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nightcolorz · 6 months

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I would love a Louis/Armand cry me a river drabble! If you have the time of course. I really like your writing and you seem like a pretty cool but busy guy so if it doesn't work out I'll happily wait for more millenia gate!

u r so sweet anon tysm <3 I hope u enjoy this drabble. It was my first time writing loumand and my first time writing a Drabble so, lots of brave steps I’m taking here 😭. I rlly enjoyed writing this it was almost hard not to write more. Takes place during the relationship era in iwtv (book verse) post Claudia’s death where Louis and Armand are dispassionate lovers, Louis’s too sad after Claudia’s death to give af about armand, armand is hurt cuz he expected Louis to not be so affected, etc. Yay! Enjoy!

16-cry me a river

For all Armand said of my emotional distance and my coldness, he was essentially the very same. He kept himself carefully maintained and regulated, always in control. His thoughts were never not behind lock and key, so deliberately even my weak vampiric telepathy could sense that cage kept around his soul. I thought him mature for it. Could you believe that? I admired his wisdom, wished I could be so calculated in my frigidity. There were times when I played at reading with my eyes cast down, expression mild, and wished that I couldn’t feel myself trembling with emotion. I’d pictured Armand’s blankness and I’d envy that power.

But of course, Armand and I’s relationship was built on a series of lies, of illusions, and eventually- all these illusions had to fade. Armand was as alien to me as any stranger I’d kill in an act of selfish primal desire, and this was a revelation made gradually until our eventual underwhelming end. It was a moment not long before said end that a part of the seductive spell was broken. I was reading, unbothered and inattentive, and he stood in front of me expectantly. He peered down at me like a curious child observing a squashed bug beneath him. Encountering agony with the innocence of someone who could not understand empathy for things so beyond him. His eyes were wide and hypnotic, so striking I could’ve sweat. I avoided his gaze. I wondered if he’d dig his heel into my wing and spread my guts across the pavement. I wondered if he would instead hold me and perhaps put me in a jar so that he could observe me until I suffocated.

Suddenly the facade broke. Armand clasped my chin with one fine unmovable hand and held it so that he could look into my frightened eyes, so that I could look into his. For a split second he was calm, impassive. And then he crumbled so utterly I was startled. His face contorted into a portrait of such horrific suffering it almost seemed physically painful with its ferocity. His countenance was grimacing and tortured. It was like watching a wax face melting into a despairing puddle.

I was held in place, forced to watch those beguiling brown eyes glaze over red with vampiric tears. The blood pooled down his cheeks with the elegance of a bleeding wound. The powerful smell aroused in me an unwitting hunger that I felt close to ill with. I struggled in his hold. “Let go of me.” I said, bite-less, quiet. He remained. “Please.” I insisted. The agony in him was awful to look at. It repulsed me, I wanted rid of him. Armand let out a horrible gasp, like an animal close to death. He stared directly into my eyes as he sobbed. “Why do you do this to me.” I heard, thought maybe, felt inside me-as a reverberation inside my chest, repeated over and over like the pulse of my dead heart.

It took me a moment to register that these were Armand’s words. He had opened his mind to me only once, at this seemingly random moment, to communicate something meaningless and petty. I felt all together revolted in a way I had never been by Armand, my majestic mentor, my educated elder, my sophisticated cold lover. I was compelled to hurt him. “Cry harder.” I thought willfully, “Cry me a river. It’s good to see you cry. Like a clown parodying what a person feels, it’s almost cathartic. Go on, I enjoy it.”

I don’t know what compelled me to be so cruel. Whatever it was, it worked. He withdrew his hand carefully from my face as if scared to bruise it. The expression of anguish retreated gradually into the familiar mask of dispassion. He was stiff and his eyes were wide and large. His lips were swollen and glossy from the tears, his cheeks reddened, and I thought with some interest that I could see why a vampire had once loved him enough to preserve him for eternity. I could imagine that there had been a human there once, who with his passion and his life caught the attention of a greedy monster. He backed away from me with his eyes down, hands folded in front of his lap, and donned his coat and his hat with a normalcy that was almost comedic. I assumed that he was going out to kill, most of what he did when he was going out, and I hoped that whatever life that was lost tonight at his soft un-calloused boy’s hands would be taken very brutally and unjustly due to our encounter. It was comforting to think that, almost like I was real, and I was making an impact. I looked down to my book and re-read the opening sentence.

GIGGLES EVILLY HEHEE if u want to send me a Drabble prompt here is the prompt list I reblogged: https://www.tumblr.com/nightcolorz/735473060637016064/drabble-challenge-1-150?source=share

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eregar · 3 months

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hi if you’re still doing these please talk about your guy ! 27 and 36 for the oc asks !! :]

yes absolutely! thank you so much!!

27. What causes them to feel dread?

This was a hard one!

I think the only time he's ever genuinely felt dread was when he witnessed Enver getting power word: die'd by the Elder Brain. Maze is pretty confident about his own abilities and actually tends towards reckless overconfidence when it comes to tackling even genuinely daunting problems, and that moment was the only time he's ever felt completely powerless.

Once day I'll write the long fic with the time loop wish spell thing about all this.

36. Do they actively seek romance, or do they wait for it to fall into their lap?

The man is in a sexually-active committed relationship but if you asked him this, Maze would still say that he doesn't do "things like that". And if you pointed this out to him, he'd double down.

It's so reflexive for him to squash everything that he struggles to just understand that he has feelings in the first place, much less naming and acknowledging them. His internal experience is highly emotional though, it just goes through this filter and because of this, he's definitely more passive and waiting.

#oc: mazeldarin #ask game #thank you thank you!!!#these were both toughies but they really made me think :3

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imminent-danger-came · 10 months

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What the Legos Want

MK: "I just- I don't want to let my friends down, you know? It's like, I want to help out in the store, do arts and crafts with Sandy, and party with M-m-m-Mei! Mei! But it's to hard, I'm just one guy!"

(1x02 Duplicatnation)

MK: "Okay! I did bad, I just- I really wanted that peach, and I guess I got carried away."

(1x06 The Great Wall Race)

Sun Wukong: "Take in everything! Choose what you want to do, and then do it! That is focus."

(1x07 Impossible Delivery)

MK: "I just wanted to be good enough—like you."

(1x09 Macaque)

MK: "It's like- I want to be strong, and I'm trying to be! But it- it's like Monkey King isn't giving me a chance! *sigh* What if- what if he knows he made a mistake—chose wrong, chose the wrong successor?"

(2x07 Shadow Play)

Sandy: "Hurting others isn't a measure of one's strength—took me a really long time to realize that. As long as I'm doing something to help out a friend, I don't mind what it is! I just want to be there for 'em when they need me."

(2x08 To Catch a Leaf)

Sun Wukong: "You want me to leave it, and I want me to take it! Eh, it's toughy." Ne Zha: "What!? Don't do this! Sun Wukong: "I'm sorry—it's the only way!"

(3x01 On The Run)

MK: “Why are you helping her—Lady Bone Demon—like, look, I get that you’re a bad guy, but you know that she wants to destroy everything, right?”

Sandy: "I don't want to fight, but I can't let you hurt my friends!"

(3x04 The Winning Side)

Sun Wukong: "What? You got what you wanted didn't you? Not gonna gloat? Monologue a little before scurrying off to your master? Go on! The Lady Bone Demon is waiting." Macaque: "I couldn't care less about what the Lady Bone Demon wants!"

(3x09 The King, the Prince, and the Shadow)

Mei: "I can't! I don't want to hurt you—any of you! I'm sorry."

Mei: "No! Stay back! I- I don't want to hurt you!"

(3x10 The Samadhi Fire)

The Mayor: "All my lady ever desired was a world no longer plagued by pain—until the Monkey King and his companions got in the way. Fate however has gifted her a second chance!"

(3x13 Time to be Warriors) (Desired, wanted, same thing.)

Lady Bone Demon: "Save your hero speech child—I've existed long enough to know when it's over. MK: "You still think that the universe really wants anything, from any of us?" Lady Bone Demon: "Don't you?"

(3x14 Destiny Fulfilled)

Macaque: "Still the same Wukong, doing whatever he wants with no regard for others!"

(3x14 Destiny Fulfilled)

Sun Wukong: "It's actually amazing how quickly you're mastering your powers—when I was your age-"

MK: "-You were fighting the celestial armies and generally swinging your big ol' tail around to get what you wanted?" Sun Wukong: "Well I was going to say making regrettable life choices but yeah, thanks for laying out. I'm embarrassed to admit it but—you might have actually already done more for this world that I ever have!"

(4x01 Familiar Tales)

Mei: “What’s the point of having power if you won’t use it? Don’t you have people you want to protect?”

(4x05 Court of the Yellow Robed Demon)

Sandy: “But you were too WEAK to be who you truly are! I am a monster! That’s what the world wants me to be, so that’s what I’m gonna give ‘em!”

(4x06 Show Me the Monster)

Curse MK: "Hey no no no- I get it man. You want to get back to our monster of the week adventures, get back to our simple missions with Mei, mastering all of Monkey King's powers and delivering noodles for pigsy. Right?" MK: "Yeah...yeah actually that's exactly what I wanna-" Curse MK: "But we can't! Not after all we've seen! All we know and all we don't? *sigh* Right friend?"

(4x07 Pitiful Creatures)

Azure Lion: "No no—this isn't what I wanted! All you had to do was wait, after this was all over I was going to release Sun Wukong, help him see reason! That is now impossible—not after what you've done!"

MK: “No matter what I do, it’s going to lead to pain. It’s like the Lady Bone Demon said—it doesn’t matter if I want to help people or not! Everything I do just- it just makes things worse!”

(4x08 The Brotherhood)

Macaque: "Point is, it’s time to start making your own choices—something I wish I would have learned a lot sooner than I did. You don’t want to fight Azure because people might get hurt, you don’t want to not fight him because people might get hurt–so do something else! Only you get to decide who you are kiddo.”

(4x10 The Jade Emperor)

Sun Wukong: "Ah, don't be like that! Eat some fruit, soak up the sun—that's why I've been training so hard!" Macaque: "What, so you can be the strongest?" Sun Wukong: "Nooo! Well, maybe a little bit—but that's not the point! It's so we don't have to worry about anything or anyone ever again! Just living a lazy life, sitting in the sun, eatin' fruit, and doing whatever we want!"

Sun Wukong: "I just wanted to protect the people I cared about—to be strong enough. I lost sight of why I was doing any of it."

Macaque: "You did it for yourself! You've become this like, obsessive demon! I told you going against the Jade Emperor was a bad idea, but no, Wukong doesn't listen to anyone, he just does whatever he wants!"

(4x11 A Lifetime of Mistakes)

MK: "That's what you were pretending to be right? To be my friend? To care about me? When really you were just using me to get what you wanted! To turn me against my own mentor! Put your hand in the monkey cage, and expect to get bit son!"

(4x13 Rip and Tear)

Sun Wukong: "Azure just stop, okay? You've won—you're going to destroy us just like you wanted! Us an the entire universe." Azure Lion: "Huh? No. This is not what I wanted! I can still fix this, it's- it's the whole reason I'm here at all!" Sun Wukong: "Wait, how are you here!?" Azure Lion: "What? What kind of a question is that you know exactly how I'm-" Sun Wukong: "-No! Here and now! I put you in the underworld myself. How'd you get out, how'd you get the scroll? I know for sure you didn't steal it—you couldn't have! Azure, who gave you that scroll? Because whoever it was they must have known this would happen, wanted this to happen! And they used you to do it."

Azure Lion: "I just wanted to make the world a better place!" MK: "You still can—you're the only one who can."

(4x14 Better Than We Found It)

Welcome viewers, to a shadow play the likes of which have never been seen! It follows the tragic tale of a legendary warrior, and how those who bring light into this world inevitably bring darkness to those they hold dear whether they want to or not.

#it ain't much cataloging every thematically relevant instance of the word want in the lego show- but it's honest work #on god I'm sure I'm missing some examples #It feels wrong that there isn't anything from ROTSQ #But I don't feel like looking for more #It's been a while since I've made a stupidly long parallels post. Feels right feels good #So. Anyways my dream of lmk going the ''You are going to hurt the people you care about and they are going to hurt you'' route #and Mk having to accept that is SO fucking real it's going to happen #I love you thematically banger lego show. I love you #Like this literally starts in 1x02. MK wanting one thing but causing another #I need fluffypotatey's ''Can you two stop being parallels for FIVE MINUTES!'' meme about SWK and MK #it's like. So true #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk theme: hurt #lmk s4 you are literally everything to me #lmk SWK #lmk MK #lmk Macaque #lmk Azure LIon #lmk theme: what you want

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proxylynn · 2 months

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How powerful do you think mammon is?

[Now here we have a real toughy because the Sins aren't power ranked or scaled to my knowledge. That and I am unsure how their sin affects them like a boost or if that's even a thing (for example; more lust or just being in Lust Ring adds power for Ozzie). For Mammon, I do think he is strong, might be one of the most powerful Sins we've seen so far based on a few things. If I do go with "the more doing that sin, they get a boost" thing, then it's obvious that Mammon is jacked with power. Ozzie, Bee, and Lucifer appear strong but with control of the strength of their sin, but Mammon is so swoll with greed and the greed from others that it comes seeping out as those electric surges when he gets intense. Another reason I think he's strong is because he is the clown. No one takes him seriously and he plays to it, using/exploiting everything around him as, despite his dorkiness, he is intelligent and incredibly skilled in manipulation. Who would look at him and think he's a serious threat? No one. If he's so strong why didn't he fight Ozzie? Because there are rules that even the Sin are bound to and Mammon's skillet is more about using intimidation first. (Also just coming out in a power battle is more of a Satan thing and Mammon can't show all his powers right away) My theory on how the show will go forward with Mammon is that they may make him the true antagonist but downplay him as a threat till all the pieces fall into place. The remaining episodes of HB season 2 are called "The Full Moon", "Apology Tour", "Ghostf**kers", "Mastermind", "Sinsmas", and the last two are TBA. Out of those I can see a few where Mammon can be used for. Apology Tour sounds very Fizzarolli to me, so the Glam Sisters might be there to throw shade and fuck with his confidence to make Fizzy believe without Mammon's promotion that no one liked him at all (fishy bitches). Mastermind could be Crimson teaming up with Mammon out of desperation for revenge and figures he's clever enough to manipulate a Sin like he nearly did with Ozzi. Mammon, however, would be the one pulling the strings and setting the stage for Crimson's demise in a "kill two birds with one stone" deal. And Sinsmas is gonna be very interesting as this might be a rare point of all 7 sins being in an episode (though they may cut out Luci to not crossover HH) and it could be here that things get very juicy. Mammon could intentionally be absolutely good and everyone, justifiably, calls bullshit on his act yet he keeps it up to cast doubt. Only after do the seeds of his actions take root, as when Mammon slips away do the previous enemies strike, maybe even make a callback to the D.H.O.R.K.S. agents from season 1 who might have made a deal for reasons, but unfortunately for Mammon this goes south and now with this attack it's a declaration. One that won't go well for anyone.]

{Kinda went off course at the end there, but I hope it does show how strong I think Mammon is/can be.}

#ask op #hellaverse #helluvaboss #helluva boss mammon #mammon helluva boss #mammon #helluva boss lore theory/headcanon

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miss-bvnny · 7 months

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And what if none of their souls were saved? They went to their maker impeccably shaved

My own little spooky challenge for the month!! Two of my favorite things: Sweeney Todd 07, and giving fictional characters government assigned fursonas!!

Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett - Dalmatian and Red fox

When I started this, I KNEW I wanted Todd to be an animal that was black and white. The monochromatic theme in Depp's version of Sweeney is SO Tim Burton that I wanted to preserve it. ALMOST settled on a skunk, but the thought of dalmatian spots mixing with blood spots was TOO cool of a concept in my eyes. TBH there WAS a time when I was tempted to make him a fox, because Sweeney TODD. Get it? But I held off because I didn't want to reuse specific animals TOO much. Speaking of which-

Mrs Lovett was always a fox from the first second. It fits her entire character (Seductive, trickster, lots of red, not to be trusted) FAR too well. The way her ears are posed are also supposed to bring a pair of horns to mind. Something DEEPLY wrong with this woman <3333

Lucy Barker/Miserable Woman - Afghan hound

PROBABLY a very uninspired and obvious choice, but...I wanted to draw ''hair ears'' lmao. Sweeney describes her blonde hair as one of the only things he remembers about her, so I wanted a dog breed that naturally had long blonde hair about it. I de-saturated her colors for her ''Miserable Woman'' look to make her look sadder and dirtier.

Anthony and Johanna - Mutt and Golden dalmatian

Yes I KNOW they look like Scamp and Angel okay. The inspiration was intentional but I might've accidentally strayed...TOO close to the source.

Johanna was one of two characters that took me on a bit of a trip. First she was an Afghan just like Lucy, then she was a doe, but I decided to have a little more fun with her. I made her a golden dalmatian, with the ''dalmatian'' coming from her father and the ''Golden'' coming from her mother. I imagined she's a bit like Oddball from 102 Dalmatians, where she's actually ''blank'' aside from the spots on her face and the two on her shoulder (she gets these ones from Todd) The black on her ear is also from Todd. I could have chosen the easy way out and made her look like her mother, but in my own silly way I thought it'd be fucked up if she looked like her father, considering the scene they share near the end of the movie.

Anthony is a sailor, so I gave him a very ''Sea dog'' mutt look. I just kind of...combined a bunch of traits and characteristics that I thought would work for him. You can see a LITTLE of Toughy from LATT in him, only because I liked the eye patch and all the scruff.

Tobias Ragg (aka Toby) - Bat

Toby was a fun one!! Oh, look how adorable he is!!! Since Toby has the final kill of the movie, and he kills Todd at that, I wanted him something small and cute but...potentially very dangerous. I settled on a bat, because they're very cute and they can carry rabies!!

And yes, that's his wig he's carrying. Didn't know how to portray him holding a pie, and I wasn't about to draw him drinking a bottle of gin, so I thought his little wig might be cute. He was honestly one of my favorites to draw <3

Adolfo Pirelli - Ring-tailed lemur

Pirelli is a ring-tailed lemur for two reasons. The first reason, is because since all the other animals are quadrupeds, having a bipedal animal felt more ''exotic'' to go with how he's seen as very special and from out of town. It makes him stick out naturally as someone of note.

The second reason he's a lemur.......is because he's played by Sacha Baron Cohen in 07.

Beadle Bamford and Judge Turpin - Hyena and Vulture

Yeah I'm just gonna come out and say it - Beadle Bamford is one of my fav characters in this movie so I made him a Hyena out of pure favoritism. Having Timothy Spall play him the same year he was Nathaniel in Enchanted was just for me, I think.

Originally, Turpin was a lion. Because...Bamford's a hyena...and they're the villains...sooooooo....yeah. And I WOULD have stuck with that, but....he's described as a vulture in No Place Like London. And while I knew my designs didn't have to adhere to that...I felt like ignoring it would have been stupid on my part. Glad I stuck with it, since...I gotta admit it works REALLY well for him. I've never drawn a vulture before, and it was fun to try something new anyway <3

#NeatO draws #NeatO fanart #Sweeney Todd #Yeahhhh im three days early whaddya want from me lmao

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traffic-light-eyes · 8 months

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You asked for more asks so I shall ask: If there was one thing about Ninjago you would change....what would it be? (it can a character, story element (lol), a season, etc)

Ah, man, this is a toughie.

Obviously, I generally really liked the show! I mean, I made an entire side blog for it, so I had to have liked it lol

But since you asked, if I had the option, I'd really prefer to have consistency! Everything just jumps and jumbles around, and sometimes, events that happen just happen and are never mentioned again. Or, the rare occasion where the canon events don't line up (see below). I don't know about you, but it also just really bothered me when some things weren't mentioned in the plot, and I only later realized them (Ultra Dragon's passing).

The most annoying instance:

HARUMI!!! Her backstory is all kinds of messed up and not aligned with canon events at ALL. It just bugs me so, so, so much.

Another instance (still Harumi somehow. And I like Harumi's character, so this upsets me a lot that she seems to be more consistent at being inconsistent than being consistent):

In Crystalized, when she gathered up all the criminals of the past for her Crystal Court or whatever it was called and fuckin' Pythor was there. Her whole character was to get payback for the Great Devourer??? So she went after the ninja???? But PYTHOR, the snake who summoned the dang beast, was spared from her wrath??????? I just don't get it, man.

Another another instance (this is starting to feel like Harumi bashing, i prommy it's not):

Tell me why she was mad at Lloyd for not looking in the rubble for her. That is NOT her character. I don't care if they're trying to push the "Oh I'm in love with him but I'm in denial cause im upset oh nooooo *swoons*" it's just NOT her character. She's rageful and unforgiving and brutal. She kidnapped Lloyd multiple times and killed his friends in front of him TWICE. Why tf would she get mad at HIM for not looking for her. If you think he's so bad, such a terrible person, why would you assume he'd look for you???

Yeah, this kinda turned out to be harumi bashing, but holy crap does it get my blood boiling. I love Harumi. She's very fascinating, and I love toying with her character, so when she's set up so horribly, it makes me upset. I just wish it was consistent, man lol

#ninjago #queue #lloyd garmadon #august's opinion #ask august #jade princess harumi #ninjago pythor #ninjago lloyd #lloyd ninjago #lloyd montgomery garmadon #harumi jade #harumi ninjago #ninjago harumi #princess harumi #pythor p chumsworth #great devourer #ultra dragon

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hellhoundmaggie · 3 months

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top 5 strangely formative films you saw as a child?

ooh this is a toughie but I'll do my best

Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Gun to my head this is probably my favorite film of all time. I choose to blame it for my interest in (fictional) broody dudes.

2. One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

I watched this movie every single day for a year and a half when I was in preschool. I barely remember it but I'm sure it's responsible for a lot of the wiring in my brain. I do remember that I carried around a plushie of Lucky the dog everywhere I went until my kindergarten teacher forced me to stop.

3. Sleeping Beauty (1959)

I'm sure you're starting to see a pattern at this point. As a small, grumpy person, I identified strongly with Merryweather, the feistiest of the three good fairies. As an adult, I appreciate how radical this movie really is: a tentpole fantasy film that's not only led by its women characters, but by three fluffy grandma types. It's hard to imagine a major studio putting out a movie like that today. In fact, when Disney revised the telling for Maleficent (2014), they made the three good fairies stupid and incompetent in order to give more development to their cool sexy dark heroine. This actually makes the story less feminist than the 1959 version. "Sorry ladies," says Maleficent, "you're only worth taking seriously if you age like Angelina Jolie."

4. The Little Mermaid (1989)

Before Beauty and the Beast came out, I was obsessed with this movie. Then I had a vivid nightmare where Ursula the Sea Witch tried to keep me from my mother and refused to watch it again. Now I'm an adult and I love Ursula! She has one of the best villain songs ever.

5. An American Tail (1986)

The only not-Disney movie on this list, this film also sticks out for its more subtle characterization and take on the real-life struggles of 19th-century American immigrants and the urban poor. I think this movie was a catalyst for my own interest in history.

Thank you laconicmoon!

#ask game

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vulture-writes-stuff · 1 year

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Alright so this request was done for the lovely @thepokemaniac, I would have responded directly to the ask but it was so long it was breaking my Tumblr lmao

Hassel X Male Reader

____ is the sweet-and-shy chemistry teacher at the Academy. It was easy to assume he'd never battled in his life, but he's quite the dragon tamer... And Hassel's family troubles provoke him like nothing else.

Reader is not the SV protagonist. He is a teacher at the academy who specializes in dragon types. His full team is explicitly mentioned - He has a Haxorus, a Druddigon, a Tyrantrum, a Turtonator, a Duraludon and a final surprise Pokemon ;). Reader is mentioned to be younger than Hassel at one point, but their age difference is nothing too wild. Think 5-6 years.

Contains: Mentions of homophobia, reader was disowned by family, descriptions of heavy scarring and mentions of past severe injury, a lot of family drama, like a lot, mentions of arranged marriage

Oh, the bell. The saving grace of students, and the worst enemy of teachers.

It was another normal day at the Academy - recently two new teachers had been instated, which certainly livened up the place. Nurse Miriam was finally a health teacher, much to her joy, and made a welcome addition to the humanities branch. The second addition was the new chemistry teacher, Mr. ____. He was part of the STEM track, though also did tutoring after school for anyone who wanted it.

Mr. ____ was a very cheerful man. He was patient with his students and doted on his Pokemon, even if they were massive and terrifying dragon types. He was from Hoenn, and loved to share trivia about the places he'd visited before settling down in Paldea.

And that was all anybody knew about him.

Nobody was lucky enough to unearth his mysterious past, nor was anybody fortunate enough to hear the story of how he'd lost his left eye. And ____ was quite content with that fact.

Today his class had been conducted out in the yard - the latest experiment he and his students worked on was quite... messy. He didn't want to destroy his classroom. Medusa, ____'s looming Haxorus, was his loyal lab assistant. She had a special labcoat on and everything.

"Alright, guys, the bell means class is up! Make sure to give your goggles to Medusa before you head out!" ____ began to sort his things, cleaning up a bit. Medusa plodded around the various tables that had been set up, carrying a box for the safety goggles to be dropped in.

Students milled about for a bit, mostly cleaning up their belongings before heading out - either to go to their next classes or back to their dorms. ____ was good at making sure everything got cleaned up once he was done, which was the main reason Clavell allowed him to do messier experiments.

"Mr. ____?" ____ looked up when one of his students spoke. Florian was a very soft-spoken lad who always paired up with his classmate Penny during labs - they were excellent students, even if they weren't very talkative. The look in his eyes made ____ pause a moment. He looked nervous. Was he about to ask about...?

"What can I do for you, Florian?" ____ cocked his head to the side.

"I just wanted to ask..." Oh boy, here it comes. ____ had to deflect another question about himself... He always felt so awful doing it. He didn't want to burden his students with his past. "...How did you meet Medusa? The Axew line isn't native to Hoenn, so I was really curious."

"Oh!" ____ wasn't expecting that. "Haha, it's a funny story, really... I met her as she is now, a big ol' Haxorus. She was stomping around in the Pokemon Sanctuary in Unova, causing a bit of a ruckus, so I went in with Hyacinthus to try and nab her. She was a toughie, certainly gave me a run for my money! But now she's my big baby. Aren't you?"

____ gave his Haxorus loving scratches under her tusks, careful to avoid the sharp edges. Medusa purred, lifting her head to give him more room for pets. Florian chuckled - it was quite funny to see such a menacing Pokemon melt into her trainer's hands.

"Cool. That was all I wanted to ask... Thanks!" Florian waved gleefully.

"No problem - I'll see you next class!" ____ waved him off, and was eventually left alone with his Pokemon. He didn't have any more classes today, so he might as well go see his favorite person at the Academy...

After he folded up all the tables, anyways.

Humming a soft melody, ____ plucked a love ball out of his bag, tossing it up into the air casually. In a lovely burst of light and heart-shaped confetti, his Druddigon emerged. His Rocky Helmet bounced a bit as he shook his head, stretching out his wings.

"Would you mind helping with the tables, Hyacinthus?" ____ asked, gently fixing Medusa's Muscle Band after he helped her get her coat off. Hyacinthus nodded, snorting noisily as he got to work. With a pair of hands and two pairs of claws, cleaning was a hell of a lot easier.

All was said and done in a few minutes, and both of the dragons were given a poffin and plenty of affection as thanks. ____ returned them to their balls, finally setting off to go visit the Art Classroom.

____ had met Hassel when he was at his lowest point. The chemistry teacher had no family to turn to, and was mournfully alone in life... Even his dragons couldn't dig him out of his slump. It was funny what love could do to you.

Hassel was the only man who knew why ____ had left Hoenn, and he'd sworn to keep it a secret. He was the only man who knew the origin of his lost eye, and he'd never told the tale to anyone. It was no wonder ____ was so deeply enamored with him.

He could remember it so clearly. Mother and Father telling him all about the pretty girl from some rich family, about how they'd arranged him to marry her for ther betterment of their family... And how they'd reacted to him explaining that he had no romantic interest in women. Their perfect heir was gay, and they simply couldn't understand it. So they cast him aside like rubbish.

____ had wandered so far looking for love. And he'd finally found it. In the form of a very eccentric Dragon Tamer who loved art as much as he loved Pokemon.

As ____ approached the door, he could hear Hassel jovially talking to somebody - most likely a student who'd stayed behind. He opened the door, and proved his hypothesis correct. Hassel was looking over a young woman's sketchbook, showing her how she could improve her work.

____ made himself comfortable sitting on one of the desks, admiring the new paintings on the walls.

"Overall, this is very good progress, Mela - you've improved significantly since we last spoke! Remember, there is no correct way to create art. You have great potential, never squander it." Hassel gave her a firm pat on the shoulder. Mela evidently wasn't very chatty, or didn't want to hang out much longer, because she only nodded before closing her sketchbook and hustling out. Hassel stretched out the crick in his back, wincing ever-so-slightly.

"Back still bugging you?" ____ pried sympathetically, hopping off the desk. "Do you want a massage when we get home later?"

"No, though your offer is tantalizing." Hassel chortled. "Be glad you're not old yet."

"You say that like I'm much younger than you!" The chemistry teacher laughed, tossing his arms around Hassel and pulling him into a loving hug. The other happily returned the affection, practically sinking into his partner's arms. They stood in a comforting silence, simply enjoying eachother's company.

They spent a lot of time like this. Staying in the moment for as long as they could - their careers meant they were often preoccupied, so any free time was a blessing.

"What d'you for dinner tonight?" ____ asked after a moment, playing with a tuft of Hassel's hair. Hassel had little time to answer, though, when there was a knock upon the door.

"Come in!" Hassel called, and ____ took a begrudging step back. The two were open about their relationship, yes, but it would be rather unprofessional to be all over eachother in front of students. If the person at the door even was a student.

The woman who stepped in definitely wasn't a student - she was wearing a peculiar blue-and-red outfit that reminded ____ greatly of home. Hassel's expression darkened the moment she entered, and a palpable tension filled the air. Nobody spoke for a lingering moment.

"I have told you a thousand times not to bother me at the academy." Hassel grumbled. "So why are you here?"

"I've come to request your return home, Hassel. It is your duty." The woman said, hands folded neatly behind her back. It was then that ____ noticed she has the same eyes as Hassel - she must be a relative of his.

"If we must talk about this, we will talk elsewhere." Hassel's glare softened as he turned to ____, gently taking his hands. "I'll see you at home later, alright?"

"Of course. Don't be out too late." ____ gave Hassel's hand a gentle squeeze before they parted, and quietly watched him leave the room with the mysterious woman. He couldn't help but feel disappointed. Hassel clearly hadn't wanted to speak with her, but he'd chosen to do so anyways... Family drama was unbearable.

When he got home later on, ____ hung his black labcoat on its hook by the door. He stepped out into the backyard, plucked five love balls out of his bag, and let his Pokemon out. Medusa and Hyacinthus snoozed away quietly the moment he'd let them out, worn out from a hard day's work. Charon the Tyrantrum began to stomp in circles around Argus the Duraludon, obviously urging him to play... But Argus was less than thrilled. Nemesis, his Turtonator, obviously noticed how crestfallen he seemed, because she trundled up to him and gave him a pat on the arm. Her shell bell jingled a pleasant tune as she moved, and ____ returned her affection with a loving pat on the head.

"Thanks, Nemesis. I'll be okay." ____ huffed shortly, sitting down in the grass as he thought about what he'd make for dinner tonight. He was overdue for grocery shopping, it might be easier to order out... He had time to think about it. ____'s hand found its way back into his bag, thumbing gently over the final ball - he could feel the soothing pulse of affection from the Pokemon inside, and heard the faint whisper of its roar in his mind. Boreas much preferred to stay inside their ball, finding the solitude more comforting than the clamor of the outside world.

____ was sure he would've agreed, if he could get inside a PokeBall. A chilly breeze seemed to sink deep into his skin, awakening old aches and pains that still effected him. He ran his hand up his left arm, feeling over old knotted scars and vicious gashes that hadn't quite healed right... The life of a dragon master wasn't an easy one. Especially not when their family was like ____'s. He'd found no joy in finding out his parents had died years ago, mourning the people he wished they could've been for him. If only they could've been proud of him for who he was, instead of despising him for who he wasn't.

He went back inside before long, grabbing himself a cozy jacket to wear before fishing their phone out of their pocket. ____ felt so inexplicably drained today. Perhaps it was just thinking about family that had driven him so mad. Whatever it was, he was still hungry, so he ordered seafood online (making sure to get Hassel's favorite as well) and began his usual evening routine.

The house was oddly quiet without Hassel there, and ____ didn't like it. Whoever that woman was... He'd give her a piece of his mind the next time they met.

Unfortunately, ____ never did get the chance to give her a piece of his mind. She kept coming back to poke and prod at Hassel, but never when he was around - ____ could tell days she's visited just by looking at Hassel. He always looked exhausted, frustrated. He would never talk about it, though ____ knew what was wrong without him having to say it.

____'s patience wore thin.

A few months went by before he'd finally had enough of it, and went out of his way to meet her again himself. It was out in the schoolyard that he spied her walking up to Hassel again.

____ briskly jogged up to her, grabbing her shoulder to get her attention.

"Leave him alone! His choices aren't yours to influence." He growled, the corner of his eye twitching ever so slightly. The woman gave him a haughty glare, pulling away from him.

"And who are you to make such a claim?" She pried. ____ realized at that moment the schoolyard had gone quiet - students and faculty alike had turned to face them, likely because of his shouting. And yet, he felt no need to back down. Jeopardizing his job was definitely worth giving this woman a piece of his mind.

"I am Hoenn's last dragon master, ____ of the Sky Clan. I challenge you to a battle - if I win, you leave Paldea and you DO NOT COME BACK." ____ spoke with a ferocity that hadn't been awakened in years, yanking his coat off. A wave of urgent whispers spread across the gathering crowd, some discussing his proclaimed origin. Others talked about just how scarred he was. He no longer cared. He just wanted to live in peace.

"Fine." The woman scoffed, plucking an ultra ball off her belt. "Have it your way. We battle in Mesagoza Plaza."

Excited students followed the two dragon tamers off of campus, as did several members of the faculty - Hassel felt numb from shock. Dragon master? ____? He'd never seen that fire in his eyes, never heard that vicious snarl in his voice. It was shocking.

The battlefield in Mesagoza's plaza was surrounded by the time the two duelling trainers arrived, each stepping to one end of the field. The woman sent out her first Pokemon, a Kommo-o with a mean look in it's eyes.

People fell silent as ____ took a single ball out of his bag - a master ball. Even from a distance, it was easy to see the purple shell. ____ could feel Boreas humming within, eager to deliver justice to those who had wronged the ones he loved.

____ pressed the ball against his chest, and closed his eyes. He felt the wind pick up around him, felt the air cool as the sun was blotted out by clouds... When he finally threw the ball, it didn't open immediately. It lay on the ground, shaking noisily, beams of light breaking through the widening crack as it was pried open-

"QUAAAA-ZAAAAAAAA!" The shrieking cry of Boreas rippled through the plaza as they burst forth from their PokeBall. Glistening black scales, embroidered with broad stripes of crimson, golden eyes that glowed brightly. A brilliantly shiny Rayquaza, side by side with the last Dragon Master.

____ had never felt so alive. Adrenaline coursed through his veins, a crooked grin tugging at his features when he saw the shock on the woman's face. He was aware of people in the crowd filming, and yet he didn't care.

"DRAGON ASCENT, BOREAS!" He roared over the howling wind, and Boreas was cloaked in a bright light - they mega evolved as they soared up into the sky, golden tendrils shimmering with energy that most would never witness. They came back down, striking the opposing Kommo-o with enough force to create a shockwave across the plaza.

It was no surprise that it has fainted, nor that Boreas swept through the woman's team with little trouble. As the woman returned her final Pokemon, she left, clearly frazzled. ____ could feel the exhaustion weighing over him... He'd not battled in some time. Boreas floated gently down to meet his eye level, returning to their normal form faster than he could blink.

"You fought well today, my friend." ____ smiled crookedly, reaching out to run a hand along Boreas' neck. The Sky High Pokemon closed their eyes, pressing their forehead affectionately against ____'s, before disappearing back into their ball.

The crowd erupted in excited chatter, students clamoring over eachother to try and talk to ____.... But the teacher made his way over to Hassel, who looked like he was about to cry.

"You- did this for me?" He asked, disbelieving - revealing they owned a legendary Pokemon was sure to get a lot of unwanted attention.

"I would do anything for you, Hassel. Especially if it involves getting rid of annoying family members." ____ slung his arms around Hassel, squeezing him tight. "Now let's get out of here before we both start bawling."

The two dragon tamers slipped away from the bustling crowd, and knew peace for once in their lives.

End is kind of crappy but I am really really sick rn

#x reader #fanfic #writers on tumblr #pokemon x reader #x male reader #writing requests #pokemon x male reader #hassel x reader #elite 4 hassel #hassel x male reader #x m!reader #male reader #male x male reader

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"Riddle me this, why does my heart hurt?"

Edward Nygma x Male Reader

Type: angst

Word count: 1334

Warnings: angst, me pulling at your heart strings, sum Kristen x Ed, cop reader, sad stuff, unreciprocated love

Request: "please do an Edward Nygma one, maybe the reader could be a friend before he turns into the riddler and, he always answers Edward's riddles, then he finds out about Edward's crush on Kristen and becomes sad. Or something along those lines. Thank you"

A/N: Requested by the lovely @/averysmallperson on wattpad 💕 This was so fun to write! I hope it was to your liking and as always if not you can always pm me and we can fix it up or write a new one :)

You were at GCPD for two years now and honestly you liked your job very much, despite being just a regular cop you got your fair share of action, perhaps not as much as the legendary Jim Gordon and his partner Harvey but you weren't complaining. But despite all the love for the action and kicking ass and taking names, the favourite part of your job was a person.

Tall, lean, weird little forensic guy with a keen love for riddles was the best thing about your day. Edward Nygma, everyone considered him a weirdo and a bother but to you he was your best friend, the best part of the day, the guy you could share anything with, the- okay you were kinda in love with him.

The two of you clicked the second you first met him and stuck together ever since. Spending all the spare working time together, going on breaks together, driving each other to and back from work here and there, even going out to have some fun on rare nights as well. You answered all his riddles and protected him from all the mean people he encountered on daily basis at the GCPD. And he gave you all the interesting info and pushed your needed lab results before anybody else's. It was kind of idyllic.

New case was on the table, John Doe, found in an alleyway, no ID or wallet, likely gunned down by a mugger looking for some quick cash. Nothing too crazy like you were used to see Jim and Harvey investigating but nevertheless worth looking into. The body was sent to the autopsy room this morning, right after everything was photographed and examined at the crime scene, and you were sent by the detectives to see what Ed and the M.E. had found so far.

You made your way to Ed's little lab room, knowing he'd already have papers ready for you sitting on his table if they had found anything.

Entering the small room you greeted your friend with a smile and a wave of your hand. "Hey Eds whachu got for me?" You asked cheerfully as always, bringing him a mug of freshly brewed coffee, made just the way he likes it, you grabbed on the way down to his lab, placing it on his desk with a smile.

"Hey Y/n, great news!" Ed answered with a smile just as joyfully, fixing his glasses as he reached for a couple of papers set atop his desk, placed neatly on a pile at the corner of it.

Before handing them to you he cleared his throat and started reciting with a sense of drama to it,

"Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I’m double, I’m single, I’m black blue and gray, I’m read from both ends, And the same either way.

What am I?"

He asked his riddle, now routinely - having had asked you a new riddle evey time you came down to his lab, excited smile plastered across his face as he looked at you expectedly.

"Uhhh toughie this one, Iii think I know this.. an eye!" you exclaimed with just as much vigor, victorious grin now placed across your face.

"Excelent! The victim had a glass eye! There is a serial number so I tracked it down, found our victim's name! Some banker, could have something to do with the motive. Could be an interesting case."

"Great job Ed! Gordon and Harvey are gonna love this!" You smiled happily, taking the papers he was handing to you now that you successfully answered his riddle. Setting them on the side table to flick through at the results as he continued.

He smiled proudly, although already aware of his genious but very happy to be appreciated and acknowledged, "That's it so far, I'm going to let you know if I come across anything else that might be important along with the usual stuff".

"Okay Imma go give this to Jim and Harvey aand Imma go on my break, do you wanna join? I can grab us some takeout and we can eat here?" You asked, smile on your face as you awaited his, most likely positive answer.

"Sure that sounds great!" Ed smiled, scooping some papers up onto a neat pile, tidying his desk before the suggested break.

"Mexican?" You proposed, already halfway out of the door.

"Sounds good, just remember no oni-"

"No onions! I know I know," you chuckled as you waved at him comfortingly, leaving the room to go about your business.

You made your way back up and just as you were about to enter the main hall of the headquarters you remembered you ain't carrying squat, you forgot the result papers at Nygma's. So you mentally slapped yourself and turned on your heels, heading back to where you came from, internally cursing your scatterbrainess

"Hey Eds I forgot my papers-" you spoke as you entered, stopping yourself after realizing Ed had left the room with his mug. You sneaked your way in and quickly grabbed the papers off the side table where you left them, making your way back out again.

Just as you were exiting the small room, papers in hands, this time for sure, you heard giggling coming from the archive. Hearing Nygma's voice and his adorable chuckle it peaked your interest so you let go of the handle after closing the door quietly and slowly made your way towards the fully open archive doors. Not even halfway there Kristen and Ed came into the view.

They were talking over the files neatly placed into their according drawers smiles spread across their faces, Kristen was smiling at him so fondly and having a hearthy chuckle about what he was telling her, and Ed, Ed was looking at her with the biggest smile on his face, his eyes expressing such love you've never seen him show anyone else, giving her the biggest heart eyes.

"Oh," you heard yourself let out quietly, heart sinking at the sight.

The two turned to look at you, smiles still across their faces.

You quickly pulled yourself together, not realizing you have let that out audibly.

"Hey Eds I just forgot my papers you gave me at your desk, was just getting them back. Hi Kristen," there was unusual sadness in your tone that Ed couldn't quite understand.

"See ya," you greeted quickly before they had any chance to respond and made your way up to the desks, escaping the situation as fast as possible.

"Is everything alright with him?" Kristen asked with worry in her voice, noticing how you acted differently than your usual self.

"I-I don't know, I guess. He was okay couple of minutes ago-," Ed replied, still thinking on what could be going on, though kind of having the answer dawning upon him somewhere in the back of his mind as The Riddler laughed at his obliviousness straight into his face "Oh Silly little Ed."

You dropped the papers off at Jim and Harvey's desks, letting them know what Ed had found and afterwards quickly left the building, wanting to spend some time alone to clear your thoughts, biting back the tears that slowly gathered at the corners of your eyes.

Jim and Harvey gave each other looks of confusion after you left, questioning the reason behind your change in behaviour.

"10 bucks on girl problems," Harvey exclaimed as he took a big bite of his sandwich.

Jim chuckled and sighed at his partner, stealing a fry from his pile despite having his own laid in front of him.

"Heeey," Harvey's dissatisfied voice echoed through the building followed by Jim's laughter as you made your way out of the main door and down the street to your and Ed's favourite mexican food place, appetite now seeming to have been long lost as you wipe a single tear that dared to escape your pavement-glued eyes.

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tokillamockingbird427 · 8 months

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Question

Did anyone grab Elias's body before they escaped

See now this is a toughie to answer! I like questions like this. I get to whammy you with all the shit I know about Ghosts so it's very fun for me.

Simple answer: Yes.

Read more because I info dump here

First point: You can see how they treated Ajax in the game, tearing through an entire stadium of Federation troops to reach him. And he was alive for that, but even after he died Hesh was picking up they (Merrick+Keegan) really treated his body with a reverence. Given Elias was the captain, on top of Logan+Hesh's literal father, I'd bet a sizable chunk of money that they would go to the same extreme for him.

More evidence aside from that is the cutscene/loading screen between Sin City and All or Nothing, where Hesh narrates the Ghosts burial rites. Now while the cutscenes are always very visually dramatic, they do in fact have their real world junk. Like the very first cutscene for the game where Elias is telling the boys about Operation Sand Viper; Rorke is in that, and so is Elias. It's not just Logan's imagination or whatever, it's a glimpse at the real event.

So, ergo, cutscene where Hesh narrates the burial rites and we're shown what they look like (+ dramatic visual shit), that's real. And we can very easily assume the person they're burying is Elias, because honestly who else would it be?

We don't have any concrete ideas/evidence for how they got his body out of the Luxor, just that they did. And my head canon for it, because there is no canon, is that the Federation forces retreated from the Luxor as the US forces went in, and someone somewhere found him and had the body retrieved for the Ghosts.

I also have a HC for where he was buried: The last four missions all take place on or off the coast of Chile. To get there, with the US pacific fleet, they had to have passed by San Diego which is southwest of Vegas and on the coast. I don't think it's a stretch to say they would have made time to stop off there and bury him close to home.

(Not very fun) Fun fact: Elias's body was moved some point between his death and the Ghosts reaching the ground floor. How do I know this? You actually pass through the room where the Walkers were held by Rorke before jumping down the side of the pyramid. (After being reunited with Keegan.) And I know it's the same room due to furniture/decor placement as well as the big ass blood smear on the floor. From Elias. Where his body is at that point, I dunno, but I know it was moved.

#call of duty #call of duty ghosts #elias walker #logan walker #hesh walker #keegan p russ #beloved anon #love any excuse to lore dump

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dilemmaontwolegs · 3 months

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Whats the #1 thing you learned from your partner / husband? 💞💞

Ohh, that's a toughie and I don't think I can narrow it down to one thing.

Put In The Effort - we have been together almost 10 years and life gets hard to balance, there's a million things to do but only so much time in the day that things can get stagnant. The seven year itch is a real thing but we put in the effort to keep our love strong and we are happier than ever.

Love Myself - before him I was insecure and it took a long time to be comfortable in my own skin. I was too self conscious to even let guys go down on me so I lied and said I didn't like it. It wasn't until a couple years later that he asked if there was anything I wanted to try in the bedroom (mine was anal) and when I asked him he wanted to go down on me. He literally made me feel so beautiful and worshipped me. Incidentally it was also the night we found out I could squirt from it and now we both love it haha probs TMI but oh well...

Pick Your Battles - some times I just have to ask myself is it worth the argument and just let the little things go for the greater good. On the flip side, he has taught me to speak up and say no where I used to be meek and just agree to everything until I was stretched too thin and burnout.

#ollie answers #wifey lessons #I think he wishes I learnt to clean better hahaha

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it-happened-one-fic · 1 year

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Samba - Going to be a Sensation - Strictly NRC Dancing

Author Notes: This one was actually quite the toughie to write. The samba is fun to watch but not to describe... And, to be fair, I'm also not super confident with writing this character. I quite literally worked on this fic right up to the point of posting. The samba for this fic was greatly inspired by Katee Shean and Joshua Allen’s Samba to “Baila Baila” on the 4th season of So You Think You Can Dance. I really recommend watching their performance on Youtube. It's really good! Just like the rest of this AU, reader is female for this fic. I hope you enjoy!

If you would like to read more of this AU the fics can be found here: Strictly NRC Dancing AU Master-List.

Type: Dance Au/ female-reader/ largely platonic/fluff

Word count: 1022

Just like a good number of the other Latin/rhythm dances, the samba was energetic and lively. It was also incredibly flirtatious, which made it a very fun but sometimes embarrassing dance to perform.

Trey, of all people, was not someone I’d expected to choose this class out of all of the ones offered. It all became clear though after I questioned him and found out that he’d waited too long to get into any of the classes for a slower dance and was thus shuttled into the samba course.

Trey didn’t let that hold him back, though. I was told by Vargas that my future partner had excelled in the class and, during choreography, we had performed our dance flawlessly.

Trey being slated for the top spot in this class was definitely not what I had expected from the usually laid-back young man. And yet he impressed me. Easily keeping up easily with the pounding beat and generally cheeky dance that was filled with rolling hip motions, amongst other things.

Also, the fact that he stayed mature and only cracked a few jokes despite the rather shameless nature of the dance made him seem like a gift from the heavens in comparison to some of the other potential partners.

As much as I adored Ace, the idea of dancing something like the samba with him was practically shudder inducing.

I had few to no concerns about Trey passing the class or being a reliable partner. Even Crewel had given him the nod of approval after our choreography.

Which was I didn’t hesitate to kick my leg up on his shoulder as soon as the music began. I tossed myself back into a dip, my leg sliding down and catching on his arm and the cheering was already almost deafening.

But that was to be expected. We were in a school full of teenage boys so samba was, inevitably, going to be a sensation.

I had been prepared for this, but Trey had apparently not been judging from the expression that flashed across his face fairly early in our dance when Cater yelled out, “Yeah! Get it, Trey!”

I got the privilege of watching the usually calm, level-headed young man go from his usual pale skin tone to a very distinct pink shade that was getting steadily darker the longer we performed.

It wasn’t long before motions that had been executed perfectly during practice were being fumbled through as the vice housewarden got steadily more embarrassed.

Of course, the cheering wasn’t helping. What had started as just Cater and Ace cheering while occasionally throwing in a very loud whistle had swelled to include the majority of the people watching cheering and throwing out varying comments.

I squeezed the vice-housewarden’s hand as he tripped slightly, “Trey, it’s okay. Just ignore them and focus on the dance. They’re just teasing you.”

I eyed him worriedly as I tried to reel him back in from the depths of his red-faced embarrassment, but he was too far gone. He couldn’t even manage a response, instead letting out a flustered chuckle.

By this point, what appeared to be the entire student body of the school was loudly cheering for the now flustered Trey. Even Malleus was clapping, though I wasn’t entirely sure it was for the same reasons that Ruggie was letting out a piercing wolf-whistle.

I couldn’t deny that our classmates' behavior and reactions, paired with the dance itself, were rather embarrassing, but I was able to push through and continue dancing while Trey fumbled through.

The very same young man who’d pulled off some incredibly difficult motions with little to no trouble during practice could now barely keep up with the dance. I honestly pitied him.

To his credit, he still managed to pull off the lift and spin at the very end of the dance. His arms wrapped around my back while mine wrapped around his neck and I was lifted off the ground. Spinning freely in the air even though I could quite literally feel the heat coming off his very red face during it.

We managed to fake the spin that he fumbled through after setting me down but executed a decisive dip that had our nose practically touching.

Something that made the whole situation worse since he was forced to hold the pose briefly as it was the final move of the dance.

By the time he had me pulled back upright, quite literally everyone except most of our judges were cheering. Either because they felt he had given his best, such as Riddle and Malleus, or simply due to the nature of the dance, which seemed to be the case for the majority.

The judges, outside of Vargas, looked beyond disappointed, though some were also vaguely amused.

“And you were so close,” Trein shook his head slightly as we stepped in front of their table, trying to ignore the not-so-subtle laughter from the students behind us. “We were sure you were going to be the top Samba student.”

Crowley honestly looked crestfallen and Sam was still chuckling slightly as the still red Trey nodded his head and even managed a smile, “Yeah, I know.”

“And you danced perfectly during choreography practice,”Crewel remarked, his gaze fixed on the steadily quieting students.

Trey stayed silent, and I squeezed his hand slightly. I think both of us knew what grade he was getting before Trein even opened his mouth. “I’m sorry, Mr. Clover. But you failed. Better luck next time.”

Trey accepted his grade with maturity, just as I’d expected from him, even as there were some boos from the crowd who evidently did not agree with our teacher's assessment.

“You’re never gonna live this down,” I said with a sympathetic smile, and he nodded, sighing slightly.

“Yeah… I guess I’d better go face the guys and get the worst of it over.” He offered me a smile before walking over towards where the Heartslabyul dorm sat. Seemingly braced for the teasing that was to come. At least Riddle and Deuce were there, they’d make sure Ace and Cater weren’t too hard on Trey.

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ravangie · 4 months

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I’m so sorry girl, I feel your pain. A lot of second-gen Hispanic kids don’t learn Spanish in any formal sense, and end up getting made fun of for not knowing verb conjugation (no sabo kids).

Thank youuu!! I feel your pain too!

For me Spanish is a third language so I'm just sitting over here being all kinds of confused in three different tongues. It took me SO long to switch from -s endings for third-person verbs in English to -s endings for second-person verbs in Spanish, you have no idea. I could actively hear gears in my brain screeching.

But I feel like learning how to actually use a language has very little to do with actively learning grammar, and everything to do with just surrounding yourself with the language, hearing it, practicing it. That's how i learned english, actually, hahah. I was watching and reading A LOT in english and just memorised the correct forms for words and times they are used. I almost treat it as a native tongue now, I don't think about grammar before saying something, I just go with what I'm used to hearing or what "sounds right".

With spanish though? Surrounding myself with the language is a work in progress still, because I do have to know the basics to understand at least something hahah. So for now it's a toughie

#i do have to check my grammar when i write in english here though because a written mistake is much more noticeable than a spoken one lol #also if it makes you feel better:#i am made fun of for pronouncing things wrong in my native language because i have three different types of pronouncinations in my brain lo #color me confused in russian

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tsunderesalty · 4 months

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Getting to Know Each Other

Thank you for the tag, @fattybattysblog!

Last Song I Listened To: *Sobs as I dig through my YouTube history* It was Kerosene but the best part is looped. I like songs that are mostly just beats but also put me in a somber mood, if that makes sense. I made an entire playlist literally labeled "Somber Playlist" and there's a decent amount of songs just like that on there.

My Favorite Color: Ah, a toughie. For the longest time, it was a constant battle between red and green, but I think green has won out!

Last Film/Show I Watched: The last show I finished was Arcane: League of Legends when I rewatched it after a year two weeks back. The show I am currently watching is Young Justice, which I watched for the first time two years ago and have not watched since. And I am falling right back into it with all my favorite ships, dynamics, action scenes, plots, and character interpretations!

Sweet, Savory, or Spicy: Honestly, sweet and savory is where it's at for me! I just don't like spicy food, I'm too weak to handle it XD

My Relationship Status: I am le single.

Last Thing I Googled: Whether you believe me or not, the last thing I Googled was "Wheel of Names" so I could RNG writing ideas I had and write whatever was selected. I got "stargazing" from my ideas, so imma write that next!

My Current Obsession: Oh god, @mikaharuka is going to tease me mercilessly, but I've fallen so fast back into Arcane, specifically CaitVi, and Young Justice! I'm also currently losing my mind over four of my OCs and all the AUs and situations I keep sticking them in! @mikaharuka and @udaberriwrites keep enabling me into more T-T

Last Book I Read: I'm gonna keep it a buck with you all, I have no idea what the last book I read for fun was. I can make an estimated guess and say it was School for Sidekicks when I had free time over the summer and did my annual reread.

Looking Forward To: A shit ton of free time so I can catch up on my watchlist and my writing.

No pressure tagging to play: @residentdormouse, @chickensarentcheap, @mrsmungus, @oceangirl24, @aleksandriel, @kayedium-writes, @precambrian-sea-pancake, @aislinnstanaka, @bees-and-sunshine, @lena-hills

#tag game #getting to know you

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spinel-swell · 1 year

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So Spinny. Between you and Wander, who's the best at games?

Spinel: That's a toughie! Wander is no slouch at playing games, just about any that I can think of! And trust me, I had a lot of time to think up a lot of games. We're both about as good as each other at most games, so it's the ones that Sylvia comes up with that're the real challenge!

She made up this one game called 'sleeping', where you have to close your eyes and think of stuff until you go all loopy and black out for 8 hours. I gotta be honest, I'm not very good at that one, but Sylvia seems to have fun with it and boy, Wander sure is committed! You can swing him around like a sack of dirt and he won't crack an eye open!

Sylvia: Yep, this game has to be my favorite.

#spinel over yonder #spinel su #spinel over yonder asks #spinel steven universe #su spinel #wander over yonder crossover #wander over yonder #wander woy #sylvia woy

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aleeyenn · 1 year

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Hello aleeyenn! I'm the anon who requested and sent that message!

I had to make a whole account because I wanted to show you an image, but anons aren't allowed to do that, so I had to rewrite everything, so my apologies!

Also, my apologize if this is simply weird in general, I dunno if I should stick to Tumblr (since you did, you're the least active here) >.<

But I wanted to say, I'm incredibly happy and honored that my message meant so much to you! I'm really honored and soo hyped because you and your work really mean so much to me, as in your one of my biggest inspirations, so I was so excited to read that!! Thank you! Please keep drawing and creating. (Also, have you considered making full body refs for your gijinkas :o?)

I did want to gush and say why I love your Pin (and all your other gijinkas) and felt really seen. It's because of how unique and out of box the designs are that you rarely see with other designs, while still capturing the same personalities and aesthetic (and even shape sometimes) of the original characters.

But to be specific, thank you for making her super feminine and pretty, while keeping her punk side!!! >u<

Alot of other gijinkas design her in typical biker / rebel chick get up w/ a lot of metal spikes, which dose makes sense, because of her metal part on the top of her (and fits her tough leader role personality wise) a lot of also make her body type in an hourglass, which also makes since, since Irl pins are in those shapes.

But what I really appreciate about your design is that you went in the opposite direction! I love how you made Pin wear these big poofy clothes and aprons! It's not only an easy and unique way to reference the shape of an actual pin, but it highlights a side of her that I don't really see the fandom highlight all that often. Her love of baking, gardening, her being bit of caretaker and just an friendly and easy-going person. I also just love seeing blk and poc women just being so happy and being femmine, it's so rare to see that and makes me so happy.

But another small design choice that I can't over and that made me go over on the edge on the "omg she's literally me" train. Are her punk boots! I know it's there to show off how big and tall she is compared to her meow, but I really like the contrast! And still showing off a little of her and toughie side, that she doesn't mind getting dirty. I love you can show off that is a caring and soft person yet still commanding woman by just a design!

This means so much to me, because I didn't think I could consider myself part of the alt community, due to me being really femmine and plus sized, I thought I didn't really fit, but I think seeing your version of Pin made me realize that being "punk" means so many diffrent things, and I don't really have to be super thing and pale to order to be an part of that culture, and never realizing that I could be considered pretty

Also, I just love how you draw her with your version of Coiny, it's so adorable and again, it's amazing to see a happy plus sized girl being loved and adore by a guy, not be treated as joke., thank you so much

Thats all! My apologizes for going on lesbian and analytical mode on your inbox, I'm deeply sorry if I come across as weird, you probability were not thinking that hard or deep with your designs, but I just really admire of how all of them are breath of fresh air, I have known a specific person that looks exactly like one of designs in my family when I think about it!

I just want to say before I go, is that this what I specifically want to go out and cosplay as, as it's what totally made me single handedly self-confident that I could be pretty in the alt community when I so low on myself

I love this drawing of Pin so much, you have no ideal it meant so much, I know it's sound silly that a doodle affected me, but seriously, I thought I could never look fit in or look pretty in that aesthetic with my weight, interests, and skin

When I saw this and started really seeing myself in it, literally I went in my head "wow, if your Pin can look so beautiful in that, I guess I can!" and it somehow changed a lot of my perspective of me.

Thank you so much again aleeyenn! I'm currently getting started, thank you for making my entire year just by existing and drawing. Keep doing what you are doing and amazing work, and I hope you have an amazing new year!

I WOULDVE ANSWERED THIS SOONER BUT I WANTED TO MAKE A REF FOR PIN FOR YOU! but GAAAHHHH nobody has ever said anything like that to me before and it MEANS SOOOOO MUCH I CANT EXPRESS IT 😭😭😭 when i make humanizations allllll i want is for them to make people feel represented and confident in themselves and MY DREAM CAME TRUE!!!im like. genuinely so happy that you said all that and really analyzed her because i actually put a lot of thought into some humanizations i make and she was one of them… i feel like with a bunch of pin gjinkas they either make her super feminine or super punk without an in between and i wanted to make an in between because it’s what she needs .. nobody like really acknowledges both parts of her i feel like a lot of everyone sees her as a shy anxious girl or rude and cold person because they focus mostly on pre split bfb and that irks me … because shes really not just an anxious person she is a leader and blah blah blah but i really wanted to push every aspect of her into a humanization to make her recognized as herself instead of someone she’s not … but no more rambling THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND IM SO HAPPY MY ART MADE YOU FEEL THAT WAY 😢 you are so sweet and i’m literally over the moon that you like her that much and saw so much in her Like my design isn’t just a design it made someone more confident and accepting of themselves THATS SO CRAZY! thank you thank you thank you… i hope you enjoy these little drawings i whipped up i need to make more references anyway so this was a good head start… THANK HOUUUU and remember there’s nothing more powerful than embracing and being yourself and never stop doing that! YAYYYYY!

#tpot pin #ALSO THAT DRAWING…. ITS OLD ENOUGH TO BE EMBARRASSING #i remember making it i wanted to draw pin in an alt-ish outfit so i went on tt to look for one #i need to redraw it someday

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