#eatd ask

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"Remus: no its fine, a cruel heartless gentry fucking me like a slut while gradually warming up to me and only me and maybe some cute little nymphlings is like, the third most common sexual fantasy of nymph adolescents everywhere" has me creasing, adders feeling guilty and remus is like "no actually this has been my dream fairytale romance since i was a child as far as im concerned ive won the lover lottery"

Logan, who is only just finding out about this messy ass bullshit and is about to pop a blood vessel: you're doing things like that without a safeword? how do you tell him if you need to stop, remus?

Remus: i can do that??

Logan: [head about to fucking pop]

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I'm rereading (or, uh, rerererereading) Enduring as the Dark, and the bit about Virgil never giving Adder a good/clear answer/explanation for why we do or don't do the things we do or don't do made the gears in my brain start turning, because I'm someone who needs explanations for rules (I call it "Reasons, not rules" in my head) in order for them to stick and it took me 20+ years to realize that about myself.

But I can't even be upset with Virgil for just listing rules to Adder because Virgil's just a kid, too! That's not fair, either! :(

Anyway gosh I love the fae-as-metaphor-for-autism, it scratches my brain in just the right way.

especially because virgil has no such compunctions. to him, a rule is a rule because its a rule and if you dont do it youre wrong. the problem is this only works for him because he's lord of the forest and making the rules and is yknow, basically 12

the growth out of this in both stories is the years following the main story where virgil learns to accept input from other people instead of kinda of steamrolling them (see Loyalty), long after Adder's independent enough to not really need 'raising' or in the main story, is dead.

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ooooh I didn't even consider that aspect of Pat's voice tbh

the magic equivalent of pawing and scratching at someone you know you're never gonna be able to move but you know you're SO cute and pretty when you do it

what about in EATD? does Patton ever do the same thing to Logan?

if main story goes bratty whining, eatd goes wide-eyed teary pleading. a sweet little thing to ruin is one of Logan's FAVORITE presents and it works every time (dont tell him he's that easy tho lmao)

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the reveal that virgil heard everything in the clearing is gonna be so much more fun (or perhaps mortifying) poor guy had accidental voyeurism thrust upon him

the funniest part is the way this specific revelation makes Logan King Dom react like

Logan: [face in hands] I am so sorry dear-

Virgil, rapidly turning the color of a plum: it's okay-

Logan, cupping his face: im greatly relieved that you were not distressed but I am still unimaginably sorry, that we subjected you to such a thing both without your consent and when you could do nothing to alleviate your discomfort, whether it was to join us or leave

Virgil:

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logan being like dear are you sure youve been selecting an awful lot of 5/5s please dont say yes to anything youre not 100% sure about whilst virgils sat next to him drooling over the idea of being made to call logan sir

Virgil, strangled: i'd let you do pretty much anything to me

Logan, fond: the point is we are outlining the 'pretty much' more definitively but i appreciate your enthusiasm

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Thoughts? Eatd Roman and Patton being experts at getting Virgil in trouble with Logan.

Roman: hey darling~

Virgil: nope, don’t look at me like that. Logan said I’m not allowed to cum until Wednesday.

Patton: Logan’s not here, he’ll never find out

Virgil:…

Logan does, in fact, find out.

Logan and Patton are hanging out and Logan jerks his head up like "my brat senses are tingling"

Roman is NOT beating the co-conspirator allegations and is in just as much trouble but he's smug as a cat with a canary the whole time

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me, an autistic person, reading your posts about EATD Logan: what do you mean not everyone approaches new sexual relationships with a formal kink survey

asdjhakjsdhakjshd this is the reason so many autistic people are into bdsm. gotta give me very specific instructions

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eatd logan being teasing and dommy:

virgil: 😳😳😳

eatd logan being genuine and sincere:

virgil: 😳😳😳😳😳😳

i think eatd logan probably calls virgil 'angel' and it definitely shouldnt have as extreme of an effect on him as it does considering he doesnt have any idea what an angel is