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vigilantsycamore · 7 months
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Tragic: you had a really fun idea for one of your villains but it's something that's way beyond the scope of your fic so there's no chance of you doing anything with it any time soon
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hannahcbrown · 8 months
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Starlight
For the TES Summerfest prompt: Starlit
Here’s my HoK, Lecrinn, and the NPC I shipped her with, Garrus, being cute in this short fic about cherishing the time you have with someone. (No one dies if that's what I just made it sound like, this is fluff.)
Super excited to share this one, I've spent a lot of time working on all the details. ^_^
@nine-blessed-hero @babyblueetbaemonster @inkysqueed @tes-summer-fest
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           She was like a shooting star, Garrus thought as Lecrinn walked down the street towards him, showing up unexpected and catching all of your attention.
           “Did you just happen to be in the area?” he asked surprised as she reached him.
           She smirked. “I may have gone a little out of my way.”
           “You have perfect timing,” his smile was almost giddy, “there’s something you’re going to love; unless,” the smile paused, “you need to get something to eat first?”
           “No, lead the way,” she lit up with eager curiosity, already reaching for his arm before he offered it.
           The streets were dark and empty, most of Cheydinhal having gone home for the night.
           As they reached a small square she looked at Garrus instead of where they were going, watching the excitement in his face with an affectionate smile.
           “We’re almost there, close your eyes.”
           She did, stepping slowly and carefully as he led her across a bridge to the small island in the river.
           Crickets trilled out a slow rhythm, cicadas adding an occasional high note, frogs adding a low one.
           Reaching the center he turned his giddy smile to her. “We’re here.”
           Eyes opening, they went wide, mouth falling open.
           Torchbugs filled the warm night air, stars twinkling above, the river shimmering with reflections below. Lecrinn and Garrus were seemingly surrounded in a thousand little lights. Her awe shifted to a wide smile, his brightening to see her so happy.
           “Wow,” she breathed out. “They just gather here like this?”
           He looked over them. “They seem to like the river, there isn’t usually quite this many though.”
           “I did come at the perfect time then.” Looking around she watched them flicker and bob through the air, almost in time with the crickets’ song. “I think we might’ve snuck into their party.”
           “It wouldn’t be the first time you’ve done that.”
           She gave a quick laugh.
           Turning back to her he watched her eyes excitedly dart around, his own narrowing as his smile softened.
           “You’re right, I love them.” She looked up. “They’re beautiful.”
           He breathed out a whisper. “So are you.”
           “What?” She looked at him.
           Eyes widening, he quickly turned to look up at the sky. “So,” he cleared his throat, “are you… staying long?”
           She smirked at him before looking the same direction, smile falling. “No, I need to leave in the morning.”
           “Oh,” his gaze dropped a little. And like a shooting star she’d disappear again before you knew it.
           She tugged their linked arms to get him to look at her again. “I’m here now,” she offered an apologetic smile.
           He smiled sadly back. She was right, she’d gone out of her way to be here for at least some time, there was no sense spending that time missing her before she was gone. “I am grateful that you’re here, for any time that we get.”
           “Me too,” her cheeks rose under her smiling eyes.
           The disappointment faded from his face, it was hard to stay sad with her looking at him like that.
           The twinkling torchbugs lit up their faces, her bright brown eyes sparkling up at him and his light hazel ones sparkling back.            
           Slowly they faced forward, intertwined gazes lingering a second. As they watched the lights dance around them she leaned into him, he slipping his arm from hers to wrap it around her shoulders.
           It was best to enjoy time with a shooting star while you had her.
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shieldherostuffs · 11 months
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Otherworldly War
Inspired by the all the different Humans Are Space Orcs tags on here, which gave this idea.
This idea is taken from the thing with world jumping in Shield Hero, and I came up with the idea of many worlds somehow utilizing the Waves to World Jump via Magic, and take over or just eradicate many other worlds.
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Naofumi had been peacefully living his life with his parents and younger brother, running their shop in the Capital of their home kingdom. Naofumi would usually stay in the shop, making small trinkets and pieces of jewelry to sell as their own merchandise, while his brother would go out with their mom to try and get more experience in making deals with traveling merchants, and their dad would help customers and keep inventory in the shop.
However, that was all ruined one day, when the sky turned red, and toxic-green swirls appeared in the sky. Not only did monsters they've never seen before start appearing and causing chaos, but also what seemed to be an army led by a man with a purple cape, wielding a staff.
The Kingdom was too unprepared for the attack and too busy dealing with the monsters to properly fight back against the suddenly-appearing army. It only took hours for the Capital to fall, and that was with a few survivors who'd hidden themselves away.
Naofumi and his brother had been able to hide in the basement of their shop where they usually store their most valuable items, the latch-door hidden away by a heavy rug.
It was only hours later, when the sun had gone down, the chaos had stopped, and the cheers of victory from the opposing army had gone quiet.
Naofumi had left the basement first, holding the latch for his brother to get out before they snuck out to the front of the shop. Naofumi kept his brother behind him as they snuck through between the shelves, overturned tables, and broken merchandise of all kinds on the floor.
They had to take a few minutes to breath and not break down when they found their dad's corpse laying in front of the counter. Naofumi left his brother hiding behind the counter and snuck to the front of the shop, where the door let just a sliver of moonlight through, and the windows were broken. Naofumi moved up to look through the window, only to quickly duck down when he saw a group of the soldiers who'd come with the change in the sky hanging out outside the tavern on the other side of the street, among the blood and corpses (both human and not) dirtying the streets.
"Hey! Everyone, the messengers just got here! This whole world has gone down, and if there's anyone left alive, they're without hope! The four heroes have been killed, and every civilization has been scattered at the least!" A soldier shouted as he ran down to join the group.
Naofumi's breath hitched, he fought not to let out a sob, and he could faintly hear his little brother's breathing grow heavier from behind the counter. Naofumi took one last look at his dad's corpse, before quietly hurrying over to take his brother's hand and take him to the back of the shop. They hid among the storage shelves, clutching each other close as they trembled with emotion, fighting themselves not to cry out and sob and wail.
However, a little later, they'd hear the door being thrown open, and multiple sounds of steps coming into the store.
The two, despite their wishing and praying, end up found by the soldiers, and are taken back to where the main army have set up camp in the castle's courtyard.
Just as the two arrive, Naofumi's eyes are locked on the leader of the army, using his staff to execute the last few survivors of the capital that'd been found hiding. One of them, Naofumi recognizes as the nice middle-aged lady living by the river with her goats, selling the best and softest string, wool, and clothes, who would Naofumi help he sew and weave. As they make eye-contact, hers become lifeless, and her body falls to the ground.
Naofumi's brain is in overdrive, trying to protect him from the trauma of everything, and to protect his younger brothers, and keep them both alive.
Every face that he sees, mainly the leader of the army, is burned into Naofumi's brain, never to be forgotten.
Before anything else can happen, a golden light surrounds the whole army, and they cheer as they become but small pieces of light shooting towards the shrinking swirls in the sky. Naofumi watches as they all disappear and the sky returns to the normal night sky.
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Something must've gone wrong.
Naofumi and his brother had been trying to escape their dying world by leaving through the swirls in the sky, the same way that army had. They'd clutched each other as it happened, but something had pulled him away from his brother, separating them.
Now, he was here, a shield stuck to his arm, surrounded by mages, standing with three other guys as confused as him, with a different weapon each, now demanding things from the mages.
Honestly, if it wasn't for the situation and lack of information, Naofumi would be looking for his brother right now.
A bit later, the four of them were led away by the mages, to meet the King of the Kingdom they'd been summoned to. As the doors opened, Naofumi walked in alongside the other four, keeping his eyes trained on the long rug under his feet.
As the other three stopped, so did Naofumi.
Then, the King spoke up,
And Naofumi recognized that voice.
When Naofumi raised his head, and turned his eyes to the man sitting on the throne before them, he recognized that face, even if it had aged many years.
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It's been a while since everything went down, and yet the anger and lust for revenge Naofumi felt hadn't dwindled since he's seen that face again. He kept seeing faces from back then in almost every group of soldiers he comes across.
He wants revenge on those who decided his world had to be destroyed by the Waves of Calamity, and sped it up by killing so many of the innocent and weak. He and his brother had been of those, and had to live through the genocide of everyone they cared for, and more, being killed.
He felt with Raphtalia, and how she, too, had lost almost everyone to the Waves similarly, had then been separated from them, and was now fighting for the people half-responsible for it.
Naofunmi hadn't yet told her or Filo that he hates the King and army for more than just what had been done to him so soon after being summoned.
After getting back at the former first princess and former king only for what they did to him while in this world, Naofumi he proposed something to the Queen. The moment he'd had the chance, he'd tried to find out everything about the King's past.
"He's a Vassal Hero hailed as a War Hero as well, yeah? Why not make him useful instead of a waste of resources to keep him alive?"
The Queen had agreed, and when the next Wave came around, Trash was dragged with them to the battlefield at sea, on strict orders to follow everything Queen Mirellia said.
Naofumi's hatred had even expanded to the majority of this world once he'd gotten the information that the majority of this world's rulers had gone into agreement that whenever possible, they would travel with the Waves to fight and eradicate different worlds to let their own survive.
Funny how they didn't tell that to the Four Heroes, huh?
He didn't really care that Glass had come to fight against the Four Heroes, he couldn't care less for the survival of this world, but he would be damned if he didn't find a way to leave it before it could be destroyed.
But, despite the hatred, Naofumi had come to care for L'Arc and Therese during their time at Cal Mira.
Naofumi had honestly been shocked when L'Arc and Therese had turned against them, but he hadn't really cared that they were fighting to destroy this world for the sake of theirs. The other three were appalled at how little care Naofumi had to actually fight the two.
What he had cared about, however, was a familiar voice arguing with Glass.
"I told you're not strong enough to help us yet! You have years to go! Now we'll have to fight and protect you!"
"I don't care if you think I'm too weak, I need to look for him!"
"That doesn't mean you should forcefully join me when world-jumping!"
A few moments later, Glass and a young man joined L'Arc and Therese.
Naofumi couldn't focus on the surrounding talking with his eyes, and mind zeroed in on the young man standing with L'Arc's group. He looked a year or two older than last Naofumi had seen him, he was wearing different clothes, and his hair was longer, but he was still the same.
Then, a pair of similar emerald green eyes met Naofumi's and widened in shock, body frozen.
A moment later, a pair of arms wrapped around Naofumi, holding him tight.
"Big Brother!"
Naofumi didn't waste a second before hugging his younger brother back, clutching just as tightly as before they'd been caught by that group of solider's from Melromarc's army.
"Ah... This makes things a bit complicated..." L'Arc trailed off
"How so?" Naofumi asked, not letting go of his shaking brother
"We promised him to help him find his brother again, and he would help us protect our world, but since you're the Shield Hero..." Therese explained
"I don't care for this world. He told you what happened to ours, yes? Well, this is the world that attacked our home world and caused its destruction. I don't want to fight for it anymore. If we can find a way for me to be able to world-jump with you, I will gladly surrender-" Naofumi was interrupted
"Naofumi! What the hell are you talking about?!" Motoyasu shouted
"Sir Iwatani, how do you know about world-jumping?" Apparently they'd been taking enough time for the Queen to join them
"... Motoyasu, Itsuki, Ren, did you know that the majority of Rulers in this world are in an agreement to eradicate and destroy any world they come across while traveling to other worlds via the Waves? That they'll kill and cause the deaths of millions and billions of people?" Naofumi said, leaving the three speechless
"As for your questions, Your Majesty; your husband was hailed as a War Hero for causing the destruction of countless worlds, yes? My brother and I lost our world to invaders coming through our world's First Wave, and their leader was a man with a purple cape, wielding a Staff. The face of your younger husband is engrained in my mind as he executed innocents from our Kingdom after they'd killed everyone alongside the Monsters we'd never seen before."
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arrthurpendragon · 7 months
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The Hero Dies in This One
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le-ootaku · 5 months
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BNHA Rarepair Horror Fest #1!
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This event was organized by: @bnhararepairhub
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Rarepair - Izuku Midoriya x Melissa Shield (DekuLissa/DekuMeli)
Prompt/Title - Japanese Horror Movies
Cold autumn wind whistled outside Midoriya’s apartment. It was October 31st - so what better to do than to cuddle with your girlfriend and watch classic American horror movies?
“What do you want to watch now?” Melissa held the TV remote in her hands, waiting for her boyfriend to fire a suggestion.
“What have we watched so far?”
“Too much to count,” Melissa didn’t want to think about the incredulous amount of time they had spent watching movies.
Midoriya thought for a moment as he stretched the hours of binge watching out of him. “As much as I love your American movies, why don’t we watch some of mine?”
“You have horror movies?”
“Not just any horror movies - the scariest Japanese horror movies of all time!!”
Melissa laughed, “Okay, let’s see if they’re as scary as you say they are.”
Midoriya shuffled through his collection of DVDs and shoved one in the DVD player.
“Prepare yourself…” he chuckled.
—LATER—
The living room was dark, which was good, because then Midoriya couldn’t see Melissa’s petrified face. But it also didn’t matter, because she clung to him like Velcro anyway.
Midoriya held back a laugh, “are you scared?”
“Maybe…” admitted Melissa. “I hate this movie…”
Midoriya pet the back of her hair, “Ju-On is a classic.”
She scoffed, “so is IT.”
He laughed at her quip and pulled her close. “Don’t worry, it’s all fiction anyway.”
As the movie moved to its credits, bold, white words stood out from the dark background:
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
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teecupangel · 1 year
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I just remembered there was this suggestion for a Shield Hero x Assassin's Creed Crossover where an AC character replaces one of the four heroes and... I mean... I can do a oneshot Desmond version.
It's just... I only watched the 1st season and I kinda don't wanna watch the 2nd season because I know I will just end up missing Billy Kametz Every. Single. Moment.
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hyuge · 4 months
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Holiday Drabble Commissions
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Want to get a gift for a friend online but don't have enough time to make something yourself? Why not commission a drabble or small thread this holiday season?
Max 500 words Turnaround time is 5-7 days $5 for SFW $8 for NSFW
Commissions will remain open through the holiday season with no commissioner cap.
Please check my Carrd for a full list of what I will and will not write.
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eli-elien · 2 years
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Can't Seem to Change Shape
Everyone has their own powers as a witch and Ren isn't too happy with his.
Isuki keeps teasing him, even though he protests through his yowls.
"Ok we've had our fun Ren! You can turn back right?"
Ren closed his eyes and focused on his magic, visualized his tiny furry body becoming taller and more human.
He opened them and screamed-or more like something of screech.
Isuki's brows knit with worry.
"Yikes...maybe let's um...try breathing exercises yeah! Let's do that!"
They heard Mr. Iwatani say something about getting stuck in a form could possibly be due to anxiety, so he tries.
5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
Ren opens them again, hissing this time.
Isuki sighs sitting down next to the now tiny kitten, "Should we go to Mr. Iwatani about this?"
Ren shook his and growled when Isuki scooped him.
"Don't worry it'll be ok."
Isuki let him climb onto his shoulder while walking toward their home room teacher's class.
"Oof-"
"Eep!"
Isuki put a hand to his head, "Eep? Oh-ah! Hey Rishia why are you here?"
Rishia was about to mumble her apologies til she heard the question.
She laughs nervously, " Oh had to turn late homework cuz I forgot! You've finished with those sets of potions right? Wait-why are you here?"
Her eyes dart to the black-almost void like thing bundled in Isuki's arms, Rishia's lights up, "Oh my gosh! Who is this?"
"Uh...a kitten! I found him on campus so I'm just going to ask...uh Mr. Iwatani about what to do with him." He ducks into the classroom without a second thought, "BYE NOW!"
Real smooth, Ren thinks.
They both see their teacher at his desk, sorting out paper work and some boxes near him. Some fizzling and smelling awfully suspicious...
"So what brings you here Isuki?"
"We...need your help."
Isuki plops Ren onto the desk unceremoniously and rings his hands together expecting what he'll say.
Naofumi is surprised by the black, and very fluffy kitten, on his desk.
"A kitten? Just put it in a shelter?"
His attention is put on the kit after he hisses at him, Naofumi then notices a light blue scarf that Isuki gifted Ren last year.
The blonde sighs, "It's Ren and he can't seem to change back. Could you help?"
Naofumi gets up from his seat and dramatically opens a drawer to grab black laboratory gloves and goggles, "Why wouldn't I? You're my students, of course I will."
Ren leaps into Isuki's arms, "You like a mad scientist."
"I prefer 'Mad Potion Maker'."
With that he scoots them out the room and all they could hear from putting their ears to the door was cackling and ingredient names.
Isuki rolls his eyes, "Yep. Mad scientist."
He looks down at the anxious mess of the black kitten he's holding and bumps his head to Ren's.
"Don't worry he'll have the potion ready in the morning, I won't let anyone know. I promise you."
With that Ren climbed into Isuki's jacket and onto his shoulders, closed his eyes and purred.
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Tags: @shieldherostuffs @small-spark-of-light @crypid-called-ash
An Au where everyone's a witch and goes to a witchy school to control their innate powers!! Or at least make them real anyways!
Naofumi is a teacher that works with healing magic and potions of all kind.
Therese works as a elemental magics teacher and hates a certain period where a certain playboy who's stupid and still flirts with her even though she's married to one of the two teachers in school.
L'arc does the fighting classes for those who lean towards very active magics.
Glass is a teacher who teaches death/soul magic, her wife Kizuna comes by. Shes a vet :]
Kyo's here for some reason and is also a teacher for potions and stuff but also does more so the animal shifting and transformations stuff as well. Naofumi and him hate eachother. It's not even a rivalry . They just wanna beat each other up in front of the school.
Mirellia is the headmaster who keeps everything under control :]
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xzcopycat · 9 months
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Naofumi from the latest chapters of this gorgeous fic
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caramelo7dulce · 1 year
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Company (2792 words) by Vargras Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 盾の勇者の成り上がり - アネコユサギ | Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari | The Rising of the Shield Hero - Aneko Yusagi Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Iwatani Naofumi/Raphtalia Characters: Iwatani Naofumi, Raphtalia Additional Tags: i cannot be stopped, HAVE MORE FLUFF, Naofumi is actually super nice and caring he's just damaged Summary:
Naofumi ends up with an unexpected bedmate.
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You know I feel like I’ve scoured the entirety of the Rising of The Shield Hero Ao3 tag and I don’t think I managed to find even a single dirty fic titled “The Riding of The Shield Hero”. And while I’m not mad I am disappointed.
Like come on Rotsh fandom, what are you doing? It’s right there.
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hannahcbrown · 8 months
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You’re My Rest
Anyone order a Thiefguard picnic date? 🤭
@nine-blessed-hero @babyblueetbaemonster @inkysqueed
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           Willow branches swayed over the lake shore, their shadows dancing across a quilt and the dishes strewn across, left with crumbs, drops, and last bites.
           Garrus and Lecrinn sat side by side, some dishes and the basket between them. He sat straight and rigid, she leaned back on her arm.
           Drops of sunlight shone through the trees above them, glinting off the finish on clay plates, metal accents on armor, and reddish brown hair.
           “I just happened to be in town,” she wore a casual smile as she continued whatever they’d been saying.
           He gave a jokingly judgmental look. “And you also just happened to have a picnic set up?”
           “Someone would’ve joined me,” she sipped her wine.
           “So I was simply convenient?”
           “You are surprisingly easy to kidnap,” she smirked.
           He gave a laughing smile, it falling into a more genuine one. “But in all seriousness: thank you, the break was nice.”
           Her own smirk faded to a small real smile. “You’re welcome.”
           They looked away, the smiles not leaving their faces.
           “Though I suppose I should get back to work soon,” he stared into his glass of wine. Glancing up at her she gazed across the lake, looking without a care in the world, yet he knew that wasn’t true. Finishing the wine, he set the cup aside before turning to her. “Is everything all right?”
           “Yeah?” She looked confused.
           “Your insistence that I join you made me think that you wanted to talk.”
           “No,” she turned to him with a forced smile, “I’m fine.” Seeing that he was seeing through it she dropped the smile. Sitting up she looked forward and down. “I guess I needed the break too.”
           “Heroes need breaks too,” he tried to smile.
           Her mouth twisted to the side, circling a finger along the rim of her cup.
           Struck with guilt his gaze shifted to the lower corner of his eye. She hadn’t needed to talk about it, quite the opposite. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked.”
           “It’s OK,” she gave a sad smile, “you were just trying to help.”
           Turning away he grumbled to himself. “I wish I was help.”
           But she heard it, wide sad eyes flicking to him. “You are helping,” she smiled nervously, “you’re always there, here, protecting Cheydinhal.” When that didn’t help she looked away and bit her lip, knowing what she wanted to say but fear telling her not to. She took a quick gulp of the wine. “Besides… it’s good to have somewhere to go when I need a rest from it all.”
           “Don’t worry,” looking to her he gave a small, not happy, but resolute smile, “Cheydinhal will always be safe and waiting for your return.”
           She gave an anxious laugh. “Thanks, but… that part was actually about,” she faced forward to look at him from the corner of her eye, “…you.”
           His smile fell in surprise.
           She tilted her head down, her hair falling over her reddening cheeks. “You’re always here when I need reassurance or just to run away for a bit… you’re my rest.”
           “So all those times you said that you just happened to be in town…”
           She looked away. “Yeah…”
           He looked down, putting it all together, slowly a real smile brightened across his face.
           Her face grew warmer, heart beating faster, it was getting to be too much. “But I guess I’ve rested enough for now!” She shifted to kneel over the basket. “So I’ll just-” Gulping down her wine she threw the cup into the basket before shoving in the dishes, speaking quickly. “You said you needed to get back to work so I should be on my way and stop making a nuisance of myself,” she forced a laugh before grumbling, “as usual.”
           “Lecrinn.”
           She froze, taking in a breath before looking up at him.
           He smiled gently. “You are not a nuisance. I’m honored that you come to me, and grateful, because,” the smile turned shy, a slight blush on his face, “you’re my rest as well.”
           She exhaled the breath into a smile. She felt a flutter in her chest and for a moment forgot to be afraid.
           Dishes clattered as she started swiping them and the basket aside, he looking confused. Scooting on her knees she threw her arms around him and her head onto his shoulder-also forgetting that he was wearing a metal pauldron. “Ow,” she leaned back, holding her head.
           “Are you all right?!”
           “Yeah,” she laughed a little at herself. “How about this instead?” Sitting beside him she leaned in carefully, placing her head against the crook of his neck as she hugged him. “Is this all right?”
           Blush growing, his mouth went dry. “…Yes it’s quite all right.”
           Settling in she closed her eyes, grinning.
           He slowly raised his arm behind her. “May I…?”
           “You may,” though she didn’t know what he was asking.
           He carefully wrapped his arm around her back. Nerves easing a little, he smiled.
           A light breeze went by, rustling the leaves above them, the sun spots shifting and sparkling.
           Eyes opening, her smile fell at words still left unsaid. She rolled her head back onto his shoulder to look up at him, his gaze following her. “You know you’re already helping more than enough right? Everything you’ve said, every time you’ve listened, every time you were just… here has meant so much.”
           He looked touched by her words. “And you’re doing more than enough.”
           She took in a deep breath, not sure she believed that but he did so maybe she’d try to. But for now all her worries could wait.
           As she settled her head back against his neck he wrapped his other arm around her, closing his eyes as he leaned his head towards hers.
           They’d rest a moment longer.
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shieldherostuffs · 2 years
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I love your blog.
Hell, I'll admit that you converted me to TheRuFumi now.
But now... prompt time if you're accepting them for (SHORT) fics (if not, ignore this part):
"You're so in love it's crazy!"
Thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoy it!
Also, Y'ALL WE GOT ANOTHER ONE >:D
I will gladly accept more short fics/prompts with short ideas/one-liners like this! :D
Now, short prompt(Vaguely inspired by me getting a wisdom tooth and being disappointed because I didn't get to get high and my jaw is sore)(honestly, halfway through writing this, I realize that I could've made it angtsy/whumpy/yandere as fuck):
"You're so in love it's crazy!"
"Yeeeaaah, but I love them so much, Kizuna!"
The brunette laughed again, clutching her stomach in the chair in the resting room where Naofumi was laying on the bed, completely outta his mind because of the drugs for the surgery.
Filo had already retreated to going outside to the street with Raphtalia because the girl couldn't stop laughing.
Naofumi, since he'd gotten the chance, had started rambling about his love for his family, though mainly L'Arc and Therese. He just wouldn't shut up, and Kizuna had even given up recording a video of it after a while because she laughed so hard she couldn't keep her phone steady. Instead, she'd called L'Arc and Therese to come to pick them up from the clinic because they just Had To See This.
When the two finally arrived, Therese had to turn away to hide her laughter, yet her giggles and shaking shoulders exposed her, while L'Arc tried to interact with Naofumi without laughing his lungs out.
"Will you two please go on a date with me?! I really wanna date you both so much! I love you so so so much!" Naofumi exclaims from his place on the bed, reaching for the two with grabby hands
"K-Kiddo, we're, haha! we're allready married!" L'Arc tried to stop chuckling as he answers
But, none of them were prepared for the look of absolutely delighted surprise and adoration on Naofumi's face once he heard those words.
The three others in the room couldn't hold back their laughter and started heaving for breath, worrying Naofumi, but also making him pout because he didn't understand why the hell they were all laughing.
To console him, L'Arc and Therese rushed over to embrace him, still giggling.
"You are adorable." Therese had commented.
Once Naofumi got home and slept off the drugs, he had no chance of denying it ever happening, because of course, Kizuna had started filming as soon as L'Arc and Therese entered the room.
So, during their bi-weekly movie night with all their friends, she set up the videos on the TV, despite Naofumi's protests(which were quickly muffled by pillows and blankets being thrown at him, and L'Arc and Therese smothering him in cuddles.), giving everyone a good laugh.
Second take on this prompt, because why not write multiple?:
"You're so in love it's crazy!"
"I KNOW!"
Naofumi, once again, was in complete turmoil, except this time he wasn't thinking about his inevitable betrayal, the anger rising within his heart, or the fear of losing his close ones.
No, this, at the moment, it felt even worse, he'd quickly realized.
He'd realized he's fallen in love.
With L'Arc and Therese.
And he'd been ranting about it to Kizuna for the past 30 minutes, and she had done nothing but laugh at his misery.
The betrayal.
Instead of helping him get rid of his turmoil and helping him like the good friend she was supposed to be, she laughed at his misery, as if she hadn't been the same when she realized her feelings for Glass and spent two months trying to figure out how to as the Spirit out, only for Glass to take the mantle and declare them engaged while tipsy at a party.
"Okay, okay, do you want some help?" She'd asked, drying to dry the tears of laughter from her eyes
"YES!" No, his voice did not crack as he exclaimed his answer
"Too bad, ask someone else, I've come to terms with how shit I am at feelings!" She said, standing up from where they'd been sitting on a bench in the middle of Sickle's Royal Garden
"YOU THINK I'M ANY BETTER?" He shouted at her leaving form, incredulously
"NOPE!" She yelled back, delighted.
Unbeknownst to the two Heroes, the two people currently causing the turmoil had been hiding behind a wall of flower bushes and had heard everything.
So, they started planning.
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arrthurpendragon · 7 months
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polyboros · 2 years
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qqchurch · 2 years
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thinking about The Slavery Thing that keeps stalling me out of writing any Shield Hero fic
early in the series, it's a tool used to enforce how low Naofumi got as well as establishing the level of co-dependence he and Raphtalia achieved once both got past each other's emotional barriers
but as the series went on, slavery is more or less used as a gimmick to enable power-ups (the slave training boosts, exclusive buffs to slaves, etc) and basically... promote slavery
Naofumi's intentions are good, but it doesn't erase the fact that he works within the institution to further his goals such as the time he buys back the enslaved townspeople of Raphtalia's hometown (all the while loudly saying he's only doing this because he wants an army and it's totally not because he saw Raphtalia's reaction to her friends and family being enslaved). He's basically in the pocket of the slave masters due to how they were there at his lowest point and he can't help but feel indebted to them, then at some point it's just 'doing business' no matter how distasteful it is
that sort of thing makes me want to leap out of my own skin because wow it really does go like that once it's laid out like that
this is an obstacle in writing Shield Hero fics because it's shown how widespread slavery is in that world, and thus it means it needs to be addressed by my PoV char unless I want to make a point on how they're being willfully ignorant
any anti-slavery crusade would need to be thought carefully, as all large-scale efforts would, but even on a local level there would be things to consider
logically, straight up killing the slave master would probably have consequences like a deadman's switch where if he dies, all the slaves under him die from their crests. it could also be not available, maybe as a way of cutting costs or keeping the 'merchandise' untouched since it's possible for them to retrieve the freed slaves
there could also be guards, way higher level than what an intrepid early-game hero could even hope to defeat and so it turns into a short term goal to become strong enough to overcome them
this isn't even touching the main argument in canon to avoid this sort of effort: the world-ending Waves is more important than anything else
which is a pretty shit argument since there's large gaps of time to at least do small scale stuff in between getting hilariously stronger to the point where it's possible to take on a country and win
but that's the rub, isn't it?
the anti-slavery protagonist would have to grit their teeth and turn away from whatever they see because they need to get strong first before they can take on a worldwide institution. diplomacy is out of the question in Shield Hero's world, not if it's not backed by enough strength
this could be a point of conflict to press on, make it so that the protagonist can't just sit still and quietly grind. force them to make suboptimal actions because it's either their morals or their pride (or their life) on the line
stage a break out early on and hightail out of the city, maybe get out by the skin of their teeth as the freed slaves wreak havoc
...and then show that Raphtalia isn't even there, already on the run weeks ago with her friend after they killed the kid-killing duke and ran
(also probably tone down that 'accelerated aging' thing that demihumans have because despite the explanation how this is why humans view them as monsters, it's only ever used to make instant adults out of what should be children, and don't get me started at how squick it is that Raphtalia is like 6 and looks like in her 20s after 2 weeks and basically turned into a sex object for the fandom urgh. the canon ship is... problematic, but Naofumi and Raphtalia are basically joined at the hip after the first arc because of their shared trauma and they're both broken people so I'll give that a pass, doesn't mean I can't tweak things for fanfic reasons)
of course, it does mean going through the effort of staging a breakout in melromarc and likely adding lots of OCs since there's no named slaves in that slave tent apart from Raphtalia, but going through the Stations of Canon and being slave apologia? bleh, no thanks
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