“You could pretend that regime didn't exist, or rationalize its excesses away, or seek to insulate yourself through wealth or connections, or flee it and hide, or hope that whatever capricious reason it would crush people other than you.
And all of those things were easy to do. The harder thing by far was to fight - to attract that murderous regime's attention, and become an object of its malice.
But that was the only thing to do. Those who chose something else were hoping that the monster they had ignored would eat them last.”
― Jason Fry, The Last Jedi
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Fluffcember #24 (Soldier boys x reader)
SOLDIER boys spending Christmas with their S/O
♡Sephiroth♡
-Sephy is surprisingly well versed with Christmas traditions, unlike how he is with Thanksgiving, though being a SOLDIER means he doesn't get many chances to take time off and really celebrate.
-Knows all about decking the halls, decorating Christmas trees, exchanging gifts and so on, but has only really ever gotten gifts (from Genesis and Angeal) and has never had a place of his own to decorate; the SOLDIER barracks were too small and too overcrowded with weapons for him to put up a tree.
-It is therefore your responsibility to teach him how to untangle those annoying knots that somehow always form in the Christmas lights no matter how carefully you store them. Once you give him a task, he is surprisingly proficient at it. The man managed to untangle 100 feet of Christmas lights in under 4 hours. He was very proud about it and puffed his chest out pridefully when you praised him for his good work.
-When it comes time to cook the Christmas dinner, he insists upon helping you, much like an exuberant 3 year old, and refuses to leave the kitchen until you assign him a task. Should you choose to ignore him, he will stand there in the corner and stare at you until you get so distracted and uncomfortable, you've no choice but to give him something to do, even if it's something as simple as stirring sauce or holding a tray for you.
-He's tall enough to put the star on the tree (and is probably taller than the tree itself) without a ladder. Consequently, he is now in charge of hanging the mistletoe--a power that he is abusing.
-He purposefully hangs the mistletoe under doorways and other places you're likely to stand under, just so he has an excuse to steal kisses from you.
◇Genesis◇
-To Genesis, Christmas is all about getting things and getting drunk. He has no festive spirit; he just wants to laze around, drinking all the time until it's time to open presents--and he expects lots of expensive stuff. (It's not his fault, the poor boy just wasn't loved enough)
-This dude is like Scrooge; all he cares about are things. That is why it is your duty to show him the true meaning of Christmas. Explain to him why decorating the tree is important; why you give each other gifts, and how price isn't everything--that it's the thought that counts.
-He will soon grow to enjoy Christmas traditions, specifically listening to Mariah Carey songs and helping you ice cookies. Bro may not be good at cooking or baking from scratch, but he's very talented in terms of food art. He can turn plain sugar-cookie shapes into gorgeous works of art.
-Will definitely do his makeup in Christmasy colors (red, gold, green), paint his nails to match the occasion, and wear a skintight Santa suit around the house during the entirety of Christmas day.
-When Christmas Day rolls around, he puts a bright pink bow in his hair, wears literally naught but red ribbons, and waltzes into your bedroom, declaring that he couldn't find anything you'd like, so he decided to gift you himself.
-That was a lie, of course. Not only did he give you himself for Christmas, he got you a selection of fashionable clothes so you can "dress as a Goddess should: elegantly".
♧Angeal♧
-This one knows everything, from how to properly baste a turkey to exactly where to drill a hole for the Christmas lights. Because of this skill, and his honor, Angeal can often be found outside on the roof during the entirety of Christmas Eve morning, hanging Christmas lights on the trim.
-Will definitely help you cook, bake, frost, ice, whatever you need, he'll help you with it.
-Loves classic Christmas songs like the Burl Ives Christmas songs, Frosty the Snowman, etc.
-Loves curling up with you on the couch with a big bowl of popcorn and just watching movies till like 4:00 A.M.
-Angeal is living proof that you're never too old for Santa--he bakes cookies and leaves a plate out one the counter with a glass of milk, and puts a bunch of carrots on the driveway.
-Also dresses up as a reindeer and walks in hoof shaped slippers, a whole-ass carrot stuffed halfway in his mouth.
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I am requesting for my dear new kings au :)
5-1-24 WIP Wednesday | New Kings AU
Kevin joins Nicky in helping clean up while Aaron gets Andrew into bed. The other Minyard not saying a single word the entire time they were milling about cleaning. "He needs to sleep it off." Is all Aaron will say when he comes back out.
They clean what they can up and in the morning Andrew won't get up from his bed and not even Kevin has the heart to try and make him. Matt comes with them to help them get supplies from Home Depot to fix their walls and when they get back Andrew is in the same spot, only the slow rising and falling of his chest indicating life.
Aaron and Nicky try and be quiet pretending as if Andrew is merely sleeping and not laid low by the lack of Neil.
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31 Days Idol Challenge : Till Lindemann
Day 24 — With flower
Du Riechst So Gut 95' mv
Paparazzi, Berlin 2017
On stage 2002 source
On the set of Zeit mv 2022
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Rammstein Idol Challenge 2023 :
Oliver by @derwahnsinn
Flake by @anwiel13
Paul by @instillennachten
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I apologize if this is a silly question, but you mentioned that TP:M coming out led to the third fandom renaissance in your icemav fic rec post, I'm curious as to when the first/second fandom renaissances were? I love icemav though I'm very new to them and I like knowing things about the fandom :) thanks!
not a silly question at all (and welcome to the fandom, nonny)! the second fandom renaissance began late 2018-early 2019 and i think really started picking up steam once we got the first tg2 trailer around july 2019. (strange to think that when i first started writing tg fics, there were a little under 100 fics in the ao3 tag, and now there's over 3k??? like WHAT??? when there were 370 tg fics on ao3 when the sequel premiered???? absolutely wild how fast this fandom got so popular.) as for the first fandom renaissance, i'm tagging @icemankazansky to verify since she helped usher it in (and has remained a tg fandom icon ever since) - carly, the first fandom renaissance was circa 2010-2011, right?
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