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knightonhorseback · 2 years

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Part 2!

There they were in Finney's backyard. It was a lot more well kept than it was a few years ago as Gwen took up an interest in gardening and agriculture. Although she doesn't have any money for a full on garden just yet she definitely had the grass looking green and the lilies on the fence that grew in from the neighbors yard looked amazing. She'd also been getting a few potatoes, mint, basil, and parsley, from the elderly woman down the street and four houses to the right.

When Robin had first brought up the idea that he teach Finney how to fight Finn was confused to say the least but, after a bit of explaining on Robin's part he eventually agreed.

So they were in the backyard, of course after Gwen had told them not to fuck up her grass, and Finney was very clearly not in to it. Robin could tell he really didn't want to but was still doing it anyway for Robin's sake. Ah yes, for Robin.

As it would turn out Robin didn't explain it as well as he thought he did and Finney took his explanation as "He's tired of always having to fight my battles." Though this could be further from the truth. Robin is happy to fight for Finney wherever and whenever need be... but as their getting older and getting jobs Robin has realized that no matter how badly he wants to (and he really wants to) he can't always be there to beat someone's ass when they call Finney a slur or tell someone to fuck off when they start getting to overbearing for Finney.

No Robin would gladly die for this boy. It's just Finney, the little overthinker he is, doesn't understand that Finney himself is terrifying and people are going to want to pick fights with him for stupid territorial reasons. Nobody understands how Finney doesn't know any of this.

Finney doesn't see the glares he gets everyday because guys are intimidated by him and if he does he usually writes them off as the guys only seeing him as his little nerdy self, because that all he knows himself to be. Don't get him wrong Finney has seen girls whispering, pointing, and giggling, but he always thought it was because of someone behind him or if it was that he was with Robin, or Bruce, or Vance.

So he's in his backyard not really caring but at the same time trying to learn about this so he could take the burden of protecting himself off Robin's shoulders. It isn't until about the fourth or fifth time Robin asks him to try that he finally snaps.

He apologizes to Robin about being such a burden, that he can't get this one thing right, he gets angry that whenever they go out together there's always someone fawning over how hot Robin is, and how he hates the fact that Robin will still get in fights over him and that he really wishes he could just do this but he can't.

As Finney stood there with tears in his eyes and bright red cheeks, Robin soaked all this information in and oh my god, he can't believe he let Finn feel this way, he let his Finn get so angry at himself for being a burden when that's the complete opposite of what he is to Robin, and he can't believe Finn doesn't realize those people aren't fawning over Robin their fawning over him, and- wait.

God

FINNEY GOT JEALOUS!

Wait Robin can't focus on that right now! Emotional crisis now, gay crisis later.

Robin didn't say anything. Instead he hugged Finney. He hugged him like a meteor the size of Jupiter was going to smash into Earth. Finney almost collapsed into the shorter boys arms and tried not to weep. Robin could feel Finney's knees shaking and the few stray tears that had escaped, so he sat them on the ground and just held Finney. Whispering sweet nothing's in to his ear, leaving small kisses wherever he could reach in that moment, telling Finney that he's not a burden, he's an angel but, a lot of people don't know that. Telling Finney that guys see him as a risk. A risk that they'd lose their credibility and power, that at any point Finney would swoop in and take everything they either worked for or stole from others.

Holding Finn's head in his hands he explained how important it is to know to defend himself, not because Robin doesn't want to defend him but because there will come a day when he can't be there to protect Finney. Finney sat there stunned, taking in all this information at once caused a massive brain fart.

Robin watched as everything began to fall into place for Finney.

Oh, ohhhhh.

Finn began apologizing again but before he could there was a hand over his mouth.

"Don't even start on that apology bullshit there's nothing you have to apologize for. I need to apologize for not explaining it well enough that you felt you're a burden."

Finney nodded and Robin removed his hand's completely from Finn's body. Finn still feeling a bit ashamed grabbed Robin's hand before it could be fully retracted to his side.

Robin asked him if he wanted to continue trying or pick it up again another time and go inside and have some ice cream. Of course Finney said ice cream. Robin chuckled and helped Finney up, still holding his hand, and went inside to raid the ice cream with the promise they would try again tomorrow and this time Finney wouldn't feel like a failure.

#finbin is adorable #finbin #the black phone #robin arellano #finney blake #vance hopper #bruce yamada #gwen blake #Robin tried teaching finn to fight #it didn't happen

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valkyrie-of-the-rising-sun · 2 years

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Exposition Post 0.5: From the Past, To the Present

Tagging @fangaminghell, @alltheoutsinfreeeee, @lurker-extraordinaire-657645and @lemonade-juley for their AU exposition update alerts :p

For those of you who want a refresher, here’s a shortcut to the previous post.

Again, this is a lengthy lore exposition post connecting where we last left off in the history of the Aura Wielders to pre-Calamity Aevium. So sit down, get comfy, maybe brew yourself a hot beverage and/or grab some snacks and enjoy the post :D

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3000 years have passed since Vitus and Nymiera had vanished from the mortal realm. From the ashes left in the wake of the War, seven kingdoms have risen with the combined efforts of man and Pokemon. Among these kingdoms were the Kingdom of Ghovora (present-day Goldenwood), the Kingdom of Kasura (present-day Kingdom of Goomidra) and the Kingdom of Zygara (present-day Sashila Village and Zorrialyn Desert). The rest have unfortunately fallen into obscurity.

For centuries, the Aura Wielders have maintained the peace between kingdoms by traveling the realm as nomads, beholden to no kingdom and yet free to enter or exit their borders. They listened to the woes of the people they met on their journeys, lent them their aid, and - should the need arise - stepped forth and protect the people from dangerous threats.

It is, for this reason, that Aura Wielders are highly regarded by the Seven Kingdoms as protectors and heroes. Even the royal families hold them with great respect.

For millennia, all was well... until it wasn’t.

One day, a large number of refugees arrived at the shores of the Seven Kingdoms, seeking asylum. They called themselves the Garufans, who had allegedly fled their ancestral lands to avoid persecution at the hands of their rival tribes.

Taking pity upon their plight, the Aura Wielders welcomed them with open arms and helped them establish a settlement at the outskirts of Zygara. At first, everything seemed alright despite the unease that rippled through kingdoms. After all, wasn’t it normal for people to fear what they do not understand? And what they did not understand were the bizarrely advanced - to the point it could be called futuristic - technology that the Garufans brought with them.

Even so, the Garufans were peaceful; they mainly kept to themselves and took great lengths to avoid any strife between their neighbours. In all respect, they appear to be sincere in their desire to avoid further conflict... so the Aura Wielders gave them the benefit of the doubt.

However, the other kingdoms did not share this sentiment. Queen Griselda of Ghovora, in particular, was the most mistrustful out of her fellow rulers and saw them as threats to the peace she envisioned. Her paranoia was so great, in fact, that she conspired with a reluctant King Ieisel to conquer the other kingdoms to acquire their resources and manpower. All for the sake of eliminating what she viewed as a threat.

By the time the Aura Wielders had realised what Queen Griselda had been plotting, it was too late to stop her. She had already launched multiple war campaigns against her neighbours and annexed their lands, despite the frantic pleas of her family and her scared, exhausted people.

Realising with horror and resignation that Griselda was beyond redemption and reason, her sisters and eldest daughter took matters into their own hands... only for it to unleash a different monstrosity altogether. From the broken remains of the dead queen, her embittered soul was reborn into a new eldritch form hellbent on wreaking its vengeance upon her murderers. Her daughter was the first to fall victim to her rampage, and was reincarnated into the form of a ghost Pokemon through her powers.

Fortunately, her sisters were able to escape Griselda’s wrath and enlisted the help of the Aura Wielders to seal her away together with the ruins of her kingdom. Where she could no longer harm anyone in a fit of blind rage.

The immediate threat had been neutralised, but the damage had been done. Irreversibly so.

The Garufans, realising that nowhere is safe for them, turned belligerent towards outsiders and sought to subjugate every single one of them to protect themselves. Taking advantage of the chaos brought about by Griselda’s war campaigns, they infilitrated the ruins of the Kingdom of Kasura - where the Archetype was being held - and seized it, intending on weaponising it for their own purposes.

In order to cover their own ulterior motives for using the Archetype, the Garufans secretly leaked its existence to the outside world, ultimately fanning the flames of conflict. It wasn’t long before the regions beyond the borders of the Seven Kingdoms took up arms, each of them wanting to claim the Archetype’s mystical powers for themselves, leading to the start of the Kalos War (also known as the Great War since it was, more accurately, a war on a global scale).

Meanwhile, tensions were at an all-time high in the Seven Kingdoms. The Aura Wielders had their hands full in assisting the survivors of Griselda’s conquests, and keeping an eye out for potential invaders threatening to shatter the fragile peace. The people were uneasy, and with their only link to the outside world being the Garufans, what little news they received had only sent them even more on edge.

Eventually, one young Aura Wielder had enough and foolishly took matters into his own hands. He snuck into his clan’s sacred grounds of Amethyst Grotto, took the Paradigm Crest and revealed the secrets of the Aura Wielders to the Garufans in the hopes that they would use this knowledge to restore the peace.

That did not happen. The boy was imprisoned within their laboratories for his misguided kindness and the Paradigm Crest taken. Soon after, armed with their newly acquired knowledge, the Garufans began to forcibly conscript Aura Wielders to use as their soldiers. However, all of them adamantly refused, so they decided to take their powers for themselves.

Some perished from the inhumane experiments. Many lost their minds as a result of their powers abused to its limit, transforming them into feral Pokemon who attacked everything on sight - including themselves.

It was through these experiments that the Garufans were able to devise a way to allow even the common man to mimic the Aura Wielders’ signature abilities: by sealing their souls (though a Pokemon’s soul is a viable substitute) within a special tome, the holder would be able to wield their powers as if it were their own. This technique would later be dubbed as Garufan magicks.

As for the Paradigm Crest, countless have volunteered to become its host. Only one proved themself up to the challenge, and even then... it came at a great cost. By taking the Crest into themself, their consciousness inevitably merged with Adrest’s, with the latter as the dominant identity, and their memories of their past self permanently lost.

Despite the somewhat disappointing results, the Garufans wrote it off as a success and placed Adrest under the care of one of their subordinates - Variya. Originally, she was to meticulously observe/record their progress and ensure they were ready for their purpose as a weapon when the time comes, but over time she grew to care for Adrest like they were her child and decided to rebel against her superior for their sake.

Meanwhile, the Aura Wielders stormed into the Garufan HQ to retrieve the lost Paradigm Crest and to rescue any surviving captives. While they did not find any survivors, they were able to retrieve the Archetype (which was entrusted to the protection of a human clan) and convince Adrest to come with them, with some persuasion from Variya.

Unfortunately, the Garufans soon learned of the attack and immediately went to reclaim them. The Aura Wielders, fully expecting this, enacted an emergency escape plan.

Prior to their attack on Garufa HQ, the Aura Wielders constructed an illusory realm as a bridge connecting this world to another - an alternate reality where Pokemon never existed - using the energies harvested from sacrificial souls. They called this realm “Phantasmal Arboret”, because of its elusive nature and how its appearance strongly resembled a misty forest. Normally, this would be an impossible feat, but the Great War had caused the barriers between realities to weaken, allowing them to pierce through its weak spots to construct their bridge.

And, to prevent anyone from trespassing, the realm was woven in a way so that the only way to gain entry is via a spiritual key - the Mirage Wing. The Mirage Wing was made from the ceremonial hairpiece worn by the leader of the Aura Wielders, and a few psychic-imbued feathers shed by her beloved partner Pokemon. In order for the Mirage Wing to activate, two conditions must be fulfilled: the holder must be an Aura Wielder, and they must have a powerful desire to reach the realm. Furthermore, the holder of the Mirage Wing has the authority to select who could enter and leave the place, and who to bar entry from, permitting them to grant entrance to their allies if necessary.

Using this, the Aura Wielders plus Adrest fled into the alternate world. And, to ensure that the Garufans would cease their pursuit, the few who stayed behind made a show of destroying their settlements and performing mass ‘suicides’ to solidify the illusion of their demise. Initially, the Garufans were unconvinced of this and continued their hunt, only ceasing when they realised that they could find neither hair nor hide of the Aura Wielders. It was as if they had vanished into thin air, like they never existed to begin with...

In reality, the remaining ones had willingly forced a transformation upon themselves to throw the Garufans off their tails, hiding away from the world until the end of the Kalos War and subsequently the Garufan Civilisation’s collapse. Once the danger has passed, they came out of hiding and continued to keep watch over the region as its protectors... though a few chose to leave and carve out a new path for themselves.

Meanwhile, things had went from bad to worse for the ones taking part in the exodus. As it turned out, the atmosphere of the alternate world was extremely incompatible with their heritage, causing them to gradually lose their abilities and/or die a slow, painful death. For reasons unknown, Adrest was immune to its effects.

It was soon discovered that the Paradigm Crest was able to counteract the atmosphere’s erosion of their bodies, allowing them to live without compromising on their inherent powers. So, with great reluctance, they proposed a grim solution - one that would be considered sacrilegious had it been spoken under normal circumstances.

The solution was to select one of their numbers to become the next host for the Paradigm Crest, pass on their position to their ‘heir’ and the cycle repeats, thus allowing the bloodline to survive long enough for their eventual return.

After Adrest, the next host was Altair - then leader of the Aura Wielders. When the time came, she passed on the role to her daughter, which was handed down to her own daughter and so on. And to mark the bearer of this position, each of them inherited the key to the illusory realm and they were expected to pass it down to their successor. This went on for 200 years, with a girl named Freja becoming the next-in-line for the position; she succeeded her mother at the age of 16.

However, she bore immense bitterness towards this tradition, blaming it as the cause of her mother’s misery and eventual death, and swore never to continue this seemingly bloodstained custom for the sake of her own children. Ironically, she would end up participating in this very tradition that she swore never to take part in... for the sake of reviving her dying newborn. And unbeknownst to Freja, in what looked to be an act of motherly sacrifice, she had unwittingly burdened her daughter with the weight of the world and more...

#pokemon rejuvenation #part 2 people!#ok this is a lot heavier than the last post #guess i've gotten too carried away with this #in case it wasn't clear in the last para #the newborn was artemis who would later become hauyne #so by extension. orion is a direct descendant of the aura wielders as well #and by all rights they were supposed to be the next host after their mother #but because freja refused to take part in it #it didn't happen #instead artemis was the one who became the host #because she was born too early and was dying as a result #so freja transferred the crest into her in the hopes it would save her life #while artemis lived. freja died minutes later #ok. i think that's all that i couldn't cover in the main text #next post: the mechanics of aura wielding #chroniclerverse

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iliketoydinosaurs · 1 year

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Hate when spn fix-it fics mention the ending. Like come on can't we just collectively pretend it didn't happen.

#talking abt anyone who mentions vampires #I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT #IT DIDN'T HAPPEN #shut up shut up shut up #spn #supernatural #dean winchester

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i-can-even-burn-salad · 1 year

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heads up, seven up

I was tagged by @writingmoth with uuuuh... woops, didn’t take notes. Something something last 7 lines, I think?

Nano is going great, which is why this is not from my Nano project lol But at least it’s the last 7 lines from today. Well, yesterday I guess by the time I schedule this post.

They were whispering, and when Cedric cast them a sharp glance, Laurent pointed into the side street next to him. Fingers firmly wrapped around the handle of his cane once more, Cedric took a careful step inside.

There she was, sitting on the ground in the corner between a wall and a pile of empty crates. With her arms wrapped around her knees and her head ducked deep between her shoulders, she made herself as small as possible; and then somehow even smaller when he stopped in front of her.

Cedric turned to look back over his shoulder, a lump in his throat.

“I got this,” he said. “Go back and make sure he’s gone when we return.”

Gonna leave this as an open tag. I think my usual suspects are taking a small break after Whumptober :D

#salad-tag #whatever it might look like #it didn't happen #'he' was just a rude asshole

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teepers-meepers · 1 year

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Hello! This is a random twst lesson and card guide for those who need it. It'll also include tips and tricks when grinding out events.

5000 lessons on twisted wonderland. 250 days logged in, 368 twistunes, 100 exams.

I need a life

#twisted wonderland #I've been interested for two years #Thought this obsession would die down a few days after eng twst released #it didn't happen

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evecheveria · 1 year

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do you want to read a questionable-quality fanfic about that bitch Lord Bacaro Volorus? well today is your (un)lucky day!

i am not liable for any feelings of discomfort, physical sickness or mental anguish that comes from reading this. read at your own discretion (also i think it's cursed)

#lord bacaro volorus #lord bacaro #should i tag this as the guy?#you know #him #i don't want to acknowledge the canon #it didn't happen #spoilers #x reader #the elder scrolls #elder scrolls online #high isle #firesong #legacy of the bretons

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butchfalin · 5 months

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the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

#yeehaw #1k #5k #10k #posts that got cursed. blasted. im making these tag updates after... 19 hours?#also i have been told it should say speech loss bc nonverbal specifically refers to the permanent state. did not know that!#unfortunately i fear it is so far past containment that even if i edited it now it would do very little. but noted for future reference #edit 2: nvm enough ppl have come to rb it from me directly that i changed the wording a bit. hopefully this makes sense #also. in case anyone is curious. though i doubt anyone who is commenting these things will check the original tags #1) my friend did not do this on purpose in any way. it was not intended to distract me or to hit on me. im a lesbian hes a gay man. cmon now #he felt very bad about it afterwards. i thought it was hilarious but it was very embarrassed and apologetic #2) “why didn't he use 🫵🏼?” didn't exist yet. “why didn't he use 🆗?” dunno! we'd been using a lot of hand emojis. 👌🏼 is an ok sign #like it makes sense. it was just a silly mixup. also No i did not invent 👉🏼👌🏼 as a gesture meaning sex. do you live under a rock #3) nonspeaking episodes are a recurring thing in my life and have been since i was born. this is not a quirky one-time thing #it is a pervasive issue that is very frustrating to both myself and the people i am trying to communicate with. in which trying to speak is #extremely distressing and causes very genuine anguish. this post is not me making light of it it's just a funny thing that happened once #it's no different than if i post about a funny thing that happened in conjunction w a physical disability. it's just me talking abt my life #i don't mind character tags tho. those can be entertaining. i don't know what any of you are talking about #Except the ppl who have said this is pego/ryu or wang/xian. those people i understand and respect #if you use it as a writing prompt that's fine but send it to me. i want to see it #aaaand i think that's it. everyday im tempted to turn off rbs on it. it hasn't even been a week

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tearlessrain · 1 month

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please help me- i used to be pretty smart but i’m having so much trouble grasping the concept of diegetic vs non-diegetic bdsm!

gfkjldghfd okay first of all I'm sorry for the confusion, if you're not finding anything on the phrase it's because I made it up and absolutely nobody but me ever uses it, but I haven't found a better way to express what I'm trying to say so I keep using it. but now you've given me an excuse to ramble on about some shit that is only relevant to me and my deeply inefficient way of talking and by god I'm going to take it.

SO. the way diegetic and non-diegetic are normally used is to talk about music and sound design in movies/tv shows. in case you aren't familiar with that concept, here's a rundown:

diegetic sound is sound that happens within the world of the movie/show and can be acknowledged by the characters, like a song playing on the stereo during a driving scene, or sung on stage in Phantom of the Opera. it's also most other sounds that happen in a movie, like the sounds of traffic in a city scene, or a thunderclap, or a marching band passing by. or one of the three stock horse sounds they use in every movie with a horse in it even though horses don't really vocalize much in real life, but that's beside the point, the horse is supposed to be actually making that noise within the movie's world and the characters can hear it whinnying.

non-diegetic sound is any sound that doesn't exist in the world of the movie/show and can't be perceived by the characters. this includes things like laugh tracks and most soundtrack music. when Duel of Fates plays in Star Wars during the lightsaber fight for dramatic effect, that's non-diegetic. it exists to the audience, but the characters don't know their fight is being backed by sick ass music and, sadly, can't hear it.

the lines can get blurry between the two, you've probably seen the film trope where the clearly non-diegetic music in the title sequence fades out to the same music, now diegetic and playing from the character's car stereo. and then there are things like Phantom of the Opera as mentioned above, where the soundtrack is also part of the plot, but Phantom of the Opera does also have segments of non-diegetic music: the Phantom probably does not have an entire orchestra and some guy with an electric guitar hiding down in his sewer just waiting for someone to break into song, but both of those show up in the songs they sing down there.

now, on to how I apply this to bdsm in fiction.

if I'm referring to diegetic bdsm what I mean is that the bdsm is acknowledged for what it is in-world. the characters themselves are roleplaying whatever scenarios their scenes involve and are operating with knowledge of real life rules/safety practices. if there's cnc depicted, it will be apparent at some point, usually right away, that both characters actually are fully consenting and it's all just a planned scene, and you'll often see on-screen negotiation and aftercare, and elements of the story may involve the kink community wherever the characters are. Love and Leashes is a great example of this, 50 Shades and Bonding are terrible examples of this, but they all feature characters that know they're doing bdsm and are intentional about it.

if I'm talking about non-diegetic bdsm, I'm referring to a story that portrays certain kinks without the direct acknowledgement that the characters are doing bdsm. this would be something like Captive Prince, or Phantom of the Opera again, or the vast majority of bodice ripper type stories where an innocent woman is kidnapped by a pirate king or something and totally doesn't want to be ravished but then it turns out he's so cool and sexy and good at ravishing that she decides she's into it and becomes his pirate consort or whatever it is that happens at the end of those books. the characters don't know they're playing out a cnc or D/s fantasy, and in-universe it's often straight up noncon or dubcon rather than cnc at all. the thing about entirely non-diegetic bdsm is that it's almost always Problematic™ in some way if you're not willing to meet the story where it's at, but as long as you're not judging it by the standards of diegetic bdsm, it's just providing the reader the same thing that a partner in a scene would: the illusion of whatever risk or taboo floats your boat, sometimes to extremes that can't be replicated in real life due to safety, practicality, physics, the law, vampires not being real, etc. it's consensual by default because it's already pretend; the characters are vehicles for the story and not actually people who can be hurt, and the reader chose to pick up the book and is aware that nothing in it is real, so it's all good.

this difference is where people tend to get hung up in the discourse, from what I've observed. which is why I started using this phrasing, because I think it's very crucial to be able to differentiate which one you're talking about if you try to have a conversation with someone about the portrayal of bdsm in media. it would also, frankly, be useful for tagging, because sometimes when you're in the mood for non-diegetic bodice ripper shit you'd call the police over in real life, it can get really annoying to read paragraphs of negotiation and check-ins that break the illusion of the scene and so on, and the opposite can be jarring too.

it's very possible to blur these together the same way Phantom of the Opera blurs its diegetic and non-diegetic music as well. this leaves you even more open to being misunderstood by people reading in bad faith, but it can also be really fun to play with. @not-poignant writes fantastic fanfic, novels, and original serials on ao3 that pull this off really well, if you're okay with some dark shit in your fiction I would highly recommend their work. some of it does get really fucking dark in places though, just like. be advised. read the tags and all that.

but yeah, spontaneous writer plug aside, that's what I mean.

#I found their original stuff while I was researching various waterhorses and their folklore for no reason #because one of the characters in their original work happens to be an each uisge #and then it turned out it ALSO included a lot of figures from welsh folklore in general #so yknow if you happen to have my incredibly specific hyperfixations you'll love it but even if you don't it's great #I didn't mean to bring up phantom of the opera so much it just happens to be very relevant to a lot of my talking points #I haven't actually seen it in years

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