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fatedevour · 2 years
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♢  —     𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘?
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the antihero
ah yes, hello edge lord. it is lovely to see you again. you my dear, are the incarnation of duality, and you might think of claws and venom mixed with grace but alas, nothing near as poetic. you my friend, are mixture of what is seen as right, and what is questioned.
you follow the path of your own two feet, you know the twists and turns of life's forests quite well if I do say so myself. and you can meander along them wonderfully. you strive to stay true to a certain sense of principles you might call your code, but whereas in reality, those would be your morals. people tend to see you as strange. sharp edged and glinting you hide behind a cloak of chain mail but really you just prefer to show off your imperfections first. unlike many who scramble to make it as if their flaws never existed, you proudly raise yours up. saying, "this is me, this is the worst of me, now you know what to expect." and might I say, it is quite an intriguing mindset, for truth be told, the ones that love your spikes and craters are the ones who appreciate your softness the most. you wish not to be loved as something lovable, but as a monster. for aren't we all just beasts in human skin? 
you are brave, but you are lonely. you know quite well how to scare off most, making even the heroes with the boldest bravado creep away with their tails between their legs. you are not a villian, sometimes you play the part a bit too well. but nevertheless you are no hero either. you put yourself first, but if one wins your trust then may the gods have mercy on those who might wrong them. you long to be a poetic mess of sorts, and well, if the ink sets in long enough you might just become that sooner or later. but for one who is so dead set on truth you sure do hide a lot don't you? 
please, step out of the shadows, there is a difference to not making your flaws visible and to simply acting as if you're the most despicable person in all the realms. it's because you're afraid of attachment is it not? well let me tell you a little secret, everyone is. you say you wish to be left alone for eternity but than why are you craving connection. you wish to be known and understood truly, but you snarl and push the ones that might be trying away. please little wolf, accept you are lovable. you are not some ravenous beast that terrifies the multitudes, sure, you are not for the faint of heart but that does not make you an inkling less perfect as you are. young antihero, step into the sun. you would do better actually reaching for the things you want rather than pining for them in the darkness.
tagged by: myself, I found it tagging: @marehymn​ ; @gunnhildred ; @rosemourne ; @bogachs ; @fxtuii ; @zercfoxgiven​ ;  @reginrokkr​  ;  @al-hazen​ , &  whoever else would like to, say you stole it from me.
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orkbutch · 2 months
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sound like terf talking points ngl. just say you don’t think trans women are women and go :/
I'm assuming this ask is referring to this post, otherwise idk what it'd be about That post was made in response to me first noticing trans men talking about "transmisandry". An element of whats being called transmisandry is the exact experience I described in that post, and I was giving my opinion on that change in gender perception and how battling against that is pretty futile. As I said in the post, this wariness toward masculinity and cis men - I'm just going to call this 'Man Wariness' for short - is also something the vast majority of trans women have internalised. (I only say "vast majority" because I guess there could be The Exception? but really I just think All women have that wariness lmao.)
I became aware of this discussion because trans women that I follow on twitter have been pushing back on the misogyny and transmisogyny that's been expressed by the people championing the existence of transmisandry the hardest. I've been witnessing a lot of conversations trans women are having about the trans/misogyny they've experienced specifically from trans men. They (accurately imo) identify this as a threat to the integrity of feminism, particularly within transgender thought/politics, because misandry is not a real oppressive framework that exists. Pro-transmisandrists have been arguing that misandry is real and harms trans women as well, because The Man Wariness - non-men having learned to be guarded and fearful of masculinity & (what their brain associates subconsciously with) cis men - can also be directed at trans women, and results in transphobia toward those women.
The trans women disagreeing resent the framing of this as a 'misandry' issue because, of course, trans women are women. The people that hate trans women, even the ones that call them men to abuse them, don't actually see them as Men. In the eye of the transphobe, terf or GC, trans women are something else entirely, an inherently deviant third thing. Pushing back against "misandry", a supposed systemic oppressive hatred of manhood and men, does absolutely nothing to protect women from oppression. Trans women are oppressed, attacked, assaulted and abused mostly viciously and routinely by cis men. Labelling a description and discussion of Man Wariness as "TERF talking points" is just... deeply, deeply unhelpful imo. Man Wariness is just real. Thats just how a LOT of people operate in the world, trans women included. Obviously this learned wariness ends up impacting how many trans women are viewed and treated, and I understand being skeptical of me defending Man Wariness because of that. I was talking about it in the context of trans men/mascs' experiences specifically. Honestly... I don't really have helpful, thorough thoughts on how Man Wariness impacts trans women/fems and how that should be tackled. Its a bit of a wicked problem, I'm not trans fem and I haven't seen much discussion about this specifically. I assume because its a touchy subject thats kind of avoided. On the one hand, I believe deeply that trans women shouldn't need to perform/achieve a certain level of femininity in order to be safe, happy and acknowledged by society as women. On the other hand, Man Wariness is an uncontrollable response that is very deeply internalised, often directly connected to traumatic experiences, and I don't think its something that can be explored and addressed unless we can talk about it openly and frankly. Your response to this is very counter-productive imo. It just shuts down any possibility of a nuanced, open discussion. Maybe it'd be helpful if I was a terf, but I'm not lol. Which is obvious if you've known me or followed my work for any significant amount of time. Its the kind of response that shames someone for having Man Wariness, and feeling shame about an uncontrollable emotional response is toxic. Thats going to make that person feel they're irredeemably transphobic in some deeply embedded way that makes them reluctant to interact with trans women. And if theres anything that I think would break down someone's Man Wariness reaction to trans women, it would be having more familiarity with trans women because they'd pretty quickly internalise that trans women are not a threat and are women. OR of course that shame makes them feel rejected and alienated from trans friendly sphears, and they then turn toward TERF & GC sphears where they can be reassured their Man Wariness is fine, and are then vulnerable to being radicalised. But you know in my opinion no matter where that discussion went, no matter how immovable Man Wariness could be proven to be, that will NEVER invalidate that trans people have a right to safety, health, happiness and acceptance within society as the gender we know we are. That's actually just fact. These discussions are simply figuring out How that should come to be, and what our vision of a better, trans accepting society might look like.
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weixuldo · 11 months
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Enigma// ch 18
anakin x reader
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a/n: shit man, stuff is getting tough! i really didn’t think this fic was gonna b as long as it’s becoming hahaha/ ngl even if ppl r losing interest, im still gonna continue it for me heheh- i really like this story :)
The night gets worse and worse
warnings: cursing, cannon disabled character, insecurity, alcohol abuse, emtephobia (barf and stuff…), DONT DO WHAT ANAKIN DOES PLS LORD, ableist comments
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As it does, time went by and you tried to move on.
When school ended you moved in with Ahsoka and split rent; it was nice having your best friend around whenever you needed it, plus the two of you shared groceries so the cost of living was much more affordable than if you had gotten your own place. 
As much as you tried to remove Anakin from your mind, he just wouldn’t seem to leave so you enlisted the help of a professional. 
You would go to therapy sessions twice a week; not solely because of Anakin but he definitely was part of it.
Mainly you went to try and deal with the reality of being such a young mother and work on letting your stress out in positive ways: though on occasion you would try to gain insight on your relationship with the older man.
When the therapist asked about him, you explained all he had been through and let her know you knew some of the reasons he acted the way he did; but your therapist assured you no matter the reasons, that didn’t negate the validity of your feelings. 
The first few times you went you were skeptical; how was talking to some random person supposed to help you feel relieved and emotionally stable?
But after a few sessions, you started to see a difference in your moods and outlook on things. 
It was a few days after Anakin’s results came in that Ash told you about the visit she paid Anakin; she recapped her argument with him, his relapse, and that she made him go to the clinic, she told you that she would relay his results to you as soon as she could. 
You worried that she would be upset that you didn’t tell her that he was the father or that the two of you were together, but she brushed it off, “I kinda had a feeling, ya know?”.
You felt bad that he relapsed and was all alone, but then you remembered he was alone on his own merit, his behavior pushed those who cared most away… it wasn’t your fault. 
You didn’t know how long fertility tests usually took, but you awaited the results anxiously.
Every day you woke up hoping that maybe he would reach out or that maybe he would show up at your door, but each time you only set yourself up for disappointment. 
It had been around a week after Ahsoka told you he got the test; sure these things took some time, but he should have the results by now.
You weighed the option of just asking him flat out because you were frankly over his asshole hermit bit. 
The weather was nice and you didn’t have any responsibilities today… ok, maybe you would pay him a visit. You rested a palm on your stomach as you bent over to grab your shoes from the shoe rack; you were definitely showing much more than you were during the first trimester. 
You were about to head out when your phone began to ring; it was Ahsoka.
“Hey Ash, what's up?” you asked as you searched for your keys. 
I finally got it
“Got what?”
It took a lot of coaxing, but I finally got the results
You stopped at the door and placed your keys back onto the counter top; maybe you wouldn’t have to see him. 
y/n…he’s viable.
A weight felt like it had been lifted from your chest, now he had undeniable proof you were telling the truth the whole time- everything he said was for nothing and you were vindicated. 
“That’s amazing news'' you exclaimed into the phone; surely your friend could hear the huge smile on your face just from your voice. 
Yea, but what are you going to do now? He’s the father and now he knows it… you aren’t just going to let him back in after all he did, right?
“No Ash, He knows the truth now and if he wants this or is mature enough, he will come to me and apologize. The ball is in his court” you explained.
Atta girl
You smiled at your friend’s support, “Thanks Ahsoka” 
Anytime
The phone call ended and you went back to your room- hopefully you would be hearing an apology soon or at least hearing from him in general. 
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Across town Anakin sat on his couch and absentmindedly flipped through the channels on his tv; he told Ahsoka the news this morning and it drained him to make the call.
Ahsoka thanked him for getting the test and asked how he felt about the news. He answered quickly and hung up. He knew she was going to tell you and that he should tell you himself and apologize. But what would that do?
It would just solidify that he was a complete asshole- you deserved so much better. Surely you would do the same that he did to you…shut you down completely and demand you leave. 
Maker, why was he such an arrogant shit?
His half drunk mind wasn’t operating at full capacity and he was making a lot of dumb rationalizations to his problems;
You already thought he was an asshole, so why even bother telling you the news himself? 
You deserved better so he should just disappear from your life and not weigh you down.
He really nothing going for him, so fuck it- he was gonna get shitfaced. 
Soon he had made his way back to the couch with a six pack of bud lite and he cracked the first one. Cheers to the pathetic joke that was his life. He gulped them down one by one and sooner than he thought, the pack was already gone. 
He had a good buzz going and went to fetch more but when he scanned his messy fridge for the tinted glass bottles he couldn’t find any. 
“Fuck” he muttered, that was his last case. 
He groaned and slammed the fridge door shut. There was nothing here to cure his itch for alcohol, so he decided tonight would be a great night to go out and get shitfaced in public, cause why the fuck not?
He got his phone out and grabbed one of the many styluses he had scattered through the house for his convenience. He called for an uber to pick him up.
As he waited he changed into pants, a long sleeve, and his gloves- it had been awhile since he had gone out and he forgot what a hassle it was to put all of that shit on. 
By the time he was dressed and collected his wallet, the uber was there. Anakin was an experienced drinker, so even though he already had six beers packed away, he could sober up if he needed to be able to get into the bar. 
The car he rode in was a nice sedan, it was silver and looked like a new model; the problem for Anakin was getting in. All of the cars he usually rode in (yours, Ahsoka’s, Ben’s, and his own) were bigger and sat higher up, so he wasn’t used to having to crouch down to get in. 
He sighed and placed a stiff hand on the roof of the car to steady himself as he lowered himself into the car; he sat with a thud and grunted.
The driver was probably only a few years his junior- he wore big circle glasses, a patterned button down and had a clean shaven face. He looked like a pushover.
Anakin winced at the overwhelming smell of eucalyptus that entered his senses; he wondered how this guy was driving for a job like this- how would he defend himself against a potential threat? By throwing his eucalyptus at them?
Ahh, what was he doing? He was being judgmental for no reason. 
“Are you alright sir?” the man asked.
“Yea, i’m fine,” Anakin said, crossing his arms. 
The man nodded and began to drive to the bar Anakin had entered into the app. 
The bar he wanted to go to was one in the heart of the city, he didn’t want to talk to anyone tonight, but he also didn’t want to be alone; this bar was perfect for that because there were always people doing some random shit that he could eavesdrop on. 
They pulled up to the curb and the driver parked the car. Anakin thanked the man and opened the door to exit. Maker, he was getting nauseous from that fucking air freshener. 
He swung one leg out of the car and pushed himself up with his opposite hand. He stood and grabbed onto the hood of the car with his hand; that was harder than it had to be… damn these prosthetics. 
Once he was standing he shut the door just as the driver was asking if he needed any assistance.
Groups of people crowded around the entrance of the establishment. Some were old regulars whose teeth looked like they were gonna fall out from all of the substances they abused and on the other side there were a group of younger kids who were trying to figure out who was going to try out their fake ID first. 
He scoffed as he pushed through both groups to get inside. The bar was warm and smelled of weed, smoke, and liquor- relief washed over the melancholic man, this is where he would be able to forget. 
An open barstool was soon occupied by him and a bartender quickly made her way down to his seat. 
“I’ll have some of that honey bourbon I've been hearing people rave about” he said, a $10 bill folded between his fingers. 
“Alright, hun, that’s commin’ right up” the busty lady on the other side of the counter said as she grabbed the 10 from his hand, her hand lingering longer than he liked. 
Anakin could tell she was trying to flirt to get a better tip; back before you, he would have gladly indulged her game and revel in every motion she would do to purposefully push up her breasts and flirt back 5 times harder than she was… but now, he had no desire.
All he could think of when she tried to flirt was how he’d much rather be having a quiet night with you, not some bartender who didn’t give a rat’s ass about his life.
His drink was placed in front of him and the woman smiled, “here you are handsome”.
Normally that wouldn’t bother him- she was just doing her job… But tonight he just couldn’t. 
Once he thanked her, she sauntered away; Anakin raised a judgey brow as she intentionally swayed her hips back and forth. When she was finally busy with another customer he called over one of the other bartenders.
“Hey man, you think you could serve me tonight, I don’t really appreciate all of her flirting” he said as blankly as he could. 
The man cleaning glasses on the other side of the mahogany surface chuckled and nodded, “haha, yes man, no problem. She does lay it on pretty hard sometimes, I get it”.
Anakin thanked the man and continued to down drinks. 
As it got later, more and more people began showing up and it became uncomfortably hot. The music started to give him a headache and the smoke was getting thicker; he knew it was time to go when he could hardly suppress his coughing (no thanks to his fucked up lungs). 
The cool evening air felt cleaner than it ever had before as Anakin stood a few yards down from the bar. He had gotten far enough out of the way that he could still hear and see the lights from inside but no line was around him.
He shoved his hands into his pockets and looked up at the sky; the city’s light pollution hid the stars; he still liked to imagine how they’d look. 
He had no idea how much he had in that bar, but he felt like it wasn’t enough- he needed to do something crazy- he needed to interact with people. He wasn’t completely gone yet, but he was pretty drunk (even if he wouldn’t admit it). 
He stumbled down the sidewalk as he made his way to another bar, not far from where he was, that was a “no-smoking” establishment; he wouldn’t have to worry about choking on air there.
The sidewalk seemed to move as he steadied himself by placing a hand on the wall of the buildings on the way to his destination. 
He was feeling pretty good; his problems were far from his mind, instead he was focusing on getting to the bar. He finally made it and attempted to sit on the barstool that just couldn’t seem to sit still. Eventually he caught a bartender’s attention and got set up there with a 20 oz draft beer. 
This bar was crowded too, but less head-pounding music and young adults. He sipped his drink peacefully as he watched the others in the bar; there were a few couples on dates, a group of guys playing pool, and another group throwing darts. 
He downed his beer and placed the glass on the bar as he waited for more- this was definitely one way to spend his army money. 
As he waited a brown haired woman came up behind him and placed a lingering hand on his shoulder.
“Hello, you look lonely tonight, anything I could help with?”.
The lady wore a dress that was way too short and it did not flatter her body at all. She smelled of overwhelming cheap perfume and beer. He was already over it. 
“Nah, I’m just fine,” he said, attempting to wave her off.
She caught one of his gloved hands and began taking off his covering as she asked, “ooh, you have very stiff hands, must be strong-lets see..”.
She managed to get the glove halfway up his palm before he snatched his hand to his chest; “what the fuck you think you’re doing?!” he hissed.
She laughed, “You’re like a robot or somethin’ haha, I’m sure I could please you better than that plastic could, and I only require a pack of cigs after, no monetary charge” she promoted proudly. 
“Not in a million years lady” Anakin mumbled as his cup was replaced with a full one. 
She scoffed and put her hands on her hips, “well that’s alright, I didn’t really want to fuck a cripple anyways”.
At that moment Anakin had the urge to grab her by that pathetic excuse of a dress and throw her against the nearest wall, but he knew he shouldn’t.
“Fuck off”
“No wonder you look lonely, with a personality like that you must be impossible to be around” she huffed before finding the next guy to latch on to. 
He was getting drunker and her words hit a little too close to home- he needed to be more wasted. He began to find random people who would do shots with him. Soon he was blacked out and drinking with everyone. 
“ and i-its its sooo fucked, ‘cause I… I really do love her, but she… I don’t think s-she… I don’t know, WHO WANTS TO DO MORE SHOTS?!” Anakin was everywhere.
He sat at the bar and did two hurricane shots right after another (where you drink it then get water thrown in your face then the bartender slaps you across the face). He was at the point that he couldn’t even feel that-he was gone. 
Though soon after, the shots began catching up with him and he started feeling nauseous. He laid his forehead down on the bar and puked in between his legs and the counter. Some people around offered to help and the bartender got him some water; he insisted he didn’t need it but the alcohol was definitely making him dehydrated. 
Through the middle of sounds he heard a staff member say, “someone needs to get him outta here, we can’t have him in the bar like this”. 
The fuck were they saying? He was completely fine. 
Before he could tell what was happening he was being carried out of the bar and was sitting on the curb outside. Fuck, what was going on?
Everything was blurry, he felt nauseous and all he could focus on was this sharp pain in his side and the pounding headache that was plaguing him.
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Anakin had no idea where he was, but he knew he didn’t feel good. He sat up and puked.
He felt a hand on his back and was about to protest when another wave of nausea hit- when would it end?
More shit happened in a blur and he eventually made it into an Uber and headed home. 
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After he was thrown out of the bar downtown he was picked up by a group of frat boys who thought it would be cool to challenge a random drunk guy to a drinking contest.
In his inebriated state, Anakin went with the men (even though they basically had to carry him to the club they were going to). 
No one in their right mind would still allow Anakin to consume drinks, he was visibly not well and clearly needed to be cut off; but that wouldn’t be any fun for the frat.
They took him to a club where they frequented so the staff allowed them to do whatever the fuck they wanted. 
Anakin continued to drink and drink… and drink. 
Once he started puking again, one of the relatively kinder boys took time to ask his address and got him an uber home.
And that's where Anakin was now. 
He rested his forehead against the back window of the sedan and the driver drove quickly; he was probably worried that Anakin was going to yak in the back of his car. They arrived at Anakin’s apartment in decent time and the driver asked Anakin to leave. 
Anakin nodded and tried to get up but he couldn’t quite get his footing; the driver huffed and helped him out of the car. 
The driver helped Anakin into the house and saw some cash lying on the end table; sure, he helped Anakin inside but that didn’t mean this guy was a saint. 
Anakin leaned against the wall for support the driver swiped the cash and dashed out of the door. He had no clue what happened or what was going on, all he knew was that he felt awful and he needed to get to bed. 
He headed that way but he tripped over himself and landed on the floor with a thud.
A groan escaped him and his vision went black. 
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a/n: more self destructive behavior… what’s new? lolll, srry the updates have been spaced out a bit, i’ve been doing a lot at work haha
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inverted-typo · 1 year
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What do you think the dynamic between the demonbirds and the rest of the Batfam is like? Like I 100% think Jason just likes to tease and mess with them constantly
Oh shit!! What a great thing to ponder.
Let's see... (disclaimer I'm going to be considering the batfam the 4 robins just because i don't know the extended batfam as well)
Of course Tim and Raven would get along just fine, I mean come on. I think outside of Damian she would talk to Tim the most in the batfam. I can see maybe Dami getting a little jealous sometimes that they converse so easily? She definitely feels the most casual around him. But they get along well enough, when Damian isn't just insulting Tim because he feels like it, haha. (ngl tho the chapter Tim Troubles by @vilavi-2 is one of the tastiest concepts I've ever heard of in my life)
Oh and you're absolutely right. Jason is relentless with the teasing because he finds it hilarious anyone would put up with him romantically.
Jason: "Damn dude, she's got you so whipped, why don't you marry her already?"
Damian: "Fine, maybe I will!"
Raven/Jason: "What."
But yeah I think despite their bickering and Raven always having to dismiss Jason's antics, there could be a genuine respect they are. Raven has agency and he really admires that, despite her lowkey and passive vibes. Especially once he learns the magnitude of her heritage and what that results in her day-to-day life. He totally approves of her. Also, he thinks she's a badass.
And then there's Dick. Oh, good ol Dick. He welcomes Raven to the batfam as if she had been there the entire time. He doesn't make things awkward or try and poke too much fun at them to the point of embarrassment or discomfort (well maybe for Damian sometimes but he's like nah raven u good, i gotchu). They definitely go on double dates with Dick and Kori every now and then. I think maybe eventually Dick becomes a big brother figure to Raven, too, which would be so sweet.
It's hard to guess how Bruce would interact with them. Maybe it would be tense at first? Raven can sense his distrust and skepticism a mile away and it could create some interesting tension. But I'd like to think over time he warms up to her and realizes that she can control herself and that she isn't the threat Bruce originally was wary about.
This is a little haphazard because I think the dynamics can go all sorts of directions! But in the spur of the moment this is what I was able to think of
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disdaidal · 2 years
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👻🔑 and🔮- do you believe in something like fate?
👻 Do you believe in ghosts
Hmmm, I don't know really? I'm a skeptic at heart, I like to question things, and I try my best to remain as neutral as possible about spiritual things.
But... when I was thirteen and my best friend at the time was 11? We would stay over at each other's houses and then we would sneak out at night and take these "exciting" summer night walks (even if summer nights don't get dark here lol), and you know, talk about some teen girl stuff.
And then we walked past these a couple of houses, one of which had a stable, a horse pasture, and a cottage house. Between that stable and that cottage house, there was this narrow grassy path leading towards the field/meadow. We didn't take that path since we were just passing these buildings while walking on the highway but you know, we could see that area clearly as we passed them. And it was a really misty night, with a lot of humidity in the air, so the mist can definitely play tricks on you. It can make you see things that aren't really even there.
However,
all of a sudden, we could both see something in the mist. Right on that path, between that cottage house and that stable.
It looked like a small dog.
When we saw that, we both jumped and freaked out a little bit and then stopped in our tracks. My friend soon took a few steps closer to see if it was actually a dog.
It disappeared.
So naturally, we thought it was just a hallucination. That the mist was tricking us and creating these shapes and illusions. But! When we came back to that same spot about half an hour later, going back to my house to finally get some sleep, that shadow was there again - in that very same place. And we freaked out again but this time, we didn't stop there. We just kept walking past that spot as quickly as we can and then we couldn't stop talking about how freaking creepy it was. XD Fully knowing it was still probably just an illusion created by the mist but it was still kinda scary.
And well... ngl I do like to read stuff about poltergeists sometimes. xD And I'm that person who wouldn't go into a haunted house or play spiritism with my friends or anything like that because I really think that the dead should stay dead. If they are real, I don't want them anywhere near me and haunting my poor ass no thank you.
🔑 Key to your heart
Altruistic kindness, open-mindedness, and a good sense of humor.
🔮- do you believe in something like fate?
As an atheist, I'm probably expected to say that fate doesn't exist and it's all just a direct result of certain actions yadda yadda yadda, right? But what can I say, I'm a real sucker for soulmate AUs. xD I don't know if fate is actually real or if things just happen because they do, but I still think it's a cute idea. That, sometimes things just happen because they were meant to happen, or sometimes you meet someone who rocks your world and it doesn't feel like a coincidence anymore. One can always dream, right? ;) Especially if it's a good kind of 'fate', not the bad one.
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literaturewithliz · 1 year
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hi! this will perhaps seem controversial, but could you do an enemies to lovers headcanons with dex? for example, the reader could be a neverseen member who has a similar personality to keefe, who was forced to come along to terrorize sophie, and them and dex start off hating eachother but one day one saves the other, earning mutual respect, and after that they don’t try to purposely hurt eachother in fights, and then the reader joins the black swan after being betrayed, and eventually becoming dex’s s/o if it’s not too much? thanks.
-d.dizznee anon
Hello! Thanks for requesting again! You keep my mind active and I love you for it. Unfortunately, I’m not so sure about doing the Neverseen idea involving the battle, because: 1. I suck as writing battle scenes and 2. Violence irl and in fiction kind of makes me a bit uncomfortable, but I can still write enemies to lovers headcanons! I hope you like them!
I think it’s a classic academic rivals to lovers
I get the feeling that for this scenario, the s/o is Talentless.
But they don’t know for sure, cause it’s level two/one.
Now, they meet before Dex realizes that he’s a Technopath.
So at this point, they both think they’re going to end up Talentless.
But the one thing they are good at is school. Save for ability detecting, obvi.
They both have a rep for coming from “odd” families, but also for being good at school.
And neither of them like that the other is threatening their spot as “best Talentless kid”
Cause they both think that the only worth they have comes from their intelligence, so anyone who threatens that is immediately on their bad side.
When results are posted for tests, they’ll act cocky towards each other and smug if they get the better grade.
They squabble a lot, and earn a bunch of detentions
But one day, Stina Heks decides to make the reader her next target
And they try to keep a calm and collected front, but Dex can tell that they are hurting, because he knows what it’s like.
Dex is kinda livid, ngl.
Only HE gets to make fun of them, what was Stina thinking?
He pranks her by putting the balding serum in her lushberry juice.
The next day, Sophie Foster turns up Slurps and Burps, which is where reader and their parents happen to be shopping, too.
And while Soph and Edaline are speaking to Dex and Kesler, Stina and Vika storm into the shop, and Stina is bald.
Can you tell this is the scene from book one?
And Dex is there all smug cause his prank worked, and the reader notices the commotion, and sees the girl who was just calling her a freak yesterday, shriek her head off at her academic enemy.
Dex sneaks a glance at the reader, and they instantly know he did it for them.
The reader is very confused, but also very appreciative.
Why was Dexter Dizznee defending them?
Nevertheless, they hold in the giggle from watching Stina LOSE it.
And they leaves the store, with a small smile on their face.
After that, things kinda change.
They’re both very competitive still, but instead of being salty when one of them gets a lower grade than the other, they congratulate them.
They sit next to each other at lunch sometimes, with Jensi, Marella, and Sophie. And later, Keefe, Biana, and Fitz join them.
Both Dex and reader are very skeptical about those last two.
They back each other up when Sophie defends the Vackers.
But they never push it, because they’re grateful to even have friends.
Months pass, and Dex and Soph are kidnapped.
Reader is inconsolable.
They never knew how much they cared about Dex till he was gone.
Then his funeral comes around, and reader doesn’t think they’ll ever be happy again, having lost their friends.
Needless to say, they’re so overjoyed and relieved to know that they’re okay.
And Dex sees them a bit differently, having just spent weeks away from them in pain, and being confused as to why the only person he really wanted to see other than Sophie while he was barely alive was the reader.
He decides that he likes these newfound feelings.
I imagine he and the reader get together around the same time Sophie and Fitz do, ironically.
I’m sorry, I just can’t think of more ways to take this further, but let me know if you have any ideas!
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this evil lost trio au is utter nonsense and a complete mess but i thought i should blab it anyway, because i really do like the sound of my own voice.
okay okay so that scene in tlh where leo gets thrown off the skywalk in the grand canyon (which lmao) and instead gaea is way more awake and just, idk, takes him. like, he just dissolved in quicksand, and that's that. coach hedge is super shocked but he's got 2 other demigods, but he's freaking out because the council was right and he lost one of his charges. and then when piper gets thrown over, jason knows he could fly because of his gut feeling- and for a second he DOES fly, but my dude has been sleeping for like 3 months so he hesitates and they both disappear like leo did. hedge still gets taken by those venti, and then annabeth and butch come but are super confused because hedge is missing and there's a bunch of scared high schoolers on a bus but no demigods (or percy lol).
anyway next scene, jasonpiperleo are in like some funky monster club underground, and it's confusing as HELL. anyway, some pretty lady comes and she explains that their demigods but does NOT explain the prophecy. she leads them to some secret tunnel and like a throne room, except the set-up is straight out of snow white. there's some sleeping lady in some casket, and the lady (the lady is Medea because medea is 💅) says some crap about the sleeping woman being mother earth and how gaea is so angry at the humans ruining the earth and everything, but Medea, that sly bitch, is charmspeaking them as she goes along, and the lost trio are just like "mhm. yeah makes sense". they get freaking swindled, thinking gaea is benevolent and she just wants to heal the world, and they HAVE to make sure the open the doors of death to help
this works on leo, because it means that the only one who he cares about (his mom) has a chance of being brought back. he's failed to make the connection between gaea and dirt face, because the thought of seeing his mom again is just. everything. (also anytime he's close to making the connection gaea acts all nice again and the poor kid keeps getting charmspoken to anyway). jason and piper are most skeptical because the plan isn't adding up, but gaea's thought ahead. she already has piper's dad and with some of the beautiful abuse of mist and just lying, she's convinced piper that the gods took her dad and gaea got tristan mclean for her, because she loves piper. anyway, gaea tells jason that his memories were taken by hera (not a lie), and that jason was abandoned (not a lie either), and that the gods abandoned their kids (not. a. lie.), and that jason was just a pawn to the gods (not a lie!!!), but for gaea? jason means everything and she loves him so so so much, and she will give him everything.
thelosttrio learn more about their powers from the various monsters that they would've encountered in tlh. the giants with leo, medea with piper, venti with jason. lit teaches them fighting because camp half blood sure didn't. midas, khione, and medea are just there for a good time tbh, they throw monster raves or something. as a result, thelosttrio, blinded with lies and the grooming and manipulative abuse of gaea have basically created a family with villains and don't even know it :O. ngl, some of the villains are having their own crisis because some are thinking "is it really right to trick these kids like this? does this make sense?"
NOW MY WHOLE THING ABOUT THIS IS what happens to the prophecy? idk the seven never joined up lol, so i guess "to storm or fire the world fell". in all honesty, piper's the one to probably figure it all out (maybe too late) and it hurts that thelosttrio now have to turn against this family they created. they've also had this idea that the gods are bad funneled into their minds constantly, and they don't understand how any of the 7 could ever fight for the gods. annabeth (🙄) is all "duh we KNOW but you're doing this wrong", and then she thinks it over like "huh. why ARE we fighting for the gods" because she remembers luke and what he fought for.
huh.
anyway the world goes to hell, because the prophecy was completely dependent on thelosttrio in the first place soooooo gaea won because she got to them before they even knew what a demigod was lol. it's called the lost hero/the lost trio because damn, the world just lost three heroes at that grand canyon trip
#THIS IS NONSENSE im so sorry but this evil lost trio au has been SITTING IN MY HEAD FOR LIKE 3 YEARS NOW#so uh technically i HAVE written a few scenes of this but 😔 it was before i understood how to write#theres no consistent plan at ALL just scenes 😔 i keep imagining piper and annabeth facing off and it makes me LOSE it#literally the only time i cared about jason and percy facing off haha#i can see leo falling the hardest because he literally had nothing and gaea is the perfect abuser to use this to her advantage ugh#the lost trio#jason grace#leo valdez#piper mclean#i always thought of it as a jasipereo kinda vibe. but the world isnt ready for that yet so ill keep it in the tags#honestly??? theres like a hyperrealistic scene in my head where they sit and talk to a sleeping gaea and theyre like 'oh god what if shes#lying??? what if shes evil' and then they convince themselves nooo theres no WAY and when they leave... gaea smiles... 😩😩😩 this shit!!!!#im so sorry this came out of nowhere like i was just going through my docs to find an essay to turn in and i got distracted#and i went DEEP in my docs and i found a scene from this au and it was funny because i ACTUALLY passed out#like i was literally dehydrated and i passed out in my bedroom from my beds after eading 😂#oh im good but oh my GOD this au#anyway. ignore my nonsense lol. im gonna silently build a coherent plot alone haha#cant wait to reblog this in a few months when i forget 😜😜😜#pjo au#eviltrio au#for lack of a better name lmao#god tier ideas 🌟
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Hello naughty children it's Gehenna time.
...which means I'm going to read the book properly this time and write notes on each scenario, partially for my own reference, partially in answer to an ask from @rayshell22livejournalcom​ from about a zillion years ago. Sorry about that!
Mood soundtrack: Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F# A# ∞; Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven; Yanqui U.X.O.
Prelude: Netchurch is an interesting character. Very skeptical, despite, well, the entire setting, although that's definitely, uh, broken by the end. Feel very sad for Afifa, who was a pawn in all this. Creepy babies galore!
Introduction: "While Vampire favors that futile, tragic, and - we'll say it - angst-heavy conclusion" - lmao you don't say. Although I do like how they have the consistent golden rule that if you don't like it, just ditch it! (Of course, the Gehenna scenarios as a whole have been completely retconned anyway by v20 and v5, so this entire book is a good example of taking what you want from it and ignoring the rest.)
"Some people are on opposite sides of this thing. They're elders who don't want to knuckle under to the Antediluvians (most elders will accept their proper place in the heirarchy again with the rising of their progenitors) and poor, misled souls who bought into the lie and are pissed about it (paging Mr. Pieterzoon). Bottom line: the Camarilla collapses like Enron/WorldCom as the worthlessness of its foundation becomes public knowledge. Chaos ensues among the vampire community, princes find themselves besieged by their own locals, and it's all a big clusterfuck."
Have I ever mentioned I love how VtM phrases stuff? Also F to Jan.
I like how they have a masterlist of what's actually going on with the Antediluvians. Spoilers ;D "For example, note that [Tzimisce] is simply referred to as [Tzimisce]. Even here at the game studio, our limited mortal minds weren't able to comphrenend the creature's real name." Lovecraft only WISHES he had eldritch abominations this spooky! Ennoia is 'Active and scary' and apparently spooks the devs just thinking about it. Makes sense. "Giovanni (Augustus Giovanni): Augustus is a pig, and he should probably die as one of the early events of Gehenna. He's the youngest of the Antediluvians and probably possessed the greatest ego (in mortal terms), so it'll be cosmic justice when he eats it." I love how no one likes Giovanni, even his creators. Malkav may or may not BE the Madness Network, in which case they cease to be an Antediluvian and just become... a part of the Malkavians, I guess? Absimiliard may or may not be chilling at the bottom of the ocean, because mood. Tremere / Saulot is definitely a fun one to play with, yeah. Although, oof, if Saulot ever gets control of their shared body, he's going to be fucked up if [Tzimisce] activates, so. Probably better to create a nice fresh body, like what BJD suggests with the child Saulot.
Chapter 1 - the lead-up: Basically a rundown of the signs and how they're interpreted. "An angel dies: How does an angel die? Who has the gall to rise up and slay one of God's firstborn? Or perhaps this is another metaphor. An angel could be a pure and gentle creature, or then again, it need not be one of God's angels (not that God's angels are necessarily pure and gentle). A feared and particularly vicious Necronomist Tzimisce, Sascha Vykos is sometimes referred to as the Angel of Caine. Many would rejoice the night that Vykos died." Hey rude :( I vote they kill Michael instead. He wants to be an Archangel? Fine, he can fulfill a prophesy XD
Honestly I really do dig that Ennoia Earthmelded with the entire planet. You can go so many directions with that, good or bad! Ennoia as The Beast Below, or Ennoia as Gaia? (Wow, that'd really fuck with the Garou XD) I love how the general consensus on Haqim is like, no one knows if he exists or not but lbr Ur-Shulgi is bad enough. Kinda dig the idea of the Toreador ante, Ishtar/Arikel, being genderfluid? I mean yeah essentially demigods have no need for gender anyway, but the constant debates over whether the Toreador ante is the female Ishtar or the male Arikel (or, uh, was it vice versa?) does lead to some interesting concepts. Ooh, similar to [Tzimisce] being linked to its entire clan (and the Tremere, anyone who's ever taken part in the Vaulderie, and anyone who knows Vicissitude), [Lasombra] may be connected to anyone who knows Obtenebration? [Ravnos]... yeah, probably dead. F to the clan. And yeah I think [Tzimisce] is flat-out the scariest one of all, and probably the one most likely to actually start the apocalypse, lbr.
Ugh this is one of the books that calls Sascha 'it' :-\ Do not like. ...Also do not like the suggestion that they're an unknowing agent of the Eldest, given, uh, the last chapter of the DA Tzimisce novel. Shoo! Shoo! You've ruined their unlife enough as it is!
Epistolary material! I do dig those. Most interesting: a letter to Sascha mentioning apocalyptic visions of New York but with the Carpathians in the background, and an anonymous letter to Hardestadt warning him of one of his line tearing down a castle that the writer feels believes the Camarilla. GO JAN FUCK IT UP.
And on to the scenarios themselves!
Chapter 2 - Wormwood: This is an interesting one. Literally a Biblical vengeance - God takes a good look at the Children of Caine and goes, "Well, this is fucked up", acknowledges that Caine never really sought true forgiveness and repentance, and sets forth Wormwood, the Red Star. The truly repentant are saved, the rest just. Die.
Herald here is a dhampir girl named Alia - thinblood father, human mother. When she's twelve, she becomes God's chosen, basically. Traveling with three thinblood guardians, one night, she's approached a Gargoyle named Ferox with True Faith, who sees himself as a fallen angel. And Alia offers him a way of redemption - find the chosen true believers, wait out Wormwood, receive judgement. Anyone can seek sanctuary, only the true believers and the ones genuinely willing to repent will survive the judgement itself. Alia and Ferox set out to find the other chosen ones.
Whew. Very full-on - the players remain in one place with a whole bunch of other vampires for forty nights. I mean, that's a test in and of itself XD All welcome! (Except infernalists and the antediluvians and Caine himself. They're fucked no matter what.)
Like. All welcome XD "Some Storytellers might feel that this character roundup could get too silly, suddenly having all these celebrity Kindred get together for a big slumber party, and they would be correct." Fuck that give me a slumber party AU XD
Am very glad about the note that the vampires inside only lose one blood point per 10 days, rather than every day. Otherwise, uh, it'd get gory.
Yeah, this is a really interesting scenario. Very character-focused, very introspective. All about the characters trying to work out what it means to be good people - not the strongest vampires, not the most powerful, but good people. Are they worthy of salvation? That's the crux of the story. Of course, it's very, uh, Biblical, heh, but it's first and foremost about morality and redemption. I dig it.
Also, giant vampire slumber party.
Chapter 3 - Fair is Foul: Ooh, this is a Lilith vs Caine scenario.
This one has the Withering hit in weird ways, including clan-specific ones - like the Banu Haqim only able to feed on vitae, then only able to gain sustenance from diablerie. Gangrel turn even more animalistic. Lasombra take to the seas, Obtenebration ripping holes straight to the Abyss. Malks, uh, leak madness. Nosferatu get even uglier, Toreador devolve into debauchery. Tremere develop third eyes, and yes, I did laugh out loud when I read that. Tzimisce... hmm... get a bit, uh, uncontrolled. And Ventrue find they can now only feed on... other Ventrue. Fun times!
"At your discretion, Lilith might be particularly vulnerable to Jewish True Faith, as the Jewish tales about her are the source of nearly every negative sentiment ever directed against her in writing. As a result, most orthodox Jews bear Lilith great contempt for defying her husband and her God." Yeah ngl I think she's pretty dang cool and I can just see, like, most of my ancestors facepalming at the idea XD;; Fuck obediance you do your own thing.
"Trying to work out traits for Lilith, Lucifer, Caine, or any of the Antediluvians would just be a waste of our word count and your time." I like the time they published a guide for fighting Caine. It was two words. "You lose."
Ah. Okay, Saulot in Tremere's body being taken over by the Eldest = scary, because have you ever been attacked by an Antediluvian wielding Thaumaturgy, Valeran, and Vicissitude at the SAME :) TIME? :) Yeah :)
Really dig the idea of Abel showing up as the first Wraith. The forgiveness element.
Overall, this isn't my favourite scenario, I think? It feels very chaotic, and while it's probably the most traditional to play, I'm not sure how much it literally challenges the characters, unlike the sheer soul-searching...ness of Wormwood?
Chapter 4 - Nightshade: Chapter starts with, "We all wear masks" and my first thought was "boy you have no idea" XD
Awww yes this is the masquerade break scenario! See here for my thoughts on that and how the Nephtali could be adapted to v5, heh.
Yeah okay earthquakes, volcanoes, and riots are normal enough. A horrible blood virus where it appears some flesh-like thing is living in people's veins and feeding off their blood sounds like something that starts with T and rhymes with Shzimitze. ...Probably. No one knows how the fuck it's pronounced anyway. Oops, those riots are apparently over the existence of vampires. Yeah that'd be... unfortunate. And more earthquakes, this time due to Kupala vs the Eldest. Whew. Red star, yep, standard. MORE earthquakes, this time due to the Second City rising. Sounds legit. Bad times all around!
The details on breaking the Masquerade are interesting. Basic emotions: denial, rationalisation, fear, anger, acceptance. The acceptance one is interesting, because I can definitely see some jumping to it straight away.
So, on to the scenario itself! Jan recruits the players to fight the... uh, mass under NYC. This is the corpse of the Eldest, which is more or less a giant fungal infection held together with Vicissitude, which frankly is just icky. This actually is  canon-compliant with BJD, since it apparently has only just... dissipated? or whatever there, or if it still remains, it's no longer conscious. In this one, its soul flicks back to Tremere's/Saulot's body and wakes up, and basically every Tzimisce, Tremere, and anyone who has ever drank Tzimisce blood (which would be the entire Sabbat via Vaulderie) spontaneously frenzies. Godspeed. Cyscek, a Tzimisce methuselah, helps defeat the, uh, blob at the expense of his life, and warns with his last words, "The Dragon rises. You must stop it. Find Vykos. [They] know." (Okay yeah the text says 'it knows' but also fuck that.) Ooh, plot point!
Aaaand then they retreat from the battle, exhausted, only to find the whole damn thing broadcast on every TV screen, vampiric Disciplines and Cyscek dusting and all. W h o o p s.
Lots and lots of details of a major masquerade breach here. Hardestadt shows up and tells Jan he's proooobably gonna get Final Death for, you know, trying to save the world. Gonna share this bit because it's Very Satisfying.
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Please refer to my tag #hardestadt has no rights ;D
Anyway! The characters now recruited, Jan leads them back to London for the Convention of Fire. He's working with Calebros and... like a bunch of others, probably anyone can end up here, so long as they want to actually help and not just fall apart like the remnants of the Camarilla (trying to diablerise their way into keeping power) and the Sabbat (...ditto tbh). Those definitely in attendance are Ambrogino Giovanni, Hesha Ruhadze, and Fatima! And lbr the Nod Squad are probably there too. As if Beckett would pass up the chance to NOT witness what's happening with Gehenna. And Anatole is literally a prophet of Gehenna! They found the Nephtali, led by a council of twelve, with Jan at the head. Name means 'the highest point' or 'no further' - as in, Gehenna goes no further than this.
Oh lmao here we go, the scene I mentioned earlier - Jan vs talk shows.
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F to Jan.
Tremere's body (inhabited by Saulot) disappears from beneath the Vienna chantry. Tremere's body, with [Tzimisce] now well in control (having overtaken Saulot; Tremere, meanwhile, has taken over Goratrix's body, with Goratrix's mind stuck in a mirror... it's complicated), wipes out the Vienna chantry. RIP to the Vienna chantry, which doesn't survive in either timeline tbh. Hey, I wonder if that means that Saulot (in Tremere's body) is dead in v5? Etrius manages to escape and reports that the Eldest is now on the way to Ceoris, where it'll call all the remaining Tzimisce to it to become, uh, a part. Pleasant.
Everything between Krakow and Bucharest is straight fukk’d. Ceoris is the centre of all this - IIRC it's somewhere in the southern Carpathians, nearish Brasov. Either way, hell of a fight results with what can only be described as an eldritch abomination, finally both managing to destroy Kupala (the Eldest's goal) and reducing The Thing down to a human-looking body. This bit is interesting! Tremere (in Goratrix' body) and Etrius take one look at each other. "Master..." "I... I know. But where the hell is Saulot?!" Good question, because he sure ain't in Tremere's, uh, former body any more, which was in fact what was fighting them the whole time. Either way, Tremere-in-Goratrix'-body leaps at [Tzimisce]-in-Tremere's-body and diablerises his, um, former body, which must be weird as hell, then tries to turn on the characters and his powers fuckiNG FAIL. EAT SHIT TREMERE. And then the players kill him too and realise that over the course of one night they've destroyed the demon Kupala and two Antediluvians, Tremere and the Eldest. Not bad. This is the battle that causes that second lot of earthquakes I mentioned earlier.
Back to London! They find the mirror containing Goratrix amongst Tremere's belongings. Poor fucker sorry not sorry.
And now the players receive a summons to escort someone from Montreal to the Nephtali headquarters in London! Namely, a Tzimisce named Myca Vykos~ They've recently defected from the Sabbat and want to help take the Antediluvians tf down. (Note: the book here has reverted to using he/him pronouns since they're back in their original form, I'm going to keep using they/them because biological sex does not determine gender identity or pronouns goddammit. ...Anyway. I AM going to use the name Myca since that's the name they're using themself, mostly because, uh, 'Myca' is a bit less noticeable than 'Sascha Vykos', haha.)
So Gehenna has started. Myca's woken up in their original form and being like, "Hey you know what I am preTTY SURE I don't want to serve the Eldest" and promptly joins the Nephtali.
From New York to London to Romania to London to Montreal to London (...London is a hub world apparently), now off to Turkey, to Kaymakli! Which is actually a real place, my brother's been on a tour there. Anyway, this is the part of Kaymakli that they don't show the tourist and that's been sealed shut with lots of angry Cappadocians instead, so that was fun. Presumably Kapaneus hasn't been chilling out there in this one.
Also Colombia has completely been overtaken by the Sabbat so that sucks.
Into Kaymakli! Which usually doesn't let Cainites back out so it may be one-way. Don't worry, there's a ritual for that. At the bottom, they find Augustus Giovanni! Who is pissed off he never actually got to eat Cappadocius' soul and so wants to eat God instead.
As you do.
The book very strongly encourages the players to kill him. Just 'cause. Which is a mood, tbh. Killing him also reveals a beaten, bound Nosferatu, having been Giovanni's most recent food source. An F for Okulos. He's been there for four years, having managed to get a lost fragment of the Book of Nod for Beckett, who promised to come back for him and. Didn't. Which is just rude tbh and I can kind of understand why Okulos ends up betraying Beckett in the Gehenna novel but anyway. (Not canon as of v20, he's perfectly present and chill in BJD.)
End results - the fragment that Okulos went to retrieve shows how to restore the Second City, which holds a complete Book of Nod and may hold the key to stopping Gehenna. It's in Enochian so your player characters probably won't be able to read it (book suggests asking Sascha or Ambrogino). Next stop, Egypt, and a meeting with Hesha Ruhadze! Man this scenario has a lot of signature characters. It also suggests getting third parties in here too, so Beckett would actually be a really good choice. Either way, they find the probable site, and suddenly, a Second City.
Archeologists make grabby hands. Beckett, somewhere, is probably crying in joy. They find a vial with some very old blood in it that they definitely shouldn't drink because otherwise they'll explode (the book uses Sascha as the example here XD;; ). Along with some mystical enscriptions, they return to London and get to work on the prophecy - namely, it suggests that 'the gentle one' (likely Saulot) will die at the hands of another, but arise in a new form, and will stop Gehenna that way. Etrius, one of the only Tremere left and having joined the Nephtali, goes 'fuck it what do I have to lose?' and goes to find whatever new form Saulot is in (potentially can also involve Goratrix here).
Hm. Well. Saulot is apparently in a research centre outside Sydney. Apparently we're mostly chill with vampires, aside from Christians XD Go figure!
Apparently it's a cloning facility. One of the rooms had, past tense, a child, successfully cloned six-year-old, who was in perfect physical form but vegetative from birth. Religious characters will pick up that it's because the kid's body didn't have a soul. Now, it does - Saulot's. Having been thrown out of Tremere's body when the Eldest took over, his soul fled until it could find the most suitable vessel - a soulless cloned body. No actual soul to have to subdue. Saulot ends up reborn, albeit in the form of a six-year-old and without any memories. Turns out, the child was taken by a cult of Thinbloods, believing him to be the messiah.
Sydney's messy situation gets described here! Short version, Sydney's Prince is/was Sarrasine, who was a Toreador. Except he wasn't a Toreador, it was a fairly open secret he was only POSING as a Toreador - he was actually a Caitiff. (Except he's not actually a Caitiff. He's a sixth-gen Setite. Sydney is Like That, yes.) Given Sydney's independence from the sects and its apparent Caitiff Prince, it's become a major site of Caitiff and Thinbloods, which Sarrasine is just thrilled about but can't do anything about because he doesn't want to actually go 'lol I'm a Setite'. Anyway, either way, everyone is unaware of Saulot's return, so the players seek out the little boy, who's pretty spooked and confused. Asks the characters, "Who are you? What is this place? What do all these people want?" and his third eye opens. Tada! Salubri Antediluvian, and like the prophecy mentioned, he's 'unholy' and 'a mockery in the face of God' - a clone.
Back to London with kid!Saulot. The Nephtali have been trying to work out what tf is going on. A researcher tried drinking from the vial. It was messy. The characters might get some downtime. Sarrasine's followers may attack to try and get the kiddo back. Either way, everyone goes to bed, and wakes up to find a Darkness having overtaken the sun, which is generally not good for anyone, and Lasombra characters are just, feels bad man. The Veil of Darkness means vampires can be up 24/7, along with other things that don't like sunlight, and I imagine things like... plants not being thrilled. Also probably very confused animals. I'm not sure if it's like a dark atmosphere, or a physical body between the sun and Earth that just eclipses it whatever vantage point you look from, or what? Disciplines like Auspex, Obfuscate, and Obtenebration go a bit fucky. Then, a few days later, everyone feels a... Summons. For low-generation vampires with still-living Antediluvians, it's strongest. Higher gens with destroyed Antes, not so bad. So I'm sure you can guess what's summoning them.
Yep. Antediluvians. Banu Haqim are getting summoned to Alamut instead so Ur-Shulgi can turn them into an army against the Antediluvians, so godspeed resisting that, Elijah.
Off to the city of Gehenna (it's nearish Jerusalem). Elders of all stripes have been heading there to kill their childer in hope of being rewarded by their Antediluvians to get their powers restored, which is terribly rude. Indeed, the Antediluvians basically go, hey, can you not, and also can you start Embracing more childer for our armies, because they're not very nice either. Pretty much all the characters have been summoned for their crimes against the Antediluvians, and now they're gathered before them - Set, [Lasombra], Ennoia, Absimiliard, Malkav (as like... a cluster of identical little girls with glowing eyes because of course Malkav would use the Creepy Child trope), and [Toreador], who's so beautiful no one can tell if they're male or female. When the players and child!Saulot get there, they question him, but he's literally a six-year-old boy and is spooked. He also has the vial, somehow. Set takes it, and Kiddo says, "Don't drink it. You'll burn up." So Set makes Kiddo drink it instead, because he's a nice guy like that.
Kiddo's third eye opens. A giant black throne appears. The dozen small girls that are Malkav say, "Father's home." Kiddo!Saulot says, "No, Father's dead." Girls start screaming so loud people start bleeding thick black blood from their ears and doesn't stop until Set kills all twelve. A random stranger, now with their glowing eyes, steps forward and basically goes 'wow rude'.
Powerful beam of light appears. The Antes (aside from Kiddo!Saulot) writhe in pain. Angel appears, asks Saulot if he's willing to atone for all vampires. He agrees. Throne explodes, Antes fuckin' die, and everyone promptly frenzies and tries to eat each other, because vampires. In the aftermath of that, vampirism basically... ends. The player characters may be rewarded by becoming human again, as do a lot of Thinbloods, but most everyone older just, uh, dies. Vampirism ends, but the Earth has been saved.
That is... hmm, bittersweet, I think. It's a pretty compelling chronicle, very dramatic, but it's much less character-based and is more, 'the characters get dragged along to Do Shit'. I kind of like the idea of it being a story involving the characters we know, but for original characters, I think Wormwood is a much more compelling scenario so far.
Chapter 5 - The Crucible of God: Okay I'm tired now and this is the 'rocks fall everyone dies' scenario so gonna skim-read this one.
This is the chapter that introduces the level 10 power for all disciplines - Plot Device. The Antediluvians can do shit because they feel like it. Whew. Also, if an Ante spots anyone of their blood line, they can just make them... explode and their blood gushes into their mouth. Monch monch. Spot another clan mate? Roll to avoid frenzy. Just woke up? Roll to avoid frenzy. Good times!
And then the Tzimisce Antediluvian awoke as a mass of Vicissitude flesh fungal infestation with tentacles and lampray mouths and stuff and ate anything in reach until it ate, uh, every living thing in Manhattan. In one night. Bad day tbh. Eventually it burns when the sun rises, but what's left underground is still there and shit's still messed up. Like picking a leaf off a dandelion and it starts bleeding. Trees with faces, swarms of insects forming into eyes and watching. Nice and creepy. In the aftermath, it's basically infecting every life form on Earth with Vicissitude, which is distinctly uncool.
Absimliard has an animal army and currently looks like a giant humanoid jellyfish.
Oh boy here's the Banu Haqim part XD;; Interestingly, it's a lot better for them! Haqim doesn't eat his childer, they feel themselves strongly bonded to him but still maintain their own minds and wills. Downside, anyone who doesn't follow Haqim alone gets hunted down so he can eat them, so Ur-Shulgi's probably having a field day at being vindicated and poor Pyre/Elijah is hiding tf under the bed. Plus side, it only lasts a few months before something kills Haqim, so hey! And there's genuinely a way to become human again, especially for high-humanity, high-gen vampires, so that actually would be a genuinely good outcome for Pyre/Elijah.
Malkavians end up as a giant hive mind. Like, more than usual. [Lasombra] covers the world in darkness, then it stops. Ennoia merges with the entire planet and starts eating people. And vampires. And Methuselah. And other Antediluvians. She's kinda hangry at this point.
Tremere attempts to rule the entire world using the Human Genome Project as the true name of the entirety of humanity. It lasts about two minutes before [Tzimisce] turns him into a meat crime, along with, uh, the entire rest of the world, aside from the players, who were part of Tremere's ritual and thus immune from it.
Also Saulot, who they just met in the form of a little old man.
Turns out, he planned it all along. Lured Tremere to him, knowing that his body was tainted by using Tzimisce blood to become a vampire. Knew that when the Eldest returned, he'd be succeptable, and Saulot would be able to bounce out when the Eldest took over. Now, he can lead the characters in the only way to stop Planet Tzimisce, which is, uh, prayer and letting themselves get eaten. Could actually work! And you end up human again in the bargain!
End result - all vampires gone. Some of the more human ones do end up human again. Either way, world's still fucked. Open Antediluvian rule for several months has destroyed most of humanity. There are still remnants - former Malkavians who are still a bit weird, former Tzimisce who are a bit... Vicissitudey. Ennoia's still around! She's mostly chill except when she occasionally feels like rearranging landscapes. Otherwise, it's time to recover.
Alternate endings - that last one wasn't depressing enough, so here's a scenario where All Is Tzimisce, here's one where there's global extinction of literally everything except the player characters who gradually drop into torpor and never recover (or just flat out burn if they're outside), or there's one where the players are the only vampires left and start a new cycle with them as the new Antediluvians or something, oh and Caine's still kicking and is Very Displeased that God won't let him die already. Gooood times!
Rest is how to basically play it, and character sheets. Which go back to calling Sascha ‘it’ again *sigh* (And using the whole alien look despite explicitly mentioning that they look human again. Of course.)
So, final thoughts! Gehenna is... an interesting scenario. Lots of possibility for introspection. It’s very... apocalyptic, and that may bother a lot of people, since, well, for the most part, it’s going to be the end of playing your character as a vampire. Which I figure most people are playing Vampire the Masquerade for. So it’s basically either a hell of a finale, or you just don’t make use of it.
Favourite scenario did end up being Wormwood. I just really like the introspection and opportunity for hope. Did also enjoy Nightshade, but in a different way, I think? Like for Nightshade, I’d rather read it as existing characters working together, maybe as a novel, whereas for Wormwood I’d want to play it since it’s such an intensely personal kind of thing.
(I also still want a slumber party AU ngl.)
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ugdohyun · 3 years
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let’s get it 😤
mun info
name/alias: ej age: 18 + pronouns: she/her/hers timezone: est (gmt-5? 4? wtf is daylights savings???) discord: cozyboy#6004 little trivia fact: tbh i’m a k-hiphop/rnb junkie so watch me pretend like i can rock lol
character info
character name: nam dohyun age: 25 zodiac sign: cancer (meh, is this even accurate? tbd) group/band/position: singer & rhythm guitarist for CTRL info links or quick points about your character: half-baked stats and bio are up. apologies for the messy messy bio; messy me was racing against the app deadline lmao. so instead, here are way too many tldr points about the boy: 
background
born to a borderline chaebol mother and a borderline b-list rockstar father who really shouldn’t have gotten married at all; but it’s a shotgun wedding made possible by the conception of ~yours truly~ 
his dad is quite literally terrible and among many things, a serial adulterer. the man leaves (more like kicked out at last...) when dohyun is no older than ten. nam is actually his mother’s last name, which he takes thereafter
does dohyun have daddy issues, you might ask? ermmm well, let’s just say he doesn’t even know or remember the man well enough to hate or miss him so it’s whatever
spoiled growing up b/c his family pities how he’s fatherless. but probably they’re more worried that if they don’t ‘love him enough’ (read: expensive gifts and lots of nagging) dohyun will end up like his good-for-nothing father *shudders in rich grandparent* ... but he just plays this weird leverage game with them to do whatever he wants, running around with his ragtag bands and whatnot
in reality, there’s a lot of gaslighting in both directions. an implicit cloud of blame and pity looms over dohyun’s head, like ‘damn if u didn’t pop into ur mommy’s womb, none of this would have ever happened.’ idk, he’s a living reminder of the most shameful thing that’s happened to this family. everyone’s hoping that dohyun’s not like his dad but deep inside, they kinda believe he’s fated to suck anyways...
prime piece of evidence no. 1: why the hell is he doing this rockstar thing ??? dohyun realizes it’s pretty shitty to do this to his mom and whoever else but... it just feels right. ‘music is my life’ yadada but it’s also just fun, and he thinks he’s pretty good at it. the continued chain of success and unexpected fame from his various musical stints seem to agree. sure he had to burn some bridges and breach a whole lot of trust with his family to get where he is but come on -- they thought he was going to be a huge bust anyways, no? just meeting expectations!
personality
dohyun can be... other-worldly. 4d, sure. he’s in his own realm a lot of the time. like everyone else around him is on one orbit? he’s on a one-man spaceship vibing on another. doesn’t mean he’s clueless though; he’s actually extremely perceptive (just cancer things... or the result of sussing and being sussed out by his family his entire life) but will pretend like he doesn’t notice things b/c it’s more convenient to not care
often told he has a natural charisma which helps as as a performer, i guess. but more than likely it’s just (1) his face (ngl he knows he’s pretty) or (2) people stick around b/c they want to see what wack ass shit he’s going to do or say next. definitely a bit of a showman in that regard. anyways, he’s probably a fun guy to be around?
his whole ‘larger than life’ public image is not fake per say, but dohyun in intimate settings is more of a grandpa soul than you’d think. gets very excited and also very existentially tired about things rather quickly. probably an introvert at heart who is way too talented at being an extrovert
funky antics and ‘cool kid’ vibes largely hide the fact that he does have aspirations / desires (he’s serious about his music and what he’s doing in the indie scene; ctrl is hitting big and he’s seemingly getting places) as well as really dark thoughts and insecurities shh
super open guy without actually being open. definitely that guy you think you know really well until you really start to think about it... and realize you really don’t know him at all. damn. he’ll often listen to others and lend them a shoulder to lean on or pour them a shot, but will never seek it out for himself. really his upbringing has made it difficult for him to receive affection or care without being skeptical af or feeling like he’s being pitied
he’s got a lot of growing and soul-searching to do / i’m still figuring stuff out and would love for u all to be part of it <3
wanted connections
umm page to come eventually but some quick ideas i’d like to see for dohyun: 
ctrl bandmates! so many fun dynamics and moments we should figure out -- very ready to make all the other bands jealous heh
a real trooper friend and confidant who doesn’t give up on him, even when he’s being a little dodgy shit
a squad to just set hongdae on fire with -- not literally but figuratively. like live for the nights you won’t remember ayy
exes, flames, 'are we just friends?’,  one-sided(?) crushes, and any variants. dohyun is entranced by the idea of love but is trash at it in practice (genetics, right? an empty excuse for his actual rship problems lol). definitely breaks hearts but gets his own smashed way harder so it’s even, okay?!
i really dig a good childhood friends trope; whether that’s like friends to lovers(?) or enemies or rivals or ‘how the hell are you two friends’ or whatever
someone he keeps running into in the most awkward or embarrassing situations only
someone who sees through his bs; and vice versa
musical collaborators, rivalries, mutual fans, anything really; “um i think i liked you better on stage / you are not what i expected” moments?
an antagonist. sorry this is vague af, but point being: i’m good with ‘negative’ plots too!
i swear i’m better at this 1-on-1, so please! let’s chat it up!
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prompt-master · 4 years
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JUST- naegirigami, anything, i neeeed more pls, i looked at all ur post, everything in tumblr pls morEeeee also, i love ur hapeac anons btwww
Oh wow im!! Thank you so much!! Its a lot harder to come up with ot3 headcanons unprompted so this will be a lot shorter than normal, sorry. Instead ill go into detail one idea I like!
Also sorry but what do you mean by hapeac anons??
Protective Togami and Kirigiri...my weakness ngl. I love the idea of them both being offput by all the people Naegi readily wants to trust. They have every right to be on guard but Naegi is just so trusting even after everything. They know hes not an IDIOT but he can be naive.
I love the image of Togami putting an arm out in front of Naegi protectively. I always imagined that Naegi's first instinct with the despaired is to talk to them. So they run into one in a monokuma helmet, and Naegi gets ready to try and inspire hope and Togami puts his arm out. Both to stop Naegi and in case the despaired tries anything.
And Kirigiri shows her protectiveness by being THOROUGH as HELLL she will interogate anyone she doesnt trust that comes into contact with Naegi. And if she isn't satisfied by the results she will be keeping an eye out.
They both talk to each other about people they dont trust without Naegi. Becsuse Naegi is doing his best being himself an optimistic snd thats part of what makes him HIM. But these two are skeptics. And they will shittalk.
They just love their hope boy and dont want to see him hurt. Even tho Naegi is no push over himself, they can't help but feel like they need to be protective towards him. They'd almost lost him a few times in the game and after. And they've never felt this way towards someone before, they know its truely without a doubt love. They are not letting some dumb apoloclypse take him away from them.
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dandelionpath · 4 years
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most of my practice honestly just comes from trial and error?? i dont do any spell work and idk if i believe in it necessarily? and i hardly do rituals!
but the things i DO do are found through trusting my gut instincts, a little bit of inspo from books I read growing up (mostly fairytales and childrens books ngl) and a tiny bit from what I've read from other people online. mix that all together with a BIG dose of skepticism and discernment and just trying things to see how they go and the end result is how i do things in my practice.
honestly as i keep cutting away bits and bobs that dont feel right, all the pieces im left with are things that i either made up/discovered myself or things that i tried that other ppl have mentioned doing and i had to figure it out from there!
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sweetlysilent · 6 years
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Richie teaching you how to ride a bike.. (Headcanon)
Requested By: Anonymous
maybe one where richie is trying to teach the reader how to ride a bike but it just ends up in a mESS cause it’s rIcHiE we’re talking about here
Side Note: wOOT wOOT first Richie headcanon !! I thought this request was perfect to be a headcanon so i hope you enjoy it as much as i did writing it! :))
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- sO somehow Richie had found out you didn't know how to ride a bike
- bUT we all knew Eddie had snitched on you, he may be smol but he's feisty if you annoy him too a certain point
- of course we all know now Richie is going to use this information to his advantage
- bc it's RICHIE
- thus the teasing begins !
- "Y/N doesn't know how to ride a bike! Y/N doesn't know how to ride a bike!" Richie would sing, pedaling around you as you walked beside Stan on his.
- "You clearly don't know how to sing either, just a heads up, don't sign up for the talent show this year buddy." You'd fire back, a smug smile on your face as Richie rolled his eyes at you.
- Stan of course would smirk at your response, giving you a wink, making you laugh, because well, Stan can't wink, he ends up closing his eyes completely
- at least he tried lol
- aND Richie may have seen Stan wink at you YIKES
- this calls for *cue drum roll* draMATIC RICHIE
- "hEY BACK OFF STANLEY Y/N IS MINE." Richie would shout, pointing his index finger at the curly haired boy, then motion over to you, then back to him again.
- you'd watch him in amusement, with a roll of your eyes before running over to him in an attempt to knock him off his bike
- you'd fail obvi lol
- he'd literally try to run you over with his bike
- you'd threaten to murder him
- he'd LAUGH
- poor boy thought you were joking, whatta shame
- he'd quickly realize you were SERIOUS
- instantly Richie would be pedaling away from you screaming, saying his life is too precious and he isn't ready to die
- yup that was your best friend
- wHAT A DORK AMIRITE
- fast-forward a few days, you're sitting outside on your front porch waiting for Richie to arrive
- he was taking you to the arcade with him
- goals 
- #videogamedate
- he eventually arrives, a grin on his face when he sees you
- "Hey sweet cheeks, you waitin' around for lil ol' me?" He'd tease, speaking in an accent winking at you.
- "No, I'm waiting for Eddie's mother, isn't it obvious?" You'd reply sarcastically, a smirk on your face as he'd shake his head laughing.
- "This is why we're best friends Y/N, you get me and my trashmouth." Richie would smile, adjusting his glasses.
- "Lucky me." You'd tease, which resulted in a very fake pout from him.
- that is until his famous grin spread across his face once more, as he hopped off his bike, walking over to you
- "Richie what are you doing?"
- "I'm going to teach you how to ride a bike."
- "You're going to teach me how to ride a bike?"
- "yES I RICHIE TOZIER AM GOING TO TEACH YOU Y/N, YL/N HOW TO RIDE A BIKE." He'd shout, his fist in the air as if he was secretly connecting his inner Thor and his hammer, as you stared at him skeptically.
- "This so isn't going to end well."
- "You have no faith in me."
- "I have faith that I'll end up with a broken arm like Eddie, does that count?"
- "nO."
- Richie would hush you from dissing his exquisite bike training skills, as he helped you onto his bike
- he secretly loved seeing you on his bike ngl
- did i mention Richie has a crush on you ??
- best friend crush awawaw goals
- "Alright so basically what you want to do is stay balanced and pedal." Richie told you as you kept your feet on the ground.
- "Richie that doesn't help aT ALL." You'd complain, frowning at the brunette haired boy whose eyes widened at your words.
- "sHIT OKAY ALRIGHT HOLD ON."
- he'd pace a few times before snapping his fingers, wandering back over to you
- "Welcome back to Y/N's bikes, where we all don't know how to ride one." You'd smile, winking at him.
- Richie would shake his head, laughter leaving his lips before refocusing on his task
- "Alright, lift your legs up, put them on the pedals."
- Richie would wrap his arms around your waist to keep you steady
- YOUR HEART LITERALLY BEATING OUT OF YOUR CHEST
- one bc you're hella scared you might break your arm
- and two bc RICHIE IS HOLDING YOU
- again, best friend crush AWH
- "Okay, now start pushing the pedals, you'll start moving, and I won't let go so you won't fall alright?"
- "Alright, here goes nothing."
- you'd start to push the pedals, the bike tires starting to move, your body even more anxious than before
- bUT YOU COULD DO THIS
- CONFIDENCE Y/N, CONFIDENCE
- "See look at you! You're doing great already." Richie would smile from behind you, still holding you steady as you slowly made your way down the street.
- "Richie this is amazing, yet terrifying at the same time." You'd whine, still slowly pedaling.
- "But you're doing it, you're okay, cause I got you." He'd reassure you, making you smile slightly.
- this bOY
- somehow along the way, Richie had slowly let go of you, watching as you continued pedaling on your own
- he'd smile to himself, knowing you just needed an extra boost of confidence
- "Hey Y/N!" He'd call, making your head snap around quickly, now realizing he wasn't behind you anymore
- "Richie!" You'd shout, your face panic stricken, your tires starting to wobble.
- "-SHIT! Y/N, look out!" Richie would shout, now running over to you.
- your dUMBASS RAN INTO A STREET POLE
- you fell smh
- "OWWW." You'd complain, pushing the bike off of you, as you sat up slightly, Richie rushing over.
- "You better pray my arm isn't broken Tozier." You'd threaten playfully, making him smile at you, helping you up.
- "I knew you'd fall for me Y/N." He'd smirk, his hand not leaving yours.
- "Literally." You'd mutter, glancing at his bike, before looking back at him.
- "But if we're being honest, yeah Richie, I did fall for you and your trashmouth." You'd shrug, a small smile on your lips as Richie's eyes grew bigger, if that was even possible from his glasses.
- "This has to be some dream, you actually-"
- Richie was that shocked he had to make sure it was real
- so what does he do?
- HE CHECKS HIS DICK LIKE WHAT
- "My dick is still huge so this IS REAL OHMYFUCKINGGOD WHAT!" Richie would shout, making you laugh at his outburst.
- "Richie shut up." You'd laugh, pulling him closer with his hand.
- "I know one way to make me quiet."
- "Fine, but you owe me a free game."
- "Deal."
- and then yall kissed
- it was short and sweet, but both of you felt the sparks from the moment your lips touched one another's
- once parted you both couldn't stop smiling like complete love struck idiots
- "If I had known attempting to teach you how to ride a bike would get you to date me I would of done this months ago."
- and then you kissed him again
- it really was the best way to shut him up
- and neither of you minded
You + Richie = cute love struck idiots <3
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pixelberrygardens · 7 years
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lookin at ppl’s opinions of all the choices stories, so i decided to just jot down a few of my own!!
i?? actually like the freshman A LOT more than i thought it would, personally?? like i went in expecting a plain, cheesy romcom but it mostly boils down to the relationships of ALL the people around you, especially your friends! the roommates interacting are hands down the best part of the story!
i personally liked the first book in the crown and the flame series more than the first one?? which is weird bc i LOVED dom and sei’s training bits in the sequel, and the final battle had me hollerin lol
most wanted was really cool!! i personally LOVE mystery and puzzle games, so i enjoyed piecing clues and passwords together, even if they were very few. (crosses fingers for a lot more in the sequel)
rules of engagement!!! is also v good! but i personally like all of the siblings’ stories except for the MC’s :^( i mean its not to say that the MC’s is bad, not by a long shot, its just that the love interests do not interest me at all (leading to me givin em terrible names, such as Dick and Jiminey Cricket LOL) this is also the game that has me using the most diamonds!! haha
#lovehacks is still just beginning, but im SUCH a slut for the cute character designs in this particular story!? cole is so funny and i love everyone its gr8 i cant wait to see where the story takes us
the haunting!!!!!! of braidwood manor!!!!!!!!! the story i looked forward to being released the most, and ultimately the one i love to read the most each week!! once again, GR8 character designs!! and ngl i was a bit skeptical about how effective the horror aspect would be, but PB really nailed it with the spooky atmosphere!! which, imo, REALLY makes a good scary movie, so im not expecting any jumpscares in this story (which is for the best! altho im not adverse to it c^;) the art for this story REALLY stepped up, esp for the scary character sprites!!! i rly wanna save my diamonds for more premium choices (rly regret not buyin the vintage outfit!!!!!!) its also easily the most refreshing story out of all the other books, and im so glad PB’s reachin out to a variety of genres!!!
i!!!!!! love the relationship gimmick in endless summer (as well as the new style!! hell yeah!) and as a result, its the first story since the crown and the flame thats got me usin more keys to replay it! im curious to see whats been happening on the island!!
altho i like ALL of the PB stories, i think i’d rank my personal faves like so:
haunting of brainwood manor > the freshman > endless summer = #lovehacks > most wanted = rules of engagement > the crown and the flame
but choices has definitely taken off!! its no wonder its in the top 100 apps im so proud of PB and co. for delivering us the best content week after week! cheers for more to come!!!
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