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shaftking · 4 months

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Regarding the post you reblogged about people criticizing kids cartoons, I wanted to point out that OP tagged it #spop and included this addition admitting that it’s mostly about that show. That being said, they missed the point of the criticisms completely. I haven’t seen one person complain that the world was saved with the power of friendship bc it WASN’T. It was saved by a poorly written rushed abusive romance. In fact, the critics actually wanted to see Adora’s friendships save the day instead of her awful romance with Catra since the show is called She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, despite the princesses barely getting a role. And if there HAD to be a romance, it could’ve been with Glimmer, which would’ve made more narrative sense and sent a better message to kids.

Next, I’m not sure why OP described SPOP as a show with a “pastel color palette about friendship and love and unity” as if these things detract from the bad writing, plus these themes weren’t even handled well. I have no issue with Catra being redeemed and I liked her in seasons 3 and 4. That’s not why the show is being accused of abuse apologism and this isn’t comparable to when Sugar was accused of being a nazi apologist over the SU finale. SPOP was rushed as well (I’m not sure if it got canceled like SU) but Catra’s redemption either should’ve started sooner or the romance should’ve been ditched. SU at least had a much better writing, representation, and messages for kids. It’s funny since imo SU and SPOP are not two sides of the same coin as OP claims. If OP wants shows that are ACTUALLY comparable to SU with “pastel colors, nuanced yet positive and relatable messages about love, fun for kids,” then they should watch MLP and Amphibia instead. Also I haven’t seen one SPOP critic who’s “appalled by anything that is remotely challenging to toxic masculinity” so that’s a load of BS. As for the remaining claims, those may pertain to the SU critics for all I know, but I have yet to see any SPOP critics express such sentiments or behave in such a way. The “hate blogs” for SPOP are really just critical blogs that make valid points rather than “a shit ton of bad faith misinterpretations” and aren’t “tearing [the show] to shreds,” plus the only harassment I’ve seen towards teens over a kid’s show has been from SPOP fans themselves.

This post also included a bunch of nonsense in the tags which I can no longer see since OP recently deactivated their account (in fact the only reason I’m able to share a link to the post is bc someone reblogged it), but they contained more misinterpretations of the criticisms along with slander towards the critics. I’m so sick of SPOP fans continuing to have no critical thinking skills while blindly defending the show and demonizing anyone who dares criticize it. It’s pathetic. Btw to clarify, my annoyance is not directed towards you since ik you reblogged the original post to defend SU (which as an SU fan, I’m grateful for), but I wanted to bring this up.

Literally the lack of awareness of that post. God.

SPOP and SU aren’t the same imo. Ya I’m biased no I don’t care. SPOP did not have the same level of network interference at all and SU still managed to have a consistent characterization for its lead that respected the message they were trying to tell about forgiveness and kindness being the answer. It went out of its way in SU: Future to address that while Stevens efforts and actions of forgiveness and kindness were what led to the end of the war and the Diamond authority tyranny, his actions also came from a place of insecurity in living up to his mother’s legacy and his desires to help people led him to throw himself into danger and get hurt constantly.

SPOP has none of this, it went out of its way to try and be a “nuanced and complex” take on teenagers in a war while poorly balancing it with kid friendly comedy. (Really aping on ATLA in the worst most unsubtle way.) It really showed how the creators really just wanted their fav ship fanservice because of the weird sibling/star crossed lover dynamic they forced onto Catra and Adora. And I get giving characters struggles in their relationships but they wanted their unproblematic yuri or whatever while never addressing the weird baggage and codependency that these two characters had with each other.

And to compare SU and SPOP again, even SU approached its redemptions with more tact and nuance despite my many many criticisms of it. Characters aren’t just wholesale forgiven and brought into the fold of the crystal gems. It takes peridot like a whole season, Lapis is ambivalent towards them even in episodes where they actively work together, Jasper has to go through hell before she even considers Steven and the gems worthy of her time and respect, the diamonds aren’t even properly forgiven by Steven in the entire series and only visit and communicate with him in post series stuff like the movie and future to give him updates on their reformation and fixing the harm they’ve caused and to awkwardly check in on him. SPOP literally just completely ignores that Catra alone literally actively committed acts of war not limited to but including the murder of a main characters parent.

Everyone knows the SU fandom was toxic asf and there was no justification for shitty fans to accuse Rebecca Sugar of being a Nazi apologist for making a show for kids about how being kind but still standing up for yourself can save the world. Because they for some reason didn’t consider that a kids show was never ever going to straight up have it’s pacifist protag eviscerate the big bad regardless of their crimes. *Cough cough* Aang *cough cough* But when you bring up shitty behavior from SPOP fans who cannot take any criticism at all because muh pretty pastel girl ship or even some of the disrespect for the original source material you get from the crew I find it very hard to give it the same grace as I do SU or other deeply flawed shows like Voltron.

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shoichee · 3 years

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teiko manager anon back ~ my juicy part 2 will disappoint bc guess what: we're skipping two years into the future. akashi never found out what happened, and by third year the gom were the epitome of cruelty. so reader picks a fight with them after meiko game, only to collapse out of stress after. they graduate, she follows kuroko to seirin and they train to defeat gom. but why is she so insecure and easily sad when gom is mentioned? they get their answer when they catch her overworking

oh teiko anon, so so bold.... really out here stirring the pot of chaos with this part 2 huh KEK alright folks BUCKLE IN YOUR SEATBELTS IT”S TIME FOR PART 2 and part 1 is right here ! part 3 will be here ! update: part 4 is here !

Akashi x Reader

Part 2

[Teiko!manager Headcanons]

remember how I said in part 1 how Akashi would find out sooner or later? this would normally be the case, but in this exception…

you came back to school pretty quickly and restored, only to be in shock when Akashi himself confronts you about where you’ve been… like hello? YOUR CRUSH?? is? talking? to you? about your wellbeing?

here’s the thing, Akashi can easily detect lies through body language because he has an extraordinary sense of kinetic vision and critical thinking, but he’s still a human, not to mention… a middle schooler, and he’s not a true mind reader as some teammates would wholeheartedly believe

still, after some easy sleuthing he easily drew out confessions from some teammates who badmouthed you, although every single one were some type of half-truths and inconsistent testimonies that didn’t really make sense in painting a big picture

instead of incorrectly assuming things, he wanted to hear what’s been going on from your own mouth (keep in mind, this is still Oreshi, the guy who’s still cordial and wants to confirm this with you out of respect)

when he asks you some questions, he doesn’t detect any physical signs of lying from you, which only makes him believe that there wasn’t anything wrong to begin with other than you being under the weather and the other teammates saying utter nonsense either out of fear in his presence or using you as a scapegoat to cover up other delinquencies that he may have yet to discover

“(l/n)-san, I take it that you’ve been resting well? I heard from Kuroko that you were absent due to the seasonal flu.”

“Ah, y-yes! I’ve actually gotten plenty of rest and proper meals, so I’m back on my feet quicker than expected.”

“I actually also wanted to ask you something, if you don’t mind?”

“What is it?”

“Has anything odd happening to you lately? Anyone who has given you trouble or has been uncooperative with you as head manager as of late?”

at the question, you only frown in genuine confusion before you answer no; you genuinely believed that these teammates weren’t in the wrong for “speaking their mind” and if anything, you felt like you were the problem in not being capable enough in managing your own job and your health in the process (despite being knowledgeable in health yourself)

because Akashi saw that you weren’t lying, he dropped it completely out of respect and asked you that if there was anything troubling you that you could reach out to him

oh how he was so, so close to finding out the truth

this wouldn’t be brought up ever again because you and Akashi only continued to grow busier and busier with your own duties; eventually, your fears came true when the Generation of Miracles had in fact “left” you behind when their talents blossomed too fast and left unchecked

honestly, you developed a horrible habit of overworking despite Kuroko’s and Kise’s constant checks on you

what do you know? of course the coaches and faculty members would ignore your opposition against putting the GoMs in every game; after all some of them had been quite dismissive of you already

it’s kind of ironic because if Bokukashi was the one interrogating you back then, he would’ve either easily (correctly) assume based off of the teammates’ testimonies alone, or he’d be a lot more insistent in discerning the truth of the situation and nipping it right in the bud to stop the “nonsense”

but at the same time, Bokukashi has a lot more pressing priorities than a few poor-attitude teammates when he has the entire reputation of Tekio’s legacy on his shoulders; anything pertaining to you never crossed his mind ever since his domineering side emerged

you were really excited for Kuroko since he was gushing about playing against his old friend, since his friend couldn’t make it to finals the first time // needless to say, you were also Kuroko’s mental support when he felt really down at that time

after Kuroko sustained an injury in the game before Meiko, you immediately accompanied him to the infirmary

there, Kuroko requests you to go watch the game and you only reluctantly agree because you wanted to see the game just to relay back to Kuroko just in case if he couldn’t make it, and you were still a manager with a job to fulfill; you’d figure leaving Momoi to watch over was sufficient enough

when you walk out the door though… you bump into Akashi, which is the first time in a while where you two were face-to-face like this; your heart sank when you realize that you had to accept the fact that he’s changed and allowed the distance to grow between you two

but a small part of denial makes you quickly turn and flee out the hallway, but you really begin to evaluate your crush on him as you scurry away; Akashi just stares at you for a moment before he enters into the infirmary where Kuroko is

you’ve distanced yourself from other people (GoMs in particular) in basketball out of denial of the fact you were really left behind (plus, you already dread attending to their games because it’s always a cruel reminder that you’re not working hard enough to achieve results of the same level), which is why reality slapped you in the face after the aftermath of the Meiko game… when you witnessed the full extent of their cruelty on the court

you were really hurt—in fact, you looked more distraught than the Meiko teammates themselves

especially, since the fact that Kise himself, who you thought of him as someone you can trust in, partook in this as well (this is actually your first time in seeing his cruel side in action, since he’s always been very sweet and helpful to you because he respects you)

you first confronted Kise when he was alone for a bit, sounding absolutely heartbroken and on the verge of tears; you shocked him out of his cold side and he immediately becomes a mother hen and asking if you needed water or a seat to calm down before you overexert yourself

after telling him your feelings about the game and your growing distance in the friendship, he sincerely apologizes for making you feel in such an awful way and tells you to let him know next time before a game, so that he wouldn’t suggest this type of entertainment for the game again.

you were in complete disbelief… the fact that your best friend suggested this himself? You dumbly asked for his reason, and he only says that you wouldn’t understand it because no one ever gives the GoM a proper challenge

even though he didn’t intend anything bad when he said this, it just made you feel worse, but you still accepted the apology to get it over with

the other GoMs come and you immediately become angry again and tension just skyrockets; Midorima simply looks away and says nothing, and Murasakibara and Aomine do most of the talking back/arguing… and Akashi only impassively stares at you

later, when Kuroko himself confronts them while everyone was walking in the hallway, you completely lagged behind on the group, tearfully staring at the backs of the GoMs and how you felt really alienated and unmotivated to continue being a manager for a team you don’t even recognize anymore

you grew dizzy again, and you knew your body was dealing with too much at once but you willed your body to at least last the trip

at least you gave a warning when you assumed that you were away from the GoMs at Teiko before you went unconscious; Kise happens to catch you before he brings you to the school infirmary

he does stay with you the entire time, knowing the reason for your collapse was all the extreme emotional and mental toll accumulated in such a short time; he feels absolutely guilty, and when you were about to stir awake, he simply leaves a lighthearted note and a cutely shaped bread before he leaves, knowing that you’d be stressed again if you saw him (around this time is when Kuroko confronts Akashi to quit the team, which is why he was nowhere near you at the time of your collapse/rest)

you felt better that at least Kise still sees you as a close friend when you see what he left behind

you still feel awful, to say the least

it felt wrong of you to quit mid-season, since you felt that you were simply giving up and further perpetuating the fact that you weren’t doing the most that you could

but you didn’t feel like staying for the rest of the season, so you decided to overwork yourself again to get the rest of the paperwork and training plans out of the way for the remainder of the games; you even left detailed instructions to Momoi in how to relieve certain pressure points and muscles for instant relief in case someone hurts themselves

a little timeskip where you decided to tag along Kuroko in attending Seirin High, but you were more reluctant in joining basketball again because you didn’t want to re-experience the stress and burdens in Teiko

well, until you made friends with Riko, and her story in how she was skeptical about basketball at first too inspires you to give it a try again

Kuroko feels really happy that you’re at ease again for the first time, but he definitely notices how you grow gloomy when the Seirin teammates praise the GoMs

you slowly relapse into the habit of overworking to “compensate” for your lack of contributions to Seirin’s team, but this time, every member DROPKICKS you to stop working and relax sometimes (Riko and Hyuuga are the main culprits)

even though you never tell them the reason for your poor habits, the Seirin team members just SENSE and KNOW what to say to make you feel like you’re doing more than enough to support the team in their own unique ways (Mitobe giving really cute shoulder pats and thumbs-ups… Koganei giving you slaps on the back and high-fives… Riko bluntly telling you to relax and giving you encouraging winks… Hyuuga being a roundabout in his praises… Teppei openly praising you… and Kagami telling you that you were doing too much LOL)

Kuroko gives you the SOFTEST SMILES (everyone freaks out every time he does that, it’s hilarious)

however, wounds slowly reopen more once again every time Seirin goes against schools that the respective GoM plays for

after every win Seirin achieves against the GoM’s respective school, each GoM would eventually learn a little tidbits here and there about your tendency to overwork and collapse and possible speculations of why, but you never confirm anything with them

even though you easily forgive Kise after the Seirin vs. Kaijo match (seeing how he interacted with Kagami and Kuroko in the park), for the others… you weren’t so ready to confront…

… particularly with Akashi

#knb #knb x reader #knb headcanon #knb headcanons #teiko #knb teiko #akashi x reader #akashi seijuro #akashi seijuro x reader #kuroko tetsuya #kise ryota #kise ryouta #aomine daiki #midorima shintarou #midorima shintaro #murasakibara atsushi #teiko middle school

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realityhelixcreates · 4 years

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Beta, Theta, and Me

Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Thor (Movies), Avengers (Movies) Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: PG Warnings: Swearing, Homelessness, Relationships: Loki x Reader (But not right now) Characters: Tony Stark, Thor(Marvel), Loki(Marvel) Additional Tags: A/B/O, Sorta, More Of An Exploration Of Life And Self Expression Within An A/B/O Framework, Loki Does What He Wants, But Loki Does Not Actually Do What He Wants, Antagonistic Bosses, Managerial Differences

Summary: As it becomes clearer that your immediate superior hates you, and clearer that Tony needs to put someone somewhere else, you get caught up in things that are way above your paygrade.

“Mr. Stark!”

“And now I gotta deal with this.” He muttered, closing a holo-screen and whirling in his rolling stool to face her. “Florence! Surprised to see you. Isn't there somebody else to see to whatever problem you have?”

“It has to do with that new hire, Whom you forced on us. Since it has to do with her, I bring it to you.”

“Hey, do I pay you for sass?”

“No, you pay me because I am the best at what I do. I mean to continue doing it.” She slapped a paper down in front of him.

“I don't like being handed-”

“That's why I didn't.” She tapped the paper. It was an application. “She has falsified information. Look.”

He looked. He couldn't help it. Florence reminded him altogether too much of one of his old nannies. He could never disobey that woman either.

On the application, next to Secondary Gender, you had scrawled not the usual α, β, or Ω, but a θ instead.

“Maybe...it's a sloppy Beta? Like just a really sloppy B?”

“Except she writes a perfectly legible B later on. Also, this address is false. No one lives there, it's a storage center. I wouldn't put money on that phone number being legit either. On top of that-” She said, cutting Tony off. “I have caught her filching food from the employee cafeteria.”

“Oh yeah? What did she take?”

“Creamers, jelly, crackers, and salad dressing packets.”

“So...all the stuff we offer for free?”

“With purchase of something else.” Florence sniffed. “Also, I caught these this morning.”

She held her phone out, showing slightly blurry pictures of a person who might be you climbing out of the dumpster behind the building.

“Okay, that doesn't necessarily prove anything.”

“And I've caught her sleeping around the building.”

“On the clock?”

“On breaks, and sometimes before her shift.”

“So, not on the clock.”

“Sir, she is breaking the law!”

“Well, so did you when you took that picture without her consent. I don't tolerate spying on my employees.”

“Sir!”

“What's the real problem here, Florence? That she's homeless? Don't we want them to go get jobs? Then suddenly she's got one, and you're like, no not like that?”

“I just don't understand why you are rewarding a stranger for breaking the rules. Indecent exposure in the bathroom, and you give her a job. Lying on her application, and you defend her. You don't even know this girl, you don't know why she was on the street, what warrants might be out for her, what problems she might have, what havoc she might cause. That nonsense symbol on her gender identification alone shows she's not taking this seriously!”

“Theta.” He murmured.

“Pardon?”

“It's not nonsense, it's a Theta. It's just another letter. We use it in mathematics all the time; it means there's an angle.”

“Is she trying to tell us she's crooked?” Florence demanded.

“She's probably just a Beta who thinks secondary gender inquiries are an invasion of privacy. It's all the rage among the young people these days. In any case, just keep her on for a week or two. If she's gonna wash out, you'll know by then. It'll give you the chance to do a few more interviews. You're still looking for extra help, right? You've got permission, go on ahead and do it. Two, three more people.”

“Well...Alright.” Florence said, mollified. “Thank you sir.”

“You know I got your back. But we gotta shake things up every now and then, keep things fresh. Get in people from all walks of life, keep in touch with the pulse of society, all that. Now run along, dear. You've got a ship to keep shape, don't you?”

“That I do, sir.” Florence left, forgetting the application behind her. Tony held the paper up, examining it. Fake address for sure, and likely the number was for a burner phone. Age, education, and work history looked legit. There was a year and a half gap between your last job and this one: it probably marked the amount of time you'd been on the streets.

A Theta symbol. Why that, specifically?

“You're not too fond of Florence, are you?” F.R.I.D.A.Y. asked.

Tony shrugged. “Not really, but she's damn good at her job. That's all I really need from her. Would you do me a favor and look up gender expressions pertaining to Theta? There's a lot of new terminology I need to get caught up with. This might be one of them.”

*****

You sneaked another sugar packet from the ground floor coffee shop, fully aware that the amused barista was watching, and didn't care in the slightest.

You sprinkled a tiny bit into a little container of coffee creamer, then knocked the whole thing back like some kind of shot.

Everybody knew now that you worked here, and if they speculated about your bizarre eating habits, none of them said anything to you about it.

As long as you didn't break any rules, nobody seemed to care.

Fine by you. Even though they were small, simple snacks; salad crackers with tiny packets of jelly, butter, and salad dressing, sugar, salt and pepper packs, creamers, ketchups, mustards, and mayonaise, these were quick and easy sources of calories that hadn't been readily available to you before.

Having a fresh uniform each day was kind of amazing. Florence insisted that all uniforms be cleaned and disinfected properly, which meant they all got left behind at the end of the day, and were clean by morning. It had the added bonus of no one seeing you wearing a Stark-affiliated uniform while you were sleeping on the fire escape, or hanging around near the dumpsters outside

You weren't exactly friends with the baristas here, you never even talked, but ever since you had run a creeper out of the shop by being generally stinky and unpleasant to be around, they had started disposing of their expired muffins and cookies by wrapping them in wax papers or bags. Their boss hadn't caught on yet, but you were deeply grateful to them for every bite you salvaged from the trash.

Soon you would get your first paycheck, and then you could buy a decent meal. You'd been planning and dreaming of what it would be. Steak and potatoes? An omelet? Maybe just a regular old hamburger and Coke?

It might be the only paycheck you saw from Stark Industries though. You'd overheard Florence and Khalil talking, and she was determined to be rid of you. Khalil didn't really seem to agree, but he had kids at home, and probably couldn't afford to argue.

It didn't matter. Even if it was less than a week, you could put Stark Industries on your resume forever now. That would get you in the door. Janitorial training was a pretty good skill too. Every business needed cleaning staff, no exceptions.

Things were really looking up for you.

No one had even called you on all the weird stuff you'd put on your application.

You hadn't lied, exactly. Not exactly. Sure, you didn't live permanently at the address you'd provided, but you did sleep there sometimes. And you had gone to the school you named...before your parents completely succumbed to their paranoia and pulled you for homeschooling. The hadn't wanted public educators to fill your head with 'propaganda'.

And that was your phone number, though you'd have to buy some minutes when you got paid.

It was all at least semi-true.

Even the Theta was a symbol you had picked up off the internet, when researching what was wrong with you.

You tossed back another sugared creamer.

Having a routine again felt good. It had been over a year, but you slipped back into civilization pretty easily. You were so lucky. You always told yourself that.

Yeah, even if Florence gave you the boot, you still had options. This chapter in your life might soon be coming to an end.

Soon. You just had to wait, and work.

*****

Tony looked over the long, primly written list with amused disbelief.

“Is this...Is he serious?” He asked Thor. “I literally cannot tell when he is being serious, and when he is trolling me.”

“Welcome to the last thousand years of my life.” Thor said dryly, taking the list from Tony, and skimming over it. He held his hand out for a pen, and when Tony handed him one, he began crossing things off of the list.

“No...No...Absolutely not...Oh, he just put that one in there to annoy me...” Thor handed the list back. “But for the most part, yes. He is serious. Whatever else he may be-” He paused at Tony's muttering of 'war criminal' then forged on. “He is still the Crown Prince of Asgard, and the true King of Jotunheim. He is entitled to certain amenities. And then there is his...condition to think about.”

“Crown Prince of-no offense-a set of postage stamp sized fishing villages in Nova Scotia, and true King of a planet so far away that they can't even reach us to take him back. What exactly does he think he's entitled to on an enemy planet? He's here for punishment, right?”

“He's here for rehabilitation. And so that we can try to winkle out the information that we need. The goal is that he comes back to one of Asgard's 'postage stamp' villages eventually. But that man is still out there, and it's altogether too likely that he will make his way here. We're going to have to indulge my brother a bit, if we are to get information about it. Besides, he has proven himself a hero already, and suffered for it. He has earned a bit of leniency.”

“So you say, your majesty, but...” Tony scanned the revised list. “...I think I can provide most of this. But...servants? We don't really do that around here.”

“He will need assistance. And Loki has never been unduly cruel to servants who had done nothing to trouble him.”

“Okay, but what do you mean by 'trouble'? I mean, I have a few people in mind, but they all live here, and might not be instantly comfortable around him. Is he gonna whip someone over dropping a plate, or folding a cape wrong?”

“He is in no position to do so. And he never went so far back home, so I honestly doubt he would do so here. He knows full well the effect he has on the people of this world.”

“Anger and terror?”

“Pretty much.”

“Look. I'm not going to send him a servant. He'll get a maid, and nothing more. If he drives them off, he won't get a replacement. One chance. I'm not putting people at risk for his whims.”

“I couldn't ask for better than that. But time is of the essence my friend.”

“I better get some royal kickbacks for this.” Tony grumbled.

“I'll send you some Asgardian postage stamps.” Thor joked, leaving the lab.

Tony turned back to his desk, pulling up his holographic display. A short list of Greek letters that he'd been learning about popped back up.

“Okay, Theta.” He said. “Time to show me what you're worth.”

*****

The fight started out as an accusation of theft. Florence had caught you with an Iron Muffin-a specialty of the ground floor coffee shop-which you had filched from the dumpster that morning. You'd tried to claim that you'd bought it, but then she'd demanded to see your receipt, and it had just escalated from there.

You were two words away from just quitting then and there, mostly so that she couldn't fire you, when Tony Stark had reached out of the elevator behind you, yanked you into it, waved goodbye to Florence, and shut the doors. As the elevator began to rise, you wiped a few angry tears out of your eyes, embarrassed that he had seen that.

You seemed altogether too prone to show this man your worst sides.

“I'm sorry sir.” You said. “Florence and I don't really get along.”

“She needs to be challenged sometimes. However, I am perfectly able to sass her myself, and I can't have disruption in the janitorial team. Can you imagine the uproar if the floors didn't get waxed properly at night?

Anyway, I thought we might chat about some of the information on your application.”

You were screwed. Could you be arrested for lying on an application?

“Oh geez. I'm sorry about that, but-”

“Yeah, I know. You have to write down an address, but you don't really have one, do you? But you can't leave it blank, so you improvise. I looked you up though. Your family seems to have a history of...shall we call them 'rebellious acts'?”

You hung your head. Fuck. He knew about that too.

“I'm not like them.” You muttered. “I'm not that stupid.”

“Sure hope not. Anyway, wanna tell me what a Theta is? Like, in your words.”

“You won't believe me.”

“Why wouldn't I?”

“Nobody does.”

“I can fly. I've been finding things easier to believe since then.”

Well, that was fair. He was Iron Man. He'd been involved with aliens, and killer robots, and terrorists. Why would this be too weird?

“It's kinda like a Beta, but I have an Omega's sense of smell.”

“And Alpha's pheremones don't effect you. Right?”

“R-right...” How did he-?

“You presented me with a conundrum, and I couldn't leave it alone. I needed to find out what you meant, but it wasn't exactly easy. I had to get on tumblr to figure this out. I had to learn what a demi-omega was, to figure this out. I never thought I was out of touch, but damn if you young-uns haven't come up with some creative new lingo.”

“It's just that the world is more complex than a mark on a paper.” You said.

“Don't I know it!” He laughed. “But that's not too bad, is it? Not being overpowered by Alphas? Sounds nice.”

“It's not so bad, but most people think there's something wrong with me. It's not just the Alpha pheremones, I just don't feel-wait a minute, where are we going?”

The elevator had passed the labs, far above the highest floor you were supposed to be allowed to access.

“We're headed to the residential area. Me and Pep aren't the only ones who live up on the top floors. Top dozen or so are basically penthouses, though they aren't all consistently occupied these days.”

You remembered watching footage on the news of a fight at an airport. Avenger versus Avenger. It was terrible; both you and your old roommate had cried a little. It was an awful thing, watching your heroes come apart.

You were kind of glad you didn't have any superpowers or anything like that. You wouldn't want to be at the beck and call of any government, much less more than one. It was something you had actually agreed with your parents on.

“Why are we going up there? I'm not supposed to be here.”

“You're with me kid; you can be anywhere. And anyway, the best way to keep cats from fighting is to separate them. So, from now on, you are a maid.”

“A maid? I don't know how to be a maid, I just started being a janitor!” You protested, then told yourself to shut your trap and not argue with the boss for not firing you.

Tony shrugged. “What's different about being a maid? You still clean stuff, only it's a home instead of a museum. You might need to cook something every now and then. Can you cook?”

“A little bit, yeah.”

“Not gonna lie; it's not a walk in the park. But it comes with a pay upgrade, and an apartment off the penthouse, so that's two of your problems solved.”

Suspicion began creeping in. This was all way to good to be true.

“Why me? You have to know that I'm not as qualified as the other janitors. What's the catch?”

“Well, the catch-” The elevator dinged. “Oh, look! We're here!”

The elevator doors opened. Standing right in front of them, in horned helmet and armor, stood Loki, the destroyer of New York.

#theta thursdays #betathetaandme #loki x reader #loki (marvel)#thor (marvel)#tony stark

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eryiscrye · 4 years

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Shipping Post Game

Rules: tag 9 people you’d like to know better

I was tagged by @resthefuture. Thanks for the tag :D. Anyone that would like to play, please do.

Top 3 Ships (I’m going with my three most recent since I tend to ship one at a time for the sake of my time management xD)

1) Jaime/Brienne from A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones

My shipping story for these two is complicated. I watched the show first, then tried to read the books, but when the looming threat of years between book releases became apparent, I stopped reading with the intention to finish them when the book series finished (jokes on me). I still followed the show, sort of... kind of. I liked a lot of the characters, but didn’t like how a lot of the elements of story telling were being handled by the show runners. Then S8 came out and I joined a weekly viewing party.

Suckered is the best way to describe it. The first two episodes suckered me into thinking that JB would have a satisfying, even if not a happy ending, and I went through ALL of the material pertaining to these two in a joyous daze. Episode three, didn’t hinder the situation. Battle couples are prime. And then episode four happened. That week in between four and five I was the most anxious I’ve ever been over a TV show and a ship. And then episode five. Broken, didn’t care. Dreamt the night before episode six that the reason dust fell on Jaime’s head instead of bricks right before he “died” was because Brienne actually managed to open a hole to drag him out. Didn’t happen.

Fanfic cures wounds. JB fan community is amazing. So now I’m here and I’m gonna bunker down in this warmth waiting until TWOW hoping I don’t get suckered again. At least the awesome JB community will (hopefully) always be awesome.

2) Adrienette/LadyNoir/Ladrien/Marichat from Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir

Talk about a totally different type of show to Game of Thrones. Got obsessed because my friend made me watch this nonsense after seeing it with kids while volunteering in a children. The best way to describe it is that it’s four ships... but there’s only two people involved. It’s a fucking mess and it’s great.

The show has gone somewhere where I don’t really enjoy the content anymore, but I will keep track of the shenanigans of the ship.

3) Kakashi/Sakura from Naruto

Probably, and by far, the most controversial ship I have ever shipped, but obviously I have only ever shipped them aged up. The dynamic of two people who were in a mentor/student relationship, where the teacher was a pretty shit teacher and the student ended up being successful only because she went and found another mentor is interesting and tense. What makes the dynamic better is that Kakashi was and is a legend in his own right and Sakura becomes a legend in her own right as well. They both are specialized in such different skills and they have been shown to work extraordinarily well together. It’s fun... plus I’m not a fan of Sakura’s canon ship.

This ship has been interesting because I’ve cycled in and out of phases of it several times. I just keep coming back to it!

Last Song You Listened To

Start a Riot by BANNERS according to my Spotify.

Last Movie You Watched

To All The Boys I Loved Before... I think?

Reading

It’s fanfiction exclusively these days so I’m jumping around constantly, but I’m slowly making my way through All the Roads are Winding by ShirleyAnn66 and omg, so good.

Last thing you ate

Rice with beef and baby bok choy fried in butter, garlic and maggi sauce, yummm

#god... looking at this list of ships really does pin point how everywhere I really am xD

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quilloftheclouds · 5 years

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11/11/11 (... x7???)

You guys really love this tag game, huh? XD Tagged by @madammuffins, @bigmoodword, @shadeshadow234, @writeouswriter, @bookenders, @kaisha-writes, and @penzag.

Rules: Answer 11 (77 in this case??) questions, tag 11 people, write 11 new questions.

Taggin’ taggin’ @scottishhellhound @i-rove-rock-n-roll @capricious-writes @writerlyclaire @bookenders @kidsarentallwrite @inexorableblob @vieliwrites @abalonetea @runningonrain @candy687

Oof. It’s my own fault for letting these gather dust for so long. QUICKFIRE QUESTION ROUND. (And super duper long post below the cut.)

Okay first up I’m gonna post up my 11 questions for tagged people to complete up here so y’all don’t have to scroll all the way through my nonsense:

1. Put yourself in your wip(s). Are you dead? Why or why not? 2. What is your favourite kind of scene to write? 3. What genre is your favourite to write in? 4. What genre do you want to/wish you could write in? 5. Which of your ocs outfits would you consider wearing yourself? 6. What’s the worst thing you’ve done to your ocs (out of context if spoilers)? 7. What’s the nicest thing you’ve done to your ocs? 8. Does your writing style have any characteristic traits? What are they? 9. What are three things you think you’re good at in writing? (NO SKIPPING OF THIS QUESTION ALLOWED) 10. Do you listen to music/white noise while writing? What kind? 11. Come up with joke titles for your wips. What are they?

And now let’s get started!

Do you title your chapters, why/why not? Do they pertain to what happens in the chapter or are they random? I do! I may actually post them all up at some point, I had a lot of fun coming up with them, and I find them clever? A lot of them are puns, it’s great. All except the first and last chapter are titled with one word, related to the ocean or ships, alluding and symbolizing something that happens in that chapter. I made it a sort of word search, too, since every chapter title appears somewhere important in that chapter! As for why? I think it adds to the reading experience, especially with the way I employ them!

Do your main characters seem to have common traits or characteristics? Uhhhh, uh? Huh. Lemme see. I tried to be pretty creative and use a lot of variance in my characters, but sometimes they just... end up that way, whether I want them to or not. Dione and Phoenix are both tall? Both Phoenix and Colin can be pretty friendly and have the same sort of attitude towards certain things. Other than that, I’m not sure!

Why do you think this is? Honestly, it’s likely more coincidence than anything. Also because Phoenix and Colin both work on a ship’s crew, and they have to work well with other people because of that.

Do you borrow real life people or parts of real life people to insert into your novels? Why/why not? Yes. From me especially. Probably subconsciously from other people. It happens! But also, relatability. Accuracy.

Do you stick to a word count in your novels/chapters? Why? Used to, don’t now. It can really add to the tension if a chapter is very short. It can hold the reader in suspense if it’s very long!

What do you want your book to say to those who read it? What do you think your book says about you? Uh. I mean. I’m a simple writer who just likes sharing my worlds with the world, yunno? Maybe when I get further into writing it, I’ll realize what. (But I hope it shows I’m an interesting person that cares about representation and sharing exciting stories??? Mebe?)

If your WIP gets published and goes far would you sign over your rights for a movie adaptation, even if it means it gets butchered like the Eragon (or similar) series did? Ohhh gosh. Yeah no. I’d wait until I was sure it wouldn’t be. I’m not in this for the money or fame, I’m here for the enjoyment of it and the helping others through sharing stories with people they can relate to. Especially those that don’t have much to relate to already.

What is your favorite kind of character chemistry to write? Sexual tension, anger, resentment, jealousy? What about it do you like so much? I really like softness. Someone trying to cheer someone up, nice caring-ness and encouragement through humour and inside jokes. Gives me warm feelings. Oh. That sounds a lot like Colin.

Which settings are your favorites? Chill cafe, Gorey battle field? Why? I like natureeee. A lot. IRL and in writing. I especially enjoy fascinating, eccentric and magical seeming places even if they’re not magical! Think the Giant’s Causeway in Ireland, or the Ice Caves of Baffin Island. That sort of thing.

What element represents your main character and why? HAH SPOILERS. Elements play a major part of OSS, my friend. How about I just put the elements, and you decide who’s who. Earth, Fire, Storm, Forest.

If you could pick an AU for your WIP (alternate universe) for a fan work, what au would you choose and why would you choose it? AKJHKDJSH I’VE ALREADY PLANNED OUT MY OWN AUs, MY FRIEND. My fave at the moment is magical modern spies. Because a lot of my characters are immortal and I love to imagine what they would be like in modern times! ...Oh wait, that’s not what au means. -u-

1. Who was your first OC? Of One Siren’s Soul’s cast, Celestine! Overall, that I can remember... a German scientist/mechanical engineer named Suin Omera. Ah, so many memories. 2. What was the first story you ever wrote? That I can remember... a little short story for school about a girl who lost her dad and discovered he had been secretly living in the arctic for a long time so she goes to try and find him? I don’t remember much about it. ^^’ 3. What book (or other piece of media) has most inspired you? AH. Most??? Literally the unpublished books of my two closest friends. @waterfallwritings, I’m looking at you. >u> 4. How do you fight writer’s block? Badly. 5. What is your favorite genre to write in and why? Fantasy and sci-fi! Or a mix. You can find a more full answer here. 6. How would you describe your writing style? Uhhhh, I have a very action-y writing style? Unless the sort of mood requires, I don’t tend to use a lot of description and I more often focus on action and dialogue and character thoughts/narrative. It’s fitting to what I write, I suppose, because it’s an action packed pirate adventure, with a lot of focus on character. 7. In general, do you think you’d get along with your protagonists? Phoenix and Colin are nice. Dione maybe after a long while, since we both like literature and plants. Celestine... no one ever gets along with Celestine. 8. What do you love most about your WIPs? Oh. I uh. Wow. I only have one right now, but I like characters and their interactions and their thoughts on each other. But mostly I just love how far I’ve come already. That the wip even exists. ^^’ 9. What is your favorite character trope? Ah. Not good with tropes... I reblogged something on this a while ago, but that scene where someone spends forever taking out a comically massive amount of weapons from unexpected places on their person? That’s fun. 10. What is your least favorite character trope? Mmmm hmm. Hm. Mostly ones that discriminate or are based on negative stereotypes. Some of them can be done well, but not... many. 11. What’s an upcoming scene you’re excited to write? Someone’s gettin’ STABBED.

What was your first character like? See in an earlier question ^^^

What’s your most recent character like? Oh, this is neat. Who’s my most recent character? Uhhhh, um. I think it’s actually... I don’t have a name for them yet, but it’s a young siren that appears in book two that helps our main cast on their adventure!

Out of all of your characters, who’s the least human in appearance? Hehe. HEH. Oohhhh, this would definitely be Light. You don’t know who that is yet.

Who’s your worst character, and what would you do upon meeting them? Worst? The Scientist. Punch to the face.

If you could meet any of your characters, who would you choose? Uh. It’d be really cool to meet Forest! You don’t know who that is yet, either. ^^

Two of your characters from different WIPs meet! How do they get along? I don’t currently have another wip, but from my prospective wip at the moment, meeting... Celestine. Surprisingly it wouldn’t be the worst, because both would just start nerding out about each other’s technology.

Which out of your OCs just wants to live life out peacefully? George is so done with this trash.

Which one of your OCs is most definitely not living their life out peacefully? I want to say George again for the jokes, but the worst off at the moment is probably Dione. Sorry, Dione!

Is there any songs that make you think specifically of any of your characters? Ohhhh yeah. I’ll likely be making a full post for that at some point, and that’s also on each characters part of the wip page, but to save time, have this.

Which one of your OCs actually had a pretty good childhood? Dione had a relatively normal childhood, for the pretty-near equivalent of a princess. That is, of course, until she turned 24.

Who would have a fistfight with god out of spite? This actually happens. This ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN MY WIP. It’s Celestine.

1. What’s the weirdest thing you were ever inspired by for one of your WIPs?

Hmmmm, I mean tardigrades are pretty weird, right? Also awesome. They’re one of the most resilient known animals, able to survive both some of the highest AND the lowest temperatures known to have ever been survived by an organism? Awesome.

2. Do any of your OCs have famous face claims? If so, who are they?

Colin’s face claim is Booboo Stewart! He’s pretty famous?

3. What’s your favourite season and why?

Autumn. Pretty colours, perfect temperatures with a small jacket/sweater, and you get to experience the whole range of seasons from early Fall to late!

4. Do you have any superstitions?

Despite being a very logically, scientifically minded person... I am a Maritimer, and superstitions are huge. Never ever say before you go fishing that you’re definitely going to catch something. You’ll be skunked.

5. Rural, suburbs, city, in which do you live and which do you most often write about?

I guess I most write about rural, since... wait, what does the open ocean count as?? Anyways, I live in the suburbs.

6. What’s your favourite book series?

I dunno ‘bout favourites, but I like The Edge Chronicles by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell.

7. Is there a book/series that ever left you intensely disappointed? (Or one that left you pleasantly surprised?)

Uh... I mean, The Hunger Games was actually really good, but I was disappointed by the public’s focus on the love triangle?

8. What’s one of the weirdest/funniest out of context lines from your WIPs?

“Don’t tell me the boatswain has got ‘imself into the rum store again.”

9. A movie/show that made you cry? (Unless you’re dead inside)

AHHAH I AM DEAD INSIDE AND TRULY A FICTIONAL SOCIOPATH. But, I think Simon Birch is one I can recall getting misty eyed from.

10. What movies or books or shows do you think are criminally underrated?

Uuhhhhhh Treasure Planet is one? I’m not good at this one. OH. You wanna know some shows I loved way too much from my childhood? Hot Wheels: Battle Force Five, and Storm Hawks. I was a terrible nerd.

11. Which fictional character would you like to steal borrow from any world for a crossover with your own WIP?

Ehheee, honestly, I could work with anything, pretty much. But the magic system colliding with the Avatar from The Last Airbender? Ehehehe, that would be hilarious.

Do you own and fun socks? What are they? My best friend love fun socks, and for my birthday she got me some: I have two pairs, a black pair with colourful gardening tools on them, and one with little labelled garden herbs on them. They’re adorable and I love them. ^u^

How many notebooks do you have? What do they look like? How full are they? HAH. SO MANY. Most are sketchbooks, but out of notebooks, I have... three? One’s for schoolwork, one’s full of old writing, and one is for OSS notes.

Grab the book nearest you. Turn to page 70 (or 16 if it’s a tiny book). What is the 8th line on that page? How do you feel about it? Brown Girl in the Ring by Nalo Hopkinson: I haven’t actually had the opportunity to start reading it yet, but here: “She’d never seen him at work, never experienced him as the type of person who could tend to another’s needs.” Considering I have no idea what’s going on... I have no idea?

Have you read any short stories? What’s your favorite? I’m not much of a short story reader, but there was a really cool one from a sci-fi compilation (that I can’t remember the name of). It was about time travelling and how it had already been invented, but because no one could ever go back in time, they could only go forward, no one had realized. It was kind of sad, now that I think of it, since the MCs ended up trying to travel back to their time when warned against it and they end up alone in the far future. Whoops.

Have you ever tried knitting? Do you still knit? What about other crafty things? What do you make? I tried it when I was back at home, but at the moment I don’t have the materials! As for crafts, I’m trying to get into bookbinding, card making... other sort of paper crafts. ^^

Of the books in your living space right now, which has the coolest cover? I’m sad now because I basically have no physical books here... aw. Um, The Cloud Collector’s Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is really pretty. Pastels and colourful skies and clouds are my favourite~

Do you know any camp songs? What did you used to sing in school, or at recess? Oh stars. I’m a Cub Scout Leader, my friend. OF COURSE I know camp songs. What did I used to sing in school? What’s the one with the “That’s the way, uh huh, uh huh/I like it, uh huh, uh huh” with the special clapping? That one. What’s that?

What’s your favorite fairy tale? How would you twist it? Well technically OSS includes some twists from The Little Mermaid, so does that count?

Are there any cool local events where you live? Ah, well daily we have the highest tides in the world. That’s pretty cool, huh?

What’s your favorite sea creature? Sea snakes. They’re deadly and pretty.

Do you like turtles? Why? Yes! YES! Turtles are adorable. Don’t put your finger near a Snapping Turtle’s mouth though.

1. If you could meet one author for lunch, who would it be?

Ooh, I’m bad about this. Say time travelling is an option: Roald Dahl. That would be amazing.

2. What are your thoughts on visual stories? (apps like Choices: Stories You Play, Episode, etc.)

Ah, I don’t really have much experience with them at all, so I can’t really say anything!

3. What was the first book to make you cry?

Have I ever cried at a book? Uhhhh... I may not have. Whoops.

4. Do you ever base your characters on people you know?

I mean, subconsciously probably? But I don’t typically think about other people when creating characters.

5. Name the worst book you’ve ever read, and tell me why it was bad.

Iiiii did not like Divergent. Sorry, that’s just a personal opinion. I guess it was too... dependent on a system that didn’t really make sense to me? I dunno, mate.

6. Do you have a trademark writing ‘quirk’?

I like short sentences in action-y scenes. Maybe that? I also really like using way too many em dashes and double line breaks to emphasize something.

7. Do you have any (un)helpful pets? (I couldn’t resist asking this one. Also, if the answer is yes, please send me photos.)

I don’t have any pets! I have planties though. Cute lil’ succulents.

8. What advice would you give to a person who is new to writing?

There are going to be times when you’re not happy with your writing! But any writing is helpful, because no matter what you write, you’re improving your skills to be better the next time. Plus, a first draft can be edited later! You can’t edit what’s not there~

9. Tell me your ideal writing environment.

My family partly owns a lake cabin out in the woods which we go to every summer. It’s so peaceful to sit in the hammock chair on the porch and write to the gentle lapping waves on the beach, the birdsong, and the swish of the tree branches around me. On a day with a perfect not-too-hot warm temperature, it’s very nice.

10. Sad endings: realistic, or unnecessary?

It depends how it’s executed! I prefer bittersweet ending to sad ones, since those tend to give me the most effective emotions. Certainly I tend to seek out happier endings instead, though!

11. You’ve decided to write under a pseudonym. What is it?

Ooh. Oohhhh, well. I’m actually thinking of changing my name legally. So that’s a thing. For a pseudonym, I think I would love to go with... hm. Gale Silver. Because I love puns and that hits on two major nature aspects I’m a nerd for.

what’s your favorite movie from your childhood? has this movie had an impact on your writing at all? have any movies had an impact on your writing? Hands down How To Train Your Dragon. I am a nerd who loves dragons and the music and scenery is gorgeous. Also just... so many of its themes snuck into my wip and I didn’t even realize until just recently. Whoops.

do you struggle to write for any ocs? why? are any of your ocs really easy to write for? Io is a little hard for me to write sometimes just because she’s so darn cold. Just. Apathetic towards everything, and super formal, yet at the same time very curt and to the point. I’m used to writing either a “formal” through super flowery language or a “cold” through Celestine’s mean snark, not just... Io.

do you have any big milestones coming up for your wip? (or blog? or work? or whatever?) I’M LESS THAN 2,000 WORDS AWAY FROM 50,000 IN MY FIRST DRAFT. YEAH MATE

what are your favorite writing resources for face claims, picking first names/surnames, etc? (feel free to just pick one resource to share but you’re welcome to share as many as you’d like!) Oh! I’m still pretty new to finding face claims and what not, but naming wise Wikipedia can cover all your bases sometimes. As I’m writing a historical fantasy, to find names that fit the time period, I’ll sometimes use this site.

if your ocs had a name for their group of friends, what would it be? (for example, most of y’all have noticed by now that the friend group for b’tzelem elohim is nicknamed “shalomies”) Okay but I still have such a love for that name. XD I call my group simply The Crew! Since, you know. They’re in a pirate crew by the end of the book. (My creativity knows no bounds.)

on a similar note, would they have a groupchat? (if your world doesn’t have technology, pretend it does!) Modern times, yeah prolly. Dione and Celestine would just have it muted except for emergencies, and Phoenix and Colin would just constantly be sharing memes and terrible puns.

how many languages can you speak, if any? how many can your characters speak, if any? I speak English and (Acadian) French! Trying to learn ASL at the moment. As for my characters? Hoo, boy. Without spoilers, Celestine is multilingual with four languages, Colin is almost trilingual, Dione is trilingual, and Phoenix... I think Phoenix can only speak English. Yeah that may seem like overkill, but in context it makes sense. ^^’

how much time do you spend planning/researching before starting your wip? Fun story about that! For one of my first serious wips, Soul Tied, I first came up with the ideas perhaps... six years ago? And I have yet to write a single thing. ^^’ For OSS, the story took maybe a month to completely plan out and outline, though I still do a lot of research and planning ahead as I write the first draft, too!

do you have a preferred area to write? (ie your bedroom, the coffee shop, the library, your kitchen, etc.) My desk in my bedroom!

what’s your favorite writing snack or drink? Ohh, I don’t eat while I write ‘cause I’m actually incapable of focusing on something while I eat, but I normally really like having apple spice tea or some other kind of herbal tea!

lastly, what should you be doing right now instead of this tag game? (ps: stop procrastinating even though, as i type this, i’m currently procrastinating) HAH. STUDYING FOR MY CHEMISTRY MIDTERM. IT’S FINE. NO.

Well that was long!

#oof #this is why you shouldn't procrastinate so much Quill #will i ever learn my lesson?#no #it was fun tho #oss #one siren's soul #tag game #writeblr #11 questions #11 questions tag game

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46ten · 6 years

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What made you want to study Alexander Hamilton?

Every time I look up a book or website pertaining to him or log into this account, I examine my conscience and reflect on exactly that question.

In 5th grade, I did a report on hauntings associated with Aaron Burr.

More seriously: because of race, gender, class, religion, etc., Alexander Hamilton’s America was not made for me, to paraphrase Langston Hughes and Hamilton himself. By 1789, all of my ancestors were living in or on land that would become the United States, and about the only person whom AH’s policies benefited was a white male ancestor who was the son of a plantation owner in North Carolina. Attributable to the brutality of the above that was experienced right down through my parents and their generation, I was conscious even in grade school American history classes that I was being taught a heavily romanticized and mythical history meant to conceal the realities - especially economic - of the American Revolution and the founding of the nation, so that’s always with me.

Then I read William Hogeland’s* The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America’s Newfound Sovereignty (2010) several years ago. That led to a brief interest in AH, and I read Chernow’s biographies of both AH and Washington.*

Hamilton: An American Musical has inspired a phenomenon that is fascinating to me. Moving away from Miranda’s building of a cult of personality around the man, Alexander Hamilton himself has become an old school celebrity (in a pre-social media definition of stardom). He’s been dead 200+ years, and yet in the current popular imagination he’s pretty much become a fantasy - a person to whom we can attach any attributes we want. I’m on the fence as to how dangerous this is (i.e., whether it continues a mythical narrative that is harmful, as Founders Chic critics argue; here’s Ken Owens’ critique); the pressure of the market has certainly had an awful effect on published biographies of AH. It made me curious as to why certain things about Hamilton, the actual person, have made him such an attractive character for this kind of treatment.

I’m interested in historiography. Why have some very prominent people in Hamilton’s life totally been pushed aside, to the point of exclusion? What accounts for that? Plus, there’s a wide gap with Hamilton between FACTS, and conjecture, speculation, pure nonsense that’s been written as FACTS. (When I say that Chernow is a careless writer, this is what I’m referring to.) There’s also a striking lack of social context in a lot of Hamilton biographies, and I know something about that context - as do a lot of scholars - but the fields have not really met.

I’m also a nit-picker, and there’s so much detail that gets pushed aside (I probably missed my vocation as a professional fact-checker). I can amuse myself for a long time just looking up who was/is in possession of letters, what letter text has been published although it’s now unknown where the actual letter is, and noting that for one person (very suspiciously), almost all the letters we have are actually copies of originals done within one to two generations after Hamilton’s death. That kind of stuff keeps me fascinated.

*Hogeland hates Founders chic, is critical of the Hamilton musical, is very critical of popular understanding of AH himself (while not being a Jefferson defender), has declared himself the biggest critic of Chernow, and is currently working on his own book about AH. I cannot wait! If one wants the sense of his work prior to borrowing or buying his fantastic books, see here: x, x, or just go through his entire Alexander Hamilton tag on his blog.

**I don’t object to Chernow as a writer of popular books meant for entertainment. My problem with Chernow, besides the FACT/speculation problem above, is threefold. First, his biographies are largely personal narratives that never engage in substantive social and economic issues of the persons and era in which he is writing, as informed by scholars in those areas; in other words, Chernow writes history in a way that I think many historians - at least the ones I like - see not only as old-fashioned, but as harmful. Second, his biographies have been treated by the general public as if they are indeed works of scholarship; which, unfortunately, is largely how Lin-Manuel Miranda also approached the Hamilton biography. Third, Chernow is poor at sourcing his material; when he does source, he has not necessarily even read the source material.

#asks #Chernow #Hogeland #Owens #me

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fantroll-purgatory · 6 years

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Theme: This is the first troll in my set of Pride Trolls based off Gilbert Baker’s original meanings for his rainbow flag! Rather than make all the trolls neon mutantbloods I wanted to give them a shot as canon-ish trolls that simply have the color of the “nearest neighbor.” This is set in what would be the equivalent of Troll 1980s, which would have been a while back for us if Hiveswap is anything to go by, and is meant to be semi-canonical. Mythun’s theme is “sex,” which I am interpreting as “sex/sexuality/gender” to give myself a broader launching pad.

(mod note: obviously since these are my personal trolls they wouldn’t be given the same priority as the ones submitted by non-mods; these are mostly there for if you wanna review a troll and there isn’t one available)

Credit goes to fan-troll for the buzz cut, naphal for the eyebrows and eyes, fantrollartroom for the combat boots, and h0m3s7uck_4d0p7s-d9wpswp for the selfie arm.

Pride themed trolls sound like a great idea, I love that!

Name: MYTHUN NAPASK (Derived from Sanksrit “Maithuna” meaning sexual union and “napumsakalinga” for their neutral-gender signifier)

W/ a name like that and a sexuality/gender theme, I hope she’s an nb lesbian.

Age: 12 sweeps

Strife Specibus: 2x3dentkind (while I know it’s canon for heiresses to use this my backups are swordkind and axekind)

Is… is it because sword lesbian jokes? You could give her a 2x1glaive. To mimic the trident’s double sides but make her a sword lesbian.

Fetch Modus: ARTICLE MODUS, which switches language every time she pulls it up. She has to guess if the item’s article is masculine, feminine, or neuter to eject it. If she guesses wrong, an item with that signifier is ejected

Good luck to her if she gets space german.

Blood color: Fuchsia

Title: Mage of Time

This is really interesting. Knower of Time… She’d have the active ability to perceive the flow of time and would probably have visions of the multitudes of events that could occur, or will occur if she takes a particular action… Might even be able to Know The Past, too. It’d probably get pretty confusing. Her inverse would be Heir of Space, which would allow her when she gets more powerful to just kind of. Move shit around to make way for a better understanding of time… Which lines up pretty well with her goals, really!

Moon: Derse. While her lovers might feel that Mythun is living in the moment, she’s keenly aware that she is unlikely to survive her encounter with the Condesce and has something of an obsession with perpetuating sustainable changes throughout Alternia.

Looking to the future, not revealing her true nature to the people around her, putting up a particular image… yeah, seems dersite to me! And with that her EZ sign would be Piries, The Dissenter. Fun. I might draw on that if I decide to try to edit lambda- I’m still hmming about editing it too much.

Symbol and meaning: A lowercase lambda, which was declared the official international symbol for gay and lesbian rights in 1974. I was originally going to give her the linked Venuses because she’s a lesbian and it fit the trident bloodcaste signifier, but I was hoping she’d be themed off sex/gender/sexuality rather than just as it pertains to herself. I don’t know how well a lambda fits the language? It has three spokes for sure…

I’ll try a few things out in the design phase.

Trolltag: affluentLadykiller. For this troll set, I want all their tag abbreviations to come from the LGBTQIA initialism. Picked this one because Mythun is something of a playboy and is not at all shy about the material wealth her hemostatus affords her.

This is a really really minor change, but maybe affluentialLadykiller. Affluential means Rich AND socially influential, which relates back to her goals as well as her social standing.

Quirk: uses abbrevs and cuts wrds short when pos ;) tends to ovruse th wink moji ;)

(reasoning: lambda denotes a half-life so she effectively decays words as she types them.

Neat reasoning, very good, A+.

Lusus: Gl’bgolyb

Personality:

Mythun Napask is the Bruce Wayne of Alternia at the time that she’s alive. Rich, famous, a seeming laissez-faire to all her actions (which often include taking beautiful women home with her). Beneath it all, though, Mythun is a woman out of time. Constantly aware of the small window she has to make lasting change in Alternia before her predecessor kills her, Mythun is always working at various theories for how to create true change in Alternia’s culture, fearing that authoritarian declarations will simply be overwritten by the next “heiress.” Her primary focus is on sexuality, since, despite trolls’ ability to be bisexual, the culture still shows a marked bias toward couples of differing genders.

She should probably have a marked interest in gender, too. Alternia does still seem to have a gender binary, which is stupid because they’re a race of bug aliens, Andrew Hussie- so she might have a marked interest in dismantling that nonsense. Either way, I love this… Does she use her tons of money to fund indie gay movies, maybe? Help Create Art, Ma’am.

Interests:

Deeply invested in propagating the troll race ;). While she exists pre-SGRUB, she still lives under the Condesce and feels her odds of survival are not good. Whenever she develops a relationship in a quadrant with a fellow woman, she makes sure to add both their DNA to the slurry, her rationale being that if she doesn’t survive at least she and her relationships will live on in future trolls. (lambda as # of offspring generated in evolutionary algorithms.)

Her radio show. While she understands that her status as heiress affords her something of a captive audience, Mythun enjoys putting out her weekly radio show in which she discusses deeply ingrained oppression in troll society accompanied by speculation as to where it came from. (lambda as wavelength indicator)

Perfecting an engine powered by nuclear fusion so she can take trolls off-planet without the Condesce’s say-so. This has resulted in a number of explosions that have been only somewhat dampened by water and significantly more dampened because Gl’bgolyb uses a mild scream to neutralize the blasts. She doesn’t try as much anymore; too many rustbloods die when she makes mistakes. (lambda as a sensor in an internal combustion engine, as the rocket used to launch Japan’s first orbital satellite, and something about Black Mesa?)

I’m so proud of her… These are all really good interests. She should probably be interested in like planetary establishments in general (the uppercase Lambda is utilized in determining whether or not something qualifies as a planet). This next one doesn’t d irectly relate to the lambda, so take these suggestions with a grain of salt, but just having her be interested in critical theory might be a good idea. Just so she’s like, a little more ready to Do the establishing off-planet societies for people she saves, if she can save them.

Design time!:

Tiara: I wanted to integrate the sign right into the gold just because I didn’t want to rely too strongly on the Feferi school of tiara design.

Hair: I adjusted her hairline a little. It felt weird going back behind the fin like that with no sideburn at all... So I gave her some scraggly shaved edges to match her eyebrows.

Eyes & Mouth & Piercings: She was looking a little wall-eyed, so I fixed that. I gave her some tooth definition. I also made her lip and fin piercing more prominent- I had to squint to tell they were even there at first.

Symbol: I was agonizing over what to do with it until I realized that just... just adding a line... I can just add a line.

Leggings: I didn’t want to leave them flat black, so I edited them into two colors from a recently proposed lesbian flag. These colors specifically represent gender non-conformity and love&sex.

Shoes: I loved what you did with her nails so much that I had to replicate it with her shoestrings.

Very solid design, very solid character, gay/10.

-CD

#shoutyourporpoise #mythun napask #mythun #napask #fuschiablood #seadweller #review #redesign #cd review #submission #usually i don't like to post this late at night but TR is a mod so they'll see it no matter what it's fine

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THE BEST SMELL IN THE WORLD IS THAT OF THE ONE YOU LOVE.

Chapters: 4/9 Fandom: Final Fantasy XV Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Gladiolus Amicitia/? Characters: Gladiolus Amicitia, Noctis Lucis Caelum, Prompto Argentum, Ignis Scientia, background characters, others to appear later Additional Tags: ABO, Soulmates, Language, Blood, Depression, Angst, Referenced Masturbation, Deviant Behavior

*I’m not posting this anymore on the kinkmeme after this due to taking a more not so nice take on a character that those on the meme turn into rabid banshees to protect from any perceived bashing. So I’ll just be slowly updating it on here for those who may still read this fic.

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After noticing how Ignis had reacted when the blonde entered the apartment, Gladio kept an eye on them both, watching the subtle gestures and body language when they were in each other’s vicinity. And on the off chance they were to lock eyes, Gladio swore he saw sparkles before the glasses wearing teen would act oddly disgruntled and turn away. It was like all the others Gladio had seen that ended up together. So there was no doubt about it, the two were soulmates. However, it would seem that someone didn’t agree and that threw the older man off though. Ignis’ reaction when Gladio broached the subject the day after was surprising, with him acting hostile and almost offended at the notion.

“You are clearly mistaken, Gladiolus, and you should not make baseless assumptions like that.” Ignis snaps, acting twitchy as his face becomes red.

“Iggy, the two of you were batting your eyelashes at one another half the night and blushing like nuns in a porn shop whenever you were close. Not to mention your nose would twitch whenever he’d walk by. And when he hugged you, you all but had your nose buried in his neck.”

“My nose twitched from the choice of body spray he had bathed himself in before arriving, it was horrid and suffocating. You should count yourself lucky to have not been able to smell it.” he huffs and shakes his head. “Really, I will never understand the obsession with using a whole can of body spray on oneself every day. Plus I shoved my face into his neck to not be rude and to hide my disgust of that horrid spray.”

“Ignis, I know what I saw.”

“No you don’t! He is not my soulmate! My soulmate is-” he snarls but then stops and collects himself by taking a deep breath. “I do not believe I have met mine yet or it is possible they haven’t started producing pheromones yet. There are some despite presenting that don’t give off a scent until they are well into adulthood or those who use suppressants or blockers. So just, stop Gladio.”

But he doesn’t and starts laughing. Not a “this is funny” laugh, but a “you gotta be kidding me” laugh.

“Un-fucking-believable. I’m mean wow, never would I have pegged you as being so arrogant.”

The younger man’s eyes slit. “What?”

“I mean really, your destined love, the one meant just for you was just plopped into your lap and you have the balls to get mad because he’s not the one you wanted while your friend who wants to find theirs can’t because fate gave them the middle finger. So what is it, Ignis? He not up to your high standards or is it because of your dream to be the one to claim and knot h-” A stinging slap to his face cuts Gladio off. Blood trickles down from his nostrils and a deep rage begins building inside him.

“Do not put words in my mouth Gladio, especially ones that are salacious and unfounded. I’m telling you he is not my soulmate and your accusation is deplorable and you should feel ashamed.”

Gladio doesn’t waver though and grits his teeth as he futility wipes at the blood dripping down his face. “So then what were all the eye batting and little blushes for?”

“I was blinking more due to standing over a hot stove and my eyes getting dry. The blushing was embarrassment from the crude talk coming from yours and the other two’s mouths. I really expected better from you Gladio and your obsession with all this soulmate nonsense is warping your mind. Keep this delusional nonsense up and you won’t have friends left, I for one won’t be and just do what is needed when it pertains to his highness. Not to mention your mental state may be called into question and you may be deemed unfit as a member of the guard.”

This incenses Gladio even more, he would never allow himself to become so obsessed with something that he’d make rash or immoral decisions that could cause harm to others. And he has seen the same signs over a dozen times before and had not been wrong once. If anyone was being delusional it was Ignis. There was no way he was wrong about this, there couldn’t.

Could it?

“You’re bleeding.” a voice gasps out.

The two men turn to look at the prince who stares in concern at his shield and Gladio hears a faint scoff off to the side as Noctis begins to step closer to him.

Gladio just grunts softly while wiping his nose again and nudges the teen’s hand away before turning to walk towards the locker rooms. “My allergies are getting bad again. So just train with Ignis.”

He ignores the calls and heads into the locker room, sealing himself into one of the changing stalls and resting his head back against the wall with a deep sigh. Doubt and his own low self-esteem are eating away at him, making him question everything he has noted on the soulmate matter up to this point.

Maybe he was becoming obsessed, maybe they were just good guesses or just blatantly obvious. Gods, what had he done? He wants to cry, punch a wall, scream, curse fate for fucking him over, apologize, to be able to breathe through his damn nose for more than just a couple days. He’ll never be happy, never feel euphoric, never feel unconditional love, never find his soulmate. He fucked up, all because he assumed and stubbornly stuck to his guns in hopes it was true and he had solved the puzzle of finding his love. Then by hurling insults and allegations at his friend in a fit of rage. He was stupid.

“Hey.”

Gladio looks up and sees Noctis leaning over the separator between his and the other stall. “Noct, get down.”

“Then unlock the door and let me come in.”

“No, you have training to do.”

“Don’t have anyone to train with.”

“What about Ignis?”

“He left, said he had a migraine.”

“Hmm.” Gladio grunts and unlocks the latch finally, allowing the younger teen entry.

“So what made you two get into an argument?” Noctis asks as he takes a seat next to his friend.

“We were not arguing.”

“You have a welt in the shape of a hand and Ignis’ palm was red. Doesn’t take a genius to put two and two together.”

“Yeah, but sometimes your assumptions can be wrong.” he says with a sigh.

Noctis goes to reply but is cut off when Gladio lets out a mighty sneeze, followed by a few more.

“Sonuvabitch.” Gladio grumbles and wipes at his nose then tries breathing but finds he’s stuffed up. “Guess this is my punishment for being an asshole.” he says with a nasally tone.

“So tell me what was the fight about and don’t tell me it was nothing. I know when the both of you are mad.”

The older man purses his lips but lets out a deep sigh. “I told Ignis that I believed him and your blonde friend were soulmates based off of body cues I saw others have. He vehemently refuted my claim and I took some petty jabs at him.”

“He doesn’t think so?” Noct asks furrowing his brows and leaning his head back, “Huh, that’s odd. Prompto was sure they were too. He was all excited and wouldn’t shut up about. I almost suffocated him with my pillow.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, said he felt all tingly and warm after Ignis and him locked eyes, then even more when Ignis breathed in his scent and held him tighter when they hugged.”

“Huh, you don’t say.” Gladio grumbles and rubs at his nose.

“So Ignis denied it?”

“Yup, nastily too.” he says and frowns. “Maybe blondie is mistaken, as well as me.”

“No, I don’t think that’s true. I never saw Prompto so happy and it was all genuine. Maybe Ignis is denying it because he’s afraid it will cause a rift between us or that it will take his focus from his duties away?”

Both of those points were possible, along with something else that Gladio just tosses into the abyss of his mind.

“Could be.” he says with a sigh. “I probably should apologize to him though, I let my anger get the best of me.”

“You both did and both do.” Noctis says and nudges his shield. “So let’s go train and then head back to my place, I’m sure he’ll be there later anyway.”

“Yeah, sure.” Gladio says and then raises an eyebrow when the prince offers a hand to him. He goes to take it, but stops and sneezes multiple times. “Ah shit.” he grunts and sniffles as Noctis chuckles, making him smile. “Heh, guess my soulmate must have been thinking about me.”

The younger teen smiles back at him. “I believe they were.” he says and offers his hand out again.

Something clicks in the shield’s mind, that maybe the sneezes were more than just his allergies as Noctis had suggested. No, probably not, fate wasn’t that kind to him.

#final fantasy xv #gladiolus amicitia #noctis lucis caelum #ignis scientia #ffxv fanfiction #final fantasy xv kinkmeme #abo au #soulmate au #ignis is an asshole

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sukunas-play-thing · 3 years

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on GOD I EARLIER I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH TUMBLR AND TUMBLR’S BLOCKING SYSTEM CAN EAT MY ENTIRE ASS.

I have ZackRay (along with spider related stuff because I am VERY arachnophobic) blocked.

What do I see?

ZackRay nsfw headcanon. And some of the people commenting/rebloging that post were like “haha ray can be any age u want in these scenarios” and “oh! I wrote some short nsfw stories for them!”

JUST WHY??? WHY?? WHY DID YOU FEEL THE NEED TO DO THAT? I normally respect people’s ships! I even have quite a few rare pairs in numerous fandoms but I refuse to EVER compromise on adult/children ships!

Stop sexualizng Rachel

Stop making Zack a pedophile!

And stop that nonsensical bullshit!

I’m sorry for sounding really aggressive (?) I just got really fired up that people romanticize this...

This y'all ^^^^^ is why y'all needa tag shit accordingly, not everyone is a freak nasty person like some of you. And we don't want to SEE that crap..

It especially sucks with the whole blocking system! Like you'll find something triggering and you'll go out of your way to block said thing. But guess what? If people don't tag appropriately SHIT AINT BEING BLOCKED. And if so about the blocking method, people STILL. STILL. WRITE nasty shit like underage ships etc. You cannot win, and although I do respect and condone ships of any kind and if I don't like said ships I WILL NOT EVER. Attack ANYONE over it. But minor x adult ships. Are fucking disgusting. Just cuz it's fiction don't mean ots okay my guys and it pertains to underage content like that.

Look I ain't perfect I love writing and reading dark lore and content. But do I tag stuff as best I can and send out as many warnings as I can? Yes I fuckn do. Underage nonsense like ZackRay ew my dudes that ain't my cup a tea nor is it anyone else's. *hugs nonniebeans affected by degrading fandom antics like this* I'm so sorry you guys gotta see and struggle with this. Truly am.

Don't worry about ranting and venting please feel free too. This is a safe space :/ and I'll he damned if people can't express themselves. (Not u pedos. Fuck off I will cut u. No touchy me blog. Go away if you're that).

#discourse #mini rant #answered ask #thanks anon #thanks for the ask!#asks and answers #admin shit #admin is pissed

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hummingbirdsalt · 7 years

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Mag7 - Time Traveler AU

I really love the idea of Faraday being a time traveler, but in a universe where time traveling is an unexplained ability that some people are just born with. In this AU I picture Faraday living in modern times while the rest of the seven still exist in the past. This post is just gonna be a bunch of details and general ideas about this 'verse. :P

There’s no clear reason why anyone is capable of time travel, and those who are often discover it by accident when they're young. In Faraday's case, I imagine that when he's around 10 years old, his dog runs out into the street and gets hit by a car. In all the shock and pain of the moment, his mind makes a desperate plea to turn back time and stop his dog from dying. He doesn't expect anything to actually happen, but the world shifts and reverses around him. He stares incredulously as his dog springs up from the ground and moves backwards, coming to a stop at his side. Overwhelmed with surprise, young Faraday doesn't have the presence of mind to stop his dog from darting into the street for the second time. He’s left shaken and confused, and the only clear thought in his mind is that he can't let his dog die. Whatever just happened needs to happen again. So with one little thought, the world bends around him, and this time he holds firmly to his dog, watching in fascination as a familiar car rolls by without incident.

Over years of experimenting with the ability, Faraday learns that while he can travel back as far as he likes and return to his own present, the future always remains out of reach. He even tries going mere seconds forward, but with no success.

He learns early on that no one else is aware of time moving unnaturally, and hasn't figured out a way to make anyone aware. If he tries to hold onto someone while shifting time, they just get caught up in the shift no matter how hard he tries to focus on keeping hold of them. This limit in his ability becomes less relevant as he grows more hesitant to form close relationships.

While he'd been able to reverse his dog's death, he finds himself unable to reverse anything that happens to his own body. Injuries remain, and whenever he returns to the present, he's older than he ought to be, whether it's by minutes or months.

Eventually, he begins to come across other time travelers. Some are curious history geeks, some are people just trying to fix mistakes in their own life, and some... some have more extreme ideas. It's with a great sinking feeling that Faraday realizes every philosophical discussion he's ever heard about going back in time to prevent terrible events and potentially screwing things up even worse are far from hypothetical. It hadn't ever really occurred to him, as he'd never desired to mess around with anything that could be so catastrophic, and he hadn't known about other travelers.

He also discovers that while there are some who cause chaos, there are others who seek to keep things balanced, if far from perfect. He meets a woman who describes how she's able to sense moments in history that feel off, and she doesn't simply mean that they feel wrong. Countless occurrences in the history of the world are wrong, but she can tell when certain things are the result of a meddling time traveler. Not every result of that sort of meddling is harmful, in fact most aren't, but some leave things terribly unbalanced and tilting towards utter chaos. She, as well as many other travelers, do their best to correct these imbalances.

Faraday, out of curiosity more than anything, asks her if she can teach him how to sense that sort of thing. She tells him it's something that comes quite naturally to any time traveler, but most don't even think to attempt it. Not long after, Faraday is sharply aware of a great number of moments spread all throughout history, some of them jumping out like unexpected colors in a pattern, strange but not necessarily unwelcome. Others, however, spike out aggressively in his mind, seeming misplaced and dangerous. It's the danger that makes Faraday interested, and he's curious as to how one even goes about balancing the universe. With a shrug, he shifts time to find out for himself.

It becomes a regular thing for him, finding and fixing moments that don't belong. His motivation isn't exactly altruistic, but it's not entirely selfish either. While he's happy to play a small part in preventing the world from being twisted into a chaotic, destructive jumble of nonsense, the continued urge to do it is based more in the guarantee of excitement. Nearly every moment or event that needs fixing offers up one hell of an experience, often filled to the brim with risks. Faraday can't get enough of it, and he's always looking for the next adventure.

One potential adventure, an off balance incident in a town called Rose Creek, has his interest almost immediately. For one thing, due to the location and time period, he knows he'll get to play cowboy if he goes. In his travels, he's acquired a diverse knowledge and skill with firearms, and he's done plenty of horseback riding. Plus, he can't deny how much he enjoys it when he gets to put together a badass ensemble for a journey to the past. He's online looking at hats and holsters before he's even researched the circumstances he may be involving himself in.

When he does eventually focus in on Rose Creek to see what sort of mess he's dealing with, he can sense it wasn't a deliberate change but rather one result of some unrelated meddling. He could follow the trail backwards and see what caused the chain of events, but he usually avoids going about things that way. There's always a chance that the traveler who meddled with the initial moment is still around and might undo all his work afterwards. He finds it better to focus on the moment things really start to go off balance, and work from there. It's usually more dangerous that way, and a hell of a lot more fun.

This is a spot where things get kinda sketchy, because I'm not certain of the reason/s for things being off balance in Rose Creek. I definitely imagine things going terribly for the townsfolk and the rest of the seven, but I'm not really sure why. Part of it is that I think taking any of the seven out of the fight would change things dramatically, especially since only three of them make it out in the film. But at the same time, I'm not even going by canon, because in this 'verse I imagine they were all supposed to make it out alive before being affected by some random chain of events. So I don't know what I'm doing, but basically, Faraday's objective is to make sure we all get the Nobody Dies Ending. :P

I can't decide if I prefer Faraday being able to teleport to a certain location when traveling in time, or him having to physically go there beforehand. I think it'd be a good limit on his abilities, but I also love the image of him standing in his apartment in a cowboy getup. Either way, he gets where he needs to be, traveling back earlier than he needs to so he can settle into his surroundings.

It turns out that settling in mostly consists of drinking and playing several lucrative rounds of poker. He manages to get himself a horse with his earnings, though he doesn't have to pay much as the stable owner is glad to be rid of what he calls "a goddamn beast from hell". Faraday prefers the name Jack.

When Chisolm comes into the saloon one day, Faraday is keen to be on his good side, so he doesn't hesitate when the man sitting next to him goes for his gun. He pulls out his own gun, knowing Chisolm will take note if he has his back. The whole scenario, a lone badass shooting up a saloon, probably has Faraday feeling more giddy than he ought to.

A little later on, Faraday is keeping an eye on Chisolm, focusing in close when he sees a woman approach him with great purpose. He gets near enough to hear some of their conversation, and it doesn't take long for him to confirm that it pertains to Rose Creek. Cue Faraday attempting to be subtle as he stands leaning on a post, right in plain view as if to say, 'Wow, crazy how this woman's asking your for help and this dude who totally had your back earlier is just standing here with nothing better to do than tag along'. He doubts all of that is coming across, but he'll definitely be noticed.

Basically, Chisolm recruits him, and things are set in motion. We're gonna skip ahead a little here, because let's be real, this entire AU is just another way to imagine Faraday/Vasquez unfolding. :P Not that I'm disinterested in his interactions with other characters, because I think it's cool to consider what kind of dynamic modern!Faraday would have with the whole group. While I do think he'd put on some sort of a persona for the setting, I imagine he'd still come across differently than canon!Faraday, since he's someone from a different time with totally different experiences. But onto Vas, because we're several paragraphs deep into this nonsense and I haven't even mentioned him.

Faraday likes him the moment he's close enough to see him, or at least he very much likes what he sees. He dismounts a bit unsteadily as Sam and Goodnight have their reunion, finding that he's still in a bit of a drunken haze. One thing stands out clearly in the haze, though, and that's how unfairly attractive the man standing across from him is. At this point, it makes me laugh to think of Faraday being a bit more drunk than he realizes and slurring out something really stupid like, "Come here often, amigo?" which doesn't even make sense in the situation and would be a terrible line in any century and Vas would just be like ?? ? ? ????? But honestly, I can imagine their first interaction going several different ways. The point is Faraday has the hots for him immediately.

I imagine things become flirtatious between them, in a barbed, challenging sort of way. Faraday is no stranger to flirting with people from the past, but he doesn't often come across the type who can give him shit and leave him feeling strangely charmed in even the shortest of conversations. Vasquez senses something odd about Faraday from the very beginning, and can't help feeling intrigued. The man exudes a level of confidence Vasquez doesn't quite feel from any of the others, as if the chances of everything going horribly wrong don't weigh on him as much as they should. Of course, he has no way of knowing that the only thing Faraday has to worry about is keeping himself alive, as he can easily reverse things and try again if one of the others gets killed.

Honestly, the whole battle of Rose Creek is such a jumbled mess in my mind. This 'verse gives me so many options for how things could go down, and I can't make any clear decisions. Most likely, Faraday has to go through it multiple times and work out the kinks. One scenario I like to imagine, for temporary angst reasons, is one where Faraday has extreme difficulty reworking the battle to end without Vasquez dying. Like, after several adjustments, Vasquez keeps ending up dead and Faraday is faced with the possibility that this is a moments in time that can't be fully repaired. But of course he does eventually succeed, and it takes everything in him not to basically tackle Vas to the ground out of relief.

Another scenario is where Faraday pretty much does the same thing he did in the film, but manages to make it out alive. When he wakes up with multiple gunshot wounds and several other injuries that all seem to be fighting over who gets to make him cry more, he thinks he should probably get himself to a time with better medical care. But time traveling takes energy, and he's finding it difficult enough to keep his eyelids from drooping. Only after he's healed up some does he travel back to the present (and this is where it'd really work best if he could simultaneously teleport whilst time traveling) and get himself to a hospital to be looked at properly. I like to think he always goes to the same hospital and they just know him as the weird dude who always has strange, unexplained injuries.

While he's already accomplished what he needed to in Rose Creek, Faraday doesn't like to leave without a trace if he feels the people he's leaving deserve better than that. The six men he'd fought with certainly deserve some sort of goodbye, and though he won't admit it to himself, he finds the idea of leaving Vasquez very difficult.

When he returns to Rose Creek, he feels significantly better, though he still has plenty of healing to do. He climbs into bed, figuring he needs rest anyway so he might as well get it in a place where he can bid farewell to his companions. He expects they're all itching to get a move on and go their separate ways, and have only been waiting until he healed up well enough to where they could be sure he wouldn't die a lonely death. What he doesn't expect is Vasquez coming into his room with a dark look on his face, greatly contrasting the easy smile he usually wears. He doesn't expect Vasquez to start ranting angrily about how reckless he'd been almost blowing himself up, explaining that he couldn't bring himself to say all of this earlier when he hadn't been certain Faraday would survive his injuries. He doesn't expect Vasquez to care so goddamn much that he'd almost died. And he certainly doesn't expect the man to sit down next to him on the bed, his expression growing softer as his hand settles gently on top of Faraday's shoulder. He thinks he probably needs to stop trying to figure out what to expect when Vasquez tells him quietly, "I thought I was going to lose you, güerito."

Faraday has interacted with a lot of people in his lifetime, often in situations where emotions ran high, but no one has ever made his chest ache the way it does when Vasquez says those words to him. He doesn't like to get too invested in people when he knows full well he doesn't belong in their life, or their time for that matter. He hadn't been too worried about Vasquez, thinking a man on the run from the law would be quick to move on. But now, staring into his eyes, Faraday can see things are not as simple as he'd hoped. He knows he shouldn't complicate things more, and that's precisely what he tells himself. As he reaches towards his shoulder to place his hand on top of Vasquez's, he tells himself to stop, but the thought is drowned out by the pounding in his chest. His fingers curl slightly over Vasquez's hand, and he replies softly, "I'm sorry, Vas."

When Vasquez's lips press against his, there's a small part of Faraday still attempting to stop what's happening, but how in the hell is he supposed to pay any mind to that when he's so busy running his fingers through Vas's hair? So busy holding him closer and reveling in the way he feels, the way he tastes. One kiss, and he's well out of control, totally lost in how much he's been wanting to do this.

They don't do more than kiss, though the only thing stopping them is that Faraday is physically far from able. But Vas settles down beside him, holding him gently while Faraday's arm circles around to hold him as well. Vas falls asleep first, and lying there consumed by his own thoughts, Faraday can do nothing but panic in silence as he feels himself falling for a man who happens to be in completely the wrong time period.

I have it in my mind that so far in his life, Faraday has had several flirtations with people from different times, and probably a couple physical relationships where neither person involved was looking for more. But not once has he faced the possibility of someone loving him in that way, let alone someone from the wrong century. Things only get more complicated when the rest of the seven decide they’re gonna stick together, and they invite Faraday to join. Somehow, he’d let himself grow closer to all these men than he should’ve (much closer is Vas’s case), and returning to the present suddenly feels impossible.

So I have several more thoughts about this AU, but in this post I mainly wanted to lay out the basics and get to the point of Faraday falling for Vasquez, as well as realizing he’d become friends with all of them without meaning to. I love it when a character feels simultaneously out of place and also right where they belong. But anyway, that’s all I’ve got for now! ^_^

#mag7 #magnificent seven #faraquez #joshua faraday #vasquez #time traveler au #my stuff #not gonna lie if someone wanted to take any part of this concept and write a faraquez fic with it i would love them forever #because my ideas are a jumbled mess and i'm really not a writer :P

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Inheritance prompt 10 with the Uzumaki clan. >=)

Of course.

“Yeah, but it’s not a literal marriage, right? That’s insane, and probably illegal,” Sakura asked over the speakerphone while lining her eyes with black liquid until they were perfect wings.

“You’ll have to clear that up with the family in question. Those were the only lines pertaining to you in the will,” Kakashi droned on, likely reading something while he also spoke over speaker phone. “You’re meeting with them today, correct?”

“As soon as I hang up I’m heading on over there.”

Sakura pulled away from the mirror and blinked a few times. She liked the ritual of painting herself up if it was before something that made her nervous. A test was less stressful with the right lipstick. A job interview turned into a cakewalk with enough mascara. It was at times like these she missed Ino most.

“You need an escort?”

“You think I need one?” she laughed.

She looked like a princess but she knew no amount of make up would make her right hook any less lethal. Her phone slipped off the side of the vanity and started to fall. Before it could fall halfway she grabbed it also pinned the wet rollers that were starting to tip over the ledge. Her speed wasn’t anything to sneer at either. If she was one of Kakashi’s top students that should count for enough.

She heard his sigh on the other end and set her phone back down, making sure it was flat on the table top this time. “You’ll call after your meeting, otherwise I’ll show up on my own and make sure my favorite student’s not being forced into a literal child bride contract.”

“I’m hardly a child anymore.”

“Same difference to me.”

She changed out her studs for dangling earrings, almost finished. “Hey, you never know. I might end up taking advantage of the inheritance if they are cute.”

“You don’t even know who they are, or what they are.”

Sakura checked her hair once more in the mirror. It looked light and fluffy, perfect for a night in sock rolls. “Doesn’t matter to me. I’m heading out now. I’ll text you when I get more information.”

Kakashi sounded like he wanted to say more but she cut off the call and dumped her phone into her purse, keys already in hand.

The Uzumaki clan’s compound was actually pretty far north, up in the mountains where the hot springs were famous and roads were thin. The clan was pretty traditional from the sounds of it. They ran an inn famed for its own private hot springs that made it a local jewel for the village.

It took her over an hour to make it driving the way she did. Halfway there she knew she could never move so far north, she was too used to multi lane highways and plenty of space to speed on straight roadways.

She pushed her sunglasses up onto her head, pinning back her hair. She whistled low at the sight of the sprawling manor. Not bad if this was what she got to marry into. The idea still made her laugh. All her friends thought it was laughable as well, but a few had been concerned, taking it seriously.

‘If they’re really traditional they may stick to it,’ Hinata told her, speaking from personal experience.

Sakura’s plan had been to look as prissy as possible and be her usual self. That was sure to scare them off and make them want out of the deal as much as her. She wasn’t this old and still single without a reason.

On the first level there were stairs down to the restaurant part of the inn and stairs up to the rooms. A hallway led back to the springs. Sakura stopped at the receptionists desk and waved to the girl impeccably dressed like a woman straight out of history. ‘Cute.’

“Hello,” Sakura greeted, still cheerful and excited to see more of the inn before going back. “I’m Sakura Haruno. I have an appointment here I believe with Kushina Uzumaki.”

The woman nodded, wordless and opened the book to scan the list of names. She found one and glanced up at Sakura before reading whatever note had been beside the name. Sakura watched the girl swallow and stiffly raise her eyes again. “One moment, madam. I shall phone them now.”

Sakura grinned when she saw the old fashioned rotary phone that looked like it belonged back at the turn of the century. It was perfectly elegant, like so much of the inn. Sakura took a step back and entertained herself with the wall art to give the girl the feeling of privacy while on the phone.

“Yes….yes, she is….is she-oh, um….yes, I think so. Of course. Yes.”

Sakura heard the ending of the call as the hand piece was returned to the cradle with a click. Sakura turned back around and waited to be addressed, noting a vein of nervousness in the woman’s posture now.

“Kushina Uzumaki is expecting you in the gardens. Follow this hallway out and turn left away from the springs.” The girl gave further instructs and Sakura thanked her for them before going off.

The hall seemed to go on forever. Sakura swore she saw that same ink painting on the wall before. It was so odd, because she knew she hadn’t turned left or right. There was something off about the hall.

She forced herself to stop and concentrate on her breathing. She felt her mental spirit mount with the determination to break through any spiritual barrier or illusion and opened her eyes again. She could see the end of the hallway but didn’t walk towards it. Cautiously, she turned on her heel and saw behind her a red fox.

“That how you welcome all your guests?” she joked with a wry grin. It tensed at her tone and she bared her teeth at it, sending it running off into the shadows.

No wonder Kakashi had been worried about her. The spiritual side of her training was not her strong suit, since she switched over her focus to the physical side of things three years back. Still, she was his best student, so illusions cast by demons of such a low level weren’t something she was concerned about, even if she didn’t come from a clan.

She found the garden, but it was empty. Her senses tingled and she carefully set down her purse on one of the tables before turning slowly and seeing the same fox from before, only this time it had more than one tail and beside it was a black forest fox.

“I’m not sure if this is worth it, but I’m here, so I might as well humor the family,” Sakura hummed, pretending to be more concerned with her nails. “You going to bite me or talk, kit?”

“You’re the one Tsunade sent?” a new voice hissed. Sakura glanced back over her shoulder to see a female fox, standing atop one of the tables.

“I’m the one she mentioned in her will. A matter which I wanted to clear up, because I thought it was absurd to come across such an odd inheritance stipulation. I’m guessing this is the part where you try to eat me, or was the story about Kushina being here a lie?”

“She’ll be here if you’re worth speaking to.”

“I’m really not. I’m nothing special and I just wanted to be polite before putting this whole misunderstanding behind us,” Sakura joked, waving her hands. “You wanna just let me go and we can pretend this never happened?”

“We would of if you didn’t break through the illusion. Now we have to…” the black one dipped his head before the fox beside him-a twin-finished the sentence.

“-See what kind of meat Tsunade left us!”

Sakura felt the fox fire behind her but ducked fast, snarling at the thought of her hair being singed. She hadn’t picked the right sort of shoes for this sort of nonsense. The tags were pinned to the garter under her skirt and she slipped a couple out with ease before throwing one like a dart at the female fox. It stuck her with a yelp and Sakura activated the seal that canceled out fire.

“No more of that, kit,” Sakura teased, using her banter as a way to ground herself in battle. It was the next best thing if she didn’t have sour candies to chew on. She hadn’t been expelling demons long enough to be able to manage without some sort of crutch, like Kakashi or even Might Guy. She was still learning, but she was confident she could handle three adolescent kits.

The black one lunged for her, inflating in size until he was bigger than a dog, but Sakura caught him by the throat and slammed him hard into the ground, knowing he wouldn’t get up, demon or not. That was the price of over estimating her.

“Menma!” the other fox cried, running towards his twin.

Sakura was fast and grabbed him by the tail before yanking him back and flipping him up onto his back. He tried to grow under her, suddenly thick with chakra, but Sakura supplanted her heel on his neck and bared her teeth, another paper seal between her fingers. The girl fox was still caught in the first one.

“Of dear, my precious babies were quite embarrassing,” a new voice cut in, followed by hand clapping.

Sakura stepped off the fox’s throat and turned to the woman with long red hair. Sakura released the seal binding the female fox and her fire down and as soon as she was free she dashed for the woman Sakura guessed to be Kushina. The one under her heel ran to his brother, whining and chirping.

“If I knew it was going to have been like this I would have traded in the heels for flats,” Sakura sighed, tone level as she turned her back to the woman and reached for her purse. When she turned around the female fox was a red haired girl wearing glasses and looking flustered.

“You looked superb regardless, Sakura chan. I’m so glad Tsunade recommended you to us,” the woman cooed, folding her hands and smiling brightly. “You’re adorable.”

In spite of herself, Sakura felt herself blush. “Ah, thank you. I suppose the marriage contract was just a farce to get me here and see what I could do?”

On the ground the two fox brothers had turned back to boys and the one she knocked down was starting to rouse, surprising Sakura. The Uzumaki were a hardy bunch if he was waking up so soon.

She had been right about them being twins though, the only difference between them was that one had dark black hair, but both sported whiskers. They looked to be around her age, which was surprising, since neither had more than two tails.

“Oh no, dear, that isn’t true at all. We fully intend on engaging you to one of our clan’s children.”

Sakura blinked, staring up from the boys. “What?”

Kushina kissed the girl in glasses’ head and pushed her forward. “This is my niece Karin. On the ground are my sons, Naruto, and the darker one is Menma.”

Sakura was still struggling with what was said earlier. “…What?”

“Oh, and my husband is out, but he’ll introduce himself later. He’s really looking forward to having another girl in the family. It’s been hard on Karin being the only one. Speaking of that, which do you prefer, girls or boys? Or do you not care?”

Sakura felt numb in her bones. “………What?”

“And I know the boys are close, so you could take one or both depending on how you feel.”Sakura felt her eyes widen. “Or just marry them all, that could work too. Mostly in the past it’s just been two spouses, but there have been a few that took three or four into the marriage. It’s better for the kits that way.”

Sakura couldn’t keep her voice from cracking. “…What?”

The woman clapped her hands again, eyes bright and shocking blue in a way they hadn’t been before. “You’re tired from the long drive here though, so we’ll get your room ready in the family suite. Karin, want to take Sakura’s bags?”

“She doesn’t have any.”

“Poo. You’ll have to share for the night then. You look to be almost the same size.”

Sakura took one step backwards, robotically turned on her heel, and walked the rest of the way out, down the hall, past the front desk, to the parking lot and into her car. She didn’t panic until her key was in the ignition, failing to turn the engine. Nothing responded, not even the lights.

Still stiff as a fawn, Sakura got out and popped the hood, realizing in horror that her car was empty. There was literally nothing under her hood. It had all been magicked away.

Sakura grabbed her purse from the front seat and started to walk down the driveway, back out to the main road. She walked for maybe fifteen minutes before realizing she was caught in another illusion. This time the spell was far stronger and Sakura felt herself rightly trapped. When she turned around Kushina was there and the pair of them were back in the parking lot outside the inn. The Uzumaki matriarch smiled kindly, as if she thought it was cute a human had tried to break the spell on an illusion cast by a matriarch.

“Lady,” Sakura stated, voice cracking, “it’s not going to work. Your kids all will hate me. I beat them up on our first meeting. They’re going to resent that forever.”

“I doubt that. You’re perfect for this family. Karin will adore you for your seal work, it’s not often someone can trap her or seal her fire with a hand drawn tag. And if you’re worried about the boys, well…” She smiled to herself slyly. “I’m afraid your beating had the opposite effect of what you’re claiming.”

“No, I know what this is. You’re just in it because you need a human with chakra in the bloodline. I’ve heard this story before. It’s no different then how it was with the Uchiha, so you can drop the act.”

Sakura might have imagianed it, but at the mention of the Tengu clan Sakura had tangled with in the past the bright blue of Kushina’s eyes flickered red. Still, her smile never faltered.

“You don’t have to worry about the Uchiha while you are here. You’re safe.”

“I’m not marrying your kids.”

Her frown was more of a pout. “But you don’t even know them! Don’t you wanna get a little closer to my cuties before you make a decision?”

“Not really,” Sakura laughed, feeling on the edge of hysterical. “I wanna go home and wear my ‘worldly’ lace pajamas, eat junk food like french fries, gummy bears, and ice cream, listen to a music player that doesn’t use a needle, and watch Game of Thrones like any self respecting woman of the modern age. I’m not dressing up like a shrine maiden and cooking for a man for the rest of my life.”

“You wouldn’t have, we have plenty of servants for that sort of thing. We’re actually quite modernized, you’ll find. The boys read comics and Karin even has a Netflix account.” The woman’s smile stretched up. “Also, no one is going to complain if you want to wear naughty lingerie in this house.”

“I’m not!” a voice called from back inside the inn. Sakura couldn’t tell if it was Naruto or his brother Menma, but guessed it was one of them and it made her blush.

“Still, it’s a marriage. I…I can’t. You need my help expelling spirits I would be willing to hang out and help, but I can’t… just marry into your family. Tsunade made a mistake. My name shouldn’t have been in that will.”

The woman seemed to wilt. “I understand if you’re really that opposed to the idea, but please stay the week with us. Just seven days at the inn, complements of the family. Get to know the kids a little and then make your decision at the end of those seven days. That’s fair, right?”

Sakura glanced up over the woman’s shoulder and saw the three kids all standing in the entryway. Naruto was smiling brightly just like his mother while supporting his dark haired twin. Menma looked up and met her gaze, only to blush and duck his eyes. Behind them Karin watched wordless, masking her expression.

None of them looked dangerous, and the situation was vastly different then when the Uchiha had breached the subject with Kakashi. No one was demanding she make any dramatic life changes or give up anything important. They didn’t sound like the type to force their way either, if Kushina really meant what she said about the seven days. There was really no way Sakura could break through the illusion on her own, so Kushina had all the power to demand more from her if she thought it necessary.

If she renegade on her deal after seven days Sakura would call Kakashi.

“I didn’t pack for an overnight trip.”

Kushina’s eyes lit up along with her smile. “We have anything you could possibly need on hand. Just tell us what you need and our fox spirits will run and grab it for you.”

Sakura let her purse slide off her shoulder to the crook of her elbow as she sighed and relented. “Fine. Seven days.”

“Of course,” the mother cheered, taking Sakura by the shoulders and leading her back into the inn building. “You’re going to love it here, though. It’s a life time of pampering you have to look forward to if you choose to make this your home.”

Naruto and his brother were quick to clear the doorway for them, but Sakura didn’t miss how they kept themselves close as Sakura was led on a tour of the estate. Karin watched critically and Sakura felt her every move recorded by the girl’s mind.

“So we can call you Sakura chan, right, Sakura chan?” Naruto cheered, hopping alongside the group.

Sakura could only swallowed and nod as they led her around and set up her up in a room.

True to her word all the things she requested showed up in the hour thanks to the inn’s fox spirits. She went to bed that night, not knowing how well she would sleep, but surprised how soft the futon was under her.

“Is it done?” Kushina asked, looking up at her husband with a soft smile as he entered their bedroom that night.

Minato frowned, stripping off his outer layers. “As best I could, but Kakashi is not any average human. He’ll remember her before the month is up, and he won’t be happy to know I suppressed his memories. Sakura is precious to him.”

His wife waved a hand and rolled her eyes.

“He’s not the only one who understands her value. And I don’t need him to forget her forever, just long enough for Sakura to fall in love with one of the kits. Did you hear Naruto going on and on about her after dinner? Oh, you will. The boy is smitten if ever I saw it. He’s almost as bad as Menma, but there’s no saving that child from the love bug. One punch and he was sold! I knew Sakura chan would be perfect for my boys.”

“Oh, did you now?” Minatoa asked, sliding into bed beside his wife. “What about our lovely niece? What did she think of our house guest.”

“Her nature is to be weary, but she’s far too fascinated with Sakura to be safe for long. I hope it ends happy for all of them and no one gets their heart crushed, but it’s just all my hopeful wishing.”

Minato kissed his wife and turned off the lights. “We’ll see in the next seven days, won’t we?”

#Uzumaki #Naruto #Sakura #Sakura haruno #naruto uzumaki #menma uzumaki #karin uzumaki #Writing prompt #my writing #this was supposed to be shorter

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kuriquinn · 7 years

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Underneath the Underneath [1/?]

Summary: As observant as he is, it take Kakashi years before he realises he's in an actual, adult relationship.

Disclaimer: This story utilizes characters, situations and premises that are copyright Masashi Kishimoto, Shueisha, Shonen Jump and Viz Media. No infringement on their respective copyrights pertaining to episodes, novelizations, comics or short stories is intended by the author in any way, shape or form. This fan oriented story is written solely for the author's own amusement and the entertainment of the readers. It is not for profit. Any resemblance to real organizations, institutions, products or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All fiction, plot and Original Characters with the exception of those introduced in the books, manga, video games, novelizations and anime, are the sole creation of KuriQuinn and using them without permission is considered rude, in bad-taste and will reflect seriously on your credibility as a writer. You will be forced to juggle geese until you drop dead should you be found plagiarizing.

Warning: Spoilers for pretty much everything up to Chapter 699.

Canon-Compliance: As close to canon as fanfiction can possibly be. With a few personal additions :P Takes place during Part I, Part II and the Blank Period.

Fanon-Compliance: Takes place several years before An Inch of Gold and Unplanned.

AN: OC alert! There is an OC in this story! Ohmygosh! Okay, so I have had a lot of interest in my OC, Manako, over the past little while, and I got a few requests here, on AO3 and on tumblr to start showing her relationship with Kakashi a little more. I had been meaning to wait until once I finished with all my SasuSaku headcanon stuff, but then I thought, why not write it now? Kakashi and Manako's relationship happens entirely off-screen so as not to interfere or impose on the canon, so I can write a few pieces every now and then for those of you who are curious. I hope you enjoy!

Author’s Note2: In case anyone was not aware of this (and I’ve mentioned it several times), Kakashi and Manako are about 9-10 years apart in age. They meet several years before the Naruto series begins and slowly build a friendship. Despite the fact that this is a universe with different age appropriate behaviours and expectations than our own (for crying out loud, they have twelve year old kids fight to the death and massacre their families), and that for the vast majority of human history age differences and relationships at younger ages have always exists, with or without consent, I have gone out of my way to ensure that nothing physical or intimate happens between the two until Manako is 18 years old (legal voting age in Japan, in many place in Japan, legal age of consent as per Tokyo’s Youth Protection Law). There has been an ongoing trend across many fandoms lately to demonize any relationship with a large age-gap or where one partner is a teenager on the cusp of being legal. Interestingly enough, these same people have no problem with a 17-year-old girl being stalked by a 100-year-old vampire just because he looks like a 17-year-old boy. Go figure.

In laymen’s terms, if you’re one of those holier-than-thou, morality-police, purity-wank douchenozzles that think authors should censor their work to protect your delicate sensibilities from being exposed to stuff that happens in real life…kindly step out of my section of the sandbox and go play elsewhere.

This is the politest I get about it.

“Ah! Kakashi, my venerable rival!” Maito Gai declares with his usual pomp, pointing one finger straight in front of him, while his other hand remains hidden behind his back. “Today is the day when we settle our longstanding, noble contest!”

Kakashi raises his single visible eyebrow at the digit two inches from his nose. “Is that so?”

“Yes! You see, as I was enjoying my balanced and revitalising morning repast, I heard a foreigner mention a competition from their land! The honourable and youthful pursuit of juggling geese!”

From behind his back, Gai produces a tiny gosling that blinks up at Kakashi and honks in puzzlement.

Kakashi returns that blink. Behind him, he hears Kurenai and Asuma stifle chuckles.

“That’s a goose,” he says eventually.

“Well-spotted, you keen-eyed animal, you!”

Kakashi counts to three in his head, and then points out in as reasonable a voice as he can manage, “Isn’t juggling geese a little cruel?”

“Nonsense! Our Konoha poultry is the hardiest of the land!”

That’s not what I…what even…?

There are so many logical, well-thought out arguments against this, and yet Kakashi knows from experience none of them will suffice. And so, he pounces on Gai’s ridiculousness in the hopes he can dissuade him for once.

“If the purpose is to juggle geese, shouldn’t there be more than one?”

Gai’s elated expressions holds for several seconds longer, and then his shoulders slump and he glares into the distance.

“Damn you, Kakashi, with your cool logic!”

Well, that was a narrowly avoided spot of—

“Fear not! I will return with a gaggle of goslings for us to test our juggling acumen!”

And he speeds off, leaving Kakashi holding the goose.

“Well…” Asuma begins.

“That’s certainly an interesting way to begin the morning,” Kurenai adds.

Gai hurries back, snatches the confused bird, and disappears again. Kurenai shakes her head. “Is it just me or does he get more high-spirited every day?”

“It’s not just you,” Asuma assures her. “The man could tire out the gods…”

Kakashi sighs and glances at the sky; the sun isn’t even at its zenith yet.

This is not how his routine is supposed to go.

Not that he ever consciously planned to have something as mundane as a routine. As a general rule, shinobi avoid having those, being that they are trained to expect the unexpected. However, over the years since he moved up the ranks in Konoha, a certain procedure has emerged nonetheless.

Every morning he rises before dawn and visits the cemetery, standing before the Memorial Stone to pay respect to his fallen comrades. Depending on his mood he may simply spare them a few words, or perhaps he’ll spend an hour or two in silent remembrance of Obito, Rin and Minato-sensei. Afterward, he heads to Hokage Tower to see if there’s anything Lord Third intends him to do.

It’s been almost a year since the Hokage removed him from active duty with ANBU, as well as mandatory therapy and instruction to readapt his teaching methods for genin. Eventually he will be assigned his first genin squad, but for now he’s simply on the village duty roster. Still, the missions Lord Third assigns him are always for the best of the village.

In any case, he has a lot more recreational time than he ever did before. Privately he thinks the old man is hoping he’ll use these newfound free periods to socialise more, but at this point in his life, Kakashi isn’t keen on seeking out friendship. As a child he didn’t like the idea of mingling with other people, and as an adult he is even more socially hesitant.

It’s not exactly easy to make friends when every person you’ve ever cared about died and everyone else holds you responsible for it.

Still, in spite of his reluctance, he has forged some connections within the village.

First and foremost, there’s Gai, whose presence in his life was insisted upon by their respective fathers. By now, the taijutsu master is so much of a habit for Kakashi that he’s not quite sure what he’d do without him. No day is complete without one of Gai’s ridiculous competitions, though Kakashi tries to avoid them until the evening for simple conservation of energy.

In the past few years, he’s also found himself in the company of Asuma more and more often. Kakashi is pretty sure the man has been ordered by his father to keep an eye on him, which would be annoying if Asuma were less interesting. The Hokage’s son is well-learned and well-travelled, and his stories fill the silences that would otherwise be awkward.

Then there’s Kurenai, who goes wherever Asuma does these days, and Yugao. She’s the only one of his former ANBU squad that he speaks to with anything resembling regularity, if only because she’s been going on fewer mission since she and Hayate started spending more time together. Tenzō, when he isn’t off on missions, will invite Kakashi for a drink or a meal (and then they both spend the evening trying to nonchalantly trick the other into paying for it).

He tries not to think of Itachi Uchiha at all.

“Are you actually going to juggle geese?” Kurenai asks, her mouth quirking upwards at Kakashi.

Asuma chuckles again. “That sounds like it would be messy…”

“Maybe I’ll be assigned a mission and be able to avoid him,” Kakashi groans.

“I don’t know – it looks like he’s coming back,” Kurenai points out, staring out into the distance.

Kakashi doesn’t need to be told twice.

Without really looking, he dives through the door of the nearest shop, just in time to avoid Gai’s triumphant return – now balancing half a dozen geese in his arms.

Peeking through the corner of the nearby window, he watches as Gai—upon realising Kakashi is nowhere to be found—begins to demonstrate exactly how one juggles geese to a bemused Kurenai and Asuma.

Kakashi sighs and slumps down, pressing his head against the wall. It’s going to be a while before he can slip away. Maybe there’s a back entrance somewhere—

“Unless you’re looking for a way to blow shit up, you shouldn’t be here,” a bored voice says from somewhere behind him. “My boss doesn’t like loitering.”

Kakashi looks up, noticing in the process that his chosen hide-out is one of the many surplus and supply stores in the village. The smell of ink, paper and gunpowder fill the air, and when he takes notices of the walls he sees row upon row of specialty parchment—the kind for explosive tags. He glances across the sales floor, for the first time taking note of the girl reading a book behind the check-out counter. She’s familiar to him, although in the second-hand kind of way that everyone in a small village is familiar, so it only takes a moment to place her.

Twins are rare in such a small village, and Manako Inuzuka is identical to her sister Hana. Brunette and dark eyed, with a solid-looking medium frame and a languid, unselfconscious bearing he doesn’t see in a lot of girls her age. She lacks the distinctive Inuzuka facial markings, which is odd considering she’s the child of the leader, but somehow she manages to look just as fierce.

Kakashi occasionally has business with Hana—sometimes his ninja hounds require urgent medical care, and she’s set to take over the village’s veterinary practice—but he has never spoken to Manako beyond a few random, forgettable encounters. He doesn’t expect this one to be any different.

Except, then his attention falls on the book she’s reading.

The book which happens to be the next installment of his favourite series.

The one he has been desperately waiting on for the last six months.

“That’s the latest Icha Icha novel,” he says.

“It is.”

“It’s not even supposed to be out for another month.”

“And yet, here it is,” Manako replies, turning a page.

“How did you get your hands on this?”

“I know a guy.”

He begins to approach the counter. “Can I know a guy?”

“That depends—are you into bondage?”

Kakashi does a bit of a double-take at this, opening his mouth and then closing it again as he studies her. She and Hana were in Itachi’s year, which means she can’t be more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

She has to be messing with him.

Even so, he’s not entirely sure what to say to that. At his silence, she finally looks up, considering him with a critical eye.

“Oh. You’re him,” she says, and Kakashi waits for the usual qualifier—he knows the things people whisper about him: cold-blooded, friend-killer, traitor’s son. But then she adds, “You’re Pakkun’s pet.”

“Pet?” he echoes, surprised and disbelieving.

“Sorry. That’s how the dogs talk,” she says, though she doesn’t sound or look very sorry, turning her attention back to her book in a clear dismissal. “I mean to say you’re his human.”

He’s not sure that’s much better and gets the sense that she’s mocking him.

“Your sister is a lot more polite than you,” he says, which sounds immature and over-simplistic, but he’s still a bit caught off balance and doesn’t know what else to say.

She doesn’t seem ruffled by the comparison at all.

“So I’m told.”

Again, her words drip with dismissal, and Kakashi is inclined to take the hint. He turns back toward the shop entrance.

Except –

He turns around. “Out of curiosity—”

“No.”

He frowns. “You don’t even know what I’m going to ask.”

“You’re not getting my book.”

“I’d pay you for it.”

“But then it would not longer be my book,” she says, and then glances up, lowering her voice conspiratorially. “I’m possessive and materialistic like that.”

Kakashi resists the urge to pout, but only because he is a grown-ass man and a jōnin and feared by half the shinobi world.

“Surely there’s some arrangement we can come to?” he suggests, trying to sound smooth and casual and not like a slavering fanboy.

“You’re that desperate for cheesy romance and long drawn-out sex?” she raises an eyebrow at him, and he feels his cheeks warm beneath his mask because does she have to be that blunt about it?!

“Well what’s your excuse for reading it?”

“I have two X-chromosomes,” she retorts, and then crosses her arms. “And didn’t you hear? Long. Drawn-out. Sex.”

His cheeks flooding with even more colour.

“Should you really be reading that sort of thing?” he asks, a little tightly. “It’s not exactly…”

“Oh, but if it was a teenaged boy it would be alright?” she counters. “Talk about double standards…”

“I never said—”

“I have just as much right to read it as you,” she shoots back. “And if you think about it, it’s kind of creepier when it’s an old guy like you doing it.”

“…Old?” Kakashi demands, voice cracking a little in astonishment.

“Well, with that hair of yours,” she shrugs. “Easy mistake to make.” He stares at her in reply, and she smirks. “See? It’s not nice to generalize about someone’s age.”

Kakashi decide right then that it’s time to leave.

Juggling geese is suddenly a much less challenging prospect than any more absurdist conversation with this…person. He doesn’t even ask about the back entrance, and is almost on the point of opening the door again when—

“I guess I could make you a deal.”

Kakashi pauses, the sudden image of himself reading his beloved, long-book at the end of a tiring day. It’s been so long…

“I’m listening,” Kakashi says, turning back.

“I need someone to field-test my specialty explosive tags,” she tells him. “But Old Man Third won’t let me hire a genin squad. Something about legal issues or child protection or whatever.” She makes a dismissive hand gesture. “None of the chūnin are allowed to, either, ever since the last time some moron didn’t read the labels and blew off a testicle.” Kakashi’s cheeks rapidly lose all earlier warmth. “And most jōnin are pretentious pricks that think their missions are more important than functioning equipment, so...”

Kakashi’s eye twitches. “Noted.”

“But I’ve heard you’re moderately intelligent, and apparently, you’re fast too, so here’s what I want—you come by every so often and try out my specialty tags, then come give me feedback, and I’ll hook you up with this book.” Kakashi is about to say that seems like an awful lot of work for one book, and then she adds, “And any others that my contact sets me up with.”

“You’re making literature seem a lot more clandestine than it is,” he accuses.

“Not all of us are elite ninjas. Some of us have to make our fun where we can,” she replies. “Are you in or out?”

Kakashi turns the offer over in his head.

The whole thing sounds an awful lot like responsibility, or even worse, accountability, and unless the well-being of the village is at stake, he tends to avoid both.

However, on the other hand, he’s heard from others that Manako’s incendiary devices are top quality, and that she doesn’t limit her work to simple explosives. Which could prove useful in situations where he doesn’t feel like expending effort.

And he really wants to read the book.

It’s telling that the only considerations he have pertain to his own laziness and guilty reading pleasures.

“Alright, it’s a deal,” he says.

“Good,” she agrees, nodding in a businesslike fashion. “But you’re still waiting until after I finish reading it.”

Which causes Kakashi’s shoulders to slump because how did he not see that coming. He can predict the moves of enemy ninja before they even consider making them, and this girl outmaneuvered him with a single sentence.

She smirks at him, black eyes dancing. “Of course, if I didn’t have to cut my break short lugging boxes around and doing actual work, I could probably finish this in the next hour…”

He shoots her an unimpressed look.

“Do you actually think I’m that desperate?”

“I think you just promised to carry out potentially dangerous field testing that could possible get you blown up just to get a chance to read the book. Damn straight I think you’re desperate,” she declares, black eyes dancing. “So either you’re really bored with your life, or really weird.”

She looks him over again, and he gets the sense that this time she is actually studying him, because her eyes linger on his mask.

“Weird,” she concludes, and nods to herself. “Which is good. We’ll be friends.” She then closes the book, holding the place with one finger and pokes another in his face. “But no sex, okay? I don’t want to deal with sad puppy-dog eyes when I break your heart.”

He can’t help his jaw dropping at either implication.

“Now get to work. There are crates of blank scrolls in the back that need to be stocked up here,” she says, going back to her reading. “And if you don’t do a good job, I’m calling out spoilers.”

Which is how Kakashi Hatake, elite jōnin of the Hidden Leaf, finds himself stocking shelves for the next two hours, wondering what exactly he has gotten himself into.

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