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vixxenfox · 4 years

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Things I’ve noticed after watching the pilot over and over again

And things I just find amusing

- is it just a coincidence that when Charlie says “I wonder if it could be me” the center angel’s face lights up?

- not important but the “F*ck you heaven!!!” Sign is hilarious

- I hate Valentino with a burning passion, look at him texting Angel

- people drop from the sky to get to hell, more importantly without clothes which means each flippin person has to get specially made clothes for their weird demon bodies like sir pentious needs clothes to fit his snake body and stuff... idk just interesting

- the place beside the “we couldn’t come up with a catchy slogan but we sell hardcore drugs” building is called “begg slut”

- imagine dying, going to hell, and realize that you’re an egg

- egg #23 is the best

-one of the eggs like does a weird walk thing with their hand on sir pentious’ tail

-Cherri Bomb’s clothing is so asymmetrical and I love it like she is literally wearing a high-heel boot on one leg and like a tiny shoe on the other

- really just poor Tom he’s great

- Vaggie says “it’s all highlighted” but none of what we are shown is highlighted

- Also read the parts of the list we can see, it’s adorable

- “I don’t touch the gays” I find Katie great

- Jeffrey Dahmer obviously (Also the sticky note saying “who approved this show?)

- When Charlie scans the crowd another tv head just says ‘words’

-The person Vaggie punches isn’t in the crowd

- I love Razzle and Dazzle TvT

- Those two owl demons in Inside Every Demon is a Rainbow are most definitely references to Timber

- CHARLIE YOU JUST KILLED A PUPPY

- I love that there is a boo section

- Tom watches Angel Dust’s stuff confirmed

- I love the sonic spring noise when Angel launches an egg into the air

- Sir Pentious probably has a son that might be in hell so look out for another snake

- Do you see how happy Cherri Bomb is near Angel Dust, best friends! :D

- Aawww Angel pushes Cherri out of the way

- Angel didn’t just sprout a third set of arms, he also pulled an entire gun out of his body sooo... what’s with that

- I think you would just stop existing if you died in hell Angel

- That creepy fan has a body pillow of Angel

- Charlie takes off her pink... jacket(?) in one scene and the next she has it on again (you see her wearing pink in the closeup)

- Lilith is an absent mother

- There goes everyone’s fanon about how Lucifer acts (why couldn’t we get a nice stupid one T~T)

- I think they changed Alastor’s knock but I’m too lazy to check

- They fixed Alastor’s disappearing monocle

- I like that the mic has an eye sometimes it’s cool (how many “sentient-ish” things does Alastor’s have, first the shadow and now this)

- Alastor can teleport at least short distances and he appears as the shadow for a second

- They really make Alastor a very animated character and I love it

- (we knew this already but) Alastor clearly puts himself on a different level than the other sinners, he thinks of himself as justified and better (he doesn’t say “us sinners” he says “loathsome sinners” w/o him in the picture)

- Valentino, Rosie, Lilith (obviously), the girl from the porn studio, and the tv head dude (Vox, thanks @lavipsi) are all some of hell’s “strongest demons”

- TV head (Vox) is in the middle and top so he must be very powerful and behind him there’s also a green and red demon that reminds me of the wolf/fox demon from the bar scene

- Husk is very blocked out by Vaggie’s face but he’s clearly in the picture with Alastor (it looks like a fight but I don’t want to assume) like we know they know each other and stuff but it’s just weird that Husk is in the art when Vaggie says he’s “a dangerous Blahblah” and has entire speech of how dangerous he is

- I love the symbols that float up when Charlie isn’t looking and then the squeak as he turns to a more “innocent-like” Alastor when Charlie looks back

- Alastor rolls his eyes at Charlie when she says “No trickster, voodoo strings attached.”

- Talked about this before but the way his smile gets wider when Charlie says “for as long as you like”

- Why does Charlie have at least 2 posters about alcohol up if she didn’t want it in her hotel?

- I love how Niffty comes in and her bug-like noise when she appears

- You can see their reflection in Niffty’s eye during the closeup and Charlie is too adorable in it, Angel and Vaggie look ready to kick her out XD

- Everybody’s reactions to Niffty rambling on is beautiful, just watch them go from defensive to confused

- Alastor just following Niffty’s every movement as she zooms around

- Please tell me I’m not the only one who didn’t immediately see Husk as a cat? I honestly thought he was a dog for a while because he looks sort of like a Husky and his name is Husk, which got me thinking about the contradictions with Alastor not liking dogs... then I realized Husk was a cat.

- “are you sh!tt!ng me” “no I don’t think so” and “you think I’m just some clown” “..maybe” are some of my favorite lines

- Was I just supposed to know that on the bottom of Alastor’s boots (shoes? Hooves?) there were deer prints?

- So did Alastor really just teleport two sinners and basically copy part of the bar Husk was at and it’s just going to be there forever? Like you can see where the bar’s like territory ends because it’s walls are green while the hotel’s is red

- No like seriously Alastor you can copy a part of a bar but you can’t make the walls match the rest of the hotel’s walls?

- Husk seems slightly taller than Alastor

- Also Husk also has yellow teeth and if we go by Alastor’s teeth are yellow because he’s a cannibal, Husk might have been a cannibal when he was alive

- Husk clearly knows Alastor, he’s not afraid of him (to an extent, he was still a little shaken by the... Sir Pentious thing). Husk obviously voices his complaints without restraint and isn’t afraid of Alastor hurting him (I guess), and even when he was shaken up he was still the second person to follow Alastor back to the hotel.

- The entire relationship between Husk and Alastor is very intriguing to me! Husk doesn’t fear Alastor, Alastor called him a friend (obviously another jab at Husk but still), and they were in the same picture when Vaggie talked about Alastor being dangerous. I’m guessing they were probably friends once, maybe the picture is them both fighting another demon or fighting each other in like a fall-out.

- Vaggie is very exaggerated when she’s complaining about the bar and it’s beautiful

- Husk in the background as a still image just chugging booze is beautiful

-Angel’s angry face as Vaggie complains about the bar just before he leaves to lunge at her is beautiful and my favorite face

- 27:46 Alastor flipping FLUTTERS HIS EYES AT VAGGIE and you can hear a small sound effect of it and I just thought that was beautiful

- At the same moment Charlie is just rubbing her cheeks and it’s cute

- Right before Alastor starts singing, he throws some red... fire in the air and Charlie follows it with her eyes and she just so awed by it

- The fireplace in the background has an eye and a top hat above it and it just reminds me of Sir Pentious

- Alastor’s song has so many Friends on the Other Side vibes and I love it

- There are so many Christian symbols (and Satanic symbols) in the background of this song and I just don’t want to spend that time looking at each one :l

- Alastor’s shadow is also here further nailing the Friend on the Other Side vibe (not to mention the other shadows and voodoo doll things)

- Poor Niffty, she should never get hurt

- When Sir Pentious is talking and it shows the chibi characters, Charlie, Angel, and Niffty are looking at Alastor and when it zooms in for a split second Angel’s face is the most innocent bab ever

- There’s a building in the background with (again) one eye and a top hat, there’s also a cat building right next to it

- You can see heaven as a planet with a halo...

- There’s also a sun(?) or moon(?) or planet(?) with a pentagram on it

- I know that Egg Boi #OUCH is just a joke, but what if after 666, Sir Pentious just started giving them stupid names like that?

- Again, religious symbols float around Alastor that I’m not going to look into because I’ve taken so much time T_T

- Niffty is actually unfazed by Alastor summoning tentacles and destroying Sir Pentious’ ship. Really she has a normal smile and face and she immediately follows Alastor when he walks back to the hotel

- Angel is still flirting with Husk

- Charlie reassuring Vaggie is adorable

- Are we not going to talk about the carousel and gigantic steam boat that’s just protruding from the hotel

- I also love how the windows at the top of skull designs <3

- There’s an eye on the top of the building and the sign of Happy/Hazbin Hotel could also look like a top hate (why are there so many one-eyed top hats like Sir Pentious’...?)

- Stay tuned TM

- Not from me but, Alastor changes the name to Hazbin Hotel and Hazbin means something that was great before but is terrible now or something that is meaningless

- So Alastor liking terrible jokes is now canon? The dad joke thing wasn’t just a stream thing, it’s actually canon?

- Alastor actually has a red ‘X’ on his forehead, you can see it right after he destroys Sir Pentious’ ship

- The art in the credits shows Cherri Bomb having a tattoo

- I would like to talk a little about the design that’s in the background during the credits. So in the middle is an apple that’s being held by two sharp hands, there are three snakes coming out of it with only one snake fully out but still seems to have originated from the apple. The snake that’s completely out is on the top and has some designs around it that emphasize it, making it look more like a king (the devil, duh). The other two snakes are going down (probably referencing Adam and Eve maybe? Even though they also seem evil I just think of Adam and Eve.) Under them is another snake head. There are two sets of eyes around the top snake, one set has a line going down the middle of each eye like a scar while the bottom set has eyelashes. Even though the bottom set looks more “girly”, it reminds me of Lucifer because of the dots under them. If you want to grasp at straws the complete bottom snake’s tongue sort of looks like the bottom part of the symbol of Lucifer. The three snakes that clearly originate from the apple in the middle can also look like “Three snakes and one charm” if you squint. The symbol above the top snake looks like the infinity symbol combined with the cross, but it’s not the leviathan cross, so maybe just eternal... crucifixion?

- The smoke coming from the pit that Alastor made has souls in it

- I think #23 is depressed because he really wants to be shot... and he was just sitting there next to a bunch of dead hims

- Vivziepop said on a stream something about Lucifer being “generally goofy, but it depends on his voice” or something like that, please correct me if I’m completely wrong. This makes me things that Lucifer is going to have multiple voice actors.

-The Loading Crew “Everything We Know About Hazbin Hotel” brings up a point that it seems like the only things that can kill demons and sinners are the Exterminators’ weapons which are sometimes left behind that demons scavenge, Vaggie also appears to have one. I recommend watching his video, it’s very quick but also brings up points I haven’t addressed.

And yeah, that’s all for now! ^_^ comment if you have something else to add or think I should change something

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janusthesneakysnakeboi · 4 years

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Moments from the new Sanders ASides video that had me screaming (or really, me screaming about the new video)

“RAIIIIID”

*Raid Thomas sounding like Roman/Remus*

“You bet your shiny metal AX”

“MASCULINITY IS A PRISON”

“Why do I pay for a membership if I still gotta watch the ads?”

THE FACT THAT THEY ALL ARE WEARING ONESIES EXCEPT THOMAS AND LOGAN BECAUSE LOGAN IS SERIOUS BOI AND THOMAS WELL,,, IS THOMAS

Also ROMAN CANONICALLY HAS LEGS***

ROMAN HAS ALL THE PILLOWS

VIRGIL IS SITTING ON A SURFACE THAT ISN’T MEANT TO BE SAT ON BUT IS SO RELATABLE BECAUSE I DO THAT EXACT THING WHAT

“Unless our problem is a hungry alligator-” “A remote possibility for a Florida dwelling man who never leaves his house”

Roman rigging the votes so it’s just Frozen and Patton is okay with that (WAIT BUT WHY IS PATTON CHILL (pun not intended) WITH IT???)

LOGAN HAD A CASUAL FALSEHOOD????

WAIT WHAT DID THE SIDES VOTE FOR??

“Thomas is in a bad place-” *camera pans to VIRGIL*

Roman calling Thomas a special snowflake

“Something good” *Frozen shows* “,,, or neutral”

“And from this point on, NO MORE NORDIC INSPIRED NUMBERS”

Virgil keep going back to the actual problem while Roman and Patton just like 90% forget the problem and Logan talks to and tries to calm Virgil

“I ALSO LOVE YOU OLAF”

“Cuties, I’m gonna keep you” “Ah you’re joking right? No you’re mine now”

“The heart is not so easily changed” “No it isn’t” *confused Patton noises*

“But, the head can be persuaded” “Can it though?” THAT SHADE AT LOGAN HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK

“Fear will be your enemy” *gay emo panic*

“So you’re saying lock her away because she’s dangerous” GOING BACK TO VIRGIL??? UH????

“JOAN!!!” They definitely wrote that line

Virgil’s mini existential crisis

Remus just yeeted up from behind the couch shirtless oh god was he jacking off to Frozen wtf

REMUS GETTING SO EXCITED ABOUT THE PARENTS DYING IS HONESTLY SO PURE EVEN THOUGH IT’S NOT AT ALL

“I SLEEP IN THE B U F F”

“Did I screw everything up?” “No I threw out your vote so you wouldn’t do that” ROMAN WHAT

Roman: *calls Frozen a Classic* Also Roman: *Makes fun of the entire movie and demands a rewrite*

“How are you telling me to settle into something right now when you’ve taken your sweet time to settle into things that you were uncomfortable with in the past” THAT SHADE!! THAT TEA!! I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THESE *THINGS* PLEASE????

Patton: Let’s relax!! :) Virgil: Bruh I legit AM Anxiety that’s not in my job description

“How many times has our response to a difficult decision been half committing to one option and subsequently panicking about whether that option is our best option until it’s too late for Thomas to change his mind?” “7,430″ MOOD

“Why have a ballroom with no balls?” *Trash boi snickers at the dick joke that wasn’t there until then* "Nope, I’m an adult” (me me big boy-)

ROMAN’S IMPERSONATION OF HIS “EVIL PLOTTING FACE” HAS BE DEAD ON THE FLOOR

“AW MAN YEAH I’M LIKE SO FUCKED UP ON CHOCOLATE FONDUE I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING RIGHT NOW” *Patton looks over, concerned* *Virgil looks over, annoyed* *Thomas glances over, lowkey amused* *Logan doesn’t even look at him and just grabs his tea*

NO TURN OFF LOVE IS AN OPEN DOOR IT’S MAKING PATTON SAD (ALSO IS HIS CONNECTION PROJECTING? AND IS ROMAN’S RESPONSE A L S O ACCURATE?)

“There’s no way she’s coming out of this situation without trust issues” honestly though yeah

“Not a footprint to be seen” “Except for the footprints behind you” “hEy YeAh” KEEP IT UP LOGAN YOU’RE DOING GREAT SWEETIE

Virgil: *Serious comment* Patton: “Don’t let them in, don’t let them see...” (did he sing the rest of the song or did he specifically choose these lines because if it’s the second one THAT CAN BE A WHOLE LOT OF ANGST AND I’M HERE FOR IT)

Logan canonically criticizes the movie at movie nights

ALSO GUYS THE VIDEO CAME OUT ON A FRIDAY SO FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIE NIGHTS ARE CANON

“Do you think this ice castle has a lavatory?” “ICE TOILET” “Or a bed?” “ICE BED” “This place sounds awful”

“HE DEFINITELY FUCKS THE REINDEER” “ew”

“You meddled with the vote to ensure that we would watch this and yet you’re the one constantly making fun of it” FACTS LOGAN

“This [^] is how I show my love” WAIT A MINUTE *Looks back at the entire series* HE MADE FUN OF VIRGIL SO MUCH SO WAIT PRINXIETY??? LAMP?? DR LAMP?? (is that the ship name because that’s this video basically*

Nobody: Not a soul: Roman: OLAF’S CONTRIBUTION SHOULD HAVE COUNTED AND SAVED HER

“Like... bruh” mood

“Take care of my sister” “You’ve already done a good job of that yourself Elsa” *hood falls off*

“Ah, we’re all gossipy bitches sometimes” “nO-” (also Roman channeled so much Remy energy right there headcanon they hang out all the time change my mind)

“Oh sweet Frank Iero” I’m using that now

“Just think about it” “LIKE I HAVE A CHOICE”

“Attacking a person for opinions they don’t have doesn’t really do anybody any good” Me: BECAUSE IT DOESN’T WORK!! AYYY YOU LISTENED TO AND ARE REFERENCING LOGAN IN LAST EPISODE??? OR AM I JUST TRASH??

“Oh yeah like me kissing a man is unacceptable?” What a power move though

“AAAAALSJDFOAGHOKLNOIATYRGH” Mood

Ok but also like Virgil basically rapped like that rapid talking was as fast as a bunch of rappers and even faster than some

Logan using the grounding method that my therapist suggested gave me life

Most of Virgil’s grounding answers were existential and oof

“A sour taste in my mouth probably left over from those reheated thai noodle leftovers” *Confused faces*

“FIGURATIVELY” *DWIT has entered the chat*

“Thank you Logan” “No problem, just your cool teacher being his cool self” *sips tea* Felt that. Also I have a new reaction image now XD

“Take it from Frozen’s most inspirational song” Let it Go? “Fixer Upper” Oh but ya know what valid

“Throw a little love their way” Virgil *confused smile?? I think that’s what that is??*

“Elsa, we the villagers have thought it over and with no discussion whatsoever we’ve decided we’re not scared anymore and ice magic is actually cool as hell!!” YEAH WAIT A MINUTE OMG

Logan: *Lists all of Elsa’s powers, reading from a notebook (meaning he took notes while watching the movie which is so in character omg) and implying that there is no way any of that makes sense* Patton: Sounds okay that makes sense

“With Elsa’s seemingly unstoppable “ice powers” I’d imagine Arendelle becomes a global superpower. No military force of that time could ever stand a chance against her never ending army of ice golems”

Nobody: Not a soul: Patton: “True love is a closed door that is eventually opened up to you!”

“What if your soulmate was there” “OH SHIT” I love Roman that was all it took huh

*Deceit has entered the chat* “HISS”

“Don’t touch my shit”

I wish we got to see Deceit’s face there but I get it we couldn’t see him without his hat (except for in the bloopers videos but those don’t count) (Also they probably just didn’t wanna do the makeup for him because it’s a lot and it might’ve been a split second decision and someone else might’ve played him with Thomas just voice recording over it especially considering there’s overlap so they wouldn’t have just been able to split screen it)

“I was gonna rig the vote anyway”

“I don’t know what you’re asking”

Roman is the source of SFW fanfic and Remus is the source of NSFW fanfic and Virgil is the source of angsty fanfic

“I’m going to bed. IN THE B U F F”

THE NEW SWEATERS IM BROKE SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GET ME ALL OF THEM (at least just Virgil’s even though I love like all of them)

WAIT THERE’S SCARVES TOO OMG I ALSO WANT ALL OF THEM (or at least,,, nope all of them)

“We were trying to make a slightly simpler video” Video: *is longer than most of season 1′s episodes* *has full body shots of almost all the characters* *has like 5 way split scenes* *uses every side*

WAIT LOGAN BROUGHT BACK OUT HIS ONESIE I LOVE HIM and he’s still got his necktie on just underneath it amazing

This video was just LAMP and potentially DLAMP and maybe DR LAMP if that’s the ship name. There were also a bunch of really good Prinxiety, Royality, Analogical, and Roceit moments in this one so I’m expecting fanfic hella soon

Also as of right now (I finished writing this at like 4am ET) we are still #1 on trending on Tumblr

***We never see Remus’s legs in the video so my theory of there is only one set of legs for the creativitwins still stands and is valid

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queenies-writing · 4 years

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BakuDeku Merlin Au

(A/n- Okay so if you look at what I normally post, this is going to be so far fetched. As of recently I decided I’d try my hand at writing for the BNHA fandom for I have been apart of it for a few years now. I was searching along the bakudeku tag cause its my main ship when I stumbled across a post about BNHA Merlin au and I thought why not combine two of my favorite things into one. This dynamic is what I love and its so gay. SO I hope you enjoy. I’m going to place a link to the posts for my inspiration. This was also edited by a wonderful friend of mine that offered to do it. She saved my sanity from doing it myself cause I suck with grammer xD. )

Summary- This is a story of young Midoriya Izuku, a simple servant to young Prince Bakugou Katsuki in royal court of UA. They soon became best friends, but Izuku has a secret: he's a mighty sorcerer who has to hide his magical powers even from Katsuki, so that he can stay alive.

Warnings- Camie and Bakugou’s foul language, uh a bit of weapon throwing by our resident blonde hot head. OH AND EXECUTION BY BEHEADING

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No young man, no matter how great, can know his destiny. He cannot glimpse his part in the great story that is about to unfold. Like everyone, he must live and learn. And so it will be for the young warlock arriving at the gates of the Kingdom of UA. A boy that will in time, father a legend. His name: Midoriya Izuku.

Izuku Midoriya was a man of average height, with average looks and pretty much average everything. He never stood out, he never tried to bring attention to himself and never really thought he’d matter. His mother, Inko Midoryia, had sent him on a trip to the Kingdom of UA to meet one of her friends from before the purge (a time where many mages and magic holders were killed). Toshinori Yagi, the old practitioner of the kingdom, was the old friend spoken of above.

Cresting over a ridge in the road, Izuku gazed at his surroundings. He continued down the long winding road slowly. After a few more moments, he began to move through a forest and slowed his walk to stop at a spot that overlooked the Kingdom of UA. The beautiful castle was surrounded by smaller buildings (perhaps a village?). They were made from the same white bricks and blue roofing from the castle. Five large flags flew at the top of the highest towers, the white U and A flying high in the colors of red, blue and white. The Kingdom was peaceful, with smoke rising from chimney stacks from the village and castle with lazy swirls.

Izuku walked up to the castle gates, a smile on his face as he stopped at the entrance to look up at the massive buildings. It was so much larger than his home back in Mustafu, a small farming village on the outer edge of the Kingdom of UA. His smile remained as he made his way through the road, watching the happy people of UA mill about at market stalls and come to and fro from their homes.

As he walked through the town, the trumpets at the castle began to sound. He paused and stared as people started to gather inside the castle courtyard. He made his way closer, and pushed himself up on his toes to look over the heads of the common folk. The drums started beating as a few men in armor carried out a man to the large square podium in the middle of the courtyard. As the knights made their way to the podium, a womanly voice commanding attention spoke out over the crowd of onlookers, “Let this serve as a lesson to all.”

All eyes were on Queen Mitsuki of UA, her cape billowing out from behind her with a hand resting on the sword strapped to her side. Metal plates rested over her chest, and her armor was marked with different symbols of strength and valor. She was the ruler of the Kingdom of UA. She started the great purge and had kept the kingdom peaceful ever since, although the methods she used were not very orthodox. Two knights stood by her side, dressed similar to their queen with red capes behind them. “This man, Thomas James Collins, is accused guilty of conspiring to use enchantments and magic.”

Queen Mitsuki looked grimly towards the man, “As according to the laws of UA, I, Queen Mitsuki, have decreed that such practices are banned on penalty of death.” She sighed and adjusted her footing, “I pride myself as a fair and just Queen, but for the crime of sorcery, there is but one sentence I can pass.” All eyes turned to Thomas, who didn’t struggle as he was forced to kneel down on the podium, the executioner stood watching.

From a window overlooking the courtyard, a young blonde woman looked down at the procession. A sad look spread over her face as she bowed her head. The executioner picked up his axe and took his place next to the podium where the accused sorcerer was leaning over. Queen Mitsuki raised her hand as the executioner raised his axe. The drums beat to a crescendo. Izuku looked on with a forlorn gaze as the queen dropped her hand, signaling the drop of the axe. In a matter of minutes, Thomas was beheaded in front of the crowd of hundreds.

The people looked away as the grim truth was realized, magic is not prohibited in this kingdom.

“When I came to this land, this kingdom was overrun with chaos, but with the peoples help, magic was driven from the realm. So I declare a festival. To celebrate twenty years since the great dragon was captured and UA was freed from the evil of sorcery,” Mistuki says as she raised her hand over her people,” Let the celebrations begin.” With that she turned away, lowering her hands, but a voice from the crowd stops her exit into the castle.

From the crowd steps an older man, with a pudgy face and limbs that look like sludge. His body is tinted green as he hunches over, the man is crying out towards the body of Thomas on the podium. He turned to the Queen and spoke, his voice cracking and creaking, “There is only one evil, it is not magic but you Queen Mitsuki!” He raised a pudgy finger, pointing right at her, “With your hatred and ignorance.. you took my brother!” His finger moved to point at the beheaded man.

The old man cried out, clutching at his chest,”I promise you Queen Mitsuki! Before this festival is over you will share my grief!” He lowered his hand and looked up to the queen,”An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth; a loved one for a loved one!”

Realizing the man’s intent the Queen raised her hand, “Seize that man!” As the knights rushed to seize him, he raised a hand to his neck. He grabbed a necklace laying around it and mumbled a few words. He then disappeared in a plume of smoke… as if he had never been there at all.

After these events, the courtyard was cleared out. Izuku made his way into the castle, deciding to ask for directions on where he should be heading. He stopped at one of the knights who seemed friendly enough. “Do you know- ah, where I could find All Might the court physician?”

The knight pointed behind him to a door connecting to a tower, with a small ‘thank you,’ Izuku headed to the door and opened it. He gazed up at the long spiraling staircase ahead of him. On the wall was an old wooden plaque reading ‘Court Physician’. With a small excited smile, the green haired boy made his way up the steps. The stairway lead to a smaller corridor, which had a door at the very end. Izuku walked up to the door, and found it cracked open.

Peeking inside, he saw a large amount of herbs and different bottles filled with multicolored liquid. He knocked on the door and stepped inside. “Hello?” He called out into the seemingly empty room. Steam rose from a bubbling concoction at the table in the middle of the room. It piqued Izuku’s interest. He walked forward to investigate, but stopped when he saw a moving figure looking at many books on a wooden shelf.

“All Might?” Izuku asked. The man in question turned at the call of his name and leaned back against the railing. The old wood cracked and the old physician fell backwards. His hands flailed as he fell towards the floor.

Izuku’s body lit up with green lightning as he shot forward, catching All Might in his arms before he hit the floor. He sat the other down a little bit away from the wooden railing, which remained broken on the ground. “Are you okay?” He asked earnestly, glancing over to the wooden pieces on the floor.

“I- wha- What did you just do?!” All Might asked. He stood slowly and took the younger boy by the shoulders, “Tell me.”

“I- uh.. I have no idea what just happened?” It sounded more like a question as Izuku rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

“If anyone was to have seen that- anyone at all, you would have been arrested and executed!” He exclaimed, eyes wildly looking about.

“I- it wasn’t me, I have no idea what just happened,” Izuku sputtered out, waving his hands to try and calm the panicked old man.

“I do! I just want to know where in the world you learned it?” All Might turned quickly to the green haired boy. “So how do you know magic?”

“I don’t know, I don’t know anything about magic.”

“Where did you study?”

“I- I didn’t-”

“Don’t lie to me boy!” He shouted, shaking the other by his shoulders.

“Then what do you want me to say!” Izuku exclaimed, fear taking root in his eyes.

“The truth boy.”

“I was born like this,” The green haired sorcerer said. The old physician looked at him skeptically.

“I don’t believe it,” He shook his head and crossed his arms in disbelief. “Who are you?”

The sudden question caught Izuku off guard. He stumbled back and pulled off his pack to take out a letter. He handed it over to All Might, “I have this letter. I- I’m Izuku.”

A smile came to All Might's face,”Midoriya's son?”

“Yes!” Izuku smiled back in return.

“But you're not meant to be here til- til Wednesday?”

“Ah- it is Wednesday?” Izuku said, tilting his head to the side.

“Ah, right then. Well you’d better put your bag in there,” All Might turned to motion to a small set of stairs leading up to a separate room. “And before you ask anything, no I will not say anything about this magic business to anyone.”

With a small smile Izuku spoke again,” Thank you All Might.”

“Ah, young Midoriya you can call me Toshinori.” He smiled back at Midoriya. “Although, I should also say thank you, you did save my life after all.”

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Somewhere on the other side of the castle, a door opened to a dimly lit room where a blonde haired woman stared down at the chopping block where previously, an execution had taken place. A door opened, causing the woman to startle. She turned to see who had entered the otherwise quiet room.

“Camie? What are you doing here, shouldn’t you be down at the feast?” Queen Mitsuki asked. She wore her royal banquet outfit, a red cape tied around her neck with golden gems as clasps. It rested over a blue and white top with darker blue trousers that were fitted into black furred boots.

“I just… I don't believe the execution of man is a cause for celebration.” She said quietly, looking sadly over to the podium still sitting in the middle of the courtyard. “That poor man, he lost his brother.”

“Justice has been served-” Mitsuki started, but she was quickly cut off by Camie.

“To who?” She scowled as she spoke. “He practiced some magic, he didn’t hurt anyone.”

“You weren’t there twenty years ago,” Mitsuki hissed out between clenched teeth,” You have no idea what it was like.”

“How long are you going to keep punishing people for what happened twenty years ago?” Camie snapped back, crossing her arms.

“Until they realize, there is no room for magic in my kingdom.” The queen turned away, “You will be with me when I greet the Lord of Tokyo.”

“Yeah well I call bullshit- and I told you I would have no part in these celebrations-”

The queen turned sharply around, pointing a finger to her ward, “I am your guardian! I expect you to do as I ask. If you show me no respect, at least show respect to our finest singer.”

With that the queen turned away for a final time, heading back out the door she came in from.

“You know the more brutal you are the more enemies will show up!” Camie called after her as she left, turning back to scowl down at the courtyard.

In a camp not far from the kingdom of UA, a tent was pitched and was being guarded by a few knights dressed in the armor and colors of said kingdom. Torch lights illuminated the area as the knights stood guard. Coming from inside the tent, a light humming floats about. Inside, a man with black hair looked down upon a sheet of music, making sure he had all his words memorized. Setting the paper to the side, he stopped humming and let out a sigh. He stood and removed his cloak. He set it on a wooden stool and then walked over to a small cot. He laid down and blew out the candle that sat on the small table next to him.

He was startled from his descent into his dreamland, as dogs from outside bark and a few gasps were heard. He stood back up and moved the flap of the tent, “Uhh, is everything alright out here?”

He poked his head outside, glancing around to find nothing but the knights leaning against logs by the fire. With a shrug the singer retreated back into the tent and laid back down in his cot.

A shadow crept inside, hidden by the darkness, with a dagger poised to attack. The shadow spoke after a moment, “No need to fear, I’m only hijacking your body for a bit. It’ll only hurt a moment.”

With that, the dagger was plunged into the singer's back. The singer cried out, causing birds to fly out from the trees in an otherwise quiet forest. The knights outside slept soundly, having been knocked out a second before.

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The next morning, Izuku tossed over as the sun shone brightly into his eyes. Suddenly, a tired sounding voice called out to him. It said nothing but his name, ‘Izuku.’

It startled him awake. Causing him to clutch at his chest and pant heavily. He sat up, glancing around his new room. He shook his head and ran a hand through his sweaty green hair, letting out a huff of air. He then slowly moved to get out of bed. He quickly dressed and headed out of the room, watching as Toshinori filled up a bowl of what looked to be slop. ”I also got you some water, you didn’t wash last night.”

“Thank you Toshi,” Midoriya smiled and walked over to the table, looking down at the slop and using a spoon to push it around.

Toshinori snuck a glance to Izuku, purposely moving to knock over the water bucket. As quick as a rabbit, lightning sparked across Izuku’s arms as he sprung up and stopped the bucket from falling. He gently placed the bucket back on the side of the table.

“How’d you do that?” Toshi questioned, crossing his arms at a frozen Izuku. “Did you say an incantation?”

“I- I don’t know any spell,” Izuku stammered out.

“Then what did you do? There has to be something Young Midoriya.”

“It just happens, I have always been able to do it.” He rubbed the back of his neck looking down at his old red shoes.

“Well we’d better keep you out of trouble,” All Might said, turning to gather something from the table. He then turned back to Izuku, “Here- Hollywock and Feverfew, for Lady Rikido.” He set the items on the table, looking at Izuku as he stepped forward. “And this is for Gran Torino. Now he's as blind as a weevil so be sure to warn him not to take it all at once.”

Reaching out, Izuku picked up the items and nodded along. “And here,” All Might said as he held out a plate with a sandwich, “You really think I would serve you that slop?”

They both chuckled as Midoriya took the sandwich and walked off to deliver what he was given.

As Izuku finished up his sandwich, he walked along the corridors of the castle. He glanced around at all the servants and knights bustling around the place. He couldn’t help but notice how different it was from his own home. With a small sigh, he walked up to the door he was looking for. Izuku slowly raised his fist to give a few knocks.

A short old man opened the door and looked up at the other. Izuku gave him a hesitant smile. “Here you go, I have your medicine.” He handed the old man the bottle of medicine, but quickly caught himself before he forgot, “Also All Might said to not take it all at once-”

He cut himself off as the old man downed the tonic in one go. With a slight cringe, Izuku watched the old man guzzle it and turn back to his room shutting the door. “I’m sure it's fine,” He muttered.

After all his duties were taken care of, he decided to head out towards the town. On his way, he saw a very loud blonde shouting at a young squire. “Ya damn extra what happened to my target!” He growled, pointing right at the shaking squire.

“I-it's in the sun, sire?” He shakely spoke, his head slightly lowered behind the shield he held.

“Exactly in the sun! So what are you to do since it's in the sun?”

“M-move it sire?”

“Then get to it!” The loud blonde shouted again, waving towards the target. As the squire set down the shield he was holding, the blond turned to a red haired knight. He muttered as the target was picked up and moved, “This’ll teach that extra.”

Once the target was almost at its destination, the blonde removed his dagger and threw it at the wooden target, causing the squire to stop.

“H-hey! I wasn’t done moving it!” He exclaimed, shaking as he held it.

“Did I tell you to stop moving ya damn extra?” Again, the angry blonde picked up another dagger as the squire continued to move. That dagger was also thrown at the target. Izuku watched from the side lines.The blonde and the other knights laughed as the squire ran around, trying to dodge the daggers flying at the target.

‘Well he isn’t very nice at all is he?’ Izuku thought, frowning at the display of arrogance from the blonde.

The squire tripped after a moment, causing the target to roll and land at Izuku’s feet. He caught it quickly. “Hey!” He called out to the blonde, who was currently laughing with the other knights, “That’s uncalled for.”

The blonde turned to look at the green haired man, a grin on his face. A red cape billowed behind him. It connected to fur shoulder pads and two iron breast plates. He was shirtless and had a sword strapped to his trousers, which were bunched into furred boots. “What did you say to me?” He growled out, crossing his arms across his chest.

“You’ve had your fun my friend.” Izuku said, remaining still as the intimidating blonde came forward.

“Do I know you extra?” He stopped right in front of Izuku, tilting his head to the side.

“Uh, I’m Izuku.” Midoriya offered a hand.

“So I don’t know you,” The blonde didn’t take the other’s hand. Instead, he stood there glaring.

“No? I suppose you don’t.”

“And yet you call me friend?”

“I uh, that was my mistake-”

“Yes, as if an extra like you would ever be my friend. I don’t need friends,” He bit out between clenched teeth. A sharp grin decorated his face as the blonde sneered at Izuku.

“Well yeah, as if I’d ever have a friend who- who is such an ass.” Izuku pitched back a smile, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

Izuku chuckled as he turned to leave, but a snarky laugh from the blonde stopped him. He listened to the other’s words, “Or I could have one that is so stupid. Tell me Deku, do you know how to walk on your knees?”

“Ah, no?”

“Then would you like me to help you?” He snarled, stepping towards the greenette.

“I wouldn’t if I were you.”

“And why not, Deku? What are you gonna do to me?”

“You have no idea,” Izuku said incredulously.

“Really?” The blonde backed up, opening his arms,”Be my guest!” As he backed away, he glanced to see a small crowd gathering around. “C’mon show me what the hell ya got Deku.”

As the blonde continued to mouth at Izuku, the greenette pulled his hand back. He suddenly swung forward, but before his fist could connect with the blonde's cheek, his fist was caught. The blonde twisted it behind Midoriya's back. Izuku grunted as he tried to break free. The blonde leaned over with a glare. “I’d have you thrown in jail for that.”

“Who do you think you are? The queen?” Izuku spit out, still struggling in the other man's grip.

“No I’m her son, Bakugou Katsuki.” Bakugou kicked out Izuku’s legs and called for the other knights to cart Izuku away down to the cells.

Izuku was thrown unceremoniously into a cell. The keys rattled as the door was shut and locked behind two of the knights. They walked off and Izuku huffed, leaning back to rest against the rock walls. ‘So much for today being easy,’ He thought, glancing around at the stone walls caging him.

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#bakudeku #bakugou x deku #katsuki bakugou #izuku midoriya #bkdk merlin au #ahh first time writing for the fandom #be kind plz #ALSO BRO MERLIN IS MY FAV #i hop to do it justice

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takaraphoenix · 4 years

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Luke Castellan, Loki, Severus Snape, Pitch Black, Sebastian Morgenstern.

Thaaat is a very interesting lineup and it legit took me a moment to see the common element there. In my defense, it’s late. xD” Thanks for playing! ^o^

Now... what do I rank them by? Judged as characters and how much I like them, or judged as villains...? *frowns*

To quote my favorite should-be-gay cartoon boys: Both. Both is good.

Ranked as characters and how much I like them as characters:

Loki Friggason. A dramatic little bitch. Delightful

Sebastian Morgenstern. Important to note that you said Sebastian because, show-wise, I really do think that Sebastian and Jonathan have VASTLY different... portrayals. And I REALLY loved Sebastian as a character. He had a lot of potential

Luke Castellan. Very tragic. Less child-murder would have endeared him more to me though

Pitch Black. Also very tragic. Amazing character design and delightful take on nightmares

Severus Snape. Little bitch. Not the delightful endearing kind like Loki though; just a weak-ass little bitch who shouldn’t be allowed near children

Nooow as villains/wanna-be-villains/really-villains-who-get-retconned-out-of-villainhood:

Sebastian Morgenstern. Two sides of the same coin, clever, vicious, clear motivation. I think that the complexity of his motivation is played down too much; like the shit and abuse and isolation he went through sure shaped him and should be taken into consideration more (not as an excuse but as a reason, a foundation on which his acts are built)

Loki Friggason. Depending on the adaptation, got delightful clever plans. Backstabbing betrayal always fuels wonderful angst. Clear motivation and goal. Dramatic color-scheme and get-up. All the gay vibes, which, very important for a villain to be queercoded, naturally; Disney taught us that

Pitch Black. Archetype villain but refreshing in this setting. Beautiful show-downs with the hero. Delightful play on the powers between him and Sandy, opposites of the same side. Tried to recruit main character onto his side in a very classic spiel

Luke Castellan. VERY solid motivation, legitimately totally dug the whole spiel, but major point-reduction for genuinely thinking that turning to Kronos of all people would be a good idea. Obviously is that bitch going to use you for his own gain, you moron. Would have preferred for him to go villain without involving the Titans and just straight up taking over Olympus because those bitches really have it coming. Also the repeated attempted child murder; super not cool

Severus Snape. Little bitch. Buhu I was bullied as a child so now I am an abusive adult who enacts revenge by playing out power fantasies over children even though I am their teacher. What a will-they-won’t-they situation but in the sense of “so is he evil? is he not evil?” and it got tired real quick. Still can’t believe the author thought that “but he was IN LOVE with Harry’s mom and BULLIED by Harry’s dad” is a legit justification how this adult person acted toward the kids. What the fuck

Send me five things (whatever you’d like!) and I’ll rank them!

#Anti Severus Snape #I feel like I ranted a bit too hard on that one #so let's tag it just to be sure #but man I hate that little bitch #Ranking Game #send me asks #Villains #Anonymous

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em-be-lievable · 5 years

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Oh fuck, he really is a dragon. (The Dragon Witch AU)

Title: Oh fuck, he really is a dragon.

Now available on AO3!!!

Warnings: Arguments, theft, violence, feelings of abandonment, sword fighting, angry birds

Words: 7900+ (just a light snack this time!)

Summary: For those who are new here: Virgil is one of three great ‘evil’ witches, or as he's more commonly known, 'The dragon witch.’ After King Patton Heart, and his two prince consorts face off against the dragon witch Prince Logan- the court's mage, curses the witch and he loses his dragon form. The trio immediately fall head over heals for the witch and offer to reverse the curse back at the castle. Virgil, feeling way too vulnerable without his dragon form, goes with them. They all start to develop feelings for each other, when Virgil's brothers, Remy and Dee, try to save him in a botched rescue mission. After Dee faces off with the two princes, and Remy is defeated by a magical mystery mage- The two witch boys strike up an odd friendship with the men trying to woo their brother. Remy concedes to helping them court the terrifying dragon witch, while also trying to see if he can swoon a certain royal court councilor.

For those who aren't new here: Dee successfully ruins the date- or does he?

A/N: I’m going to be honest, a lot of this came from stuff that didn’t make it into the previous chapter XD There were a lot of quote ideas that I loved but couldn’t manage to squeeze into that 11,000+ word count so I just decided to push it onto this one. Sorry it gets a little real and sad at the start- Dee had feelings™

Pairings: Romantic LAMP/CALM/POLYAMSANDERS, Familial Remy/Deceit/Virgil, Remani, Dee x Chaos and Swords

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“Dee?!?” Virgil gawked, shell shocked from how quickly the moment was ruined for a moment before bursting into rage. “Dee what the hell are you doing?!? You don’t just tackle people!!! The fuck is wrong with you?!”

Dee only hissed at the knight, too caught off guard to completely assess the situation. All he could seem to comprehend was the absolute murderous rage that filled Dee’s eyes, and the knight broke out in a cold sweat.

Roman dared to blink, and once he opened his eyes again, Dee was being strangle held by his ram-horned brother. “DON’T GET OFF ME YOU TRAITOR!! YOU’RE NOT RUINING EVERYTHING!!”

“Remy?! You're here too??!” Virgil scoffed in disbelief at his brothers before he pinched the bridge of his nose in distress. “I swear to Gaia, I can't leave you two alone for a few hours while I go out on a da- What are you doing here?!” The witch cut himself off to growl angrily at his brothers.

‘In my defense, I was trying to stop him.’ Remy signed, broken and uncoordinated as he did his best to move his hands around the squirming basilisk witch. ‘Coming out here was his idea.’

“IT WAS NOT!” Dee hissed loudly, missing how the words flowed effortlessly from his mouth.

“You two are incorrigible.” Virgil whined, just in time for the other two royals to come see the display. Logan's confused eyes darted between the trio, as Patton's eyebrows shot up into his hairline.

“I totally know what that means.” Dee said in a huff.

"What are you two doing here? Where's Emile?” Patton gawked, eyes full of almost pity as he watched Dee squirm in his brother's eyes.

‘She was taking a nap when I last saw her.’ Remy signed, his grasp not letting up as Dee started to lose steam in his fight. ‘I would have stayed but then this one decided he wanted to chase after you guys.’

“‘Emile can handle it.’ Huh.” Virgil shnided sarcastically, passing a glare Patton's way as the king and consort averted the witch's gaze. With a long sigh, “Well this was fun. Time to go home and continue working on lifting the curse.”

“What?! But we've just set up the tent and everything!” Roman whined, a pout forming on his lips. “We can't leave now! There were so many things I still had planned!”

“Quit while you're ahead, Princey. This date is over.” Virgil hissed back, “It was a dumb decision to come out here in the first place. I don't know what I was thinking.”

A smug smile spread across Dee's face, as stark horror bloomed across Remy's. ‘No! It's okay! I'll take him back- you guys can resume smooching under the stars or whatever!’ The eldest brother quickly signed, but Virgil shook his head.

“Nope. I trust you guys to be on your own even less now. And I didn't even think that was possible.” Virgil huffed, running a hand through his hair in agitation. “I mean seriously, how did you even get all the way out here so quickly?”

A look of guilt quickly washed over Dee's face, his eyes quickly darting away from his brother in shame. “I..I totally didn't steal a horse.”

Logan, and Roman winced as they watched Virgil's head snap to his brother with wild concern and parental rage in his eyes. “What do you mean you stole a horse?!? Virgil gawked incredulously. “I thought we had an agreement you'd be on your best behavior- Don't you have any idea how dangerous that is?! What if someone from the village saw you stealing from the royal family?!?! What if the horse ran off with you and we never saw you again?!?”

“I don't know how to ride a horse, Virgil.” Dee pouted, crossing his arms like a child being scolded. “And people totally saw me! I just wanted you alone with these incomplete dirt brains.”

“Hey!” Patton pouted, while Logan screeched “FALSEHOOD!” And Roman made an offended noise. Virgil, however, ignored their responses in favor of putting on his serious guardian face to address his brother.

“Dee, I'm an adult. I can take care of myself-”

“Oh right, I totally believe that wholeheartedly.” Dee cut in, throwing Virgil off a bit. Dee never talked back to him when he was using his serious business voice. It was like his ultimate trump card to ending an argument. Having Dee challenge that ignited a pang of concern in his heart, as his brother continued. “Especially considering the last time you went off we saw you for a week, and didn't have to find out from a garden snake where you were!

'Dee-’ Remy tried to cut in, attempting to de-escalate the argument only to be hissed at by the small snake boy in his arms.

“Yes! You totally get to cut into this! He didn't scare us half to death! We weren't prepared to rip this whole kingdom apart to rescue him!” Dee hissed, wriggling out of his brother’s arms and landing awkwardly on the ground. Once he regained his footing, he turned to Virgil with a glare. “You can totally just keep disappearing on us! You're not my fucking family, and that doesn't mean I'm not going to come save you no matter how not inconvenient it is for you, you fucking prick!”

Something in Virgil's gut twisted painfully. Dee looked so small all of a sudden, his tiny form trembling with hurt, and anger as his eyes welled up with tears. It really sunk in for Virgil that he hadn't really been considering his brother's feelings in this whole romance thing. How neglected they were feeling that he was off on his own all the time. He became very aware, and guilty of how he thought that they didn't care about him and were happy that he disappeared. Of course they cared. They loved him.

“Dee, I-” Virgil started, only to be cut off by more angry hissing.

“Don't save it, I want to hear it.” The smaller boy shook his head. “Just fucking- fucking don't forget it. Have fun with your not stupid gays.” And with that, Dee turned and ran off into the woods.

“Dee wait! Please don't run off-” Virgil started after him, only to be stopped by someone grabbing his shoulder. Virge snapped his head to the offending person holding him back only to be met with Roman's sympathetic, yet understanding gaze. With a small squeeze, the knight spoke.

“Give him a moment to cool off, trying to reconcile with him while he's still angry isn't going to achieve anything.”

“Right, like I want to hear that from you.” Virgil hissed, but he knew Roman was right. Dee always had been stubborn, and irrational when angry. Nothing Virge said to him would stick. It'd all just go in one pointed ear, and right out the other. As he watched his smaller brother disappear through the foliage he groaned, and frustratedly raked a clawed hand through his purple locks. “This just keeps getting better, and better.”

“One step forward, two steps back.” Patton mumbled quietly, earning a remorseful side-eyed glance from Logan. He never was the best at feelings, but he could swear through some marital magic he knew exactly how Patton was feeling. A deep welling of guilt pooled in Logan's stomach as his heart sank. This had been his idea after all- today was supposed to be a time for pampering their little dragon prince, but somehow they'd manage to fuck up even worse than before. Virgil looked miserable, and the sight alone was enough to make Logan's heart wilt.

“Perhaps.” Logan sighed after a moment. “I guess, how Virgil's brothers would feel about this never crossed my mind when planning this-” Logan paused, waving a hand around to find a different word other than 'date.’ "-this outing.”

“No- no, we're finding a way to fix this.” Roman hummed, watching as Virgil was consoled by his elder brother in sign. “I know if we just, just get Dee to understand that we're not a threat- If we get him to like us, we'll be able to reconcile this!”

“And how do you suppose we do that?” Logan replied, cocking an eyebrow at his lover. “He won't even talk to his own brother, why would he listen to us?”

Roman furrowed his brows, turning from his dark haired husband to watch Remy also disappear into the foliage. “Just stay here and try to cheer up Virgil. I think I know a way to get through to him.”

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Remy was fuming by time he crossed through the underbrush, and found Dee by the horses in the woods. That little shit was ruining his first chance at romance; and seeing as how Virgil liked to take one bad experience and expect all future experiences to be just as bad, it could also be his last shot at romance.

Dee only glared at his elder brother as he approached, Remy returned the glare two fold. ‘Happy now? You completely ruined everything! It's just dating, Dee, you didn't have to be so dramatic!”

“Dating, unlike harassing! You guys aren’t literally holding him hostage and being creepy!”

‘It’s not creepy if it’s our brother and it’s working!’ Remy signed back angrily, ‘Come on Dee, this was perfect! It had all of Virgil's favorite things- Stars, privacy, nature. It was perfect until you ruined it!’

Dee narrowed his eyes at Remy suspiciously, growing quiet for a second. “You didn't help them.”

Remy pursed his lips. Gods he couldn't lie to Dee, but he knew admitting to it outright would only further stir the pot. ‘It doesn't matter if I did, don't change the subject.’ He attempted to deflect, but it only proved to enrage the littlest witch further.

“Oh my god you didn't! You're not a total traitor! I can believe this!” The littlest witch sputtered, starting to pace about, and kicking up debris from the forest floor.

'Dee, it's not that big of a deal-’

“No it's not! This isn't a big deal at all!” Dee hissed back, a look of fury burning across his face as his serpentine tongue flickered from his mouth in annoyance. “You're not my brother! You're not supposed to be on my side here! You're not just letting them take our brother away!”

The color drained from Remy's face, as his features contorted into concern for his little brother. ‘I am on your side, Dee. You're just- you're just thinking irrationally right now. They're not taking Virgil away-’

“To hell they are!” Dee practically screamed back, “Don't you not find it fishy they don't keep trying to put distance between us and him?! How every time he doesn't disappear it's not because of them? Virgil would totally just leave us behind like that before those idiots came into his life! They're not taking him from us, and you're doing something about it! Just- Just don't fuck off. Don't leave me alone!”

“No can do, tramposo.” Another voice chimed in from the forest entrance. The witches quickly turned their heads to find the royal, knighted consort walking over with a stern look on his face. “We're talking this one out, and finding an understanding.”

“I'm totally going to talk to you!” Dee hissed, “Don't go back to the beach before I turn you into a rat!”

Roman paused for a moment, then shrugged. “Fine, we won't settle this with talking then.” The knight looked around for a few moments, before pulling from the brushes two large sticks. “We'll settle it like swordsmen.” He chortled, before tossing Dee one of the sticks.

The littlest witch caught it with one hand before checking the balance on it and snorting, “This isn't stupid. I haven't already beaten you.”

“How about this,” Roman started, swinging his stick-sword around. “If I win you apologize to your brother and talk things out. If you win we'll leave you three alone until the potions done- deal?”

Dee's eyes lit up with determination in that instant, as Remy's filled with panic. Before the elder witch could start how that was a stupid idea, Dee barked out a, “You're so not on!” As he got into stance. Remy frantically trying to stop the two of them.

‘No, wait- you guys can't be serious. You're not duking it out for Virgil's hand.’

"Move aside, Remy. This is just how knights do things.” The knight smirked, getting into stance with the little witch. “You may have gotten me once, but not this time, lobo.”

Remy looked between the knight and his brother. Dee's eyes were alight with a fire Remy knew better than to mess with. There was no way in the seven hells he was going to be able to talk Dee out of this fight.

With a smirk, the snake witch tightened the grip on his stick. “Pas garde, douche canoe.”

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If Grim could spontaneously combust at will, xe would.

It was a medical mystery why xir heart hadn’t given out, or xir face didn’t burn up into a fever with how purely flattered and embarrassed xe got as an endless stream of praise seemed to fall out of xir new companion’s mouth. The small traveller reminded xir of an excitable puppy finally realizing it had been adopted with how eagerly they moved about the tiny boat they took to get back to Grim's hut.

“I've been a fan of your work since I was a kid!” Victoria beamed rifling through her knapsack to pull out a thin, worn-out children's book. “The illustrations are just so detailed, I'd spend hours not even reading the story but just looking at the pictures. I knew I just had to meet you someday and ask you how you did it!”

Grim took a brief pause in paddling the boat to wrinkle xir nose at the book. It was an old children's story xe did a few dozen years ago and peddled to a few merchants. Despite it having moderate success, xe never expected to be faced with xir old work again. With all that xe had learned since then, the illustrations now appeared crude and malformed in xir eyes. “So you came all the way out here?” Xe pursed, taking xir disapproving glance from the book to the girl's face. “That seems rather foolish. This is a rather dangerous place to travel to for a mere infatuation.”

“It's not foolish! It's worth it just to be sitting here with you!” The tiny traveller protested, pulling the book to her chest and coddling it like it was her most valued possession. “Besides, it's not a 'mere infatuation!’ I love you!! I'm your biggest fan!”

Something about that caused a warmth to flush to Grim's cheeks. Never once had xe anticipated xir silly little doodles to much of an impact on anybody. If anyone even bothered to read the damn thing that was good enough, but to have someone pursue a treacherous path to meet xir? To claim they loved xir?!? All because of one little book?!?!? It was inconceivable!

But here she was, pouting at the witch's words like a small child. In a way, Grim found it strangely endearing- and dare xe say? Cute? Oh god was xe starting to develop an attachment already?!

Xe ripped xir eyes away and glared into the murky bog water, continuing to paddle with a huff. “Regardless, we're almost there. I'll set you up with some food and a bed for the night, an’ then you can be on your way home.”

"Only if you promise to teach me how to paint tonight!” Victoria protested, furthering her pout. “I'm not leaving until you show me exactly how you do it! I need to know everything!”

Grim took a long sigh at that, as xe rolled xir eyes. This kid was going to be a lot to deal with. “We'll see.”

Victoria went on regardless of Grim's reply, asking xir a million questions and remarking with wonder on each of the witch's blunt replies. Grim was starting to consider turning back and hiding away from this girl when they made it to the docks of her hut. Carefully stepping out of the boat, Grim started to tie it up while Victoria admired the small hut with starry eyes.

The little hovel looked so cozy, nested in-between two large, sprawling tree roots on top of the water. The wood planks of the deck, and the sides of the house looked to all be harvested from dead cypress trees, and smoothed stone at the foundation. As the wind blew Victoria could catch the sweet smell of herbs drying from the side of the abode.

“It's so cute!” Victoria beamed happily turning back to Grim, “Did you build this all by yourself?!”

“No, the trees grew a house for me.” Grim replied with a sarcastic smile, before pushing open the door, with a loud creek. “Welcome, make yourself at home.”

“Thanks for having me!” Victoria cheered, as she bounded over the threshold and immediately started snooping around. The little hut was well stocked, yet well organized. Various flowers, herbs, and plants hung from the walls, and ceiling, as shelves packed with jars and kitchenware lined the available corners. There was a small kitchenette, a tiny table, a brick fireplace, a little work station, and two twin beds all pushed in the available spaces between shelves. While it seemed compact, it wasn't claustrophobic. Instead it felt well lived-in, and rather homey. The little traveller turned around with a bright smile.

“I love your house!” She beamed, and for a moment, Grim felt paralyzed at the feeling the traveller's mirth brought xir. Xe had to admit, the girl was beautiful. Especially when she smiled. Especially, especially when she was smiling at Grim.

The dark witch shook her head. Grim! Stop it! Your pan is showing! “I'll, um, make us some tea. Do you want anything to eat?”

"Sure! I'll never turn down a free meal.” The traveller giggled, turning around to get an even closer look of the interior, as Grim busied xirself with the kitchen.

Victoria couldn't help but gravitate to the little work station first. Marveling at the various tools scattered around with papers filled with sketches and a small little hand written story tapped to the wall above it.

“Is this your next book?!” Victoria gasped excitedly, eyes quickly darting over the words, eager to get a first glimpse at the newest masterpiece.

"Hmm,” Grim hummed, not even bothering to look up from what xe was doing. “Kinda. I don't really write the stories. A friend of mine does, an’ then sends it to me to illustrate. They're the real brains behind all this, I just doodle.”

“Ohhh- that's so cool! It's like a group project!” Victoria beamed, before turning to the witch. “What's this one about?”

“Um,” Grim pursed xir lips, furrowing into the veggies xe were chopping. “It's kinda odd. It's about this knight who goes off to fight a dragon, n’ ends up falling in love with it.” Xe remarked, throwing the newly chopped vegetables into a pot in the fireplace. “They learn that the dragon is lonely because it's the last dragon, and they help it hatch eggs so that the dragons are no longer extinct and live happily ever after.”

“Awe! That sounds cute!” Victoria hummed, before looking over at the drawings on the table. She noted how many of them were scribbled out, or crumpled up and thrown on the floor. With a frown, she bent over to pick on of them up, and pouted as she gazed at the half-finished drawing. “Why are all these on the ground? They're not done!”

“I didn't like them.” Grim shrugged, throwing some spices into the pot and stirring, the smell of stew permeating the air. “For every single illustration you've seen in your book, there are probably at least a hundred failed attempts to make it in wake.”

“Failed attempts, huh.” Victoria mumbled quietly, frowning. “If this is what you failing looks like then my best drawings are disasters.”

“Talking like that ain't going to help you get better.” Grim tutted, waving the spoon xe were stirring with at Victoria and the drawings. “You learn somethin’ new every time you draw. The only way to really get better at art is to just keep messing up and figuring it out. But if you don't mess up, you’ll never get better.”

“Y-yeah, I guess that makes sense…” Victoria hummed, before her eyes lit up and she beamed brightly “Wait, did you just teach me?! Does that mean you're going to teach me art things?!” She bounced, childlike eagerness washing over her yet again.

Grim flushed, and quickly turned away. The sight was too cute, just- god this girl! “I mean, I guess I could show you a thing or two after dinner…”

“YAY!!” The little traveller cheered, throwing her fist up into the air. “Thank you, thank you, thank you! I promise I'll be a great student! I absorb everything like a sponge!”

Grim snorted, shaking xir head as xe went back to the stew. This girl was something else, but maybe having her around for a night wouldn't be too unbearable.

Some company might be nice for a change.

———

Dee was going to give Remy a gods-damned heart attack.

Watching the sparring match was like watching a disaster in slow motion, and Remy couldn't help cringing at every blow. Dee was holding absolutely nothing back, each swing harder and faster than the last with Roman just barely being able to block, or parry each blow. It wasn't like Dee was playing fair either, using his short height to go for low, hard-to-block places. But Roman looked calm, and controlled.

Even though there was sweat on his brow, and he was barely able to keep up, Roman knew Dee couldn't keep this up forever. He was bound to burn himself out- Roman just had to keep up until the witch slowed down.

Not that Dee was making that easy with his harsh, quick, yet sloppy blows.

“You know, you should really-” Roman started, only to be cut off with another blow from the witch and a breathless hiss.

“Don't shut up! You shouldn't shut up!”

“Okay, mr. sass master over here today.” Roman rolled his eyes, shuffling his feet, and kicking up dirt in time with Dee. “I was just trying to offer you a pointer or two.”

“I need your help!” Dee huffed, bringing down a series of blows “You smart- royal- not brother-stealing pain in tHE ASS!!!” Dee kept blindly hitting, trying to wear Roman down with his blind tenacity. Roman merely rolled his eyes.

“Okay, you don't need to shout at me.”

“I'M NOT SHOUTING!” Dee shouted, startling some birds from the nearby trees as he hit harder. “DON'T STOP TALKING!” With a leap and a particularly hard swing, Dee brought his stick down on Roman's head. The knight was just quick enough to dive out of the way, as Dee's weapon met the forest floor with a resounding ‘SNAP.’

Both Remy, and Dee's eyes widened in shock, as Dee's makeshift sword practically shattered to pieces. Roman quickly righted himself to a standing position, before gently poking Dee in the back with his stick.

“I believe that's my win.” The knight stated, wiping some of the sweat off his brow.

“Y-yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! This is fair!!!” Dee hissed, turning around to spit at the knight. “You didn't cheat! No redo!”

“Sorry tramposo, but we had a deal.” Roman folded his arms. “C'mon, I know you want to work things out with Virgil. Let's just go apologize and-”

“YES! I'M LETTING YOU TAKE HIM AWAY FROM ME!” Dee hissed, his eyes literally glowing with bright yellow light. Remy's body immediately filled with panic, as he dove in front of the knight's face.

‘DEE DON'T!’ The elder witch started, but Dee was no longer in control at this point. The little witch's body erupting in black scales, as his form elongated and grew. Remy quickly shut his eyes, and turned his head away- fearing what would happen to Roman if he made eye-contact with Dee's basilisk form and turn to stone.

‘DEE! STOP IT!!’ Remy signed frantically, feeling the breath of the basilisk on his face and arms as Dee hissed with fangs bared.

“Remy, it's okay.” Roman said sternly, yet calmly, attempting to nudge the witch out of the way. “I got this.”

‘OKAY I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE ME SAYING THIS TO YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY, AND YOU MOST CERTAINLY DO NOT HAVE THIS.’

“Virgil must be startled by the hissing, go assure him everything's fine.”

‘EVERYTHING IS NOT FINE, SHIT FOR BRAINS- DEE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO EAT YOU!’

“I know Dee won't actually hurt me.”

‘OKAY BUT HE WILL THOUGH. I'VE SEEN THIS KID BREAK SOMEONE'S ANKLES FOR TAKING THE LAST CHOCOLATE BAR AT A SWEETS SHOP.’

“We just need to have a little heart-to-heart! Go on, I'll be fine.”

‘HE DOESN'T EVEN LIKE CHOCOLATE, ROMAN. YOU'RE GONNA DIE!’

With a slightly stronger than necessary shove, Roman pushed Remy out of the way. As soon as the elder witch had stumbled away, the large snake circled around the knight, looming viciously above him, ready to strike down.

Remy decided, maybe if he ran fast enough he could get Virgil before the other witch's boyfriend got straight-up eaten. Only Virgil's superior parent voice could stop this crazy snake, and avoid another war between humanity and magical folk. Or, at least that's what Remy was telling himself to avoid panicking.

As the other witch disappeared from the woods, the large snake tightened his serpentine body around the knight, hissing loudly right by Roman's face to stir up the feeling of fear in him. But Roman remained infuriatingly calm, and collected. The young prince didn't even break his smirk as he stood there closed-eyed with the huge snake closing-in around him. “Look, Dee, I know you're not going to hurt me-”

The snake hissed loudly, getting even closer to the knight to take his words as a bet.

“-You're just trying to scare me so I'll stay away from Virgil. You want to protect him, like a good brother. But Dee, if you're always trying to protect them then who's looking after you?”

This seemed to give the snake pause, the large creature cocking it's head to the side in confusion. Who is watching him? Well, his brothers- they all watch out for each other. That's just how it's always been and how it always should be. They protect his physical well-being, he protects their hearts from making dumb decisions.

Right? Right. That sounds right. So why doesn't it feel right?

Roman took Dee's silence as a positive sign, and continued. “If you ask me- and I know you didn't, but I'm just going to tell you anyway- You seem to be feeling…a little neglected. Jealous that someone else has all of your big brother's attention right now.”

Dee gave a low irritated hiss. He wasn't jealous! Why would he be jealous of these three idiots?!? They were just stupid rich boys- he was literally a hundreds year old witch! He could do magic and stuff! So what if his big brother would rather be chasing tail then being with him?! He didn't care?! It didn't matter, that's just how these things always go!

Romantic love always was seen as more valuable then what Dee could give. It was just how society was, and he had gotten over that fact a long time ago. He was fine with it!

Right? Right. That sounded right. But-

“But that couldn't be further from the truth.” Roman picked up again, taking Dee out of his thoughts. “When you're not around, you and Remy are all he talks about. He loves you guys so much, and he was so worried about you when he came here, he wanted to get the cure as fast as possible.”

That…did sound like Virgil. Like his worry wart of a big brother, who constantly fawned and fretted over every little thing they did. Who was constantly trying to talk them out of bad decisions, and got anxious at the thought of walking away from them for ten minutes. His big brother who had, once upon a time, lit an entire city on fire for him.

Dee started to slink away from the knight subconsciously.

“You're one of the two things that makes him the most happiest in this world, and we wouldn't dare dream of taking that away from him. We want him to be happy, Dee, we love him. And if him being with his family makes him happy, then you're our family too, and we love you.”

“Don't stop talking.” Roman's eyes snapped open, seeing the tiny snake witch back in his full eye-rolling glory as he gagged, “That wasn't the mushiest thing I ever heard, ugh- not disgusting.”

Roman gave the small witch a big grin and then a hearty chuckle, “I suppose. Does this mean you'll stop trying to tear apart our relationship?”

Dee let out a long sigh, turning to the beach again as he folded his arms. “I still completely trust you guys. But I would mind if you guys did things with some…not supervision. To make sure you accidentally kill him, or something.”

“Oh my god are you telling me you're going to chaperone our dates?” Roman giggled.

“No, I’m not!” Dee barked, and the two men took pause for a moment before bursting out in laughter.

“Fine, I can agree to that if you'll agree to apologize to your brother.” The knight wheezed, wiping a tear from his eye as the chuckles died off.

“Not fine.” Dee chortled, rolling his eyes. “We shouldn't go. He's probably not wallowing in misery on the beach.”

“Or worrying his head off, if Remy got to him first.” Roman hummed, looking around for the ram-horned witch. “I think he went and told on you.”

“Oh yes.” Dee whined, “I'm absolutely going to hear the end of this.”

Roman laughed again, patting Dee on the head. “I'll try to talk you out of it, but I make no promises. You did almost eat me back there.”

Dee hissed, and half-heartedly batted the royal's hand away from his head. The little witch took a moment to recompose his hair before storming off to the woods opening ahead of Roman, paying no heed as the knight laughed and shook his head.

This stupid royal family was comprised of a bunch of idiots, but maybe they weren't the worst idiots Dee had ever seen.

———

Merida loved the stars above the small town they lived in, which made perfect sense considering she was a star witch. Stars, and space were just kinda their thing.

That was probably why they decided to move to this tiny village, the kingdoms were lovely in their own right, but the tall architecture had a nasty habit of getting in the way of the night sky's glory. Out here there might not be as much to do, but the sky was clear and vast. Every star glowed with absolute brilliance knowing that they had the limelight out there, and it was a performance that Merida could witness till the end of time.

But even the glorious view of the astral bodies above was but a small perk when it came to Merida's true reason for moving out to the country side.

“Care if I join you?” Merida looked over to see the elegant, lithe, and breathtaking form of their partner; Haelyn, standing in the moonlight.

A warm smile bloomed across their face, as warm, spring flowers bloomed in their chest. “Like I would ever turn down staring at the stars with an angel.”

Haelyn snorted, rolling her eyes as she took a seat on the course tiles that made up the roof of the house they both shared. It didn't matter how many times Merida looked at their girlfriend, they still was left breathless every time those starry blue eyes met theirs. She was head over heels for when the wind caught her long, wavy blonde locks and tussled them around her shoulders, or when she blushed up to her pointed ears- Haelyn was just perfection personified to Merida, her beautiful little blue bird.

“You're staring.” Haelyn giggled, brushing some of Merida's dark brown hair away from their eyes. Merida smiled.

“Have I ever told you that your beauty outmatches even the cosmos in it's radiance?”

"Pfft-” Haelyn snorted once more. “Yes, actually, you have.”

“Good.” Merida chortled, “Then I'll say it again. Your beauty outmatches even the cosmos in it's radiance.”

Haelyn rolled her eyes, gently nudging her partner with her shoulder. “So, what stories are the skies telling you tonight?” She hummed, watching happily as Merida started to glow with excitement.

“Well, we're at the tale-end of Ursa Major.” Merida started, turning gleefully towards the sky, and pointing out different clusters of stars. “Right there and there are Car Caroli, Chara, and La Superba- The ones that make up Canes Venatici, or the Hunting Dogs chasing after the Great Bear, Ursa Major.”

Merida leaned in closer to Haelyn, who's eyes never left her girlfriend's shining face. “See right there you can see the hand, and then that is the dog's head and tail.”

“Brilliant.” Haelyn whispered. And to anybody looking on, it was obvious she wasn't talking about the stars.

———

Virgil was absolutely sulking at this point.

He got yelled at by Dee. Dee NEVER yelled at him! They had never gotten in that kind of fight- Yeah, sure Dee did dumb things and Virgil scolded him for it, but it never turned into that heated of an argument. Virgil would scold, Dee would say he won't do it again, and then he'd inevitably do the exact same thing again because that's just how Dee was.

But this, this was the worst. For once Dee was mad at him. How could he make his brother feel so frustrated and angry? How could he make them worry like that? Gods, Virgil was just completely fucking up this whole big brother thing, wasn't he?

As Virgil sat on the beach, angrily glaring at the sea, the left over royals quietly hovered around him, occasionally exchanging concerned glances.

“Should-should we perhaps say something?” Logan murmured, leaning towards Patton as he fiddled his fingers. Logan was never the best at feelings, or offering words of comfort- Especially when it came to emotional arguments like this. The situation had him feeling at a loss, wanting to ease his lover's woes without knowing how to do so.

But Patton was much better at this aspect, sighing before walking forward to sit next to Virgil, Logan awkwardly following suit. “He'll come around, don't worry.”

“Worrying is kind of what I do so-” Virgil grunted, not taking his eyes from the waters rolling in.

“That could have adverse effects on your health.” Logan chimed in awkwardly, looking between the ground and Patton like he didn't know where to put his eyes. “Recent scholars did tests showing that prolonged stress could have disastrous ramifications on one's physical health. Things like-”

“-Logan, honey, now is not the time.” Patton hushed, gently. Logan nodded, biting his lip. “What I meant to say, Virgil, is that change freaks a lot of people out, Dee included. He's probably just scared off because you have only been hanging out with him and Remy most of the time, and he's not used to sharing your attention.”

“I didn't spend all my time with only them.” Virge shot back, “I had…plants and…dragon…things.”

“Considering how often and fondly you spoke of them, pardon us for assuming you spent a majority of your time with them.” Logan hummed, “Especially after you stated how odd it was to be without them once having spent two days away.”

“Alright, fine. So sorry I like being around my brothers.” Virgil groaned.

“Theres nothing to be sorry for, kiddo! I'd be more concerned if you didn't like being around them.”Pat beamed, offering a comforting hand on Virgil's arm. “We're just saying that Dee's bound to warm up to this eventually, so theres no need to stress now.”

“Implying I'm not going to drop whatever ‘this' is because it's hurting my family.” Virgil cautiously hissed, shaking off Patton's hand. Pat and Logan shared concerned glances.

“Well, if that's what you really want to do then-” Logan started, only to be hastily cut off by Remy snapping his fingers to get their attention. The taller witch looked frantic, and out of breath- raising concern in his brother.

'Hi, so, uh- Dee just turned into a snake and is about to eat your not-boyfriend.’ He hastily signed, before pointing to the woods.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN HES GOING TO EAT ROMAN?!?” Virgil barked back, Patton and Logan's concerned looks intensifying tenfold. “WHY THE HELL AREN'T YOU TRYING TO STOP HIM?!?!”

‘I PANICKED OKAY- YOU NEED TO STOP HIM!’

“WHAT ON GAIA'S GREEN EARTH MADE YOU THINK I KNOW HOW TO STOP DEE?! I CAN'T EVEN MAKE HIM NOT COMMIT A CRIME FOR FIVE MINUTES!” Virgil barked back, wings flapping with irritation.

‘I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE SMARTER ONE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US?!?’

“WHY WOULD YOU EVER ASSUME THAT?!” Virgil screamed back, tail flicking back and forth with anxiety. “I'M JUST AS MUCH AS A DUMBASS AS BOTH OF YOU!”

‘Oh god, it runs in the family.’ Remy signed, shaking his head. Virgil punched his arm and started to run towards the forest.

“GOD IF HE HURTS DEE I SWEAR TO GOD I'M GOING TO-” The angered dragon boy was cut off by running face-first into the broad chest of one abhorrently attractive knight.

“Running into my arms already? Can't say I'm surprised.” Roman winked as Virgil regained his senses. Immediately upon doing so, he balled up a first and punched the royal clear in the stomach, drawing the wind out of the knight.

“Where is my brother you stupid asshole?! I swear to gods if you did anything to hurt him I'll-”

“Ugggh we're not fine mooom, don't cool your fire-breath for a minute.” Dee snided, stepping out of the underbrush to the woods. He got maybe a half of a second before Virgil abandoned Roman completely and started fawning over his brother.

“Are you okay? He didn't hurt you, did he? I swear if he so much as raised his sword at you I'm gonna-”

“I- wheeze, -don't even have my sword on me.” Roman groaned leaning into his two husbands while clutching his stomach. “You did NOT need to hit me that hard.”

‘Maybe he was trying to knock some sense into you for not running away from the giant snake.’ Remy signed, knowing full well the only two people who could translate for him were not looking, and the royals had no idea what he actually just said.

“Dee, look- I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just disappeared on you guys. I promise next time I won't go if I can't take you with me.” Virgil fretted, pulling his brother in and hugging him tightly. Dee rolled his eyes and gently patted the other on the back.

“It's not fine, Virgil. I'm not sorry too.” Dee sighed, looking the opposite direction of his brother. “I should have shouted at you.”

Virgil pulled back to give Dee a warm fond smile, Dee didn't meet his eyes, but he smiled back in return. “All forgiven?”

“Not on one condition.” Dee cut in, turning to glare at the royal family, “I'm not supervising your dates.”

“WHAT?!” 'WHAT?!’ Remy and Logan groaned incredulously while Patton happily cheered.

“Yay! It's a good thing I brought extra smores stuff!” Pat hummed, grabbing Dee's hand and starting towards the fire. “Here, you can help me make them!”

‘Wait, Little Blue- no I don't trust him with you, or fire!’ Remy signed frantically, but it fell on unseeing eyes as he chased after them, Logan following suit and paying closer attention to how the tall witch moved his hands.

Virgil shook his head, sighing- but still smiling as things started to feel more normal again.

“So, still hell bent on leaving?” Roman hummed, nudging him with an elbow.

Virgil rolled his eyes, and huffed. “Well if you keep running off to do something stupid with Dee I just might have to for my own sanity.”

“It's not my fault! We just have a bond!” Roman chortled.

“He literally tried to eat you.”

“I wouldn't expect you to understand a brother in arm's ways.” Roman shook his head. “It's a code only a fellow swordsman understands.”

“Pft- right.” Roman rolled his eyes. “C'mon stupid, lets go. It's too cold to be this far from the fire.”

“Give me a moment. Breathing is painful.” Roman whined, earning an eye roll from the witch.

“Y'know, for a knight you can't take a punch.”

Roman made an offended noise, “You caught me off guard!”

“Don't I always?” Virgil winked, before giving just a moment of pause. With one swift gesture, Virgil leaned up and gave Roman a little kiss on the cheek. It was small, feather light, and so quick that if Roman had blinked he would have missed it completely.

Maybe he should have, because the racing that started in his heart couldn't be healthy. “Try to keep up, princey.”

The knight blinked incredulously at the dragon, before clumsily following after him. The night that followed was surprisingly pleasant- Dee ate a majority of the smores Patton made while also lighting all his marshmallows on fire. Logan began questioning Remy on vocabulary, attempting to lessen the language gap between them, and Roman had his hands full having two people to debate with while Dee shoddily attempted to back him up.

And Virgil basked in the warmth of his family and his…’friends,’ getting along with each other. Thinking maybe, just maybe, this date wasn't so ruined after all.

————

Emile happily skipped down the darkened halls of the castle undergrounds, humming as she gently swung around a bag of dead rats that had been captured by the staff. These passed few days had been a delightful turn-around for the relationship between humanity and the magical world. If things went well between she, Patton, and the witches, it could mark a new political era of peace between the races, and they could finally undo what damage the former ruling family had done.

All of the council's hard work over the years would finally be coming to fruition.

Plus, she was rather enjoying the company of her new, silent companion. He was so fun to play around, and flirt with. Emile almost laughed in spite of herself, reminiscing on the witch’s flustered face as she pulled out a key to one of the deeper storage rooms. The only storage room that seemed to have a lock, if anyone was paying attention.

As she waltzed into the room, it could be remarked that this room was somewhat different from the other storage spaces. It was far more sparse, only a handful of artifacts sat upon small pillars that lined the walls. On the far back wall was a larger stand, on top of it sitting a round object covered by a sheet that looked far less dusty than anything else down there.

“I brought your dinner~!” Emile chirped, as she made her way through the room to the object. A low squawk came from beneath it and the cage rattled a bit.

“Oh, don't be so crabby!” Emile scolded, grasping the top of the cloth, and gently tugging it off.

As the fabric slid away, it revealed a shiny gold cage, the Heart royal family crest carved on the top of it. And inside the cage was a large, burly, nasty-looking, black bearded vulture, sitting hunched in on itself and ready to strike with it's beak open.

Emile took a rat from the sack and dangled it in front of the bird, waiting for it to stop hissing and growling at her before inching the rodent closer. “That's a good boy! Don't try to bite the hand that feeds you.” She chuckled, sounding so chipper that it was almost malicious. As the bird choked down it's meal, it's eyes threatened to burn holes into the councilor.

Emile ignored the bird's obvious hostility and continued feeding the rats. Idly chatting up the bird as it ate, almost as if it understood what she was saying. “We're finally getting around to clean up the mess you made. Pity you'll have to stay down here and can't see it- we just can't seem to trust you around the kingdom.”

With an angered squawk, the bird ramming it's face against the cage so it could take a snap at Emile's fingers. But the enraged creature was just shy of being able to get it’s beak into Emile, and the councilor tutted. “No! Bad! That's a bad boy!”

The bird seemed to be uncaring to the councilor's scolding, as it continued to snap and ram it's body against the walls of the cage. Emile rolled her eyes, gently shaking her head and sighing. “Fine, I'll give you the rest of your dinner after you've calmed down. Time for naughty boys to go on time-outs.”

The bird continued to hiss, and make a ruckus as Emile picked up the cloth and draped it over the cage again, being careful not to get bit. With a last sigh, she turned around and left the storage room, locking the door behind her. One day she hoped that old bird-brain would learn, but until then she had bigger things to worry about. Like how she must immediately write to Thomas and tell him about Patton's new beau- though, she had the feeling he already knew. But, she still had to get Thomas to visit and help tease Patton about his new dragon boyfriend soon. A letter was most certainly in order.

Humming to herself, Emile skipped down the darkened hallways, leaving the locked door behind her.

———————-

End note: THE PLOT CHICKENS (get it- bird puns!) I'm so sorry this took so long to come out, life has been hectic. And a huge thank you to all my current commissioners who're being very patient with me while I'm in this art slump. I promise I'll get you your pieces as soon as I can!! Until then I've closed commissions, and will be reopening them when I'm done with the ones I currently have <3

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All the questions you can do for aranea and Rowan |ω･)و ̑̑༉

Rowan 1. What is this character’s alignment?Chaotic good2. What is a notable quote from this character? Alternatively, what is their favorite quote?“ I have never met someone I wanted to be with more than you.”

3. Summarize your character’s backstory with no more than three sentences.He was a young, scared, gay kid that couldn’t face the potential of his family’s rejection. Rather than face his problems, he runs off and hops on the first boat out of town. He’s raised by the captain of that ship and he’s never looked back since. 4. Describe your character using a song title.Tower of Mistakes 5. Are there any story arcs you would like this character to explore?

GO BACK HOME YOU DANG DINGLE 6. What would your character like (or have liked) to do with their life?

He’s actually happy the way things are now? He’s practically free and lives life to the fullest as much he can, being who he truly is. (but he sometimes wonders what things would be like if he’d have never left home)

7. Who is your character’s best friend?His childhood friend from back home. she was his accomplice in running away and they still write to each other in secret. 8. Who is your character’s worst enemy?Oh, definitely himself. (Or his boyfriend’s sister) 9. Who has, for better or worse, had the most impact on your character’s life?Jasper, the captain that took him in or Noah, his boyfriend. 10. What is the most badass thing this character has done?lol prolly that one time they killed that dragon 11. What crime is this character most likely to be convicted of?causing a disturbance? Getting into a fucking fist fight? Getting wrapped up in some shady shit that Noah prolly set them up with. 12. What meme would you use to describe the character?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1xWBvX1FnU13. Does this character swear frequently?No? Surprisingly. 14. What is this character’s relationship with religion or the church?Shelyn is good, Shelyn is great and he is very devote to her 15. Would this character ever make a deal with a devil or dark spirit?Prolly not??? 16. Emotion or Logic?EMOTION 17. Soup or Salad?soup 18. What is the character’s favorite Pokémon? Primarina 19. What Pokémon Go team would they be on?Instinct? 20. Is your character currently in love? Is there anyone in love with your character?His boyfriend Noah, that he one day he plans to MARRY 21. Do you ship your character with any other characters? (This includes characters from other universes and canons)Just Noah. 22. How would this character seduce a lover?Lots of flirty, heavy innuendos, charm and MUSIC 23. If your character could play any part in a drama, stage production, or musical, what part would they play?Musical lead, that or nothing because he is the most dramatic boi. 25. What does this character mean to you?A lot? He reignited my love of RP and just character creation in general? I love him. Aranea 1. What is this character’s alignment?currently Lawful evil but working her way towards a solid Chaotic Evil 3. Summarize your character’s backstory with no more than three sentences.She and her husband plotted to take over a noble drow house. That plan failed and she was punished with flesh warping. Now she’s a brainwashed slave, used as a bodyguard/ assassin. 4. Describe your character using a song title.Blumenkranz 5. Are there any story arcs you would like this character to explore?breaking her conditioning and finding her sense of self again. Maybe even remembering who she once was and the people she lost. 6. What would your character like (or have liked) to do with their life?If she could remember it, she would have liked to have raised her kids and see her daughter grow up to do great things 7. Who is your character’s best friend?Currently… it’s the bard in her party. 8. Who is your character’s worst enemy?Cruel fate and the jokes it plays on her. 9. Who has, for better or worse, had the most impact on your character’s life?Rinnill, whom, for lack of a better word, is her owner. 11. What crime is this character most likely to be convicted of?murder. 13. Does this character swear frequently?Nope. 14. What is this character’s relationship with religion or the church?None. And if anyone tried to convert her she’d tell them that praying for good fortune was nothing but a joke. 15. Would this character ever make a deal with a devil or dark spirit?Maybe? 16. Emotion or Logic?A little of column a, a little of column b 17. Soup or Salad?Salad18. What is the character’s favorite Pokémon? Chandelure? 19. What Pokémon Go team would they be on?Mystic20. Is your character currently in love? Is there anyone in love with your character?uh,, ehehehe yeah 21. Do you ship your character with any other characters? (This includes characters from other universes and canons)The bard 22. How would this character seduce a lover?Not very well, I don’t know how exactly she’s managed it at this rate. 23. If your character could play any part in a drama, stage production, or musical, what part would they play?something in the rafters out of the way, tech or something. 25. What does this character mean to you?Right now she’s showing me, even if you’re a giant spider monster you can still find love XD and isn’t that an important lesson that we all need?

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Fictional Existence - Know Your Counterparts, Part 1: Chris McLean

Presenting more information on events taking place in Fictional Existence, where Hiatus Cafe takes place, each part focusing on a specific character and their known counterparts. (Now that my wisdom teeth are removed, I am getting back to concentrating on that line of fanfiction...!)

Chris McLean (08072007) - The Prime counterpart. Hosted the first five seasons of Total Drama until an inquiry about his murderous instincts (and previous criminal activities) forced him out of a job. His bosses have 'settled' the matter out of court, and he will be returning next year. Is officially gay, having married Chef during his years in unemployment, though debates about his Chris/plant hybrid 'son' continue to rage on. Whether the husbands' marriage will be referenced in the next season, in any shape or form, remains to be seen. Surprisingly has the same amount of fans on social media as those in the Real World.

“Chris McFat” (Coordinates yet to be catalogued) - A counterpart of Chris with Owen's body proportions. Despite his lack of exercise, he loves Chef's cooking due to having a cast-iron stomach from birth. While many viewers and critics have voiced their concerns over Chris' weight and the fact he has to get around the island(s) by carpooling with interns, Chris insists that because 'there's more of me to go round', there are some viewers who still love him.

“Chris McSmol” (Coordinates yet to be catalogued) - A shrunken counterpart of Chris. His vinyl-figure size prevented him from hosting Total Drama in this Dimension (that role went to Don), but the arrival of Youtube allowed him to gain the same viewing figures through vlogging about his condition and the adventures he gets up to with his guardian, Chef. However, two years ago he got kidnapped by a crazed fan called Topher, and had to escape and journey cross-country until he found Chef again. A film adaptation is set to be released in 2019.

Emperor (Soon to be God) Chris (07082007) - A giga-sized counterpart of Chris existing in 'Alter-Existence', an existence adjacent to Fictional Existence made up of the Dimensions ruled by evil counterparts of Dimension Heroes, and one that is constantly under war by giant men of varying heights. Grown to giant size by radiation from Camp Wawanakwa during the events of Total Drama Island, he began his reign of destruction upon the planet, until he managed to conquer it in 2009. However, he isn't entirely corrupt, for he has so far spared the lives of those he managed to lovestruck with his looks. Is still growing; as of the last report from Alter-Existence (June 2017), he has grown to such heights that his shadow covers up continents. He aspires to conquer his universe by the end of the decade.

“Chris McParallel” (04012008) - This counterpart is seen in versions of Total Drama where the winning contestants are different from those seen in the Prime universe. He has worked on providing different voiceover links on various satellite channels across Europe, Asia, and the United States. As such, this Chris is more multilingual than the Prime Chris. Managed to snag Tom Baker's autograph after voicing links for Disney XD in the UK, and also tried to defend the show there when it moved from one late night spot (11pm) to another (2am in the bloody morning!). As day turns to night, so too will international audiences see this counterpart of Chris in 2018... on Netflix.

“Chris McToony” (28102010) - One of the most hilarious downfalls for any counterpart of Chris McLean covered here or not, belongs to the one seen in the US-Skatoony Dimension. Though this Dimension, compared with its Prime counterpart, provided a better 'crossover ratio' than the Prime version led everyone to believe, it was just as humiliating towards those who lost the rounds as those who were eliminated in Total Drama. It was sweet catharsis for the contestants of Total Drama in this universe, then, when Chris managed to fail the FIRST ROUND of the show, and was catapulted into the Home for One Hit Wonders. Humiliated for weeks afterwards, Chris made a deal with his bosses, and got someone to sabotage the Dangergrid of Doom and 'persuade' the boss of Skatoony, Charles, to upgrade the show to the 21st century. It is perhaps this ruthless act of vengeance, some say, that led to Chris becoming the Prime Minister of Canada in 2015.

“Chris McCartoonnetwork” (04122008) - A special counterpart of Chris McLean that only exists in the CN Spiral, the special name given to the CN Multiverse due to its spring-like shape. This is due to the fact that he presented a recap of Total Drama Island that didn't exist in the Prime version (or at least was different to the one seen in the Prime version). After the PunchTime Incident nearly destroyed the Multiverse, Chris championed the idea of incorporating Real World events, shows, and Dimensions into the CN Spiral upon its regeneration, as well as working together with Johnny Test’s agents to help promote the boy's adventures to those watching events in the Multiverse. Project: CN Real, as it came to be called, was later uncovered as a plot for certain individuals in the CN Spiral (like Chris and Bling Bling Boy) to enter the Sitcom War waged at that time by the Nickelodeon and Disney Multiverses and win it. Chris managed to escape the fate of Johnny Test and the Porkbelly Dimension (being exterminated by Spider Daleks and Dark Dimension Cybermen), but lived a private life in shame. Some theorists believe that Chris' cameo at the end of the last Total Drama season to take place in the CN Multiverse portrays the decision he made (and its results) in a thousand words, and that it was symphony from his fans that led to him getting his job back earlier this year.

Votecaster (----2009; A yet-to-be catalogued universal stream in the Primax cluster) - In one version of the Great War played out between the Autobots and the Decepticons, the Ark and the Nemesis crash-landed in CN City years before the FusionFall War took place. Not only did both factions scan Earth-based vehicles and gadgets to assume new forms, but their robot modes (or 'Kungfubots' to the locals) also took on the guises of various citizens living there, due to the raw Toonergy (the life force that makes a cartoon character a cartoon character) in the atmosphere. Votecaster, a Decepticon whose function was 'Propagandist', took on the appearance of Chris McLean in his robot mode (and a Jeep in his vehicle mode), and waged war against the Autobots with his team mates Spike Vulcan (Duncan) and Acid Burn (Chef). Votecaster and his friends had many escapades on the new planet. Though Spike Vulcan and Acid Burn were destroyed during the battle in Autobot City, Votecaster survived and expressed his views on becoming the new Decepticon leader after Megatron's death on board Astrotrain (TOM), and later bore witness to the destruction of Starscream (DNAlien) and the appearance of Galvatron (whose Toonergy was absorbed by Unicron during his reformatting, looking like all of the known Galvatrons of the Primax cluster). Later, when Unicron (who had eaten Planet Fuse during his arrival to CN City and mutated a little bit as a result) arrived, Votecaster was one of the many Decepticons who fought back against the god, but was devoured for their efforts.

#fanfiction #fictional existence #chris mclean #g/t #alter-existence

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Blood For Blood - Miami Rick Sanchez/Miami Morty Smith - SFW

Title: Blood For Blood Author: Donnie Fandom: Rick And Morty Setting: Miami Verse Pairing: Miami Rick/Miami Morty Characters: Miami Rick, Miami Morty Genre: T Rating: Romance/Humor Chapters: 1/1 Word Count: 887 Type of Work: One-Shot Status: Complete Warnings: Gay, Slash, Yaoi, Miamicest, Granddaddy Kink, Incest, Grandfather/Grandson Incest, Bad Revenge Plots, Fluff Disclaimer: I don’t own anything. Summary: “There’s an old saying, ‘Before you go down a path of revenge, dig two graves.’ You’re lucky I’m willing to dig yours for you.” AN: Fanfiction-Friends’ Weekly Writing Prompt is back! And I got so into this idea that I couldn’t stop, even if I feel really out of it. It’s good to get more done. I’m pretty proud of myself. ; u; Anyway, this week’s prompt is revenge, and I had a lot of fun with the idea of using the Miami verse, where Morty’s a bit more spiteful and petty. I hope you guys enjoy!

Rick And Morty Fic Masterlist Blood For Blood ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ “Morty,” Rick’s voice was sharp and cold, and his frown was the first thing Morty saw as he rounded the corner, “Did you do this?” Holding his pink suit, mostly untouched, he turned it just right to show off the red, crushed and melted lollipop on the lower right lapel.

Large, honey brown eyes peered up innocently over the top of his sunglasses, crossing his thighs a little tighter underneath the magazine over them. “...No?” He tried, smiling sweetly around the lollipop caught in his lips. “Are you asking me, or telling me?” Shifting his weight to one leg and pressing his hand to his hip, he held it out again. It was probably some kind of intimidation tactic, but the nineteen year old in his bean bag chair was nonplussed. “I guess I’m like… Telling you?” He finally said, shifting the lollipop until he could lick it, watching Rick with a mock-innocent expression. “I don’t know, sometimes I talk and everything sounds like a question.” “Sometimes I talk and everything sounds like a question!” Rick mocked almost cruelly, making the teen before him pout. “Mortimer Scott Sanchez.” This time, his voice was a dark growl, “Are you lying to me? You always have these damn things in your mouth or my pockets. How do I know you didn’t do this on purpose?” “How do you know you didn’t clean your pockets?” Clearly put out, Morty sighed and rolled his eyes. Truthfully, he was getting back at Rick for being an asshole to him in public, but he wasn’t about to say that out loud. “Because this suit isn’t machine washable, so I check them before they go in the bag for the dry cleaners.” There was a slant to his eyes that made it into his words, and Morty scooted his butt back a bit, leaning his chest closer to his magazine. “M-maybe I did, but Rick, you-- I didn’t know that one was--” “Don’t.” There was that cold tone again, “You’re lying to me, Morty, and we both know that I do not like to be lied to.” Stalking a little closer, he grabbed the bottle blond’s jaw and forced him to look up at him. The sudden jerk had the magazine falling to the floor and his legs spreading a little. “There’s an old saying, ‘Before you go down a path of revenge, dig two graves.’ You’re lucky I’m willing to dig yours for you.” With that, he pushed the other back into his bean bag chair and left the room. He desperately needed a way to get his suit cleaned. It wasn’t quite two weeks later when things started to happen. Rick would insist on making Morty’s protein shakes, would insist on helping him with food and drinks. It was odd, sure, but in the end he really liked the fact that he could just laze about in the living room while his grandfather prepared his meals. However, he’d started getting a little heavy, started being too big for his sheer tops and tiny bottoms, and it was growing concerning. “Rick?” The teen practically slid into the room like a dog that knew it had done wrong, “I… I don’t know what’s going on, but I’ve started gaining like, a lot of weight.” He pushed at the slight pudge in his lower belly, “Do… Do you think you could help me?” Rick’s rather evil smirk played over his lips just right, and he stood up, striding over to heft his little princess into his arms. “Mm, I suppose I could, Doodlebug.” Rick began, kissing the other’s golden nose, “Though I might need an apology, first.” “Wh-what?” He frowned a little, a pout coming over his lips shortly after, “Y-you did this to me? Like, o-on purpose?” Great. He was so upset that his stutter was coming out. All of those speech coach lessons and he still couldn’t control it all the time. “Mm, perhaps. They do have these shakes and powders for people who can’t gain weight to help them be healthy.” The elder male looked like the cat that caught the canary as he proudly strutted back to his bed, laying the other out over the soft duvet. “Now, where’s my apology, baby boy?” “I-- I’m s-sorry, Granddaddy.” Leaning up to try and meet Rick’s lips, Morty whimpered when the elder withdrew a little, shaking his head. “Nuh-uh, Morty. What are you sorry for?” That look was back, fiery and angry and intense. “I… I’m sorry for wash-washing your suit with a lo-lollipop… And taking it out of the dry cleaning bag to do so.” Brown eyes turned down on his own bare belly, he sighed a little. “That’s a good boy, baby,” Rick started, leaning in to press a soft kiss to the soft roundness of Morty’s stomach, “You know, I think I just might feed you other things, now. You don’t really need to bulk up… You’re at your best when you can move easily.” Crawling over Morty to kiss his nose, then capture his lips, he pet his face gently. “Will you be a good boy for your Granddaddy?” An emphatic nod was all the answer he needed, and Rick dove in to partake of the feast that was his grandson. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ AN: Woo, my first Miami fic that I finished and posted! I hope it’s good, I wrote this while half asleep. xD It was fun, though!

#Rick And Morty Fanfic #Rick And Morty Fanfiction #RickMorty #Miamicest

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The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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gavillain · 7 years

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What are your thoughts on queercoding in Disney villains?

Hoo boy. Okay, this is a topic that I’mprobably not the best person to ask about it because I’m notreally objective at all, being both a gay man and a big fan of Disneyvillains, so I’m not going to have some high quality discourse socialjustice approved thing here. Instead, this is going to be more aboutme personally and my perspective. And since I will say right herethat I unapologetically like Disney villains, especially ones likeUrsula who have a lot of queercoding in them, I fully acknowledgethat my stance might be one someone might find problematic and if itis, then I apologize and I absolutely shouldn’t be treated like I’m perfect or really an authority on this topic. Yet, being a queer person who has been a lifelong fan ofcharacters like this, I do think I have something to offer to thisdiscussion that maybe isn’t as talked about.

The short answer is this: I actuallylike villains who are queer or queercoded because villains on thewhole resonate with me a lot more and I like having some layer of myidentity incorporated into my favorite type of character. The longeranswer, however….

Full thing under the cut, because I’mabout to get deep into this y'all XD

So, okay, starting off, I do want tosay that I think one of the big things to consider first and foremostwith this whole debate is that people like fictional villains, andit’s kind of the point that people like fictional villains.Compared to someone like a real life “villain” likeDonald Trump or Charles Manson or whoever, fictional villains are away for us to explore our darksides in a setting where it’s notuncomfortably real. And yes, there is absolutely a divide betweenfictional villains and real life villains that I do think we need tofirmly acknowledge exists. Because fiction is a controlled settingmeant to reflect emotion, whereas real life is an uncontrolledsetting that generates emotions. They’re linked, but distinctive. Youcan’t ignore the divide between fiction and reality any more than youcan deny the link.

But before we go any further, let’stalk about Disney villains as a brand, because Disney villains aredecoupled from their source material and marketed as their own entitywith t-shirts, pins, snowglobes, dolls, figurines, and other forms ofmemorabilia. Yet not every villain is included in this brand. Despitetheir movies’ popularity, you rarely see the likes of Hans, JudgeFrollo, or Gaston crop up in merchandise. The six mainstays invillain merch are Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar, Cruella De Vil,Ursula, and Captain Hook with Hades, Scar, Chernabog, and the Queenof Hearts slipping in there as kind of the second tier. Aside fromChernabog, who’s mostly there for aesthetics reasons, the ones whoget marketed the most are the ones who probably have the mostprominent queercoding in them.

(Disney villain merch for reference:)

The ones who tend to be usually keptout of the spotlight are the villains who are rooted very heavily intoxicly masculine traits like the aforementioned three. It’s also nocoincidence that Gaston, Frollo, and Hans are all very widelyconsidered to be the most deplorable Disney villains and are mostoften praised for being terrifying and dark. These are meant to berepulsive and hateable.

With the main clearly identifiablybranded Disney villain, specifically the ones who are widely marketedand contain queercoding, that’s not really the case. Like if you goto something like Club Villain or the Hocus Pocus Spelltacular at theDisney parks or even really an online discussion board of Disneyvillain fans, the tone and environment are completely different.There’s not really a culture of deplorability or repulsiveness tothese guys, but, by contrast, one that’s fun and celebratory. It’svery “let loose, have fun, and just flaunt it.”

The decoupled Disney villain brand isall about letting go of inhibitions and just being unapologetic, overthe top with aesthetic, and vicariously being able to do all of thenaughty things that normally you just can’t. There’s an elementthat’s very freeing to Disney villain brand, and I thinkthat’s a big reason why the queercoding element happens: because thattype of freeing, confident, self-expression is very characteristic ofgay culture, and so a lot of elements from one will bleed intoanother. It’s also, of course, no coincident that an overwhelming percentage of Disney villain fans are LGBT+. And yes, gay culture borrows from Disney villains a lot too– look no further than at all of the drag queens inspired by Disneyvillains….

And Disney of course creates (or atleast they did until they got on their “plot twist villain”trend) villains who play into the tropes that can feed into theirbrand. However, obviously, not everyone who sees their movies isinvolved in the branding, and so the more celebratory side gets kindof ignored in favor of seeing heteronormative protagonists taking downqueercoded villains. And for that matter, why villains in particular?Why not do the brand with heroes? And these are all valid concernsbecause we do have to consider them within the context of their ownnarrative, not being decoupled from it for branding sakes.

But, again, even within the context oftheir narratives, these villains are intended to be fun rather thanespecially deplorable. Like, sure, they do bad things like cursingprincesses and overthrowing benevolent kings and queens, but theydon’t do the really terrible and uncomfortable evil things likeFrollo does. Their evil is by and large through more of an abstract,less threatening level to where they are more paletteable, and itmakes it feel okay for you to sing along to their songs, dress up asthem for Halloween, and on some level even root for them.

And I think we do kind of have to giveDisney some credit in that though their villains have somestereotypically queer traits, they’re never necessarily demonized forthis. Their queer traits are the ones that make them fun andengaging, while their evil traits tend to be more on the level ofmore everyday vices like greed or jealousy. Ursula’s not evil becauseshe looks like a drag queen or anything to do with her beingdifferent or other in the context of the move, but rather because ofher wanting to wrest power away from King Triton and how she allowsthat pursuit of power to hurt others. No, obviously, it’s notperfectly okay, but it’s really not bad unless you’re solely looking atit in generalities.

As for why villains in particular, Ithink it really goes back to something I mentioned before: fictionalvillains are away to explore our darker sides without actually doingevil things. It’s a way to vicariously release the rude or angryenergies inside of you, and there’s also somthing kind of alluringabout thinking about what would happen if you got pushed off the deepend. It’s an enticing taboo, and because these characters are so fun,it sort of makes it okay not to bottle up and internalizing all ofthat negativity. There’s something cathartic to be able to expressyourself through fictional bad guys.

It’s also not like villains are theonly queercoded Disney characters either. Look at Timon and Pumbaa,Elsa, Pleakly, Jim Hawkins, the Genie, etc. It’s present on bothsides of the morality spectrum. The traditional queercoding traitsare ones used by and large in animation to make characters fun andlikable. So I push back on the notion that Disney is intentionallyonly queercoding bad guys because they think gayness is evil oranything like that.

Going to a more personal level, I lovevillains in general. They’re my favorite characters in fiction, and Idon’t mean “villains” like Angelina Jolie’s Maleficent orElphaba who aren’t really bad but just are percieved that way. No, Ilike the really diabolical antagonist characters best of all becausethey enrich the narrative so much and just always capture myimagination. And, again, I like that exploration into my own darkside that they offer.

And, yeah, all of my top ten favoritevillains are either canonly queer, queercoded, or I headcanon them asqueer. Because, again, they’re my favorite characters. I’m a gay man,and I like seeing myself represented and reflected in the characterswho most hold my attention and spark my imagination. A big part ofthe reason Russell Edgington and Daken became big favorite villainsfor me are because they’re queer. And usually gay villains are goingto make me love them if they show up.

Obviously, though, there areexceptions. King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph, for example, I foundto be kind of offensive in how, even in the context of Disneycharacters, he’s so extremely foppish and fae, Ralph outright callsKC a “nelly wafer,” and the point of his narrativerole as a villain is that he’s put on a false queercoded identity to run awayfrom who he is. So there’s a lot of elements there that I think areproblematic and uncomfortable. And of course, going outside ofDisney, there are more traditionally problematic queer villains likeDr. Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show who isportrayed as a depraved sexual deviant who goes against the laws ofnature in his actions. And obviously, that’s not okay to me.

So, my personal line in the sand iswhen that querness gets directly tied into the “evil” or“depraved” elements or when that villain ceases to besomeone who is fun and entertaining. Obviously people are going todisagree with me on this, and that’s fine, and they’re probably morein the right than I am. However, I’m personally of the opinion thatwe need more queer characters of ALL varietis. More queer mainheroes, more queer supporting players, and, yes, even more queervillains. Because queer people aren’t just one thing: we’re allthings and all walks of life, and we deserve to be represented in avariety of ways.

#Disney villains #Disney villain #Disney queercoding #Disney #pro disney #pro Disney villains #anti king candy #anti wreck it ralph #anti rocky horror picture show #anti dr frank-n-furter #I'm probably going to get a lot of angry people in my inbox now screaming about how wrong I am #But that's okay #I like the attention XD

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arodrwho · 7 years

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BILLLLL

a nardole

a river--a SUSAN

oLD SCREWDRIVER

...she’s sneakin in to lessons? what a goober nerd

RUDE ROOMMATE MAKING ME PAUSE. RUDE WEBSITE SKIPPING OVER MY PAUSE TO WHERE THE EP IS AT LIVE

rewatching bit.

-GAY BILLLL. o wow, doc teach

? she’s handing in papers? what arrangement did they set up in my absence

....did she say foster mum. what. do i have to love her Even More now, bc i think i do?? i think i do

“men aren’t where i keep my eye actually” biiiiiillllll

GAY BILL. BILL GAY --weird glowing eye

sneAKY bill

...bill complimenty. bill follow. where they goin. bill FLIRT

....who is weird girl.is she evil. pls don’t let her be evil. pls let her be cool

...what’s wrong w/bill’s reflection face?

A RUG GIFT

“in my head” what a nerd

so, foster kid bill #confirmed? or is that an aunt? PICS OF MUM? BILL NO DON’T CRY gos hh

SMART BILL. EVEN WHEN SAD, A SMART

“i thought u said u needed a crane to lift ur box” CLEVER BILL

SHE FROZE IN PUDDLE. heather, buddy,

THEM RUN. SHE RUN TOO

“like a penguin with its ass on fire” oh my Go d. i love her

genre-savvy, as we heard

“i can see i’m gonna have to up my game” lmao

OHHH reflection non-flippery

PUDDLE MOVE. IT WEIRD.

“i always wanted to come here” “to serve chips?” TWELVE WTF. “so anyway” bill i love u and will punch my buddy for u if u want

.....i don’t like foster mum. she keeps bein rude. u deserve better bill

RUN DUDE IT’S PROBLY THE PUDDLE. yeah there u go, umbrella

eye in the drain

NO SHE MIRROR U --see?? “u scared me”. she mirror

this is vaguely waters-of-mars-esque

gOOD BLOCK THE DOOR. ....water under door. oh dear

bill, turn round. bill. y EAH. her face !!

“you’re safe in here. you’re safe in here and you always will be. any questions?” :D

“it’s like a kitchen! a really posh kitchen!”

“.....can i use the toilet?” “i’m sorry?” LMAO

“this is a lift” oh my god. bill u nerd

“anywhere at all, in the whole university?” “how is it possible, how do you do that?” i love that nardole sounds like he’s answering all serious, and then gets nerdylike

water-heather sCREAM

“what about my friend, can we save her?” ily bill

FIRST PROPER TRIP.

bill is freak out. extreme freak out. i must hug her. a lot. immediately

SHE POINTED OUT THE TARDIS THING. ENGLISH thing. I LOVE HER.

oh boy. they run

what’s in the vault my guy. tell me

COOOOOOOL. cool rocks. dusty lookin air. sparkles. COOL. i love. it’s all. so pretty

she’s so curioussssss

“you can be very silly sometimes, did u know that?” y EAH he can

“or do you think that your bacon sandwich loves u back” lmao

“but why does it want her?” “i don’t know. i don’t know everything.” oH GOSH. ARO ARO ARO ARO ARO BUDDY CAN’T SEE THE GIRL LIKES HERRR (+5 aro points for dr who, +20 gay points for bill)

DEADLIEST FIRE IN THE UNIVERSE. “less good now”

“i’ve got friends here, old friends" LMAO WHAT KINDA DEFINITION OF “FRIEND,”

“doesn’t look like the past” pls continue questioning everything bill my buddy my pal, it’s fantastic and i love it

“why won’t you just go?” bECAUSE SHE LOF BILL

“never underestimate a crush” xD

“release her from her promise”

“don’t, don’t, bill let go” “it’s a lure, it’s a trap. she’s making you part of her, and you can never come back” D:

“goodbye, bill” D: D:

heather D:

i want heather baaaaack, i’m still curious what was up w/her eye, and she was so cute w/bill? i waaaant

“i do” NO

“i know what a mindwipe looks like” “no one can know who i am. i have promise to keep” NO

“let me have some good dreams for once”

“but imagine. just imagine how it would feel if someone did this to you” d: d: RIGHT WORDS BUT ALSO. OUCH. FUCK. twelve i can’t believe you were about to

“shut up. you sut up as well. will you all please just-- i can’t do that anymore, i promised”

HEATHER????? FRIEND??? FRIEND. PLS. ?

“it’s a big universe, and maybe one day we’ll find her”

“what changed your mind?” “.....time. and relative dimension in space. it means...what the hell” AHHHHHHH

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

i love

#doctor who #dw liveblog #dw spoilers

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sage-nebula · 7 years

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Top5 shows/anime/movies you'd recommend.

Ahhhhhh, so usually I try to tailor recommendations to specific people—like, I won’t recommend things to people that I know don’t align with their tastes. The issue here is, I think most of the things I’ve seen that you would like are things that you have already seen (or played, et cetera). So that makes it a bit hard for me to tailor recommendations, hahaha.

That said! I’m going to try anyway to pick out five things that I think you haven’t seen, but that I think you would like. :3

Gravity Falls — So, you’ve probably seen me reblog a lot of Gravity Falls things, and you might even know a bunch of spoilers (in fact, I think I did tell you some things when telling you how Dipper and Mabel reminds me a lot of Jude and Leia), but I’m going to go ahead and throw this out there as a recommendation anyway.Gravity Falls is an American cartoon that spans two seasons. The main characters are twelve-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel Pines, who are sent to Gravity Falls, Oregon to spend the summer with their great-uncle (“Grunkle”) Stan. Grunkle Stan runs a tourist trap (basically a really gimmicky place designed to lure in tourists and sell them things) called the Mystery Shack, which is filled with a bunch of “supernatural” things that are really just a bunch of, well, gimmicky scams. (Like, a centaur that’s obviously fake, things like that.) He employs a young man named Jesus “Soos” Ramirez as his handyman / regular employee, as well as a teenage girl named Wendy to work the cash register (whom Dipper develops a crush on).Anyway, at first the twins aren’t too enthused about this (Dipper less than Mabel), but one day while hanging signs for the Mystery Shack up in the woods, Dipper comes across a mysterious Journal that details all of the supernatural phenomenon that occurs in Gravity Falls, as well as the “darkness” that lurks within the town. Dipper is deeply intrigued, and from there on out dedicates himself to solving the mysteries of the Journal (as well as the mysteries of the town) with Mabel’s help.The show actually has a really dedicated myth arc, so while there are episodes that feel “monster of the week” ish, the characters actually develop and grow as the show goes on. The myth arc is also hinted at as early as the very first episode, and there is no drag—it doesn’t take time for the show to get good. The focus is very much on family; while the kids do get crushes on various other characters (such as Dipper’s crush on Wendy), romance doesn’t play into the show at all, and instead the emphasis is very much on the familial bonds between the Pines family, and honorary members of the Pines family (such as Soos). Finally, though there is a real supernatural element to it, and while sometimes things can get a bit creepy, there is a lot of humor to it, too, that is very often on point. Oh! And while Disney tried to act like Beauty and the Beast featured their first gay couple, they’re wrong! Because Gravity Falls aired on Disney XD, and it has a bi-racial gay couple in the form of the police officers, Deputy Durlin and Sheriff Blubbs. They’re not canon until the last episode, but it makes all the build-up before then worth it, especially since it often seemed played for laughs. (So like, had that been it I would have been mad, but since they’re very obviously canon, it’s all good.) I feel like I’m doing a bad job recommending this, but I feel like you’d like it! And it’s only two seasons (and is now completed), so it’s not like it would take very long / you’d be left in a lurch. It’s a really good show and I think you’d like it a lot. (Fandom Safety: Ehhh, depends. There are some creepy gross ships in the fandom (BillDip being the biggest one), but for the most part there isn’t any major Discourse™ at the moment, either. Pretty chill for the most part now that the show has ended.)

Over the Garden Wall — Another American cartoon, but more of a miniseries, really. This one is only ten episodes long, and is also completed, so it would be a really quick watch if you wanted to give it a shot.Over the Garden Wall follows brothers Wirt (older) and Greg (younger) as they venture through a mysterious land / forest called The Unknown. They need to get home, but they are lost, and soon they are found by a talking bluebird named Beatrice who convinces them to follow her to a woman named Adelaide, whom she swears will be able to get them home. Though Wirt and Beatrice don’t get along well at first, the boys agree to follow her, and so the three end up venturing through The Unknown together. Along the way they meet a wide variety of beings and creatures, some friendly and some not; and they are also ever-pursued by The Beast, whom a woodsman has told Wirt and Greg will do unspeakable things to them should it catch up to them …As I said, Over the Garden Wall is only ten episodes long, and to be honest it starts off kind of slow. I wasn’t really taken in by the first episode. However, it became more interesting in the second episode, and by the third I was hooked. It has a sort of fairytale or storybook feel to it, and is actually a lot more mature than it lets on at first. There’s also a nice mystery element to it, given that Wirt and Greg don’t remember how they came to be in The Unknown at first, and the reason why they’re there (and strong hints as to what The Unknown actually is) isn’t revealed until near the end of the series. As mentioned, it’s only ten episodes long, so it’s not a very time-consuming investment. I really recommend it!(Fandom Safety: Pretty safe, I think! I haven’t looked at the tags in a long while, but I can’t remember any Discourse™, and it aired a couple years ago. I think going in the tags would probably be safe.)

Voltron: Legendary Defender — This one is on American Netflix. I don’t know if it’s on Belgian Netflix, or how easy it would be to find on other streaming sites (though knowing the internet, I’m sure it could be done), but if you can find it, I do recommend it.Voltron: Legendary Defender is an American cartoon that is the reboot of a show that … was originally an anime, and then was “dubbed” (kind of? I think it was massacred when it was dubbed, though), and then had another American cartoon made after it and was just … kind of really a mess. The original anime / cartoons aired back in the ‘80s and are So Bad It’s Good, but you don’t have to have watched those to understand Voltron: Legendary Defender (I mean, I sure haven’t).With that said, Voltron: Legendary Defender has an ensemble cast and is a futuristic sci-fi show about an intergalactic war involving many different alien races, but one primary alien threat in the Galra Empire. The primary cast is made up of two aliens (Alteans, specifically), and five humans. The Altean members are Princess Allura and her guardian / personal attendant, Coran. They are the last remaining Alteans in the galaxy, and they are the holders of the universe’s greatest super weapon, Voltron (more on that in a minute), as well as a giant space castle which also functions as a spaceship (and can open wormholes—it’s pretty neat). The humans, meanwhile, are Takashi Shirogane (most often just called Shiro), Keith Kogane, Lance McClain, Hunk Garrett, and Pidge (Pidge has a full name as well, but that’s #spoilers). Together, these five are the Paladins of Voltron, and they are the most active defenders of the universe, fighting against the evil Galra Empire.And what is Voltron, you may ask?Voltron is a giant humanoid mecha robot. More specifically, Voltron is a giant humanoid mecha robot that is comprised of five multicolored robot Lions (that are also spaceships). The Black Lion forms the head, the Red Lion forms the right arm, the Green Lion forms the left arm, the Yellow Lion forms the left leg, and the Blue Lion forms the right leg. Separately, each Lion can fly and fight, with each Paladin serving as its pilot. However, when the Paladins come together they form Voltron, the only real threat against the Galra Empire and its emperor, Zarkon.And to explain the plot a little more indepth:10,000 years before the series began, the Galra Empire was ravaging the universe, with the Altean Empire putting up a damned good fight against them. However, a wrong decision on the part of King Alfor lead to the Altean Empire’s defeat. In a last ditch effort to save her, King Alfor put Allura (and her attendant, Coran) into a 10,000 year sleep, and split up the Lions of Voltron in an effort to keep them out of Zarkon’s hands. While Zarkon did manage to recover the Red Lion, the others were scattered across the universe … and the Blue Lion was sent to Earth, where it is eventually found by Shiro, Keith, Lance, Hunk, and Pidge after they all come together by happenstance, and find the Blue Lion when Keith leads the others to it (given that it has been calling to him). The Blue Lion awakens for Lance and accepts him as her Paladin, and—while they’re investigating the Blue Lion to see what it is—it ends up taking the five of them into space and to the castle, where they awaken Allura, learn that they will be the new Paladins of Voltron, and that they have an intergalactic war to fight against Zarkon.While this probably sounds like it would be a dreary (if bizarre) war show, it really isn’t. It’s not perfect, but the character banter and dialogue is very often on point (especially since Keith, Lance, Pidge, and Hunk are all teenagers), the animation is great, the voice acting is superb, and all around it’s a very fun show to spend some time with. There are two seasons currently, and the third is set to air in September. It’s a very fun, very interesting show, and it’s very easy to get drawn into it. The characters are all great, too. And let’s put it this way: I went from, “It’s fun, but I don’t care very much about it” to one day almost missing my exit because I was too busy thinking about Voltron while driving. So, there is that. (Also, I feel I’ve done a terrible job explaining, but … it’s a fun show with robot Lions. Just trust me on this.)Also, the Lions do have some degree of sentience. The Red Lion being protective over Keith is one of the best things ever, and at one point Lance becomes very defensive when he thinks Keith is trying to take the Blue Lion from him, saying, “Blue and I are very happy together! VERY HAPPY!!” So, there is that, too.(Fandom Safety: TERRIBLE. HORRIBLE. ONE OF THE WORST FANDOMS I’VE EVER SEEN. DO NOT APPROACH. EVERY TIME I GO INTO THE TAGS TO LOOK FOR COOL FANART I LEAVE FEELING MISERABLE. ABSOLUTELY HORRENDOUS, WATCH THE SHOW BUT STAY FAR, FAR AWAY FROM THE FANDOM.)

The Great British Baking Show — For once, not a cartoon! And not American, either! What are the odds!! Three of the seasons are on American Netflix (seasons five, four, and six, I think, in that order). I’m not sure how to go about finding the others, but if you can, I’d highly recommend it.The Great British Baking Show (also called The Great British Bake-Off) is a reality show in which twelve (or sometimes thirteen, I think) amateur bakers compete to win a baking competition. The judges are Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood (yes, those are their real names) and the show is hosted by Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyic, a comedy duo. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Ugh, a reality show? Why would I want to watch this?”I’ll tell you why.Unlike most reality cooking shows, where there are sabotages and there is drama and a lot of nastiness, The Great British Baking Show is peaceful and sweet. It’s soothing. There is no nastiness, there is no drama; there are no sabotages to ruin anyone’s chances, and even though it is a competition, everyone is generally very supportive of each other. If they have time, they help each other out if they see one of the other bakers struggling. The hosts, Mel and Sue, often offer helping hands and encouragement as well. And even when it comes to the judges, though Paul can be rather blunt, they aren’t cruel or spiteful toward the contestants. This isn’t like cooking shows with Gordon Ramsay, where part of the appeal is him screaming insults at the contestants. There’s none of that. It’s just a very uplifting and positive show all around, even though one baker is always sent home at the end of each episode.Each episode is about an hour long, and I find that they’re very good for anxiety attacks. They’re very nice to just watch and be soothed by. A+++, highly recommended.(Fandom Safety: Very safe!! I mean, it’s a peaceful reality baking show, so I don’t think I’ve seen any Discourse™. I think the most you’d get is people not liking your favorite baker, but w/e, honestly? Pretty safe. Far better than Voltron’s fandom. Then again, so is every fandom, so like …)

And … I’m actually blanking on a fifth one that you haven’t seen, but that I think you’d like. Because like, I could recommend shows like The Office (the U.S. version), but that one can be kind of … sarcastic and realistic in tone? (Like, things often go wrong / the characters often fail at things on The Office, it has that element of realism.) And I’m not sure you’d like that. And then there’s Arrested Development, but that’s even more jaded and cynical, everyone on that show is an awful person and that’s the point. And I remember that you had trouble with Parks and Recreation because everyone talked fast and used a lot of political terms, and I feel like even though The Office and Arrested Development aren’t political, there’d be a similar issue there. I feel like they’re not easily accessible for people whose first language isn’t English (especially with all the business lingo thrown around).

But yeah, those are at least four recommendations of things I think you’d like! ^^ Let me know if you end up checking any of them out.

#top 5 meme #yume-x-hanabi #Voltron is so hard to describe wtf

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