I respect the boys’ decision, of course I do, it makes me sad that they felt this way and it makes me even sadder that they’re afraid of how’d we react. But what I’m afraid of is that, despite them saying multiple times that they’ll come back, that they simply won’t. A lot can happen during (a few months? a year? a few years?) they could meet someone and build a family, they could realize that they prefer acting or solo work more than group work, they could grow out of the whole bts thing now that they have time to be by themselves. Idk, I’m not being dramatic I’m just being realistic- I know a lot can happen when you have off time and I just don’t think they can say with certainty, as of today, that they will come back because they simply don’t know that for sure

Hey babes, I'm glad you could express how you feel, but everything will be okay <3 I think it's because of the fact that bts are certain about returning as a group that they could say what they said today! The boys are never insincere, and Jimin did say to take their words as they are, so that's exactly what we should do. They will live different lives for sure, and experience things that bring them new meanings, values, and perspectives that may make their feelings towards bts change, but it's something they honestly deserve. they deserve time to just be namjoon, seokjin, yoongi, hoseok, jimin, taehyung and jungkook. it's also important to remeber that the tannies themselves said they felt closer after being apart!! i don't think their feelings will change that drastically since the video shows just how much bts and army mean to them. living separately has already made them so much closer with each other, and i firmly believe that being apart in their solo work will also make them stronger once they're together again!! they'll still visit each other, film group stuff and be bts, but they'll just be focusing on their individuality instead.

a cute k-army said on twitter: "if all seven of them are the same colour, how can they form a rainbow?" the babies just want to cultivate their own colours and show it to the world, and i'll be ready with open arms to embrace anything they release!! let's trust bts and their words, they love us very deeply and always tell us things in confidence <33

warning: fandom drama, discourse, racism, transphobia, slurs, mentions of cnc and rape, manipulation, lying, gaslighting, screenshots.

for context: a good friend of mine, who i wont directly @ but they're name is Roman, wrote a cnc roleplay fanfic last year. the fic had proper warnings, labels, tags, a read more break point, and even included reader giving armin aftercare once the roleplay scenario was over. the fic got lots of attention, none that were negative, and Roman started gaining more attention as a AOT writer. I reblogged the fic in support of my friend and their work. the fic is not the focus of the argument. people can protect themselves from things they don't wish to see however they feel necessary. but, the events that followed after the fic was published and deleted, is what this discourse is about. @kingkaisen @kingkonoha @erensbaebee @aviolentrose has been stalking and harassing my blog for months, making me feel uncomfortable and unsafe. they and several others have gone out of their way to send hateful messages to Roman and I about our race, ethnicity, hair texture, harmful stereotypes about Aboriginal/Indigenous people (specifically telling Roman to "huff gasoline" which is a well thought out Aboriginal stereotype), speculating what is in between our legs (telling us we're dirty, that our 'pussies stink' and that we have foul body odor). Roman and I both identify as non-binary, and any crass comments or questioning about our genitalia is transphobic. This is extremely disturbing, and only an unsound individual can escalate things to the level that they have become. in order to protect themselves from content they did not want to see, kingkohona soft blocked me without saying a word. i found it odd that she would do this and not say anything at all, considering we were all in a group chat together, friendly with each other on tumblr, and spoke just about every day. I messaged her first, asking what was wrong:

I said I understood because I 100% understood why she didn't want to look at it. However, she never expressed her discomfort. She never expressed how she was uncomfortable with the topic of CNC in general. In the group chat, we all talked about it and we all agreed that we were low key into it but were too shy or ashamed to actually say anything first. So, myself and others were under the impression that were were all on board with CNC.

Just as it is her right to protect herself, it is my right to protect myself. I couldn't quite put my finger on what was wrong, but something was not right. We were all friends up to this point, have shared very intimate details about our lives and our traumas, so I was initially hurt that she did not tell me this at first, and chose a more shady route. In my logic, if she really were a friend we could confided anything to, she would have been able to tell me and we would have been able to fix this issue. I decided to block her, my reasoning being poor communication skills, shifty behavior, and not being the greatest friend leading up to this point. but that is neither here or there. I also then made a post, shading her because I turly was hurt and mad, saying that if I miss a tag on darker content to just tell me and not to do weird things behind my back. Soft blocking your friend with the intention to break the mutual, while still speaking to them every day and pretending nothing is wrong, is extremely weird to me. I don't regret that post. I don't regret cutting her off on those grounds. Later I would know that she is not the kind of person who she says she is or portrays herself to be. This is when things hit the fan. Kingkohona brought it upon herself to make a post that spins a completely different narrative than what was actually happening.

There are several contradictions here that prove that Kingkohona is not telling the truth about certain aspects of the story. Firstly, Kingkohona left 16 comments under my post, from a side blog no less, and then deleted them all before i could even respond or take screenshots, so this is truly coming from word of mouth which I hate. In 1/16 comments, Kingkohona insisted that she directly @'d me in that tumblr post above. This is obviously a lie. My old url (arlertwitch) is nowhere mentioned in the post. She even outright says that she cannot @ me because I blocked her. The second lie she spun is her suddenly referring to "rape fantasies" while she previously acknowledged, and continues to, that she knew the difference between cnc roleplay and "absolute cnc" (which is straight up rape.) She either actually doesn't know the difference, or she's downplaying what she knows to further push her agenda and paint herself that she is a victim. After this post would be posted by her, Roman and I's ask box was absolutely flooded with garbage, as mentioned before. Including one, not as hateful, message from a blog I've never seen before, Eren’sbaebee. Eren'sbaebee also decided to stick their neck out and make several posts about Roman and I, publicly saying heinous things about Aboriginal people, and even uses the "a-b-o" slur. Without the slashes, obviously. They also made a separate post about how I "get off to rape." I hopefully don't have to explain how untrue and sick that is. These posts were deleted. Do you see the pattern. I am a grown person that has a job to go to, so I messaged Kingkohona on the side once I had finished my day of work. I told her exactly how I felt. Not much of my story has changed. I still stand by on what I said and how I feel, and I still feel that way to this day. These are the messages that were exchanged back and forth. This was also the last time I spoke to Kingkohona personally. I had to crop and leave some things out because again, tumblr only allows a limit amount of photos in a post.

"I-" Impeccable empathy skills.

This took place in April/May 2023, and the harassment has not stopped since. It took me a while to come to the conclusion that Kingkohona and her clique were the ones sending messages, until the side-blogs started popping up. They all had Kingkohona's general aesthetic (black and pink. no age. no bio even. only reblogging and her work always being the last reblog that was made. always 1hr ago.) I understand that is a huge accusation to make, but once you have a feeling in your gut its hard to ignore it. Kingkohona has also used side-blogs to send asks with links, directed to posts that were made about me, saying things to intentionally provoke me.

The link to the post in that ask has since been deleted. Shocker. A common tactic for Kingkohona to sweep her deeds under the rug and avoid having evidence. This has been a pattern for months, as some of you already have seen the things I have gotten in my ask.

I just came back from a month long hiatus, and the other day I made a post venting about all of the things I was going through in real life and on tumblr. Of course, kingkohona saw this and took the opportunity to try and spin another tale. In the other 15 comments that she made, she insisted that she has no side blogs, that she was unaware of the hateful messages that Roman and I were getting apart from "just one" message that she anonymously sent to us. Which was, indeed the comment about how Roman and I's genitals must smell. It's really a shame that I don't have screenshots of any of this, the 16 comments were live for 10 minutes before being swiftly deleted. (EDIT: I didn't respond or take screenshots immediately as they were posted because I have hobbies, and was using my laptop to play video games and to make this post.)

I'm sure you can pick up on the lie there as well: How she was "unaware" of all this hate we were getting but still admitted to sending nasty messages.

the way she is capable of lying through her teeth is wild. she uses a fake persona that she is a soft, delicate, sensitive person when she has proven that she is so far from that. she's manipulated people, and has outright lied to thousands of her followers, (who she referred to as "fans" in 1/16 comments. a true display of how narcissistic she is. fandom writers aren't celebrities and followers aren't your "fans" lol.) she is still under the impression that I'm upset about being softblocked over a silly fanfic, but the problem is much deeper. I have explained this to her, but she still won't see reason. And she obviously won't leave me alone, since I have to make this god damn post.

My days of exposing people have long been over. I haven't been in this kind of drama since I was a teenager, but I cannot allow this type of behavior to slide. Not towards me, and especially not towards any of my friends. Kingkohona has gone out of her way multiple times to consult a "mutual friend" about my doings, and if we still talk, despite them setting clear boundaries that they don't want to be involved.

She can lie and pretend that she's innocent until she's blue in the face. She can swindle her "fans" however she wants. but at the end of the day i know what she did. Roman knows what she did. and that "mutual friend," who actually wants nothing to do with any of this, knows everything as well

I'm sorry for this long post. I'm sorry to rehash, at this point, year old drama. And I'm sorry to bring such dark and horrible topics to your dashboards. We really were friends. We talked each other through rough times, and shared extremely private details to each other. But I'm taking back control of my blog. I will not allow this girl to stalk me any longer. like i said before, I want my blog to go back to how it used to be and support other writers and get back into my own groove, but first I have to take out the trash.

Tay, Ave, Bree, whatever your name is, you've created a horrible space on here because you'd rather lurk and stalk in the shadows that be a true friend and admit what you've done was wrong. get fucked. stay off my blog. don't contact me again.

A few mis-aligned Sonic x Gawain x Percival x Lancelot soulmate AUs

Faulty Wiring 25.1.23

Sonic and the Black Knight. Sonic x the Knights of the Round.

Everyone is born with a timer on their wrist. It counts down until either the moment they first meet their soulmate, or the moment they die, with no way to tell which it is until it comes to pass.

Sonic's timer beeped when Mephiles killed him. Even once reality is rewound it stays at zero. Each of the knights' timers beep when they meet Sonic.

(However, considering he was supposed to die before they ever met him...)

Catnaps 25.1.23

Sonic and the Black Knight. Sonic x the Knights of the Round.

On Mobius, you can tell who your soulmate is because you share a sleep schedule; under all but the most extreme circumstances, you can only fall asleep at the same time as eachother. (Kinda like minecraft!) In the world of Camelot, this is... Not So.

The Knights find out about this because Sonic complains to Nimue that he wishes his soulmate would just friggen sleep for once.

Because especially given that it's considered generally a good idea to have at least one of the Knights of the Round awake and available at any given moment, the combination of Gawain, Lancelot, and Percival has been giving Sonic major insomnia his entire life.

That’s Too Much Chill Put Some Back 25.1.23

Sonic and the Black Knight. Sonic x the Knights of the Round.

You can sense your soulmate's emotions, and they're harder to ignore the closer you are. But Sonic, who has no formal education, and is platonicly soulmated to basically all of his friends, has managed to miss this fact. Given the sheer number of people he can sense the emotions of, all of whom are unusually strong, he honestly just assumes it's a Chaos Power thing. That those of a certain level of strength kinda 'project' their emotions.

Add on to that that his first soulmate was Tails, who was maybe 5 when they met. And while Sonic found it incredibly useful to be able to sense his little brother's emotions all the time, he discovered pretty quickly that allowing his own fear or excitement to get into a feedback loop with Tails' could quickly get out of hand. So he learned to just be and project calm and confident all the time, no matter the situation, making it almost impossible for anyone to figure out that he is their soulmate either.

(In other words the blue boy has a lot of repression going on.)

Fighting Gawain is even less fun in this AU.

Fancy Flight 25.1.23

Sonic and the Black Knight. Sonic x the Knights of the Round.

On Mobius everyone has wings, but they're too small to do anything and can only be seen by the mobian themselves and their soulmate. On top of only being visible to them, the feather's at the very tips of the wings are the colour of their soulmate as well.

Of course their are exceptions to every rule, such as winged mobians like Rouge, who just get colored tips on the wings they have.

And Sonic, who’s wings are plenty big enough for him to fly with.

None of the Knights have said anything about Sonic's appearance, and as such none of them have mentioned that they can see the large wings on his back.

In the world of Camelot you can only see colour while touching your soulmate anyway. And considering Sonic didn’t show any reaction when nearing them in combat, they’re all assuming their soulbond with him is unrequited.

Day (605/100) in my #∞daysofwriting @the-wip-project 26th of Jan

Band name, Persona, Manager, Besties, Wild card, 4 Sam?

THANK YOU FOR ASKING also it got distressingly long if u read it all you're a HERO

ask meme

Band name: How did they and the others come up with the band name? Has the name changed since it was founded?

"merry bones" comes from one of the first songs they wrote as a band about how happy performing together made them and how they could feel "in their bones" that's what they wanted to do forever. (didn't age well for one member specifically 😐) It was "happy bones" initially but they were unconvinced. the merry part came from an anecdote of the first (and last, until the band) experience sam had singing to an audience being christmas caroling in the neighbourhood at like 9yo, and the fact that she hated it enough she threw a tantrum and stormed off mid-performance once. so it was a little bit an inside joke for the band and another bit seven insisting she had to like. reclaim the bad first experience and associate it to something that made her happy instead dgdjdk. she thought it sounded dumb but the idea grew on her with time lol

Persona: How does their day-to-day personality compare to their on-stage persona?

mmhh on stage I would say she appears more confident and self assured, doing what she's best at and what makes her the happiest. more intense and out there too. off stage she's still very outgoing but not in an intense way. She's friendly in a way that usually puts people at ease rather than intimidate......most of the time. she's also very aware of the fact she's performing for an audience and has to present a certain way and "deliver an experience". it was a lot less like that when she was in a duet but now she feels the pressure of being the solo singer and having most of the attention. then again Sam performs off stage too lol she tries to charm and be funny and is overly aware of the way she presents herself and the kind of image she wants to project. There are few people who get to see her with her guards completely down

Manager: Do they get along with Orion? What do they think of him as their band manager?

not only does sam like orion a lot she's also immensely incredibly grateful to him and she takes every chance to say the band wouldn't be where they are without him and she means it 100%. they met when she was aimless and the only reasons why she was still trying so hard to find success with the band were not letting down her friends and because losing seven would have been meaningless if she quit. And seeing someone believe in the band and their music strongly enough to drop literally everything was like a wake-up call. because she also chose the band and music over everything else she just had to remember why. She also appreciates that he often can offer a logical point of view. when she is feeling doubtful about their music/performance (ALBEIT RARELY) she goes to him because she doesn't want the others to know. to the band she's like "okay this one is the album that gets us a Grammy I KNOW IT" and to Orion she's like . "okay should I drop everything and become like. An accountant instead. BE HONEST"

also like recognises like and when they met they were both romantically still going through it so Sam definitely had a Recognition Through the Other moment. "That guy needs help. Yes I'm sure . No I'm not telling you why." they have mutual soft spots for each other bc i say so <3

Besties: What’s their friendship with Rowan like? What are some things only he knows about them?

it's a very two peas in a pod kind of deal. they're both warm friendly people and like to joke around and are difficult to anger. they also both share the sense of humor of a 12 years old. I think he's the one she's the most physically affectionate with out of everyone in the band. He's the only one who knows the full extent of how she felt about The Vote and what doubts THAT stirred >:( Like is she only valued for her voice??? if their fans preferred seven would she have gotten kicked to the curb instead?? fun stuff like that. She's 98% over it right now . On a good day. On a bad day I'll say 68% ☠️

Wild card: Tell us something about your MC! Feel free to really just roll us over with an emotional steamroller and crush the souls out of our bodies, if you’d like. (You’re also welcome to choose one of the other questions to answer!)

the whole tattoo ordeal with seven did not stop her liking of matching tattoos At All. She is nothing if not someone who repeats a mistake fifteen times dhdkdm she's constantly pitching ideas for like. A band tattoo they should all get or they should all draw something and she gets it all tattooed or Rowan can design something etc etc. sometimes her friends think it's because she wants a GOOD matching tattoo to redeem the first bad one but she genuinely doesn't regret it it's like. What if the relationship has soured or things go wrong it doesn't MATTER because there was a point in which they believed in it so much they were willing to permanently ink it on their skin. And that's never becoming untrue. It's real and that's what matters <3 That said her face still scrunches up like she bit into a lemon whenever she sees photos/videos of herself with the tattoo on full display. Hashtag no regrets

Tbh (I am not that anon, but I share similar opinions regarding this) I am kind of worried that most Bylers won't receive the storyline as better written or compelling in the next season if Byler doesn't happen in a certain way they're expecting or wanting it to happen (or if Mike's character doesn't end up as they imagined/wished him to be). Because I keep seeing all these takes that Mike being oblivious wouldn't fit for his character bc he's smart and he'd figure out the romance complexities as well, and he must have definitely lied and must be strictly gay 100% and his romance with El should be completely discredited, and he should get Vecna'd and exposed and he's a very secretive character and Byler should get together in an intense dramatic life threatening situation and I'm like... i get it, everyone has their own opinions and wants but aren't those opinions a little bit too specific? and that it's setting up a certain expectation here, and ultimately will lead to ppl saying it's bad/weak writing if none of those things happen in canon.

i feel like no matter what happens people (me included) will be disappointed because it's just like volume 2 we've just been thinking about it for too long lol. and i don't think mike should have all the romance complexities figured out just because he's smart but i do think him not knowing how HE feels makes no sense. in terms of the narrative and also just taking this into consideration

the vecna thing and them getting together in an intense dramatic life-threatening situation yeah that's a very specific thing to expect i don't think you should go into the season expecting anything that specific because that's very "will's painting is gonna be the swing set" and we all know how that turned out. but it's also all in good fun like everyone is obviously gonna get a lot of things wrong lol

about gay mike specifically, i totally get why you would worry about people being too sure about that and then not liking the way byler happens if he isn't but to me it kind of feels like when people tell us not to be so confident byler is gonna happen. like i just see it. i can't unsee it. and it's what makes the most narrative sense to me. but he could come out and say i'm 99.7% gay only and i'd still support him🙏

13, 21, 35, 42 + jason/marcus!!!!

13. What do they do for fun? Do they have a favorite activity or do they like to switch things up?

because they'd spent so long driving around together, and that's how they really got to know each other, they love going on really long trips to wherever, no matter how long it takes. and jason does try to drive carefully when they do that. kind of. it's better when they don't plan where they're going, and it's a spur of the moment kind of thing. they'll get in the car and set off in whatever direction and sing and laugh the whole time and it's so. ough. my heart my bones. they hurt

if they're not driving then marcus is either trying to teach jason how to bake. and at a certain point jason realised he could bake reasonably well now, but acts like he still doesn't know what he's doing because he loves seeing how passionate marcus gets about it. and he holds his hand and guides him through a lot of the steps and he feels like, if he told marcus he could bake Just Fine on his own now, that he'd stop holding his hand and it makes him sad <3

they also make little songs together sometimes, usually doing covers of songs for their own entertainment but they have tried writing their own too (^:

21. Do they share any interests or hobbies?

music is their biggest shared interest/hobby, that's the thing they talked about the most at the start of them meeting, so it's definitely very special to both of them bc of that. marcus was always more on the keyboard/synth/production side of things, while jason did guitar + vocals (thanks to eric of course. king) and a liiittle bit of drums. they used to joke about starting a band. and now they're together. and like i said they make music sometimes so they could ABSOLUTELY do that it would be so cute and fun and i. aoiutewhggrwshjt

35. Do they bring out the best in each other, or the worst? Do they have a fatal flaw?

jason has a lot of fatal flaws but we're not going to talk about that right now. what we ARE going to talk about is how, ever since they first met, and didn't like each other at first, they somehow managed to bring out the best in each other, and still do now. like, again bc of the shared interest in music, it got marcus to come out of his shell a lot faster in the beginning, and made him more confident. and in turn, marcus pretty much showed jason that not everyone and everything is out to get him, and he is allowed to trust people, and calm down, and be 100% truly himself. AND BC OF THAT HE SMILES SO MUCH MORE IT'S VERY NICE

42. Do they let each other get away with things that would normally bother them?

oh definitely but not with like, big things ofc. like, marcus mostly has a very big aversion to physical contact, but will hold jason's hand whenever, wherever, for as long as he wants. and he lets him hug him too!! which was only something that was reserved for morgan and lou, and even then it was very rare. not that he doesn't trust them he just has very Very strict boundaries about being touched. but with jason???? he would let him carry him and hug him and kiss him forever. and im obsessed with it

i don't think much bothers jason tbh. well. i mean a LOT does actually but there's so much i could maybe go into. but i don't want to <3 and marcus doesn't do any of it LUCKILY so it's FINE. WE'RE FINE

are there any stories/facts about your job/coworkers you can comfortably share? maybe something cool they did/you did with them recently? anyone that stands out in particular among them, without getting too specific for. clear reasons?

what's cheeseburger up to atm? any notable stories or anything about him recently, or has he been just living his best life as usual?

which of the skyloft NPCs do you particularly like? for arguments sake, this is excluding the more story relevant ones, so no groose + his gang, no zelda obviously, etc.

as an opposite to that, talk about groose! i've always loved him as a character, and the bits you've said about him and his relationship with link and zelda is always great! also, any notable kin memories you have of groose? especially things that occured after he left skyloft, or even after the demise fight. what did he get up to after the credits rolled?

fun stories about your loftwing? were there any traits you and him shared notably? or any that were more opposite?

what are some of your favorite things about your favorite iterations of zelda? what i mean by that is like... what do you like best about tetra/wind waker zelda? what about skyward zelda? botw zelda? they're similar but all unique people, so what endears you the most about each of them?

i know this is a lot, so don't feel like you have to answer in any specific time frame. take as long as is comfortable, and i hope this helps!! ~🍄

these are so many!!! thank you for being so generous!!!

are there any stories/facts about your job/coworkers you can comfortably share? maybe something cool they did/you did with them recently? anyone that stands out in particular among them, without getting too specific for. clear reasons?

most of the ppl i work w are. kinda rude to me all the time so i mostly just drown them out so i don’t go insane. but there is this one kid who is just, like, a ray of sunshine every time he walks into a room. and he works so hard and he cares about his work and i feel like he’s the only bitch who gets me. we vibe over zelda and will just get into debates about the lore on the clock and i look forward to seeing him a lot. 

what's cheeseburger up to atm? any notable stories or anything about him recently, or has he been just living his best life as usual?

he’s just doin he. he sleeps a lot. sometimes in boxes. sometimes under beds. sometimes directly on top of me.

a few weeks back i went to the ER for what i figured out was a kidney stone and while i was literally on my bed writhing in pain trying to hold out until my grandparents got there cheeseburger just like, jumped up on top of me and immediately starting pissing on me, as if to say haha, check this out. i can urinate better than you.

which of the skyloft NPCs do you particularly like? for arguments sake, this is excluding the more story relevant ones, so no groose + his gang, no zelda obviously, etc.

i love all of them so much oh no... everyone i love i love for kinnie reasons like i am tempted to say jakamar cause even though he’s kind of a sleazy dude he, as previously mentioned, smuggled me woodscraps to whittle fsdgjkfsgh

but parrow gives good hugs. and henya always has snacks hidden somewhere. and pumm will give you soup on the house sometimes if he can tell you’re in a rough mood. and and and........ i wuv skyloft. this is all kinnie bullshit actually.

as an opposite to that, talk about groose! i've always loved him as a character, and the bits you've said about him and his relationship with link and zelda is always great! also, any notable kin memories you have of groose? especially things that occured after he left skyloft, or even after the demise fight. what did he get up to after the credits rolled?

talked about him a lil bit in my last ask hehe

fun stories about your loftwing? were there any traits you and him shared notably? or any that were more opposite?

aepon & i were the kind of pair where we seemed really dissimilar on the surface but i think if anyone actually knew us they’d be able to discern pretty quickly that we were 100% twinning. like at face value i was a pretty calm and quiet person who was just, like. spacey and sleepy and vibing while things happened around me, and aepon was this absolute speed demon who had the biggest, loudest presence any time he entered a space. ppl in skyloft called him my red terror.

but the thing about my bird is that he was stubborn to a fault, and recklessly brave, and he just didn’t. stop. and he loved fiercely, the second i was awake in the morning i’d hear him circling overhead and shrieking his happy little shriek, he’d fill my head with all his thoughts of hanging out with me while i was trying to concentrate on work. all those things, we had in common, but i wouldn’t have been able to tell you that. someone like zelda probably would have. 

i think the best representation of it is at the beginning of everything when the tornado took zelda, the both of us just. dove right in. nothing else mattered, no conflict existed within either of us, i didn’t have to steer him in or send my intentions into our shared headspace, he just turned into an arrow flying straight into danger, and i went with him and we were one living being. like that’s our core. we are very opposite, until shit gets real, and then we are this beautiful unity tearing through the clouds. 

what are some of your favorite things about your favorite iterations of zelda? what i mean by that is like... what do you like best about tetra/wind waker zelda? what about skyward zelda? botw zelda? they're similar but all unique people, so what endears you the most about each of them?

HOW DO I COUNT THE WAYS I LOVE ZELDA AHHHHH

oot!zelda’s determination to defy fate... the way she refuses, from the start, to give in to darkness even though she’s only a little girl. the way she sees my commoner ass just waltz up into her private garden after breaking into her house still dressed in my stupid forest clothes and shes like. oh fuck yeah, wanna help me overthrow the gerudo king? and we’re, can’t stress this enough, ten. she’s so confident like she never worries about being powerless or out of her element, she never for a second believes this isn’t something she can fight. and when everything goes to shit she just keeps fighting!!! and still has the time to remind me that i can keep fighting too!!! literally where did she get that personality i love her so much!!!!

tetra’s fucking... simmering fire. her perfect balance between action and thought. like you can tell she’s pissed off and wants to start throwing punches but she always has the self-control to assess if it’s the thing to do in the moment. I CAN’T DO THAT!!! i’m pissed off i want to swords!!!! that motherfucker over there is PROVOKING ME!!!!! and tetra has the same fire inside her but she’s always just, like, “shut the fuck up, link. put your sword away. we need to get the jump on him.” and im like, AHHHHHHH because she’s always right. literally always. i don’t know how she does this but i think about it constantly. i love her level head and her scheming heart and her choice to carve her own destiny. i like how she finds out she’s a legendary princess from an age long past with sacred blood and shes just like ‘that’s cool but actually i’m tetra and i like to cuss and steal.’ and just does that forever. it resonates with me especially because even though the gods acknowledged me as the hero of winds i, like, wasn’t a ‘true’ incarnation of the hero. it’s just what i decided to be with what i was given. she and i are two sides of that coin and there is something beautiful abt that i don’t have words for. in a lot of ways she was my inspiration.

skyward!zelda’s um. everything? everything. i am so in love with her. i am so in love... with her. i am finding it harder to describe her than everyone else here which is so silly because she’s easily the person i was closest with. she’s just, like, made of fire and love? of passion. everything she is stems from what she loves--she loves old legends, and cliche romance stories, and stargazing, and going on adventures. zelda romanticizes everything in her life, she’ll stop mid-sentence to make you look at the sky because it struck her as particularly beautiful today, meanwhile i’m just like. thats the sky i see it every day i live here. and she’s so brave, so fierce, so resilient--there’s literally nothing that could scare her, i’m certain she got to the surface and immediately started spitting curses at blins, if ghirahim had actually found her alone she would have tried to come at him clawing and spitting. i was always so chill because all my anger was Stored in The Zelda, she’d just fight half my battles for me before i could register they were battles. idk. zelda was such an optimist who took everything in stride and believed, no matter what, that she could make it her own and make it beautiful and find something to adore within it. i might have had a quieter disposition, but she was always better at dealing with change than me. it was calming. i love her so much.

botw!zelda’s passion and inquisitive heart, oh my god, oh my god. i’m going to fucking fight everyone in the kingdom who ever made her feel like she talks too much. god it enthralls me, the way she just talks and talks and talks and LETS ME LISTEN, she lets me just SIT THERE and BASK IN IT like some kind of COLD REPTILE ON A ROCK. i literally cannot comprehend how she can fit so much knowledge about so many different things in her brain, and the way she’s ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THAT, literally just getting together with her techie friends and building whole ass machines when she was like 6 years old. shes looking at me like ‘oh this child prodigy curse my shortcomings why cant i be pulling enchanted swords when IM 12′ and im like PRINCESS YOU’RE FUCKING COOLER THAN ME LIKE CONGRATS I TOUCH A SWORD SOMETIMES AND YOU COULD LITERALLY MAKE A ROBOT TO DO THAT FOR YOU oh my god the way she doesn’t see how incredible she is makes me go insane i feel insane just thinking about it she’s the coolest fucking person i’ve ever met she’s the coolest person in hyrule the kingdom is too good for her i want her to take apart hyrule castle brick by brick and just leave a note behind that says ‘im too cool for you’ and then she gets on my ancient magic motorcycle and rides off into the sunset to some paradise far away and if i’m LUCKY she takes me with her. i love zelda

ajw is such an unbelievable shithead for even posting that anon message about outing Darren. I don't care if she said she doesn't agree. It's fucking laughable since her entire blog is devoted to encouraging harassment of him over his sexuality and amplifying that bullshit. these people are such assholes. obsessed with feeling like they're saving a stranger when what they're doing is so fucked up and gross. I'm seriously disgusted.

Yes...I am disgusted as well. The hypocrisy is overwhelming. These are some of CC words from various posts:

ajw: Fandom has been interesting lately.  Certainly many debates. Mainly on two topics....Whether to ever mention D and his sexuality...On D.  He wants us to talk.  If this were not true he wouldn’t provide hints.  He would play the role of dutiful bf which he does not. It is clear that he’s not happy and he wants to be heard.  We provide him a voice and I won’t silence it.  ...On M.  I won’t stop talking about the PR. 

cassie: I agree. I’m fairly certain he wants us discuss things we see happening. I also agree that not talking about her won’t help. She’s the definition of a narcissist and when they don’t get the attention they so desperately seek and the focus shifts to someone other than them, they ramp up their efforts to be noticed. So, I’m all for drawing attention to the stunts, as even if we don’t, they will still happen, and likely on a grander scale.

flowersintheattic254. Agree, with both of you that shining a light on things is essential.  The stunts are going to happen either way and our blogs need to be a record in real time what happened.  Ignoring her isn’t an option either - Valentines Day alone should prove that to people that her attention seeking behaviour can escalate rapidly when she doesn’t get what she wants.  

On fandom matters I would say silence on her behaviour would make me feel like I accept it and D’s situation, which I don’t and ongoing debate on why we shouldn’t discuss her is still drawing attention to her, just in a different way and one that I suspect will make her feel more relevant than ever.  

So I’m for being a supportive fan to D and calling them out as and when required because  I do believe he wants us to discuss 

ajw Hi Anon, I totally 100% appreciate and understand your sentiment and thoughts. No one should ever be outed and no one should be forced out of the closet. And I have repeatedly stated that D should only come out if and when he is ready, willing, and able.  And if he is not ready, I really don’t think our blogs would make a difference. We are hardly a blimp on the radar and certainly would not cause D to do something he is not prepared to do.  Further, and I can only really speak for myself, but i think this applies to most of us, while I may express disappoint over the execution of the PR (it is deplorable and helps no one) and my concern for his emotional well being, especially as it concerns the woman who is glued to his side, I do not bully him in any manner.  Instead, I repeatedly offer my love and support as I am well aware of the incredibly difficult position he is in.For the record, collectively, we probably have enough information that if we wanted, we could at least try to force the issue. And i think i can safely say for everyone here that while we disagree about many things, not a single one of us would take any action that would put D or his career in jeopardy or force him to come out when he is not willing or able.  The right to choose when and if you come out is a human right and should solely belong to the person in question.  Sadly in this case, like so many others, D doesn’t solely own this right and his ability is prohibited by the people in power who own him.I know a lot of what is said in our fandom is theory, assumption, and conjecture based on a review of the evidence.  There are some things I am certain of and others not nearly as much. I am certain D is not straight (I think we all agree) and I know that CC are in fact a couple of long standing.  Outside of that, a lot of the rest is trying to piece things together,This being said, I am fairly confident in stating that D is no way wants to be in the closet and that his continued closeting is not a willing choice. and he has been ready to tear the door down for years. I know he has tried to come out in the past. I know CC has tried to come out as a couple. And I know they have been prohibited each time.If D truly wanted to remain in the closet, in my opinion, he would act differently. He would not rebel. He would not constantly do things to show people his true self. He would likely get a respectable beard he at least was not embarrassed to have on his arm or alternatively he would work to make his public relationship much less of a shame.Instead, he actively exhibits that he is unhappy and constantly provides any person with eyes and ears paying attention insight into his reality.  To me, D shows every sign of a person that desperately is fighting for and wants his freedom.  And I believe that every day he gets closer to achieving that goal.On CC, agree, if he comes out solo, which I think he may, the spotlight is instantaneously going to move to them as a couple. It is hardly a secret and while there are many who don’t want to believe, it is going to be hard to ignore when D is out and proud.  But that is another layer. And on this, I absolutely believe they are 100% ready and willing to share their love with the world. They have suffered too long. 

flowersintheattic254  and as @chrisdarebashfulsmiles says our blogs don’t have NDA’s so his story is there for those that want to look.

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Lizzie 🥺🥺 thank you, ilysm 💓💓💓 I guess this isn't technically from any of my current WIPs nor do I plan on ever finishing it (big shocker, I know /s) but I kinda got inspired after you posted your Izzy and Felix drabble and Jesse posted Coming Home to basically just,,,,write whatever popped into my head and this is one of the million scenes I came up with djfkd but even though I like,,,,live for fics that are pure fluff or just characters being domestic or whatever I just don't feel confident enough in my own writing to post something that doesn't have a discernable plot so I literally wrote like 90% of this and then went "Oh shit, this is going to be super boring to everyone but me" and then I closed the doc and never opened it again jdnskxms but I just felt like sharing a little snippet now since you inspired it 💖

(Also, as a sidenote I'm realizing that in literally every snippet I've posted so far, even though they're all from completely separate AUs, there's some mention of the moon or moonlight and I just want to say that was 100% unintentional, I'm just a big fan of the moon sjfjdj)

When he opened the door to Felix's room, Felix's golden retriever, Daisy, popped her head up from her spot at the foot of the bed, her tail immediately wagging when she realized who was at the door. Felix was fast asleep, the blankets thrown over almost every inch of him, the lower half of his face the only thing visible. A soft grin crossed Henry's face.

"Goodnight, Daisy," he whispered, and Daisy's ears perked before she let her head rest on her paws once more, her tail still wagging as Henry closed the door again.

Once he finally reached his shared bedroom, he noticed Zack had left the door cracked, most likely in the event Izzy or Felix needed him. Henry gingerly pushed it open as he tiptoed in, the weight of the night's events finally catching up to him, his shoulders suddenly feeling heavy and his muscles aching. He managed to slip his watch off, setting it down on the bedside table next to his phone before the exhaustion got the better of him, and he plopped facedown on the bed, not even bothering to get under the covers or change his clothes, doing his best not to move it too much and wake a seemingly sleeping Zack next to him. 

"Rough night?" a familiar husky voice mumbled and Henry winced, feeling slightly guilty that he had managed to wake him anyway. 

"Not rough just…long," he replied, wondering how much of that was the truth. 

Although, he supposed, most of it was. 

Nothing particularly traumatizing happened that night. 

In fact, compared to some of the other things he'd seen and experienced on the job, tonight felt like a cakewalk. 

But thanks to the fact that he was no longer a teenager or even in his 20s, even run-of-the-mill missions could still feel particularly grueling certain nights. 

"Sorry I woke you," Henry mentioned, his voice slightly muffled from the pillow his face was still buried in. 

"You didn't." 

Henry didn't need to look at him to know that that was probably true. Zack had made it a habit, basically since they had gotten together in their teens, to wait up for Henry, and it was a habit he had yet to break. He would sometimes try to disguise it, pretending like it was entirely coincidental that he was still awake, reminding Henry that he's a night owl, that he used to work night shifts when their kids were young and staying up all hours was just in his nature. 

But, Henry always knew the truth. 

He exhaled sharply, fighting against his sore muscles in order to roll over and face his husband. His eyes had adjusted to the darkness enough now that even the minimal light provided by the moonlight streaming in through the slats on the window was sufficient enough for him to be able to make out Zack's expression, and he could tell that Zack was only half buying his long night excuse. 

"Are you okay?" Zack muttered, unable to hide his obvious concern. Henry felt a twinge of guilt then. He hated the fact that he was the reason Zack would be exhausted tomorrow; he despised the fact that he was the reason Zack had been lying awake most of the night with worry. 

A gentle smile crossed Henry's face. "I will be," he replied as he reached up and gingerly brushed a stray strand of hair from Zack's eyes. That response had clearly done nothing to ease Zack's worries. "It really was just a long night," Henry insisted. Zack's expression softened ever so slightly. 

"So, what do you need?" he breathed, using the same gentle tone he always used with Henry on nights like this. 

The tone, Henry was certain, Zack reserved specifically for him and their kids. 

"For you to just be here."