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pacifymebby · 1 year

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Modern!peaky boys and a reader who won them in a monopoly. It seems to me that Thomas would be a little irritated, because he has a huge business and he lost this game.

Hahaha this is such a good one <3

Tommy

🌿 He isn't going to get mad, its just a game (at least thats what he's telling himself anyway)

🌿It would be a slow painful loss because he's good at the game... He'd keep pulling himself back from bankruptcy over and over until he finally lost

🌿 At which point he would in fact be very embarrassed but trying not to show it. He'd sit there with that emotionless stare like "alright well, that was fun, what're we doing next?" trying to move on as quickly as possible.

🌿 Youd definitely gloat a bit because hes the owner of a huge business and you just managed to beat him.

🌿 And your gloating would embarrass him more but also irritate him so he'd be dismissive like "oh well love its only a game, doesnt work like real business does it,"

🌿 Would end up telling you to run the company for a week, "then we'll see how good you are eh?"

🌿 Basically hes sulking.

Alfie

🐻 Acts like he cares when he loses

🐻 Doesnt really care at all..

🐻 He just knows that you want him to have a temper tantrum, so he's acting up for you, to entertain you

🐻 Lots of grumbling and groaning and rolling his eyes but its all for show, he actually likes doing anything that means spending time with you.

🐻 Although he can think of much better things to be doing with you than playing monopoly...and he will tell you that.

🐻 Will dramatically get in a huff when he loses, explain why he shouldn't lose, accuse you of cheating... Anything to make you laugh and tease him more.

🐻 Will pretend to sulk until you come sit in his lap, give him a kiss and say sorry for making him play the game.

Arthur

🍂 Gets confused by the game, he'd lose pretty quickly

🍂 But honestly i think hes throwing the board away before he loses just out of sheer frustration with the whole thing.

🍂 Youre just constantly trying to explain the rules, and when he has to pay tax and stuff he just point blank refuses, "Nah thats not how that works darlin, i dont pay tax..."

🍂 Wants to know why the street names are all in London, "what about the rest of the country eh?"

🍂 Theres honestly nothing you can do to get this man to play properly or understand the game and in the end he really does just tip the table.

🍂 "Next time I'm choosing what we play!"

John

🌼 Doesnt know why you've got to play board games when theres better things you could be doing like watching the godfather or something...

🌼 (look right, if we had modern peaky boys they'd be the type to make you watch all the mafia movies and the sopranos and stuff just so they could sit and mansplain how "look at this bullshit, that aint what its really like at all... Where the fuck do they get these ideas...")

🌼 But anyway, when you're playing monopoly hes grumbling away, bored games are for people who can't entertain themselves blah blah

🌼 Its all just a front because he knows hes going to lose... And he doesnt want to lose

🌼 He doesnt mind losing as much as his brothers do but he doesnt like to lose... So hes setting his excuses up now and you dont hesitate to let him know you know what hes doing...

🌼 "Just cause you're scared of losing..."

🌼 In the end though john is playing this stupid game with you because he knows it'll make you happy.

🌼 And when he loses he sits there and takes it with a smirk on his face, shaking his head rolling his eyes at you all "Ahh well whatever makes you happy love."

Bonnie

🍀 Bonnies probably quietly quite anti capitalist in the 2020s, and he definitely isnt the indoorsy type that could concentrate on monopoly for as long as it takes to actually play monopoly

🍀 For that reason this games been going on for several days with lots of pauses in between

🍀 And youve heard multiple times "dont know why you like this so much y/n, you know the toffs would never let people like us do any of this shit in real life..."

🍀 But just like john, bonnies playing it with you for your sake, cause he wants to make you happy. Doesnt mean he isnt going to keeo playing it "unseriously" to try and make you laugh

🍀 To end the game he cheekily announces that the economy has just tanked due to a revolution, the means of production have been siezed and all the money in the worlds just gone up in smoke, you're skint, hes skint and now everybody has to go back to bartering and trade like "the good old days"

🍀 "Oh and nobody owns the land anymore dove so me and you, we can go wherever we like... Stop wasting time playing board games eh?"

Isaiah

🐀Acts like he doesnt care but actually does care

🐀He's even more annoyed when he loses because he was cheating!! How can you lose when youre cheating?

🐀Will sulk, will say hes not playing anymore. Will throw the money at you when he lands on your space.

🐀He'll even admit to cheating when he tries to accuse you of cheating (spoiler alert youre both cheating)

🐀 Definitely shoves the board away and messes it all up. Its not even that he thinks he should be good at the game, its that he just doesnt want to lose.

Michael

☘️ Won't be able to hide how much he cares about winning

☘️ He played the game as a kid and claims to have never lost. You can believe this if you like, I'm not sure whether he's telling the truth.

☘️ When he senses hes losing he will start to cheat, he'll feel bad about it but he'll try anyway.

☘️ If he gets sent to jail he'll claim he should still be able to take the money for passing go, he would in real life...

☘️ He'll definitely accuse you of cheating when you win... (you're actually not cheating)

☘️ He won't tip the board or be dramatic but he will grumble about how stupid the game is, how its nothing like real business

☘️ He'll tell you hes not playing it with you again, he will reallyyyy sulk about it.

☘️ So much sulking.

☘️ The sulk could last several days

☘️ You'll have to be really sweet to him to heal that wounded ego

#peaky blinders imagines #bonnie gold x reader #tommy shelby x reader #arthur shelby x reader #john shelby x reader #peaky blinders headcanon #alfie solomons x reader #peaky blinders imagine #Michael gray x reader

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omgwhatchloe · 7 months

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everyone talks about the relationship between hosea and dutch or arthur and charles but NO ONE TALKS ENOUGH ABOUT SEAN AND LENNY!!!

lenny was literally trying to teach him how to read and the way sean said “ive nearly got it anyhow” IMPLIES THEY HAD HAD READING LESSONS BEFORE?!!!?!??!! i want to write a fanfic about this but i literally cannot commit to writing something to save my life (funny since i plan to be a writer in the future)

theyre also #1 bill haters, they laugh at bill around the campfire when he says hes a burning stick, sean makes a joke about if bill was his leader he’d never laugh again and lenny literally has excuse himself and hit sean on the shoulder because he almost made lenny laugh

also can we talk about how they actually have meaningful coversations as well??they talk about who they hate, and they actually listen to each other so well and god i just love that i love them

i dont know if this was just my playthrough, but lenny slept on his bedroll right next to the campfire and every single night thats where sean went, he had his own little spot at the end of lennys bedroll and when it was late he’d sit there whittling while lenny watched him, he even stayed when lenny fell asleep (and i bet he wonders why hes tired in the morning), they also ate together and if somehow the actors had the time to record millions of extra voicelines i guarantee you they wouldve spoken a lot more to each other every day. (not exactly relevant, but i think uts so funny how when characters say their lines like on a mission or in a story they just sit there in complete and utter silence after thats super awkward)

in the chapter 3 mission where you clear out shady belle with lenny, he says he likes sean and i know thats very small and basic but everytime i hear it i eat it up. theres also dialogue in chapter 4 where lenny says its a shame about seans dead that i have not yet unlocked or seen on youtube (but god knows im trying)

anyway theres my little rant and please please please feel free to add whatever you want onto that

#red dead redemption 2 #sean macguire #rdr2 #lenny summers #lenny x sean #sean x lenny #macsummers #shitpost #red dead redemption two #sean rdr2

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lovincomets · 2 years

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pick a card: the things they want to say to you right now, in a little letter

hello hello hello! this is my first post and my first pick-a-card reading upon here, and i'm so excited! the theme today is black & white, which is not really my aesthetic but it looked really pretty! i'm gonna be doing this reading mostly on what my gut & instinct says, but i'll pull some tarot cards too! also, i'm a beginner on tumblr, so please excuse me for any mistakes, if i make any. thank you! (i do not own any of these pictures, credits go to google)

● please breathe in and out, and then choose, if you're confused between choosing. ● it's perfectly okay to be drawn to more than 1 pile. however, i suggest that pick the one by which you feel more drawn towards.

pile 1 -----> pile 2

pile 3 ----> pile 4 this pick-a-card reading includes :- ● a small and cute letter from the person you're thinking about. ● some channeled messages / things that came in my mind while writing your letter. ● a channeled song. let's start with the reading!

pile 1 dear love, it's been a long time since i've talked to you. every second without talking to you felt like hell. i've missed you so much. i kind of feel like you're ignoring me, are you? i hope not. i just wanna talk to you. please text me, it'll make my day. are you eating well and taking care of yourself? i'm really worried about you. you look sad these days. is everything okay? if not, just know that i'm always there for you and everything is going to be alright soon. my love, i miss you so so much. please talk to me. love you. ♡ channeled messages "i love your eyes", "princess", los angeles, the colour white, "you're my queen", "i love you", a guy looking at a girl with doe eyes as she talks to someone else. ♡ channeled song havana - camila cabello (feat. young thug) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- pile 2 baby, i'm still blushing. you have no idea how much i love talking to you, do you? you probably think that i don't like talking to you, or i dont care about what you say, but, i love it. i really do love it. all the little moments we have, when you're in my arms, when we're laughing and joking around with each other. i love it so much. babe, never ever doubt about my feelings towards you. they're real and i know it. even though i may not show it sometimes, you really do have my heart, my queen. ♡ channeled messages "la la la la la la", a slow mo video of a couple laughing and hugging each other, california (?), cherry by lana del rey, "i wanna kiss you", "let's cuddle". ♡ channeled song last kiss - taylor swift ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ pile 3 hi, i don't think we know each other that well, do we? well, you seem interesting. i would love to know more about you, talk to me the next time you see me. the last time i saw you, were you running? you looked really pretty with all that hair in front of your face, i don't know what i'm even saying, but i loved it. let's be friends, shall we? ♡ channeled messages a chemistry lab, "hey, who is she?", a school/uni/college, "yolo!", a pretty girl with bangs, a guy wearing a checked white shirt. ♡ channeled song can i be him - james arthur ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ pile 4 yo, (such playful energy!) i love you. i don't think you know that. you probably never will. we are so close, i love to tease you and make fun of you, we bully each other sarcastically, i love it. you're my bestest friend. i want to be more than friends, but i'm not sure if you would want that. i'm scared to reveal my feelings to you. maybe you would reject me. i'm not sure. i don't want to ruin this amazing friendship i have with you. i really love you. you as a whole are an extremely gorgeous human being. ♡ channeled messages texting on discord, laughing, "stop hitting me! (in a playful way), "you're so cute!", a tiny room, running on the baseball field. ♡ channeled song olivia - one direction

thank you so much for reading! i hope you all liked it :) please share/reblog/like if you can! it would be much appreciated! <3 also, you can dm me whenever you want! i'll love to be friends with you all!

#tarot #tarotblr #tarotscope #tarotofinstagram #divination #tarot cards #tarot reading #tarot deck #tarot readings #pac reading #pick a pile #pick a card reading #pick a picture #pick a card #pac tarot #spirituality #spiritualpath #spiritualism

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khaleesiofalicante · 2 months

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and this chapter the new one is the reason why i would never stop loving my little Max blueberry, i loved him since i first knew of his existence (in teh fictional world) btlio was the second story i ever fucking picked up after completing tmi even before the rest of teh tftsa book. I ... the pain never stops, last time i was crying over arthur now i am crying over max , tbh i i was also a little biased towards max throughout the whole lbaf story ( only time i was a little furstrated was because of the mallory trust situation - but it just showed he is too good for the world my max) and DAVID?! wow that boy has literally been tortured since birth with just a good few years sprinkled in between. WHYYYY DANI WHYY, also other max did a honoruble thing choosig teh world but his FAMILY!?? wow. my max i just want hi to be alright ( and teh rafe and max scene was sooo heartbreaking but such a heart touching moment) also magnus baby stop taking credit for all teh bad things happening, buddy, you are good, believ that. wow my max ,.,, and david wow, i sort of knew it was going to come to these two choices, and wehenver i wondered about teh trigge rof the story i aways thought either arthur will die or..actually it was only what i thought, but i was like nahh dani wont, arthur is her fav baby she wont, but girl whattt, i wasnt surpised but i was surpised *insert surprised pickachu face* but i didnt forsee max having to make such a difficult choice, so now he took arthur to pandemobium, his body is disintegrated, and he truly is gone isnt he. also whoa HERMES BACK OFF BUDDY BACK TEH FUCK OFF, DONT TOUCH MY MAX, HE LITERALLY JUST FUCKING SAVED YOUR ASSES by making kincaid exist you bitch. i hope max tells him or atleast magnus does something to protect him, i know he wont let hermes hurt his kid, no wayy.

also so if in the alt uni, alec is dead when lance destroyes idris, like rafe and all everyone

ALSO THAT BITCH FUCKING DONKEY MADELINE AND KYLE (firts they hurt kincaid, and then HE SAYS BITCHY THINSG ABOUT ARTHUR ?whore ? that what that piece of shit said you are a fukcing whore pretending to love his wife and then also telling hell hurt her.

he is psychotic both of them like MADELINE THAT FUCKING BITCHJUST AS BAD AS MALLORY ACTUALLY WORSE, saying david got to hold him was more than he deserved, NOW I am like glad she suffered, PLEASE DANI DO GODS WORK AND MAKE THEM SUFFERRRRRRRRRRRR LIKE ANYTHING, nothing will be enough at this point, (ps this is actually how real life abusive toxic marraiges also exist like threatening to harm the mom to a kid and the mom who stays their willingly bc of how they believe they are dependent and love their husbands, who are emotionally manipulative.) its so hard to see for people about the suffering and people just go on like that.

mallory (sry madeline i mean, i just exhanged them in my head) (like bitch you all knew the repurcussions of going to that meeting and werent you teh one who aupported david, and wtf excuse does kyle have aother than his bruised ego to want this shit so bad) and kyle have no redemption. and like people no matter how scared just allow such inhumaness like killing kids, harming torturing them and teh fact that even in real life this has happened in history is disgusted.

thank you for all your hardwork and giving us this chapter.

I say this with my whole heart but I would literally pay money to watch you life react to LBAF chapters 😂😂😂

#annie REALLY went through it #but thank you for all the emotions it's gratifying to see if I am being honest x #lbaf

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peachy-snacks · 11 months

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You think since you did Poc Rosie you would ever do Poc Alice? See ages ago ameval (deactivated now RIP) did incredible designs for Alice if she was a poc and since then dipped it broke my heart as Alice being poc was such a good idea like makes sense too contrasts well with skinny white twink Arthur sorry i dont mean to fill up your inbox i was just wondering

I made a few drawings a long while ago but I was so excited to revisit these concepts!! I haven’t been drawing as much digitally so please excuse the goofy photos!!

*I call nyo Arthur “Rosaline” within my art and ideas, I’m very aware that it can be confusing with Rosie also existing 😭😭 I’m trying to think of other names all the time!

I had to dig around a bit to find this one but I sketched my first concept of POC Rosaline during an event! This was a very loose sketch and I didn’t have any concepts or ideas to follow so I didn’t do much with it for a while.

After sitting on the idea for a while I came up with this design, I wanted to keep a lot of parallels while still making her feel like she was her own character! I curse myself for being unable to do detail work, I really want to work more with the jewelry and patterns on her!!

I also made this goof sketch of POC Amelia with the first sketch of Rosaline, I really really like her and I want to make more of her!!! :-)

#my art #hetalia #axis powers hetalia #axis powers ヘタ��ア #aph #hetalia world stars #hws #aph england #hws england #nyo england #alice kirkland #rosaline kirkland #usuk

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azumasoroshi · 1 year

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minidura chapter 2 react (izaya has stopped functioning)

i already forgot what i named the last post whoops

anyway

shizuo jumpscare

as a psychology student who is also taking sociology goddamn do i love the whole community aspect of durarara and the forms. wish i could start a festival in my town just by suggesting it online somewhere. it's so cool how you have no idea of the qualifications of the people you talk to (just like on tumblr except this is all ikebukuro people. and izaya)

i wonder if izaya being the only member of the cast (afaik) to not live in ikebukuro is symbolic of how he feels has to distance himself from the chaos at least a little bit in order to not get swept up in it himself. it's like a self restraint type thing

that's probably really obvious though forgive me im still dutsing off my character analysis lack-of-skills ANYWAY

tom is such a malewife honestly

i dont think ive ever had chocolate bananas before. huh. strawberries sure bananas nah

he looks so cute in that last panel ghghghjhhrhghgghjf

i dont get to see enough of normal laid back shizuo behavior with all the shizaya art i look at lmfAOO

i swear to god if celty's in a kimono 💀 shinra is about to be the most annoying man alive

stupid puns my beloved

the way tom's eyes are drawn in that last panel reminds me of like. american cartoon but i cant put my finger on it

is it arnold from the magic school bus or is it arthur from arthur. who knows

"you absolutely cant get into a fight today" ah so the peace wont last. damn

EGGPLANTZAYA

i cant wait for izaya to show up this chapter and annoy the living hell out of shizuo

maybe i should make eggplantzaya my profile picture (i wont because im too attached to rantaro. not even him as a character just the profile picture) (also because i cant remember where i found the profile picture and im too scared to let it go)

i see that blurb with the really cute izaya picture on the left and im assuming it's just a "this is orihara izaya btw. he's really annoying and shizuo hates him for ruining his life" type thing but god i wish i could read it anyway ill take any crumbs

HERE HE COMES!!!!!!!

oh nvm he's getting shafted for now, we transition to-

WHAT DID I FUCKING TELL YOU

celty in a kimono is inevitable. you cannot escape

she is cute though <3 this might be her first festival since she's irish too damn

that just reminded me god i wish celty talked in a super thick irish accent. some people have already mentioned that but im reiterating it because maybe some abridged series will consider it

wait oh my god is this gonna be another hotpot party type "izaya organized all this because he's lonely and wants an excuse to hang out with people that tolerate him" thing. amazing wonderful i love the izaya slander going on in this manga today

and i was about to say "oh i guess that wasnt izaya's silhouette in the shizuo-tom panel" but he's holding a chocolate banana 💀rip tom's pay i guess

i can imagine how that went but i dont think ill have to imagine for much longer

oh yeah it was right in the next panel lmAO at least you got free food izaya dont complain

"he looks like he's having fun" awwwwwwwwwwwww nothing more fun than ticking off shizuo and not getting hurt in the process

just realized he has the constantly closed eyes pff gin ichimaru lookin edgy ass bitch

he opens his eyes like it's a dramatic supervillain reveal but it's really just him being lonely. thanks for always exposing him shinra mwah

WHY IS HE ACTING SO EVIL. doing the fucking arm spread like this is a bad thing what is wrong with him

i love how mikado shinra and celty are looking at each other like "this fucking guy. cant have one normal conversation"

PFFFFFFFFFFFF

i know shinra is laughing his ass off beneath those glasses rn

izaya's face is amazing actually. you know that one scene in bungou stray dogs wan where atsushi gets dazai a gift and dazai glitches out and stops processing information because he doesnt know how to handle appreciation. this is literally that scene

huh. now i understand why durarara and bsd always get recommended together

KILL HIM MIKADO!! KILL HIM WITH KINDNESS HE'S ALREADY HALFWAY TO HELL

literal proof that izaya ceases to function when someone actually likes him. idc that this isn't canon it's canon because i say so

(side note MAN did they have to give airi noticable cleavage even in her chibi form. come on. you didnt do it for celty you dont have to do it to her 😭 the amount of fanservice with her drives me nuts in the main series)

my man is BROKEN just look at him

local gay baby realizes he accidentally made everyone happy. oops

walker and erika in the background too <3 they're so cute ugh

YOU DUMBASS

i knew itd be another hotpot thing oh mygod he's so. fucking idiot you couldve just tagged along with them 😭

it's only once he imagines shizuo that he snaps too pffffffffft

also namie appearance!!!!!!! hope she appears more in future chapters

10/10 chapter would bully izaya again

oops almost missed the ending drawing!! so cuteeee <3333

#shizaya #izaya orihara #shizuo heiwajima #mikado ryuugamine #celty sturulson #shinra kishitani #tom tanaka #durarara #long post #i should make a soro reacts tag actually. thatd be better for organization #i sound like a youtuber help #like and subscribe for more of my shitty commentary guys!!!

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mischiefm4n4ged · 2 years

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Canon professor lupin i dont make the rules

Draco: *late* excuse me is this sarcasm 101?

Remus: no its Lamaze class for men named Arthur.

Draco: oh okay, sorry. *about to leave*

Remus: I’m kidding! It is sarcasm 101. Be more gullible, take any seat you want.

Remus: Except that one.

Draco:

Remus: I’m kidding sit down.

Draco: *sits* it’s really hard to tell…

Remus: thank you, Mr. Malfoy

Remus: Mr. Malfoy has just learned what? Anyone?

Hermione: good sarcasm is hard to distinguish from normal speech.

Harry: could you be more of a teacher’s pet?

Remus: Harry, i heard that. Good one. *smiles*

*in the middle of class*

Remus: so you see, Mr. Malfoy, England is known for having awful food

Draco: why do you have to criticize everybody? We sure have some good food

Remus: what was I gonna say in response to that, oh right, I don’t care.

Draco: see now you’re just being rude

Remus: be more sensitive

Ron: way to take a joke Malfoy

Remus: good one

Harry: hey, Draco, Draco, whenever you talk I wanna have sex with you even less

Remus: *👁👄👁* that’s not quite sarcasm Harry… but an excellent try…

#remus lupin #harry potter #Draco Malfoy #incorrect harry potter quotes #friends tv show reference #This is not from Friends. It is from a snl sketch with Matthew Perry called sarcasm 101.

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loisinherlane · 9 months

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this one is more just that i want to see you say it again bc its funny, not that i dont know your opinion, but. opinion on gaiuther

okay okay okay. if anyone is new here and hasn't heard me say this: the only thing that makes gaius's loyalty to uther make sense (imo) is if gaius is in love with uther. it adds to the merlin/arthur parallels. it's so fucked up. old men excusing each other's war crimes because they want to FUCK.

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theauthorinaugust · 4 months

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Intro to my blog!

My name is… not gonna be disclosed, I’m nineteen, turning twenty on an undisclosed date, currently living in America!

English isn’t my first language— so excuse any spelling errors I may make, despite living here for so long, words are hard :(

I use He/They pronouns. Stand with Palestine 🇵🇸

Currently, I write for these fandoms (or plan to write for theses fandoms);

⭐️Really anything, I’m sort of all over the place

Other things my blog will feature;

⭐️writing tips

⭐️art

⭐️little rants (maybe)

⭐️info-dumping about my writing or the books I’m reading

My favorite characters and comfort characters;

⭐️Astarion (Baldur’s Gate 3)

⭐️Arthur Morgan (RDR2)

⭐️Shamura (Cult Of The Lamb)

⭐️Leshy (Cult Of The Lamb)

⭐️Leshy (inscryption)

⭐️P03 (inscryption)

⭐️Crybaby (k-12)

⭐️Boozoo (The Walten Files)

⭐️Bon (The Walten Files)

⭐️Susan Woddings (The Walten Files)

⭐️Barnaby (Welcome Home ARG)

⭐️Howdy (Welcome Home ARG)

⭐️Hobie Brown (ATSV)

⭐️Miles Morales (ATSV)

⭐️Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Deadpool)

Do’s and Dont’s for my blog:

Do’s;

DO suggest Headcannons

DO suggest writing prompts

DO say hello :)

DO be nice and respectful to me and other people. This is a safe place, everyone is entitled to their opinions.

Don’ts;

DON’T spam me.

DON’T suggest something nonconsensual, un-savory, or pro-shipping. I won’t be writing or drawing for anything that is offensive, nasty, or nonconsensual

DON’T attack anyone. Remain polite and kind while on my blog, please.

DON’T push fandoms on me. If I want to write for it, I promise I will. But if it’s not on my ‘featured on blog’ don’t push it.

That’s all! Thank you for reading, and/or, acknowledging my blog!

-Author!

#intro post #introduction #blog intro #writing blog #forever a nerd

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a-small-batch-of-dragons · 2 years

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Trust In Them

Prompts:

Merlin prompt! Merlin has trust issues and really isn't sure he can actually trust the knights. Thing is, the knights have all thought they've been friends with Merlin for years and years and thought Merlin would trust them with (almost) anything - augustwritessometimes

I've been reading all your fics today and let me tell you it was all so WONDERFUL! You're literally amazing and like omg all your fics bring me so much joy

(im so sorry)

... Are you still accepting prompts? I know you just finished a lot of stories but I'm so excited to see your take on Arthur and the knights knowing that Dragoon the great is Merlin! Merlin thinks he can get away with anything cause no one knows who Dragoon truly is when in fact. Everyone knows who he truly is. Like Arthur purposelly not allowing Merlin to leave when Dragoon is needed, or maybe Gwaine keeps on commenting on how familiar Dragoon looks like idk i suck at ideas sjsjsj I'm a bit new to the fandom so sorry if I make mistakes!!

And you dont have to do it, i dont want to come across as forcing or anything hehe :>

Thanks!! - anon

Read on Ao3

Warnings: Merlin’s got some trust issues, that’s about it

Pairings: merthur, can be platonic or romantic I don’t care

Word Count: 4652

Elyan thinks Merlin is one of the most creative men he’s ever met, Percival thinks he’s one of the strongest. Gwaine thinks Merlin is one of the bravest men he’s ever met, Leon thinks Merlin is one of the luckiest men he’s ever known. Lancelot thinks Merlin is one of the most compassionate men he’s ever known, Arthur thinks Merlin is the biggest idiot in the world.

Merlin thinks he's none of that.

Only one of them is incorrect.

Elyan thinks Merlin is one of the most creative men he’s ever met, Percival thinks he’s one of the strongest.

Certainly, being a sorcerer in Camelot is no mere feat, especially not one that is so close to the royal family. Uther’s mere presence is enough to send most sorcerers running for cover—or so they’ve been told—and the man’s stance on magic and the fear he seeds through the land is more than enough to make up for anything else.

Hell, the tales of the Witchfinder and the terror he swept through the land were enough to make the both of them extremely glad they hadn’t served as knights during that time.

How Merlin managed to not only survive, but to thwart the man rivals some of the best battle stories Percival’s heard, including those that Gwaine tells when he’s drunk. Yes, Merlin’s muttered half-admissions and the pieces they’re able to drag out of him when he lets them are more interesting and entertaining than whatever fantasies a drunk Gwaine can muster up. Yes, they tell him that to his face, too.

Elyan half wonders if Merlin has a list of stories or excuses written down somewhere. After all, he didn’t get to be the blacksmith in town by memorizing everything. Muscle memory, sure, and getting used to a pattern of thinking, but there were lists and notes and his father’s hands at his and his sister’s sides.

Merlin is alone.

Mostly alone.

From what Leon tells, he’s been able to spin lies effective enough to ensure most of the nobles don’t look twice at him. The servants adore him—no surprise there, to be honest—and no one ever suspects him of sorcery. Although there are moments where someone will point fingers at Merlin or corner him, and well, that’s what they’re there for.

Arthur is particularly fond of the story where Merlin burst into the council chambers, screaming out a confession and he’d swept him up into his arms, assuring them that Merlin was just an idiot off his head, nothing to worry about. Merlin had glared at him after that but he hadn’t been carted off for treason. A win, then.

Elyan shakes his head as he watches Merlin fumble an excuse as he ducks around one of the older sword masters. “That must be part of it, mustn’t it?”

“What, the bumbling act?” Percival crosses his arms. “Yes, I think so.”

“Make himself look like much less of a target, too innocent.”

“He’s a small man.”

“He really isn’t.”

“Is too. Weighs less than a tankard of mead, he does.” Percival nods toward Merlin’s skinny figure. “If he turned sideways, you’d mistake him for a broomstick.”

Elyan swats Percival’s shoulder.

“What? It’s true. And it helps him. A man like that, most people won’t look twice at.”

“And that makes him strong?”

Percival huffs. “You know men. Most would crow out their own importance to the mountains and the seas if they could, just so the world would notice them. Merlin’s not like that. He lets himself get overlooked.”

“That makes him smart.”

“And strong. Not many men I know who have that strength in themselves.”

“What’re you two talking about?” Merlin stops in front of them, fiddling with the buckle. “Aren’t you supposed to be training?”

“We’re waiting for you,” Elyan says, “Arthur wants you with us.”

“I’m sure he does.” Merlin rolls his eyes and starts down the corridor. “Come on, then.”

Percival glances down as they turn the corner, smiling as he sees the soft click of the leather coming apart in Merlin’s hand. “You’re good at that.”

Merlin’s hands twitch. “Just…used to the work, I guess.”

He and Elyan exchange a smile over Merlin’s shoulders. Strong, smart, whichever it is, he’s Merlin. They’re happy to help him practice his excuses.

Gwaine thinks Merlin is one of the bravest men he’s ever met.

He’s not talking about running into harm’s way without a care in the world except for what you’re protecting behind you, even though Merlin does an excellent job of that too. He’s not talking about swigging from the cup you know is poisoned because it will keep another man from doing it, even though Merlin’s done that, what, three times now? And he’s not talking about jumping in front of a sword without hesitation, even though Merlin is giving them all heart attacks every time he does it despite them all knowing he’ll be fine.

No. He’s talking about when you walk through a space where your very existence is enough to make you hated and feared, and holding your head up anyway.

He’s not too proud to admit he doesn’t understand it. Why Merlin chooses to stay. When the halls ring and whisper with how awful magic is, how awful sorcerers are, and he knows that if anyone so much as suspects he’s a sorcerer, he’ll be dragged off to a pyre before he can blink.

But no matter how many times magic falls at the wrong end of Camelot’s blade, Merlin’s there. Without fail, he’s there with a quip and that smile that makes all of them want to make sure nothing awful ever befalls him. He stays next to Arthur’s side like he was born to be there, even as the hatred against magic seeps into the walls themselves.

He doesn’t understand it.

Gwaine is not a fool. He knows the look in people’s eyes when they decide they disagree with your existence. In all his travels, he’s been on the wrong end of some of those stares and on occasion, some of those blades. Those that spit at him in the streets for being who he is and run him out with the promise of burning forevermore if he dares continue on like this. He brushes them off his shoulders like dust from the road and travels on, to hopefully friendlier pastures.

But he isn’t a sorcerer, he’s only a lover.

Merlin, though? Merlin doesn’t run. He doesn’t shy away from the stares they give him, from the whispers he hears in the walls. He doesn’t do any of that.

He stays. With a smile on his face and sure hands, he stays.

That makes him the bravest of all of them.

And sometimes, he just wants Merlin to know he’s not alone.

Come on, Dragoon? Really? That’s just ‘dragon’ with an extra ‘o.’ And sure, maybe it’s subtle enough to fly over the heads of the truly unobservant—hello, Uther Pendragon, may he rest in peril—but not enough for the knights. So maybe he makes a few jokes about Dragoon looking familiar, or his voice sounding like a friend’s, or something, just so Merlin knows it’s okay.

That even the bravest should feel no shame in reaching out every once in a while.

Leon thinks Merlin is one of the luckiest men he’s ever known.

Is the man a sorcerer? Yes. Does he possess enough power to overthrow all of Camelot should he see fit? Most likely. Is he one of the most charismatic men Leon’s ever heard speak? When he wants to be, yes, he could persuade the world.

Is he also one of the stupidest, risk-taking bastards Leon’s ever had to protect?

You have no idea.

Merlin is a sorcerer. You would think, then, that Merlin would understand that since he is in Camelot, a kingdom that is notorious for being unsafe for sorcerers, that he would do his best to keep that quiet. You know, not casting magic in the middle of the day, in the open, in the training fields with everyone around and not just the knights he knows and trusts, on the Crown Prince himself.

If you’re wondering why that sounds like a very pointed, specific example, it’s because it is.

Four times.

Four.

Each time, Leon has to remind himself that bashing his head against his helmet in these types of situations is counterproductive, because at least one of them has to retain some semblance of common sense. Each time, though, the temptation gets a little stronger. He’s managed to resist…so far.

That’s not to say that Merlin doesn’t have his moments of brilliance. And sure, perhaps there are more things to a man than his intelligence, but the luck sometimes of what he can get away with makes Leon think that if all of Camelot were blessed so, there would be an everlasting harvest and peace for all eternity.

And that’s certainly not going to happen.

And sometimes still, there are moments where Merlin’s luck makes Leon’s breath catch in his throat.

“You, boy,” one of the visiting nobles snarls, “I saw you with my sword earlier. And now its balance is all off. What did you do?”

“Nothing,” Merlin says stubbornly, because he’s right and he’s done nothing, but the noble doesn’t think so, “I haven’t touched your sword.”

The noble snarls and thrusts it at him. Leon steps forward, his hand on his own blade.

“I don’t believe you, boy,” the noble says in a low, dangerous voice, “and I think it’s high time someone taught you a lesson.”

The light glints off the blade and Leon moves, ready to intercept, to call for the noble to stop—

“That’s not your sword!”

Merlin’s cry makes both men freeze, Leon’s eyes fixed on the two in front of him as the noble slowly withdraws the blade. Merlin’s breaths still ring a bit heavy as the man examines the pommel of the sword.

“It’s not yours,” Merlin repeats, quieter, pointing at the hilt, “see? It’s one of the training swords.”

The noble glares at him. “You got lucky, boy.”

“…yes, sire.”

The noble stomps away as Leon breathes a sigh of relief, coming up and resting a hand on Merlin’s shoulder. “Are you alright, my friend?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.” Merlin gives himself a little shake. “Lucky he picked up the wrong sword, right?”

“Yes,” Leon says with a soft smile, “lucky, indeed.”

Lancelot thinks Merlin is one of the most compassionate men he’s ever known.

He sees it in the way Merlin offers up the last of his food to a pair of children hiding in the shadows. They’re on their way back from the town, Gwaine’s drunken voice still chorusing loudly behind them. Lancelot pulls his cloak a little closer around his shoulders, opening one arm to offer some of the warmth to Merlin. Merlin shakes him off, saying he’s fine, it’s not that far a walk, when something stops them. He pauses, his hands still on the basket he’s to bring back to Gaius. Lancelot asks him if something’s wrong and he shakes his head, turning to spot the pair staring out at him. He hands over the basket and instructs them to keep warm, not noticing Lancelot’s soft smile.

He sees it in the way Merlin patches up one of the squires after a particularly nasty training day. The squire yelps when a staff connects with a rough part of his armor, digging into his arm until he bleeds. The others laugh at him, call him a child, a puppy, and don’t acknowledge the harm they’ve done as they go back inside. Merlin helps the man to a bench, quietly directing him until he can get at the wound, tending to it with the skill of a physician and the care of a brother. He dries the squire’s tears and makes him smile as Lancelot keeps the others away.

He sees it in the way Merlin sits by Arthur’s side in the council rooms. The council is old, used to Uther Pendragon, and not at all accustomed to new ideas and practices when someone younger brings them in. Arthur is stern, steadfast, and sits in his authority as someone who should. He is the focal point in the room, someone who is to be respected and honored when he speaks. And Merlin supports him by not saying a word. It can go unspoken, sometimes, as it should, how important silence can be as a way of showing solidarity. Arthur blossoms in the council room with Merlin by his side as Lancelot and the knights watch.

And so, Lancelot wants to make sure Merlin never has to serve from an empty cup.

When Merlin’s hands shake as he tries to carry the entire weight of the knights’ armor by himself, Lancelot is always there to swoop in by his side. He takes the heaviest of Merlin’s had without protest, shushing Merlin’s objections and laughing with him all the way to the armory. He tries to time it as best he can so Merlin delivers the punchline just as they walk in to see the others, grinning as Gwaine immediately takes him up on it, and soon the whole room is laughing with them.

When Merlin is threatened by a noble or lord that’s gotten too big for his britches, he’s there to shove them aside and insist that Merlin has places to be, thank you very much, he’s needed away from you and your nastiness. He lets his cloak flare wide enough to cover the hallway and dissuade anyone from following him, just in case Merlin wants to grab his hand under the cover of red fabric. When Merlin does just that, wrapping his fingers carefully through Lancelot’s gloved ones, he squeezes as reassuringly as he can.

When Merlin’s very existence is threatened by the anti-magic sentiments that occasionally sweep the castle, he’s there. He’s always there. He takes Merlin to Gaius’s chambers by claiming his assistance is needed and ushers him into the safety of his own room. He sits Merlin down on his little bed and carefully takes off his cloak, wrapping him in the warm fabric and removing the worst of his armor. If Merlin lets him, he wraps his arms around the poor man too and lets him cry his fear into his chest.

Merlin is always there for the world, and so Lancelot will always be there for Merlin.

Arthur thinks Merlin is the biggest idiot he’s ever met.

“Are you sure it’s this way?” Gwaine ducks around a tree branch. “We won’t be able to ride much further at this rate.”

“This is where Gaius said to come,” Merlin replies, deftly dodging a tree branch of his own.

“And is Gaius sure it’s this way,” Arthur says, putting enough emphasis on the name that the knights snicker, “or are you both following some blind lead?”

“It’s this way.”

Arthur rolls his eyes. At some point, he hopes Merlin knows that he won’t be harmed if he doesn’t drag them all out of the castle on some strange mission to the middle of nowhere and instead just decides to tell them what they need to know in the safety of Arthur’s chambers. It’s not as if they need to make this more dramatic, even if it is nice to get out of a cursed Camelot every now and then.

The thin tree branch that smacks him across the face certainly does make him reevaluate that, however.

“It’s not much farther,” Merlin calls, “we’re almost there.”

“I hope so,” Elyan grumbles, “I can’t feel my legs anymore.”

“Maybe that’s a sigh you should ride more often.”

“I don’t need riding advice from you, Gwaine.”

“Oh, now you’ve done it—“

“On the contrary,” Gwaine says, drawing himself up and giving Elyan his best tavern wink, “I think everyone needs a little of my riding advice.”

As the groans go up through the trees, Arthur rides up next to Merlin.

“How much longer,” he asks softly, “are you going to subject the rest of us to Gwaine’s awful jokes?”

“There.” Merlin points to a clearing up ahead. “That’s where it is.”

“Oh, thank god.”

The horses whinny and stamp as they get out of the worst of the woods, as thankful as their riders to be free of pesky branches and brambles. Gwaine shakes off his cloak as Percival squints at the ramshackle old shed.

“Is that really where he lives?”

“This is the place.” Merlin glances at Arthur. “Don’t you recognize it?”

“Vaguely.”

Merlin rolls his eyes and gets down. “Wait here. I’m sure he’ll be along soon.”

“‘Sure he’ll be along soon,’” Arthur hears Leon mutter under his breath, “my arse.”

If only people knew what the Most Honorable Knight in Camelot actually sounded like.

“Where’re you off to,” Lancelot calls as the rest of them dismount and tie up the horses, “aren’t you waiting with us?”

“Uh—“ Merlin twitches— “I have to pee.”

“You went not ten minutes ago.”

“Well, I’ve got to go again.” He starts edging out of the way. “So, unless you want to come and watch…”

“I’ll come.”

“That was a joke, Gwaine.”

“And there’s a dangerous sorcerer who supposedly lives around here,” he says, undaunted, “I’m coming with you.”

“Me too,” Percival agrees, “I need a leak.”

“Then it’s sorted!”

Arthur watches as the three of them head off into the trees. He shakes his head.

“Do you think this’ll be the day,” Leon murmurs and Lancelot comes over to join them, “the day he finally drops it?”

“I doubt it.”

Leon sighs. “So do I.”

“He must know,” Lancelot says quietly, “mustn’t he? That we’ll protect him?”

“I don’t know anymore.”

Eventually, the three of them return, Merlin still hovering uncomfortably far away from them. Arthur holds his arm out.

“Come here, Merlin.”

“What? Why?”

“Like Gwaine said, dangerous sorcerer. Can’t protect you if you’re all the way over there.”

Merlin grumbles but does as he’s told, coming to stand in the middle of the knights as they all stare at the shed.

“You said he’ll be here soon.”

Merlin shuffles. “Yeah.”

“Alright then.”

They wait.

And wait.

“Maybe he’s out for the day,” Elyan suggests.

“Gathering supplies?”

“Or food.”

Gwaine shrugs. “Maybe he’s at the tavern.”

Arthur feels Merlin grow completely still.

“You know, I think I’ve seen him there before. Always did say he looked familiar.”

“He sounded familiar too,” Lancelot agrees, “something about him I always recognized.”

Merlin begins to tremble.

“I think his eyes are the most memorable part of him,” Arthur can’t resist pushing, “I’ve seen them somewhere before.”

Merlin’s head whips around to look at him. “A-Arthur—?”

“There,” Arthur says quietly, touching Merlin under the chin, “there they are.”

Like he said. Foolish man.

+1.

Merlin has never been more terrified in his life.

Arthur knows. Arthur knows.

And now the knights know. The knights know and they’re Camelot’s knights and Camelot hates magic and Arthur is the ruler of Camelot and they’re here with him and Arthur knows and—and—

What is he going to have to do? He’s going to—does he let them kill him? He swore to serve Arthur until his dying day, he’s—if Arthur decides that day is here, that he dies here at the point of his sword, does he die?

Arthur holds his loyalty, his magic, he always has. If Arthur says he dies, he dies.

But he’s not ready to die. He doesn’t want to die, not when Arthur still needs help to be the Once and Future King, not when there are still so many snakes that surround him. He’s not ready for the knights’ eyes to burn black with hatred as they put him down like some rabid dog. He’s not ready to never see Arthur smile again.

He doesn’t want to die.

“Oh, Merlin,” he hears distantly, “come here, you petticoat.”

Arms. Arms around him. Is this how he dies?

“You’re not dying,” the voice says again, still soft and sweet in his ear, “relax, you fool, no one’s going to hurt you.”

Yes. Yes, they are. He’s betrayed them and he’s lied and he’s awful and he deserves to die but he doesn’t want to die—

“Shh, sweetheart,” the voice croons, warmth brushing his face, “that’s enough, now. You need to breathe.”

Breathing? Breathing isn’t dying.

“That’s right, sweetheart, it isn’t. Come on, now, breathe.”

Merlin tries. Breathing is hard. Breathing does hurt, even when the voice assures him that it’s alright, that he’s supposed to breathe, something warm rubbing his chest to try and help.

“Oh, you poor thing,” another voice murmurs as his legs collapse, “that’s it, lie down. We have you.”

He blinks. Something ginger flutters across his field of vision for a moment. Is that Leon?

“Yes, Merlin, it’s me.”

“How come he recognizes you first?”

“He can see me, sire, he can’t see you.”

“Lancelot, come take his head. Make sure he can still breathe.”

“Merlin,” another voice says, as soft and sweet as the others, “stay with us, Merlin.”

Golden hair, golden son, red lips, red cheeks.

Arthur.

“A-Arthur—“

“Shh,” the voice says, Arthur says, “don’t try and talk right now, sweetheart. You’re panicking, it’s going to hurt. You need to calm down first.”

Arthur wants him to calm down. He can try and calm down.

“That’s right,” Arthur soothes, the warmth still on his chest, “calm down, that’s it. You’re doing well.”

“Lift your head,” Lancelot bids carefully, sliding something soft underneath, “there, that’s better.”

“Let me,” Leon says, shuffling closer to fit something to his mouth, “drink. It’ll help.”

Merlin swallows once, twice, three times. He blinks, coughs, and stares up.

Arthur stares back at him, concern written all over his features. When Merlin finally makes eye contact, it fades into a quiet smile.

“Hello, Merlin,” he says in a low voice, “welcome back.”

“What…what happened?”

“You had a panic attack,” Leon says, still as quiet, “it took a while to calm you back down.”

“Oh.”

“Is he alright?”

“Is that Gwaine?”

“And Elyan and Percival,” Arthur says, “keeping watch.”

“W-watch?”

“Well, he says, smile turning the softest bit teasing, “there’s a sorcerer around here, isn’t there?”

And just like that, Merlin’s eyes widen as his chest clenches. “A-Arthur—“

“Shh, shh, sweetheart,” Arthur soothes immediately—what?— “I’m not angry, no one’s angry. No one’s going to hurt you. You’re alright. You’re safe.”

It takes a long time for them all to assure Merlin that yes, he’s safe, no, they’re not going to kill him, and yes, they knew he was a sorcerer.

“I didn’t tell a soul,” Lancelot promises, “they just…knew.”

Gwaine and Elyan put up a little bit of a stink about Merlin not telling them, and Leon simply rolls his eyes and says in his kind way that Merlin should be better at hiding it, but Arthur just shakes his head and rests his forehead against Merlin’s.

“You’re my Merlin,” he says softly, “of course I knew. And no, I don’t care.”

Merlin is going to need a few more moments to process this, please.

“Take all the time you need,” Lancelot encourages, running his hand through Merlin’s hair, “we can wait.”

Arthur wraps his hand through Merlin’s as the knights settle on the floor.

“So, wait, when did you lot figure it out?”

“The troll.”

“The bandit fight where one of their spears just impaled them out of nowhere.”

“When I walked past Gaius screaming about how you need to keep your magic a secret with the door wide open in the middle of the day.”

Leon rolls his eyes. “The foolish apple does not fall far from the foolish tree.”

“Come on,” Lancelot urges, hands under Merlin’s shoulders, “let’s get you inside, it’s no good baking in this heat.”

Merlin is still trying to catch up with what’s happening, thank you very much. Arthur looks down, rolling his eyes—fondly?—and wraps an arm under Merlin’s neck.

“Come on, you clotpole—“ that was meant to be an insulting word, you prat, not a pet name— “let’s get you inside.”

He carries Merlin into the shed as the knights follow. Percival whips off his cloak and lays it over the worn straw mattress and wooden slats. “Here.”

“Thank you.” Arthur lays him down, taking Lancelot’s balled-up cloak and putting it under his head. “I don’t suppose you thought ahead enough to make sure there was food in this house, did you?”

“Uh,” is Merlin’s eloquent response.

“Here,” Gwaine says suddenly, offering a canteen and a piece of dried meat, “this’ll do.”

Merlin fumbles for the items.

They’re…they’re not mad? They’re not—but he—

“Merlin,” Arthur’s voice says firmly, “drink.”

He drinks.

“Good. Now eat. You’ve gotten skinnier these past few weeks.”

“Been busy,” he mumbles around the meat, “other things t’ worry ‘bout.”

Elyan snorts. “I’ll say. We’ve had more sorcerers trying to give you a run for your money.”

Merlin chokes on the meat.

“What he means,” Leon says, smacking Elyan’s arm, “is that you’ve been trying to fight a war as a single man, Merlin. That’s enough to make anyone tired.”

“And you’ve not exactly given yourself a break,” Lancelot adds.

“Not that Princess here has been helpful.”

“Oi!”

“He’s not wrong, sire.”

“That’s treason, Leon.”

Leon just meets his gaze unflinching. “So dismiss me.”

Arthur glares at him for a moment longer before he rolls his eyes. “You lot are more loyal to Merlin than you are to me, aren’t you?”

“Yes.”

“Eh.”

“He’s a good man.”

“In some ways, sire.”

Leon just shrugs. “You’re a package deal, Arthur. We don’t get one without the other.”

“I suppose you’re right, I—“ Arthur cuts himself off when he notices the tears rolling down Merlin’s face— “Merlin?”

Warm hands on his face a moment later, brushing the tears from his cheeks.

“Hey, hey,” Arthur says, voice warm and soft, tenderly cupping Merlin’s head in his hands, “what’s the matter, sweetheart?”

“I’m sorry,” is all he can babble, “I’m—I’m sorry—“

“Shh, shh, I’m not mad. Look at me, I’m not mad, am I?”

“B-but—“

“Hush,” Arthur murmurs, tucking Merlin’s hair behind his ears, “I’m not mad. No, no—don’t argue with me. I’m not mad. Neither are the knights.”

Someone makes a noise and is promptly shushed by everyone else.

“But I’m a sorcerer,” Merlin protests, his throat screaming at him to try and keep the words inside, “I—I—“

“Yes, you are, and you’re Merlin.” Arthur smiles and lightly tugs his hair. “Which means we don’t care.”

Merlin’s eyes widen and his mouth goes slack.

“I think you broke him,” Lancelot murmurs.

“Merlin? Merlin?”

“Y-you don’t?”

“Well, this isn’t exactly how we pictured you finally admitting it to all of us,” Gwaine remarks wryly, “but no, Merlin. None of us care.”

“Now—oh. Oh, dear,” Arthur mumbles as Merlin bursts into tears, properly, “oh, alright, come here, you big softy.”

It’s alright, young warlock, something whispers as arms wrap around him, this is your destiny.

#merlin #merlin bbc #fic #dragonbabbles

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dezemberzwolf · 7 months

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I know nothing of fate but your ship sounds fascinating

im going to tell you about them now

so the whole conceit of fate is that mages can summon servants that are the incarnate versions of heroes kept in the collective cultural unconsciousness, and then make those heroes fight to the death in order to fulfill a blood ritual that gives the mages access to the Root, the very center of the magical universe

kariya is a fucked up little man whose whole thing is that he fails. he failed at being an heir because he ran away from his horrifically abusive family, he failed at romancing the woman he fell in love with, and he failed at protecting that womans daughter from being brought into kariyas horrifically abusive family. because that kid is one of the three sole people in the universe that loves kariya back kariyas like "welp i will now help her by taking her place in the murder ritual, subjecting my body to irreparable torture so im barely alive and in screaming pain every second of the day because i dont want her being alone and i dont want her to be the one in the position of sacrifice". he fails in this too dont worry.

for his servant in the murder ritual, he summons lancelot, whos loosely implied that kariyas been a fan of the arthurian legend. bc his grandfather whos torturing him is a dickhead, he forces kariya to summon lancelot with a curse of insanity on him which makes lancelot 1. demand much more magical energy from kariya which causes further pain to his deteriorating body 2. basically debases him as a hero

but the twist is that lancelot did that on purpose and debased himself into a "rabid dog" instead of a man because he hates himself for the betrayal of king arthur and doesnt want a face any more. this also emphasizes the inhuman aspects of lancelot, who in older myth has a bunch of fairy connections. he is a straight up faceless lake monster On Purpose.

He Wants This. the end of f/z will try to tell you he didnt, but if thats true then literally zero of his actions make sense. in return, lancelot busts into kariyas dream which manifests as him taking a naked kariya, biting him to drink his blood, and then declares that kariya "belongs to him" and essentially theyre bound 4ever. both lancelot and kariya are mega fuckups of people where kariya keeps mirroring lancelots legend that as you may know ends in disgrace and murder and depression and death, but lancelot keeps fighting for his wishes anyways. in the end, kariya sacrifices himself so lancelot can get his wish of facing king arthur instead. afterwards, every single time lancelot is summoned, he wears the curse of insanity that kariya gave him. he Will Not let it go, even though he got what he wanted to use that excuse of insanity for and could very easily simply drop the curse. later a "sane" lancelot gets summoned but this lancelot is arguably and imho a Completely Different Guy bc of the way the throne of heroes/collective unconscious works. look at me look into my eyes its because kariya and lancelot got bound together by blood sacrifice (lancelot drinking his blood and saying kariya belongs to him) and now lancelot will not leave this vestige of his first master behind.

also there's a scrapped novel illustration where its super mega implied berserker fucked kariya, because the f/z novel is 1. "the worst people you know and 2 functional gay couples experience the worst possible choices ever" 2. "the gay one", and even this was scrapped because everyone looked at urobuchi and was like "cmon man we cant put this one of the scrawny freak super defo dicked down by a haunted suit of armour in the book"

if anyone ever asks you if you know anything about fate now you can say u know the bug man and the haunted suit of armour got nasty

also dont read/watch fate/zero there are like 10000000000000 trigger warnings like real bad its if youre advanced committed to fate fandom. i cannot stress this enough. f/z was written as a King Arthur Torture Dungeon and has every trigger possible do not touch it unless you wanna read some real fucked shit.

watch this clip of lancelot tho it rules

#the novel is better bc u can skim and the novel doesnt have kariya force himself on aoi because like #thats not even consistent with kariya but theyre both urobuchi joints #and if u know anything about urobuchi he rly will just ignore character consistency if itll help him with 'ooo tragedy' yknow?#long post #buzzings

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deafeninggardenerpanda · 8 months

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yamikage x arthur? :> (or if you want to rant, m/etak/irby?)

AYO shoutout to the like two people who ship this I SEE YOU QUANBLOVK respect

i know i just said id probably write something cute and fluffy but this ship is deeply hilarious to me as a concept. its divorce the ship. theyd be so ♠️♠️♠️♠️♠️ if that makes sense to certain people. i want them to constantly fume about each other in the same way where it can be interpreted as theyre the only thing the other person ever thinks about and yet if they were to ever finally get rid of the other they would feel sort of empty in their life. detective x master thief vibes. b. batman x joker even???????? anyways they should try to kill each other and then kiss

putting the me//takir//by one under the cut HAHAH THANKS FOR THE BITEY EXCUSE EVEN THOUGH YOUVE ALREADY HEARD MY TANGENTS LOGAN ILY /P /AFF

you know i know i Also just said that i would give people a very long very angry tangent but i think this one from a fandom perspective is very fascinating. in terms of the jp fandom in which we all know its the most popular ship by Miles i personally just try to turn my head and give them more benefit of the doubt due to cultural differences regarding views on fictional content and like. while its gross if they ship something weird i think theres something to be said about westerners trying to enforce their own views regarding purity onto other cultures does that make sense. thats just their own problem they need to work out and so im not gonna Inherently think someones an awful person for shipping me//takirby (unless its anime me//takirby or some shit obviously. take this whole paragraph as me operating under the assumption that theyre using game me//takirby. if anyone ships anime me//takirby im just killing you)

in terms of the western fandom shipping me//takirby..... oh Boy

ive just been ignoring the fact that people Could see kirby as an adult but likeeee. like maybe he was an adult in the past but nowadays kumazaki has Definitely been leaning towards making him much much younger. kumazakis taken his usual very vague open to interpretation stance with insisting that kirbys "wakamono" (which for people who didnt catch that interview, just very vaguely means "young person" which opens up the interpretation that kirby could even be as old as 25ish in canon) but cmon you cant keep making his face bigger in proportion to his body making him look younger and cuter and making him super super tiny in comparison to other characters and having him explicitly not being able to read and write even though other characters can and also having him draw like shit with not even coloring inside the lines and having his best friend be bandana waddle dee and then confirming the waddle dees are all children in forgotten land and then being like "Yeah he could be an adult". like i dont mean to make the assumption that adults cant have child-like qualities but all of those in conjunction with each other are kindaaaaaaaaa hm. the fact that he cant read or write is really the most egregious to the argument that he could be an adult. but anyways

me//takirby instantly gets an L in the western fandom because of how frequently its shipped by prosh//ippers to get a rise out of people full stop. i did know some people who shipped me//takirby purely because they had spent so much time in the jp fandom spaces and thus assumed he was an adult from the get-go or could not see him as anything other than an adult so uh sorry to those people but 9/10 times im just kicking you if you ship it

#dgp askgame #asks #bugstarcake #ask to tag

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neomedievalistbr · 2 years

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what i have for the "of oddities and roadtrips" story written (as of like. 1 hour ago. inspiration hit me, so nothing is set in stone)

Plot: In 2005, an event occurred, and suddenly, the supernatural started existing alongside the natural. Now, in 2018, 6 coworkers are tasked with traveling through the South American continent, photographing oddities for their company, and, along the way, slowly becoming friends (though not without kicking and screaming).

Setting:

– the event that made shit start happening is not the main focus, so it's kept pretty vague how and what actually happened, but the characters all have their own theories of what happened and comment on it.

– the way it works is that, as long as a large number of ppl (1000~) believe that something is real, it will be real. so things like folklore creatures, bigfoot, even slender exist, tho it doesnt work for gods (bc i dont want to do that). the bigger the number of ppl who believe in something, the longer its range is, and it starts having sort of "regional" variants, bc the stories are different in different countries

– since the appearance of oddities (as they are referred to) came out of literally nowhere, it kinda caused a lot of chaos in the first years, and it took a long time for ppl to understand that oddities were not going away anytime soon and there was nothing they could do abt it. so, they changed focus, and decided to capitalize on it

– the company that hired our odd 6 doesnt have a name yet, but they wanted to be the first ones to make a sort of pokemon with oddities, with games and card games. since contact with oddities was scarce at best, they wanted to also be the first to name them (despite them already having names). thats where our protagonists come

Characters (Odd 6):

– Isadora Sato (27): our main character. Isadora works at (unnamed company) as a photographer, and is one of the only ones actually thrilled to be working so close to oddities. When she was 21, she was attacked by an oddity and lost her left arm, though she affirmed it was her fault for angering it. Very cheerful, although easy to anger, and very straightforward in her thinking.

– Arthur Souza (30): hired by (unnamed company) as a photographer, Arthur, too, has had first contact with an oddity, though in a different way: he tried getting one as a pet. Unfortunately, it didn't work how he wanted, and the oddity ended up getting into his body, and now he lives with a sort of symbiote in his body. Believes himself to be very chill (which is not true), currently single and looking for a partner (a fruitless endeavor).

– Eduardo Correia (29): Ending our trio of characters which have had contact with oddities, Eduardo was hired as a driver for the 6. He, like the last two, also had a less than pleasant encounter with an oddity. 6 years ago, he met an oddity that separated his emotional side (mainly his anger) into a different person: Atlas. At first hating each other's guts, nowadays they have an almost brotherly relationship. An actually chill person, he's mainly in this for the money, as living with Atlas has proved very costly. He and Arthur have some weird flirting going on.

– Ignis Daniels (33): the group's actual driver (as Arthur was banned from driving after almost getting them killed), Ignis is a designer for the (unnamed company), who insisted on going on the trip to get first experience with oddities (and to enjoy the trip through the continent). Hasn't had any type of contact with an oddity before the trip, but is very much into them, to a point where people wonder if it isn't an obsession. He and Eduardo hang out a lot (read: just stand next to each other in silence. They very much enjoy it), as they're the quietest members of the group, he's a very excitable person.

– Nightshade De Luca (31): no one is sure why Nightshade joined the trip, nor what he works on, and they're too scared to ask. In reality, they just wanted an excuse to get away from work and was the first to apply for the spot (they also wanted to meet more people and try to befriend them, but he'd rather die than admit that). Is into oddities, but only creepy ones (like creepypastas). Although very quiet, when he does open their mouth to speak, what usually comes out of it are sarcastic remarks and insults. They and Arthur have a weird rivalry. No one is sure how that started and they're not too interested to find out.

– Vitor Amorim (30): a last minute addition to the team, Vitor works as an artist, and is a streamer in her free time. She and Isadora are drinking buddies, though they don't really talk outside of that or work. A very shy person, she applied thinking it would be a far simpler job and they would just travel through the continent, though she immediately regrets this when she meets her first oddity.

#long post #yumuda.txt #of oddities and roadtrips

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hermioneismyrealname · 1 year

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Zomvivor (soon 2023)

OK!

So we have a thai zombie drama coming up.

GOOD!

I'm looking forward to it mostly because of the cast like Boun, Nunew and Boss are gonna do their darndest to act the heck out of their roles. They deserve an opportunity like this to showcase their skills. (Can't find the imdb to get the names of the rest of the actors because I can't place names to faces (wish me luck for my exam))

HOWEVER,

I DONT WANT ANY OF THIS "EVERYONE SURVIVES" BULLSHIT

I will be severely critiquing the writing choice and the plot points. As a zombie apocalypse preppy, I have taken it upon myself to watch too many zombie movies to analyze and shout at the TV screen when something stupid happens. My laptop and this series will have no exemptions. I will look at

Decisions made by the characters based on emotions and current circumstances

Character flaws (written in purposefully and accidentally)

The type of zombie... yes I have a chart

The consistency of the zombie (whether they evolve or they have an abrupt and(or) one-time change to fit some plot hole the writers didn't think of)

The development of the plot (whether the character were able to make a decision to progress their advancement of the story)

The evolution of the characters (from beginning to the end, I.e. Train to Busan or All of Us are Dead)

Use of surroundings (potential for weapons and protection)

Rationality of the situation ( i.e. would this happen with this type of zombie outbreak)

Whether this is Train to Busan or World War Z (antagonist(s) aspect)

Established backgrounds (characters, environment, etc...)

Likelihood of events (outcome of rational decisions)

Origin of the outbreak (I love or hate this part; no in between)

Plot twist (would there suddenly be an evolution in the antagonist or deus ex machina for ep 11 plot curse)

Ending (is the ending feasible or even remotely believable) (satisfying in terms of logistics. I've seen and survived banana fish and merlin, emotional satisfaction is a luxury I can live without. There are always fix-it fics people)

LEAST IMPORTANT (to me)

zombie makeup or acting. I know they are doing their best and working the hardest with what they've got but not all dramas have the resources or time to be making the best chewed up face or train the best limp run for all the hundreds of actors they're employing.

AND MOST IMPORTANT (to me)

Who dies and why? (Dont want any cheap deaths. If they are going for cheap though, I want it to be tragic... like Ash Lynx or Arthur (bbc merlin) tragic. I said "survived", not "moved on from")

Before you ask, "Hermione, why can't you just enjoy the series for what it is?"

I used to be a beta reader. I trained myself to look for faults in every aspect of my life. Not healthy? Couldn't care less; it gets me an A in my exams. Plus zombie apocalypses are one of the few things that I enjoy scenario tripping. Give me a situation in a zombie apocalypse and I'll get an answer to get out of it... or into a safer environment during the happenings of the outbreak. So, if I want to enjoy this series, there better be some established dumbass characters in the series so that for any stupid decisions made, I can excuse due lack of competency. I will sincerly support the actors because I love them to bits, but I will be fucking critical.

Also heard about Prem's "The Box" and I am looking forward to it but I will have to watch it with someone. Zombies, I can handle. Ghosts? Eh, not so much. Not that they bother me. They always add cheap jump scares which reminds me.

Levels of intensity (the situation that presents itself i.e. the stakes)

I will not tolerate jump scares. They are cheap and worthless. However, Thailand has a good reputation for horror so on top of my high standards for horror, I also have high expectations.

Edit: just saw the trailer, or the trailer for the trailer if you will

And I already have a few things to say but I'll keep it limited because it is not the full trailer.

Abandoned building with students. After school dumbassery I'm assuming however, the rest of the hoard was also wearing school uniforms so section of the school under renovation then. All of us are dead format, plausible.

Their separation and gathering intrigues me

I can understand someone (I think it was Zee) getting a wooden 2x4 which is great, but I also saw someone with a bloody bat. Now, that person could have been in the sport supplies so, I'll give it a pass.

The blocked off areas don't surprise me as this has been established as a construction site of some kind, but does get me ticking is the clumsy stacking of materials I saw. Barricade or not it was not well put together.

WHY DO THEY HAVE THEIR SHIRTS HALF OPEN??!!! THIS REALLLY PISSED ME OFF BECAUSE SAFETY! OPEN CHEST DOES NOT INCREASE MOBILITY, JUST ALLOWS MORE CHANCE OF A SCRATCH.

SKIRTS NEED TO BE CROPPED! THATS GRABBING MATERIAL! RIP IT UP FOR FUTURE BANDAGES AND LESSEN THE CHANCES OF GETTING YANKED BY THE UNDEAD

AS SOON AS THE ZOMBIES START TO GROAN IM CUTTING MY DAMN HAIR! SEE ME IN A PONY TAIL? NU UH! I'm not having my hair tugged by rotting fingers. Keep it short and out of your eyes. Beauty standards can wait until there are people alive who give a shit about hair health.

Why didn't they cover the glass windows with a plastic sheet of some kind?

There were other stuff I could point out but meh I should be studying for my exams but yeah looking forward to it.

Also saw "The Next Prince" trailer. Two things.

1) Zee, bodyguard should have taken care of the threat right then and there, not have a romantic chase scene with the prince. Disarm the guy (which you should know how to do) and then make sure that he won't get up again (which you should know how to do). Basic bodyguard training, especially a bodyguard to the Prince!

2) I want Nenuw's Prince character to be an asshole. Yes, I love him as the adorable loveable fluff ball, but this this time just this once, let him be the asshole.

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