#andrew is not a very healthy boyfriend
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+ Yandere Andy (for my previous request for suggestive themes with a fem reader and him :33)
Yandere!Andrew Graves x f!reader - Drabble thing
TW: TOXIC ANDY, Yandere themes, obsession, possession, manipulative Andy, suggestive themes, foul language, Andy can't keep his hands to himself, threats & intimidation, Andy calls Reader dumb bunny, not proofread.
♥︎Notes: I think out of all the yandere content ive ever written, this is the most toxic. Please readers, if your irl relationship mirrors any of this behavior, LEAVE THEM. Andy is extremely toxic, and if given the chancs hed lock up his bunny for only him to see. I dont condon any of this behavior, but i support Andrew's rights and wrongs. Hope this meets your expectations <3.♥︎
When dating Andy, there are certain types of rules you must follow.
They're silent rules, sure, never spoken outloud, but you've been with Andy long enough to know that if you break them... there are consequences.
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Rule No. 1 : Never dare speak to another man
You can still remember this rule vividly.
It was sometime in April, and you had practically begged Andy to drive you to the mall for new spring dresses.
When he finally agreed, you both drove to the mall and walked around for an hour, just window shopping all the sweet spring deals.
You found a lovely dress and went to try it on. Unfortunately, you realized the size was too small, so you asked Andy to browse the store for something bigger.
This is when the incident happened...
When you finally finished changing, you walked out of the clothing booth with a couple of other items and one adorable shirt that lacked a price.
You searched for a store employee and spotted a young man.
"Excuse me, but is there any way you can find the price of this shirt? I can't seem to find it," you handed the shirt to the employee, and his cheeks turned a dusted pink
"W- Well sure. I can just ask my co-worker to-"
"Fuck off."
You jumped at the cold voice beside you and noticed a very pissed off Andrew. His hand was suddenly on your hip, squeezing your flesh very aggressively.
"I- I'm sorry, sir, but I was talking to this young lady, not you," the young worker looked nervous.
But Andrew was having none of it, "fuck off before I forcibly make you." His eyes narrowed on the man, as he pushed you against his chest.
The employee retreated for the employee back door, his tail practically in between his legs, leaving you absolutely dumbfounded.
You pushed at Andy's chest, "Andrew what the fuck?! He wasn't doing anything wrong, he was literally just helping me find the price tag for some-"
"Do you like pissing me off? I disappeared for not even 5 minutes, and you're letting men drool over you? "
His grip on your hip got tighter, assuring that it would leave a mark for later.
At a loss of words, Andrew leaned in and whispered into your ear,
"You're making me sad, Y/N... Do you honestly want another man?"
His voice sent shivers down your spine, making that spot between your legs ache, and that chilling feel graze your skin with goosebumps.
"Andrew, I don't want anyone else! Please don't be sad, I'm sorry for misleading you," Your eyes got glossy from the guilt that weighed down on you.
He sighed, disappointed. He gripped your wrist, using the hand that was on your hip to rip the clothes you had out of your hand and onto a random display table.
"You're not a very good girlfriend. But I love you anyway."
He walked towards the exit, caressing your hand while he did.
You quickly leaned that Andrew was not going to tolerate any sort of social interaction with other men, and if you broke this rule, he'd be very, very disappointed in you. Simple as that.
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Rule No. 2 : Where you're going, what you're doing, who you're with, and why is all of Andy's business.
A year into your relationship, you decided to take a spontaneous girls trip with your friends to a different state.
You'd only be gone for a couple of days, and since Andrew was always busy working, you figured that he wouldn't mind.
Thinking this, you texted Andrew.
Andy
I'm sorry I haven't texted you. How was your day? **
You
It was good! I'm actually packing right now for a trip. **
Andy
.... **
Andy
What trip? **
You
A girls' trip. I figured since you're busy all the time, I could take this weekend to vacation! **
Andy
.... Where will you be going? **
You
My friends cabin**
Andy
Who will you be going with?**
You
My friends? **
Andy
Whose Cabin? Which friends? Whats their number? How can I contact them? How many nights are you staying? What's the wi-fi situation like? How far away, is it? What's the exact location? Who knows about this trip? When will you be coming back? Will there be any men there? Is it just girls? Will you be changing in front of them? Will you be sleeping separately? Whose car are you taking? How will you get there? By what transportation? Do your friends have boyfriends? Are there any wild animals?**
You
I... Andrew, how could I answer all these questions? I dont... I dont know.**
Andy
Then you shouldn't be going. **
Andy
It's in a location I've never been to nor seen before. So many things can happen to you, my dummy bunny. It may be a cabin, but I know you can't handle being alone for so long. Save me the trouble, Y/N, you're not going. **
Andy
I'm only looking out for you. You're the love of my life. How could i possibly live with myself if something happened to you? Y/N, you're the air that I breathe, the food i consume, the blood i need to pump my heart. Are you trying to run away from me? **
You
No! Andy I swear I'm not! I won't go if it makes you uncomfortable. I just thought... **
Andy
You don't think many things through, dummy. You're such a headache sometimes. **
Andy
So, what's for dinner? I'm hungry. *
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Rule No. 3 : You belong to Andy, and only Andy.
"Hey Andy! Guess what I found?!" You walked up to Andy who was lounging on the coach watching some shitty news.
"What's that, Y/N?" He lazily turned his head towards you.
In your hand was an old photograph of you and an old prom date, taken long before you ever met Andrew.
You were cleaning your bedroom and found a couple of old boxes underneath your bed. Once of which, held many old memories of your youth.
"It's all the prom pictures my mom took of me! Don't I look cute?" You leaned your upper body over the coach back and showed Andy the dusty photos.
You expected a snort, a grin, maybe some mockery for your cheesy dress but instead Andrew tensed up his jaw, his eyes narrowing.
He grabbed the photos from your hand and slowly looked through them.
"You are very pretty, Y/N...." his hand squeezed the photos, to the point of crinkling them.
"Andrew, the photos are being!-"
Suddenly Andrew stood up and quickly crossed the distance between you two, letting the photos be dropped to the floor.
You gasped as Andrew smashed his lips against yours.
He grabbed onto your face, pressing his body into yours.
His lips were warm and slightly chapped, the brief smell of mint and cigarettes overpowering your head.
He broke the kiss, a strange hunger dancing in his eyes as he looked at you.
"You're so beautiful... You're so beautiful being mine, and mine alone. Mine, mine, mine, and mine, until the world comes crashing and burning. " He grinned at you, a dark shadow crossing his face.
"Andrew! I- I know im yours, but the photos are being stepped on-" You tried protesting, but instead, you felt Andrew kiss you again, this time going deeper. His hand squeezed your cheeks, attempting to make your jaw open, in a way asking for entrance.
You couldn't help but open your mouth wider, a victim to the rose colored glasses he always placed on you.
Your eyes closed, while Andrews' opened.
He stared at you with a strange intensity.
You, of course, could never hear his thoughts, but if his words were spoken outloud he would scream how much he wanted to rip that prom date to shreds.
Watch him bleed out of your hardwood floors until it stained from that fuckers punishment.
You belonged to HIM.
You were HIS.
And darling, he would go to heaven and drag you back to hell with him if he had to.
He broke the kiss and squeezed you into a hug,
"Promise you wont ever leave me, okay?" Andrew rested his head on your shoulder. You breathed heavily, wiping the saliva from your chin.
You nodded in a daze, the ache between your legs overpowering any kind of hesitancy you had.
Andrew smiled into your neck, reaching his hands under your ass to prop you up around his waist.
"Come on... I want to continue this in the bedroom. I want to see more of you..." He said in just above a whisper.
"Only you..."
Thank you for the ask (and patience)!<3
#the coffin of andy and leyley#x reader#andrew graves#andy graves#y/n#andrew graves x reader#andy graves x reader#oneshots#obsession#yandere andrew graves#toxic love#toxic relationship#possesive love#andy and leyley#andrew is not a very healthy boyfriend#not proofread#need a proofreader lmao#drabble
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My aftg take is that kevdrew? Kevandreil whatever those ships are called just would not work with the canon characters. Kevin and Andrew’s whole thing is that Kevin pushes Andrew out of his boundaries and doesn’t take his no’s. They wouldn’t not work romantically or sexually because of this!! Neil and Andrew’s biggest motivating factor when it comes to exploring their relationship is that Neil accepts Andrew’s no’s which makes Andrew comfortable enough to show that side of him. There’s a reason the poly angle was scrapped. I get that it’s like hot or whtv but pls be fr. They’re gunna kill me, your honor lol
interesting interesting!! me personally I think kandreil/kandrew is def fun but whatever is going on with Andrew and Kevin is way more interesting than being boyfriend's. I think that they both push each other out of their boundaries actually and that's hugely what's so fascinating about them. they can push and shove each other and get to each other farther than anyone else is capable of. you could make a very fair point of saying it's not healthy or even toxic etc but I don't think that's something they particularly care about.
however, you say that Kevin wouldn't respect Andrew in a romantic/sexual relationship and I disagree with that. I think that Kevin in a true romantic relationship would actually be very different from what we see of him throughout the whole series. I'm a little rusty on the details but I'm pretty sure that the instances we get of Kevin pushing Andrew (+anyone else) are all exy related— that's what Kevin is the most passionate about and that's what drives him to push into people so much. in fact, you can even see it in the scenes in which Kevin's present but the focus isn't exy that he's kind of mellow and far far less intense than how he is regarding anything exy/Ravens/moriyamas.
that's not to say the relationship wouldn't mean anything to him, so much as I think that he'd be less abrasive and more compliant? if not submissive, than what you're suggesting
even if it's something he didn't conform to immediately the way Neil did, I think that he would adapt to Andrew's boundaries as soon as Andrew checked him for it.
#I do agree that there's probably a reason the poly draft got scrapped but it doesn't feel like this is the reason to me#aftg#🦊✉️
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Communication Mishap
Summary: You decide to have a little fun with a very a grumpy Andy Barber.
Warnings: Shenanigans, Annoyed Andy, Bratty Reader, Light Daddy!Kink, Cursing, Open Relationships, Slight Manhandling, Punishment (implied), Spanking (implied), Oral (fem receiving, implied), Minors DNI
A/N: Let me know what you think! Please enjoy. Part of my Growing Pains Series. Not beta'd. All mistakes are my own.
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Your man had been in a bit of a bad mood lately, and frankly, you were tired of dealing with it. And him. But since you lived together now, there was virtually no escape from your grumpy ass boyfriend.
The case he was working on was clearly getting to him. And, as a result, he was getting on your nerves.
You had just finished watching some random documentary on Netflix about couples in open relationships and all of the potential benefits, when the idea strikes you. An evil smile graces your lips as you rise from the couch and begin making your way towards your man’s study.
Today was officially Fuck with Andrew Barber Day.
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You lean against the doorframe for a moment, content with watching your man work. Ooh, and he was wearing those reading glasses you loved. And was that a pen tucked behind his ear too?
God, your District Attorney was sexy as hell.
Andy heaves out a sigh before leaning back in his chair and mumbling something about “not believing in coincidences”. He scrapes a hand over his beard and then picks another document to review. “What am I missing here?”
“Hey there.” You whisper, making him jump.
“Shit! Y/N! How long have you been standing there?” He flashes you an annoyed look.
“Oh, not long.” You respond with a delicate shrug.
He goes back to his paperwork without sparing you a second glance. “Something I can help you with?”
“Kind of. I just a had a question for you.”
“Okay.” He pulls the pen from behind his ear to make some notes.
“I just wanted to know how you felt about open relationships.” You know he’s not really paying attention to you, which delights your inner demoness to no end.
“I think it’s fine.” He mumbles.
“You do? Hm.” You run a hand through your curls.
“Uh, yeah. Open communication is essential for any healthy relationship dynamic. If you can’t do that, you’re doomed.”
“So just to be clear, your fine with us having an open relationship?”
“Sure am. I think we communicate very well. Now does that answer your question? Because I have a lot of work to get to and there are only so many hours in the day.”
Your inner demoness was currently doing The Carlton.
“Oh, you answered it just fine. I’m just glad you’re so cool about it. I honestly thought you’d be upset about the whole thing.” You go to move away from the doorframe as you prepare to drop the bomb.
“I just really hate that I turned him down the other day. I really should have taken him up on that offer for a coffee date.” You say to no one in particular before striding away. “God, he was cute. I hope I saved his number.”
Countdown Initiated.
Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six. Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
“What the fuck did you just say?!” Your boyfriend bellows from down the hall. “Get your ass back here, Y/N! Now!”
Meltdown Activated.
Your inner demoness curls up on a chaise lounge with a bowl of popcorn, ready to watch the fireworks.
Instead of turning around, you simply pretend as if you hadn’t heard him. Once you reach the kitchen, you pour yourself a glass of lemonade. And then you add a splash, or three, of vodka.
You enjoy a few sips before your pissed off Big Man comes storming into the kitchen.
“Something wrong, baby?” You do your best to look innocent.
You watch as he forces himself to take a series of calming breaths, his large hands grab the edge of counter in a white-knuckled grip.
“Y/N, sweetheart, what exactly did you mean when you asked if I was okay with us having an open relationship?”
“Oh, nothing too crazy.” You tell him, waving your hand at him before taking another sip of your cocktail. “We’d be together and everything, but I would, um, be allowed to date other people.”
Andy’s left eye begins to twitch.
“You want to do what?” He snarls softly. A little too softly for your liking. But you were feeling bold so, whatever. “You want to see other people?”
You shrug one dismissive shoulder in his direction. “I mean, it might be interesting. I’ve been watching this series about it and - ”
“No.”
And now that one vein in his temple was throbbing as well. Sheesh! Don’t have an aneurysm, Mr. Barber.
“But that means you could date other women too!” You’re really trying to sell it now.
“Oh yeah? Fuck no.” He growls again.
“But, Andy!” You whine. “You we’re just fine with it a few minutes ago. What changed?” You stomp your foot and pout, for added emphasis of course.
“What changed is the fact that I was only half listening before. Now you’ve got my complete and undivided attention, baby. Hope you’re fucking ready for it.” You suppress a shiver as you watch his eyes darken.
“Okay.” You take another pull of your drink. “What’s holding you back from even considering it?”
“What’s holding me back?” He asks with a snort. “Seriously, little girl? I will tell you right now, and I’m talking full disclosure here, you try to bring another man into this house and I promise you that they will never find his body.”
“Well, that’s awfully dark, Andrew.”
“Oh, you have no idea, Y/N. In case you haven’t noticed by now, I do not play well with others. And I do not fucking share.” His nostrils flare as his voice deepens even more.
Okay. Maybe it was time to call things off.
“Look, honey…”
“No, Y/N. I’m sure I’ve been an asshole the last couple of days, but since you’re all about communication, let me make something very, very clear.”
Andy’s on you then, almost faster than you can blink. Pinning your much smaller body against the counter, he roughly hauls you against his hard chest.
“You. Are. Mine. I’m talking about your laugh, your smile, your mind, your body. Every single sweet little inch of you belongs to me, and me alone.” His hands go to your ass. “And I can be a bit of a possessive bastard, baby girl.”
“Andy...” Your breath catches in your throat.
“I don’t know who you met the other day, and I honestly don’t give a fuck. But what I do know is that you’re gonna get your goddamned phone and delete that punk bitch’s number while I watch. You got that?”
“I - I can’t.” You tell him. And you can immediately tell that he doesn’t like that answer.
Gripping your biceps, he lifts and sets you on the counter as if you weigh practically nothing.
“Why the fuck not?” Andy leans down to nip at your chin.
“Because I, uh, made it all up. It was all a joke. Been screwing with you this whole time.” You smile apologetically.
“You made it up?”
Your inner demoness waves goodbye on her way out the door with a suitcase tucked under her arm.
“Yeah. Pretty funny, huh?” Your teeth begin to worry at your bottom lip.
“Do I look like I’m laughing, little one? Does Daddy seem even the slightest bit amused right now?” He quirks one tawny, irritated brow.
“Um, no. I’m sorry.”
“Not yet, you’re not.” He hisses. “I love a good joke as much as the next person, but the one thing you do not play about is seeing another man. Not now. Not ever. We clear?”
“Yep. Crystal.” You mutter.
Andy backs away from you, before walking over to a drawer and pulling out a wooden spoon. “Hop down and go lean over the kitchen table. You’ve got ten good swats coming, and then I’m going to take you upstairs and eat that disrespectful little pussy until you cry.”
END
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Headcanons | Simon Zee, Philip & Andrew with a sick s/o | Romantic
Simon Zee
Once he finds out that you’ve fallen sick with what is suspected to be food poisoning, he makes it his personal mission for the rest of the week to find out where and how you have contracted it.
Usually, he is very calm when it comes to unexpected situations, so on the surface, it seems that he is doing alright. From the inside, however, he is worried sick about you.
First, he almost accuses Thomas of not properly preparing the food that you’ve had in the days before, but Matthew then remarks that it would make no sense for this to be the cause of your food poisoning, because otherwise, more people would have very likely fallen ill because of it.
Simon finds out he should have just asked you, for you soon reveal that you had accepted a few samples from a merchant at the market you had visited a few days prior, which is a more plausible cause for this mishap.
Upon hearing this, Simon wonders if he should go get Jesus, because He healed Jesse as well and would surely heal you, too, but you stop him before he can turn to leave.
You tell him that some cuddles would make you feel way better already and that you don’t want to bother Jesus with it. Although Simon would rather find the Rabbi instead, he establishes that a few minutes of holding you won’t hurt. If it gives you relief from your illness, it will make him happy, too.
Philip
Philip turns into a doting boyfriend when you don’t show up one morning during breakfast and turn out to be down with a fever.
He will run back and forth with damp rags to dab against your forehead and will dice up fruits to make sure that you’re eating at least something. Even though you’re not sick to the point that you can’t keep down any food, you struggle with taking it in, but he coaxes you to eat one apple and a few chunks of persimmon.
Once you’re settled, he finds one of his scrolls to keep you company and read you a few passages on prophecy.
The pleasant timbre of his voice calms you down and lulls you into a soft slumber. You aren’t in a position to take in any of the words he is saying, but the sound is enough to make you happy.
Philip reads to you like that for a while until he realises you haven’t responded at all in a bit, and when he looks up, his heart flutters pleasantly to see you peacefully sleeping, tucked into your bedroll snugly.
He finishes the paragraph and puts another blanket over your form before leaving you be, but he remains nearby in case you wake up and require more help from him.
Andrew
Poor Andrew would feel so guilty when you’re sick. What if you had picked it up from him? And what if you were too weak to travel?
He thinks of all the worst case scenarios possible, from worrying that you’re in great pain to worrying that you’re going to die soon.
Simon tries to talk some sense into him, but all Andrew can do is watch your closed tent with a heavy heart, knowing that you were in there feeling miserable. Of course, the women are taking good care of you, but it still hurts to hear the sound of your coughs and sneezes from the other side.
This fisherman would do anything if it meant for you to feel better. He would gladly take the sickness on himself and have it be ten times worse if it only meant for you to be healthy and comfortable.
Every time one of the women exits the tent, he will be next to them right away and demand a detailed description of how you are doing. Of course, they inform you of his concerns, which warms your heart and makes you wish you would feel better sooner just so you could see Andrew again.
Andrew, bless his heart, even tries to make you soup. It’s not good, but it is clear that he tried his very best.
Slowly but surely, you start to get back on your feet, even though your cheeks don’t have their usual colour in them. As you are recovering, Andrew makes sure to stay by your side until you’re completely nursed back to health again.
#the chosen philip#the chosen#the chosen andrew#the chosen simon the zealot#simon the zealot x reader#philip x reader#andrew x reader#reader insert#x reader#the chosen headcanons#the chosen x reader#headcanons
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EffingVarigoWeek
Day 5: Fight/Forgive
"Fight For You"
Rated T
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“That was totally uncalled for Hugo!” Varian hissed as they walked through the gate.
Hugo huffed and rolled his eyes, stalking ahead as Varian followed him.
“Hugo!” Varian got in front of him. “Stop!”
Hugo was breathing hard, face red.
“You didn’t have to threaten him.” Varian said.
“He was making fun of you.”
“Hugo, I can take it—”
“I can’t!” Hugo yelled. “You want me to sit back while the man I love is being disrespected in front of me?!”
Varian took a deep breath, then stood up straight.
“Yes.”
*
“It’s been four days.” Rapunzel whispered to Lance.
“I know. Hugo’s been bunking with me. You know he cant sleep unless he’s hugging something warm?” He asked.
Rapunzel blinked up at him in shock, then turned away.
“At least their work is getting done.” She said.
“Because they have to spite work.” Eugene sighed. “For every job Varian does, Hugo has to do two more and for every machine Hugo builds, Varian has to add extra features.”
They watched Varian and Hugo pass each other, not even looking at the other, noses in the air and with noticeable eye bags.
“This isn’t healthy.” Eugene admitted.
“All because Hugo told Monty to shut up.” Rapunzel sighed.
“What?!” Both men yelled.
“Did Varian not tell you?” She asked.
“No! Spill, Sunshine!” Eugene said, Lance leaning in close.
“Okay, well…apparently Monty was in a terrible mood and Varian messed up a bit on a cleaning solution that ate through his favorite baking sheets and then Monty yelled and said he was useless as always, which was a very mean thing to say and he did apologize in his own way later, but Hugo said, and I quote “Shut up, you little gumdrop grandpa” and Varian got mad, and they had a fight and left early.”
Lance was snickering.
“So Hugo got mad for Varian?” Eugene asked.
“And Varian was angry because he thought Hugo over reacted.” Rapunzel said.
“But…hm…” Eugene said. “Okay, I have an idea.”
*
“Right in here.” Eugene said, leading Varian into a new suite that had just been made up.
“And you want me to evaluate the space for a new fireplace? It’s too far inside the castle, it would be easier to pipe the area—”
“Sorry, Kid!” Eugene said and pushed him in, shutting the door and locking it from the outside.
“Wha?” Varian turned and noticed he had stolen his tool belt and chemicals. “Did you just rob me?!”
“Yeah, they did.”
Varian whirled to see Hugo reclined on the only piece of furniture in the room, a bed.
“What is this?” Varian asked.
Hugo swung his legs up to stand quickly.
“Hell if I know! Lance just shoved me in!” Hugo yelled.
“Can you stop yelling?” Varian asked. “What is with you?”
Hugo glared at him. “I get it now. They want us to talk it out.”
“The Monty thing?” Varian scoffed. “Okay. You over reacted.”
“Of course I did!”
“Could you not?” Varian asked. “I need to…”
“No.” Hugo shook his head and looked away. “Varian, please. Tell me this isn’t about the take over with Andrew actual YEARS ago!”
Varian was silent.
“And that’s why you let them talk to you like that?” Hugo asked and turned to Varian. “Baby, no…”
He held out a hand and Varian stared at it, biting his bottom lip before taking it. Hugo pulled him into a hug.
“You need to stop beating yourself up over the past. You’ve done so much for this kingdom.” Hugo said. “Besides, does that mean I should let people bully me?”
“What? Why—”
“I lied to you. Almost took your mother from you.” He said.
“…But…”
“But nothing. If someone says mean shit to you…I’ll be better and just tell them to stop instead of blowing up. I…I did overreact.” He said and pressed his forehead to Varian’s.
“You look exhausted.” Varian whispered.
“Haven’t been sleeping well.”
“There’s a bed.” Varian said.
Hugo chuckled and they undressed to their pants and undershirts, climbing in bed, goggles and glasses secure in pockets on their vest and over shirt they hung on the bed frame.
Hugo sighed in bliss as he hugged Varian close, his boyfriend relaxing in his arms. They stared at each other before Varian pulled Hugo into a soft kiss.
“I’m sorry.” He said.
“No me.” Hugo whispered, taking his hand and entwining their fingers. “I’ll work on my temper.”
“I wont let people walk all over me.” Varian promised.
Hugo nuzzled his nose to Varian’s.
“I love you.” He whispered.
“I love you too.” Varian said.
*
“Do you think it worked?” Rapunzel asked hours later as Eugene cracked the door open.
“Sunshine. Look.” He said with a smile.
Rapunzel looked in to see Varian and Hugo wrapped in each other’s arms, sleeping peacefully under a sheet.
“Aw…” She cooed. “Let’s just leave the door unlocked.”
“Good.” Eugene said. “As much as it pains me, they work best together.”
Rapunzel took his hand and kissed the back of it. “Like us!”
He smiled at her, then quietly shut the door.
“Like us.”
#effingvarigoweek#varigo fanfic#varigo#varian and the 7 kingdoms#varian tts#vat7k hugo#a lil bit of new dream#as a treat
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Find the word tag game
Yaaay thanks for the tag @saphoblin this game is my favorite!
Saph gave me the words haunted, hear, haste, horror, and health. Alliteration, too! Woop!
My only WIP is The Heartwood Trilogy lol.
For my part, I choose the words trade, scold, reach, follow, and minute and I tag @writeintrees, @alwaysastrophel, @regalserpent, @toribookworm22, and @rachaellawrites as well as anyone else who wants to join!
Haunted
From Lilydale
The expression Julian wore was one Micah saw very seldom anymore. He looked bitter, haunted. Julian padded up to the bed and sat beside Micah, wringing his hands. Eyes staring vaguely at the corner of the ceiling, he said with a faint tremor in his voice, “Take it from me, Micah. There are some truths that would paralyze us if we speak them aloud.”
Hear
From Superior
Raising her brow, she remarked, “I’ve never heard you swear.”
“Diana,” he said with a growl, wishing he wasn’t standing below her, “kissing me like that was a dick move. Even if my boyfriend hadn’t caught us – and yes, that did royally screw me over, by the way – I didn’t ask for it or encourage it. Wouldn’t you say it was sexual assault?”
She drummed her black fingernails on her elbow for a moment. “I’m sorry. I had to confirm something.”
“Confirm what?”
“That you’re a faerie.”
Haste (hastily)
From Agassiz
The residents of Lilydale woke to the terrible roar of the ice wall splitting like a calving glacier.
Tearing out of her hut still tangled in her blankets, Ingrid reached the western wall before the thundering of the ice even echoed away. She watched the massive lip of her ice wall crumble, turning to white snow as it cascaded onto the cobblestone fence below. The magical seal between Lilydale and the winter night shattered. Cold air gusted inside, screaming through the jagged crack in the ice, blowing back Ingrid’s loose red curls and making her instinctively shield her face in her blankets.
Fionna howled in alarm, bursting out of the tent flaps followed closely by Andrew and Micah. In the frenzy of alarmed and confused Folk, Andrew slid barefoot down a slope of snow to reach Ingrid. He had his langsaux in hand, no shirt on, and hastily pulled on sweatpants.
Horror
From Superior
Horror wiped Diana’s expression blank; she seemed unaware of the tears leaking down her cheeks, as if she were too numb to notice. When she saw Micah looking at her, she dropped her athame. It clattered onto the salted walkway under her feet.
Health (healthy)
From Superior
Fionna scooted away from him when he spoke, but stayed near as he dressed properly in his winter gear. She whistled again as he climbed onto the snowmobile and put on the helmet.
“I can’t stay with Liath anymore,” said Andrew. “She isn’t healthy for me.” He revved the engine into life.
Fionna gave a whine of protest.
“I’m sorry,” said Andrew. “There’s someone I have to get home to. Hopefully.”
The wolf scampered under a hemlock. He gunned the snowmobile past her, but she shot back out from under the tree and ran after him, her legs pumping. Her tongue flapped out of her black lips.
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I had to write like three emails this month and am left thoroughly drained to write anything else at all. x_x Apart from that, though, my January was actually pretty good. I finally talked my coworker into getting the snowboard trophy in Tales of Vesperia for me because I failed horribly at it and it was the last one missing for Platinum. My friend and I spent like 3 hours thinking up the plot for an entire novel because I complained that books are always about that but never about this. Aaand I got a new bookshelf!
So let's fill it up!
In Love with Adam (Liam Erpenbach): This is by a German author whose newer book "Solange wir die Sterne sehen" I read a few months ago. I liked this one a bit better. It's not quite as heavy (no sick boyfriends) but still reasonably serious. Funnily, I found the writing style of this easier to read than his second book. In return, the pacing is bit wonky. I'll keep an eye open for the author's next book! (I'd actually like to read more local authors. :I)
If this gets out (Sophie Gonzales & Cale Dietrich): This one was ... long. Not that it was boring or bad. But for what happenend I think it could have done with a few pages less. I'm also not totally sold on the "two authors writing one story in alternating points of view"-thing. While they claim in the afterword that the other author captured the characters oh so well in their respective chapters I would not fully agree. They did sometimes feel a little off. If I had to choose betweeen rereading this or Kiss & Tell, I'd choose the latter. :'D
Hell followed with us (Andrew J. White): Now this was something. It's the sort of "I have a vision and I'm going with it all the way to the far end no matter what you say", which earns my full respect. While I wouldn’t say I loooved the book, it sure was really good and I had great time (as much as you can have if everyone is dying). I liked the characters and they deserve all the happiness they can get! :( I just wonder how much of the story and the imagery I missed. There's a lot of Bible quotes in there - would it have made for a different reading experience if I had actually touched a Bible in my life? Also my ability to visualise things in my mind is very limited, so all the gruesome gorey stuff? Can hardly affect me. But it also made it harder to track Benji's descent (ascent?) to monsterhood. Good book. And that cover!
The Circus Infinite (Khan Wong): I rarely read true science-fiction, even though I like the genre in other media. Not quite sure why. Maybe it's also partly because of my lack of visualisation. It's hard work. :'D The Circus was a little hard for me as well, but you get pretty close to the main character Jes at least and that helps. Most of the others stay a bit underdeveloped though. The love interest for instance? I don't think he had much going on except being "perfect". 8D But to their credit, that really wasn't the point of the story. The romance was really healthy though, which is a big bonus point with Jes being ace. A year ago I read Beyond the Black Door by A.M. Strickland. I hated the romance in there and got so annoyed in the beginning already because the ace main character works or is expected to work as a pleasure artist and they spent so much time talking about sex and I was like “Why do you think I wanted to read an ace book?! You’re talking more about it than any other book I ever read!! D:” Of course, Jes ends up on a “pleasure” planet as well and has to visit a sex club in the course of the story. He’s also an empath and can suss other people’s horniness among other feelings which makes it even harder for him. But all of that was handled much better and more organically than in Black Door, so I didn’t mind it. There’s also a lot of real adventure going on that revolves around other things. Recommended.
Carry On (Simon Snow 1) (Rainbow Rowell): Finally something light and easy! As always, I was in need of a fantasy story, so after years I finally caved and borrowed this from the library. It was fun! There's only one thing to nitpick (careful, long rant ahead):
My personal preference of points of view. I don't like first-person. I strongly dislike alternating first-person. Do I still read a lot of it? Yes. Because I've gotten a whole lot more tolerant during the past two years (I ditched so many books before because of their first-person narrators. :'D) But if I held on to that I'd read like three books a year. If the writing is decent enough, I can accept a lot. But I grew up on third-person, and am also German, so I complain! Take Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros. First-person for the heroine only. We don't get anything that happens between the boys while she's not looking and it sucks! D: Hell followed with us has three points of view. Main narrator is Ben in first-person, but there's also Nick and Theo who get third-person. Mixing things up like that is so weird to me, especially since they only get 3 chapters in the whole book! Like, if a character only gets to narrate a single chapter, is it even worth to put in? Surprisingly to myself my answer is yes. It still feels weird, but I appreciate very much the inclusion of these chapters and wish Bone Weaver would have done the same. Now there's Simon Snow. And I lost count on how many people are narrating. Six? I accomodated to it as the story progressed and everyone actually got more involved. But ... Do I really need 4 perspective changes within the span of one kiss? (No.) :I I wish third-person would get popular again. The infinite possibilities it holds. u_u But I try to be a tolerant person and not let that spoil my enjoyment of the book. Will be picking up the other volumes soon!
The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley (Shaun David Hutchinson): I read the author's latest book Howl last month and now one of his oldest and I'm glad that I read them in that order! Because in Howl there's a lot of shitty people and bad stuff happening. In Five Stages of Andrew, there's still bad people (but they are “out there” away from the story) and bad shit happening but there's also a lot of nice people. Like genuinely nice people. It kinda rebuilds my hope in humanity. xD It’s also smart as usual and there are comic pages inside! It’s a really nice book indeed and yes, it made me cry.
I complained before how many of the books I read lack the balls to do really mean things to the main characters (there are some stragglers of course, looking at you, Mason Deaver), and I'm honestly not really good with bad stuff either. I like to know that things will be okay in the end. But. It makes you love them more, doesn't it? My favourite books of all times, the one I worship and adore, is an old German children’s book Die Katze Leonore (”Leonore, the cat”) about a kitten that gets abandoned because her fur is black unlike her siblings. And really bad stuff happens to her (she loses a paw and later dies). I bawled my eyes out when I read it the first time as a kid. And it made me love that cat and every cat in the world.
My friends are always baffled when I laugh out loud about funny books even in public. But I’ll cry easily too when they’re sad. Those stay a lot longer in the heart. So come on, my books, give me feels this year as well, please. uAu
#yaku reads#january wrap up#books#booklr#lgbtq books#queer books#queer lit#hell followed with us#the circus infinite#the five stages of andrew brawley#simon snow#carry on#if this gets out#in love with adam#ace books#trans books
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The Controversial Case of Mary Katherine Higdon: Murder or Self Defense?
Mary Katherine Higdon shot her live-in boyfriend and “love of her life” Steven Freeman, in their Griffin, Georgia, home. She was arrested and charged with his murder, but was later acquitted. Did Mary murder her boyfriend in a fit of rage? Or was it truly an act of self defense?
WHO WAS STEVEN FREEMAN?
Steven was born on January 1st, 1995, and grew up in Griffin, Georgia. He lived with his parents Troy and Jennifer Freeman, and his brother Blake. He had a very happy and healthy childhood, was close with his family, and was always smiling, laughing, and having a good time. He had a lot of friends, and they described him as a very laid-back and chill person, and never had a problem telling people how much he loved and cared about them. He was a kind and helpful person, and absolutely loved being outdoors. Steven had a good relationship with both of his parents, but was especially close with his mother. When his mom went back to school, Steven wrote her this note:
“I am so proud of you and admire all of the effort that I watched you put forth throughout the past 2 years. It takes an enormous amount of devotion (far more than me) to endure the stress and responsibilities that you have taken upon yourself. I look up to you every day because of what you’ve done for me & Blake throughout our lives and how if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish any of your hopes, dreams, and more!!! I love you to the moon & back.”
WHO WAS MARY KATHERINE HIGDON?
Mary was born in 1994 and also had a good and healthy life growing up with a loving family. She was described as being a happy-go-lucky child who was always running around and laughing, and she even enjoyed performing for her family by putting on these cute little plays. She was also very friendly, creative, and absolutely adored nature and animals. Mary was also raised around guns and grew up to really like them.
THEY WANTED TO BE TOGETHER FOREVER
Mary and Steven were High School sweethearts, and as soon as they met they became inseparable. They had so much in common, but the main passion they bonded over was their mutual love for the outdoors. They would often go hiking, camping, fishing, and even hunting together. After they graduated High School, the two moved into their own place together in Griffin Georgia. Steven worked as a metal worker, and Mary worked as a part-time teachers assistant in Saint George's Episcopal School in Milner, Georgia. She also worked at a sporting goods store where she sold guns. Steven had a best friend named Thomas Skinner who worked with Mary at the store for a long time, and he explained how all the employee’s would need to learn basic gun safety rules before handling the guns alone. They had to learn how to hold them, load them, and shoot them, etc, so Mary definitely knew how to handle a gun properly. This information is important for the later details of the case. Steven also loved guns and had owned at least 10 of them, and they kept a Glock 42 in their home.
Steven also had two other very close friends, Chase Pruitt, and Andrew Mckee. The four of them were a really close group of friends and cared deeply about each other, so naturally they cared about who everyone was dating as well. When the group first met Mary, they felt a little hesitant about her, but then soon began to really like her. They liked how much she and Steven had in common and that she was super into the outdoors, but most of all, they liked how happy she made him. Steven’s family also loved Mary, and his mother Jennifer considered her to be like a daughter-in-law already.
THE 9-1-1 CALL
Skip all the way to the summer of 2018, where Mary was 24 and Steven was 23. At this time they have been dating on and off for seven years, while still living together in that same apartment in Griffin. However, on the night of August 1st, Mary Katherine made a call to 9-1-1. There’s a lot of debate about the authenticity of this 9-1-1 call. Some people think that the call sounds very fake and staged, while others believe that Mary sounds genuinely panicked and frightened. Nonetheless, it doesn’t really matter if it was staged or genuine, what matters are the words that were recorded coming out of her mouth. “I ACCIDENTALLY JUST SHOT MY BOYFRIEND.” When the police arrived at the scene, their body camera recorded the footage of Mary’s behavior inside the home. She was extremely hysterical, crying, hyperventilating, very panicked, and no one could calm her down what-so-ever. She was kneeling over his body, begging for someone to help him, and when she was told to move away from the body, she refused to move and just kept screaming over and over again, “I cannot lose him! I cannot lose him!” Once again, this video was heavily argued about, as some people believed that her behavior was fake and staged, as they felt like she was being extremely overdramatic, while other people believed that she was displaying real, raw, emotions. When police arrived at the scene, Steven was still alive and was rushed to the hospital. He was shot directly into his chest, just below his neck. Sadly, he succumbed to his injuries and passed away just a few minutes before midnight. Immediately, police did not think this was an accident, they believed it was definitely a homicide.
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THE INVESTIGATION
When Mary was first questioned, she told the police that she had accidentally shot him. She claimed that she was just handing him the gun and it just went off. She claimed that she had no idea there was a bullet in the chamber, as they normally don’t leave their guns loaded inside the house. However, eventually her story changed, and she claimed to have tossed the gun to Steven, not handed it to him. Right off the bat, the police didn’t believe her story at all. One of them specifically has a lot of experience with guns, and he knew that you can’t just toss or hand over a gun and have it randomly go off. No, you need to actually pull the trigger for it to go off. She also would’ve had to directly point it at him in order for the bullet to hit him where it did. The evidence at the crime scene also pointed towards this being a homicide. They knew that some type of argument happened between them right before the shooting, as there was food thrown everywhere around the house, and they also smelled alcohol on her breath, which could also mean that there was a fight, and she was drinking out of frustration.
After her initial questioning, the police got Mary to agree to sit down and talk to them without her lawyer, and to have the whole thing recorded on tape. As the interrogation went on, they began really ripping into her. They were yelling and screaming at her, telling her that they didn’t believe her story, demanding that she tell them the truth, etc. They used this as a tactic to force the truth out of her, and it worked. Mary Katherine admitted that she shot him out of anger. Now, you’re all probably sitting there and thinking that this is great news, they have her confession on tape, the cat is in the bag, and everything goes smoothly from there, right? Wrong. After Mary was arrested and charged with murder, the police went to review the tape and all they could hear is static feedback noise. Her confession was completely inaudible. This tape was the biggest piece of evidence they had to close this case, and it was ruined, and they had no backup recordings. Now all they had was their word against hers. Thankfully, this tape wasn’t the only source of evidence that they had. They also had proof that the gun was loaded that very same night, even though she claimed that she had no idea it was loaded. There was cooking grease on the magazine, and all over the side of the gun, which makes sense considering she was cooking a london broil that same night, which was super greasy. This is also the food that was found thrown all over the floor. They also found out that the police have been called to their home 5 times within the last year, two of them confirmed to be for domestic disputes.
Police decided to question Stevens' three closest friends, and every single one of them were adamant about Mary Katherine purposely shooting him. They described their relationship to be very toxic. She was possessive, jealous, very verbally abusive and mentally unstable. She said they were constantly fighting and yelling at each other. Whenever he would leave the house to get away from her, she would constantly blow up his phones with text messages and phone calls, so much to the point where he’d have to block her. A co-worker of his was interviewed and he stated that he was in the car with Steven on their way to a job, and she had called him 30 times before they were even to get to their first job of the day. His friends said that he was scared of Mary Katherine, and that she had pulled her gun out on him three or four times already. They said that he never reported her to the police before because at the time, he really loved her and didn’t want her to get into trouble. However, in July of 2018, Steven was finally ready to leave Mary Katherine. His plan was to move out and leave to a different town and not tell her that he was leaving, because he was so afraid of what her reaction would’ve been.
On July 30th just two days before he was shot, the two exchanged sweet text messages together which read: “Good morning beautiful! Don’t forget,” which Mary Katherine responded, “Thank you. Have a great day,” in which he responded back, “You too. Love you.” This is how their relationship was for a very long time. Just very hot and cold. The very next day, the two of them got into a huge fight, which caused him to leave the home and stay at a friend's house. He told his friend that he was literally “running from Satan.” The next night, Mary Katherine made a london broil as an apology for the argument hey had, and she was just hoping that he would come home for dinner, eat the nice meal together, talk things out, and then move along like they’ve always done before. However, he never came home this time, which really angered Mary Katherine. When she was questioned about this by police, she just told them that she was simply irritated that she made this nice meal for him and he wasn’t coming home to enjoy it with her. Mary blew up his phone like usual, and even called up his mother to see if he was there. Jennifer told her that he was actually at his friend Thomas’ house, and Mary jumped into her car and drove over there. Thomas and Steven had already left the home and were just driving around in the truck, and Mary Katherine notices the truck and starts following them. She was driving so close to them that she was right up against his bumper, and she drove right next to their truck, rolled down the window and started screaming, “ARE YOU COMING HOME NOW?” Thomas says that Steven was just feeling kind of defeated at this point and tells her yes, he’s gonna be coming home now. Two hours later, Steven was shot. It’s speculated that Steven went home to permanently end things with her, and that's what sparked the fight that turned deadly.
THE CONTROVERSIAL TRIAL
Mary Katherine was being charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during a commission of a felony. She was offered a plea deal of life in prison with a possibility of parole if she pleads guilty. However, she didn’t take this deal and took the case to trial, where she pleaded not guilty due to having to shoot Steven in self-defense. Mary Katherine was being represented by public defenders who told the jury that she was actually afraid of Steven due to his history of abuse, and there was concrete evidence of this abuse, which all came out during her trial. The prosecutors didn’t have the confession tape anymore, so all they had to use was the evidence involving the grease of the gun, and bringing in all of Stevens' friends as witnesses.
One thing that helped tremendously on Mary Katherine’s side, was having her take the stand to tell the jury what had happened to her throughout her relationship. This is all solely based on her words. She stated that Steven had a very controlling, manipulating, and dangerous side to his personality that no one else really knew about. She claimed that she experienced every kind of abuse imaginable with him. Verbal abuse, physical abuse, and she claims that he had raped her on two separate occasions. She claimed that he pushed her to the brink of madness due to the way he treated her. She claimed that he had to know what she was doing, where she was and who she was with at all times, along with what she was spending money on and even about what she was eating, so he was financially abusive as well. She also mentions that on one occasion, Steven had kicked her very hard, which caused her to fall off the bed and bang her head. She said she didn’t call the police because she was afraid that she would just blame herself, feeling like she had pushed him that far to where he needed to abuse her.
There was one other major piece of evidence for her side, which were all the text messages that were recovered between her and Steven, where Steven was sending her extremely vulgar and concerning messages, threatening her. These were texts from the year prior, and there were 63 pages of these texts showing Steven clearly verbally attacking her. The messages were so vulgar that the police haven’t revealed many of them to the public. One text message he sent was when he was out fishing with his friends. He sent her a picture of himself holding a dead fish and said, “this is you bitch.” He sent her another text saying, “I’m gonna fucking wreck you for wrecking me.” This was apparently related to the fact that she cheated on him one time, and he lost it. Steven sent her another text saying, “the more shit you talk, the more you’re gonna get punished when I get home.” When the court asked her what he meant by “punishing her” she claimed that he would come home, scream at her, ask her why can’t she be a better girlfriend and just do the things she tells her to do, why can’t she follow his rules, and he would physically assault her by smacking her, kicking her, punching her, just beating her in general. Mary Katherine sat on the stand in tears, completely just breaking down when telling this story, and claimed that if she ever tried to stand up for herself and protect herself, he would say things like, “don’t hit me because if you hit me then I’m just gonna hit you back two times harder.”
Mary Katherine also explained that Steven had what they called a “red room” This room was used for very aggressive sex where he would kind of abuse her in a sexual manner, doing things to her that she didn’t like, in order to inflict pain onto her. There was one text message which read, “I miss you too much. I’m coming home and you’re about to get it bad. You’re going to the red room.” This is where she tells the court that Steven had raped her on two different occasions. She explains that on one of these occasions, they had just gotten back from their vacation to Disney World, and they began having sex. However, it was becoming too aggressive and she wasn’t enjoying it, so she told him to stop. Not only did he not stop, but he said these words: “I bought you all these things at Disney World, so now you’re going to give me what I want. You’re going to give me what I deserve.” She also told the court that the night he was shot went completely differently then what police had originally thought. She explained that she was the one who broke up with him, and he was the one who freaked out and started attacking her, and that’s when she grabbed the gun to defend herself and accidentally shot him. She stated that her last words to him were, “get the fuck out of my house,” and then he lunged himself at her and that’s when she shot him. However, forensic evidence proved that he was sitting on the corner of his mattress when she shot him. He never got up, and he never even moved. He was shot while sitting, and then he fell backwards.
Of course the police, his family, and his friends don’t believe this at all, because she was the one who was going crazy and following the truck demanding him to come home. She was also the one who cooked up this amazing meal where she claimed originally was to apologize for the fight and hoped they’d just continue forward like usual. Also, his friends and family knew him to be this amazing, laidback, friendly, caring and good person. He wasn’t this aggressive monster that she was portraying him to be. His mother Jennifer said that even though she had no idea that he was talking to her the way he was, and she isn’t proud of him for speaking that way to a woman, she believes everything was said out of anger. So we have his friends giving all of these statements about how their relationship was and explaining all of these horrible things that she did to him, her behavioral issues, how she pulled a gun on him several times before… Then we also have what she’s saying, and even though Steven was not there to defend himself, we can’t deny the photo evidence given from the text messages he was sending to her. So even though they could prove that he was also a toxic person in this relationship, they can’t technically prove that he did every single thing that she was claiming he did. The trial continued to get complicated as Steven’s friends kept saying that she was the physically abusive one, and that she would hit and punch him all the time, and that they never saw him ever raise a hand to her before. However, the defense argued that his friends never actually saw any of this physical abuse occurring, and anything could’ve been happening behind closed doors that his friends never knew about. The defense also alleged that Steven had a drug and alcohol addiction which contributed to his violent outbursts.
The prosecution brought up a very important text message that Steven sent to Mary Katherine saying, “I know you’ve pointed a gun at me multiple times already, but last time scared the shit out of me.” Mary Katherine said that this was about her shooting herself, not shooting him. She never threatened to shoot him, she always threatened to shoot herself. This is why his friends and family think he stayed in the relationship as long as he did, because he was afraid that she would commit suicide if he left her. Prosecutors also argued that she had altered her story at least 10 times since the moment she was questioned.
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LOVE, VICTOR S3 SPOILERS
listen. i love LOVE love “Love, Victor”. it’s such a comfort show, and i truly love each and every character and how they have slowly developed over the seasons. mia in her walk through family and love and what she deserves, andrew in his redemption arc to show he’s a true softie at heart and just wants to be cared and nurtured too, lake and her unpacking of why she cares so much about social media presence, how she looks — her mother, and why she chose felix the first time, felix himself where he finds the love he’s been searching for throughout his whole life, rahim and his story of coming out and being true to himself, pilar and her constantly being a badass (she’s my absolute favorite in her angsty teen ways), and even the parents to where they are now. each and every character had something to share and grow from, and what i truly loved from the show was that it would be realistic in its endings.
season 3 was very interesting to watch. it showed the reality of benji and what addiction looks like and how to get better, and for a relationship to work, one must be okay themselves. it was good, very healthy of benji to do.
i hated nick but i liked the aspect of making sure you’re safe and getting tested and that sometimes casual is cool and sometimes relationship is good (maybe even better)
i loved lake and lucy’s story, it was beautiful, it was healthy that felix and her realized their incompatibility, because felix’s description of him being a fish for her to only die and her not caring was sad and obsolete—
and in season 2 to see how pilar and felix slow burn and love formed was beautiful. you truly saw how wonderful their relationship could and was, she was his perfect match and his dorky ass was too to her, but in s3 it all crumbled because he was wise and listened to the parents? it showed her insecurity like in s1 with her old boyfriend when she wanted to send racy pics to keep him around and then she wanted to have sex with felix to keep him around as if that was all their relationship was made out to me. felix loved her and i think if pilar let him talk to her ? and idk it just seemed like she had a lot of shit to get thru with him and usually they were really good at talking to each other, conversation always flowed easily in s2 but suddenly they couldn’t talk things out in s3? it just didn’t make sense or speak to what their whole journey was to get together, and how they were perfect together. i understood the ending of how pilar didn’t wanna separate felix from the family but i didn’t get his speech of not putting her first and also her saying he quickly chose her family over her, like i get being offended but like i felt like they should’ve talked about how they felt and empathize with each other and work it out. i wanted them together since they worked hard to BE together smh. idk, it seemed unfair.
i liked how mia and andrew fought against the odds and her embracing scary, but i was concerned about andrews devotion towards mia. i’m glad she and her dad told him not to throw his future away. but i do love them togeyher.
idk i feel like this shouldn’t have been the last season. i get what michael cimino said when he felt like this season closed the chapter and you felt like you didn’t need to keep watching to make sure victor was okay but i didn’t feel that entirely. like i understood the ending and was okay, but i also wasn’t for some of the other students. like andrew and mia are good, lake and lucy too, but i felt like there was a lot more for felix and pilar, and to know how the electrical business goes for the family. how the brother gets thru stuff. idk maybe i’m more attached? but i felt like there was more. idk i was unsatisfied (maybe okay with it) but just unfulfilled with the last season. idk 8 episodes wasn’t enough :(
#love victor#victor salazar#benji#pilar salazar#pilar x felix#felix weston#rahim#andrew#mia#lake#lucy#season 3 spoilers
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kevaaron fluff
before practice aaron and kevin have a very intense stretching routine they do together. it takes them a solid 20 minutes to do every time but they refuse to practice without doing it first bc they dont want to sprain a muscle. neil complains about his legs being sore once and kevin then forces him and andrew to join them too.
pre-kevaaron stretch routines were absolute hell for andrew and neil bc they had to deal with kevin and aaron being flustered when they were watching each other do some of the stretches, or when they had to do the ones where one of them was lying on the ground and the other was pressing their leg into the air for them. andrew had never been happier that he ended his deal with aaron, bc now he could bully kevin into asking his brother out bc jesus christ he didnt want to see that much unresolved sexual tension involving his little brother.
kevin steals his dad's sams clubs card to by big multipacks of sports drinks and bulk buy healthy food. he always drags aaron with him, and theyll get churros in the food court to eat while theyre shopping. aaron complains to kevin that they dont go on enough dates and kevin goes "dude, we literally went to sams club last saturday" and aaron realizes how dumb his very pretty boyfriend is. "andrew i just realized im dating a himbo" "kevin's not a himbo he just forgets he's not straight sometimes"
aaron and kevin use hand warmers for their sore joints after practice, or will keep them in their pockets for when their hands are sore. they have the ones with adhesives to put on the inside of their clothing, and will use those on their legs when they have long classes after practice. matt walks in on kevin putting his arm down the front of aaron's pants to help him put the adhesive in the right place and is scarred for life. he sends kevin a 3 page word document titled "god i wish i were blind: a guide on how to have a healthy sex life when you have roomates who arent into voyeurism"
aaron sprains his ankle when kevin accidentally pushes him off of his bunk bed when they're making out bc he thought there was a wall behind him. kevin decided that it is too risky for him and aaron to kiss during exy season so from now on his relationship with aaron will be completely chaste until summer break. the decision lasted exactly 47 minutes, until aaron came back from his morning class.
sometimes kevin forgets that nicky is related to aaron and will start talking about how pretty he is and be offended when nicky doesn't agree with him "have you seen him stretch to get my cereal off of the top shelf? i want to have so many babies with him. dont you think he's great too?" "no lol" "fuck you, you have awful taste" "im literally his legal gaurdian" "oh, yeah."
aaron loves halloween so he 'forces' kevin to go to pumpkin patches and haunted houses with him. the twins used to work at one of the haunted houses so aaron knows all the hiding places in the building so he makes kevin hide with him to scare the actors and other people going through. they only go once, because an hour in andrew and neil show up and try to take their hiding place because they were gonna try to scare people too. aaron is horrified that his brother had the same date night idea that he had and never takes kevin to that haunted house again.
aaron makes kevin use his interview personality to get them discounts when they go out to eat. kevin and aaron are both broke college students so kevin very berdugingly will go along with aaron's plan. "babe i only have $3 for coffee but i wanted a bagel too~" "im not doing the thing" "come on you love doing it" "no i dont. im not doing it." "ok. guess ill just starve. you dont have to do the thing." "fine." "i just said you dont have to~" "im doing it. stop looking at me like that" "thanks babe i knew you loved me"
aaron is majoring in chemistry and has to take 8 different chem classes before he graduates, so kevin knows way more about chem then he needs to. aaron will take pictures of the cool reactions he gets to do in lab and send them to kevin bc kevin likes the colors. for his history major, kevin has to write a big paper so he writes about famous chemists so he can have aaron help him. aaron isnt really much help though bc theyll read about a discovery one of the chemists made and then go down a science rabbit hole and realize that kevin still doesn't know anything about the chemist.
this post is dedicated to my lovely besties with kevaaron requesties: @/lena.h.w @/kaaaaarts @abundance-ofemilys (@/aftg.bois) @allfourthefoxes @/ukumushu_the_bibliophile
#if you repost tag me on ig @all.for.the.gays#aftg#all for the game#the foxes#aftg hc#aftg shitpost#andreil#andrew minyard#neil josten#all for the game trilogy#aftg trilogy#aftg headcanons#kevaaron headcanon#kevaaron#kevaaron hc#kevaaron headcanons#kevin x aaron#kevin day hc#kevin day headcanon#aaron x kevin#kevin day#aaron minyard hc#aaron minyard headcanons#aaron minyard#aaron minyard headcanon#all for the game hc#all for the game series#all for the game headcanon#neil abram josten
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New to the fandom, Could you explain June? 💯 Love and support her. But homestuck 2 doesn't have her and I'm just confused?
June Egbert precedes the concept of homestuck^2! I’ve seen a lot of people be confused about this because they weren’t active on the fandom at the time the epilogues dropped, when reading her as a trans woman got a lot of discussion going and eventually lead to multiple confirmations.
So here’s an attempt at contextualization:
Throughout Homestuck, a few key ideas about Egbert’s identity and motivation to push forward with her hero’s journey are dropped like breadcrumbs. She’s meant to play the default straight-man protagonist. Her defining traits are ridiculously… generic, when compared to how all the other kids present themselves and stick to exaggerated bits. She’s a perfectly normal, regular suburban kid with normal, suburban issues.
She may not leave her room a whole lot. She may not have a lot of real life friends in the neighborhood. She holds a comical irritation for the concept of birthdays, even though her father is extremely supportive, and is delighted to see his son grow up nice and healthy. There’s no reason for her to be so irrationally upset at cakes and gifts, and that’s what makes the setup funny! June doesn’t even know why she’s annoyed with half of the things that annoy her, what the heck.
But under all that playing around there is a sense that her life is so normal, so blasé, so unexciting and limiting and hollow and fake that she’d give anything to not be herself, even if only for ten minutes. This goes way, way back. It’s why June needs SBURB to happen.
June lives as though her life hasn’t started yet. She’s stuck in the Tutorial stage. I would argue while most kids (and trolls) play SBURB to escape a shitty environment or the end of the world as they know it, June plays for a simpler reason: She needs to escape herself, and she needs to do it before it is too late.
Being thirteen means crossing the homeric abyss between being a child with no care for the world sporting a generic hand-me-down identity and becoming a Teen (capital T) who needs to figure out how to cope with atrocious bodily changes while building the adult they’re meant to be AND deciding what the fuck they want out of life, and how they’re going to work to get it, forever and ever.
When you’re trans, and you don’t yet know you’re trans (or that this is a thing you’re even ALLOWED to be) the above feels a lot like serving a life sentence for an intangible crime.
You know what you’re supposed to do. You’ve seen it on tv, you’ve heard it from your dad, you know what are the normal trials and tribulations. You know you'll grow a few pimples and stubble and you'll need to learn how to shave, obviously, because it's basically a tradition in your family, and no one is really happy to be a teen. You know at some point you'll find a nice girl and you'll grow a hat out of your skull and then you will have to pay taxes and maybe you will have a baby daughter? You'd like it to be a daughter for no particular reason. And when you get a daughter you're going to name her Casey and she's going to be adorable and this is something you've dedicated a lot of thought to. Maybe its because you thought Nic Cage looked really cool with those long flowing locks in con air, the movie who featured a trans woman as a minor character for a few minutes (and she gets quite a bit of compliments, regardless of how the movie has aged), and he had a really exciting life, but goddamn did he love his daughter. There is no purer love than the bond between a father and his daughter.
This absolutely has nothing to do with your father and you, or how you hold no excitement for becoming an adult man, or how your father's excitement for you becoming an adult man in your stead feels a little stifling.
But i digress.
June spends her time on SBURB mostly hassling karkat, and readily following the instructions of zany, dangerous, COOL girls that seem to know what they're doing. June lets Terezi lead her to certain death without blinking. June lets Vriska dress her up as soon as opportunity presents itself. June thinks its really funny to trick this troll Who Types Really Oddly into believing she's Rose, and also into believing that she's a very silly girl. You may even say Homestuck employs a few of jokes pertaining to how her name looks like EGG !
June has a ball playing this game until it starts to get shitty. She's never able to mend her relationship with her dad, as he's one of the first causalities. She has to spend a lot of time waiting around with jade on a ship until things get cool and exciting again, but she never stops growing during those three years. Its fine, though, because there's always more things to be done and more people to fight.
Until there aren't, and they make a new earth, and while everyone cheers and claps for the birth of a new planet June realizes all her excuses are over. Her friends begin to grow up. Rose gets married. Jade is living her best life. Dave has a not-boyfriend glued to his hip. Jane has a job. Jake is on TV for some reason. June doesn't want to leave home. June's birthday is around the corner again. Here come all the congratulations for becoming a strong lad for yet another year! Vriska is gone. Terezi is gone. SBURB is over. Wacky hijinks have been swapped for real-ass, boring-ass Regular life. We watch her unsuccessfully chase after the glory of days gone by when Rose presents her the possibility of going back into the game, when things were cool and mattered, or her flimsy decision to settle down with a nice girl she hasn’t really made an effort to know and become a father and be absolutely miserable for four decades as she asserts nothing is real, not anymore, and this is just how it is.
Depersonalization, depression and general apathy towards the world are all pronounced aspects of dysphoria that seem like unrelated incidents for someone who hasn't came out yet. June's trainwreck of a life post-game, specially her feeling of hollowness and chasing after anything that could fill it struck a chord with trans readers who left the epilogues to read HS again and discovered this has always sort of been here. June being a trans woman who doesn't have the proper vocabulary to express she is a trans woman makes a lot of earlier bits from the comic click into place, now in a broader context. We settled in the name "June" because it's what she imagines Vriska is calling her at some point, amid laughs, but even that was discussed for a lengthy period last year. What would she want to be called, what are possible tags for this, etc. But it was mostly for fun and games, because the prospect of the protagonist of a 10 year old beloved cult series being ACTUALLY confirmed as a trans woman just wasn't something that was done.
Until word got around to Andrew Hussie and he was reportedly so pleased with this interpretation of events he’d be making references to it, and some time later, a box of toblerones was left in a cave as a gift for fans to find. The first person to find a toblerone thought it would be funny to dedicate it to June, because now she was an ongoing reference that was fun to make. Instead of it ending there, Hussie logs on twitter for the first time in a long while to say 'Oh yeah, i'll make it happen' and that's when the whole thing exploded. I have a post detailing this made a year ago (with pictures!) so i won't keep you here.
In the year since, June has been vaguely alluded to in Pesterquest (in jade's end card, she's having her nails painted by rose.) Has been widely adopted by the community, those making their own fanventures and continuations, and the team behind Homestuck^2. In every way that matters, she's already thriving within the community that brought her to light a year ago. But her coming out in canon is something that will take time and a proper narrative arc to happen, one that is still being set up. We know it'll come eventually, the only question is “how”.
Not that the wind waits for anyone.
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𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
this was definitely not the announcement i wanted to make, but it needs to happen.
i am going on an indefinite hiatus.
this isn't forever, it's likely only going to be for a week or two, but i'm still qualifying it as a hiatus.
andrew, my fiance, and i have been having some serious relationship problems, and we almost broke up last night. if you didn't know, we had been together for a few years leading up to december of 2019, when we broke up. i was 3 months pregnant, and we were severely toxic for eachother, and broke things off officially (we'd been on and off for weeks).
on mothers day of 2021, we went out for lunch, and spent the day together, and he expressed that he'd gone to therapy, and wanted us to be a family again. we started dating and got engaged very quickly, a little too quickly.
there were a lot of issues that both of us ignored, wanting to provide a stable home for our child, and we were neglecting each other emotionally because of it. we hid it online, but the two of us have defintiely been struggling severely since christmas time. we had a huge blowout fight on boxing day, and ended up 'breaking up' for a few hours. we reconciled and everything was fine, but we were still struggling.
yesterday was almost the breaking point, and our time spent together yesterday, which i illustrated in 'post poned' (i needed to express my sadness in a healthy way, and andrew gave me permission to write and post that fic) if you're interested in what happened in more detail. basically, we decided to post pone our wedding indefinitely, and make more time for eachother. we've decided that we got engaged too quickly, and that we should take more time together as 'boyfriend/girlfriend' (im still looking for a gender neutral term for girlfriend btw) and not focus on wedding planning as i was doing the majority of the work.
this means that i need to take a small step back for a little while. i talk about andrew a lot on here, and i get asked about him and our relationship a lot (which i am totally okay with) but after what happened yesterday, and us currently not living under the same roof, i need a break, and a space to escape from him as much as i love him.
we both hurt each other, and we both need time. we're still together, and we still love each other, but building a marriage takes time, and we need to do that offline. he doesn't know if he'll still be active on his account, but says that you're welcome to follow if you want to, and he's going to try to post more about himself.
what does this mean for my blog?
my requests are currently closed.
i may still write, but nothing will be posted for a while.
i am still willing to interact with all of you, but i will be doing so on my rant account @shutupava. any asks/requests sent here will not be posted until i officially come back.
all of my series are put on hold. as i said, it won't be long, likely a week or two, but no current writing will be posted until then.
i apologize for this, but i need to do what is right for me, and my family. i will keep you all updated, i promise <3
tagging some mutuals: @eun-dadplease, @balenciagabarnes @uhmellamoanna@amazingarfield @natashasera @agentofbarnes @inlovewithhisblueeyes @monkeyspud
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✨just twinyard things✨
the road to a healthy, loving relationship is long one, but it is one they're both willing to take together, and eventually, they do like actual sibling shit and it drives everyone crazy
arguing about who is the older twin. eventually they check some medical records (??) and find out that andrew is older by 19 minutes he never lets aaron hear the end of it
“respect your elders” “by 19 minutes!” “best 19 minutes of my life”
“see, aaron, my little brother-” “oh go fuck yourself”
coordinating halloween outfits!! like the twins in the shining
i just watched cat in the hat and honestly just imagine aaron insisting on being called chocolate thunda instead of thing 2 and anyways that is now his permanent contact name in nicky's phone
they dress up as each other to mess with the other foxes way too often. like they'll wear the same things and get rid of any distinctive scents ( cigarette smoke, lush body sprays that aaron totally uses ) and try their very hardest to maintain the same facial expressions
and only neil and kevin and nicky can tell them apart
once they try dressing up as each other; neil doesn't even mention it and just pretends nothing happened. kevin takes one look at andrew in aarons clothes and rolls his eyes but doesn't point it out bcs the other foxes are completely fooled. nicky can tell something's off and figures it out when they start talking
( they stop doing that after they graduate tho, bcs aaron's no longer playing exy and grows his hair out a bit longer )
and i'm just,, thinking of the twins being separated at birth,, neither of them can even remember the other but there's always this awful, indescribable feeling of missing something, this horrible feeling of loneliness that only goes away after months and months of therapy bcs they're together again and they aren't what they could've been but they're them and they've found each other after 20 years and a billion obstacles and that's enough
wow okay now i'm emo and i fucking hate tilda minyard so much
MOVING ON
andrew the eidetic memory bitch can hold a grudge like hades, especially for his baby brother
“why do you keep trying to knock that striker down??” “he slammed you into the plexiglass once” “wait when” “two years ago” “wha-”
we all know andrew loves desserts and sugary things and basically everything that edges poor kevin closer to cardiac arrest. but he can't bake for shit and neither can his doting boyfriend
nicky can COOK and neil can,, make food?? it's edible but it doesn't taste good
so aaron learns how to bake for his semi-psycho knife-wielding twin brother with a sweet tooth that can kill, as you do
it takes a bit of experimentation, and a lot of nicky coming in while he's busy making something and getting into a food fight with him, but he becomes surprisingly good at it!
cookies, cupcakes, pie. mug cakes for nightmare nights, which andrew can make too. he bakes a whole-ass chocolate cake for their birthday!
also i give you: emotional support stuffed animals
aaron gets a stuffed tiger the size of his tiny torso from nicky the first time they met when aaron was 2, and nicky was 5 and wondering why his baby cousin's skin was covered with red pinch marks
it's almost 23 years later when he reveals he's kept it the entire time, on the birthday that he shares with his brother, when he gives him an exact copy that he got from god-knows-where
nicky cries
if anyone has any requests, my ask box is always open and i'm always bored!
#gonna make one with the twins + nicky soon!#hope you enjoyed!#i have too many comfort characters#and aaron is the one i'll write the most for bcs he deserves more love#aftg headcanons#the foxhole court#aftg#all for the game#✨just twinyard things✨#andrew minyard#aaron minyard#twinyards#twinyard headcanons#neil josten#kevin day#nicky hemmick#the monsters#aftg monsters#hope you enjoyed this!!
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Staff Recs - Podfics
Lately we’ve noticed a lot of podfics streaming by our tumblrs from @ao3feed-thefoxholecourt, so we’re reccing some that we’ve listened to and enjoyed. Kudos to the fic writers of course, but also a big thank you to the intrepid podficcers who put in a lot of work for little notice or acclaim. - AFTG Fic Rec Fam
previous podfic ask here
Podfics by Ceewelsh of ‘i swear i only fell for you on accident’ series here (NB: this Allison and Kevin snark-fueled attraction fest is great fun to listen to! If the podficcer continues, part 4 will be a juicy rated M)
Podfics by Flowerparrish for ‘high up in the hills of california’ here (NB: includes author commentary, backstory, tidbits, sequel talk, and general fandom chat/headcanons)
10-15 minutes
NB: a multicast podfic of a podcast…!
[podfic] i've been confused on how to move (real love's so hard to find) by growlery, knight_tracer, the24thkey [Rated G, 14 min, Complete, 2021]
Original by Talls recced here
Justin: John Doe says “I am a student athlete and I have an issue with someone on my team. The first time I ever met him, he hit me so hard in the stomach with a racquet that I went flying to the floor...
20-35 minutes
NB: it’s great fun listening to Neil on his worst behavior and Andrew’s family losing their minds!
[Podfic] For He's A Jolly Good Felon by Aliteralgarbageheap [Rated T, 22 min, Complete, 2021]
Original by gluupor recced here
What's a guy to do when he's forced to go to his conservative, homophobic aunt and uncle's for Thanksgiving dinner?
Why, invite along his ex-con, tattooed, argumentative roommate as his fake boyfriend, of course.
NB: don’t miss hearing this au of Neil’s first interaction with Andrew — a sassy Harry Potter-esque howler and ode to the Grinch mashup — and Andrew’s lingering golden stare.
[Podfic of] temper temper by Flowerparrish Pods (Flowerparrish) [Rated T, 21 min, Complete, 2020]
Original by Ominous here
“You paid for the deluxe package,” Neil says as he scrolls through his payment history to find his client's invoice. His system is simple:
Basic Package: Fuck you…
Intermediate Package: Fuck you, with passion…
Deluxe Package: Fuck you to hell…
And it looks like Andrew Minyard is the unlucky soul today.
NB: this fic is filled with rich descriptions that I read quickly but could more fully appreciate in the podfic version
[Podfic] hands like birds by Aliteralgarbageheap [Rated T, 26 min, Complete, 2021]
Original by lolainslackss recced here
Busy working on his thesis and waiting tables, Andrew Minyard doesn’t have time to think about boys.
That doesn’t mean certain boys can’t be distracting, though, and between his cat-sitter who won’t stop flirting with him via post-it note and the new, unforgivably attractive kitchen assistant working at the restaurant, Andrew is very distracted indeed.
tw: ableism, tw: implied/referenced character death, tw: scars, tw: anxiety disorder
NB: an original podfic work! With a voice cast and sound effects!
The Looking Game by Ceewelsh, impersonal_villain, mahons_ondine, mistbornhero, Poddragon27 (Penndragon27), Ravin, RhetoricalQuestions [Rated T, 5268 Words/33 min, Complete, 2020]
Don’t be mad, Andrew. And don’t take it personally. This isn’t about you. I wanted to make everything work. Dorming with you, Exy with the foxes, graduate from undergrad, go pro, go Court, and with you I wanted… with you.
I couldn’t make it work.
Don’t try to find me. I’ve been planning this for a while, I have resources, I’ll be safe. Don’t try to find me. Andrew?
A voice murmurs. The recording cuts out.
tw: kidnapping, tw: abuse, tw: torture, tw: drug use, tw: car accident, tw: implied major character death, tw: blood/gore, tw: gun violence
45 minutes to 1 hour
NB: I have a soft spot for Andrew’s pov, and now we get to hear it! And those concoctions Neil makes, omg. Maybe fill up on something healthy before listening?
[Podfic] Daily Special by Aliteralgarbageheap [Rated M, 45 min, Complete, 2021]
Original by moonix here
Detailing the fast and slow seduction of one Andrew Minyard by a coffee shop specialising in hot chocolate and rude baristas.
tw: mental health issues, tw: medication side effects, tw: dissociation, tw: implied/referenced rape/non con
2 hours plus
NB: the reader’s cadence and tone pair beautifully with andreil’s developing relationship and the healing nature of this fic
[Podfic] right side of rock bottom by frecklebombfic (frecklebomb) [Rated M, 2h 26min, Complete, 2016]
Original by allyasavedtheday, recced here (Locked)
Neil thinks it might be the first time he’s taken a breath in days.
He hadn’t realised it because he’d been so caught up in packing and saying goodbye to everyone but now that it’s over he remembers his self-imposed countdown was meant to be up by now. It’s the end of the school year and five months ago, he thought he’d be dead by now.
Instead he has a team and a future and a home and Andrew.
(The last two might be interchangeable.)
tw: implied/referenced abuse, tw: implied/referenced csa, tw: alcohol, tw: implied/referenced self harm, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: ptsd, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
#staff rec#neil josten/andrew minyard#andrew minyard & renee walker#kevin day & neil josten#au: roommates#au: college/university#au: no exy#au: coffee shop#universe: post canon#theme: fluff & humour#theme: crack#theme: fluff & angst#theme: angst with a happy ending#theme: meet ugly#theme: pining#theme: mental health issues#theme: bed sharing#theme: ptsd#theme: tattoos#tw: ableism#tw: anxiety disorder#tw: abuse#tw: torture#tw: drug use#tw: car accident#tw: implied major character death#tw: blood/gore#tw: gun violence#tw: dissociation#tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon
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I wanna hear about Will Solace.
What goes on inside his mind? Who is he, other than Nico's boyfriend who heals him and takes care of him?
What's his relationship with his mother like? Did he struggle with his sexuality the way Nico did? How did he come out to her? Was his mother very supportive?
I imagine Naomi to be an amazing mom. The way Will carries himself, I can tell he has a very healthy relationship with his mother. And father, really.
The conversation goes like this in my head.
Will : "You don't look surprised."
Naomi : "Will, your dad is Apollo. I would be disappointed if you turned out to be straight."
How did he feel, having to take up the role as Cabin head after Michael Yew's death in the war? His insecurities about being "just a healer". We know he's mentioned how he wished he had some of his dad's other powers like Archery and music but he's good at just healing.
I imagine him saying this to his mother and her replying,
"You're just a healer? JUST a healer?"
"William Andrew Solace, I made you. How dare you even say that like it's too little a talent you have got there?"
She walks over and hugs him then.
"You are my perfect glowing boy and you are the best at whatever you want to do. Just because you're not as good at archery or music as your half siblings doesn't mean you're not good at all. Put some effort into it and no one. ABSOLUTELY no one compares to you."
I know there's a lot more to Will Solace than just being a healer sunshiny Boyfriend. I'd like to know who he is.
#this is canon#argue with the wall#will solace#i just wanna know#moreaboutourboy#also#naomi solace#amazingmom#PleaseUncleRick#willismorethanjustNico'sboyfriend#showuswhohereallyis#pjo#pjoverse#pjo hoo toa#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#nico di angelo#solange knowles#apollo
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Do you have any thoughts on the way “fuck you Nora” impacts things like ships, in particular the recent sentiment that andreil is toxic and other fanon ships are objectively better and healthier that’s in pockets of the fandom. Like I’ve definitely seen it in the Kevin-centric niche the most but even outside of that there’s this belief that things like jerejean and renison would be very soft and healthy when there’s no proof of that. It’s almost like plausible deniability because (1/2)
andreil has canon strengths and flaws that are irrefutable, so when they ship things like Jerejean kevjean that don’t interact they feel a license to make it “better” because they know better than Nora if that makes sense. And Kandrew and kevineil are pitched as being healthier than andreil, among fans who say they wish the kandreil draft was canon where Nora has said multiple times, even when she talks about how fun they were to write that k/a were “obsessive” (2/2)
Yeah I definitely think “fuck you Nora” can play into it, sort of like how for a while most marriage or “I love you” HC posts started or ended with “fuck you Nora”.
I think andreil are such a unique relationship dynamic of two very “difficult and violent” people ending up together, so I understand why they also get called toxic and flawed a lot. Tbh I can’t really see Andrew or Neil with anyone else, I think they fit together well and what works and is healthy for them just won't work or be healthy for everyone else.
I also agree in the plausible deniability aspect, sometimes I think these fans take these characters and names and general situations, and make them into OC’s and/or props to fulfill troupes. The nature of fan creation is to play around with canon.
I personally don’t think the average college boy would be emotionally prepared or equipped enough to be a healthy pairing for a recently escaped lifelong human trafficking and cult survivor who just narrowly survived. And I don’t think Kevin who held power over Jean in the nest at number 2 instead of 3 as well as Riko’s partner, would be healthy either. Kevin himself talks about how it was different for him than for Jean, it was worse for Jean since he was a “lower rank.” I think the idea Kevjean is better than Kevin and Thea comes partially from the belief that gay=better in fandom, and the ‘pair the spare’ mentality.
I also personally think that both Kandrew and Daysten/Kevineil are not good fits either. I’ve talked about it before and explained why I think Kandrew is unhealthy and am not really interested in exploring it, but for Kevineil I personally think they… fight too much I guess. You get in arguments with your friends as well as partners, but the way they affect you and power works can be very different, and the type of arguments are also typically different. I think they're fine as friends, but I think they would need a lot more outside of canon growth and development to be a fit romantically. I don’t care what others want to ship or explore, I just personally don’t see much appeal with either dynamic.
I think people who say “this would be healthier” are usually imagining their ideas and HC’s and version of the character rather than the canon one, as well as just… their personal idea of what is “healthier” and what a good relationship “looks like”.
Also you briefly mention Renesion as being depicted/perceived as “softer and healthier” too. From what I see of Renesion its very… just kinda there. Usually there isn't a lot of development or they're just sort of in the background of another fic. The Renee and Allison in canon would not pair well together imo either, I also mention this somewhere in an earlier ask as well. I'm all for wlw pairs and ships, and I've read like a decently long Renesion fic my friend @wishbonetea wrote called “The Gracekeepers” where they do actually have chemistry, but are growing differently than they do in canon. In canon Renee is a “bad person trying very hard to be a good person.” she’s anti-negative talk and avoids speaking ill of others or expressing negative or harsh opinions. Allison has recently escaped a stuffy rich people environment where all their words are cloaked and all compliments are backhanded and no one really says what they’re thinking, Allison’s personal growth from this is to let it out and say what she really thinks, who give a fuck if they think she's rude or unladylike, it's her feelings. Also Renee’s past is often just depicted as this cool thing rather than something very truamatizing that she struggles with, makes it hard for her to genuinely connect with others and be her ‘real self’, and Allison's on-again off-again boyfriend just died, and she was there the night it happened. I haven't seen any fics actually explore these topics, just kinda ship them since “pair the spare.” (if any of you know any fics that address this or focus on it lmk)
I'm not going to hold their chemistry to a higher standard than mlm ships tho, I've seen people ship almost all the male characters together in the tags but obviously don’t do as much content for the women, which is a shame because some of the fox ladies have interesting potential chemistry. Dan and Renee have a very interesting dynamic in the EC and Nora herself said if she were to ship the fox ladies it would be Dan with Renee. I personally have high standards for ‘shipping’ I guess, sometimes I vaguely think “oh this could be interesting” but rarely do I actively explore it. I'm a pretty canon focused consumer, I never watched supernatural thinking ‘dustiel’ or even picked up on the queer-baiting until much later. I don't care about shipping the way most fans seem to. I like to imagine Andrew and Neil meeting in their late 60’s or so, or even not meeting the other and being single and having fulfilling lives that way too, which is not a common way to ‘show affection’ to characters.
I agree with you and think it comes down to plausible deniability and this urge to ‘defy Nora’–be all edgy to an author who stopped listening–as well as pair the spare and fandom culture of shipping at its core. Shipping is seen as a good/better treatment of the characters and “what they deserve” a lot.
#ask#fandom culture#mailob#damn its 4 am why did i answer this now#i have work tomorrow lmfao#i hope u see this anon
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