* BLOOD / MAGIC

yes we're a highly diverse team. nico in leadership is a goth. // NICO MINORU.

[mostlyrunaways]

so about that…

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“I’m living a life. Not my best one.” // @nvthawkguy

                         *                   ‘ oh, worm ‘ / she’s a sucker for ridiculous phrases, always spoken with a just as ridiculous grin on her face.                  ‘ i don’t think anyone is living their best life. i mean, in the immortal words of hannah montanna ; nobody is perfect. so as long as you’re working it, i guess you’re doing pretty close to one. ‘   

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“So you’re admitting you live in the woods.” // @sidekickstacy

                              *           ‘ LIVED. ‘                      / the teenage witch corrected, an extremely poignant glare directed at gwen. ‘ there is someone you could go ask this second who would confirm that i am currently not living in the woods.                         whether or not i have a secret hideout in the woods is also not  up for question.             ‘     it was a yes to the second part; not that she ever told anyone. it was a quiet place. 

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sting-likea-stinger‌.

somehow, it’s always the darker ones that cassie is drawn to. she’s a force of pure good in the world, always trying her best to be so. but, as the child of divorce and the bystander of countless attacks on the world, just to be saved by her father and his teammates, she was no stranger to the cruelty of the world, to the darker forces at work. sure, cassie had little comprehension of anything supernatural, but she’d always be ready with her natural light, ready to try and bring the same brightness to others.

“nico!” she acts scandalized, but she’s giggling, light and airy. though a religious attendee of her own classes, cassie never blamed others for not showing up. to each his own, and all that, “well, honestly? i’m awful at cooking,” her giggle slowly melts into a laugh, hiding her face in the pillow for a moment. would if she could swoop a girl off their feet with food, but it never really worked when cassie herself cooked, “but!” she pops up again, “if you don’t wanna cook we could do ihop. ihop never fails, except when it was ihob, but we don’t talk about that.”

            she can’t help but match the laugh ;      it’s genuine.     for once.    though nowadays, she no longer had much of a front to hold up anymore. whittled down to it’s core, the carcass of a disguise had been left at the bedroom door. like much of her other possessions last night.

     ‘ what ? i dropped out of high school ; what’s dropping a few college classes gonna do ? ‘  she’d follow up with a ‘ kill me .’ but as both of them had died, and undied, it wasn’t a great joke to bring up.           ‘ i know vegan pancakes, and how to make them with mix; no inbetween. ‘ a pause, shifting in the sheets to pull herself up.   ‘ ihob it is! ‘

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sting-likea-stinger‌.

Cassie had always known people were important in her life. she was never an introvert, and there was never too long of a time in her pubescent life she hadn’t had a boyfriend, considering she’d been the one to hurt Andy Stark when Nate Richards came around. though Cassie never really put serious thinking into all of this ( things always just happened. Andy and her had been inseparable for years as kids, and then everyone around them began dating people, it just made sense. Nate and her had instantly clicked. there was never that much thought going into either.) Jonas was similar as well, and from then on, Cassie had lost all opportunity to explore. so, to come back in the body of a 23 year old Cassandra Lang had been quite surprising indeed, but she didn’t seem to miss a beat. laying in Nico’s bed made that perfectly clear.

“a very good something I’d say,” she stretches with a sleepy, happy grin after tossing her blond hair to the side to smile up at the other. to think about the difference of this and being ready to go find Nico and her friends years ago made her head swim a little, so she would go into complicated thoughts later. for now? the feeling of fabric on her bare skin, laying next to someone she trusted was enough to content her.

“you have plans? because i could really go for some pancakes right now. my treat,” she wiggles her eyebrows at the temptation, though the next moment she grows a little more earnest, “i’ll also go, just say the word… but i’m real great pancake company.”

          she tries a smile on her face // try and force the idea that this is normal. that’s as good as the words they’re saying suggested.    nico knows she’s faulty in luck when it comes to romance; cursed, or some shit, as she’d say. but it’s always because of her;  her inability to think straight, her inability to deal with emotions through any means but physical contact. and here she was, once again, trying to fill that void in her soul. ( that inky black dark magic hole that’s destroying her slowly ) 

                 she glances over, smile softening for a second. that immediate warmth and relief the flings always bring enough to curb swimming thoughts for a second.   ‘ no, i’m -- i just have some lectures but like . . . .                            i’ve never been and i’m not starting that now. ‘  softness went to a sheepish smile. ‘ are you also a great pancake maker, or is that my job ? ‘

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Blake didn’t know what to think as he saw how everyone around him was acting. He heard talks of people losing their powers and others gaining so first thing he did was test if he was affected. Snapping his fingers he was able to create a small current so it didn’t seem like he was different. He went up to the first person he saw to know more about what was going on, “Hey listen, you wouldn’t happen to know what’s going on right?”

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                ‘ no ; absolutely not .’    it’s a glance up from her phone and a half hearted shrug  ; //   seemingly, nico was unaffected.  she doesn’t use her magic enough to see if it’s there or not, and she’d rather just pretend it was never there in the first place,     ‘ some sort of chemical attack is the most i know;   i’d say hallucinogenic but  honestly ? ‘ another shrug; clearly, her default expression,    ‘ your guess is as good as mine,’ 

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bby-thanos‌.

maggie shot her a look paired with a smirk, “just a tiny bit. but it still isn’t fun to see me angry. i may have gotten my mom’s look’s but i got my father’s temper.” she laughed it off like that wasn’t a terrifying subject on it’s own. “good for you! finders keepers is right! that shit should be a law. like if you stab me with a magic wand, the wand is now mine. if you leave your keys in a spaceship and it’s got a full tank - that’s basically an invitation to steal it. right?”

              ‘    -- i’ll ... keep that one ind mind,’    awkward laugh tailed off, ‘ but hey if you want it, just say the word ! not that ... i’m gonna stab you with it, but, it’d be great to pass it off to someone else. but i guess, not a great way to deal with problems // ‘ she shrugs it off, ‘ but no seriously, if you’re interested in magical family heir looms, just let me know, ‘

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     waking up as an insomniac can be just one of those things; where you wonder how you got to bed in the first place, if you can get back to sleep, and where on earth are you.    in this case, it’s also a what am i wearing type of question involved too.  as she got up, she stretched out the kinks in her back, catching a flash of blonde last nights events came crashing back to her.         cassie [ @sting-likea-stinger ] and nico were close, they went decently far back. amongst all teen super heroes there was like a support system they all had, added respect when cassie told nico that she had considered joining them; ‘ the runaways ‘, before falling into the young avengers. however, knowing that cassie, and waking up in a bed next to her were two very different, far removed ideas of a person.          she waits to see her stir before she says anything, only briefly moving to make a cup of coffee,         put on another shirt over exposed black bra, and straighten messed up hair.                       ‘ so that was uh.... something ? ‘     it’s as much as she can process, ‘ a good something, i mean ... ‘ 

[meliorn]

LGBTQ meme: [4/20] bi/pan characters → Nico Minoru (Runaways) You know that you don’t need all that, Nico. You don’t have to hide who you really are. Some people hide behind makeup… others behind a smile. It’s still hiding.

[comixans]

Superhero Aesthetics // Runaways

Okay, if you guys can’t even decide on a costume, I’m not going to sing our new theme song! 

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Nico Minoru in Runaways #1 (2017)

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bby-thanos‌.

“why thank you” she said, stroking her chin with a smile. “you should see me when i’m angry, i don’t turn red i turn purple. and i need to moisturize every day or my skin gets very crackley - it’s disgusting. she may be a terrifying bitch but if my mom is good for anything it that i inherited most of her genes.”

   ‘ really ?  like, really? a pastel hulk,   that’s cute -- unless you’re j ... oking ? ‘    the raised eyebrows mark her scrutiny / but she nods and plays along, the slight of laughter.   ‘  moms are good for that ; i mean sure, mine stabbed me with her magic wand. but like, it’s mine now. finders keepers.’

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midnghtr‌.

His gaze looks around the street, not entirely convinced that the traffic was bad. What does he know? He doesn’t need to drive when he can summon a portal to take him anywhere he wants to go. He sighs as he looks at the kid, always feeling more responsible when it comes to them. He wasn’t even a teacher which made it ridiculous, he shouldn’t ever be a teacher anyway, but he did try to be nice to them. “It sounds like they aren’t coming. Do you want me to call you a ride home?”

   ‘ yeah that’s ..        that’s probably right,‘     her laughter is nervous and forced. she’s never been the best at lying,    yet she continues to dig herself into holes that she can’t get out of.     ‘  an uber or something, i have cash so like // don’t worry, i’m not broke, friendless and dumb just the  - - - last two ?  ‘ 

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+ bonus

Marvel’s Runaways season two premiers December 21st on Hulu!

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[marveladdicts]

Top 10 ‘‘Runaways’’ characters (as voted by our followers) : #2 Nico Minoru

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“is it the blonde hair?” she asked, peering down at the person who kept stealing glances, “or the utter lack of a nutsack chin? that’s what usually gets people” she said, a smirk appearing.

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      ‘ you could rock a nutsack chin if you really wanted to.’      her shrug is accompanied by a little laugh, ‘ i was going to say the lack of grape pigmentation;      you know, you’d think that it’d be hereditary, like a cute .. lilac colour ? ‘