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bellatrixobsessed1 · 3 years

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From Chin To Yon Rah (Part 11)

“How’d things go last night?”

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know? How can you not know?”

“I don’t really have any other dates that I can compare it to, Hajime.”

“Well did he make you laugh and smile?”

“He did.” But he also reminded her of just why she doesn’t particularly deserve to laugh and smile. She wonders if Hajime would reprimand her for turning his son down. Even if he wouldn’t, she isn’t sure that she should. She can’t imagine that there is a line of people waiting to shower her with affection. She is almost certain that she wouldn’t take well to it anyhow. She isn’t the sort for hugs and kisses and tender touches. It is quite hard to imagine herself on the receiving end of it. She can already picture her cheeks growing red and she loathes the very idea of being left a flustered mess.

“But?” Hajime prompts.

She shrugs and slaps her hands against her thighs. “But then he told me about how his wife died. That kind of ruins the mood, wouldn’t you say?”

Hajime rolls his eyes, “sounds like Seukhyun. He doesn’t exactly know how to choose dinner conversations. I’d wager that he’s just about as...socially confused as you are.”

“Is that how Atsu’s mother died? Did those soldiers kill her too?”

He glances into the other room where Atsu leaps off of his bed with Bao, The Magnificent Mole in hand. He drops the stuffed badger-mole into Caihong’s lap. “I thought that his name was Mud Muncher!” The girl declares. Satisfied that the boy is fully engrossed, Hajime turns back to her. “No. She was killed by the Fire Nation. After our own soldiers left they told the enemy soldiers exactly where to find us. I told Atsu that she just got sick…”

“Have you ever met a good soldier, Hajime?”

“Personally, no.” He replies. “But I’m sure that there are some out there.”

Azula responds with a bitter sniff.

“You don’t think so?”

“I don’t. They fight for what they think is best and then they find out that, that thing is actually the worst. And then they realize that they are monsters. Of course, most of them knew it all along. Nobody joins the military unless they want to kill someone.”

“Do you…” he looks into the other room. Atsu has fastened one of Caihong’s dolls to Bao. “Do you want to go for a walk?”

She nods her head towards the children.

“Atsu, Caihong!” They look up. “Rikka and I are going for a quick walk, stay out of trouble or I’ll go right to old man Hajime!”

“Don’t worry dad, Bao the Magnificent Mole has Avatar powers, he can defend the whole house from evil Fire Lord Bonsai!”

“Do you mean, Ozai?” Azula asks.

He shakes his head, “nope, I mean Bonsai! Fire Lord Bonsai is an evil bonsai tree that can talk and its leaves are on fire--except the fire is purple---and Avatar Mao is the world’s last hope because…” he sucks in a deep breath, “...because if he doesn’t stop Bonsai then Bonsai will use Roku’s comet to destroy the lion-turtle!”

“Also Ba Sing Se, Bonsai is going to burn Ba Sing Se if Mao can’t stop him.” Caihong adds.

Azula nods. “If you say so.”

“And! And! And also Fire Lord Bonsai has a son that’s a cabbage named Leaf and he’s the prince.” He holds up a leaf, “this is…”

“Leaf?” Hajime guesses.

“Mmmhmm!”

“Come on, Hajime.” She tugs at the man’s arm before Atsu can introduce any other offensive caricatures.

“You and Cai behave.” He waits for the children to nod before following Azula outside. “We were saying…”

“There are no good soldiers Hajime. It doesn’t matter what side of the war they are on. The winning side simply looks less evil because they are painted well. But they’re all…”

“You were a soldier, weren’t you?” Azula swallows. She feels his hand cup around her own. “Let’s walk by the riverside, it’s quieter there.”

He doesn’t speak to her again until they come to a stop on a rickety bridge. “I know that you like being right but I disagree with you. Sure, there are people who join the war over power and bloodlust but some people join the military because they have no choice. Some folks need money, some were forced into it, and some want to protect loved ones. What was your reason?”

Azula thinks for a moment. It certainly wasn’t a matter of money and really she had no one to protect. She didn’t feel particularly forced, she’d rather enjoyed it and she thinks that she would enjoy it still--to feel the thrill of a conquest, a rush of adrenaline, a feeling of worth and accomplishment. “Power.”

“Power?” Hajime asks.

She nods. “I don’t know why you are surprised.”

He seems to study her for a long time. “Why did you want power?”

She furrows her brows.

“I’ve come to observe that most people who want power want it because they feel weak.”

But she had, had all of the power in the world in riches and in bending.

“So why did you want it?”

“I…” She looks off. Off to where the river leads, curling into a tangle of pine. Catkins and tallgrasses bob in the breeze. And yet, even with all of this clarity, she can’t seem to think of a reason why she would have wanted more power. She supposes that, that is just it; she never wanted it for herself, she wanted it so that she could turn it over to her father.

“I think that soldiers are a bit different in the Fire Nation. It seems like, over there, some people were raised on war and never knew any different.” He pauses to chuck a stone into the river. It lands with a plop and stirred up ringlets on the surface. A dragonfly launches itself out of the grasses. “I guess it isn’t so different in the Earth Kingdom. They make it sound glorious, and good and so you start to think that it is…”

Azula stares at the backs of her hands, feels the breeze fluttering her hair against her neck.

“I don’t think that you wanted power, usually people can say exactly why they want it.”

“To give it to my father.”

He nods. “So...love then?”

“What?”

“You wanted power so that you could give it to someone you loved? He was too weak to get it for himself so…”

“He wasn’t weak. He was the most powerful man I knew. He wanted more of it so I was going to get it for him.”

“Okay, he wasn’t weak.” Hajime nods. He is quiet for the longest time. And several times he opens his mouth as if to say something but closes it once more as if thinking better of doing so. She watches a count of six birds swoop down to take drinks before he finally says, “It sounds like you were one of the people who was raised on war. I don’t think that a good father would want his daughter to go to war for him.”

“My father was a good father.” Her stomach sinks even as she says it. He was such a good father that he left her behind. Strangely that probably was the best thing that he could have done for her. It weighs on her so heavily that she finds herself practically slumping over the bridge.

“You didn’t go to war for power. You went to war for love, to show it or to earn it. Or maybe both.”

Love…

He cups his hand over hers. “Maybe it led to bad things but at least you can say that you had one of the best reasons to become a soldier.”

If only that was it. If only that was the whole truth. If only glory and fear had no part of why she’d done so. If only she had just been a simple soldier. “I’m not what you think I am.”

He chuckles. “Who says that I’ve leapt to any conclusions about you?”

“It isn’t a matter of saying it, it’s a matter of implying.”

“I don’t have any solid ideas of who you are but I know what you aren’t.”

“Oh?”

He tucks a strand of hair behind her ear. “I know that you’re not a bad person, Rikka.”

Rikka is not a bad person. He can’t soundly say the same for Azula. She opens her mouth and it very nearly comes out. She very nearly tells him just who he is dealing with.

“The people in this village only say good things about you. A lot of them are more open to firebenders because of you. Maybe you think that you’re a bad person, but you’re not.” His hand slides off her hers. “We should probably check on Atsu and Caihong.”

She nods. “Yes, that would be a good idea.”

That day she learns that she might not be a monster.

.oOo.

She hates to admit it but she likes Sokka’s laugh. It isn’t charming. It isn’t elegant. It isn’t a pleasant sound, he snorts. But it is genuine, pure, and unapologetic happiness. The sort of laugh she hasn’t heard since listening in on Atsu and Caihong’s play. She holds the Bao against her stomach, absently stroking his head as she waits for Sokka to finish laughing.

“So you’re telling me that this Atsu kid sees me as a boomerang and he thinks that you’re a…”

“The color blue.” She nods. “Anything that he can find that is blue. He had bits and pieces of information but he had it all mixed up and so instead of blue fire, Fire Lord Bonsai’s daughter is just blue. Anything blue.”

“And ‘Roku’s’ comet was a…”

“Flaming cabbage sent by a very vengeful merchant, yes.”

“Oh man, that kid’s a genius. He outta write for the Ember Island players.” He wipes a tear from his eyes. “Maybe you can introduce me to him one day.”

She squeezes the badger-mole and shakes her head. She is glad that his eyes are still closed with laughter. She campuses herself before he looks up.

“Sorry, I know that I promised not to ask any questions after your story but I really just needed some clarification.”

“Those questions were superficial, I didn’t mind answering them. Your turn.”

“Alright, so do you want to hear about the time when we took Zuko to the Water Tribes for some penguin sledding and he got swarmed by them or…”

“Yes. I want to hear that one.”

“Or…”

“I want to hear the Zuko penguin story.” Azula says firmly.

.oOo.

He supposes that he will have to save the, Zuko stuck in a coconut tree for a day when she isn’t so stubbornly refusing the possibility of a funnier Zuko mishap story. She stares at him expectantly, drumming her fingers upon the badger-mole.

“So it was an anniversary present from me to Suki. I decided that it would be fun to take her to the tribes because she always wanted to see a penguin in person. It was great we got all snuggly and cozy, we had these really warm fur blankets and this fire going. There was a blizzard outside so Katara and Zuko and the others were stuck with Hakoda at Bato’s place. Suki and I had some alone time.” He winks. “She pecked me on the cheek and...”

“Spare me the details, Sokka. The only pecking that I would like to hear about involves Zuzu and penguins.”

He flushes. “Right, well after Suki and I got our alone time we decided to take a group trip to the penguin caves. Aang wanted to go penguin sledding again, he said that he could beat Zuko down the hillside. And you know how Zuko gets, ‘I’m going to beat the Avatar in a penguin race, for honor!’ So he went after the largest penguin. Those things are bigger than you think!”

Azula takes a sip of tea, “are they now?”

He nods. “Pretty sure there was one that is bigger than you. I guess that’s not saying much because…”

She fixes him with a deadpan stare and a quirked brow.

“Because...those penguins are massive, not because you’re really small.” He hears her inhale through her nose and snickers. “So Zuko finds the largest penguin that he could find and just leaps on. But that penguin was a mother and it was meal time so all of the chicks just waddle on up but Zuko is in the way. I think that they thought that he was their mother because they were trying to get food from him.”

“Did they get it?”

Sokka shakes his head. “Not from Zuko. Katara had to run all the way back to the village to get buckets of krill to lure them off of Zuko. He was picking feathers out of his hair for days.”

“That does sound like Zuzu. But usually it’s the turtle-ducks.” She gives a one armed shrug. “I guess that he has an affinity for creatures with beaks.”

“Thanks for sharing the badger-mole story.”

She toys with the sash of her nightgown. “I’m...glad that you enjoyed it.”

He grins, though it isn’t particularly the story that he enjoyed--granted her certainly did enjoy that well enough--what he enjoyed was hearing it from her. Was seeing the soft smile on her lips. Was noticing and observing the way her eyes seemed to light up when she made mention of the boy. It was comforting. Comforting and reassuring somehow.

“Does it make you feel better?” He asks.

She tilts her head.

“To talk about moments that made you happy.”

She works a muscle in her jaw, “I suppose that it helps a little, yes.”

“Maybe all of us can get together and…”

“No.” Azula murmurs. “Not yet. I don’t want to share these things with Zuzu yet, he’ll be...overbearing. TyLee gets too sappy and Mai isn’t interested in hearing me go on about some kid.”

“He’s not just some kid.” Sokka says immediately. “I can tell.” Azula tenses and he lifts his hands. “Don’t worry, I’m not asking questions. But it isn’t a bad thing, you know, to show people that you’ve got feelings and that you care about other people.”

She reclines in the chair, props her head against her arm and drapes the other over her belly. She seems to stare off at nothing at all. “Perhaps.”

“Think about it!” He insists. “Servants and guards have been approaching you more. They aren’t scared of you. I know that Mai and TyLee say that you have a thing for being all scary and intimidating but you don’t need to be anymore because…”

“The war has been over for years.” Her eyes don’t leave that distant spot, wherever it is. “I know.”

.oOo.

“Then why do you still have so many walls up?”

Because she is afraid.

“If you think that we won’t like you for being yourself, it’s not true. We have met all sorts of weirdos that we love. Like those swamp guys, you met them! They’re weird and we like them!”

“The more you talk the deeper you dig.” She rolls her eyes. But he isn’t entirely off in his assumptions.

“You took a lot of walls down for me today,” he continues. “Believe it or not, I liked it. I liked the little glimpse that I saw.”

Her tummy flutters. “Yes well I’m not ready for that.”

“Not ready to let people know that you’re a human being?”

Not ready to let people see her, all of her. Not ready for them to get attached to her and care for her. She isn’t even ready for the possibility. She certainly isn’t ready to let people love her. Not the way Hajime did. Cherishable or not she isn’t ready to feel again what Hajime had made her feel. Not with someone who isn’t Hajime.

#Avatar The Last Airbender #Azula #Sokka #Sokkla #Fanfiction

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eerna · 4 years

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First, CATKINE. Second, you think that the next thing Hagusa/Yukine says to Trash Dad is ...”I killed my Dad...” cause Papa Yati has been the best version of a dad he’s had? Thoughts, plz

First, CATKINE IS SO CUTE, HIS EARS ARE ADORBS, I LOVE MY EVIL SON, WHY ARE EVIL DESIGNS SO FUN. Second, I think Yukine channeled his dad killing urges into attacking Yato, and so I do believe that's what he meant by it. My poor baby boy is so conflicted, I just want him to be happy with his new dad,,

#eernask #noragami spoilers #like i truly do believe it was kazuma who'd swung #so yukine now believes even his new dad is willing to kill him #it HURTS SO BAD

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bottomlwjrights · 4 years

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MO DAO ZU SHI REREAD:Thoughts™️....and Stuff

Chapter 43

Oh im trying so hard to stay calm as im about to read this but im so excited i love these chapters

Im really trying but even wwx making the effort to analyze lwj’s face is driving me nuts

Id just like to point out these chapters are titled “Allure”

Oh no this is like what he did when they were writing in the library

“Both his features and the hand at his forehead were impeccably fair in color. He looked as if he was a piece of fine jade”

Wwx was describing how lwj smells and how the sandalwood scent was warmed up by the wine and then said “the scent could almost be described as intoxicating” im gonna scream

“Now that Wei WuXian was near enough, the scent intertwined with his breaths. He couldn’t help but bent down further so that he was even closer to Lan WangJi. Vaguely, he thought to himself, Strange… Why is it starting to feel a bit hot in here?” Ohohoho

“Wei WuXian finally noticed that his heart was beating a bit too fast.” Shut uuuuuup

Okay im gonna lose my mind, i love wen ning

Also he left a man shaped dent in the ground when he fell

“Won’t you be a good boy?” Wwx calling lwj a good boy is canon so suck it i guess

Wwx brushing his fingers along lwj’s eyelashes is tender

Wwx, @ wn knealing in front of him: what the fuck are you doing? Stand up

Wwx obviously believes wn to be an equal to him, kneeling when he kneels, kowtowing when he kowtows until wn finally decides to stand in front of him

Wow anyways loved that ningxian moment

God....i feel so bad for wn...

Jin Ling....please...

This scene hurts me

Goddamn is wn someone who takes the blame for everything

Do NoT kiCk My BoY

Just a note, wwx does come to wn’s defense here, pulling lwj back and telling him to calm down

Wwx really doesnt like it when wn kneels to him

“Lan WangJi scrunched his brows and covered his ears. He then turned around with his back toward Wen Ning. Facing Wei WuXian, he used his own body to block their eye contact.” Lwj acts like such a little kid when he’s drunk oh my gosh

“Just as he was about to leave, Wei WuXian stopped him, ‘Wen Ning, why don’t you… find somewhere to hide first?’ Wen Ning paused for a second. Wei WuXian added, ‘One can say that you’ve died twice already. Go get some good rest.’” I dont care what anyone else says this is sweet “go get some good rest” 🤧

Lwj really took off his forehead ribbon for wwx without skipping a beat wow....

Oh and how wrong wwx is about it not holding any significance, he just doesnt know it yet

Trying to stay calm, trying not to scream about lwj taking off his forehead ribbon for wwx and then tying his wrists together with it

Knfnckc lwj reaching to take off wwx clothes again slnfckfk

“You said that you’ll listen to me, didn’t you? Be a good boy and take it off.” Twice in one chapter? Im being fed

“Lan WangJi stared into the distance as he tugged at the ends of the forehead ribbon, contently swinging them around.” 🥺🥺🥺🥺 thats so cute

Ooooh lwj decided to show people when wwx said it would look bad on lwj if someone else saw them because he doesnt care if it makes him look bad hes gonna publicly claim wwx as his

Only ljy would hurl himself across a table to cover up a bottle of wine lmao

Lan WangJi is So shameless, holds up wwx’s hands tied with his forehead ribbon in front of his son and the other Lan disciples who know exactly what that means

Chapter 44

Chicken wing chicken wing

God im never gonna get over lsz shoving the chicken wing back into ljy’s mouth

Oh pls....lwj shoving wwx on the bed...

Oh!!! I forgot that after wwx said ow, lwj checked his head... he really didnt wanna hurt him

I really vibe with lwj being so concerned and gentle

“Sitting on the bed, Lan WangJi hugged his knees and clutched the hand that Wei WuXian had just licked to his chest, not moving at all.” I 🥺🥺🥺🥺

My god lwj was scared that he was gonna wipe it off 😭😭😭

Okay this is so so so cute, i dont care what anyone else thinks

“Hiding behind the screen, he showed only half of his fair-skinned face, peeking silently at the direction of Wei WuXian.” This tears me up

“You caught me”

“he enunciated each word with heavy emphasis and sounded anxiously eager” jakfncjfof gOD

Aw :( you’re not gonna lick me??? :(

Anyways lwj likes to be licked my wwx 👀

“Again clutching the hand that had been licked, he faced the wall silently.” Goddamnit this is so fucking cute 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Listen they should play chase or hide-and-seek post canon, like itd be so cute and sweet, somebody should hop on that

“As he spoke, he held up one of Lan WangJi’s hands, bent down, and kissed between two of his slender fingers.” Listen im trying to not freak out but this is incredibly tender

“Wei WuXian’s lips pressed onto his distinct knuckles. Softer than the touch of feather, his breaths wandered to the back of his hand, and he kissed again.” This entire scene is too much

Hand and wrists kisses are so tender good god im gonna scream

“Over the clothing, he kissed where his heart was” jajfnkc so sweet!

“Suddenly, however, as Wei WuXian stared at those soft, pale-red lips, he didn’t know what had taken over him, but he suddenly went and kissed them.After the kiss, he even licked them, as though a kiss wasn’t enough.” AHHHHHHHH

I know that lwj wanted to deescalate the affection, but did he have to do it by knocking himself out???

“Even though he was drunk, even though he wouldn’t remember anything when he sobers up, I still shouldn’t have done something so outrageous… It’s too disrespectful to him.” This is important

God i love when characters touch their own lips after a kiss it’s such a good trope

“In the future, it was best to not make Lan Zhan drink anymore” this is also important

Okay this was one of my favorite chapters to read so far

Chapter 45

I physically cannot handle lwj gently picking wwx up off the ground and putting him into bed right now

“... Wei WuXian could see Lan WangJi’s still-indifferent face. He immediately felt more awake...” i cannot

This entire scene is too tender for me, lwj rubbing ointments on wwx’s wrists...

Thinking about how wwx and lwj shared both their firsts kiss and how they’ve never kissed anybody except eachother

It makes sense that people including wwx would assume that lwj is straight bc thats what people do even in modern times (bc homophobia and heteronormativity) but also how tf does anyone think lwj is anything except gay

“It’s possible that he’s never even had such thoughts before…” “But judging from Lan Zhan’s habit of self-restraint, he’s probably really careful about not crossing any lines.” false.

Lwj just letting the juniors socialize, because hes good

Wwx once again taking any chance he can to bestow knowledge and wisdom upon the juniors, this time jl

“After the mention of Lan WangJi, Jin Ling looked to Wei WuXian in a strange way. He wanted to say something, but held it back, ‘You and HanGuang-Jun… Nevermind.It’s your own business. Anyways, I don’t care about you guys at all. Have fun being cut-sleeve. The disease is incurable.’”JIN LING

“I already know the meaning behind the GusuLan Sect’s forehead ribbon. Now that it’s already like this, then stay by HanGuang-Jun’s side properly. Even if you’re a cut-sleeve, you should be a modest one. Don’t go about messing with other men, especially people from our sect! Or else, don’t blame the results on me.” Kandkckdkdn i can NOT

The scene kills me wow

As my reading buddy asked, why does wwx not mention wn when talking about how jc and lwj know who he is? Like does he not think thats pretty significant? especially bc thats one of the things that tipped jc off

LWJ IS SO SASSY 😨

Also pls stop picking on him about his memory

Ahhh the damsel of annual blossoms...

God i love wwx.....

Did lwj write the book that lsz read this from......

“Although still expressionless, an unusual glint hid beneath his eyes. He looked as though he was laughing at him.”

GOD “Wei WuXian’s heart skipped a beat and then thumped faster and faster.”

Lsz is the one to tell wwx about the meaning of the forehead ribbon

The lan juniors blushing thinking about what wwx means to lwj

Once again, wwx describing lwjs appearance in depth, talking about how dashing he is

“Along with that overly-pretty face of Lan WangJi’s, now that they met again, Wei WuXian’s eyes had momentarily been blinded by his looks, failing to immediately recognize him.”

“Softer than even the touch of catkin blossoms carried by the wind, the object made Wei WuXian’s cheek itch....The ends of his forehead ribbon danced in the breeze, gently brushing against Wei WuXian’s face.” Wow....i love this imagery with all my heart

The way that somethings are worded in this novel is just so beautiful

Lxc and the others lan sect disciples reactions....

Yanno the lan disciple who whispered “a man” definitely wasnt making things better, considering lwj definitely had a crush on wwx at this point

“He seems a bit too excited. It seems like he really loves HanGuang-Jun a lot. Look at how happy he is…” WHICH LAN SAID THIS

Wwx is so mortified by this entire situation because he kept violating something sacred to lwj, doing something so intimate like touching his forehead ribbon without his consent and he didn’t even really know that he was doing it

#mine #Phoenix rereads MDZS #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #wangxian #ningxian #wangningxian #i will take very little bit of nx and wnx as i can i love them all so much #lwj #wwx #wn #lsz #ljy #been a long while since the last one for reasons and stuff

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goose-books · 4 years

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soft asks!! bitty or aurum? or both 👀👀

TYSM AVI!! i did bitty here, so here’s an aurum for you! i apologize for taking eighty years to get to this but i hope i’ve made up for it by once again proving i cannot be concise about TMR ever. ever. daily TMR ted talk

(aurum’s home WIP) (the soft asks)

what they smell like

like perfume, honestly. he’s not JUST the boy king of the raven kingdom, he’s also a professional Pretty Boy TM; it’s part of the job.

what their favorite smells in the world are

...i mean. perfume. the kid likes his luxury. he’s also partial to vanilla (it’s calming. fuck a magical anti-stress potion; just give him some lavender to sniff while he takes deep breaths. this is how trauma is fixed right)

on a less fun note! he has complicated feelings about the smell of iron. like, it’s not a GOOD smell (and as the plot marches on, iron tends to make aurum increasingly itchy and queasy dfdsfsbfsdbfbsdfbds. “magic isn’t real” he says. “the fae are fake” he says), but it reminds him of his mother, who wore obscene amounts of iron jewelry. and since she’s been gone for five years, tangible reminders of her are... few and far between these days.

what pajamas they wear

again, i’ll admit that i know very little about Generic Medieval Fantasy Pajamas, but they’re definitely silk. not that it really matters, because aurum doesn’t really... sleep? either he’s sneaking out at night for various reasons, or he’s just... having insomnia. asmr you enter the raven king’s chambers at night to murder him or something and he’s sitting on the floor in a silk nightgown muttering to himself as he reads about taxes by the light of a precariously uncovered candle and also he’s sixteen

my favorite ship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them

i don’t think i’ve talked about this before, but aurum does have a boyfriend! at least in the first draft of TMR. said boyfriend’s name is rye and he’s moon’s cousin! he works in the castle stables. they got together as teenagers and were never SUPER serious, but their relationship is... a little tangled these days as aurum is now officially The Most Powerful Person In The Land and rye... works in the castle stables. oh well.

i feel a little bad for having never talked about Aurum Canon Boyfriend before so in place of a headcanon have their first on-page interaction:

Aurum looked to Rye, who bowed exaggeratedly. “Your Highness,” he enunciated.

“It’s Majesty now. And bowing doesn’t become you. You’re far too lovely.”

Rye curtsied exaggeratedly. “Your Highness.”

Despite himself, Aurum smiled. Even in drab servants’ garb, Rye was handsome. Like Moon, he was pale, sharp-faced, and lanky, but his brown eyes held a glimmering softness that hers didn’t. His long fingers were calloused, but Aurum had been witness to how delicately they could work the knots from a horse’s mane, or thread a needle, or caress a collarbone.

“You know it’s ridiculous for you to flirt with me,” Rye pointed out as he rose. “Being His Majesty and all.”

“If you propose, I’ll abdicate.”

my favorite friendship (if applicable) and a cute hc about them

moon moon moon! aurum n moon. just a traumatized teenage king with untapped magical powers and the teenage anarchist who can’t stop causing trouble in his kingdom but has also been friends with him for like five years. a perfect duo with no interpersonal problems. god they are so messy and i love them

my fav thing about them is actually established in canon and that’s the fact that moon will just... show up in aurum’s room. like. yes he has guards. no that doesn’t stop her. she’ll climb up to his balcony or climb to the roof and then down through his window. there’s an early scene where she comes in to sit on his floor while he’s literally taking a bath and she just averts her eyes and starts talking to him like he’s not a) naked and b) trying to wash river water out of his hair for god’s sake

a song that reminds me of them

second son by call security!

late at night when everyone has gone to sleep, i walk by moonlight up and down my street

not aurum escaping the raven castle at night to investigate mysteries and be melancholy...

and so the mask is coming off that I have worn of someone else, cause i was never born to live another life, i want to live my own

and like... he’s LITERALLY a second son and the fact that he spent fifteen years as the royal spare before suddenly becoming king is HUGE and influences pretty much his entire arc!!

what animal i think they would be if they were an animal

i KNOW i keep assigning my ocs catkin i KNOW but like. aurum’s original character concept from when i was twelve years old was a catboy so what can i really say. plus he’s 1) crafty 2) liable to pretend like he doesn’t want your attention but keep giving it to him please and 3) a little too curious for his own good. you know what they say.

what position they sleep in

whatever position his body passes out in when he’s been awake for three days 😔

their favorite drink

hot cider!! oh to be a littler aurum ravenfang sitting next to a massive fireplace with a mug of hot cider and a very alive twin

a gift i would give them if i could

the man has everything money can buy in TMR-verse so i’d have to show him non TMR-verse things. like mario kart. and therapy. also the bi flag so he could incorporate it into his royal standard somehow

#max.txt #tmr tag #aurum ravenfang #why are all of my TMR ask game answers always like. short story length im shfhsdfbsdfbbwbjdsfs... cannot shut up about it #tysm avi :-)#avi-burton-writing #asks #avi tag

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aussie-roadkill · 4 years

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ok so Sid’s post reminded me of a book I found in my school library once and never saw again

It’s called Catkin and I really loved it

A lovely old couple adopted a cat (named catkin), and the old lady would tell him stories of the magic in the woods. Then they somehow obtained a baby boy, who Catkin was told to take care of and look out for Then one day the boy was taken by some fae in the forest, their queen wanted a son I believe, and Catkin went to rescue him. He was told by the old lady to never let the fae know his name, otherwise he would be lost to them forever. He finds the fae’s queen and she agrees to give the boy back if Catkin can answer some riddles for her, and through this he is forced to essentially say his name (albeit each half in separate answers) and the boy is given back. But now Catkin has told them his name so he’s gotta stay and even at like 8 or whatever the fuck I was I was like Oh my god ;; Catkin sacrificed himself T_T for the boy! TAT

anyway I now have a feeling this may be linked to some larger fairytale or something, but yeah I really liked it

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countthelions · 5 years

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If you have the time, could you tell me more about your DND OC Prior (literally anything you want)? She looks so lovely and cool thank you

did you know you’re an actual Gift, anon, ilu

Prior is a Darling, and like, the First DND character that I've really dedicated time to???

She’s catkin, which is a little cat homebrew race created Before Tabaxi was released. I’ve based her off of The Cat Returns cats, so she’s like three feet tall and ready to brawl. She’s a mom!! has five kids and actually started her adventuring because her two youngest (twins!!) were stolen and the police weren’t able to help her. She’s a merchant originally, so she couldnt search much on her own??? She went to a god (Elliri, god of chance in @tiefighter‘s homebrew world, Haven) and asks for help to find her kids. So now she’s a warlock and totally bad ass. She’s gotten her kids back (yayy!!) and now she’s adventuring with the group to uhh, basically restore the balance between the new gods and old gods??? I’m not entirely sure ‘cause I keep forgetting to take notes when we get into story

Prior’s the team mom and unfortunately I don’t think fast enough for her to Mom everyone All the time, but she definitely gets some mom time in. She’s friends with like, Every single kid we come across bc she’s three feet tall and Kid Height and they love it. She also is proficient in intimidation so she Yells a lot in battle (free action my dudes) and it makes me happy haha! ahhh, she has an odd connection to Amber?? Cade (the bestest dm) hasn’t fully explored that with us yet, but I am Jazzed to figure out what it means. Her dice are sparkling amber as a reference to that.

I think my favorite goofy thing that happens when I roll dice for her is when we’re asked to roll perception and she always fails-- UNLESS she’s standing up high, then she succeeds. Every single perception check this happens. It’s hilarious.

Uhm uhm, she’s aro I think??? and her kids are from different litters. She’s like the Cool mom that dresses up sometimes and you’re like, “oh, I understand now why you’ve had multiple partners, you’re a BABE” and she’s also raised all her kids by herself. No partner really stuck around, nor did she want them around to raise the kids??? It’s an interesting thing to explore.

Her eldest son, Asher, tried to go after the twins as well so she had to rescue him too. He’s so sweet and soft and goin’ to school!! And like, hella tall. Prior has to motion for him to get closer when she wants to like smooth out his whiskers and stuff. And her eldest daughter, Net, runs the shop and is a gentle yet firm presence for all the kids. Like Model Big Sister qualities. Her middle child is Comfort, who looks like a carbon copy of her, but her face calico splotches are different. Comfort inherited all her mother’s charisma and is gunna be a beautiful singer one day.

And her youngest, the twins, Iah and Jada, look!! identical except Iah’s face splotch is a moon. Iah has innate magic that’s just waiting to be unlocked. one day, I’d love to do a campaign with Iah as my PC because he’s a Gift that I’m sitting on like dragon on top a hoard.

I wanted her name, and her family’s naming scheme, to be based on Puritan naming schemes because I thought it was so interesting??? and I think her name is just,,, so Perfect.

but yah!!! that’s prior, and I love her so very muchh

#you made my day friend #like truly #oc: prior #lionrambles #Anonymous

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