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ML Fanfic recs for 2023: 2K - 5K Words

So I’ve been going through and adding particularly good fics I’ve read throughout the year. Only Complete fics, of course. Enjoy!

An uncaffeinated Marinette makes for an easily misunderstood Marinette.

Luka’s a ghost. Naturally, he does some haunting. He didn’t expect to fall in love along the way.

Nathaniel keeps trying to confess his feelings to Ivan. Marc keeps trying to sabotage those attempts in order to confess his own feelings. Why does it seem like things never go right?

Cat Walker’s under orders to fight Ladybug. That doesn’t stop Adrien from helping his girlfriend.

Zoe and Kagami discuss the intricacies of relationships while being mildly inconvenienced by zombies.

Kagami awakens to find herself in a house with a zombie. This is less of a problem than you might think.

Sabine keeps having nightmares about Ladybug and Chat Noir killing Marinette. She has some basis to worry.

All this and more below the break!

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They fill you with the faults they had. And add some extra, just for you by @unecoccinellenoire 

The thing is, Adrien Agreste isn’t a sentimonster. That’s the problem.

It’s left ambiguous exactly what’s happening, but... instead of the characters who’re canonically sentis being controlled, it looks like another method’s been used to keep them under their parents thumb. Basically, that what we thought were the kids amoks’ were actually used to brainwash more generally. Which leads to some complicated ethical questions for Adrien, since he now holds the rings. Especially since he can now use the rings on others the way they were used on him. 

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what if we got married in the park by my house in the middle of the school year by @wooawi

Marinette comes up with an ingenious plan to take Adrien away from Gabriel's garbage parenting.

This was just fun. Of course Marinette’s immediate plan to get Adrien away from his garbage family is to make him part of her own. It’s hilarious and adorable and Adrien rocks the wedding dress!

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Slip of the Tongue (And Not Enough Caffiene) by That_WildChild

Marinette is tired. Marinette is also uncaffeinated. This is not a good combination.

A sleepy Marinette accidentally suggests that she shares her bed with Ladybug. At least she's protecting her identity?

Pure Crack.

Ah, sweet, sweet crack! I giggled during the story. Marinette is “fucking Ladybug” indeed. At least her classmates are supportive! 

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See This Chance by @19thsentry-blog

Luka died in 2016. Yep. Crushed by the Arc de Triumph when Mayura’s Robustus slammed into it. It was kind of a big deal, but once you’re dead, you’re dead—especially when there’s no Lucky Charm to bring you back.

Luka’s been dealing with it in the typical ways.

Written for FeLuka week 2023.

Yes, this is FeLuka. Not one of the typical ships I read, but I ain’t opposed to it, and this is a nice foray into the pairing. I love ghost AUs! Luka’s just fumbling around, unsure what to do with his incorporeal existence, until he starts haunting Felix. It’s an intriguing plot and I gotta admit, I wish it was longer so it could be fleshed out more, but what’s here is good.

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Confession Plans of Questionable Sanity by yellow14

Nathanael Kurtzberg has a confession to make. He's in love with his big classmate Ivan. With the help of Marc, Marinette, Adrien and Nino, he's going to confess, using increasingly complicated schemes.

Marc meanwhile, is busy coming up with even more complicated schemes to sabotage those schemes so he can confess HIS feelings for his redheaded friend.

Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong with this, right?

Written for the March 2023 gift exchange on the Miraculous Fanworks Discord forum for CassieTheweirdWolf.

This fic’s just really funny. These kids love to make things waaaaay harder than they need to be. But hey, everything ends up working out in the end, even if it’s not the way they planned!

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at our wedding by @anna-scribbles

“Chloé,” Adrien said slowly, “At our wedding, are we gonna have to…”

“No!” Chloé shook her head firmly. “We don’t have to kiss. We can do whatever we want. It’s our wedding.”

“Oh, good,” Adrien sighed.

“You have to kiss at a wedding,” Félix argued.

“I don’t have to do anything and you’re not the boss of me!” Chloé shouted.

“Yeah!” Adrien grinned. He grabbed Chloé’s hand again. “Yeah, it’s our wedding.”

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Adrien and Chloé, wedding planning through the years.

Despite what the summary sounds like, this is NOT a Chloe/Adrien fic - this concentrates on their platonic relationship (and a bit with Felix, he shows up a few times) throughout the years. I especially liked seeing Chloe’s reaction to Adrien coming to school and making friends besides her, being jealous and feeling abandoned, and how she finally had a breakdown over Adrien somehow staying nice despite everything, while she... hasn’t. It’s a great character study!

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Showing Love by @generalluxun

After the fiasco of Queen Wasp is over, Marinette knows what she had to do. If she just brings Chloé and her mother together, all will be fixed. A mother's love is just the thing to turn Chloé around, and it all must really just be a misunderstanding right?

Nothing else makes sense.

Marinette's mistake was forgetting that life never has to make sense, but she's Ladybug, and when one path closes she finds another.

I love Marinette really comprehending how little Audrey cares about Chloe here, and taking Chloe home with her to show her what a family should be like, reaching out to her even after everything. It’s just really nice.

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the legend of the firefly by @agnes-writes

“She’s… beautiful.

If he were to describe her, he’d say that they bottled summer in her eyes, and painted the night sky in her hair. Her lips are curved into a wistful smile, eyes trailing the thicket of trees where Adrien stands.

Her gaze sets his heart stuttering in his chest as it softens, and Adrien almost believes that look is meant for him.”

OR: A pair of lovers create a romance that transcends time, and leaves a mark like no other.

This is an incredibly well-written folk tale, one that I highly recommend anyone who loves mythological, folktale, fantasy, etc AUs for Adrienette to read! It’s on the shorter side, but woven so perfectly that it packs an outsized punch, and feels like it belongs in one of those collections of folk tales and myths I read as a kid! 

Adrien’s a god, gifting prosperity to those under his protection, but never interacting with them... until a farm girl catches his eye.

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The Cat’s Out of the Purse by The_Rabbit42

Adrien just took the ring off to be safe.

Plagg just got bored and wanted to annoy Tikki.

Rose just opened her purse and SURPRISE!

Ladybug just wants to get the ring back to her partner.

This was a fun fic, never seen Rose and Plagg interact like this before! It’s a treat getting more Rose and Plagg focus in general of course, but I really like their relationship here. Plagg’s really good with his wielders in general, and I love how he emphasizes that while he needs to get back to Chat Noir, while Rose is transformed with him, she’s as much her own wielder as he is. It reminds me of how he acted with Zoe, Plagg’s just a treasure XD

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home is where the fight is by @rosie-b

Nadja Chamack’s voice greeted Adrien as he sat up straight, wiping his clammy hands on his pants and ignoring the black kwami floating by his shoulder.

“—shocked to see our heroine fall in battle today, taking a direct hit from the akuma just as she detransformed. Parisians are torn between blaming Hawk Moth and Cat Walker for their roles in this tragedy, which ultimately revealed the civilian identity of Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng.”

Adrien turned off the TV and lowered his head as his vision blurred.

Written for Ladrien June Day 7: Injured

I adore this fic! Which shouldn’t be a a surprise, it’s no secret that I love Sentiadrien Enemies AU. Adrien’s so worried about Marinette getting hurt, and wishes that he could help keep her safer, could tell her what’s really going on or get rid of the ring or something, but he can’t. Still, he IS able to find clever ways around some of his father’s more problematic orders. Loopholes for the win!

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Attack of the Crystal Zombies by @trainsinanime

Kagami had spent more and more time hanging out with Zoé, talking about things like families, expectations and crushes on Marinette. It was only natural, probably, that she would help Zoé practice flirting. That was definitely a great idea.

Granted, the deadly Akuma battle around them was a bit of an issue…

Quality Zoegami fic here! I loved how Kagami kept thinking she was bad at flirting, but it was sure working on Zoe XD. The akuma attack going on around them, interweaving with their conversation, added a bit of spice to the whole affair!

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Closure by @bisexually-finger-guns

After the events of “Trust”, Alya tries to find closure.

I love this. A lot of the time, only the effects of Lila’s lies and manipulation on Marinette is explored, with the feelings of the people she tried to trick and use, with the Miracuclass and Alya in particular, ignored, downplayed, or even used to just rail at the kids for being gullible.

Not so here. Alya gets to go to a school counselor and talk about her feelings about Lila manipulating her, using her. Ladybug even gives her the Fox Miraculous to try a Burn-letter therapy technique on, telling an illusion of Lila everything she wants to say to her in order to get some closure. 

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Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite! by 55Anon

In which Hawkmoth is defeated by a strike.

So basically, Parisians get pissed at Hawkmoth and decide that hey, maybe they can’t stop him themselves, and they can’t just stay entirely positive at all times, but they sure as hell can direct every bit of their hatred and anger at him so that if he akumatizes one of them, they make a beeline for his lair. Hawkmoth didn’t stand a chance against the contempt of Paris!

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All Of Them? Every Single One? by @liiinerle

It turns out that Marinette loves a lot more people than she'd initially thought.

This is hilarious and adorable. Tikki lays out how Marinette has a crush on basically every girl she’s met - and even girls she doesn’t know are girls yet XD. 

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Anchor by @liiinerle

“Marinette. Please take that sabre out of your neck.”

“Right. Thanks. I forgot it was there.” She grabbed hold of the guard and pulled; the blade slid out like it had only been run through butter. After dropping it on the floor, she picked up one of the teacups and picked up a biscuit from a tin she’d brought in; she placed the biscuit on the saucer plate and handed the whole thing to Kagami, who could only really resign herself to accepting it.

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Marinette has raised Kagami from the dead, and also happens to be dead herself. It turns out some bad choices were made in the past. But that doesn't mean they'll lead to bad outcomes for them now.

I love this, Marinette’s incredibly blase about being a zombie - which makes sense, given how long she’s had to get used to the idea. And she’s waited so long, tried so hard to bring Kagami back as well, though if she didn’t WANT to be back, she’d accede to that request. Luckily, Kagami doesn’t seem to mind as long as she’s with Marinette XD.

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safe and sound by Lady_Bryght

A crazed fan is stalking Adrien with violent intentions, and Ladybug is determined to protect him. When the school goes on lockdown and Marinette can't transform, she does her best to keep him safe without the use of a miraculous.

So this is a bit of a suspenseful thriller with a twist ending - well, sort of an ending, it’s a oneshot so far with an ambiguous ending that reveals what’s going on, but not how things actually resolve. It’s the sort of story where, after you see the ending, you look back through the story for foreshadowing. Can’t really go much more in detail, without spoiling the twist.

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Worth Your Time by @pearl484-blog

After the events of the Season 4 finale, Adrien leaves a series of voicemails for Felix after learning he is missing. Just because Felix is out of sight, doesn't mean he's out of mind for his cousin.

Entry for Adrien AUGreste prompt: Rings

I’d honestly forgotten about Adrien being told by Amelie that Felix was missing, and how that might have affected him. He doesn’t know that Felix is okay - he just knows that Felix disappeared after giving the Miraculous to Monarch, and that not even his mom (supposedly) knows where he is. So naturally, he fears the worst, and after awhile of leaving voicemails and not getting replies, he almost starts using the voicemails as a diary of sorts about the various events of season 5 - up until Emotion that is, for obvious reasons.

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the less I seek my source for some definitive by katrinette

When the akuma manages to smash a hole in the hull of the colony ship that's supposed to be unbreakable, Ladybug has to take drastic action to keep everyone safe.

This is an interesting sci-fi AU! Ladybug and Chat Noir pilot the last few fighter ships of their colony ship, the only defense against the akumas that keep on appearing and attacking the ship. But when one of the akumas smashes a hole in the ship, well Ladybug is willing to go to extreme measures to make sure everyone doesn’t die from the depressurization - measures that do not include any regard for her own safety, much to Chat’s displeasure.

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Guilty by Association by @rosie-b

Marinette respected Adrien’s strength and courage more and more every day. No matter how many times people threw nasty words or literal tomatoes at him; no matter how many companies refused to work with him anymore; no matter how clear it was becoming that he would never be forgiven for his father’s crimes, he chose to greet new people with a smile and hope that this time, someone would recognize the kind heart hidden behind his hated name.

She wished she’d had the chance to meet him before she’d accidentally ruined his life.

Written for the Ml Writers Guild September event 'back to school'

I love how Marinette keeps reaching out to Adrien, trying to protect him, even if it doesn’t always work. To let him know that she’s in his corner at least. Hawk Moth had to be taken down, but the consequences for Adrien... she never wanted anyone to get hurt in the process. 

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The Supreme Movers by PearlO_O

Continuation of Tales of Shadybug and Claw Noir.

Adrien and Marinette battle with the emotional aftermath of meeting their alternate selves.

This was an excellent follow-up to the Paris Special! To be clear, the Adrien and Marinette here are Claw Noir and Shady Bug, not the ones from the show we’ve been following all this time. I really liked Adrien and Marinette reflecting and recontextualizing how their parents have been acting in more positive ways, and getting more positive responses in turn, along with them reassessing how they’ve been acting and reaching out to Alya and Nino. There’s this theme of “it doesn’t matter who we were or what mistakes we made, but who we want to be and that we keep moving forward”.

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Keep Me Safe Inside by RoFair

Adrien Agreste, formally known as Claw Noir attempts to get to know the girl he admires behind the mask of the reformed Shadybug. He has a plan, but it is derailed by a blonde bully.

I love how smitten Adrien is with Marinette! He might have a lot of bravado as Claw Noir, but he’s kinda shy as a civilian. Of course, that all goes out the window when Marinette needs help - like when she’s being bullied and is nearing a breakdown.

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delicate in every way but one by katrinette

When Marinette finds a wanted ad that provokes just enough questions in her mind that she can't help answering it, the reward is sweeter than she could have imagined.

I love the little bit of worldbuilding we get here about vampire society, and Adrien’s usual awkward adorableness in asking Marinette for a certain necessary favor. It’s always neat to see such familiar characterization in a supernatural setting like this.

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Lost Feather by @a-flaming-idiot

Sabine has always liked and respected Ladybug and Chat Noir. They've always been wonderful heroes and inspirations to all of Paris and she wouldn't trade them for the world. But that isn't to say she didn't begin to get worried when the heroes of Paris made it their mission to destroy all sentimonsters in their path. Though she knew they never would, it was hard to not worry for the safety of her daughter.

I liked this glimpse of what might happen if Marinette was a sentimonster as well! Poor Sabine, of course she’d have nightmares about the Heroes of Paris killing her daughter. While she likes and respects the Heroes and understands why they’ve been killing sentimonsters, given that the ones Shadow Moth spawns often don’t even seem sentient and are wreaking havoc, she’s still afraid for Marinette, that Ladybug might purify her Amok without ever considering that Marinette might be an actual person.

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Partners in [Chaos] by @aidanchaser

Griffe Noire's needs no excuse to crash a fashion show competition, but when he sees the baker from his favorite bakery is involved, he decides to shift from spreading destruction to a different sort of chaos. He's not ready for her to see through him better than he knows himself.

Remixed from Partners in Clown by MiaBrown

I love Adrien’s portrayal here, how he lies to himself about how bad the cracks are getting, while also relishing them in a way, feeling like he’s living because of the self-harm he’s inflicting every time he unleashes a Cataclysm, it fits with his portrayal in the special. I like Marinette here too, you can see a bit of her vulnerabilities in this piece, though it’s not in her POV so she’s out of focus.

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Perfect by @deinde_prandium

It’s Adrien and Marinette’s wedding day! On site to ensure the event goes perfectly is their friend and famed wedding planner Kagami Tsuguri, and so far all has been going according to plan. There's just one problem: no one ever told her about Adrien, Marinette, and their struggles with automatic doors. Add to this the fact that Marinette’s determination to play matchmaker between her and a certain wedding singer…

Needless to say, Kagami is not pleased.

This is mostly a Kagami-centric fic, with a touch of Lukagami at the end. I loved the callback to Adrienette’s automatic door troubles, and Kagami and Luka being sneaky XD. 

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Patrolling with a friend for Christmas by @seasofsilver

Adrien just wanted to gift his Lady some time off and hang out more with Marinette during the festive season - it didn't exactly go to plan, but somehow ended up... better?

This was adorable! Chat Noir tries to give Ladybug a break by recruiting Multimouse to replace her on patrols for a bit, and Ladybug returns the favor by recruiting Aspik to replace Chat. Yep, it’s Snekmouse!

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Far-Fetched Plans by @cravingcraze

“While that’s true, and I was going to bring that up, I wanted to talk about… when Wishmaker hit you,” he sat up and looked at Felix with… concern? Why was he concerned for him?

“You only care about my secret identity,” Felix deflected. No, there was no way fucking Viperion, Luka Couffaine of all people was worried about him.

(It was hard to imagine anyone working with Ladybug worried about him.)

So this is an intriguing prospect. Gabriel’s forcing Felix to work with him to try and get Ladybug’s and Chat Noir’s Miraculous, something Felix isn’t thrilled about. But Luka finds out Felix’s secret identity, and decides to try and help him to break free.

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Life with a Stolen Slime by RustyAce

Sharp, dagger-like stabs from his stomach made the small creature whimper as they curled into himself. Hunger. A frequent state he should be used to by now, but a painful one nonetheless. His gelatinous form was nearly a ball as he tried to self soothe himself, with just portions of slime forming ears and a tail that stuck out of his main body. Usually this worked, but the slime made a distressed moan as they pressed their forehead against his glass prison.

Oh, how he wished he could escape this jar he was in. The humans never came often enough to give him enough food, or even to let him out to stretch his legs. No, instead they carefully opened the jar’s lid just enough to slip some disgusting trash into it with some forceps. They, it seemed, did not appreciate his surprisingly sharp bites or scratches when they first brought him here. A shame.

The slime let out a small sigh, their eyes closing in an attempt to fall asleep to ignore his hunger. Perhaps if he fell asleep, he would wake up to them bringing him food.

So this fic is based off the Reverse world presented in the Paris special. Claw Noir’s a small cat-slime that’s being held captive in a jar, until Marinette eventually rescues him and puts him in a bigger container and feeds him better food at least. It’s cute, and it makes me curious about the setting of this story (like where he came from and why humans were keeping him captive, along with how Marinette stumbled across him), and where the story might go from here (this is a oneshot, but I’d love to see this explored more, if you can’t tell).

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Changeling by @unecoccinellenoire

Gabriel makes the Wish believing that he regretted everything with Adrien. The results suggest that he in fact regrets Adrien

So this is interesting. It’s giving a glimpse into a universe where Gabriel and Emilie never found the Peacock Miraculous, and they (along with Amelie and Colt) just adopted. Which unfortunately meant that Adrien and Felix as we know them never existed, and Gabriel finds that he misses his original son, which is especially acute when interacting with his new adopted son and knowing how much he’s NOT Adrien.

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Here for now, but I can see the better days by @nirby-wirby

Now, laying on his bed with only the soft light of a bedside lamp illuminating the room, he felt guilt eating at him from inside his chest. His miraculous burned on his finger, a reminder of what he’d given up. Of what had somehow led to his father helping Ladybug and dying in the process. The guilt was suffocating, building more and more until he felt like all that was left of him was guilt.

———— Or: Adrien deals with the grief and guilt of losing his father with some help. Set post-s5 finale and written for the ML Secret Santa Exchange of 2023

I love the support Adrien gets here, both from Nathalie in a more motherly role, and from his friends. He even tells Nathalie his secret identity, which gets her thinking about how badly Adrien got screwed over. Especially with him feeling guilty over Gabriel’s fate, when she knows he has no reason to.

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Under the Umbrella by @fruitdragon1a

Almost everyone has a soulmate. What are Adrien and Marinette supposed to do when they meet theirs?

ML Secret Santa gift for Mei! Merry Christmas!

Thank you to Now Loading and Rewan Demontay for beta reading this fic!

So this is a version of soulmarks I haven’t seen before. Around age six, soulmates get a soulmark that shows what their soulmate is thinking when they first meet them. Though I guess it doesn’t register while transformed, since it only counts for this one when Adrien and Marinette meet as civilians, and not when they first meet as superheroes.

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Tales of Bloody Bug and Chat Noir - Chapter 1 - Origins Pt 1

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            Alix ran downstairs to the kitchen. She bounded towards the table where she sat and inhaled her food.

            “Woah, slow down, kiddo. What’s the rush?” Alim asked.

            “C’mon, Dad, it’s the first day of school. Can’t be late for it.”

            “This is a switch. You normally hate the first day. My, I remember all the times I had to drag you out of bed. Ever the fighter you are,” Alim reminisced.

            “Yeah, well, it’s the last year of that crummy school before I can finally pursue a school with actual engineering classes. I’ll be people just like me and not, well, the people I suffer already.”

            “Alix, be nice.”

            “Why? They’re all freaks! There’s Marinette the clumsy ditz, Nathaniel whose nose is shoved in a sketchbook as he steals glances at the ditz, Ivan and Mylene just exist, Kim is so annoying with all his pranks, Juleka creeps me out a little, Rose is completely nauseating with all her talk of romance, and don’t even get me started on Chloe and her little pet.”

            “Yes, about that. Try not to agitate her this year.”

            “Me, agitate her? Please. That little brat has it coming every time. Besides, if I don’t stand up for myself, she’d walk all over me like she does with ditzy Marinette. The others too, but Marinette is Chloe’s favorite to bully.”

            “Yes, well, please avoid any confrontations. I know you are very bold and will rise to any challenge, but please don’t fuel the fire this year. It took a lot of convincing on my part with the Mayor, Chloe’s father may I remind you, to not intimidate the principal in expelling you.”

            Alix snorted and rolled her eyes. “Spineless, the lot of them.”

            Alim grimaced. “Alix, sweetie, maybe it’s time to consider toning it down a bit.”

            “What do you mean?”

            “Well, I just can’t help but notice that you often have issues with getting along with people and would rather jump to harsh judgements of people before getting to know them. Maybe this year you can try to not do that, perhaps?”

            “Why?”

            “I just don’t want to see you alone during these years of your life. They are far from the best years you’ll have, but they are still made more enjoyable with friends.”

            “Oh yeah? Then where are all your friends?”

            Alim chuckled nervously. “Well, you see, it’s a bit different. I’m always so busy and while I don’t have friends per say, I do have business associates and other such acquaintances.”

            Alix rolled her eyes. “Right. Anyway, I gotta go. I’ll stay out of Chloe’s way, but if she comes at me, I’m not backing down.”

            “Well, let’s just hope that the mayor spoke with her too and she’ll listen. But don’t jump to violence immediately, please. Try walking away first?”

            “I’ll give it a try.”

            “Thank you. Oh, would you like a ride to school?”

            “Nah, I’m good. Thanks though.”

            Alix got up and gave Alim a kiss on the cheek before she headed out. She walked her usual route to school. She stopped at a cross walk with the other busy passersby when she saw an elderly man crossing the street. She gasped as she heard the beeping of a car horn. She dashed out and pulled the man to the other side before the car hit him.

            Alix ran forward in the direction the car went. “Fuck you, asshole! Pedestrians have the right of way!”

            “Why, thank you, young lady,” the man said.

            “Huh? Oh, no problem. But, hey, be careful, gramps. These crazy drivers stop for no one.”

            “I will. Thank you again.”

            Alix smiled and ran off. She hurried to school as the first bell rang. She bounded up the stairs to the classroom. She took her seat as Marinette went around the room, passing out fresh macaroons.

            “Hey, Alix. Ready for a new year?” Marinette asked with a big, cheery smile.

            Alix’s eye twitched as she forced a smile. “You bet.”

            “Me too! Oh! Before I forget, take a macaroon. Fresh from my parents’ bakery.”

            Alix took one before Marinette moved on. She glanced around the room to see the same faces as last year except for one new face. A girl with brown ombre hair who sat in the very front row with Marinette. She raised a brow and looked over where Marinette usually sat to see Chloe and Sabrina sitting there. She wondered why the changeup, but otherwise ignored it.

            Alix’s attention shifted to Miss Bustier as class and the year finally began.

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            Adrien ran down the sidewalks with the school in sight. Hope flared in him as his feet touched the steps. He headed up them as he heard a car skid to a stop. He paused and looked to see Nathalie and his bodyguard, Gorilla, emerge from the car.

            “Adrien, please reconsider this. You know what your father wants,” Nathalie said.

            “But this is what I want, Nathalie. Doesn’t that matter too?”

            “Adrien,” Nathalie started.

            A pained groan stole Adrien’s attention. He glanced towards it to see an old man on the ground, unable to get his cane. He ran down the steps, helped the old man up, and handed the man his cane.

            “Thank you, young man.”

            Adrien smiled. “It’s no problem.”

            Adrien turned to head into the school, but found his path blocked by Nathalie and Gorilla.

            “Please. I just want to go to school and be with people my age.”

            Nathalie shook her head and motioned to the car. Adrien sighed and left with them.

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            The bell rang to signal the end of the class hour. Alix leapt to her feet and dashed for the door to head to gym class. She paused when she heard Ivan yell at Kim. She glanced back at the guys but rolled her eyes and kept moving. Kim was likely up to his tricks again and Ivan fell for it as always.

            Alix headed to the first floor as Ivan stormed out of the classroom and for the principal’s office. She watched for a moment when he barged in but was sent out. She snorted in amusement but frowned when she saw an odd black butterfly. She tilted her head, then grinned. She took out her phone to get a picture to show Alim. She snapped the photo as Mr. D’Argencourt yelled at her.

            “Miss Kubdel! No phones out on school grounds.”

            “Yeah, but there was this-,” Alix started.

            “No excuses. To the principal’s office, now.”

            Alix growled, stuffed her phone into her pocket, and headed up. She put one foot on the stairs when there was a roar. The ground shook as a rock golem stepped out from the principal’s office. Mr. Damocles, the principal, tripped and crawled to the railing.

            “Students, run!”

            “Kim!” the golem yelled.

            Alix gasped. The monster sounded like Ivan. Was it Ivan? What happened to him? Was this even real?

            The golem jumped down and caused the ground to shake violently. Alix caught herself on the railing before she ran out of the school with the other students. She took one glance back before she headed for home.

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            Adrien stared off at the wall while Nathalie asked him history questions. He had been so close to being in school and with people his age. He could have finally been free of this isolation if he didn’t stop to help that man. Perhaps he should have ignored the man and went inside. Maybe then he wouldn’t be stuck here.

            “Nathalie, that’s enough,” Gabriel said.

            Adrien flinched hearing his father’s voice. He looked over at Gabriel’s glower.

            “Adrien, I’m disappointed that you would sneak out when I’ve made it clear you are to never leave the house unless I have given my authorization. There is nothing out there that you could need. Everything you need is within these walls.”

            “But, Father, I want to be with others my age. I want to go to school and make friends. I want to live my life.”

            “Adrien, you are not like those commoners. You are amongst the elite. It’s bad enough the mayor allows his daughter go to such lowly schools, however I will not make those mistakes with you. You will be given the best education and everything else that our wealth and status has to offer. What more could you want?”

            “Friends.”

            “You have Chloe. Is that not enough?”

            Adrien opened his mouth but closed it when he heard screams outside. He glanced out the window, but his view was blocked by Gabriel.

            “Go to your room, Adrien. Now. I want you to think on everything I’ve said.”

            Adrien ran from the room up to his bedroom. He threw himself onto his bed before he tore it apart in a fit. He stopped when he heard a loud roar. He ran to his windows but didn’t see anything. He jumped onto his couch and turned on his TV to the news. His eyes widened seeing a stone golem terrorizing Paris as it chased a guy his age.

            Adrien covered his mouth. He looked down, away from the broadcast, and saw a small black and red hexagonal box on his coffee table. He picked it up and opened it. A bright light flashed and orbited around him. It stopped above the box and took the form of a small black creature with a tiny body, large head, cat ears and tail, and piercing green eyes.

            “Woah! What are you? Are you a genie?”

            “No way, but I did meet him once. Sure, he grants wishes, but what’s the big deal anyway?”

            Adrien raised his brow as the creature flew around his room and admired everything while it bit down on everything. He tried to get its attention, but it ignored him. He huffed, climbed up on the rock wall, and dove down as he caught the creature.

            “What are you?” Adrien asked.

            “I’m a kwami. I grant powers. Yours is that of destruction. Got it?”

            Adrien shook his head.

            “Wonderful, now, got any food? I’m starving.”

            Adrien sat up. “This is a prank, right? My father is just messing with me.”

            “Yeah, no. Your father isn’t and he must never know about me. No one can if you’re to be a hero.”

            Adrien released the creature. “A hero? What good is a hero that’s stuck in his own house?”

            “No good, but you can change that. If you’re willing that is.”

            Adrien looked back at the box that held a silver ring. He nodded and slipped it on.

            “Cataclysm is to use your powers. Plagg, claws out is to transform.”

            Adrien grinned and struck a pose. “Plagg, claws out!”

            “Wait! I hadn’t finished explaining-!” Plagg yelled as he was sucked into the ring.

            Adrien beamed as his clothes transformed into a black full body suit with cat ears, a tail, and a superhero mask. He looked down at himself.

            “So cool!”

            Adrien ran to his window, opened it, and headed out in search of the monster.

~~

            Alix burst into her home and turned on the news. She watched the broadcast of the monster rampaging through Paris as it chased Kim. She had no doubts that it was Ivan at this point with its relentless pursuit and voice. That still left the question of how Ivan became such a monster.

            Alix turned off the TV and headed up to her room. She grabbed her journal and sat at her desk. She reached for a pen when she saw a small black and red hexagonal box. She tilted her head as she opened it. A red orb shot out and flew around her. It stopped over the box and took the shape of a red kwami with three black spots on its head.

            “Uh, what is this? What are you?” Alix asked.

            “I am Tikki, kwami of creation.”

            “What’s a kwami? Was it something like you that turned Ivan into whatever that golem creature thing is?”

            “Not in the way you may be thinking. He was transformed by another holder, someone that also has a kwami.”

            “Woah, you mean like a supervillain?”

            “Something along those lines, yes.”

            “And does this mean I get to be a superhero with you?”

            “Yes.”

            Alix whooped and hollered. “This is awesome! It’s just like my wildest dreams. What do I do? What can I do?”

            “With me, you will wield the power of creation. Your power, Lucky Charm, allows you to create one item per transformation. Once you use this, you will have five minutes before you transform back, so use it cautiously.”

            Alix’s eyes widened as they sparkled. Her mind raced with the opportunity to create her designs she’s only brought to life through sketches and vivid daydreams.

            “Now, this is important. You must find the object that the Akuma is hiding in. It’ll be a little black butterfly.”

            “Oh! You mean like this one?”

            Alix showed Tikki her photo from earlier.

            “Yeah! That’s exactly it.”

            “Got it. So, what do I do with it?”

            “You will catch it in your yo-yo. It’s a magical yo-yo that can purify the Akumas and your mode of transportation. You just need to swipe up along the middle and it’ll open. Once you purify the Akuma, you can use the object you created with Lucky Charm by throwing it up while saying ‘Miraculous.’ Ladybugs will then fix all the damage the monster does.”

            “Got it. Alright, I’m ready.”

            “Excellent. Put on the earrings and say, ‘Tikki, spots on.’”

            Alix took the earrings from the box and put them on. “Tikki, spots on!”

            Tikki disappeared into the earrings. Alix grinned as her clothes transformed into a black full bodysuit with red with black spots and black boots, long gloves, leotard, and a strip along her legs with ladybug emblems on each of them. Her reddish pink hair turned red and spiked out as a red and black spotted hero mask covered her face and her eyes turned red.

            Alix let out a breath as she looked herself over. She eyed the yo-yo at her hip and grabbed it. She opened her window and slipped out. She leapt up to the nearby buildings to the roofs. She scanned the area as she absentmindedly twirled her yo-yo. She grinned as she eyed the Notre Dame Cathedral. She chucked her yo-yo in the direction, and it latched onto the building.

            Alix took a step back and braced herself. She tugged on the string and was sent flying towards the Cathedral. She gasped as she flailed about before she got her bearings. She landed against the wall of the Cathedral. She tugged on the string again to release it, but she shot up. She yelped and flicked her wrist. The yo-yo released and she plummeted. She turned to land on her feet when a boy in a cat hero costume collided with her. He yowled as they slammed into the ground.

            Alix untangled herself from Adrien and glowered. “Watch where you’re going, fleabag. I would have totally nailed that landing if you hadn’t got in the way.”

            Adrien smirked. “I happened to be doing just that. Maybe you should watch where you’re falling and stay out of my way.”

            Alix snorted. “Alright, I’ll give you that one, fleabag. What are you doing out here anyway? Shouldn’t people be hiding from this monster?”

            “I could ask you the same of you, little bug.”

            “Don’t call me little, fleabag.”

            “Yeah, it doesn’t feel right. Perhaps, fun-sized bug? No. Oh, how about mini bug? Sounds cute, doesn’t it?”

            Alix’s eye twitched. She reached up and grabbed the bell of Adrien’s suit. She pulled him close, so they were eye-to-eye. “The name is Bloody Bug, fleabag. Call me mini bug again and I’ll send you flying into the Seine.”

            “Well, pleasure to meet you. You can call me Chat Noir… Mini Bug.”

            Bloody Bug snarled. She grabbed Chat Noir and threw him in the direction of the Seine. She turned and ran in the opposite direction when she saw a pillar of dust shoot towards the sky. She changed direction and headed that way until she found the monster. She grimaced seeing that he had finally caught Kim and was several sizes bigger than he was in the school.

            “Hey! Put the idiot down!” Bloody Bug yelled.

            “Y-yeah! Do what the bug said, Ivan,” Kim added.

            “The name is Stoneheart!” the monster yelled.

            “Fine, Stoneheart, whatever. Put the idiot down!”

            Stoneheart roared. He raised his clenched fist about to bring it down when Chat Noir joined Bloody Bug.

            “You don’t smell like wet cat, fleabag.”

            “Oh, Mini Bug, you should know cats are amazing at avoiding unwanted baths.”

            Bloody Bug’s eye twitched. “Wonderful, now stay out of my way.”

            “I got this. My power is that of destruction. I’ll turn this boulder into rubble.”

            Stoneheart roared again and brought his fist down on them. Bloody Bug grabbed Chat Noir and leapt out of the way. She turned as she raised him over her head and threw him at Stoneheart. He yowled as he collided with Stoneheart’s face. Stoneheart tried to swipe at him, but she lassoed Stoneheart in her yo-yo string, restraining his free arm.

            Bloody Bug grunted as she struggled against Stoneheart. “Let’s see if this works. Lucky Charm!”

            Ladybugs swirled around the yo-yo as a ring of chains were created. It hovered in the air for a moment before it fell to the ground at Stoneheart’s feet.

            “Wonderful. You make what I want, but don’t go where I want. Lovely. Fleabag, do something!”

            “I’m a little busy!” Chat Noir yelled as he leapt around Stoneheart.

            Stoneheart snarled and released Kim along with a purple rock. Bloody Bug released Stoneheart and dove for Kim, catching him and the rock. Kim took off as she turned, lassoed Chat Noir, and pulled him to her.

            “Well, well, we meet again, Mini Bug.”

            Bloody Bug sneered as she held up the rock. “Shove it and destroy this, fleabag.”

            Chat Noir raised a brow, then shrugged. “Cataclysm!”

            Dark energy emitted from Chat Noir’s ring. Bloody Bug watched the rock crumble to pieces at his touch, releasing the Akuma within. She smiled and swiped up on her yo-yo. The middle parted to reveal a glowing white void within. She caught the Akuma and the yo-yo closed. She waited a moment before she messed with it to get the Akuma out. She hit the middle and it opened again, releasing a white butterfly.

            Bloody Bug smiled. “Later, butterfly.”

            Bloody Bug looked to Stoneheart as he reverted to Ivan. She sighed and approached him. She grabbed her charm and knelt beside him.

            “Hey. Are you ok?” Bloody Bug asked.

            “Uh, where am I? What happened?”

            “What’s the last thing you remember?”

            “I… I was going into the principal’s office, then there was this voice that offered me power to get revenge on those that have wronged me. I… I think I accepted.”

            “Well, you kinda did. So, why did you?” Chat Noir interjected.

            “Does it matter? Look, just don’t do it again,” Bloody Bug remarked.

            Bloody Bug threw the charm up as she yelled “Miraculous.” It dissipated into a swarm of ladybugs that repaired the damage done by Stoneheart. She turned as the ladybugs turned the crumbled rock into crumbled up paper. She took it, read it, and gagged. She shoved the paper into Chat Noir.

            “If you want to help the man out, be my guest, but I’m done. Bug out.”

            Bloody Bug swung out. Chat Noir tilted his head and read the paper. One ear pinned back in confusion as he read Ivan getting mocked for not being able to tell Mylene he likes her.

            “So, you have a crush on someone? And you can’t tell her?”

            Ivan sneered, then sighed. “I just can’t do it. I get nervous and chicken out.”

            “Well, what if you find a different way to express it? I mean, there’s making something special, letters, poems, all that wonderful cheesy stuff.”

            Ivan hummed. “I could… write her a song?”

            Chat Noir beamed. “Oh, a song would be amazing! She’d be sure to swoon. I mean, who wouldn’t want a song written for them?”

            Ivan smiled. He stood and held out his fist. Chat Noir tilted his head and looked at it.

            “Uh, what is this?”

            “A fist bump. Make a fist and we bump fists.”

            One of Chat Noir’s ears pinned back in confusion. He balled a hand into a fist and bumped it against Ivan’s. His ears shot up and turned forward. The small gesture spread a silly grin on his face and filled himself with joy.

            “Wish me luck, uh, cat boy.”

            “Break a leg!”

            Chat Noir watched Ivan leave when his ring beeped. He looked down to see a couple pads remaining in the pawprint. He panicked, not sure what it meant, but hurried home all the same.

#miraculous #miraculous ladybug #miraculoustalesofladybugandcatnoir #miraculous au #au #alternate universe #fanfiction writer #fanfiction #fanfic #mlb fanfic #canon divergent au #canon divergence #alix kubdel #alix #alix miraculous #miraculous alix #mlb alix #adrien agreste #mlb adrien #miraculous ladybug adrien #miraculous adrien #bloody bug au #stoneheart #origins part one #origins #canon rewrite

[doks-aux]

Fic: Dead Men Take No Dares

Fandom: Our Flag Means Death

Characters: Izzy Hands, Edward Teach, Stede Bonnet, Lucius Springs, Ivan, Fang, Nathaniel Buttons, Crew of the Revenge

Relationships: Izzy Hands & Edward Teach, Izzy Hands & Crew of the Revenge, Izzy Hands & Ivan & Fang

Rating: PG-13/Teen

Content/Warnings: Truth or Dare, friendship (existing, mending, and growing), humor, and a callback to one of my favorite jokes from Season 1

Summary: “Fun, huh?” He breathed in and out once very deliberately then opened his eyes to look at Fang, face carefully neutral. “All right. I can do fun.”

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Izzy is strong-armed into a game of Truth or Dare and decides to play by the rules.

Notes: Written for the zine Above All Else: An Appreciation of Izzy Hands in 2023 and set in a possible post-Season 1 future where everyone is trying to get along and no one is very good at it. (Except Fang, of course.) Written before the premiere of Season 2 and has not been edited to reflect any of that updated canon. The only difference between this text and what appears in the zine is the correction of three minor grammatical errors that will haunt me for the rest of my natural life.

Word Count: 1368

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Israel Hands was seven minutes and fifteen seconds into his frantic search for his captains or, indeed, any sign of life on the Revenge, when he finally heard Bonnet's voice ring through the halls of the gundeck.

“All right! Perhaps we ought to revisit and revise our ‘no more than two truths before a dare’ rule to ‘at least two truths before a dare.’”

The conversation was coming from the jam room, and Izzy hastened his steps in that direction, taking note of each voice that joined in.

“But then we’d barely get any dares!” Black Pete whined.

“I’m fine with that.” That was Spriggs, vaguely distressed as always. “I’m great.”

“Uh, it’s not Truth or Dare without any dares.” Black Pete again.

“Maybe that can just be a rule for Captain Ed and Wee John.” Roach then.

“Sorry about that,” Feeney said at the same time that Edward chirped, “Sorry, mate,” neither sounding particularly sorry at all. Was the whole fucking crew in there?

“Now, we don’t want to single anyone out...” Bonnet waffled--prompting a small chorus of “Yes, we do”--just as Izzy stepped through the door.

“Captain... s?” he asked, catching himself before he forgot to pluralize. He looked first to Edward then to Bonnet, taking in the room’s remaining occupants in between. It was, of course, the whole fucking crew. “Wh--?”

“Hey, Iz-dog!” Edward bellowed cheerfully, springing to his feet and barrelling toward Izzy with enthusiasm he had not anticipated.

“Oh, no, Izzy’s here!” Spriggs gasped, also jumping to fling himself at Izzy.

Edward reached him first, gripping his bicep and tugging excitedly. “You’ve gotta get in on this, mate. We’re--”

“I guess we have to stop having fun now,” Spriggs’ exaggerated lamentations rose over the rest of Edward’s sentence. “So sad.” Undermining his words, he grabbed Izzy’s other shoulder and leaned in to hiss, “What took you so long? There’ve been three fires already.”

“Fire?” Izzy darted his eyes between Edward and the boy before scanning the room more thoroughly. “Where is there a fucking fi--?”

“It’s out, Boss,” Ivan announced, and Izzy whipped his head around to see him stomping out the last embers of a fucking fire.

“Why is there--?”

“In my defense,” Edward cut in, snapping Izzy’s attention back to him, bright-eyed and grinning, “I was dared.”

Izzy held Edward’s unwaveringly mischievous gaze for a moment, just in case an explanation would be offered unprompted.

It was not.

“What are you--?” he began, valiantly suppressing most of a weary sigh.

“We’re playing Truth or Dare,” Jim interrupted this time, annoyed, though whether with him or Edward, Izzy wasn’t sure. He was getting whiplash all the same.

“What the fuck is--?” But Izzy cut himself off this time with a frustrated shake of his head, a growl dying in his throat. That one he actually knew, and it wasn’t the point. “Never mind. Edward, wh--?”

“You should play, too, Iz! It’s a blast!” The implish gleam in his captain’s eyes dimmed just slightly, his smile turning sheepish. “Didn’t mean not to invite you. It was a spur-of-the-moment thing.”

That wasn’t the point. It was not within five hundred nautical miles of the fucking point. But the genuine apology in Edward’s tone took Izzy off guard all the same, stayed his tongue while he allowed himself to appreciate it.

“Oh, of course,” Bonnet butted in before Izzy could find his words again, which was marginally better than interrupting him, but that margin was about as thin as Izzy’s patience. “You can squeeze right in, we haven’t been playing long.”

“Three fires,” Spriggs mouthed silently in Izzy’s peripheral vision.

“I don’t care about your fucking game.” It came out with more bite than Izzy meant it to even if it was true. (He was trying to be less of a dick. They all were. They were bad at it, but they were trying. It just was not the point right now.) “Edward, listen. Wh--?”

“Aw, don’t be like that, Iz. Play with us!”

“Edward, I need to--”

“Join the game, and you can ask him anything you like,” Bonnet said, chipper and smug. “When it’s your turn.”

Edward squashed Izzy’s delusions that he might consider reason by immediately nodding along. “There ya go, Iz, just wait your turn.”

On second thought, fuck the both of them.

“That settles it! Have a seat, Izzy,” Bonnet continued like he didn’t even notice Izzy’s heroic attempts to explode him with his mind. “We’ll do a few rounds so you can see how the game is played.”

“I don’t--”

“And then you can have a turn!”

“Captains--”

“Just let it happen, Boss,” Ivan muttered, calm and commiserating, throwing an arm across Izzy’s back. “Come sit with me and Fang.”

Not wanting to fight because they weren’t supposed to be doing that sort of thing anymore (and because Ivan could scruff him like a cat if he chose), Izzy allowed himself to be led to the bit of floor claimed by Fang, who beamed and scooted over to make room for them.

“Hi, Izzy,” Fang greeted as Izzy sat beside him. Izzy grimaced in reply, careful not to shift his weight onto his bad foot as he settled on the floor. Ivan sat on Izzy’s other side, bracketing him between his old colleagues.

“Does anyone remember whose turn we were on?” Bonnet asked, and conversation erupted through the room, everyone talking over each other while Izzy straightened his spine and tried to catch Edward’s attention through the chaos.

“Anyone who doesn’t love arson,” Spriggs groused, flopping in defeat beside Black Pete.

“Seconding no arson,” Boodhari agreed.

Frenchie laughed. “That’s not a big number on this boat, babes.”

“May I have a turn?” The Swede raised his hand. “I will not choose fire.”

And on and on the inane chatter continued, Izzy squirming in impatience as Edward looked everywhere but at him. He was nearly ready to snap when he felt a gentle touch at his back.

“It’s not so bad, Boss,” Fang murmured kindly, giving him that soft-eyed look that Izzy never knew how to respond to since he’d promised to stop yanking his beard. “Give it a chance. Maybe you’ll have fun.”

Izzy bit the inside of his cheek before he could spit something ugly. He clenched his fists until his fingernails dug into his palms, squeezed his eyes shut until he saw stars, and tensed every muscle in his body until he had no choice but to relax.

“Fun, huh?” He breathed in and out once very deliberately then opened his eyes to look at Fang, face carefully neutral. “All right. I can do fun.”

He would wait his turn.

Fang smiled like he was proud of him, and Izzy did not tell him to fuck off. Bonnet got the game started up again, and Izzy observed the proceedings dutifully. There didn’t seem to be any sort of logic to how the turns were taken, the rules were clearly made up as they went, and the truths asked and dares accepted were as ridiculous and reckless as he would have expected. Nevertheless, he was grudgingly impressed that the Swede could contort his limbs into a pretzel with such ease.

Finally, Bonnet looked to Izzy and spread his arms out with his customarily unwarranted pomp. “Now it’s your turn, Izzy. Ask anyone anything you’d like.”

“Fine.” Izzy looked Edward straight in the eye. “Truth or Dare?”

“Truth,” Edward answered, still constrained by the new dare limit.

“Who’s steering the fucking ship, Edward?”

“The fuck do you mean? Buttons is. Right, Buttons?”

Izzy watched realization dawn in Edward's eyes, his slow, horrified turn to the wall, where Buttons had been standing the whole time.

Buttons, very much not steering the ship, stared back, unblinking. “Olivia wanted to watch the game,” he said of the seagull perched on his head. “She’s a yen for hot gossip.”

“...SHIT!”

Edward tore out of the jam room, most of the crew stampeding after him. Izzy remained seated, Ivan and Fang still at his side and Buttons still against the wall. Under the thunder of footsteps and bickering and Bonnet shrieking in panic, Izzy smiled.

“You were right, Fang. That was fun.”

#Izzy Hands #Israel Hands #Edward Teach #Blackbeard #Stede Bonnet #Lucius Spriggs #Ivan #Fang #Nathaniel Buttons #Our Flag Means Death #pirates #doc's fanfiction #doc's stories #doc pretends to be a writer #zine entry #ofmd fanfiction

[breadsoup00]

Bsd incorrect quotes but it’s all vines

(cutting it so u don’t have to suffer)

~~~~ Yosano, jumping out from behind a shelf: RAH

Ranpo: Ahh! I could of drop my crosssint :(

~~~~

Dazai to mori: what the FUCK is up mori? NO, what did you say?! What did you say, dude?! Step the FUCK up Mori!

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Dazai: - And they were roomates!

Atsushi: Oh my god.. they were roomates..

~~~~ Poe: Is there anything better than pussy? YES! A really good book.

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Atsushi: Do you ever like, wake up? Or like, do something and you’re just like what the he- fuck is going on?

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Mori: Road work ahead? Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does!

Elise: *sighs*

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Dazai: We all die, you either kill yourself or get killed!

Atsushi:

Dazai: Watchu gonna do? Whatchu gonna do?

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Dazai: When there’s too much drama at the port mafia?

Dazai: All you gotta do is, walk away-ay-ayyy

Dazai: *blows up chuuyas car*

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Chuuya: I thought you were bae.. turns out you’re just fam..

Dazai: Bruh-

Chuuya: 😔🤘

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Nathaniel: I want a church girl..who go to church.. and read her bIIblEeEEE

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Ranpo: I do love working here, it’s just a lot of laughs!

Ranpo: Fuck off bitch, I’m not going to your fucking baby shower!

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Chuuya: You know that feeling when you look at a photo you took with your friends and you’re like “eh, I don’t look that great in this”

Chuuya: Yeah? What’s that like?

*cuts to a slowmo of Chuuya flipping around with music in the background*

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Yosano: Hey, I’m lesbian

Ranpo: I thought you were Japanese..

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Chuuya: Did you wash the dishes?

Dazai: I thought..you wanted to do it.

Chuuya: Haha, YOU WERE WRONG.

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Teen Dazai: HOW DO YOU KNOW WHATS GOOD FOR ME?!

Mori: THATS MY OPINION!!

Teen Dazai:

Kouyou, the family counselor:

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Ranpo: I love you bitch

Poe: Oh my God

Ranpo: I ain’t never gonna stop loving you, bitch

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Mori: So uh, basically what I was thinking was-

*Dazai leaves the mafia*

Mori: Ah fuck, I can’t believe you’ve done this.

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Nikolai: So you just don’t bring me a birthday gift on my birthday to my birthday party on my birthday with a birthday gift?

Dazai: …Happy birthday?

Nikolai: *slams a wine glass on his head*

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Ranpo: WHAT ARE THOSEEEE

Fukuzawa: They are my crocs

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Teen Dazai: *shoots off a gun*

Yumeno: *falls over*

Yumeno: THIS IS WHY MORI DOESNT FUCKING LOVE YOU!

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Sigma: I’ve brought you frankensince

Fyodor: Oh..thank you

Dazai: And I’ve brought you mur..

Dazai: MUR-DER!

Fyodor: Dazai! no!

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Teen Chuuya, trying to catch a dog:

Teen Dazai: *sneezes*

Dog: *runs away*

Teen Chuuya: Nice, Dazai!

Teen Dazai: I sneezed! What, am I not allowed to sneeze?

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Ranpo: Ooh, this is my jam!

Ranpo: This is my- turn that song off, this is my jam!

Ranpo: *kisses the jar*

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#Bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd incorrect quotes #yosano #yosano akiko #ranpo #ranpo edogawa #dazai #dazai osamu #mori #mori ougai #atsushi #atsushi nakajima #elise #elise bsd #chuuya #chuuya nakahara #teen dazai #teen chuuya #Nathaniel #nathaniel hawthorne #soukoku #kouyou #ozaki kouyou #poe #edgar allan poe #ranpoe #nikolai #nikolai gogol

[yn-bishop]

You Belong With Me

Kate Bishop x Fem! Reader

Word Count: 1011

Summary: Kate is jealous of your new girlfriend but can’t find the courage to tell you. Will your family help her out?

This can also be found on my Wattpad: @Steinfan6245

Kate nods along as Y/N tells her about her girlfriend. Kate and Y/N have been friends for 12 years and in that time, Kate has fallen for the younger Barton.

"I gotta go. I'm meeting her in a few minutes but you can stay here if you want. You and my dad get along, right?"

Kate nods again and hugs her friend as she exits the house.

"You know she loves you, right?"

Kate turns her head away from the door when she hears a deep voice behind her.

She shakes her head when she sees Clint.

"No she doesn't. If she did, she would be with me instead of her"

Kate mumbles in disagreement and Clint sighs at her comment.

"She's with her because she thinks you don't like her. How the fuck are you both so clueless?"

Clint asks when he hears his wife call from another room.

"Language! Nathaniel can hear!"

Clint sighs in reply and turns back to Kate.

"Just ask her out and she'll say yes. Isn't the prom coming up? Ask her to go, you and I both know she's excited for it and if you don't ask her, she'll go with that Brittany girl and she won't let Y/N hang out with you"

After Clint's speech, Kate still looks unsure and Clint sighs.

"Or you can just let her stay with the girl who's only with her to get another girl jealous"

Laura walks in, holding a baby against her hip.

"Clint's right, Kate. Everyone can see she wants to be with you, you're just taking so long to ask her"

"If she wants to be with me, why doesn't she ask?"

Kate asks, unsure.

"Because she's shy. What happened to the annoying, overconfident Kate?"

They hear babbling and look over at the baby.

"You think so as well?"

Laura asks, hugging the baby closer when Cooper and Lila walk in.

"They're right, she definitely likes you. You should hear her at night screaming your nam-"

Cooper's cut off by Lila hitting him across the head.

"Cooper! Don't talk like that!"

Laura scolds as he rolls his eyes and goes to the kitchen.

Kate thinks about everything the Bartons have said and runs out of the room.

Later that night, Y/N hears tapping on her window. She walks over to it and smiles when she sees Kate standing outside, waiting for her.

"What are you doing here?"

Y/N asks, hugging Kate.

"I need to tell you.. something important"

Kate says nervously.

Y/Ns face turns concerned as she waits for her friend to finish.

"I love you, Y/N. I wanna be with you. I've never wanted anything more than I want you and I know you're with her now but she doesn't love you like I do and I don't think anyone can. I just- will you go to the prom with me?"

Kate rambles nervously as Y/N's face turns excited and then sad and guilty.

"Kate, I.. I can't. I'm sorry"

She says, looking away from her friend.

Kate nods before speaking.

"Th-that's okay. It's all good. I will see you tomorrow"

She says before walking away, leaving Y/N to cry in her room.

Y/N hears her door open and feels her bed shift before seeing her dad sitting on the edge of her bed.

"Dad, I-"

"Shh, I know"

Clint runs his hand through her hair and she falls asleep.

"Why would she say no? She's waited years for this"

"We both know Y/N's not the kind of person to cheat on someone, Clint. She already has a girlfriend"

Y/N wakes to the sound of talking coming from the kitchen and walks to the voices.

"Y/N! Hey sweetie, how'd you sleep?"

Laura asks when she notices her daughter.

"Okay. I need to go to school"

Y/N replies as she packs her bag.

"I can drive you"

Clint speaks up before Y/N replies to him.

"No, that's okay. I can walk"

She answers before walking out the door.

When Y/N gets to school, she sees Kate and walks the other way. This happens a few times until Kate's had enough.

"Y/N! Talk to me!"

Kate yells when she walks up to Y/N at her locker. The hall is empty as class is going on.

"I can't be with you Kate! I have a girlfriend! Why couldn't you tell me all that a few weeks ago? That's not fair! I love you so much Kate and-"

Y/N is cut off by Kate's soft lips smashing against her own. Kates arms wrap around Y/Ns waist as Y/Ns hesitantly wrap around Kates neck. Kate gently pushes Y/N against her locker and her tongue slowly pushes against Y/Ns lip. When Y/N opens her mouth to allow entrance, someone clears their throat.

"Brittany! I-"

Y/N starts to say before the girl cuts her off.

"It's okay, Y/N. I like someone else as well. Besides, I knew you were gonna get together eventually, I just thought I would give it a little push. Maybe you should try not to make out when class is going on though"

Brittany smirks at the girls before walking away.

"So, will you go to the prom with me now?"

Y/N smiles and nods her head, pushing her lips against Kate's. The bells rings signalling that school is finished.

"Do you want me to drive you home?"

Kate asks as she takes Y/Ns hand.

"That would be great, thank you"

Y/N replies as Kate opens the passenger side door for her.

"So, what does this make us?"

Y/N asks when Kate starts the car.

"What do you want us to be?"

Kate asks back.

"I want to be with you but only if you want

tha-"

Kate cuts Y/N off.

"Y/N, will you be my girlfriend?"

Y/N blushes before nodding and kisses her new girlfriends cheek and Kate grabs her hand.

Just wondering, would anyone be interested in me writing a Beca Mitchell or Emily Junk story that follows the Pitch Perfect movies? Let me know! I hope you enjoyed this and look forward to the next one!

#kate bishop x reader #kate bishop #kate bishop x female reader #hailee steinfeld x reader #hailee steinfeld #beca mitchell #emily junk #pitch perfect #hawkeye

[artzychic27]

Total Drama AU

Alec: This... Is Total Drama Island! I have gathered thirty teenagers looking for their fifteen minutes of fame for a chance to compete in many grueling challenges, all for the chance to win the grand prize of one million euros! Many will succeed, many will fail and get sent home in the Loser Chute until there's one left standing! Who will get sent home in shame? And who will go home with all this cash? *Holds up a suitcase full of money... Only for it to get swept away by the strong gust of the blades of a helicopter flying overhead* ... Shit... Find out right here! Right now! On Total! Drama! Island!

*Conmercial Break*

Alec: Welcome to Total Drama Island! It’s time for you to meet our contestants! First up are the residents of the infamous Akuma Class! All but two of them have been akumatized! First is plucky hopeful fashion designer, Marinette Dupain-Cheng!

Marinette: Do I have to jump out- *Chef pushes her out the helicopter* AAH!

Alec: Fashion model/all around nice guy, Adrien Agreste!

Adrien: *Jumps out of the helicopter* SUCK IT, DAD!

Alec: Super hero super fan! Alya Césaire!

Alya: Wait! I gotta protect my phone! *Gets pushed out of the helicopter* NOOO!!

Alec: The mellow deejay, Nino Lahiffe!

Nino: *Holding onto to Chef* I don’t wanna die, man! *Gets grabbed by the back of his shirt and tossed out of the helicopter* I WANNA LIVE!

Alec: Prissy little dictator, Chloé Bourgeois!

Chloé: This wasn’t in the contract, you jerk! *Gets pushed out of the helicopter* SABRINA!

Alec: And her assistant, Sabrina Raincomprix!

Sabrina: I’m coming, Chloé! *Jumps after Chloé* Wait! Why is that my title?!

Alec: The emo side of Tumblr, it’s Nathaniel Kurtzberg!

Nathaniel: *Gripping onto the sides of the doorframe as Chef tries to push him out* YOU CAN’T MAKE ME! I DON’T WANNA!

Alix: Watch your ass, Nath!

Nathaniel: Alix, NO! *Alix pushes him out and jumps after him*

Alec: And roller skating powerhouse, Alix Kubdel! Next it’s everyone’s favorite Himbo, Le Chein Kim!

Kim: I’ll show you guys how to dive like a boss! *Prepares to swan dive, only for Chef to push him out* DAMNIT!

Alec: Science wiz, Max Kanté!

Max: *As he’s falling* This has to be illegal!

Alec: Lovable sunshine girl, Rose Lavillant!

Rose: *Doing aerial spin as she falls* I’m flying!

Alec: Dark and brooding queen of darkness, Juleka Couffaine!

Juleka: *Falling without a care* I’m not brooding.

Alec: Tough guy with a heart of gold, Ivan Bruel!

Ivan: Myléne! Hold onto me!

Alec: And his mousy girlfriend, Myléne Hapréle!

Myléne: Why did I agree to this?!

Alec: What a bunch of weirdos, right?! Next up is the class with only three akumatized students! We’ve got future author, Marc Anciel!

Marc: *Gets pushed out of the helicopter* THIS CAN’T BE SAFE!

Alec: Aspiring actor, Jean Duparc!

Jean: *Backflips out of the helicopter* This is how you make an entrance!

Alec: Little Miss Perfect, Aurore Beaureal!

Aurore: I HATE YOU, ALEC! *Jumps out of the helicopter and slows down her descent with her parasol*

Alec: You too! And the girl in her shadow, Mireille Caquet!

Mireille: SHUT UP! *Jumps out of the helicopter*

Alec: The lesbian your parents warned you about, Reshma Leghari!

Reshma: Was that necess- *Gets pushed out of the helicopterI AAH!

Alec: Tough Shorty, Ismael Prisk!

Ismael: *Flips Chef off on his way down* FUCK YEAH!

Alec: Pacifist Bodybuilder, Denise Cabello!

Denise: You suck, Alec! *Jumps out of the helicopter*

Alec: Tech nerd, Simon O’Connor!

Simon: *Chef throws him out of the helicopter* Denise! Avenge me!

Alec: Spunky Black Sheep, Cosette Bellamy!

Cosette: *Kicks Chef in the shins* SUCK IT! *Takes Zoé’s hand and they jump out of the helicopter together* YEAH!

Alec: And the King of New York, Zoé Lee! Right after them, Lacey Greene!… Who is scaling out of the helicopter. Great.

Lacey: What? You gotta stand out if you wanna win this thing!

Alec: Well, if that’s all-

Vivica: Ahem!

Alec: Oh, right. Vivica… I forgot her last name, but she’s a musician.

Vivica: Ugh. *Jumps out the helicopter*

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous #mlb ocs #akuma class #science kids #total drama island #mlb au

[imsparky2002]

Akuma Park - Nath runs Hollywood.

(Nathaniel is looking at a TikTok as Kim and Sabrina walk up to him.)

Kim: Hey, Nathaniel? There's this rumor going around that you... like run Hollywood or something?

(The artist looks annoyed and confused.)

Nathaniel: What?

Kim: I told Sabrina that it's just kids being dumb and she shouldn't listen to stuff like that...

(He pauses and looks sheepish)

Kim: But... we do have this sweet idea for a buddy-cop movie about a monkey and dog. We've got the first 20 pages written down, so... you don't really run Hollywood, right?

Nathaniel: I'm not even going to justify that with a response, because repeating a derogatory slur even for the purpose of refuting it can make stupid people think it's valid!

(He storms off.)

Kim:... Holy shit, Nathaniel runs Hollywood.

Sabrina: Yeah, and you fucked up the pitch!

Kim: What?! How'd I fuck up the pitch?!

Sabrina: You gotta tell him what the stakes are.

Kim: It's a dog and monkey as cops!

(Later, Nathaniel and Chloe are sitting in front of Principal Nora, who looks absolutely furious.)

Principal Nora: Miss Bougeois, did you or did you not tell students at this school that Nathaniel runs Hollywood?

Chloe: I think I said that, yes.

Principal Nora: And why would you say such an intolerant, offensive thing like that?!

(The girl simply shrugs.)

Chloe: Somebody has to run it.

Nathaniel: LOTS OF PEOPLE RUN HOLLYWOOD!

Chloe: Yes! Lots of people.... like Nathaniel.

Principal Nora: Miss Bougeois! You are on dangerous frickin ground here, kid!

Chloe: Look, what is so offensive about saying he runs Hollywood. Hollywood's great. Jews should be honored to be in charge of it.

(Nora pounds the desk.)

Principal Nora: HEY! I am telling you right now, Chloe. The next time anyone says anything about Nathaniel running Hollywood, that person is gonna have two months detention!

Chloe: Jesus, Mary Mother Full of Grace. You guys really take this seriously.

Marinette is still Kyle, but I wanted to give Nathaniel a moment. Also introducing Nora as PC Principal. Thanks to @artzychic27 and @msweebyness. Based off of this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9-CO5HQm90

#nathaniel kurtzberg #nathaniel #chloe bourgeois #chloe #kim le chien #kim #sabrina raincomprix #sabrina #nora cesaire #nora #south park au #south park #akuma park #miraculous ladybug #miraculous

[soraavalon]

Eudora: [in Draconic] Does your mother have a name I might recognize? FD: [in Draconic] She is a great queen. Our Mother. Marigold: [in Draconic] Well we don't have any snakes with us. Nathaniel (OOC): You know Draconic? Marigold (OOC): I looked through my character sheet and apparently I do. DM: Oh shit! Hunt (OOC): You do?! How?! DM: [something] Draconic I was like 'What the fuck?' Marigold (OOC): I know. For some reason I have Draconic and Sylvan. Sylvan makes sense. I think Draconic is a sphinx thing, so. DM: Hell yeah, why not. Love it. Moriarty (OOC): Everyone just snaps over to Marigold like 'What the fuck?!' Eudora (OOC): Does Marigold even realize that he's speaking--- Marigold (OOC): Nope. DM: No. Of course not. Marigold (OOC): Absolutely not. Tark: Tark does one very slow blink. Marigold (OOC): Like it's hard. (IC): [in Draconic] Well, we don't have any snakes with us, but maybe if we get everyone out of the carriage. Prove that and we can go on our way? FD: [in Draconic] Yes. Get everyone out of your box. Nathaniel (OOC): Shit. Hunt: I'm leaning out to Tark and Mary's side and like, "What is going on?" Tark: Tark glances over at Hunt, "They're looking for a snake." and I don't know, Tark is kind of looking at Mary like 'You gotta take the lead here.' like hoping he'll pop off with a Disguise Self type of disguise. Marigold (OOC): Yeah. Tark (OOC): 'Cause he's like 'God, please let you have a plan.' Hunt: Why do they think there's a snake in here? Tark: I don't know. Marigold: Their mom told them. Tark: And they said that they were following a scnent- a scent? But it's possible that the scent clung to the carriage when someone else used it? But we're gonna prove that we don't have a snake. Nathaniel: I'm gonna look at [someone] Hunt: Hunt is going to dig through her bag and pull out a lot of her medicinal herbs  that she has and a container that she opens that has an ointment and upon opening it it has a smell of  eucalyptus. "I am just..." Nathaniel: Oh, I see what you're doing. Hunt: Quick. If what they're saying is true that they can smell... We need to cover the scent. Marigold: Well, they've already said if the snake is not in the carriage, we can go ahead. Which if, you know, everyone in the carriage can sense and could trust I could help out with. YD: [in Draconic] They are scheming Skelphinaga (?) Let me have the box! Tark: [in Draconic] We're just telling people inside that Marigold: [in Draconic] That it's safe to come out. Tark: [in Draconic] That it's safe to come out. That's all. Hunt: I'm gonna leave that stuff in the carriage. DM: Make a deception check. Tark: Alright. Marigold (OOC): Which one? Tark: *rolls* Natural 20. For 22. Moriarty (OOC): *laughs* DM: Damn, alright. He (orange) is still growling, the one he referred to Skelphinaga kind of snaps her teeth at him. Skelphinaga: [in Draconic] They are small and foolish and need their time. Tark (OOC): Tark knows how to deal with siblings.

#d&d mischief #relni campaign #relni recap #the draconic came from Mary being a Cross-Sphinx #but Sphinxs literally have their own language #so why does the leonine boy know draconic by being part sphinx?! #why does the cat know dragon? #this was nerve-wracking #Relni Chapter 47

[hydesjackiespuddinpop]

Mama Pinciotti and Papa Forman

Pairings: Eric/Donna, Leia/Nate, Jay/Leia (implied), Jay/Nikki (mentioned)

Summary: Eric and Donna notice some awkwardness in their daughter’s relationship. Takes place post s2. Slightly au

“What do you think of us tiny little humans as you sit on your throne in the sky?”

Donna raised a eyebrow, hearing her husband ponder. “How much did you have to drink? And don’t say ‘a bottle a day keeps the doctor away’.” She finished, hand on her hip.

Eric shook his head, “No, I’m just thinking. I used to wonder what lesson I’d learn as an adult. Y’know, Donna, one of the things I’ve learned from being a teacher is that sometimes you just have to let the kids live.”

Nate and Leia enter the house while holding hands. They stood several feel apart, looking uncomfortable. Eric and Donna raised their eyebrows, wondering what the hell they were looking at.

Leia gulped, “Thank you very much Nate. I had a wonderful time.” She grimaced, feeling uncomfortable. Things had been weird with Nate from the moment they started dating, but she thought that’d change over time.

Nate nodded, “You’re welcome Leia. I also had a wonderful time a-as well.” He stammered. This was so awkward. Why did I get into a relationship with her? Oh right, because we need to ‘figure out our feelings’.

Eric shook his head, “Okay what the hell am I looking at? Is this how kids in the 90s act when they’re dating? Because in the 70s, this is code for ‘I was held at gunpoint’.” As much as he hated to admit it, Eric missed when Leia was dating Jay. She actually seemed happy with him.

Nate gulped, “I-I’ve gotta…curfew!” He ran out the door, leaving the Forman family alone. Leia exhaled, feeling relieved that she didn’t have to put up an act anymore. She cared about Nate and while she didn’t regret getting into a relationship with him, because she at least knew what she felt, she wasn’t in love with him like with Jay.

But it’s too late. He’s fucking Nikki now. Leia thought bitterly. She didn’t get it. Jay and Nikki? They rarely hung out alone and now they’re seeing each other naked on a daily basis. Why? Did Jay want to hurt her and Nate? Because it was working. Every time when she saw Jay and Nikki together, her heart crushed over and over.

Leia sighed, “I’m gonna go to my room right now.” She walked past her parents, ignoring the confusion on their faces.

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“Leia?” Eric called. He and Donna were standing outside Leia’s bedroom. They were both so confused about what was happening but also wanted to be there for their daughter.

“Go away.” The couple heard Leia mutter in response. Eric gasped, putting a hand on his heart. Donna sighed, putting a hand on her husband’s shoulder. “Eric, breathe.”

Eric exhaled, walking downstairs with Donna. “Sometimes I feel like I don’t know what’s going on in Leia’s life. Like one minute I find out she and Jay broke up and now she’s dating that Nate kid.” He didn’t trust Nathaniel Runck as far as he could throw him. Especially given how much Betsy had gone one about that ‘jughead’s’ shenanigans with Jay.

Donna sat on the couch, turning to Eric. “Yeah, about that...have you noticed anything different since?" Leia used to come home from school with a big smile on her face and lots of passion. But lately she seemed bored and tired. That smile wasn't there, at least not with Nate.

Eric nodded, "Yeah. She doesn't seem happy the way she was with...Jason." He loved Jay like a nephew, but would always be protective of his daughter first and foremost. But Eric had to admit, Leia was really happy with Jay and he was good to her.

Donna sighed, "Then again, it's probably not our business." But she still wanted to talk to Leia about this. Eric nodded, "Yeah." He tucked a lock of Donna's hair behind her ear. The redhead smiled before pulling him in for a kiss. "Leia said earlier that she'll be heading to Chloe's after school, so..." Eric smirked, picking up what his wife was putting down. Let's do this.

#that 90s show #my drabbles #otp: mom and dad #otp: i will spend every day making it up to you #eric x donna #jay x leia #anti neia #the forman family

[bethiewhimsy]

look what i found in the dumpster!!

*holds up bsd brainrot rants*

#s3e8 yessir #let me get this over with because y’all know im gonna say it: AKUTAGAWA CONTENT YAYAYAYAY #AND KENJI APPRECIATION TOO #IM ✨THRIVING✨ #aku and kenji my beloveds #speaking of beloveds— ranpo was so sad and serious and it had me rlly rlly sad honestly #JUSTICE4FUKUZAWA #fuck nathaniel why he gotta do that #chuuya badass as always we love to see it #OKAY OKAY HEAR ME OUT #I DESPISE MORI JUST AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE BUT #HE IS FUCKING HILARIOUS #he’s just so funny to me for some reason like every single moment of screentime he had i was chuckling #but it’s also the ‘ew you’re gross ewww’ kinda chuckle ykyk #speaking of gross #fyodor in the fucking trash where he belongs #the bastard pulled his cape out of the trash and PUT IT ON #that man has some serious diseases smh #dazai in fyodor’s hat was so cute tho aww #too bad he got lice now #THE AMOUNT OF EXPLODING CARS IN BSD IS INSANE I NEED TO START KEEPING COUNT #*flashbacks to dark era* #i don’t think i have any other thoughts tbh lolol #i do wanna see this fight go down tho #it’s gonna be lit 🔥 #im done now lol

[the-winter-smoulder]

What The Hell...

Pairing: Bucky x reader

Chapter Word Count: 1,502

Warnings: Language! Mentions of Death, Panic Attack, Eventual Smut, Fluff, Angsty Goodness

Seriously... What the HELL?!

Since the defeat of Thanos, nothing has really been the same, especially not for Sam and Bucky.

Read Chapter 23 here

Epilogue: Why The Hell Not?!

Bucky and Y/n spent a year planning this day, and it had finally arrived.

Bucky was a nervous wreck, pacing back and forth in the “Groom Room” that Sam and Clint stocked with snacks and drinks.

“C’mon, man! You’ve gotta eat something so you don’t pass out when you exchange vows,” Clint said. “Trust me – eat something.”

“I can’t. Too nervous.”

“What are you nervous about? You’re a super soldier!” Sam teased.

“Saying the wrong thing, fucking up my vows, saying ‘fuck’ during the vows on accident.”

“Okay, that I get,” Sam laughed, “But so what if you do? It’s about you and Y/n... she’ll laugh it off and drop an F-bomb just to make you feel better.”

Bucky stopped pacing and smiled.

“You’re right about that. She definitely would do that.”

“Here - sandwich. Now,” Clint ordered.

“Alright, alright. Where’s our ring bearer?”

“Laura’s got him. Nathaniel’s getting a quick nap. He should be awake soon and rearing to go.”

“Good, good,” Bucky said with a mouth full of ham, cheese and bread.

“What do you think the girls are up to right now?” Sam asked.

“Makeup, hair, drinking champagne,” Clint said.

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“Y/n - you look beautiful!” Wanda said, helping to zip up the final few inches of the sparkling white dress.

“Like a princess!” Beth yelled.

“Aww! Thanks, Angel!” Y/n said, smiling at the six-year-old in her little tulle dress and tight ringlets, “So do you! Do you have your basket?”

“Yep!” she said, leaning down to pick up the white basket filled with flower petals.

“Perfect!”

“Knock, knock!”

“Mommy!” Beth smiled.

“Hi, sweetheart. How’s she been?”

“A perfect little angel,” Wanda said with a smile.

“Oh!” Nikki exclaimed, “Y/n - you look beautiful!”

“Thank you! I am so nervous!”

“About what?” Wanda asked, pouring some champagne.

“Saying the wrong thing, messing up my vows, say the ‘f’ word during my vows.”

“What’s the ‘f word’?” Beth chimed in.

“Fun!” Wanda said, giving her a sugar cookie.

“That would be weird,” Beth said, skipping over to sit and eat her cooking at the table in the corner.

“Let’s calm those nerves with a little bit of bubbly!” Wanda said, holding a glass out towards Y/n.

“Oh! I... I don’t think I should. I haven’t eaten much of anything today. I don’t want to pass out or trip walking down the aisle.

Y/n felt a tug on her skirt.

“Here, Y/n. You should have this,” Beth said, holding up a cookie.

“Oh, thank you, Angel!” Y/n said, crouching down to her level, taking the cookie and giving her a big hug.

“Finish that quickly, Y/n! It’s almost time!” Pepper said, squealing a little, “Clint is ready to walk you down the aisle, Nathaniel is up and ready to go, Sam is ready to walk with Wanda, and Bucky is making his way up to the front of the crowd under the arch.”

“Alright. Here goes nothing,” Y/n said, popping the last bit of cookie into her mouth, and taking a sip of water.

“Great! I will make sure Bruce in place. You look beautiful, Y/n. Bucky’s going to cry when he sees you,” Pepper said.

“Pepper - thank you. I couldn’t have done this without you,” Y/n smiled.

“My pleasure. I spent years planning big fancy parties. I was made for this!”

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Bruce and Bucky were standing up front, Bucky nervously adjusting his tie.

“You look fine, Bucky. Quit fiddling with that,” Bruce chuckled.

“Hey, thanks again for officiating, Bruce. I can’t think of anyone else I’d want to marry us.”

“It’s my pleasure. I was rooting for you two from day one,” he winked.

Bucky heard the music start and he snapped to attention, looking up to see Wanda and Sam rounding the corner, getting ready to make their way up the aisle. He smiled when he saw Nikki getting the kids ready to go, pinching Beth’s cheek to make her smile.

As Nathaniel and Beth got close to the front, Bucky heard Pepper’s voice say “Please stand,” and he took in a sharp breath. This was the moment he had been waiting for. He closed his eyes and slowly let out his breath.  

“Oh!” he exclaimed quietly when he opened his eyes to see his beautiful bride being escorted down the aisle by Clint. He could feel the tears well up in his eyes.

“Bucky? You okay?” Beth whispered loudly.

“Yeah, sweetheart. I’m okay,” he laughed.

He couldn’t take his eyes off of Y/n. The white lace, flowers in her hair, very Bohemian-looking beautiful woman he was finally going to marry. Overwhelmed with happiness, a few tears slid down his cheeks.

He watched as she kissed Clint’s cheek and thanked him. Clint placed her hand in Bucky’s and smiled, moving to sit next to Laura in the front row, pulling Nathaniel up on his lap.

“Hey,” Y/n said with a smile.

“Hey, gorgeous,” he said back, squeezing her hands.

Bruce began speaking, but Bucky didn’t hear a word of it, he was so focused on the woman standing before him.

“Pay attention, honey,” Y/n whispered, giving his hands a little squeeze.

He smiled and blinked his eyes, tuning in on Bruce.

“...the love they share every day. Bucky and Y/n have prepared vows. Nathaniel, if you would bring up the rings.”

Nathaniel jumped off of Clint’s lap.

“Just like we practiced, okay, champ?” Clint said.

Nathaniel nodded his head and took the pillow with the two rings tied to it up to the happy couple.

“Bucky,” Bruce said.

Bucky took the ring from Nathaniel and placed it on Y/n’s finger.

“Y/n, I never thought that I would ever be standing in front of anyone getting married, until I met you. I thought I was too messed up, unlovable, and too much of a pain in the ass to ever find someone who would love me the way you do. I didn’t think I was capable of loving anyone the way I love you. You are my rock, my love, and my life. You’ve given my life meaning and purpose, and I will spend every minute of every day of the rest of my life showing you how much you mean to me. I love you more than words can say.”

Y/n squeezed his hands before wiping the tears from her eyes, and leaning down to take the ring from the Nathaniel, whispering a soft “Thank you,” to him, so he knew he could go sit down.

“Bucky. When I came here, my soul was broken. I had lost so much, and I thought I was beyond repair, but you proved me wrong. You have been my light in the darkness, my northern star, my soulmate. You have given me the love I have always wanted, and never thought I would have. I will spend the rest of my days trying my best to love you the way that you love me because you deserve that and so much more. I love you,” she said, her voice breaking at the end as she slipped the ring onto his finger.

“Bucky, do you take Y/n to be your partner, your lover, and your wife?”

“I do.”

“And, Y/n, do you take Bucky to be your partner, your lover, and your husband?”

“I do.”

“By the power vested in me by the State of New York, I pronounce you husband and wife.”

Y/n moved forward, grabbing Bucky’s face, and pulling him in for a long, sweet kiss. He wrapped his arms around her, and picked her up, twirling her around before breaking the kiss and setting her down.

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The reception went off without a hitch, and the party was in full swing. Bucky and Y/n ate the most delicious meal, followed by an amazing cannoli cake complements of Giovanni himself.

Sam brought over two glasses of champagne to the newlyweds, proposing a toast to a long life of love and laughter. Bucky noticed that Y/n barely took a sip.

“You okay, Doll?”

“Yeah, Bucky, I'm fine.”

“You’re not drinking?”

“No, not tonight.”

“Why not?” Sam asked.

“I, well, um...”

“C’mon, Y/n! Why the hell not?” Sam pushed.

“I’m pregnant!” she blurted out.

“What? Y/n! You’re... I’m gonna... oh holy shit!” Bucky stammered, a smile painted on his face.

“You’re going to be a daddy!” Sam said, hugging them both.

“I didn’t think today could get any better, Y/n. You’ve made me the happiest man on the face of the Earth!” he pulled her close and kissed her.

On the other side of the room, Bruce and Wanda looked toward the happy couple.

“She must have told him,” Wanda said.

“Must have. Wait... how did you know?” Bruce asked.

“I felt it weeks ago. I was helping her calm her nerves about the wedding, and I felt a second heartbeat. I didn’t tell her, so as far as you know, I know nothing. You got it?”

“I’ve got it,” Bruce said, smiling and waving at the couple.  

~Fin~

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Why Lila is Marinette’s Own Fault || Miraculous Why?

(Before I begin, note that this is my opinion over the topic and am no way am bashing anyone’s love for the ship and/or character. I respect who and what you like, therefore expect the same courtesy. However, if this is something you cannot handle, please click the back button as this will be a heavily discussed topic. No flames allowed. Other than that, enjoy.)

So usually in the story, there’s always one or two mean girls who is out to get the main character for some kind of superior reasons to justify. And there’s no reason as to why they act this way just for the sake of being mean.

Like the Ashleys from “Recess”, who tend to pick on kids just for the fun of it sometimes or cause they’re popular.

Same can go for Libby from “Sabrina The Teenage Witch” who was out to get something for what she wants or just to be superior to the other kids in school.

For Miraculous, we already have that kind of character, Chloe Bourgeois, who is the daddy’s girl of the Mayor to get what she wants. And until we had some small character development in season two (which season 3 took it away!!), we had no reason feeling sorry for her and she was just for the convenient plot in the social life for Marinette in the series.

And then… there’s Lila.

Before I get into hand in this, let me note that Lila is not a good person at all in the show. She’s a liar, a manipulator and will do whatever she can to get what she wants. She breaks into homes, steals and molests pretty models. She’s been pretty shown to be just selfish without consequences and unless we get a background story of why she acts this way, she has no excuse. Especially when she teams up with hawkdaddy to now have permission to invade and spy on Adrien whenever she wants? Fuck that.

So in Volpina, Lila is introduced as this pathological liar to get attention in season one. She obviously goes for Adrien cause he’s the famous model after all. Reasonable considering as the new person looking for attention, you seek out the most popular/famous person in the school. That would Adrien.

Though considering with her connections, it would’ve been smarter to try and impress Marinette instead if Lila did her research before she came into the scene. But of course, new person so she wouldn’t know, but whatever.

And we can see Lila easily just says things just to get Adrien’s approval and such.

And so, Marinette follows them around (stalking? really?) because Tikki points out Lila has the book Adrien took from his father’s vault and threw it in the trash.

Now the SMART thing to do would’ve been to see how Adrien would handle the situation and wait for him to leave, if to acknowledge Adrien has a mind of his own and knows when to walk away (which he does). Or at the very least, try to distract them as Marinette while Tikki retrieved the book.

But… no. You transform into Ladybug to lash out at a girl PUBLICALLY, for anyone including Adrien to hear, just to embarrass her and call her out on her lying because she… “hates liars”.

Marinette, you fucking lie ALL the time! Most of those times to Adrien! And I’m not just talking about when in regard to being Ladybug, you hypocritical- (groans)

I can list plenty of episodes: Gamer, Aninmaestro, Ikari Gozen and hell, even Reverser counts! If she hadn’t lied about Marc’s book, Nathaniel wouldn’t have torn it! (sighs)

And before you all start jumping at me saying Lila got what she deserves, I only agree partially. Ladybug, as a public figure and heroine, practically the face of Paris, acted irrationally lashing out at a bystander because of lies which were or were not believable. Lila was broadcasting a post or making the news, she was trying (poorly) to impress a boy. Ladybug gave Lila the Regina George treatment.

Yeah, so you caused an akumatized situation and Lila hates your guts. Hell, I would hate you too. That’s like a celebrity jumping at an innocent bystander when they’re whispering to their friend about a rumor that only the two of them were talking about. You can’t jump to try and stop them and should just let it dispel on its own. At that point, Lila had no real power but you just influenced her.

And… oh boy did things get worse because of this.

Look season 3 was trash (except for moments in certain episodes) and I feel talking about the infamous ‘Chameleon’ physically hurts me but… yeah gotta point out a few things. The whole episode was unrealistic, and it was an obvious ploy to be sympathetic to Marinette with Lila back… but… you’re not fooling me.

So, Lila is still on her lying game, being able to fool the students and the staff?! Okay if you believe a student has so many disabilities without any paperwork proof, you can actually get fired for that for fraud. As someone who worked with education before, that’s just pure incompetence.

So yeah, Marinette comes to school seeing the seats changes to accommodate Lila and upright begins to plot to discredit her for her lies. UM… what happened to trying to start over with Lila after failing to do so the first time?

Oh, that’s right. She gets that way (at least partly) because Lila is sitting next to Adrien. I can understand if it was because they rearranged the seating without her say so but let’s face it. Lila sitting next to Adrien was her real trigger.

So since Marinette failed to acknowledge her mistake the first time, she spends all day trying to prove Lila is lying and in return the class is angry at her. Alya even comes to point out that Marinette is jealous of Lila.

And you know what? Alya is right.

Alya knows at least what Marinette is capable of doing so when it comes to Adrien and how far she’s willing to go. Remember that Alya is the one who encouraged her to break into his locker and steal his phone. So of course, she’s worried Marinette is gonna do something to the new girl.

I don’t blame Alya for doing one of the most competent things in the show: Warning Marinette to NOT go off the handle without proof and not make herself look bad in the process.

And because Marinette failed to do so… she made Lila her enemy AGAIN. It was bad enough you had her as your enemy as Ladybug, but now you get to deal with twice the drama!

Your own fucking fault, Marinette.

Also, the advice Adrien gave? I don’t blame for him for it and neither should you. Yes, his advice is not perfect, but with the options he has on his plate, its hard to do something otherwise.

For every encounter Adrien has had with Lila, it ended up with her being akumatized or a disaster no matter how he tried to handle her. We didn’t get to see how he would resolve in Volpina because of Ladybug’s intervention, but he would try at least in Chameleon and try to get her to see she didn’t need to lie and actually tried to befriend her. At this point, Lila was already triggered by Ladybug and Marinette so she just might have to take Adrien by force instead.

At that point, Adrien just wants to stay away and which he was trying to tell Marinette don’t interact with Lila or confront her cause there’s no way to do so at this point. Maybe he was trying to tell her to wait until her rumors got discredited, but he didn’t say it clear enough for her to understand.

And keep in mind, Adrien is a sheltered child with little to zero social skills taught to him by Nathalie and Gabriel. Hell, we don’t know how his childhood was really like even with Emelie around either and Adrien seems more like the pacifist unless he needs to absolutely step in. And he did by cleaning up Marinette’s mess in ‘Ladybug’. So now he’s gotta suffer being around Lila more because of Marinette making Lila her enemy.

But once again, this is bad writing as the writers of the show obviously forgot what it’s like to live in reality. In the real world, Lila would be immediately discredited without any proof the moment she came back. Not to mention, some of the class have their own connections and have more braincells proven in the previous episodes. Google search and such. A 5-year-old wouldn’t believe these lies in these times. Hey, I believe that because I once had a kid in kindergarten during my time as an afterschool art teacher look at one of my books I illustrated before and said they liked the ‘graphics’.

Kids are fucking smarter nowadays than you think.

The only reason anyone would believe Lila’s lies is if she’s magically influenced with some kind of ‘silver tongue’ spell or something and honestly? It looks like that’s the reason.

I dunno if Thomas Astruc or Zag is trying to insult the kids/adults or insult themselves to say Paris people aren’t that smart. If it’s the latter, you should see what you are doing because I don’t want to believe that because that’s disrespectful.

I know it seems I’m trying to stand up for Lila this portion, but I’m just looking things in a  more realistic and logical way. Did Lila take things too far? Yes, waaaayyy too far and should be arrested for it since she works for Hawkmoth. But it could’ve been handled better and that makes Marinette at fault too.

Part of me wonders if she’s done this before because in Zombiezou, she also causes Chloe to ruin her gift for Ms. bustier. If Marinette didn’t antagonize Chloe in the locker in front of the class, maybe she wouldn’t have done anything. Again, I’m not saying Chloe was justified, but if that was the reason, yeah I can see her doing it for payback.

So to all those fics where I’m supposed to be ‘Boo-hoo’ for Marinette because of what Lila did? Fuck you guys because you need to dig deeper into the story to see both sides and not just make it a pity party where Marinette is the innocent victim.

It’s called “Cause and Effect”.

And considering she made Lila her enemy, Marinette is gonna get effected enough because that’s how karma works.

#ooc #the artist speaks #the artist opinion #miraculous ladybug #marinette salt #adrien sugar #alya sugar #lila salt #mainly facts really #but there is some parts where i'm salty #so be warned #tw: cursing #constructive critism welcome #flames will be deleted #i know the difference folks

[purrincess-chat]

Cat’s Not-All-Encompassing Character Ranking

Okay, so I have to admit that I omitted a lot of characters I don't have strong opinions on. Most of them were one-off akumas, so don't get your panties in a twist, your faves are probably still on here (and ranked lower than you think).

As a preface again, these are just my personal opinions. They can't hurt you. You can still like characters more or less than me. And I don't care how you feel about them. This list is for me. And the person that asked for it. So shut up. Go make your own rank list if you’re so butthurt. 

We're going in reverse order this time, starting from the bottom:

84. Gabriel Agreste- I mean, is anyone surprised? I am not private about how I think Gabriel should go to jail. Or fall off a cliff. Or be erased from existence. Rip to those that like him, but I’m different.

83. Thomas Astruc- Honestly, he’s down here on principle. Self-inserts are generally a no-no, and I just laugh every time I see him on screen because he really put himself in this show and said boohoo no one appreciates me XD

82. Bob Roth- I feel like this one should also be obvious. He’s just a dick. Terrible human. I give him 0 stars.

81. Tomoe Tsurugi- We all collectively hate her, right? It’s not just me?

80. Su Han- This mans has small peepee energy. And he bad mouthed Fu, so get FUCKED, my dude.

79. Rolland Dupain- Listen, I get it, he liked Marinette in the end, but I could do without the racism.

78. Nathalie Sancoeur- My opinion of Nathalie took a nosedive after the s2 finale. I just do not care that she is in love with her boss. Don’t care that she’s dying. Just do not have it in me.

77. XY- Justin Bieber ass wannabe.

76. Nora Cesiare- I didn’t care for Nora. I know Thomas loves her, but the overbearing sibling trope is tired.

75. Anarka Couffaine- I underestimated how much I don’t really like her. Like, it’s not full-on hate, but I just do not care for her.

74. Otis Cesaire- Got akumatized because a kid said he could outrun a panther. I’m still not over it, Otis.

73. Andre Bourgeois- No love for the crooked mayor. I hope your wife divorces you. 

72. Alec Cataldi- The real villain of Stormy Weather. Like fr why is he such an asshole?

71. Roger Raincomprix- Is Officer Roger just doing his best? Sometimes. But like sometimes this mans just needs to take a chill pill.

70. M. D'Argencourt- Please get out of the 1600s

69. Ella/Etta- These two are basically the same character, and I am indifferent to both of them.

68. KnightOwl/Barbara- Listen, I would have liked you more if you were less controlling.

67. Majestia- Same as above, but like I guess I like you more

66. Theo- *Mean Girls principal voice* Stay away from underaged girls!

65. Andre the ice cream man- I just want a scoop of chocolate, Andre. Is that too much to ask??

64. Amelie Graham de Vanily- We haven’t seen much of her, but she seems like a snake bitch.

63. M. Kubdel- I mean, if my son wanted to resurrect an ancient mummy and believed in aliens, I’d give the family heirloom to my daughter too.

62. Jalil Kubdel- Lolol, buddy, pal, dude, my guy. Chill.

61. Vincent (Adrien's photographer)- Head empty. Mom’s spaghetti. Idk he’s alright.

60. Manon- I don’t hate Manon. She just gets on my nerves every time she talks.

59. M. Ramier- This mans got akumatized a billion times because he gets emotional about pigeons. I mean, honestly mood.

58. Mme. Mendeleiev- She doesn’t put up with Chloe’s shit, and we respect her for this.

57. Baby August- Someone just give this mans some food. He’s a growing boy.

56. Santa Claus- If I were Santa, I too would list Ladybug as the best kid in the world.

55. Art Teacher- He doesn’t even have a name, but I vibe with him. He seems like he likes to paint scenes of nature with his pet squirrels.

54. Prince Ali- Lil mans just wanted to have a good time. I can respect that.

53. Duusu- Duusu, I get that your Miraculous was broken, but get with the program, girl. You is a hostage.

52. Other Kwamis- Idk, all the ones we haven’t seen as much. I don’t have real opinions on them yet. Just neutral.

51. Sass- He gives me dad vibes.

50. M. Damocles- You go, you funky owl man

49. Jean (Chloe's Butler)- He deserves a raise. What is your name, sir? We may never know.

48. Mireille Caquet- She’s pretty cute. No complaints.

47. Aurore Beaureal- Baby’s first akuma. I love her design. She’s a cutie.

46. Claudie Kante (Max’s mom)- This womans just wanted to go to space and live her dream. We stan a hardworking queen.

45. Hot Dog Dan- I like him more than Andre the ice cream fraud. Sure, my hotdog might turn me purple, but if I ask for chili on it, I bet he’d oblige.

44. Nadja Chamack- I mean, she’s doing her best.

43. Audrey Bourgeois- So, as I said in the episode ranking, I have a love-hate relationship with Audrey. She’s the worst, but that’s why I love her. I love her ironically. Like, yeah she’s atrocious, but I just want to watch her burn the world.

42. Luka Couffaine- Directly in the middle, like he’s always been.

41. Nathaniel Kurtzberg- My opinion of Nath improved after Reverser surprisingly. I ship it.

40. Chris Lahiffe- I like Chris better than Ella/Etta. He’s just a little mans out here living life wanting to grow up. Don’t believe it, Chris. Stay little forever. Being an adult suuuuucks.

39. Fang the Crocodile- The goodest boy.

38. Nooroo- I just want to give him a hug.

37. Mlle. Bustier- She’s doing her best, but I mean, when ya whole class keeps getting turned into supervillains, I’m surprised she’s not an alcoholic.

36. Penny Rolling- I just like her. I think she’s neat.

35. Ondine- Mermaid queen! She’s so sweet, and I love her with Kim. I hope we see more of her in the future.

34. Marc Anciel- Marc is a little cutie bean. Idc if he’s based off one of Thomas’s irl friends. He can stay.

33. Wayzz- He loves Master Fu so much I cry.

32. Felix Graham de Vanily- I know everyone hates canon Felix, but tbh he exudes massive chaotic neutral gremlin energy, and I actually kinda vibe with that. And he pisses with his uncle which is a whole ass mood.

31. Tikki- Tikki is very cute, but bby please work on the preaching. You don’t always know what’s right, babe.

30. Sabrina Raincomprix- Sabrina deserves better. I hope we see good things happen for her.

29. Lila Rossi- Surprised? I actually like Lila. The first fic I ever wrote for this fandom was a Lila redemption. I think she is a good antagonist and foil to Marinette. I absolutely want to see her get dunked on in canon, but that doesn’t mean I hate her.

28. Wayhem- I don’t know why, but Wayhem makes me laugh. I love him XD

27. Uncle Cheng- He’s just a good mans with a birb who wants to make you tasty food. What’s not to like?

26. Trixx- Trixx shot up after GoS. Chaotic bean make Eiffel Tower go bendy

25. Jess- She’s pretty cool. She’s a vibe.

24. Aeon- The cutest bean!!! She saw Adrien and Marinette and said yep. Those two are meant to be together. Jess, we gotta make it happen.

23. Ivan Bruel- Ivan is such a gentle bean. We love him.

22. Mylene Haprele- Smol

21. Fei Wu- I still have not watched the Shanghai special with subs, but I liked her.

20. Gina Dupain- The grandma I aspire to be.

19. Marianne Lenoir- I love her. She is good. She and Fu are so cute. And she seems like she would have kicked le ass back in the day. (and even now)

18. Rose Lavillant- I am so excited for Pigella!! Rose is too cute. We love her. 

17. Gorilla- aka Adrien’s real dad. If the series doesn’t end with Gabriel getting yeeted into the stratosphere and Gorilla adopting Adrien, I don’t want it.

16. Clara Nightingale- She’s in love with Marinette. You can’t change my mind. 16 is also how old I hc her to be, so don’t nobody come for me.

15. Tom Dupain- Most. Supportive. Dad. Soft bean. Just wants to make you fresh bread.

14. Sabine Cheng- Good mom vibes. We love to see her.

13. Juleka Couffaine- Shy goth bean. Just wants to have her picture taken. Definitely a lesbian. We stan.

12. Nino Lahiffe- The goodest boy. He’s just out here doing his best, loving his friends.

11. Chloe Bourgeois- Chloe is another one I have a love-hate relationship with. Her brattiness is funny to me. We had high hopes for her. Honestly, she ranks this high because I like to play with her in fic.

10. Max Kante- He smol and smort. And I adore his friendship with Kim and the fact that he made an AI himself at 14. What a legend.

9. Alya Cesaire- Rip to Alya salters, but I’m different. Outside of Chameleon, Alya is fine. She’s a supportive bff. All yall people that are mad she doesn’t kiss Marinette’s ass all the time need to go out and make real friends. I said what I said.

8. Alix Kubdel- I love Alix. I love how she is always so done with all the lovey-dovey bullshit. She is tiny queen, and Bunnix, while OP af, is still super cool. We love to see her.

7. Kagami Tsurugi- I will fight anyone who shits on Kagami. She has done nothing wrong, you guys are just haters. All she did was exist, and yall said, wow what a toxic bitch?? Disgraceful.

6. Jagged Stone- We are going to ignore the deadbeat dad trope that canon thrust upon him. He is a Marinette stan, and we love that.

5. Kim Le Chien- I really love Kim, you guys. Does that surprise you? Listen, my favorite male character types are sweet beans and himbos. Kim is both of these.

4. Master Fu- If you didn’t pick up on how much I love Fu from the episodes ranking, then idk what to tell you. I want him to be my grandpa. I would trust this mans with my life. He did his best. You paint those pictures, you funky little man. I love you.

3. Plagg- My galaxy trash man. Love him. 10/10 chefs kisses all around.

2. Adrien Agreste- The biggest Marinette stan there is. I just want him to kiss her on the face. And marry her. Idk, I just think that would be neat if he could do that. I just want good things for them.

1. Marinette Dupain-Cheng- Honestly, are you surprised? I have always been and always will be a Marinette stan. If you expected anyone else to be in this spot, then clown suit rentals are off to the left.

#cat speaks #cat spoils #character ranking #okay fr tho dont ever ask me for anything ever again #take your complaints to your dashboard button and off my blog #idc if you dont like my ranks #theyre not for you #heck off

[simonsrosebud]

hc of neil meeting extended family?? i always feel like he's GOTTA have more than JUST nathan, mary, and stuart right ??

So if Nathan had siblings, then Neil has uncles/aunts.  If Neil has uncles/aunts, he has cousins.

In my little world (and to make it more fun), Nathan has 5 siblings.  Darren, Gareth, Oliver, Zoe, Harry.  They have KIDS.  Neil’s COUSINS.

Like I said in my other headcanon about Nathan’s family past, Harry the professor moves from DC to University of South Carolina to escape the talk of his brother, The Butcher of Baltimore.  The rest of the fam cut themselves off from their crazy brother.

Harry is also how the rest of the Wesninski brothers find Neil.  Of course, he’s not sure on it, but he’s an avid Exy fan, so seeing a kid with such resemblance to the Wesninski features- or what he remembers of his nephew when he was a child, to let it go unsaid.

He spams a groupchat with his siblings and demands Darren look into it.  He’s the one with the connections.

Darren almost thinks it too good to be true, but he has too big of a spark of hope to trash the idea.  He keeps tabs on Neil through the media in the meantime.  It isn’t until Nathan’s death that they get the proof they need.  Darren gets the information he needs about the boy that Nathan had in the basement that day, enough about the wounds the boy was given to match it to Neil Josten’s face the next time he was captured on the media.

Zoe sets it up.  There are quite a number of cousins on the Wesninski side, and Gareth and Darren look too much like Nathan to be able to confront Neil without him running away. 

The cousins and their ages:

Darren: Adam 35, Evan 30.

Gareth: Cordelia 30, Brian 27.

Oliver: Patrik 25, Natalia 22, Rhys 18.

Nathan: Nathaniel 18.

Zoe: Cedric 20, Morgan 19.

Harry: Vince 17, Emma & Lena 16.

Rhys and Cedric are the first to volunteer talking to their newfound cousin.  Rhys remembers the one and only time he visited his uncle Nathan.  Their parents dismissed them to go play, so he spent the afternoon climbing trees and running around with Nathaniel.  Cedric didn’t remember Nathaniel, but his so-called cousin was friends and teammates with Kevin Day?  No way in hell was he missing out.

It takes weeks for them to plan it out, to get the cousins down to Palmetto.  Their parents all sit them down before they go and tell them wtf is up bc they know damn well that they only have one chance to do it right or else they’ll lose Nathaniel forever.

All of the cousins go to Palmetto, but the only ones that are there to greet him outside of Fox Tower are Rhys, Natalia, and Adam.

They wait for an hour before Neil finally shows up with Andrew, Nicky, and Matt in tow.  He freezes the second he sees them standing at the curb.  Andrew stops behind him, but Matt’s the one to ask if he’s okay.  Neil doesn’t know how to explain that he knows those three faces, though he can’t remember where from and why.

Rhys grins and stands straight.  “Nathaniel!”  he waves, to which Neil rightfully flinches at and starts taking steps back until he stumbles into Andrew.  Natalia elbows Rhys with a stern glare and gives Neil a sorry smile.  “We come in peace- sorry, that sounds stupid- we’re your couisns, Neil.  I’m Natalia, that’s Rhys, Adam.”

And woah is Neil confused.  He doesn’t realize he’s breathing faster until Andrew fastens a hand on the back of his neck.  “I-I don’t.”

“Neil,” Adam says.  “We don’t mean to cause you trouble.  I noticed you looked familiar when I saw Kathy’s show back in the fall, my uncle-” he stopped when Neil’s face bottomed “Harry!  My uncle Harry- not Nathan.  None of us have been in contact with him since you were a kid, I swear, I-” and he looks troubled.  “Fuck.  Um, look, can we just… can we talk?  We can talk about anything, anywhere.  We haven’t seen you since you were like five, man, and I’m fucking thirty-five.  Hell, I changed your diaper before our families cut ties with Nathan.”

Matt looks between them, but Nicky’s the one to speak.  “Neil, I know family is a load of shit?  But I mean… shouldn’t you at least hear them out?  You have cousins you didn’t even know about!”

“They’re Wesninski’s.” Neil is not a happy camper, but Rhys is unphased.  “Technically only half.”

And Neil almost gets right back in the car if not for Andrew staring him down and raising a single brow.  He painfully agrees to let them talk, but if he doesn’t like it then they agree to never bother him again.  Natalia does all of the talking and gives him the rundown on their family’s past, the good bad and ugly, just like her father recited to her.  Matt found himself thinking that she talked a lot like Neil.  She kind of looked like him too.  Her hair had more of a red tone than his had, almost looked fake.

When she's done, though, and all of Neil’s questions are answered, Rhys nearly hugs him.  If not for Andrew’s piercing stare, he probably would have.  “Man, the others are gonna be so excited to meet you, Neil.”

“Others?”

Adam cuts in when Rhys starts stammering.  Was he not supposed to tell him?  “There are thirteen of us, fourteen counting you.  They’re all back at a hotel ten minutes from here.  No parents.  Nathan took his looks after my dad and uncle Gareth, we all figured it’d be better to leave them out of the powwow for now.”  Neil wanted to vomit, but he didn’t say anything, so Adam just went on.  “There’s me, Evan, Cordelia, Brian, Patrik, Natalia, Rhys, Cedric, Morgan, Vince, and the twins.”

“Twins?!”  Nicky let out a squeal.  Rhys shrugs. “It runs in the family.”

Neil didn’t notice how hard he was breathing, but all of a sudden it caught up with him.  Natalia somehow isn’t surprised when he books it to the closest bush.  Andrew levels them all with a cool look and follows his idiot across the parking lot.

Neil wipes his face with his shirt and drops his head into his knees.  Andrew digs a hand into his hair.  “Say the words and they’re gone.”

But Neil’s shaking his head with his eyes squeezed shut because it’s not that.  It’s just overwhelming.  He doubts he’ll talk to them after this meeting, but he had this little thing in the back of his head tugging him to find out everything about them.  He can’t deal with another Wesninski like his father.  He’ll go with all of the Foxes in tow for safety, he doesn’t care, but he will not go the rest of his life in the unknown about these people who claim to be his family.

So Neil goes back to the three cousins with a blank face as he subtly avoids their eyes.  “I’ll meet them all, but I’m bringing my people, and only if it’s at the Exy stadium.”

part two three

#neil josten #neils extended family #i had too much fun with this #aftg headcanon #neil josten headcanon #andrew minyard #matt boyd #nicky hemmick #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #the foxes #palmetto state university #palmetto state #nathan wesninski #nathaniel wesninski #trk #tkm #foxes #exy

[reynie-muldoons]

'Run Silent, Run Deep' liveblog!

I've been avoiding spoilers for days but I heard this one's a doozy. Let's get at it

I heard something happens between SQ and Curtain. I'm already prepared to throw hands

1:19 30 years ago??? Tiny Nicholas???? Tiny Nathaniel?????

1:27 the out of tune warmups are giving me flashbacks

1:35 NICKY 😭

2:13 "presentation is everything" something tells me that's an ideology that stuck with him long-term

2:29 ohhh that hard cut to present Mr. Benedict made me so sad for him for some reason

2:45 NUMBER TWO'S FACE HAHAHAHA she really do be standing there like

3:06 roll credits. Damn, it feels like Milligan has said the episode title almost every time

3:22 "have the children... grown?" MILLIGAN NO

3:36 "yes it did BUT THIS WILL WORK" honey who are you fooling

3:45 THE THEME SLAPS SO HARDDDD. I get pumped every time it plays in the background

3:57 "permission to speak freely?" "Yes, of course, but havent you always had that?" WHY AM I CRYING THAT WAS SO SWEET AND OFFHAND

4:18 "I placed children, innocent children, in grave danger." Correct! Next statement

4:18 further commentary on that- show!Benedict is definitely a different person from book!Benedict. Just slightly. Our Tony Hale show mans is more snappy, less patient, and more reckless, although our classic book mans was a reckless, loveable little shit in his own way.

4:25 "not just any children. exceptional children." HER FAITH IN THEM IS SO SWEET AND STEADFAST

4:57 "you havent failed. You just havent finished yet." Writing that down for the next time my mental health dips

5:22 this absolutely bops and nothing less

6:23 HOLD ON why is 'fluid pressure' connected to 'air pressure' 😂😂😂

6:37 he looks so weird standing in that window 😂😂 mans looks 3 feet tall

6:46 "yes it's Wednesday" ah, so we've made it to barely contained contempt, I see.

7:00 "I have the perfect candidate" it's gotta be reynie or sticky, but my first guess was sticky; gotta get in that free manipulation

7:03 CALLED IT

7:11 WHY ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT THIS FREELY IN THE HALLWAY

7:25 WHY ARE THEY MAKING PLANS FREELY IN THE HALLWAY

7:32 "she will be weak from lack of sunlight" I mean she's not wrong

7:42 "I can make paralytic from spider venom" Constance, honey, where on earth did you learn that

7:59 Constance coming in clutch with the daily dose of morbidity 😂😂

8:30 Sticky being outwardly defensive of the Whisperer is pretty dang in-character. He finally found something that made him feel secure and confident after a childhood of anxiety and walking on eggshells, who wouldnt defend that tooth and nail?

8:39 "he is drinking the kool-aid." "Gulping it." LMFAOOO

9:10 I'm sorry but those goggles are butt ugly

9:23 euuuuugh the synchronized hand-on-shoulder thing gives me the creeps

9:33 "friend." (derogatory)

10:03 "do you remember how calm and assured it made you feel? ... it feels the same way about you." THAT'S SO MANIPULATIVE STOP IT RIGHT NOW

10:26 "so many Messengers unconsciously fight the Whisperer. They push back." Unfortunate that that's what Sticky's gonna do now, right? Right?

10:32 "Reynie Muldoon, for instance." why did I gasp so loudly

11:04 it's egg time

11:16 AGAIN!!! WHY ARE THEY DISCUSSING THIS OUT LOUD AND IN PUBLIC!!!!!

11:30 wait Reynie took so little food for his lunch why does that make me sad 🥺

11:38 oh cool oh dope we learn Martina's been promoted from Reynie instead of being shown 🙃🙃

12:06 CONNIE GIRL NOO

12:13 "Hurry up, time is wasting" HUHHH

12:13 did Reynie and Sticky not fuck up the final messenger session in the book instead of the Improvement actually beginning?? Am I remembering that incorrectly????

12:44 Miss Perumal, my beloved

13:19 wowowow creepy

13:40 okay yeah there kinda isnt room for all the kids in there

13:43 why did I expect a jumpscare

14:02 am I stupid for not knowing what "high recovery drum level" means

14:23 I'm so worried for him omfggg

14:39 CONSTANCE YOU CLEVER GIRL

14:48 this has to be a flashback back to the orphanage, no one in modern times would wear two different types of plaid

15:06 we've all been to elementary school choir concerts where one kid is a little too over the top.. Nathaniel is that kid

15:09 DID HE WINK 😂😂

15:17 is he trying to charm the patrons into adopting him???

15:28 Nicholas promptly dying of embarassment

15:36 Nathaniel putting his fists up like that gives off "man or muppet" vibes hahahaha

15:57 Nicholas is the embarrassed other sibling who Doesnt Want To Be Associated

16:26 okay but Rhonda's hair is showstopping every time

16:47 SQ!!!!

17:15 "oh yeah, I love to draw" I cant tell how much of this is true and how much he's pulling out of his ass lolol

18:08 tetherball!!!

18:35 "I'm a very, very, very deep sleeper... come deep" HAHA

18:50 Martina and Kate shippers will be watching this episode over and over again, calling it now

19:57 why do they have so much chemistry 😳 all the pent up grudges somehow boiled down to making easy conversation

20:09 she really agreed in NO seconds

20:18 SQ!!!!!

20:20 "I thought I'd politely asked you to give me my space today" heeeey so uh asking politely doesn't mean you can stop being a father for a day 😀

20:56 SQ LOOKS SO NERVOUS STOPPPP

20:59 "maybe I'm misremembering?" WOW WHY IS HE SO CONDESCENDING

21:44 STOP IT OMFG STOP TRYING TO MAKE SQ FEEL LIKE PEOPLE ARE ONLY NICE TO HIM TO KISS ASS

22:18 "and in the last, let's face it, you havent had many friends" SHUT UP YOU NARCISSIST

22:39 "I'm just trying to protect you." NO YOURE FUCKING NOT IM SO MAD

23:27 I hate that he's drawing just to manipulate SQ

23:44 "Sometimes I wonder if it's even worth it" 🥺🥺🥺 also can we acknowledge that he admitted that he genuinely likes SQ

24:11 yeahhh it is a little weird that he's so eager considering he's a spy, but it makes sense for him to feel secure

24:39 "you were the golden child" WOW WHAT?? Are they throwing hands???

24:57 "the Whisperer is manipulating your mind, your emotions" PLEASE LISTEN TO REYNIE

25:01 "I know." .......that was not what I expected 😳

25:10 oh god please no dont let Sticky turn on Reynie here, please no

25:42 "Just read the papers" why does he sound like a Tr*mp supporter telling everyone to watch fox news

26:37 oh dear god a leak, please be okay Milligan

27:06 is SQ's textbook.. not a rectangle? Like some weird ass trapezoid??

27:40 "you actually captured the light pretty well" awwwwww

28:16 I cringed 😂 why is Nathaniel a blooming theater kid

28:43 "he can do long division in his head. I taught him how." I kinda doubt Nathaniel taught him

28:47 "he doesnt take up much space, really. Or eat much, for that matter." Way to advocate for your brother, dude

28:57 if you only have room for one then why even ask to visit with twins

28:58 "if you can only take on, we understand. We want what's best for each other." I'm assuming this only applies if Nathaniel were adopted and not Nicholas, and the other way around would make Nathaniel bitter as fuck

29:37 he has to be talking to Sticky. HE'S GOTTA BE. that manipulative fuckwad!!!

29:39 I HATE BEING RIGHT

29:44 wagyu is super fancy

29:57 "unlike others around here, I do not find your knowledge of facts and figures annoying at all" why does that make me feel like he actually does find it annoying

30:25 "I actually thought it was your roommate that had the potential" why does that line seem like something out of an alternate AU fanfic?? In the books Reynie is actually the golden child and Curtain all but expels Sticky from the Institute because he suspects him to be a untrustworthy. Reynie's about the only thing that stops him from doing so. Having it so poignantly swapped is a little jarring

30:40 "try the horseradish" he said, not trying the horseradish

31:02 "kind of a classic outgoing introvert" I think the word you're looking for is 'ambivert', my guy

31:22 this has got to be Curtain trying to get Sticky to open up and spill the beans

31:43 YESS stand up for Reynie even when you're peeved at him, that's teamwork

31:57 why does the horseradish seem so sus

32:07 "that's where your greatness lies, Sticky. Within." That sounds like a demented Mr. Benedict and that's almost freakier than outright violence

32:17 that smile absolutely did not make it to his eyes

32:33 oh dear lord that's foreboding

32:47 oh wow SQ actually brought him???

33:01 "I guess she feels like she has to be his friend?" LMAO SQ understands Curtain a lot more than I thought he did

33:08 "that's what my birth father did with Dr. Curtain" CURTAIN ISTG DID YOU KILL THIS BOY'S FATHER

33:22 tetherball match!!!

34:17 tetherball is Martina's special interest. I will take no further questions

34:22 that noise Kate made 😂😂 "EeugH"

35:23 eat strong be strong 😌

35:43 dot hand! Dot hand! Dot hand!

36:25 SHE THINKS SHE'S A WINNER!!!!

36:36 SHE MADE THAT FOR HER??? 🥺🥺 MAN this is gonna suck when Kate is revealed as a spy

36:53 MILLIGAN BUDDY GET OUT OF THERE

37:08 ayyy the shit from the commercial

37:23 SQ isnt supposed to be there past afternoon.. it's definitely past the afternoon from how the sun is sitting. That's two rules broken.

38:10 communicators to boost the signal? Maybe???

38:32 "Hope somebody tells the deer." SQ, sweet sunshine boy, please never change

38:40 tomorrow??? Jeez, okay

38:59 okay so those are the hats that Dr. Curtain and the Head Scientist Whose Name I Can't Remember picked out from a catalogue

39:16 Constance, my sweet gremlin child

39:30 RIP extraordinary education 😭 now even my theory wouldnt work (linked here for anyone who hasnt seen it)

39:32 "should have been me." "I know." DAYUMMM

39:39 "you'll come back for me, right, Nicky?" Ohhh dear

39:59 this happened on the same day as the concert, their hair is still slicked back

40:09 okay, I'm not over this, if you only have room for one kid, why even consider twins 😑 dont separate brothers, it's cruel

40:24 a bunk bed??? Idk why he has that but the meaning behind it is sweet

40:52 Rhonda stealing the show by looking fantastic, yet again!!!

40:59 they are the chaotic partnership that this world desperately needed

41:06 oh heyyy, caught in the act

41:13 "I lied." Not the first time, but please continue

41:16 "I lied the worst possible lie." Okay, now I'm nervous

41:34 okay, yeah, Number Two's feeling the same way I am. Just a silent "wtf???"

41:58 Number Two and Rhonda simultaneously telling him to stop and to go on 😭

42:25 he didnt ask them 🥺 man, I have thoughts, especially as an abuse survivor. That's gonna have to be a whole other post.. I'll queue it up for later today.

42:30 🥺

42:35 "I betrayed him in the worst possible way." I dont think he's giving himself enough credit.

42:49 and now we've arrived at the long-awaited "the Emergency is my fault" arc

43:07 Nature vs nurture is incredibly interesting, and makes for very dynamic discussion prompts surrounding this show in general

43:52 "Never." GODDAMNIT THEYRE SO SWEET

43:59 I love that she's wearing the beret lolol

43:59 on another note, what a jarring cut from a very emotional confession to her stowing away in a crate that's on a boat going back to the island. We haven't seen the island yet, but where else could she be going?

44:12 aaaand there's the island. I mean, if she's in a boat, there's only so many narratively appropriate places for her to be going lol

44:17 surprised the sub hasnt filled with water yet

44:26 leave it to pipestop putty 😂

44:27 LMAO WHERE I PAUSED IT HE HAS CRAZY EYES 😂😂😂 LOOK AT THIS

44:37 oh dear god he's reached the cgi turbines

44:44 that's one good way to sink a submarine

44:44 on another note- is escaping a sinking sub going to be the thing that forcefully returns his memory instead of escaping the Waiting Room??

45:12 good to know Dr. Curtain doesnt pay attention to those he says he values

45:20 the way he totally ignored her and just plowed on????

45:28 she keeps trying to toast and he just keeps on going 😭😭😭 he really likes to hear himself talk doesnt he

45:39 AND THEN THE FORCED TOAST I can't oh my gosh

45:51 that gulp... ew

45:53 AYY good job Katie-Cat

46:04 I'm so glad they're addressing her being missing

46:38 enter: Constance

46:46 "where have you been?" "In the ceiling" GOD 😂😂😂 I love this child

47:12 ohhhh so she sidnt go to sleuth, she went to scratch the mental itch and get the beret

47:41 "straight into the coconut." Kate 😂

48:05 "thank you, cult." THANK YOU!! finally someone acknowledges that this school is a cult!

48:06 JEEZ!

48:18 "no one gets left behind" 🥺

48:30 oh god Kate please don't go off by yourself

48:48 oh dear god please get out of there Milligan PLEASE BE OUT OF THERE ALREADY

THAT'S IT??? OH GOD IM SO WORRIED

#run silent run deep #mbs disney+ #the mysterious benedict society #mbs liveblog #charity's talkies

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Which 4 DA companions (any from across all 4 games) do you want on your apocalypse farm and why AND OR fic vignette from the DA apocalypse farm

Someone always gotta be a rebel. How the hell does that fit the prompt format? :D I do love it though.

Since you cheated I will too and pick non-companions. I want Harritt and Dagna. One thing people don’t, I think, generally know about farmers is that they all have to be mechanics. I’d say Bianca, because, well, she literally invented revolutionary ag equipment but however much of a brilliant polymath she is, I do not trust her judgement. Dagna can reverse engineer it and then tweak it, Harritt can make it. (*not* Wade; I love him with all my heart but he is an *artiste* and sometimes they are best dealt with at a slight remove. I will leave the handling to Herren).

Ok but actual companions.

Literally no one from Origins. Nope. Honestly they’re all fighters to the bone. They all keep fighting after the game ends too, even Wynne. Interesting thought worthy of more exploration elsewhere.

Awakening: SIGRUN easy easy pick! I’m gettin teary here thinking about Sigrun presented with a sunny greenhouse full of seedlings, that special soft humidity, the dusty smell of wet gravel floor, the precious plants. She would be 100% there for my seed-worship nonsense. The idea of her tenderly cupping her very first flower seedling....T____T

Actually possibly also Nathaniel. I feel like he probably got a certain amount of training in running an estate, growing up, and might really enjoy a return to that without all the baggage. To thinking about the long view, about planting nut trees, thinning forest here, grazing sheep on the invasive shrubs there, quiet slow things that will pay off in twenty years.

DA2: VET ANDERS VET ANDERS. I think spending some time on relatively low stakes work, shepherding and birthing sweet little lamb babies, spending his time on bumblefoot and hoof trimming and bottle lambs, would be supremely healing for him. I do think eventually he’d feel the urge to get back to his bigger work though, whatever that might be in this scenario.

DAI: Blackwall and only Blackwall. And totally not because I’m suddenly picturing him shirtless, calling instructions to his helpers as he shoulders up a giant beam for the new pole barn, or standing in the sun digging post holes for the new fence. Working on the shaving horse making tool handles, curlicues of wood caught in his beard. Heaving bales of hay into the loft with a pitchfork. But I forgot the other reasons suddenly.

Honorable mention to my Hawke, Jeannie, who is basically a druid with a plant specialty and actually does have a homestead in my canon. I would fucking kill to be able to force plants through years of growth like that. Yo, my kiwi vines and apple trees would be a wonder of the world.

#lemonsharks