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natjennie · 1 year
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watching the flashback scenes in redding weddy caressing my screen while a single silent tear falls, like a mourning army wife in the 40s with a locket. which is appropriate given the subject matter.
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emperorundying · 3 months
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TLT Dashboard Simulator- Pt 5
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💀 drearybruh Follow
10,000 y/o lyctor gf who exclusively calls me 'lovey': Ugh they're still debating the ethics of using cavaliers as a resource to suck dry, I can't deal with this empire today.
me [heard 'suck dry cavaliers' and got so hard i got nauseous]: I think I hauve devils in me
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🫁 soulosexualll
omg guys im so sorry ive been MIA!!! the alexandrite id been talking about won custody over our baby so i had a bit of a crisis about my future on the fifth house alone and loved only by the spirits. and then of course i visit the third over vacation and get roped into a multi-week bender [have u ever snorted dried marrow? life changing] and then i was lost on the third for likeeeee four days and had to find my way back through hitchhiking and bartering with my own blood.
but i promise ill update my Joy/Patience/Duty threesome fic soon :333
#rpf #munposting #EEEEEEE GET EXCITED GUYS #joy strap time? joy strap time.... #i see ur messages in the askbox and i super appreciate them btw but i cant justify answering all of them #BUT I SEE U AND I LOVE U <33
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🦴 skeletal-system-bracket
SKELETAL SYSTEM BRACKET ROUND 3 GROUP A
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We had two ties last round [within a margin of error of .1%!!] , so we decided it would make the most sense to make this a four-way poll. Propaganda:
Occipital Bone: do you want an unprotected cerebellum??? the infernal surface is groovy af, and all the nuchal lines are actually goated. are u seriously going to look me in the eyes and tell me the three-part bone of all time [father son and holy spirit, anyone?] can even be stepped to by some normie basic bone shit???????? cmon..... [via. @skullfuckbonegod]
Fibula: VOTE FIBULA!!!! bone with a best friend <3 Tibia already got out round 1 so its ur legal duty to stand up for its legbestie... also my hounds r named Fibula and Tibia and theyre adorbsies [via. @sodiumradiation]
Thoracic Vertibrae: twelve bones. twelve bones, one combined goal: fuck shit up, take names, keep that back backing. least commonly injured part of the spine for a reason. its built different. this shit protects ur spinal cord, provides attachments to your ribs, supports your chest and abdomen, and literally lets yr body move. objective best bones. [via. @ithinkthereforisam]
Scalpula: Scapula sweep!! Those are your angel wings. Watching your Cavs shoulder blades move under their skin while they carry a big sword is the best part of being a necro. They're also just such a good plane of bone they're perfect for breaking up into little pieces for bone adepts to store in their pockets. Also the attachment point for a bunch of muscles!!and the yummy little joint cavity… [via. @kavkisser]
#polls #tumblr polls #skeletal system #tibia #fibula #vertebrae #scalpula
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📷 devoutofmymind Follow
ARE YOU GUYS SERIOUS WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE EMPEROR HASN'T COMMENTED ON HIS FIRST AND SECOND'S SAINTS DISAPPEARANCES
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For my Edenite followers this is like if gun disappeared
#ARE THEY DEAD??? #Bro r we upping the fascism factor #STAFF THAT TAG IS A JOKE. I WOULD NEVER DREAM OF INSURGENCY
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I swear they're like the septum piercing havers of cavaliering 😭😭😭
🦀 xx-0ct0g0ne-xx Follow
Ah. So you're unable to handle the pressures which are expected of the average Eighth House devotee, and as such, fall back upon insecure insults. Get a life + Praying for you + L.
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👤 boobmonger-deactivated-2917220
holy shit tower prince announcement this is crazy. liveblog time
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TRANSMASC AWE??????????
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NOT YET BUT WE ALWAYS COME BACK
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iraprince · 11 months
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just wanted to say i love seeing ur ocs but i especially appreciate how many of your characters have multiple sets of pronouns. for #representation reasons bc i am a multipronouns haver myself but also i write and i sometimes get stuck in my head abt i can't just alternate pronouns for this character it'll be confusing to the reader but i have literally never once been confused by pronouns reading something u have written so it's like proof that i can actually do that also
ah, thank you, i'm so happy to hear it!!! yeah, before i started blasting all my ocs with the multipronoun beam i was also worried about clarity in writing, but it turns out it's p much never an issue! if anything, i think it helps to try to stick to one pronoun per paragraph or at least per sentence — i.e. i usually don't switch pronouns for a character mid-sentence — but honestly sometimes when ppl are talking abt my characters they do switch mid-sentence and it's still totally understandable.
i've actually often found ocs using multiple pronouns can HELP w clarity rather than complicating things — we've all run into the issue of a written sex scene turning into a confusing jumble when the involved characters use the same pronouns, thus forcing your hand into awkwardly using the characters' names or [grimly] Epithets — but when they're both he/they lesbians i can just be like "HA [assigns one to be they/them and the other to be he/him for the duration of the scene, thus sidestepping all clarity issues]." transgender cheat codes
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carpe-mamilia · 7 months
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Nathan: What are some of your favourite Captain moments over the series?
Ben: Well obvi- I think, yeah, definitely the Havers episode, because it was really nice to be... again, it felt indulgent at the time, but actually we were able to kind of put enough story around it to make it sit. But it was a kind of little glimpse, and, um, my friend Pete, who played Havers, did it so well -
Mat: Yeah.
Ben: - that it was so delightful to do those scenes because it felt that we were going into territory that you just look behind the curtain a little bit, and it's like "ohhh that's who he is!"
Nathan: Yeah.
Ben: And - but that's all you need, you just need to see who he is. So you kind of, every time you see him after that, you know that this is a man who has so much, ah, pain and suffering going on under the surface. And we all do.
Nathan: And we love him more for it!
Ben: We're all - every single character, everybody you meet in your life has stuff going on you don't know about.
Nathan: Absolutely.
Ben: And so it's kind of just humanising the character, to a point. But I love those scenes because they had to be quick, they had to be on the money, but it had to get across all of this emotion that wasn't allowed to come out. And, um, lovely to be able to play that, as part of that character, yeah.
(Inside Ghosts, 'Gone Gone')
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capswarmedals · 2 months
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the fact that we only got redding weddy and carpe diem as captain background episodes, but just from the lines alone you can really tell how they really loved each other. (a silly rant A VERY SILLY RANT WITH A LOT OF CAPS FYI and BASICALLY NO GRAMMAR)
redding weddy; at the start james is reminding the unit about horseplay yadayada and then anthony walks in and james is like "OMG its HAVERS!!!!!!" and immediately disregards what he says about joking around BECAUSE HE JOKES WITH HAVERS IN BOTH SCENES WE GET WITH THEM TALKING TO EACH OTHER!!!!! EVEN IN THE SCENE IN HIS OFFICE, "i've just been thinking about you actually" "you make sure you give them a bloody nose!" "ah, lieutenant! :D" AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON ANTHONY'S REACTIOSN. he tells the unit off for giggling about james' silly attitude about being worried/excited about the germans invaded and then HIS FACE when he says "i dont think they'll be here just yet, sir" aND the fact he LLAUGHS and SMILES at james' jokes "this'll be my requisition for a service revolver" THE SMILE.! "we may get a proper pop at jerry!" "hahaYes!" LIKE HE LAUGHS AND THE LIL BOUNCY SWAY THING AFTER THE BLOODY NOSE COMMENT. THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH JOKING AROUND WITH EACH OTHER!!!
carpe diem; the fact their facial expressions alone when they first see each other. and even before that, when you first see the crowd you can barley see anthony but he's there and he doesn't look like he gives two shits about the conversation he's having with the other men. and when they DO see each other, its both "oMG YOURE HERE AND YOURE ALIVE!!!!11" aNFD THE THE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THEM THE NAMES??? THEY'VE TOLD EACH OTHER THEIR NAMES. ANTHONY CUT JAMES OFF FROM SAYING I LOVE YOU BECAUSE HE KNEW. HE'S BEEN TOLD. that sunday stroll? a kiss, probably. the cricket match? a party, probably. lord brigadier sir ANTHONY bartholomew raisinby jones? a filler name probably. BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, ANTHONY IS BASICALLY A HERO BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE TO COMFORT JAMES WHEN HE WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK.
and ALSO whenever anthony is mentioned, james says his name so quickly. like bro doesn't want ppl to know he had a fat crush on him BUT WE KNEW ANYWAY!111111111
(anyways sorry for the really bad typing im on my laptop writing chapter 13 of everybody loves somebody (sometimes) at 11pm running on caffeine and sugar (whoever has read that is in for a treat))
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Hello! I couldn't think of anything good to request. But I figured I'd try. 😅 How about head cannon? ATEEZ takes you to their high school reunion and you run into their first love. How would each member handle you finding out about this person from their past?
감사합니다! 🫰🏿
most of the month later...
you sure can! this was so fun to write, ngl. trying to reflect their different personalities in the details... ah, i loved it. thank you so much for your request, noona! i think sannie's is the longest*, so enjoy that~
*(editing ash here: it is)
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kim hongjoong ✵ wc : 407
✵ oh man. Most likely to have a messy break-up
✵ not necessarily pettiness and backstabbing messy, but emotionally charged and hard on everyone messy
✵ because hj is a passionate person—his work, his friends, his beliefs; his love life is no exception (and it was worse in high school)
✵ he does everything in his power to divert you both away from them
✵ honestly, they’ve probably barely spoken since then and neither knew the other was coming
✵ but when you two end up at the snack table at the same time while your boyfriend is in the bathroom, you entirely oblivious and them walking on eggshells, they break the ice
✵ and you’re kind of irked at how surprised you are when they’re so sweet to you
✵ with how quick hj had been all night to steer you away from them, you were expecting venom and violence and god knows what else. but they’re kind and nice to talk to and honestly seem a little wary of you if anything (should they be?)
✵ it’s not until they stop talking mid-sentence and you feel an arm slip around your waist, making you jump a little—hj doesn’t do skinship normally, much less in public—and you turn to see a mess of emotions swirling behind his eyes that everything falls into place
✵ the conversation is quick and stilted on matter what, and he keeps his hand on you somehow the whole time
✵ if they’re petty, he’s having none of it. he’ll cut them off mid-sentence, chastise them for their actions and drag you back out the front doors. it doesn’t matter how long you’ve been there, you’re heading back home for a movie night in. snacks, drinks, and cuddles are all on hj as a form of apology
✵ if they’re kind, he’ll stay and make slightly-awkward small talk for a while, with you acting as a buffer to keep the tense silences from getting too long. when they finally leave you, he’s staring after them with a slightly pained expression, and you have to tap his shoulder to bring him back to you. in this version, you’re the one to suggest movie night
✵ either way, he apologizes for the way he acted when you get home, and you’re… kind of stunned, reassuring him that you understand why he acted the way he did
✵ “i just loved them so much, once. ah, well. it can’t be that bad, really, if it led me to you.”
park seonghwa ✵ wc : 344
✵ easily the most graceful handler of this situation
✵ does not strike me as a messy break-up haver; he’d be more of an amicable parting of ways type
✵ most likely to be friends with his ex before y’all pull up to the function anyway, tbh
✵ let’s pretend that’s not the case tho, just for funsies (and an attempt at chaos)
✵ he’d know who was coming beforehand as much as he could, because if he isn’t going to actually be able to catch up with people, he doesn’t see the point in going
✵ so he knows in advance, and warns you/fills you in on all the dirty details
✵ not that there really are any—it was all pretty straight-forward. neither of them thought a high school romance was worth halting their own ambitions for
✵ hwa is definitely the type to make his rounds and then settle in with old friends to really talk and relax for the rest of it, so you run into them pretty early on
✵ if they’re petty, he indulges it for about thirty seconds with a narrowed gaze, a tense smile and stilted nods while he scopes out the quickest escape route. the moment he finds even a slightly viable option, he’s raising a hand to that person and whisking you away without a second thought, leaving his ex blinking after you both
✵ if they’re kind, you probably see them a few times throughout the night. they talk for the longest out of any of his acquaintances, and they’ll stop by your guys’ table once you settle down for the evening
✵ overall, it’s a net positive experience for both of you. you enjoy seeing hwa catching up with his old friends, and he appreciates you coming with him and talking with his friends so much
✵ he’s just smiling softly the entire drive home, holding your hand and thanking you for coming with him over and over, until you’re giggling at him about it
✵ “really, i mean it, thank you. i wouldn’t have had as much fun with anybody else by my side.”
jeong yunho ✵ wc : 316
✵ yu strikes me as the type to have wanted things to work out with his highschool sweetheart, despite knowing that it probably wouldn’t, so seeing them hurts a little bit
✵ he doesn’t really let it show, but you know him well enough to know note the slight drop in his energy when they inevitably approach the two of you
✵ he introduces you as his partner to them, but doesn’t give you context for their previous relationship
✵ (you don’t need it, he told you who they were before you came, maybe even before the reunion was even an idea if you’ve been dating long enough)
✵ he has an arm around you the whole conversation, and you can feel him pull you just a little closer when their reminiscing hits a spot that’s a little too tender
✵ bonus points if you react and lean into him, you’ll get that little smile that makes his cheeks rounder
✵ you’re honestly a little impressed with how unaffected he looks on the outside
✵ if they’re petty, he will refuse to stoop to their level. he keeps things short, sweet and polite, sweeping you away to catch up with someone else the moment he has the opportunity, keeping you from getting caught in their claws
✵ if they’re kind, he reflects that back, laughing with them and letting them embarrass him with the stories they have together. it’s kind of sweet, and they might keep in contact afterwards
✵ all-in-all, he doesn’t want to spend ridiculously long talking to them, even if they seem to be getting along well 
✵ if you ask him why, he’d flush, admitting he didn’t want you to be jealous or think he’d go back to them when he has you
✵ it confuses you, and you laugh, thanking him for the thought but reassuring him you’d never think that
✵ “good. because you’re the only one i want. you’re stuck with me.”
kang yeosang ✵ wc : 394
✵ poor boy is flustered oh my god
✵ i don’t think the break-up itself matters overmuch for him; he doesn’t dwell on it so it doesn’t affect his actions/feelings the way it does with some of the others
✵ he honestly probably didn’t even think about the fact that they’d be there
✵ it takes him a while to register that they’re even at the function though, once you’re there
✵ either one of his friends has to point it out or he literally runs into them, i truly don’t know which is more likely
✵ he definitely doesn’t go out of his way to track them down or anything, though, so they end up coming to you in some way
✵ no matter how, it results in a short-circuiting sangie and some rapid blinking as he wrangles himself back into his brain
✵ you have to introduce yourself to stall for him while you lace your fingers and pull him back from whatever cloud his soul sailed off to
✵ he’s another that doesn’t really want to spend too much time talking to someone he has a history with, especially out of respect for you (whether you mind or not)
✵ if they’re petty, he’s immediately more flustered and stumbling over his words a little. yeo doesn’t strike me as the type to date someone who’s even remotely petty, so this either means his ex had a hidden side or has gone through a major character change, and he’s just… stunned. he’s flashing you apologetic looks and reaching for your hand (if he isn’t holding it already) while he tries to efficiently but kindly break the conversation off
✵ if they’re kind, it’s honestly more of a passing greeting than anything. they’re both comfortable doing the bare minimum, saying hello and introducing their current partners to each other, asking about jobs and just… moving on the second they can. the awkwardness might be a little unbearable tbh
✵ he’s pretty neutral about the whole experience, and you guys honestly probably don’t stay for long
✵ when you get home it’s snacks, movies, and cuddles on the couch for the rest of the night
✵ he thanks you for going with him while you’re prepping snacks with a hug from behind and a kiss to the cheek
✵ “i know it was boring for you. i appreciate you so much for doing that for me, my love.”
choi san ✵ wc : 457
✵ an absolute wildcard
✵ the one constant is that he still has emotions about it, but i’m not sure he’d let you know that, partially bc he might be in denial that he still has emotions about it
✵ like hwa, checked the guest list and warns you that the ex will be there, but doesn't give you the details
✵ borderline avoidant, but not to the same extent hj is; he’s just keeping a casual eye on them and floating around
✵ if it manages to keep you both farther away from them, all the better
✵ when you inevitably run into them, his mood shifts and he’s just a little more reserved
✵ he’s definitely already been holding your hand or close to it all night, but when they’re finally in front of you, the handhold gets a little tighter or his arm snakes around your shoulder/waist/hips and he tugs you in while he introduces you
✵ bonus points if you squeeze his hand or loop an arm around him in turn; you’ll get that soft little smile out of him
✵ once the conversation actually starts, he’s drawing patterns with his fingers wherever he’s got a hold of you
✵ if they’re petty, you can feel his grip on you tighten immediately and he shoots you a worried glance. he’s immediately looking for a way out, disregarding whatever the ex is saying entirely. if he hasn’t found a viable excuse in thirty seconds, he’s making one up; waving to a friend that isn’t there, downing his drink in one go, claiming he needs to go to the bathroom and doesn’t want you to get lost; he doesn’t care how it makes him look, he’s getting you both out of there now
✵ if they’re kind, he’ll exchange pleasantries, but again, he’s not going to stick around. it’s very similar to yeo; passing greetings and the bare minimum to seem respectful. if they want to talk a little more, he might stick around for a couple extra minutes, but he’s not feeling great about rehashing whatever happened between him and them.
✵ he’s a little on edge for the rest of the night, only relaxing when you’re stepping out into the parking lot
✵ he’s quiet for the ride home, and if you ask him what’s wrong, i’m not entirely sure he can answer you
✵ he’s the biggest cuddlebug when you get home, wrapping his arms around you and only letting you go long enough to change into whatever’s comfy
✵ it’s a little more than usual, but again, he can’t quite put words to what’s wrong, so he just shakes his head and cuddles into you more
✵ “i had fun tonight, but i like it better at home. you’re cozy.” (in his pouty lil voice)
song mingi ✵ wc : 369
✵ most likely to actually still be friends with his ex, methinks
✵ i don’t think he would’ve had a messy break-up in the slightest, so his ex is probably on the nicer side, and he’s probably pretty open to seeing them
✵ he’s one of the ones that will run you through the important bits of their history before y’all go
✵ he probably spends the most time talking to his ex out of anybody, if they’re still friends
✵ if they’re not, though, he’s a little wary of them
✵ avoidant p. 3, the least of them all
✵ he’s not doing anything to actively avoid them, he would simply like to, both out of respect for you and to keep his own anxiety at bay
✵ he’s respectful at least, friendly at best when they first approach y’all, though, stumbling through introducing you a little bit
✵ if they’re petty, he’s caught so off-guard. like yeo, mingi doesn’t strike me as someone who would’ve dated someone petty in the first place, so this is either a newly revealed side or a personality shift, and he doesn’t know how to handle it, exactly. i think he freezes up for a second before flashing you an apologetic look and steering you away without another word
✵ in this case, the second he gets you alone, he’s apologizing profusely, cupping your face in his hands and making sure you’re okay
✵ if they’re kind and didn’t keep in contact, his response is pretty similar to if they did. they kind of pick up where they left off, minus the touching and kissing. you get to see his grin and hear his laugh and learn some very interesting stories to use as blackmail later on
✵ either way, it ends up being a night full of laughter and good memories, both old and new
✵ you’re both pretty wiped out by the time you get home, having likely stayed the whole night, and he’s at bare minimum holding your hand the entire way
✵ another cuddlebug, scoops you into his arms the minute you’re inside, giving you a bone-crushing hug, voice muffled in your neck/shoulder/hair
✵ “i had so much fun tonight. thank you for coming with me, baby, it means so much.”
jung wooyoung ✵ wc : 359
✵ duality. king. 
✵ this man will not hesitate to meet the energy in the room, so good luck to you
✵ strikes me as the only one to potentially have had a messy break-up and still been friends with the ex tho. like through reconnection via mutual friends years later or smth
✵ if this is the case they will spend so long talking
✵ he definitely introduces you first with an arm around your waist tho
✵ definitely knows who’s on the guest list and will warn you, but it’s just a passing “yeah btw my ex will be there”
✵ falls in the neutral “not avoiding, but not seeking out” zone if they aren’t friends 
✵ much more focused on going around to his old friends and catching up
✵ however you end up running into them, the first thing woo does is introduce you with an arm firmly around you and a big grin
✵ this man looks at you with so much adoration i–
✵ if they’re petty, his mood flips like a switch. his grin drops and he’s giving bombastic side eye over the rim of his drink, tugging you closer into his side. he’s getting at least one snarky comment off in return, and if he feels like that’s enough to put them in their place, he’s whisking you away to literally anywhere else, pointedly turning his back to them. If it’s not, you might have to drag him away by the collar before he starts biting
✵ if they’re kind, he’s more than happy to talk to them for a good chunk of the night, being sure to loop you into the conversation and hiding his blush when the ex tells embarrassing stories about him (there are Many)
✵ overall, it’s a good night out with him, and you’re both probably worn out when you get home, having stayed the longest of any of the teezers
✵ cuddlebug woo is a surprise to literally no one, and you will be promptly under the covers and like half of his body the moment you’ve done your nighttime routines
✵ “god, that was so fun. when’s yours? i wanna go with you and meet all your friends, too.”
choi jongho ✵ wc : 309
✵ easily one of the most indifferent to the fact that his ex is going to be there
✵ it’s not like there are feelings on his end bc once he’s set on something he’s all in and currently he’s all in with you, so
✵ he definitely either knows or assumes and for sure lets you know beforehand
✵ also checks in to make sure you’re okay with that and lets you know that if you aren’t, he’s more than happy to stay home and have a night in with you
✵ doesn’t bother filling you in on the nitty-gritty, just gives you their name and maybe shows you a picture so you’re prepared
✵ he’s another neutral one, not avoidant or actively seeking his ex out
✵ the inevitable run-in is meant to just be a hello in passing; you guys were either on your way out or heading to talk to someone else
✵ but he puts an arm around your waist/shoulders/hips and introduces you with a polite smile
✵ he’s not really interested in talking with them in the first place
✵ if they’re petty, he’s another one to cut them off mid-sentence and call them out for what they said, whisking you away immediately. he might not leave the function completely, but if y’all don’t, he will be glaring them down the rest of the night
✵ if they’re kind, he’ll indulge them of a few minutes, especially if you’re enjoying yourself, but he will make absolutely sure to divert your attention elsewhere before you can get any embarrassing stories out of his ex
✵ if you ask him why, he flashes you a side-eye and reminds you who his hyungs are
✵ “i love you, and i’m glad you were having fun, but i don’t need to be teased more. unless you want me to uncover all your high school stories at your reunion?”
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💚💖 for ghosts if you please. - thelastplantagenet
💚: What does everyone else get wrong about your favourite character?
i'd say that everyone gets thomas wrong, but i actually think the problem is that thomas gets no character development, because the writers don't allow it. he's incredibly emotionally stunted because his development is walked back and joked about in pretty much every series. thomas never gets over his obsession! the creepiness is never truly interrogated and just brushed off! so yeah, he is a creep, because he's never allowed to be anything else. beyond that, his life is genuinely really tragic and horrifying if you stop and think about it - he was only a kid, and he was manipulated into death. yeah, he was a bit stupid, but he didn't deserve to die because he was kind of an idiot. and he's treated like a joke by everyone else around him for said incredibly traumatising death. poor boy needs a hug and better friends.
as for humphrey and sophie - i really wish everyone would stop trying to blame one or the other for their communication issues and just accept that they were unhinged. i definitely don't think they'd work romantically within the context of canon, but i also think it would be useful to acknowledge a) that their marriage is fucking weird (even assuming humphrey was the heir to an earldom, it's beyond unrealistic that he'd marry a french noblewoman; this is 1558, not 1158!) and b) that he would have expected to be married off at a young age to someone he didn't love because that's the cultural expectation of nobles at that time. it's a mildly more compelling take on an arranged marriage than most historical romances, but ultimately it still kind of falls into the trap of treating arranged marriage with twenty-first century eyes of 'oh my god, this is horrifying!' rather than the sixteenth century 'yeah it sucks, but that's how the system (horrifying in itself) works'. also, for the last fucking time - they would not have been expected to consummate the marriage when sophie was 12. they wouldn't even have been expected to live together for several years. in fact, they probably would've married at a slightly older age - maybe 14 and 16, or 15 and 17. oh, also? humphrey should speak french, but sophie should speak english (to him, that is) anyway, because they live in fucking england. have i missed anything? probably. ah, yes: en français contradicts humphrey's character - he does listen, he does try to communicate, and it's not his fault sophie doesn't. yᵉ ende.
💖: What is your biggest unpopular opinion about the series?
well i don't know if you've noticed but i don't like havers! i think generally my most unpopular opinion is just that some of the writing is, in fact, bad, and that's fine. it's an overall good show, but series five is imo a bit lacking. which, again - most shows aren't perfect. also, i just don't really care about the captain (and, by extension, havers). there's nothing wrong with him, i just don't find his story particularly compelling - for me personally, thomas and humphrey resonate far more as lonely, isolated souls. and i really think havers is flat and not at all tragic. the captain's death had no emotional weight for me. which is fine, it's just not for me - but i don't get the interest.
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Summary: You just got to Star Cas and get some unexpected help with moving in
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It hasn’t been long since the funeral for Nagi has taken place, and you’re already moving into his old place and shop now. You never planned on moving to Star Cas in the first place, but after being left with the old potion shop in Nagi’s will, you felt it wouldn’t be right to not take it over. Considering how important his role as potion maker was in this town and as someone who was personally trained by Nagi himself, you felt like it wouldn’t take much to be able to fill that role that was left empty by his death.
You look over at the building before you. It was a combination of a shop and home. The home being on the second floor, above the actual shop area itself. The inside has been cleared out, clean for its new owner. As you looked through the front window of the shop and its dark insides, two people approach from the side and alert you of their presence.
“Ah, good to see you’re here early.” A tall man with white long hair in a low ponytail gives you a lazy wave.
“Good to finally meet you!” Besides the man was another person, a woman who was on the taller side as well with orange hair and bunny ears, “I’m Bree! This is Barrett” Bree gestures towards the man. “We were told to meet up with you to help with your move in.” Bree flexes towards you, proudly showing off her guns as a silent way to tell you she’s more than fit for the job.
“Oh-!” You piped up in surprise. “I really thought I was going to haver to do this all on my own!”
“No worries,” Barrett walks over to you and holds out his hand. “We wouldn’t let Nagi’s good friend all on their own now, would we?” You gladly shook his hand.
“Anyways, just tell what goes where and we’ll move it for ya!” Bree explains the strategy, seemingly excited to move your stuff for you.
“You sure about that?” You asked, “I don’t want to load all the work to you guys!” You didn’t want to feel rude on your first official day living here.
            “Its all good my friend” Barrett walks over to your wagon and takes out a box, “We practically booked our day off to help you out, plus you’ll need the rest after getting to Star Cas in the first place.” He did bring up a good point. The time to get here from your old town took a few good hours, and you barely got any sleep last night just to prepare for this at the last minute.
            “Well, it is true I am a bit tired…” You trailed off giving yourself a moment to think. “If you guys really insist on doing all the moving, I’m not gonna stop you.” Bree smiles at your words.
            “Alright! Let’s get to work then!” She takes one of the boxes from the wagon and brings it in before you could tell her where to put it in the first place.
            “Thank you so much you two” You smile towards them after an hour or two of bringing in your items and setting them in the right rooms. “I probably wouldn’t been able to do this all in the first place without your help”
            “Like I said, its all good” Barrett waves his hand as if this whole thing was never hassle in the first place.
            “Oh!” Bree suddenly remembers, “I got some stuff at my farm to bring over for you!” She points to the general location of where said farm is. “Something me and my family put together to help you settle in as you get yourself used to Star Cas”
            “You’re too kind!” You couldn’t help to feel a little spoiled right now.
            “Yeah, let me quickly get it-“And with that, Bree starts to sprint to her home to get your home warming gift.
            “Trust me when I say this.” Barrett says as you both watch the bunny girl run into the distance, “their fresh food is the best”
            “I can believe you on that” You replied, excited to get some kind of food in you after a long day of moving. “I have been to Star Cas a few times in the past to visit Nagi, but its been a good while since I last been here”
            “Oh, is that so?” Barrett questions. You nod your head.
            “Yeah,” You confirmed, “Nagi mostly visited my town for ingredients and other errands which is how I got to meet him in the first place.”
            “So, you’re Nagi?” You asked the light blue haired man. He nods.
            “Yep! I’ve heard of some unique flora in this area, so I decided to check to see if they can be any use to me and my potions.” You can’t help but to feel curious about what he was talking about.
            “Potions? You brew potions?” He nods again.
            “Not really a big deal, but its something that I really hold dear.” He opens his backpack and brings out a worn-down notebook and opens it to a random page. The pages are yellow, aged from constant use. There were a few years here and there, but not enough damaged to prove anything concerning.
            “There’s a lot going on with that notebook” You point it out as if he didn’t already know that.
            “Just something I’ve had for a good while now” Nagi points out. He quickly skims over the words and does a notable ‘ah’, as if he found something he was looking for. “Right here is a basic potion to help clean infections” You look over the ingredients and brewing method to bring it all together. “Its nothing too fancy, but a lot of doctors use this one to help with fresh cuts on the skin”
            “Wow!” Even if it was basic in his eyes, it was something completely new to you. “What else can you make?” Nagi smiles at your question and turns to another page.
            You smile at the memory that suddenly took place in your mind. That meeting with Nagi was many years ago, both of you still very young when it happened. It wasn’t long afterwards that Nagi would sometimes teach you a thing or two about his potion making skills as you were always willing to learn what he was doing.
            Without noticing, you started to cry.
            “Hey, you okay?” Barrett looks over at you with some concern, placing a hand on your shoulder bringing you back to reality and the now. You jumped a little from the sudden contact but steadied yourself not too long afterwards.
            “Nothing bad,” You bring a hand up to wipe away the few tears that streamed down your face. “Just thinking about Negi…”. Barrett takes a moment not to say anything before talking again.
            “I feel ya on that.” He sighs, “Nagi was a good person. Everyone liked him. Almost saw him as a son” He admits.
            “Sorry, I didn’t mean to bring the mood down” You apologized.
            “Its okay,” Barrett comforts you, “its still… a fresh wound for all of us who knew him” You shifted in your spot. “But,” he spoke again, “I’m sure we can all get through this together” Even with all the sudden sadness, you couldn’t help but to feel a little hope for the future.
            “Guys! I got the food basket!” Bree’s voice could be heard in the distance as he quickly made her way back to you two. Once in front of you, she gladly holds the large wicker basket full of colourful foods and fruits. There were also some animal products ranging from milk, cheese and eggs. You couldn’t help but to be overwhelmed by this gift.
            “That’s- a lot!” You couldn’t believe your eyes.
            “Yep! We made sure to make sure you had everything you needed!” Bree does a little laugh, proud of her family’s efforts to help you. You took the wicker basket, which had some weight to it to no one’s surprise considering the number of items in it. “You’re always welcome to swing by the farm if you need anything, our door is open to you!” she gives a nice hearty slap to your back, almost making you drop the basket, which quickly earns a small, but silly, ‘sorry’ from the taller woman.
            “Now, thankfully Nagi was able to keep this place in top shape, but if you ever find yourself in need of upgrades-“Barrett’s words suddenly stopped with Bree gave a slap to his back as well.
            “Come on old man, they just got here! No need to do a sales pitch” She scolded him with a friendly tone to her voice.
            “Just letting them know, that’s all” Barrett puts his hands up in defense about his actions. He then turns to you. “Aside from that, just let either one of us know if you need anything.”
            “Thanks again you two, I really mean it” You smiled.
            “It’s a ok!” Bree gave a thumbs up at you, “As much as I’ll love to stay here, I need to make sure my siblings get to bed on time. Ma and pops asked me to do so”
            “And I’ll be heading off too, this old man needs to get back home and make dinner” He pats your shoulder and gives it a nice firm squeeze. “Have a good night kid, and welcome to Star Cas”
            Barrett and Bree made their way to their homes as you set the wicker basket on the kitchen table. You took a piece of cheese to get something in you from the long day you’ve had. It was great.
            The next morning, you woke up and took a deep breath. Today was your first official day in Star Cas. You’ve already put the food away in the kitchen before heading to bed, just to have some kind of peace of mind knowing your morning self wouldn’t need to do it.
            Getting dressed and after having breakfast, you walked downstairs to the shop area of the building. The displays and shelves were empty, making the entire place a fresh slate for you. The counter with the cash register was near the back of the big room, and behind the counter was a door to another area.
            In the other room was where the magic, quite literally, happened. The big metal caldron with a fireplace below it was the main center piece of this room. Also cleaned out and ready for you. Aside from that, many shelves to store ingredients, bottles, potions and what not was lining the walls. The only thing really left behind was some dried herbs hanging from the wall.
            You walked over to said herbs and took a look at them. Purple like flowers and other things that were a deep dark green. Very dried at this point, but something you knew what to do with from the knowledge Nagi shared with you.
            You took out a notebook. The same one Nagi showed off to you when you first met. It was entrusted to you at some point before Nagi passed away. Flipping through the pages, you scanned for what these ingredients could be used for.
            Considering this is what you could only find in terms of what can be used, it wasn’t really enough to make anything sadly. You’ll have to go foraging for some plants to make anything. Closing the treasured notebook, you go back upstairs to place it in a small messenger bag to keep it close to you as you go out to explore Star Cas.
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the tragedy of going "i'll just have this little general aside in the tags" and then realizing you're already at the thirty tags limit and not even done yet like fine. text post it
watching another playthrough like idk if the first time the player didn't encounter any material abt these two hanging out
or if i was the one who didn't catch it / remember / was now paying more attention to it lol
for one thing in this playthrough the person just didn't have andreas talk to werner much at all
and there's surprisingly little conflict / bitchery between them b/c of it lol. listened to the Italian Doctorate Havers chat in the bar
then chose the ''well werner i kinda thought you were dickish but You're Alright'' ''oh uh thanks'' dialogue option
the player also went full Act Two Martin Investigation mode; which i didn't see almost any of w/the first playthrough....Did do chores for ottila Didn't spend any time at the abbey Did also go ham investigating matilda who i didn't even realize was a suspect
in the first watchalong i did Didn't investigate guy to the point that accusing him wasn't even an option....i do love the differences & options And it's like; i do remember how in that first playthrough despite the player so not investigating
matilda that i didn't realize she was a suspect you do see her & what'shisname together in act three regardless
It's Going On Anyways & the game doesn't require andreas to have learned about it to have it affect reality / be observable anyways
like people pointing out that it's not some Problem running contrary to the games' intentions that andreas can only change so much abt the
way the Acts end. the problems were there; he could only ever do so much; [what he Can do] is dealing with this One manifestation of deeper
conflicts and the myriad results of them; but at the same time what he chooses to do isn't Irrelevant to people's lives even when he & you
the player can't Save The Day or certainly not Save Everyone. gotta get at least one person killed in your mystery solving even
but the mystery solving is a way to Explore A Story & decide what Threads seem important & also decide which are; in fact; The story....
was even surprised afresh at [the first go around you might think the game will prevent An Execution if you ''get it wrong'' but it doesn't
b/c also you can't either get it Wrong(tm) or Right(tm)] just b/c they happen differently; like oh this time it's this shittyass execution
b/c he was moving around. like well this sucks to watch lol just like a public execution. despite there also being all these randos incl
children just like a public execution. realizing like ah i know that latin chant already actually....''why yes not only was i raised
catholic but i've been running around all over a benedictine monastery myself'' not solving murder mysteries though. anyways
and like with this watchalong ft. the player hanging out at the bar harder in act two there it's like welllll yeah now i can see why like
you might get Fake Martin killed lol. ''not an asshole to his wife; or to everyone else'' but also ''except when he gets too drunk which
he does a lot even though he killed a guy like that once; & now he's beating up a guy for not speaking english i mean german''
that [the end of act two was always going to happen b/c these problems are way bigger than just this one event as some isolated or outlier
problem] but that also the stakes feel real to the player (especially that first time around as you're learning what the game's even Doing)
& certainly to the characters who are in it. that just under 99% of steam players Don't execute matilda lol like It's Pretend but good lord
but then also all the executions are like Feels Bad Man. even when; in contrast; the murdered guy in act two Wasn't a guy everyone hates....
the ''you can 'protect' this child by Being Mean & Unsupportive / you can 'protect' the character in this child mortality world by
theoretically feeling less attached to this child'' But Can You Stand To Keep Selecting The Unsupportive Mean Dialogue Options challenge
also didn't realize via the first playthrough that the cats in the abbey ruins are a mystery with a solution, now wondering if that's like a merely Possible bonus situation, b/c this player has certainly stopped to pet Some cats Sometimes but any time they Don't it's like nooo....there's no Real Time / Continuous timer, stop to pet the kitty....also a relief to know that in that one instance of talking to brigita about whichever child she had that died (also this not being the first time around makes remembering names / who's who a little easier. but not entirely) that the fact that here you can be like Admonished for your dialogue choices all of a sudden, seemingly by the game, is in fact just Character Material / andreas criticizing Himself b/c of this secret sensitivity to the matter. the first player i watched also didn't really dig as deep into the exchange as one could so it was like, oh brigita's mad & the game's telling you you were so Obviously thoughtless & rude? feels like just another day in the life when [you're autistic & so at any given time, despite being as considerate / well intended as anyone else or as you ever were before, suddenly it can be like "wow way to ruin everything due to how bad you suck" & b/c no one is interested in questioning their own assumptions here or genuine communication / you Don't ever have the preset game options to navigate your way to a Better outcome anyways, you just gotta be like "Okay" & indeed blame yourself / accept the blame &/or just peace out] like oh okay it's not actually the game telling you that You Chose The Wrong Options B/c You Suck, Way To Go lol. but without the further info it's like, well you never know when that's the ableist thesis re: nd communication, say.
anyways i also got more upset about the act two climactic events. bit teary there. alas for this player also maybe Not delving as much into the claus n andreas dynamic b/c, even though i now know that's a whole Thread that must always exist, i didn't really get to see a ton of it. but also the totally novel [bg / Personality choices] and just pursued investigation routes this time around have been a delight & i do love that Replayability / options to explore so much & be as completionist Or Not as one wants
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like, saved this screenshot at like 6am b/c it was so fun, & so new when the first watchalong i did, they didn't go this route. also didn't realize you could get otto to dig the grave for you and that he's Immediately like "hell yeah lmfao" and will also give andreas more shit (presumably?) for just luxuriating on a grave there while he's doing it lol. real prime time for andreas to be a bit rude perhaps, for example i only knew of andreas getting brother volkbert to do this task, presumably just b/c he's nice & helpful? i also intensely see that [rarely, probably deliberate] autistique coding to that character and in his lines about [everyone fondly remembers that one late brother as funny & i'd love to be fondly recalled like that but everyone is just always laughing At me :(] like i'm going sicko mode throwing punches. a true grievance that zdena & guy are singled out for Especially doing this, even when of course it's like, nobody's here to be unimpeachible / to be either the ""correct"" option to like or dislike or judge some particular way, or very obviously like [there will always be one route to take with any given character that is "objectively" free from obstacles or resistance, clear to every player, with every choice for andreas' knowledge & bg & disposition or whatall] but it's like, truly, i am elevated about that one lol and particularly aggrieved by the realistically omnipresent [the Especial bullies of the autistic character] roles :( >:(
also it's like tragicomic that it's this option that brother guy can be the messenger / personal deliverer of a chilly antiwelcome for andreas, and be all mad like "ohh are you pleased with yourself getting someone killed last time. asshole" and then andreas can get him killed too. not guy's best strategy lol....and it's also just very Relevant how a player Can go "well, guy's always been kind of a bitch" and focus in on him (paired with guy not necessarily wanting to give up any lore to andreas b/c he's just probably mad at him, werneresquely) and get him killed, but one can also go "well maybe being a dick isn't execution worthy" (also juxtaposable w/Autistic Characterness when like, volkbert? volksbert? tbh i am going off some names by memory out here lol. okay volkbert is also more of a "too nice"(tm) person, not unrealistic either when it's like, people pleasing strats taken on, that appeasing others / just having to accept directions is the only feasible way to navigate life; you don't have the leverage to stop people from being assholes to you b/c they can, your only value might be in "making up for [the way that you are]" by being deemed of Practical Use/Help: so it's easier for people to be taken advantage of / vulnerable in that way....but it's also sure true that it can be like "hmm this person's vibe is Unlikable. they're probably morally worse than everyone else / should die more") like you've got plenty of characters who are kind of set/held apart and seem Mean but if you put in effort it's like, they have plenty of reason, versus that in contrast people with more power may also seem unpleasant, then you dig, and it's like oh you're even worse. this player went on the lenhardt hunting trip Again, got andreas even more pissed at the guy this time, but i Still didn't get to see andreas aim the crossbow at him for a minute lol. maybe you need the Rapscallion "more experience breaking laws" background; this route has the "openly hornier" background which is fun in its own right, aren't they all lol, but. was going to make a joke about hedonism andreas being like "shoutout to fucking around but for god's sake, lenhardt? anyone could choose more wisely" but that's just an actual comment he can make. so true.
anyways i mean it's like Good that there's no like Perfect Moral Hero route, your own character can't be unimpeachible or get it Correct any more than he can ever get it Wrong in fingering suspects (hell yeah) or just having a conversation, even if his [!!] [i am god's first mistake] fraught zone self-loathing kicks in for commentary over a particular exchange lol. that this is All About the act of investigating / exploring a Story (like just in the game) or History or Mystory and interpreting the information therein to guide what you further do or say and what conclusions you might present, in what context, to what intended ends, and actual ends; there'll never be any even unequivocally Most Correct route, some characters might end up so sympathetic 99% of players are like "yeah not gonna get them killed even if they did it" but they still Might've done it; that Judgment to Not get them killed is part of The Whole Point in itself; that in general it's not an issue that most characters can have these conflicts with andreas, just seem less likable or unsympathetic & you don't Have to try (much less succeed) in getting on better terms or getting more info about their whole deal, that even if you like them more or sympathize plenty might still be up to some dickishness / will also not be The Perfect Moral Hero. that you can go talk to smokey & he's fairly stoic, not exactly that outwardly pissed at people in tassing or doing anything about it, but he doesn't like them b/c he's othered & unsupported & people are assholes about him despite his role in the town. and the entire reality in abbey life wherein it's like, the roles allowed Within said abbey, with the inherent limitations therein, but as a potential tradeoff for avoiding other restrictions. learning that most anchorites had to come from well off families b/c they had to be able to pay for their lifelong upkeep, truly kind of peak illustrative of like, oh theoretical freedom from [outside world shit], potential protection, just Another Option for people, especially women when otherwise it's like, professions not as available, marriage otherwise probably being broadly required....but even then, monastic life also just being somewhere they could be Put Away, the relative freedoms even if they chose to be there still limited & contained here....and that The Church is certainly its own power structure situation like inherited by everyone here, taking the role of a feudal lord in tassing, still also needing money from patrons/pilgrims, still more accessible to people from families with money, like "you can have this person live here instead of in the outside world and it will cost you," the more limited choices for women, the still limited choices for everyone, the imposition of christianity, some wiggle room there Potentially but we get the entire legacies of pagan / prechristian histories & traditions, the Heresies(tm) on the periphery like martin luther out & about & magdalene being able to have read plenty abt the reformation, Yes i want to go into the woods & hear vacslav? yeah vácslav talk about his theology cosmology spirituality about lucifer creating the world. that andreas is pretty nebulous himself while christian, plenty flexible for the player, father thomas is like "tsk you didn't come to sunday mass Againnn," he can save texts condemned to be destroyed as heretical, burned as their author was sentenced that same fate (just last night i was thinking of marguarite porete refusing to acknowledge/address her accusers. that even negative accounts of her execution at the time note the crowd was Moved by her stoicism; the Vision andreas can have regarding ursula perhaps not being made aware of the dangers of Knowing "Heretical" Traditions/Info), that he can expound himself like "whoa kinda married to god? kinda in union & oneness? sounds like it could be even kinda sexy kinda horny" like forever extant musings lol but also certainly perchance considered just a little heretical to be like "christianity: you Will get to cum if you're doing it Really good"
that also of course the christianity is Not supposed to be that sexy even if people can be like "andreas of Course sometimes in this here monastery people are sucking and fucking 9_9" and it is this Authority, and the way things really play out will Have to involve more flexibility & autonomy as real people make real choices in their real lives, but the "ideals" won't align with this & some display of power could always come crashing down while people are trying to live in the figurative & literal spaces created for it. pagan celebrations of st john's eve that are deemed a bit too Jocular to be unsuspiciously, soberly devout? thinking of the wikipedia summary blurb abt the roman state frowning on dionysian bacchanalia (the dionysus shoutout for clarity, despite its inherent presence in anything re: bacchus) b/c the Revelry was a lil too contingent on freedom in the ways the [get impish] spirit of the occasion involved Class / Status being out the window; this all being Threatening to thee state, there being like rules & controlled bacchanalia put in place instead, to be more of a superficial, less threatening version than the spontaneous version driven by people. just like andor with the "we'll forbid this already sabotaged diminished version of this traditional spiritual event of the sabotaged diminished indigenous people next year while saying the one We put on is now an 'option'" while also the implication is the event helps the actions to sabotage the empire & kill (maybe implicitly. one can hope) the guy talking this shit
iphigenia crash land falls on the neon shell that was once her heart (a rave fable) the fabled rave implicitly, kind of like a monastery lol, to be this Permitted To Exist contained site of this bounded freedom apart from the outside world, but as a tradeoff/compromised to preclude anything deemed More troublesome, still somewhat controlled & surveilled & unsafe & still able to be destroyed from above or below, Some space to exist & Some freedom but don't make a sound, a true sound, because we will kill you, you can fuck here but that's Permitted but you still got to fuck because you wanted to, but you're here because you're going to die, give us your body that was never yours to keep and die for us as the sacrifice or the hero for greece and the way that everyone is bound in inherited Roles and Loyalties in a war over who has a claim to a woman whether the story goes that she chose someone or not and when the story goes that the gods are also choosing how this goes and everyone has to also accept this fate unless for once they have to intervene when achilles might be going Outside The Bounds of fate & we gotta stay within the bounds. hector did nothing wrong, but he did nothing right either, and if you're the hero of your country's armies you Have to get out there. extremely funny though to be like "oh shit oh fuck" chased around the walls a few times. get back here. people having to die, and to eventually have done something to cross a demigod or a god or the direction of fate or etc etc to die themselves so we can move along to someone else's aristeia, there will be another hero, there will be another woman who must die because gods require it and men acquiesce. just looked up what happens to helen anyways like oh okay either living happily ever after with menelaus back in sparta or being exiled after he dies(? apparently) and killed by polyxo for polyxo's husband's death in the trojan war" anyways iphigenia must die the story has been told again and yet here's this story where she finds room to make any choices or feel her own interpretation despite [she still must die & knows this] and [she doesn't get to assert this definitive assertion or change the story from anyone else's perspective too much] and she's also not meant to be like unimpeachible pure moral champion hero nor is Anyone Else & the [we're the same] & [i am picturing the ithaca iphigenia production] & the [give me your hands] & the etc etc, i'm intrigued, i'm weeping. iphigenia and achilles largely interacting across all of Two Scenes and i have to lie down. i'm tearing up even now. i didn't mean to go this hard on this tangent either
but it's relevant after all b/c also i forgot that andreas and illuminata talk about the Aeneid while she explains misogyny to him lmao, namely of course drawing the parallels b/w the limitations of women's permitted roles in Life vs in Literature / these illuminated published Stories….and my having just read the wikipedia summary of it the other day, like epic as dido has to be in love b/c the gods want to thwart aeneis and also has to be left behind to die in despair and vengeance b/c other gods want to push aeneis back on the path of [the Fate of the leadup to rome] and he's dutifully like oh okayyy i guess i'll just roll over & leave asap. as helen Has to go to troy one way or another, either b/c she was taken, or b/c for Another Life she could only abscond from her marriage, b/c the gods want the trojan war to happen, b/c [judgment of paris] at achilles' parents wedding (with his sea nymph mother thetis maybe Having to marry this mortal guy b/c zeus makes that happen to ensure [son greater than his father] doesn't apply to Him for another round of kronos vs children destined to overthrown him), where Maybe the goddesses can Choose to let paris assess who's hottest naked, maybe they have to b/c zeus said paris could do whatever & that's what he chose, now aphrodite will Give him helen, when he dies oenone who wouldn't heal him b/c he also abandons her for helen might die on his funeral pyre anyways, dido Having to be abandoned b/c of fates that gods are reminding aeneis of, dying & having her own funeral pyre for him to go "well that's not a good sign" about despite not knowing the deets & then encountering her shade like "hmm well apparently you died. but are we cool?" and her getting to still be like, "no."
artemis demanding iphigenia as sacrifice and agamemnon like "well. guess i gotta" and clytemnestra who in "iphigenia in aulis" is his wife b/c he killed her husband & child having no veto here, iphigenia even less but she May nobly accept this sacrifice, she May be whisked away last second but what's this mean? her life as it was is still over; she's still only Saved if a god deigns to intervene. achilles has to fight but what if he doesn't want to but what if his guy tries to take his place and now, though ekphratically divinely rearmored, the choice to go aristeic sicko mode is Not through any gods going "please, also: you gotta" (nor any humans, really) and in fact some god might go "please stop" and you just start kicking their ass too and now you're going too Against fate, but also you're fated to die in battle anyways which you knew, and everything going on is like "what if agamemnon pissed off a bunch of people & gods & demigods & was like and now to take a big sip of water. and all the reverberations of people being really pissed, the outlets & conflicts & reconciliations of [being too pissed off], the ultimate fates but the interventions along the way to still steer things thusly, the relationship b/w human & divine goings on w/spillover/influence in both directions as gods have their own conflicts and favored & disfavored humans & fellow gods, etc, while also subject to Roles & Rules like all the human. and the comments made by storytellers in the first place," iliadly, while then also there's a trillion variations, additional or lost stories, various interpretations or totally contradictory versions, all the subsequent study or retellings like a modern day iphigenia in aulis where iphigenia is any number of women in story or life ever, doomed, with a body never hers to keep, and achilles is a figure presented as a larger than life Story preserved and literally projected, while in reality this nebulously (go ahead and think literal nebulae. creative, expansive) genderqueer, also doomed, also limited to useful roles & by rules, hidden behind whatever legends or ideas or interpretations, mirror for iphigenia; who's also finding iphigenia a mirror, with these scintillating two entire scenes of interaction and i'm face in hands lying on the floor already.
that was a lot of greek myth tangenting but hey. it's Also even "is it at all historical? we don't know that it is, but don't know that it isn't"….andreas talking to newer people in tassing in act two and already their idea of the Story of what happened 7 years has changed / added some flair. claus telling magdalene in act three that people want to forget what happened, he can't change what happened or what he did or didn't do, but he's remembering it, wanting to record it, and tell the truth in doing so, despite that there's no version of that truth that could be embraced by all, whether b/c they see it a different way, think something else is more significant / truly at the core of what happened, or are worried about who, with power, some stories might displease, if presented not only as "here's what happened" but also "and we chose to put it in a mural." andreas choosing to risk it all (but for real) for the abbey's books, and he only saves like three or four there, but already he (could have. probably, maybe always,) talked with illuminata about that mirror of simple souls text that was supposed to be burned, and the importance of preserving it anyways even if it's condemned as heretical; that maybe he happened to save only three very common like fun romantic texts (that's Vulgar Latin "romantic" nonreligious texts read for kicks by anyone able to) from being burned, but that's still those three books that weren't destroyed, that's still andreas willing to risk his life for Whatever he could save: he knows he can't save the whole library, he knows he might not coincidentally manage to save all, or any, of the rarest most valuable books. there's the light leading to Truth, and the Value in these, as discussed in act one, even when here in act two he doesn't feel he's gotten to create more of that himself in his own work as an artist. there will be Something of the truth in those books, even the seemingly frivolous adventure tales; Something happened here, we were a part of it
i was supposed to mention it way earlier before i went ham on the greek myth tangent….which also segues into Roman Myth with the aeneid like, making that "tie rome into this foundation" connection, aptly….anyways speaking of everyone having to be christian, also that there's guy as like [jews banished from entire regions, though some may be allowed to stay if they Convert], the comments people can make about the tensions already b/w "what is the Essense of christianity & where is it Found" re: say the reformation and the rites & formal roles of the church, certainly including Authority, the beliefs that plenty of christians may have that might be deemed heretical, the rules they might break anyways, the people who might consider themselves christian or to share any beliefs therein but would be considered nonchristian / heretics by the Authorities; the townspeople who still hold on to the Old Ways like "yeah no i'm pagan with it," the ones who say "well but even if the names & figures aren't these christian ones, In Essence they really are," the ones who are suspicious of that / think the traditions can be safely superficial at best but might still be that slippery slope, like fully intended as christian texts deemed heretical theoretically are….while really the problem may be mostly about usurped Authority, by writing commentary & ideas & interpretation, that being popular, it being recommended & available without being written, approved, prescribed by church authorities….powerful clients able to request nonchristian rituals whilest the person who just carried them out is the one who may be killed for it for sure; that in a world where christianity has required Convert Or Die there's the "if you've 'converted' in those situations, have you really given up this nonchristian identity? is that Wrong / Contrary to said identity" (with some established (even Authoritatively(tm) so) decisions of "nah" "not really" "probably not" "no" "don't even worry about it" etc)
this has gone on a while and is too spontaneous & meandering to have a thesis statement now other than i've already really been enjoying Another watch of a pentiment playthrough. Stories Interpretations Narratives efforts to preserve, overwrite, prescribe, comment/remix/explore, what comes of it all more spontaneously or because of or in spite of efforts; how no matter what Something Happened and We Were A Part Of It and "well there's only Interpretation and the limitations of that as well as efforts to Convey your own interpretations" all being flawed, malleable, imperfect as not like a conclusion of "so there's no point" when it's like. something did happen, that will affect everything going forward, there will be interpretations, which will be presented as stories, whether truly accurate or not, those stories as theoretical truth is a form of power, every time an even Supposed, Potential version of history is covered up as part of our character's mystery to excavate, because it's like, this Must be inaccurate, or even if accurate, it must be hidden….the danger of more widely available texts; more literacy; the Ideas that commoners aren't Equipped to handle & this lack of intervening authority over Knowledge will just so happen to lead to popular uprisings perhaps. heresies written by this woman without permission, & now she & the books have to be burned. junia being junias to even be so prominent among the apostles, but if junia is junia and understood as a woman, being prominent among the apostles can't mean Among them like An apostle, or at least not Apostle apostle….when apostlehood being oily josh's Boys is generally the reason cited by thee church like "welp jesus must've been like, priests & bishops & popes can only be men," give the girlies something by being like "but we think the virgin mary is just the best" but also jesus had siblings but we just don't really focus on that and you'd best believe this veneration doesn't translate into any structurally supported authority for the ladies too. have you tried being a mother? what do you think about it being a rule that artists have to spend 9000 florins on ultramarine pigments to paint mary's robes? andreas talking to brigita like even mary could not save her own son. back to what Must Be Done, fated from birth, required to take certain routes in life; while others' choices must align with this but may still doom them, what's up judas; histories but also the obfuscation of Narratives but also what those narratives may reveal about the Interpretations that create & sustain them; the influence of these on histories & interpretations to come
the rarity of manuscript texts, possible fragility, the [few or one or partial or no surviving copies], the [huge fucking deals that weren't discovered for centuries], the fact that andreas saves three or four books………
anyways loving pentiment and what it's about & fractal layers of stringing up threads within it & b/w it and other works & entire Concepts b/c that is what it's all about babey
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nasuversekinkmeme · 5 months
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Weekly Roundup: Prompts
FSN
After many, many attempts and rejections, Saber's many male suitors (Shirou, Gilgamesh, Kojirou, Diarmuid, whoever else you would like op), decide ah, fuck it - let's just be a polycule instead
May I politely ask for some Gilgamesh/Kojirou? I think they'd have a lot of fun together actually and I think it'd be nice if they made out a little
FATE/EXTRA
Jinako finding out how little Karna eats and ordering him to eat like a normal person. Except it turns out Karna has the most shit-ass metabolism imaginable, so eating more than a few rice grains at each meal makes him rapidly get chubby (everyone agrees he's better this way)
FGO
Mister compulsive liar Oberon gets chased around Chaldea by miss "I hate liars and want them to die" Kiyohime. Play it for drama, play it for horror, play it for comedy, dunno don't care.
For the person who wanted a Touta prompt: how about a festival date with Gudao? Typical minute singularity stuff with monsters attacking the festival, but until then they get to have a bit of fun.
Castoria trying Mapo tofu. She dies.
Scheherzade (cuddly) femdom x nonbinary master? That might be a little vanilla. Give Scher a leash. Servant turns into Master, and Scheherzade gains a lot of agency!
smut, Takeda/Kagetora nasty hatesex. Thanks
smut, To make up for his past sins, Lanceot has raw bareback sex with Gareth.
smut, Turns out the reason Habetrot wears those loose frumpy clothes is because she's got a dick so big she's basically giving herself a titfuck 24/7 and doesn't want other people to see
smut, I want to see the penis-havers of Chaldea having a literal dick measuring contest. The gayer the better. Feel free to put in your own headcanon on how big each of the servants have it.
Gudako during the chaldea staff meeting: guys, we *need* to get mandricardo an emotional support dog .
Guda is a walking tragedy. The only way to ever save them from the horrors the story subjects them to is to never let them step foot on the first pages of it - and thus there is no saving from the end where Guda will leave, will due, will stop existing - disappearing from this world. And so, after that, the storytellers, the actors, the ones to remeber carry this memory of their Master - despite The Throne trying to erase, to wipe, to smudge those memories. Sheherazade speaks of her Master's adventures instead of her tales. Oberon smiles, sweet as cane sugar, and talks of hid Master's antics instead of fairies of the Autumn Forest's. Any other servant of your choice - speaks of Guda instead of their myth. And thus, their own myth, of a Master so beloved, slowly creates. Slowly takes place. Slowly writes itself into the memory of the world. And one day, a mage summons a servant. And the servant calls themself - The Master of Chaldea.
smut, According to the version of myth this humble one has read, Ereshkigal was dragged to bed by Nergal, quite roughly, when he came to wed her. And before that, they were in that very bed for 6 days. Which leads to my humble proposal. Have a domme/sub introduction course for Ereshkigal with Medb, according to myth, is insatiable. And Fergus, who can, canonically satisfy Medb. Both are good champs and capable of keeping things professional out of bed, which would help pursuade Ereshkigal 👍
I am starving for some yakudo trio content. I don’t care what and why (although my mind chants something dark) but I am 100% starving
Penthesilea "I will literally murder you if you call me pretty" x Medb "I am horny for everyone that is heroic" I think they'd make a weird but cute couple
Crossover
FGO x Rosen Garten Saga crossover. I don't care about the details, just go ham
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natjennie · 10 months
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the two different "william" envelopes in redding weddy, no pun intended, haunt me. because. I don't know that much about tv production, I don't know how reasonable it is to have a copy of a prop like that. I mean it makes sense but idk. with how meticulously everything is placed and emphasized in cap's flashbacks though it just seems... clumsy. to have the two versions be that recognizably different. I guess maybe the extra bulk of the buried one might be a lighting thing? but the writing is different. and the letter is like. pretty fucking important to the episode so it just seems like with something that delicate it would be important to make them look the same. if it's supposed to be the same letter.
and if it's not the same letter? then I don't know what to fucking do with myself. because the episode after is the thomas thorne affair, which very specifically highlights the way bias can affect a story and includes a fateful series of swapped and forged letters. it seems like a WILD overlap in the direct next episode to not be meaningful. because then if they are different letters, how much is cap lying about. he's not a good liar, see "just a couple of chaps in the library" and "barry- barry? yes, barry" but he can be conniving when he needs to be, see him tricking kitty into telling alison about the basement. so if the letter he tucks into his jacket before havers leaves and the one he buries with the mine are DIFFERENT. what the fuck are in either of them. it makes sense that the blueprints would be buried with the mine, keep it classified. but who the fuck knows. was it actually called operation william? why? did it stand for something? it feels like a breach of confidentiality if its either his or havers' name, but I guess maybe william is a common enough name to be acceptable.
but where is the other letter then. still in cap's jacket? IS IT STILL THERE? that would track with the thorne affair parallels. what's in that one? the way he looked at it longingly and then as soon as havers came in said "ah I was just thinking about you" points to the letter being related to havers somehow at the very least. I don't KNOW guys I don't KNOW. it's driving me crazy. and the fact that peter sandys-clarke is in season 5 makes me even crazier. is he even playing havers do we know. this group of creators is known for playing multiple roles. I need to take a nap.
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do you think yashiro nene is a fujoshi
Not at all, I actually think Nene is the most utterly normal straight girl LOL. She likes otome games where you are a protag dating a dozen cute boys or whatever, and in her fantasies, all boys are pointed at her and oggling her … she is just into a harem fantasy. It's all about how hot and impressive she is--!! In a way the boys in the harem interacting is like… too complicated, for early manga Nene? It's such a straightforward want to be desirable …
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She has a more 'realistic' kind of fantasy outside of that, which she actively works towards-- where she alters her hobbies and vocations to appease a boy (and those vocations are things like learning to cook, sew, garden…)… and she ah, does deep down, understand she isn't conventionally desirable (TT__TT) so she has a submissive kind of brutal realist fantasy of, toiling or proving herself loyal to a boy through ah, subservience … (oh Nene-chan….)
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I don't even think she… perceives … much between two boys, naturally, in the way a lot of people don't jump to that kind of assumption-- like, I don't think Nene perceives the layers between Mitsuba and Kou as romantic at all, thus far, in the story? Just that Mitsuba is a friend Kou wants badly to help. (Kou being interested in her romantically would make it confusing to parse, really)
If Nene liked BL, that would be funny for Hanako to observe and psychoanalyze (I assume the typical narrative of the ~delusional degraded girl left to rot into a fujoshi would just occur to him naturally, like damn girl, you've been alone for too long; your fantasies have become too convoluted lol), but instead he's only here to comment on and observe her thirsty fantasies where 10 guys line up for her, hahaha. He sees THAT and goes, pervert, lol…. dirty thought haver... lol...
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he's charitable and pities her for wanting to be hot in a conventional way......…
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In reality I think of her gradual observing of the Yugi twins and, wishing for them to resolve what is going on between them, as something she earnestly wants for them both-- ehr, platonically, initially, you know, just normally … their story is sad, and, they are brothers, they were important to one another, Hanako feels seemingly guilt and misery about the murder, so… Nene's likely-future-interest in them healing their bond, is as straightforward and sincere as Neige wanting to heal the Ambrose twins broken relationship in AidaIro's Snow White. It'll just become so obvious and apparent both parties are still loving and wanting the other. Hanako is so ah, avoidant, and Tsukasa so mysterious, that we're softly chipping away at Nene realizing, "Tsukasa is precious to Hanako".
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Neige, in Snow White, observes the brother's sad pining for the other, and becomes straight up frustrated and yells at them about it, like, "NEITHER OF YOU HATE EACH OTHER, YOU BOTH WANT THE SAME THINGS, SO WHY IS IT LIKE THIS???" and she doesn't need any kind of interest in BL, you know? It's a sincere story, at first………
But actually that is why it's captivating to think of her organically… understanding, parsing, that there is, "more" going on under the surface…?
"Tsukasa is precious to Hanako" is step 1, not the final conclusion. And I also think that's the… point, of her and Hanako forming a romance, and all of this parallel between how avoidant and fussy he is towards Nene, and how avoidant and fussy he can be towards Tsukasa. I think, once Nene can truly understand, "Hanako loves me, but, he refuses to let himself have things he loves, because he is afraid, for some reason", she could see how he creates the same obscurity and distance between himself and Tsukasa. Hanako cannot say "I love you" directly to either of them … by having a romance with Hanako, she can directly experience the same foibles as Tsukasa.
Nene is really… interested in Hanako's emotions, fundamentally, she wants to 'know' him. She is trying to solve his behavior… her most spellbound moments are, when Hanako is distressed, upset, finally dropping his facade. I suppose I think it could gradually become apparent to her, or else, apparent all at once, that Hanako was in love with his brother, and, he doesn't know what to do about that, and, he's running from it, just like he runs from Nene over and over. Hanako never wants to confront anything. He doesn't want to talk about what Tsukasa makes him feel, or what happened between them, or why he did what he did (and does Hanako even fully understand?).
I think if you fed Nene information point blank early manga like, "hey, this guy who sexually harasses you is also a brocon", that wouldn't really be anything to her, not exciting or captivating on its own-- its not 'that kind of interest' in and of itself. But at this point, the mystique and secrets of Hanako are so DEEP and INSCRUTABLE, that she'd be grateful for any information. And at this point, "Hanako was in love with his twin brother" would would be more like, "ah… so thats why he wouldn't tell me anything, and that's why he's so secretive about him. That's a good reason. It must be confusing, even for him, to understand why he does anything, or what he wants with his brother." Literally anyone would keep that secret buried eternally.
After so long in the dark with Hanako, it'd be like a… relief, to, understand why the secrecy. Thus far, Nene has thought something like, "why doesn't he trust me?" or, "what is he so afraid of me finding out? What could be so bad, when he's already a murderer, and I already accept that? When I already accept him trying to have Aoi killed, or trying to trap me?" At that point, it's like, oh. Naruhodo. Also, of course he, can't, talk about it, he can't even talk about his FEELINGS FOR NENE, a NORMAL GIRL AND PERSON TO LIKE. Its like… I don't think considering the Yugi for Nene, is like, "hot" or "sexy" on first blush, it's more like…………….. ok, I get it, that would, cause problems, in one's life, and be difficult to cope with, and, ever talk about ………………………… its kind of not her fault then that he won't say anything, lol.
It's not like, "hot because it is two boys", it's not as if Nene has an established interest in that whatsoever-- though she has uh, an established "omg" its like its exotic to her or something, www...
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tsuchigomori confirmed for homophobic -- it's, uh, alluring because of Hanako's intoxicating complexity and depth, and, well, she's a romantic… I think the romanticism of being born together and sharing every day, and then Tsukasa sacrificing himself to save his brother, and then Hanako's sacred belonging becoming his twin, to eternally protect, is, ehr, something that begs reverence and understanding by nature.
Though, I mean. Nene loves the fantasy of multiple guys (: so... (: I think twins is a very 'happy ending' for Nene-chan ... and I think relating to Tsukasa and being so similar to him, would make her feel more secure in how and why Hanako loves her... (: and I think, getting to eventually spectate the twins earnest love, would become.....................sexy.
Its like a corruption arc in a way. This innocent straight girl who wants a normal relationship with a guy is going to be swept into this crazy twin love story. And she is gonna. LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But you know. The protagonist of the Vampire Romance Novel is rarely reading about vampire romance all day long, its more of a, "I never thought something like this would happen to me", "I never thought my life would be like this" "I didn't ask for this" .................................. you don't think you'll wind up fucking twins .......................... and you don't think you'll love it so much and you don't think you'll love to see them finally kiss and consummate a decades long unspoken taboo love affair. You don't think that will be your life but then it is your life. And the previous fantasies were pointless and nothing. Useless generic young girl fantasies. This is, The Real Stuff.
This is the transformation of Nene-chan. Into Twin Lover. It's happening to many readers every day, as well. Many fans experience the same, "I wasn't into yaoi before...." or, "I don't really like twin stuff...." "BUT, the Yugi twins........................." that is the Nene-chan experience. Suddenly the only logical conclusion is that the twins must kiss, even if you never thought you'd want that sort of thing in your life. Nene-chan surely has not thought of it before.
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Prompt ficlet
This is for AnathemaKenobi on AO3 who asked for a fic about King Bernard and Chamberlain.
A/N: This is set in the same universe as my two fics Ready and Haunted. You don't have to read them to be able to follow this one, though. Just know that Chamberlain's name is Charles and Mat's Page is called Billy / Sir William and has been knighted by King Bernard.
Next up:
≣ - hand holding: Julian & Robin
Careful care: it’s hard for[character A] to accept help. [character B] knows which care methods are “acceptable” - Flowers & Pressley
So dramatic: [Character] complains about their cold - Vex
⌘ - being picked up: Captain/Havers
≣ - hand holding: Thomas & Alison
Speechless: [Character] can’t talk because of a sore throat - Thomas
Error 404: [character] refuses to admit they’re sick - Ho-Tan
Ask Games are here and here. Filled prompts are here & here on AO3. ________
Arrangements
“…and don’t forget the fancy decanters – you know, the ones that glitter so delightfully golden in the candlelight. I have it on good authority that Lady Ydal from Hitherland loves them and I want to impress– Oh, are you all right?”
Charles forced a smile onto his face and righted himself. “Yes, Sire. Never been better.”
Thinking the king would let it go as he always did when one of Charles’s old injuries acted up, Charles almost missed another step when Bernard actually stopped to look at him.
“You stumbled over nothing but air there,” he pointed out with a frown that could almost be mistaken for concern. “Have you hurt yourself?”
Many years ago, Charles thought, remembering a young boy eager to become a knight – too eager. “It is nothing, Sire. Shall we carry on with the seating arrangements? I assume Lady Ydal will be sitting on your right and perhaps our young Sir William can sit on your–“
“You’re deflecting, aren’t you?” Bernard interrupted him. He narrowed his eyes. “Yes, I can see it. Lying to your king, Chamberlain – that’s very unbecoming.”
He shook his head and Chamberlain was genuinely impressed by his ability to sound both concerned, affronted and disappointed at the same time.
“Sorry, Sire,” he mumbled dutifully. And then, because he knew King Bernard was like a dog with a bone when something had piqued his interest, he added grudgingly, “An old injury’s been giving me trouble. Nothing to worry about, though. It will pass.”
At least Charles hoped it would.
Bernard frowned at him. To Charles’s utter surprise, he took him gently by the arm and led him over to a chair. Too shocked to react, Charles allowed himself to be seated like a child.
“There,” the king said with a satisfied smile as if he’d just accomplished the most dangerous quest in the history of Yonderland and sat down opposite Charles. “That’s better. Now we can both have a rest while we discuss whatever’s left on your agenda.”
Charles glanced down at the paper in his hand. “Seating arrangements and the evening’s menu – for which, may I remind you, Sire, we have an appointment with the cook in ten minutes. Down in the kitchens.”
He threw a meaningful glance towards the door. Bernard merely shrugged. “Nonsense. Cook can come to us.”
“And who might be the one who tells him that, Sire?” Charles asked pointedly.
The king thought about that for a moment. “Why, Sir William, of course! He’s down by the stables, isn’t he?”
Before Charles could stop him, he had sprung up from his seat and opened one of the windows. “Sir William! Sir Will – ah, there you are! Would you be so kind and head to the kitchens to let Cook know that Chamberlain and I expect him in the ballroom in ten minutes?”
Charles could very well imagine the confused and slightly worried look on young Billy’s face right now at this rather unusual request – and also his eager nod when he said, “Will do, Sire!”
“Good lad,” Bernard smiled and closed the window.
“Yes, he is,” Charles said softly to himself. He waited for the king to re-join him at the table before he gathered up his courage to say, “Thank you, Sire.”
Their eyes met for a moment.
“Just let me know the next time,” the king asked, his voice quiet and serious. “I … I don’t like seeing you hurt, Chamberlain. I hope you know that.”
Feeling his chest tighten at the unexpected confession, Charles swallowed and nodded. “I do, Sire. And I will.”
“Good,” the king said and smiled. “Now, about the seating arrangements …”
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7ban-sama · 9 months
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ryokan au do you think hanako takes bites of tsu occasionally or does he actually resist otouto ....
i think about this au so much aidairo really catered to me specificallt with it. absolutely rotting my brain, if only there were any pornfics out there OTL
This AU feels like it was made to torment me personally yeah. So you have my sympathy. Idk why AidaIro gave me a place to think about, scent marking, pee, cat mating behaviors, feral anatomy, interspecies sex... Vore. etc. But they did. *furrows brow*... RIP about fic though, I myself can't really find much palatable fic, so whenever I want 'content' for something like a recent AU, I just have to write it myself / RP with my wife lol. JP fandom at least makes nice comics and art pieces to gaze upon... Ryokan has been prosperous in this way.
As for the status of the twins at the Ryokan: I think Amane indulges in consumption of Tsukasa, yes. Though with perhaps... more moderation(?) than the first incident(s), which is what I would believe lead to their mutual undead & sealed circumstance... status as, spooky orb havers. Or perhaps you could think of it as, Amane n ow has more elegance, thoughtfulness, in how he goes about eating... Artful indulgence, instead of succumbing to instinct miserably.
I do think the first time it happened, was not so easy for Amane. I feel like his journey always has to start out fraught, in some manner... Because the desire to consume (harm, destroy) Tsukasa will always be clashing against the feelings of preciousness. Amane often sees himself as Tsukasa's caretaker, protector — it's his 'role', as the older brother. He often puts himself in these sort of positions, in control and taking charge, as you can see with his dynamic with Nene as well. Though they are not biologically related, this world feels no different, what with Amane leading Tsukasa away from the circus tent fire...
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This drawing is so sweet... Amane seems so genuinely concerned. Scruffed up and dirty, trying to get them out... (Of course, we don't get to see Tsukasa's expression... 💔 It's like how we can't see him on Tanabata either... prolly spoilery territory, and necessary to preserve mystique... It'd be too much to see Tsukasa's dazzled expression *sigh* ) Anyways... I get the impression from this picture, that Amane was very ardently trying to save Tsukasa in this moment.
And one has to wonder, how many years had Tsukasa been living in this circus? Isn't it odd for a kid this young to be an animal handler-? Whatever era they are from, it's likely more 'old world', considering the newspaper clipping was from 50 years ago — and the Minamoto Detective Agency itself isn't very modern feeling. (Our first image representing the event features a rotary phone, and I'd say the general fashion trends do not feel modern.) Soo... There's basically no way this set-up of a young boy animal handler was ethical. Tsukasa was likely an abandoned child, unloved, with only his pet black cat as company. I think Amane observed the poor treatment Tsukasa faced and it culminated in him rescuing him from the fire. Acting as his savior.
The story is so tantalizing to envision, from that jumping off point... Where do they run off to? Amane has magical capabilities as a nekomata, but I wonder how young he was, how much he still had to learn... Is he capable of sustaining them both? Were they functionally homeless for a while, meandering about? Finding some abandoned shed to hole up in? So much must have happened, between then and the current events of canon...
No matter what, I feel like being alone with Tsukasa starts to chip away at Amane's instincts. The AU proposes that humans are sooo irresistibly tasty... I think the sense of, love and desire to protect Tsukasa buys Amane some time, letting him funnel into the task of providing for his "little brother"... And ah, as I mentioned before, I like the HC that Amane only just got his human form and mirrored it after Tsukasa, so I think there's euphoria to be felt over finally being able to interact with Tsukasa with hands, a voice, etc.. They can talk! They can share so much! That's exciting... Ah, but it's like, amidst the haze of these emotions, there's this encroaching rumble... I think it's a natural pipeline for Amane to go from feeling like a caretaker, to gaining some. Divine sense of entitlement. You owe your life to me... with my actions, you are MINE... I own you. This snowballs with the biological urges to consume... the temptation...
I like to think there was a small incident, something fluid in the middle of affection... Getting his chin scritched, something like that — and mindlessly, Amane snaps, cleaves through a couple fingers. Mabye down half the knuckle of Tsukasa's thumb. And he swallows without thinking, also. But the sound of Tsukasa's shock and pain causes him to recoil, and it's like he's woken up to the reality of what he did — misery, horror, sadness... Helpless feeling about it. I think about him sobbing while licking Tsukasa's injured hand... ;; Not liking how it feels, that there's still a desire for more. Scared of self, frazzled fur, ears pinned... A somber period follows, where Amane bandages Tsukasa up and also endeavors to learn healing magicks... Not strong enough to magically recreate the missing body parts, but I think he could eventually close up the wounds. Sad kitty... Of course, Tsukasa is ever-reassuring, saying it's all fine! Daijoubu! Smiley smiley. Petting with his other hand. Hard to believe Tsukasa is so... forgiving... he doesn't even flinch when touched. They still sleep intertwined...
Inevitably, between Amane's own desire and Tsukasa's unconditional love, it all has to culminate in a big explosive event. The twins... you can see how, across all worlds, they have to conclude in something as extreme as consuming the other! I think AUs where their very species dictates this further conveys how much it cannot be helped. How can Amane resist Tsukasa forever-??? He cannot. Since nekomata are also known to have a capacity in necromancy, I believe that's how Tsukasa can return, and that's what leads to their present-day selves. Also, since Amane is a decidedly powerful mystery, I think of him as distinctly capable for a nekomata. Over those 50 years, he honed his powers, and it leads to his casual demeanor now. He doesn't feel threatened or, as if anything can meaningfully compete.
Honestly I think the whole... keeping Tsukasa a secret, having him dressed up as a kitty and locked in a closet, is all, fetishistic. Ohhh my dear sweet "brother", stay safe okayyy, mm yes pretend to be a kitty and run about... i will protect you... even though you're a delectable little human... mwah. The choice to give Tsukasa a kinked tail and matching collar is wholly eccentric. All these details feel... playful? Indulgent? Compared to their past as a dirty circus orphan and his scraggly black kitty cat... For them to be trouncing about this secluded mountain inn, feels luxurious. They feel very comfortable, to me...
So I like to think that this isn't an Amane that is forbidding himself from interfacing with Tsukasa, and indulges at times in his urges. The difference is having more of a handle on himself, so it's less of a chaotic impulse? If impulsive, than the indulgent kind, succumbing to wanting to nip and bite and draw blood... I really ah, think about him raking claws across Tsukasa and lapping at the wounds. Things like this. Ohh, just a taste... I don't want to tear him apart juuust yet, must control... It should be special, when we go that far ❤... You could imagine him snapping off a finger or two though, ugh, and then Tsukasa's perpetual mitten status just passes it off... He's commonly seen as clumsy, so it wouldn't be suspicious if he was especially poor at handling things. Fumbling more....
UGh it all makes me sick though because-!! I have to imagine they are affectionate, playing with each other, napping together, etc... I can perfectly see a doting Amane cleaning up Tsukasa after he's done with him, grooming him affectionately, and then relaxing in the hotsprings together... Such visions I am accosted with. I cannot see anything else
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satorugojooo · 2 years
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Night strolls
Ayato x reader
Warnings: none, just fluff <3
A/n: did yall see Ayato? I'm actually about to pass out because of how he looks AND HIS VOICE OH MY GOD 😳💗
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"Good evening my lady." Ayato said with a soft voice as he glanced at you.
"Greetings Ayato, enjoying the evening?" you said with your fan at your lips and he smiled.
"Now even more because of you." he told you and you blushed.
"Ah yes indeed, how have you been lately?" you said as you started to walk next to him. He just chuckled and looked down at you.
"Do you really wish to know?" he said and you looked at him.
"You are a dear friend of mine Ayato, of course I wish to know, plus, your sister would worry if she wouldn't know how you are, you need to open up a little." you said and he gave a defeated sign.
"Fine fine, I surrender myself to your mighty judgement!" he said and you laughed.
"How can such a serious head of the Yashiro Comission and head of the Kamisato clan be so playful sometimes?" you asked and he just smiled.
"I must admit that this is just the effect you have upon me my lady." he said and looked down at you once again.
"Still the same charmer I see." you said with a small grin and he got closer to you.
"Only for you my dear." he said and you tried not to die there from how flustered you got. Right now you were at the bridge from Inazuma city, near the water and that small shrine for the kitsune. As you looked at the sky, you sighted.
"Ah its such a beautiful night, I wish we could stay like this, no clan affairs, no etiquette lessons or way to act before everyone, here we can be ourselves." you said.
"Indeed very beautiful." he said and you looked at him only to see that he wasn't looking at the sky, oh no, quite the opposite, he was looking at you with such an adoration.
"Ayato-" you tried to say but he held your hands so you would look at him.
"Look, I know that maybe you think it would be complicated for us to start something, after all we both rule over clan's with big duties, but, believe me, we can make it trough together." he said and looked at you in the eyes.
"But... What about the others? If we get together, they will expect us to marry, have heirs, and our whole relationship will be public..." you said and he took your cheek in his hand.
"You don't have to do all that if you don't feel like it, we are the own rulers of our lives, so why care about what the others think?" he said and you looked at his blue orbs. They were charming, just like his sister's eyes.
"I- alright, if you really think it could work, I'm willing to give it a chance." you said and he smiled at you slowly approaching you. When you were at centimeters away from his face, he connected your lips with his, kissing you sweetly. You felt as if this was the right thing to happen, a lot of thoughts invaded your head and all you could think of was him, the one you loved soo much.
When you broke, he looked at you and caressed your cheeks with his fingers.
"What about you come and have dinner with me and my sister? I'm sure she would enjoy your company as much as I do." he said and you chuckled.
"How could I refuse to see Ayaka and Thoma, I missed them so much, but I missed you even more." you added and he smirked.
"I didn't expect anything else my dear, after all I'm your soul mate." he said and you rolled your eyes.
"As you say "lord" Kamisato. "you said and he grabbed your waist pushing you into him.
"You will get to see me as lord Kamisato too one day, dear, just wait and see." he said and grinned as you blushed hard.
And with that, you both headed to the Kamisato Estate.
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Hope you enjoyed! :D
Requests are opened, just text me or request me stuff, I write about genshin characters, bsd, jjk, mha and aot characters tho <333
And don't forget, Ayato wanters will be Ayato havers, hopefully me included 🤣
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cyraspace01 · 3 years
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Debunking Certain Myths About Plurality
Edit: We'd like to thank @altercourses for correcting some of our misinformation and providing sources, and since then have corrected some things, we are very sorry for the misinformation.
1. Every system has a headspace/innerworld
Nope! Actually, it's quite normal not to. When you find a professional who specializes in helping patients with DID & OSDD function, they actually have practices for creating or finding your headspace. This can be done with a professional, or by yourself with caution. And also, headspaces and innerworlds aren't special to those who are plural, anyone can have one. It's just more common for us so our headmates have places they can go when they aren't fronting.
2. Every system is medically recognized as overt or covert
Yes...But no. Overt and covert labels can be very harmful actually, and aren't use by professionals, they were mostly picked up by the community. That isn't to say they are wrong or bad, but medical professionals do not see a system to be overt or covert, very obvious, or not obvious, it's not that simple to them.
But these labels have been seen to be helpful or interesting by the community, and in that, there is no harm.
3. OSDD-1B and OSDD-1A are medical labels
Actually...No. OSDD-1B and OSDD-1A are not medical labels or terms, in fact, these two aren't even in the DSM, they were later named and found by the OSDD community to differentiate different ways of osdd presenting. As you know, OSDD means Other Specified Dissociative Disorder, otherwise known as a dissociative disorder that may not catch all the symptoms of DID but is pretty close. It is a catch-all. Although the DSM does not ever state OSDD-1A or OSDD-1B, the DSM does give 4 examples of what OSDD can look like. Two of the 4 are what have been named.
So, no, it is not necessary to think or say you have OSDD-1B or 1A, If these labels and distinctions make you feel comfortable go ahead, but others should know, these really aren't important to anyone but the OSDD haver themselves.
The DSM itself.
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4. DID & what counts as amnesia
You do not need to have full blackouts like media says to qualify for DID, these things actually aren't as common as they may sound amongst DID havers. Here's a great video about what dissociative amnesia can look like if you think you experience it.
Edit; I had quite the misinformation here, there has been a wonderful reblog you can find on my blog made my @/altercourses please go read it they corrected and made some very important points I would not like to copy and discredit to them!
5. Only certain traumas can result in having DID/OSDD (sexual abuse, physical)
Well...No. That isn't true and the DSM does not inherently ever state that those are the only way an unstable sense of self with parts can exist. The only thing it ever states is if it is long-term childhood abuse, that could cause this disorder to happen. Long-term abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, can come from natural disasters, troubles at birth, etc.
6. You can't be aware of being a system on your own
Ah...You see, making this claim doesn't really make sense to me. That's like saying people with psychosis can't be aware that they are experiencing a delusion, or people who feel depressed for a long amount of time cannot recognize that they have chronic depression. While the popular claim of people do not realize that they might have DID or OSDD until they are well into adulthood or in their 30s is not false, It's fairly common and normal to suspect yourself of having a disorder even if others don't suspect it first, you know yourself better before anyone else does, and just because DID/OSDD is supposed to be hidden from everyone not just including but especially for the host, it's very possible.
7. You always know who's fronting or who you are
Perhaps this is true in some people, that's totally cool! But it's normal and perfectly fine to be blurry or not be able to put names or labels to yourself sometimes. It doesn't need to be this way, let's erase the stigma of this. The Rings System has some great videos on this.
8. Fusion and integration are the same
We must look at what integration and fusion actually mean. Integration means bringing down the dissociative barriers and things that separate the system, making it easier to work together and bring everyone closer together, but this has nothing to do with becoming one! Just improving communication and functioning together. It can sometimes even seem like you are on the same wavelength, which is good.
This often gets mistaken with fusion. A lot of people with plurality say they do not want to integrate, because they mistake integration for fusion! Fusion is actually what you're thinking of. Fusion is the practice of bringing all parts and fragments together to make the failed self at childhood, a whole one person.
While some systems find that fusion, or just merging some parts together is their goal, other systems work towards integration and communication instead, and the professional you're working with should have a positive mindset on both if you work with one.
It's very normal for systems to want to be more distinct or work on themselves separately, or work on getting along as a collective instead of wanting to be one.
9. Endogenic systems are an excuse for hardcore, or no double, "kinnies"
System ≠ kinning. We are not the same, of course, you can be both, but being a system is different. No system I have ever met has not been alright with seeing someone similar to them, or the fictives I know have no issue with seeing another fictive of their source, and if they do, they usually handle it respectively. You are talking about a specific person or a very small amount of people here, and I promise you all plural people don't operate that way, although I do not doubt that it does look like a fine line to the average person.
Also, kinnie can be very offensive to otherkin and therian people, please, let us not use this term regarding those people, or systems.
I tried to list sources for some of my most important claims, but if you want sources for other things, or you believe something is wrong, do not be afraid to correct us on it or send us an ask!
As always,
The (White) Sakura System 🌸
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