#but he gets to be a werewolf so the moon does have significance in his life
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Werewolf Au! Jungkook x Reader / Enemies to Lovers
[Angst and mature content. Not smut but almost smut.]
Summary: Jungkook finally found her. His mate. His lifelong partner. But she's a human. Does he have to stay with her or can he stick it to whatever and whoever binds mates together and make his own decision?
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The last two months were fairly interesting. First, you finally started a new job. Second, your best friend threw a massive birthday party out of the blue where she met her long time boyfriend and the rest of his group for the first time. And third, you learned that mythical creatures, werewolves specifically, are in fact real.
Your best friend, Jennie, threw a massive birthday bash inviting what seemed like half the city they resided in. This came as a surprise because together you were pretty sure that between you and Jennie, you guys only knew about 5 people including each other. When questioned about the extravagant decision, Jennie grinned from ear to ear barely able to contain her excitement. The party was planned by Taehyung and all the people invited were people Taehyung knew. Which then proceeded your second question, who is Taehyung? Where did this man come from? And why is he willing to throw such a grand birthday party for Jennie? To your nth surprise, Taehyung and Jennie had been dating for almost a year and a half. Whiplash after whiplash was what you received on what was supposed to be a chill catch up with your best friend of almost a decade. You asked and pressed Jennie about why you were only learning about Taehyung now but Jennie would only shrug or try to change the topic. After an hour of interrogation, you finally gave up trying to get an answer out of Jennie instead, choosing to live with the gut wrenching feeling of betrayal and disappointment that your best friend would hide something so important for a year and a half.
Leading up to Jennie’s birthday, you were a bit avoidant and extremely passive aggressive. Who hides a significant other for that long from their very best friend? You didn’t know if this feeling of betrayal would go away anytime soon and if you’d recover from all the shock Jennie put you through before her birthday happened.
And then her fucking birthday happened.
It started off with a teary hug at Jennie’s place with a stream of apologies from the birthday girl and you guys were beginning to make amends. Then Taehyung and his group came by to predrink. You remember thinking you had just met a whole classroom of people but to your surprise (again), one person was missing-he was sick according to the tall guy, Namjoon. There wasn’t a lot of time for you to process a single thing before everyone was rushed out the door and pushed into a limo. In the short time you were able to think, you knew only two things: One, Taehyung and his friends were fine as hell and two, there was something different about them that you couldn’t quite figure out.
The night continued with a bunch of dancing, drinking and Taehyung’s eyes glowing a bright amber color complimented by the most terrifying growl that pierced through the loud music playing before breaking someone’s nose and splitting his eyebrow open because he groped Jennie’s ass on the dancefloor.
As chaos broke loose, all you could remember were Taehyung’s friends pushing and screaming at people to leave the club and Jennie trying to talk you out of the very obvious anxiety attack you were having but all you could stream together from Jennie were “full moon” and “it’s okay”. Once the crowd dissipated and all that was left were Jennie, Taehyung, his friends and your fragmented mind that was when Jennie revealed why she kept Taehyung hidden for so long.
Because he and the rest of his friends were werewolves and humans aren’t really supposed to know.
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“Goodnight guys!” you chimed as you entered the elevator.
Jealous faces of your coworkers waved back halfheartedly before the doors closed signalling the start of your holiday break. You leaned against the cool metal walls and let out a heavy sigh. This new job was fun and you was learning a lot but you days can be so hectic that sometimes all you’re able to eat during lunch are two cups of coffee and pen caps that you had a habit of biting when deep in thought. Your department had finished what was needed before the entire company got to go on a two week break for the holidays on time and as much as you were ready to enjoy holiday festivities, all you wanted to do was go home and take the biggest nap of your life.
The drive home from work was completely unmemorable, in fact, you were pretty much on autopilot the whole time. Your brain felt like tv static and you were more than sure that a two maybe three hour nap would bring some life back to you. It wasn’t until you were pulling into the driveway that something suddenly woke up you up. Despite making it home, you sat in her car frozen, unable to move. With it being winter time, it was already dark at 5pm and the only source of lights were from your car headlights and dim street lamps in your neighbourhood. Something didn’t feel right and you couldn’t figure out where this sudden source of anxiety was flaring from. You had also never felt this feeling before. It felt like sparks of electricity were dancing on your arms as waves of warmth kept pulsating throughout your body. This foreign feeling sent your brain into a fight or flight mindset but all you could do was freeze. As the minutes ticked by, she mustered up the courage to reach for her keys to turn her car off but just as she reached for her keys, she saw a quick burst of movement and a then large shadow.
“Holy shit!” she gasped, jerking back into her seat.
That electric feeling was now surging throughout her entire body and hot flashes radiated through her chest at full force. Standing in front of her car was a man with amber eyes; the lights from her headlights made his eyes glow even more so. Though she was now in full panic mode, her mind was completely hypnotized by him. He had broad shoulders and long dark hair that rested on his shoulders. The white shirt he had on clung onto his body allowing her to see the definitions of his torso. She was able to make out a small scar on his cheek as well. As much of a human as he looked, she knew she had seen those amber eyes before. Werewolf. Despite his intimidating looks and the nature of his being, he seemed just as shocked as she was. They stayed still, staring at each other for what felt like hours. That foreign feeling from just minutes ago now amplified. The sound of a group of people talking as they were walking down the streets broke their trance. She turned her neck instinctively to see who the group of strangers were and when she turned back, he was gone. She sat in her car, breathing laboured and eyes completely wide open. Once the situation finally dawned on her, something snapped and a strew of “holy fuck” and “what the fuck” spewed out of her mouth as she scrambled to shove everything in her bag before running into the safety of her home. Her brain was going a million miles an hour and the nap she was so excited to take earlier was completely out of the question.
Jungkook ran and ran, the ice cold air of winter slicing his arms. He was nearing home but had to stop and pant. For the first time in his life, he was panting. It felt like he was suffocating and the deep gulps of air he was taking wasn’t helping. He leaned up against a tree placing his hands on his thighs and crouching over to catch his breath.
He smelled her the moment Jennie came over to their house.
Jennie’s arrival was expected as she practically lived at the pack's house. They were wary of having a human in their territory but seeing as she was Taehyung’s mate, they grew fond of her rather quickly. Jennie had been trying to convince the entire pack to meet her best friend but plenty of excuses were made to avoid allowing an unknown person crossing into their territory. Jungkook didn’t think twice about it and frankly he didn’t care. As long as his pack was happy and healthy, he’d let the rest of them figure out what to do with Jennie’s best friend. When it was Jennie’s birthday, it was a unanimous agreement to throw her a big party and finally meet this person in Jennie’s life. If they weren't partying in their territory, everything was fair game. Unfortunately, Jungkook was going through heat that week and had to be locked up at home just in case his primal instincts took over and he was an uncontrollable beast to control. Going through heat without a mate was a painful thing to endure and werewolves are the most sensitive during this time. Their temper was unpredictable and their inhibition gone.
Today went on like a regular day. Jungkook stayed home with the rest of his brothers planning what to do for winter. When Jennie arrived, Taehyung complimented her new sweater to which Jennie replied that it wasn’t her sweater but her best friends. Jennie had borrowed her sweater over the weekend and meant to return it but it was so comfy, she didn’t want to. Her scent was faint due to Jennie but it was enough to encompass all of Jungkook’s senses. Something new unlocked in his body and all he needed at the moment was to find her.
“Jungkook?” Namjoon suddenly called out, stopping Jungkook in his tracks.
Unbeknownst to Jungkook, he had suddenly gotten up in the middle of a group conversation and was making his way to the door. When he turned around to face all of the curious eyes looking at him, he realized that his movements were made by instinct not choice.
“What?” Jungkook answered.
“Are you okay?” Hoseok asked slowly, taking note of the sudden color change in Jungkook’s eyes.
Jungkook’s brows furrowed not knowing why his pack seemed to be tiptoeing around him and why they were keeping him away from her.
“I’m fine. Just going for a run.” Jungkook answered again before hastily leaving.
Jungkook had no idea where he was going but he was running at full speed. He allowed his body to go wherever it was pulling him towards. He knew his destination was near when her scent grew stronger until he was standing in front of her car staring into her wide doe eyes through her windshield.
They stared at each other, neither of them moving a muscle. This feeling he felt only meant one thing.
He found his mate. And his mate is a fucking human.
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“Are you okay?” Namjoon’s voice pulling Jungkook out of his nth trance.
“If someone asks me that one more time I am going to lose it.” Jungkook groans, shoving his face into his hands and pulling his hair.
Namjoon raises his hands and lets out an exasperated sigh.
“Okay let me try again,” Namjoon starts, “what’s going on?”
“What do you mean?” Jungkook asks, his voice muffled by his hands.
Namjoon leans back in his chair and drums his fingers against the armrest. He was usually a man with great patience accompanied by a gentle demeanour. The pack appointed him as their leader and he took that title very seriously. Namjoon never made choices impulsively and considered each and everyone of his pack members. His outlook on life and hours spent studying their ancient roots made Namjoon the go-to person whenever any of the members had an issue they needed to resolve. But when the youngest member suddenly gets up to “go for a run” in the middle of a discussion and storms through the front door upon his return, demanding to speak to Namjoon in private and then proceeding to ignore all of Namjoon’s questions, he was beginning to get a little impatient.
Namjoon stares at the candle flickering on his desk trying to figure out how to navigate Jungkook’s sudden outburst. His eyes then start to scan his study before landing on his bookshelves lined with ancient knowledge and information regarding all mythical creatures dead or alive. He was hoping he could find a title that helped deal with a young brat pack member with a sudden attitude of a teenager going through the worst emo phase of their life. Namjoon allowed more silence to fall between him and Jungkook before speaking.
“Jungkook, I can’t help you unless you talk to me.” Namjoon says, his voice calm and soothing.
“I don’t need help.” Jungkook’s muffled voice responds.
Jungkook knew he was being difficult but there were so many emotions bubbling inside of his body that he couldn’t think straight. He didn’t even know what he needed at the moment making it difficult to respond to any questions or ask any questions.
Namjoon shakes his head and finally leans forward. He begins to organize the papers on his desk to study later tonight. If the younger one wanted to be stubborn for no reason, then there was nothing Namjoon could do.
“Okay well you can sit there and seethe for no reason then or leave my study so I can-“
“Are mates set in stone? Like you have to be with them?” Jungkook asks, his face no longer in his hands.
Taken back by both his question and the sudden change in Jungkook’s attitude, Namjoon stops his movements to look at Jungkook’s face. His eyes were still amber and the younger one looked distressed.
“Like all living beings, we have freewill which means we get to make our own decisions.” Namjoon answers, leaning in towards Jungkook to see if he can catch onto any other emotion.
“No I know that,” Jungkook groans as he grabs his hair again, “I mean like can you be with someone else even if you know who your mate is? What if you and your mate don’t get along at all? Like-like doesn’t this whole fate and destiny thing sound like bull shit to you? If we all have free will then why is there a bond created for us?”
Completely flabbergasted again, Namjoon eyes dart between his desk and Jungkook. Jungkook had never once taken interest in searching for his mate, not because he didn’t want to but it was just something he didn’t prioritize. Up until this moment, Jungkook had lived his life without a care in the world. It wasn’t like the youngest one to suddenly care about something he never thought of before and feel so strongly towards this subject. The wheels in Namjoon’s head were working overtime trying to figure out an answer to Jungkook’s question and his demeanour.
“Jungkook…” Namjoon’s eyes widen slightly, “did you meet your mate?”
Jungkook’s whole body tenses and his hands form into fists in his lap.
“No,” he answers quickly and sternly, “I’m just curious.”
The air grew heavy and Namjoon senses that Jungkook was lying but he still wanted to answer Jungkook’s concerns honestly to ease whatever stress he was dealing with.
“Well,” Namjoon sighs, “yes and no to your first question. Mates are chosen for us the moment we’re born. How? I’m not sure. All I know is that there is some force out there that binds us to a certain being that we’re meant to share a lifetime with. For our species, our mates heighten our powers and vice versa. Our mates also give us a purpose, the purpose is different for each person. The second half of your question...you don’t have to be with your mate but I’m not sure why you wouldn’t want to be. There have been cases of mates not being together but mainly due to arranged marriages for shared territory. There is a bond between you and your mate that is indescribable but only the two of you would understand.”
Jungkook takes a few minutes to process Namjoon’s words. In the back of his head, he already knew the answer but he was hoping for another answer. One that’s less “it’s written in the stars” and more “you can do whatever you want because mates aren’t real”. But that feeling that ran through his body where every cell of his body felt like it was on fire when he saw her only proved Namjoon’s sentiment.
“But what about humans and wolves? Like Taehyung and Jennie. You said that mates heighten each other's powers. Humans don’t have what we have.” Jungkook asks, now looking at Namjoon.
Namjoon could not figure out why the younger one had a look of desperation on his face.
“I think any human that has to encounter what we encounter without freaking out on a daily basis is pretty strong to me. I can’t even count the amount of times Jennie has seen Taehyung kill rouge wolves and hellhounds without flinching,” Namjoon attempts a smile to reassure Jungkook but it comes out rather awkward, “besides don’t forget Jungkook, humans and wolves use to work together to fend off our enemies. Human mates aren’t-”
“All you need to do is imprint on them right? Just a bite or whatever and that bond is sealed?” Jungkook cuts Namjoon off again.
“Yes.” Namjoon answers, sure that Jungkook would cut him off again if he extends his answer.
“Anyone?” Jungkook asks again, his eyes darker.
“Yes Jungkook,” Namjoon hesitates, “anyone.”
Not needing or wanting to hear anymore from Namjoon, Jungkook gets up and silently leaves Namjoon’s study. His ears were ringing and his heart was beating at a concerning pace. Growing up, Jungkook only heard stories of how magical it is to meet your mate and how the world would fall together and all that sappy shit. However, all he could feel was anger and confusion. Fuck the mantra he thought, if he is able to choose anyone to be his mate then that was what he was going to do.
#choices#bts fanfic#bts werewolf au#jungkook fanfic#jungkook werewolf#jimin#taehyung#namjoon#hoseok#yoongi#bts smut#bts
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on fire: a teen wolf novel
chapters 7-9
chapters 4.6 here
chapters 1-3 here
This is three chapters of everyone in Beacon Hill's Preserve where Allison loses her keys at an inconvenient time, Jackson is high key having a terrible, no good, very bad day and Derek's ass is clenched so tight he could produce diamonds.
Kate Argent is also here doing the most.
Here's another installment of Look At How They Massacred My Boy.
We open chapter once more with Allison and Scott. They are still in the preserve. Scott is smelling smoke which is making him twitchy due to the dream he had a few chapters earlier where everything was on fire. Allison is more concerned about losing cell reception.
Allison uses Scott’s phone to call Lydia. Which reminds me of how my mother is able to get cell reception where she lives in the BFE with Verizon but I am unable to get cell reception with T-Mobile.
While Lydia and Allison are speaking Jackson sends Lydia the weakest fucking text of all time saying he’s okay but he just needed space and he’d be home soon. It’s fucking weak. Lydia is rightfully pissed.
Scott once again attempts to convince Allison that they should leave, especially now since Jackson should be headed home. Allison decides that since Lydia is covering for her that she and Scott should make out some more but thankfully reason takes over so they begin to head for her car.
Now here’s an interesting thing that occurs. The moon affects Scott and it’s a choice I really like actually. Allison and Scott are headed back and Scott has a moment:
“Moonlight shimmered on her face.
And something changed.
Something in him.
He felt it, almost like the skin on his face was too tight. His nails were pushing against his fingers.”
In the show, the moon does affect the werewolves outside of the standard full moon. Lunatic and Party Guessed are examples of how new wolves react to their first full moons, but I think the most significant example is in Lunar Eclipse where they lose their power for the duration of the eclipse and the supermoon in season 5.
You know what this makes me think of? Avatar: The Last Airbender. Everything changed when the Fire Nation -- you know what. No. I’ll refrain.
While Scott panics about possibly shifting in front of Allison we switch to Jackson having a minor emotional breakthrough while he’s lost in the woods but he keeps up his own dickishness to himself. Jackson please seek therapy.
Speaking of, this passage of his is when he goes on to talk about how his parents had actually placed him in therapy before the school year started. Jackson, of course, seemed to take the wrong thing from it though. Not that his parents explained it well. Like, they try but give him the explanation of it being a check up. Be honest with your kid and they won’t up believing they need to hide their own feelings from themselves while also internalizing the idea you don’t think they’re good enough.
Jackson’s also such a snob. He makes the decision to further shut out the therapist when he sees the state school diplomas calling them “low rent”. This fucker.
Jackson continues to be lost and while he’s wandering around calling himself an idiot and all but describing the toxic af relationship he has with Lydia. If your significant other is punishing you that’s a yikes from me bro.
As he wanders he finds a little baby hawk. I’ve yet to work out the metaphor but I am sure there is one.
Chapter 8 continues with Jackson’s misadventure. Some girl that I suspect of being a werewolf shows up. Her name is Cassie. She says shit like “Oh it’s a hawk. It’s a predator.” and has a startling amount of eyeliner around her eyes. Jackson bro, please just leave. The red flags are on the play.
Ugh, we have returned to the Kate narration. I have never loathed a fictional character the way I do Kate Argent.
Kate’s just here being creepily ammo-sexual like she’s about to attend a MAGA rally and being obsessed with Derek Hale. Girl, get a fucking life.
Once Kate has checked off those boxes on her to-do list she turns her attention to antagonizing Victoria and Chris about Allison. Chris doesn’t give an inch.
Then Kate does perhaps the bravest thing anyone ever does in the Teen Wolf universe and calls Victoria by the diminutive Vicky. Victoria should’ve poisoned Kate’s chicken is all I’m saying.
“Victoria Argent smiled coldly back at her and checked the oven. The aroma of baked chicken tantalized Kate’s senses.”
Kate then chooses violence and decides she’s going to check on Allison’s study date. God, what a bitch.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned but the entire time Scott, Allison and Jackson have been in the woods there’s been the smell of smoke hanging around. Jackson’s private eye meet up even had a campfire. This has put Scott on edge because of his dream from earlier where the forest was on fire.
Scott is having a rare moment where he’s vibing with being a werewolf. He talks about being able to smell mushrooms and damp earth, Allison’s shampoo, the smoke and the rain in clouds.
Tehehehe. “He heaved with a sigh of relief, chased by a little thrill as she looked over her shoulder at him. In the world of high school, cars were like portable bathrooms. Except he didn’t want their first time to be in a car.”
Allison’s keys go missing because of course they do.
Scott suggests they call Stiles to come get Allison but she insists on staying and rightfully points out it’s her car so she’d be fucked if her dad found out. Scott uses his wolfie power to try to find her keys without Allison noticing.
Chapter 9 starts with Kate trying to catch Allison in a lie. Remember she decided to call to check upon her? Lydia’s doing the most here with conference calls and lying her ass off.
Lydia out here asking the real questions “What is up with your aunt?”
We move back to Jackson’s plot. He’s still lost in the goddamn woods but now with the girl Cassie as company.
She’s clearly meant to be a distraction to Jackson to keep him from going home.
Cassie continues to act fucking weird. She tries to make a deal with Jackson about not telling anyone about him freaking out about the baby hawk they encountered if he doesn’t tell anyone about seeing her. Not sus at all.
She then kisses him.
Jackson is understandably high key freaked out yet tries not to show it and is weirdly nice to her about it but she still disappears.
The private eye guy Gramm shows up near the Porsche tries and Jackson calls him out saying he’s a scam artist. Gramm pulls on a ski mask and tells Jackson to ditch his phone while holding a gun on him. Jackson really has the worst time.
We’ve moved back to the Derek and Stiles side of the story. They’ve made it to the preserve and Derek smells smoke.
Derek also leans his head out the window to catch a better scent prompting Stiles to say:
“I told you not to do that.” Stiles grumped. Then he said, “Oh. No tongue lolling, sorry. It’s just smoke. You can build fires in the preserve.” He made a face. “You’re not big on smoke, I get that.”
“You don’t know anything about me, so shut up.” Derek said.
“Kinda do,” Stiles replied, “Wish I didn’t.” he said under his breath.
“Just drive.” Derek said.
Oh just kiss already.
In addition to Derek’s weirdness about humans I think this book may have influenced Derek being a luddite. Stiles loses Scott’s signal for the map app they’ve all been using so Stiles suggests they use Derek’s phone to which Derek says this:
“I don’t have a cell phone,” Derek informed him. He hadn’t imagined needing one. The reception at his house was practically nil, and he could pretty easily find Scott when he needed him. And aside from the Alpha, Scott McCall was the one person in Beacon Hills he needed to communicate with.”
His only valid point is that he didn’t want anyone to track him with it. It’s pretty funny how close Holder actually gets to the plot points actually used in season 1 without knowing it.
But we shall never forget Derek is not actually a luddite. He does use technology and has a cell phone.
Derek’s ass is clenched so fucking hard right now. Like, I get things are tense and he’s dealing with the smell of smoke which is triggering him a bit but he’s mean to Stiles here in a way he wasn’t in canon. This whole section is just. Ugh.
“What if you have a cold?” Stiles asked him, and Derek realized he wasn’t trying to be sarcastic. He was genuinely curious. Derek didn’t care. Stiles could stay curious.
“Derek had had it. He grabbed Stiles by the front of the sweatshirt and slammed him against a tree trunk. Stiles grunted hard, and Derek got in his face.”
Stiles is like What is Wrong With You to which Derek continues being a dick.
“I don’t know why I just don’t kill you.”
Stiles reminds Derek he’s not his enemy and Derek thinks he’s too weak to be his enemy but also concedes that Stiles could become his enemy by saying the wrong thing to the wrong person.
For people who seem to think Derek hates Stiles in the show I would like them to compare and contrast. 500 word essay on the differences here and in Wolf’s Bane please.
The chapter ends with them coming across Allison’s car and it’s covered in the scent of the Alpha.
#my blog#thoughts on teen wolf#teen wolf#on fire: a teen wolf novel#heather reads#sterek#no memes this time#these chapters didn't inspire any
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Hey mdzs crowd how would wwx being a bloodborne hunter sucked into a night of the hunt every full moon sound?
Maybe not a full long night, just an 'hour' of it every month, so he finishes one full hunt a year??
A qi free place, exactly like the actual game, but he has to sneak away into the moonlight portal or risk an agonising transformation into a grotesque beast himself for the duration the moon is in the sky. Cloud cover does nothing. He will try and kill everything in his path unless chained.
A choice between becoming a werewolf or the hunter, basically.
And lwj somehow following him through the portal once, to this qi less place, but as a cultivator of significant insight and an unprotected human of normal blood it goes REALLY downhill fast until wwx is able to free him, either by a high adrenaline scene getting a collapsing lwj back through the portal before it closes or by managing to drag his increasingly agonised and overwhelmed body to the sanctuary until the time is over, thus wasting valuable time and making things so much worse for wwx in the next full moons. It's a very angsty and traumatising reveal all round.
Because wwx is a whip smart guy with dangerous thoughts on resentment and the use of corpses, who went through horrifying things and emerged amazingly intact but not untouched, and I think it'd be really interesting to see the interplay of these dual lives. How the cultivation world is so, so much better in pretty much every way, but its own horrors reflective of yharnam, its capabilities for so much more than what they have.
Like, he'd be so much more desensitised to horror and gore, but it'd be matched by the stubborn drive that this is his home, his refuge from the dragging terror of the hunt, and he'd defend that to his last breath. And living a life as a (horribly fragile if lethal) mortal and still surviving the worst yharnam has to throw at him, he'd have a very different outlook on losing his core. He's already seen how, with the right tools, he can be just as dangerous if not more than the average cultivator. And in the cultivation world there's just so much more potential!
His inherent goodness, too, would not survive without damage just from the smog of hopelessness in the air. A wwx who can't keep that instinctive urge to help, but now has to choose, with every second, to remain kind (if not extremely inflammatory about it lmao).
The contemplation of demonic cultivation, too, would have a very different sort of draw. It's not just forbidden, taboo, but he's seen the very worst of it in action; the healing church, the orphan of kos, the vile bloods, the school of mensis, the feral beasts in rotten human skin roaming every street convinced they're still human.
But wwx isn't wwx without truly amazing levels of trailblazing hubris and curiosity, and he'd have the little niggling whispers in the back of his head, theories about how what they did could have been used for actual good, or at least more humanely. When he committed to the risk of demonic cultivation, he'd feel the dangerous itch to practice on things already dead, things that can't touch his home. To organise his goals, get some sort of advantage from this awful place, where the consequences (probably) can't follow him home. But yharnam is the most dangerous place possible to try messing with blood and the dead, and the knowledge of the rheumy eyes of the eldritch monstrosities above him is a heavy pressure on the back of his head.
I'd love to explore the themes of the changes wrought, these two different existences touching through wwx, but also can you imagine the yiling patriarch with a gun and a butchers knife?
#Wwx really living up to those rumours huh#World's first guy to discover blood types and invent blood transfusions therefore saving the lives of thousands to come#But noooo everyone remembers that one time he had a flashback to the night of the hunt during a night hunt and#Ripped a zombie wolfs throat open with his teeth#Lwj still wants him tho have no fear#mxtx#mxtx mdzs#mdzs#mo dao zu shi#lan wangji#wei wuxian#the untamed#Idk maybe lwj finds it hot when his crush is insanely competent and also covered in blood. Who's knows what's going on in his head#mdzs fandom#wwx#mdzs wwx#the untamed wwx#This happened because I can't consume two media at once at NOT fuse them#Runner up was mdzs/bayonetta because wwx would make the best witch ever but bloodborne doesn't go with like ANYTHING else I have its so dar#bloodborne
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Finished my re-reading of New Moon and I’m in an ocean of feels and no land in sight. Des notes:
Edward leaving was definitely necessary and impactful. But Meyer’s execution…could have been better. Jasper’s attack being the catalyst is meaningful, but not powerful enough, maybe? It works on the level of foreshadowing and relationship tension. I’m fully convinced Bella could have talked Edward into staying with her had Edward given her the chance. I think Victoria returning should have been the catalyst…except that the Cullens and Bella believe that Victoria was after Edward. That would change everything. Edward would definitely urge his family to relocate and hunt Victoria down, leading her away from Forks and Bella. When Bella resists, that’s when he decides for the clean break. Most of New Moon would remain the same, with the slight change of Bella being horrified at Edward’s possible demise at the hands of Victoria (cue nightmares on that front). And then of course Laurent returns and tells Bella that they got it all wrong: Victoria was really after Bella all along (either she changed her mind or her tracking Edward was a feint). Bella would be relieved because now she knows Edward was safe, Victoria is after just her (typical Bella logic). It would also work re: Romeo and Juliet retelling.
That said, the anti argument of Edward being stupid for leaving Bella when Victoria is out and large is still dumb. For one thing, he didn’t know Victoria would return. No one did. Victoria’s return is a mid-book plot point. For another, he was hunting down Victoria anyway, which he wasn’t good at.
Also, also: Bella believing Edward didn’t love her anymore so easily was way too convenient for me. Psychologically true to her character, yes (the insecurity) but…this is the same Bella who could tell Edward was lying in Book 1 at a few weeks’ acquaintance, right? Who could tell when Alice and the Cullens were keeping stuff from her? I guess homeboy really hit her where it truly hurts. At some level Bella just wanted to believe it.
Bella and Jacob being bros and Jacob reading her better than Edward and Bella lowkey crushing should make me want to ship them…but I still don’t, lol. It’s hard to describe; there’s the bro-ing, for one thing. Their banter is pleasant, but not very deep or significant or even charged with any kind of tension. That, and Jacob does become more jerkish as a werewolf, if only because of Bella’s love for the Cullens. Interestingly enough, Bella also has no problem arguing and getting angry with Jacob; she explicitly dislikes werewolf!Jacob’s rudeness and hostility. Contrast that with her great tolerance of Edward’s temper or her inability to get angry with him for a long length of time. Homegirl really got the ✨fascination✨, didn’t she?
Also…Bella really struggles to accept the werewolves fully, doesn’t she? She is still scared of them even when she finds out they aren’t the ones killing hikers, even in Eclipse. She also gives a lot of credence to the idea that Jacob has been murdering the hikers (!!!). Bella is a vampire girl through and through. I don’t dislike it, though; had Meyer really made Bella ditch Edward and the Cullens and truly be a wolf girl, that would have killed the series for me.
I am still convinced that even had Edward had returned later and Bella and Jacob were in a relationship, Bella would have still returned to him. Ditto if she had met and befriended Jacob before she met Edward. I guess it would have been another Alina-Mal-Darkling debacle, except that knowing Bella she would have beelined for Edward the moment he flashed his crooked grin at her. Possibly hate herself for doing poor Jacob dirty, but oh well. Look at Sam and Emily, they’re the same. I wonder if there a fanfic on that AU? I actually would be interested in reading it.
Speaking of which, the Sam/Emily and Bella/Edward parallels begin here!!! Bella can’t even hang around with Emily with Sam there. With Leah as the Jacob, of course. Only imprinting fate can untie this knot, alas.
“It said that there was something deeply wrong with me…Why else would I care so much about them that it would tear big chunks right out of my chest when they went off along their mythical ways?” —>Bella’s narration continuing to be the best, I see
“Felix and Demetri were both of slightly olive complexion—it looked odd combined with their chalky pallor.” Unless Meyer means their features are ethnic while their skin is pale, POC vampires are canonical from New Moon on at the very least. So why do I hear from about Meyer’s supposed “vampires can only be pale-white because venom sucks out melanin?” racism? Did she actually say that or is that a fandom myth? Regardless, it’s contra canon, and Breaking Dawn debunks it entirely.
I guess I am ambivalent about Meyer’s decision to play up the Volturi’s coded villainy (yeah, I’m a fan of them, they’re fascinating). In-universe, they are very much a necessary amoral/legal body. But it does fit into the series’ anti-colonialist politics as a whole (evil white European vampire police vs. good American whites vs. morally pure natives).
The most beautifull part of the series still has to be the journey back to Forks. Bella refuses to shut her eyes just so that she doesn’t miss a moment with him and Edward holds her and kisses her every so often…it’s so damn soft
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Bella convinced Edward being with her means she’s dead/dreaming is funnier than most comedies. For a girl that gets a lot of male attention Bella has the most pessimistic view of her charms. Her narration is definitely unreliable in that sense—no doubt that is the core behind the mindless anti hate of “some basic bitch pulling all these hunks, unrealistic!!” shit. Meyer is very good in keeping the objective truth all subtext, but freakin’ Rosalie in Eclipse calling her pretty is revealing enough.
“Before you, Bella, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars—points of light and reason…And then you shot across my sky like a meteor. Suddenly everything was on fire; there was brilliancy, there was beauty. When you were gone, when the meteor had fallen over the horizon, everything went black. Nothing had changed, but my eyes were blinded by the light. I couldn’t see the stars anymore. And there was no more reason to anything.” No comments, no notes, just 💯
“‘I’m only eighteen.’ ‘Well, I’m nearly a hundred and ten. It’s time I settled down’.” That line has been living rent-free in my head for literal decades, no joke.
#new moon#cristina reads#twilight#twilight meta#the most visceral of the series#also with the prettiest and most haunting cover#i hope that cover designer got a raise#despite my structural issues with it i could hardly put it down#still a page turner
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Share 10 facts about an OC and their significant other
Audrey has so many affairs and significant others both in her canon story and otherwise. So she’s out, for this round. (X)
I just did Catherine, or my “Lady Samedi.”
(X)
On Baron Samedi in Haitian Vodou.
So, the vampire Marian, my self insert and their (ex) boyfriend and best friend, the werewolf Oscar it is!
Thanks again! @arrthurpendragon 💞
1. South Asian, Marian is South Asian and French/Norwegian like myself. But more than 50% brown, also like myself.
2. Marian is bi-gray ace-polyam. Marian is they/she but like myself, prefers they/them to most.
What’s a straight vampire?
3. A follies performer and flapper in the 1920s also an aspiring writer and poet. An all around creative person.
4. My most neurodivergent vampire. Though all my vampires are that way to a degree. But Marian’s canonically autistic-adhd and low needs BPD.
5. Marian’s a part time occult dabbler and has a skill-ish for reading tarot cards. (As do I).
6. Marian is culturally and religiously Hindu, this leads to interesting conversations of philosophy and religion with Catherine (a Vodou practitioner) and Oscar (a catholic) and is in juxtaposition with Audrey, a cultural French Roman Catholic and functional atheist sometimes agnostic.
7. A goth in the modern era, they like post punk and black clothes. (Brown goth playlist).
8. Bobbed hair for eternity because they got turned in the year 1922. Which is very gender, I think. Gabrielle de Lioncourt is jealous.
9. Is old enough to remember the “Great War” but either represses it or geniunely forgetful of the tragedy, for their sanity.
10. Their favourite book is Dracula (1897) by Bram Stoker, they have a particular fondness for Mina.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a close second. Their favourite modern-ish vampire book the The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice. They want to hug Nicolas and lecture Lestat the bi bastard (affectionate) bluntly but all in good intent. They’d like to meet him! Wouldn’t kiss him though, especially since Catherine already likes Lestat more than Marian personally ‘gets.’
As a side: Audrey is Lestat’s mistress in some universes. 🤷♀️ & Catherine a fledgling of Lestat.
Onto Oscar…
He is Latino, born in Texas near Mexico, and also a descendant of Quincey P. Morris of Dracula (1897 fame, or infamy) to some vampires.
He is a werewolf by bloodline rather than biting, a burden he feels a myriad of complex emotions about. (Werewolves overly sarcastic) (lore for werewolves part 1) (part 2)
Cis male (he/him). Bisexual disaster. Polyam (maybe??) (that's not as set in stone as my vampires) - he understandably doesn't like loneliness.
A flirt as a defence mechanism, but it's mostly words and only words, he is not the "Latine lover" trope. It's a trauma response.
Latino and Roman Catholic.
Multi-skilled! A pianist, a gentleman, a cowboy and a skilled sharpshooter and marksman who seldom missed a pistol shot.
As a werewolf he has an extended lifespan and above-average healing abilities. Whilst not immortal in the vampire way it does make one's priorities change and change one's morality a bit. He is willing to die for a cause he believes in, just like his ancestor, Quincey Morris, but if he can stave off the shadow of death, he will.
He has an odd affection for some vampires, which is odd given everything about him. He sees it as many vampires did not ask to be what they are, just as he did not ask for lycanthropy.
Can shift into a werewolf when threatened or attacked, still holds an obligation to Mistress Luna (the moon) as most werewolves do, but he can shift in defence of himself and others.
His relationship(s) with Marian and Catherine is... complicated in an endearing way. They say they are "friends" sometimes they're lovers, and other times they're queer platonic. Mostly they're just bound by fate, regard, mutual respect and queer affection, platonic or not.
#meera answers#Arrthurpendragon#answered#oc: marian#oc: oscar#vampire oc#werewolf oc#meerawrites#meeraedits#my ocs#vampires#werewolf#werewolves#bisexual#queer#lgbtq+#long post#historical fiction#gothic#gothic horror#horror#my writing#writing horror#south asian#latino#gothic literature#1920s#goth#polyamory#long post tw
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History of the Vestments (Part I)
As has been particularly emphasized in the most recent volume, Marc frames his attire as both Moon Knight and Mr. Knight as having near liturgical significance (which,,,,,something something rabbinical family background something but that might be an analysis for another post). There's the famous declaration that the seemingly impractical color has a strategic purpose, making sure opponents can see him coming yet are too shaken to aim properly, but going as far back as Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #1 there's been at least some connection between the cowl and Marc's service to Khonshu,,,,so I thought it'd be fun to take a closer look at some of the designs for Moon Knight over the decades and see what we can find.
1. The OG
Cover for Marvel Spotlight (Vol. 1, 1971), #28.
First appearing in Doug Moench's and Don and Howie Perlin's Werewolf by Night (Vol. 1/1975), #32 when Moon Knight was just a mercenary hired to take down Jack Russell, this suit has some....rather distinct attributes. Namely, the cape connects to the back of the vambraces and attaches at the throat in a sort of buttoned collar kind of deal, while the hood does not yet sport the distinctive peaked shape.
Werewolf by Night (Vol. 1/1975), #32.
[A better look at how the cape attaches to the vambraces and the additional crescent details on the back of the belt from Marvel Spotlight (Vol. 1, 1971), #28.]
Nonetheless, other elements of this design, such as the truncheons being stored in boot holsters, the distinctive ring pattern on the vambraces, and the crescent details on the belt, would prove to become fairly common staples of Moon Knight designs moving forward.
2. The Cape Upgrade (i.e. Marlene proves to be invaluable once again)
Starting in Hulk! (Vol. 1/1978), #12 by Mr. Moench, Keith Pollard, Frank Giacola, and Mike Esposito, even Marc comments on the impracticality of having showgirl wings a cape attached to one's wrists.
The result is the cape that we all know and (I at the very least) love.
And Mr. Pollard, Mr. Giacola, and Mr. Esposito, wasting absolutely no time, made a point to emphasize the fun crescent shape of the new cape in that very same issue of Hulk! (Vol. 1/1978), #12.
2b. Adding the peaked hood!
Fascinatingly, it isn't until the next issue with art by Bill Sienkiewicz that Moon Knight's quintessential peaked hood is introduced. Furthermore, we also get some helpful trivia about Moon Knight's armaments at this point, including how the crescent details on his belt are actually where he stores his crescent darts.
Hulk! (Vol. 1/1978) #13.
[A closer look at that hood from Hulk! (Vol. 1/1978) #13]
3. The "Actual Origin"
Interestingly enough, it isn't until five years after his introduction in Werewolf by Night that Moon Knight's origin is revealed in Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980), #1, which also happens to introduce the beginnings of Marc's complex relationship with Khonshu as well as the ties between Marc's cowl and Khonshu, Marc having taken his first cowl off of the idol that oversaw his resurrection.
(....dare I say.....Iconic....)
and from that issues for the entirety of the first volume, you have the "classic" Moon Knight design: nearly all white, minimal detail, with the number of rings around the vambraces or the presence of crescent darts on Marc's belt varying depending upon the the issue.
Cover for Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1980) #3.
4. Hawkeye's Ice
At the beginning of Moon Knight (Fist of Khonshu) (Vol. 2/1985), Marc is pulled back into crimefighting and service to Khonshu by a bunch of Khonshu monks who vanish, but not before giving Marc some new bling/weapons (which were actually designed by Hawkeye????).
Moon Knight (Fist of Khonshu) (Vol. 2/1985), #1.
Moon Knight (Fist of Khonshu) (Vol. 2/1985), #1 (featuring some classic Marc "?????"-ing).
This look is present throughout Moon Knight's tenure with the West Coast Avengers, as well.
West Coast Avengers (vol. 2/1985), #21.
It's also around this time that Marc starts carrying a tactical fannypack that he keeps hidden under his cloak and with which I am unfortunately obsessed.
West Coast Avengers (vol. 2/1985), #29.
Solo Avengers (Vol. 1/1987) #3.
5. Armor Jello Mold
By the beginning of Marc Spector: Moon Knight, the gold accents had been dropped for a more "back-to-basics" design with even the belt being less ornate than in previous designs (although this is the first run that I noticed the rings around the tops of Marc's boots being consistently drawn, which I've used to identify Marc during over-crowded cross-over events hahaha)
Cover for Marc Spector: Moon Knight (vol. 1/1989), #1 the art for which was done by Sal Velluto and Mark Farmer.
One interesting point of design divergence in Marc Spector: Moon Knight, however, is that after fighting Randall (again) who had obtained an armored version of what Marc wore as Moon Knight, starting around Marc Spector: Moon Knight (Vol. 1/1989), #38 with art by Ron Garney and Tom Palmer, Marc began wearing more armor plates as well.
Funnily enough, this adoption of armor occurred right about the time Marc started melting into goo due to cellular mutation/degeneration (gosh I love comics), so, as per several doctors' orders, Marc was advised to not remove his armor until he had fully recovered or else ???? he might melt???? for real
6. Post-Goo Armor
Even after Marc's goo crisis had passed, however, artists such as Dave Hoover and James Fry still depicted Marc as wearing more noticeable armor plating across his chest, bulkier vambraces, and a chunkier belt until the end of Marc Spector: Moon Knight (the post-Liefeld 90's, amiright?)
Marc Spector: Moon Knight (vol. 1/1989), #51.
Marc Spector: Moon Knight (vol. 1/1989), #52.
7. The Late-90's Course Correction
In what I can only imagine to be a....I don't want to say backlash, but perhaps "response" is appropriate, to the noticeably bulky armor of early and mid-90's comics, the Moon Knight designs of the late 90's were remarkably more "conventional," with the art of Moon Knight (Vol. 3/1998) by Tommy Lee Edwards and Robert Campanella being almost abstract in their use of shape and shadow (and which I personally think fits well tonally with some of the more mysterious elements of this volume), while still including recognizable details such as the rings around the vambraces and the crescent details on the belt.
Moon Knight (Vol. 3/1998), #4.
And while not necessarily the first artists to do so, this is the first time that an entire volume featured Moon Knight's eyes glowing red instead of white (due to the purposeful inclusion of red tinted lenses in a black mask) and personally I just think they look cool.
Moon Knight (Vol. 3/1998), #1.
Moon Knight (Vol. 3/1998), #3.
Moon Knight (Vol. 3/1998), #3.
This "back-to-basics" push is reiterated with Mark Texeira's work in Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999).
Moon Knight (Vol. 4/1999), #1.
8. Precursor to Vol. 7's Black and White Suit???
The last suit I wanted to cover in this post is a bit of an oddity in that, from what I've gathered so far, it has only appeared in Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3/2004). As you may have noticed in this post alone, various pencilers, inkers, and colorists have inventively used shadow to make Moon Knight's stark whites appear almost black in certain lighting; consequently, I am unsure if Scot Kolins was purposefully trying to employ the same effect, if this was an ongoing coloring mistake by colorist "Studio F," or if this is a sort of precursor to the more famous look in volume 7, but in any case, I'm obsessed.
Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3/2004), #7.
Marvel Team-Up (Vol. 3/2004), #10.
And that brings us up to ‘round about volume 5, so stay tuned for another one (or two) of these posts. Oh! And let me know if I missed anything hahaha
#History of the Vestments#Moon Knight comics#Moon Knight#Marc Spector#I'll definitely be getting to the crashed vehicles post next#but someday I think I might do a post about Moon Knight's incredibly diverse array of weapons#because !!!! as much as he loves his truncheons he sure can produce/procure some rather exotic weaponry when necessary hahaha#And??? I’m not sure if this is another one of those projects where I’d typically get back the response ‘too much detail!’#and if this is comprehensible to anyone else but I had fun xD#long post
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OH. MY. GOD!!!
i’ve been wracking my brain because i couldn’t see what the constellation in the middle could be besides cassiopeia! but i was also confused by what you meant when you said “perhaps you should look closer to where the swans swim… “ so i kept looking up constellation with swans and got the constellation cygnus BUT THAT DOESNT LOOK LIKE THE CONSTELLATION!!! so i took a break for a while. but then i saw someone posted their theories and felt like i should dive into this again before i read it! so i went back to digging because this is fun!
so i looked at the constellations that surrounded cygnus because you said where the swan swims! so maybe the constellation in the middle is around the swan! right? so there are a couple that surround it! there’s cepheus, Draco, Lacerta, lyra, pegasus, and vulpecula! and i looked at all of them.
cepheus didn’t look anything like the constellation and had no significance so i crossed that one off the list. Draco isn’t it either obviously. Lacerta was interesting because it looked like cassiopeia! but not like the one on the cover! (fun fact lacerta is nicknamed the little cassiopeia!) but it’s still not the one i’m looking for. next was lyra which was also not the one i was looking for but it was still pretty! pegasus was definitely not it. and finally vulpecula. oh vulpecula….the one i’ve been looking for. and i’m now just realizing that i could of looked up fox constellations but no. because i didn’t even think about it!!!
when i tell you i sighed so hard because it was so obvious!?!?!? lord….. but that’s besides the point!I FINALLY FOUND IT!!! the one in the middle is vulpecula!!! the constellation of a fox holding a goose in its mouth!!!
i know you didn’t do this on purpose but! something that aligns up and is really cool is that geese were sacred to the goddess juno! and she was the mother of mars!!! which you have on your cover!!!! AND GET THIS!!! JUNO’S NAME IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAXING MOON!!! so i looked up to see if there was any relation with the waxing moon and werewolves and get this. it’s said that if a werewolf is born under a waxing or waning moon it shows some influence on his auspice and temperament!!! with waxing showing signs of rising rage and waning showing signs of a cooler more somber personality!!! i honest to god thought this would have no correlation but i looked up remus’ birthday and low and behold on march 10th, 1960 there was a WAXING MOON!!!! LIKE WHAT?!?!? I WAS SO SHOCKED THAT IT ACTUALLY MADE SENSE?!?!? I THOUGHT I PUT MYSELF ON A WILD GOOSE CHASE (hehe get it? because of the goose in the foxes mouth?) BUT IT MAKES SENSE!!!! WHILE REMUS DOES TRY TO BE MORE CALM AND SOMBER HE IS MORE AGGRESSIVE AND HAS A LOT OF PENT UP RAGE!!! THE KEY WORD BEING TRY BTW!!! AS MUCH AS I LOVE REMUS HE IS NOT NATURALLY CALM! HE DEFINITELY ACTS MORE CALM AND SOMBER TO NOT MAKE PEOPLE SUSPICIOUS OF HIM BUT IN ALL HONESTY HE HAS A BAD TEMPER!!! AND WE ALL KNOW THIS!!! SO THE FACT THAT HE WAS BORN ON A WAXING MOON?!!!? it all just makes so much sense!!! it’s a fucking crazy coincidence and i thought it was so cool and wanted to share it!!!
but back to vulpecula i looked at a picture of the constellation and i almost banged my head on the wall when i saw cygnus LITERALLY POINTING AT VULPECULA!!! LIKE LOOK AT THIS!!!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?
it was starting in my face. but this was a lot of fun and i loved finding things that matched up or connected without you trying!?!?!? like that was so cool😭😭😭
anyways i’m gonna keep looking for more clues and stuff but i wanted to share this
OK LOVE YOU BYE!!!!! <3
When I tell you I freaking love all of your theories, I’m not even joking I freaking ADORE all of your theories 🤍
Thanks for sharing, love you too sweetheart <3
#gilded constellations#theories#gilded constellations theories#remus x reader#remus x y/n#remus x you#sirius x reader#sirius x y/n#sirius x you#marauders x y/n#the marauders x y/n#marauders x you
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All of the questions with whatever ocs come to mind when you read the question
lol this is old. anyways
Brief summary: Bane, Moon, Az, & Sari are part of one story. Bane & Moon are the protagonists, Sari + Az (angels) are Moon’s (part-angel) family, in differing states of estrangement. taro & ayre are also in here but i dont think i used them for any questions
Bite & Bark (different story) are vampire and werewolf respectively. They hate each other and have a weird gay thing going on.
Does your character have siblings or family members in their age group? Which one are they closest with?
Sari and Az consider themselves siblings but angels don’t have proper Family like humans do…most of them were all “born” out of this Thing at roughly the same time (beginning of known history) so you could say they’re vaguely all siblings but not really. Relationships between angels were more or less a matter of choice but they’ve all been stuck in their respective ways for an incredible length of time now & nobody feels like changing their minds. For better or worse they’re closest to each other than with other angels, but sari has way more friends than az
What is/was your character’s relationship with their mother like?
Moon is SO a mama’s boy. He loved her a lot.
What is/was your character’s relationship with their father like?
Bite hates his vampire father. Being his vampire parent gives him significant power over his life and body, which he detests. Bite cannot kill him but he can get close —do NOT open that coffin in his dad’s study do NOT DO THAT—
Has your character ever witnessed something that fundamentally changed them? If so, does anyone else know?
Uhhh. can’t think of a specific event they Witnessed but Bane did get sent to war
On an average day, what can be found in your character’s pockets?
Moon carries around bandages and poultices etc to cover up his healing abilities. Bane has a silly number of hidden knives etc (his necklace is a garrote <3) but theyre not in his actual pockets because he isn’t an amateur
Does your character have recurring themes in their dreams?
Never thought about this. Last night i myself had like 3 different nightmares but the only one I remember was me in a giant mall with a griffin that wanted to kill me (the recurring theme is Giant Mall Architecture)
Actually yeah now that i think about it. Bane dreams about things trying to kill him a Lot.
Does your character have recurring themes in their nightmares?
Bite and Bark both. Bite’s are about that coffin in his vdad’s study (do NOT OPEN) and Bark’s are more abstract (have not decided)
Has your character ever fired a gun? If so, what was their first target?
I dislike guns so none of my characters use them. In the old version of bane & moon’s story Bane probably had at least once or twice (shooting range or something) but I rewrote the story & ended up changing the setting so no more guns
Is your character’s current socioeconomic status different than it was when they were growing up?
Moon was a peasant in a village as a kid but now he’s the esteemed knight of one of the country’s princes
Does your character feel more comfortable with more clothing, or with less clothing?
Bane is a more clothing guy.
In what situation was your character the most afraid they’ve ever been?
The few months after the first time someone tried to kill Bane were the worst of his life
In what situation was your character the most calm they’ve ever been?
Sari is a very calm person in general. He tries not to think about the most peaceful time of his life. To someone as old as him, it didn’t last very long
Is your character bothered by the sight of blood? If so, in what way?
nah
Does your character remember names or faces easier?
Moon would remember faces easier
Is your character preoccupied with money or material possession? Why or why not?
Sari's probably the most preoccupied with either of these things. He is very indulgent in the senses.
Which does your character idealize most: happiness or success?
Happiness all of them thanks
What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?
Never thought about this. Moon played in nature making flower crowns or throwing sticks etc
Is your character more likely to admire wisdom, or ambition in others?
I think Bane & Az admire ambition and Moon admires wisdom. Moon wants to learn more & is pretty chill ambition-wise, Az knows a lot but is TOO chill ambition-wise
What is your character’s biggest relationship flaw? Has this flaw destroyed relationships for them before?
Lmao this is literally sari. “Leave them before they leave you” kinda guy but in a less insecure way than you’re thinking. Yes it has destroyed relationships.
In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?
I think Bane and Taro are most likely to do this, for self-critical reasons. Maybe it’s because they were raised by the same family.
If something tragic or negative happens to your character, do they believe they may have caused or deserved it, or are they quick to blame others?
Moon kinda blames himself for his mother’s passing but also knows it’s not reasonable.
What does your character like in other people?
Bane appreciates trustworthiness.
What does your character dislike in other people?
Bark hates people who don’t care about basic human etiquette (being nice etc). Bite hates people who think they can make decisions for him
How quick is your character to trust someone else?
Moon is probably the fastest-trusting but he can also read peoples’ emotions, so he knows what to expect from others from the start
How quick is your character to suspect someone else? Does this change if they are close with that person?
Bane trusts nobody he is extremely quick to suspect. Even when he gains one person he can trust he is the kind of person to suspect while trusting
How does your character behave around children?
Bane is a bit standoffish but polite. He doesn’t mind kids, but never really learned how to interact with them. Moon is much friendlier.
How does your character normally deal with confrontation?
They’re all me and i have issues leave me alone about it
How quick or slow is your character to resort to physical violence in a confrontation?
Bite’s temper is shortest. He’s not gonna start swinging before a few repeated threats but he does carry a switchblade
What did your character dream of being or doing as a child? Did that dream come true?
Bane’s childhood dream was probably of escape. It takes some time but he gets there
What does your character find repulsive or disgusting?
Sari can’t stand how human bodies age and fall ill.
Describe a scenario in which your character feels most comfortable.
Moon is very happy when he’s with his close family. AKA Bane and Az
Describe a scenario in which your character feels most uncomfortable.
Bane isn’t good with places and people he can’t escape from. If he doesn’t know how to get out of there he’s not happy
In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve?
Bane is like a stony-faced “Sorry. It won’t happen again.” kind of guy
Is your character more likely to keep trying a solution/method that didn’t work the first time, or immediately move on to a different solution/method?
Gotta try at least twice.
How does your character behave around people they like?
Friendship wise; Bane is… slightly less stony than usual. Moon and Bark are fairly standard brand of More Friendly & Bite is less of a cunt.
How does your character behave around people they dislike?
Wjgen you figure out a way to behave around people you dislike that isnt ignoring them lmk. that is ingrained so deep into me i cant write characters who dont do it
Is your character more concerned with defending their honor, or protecting their status?
Honor comes w status and vice versa ..but Bite is a very status person. Could not give a shit about honor. Bark is unfortunately more of an honor person he wishes he could throw his status away
Is your character more likely to remove a problem/threat, or remove themselves from a problem/threat?
Depends. Does it affect others or just them & is it less work to just avoid it? Az is more likely to remove herself from situations, she spent too much being the one eradicating things in her youth and has now overcorrected by trying to defer on everything.
Has your character ever been bitten by an animal? How were they affected (or unaffected)?
Moon’s been bit before. Hes fine
How does your character treat people in service jobs?
Bite is either cold and brief with them or hits on them. This is how he met Bark
Does your character feel that they deserve to have what they want, whether it be material or abstract, or do they feel they must earn it first?
Most characters feel chronic unworthiness. Bite is probably the most entitled/unaware, but also Sari.. he thinks he deserves everything he wants tbh
Has your character ever had a parental figure who was not related to them?
Bane’s family is adoptive so for the most part his relatives are not related to him. Bite’s vampire dad is only his sire, didn’t create him from birth
Has your character ever had a dependent figure who was not related to them?
No
How easy or difficult is it for your character to say “I love you?” Can they say it without meaning it?
It’s probably easiest for Moon, when he means it. He could lie but isn’t super the type to. He loves people a lot. Az and Bane would definitely struggle with it especially when they mean it, but Bane could lie easier.
What does your character believe will happen to them after they die? Does this belief scare them?
When angels die, their essence returns to the thing that created them —sometimes it gets reused in the birth of a new, different angel, sometimes not. Az has thought about this a lot. She’s afraid that if she does die, she’ll become something new that’s Worse
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Hi so um, I was curious how does Chucky get out of his feral state? And since Tiffany and Chucky do have kids do they inherit the werewolf gene? Are they cured or blessed in that type of way? Can they control when they shift and does it hurt. Sorry if this is to long, keep up the good work
first one's a bit difficult to answer! For one to do that, as I’ve mentioned before, they need to be highly experienced- have been a were for years, know the ropes, w/e, and even then the human mind is not supposed to control the wolf, in fact instances of the human mind resurfacing while transformed are very uncommon and probably not very normal, whatever category the were is as well contributes to the difficulty. Something also needs to click, make them realize what's going on or who they are, this can be assisted by anything or anyone that has significant value to them. Charles has this aversion to being conscious, of course it’s great n’ all knowing exactly what's happening, however the purpose of the 'wolf' taking over is so the human doesn't have to deal with the after effects of the change, which are.. uh, agony, starvation, y'know, not so good things, even when there's a breakthrough it's so easy to revert back. Short answer is he mostly doesn’t! But anytime he does it’s been under the influence of Tiffany
Hybrids with a werewolf parent are considered born! Usually they appear just as a full blooded born were would,
They actually can’t shift, but the moon can definitely change their behavior!
#the first one was so hard to explain without revealing Too Much oh god#anyway intro Ray pups.. skrunkl#ur fine! i love answering these ^^#werewolf charles au
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IAD Hero Power Ranking: PART SETTE
See: "I would die for Garrett MacRieve" posts.
Garreth MacRieve, werewolf, Pleasure of a Dark Prince
Pros:
--invented "werewolf versus demon" basketball because he was SADS
--smells Lucia masturbating and is like WAIT WAIT WAIT I CAN FIX THAT
--gets Lucia off through prison bars.... a determined man
--engages in a Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote dynamic with his heroine for a YEAR where he's just chasing her around the globe while she crushes him with trucks and shit... he sees it as foreplay
--is actually truly the most woke werewolf hero; rightly points out to Lucia that she's not exaaaactly being chaaaaste when he's tearing that shit up every night even if there's no penetration; keeps himself from going full moon crazy with magic in order to keep Lucia from being pressured into sex with him, and even when that magic breaks super holds back until she makes a conscious decision; does not do the Ritual Doggy Style Full Moon thing because he wants to look into her eeeeeeyes and ground her and even puts her on top, a KING
--catches a special new butterfly for her and names it after her leave me alone I'm crying
Cons:
--does not believe that women should have jobs after they find their werewolf soulmates, but to be fair, he is completely right, why the hell would I work if I had a rich werewolf soulmate who hunts big game for me and does all the cooking and cleaning and work and shit
--is honestly big stupid about plunging into danger
--is honestly big stupid about a lot of things... plan for keeping his woman from pursuing her immortal mission was "I'll just fuck her until she passes out and then I'll go do big mission for her", admirable but not flaw-free logic
--was gonna help Lachlain steal a baby
--BIG "dumb younger brother" energy
--"we're werewolves we're very curious and always have to solve mysteries" lmao okay Scooby Doo
2. Rydstrom Woede, demon (king), Kiss of a Demon King
Pros:
–called Sabine a “good girl” even when she’s actually being a bad girl
–is explicitly a dom
–the first time he smiles is after she flips him off
–is into spanking
–takes Sabine to a bar and everyone leaves the bar because she’s evil and he’s all “awwww baby I don’t understand why they don’t like you :(” when she’s committed, like, war crimes… down ridiculous…
–his big comeback to his enemy is like “lmao well I’m about to make your girl’s eyes roll back in her head SOOOOOOO EAT IT CUCK”
–has two elaborate fantasies in this novel: a) suspending Sabine from the ceiling and edging her until he lets her grind against his face B) watching Sabine cuddle their cute baby. The duality of demon king
Cons:
–I mean I guess he did some pretttttyyyyy dubious shit to Sabine, but only after she did them to him
–met a woman and became her friend and talked to her for days and literally didn’t remember fucking her once until she reminded him…. I thought it was funny
–that time he went at Sabine’s tits for so long that the next day she was all “THEY HURT SO BAD” so I assume he was like a newborn baby or something
–“I don’t have any fetishes!!!!” has every fetish known to man
–was so down ridiculous that he went to try and kill himself to save her… this is a pro… but I’m gonna pretend it’s a con
–is pretty hard on Cade who was just trying!!! his!!! best!!!!!!!!!! but again this is only mildly a con because his disappointed dad thing is hot
2. Conrad Wroth, vampire, Dark Needs at Night’s Edge
Pros:
–exceedingly good at removing obstacles between him and what he wants
–a virgin and SUPER embarrassed about it in a way that is INCREDIBLY precious (when he finally fucked this woman and went “So I was good?” I almost fucking wept)
–murder puppy only wants death and blood (until he discovers………… other things)
–a natural born dirty talker
–BABY BOY…. BABY BOY…./EVIL
Cons:
–has erectile dysfunction for a significant part of his book, he gets better but I was so sad for him
–I mean, is fully insane and wants to murder his entire family, but nobody’s perfect and Nikolai kinda deserves it
–wears sunglasses indoors
–got aroused while buying underwear for her and had to limp home
–made Bowen MacRrieve sad and that makes me really upset because I love Bowen MacRieve
3. Bowen MacRieve, werewolf, Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night
Pros:
–is a werewolf general
–was celibate for 1200 years after his lover got so scared of his wolf form that she gored herself on a tree stump (lmao)
–spent those 1200 years trying to bring her back to life
–great at catching and preparing seafood
–breeding kink (wants to put all the bairns in Mariketa)
–kinda into bondage…?
–gets hard at the thought of Mariketa’s carnage, even when he is the carnage
–update pro: gets sent to a party by himself so that Mariketa can run an errand and just sits there confused and miserable at the bar by himself waiting for her to show up even though he knows people there; I imagine this is much like that SNL skit about a dog park for boyfriends, where the shy boyfriend hides under a picnic table
Cons:
–kind of a fuckboy (will say his dead lover’s name when he comes, ONE TIME, but “Mariketa” and “Mariah” begin similarly so)
–doesn’t like it when Mariketa chant incantations into her mirror because it creeps him out
–breeding kink (casually tries to get her to stop taking birth control)
–makes fun of Mariketa’s vibrator, even if I found that actually hilarious
4. Lachlain MacRieve, werewolf, A Hunger Like No Other
Pros:
–chewed his own leg off to get to Emma, pinned her to the ground in broad daylight, and inhaled her neck like a fucking FREAK
–actually pretty good at being the werewolf king (saves Bowen from his own stupidity multiple times, much daddy, very authoritative)
–saw Emma kill her own dad and basically swooned
–is absolutely down to get his blood sucked… through his penis (I believe he says that’s the only way he’ll accept BJs now…?)
–gets by on missing 150 years of progression purely on intimidation, which I personally find deeply sexy
Cons:
–I mean yes Lachlain is one of the rape-iest IAD heroes even if most of that was werewolf instinct and burning alive for 150 years
–doesn’t know how to use an iPod
–but will max out your credit cards
–a werewolf supremacist (is this a bad thing…?)
–says “Kiss me like you want to live” which I guess I should put as a con because it’s non-consensual but whatever I was dow–
5. Murdoch Wroth, vampire, Untouchable
Pros:
—just extremely determined… his heroine can’t bear skin to skin contact? He’s gonna use an icicle as a dildo. He fucked up so bad she fled to an ice kingdom? Well, he’s gonna fucking find her
–probably the closest IaD gets to a himbo… HE WAS MORE THAN A RAKE, DAMMIT!!! HE DIED IN A WAR!!!!!!!
–I don’t think y'all get how impressive it is that he consistently hit the clit through a blanket AND fucked her to orgasm with an icicle for like a year
–is actually a very good brother
–finds out his woman maybe married another guy and goes “she’s going to be a widow” I love mess
Cons:
–I mean does bitch a lot about how sexually frustrated he is but his heroine is an ice princess who can’t stand skin to skin contact without extreme pain so……………………… I do get it blue balls kill
–will masturbate to the thought of you in the shower while you’re unconscious six feet away covered in arrow wounds… if that’s something you’re not into…
–has confidence issues because the Wroth brothers are rattled off like Nikolai: the leader! Sebastian: the brain! Conrad: the mysterious babe! Murdoch: … the slut?
(do love that the Wroth bros are the Charlie’s Angels of this series)
–bit Dani without her consent blah blah blah
6. Cadeon Woede/“Cade the Kingmaker”, demon, Dark Desires After Dusk
Pros:
–extremely loyal to his brother (which I found cute)
–orders ahead to get pre-packaged food for Holly to accommodate her OCD, while helping her Walk on the Wild Side
–was the first guy to 69 with his heroine in this series
–stalked Holly for like a year (stalking is love)
–gets adorably tongue-tied around her, but not in a lame way
Cons:
–lied to Holly for like… that entire book lmao (even though it was fun)
–is called the Womb Raider for a reason, apparently (a little tooooo potent)
–sort of fucks with Holly’s birth control, in the sense that he made sure she was super fertile, but to be fair Holly did not… actually… take birth control
–threw out Holly’s OCD meds, though I chalk this up to the year the book was published
–just sort of drove around giving Holly head for WEEKS while Rydstrom was getting sexually tortured, so like…. maybe doesn’t have GREAT priorities…. maybe has the best priorities… Rydstrom was fine…
6. Nikolai Wroth, vampire, The Warlord Wants Forever
Pros:
–deeply efficient and good at his job (being a bloodthirsty warlord), which turns his mate on as much as it should literally everyone else
–scars all over
–very family-oriented, which means he’s extreeeeemely daddy, and very much uses that in the bedroom
–will try to make nice with your bitchy sisters for you
–is receptive to therapy, even if the therapist was his beaten and bruised brother whose advice was basically “do better”
Cons:
–did steal Myst’s chain and used it to make her come on command; which, while I liked it, was very much non-consensual
–insecure about Myst’s history as the greatest femme fatale of the last couple millennia (though he gets better and decides to be a sex-positive feminist)
–that time that he turned his little brothers into vampires against their will
–was so down bad that he literally started to waste away when Myst didn’t let him get off for five years
–does not properly heat his manor
7. Sebastian Wroth, vampire, No Rest for the Wicked
Pros:
–basically a virgin when he meets Kaderin
–Gentleman in the Streets Freak in That Random Nightclub Where He SNAPS
–joined the mile high club remarkably fast
–throws out all his principles for her
–Speaks Like Dracula but in a “I vant to suck your clit” way
Cons:
–borderline beta, or as beta as a murderous centuries old vampire warlord can be
–a little tooooo accommodating of Kaderin’s bullshit
–could have been more demanding, to be honest (Bowen and Lachlain would noooot have been as patient as he was, which some would like but I was a little weary of)
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Real Name: Antigone Natara Lettiere
Other Aliases: Principessa/Mia Principessa (by Gervasio), Heba Shamoun (pseudonym)
Fandom: n/a
FC: Jeanine Mason
Age: 32
Gender: Female
D.O.B: 18 March, 1991
P.O.B: Mostaganem, Algeria
Current Location: Turin, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Languages spoken: Italian, Spanish, Tamazight, Maghrebi Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, English, Sign Language (LIS, ArSL)
Relatives:
Inara Shamoun (biological mother +), Reyhan Lettiere (biological father +)
Melek Hannachi Neri (adopted mother), Gervasio Neri (adopted father)
Hanbal Hajjar (maternal cousin), Nourane Hajjar (maternal cousin), Gyasi Hajjar (maternal cousin)
Walaa Shamoun (maternal aunt), Boulus Hajjar (maternal uncle)
Eligio Lettiere (paternal uncle)
Asma Lettiere (née Amrani) (paternal grandmother), Amato Lettiere (paternal grandfather)
Romantic/Sexual orientation: Biromantic Demisexual
Significant other(s): Tanade Hussien (ex-boyfriend)
Marital Status: Single
Affiliation: the Neri Family, the Shamoun Family
Alignment: Neutral
Identity: Secret
Species: Werewolf
Abilities: shape shifting (werewolf form only), enhanced physical abilities
Skills: proficiency in sign language, multilingualism, financially literate, experienced leader
Occupation: Behavior Therapist
Religion: Agnostic
Gender: Female
Pronoun(s): She/Her
Height: 5'6.5”, 168.91cm
Eyes: dark amber
Hair: dark brown
Notable physical trait(s): partial heterochromia (part of her right eye is green), a beauty mark above her lip (right side), spider tattoo on her right ankle
Phobia(s): n/a
Mental Disease(s): n/a
Physical Disease(s): n/a
When/How was this diagnosed? n/a
One positive trait: dedicated
One negative trait: defensive
Hobbies: cooking, exploring, meditating
Miscellaneous:
She learned to become financially literate from Melek, as a result she is very good at managing her own money
She’s broken a few bones while getting into trouble with her friends when she was a preteen; one of those times was when she and her closest friend, Simran, got into a car crash, which killed the latter
Antigone had to move to another school after almost getting kicked out for getting into a fight with a boy that had been bullying her; the expulsion was not considered until she coincidentally attacked and nearly killed the same boy the night before the start of the school week, whilst a full moon was out
She takes weekend trips to Mount Aman in Collina di Superga Nature Park so she can deal with the full moon alone and away from people; Antigone has never killed anyone before in wolf form and does her best to avoid it
History: La Principessa was born to werewolves, Inara and Reyhan, in Algeria; they moved to Taranto, Italy, to try and live their lives with their daughter in peace until the Neri family, whom the werewolves came to trust, warned them that Hunters were gathering and killing all werewolves in the Southern region, with the Vatican’s permission
Inara and Reyhan tried to leave, not knowing they were being stalked, and ended up leaving Antigone with the Neri family before attempting to escape to the Northern region, only to be ambushed and killed; the Neri family decided to raise Antigone, their guilt over what happened to her parents never ceasing
While they tried to give Antigone a normal life, trying to maintain keeping her true nature hidden from others and helping her cope with knowing she was “different” from them and many others around her, the Neri family could not control how others bullied Antigone, partly because of her being Arab and partly because they suspected her to be a monster; the fights Antigone finished did not help her deal with her pain and self-hatred, so she used it to channel her ambition in helping others, as she decided she wanted to be a therapist one day
It wasn’t until she tried to seek out her mother’s side of the family that Antigone discovered her uncle had been trying to look for her, having different reasons of his own but knowing that he wanted to know his niece was safe; however, considering her paternal grandparents were affiliated with the Vatican, Antigone avoided him and sought out her aunt, Walaa, as she, her kids, and husband, were all werewolves themselves
Antigone keeps in close contact and visits them often while continuing her work as therapist for human and non-human children in Italy.
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what happened isn’t he fifth year of the hogwarts au?
asdfASDF have i not mentioned it??? in their fifth year, Ben almost dies and Luther becomes a werewolf
needless to say... it’s a very eventful year for everyone
I figured a good way to mirror the show and Luther’s issues slash ape body would be to make him a werewolf
It definitely brings the siblings closer together in a way because here’s what they know about the wizarding world and werewolves: a) the wizarding world is like, super awful to werewolves and have a bajillion laws regarding them, b) an old DADA teacher was lowkey fired for being outed as a werewolf even though he was on wolfsbane potion and taking care of himself, and c) the only werewolf who attended hogwarts (according to Fred) was said professor who kept it a secret due to worrying he would be kicked out of Hogwarts
the family have no proof that Luther wouldn’t be kicked out of Hogwarts for his werewolf-ness so obviously they have to keep it a secret
on the bright side, they have access to a secret basement thanks to Five poking around that has been mainly cleared of booby traps and other unsafe things, that is also impossible for Luther to escape from considering his wolf form can’t exactly speak parseltongue
(because portrait!Dolores probably teaches the squad how to at the very least say “open” and “close” in parseltongue considering i’m pretty sure canon hp has non parseltongues being able to vaguely mimic enough to get in)
further bright side - Ben and Five are very good at potions and are capable of very very difficult potions, such as the Wolfsbane potion
(downside: Five is a very experimental potions maker and likes to try and improve upon current formulas. Ben complains but is secretly the same. The other siblings don’t think they should be experimenting with Luther’s anti-werewolf potion guys, come on what the fuck)
“This would be so much easier if you didn’t have a reputation for being such a goody two-shoes.” Five informs Luther crossly, because getting a mannequin to transfigure into a sleeping ‘Luther’ was harder than it should have been smh, if Luther had cultivated a reputation for never being where he should be like Five everything would be fine but no, Luther’s dorm mates would be suspicious if he was gone on every full moon night
(Diego, as the team resident bonus Gryffindor, gets to stay behind and make sure no one ‘wakes up’ Luther in the morning before everyone can smuggle the real Luther back into bed)
Ben blames himself honestly, because it’s theoretically his fault that they were in the Forbidden Forest on the full moon that night
(Ben has excelled in potions and herbology, he gets along with Neville like a house on fire, and he spends lots of time in the greenhouse. He wanted to gather some various plants and potions ingredients that you can only get on the full moon and - well - let’s just say the trip didn’t go as planned)
Five ends up doing a lot of the... I guess caretaking work?? He’s the one best equipped to go down into the Chamber of Secrets when Luther is wolfed out since he can just teleport if Luther tried to bite him or something (which he doesn’t because he’s docile on the wolfsbane potion
“I dropped care of magical creatures, this shouldn’t even be my responsibility.” Five complains, loudly
“Well Luther has the best grade in that class out of any of us.” Klaus points out, gesturing between him and Diego, who looks sour at the reminder that Luther does better at him in any class at all (though that rivalry died down a lot when Diego made the quidditch team tbh)
“Luther can’t take care of himself.” Allison says crossly.
“Hey.” Luther protests, “I mean, I know, but hey.”
“Well Fred says that the marauders - that’s the dudes who hung out with Lupin when he was a baby werewolf - became animagi so they could hang out with him on full moons and stuff.” Klaus interjects excitedly, “There’s this potion which should be totally easy for Five and Ben and - ”
“Absolutely not.” Ben cuts Klaus off, “We need to be focusing on getting ingredients for the Wolfsbane potion, and they’re not easy to come by. Plus the ones we can’t get are expensive.”
“We’re orphans, it’s not like we have our own money.” Diego points out grumpily, ignoring the weird look on Luther’s face that pops up every time Reginald is even vaguely referenced.
“The money isn’t a problem.” Five says dismissively, because he’s been squirreling money away in weird places for years and has a solid ring of tutoring, essay writing, and homework providing in place to get them at least some funds, “The issue is disguising our orders so that people won’t look at our lovely list of ingredients and be like ‘who the fuck is making this quantity of wolfsbane at hogwarts, where there aren’t supposed to be any werewolves’.”
“We could buy other potions ingredients as well and hide the wolfsbane ones among them?” Luther suggests tentatively.
Ben grimaces, “The expense...”
“I already told you it’s not an issue.” Five snaps, “Besides, I can always just steal some of the super expensive ones from the potions cupboards.”
“Why do you always jump to stealing.” An aggrieved Vanya complains, even though all of them know it’s because Five’s ability to ‘apparate’ within Hogwarts grounds makes him the best person they have for moving unseen around Hogwarts
“Ha, jump.”
“It’s not like we have the resources though.” Allison muses, because she’s a slytherin and resourcefulness is important to her, “I mean, what are they going to do if they find out? Throw us in Azkaban?”
Diego shrugs, “This is Hogwarts, probably the worst that will happen is detention.”
“We can handle detentions.” Ben says firmly, “We do what we have to do, to keep Luther safe.”
“Thanks guys,” Luther may actually sound a little choked up at the loyalty shown by his siblings.
Luther gets,,, very good at watching the moon ;3c
you could say... it’s very important to him in this au ;3c ;3c
“Wait guys. Guys.” Klaus slams his hands on the table during a study session, “We can finally figure out the answers to one of the age old questions!!”
“What?” Allison sounds more exhausted than Five feels.
“What happens if you put a werewolf on the moon.”
“I don’t think Luther will be able to be an astronaut.” Ben points out delicately, “You need like, really good science grades and stuff and... I mean, potions is sort of a science but not exactly one you can put on your muggle applications.”
“One more dream crushed.” Vanya mutters.
“Hear hear.”
#five is the reason some of his classmates are passing their classes#five has an underground homework ring going on#he's excelling in all his classes#but i'mma be real with u the only reason he's passing herbology is bc of ben#five is great with potions ingredients#they're like math formulas !!#but actually growing that shit? get out of here#dolores tutored him in charms and taught him a bunch of jinxes and curses#he's GREAT at ancient runes and loves arithmancy#is only passing astronomy thanks to luther's lengthy lectures#five forces his siblings to practice dueling with him where he can use his jumps bc he can't in class :/#sadly because the sibs don't have any contact with reggie (who was probably obliviated honestly) luther doesn't get to go to the moon#but he gets to be a werewolf so the moon does have significance in his life#idk what would happen to a werewolf on the moon tbh#maybe they'd explode??#or they might just be fine because their werewolfness is linked to the position of the moon rather than how much is visible?#hogwarts au#diego is very very good at quidditch#thank you ability to curve anything thrown#he's the teams best chaser in fucking years#five is also a brilliant flyer and would make for a fucking great seeker#if five had any desire at all to play quidditch which he thinks is a waste of time#klaus is an absolutely exceptional flyer but can't catch a ball to save his fucking life#i think allison might be on the quidditch team actually but i haven't decided a position for her#beater maybe????#she just seems athletic to me and would enjoy the attention that quidditch players get#the closest to a celebrity that she can be#Anonymous
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Something fun I’ve been thinking about at work today: Who out of the Royals and the Guard enjoys sharing, matching or coordinating clothes with their mate? Here are some of my thoughts:
I feel like a lot of the Volturi, particularly the Royalty would do coordinated outfits with the S/O, especially for public events, it gives a very united, put-together impression. But I feel like some go a little further with it.
Aro loves full on matching outfits with his mate, especially for special occasions and balls, regardless of his mates gender. I feel like Aro is comfortable throwing away the gender binary and dressing more androgynously, so even if his partner wants to wear something more feminine, he’s fine too. If it’s a very public event he’ll settle for a coordinated outfit. But I’ve got this imagine in my head of him and his mate wearing matching 18th century, traditional male court dress. It would work whether mate was masc or fem, but there was a trend in the 18th century of court/noble women wearing mens clothes, particularly if they wanted to show off their legs.
Either amid or following the hunt for the Children of the Moon, Caius kills a werewolf without bloodying its coat and, as a romantic gesture, has the pelt made into a fine cloak for his mate. After hundreds of years, mate still takes good care of it, only wearing it on special occasions, as the ages have made it a little too fragile to wear while travelling.
Demetri insisting that while yes I know you won’t get cold and yes you can’t get sick, we’re meant to be blending in with the humans and you don’t look warm enough so I really think you should put on this really recognisable scarf of mine. Y’know. For the mission. And while they roll their eyes they do cuz they love that ridiculous, satisfied look on his face.
I loved a gift that says it all, and I love the thought of Felix seeing the ring on his mates hand and getting this warm, content feeling in his chest. Though, during missions, if things are likely to get… messy, he’ll put his ring on a chain around his neck and tuck it under his shirt, after all, the metal is still fragile compared to vampire flesh, he wouldn’t want it to get crushed on his own hand while he’s working. Day to day though? It never leaves his finger. I think he’d enjoy seeing his make twist it around their finger when their anxious or deep in thought. Like it brings them comfort.
Does anyone else come to mind? One of the ladies maybe? I feel like Heidi would buy clothes for her partner, not sure if she’d want them to match tho.
Greetings friend, and thank you so much for your lovely message. There are many great ideas and takes here that I wholeheartedly agree with, I will embellish some of them
Aro definitely does not care about gender norms when it comes to dressing. I know many people consider him to be nonbinary and gender fluid and I can see fashion being something he presses that through.
And yes, Caius does indeed wear the furs of his enemies and will cloak his family in it as well. Anyone who is considered a part of his inner circle will receive one at some point.
Demetri indeed loves to match with his significant other, I have talked a little bit about it in this post actually. He definitely is fond of dressing up his mate as well.
Felix would indeed wear any form of symbol that ties him to his mate, and would take the uttermost care of any jewellery bought with his mate in mind.
I do believe both Heidi and Sulpicia adores both sharing clothes with their significant other, but also matching them.
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Just read your paranoid Bella post (it was awesome) and what stood out to me is that in these kinds of AUs the Quiletes seem to be kinda left out. If I recall, Billie actively tried to warn Bella that Cullens are bad news and even argued w Charlie about that. How do you think a scenario with Bella who’s not interested in Edward and instead rekindles her childhood friendship w Jacob from the get go (mb befriends Leah too? and is known as ‘the kid w her own company outside of school’) could go?
The post anon is referencing.
I guess I can answer this earlier than I would normally. Sometimes it's good to shuffle the posts around!
Why No Quileute?
Many of the AUs people ask about center around either the Twilight period (something about Bella is significantly different before Twilight begins), the New Moon period (New Moon changes in such a significant manner that Eclipse never happens), or very rarely the post Breaking Dawn period (Bella's off prancing in the woods and Jake is just kind of there).
With the first two especially the circumstances make it unlikely Bella will significantly cross paths with Jake let alone discover the secret of the wolves and meet the rest of the Tribe.
What Do You Mean Bella Might Not Find Out?!
Remember, Jake was not Bella's childhood friend, that was his older sisters. When Bella stops visiting Forks Jake, only a few years younger, seemed like light years younger than Bella Swan. He was not on her radar at all and was that annoying kid brother.
Even as a teenager, Bella's clearly bothered by the age gap between them, seeing it as much larger than it really is.
In the beginning of Twilight she's pleased to see Jake, is willing to flirt with him for information, but she's not at all interested. She only seeks him out in New Moon to work on the motorcycles with him as free labor. From that, the friendship we see through the rest of the series grows.
Before that, though, Billy was more on Bella's radar than Jake ever was. And Billy in canon is Bella's slight enemy as he tries to warn her away from Edward the vampire. Well, Bella certainly knows more than him! So, there, Billy!
As for the wolves themselves, they didn't want to tell Bella, Sam had Jake cut all ties. By happenstance Jake had happened to tell Bella this story and he happens to be able to jog her memory. Had that not happened, she would have assumed he left her just as Edward did and sunk even deeper into depression.
Likely, Charlie would have sent her to live with her mother.
She would never find out the mysteries of the "bears" in the woods, would never meet all the members of the tribe, would never truly develop her deep friendship with Jacob, and she and the Quileute would simply not cross paths.
Bella and the tribe very easily could have been ships passing in the night.
Why No Quileute in Paranoid Bella AU?
Now, this is a Bella who does not want to be with Edward but she's also a paranoid, terrified, wreck. Edward is sneaking into her room every night before Bella gets to First Beach
I imagine she likely does not go to the beach, or if she does, pointedly does not ask anyone about Edward. NOPE, SHE KNOWS NOTHING. Because for all she knows, Edward is hiding somewhere in the bushes watching her.
He, after all, has dropped hints that he knows everything that happens to her.
Bella doesn't know about the treaty at this point and that Edward cannot physically go to La Push.
When Billy gives her cryptic hints, she probably gives him deer in the headlights looks and debates scribbling "SAVE ME" on a sheet of paper, but for all she knows Billy is a human and stands no chance against Edward. In that moment, Edward is right outside her house, in his car, listening to every word.
If Bella tells Billy to get her the fuck out, she might very well be condemning him to be eaten.
"AHAHAHAHAHA BILLY, I LOVE MY BOYFRIEND. SO MUCH."
When Billy sends Jake to Prom, Bella is in Edward's arms, right at that moment. Worse, unlike Billy, Jake does think this is ridiculous and is utterly mortified at interrupting her date like this.
Bella wants to cry.
"AHAHAHAHA, JAKE, I LOVE MY BOYFRIEND. SO MUCH."
Point being though, Edward doesn't tell Bella about the wolves, and she likely doesn't know about them from the beach. So to her, the Quileutes are just humans who seem to know what she knows. Edward likely never expands on this as he never has to in this universe. So he also never explains things like the treaty. This means they are just normal people who stand no better chance against Edward than she does. She can't go running to them for sanctuary, screaming, and potentially have Edward eat the entire tribe as he would have Biology class.
Just as she wouldn't put her mother or Charlie in danger, Paranoid Bella will not knowingly endanger the tribe.
Paranoid Bella Rekindles Her Friendship with Jake (and Leah Comes Along for the Ride)
Let's say Bella does go to First Beach and notes that Edward says he can't make it for whatever reason. Bella's not sure she believes this but he does seem unnaturally disappointed.
Sam drops his "The Cullens aren't welcome here" ominous line and Bella stares at him long and hard. He seems to know something, might even know the same something she knows, in the first timeline she likely decides it's not worth the risk of Edward overhearing them.
In this one though... this may be her only chance to gather information.
Sam is intimidating and scary looking (which is too bad as he's the one who could actually do something in this situation). So she resorts to her "bad flirting with Jake" plan.
Once again, it works, but this time Bella's soul dies inside.
Oh yeah, the Cullens are vampires and eat people (Bella knew it, SHE KNEW IT) but Jake thinks it's all superstitious nonsense. The only way he has heard of to kill them are noble werewolf spirit warriors from the tribe. But they have the treaty with the Cullens because they don't eat people on purpose (Bella cries inside).
No, Jake's never heard of anyone being an actual spirit warrior, don't be stupid, Bella. It's just an old legend.
Bella leaves the beach miserable.
The Quileute Tribe clearly knows but it seems like there's nothing they can do about it either.
BuT EdWArD's StIll In HeR RoOm aT NiGHt!
Bella decides it's worth the risk.
She drives to Billy's, watching for Edward tailgating her at every moment, but sees no sign of him (thank god). Luckily for her, in this early Twilight period, Edward was trying to pretend not to be a lunatic. So he wasn't running down her car yet like he was in Eclipse.
He's very unhappy she's visiting land he cannot go on but will pretend everything's fine. THIS IS FINE. SHE COULD BE EATEN BY BEARS BUT THIS IS FINE.
Bella confesses to Billy that Edward Cullen, the vampire, is sneaking into her bedroom at night to watch her sleep and she is certain he will try to eat her.
This was not what Billy had hoped or expected to hear from Bella Swan.
Those demonic motherfuckers.
Billy likely debates calling Carlisle, the head of the coven (who genuinely would be appalled by all of this), but he doesn't trust any of these people. He assumes Edward is grooming Bella to be Dracula's Bride (he is) and that this is just a thing vampires do (it's not).
But the Tribe cannot go to war with the Cullens.
They have only one wolf at this point, Sam, who is at this point still a teenager and untried in combat. He would be fighting seven vampires alone, they would be condemning him, and the tribe itself to a massacre.
However, that they haven't come after Bella yet is perhaps a good sign. The Cullens may not want to break the treaty either (Billy doesn't realize it's just Edward out there who wants to break it).
So here's what they'll do, Bella will "rekindle" her friendship with Jacob. She'll come over every single day, immediately after school with no exceptions, and will live at their house every weekend.
No exceptions.
The Cullens cannot enter Quileute land and, if they do... Well then, I guess they prepare for war.
Jake is ecstatic, though weirded out, as Bella suddenly practically lives at his house. They get along very well and soon their friendship is formed. Jake keeps trying to date her though and Bella's not very interested.
As for Leah... Sorry anon, but Leah is at the most miserable point in her miserable life. She's been dumped by Sam for her cousin and she has no idea why this has happened and Sam offers no explanations. She's a ball of rage and misery and has no time for Jacob Black's jittery girlfriend from Forks.
Meanwhile Edward is becoming annoyed.
He accepts the explanation that Bella and Jake are childhood friends, that she knew his sisters growing up, and that they've struck up their friendship again but... He doesn't like it.
He goes from imagining Mike Newton's head exploding to Jacob Black's head exploding.
Every day he curses that treaty and thinks it's so damn convenient that Bella keeps running off to the one place he can't follow.
He sits and he seethes.
...
And I stop here.
Wherever this path leads, anon, it is not one we should follow.
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Burning for love; JJK [00]
Contents: Future smut and just a tiny bit of smut in here, you’ll miss it if you blink, supernatural, romance, fluff, a hint of angst.
Pairing: Werewolf!alpha!jungkook x Omega!reader.
Summary: A handsome man is hunting you in the dreams world, making every day more difficult to repress the need to come and find him in the middle of the night to submit yourself to his every wish.
Requests: on
A/N: Hi babies, I’m a newbie in this platform, so this is my first project here, just a small series that I’ve had stuck in my head for a while, so I thought...Why not? And I gave myself a opportunity to get it out of my imagination and capture it here, hope you like it, since this is just a taste and I’ll be updating it later with the first official chapter!, I’m so happy to realise this to all you, don’t hesitate to ask anything or to send me a dm. Also a previous warning is that English is not my first language so sorry if there’s any mistakes!
You were sleeping peacefully in the confort of a warm bed, cuddled, deep in a dream that if someone gave you the privilege of choosing you stayed in there forever, despite how wrong it is, or so you thought.
A dream that lately seems to hunt your nights and disturb your feelings, letting you devastated and... undeniably horny.
A dream where a strong male comes and make your dirtiest fantasies come true with delight, wrapped in veiny and strong arms, a scent so unique and so enchanting, feeling so safe but at the same time feeling like burning.
A true alpha.
The scent and the feeling of his feathery touch on your hot skin, the smirk plastered on a face with a perfect jaw and delicious lips but still a face full of mystery, a blurry memory.
When the dreams started a month ago, you knew that your presentation as a wolf was near and it was slightly terrifying. Knowing what a mate means, and of course the responsibility that comes with it, so when the dreams started to knock on the door of your sleep your mind started to work at full speed… Just like the hand between your legs when waking up to a cold bed and still not knowing the eyes of the male creature that owns your body in between dreams. From now on you have been waking up to the same words every night and aching for that soul in the world made just for you.
“I know you will be intelligent enough to follow the lead that the moon herself has made for you to come to your alpha, pretty girl, call for me, dream me, scent me and you will get a reward for your significant other when the moon let us reunite, because sweetie as soon as I have you in my arms you will not be anywhere but between my sheets, breeding my pups.”
A sentence with such power, a dominant and perfectly still voice that makes your wolf want to submit at his every wish. And the problem was that you don’t have idea how to contact him, to make him come and make you forget the ache for his skin, his touch, his voice.
Right now you feel like burning between the sheets and a need for fresh air while in four paws, so you twist your body towards the door and stand on shaky legs, thanks to a long forgotten orgasm while being with him in dreams, him being the owner of a magic tongue already having you seeing stars in the imagination of your brain.
Once outside you take a deep breath and prepare your mind and body to let your wolf take part, just to start running towards an unknown direction, being guided only by the heart and the burning sensation of just something. When your capable of seeing clear again and not just blurry trees you notice that you are in front of a small waterfall and this place does nothing but create a sensation in your chest to just howl as loud as you can, emotions floating around you like fireflies in the night.
And in the distance, between the emotions that you are going through and the loud beating of your heart you hear him, as loud as the moon shines tonight, a howl from a male wolf, a howl that corresponds to the one you gave earlier with the pain of being mateless, craving for your alpha to come and find you, a howl that makes you understand that he’s telling you that he knows where you are at, a promise that he’s on his way to you. At this point, it’s safe to say that you've never wanted something so strongly.
And just like that everything was over, that was the first and the last ocasión you allowed yourself to reach for him to nuzzle in his neck while in wolf form to leave a hint of your scent impregnated in his fur and his skin, but when realization of who he was hit you, you wanted to run, just for the fear of what others may say, of the others saying you were very little to him, and that exactly is what you did, run to try and not have any interactions of any kind with that beautiful wolf.
Next update: 24/02/21
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What are your thoughts on Jekyll/Hyde and his archetype of the human periodically changing into a monster ?
Jekyll & Hyde was the 2nd horror story I read following Frankenstein, I got it off the same library and it always stuck very strongly with me even before I got into horror in general. I even dressed up as Jekyll/Hyde as a kid for a school fair by shredding a lab coat on one side and asking my sister to make-up claw gashes on my exposed arm and paint half of my face, although in hindsight I think I ended up looking more like Doctor Two-Face than Jekyll/Hyde, but I was 12 and didn't have any Victorian clothing to use so I had to make do. The first film project I tried doing at film school was intended to be a modern take on Jekyll & Hyde, and I didn't get much farther than a couple of discarded scripts
Much like Frankenstein, Mr Hyde as a character and a story is something that's kind of baked into everything I do artistically. And it's not just me, as even in pop culture itself, none of us can escape Mr Hyde. I would go so far as to argue Mr Hyde may be the single most significant character created by victorian fiction, if only by the sheer impact and legacy the character's had.
(Fan-art by guilhermefranco)
Part of what makes Mr Hyde such a powerful and lasting icon of pop culture is that the very premise of the book invites a personal reading that's gonna vary from person to person. Because everyone's familiar with the basic twist of the story, that it's a conflict of duality, of the good and evil sides, but everyone has a more personal idea of what those entail. Some people make the story more about class. A lot of readings laser-focus on sex and lust as the driving force, and there's also a lot of readings of Mr Hyde that tackle it to explore a more gendered perspective, and so forth.
I don't particularly take much notice of the Jekyll & Hyde adaptations partially because the novel's premise and themes have become baked so throughly into pop culture and explored in so many different and interesting ways, that I'm not particularly starving for good Jekyll & Hyde adaptations the way I am for Dracula and Frankenstein. The Fredric March film in particular is one that orbits my head less because of the film itself (although I do recommend it), but because of one specific scene, and that's when Jekyll first transforms into Hyde on screen.
Out of all the things they could have shown him doing right that second, they instead took the time to show him enjoying the rain.
Just Hyde taking off his hat and letting it all cascade on his face with this sheer enthusiasm like he's never been to the rain before, never enjoyed it before, and now that he's free from being Jekyll, he gets to enjoy life like he never has before. It's such an oddly humanizing moment to put amidst a horror movie, in the scene where you're ostensibly introducing the monster to the audience, and it makes such a stark contrast to the rest of the film where Hyde is completely irredeemable, but I think it's that contrast that makes the film's take on Hyde work so well even with it's diverging from the source material, even if I don't particularly like in general interpretations of Hyde that are focused on a sexual aspect.
Because one, it understands that Jekyll was fundamentally a self-serving coward and not a paragon of goodness, and two, it also understands one of the things that makes Hyde scary: He wants what all of us want, to live and be happy. He's happy when he leaves the lab and dances around in the rain like a giddy child, he's happy when he goes to places Jekyll couldn't dream of showing up, he's happy as a showgirl-abusing sexual predator. Hyde is all wants, all the time, and there's not that much difference between his wants, his domineering possessiveness, and the likes exhibited by Muriel's father and Jekyll's own within the very same film, which also works to emphasize one of the other ideas of the original story, that Edward Hyde doesn't come from nowhere. That no monster is closer to humanity than Mr Hyde, because he is us. He is the thing that Jekyll refused to take responsability for until it was too late.
(Art by LorenzoMastroianni)
While many of the ideas that defined Mr Hyde had already been explored in pop culture beforehand, Hyde popularized and redefined many of them in particular by modernizing the idea. He was the werewolf, the doppelganger, The Player On The Other Side, except he came from within. He was not transformed by circumstance, he made himself that way, and the elixir merely brought out something already inside his soul. To acknowledge that he's there is to acknowledge that he is you, and to not do that is to either lose to him, or perish. Hyde was there to address both the rot settling in Victorian society as well as grappling concerns over Darwinian heritage, of the realization that man has always had the beast inside of him (it's no accident that Hyde's main method of murder is by clubbing people to death with his cane like a caveman).
I've already argued on my post about Tarzan that the Wild Man archetype, beginning with Enkidu of The Epic of Gilgamesh, is the in-between man and beast, between superhero and monster, and that Mr Hyde is an essential component of the superhero's trajectory, as the creature split in between. That stories about dual personalities, doppelgangers, the duality of the soul, the hero with a day job and an after dark career, you can pinpoint Hyde as a turning point in how all of these solidified gradually in pop culture. And I've argued otherwise that The Punisher, for all that his image and narrative points otherwise, is ultimately just as much of a superhero as the rest of them, even if no one wants to admit it, drawing a parallel between The Punisher and Mr Hyde. And he's far from the only modern character that can invite this kind of parallel.
The idea of a regular person periodically or permanently transforming into, or revealing itself to be, something extraordinary and fantastic and scary, grappling with the divide it causes in their soul, and questions whether it's a new development or merely the truest parts of themselves coming to light at last, and the effects this transformation has for good and bad alike. The idea of a potent, dangerous, unpredictable enemy who ultimately is you, or at least a facet of you and what you can do. That these are bound to destroy each other if not reconciled with or overcome.
You know what are my thoughts on the archetype of "human periodically changing into a monster" are? Look around you and you're gonna see the myriad ways The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde's themes have manifested in the century and a half since the story's release. Why it shouldn't be any surprise whatsoever that Mr Hyde has become such an integral part of pop culture, in it's heroes and monsters alike. Why we can never escape Mr Hyde, just as Jekyll never could.
It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in the world has learned to fear and despise. Our Barbie-doll president, with his Barbie-doll wife and his boxful of Barbie-doll children is also America's answer to the monstrous Mr. Hyde.
He speaks for the Werewolf in us; the bully, the predatory shyster who turns into something unspeakable, full of claws and bleeding string-warts on nights when the moon comes too close… - Hunter S. Thompson
There is a scene in the movie Pulp Fiction that explains almost every terrible thing happening in the news today. And it's not the scene where Ving Rhames shoots that guy's dick off. It's the part where the hit man played by John Travolta is talking about how somebody vandalized his car, and says this:
"Boy, I wish I could've caught him doing it. I'd have given anything to catch that asshole doing it. It'd been worth him doing it, just so I could've caught him doing it."
That last sentence is something everyone should understand about mankind. After all, the statement is completely illogical -- revenge is supposed to be about righting a wrong. But he wants to be wronged, specifically so he'll have an excuse to get revenge. We all do.
Why else would we love a good revenge movie? We sit in a theater and watch Liam Neeson's daughter get kidnapped. We're not sad about it, because we know he's a badass and he finally has permission to be awesome. Not a single person in that theater was rooting for it to all be an innocent misunderstanding. We wanted Liam to be wronged, because we wanted to see him kick ass. It's why so many people walk around with vigilante fantasies in their heads.
Long, long ago, the people in charge figured out that the easiest and most reliable way to bind a society together was by controlling and channeling our hate addiction. That's the reason why seeing hurricane wreckage on the news makes us mumble "That's sad" and maybe donate a few bucks to the Red Cross hurricane fund, while 9/11 sends us into a decade-long trillion-dollar rage that leaves the Middle East in flames.
The former was caused by wind; the latter was caused by monsters. The former makes us kind of bummed out; the latter gets us high.
It's easy to blame the news media for pumping us full of stories of mass shootings and kidnapped children, but that's stopping one step short of the answer: The media just gives us what we want. And what we want is to think we're beset on all sides by monsters.
The really popular stories will always feature monsters that are as different from us as possible. Think about Star Wars -- what real shithead has ever referred to himself as being on "the dark side"? In Harry Potter and countless fantasy universes, you have wizards working in "black magic" and the "dark arts." Can you imagine a scientist developing some technology for chemical weapons or invasive advertising openly thinking of what he does as "dark science"? Can you imagine a real world leader naming his headquarters "The Death Star" or "Mount Doom"?
Of course not. But we need to believe that evil people know they're evil, or else that would open the door to the fact that we might be evil without knowing it. I mean, sure, maybe we've bought chocolate that was made using child slaves or driven cars that poisoned the air, but we didn't do it to be evil -- we were simply doing whatever we felt like and ignoring the consequences. Not like Hitler and the bankers who ruined the economy and those people who burned the kittens -- they wake up every day intentionally dreaming up new evils to create. It's not like Hitler actually thought he was saving the world.
So no matter how many times you vote to cut food stamps and then use the money to buy a boat, you could still be way worse. You could, after all, be one of those murdering / lazy / ignorant / greedy / oppressive monsters that you know the world is full of, and that only your awesome moral code prevents you from turning into at any moment. And those monsters are out there.
They have to be. Because otherwise, we're the monsters - 5 Reasons Humanity Desperately Wants Monsters To Be Real, by Jason Pargin
(Two-Face sequence comes from the end of Batman Annual #14: Eye of the Beholder)
For good or bad, Hyde has become omnipresent. He's a part of our superheroes, he's a part of our supervillains, he's in our monsters. He lives and prattles in our ears, sometimes we need him to survive, and sometimes we become Hyde even when we don't need to, because our survival instincts or base cruelties or desperation brings out the worst in us. Sometimes we can beat him, and sometimes he's not that bad. Sometimes we do need to appease him and listen to what he says, about us and the world around us. And sometimes we need to do so specifically to prove him wrong and beat him again.
But he never, ever goes away, as he so accurately declares in the musical
Do you really think
That I would ever let you go...
Do you think
I'd ever set you free?
If you do, I'm sad to say
It simply isn't so
You will never get away
FROM MEEEEEE
(Art by Akreon on Artstation)
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