at first I enjoyed watching Chris, a huge bigoted predator, get absolutely dunked on. Who wouldn't? I mean Chris said and done things I'd feel uncomfortable typing out too. Fuck bigots, they deserve nothing, amirite? I'm the first to say so.

But then it just didn't stop. Ever. And it got dark. It made me uncomfortable even as someone only half-paying attention to a documentary. And it still hasn't stopped and it's been going since like 2005. Chris is literally in jail rn and there's still an entire reddit sub wishing her the absolute worst.

All this happened on 4-chan so obviously it's a dumpster fire to begin with... But idk. Like from a psychological standpoint it's fascinating to me. Like a fucked up psychology experiment.

And I think one of the more disgusting things I noticed was the way people were eager to harm someone when they could justify it. Like moths to a flame. They just wanted to hurt someone. It didn't matter if Chris deserved it or even what Chris did. What matters is they could justify how horribly they treated another person and Chris, with her loose grip on reality, naivete, and mental instability, made a good victim.

Like aside from Chris herself... What drives human beings to relish in being the cause of someone else's misery? Cuz it definitely speaks to what kind of person even engages with this sort of thing in the first place. Hurt people hurt people as the saying goes, abused people abuse people, etc etc.

Like it really shows how trauma & abuse compound on themselves, how mental illness compounds, how community can choose to exacerbate that trauma, how everyone is constantly just projecting on everyone else and making everyone collectively worse, even how you traumatize someone, how you breakdown the reality of a person, how long it takes, the mindsets/feeling/values that make a person willing to put up with being on the receiving end of this and continuously choosing to engage with it for almost 2 whole decades.

Anyway I thought I'd share that. Cuz I know I'm personally one of the first to say that bigots can catch hands. That nobody owes awful people kindness but this made me question how much I actually mean that, to what extent. Because now I've seen how that mindset plays out in real lives in real time without limits or ramifications.

And it sucked.

And I've decided we do owe people kindness actually. Not all the time, not unconditionally. But they are owed kindness. People can not improve under cruel conditions and they can not improve without support. If we want the world to be better, if we really want to improve our surroundings and cultures, we need to accept that.

The human condition is such that it won't improve without love, kindness, and support, it does not care whether or not that's what we deserve.

#this is not a chris chan apologist post tho #i wanna clarify that #chris chan is a Piece of Shit

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ahgasegotarmy116 · 4 days

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The epilogue to Shut up and Kiss Me was so good! I really enjoyed their chemistry. I almost wish it had been a long series. They were really great characters. I love how she got the title of the story in there at the end. And the way he kept using the 3D lines on her! LOL I feel like that would become so annoying, but in a playfully teasing kind of annoying way. I could see her being like "omg stop it!" but with a huge smile on her face. She'd secretly love it.

Aw thanks babe! I’m so glad you liked it!

They were definitely a fun couple to write about since I was able to carry those teasing and handsy friendship qualities over to their relationship.

It would’ve been fun as a series but idk I feel like I would’ve run out of ideas in terms of adding idol type situations to their life so that's one of the reasons I decided against it.

I wouldn't mind turning this into a little drabble series like having the main storyline that's already finished but writing drabble requests whenever I get them. So if anyone is interested in seeing more from this couple you can for sure send in requests for them.

That also goes for if you just have questions about the story in general or wanna talk to the characters directly 😁

I'm so happy you liked them! I like the crack headed f2l trope where one of them is completely oblivious and everything but then their relationship going forward is so natural since they've obviously been in love with each other for forever. So I'm glad I got around to writing something like that 😂

Yeah she said "Shut Up and Kiss Me" in the main part too and idk I just like including my story titles into the dialogue eventually ("He doesn't deserve you", "Just take it", "Do it for him") it just ties it back to why I chose the name for the story haha. So I'm glad you liked that too!

Haha yeah I wanted to bring it back to the fact that Jungkook was really jealous and possessive over her when he found out that she was working on the Enhypen 'Bite Me' comeback and that she was dancing with Sunghoon.

Not that he felt any type of way towards Sunghoon specifically but at that point he could visualize exactly who had their hands on "his woman" (not his woman yet but in his mind she was always his hehe) so it made his jealousy hard to control.

Hence why he wanted her to work on his upcoming project that happened to include female dancers. He wanted to watch her while she's doing his choreography to his song. You know, very territorial 😂

Yeah the lyric thing is something he always does to remind her that he's singing and thinking about her throughout all these love songs that he performs. Even the breakup ones like "If you leave me this is how sad I'll be" ��

Half the time if she has time he'll bring her into the recording studio and makes her think that he's just showing off his stelar vocals when in reality he does it because she helps stir up those feelings in him and makes the emotion he puts behind his vocals sound more genuine.

She for sure gets annoyed by it but in a more playful way like you said! That's definitely something that's happened before 😂

In those instances when they're alone and he just won't stop she'll usually just kiss him to shut him up since it's obviously very on brand for them 😂

He'll do it though when he wants her to kiss him but he doesn't want to ask for it 😂 he just likes seeing the faces she makes when she's annoyed with him so it's just something that goes hand in hand with dating him.

Damn this was so long winded (like most of my responses lmao) but yeah I'm glad you liked the story and like I said if you have a request for this couple feel free to send them whenever 🥰

(damn I had to put a break in this cuz it was so long 😂)

#jungkook fanfic #jungkook #fanfic #shut up and kiss me

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animunerdery · 2 years

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your art is very good and i love it a lot !! ur vrry talented ! however, you seem to still draw usopp with his minstrel lips? i know thatd how they look in canon but a caricature is a caricature. im not saying thid in a mean spirited way, i just want to see your art improve and not alienate who you're trying to depict

Oda certainly has some “issues” with his designs, Usopp and most of the other black and brown characters, along with pretty much all of his women have fairly obvious “these were designed by a Japanese dude who loves boobs and has probably only seen non asian people in film/media vibes.”

That being said… if it were up to me, I probably would still exaggerate a fair amount of features, but push them more towards the direction of the ethnicity / nationality they’d represent.

Luffy and Vivi for example, I would definitely make brown. I’m pretty sure the live action show will be a disaster given how bad cowboy bebop was, BUT! The casting of live action Luffy is spot on! Curly hair? Check! Thick assed eyebrows? Check! Feral boy energy? Check!

Zoro I’d have it so he dyes his hair, his eyebrows can be dark thick assed Asian eyebrows and the moss is his choice cuz he’s an idiot and thinks it’s cool.

Nami, I’d make her overall a bit more elfin; give a bit of an upturn to her nose and freckles obviously. Aside from that not too much of a change. Animu already makes ppl kinda white looking…

Usopp would definitely be wide nose instead of long nose and frankly I’d give him more prominent eyelids. I think he’d be darker relative to the other mugiwara even if Banchina is mixed race.

Sanji I would definitely give a much bigger much more French nose and maybe make him more like a French Buscemi overall? Sanji’s biggest problems are in his writing, but I think Oda has definitely been showing growth in our weird confused little misogynist.

Chopper I can see as half Asian tbh bc there’s a ton of Asians in Canada. Also he’s a kid so not that different from the way I already draw him haha.

Robin I think would also be more about making that nose more prominent and making those deep set eyes and heavy eyelids pop. Though tbh she could be kinda mixed too, like white Eastern European mixed with Asiatic Steppe ppl blood could also work?

(The main thing I’d change with all the women is waistline and boob size lol, also Nami face, I would definitely make Hancock and Tashigi clearly Asian. Love that Nojiko is black in the live action and would totally make Miss Double Finger black as well. Vivi would totally be brown, why not black? Ptolemaic Egyptians are essentially Greeks, so more Middle Eastern Mediterranean Sefardi vibes for Vivi.)

Franky doesn’t really need much change except maybe the nose also being more prominent? He already does look kinda like a large white dude to begin with lol. His butt-butt chin thing is weird but within the realm of cartoon liberty.

And my Brook would probably look like an older cross between Marley and Hendrix. So not thaaat different from Oda’s design I guess? I think of him as being from Jamaica at any rate, no idea where Oda had actually slated him to be from…

I didn’t do them, but Jinbei would probably be an older chunky Asian dude, and Yamabro would probably be an albino? The whole white hair red eyes thing lol…

At any rate… design is still incredibly labor and thought intensive so despite his issues, I take my hat off with full respect to Oda sensei and base my drawings off those designs.

Also… redesign takes time and energy as well and tbh this blog is just dumb throwaway doodles that take me 5-30min to cobble together. If you wanna see beautifully redesigned mugiwaras, check out these blog rolls of incredible artists who actually put time and energy into their work!

#redesign #one piece #mugiwara kaizoku #mugiwara pirates #monkey d luffy #roronoa zoro #nami #Usopp #vinsmoke sanji #tony tony chopper #nico robin #franky #Brook

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deadjam6 · 1 month

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Why are you banned from Etsy? just curious

so. alittle bit of a long story,

for context, i love fnaf, and i have every single fnaf funko action figure (expect hot topic exlcuive glow in the dark foxy), and one of those figures is lolbit, and my orignal lolbit was so BROKEN (bought them like that) then while looking on mercari i found a really nice lolbit with all good joints but no ears

so i bought that lolbit for parts, but then i had a bunch of lolbit parts, some perfectly good condition and some just compelty in shambles, and i felt bad just throwing away a figure thats hypothtically worth 300 dollars (mine was more like 70 in the state it was in)

so on my tiktok i was like "hey guys im selling my old disguting lolbit for 70 dollars" THEN this person from the netherlands dmed me and was like "hey i want ur lolbit but i cant use mercari OR ebay" (which on google it said ebay ships to netherlands??? so idk if one of them were lying?? idk) and i was like "ok can u use etsy?" and they could, so i put my lolbit on etsy for 70 dollars, and i see people selling old vintage toys on there all the time, and lolbit isnt considered vintage yet but its still an old toy that is no longer sold in stores, so i thought itd be ok

so i tell the guy i put the listing up on etsy and they where like, "ok thanks!" then they NEVER EVEN BOUGHT IT, they backed out of it, but they didnt TELL me they backed out of it, so i was like "hey ill leave this listing up but since you arnt telling me if you are still intrested, if someone else buys it or parts of it on ebay or mercari then im not gonna tell them no" which i thought was fair cuz it had been around 5 days since i made the listing for them

eventually i sold the entire lolbit, and i went to etsy to remove the listing since i no longer had a lolbit to sell, and that is when i discovered i was BANNED i still dont know the EXCAT reason i was banned?? but etsy removed my lolbit listing so it was obviously because of the lolbit, but they didnt like speficy why it was agaisnt the rules (it said they did in the email but literally it did not tell me anything in the email), and i tried to send an apeal and also ask what was wrong with my listing and they didnt tell me anything

anyways you need ur social secuirty number to sell stuff on etsy and haha as u expected i only have one of those, so unless i make an account under a family members name or something (which i may do but like its kind of akward to ask someone for thier ssn ?? LMAOOO) then i cannot sell anything on etsy again

anyways all my fnaf figures cuz im a little show off and a little bragger

i have SO MUCH fnaf figures i dont even have enough shelves to put them up yet LOOOOL (i will . put up more shelves eventually)

#dj speaks #fnaf #five nights at freddy's

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friedbaekhyunandeggso · 2 years

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Reason ~ ch. 17

Pairing: Female OC x Levi Ackerman

Tropes: Instructor x Cadet, Strangers to Lovers, Male MC falls first

Warnings: angst/slow-burn, strong language, upcoming smut(18+ readers only for those chapters pls 🙈), physical assault/violence, mentions of scars

Brief Summary: This story takes place a few years after the Fall of Shiganshina. Devon Alba is in her final year of the 101st Training Corps (844-847), due to her success as a cadet she gets the chance to meet Captain Levi. She doesn’t think too much of him until he catches her in the midst of doing something that she isn’t entirely supposed to be doing. But surprisingly, this leads to something unexpected...

Chapter 1 [...] Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18

Monty walked out of his room in the barracks. He hadn’t been able to get any sleep last night. All he could think about was what division Imada had chosen.

They’d all find out today.

Suddenly he felt something at his feet. He looked down to see an envelope.

A letter?

He bent down and picked it up. His name was written on it in neat cursive.

Monty Loroya

He knew that handwriting. It was Devon’s. Just as his brows furrowed he was suddenly shouldered aside.

He glanced over to see his roommate, Rob, raise his hands.

“Sorry,” he grumbled–he obviously wasn’t a morning person. “You were in the way.”

Rob walked off in the direction of the dining hall.

Monty stepped back into their room and hastily opened the letter.

Hey Mon Mon,

It’s Devon–in case you couldn’t already tell by my handwriting. I know this is out of the blue but by the time you see this I won’t be at the barracks anymore. I plan on sneaking onto the last supply carriage out of town.

Things have changed. Thanks to Captain Levi it looks like I’m not permitted to be a Scout. I don’t know what his deal is but yesterday when I was called to Shadis’s office he informed me that Captain Levi rescinded my application to the Scout Regiment. Which is something he can do (apparently) cuz Commander Erwin sent him here to recruit cadets. I tried to talk to Levi after to change his mind but it was useless. Instead…I probably made things worse.

Anyway, Chief Shadis said that the Garrison and Military Police divisions are still open for me to choose from. But I refuse. You know I’d rather die than be an MP and I’m not interested in being a part of the Garrison either. I’ve decided to leave.

I know you're probably thinking-Devon what's wrong with you? How is leaving the solution you came up with? And to be honest-for both questions-I don’t know.

I don’t know what to do with myself and I feel like shit about this whole situation. I honestly can’t believe this happened to me. I was so close to getting what I wanted only to have it snatched out of my hands at the last second…That would be my luck wouldn’t it.

I haven’t figured out where I’m going yet. I just know I have to leave. I don’t feel like myself anymore and I can feel myself slipping back into that dark hole that I was in before I came to the training corps and met you guys.

But-don’t worry-I’m going to try my hardest to do something with myself if I can. Not sure where to start but I promise I’ll try my hardest.

I know I should’ve waited till the morning and talked to you guys about this but I’m honestly too embarrassed to face you all. I don’t even think I could say any of this out loud if I wanted to so please try not to be too mad at me. I’m so sorry it had to be like this. Tell Imada and Keith I’m sorry too. Tell Imada I love her–even if she exposed the fuck outta me(she’ll know what I’m talking about)-and please convince Keith not to hate me Haha. Feel free to show them this letter–at this point I don’t care what happens. I just need you all to live long, happy, healthy lives.

I wish I could be there to know what divisions you and Imada chose. Eitherway, I wish you all the best. You all better kick ass at whatever division you pursue. That means NO being lazy (which I know isn’t an issue for you but for Keith, he needs a little push here and there).

Damn, I miss you guys already. I just need you all to know how grateful I am for each and every one of you. I would dream of having friends before and you guys made that dream real for me.

Thank you for being the best friends I could ever ask for. Please don’t worry about me.

All the best,

Devon

Monty stared at the paper in disbelief. He turned the paper over.

Ha, I knew you’d turn the paper over MonMon. I just wanna let you know that I took down Imada’s hair on purpose yesterday so you can SEE the beauty you're missing out on!!!!! Ugh, I know you don’t wanna tell her how you feel but if you guys end up being in the same division then you have to. OKAY? Okay. No excuses. You got this.

Monty flipped the paper over back to the front. His eyes grew wide as he read it over again and again.

“There is no way…”

“No way what?”

He spun around to see Imada in the doorway. She looked perfect as always. Her black hair in a neat plait at the nape of her neck. A gentle smile adorning her lips.

When she saw the look on Monty’s face her smile fell.

“What is it?” she asked with concern.

He handed her the letter.

The door to his office burst open.

“Does no one know how to knock anymore?” Levi muttered, the annoyance clear in his tone.

He immediately stood when he saw Imada looking the most disheveled he’d ever seen her. Her face was flushed as if she’d just been running.

“What happened?”

She placed the letter in his hands hastily.

“She’s gone.” she spit out, “She doesn’t have anywhere to go–”

He held up a hand as he sped read the letter. He flipped it over and read the back as well. Imada’s brows furrowed–she hadn’t realized there was a back.

“Tch.” He handed her the letter. Imada took it from his hands and read the back. She blushed furiously.

He grabbed his jacket off the back of the chair, “When does the last supply carriage depart?”

She blinked-drawing herself out of her daze, “A little after midnight.”

“Where does it head to?”

“I’m not sure,” She watched him slip a few things into his pockets, “You're going after her?”

“What else.” His deep voice rumbled. “She doesn’t know what she’s doing.”

For some reason, she thought it would have to take more convincing.

“Why did you do that? Even after what I told you about her?”

His head turned sharply to look at her dead-on, “Because of what you told me. You think that little story made me want to watch her sign up for her death? She deserves to live.”

“So you decide to take away her dream.”

“I’m not letting her die at the expense of an old woman’s delusional dream.” He gritted out.

“You're not gonna let her die at your expense either.”

He paused on his way to the door. He turned to look at her.

“If that were the case,” His gray eyes regarded her calculatively, “Would you judge me?”

She looked down, her eyes instinctively going towards the letter in her hands. She skimmed over the sentences written on the back once more.

“A little.” she murmured. “But I wouldn’t blame you.”

“Why not.”

“Because I don’t think you can help it.”

He looked away. She didn’t see the way his eyes darkened or the way he closed his eyes afterwards to picture her and breathe.

I can’t help it.

He opened his eyes.

“I need her to live.” Then he left without a second glance.

Devon ran into the alley, clutching her shoulder as she panted—completely out of breath.

She made a sharp turn into a smaller pathway. It reeked of trash. Garbage was littered everywhere.

She kept her back to the wall and peeked her head out to see if her pursuers were still after her. She pulled back and then waited a moment before peeking again.

Once she realized her pursuers were gone for good she sighed in relief. She slid down the wall and sat with her legs outstretched. She tilted her head back and hissed in pain when her shoulder grazed the wall.

She felt like she was back in the Underground again. Jobless. Displaced. Alone.

No one wanted her to work for them. People immediately dismissed her once they realized she was homeless. It didn’t help that she was starting to reek of trash since she hadn’t showered.

Even finding a safe place to sleep was hard. Random people would find her and scare her off—like what’d just happened now, for instance.

But then again, sleeping in someone’s shed probably wasn’t the smartest idea.

It was safer than the streets though.

She squeezed her eyes shut as her head throbbed. She hadn’t eaten for three days and it was starting to catch up to her. She mentally started to devise a plan of stealing from the nearest market.

She’d scouted it out earlier today. It was rather large. That would’ve made it easier for her if there wasn’t a garrison officer stationed at every corner. It seemed robberies were commonplace in this town.

“Fuck.” she groaned. Just thinking about the energy required to attempt to steal food made her exhausted.

With her eyes closed and her head against the wall, the lull of sleep pulled at her. She craved the beds at the barracks with a violent intensity. The other cadets might’ve found the beds too stiff but-to her-they were heaven.

In the midst of her nap the faint sound of ODM gear could be heard. She wanted to laugh.

Am I really missing the training corps that much?

Her brows furrowed when she realized the sound was coming closer. She opened her eyes and jolted upright when a shadow passed over her.

She looked up and saw nothing but a clear blue sky beyond the buildings.

“Over here.”

She whipped her head around to see Levi standing beside her. He wore a long sleeve gray shirt with black pants. He was equipped in ODM gear.

Her eyes narrowed. She hadn’t seen him since their argument in his office. Even though that argument had been merely days ago, it had felt like eons to her.

She’d had plenty of time to replay that argument in her head. Anger simmered through her at the sight of him.

“Come here to gloat?”

His expression darkened, “If you think I want to see you like this then you don’t know jack shit.”

She used the wall to hoist herself up, “Yeah, clearly I don’t know anything cuz I didn’t know the Scouts found me unfit.”

She walked past him down the alleyway.

He followed her.

“Do you plan on wasting your days in trashy alleyways forever then?”

Humiliation coursed through her.

She stopped and turned to look at him with wide eyes, “Does it look like I have another choice?”

His next words were the last thing she expected to hear.

“Come with me.”

She squinted—unsure if she heard correctly. The gentleness of his words also threw her off, “Why would I do that?”

“Because…you have no better option.”

She stared at him. He sounded awfully a lot like the creepy men she’d come across in the Underground. The men that would find her on the streets and try to lure her into coming with them. As a kid, she’d been gullible–she wasn’t gullible now.

She was suddenly consumed by the inane urge to run.

So she did.

She didn’t think; she just sprinted as fast as she could. Her feet pounded against the ground as she turned sharply—running further into the alleyway.

She breathed raggedly as she made another hasty turn. She didn’t dare turn around, even if her raging heartbeat wanted her to. She didn’t want to waste a second to possibly get distracted.

She was suddenly slammed into the wall.

Levi stood before her, arms flat against the wall. Caging her in.

“Stop running from me.” He hissed.

His chest heaved in and out—completely out of breath. His pale face directly before hers made it hard to properly breathe. The tip of his nose whispered along her nose bridge as he inhaled.

She was panting as she turned her face away. His black hair grazed her temple, the sensation momentarily distracting her from her throbbing shoulder. It had hit the wall pretty hard.

“You need medical attention. Food. A home. I can provide that for you.”

She stared into his cold eyes, “Why should I trust you? The only reason I’m here is because you betrayed me.” Her voice cracked.

“I didn’t betray you.” he said mutedly.

For some reason, she couldn’t catch her breath. That run had taken a lot out of her.

“Yes,” she rasped, “Yes, you did.”

“Devon?”

She didn’t notice that she had slid down the wall. He crouched before her.

Her head was starting to feel heavy.

His hand held her face upright, “What’s going on?”

“Lightheaded...” she whispered, while blinking slowly.

Her stomach rumbled. She wanted to laugh but she knew it would take too much energy. Even sitting took too much energy.

The last thing she heard was a quietly said curse before her vision went black.

She woke up to the smell of eggs.

She looked around to find herself in a bedroom. It was impeccably neat. There wasn’t much within the room other than a bed and dresser.

She stood up and looked down at herself to see that she was still in the same clothes as before but the right sleeve of her shirt was ripped off and her shoulder wound was covered in fresh bandages.

She slowly walked out of the bedroom to see a small living room. Just like the bedroom, it was sparsely decorated and neat.

“You’re up.”

She turned her head to see Levi standing opposite of the living room in the kitchen. His back was to her until he turned around with a plate of scrambled eggs.

She was mildly distracted by the sight of him in casual wear. He was wearing a black t-shirt and matching pants. A hint of his lean biceps peeked through his shirt-sleeves. The outline of the veins running along his arms could be seen even at the distance she stood.

He set the plate down onto the table.

“Eat.”

She took a step towards it. Her mouth watered at the sight. “D-did you make that for yourself?” she hesitated.

“I can make some more.”

She didn’t waste any time and sat down. She grabbed the fork and dug in. She could moan at how good it tasted.

She paused when he set down a glass of water.

She looked up at him, “Where am I?”

“Morlis.”

She remembered hearing a little about that town. It was a town between Ehrmich and Stohess within Wall Rose.

She looked down at her food, “And…this place?”

“It’s my apartment.”

Her eyes widened, “You can afford this?”

He sat down in the seat across her, “Contrary to popular belief, Scouts do get paid. That's if you live long enough to get your paycheck.” he said, drearily.

His fingers tapped the table, “I also had some extra money from my Underground days.”

Her brows drew together, “You're from the Underground?”

He nodded.

“No way.” She blinked in shock. She then realized how little she actually knew about the man before her.

She wanted to barrage him with questions but she swallowed them back instead. She wasn’t sure if it would be proper to ask.

He leaned back in his seat, staring at something on the floor as he spoke, “You can stay here.”

She almost choked on a piece of egg. “What?”

“I barely use this place so it’s yours to use. But I still have a couple ground rules.”

She stared in astonishment–still processing his words.

He continued, “One, this place must always be clean. Two, do not enter the room beside the bathroom. Three… don’t ask me about Scout stuff.”

She swallowed. Her mind was racing.

He tilted his head, “Any questions?”

“What’s in the room beside the bathroom?” she blurted.

“It’s not really a room–more like a closet. There’s nothing for you in there. Your room has everything you need.”

“My room?”

“The room you woke up in.”

“Then where are you gonna sleep?”

“The Scout Headquarters are not far from here. It’s walking distance. I’ll be there most of the time so you won’t see me often.” He answered flatly.

“I’ll be gone for long periods of time whenever there’s expeditions so you’ll have the place to yourself. I still expect you to keep it clean when I’m not around.”

He continued, “I can give you money for food an-”

She stood up, “N-no, that’s not necessary. I will find a job. I have to…pay you back somehow. T-Then I’ll move out-”

“That won’t be necessary. I don’t need anything from you.”

“I can’t just accept this.”

He leaned forward in his seat, “You can, and you will.”

He looked away as he muttered, “Consider it my apology.”

She was quiet for a moment. Still absorbing all the information that had just been thrown at her.

He’s offering me his home? His bed? His money? Why?

“You expect me to just…live here?”

“You can find a job, a hobby, I don’t care. Just know any money you make is yours so don’t try to pay me back.”

“But Captain Levi-”

“Levi,” he corrected, “Just Levi.”

She was rendered speechless at that. His gray eyes didn’t budge from hers.

“Don’t answer the door for anyone and don’t invite people over. I don’t need anyone else knowing you're here when I’m not.”

“All of this…as your apology?” she whispered.

She saw his jaw clench, “I don’t expect you to forgive me but this should keep you safe for now.”

She shook her head, lost, “Cap-I mean, Levi, I-I don’t know how to thank you for all this. This is all much more…than I would ask for.”

“Don’t thank me,” he answered bitterly, “You’re only in this position because of me.”

A flash of remorse coursed through her as she remembered saying those words to him earlier.

“Wouldn’t just…allowing me to be a Scout been an easier option? I don’t understand…sharing your home-your room with me-I-“

It all felt so personal she couldn’t quite compute it.

“Maybe,” his voice was completely indifferent, “But that would’ve been a little hard to do after I condemned you to Erwin.”

“What?” her voice was barely above a whisper, “Commander Erwin? He knows I exist?”

“Tch,” The annoyance was clear in his tone, “He’s the one who sent me to the training corps to see you since Shadis wanted you to get formally recruited.”

He added, “He ended up letting me stay there because he wanted me to formally recruit others.”

Her eyes felt like they were going to bulge out of her body.

All that and he still saw me unfit to be a Scout?

“Did you?”

He raised a brow.

“Did you end up recruiting others?” she asked, a bit hesitant.

“No.”

Somehow that wasn’t surprising to her.

“You…condemned me to Commanded Erwin?” she asked in disbelief.

His hand on the table clenched into a fist.

“Yes, I-“ he cut himself off sharply before swallowing.

Is he…nervous?

“Look,” his monotone voice returned, “If you still end up wanting to be a goddamn Scout, I’ll try talk to Erwin. But I’ll need time to come up with a shitty excuse so don’t wait on it.”

She was silent for a moment, “You’d…do that?”

His gray eyes met hers and something in her tightened.

She couldn’t look away.

Something in his silver eyes felt like they carried the weight of the world but also…nothing at all. The longer she stared the more unreadable they became.

Her hands turned clammy and her heartbeat thumped erratically in her ears. Everytime he looked at her for too long she noticed her body could never handle it. It felt like someone was waving a lit match in her face-and yet-she still wanted to touch the flame.

She felt her face heat up.

Something in his eyes changed—she couldn’t pin it down but suddenly it became very hard to breathe.

The fork in her hand slipped through her fingers and hit the floor with a loud clang. She was pulled out of her trance.

“S-sorry.” she mumbled before bending down to pick up the fork off the floor.

She stood up and placed the fork in the sink. She glanced down to see that her hands were shaking slightly.

What is wrong with you?

“There’s more forks in the drawer to your left.”

She quickly clasped her hands together and headed towards where he directed.

She retrieved a fork and turned around to see him glancing down at his pocket watch.

He glanced up at her, “One more rule.”

“Yes?”

“My tea must always be stocked.”