#everyone around me has so many accomplishments and skills and i can what

[dreamywriter143]

My Dearly Detested

Status: Prologue (7 part Mini-Series, 0/7)

Genre: Enemies to Lover troupe, Angst, Rude Neteyam, Comforting Lo’ak, some fluff, Romance, violence.

Warnings: Depictions of blood, Battles and cursing. Rude Neteyam😭. Reader is older then Neteyam by 1year.

Parings: Neteyam X Y/n (Reader)

Summary: Neteyam hates Y/n. He never liked how she always bested him in everything and never once sought the praises he was accustomed to. She had no one, yet she had everyone in the palm of her hand. He despised her, and that wasn’t going to change anytime soon. The but happens when the RDA threat comes and Jake tasks her with watching his sons? Neteyam can’t help but grow a newfound hatred.

Word count: 1.5k

A/N: I know I said I would post this after I finished ‘Precious Tsyeym’ pt1 and pt2, but I just couldn’t wait!! So I opted to post the prologue in the meantime. Enjoy!!

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“Where are you!??!” Y/n calls, desperately trying to track her way through the foliage around her. Her steps are rushed and hasty as she tries to make her way to the clearing. Her heart rate quickens at the thoughts flashing through her head.

Where was he? Why did he disappear? Was he injured? Is he safe?

Feeling her steps falter she takes a deep breath in. She had to find him, she had to make sure he was ok. A boost of determination causing her to steps to speed up as the leaves and twigs beneath her feet snap at the force she ran with.

Just as she makes it to the clearing a large stick smacks her on the head, with great amount of force causing her to stumble backwards. Her hand reaches up to rub the wounded area, feeling the sting of the hit. Groaning in pain she glares at the perpetrator who smirks upon eye contact. He griped the stick tightly, standing above her at the staggering height difference.

“You have to be quieter Y/n! You gave away your position and you were running around like a baby Talioang. Just because you are in a hurry, doesn’t mean you can forget all your training.” Tarsem teases, his tone playful yet it still had an edge. He was her teacher after all.

Y/n huffs out, shrugging her shoulders in defeat. “I kinda panicked! You vanished. I thought you left me, or worse. Got hurt!” She argues, her lower lip jutting out at the thought of Tarsem hurt. He was like a brother to her. She wouldn’t know what to do if he got hurt.

Her eyes furrow in fear as Tarsem tosses the stick away, taking a step towards her. His eyes softened at her words but the smirk has yet to leave his face. He ruffles his hand through her locks, effectively removing some leaves that was struck in between them.

“I’m a great warrior Y/n. You gotta have more faith in your teacher. One day, I’ll be the Ole’tekayan’s right hand man! You’ll see” He beams at the thought, causing a smile to twitch at Y/n’s lips. Y/n knew of his dream, and she believed it would come true one day.

Despite being 16 years old, Tarsem was a a force to be reckoned with. His skills separated him from all the other children in his age group, rivalling some adults even. He was allowed on hunts and raids due to all his accomplishments. Not only was he a great hunter, but also a great teacher. He had many students who worshiped him. He had also already gotten many blessings from his elders, Jake Sully included.

They nicknamed him ‘Tarsem the wise’. He was calm, collected, and ruthless when need be. He was wise for his age, which the Na’vi were proud of.

Y/n’s eyes gloss over with admiration at the boy, the boy who was a man now. The very same boy who took her in under his wing to train, to become strong like him. She was grateful.

Losing her parents to the Great War , Y/n had been raised by Tarsem’s parents. Their families were really close, and when Y/n’s parents bravery cost them their life they in-trusted their only daughter to Tarsem’s parents. Granted they did a great job raising her, but so did the clan.

The Omatikaya banded together to collectively raise her, she learned how to weave from Naya’il, she learned how to mount a Pa'li by Ma’luk and she also received Tsahik trainings from Mo’at herself. Who was very fond of Y/n’s mother. The girl was raised with love and affection in many manners, that’s why she felt so compelled to become as strong as possible. To protect her people, her clan.

All that was remanning was being a warrior, which she always wanted to be, ever since she had bagan watching Tarsem show great promise. She wanted to become like him, be strong and noble on her own so the aching hole in her heart can be mended once she is truly happy. Truly gaining her spot amongst her people.

She felt as though if she achieved the most, she could feel closer to her deceased parents. Her father was a great warrior, known for his strength and bravery. And her mother was a great healer, Mo'at's student who had been just as great. She grew up hearing their praises, which only motivated the girl to make her parents proud. Thus gaining the love and fondness from within the clan.

Even Jake and Neytiri were fond of her, though busy with Olo'eyktan duties and taking care of their children, they always included Y/n for training and even dinners. That being said, Y/n was a very friendly child growing up. Everyone was her friend, everyone ended up becoming her friend. She had this calming air around her, letting those near her feel at ease. She was very close to Kiri, and loved Lo’ak thinking of him as her baby brother though he was only 2 years younger. Then there is-

“Tarsem?” A voice calls, stepping into the clearing. His expression of question quickly turned to that of distaste once his yellow hues handed on Y/n. Scrunching his nose in mild disgust. His eyes trail from the tips of her toes to the top of her head. He snorts in annoyance at the leaves that were caught within her locks and the mud splattered all over her body.

He averts his eyes quickly with a prominent scowl. As if the mere sight of her caused his entire mood to sour. He looks up at Tarsem, who was waiting patiently for his next words.

“I was looking for you. I didn’t know you were….busy” he says carefully, rolling his eyes slightly. Y/n looks down at the mud between her toes. Shuffling from foot to foot uncomfortably. She didn’t know what she had done, but the eldest sons distaste for her was very obvious. It was as if he never tried hiding it. And she didn’t know why.

“I’m sorry Neteyam. I was training Y/n. Did you need me for something?” Tarsem replies casually, not noticing the underlying tension in the air. Neteyam huffs disapprovingly. He glares at Y/n, a sneer almost breaking through.

“Why are you training her? She cannot even wield a bow” he points out causing Y/n to flinch. She looks up, her eyes meeting those of pure hate. She swallows nervously. She wanted to respond back, but something about Neteyam’s eyes and the stiffness in his posture caused her mouth to clamp shut.

Tarsem’s tail twitches at his tone but he chooses to hold his tongue. He was speaking to the figure Olo'eyktan. The very leader he hoped to one day gain the respect of. Neteyam was already doing great at 9 years old. Being able to wield a bow and his precision being out of this world. He seemed to have inherited his mothers archery skills. He was already starting off so strong, who knew what he would accomplish as he grew up to become a man.

“Well, Y/n is my student. I’m obligated to train her. You didn’t state why you are here? Alone.” Taresem takes a step forward standing in front of a shocked Y/n. Squeaking at the sudden movement she keeps her head low. Not bothering to see how the eldest son of Toruk Makto would react.

“I was hoping to train with you. Father wishes for me to polish off my skills. I don’t see why you are busy with her when you could be with me. I’d give you far less trouble” Neteyam says calmly. Tarsem nods in understanding. He didn’t want to argue. If Neteyam wanted to practice with him he’d do so in a heartbeat.

Tarsem looks over his shoulder at Y/n who realizes her session with Tarsem had ended before it even started. Her eyes wide with sadness as she awaits his final orders. She couldn’t help but jut her lower lip out in a pout, her ears laying flat against her head.

“I’ll stay back with Neteyam. Please get home safely Y/n. I promise to make this class up to you” he says softly. Y/n nods mechanically. She doesn’t spare Neteyam a glance before she sprints away from the clearing.

Her eyes stung with embarrassment and anger. Who was he to talk about her like that? Regard her in such a way? What has she ever done to him? She was older, why didn’t he respect her? And why did he ruin her training session, the session she’s been looking forward to all week.

Angrily wiping her tears away Y/n marches her way home. The only home she knew of, Tarsem’s families hut. As she disappears she couldn’t help but feel the burning sensation of someones eyes on her.

She knew it was Neteyam. It was always Neteyam, always glaring at her as if her presence was of that of a pest. Y/n's eyes squint with determination. She didn’t care when, she didn’t care how long it would take. She vowed to become the best warrior possible, for her people. To honor her parents. For her family that raised her. And so Neteyam could maybe one day learn to respect her.

As a warrior of the Omaticaya.

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A/N: HIIII!!! I hope you guys enjoyed the prologue of ‘My Dearly Detested’. It’s going to be a 7-part Mini Series, where each part will be roughly 1-3k words each. I also have some information that you guys should know for the next chapter:

There is a 10 year time-skip from the Prologue to Part One

The ages will be: Y/n (20) is 1year older then Neteyam (19) and 2years older then Lo’ak (18). Kiri is also (18) and Tuk is (10). Tarsem (26) has a 6year age gap with Y/n.

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[crescencestudio]

2023: A Year of Connection

Hi everyone!

As I told you last month, this month's "devlog" will be more like an end-of-year recap. For those of you who have known me a while, you'll know that I get ~in my feels~ and Very Nostalgic at the end of the year. And this year is no exception to that.

Looking back on this year, I realize I did much more than I thought I did. The year was filled with so many waves of uncertainty, burnout, and ruts, that I felt like I wasn't accomplishing anything in the moment. Now that the year has actually wrapped up, I can see that was Once Again my imposter syndrome whispering words of sweet nothings into my ears.

In fact, this year, I find that I did Way More than what I did last year. Crazy, considering how busy I remember 2022 being. Let's take a walk down memory lane, shall we?

Writing

If there is one thing this bitch did, it's fucking write LFMASODIJ. For all my complaining this year of routes taking too long, getting creative ruts, etc., I still wrote (what I consider) a Very Good amount. While I may not have hit my writing goals that I had set out, I still ended up writing around 255k words in total this year. Most of this being for Alaris, and some of it being for my dissertation (LOL) and other side games, like Intertwine and Jam Games.

This number also doesn't include deleted passages, edited passages, etc., so the amount I've spent writing, reviewing, etc. was Significant this year. Here's to hoping that momentum continues into next year and finishing the rest of Alaris!

Side Games

Something completely unexpected, but that I'll forever be grateful for, was my decision(s) to join game jams this year. It all started with Otojam, a visual novel jam I'd wanted to join for a WHILE.

Intertwine was, without a doubt, one of my most memorable moments from this year. The friends I made/grew closer to during that jam. The people I connected with because of Intertwine. The people I got to work with. Everything about the experience surpassed my expectations, and Van and Summer 2023 will always hold a very special place in my heart because of it. Thank you to everyone who enjoyed that game. It was my first full game I ever released, and I couldn't have been more nervous about it (no literally. I wasn't sleeping and I was nauseous for a week before release).

Knowing there was no "revision" afterwards that I could hide behind or promise that there would be a "better"/"enhanced" version made the release terrifying. But the reception you all gave to it and support from so many friends made me feel so connected and grateful for the community.

The other three side projects were... well, Unexpected. LOL. Before these jams, I'd never wanted to work in team settings, mostly because I have Mad Imposter Syndrome, and I've always imagined I'd be dead weight in any given game dev team. My skills on writing, art, and/or coding alone aren't "exemplary" enough for me to think I, well, deserve to be on a team. But when a couple of short jams were being held by a friend, and teams were being made filled with other friends, I thought maybe I could help, even if it's just to QA/playtest. But I've walked away from each of these experiences learning so much from other talented people and with very dear friends.

Each of these side games truly tested my chops in terms of writing, narrative design, and coding. But I'm glad I challenged myself to take part in each of these experiences because I've walked away with so much more than I would've expected.

Alaris

My Heart. My Soul. And at times, My Worst Enemy.

As much as I may have talked about how I Wasn't making progress on this baby. I, in fact, made A LOT of progress:

Art: 15 CGs, Updated Sprites, Kickstarter Artwork

Commissions: 20 BGs, Complete GUI, Personality/Affection Indicators, Editing, Voice Acted Lines, Complete OST (8 Tracks!)

Writing: Three Finished Routes

Shipped Kickstarter Merchandise

I'm going to be Real with you all. I'm not in the mood to recap everything for Alaris in the way I did with everything else LAFKMSDFOIJWOEI. Main reason being, I do that Every Month, and at this point, I would feel like I'm repeating myself for no reason. But let me tell you, when the Enhanced Demo comes out, you will see what I'm talking about with progress made. And I'm excited for the next year when I start getting to show things off (read: Demo Release and Route Beta Releases) now that assets have really come together ^^

I will say, thank you for sticking with this project for so long. It's easy to get bogged down in development when a project like this is as big as it is. It's just as easy to think that no one will care about this by the time I release, or people will start losing their patience with me as development goes on. So I'm forever grateful for how kind, supportive, and patient you all are, especially this year <3

Connections: The True Theme of 2023

If you've made it this far, I'm extremely impressed with you. And to reward you, I'll give you a moment of honesty and vulnerability which, to be frank, I Don't Do as a person and especially with my dev persona LMFAOO ((Before I do, let it be known, CW: mention of death, grief, alcoholism, chronic illness, suicidal thoughts))

Something I don't talk about much is that for all of 2022 and most of 2023, I was not in a good place mentally. At the beginning of 2022, I lost three very important people in my life back-to-back (I'm not exaggerating when I say back-to-back it was within 2 weeks, three separate deaths lol). That, on its own, was hard to deal with. But on top of that, I soon found myself having to cope/help with a family member's chronic illness and another family member's mental health (read: alcoholism, suicidality).

While this isn't a particularly unique situation, it was one that I found myself struggling with pretty severely on top of a pretty demanding work life. And it was a situation I found myself in until about midway through this year. Things have lightened up. I navigate a new life with some pretty severe triggers, and without the presence of some of my most loved ones. But overall, I at least feel like I can breathe and function, which is a state I didn't feel like I could exist in for over a year (and started to believe I may never exist in again).

Because of this new room in my life, I was able to connect with people again, in a more genuine way. I've grown closer to a lot of dev friends, to the point I consider some of them genuine close friends. And IRL, I've been able to reconnect with some of my dearest loved ones. The main reason I bring all of this up is because this year, I felt unbelievably connected to people, whether that was dev friends in the community, people who support my games, and IRL people.

And sometimes, when you interact with people solely online, it's easy to think they don't care as much about you as you do for them. But this has been disproven to me time and time again this year. And I've found myself in a state of appreciation for so many of the people I've been blessed to meet and befriend <3 I felt this especially so during some of the game jams, with the Secret Santa gift exchange, and with my recent Holiday Tree.

So thank you for everyone who has let me take up some space in their life. You literally Do Not Know how much it means to me and impacts me. This year, while I started it in a state of slightly hopelessness and numbness, I find myself ending it with gratitude and connection.

I hope the rest of this year (the very few couple of days we have left LOL) treats everyone well. I'm excited for how we get to start 2024 and what we'll get to experience together <3 Thank you again for the memories and support, love you all very dearly ^^

#crescence cries

[kingsandbastardz]

here u go, ask for trying times: give me your pitch for shipping wudi, i've got maybe one foot on that ship but i'm curious on your thoughts (gl on the all-nighter!!)

I survived it, sorta. The deadlines keep trucking om 😭 So here's my thoughts:

It's really unfortunate that we don't see enough of Wuyan but I do think we have enough of a framework to draw some interesting conclusions about them both relationship-wise. So here's to me heavily analyzing the 5 minutes Wuyan is on screen! LMAO:

Service as show of devotion - Chooses to act like and appear as a lower rank personal servant to dfs even though he clearly has a lot of power to draw from to get things done and dfs tells him he sees his rank as being much higher

Of everyone that focuses their attention on dfs, he's the only one that doesn't want to own or control him (master di - slave, jlq - wife, llh - 主人, fdb - wants to be in charge)

Despite knowing he was massively outclassed, still put himself in lxy's path at donghai

Shared experience: both survived the Donghai battle together and both have matching chest scars courtesy of lxy. They also worked side by side for years to accomplish the same goals

Llh is presented as knowing dfs the best - but imo, that means wuyan knows even more. Wuyan knows all the why's that llh doesn't know

We don't see much general conversation but considering how relaxed dfs is around him and willing to winge about personal things - he seems like he's actually capable of communicating well with dfs lmao

Pure headcanon here, but I want to say he and dfs learned or figured out how to hide their chi at a high level together. DFS uses it all the time and seems to be undetectable even to llh - wuyan seems to be undetectable to the world - I mean i think his name means something like "without presence"? He comes pre-labelled. So I think it's something martial-skill related that would give additional meat to dfs' respect for him

Guards dfs' secrets - how dfs truly feels about all the mengzhu stuff and rankings etc. Don't know if he knows anything about Di Fortress, but anything he does know about dfs' background it's not going to be a topic of conversation

He pays attention to dfs' preferences and knows how to deliver them in the form he prefers (see jlq who doesn't know his preferences and hates that dfs doesn't like what she prepared for him)

As a personal guard, in the early days when dfs was weaker, he likely went with dfs to any secret meetings with llh, hid his chi to keep guard, and was privy to what went on between them. Likely is the only one that would know this information - which is also why he fully understands why dfs is obsessed with llh and supports him. And listened to him mourn him for however many years (I assume he's the one providing clean clothes and food during seclusion so that's 10 years of crying he's been privy to)

Is willing to extend his top level standard of service to the ppl dfs cares about

He acts like he's a nobody, and he's not a pretty face, but everything points to him actually being a very, very competent and high-level guy in his area of expertise? So a good match to dfs. His martial skill isn't comparable, so he can't fight him like lxy, but he can do all the things dfs doesn't like to do - like the organizational stuff, dealing with and managing ppl, etc.

Headcanon again: i can really see them having an experimental phase in their youth together. Like something where dfs and him kinda decide to test things out and then maybe deciding the timing was bad or they weren't into each other like that at that time or whatever. But deciding to remain friends instead. And continuing to build jinyuan alliance together and everything else. It's like best bro + work spouse rolled into one -- with the wild result that they come out even stronger at the end of it. Think lxy + zhan yunfei but they see each other and work together every day. Successfully. With some extra headcanon and a small stretch you can probably position him and dfs as foils to lxy and shan gudao? (Sadly not enough info about the formation of daily workings of JA back then)

headcanon continued: They have to have good communication because they negotiated or figured out how to navigate their Situation and have clearly been at it for awhile - with one being a 'servant' and with the other one having ptsd issues with servitude/slavery. In the waterfall scene we get to see dfs mildly checking in and essentially being all, "Uh, you still good there? Remember you can change things up any time you want. My opinion of you is still A++ fyi" and Wuyan essentially signalling he's fine by continuing on as always.

Wuyan is the last person alive that remembers who dfs was before Jinyuan Alliance and the development of the Di Mengzhu persona. He helped craft that persona.

Basically if you are into themes like fealty and devotion and the sort of comfort you can get from a long time friendship where they've seen each other at their worst. Where they've figured out how to communicate and operate/exist together seamlessly while making allowances for each others' needs and interests. This is it!

They could be queer platonic, they could be sexual, they can be any permutations of anything and it still doesn't change the basis of their relationship which is years of trust, communication, hard work and shared experiences.

Like imagine teenagers - one holding the other guy's hair up while he vomits blood and bile into an alley. Where they patch each others' wounds in the shadow of someone's doorway after getting their asses kicked but somehow also saving each other from getting killed that day. They're the ones that figure out how to kill together. How to hide together. They figure out how to teach others to kill and hide together. They build power with their joined hands and with it they gain the money and prestige that allows them a comfortable place to sleep and full bellies. They give this same thing to others. They build it up so well people can afford to do normal ppl shit like fall in love and get married.

These are things they likely wouldn't have thought of when they were engaged in a battle royale in the street. It's them, their circle of friends, against everyone else in the world. And even when all their friends are now dead - they're still alive. They're still together. They'll see it through.

Maybe one day they'll find their way into each other's beds - the future is ever changing. But whether they do or not doesn't matter - they already have each other. They've survived this much together. Anything else is just icing.

#tbh this is also one of the reasons the ot3 keeps trying to morph into an ot4 or an ot3 + 1 bc I just can't remove wuyan without killing him #imagine llh-with-control-needs with access to someone like wuyan who willingly swaps in because dfs' ptsd creates hard boundaries? #im not even talking sexually - both llh and fdb have Upper Class Needs in their blood (tho llh tries to deny it) #does c-fandom have a name for this ship? I went with wudi bc it sounds like judi from atla - with the 'there is nothing here' hypnotism #get it? wuyan? judi? no presence + kungfu jedi mind tricks? aahahahaha. eeeeh. #mysterious lotus casebook #di feisheng #wuyan #wudi #my royal ramblings #meta #all nighter meta replies #replies

[csuitebitches]

Hi! You're amazing and your page is amazing. I'm a girl who's really interested in growing and building my life. My mental illness has taken so much from me, so I feel I am starting life over this year like a little baby while everyone else is an adult. I often feel VERY insecure around friends who are normal and have achieved so much and have not made the many mistakes that I have.

I now have been isolating myself because I usually feel so ashamed of myself when I'm with them. I barely have any cooking skills as a female, I've never held a real job, I never network or connect with anyone, I have felt so miserable with a scowl on my face everyday, and I barely know what I'm doing with my life now in college.

As I am now working on my character flaws, how do I still feel I am loveable to my friends, stop pushing everyone away, and stop feeling like hiding when I'm with them?

everyone was once in your shoes. Were your friends born with their job? Were they born accomplished? Was Gordon Ramsey born with a knife in his hands? Have you seen the video of him crying because of his mentor Marco Pierre White?

Ive lightly burned my fingers, my food, set off the university dorm fire alarm because of my initial cooking skills. I’ve melted a spatula. I’ve burned countless toasts, broken glass bottles, had a whole bug infestation because I forgot to close the fridge tightly when I left uni for summer. Then I learned. I watched more YouTube videos. I practiced cooking. I can objectively say I cook better than my mom today because I made the effort to learn.

A master was also an amateur once.

“I never network with anyone” it’s good that you can admit the things you need to work on. The way you address problems like this is:

a) are there networking opportunities near you?

b) can you look up conferences and opportunities near you?

you assume that your friends have not made as many mistakes as you have. Do you go on a radio show and tell the whole world about every mistake you’ve made in your life? Even with close friends, one does not always reveal every single thing or sometimes, doesn’t feel the need to.

your journey is your own. The exam paper of your life does not have the same answers that your friends have written.

you’re not going to magically wake up accomplished, you’re going have to work towards it. And the best part is, you’re in college! That’s such a great stepping stone because you’re in an environment that’s programmed to help you grow if you can use your cards right.

can you join any extra curricular clubs or activities? Or ask your professors or the counsellor for internship opportunities? Can you organise an event like a bake sale or something for the local charity? Can you take up volunteering opportunities?

your insecurities are holding you back. You’re not any less lovable than the friends and family in your life. You have control over your own life. When you choose to actively put yourself out there, start socialising, engaging with people - which can be difficult for some people but always rewarding - you’ll start seeing change.

unfortunately the world doesn’t revolve around us. If you’re unhappy with how things are, the remote control of your life is in your hands.

you’re already working on yourself which is great. That means you have the intrinsic motivation to do something. It’s time to stop moaning and whining and start creating a plan of action.

tackle things one thing at a time. Don’t start with 10 things.

From your message it seems like:

You need help with adulting - cooking.

job - ask your college counsellor/ professor of your favourite subject for internship opportunity, on campus or off campus.

purpose -find a hobby, sport, volunteering cause, something that you like that you actually enjoy.

look at these three problems in the best positive light. It means you get to learn all these things you didn’t know! It means you’ll be able to meet new people who could become really good connections!

make your life simple. Progress doesn’t mean going from burning the kitchen down to cooking a three course meal. It means taking one week to learn how to fry an egg. It makes taking a week to learn how to make a decent pancake or some rice. It means screwing up 10 times and then finally getting it right on the 11th.

allow yourself to make mistakes. Acknowledge to yourself about them and move on.

Do not let your shame hold you back from living your life. We torture ourselves in imagination more than we actually suffer in real life.

I’ve felt embarrassed countless times in my life. I’ve slipped up, messed up, forgotten things, done what I wasn’t supposed to, held my tears back, been scolded, full blown cried, scribbled aggressively in my diary, ranted to my mom, had dramatic fights with my imaginary boss in the shower, woken up late, screwed up royally in important meetings. These are not original experiences. These are universal experiences. Anyone who is telling you that they have never felt this is a dirty liar.

I wouldn’t exchange those mistakes for the world.

How do you think I’m able to give you advice on this if I didn’t go through those similar experiences?

If you want to make changes in your life that badly, start today. Set three simple goals that are achievable. Set deadlines. Be your own parent. Get your life together.

#Q/a #you’ve got this

[thesupreme316]

Hey, this is my first request ever. So i’ll get straight to it. Could you do a HOOK fic/drabble/headcanon(you can pick) of him finding out you are a 2nd gen wrestler kid of HBK, Ted DiBiase or anyone else

I am HONORED that you chose me for your first request, hopefully, I did your idea justice

Reunited (And It Feels So Good): Hook X Reader

Genre: Fluff Headcanon, I don’t wanna spoil it but strangers/childhood friends to lovers???

Summary: Hook finds out a not-so-very-secret secret about you.

Word Count: 719

Supreme Speaks: tbh, i might do a fic based on this later on next month. thank you to the anon who requested this and I hope they (and everyone else) like it. i also wish everyone is doing well and remember you are loved and appreciated. Happy New Year!!

Warnings: None really, I TRIED MY BEST, I used gender-neutral terms to appeal to everyone

Taglist (DM if you want to be added): @hooks-martin @triscillal @diabloguapos @wwenhlimagines @sheinthatfandom

AEW has many second-generation wrestlers such as Brian Pillman Jr., Brock Anderson, The Gunn Boys, and Hook

Hook didn’t really “get along” with the others 

He just wasn’t that interested in talking with them

Or with anyone outside his friend group

That was until you arrived on AEW’s scene

Many people, fans and wrestlers alike, were excited to see you in AEW

You have made a name for yourself all around the world for your wrestling skills, storytelling abilities, charisma, and attractiveness

And slightly because you are Shawn Michaels’ child

Yeah, that’s right. Mr. Wrestlemania, The Heartbreak Kid is your dad

Even though it was a blessing to have him as your dad and mentor, you wanted to become a wrestling legend by yourself 

So your ring name was completely different from his and you barely mentioned him in promos/interviews (essentially keeping your personal life very private)

But everyone can see the resemblance when you step in the ring, especially when you went against Natalya or Charlotte Flair

Anyways back to Hook

He was completely “hooked” when he saw you for the first time, to the extent that he actually started to talk to you first

It surprised many people backstage as they know Hook to be cold to others

And as you were seen as an untouchable person (being the child of one of the most prominent figures of professional wrestling)

As he started to talk to you more, he couldn’t help but admire you, your accomplishments, and your personality, and vice versa

However, he felt more familiar with you. Like he already met you before or something. But he just passed it off as the butterflies in his stomach growing

After being in AEW for about a month, you and Hook started to date

Many people started to notice Hook being happier and slightly more friendly (not too much) to others, including his dad, Taz

While his son was telling him about his significant other, Taz couldn’t help but smile and laugh

“It’s so nice to see you two reconnecting after all these years.”

“Reconnecting? What do you mean?”

Taz then opened a little book of memories of his career and flipped to a random page before showing it to his son

“The number of times Shawn and I had to meet up at the park or backstage for your little playdates-“

Hook blocked out his dad as he analyzed the picture of a younger him and what seemed like a younger you smiling at each other, while Taz and Shawn were in the background

"You two were very close until they went to live with their mom full-time while Shawn was on the road. Y'all just went separate ways and sort of forgot about each other."

Everything started to click in his head as he picked up his phone and dialed your number

It made sense why you two got along so easily, how you had the same opinions on different topics, how it felt like you two went through the same experiences

He vaguely remembered you, but he didn’t know it was you

As soon as you picked up he said, “You’re Shawn Michaels’ kid?”

“Yeah…I thought you knew.”

Now he felt like an idiot…

“It's like I knew, but I didn't know it was you. It's complicated-”

“I thought it was a fact that everyone chooses not to discuss like how you’re Taz’s son.”

After explaining why you didn't bring up your dad (mainly because everyone talks about him or associates you with him), Hook said he wasn't mad but just surprised and completely understood your reasoning

"But this also explains why I felt so vulnerable with you. I'm happy we were able to find each other again"

After getting off the phone, Hook sent you the picture

A couple of moments, he was notified that you posted on Instagram

It was the picture of you two and then a more recent picture with the caption "day 1 🤍"

He found himself smiling at the post, also happy that he found you again

#aew #all elite wrestling #aew hook #aew hook x reader #aew hook imagine #aew hook fic #hook x reader #hook imagine #aew headcanon

[bestjeanistmonster]

Shadow be like

"Oh no... he's cute!!!"

And immediately try to deny it because what the actual fuck!? It's be his first ever crush and he's so ficking obvious but Sonic is so damn oblivious and insecure because surely the cool black hedgehog who helps his brother save the world can't possibly be interested in some small town no name pilot like him!

So basically everyone is staring at the two waiting fir one of them to fucking kiss the other already

I don’t think Sonic would be that insecure about that actually, he’s helped Tails save the world countless times and he’s met so many cool and amazing people who’ve helped Tails that he’s pretty chill about it

And unlike his speed he takes pride in his piloting skills as well as his inventing skills, being really confident in those abilities. So even though he’s more likely to just casually wave off his accomplishments, he’s more likely be pissed if someone just straight up insults that.

I think he’d be more just confused about why shadow acts so damn weird around him, visits frequently and likes to watch him work even though it isn’t the most interesting thing to watch.

It doesn’t take too long for Sonic to figure it out tho, and the feelings were already mutual so that’s good. This leads some flirty banter that usually leaves Shadow bright red. (Banter which turns slightly competitive once Sonic gets more confident in his speed)

The only reason he hasn’t confessed is because tho it’s obvious to see he has a crush on him it’s also obvious to see he’s in denial. So he wants shadow to figure himself out first before he does anything.

Everyone still thinks Sonic has no idea tho.

And Its not until they start training together that Shadow gets a bit less tense about the whole crush thing.

They also bond over mechanics and vehicle stuff cuz shadow canonically likes to customise and trick out his motorcycle and other GUN issues gadgets. So there are many times where Shadz helps Sonic with some of his projects.

Rouge and Tails are running a betting pool.

(Also He uses little gadgets as weapons during combat, but I’m also giving him a laser gun and a missile launcher cuz look at this face and tell me he doesn’t like causing chaos.

Shadow: (watches sonic blow up a a giant eggman robot with a middle launcher while free falling to the ground with a smirk on his face) is he single?

Edit:

Okay so after some consideration I've decided to add that the main reason that Shadow offers to train Sonic is that it just bothers him that he's not utilising his strength to the fullest

It even pisses him off a bit So he offers to teach Sonic in a rivalry way in an effort to get Sonic motivated and actually fucking use his skills to the fullest

Sonic would just barely hold back the urge to engage in the rivalry back, to show Shadow just how fast he can go ("you wanna see some real speed bitch-") and refuses to engage

I wanted there to be that rivalry aspect since that’s important to Sonadow

#sth #sonic #sonadow #shadow the hedgehog #S&T swap au #jeanist answers

[sagemonsters]

@jasper-the-menace has a blind date with...

Trevan the Fairy

Trevan is of average human height, with the ruddy, patterned wings of an atlas moth and deeply tanned skin. He is a proud knight of the Seelie Court and walks with a magical glass rapier at his hip. He rarely visits the human world and is ordinarily very contemptuous of mortal affairs, but once he saw you through a magic mirror he couldn’t stay away.

Trevan is a master swordsman and fights with style, finesse, and clear joy. He loves to teach his chosen skill to other Seelie folk, and is eager to show off for you and talk about his pupils’ accomplishments. He is 100% willing to throw down the gauntlet and fight a duel for your honor, and is secretly a tiny bit disappointed that nobody has dared to take him up on that yet.

He isn’t much of a reader himself, but he has gone on many quests to recover bits of knowledge and find the answers to various riddles. He has a deep respect for your literary habits and is quick to come to you whenever he has a burning question about something regarding the mortal world.

Trevan sees video games and tabletop games as ways of training one’s mind and finding strategies for overcoming obstacles. He has a personal weakness for rhythm games, however, and can be entertained by them for hours. They help him discover new human music, which he is slowly coming to enjoy just as much as fairy music.

Trevan loves your feistiness and argumentativeness. He’s always down for a good debate over any subject he has even a passing knowledge of, and will give as good as he gets. He browses the wikis of your favorite games so that he can be informed about those topics (ironically, he knows less about IRL human history), although he doesn’t just mindlessly agree with your opinions.

“These crystals are very beautiful. I think you will find them useful in your craft,” a spritely voice said to the two young women eyeing the rose quartz display in the rock shop. You turned around and narrowed your eyes at the salesperson. For a second, out of the corner of your eye, you could have sworn that he had large moth wings. 

“Oh, we’re just making jewelry,” one of the women said. “Everyone loves the healing vibes of crystals these days.”

The salesperson smiled politely. “Indeed.” He looked down at the small bag of greenish stone with whorls of deeper color that the woman was holding. “Are you aware that malachite isn’t safe to handle when wet? That might not be a good choice for jewelry.”

The other woman snorted. “So? People will buy, which means we’re going to sell.”

“Are you sure?” the salesperson asked, and something about his voice seemed a little bit… off. For a moment, the eyes of the two women unfocused, and then they came back to themselves and blinked hard.

“You’ve got a point,” one said. “Maybe… maybe we should do some more research before we start selling crystal jewelry on Etsy—for poisoning liability if nothing else.” They returned the bag to the counter and left the shop.

You squinted at the salesperson, and once again got a glimpse of wings. He turned and smiled at you. “Can I help you?” he asked.

“Yeah,” you said. “Who are you really?”

The fairy knight snapped his fingers, dropping his glamor for your eyes alone, and struck an elegant bow in the center of the shop floor. “I am called Trevan by certain friends,” he said. “And who might you be, mortal?”

You knew better than to give your real name to a fairy, and told him a nickname instead. The fairy laughed, apparently delighted at your cunning. “Clever!” he said. “I think we will be good friends. Can you help me learn about the human world?”

“I’ll consider it,” you mused, “for a price.”

Trevan smiled. “You are refreshingly un-generous,” he said. “Let us talk of what services I might render you, and what knowledge you will give me in exchange.”

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[shuttershocky]

@kurozu501 I don't agree with that line of thinking, though not because it wouldn't work. Strictly speaking it /would/ make her S3 better and it /would/ actually have utility as a DP generator which Saga and Flametail's own "buff myself to fight" skills have, but it does nothing to fix's Siege's design problem of not being able to offer something that Saga and Flametail don't already cover.

If you gave DP gen to Siege's S3, Siege still has the issue of not having Saga and Flametail's survivability, not having Saga's SP support or Flametail's incredibly fast skill cycle time, etc. Sure Siege's S3 is more useful, but what will it give you on its own that Saga S3 won't on its own? Both will make DP and give ATK buffs to fight strong enemies, but Saga's attacks will also let allies charge SP, and Siege's S3 stun chance is too low to be reliable crowd control. I don't need Siege to be able to match what Saga and Flametail do, I want her to be as fun to play as well because she offers something that they don't.

I personally believe in balancing that emphasizes strengths first before patching weaknesses (unless the weaknesses are simply too glaring), because I value skillset diversity over true 'balance'. A game that's well balanced because everyone is roughly the same would be boring as hell. A game that can say its characters all offer something new won't be as balanced, but it would be more fun as every new unit promises a new way to play, and it means that when paired with good level design, someone's time to shine will come eventually.

As a PVE game, Arknights being fun is my far greater concern over it being balanced. Siege has been around since the launch of the game, everyone knows her S3 completely abandons the Vanguard role to offclass as a Guard, so why not go further with that idea? Rather than make it give DP, give it a big crit every time it stuns and make a stun guaranteed on a full HP enemy so Siege can crack open a 2000 DEF enemy like an egg, her answer to the question of survivability being "strong enemies can't hit me if I hit them first." (Or make each stun reduce a % of DEF to make a debuffer, make the stun longer so Siege becomes a crowd control stall Vanguard, etc etc)

Now Siege has two niches over Saga and Flametail: the convenience of her automatic S2, and her S3 being "lol test your DEF against this". S3 now involves making an interesting decision: it doesn't make DP so your DP gain isn't improved, but do I need DP to deploy a stronger unit to kill this tanky enemy if Siege can just do it herself?" Saga and Flametail's S3s are strong enough to handle many strong enemies so for many stages you'll still opt for them, but if enemies that even Bagpipe only scratches show up, Siege offers a solution other vanguards don't.

And you can say "But why do that when Bagpipe + Flagbearers can just drop NTRK / Surtr and kill anything", but Bagpipe + Flagbearers has made almost all vanguards fringe units anyway. Saga is only truly necessary when mega risk CC would instagib Myrtle, and Flametail only when her own unique brand of evasion stall is required. At least with this method of adding to her S3 with damage or stuns or debuffs, Siege can say that she offers something that Saga and Flametail don't, and while what she offers isn't /needed/ a lot, she's also uniquely and significantly good enough at it that you may remember her for it.

She already offers very high damage per hit that other vanguards can't match, I just want her to be able to accomplish most of that on her own, making the unique promise of playing Siege far more usable.

That's all I want from her.

#arknights

[fanartbyherd]

Alright plowing onward.

To Magic

The Magic of Onward

I had a bit of a hard time with this one, in large parts with me trying to quell the urge to fix a broken magic system. I just needed to let things like the sort of ridiculously powerful Growth spell be…

I unfortunately could not resist the urge to tweak the system a bit more to my likening.

Magic,

Magic may be obsolete in the modern era, though there are still a few eccentric practitioners: weirdos, nerds, enthusiast, and superstitious folk. Some are drawn to it as a hobby, others have thrust into their lives.

one dedicated group of historians, nerds, and hobby wizards created a game.dedicated to their hobby, not able to go on adventures like in the Age of yore. They instead took all their knowledge and created a game to go on adventures in their minds. With as much historical accuracy as they could.

Like those historical reenactors , but instead of LARPing it’s role-play…

Magic is complicated, there are things with magic naturally in them, there are things that acquire magic through manipulation or by accident, and there are things that have magic for only a little while.

The ability to cast magic requires a heart spire. Not everyone has one and not all heart spiers are the same. Meaning that though while around ~75.38% of the population has a heart spire not everyone can use it for casting wizard spells. Many people have heart spiers that can’t do magic.

1.08% can perform wizard spells

.3% have psychic abilities

~ 21% have the ability to use elements to craft potions or draw power from them (aka witches)

10% can create jinxes or other specific magic

45% can use and create spell arrays (aka Warlocks)

— the magic of different individuals take on different colors combinations. For wizards usually one primary shade with two secondary shades. It’s believed that these colors reflect the Heart’s spire color. relatives tend to have the same color combinations. people with psychics, or minor abilities.( Jinxed, witches, and warlocks and etc..) usually have two colors people with no magic have one color.

- head dresses and hats of many kinds have long been used as a status symbol or identifier of a spell caster.

Wizards: are a bit self-explanatory. They are what we saw within the movie itself of onward. The staff wielding spellcasting track, making people whose job has long sense been made obsolete due to the rise of technologies that made things much simpler.

They have a list of things that they need to accomplish when performing magic

• at minimum they require a Heart spire capable of casting spells. (Heart spires are like knotted up bits of energy with in the body, everyone has this energy, but it’s not always knitted into a heart spire)

• all spells are temporary unless they have some mechanisms to renew them or a curse, curses can last for centuries, otherwise spells need to be actively maintained or have limited durations.

• spell contracts. Aka spell decrees, Conditions that need to be met in order for a spell to remain active or to be activated in the first place. a spell decree is essentially a trade, though an invisible one.

• spell posture, posture as a strange one, but essentially what is happening is that by adopting the correct posture it forms as a sort of spell contract, along with adopting certain movements allows for the heart spire of a person to flow into the magic with More ease ,so with proper posture, it allows for more complex spells to take the energy that they need to be performed. Without completely draining the wilder.

• spell elements. Few spells require elements, elements are objects containing their own innate magical qualities. They are striped and drained of their power in exchange for the magic. Sometimes spell elements are used to substitute skill or a lack of energy.

They use their heart spire in order to cast spells. After that the more complex spells they use a spell contract or a magic decree spells that require a certain condition that are met when they’re casted, and when they are being concentrated on or meant to be kept up. magic as mentioned faded away due to the difficulty to learn, but there are a few other reasons that magic is not practiced in the modern day as much as it was in the past. it was rare to begin with it’s for professional wizards, and then there was a change of taste, but also importantly, a scarcity of resources. the wood used to make staffs comes from a now endangered tree, but due to its overharvesting, can now only be found within the swamps of despair. other resources, such a spell elements, things like the Phoenix gym, have also been over harvested. Leaving very few in the modern age. Magic did not only go extinct due to lack of interest, but also due to scarcity of the supplies necessary. Certain more useful spells can no longer be performed due to the elements necessary to perform the spell have gone extinct and do not have any reliable or powerful enough substitute.

This can be seen within the movie itself having to go on such a long quest just to find a phoenix gem.

Some spell elements that had been on the brink of extinction in the past have recovered others are still rare.

Psychics: rare, unless the relegated to a similar fate, ask magic. Though not as badly most psychics find out that they are psychic within their teenage years. Some learn a little bit earlier some learn a bit later, because unlike magic abilities, we have to test the attitude for it so he can. Bility‘s tend to just kind of manifest more of the psychic severity is due to people, not desiring to train with it, and just letting it pass on as a face of their teenage years

Some psychics do, in fact, use their abilities for work, and become quite skilled in their own ways

There are five kinds of psychics

Movers- telekinesis they can move push float, manipulate objects with her mind

Knowers- telepathy can see feel sense emotions and thoughts of others. Sometimes they can turn the power around and then if you’re late such things, on the rare occasions, knowers and seers power can overlap.

Seers- clairvoyance is quite rare and hardly ever powerful. Can see experience things that will happen have happened or is happening in a different place can see intent as well.

Shapers- can change the form of things such as moving water from ice to liquid or other such things rarely powerful those some shapers are able to shape shift

Finders-dowsing can find hidden things lost. Things can find pass strengths and weaknesses. Also of water sources..

Witches; or people who are able to use raw spell elements to create elixirs, salves and concoctions called potions.

Potions are sort of notorious for haveing strange side effects and if not being outright poisons. They have somewhat weaker effects compared to wizard spells, but they are still potent magic.

Potions made by non witches will have no effect or be poisonous. Potions have a shelf life and should not be used if expired as the affects may be… strange.

Many witches made large books that collected the different potion recipes they learned throughout their lives and then gifted those to their apprentices

Particularly skilled witches can replicate what wizards do in mini. They require a wand and will draw from the magic of the element to preform spells that a wizard can do with their heart spire alone. Potions are much more useful in their regard.

Jinxes: are very short term and weak. They have to be constantly maintained in order to work.

Jinxes have mostly fallen out of use, though those that are still in circulation are those that are passed around in school yards and such, moving and existing in a similar way to nursery rhymes and folk songs, often having the meaning and intent behind them lost, and in so loosening their power. (Things like: rain rain how away come again another day, or rhymes to make pain go away) a lot of jinxes have been lost to history.

Jinxes need to have the intention put into it, it needs to take an active use of a persons heart spire. Most of the time when someone performs temporary feats of magic for someone without a regular heart spire it is a jinx. Sometimes the magic within people with no heart super gets knotted up temporarily forming a heart spier that is unwound soon after. It’s not unheard of for those who do have a natural hearts spier that is weak to become unwound leaving the individual who once had the capability of magic to no longer be capable. Though heart spier are a bit like a muscle if it is in use it’s going to get stronger and is unlikely to unwind. And if it is unwound in someone who regularly uses it, it will be so temporarily.

It’s not uncommon for witches and warlocks to sometimes be able to perform a jinx even if they normally are not capable of it

-hexes: sympathetic magic. It’s quiet and not noticeable until it is working it is used for production, just as much as it is used for harm.

Able to keep jinxes at bay or to return the magic to sender. Most hexes require a container or physical object to attach them too and store them. Needing regular upkeep. They last longer than jinxes that are more immediate in casting and effect.

It’s difficult to express just how weak and mild most jinxes and hexes are, though small things that build up over time can bring devastating results.

Curses: can be cast by Jinxes and Wizards, and not by witches, or warlocks who don’t do jinxes, despite popular belief.

Warlocks: Spell arrays the most widely available form of magic that can be learned, it’s like a mathematical equation. In terms of the magic itself it is a magical decree in a written form.

Early forms of technology used spell stays too power them, but they where replaced by circuit boards that can be made by anyone and can do more things at once.

Magic tools and items often used spell arrays to make them function, sometimes combined with innately magical things like magic woods or magic crystals. Most magic items can be reactivated from remaining dormant with just a little bit of magic from someone’s with a heart spire. Magic items can not be reactivated but those without a heart spire, and many magic items can not be used by those without a heart spire (or a weak one)

Spells

Spells have a range (5 ft [1.5 m],15 ft [1.4m],20 ft [6 m] 25ft [7.6m], 50 ft [15. 24m])

Some spells have weight limits.

Spells tend to have a color.

The film makers mentioned that they made over 100 spells for the film, unfortunately the only spells they shared are the ones that appeared in the movie, the ones that appear in deleted scenes seem to be for the most part the same spells, though some things are different like the spell that plowed snow.

Also I can’t figure out what their naming scheme for spells was, like it looks vaguely Latin-based, vaguely Spanish- based and vaguely foreign sounding, but judging by the fact that the film is American, vague foreign sounds can be a lot of things. All that to say is I attempted to give some of the spells spell sounding names, but man I couldn’t figure it out. If you have suggestions for what some of the spells could be named and I’ll probably call them that, also feel free to suggest potential spells as well, because I made a handful but no where near a hundred.

Following are spells:

-Heart spire-

Aloft elavor (levitate)

Bombastia (fire works) [use of different elements change the colors]

Blaze ( fire starter)

Push

Heat

Acid splash

Alarm

Sympathy

• instills a temporary sympathy in the target

Apathy

• stills, a sense of apathy in the target

Thaumathurgy

• mostly just spectacle, causes lights to flicker shadows to move a small gusts of air to twirl around, possibly some ominous sounds thrown in there for good measure

Dancing broom

•. A rather useful spell as it can both be used to make brooms sweep floors by themselves, but also is the smell used to make brooms fly also by wizards tends to be used on their staffs to make those fly

Dancing light

Aqulflow (move water)

Pull

Fling

Sculpt stone

Move earth

Exelin (invisible trip wire)

Upa (double jump)

Visitastail (seal wound)

• seal, superficial wounds, and dampens bruising

Iluminas

• essentially a flashlight.

Ice knife

Snow ball

Bubble blow

Ribbon dance

• summons, a magical ribbon that can be used to wrap around things or just flow freely as a distraction or to tie things up.

Rainbow

• temporary changes the colors of things as well as cast beautiful rainbows in places.

Jolt

• a small electrical current, unless aided with an element can only shock and not stun, live getting zapped on a door nob after rubbing your feet on carpet. Can still cause plenty of trouble, if an element is provided could probably act more like a taser.

Poison

• cover something in a poisonous surface

-Spell contract-

Magmora gartugan (growth)

• requires less posture than what barley believed, posture is just helpful. To magnify an object you need to magnifying your attention on it.

Exelior (invisible bridge)

Desguise spell

• changes the caster’s appearance and voice to bee that of someone or something else. To be a lie

Animate object

• causes the object to move on it’s own and can be issued commands. Range of 25 ft

Animal friendship

• causes animals to calm down and not feel threatened by the caster, though only the caster. Will often view the caster with more trust. If this trust is betrayed the spell will break.

Bridgrar invisia

• an invisible bridge that to use has to be believed in to exist

Sever

• a spell that cuts things and breaks things, not only dose it require an true intent to harm or cut (can after all be used to cut rope, vegetables or even stones) but also requires one to feel the pain it inflicts when cast onto other living creatures

Illumina

• illuminates veins and writing. Allows for the caster to read spells that are hidden, or read in the dark, the spell requires a person to close thier eyes, allowing them to still see what is illuminated but nothing else. It’s a spell that was used medically as it allowed the caster to see poisons in a person and invisible writing.

Stering (web)

• creates sticky magical thread. Either able to come out in the form of a strong thin string or in a web or net form. To create a web or string and keep it up the caster needs to perform a repetitive action. The webs disintegrate two to five minutes after the action is stoped.

Exelinalk (alarm)

• an invisible or near invisible alarm wire, it can be set up on an object of a perimeter of 30ft. When the spell has been cast the caster can not speak (asl counts though other hand jesters or shaking your head doesn’t) while the spell remains active

Grow spurt

• makes seeds sprout and plants grow, has a radious of 15 ft, while spell is cast the caster needs to “pull and push” the seed out of its shell and make it grow. (If you have ever seen my neighbor Totoro and they scene where they make the acorns sprout, that’s essentially it.) grow spurt is not a spell that ends in a same way as most spells , but it is noticeable that plants who’s growth is accelerated, by growth spurt tend to die quickly after.

Minimaro inctusan (shrink spell)

• to make something shrink you have to minimize your ideals of it

Calming aura

• to come others you have to block out that which distracts you another words you need to close your eyes entire time you do the spell.

Heal

• to heal one thing you need to put the damage onto another thing.

Illusion

•in order to create a believable lie, you have to buy into that lie as well. If truth is introduced to that lie to spell break.

Zone of quiet

• creates a place of dampened sound. But requires the caster to chew leaves

Zone of truth

• to gain the truth, you need to give the truth.

Magic writing

• writing messages and things on surface they don’t belong, or in the air, or have a message appear only to those it is meant for.

Remove water

• needs the person to move with the flow. Will pull droplets of water off things and gather them to a single place, can be used with other spells and is essentially a glorified stain remover

Prevent rot

• deprive yourself of taste

Poison breath

• for some strange reason, requires the user to hold their arms and staff above their head to the entire time.

Color change

• permentaly alters the color of something. unless the spell is interrupted or a remark on the fact that the color has change the spell will remain in effect and the color will remain that the new color.

-Posture-

Flame infurnar

Aid

• is a spell that makes movements fast and blurry. small superficial cuts and scrapes will heal from this spell, or a spectral animal will create a distraction, depending on what the situstion calls for.

Arcane eye

• allows the casters eye to see all sorts of magical things, such as the path and flow of magic, smells and sounds, or even the desires of others depending on what spell elements are used with the spell, the basic spell without elements allows the user to simply see in darkness as well as create a magical eye that can see around corners.

Wake

• wakes up a sleeping being, even if under a sleep spell, has some nasty side effects and can also be used to stay a wake when your body wants to sleep, like. magical energy drink., it can not wake those under a curse of sleeper a coma. though may wake them momentarily depending on circumstances.

Aurora lights

• projects a beautiful trail of lights, these lights can be benign and bright and colorful or if desired can burn like fire that reveals the location of invisible things

See dream

• projects the haze contents of a dream on a surface (prefibalbly a flat surface) this is a do at your own risk, because you never know what a person is dreaming of or if it will suddenly become a nightmare.

Breathe bubble

• creates a pocket of air that allows for breathing under water for up to three hours.

Stitch

• stitches and mends things together with a magical thread, once stitched together the stitchings last as if they where nonmagical.

Magic shield

• shields are weak and break easily 

Voice amplification

Cary

similar to the levitate spell but can be seeped up for longer and can hold more objects at once

Bounce

Stiffen muscles

• stiffens the muscles of a target freezing them in place for a short while

ShareVision

• shares what the caster is seeing with a few other chosen recipients, alternetively can be used to see through the eyes of an animal enchanted with the spell.

Share thoughts

• this creates a small orb of light that follows around those who are the recipients of the spell, the spell will say all surface thoughts of the caster and the recipients out loud, can be a bit embvericing but it practical for communication.

Plug leak

Gather

•a 15 ft radius, it gathers small loose objects together in a sphere that can be levitated. this spell is based on one seen in the deleted scenes

Heat metal

Cool metal

Part fog

Guiding light

-all of the above-

Voltor thunderseir (arcane Lightning)

Sleep

Awaken

Thorn wip

Arcane lock

Blight

• causes sickness and weakness and rot.

Phantom wing

•A spell that allows those with wings to regain flight they have lost or if thier wings are in working condition allows them to fly faster, the wings do not strictly speaking need to be flesh and bone. Early hang gliders and flying machines used magic wood and these spells to take flight, though when magical woods became rarer the mechanisms where switched over to something that is similar to modern day airplanes.

Fairy wing

• makes magical wings for the use of flight for those who do not have them, these wings are temporary and last only for a day, but can become permanent through use of phantom wings

Binding threads

• laso of truth, it’s a rather strange and useful spell, as depending on what spell elements are used in the spell in combination with spider silk, the spell will have different affects.

Dampen pain

• dampens pain felt by damage and pain used to keep going even when your body just want to give up. Not exactly the healthiest thing to do. 

Dampen emotion

• quiets emotions, has been used as an unhealthy coping mechanism for wizards and witches in the past but has also been used to calm individuals down to deal with a stressful situation

Dampen thoughts

• quiets thought, is designed as a way to hide from telepaths and monsters who read minds, but in the past has also been used as a way to "treat" mental illness and to keep people in a hazy mind set.

Spectral illusion

• a grand illusions that is found over a large space.

Summon guardian

• creates a spectral guardian or shield that protects a person

Grow mushrooms

• caused decomposition and mushrooms to grow, this spell can have spell elements added to it to create magic mushrooms of different kinds, like giant house sized mushrooms or ones who’s caps you can bounce on like a trampoline

Bloom

• a stronger version of the sprout smell, that causes flowers and other such plants to bloom, and grow greatly in a 50 foot area

Dancing star path

• if a castor wants to find an object or a person, and they know that person or object they can cast the spell in order to have a small trail of some thing. Usually starlight or little shining globes -Willow wisp style- light up a path to in order to find what they are looking for

Void Leeper

• allow a caster to move between shadows

Reflect

• reflects spells and attacks back at the attacker.

Reveal spiral

• a spell that reveals the color and shape of a persons heart spire. it has been used both for medical reasons to find blockages in the flow of magic as well as for wizards to reveal other wizards to take up as apprentices. the spell is not well known.

-Spell Elemental-

Visitation (phoenix gem)

• a spell that brings a dead loved one back for 24 hours and once cast can not be cast again

Telepathy (moon boom)

• copies the powers of knowers, but is temporary

Telekinesis (unicorn hair)

• essentially copies, the psychic ability of movers, but at a stronger and more powerful form than that of a normal psychic.

Tree stride (Blackbark or bog beast scales)

• allows a caster and others to walk through trees and use thier roots and branches to travel

Wall of fire (dragon scale)

Wall of ice ( red ice, berries)

• a 25 ft long 15 ft tall wall of ice. Can be made larger or smaller depending on desire and the availability of water in the area

Wall of thorns (glow, Moss)

• I guess if you’re trying to protect yourself, you can have a giant wall of thorns that keep people out of your way it’s usually about 25 ft long and 15 ft tall

Waterwalk (leviathan fin)

• walk on the water I guess it allows the person to walk or skate across water for a while. The spell tends to not work as well on rough water as it does on still water, but it is still usable.

Summon spectro beast (bone, and a bit of slime)

• summons a animal creature that is an a spectral form, that Acts as a companion, and can do tasks for the summoner

Bestow curse (any number of things depending on curse)

• really strange and uncontrollable spell.changes depending on what elements are used, but these are your typical curses do you think of in fairytales things like talking and having snails fall out of your mouth or having your ears turned into donkey, ears, or any other such kind of superficial minor thing, these courses are not permanent, unlike other court courses, and usually will only last until a certain action that cost the curse to be cast in the first place is rectified. For example, if you had a cursed cast on you because you stole someone’s apples, and the curse you would be talking backwards. You can undo the curse yourself by returning those apples that you stole or paying for them, and some other means that is satisfactory to those who controlled the curse.

Dream (Mare fur)

• targets a sleeping victim, and makes them have very pleasant dreams. These dreams can be manipulated by the caster, and can also be entered and shared by the caster.

Druid craft (blueberries)

• basically make someone really in tune with nature like I feel the ants, crawling a mile away, and I am aware of all the little things of raindrop listen, such like that. It is a spell not recommended to do if you have any kind of issue with bugs.

Elemental weapon (hell hound horn)

• temporary Lee makes a weapon bristle with elemental energy, such as a sword who’s cuts bloom with ice or a fire touched sword that burns.

Elemental weather

• changes the weather to be that of fire, ice, wind, or other such thing a weather phenomenon like a rain. Storm has to be occurring at the time for the spell to work. One wizard with a strange sense of humor is famous for constantly causing it to rain frogs.

Find Path ( Griffin talon)

• a very useful spell, for when you are lost, it will create a guiding compass of sorts, allowing you to find paths that you are familiar with. It cannot find Paths that you are unfamiliar with. Can also be used to allow others to follow your path or to find paths the others have taken for tracking.

Crown of madness (golden leaves)

• a very damaging spell it grinds an haunts the mind of those affected by it.

Dragons breath (dragon toung or fire Beatles or flame bloom)

Arcane transformation (dragon, scales, and

• A physical transformation from one creature to another.

Golem

• creates a non living protective creature made of bone, clay, stone, wood or other material.

Stink cloud (mushrooms from a shroom hog or other smelly things)

• as it says on the package, a 15 foot cloud that smells strongly

Mend broken bones

• a spell that detects broken bones and can then help the setting and healing process

Featherfall (feather)

• makes the target float and fly around. if prevents the target from falling over.

Skeleton soldiers (dragon tooth)

• essentially creates an army of undead, puppeteered soldiers, usually out of bones in skeletons quite a difficult spell to maintain and depending on the caster the they can only control anywhere from 5 to 500 skeletons does not stay consistent.

Nightmare (mare blood)

• inflicts nightmares on a sleeping target. The nightmares can either be a reoccurring ideals, and her that would fight in the person from their own mind or they can be manipulated specifically by the caster, the caster needs to smear, mayors blood on the victim, and also needs to be in a trance the entire time the nightmare is going on. also causes sleep paralysis

Ghost walk (slime)

• allow the caster to walk through walls and other solid surfaces. Temporarily, they are not able to walk through metal walls such as lead line or surfaces that are more than a few feet thick you spell is both a spell that requires a baseball contract as well as spell elemental, that’s no contract being holding your breath while the smell is active.

Transformation (dark crystal or light crystal)

• transformation that works on objects

Smokescreen.

Some examples of spell elements

- magic stones: Phoenix gem, blood stone, dragon heart stone, heart stone, gem of darkness, gem of light, prism gem, clear seer crystal, night stone, dawn crystal, sea gem, heart of the sea, fire ruby, sea sapphire, chaos emerald, smoke stone, snow flake stone, rainbow stone, rose shard stone, rain stone, sun-ray stone, moonlight stone, etc…

- magic wood: these woods are also used in creating magic staves. The best wood for this is Elmery trees who’s wood “pulses with magic in every grain.” no several kinds of trees can’t function to make usable magic staff none is as powerful or reliable as that of the Elmery tree. Wood from other is where are used in magical, contractions and objects like self playing harp and boxes with the magic falls bottom or flying self sweeping brooms. With poor quality words, some spells that require no element normally would require elements with this stuff other staff get out less power than others were not able to perform stronger spells.

Other kinds of magic wood: AlderOak (good), Resmereds (good quality), Fairy hawthorn (fair), rainbow willow (fair), Enchantment tree ( ok), Ozit wood (ok), “liveing/talking” tree wood (poor), Cloverwood (poor quality)

- creature bits: bone, dragon scales, dragons teeth, feathers, Griffon claws, eyes of newts, warts of flying hogs or mushroom hogs, hellhounds fur, unicorn mane, unicorns horn, mummified toads, frogs or salamanders, frog slime, hydra venom, dragon fly wings, spider silk, jelly from an ooze, huckpuck butter, bog beast spines, bog beast scales, sea serpents scales, sea serpent eyes, sea serpent blood, shed skin of a rainbow serpent, Beetles etc.

- plant and stuff: mushrooms, acorns, stinging nettle threads, glow berries, frost berries, fire blooms, luminous moss, blood poppy, forgetfulness flowers, moonlight Lillies, weeping willow switches, gnome chuckle mushrooms, howler mushrooms, ipper twig, golden fern, four leaf clover, five leaf clover, six leaf clover, dew pitcher plant, harpies tear mushroom, rainbow buds,(extinct) laughter dew blooms(extinct), etc.

Some examples of spell contracts (decrees)

- keeping eye contact

- belief or trust

- not telling a lie

- only telling lies or speaking nonsense

- holding breath

- chewing leaves

- balancing on one foot or balancing an object

- not speaking

- depriving oneself of a sense.

- walking backwards

- concentration or complete focus

- repetitive actions

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#onward #magic system #magic spells #magic staff #potions #as cannon compliant as i can make it #long post #cw mental illness #cw bones

[elfboyeros]

Pride

I spent to long staring at this image while I did it and thought to long about Neon and Indigo holding a conversation, so here we go! @karaboutmyart @jj-pines @lerenee

Indigo groaned, “Goddess, I don’t wanna be here!”

“I know, Angel eyes. We just need to stay for 10 minutes and then we can go back home,” Calvin replied.

Indigo sighed as Calvin led her into the banquette hall, “You look really good,” she muttered, “You always look good in green.”

He chuckled, “Thank you, Angel.”

He was in a dark green suit matching her spring dem dress, “I’m gonna meet up with your parents,” Calvin added.

Indigo nodded, beginning to feel nauseous, strolling through about the great hall greeting partygoers, truly trying to be a good hostess. Whilst grabbing whatever drinks were non-alcoholic to curve her nauseas.

Keeping to herself with a drink in hand a masculine presence behind her before he cleared his throat, “What do you want?” she asked, coldly, “Neon.”

Eggshell skinned man much taller than her let’s a green gem charm hang from his fingers in front of her face, “To give you a gift,” he replied, with his stupidly posh British accent.

Indigo took the charm from between his callus fingers, studying the green gemstones as the ribbon holding the charm together sat grasped under her thumb and index finger. She doesn’t bother to turn around and look at him. She knows that he is smirking, standing behind with his hands in his suit pocket.

“Is this little shitty present because I am pregnant or because I beat up your little boyfriend?”

Neon chuckled, “Can I not just congratulate you on turning into such a fine individual?”

Indigo rolled her eyes, “No thanks to you.”

“Ha, if it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be such a talented mage,” Neon commented.

Indigo sighed, “I have also heard you have an apprentice,” he added, “I see I have rubbed off on you in some way.”

She instantly turned around, “You don’t get to take credit for this!” she growled, “You were my teacher, and I learned my skills from you, yes, but I mastered my skills on my own! I did not become a teacher to be like you, I became a teacher to be better than you!”

Neon’s smirk turned into a fine line across his lips as he continued to stare down at the tiny mage, “You out because everyone knows that own of your own students is better than you and I now revel in the fact that I am in fact better than you ever could be!” Indigo continued.

She is right, deep down in his ancient bones, he is just an old man who is still angry that a little French girl surpassed him. He done nothing with his life for over a decade but be a glorified lap dog for the man that’s now locked away in the basement.

“I’m proud of you, Indigo.”

Yes, most of his being is proud of her, for being one of his students that is now so accomplished and so young.

And to her it sounds like shattering and nails scrapping a chalkboard at the same time.

“No…”

Neon nodded, “I am, very proud actually.”

“Y-you don’t get to be proud of me!”

Neon laughed, “But how could I not be?!”

He’s been nothing but self-centered, narcissistic, and pity for years, how could he now tell her that he is proud of her.

“You are horrible,” Indigo sneered, as she clenched that charm, he gave her in her fist.

“Even before you agree to take over Duke’s place, I knew you would become dean,” he added, “And you could not be a better fit to be his replacement.”

“Stop it, I don’t want your praises.”

“Well to bad, little mage, I will sing praise for you until the world implodes in on itself because I am proud of you,” Neon remarked, “And I know your child will be just as great.”

She feels too nauseous to continue talking to him. Pushing past him and heading for one of the many doors outside.

“Calvin, mon cher,” Amethea sighed, making Calvin turn away from the group conversation, as she watched her daughter run out the west door, “She needs you.”

“Which way did she go,” Calvin instantly asked.

“West.”                      

He curved his back, kissing the lavender-haired woman on the cheek, “I’ll call you later tonight.”

“Tell her I love her,” Amethea replied.

“Of course, momma,” Calvin remarked, walking towards the west exit, finishing his wife retching over the stair banister.

He held back any of her hair that had risk of falling in her face, handing her a handkerchief to wipe her face once she was done, while rubbing her back, “I want to go home,” she whimpered.

He knew there was a point in asking her what happened or why, she’ll tell him eventually.

Once they were home and Indigo was comfortably in bed, she continued to stare that stupid little green charm in her hand. Calvin sat on the edge of their bed taking the charm for her hands, “He said it was a gift for becoming such a fine individual,” she muttered, “Then, he told me he was proud of me.”

“And he can’t be proud of you?”

Indigo shook her head, “If he is so proud, why is so bitter?! Why is this after all time the one time he holds a conversation with me?! All I have ever wanted as is student is his praises, his approve, and now when he gives to me it doesn’t seem sincere.”

Calvin sighed, placing the charm on the bedside table, taking a hold of her hands, “I think he’s just an old man that wants to stir the pot.”

“You’re probably right…”

“You are far better then he ever could be,” Calvin cooed.

Indigo smiled as he kissed forehead, “You should just leave him be to do whatever weird shit he does with Duke in the basement.”

Indigo giggled, “Do you want me to throw this away?” Calvin asked, picking the charm back up.

“Non, I’ll keep it, maybe put it with the baby’s stuff.”

Calvin nodded, “Hopefully it doesn’t mark our kid as his.”

“I’ll kill him if it does," Indigo giggled.

#bridgehid #indigo #calvin #amethea #neon #coralstone #indigo x calvin #calvin x indigo #oneshot #writing #writer #writers on tumblr

[oneprompt]

Hello, could I request general relationship hcs for Black Maria and Yamato with a reader (either gn or male) that is an all-star in the Beast Pirates? Thank you very much and also love your work, definitely my fav One Piece account!

authors note : been So into tobi roppo lately , vv excited to write for black mariaaaa .. please enjoy <33 also tysm for all the praise ... aaww someone like me doesnt deserve such sweet comments <33 shucks !

Black Maria x Gn! All-Star! Reader Hcs

- You may be in a higher position then her, but that never stops Black Maria from having her fun with you. She's an obnoxious flirt, a huge tease, and labels never ever stop her from doing what she loves. She'll patronize you infront of the other All-Stars, talking about how cute you are, and how much you love her.

- Black Maria gets quite the big head around you, always flaunting off her accomplishments or mocking Sasaki or any other Tobi Roppo to your face to make her look the best out of the group. She may be a smug woman, but due to your position, she feels the need to impress you 24/7. Whether its how she presents herself, what she does, etc. Some of Black Maria’s degrading stories about her fellow Tobi Roppo may be... highly exaggerated. 

- I just know shes super possessive. If Black Maria catches anyone looking at you, regardless of their status, she’ll make sure to prove you’re hers. I mean, as an All-Star, many of the beast pirates are bound to adore you. She’ll cling to you, covering your face in her scarlet lip prints, regardless of who you’re infront of, (Okay, okay.. she’ll tone it down a bit if Kaido is around.)

- Totally your number one cheerleader. Black Maria finds it too endearing to watch you beat down any threats to Onigashima. She’s always reminded of how lucky she is to have someone so noble as her partner! Black Maria makes sure to prove that, with all the hefty praise she bellows. 

- Black Maria gives you lots of private performances, singing you her most cherished songs while you lay your head down on her lap. She probably has pages upon pages of lyrics she wrote about you, and she’s not embarrassed to sing every single character out to you in her chambers. 

- Black Maria may be an extremely forward woman but if you ever act flirty back, the poor woman melts! She’s used to being in the lead, being the more affectionate out of... everyone she knows. So, if you’re just as flirty/lovey dovey, you’ll kill her! Well... not kill her, you’ll just see a rather out of character expression from her. 

Yamato x Gn! All-Star! Reader Hcs

- You two have a very private relationship, one that’s kept secret from all of Onigashima. But that never stops Yamato from being sweet to you in private! They always shower you in compliments, whether its about your fighting skills, your appearance, anything! I can imagine Yamato displaying their affection verbally, more then anything else... But that never stops them from sandwiching you in their muscles for a hug. 

- I can imagine you and Yamato having a mutual distaste for Kaido, both being traitors of sorts... Although, Kaido is unknowing of yours. You both have a deep interest in Wano, so, you let Yamato read out Oden’s journal to you all the time. Even if you’ve heard the same amounts of praise, the same bits of curiosity, you and Yamato never get tired of talking about Wano and it’s stories. You two dream of having a domesticated life out there...

- You and Yamato do the cutest couple activity together... Sparring! Okay, well-- maybe not cute but it’s soo much fun. You and Yamato help each other practice new moves, tactics and test one another’s endurance. As you two have plans to one day go rogue, running away from Onigashima, you always need special moves in your back pocket. 

- You do Yamato’s hair for them, i just know thats how it would be. Yamato just has so much hair and struggles to take care of it... so, you always brush out each and every beautiful strand before pulling it back for Yamato, tying it up tightly. Such long hair would be nothing but a burden during fights, and you know that. You love their hair so much, often basking in their scent while you clean it, brush it, etc. 

- Yamato isn’t too familiar with romantic gestures, so their attempts of being romantic can fail quite often. They brought you flowers? The buds are bit off, They promised a cutesy date? They have you in a chokehold. Regardless, Yamato still tries their best to show you how much they love you! Even if it’s something mundane like holding hands, a kiss on the forehead... They try really hard, okay?

- Gets jealous sometimes of the other All-Stars or the Tobi Roppo, due to how often you’re around them all. Its totally not fair! Those morons don’t know the true Y/n, the one that loves Wano... They only know the Kaido fan Y/n! After your meetings with them, Yamato won’t let you out of their arms. You’re only theirs, none of those brainless losers can have you... Hmph!

#one piece #one piece imagines #one piece x reader #black maria #yamato #black maria x reader #yamato x reader #cute #fluff #headcanons #one piece headcanons

[caffedrine]

Keith Howell - Chapter 24 Dramatic - Summary

I pretty much have no idea what I’m doing. I don’t trust me, and you shouldn’t either. This summary is not guaranteed to be accurate, it’s mostly written for myself to follow along with the route.

Emma really did want to stay calm, but after everything the King of Jade said, she couldn’t take it anymore. She knows this middle-aged man is a king, but his stubbornness about calling Keith a failure and a loser makes her doubt he’s known as the ‘wise king’.

To help the country, Keith made an antidote to a poison previously thought incurable. He did it, anticipating a future crisis that seems to be happening now. And even though everyone around him is criticizing him, Keith is still doing everything he can to protect Jade.

Meanwhile, the king is denying everything Keith is doing and is only listening to one side of the issue. Is the king blind, preventing him from seeing his son?

Emma doesn’t care if what she is saying is out of line, or near blasphemy. She understands that she is a complete outsider to Keith and the king’s relationship, and she knows so little about them. But one thing is certain; after spending all this time together with Keith in Rhodolite she knows that Keith is not a failure.

She asks if the king understands all of Keith’s accomplishments as a prince. How many of his own citizens admire and love Keith? If he knows anything at all, then he knows better than to punish Keith on the back of clearly fabricated evidence.

There is a long, heavy silence between the three of them.

The King of Jade looks at her, his sharp gaze like a knife at Emma’s throat. But she doesn’t believe she said anything wrong, even though she was speaking to a king. She looks straight back at him, even though everything feels heavy.

And suddenly her sight is blocked, with Keith standing between her and the king.

Emma is enveloped in the smell of trees, deep in a forest, and the feeling of a blade at her throat disappears. Arms are wrapped around her, and the fear and tension that had been welling up inside her dissipates.

The king demands to know who this rude woman is, but Keith tells him that he is the one who’s being rude. He can accept and forgive the king for anything he does to him, but Emma is his . . . Is his important person.

When he visited Rhodolite and met with all the princes, Keith could accept that he has few talents. In the end, he is only skilled at being a weed and with swordsmanship. Perhaps if he had tried harder, he might have been able to cultivate another talent.

Emma interrupts, Keith has way more skills and talents than that. He’s extremely knowledgeable about medicine and pharmacology, he’s equally kind and considerate to everyone, and his skill with his sword goes beyond a simple talent. Even knowing the Princes of Rhodolite, Keith holds up to them very well.

There is a chance that the Keith Emma can see and the Keith he can see are two different people.

Emma is frustrated, they are looking at the same person, just that Keith doesn’t seem to realize his own skills. By now, he should be aware of her role in the court, and her ability to judge others.

Keith is willing to give that he’s an extremely tough weed. He awkwardly clears his throat and takes the bag containing the vials of antidote back from Emma.

Ever since he met Emma, Keith has begun reconsidering his evaluation of himself. He loves this country, rich in nature and full of lively people. If the king lets Fernand ascend the throne, the country will fall to ruin and will become one where the aristocratic interest prevails to the detriment of the citizens. It will turn into a dog-eat-dog country, not the Jade that Keith loves.

This is why Keith must become king. And this is why he needs to put an end to the useless internal dispute between them.

Letting go of Emma, Keith walks over to the king, and grabs him by the lapels of his shirt, hauling him up. More than anything else, before caring about him as a king, Keith cares about him as a father. And he never wants to face the fear and horror of losing a member of his family ever again.

How strange, the room is spinning around Emma.

Keith is the first one to notice Emma fall over. Shouting her name, he runs back and scoops her off the floor. He tells her unconscious body that this is exactly why she should avoid taking random drugs with side effects that she doesn’t know.

The King of Jade looks at Emma, sleeping in Keith’s arms, and notes that the side effects are unusually strong. What kind of woman just swallows ‘medicine’ without considering the side effects? And especially experimental drugs?

Keith points out that Emma took the drug to prove to the king that Keith wasn’t trying to kill him. She’s amazingly bottomless in her kindness. He gently places Emma against a clear part of the wall, draping his coat around her.

The king clarifies that she is a noblewoman from Rhodolite, which Keith agrees to. He explains Fernand’s kidnapping plot, intending to use her to control Keith. The king doesn’t understand why Emma would be targeted, and Keith reminds him that he just explained that Emma was important to him.

Keith admits that this isn’t the first time Emma has gotten caught up in his affairs. That time when he was attacked in Rhodolite, Emma had been in the carriage with him. He can admit that he fell in love with her, even though it’s selfish, and now he can’t afford to lose her. She is the kind of person you can only meet once in your lifetime.

Once again, Keith presents the bag containing the antidote to the king. The poison still affecting him made the king’s handshake, but he still reached out to it.

Unfortunately for Keith, he has no proof that Fernand is behind anything. If the king believed that his own son was lying to him, the court of nobles also would.

There is physical evidence that Fernand is behind everything. If the king was poisoned by the forbidden plant, then it must be in the midst of being cultivated somewhere. And, if he’s right, Fernand is planning on mass producing it, so there should be a large-scale facility cultivating and harvesting the plant as they speak.

However, Keith understands that Fernand has probably already covered his involvement; the land and facility growing the plant is doubtlessly owned under a false name. To uncover the truth, Keith needs the help of the king.

Keith quickly explains his plan to the king, with a confidence that is unlike him. An outsider looking in wouldn’t believe that the failure prince is talking.

After hearing the plan, the king asks if this is the reason Keith snuck into the palace. It was, and Keith begs him for help. Up until now, Keith has been trying to expose Fernand’s crimes by himself, but he failed at it. He has accepted that he won’t be able to expose anything without the king’s help. He accepts his past mistakes; instead of giving up because the king didn’t believe him, Keith should have had this conversation a long time ago.

The silence between them was uncomfortably long, but the king looked contemplative.

The king is willing to help, but only under a specific condition.

~~~

Emma wakes up with sunlight on her face, and vigorously rubs her eyelids. She recalls losing consciousness due to drugs for the third time since meeting Keith. It’s starting to become a weird habit of hers.

(Ironically, it's Alter!Keith who gives Emma space to admire his room)

She’s in a room she’s never seen before, with the interior completely different than anything she’s seen in Rhodolite. It smells like a deep forest, and Emma wonders if this is Keith’s room.

From nearby, Alter!Keith calls out to Emma, asking if she’s awake now. Emma sits up and looks over at him, seeing him sitting on a sofa, going over documents piled high on a table.

Alter!Keith explains that Emma fell asleep due to the side effect of the antidote. While she was unconscious, the conversation with the king was settled, though they aren’t completely trusted yet. Returning the document in his hand to the pile, Alter!Keith walks over to Emma and begins to style her head.

Right now, since Keith is ostensibly a culprit in the attempted assassination of the king, they have been confined to his rooms, though under a very light guard. From an outside viewpoint, it looks like the king is planning on pardoning him.

Emma asks if the trial has been canceled but Alter!Keith corrects her; it has not. As he said, the king doesn’t fully trust them. He needs to settle things with Fernand before the trial, otherwise, it will go through and they’ll never see each other again.

Emma recalls the plan, getting the king on their side was only the first step. Now the real hard part starts.

Alter!Keith pulls on Emma’s cheek, stretching it out. By now, Fernand should be rushing to the castle to protest the conditions that Keith is being held in, especially since he’s not being treated badly at all. From Fernand’s point of view, even if the trial goes through, Keith might be spared from execution. Now he has a chance to speak with his stupid uncle one-on-one. Emma should cheer up, everything is going to plan.

Emma admits that is what makes her so worried, what she knows of Fernand tells her that he’s willing to use underhanded methods. Until everything ends, they don’t know what will happen at all. Alter!Keith asks if Emma is worried, and she admits that she is.

Whom is she worried for? Alter!Keith or the other one?

(Asking the questions we all want answered)

Not falling for that unfair question, Emma tells Alter!Keith that she’s worried about both of them. She reaches up to cup Alter!Keith’s hand, still on her cheek. After taking several long breaths to calm herself down, she smiles and looks up at Alter!Keith, asking if there is anything else she can do.

There is.

Emma agrees to do anything.

Anything?

Alter!Keith’s smile twists evilly and asks Emma to support him fully. Before she can ask what that means, Alter!Keith tilts his head, his lips grazing against Emma’s. Emma was not expecting this, and the shock of the kiss shorts out her brain for a few seconds.

Is this what he means? Emma asked him to wait until after this mess is sorted out before getting into that.

Alter!Keith points out that Emma just said that she’d do anything. Emma admits that it was a mistake, and she would like to take that word back.

Denied.

Alter!Keith gives Emma short, sharp kisses, over and over again. As Emma wonders if this is really helping him, she looks into his eyes, and sees a faint shadow of sorrow in his golden eyes. She interrupts his kisses, asking what’s wrong. Alter!Keith doesn’t seem all that happy that the plan is going so well.

Alter!Keith tells her that she’s wrong. Giving her a sweet kiss, he asks her to focus on choosing which one of them she loves. Emma reminds him that she would decide after everything is settled but Alter!Keith insists that he deserves a reward. For example, an earlier answer.

With her cheeks caught in his hands, Emma cannot escape. Instead, she is forced to look into Alter!Keith’s eyes, her heart beating so loud that she can hear it herself.

Maybe she has already decided. The feelings of wanting to help the situation and worry throb in her heart. The feelings she has for both of them. Her emotions aren’t moving in one direction or another, but in both directions at once.

Who’s hand will she take after all of this is over? Alter!Keith’s? Or his?

Emma admits that she still doesn’t know, and asks him how he would respond if she told him that she loved both of them equally. Alter!Keith points out that wouldn’t be normal, and Emma agrees. But is it so bad to be abnormal?

Maybe Emma just needs to accept that her feelings are abnormal and just go with it. Just as Keith had been worried about being abnormal, she had also worried about her own abnormal emotions. But, if she loves and accepts Keith and his abnormal situation, perhaps he’ll accept her abnormal feelings. Once she makes up her mind, she accepts the overflowing love crushing her down.

Alter!Keith grumbles that this will make accepting the king’s conditions even harder. Emma is confused and asks him to explain but Alter!Keith only laughs derisively. However, Emma has noticed that the sorrow in his gaze is gone.

Alter!Keith wants her, unlike him, he is not a late bloomer in his feelings. He tilts his head again, kissing Emma. This kiss is different from his last one, extreme to the point Emma wonders if she can even call it a kiss.

It’s like being devoured by a beast, from one end to another. Emma doesn’t even recall when Alter!Keith pushed her down onto the bed, only that at some point they were on top of it. Her head is hot, her vision is blurred. Alter!Keith breaks the kiss long enough to ask if Emma is enjoying herself. Embarrassed, Emma asks him not to just ask that.

Alter!Keith asks if she understands yet; reactions just like that only make him want to bully her more. Emma looks away as Alter!Keith gently strokes her body. He remarks that he will never be able to kiss her like that.

Oh, right, Nice!Keith. Who was doubtlessly looking through Alter!Keith’s eyes as they spoke. If she focused on it any longer, Emma would go crazy. It was one thing to tell Alter!Keith that she loved both of them equally, it was another to know that no matter whom she kissed, the other would be watching. As her blush increases to the point her ears feel hot, Emma can’t even look at Alter!Keith.

Her chin is grabbed, and Alter!Keith moves her head to look back at him, dropping a light kiss on her mouth. At the same time, his wandering hand started to explore more interesting places on Emma’s body.

Just as Emma calls out for Alter!Keith to wait just a second, he suddenly shouts, asking what he thinks he’s doing. Confused, Emma looks at him, only to see Nice!Keith looking back at her. He looked both panicked and embarrassed, pulling away from her.

Shyly, Keith admits that while they do share the same body, he’s having trouble just watching her be kissed by him. He asks if it’s okay if he kisses her too.

Well, Emma loves both of them, which means that she has accepted both of them. She ascents.

Still very shy, Keith gives her a very light kiss. And just as Emma was beginning to feel relieved from how gentle it was, she feels his tongue tracing her lips.

Oh.

Looking at Keith’s face, he has an expression that seems to say ‘open up’. Timidly, Emma parts her lips and feels her tongue captured with a clumsy kiss. Rather than devouring her, Keith’s kiss is slow and gentle enough to make Emma want to cry.

She had thought that Nice!Keith wanted safe kisses, but apparently, he was just as hungry as Alter!Keith.

Keith releases her mouth, pulling back to apologize. Emma asks what he has to apologize for, and Keith admits that it’s for something he said a while ago. Back then, he had told her that he would be content with any answer she gave him, in regard to her feelings.

That was a lie, he will never be content with just a verbal answer. The hands on Emma have a new strength in them as Keith admits that he and Alter!Keith are of the same mind on this. Now that he knows how she feels about them, he won’t be able to let her go anymore.

Emma doesn’t know how this will work out. Can she leave anymore, just as she planned to less than a week ago? She is of a completely different social class than Keith, so of course it won’t work out. But leaving him is something she’s confident she’ll regret for the rest of her life. It’s easy to say that she wants to be with him forever but putting that into practice is an entirely different beast.

Perhaps noticing her hesitation, Keith changes the subject. Right now, he is confident that he will be able to take down his uncle. She should know though, that while Emma was sleeping, he made a promise with the king, which he will explain to her.

After hearing the details of the promise with the king, it makes sense that Alter!Keith wanted to know now how she felt about him right then. Emma had expected something like this to happen, but it still broke her heart.

Contrary to Emma, who was feeling pessimistic, Keith seemed elated. He explained that it wasn’t just Alter!Keith who wanted to know, but him as well. And now that he knows, he’s very happy. It’s unexpected and different from the gloomy dour Keith Emma has become accustomed to.

Keith reminds Emma that she never called him a failure, and trusted in him. He asks her to trust him now, promising that he will end things with his uncle. Emma understands, and begs Keith to be careful, hugging him. She can’t think of anything witty to say, so instead she tries to convey her feelings physically. Keith’s eyes look delighted, as if her hug was a treasure.

Emma can barely breathe.

~~

 The next day, just as night is about to fall, Fernand returns to the castle, shouting. The soldier accompanying Fernand was young, though older than the Prince, one of the members of the extended royal family who lived at court.

The soldier admits that it’s not public yet, but word is that the King of Jade is in critical condition, and needed to talk to Fernand alone.

Fernand orders the soldier to keep out everyone else from the king’s chambers, unless he gives express permission for them to attend. And warns him to especially keep out Keith. The soldier agrees, leaving Fernand alone.

Fernand is in a rush because if the king dies now, all of his planning will be for naught. He reaches the king’s chambers only to find no one guarding it. Cautiously, Fernand reaches out and knocks on the door, and when there is no reply, he pushes the door open and enters. There is no sign of the king in the room.

However, Keith is already present.

Fernand asks Keith what he’s doing here, and if the report of the king’s condition worsening was a lie. Keith tells him that it was not, and the king has already entrusted him with something important. Holding out his palm, Keith shows Fernand a pendant, with a large drop of jade in the center. He asks if Fernand understands what he’s holding.

Fernand does, it’s the king’s brooch. He demands to know where the king is right now.

The king was brought to a medical institution shortly after Keith was summoned. It appears that Keith was summoned before Fernand was.

Fernand complains that the king must have gone insane if he gave that to Keith. No one in their right mind would let their killer inherit the throne.

Maybe the king was able to see through Fernand’s deceptions, otherwise, why would he give Keith the pendant as he lay dying?

Keith’s eyes suddenly sharpen, their color seeming to change. With this pendant, he will officially ascend the throne and become the King of Jade.  Fernand disagrees, Keith is still under suspicion for the attempted assassination.

Keith picks up a letter from a nearby table, holding it up in front of Fernand. On it is a formal proclamation in the king’s handwriting, bearing the national emblem. Keith’s name is clearly visible, with the king formally delegating authority to him.

Fernand calls it a forgery.

Keith warns Fernand to call this a forgery is paramount to traitorous talk. But now that he’s king, Keith will warn him; he will never forgive him for his crimes.

There’s still going to be a trial amongst the aristocrats, only instead of Keith being the defendant, it will be Fernand.

But why, Fernand has committed no crimes, unlike Keith. Keith points out that if he really planned on assassinating the king, he wouldn’t have left all the evidence out in the open just inside his room. The only real evidence they have is the assassin claiming that the first prince ordered it, though does he think the testimony will stand up once it’s revealed the evidence was fabricated?

If the king was convinced of Keith’s crimes, why would he have given Keith the pendant? Fernand has no one to rely on to cover up his own crimes.

Keith went to Rhodolite under orders of the king to investigate a rumor. A rumor that was told to him by Fernand.

Fernand only shrugs, if he hears a concerning and credible rumor, it’s only natural to tell the king about it. Keith agrees, but on that note, why didn’t Fernand  himself go to Rhodolite? Why did he advise the king to send Keith instead, and delegate such an important matter to what he considered a failure?

Fernand repsonds, unlike Keith, he is actually really busy.

Ignoring the rumor for a moment, a four-nation goodwill meeting is an extremely significant diplomatic occasion that anyone would want to attend no matter how busy they are. But Fernand had a reason to send Keith to Rhodolite; the attempted assassination of Keith during a carriage ride, and the attempted assassination of the king.

Then again, if Fernand had gone to Rhodolite instead, it might have been dangerous to him. Keith can’t deny that the carriage attack was committed by someone who had a grudge against the royal family.

Fernand spits out that, unlike Keith, he would never be a target of an attempted assassination. He’s actually good at building relationships with others. It doesn’t matter if Keith had gone to Rhodolite or stayed in Jade, someone would have targeted him.

Oh? Keith looks at Fernand and asks if he’s saying that he only attempted to assassinate the king, not Keith?

He didn’t say that.

Fernand is done with this idle talk, he needs to go to the king as soon as possible.

Keith tells him that he’s already too late. He lowers his face, as if in mourning, and tells Fernand that the forbidden plant has no cure and a high fatality rate. You see, just before Fernand arrived, Keith had received word that the king had passed.

There is a painful silence before Fernand shouts that Keith is a liar, his composure crumbling away. He adds that Keith is a real bastard, as the poison was not enough to kill the king, only sicken him. If the king passed, then Keith must have done something to him.

. . . how does Fernand know the poison wasn’t enough to kill the king? Only the person involved in the assassination should know how much poison was given to the king.

Fernand considers this before admitting that Keith is correct. However, he shouldn’t go celebrating too quickly; he won’t be able to get out of the trial by claiming what Fernand may or may not have said. He has no evidence and is an unreliable witness to Fernand’s words.

Good thing Keith has another witness.

(To be fair, he has two witnesses, but one doesn't count)

The King of Jade stops hiding behind a piece of furniture and stands in front of Keith and Fernand. As Fernand's face pales, the king admits that Keith was right this time. He is very disappointed in Fernand.

Fernand shouts at the king that he’s mistaken, this is all a trap by Keith. The king tells him that he has failed if he has been caught in a trap set up by Keith then. He holds out his hand expectantly and Keith returns the pendant signifying the ruler.

The trial will change, with the defendant being Fernand. The king looks forward to hearing all the details.

Fernand immediately turns and opens the door. He orders the soldier on the other side to kill the two men inside. He then rushes out of the room, down the corridor, and straight to Keith’s room.

When he arrives, he yanks the door open, rushing in.

Normal Story – Give Me Your Love

Cornered by his nephew, whom he considered a failure, Fernand rushed down the corridor determined not to die. He was heading to the woman from Rhodolite whom his nephew had fallen in love with. Upon entering his nephew’s rooms, he found . . . no one.

Fernand searched behind the sofa, in the closet, under the table, and under the bed, but didn’t see any evidence of her.

He hears a tongue click disappointedly behind him. Sword in hand, Alter!Keith stands in the doorway, blocking his exit. If Fernand is looking for Emma, he’s too late; she left the castle the previous night. By now, she must have reached the border and entered Rhodolite.

Fernand reached for the sword at his waist, but he was too slow as Alter!Keith’s sword was at his throat. He asks if Fernand was planning on taking her hostage a second time to make him tell the king that he was guilty. He calls Fernand a piece of shit and asks how much farther he intends to go.

Fernand asks what the hell is with Keith’s sudden change in personality.

Instead of a reply, Alter!Keith kicks Fernand, knocking him out and over. His body is splayed out on the floor, looking like a corpse. Alter!Keith tells him to sleep for a while, and be grateful that Alter!Keith didn’t kill him.

Sheathing his sword, Alter!Keith is pleased to see the culprit behind his birth be taken down.

~~~

Several months have passed since the last rose petal has fallen, and Emma made her choice of king. The foreign princes have all left the country of Roses, though neither Silvio nor Gilbert’s real purpose has been discovered. While the worst of the crisis has passed, the princes are keeping an eye on foreign countries.

Leon, who was officially crowned as king, was received very well by the people of Rhodolite. Every time she saw him, Emma was pleased and satisfied with her choice.

With the foreign princes gone and Emma’s role as Belle ended, she had no reason to stay at the castle as Belle and returned to the bookstore. She is now suddenly lost with all the free time on her hands, feeling like she has woken up from a long dream.

However, she still has a popup book of Jade, which she reads over and over again. If she touches her hair, she can feel a fake rose blooming in it. She touches them to remind herself that Keith wasn’t a dream, even though its been a few months since they broke up. She has no idea what happened after she left Jade, as news from the country was scarce.

Additionally, there was the promise Keith had made with the king.

*Flashback time*

The condition to the king’s support is that Emma must be returned to Rhodolite immediately. Her presence as a kidnapping victim will cause an international incident, and above everything else, it would show the king that Keith was serious.

If Emma leaves, the king will cooperate with Keith to bring down Fernand.

~~~

Upon hearing of her adventures in Jade, Yves promises to send her word if Keith contacts him. He assures her not to look worried about no news; if something were to happen to Keith they would find out.

Besides, Keith was definitely madly in love with her, sending her back to Rhodolite wasn’t his way of saying goodbye. Yves has no doubt that Keith will come for Emma.

*Flashback End*

Despite Yves’ reassurances, Emma is not convinced. There is no guarantee that she will ever be able to see Keith again. However, even though he’s not there, Emma hasn’t stopped dreaming and thinking about him every day.

She really had fallen in love with him.

Ugh, and now she’s moping about, waiting for mushrooms to start growing on her. There are no customers, so she might as well do some light cleaning.

As she gets up from the counter, she hears a faint sound coming from outside. Looking up, she sees an unusual guest, round eyes, very cute and very blue. It takes Emma a moment to place the bird, Dill, Keith’s messenger bird.

Emma rushes outside, and Dill flies towards her, using her outstretched arm as a perch. Upon landing, he starts grooming himself as Emma contemplates what his appearance means.

She looks around but doesn’t see Keith in her immediate vicinity.

Dill is a messenger bird, so there is a good chance he has a letter or some sort of message. There’s nothing obvious, and Emma wonders if it was dropped somewhere during his journey. For now, she’ll take care of Dill and feed him.

A voice calls out to Emma for her to wait, and not let Dill steal her away. Dill takes this moment to push away, flying off into the sky. Coming up the way is a prince, as big as a tree, with olive-colored hair and golden eyes.

He really came.

Dill alights on Keith’s shoulder, though he looks uncomfortable as they heave up and down as Keith catches his breath. Keith apologizes for being late, he came in a hurry and now looks messy and uncool.

Impulsively, Emma jumps at Keith, who smells of trees in the forest. She asks if Keith is okay, and he breathlessly assures her that he’s fine, really. Emma asks if he got injured after she last saw him.

Keith did not, but Fernand did. He has several broken bones, but that’s not what Keith’s here to talk about.

He hugs Emma tightly and tells her that she missed him. Emma is relieved and happy to see him as well, all thoughts of never seeing him again vanishing. She looks into his eyes, which convey love without any words. She leans forward-

Standing next to them, Liam coughs pointedly.

Emma and Keith are brought back to a sudden reality, and Emma wonders how long he was there. Liam tells them that they’re still in public and that they should go somewhere more private. Emma realizes that with Keith right in front of her, she had gone completely blind to everyone and everything else.

Emma closes up the bookstore and brings Keith to her home, serving him tea. The atmosphere between them becomes awkward, and Keith’s eyes dart back and forth uncertainly.

Deciding that she can’t spend the night without speaking. She asks Keith if he’s here because he’s no longer under suspicion of the attempted assassination of the king. Keith then explains that it was his uncle who went on trial for the attempt. It was bolstered by their discovery of the plantation that Fernand was using to cultivate the forbidden plant. Fernand had maintained his innocence the entire time, but with the backing of the king, Keith was able to procure several witnesses. Soon, Fernand will be found guilty and sentenced.

Emma is relieved that the suspicions surrounding Keith have been cleared. For the first time in a long time, she feels herself relax. Keith thanks her; because of her support, he was able to gain the confidence of the king.

And he has one more thing to talk about, the promise he made with the king.

Keith and the king had a very heated discussion; after his return to Jade and the imprisonment of his uncle, the king began to gather marriage proposals for Keith. This set off the first quarrel Keith has ever had with the king. It ended with him proclaiming that he could see no one besides Emma as a viable partner. He can only grow into a king with Emma at his side. He demanded that instead of drowning Keith in marriage proposals, he gets to know Emma before deciding she’s not worthy. In the end, he used the ace of Emma saving the king’s life to get him to agree.

Emma is surprised, from the way Keith tells the story, it sounds like it was Nice!Keith who fought with the king. She wonders if he’s taking on some of the traits of Alter!Keith.

If Emma doesn’t mind, Keith would be delighted to formally introduce her to his father, the king. Oh, no, wait, that’s not what he was trying to say. He apologizes for going about this in a haphazard way. Keith wants her to come to Jade with him . . . but of course, if she doesn’t want to . . . they can.

Keith interrupts himself, gathers his thoughts. He tells Emma that he loves her.

Emma is stunned by the directness of Keith’s words. Misunderstanding her silence, Keith asks if he’s committed a social faux pas; this is Rhodolite so he probably should have said that with roses. Give him a moment, he’ll get some roses for her, does she need 10? 100? Or maybe this is the sort of thing that needs 1,000? 10,000?

Seeing a future with roses crammed into every free space of her home, Emma quickly cuts in and tells Keith that she absolutely accepts his feelings, no roses required. She reaches out to hold Keith’s hand, hoping to soothe his anxiety. She stands up, hugging Keith and feeling him stiffen from shock in her arms. Emma tells Keith that she loves him too, and would like to come to Jade with him.

Time comes to a stop as Keith stands, hugging her to him. Emma can feel that its not just her heart that’s pounding and tells Keith that she can hear his heartbeat. Keith apologizes and asks her to pretend she doesn’t hear it.

Keith admits that he feels much safer now. At Emma’s confusion, he reminds her that compared to everyone else he’s met, he’s very abnormal, and was worried about so many things. This is the first time he’s fallen in love, and he’s certain that this is the first time anyone has fallen in love with him like this.

Emma tells Keith that he is her new normal; life without him feels abnormal. She stretched up along Keith’s body and kisses him. Seeing his face go red, Emma asks if he feels less anxious now.

No, not yet. They should kiss more, it might help.

As Emma kisses him again, she glances into Keith’s eyes. Something about them makes her feel like she’s being played with.

But no, it was still Nice!Keith in front of her. She must just be mistaking his anxiety. She wraps her arms around Keith’s neck, kissing him again and again. There is suddenly a hand at the back of her head, holding her mouth to Keith’s as he kisses her deeply.

Her mouth is devoured, with every corner being attacked. Greedy kisses make it hard for her to breathe, and Emma wonders how she went from being the instigator to being the one kissed. After being toyed with for a while, Emma is finally released.

Alter!Keith tells her that he wants kisses like that one. Unlike him, Alter!Keith has no anxiety over her feelings; he knows that she loves them so much that she can’t turn away from them.

#ikemen prince #ikepri #keith howell #main route

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2,53, and 77 for all three of the girlies ya mentioned!! (Also I can't WAIT till everyone gets to meet You Know Who omg)

WAAHHH KAT THANK YOU SO MUCCHH!!!!! You spoil me omg! :3c AND I CANT WAIT FOR YOU KNOW WHO EITHER!!!! Soon.... everyone will Know

First up, Tiller! 🌊🦀🪼🐉☀️

2. Who in the party would your character trust the most with their life?

Honestly?? I think it's Aveline! First off, Aveline is the most competent in battle, and has already personally saved Tiller's ass so many times, which she is SO thankful for! Tiller knows Av is very strong, as well as cool under pressure so she knows she can always count on her. Also, Tiller believes the two of them have built up a lot of trust since the beginning of the adventure, and I think feeling so confident in Av's care for her is one of Tiller's greatest accomplishments! :") They've come so far!!

53. What is your character’s favorite spell? If they don’t use spells: what is their favorite personal weapon/combat maneuver/skill/etc.?

Very simple, but I think it's Water Breathing! She likes being able to be with all the sea life she loves so much, and she can bring friends along!

77. If your character had to multiclass into a class they currently aren’t the next time they level up, what would it be and what reason would they have for doing so?

Probably cleric! Tiller just met her mom who is a god, so I'm sure she's already developing some dynamic around her mom, and the religion that literally already exists around her. XD But I think she'd like going on small pilgrimages to find other sea dragon siblings in the future, and spread the word so to speak. And plus, she'd be a little more like Roy!

Next, Sandra! 💘✨💒🍸😈

2. Who in the party would your character trust the most with their life?

Ooooggghhh this is hard... I think Wizard. There's something about his confidence, self-assuredness, and laid back attitude that Sandra would fully trust him with Anything. Like if he says "hey brother, it's all gonna be okie dokie <|:)", like she'd believe that statement to be fact now. It IS all gonna be okie dokie.

53. What is your character’s favorite spell? If they don’t use spells: what is their favorite personal weapon/combat maneuver/skill/etc.?

I think Glyph of Warding. It's made Sandra a couple of friends the last couple of times she's used it, and she likes helping people! Also it has the ability to explode the target when triggered, and if that isn't the Sandra dichotomy, well :) Spell of Help Out My Friends And Also Fuck You

77. If your character had to multiclass into a class they currently aren’t the next time they level up, what would it be and what reason would they have for doing so?

Maybe Bard? That was my answer to one of Frenchy's questions, asking what she would do if she had a full class change. So many of her social skills and talents already overlap to bardic traits so I think it would mesh well with her whole attitude. She'd love to give better shows and throw bardic inspirations around lol! (I can also see Wizard tho... she IS studious)

And of course, Aubreyyyyy 💀🚬💸🤬🙄

2. Who in the party would your character trust the most with their life?

Oh mannnn, Aubrey wouldn't trust any of you bitches, which works out well because if she loses her life, that's not a big deal for her. If I had to choose tho... probably Jeannine, cause who else is she gonna turn too except her toxic yuri situationship. Like "hi save me not because you care about me, but because I KNOW you're a phantom rogue and I'm gonna haunt your ass to hell and back if you don't"

53. What is your character’s favorite spell? If they don’t use spells: what is their favorite personal weapon/combat maneuver/skill/etc.?

Fear. She thinks it's funny.

77. If your character had to multiclass into a class they currently aren’t the next time they level up, what would it be and what reason would they have for doing so?

Rogue, with the intention of building up to the Mastermind archetype. It's literally Manipulator The Class, lol so Aubrey would love it. I can see her getting frustrated with the "unwanted attention" and "consequences" that her undead warlock magic and maybe a little murder causes. So it's nice to have a plan A that's just "I tell you what I want and you give it to me". Lot easier on the clean-up. (Also with that Expertise, her Deception/Intimidation would be +14 so like... let's go girls)

#YAYYY THIS WAS SO FUN!!!! #such interesting questions to think about I really had to chew on em for awhile! #tiller jakobie #sandra seraphina #aubrey westchester #cape curiosity #q2gs #asks #merrigelblogs

[uncloseted]

how can i be content with where i am in life? i am by no means "unsuccessful", but i feel i see people around me who are wayyy more successful/accomplished than i am and it's really affecting my mental health. i am not even applying for jobs and roles because i feel i'm too unqualified for them. i am not good at math and im an international student in the UK which means sponsorship is also super competitive. i feel stuck and helpless.

I think the first thing is to recognize how much you have accomplished. Being an international student in the UK by itself is huge! Getting a spot at a university in the UK can be competitive even for people from the UK, and it's even harder as an international student. I think you should be proud of yourself for going after what you wanted and being able to face the challenges that come with living in a place that isn't where you grew up. I would guess that a lot of the people that you're comparing yourself to didn't experience those same challenges, so it makes sense that they have more time and energy to devote to other things.

In general, what I would say is this. Life isn’t a race, and there aren’t milestones we have to hit. Everyone has their unique struggles and achievements and does things at their own pace. Some people do lots of really cool things in their teens or 20s but find being in their 40s to be difficult. Other people struggle to find their footing when they’re young, but discover their passion at 60. Grandma Moses, a renowned painter, didn’t start painting until she was 76, and now her paintings are in the Met and sell for over a million dollars. There’s no right or wrong way to live your life. There’s just trying things and seeing what works.

So on that note, more practically, I would try to apply for as many jobs as possible and see if any of them work out. Even if you're under-qualified, the worst they can say is no, and the best that can happen is that you get a job you didn't think was an option for you. Generally the job requirements that they put are a wish list anyway- they're not really expecting anyone to have 100% of the skills and experience that they're listing, so it's always worth applying.

[caustic-light]

Hello! Im curious what about narutos design lends itself to him being chubby.

Ok, so lemme first give some examples of characters where being skinny is done in a way I find well designed, so you get where I’m coming from. Forgive me for having limited example images, it’s surprisingly hard to find good examples, at least with my research skills. And I didn’t feel like wading through multiple different mangas rn.

Let’s start with Gon from HxH, because Naruto has some interesting parallels to him.

Gon is small first of all. In the bottom picture he’s drowning in his clothes, in the top his clothes show off how much of a twig he is.

Gon as a character is incredibly animalistic and his character arc (I will try to make this mostly spoiler less, even if it means I can’t use some very telling moments as examples) is about basically constantly hitting walls and brute forcing his way through. He has a goal and to accomplish that he needs to be strong. To grow strong he needs challenge and he throws himself head first at it. But he’s also very small and frail and the way he goes about things makes him even more frail and vulnerable. He’s animalistic in a way that shifts around between being a lurking predator targeting a prey that vastly outmatches him in every possible regard and being a cornered prey animal turning to fight out of desperation.

Look at how this comes across. Look at what this does. That guy could break him in half and you need to know nothing about either of them to know that. This feels a lot like early Dragonball where Toriyama used similar size imagery, but with the clear distinction of Goku being much more round, much more balanced, much more secure, and in turn inspiring much more confidence. Gon here is at his limit before the fight even began. This is enforced by the fact that frequently Gon can not brute force his way forward. He is constantly hopelessly outmatched and sometimes gets away with his life just barely.

If he was an animal, he would be constantly fighting starvation. His entire character arc happens at his limits. And he looks the part. No matter how powerful he gets, no matter how many incredible things he may end up doing, he never stops being a hopelessly outmatched underdog who has to fight tooth and nail to just get out of whatever situation alive. And he always looks like he could easily be broken apart, or just fall apart on his own from sheer exhaustion.

Another example: Digimon Tamers:

I’m using a screenshot form the opening here because this is an early 2000s low budged Toei production and as such the actual show is incredibly inconsistent with sticking to the characters bodies details.

But look at how despite all being skinny, everyone here has their own shape. Takato (boy in the front) has really wide hips and soft lines, his clothes emphasize that and even give a slight roundness to his chest.

To his left, Jian is much more blocky and rectangular, but not in a way that comes across as sharp. Their bodies are proportioned pretty much identically, but the fine details set them immediately apart. The clothes emphasize these differences even more.

To his right, Ruki has much more defined curves, which are also accentuated by her clothes being tight fitting, but out of the main three she also comes across as the most edgy and sharp. Note how despite her being already distinctly more feminine in her shapes (for context they’re all around the edge of puberty age wise) Takato still has wider hips than her simply because that’s how he is built.

But in his case it doesn’t come across as feminine simply because the context is different. (Also can I just say how much I love it when male characters are given wide hips. It’s such a common body type, especially for kids, but you see it so rarely represented.)

You could tell these characters apart with just a headless, naked silhouette.

Okay, Naruto.

Having gone through all that, lemme ask: What does his body do for his design?

He borrows Gon’s animal motif, he even leans into it much, much more and he has similarly lose clothing, but it doesn’t really come across the same way, does it?

Because Naruto isn’t small. He is an underdog, but his arc is about growing out of that status. I couldn’t find a nice image of this without having to go through the manga/anime, but his moments of triumph pose him in a way that is powerful and imposing. Think about when he enters sage mode against Pain. He is big and looming. He takes up visual real estate. 

Where gon has to become strong enough to punch up at a bigger opponent and get away with it, Naruto grows strong enough for people to look up at him. When he wins against a powerful foe, it’s with a big pose, big action, big demonstration of his power. So being skinny doesn’t really do anything for the way he is shown.

I found this panel interesting because in this outfit he is basically 90% silhouette. And it doesn’t really do anything does it? The way he is shaped doesn’t draw attention to itself, it doesn’t say anything, it doesn’t direct your view in any way. All the interest, all the visual communication happens through his clothes and through details. His hair, his eyes, the marks on his face, the symbols on him.

Compare him to nsfw Sasuke over there, if you took their clothes off, could you tell they were different characters? Does the way they’re drawn make you think their bodies are shaped differently in any way?

Maybe Naruto’s shoulders are a little broader? It’s hard to say. The clothes obscure it. Which isn’t bad. But if your outfit obscures every detail of a characters shape, there is no body left below it. And that’s imo poor design. The outfit should accentuate the shape of the character or play with it, rather than take over as it’s own shape.

So why make him chubby?

There is a couple reasons.

For one, it lends itself both to the underdog status and the imposing, powerful and revered status he oscillates between. It would be very easy for his peers to see him as the fat kid who does nothing but eat ramen all day, but is also really scary for fox demon reasons.

But it also makes it so when he is big and powerful, he takes up so much more room. It makes it so when he raises his arm to throw a rasen shuriken, or dives in for the final hit you feel that all the more. If there is more mass on him, there is more mass in his movements.

Another duality that would be emphasized is one of lack of control vs mastery.

When he loses himself to the fox spirit, he becomes animalistic. He crouches and he moves with a low center of gravity. He protects his belly, because for all mammals the belly is the big weak point. That’s where we’re soft and squishy. It’s where all the organs are. That’s why when we put on weight it usually starts there. It’s the part that needs the most cushioning. And it’s part of why mammals largely evolved a quadrupedal stance. It protects the soft stuff. It’s also why a lot of mammals show both submission and trust by exposing their bellies.

Naruto’s source of power (visually) lies in his stomach. Making it softer emphasizes the vulnerability. And it emphasized how defensive and covered every movement of him is when he loses control. 

But when he reaches mastery, when he dominates, when he is shown as powerful and presented the way the people of the village ended up seeing him, he is fully upright. He doesn’t lurch from a crouched stance, he stands tall and proud and he moves with calmness and grace. Again, the most striking visual of this is how he raises his arm up high to throw a rasen shuriken. 

So you have this contrast of the intensely defensive state when he loses himself, where being chubby would emphasize his vulnerability and the powerful state of control where being chubby would emphasize that power and stand in direct contrast to the protectiveness of his animalistic side.

His outfit could also much more easily do what it does. If he had a larger frame, the outfit from the above image instead of devouring him would accentuate him. He would be a massive silhouette, made bigger and more comfortably powerful by the big cuff on his neck and the way the jacket defines his shoulders and there would be more room to add cool little marks and details without being as cluttered as it would be on a smaller canvas.

There is also a lot more potential for the time skip. As it stands, he didn’t change all that much visually. He got taller and broader.

But imagine if he went (purely visually) from the fat kid getting bullied to the fat teenager who nobody messes with because while he didn’t lose any fat, he got much taller, much broader and much stronger and everyone realized at some point he could easily knock their lights out. Being fat and adding that muscle beneath, the broader shoulders, the height, the visible strength would just make the redesign and time skip a whole lot more interesting and worthwhile.

The story also draws a lot of attention to his stomach directly. The seal is there. The chakra comes from there. It’s exposed and shown relatively often. A friend of mine noted seeing the seal on his skinny stomach feels like if you made Steven Universe skinny and YMMV but I personally just can not unsee that now.

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What's your favorite and least favorite thing about each main character on BTVS and Angel?

I can really only answer this for BTVS. I have seen Angel, but not recently, and it just doesn't resonate with me the way BTVS does. Turns out, when there's no Buffy, I don't care.

Buffy:

I love so much about Buffy Summers that it's hard to pick a true favorite trait. I'm going to go with her intelligence because it's so often overlooked even though, in many ways, she's the smartest character on the show-- and the one who actually uses her brain when everyone around her is being utterly irrational and falling for every trick in the manipulative villain handbook.

My least favorite thing about her, by far, is what a doormat she can be sometimes. It's so frustrating watching her take so much shit from her friends and family and forget her own strength over and over.

Giles:

This is difficult to articulate, but I like that Giles chooses to be one of the good guys despite clearly having the capacity not to be, and how his own moral grayness gives him an understanding of the nuances of human nature that the others lack.

My least favorite thing about Giles is his emotional cowardice and immaturity. He does so many harmful and downright stupid things trying to run from his feelings. He never quite learns to put on his big boy pants and deal with his issues, and his being decades older than the rest of the cast makes it really glaring.

Willow:

I love it when Willow cuts down to the core of a situation and exposes everybody's bullshit. Her rant to Giles and Angel in Reptile Boy, reading Faith for filth in Choices, and shutting Parker down in Beer Bad are some of my favorite moments with her.

My least favorite thing about her is that she's actually incredibly self-centered and entitled a lot of the time. She expects the world to stop for her when she's in pain and when she thinks she's right, she's not interested in what anyone else has to say or silly things like basic human rights and autonomy.

Xander:

His bravery. Despite having no powers and no particular skill set, he ends up accomplishing some pretty impressive things through sheer balls and determination, and it's hard not to respect that. Trust me, I've tried.

My least favorite thing about him is almost everything else about him, but I guess that's kind of cheating. If I had to sum it up into one trait, I think I'd say it's his blatant hypocrisy that bothers me the absolute most. He doesn't even try to live up to the standards he sets for other people.

From here on out, my take on who is and who isn't a main character is going to be pretty arbitrary. For instance, I'm not including Tara, even though I adore her, because I couldn't think of anything bad to say about her and that probably means she wasn't fleshed out enough to be a true main character. If I skip a character you wanted my opinion on, I'm always open to more Buffy asks!

Dawn:

Her loyalty. My girl does not mess around when you mess with the people she cares about, and she doesn't play that 'don't take sides' crap. If you hurt someone she loves, you're going to hear about it. I know, I know, Empty Places, but she was clearly being manipulated there and if you look at her behavior overall, she's absolutely a ride or die and I love it.

Her expectations, especially of Buffy, are extremely unreasonable sometimes and it causes a lot of misery all around. I don't count it against her too much because it's a pretty normal teenager thing, but if there was one thing I could change about her, it would probably be that.

Angel:

His insight. He's very good at channeling his own emotional turmoil and self-loathing into understanding others-- usually Buffy, but not always.

His martyr complex and constant self-sabotage are super annoying. Though I love him, I do totally understand people who can't deal with his Man Pain.

Spike:

Devotion. I have all sorts of problems with him but he does have a capacity for sacrificial love that transcends all else-- including soullessness and demonic influence.

And my least favorite thing about him is really just the flip side of that same trait. He's simultaneously creepily obsessive and eye-rollingly sentimental and dramatic.

Thanks for the ask!

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