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So Aaravos' parallels to Rayla is being a banished elf separated from her family; for Callum, it's being a mage who went too far likely out of desperation to save loved ones; and for Ezran, it's an inability to ultimately let go and relinquish your anger and hatred towards the people who have taken them from you.
#i forgot if i've made a post like this before but if so you're just seeing it again#ur welcome#brotp: we're in this together#tdp aaravos#chessmaster ezran#devil and the lovers#tdp#the dragon prince#'deep below' you mean everything to me#parallels#god i love when all the core protags have a parallel to the main villain#FEELS GOOD FEELS RIGHT#mine#text post
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There were so many amazing moments and scenes, as well as the relationships/dynamics we got to see developed more, that I really loved, admired and appreciated in S4. But one that I absolutely loved was seeing Soren and Rayla's newfound friendship. It was absolutely beautiful and heartwarming to see. Their dynamic is like brother/sister. It's amazing, beautiful and heartwarming to see:
#the dragon prince#the dragon prince: mystery of aaravos#tdp spoilers#tdp season 4#rayla#soren#their friendship/dynamic is everything 💜#brotp: we're in this together
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You know what... There's two moments when I thought that Cal softened Dagan. It was their first meeting. And then their second. It's seems Dagan is calmed down and lowered his head and saying perhaps you're right but then he attacked Cal. 😭
#we're can fight Empire together 😭#But they're didn't#Lost brotp potential#dagan gera#cal ketsis#star wars jedi survivor#I feel soft about them again
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Tag dump for a new request muse I’m adding specifically for Pyro
I am the golden one // Who burns just like the sun! (Dawn)
v; Stand firm // outlast // We won't be beaten by the past! - main
v; Who will you be when you're afraid // and everything changes? - young
Otp; We'll sit for a while as I drink in your smile // It feels like a dream that's come true! [strigdaeparliament [Damien] & Dawn]
Brotp; we'll catch that dream together someday soon // We're rising like the moon! [thcmutcbard & Dawn]
#Otp; We'll sit for a while as I drink in your smile // It feels like a dream that's come true! [strigdaeparliament [Damien] & Dawn]#v; Stand firm // outlast // We won't be beaten by the past!#I am the golden one // Who burns just like the sun! (Dawn)#Brotp; we'll catch that dream together someday soon // We're rising like the moon! [thcmutcbard & Dawn]#v; Who will you be when you're afraid // and everything changes?
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Man I am so vanilla when it comes to ships in Hazbin...
Staticmoth: The epitome of toxic old men yaoi. They're just the worst. They push each other's buttons. They both have obsessions on the side but both want to be each other's center of attention. Other people's suffering gets them horny. They got married three times and divorced five times. They know exactly how horrible the other one is but it only makes them more attracted to each other. They're so toxic it's a health hazard for everyone around them. I wish nothing more than for them to die horribly while holding hands.
Chaggie: I've been shipping them since the pilot and I'll be real they were everything I wanted and even more. I always knew that their relationship would be mostly background stuff since they're an established couple, and I was excited to have something where the main character is in a stable and affectionate relationship. I didn't expect them to get a whole little storyarc with the whole angel drama... I'm just. So happy. Seeing them, knowing how much they supported each other over the years when they had no one else on their side, openly working out their issues... They're just everything that's good in the world.
Huskerdust: I feel about it a bit more differently compared to the previous two. I'm happy to see them just do whatever, but Huskerdust stands out because its development is kind of... part of the plot of the show, rather than just being an extra layer to their characters. I'm not even interested in fanfiction for them because I'm too excited to see how it progresses in the actual show.
Radiorose: QPR goals. Alastor having someone he's so comfortable with honestly elevated his character for me. I don't have a lot to say but I enjoy seeing them together immensely.
Appledust: guilty pleasure comfort ship, refer to this post for more context.
Ships I like less under the cut, I try not to be too mean but still, be careful.
Radiostatic (Or, I guess, Onewaybroadcast, rather): I like it a lot but only when it caters to my superspecific tastes. First of all it needs to be one-sided. The second Alastor reciprocates I'm like *Lucifer voice* "Who is this? Who is this man?" Second of all the "hate" part of the "hateboner" is essential (unless we're talking before their falling out). Vox both wants Alastor and wants him dead. It's been swirling inside him for years and had poisoned whatever relationship they had beforehand. There's no turning back from this.
RoyalHalo: I don't know how to explain it, but when I personally ship something "platonically", it's different from just regular shipping and different from having a brotp. Nothing much to say on the ship itself, they're cute.
Cherrisnake: I wish I could like it more but "Meh" is right. I think it has potential, unfortunately 8 episodes a season didn't allow it to develop. I wish we could have had Cherri before ep6 to establish her relationships with Angel and Pentious and I wish they had at least one genuine conversation before the end of the season.
Alastor x Charlie & Alastor x Angel: actually it's not about the ships themselves, just some bad experiences in the early fandom. Ik not all the shippers are like that, especially now when those ships are less popular and a lot of people are vocal about not liking them, but unfortunately I don't think I'll ever be able to enjoy them.
Lute x Vaggie: Nothing to say I just don't like it.
Val x Angel: I put a black line because my knee jerk reflex was to think of people like. Ignoring the abuse, but thinking about it, I do enjoy the exploration of their relationship if it's in-character. It's just not something I personally would consider "shipping". (But then what makes it different from onewaybroadcast? Guess I'm just a hypocrite or something)
"Found family" is a term that's used very differently by different people in the fandom, which is a little confusing to me, so I changed this category to "maybe".
Alastor x Husk: Much like the previous one, except I trust people with it even less after all the victimblaming Husk got after ep5.
Velvette x Vox and/or Velvette x Valentino: I don't ship those personally just for the reason that Vel genuinely seems uninterested, but I support the people who do. Especially the polyvees shipping. There's also additional element to this for me personally is that if Val and Vox were an item, there's a fear that Vel would come off as a third wheel or be pushed to the side, and if they were all together this wouldn't happen. So I have no choice but to support, even if I myself can't get into it.
Guitarspear: Lute ripping off her arm to go help Adam... The last thing Adam does before death is smile at her... God. They were also very fun hypemen for each other during songs, and just the general dynamic was really funny. I would say I like this ship when I see it, but I won't go out of my way to look for it?
Carmilla x Zestial: They're friends... The fanart is nice to look at. It's fine.
Radioapple: I'm conflicted. I guess I am kinda interested in what their relationship would be like in the show, but in fanworks I mostly enjoy the "they aren't actually attracted to each other but everyone thinks they are" dynamic. It's funny.
Pentious x Emily: Ok, one (1) crackship. My friend ships them and I kinda see the vision? Could be cute.
#.ramblings#idk how to best tag it... i guess I'll tag the ships I put above the cut lol#hazbin hotel#staticmoth#chaggie#huskerdust#radiorose#appledust
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Dick Grayson? Maybe Cass as well
Ooh, double whammy
Dick Grayson
Sexuality Headcanon- Bi and cis.
OTP- BirdFlash or DickKori, I can't decide.
BROTP- him and his Uncle Clark. Co-Founders of the Bruce Wayne Support Group.
NOTP- DickBabs, I like them better as friends
first headcanon that pops into my head- He quits the police force and becomes a gymnastics teacher full time. He's great at it and will show off old tapings of the Flying Graysons to his students. Until they start asking if he's 70 because of how old the tapes look and they have no concept of time yet.
favourite line from this character- I think this works best as just the picture of the panel
7. One way in which I relate to this character- we're both eldest children.
8. thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character- how much he's sexualized. I like it when he knows he's got some junk in the trunk and can work it, but lets not reduce him down to his ass please.
9. cinnamon roll or problematic fave?- cinnamon roll.
Cassandra Cain
Sexuality Headcanon- Cis Lesbian
OTP- Stephcass. I would be lying if I said it wasn't just a little bit because I think it would be funny for Steph to hold it against Bruce that she's dated both his son and daughter.
BROTP- I feel like her and Duke need more time together. I think they would take absolutely nothing seriously. They would wordless come up with a bit and commit to it with straight faces.
NOTP- Idk, her x batfam because it's an easy out lol
First Headcanon that pops into my head- Cass craves so much physical contact, but she has to initiate it. If you startle her with a touch (very hard to do, but it has happened) she'll be a little shaken.
favourite line from this character- she doesn't talk much, but this is her most iconic panel ever
7. One way in which I relate to this character- I relate that sometimes she doesn't want to talk or be apart of the conversation, just wants to observe sometimes. It takes a fair amount of mental energy to have a conversation with someone.
8. thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character- when she speaks in broken english like a baby. Or really ackward one word sentences. Like if someone asks if she's okay after a bomb or something and she responds with "Alright." instead of "I'm alright".
9. cinnamon roll or problematic fave- cinnamon roll, but I want her to have more mistakes and stop being so perfect yk?
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so me and @mxddyhero were talking and we decided since juza's birthday is coming up were hosting a...
✨JUZA CELEBRATION WEEK✨
HERE'S ALL THE PROMPTS FOR EACH DAY:
day one ( sep. 21 )
favorite juza headcanon - do you have a juza headcanon that runs through your head 36/15? well, day one of this celebration was made just for you. whether it's happy or sad, written or drawn, your headcanon will find appreciation on this day ( and every day after that )!
day two ( sep. 22 )
favorite play character - over the years juza has played some pretty amazing characters! lansky, ken, blood, etc. they all have their own charm that attracted us to them one way or another. and by now we've all picked our favorites so use this day to show them some appreciation!
day three ( sep. 23 )
favorite relationship - ah love! what a beautiful thing it is! today is the day to tell us all about your favorite relationship juza has! tell us about the ship that has ruined your life! tell us about the brotp that you would love to see happen! tell us about how your oc and juza got together! tell us everything!
day four ( sep. 24 )
favorite link skill - just like the day before but, we're focusing more on link skills. i know, very underwhelming description.
day five ( sep. 25 )
sweet juza!! - today is about juza and his one true love, sweets! give us something that shows juza loving his sweets.
day six ( sep. 26 )
dress juza!! - ok liber entertainment this is for you. we keep asking for dress juza but you never give it to us. so where taking matters into our own hands. show liber that we mean business and show them how necessary dress juza is.
day seven ( sep. 27 )
juza freestyle - juza's birthday! today is all about juza! let this man know how much you love and appreciate him through any means necessary. make sure he gets the message.
and that's all the prompts! make sure to tag it #juzacelebrationweek ( or #jcw ) so we can see it and good luck!
#juza hyodo#hyodo juza#a3! juza#a3!#a3! act! addict! actors!#a3! actor training game#strawberry milk baby#juzacelebrationweek#jcw
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Elise for the ask game?
Ooohh Elise!!!
Favorite thing about them:
I really like her!! She's funny and cute. I also love how there's different versions of her and love every single one of them. It makes me happy every time she's on screen.
Least favorite thing about them:
I can't really mention the pedo undertones here because it's an issue with Mori more than with Elise herself, right? Besides there's been a wide debate in the fandom on this, and I'm not sure what reading give to the whole deal anymore; but I still suspect it's really not that deep and just a case of bsd's untasteful dark humor. Here's how I would personally like to rewrite their relationship if it was up to me.
Favorite line:
She doesn't have a lot of spoken lines, but this one is hilarious.
brOTP:
I really like to think that she and Dazai would play together when he was 15. I find her interactions with most pm members endearing, to be honest (Hirotsu, Tachihara to name a few). I also like her relationship with Mori until it assumes creepy undertones, although I'm not sure I can separate it from that... But I find the scenes where she mocks him and he reacts dramatically very funny.
OTP:
Uhm, none.
nOTP:
Nope.
Random headcanon:
She and 15 Dazai used to have creepy drawing sessions together. Mori probably still keeps some of their drawings.
Unpopular opinion:
I think we're kind of underestimating the potential of a sentient ability. I fairly like the Naomi-ability theories, but we're much overlooking the fact that a wholly sentient ability already exists within canon itself (two do, counting Gab from 55 Minutes). I think Elise being sentient is a concept very interesting to explore: how much of her personality was shaped by Mori and how much is hers? How does being aware of her being an ability effect her mentally? Does Mori make her so young so that she doesn't have the means to rebel against him after realizing that she can't exist outside of him? Can she hold memories from the past versions of herself? What happens when she dies, does she reset? And so on.
Song i associate with them:
World is Mine by ryo LMAO
Favorite picture of them:
Favourite panel from the manga:
Favourite illustration:
Favourite illustration in the anime art style:
Favourite Mayoi card:
Send me a character?
#I was today years old when I learnt that the iconic World Is Mine isn't the original pv of the song / is actually fanmade...#What is the truth of anything#elise#bsd#mine#people asks me stuff#Thank you for asking!! <333 I think we should talk about her more
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Jiang Cheng for the character meme 🫡
send me a character and i’ll list:
favorite thing about them
Honestly, I love his anger. No, it isn't pretty. Yeah, he's probably not pleasant to be around for most people. But I find that so... human. And relatable too. His flaws and pettiness, his anger, they're all so understandable and relatable to me.
least favorite thing about them
That he has so many antis.
favorite line
Just... the way he says "Wei Wuxian" filled with so much sheer rage.
brOTP
I could say WWX, because I do love to write WWX as JC's gremlin BFF in my sangcheng fics, but if we're being honest, I also think canonically they are way too intense about each other to be "brotp" (honestly I'm a closet chengxian enjoyer).
So I'm going to say I think JC and NMJ would get along really well and would really enjoy going for a beer together in modern aus.
OTP
As far as headcanons and fanfic, sangcheng. I love them together. I'm obsessed with them. Still going over 3 years later, I've written more fic for them than for any other ship. At heart, it's the teenage friends to lovers aspect, but also that they each, on their own have gone through so much loss and pain and anger... including JC's anger at NHS for putting Jin Ling in danger, no, I never forget THAT. But I think after all that, they can understand each other better than most. They can understand the anger and pain and what you are willing to do for that.
And then if speaking strictly canon-based, there's chengxian, which is... everything that it is. Which is SO much. I don't write fic for it or seek it out, but I did very much go through the book reading JC as in love with WWX.
nOTP
LXC, for fandom wank reasons. Wen Qing because I'm a book snob that dislikes CQL.
random headcanon
JC was LQR's favorite guest student that year, and JC greatly respects LQR and values his opinion. Over the years, the mutual respect grew, and they both enjoy getting together for tea and conversation whenever they have a chance.
unpopular opinion
I do not enjoy bottom Jiang Cheng.
Nor do I vibe with the "fandom bicycle" allcheng mindset that enjoys putting him together with any and all, largely because I do see him as very ace/demi. I don't think he gets around very much at all.
song i associate with them
Other than the obvious Hen Bie and the fanmade Swan Goose's Journey (which is BEAUTIFUL), it is absolutely Prince's When Doves Cry, because a now gone JC video to that song is what got me to decide to check out MDZS, and after about 10 seconds I knew I would love Jiang Cheng. Also, it REALLY fits Jiang Cheng.
favorite picture of them
Canonically, probably his first appearance in the donghua.
Fanart-wise, probably one particular one where he was leaning back on something shirtless, scars on his chest in full view.
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HOJO for character asks 😏
Sexuality Headcanon: Aromantic Asexual and yet he somehow has a LOT of unexplained rizz with the ladies???
Gender Headcanon: Male
A ship I have with said character: NONE. Idk if we're going for crack then Hojo/Hollander because they're both AWFUL and they DESERVE each other.
A BROTP I have with said character: NONE. He's not worthy of friends.
A NOTP I have with said character: Idk Hojo/Lucrecia feels gross after he emotionally abused her during his scenes in Dirge. I know they're technically married and agreed on the Jenova Project together, but then he just TURNS on her and it's like YIKES.
A random headcanon: Hojo's first name is Seishin. But he hasn't been called by that name since his childhood days and everyone just assumes that Hojo is his first name, including Lucrecia and Sephiroth. Hojo doesn't really care. He doesn't want the name his parents gave him. Those days are long gone now.
General Opinion over said character: I LOVE this rotten bastard. He's the worst. And he's by far the most fun to write and characterize. I like the idea of him occasionally acting as Sephiroth's father, but also just being completely terrible. He's super campy and over the top and every scene with him is a delight. He's just...awful. The worst scientist. The worst father. Just the worst in every possible which way.
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I am beholden to my inner circle, not some silly kingdom. —Callum's Tales of Xadia Bio / Shadow and Bone, Leigh Bardugo
#rayllum#broyals#snake boi callum#tdp callum#quotes#brotp: we're in this together#my edits#personal fave#two pillars#graphics#multi#s5#been wanting to do this quote since his bio came out... god a year and a half ago?#was worth the wait#tdpedit#the dragon prince#callumedit#broyalsedit#tdp broyals#rayllumedit
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@a--p--i sent me Tarrlok for the ask game!
Sexuality Headcanon: Gay as the day is long ✨
Gender Headcanon: He/him/his
A ship I have with said character: Honestly, I don't ship anyone with Tarrlok specifically! But he's certainly a fine-ass man, and he deserves some lovin'. Let me know who you ship him with.
A BROTP I have with said character: Yet again, I want so badly for Tarrlok and Noatak to work out their shit and be chill. They deserve a proper denouement. A resolution to their tensions where they can overcome their dad's abuse, have a shot of whiskey, and be bros wiTHOUT ANY BOAT EXPLOSIONS-
A NOTP I have with said character: Korrlok. Not because I don't get it - I totally do! It makes sense. But I don't ship it personally.
A random headcanon: Tarrlok is meticulous about his appearance, and he takes extra time getting ready in the morning because he finds it meditative and restorative. We're talking 45-minute soaking baths. Skincare routines. Brushing out his hair at the vanity like a Victorian aristocrat. Dude needs a YouTube channel.
General opinion on said character: I low-key hated Tarrlok the first time I saw the series. He's such a pest and is a massive asshat to nonbenders. But the more times I rewatch, the more I genuinely enjoy his sass, and the more fun I have piecing together why he is the way he is. He's a fuck, but he's a lovable fuck. Both bloodbending bros have a special place in my lil' heart. ❤️
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Sukuna 🙂
Thank you for the ask!
Sexuality Headcanon:
Hm, idk I'm always swaying between seeing him as ace or that he's open to everyone regardless of gender. He'll have sex with people sometimes if they are strong and ruthless enough and give him some sort of entertainment value. I doubt there's much emotional investment on either side there. Unless we're talking about Uraume.
Gender Headcanon:
He seems pretty solidly male to me, but in the sense of that he doesn't care much about it. He identifies as a man, but he doesn't make a big deal about it exactly because he's casual about it and confident in his identity.
A ship I have with said character:
Pretty much just SukUme because I actually find his personality very annoying with other characters or ships in general. I like these two especially because he acts more like a normal person with them and is more grounded, not needlessly looking down on them or resorting to petty bully behaviour because he sees his worldview challenged. They just vibe exceptionally well together and that's what I like about them. Also Uraume likes him and they are the one of the two I care much more about, so SukUme it is
A BROTP I have with said character:
He's not being very bro-y with many characters besides Uraume...maybe Gojo. They are on a similar wavelength and they did have fun beating each other up. I'm not sure Sukuna could bond with him much outside of that scenario, but as friends with benefits or occasional fighting partners they work well.
A NOTP I have with said character:
I'd say SukuTen like in the previous ask.
A random headcanon:
He grew up relatively poor, maybe even on the street because his parents abandoned him and he had to learn to fend for himself. That might be how he first came in contact with Tengen and Kenjaku. They saw potential in him, took him in, trained him (did some experiments on him) and helped him get stronger.
General Opinion:
Eh, I used to like him a lot more, but once he became more present in the story aka once he took over Megumi and onwards, he's been getting on my nerves a bit. He has his interesting moments and I think he was more bearable during the Gojo vs Sukuna fight, but otherwise his personality is not really doing much for me. He's also not really impressing me much as a villain. I think his backstory and the way Yuuji challenges his philosophy is still interesting though. Maybe I'd like him more if we got more of that who knows.
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Vyn tag dump 2
Otp; My doubts disappear every time that you're near // Clouds seem to run from the sky! [strigdaeparliament [Hunter] & Vyn]
Brotp; we'll catch that dream together someday soon // We're rising like the moon! [Dawn & Vyn]
Family ties; Come morning light // you and I'll be safe and sound. [Veggi & Vyn]
Family ties; You might have some bruises and a few of scars // But you know you're gonna be okay. [Grandpa Eryn & Vyn]
#Family ties; You might have some bruises and a few of scars // But you know you're gonna be okay. [Grandpa Eryn & Vyn]#Family ties; Come morning light // you and I'll be safe and sound. [Veggi & Vyn]#Brotp; we'll catch that dream together someday soon // We're rising like the moon! [Dawn & Vyn]#Otp; My doubts disappear every time that you're near // Clouds seem to run from the sky! [strigdaeparliament [Hunter] & Vyn]
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Wonderland: Part Seven
A/N: And we're back to pain, pain, and more pain! At least this will be the last part full of pain? Small consolations? Also, we get to see some nice Nezriel brotp aka my ultimate brotp. Hope everyone enjoys! :)
Chapter Masterlist // Previous Part // Next Part
Nesta wakes to an empty bed, not a sight or a sound other than the rays of light spilling in through the window. She slides her hand along the sheets, but they’re cool to the touch, not even a bit rumbled to suggest that Cassian ever made it to bed last night. Nesta tries not to let it bother her, but there’s no denying the cool darkness that creeps between her ribs and settles like ice there, the way her heart squeezes just that little bit tighter. She can��t deny the prickle pressing behind her eyes and echoing the sting in her chest.
She supposes that perhaps this was the disastrous end they were always tumbling headfirst toward. Despite their late night talks, finally getting to know and understand one another in a way they never had the opportunity to before. Despite the bridge finally broaching that yawning void between them, unsteady and new as it is. Despite the feelings Nesta can no longer deny that have buried their roots and bloomed deep within her, bond or no bond.
It’s all gone up in flames.
At least, there are still two days remaining from Nesta’s original plan of staying for a week. Two days before someone will come to take her back to Velaris. Perhaps, she and Cassian can properly talk, can get back to a place where there’s peace between them again.
Perhaps, they can get to a place where Nesta can stay.
It’s certainly an idea she’s been toying with for a few days now, the idea of staying here in Illyria. Staying in this cabin. Staying with Cassian. There’s just something between their two souls, something Nesta can’t quite put her finger on, and she knows it’s more than just that golden thread tying them together. It’s when the fog clears in Cassian’s eyes, and he sees her, knows her, the way no one else ever has, maybe ever will. It’s the way they’re both so battered and bruised, and yet they share so many of the same scars. The way that though their pieces are shattered and jagged, they still fit together.
With a soft sigh, Nesta pulls herself out of the bed. She changes and braids her hair back before padding out of the room and down the hallway. When she steps into the front room, she finds Cassian sitting at the table. There’s a mug clutched between his hands, but it doesn’t appear to be steaming anymore, seems to have long gone cold. He doesn’t look up when Nesta enters, his shoulders hunched up and head hung slightly.
“Good morning,” Nesta greets tentatively, quietly.
“I wrote to Azriel,” Cassian says, his voice hoarse. “He should be here soon to take you back to Velaris. And then from there you can go home.”
The words spear straight through Nesta, and she blinks a few times before they fully register, before she realizes exactly what he’s saying, what this means. She swallows hard, but the word still grates against her throat when she finally speaks.
“What?”
Whatever it is that Cassian hears in her tone, Nesta doesn’t miss the way he flinches, the way his fingers tighten around his mug until his knuckles go white. A muscle ticks in his jaw, and when he finally turns his head and his attention to Nesta, it’s like she’s back on that very first day she arrived at this cabin. His guard is up high again, hazel eyes cold and hard even under the morning light that streams in through the kitchen windows.
“It’s for the best,” Cassian tells her, dropping his gaze again.
Nesta scoffs, crossing her arms across her chest. “So, that’s it then? You’re kicking me out?”
“I can’t do this, Nesta.”
“You’re just going to discard me? Toss me aside, after everything that’s happened this week?”
“Dammit, don’t you get it?” Cassian exclaims, standing up so abruptly that the chair topples back against the floor. “Having you this close… Every part of my body is screaming at me to touch you, to have you, and I can’t. You don’t want that, don’t want me. You broke the bond for fuck’s sake, and I’m trying to be respectful of that, but gods, every day, every second that you’re here… it’s worse than any madness.”
Nesta takes a tentative step toward him, her arm outstretched between them. “Cassian—”
“Don’t,” Cassian cuts her off, his voice little more than a broken whisper. “I won’t let you break my heart again, Nesta Archeron. I won’t let you fool me into thinking that this, here, is something that we both know it isn’t.”
“That’s not fair.”
“Is it not? Then what are we doing here?”
Nesta opens her mouth to respond, but any words die quickly on her tongue. What can she even say to that? How can she answer? It’s a question that’s been haunting her recently, plaguing her thoughts when she’s left alone with them. What she and Cassian are doing, what they are now. Even with every step forward the two of them have taken this past week, every prickly knot they’ve carefully untangled. With every ray of sunlight that may now be peaking through, it’s still a road full of brambles stretched out before them, full of every part of them shattered across the floor just like their mating bond.
“I don’t know,” Nesta finally whispers.
“Exactly,” Cassian scoffs, shaking his head. “It’d be better for us both if you just went back home.”
Nesta swallows hard, but before she can say anything more, she catches movement out of the corner of her eye. She glances out the front window of the cabin to see shadows gathering along the ground, signaling Azriel’s arrival. Just the sight of them has Nesta’s heart twisting in her chest, and she half expects to look down and find a knife buried to the hilt there. It’s nowhere near the normal elation she feels at seeing the Shadowsinger.
Lips pressed together thinly, Nesta nods her head slowly. “I’ll go pack my things.”
It doesn’t take long for Nesta to gather up her dresses and books, tucking them all neatly into a bag. She carries the bag out of the room, Cassian having returned to his seat at the table. He doesn’t get up, and it seems that after his last visit to the cabin, Azriel has elected to keep a safe distance, Nesta spotting him patiently waiting for her outside.
“Tell Vidar I said goodbye then,” Nesta requests, making her way toward the door.
She grabs her cloak from the hook, sliding it over her shoulders. She reaches forward for the door handle, but pauses, glancing over her shoulder at Cassian one last time. He doesn’t even look up at her, doesn’t meet her gaze, but his whole body is tense, bracing, his wings tucked in tight and his siphons seeming to flicker as if readying for a defense.
A final scoff and Nesta yanks open the door, stepping outside into the crisp air. She makes her way over to Azriel, keeping her head held high, her spine straight, even if the mask feels more forced than usual. Even if every step away feels hollow and heavy. Even if she feels like somehow, someway, there’s a piece of her that’s been chipped away and is being left behind.
Thankfully, if Azriel notices with that cutting gaze of his, he doesn’t comment or ask. He merely holds out his hand toward Nesta. “Ready?”
Nesta isn’t quite sure how to answer that, but she slides her palm into Azriel’s anyways. “Let’s just go.”
Azriel dips his head in a nod, and shadows slide up Nesta’s legs and around her arms, blurring the Illyrian landscape, the cabin, until it all fades fully, the air around her squeezing. The pressure releases a moment later, and Nesta finds herself standing in front of the River House in Velaris. She swallows down a sigh and makes her way through the front gates and up the steps to the door. She reaches out for the door handle, but before she can make contact, the front door is pulled open, Feyre standing on the other side with Nyx balanced on her hip.
“Nesta, you’re back,” Feyre greets, stepping back to allow Nesta and Azriel inside. “How was it? How was… how’s Cassian?”
“I fear I made things worse not better unfortunately,” Nesta admits quietly.
Feyre reaches forward, giving Nesta’s hand a squeeze. “It’s not your fault. It’s just a… a difficult situation.”
Nesta knows that Feyre’s words are meant to comfort, and she offers her sister a small smile and nod, but she can’t help but disagree. She can’t help but wonder. What if she had never broken the bond between them? What if she had never gone to Cassian’s cabin? Is she not to blame for those choices? They’re thoughts that weigh heavy on her, dragging her down as she makes her way deeper into the house.
But more than the guilt that sinks its claws into Nesta’s mind, it’s the disappointment that tears through her chest until it’s aching and bleeding. Disappointment at everything that happened with Cassian, the way it ended between them. Again. Disappointment at being back in Velaris, just when she had begun to get comfortable being in Illyria, had gotten comfortable with the quiet, the snow, curling up and reading by the fire with Vidar.
It’s a feeling that Nesta buries deep down while she spends the rest of the day with her sisters and nephew, a feeling that she doesn’t allow herself to reexamine until she’s alone in the guest room that’s become her own. She stares up at the canopy that hangs between the four posters of the bed and finds that she misses the wooden beams and the chips in them, misses the heat of a body pressed beside her, of a wing curled protectively around her.
Tentatively, Nesta reaches a hand within herself, finding that golden thread that’s bloomed back to life, finding where it’s coiled tightly around her ribs, digging into her heart. She runs a finger along it, testing its strength, the way it shimmers lowly, just barely an ember. She holds her breath as she curls that finger, giving the bond a gentle tug.
She waits.
And waits.
But nothing happens.
With a huff of frustration, Nesta pulls herself up and out of bed. She quickly slips on a robe and pads out of her bedroom, intent on going down to the kitchen to get a glass of water. As she passes by the library, though, she notices a light spilling out from beneath the door. She pushes the doors open, finding a fire burning low in the fireplace, Azriel perched in one of the large armchairs opposite.
“Am I interrupting your nightly brooding?” Nesta asks, stepping fully inside and closing the door behind her with a soft snick.
Azriel snorts quietly, raising a glass of amber liquid to his lips and taking a sip. “Who says I’m brooding?”
“So, what do you call this then?” Nesta shoots back, biting back a smirk as she settles into the other armchair beside him.
“I call it being unable to sleep,” Azriel explains, quirking an eyebrow at her. “A concept it would seem you’re familiar with.”
Nesta bristles at the underlying accusation, but she doesn’t disagree. She tucks her legs up under herself on the armchair, reaching forward and plucking Azriel’s glass away from him. She takes a long drag of his drink, the liquid burning slightly before it settles in her stomach. Rather than comment, Azriel merely pours another glass from the decanter on the small side table between them, raising it in a silent toast.
They sit in quiet together, watching as the flames in the fireplace die down to just flickering embers, casting the whole library in long shadows that seem to dance through the moonlight that spills in through the large windows. Nesta’s hand rubs at her chest almost absently, pressing against that empty, silent hollowness. She considers daring to tug at that thread again, to see if she’ll get a response back this time, but a shadow twists around her wrist, drawing her attention. She glances over toward Azriel, the male already watching her, his hazel gaze accessing.
“I don’t know if you remember,” Azriel begins, setting his glass down. “But when we first met, when we visited your manor in the human lands, you and Elain made Cassian and I share one of your guest rooms.”
“Better to contain you,” Nesta explains with a shrug. “I didn’t trust any of you for a second back then.”
“A fair assessment probably, but what you don’t know is that as soon as Cassian and I were in our room, he wouldn’t stop talking about you. He ranted and raved, sure, said you absolutely infuriated him, but I saw through it in an instant. I knew right then how much you would mean to him, recognized how much he already cared… even suspected what the two of you might be.”
“Why are you telling me this?”
“The two of you are certainly evenly matched,” Azriel continues as if Nesta hadn’t spoken. “The Mother certainly paired you well… You’re both incredibly and equally stubborn. And you both are deeply caring, willing to risk it all to help others, including risking yourselves.” Azriel pauses, meeting Nesta’s gaze head-on, his hazel eyes full of a knowing that has Nesta’s skin prickling. “I know that’s why you did it.”
The comment cuts deeper than Nesta expects it to, slicing straight through her chest to her already bruised heart. She turns her head away and hugs her knees tighter to her chest, swallowing around the emotions threatening to clog her throat. It does little to help the heaviness settled between her ribs, to ease the ache left throbbing beside that still silent bond.
“I’ve been there before, felt that darkness, thought that I was undeserving,” Azriel tells her, reaching a hand out and curling it around Nesta’s wrist. “I know that’s why you originally broke it. I know that at the time, the only one you thought you’d be hurting was yourself, and you were willing to do just that. But I hope you know he’s doing the exact same thing now. The two of you really are equals in every sense.”
“And what would you have me do?” Nesta asks, finally turning her head to meet Azriel’s gaze again.
“I’m not trying to tell you what to do, Nesta. It’s always been your choice, and it always will be. Feyre will happily get you a boat ticket and you can go back to the continent tomorrow if that is what you want.”
“How do I really know what I want?” Nesta dares to question. It’s a thought that’s been whispering in the back of her mind since that first flare returned between her ribs. “What if what I think I want is merely what the bond wants?”
“Mating bonds don’t create feelings. You may feel the pull toward him, the tug, but it’s merely instinct and nothing more. Anything that you might feel toward him, and him toward you, that isn’t the bond.”
Nesta isn’t sure what to say to that. If she thought Azriel’s earlier words cut too closely, these leave her bleeding across the library floor. There’s a part of Nesta, a part buried deep within her, clinging to the back of her mind, that already knew that. A part of her that remembers reading something similar when she had researched the mating bond and how to break it. A part of her she’d pointedly ignored back then, too scared and too unwillingly to consider what she had seen shining in Cassian’s eyes ever since their first meeting, what she had felt taking up home in her own heart.
It’s still a hard truth to swallow hearing it from Azriel, though. It shatters that denial, that protective shield she’s been hiding behind to avoid what’s been right in front of her face for days now. For years now. It forces her to face the hope, the care for Cassian, the happiness that has bloomed so thoroughly that there’s no uprooting those vines.
“It’s quite late,” Nesta says instead, standing up from the armchair. “I think I should try and get what sleep I can. Goodnight, Azriel.”
“I’m sorry if I upset you,” Azriel calls after her, causing her to pause right before the library doors.
“You didn’t,” Nesta assures him, turning over her shoulder to smile at him. “You always were my favorite bat.”
“We both know I was always only second favorite.”
Nesta pads back down the hall to her bedroom, but despite what she said to Azriel, sleep still evades her as she lays curled up beneath the blankets. She tries not to let her thoughts drift to Cassian, to Azriel’s words, but that just has her thoughts drifting back to the continent, the life she’s built there. A life where she was content but never truly happy, a place that was truly her own but never felt like home.
Only one place ever really felt like home.
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Why I like them: He's that guy that you THINK'S gonna be a total douche but is actually a really great guy once you get past first impressions. Liable to do something stupid trying to impress you. Dragon in human form. Canon fang haver. Brags about himself in the third person and should not be trusted with tapestries. Babygirl you need so much therapy /aff
Why I don’t: That hat that can't decide weather it's a sweatband or a beany. Seriously what is that thing on your head man
Favorite episode (scene if movie): Haven't watched any of his anime scenes tbh, kind of scared to after how dirty they did Leon. So I'll just use this section to show some love to the bit in Pokespe where he tries to take on Eternatus... himself. Not using a Pokemon.
Favorite season/movie: See above
Favorite line: ...I'm just gonna put "Especially you, Piers! The way you battled me in the Champion Cup... You really had my Dynamax Pokémon up against the wall!" and apologize profusely. Yes for ship reasons but also the fact that the guy starts hitting on a new rival in the middle of a Dynamax Pokemon rampage just feels weirdly on-brand?
Favorite outfit: Shout out to that slightly douchey waistcoat ensemble with the Flygon shades from Masters...which he has a matching stupid, stupid hat for.
OTP: Raihan/Leon/Piers and Raihan/Piers both qualify. Leon just straight up hits the "you don't even have to Ship It, some characters having had sex is just objective truth" threshold and they're often really sweet together, I just have to throw an alt boy in there too to get into it because my brain craves them like a body craves air. And Piers...they get tragically few scenes together but the ones they do get are so weirdly charged? Like someone else said there's a certain "should we be watching this?" energy to them lol
Brotp: Leon also goes here, mostly because coming up for platonic explanations for the sheer depth of Raihan's brain rot in regards to that man leads to some FASCINATING relationship dynamics. I'm a big believer that romantic vs platonic indicates a relationship type rather than inherently implying a hierarchy of importance and these two are a great outlet for mentally rotating those themes. Also he and Gordie are fun in Masters, I like to think that they became friends while having shared sadboy time in the locker room.
Head Canon: Probably my biggest is that with the way there's some pretty depressing shit left unsaid about the way he views himself, the occasional signs of anger issues he shows, and how he's the only member of The Rivalcule you don't meet the family of, the guy did NOT have a good childhood. On a lighter note, the guy has absolutely dogshit music taste. Like we're talking Skrillex and below here. The fact Piers doesn't strangle him over it is testament to the depth of his affection.
Unpopular opinion: Don't really have one?
A wish: Gigantamax Archaludon whenever the Galar remakes come out in 10-15 years, he deserves to just summon a wholeass suspension bridge (that notably has a weather-related signature move at that). And, well, just more of him in general.
An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen: Same as Piers, please don't throw this man into spacetime GameFreak 🤞
5 words to best describe them: Selfie boy kinda worries me 😔
My nickname for them: Rai, Rai-Rai...💖🐉
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