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todayisafridaynight · 9 months

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The bookmark tag was #holder until i think of a tag for these asks but To Be Real even I forgot what it was...

BUT YEAH thanks so much for reading and I'm glad it's :] Intelligible At Least :] obviously I would be up for reading anything that came to mind after putting you and your followers through All That but understandable... A lot of people I've shown the checklist items or pointed out specific behaviors to have actually said similar [i.e. I'm In This Picture And I Don't Like It], so I totally get what you mean, too!

I think a lot of my picks wound up being generalized trauma responses/aftereffects of abuse or neglect [hence I meandered off into just talking about Jo's father half the time], so I guess it's to be expected a lot of them don't read as being CSA-specific or are broadly relatable; it's not like he's supposed to be read that way, after all. I just wasn't able to zero in on many of the more specific ones because I've Never Seen Jo In This Situation Chief I Don't Know What He Thinks About His Name Or His Body Or Mirrors Or Sex Or Affection I Don't Know How Well Or Poorly He Sleeps [Presumably Poorly Though He Has The Second-Reddest Eyes In The Whole Game]

I don't really think I'll have anything to add though unless Infinite Wealth goes off the rails or I actually continue reading the book... so that will have to do... I originally was just riffing on RGGJo's attachment issues, self-destructiveness, and specific entwinement of sexuality/aggression/romance, and his portrayal in my fic lined up pretty closely, so I thought it'd be interesting to apply the same lens to Y7Jo...

But Yeah x2 thank you for the opportunity to talk about it and I'm Glad It's Intelligible At Least x2

THANK YOU i really should change that tag to something better... <- i will immediately forget to do so like a jackass

BUT YA OF COURSE OF COURSE i was truthful when i said it was a real good read (but once again. i have -5 speech skills so i can't properly word SHIT) and was a thorough examination of jo's trauma and how it manifests in him and how it's exhibited through his actions. ALWAYS a big fan of that :)

#snap chats #IN REGARDS TO Jo In Situations that is. VAGUELY my specialty #ive at least thought of jo's attitudes towards affection/relationships #and i Do Not Think he sleeps AS adequately as he should whether it's due to just. Overworking or #If I May Dare To Think he might be prone to night terrors #the Danger Zone of me thinking of Jo In Situations that dont have a lot of background is that i end up projecting a LOT of my issues LMAO #i dont know what it says about me when a lot of those issues seem to fit him #i do try my best NOT to over project of course i try to keep everyone relatively in the bounds of believability to their charas #which is why its funny when i do end up doin a lil projection it works out. Apparently #not sure i could do the same when it comes to jo's POV on his name and body tho. i hate those things bout myself for uh #VERY different reasons LMAOO tho i could imagine jo harboring some feelings of. hm. whats the word.#not Total Disgust But Some and Some Agitation whenever he has to acknowledge he exists outside of being a tool. To Put It Bluntly #cause we know he sees himself as a tool in some aspects- a bullet more specifically. so i can imagine instances where he has to Be A Human #its just. Ew Whats That LMAO YK WHAT I MEAN i do. i know what i mean. mirrors are evil #SORRY IM RAMBLING i shouldnt be.. i got gameritis <- i fucked up my wrists playing sonic riders somehow and it hurts to move #point is i very much enjoy thinking of jo and i enjoy looking at him through a multitude of lenses so AGAIN #thank you much for writing in :] im sorry i have three jewel beetles and a cicada shell for a brain #i am always interested in reading what you have to say tho... cant stress that enough..#truly curious for how jo will be in infinite wealth now that he Doesnt have to be a bullet anymore. what are you like my guy.. lemme see..#now pardon me while i fuck up my wrists more. i do not want to do my job today (i will soon im just delaying the inevitable. as a treat)

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ayaboba · 1 year

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rise and shine

summary: what do they do when you refuse to wake up.

chars: alhaitham, cyno, tighnari, xiao, wanderer, kazuha, zhongli, albedo, ayato, kaeya, diluc, kaveh, heizou, itto, childe.

warnings: sfw, reader is called ‘sleeping beauty’ once, not proofread.

yanks the covers off you - alhaitham, cyno, tighnari, xiao, wanderer

let’s you off the hook a few times, giving you a generous amount of time to get up and get ready, but when they see you‘re still very much fast asleep after a good forty minutes, it seems the only way to wake you up is to resort to more.. straightforward methods.

for example, pulling the covers off you with a supposedly good-natured ‘rise and shine, sleeping beauty.’

—

‘please..just five more minutes…’

‘i’ve given you five more minutes eight times.’

‘so?’

‘i’ve made/got your favourite breakfast.’

how could you resist that?

i mean you could, but they’d probably drag you off the bed then

tries to woo you out - kazuha, zhongli, albedo

you don’t miss several indiscreet promises and the more-than-usual showers of affection offered by them. their method is be as gentle with you until you break. how sneaky.

don’t underestimate their patience, they’ll be kneeling on your bedside for however long. it. takes. oh, the sun’s setting? it’s almost as beautiful as you. it’s a full moon tonight? it probably looks better outside, don’t you think?

you’ll have to eventually fall into their little scheme, though.

—

‘i heard that there’s a new cafe opening today.’

‘really!?’

‘yeah, but it’s just too bad they don’t do deliveries.’

lifts and carries you bridal style - ayato, kaeya, diluc,

maybe because they know arguing won’t be enough against your stubborn head, they do something completely impulsive and unexpected. such lifting you up and carrying you bridal style.

a big, big tease about the whole ideal. will never live it down. probably turns into a regular morning greeting. if they wake up first, just expect to be somehow launched into their arms.

—

‘good morning to you, too’

‘do you think my legs don’t work?’

‘what legs? you seem prrreeettyy short to me.’

that earned them a slap.

goes back to sleep with you - kaveh, heizou, itto, childe

they love their sleep. and sleeping with you? that’s like a whole luxurious package deal. sure, they have some urgent matters to deal with, the akademiya, the tenryou commission, beetle fighting, fatui meetings…yeah, but really, is it as important as a good night’s rest? no, of course not. you know what they say, a good night’s rest means a promised good day ahead. (they made half of that up). in all honesty, you’re the one who ends up having to wake them up.

—

‘we should get out of bed, it’s nearly 11.’

‘but i’m so sleepy. i’m so tired. you need to be nicer to your poor lover.’

‘this is why i said you need to go to bed earlier.’

‘no, just ten more minutes, i promise.’

#genshin fluff #genshin x reader #alhaitham x reader #cyno x reader #tighnari x reader #xiao x reader #wanderer x reader #kazuha x reader #zhongli x reader #albedo x reader #ayato x reader #kaeya x reader #diluc x reader #kaveh x reader #heizou x reader #itto x reader #childe x reader #anya writes ✧.*

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bedoballoons · 7 months

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Fontaine, Sumeru , Inazuma boys + Zhongli and Xiao with a GN! Darling that has Newts Briefcase from fantastic beasts

Your blog looks beautiful btw

Awwe thank you so much!! <3 I hope you enjoy!

─⊰⁠⊹ฺ🎃𝔾𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕟 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤⊰⁠⊹ฺ🎃

{༻~Reader with a briefcase like Newts~༺}

CW: Fluffy and magical! (Pet names: Lyney: Mon amour)

(Includes: Lyney, Zhongli, Tighnari, Heizou, and Xiao!)

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𑁍༄Lyney:

Lyney obviously didn't know every magic trick in Teyvat, that would be almost impossible, but he did know quite a few of them and he could usually figure out how others were done fairly quickly, but how your suitcase managed to hold a whole boar, crystalflies of every element, and tens more animals, some of which he'd never seen before, was beyond anything even he could imagine.

You'd left him speechless, mouth agape as he stared at you in awe, "Mon amour, how is this possible? How are you doing that?" You blushed slightly, seeing the way his eyes shun like that of child's when they see something magic for the first time, "I can't tell, it's a secret, but you're welcome to use it for one of your shows, just make sure to feed the scorpions, they get angry otherwise and they aren't very nice when they're angry."

𑁍༄Zhongli:

Zhongli stared at your happy face, your arms extended outwards, being used as a perch for at least 10 exotic birds...all of which had appeared from your suitcase. Originally he had assumed this was only possible because the work of an adepti, but upon closer inspection he saw no signs of adeptal power, infact it seemed completely foreign to him...which only made him more curious.

"You say it can hold as many animals as the forests of Liyue? That's certainly a incredible feat...may I asked how you've acquired such a unique and interesting treasure?" He smiled slightly at you, hoping you'd clear up the mysterious nature behind the briefcase, but you simply chuckled, "One day I'll tell you, but for now it would be far more fun to keep it a secret~"

𑁍༄Tighnari:

Tighnari was sitting in front of your suitcase with his eyes glued to it like at any moment it could actually explode, not because it was somehow holding more animals than he even knew of, but from the sheer amount power such a item would have to have. In all of his days of studying at the akademiya and traveling to other lands in search of new plant varieties, he'd never seen anything like it. "Does it contains exotic plants as well? Do each of the animals have their own ecosystems? If you shut the suitcase for to long does the oxygen run out or does the suit case somehow supply oxygen? Have you ever tried to go in the suit case?"

Your eyes widened at his many questions, more and more spilling from his lips before he could stop himself...frazzling you slightly. You hadn't expected him to get so excited about it, but even with his never ending questions, it was absolutely adorable to see him this way. It was like he'd found a miracle and he wanted to learn everything about it with you.

𑁍༄Heizou:

Heizou stuck his head into your suitcase, trying to find clues as to how it worked, but the detective was more than just stumped, he was simply baffled as to how something like it could even exist. "You weren't joking when you said you wanted to show me something beyond my imagination. I've seen Onis with horns fight beetles and gods who can make the air actually buzz with emotion, but I don't think I've ever seen anything that has come close to the mystery behind this. Do you think you could live in it?"

"I suppose you could, but I'm not exactly sure. You could be the test subject if you'd like." You winked at him teasingly and he smiled up at you, almost like he was actually considering it for moment, "I think I prefer the scenery in the outside world, but we could always take a romantic vacation together inside the suitcase~" Your cheeks turned a scarlett red as he giggled at you quietly, if you teased him, it was only fair he teased back.

𑁍༄Xiao:

Xiao kneeled down, softly scratching the underside of a mora weasels chin, unbothered by the fact the animal had just run out of your suitcase along side a fairly massive boar. You actually seemed more surprised by his reaction than he did of your suitcase, "So what do you think hmm?"

"I think,...it reminds of the teapots us adepti sometimes use. They appear normal on the outside, but on the inside it's a island specifically designed with our comfort in mind, I've never seen a suitcase version before though.." His eyes met yours and your heart skipped a beat, you responded without even thinking and it flustered you to no end, "Do you have a teapot? May I see it if you do?"

"...I...don't have one, maybe, one day...we can make one together?"

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◥(•̀￦•́)◤☪︎ ִ ࣪𖤐 ☾𖤓~Have a nice day~*⁠.⁠✧

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fallingdownhell · 3 months

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May I request Zhongli, Itto, Kaveh and Cyno with an s/o who's got crazy good luck? They could win any challenge or game presented to them, never get hurt (to badly), and are always making loads of cash (somehow).

I can imagine at least one of those characters getting jealous over something like this.. Characters Included: Itto; Cyno; Zhongli; Kaveh Content: gender neutral reader; established relationship; crack??; some fluff and comedy; nothing too serious here, just some funny headcanons Word count: 942 words Have fun with this<3

Itto

the man, the myth, the legend himself..

he gets SO incredibly jealous. When he challenges you jokingly at first, and you keep winning against him..

His pride is on the line here, okay?

you win a match of TCG against his amazing deck? That's fine, he can always challenge you for another round

but when you keep on winning and winning, he gets more and more desperate with each passing round

okay, screw TCG. How about a beetle fight? He's sure to win this, no doubt about it!

...what do you mean he lost again?

he's heartbroken. Will fall to the ground in disbelief. Have the gods truly forsaken him now?

a little drama queen about it, but it wouldn't be the Itto you know and love if he wouldn't act like this

still, you do feel a bit bad about it. To the point where you decide to only do the bare minimum and let him win against you, so he'll cheer up again

when he does win, his spirit is back up again immediately, bloating about his superior victory for the rest of the day. Like, seriously, he won't shut up about it anymore

unless someone were to mention all his previous losses, then he's back to sulking again

however, the next day, all is forgiven and forgotten again

Cyno

one night, after dinner, he was talking about his new deck in TCG when you decided to ask him if he could teach you how to play

immediate sparkles in his eyes as he gets all excited and pulls out a new set of cards for you. He's been waiting for this day to come!

takes his time to explain the rules to you and helps you build your deck. If you ask him questions, he answeres them paitently

then comes the time for your first duel. Even though you are his partner and it's your first ever match, he doesn't plan to go easy on you. Well, maybe a bit, but he still will take this match very seriously

But when you end up winning against him, he's dumbfounded. How did you manage to do that?

He'd quietly mumble something about beginners luck, then challenges you to a rematch. This time, he plans to go all out

...and he looses again

now thourougly confused, he's looking at his cards like he might find the answer in them, while you are laughing your ass off. Your stomach hurts from all the laughing, but you can't calm down. Cyno's just so cute when he looks so shaken up

it's a mystery to him, how you could win against him, despite him having the better cards, the better deck and obviously having more expierence playing the game

in the end, he does swallow down his pride and congratulates you to your win, though he will work his deck over and challenge you again at a later point in time

Zhongli

as an adventurer, it is unavoidable that people get injured every now and then. It's just a risk that comes with the profession

and yet, Zhongli has never seen an injury on you more severe than a cut and maybe some darker bruises

don't get him wrong, he's glad that you're not getting hurt all the time. It's just that your stories and the results don't match up most of the time

"And get this. Then, a huge rockfall comes falling down in our direction! Can you imagine that?" "Darling, that's very serious. How did you manage to avoid that?" "I don't know. Guess I just got lucky. I only got hit my a small one on the head, but it wasn't even big enoug to give me a concussion, so all's good!"

"I almost fell down a cliff today!", "A group of Ruin hunters attacked us today!", "We got locked in a cave, but luckily, they were connected to other caves, so we got out no problem."

almost every other day, you come home with a similar story and every time, Zhongli questions just how much luck one single human can possess to come out mostly unharmed every single time

still, every time you set out for work, he can't help but worry about you. What if one day, your luck runs out on you? You reassure him that you're careful, but it does little to appease his mind when you come home with yet another tale to tell...

Kaveh

Kaveh isn't one for gambling, never has been and never will be. Though, he knows that you like to induldge from time to time, so when you invite him to come along with you, he agrees

and then he witnesses you winning each and every game you partake in. Doesn't matter how rigged the games might be, you make it look so simple

with a huge grin on your lips, your arms raise into the air as you declare your victory one again, and he's left dumbfounded

when he catches a quiet moment, he can't help but ask you about it

"I don't know. I just always had really good luck when it comes to those type of games.", would be your nonchalant explanaition

now he gets why you don't go out to play more often. You'd get banned from every single location if you were to do this regularely

Going home from a place like this with such a massive win.. he's too stunned to speak, but nonetheless very impressed and proud of you for it

will accompany you more often when you want to go out to gamble again, just to see your excited and joyful expression again

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hellishgayliath · 2 months

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Clem’s Log

Hi big brother. Today’s March 10th I think? I’m not so great at remembering dates but Papa was dead set on it because that’s your birthday, it’s amazing how he’s able to remember stuff like that after all this time.

I know it’s been a while since we talked, ever since you left I had to take over bird scout duties and just never had the time to sit down and write. Everyone’s been on edge. Y’know I still hold onto that jar of cinnamon sticks you gave me. Started chewing on them out of habit whenever the anxiety and dread was getting to my head. They taste just like home..

…

Um..

Papa told me he saw you again.

When he and a couple of the others were out on patrol with Mr. Leo and big sis Luci I mean COUSIN SERGEANT Luci haha, I think she’d resent me calling her that but I know she secretly adores me.

…

They said.. they said when they saw you you were.. already turned.

You knucklehead I guess that’s why you left in the first place but to leave without saying anything to anybody?! You know Uncle Mikey would’ve helped you like he did with the others that were infected. Or did you already know that it would’ve been pointless? Don’t you at least owe your own little sister a goodbye?! Dummy dum dumdum..

…

Papa thought he could somehow magically get through to you, y’know make you remember who you were before life went crazy.

I heard from Mr. Leo that Luci tried to stop Papa from acting like a idiot and getting himself killed. But she ended up getting hurt instead.

Bad.

…

Next thing Papa knew, you and Luci were on the ground, with only one of you moving. Judging by Mr. Leo’s face when I saw him come in, he looked very torn and distraught about a very tough call he had to make. I can already guess what it was he had to do. Cousin Luci is in rough shape but insists on rejecting any medical help saying it’d just be a waste of time and resources. Doesn’t she know we’re just trying to help her? The dumdum… Don’t tell her I called her that. I just don’t want to lose her too.

…

Papa said he could’ve sworn he saw a little smile on your face when he cradled you. Maybe that’s you finally realizing you’re not being controlled by those monsters anymore and can now be at peace knowing you can’t hurt anybody else. At least that’s how I see it. It must have been terrifying to go through that alone.

…

It’s not fair it’s not fair it’s not FAIR IT’S NOT FAIR

They said they couldn’t even bring your body back because of safety reasons and that it would put the base at risk of being tracked so I couldn’t even get to see you one last time!

I miss my big brother, I miss your dumb goofy smile, I miss us having bug eating competitions and laughing at you nearly choking on a beetle, I miss falling asleep on each other while watching tv, I miss seeing you chase after the raccoons with a broomstick whenever they raided our trash cans, I miss the dogs, I miss the taste of fresh fruit, I miss our HOME! I just want this nightmare to be done with. I’m just so.. tired..

…

Papa told me they at least gave him the chance to make a grave for you and to say his goodbyes. I should’ve been there with him saying them together.

He just looks so defeated and sad. I insisted to him that we at least put together a funeral service for you so the rest of us can say our peace.

…

It was nice.

Uncle Mikey and Bao combined their powers to transform the room into a beautiful recreation of a lush meadow full of butterflies and yellow daffodils while Mr. Tello played some lovely music he still had saved recorded in his tech. It was so tranquil it almost makes you forget for a second you’re in an apocalyptic hell scape.

I think you would've loved it.

…

Talk to you again soon and happy birthday you numbskull. I love you.

I miss you..

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fallingforfictionalcharacterss · 1 year

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Hellooo! I really really love your writings so much! I wanted to request something but you don’t have to do it! I’m thinking about a Draco Malfoy oneshot where Draco and reader aren’t close then one day reader’s potion goes wrong and kind of blows up on her face and she somehow loses her ability to see so she’s going to be blind for a week or something and a professor chooses Draco to assist her around, walk her to the classes and meals, read the books for her aloud, practically they do everything together and Draco starts to like her and eventually fall in love ❤️

Thank you so much for your request, I really loved it. So I hope you enjoy reading!

I got you

A faint smile appeared on your face as you noticed the potion in front of you turning green when you added your frog brains, just like it was supposed to. By now, you had almost finished your potion. And you were quite good on time. While the brew would have to simmer over the fire for several minutes, you would be able to chop the beetle eyes, giving the potion the final touch.

You glanced over to your friend, who seemed to have some more problems than you did. You threw her an encouraging smile, before -unnoticed by Professor Snape- you passed her the leftovers of your own sliced frog brains, to save her at least some time and give her a chance to finish the potion until the end of the lesson as well. Not only because she was your friend, but also, because you knew how Professor Snape would react if a student wouldn’t finish their assignment until the end of the lesson. And you didn’t want to give him a reason to dock yet some other points from your house. What you didn’t notice however was that -as you sneaked the brains to your friend- the sleeve of your robe tipped over a small veil with an unknown liquid inside, a few drops of it running over the table, mixing with the chopped beetle eyes, you had already prepared to add to your potion.

When Professor Snape passed your table and inspected your cauldron, he didn’t say a word but you could see him raising one of his eyebrows slightly, which was for sure the biggest compliment you had ever received from the teacher. Motivated by this encouragement, you checked the bubbling potion in front of you once more and after you had made sure that everything went according to plan, you took the beetle eyes in your hand, throwing them into the bubbling liquid.

BOOM!

Your ears were ringing. Only muffled you could hear the screams of your classmates, and Professor Snape´s harsh voice instructing them to stay back. You remained frozen in place.

Only when you felt a strong grip on your arm, that pulled you away from where you were standing, you obeyed. And only then you started to feel the hot liquid that was burning your face and also covering most of your arms and upper body. You winced in pain, eyes squeezed shut and lips pressed together. But since the viscous potion was also covering your nose, it made it hard to breathe without opening your mouth.

“Hold still.”, you could hear Professor Snape barking and you just nodded, trying to stay as calm as possible, which was quite hard, since you were shaking frantically.

The Professor mumbled some words repeatedly and you heard a slurping noise as he slowly removed the potion from you, starting with your face, then your arms, then your upper body. You didn’t dare to move, keeping your eyes and mouth shut, trying to breathe as flat as possible to not take the risk of inhaling any of the potion.

But then the noise stopped and you felt your skin being freed from the liquid again.

“Done.”, Professor Snape stated. “You can move again. Get back in your place and clean everything up. And ten points from you. I thought worrying about Mr Finnigan blowing up this classroom would be enough, but apparently, we got a new expert now.”

You could hear some people laughing in the background.

Carefully, you took a deep breath and sighed in relief. Apparently, you were out of danger. But as you opened your eyes carefully and turned your head to the left and right to look at the damage you had caused, you couldn’t see any destruction. Neither you saw Professor Snape, who kept on ranting about the dangers of untalented people like you making even the easiest tasks life-threatening, nor your friend, touching your arm, asking you if you were alright.

And as you opened your mouth, your voice was surprisingly calm considering the panic rising up in you as you said: “I can’t see anything.”

“Do you see the light?”

“No Professor.”

Some incomprehensible whisper.

“Now?”

“Still nothing.”

“Can you blink?”

You did as you were told.

“Roll your eyes.”

In every other situation, you would be glad to once be able to roll your eyes in Professor Snape´s class for once, but now you would rather have it any other way. You were sitting on a chair in the front of the class, Professor Snape hovering over you, taking a closer look at your eyes. Because even though almost ten minutes had passed since the explosion, still, all you saw was darkness. It felt like a black curtain had fallen over the world, absorbing any source of light and with that anything you could see. When your friends had brought you to the chair you were sitting on now and Professor Snape had told you in a few words that he needed to examine your eyes, you had been positive that he would be able to clean them or fix them with a spell, but until now, he hadn’t done so. And with every minute passing you got more and more nervous. Your fists clenched around the wooden seat and you felt some cold sweat forming on your forehead. You felt helpless without your eyesight, felt the eyes of everyone else lingering on you, but you couldn’t return the gaze of any of them. Because even though your eyes were wide open and frantically darting from one point to another, you were surrounded by darkness. A pitch-black hole had formed around you, swallowing any visual stimulation.

“Get to Madame Pomfrey then. This seems to be a more complex medical issue. The others will clean up their cauldrons. Class dismissed!”

“And how exactly do you think am I supposed to get there, Professor?”, you asked, your voice probably sounding a bit too sarcastic for your own good.

You could hear some people snickering in the background.

“Since Mr Malfoy seems to take much pleasure in this, I am sure he will accompany you.”, Snape stated in an unfazed voice.

The class fell silent immediately.

“But Professor, I still need to clean up my things as well.”, you heard Draco Malfoy´s voice echoing through the dungeon. You couldn’t quite identify the sound of his voice. It irritated you to not be able to watch his reaction and not know what exactly was going on.

“Mr Zabini will take care of it. He shared your enthusiasm about the situation after all.” You wished you could see the boys´ faces now. You weren’t quite sure but from the giggling of the others you assumed they looked anything but pleased with the situation. “And you, Mr Malfoy, will take care of Miss (Y/l/n) until she is capable of doing so for herself again.”

Draco groaned.

“How long will that take?”

“As long as it is necessary.”

“But what if it takes days? Or weeks? Or maybe she will never be able to see again. What will happen then? Am I supposed to watch her for the rest of my life?”

Normally, you would be slightly offended by Draco´s unwillingness to spend any time with you. The two of you never had much in common, but in comparison to most of the other students -at least those who weren’t in Slytherin- the two of you got along quite well. Not that you had ever talked much with each other, but at least he had never insulted or bullied you. And that meant much more than it would in most other people. But now that Draco mentioned a possibility that you had tried to avoid thinking of until that very moment, your heart dropped. What if the damage the potion had done to your eyes was permanent? What if you would never be able to see again? What if the last thing you had seen in your entire life were the cold stone walls of the dungeon and the green of the explosive liquid that might now ruin your life?

“I suggest getting her to the Hospital Wing quickly then, so you find out.”, Professor Snape´s voice cut the boy off, leaving little room for a discussion.

And Draco seemed to notice that too because he sighed in defeat.

Then, you lost the boy in the murmuring of the other voices and the sound of the students getting to work and cleaning up the classroom. Only when you felt a hand touching your shoulder slightly, you found him again. You couldn’t help but flinch at this unexpected touch.

“Let´s get you out of here then.”, Draco mumbled, as he wrapped his hand around your upper arm, to guide you out of the classroom and to Madame Pomfrey, who you hoped was able to get you out of your misery again. And hesitantly, you followed him.

“Watch it, there´s a step.”

“And how exactly am I supposed to watch it if I can´t see a damn thing?”, you hissed.

While normally the way from the dungeons to the Hospital Wing would have taken you not even five minutes, by now you were on your way for at least ten. But obviously, you couldn’t be sure of that because you could read a clock as much as you saw the step Draco had told you about.

Your right foot bumped into the step Draco had warned you against. You stumbled slightly and if it wouldn’t have been for the Slytherin boy still holding onto your arm, you probably would have lost your balance completely. But the boy only tightened his grip when he felt you tumbling, slowing down his pace. You cursed under your breath. By now you were quite sure that Professor Snape´s order that Draco should accompany you wasn’t only a punishment for his childish behaviour but also for you and your negligence.

“You´re alright?”, Draco asked. You weren’t quite sure but for a moment you thought you could hear some concern in his voice, hidden under all of the annoyance.

“I would be if you would finally give me some proper orders.”

“Do you think I don’t have anything better to do than playing your guide dog?”

“And do you think I want you to do so? Merlin, if you want to get rid of me just push me down those damn stairs and don’t act as if you actually want to help me.”, you snapped back.

“Don’t tempt me (Y/l/n).”, Draco growled.

“It´s not like I think you wouldn’t actually do that. You already got a certain reputation.”

Normally, you wouldn’t be that harsh towards any of your classmates. Even when this classmate happened to be Draco Malfoy. But due to everything that had happened in the last few minutes, your focus didn’t exactly lay on your politeness. So for once in your life, you didn’t bite your tongue, even though you had to admit, that this was probably the worst timing. Because if you would annoy Draco too much, he wouldn’t even have to push you down the stairs. He could just walk away, leaving you here, completely lost. And then the chances were high that you either would break your neck or get totally lost in the castle if you would try and find the way to the Hospital Wing by yourself.

But instead of a snarky remark or just walking off, Draco just sighed and let go of your arm. But before you could protest, he laid his arm around your shoulders, his hand wrapping around the upper arm that was farther away from him, before he shuffled closer to you and wrapped his other hand around the arm closer to his body.

“Let´s just get you to Madame Pomfrey. I don’t think either of us wants to stay in this situation for longer than necessary.”

His mouth was now so close to your ear, that you could feel his breath hitting your skin. And even though you couldn’t see him, you still felt his warm presence right next to you. You couldn’t help the goosebumps creeping over your skin as you felt his closeness.

“At least one thing we can agree on.”, you mumbled.

Draco let out a small chuckle. But then his voice grew serious again.

“Okay, four more steps, right in front of you. You got that?”

You bit your lip nervously and nodded.

“Think I got it. You got me?”

Draco nodded and you could hear the smirk in his voice as he confirmed: “I got you.”

“Don’t worry my dear, you will be fully recovered again in no time.”, Madame Pomfrey chirped, after she had finally finished running her mouth about the dangerousness of the classes in this school and the missing protective measures.

“And how long exactly will this be?”, you asked, still concerned, but for now relieved that the loss of your eyesight wasn’t permanent.

“About a week. Maybe two. But the latest in a month your eyesight will have fully recovered.”

“A month?”, you gasped. “But what am I supposed to do in all that time? I can´t see anything. How am I supposed to do my homework? Read the books I need for class? How am I even supposed to get to class? Or out of bed in the morning?”

“You will be able to see again much earlier. Simply not as good as you did before. If I got this correctly, Professor Snape has already instructed Mr Malfoy to help you out during that time?”

“He did, but…”

“Well, actually…”

“Very well.”, Madame Pomfrey cut the protest of you and Draco off. “Then this is set. I will give you a balm that you can apply to your eyes twice a day. It will support the healing process and prevent any infections.” She gave you a small veil and closed your fingers around it.

“But that’s… I can´t help her with… everything.”, Draco argued, while you nodded in agreement.

“Oh, dear boy, you won´t have to. Miss (Y/l/n) may not be able to see anything but that doesn’t mean she can’t survive on her own.”

“But we aren’t even in the same house. Wouldn’t it be better if someone from my house…”

But Madame Pomfrey cut you off again.

“As I understood this Professor Snape had a reason to put the two of you together. And I´m positive that everyone will benefit from this. Besides, you still have some friends who will be able to help you out if you will need them, don’t you?”

Of course, you had. You were sure that your friends wouldn’t mind helping you out in the upcoming weeks, but you were just as sure that Draco did mind. And the fact that he just huffed in response, confirmed your presumption. But since Madame Pomfrey as well as Professor Snape seemed to not have any argument, you just nodded defeated.

“Very well. Now off you go. I still have other patients I need to take care of.”

When the door of the Hospital Wing closed behind you, an uncomfortable silence spread across Draco and you. Then, finally, he cleared his throat.

“So, class is already over. Should I walk you back to your common room?”

You nodded.

“Yeah, that would be nice.”

Then, you fell silent again.

Only when you had reached the door to your common room -surprisingly without any greater incidents- you spoke up again.

“Thanks for bringing me.”

“It´s my job now, I guess.”, Draco grumbled.

“It probably won´t even take that long. I mean, I don’t need to see that much to be fine on my own again. So this will probably only take a few days.”

You didn’t know whether you tried to convince Draco or yourself.

“Yeah, probably.”

Silence.

“Okay, I got Quidditch practice now. So I´m at the pitch if you need something. Else I´ll get you for dinner. Is that okay with you?”

You nodded.

“Should I drop you off somewhere special?”

“Just get me through that door. Everything behind I know like the back of my hand.”

You mumbled the password and the door gave way to your common room. When Draco helped you over the door sill, you already heard some people muttering and quick steps coming up to you.

“(Y/n), are you alright?”, your friend asked you worriedly, as her hand closed around yours.

You nodded.

“Besides the fact I still can´t see anything. But everything else is fine.”

“I got her, you can leave now.”, your friend told Draco, who muttered a small goodbye before his steps departed.

And when your friend led you to one of the couches and you let yourself fall with a heavy sigh, you wondered how you would be able to survive the upcoming days.

Only a few days later, you were sitting in the library with Draco. So far, he had accompanied you to your meals, picked you up in the morning for your classes, and not left your side for the rest of the day. And even though you weren’t quite sure what to think about Draco as your chaperon for now, you had to give him the fact, that you hadn’t been late for a single appointment yet, even though it took you almost twice as long to get from one point to another than normally. But besides that, spending your time with Draco was rather awkward. Even though you knew him for several years now, you had barely ever talked to him and also didn’t know much about him, besides the things you had heard from others. And most of the rumours hadn’t been exactly positive. But until now, Draco had shown himself from his best side. He was for sure arrogant, and his constant snarky remarks got on your nerves, as well as his impatience, but in the end, he had been there for you and had prevented you from several collisions and stumbles.

And now you were sitting in the library by his side, while he explained your homework to you. You had to admit that his voice was rather soothing as he read a text to you out loud you needed for your assignment. You could have listened to his voice all day if it wasn’t for the fact that you still needed to pay attention to the words leaving his mouth and not only the sound of his voice lulling you in.

But then Draco lowered his voice until it was barely more than a whisper.

“Could you read a bit louder again?”, you asked, as he continued reading about the shielding charm.

“I thought you were blind, not deaf.”, Draco responded.

“Really charming. But if I don’t understand what you are saying, this doesn’t work out.”

Draco´s gaze shifted from you in the opposite direction. Because what you didn’t see was the librarian Madame Pince, who watched Draco and you with narrowed eyes and pursed lips.

And when Draco continued reading to you again, slightly louder than before, she finally had enough and came over to you. And she neither cared about Draco´s nor your protest as she kicked you out of the library, completely ignoring your question about how she thought you were able to read if you couldn’t see a thing.

When Draco and you made your way to the courtyard to continue studying, you gave finally free vent to your anger.

“What are they all even thinking about this? Madame Pince kicks us out of the library even though we just wanted to do our homework. I mean, do you think that any of the teachers will care about the fact that we can´t use the library? No, we still have to do our homework like everyone else. And Madame Pomfrey. I want to see how she would do her job if she couldn’t see a bloody thing. And don’t get me started on Snape. What was he even thinking to hand me you as a second pair of eyes? Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t against you, but against him. He always has to put his outsized nose in other people’s business.”

“(Y/n), you don’t really…”, Draco started, but you had gotten yourself in a rage already.

“Oh, I mean every single word of this. If this greasy-haired bastard wouldn’t have made such a fuss about…”

“Professor Snape.”

“Yes, Draco. Professor Snape. Or do you know any other teacher who is as incompetent and…”

“No (Y/n). Professor Snape. In front of us. In earshot.”

You froze.

“Oh.”

“Yeah. Oh.”

You felt your heartbeat fasten. Your hand clenched onto Draco´s arm, holding onto him tightly as if the Professor´s favourite student could save you from what was coming for you if Snape had actually heard what you had been saying.

Disoriented you turned your head from one side to another, not sure from which direction the storm would release on you. Then you heard some heavy footsteps coming up to you. You gulped hard.

“Professor.”, you heard Draco´s voice, which sounded slightly nervous as well.

“Professor.”, you echoed weakly, still holding onto Draco as if he was your life belt.

“Mr Malfoy. Miss (Y/l/n).” Snape´s voice sounded as emotionless as usual, not giving away what he was thinking.

A few moments of silence passed.

“I am pleased to see that you are doing your job so well Mr Malfoy. Ten points to Slytherin. And please continue doing so. We don´t want our lovely Miss (Y/l/n) to get hurt, do we?”

You gulped again, even though your throat was dry and nodded.

But then you felt a draft as Snape passed you with quick steps, that slowly started to faint in the distance. Still, you remained frozen in place, not daring to breathe. Only when your ears couldn’t catch any hint of his presence anymore, you dared to speak up again.

“Is he gone?”, you whispered breathlessly.

Draco nodded. Only when he remembered you couldn’t see him, he added: “He´s gone.”

After this confirmation, you relaxed slightly and let out a heavy sigh.

“That was close. I really thought that this was it.”, you said, wiping your sweaty hands off on your robe.

When you heard Draco cackling, you turned your head in his direction, looking at him -or rather where you suspected him- in confusion.

“What´s so funny?”

Draco´s snickering only grew louder.

“Sorry, but this was absolutely hilarious. You should have seen your face.”

“Do you think he heard me?”, you asked in a worried tone.

“If he did, he hid it very well.”, he responded, before he chuckled again. ”Merlin, I wish I had a picture of this. I don’t think I have ever seen someone going pale and red that fast.”

“That isn’t funny at all.”, you responded, even though by now a small smile had made it to your face as well. “Can you imagine what would have happened if he heard me?”

“No, but I think it would have been rather interesting to find out.”, Draco said, the smirk in his voice still clearly visible.

You tried to nudge him but failed since Draco was quick to take a step to the side, only making him snicker again.

“I´m glad you´re entertained by my misery.”, you complained, even though Draco could see the corner of your mouth twitching.

And your smile only grew wider as Draco, not as usually grabbed your arm, but your hand and intertwined his fingers with yours, sending chills down your spine, as you followed him outside without hesitation.

“Trust me, darling, I am the last person to take pleasure in all of this.”, he smirked.

And even though you knew that this statement wasn’t completely right, Draco knew that -as he glanced down at you, still holding onto him with a small smile on your lips -you had no idea that it couldn’t be further from the truth.

The rain was pattering against the windows of the castle. But you couldn’t care less. If anything, it made the entire situation even cosier. You had huddled together on one of the couches in your common room, gnawing at some snacks the house elves had brought you. But what made the entire situation even better was the fact that you weren’t on your own. Much to the dismay of your housemates, Draco sat on the couch next to you, slickly ignoring the deadly glances the others shot him. He was focused on different things anyway. It was hard enough to concentrate on the book he was reading to you when you were sitting only centimetres next to him, eyes closed and your brows slightly furrowed, as you listened to his words attentively.

Little did Draco know that he could have read a recipe for pudding to you and you couldn’t have cared less. Because while Draco was still striving to help you out with your homework, the words he was reading blurred inside your mind anyway. You concentrated much more on the sound of his calm voice that lulled you in. And as it mixed more and more with the pelting of the rain, you slowly started to drift off into your own world, your thoughts much more concentrated on how close Draco was to you and how the sound of his voice was vibrating through your entire body. You barely even noticed how you started to doze off, your entire body relaxing.

Only when your head fell to the side, hitting Draco´s shoulder, you startled, suddenly wide awake again.

“Sorry.”, you mumbled. Your voice sounded slightly raspy.

You felt your face heating up from embarrassment. Not only that Draco was sacrificing his free time to help you out, but you also thanked him by almost falling asleep during his efforts.

“Am I that boring, hmm?”, Draco asked.

“No! No, not at all. I really enjoy- appreciate! I mean, I really appreciate that you´re doing that for me.”

“That´s why you´re almost falling asleep?”, the boy chuckled.

“No, sorry, it´s just… We´ve just been here for such a long time. And it´s so hard to remember everything when I can´t visualize it. I feel like my head is going to explode from everything I have to remember.”

“Shall we take a break then?”, Draco asked, slightly concerned.

“If you don’t mind. I know you probably got better things to do but if you can take that time…”

“Right now, I certainly got nothing better to do.”

You frowned.

“Are you sure about that? I mean you spend so much time with me. What about your friends and Quidditch? And you have to finish all of your assignments as well and…”

You were interrupted by Draco´s arm wrapping around your shoulder and pulling you closer to him again. Even though you were by now already used to his touch, you still felt your breath hitch at his unexpected closeness.

Draco smiled down at you as he felt you slowly starting to melt into his touch.

“Don’t worry love. I am right where I want to be.”

The days passed and by now neither Draco nor you could imagine your life without the other one being a part of it. But while you were fully aware of how much you depended on Draco, little did you know that by now, he felt like he depended on you just as much. Because even though his vision worked perfectly fine and he didn’t need someone to walk him around the castle, he still felt like you had opened his eyes. When Draco was around you, the world just felt so much brighter and more colourful. He wasn’t quite sure what it was -or at least he didn’t want to admit- but every time he saw you, he could feel that stupid little smile creeping on his lips and his heart beating so hard, he feared it might just jump out of his chest. And even though it scared him, he loved it. He loved the way you closed your eyes and slightly tilted your head when you were paying attention to what he was saying. He loved how prying and fearless you were even though you had just lost one of your senses. He loved how perfectly your hand fitted into his, how your fingers intertwined as if they were made for each other. He loved the way you threw your head back and your eyes crinkled when you laughed at his jokes, even though most of them weren’t even that funny since he tried way too hard to impress and entertain you. He loved how you trusted him with your life and followed him wherever he took you without hesitation. Yes, Draco loved everything about you. And maybe -just maybe- this was simply due to the fact that he loved you.

By now almost two weeks had passed since the accident in the dungeons. Every morning since then, just like clockwork, Draco had waited for you in front of your common room. And today was no exception. Every morning since then, just like clockwork, you had exited your common room and had taken Draco´s hand so he would lead you to the Great Hall for breakfast. And today was no exception.

When you opened the door, you smiled sweetly and greeted Draco, taking the hand that he offered you. But somehow, the smile on your lips seemed to be even wider today.

“Don’t you notice something?”, you said, smiling at him brightly.

Draco´s eyes darted from one detail of yours to the next. Normally, he noticed every single thing about you. It didn’t matter if you changed your hairstyle or tied your tie slightly differently, Draco was the first one to see it. But today, he didn’t notice anything.

“I… uhm…”

Draco flushed. What was so obvious that you thought that there was no way he could oversee it? And how in the name of Salazar could he do so nevertheless?

“C´mon Draco, I see the way you look at me.”, you grinned.

The blush on the boy´s face only darkened. You had noticed. He had been way too obvious about it, he knew that. He knew that all his friends had teased him about “the way he looked at you”, but still he had somehow hoped that you wouldn’t.

“(Y/n), listen. I can explain. It´s not…”, he stuttered.

You had doubted that it was even possible, but your smile grew even wider as you saw the boy´s confusion.

“I said, I see the way you look at me, Draco. I see it.”

“Yeah, I know and I…” And finally, the penny dropped. “You… You see it?”

You nodded proudly, returning his gaze.

“I see it.”, you confirmed.

And now that Draco looked at you, he wondered how he didn’t notice in the very first second. Your eyes still looked a bit out of focus, but you returned his gaze nevertheless. The Slytherin had spent much time in the last days, wondering how it would feel like when you would look at him for the first time. Not that you had never done so before you had gone blind, but you had never really seen him. In the last few days, so many things between the two of you had changed, that right now it really felt like you saw him for the first time.

Before either of you knew what was happening, Draco pulled you into a tight embrace. And after a second of surprise, you returned his embrace, burying your head in the crook of his neck, inhaling his intoxicating scent.

When you finally let go of each other again, you just couldn’t get enough of looking at him. Your vision wasn’t as good again yet as it had been before, but for now, it was more than you could have asked for. You took in every single detail of Draco´s face. The blue of his eyes, the red shimmer on his cheeks, his delicate facial features and -most importantly- the warm smile on his face as he looked down at you.

“How do you… since when… how do you feel?”, Draco stuttered.

You couldn’t help but let out a small laugh at the perplexed look on his face.

“Just since that morning. I woke up and suddenly… I mean, it´s not perfect again yet, but it gets better. My vision is just still a bit blurry, and the lights are way too bright. I think I need to get used to it again at first.”

Draco nodded. But then another thought crossed his mind. One that wiped the grin from his face again and made him almost feel sorry that your eyesight had improved that quick again. Even though he hated himself for that.

“So… you won´t need my help anymore then, will you?”, he said, trying to hide the hollowness of his voice.

Your gaze dropped and you shrugged your shoulders.

“Well, I think so.”

“Great. That´s great.” But the look on Draco´s face seemed like he thought that this was anything but great.

“But if you don’t mind… I mean, you can totally say no, I would understand… but I still have a hard time estimating distances and honestly if I try to read the letters are all just dancing in front of my eyes. So… I wanted to stop by Madame Pomfrey after class. If you wouldn’t mind accompanying me till then? Just to make sure everything is actually fine again. Like I said, you really don’t have to, but…”

“I´d love to.”, Draco cut you off much too eagerly, a small smile creeping back on his face again.

You sighed in relief and returned his smile sweetly. Obviously, you could have asked someone else to have an eye on you for the rest of the time, but if you were honest, you didn’t want to. By now you trusted Draco more than you had ever thought you could and you couldn’t help but feel slightly sad that the time you had spent with each other would now come to an end.

Draco nudged you slightly and as you looked down you saw that he was offering you his hand. He looked at you questioningly.

“For old times’ sake?”

You let out a small chuckle.

“For old times´ sake.”, you agreed, before you took his hand and intertwined your fingers with his.

“A few more days and you will have fully recovered.”, Madame Pomfrey said only a few hours later, after she had examined your eyes closely. You had followed her instructions, but most of the time, your eyes had been fixed on Draco, who stood off the beaten track, hands buried in his pockets, not quite sure what to do. Now that Madame Pomfrey had confirmed that you were fine again and didn’t need a chaperone anymore, he looked facilitated, yet slightly disappointed at the same time.

After you had thanked Madame Pomfrey and left the Hospital Wing, the same weird silence fell over the two of you as it had done the first time you had stood here.

“So… you wanna get back to your dorm now?”, Draco asked, eying you from the side.

But you shook your head.

“I´ll get outside. I just… I missed seeing things so much. And now I feel like I just can’t get enough of it. Don’t wanna waste my time staring at some walls.”

“Just don’t overextend yourself (Y/n).”, Draco said and frowned.

You felt your heartbeat quicken as you saw him looking at you concerned.

“Don’t worry, I won´t.”

“Would you mind if I keep your company for a bit longer?”

You looked at Draco, pleasantly surprised.

“I thought after all this time you finally had enough and couldn’t wait to get rid of me.”, you said half-jokingly.

Draco rolled his eyes.

“As if I could ever get enough of you.”

You laughed.

“Be careful what you wish for, once I got used to you you might never be able to shake me off again.”

Draco smiled down at you sheepishly.

“That´s the plan, love.”, he responded, only chuckling as he saw your face flushing.

You were lying on one of the lawns on the school ground, looking into the sky, watching the clouds passing you. However, your gaze regularly drifted off, landing on Draco, who was sitting next to you, watching in amusement how you took in every single impression with the delight of a child, seeing all those things for the first time.

“Take a picture if you want to, love. It will last longer.”

You blushed deeply as you realized Draco had caught you staring at him once more. But how could anyone blame you? Draco was just the most beautiful human you had ever seen. You had been aware of the fact that he was attractive even before all of this happened, but since that morning you were convinced that you had never treasured his true beauty.

“You´ve been around me all the time for the last two weeks. My eyes have to catch up on that.”, you tried to defend yourself, making Draco only raise an eyebrow in amusement.

“Never said I mind.”, Draco responded. “And I mean, I get it. If I was you, I couldn’t take my eyes off me as well.”

You chuckled and sat up a bit, resting your upper body on your elbows.

“You´re a smug idiot, you know that?”, you said.

Draco grinned at you pretentiously.

“I know, but you still love me.”

You looked at him with widened eyes, caught off guard.

“I´m sorry, what?”

Draco, who only realized what he had just said rashly while teasing you, blushed almost as much as you did.

“I… shit… that was a joke. Nevermind.”

Silence.

Draco glanced at you, still looking at him with flushed cheeks which made you look even more adorable.

“Unless…”

You sat up completely, looking at Draco intensely.

“Unless what?”

Draco hesitated for a moment. You could see the indecisiveness in his eyes before he lowered his gaze.

“Unless you do.”

You felt your pulse speed up at his words. Draco´s gaze was fixed on the ground, not daring to look up to you again, while you felt as if you were hypnotized by him.

“And if I did?” Your voice was soft, almost a whisper.

Draco´s gaze shot up, meeting yours. Now it was you who found it hard to return his gaze.

“Do you?”, he said. You noticed how his voice shook slightly.

A shy smile crept on your lips.

“I think I might.”

Draco mirrored your smile as he shifted a bit closer to you.

“I think I might love you too (Y/n).”

And when he leaned in, your eyes stayed open until the very last second, not willing to let yet another moment slip away from you. But when his lips finally touched yours and your eyes closed fluttery, all your other senses made up for it a thousand times. You could feel his lips brushing against yours, his hands cupping your cheeks, heard his breath hitching slightly as you placed your hands on his chest, smelled his cologne, tasted him.

When you pulled back again, Draco looked at you in admiration.

“I can´t believe I thought that this might be the end.”, he panted as he pulled you closer to him again and placed a small kiss on your forehead, making you giggle.

And as you pecked the corner of his mouth and Draco smiled down at you, you could see all the emotions lying within his eyes.

“This is the end.”, you told him, making him frown before you added: “But I feel like this is the beginning of something else as well. And I really can´t wait to see how it will turn out.”

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See I’ve always thought that the mechanism through which cinder stole the maiden powers (bug) from Amber made her a Grimm hybrid. And THATS why Ruby’s silver eyes worked on her at the top of beacon tower; regardless of the presence of the wvyern. Because underneath her skin she was Grimm (and still fully human). “Your newfound strength brings with it a crippling weakness”/“You said the light only reacts to Grimm but…it reacted to Cinder”/“perhaps there was something that you just weren’t seeing?” Leading from that the implicit threat of “Oz can’t defeat [Salem]”/“but maybe someone else can?” to Salem is not that Salem could be eradicated by silver eyes (go poof like other Grimm) but rather be put back in The Tower by silver eyes. By being turned to stone. Still immortal but frozen. Trapped. Her Freedom completely sundered. “You thought there was no greater punishment we could bestow upon you?”/“Your light comes from his brother”/“The god of light…his eyes”. There’s an assumption that Salem is invulnerable, no personal skin in the game, “she’ll come back”, nothing effects her, nothing sticks; but her running this risk of being petrified by silver eyes gives depth and high stakes to any interaction she has with Ruby face to face (and her possible complex relationship to a hypothetical favorite silver eyed lieutenant). ᓚᘏᗢ

the reason i Don’t believe the grimm beetle made cinder vulnerable to the glare atop beacon tower is that ruby hits her with a second full-blown glare in atlas towards the end of v7 and—even though cinder by that point has a whole grimm arm—cinder flies away from that one unscathed. either:

a) the implication salem makes in v5 that cinder can learn to resist the glare is true,

b) there is an additional, unknown but more important factor besides “grimm” involved here, or

c) both.

i think the answer is probably both, although more b than a. (maria sees the flash coming from the god of light’s eyes and concludes this power came from him; but she couldn’t see that ruby’s eyes were silver until she saw their light go off, and she missed those two silver-eyed children of ozma’s. “maybe there’s something you’re not seeing” is true of her, too)

(the silver light evokes the pure white of the void between realms, where the dead travel from life to death and the souls of the living and the dead can meet in between. ozma passes through this liminal space every time he dies and reincarnates, and his children with a mortal woman have silver eyes. after ruby witnesses pyrrha’s death and her light erupts, the hand cinder used to kill pyrrha is destroyed and ruby spends months hearing echoes of pyrrha’s final words—which she wasn’t there to see—haunting her dreams. there are butterflies, classic symbols of reincarnation and in certain cultures historically identified as psychopomps, all over the scene where maria discusses her theory. maria is also philosophically wrong in her conception of creation/life as “enemies” of destruction; destruction feedslife and exists in balance with creation, and the glare itself is definitionally destructive. silver eyes have something to do with death.)

the kids at least, per nora and “maybe someone else can [destroy salem]?” do seem to be thinking in terms of ruby’s eyes being the silver bullet that can stop salem if not destroy her outright, and ruby has the wyvern example to look to to be thinking about trapping salem in stone forever. but then the leviathan is there to raise the possibility that petrification is not necessarily forever, and salem herself seems unconcerned when ruby’s eyes start to flash in ironwood’s office. plus again the implication salem makes that the glare can be resisted: if that is something she taught cinder to do, it’s something salem must be able to do too.

i do think the glare is probably capable of hurting her somehow—i have my own specific headcanons as to how for Fic Purposes but in terms of textual speculation, what happens if you take a grimm woman who can’t die and blast her with the grimm-killing light from the threshold between life and death? it sounds painful, if nothing else.

but if the leviathan could break free after being petrified, and salem is both immortal and human and thus able to, like cinder in v7, resist the glare in some way, i think being turned to stone or encased in stone is not likely to slow her down for very long. although i can’t imagine she would enjoy the experience.

the other factor to consider is that—well, quite a lot of the fandom assumes the point of silver eyes is to “purify” the grimm out of people, for example saving cinder from her grimm arm, and on the basis of maria’s theory that is an easy extrapolation to make; which is to say, after the experience in the ever after, i wouldn’t be surprised if the idea of “purge the grimm out of salem to make her herself again?” was broached on the heroes side. the reality though is that being grimm is not what’s wrong with salem and becoming grimm is something she chose, or at least accepted as a possible consequence of what she attempted to do when she jumped into the pool of grimm, and using silver eyes to try to Force Her to go backwards is probably not a good idea and not something that will work. she is change incarnate—that’s what destruction means.

so there is a thematic challenge here that might be explored; seen through the lens of maria’s theory, silver eyes are anti-change (preservation) and therefore anti-theme (destruction is part of life, not the enemy of life) so her theory is incomplete and the most obvious way to fill in the gaps and arrive at the whole truth is to test the glare against salem herself, because she is change.

and because rwby is so thematically driven i’d anticipate this happening concurrently with salem turning in a new direction, which intersects in very interesting ways with what is being set up vis-a-vis needing cinder to open the vaults vs wanting cinder to be alive, safe, and free. (i think the momentum there is toward salem being forced to choose between getting the crown and protecting cinder, and she’ll sacrifice the crown for cinder’s sake; the… possibility of silver eyes being involved in that scenario is obvious.)

#silver eyes my windmill.#there’s also details like jaune—no one else #just jaune—flinching when ruby’s eyes go at haven #you know. the kid with the death wish. very interesting

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fowlfics · 2 months

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How Frog Earrings Saved the World

Short fic written entirely within discord based on a picture of tiny clay frog earrings one of my friends made!! I might clean it up and post on AO3 later bc it ended up at nearly 1.3k, but for now, here it is

Contains: Sabo, Luffy, Ace, cute earrings, brotherly bonding & potential spoilers for Dressrosa if you're reading this before then, light angst

"Ooooh, this looks fancy!" Luffy absently called out towards his brothers, digging a small jewelry box out of the pile of trash.

He dusted it off as his brothers approached, only opening it when they were right over his shoulders.

".....whoah," Luffy gasped out, staring at the contents with stars in his eyes.

"That's rubbish," Ace scoffed derisively, moving back to the pile he had been digging through before.

"Ace is mean and grumpy," Luffy stuck his tongue out at Ace's turned back. The boy seemed to have sensed that - or he just knew Luffy far too well - and had raised a middle finger over his shoulder.

"He's right though," Sabo said, straightening up. "It might be pretty, but it's rather worthless."

Pouting, Luffy turned to look at him, pushing the small box with two very tiny clay frog earrings inside into Sabo’s face. "But I like it!"

Sabo smiled. "That just means you can keep it, yeah? It could be part of your treasure that you wear- or, well, I guess you can't, but-"

"I can wear them?" Luffy repeated eagerly.

"Well, no, your ears don't have the holes-"

"I can wear them in my ears?!"

"I- You know what," Sabo sighed. "Yes, you can wear it in your ears."

***

"Stop. Wriggling," Sabo said, exasperated, putting the needle down from where he had almost pressed it to Luffy's ear. "I can't do this if you keep moving!"

"Sorry," Luffy said, but didn't seem to be able to stop waving his legs excitedly.

"Here," Ace passed by, grabbing one of Luffy's hands and dropping into it a random beetle which he had probably just picked up from the ground. "That ought to keep him busy."

He was right, of course. Luffy stilled completely, his hand brought up so close to his face that his nose was nearly touching the beetle.

Sabo didn't waste the opportunity. It was a testament to how engrossed Luffy was - or how large his pain tolerance was - when he didn't even wince at the feeling.

By the time the beetle finally remembered it could fly away, Sabo had pierced both of Luffy's ears and placed the frog earrings in the holes.

"Okay!" Luffy straightened out. "I'll stay still, I promise!"

...Seems like he had genuinely not noticed anything Sabo had just done.

"No need," Sabo smirked and continued before Luffy could complain. "Go take a look in the mirror."

"!!!" Somehow, Luffy was capable of perfectly conveying that with his whole body. "You put it in!!! That's so cool!!! It's so- Oh, you put both of them in my ears?"

Frowning at the sudden change in tone, Sabo stepped closer to Luffy, looking his reflection in the eye. "Did you not want that?"

Fiddling with the earring, Luffy had somehow managed to pull it out of his ear without causing any damage. "There's two of them, so one's for you!"

"Oi!" Ace, the eavesdropping idiot, butted in. "What about me?"

Luffy didn't even look his way, too focused on Sabo. "Ace called these ugly trash so he won't get one."

Sabo couldn't help but snicker at Ace's outraged grumbling.

"Alright," he said, gingerly taking the offered frog and putting it into the ear holes his parents had insisted on.

For the first time, Sabo didn't mind them forcing him to get a piercing anymore.

"Now we match!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly, throwing himself at Sabo.

"Now we match."

***

Luffy spent a lot of time on the cliff overlooking the sea, one hand always resting on the frog earring.

He only had one, now. One frog. One brother.

"Ugh, you gotta stop being so... so maudlin!" Ace complained, pacing behind Luffy as he had for the past half an hour. "Sabo's gone, so what? We're still here! And, more importantly, our treasure is gone, so we have to start from scratch-"

"I don't care," Luffy mumbled into his knees petulantly.

Ace's sigh was unnecessarily loud.

"Look, I-!" He paused, taking a deep breath. "Would it make you feel better if I had a matching earring with you, too?"

Luffy straightened up, looking over at Ace in surprise. His oldest brother had always scoffed at the idea before; For him to offer...

"YES!" Luffy jumped up, throwing himself at Ace. "YES PLEASE!"

***

Makino didn't know how to make earrings, but that was okay. Luffy could figure it out on his own. He just needed some thin wire and black paint and the resulting beetles were pretty misshapen, but they were still recognizably bugs, and that's all that mattered.

(Ace winced when he saw the results, but didn't comment. )

Makino did know how to pierce ears, though. She did Ace's right one only - he insisted on that - and re-did Luffy's free one, seeing as the hole Sabo had made had closed already with nothing to hold it open.

As they both looked into the mirror - Ace with his arms crossed, Luffy with his full of snacks - for the first time sine the Terminal fire, Luffy smiled.

***

"Hey, Sabo!" Koala called, waving a newspaper at him. "Come look at this!"

It could have been anything - with Big News Morgan's style of sensational writing, "have been published in a newspaper" wasn't really as much of a filter as Sabo would have liked - but knowing Koala, this expression spelled shenanigans.

Sabo approached cautiously, in case the newspaper was just an excuse to prank him.

But no; As he got closer, Koala folded the paper to show the bounties, pushing it towards Sabo.

"This new guy who just got a bounty has the same earring as you do!"

"...That's weird," Sabo said, taking the newspaper. "Maybe it's a really popular design in the East? Damn, 30 mil as his starting bounty is pretty wild, though."

"And we've never seen it before?" Koala said skeptically. "Oh, the bounty's one thing, but also! He's not just from the East; He's from Dawn Island!"

Sabo blinked. "Maybe this kind of an earring is just... Really popular on Dawn Island?" He repeated his earlier suggestion.

He's not really sure what Koala had been expecting. For him to magically regain his memories just because a guy was wearing a frog earring-?

"And!" Koala raised a finger, taking the newspaper back. "Not only does he match with you, he also matches with-" She triumphantly held out two bounties. "This guy! They both have a... Well, I don't know what it's meant to be, but it's clearly the same thing."

Sabo blinked as he glanced between the posters. There and back, Strawhat and Firefist, Luffy and Ace.

"...He said he would never get an earring," he mumbled. "Called it trashy. Called it a risk in a fight. Called it _ugly_. Who's wearing ugly earring now, huh, Ace? At least mine's a fancy one..."

"Uh, Sabo?" Koala looked over the top of the bounties. "You realize you are talking to pictures, right?"

"Never mind that!" Sabo groaned, rubbing at his eyes. "Where the hell am I meant to find someone to do custom earrings for me?"

"...?"

"Luffy's going to be easy," Sabo motioned towards his bounty. "I'll just find him and tell him I'm alive and he'll be happy as a clam. But Ace? I'm going to have to do some SERIOUS grovelling for all those years-"

Koala seemed rather baffled at that idea. "... You have - had? - amnesia."

"Yes," Sabo nodded. "And he's going to give me so much grief about forgetting him."

"I... don't think he would hold this against you?"

"Then you clearly don't know Ace. Anyways, that's why I need the custom earring; We both match with Luffy, but if I want to get away only lightly maimed, I'll have to find something cool to match with him. Do you think he'd like a scorpion?"

#one piece #one piece sabo #portgas d ace #monkey d luffy #fanfic #asl brothers

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mugzymiik · 4 months

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my tpc headcanons bc why not :D

SOME CHARS I DONT HAVE TOO MANY FOR (IF I HAVE ANY FOR THEM AT ALL) :sob::sob::sob:

[last updated: may 14, 2024]

main chars:

caretakers:

Cube:

trans FtM

he and Lythorus have absolutely been down bad for each other in the past but they never brought it up at all (until really recently now they kis!!!! they kiss!!!!! they kissy k)

REALLY likes cats

has a pretty good tolerance to the cold. all cubes do (in my headcanons anyway) but his is especially great

used to have really bad control over his strength (he and Lythorus HAVE had a pillow fight in the way past and Lyth got smacked into the wall on complete accident)

back when he and Lythorus started dating he tried to rest his head on top of Lythorus's as a way of affection and he proceeded to get stabbed by the spike

Iris:

has a really deep voice. but at the same time he somehow also sounds like a really tired teenager who works retail

Pentellow:

has a british accent

also knows a frightening amount of very unsettling fun facts

shes the tallest out of the non-monster caretakers (so herself, Iris and Cube). why? fuck you. fuck you is why /HEVJ/VSILLY

Pyrare:

he "talks with his hands" >:] i stole this hc from a friend btw/hj/lhj (hi Tea /silly)

he and Ketches are close friends i also stole this hc :3

heroes:

Cyan:

likes to follow people around!!! and also doesnt like being left alone for long periods of time

Orange:

eepy lil guy :D

Tsavorite and him are each other's impulse control. ofc its mostly Orange whos keeping Tsavorite from walking straight into a landmine (/j ofc) but they keep each other out of trouble (most of the time at least)

if bored enough but not eepy enough to take a nap or smth he CAN AND WILL end up somewhere thatll have everyone wondering "HOW DID HE GET THERE-"

Tsavorite:

genderfluid and uses any pronouns. :3c he? yes! they? yes! she? yes! literally any neopronoun(s)? HELL YEAH!!!

also has a british accent

constantly compares Orange to an actual orange (teasingly ofc)

very alert, but "backwards". like. he'll be able to notice a cool beetle from 5 feet away but wouldnt be able to tell you where Orange headed off to despite being right next to him just a few seconds ago

shows affection thru hugs and pokes. basically just. physical touch

adding onto the last one!!! if he cant be physically affectionate they will just give random ass gifts :D

knows a lot abt physical weapons to the point where its honestly a littol unnerving because hOW DOES HE KNOW ABT ALL THIS-

the shortest out of all the Heroes once theyre all matured. and theyre so pissed abt it to this day /silly

actually really likes horror elements in media

can hold intense eye contact for extended periods of time without blinking (and has intimidated multiple people with it on complete accident)

can and will fistfight someone over chicken nuggets btw

HATES the snow. and all the other Heroes tease them (/aff) abt it ever since they all found out bc "we thought you loved EVERYTHING"

owns a shitton of pins i dont take criticism on this one sorry /vlh

does NOT care for formalities. like. at all. like say if he met a "King Guy" he wouldnt say "King Guy" hed just say "Guy"

Gold:

knows Spanish and PSL (Paradisian Sign Language). this is a hill i will die on/j

has bit Tsavorite multiple times for holding him BUT Tsav didnt really care so he eventually just got used to it and now theyre besties :)

tall. tall fuck. everyones confused asf bc hes not physically related to Pyrare so he couldnt get those kinda """genes""" but hes still REALLY fuckin tall (when matured ofc)

does NOT like water AT ALL (self-projection beam GO/j)

VERY SNAKE-LIKE!!! he can hiss. he has fangs. and hes more sensitive to chilly weather and the cold than most other shapes

despite his sensitivity to cold weather he does love snow

whenever hes nervous and/or anxious he just starts singing random songs but in a purposely bad way (haha what do uou Mean im self projecting um)

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Cyanide:

has multiple songs pirated on herself. i do not take criticism/j

tall for an unmatured hero :3c

gets attached to people very very easily, but mostly people who show her even just an ounce of kindness :(

whenever she's trying to "hide something", she uses very detailed language,,for example, if she did something like sneaking out or smth she'd say "greetings" instead of just "hi" or "hello"

"lags" more whenever its hot out

being ANYWHERE around her at ANY point in time is a BIG fuckin risk because she can play Never Gonna Give You Up/Whistle/that stickbug gif on herself on command /SILLY

groups:

chipzel:

Purpex:

i dont have any for her as of rn D:

Marcle:

really likes chicken nuggets. its really random but she LOVES chicken nuggets

Squadril:

is CONSTANTLY called short by Purpex and Marcle + everybody in all the other groups (teasingly ofc)

bossfight:

Cintagon:

Round <3

is absolutely dating Circumsphere

bisexual and also polyamorous :D if he was given the choice between getting his dead wife back or staying with Circumsphere he would choose both with ZERO hesitation

Circumsphere:

i dont have any rn :[

danimal cannon:

Quintagon:

very strong for a pentagon (once when she n Hexagram were younger she hit him and he had a big ass bruise for a few days)

Hexagram:

has a very bad obsession with vikings, which is why his corrupt form has a "viking"-ish look

Polyhedron:

i got none rn :<

big giant circles:

Circumuscle:

doesnt swear very often so when he does its a shock to everyone/lhj

a big softie! to those he deeply cares abt tho

he has to be gentle whenever he hugs someone bc hes gonna break someones back someday if he isnt/lhj

Rincle:

IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF CIRCUMUSCLE SWEARING-WISE if she is given a single chance to say Fuck she WILL absolutely take it with zero hesitation at all/lhj

Spheer:

they and Circumuscle have an "older brother + younger sibling" dynamic

has a british accent as well

Cirtunda:

i dont got any for her either D:

other:

Lythorus:

very distractible

also said in Cube's section; he and Cube were absolutely down bad for each other in the past but never actually acknowledged it (untill recently now they smooch)

aquatic flower (explained further in the world-wise "shape related" section)

has a VERY bad fear of insects

hes 6ft. and he and Cube have a running joke with this using his name as a measurement. something's exactly 12ft tall? its 2 Lythoruses tall actually/j/lhj

Heli:

nonbinary!!! and uses he/she/they pronouns :D

he and Ketches r like,,partners. take that in any way possible

has the ability to form a body beneath her, buuuut she prefers to fly

a sweetheart through and through. but when/if they do decide to get silly and start teasing people sometimes he accidentally takes it way too far

Ketches:

absolutely has a "pirate" accent r u kidding me/lhj

also has the ability to form a body like Heli

is an uncle figure to Gold

can honk. not like a duck i mean like a boat. "WOOAOAOAOAORRRR" <- that kinda honk

corrupts:

Dub:

he can purr. i dont take criticism sorry/hj/lhj

he and Barracuda were gay as FUCK i will DIE on this hill istg/lhj

took guitar classes before he and Cuda went pinksauced

left a seat in the tower's "main room" just in memory of Barracuda. little does he actually know--/lhj

Barracuda:

is actually a ghost rn!! after Dub escaped from the seal he just roams around the tower and also occasionally chills next to Dub (even if Dub cant see him at all + has no idea he's even there)

Cubic:

bitch

he and Lycanthropy have BEEF for some godforesaken reason

Cube HAS tried to stick up to him once in the dreamscape(??? is that whats its called???) but Cubic IMMEDIATELY shot him down using a threat against Cyan

Ajaceare:

idk rn D:

George:

his spikes are different from other flowers'; most flower's spikes are pretty sharp, but his never sharpened from childhood, and thus are a little "dull-ended"

Hexacrigon:

idk for her either rn

Cintagram:

manipulative as FUCK. the only person he hasnt ever lied to is Circumcannon

speaking of which. he and Circumcannon still kiss/lhj

Circumcannon:

no ideas,,again😭😭😭

Hexadic:

same as all the others

Lycanthropy:

the only thing keeping he and Cubic from fistfighting each other every time they see each other is that they both know that 1) Dub WILL somehow find out and WILL get their asses and 2) Cubic is strong enough to actually kill Lycanthropy if they fight too hard. and Cubic doesnt wanna fling himself into boiling hot water (not literally ofc) + Lycanthropy doesnt wanna die to THIS bitch's hand

a lot of the other corrupted flowers see him as a "general"/"commander" due to Lythorus being leader of the (uncorrupted at least) flowers

should NOT be trusted with any kind of powertools ever

he can go fuckin insane on the drums

Circubit:

pretty close friends with Macabre

would absolutely dj in his spare time

world-wise hcs:

shape related:

spheres are the speediest out of all the shapes

cubes have a natural resistance to the cold

some flowers have the ability to live entirely underwater, its kinda like a "subtype" for them; theyre often referred to as "aquatic flowers"

flowers have fangs :3c chompers even!!!

spheres are the most likely out of any other shape "species" to be able to grow hair

flowers are naturally tall as shit!!!

flowers' spikes arent as "sharp" when theyre young- they "sharpen up" quite a bit as they get older, though

adding onto the last one, aquatic flowers' spikes are a little more on the duller side

other/unrelated to anything else:

some shapes dont have a "combat ability"

all of the group members of a certain area have meetups sometimes, and occasionally ALL of the groups meet up as a whole (pretty rare considering the size of Paradise, but it still happens at times!)

all the heroes have an odd obsession with going in and out of windows instead of doors. there could be an open door right next to a window and any one of them would still open the window and go right out of it

#the pink corruption #pink corruption #tpc #im leaving the ones i dont have any for “blank” for rn #sorry D:#THE “LYTHORUS MEASUREMENT” ONE IS ACTUALLY AN INSIDE JOKE but its ok its still funny anyway #im surprised i dont have that many for Dub tbh #ive also just come to the realization that i have a lotta flower hcs in the “shape related” world-wise section #its kinda like im inspecting them under a microscope or something/J

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thesmurfchick · 2 months

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Comparing the Adventure Kids with the Survive Kids (Part 1)

(Aka, yet another shmuck making comparisons to Adventure because I’m unoriginal)

Everyone pretty much knows what the parallels are by now, so I’m making this post just to jot down similarities and differences that I find interesting between them. This isn’t to say these characters are all the same or that the Survive cast are supposed to be seen as reflections or copies of the Adventure cast -- this is just for fun :)

I’ve read some beautiful and in-depth analyses of Aoi, Shuuji, Saki, and their Adventure counterparts, as well as how Ryo might factor into the group. I don’t think I can do it any better, so their sections will mostly just consist of regurgitating info that’s already been written by people who already did all the work. Please read those posts by @shihalyfie and @digisurvive (as well as their other posts) if you haven’t already! They’re linked above!!

Before we start, let’s talk about the main contrast overarching all the characters:

Adventure kids were chosen for their heroism to save the world Vs. Survive kids are normal kids chosen to be sacrifices

Before we go into the character pairs themselves, I wanted to talk about this contrast first bc I love it

I LOVEEE seeing all the posts that theorize which Survive kid would have which crest, but I also notice that, with the exception of maybe 1-2 characters, not everyone agrees on who should get each crest

I’m sure the Adventure kids also have moments that embody the crests other than their own (can’t remember any off the top off my head), but I actually like this ambiguity(?) because it shows the difference between why/how the Adventure kids were chosen vs. why/how the Survive kids were chosen

Basically, the Adventure kids were chosen specifically because they had traits that would help them cooperate and fight for good (to save the world even!)

You can see this through their general selflessness and bravery even from Episode 1!

Despite being stranded in a strange world, and then attacked and backed against a cliff by a giant beetle monster, ALL of them are against their new diggle babies risking their lives to protect them and even try to hold them back

Takuma had a similar moment when he first meets Koromon, but none of the other Survive kids do

And that’s because the Survive kids are just normal kids; they're not meant to be heroes, they weren’t “chosen” for a grand purpose -- they were chosen randomly to be sacrificed by a crazy godlike being out of anger and hatred

Because of this, the characters can end up losing their sanity and becoming the worst they can be, or they can somehow fight through all that and come out as incredible people

Love that :)

Check out all the other character pairings here:

Aoi and Sora (Team Mom)

Minoru and Koushiro (The Lancer)

Saki and Mimi (The “Chick”/The Heart)

Shuuji and Jou (Team Dad)

Ryo and No one (Sixth Ranger)

Kaito and Yamato (The Rival)

Miu and Takeru (The Baby of the Bunch)

Takuma and Taichi (The Leader)

One of the first things that stood out to me when trying to find The Trope for each of the pairs is how most of them don’t really embody the trope I chose that much. Some of them might not even embody them at all (such as Kaito not being a “rival” in the traditional sense, if any; or Shuuji not being much of a “team dad,” at least not at first) and some might not really be the first trope people think of when they see that character (Koushiro as “the smart guy” vs. “the lancer”).

But I think Takuma and Taichi both embody “The Leader” pretty well, albeit in very different ways. Shihalyfie talks about it best regarding Taichi here and here. Here are some of the similarities and differences I found interesting:

Both are decisive/make good decisions under stress

As the designated “gogglehead protagonist” this is pretty much a given lol

Taichi has always been good at leading the group forward and making (mostly) good decisions while the rest of the group might be too scared, tired, or shocked about their current circumstances to think about moving on

By contrast, Takuma is good at remaining calm under pressure (biggest example is when the school is targeted by Dokugumon, and everyone’s freaking out except for him)

This is especially notable given how early on in the game it is

But his decision-making mainly lies in hearing out what the group believes (as the Survive kids are noticeably more assertive and decisive about how to handle their situation than the Adventure kids) and choosing to best among those options

Basically, Taichi tends to make decisions on his own accord, whereas Takuma (at least at first) usually waits until he’s called upon/becomes the deciding voice before he chooses

That probably has more to do with the group dynamic (Adventure kids were more passive/cooperative vs. Survive kids were more decisive and emotional)

Both help keep the group together

One of the most important aspects of being a leader is being able to keep the group together

It’s part of why Shuuji kept failing; he often disagreed with the group’s majority decisions, and his hostile behavior would push them away

Taichi keeps the group together in a literal sense -- look how quickly they fall apart when he goes back to the real world

The only exception to this is Yamato in the Pinocchimon arc, but that’s mainly because of Yamato’s own issues that he’s been dealing with from the start

By contrast, Takuma is very aware of everyone’s emotional states and keeps the group cooperative and on the same page, but the group doesn’t automatically separate after he’s gone

It’s mostly because they can’t go anywhere because of the fog, but I still feel like they would’ve stayed together if given the choice

I think another interesting contrast is that Taichi considers everyone’s skills and knows how to delegate tasks, whereas Takuma considers everyone’s thoughts and hears out every opinion before making a decision himself

Both have Agumon as their partner

This is kind of hard to explore deeply (at least for me), because the main reason behind Takuma getting Agumon was because Agumon was the most popular choice

More specifically, Habu says that he was the digimon “a wide range of fans will easily accept”

You could say Takuma was meant to be similar -- he’s the type of person who can get along with a wide range of people, both accepting and being accepted by them

Taichi’s Agumon is similarly hard to talk about because he doesn’t really have much of a personality on his own outside of Taichi (but maybe I’m just not getting the cues)

I’ve found a couple of posts about Taichi and Agumon’s partnership here and here, but they don’t say much about Agumon himself other than the fact that he’s often on the same wavelength as Taichi

The best I can glean from this is that Agumon is just a very straightforward digimon; simple, genuine, and not having to be read too deeply to be understood

I suppose you could say it’s the same for Takuma and Taichi, both of whom are fairly straightforward people who don’t really hide how they’re actually feeling

Both are introspective and will reflect when they’ve done something wrong

Takuma’s introspection is very clear (he considers multiple different options before responding to people or making a choice; he’s slow to action early in the game because he’s thinking so much; if someone disagrees with him, he considers their perspective and wonders if he's in the wrong)

Taichi’s is not as prominent in comparison, but he thinks and considers a lot throughout the series

The most notable (to me) is how after every major argument with Yamato, he’ll stop and question whether he’s the one being wrong or if he really is being insensitive vs. practical

When he’s out of his element, he’ll also acquiesce to anyone who knows more (usually Koushiro)

Taichi’s introspection actually surprised me when I watched Adventure for the first time in Japanese (I watched the dub as a kid, but barely remember anything about it)

Taichi tries to power forward on his own without consulting other options Vs. Takuma will hear everyone out and tries to respect everyone’s feelings before deciding

Taichi’s insistence to keep moving has to do with his abundant energy (aka his physical ability to keep going for a long time) as well as a practical need to do what they need to before the enemies can win

Although he can be impulsive and brash, his main focus when barreling forward is practicality -- if they don’t hurry, the enemies might win and they’ll destroy the world

If people are feeling hurt or sad in the process, that’s unfortunate, but the enemies won’t stop just to let them grieve, so they have to keep going

By contrast, Takuma, as stated multiple times above, always respects and considers other people’s emotions (well… unless you choose the dialogue options that don’t)

Takuma himself is a sensitive and emotional person, so he’s also shared the group’s emotional states when things got especially bad (ex. Ryo’s death), but he’s pushing himself because the group needs him

Even when he advises the kids to put their feelings on the back burner, it’s always with empathy, rather than just sheer practicality

Aoi and Sora will be next!

#digimon survive #takuma momozuka #digimon adventure #taichi yagami #lmk if y'all think of anything else I've missed!#these comparisons will def not be comprehensive or that in-depth really #just the few things that pop out at me immediately

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howcomethatthisishappening · 9 months

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So tonight I dreamt the Strawhats were somehow for some reason transported into Luffy’s mind and there were lots and lots of crazy little Luffy’s running around doing crazy Luffy things and one is giving the Strawhats a tour and they’re just walking through a jungle with trees growing roasted croc and there’s a big straw hat in the sky and there’s little fires to honour Ace everywhere and then they come into a long long hallway with beetles on the wall and a detailed description of all info on each below it and at the end of the hallway there’s a gigantic statue of a robot. And then guide Luffy’s like “Huh. Did we always have that?” and another Luffy like “No but we do now!” and suddenly the statue turns into an actual robot and they’re in a colosseum and there’s a beetle the size of a house and the robot and the beetle are fighting and the Strawhats are like what and a Luffy yells “FIGHT OF HYPERFIXATIONS” and Bink’s Sake starts playing and the beetle bites the robot and then I woke up and I’m now obsessed with this scene. And it feels like a silly silly fic and I kinda want to write it but I already have so many fics to write and I’m slow so I’m giving this child up for adoption. So if you are crazy and ridiculous enough please feel free to use this and do something with it <3

(if you do let me know when you’re done cause I reaaaally wanna read it)

#one piece #monkey d luffy #strawhat pirates #luffy’s autism brain #prompt #i guess #like I really hope someone writes this #silly #what does this say about the status of my obsession #why do i even remember this so vividly

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tellioari · 4 months

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Q&A !! With @leafenzo/aka Leah and myself, Eliza

Leah: We don't hold ourselves to a strict schedule, I will say though we are a large chunk of the way done - all basic dyed blocks (like wool, concrete, banners, etc) are already in. We're just ironing out extra features related to the dyes. Also- before it releases we will have a public playtesting period for a tad if anyone reallyyy wants it early :3 (albeit in a quite unstable form). The plan is to release it for Fabric, and for 1.20.1 through 1.20.3 for now.

Leah: teehehe chunk-of-fun :3 jfsljfkslj Eliza: well, for the most part, the new bugs we are adding are things i just find interesting and have a good model idea for. i like making them very large, fitting into the large bug precedent set by the bees and silverfish :3 Right now the planned blorbos are the beetle, the wooly beetle, mantis, dragonfly, mint slug and silk moth! I've also made a seahorse model, but I don't think I'll end up using it in the dye mod. I might add more in the future if I'm feeling up to it.

Eliza: We have a lot of compatibility features in the works - including Suppementaries' Presents, every dyeable block in Create, Farmer's Delight's signs, and compatibility integration with Nature's Sprit as well. I've also thought about making dye compat with Another Furniture, but... that is a monumental task that I'd probably need help with/be able to streamline. We will also try and add compatibility textures to mods that autogenerate new dyed blocks - but that will have to be a case-by-case basis, and will be figured out during beta testing.

Eliza: I would love to make a tutorial at some point! - however, my process right now is very spur-of-the-moment and kinda random, haha. Maybe I'll make a post in the future if i'm feeling up to it. At the very least, I do follow some basic principles with designing my models:

Try to use clever techniques to minimize the amount of cubes used - this creates a confine that makes me get creative with what cubes i use while also optimizing the model at the same time.

Try to be as expressive as possible with cubes being used, no cube should be left untouched in the keyframes of animation.

Keep colors interesting by shifting hue a lot depending on lighting and what kind of material i want to convey (for example, if most of the model is smooth and green to blue, i'd go for green to yellow for the rougher parts)

Eliza: I would like to add some more storage blocks in the future, mainly stuff from new updates and any other random things I think of. I was thinking of making a create compatibility submod maybe, but because of the effort it takes to come up with textures its still just a thought. Leah: If by that you mean creating mods that add new features to squashed, or compatibility fixes, of course! and that goes for our other mods too! :D We'd seriously feel honored.

Leah: For me, the hardest part was just the frustration of it, frustration at the code, the tutorial, or far more often just at myself. Just know that it's the hardest at the beginning, but if you stick with you'll get your bearings and it will somehow start to get a bit easier. Also, datagen! It's useful as can be but gosh did that take me a while to figure out even just the basics of how to generate a model haha.

Thank you for all the questions!! We apologize if we didn't quite get to your question, there were a lot and we tried to pick the most general ones :3 If you still have a question that wasn't answered here, be sure to join and ask it on our discord!: https://discord.gg/eJePAPE27T

#minecraft #minecraft mods #modded minecraft #mineblr #pixel art #mc #dyes #el and l's dye mod #squashed #l-tones #lithogeology #q&a

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another-goblin · 6 months

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Spoilers for Fontaine aq

The way they put Childe in Fontaine AQ is still so funny to me.

Like, imagine that in the beginning of Sumeru AQ, there is also Itto for some reason. He accidentally leans on some important story-relevant lever and then goes and gets lost in the desert.

And then the normal events of Sumeru AQ proceed, but from time to time there are random 5 second long cutscenes of Itto's misadventures in the desert. He's bitten by a scorpion. He's caught by Eremites. He organizes Eremites into a new Arataki gang (they oblige out of pity and curiosity).

He somehow wanders into Akademiya and engages the Grand Sage in a brutal months-long Beetle Brawl competition (with scarabs), buying us some time.

And in the end we see Kuki dragging his unconscious sunburnt body to the port and dropping him on a random ship that might or might not go to Inazuma. Then we go to chat with Kuki without acknowledging Itto in any way.

#genshin impact #my stuff #genshin spoilers #genshin 4.2 #childe #I mean I like childe #but I'm glad there isn't more of him in fontaine aq #it's not his story after all #but I'm sure he had the time of his life fighting that whale #considering that his main priority in life is fighting things that are stronger than him #also imagine him explaining his injuries to his siblings #“i tried to sell this reeeealy big toy at the bottom of an evil ocean”#btw when skirk threw childe through the porlat #I actually thought she threw the ball and he jumped after it like a dog #whith might be even more degrading then what had actually happened

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thecluelessdoctor · 9 months

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oh for fucks sake.

MORE TOTK RAMBLES BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM.

cw: totk spoilers!

*also please note if you commented on the last one, i knew most of those things, it just still didnt make sense to me <3*

*KICKS BEETLE INTO A STABLE* SO.

hylIA.

DO. I . HAVE. THOUGHTS.

more of them.

i really wanna touch more about zelda, and the memories we see.

lets talk about the first memory, 'where am i'.

zelda gets transported to a hyrule from 10,000 years in the past, from the secret stone that rarau drops, which amplifies you major power. she meets sonia and rarau. ok, sure this makes sense.

now lets talk about a show of fatality (fuck spelling)

how the fuck does zelda not notice that 'Ganondorf' has 'Ganon' in it. like. "i feel this man has many dark intentions. even his name gives me pause' NO SHIT ZELDA!!! if you use comon sense youd be able ot deduct that this was the mfing calamity that you kept at bay for 100 years. omG. i think the time jump messed with her brain

now lets talk about zelda becoming a dragon. this was truly something sad to me because once you pull the master sword, she now longer has purpose, and now flys over hyrule aimlessly. AND THEN MFING KING GOAT SOMEHOW CAN CHANGE HER BACK?!? WHAT. THEY DONT EXPLAIN THIS?? and dont be light "well he has they power of light blah blah blah" I KNOW. it still doesnt make sense?!? to become a imortal dragon is to loose ones self is established, and it really creates a emotional turbulence for the player and zelda.

now this is coming from someone who adores tragedy, but there was so much potential in keeping Zelda a dragon. yes it would be a sad ending but it would give something.. good i suppose, to t he story.

yrs much smaller rant but still.

#totk #tears of the kingdom #link #legend of zelda #zelda #zelink #totk link #zelda totk #totk spoilers #loz totk #tloz #the legend of zelda #botw totk #zelda botw #loz botw #botw #botw link #dotty rambles #theclusslessdoctor

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yellowocaballero · 1 year

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milagro!!! i LOVE GL!milagro stuff. is guy still the first GL she meets? i am v curious what his story (and john’s) ends up looking like in this au in general, but my first exposure to him was in jaime’s bb run so i’m hoping that pseudo mentorship still exists here somehow

IS!! THAT!! A GIANT!! GREEN!! FIST!!

Green Lantern Milagro is the most god-tier take and we need to return to it. My "Kyle rebuilds the GLC to be woke and Milagro is the most feral Lantern" idea is actually super old - I think it's in the Reverse Robins Universe, in some unpublished stories - but it's still good. Let the furries make the judicial system. Do it. Let them free.

Let's say:

Guy Gardner was the second Green Lantern on Earth. Everything that Hal was, Guy is not. He's a hothead, meathead, go-getting action hero wannabe who has to be the biggest, the best, and the strongest. He's abrasive, selfish, mean, and short-sighted.

Guy Gardner is exactly like Hal Jordan: an All-American hero, angry and rude in a way that his colleague John Stewart could never get away with. He's part of the NRA and thinks Trump has some points. Too wimpy to make a good President, though. Give him a President who can last five minutes in the ring with Guy Gardner!

Despite his differences with the more professional and cool-headed Hal, he was shocked and horrified at Coast City's destruction. Where other heroes expressed sympathies and turned away in discomfort with his overwhelming pain, Guy stayed with him. He doesn't like to spread it around, but he's a registered school councilor - doubled with his middle school gym teacher thing - and he stayed at Hal's side through his grief as long as Hal let him.

When Hal disappeared, Guy was the one who knew in his heart that he had killed himself. He had been expecting it.

He had not been expecting his ring to break.

Guy loses it all. His power, his respect. He can't go back to who he used to be. He's not a gym teacher or school counselor anymore. He's Guy Gardner. You can't ask Guy Gardner to be a civvie.

The only thing he keeps is his Justice League International membership. He wanted to quit, but his friends (family, but none of them would admit it) needed him to stay. They had already lost the second Blue Beetle so recently, and they can't lose anybody else. Booster Gold's grieving his husband too. In that way, in some way, Guy's still needed. Guy has to be needed. But Guy has to be a hero too, and he feels like he's dying slowly by degrees in powerlessness.

Then Booster calls the JLI, drunk as a skunk and deep in a panic, saying that there's this kid in El Paso running around with Dan Garret's scarab in his SPINE, how did this even HAPPEN, how did he get it WORKING, where the hell is TED - Ted's dead, he's still dead, what the FUCK do we do, he's a baby he's gonna DIE TOO, everyone's gonna DIE -

A gym teacher and licensed counselor knocks on he door of a house in El Paso.

Booster was right. Jaime Reyes is a snot-nosed kid who's getting his ass kicked up and down to Sunday in every fight, and either he's gonna get himself killed or he's gonna blow up the city. Nobody else but the JLI ever gave a shit about Ted, and nobody's gonna give a shit about this kid with an orphaned legacy. He needs a personal trainer and mentor and he needs one right now. Jaime Reyes needs a hero, even a washed up old asshole like Guy Gardner.

And his little sister throws a heck of a punch. Oh, Guy is keeping Milagro. She's learning boxing!

An asshole, shallow kid enters the scene. A new ring appears. The last Green Lantern disappears to find the truth. Guy leads his own life. It's not like his old one, but it's good. That kid Jaime's become a good hero, and his little sister is the coolest kid on the planet. A Trumper on the street says something shitty to Jaime and Milagro about illegals and Guy lands on him the signature Guy Gardner punch. Trump's an asshole idiot, anyway. Next time, Milagro lands the signature punch. She has learned well.

A young man returns. A truth is told. A fucked up orange ring is on Guy's finger. And now he'll have to learn how to be a hero all over again.

The orange ring isn't powered by bravery and willpower. It's powered by greed. It's a greedy, cruel ring. It's mean. But Guy's pretty greedy too. And Guy's a mean son of a bitch.

Guy Gardner is the first Orange Lantern. And he's everything Hal Jordan is not: a man with a voracious need to protect and help. A man with an endless appetite for love, and to give love. A school counselor, and a mentor to some pretty nifty kids. Guy can never get enough of being a hero. He'll never stop. And he'll always help.

Because he's Guy fucking Gardner!

#this is my “the JLI are Jaime's awful useless drunk superhero family” agenda #my writing #guy gardner #jaime reyes #milagro reyes #green lantern #this features a lot of comic characters but i can't explain them all #just trust me fam

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maguneedsalife · 5 days

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OK so I know it's been FOREVER since we talked BUT I have been watching a stream of someone playing FFXIV from the beginning and then I was also talking to a friend about the story of FFXIV and I thought of you.

I know if I get into FFXIV it will eat my life (and sometimes I consider it) but if I do, how should I start?

Also, what are the best parts of the story and/or gameplay?

(also Aoife is cool, I like her a lot, and I've just been casually following you long enough that she's like... my default WOL, just so you know)

aaa ty for the ask! (and it doesnt feel like forever somehow bc we reblog each other's posts all the time lmao)

anyway this ended up very long so im putting it under a readmore, but aaaaa im so happy you're interested in trying the game!!

ffxiv will absolutely eat your life, but! if you're interested in giving it a try to see if you like it, (deep breath) have you heard about the free trial of the award winning mmo final fantasy fourteen with no restrictions on playtime and content up to level 70 including the heavensward and stormblood expansio--

jokes aside, the free trial is my personal rec for where to start. you can play as most of the available races (viera and hrothgar are locked to shadowbringers unforch, but as part of the story you get an item that you can use to remake your character if you want, so if you decide to buy the game later you can use that to make the bunny or lion of ur dreams). there are some limits on things like buying items off the mb and how much gil/items you can have, but for the most part there's like 200+ hours of content that's just available for FREE. Idk if you have mmo experience, but if xiv would be your first foray into MMOs i would definitely try the trial first to see if you like it! and since stormblood is included in the trial now you can meet my favorite robot beetle without paying a CENT

the other thing to consider is that there is a big expansion coming at the end of June, which will also include a gigantic graphical update for the characters and world. right now the game is doing its best with ps3-early ps4 era graphics, but come june everything will look a lot prettier! (not that it isn't already pretty, but i won't miss the pixelated grass...). They'll also be adding furry lion ladies if that's your thing (though they won't be free to play as; you'll have to buy the full game to make a hot lion). the downside is the new expansion will be a tough time to start with everyone trying to get in for the new story, so I'd say if you want to start, either do it before dawntrail (easy to log in) or end of july (login queues have eased, and you get to see everything in the pretty graphics!)

normally here is where I'd put my "if you want to play around with the character creator, there's a free benchmark program you can download that includes it!" buuuut the dawntrail benchmark has uh, let's just say wip character models, and they're actually working on putting out an update to it sometime in the next couple weeks.... but when that update does come out, it'll be a great way to play around and see what kind of character you want your wol to be!

WHEW. Okay. that's the first part of your question.

Second part of your question - i wont discuss details of the story bc imo it's worth experiencing firsthand, but i think my favorite part about the story is that your little guy is at the center of it. a lot of the wol's narrative is left open to interpretation, and you are free to imagine how your character responds to the plot. every single person who plays this game has a different and valid experience with the same story, simply due to how they envision their character participating in it, and i think that's beautiful. i can't think of a lot else like it out there.

you'll see a lot of people online arguing that some expansions are "skippable" or base game is "skippable" but they're all lying to you. play all the main story. watch all the cutscenes. there's no need to zoom through it. the reason you are crying your eyes out at the end of endwalker is because you have watched your wol grow from the time they were killing level 1 ladybugs in the starting area. some parts might be stronger or weaker than others, but it all comes together to make one of my favorite stories videogames has ever told.

(also, no spoilers, but shadowbringers is still my favorite expansion for a reason. you've probably osmosized a fair bit of it from my posts about it but it's soooo good. it's worth seeing in person.)

also there are some surprisingly good storylines in the "side" content (raids, trials, etc), so it's definitely worth picking up those blue plus quests and seeing what adventures are to be had. not to be biased but the omega storyline is my favorite ("yes ren we KNOW you like the robot beetle"). some are serious (there's one about child soldiers) and some are goofy (in one questline you solve zany mysteries with the world's least competent detective) but all of them have heart, and a little final fantasy corniness.

as for gameplay, its probably obvious that i love the fashion aspect. Gear you obtain can be seen on your character (even jewelry!), and there's a whole system for saving outfits. people joke that glamour is the true endgame but i literally, like an hour ago, cleared a high difficulty raid because i wanted a specific shirt. So obviously the dressup aspect is a main draw for me gameplay wise.

but other than that, one of the game's strengths is there's something for everyone. if you want to be the sweatiest raider and optimize your rotation and get BiS and clear ultimates, you can, but it's not the only way to enjoy the game. i have friends who enjoy just dinking around in roulettes, friends who love to fish, friends who roleplay, friends who organize rare monster kill trains, and friends who spend a ton of time on minigames in the casino. that's just scratching the surface. there's so much to do!

anyway, whew, i think that maybe answered your question? or maybe you now have more of them?

i am always available here and on discord to answer questions and help you get started in eorzea :3 ty again for the ask!!!

and aaaaaaaaaa hearing that you like aoife makes me so happy 😭

#ask #cryingaboutrobots

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