#battlecouples

[phoenixlionme]

Who Would Win? Battle 529

Yang Xiao Long + Blake Belladonna = Bumbleby

Caitlyn, The Sheriff of Piltover + Vi, The Piltover Enforcer = Piltover's FInest

Voting ended onSep 13, 2025

[slightlyrebelliouswriter23]

My absolute favourites are King and Holy 🥵 also Just Haven't Met You Yet! Love to read those over and over again on bad days~

aksjdksjdksjsksjdks babes!! thank you so much, this was so kind 🥺🥺🙈❤️❤️ i'm so glad you enjoyed/are enjoying them!

moral support my ass maybe?

[fatedophelias]

ToG please for the fandom ask game, if it wasn’t requested already 🙄

It wasn't! Here you go babes!

001 | Send me a fandom and I will tell you my for Throne of Glass

Favorite character: Aedion Ashryver or Manon Blackbeak

Least Favorite character: Duke Perrington

5 Favorite ships (canon or non-canon):

Manorian

Elorcan

Rowaelin

Lysaedion

Nesryn x Sartaq

Character I find most attractive: Aedion, Dorian, Rowan, Fenrys, Manon

Character I would marry: Aedion, Dorian, or Fenrys

Character I would be best friends with: Dorian

a random thought: Sorscha was Dorian’s Sam Cortland

An unpopular opinion: Although Lysandra being hurt by Aedion's actions in KoA are justified, I think she should’ve forgiven a little earlier. I also loved Sorscha yet found her to be quite boring.

My Canon OTP: Manorian

My Non-canon OTP: my crossover ship Elain Archeron x Fenrys Moonbeam. Although Dorian x Fenrys, Aelin and pretty much every female character have potential

Most Badass Character: Manon

Most Epic Villain: Meave

Pairing I am not a fan of: Chaoleana

Character I feel the writers screwed up (in one way or another): Chaol Westfall. I had such high hopes for him and then in QoS he was such a dick. It seemed completely different than the Chaol from the first couple of books

Favourite Friendship: Aelin and Fenrys, Aelin and Dorian, Dorian and Chaol, Manon and Asterin, The Cadre

Character I most identify with: Fenrys, I too get hangry

Character I wish I could be: Manon

Send me fandom asks

[buttsonthebeach]

From Far Off Shores

STORY TIME. When I very first started playing DA:I, Josephine was the first character I was interested in romancing! I then somehow got misled into believing that she was only romanceable by men, and then Solas turned into a smooth motherfucker on me all of the sudden, and the rest is history.

BUT there is an alternate timeline out there where I never fall into Solavellan hell and instead Ellana is happy with Josephine forever and ever and ever.

ANYWAY, all of that is to say that I was so thrilled when @battlecouples asked me to write about Cashmere Lavellan and Josephine! Thank you for the chance to do this, my friend <3 I enjoyed it so much.

Pairing: Cashmere Lavellan x Josephine Montilyet

Rating: Mature. Heavily implied sexy times, but not quite explicit.

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Cashmere Lavellan would forever remember the first time she met Josephine Montilyet. The chantry in Haven was dimly lit, but the candlelight only made the gold of her dress and the amber of her eyes glow all the more.

“Andaran atishan,” Josephine had said. 

The first words Cashmere had heard spoken in her mother tongue since she left Clan Lavellan weeks before, and they laid on her soul like a balm. They conjured the deep green forests of the Free Marches - the smell of venison roasting on a spit - the voice of her Keeper as she imparted the secrets of magic and Dalish life. Everything Cashmere loved and cherished as First of her clan.

Maybe that made it inevitable that she would fall in love with Josephine.

She’d associated her with all things good from that very first moment. With home.

It helped of course that Josephine was beautiful as the wildflowers that covered the fields Cashmere had known and loved all her life, graceful as the halla moving through those fields, gracious as the sun’s warmth in summer. It helped that Josephine was calm, diplomatic, whatever storms faced them - and that that calm translated to Cashmere herself when she faced the legions of nobles that descended on Skyhold as the Inquisition’s fame grew. Josephine never once doubted her, even though their backgrounds could not have been more different - Josephine, scion of Antiva and Orlais and all its intricate beauties - and Cashmere, more at home among her big family in the woods.

Then again - Josephine was Cashmere’s home now.

That thought rang clear as a morning call from a hunter’s horn through Cashmere’s mind one morning, lying in bed with Josephine, the blankets a warm soft sea around them. They’d just returned from the untold beauty and peril of the Arbor Wilds, where Cashmere had seen the fruits of their shared labor. The gathered forces of all their allies, and Josephine orchestrating among them as much as Cullen did.

“I am so proud,” Cashmere had murmured against Josephine’s cheek, hugging her close.

“I am so proud of you,” Josephine had replied, pulling back, cupping Cashmere’s face. It was perhaps too intimate a gesture, given that they were not alone. But neither of them cared at that moment. They had come too far, been through too much, and death was waiting in the ancient trees.

But they were alone now, in Cashmere’s bedroom high in Skyhold’s towers. A luxury it had taken them time to win. There had been propriety to consider, once - but that was before Cashmere dueled for the right to Josephine’s heart in the streets of Val Royeaux, before it was so clear that the Corypheus’s endgame was so close at hand.

Cashmere intended to take every advantage of that luxury.

She moved closer to Josephine, put an arm over her waist, smoothed back the dark curls from her forehead. She slept with it in a loose braid and inevitably it was falling apart by morning, and Cashmere loved her lover when she wore silks and pearls and elaborate hairdos but she loved her most like this - soft, unbound. She rested her forehead against Josephine’s and breathed in the scent of the bergamot and lavender lotion she put on before bed. Josephine stirred, took a deep breath of awakening, and Cashmere savored that last moment before her lover really woke up. The beautiful angles of her profile, her aquiline nose, her lips parted softly in sleep - and then the flutter of her eyelids and her eyes drifting open, meeting Cashmere’s.

“Vhenan,” Cashmere murmured, rubbing her forehead against Josephine’s. Josephine took another deep breath and just that sound could still take Cashmere’s own breath away.

“Mi amor,” Josephine sighed, leaning in, kissing Cashmere, gentle and intimate and perfect, and this was what Cashmere fought for now - for these moments of quiet and warmth with this woman who could dazzle with words and wit and cunning but never dazzled more than she did now as she stretched and yawned and tugged Cashmere closer.

“We should get up soon,” Josephine murmured, and as always her Antivan accent was thicker now than it would be later in the day, less polished.

“No,” Cashmere said, not a command, not a suggestion - just a simple statement of fact. This bed was the world, wide as the sea that separated them both from their homelands. They, in fact, should not get up anytime soon when there was so much of it left to explore.

Cashmere rolled over, on top of Josephine now, and kissed her on the lips, slow and coaxing. Their bed was wide as the sea but their arms and hands and lips were all bridges, connecting them within that expanse, bringing them once again to their new home - the one they’d created together. The creation of that world might seem, to many others, as unlikely as most of the other things that had befallen Cashmere since the Conclave. It had once seemed that way to Cashmere herself. Now it was as inevitable and right as sunrise in her mind.

Josephine murmured into the kiss, looped her arms around Cashmere’s neck, and Cashmere felt the softness of her lover beneath her as the kiss deepened - the curves of Josephine’s breasts and hips and thighs, all barely hidden by a white cotton shift with delicate eyelet lace at the collar. She could not resist kissing around that lace, committing Josie’s collarbone and neck to memory, taking in the brown skin that peeked through the holes in the lace. More importantly, committing to memory the sounds her lover made as she did so, the way she put her arms up over her head in a luxurious stretch, the way she arched her neck to the side so Cashmere could continue to kiss her all over, all the way up to the lobe of her ear.

“Mi amor,” Cashmere said, rubbing her nose against the place where she could feel Josephine’s pulse. The words were foreign and she knew she still did not roll the ‘r’ the way that Josephine did effortlessly, but she did not miss the way Josephine smiled and wrapped her arms more tightly around her.

“Vhenan,” Josephine echoed, and she still separated it into two syllables, as if it was two words and not one, or perhaps as if she was savoring each part of the word. It was as precious now as it had been months before to hear Josephine greet her in her mother tongue.

Josephine pulled Cashmere back down into another kiss, a hungrier one, her full lips parting to coax Cashmere’s own to open. There was teeth, tongue, and an aching tenderness wrapped around all the hunger. That tenderness wiped away thoughts of all else - of the doom that lurked nearer to them every day, of the magic snapping and seething in Cashmere’s left palm. It narrowed the world to the breath in their throats, the rocking of their bodies. Cashmere slipped one thigh between Josephine’s legs, felt their warmth and softness around hers, the heat between them. Josephine shuddered, canted her hips up, seeking that pressure, ran her fingers into Cashmere’s long white hair and kissed her harder, and then three times in a row, feather-soft, each one of them like a promise.

“We really do have meetings,” Josephine said, but her voice was breathless now, and she was rocking into Cashmere’s thigh with every word, needy little motions that only stoked Cashmere’s own need.

“Isn’t making them wait for us a sign of our own power and importance?” Cashmere asked, reaching up to cup one of her lover’s breasts, savoring the weight and fullness of them, the peaks she could feel through her shift.

Josephine bit her lip.

“You are too clever,” she said. “Using my own lessons against me.”

“You are too good a teacher,” Cashmere replied, readjusting herself, their legs fully entwined now so she too could ease the ache building within her, rubbing it against Josephine, feeling their rhythm change as they each tried to please the other.

“Cashmere,” Josephine said, dragging out each syllable of the name, even more lovely in her Antivan accent than it was in a Dalish one, somehow.

Cashmere kissed her again in response, slower and gentler this time. The flame that burned between them was something she wanted to keep alive forever. That thought occurred to her more and more now. She’d fought for Josephine, yes, and that was no small thing. But these small moments - morning sunlight, entwining her hands with Josephine’s as they moved together, breathing in the smell of her hair - were starting to mean even more than a dramatic showdown on the streets of Val Royeaux. These moments were the kind of thing you could build a life on.

Cashmere wanted that more than she wanted air.

“I love you,” she breathed against Josephine’s lips, feeling heat pooling and spreading within her own body at the warmth and press of her lover’s, at the sounds she was making. “Ar lath ma, I love you, Josephine -”

“Ti amo, I love you too -”

There were more whispered words and confessions, more grasping hands and teasing fingers and heady breaths, movements like the tide against the shore, and then they were both there, gasping, together, united in their own world, lucky and in love and alive.

“I will spend the rest of my life learning to deserve you,” Cashmere murmured when Josephine rose at last, stretched, began to assume her perfect posture and the masks she would need to get through her day, her mind already whirling through all its tasks, all the things she would do to make the world a better place. Cashmere could see it in her eyes as she moved to the nearby vanity and began brushing out her hair.

Josephine put down the brush and met Cashmere’s gaze in the mirror, and smiled.

“It is funny that you say that,” she said. “I often think the same thing about you.”

That was the most incredible miracle of all of this, after all. They’d come together from far off shores - Dalish and Antivan, First and diplomat - and each found an equal marvel in the other. They would get to spend the rest of their lives exploring those marvels, their differences and similarities, each one more treasured than the last.

[nolan-sims]

>>> Realm of Magic, General Q’s, Simblr Resources & About Me

@battlecouples: Hey! Realm of Magic looks and sounds absolutely amazing. Do you know if Vampire or Aliens can become Spellcasters and/or learn Alchemy?

As far as I can tell, Vampires can become Spellcasters but Aliens & Mermaids cannot. I think if you use MCCC you can get around this, though. If anyone can verify that, feel free to let me know in the replies! (I haven’t gotten around to trying it myself & I don’t personally use MCCC)

@petaluhsims: Could you let us know if there are any off-the-grid compatible items in realm of magic? Does that stove in the screenshot you shared work off the grid?

The kitchen stove & a variety of light fixtures (candles) are off-the-grid compatible, but the kitchen fridge isn’t. Kind of a bummer, but I’m sure someone will make it compatible soon. 🤞

Anon: Do you think Realm of Magic will have a storyline like Strangeville?

Anon: I have my future witch sims ready, I’m so excited. I really hope there’s a storyline like with Strangeville

To answer both of you: there isn’t a story this time around. 

Anon: Hello, so I have ROM question, Spellcasters are immortal like vampires? And can they make youth potions ? Thanks for your time ^^

They aren’t immortal, but there are potions & spells that can make them immortal! You just have to level up your Spellcaster before they can attempt either of those (which isn’t that hard to do).

Anon: After downloading ROM I’m finding a lot of slowness and bugs with my game. I have a really good computer that was working flawlessly before installing ROM, is EA releasing a patch to fix this soon?

I’ve been experiencing some bugs, too. I have no idea when they’ll release a patch to fix them, but I hope it’s sooner rather than later. 

Anon: I'm loving the Realm of Magic pack so far, but I have one little issue...you can't sell potions for money! Is this purposeful or a bug, do you know? I wanted to have my Sim make a living by selling her potions :(

As far as I know it was on purpose, but I hope they’ll patch in pricing at a later date. In the meantime, @icy-spicy-scalpel made a mod that allows you to sell your potions/gives them a price! 🙌

Anon: will you put your realm of magic house on the gallery or up for download? it's so beautiful

I’ll try to do that as soon as I'm able! It’ll most likely be CC free & edited from the original, but it’s mostly CC free to begin with, so it won’t be too different. 

Anon: Is there any way to access your body sweat overlay outside of Wicked Whims?

As of right now, no. I made those as a commission so I’m not sure if I’ll release them through my blog.

Anon: Hi, I'm just starting out making a simblr for the odd piece of cc I make for the Sims 4. I want to make a download page like yours, but have no idea where to start. Any help you could give me would be appreciated, even if it is just a link to a code that would work for a download page. Thank you!

I’m not much of an expert with coding, but if you find a decent base code there’s so much you can do with it! I recommend checking out @simblrlayouts or the family/network tag on @theme-hunter. I use a heavily edited version of this one for my own Downloads Page. 

Anon: what is the font you used on your sims 4 icon graphic? the part that says “oh my sims overhaul” i mean! i don’t know if this is technically a wcif, so please feel free to ignore me if it is!

It’s called “The Cat’s Whiskers” 🐱

Anon: Hi! I was wondering if you’d fixed your Burt’s need lipstick? I haven’t seen a post but I wasn’t sure if I’d missed it :(

I’m so sorry, no I haven’t yet. Life has sort of been getting away from me as of late & CC has taken the back burner. +I’ll be away this weekend, but i’ll try to do it sometime this coming week if time allows. 

Anon: Would you ever consider including the trill mesh(es) with just the kismet denim and ripped swatches? i never use coloured jeans but i love the trill set

If they need to be updated, sure, but I probably won’t be editing them any time soon. I want to focus more on new/future content. I hope you’ll understand!

Anon: Do you have any good guides on how to download creative content? I haven't been able to find a good trustworthy looking guide

This one includes a written walk-through as well as a video.

Anon: What’s the best way to get into cc clothing making? I’ve been a huge fan of badass cc for female sims and wanna steal a lot of looks from the Kim Kardashian game

I highly recommend checking out the @sims4studioofficial forum. They have an entire CC creation index full of tutorials & general resources that will help get you started. 

Anon: Has the stuff packers ever gone on sale?

Not that I can remember 🤔

Anon: Hey I've been trying to add the pack icons to my tumblr but it keeps bugging out, could you help?

Feel free to send me a message off anon & I’ll try to help to the best of my abilities! As a general message, it’s always easier to contact me off anon, that way, I’ll get back to you much sooner. 

Anon: Hi! I'm not sure if I'm asking at the right place, but maybe you could help :D Do you know about any mod or a way to turn off the ambience of photos? It's so annoying that you happened to take a photo of a flirty sim and you can't really display it unless you want every sim in the room to get flirty :/ Thanks for any help!

I have no idea 😅 but if anyone can help, feel free to do so in the replies! 💕

Anon: Hello. I hate to ask this, because I know it's an inactive group, but do you know if it's possible that any of the PlumbobTeaSociety sets will be updated? I absolutely adore the cottage garden stuff, but I'm getting an error when I place the swing set. I use it everywhere, but now it's placing for a quick second before immediately disappearing. I wouldn't bother you with this if I had any idea how to fix it. Thanks for your time. I love your work.

Since dissolving the group, I don’t think any of the items/packs in general will be edited or updated any time soon. I’m so sorry.

Anon: What do you consider to be your worst trait?

I overthink everything, which leads me to feel even more anxious & causes a lot of internal tension & stress-- aka it’s incredibly self-destructive behavior. It’s... not great. I’m trying to work on it, but it’s so tough.

Anon: Hey! You are a wonderful person, thank you for that!

Thank you! Here’s a bunch of hearts for ya~ 💖💕💝💘💗

[acotars]

blog recs! (preferable acotar/tog oriented ones :) btw I love yours very much, your edits are always so soft and lovely♥

omg thank you!

if you’re looking for sjm content the first place to go is the source blogs, like @faenet @highfaedaily and @acotarnet ! you can scroll through their feeds and follow the people they reblog often!

i also don’t follow many sjm-only blogs anymore, so these are pretty much all multifandom. but i have to rec some faves anyway!!

@adriata @emcrie @zoyanasyalensky @zoyalinas @tessatompsons @anthonygoldsteins @cortland @williamsherondales @kazrietvield @leominors @lilabard @princecardan @hannenina @galathynius @fairchildmatthcw @herondaleswilliam @herondalejamcs

[guacameowle]

I just love your blog so much! And you seem to know ALL the otome games, I was wondering if you could recommend some games beside When The Night Comes, which allow poly relationships/routes?! Thank you and please have lovely day~

I appreciate the compliment very much & I’m glad you enjoy my blog, but I really don’t know all the otome games. I only play a small handful of them in the grand scheme of things. I’m afraid the only game I’ve played that does have poly relationships/routes is WTNC, like you mentioned. 

I know a long while back The Arcana Game put out that survey asking if fans would be interested in poly routes being added (along with a whole list of things, like sequel routes, a new game entirely, more side stories, etc.), but if it is in the works, who is to say how long that would take (considering they’re currently working on the latest three routes for their game & I am sure have their plates full already!).

I popped on Reddit real quick to check & this comment had a few suggestions! https://www.reddit.com/r/otomegames/comments/86zulj/poly_relationships/dw9kk1p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

Maybe some other people who happen across this could comment & give you more suggestions if they know of any! I hope you find something that strikes your fancy, bird. xx

[phoenixlionme]

Which is the BEST iteration of the eternal romance between Hades and Persephone?

The Hades video game franchise

Blood of Zeus animated Netflix series

Lore Olympus webcomic

Class of the Titans animated series

God's School webanimation

Punderworld webcomic

Voting ended onMay 16, 2025