The LAYERS needed in a modern/human Dreamling au. Some level of Endless family dysfunction, obviously. Hob's family can be be dead or not, it's all good. Are they old enough to have individually gained the awareness they are off-puttingly intense and should hide it a bit at first, or still in that "no, why would I need to Elsa this" stage?
Option A is both of them trying to play it cool, like "don't scare him off" except they so badly want to go from zero to sixty.
(Death and Desire have ruthlessly drilled Dream with flashcards about how to react appropriately in situations.
Desire: it's your one-month anniversary, what do you do?
Dream: [hesitantly] NOT propose?
Desire and Death, conferring, because that's technically correct but the delivery was suspect.
Death, encouragingly: Good start. And?
Dream: a nice dinner and maybe a walk?
Desire: well done!
Death: and for a three-month anniversary?
Dream: give them a key to my flat.
Desire: [airhorn] NO. RED CARD.)
Option B makes them the classic anecdotal "my grandparents got engaged within seven days of meeting each other and still are happy together".
(Death, rubbing her temples: so you met this guy--
Dream: Hob
Death: -- Hob, and within 1 day you gave notice to the Registrar's Office and figured out the best day to get married. And Hob agreed to this?
Dream: NO.
Death: oh thank go-
Dream: Hob SUGGESTED this.
Death: . . .
Dream: are you going to be a witness or not?
Death, 29 days later in the Registrar's Office, to Hob's witness: Is he sane?
Johanna Constantine, drinking heavily from a large flask: unfortunately yes, by all legal definitions.
Death: fuck
Johanna: [passing the flask over] if your brother's even a tenth as intense as Hob, they'll be fine. Probably.
Death, brightening: Is Hob that bad?
Johanna: You know how sometimes you meet somebody and think "oof, they're a bit much, best give them a wide berth"?
Death: yeah.
Johanna: Hob's like a camouflaged hole in the ground of muchness. Except he's done the hole up all nice and he knows that sometimes you just want to be left alone in the hole to sulk and rattle the spikes for a bit, and occasionally get a F&M hamper tossed in.
Death: [hmmmmmmm'ing approvingly]
Johanna, morose: the bastard.
In the background, Hob and Dream are pressing their foreheads together and basking in each other's presence)
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im going through the same emotional journey watching house md for the first time as i did while watching hannibal for the first time
like i go into it with the smallest of ideas of what the show generally is about, and a hunch that apparently theres two guys who will be fun to imagine as a ship because of some subjectively read homoerotic subtle subtext hints
and then i watch the show and its just. text. not even text the show should actually be called "they never kissed or fucked on screen but it would be less graphic than whatever the fuck im watching happen between these two"
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I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this, but I am so grateful that the Yellowjackets creative team has proven themselves flexible storytellers—in a lot of ways, but particularly regarding Van. ‘Cuz how many times do we get a lesbian in a show (especially a funny, lovable one) and resign ourselves to having to say goodbye in some catastrophic way? And this is absolutely the kind of show where, until you see the adult counterparts, any one of those kids could bite it. And that Van was SUPPOSED to die—or at least, wasn’t necessarily supposed to live—but Liv Hewson did such a fantastic job and the character became so enriched and so charming that she not only gets to live past season one, but gets to live into adulthood.
And that she gets to be so herself in adulthood; Van feels the least changed, in some ways, of any of the grown versions. She’s, as Ambrose and Hewson point out, dimmed down and calcified, but she’s still dressing the same, she’s still proudly gay, she’s out here acting as a sort of snarky cinema mentor to the kids who come into her shop. No, she isn’t happy, because none of them are, but she is alive, and she’s out and proud, and she’s a fundamental figure in this narrative when she could so easily have been written out in a blaze of fire or a wolf attack. I’m so grateful, because it means no matter where adult Van’s journey takes her, we’re getting to hang on to Hewson for as long as the show runs, as one of the core six members of the ‘96 cast, and that is fucking huge. We’re getting the message that at least two of those six characters are gay and get to grow up, and that gayness has nothing whatsoever to do with their trauma and problems in 2021. Like. Goddamn. That’s enormous.
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How CSM Characters Love (As Told by Tarot) II
tags: gn!reader, headcanons, spoilers for anime onlys
a/n: the csm anime is finally out and it’s already looking so good! i’m not sure how much of this constitutes as spoiler heavy, but for anime onlys these are characters that haven’t appeared in the anime yet as of posting so i’d skip this post. other than that though, let’s get this tarot show on the road! i’ve already done reze and i’ve done denji, aki, power and makima in another post so enjoy.
angel devil
knight of cups, seven of swords, the emperor, the moon
angel never wanted to be a city mouse, but you make the city mouse life he’s forced to lead bearable. his love for you runs deep and there’s a soft melancholy in how he holds you that you can’t quite explain. there is just one thing holding him back and that’s his fear of being the reason you die. that it won’t matter how careful you are, holding hands through gloves and only sharing light pecks with cloth between your lips. one day he’ll slip up and touch your skin and be the reason your lifespan is shorter than what was originally planned. what if makima uses you as another tactic to keep him in the birdcage she has carefully crafted for him or decides you’re a distraction and dispose of you? how can the angel devil truly promise to himself he’ll protect you if the greatest threat to your life is himself? these thoughts plague him constantly and he wonder if still pursuing the relationship despite that is selfish and if he should let you go if he truly loves you. at the very least, angel wants to stay by your side for as long as this dangerous city mouse life allows. but if push came to shove, he’d abandon it for you. if there is something that would make him consider facing his fears and betraying makima, it would definitely be you.
kobeni
death, eight of swords, two of wands, nine of chalices
love for kobeni is a rebirth. she wasn’t dealt the luckiest hand in life and she always felt trapped by it. even if the key to her escaping the confines of her life was right there, she’d honestly be too afraid to take it. being stuck in a familiar pattern of misery is more comfortable than taking the risks in lands unknown. but loving you is what made her decide to take it and try exploring that unknown. there’s a lot of hiccups in the beginning, changing yourself for the better doesn’t happen over night it takes patience and efforts but to kobeni its worth it. you’re worth it and its worth it to her to change from the self she deems pathetic and becoming a stronger version of herself that can look after herself competently as well as her partner. you both find joys in the little things whether it’s getting ice cream or going to the movie theatres, it’s a simple love.
kisibe
four of wands, the hanged man, seven of wands, ten of pentacles
kishibe’s love is loyal; it perseveres and lasts long. he doesn’t fight against the feelings he has for you, he easily surrenders to the waves. cynical as this man is, he’s warm to the idea of soulmates. or rather, he might say he feels he was born to love you. in spite of the devils and the injuries he sustains, a quick thought of you waiting for him to return home is enough to keep him fighting for tomorrow. if kishibe has his way, he won’t be leaving the devil hunter’s association in a body bag but through retirement to spend the rest of his years with you and any family you make whether it is you and some children or you and a collection of cats and dogs. it won’t be long until he’s on patrol, cigarette in hand when the thought of doing that will cross his mind. perhaps it is time for this old dog to let the next generation handle things instead of making you worry constantly for his wellbeing.
quanxi
temperance, knight of cups, the lovers, three of cups
ignorance is bliss and so is quanxi’s love for you. it doesn’t matter how many lovers she has, she loves them all equally and you’re no exception. you’re all connected, she’ll protect you all with her life. quanxi might not be the best with her words, but you’ll quickly find that her actions speak louder. you can see it in how she recalls details you mentioned about yourself in passing and how she’ll bring you your favorite snack when you’re working, how she somehow manages to remember the preferred drinks of all of lovers on dates without missing a beat. quanxi makes you feel like you’ve gained more than one lover, but three more women for whom your heart has plenty of room. even in this world of devil and fiends, here is happiness to be found in it as long as you know where (and where not) to look. this is the thread that binds.
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