#i almost put this under a readmore but um no.

[p2iimon]

do you guys want my entire fnaf au. yes

basic timeline of events:

-1979 fredbears opens. moderately popular

1981 charlie (4) goes missing, and “is found” about a year later. henry pretty much abandons fredbears for a new project (charlie, but then freddys)

1983 bite of 83. crying child (8) dies and michael (15) is completely and thoroughly fucked up about it. fredbears is “temporarily closed” but is never reopened

1984 freddy fazbears family pizza place (pre fnaf 2) opens

1985 missing children incident, over the span of about 2 months. closes a month later

-1986 elizabeth goes missing publically. circus baby, wills passion project, kills her. and all. in his own workshop though. he manages to cover it up as a runaway.

-1987 the NEW freddy fazbears pizza! (fnaf 2) opens :D surely this will go great.

1987 like a month later bite of 87. mangle bites the frontal lobe of the night guard (you know him. jeremy). immediately closes.

-1988 wills wife leaves him fucking finally

-1989 freddy fazbear pizza opens finally! this one is actually probably gonna be fine

roxy (0) is born! michael (20) had this girlfriend he thought he was gonna spend his whole life with and she got pregnant! but she didnt want it. but he did. so um its all his. great.

-1991 circus babys pizza world opens :) genuinely pretty normal also the whole child murder robot thing doesnt come up like almost ever. until! it does!

1993 freddys closes to focus circus babys much more advanced animatronics

1999 roxy (10) dies. um she got eaten (yknow) by funtime freddy see she wasnt allowed near the animatronics (wow sounds familiar) but she somehow ends up in the room and decides. well hes silly. and well. BUT DOES SHE DIE REALLY??????

1999 michael in the search for what the fuck happened there gets in the sister location game predicament where he. fucking dies kinda but hes okay dw hes just ourple and pretty much just skin and spite. circus baby closes. bc. the animatronics are gone

-2009 the brand new freddy fazbears pizza opens!!! (its just called freddy fazbears pizza) its great it does not have animatronics its human actors :D to dispel any controversies yknow :) this is where the story is set. :)

maxwell dalton works at freddys currently! he is a mechanic and works in the basement cleaning and repairing all the old animatronics. the idea is that maybe with the right modifications and such they can open MORE restaurants with animatronics. of course that isnt going to happen. but william is a nostalgic man and he owns it. max is a weirdo freak that tries his best to be friendly likable and most importantly, trust worthy! he is very interested in the history of freddys and likes to talk about Fun Facts with his coworkers, like that fabric suited animatronics were made by henry but the plastic ones were will, and that chica was reportedly the first animatronic to start noticeably smelling bad and starting leaking some strange liquid by the time the restaurant closed. but max isnt just here bc he likes the animatronics, max is here bc spoilers max is roxy haha wow can you believe it did you see that one coming.

michael was a single father and will had a new kid in line to mess with so instead of just using his money to help michael raise his kid, he used his power over him to make him work at his restaurants and generously volunteered to take care of roxy while he was gone. in these times will decided roxy (who was starting to look more like will than michael did. but like a little girl.) would be his little mini me, but in order to be that they had to like the same things he liked. so he talked and talked about his own life and confessed to like. yknow murder and how awesome he found it to them. roxy didnt actually take this well and became very reserved and unhappy, and will doesnt take THAT and comes up with this epic plan.

see charlie. um died he knows this. he knows this for sure bc he killed her. personally. fortunately for him he realized this when it happened and managed to steal the plans for charlie. so. if henry can build a new daughter he can fix his granddaughter so he decides hes gonna kill them and fill them up with parts. he doesnt have the visual crafting skills of henry, but he does have. roxy. so he can just use their skin.

so he tricks them into the funtime auditorium, gets them snatched by funtime freddy, and then retrieves them before anyone could find them. unfortunately for him roxy is tall and chubby for a 10 year old, just like he was at their age, so theyre a bit. mangled. by the robot meant to grab average sized 5 year olds. but thats okay. he can fix them. and well roxy seems to be... alive again! but not as a robot in human skin but as human skin holding these robot parts in it. which sucks major ass and they immediately want to leave and get out of this absolutely terrible situation but they know as well as anyone else in town that william is well liked and nobody would believe them at all even a little bit. fortunately having. um. died. they can talk to ghosts. and one of the ghosts. charlie. knows that theres at least one person that would fully understand their situation: samuel emily WOAHH so roxy goes and finds him

roxy does make it to sammy (samuel baker his mothers name) in northern arizona and well. after being very confused and making various phone calls to his mother (he was 4. when everything happened to him and then his life was pretty normal otherwise) he decided to take in this weird fucked up little kid. of course um he couldnt tell anyone though its. illegal. probably. so he did his best to like kind of homeschool them and keep them happy. which involved supporting them through transition once they realized that. max is trans simon make a cis oc challenge (no).

so okay max becomes an adult and we’re back to the present of the story max decides to go back to hurricane to this new freddys restaurant and theyre trying to hire a mechanic for the animatronics very convenient because thats what mac wants is access to the animatronics. max has already heard the terrible shit will did so he wants to like. yknow some sort of. justice. or whatever and he knows theres ghosts in the robots bc he met them after having experimental surgery done in wills workshop. so he wants to go help. them. leave and stop being ghosts. and try to find ways to implicate will and get him like. not arrested the goal is to kill him in the end. remembered as a bad person. thered be no story if max just came in with a gun.

FAQ:

did you really go with the name roxy. is that a reference

umm. yes i did and yes it was post roxanne wolf. its a cute name and a reference to foxy and security breach doesnt exist in my au so.

did you really go with the name max. is that a reference

no max i came up with years ago. not for this character (it was this characters previous versions boyfriend)

what happened to henry?

henry left the franchise after the bite of 87 he could not do it anymore. he also left charlie to his sister bc he was really guilty about making her and while jen didnt like that he did that, charlie is like. a person. so she did agree to take care of her

what is charlie doing?

she works at freddys! as a mechanic also i just kinda wanted her around. she fixes the arcade machines theyve had for 25 years but she came in for max’s job and um. well max has it and doesnt let her see the animatronics so she kinda has beef with him but not really

what is michael doing!!

michael also works at freddys!!!! he knows his dad is like a bad person who at least caused the death of elizabeth (but not really anyone else) and fucked up his daughter but will is the only living family member he has (as far as he knows) (his mom has passed. at this point) so like what the fuck is he going to do. so he tries to keep watch of things there and makes sure nothing goes on. he knows unless will is dead freddys is happening so hes trying to take hold of it and keep it safe.

where did the circus babys animatronics... go.

they separated into scrap baby and molten freddy. it was mostly babys idea and it didnt work at all so they were mad at her and kicked her out. ballora and foxy wanted to go home but freddy was scared what they would do to him (bc he had almost Just got roxy at that point) and didnt want to be alone so he kinda forced them in with him. they were eventually both recovered and shoved in the basement with all the other animatronics.

where is [x event/character/game]

i probably. dont know much about it/them or couldnt fit it/them in cleanly. feel free to ask about it though, it may have A place.

feel free to ask anything you want!!!!! thank you for reading if you did :)

#long post #i almost put this under a readmore but um no. #fnaf #fnaf au #five nights at freddy's #the FAQ is a framing device ive never shared this with anyone to ask me about them. ive never posted anything like this #simons spouting #im really excited about this au fnaf is a story made for this stuff #i probably... wont do anything with this outside of my regular fnaf fanart if it includes the humans its this one #but if theres interest!! yknow im always willing !!!! #oh this should have its own tag so you alll can BLOCK IT and IGNORE ME #simons fnaf au #easy

[fluffyeddybear]

Ok I have to talk about what's going on in this game because it's. Fucked. So to set the world, it takes place in a post apocalyptic world. Everything is a wasteland except for one massive city. The city is split into sections with each section essentially ran by a corporation. Each corporation has an inexplicable ability called a singularity that they use for their corporations. Like L Corp can make humans into SCPs then use those SCPs to harvest energy to power the city. They're an electric company, but fucked up. But this post is about W Corp. Um putting this under a readmore. tw for body horror and blood. No pictures, just describing.

W Corp has a warp singularity that they use for their transportation company. They can get people from point A to point B in 10 seconds no matter the distance. But now something is going wrong and people are trapped in the trains and can't get out and W Corp has said nothing about it. This part of the game centers around a young couple, Tommy and Merry, a nurse, Elena, and a doctor, Jae-Heon. People are trapped on these trains so long that they start losing it. After over 2 weeks, someone tries to kill himself by cutting his throat, but it doesn't work. I mean his blood spills then stops. It hits the floor then stops flowing and just sticks to him like it's frozen in time with his head barely hanging on and he can't die. And despite time passing, no one gets hungry or thirsty.

As time keeps going, Tommy, Merry, Elena, and Jae-Heon keep talking to stay calm. And Elena and Jae-Heon are keeping the whole train car and others from panicking. But more train cars get worse and people are hurting themselves just to feel something. After almost half a year, people start hurting others to play with their bodies like toys and the chaos is moving through more cars, closer to our central characters while Merry is acting a little off. Elena and Jae-Heon pull Tommy and Merry to the side and discuss something off screen to help keep others safe. After a while of thinking, Tommy agrees and they get started on a "procedure" that apparently has been going well for other passengers they've talked to.

Cut to 9 and a half years later and Tommy and Merry are now one enlarged mass of flesh and muscle, talking about how their love is making them strong so they can defend everyone and the train car they stay in is now called Love Town. Cut to almost 2,000 years later and Tommy and Merry, now Tomerry, have regressed to an almost childlike demeanor and is referring to Elena as "mommy" and Jae-Heon as "daddy." On the outside, the main characters are discussing what the fuck they just saw because they observed all of that from the outside. And then mentions how from their perspective, outside the train, it's only been less than an hour... Long story short, I had to fight Tomerry and they beat my ass.

[elijah-terry]

For that OC ask game how about 3 for Kieran and Yuuha and 9 for Stewie :]

oh man 3 is such a good one for kieran and yuuha, thank u prince !!!!

so okay. UM this got kind of long so i put it under a readmore <3 can you tell i'm back on adhd meds <3

questions are from this post!

3. What is your oc's fatal flaw? Are they aware of this flaw?

So, first, Kieran. For full context, Kieran is originally my partner's oc, but now we both have custody of him <3 And when I mentioned this question to him he immediately said, "Oh, god, just one?" But anyway my answer for this is that Kieran's fatal flaw is love. (not romantic, he is arospec) .He would do anything for the people he cares about, at the risk of literally killing himself. He sees himself as worthless and irredeemable, and values the people he loves more than anything and definitely more than himself. If what that person wants hurts Kieran, he'll do it anyway. He'll do it to the ends of the earth. Part of this is because Kieran is a coward, and he considers that to be his fatal flaw. And to be honest the two are undeniably and inextricably connected. He doesn't want to let himself love. He feels it so much and buries it deep because he doesn't think he deserves it and he's too scared. His brother hates him and Kieran accepts that because he hates himself. He's just a big scared vulnerable feelings guy. :( but. tldr his ass is NOT aware of that flaw, he thinks it's that he's a coward. This love pertains specifically to like... platonic and familial love. His brother, the girl he considers his sister, Stewie, etc. When Kieran actually experiences romantic love he's kind of. chill with it. though that probably has to do with who the guy is tbh ( real quick i have to say now that i am talking about this story with people ((which is super exciting and fun for me!!!)) i need to say. kieran and stewie are not love interests. and in selkies it explicitly states that stewie reminds kieran of his brother evelyn for this reason specifically bc i can see it now. i can see if this ever somehow got published the biggest ship in the place would be kieran and stewie. crying emoji but im on my laptop)

3 for Yuuha:

His biggest flaw is definitely his pride. Yuuha is trans and at his old ballet studio, his instructor didn't acknowledge him as trans, and kept giving him parts that are generally for girls y'know. Often leads bc the instructor was obsessed with Yuuha (is the bad guy of that arc, has a palace, etc) and Yuuha kept taking them every time because he would rather be seen as a girl and be in the spotlight than be on the sidelines. And people used to talk shit about him because of it because he would complain about not being seen as a guy and then take like. idk clara from the nutcracker and people just saw him as a hypocrite. His pride is also what kept him from approaching Hifumi for years after they grew apart. Her success from afar made him feel bad after he quit dance and became a nobody, and he didn't know what she was going through and just assumed that she was too good for him. And he started to kind of believe it. His pride is also what almost gets him killed in the Metaverse, because he gets cocky and runs ahead without the PT. (in black mask au it's his pride that also gets him found out.) But he's extremely aware of this flaw, he just can't overcome it alone. He struggles with it constantly, and it's his Confidant route with Joker that helps him come to terms with it.

9. Do you have a specific lyric or quote you associate with your oc? For Stewie

I had to go through the songs on his playlist real quick but. look. there's a lot of things i associate with stewie but he is, before he is anything else, kindness and love and acceptance. and this is gonna sound so small and stupid and simple but "Everyone you know will lie / those you trust will make you cry / all hellos end with good bye / so who's afraid to love? Not I." it's just. the quintessential feeling at the heart of his character. he's not afraid to love. why yes he is kieran's foil how did you know? sidfjdsf i wrote so much stuff for kieran and yuuha and like. nothing for stewie but like. stewie is full of love. that's his whole him. full of love. like he's still a complex character with other emotions but the things that remind me the most of stewie are his determination to love people who are equally as determined to not be loved. to help people who insist (lying) that they don't want to be helped. to accept those who feel they'll never be accepted.

thank u for reading this long thing sfsdf thank u SO much for asking !!!! aaa!!!!!!!

#oc: stewie #oc: kieran #oc: yuuha #prince tag #ask game #oc ask game #ask #princekirijo

[rainydaze-rhys]

Do all 25 for borderlands. Yknow. For funsies.

There will be a readmore line here somehow because on god I’m about to say so much. let me preface: all my hot takes on the matter are a solid 4 years old at minimum, I do not keep up to date on the blands fandom, my enjoyment of the series exists exclusively in isolation these days, etc., etc., if things have changed then I simply do not know about it

1. the character everyone gets wrong

Handsome Jack. He is not a good dad. He is also not in his 30s. That man has an adult daughter and has been married twice. I refuse to believe he was anything under 50 during BL2.

2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

DHKDGDJSHDJDJ I sure did forget this was one of the questions. Um. My faves are all verse and no one would refuse to do one thing or another.

3. description of the worst take you’ve seen on tumblr

I saved this for last and then still couldn’t bring myself to remember anything so this doesn’t get an answer because I simply do not want to remind myself of those takes

4. what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

Back in my borderlands days I was afraid of blocking people so I simply did not do it. Took me until only a couple years ago to finally realize “Oh this rules and significantly improves my online experience” and now I block all the time, but this is an entirely separate blog from my borderlands one so it doesn’t have any crossover

5. worst discord server and why?

This one I can’t answer. Discord wasn’t a thing for my original dive into borderlands. We all were just on tumblr constantly and then me and a few friends also talked on Skype

6. which ship fans are the most annoying?

Handsome jack/Rhys. I mean I was there. I was in the thick of it. I could see it. But oh my god the braindead takes on it and the aggressive insistence that it was basically canon! The number of people who actively harassed people who liked the actual in-game love interests! The amount of times I saw people say “I don’t personally like this so I’d rather people not discuss it around me” only to be bombarded with dozens of responses discussing it in detail! Wretched! One of the all-time worst collective cases of people insisting the biggest and most popular ship was effectively canon and getting mad at anyone saying otherwise

7. what character did you begin to hate because not because of canon but because of how the fandom acts about them?

Handsome Jack. lol. lmao.

8. common fandom opinion that everyone is wrong about

Handsome Jack is a dogshit father and every single fluff piece or “Happy father’s day lol” post or headcanon about him being a good dad to Angel is dead wrong to an astounding degree. He put her in a cage and used her as a computer for her entire life and frankly she should have gotten to kill him

9. worst part of canon

Borderlands 3.

I was going to say “I kid” but I don’t. It has its moments, but god, it sucks so bad. Killing Maya, replacing Angel with Tannis, writing off Lilith, doing what they did with Aurelia (she would NOT fuck that man), flanderizing the characters from TftBL (Vaughn’s… whole situation…), and— god I just remembered mid-sentence that New Tales exists. That one was actually worse than BL3 somehow.

10. worst part of fanon

Handsome Jack. I’m just gonna keep saying this for basically every question that asks about the bad parts of fandom because literally… him and the people rabidly defending him. (<- he is my favorite character and also I think he deserved worse than he got. these are not mutually exclusive)

11, number of fandom-related words you’ve filtered

See above re: blocking people, I didn’t filter things at the time and on this blog I follow almost no one who posts borderlands content

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Fiona is weirdly unpopular given that she’s literally a protagonist. The same with Lilith, actually, now that I think about it; people seem to either be “meh” about her or frothing-at-the-mouth enraged about her. And they’re wrong! Fiona is a great character who deserved to actually fucking exist in bl3, and Lilith is really well written as understandably arrogant and capable! Also, Nakayama and Vasquez. I can’t take credit for being into those two because other people with extremely good taste did it first and influenced me, but it remains true. And ELLIE. I know “unpopular” isn’t strictly true of her because I think most people would say they like her, but Ellie is a gold star across every game she’s in and I wish there was even more of her and I wish people appreciated her more. Love Ellie.

13. worst blorbofication

. handsome jack.

14. that one thing you see in fics all the time

So many borderlands fics are a/b/o. Mpreg is like the DEFAULT. It boggles the mind. “Rhys Borderlands is Handsome Jack’s PA and then he goes into heat in his boss’s office and Jack is such a ruggedly masculine alpha he takes suuuuch good care of him!” Gives me the ick. One thing they don’t tell you about naming yourself after a video game character is the rammys when you try to read a fic and see Your Own Name in those situations.

15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time

I actually don’t really remember the fanart well enough to say about this. I vaguely remember a lot of art of Rhys Borderlands strung up like a puppet controlled by Jack, but beyond that, I’unno

16. you can’t understand why so many people like this thing

Can I be very fully and entirely honest. I don’t love Tim. I don’t hate Tim! And I’ve turned around on him a lot, his appearance in the Handsome Jackpot DLC in bl3 is phenomenal and he’s a great character! And it’s a super interesting concept! I just still don’t love him.

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

I want more fics where Angel survives and gets out from under Jack’s influence. Let the Crimson Raiders be her new parents. I want her to be Maya’s best friend and I want her to date Gaige and I want her to be there in person to kick Jack in the dick when he loses badly and then dies.

18. it’s absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on…

The Pre-Sequel. The Pre-Sequel. The Pre-Sequel. YES the gameplay can be tedious at times. However. I love the Pre-Sequel so much. Love the writing. Adore the plot. Cherish the individual Vault Hunters. The Claptastic DLC remains one of my favorite DLCs. Love Elpis. Fucking love Janey Springs. Hate the way they left so many loose ends to be tied up plot-wise and then just kinda went “lol nvm all that” in the next game.

19. you’re mad/ashamed/horrified you actually kind of like…

IYKYK ;)

20. part of canon you found tedious or boring

A lot of the Pre-Sequel is going back and forth across very large open areas using Stingrays which are a vehicle I do not love. A lot of BL3 is also going back and forth across very large open areas using vehicles which control like the Stingrays. There are so many quests that are just “drive around and kill 30 guys and pick up 8 items then drive here and kill 30 animals and pick up 8 more items then drive back and kill 30 guys and give me the items.”

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

I don’t really think there are overhyped things unless BL3 entirely counts as overhyped, which… not anymore. Honestly most of the stuff that’s hyped is fairly understandable. The most popular DLCs are inevitably the ones which are the most well-written with interesting mechanics.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

I already said the Pre-Sequel. Uh, if “everyone else” includes the writers, then TftBL, because they absolutely just threw all of that except Rhys and Vaughn in the trash and then ran those two through a meat grinder.

23. ship you’ve unwillingly come around to

No “unwilling” about ‘em, I’m usually pretty much open to whatever, but I also don’t even poke my head into the tags these days so I haven’t experienWAIT no I just remembered Zer0/Rhys is a thing. I used to not like it. I do now. Silly goofy.

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

“Is it okay to like Handsome Jack?” I will not be elaborating because thinking too much about the endless debates gives me hives

25. common fandom complaint that you’re sick of hearing

Once again I am too disconnected from the greater fandom these days to actually know and be annoyed by what people are complaining about.

#ask game #thank you B) #ALSO uhhh #not sfw #no images or whatever but since these ask about fanfiction. well. u know.

[direct0rhutao]

genshin thoughts?? i am curious about whatever hcs or fav canon facts or Unpopular Takes you have etc etc. i trust your opinion 👍

hi hi kit okay first of all tysm im flattered that u r interested in my thoughts that means a lot to me :)

there’s a lot of little details and bits of genshin lore that i love but if i had to choose one it would be that hu tao’s birthday is the same as mine :3 KIDDING one of my favorite random genshin facts is how zhongli once invited xinyan, a rock musician well known for her intense and (literally) fiery concerts, to play some music for the wangsheng funeral parlor

(this is from xinyan’s voicelines btw. do you think zhongli likes rock music because he’s the lord of rocks)

and as for the headcanons!! i can come up with sooo many behold an assortment of genshin thoughts (most of which involve hu tao and xinyan because they are very special to me) (im putting them under a readmore because i got carried away sorry)

• one of my favorite sort-of fanon dynamics is zhongli and his adopted kids ganyu (eldest daughter least likely to get in trouble with the millelith) xiao (middle child whos been an angsty teenager for the last 2000 years) and hu tao (baby of the family with the strongest Gremlin Energy)

• xiao hates zhongli’s new boyfriend childe for Many Reasons such as: he’s spent months in liyue and still can’t use chopsticks, every time he sees xiao he ruffles his hair and calls him “little man”, one time he unleashed an evil god and almost destroyed liyue harbor

• zhongli’s other two children are a little less hostile towards childe. ganyu doesn’t fully trust him because of That One Time He Almost Destroyed Liyue Harbor but he makes zhongli really happy so he’s okay for now …and hu tao thinks he’s kind of a dumbass but his job requires him to kill a lot of people so he’s good for business

• hu tao made childe a customer loyalty card (“10% Off Your 10th Cremation Service!”) however despite childe thinking it was funny, zhongli wouldn’t let her make more copies to give out to the general public

• okay so usually in fanart/fanfics the liyue kids friend group is either xingqiu chongyun xiangling and xinyan or xingqiu chongyun xiangling and hu tao. but why not both. xingqiu chongyun xiangling xinyan AND hu tao AND throw in yun jin as well. all of them are buddies peace and love on planet teyvat

• hu tao has a sort of celebrity crush on beidou (i mean who wouldn’t-) and then she meets kazuha and shes like CAPTAIN BEIDOU HAS A KID?

• hu tao: woaaahh its so nice to meet beidou’s new son… i bet beidou wouldn’t just adopt anyone so you must be super cool and badass because um captain beidou is soooo cool and badass and strong and sexy and did you know she beat a sea monster without a vision and her biceps are big enough to l- kazuha: okay how about we talk about something else

• anyway kazuha is an honorary member of the Liyue Kids Friendship Squad

• xinyan and beidou are also like family but xinyan’s parents are still alive (i think) so xinyan thinks of beidou as more of a cool aunt figure. xinyan and kazuha are kind of like siblings to each other tho

• xinyan is like genuinely very kind and good-natured so i think that aside from people who are assholes to her for being loud/a rock musician she can get along with pretty much anyone. also she just. seems like a really good friend so i think all her friends should love n support her and go to as many of her concerts as they can

• one time when xinyan was having a concert in liyue harbor and chongyun got on stage and started drumming and doing backup vocals bc of his yang energy shenhe passed by and saw them and after the concert while xingqiu was tending to chongyun she approached xinyan

• shenhe: i see you’re a friend of my nephew. your music is very unique. it both soothed and aggravated my homicidal urges at the same time xinyan: uhhh well…th. thank you miss shenhe? i’ll take that as a compliment … if you’re ever in the area again you’re always welcome to rock out at my concerts

• i love yun jin and i love yun jin x xinyan i think they would make a very cute couple HOWEVER. i think hu tao x xinyan would be cute as well. theres a lot of potential there but they barely interact in canon and ive only ever seen one person who maybe ships them uwaaaaaa

• in a modern au hu tao and xinyan would both play gacha rhythm games and they would add each other as friends in-game. hu tao and xinyan are on each other’s bandori friendlist

#mailbox tag #aurelia chat #genshin impact #hu tao and xinyan what would their shipname be #xintao? huxin? #anyway they r my emotional support rarepair #also i know you said unpopular takes but im not sure how unpopular this one is so ill just put it in the tags: #i can’t stand genshin mika. hate him #his name is spelled mika like kagehira mika and he looks like kagamine len and yet he’s so bland and cringefail #you know how in math you multiply two negative numbers and the negative signs cancel out to give you a positive number? #genshin mika is like. they combined two anime boys full of nuance and swag and gender into one and all of it canceled out #and the result was a sickly duckling in paddington bear’s coat #like i know genshin mika has a vision and is a knight of favonius but i think if he fought enstars mika. #based on vibes alone enstars mika would win #anyway thank you so so much again for the ask!! i really appreciate it #from kohku

[ophiocordyceps]

time for a bunch of screenshots of my ultrakill ramblings because i officially have big time brainrot. will put under a readmore so there isnt a million screenshots with their exact content pasted in just in your face

[text: hey girl i’m putting so much thought into robot circulatory systems you wouldn’t even be able to imagine (reacted to with broken heart emoji)

i stand by the idea that machines in ultrakill often have artificial hearts

refueling (except for v1) is basically the same as getting a blood transfusion

they’ve got special ports for doing it but their major 'veins' (tubes in roughly the same regions as the human veins most often used for IV lines, at least in the humanoid ones) are all made of a self sealing material in case they have to be punctured in an emergency

usually the dedicated port would be on the chest or occasionally the crook of the arm but as long as you can assume it's an analog to a vein its fine. 'arteries' are no-go zones however because they’re just as pressurized as an actual human artery and will pump out blood readily

they’re more durably built than the 'veins' in order to keep them intact but they cant seal back up if damaged badly enough. the veins only re-seal for small punctures like needle sticks anyways

the IV ports can function as their own infusion pumps as well in case rapid transfusion is necessary and external equipment isn’t available

v1 is extremely weird i don’t know how it works except that it's circulatory system is partially modeled after some kind of open system. like how invertebrate circulatory systems work. i have no fucking clue whats up with it but i’m thinking about it now

it’s not totally open though because that would mean there’s a LOT of free fluid just. in there

this motherfucker runs on osmosis

its probably more correct to say diffusion than osmosis but um fuck you

anyways as you can tell i’m (frothing at the mouth emoji) /end text]

[text: tangent time i think there’s probably several 'almost-v1's that were like prototypes that just. kinda didn’t work

v1 itself is a prototype but its the one that actually accomplished what it was designed to do

its predecessors may or may not even still be around

they could have been scrapped. who knows /end text]

[text: every day i am very normal and oh so regular about v2 being a peacekeeper btw. i think about this a normal amount and will continue to think about this a normal, average amount

^i may have completely made up this in my brain but i’m sticking with it

anyways i don’t know how i never found this (’this’ being the second V2 terminal entry, text pasted below) on the wiki i’m rotating it so fast:

“After its defeat and escape, V2 dove deeper into Hell, killing other machines for their blood to help its recovery with the intent of taking revenge on V1 and recovering its original arm.After finding a temporary replacement from one of its victims, V2 used parts from other machines to transform the new placeholder arm into a mobility tool that would allow it to catch up to V1's fast descent into the deeper layers.In order to prepare for their second and final encounter, it researched the combat data from their previous battle to copy strategies and techniques from the older and more experienced V1 to give itself an upper hand.However, despite all its preparation, V2 lost again, and unable to escape this time, was brought to a swift and decisive end by its predecessor.”

yeah i think i totally made up that detail but there’s something about a war machine who's intended purpose became so completely irrelevant that it is instead reworked to function in times of peace in whatever possible role would be available that's so .

as opposed to kill kill bite maim explode v1 /end text]

[text: v2 IS a war machine and totally capable of fulfilling that role whenever but since there was no need for war machines by the time it was prototyped it’s not bound by any singular hard-coded mission. it’s like when the military makes something it absolutely intends on using for killing and then it’s just. no longer necessary, like at all. never gets used as intended. maybe gets recycled for something else entirely but i don’t know if the military does that because i don’t care about the military. but you understand what i’m saying here

i have so many thoughts about. funny robot

put v2 back in there. please. girl please survive

hakita i love your product but i’m gonna have to go and ignore this one (followed up by a screenshot of part of the ultrakill wiki stating “Due to the constant rumors that V2 actually survived the second fight in [ 4-4: CLAIR DE SOLEIL ], Hakita (fortunately or unfortunately) confirmed that V2 is 100% Dead.”) /end text]

[text: so yeah thinking about it again v2 wasn’t built with the actual intent of it being a peacekeeper but it chose to be one and stuck with that for (indeterminate amount of time because the timeline of events in ultrakill is barely anything)

and then things got fucky. and it was kinda like well. shit. and started getting more aimless. and then v1 showed up and put sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much spite into it

go girl give us nothing (apathy and spitefulness)

watch how hard i can make shit up /end text]

anyways im 100% sure these arent proper image ids but hopefully they work well enough if the images cant be read for one reason or another. also the icon im using in the server i sent these in was drawn by @/antibio go look at their art it fucks

#ultrakill

[liltaz-asatreat]

💐 (throwing you a whole bouquet!)

:D!!!!

Ask game here!!

So I did the minimal amount of research, see: looked at one website for 0.5 seconds, and figured out the standard go to number of flowers in a bouquet is 12!!! So here are twelve sentences from Chapters 3-5 of Julia Burnsides vs Canon Lore lol

(Also, idk if you saw the little snippet I posted earlier, but you can read it here if you didn't :> )

Going under a readmore because it got long because I can't just post a single sentence alskghdslkghsdglh

1. (Restraining myself from posting this whole scene is hard alskghslgkhsdglh): “What the hell?” Taako breathes right next to her, and she turns her head to look at him as he sprints toward the skeleton.

He slows to a stop and stares at the skeleton for a long time before he kneels down beside it. Julia walks up next to him and kneels down too. His ears are flat back against his head and his hands are shaking as he stares at it, but he doesn't move or say anything else.

“Taako?” Julia asks cautiously. “Are you okay?”

2. “Because I want to make sure we get the truth from you this time!” Merle says with his hands on his hips. “You didn't tell us what the hell you were really doing up front. Taako almost died and Magnus also got close to it trying to find you and save your ass. Barry was also nearly dead when we found him. You just admitted that you didn't even think we could do all this not five minutes ago. Tharden and Nundro are dead. Magic Brian and Killian are speaking in static. And no one has given us a straight answer about what the hell is going on since we got hired by you!”

3. “Killian, are you able to speak freely to us at this point?” Taako asks.

“No, but I can try as much as you want me to!” she says desperately. “Look, that thing is called the ####### #### ########, and it's ####### ######## ##### ### ###### #### #### ##### ##### #### ## #### #### #### ## #### ####!”

All five of them stare at her blankly.

“So you can't tell us anything, got it,” Merle says, arms crossed.

“For fucks sake!” Killian exclaims.

“Even if you could stop speaking in maraca sounds, I don't want to hear it,” Gundren says.

4. “Okay!” Merle puts his hands up and backs away a little. “Okay, I won't help you control it, but, listen, Gundren...” He takes a deep breath to steady his voice. “Remember Candlenights at Aunt Blarg's house?”

“Yeah?”

“Remember when we'd sit around and drink mulled wine...”

The intensity of the heat dies down a little bit again. “I do, but... I don't remember you being there. How do you know about that?”

Merle pauses for a second, looking confused and a little hurt before he morphs his face back into something more soothing and sympathetic. “Because I was there too, Gundren. It's okay if you don't remember me right now, but we were both there."

5. Julia is starting to feel weak and nauseous. The boys continue talking, but their voices fade to the background. Her head is swimming, and her vision is zeroing in on the gauntlet.

Heeeeeyyyyy, buddy. Wouldn't you like some dope fire powers? I can protect you and the people you love from any attacks. I can burn your enemies to the ground. I can help you get revenge on the man who murdered your father and your hometown. All you have to do is put me on. Go ahead. Put me on, buddy.

“Julia.”

Someone is shaking her arm, and with a tremendous amount of effort that almost makes her black out, Julia pulls herself back to the present and turns away from the glove. She blinks slowly, and it takes her a solid thirty seconds to register that her three companions are looking at her with concern. Magnus is still holding on to her arm, and he's searching her face for any sign of recognition.

“Yeah. Sorry, um...” Julia swallows hard and shakes her head to try and clear it. It still feels like it's stuffed with cotton balls. “What were... what were you saying?”

6. When Merle steps back from untying the rope, Killian stands up and rubs her wrists. She looks at Merle and says, “Thanks for the healing. I guess it's kind of the least you could do since you four landed on me, and did not heal me immediately.”

“It's a tiny well!” Magnus says, affronted.

“It was your fault!” Merle exclaims.

“Technically it was Gundren's fault for blowing up the town and forcing us to run to the well,” Julia mutters.

“If we're doing that, then technically it was the orc kid's fault for shooting him in the shoulder!” Taako says, crossing his arms.

“No, Julia's right, he did put on the gauntlet in the first place,” Magnus sighs.

“Guys, there'll be time for blame later,” Killian says.

7. The music is really smooth and melodic and melancholy, and the melody seems to swirl around in the air as he plays. As he gets further into the song, his music dips and varies in intensity, and it's almost as if his violin itself is singing. Julia swears she can almost here words woven between notes, like how Zeno used to weave different colored threads into their tapestries.

It takes her breath away, but she's too wrapped up in the music to notice. It's the most beautiful song she's ever heard, and it somehow reminds her of her dad and her home. If only she could share this moment with him.

If only she could share this song with any of them.

8. “Oh! Then let me cast a spe– Magnus, wait!” Merle begins to say, and Julia glances over at her husband and sighs wearily as she watches him drink the vial without another moment's hesitation.

9. At the door, Amkyl and Rozes looked awful. They looked like they had recently been crying, and not even the three visible layers of clothes they were both wearing to protect themselves from the cold winter air seemed to be doing much to prevent them from trembling. As soon as Julia got within range, they both pulled her into a group hug and squeezed her like they were afraid she was going to vanish in a puff of smoke.

“Whoa, guys! Need to breathe!” Julia managed to choke out, and they let up a little bit. “What's going on? Do you want to come inside? I can make you both a cup of hot chocolate–”

They both pulled away from her, and Rozes wiped fresh tears from her eyes. “We can't. We shouldn't even be here, but we had to say goodbye.”

Julia's eyebrows shot up in surprise. “Goodbye? Where are you two going? Finally getting hitched, and you don't want me at the wedding?” she joked weakly.

Rozes buried her face in her hands and fully broke down into renewed tears, and Amkyl swallowed hard as he rubbed her back.

“No, it's Kalen.”

10. The woman chuckles. “No, I'm not going to kill you, That's not how the Bureau operates. And I promise, I have no interest in using the Gauntlet, Magnus.”

Magnus tilts his head a little in confusion. “How did you know my name?”

The woman hesitates.

“Killian told me your names and gave me descriptions of who each of you are.”

11. “Oh,” Julia says quietly, suddenly feeling bad for her mild outburst. Considering how hard it was for her to not take the Gauntlet while she didn't even touch it, she can see how it would take so long for any of them to get destroyed until now.

The Director gives them a small smile as she says, “However, the fact that the thr– that the four of you have managed to overcome the thrall of the Gauntlet is commendable, and–”

“Just to be clear, I overcame the thrall of the Gauntlet. These three idiots didn't touch it.” Taako says with a smirk.

Oh to be able to be slightly irritated at his ego again instead of full on wanting to murder him, it truly is a blessing.

12. They all take their tokens, and Julia looks him over curiously. “Thank you, and I– I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but... why do you keep saying your name?”

Davenport looks down at the floor quietly, and the Director clears her throat again.

“He uh... he can only say his own name, unfortunately.” Julia looks up at her, and the Director's gripping her staff a little tightly now. “He was involved in an accident, and... He still understands a lot, he just has a hard time communicating, so I um... I take care of him now.”

“Oh.” Julia looks back at Davenport and says softly, “I'm sorry to hear that, and I– I didn't mean to make you upset.”

Davenport looks up at her and gives her a small sad smile as he shrugs.

“Um... I'm a cleric, maybe– maybe there's something I can do to help?” Merle asks hesitantly.

“We've already gone to a lot of different clerics and healers, and nothing's worked,” the Director says quietly. “I don't think there's anything you could do.”

Davenport looks over at Merle who's staring at him with an even more distressed look than he had when he saw his cousins' bodies, and Davenport walks over and puts a hand on his shoulder. “Davenport,” he says softly but firmly, and he squeezes his shoulder.

Merle looks at him with a little confusion, but he nods anyway.

Davenport smiles a little more genuinely now, and he turns and walks back into the room he came from.

#Thank you for sending this in!! :D #ask game #Julia Burnsides vs Canon Lore #written works of Gab

[capricioussun]

@uselessundertalefacts said: we LOVE goofy silly old guy… what’s your UF gaster like?

It’s so fantastic you ask that directly after “we LOVE goofy silly old guy” because, unfortunately, my UF Gaster is. Um. He’s not… okay, I need to start by saying he isn’t evil! He’s not!!! It’s…complicated. I’m actually going to put it under a readmore for (cw) heavy stuff, sorta that whole “canon typical violence!” warning for my usual UF interpretation.

So, UF Gaster.

I know I’ve very loosely implied a lot of bad things about my interpretation of UF Gaster, but, like mentioned above, the situation was complicated, to say the least.

As much as I like playing coy about my ideas on Gaster’s relation to The Boys, I will just directly state usually (but not always) I stick with the headcanon G created Sans and Papyrus for Various Reasons.

Following my other usual hc of that reason being “he was trying to make organic weapons to destroy the barrier and fucked up so bad he just made two little guys (children)”, that is indeed what happened in UF. He was attempting to make magic weapons to both break the barrier and be a major support with the, at the time, inevitable Next War with humankind.

By this point in the timeline, Toriel had already left and Asgore was well into his mental decline, becoming more aggressive and cruel. Gaster was under a lot of pressure as the Royal Scientist, most everyone looked to him as a beacon of hope for providing some solution, some level of protection.

I tend to hc Gaster, even within UT or softer ‘verses in general, can be a bit…unstable. Not dangerously so, not to really anyone more than himself, but he can get…carried away. Ambitious, incredibly intelligent, his moral compass can get a bit skewed at times, but in his heart, he is a kind monster, truly. Mostly.

Unfortunately for UF Gaster, the working and living conditions of his underground are not exactly conducive to good mental health and maintenance under the best of circumstances, even for the most grounded and steady individuals, so you can imagine this takes it’s toll on his psyche.

This is all to say that, despite doing arguably abhorrent things to Sans and Papyrus, Gaster…was not really a bad monster. He was put under a great deal of duress by Asgore, and essentially repressed his kinder instincts in favor of forcing himself to continue viewing Sans and Papyrus as the experiments he’d started off with. He even had himself fooled, as he gradually became more and more…detached.

This was also exacerbated by the process he used to create them: missing pieces of your soul and micro dosing on human soul extractives to keep yourself from destabilizing and melting doesn’t really lend itself to a gathered mind.

He managed to convince himself the ends justified the means to save monsterkind, even including the two of them, one day, and was so mentally unsound by the time he [REDACTED] it hardly mattered anyway.

It’s why Sans and Papyrus have such complicated views on him, Sans more so. He hated him for a time, but after becoming Judge and working alongside Alphys for a brief time, with of course the aid of the passage of time, Sans became more indifferent about Gaster, understanding the situation was…complex. Papyrus, conversely, has viewed it that way the whole time, and never hated Gaster. In some ways, he even agreed with him, if Gaster hadn’t [REDACTED], maybe he would’ve even succeeded eventually… And in Papyrus’ eyes, the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few makes a lot of sense to him.

And I also just wanna clarify, when I say he did “abhorrent” things to them, he himself was almost never intentionally cruel to them. He was usually very blunt and straightforward, and their…well, maybe not well being, but survival was very, very important to him, not just because of their importance as projects, but because deep down, they were his kids, and he knew that. He knew that, no matter how buried it was. He wanted them to succeed for all their sakes, their own specifically especially. Asgore had threatened to…decommission them several times. Gaster had to complete them, had to perfect them. Failure wasn’t an option.

TLDR; my guy was suffering, so much, and under better circumstances, he would’ve been happy to raise Sans and Papyrus as his own, to the best of his at times dubious abilities. So like, take any times I mention how much he traumatized them w/ a grain of salt…

There actually was a UF AU I’d developed with a friend where monsters surfaced much earlier (Sans and Papyrus were still pretty young), and out from under the weight of all the pressure to save monsterkind, Gaster became a very loving, rather cooky, eccentric father figure to the boys. Morals are still dubious at times but he’s got two wonderful kids to keep ‘im on the straight and narrow lol

Okay I lied actually. He’s a little evil, but it’s like. In a funny, endearing way (usually). Like Uncle Fester.

#even had this one emotional idea for a comic earlier on into Things of a meeting w/ Asgore that leads to G returning to the labs really #shaken; sees the boys; and that’s kind of the mental point of no return where he really decides what has to be done #sun spots #uf gaster #uselessundertalefacts #💞💐💚🎉 #sometimes he DOES cause problems on purpose tho #that’s where Papyrus gets it from #gaster #wd gaster

[crocwork-clockodile]

and what's Under Pressure?

Um, Under Pressure is another self-insert of mine that I started, but this one is for Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. Specifically Part 5, Vento Aureo. I wrote this for myself, but also for @ashes-and-inks, whom I'd been watching it with at the time. Under Pressure being the name of my self-insert's Stand, and also just describing the nature of the situation; Ash likes to teasingly ship me with Ghiaccio, because I think it's hilarious how hard he is willing to die on almost any hill, and would 100% use that to pick on him. And that's what this little drabble was supposed to be about. I'll put some under the ReadMore, because I'm actually fairly pleased with how I wrote it. I really should go back to it, I'm sad I just lost steam the first time I tried writing it.

Bruno had decided that Molly would stay outside the turtle with Giorno and Mista, to protect them all, ideally, or at least the turtle and Trish. Since Mista wanted his hands and focus free to use Sex Pistols in case of attack, and Giorno was too young to have a license (despite his insistence that he drove all the time at the airport as a side hustle, which only made Molly clutch her pearls again), Molly took the wheel as they crossed the [bridge to Venice]. After not too long, however, she felt the car begin to swerve.

“Man, what’s with these windows foggin’ up?” Mista asked no one in particular before Molly overcorrected as the car drifted to the side again.

“What gives, Molly? You tryin’ to kill us or something?” Mista demanded. “Sorry! Are you okay?” Molly said, righting the car again. The road must be wet from the ocean spray, she thought, and decided to drive the way she did in March back home on slushy roads. Come to think of it, it’s starting to feel like March back home, too. She didn’t notice her passengers’ breath becoming visible as the temperature dropped, but she certainly felt an all-too-familiar frisson of cold, like she had worn too light an outfit for the weather. The boys noticed the sudden and increasing drop of the temperature in the car, as Mista’s hand began to stick to the window.

#wip ask game #correspondence #my writing #yet another self-insert because that's my favourite way of interacting with stories

[smallraindrops-blog]

D’you know how Y/N and Hypnos have (kinda have) kids?

Do you think that they would be able to have a demigod child, considering Y/N is mortal and Hypnos is a god.

okay so. 

I didn’t mean to but I ended up rambling and um… I might have created an oc???? You can have them if you want since your question is the reason they exist. 

Putting my respond under the readmore. (Oh btw did you go with pink or red converse?)

So with the WMFTD!kids, they are all full gods.

They all are born just like Hypnos was though desire for children and Freaky God Magic ™ however due to Y/N’s place as his companion/consort, there is some his influence on the kiddos ( there a reason Phobetor, god of nightmares, takes after his father.)

Because this is all magic base (and Y/N being dead and all that fun stuff), they had no biological roles creating their kids. So as it stands, any children they have won’t be  a demigod. ( note this might not apply to any AUs or ABO stuff)

However! 

Let's handwave all that stuff away and let's say that with Freaky God Magic ™, they do have a child who is a demigod. Maybe this is due to Hypnos being capable of carrying children for whatever reason. 

The Demigod would be the fifth child and the most mortal looking of them. They wouldn’t have Hypnos’ hair or eye color but will take after Y/N. 

The moment Hypnos realizes his child could die permanently, he would go to the ends of the earth to make them immortal (which ooh, that is a delicious parallel to Achilles and his mother.) 

because one thing for some mortal to die, it was fate but like hell if Hypnos and Y/n will allow that to happen to their child. ( y/n will never come right out and say it but he is thankful none of his kids will have to experience a permanent death.) Especially since one could bring a god back but not a demigod. 

Like Hypnos and Y/N will do everything to keep them safe. Hypnos would make sure their child is never alone, Y/N and Achilles and even Zagreus will train them to fight and stay safe. Just like Thetis, he would take their child to river Styx and use that to make them invulnerable. 

Which will fail. Maybe this is due to a mistake that kills Demigod or maybe there was another war or they are killed by another god. No matter what, the demigod will almost die. 

However Hypnos was able to take their shade and body into the dream world before they passed. He kept them there until they were able to merge body and soul once more.

The one thing they were trying to spare their child from was the only thing allowed them to emerge as a god. Reborn, they will become the god/personification of the near death experience, of last memories before death. 

They are often seen with one of the gods/goddess of death, with a cheerful smile and a poppy tucked behind their ear and a small hourglass in their hand that would flip if the mortal is spared. 

#Playlistanon #asks and replies #wake me from this dreaming

[detectivegoldstein]

Emmet and James finally have a much needed discussion

@overlashing

[readmore for length]

James had awoken to an empty bed, disappointment sinking in until he remembered Atlas and Sloane had plans that day. It took a long while for him to drag himself out of bed. A free day with no plans left the wolf wanting to simply stay under the covers longer. But alas, his stomach growled and the promise of food couldn't be ignored. 

Grumbling, he shuffled out into the livingroom. Mid yawn he realized Emmet was on the couch, doodling. "Oh, hey k-Emmet." Right. James had promised to himself the first opportunity he got, he would have that talk with the hybrid he'd been meaning to have. "Hey uh, are you free right now man?"

Emmet looked from his doodling as James said something, “Hey!” He said with a smile before closing the sketchbook. “Yeah I’m free right now what’s up?” He shifted his body to be looking at James, slight concern showing on his face wondering why he’s asking.

Whelp. No time like the present. James just wished he at least had time for coffee first. "Can we talk? About somethin' serious. An' yer not in trouble or anythin', if that's what ya think."

“Um yeah sure,” Emmet was a bit anxious when James said it was about something serious, he knew he hadn’t done anything to warrant him being in trouble but the thought still lingered for a moment before he was reassured. “Everything alright?”

He sighed as he sat down on the couch on the opposite side of Emmet. "I....dunno. It's why we gotta talk." God. Why was this so hard? "I uh....know about yer," he hesitates. What could he call it. A crush seemed dismissive. Feelings too vague. With a lack of a clear answer he gestured between the two of them.

He paused for a moment trying to think about what James meant before it clicked, “oh.” Emmet shifted a bit, rubbing the back of his neck. “I guess it was more obvious than I thought.” He admitted with an awkward chuckle.

The wolf gave a sheepish smile. "Maybe. But in yer defense I've been reading people for a living since you could start climbing trees." He winced at that. Right. Bringing up the age difference was probably docket number one. "Which...speaking of...you. You are younger than my own daughter. That...doesn't bother ya?"

Emmet laughed softly at the comment, in a sense he wasn’t wrong. He hesitated for a moment at the question trying to find the right words to say. “Not really?” He managed to get out before pausing again, he wasn’t going to just leave it with that. “You can’t really help who you have feelings for in all honesty, we’re both adults.”

Well, that was...oddly comforting. "It doesn't bother ya that I'm old enough to be yer dad? Shit. People probably think I am whenever we're out doin' shit."

“James, if it bothered me i’m almost positive I would’ve never developed feelings in the first place.” Emmet laughed for a moment, people probably did but he really didn’t care. “I mean hell, Percy is dating October and he’s only a year or two older than me while Octobers over 200. He may not look it but he is, people can think what they want. In the end most those people aren’t apart of our lives, they’re just a random person on the street.”

That....was fair. He couldn't argue with that. "Touche. Can I ask why? You don' gotta answer if you don't wanna. Just...tryin' to understand as best I can."

He raised an eyebrow at the question, “Why what? Why’d I develop feelings for you too?”

James ran a hand through his hair, still slightly tangled from bedhead. "Uh. Yeah. I mean. I just. I don' get it."

Emmet took a long pause, biting the inside of his cheek not expecting to be asked why. “I guess I just do?” That’s one way to put it. “I know how you are with Aut and Joey, you’re kind, funny, you’re not afraid to just fuck around and be yourself around any of us and I don’t know, I guess we just spend a lot of time together it was hard not to see the side of you others don’t get to see.”

He nodded in understanding. A lot of what Emmet described could be said about the hybrid himself. "I....fuck. imma be honest. I mean. That's the point of all this ain't it?" He let out a dry, sardonic laugh. 

"I don' know where I'm at on," he indicates between them again. "I care about ya Emmet. Like, I lot. But I can't make any guarantees one way or another. All of this is pretty fuckin' new to me. An' I don' wanna hurt ya or get yer expectations up more than is necessary. Does...does that make sense?"

Emmet nodded back as James spoke, “I get it, I don’t expect anything to come from any of this and really I’m fine either way. I know it’s new and I care about you a lot too I just don’t want to lose you just as much as I wouldn’t want to lose our partners.” He was trying to stop himself from rambling even though he’s unable to help it most the time. Emmet turned his body to be facing James and leaned back on the side arm. “I just,” he bit the inside of his cheek thinking once more, “I’d rather us go with the flow than force something and make things potentially awkward, ya know?”

James bit his lip and nodded. "I feel the same way, 'bout not wantin' to make this weird or ruin anything. So...whatever happens happens I s'pose." Well, at least this conversation was going a hell of a lot better than he'd anticipated.

Emmet couldn’t help but laugh to himself as James agreed, “weird how feelings can both be there but also make things complicated huh, it’s like an internal battle of who will win.” He laughed again shaking his head, “oh and uh,” he rubbed the back of his neck again, “sorry about staring at you those few times. I know you caught me just couldn’t help it i guess.” he let out an awkward laugh.

He barked out a laugh of his own. "Ya got that right. An'...don't be sorry. It uh, it makes me feel young. Good to know I apparently still got it," he couldn't help the smirk and wink he gave the other.

Emmet cleared his throat unable to help the blush that was forming on his cheeks. “Maybe uh, maybe I should get caught staring more often then.” He looked at the floor internally facepalming to himself, smooth one.

James tried. He really did. But the resounding laughter that boomed out of him shook his entire body. "What the fuck was that Emmet?" 

It took a while for his laughter to putter out, though an occasional huff of amusement still left the wolf. "I don' mind so long as you don't. But listen. If I say or do anything that crosses a boundary, you gotta lemme know, alright? If it's in front of the others you can, I dunno, say fucking 'pineapple' or somethin'."

He couldn’t help feeling slightly embarrassed, flirting wasn’t his strong suit especially since when flirted with his brain freezes. “I don’t know okay!” Still he couldn’t help but laugh as James did, it was pretty funny when he thought about it. 

“I don’t mind really, what are your boundaries if you don’t mind me asking?” He wanted to be safe rather than sorry in the long run of things. “I’m not gonna say pineapple in front of people dude,” Emmet laughed again. “I’ll think of something but it’s not gonna be pineapple I’ll tell you that.”

The wolf actually wasn't expecting the question to be sent back to him. "I..don't really know." He answered honestly. "Again, a lotta this is new to me, so I'm still tryin' to figure it out as I go. But if somethin' comes up I'll let ya know." 

At Emmet's refusal at his suggestion James threw up his hands in resignation. "The fuck's wrong with pineapple?! It's a perfectly normally word! Pineapple pineapple pineapple!'

“Well if you happen to just randomly think of one then let me know cause I know new things are weird as hell to figure things out.” Emmet smiled as he readjusted on the couch before laughing again. 

“Nothings wrong with pineapple! The others would be more confused as to why I just randomly would say pineapple.” He said while shaking his head slightly.

"Will do." He mirrored Emmet's smile. "I'm glad we talked. Thought this would go hell of a lot different if I'm bein' honest." 

James huffed. "Fine. Fuck. Was jus' trying to help. If I step a boundary just tell me to fuck off then."

“Really? How’d you think it was gonna go?” 

Emmet laughed, “That I can do but off the top of my head I don’t think there’s really anything you could do that would over step a boundary.”

His expression turned sheepish once more. "I dunno. More...awkward? Weird?"

A brow raised at that. "Anything?" James felt...something about that. Though what he couldn't quite put a name to.

He smiled and shook his head slightly, “I can see how you’d think it could be that way but I mean we’ve known each other at least over a year now I’m an open book really.” 

He nodded at the question, “Pretty much yeah.” Emmet shrugged.

James couldn't help the smirk that made it's way onto his lips. "Good to know. I'll keep that in mind." With that he got up from the couch, ruffled Emmet's hair, and headed for the kitchen.

Emmet glared as James ruffled his hair, “Why do you and Atlas both fuck with my hair? No touchy god dammit.”

#long post is long #discord thread #overlashing #c: emmet

[pinkie-pinkeroni]

okay i have no idea how i’m gonna post my other two valentine’s day posts but i Do Know i’m posting this one by itself bc i’m putting it under a readmore and giving extra context to it <3

so um yay read on if you’d like some artemas/dirk action (it may or may not be canon lmfao)

so for a background here, artemas gets kinda blackmailed by oliver and wrapped up in his shenanigans for a while, and during that time gets pretty close to oliver’s witches. oliver seems to even push dirk onto artemas which artemas finds incredibly weird (it almost feels like oliver does it for his own enjoyment, bc of course he does), but over time and as he slowly gets dirk to open up, he really starts to care for him. he thinks some day he’ll save dirk from this fucked up cult and fucked up brainwashing that’s going on. but for now, since he can’t even get himself out, artemas offers dirk a place where he can finally relax and be at ease. they both keep each other sane in oliver’s little hell.

this comic is about a moment where dirk finally relaxes around artemas. most of the time, dirk is using magic to keep his body aflame, mostly because oliver tells him to. as a witch, using magic temporarily turns his eyes red. so, since he’s constantly using magic, artemas has never seen his real eye color (sure he can ask about it, but seeing something for yourself is even better right). it’s probably even difficult for dirk to stop using the magic voluntarily, but he manages, and it’s a special moment for both of them <3

(i also don’t know whether their relationship is romantic or physical or what have you - but they’ve probably kissed before this, and artemas burned his fucking mouth on dirk’s lmfao)

(also don’t ask what dirk’s real eye color is, i refuse to figure it out for myself right now <3 maybe some day!)

anyway that’s all thanks for reading i love these idiots and i love you happy valentine’s day <3 <3

#uughghksdklfhsdklafndshfsdkfs lays down in a puddle of my own tears. anyway #my ocs #artemas #dirk #ledian chronicles #ledian chronicles spoilers #i’m….. making that a tag just in case?? #again this might not even b entirely canon but!!! idk. maybe :-3c #anyway if anyone can tame this flame of course it’s artemas… UGH…….. #my art #comic #idk what else to tag this as (mostly so i can find it later lol) #hope u enjoy if u read it

[neonkoii]

23 and 13 ^_^

13. first thing you’re doing in the purge? - well i mean rules are taken away so maybe vandalism in like a pretty way. graffiti or somethin you know ^-^ that or just good old breaking windows

23. do you wear jewelry? - HELLLLLLL YEAH. okay so on a GOOD good day i'll wear rings and bracelets and necklaces. on a normal/kinda bad day i'll wear my necklaces. on a BAD bad day i will forget the necklaces. (under the readmore is a Wall of text about my beloved necklaces <3)

Wait let me talk about my necklaces okay so i wear 5 on a regular basis. um in length order bc thats how i think about them! number one (shortest) is a silver choker with moon and star charms on it i think i got it from pura vida at the beginning of this school year? number two is a chain that i pulled together from an old dumb necklace that came in a book boxed set and i never even wore it once. it has 6 glass beads, red yellow green blue white and multicolored ! got the beads on a school trip last may so i slapped them on the chain and called it good ^-^ put it together in like last september i think. okay number three is a weird smooth silver chain with a silver dolphin charm the dolphin is holding a pretty blue bead and It Spins !. i got the Original necklace from a friend for my birthday in 3rd grade, lost contact with him and then found out he turned into kinda a jerk LMAO fun fact! anyways so i lost the original necklace in like november. i was really sad so mother dearest found me a used replacement for christmas this year its like the exact same <3 number four!! so when i lost said dolphin necklace i texted one of my bestest friends in the whole wide world and boy oh boy do i mean the whole wide world. she moved from here (usa) to france last summer and god i miss her so much. i call her bestie in france on my blog ^-^ anyways i told her when i lost the dolphin necklace and she knew i was bummed so she sent me a new necklace for christmas this year !! its silver chain and it has a silver paint palette charm i literally love it sm <3 finally number 5 the longest necklace. i got it from a friend for christmas this year Again its a silver chain they pulled from somewhere idk where, they made a spiral holder out of silver wire and then they gave me crystals that i can put in the spiral holder! i almost always have lavender quartz in there but i also have amethyst and sodalite to change it up a bit n i usually put those two in at the same time :]

holy shit so i just spent ten minutes writing a huge paragraph about my necklaces that probably no one will even read. anyways thanks 4 the ask <333

#rowe responses #moss! <3 #ask game #THANKS FOR THE ASK LOLSIES

[moved-to-void-kissed]

Secrets in the Springs

Document link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WDYCocrod_P7bcyH9DIaacjpIXv9I8r-UEkdmWANdxw/edit?usp=sharing

Sapphire, Pyra, Mythra, Nia and Poppi spend an evening relaxing together in Mor Ardain’s famous hot springs, where a couple of secrets begin to reveal themselves. In the process, Pyra makes an important decision. (1650 words) Replaces the XC2 cutscene “Secret in the Springs” from the start of Chapter 4. Content warning for some description of an old significant physical injury.

Tag list (use this to be added to it!): @softskiesahead | @dragonsmooch | @thatslikesometaldude | @lilacslovers | @insomniaships | @goldenworldsabound | @setzale | @candyforthebrain | @elf-and-a-heart

This is a piece I originally posted to my old blog, but I’ve updated it slightly to reflect some changes to the storyline and figured it would be good to post again! Don’t worry, it’s mostly much happier than the previous writing I posted here - especially once you get to the end, hehe~

Reblogs are appreciated, but by no means required! Comments should be on, and there’s also a transcript of the document under the readmore!

The sandstorms from earlier in the day had thankfully settled down - the evening was still very warm, but a soft wind drifting through Alba Cavanich made the heat much more pleasant. Behind the inn that rested on Smùide Mountain, the group had taken the opportunity to relax in the local hot springs - Rex and Tora had gone earlier in the evening and appeared much more refreshed for the experience, but now it was the ladies’ bathing slot, and all of them were eager to spend the evening enjoying a relaxing bath together.

Sapphire in particular was not used to the arid conditions on Mor Ardain’s Titan, given that her homeland within Uraya was a much more subdued and watery kingdom, so she also relished the opportunity to try out the hot springs. By the time she had gotten ready, Poppi was already happily playing about in the springs, while Nia had her back to the entrance and only her head was above the water. Finally, Sapphire tentatively poked her head around the corner of the changing room, so that it was all that could be seen from within the baths themselves.

“It’s just us here, right?”

“Yeah, don’t worry!” Nia turned her head to smile, though Sapphire did think she looked somewhat nervous. “The inn seemed pretty much empty when we first got here, so I don’t reckon anyone else’ll be coming in.”

Poppi nodded in agreement. “Probability of interruption from other people very small. Therefore, is perfect time for all to enjoy springs together. The water very nice temperature, even for Poppi!”

“Hang on.. Should you even be in the bath?” Nia had turned back to face the mechanical girl, and was now looking at her with a tilted head to show confusion. “Won’t you rust or something?”

In response, Poppi shook her head and kept smiling, eyes bright as ever. “There no problem. Poppi made from special alloy. No rust or need for oil!” The faint orange glow of her leg joints was visible even through the water, showing that she was kicking them back and forth in her usual manner.

Sapphire smiled at this, only to then jump when she realised Pyra was standing right behind her. Except it wasn’t Pyra - where she expected to see kind red eyes instead lay cold golden ones, and the familiar short bob of red hair was replaced by flowing blonde strands.

“Wh- Mythra?!”

“Yeah?” She looked unamused.

“Sorry, mate, you really startled me there!”

Wanting to give Mythra some space, Sapphire stepped out from behind the entrance to the changing room into the proper springs area, prompting Poppi to look surprised and Nia to turn around because of that. Although she still had a towel around her body, the other girls could now all see several swathes of what looked like very old grazes on Sapphire’s arms and the backs of her legs. They seemed to have healed, yet still appeared somewhat serious.

“Wait, what happened to you?!” Mythra was first to speak up, sounding more worried than she ever really had. Her usual short temper still shone through, however - she seemed almost annoyed for not noticing the injuries beforehand.

“Oh, these?” Sapphire raised her arms halfheartedly, looking somewhat embarrassed. “Don’t worry. These are just left over from.. how I got to Uraya. Don’t worry, most of it’s all healed up by now. So nothing’s going to mess up the water or anything, I promise.”

There was a silence.

“..I guess I never told you guys about that, huh.”

“No, you didn’t. Not that I was awake for, anyway.” said Mythra.

“You don’t ‘ave to tell us if you don’t want to, though.” Nia added. “Only share what you’re comfortable with.”

Sapphire nodded. “Thanks, Nia. Um.. this isn’t exactly the place to go all in-depth about that kind of thing, so, ah.. I’ll just say that, from what I know, my parents and I were on a ship crossing the Cloud Sea when it capsized and got washed into Uraya’s Titan. A bit like you guys did, I guess, though there was.. a lot more of an impact. Honestly, I don’t even know how I managed to stick around long enough for Dad and his mercs to find me on one of their checkups.”

“Oh.. Are you sure you’re okay? That must have been hard..” continued Mythra, still looking worried. There was a flash of glowing energy, and suddenly Pyra was stood in her place, looking even more concerned.

“I’m so sorry for what happened to you, Sapphire! Nobody should have to go through such a horrible thing..”

“Pyra, please, I’m fine! It’s okay!” Sapphire said, a little too suddenly - quickly realising her mistake, she hastily tried to recover: “I- I really appreciate that you care so much, but, I promise I’m fine. Come on, let’s just enjoy the springs together.”

As she turned around to put her towel on the rocks behind her before lowering herself into the blissfully warm water, the true extent of Sapphire’s injuries became clearer - the old grazes were nothing in comparison to the massive streak of half-healed scar tissue covering most of her back and shoulders. Parts of it seemed to somehow reflect the low light from the torches and the glow of Poppi and Pyra’s Core Crystals, as if there were tiny specks of something shiny in there.

Nia’s worried expression had returned. “Saph, that really doesn’t look good.. You sure you’re alright?”

“Yes!” She still seemed slightly on-edge, but being in the water was clearly very relaxing for her. “I already said, it doesn’t really hurt. I’ve had all this for as long as I can remember; it’s just how I am. Trust me, it was a lot worse when I was little.”

“Poppi worried about Sapphire..” said Poppi, sounding sad. The stillness of the water and the glowing lights visible under its surface showed that she wasn’t playing about anymore.

“Aww, it’s okay, Poppi!” Sapphire turned and smiled at her again. “I’m fine, honestly!”

Pyra still wasn’t convinced. “You’d tell us if you weren’t, though, right..?” She crouched down at the side of the water and reached over to take Sapphire’s hand in her own.

“Of course I would, silly. Come on in, the water is amazing..”

This made Pyra feel more at ease, and she happily took the chance to sit next to Sapphire, who in turn was all the more grateful to be able to enjoy Pyra’s natural warmth in close proximity. Another silence then settled, though this one was much more natural, and the girls were able to take the time to properly enjoy the heat of the water and relax in the hot springs.

Eventually, never the quiet one, Poppi had something to say.

“Poppi has question for Nia.”

“Huh?”

“Why does Nia have-?” The artificial Blade’s inquisitive tone was quickly interrupted by none other than Nia herself, who at this point was almost entirely submerged in the water.

“Oh, I know what you’re gonna say, I think. Don’t- don’t worry about it.”

At this point, Mythra returned, automatically shifting away from Sapphire as she turned to face Nia herself. “I had noticed, too. It’s true, then, that you’re..?” She trailed off, not knowing how to properly word her own question.

“Mmm.. yeah.”

Mythra nodded. “Do you want us to keep it a secret?”

“I was.. a little bit embarrassed about all this, but.. Yeah, if you could, that’d be grand. Not like I could hide it here when it’s this dark, anyway. As long as you guys are all okay with me being here, then-”

“Of course, mate!” “Poppi is fine!” “Why wouldn’t we?”

The chorus of reassuring voices brought her an incredible comfort.

“Thanks, guys.”

==========

Later that evening, once everyone had retired to their rooms for the night, Mythra noticed within herself that Pyra seemed nervous.

“Something wrong?”

“What? No! I mean.. We share memories, so you’d know if something was wrong, surely?”

“I guess that’s true. But, you seemed like you were coming to a decision of some kind. And I mean, I don’t really wanna pry if I don’t have to.”

“Haha, thank you for that.. And, you’re right about the decision. So, um, Mythra - what do you think about Sapphire?”

“Uh.. she seems pretty nice? But she isn’t someone you want to make angry, given how mad she was at Malos and Akhos. I wasn’t awake yet for all that time you two spent journeying through Uraya, so this was kind of the first time I’ve gotten to interact with her properly. I can’t say I was expecting you to get into a relationship, but.. You two make a good fit for each other, even if she is a little more energetic than you tend to be.”

“You really think so?”

“Wouldn’t have said it if I didn’t.”

“Ah, I suppose you’re right.. Sorry!”

“Why’d you ask that, anyway?”

“Well, it’s just, um.. It was so great for me to know that she’d be able to come with us after we left Uraya. I know she’s probably still worried about Vandham, but.. if his injuries have really been patched up as well as they seemed to, then he should recover without too much of a problem, right?”

“Yeah, Nia said Dromarch was able to get him stable once I took Obrona out and the ether came back.”

“Right, that was it. And, um.. Since we’ve been here in Mor Ardain, I’ve been thinking about something, and.. after that time we all spent together tonight, and being around her like that, I think I’ve figured it out. Sapphire is the person I really want to be with, for the rest of my life. ..However much longer that even ends up being.

I have no idea how I’m going to go about it, but..

I think I’m going to ask her to marry me.”

#a call from the void #creations from the void #selfship #selfshipping #love: fire of the aegis (pyra) #selfship: to our own elysium (pyra/sapphire) #self‑inserts #self‑insert: gem of garfont (sapphire) #and also featuring #daughter: poppi power! (poppi) #familial F/Os #friend: light of the aegis (mythra) #friend: catgirl solidarity (nia) #friends from alrest #platonic F/Os #ask to tag #this post is okay to reblog! #all my original posts are but sometimes I know people look for tags specifically so there it is #most of my stuff prior to now has been posted at about midnight and that seems to work well so I might schedule a reblog for about then #I just wanted to make sure I got this on this blog ^-^ #xenoblade selfshipping

[ressyfaerie]

Fic request; (sorry if this isn't a personal headcanon of yours) Kai comes out as nonbinary & the team are largely accepting. Tyson takes longer than the rest to understand and pesters Kai with all his questions & general Tyson-ness. Doesn't have to be shippy but would be a nice bonus!

Oh I love this! I’ve read about someone's headcanon being Kai as nonbinary! As someone who also struggles with their gender identity this will be fun to write! I’m excited! But I understand this can be a sensitive topic for some people, so I’ll throw it into a readmore. It’s not my personal headcanon but writing this will be interesting and fun! I’m adding some Ressyfaerie flare so I apologize if it’s not exactly what you imagined! <3

The team had noticed Kai’s subtle attempts to experiment lately.

Wearing clothes that weren’t his normal style, the most surprising was the almost crop top Tyson immediately pointed out. Ray noticed the extra makeup he occasionally wore under his blue shark fins. His dark coloured clothes would occasionally be more pastel. He went to a school across town, so they didn’t see him most of the day; regardless they still noticed a change in his attitude. With each passing day, he became more comfortable with himself.

Today started off as any ordinary training day in the dojo. The team showed up after school and huddled waiting for Tyson who generally showed up late. Kenny opened his laptop in the corner, Hilary showed up with snacks attempting to bribe the team into showing her new blading techniques. Max and Ray stayed close, talking strategy or gossiping about what happened at school. Today Max wore a frilly green skirt overtop of white leggings.

“Hey! I was wondering where that went!” Hilary gasped when she saw it.

“Sorry Hil!” Max shrugged with a smirk.

“When I said you could borrow my clothes I didn’t mean keep them in your closet for a rainy day!”

“Hehe, sorry. I’ll buy my own, I’ll give your stuff back.” She glared at Max, “promise…”

They heard the door open. As good teammates they had all memorized the way their friends did everyday things, opening doors, walking, you name it.

“Here comes grouch of the year.” Max groaned.

“He’s been a lot better lately, give him a break…” Ray patted Max’s shoulder.

The door to the dojo slid open, Kenny looked up from his computer for a moment, “hey Kai!”

“Hey Kenny.”

Kai gave him a look that might have been a smile… or a judging glare… Who could tell at this point.

“Oh! Kenny smiled while pointing at Kai’s hand, “pretty colours!”

“Kai, I love them!” Max bounced over and grasped one of his hands inspecting the nailpolish. “Did you do them yourself?”

“Y—yeah… thanks.” Kai gulped.

Ray looked at them over Max’s shoulder. “Blue and red, good choice, any special occasion?”

“No. I just like doing them sometimes. It… makes me feel good.”

“Hey that happens to me too!” Max’s eyes shimmered.

“I haven’t worn nailpolish in public yet…” Kai looked to the ceiling and looked back down to the group. “I know it’s not normal.”

Ray chuckled, “it’s normal Kai.”

“What is normal anyways?” Max let go of his hand.

“You make a good point.” Kai nodded his head in response while looking at his hand.

The door to the house flung open, they could hear someone kick their shoes off and groan.

Tyson…

They all knew it was Tyson, but Kai worried about him. He was painfully aware that Tyson would have something to say about his new look, even though Tyson enjoyed doing much the same things, he always had to point it out!

The door to the dojo was thrown open, Tyson burst through, “hey guys!” Tyson grew a huge smile while looking at his friends. Then he looked at Kai and his mouth grew into a gasp.

Kai rolled his eyes.

“Look at you, Kai! Someone has been working way too hard to be a pretty boy lately!”

Kai sighed, and Max knit his eyebrows.

Max whispered in Ray’s direction, “I think I get it...”

After a while they drifted into their work. Kenny and Tyson analyzed something on his computer. Hilary badgered Tyson to show her a new move. Kai fiddled with Dranzer in the corner, Max nudged Ray, and they made their way to Kai.

The two of them sat in front of Kai, the hardwood creaked under them. Kai knew they wanted something, but remembered he was trying to be… nicer lately.

“What’s up?” Kai lowered the tiny screwdriver he was working with.

Max smiled at him.

“What is it?” Kai asked again, this time with a bit more attitude.

“You know you can tell us anything right, Kai?” Ray was pressuring him.

“Ray!” Max swatted his shoulder gently.

“Look, I’ve been uh…” Max folded their hands together fiddling with individual fingers. “For lack of better words, gender hopping for a while now. So I guess… What I’m trying to say is… I get what you're laying down.”

Kai blinked a few times, surprised Max picked it up so fast. He wasn’t sure if he was ready… but he knew his friends, he could trust them.

“I uh.” Kai started, then laughed a bit, “wow.” He fiddled with the small screwdriver on the floor, “you just… right on the money, Max.”

Max dropped his hand on Kai’s thigh. Kai wasn’t huge on touching yet, but Max wanted to give him some form of comfort.

“I’ve been thinking for… quite some time.” Kai started, he rubbed the back of his neck before continuing. “About my um… gender identity.”

The room grew quieter. Both Kai, Max, and Ray were aware the rest of the room picked up on the serious vibe and were listening in.

Max went to say something, but Kai continued.

“I know it’s more than what I want to wear, or makeup or nailpolish. Anyone can do that stuff... It’s more than that. That’s why I’ve been thinking so much.”

Max put both hands on Kai’s leg. Kai grinned.

“I think… I might be non-binary—” the room was quiet, “I’m not one-hundred percent sure but—”

Max cut him off, “it’s fine Kai.” Their face practically glowed from how proud Max was of Kai. “You don’t need to give us a list of reasons, we trust you.”

“Thanks.” Kai let a grin slip out.

“Wait, Kai, you’re gay!?” Kenny gasped.

“No...” Kai now worried that it was too soon.

“Kenny! Non-bnary is a gender thing not a sexuality thing!” Max educated his friend as best as possible in the short timeframe.

“Ooohhh , sorry.” Kenny blushed. “I’m not quite… on the gender train yet, but I’m trying.”

Kai gave Kenny a soft expression, “Thanks, Kenny. I appreciate it.”

Tyson turned around, Kai’s heart fell in his chest, “wait… So you’re not a boy, Kai?”

“What are your pronouns!” Max squealed over Tyson’s remark.

“Um.” Kai hadn’t really thought much about it, “like, anything really. He or them? I know you like them Max but I guess…”

“You don’t mind if we call you a boy?”

Kai shrugged, “I don’t feel like… dysphoric about it. Just that you guys know how I feel when you think about me… I think… that’s all I want.”

The room grew quiet for a moment. Max didn’t want to press the situation, but everyone had more questions.

“Do you experience a lot of gender dysphoria?” Max felt the sweat form in their palms, and relieved some of the pressure from Kai’s leg.

“Sometimes.” When Kai admitted it, he felt his shoulders become light. “But I think it really lines up with my trauma. That’s why… I’m still unsure. But I wanted you guys to know.”

“Thanks for telling us.” Ray patted his shoulder.

“I’m glad I did.”

Kai’s words rang through the dojo.

It was Tyson who got up first.

“Anyone want anything to drink? I’m going to go get a soda. Kai, you want anything?”

Kai was unsure what to think, he stared at Tyson, lost for an answer to a basic question.

“It’s not complicated. I’m not asking you to pick a gender or anything, just what to drink.” Tyson’s words seemed almost... angry.

Max ripped their hands away from Kai and spat towards Kai’s rival, “Tyson!”

“Whatever. I’ll get water I guess.” Tyson threw his hands in the air and left through the door outside.

“What is his fucking problem?” Max grimaced.

“He was never this upset when you came out.” Ray side eyed Max.

Ray and Max pushed themselves off the floor ready to go confront him. Kai got up, placing his arm in front of them.

“No, I think I should talk to him.”

Are you sure, Kai?” Ray wore a worried look.

“Yeah. It’s about time we talked.” Kai made his way to the door, opening it and sliding it shut behind him gently.

Outside the sun had just set. The backyard was veiled in twilight. The other side of the wooden deck across the gravel Tyson shut a door behind him, carrying a can and a bottle of water. Kai hopped off the dojo’s floorboards and felt the gravel crunch under his feet. He made his way to Tyson.

Tyson saw him, and sat on the edge. Letting his feet dangle while he looked over the yard as Kai approached him.

“What’s up?” Tyson raised his eyebrows and smiled sarcastically, then went back to a neutral expression.

“Are you okay?” Kai looked him up and down trying to find out what the problem was.

Tyson handed him the bottle of water with a friendly gesture. Kai took it, and unscrewed the cap, he chugged it.

Tyson opened the can, the only noise other than bugs and the slight splashing of fish in the pond.

“You know…” Tyson took a sip, “I like makeup, dresses, and nailpolish as much as the next guy. But I’m not like you guys.”

“That’s okay.” Kai sat beside him a few feet away. He leaned against one of the wooden beams, “we never said you had to be.”

Tyson scoffed slightly, “I get Max, I do. But you’re such a manly guy. Why?”

“It’s hard to explain if you haven’t felt it yourself but… It’s not just about wearing more… feminine things. There’s a mental aspect to it. And besides…”

Kai used his water bottle to gently bash it against Tyson’s leg, “I’m not that manly.”

“I’ve seen you in a suit…” Tyson shook his head while grinning.

Kai took a breath, “why does this upset you so much? You never had a problem when Max announced his gender reveal—”

“A thousand times.” Tyson finished his sentence.

They both laughed.

A few insects jumped off the pond and reflected the setting sun in their fluttering wings.

“Why does this upset you so much?”

“First of all, I’m not upset. You can do anything you need to do, Kai.”

“If you’re not upset, then what are you?”

Tyson gave him his full attention, the eye contact made Kai’s hair stand on end.

Tyson wasn’t answering, so Kai continued, “I’m still the same person I’ve always been. Nothing has changed, but now I can be more comfortable, and true to who I am.”

“I know that, and I’m proud of you.” Tyson shook the can in circles with one hand.

Kai was starting to lose patience now, “so what the hell is up?!”

“Nothing.” Tyson avoided the question while staring into the distance.

“There’s got to be something if you’re acting like this—so what the hell?”

“It’s fine, Kai. Let’s just forget about it—”

“No.”

Kai was stern, making sure to stay true to his emotional truth.

“Excuse me?” Tyson layed down the can with a loud thud.

Kai threw the water bottle beside him, still holding on to it, his whole body stood still in a white anger.

“You’ve been picking on everything I’ve been doing lately, pointing out every change, in my personality or appearance. You’ve been hypersensitive to me changing, now you have to tell me why!”

Kai’s intense words made Tyson raise his voice louder.

“Because! It’s so annoying! I was so confident in my sexuality but now—if you’re not a boy then I guess that doesn’t make me fully gay like I thought and now I have more soul searching to do! And that pisses me off!”

They challenged each other for a moment, until… Tyson noticed what he said, he could feel his face going red, and he drank out of the can while turning away trying to hide his expression.

Kai wasn’t sure if he heard him right, but what else could he have meant?

“Tyson…”

“Shut up.”

Kai let go of the bottle, it fell and rolled away from them, ignoring it he pulled himself closer to Tyson.

Tyson leaned away, his body felt like it was on fire out of embarrassment, he just wanted to turn and run.

“You don’t have to put yourself in a box. Just live. Figure it out as you go. That’s what I’m doing.”

Kai’s voice was—as always, honey to Tyson’s ears. Tyson shivered, unsure what to do or say.

“It’s alright, Tyson.” Kai wore no expression, but Tyson knew everything he wanted to express.

Tyson stared down at his blue and red nails, smiling at the colour choice.

“I’m proud of you for telling us about your gender Kai… and I’ll support you anyway I can.”

“Thanks, Tyson. That means everything to me.”

#This was fun! #ressyfaerie #fic #ask

[vldkeith]

uhm hi, i was just checking your pinned post, and if i’m correct i see that in your dislikes is the sunset scene and i just wanna know why, i swear that i come in peace

this got long sooo under a readmore it goes lawl

oh my god i need to put this in my faq apparently bc ur the second person to ask fjdbdkdn um if u search “sunset scene” on my blog posts will come up abt it, but basically i find it difficult to divorce the sunset scene from its context, which is literally just lance coming to keith for advice about allura; there’s nothing gay about that.

the entire conversation is painfully heterosexual to an almost laughable degree, and i think that putting it in such a romantic setting—they’re in the golden glow of a sunset scene alone, it’s ridiculously cliche—was sinister and malicious considering the creators knew of the kl community and what we were hoping for & already knew it was never going to happen and kind of already hated us for all the “trouble” we’d caused up until then. it was a cruel, queerbaiting scene where they took the most popular gay ship and shoved them together in a romantic setting to talk about one of their female love interests.

i think anyone who likes the sunset scene has chosen to be blind to this, and i honestly can’t blame them, because at that point the kl vld fandom was so starved for content that they were willing to take anything thrown to them, even if it was rotted meat and moldy bread. i do wish those people would be more aware that it was never meant to be anything more than, at best, a show of how strictly platonic the relationship between keith and lance was, or at worst a purposeful distortion of klance that served as a joke at the kl community’s expense so that the creators could laugh at us.

there was never anything there, guys. i wish we would stop implicitly validating voltron (or at least excusing it) by inventing gay subtext when there was none

#will put this in my faq soon 😩 #PLEASE nobody try to debate me on this tonight i am tired and u will not convince me of the gay coding of the sunset scene or whatever #im tired im a gayboy that has dealt with media for too long im over it bye #asks🌟