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#ngl I think at a certain point it’s just a straight up aggression though
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Redraws of some old ocs experiencing dog girl and catgirl related micro aggressions =)
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lordxgrinnyxboy · 4 years
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rewatching The Grinning Man once again,,2am edition,,just through Beauty and the Beast bc i had to give up and go to bed. @past me you really thought you were gonna. ha. haha. who ever said you’re not a funny clown.
‘ye gods’ is fully a tagphrase of barkilphedro’s. bc saying it at least twice makes it definitely a Thing.
josiana says Bark looks like a...~bug~...and ngl the cut of his coat + those limp antenna things on his hat do actually kinda create that effect. they really did make him look like a skittering creature
accidentally paused at such a moment where his head is angled just so and it’s so weird bc u can’t see the paint on his nose at this angle what
i could play barkilphedro. it would be a ghastly shame but i. no. i could though. no i couldn’t. but
everything bark says just sounds very...Like That.
gonna start doing eye makeup like bark’s
i have so many feelings about the fact that Mr. Maskell’s ensemble(?) character and Ms. Obianyo’s ensemble character stand beside each other for this scene
au where Gwyn’s mom lives and the two of them work as performers
no but fully that Green Cowl but also like. Ms. Obianyo’s entire outfit??? that is a Fantastic Look right There right There.
i like how Bark points at an audience member when he says “whose life is even worse than yours”
okay so the mist that comes up when Bark first says “laughter is the best medicine” plus the way Ms. Obianyo’s ensemble character Looks At Him plus the way Ms. Obianyo’s Ensemble Character and Mr. Maskell’s Ensemble Character stand next to each other plus the fact that this is all Barkilphedro telling the story of events he perpetrated and whatnot just generally the whole look of the bit gives me Feelings like these particular two ensemble characters are almost sort of the ghosts of Gwyn’s mom and kinda sorta who Gwyn could’ve been but also not but also Kinda
i’m just so very emotional and love seeing these two together they look amazing and i love them DX
Josiana’s Introduction/Portrait dress looks fantastic and im mad she doesn’t get to keep it
London!Jojo’s costume is better
genuinely still can’t believe Clarence is Ursus
but it’s kinda ironic tho since it’s by Clarence’s orders that Bark was ever in the situation where ‘hmm guess i havvvve to mutilate this kid’s face lol, that’s too bad” was a thought htat occurred to him so i mean both of Ursus’ characters had a hand in what happened
clarence is like “look at my unhappy children/what a tonic for my pain” ursus is like “...” and dea’s like “look at your unhappy children father i dare u”
the lords on palace hill are a gift
Ms. Brisson is just a truly adorable individual i love her ensemble character
also the material on the sort of dress/aprons the Lords wear? the print kind of looks like a map to me but idk if that’s what it is?
Osric’s “Welcome to the Stokes-Croft Faire” is like. one of the top 10 most iconic moments of the show for me negl. maybe even top 5. It’s got this particular energy i can’t describe but it’s So Good
i feel like in this scene like the top half of Mr. Maskell’s face is painted white(er) which looks fabulous once the bandages + cowl are added like heavens above but also with the whole “ooooh that’s the ghost of pre-barkilphedro!Gwynplaine” angle it’s interesting w/how Jojo’s got that bit of white paint/powder as well and it looks like Dirry-Moir’s whole face is painted at least for this number like Ooooh Is That A Lord Thing idk but it’s a Vibe
i once again think it’s interesting that it’s the actors for Angelica and Jojo who are in the picture frame for “Chained Beasts Fighting” considering how Jojo and Angelica seem to for real not get along so well during the play’s events
i’ve another theory abt mr. hubert
bark’s really like all up on Mr Maskensemblecharacter for the “stab an old man with a needle” bit.
i’ve tried so hard to figure out what the heck that could mean but all i can find is “they’re probably referring to murdering ppl with hat pins” u-u
yo the artwork on the walls behind them Wowie
gosh i love Osric
the little dance thing they do after “I’ve got the misery” is something i yearn for like. pls.
idk if anyone gets more into that last Laughter is the Best Medicine choreo than mr. Dirry-Moir like. he is positively Aggressive with it
the drum or whatever makes that little repeating like, three-point, one-two-three over and over toward the peak of this song is like. i don’t know what i was about to say but I Like This Part Of The Song Even Though It Is Very Stressful And Intense
idk man gwyn just looks Really Good when ursus pulls back that curtain like idk if it’s the way he’s standing or the way he’s moving however slightly or what he’s doing with his hands but like. A+ Gwynlit you look fantastic right here
i like how initially he looks just at Ursus but then kind of looks directly into the camera. sort of fancy the notion that in order to get through shows Gwyn’s kind of particular about where he looks and will try to focus on Ursus and Dea as much as possible but otherwise kind of just tries to not really See the audience maybe or something
oh hey that’s Born Broken that’s music boxing hangon lemme go back what plays for
i don’t reckona- give me a minute - i don’t. recognize. there we go. the music box sound that  plays for gwyn
dea is So Pretty
“I shall put my money where my mouth is” dirry-moir that is a most unfortunate turn of phrase
ngl gwyn always looks like he’s having a good time doing up the Drama for his act as Clarence
shadow!gwyn’s hair is next level kinds of floofy magnificence
even his bandages look amazing
“Sonny” :}
no but when Gwyn walks little puppet!Gwyn up the ramp to the ship but Dea’s helping and so they wind up standing Very Close and there’s Height Difference i’m sorry but they are Adorable
i reall like the ocean effect they do
Dea’s cowl look is Exquisite
can’t actually remember for real for real but i’m fairly confident that Mr. Maskell’s “MOTHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER MOTHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER” was at least 67% of what initially forced me to fall in love with this show so Thank You Mr. Maskell For That
the cowl + bandages just looks so good i don’t know what to say. that’s a Look right there. the eye makeup? the hair? The Bandages and Cowl? I’m sorry who says this is not a handsome boy?
he looks amzing
puppet!gwyn constantly looks like he’s got one eyebrow raised thanks to how the eye area is carved
i want to know how Ursus thought he wasn’t going to wind up with a couple of the most dramatic chidlren on the earth like when did he think there was a chance they wouldn’t both turn out Dramatic
high note hazlit has arrived
i wish that in the Osric Raises Gwyn au there was some way for Osric to meet like Ghost!Hazlit or i don’t even know but. they need. to meet each other.
Osric’s got vibes and i don’t know what they are but they’re so powerful and they move me to intense affection
it’s Ridiculously Tall-looking Gwyn time. he goes to stand up straight and keeps on Extending
he really just keeps his eyes on the puppet at all times tho
“your little hat can find out what it means” i know he said ‘heart’ but he said ‘hat’ gwyn needs a hat send tweet
book gwyn got to have a hat
don’t worry gwynlit osric’s gonna take care of that in the au
dea’s so cute
so when Ursus says “for certain, it would be no man” is that like a heads-up that they changed the wolf’s name bc now it isn’t Homo anymore or
it’s 3am now and im only 20 minutes in help me dea
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the “No” “Yes, yes” when Ursus first gives him the Crimson Lethe kills me every single time bro.
how long is this post do i need to shut up yet
i’ve babbled for longer before i think we’re good
And Ursus Gave The Boy A Name. A Cruel Name. A Name That Means “Wow That Debilitating Wound Carved Into Your Actual Face Must Hurt Pretty Bad Huh Kidlet”
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still mad about the fact that Ursus mentions “Melt into mist/no longer exist” and Barkilphedro uses those Exact Words
i always assume they’re talkin about going to Murca but i mean technically anywhere could be the ‘new world’ huh
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see the one thing i
when he says “we’ll come back to the place where once we were lost in the snow” now im thinking about adult!lord!Gwyn revisiting like. the actual place. where it all Happened like. imagine adult!Gwyn going back to the gallows-site and just.
under angelica’s reign it’s probably converted into a memorial instead ofc and is no longer a gallows-site but still
puppet!Dea doesn’t wear shoes
when puppet!Dea first goes “Mojo?” puppet!Gwyn kinda reaches toward her for a sec like he’s Concerned
Dirry-Moir waving at Dea like he’s trying to figure if she really is blind smh
cowl gwyn is such a phenomenal look
GWYN DOES THE FOOT WIGGLE DURING THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST SCENE I JUST NOW NOTICED
HIS FOOT IS ACTUALLY FLAT ON THE GROUND SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING A LITTLE HEEL SHAKE IT’S MORE LIKE A LIL ANKLE TWISTY BUT. !!
puppet!Gwyn fiddles with his shirt/vest a lot
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the lil motion with his head after the Kiss tho rlly does look suspicious like the “twinge (of unspeakable agony)” motion tho
love how Osric just runs along to go with to see the rest of the show like. he’s into it.
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dangan-meme-palace · 6 years
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Yandere DRV3 Girls
I shoulda posted this like a month ago I’m so sorry
Boys can be found right here
(Trigger warnings for the following: Kidnapping, Stalking, Non-con elements/mentions, Non-con drug use, Implied Torture, Physical/Emotional Abuse, Manipulation, Gas Lighting, and Implied Murder)
Kirumi Tojo
I love her don't make me do this
Fell for you when you made an effort to lighten her load 
Definitely one of the more controlling yanderes
You thought you'd have someone you could order around? Foolish.
She wants what's best for you and so she just kinda takes care of everything for you
Which sounds great!
Until you realise she thinks she knows you better than you do
Which isn’t even wrong because she has stalked you intensely
Stalking aside she's gonna try and make your life better whether you like or not
This includes forcing you to eat healthier, exercise, etc. etc. 
Probably uses the Mom Voice™
She won't take no for an answer
Tsumugi Shirogane
Oh boy. Look away children.
Okay so there's 2 ways she’ll become obsessed with you 
1: You are really optimistic and hopeful
2: You are emotionally susceptible to abuse
Yeah this is gonna get really fucked up really quick
Sorry Tsumugi fans
If Option #1 is true for you get ready to be kidnapped
She's Despair so she's obviously gonna wanna kill your hope with no remorse
Just saying, killing your hope might include making you put on humiliating cosplays and posting pictures online of you in them
She also might use those pictures as blackmail
Depends on her mood tbh
If Option #2 sounds more like you then prepare for the stereotypical controlling yandere
She'll slowly get more and more controlling with you until you start to think there's no way out
Which is true
There is no way out
She won't let you leave
But… do you really want to leave her? 
She's all you have now.
She keeps you as a pet :’)
Tenko Chabashira
Fell for you when you showed fierce enthusiasm for something you love
She finds it cute as hell and she can't help but fall for you
She's more of an obsessive than an aggressive yandere surprisingly 
How could she hurt her one true love?!?!?
Gushes about you to all her friends
Takes pictures of you doing cute things like sleeping, showering, and eating
IT'S NOT CREEPY IT'S CUTE!!!!
Will defend your honor without any hesitation 
If anyone even makes it seem like they don't want you around or don't appreciate you enough she is going off
She'll talk about every little thing that you do in a reverent tone of voice
It's like she worships you or something
Halfway through her 50th “I love them how dare you!” speech you notice something
She's talking about stuff you've never done around her, stuff you do alone
How would she know about any of that??
If you leave it alone you'll be fine but if you don't….
She won't hurt you but you're definitely not going outside anytime soon :)
Which is fine by her!
More time to spend with you! As an added bonus you're living with her now!
However, all good things must come to an end
A certain detective was determined to solve your case
And his leads all pointed to her
*thinking emoji*
She knew he was onto her
So she just… solved the problem
Permanently.
Rip Shuichi
Himiko Yumeno
She's like 8 you lolicons
Would totally lure you in with her magical loli powers
A well placed “Nyehhhh I can't reach this, can you grab it for me?” and a tired yawn here and there
Yeah, she's got manipulation down to a science
Anything to spend time with you
But it's not enough
She can't get enough of you
She wants more 
So whenever you leave her she'll follow you in secret
She hates that you have to leave in the first place
So, she uh,
Casts a spell on your lunch
Translation: she crushed up some sleeping pills and mixed the powder into your food
Luckily, she didn't give you too much
Unluckily, you're living with her now
And you're not leaving
It's all thanks to ~Maaaaaaggggiiiicc~
Angie Yonaga
“Oh my god, it's god?!?”
Nah, but she thinks Atua sent you to her as a gift
She saw you and it was like the stars fell from the heavens and became you
At least in her eyes
Immediately tries to get to know you and talk to you
She also makes a wax statue of you to put in her room
Might make a body pillow of you ngl 
Talks as if you're already together
It honestly surprises everyone when you say you're not
She's super confused
How could you not be hers?? Atua sent you to her?? You're hers??
Decides that you just don't know that you were sent to her
Silly s/o~
Definitely a kidnapper
She'll frequently ask you questions and if you answer wrong she disciplines (read: tortures) you
Conditions you to love her
God dammit Angie why must you be so fucked up
Kaede Akamatsu
Don't make me do this to her please..
Sigh
She most likely fell for you when she realized how passionate you were
Especially if it's anything to do with music
Partial to singing but it doesn't really matter as long as you put your feelings into it
She falls ass over elbows for you when she accidentally heard you practicing
She's so shy around you it's kind of painful to watch
She's normally so confident but as soon as you're around she's quiet and flustered
The thing is she doesn't really mind that feeling
In fact she wants to feel it more
So she starts hanging around you more and more and spending all of her free time with you and just staying close to you in general 
Absolutely idolizes you
Thinks everything you do is cute and adorable and oh god she loves you so much
She starts getting nasty with everyone else though; she kinda acts like her pregame self
Why would she want to spend time with them when she could spend time with someone as amazing as you??
Everything seems more irritating and boring without you around
She comes to a sudden realization one night when she was thinking about her feelings
She wants a songbird
You can't let birds out of their cages or they'll fly away from you forever
She won't lose you.
She can't.
So she steals you away in the middle of the night
She treats you like a princess as soon as you wake up
Might ask you to sing for her from time to time but won't push you
She understands that you're going to have to adjust to being her songbird
That's fine!
Or so she thought
But she's just so sick of seeing you inch away from her in fear
She's Kaedone with your shit
How dare you be so ungrateful!!
She gives you everything and you still treat her like a criminal!!
There's nothing wrong with wanting to keep you!!
Demands affection from you
Not afraid to punish you
She hates it though
She just wants you to love her so why do you keep making her hurt you?!
She doesn't want to!! She promises!!
So please!! Just love her already!!
She hates how you fake your smiles
She hates how you flinch before you wrap your arms around her
She hates that you don't love her
But she hates the thought of you leaving so much more
So every day
She keeps trying to get you to love her
And every day 
You don't
:’)
Maki Harukawa
She might be a little too good at this yandere thing….
So, she's The Ultimate Assassin, meaning she kills people all stealthy-like
So I'd say she's pretty good at stalking her prey
Not to say that you're her prey but… that's exactly what I'm saying
You can't go anywhere without feeling eyes on you
She's way too nervous to talk to you
So she tries to make up for it with kind gestures 
Like stabbing people who walk too slow in the halls
They're all scum anyways
No one could ever be as kind and caring as you
So who cares if they die
They're nothing compared to you
<3
Have you seen her in-game?? literally she's borderline yandere already
She’s super suspicious of you leaving her though
She knows that her job isn’t the most well-liked career and is terrified that you’ll find out and never want to go near her
And that just isn’t allowed
So she keeps it a secret for as long as she can
Until you eventually find out where exactly all of your friends have gone
If you’re okay with it (read: too terrified to move) you’ll most likely live through that encounter
If not… well...
She always thought you were cuter than any doll anyways <3
She even picks out a cute outfit for your corpse :’D
Miu Iruma
I live for this bitch
She's another yandere too shy to talk to you
She tries! She really does! Its It's just you make her so nervous
Y’all know how she gives Shuichi food with her hair in it? Imagine that x100
A good yandere to compare her to is actually Anna from Shimoneta
Just watch this tbh
https://youtu.be/nM6fcg6VunM
She, like Anna, has made food with little bits of her in it
Gross.
Just buy some damn chocolates you absolute madwoman
She also tries to impress you with things she invents
You’re her latest muse so it’s only fair that you get to try out her inventions firsthand
If you don’t want them she is crushed
She tries so hard, the poor thing
I imagine that if she went off the deep end it would go one of two ways
She either A: Becomes obsessed with trying to impress you. Losing sleep just so she could try and make the best possible present. This leads to her stalking you on and offline because she needs to find out your likes and dislikes. It’s normal to try and find out what someone would like as a present right? So it’s no big deal. She would also bug your house and clothes just to listen to you.
Or B: Straight up kidnaps you and locks you in her lab. Now you have no choice but to try out her inventions. Don’t worry though! She only picks out the best ones for you! She eventually is able to trick herself into thinking that you enjoy all of this and were just playing really hard to get. It’s like she can’t even hear you anymore...
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bakugous-abs · 5 years
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(1/2) I love your blog the one where Bakugo and Izuku were reaction to the leg tattoo really just mMmmHHh yes. So, can an I request a match up? I'm a 5'9 female who has neck lengthen black hair and is considered "curvy". Outwardly, I'm pretty aggressive ngl to the point where certain people do find me scary. (Weird, I know) People who do know me more private basis have said yes aggressive but, not the leading trait. Fiery but, extremely sentimental.
(2/2) They’ve also said really emotionally unattached and straight forward when shit gets real. Being able to be not emotionally attached to people is a trait I’ve been thankful for. I’m very free spirited but, sometimes that can be seen as reckless. I’m willing to do anything for a good story. Three things I enjoy: math, writing, and tattoo artistry. A weird mix but, hey its gr9 out here. I will most likely be more covered as I grow older. Very excited for that. But yeah, thank you in advance.
Heya! Thanks for being patient on this! I share your love for tattoos, so don’t ever say that it’s weird! It’s just another thing that makes you, well, you!
~Admin HeroWeekly
Your match: Shigaraki Tomura
He just, well, he just gets you. Tomura has been through some hard times, so he can be seen as aggressive as well. But, people just don’t take the time to get to know him. Same with you! Tomura, though, can see the parts of you that everyone else can’t. He sees your fire, your free spirit, your love for things. THe two of you would just click on such a level that others can’t see. He finds tattoos amazing, and loves every single one on you. But, math is all your thing. He won’t come anywhere near that. In terms of looks, Tomura thinks you’re the most beautiful thing on the planet. Your curves, your silky black hair, gosh. He simply can’t get enough of you. 
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zuka-themed-review: Elisabeth 2018 chapigumi
This trip has been an absolute whirlwind - I cannot believe that I saw Elisabeth only last week! But, with my hastily scribbled notes in hand I present an out of order bullet point list of things I thought were interesting, what worked for me and what didn’t, and some rhetorical questions.
- Manaki Reika (Chapi) and Tsukishiro Kanato (Reiko) were AMAZING. Voices were on point, Reiko had fantastic riffs and vibrato
- I know that Lucheni is a bit of a standout role by design but I am so looking forward to what Reiko does next
- I am late to the Chapi stan party but with this performance and BADDY boy do I STAN now
- The orchestra live is so powerful and complex. There is a bell line in the duet after Franz and Sissi’s first meeting that I swear is new. I am going to listen back to old recordings and check
- Never paid attention to the dad character but Kizuki Yuuma was so stylish I was like ‘oh hello sir’. She took the role and made it fashion. 
- Are people actually in the dressers in the beginning that get lifted up or do they wait behind them? Because that lift looked terrifying.
- There are far more raised arm salutes out of range of the recording angles and it honestly threw me for a loop.
- There’s a bass clarinet or bari sax doing the real work in certain scenes that does not come through on recordings. If I didn’t play bass myself I would almost say it was too powerful, but then again there’s no such thing as too much bass. 
- Watashi Dake Ni (Elisabeth’s big ol’ solo) finally makes sense seeing it live. Ngl I usually skip pieces of it but here I was captivated. 
- With Watashi Dake Ni in mind I was actually upset I couldn’t clap longer, and that Tod literally steps in front of her for a solo. Slow your roll Tod it’s only Act 1.
- Friendly shout out from a distance to Sophie’s maid squad / Elisabeth’s travel team. I wouldn’t want to get to close and risk Touka Yurino’s smooth wrath lol. They’re in such sync I though the Revue finally got some good projectors going (jk looking at you Castle of the White Heron)
- Everything is much more colorful live. Reiko’s pink jacket for Kitsch was legitimately blinding.
- Seeing the full stage for the wedding / reception scene makes Tod’s final flourish and glass crashing sound at the end of Last Dance make sense. The walls literally rotate, throwing the pair of them into a mirror world that I didn’t before in recordings. Props to everyone for standing behind those walls to keep up the appearance that they are still on the other side instead of just exiting. 
- The black angels are doing so much in the background I want a star angle for them. I think legitimately one of them hit themselves in the face they kicked so high.
- Shout out to the musumeyaku that slipped and ate it center stage as the “Elisabeth reveals her Hungary dress” scene was setting up. The recovery was as effortless as it could be, I hope you’re ok! 
- The woman who sat on my right promptly fell asleep but rocketed awake in time for the finale of Watashi Dake Ni. Ma’am I’m sure you’ve seen the show 10+ times but I have no idea how you fall asleep when the music is so loud. I salute you.
- I guess I should mention Tamaki and Miya at this point huh? :D 
- Tamaki’s costuming was really cool to see live. The wig was blond with a dark teal top that looked great with the finale costumes. The Last Dance military look was especially striking. 
- She made Tod a soft and sympathetic force of nature, one that really reflected what Chapi was desiring at different times - love, peace, a respite from the world, etc. I genuinely appreciated the take on the character but it leads to my #1 complaint with the show:
- The stage direction needs to change. Tamaki’s interpretation of Tod did not match the staging she had to hit, which came across in the way she sang the line “ai to shi no rondo” soooooo sweetly, but then she still had to have the “shineba ii” scene be creepy and aggressive. I would have liked to see a sweet, more nurturing/supportive take on that line so that Elisabeth would be more wholly tempted to go through with it.
- I also would have liked to have heard Tod’s songs in a different key. While I fully understand that there are a plethora of reasons for why Elisabeth’s direction does not change, Tamaki was struggling with intervals and certain high notes (though not all of them, which I thought was interesting.) It’s nearing the end of the Tokyo run and she is giving it 150%, but I would have loved to see what this Tod could have been like with some altered staging and 100% security in the vocal performance. 
- That being said, the way Tamaki sang “ai to shi no rondo” made me sigh and think, ‘tbh I’d trade places with Elisabeth’. Then I thought about Sophie and I very quickly backpedaled. 
- There was also an amazing effect when Tod is leaving Elisabeth as she wakes up where the center state is covered in fog and rotating extremely fast, and Tamaki has her left foot lifted and angled slightly such that from my seat it looked like she was floating away. I was floored. 
- Justice for folks playing Franz! It’s a brutal role designed to be disliked and potentially sympathized with but I forgot that Miya was playing it. She did a great job, sounded great, etc. But boy is Franz not all that present. The Madame scene was fun but again, not a whole lot to do. I was so glad to see her in the finale crushing it like the badass she is. 
- As I was on the first floor I didn’t see the disco ball starting up so I legitimately jumped when the kickline started. It was straight fire though. 
- The duet dance between Tamaki and Chapi was GORGEOUS. That one dance put tons of context and emotion into their relationship as Tod and Elisabeth. I would have liked to have seen it in the main show. 
- I need to see a Moon Troupe show live now with a full revue, as that snippet of a finale really blew me away.
All in all, mad props to Moon Troupe and this production of Elisabeth. Chapi is a true tour de force and I look forward to seeing what she does after her taidan. I also cannot wait to see where Moon Troupe goes from here - I think Anna Karenina and On The Town will both be fantastic.   
If you liked this scattershot format look forward to reviews of My Fair Lady, Castle of the White Heron, Thunderbolt Fantasy and Phantom soon! 
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amorremanet · 7 years
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omg Kassie i'm bad at these au meme things and i feel like asking for, like, theatre kids au headcanons is disingenuous because can you have a headcanon for your own world? that would just be canon, no? so gimme 5 headcanons for a a hedric college modern au?
the “send me an au and i’ll write 5+ headcanons about it” game
I actually have done that for this game before, though it was a little less, “headcanons about a universe that is already headcanon” and more, “a glorified excuse to talk a lot about the headcanon universe” — but anyway
So, at Hogwarts University, we have Cedric Diggory, one of the History department’s postgrad students, and Harry Potter, one of the undergrads in the Social Policy and Social Work program.
They first met each other during one of the unofficial, only barely organized, by the students and for the students games of football, when they got put on the same team and butted heads about strategy, with a lot of openly sarcastic snark from Harry, and a lot of passive-aggressive dry snark from Cedric, and a lot of eye-rolling from their teammates because there is a time and a place for ineptly flirting at each other without entirely realizing that you’re doing it, and neither of them is, “during a game, what the Hell, guys”
Everyone else on that team, from Ginny (Harry’s ex and his best friend’s sister) to Viktor (who’s a big deal footballer but he really doesn’t like being reminded of it, or how it’s impeded all of his academics, and anyway, he’s Cedric’s roommate and they used to be boyfriends) had a Super Awkward time of it because eventually, it became obvious that Harry and Cedric were not listening to them, were totally off in their own world during all attempted discussions of strategy, and were probably going to be super into each other
The snarkfest finally ended when Harry sort of accidentally tackled Cedric while trying not to faceplant after hitting a slick patch of mud too quickly and sliding, after which: 1. Ginny took over as captain, and dragged Viktor into being her co-captain, because she decided that if Cedric and Harry couldn’t share the co-captain spot without flirting and being ridiculous at each other, then screw them, they don’t get to be co-captains anymore;
and 2. even if she hadn’t, they would’ve calmed down anyway, because abruptly ending up sprawled out with Harry on top of Cedric made both of them have an, “oh shit, he’s hot” moment, which really knocked the wind out of their unintentional snarky argue-flirting and made both of them much more cooperative
For her part, Cho is really glad that she was on the other team for all of this (though, at the time, she was really not into this arrangement because she got stuck with Draco, Zacharias, Pansy, Oliver, and Roger Davies as some of her teammates, and Cho mostly likes Oliver and Roger, but all five of these people kinda suck to be on a team with for various reasons).
But she’s grateful now because on one hand, she and Cedric dated before they were in undergrad, and he’s one of her best friends. On the other hand, she and Harry briefly dated, and it ended amicably.
And on the tentacle, she’s currently in a Something with Ginny that isn’t yet officially anything because neither of them is sure what she wants but they keep flirting with each other but in not very direct ways, and okay really, it would’ve been Awkward And Messy for Cho to be on a team with Ginny while two of her exes were being even more inept at flirting than Cho and Ginny have been
Cedric has this problem where he doesn’t know how to ask for help when he needs it, because:
1. he’s legitimately gifted (which has given him kind of a Thing about working hard enough to prove that he isn’t just coasting by on his natural talents and aptitude, which usually means that he will work himself almost to the point of a complete breakdown, succeed, and then learn almost nothing from this since he didn’t actually have said breakdown so it’s probably okay to keep doing this — and he still feels like it’s not enough and maybe he’s not actually good at anything)
2. a lot of people whom he cares about rely on and look up to him (which kicks him in the responsibility and makes him feel like he has to always be there for them, and he gets that he is allowed to ask people to be there for him in turn, but he only actually lives that idea in certain specific ways that usually do not involve any of his actual problems)
and 3. he kinda has a chip on his shoulder about whether or not he can actually handle anything on his own, and about doing all of the work to prove that he can, because he was sort of an awkward and sickly kid, and between his Mum verging on being overprotective and Amos over-hyping Cedric for every. single. accomplishment. he ever had, in ways that Cedric finds over-the-top and unnecessary, Cedric got stuck worrying about whether or not he could handle anything
This is all getting particularly problematic because Cedric has pretty much no idea what he’s going to do after finishing his postgraduate work (which he started because he had no idea what he was going to do after finishing his undergrad) and he feels like he can’t ask anyone for help without letting everyone down and somehow hurting them horribly.
Someone, please. Help this boy.
Harry really values his ability to keep a low profile. Unfortunately for him, this ability is borderline non-existent because:
1. He’s the son of that famous footballer whose father invented Toaster Strudels or something (it was actually the Sleekeazy line of hair products but almost nobody remembers that, since Harry never talks about it, and his hair never behaves and he has no idea what hair products do what, so no one thinks to associate him with Sleekeazy), and that one big deal activist who made her name vehemently, openly opposing that one disgraced former Tory MP who was in good with Thatcher back in the day but these days, he’s gone even further to the political right and he’s trying (once again) to make a comeback by capitalizing on increasing Islamophobia and anti-immigrant sentiments to make people vote for him.
2. The Potters died in really shady circumstances when Harry was very young, which sorta led that guy’s big fall from grace, and a huge custody nightmare because Harry was supposed to go live with his godfather and his father’s BFF, that wayward disowned, gay, bipolar son of that one noble family who are some of said ex-Tory MP’s biggest supporters, who’s managed to establish himself as a writer, but Lily’s parents initially started voicing Concern about Harry living with him, because at the time, he was:
a. undiagnosed, so a lot of his symptoms were seen as Just Sirius Being Sirius and, “just Sirius being Sirius” was periodically dangerous (mostly to Sirius himself but… still in ways that concerned Harry’s Evans grandparents);
b. nominally single, officially “straight,” and sharing a place with Professor Lupin from the History department (who was a postgrad, then), but that was all a façade, hiding their on-off Thing, where they were kinda together, but sometime not, and sometimes, “together but allowed to see other people as long as they talk about it if it ever gets serious (which it never really did but still)” — and oh boy, there was a Mess when that all came out during the custody nightmare (not least because Petunia and Vernon entered the discussion by being homophobic all over it, and making matters way, WAY worse when some trashy tabloid journalist outed Remus’s HIV status);
and c. a person of interest in the investigation of James and Lily’s deaths (which never amounted to charges and was eventually dropped, but not for lack of trying to pin it all on Sirius, on the parts of a few choice assholes).
3. Harry is a pretty gifted footballer himself, and a pretty good student, and friends with that loudmouth activisty girl who took advantage of an obscure and underutilized academic option to design her own program (combining history, law, political science, and social policy), and the youngest son of that family of impoverished minor nobles who act like they’re all about family values but are secretly an abusive shit-show, oh and he’s not actually a student here anymore, he left school to go into some nebulous but profitable startup with his twin brothers, but Harry and Hermione are still here, so he hangs around so often that most people don’t remember that he doesn’t even go here
(overall, Ron and Hermione are equally notable but in very different ways and for very different reasons)
and 4. Harry also spent his entire adolescence accidentally foiling that dickbag ex-Tory MP’s plans to try and make his comeback, and aside from all of the shit that he was embroiled in as a toddler, his godfather being kind of a Big Deal in several ways, and his “uncle” being a member of the university’s faculty, Harry just keeps drawing attention to himself without meaning to.
Someone please help him, he just wants to not have to deal with all of this attention, it is so frustrating
ngl, one of his favorite things about Cedric is that Cedric does not treat him as Famous Harry Potter, and manages to strike a rare balance between acknowledging the effects of this shit on Harry’s life and treating Harry as a real person without giving him any special treatment for better or for worse because of who his parents were, or his accidental teenage activism, or his talent at football, or any of that
(—like, seriously. Ron, Hermione, Luna, Cho, Remus, and Sirius are the only other people Harry would list as having done the thing consistently. This isn’t really fair to some others in his life, but he’s also pretty sensitive about all of this, so unfair as it is to some people in his life, it’s understandable that his list is so short)
Their first date happened kind of by accident.
See, it started when Sirius got asked to come have a reading and talk on campus, and of course Harry was going to go because it’s Sirius and his new book is really good and even if Harry didn’t like it, he’d still go because it’s Sirius.
Cedric showed up with the intent to just enjoy it and hopefully ask some questions during the Q&A (like, this boy showed up with an entire page of possible questions in his notebook, and that had already been whittled down quite a lot, and even as he went into the auditorium, he was still debating which one he wanted to ask most)
This particular event had open seating, rather than assigned seating, and Harry…… was sort of not sure where to sit, when he showed up. Like, he picked out Ron in the crowd first… but then noticed that Ron was sitting with Viktor, and looking kinda bored while Viktor looked eager, and yeah, there was a brief feeling of, “What the Hell, I should go over there and ask why Ron didn’t tell me he had a date with Viktor, who cares if I ruin their moment, what the Hell Ron” — but Harry decided against it because Ron hadn’t had a date in a while, and ruining it for him would’ve been a dick move
Then, he spotted Hermione… right as Luna sat down with her and they picked up where they’d apparently left off in some debate or other that Harry couldn’t hear so he just imagined that it was another round of Hermione reading Sirius’s poetry as sociopolitical commentaries first and foremost, while Luna primarily reads them as poems, looking at how the language and choice of images create certain emotions and stories and word-pictures, rather than what those things mean in a broader sociopolitical context, and probably arguing about the place of the author in interpreting literature
(He wasn’t that far off. Add in some stuff like, “Luna ffs why did you bring gummy bears to a poetry reading” and, “Did you do something special with your hair? …Oh, wait, you’re just not wearing any Sleekeazy’s in it, are you? …It looks really pretty and I’m sorry your internship’s been pressuring you into wearing it for the sake of looking quote-unquote professional” — and then you’d basically have what they were on about)
This process repeated itself with Cho and Ginny, then with Dean and Seamus, then with Lavender and Parvati, then with Angelina and Katie, then with Fleur and Tonks — it was only different when Harry noticed Draco, then Zacharias, because ugh, fuck shit dammit NO, there is not enough money in the world to pay Harry to sit next to either of them — and finally, he noticed Cedric sitting on his own
Faced with the choices of, “go ask Cedric if he can sit next to him and risk rejection” or, “sit alone and feel lonely, and risk Remus coming to sit with him and feeling like a loser because ugggh, one of his godfathers actually came to sit with him so he wouldn’t feel lonely which was well-intentioned but just kind of reaffirmed Harry’s feelings of loneliness and loserdom, and ugggh, he loves you, Uncle Moony, but why this”
……yeah, Harry went and asked if he could join Cedric
Cedric was really confused about why Harry seemed so hugely relieved to have been told, “Oh, sure, please — God, it’s kinda lonely with all the couples in here, right?” because?? Like???? Cedric goes out of his way to try and be kind and welcoming to everyone (even when they’ve shared incidents like the football game arguing and accidental tackling), and he got worried that he’d done something to make Harry feel like he didn’t like him or didn’t want him around
But there wasn’t really a lot of time to worry about it before the presentation started
So, instead, Cedric just waited until it was done and then asked if Harry wanted to go get dinner or something, because it was Very Important to Cedric to make sure that Harry knew that he was genuinely welcome
And well, first, they had to duck over to see Sirius before he got to signing books for people, because Sirius doesn’t always read his texts before just going, “shit, where is my godson” (or whatever) and getting really caught up in things, and Remus regularly forgets to charge his phone, lets it die, and doesn’t notice until someone (usually Sirius, Harry, Minerva, Marlene McKinnon, Mary MacDonald, or Tonks) goes, “what the fuck, why does your phone keep going straight to voicemail”
Like, you just can’t go, “okay, text Remus and he’ll go tell Sirius because he’s more responsible” because neither one of them is actually that responsible about this particular point — so Harry wanted to just congratulate Sirius, let him know that Harry would be staying at his and Remus’s place that night instead of at his, Ron, and Hermione’s place, and go, “oh btw, I’d stay here longer but I think the hot guy I accidentally tackled a few weeks ago just asked me out so I’m sorry for blowing you off but I’m gonna go out with him now”
(Sirius is always touched when he’s reminded that Harry loves him that much, but he’s also confused about why Harry felt a need to apologize for that because his opinion on all of this is, “why didn’t you just text me then, shut up at talking to me and go get some with Hot Football Boy”)
(Harry’s not even going to try to go, “I can’t text you bc I never know if you’re going to read them before you call up Ron, Hermione, Professor McGonagall, and the campus safety people to try and find me despite how I texted you that I was going to bed early or something.” He’s done that too many times to think that the message ever sticks with Sirius for long.)
Either way, Harry burned up a lot of his, “communicating with other people in an effective way” points because he didn’t ask Cedric if he’d meant this as a date date until two-thirds of the way through dinner, and his reaction to Cedric’s, “……I hadn’t thought about that one way or the other? But I’d like it if it were, if you did” was, “???? so is it a date date or not what??”
Working that out took them a good five minutes of vague as fuck, noncommittal back and forth
They eventually decided on it being a date date, but still
Five
Solid
Minutes
Shitty last headcanon is shitty because it’s 1 AM and I lost control of my life and this post and I’m tired but: so, Cedric and Viktor have a dog. She’s a mutt who Cedric found at a shelter a few years ago and fell in love with because she just looked like she needed a home so much. Her name is Lady and she’s very friendly. Before Harry met her the first time, Cedric did tell him that Lady is very friendly, but he didn’t really specify how friendly she can be when she decides that she likes someone.
She decided that she liked Harry immediately after meeting him
So, while he was waiting for Cedric to finish getting ready, she came over and put her head on Harry’s leg… then brought over a toy and made the, “play with me please please please” face at him and he indulged her because awwww cute……
And then Harry isn’t really sure what happened, but he wound up on the floor by Cedric and Viktor’s coffee table (which is perpetually buried under a stack of books), with a large dog sprawled on top of him and alternately nuzzling and licking him
Viktor had to come save him because Harry didn’t know what to do and felt bad about trying to tell Lady to get off because anytime he does that with Sirius and Remus’s dogs, the dogs get sad and Harry feels like he just seriously hurt their feelings and he doesn’t know what to do
As opposed to Crookshanks, who Harry can be blunt and cranky with, because Crookshanks is only marginally nicer to Harry than he is to Ron, and fine, cat, if you’re going to be an arse, Harry’s going to just pick you up and relocate you when you sit on his things or try to commandeer his lap when he’s trying to work
Hermione and Sirius both wish that there weren’t so much slightly vague enmity between Harry and Crookshanks, and Ron and Crookshanks, but Hermione and Sirius are both biased as fuck because Crookshanks is always nice and well-behaved for both of them
Viktor still took pics first, because it was cute and he figured that Cedric would want to see it
He was right, and Harry, personally, is just thankful that nobody put the pics on social media
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