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awakefor48hours · 9 months

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Shows you should save physically immediately

Over the Garden Wall -- It's being pulled from HBO Max on August 31 and knowing HBO, there's a chance it'll be pulled sooner. *I have now made a Google Drive of all the episodes of OTGW. Please, please, please, PLEASE, save these on a physical device.

The Owl House -- Disney has tried to bury this show many times (giving it a weird release schedule, cutting the budget, etc) and has even cancelled the show. Also, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue soon and I doubt TOH will survive*I have now also saved all the episodes of TOH. Click here for the posts with all of the episodes

Amphibia -- I know less about the behind the scenes BS than TOH but Amphibia was screwed over by Disney mainly by poor promotion. Also since one of the protagonist is openly bisexual*, like TOH, I really can't imagine this would survive.*Amphibia has also been saved. Go here for the post with all the episodes.

Steven Universe -- Cartoon Network cancelled Steven Universe and gave it a weird release schedule, it has also just been pulled from HBO Max.

Gravity Falls -- Once again, Disney+ is going to nuke their catalogue at some point in the future and between Wendy being canonically bi, Sheriff Blubs and Deputy Durland being in a relationship, and Alex Hirsch (being the amazing man that he is) constantly calling Disney out on their BS, I imagine that Disney would be more than willing to nuke Gravity Falls. *I’ve also saved Gravity Falls now go to the main post here to see all the episodes.

and most importantly

Every single show, book, game, fanfiction, movie, etc you've ever loved

We now know that at any moment's notice, streaming services can and will just nuke their catalogue without hesitation. If it's digital, it can be removed and there's a likely chance you'll never see it again.

So, please take some time to save anything you love on an external device. It could be a box set (it can be official or fan-made one), a USB, or anything.

If you have a physical copy of something, it's yours forever and no one can take that away from you.

*Edit because I’ve seen some confusion about this. Read this again, it’s “one of the protagonists” not “the protagonist.” Sasha is the one who’s bi, Anne’s sexuality hasn’t been confirmed.

Also in addition to this, people have reblogged this to say Steven Universe is still on HBO. Since I don’t have HBO, I’ve been going off of what people have been saying and I’ve seen it mentioned that HBO was taking off SU. You should still save it though.

*Edit 2 if any of the links here don’t work, check the original post as I might’ve changed/updated them. If that still doesn’t work, send me an ask or DM I’ll give them to you.

#toh #the owl house #gravity falls #steven universe #su #amphibia #over the garden wall #otgw #others you should probably save >#rwby #she ra #miraculous ladybug #the legend of korra #< any show with a queer cast #(and/or has been banned in another country)#you should save it immediately #top posts

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dragengyrr · 8 days

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"Lose the jacket"…

More Alastor in dress from this post because I am completely normal about it (I’m not).

@prince-liest : answering previous asks, let’s establish now that if I mention you directly in my posts, you are free to link the art to your fics without asking (after all, it wouldn’t have existed without them). I’m pretty sure I’m not done with them. Cheers <3

Artist’s little side note (because I feel like rambling again): so Hazbin gave me two life improvements (well, three, if you add the music) - one was stepping foot into the unknown aroace territory and being hit on the head with realisation that it was my home all along, making my questionable behaviours and reactions in the past a whole lot less… weird. At least for me, the allos probably still thought I was weird af, but that’s their problem now.

Second improvement was discovering a cartoony style that just sits right with my hand. I’ve always loved cartoons, had a little nostalgic era at the end of high school where I went back to the stuff I’d watched as a kid (Jake Long, Ben 10, Kid vs Kat, Samurai Jack), then I was discovering shows that were made quite recently already as an adult (Over the Garden Wall, Gravity Falls, The Owl House), I loved them for various reasons… but every time I tried to play with their style, I couldn’t get past a few drawings.

I also never truly worked out my own cartoony style, so I thought I’d be stuck with realism for all eternity - which is not bad by any means, it’s just that added pressure of your own artistic ego whispering into your ear that if you misplace one tendon or muscle, or get the proportions wrong, you’ll likely burn down in some special part of hell, specifically for artists that are too lazy to check their anatomy atlas for every single drawing they make. Or maybe that’s just me.

The point is – I don’t remember the last time I produced so many drawings in such a short time, and it’s a blast. And I can focus on posing and emotions more than anything, thus learning new tricks, and it might improve my realistic art as well, right now limited by my fear of it somehow looking incorrect (because that would surely mean the end of the world).

-End of ramble-

#hazbin hotel #alastor #hazbin alastor #radio demon #my art #aroace alastor #alastor in a dress #he’s a cutie patootie #princeliest #spilling more thoughts #aroace #art ramblings

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ilanprofile · 1 day

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ILAN_PROFILE'S FULL CARTOON GUIDE

Looking for Cartoons to Watch? Avatar, Korra, Infinity Train, The Owl House, Amphibia, Gravity Falls, Ducktales, Star Vs, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Fionna & Cake, Scott Pilgrim Take Off, Hazbin Hotel, Digital Circus, Hailey's On It!, Over The Garden Wall, Scooby Doo, BNA, SheRa, Murder Drones, Inside Job, Hilda, Molly McGee, Bee & Puppycat, Ben 10, Teen Titans, Spiderman, Samurai Jack, Pokemon, Rise of TMNT, OK KO, Arcane, Invincible, My Adventures With Superman, Moon Girl, Harley Quinn, Transformers, Ninjago, Primal, Mao Mao, Batman, Powerpuff Girls, Sonic, Regular Show, Craig Of The Creek, Bluey, Spongebob, Gumball, We Bare Bears, Phineas & Ferb, Tom & Jerry, Tiny Toons, The Loud House, Uncle Grandpa, Clarence, Teen Titans Go!, Bojack, South Park, Family Guy, etc

About Each Section:

WATCH THIS: Shows I think are a MUST Watch for anybody getting into cartoons

NEW CARTOONS: Ongoing shows premiered in the past 2-3 years

STILL RELEVANT: Older shows / Already finished shows that still get a lot of attention nowdays

BONUS MENTIONS: Other Shows I havent watched that much of or arent as widely known as the others above

STORYDRIVEN: Fully serialized shows with lot of conitnuity

SEMI-EPISODIC: Shows with an ongoing story but also have self contained arcs

EPISODIC: Shows with minimal continuity, you can watch basically any episode

DISCLAIMER: I tried to limit myself to only 1-2 shows of each IP, UNLESS each of them feels too different from one or another (Like The Looney Tunes Show vs the classic Looney Tunes Cartoons) or you need to watch all shows together to get the full narrative (Ben 10 -> Alien Force -> Ultimate Alien -> Omniverse)

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artbyblastweave · 2 years

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I realized last night that Amphibia is pretty unique among modern cartoons in its willingness to allow the protagonists to simply be done; moreover it’s interesting in its willingness to let the supernatural simply be a blip in the overall course of the protagonist’s lives.

A major axis on which I rate my enjoyment of the ending of a cartoon (not whether it’s good, whether I enjoy it) is the degree to which the cartoon leaves the door open for future adventure with the same cast, even if the status quo has suffered a major upset, even if everyone in the principle cast has gone their separate ways. Avatar canonically ranks very highly here, as does Adventure Time. Regular Show is up there, because even though everyone went their own ways it’s still clear this is a world where bizarre adventures happen just as a casual element of being alive. Steven Universe has Steven going off on a road trip into the great unknown to find himself, Gravity Falls has the promise of a cyclical return to adventure even if the status quo in town changes with time, and while Over The Garden Wall reads as a one-and-done adventure, it was later heavily implied in the comics that it’s proximity to Jason Funderberker that grants access to the unknown, so they do get to go back on occasion.

The reason so many cartoons do this is obvious- if the settings itself wasn’t a fun place to explore, a fun place to simply be, they wouldn’t have set a multi-season children’s show in it. And if the protagonists weren’t the kinds of people who do well in such settings, they wouldn’t be the protagonists of such shows.

Amphibia, though, does basically the opposite of this; not only are the protagonists locked out of the magic, the course of their lives are laid out in sufficient detail to establish that the magic never came back, nor is it likely to. The invasion they thwarted is faded enough in the public memory that people are questioning if it was a hoax. This is a world (Disney TVA multiverse) where weird stuff besides Amphibia does exist, and you can make a career or even just a hobby out of running it down, but even Marcy doesn’t seem to have tried.

Because this was always a story about two kids heroes who, fundamentally, were never into their own genre any more than they absolutely had to be in order to survive, and one kid hero who ached to be part of her genre before learning her lesson the hard way about how badly it could go. And then the adventure ended, and they moved on.

(Well, to the degree that getting a PhD in frog science and rebuilding amphibia in miniature can be considered “moving on,” but that’s missing the people and the places, not the adventure.)

#amphibia #amphibia spoilers #amphibia meta #amphibia the hardest thing #amphibia finale #anne boonchuy #sasha waybright #marcy wu

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somethin-human · 8 months

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Hehe Halloween/autumn headcanons for the boys and their partners <3

It’s no secret that Babe and Ash love Halloween, but they would definitely be the ones to show up in a cringy/cute couple/duo costume look

I feel like instead of Milo and Sweetheart doing the character costumes, they pick a different decade each year and go off of that.

Angel is obsessed with decorating the house for this time of the year so David just lets them take over and he’ll fix up some things if needs be (but they do a pretty good job).

Guy drags Honey to go trick or treating despite how old he is.

Stranger: So which one’s yours?

Honey: The xx year old man in the Pokémon trainer costume.

Also, Guy isn’t as enthusiastic about Halloween as much as Honey is. Guy is a Christmas guy and Honey is a Halloween person.

Darlin’ has probably gone trick or treating once as a kid and thought it was stupid and just never did it again.

Darlin’ also seems like the type to not dress up and just want the candy so when they still lived on their own, they would just go to the store and eat bags of candy while watching horror films.

Because this is Sam and Darlin’s first spooky season living together, he makes sure he gives them a good experience. They get pumpkin spice lattes, Sam rakes up leafs and makes them into piles and shows them how fun it is to run into them. When it starts getting colder, he’ll put in a small fire in the fireplace and they’re just cuddle and watch scary movies together.

Aaron and Smartass aren’t really into Halloween but they will decorate and set out candy for their apartment complex. They give off the vibes that they would have the super basic white woman autumn decor. Pumpkin spice smelling candles everywhere. Flannel blanket on the couch. A pillow that probably has a pumpkin on it that says “Autumn” or “Fall” in all cursive. The plastic leaf vines on their curtains. The 3 pumpkins that every person does and they’re always like white, brown, and then a lighter brown, and they’re in like every corner of the house.

Baby and Ollie… hmm…. They give off the people who do go all out for decorating, but most of it will be in the house (if they own one, idk if they still have an apartment or not). They probably have a sign on their front door that says “spooky” with a little ghost on it. They also will hand out candy to the kiddos but while they’re doing that, they’re making cookies while playing the Coraline playlist in the background.

Because this is Huxley and Damian’s first Halloween together in their own living space, they try to meet in the middle with decor. Huxley is a maximalist and wants everything to be decorated but Damian is eh about it so they kinda just pick and choose. It ends up looking really good in the end and that’s all that matters.

Also Huxley LOVES horror movies while Damien tries to find the logic in the characters’ decisions and HATES the jump scares and gore.

Gavin and Freelancer only like Halloween because of the costumes they can pick and the cuddles because of how cold it gets sometimes (but they’ll cuddle despite the temperature)

Lasko wasn’t into Halloween and he didn’t exactly decorate but this year, his partner would stop by his apartment and bring in little autumn vibe decor. They also don’t watch horror movies, they end up watching something calming like Over The Garden Wall or Gravity Falls while cuddling.

#redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted headcanons #redacted patreon

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murdockmeta · 10 months

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Mike Murdock Headcanons

Has the goofiest laugh. He rarely laughs for real but when he does its something like *loud snort* hyUH hyUH hyUH

He likes watching animated shows, stuff that's usually meant for kids, like adventure time, kim possible, steven universe, over the garden wall, gravity falls ect

This extends to movies, he does watch Disney movies and he will sing every damn song, he can quote tangled off the top of his head

If you ask he will tell you his favorite ghibli film is princess mononoke (he did have a crush on her when he was younger) but it's actually my neighbor totoro and he tears up every time he watches it

He's bisexual, he does not discriminate at all

Enjoys lots of anime like hunter x hunter and jojos bizarre adventure and full metal alchemist ect

wants to fuck hisoka from hxh SO bad, he's attracted to so many anime men it's embarrassing

Wears the most ridiculous t-shirts ever:

One has a shitty print of Jesus holding a Cadbury egg, he wears it around Easter. One has "boyfriend to some, girlfriend to others." One has "my girlfriends husband fights for your freedom" and then there's one of Kermit the frog surfing on the great wave off kanagawa and one that says "the men's bathroom is for gay sex and the women's bathroom is for doing coke" the list GOES ON he has DOZENS like this

Has an ass tattoo he got on impulse. It may or may not be a shamrock because he's a fucking idiot

Torrents basically everything

Likes to draw

His favorite subject in school was science

Has stolen every pair of sunglasses he owns

Has his ears peirced

Doesn't get the catholicism stuff and doesn't consider himself catholic

Has cross-dressed for funsies

Used to smoke cigarettes but not anymore, does smoke weed on occasion

Has tried most recreational drugs

Super messy but he always knows where everything is

Longest he's spent in jail is 10 months, it was originally a year but he got out early on good behavior

Drools in his sleep

Has traveled all over the country

Knows a bit of Spanish along with a couple other languages but isn't fluent in any

Took the LSAT cause he thought it'd be funny if he scored higher than Matt

He didn't but he'll swear up and down he did

Has freckles all over his back/shoulders

Has started so many bar fights it isn't even funny

Will go to a protest simply with the hopes he'll have the chance to punch a cop

Always a 50/50 chance he'll be chewing gum, this increase to a 115% chance if Matt's around because Mike knows he HATES it

Is like. So good a Mario Kart it's concerning

He can sing, actually, but rarely does he try. He'd rather belt out things horribly off-key or sing under his breath

Is the older brother

Uses "man" and "dude" way too much (this is basically canon)

Has an accent that gets so thick when he's tired you can barely understand him

Yes i have more but this is all for now, thanks for reading, I love this fictional man like he's my actual husband

Also If some of those sayings on the shirts sound familiar or you like them go check out Girl of Swords shop on bonfire.com :)

#mike murdock #daredevil comics #mike murdock headcanons #here queues... daredevil!

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awgeezitsthetoiletnator · 7 months

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October Finds, Pt. 2: Plushies, Clothing, Accessories, Dinnerware, Prints

As we are getting closer to the holiday season, I thought it might be nice to share links to cartoon merchandise I've seen floating around. I use a lot of the websites listed for gift-giving inspiration or to fill up any wishlists that friends and family ask me for. I've tried to keep most things on this list under $50, and most items are on clearance or discounted heavily.

I know items from Hot Topic and Box Lunch can be very hit or miss, so I've tried to only pull items that I have felt were high-quality in the past. Also, I would encourage you to have your items shipped to their stores and pick them up in-person if you are able / comfortable, and help us keep malls alive for a little bit longer.

All of the prints from Gallery Nucleus were designed by people who worked on the show, worked in the same studio, or were very big fans of the show. I encourage you to look up the names behind any print that catches your eye and find out what they're working on now!

In the same vein... While this post was made to share semi-official to official pieces of merch, please support fanartists on platforms like INPRNT and Redbubble! I guarantee that many of the artists you follow on Tumblr sell some of their pieces online, and it's a great way to show your support in addition to reblogging their work.

You can find Pt. 1 of the list here, where I share links to music, books, comics, and graphic novels.

NOTE: I am not affiliated with any of the stores linked under the read more. I'm just someone who watches a lot of TV and reads a lot of books and likes to celebrate that by buying merch every now and then.

PLUSHIES

Hollow Knight - Hornet Plush

Nimona

Nimona - Shark Form Plush

Nimona - Whale Form Plush

CLOTHING

Avatar: The Last Airbender Fire Nation Zuko Crew Socks 2 Pair

Bee And PuppyCat: Lazy In Space Duo Boyfriend Fit Girls T-Shirt

Steven Universe Group Phone T-Shirt

ACCESSORIES

Avatar

NYCC Exclusive - Avatar Debossed Elements Mini Backpack

The Legend of Korra Mini Backpack

Disney Afternoons

Disney Afternoon Cartoons Color Block Mini Backpack

Disney Afternoon Cartoons Color Block Zip Around Wallet

Pokemon

Pokémon Pumpkin Pikachu Mini Backpack

Pokémon Pikachu Halloween Costumes Allover Print Wallet

Pokémon Pumpkin Pikachu Cardholder

Ms. Marvel Cosplay Mini Backpack

Rocko’s Modern Life Zip Around Wallet

Over The Garden Wall x Nucleus Enamel Pins (scroll down)

Infinity Train

Alan Dracula - Infinity Train x Nucleus Enamel Pin

Ugly Irwin - Infinity Train x Nucleus Enamel Pin

DINNERWARE

Moomin Summer Dive Glass Bottle 1L

Avatar: The Last Airbender Jasmine Dragon Stemless Glass

Disney Afternoons

Darkwing Duck 16 Oz Tumbler Cup

TaleSpin 16 Oz Tumbler Cup

Pokéball Ramen Bowl with Chopsticks

PRINTS

Cartoon Network - Gallery Nucleus Prints - Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Over The Garden Wall

Disney - Gallery Nucleus Prints

Star Vs. The Forces of Evil

Gravity Falls

A Normal Poster Encouraging Children to Read

Just Gold

Romance Academy 7

Trust

Waddles Takes Flight

Disney Television Animation Tribute Exhibition

Big Hero 6

Darkwing Duck "The Terror That Flaps In The Night"

Darkwing Ducky

Ducktales

Gummi Bears

Picnic Surprise

Rescue Rangers

Take Off!

Tangled

Infinity Train

Roasted

The Crew's All Here

The Steward

LAIKA 10th Anniversary - Gallery Nucleus Prints

MISCELLANEOUS

Hey Arnold Digital Downloads (Shop run by Craig Bartlett)

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mars-onthe-moon · 2 years

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hey what our some fandoms you're in but haven't made art of yet recently?

Literally all of them XD

I love so many things but then only end up drawing GF. It’s like the Midas touch, but worse.

I just started the Netflix Bee and Puppy cat! It’s amazing! I rewatched the YouTube series for the millionth time and then started the Netflix, and I’m really liking it.

I also started watching The Arcane. I love the art and the story, wouldn’t say I’m in the fandom, but I appreciate the show.

I guess I’ll just make a list of fandoms I’m in or stalk from time to time.

Cartoons:

Gravity Falls

The Owl House

Bee and Puppy Cat

Adventure time (need to start distant lands)

Over The Garden Wall (mandatory watch in the fall)

Bob’s Burgs

Rick and Morty

Cuphead and Mugman (video game and cartoon… I have like, too many of the pops, love the art to death)

Steven universe (need to start Future, or else my OCD will never let me rest in peace)

Avatar the last Airbender (I watch the whole series like every two yrs, need to finish Legends of K tho)

Helluva Boss (I keep an eye on ‘Hazbin’, I think there is like a legit show in the works, but Helluva is actually great and I would die for most of the characters unlike ‘Hotel.’)

There’s a butt ton more I know I’m missing. I think it’s safe to say cartoons are my fav media so I’ve probably watched most of them or plan on it.

Anime:

I’m such an anime slacker, so like I’ve probably heard of it, but it’s because it’s on my watch list and I’ve never gotten around to it… so here are my comfort animes.

Anything Hayao Miyazaki or studio G

Soul eater

Mob Psycho 100

Tokyo Ghoul

Ouran Host club

Kill la Kill

Kakegurui

Other:

The Arcana - A dating sim video game which I love waaaaaaay too much (I own the art book and tarot cards, btw totally worth it). It has a lot of great representation! …. And my husband Lucio… Who is totally not evil and hot and the reason I question my sanity and sexuality.

MadK - which is a very dark BL manga… obvi NSFW, but it’s amazing. The art is beautiful and the plot is fr interesting and I need the third book like now, because I gotta know how this is gonna end.

The Banquet - a web comic (tho u can get hard copies and exclusive nfsw art books through Patreon). It’s gay and cute and about demons and we stan.

Nightvale - Yo. I tried to do the podcasts in like middle school. They were fun but like, too many, I never finished. But the books are fire so I really like them, they have the same feel, mention OG characters, but have plot and stuff. - In that same vibe….

Alice isn’t dead. It’s another book by Joseph Fink and has that surreal nightvale vibe, but toned down a little, also mc is a lesbian so, finger snaps. (Now that im looking at his books he has a lot more so brb while I spend money I don’t have.)

Undertale will always be in my heart, and I need to play delta rune chpt 2.

So yeah! Thats the stuff im into atm, or have been within the past few yrs. Some more then others, but mostly everything here is what I try to stay up to date on. I also always have the ghosts of superwholockian and bronies past looming over me… but we all have our demons. And if I ever vanish, know that they got to me and I’m rewatching all of Doctor Who because I stopped at the 12th doctor and there’s like a fourteenth one now? And I does’s have to know.

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uchiha-7thsingularity · 2 years

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Confrontational Mementos

This is my first time posting for last legacy. I wanted to work on my writing and give to the fandom some Felix content. A little bit of angst, fluff, and anxiety mentioned. This presents a little background story of Mc having a past with Felix as well but I tried to keep it genderneutral.

Do I like him?

Can we share a single moment?

…...What about home….?

…….!!

A welted white rose dangles from my left hand, as I bite the tip of my thumb with my fanged teeth. The breeze whips strands of baby hair into my frigid complexion to match the icy situation. Laid out across the bench outside Blackthorns' botanical garden I swallow an outcry to stop my overthinking.

Overall, I can't help but repeat the memories of him flashing within my vision like a firefly swarming in the garden air from when we use to catch them as clueless kids. His shy smile tells a thousand unsaid words. Greyish glares of exhaustion never remain, rather morph into a mischievous smirk as we start to utter anything on the tip of our tongues. Nimble hands with a motive that forever scrambles to prove a point during our magic lessons.

I could keep going or stop and ignore the truth in front of myself. Selfless as I am most times; I exhibit the smile and bright openings, different personalities I've made for myself over the years to express the real me to others all wrapped up in one broken body. Sarcastic, reckless, comedic, hateful, caring, or ….. Oh, so kind. Shortly, I straighten up on the bench a little light-headed. "Which side of myself did he idolize most?", tears stream down my face curving my throat only to soak the gravel beneath the sole of my feet. Darkness sweeps shards of my blackened heart within this shattered body of mine.

(Can't breathe!)... (Breath!)......

….(Someone, anyone, ...Please, do not leave me again!!)

With a final gasp of air, I fall to my knees letting gravity tug a hopeless soul, to let mother nature do her bidding. Nothing seems to transpire with my head inches above the ground up til a steady alluring voice comes from behind me with heavy footsteps toward my washed figure. "Mc! Did you hurt yourself?! Did something happen? Can you stand on your feet?", Felix says with utter panic and frustration. He gently rubs my shoulders as his confused scrunched-up face peers at my teared soaked face. I can't help but push him off and avoid eye contact. The feel of his stare is too much as I try to regain a subtle composure and dignity. Then, I turn with a smile to mask the anxiety ready to burst. No matter the precautions I put up to push everyone away to not be a burden. Somehow, he is the one and only to collapse the walls I barricaded my true self brick by brick.

"Sorry. Just needed air for a minute. I'm fine now, let's go back inside and catch up with Florian, Scylla, Sage, and Anisa." With a spring in my step, I wipe the tears to make my statement true. This fuels the tears gushing in the back of my eyelids. Every step I take back to the mansion is hefty until my wrist is yanked back.

"Why can't you trust me with the truth?", he looks at me with such intensity I blank for a response.

All I can think to do is bite my tongue to assure him like everyone I even remember that I am fine. (Stop lying and tell him the truth…!)

The necromancer's face washes with desperation hence he speaks, "Is it about anything I have said to you before? Did anyone threaten you, again? His face burns when he sputters his next set of questions. I-Is it….t-that you have fell ill or homesick? If so, I can assemble a gift basket with the necessary healing acquirements … I just need to get you inside to rest your body." My eyes grow wide to stare at this man's red-tinted blush spread across his freckled skin.

……."What! I snort. "That is NOT the problem but thank you for the concern.", I assure him while whacking him across the shoulder. He stammers back withdrawn to a shocked look morphing into pure confusion. Slowly I regain my calmed voice, "Every time I think we are ready to fix this fucked up nightmare."

"Life knocks us down.

Enemies strike from all directions.

Trails lead to heartbreak."

"At the end of the day…..going back to my world leads to being alone again....for me at least. Not entirely alone. The moral of the story, a world without the star sworn or Stella is a tragedy. Then knowing that there is a chance YOU will go back to not existing in my world breaks my heart more than you can know."I sniffle. "And you know everything!" After the reality of those words sinks for a bit as I sob uncontrollably into my sleeve. Usually, crying in public is a BIG no for me. (It hurts! My heart is withering to coal, to ash, to nothing.) Never have I felt so alone in a world I remember is digital but makes me feel like I'm living for once in my lonesome life. Going back to earth would mean I can't go on wild adventures with someone who could be my possible soulmate. Not even to be able to pet Stella or cry into her fur when I am hopelessly in love with a thoughtful, generous, and lovable soul.

Therefore, my sobs lead to me wiping my nose with my sleeves. "We have been through stuff. I get that much, *cough*, except I am so tired of wearing a stupid mask.", I speak shortly to maintain the whimpers. "This year was unexpected for me and a burden to you and everyone around me. You were right the first time I should have departed to find a way out but I didn't want to leave you behind. Not out of pity rather I've been left behind all my existence and it never gets less painful. I was wrong Felix to promise I would never leave you; except, to be honest, I'm a living mess. Which means you were all wrong to put your faith in me when you guys say I'm perfect. I am the opposite of PERFECT. Every time anyone thinks they see me for me it just leads toward breaking my spirit. Go ahead, enjoy the victorious self-righteous you spew daily about being the master debater." He stays tight-lipped to leave the echo of my words to stain the damped air. (Another person who will leave me.)

With a roll of my eyes, I turn to leave him to go fix my blotchy face. "Mc!" I can hear his footsteps behind me, but neither his voice nor his running keeps me at bay. The echo of our hurried steps bounces off the walls of the Blackthorn foyer to leave nothing but silence after.

Then he shouts the one thing I never expected to hear leave his lips, "We made a vow together, barista. I send you back home and you stay by my side till then. And… I would be condemned to hell if I let anyone make us break our vow; even ourselves. Please! His thin cool fingers snatch my wrist once more to turn me toward him." What you said out there just now is valid and will never be silenced. I indeed made you promise to stay by my side even if you had the choice to leave." I click my tongue.

He continues nonetheless. "You have a choice!" He looks at me as if I will slap him on the back again. You came into my life that I needed you most to learn to live again on my terms and no one else. Every feeling, thought, or action that led us together is what makes us change for the better. I'm glad you told me who you are. Now and forever will work together to unmask each others true selves and make those our secret expeditions. I lean into his figure to feel his embrace full of love and affection pouring from him with tears staining his coat.

(He looks like the boy I first discovered all those years we had met. Yet, only I remember those memories.) He's rubbing circles on my back as he whispers into my ear, "After everything we encountered you're keen to push me away as I did to everyone in the last five years before I met you!"

"That's a common thing we share!", I giggle along with Felix. "You, my good sir, stand tall because you know who you are already. Each day you show me and anyone that you're capable with or without your magic. Not ONCE did you ever waver!" I heave a breath to regain my composure. Without thought, I blurt, "How come we have to suffer? While we forfeit all we had to only be … lonely." Teardrops splatter onto his shoulder with my myriad failed attempts to stop them. Yet, his grip only tightens around me as I bury my face in the crook of his neck. His scent is intoxicating with raindrops and pomegranate wafting my nostrils.

Suddenly, he pats my head softly. "The reason I didn't see your pain was because I chose not to see the vulnerable side of you." Felix keeps holding me as I try to wiggle out to not get snot on his trimmed black coat. "Then I reckon you just leave me now", I sniffle into his freckled neck. He pushes me back to look at me fully. All I can do is look into his greyish pupils with such pain and love.

"Barista, sorry isn't enough to fix what I sowed." He wavers. "In other words, no matter the consequences and losses we face in the future I Love you more than Life and Death itself." We both stare at each other in the most awkward atmosphere we have ever been in. "Y-you don't have to… say it back...I-I, he bites his pale bottom lip to shut himself up rather looking like a tomato.

Wiping my tear-streaked face I wrap him in a tight hug. In a heartbeat of a second I whisper, I love you too, my emo prince!" At that moment we pull apart to peer at each other with no one to stop two broken souls with broken hearts sewn together. We both lean into each other with gentleness to only drown in passion. The memory of his soft lips on mine felt like the renewal of two souls shifting into one. He tasted of sugar cubes with a hint of Jasmine. Each word said before was washed away by pleasure and pain mixed in passionate rhythm. My hands grasp his purple/brown sloppy hair as he wraps an arm around my waist to pull me into him. His tongue flicked across my teeth teasing me in his feverish attempt. Tugging his hair, he groans for a second to proceed to massage my waist with his palms. The kiss soaked a wave of excitement over us in one fell swoop.

Soon we pull apart flushed to be left with the option of bumping foreheads. Then, as if he read my mind like the tarots, we both grumble, "We should have more confrontations often". Laughter is only heard for the rest of the day in Blackthorne, as some would say, as two star-crossed lovers reflected on that hallowed day.

#Last legacy fictif #Felix x reader #Felix iskander escellun #felix escellun #gender neutral reader #fictif games #fictif

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kiegotakami · 5 months

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helloooo, your content creator secret santa here !!! 🎅🏻

i did a little lurking on your blog already but by all means i wanna ask you a few questions😂😅 what are your favourite movies, tv shows? who are some of your beloved characters? ships? what kind of musical artists do you listen to? do you like to read? favourite book? fav. lyrics/ quote? favourite colour?

any preferences? something in particular you like to see? ANYTHING i should leave out/ avoid while making your gift?

have a great week!!! <3 and until next time 🫡

hi!!!!! I tried to answer this last night and then my phone froze 🫠 let’s try again! I wanna make sure I give you enough variety!

my favorite movies include: castle in the sky, your name, and the scream franchise

my fave tv shows include: black sails, my hero academia, over the garden wall, derry girls, the haunting of hill house, andor, succession, when I fly towards you, gravity falls, and hometown cha cha cha

some of my most beloved characters are: keigo takami, erin quinn, sheeta, cassian andor, sansa stark, kendall roy, izuku midoriya, ochaco uraraka, sam carpenter, sidney prescott, jyn erso, john silver, katara, and zuko

ships: izuku x ochaco, zutara, percabeth, erin x james, cassian x jyn, and sheeta x pazu, to name a few!

I listen to chappell roan, the national, lord huron, tswift, noah kahan, and florence + the machine

I’m a big fan of percy jackson! the og series 😊 I’m super excited for the show as well!

my favorite color is orange or maybe brown but when it comes to edits I tend to like browns and greens and pale tones and reds and black&white the most!

honestly I don’t have any major preferences! I think one thing is that I would prefer a gift that isn’t focused on a music artist, though I’d be delighted if you included lyrics in your gift (if that’s the vibe you wanna go for)! I like sibling bonds and final girls and romances. and I’m just really excited for this event and I’m looking forward to whatever you decide to create! I hope you have fun with it! if you have any more questions or need more options, lmk! I’ll be happy to provide some ⛄️ I hope you’re doing well and I hope you have a good weekend!!

#imagine me bundled up 🧸☕️ waiting by the tree 🎄#ccss2023 #anonymous #answered

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captainshyguy · 5 years

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oof i wanna do somethin whilst shiny hunting but idk what aaAAA

#hmmmm #i cant draw bc shiny hunting requires two hands #so i need to watch/listen to somethin #i was planning to watch some playthroughs of like...some games i've played like lego the clone wars or lego harry potter #or regualr harry potter but im rly not feeling it???#probably bc i tried to watch one of lego indian jons nd the guy was informative but SOOOOOO QUIET ND BORING #im kinda down to like.....rewatching gravity falls again hjfdhnkdjf rewatching kim possible #or rewatching the clone wars #but...me nd ari are planning to wath that together at some point #and tcw is LONG so like is it worh it when i might be watchin it soon?#hmm #part of me wants to watch over the garden wall for the firsttie but again me nd ari were gon watch tat together so i wanna wait!#we'll both be going in blind so it'll b fun!#well....semi blind.....i think i know the name of the main bad guy/what it looks like sadly :/#lotsa crossover in the gravity falls tag #but even then??i dotn know what said bad guy does to be a bad guy so we'll see! nd i could b wrong #but yea kim possible gravity falls and tcw are lookin good rn #i just.....hmmm gotta decide #i think kim possible is abt the same length as tce but i could b wrong??#i know kim possible is twice the length of gravity falls #oh okay tcw is 3 times the length of gravity falls #hmmhmhmhmhmhmhmmmm

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future-dregs · 2 years

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About Me

Yo.

I like to obsess over things.

Fictional people in love are very important to me. Doesn’t always have to be romantic; platonic love is the bomb, and found families are my favorite.

But I need the love.

Fandoms/Ships (subject to change and not exhaustive)

Anime/Manga

▪︎ Amachin wa Jishou (none)

▪︎+Anima (none)

▪︎Astro Boy (none)

▪︎Assasination Classroom (none)

▪︎Bakuman (for once? The canon couples.)

▪︎Bleach (Chad/Ichigo, Orihime/Tatsuki, Shunsui/Jushiro)

▪︎BNHA (KiriBaku, Yagi Toshinori/Tsukauchi Naomasa, Inko/Rei, Shinkami, Spinneraki, Miritama, Iida Tensi/Koichi)

▪︎ Chainsaw Man (none)

▪︎Cowboy Bebop. Anime only (none)

▪︎Death Note (none)

▪︎Demon Slayer (Uzui Tengen/Hinatsuru/Makio/Suma)

▪︎Detective Conan/Case Closed (none)

▪︎ Dragon Ball (Bulma/Vegeta)

▪︎ Dr. Ramune Mysterious Disease Specialist (none)

▪︎Excuse Me Dentist, It’s Touching Me! (Yeah if the main guys could get it together and go out with each other that would be greaaat)

▪︎Free! (Rin/Haru/Makoto, Rin/Souske, Haru/Ikuya, Makoto/Kisumi)….I’ve got dirtbrain.

▪︎Fullmetal Alchemist (none)

▪︎Gintama (Gin/Katsura, Hijikata/Sougo)

▪︎ Golden Boy

▪︎Haikyu!! (Asanoya, Tsukkiyama, Queerplatonic Kagehina, Iwaoi, Ukai/Takeda, Kyohaba)

▪︎ Hellsing (Sir Integra/Seras)

▪︎ How To Keep a Mummy

▪︎Hunter x Hunter (Gon/Killua, Leorio/Kurapika)

▪︎Inuyasha (Inuyasha/Kagome, Miroku/Sango)

▪︎ One Piece (Zolu)

▪︎One Punch Man (none)

▪︎ Patalliro! (Banmara)

▪︎Ranma ½ (none)

▪︎Sailor Moon (Sailor Moon/Tuxedo Mask, Sailor Neptune/Sailor Uranus)

▪︎Science Fell In Love, So I Tried To Prove It (Yukimura/Himuro, Ibarada/Kosuke)

▪︎ The Titan’s Bride (Koichi/Caius) of course.

▪︎ Trigun (Vashwood, Meryl/Milly)

▪︎ Uramichi Oniisan (Uramichi/Iketeru) what? They get along. I think it would be cute.

▪︎Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun! (none)

▪︎Yotsuba&! (Kiowai/Jumbo QPR)

▪︎ Yu-gi-oh! (none)

▪︎Yu Yu Hakusho (Yusuke/Hiei/Kurama, Kuwabara/Yukina)

▪︎Zom 100 (none)

▪︎Zombiepowder (none)

Other/Ect.

▪︎ Horror. Movies mostly, slashers especially. (Billy/Stu (Scream))

▪︎Avatar the Last Airbender/Korra (Korra/Asami, Sokka/Suki)

▪︎ The Mandalorian (Dinluke. Romantically and QPR, I'm good with either/or, baby)

▪︎ M*A*S*H

▪︎ Monty Python

▪︎ Legend of Zelda (none)

▪︎ Skyrim/The Elder Scrolls(none)

▪︎Gravity Falls (none)

▪︎Over the Garden Wall (none)

▪︎Kid n’ Teenagers. Comic series created by @z-t00n (none)

▪︎Star Trek TOS (Kirk/Spock, Uhura/Chekhov)

▪︎The Losers (Cougar/Jensen)

▪︎Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk/Todd, Tina/Farah)

▪︎The Addams Family - original version (Gomez/Morticia)

▪︎Lord of the Rings/Tolkien (Eowyn/Faramir)

▪︎Norse Mythology

▪︎Bill and Ted movies (none.) Though I have been known to enjoy a good Bill/Ted fic. nomelon on Ao3 has the best, in case you were interested.

#Pinning here because the links I THOUGHT were working are NOT and idk how to fix them

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arixabala · 2 years

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Manuscript search tag

Tagged again! Thanks so much @talesofsorrowandofruin! My words are garden, guide, graph, generous and garbled.

Garden:

Yulia promised him more if he came by tomorrow, which began their routine lunch dates. Yulia made her closest approximations of the foods she recalled from Ganymede, and Slava told her all about the food he used to eat. It was such a pity that they had eaten so well, meanwhile the astronauts were currently surviving on freeze-dried goods. He had to get to work planning their hydroponics system. He hadn’t settled into his office yet, but every day over lunch Slava explained to Yulia what he knew. Talking about his home garden both assuaged and increased the nostalgia.

Guide:

Everyone on the ship, aside from Slava, wore glasses - a long-term side effect of gravity sickness. This sort of thing was exactly why his parents had planned to move planetside as soon as possible. Mik’s glasses were as thick as a porthole window, and when Slava tried them on, the world was so nauseatingly out of focus he thought he might fall over. He took them off and shoved them in his pocket.

“Christ! I wouldn’t need something this strong until I’m 80! Can you even see right now?” He waved a hand in front of Mik’s face.

“Not a thing!” He squinted and grinned. “Keep ‘em. I bet you someone on this tin can has some spares hidden away.” He put a guiding hand on the wall and stumbled off.

Graph (cheating a little lol):

“Baikonur. It’s an old old launch site in Asia. They really don’t mention Nadezhda I and II out there?” Kelly looked so disappointed he was nearly pouting.

He shook his head. “Sorry to disappoint. Where is Asia?”

Kelly sputtered apologies for not realizing that of course Slava would know nothing of Earth geography. He hastily sketched a map and named all the continents, and all the while Slava sat there wondering if he’d noticed Baikonur on the ESS shuttle schedule. He wanted to believe that he hadn’t, that if it had been on the list he’d have felt the homecoming call and gone there.

Generous:

Slava’s flightsuit was sleek, black, and form-hugging. Its sleeves successfully hit his wrists, and the legs reached the end of his. The piece was tailor-made for him, like a second and comforting skin. He wore his cleanest and slimmest pair of pants over it to make the look more professional - a look he stole from Jyotsna. Jyotsna was the more forward-facing captain - always the one making heads turn too - and he trusted her fashion sense. Slava felt cool, for lack of better words, like he was the dashing space captain rather than dating one.

“Dashing” might have been too generous a description for Kelly at the moment, who wore dress pants and nothing else as he charged down the hall to retrieve the rest of his uniform. He narrowly avoided colliding into Slava, on his way to steal the bathroom mirror, and several steps later he stopped and turned.

“You look nice,” he said, looking Slava up and down.

Garbled:

English felt like something Slava ought to understand better than he did. When Kelly spoke to him in slow English, many of the words weren’t that different from Issy - like he was listening to a sleep-garbled version. Every time Kelly repeated the phrase in his best attempt at Interplanetary Standard, Slava could kick himself for not having guessed the meaning. He corrected Kelly’s messy Issy as best he could, and then Kelly would curse and put his head in his hands because the correction sounded so right he should have known. They took turns trying out each other’s more fluent language, until English and Interplanetary Standard blurred together in a sort of patchwork dialect - plus a smattering of Slava’s native Cosmoyazik that accidentally slipped in. After several weeks of this they understood each other quite well, even though Dr. Xu found Slava’s English largely unintelligible.

Tagging @did-i-do-this-write, @i-can-even-burn-salad, and anyone who’d like to do this. Your words are phantom, taut, fissure, free, and frame.

#tag game #uys #wip excerpt

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alextwdgf01 · 3 years

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I decided in this post, I am just going to discuss Gravity Falls fanzine ideas I had in mind, that I figured others might be interested in. (my next post will contain my aus and short descriptions of them) Second Summer- The title is pretty self explanatory. After the end of their 8th grade year, Mabel and Dipper return to Gravity Falls for another action packed summer, this time spending all of it with both Grunkles. From creatures they've already encountered, to ones they've never seen before, hanging out friends old and new (maybe some Dipcifica would be going on), going on a few high seas adventures with their uncles on the Stan O' War ll. So many possibilities! Crossovers- We all know how lots of cartoons have been making little crossover hints to being connected to GF, such as Star vs the Forces of Evil, The Owl House, Amphibia, Rick and Morty, Big City Greens, and if you squint really hard Phineas and Ferb, just to name a few 😁. And there are some crossovers that people have made on their own accord, like with Steven Universe and Over the Garden Wall. So, why not turn these crossovers into a reality with a zine and merch? Disney AUs- Now, I know there has already been the So Many Falls zine @gravityfallsauzine and artists/mods have made, but this one's a bit different. These aus would revolve around other Disney movies/shows, but in place of their original characters are the Gravity Falls characters. For example, The Beauty and the Beast au, The Owl Shack au, Crystal Falls/Crystal Pines au, Parent/Grunkle Trap au, etc. The Same Coin- A zine revolved around the Same Coin Theory, that Bill is Stan reincarnated. And after the events of Weirdmageddon and Bill (his evil self) being supposedly destroyed, Stan starts developing Bill's powers and remembering things that never took place, at least not in his life as Stanley Pines. So, this would pretty much be a zine filled of different artists' and writers' takes on the theory. (Could have it to where every artist/writer makes an art piece/comic or fic from different points in the theory in order. Like, when Stan firsts starts acting different, his inner turmoil, how he tries to protect his family from himself because he believes Bill is coming back, his and his family's acceptance of who he is NOW, etc) Brothers (couldn't think of a better name): A fanzine revolving around the Stan bros, from when they were younger to when they're older, following the lines of canon a bit, but stuff that wasn't shown in the show can be filled in by the fans. Such as the adventures and escapades they got into in their kid/teen years, times they thought about each other during their 40 years apart, treasure hunting and anomaly discoveries while sailing, their older age (way past canon). Hurt/Comfort- As the name implies, a bunch of art/comics and fics revolving around hurt and comfort between GF characters. The Stan Twins: Into The Unknown- Tales of the Stan Twins' sea adventures aboard the Stan O' War ll. From discovery New anomalies/fighting them, seeking lost treasures, visiting new places, and just chilling on the beach. That's all the GF zine ideas I have as of currently. If someone reads through these ideas and decides to try making one of them a reality, feel free to do so. I only ask of two things. 1. Please give me credit for the idea. I don't mind someone using them, just don't pass it off as your own, thank you. 2. If you could, let me know. I would really like to be a part of creating the zine, rather it be creating an artwork or writing a fic. Anyways, thank you for taking interest in reading my zines ideas!

(Side note: none of these ideas are Stancest/Pinecest based. So please don't use it as such.)

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captainsolare · 3 years

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Heyya!!! I love this new event you're doing! Could I get a fic for Julius x fem reader please? Normal AU, roll 2 times for trope and 2 times for dialogue prompt? I hope I made the request correctly! Thank you ily 💙💙

A/N: Hey there! Thanks so much, ❤❤ I hope you enjoy it

Julius + Normal AU + Please pretend to be my date for this (dinner with my parents) + "It's freezing in here."

Warnings: includes a brief alcohol mention (Julius drinks wine), some angst/ hurt/comfort, f! reader

“Julius honey, your father and I need to have a chat with you.” The words from his mother over the communication device sent Julius into a cold sweat. He chuckled nervously, glad his mother couldn’t see his facial expressions, “What about? Is something wrong?”

“Yes of course there is! Next week marks the start of the holiday season and you still haven’t brought home a wife! Or even a girlfriend for that matter.”

Julius pinched the bridge of his nose, trying to come up with a suitable response but her next words sent a whole new wave of panic through him.

“Your father and I have been talking and I’m afraid if you don’t bring someone with you to our dinner next week, we’ll be choosing someone for you.”

Julius tried not to drop the device, an ultimatum for marriage? He guessed he should have expected this at some point but it still didn’t make this moment any better. His mind racing he said the only thing that came to mind to get out of this situation.

“No no! No need for that, you see… I’m actually seeing someone right now, I’ll bring her along!” He desperately hoped she couldn’t hear how tight his voice was, but to his relief his mother sounded happy.

“Oh really? This is wonderful news, I can’t wait to meet her.”

“And that’s why I really really need your help!”

Julius was practically on his knees outside your door, eyes wide with desperation. Your brow was furrowed as you tried to wrap your head around this situation.

“She really gave you an ultimatum about marriage?”

Julius nodded with a sigh, shoulders drooping. “Yes, she did. And since I lied and said I had a girlfriend already I need someone to play the part.”

You nodded slowly, pointing at yourself. “And you decided to go with me?”

He nodded eagerly, “Yes, we’re already so close I figured you’d be willing to help in my scheme.”

You studied his face in the ambient torchlight from the hallway, he looked so desperate, and so cute, how could you say no?

“Fine. Just let me know when I need to be ready.”

“Oh thank you, thank you!” He pulled you into a hug, heart light with relief, “You have no idea how much of a lifesaver you are.”

You awkwardly patted his back and he let you go with a quick goodbye, leaving you to stand in the doorway alone.

The gravity of the situation set in soon after he left, as it often did after he managed to pull you into one of his harebrained schemes. Collapsing on your bed, you shook your head at the ceiling as you thought about what this would involve: you’d have to pretend you were in love with him, which wouldn’t be hard because you definitely already were, you’d have to do a good enough job to fool his parents, which hopefully wouldn’t be hard since your acting skills were decent, and the final and most difficult part would come afterwards. After the dinner, you’d have to come back here to the castle, and you wouldn’t have Julius’s hand in yours anymore and you’d have to pretend that you were fine with it.

You rolled over and groaned into your pillow, “Oh Julius why did you have to choose me for this job?”

The day of the dinner soon arrived and Julius came to pick you up. You took one last look in the mirror, smoothing your clothes before you opened the door. You’d picked out what you hoped was a suitable dress, and you packed enough clothes in your bag for a few days if need be. From what you’d heard about Julius’s mother, she was quite pushy and since it was the holiday season you might need to keep up this charade for a few more days than originally planned.

“You look lovely darling,” Julius said jokingly as he walked with you to the carriage. You smiled and hoped he couldn’t see the hollowness of it, you could already tell that this would be more painful the longer it went on.

You stared out the window and watched as the towns became villages became countryside, and the cobblestones became dirt roads. It’s just one dinner. It’s just one dinner.

“Can we go over the plan one more time? Just to make sure we’re on the same page?” Julius asked, breaking your empty stare.

You blinked, returning to the real world and the imposing walls of the carriage seemed to grow closer. “Sure.” You said hoarsely, swallowing even though your throat was dry.

“Okay,” Julius leaned in closer, “So we need to pretend that we’re dating, hopefully just for tonight. But if not, and we end up having to stay for longer and things get desperate I’ll call Marx and have him set up a fake emergency for us to attend to.”

You nodded, “Okay sounds good.”

He placed his hand on yours and you resisted the urge to jump. “Thanks again for agreeing to this, I appreciate it more than you know.”

You smiled softly, “No problem.”

The carriage came to a stop outside a huge manor in the countryside, it’s sprawling lawn was lush and green, and there was a rose garden that could be seen through the iron gate.

Julius squeezed your hand, “Just for tonight.”

“Just for tonight.” You repeated. Maybe that’s the problem. a pang of sadness stabbed through your chest as you stepped out of the carriage, there’s no going back now.

The manor had a huge oak door, complete with a brass grimoire door knocker in the center. Julius had barely touched it when the door opened, revealing an excited woman and a slightly more subdued man standing in the doorway.

“Oh! It is so wonderful to meet you.” You said, extending a hand to the woman before you. She confusedly shook your hand before realizing you had mistaken her for Mrs. Novachrono, “Oh my, I’m sorry. I’m just the maid, the lady and master are in the parlor awaiting your arrival.”

You grimaced, you’d only just arrived and had already made a mistake, this didn’t bode well for your stay. Julius escorted you to the parlor, hand touching your lower back gently.

The parlor was filled with white furniture, the walls a dusty powder blue. Two people, presumably Julius’s parents, stood when you entered the room. The woman strode over to you and took your hands in hers, “Oh, it is so wonderful to meet you! You have no idea how long we’ve been waiting for this moment. I’m Marie and my husband over there is Julian.” She gushed, heat creeping up your neck at her words.

“It’s lovely to meet you as well, I’m Y/N. I’ve heard so much about you it’s nice to finally meet you in person!”

Marie gasped happily at your words, “Oh so you’ve been gossiping about me have you Julius? All good things I hope!”

Julius raised his hands in defense, “Yes mother, all good things.”

Marie nodded her pleasure, and led you to the couch. Julius sat next to you as you shook his father’s hand.

“Shall we have some tea while we wait for dinner to be prepared?” She asked. Before anyone could nod, she was calling the maid in to bring a tea tray.

“So Y/N, I want to hear all about you! How did you meet my darling boy? Has he been treating you well? I’ll smack him if he’s not, he may be the Wizard King but he’s still my son!” Marie said, watching you intently.

Julius could sense you were overwhelmed and grabbed your hand, squeezing it reassuringly.

“Well you see, I’m an archivist that works in the castle, so that’s how I met Julius. Don’t mention this to Marx but he has a habit of sneaking off to places he shouldn’t when he’s supposed to be doing paperwork.”

“Hey! That’s an unfair judgement!” Julius protested, but there was no hurt behind it.

“It’s a true judgement Julius!” You gave him a teasing grin before turning back to Marie, “Your son does indeed treat me well, he’s one of the kindest, most caring people I’ve ever met, and I fall more in love with him every day.”

Marie seemed pleased with your answer and was soon distracted by the tea that was set in front of them. Julius and his parents made small talk until dinner was announced, giving you a bit of respite from Marie’s rapid fire questions. You couldn’t help but smile, here Julius had ditched his cloak, and you got a peek at what his childhood had been like. It was interesting, watching interact with his parents, they seemed overbearing and aloof at the same time, and you wondered how they had raised such a decent man.

Julius took a sip of his wine near the end of dinner, the taste tangy sweet in his mouth.

“So Julius, when are you going to ask this girl to marry you? If I were you I’d have put a ring on that finger a long time ago?”

Julius started, the wine hit the back of his throat, sending him into a coughing fit. Once he had suitably recovered, he took a deep breath, “Well,” He considered his answer carefully, “I haven’t thought about it yet, I don’t think either of us want to rush things.”

You swallowed, nodding in agreement. “With the state of the kingdom, we weren’t sure if it would be a good idea to jump into such a serious commitment so soon.”

Your answers were deemed satisfactory and you excused yourself to go to the bathroom. You leaned on the sink and rested your head in your hands, you swallowed down a sob. This was harder than you could have imagined, not the lying, not the acting, just the fact that this wouldn’t last buzzing around in your mind. It hung over you like a cloud, this is a lie, it’s all a lie to him.

You took a deep breath, splashing your face with cold water, before returning to the table. “I’m awfully tired Julius, do you think it’s time to leave for the castle?”

Julius gave you a kind smile, “Yes, we can make it by morning if we leave now.” Marie tried to protest, but Julius won her over and you were soon saying your goodbyes in the foyer.

“Well, it was lovely to meet you. I do hope you come again soon.” Julian said, shaking your hand once more.

You nodded, pushing down the sadness that was welling in your chest, threatening to spill over. “Yes, until next time.” There won’t be a next time.

Julius’s shoulders sank with relief as soon as you were back in the carriage. “That went better than expected!” He said brightly, sinking back in his seat.

You could only nod, fearing if you spoke it would reveal how you were really feeling.

You arrived back at the castle as dawn was breaking in the sky. Julius helped you out of the carriage, dropping your hand as soon as you were down on solid ground.

“I must say, your acting was impeccable Y/N.”

That was it, that was the stone that broke the dam and tears spilled onto your cheeks.

Julius was taken aback at your reaction, he’d never seen you cry before and he was completely at a loss of what to do.

“Y/N? What’s wrong? Is something the matter?” He asked, studying your face frantically.

You blinked at him, eyes narrowing. “Is something the matter?” You repeated, “Is something the matter?! Julius, you must be denser than I thought if you’re asking me that question.”

You turned on your heel, rushing down the stone hallway to your room. Julius’s footsteps echoed behind you as he ran to keep up with your pace. He truly didn’t know what was wrong, and that only made you angrier.

You paused at your door and Julius caught you, hands resting on your shoulders.

“Will you please talk to me? Was it something I said?” He asked softly, purple eyes soft with concern.

You only sobbed harder, sinking into his chest. He wrapped his arms around you gently, as if he was afraid to break you.

“Yes! No! It wasn’t something you said per se, it was this, all of it!” You exclaimed, chest heaving and hands shaking.

Julius’s frown deepened, “Oh. I’m sorry Y/N, I didn’t know this had been so hard for you.”

You couldn’t stifle a laugh at his apology, “Hard for me? Of course it was hard for me. I meant what I said, it wasn’t acting,” your voice broke painfully as you took a deep breath to continue, “I mean it, I’m in love with you Julius.”

Julius’s hands dropped from your sides in shock, his face was a mixture of surprise and sadness when you met his gaze. Of course, the realization hit him like a ton of bricks, of course, you were in love with him, and he had been too dense to notice.

“I-- I’m sorry.” He stammered, and you took your chance to run into your room, slamming the door shut behind you.

You sank against it, too exhausted to stay standing. You heard footsteps receding and fresh tears rolled down your cheeks, of course, he was leaving.

A few minutes later there was a knock at your door. “Y/N, can we talk?” A soft voice asked, it was Julius.

You weren’t certain you wanted to talk to him, but you opened the door anyway and let him come in.

“Y/N, first of all I want to apologize. I was too dense to realize that what I had asked of you may have caused you hurt, and I’m sorry for that.”

You stared at him, “Okay.”

Julius ran his tongue along the inside of his cheek, debating on whether he should say what was on his heart. “I also need to confess something, if that’s okay?”

You nodded, studying him carefully; you dared not get your hopes up, but somewhere in the depths of your heart, there was a small tiny glimmer of hope.

Julius sighed, “The truth is, I only asked you to do this job because I love you as well. Maybe this was my selfish way of getting to act like a couple without telling you how I felt because I was scared of how you would react.”

You sucked in a breath, “All along?”

Julius nodded, eyes tinged with sadness, “All along.”

“Well, it’s freezing in here. The least you could do is come and wrap me in your arms.” You said, the ghost of a smile on your lips.

Julius strode to your side, wrapping his arms around you and pulling you close. The hard conversation could be had in the morning, for now, this was enough.

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