At the moment this au is actually 3 in a trenchcoat. Very much subject to becoming more.
"Two Steps Forward, One Step Back" is the long fic specifically, which gets the most development. Abbreviated to "OSB".
"Mint Legs" is the overarching world.
"Mint Legs Oneshots" are the ever-expanding (usually hidekane) oneshot plot bunnies. Abbreviated to MLO or MLOS.
Distance AU is an offshoot au where Kaneki grew up alone. It's usually called "Distant" in reference to the characters. (I.e. Distant!Kaneki)
Distant Asshole AU is an offshoot of that, wherein Kaneki doesn't retain his personality but instead is an asshole as a defense mechansism. Abbreviated to Distant Ass.
Pair The Squares, or PTS, is a subset where I explore relationship dynamics by setting the characters into different romantic relationships.
Life as a Ghoul or LAAG was the original version of the au, which has since the revamp been essentially re-filed under the offshoots as a long fic and OSB has taken its place as the main long fic
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Having an enemy sounds waaaayyy more interesting than having a soulmate. I want somebody to deeply stare into my eyes with passion as they insult me, and I stare back just as deeply and passionate while also insulting them. Somebody that I have LOTS of Tension™ with.
Life's boring and predictable. Give me someone that's the opposite of that, not someome that the universe decided to pair me up with.
I think a really good relationship dynamic is when one partner is an entirely absurd person and the other partner's perpetual thought process is, "I adore you. Why are you like this? I'm going to kiss you at such length and with such fervor that you'll get disoriented and stop being like this for five minutes and I can rest, for fuck's sake."
CPTSD constantly has me acting so cartoonishly stupid. hello my partner of 4 years who has literally never so much as raised their voice in my direction, i heard you doing dishes a little louder than usual in the other room. are you going to kill me?
whats that kink called that you get from reading too much fantasy lit as a child that makes you want to be tortured in front of someone who loves you so you can see the pleading desperation in their eyes and hear how much they love you in between the cracks of their voice and really truly believe they would do anything to save you. also you get to look so cool and brave and covered in blood and soooo able to withstand pain haha no just me? ok
when kafka said, „i ran from love because i knew it would destroy me,“ but dostoevsky said, „i ran into love because i needed it to destroy who i used to be.“
i need a kiss like so bad bro. like bro. what if you grabbed my belt and pulled me in and we cuddled on my bed kissing bro. like bro come on. bro its not gay i swear bro jus
Many jokes about packers flopping out and bouncing away and such but I still wasn't prepared for how genuinely disconcerting it is for a second when your brain has accepted this as Part Of Your Body & your thang fell off. My pebis
The opposite of “the elephant in the room” is “the centipede in the room”: something that’s not actually an issue but everyone is freaking out about
the transition from people needing each other to wanting each other is literally one of my greatest weaknesses that shit makes me want to walk into the sea and sit on the ocean floor for a thousand years
like. characters whose entire self worth is based on how useful they can be to others, who think that they're going to be abandoned as soon as they're no longer necessary, being told by someone that they want them to stay and realizing that they have value to people in and of themselves and not just for what they can do for them will never fail to completely unmake me. like on a molecular level.
