#colderspeaks

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Reader: Spiders are freaky and scary

Drider: (•⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛•) ?

Reader: And that's my husband, a freaky scary spider

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Hey was wondering if you're going to continue the underground Visitor story or if you stop I really like the story 🥺

Thank you! and I will, Im not abandoning anything c:

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More morgan and dren headcanons please! I love your writing❤️

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy ✨Some extra stuff about the spoods below.

Dren:

Once went on an outing with his first clutch to train hunting. Lost one of them in the forest, panicked, and spent two hours looking for the lil rascal. Found her soundly sleeping back home. Kid snuck back home to nap while dad wasn't looking.

A part of him doesn't like killing, but will do so without hesitation if necessary. He doesn't exactly feel guilty, but he does spend a little longer bathing when he needs to get blood off his hands.

If his world was a little better, would probably be a librarian/teacher or something.

Sometimes climbs trees to get out of the way of any passerbys he may come across. Waits quietly and unnoticed until they've passed. He just doesn't want to deal with the stares.

When by himself, his spider-half sort of takes over. Uses this to numb himself, so he doesn't have to deal with feeling alone.

Interested in humans for obvious self-preservation reasons, but also just genuinely finds them fascinating. They're like him, just without the spider part.

Morgan:

Is actually very interested in magic, and what they can do with it. While proficient, they're slightly bummed that their current abilities don't extend much beyond emotional manipulation.

Not a big fan of swimming, but can do so if necessary.

Likes watching fire. Don't give them a reason to light one in a place that's not a campsite.

They won't show it, but they do get overwhelmed and exhausted by being constantly vigilant. Sometimes just seals themself off in an impossible-to-access-unless-you-can-scale-walls burrow for a few days to recuperate.

Is wrecked with anxiety. Unfortunately coping by turning that energy into dangerous hostility. Self-defense, and all that.

Very, very efficient persistence predator. Doesn't matter if it's a meal, an enemy or a sentry. Instant gratification is nice, but they do enjoy the long game too.

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I wanted to ask, is having a sentry Iike having a mate? Are there differences between them?

I guess it depends on what you think qualifies one to be a 'mate' 🤔

Driders in this world find 'mates' for the sake of reproduction, not really anything else. You do the deed, and immediately go your separate ways. Maybe fight for custody, if you can't agree who should take care of the offspring afterwards. They sure as hell will not cooperate with the 'mate' for it. In true spider fashion, mates may even try to kill each other if it gets really bad 🤷

But I guess if you define care-taking and companionship the role of a mate as well as reproduction, there is definitely some overlap. But to the driders, a sentry is there as a companion regardless if 'mate stuff' has taken place or not. So in that way, Dren and Morgan would probably see them as separate things. Morgan is e.g. not interested in a 'mate' (no use for offspring to them), but is very interested in a sentry (wants companionship and increased chance of survival). Dren is probably more inclined to search for a sentry after he's reproduced/'mated', but he would want a sentry regardless. It's quiet down there in the dark.

But yeah, team up with a custodian and you're practically married to them. Part of the relation probably ticks the boxes of what 'traditionally' makes a mate (companionship, taking care of offspring together, mutual protection etc.), so I can understand the question. You could say that 'sentry' is just another word for a 'mate' who's permanent. But their role is a lot more diverse, and they can be influenced an connected to in a way a 'reproductive' mate can't.

Hope this answered your question C:

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something I noticed while reading your drider x reader series, is the fact the drider's keep sentry's as companions inspired by the fact some tarantulas keep frogs as pets for effectively the same reasons?

You got it! I had to go back to a very, very old version of my writing document to find this, but here's a line I scrapped a long time ago :)

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DROP ANOTHER CHAPTER AND MY LIFEEE IS YOURSSSS

Working on it <3 C:

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Guess who's getting his teets yeeted this Tuesday

↑ Thhhhis guy :)

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Can you do some amren headcanons

Snake booiii

Has a special fondness for the gemstone tourmaline. He likes their variety.

Had a friend as a youngster he scared off when his condition was accidentally triggered. Closed off completely after that.

Hates when he sheds. It's itchy, and the skin peels get everywhere if he doesn't get it all off in one go.

Fantasizes about burning his parent's house down. Doesn't for legal reasons.

Was very concerned when the company offered him a position as security, he feared dealing with unpleasant people might set him off. Then realized he's done so most of his life anyway, without it happening. Found that the challenge is a good way to practice and maintain control. It's rare, but when any unruly guest does enter the company, they're easy to scare off. And he's pretty good at it. Elise has helped a lot, too. Thanks to her, he handles IT instead of people on bad days.