Another night another dream but always you

To Narnia, and the North!

[takaraphoenix]

I think that part of why Stiles aiding in Peter's murder is so important to me is because it stands in such a contrast to Peter's behavior toward Stiles.

Peter never harmed Stiles, at all. He doesn't hurt him, the worst he does is drag him along by his collar and shove his face down onto a car but even that is done much gentler than werewolf strength could make it.

But Stiles? Stiles took the first step in Peter's murder, by throwing the first Molotov cocktail. By wanting to set the victim of a horrific fire on fire again.

It's so ruthless and vicious and it is contrasted so hard by how Peter truly goes out of his way to not harm Stiles.

Not in the hospital when Stiles realizes Peter is the Alpha. Even though Peter could have so easily killed Stiles before Derek got there, but instead Peter just stood there and smiled at Stiles.

Not on the lacrosse field when he could have janked Stiles around, forced him with threats of violence. Even though Peter had just violently and animalistically attacked Lydia, yet even the act of making Stiles get off the ground is straight-up gentle by guiding him by his chin and not hauling him up with force.

Not in the parking garage, where it would have been so easy to force the bite onto Stiles, where it would have been so easy to just kill Stiles once he fulfilled his use. Even though we see the dead nurse in his trunk, because he killed her for being no longer useful. Even though he wants to give Stiles the bite, yet he accepts the rejection. And he just... leaves, not a hair harmed on that boy.

Peter's own behavior toward Stiles already stands in stark contrast to his behavior toward literally everybody else.

And, to me, it is heightened even more by the contrast of Stiles' own ruthlessness.

Because Peter did something worse than harm Stiles. He harmed those Stiles loved. He bit Scott and he tore into Lydia.

And it's probably my favorite character trait of Stiles', his unbreakable loyalty and his ruthless defense of those he loves. And I like to think it's also Peter's favorite character trait of Stiles'.

Which makes the murder so much more fucked up, in such a delicious way. Because it was traumatic and literally deadly to Peter, but I like to think that a part of Peter appreciates the part Stiles played in it.

Peter, who killed everyone who was involved with the Hale Fire, appreciates the ruthless murderous intend Stiles feels when those he loves are harmed and wronged. Even when it's the one boy he never harmed, never wanted to harm.

And that's fucked up and twisted and delicious and perfect.

[endiness]

[endiness]

/#i love how peter's all 'hey you illegally imprisoned me in an insane asylum' #but then the instant he sees stiles in trouble he's there pulling him out of it #no hesitation no questions asked #and he makes like stiles owes him but he still goes through that portal and doesn't forget stiles' keys #it's impossible to say peter doesn't care about Stiles (via existential-decline)

[kymera219]

Peter "I'm gonna be petty about the nut house but not too much cause I still love you" Hale

[endiness]

/#yep yep yep #it’s funny how much Peter almost dies (or fully dies) for people he cares about #for a guy known for being primarily motivated by selfishness & self preservation #tbh I think Peter has just gotten very good at running #& then when he turns around and realizes this moron teenager isn’t running #he’s right back there to drag him out of trouble like a wayward pup (via nickcharleswife)

[starshipmcgee]

Okay but imagine Dustin keeps the journal, some few years into the future he’s working on a PhD or something and figures out a way to go back in time. “We can fix it all, Steve!” Dustin says, so hype so excited so wanting to put everything to the way it could have been.

Steve like but what if this is the way it was supposed to happen and we mess things up worse with good intentions(and quietly feeling guilty because things have settled into something good now in general and between him and Dustin and he doesn’t want to chance giving any of that up).

Dustin gets Mike on board and that’s all it takes really, so they go back. They save all the people. They remember the world they came from. Steve turns jealous/hollow/bitter at the way Dustin is with Eddie, is so certain that there is no way he and Dustin will be able to find their way together when the time is right this time around. Is blindsided when he eventually finds out that Eddie has a crush on him. Does not know what to do, misses his Dustin, ends up getting along confusingly well with Eddie despite his best efforts. So sad and lonely and longing, and Dustin finally getting pissy when he realizes that Eddie is trying to prove to Steve that he doesn’t have to be alone.

Would a happy ending even be possible???

[orenju]

Stiles and Peter snarking at each other and bantering while simultaneously going through their research material like a well oiled machine and the rest of the pack is just trying to ignore them and mentally denying that oh hey that's flirting! They are blatantly flirting! How long has this been going on why are they so comfortable with each other and IS THAT PETER'S HAND RESTING ON STILES' HIP??

Anyways Derek walks out of the room for his mental health and Scott is just in denial.

[endiness]

[scared-of-stuff]

[imposterogers]

I love the idea of bruce banner finally getting the nerve up to ask the shield scientist he’d been flirting with out on a date just for her to be like “bruce, it’s not that I don’t like you… but I really don’t want to be on your boyfriends bad side.” turns out thor has been telling anyone and everyone who will listen that they’re an item (they’re not) (yet)

[stingrachelmha]

Government appointed annoyance

[mondengel2]

The energy here is really striking me all of a sudden.

Ichigo is staying quiet and letting Aizen dig himself into a hole he's fully intending to let him trip into.

He is waiting SO patiently for him to finish his declaration specifically so it will hit that much harder when he proves him wrong.

But also: the fact he waits in silence is quite unique.

The only other person he actually just lets talk and say their bit is Byakuya I believe. In the Sogyoku fight he lets Byakuya give his explination of how he must follow the law to be righteous before he tell him that's stupid and he'd fight the law and he'll never let Byakuya say he'll kill Rukia in front of her again.

Everyone else he interrupts with a loud, insouciant "so what?" kind of reaction or an angry "shut up". There are pauses while opponents monologue, but they are, critically, thinking pauses on Ichigo's end. He's letting them yap to stall for time while he observes and strategizes and decides what he's going to do next. Those pauses usually come in the middle of a fight, after Ichigo's been a bit backfooted and been reacting, and afterward he does something different and more aggressive to take charge of the fight. When the POV is Ichigo's, the panels often move around with his eye/thoughts, bringing something into focus that later is part of how Ichigo regains the upper hand or that he's taking into consideration.

In the pages above however (and the Sogyoku fight), that's clearly his opponent's POV and the panels go back and forth like in a conversation. With Aizen there are only two exceptions: the panel on the first page showing the damage Aizen is talking about when he mentions physical strength, and on the second page with Ichigo at a distance and an odd angle as Aizen says Ichigo isn't as he should be - the tilted angle and strange focus through the butterflAizen wings acting like a punctuation to his words and an indication to the reader his words aren't correct.

With Byakuya and Aizen, Ichigo's pauses are listening pauses. Before they speak he's already decided what he'll do and he's interested in what they have to say.

It gives a weight to his feelings toward them.

As opponents, Byakuya and Aizen's thoughts and motives matter enough to Ichigo to be allowed to say their piece in full before he dominates the fight and defeats them.

Unfortunately in Aizen's case, Ichigo never actually gets to have a proper conversation with him again for that dynamic and the specific leaning of how Ichigo regards him to be clarified post-fight. Luckily, with Byakuya we get it spelled out loud and clear they are absolutely ride or die for one another.

[queerfables]

I see your post about Dustin's most emotional moments happening with people five years older and raise you (in the opposite direction: Erica Sinclair.

Dustin's most emotional moments do indeed take place with Steve and Eddie, but I feel all the close moments we would expect to see him have with the party he has with Erica. We hear about him and Will working together on the WSQK van, we SEE him seek Erica out and also collude with her almost every time they are on screen. Truly a relationship (and future ship) I feel is slept on.

Oh, yes, I can totally see this as a ship too!! I thought about them while I was writing that post, and if I was talking about top Erica ships then Dustin would be NUMBER ONE because he's basically always the one bringing her into the story and he changed the whole trajectory of her life when he pointed out that she's just as much of a nerd as he is (Dustin really does just go around changing people's lives, I love that for him). From Dustin's perspective, she's not quite as integral to his story, but that's just an effect of her being a more secondary character. She's still obviously someone he respects, someone who challenges him and someone he can rely on and spark off of, which makes her a great candidate for a partner to him. I think her take-no-shit attitude makes her totally his type, too, if his crush on Max is anything to judge by.

[puppyaulait]

Part 2 - previous

[spookysshadow]

TobiIzu AU where Tobirama at a very young age senses a nice, warm but sparky chakra from over the river and rushes to tell his parents that he’s found his soulmate. Both of them pat him on the head and ignore it, thinking it’s child fancy.

But not for Tobirama, he’s serious - he’s planned the wedding, he knows what the food will be : grilled fish and blueberries for desert (he’s like 4, that’s all he eats) and what his monstuki will look like and what his wife’s shiromuku will look like and his Anija will be there and Kawa and Ita and none of the elders just he doesn’t like them.

And then he grows up and meets Izuna at the River and groans in annoyance once he realizes who it is. Now all his careful planning is for naught.

Or is it?

Preteen Tobirama looks over his meticulous plan and decides it really would be a waste if he threw it out. Maybe he can just tweak it? Obviously the Uchiha would demand he marry in, the shiromuku needs to be readjusted to encompass his height and body mass. And Izuna would need to hem his Monstuki, since the dimensions were based on Tobiramas projections of his adult size (he figures he’ll be tall like his papa) and what do Uchiha eat? Hopefully grilled fish and blueberries. Oh, and now he has to figure out how to get a ceasefire - cue preteen eye roll - his future husband better be grateful.

The next few years includes Tobirama trying all sorts of stuff to find out Izuna’s interests and more about his future husbands clan while also trying to come up with an idea of a ceasefire. Just imagine:

Tobirama, after slicing a large hole in Izuna sleeve: Are you thinking of a spring or Autumn wedding? I’m partial to Spring, but I am willing to hear your argument for another season.

Izuna, flabbergasted: …what?

Later

Tobirama: Do you have a favorite dish? I’ve come to understand that a wedding reception needs more than grilled fish and blueberries.

Izuna: I hate blueberries

Tobirama, missing a step and almost losing his head at Izuna’s swing: A point against you, but that means more for me. What foul things do you enjoy?

Izuna: Inarizushi and plums

Tobirama scrunching his nose: I suppose I’ll have to compromise

Even more later

Izuna, after successful fireball to the face: The reception needs a fire show portion. We do that at every wedding - do the Senju have anything specific for the reception?

Tobirama, remembering his mothers horrid weddings stories involving the elders and speeches: nope, none I can think of

Eventually Izuna is strutting home, still smoking from the battle and just asks: Father, can I marry a man?

Tajima, knowing he’s won a bet: Will he marry in?

Izuna: Yes

Tajima: Sure, why not. Madara can produce heirs

Now Izuna, who refuses to allow Tobirama to one up him in this, decides to research everything a good husband should be and what they’ll need for the wedding all the while Madara and Hikaku are staring at him like: he knows we’re at war right? Like I killed his future brides weird uncle the other day…

Izuna does not care. All he knows is that he’s behind courting but all the info he has does not fit Tobirama at all: Flowers? Clothes? Love letters? Gifts? He goes to his dad again.

Izuna: what do I get a man I like?

Tajima, looking at his 13yo: depends. How old is this man?

Izuna: idk 12 or 11

Tajima, hand on his heart: right. Well, what are his interests?

Izuna: swords and water stuff. And blueberries

Tajima: I see - well, why not get him some blueberries? Or a book about swords? Work with his interests instead of following lists.

Izuna: okay

Later, on a battlefield:

Izuna, with a bouquet of deadly nightshade: here, for you

Tobirama, catching it: did you…bring me flowers?

Izuna: duh, what kind of husband would I be.

Tobirama, realizing a whole new battlefield: I see. Well played, well played

Another day:

Tobirama, catching a scroll in his hands and avoiding a blade: what’s this?

Izuna, trying to aim for his throat: I found a scroll for old water torture methods from Kiri

Tobirama, appalled by the warm feeling in his chest: I see, how thoughtful

Another, other day:

Izuna, throwing an ornate dagger at his future bride: do you like it? I made it just for you!

Tobirama, looking down at the intricate dragon carved in obsidian and metal: are you opposed to getting married now?

Izuna: yes, I want a party for our reception, hard to do that on a battlefield

Tobirama: I see, very well, I’ll continue planning

Fast forward a few years and Tobirama develops the Hiraishin and figures scaring both his and his soon to be husbands brother into peace is a wonderful and sound idea.

Tobirama: do you mind if I severely injury you?

Izuna, dodging three water dragons: I would be offended if you didn’t

Cue Hiraishin and the Uchiha leaving the battlefield with Izuna as he bleeds out, having refused Hashirama’s help. Tobirama thinks it’s odd but then realizes it would look better if Tobirama healed him

At the Senju Compound:

Tobirama, packing his things and laughing softly to himself: my future anata is so clever sometimes

Hashirama, with early greys: no, no he’s not! You can’t waltz into the Uchiha compound after you stabbed him!

Tobirama, tilting his head to the side Iike a puppy: why not? I’m his wife

Hashirama: soon to be, sage what am I saying-

Tobirama: relax, we will have peace soon and then you can drink until you drop at my wedding

Later, at the Uchiha Compound:

Rando Uchiha #1: Madara-sama, there is um. Well the White Demon is at our door asking to be let in

Madara, also with early greys: why?

Rando Uchiha #2: he said he was here to heal his husband…

Madara, who has listened to Izuna rant about his future wedding and who’s recently been asking when Tobirama is going to arrive to fix him: sure, let him in

Tobirama walks in, gets lead to his fiancé’s room and proceeds to patch him up all while catching him up on the recent gossip he heard from the fishwives.

They get married in early autumn, so it’s still warm enough for Tobirama but cool enough for Izuna - they have their inarizushi and grilled fish, their plums and blueberries (and a bunch of other food because jfc guys for people who’ve been planning since they could toddle you’d think they’d expand the menu)

Hashirama cries because he’s happy about his brother getting married and peace. Madara cries because he falsely believes this whole thing is finally over and now the brothers will be normal. But he’ll learn

[goldenjuniper]

patrochilles wip

[typinggently]

The funny part of an imagined Butcher - Hughie - Homelander - Annie double date is that you can puzzle those ships together however you want, it’s always a winning combination for an absolutely horrendous evening.

[typinggently]

Butchlander & AnnieHughie — probably the most obvious option, but also possibly the one that looks strangest to outsiders as a double date. A relatively normal looking early 30s couple on one side of the table, holding hands and such, and some horrific Scylla and Charybdis situation on the other side of the table.

Butchie & Starlander — possibly the version where Homelander is most well-behaved because he needs to stay in Annie’s good graces. Also funnily enough probably the version where he’s the most smug and having the best time, because he IS in Annie’s good graces and Hughie can’t do much about it. Also, possibly the version where Butcher is most relaxed because the Blondie x Blondie Situation only vaguely concerns him and he’s got Hughie on his side. Hughie is having a terrible evening, however. Annie powers through because she’s ******* *** ***** ***** later tonight.

Bunnie & Hughielander — bad look. Mainly for Butcher, who looks exactly like the type of early 50s guy who’d date an early 30s woman. Not helped by his general antics and comments. Homelander being on Hughie’s leash would probably keep the overall situation somewhat under control, but there’s an underlying tension there. Hughie would probably be either a little nervous or annoyed at HL for most of the night. Annie powers through because she’s ******* *** ***** ***** later tonight.

[in every version there is also a Butcher & Annie smoke break that needs to be taken into account]

[heartbeats-exe]

Jiang Cheng is the picture of “I knew from the moment I met you that I’d spend a lifetime forgiving you.”

Like—start with the dogs. The only gift his father ever gave him, and Jiang Cheng gave them away. Why? Because Wei Wuxian was scared of them. That’s it. No resistance. No conflict. Just: oh, you’re afraid? They’re gone.

That is the blueprint. That is the foundational dynamic. That is the relationship.

His father resents him, prefers his shixiong. His mother tears him down for not being his shixiong. His sister, bless her, loves both of them—but it’s Wei Wuxian who gets the hand on the shoulder, the soft words, the shared wine. And yet. Jiang Cheng never once chooses bitterness over devotion.

He loves him. That’s the tragedy. That’s the rot. Because he never stops.

Wei Wuxian gets dragged into the Burial Mounds and comes back fundamentally altered, and Jiang Cheng still believes in him. Still gives him room to return. Still duels him instead of executing him outright, still spares him even when the sect is watching. Still tells Jin Ling to be kind to him. Still keeps Chenqing in perfect condition, like a grave he refuses to let crumble. Even when Wei Wuxian’s choices leave him hollowed out. Even when all he has left is silence. He still carries him.

And the thing is—Jiang Cheng’s sacrifices are quiet. He never says them. But we know. We know that when he was captured by the Wens, he let himself be caught. On purpose. Because if he didn’t distract them, Wei Wuxian would’ve died.

We know that when Wei Wuxian said, “I can fix this,” Jiang Cheng believed him with his whole heart. And when Wei Wuxian smiled that soft, golden smile, and said “Don’t worry,” Jiang Cheng didn’t. Because when your entire world is falling apart, and your brilliant, impossible shixiong tells you he has a plan—you believe him. That’s what love is.

And when he disappeared? When he died?

Jiang Cheng never believed it.

He said there was no proof. But it always read like something else to me. Like: “I’d know if he was gone. I’d feel it. He’s part of me. I would know.”

This man spent years believing he murdered the person he loved most in the world. And he still couldn’t bring himself to throw the flute away.

Tell me that’s not love. Tell me that’s not the worst kind. The kind that doesn’t die even when it should.

[soaked-doors]

old man luzo yaoi posting

[koipepo]

A swordsman's comfort

[barricade0511]

Not a proper place to dump boyfriend🤔