#is terrible at keeping secrets

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

warlock wizard Wally scribbles... Thinkings! oh and a bonus bard-ish Barnabys in the corner for flavor

outfit ramblings:

first of all that is a Terrible rendition of what Home looks like in my head. i just needed to fill empty space </3

the staff was the toughest part honestly. bc it Had to be paintbrush-themed, but then halfway through scribbling i was like "oh shit. there are only so many ways to draw a paintbrush-wizard-staff and Weevmo already hit it out of the park." so if you're seeing similarities! you're right! i tried to make it as different as i could! there is Inspiration from their marvelous design, however accidental or subconscious! Apologies!

he gets a pointed hood instead of a hat because a) it looks great on him! and b) it has less of a chance of messing up his hair! also c) it helps muddle the difference between Wizard and Warlock. typically hoods have evil/duplicitous connotation - blur the lines! i want his long gloves and forearm wraps to have the same vibe. his neckerchief is a big help in hiding Home's seal!

his layered (loosely apple-themed) capelet (which the hood is attached to) has a nice high collar & hides the details of his loose shirt - eye embroidery! and some flowers on the shoulders but yk, mostly eyes. on one side of the shirt buttons has open eyes, the other side they're closed! there's also one big eye on his back!

his belt buckle is two halves of an apple! he wears tall thigh-high boots w/ low heels to feel Taller! he has a book-holster hooked to the back of his belt, which holds his grimoire! and he has a lil thigh-bag that has been magicked to be Bottomless and warps size! he can fit pretty much anything in there! canvases! paint! apples!

his half-skirt thing (idk what the word for it is!) is really plush, like a quilt - his capelet is the same fabric. soft, cozy. sometimes he'll use the skirt thing as a blanket in a pinch, or as a picnic placemat!

is his outfit a little Complicated? is it annoying to replicate? yes and yes. but im a maximalist at heart and Nothing But The Best for the blorbo <3 layers my beloved <3

#i know ive said it before but whenever i make an au its essentially an Exploration in a sense #and this fantasy au ~Bog Edition~ is basically me going #'so wally and his house huh. whats up with that' #and maybe im taking it a bit to the extremes #since home is pretty much warlock wally's god??? sorta? loosely?? #well it literally gave wally life and a body. so. #and it also literally took the place of his heart - wally Cannot live without home #they have a fun 'we cant exist without each other now' codependent very devoted kinda unhealthy relationship #wally sometimes has to do terrible things for home #and home will do terrible things in return for wally. even when wally doesnt want them to #and they both love each other very much <3 what kind of love is it <3 fuck if i know! theyre Weird About It though #its the only dynamic an ancient lovecraftian horror & the puppet they gave life & tethered itself to can have!!! #wally wisely keeps home & his 'warlock' status a secret from his friends for as long as he can #they just dont understand his & home's bond smh #scribble salad #welcome home #wh fantasy au #gonna have to workshop barns.... #i need to balance the fantasy + hes a distinguished fella + bard #hence the hat. the hat stays. #gotta find the right vest... #and then everyone else if i feel like it.... #outfit design is so Grueling but i refuse to keep it simple #there have to be LAYERS it has to be IN CHARACTER i have to put ALL THE EFFORT INTO IT

[flustersnaggle]

THE WORLD, FULL OF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES

aurelia aquareine (she/her), sage of alchemy — cheerful // creative // perfectionist

general: face skinblend // facekit 1 // facekit 2 // face highlights (highlight N1) // face undertones // hairline // brows // eye preset // lashes // eye base // eye sparkle // eyeshadow (eyeshadows N9 glitter only) // eyeliner // blush—... hey, where did it go? // mouth corners // teeth // body preset // skinblend (skin N13 overlay) // skin tints // nails // wrist tattoo everyday: hair (my wedding stories) // hat (helia hat V3) // earrings // choker // dress // boots formal: hair (my wedding stories) // earrings // necklace // lipstick // dress (high school years) // arm bracelet (realm of magic) // shoes (base game) athletic: hair (fashima fro) & headwrap overlay // earrings (base game) // top (throwback fit) // shorts (daisy shorts V1) // socks (artemis socks) // shoes (incheon arrivals) sleep: bonnet (V2) // robes (vintage glamour) // shoes (spa day) party: hair (lisa low fro) // earrings (ashley earrings) // necklace (poolside splash) // lipstick // dress (naomi dress) // bracelets // shoes swimwear: hair (pam puff V1) // top (island living) // bottom (base game) // bracelet (base game) // feet hot weather: hair (penny puff V3) // earrings (base game) // top (eco lifestyle) // shorts (realm of magic) // bracelet (base game) // shoes (incheon arrivals) cold weather: hair (lisa low fro) // hat (seasons) // earrings // coat // gloves (get to work) // shoes (get together) extras: poses 1 & potion // poses 2 // poses 3 // realm of magic icons rip

thank you! — @atomiclight, @pyxiidis, @okruee, @ddarkstonee, @serawis, @sayasims, @meghewlett, @obscurus-sims, @miikocc, @pralinesims, @xiamdeathx, @goppolsme, @squea, @magic-bot, @crilender, @ms-marysims, @clumsyalienn, @raccoonium, @philosimy, @mysteriousdane, @crypticsim, @sheabuttyr, @aharris00britney, @ayoshi, @mapleseed, @qwertysims, @arethabee, @sentate, @lady-moriel, @makesims, @dearie-sim, @hula-zombie

#terribly sorry about her hair blending into the background in the lookbook pics by the way. i've never taken screenshots in live mode before #anyway. got bored so i tried my hand at an alchemy sage #i actually tried keeping her at roughly the same level of extravagance as the other three sages' official designs so she could #somewhat reasonably stand next to them. otherwise i would've made her far more elaborate what with being a sage and all #that being said i am very proud of how she turned out in the end though #the sims 4 #ts4 #ts4 simblr #simblr #ts4 spellcaster #spellcaster #ts4 sage #realm of magic sage #ts4 lookbook #lookbook #sim: aurelia aquareine #snag's sim tag #...as a bonus treat for reading the tags this far i'll let you in on a secret #aurelia's first name means 'the golden one' referencing gold's alchemical significance and perfection #whereas her last name aquareine is the name of a character from the wizard of oz novels (like how L. faba's name is a reference to elphaba) #AND is a reference to the name of the aqua regia chemical solution as well

[thebroccolination]

[BREAKING (AND UNSURPRISING) NEWS]

Krist Perawat Is Delightfully Close to Spoiling Things About Singto Prachaya’s Return to GMMTV

Vid: @mungmingkp [Twitter]

🐢: Well, you probably heard that he’s back to GMMTV.

🎤: ¥%€#*]+|¥

🐢: I’m starting to stutter now. 😂 Well, please look forward to P’ Singto’s works.

🎤: Will you give us a hint or anything? Will we get to see some work in the future?

🐢: I’m afraid I will get called in if spoke too much. Please stay tuned. Maybe what you have in mind will actually happen.

Translation: @FUSiiZAA [Twitter]

#krist perawat #singto prachaya #kristsingto #thai bl #if you’re new to krist he’s notoriously terrible at keeping secrets #he said recently that gmmtv wouldn’t tell him anything in advance #and this is why #:’)

[sea-salted-wolverine]

Having seen the sheer confusion of people who have seen posts about the locked tomb series but not actually read the books themselves, I've got a few theories as to why that is.

The fandom refuses to focus on the plot, and instead gloms on to the particularly odd chunks instead. Post-apocalyptic magic lesbians unearth ancient and terrible secrets. Cool, good overview. Has anyone ever described that way? No. We're all stuck on revenant Barbie and DIY labotomies. Those are both spoilers that sound insane. They're actually more insane once you have context.

The text of the actual novels, often has the emotional character driven style of fan fiction. And like the good stuff where the title is a song lyric in all undercase and a single chapter with 15K word count. Which can make it difficult to tell apart excerpts from the actual book and excerpts from fan fiction. (This isn't even counting the part of the book where a character actually invented an alternate universe where she and her crush were in a cute coffee shop Au)

The memes. I saw a post where somebody had drawn like 8 different memes of the book. Except only one of them was a drawover of parks and rec, AND THE REST WERE CANNON SCENES FROM THE BOOK.

The naming conventions. The series is called the locked tomb. The 1st book is called Gideon the 9th. The 2nd book is called Harrow the 9th. The 3rd book is called Nona the 9th. The 4th book of what was intended to be a trilogy is called Alecto the 9th.

Somehow the POV character is always the person who is least qualified to tell the story. The narrator has no idea what's happening. The narrator may be clueless, haunted, possessed, in denial, or straight up lying. Why would any of us know what's happening? If you're trying to put together pieces from the outside with no context, you're just fucking doomed.

#gideon the ninth #harrow the ninth #nona the ninth #the locked tomb #Describing it sounds insane #Every character is competing for the title of chaotic bastard #Even the ones that you would think would be the holders of the brain cell #The 1st book starts out and they have terrible secrets that they must keep #and it does not take long to blow those catastrophes out of the water with bigger and worse catastrophes

[wolves-in-the-world]

thinking about how the one time eliot masterminds something, it's because the circumstances are dire and we don't actually see it happen; how he says he plays chess and nate believes him but we don't ever see it or hear about it again; how we don't even see his most basic fighting skills until they're needed and he has to drop the cerebral and nonthreatening grift he was using in front of the team. and I don't know what to think except that in some ways he's just as secretive as parker is, we just don't see it because on top of that he's this very believable gruff-but-sorta-amiable person who meets up with his vet buddies and goes on dates and cooks for his team.

#not heading anywhere particular with this just. #with parker we see the warehouse and the multiple addresses and it's all shown to us in a way to draw attention to her caution #and how much she trusts the team regardless by letting sophie figure out the combination #and we have to assume that eliot has safehouses too but the show never even flirts with the idea of showing us. #he's secretive in a way the story allows and glosses over. #the difference between him and parker is that he pretends hard to be normal and she either can't or doesn't. #once again reminded of the ship dynamic 'there is something wrong with you that is also wrong with me.' #like. I sort of love that we don't see eliot's discussion of the kidnapping. what he figured out and how they'll handle it etc. #because just like in the pilot it's including the viewers in his grift #and this time it's the grift he resorts to most around people who know his job #the one that says he's violent and simple and not especially bright. the one that leads people to underestimate him. #power negativity applied in the best way for a hitter's career. #it's a grift we see multiple times and we're only barely shown the edges of it. #I would still kind of love to see more. because once again #it is fascinating to me that you can watch the entire damn show and still believe the grift of it. #eliot #leverage #hi I've been ignoring tumblr to get writing done and I keep having thoughts. it's terrible.

[jenna-louise-jamie]

well, now we know where alex got it from.

#so ian has the same “its time to make a terrible pun” attitude after defeating an enemy i see #it was part of alex's spy training #ian wouldn't shut up about the importance of an epic one liner and a good pun #maybe it's inherited and john did the same goddamn thing lmao #the idiot riders and their stupid puns #im just joking i love the puns #alex rider #ian rider #this is from the short story “christmas at gunpoint” btw #if you wanna read it you can find it online or its in the 12th ar book secret weapon #i was rereading it for a fic im writing on ao3 which will hopefully be up either by tomorrow or shortly this weekend! im about halfway #finished writing it #so keep your eyes peeled for that if you're interested!! #alex rider books

[delinkquent-archives]

Linked Universe Daily fic idea #10:

Four spies on Wild to see if he’s using his new sword correctly. The chain thinks it’s incredibly hilarious to think of Four as a spy, maybe because he’s not all that good at it.

Optional material:

Fluff, blacksmith Four, weapon-breaking Wild, four’s colors, etcetera. (Anything you want to add.)

No credit necessary.

#fic idea of the day #linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu fic #lu wild #lu four #I think four would be terrible at being a ninja #i mean #he can’t even keep secrets

[sihtricfedaraaahvicius]

Me: don't post the first page of your new fic don't post the first page of your new fic don't post the first page of your new fic don't post the first page of your new fic don't post the first page of your new fic don't post the first page of your new fic-

Also me: but what if I did...

#i want to keep it a secret so badly but i'm terrible at secrets when i'm excited about them 😭 #it's a modern fic again sorry guys

[groundbreakingdot872]

but what if when Merlin becomes inducted as Court Sorcerer under Gwen’s rule, all the Camelot staff tell him they’d actually known all along…

And what if!! they’re all wiping away tears at the ceremony, proud smiles on their faces WHAT THEN

#ok but imagine tho!!! #like the kitchen staff #the dumb (but so loving!) Camelot guards that are terrible at their jobs except one! keeping Merlin’s magic a secret 💖😭 #and the maidservants! and GEORGE #and some of the squires and stable boys and just #everyone ! #like this is so wholesome it’s keeping me up at night #AND WHAT IF GEORGE PRESENTS MERLIN A LITTLE CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW POSITON GIFT FROM ‘ALL OF THEM’ WHAT THEN #just #Merlin’s relationship with the staff… it’s so wholesome ohmygod #even the cook ok 😭😭 #I knew she was hiding some fondness under her apron #probably when he reveals himself as Dragoon and confesses his crimes and expects a spoon beating SHE HUGS HIM #and tell him she knew by his snarky review of her food that it was him all along #oh my god what if I cry #also Gwen’s friendships all started there #oh my #mergwen and the castle staff #so so soft #bbc merlin #merlin emrys #how kindly they must’ve treated him on his first day in camelot having thrown down with the crown prince and all… #taking him under their wing 😭😭

[tua-braindump]

TUA IMAGINES:

yes I'm back at it again.

Trying to hide a new relationship with your TUA S/O:

Luther:

This boy has ZERO subtlety. Thankfully, his behavior doesn't change much from before you were together. Everyone already knew he had the biggest, dumbest crush on you, and he was always staring after you and following you around. You try to give him subtle glances to stop, but it just makes him look sad and confused, and eventually, you give up. The two of you go on secret dates and at first no one is the wiser, but then Five notices that the two of you are always suspiciously missing at the same time and Luther always comes back extra happy. One day, Viktor sees the two of you holding hands at the park, and then the secret is out. Nothing much changes after that but now they're much more likely to see the two of you attached at the hip while in the academy.

Diego:

The two of you like to pretend to not get along, constantly snipping at each other in public. Klaus always whines that the two of you act like an old married couple and should just fuck already to get it out of your system. The two of you always share secret glances at that because you probably did exactly that last night. It eventually gets out when someone starts flirting with you, and Diego instigates an angry argument out of jealousy. He gets all riled up and angry, and you realize the quickest way to calm him down is to kiss him, and you do, and he just deflates. Everyone is a little surprised but also not because the UST between you guys has always been crazy.

Allison:

You guys agree to keep it a secret as it's new to both of you, and you just don't want the siblings butting in. Allison is surprisingly possessive of you and doesn't like it when you spend too much time with her siblings. But she's a good actress and can put on a believable front. What eventually gives you away is when Claire visits, and she is overly excited to see you, which makes the siblings suspicious. Then she innocently asks why you haven't slept over in forever and you share a look with Allison, knowing the cat's out the bag.

Klaus:

Klaus isn't happy about keeping it a secret, but he tries his best. At first, it's a little exciting, but he's such a tactile person, and it's so hard not to be touching you all the time. And like at first you try to stop him but he gets so sad when you push him away that eventually you just let him and everyone knows because you hate it when people touch you.

Five:

The funny thing is, even though you guys are together, you and Five just constantly argue. About everything. And that doesn't change so no one really suspects everything. And Five still constantly grumbles about how annoying you're being and you still roll your eyes at him. His teleportation really helps you both sneak around and you never get caught. It all goes to shit when you go out with them one night and some guy tries to hit on you and Five gets irrationally jealous and storms up and tells him to fuck off before kissing you possessively, to the surprise and shock of his siblings.

Ben:

Ben's always been quiet and the two of you were always spending time together already so that really didn't change much when you started dating. The two of you just wanted to keep it to yourselves for a while, so didn't bother telling anyone but it wasn't like it was really a secret. The siblings find out because one day the two of you are doing your usual, snuggling up and reading together and Ben brings you a mug of tea and kisses you on the forehead and you smile softly at him and it kind of dawns upon the siblings that maybe it's become something more.

Viktor:

Viktor doesn't tell anyone, not because they're ashamed brut because they can't really believe that YOU are dating them. He feels like if he starts telling people it will ruin everything so he keeps it a big secret. The siblings are used to seeing you around so they don't question anything. It all comes out the bag one day after a performance when you thrust a big bouquet into Viktor's arms and plant a kiss on their lips, making them blush and stutter as the siblings look on in shock.

BONUS!

Lila:

Lila just thinks sneaking around is exciting and the two of you have a bet to see who'll realise it first. It's a bet neither of you win because the person who finds out is Claire who then tells literally everyone.

SparrowBen:

This Ben is a possessive jealous bastard so keeping it a secret doesn't last very long (if at all) because he gets annoyed anytime someone gets close to you, even if it's just Klaus. He will literally hover next to you all the damn time with zero subtlety. He's also just so proud of himself for bagging you that he can't even contain how pleased he is with himself.

#the umbrella academy #tua #klaus hargreeves #ben hargreeves #five hargreeves #tua imagines #diego hargreeves #luther hargreeves #allison hargreeves #viktor hargreeves #lila pitts #secret relationship #sparrow ben #all of you are terrible at keeping shit secret

[sysig]

Let me chew you out a little, since we have a couple minutes (Patreon)

[Panel 1] Prismo: *mumble* *mumble*

[Panel 2] Prismo: *mumble*

[Panel 3] Simon: Hmph. “Just because it’s in your head-”

[Panel 4] Simon: “-Doesn’t mean it’s yours,” huh?

[Panel 5] Simon: Give me all the responsibility with none of the privileges?

[Panel 6] Simon: And then you get mad at me for trying to pick up your slack? Prismo: Hey...

[Panel 7] Simon: Clearly you already expect that much from me!

[Panel 8] Prismo: Hey, hey! I did the best with what I had! I didn’t expect any of this!

[Panel 9] Simon: And yet you didn’t even consider telling me, so we could’ve avoided this?

[Panel 10] Prismo: It’s not like I could’ve just- taken it out! I was locked out!

[Panel 11] Simon: You could’ve done something!

[Panel 12] Simon: Instead you let my life spiral around this thing, kept me tethered to Ice King’s Madness-

[Panel 13] Prismo: Fionna and Cake are real thou- Simon: NOW you tell me! After I find out for myself!

#Doodles #Adventure Time #Fionna and Cake #Simon Petrikov #Prismo #They have like two minutes where they're alone together that aren't directly shown onscreen: Allow me to insert some ideas lol #As long as Simon isn't so faded that he can't work the nerve up I Absolutely think he'd get mad at Prismo for all this #Not like he didn't just come back from a terrible experience trying to work around his terrible dregs! He's very miserable! #Honestly I think the anger would be good for him lol #He's had to live like this for years! Under Ice King's shadow for something that wasn't his doing! #And he knows Prismo - he met him - they talked - but not about this #And I mean I honestly don't blame Prismo - with everything going on and his own depression spiral he had a few things on his mind #It's in a bad way for everyone #That said he is a Wish Master he really could've told Simon at any point even if he couldn't take his little pet project out of him lol #Then again again what Was he supposed to do lol #As much as I would trust Simon to keep a secret I don't think either of them could've expected Simon trying to summon Golb to do this #Obviously it /did/ happen that way but could either of them have guessed?? I don't think so #''Don't go summoning your ex-'' ''She's not my ex >:('' '''Cause there's an illicit universe in your head and you might summon that instead' #Like what no I don't think Prismo could've just - guessed that! Lol #He did leave Simon out to dry vis a vis Ice King and Fionna and Cake tho which was Not cool and he Could've done something about that #Although I can also see Simon snapping and telling someone that it wasn't his own stories - there's no winning! #But that's what makes the argument fun haha #Man they're both fun to draw ♪ Simon in that dress and Prismo's tiiiiired tired eyes haha ♫ #It was shortlived but they have a fun dynamic :D Simon speaks so deadpan and sarcastic with Prismo haha <3 It's quite cute honestly

[booksandchainmail]

Hand on the chisel, or Song Ren's rigid, brittle self-control

From Pale Lights book 2

Chapter 2:

Song’s lips thinned, but she held her tongue. You are stone shaped by the chisel of life, she recited. Will it be your hand wielding the tool, or theirs? If she gave her anger to others, she relinquished the chisel – and that was unacceptable.

Chapter 8:

It was one thing to hold a member of her cabal, another to beat them. That would not be tolerated. Hand on the chisel, Song reminded herself, but wrenched open the door harder than necessary.

Chapter 11:

She grit her teeth. To say this was to insult their very contract, since she had asked to – Song smoothed out the thought, the rising anger. He did it, she knew, to get a rise out of her. But she would not fall for it this time. Song had prepared herself, meditated on the matter. Her hand would remain on the chisel.

Chapter 13:

Song could see them creeping across the checkered, cracked floor of the entrance hall. The god was everywhere, blind hands tugging and pulling at the insides of Scholomance like a child at play – moving this and that, just itching to smash it all onto something that would scream. Hand on the chisel, she reminded herself. Fear would do her no good in this place. Fear never helped anywhere.

Chapter 16:

Song, instead, calmly rose and faced as much as the wall as she could. She blinked, once, and breathed out. The sheer number of details was… Hand on the chisel, the Tianxi reminded herself.

Chapter 16:

“Trade on your own time,” Colonel Cao told the students. “We move on.” Song almost flinched. Hand on the chisel.

Chapter 18:

It smelled burnt. Swallowing thickly, Song looked down and saw that in her fugue she had left the chicken unattended too long. The top was still pink, but when she flipped the cuts she saw they had charred stripes. The Tianxi swallowed. If she cut them out perhaps it wouldn’t show? No, they’ll still see I cut out parts. Perhaps if she sliced every piece in two, then – no, idiot, they would notice the quantity was too small. One of them would ask. They would know. Hands shaking, tearing up like a fucking child, Song did the only rational thing she could: she put the pot off the fire, went outside with a shovel and dug a hole in a corner of the garden. She emptied the burnt chicken into it – she’d have to buy another to replace it from her own funds – and filled the hole. She had to hurry, they could be back anytime now. Song opened the windows to get rid of the smell and cleaned the iron pot before doing the recipe properly this time. When her cabal began arriving one after the other, Song was ready. She welcomed them with a smile and a meal and her hand remained on the chisel as they all sat together and ate. Like a proper brigade, led by a proper captain.

Chapter 21:

And he was right, she realized. It would be their word against his, and though she was confident they would come out ahead in the hearing the incident would be added to her record. She had shot a watchman from behind. Every superior officer she could ever have would know she had crippled someone wearing the black. Who would trust her after that? Who would let her stand behind them? Song had already seen how bad it would be, fighting against the tide, and now mere minutes out of that place she was somehow making it all worse. She had learned nothing, made all that pain and grief pointless. Crack. “-of your life,” the man laughed. “You’re fucked, brat, you-” Her hand slipped. It was not the blow of a duelist or a soldier: her blade hacked into the man’s face like a butcher knife. “You trash,” she snarled, ripping her blade out and hacking down again. “You relic, you-” Song screamed and struck again. And again, and again and again. He had cornered her, ended her career. Only when her arm hurt and her breath was ragged did the silver-eyed girl fall to her knees, choking out a sob, fingers closed around the chisel she had used to make a ruin of the watchman.

#pale lights #song ren #i love her so much #girl who is so so normal and in control of herself goes through a terrible horrible no good very bad week #and has a perfectly rational secret chicken meltdown so she can keep being Normal #and then things Get Worse and it turns out the alternative to self-loathing spirals is brutal knife murder! #(followed by immediately externalizing all of it so she can be normal again) #i want to force her to take a vacation

[xxlady-lunaxx]

WAIT NO- | {Kokuzan}

Theme: Silly fluff

Note: Kokuzan are dating in secret! (Only naki knows btw) - Idea by le amazing @GiyuuTomioka9374 (on wattpad honestly unsure if she has tumblr :>)

"Okay, remember. Keep. It. A. Secret," Muzan ordered, his hands on Kokushibo's shoulders as he looked into his boyfriend's eyes—or at least the two in the middle.

"Yes, I know, we've been through this 1000+ times, Master," Kokushibo sighed. 

"Yes but I need to make sure you-" Muzan started. But then the demons started arriving and he quickly stationed himself above the platform Kokushibo stood on. He gave the demon a warning glare and then cleared his throat. "All of you are lacking in your missions," he said, raising an accusing eyebrow. 

The demons all lowered themself in a bow, silent. Kokushibo did the same and waited for Muzan to continue. "I must assign all of you to more missions because clearly you assume that you'll have enough time to finish all of them now." 

Nobody spoke, all waiting for him to elaborate. 

"Very well," Muzan said. "Kaigaku, as you are new to our ranks you must learn most. I will have you take care of two villages per day."

Kaigaku nodded, his throat tight with fear. Kokushibo had been terrifying to encounter as a human but as a demon, when Muzan had even more control over him.. 

"Nakime, you must continue searching for the demon slayers faster," the demon lord ordered, turning to the biwa woman. 

"Yes, Master," she said, her hair splayed out as she mapped out the locations of those in the corps.

"Douma, stop paying such attention to your cult members and eat them for strength in the times to come. Akaza, you must locate the Hashira as Nakime is doing with the demon slayers. Find them and kill them now." Muzan paused, wondering what to make Kokushibo do.

"And you," he said, turning to his secret boyfriend. "You have been doing well, it doesn't matter. Just continue as you're doing."

Kokushibo nodded, not having expected this though. Muzan clapped his hands and Nakime plucked the strings of her instrument, taking the demons to their locations one by one. And then it was just Kokushibo and Kaigaku. Muzan, not having noticed Kaigaku, turned to Kokushibo and started to speak. "Alright, let's go now, Kok-" he paused, noticing the last demon. "Nakime!! Take him to the first village! Now!" 

Nakime did as she was told, but not before Kaigaku looked suspiciously at his superiors. 

Kokushibo sighed, although a bit amused. "Right." 

Both demons went to the office of Muzan's and sat down on the couch, talking quietly. Muzan kissed Kokushibo and said, "I don't think any of them noticed."

"Kaigaku might have," the multi eyed demon said. 

"Most likely not." 

"Perhaps." 

They dropped the subject there and continued on talking.

~~~

As weeks past, Muzan and Kokushibo continued hiding their relationship. Nobody seemed to notice it, yet, except Kaigaku who's eye was starting to pick up things as he focused more. He didn't say anything, though, deciding he didn't want to get in trouble. 

Muzan kept calling the uppermoons for meetings checking up on their missions and such to make sure. He seemed to be planning some big attack on the demon slayer or something because he was suddenly focused on their training. But this also gave him away more as he favored Kokushibo over the rest of them and constantly tried complimenting him in a way that he appeared to find subtle. 

But subtle was probably a description of what he was not.

Muzan would say things such as, "All of you are so weak. Take over Kokushibo's examples, he's a lot stronger than most of you and he barely trains!" or "Kokushibo exceeds every single one of you. I'm beginning to think I should kick all but him out of the upper ranks." And so on. 

Most of them were used to this but Kaigaku, who was used to being the stronger one, noticed it was more favortism than truth. The demons were all getting a lot stronger but Muzan either didn't notice or just cared more for Kokushibo. And most likely it was the latter.

Kaigaku decided he couldn't take it anymore. 

On their next meeting, Muzan gave them their daily rounds of "You are growing so weak" and "Kokushibo is better than you's" before moving on to a plan of defeating the Hashira and Ubuyashiki in a week's time. Kaigaku studied his lord and the Uppermoon who'd turned him into a demon closely. He found their eyes constantly meeting and Muzan's gaze lingering on Kokushibo throughout the whole discussion that he didn't know how the other demons hadn't found out yet.

At the end of the meeting, as Muzan started to wave them off, Kaigaku turned to Nakime to tell her to stop. Nakime did but Muzan didn't notice, taking Kokushibo's hand into his own. Kaigaku smirked as Muzan tilted himself up to kiss the Uppermoon. 

Kaigaku cleared his throat and Muzan's eyes widened, turning to his demons who were staring at him, shocked. "So.. are you two dating?" Kaigaku asked, his arms crossed.

"Wait, no-! That's not it, I was, uh," Muzan stuttered, scrambling for a response.

Douma said, a confused smile playing on his face, "Were you going to kiss him?"

"No!!" Kokushibo and Muzan said at the same time, both of them looking flushed. 

"But you two keep staring at each other so much during the meetings," Kaigaku pointed out. "I'm sure you are dating."

Nakime stifled a smile and Muzan, wondering how the fuck he hadn't realized they were still there, shook his head rather violently. "I don't.. I don't do dating. It's.. it's not something demons should interact with."

Kokushibo raised an eyebrow, deciding he didn't care if people knew. "We are dating," he admitted. 

The other uppermoons gasped as if they hadn't known—Nakime pretending and Kaigaku out of amusement. Muzan grumbled and turned to Nakime making her teleport him away. Kokushibo sighed. "Right, I'll be on my way." 

Kaigaku smirked. "Have fun with your boyfriend!"

{Word count: 990}

Anything under 1000 words is short imo even if it's 999 ;x; sorry it's short and shitty, I had no ideas but wanted to finish 😭

(pt. 2 here)

#kokuzan #kny #kimetsu no yaiba #fluff #demon slayer #sillyness #uppermoons #demons #muzan #kaigaku #kokushibo #silly fluff #more random tags #short asf #muzan jackson #muzan being stubborn asf #muzkoku #muzan being terrible at keeping secrets #koku not giving a fuck

[wantonlywindswept]

workshopping clone selkies

Hmmm, how do we think a selkie au might work for the clones?

I don't think I'd want them to all be one thing, animal forms are different according to personality or w/e, but from a 'we are making these people into soldiers' cloning a selkie would not necessarily make sense? Like that's a huge weak spot right there.

Maybe the Kaminoans just took the skins from the start? Mean route would be to destroy them, but maybe they just have silos or warehouses full of animal skins. Some of them are really unique or rare - it's just good recycling to sell off the skins of clones who die.

Or maybe they carry their skins with them, there's a compartment in their armor/kit to put them in. Maybe they leave them on the ships while they go to battle? Maybe the skins are a huge secret and the clones go to great lengths to keep the knowledge from their commanding officers. A more gentle version of the Kaminoans having them - maybe the Jedi are in charge of their clones' skins, and there are halls in the Temple where they're carefully and reverently kept safe.

Is this just a blatant excuse for Palpatine to have a beautiful vulptex skin hanging in his office that he encourages all of his visitors to admire but for some reason makes all of the Coruscant Guard clones stiff and uncomfortable and one time when Plo Koon has the misfortune of having to meet with the Chancellor he's extremely surprised when Commander Wolffe sees the skin and goes absolutely fucking feral?

...MAYBE SO.

#tcw #tcw meta #clone troopers #commander fox #commander wolffe #there was some beautiful fanart of those two I meant to reblog but lost track of with them and their respective animals #all of the baby cadets: choose/are given names that have no relation to their pelts to keep something of themselves secret #fox and wolffe: lol #anyway if people have ideas i would love to hear em! #selkie clones would be a terrible idea but by god i wanna see it anyway

[tinypaperstar]

one more Annette done 💞

#fire emblem 3 houses #fe3h #annette fantine dominic #idolnette #idol au #i am terrible at keeping my projects secret #20231005

[dark-elf-writes]

If there’s ever a situation where Cloud has to use communal showers he does it with all of his clothes on and refuses to look at anyone.

Cloud standing like an angry wet bird in a rainstorm in the showers in FULL GEAR because he doesn’t want monster blood to stay in his hair but also will not risk blowing his secret.

Either that or he sends Kunsel in to scout it out and make sure it’s empty before running in and jamming the door shut. He’s broken so many locks on the showers and just climbed out the vents when he’s done that Lazard wrote it into the budget.

The others just think he’s a weird little guy. Which is par for the course tbh as they’re pretty sure Kunsel showers with the helmet on.

#the elf talks #ff7 #to be fair he is a weird little guy too #kunsel being the bro to help keep clouds secret as long as he also gets to laugh at him is a big mood #soldiers are all pretty strange which hides the fact that cloud is in truth a terrible liar #make it rain au