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deangirlsstuff67 · 1 year

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Good Girl

MOC! Dean x Reader

Warnings: Praise, sex toys, MOC! Dean, bondage, Unprotected sex, multiple orgasms, anal play, P in V, dirty talk

Summary: Dean and Sam are fighting yet again. You hear glass shatter against a wall, followed by a very angry Sam slamming his door. Feeling brave, you go in search of Dean.

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They're at it again. Those two fight worse than a married couple these days. Makes sense given the current situation we all find ourselves living in. I just don't think angering Dean is the wisest choice, he's already on the edge most days. It would take a soft wind to blow him over.

Sadly, your new to hunting, meaning the guys don't listen to you on a good day. Couple years ago Dean and Sam saved your crazy ass when a nest of vampires came to town and killed your family. You are 22 years old and bought the boys enough whiskey at the local bar to make them agree you could come back to the bunker.

Dean tries to avoid you as much as possible. While you don't get the feeling he hates you, you do know you make him uncomfortable.

Sam has taken you under his wing as a little sister. Teachs you the basics of fighting and makes you read lore book after lore book. And in this place I think I'll be dead before I get through it all.

Even Cas has taken a liking to you. He teaches you about angels and you teach him how to be less awkward, it's sort of working.

Glass shattering brings you back to the present.

Well fuck, that can't be a good sign. Moments later heavy, angry foot steps deasend the hallway and a door slams. Sam's door, meaning Dean's still out there... pissed.

With a loud sigh you get out of bed. You're wearing one Dean's flannels and black lacy underwear. You've always had a crush on the older Winchester. Tonight you're hoping the outfit will work like armor. Dean's a ladies man after all, and your not bad looking if you say so yourself.

Slowly and quietly you make your way towards the command center in search of the ticking time bomb known as Dean. This is most definitely a bad idea but you can't stand the thought of him alone with all that rage running through his veins.

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The scene you walk in on saddens your soul. Dean has the bottle of amber liquor sitting beside him as he stares at the wall and broken glass. So lost in his own head he doesn't hear me coming until I'm standing in front of him.

Those bright green eyes rake up and down my body, the farther they travel the darker they become. When he drags his eyes back to mine they are damn near pitch black. Lust sparkling in them.

Oh fuck.

You try to sound strong and confident, but let's face it this man melts you into a puddle at his feet.

"Dean..." your voice is higher than normal, barely above a whisper, "are you o... okay?"

His breathing is labored, coming out in deep puffs that shake his shoulders. To look at him you'd think he was on the verge of murder. But it's his eyes, they tell a very different story.

"That’s my shirt y/n." The way your name rolls of his tongue is dangerous. Sending a warmth straight to your core, making you involuntarily squeeze your thighs together.

His eyes snap down to your soaking core. Shit, he noticed. Of course he did, wouldn't be a good hunter if he didn't have reflexes of a cat.

"I didnt think you'd mind. I need to do laundry. " You go to reach for his hand but he stands abruptly. Without a word he turns to leave the room, and you.

Why Dean.

Not this time. You rush him from behind but your plan back fires. Next thing you know Dean has you pinned against the wall and his hard body. Very hard... ALL of it.

After a couple moments of silence you have to ask, "why do you always run from me?"

A smile curls those perfectly soft lips before he lightly pumps his hips into yours, making his hard cock rub deliciously against your dripping core.

Well fuck, it's not that he hates me, it's that he likes me... a lot.

Now or never y/n.

Feeling brave you look him dead in the eye and ask, "why don't you use some of that pent up anger for some good big guy?" Finishing off by grabbing his cock through his jeans, hard.

Groaning, Dean rips you off the wall and down the hall.

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Bondage. Should have seen this coming in hindsight. The man thrives on control. Even more so now.

Here I am tied to Dean's bed via handcuffs. The beautiful specimen in his black boxers looking down at me as he pushes the small vibrator straight onto my bundle of nerves, again.

"Such a good girl for me. Think you have one more in that tight little pussy for me?" He moves a finger down to the plug he worked into my tight channel and softly taps.

My head is spinning from the previous orgasms he's pulled from my body already, the most I can do is let out a loud moan in answer.

This is a side of Dean I've never experienced before. He's enjoying making me cock drunk. Thriving on the power it supplies him. At least if the ever growing wet spot at the top of his boxers is any indication.

"Beg me sweetheart. Beg for my cock to fill you, stretch you." My eyes are closed but I know he's close. I can feel his hot breath on my cheek as he leans down to whisper in my ear.

"Dean... pl.. please can I.. I have your co.. cock"

"You're sound so pretty when you beg Princess." He lifts the vibrator off my clit just before another orgasm rips through my body. I whimper at the lose making him laugh.

Before I have time to protest my lose, Dean positions himself between my shaking thighs and feeds his rock hard dick into my soaking core.

Groans echo off the walls of his room as we adjust to the feel of each other. He's huge. That big dick cocky energy isn't a lie, the man's packing.

"Y/N you feel amazing wrapped around my cock." Slowly he pulls out until nothing but the tip is left then he slams back in. Handcuffs rattling from the movement.

He takes me hard and fast. Working both of us into a frenzy of moans and whimpers. Soon I'm clamping down on his cock making it harder for him to pull out as I scream his name and flood his member and thighs.

It's all it takes to send him over the edge as he joins me. Rope after rope of warm cum fills my quivering walls. He's Cummings so hard I can feel it begin to leak out of me and down my thighs.

Dean collapses onto my worn-out body. Only moving to undo the handcuffs and bring my arms down to massage as he catches his breath. Once we are back on planet Earth, he eases his soften dick from my abused core, the mixture of us leaking out.

Memorized for a moment, he takes his fingers and gently pushes it back inside me, causing my to whimper.

Dean smiles down at me, satisfied and moves to the bathroom to clean up and bring me a wet cloth. After he's done cleaning us up, he grabs my body and man handles it to a postion of his liking as we cuddle together.

Moments pass in silence before Dean speaks, "thank you. That was exactly what I needed to calm the mark. You're amazing sweetheart."

"Anything for you Dean."

"I didn't hurt you, did I?"

A soft giggle leaves my lips, "not in a bad way."

Dean sends me a naughty smirk and wink before taking my lips in a passionate kiss.

"Get some rest Princess, I have plans for us when we wake."

It's the last I hear before sleep takes my exhausted body into the land of slumber, dreaming of tomorrow and what awaits me.

#dean girl #dean winchester #jensen ackles #supernatural #spn fanfic #deanwinchtser #dean x you #dean winchester fic #dean winchester x original female character #dean winchester x female!reader #dean winchester x ofc #dean winchester x reader

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wrathofrats · 3 months

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Hiii you're the first person I've ever sent an ask so sorry if it's weird, but I have a request (if it's okay of course)

Could you do some swissdew? I don't see much writing of it and it makes me a bit sad

It's okay if not! Just wanted to know :)

-🌟

Omg??? No you’re not weird at all I love getting requests, in fact I’m naming you ur star anon now I hope you’re excited

Honestly it’s a bit funny that you say you don’t see any Swissdew because they used to be extremely popular! (Honestly tbh I haven’t seen them a lot recently?? Idk!!) They were my first fav ship when I joined the fandom lmao

Before I start rambling here’s some other Swissdew pieces I’ve done if you’re looking for more

(Swiss dew angst series)(breath play and being weird about paint)(dom drop after care)(forcefem)

This is weird and strange as I usually am, you didnt specify on nsfwness but most people come here for porn, if however that’s not what you wanted feel free to send me another ask!!

Uhhh basically short and sweet Swissdew and by sweet I mean finger sucking and stupidification

“Swiss, fucking move already please”

Dew felt like he had been laying there for hours with Swiss looming over top of him. The false sense of security brought on by his sweet words and gentle touch has long since faded into something dew could only really describe as torture.

“See? Now you’re learning to ask nicely, it’s getting hard to keep fighting huh?” Swiss coos

“No, it fucking hurts asshat”

“Must not hurt bad enough since you’re still being a brat”

Dews cock sat hard and sensitive against his stomach. Pre had dribbled along his torso, leaving a sticky mess that only added to his discomfort. His brain no longer felt fuzzy, as it did when Swiss finally got his cock in him after what seemed like endless prep that was mostly just Swiss playing with dew as he pleased. It felt sharp, electric and on edge, every slight jostle making him gasp in false anticipation.

“I’ve been good, I haven’t moved at all” dew pleads.

“You also haven’t shut up, probably should’ve just gagged you before we started”

Swiss moves his hands along dews body, a teasing nail tracing along his skin up to his neck. “Think you probably want to be gagged though, right? Too desperate for your own good?”

“No, I want you to fuck me already” dew whines and squirms from the uncomfortable position on the bed.

“Oh I don’t think you know what you want, don’t think you’re smart enough to make your own decisions like this since you keep talking” Swiss rubs his hand along the column of dews throat, thumbing at his chin to pry it open.

Dew attempts to mumble something incoherent around his mouth being forced open, eyes staring up at Swiss in confusion. He doesn’t make an effort to close it, waiting for his next move as saliva pools in his mouth.

“That right baby? Just get too stupid to make good choices when you’ve got a cock in you” Swiss’s tone alone has dews cheeks heating up, cock twitching on his abdomen. Two fingers slide past his lips smearing the saliva over them and down his chin.

“See, you’re already calming down, just had to get a couple fingers in your mouth didn’t I? Drool that pesky little brain out”

Dew whimpers in response as Swiss pets over his tongue, sliding the two digits in and out past his lips. He feel docile, the fuzzy feeling in his brain creeping back in around the edges

“There’s my good boy” Swiss smiles

#hiiiii #this is just a short Drabble but I hope you enjoy #the band ghost #ghost #nameless ghouls #ghost bc #wrath writes #swiss ghoul #dewdrop

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4pfsukuna · 3 months

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please asexual!reader x megumi

I wasnt sure if you wanted a headcannon or drabble so… here’s both. Y’all also give me way too much freedom when writing, i love it! Your wish is my command sunshine!

you actually started off as enemies, you hated that he was so expressionless and only expressed anger, discontent and disgust, how did GOJO raise him

He hated that you were exactly the same yet judged him so hard. Except you were more sarcastic and had your own sense of dark humor.

It was when you cracked a joke about yuji and sakuna at the worst possible time that he couldn’t even fight back the way his lips quirked up, he claims it was a muscle spasm.

And maybe you arent entirely horrible and unbearable and your music taste is cool and your taste in fashion is mainly dark clothes but the way you can dress for every aesthetic— hes impressed.

He wasnt smitten by just one joke… it was also the way you smiled and looked so smug after every joke you told it was cute.

“If you stop oggling at y/n and pick a food spot that would be nice” Nobara teases and his glare is back on the girl he seen as an annoying sister.

Its the day you wear your hair in its fro running out of arm strength to wrestle it into a style you opt for it and he cant help the stare. You smell like cocoa butter, skin is sun kissed and that laugh… its soft and airy and he almost hates how sickly sweet it was. That was the laugh that was reserved for him so why were you laughing with Todo?

What could that idiotic brainless brute say that was sooooooo funny? Wait why did he care?

It didnt matter cause he was already in tow when Todo reached out to touch your hair.

“With this treasure i summon—“

“Megs wait!” The nickname was an accident but you dont miss the way the red coats the tip of his ears and he clears his throat.

You use it to your advantage everything becomes “megs this” and “megs that” and hes happy to comply.

You begin flirting in insults and your friends never know if your flirting or are actually about to brawl.

“I know how much you enjoy reading so i got you this book…maybe now instead of your spikey little head being a passageway for air it can actually hold thoughts.” You smile giving him the book ignoring the way everyones jaw is on the floor. He eyes you before picking on the one thing he knew could get you bent out of shape.

“Im suprised you were tall enough to reach this.. or smart enough to find the library.”

“One day im going to finish you and not even big ragga the opp stoppa can save you” you say holding him by the front of his shirt your noses nearly touching yet he looks completely unfazed. Actually theres an arrogant smirk on his face that nobody quite expected.

“Can you two fuck already and get it over with” Maki exhasperstes and you become visibly uncomfortable… for the rest of the entire day. Her harsh comments never bothered you, he watched you say worse stuff to her and even leave her stunned before sharing a laugh.

Its when he realizes you're asexual and those comments bother you.

He may or may not threaten to bring out mahoraga if anybody else in the group makes sexual comments around you.

“Hey megs can i wear your jacket?” You ask already wearing his black and blue motorcycle jacket over your black crop top and mini skirt hair in 2 spikey buns immitating his hair and he wants to be angry cause he hated people touching his stuff but… you called him megs. And you look hot!

He couldn’t keep his eyes off you while you danced at the bar, he told himself it was because he was the designated driver and babysitter of the group he had to make sure everyone was okay.

You looked so carefree and adorable in his jacket, he even pretends not to notice you using your ability to control shadows to get rid of a man who got to close but he did smile.

He likes feeding you— now hear me out! It happened after the club you had been super drunk and hungry and there was a late night ramen bar Yugi suggested but megumi cant help but watch the way you put at the chopsticks. He assumes you dont know how to use them and that begins the tradition of him feeding you every time you go out.

Until its every time you eat ramen… ramen becomes your favorite food.

“Does he know that she knows how to use chopsticks?”

“I-im not sure but he actually looks… happy? Lets not say anything”

He likes when you play with his hair. One day hed been sitting next to you fighting sleep and all it took was a hand in his hair your nails softly scratching his scalp and he was fast asleep on your lap. He actually wrapped his arms around your midsection locking you in so you couldn’t move.

And when yuji and Todo walk into yuji and megumis shared apartment the scowl on his face is the meanest they’ve ever seen. How dare they interrupt his quiet time with his woman?!

Its quiet when he yells that at him… but an akward silence he didnt mean to yell that he was just so exhausted from all the missions hes been on and lack of times hes been able to spend with you.

“Damn take me on a date for dinner and a movie first” you break the silence and he gives you a sheepish grin laying back on your lap trying to cover the burn of his cheeks and ears.

“You hate cliche dates like that… ill take you somewhere better” he fights the urge to stutter.

And he does he takes you to a sip and paint class where neither of you follow what the teacher painted. He painted a picture of you under the moonlight and you painted a stick figure with a bunch of letter M’s on the head for his hair.

“My hair isn’t that damn spikey!”

He hangs the picture up in his bedroom anyway making sure your signature is on it.

Megs closet is your favorite place he has so many cool things he doesn’t wear.

“You jerk the tags still on it” he scoffs seeing you in his new hoodie.

You give it back because it doesn’t smell like him anyway and opt for a beanie… and jacket.

“What? Youve worn this” “no, i tried it on”

He loves when you wear his clothes and the way it looks so big on you but youre just happy with anything that his and he doesnt understand how you can be so infatuated with him or anything involving him but its equivalant to the way he was with you.

Megumi smiles down at you completely infatuated with how cute you look in his shirt, it swallows you whole but you don’t seem to mind and he doesn’t pay much attention to the denim blue dye fading onto the collar from your hair. The denim bite was a mishap you were actually trying to dye your hair the same color as his and honestly once you told him he didn’t give a damn about the dye on his new fresh white nike tee.

“Is that my shirt?” His voice sounds annoyed but you knew better this was megs we were talking about. He always sounds annoyed and you nod cutely up at him watching as a smile builds on his face. He kisses your forehead before walking over to the kitchen ready to sneak a taste of whatever you'd been cooking.

“I'll pop your fingers with a wooden spoon so you better think twice about going in my pot” you threaten watching as he sends a disbelieving look over his shoulder.

“You know speaking of food Yuji told me you absolutely do know how to eat with chopsticks and that i don't need to feed you” he retorts ruffling his hair which you gasp at. You were going to fold yuji like origami and flick him far off to where he wouldn't be found.

“Fine…you can have a bite of the salmon” you wager but he's quick.

“What?! No,3” he tries happily walking toward the stove,

“Two and you keep feeding me with chopsticks and ill show you the fudge chocolate cake i made you for dessert” you promise watching as his face lights up.

#megumi x black reader #megumi fushiguro #jjk megumi #jujutsu kaisen megumi #megumi x reader #fushiguro

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montimer · 14 days

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Joker (the criminal) x reader

(The three jokers comic, this will make more sense if you have read it ig)

Gn!reader,soft!joker?,

It's been 3 weeks since the three jokers kidnapped you. They grew interested in you. After you realized you had no way of escaping you stopped fighting back and so they let you roam around free. They all want your attention, but one day 'the criminal' tries to make himself ur favourite.

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"Favourite"

You were sitting in your room, thinking to yourself. You were thinking about if there was really no way of escaping, if they were really saying the truth about you being there love interest, but mostly about 'them'.

The three joker. They asked you the question "Which of us is your favourite?" You rewinded the memory of yestarday in your head.

"I don't have a favourite.." you answered looking down. The second of silence was killing you.

"But you must have one! One that you like more than the other two." 'The Clown' said grinning your way.

You started to fear for your life. Of course if you choose one favourite, the other two might become violent.

"Leave them be, they are already bothered enough" a deeper voice said.

You looked up, his eyes turned to you. 'The criminal' who was unlike the others, he barely smiled. His face showing no emotions.

Back to present, now your mind is on him. You should have feared him. But now that you think of it he never tried to hurt you and he even get you out of that uncomfortable situation.

Talking about the devil, you heard your door creak open. And infront of you standed the same joker you were just thinking about. He weared a long purple jacket, with a little bow and he was wearing the same purple gloves and hat.

He sitted down next to you with out saying a word. He took off his hat and looked at you. His green eyes staring into yours. You can't tell if a joker with or with out a smile is creepier.

"What are you thinking of?"

The voice snapped you out of your thoughts. You quickly looked down in embarrassment.

"Somethings wrong? Am i scaring you?" He asked in a calming tone.

You shot a glance at him before answering.

"No i was just thinking.."

"Thinking of?" He cut you off after you didnt finish.

"Yesterday"

He stared at you unblinking.

"They didn't give you too much trouble did they?" He asked.

"No, no. But- thank you"

He tilted his head a little. It was almost cute. You quickly finished your sentence.

"Thank you for helping out-i mean. I really didnt wanted to answer."

He gave you a small smile, it happened so quickly you thought you were just imagining it.

"Of course, anytime. If you need help im always here." His eyes seemed to soften.

You nodded smiling.

"And if you want me to kill someone who botheres you."

Your smile faded as quick.

"Just ask."

In there mind it probably sounded romantic. 'I would kill for you'. It might have been, if only they were joking.

He put his hands in yours and you felt your face heat up. He was so gentle.

"Though if i have to be honest, i was curious about that too."

You couldn't answer that and he kept going.

"I won't get mad if you say that im not but, it would be really nice."

He caressed your hand in his.

"If your answer would be me."

He got a bit closer to you, he waited for any reaction. When you didn't pull away or show any reaction to being uncomfortable he leaned in.

You felt his lips on yours and you could have sweared that your heart just skipped a beat.

When he pulled away he noticed the blush on your face and he smiled.

He petted your head.

"Im glad you are comfortable with me" he said it somewhat seductively.

You slowly hugged him and looked him in the eyes.

"You are my favourite"

He looked, surprised? Did he not expect you to really say it? The smile quickly regained on his face after realization hit him.

He began kissing you all over your face and you couldn't help but giggle.

He felt something in his chest. He didnt hear a giggle out of you not even a smile was on your face in those 3 weeks. You always looked so scared, like as if someone was after you. He remembered the frown and the nervous look you had, fearing him-fearing all of them so much.

He's glad he was the first one to make you feel better, to make you smile, him, your favourite.

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The end!

(Idk how to feel about this oneshot but hope ya'll like it.)

#the joker #joker #joker x reader #the joker x reader #the joker x gn reader #joker x gn reader #dc #dc joker #dc joker x reader #the three joker #joker comic #comic joker

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sun-stricken · 3 months

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Thinking about fairy tail and I came across the realisation that Gray’s magics are basically fighting each other?

Sure they’re both ice magic but:

Maker Magic vs Slayer Magic

They’re literally polar (haha) opposites!

And if you really want to make it worse: if you head canon that after taking the memento morí curse Gray was ‘demonised’ a bit, his magic could be hurting him.

It wouldn’t be the same for the dragon slayers because they’re magic gives them the dragon attributes. They aren’t actually part dragon.

—personally, i think all slayer types have a bit of what their magic is designed to destroy in them (keep your enemies closer type shit yk?), but i also like to ignore inconvenient things in my hcs for fun—

The idea of his magic hurting him is a horrifying thought so im thanking you immensely , this ended up being more of a ramble abt Grays magics in general tbh

If i remember correctly, Silver didnt have those ‘demonized’ marks and he used to same magic (also i hc that devil slayer magic is a mix of normal magic also curses, like using the demons own abilities against them, but thats a separate topic). Going off this, it’s because he had, what, 17 years to gradually learn it? He didn’t become demonized bc he didnt have to force himself to use it immediately

I think bc Gray having to learn so fast or having to use it so intensely immediately after getting his devil slayer magic that his body simply couldnt fully handle the onslaught of demonic-esque magic that it partially overrides his humanity in a sense. Which is why we get to see that ‘demonized’ look he has.

i ALSO think the reason he doesn’t become full demonized is because how he was able to learn so fast, bc he used the molding tactics he already knew. So when Gray uses his devil slayer abilities he is also using his makers magic at the same time, which restores some semblance of his humanity. (i really hope this makes as much sense to you as it does me)

On the topic of why Grays slayer magic may harm him and not other slayers,

Its bc of what i stated before, he had to use too much power too fast. Its like when someone who isnt used to exercising tries out a vigorous one without any warm up; it can hurt and overexert body and do more harm than good.

Slayer magic is different than most other type of magic, it more about raw power than a perfect technique (in this au anyways), it takes a little of whatever they’re supposed to destroy and transfers it into them a little more every-time they overuse it

Usually, Dragon slayers are raised by actual dragons, they were taught from the ground up what to do and what to not do, how to handle that much power at once and how to use it

Gray, a devil slayer, had absolutely none of that. He knew no more than what he observed of other slayer types, but every type of, even the different subtypes, work differently. So he was going from nothing and probably thought this was just how it felt all the time.

It felt like his two magics were at a constant war inside him every-time he used them together, both fighting for control of sorts, it hurt less than it felt extremely uncomfortable

alright im done for now

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thisdreamplace · 11 months

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i keep having these glimpses, of purity, of truth and also cloudedness easily provided by the ego.

i know its a moment of transformation, of rebirth. for a moment all is clear, and i get it. peace flows to me in abundance, love is a thing i am and not a thing i seek. all is well and there's nothing to ask for anymore, nothing to want.

but other times, its a downward spiral and crash landing into every painful story i ever called mine. any hurtful belief i easily accepted back then, when i simply didnt know what i know now. and sometimes its so heavy, i can hardly make the seperation between a story and my true self.

i've learned so much on this journey, experienced such beautiful things. but the truth is, things havent been easy for me lately and i want to be transparent about that. more than anything, i'd like to allow safety and knowledge of the process. knowing these things, doesn't make it an overnight process. and that's okay. i'm saying this for myself, but for everyone else too who feels like they're doing something wrong because they read the posts and they get it, and yet that hasn't stopped the fears or doubts or ego from taking over time to time. let's never pretend the process doesn't exist, because then we'd be denying this life we chose to come here and live and explore, and that just makes everything more painful than ever necessary. it's deattachment from what the ego says things are supposed to be, and just allowing what truly is, beyond all that.

the post i wrote about indifference, i understand it more than ever. that being said, it doesn't mean i am always successful. but even so, i know that's where i want to go back to each time. it makes so much sense, there's nothing to fight, and even more, there's nothing to liberate myself from. i've been sitting with myself, sometimes with binural beats on (i just really like them, no need for them tho) and just sit with everything. not in a fight, not to say "i dont believe in you, go away"... but to simply say "welcome in, your presence literally changes nothing." and sit with that uncomfortable feeling if it arises.

i'm leaving this blog indefinitely, once again. i love reading all of your lovely words, and finding small pockets of inspirations from some of you other lovely bloggers out there. but it's also time for me to turn away again, to find peace in my own life, and come closer to the god within and the love that is infinitely mine, if only i'll allow myself to acknowledge it.

#im actually really emotionally exhausted #and i know that its literally up to me to liberate myself #and i know im being given that opportunity through the pains #but its been a difficult couple of months yall lol'

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worldofkaeos · 9 months

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Show versus books preferences:

(add on to @teaandtoastandthyme list)

Warning: spoilers!!

Book preferences:

- Fairfax asking them for help. In the books, fairfax was the one who went to Lockwood and co about the Combe Carey Hall. This was due to his ulterior motive of wanting them killed so that they wouldn't expose him as the murderer of Annabel Ward. He knew that Lockwood and Co needed the money really badly, and would do anything to do get it, even if its a really dangerous task that had agents dying when doing the job before, and no canisters allowed. In the show, Lockwood and Co went to fairfax instead, which made the fairfax wanting to kill them thing seem a bit illogical, as anyone could have applied for that job.

- Lockwood and Lucy dressing up as tourists to infiltrate Winkman's! The show was just a last-minute thing with no solid plan, it just made them seem ridiculously stupid and reckless, considering how Winkman is like a killer.

- Skull's comment about Lockwood being Lucy's master haha

- In the show, Lucy made Lockwood apologise too much. And she didn't even apologise when she brought Annabel Ward's ghost back into their house by taking her necklace. It made their dynamic seem a bit one-sided.

- Lockwood visiting the village around Combe Carey Hall with the accent, and him being a detective about Fairfax. It showed that he was actually smart and was competent despite his recklessness. While in the show he just seemed like he never knew what he was doing and wasn't capable of making sound decisions.

- The screaming staircase part on the books were better, the screaming could kill, or it could disrupt your senses and brain enough that all you wanted to do was jump into the well and die. In the show, this part was rushed over very quickly, the screaming staircase didn't even seem threatening.

- Lockwood using his iron toy mobile on Annabel Ward

- All the other type ones in the combe carey house! made a perfect build-up for the main event, and also made it seem far scarier cos u can see the number of deaths that the ghosts of the Monks had caused

- George's power move at the catacomb in kensal green cemetry, where he faked death then wrestled with Joplin!

- the skull!! His sarcastic remarks are so funny, its a pity we didnt get to see it

- Lockwood and his sunglasses!

- Kipps being aged up. I didn't think the love triangle was necessary, it would make the later books seem a little weird.

- Joplin. Show joplin was almost like a pedophile

Show preferences:

- Lockwood with PINK socks!!

- I really like the bickerstaff house for this one, it was really scary, though i do like the book's one too.

- Lucy's more grounded. Her anger doesn't just dissolve when Lockwood smiles at her, like in the books, she gets won over so easily. She actually dared challenge some of his reckless behaviours, and I'm all in for married couple fighting vibe!!

- Lockwood cutting toast for Lucy

- Cameron's microexpressions really brought out Lockwood's character. In the books, everything was from Lucy's pov, and we couldn't read much into Lockwood cos all she notices is his smile and charm and what not. In the show, we can actually see him waver at times (at Winkman's, when Fairfax points a gun at him, there's more but I can't remember) , and him being really uncomfortable when Lucy tries to ask him why he wanted to sacrifice his life to let her live. And also the part where he broke down during the raid of the auction.

- Lockwood and Lucy's chemistry, would be perfect for the later books but still 🤌

- Lucy's backstory!

- The golden blade was cooler and more mysterious in the show!!

- omg, i really liked the fight scene in kensal green cemetery where Lockwood and Kipps' team fought the relicmen. It was so cool, the action and all, and them thinking that Lockwood had abandoned and tricked them only to see Lockwood open a crypt for ghosts to come out to kill the relicmen. It was such a cool scene that wasnt shown in the books!!

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That's it for now, folks. I'm pretty sure there's more, but it's late and my brain's not working so I'll add on when I think of more!

#lockwood's wink!!#lockwood #anthony lockwood #lucy carlyle #locklyle #lockwood and co #lockwood netflix #netflix #lockwood and lucy #george karim #quill kipps #lockwood spoilers #george cubbins #35 portland row #l&co #l&co. netflix

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viralvava · 8 months

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OK. idk whether the last ask sent just without links, or it didnt send at all, so im gonna retype it. if you got it feel free to ignore this lol. links are at the end IF you want to listen to these to see what the hell in talking about, but absolutely no requirement/expectation/pressure to listen, its just for ease of access in the case you do

so basically for arikado’s whole arc for this story its him becoming his father, right? ill revisit that thought later

so first of all, alucard has a theme. we already have a basis of characters which sort of turn against everything they once stood for for one reason (possessed by evil wizard) or another, having motifs of their main theme sort of used in a way that almost bastardizes the main theme, so i think for phase 1 of the fight, that would work rlly well for arikado. his main theme is dracula’s castle, and his secondary is tragic prince, so we would take that and sort of bastardize it, make it sound unnerving and uncomfortable to the listener on a subconscious level. so lets look at how to do that in the first place.

with richter’s theme, divine bloodlines, the main motif is taken from that and put against a backdrop of much more unnerving music. blood relations, which keeps parts of divine bloodlines, sounds much darker, because it takes the piece and puts it in a very unusual signature that has less of a sense of innate balance to the listener (5/4) to kind of throw you off and make you feel wrong-footed. it also uses the percussion to sort of drive this unnatural beat a bit, so already it sounds sort of… wrong. on top of that, you transcribe the motifs used to a minor key, transforming it from a more heroic, triumphant piece, to one of more of a… sad and upsetting feeling. almost like a hero disgraced. it also changes the instrumentation a bit to more eerie sounding instruments, or instruments that can purvey the eerier sound better. It changes some of the chords slightly to add discord, and adds some quick and staccato harmonies, which utilize chords that, if all notes were played at once, would sound very uncomfortable. some of the scale (for lack of a better term) sequences are also used to build tension and add to the pervading sense of wrongness, ending in a way that doesn’t quite Sound right or complete

theres also other ways of making songs that sound uncomfortable or unnerving, as are utilized in songs like pagoda of the misty moon, which, yes, still utilizes the discordant chords of course, but it also utilizes the very, very deep piano part to add to the atmosphere, and utilizes what sounds to be runs with accidentals, as well as the timpani, and the tremolo on the violins, as well as, while being in what sounds like 3/4, uses percussion to make it SOUND like an abnormal time signature. so there are a lot of different ways to go about creating that type of atmosphere, and what youd utilize depends on the vibe youre going for, plus also the personality of the character themselves. for example, the deep piano part i think COULD work very well for arikado personally, but its up to debate.

(theres also the underlying theme of boss themes in general having weird time signatures, specifically BECAUSE while you subconsciously seek out cues from music, its much harder to do that with weird time signatures. 5/4 with richter, and, with other franchises, 13/7 or something like that for ganondorf from oot, and for marx in kirby’s games, the time signature changes every measure. thats not SUPER important, i just think its very neat :) )

so effectively, in writing an arrangement of this, you might utilize some of those ideas (and maybe do further research on other themes in music that make the viewer uncomfortable). THAT would be the best way to create a bastardization of the song.

there might be other aspects to consider, to give the song a feeling of repetition, as if repeating the past, but not SO repetitious that it bores the listener. this being a boss battle song already lends itself to repetition as that is the nature of boss battle themes, so ill skip that.

this may be difficult to do bc, as is the nature of boss battles being that you can transition to the 2nd phase at any time, BUT i do think itd be VERY interesting to have a very seamless transition into the 2nd phase theme, which would be dance of illusions, which. as you may or may not know. is draculas main and most iconic boss battle theme :) . id probably give it 4 repeats instead of the 2 that tends(?) to be more typical with that song, to add to the building tension and sense of dread, ESPECIALLY for those that recognize the song, either consciously or subconsciously, as they realize what song is playing. theres a few versions of that song but most likely itd take a lot more inspiration from the sotn & dos versions more than anything. of course it would utilize the more uneven sound of the intro, which would then lead into the much more balanced, march-like time signature the majority of the song is in. this theme combined with the song of the previous phase, which would utilize the more unnatural rhythm of a time signature like 5/4, COULD also kind of give the impression of like, the turbulence arikado initially feels as he sort of realizes hes becoming his father, transitioning to him accepting and embracing that role, or even more of SOMAS pov of this whole thing, of the discord btw how THEY view arikado vs who he rlly is, with the 2nd phase be more soma accepting who arikado truly is/has become, but thats more of a choose-how-to-interpret-it thing that would be more up to the listener, and would depend more on how you want to develop the story and arikado’s feelings regarding everything. more importantly the use of doi, ESP an arrangement more similar to the sotn doi, symbolizes how much arikado HAS become his father at this point.

these next 2 sections are more… optional.

first would be the prelude, the part that plays during the dialogue leading up to the boss fight. for this i would say it would be best to have a music of slower tempo, with an air of uncertainty, and yet weight and inevitability. not a song from the cv series, but there are two parts of sealed vessel that do this in different ways; first is thw first few seconds of the song, as you have long, tremolo notes held, building up into a chord as you slowly prepare for the actual fight itself. theres also latter half of sealed vessel (2:16-4:34) is a very good example of this. it opens with a slow section where there are two parts playing in a minor chord, playing a very melancholy harmony, which then adds the long, legato, meandering violin run, which repeats itself, slowly adding instruments in a way that makes it sound almost like the piece is slowing down, until it begins a run DOWN the scale into the last either one of these make a good example of how you could build up the emotion to the fight, but that would depend on whether that would be included at all or not.

the second optional part would be something that COULD play at the end of the piece IF you get the good ending. itd be best if the note that doi ends on on its own were one that feels unfinished, unresolved, which works for both endings; in the bad ending, it IS left unfinished, as the cycle continues anew, and never finds a real sarisfying end, it just keeps. going. but with the GOOD ending, you instead have this section added on to the end. revisiting sealed vessel, the very end (starting at about 4:34), there is an ending to the piece that feels tragic, mournful, but complete, which, if mimicked, could symbolize a few things, but i like the idea that its adrian actually being like. allowing himself to truly mourn his father, and feel remorse for his own actions. i think the best thing for this would be to utilize the original, unbastardized, version of dracula’s castle, but in a much slower and more mournful and weighted rendition, to symbolize both his allowing himself to mourn and his regret, but also him potentionally resolving to attempt to return to who he once was, to the version of himself he forgot?

anyways um. i DO want to write an arrangement of this but well see how much energy i have to do that.

also absolutely no expectation of you to listen to All Of These but here are the links if youre curious and want to listen :)

dc: https://youtu.be/cyWTgLf-piE?si=i1yGDRVDe8xuddhe

ttp: https://youtu.be/hGUJcqxbRLo?si=dO_EGAw_ALrxejcR

db: https://youtu.be/XoGCokTDSyA?si=dAUfT1AGm9NgDhGU

br: https://youtu.be/PZZfQoxxeD0?si=B3ZyxOv47QEqjvUq

potmm: https://youtu.be/0v8nlnmT6Hw?si=ZB5YIYu0jKQBKEHU

doi sotn vers: https://youtu.be/_PPEZxVEgjk?si=pOrUR1PJIQiqhl49

doi dos vers jic you want to hear how that ones different: https://youtu.be/8cda69EXFRs?si=vV0oXvm6KQ2Kk1uI

sv from hk: https://youtu.be/ze0Rk-m0w2A?si=1FfwQKwBaHFoh53U (2:16-4:34) (4:34-end)

okay fair warning i dont have much to add because i dont know much about music and also youve laid everything out very nicely already but this is very interesting and i am paying lots of attention! dance of illusions isnt my favourite dracula theme but as the one thats most iconic and also the one that tends to appear most, it would be a bit silly if it wasnt used even though id also love to be able to jam dracula appears from loi into things somewhere just for the thrill of things, especially if the end goal is to emphasise a transition between alucard and dracula similar to the one that was already kind of happening in the background

i know even less about how any of it would actually function in practice, but some other themes ive also been hemming and hawing about are the alucard battle theme from legends (a deep cut, but hey) and encounter or big battle from cviii: one because itd be a nasty twist on things (new game new alucard yada yada but also im just a passionate cviii stan in general) and the other because its chronologically speaking sort of the first dracula battle theme and i think that. fits. as i said though, dance of illusions is iconic, so not really replaceable.

im writing this in a bit of a rush (busy but i passed out for 8 hours and feel bad leaving you waiting too long) but i think an important part of all this would be having soma slap some sense into him, seeing as soma is both the one who keeps trying to break draculas own cycle, is the one arikado has arguably used the most, and is also arikados theoretical foil -- personally i feel like soma and arikado are more acquaintances than anything before this, and getting alucard to talk about anything ever was like pulling teeth and im sure arikado is far worse so i couldnt see them really bonding at that point, but in a situation like this maybe it would be more feasible for them to form an actual connection? which ties into the idea of arikado, too, finally letting go of the cycle slash dracula and whatnot.

in the good ending, anyway

that said, julius and yoko are also obviously important, julius for what are probably pretty obvious reasons and yoko as both The Belnades (which is actually detrimental considering, their roles as the belmont and the belnades inherently force them to sort of 'adhere' to the cycular nature of this mess), but also as the one person who, throughout the games, arikado is shown to have the closest relationship with. she knows his identity before anyone else, they may or may not have been cooperating in aos, shes the first to defend his character to soma, etc etc, he even goes and visits her shop to give her the hot gossip in dos lmao. so bring them too ofc

#akumajou dracula #genya arikado #im sooo regular about this says girl who has thought about it hourly for a year straight #im really glad youre getting apparent mileage out of it lmao

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alexinity · 2 years

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in the middle of the night

xiao x yaksha!reader, gn pronouns, fluff, tw: none

[you were trying really hard to keep your connection with xiao just friendly, but that didnt work out much, he does love you back tho i promise]

-yes in fact i did not think of a better title, dont bully me

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it was always you and him, wherever you went, whatever battle you were in he was there with you.

you two were unstoppable and unsaparatable, best at protecting liyue and keeping the harmony and people safe

your connection was weird, you werent lovers, yet you werent just friends, you knew that you had grown way too attached to him over the years, thousands of years.

he was your only connection to your old comrades, your family - the yakshas

your old brothers and sisters were the only people that shared your pain, life with them was enjoyable..but with xiao, it was a total different case.

if xiao was known for one thing it was his hate for emotions, he didnt understand them and he didnt want to experience them but he was way too blind to notice when poeple are attracted to him or you were just too good at hiding your feelings

and here you are laying with xiao on the inns rooftop, you managed to find a spot that was perfect for stargazing with a bonus that it wasnt really uncomfortable to sit on

you turn to look at xiaos face

he had fallen asleep a few minutes ago

he had specifically told you to not let him fall asleep because he didnt want to deal with his nightmares tonight but you decided to let him rest anyway, you were there for him, if he experienced any kind of pain you were going to stop it

'you deserve to rest like this everyday..may the nightmares never dare to visit your dreams ever again' you thought while looking at his face. he looked truly angelic in that position, he was laying on his side, facing you, his hair a little messy and covering his eyes, he had his hands closer to his chest. he looked calm, good.

you stopped staring at him and looked at the sky again, you could finally see some of the stars showing up,

a shame he didnt stay awake to watch the stars with you, you werent mad of course, the only thing annoying you in that moment was the darkness that was slowly making its way around you and making it harder for you to see him

you thought about how the adeptus had complained that this spot isnt good for sitting because someone could see you there.

was he embarrassed to be seen with you? no..it couldnt possible be that

you observed the position you both were laying in, he was close to you, maybe a little too close but he wasnt touching you at all, you could feel his warm breath tickling your shoulder.

you were there next to him while he was resting, protecting him, just like he did so many times when you were the one that needed to rest after days of fighting, he always promised to protect you and always said that theres nothing to worry about and nothing could possibly hurt you while hes with you

'his words are always too caring, does he even know what hes doing to me..while just laying there and looking absolutely ethereal' you turned again to face him and noticed him making a face of discomfort

"silly yaksha" you wispered and gently removed the hair from his face that was tickling him, you kissed his forehead

"sometimes i wish i could have you closer to me like this more often" you wispered again, mimicked his position and closed your eyes, the tiredness was getting to you too

you knew nothing can hurt you on top of the roof anyway

you can allow yourself to be careless for once

"goodnight" and that was the last thing xiao heard from you before sensing you dozing off, now..he didnt like tricking or lying to you he just had the luck to wake up exactly when you were caressing his face gently..nevermind you were just making sure he wasnt uncomfortable..right?

he didnt want to admit that he wanted to feel your touch for a little longer

you kissed his forehead

he could feel his hands shake a little, his cheeks were painted in soft pink and burning slightly, he ignored them and opened his eyes, while adjusting to the darkness he tried finding your hard.

he hated himself in that moment, he wished he could be this bold when you were awake

'i shouldve took the blanket with us this time' he thought

his ungloved hand slowly stroked yours

'thank the archons i removed my gloves earlier' he chuckled to himself and tried to see more of your face

he didnt know what exactly he was feeling, but he wished to understand it more, he knew that if theres someone that he wants to experience those "disgusting" mortal feelings with it was you.

he knew he was confusing to others, he pushed you away many times but you always stayed there with him, after thousands of years, you were still there caring and spending time with him when no one else dared

"i will protect you with everything within me, rest well" it was his time to wish you a good night sleep,, he was going to keep his promise and stay there with you

perhaps he will listen to the mortals more often and he will understand exactly what he is feeling

maybe he will find out if you are feeling the same way

looks like your "unrequited love" is shared after all, just needs some more time to bloom

#i will do anything for this man ok #xiao makes me blush sm its embarrassing #xiao fluff #xiao imagines #xiao x reader #xiao x you #genshin impact x reader #genshin impact imagines #genshin x reader #genshin fluff

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this michaelrika kaibanks just ruined everything for me. especially considering banks is my favorite character and i only continued with the series so i could get crumbs of her(which didn happen thanks to pd always favouring rika and thrusting her into situations where she is not needed). honestly, that bonus scene does not sound like banks AT ALL. her worrying about how her how "family" doesnt love her enough after 10 damn years made me want to break something especially since pd made it out like they all adore and love Rika while making banks feel like she was not part of the inner circle. moreover if emory would have become good friends with any one in that weird-ass grp it would have been with banks but NO pd has to make it all about rika..in a bonus scene... about Banks. idk why no one is talking abt that. and this is so against the found family theme pd set up in the books.

kai kai kai what do i even say abt this guy. past kai was such a gem. like i will fight anyone who says otherwise. him and banks were SO DAMN CUTE but the present one.. not so much. in the bonus scene banks asks rika did she go around walking knowing that she could have had kai again and again if banks didnt come into the picture. i think kai WOULD HAVE had rika again if he hadnt found banks and i cant just ignore it no matter how much i try. also why is kai ALWAYS going "rika this rika that" even after he found banks. ik everything and every character in the dn universe is about rika coz pd created them but it is just disturbing kai is like this even though he knows that makes banks uncomfortable.

i was so excited when pd said she was gonna write a bonus scene for dn but MY GOD I WISH I DIDNT READ WHATEVER THE HELL THAT WAS IN HER FACEBOOK. and to think this might be the last kai banks scene we ever get... makes me wanna cry. they deserve so much more. there might be more bonus scenes in that universe but it sure as hell wont be abt kaibanks knowing pd (i mean she did them dirty in their own book making the main focus damon and rika)

ohhh i almost forget about the conclave scene where kai knows about rikas situation before michael. i mean wtf is this even. and when banks get upset rika had the audacity to feel betrayed. after everything kai said to banks in hideaway abt how she is the one he looks for every morning, this scene in conclave just ruined that closure. AND we didnt get to see kai and banks talk about it. of course we didnt because they are just side characters in this series right.

in my opinion, pd should rewrite the bonus and quit making Kai so 'rika-centric' and actually concentrate on how HIS OWN wife feels.

ik this is a lot kai banks but this is years of pent-up frustration over how my best girl and kai were done dirty.

and i feel like i would have liked rika so much more if pd didnt shove her down our throats like that throughout the series

pt 2 of the ask:

by the same person who wrote the kai banks rant will you ever write a fanfic on kai banks coz i have searched the internet and i couldn't find one story abt them. which is really sad since they are the only other couple who made sense apart from will and emmy. and abt my previous rant kai ONLY belongs with banks and we all know it. i mean they belong with each other no one can say otherwise. kai might have been attracted to rika but he will choose banks no matter what so that is why it is frustrating when he is made out to be like he cares abt rika as more than just a friend and more than he should. what is your thoughts on all this

Honestly, I think you hit the nail on the head why this doesn’t sit right with a lot of us.

One, the time period. I could possibly buy this if it were set within the original series. Maybe before NF or very soon after. But ten years later makes Banks seem very insecure and childish. She’s just been living for ten years thinking that her husband is secretly lusting over what is perceivable her best friend. Or at least her closest female friendship. That doesn’t feel like Banks to me. My understanding of Banks character is that she would have addressed any issue much sooner.

And two, this was supposed to be about Banks. But what we have is Banks making Rika feel better. First, confronting her over the young girl and reminding Rika that she has nothing to feel shamed over. Then, realizing how Rika feels, confirming those feelings. And in a way, Banks realizing that her feelings around Rika were not insecurities but were in fact attraction, is about Banks. But it’s still really about how amazing Rika is, and everyone agrees.

No one is immune to Rika Fane is the point of the scene. But it's the same message we've been getting since Corrupt.

It’s frustrating because it doesn’t give found/chosen family vibes. It’s all about Rika.

And now I feel like this about her:

kai kai kai what do i even say abt this guy. past kai was such a gem. like i will fight anyone who says otherwise.

Okay, okay. I’ll keep my fighting words to myself...

But anyway, Kai alone frustrates me (which is super disappointing because from other’s POVs, he’s delightful and interesting). Banks makes him better. I love the two of them together. The fact that he’s given any room for Banks to develop feelings of doubt about him and Rika is so odd. There’s no argument for it.

the conclave scene where kai knows about rikas situation before michael. i mean wtf is this even. and when banks get upset rika had the audacity to feel betrayed.

See, Rika confiding in Kai didn’t bother me, because it made sense to me that she’d confide in him. At this point, Kai is one of her closest friends and I (maybe erroneously) thought of Kai as the most reasonable and comforting of the group, which is something Rika needed. It’s the jealousy and the doubt about their relationship that comes after that ruined it for me. Either Rika and Kai can be friends and nothing else, or they can’t. And PD is really pushing this “they can’t” idea with every update and bonus they post. Which is so weird.

Do you think we could challenge PD to write a couple-centric scene where none of the other couples show up, if only for us to get quality couple content?

ik this is a lot kai banks but this is years of pent-up frustration over how my best girl and kai were done dirty.

Hey, I get it. I’m here for some kaibanks conversation. As much as Kai in the series frustrates me, Kaibanks in my head sit in the same boat as Willemmy, which is that they are cute and deserve better.

And didn’t feel like didn’t would have liked rika so much more if pd didn’t shove her down our throats like that throughout the series

Very true.

will you ever write a fanfic on kai banks coz i have searched the internet and i couldn't find one story abt them. which is really sad since they are the only other couple who made sense apart from will and emmy.

It's not that I don’t want to, but I haven’t been able to wrap my head around Kai and Banks as characters. This scene helped with Banks a little, but now Kai is harder to understand. I know there were some oneshots over on Wattpad if you have access. If I were to ever break from Willemmy, Kaibanks would probably be the next one I'm inclinded towards, though. Sorry I can’t promise anything.

kai ONLY belongs with banks and we all know it. i mean they belong with each other no one can say otherwise. kai might have been attracted to rika but he will choose banks no matter what so that is why it is frustrating when he is made out to be like he cares abt rika as more than just a friend and more than he should.

I completely agree. I think with the way the family is set up, there would be nothing wrong with Kai thinking Rika or any of the other girls are attractive, but it should be clear that he doesn’t have the same bond/connection/relationship to them as he does with Banks. I still think back to Michael openly declaring that Rika was everything to him, and it’s strange that none of the other guys have similar moments where they remove any doubt that they want no one else.

Like, I don’t think Michael wants Banks. Or Winter. Or Em. He wants Rika and Rika’s happiness. He might think Banks is hot, but that’s probably as far as it goes.

That’s Banks. Kai’s wife, Damon’s sister. Pain in his neck.

If somebody gave Kai an ounce of that energy towards Rika, we’d have a completely different vibe.

I'm not sure what can be done to protect our sanity. I, for one, usually hate to ignore canon, but sometimes it's just... not worth acknowledging in favor of your own HC.

That might be the case here.

Let me know your kaibanks HC if you're up for it. Anyway, have a great day. Hope you forget all about the bonus scene soon!

-KO

#asked and answered #devil's night series stuff #kaibanks #kai mori #nikova banks #asked and answered 114

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underfell-misery · 15 days

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THE FALL

It was cold.

Too cold.

Too cold to make sense, and the ground was too hard to add any comfort to the fall. The air was frigid yet dry, leaving an uncomfortable feeling weighing on the humans shoulders as they regained their breath, which had previously been knocked out of them. It all felt so heavy. The musky smell, the cold, dense air, the hard stone floor; none of this was of any comfort. Was this heaven? Had they died? No. No, heaven wasn’t this cold- this empty. Was it perhaps hell? It sure felt like it. Maybe that was the consequence to such an action, climbing up that mountain with no intention to go back down it. Maybe this was all punishment. But as Frisk regained the air in their lungs, slowly calming down from the adrenaline rush from the fall, they heard a faint melody echoing around the stoney cavern.

They gathered their thoughts, trying to calm themself down and make sure they were alright. No broken bones or punctured lungs, it was a miracle. Or, maybe it was a curse. Frisk hadn’t decided that yet, hoping that the dry, empty cave they’d fallen into was just a bad first impression. Slowly and carefully sitting up, the human patted themselves down once again, somehow only feeling sore from the fall.

“….. how… did I…” they whispered, before hearing a loud

“PSSSSSSST!!!”

Their head whipped around in the direction of the obnoxious noise- only to see nothing. Nothing but the cave- and a small flower that seemed to be growing from a crack in the ground. Seeing that sign of life seemed to calm their nerves just a bit, almost forgetting their situation and the disturbing noise they’d hea-

“pSSSSStttTT!!!! Over here!!!” Said something in a whisper shout. Frisk eagerly looked around, but saw nothing new. Were they going mad? Did they hit their head that hard? Maybe they weren’t so fine after all- were they concussed?

“Eh dumb dumb!! Down here ya’ clown!!!” Said the voice, high pitched but clearly impatient and annoyed. Finally, Frisk looked back down at the cracks in the stone, suddenly finding that the small flower, that provided a feeling of peace only moments before,

had a face.

A face, a voice, and could fluently move and shift

“A… A flower…” Frisk whispered to themself, clearly in shock. The flower in question, however, didnt seem to have much patience or empathy for the human, opting instead to a form of mockery.

“Yeah yeah yeah… Not just a flower. Flowey, the name is Flowey. Now that we’ve gotten a nice, sappy introduction out of the way, can you wrap that thick head around this? You’re in danger. Lots of danger. Why the hell would you go up that mountain??? What human is stupid enough-“

“….. Flowey? Your… name is Flowey…?” Said Frisk, in a hushed voice, head still spinning and heart still pumping loud enough to drown out most noise. Flowey perked up, clearly taken aback by the question, whether out of the stupidity of it, or genuinely not prepared for it, the surprise quickly turned to annoyance.

“Yes. Now, are you listening or not??” Said the flower in a clearly frustrated tone.

“I-I…. I’m sorry I’m just… not fully… am I.. really still alive…? Did I hit my head that hard…?” Frisk stammered, unsure of their own situation. This couldn’t be real, a talking flower…

“HEY!!! I’m REAL you dingus!!! We don’t have much time- you need to listen! We need to get out of here, YOU need to get out of here!!” Flowey spat. “Now hurry up and get that brain of yours-“ The soft melody that had been haunting the cave was slowly getting louder, bringing both Frisk and Flowey’s attention to it. “Damn- I’m telling you, Human, we don’t have much time. She’ll be here any minute. Now you don’t have to trust me fully yet, but I need you to hide me. I might be your only chance at survivin this place. Everyone, every monster here is gonna be after your soul, an you look too weak to fight back with much force.” Frisk’s expression hardened, even if this flower was in their head, that was still hurtful.

“Hey, that’s… not exactly nice…” Frisk mumbled, rubbing the back of their head, subconsciously checking for blood. Flowey chuffed in amusement, much to Frisk’s dismay.

“…. Nice. Nice…. What’s your name, kid?” Said Flowey with a hiss in his tone.

“….. My…. My name is Frisk.” Frisk wasn’t exactly sure if they should tell this figment of a possible concussion their name, but if there was a chance all of this WAS real… They needed to trust someone, and this… rude flower seemed to be their best bet for now. Frisk had always seen the best in people, always hoping and believing for a better person deep down, even if they didn’t show it. They could tell Flowey was scared, and as much as he said they needed him, they believed Flowey might need them just as bad.

“Ah, well, ‘Frisk’…. Us monsters down here can’t afford to be ‘nice’. Down here, there’s no safety. No one is friends, you make allies and hope they don’t stab you in the back before you can. Down here it’s-“

“Hello?” Called out a voice, the melody stopping as the tender voice echoed throughout the cavern. “Has someone fallen….?”

“Shit!” Whispered Flowey, clearly panicked. “Listen to me, put me in your pocket, your shirt, your shoe, anything! Just don’t let her see me!” Frisk, although reluctant for a moment, did as told, carefully but quickly uprooting the plant, stuffing them in their pocket. Just as they did, the source of the voice appeared from an old, stone archway that Frisk was now just noticing.

“A… child…?” Murmured the voice, slowly entering into the view of the light from above. Frisk couldn’t believe what they saw. An 8 or 9 foot beast, closely resembling that of a farm goat, but with rougher, matted fur. They were draped in an old robe that was tattered and torn at the edged, and its dark red and black colors had faded over a clearly prolonged period of time. Small horns protruding from its head, with long dropping ears resting on each shoulder. Its eyes were a bright red, yet the scalera a wicked yellow tint. The voice, although melodic and tender, had a noticeable rasp to it, hinting at damage to the vocal cords. The raggedy state of this beats left Frisk wondering about the story that led to such an appearance. “Oh my… what an introduction, looking so unkempt…” Chuckled the monster nervously. “Though, given your own appearance, I believe you do not mind.” Disregarding the slight jab to their own state of fashion, Frisk finally stood up. “My child, I am Toriel. Guardian of the Ruins. Where you have fallen, there is no way back from, and the world down here is full of dangerous monsters that wish to harm you. But do not be afraid, for I, Toriel, will guide you back to my home, where you will be safe and taken care of.” She said sweetly, tilting her head. “What is your name, dear?” She said, lowering a paw for Frisk to grab.

“F… Frisk, ma’am…” Said the human, albeit timidly. The goat monster smiled warmly, and even brighter when Frisk took her hand, though instead of holding on, only shaking it.

“Oh, ‘ma’am’! What manners you have… Ah, Frisk, what a lovely name. Well, Frisk, we don’t have much time to lose.” She said, reluctantly drawing her hand back to her side, realizing Frisk had no intention of holding it to follow her. “We must begin our journey. Follow me down this path when you are ready, my child.” She said, before exiting through the old archway. Frisk let out a breath, realizing at full force that all of this was real. he felt the monsters paw and heard her voice too clearly for it not to be. They slowly pulled Flowey back out, who sputtered and coughed.

“JESUS CHRIST I COULD BARELY BREATHE IN THERE!!” Flowey whisper-shouted, face red with anger and embarrassment at having to be stuffed in a child’s pocket to hide from a goat.

“Is that who you were afraid of…? She seems… so kind… I think she can really help me, I think she can even help us get out of here, Flowey!” Frisk said, already fond of Toriel.

“Trust me, she’s not. That woman is nuts squared. Don’t put too must faith in her, Toriel isn’t going to let you leave.” Flowey said with a hiss. “I’ve… seen this play out before. You aren’t the first to fall down here, and you aren’t the first to fall for her warmth. She’s bad news, along with every other god-forsaken monster down in this hell hole.” Frisk frowned upon hearing that.

“I’m sure it can’t be THAT bad, most people can be good at heart if they try.” Frisk said confidently, smiling and truly believing what they said.

“… Well… we aren’t people. Monsters down here don’t care if you’re sweet or ‘believe in them’.” Flowey said with a sigh as Frisk started to place him in their pocket with much more care this time, where he could poke his head out if need be. “Frisk, down here…” he started,

“It’s kill, or be killed.”

#SoundCloud #underfell misery #underfell #underfell comic #underfell story

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magniloquent-raven · 2 years

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Just going to apologize in advance if this makes no sense, and for bombarding your inbox randomly. It’s 1 AM and I’m having trans Eddie thoughts that I need to get out and share to somebody 😭😭

Thinking about Eddie getting hurt in the Upside Down while the crew is battling Vecna. Not taking as much damage from the Interdimensional creature as Steve did from those demobats, but it’s still pretty bad.

Though he doesn’t realize exactly how bad until they’ve defeated Vecna and are all recouping at Steve’s house, deciding it would be the only place they could go without having to worry about parents or the literal town mob trying to hunt Eddie down.

Until he starts feeling dizzy, but still insisting he’s fine as he sits on Mrs. Harrington’s “priceless” couch, not even Steve giving a shit that he would have to scrub Upside Down goo out of it afterwards as they all stare at Eddie’s wound.

Three claw-like marks carved into his stomach, apparently deeper than he originally thought as the world as he knew it went fuzzy around the edges. But even in his delirious, exhausted state he fights, declaring that he doesn’t and won’t take his shirt off. That it’s really not that big of a deal.

It gets to the point where Dustin and Jonathan have to hold Eddie down, Steve being weak and in no shape to hold against his wild thrashes, while Robin wrestle’s the shirt right from his torso. Meanwhile Max and Lucas rummage through Steve’s kitchen cabinets trying to find some sort of bandage or an antiseptic, anything medical related, really. Nancy determining carefully who can spare an extra layer just in case.

And it takes a good five minutes for even Robin to shimmy the shirt off of a wild Eddie Munson, thrashing with all the might left in his body until he had nothing left to give.

It was a shirt victory, Robin throwing her hands up in success, but only for a moment until she realizes how the room was now the most silent it had been all night.

“What?” She’d ask with a dumb smile, looking at all of her counterparts confused faces before turning her head back to Eddie, a gut sinking realization turning the blood in her veins ice cold.

But what really broke her heart was Eddie’s expression, broken, face scrunched up as a single tear dropped from his left eye like he was waiting for someone to start yelling, or god forbid hitting.

And all Robin could think was: “What have I done?”

AH IM SO SORRY I DIDNT MEAN FOR IT TO GET THAT LONG, I have major trans Eddie brain worms, you can ignore this if you want, no pressure or anything, I just needed to get this out 😭😭

NoooO, NO APOLOGIZING!!!

god i can imagine tho. he's like, half-conscious because it's been a hell of a day and every time his side twinged he told himself it was nothing, it's fine, he can just power through it. til the adrenaline wears off and he crashes, suddenly realizing just how much blood is soaking the inside of his jacket, and how much it fucking hurts, and it all hits him so fast he gets lightheaded.

and he's so out of it he doesn't really know what's happening when everyone rushes to his side. he can't think, he's just panicking, like a feral cat with a broken leg.

then the room just goes silent and it does nothing to make him less skittish.

meanwhile steve...doesn't really understand what's going on, but he can tell it's not good, robin looks fucking devastated and eddie...well.

so, steve's on damage control. someone's gotta do something and the silence is making him itch. for once the kids actually listen to him, too shocked and uncomfortable to put up a fight when he shoos them out of the room. he makes excuses about them needing to clean up the mess they made of his kitchen. they file out, exchanging awkward glances.

nancy's the second person to recover enough to open her mouth, and she immediately puts her foot in it. it's not malicious, but the "so, you're..." is pointed enough to make eddie flinch.

which is when jonathan cuts in with a soft "nance." and a meaningful look that she raises her eyebrows at, not quite getting it.

robin is much louder, a little too loud because she's trying so hard not to lose her shit, practically bellowing, "there's something over here that i wanna show you, let's go." as she takes ahold of nancy's elbow and pulls her out of the room.

then it's just jonathan and steve left, both of them shifting from foot to foot, unsure how to proceed.

and eddie can't stand the fucking tension. the sheer weight of the silence, and made infinitely worse by the barely discernible whispers from the next room. he's seconds away from covering his ears and humming like a child so he doesn't strain himself trying to make out what they're saying. he doesn't want to know, not really. if he didn't have his arms crossed over his chest he might've done it already.

it's the waiting that's killing him. the seconds stretched to breaking point, his lungs seized and burning, full of air he can't quite exhale without it trembling on his way out, catching in his throat and breaking into a sob.

when he finally cracks the nervous pitch of his voice makes something inside him shrivel and die. "so are you two regretting saving a freak from the town mob, or what. am i about to be the victim of a hate crime, because i'd like to know...now."

"jesus, no--"

"dude, what--"

they stumble over each other and stutter to a halt.

it takes another couple awkward starts for the conversation to peter out and everyone to remember that eddie is, in fact, bleeding out. they patch him up without another word, politely averting their eyes as much as they can and choosing not to comment on the way eddie trembles the whole time with barely contained anxiety, breathing with forced steadiness like he's fighting off a panic attack.

so for that first little while, it's up there with some of the worst moments of eddie's life. and considering the week he's had, that's saying a lot.

after the bandages are in place and steve excuses himself, eddie is seriously considering seeing if he can outrun jonathan in his condition. he's got half a plan to escape into the woods and go into hiding for the rest of his life when steve comes back with a grave expression and a red shirt clutched in his hand.

he tosses it at eddie. "for your modesty," he says lightly, one corner of his mouth lifted slightly. the smile doesn't reach his eyes.

"very funny, harrington."

"i thought so." a pause. "figured, uh. a button-up. helpful. y'know, so you don't need to lift your arms."

eddie squints at him. then the shirt in his lap. there's something itching in the back of his brain that he can't quite reach. it gets worse as he struggles into the first sleeve. "doesn't seem like your style, dude. you didn't--" a horrible thought occurs to him and he freezes with the shirt hanging off one shoulder-- "you didn't get this outta your mom's closet or something, did you?"

"what? no! no, it's..." his breath catches mid-sentence, like whatever words he's trying to push out have thorns. "someone i was seeing left it here, alright."

"...yeah, that's not better," eddie mutters. but as he lifts it up his other arm, the collar coming to settle around his neck, a waft of distinctly masculine cologne hits him square in the face. it's not whatever expensive shit steve wears, it's something else. vaguely familiar. conjuring images of a presence filling the halls of hawkins high, loud and attention grabbing, a laugh that never quite sounded right, a bottle of painkillers he sold at a discount because he had a gut feeling and...

oh. wait a fucking second.

eddie blinks. and stares at steve.

he shrugs, sheepish.

jonathan glances between the two of them, his brow furrowed.

it's an apology, eddie's sure of it. a peace offering. and the last thing he would've expected from steve harrington. wrapping his brain around him being semi-decent to some nerds was one thing, this is in a whole other league. he might have to take a week to himself just to process.

at least he's too confused to be worried now, jesus.

steve's quick to change the subject. quick to fill the spaces in their conversation with well-meaning chatter. it's obvious what he's doing, and eddie almost wants to be annoyed at how obvious it is, except it's fucking working. stupid charming bastard.

he can't fix everything, but he does pull eddie back from the edge of a complete breakdown.

there are still awkward questions, later. and nancy won't stop looking like she's about to spontaneously combust from the effort it takes to keep her nosiness at bay. and dustin claps him on the shoulder and tells him all about his aunt who used to be his uncle and reassures him nothing's changed. about six times. robin pulls him aside to apologize profusely. incessantly. he can't get a word in while she cries and explains that what happened to him is basically her worst nightmare and she's so fucking sorry. it's a little too much and a little bit not enough, but suddenly her and steve's friendship is starting to make a lot more sense.

and then there's max.

after everyone's gotten sleeping bags laid out on the floor and settle in for the night, eddie sneaks out back for a smoke and moment to just...be.

except max follows him, visibly nervous and unable to make eye contact.

he's so close to the end of his rope he nearly tells the kid to get lost, but in the end he's glad he didn't. the second max stutters out "so how do you, like, know if you're a guy..." his annoyance melts away. it's not the awkward fumbling of someone who's never asked themself that before. never realized there could be people like him. it's not accusatory. it's familiar. so familiar it cuts right to his core.

"i had questions like that, for starters."

eddie's always been terrified of being outed. he's going to cry about it later. he's going to have an anxious voice in the back of his head for months. it'll take longer to heal than his gut wound, despite steve and robin's attempts at solidarity, despite jonathan's quiet indifference, and dustin's clumsy acceptance. despite none of it turning out worst-case-scenario.

but this...the mentor thing. he can do this. he's shepherded nerds for years, and loved every second of it.

if he's right about this, it might make it all worth it.

#i wasnt ignoring ur ask i was just being slow 😅#and i also didn't mean to write this much ldfkgjlkdfjs #harringrove #trans eddie munson #a raven's writing desk

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system-of-a-feather · 5 months

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(CW: Vent, CSA, grooming, blind trust / faith / following, physical abuse mention)

Honestly, some talk about our oldest sister, but I find it very very fucking satisfying to see how poorly her relationship with the rest of the family tanked the moment I realized the damage she did to us and refused to serve her anymore. Among many other things - much more nefarious and fucked up - she raised us to be her personal attack dog and to blindly defend her regardless and I kid you not, growing up - when she was there, when she WASNT there, when she was miles away and not doing herself any services - I spoke for and adovcated for and kept secrets for her to keep her image in our family clean, to counter the THREE times she had been disowned by our parents, to make sure our parents kept an open door for her. She did nothing to keep in good graces with the family other than sometimes playing nice with them but deadass told me the only reason she came to any of the parties was to be with me.

Which cute, wonderful and all, but the bitch fucking wanted that support from our family and its been like what? Two years or so? Since we cut ties with her? Stopped reporting our life to her every two weeks? Stopped keeping secrets of shit she did and said to keep her image clean? Stopped coming up with reasons and excuses for her behavior?

And what now? Our parents, who are the ever "good parents" tolerate her - barely and disgruntled? My middle sister acknowledges her as a right wing Amazon-working transphobic and possibly homophobic republican when my sister is MORE radical left in a number of areas than we are and what? She's now avoiding me and the family for holidays which makes our middle sister - who has BPD - take that as a massive slight and worsens that relationship? Increases the distance between her and the parents?

Good man. Good, stay away.

You aren't welcome here and I'm so fucking glad shes not coming that I was not even sardonic when my mom told me she actually decided to double back and just not come again.

Honestly, I don't have to wish her ill because honestly, she makes her own life horrible and ruins her relationships without me anyways and its been a never ending sense of schadenfreude to watch her ruin her own shit.

I also will say, I don't think I am over the sheer level of disrespect and realization as to how little respect and value she held to me when after YEARS and YEARS of fighting our family (both physically and verbally) for her, after being a blind loyal fucking dog to her for years, after being OK with all the garbage she exposed us to, handed us off to, and hurt us - she decided that she drew the line at me *checks notes* saying I need space for one holiday because *check notes* her husband who is / was ten years older than me when I was a minor was sending me *checks notes* a shit ton of pornography games when *checks notes* I was already a known grooming / CSA survivor that *checks notes* she at least enable and possibly *checks notes* facilitated.

Apparently, being her ride or die who blindly and faithfully believed anything she told us (even to the point of believing we had 2D vision and had special vision at age 14-16), APPARENTLY she wasn't sure if she would be able to still walk with me if I *checks notes* stated that I needed emotional space because I was processing CSA trauma and her husband - while not the main perpetrator - was enough of a part of that to the point it made me extremely uncomfortable.

I had literally made the decisions that I was aware she played a large role in that and made the decision that I was going to give her the benefit of the doubt, the benefit of my thousands of excuses and contexts that I used to get her out of shit with our parents, and say I would forgive her and that I understood despite her never ONCE apologizing. I was completely overlooking it and letting it fly for her role in it, all I needed was for ONE holiday that her creepy fucking weeb ass husband maybe DIDNT talk to me beyond basic pleasantries. And *that* was too much.

I'm honestly kind of thankful she drew that line (and then proceeded to DARVO and victim blame me) cause I really don't know if I could have ever taken the XIV part of my brain seriously about how much he hated her and how toxic she was because at the time, most of our system saw her as our only ally growing up.

XIV won that, and he was absolutely fucking right about her and well damn man, bless XIV being right.

But anyways, I had mentioned her in terms of Christmas and remembered its like the second anniversary of her completely being a total bitch about shit and TOTALLY dropping the ball on her blindly loyal attack dog and getting the fuck bit out of her.

Fucking angry bless hallelujah a fucking bitch ate shit.

Best thing she ever did was be such an idiot it made me realize she was a fucking toxic parasite that needed me far far far far far more than I need her.

Cause fuck her man. She can fucking sit in her castle of shit and cry about it as if she didn't build it herself.

#alter: fei #<- fused vent #alter: riku #alter: xiv #vent #oldest sister #christmas vent #csa tw #grooming tw #physical abuse tw

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vazelbeak · 11 months

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Thoughts on Unhappy campers

This will be a longer one

World building: So first things first lets start with world building! On a first run being in the human world there's not much worldbuilding for hell but it is odd Barbie needs a human costume, prior Moxxie and Millie didnt need one in seeing stars and now we're here where kids think their legs and skin are weird, until Millie ends up being seen as attractive (we'll get to that, i promise). But also we have a scene where Moxxie jumps into and stands in a fire but somehow isnt burned. Then when they go to have sex on stage and take clothes off, nobody recognizes them as demons. So...why did they need outfits? They still didnt answer this.

Plot: Personally I feel like we should've had more to connect western energy with this episode because it feels weird to leave off Stolas upset Blitzo might not love him and then Blitzo's breaking into a hospital to look for his sister. Like, a lot of people were under the impression he was going to visit Stolas until it was mentioned. They imply this to be a multiple time thing, but the way they deliver it feels like we should've have some prior build up like of Blitzo saying while theyre in sloth he has some other business to take care of besides Loona's hellbies shot. Viv said these episodes should all be watched together but this doesn't read that way. I think Moxxie deciding Blitzo put him in charge is funny, but Blitzo being so freaked out should've been played up more as at the moment it ends up looking like he's just acting weird. I think they should present the reason hes so worried about Barbie a lot sooner. She's clean, she doesn't want to talk to him, and despite that we get much on why he's worried until he finds out she's just on heroin. It may have worked if we had that implied earlier the full extent why hes worried. With the flip back to Moxxie and Millie my question is why are they deciding to be siblings? Why not just be a couple? I was dreading incest jokes the moment I heard this because now its coming off excessive especially to have it across three episodes two technically speaking being back to back. With Moxxie finding the suspicious behavior circumstantial it feels intended to drag out the plot because we get nothing to indicate him changing his mind from "this is coincidence" to "theyre the culprits". When if he went "holy shit its them!" when Millie pointed out everything it would make sense. I also don't follow why Moxxie is going to the kids for info and not counselors? They would know more about who would've had the means to drill into the boat. Or are kids better because Moxxie is trying to integrate himself into the camp and make sure counselors aren't wondering where an extra kid came from? think it would help to have a line of dialogue to indicate this. Moxxie trying to talk about who he is feels like it could've been a good set up for either 1. lying about being from another country and having a skin condition like how plenty kids go to summer camp and lie to seem cool in which all the other kids fall for because he makes increasingly elaborate lies to cover for himself 2. Making an original OC type joke with the "I like boys, makeup, and hot pink. I dislike people who think theyre better than me, bad make up, and the color green. My catchphrse is-" to imply Moxxie getting into character is him basically making a human oc. Also it feels a bit conflicting to go from "Millie leave out the fucking bitches part because these kids are too young" to "All the boys want me <3" like maybe just leave it at a "Boys fight over me all the time" Yeah kids can be cruel, but I'll just say i presume this is funnier when you weren't the one being bullied in that way. It comes off as just "okay...so is there gonna be a clever joke with this?" Kids being atttacted to Millie and seeing both about a bunch of girls crushing on her and being sent nudes is weird and uncomfortable. I feel like maybe they should've kept it to kids looking up to her and her almost becoming the cool kid/leader of them. I dont really follow the whole "i cant elimante any suspects because theyre too busy swooning over you" wouldn't this be good by giving Moxxie time to investigate while everyone else is distracted like what they had by the end of the episode? I dont really follow the whole "i cant elimante any suspects because theyre too busy swooning over you" wouldn't this be good by giving Moxxie time to investigate while everyone else is distracted like what they had by the end of the episode? ill have to reblog with the rest

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jankwritten · 1 year

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You can say tsats has bad writing but you are purposely being obtuse when you say nothing from will’s narration shows how much he cares for nico. first of all why are you limiting attraction to just physical features? (and will does compliment on Nico’s features btw 🙄). will mainly compliments Nico by who he is as a person but is horrible because he didnt talk about nicos hair? And how was will there to “baby” and “heal” nico when the majority of the time they were in the underworld will was weak/suffering and NICO was the one having to help him?? Nico LITERALLY took care of Will more than vice versa. And when did Will ever say he is not comfortable around nico di Angelo?? WHAT?

1) I haven’t personally finished the book yet, so most of my interpretation on Will’s narration is from the people around me who have finished the book/made it further than I have. I’ve only made it through 1 of Will’s POV chapters. Could come out of this agreeing with you, though I don’t think I will.

2) I didn’t mean to say that Will’s narration makes it sound as if he doesn’t care about Nico AT ALL (if that is actually something I said). From what I’m hearing from those around me who have finished the book however, it often feels as if Will is insensitive to a lot of things about Nico, which is strange considering they’re a couple meant to be a year into their relationship. I didn’t say Will was horrible for not talking about Nico’s hair, I meant it’s strange that Will seems to constantly step on Nico’s toes and doesn’t seem to have a lot of care for Nico’s feelings with some of the things he says (which, I’d the book was going for that, then fine, but I don’t think it was)

3) Nico di Angelo should not be struggling this hard in the environments this book puts him in, even in the context of him struggling with his mental health and reliving his traumas. A specific example of this is how the demon who was cursing him and Will with nightmares when they first enter the underworld somehow manages to COMPLETELY render Nico useless during their fight, meanwhile Will randomly unlocks an ULTRA POWERFUL new ability that lowkey doesn’t make sense. Nico is an extraordinarily strong demigod who has proven time and time again he can hold his own against gods and titans, a demigod who doesn’t run away from a battle, and yet in TSATS, as far as I’ve seen, he’s not had that same Vibe.

4) the PJO series is based around the characters and their disabilities. For Nico’s powers and trauma to have been dialed ALL the way back to what it was in TSATS, it starts to feel like the narrative is purposely weakening Nico to make him seem more “damaged” and traumatized. That’s infantalizing.

Also - Will babying Nico can be seen in his reluctance to let Nico use his powers, as if he knows what’s better for Nico than Nico knows himself. When I say babying, I don’t mean “who is taking care of the other more”, I mean who is treating the other more like that person can’t take care of THEMSELF. And, from what I’m hearing from those I trust, Will (and largely the narrative itself) is CONSTANTLY making it seem as if Nico can’t take care of himself.

5) isn’t the literal whole premise of the book Will coming to terms with being uncomfortable in the underworld, which is a MASSIVE part of who Nico is? Isn’t the whole thing based around the idea of Will having to come to terms with the fact Nico has “darkness” in him, and that Will has some of that darkness too? Will is explicitly uncomfortable with parts of Nico that make up a big chunk of who he is. Like that’s a HUGE part of the book.

(Apologies if this is incoherent, I just woke up and am writing this on my phone. If I get further in the book and realize I’m wrong, 🤷 cool. However, from what I’m hearing, I don’t think I will be)

#asks!#TSATS #TSATS spoilers

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