White Rider

The alphabet guy

[uponawhitehorse13]

INTRODUCTION AND RULES

Intro:

Hello. Call me Rider or some variation of it. I like shooters, VN style stories, Magic: The Gathering, metal music and writing. Ask box is always open.

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Prompts masterlist

Discord server

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Rules:

-no FGO

-alphabets don't need to be requested I do them on my own for all characters I write for

-up to 3 characters per request but please do try to not request the max amount every time

-even if you request a gender for the reader it probably won't come up so if you're reading through my post and see a request with a gender it's probably still gender neutral

-don't make the reader too detailed or try to insert them into a lore significant position that'd force me to re-arrange a lot of stuff

-don't request non canon stuff that would require me to do too much worldbuilding and explaining

-no smut but I will write about violence and other non-sexual nsfw topics

-no incest

-no weird stuff

-don't reference things you aren't sure I'm familiar with

-no yandere

Fandom specific rules:

Limbus Company

I have no problem writing for any main cast members and even side characters. Don't request things I haven't gotten to yet as I will not be able to write them. If the request is a simple headcanon that I don't need to go too in depth for you may request up to 7 characters though if a side character doesn't have enough content for me to work with I will skip them. You can also request any identities for the sinners.

Last finished: Canto IX

Other fandoms are closed until further notice.

[flowerdustedstars]

that line has been in my profile ever since spicebush released, but now...

I get to have this! Yippeeeee

[uponawhitehorse13]

mogged by the penectomy

[uponawhitehorse13]

Ok since the poll is basically decided it's time to give you a choice for what the first post will be.

What would you like to see first?

Warlock!Yuri

Vampire!Aristocrat!Outis

Rogue!Faust

Fae!Don Quixote

Voting ended onMay 23

[uponawhitehorse13]

So I know I don't post a lot but I was wondering if anyone would be interested in my dumb Limbus MTG crossover ideas.

It would still be romantic focused x reader posts just in a fantasy setting. It wouldn't require extensive knowledge of the lore and I would just use it as a fun setting.

I would also hyperlink images to illustrate some stuff better. Like if I was talking about how Faust is dressed I could include her outfit or if I mention something that isn't a fantasy staple outside magic like a hellion or phyrexian or just to better illustrate a scene like a selesnyan elemental passing by.

If this manges to gain some interest I'll run a second poll to see what the first post should be. (eg. Vampire!Aristocrat!Outis, Rogue!Faust, Necromancer!Hong Lu, Artificer!Gregor etc.)

Are you interested?

yes

no

Voting ended onMay 17

[uponawhitehorse13]

Jia Xichun SFW alphabet

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?)

Xichun is always very stiff. She hasn’t had a lot of affection in her life. Most of the time she seems like she’s mimicking something she read in a book.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?)

While at the start Xichun would claim she’s only looking for an ally to benefit her but in reality she is so desperate to have a bestie.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?)

She’s a very big cuddler even though she hates to admit it. Her favorite thing to do is bury her face in your chest and fall asleep. 

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?)

Getting you moved to her quarters is something that won’t be hard for her to do and it does make her feel like you’re safer.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?)

She would be very angry. Mostly at herself for trusting you.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?)

She doesn’t have anything against the marriage itself but as the Hierarch of Hongyuan her getting married would be a very big deal and pull a lot of attention to you which she doesn’t want.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?)

Xichun is naturally very snappy and with the stress of her job she can often be mean and say things she doesn’t mean. When she notices you’re hurt she gets very apologetic.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?)

Xichun is a very tight hugger but she only hugs you privately. She likes to give you one whenever she finds a quiet private moment during her busy days.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?)

It would take her some time and help from others for her to stammer it out for the first time. Even after that she’s very shy about saying it and it flusters her a lot.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?)

She gets very jealous very easily and it’s always really obvious. She’ll try to justify herself by talking about life at Hongyuan and how people will try to get close to you to stab you in the back.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?)

Xichun is very shy about kisses so she’ll most often be giving you soft pecks on the cheek. Though if you kiss her deep and hard she’ll really like it though she’d be too flushed to properly express it.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?)

After her training with Ryoshu she’s become a lot better with and fond of children. She’s had a lot of thoughts about having them eventually but doesn’t feel she’s changed Hongyuan into a place she’d want them to grow up in yet.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?)

Due to her work she has to leave you very early in the morning but she makes sure to at least give you a goodbye kiss. On the rare occasion she’s not busy she likes to stay in bed and sleepily cuddle.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

Xichun likes to stay up way later than she should. Usually she hated the nights due to all the dangers lurking in the shadows. After becoming the Hierarch she has a lot more protection so she doesn’t have to worry about that as much so she likes staying up with you to just enjoy the silence.

O = Open  (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say  everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?)

Xichun doesn’t really like talking about herself but she has seen what happens when you bottle up everything inside. So she will reluctantly open herself up more for you.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?)

Xichun is not patient at all, it is very easy to make her angry.

Q = Quizzes  (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little  detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?)

Ironically Xichun's training in analysing her enemies helps her a lot in remembering things about you. Anything she doesn’t remember Wei reminds her of since she’s always talking about you.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?)

It happened one day after she had a date with you. She was giggling to herself and as she returned to her room she caught a glimpse of the mirror and the dumb smile across her face. For the first time in years she recognized the girl in the mirror.

S = Security (How protective are they? How would they protect you? How would they like to be protected?)

She would have Heishou guarding you at all times. She also doesn’t like you putting yourself in danger to protect her and will scold you if you try it.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?)

While she has more than enough resources she easily gets stuck on what to do for you. She doesn’t want to do too little but also doesn’t want to do too much. She ends up going  to Wei for advice or even worse and more commonly to the sinners.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?)

Xichun has a bad habit of not asking for help and trying to do everything on her own.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?)

Xichun doesn’t really like dressing up but she will wear anything you buy for her at least once since she thinks it would be rude if she didn’t.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?)

Xichun would not take losing you well. It would probably reflect in the way she rules Hongyuan.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.)

Sometimes due to festivities or other factors Xichun ends up getting drunk. When she’s drunk she gets very quiet and clingy and just wants to be alone with you and cuddle.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?)

She wouldn’t like it if you were too carefree like her brother. One person like that in her life is more than enough for her.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?)

She gets cold easily when she’s sleeping so she’ll cuddle up with you.

[uponawhitehorse13]

After canto 9 is there anything you would change about Ryoshu’s alphabet

I think you confused me with my friend that uses the banners made by me

[uponawhitehorse13]

Just as a short update I am still going to write a bunch of stuff but DRG is consuming my life so it may take a while.

[uponawhitehorse13]

I finished watching the Unlimited Blade Works anime. While it does a lot of stuff worse than the visual novel one thing I really enjoy is the focus on how pathetic Gilgamesh is.

Like he only fights when he has an overwhelming advantage. The only reason he can beat Heracles is because he's distracted protecting Illya. Even then you can see how scared he is when Berserker snaps the chains in the end because he knows he could crush his skull without effort. He only picks up a sword to execute or when pushed into a corner. Even then he immediately resorts to using Ea because he knows the only way for him to win is through overwhelming advantage. It makes sense he gets paired with Shinji because while Gil's far better at keeping up appearances they both have a huge superiority complex despite only being able to kick people while they're down. Just as Shinji is rendered immediately worthless without a servant so is Gil without his treasures.

[kzs-posts]

This is kind of a surface-level read of Gilgamesh that only works if you judge him by shōnen-protagonist standards instead of the standards the story actually assigns to him.

Gilgamesh doesn’t fight fair or seek equal ground because his worldview is that a king should never have to. He’s a king before he’s a warrior, and most opponents simply aren’t worthy of effort. Overwhelming advantage isn’t a crutch for him: it’s the point. To him, struggling equals inferiority. When he steamrolls someone instantly, that isn’t cowardice, it’s him expressing his philosophy.

Berserker momentarily exceeding his expectations doesn’t mean he thinks he’ll lose; it means something unusual happened. And he still wins that encounter while holding back destructive output.

Saying “he’s nothing without his treasures” also misunderstands what his treasury is. They aren’t external tools compensating for weakness, they’re his legend made manifest. Saying Gilgamesh without his treasury is nothing is like saying a storm without lightning is powerless. That is the storm. Even practically speaking, he’s still a mythic warrior, just not in the way Shirou defines it.

It's also just false because in his legend, before meeting Enkidu, Gilgamesh was known for never using his treasures.

Comparing him to Shinji flattens both characters. Shinji borrows power to feel important. Gilgamesh already sees himself as the measure of importance. One is insecure pretending to be superior; the other is so certain of his superiority that effort itself feels beneath him. Someone else brought up CCC which even shows this directly: reset to level one, he still carries himself as the absolute king. Even excited at the prospect of starting as the weakest to becoming the strongest again. It's not about power, it's who he is. He trips up against Shirou because he refuses to validate someone who uses borrowed ideals as a mask for selfhood.

He’s not written to be admirable in a typical heroic sense. He’s written as a thematic ceiling, the embodiment of absolute authority and pride. Across Fate media, he is typically the benchmark that other characters are measured against. Judging him for not fighting “honorably” is like judging a lion for not asking permission before hunting.

[uponawhitehorse13]

Don't really feel like getting too into it so I'm making this quick and poorly thought out. 1. My only claim in the post is that Gil is pathetic which he is. I am basing this on reading the original VN.

2. I don't get into other depictions of him because there is a very obvious retcon that happened to his character after he got massively popular. It is even acknowledged in the lore as him "being influenced by the era he is summoned to". His depiction in CCC and other media has no influence on his depiction is the original VN.

3. His philosophy does not make him any less pathetic. Just because he thinks he is cool doesn't mean he is. If he sees no merit in fighting fair it doesn't make him any less of a loser.

4. I agree about the borrowed ideals part and about him not being heroic being the point. He is very clearly described as being the king of heroes not because he himself is heroic but because he is simply above all other heroes.

5. Yes his treasury is his legend that's what every NP is. My point still stands that he is crippled without them more than other servants would be without their items and noble phantasms.

6. The lion comparison is just really funny to me because he spends most of his screen time calling others mongrels and here you are justifying his behaviour by saying he acts like an animal.

TL;DR What you say is true I'm not trying to say you're lying. Your thematic analysis of Gilgamesh is true but you just fail to comprehend that he is a loser. A pathetic loser. Him not fighting fair because he thinks it holds no merit and him not fighting fair because he's a pussy ass bitch that couldn't take anyone in a fair fight are both non contradictory statements. That is his character. He is both the best and the worst. He has everything but also nothing.

[kzs-posts]

I think we’re actually talking past each other a bit, because you’re treating “pathetic” as a character verdict while I’m treating it as a textual claim that needs evidence from how the narrative frames him. You're presenting emotional venting as something supported by the text. That's why I even responded.

1) Saying “he’s pathetic because I think he is” isn’t really an argument, it’s just a conclusion. The question is whether the story frames him that way or whether it frames him as arrogant, cruel, excessive, etc. Those aren’t the same thing. A character can be morally awful without being narratively pathetic.

2) The “retcon” point doesn’t hold, because the VN itself already establishes that Servants are influenced by era and summoning conditions. Later works didn’t invent that; they’re extrapolating a rule that was already there. That’s expansion, not revision. You're making a claim that the character was originally made to be pathetic and that later works retconned that also doesn't hold since the VN never supports that.

3) His philosophy doesn’t have to make him admirable, that was never my claim. The point is that his behavior is internally consistent with his worldview. Calling him a loser because he doesn’t value fair fights is judging him by a standard the text never uses as a metric for him.

4) “King of Heroes because he’s above heroes” is actually exactly why he functions the way he does. He isn’t meant to embody heroism; he’s meant to stand outside it as something older and more absolute. That’s not praise, that’s role description.

5) Every Servant relies on their Noble Phantasms because those are their legends crystallized. Saying he’s uniquely crippled without his is like saying a Rider is crippled without their mount or a Caster without magecraft. That’s just how the system works. Even without his Noble Phantasm, on his own the text puts him as more or less equal to the likes of Hercules and Artoria.

6) That's a strawman. The lion comparison wasn’t me saying he’s literally animalistic, it was about standards of judgment. You don’t evaluate a lion by human etiquette, and you don’t evaluate a tyrant-king archetype by chivalric fairness.

TL;DR: you can absolutely dislike him or call him awful, but “pathetic” implies the story presents him as small or pitiable, and it really doesn’t. It presents him as excessive, monstrous, prideful, and tyrannical. Those are very different narrative categories.

[uponawhitehorse13]

His power does not make him any less pathetic. Him being a power tripping tyrant does not make him less pathetic. He is a bully and a loser. That is right there in the text. It does not matter who he is or what he is or what he thinks. This is not a powerscaling argument. I don't give a shit.

He is pathetic because he behaves in a way that is pathetic. You can like him all you want I don't care about people's opinions about hateable characters but he IS pathetic because he bullies people and that is inherently pathetic behaviour.

I don't care about who would win arguments because the fact stands he never wins in a fair fight and that's pathetic. Even in a spinoff like Emiya gohan where everyone gets to have fun and hang out he stays alone because he is a pathetic loser nobody likes.

"You don't evaluate a tyrant king by chivalric fairness." Yes I can I don't need to evaluate his worldview here.

If we have a strawman character here that has a philosophy of might makes right and they beat up anyone weaker than them that is still pathetic despite their worldview.

Gilgamesh is a pathetic loser despite being powerful. That is in the story and your arguments do not disprove it.

In a story where you have lancer defying death to uphold his values, Heracles dying defending his master or lamenting not getting a fair fight against Saber or Caster lamenting her wish already being granted Gilgamesh gets a knife in his thick fucking skull while trying to drag down someone who bested him in an actually fair fight or he gets chopped in half by the girl he was shit talking the entire route.

He is EXPLICITY pathetic in the text of the game because despite being THE MOST POWERFUL BESTEST SERVAN EVEEEER he dies EVERY FUCKING TIME BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET HIS STUPID BLONDE HEAD OUT OF HIS SHINY GOLDEN ASS. THAT IS WHAT MAKES HIM PATHETIC.

He doesn't need to be depicted as small and pitiable because by nature of not taking fair fights and losing any that are fair it is implicitly stated. His philosophy and status do not make him immune to being judged by the standards of every other character in the game. Stories can have gods and kings and other immortal and all powerful beings be pathetic.

So please stop doubling down on this.

[uponawhitehorse13]

You don't get to say shit like this and then get chopped in half by that same person and remain the tough guy. That is pathetic loser behaviour.

[uponawhitehorse13]

You know what I really feel like talking more about this.

I really hate the smug way you keep talking about the standards the story holds him to because it shows you're the one that actually refuses to engage with the text. You are falling for the facade that is meant to be deconstructed by the reader.

Fate Stay Night as a story is about nobody being who they seem to be at the surface.

The whole point of Sabers character for example is that she is not the noble knight she is introduced as. She is a normal girl that forced herself to sacrifice everything she actually is in a thankless quest for her people.

Every character in fate is like this.

Rin is not the ruthless mage intent on winning the war at any cost.

Sakura is not the innocent childhood friend.

Berserker is not the mindless monster only capable of destruction.

Kirei is not the overseer of the war that doesn't interfere.

And I could do this for almost every character in the game.

If you really think that by the end of the game Gilgamesh is still the all powerful tyrant he is introduced as you are not engaging with the actual story.

When he gets defeated by Shirou at the end of UBW what does he do? Does he swear revenge? Does he feel excited about working his way up to the top again (as you mentioed) after being bested? No. He tries to (quite literally) drag Shirou down to his level.

And to tie a bow on the treasures point, what is Saber without Excalibur? Well she is still a skilled swordswoman and she has a philosophy that she can live by and fight for.

What is Gilgamesh without his treasures? He is an annoying asshole with a philosophy that crumbles in the end every time and if he does have any skills they are rendered moot by his arrogance.

AND to just add a nice little meta bit to this. Nasu hates immortality and the people who seek it. Anyone seeking immortality in the nasuverse is punished (Chaos is a walking zoo, Roa has to jump between bodies, Zouken is a pile of bugs) and anyone who is immortal is punished by the immortality itself (Arceuid and Ciel).

So to conclude. Gilgamesh is introduced as an all mighty tyrant king, he fails to prove his superiority and by the end it is clear he is a PATHETIC loser that needs to kick others down to feel better about himself.

[uponawhitehorse13]

I finished watching the Unlimited Blade Works anime. While it does a lot of stuff worse than the visual novel one thing I really enjoy is the focus on how pathetic Gilgamesh is.

Like he only fights when he has an overwhelming advantage. The only reason he can beat Heracles is because he's distracted protecting Illya. Even then you can see how scared he is when Berserker snaps the chains in the end because he knows he could crush his skull without effort. He only picks up a sword to execute or when pushed into a corner. Even then he immediately resorts to using Ea because he knows the only way for him to win is through overwhelming advantage. It makes sense he gets paired with Shinji because while Gil's far better at keeping up appearances they both have a huge superiority complex despite only being able to kick people while they're down. Just as Shinji is rendered immediately worthless without a servant so is Gil without his treasures.

[kzs-posts]

This is kind of a surface-level read of Gilgamesh that only works if you judge him by shōnen-protagonist standards instead of the standards the story actually assigns to him.

Gilgamesh doesn’t fight fair or seek equal ground because his worldview is that a king should never have to. He’s a king before he’s a warrior, and most opponents simply aren’t worthy of effort. Overwhelming advantage isn’t a crutch for him: it’s the point. To him, struggling equals inferiority. When he steamrolls someone instantly, that isn’t cowardice, it’s him expressing his philosophy.

Berserker momentarily exceeding his expectations doesn’t mean he thinks he’ll lose; it means something unusual happened. And he still wins that encounter while holding back destructive output.

Saying “he’s nothing without his treasures” also misunderstands what his treasury is. They aren’t external tools compensating for weakness, they’re his legend made manifest. Saying Gilgamesh without his treasury is nothing is like saying a storm without lightning is powerless. That is the storm. Even practically speaking, he’s still a mythic warrior, just not in the way Shirou defines it.

It's also just false because in his legend, before meeting Enkidu, Gilgamesh was known for never using his treasures.

Comparing him to Shinji flattens both characters. Shinji borrows power to feel important. Gilgamesh already sees himself as the measure of importance. One is insecure pretending to be superior; the other is so certain of his superiority that effort itself feels beneath him. Someone else brought up CCC which even shows this directly: reset to level one, he still carries himself as the absolute king. Even excited at the prospect of starting as the weakest to becoming the strongest again. It's not about power, it's who he is. He trips up against Shirou because he refuses to validate someone who uses borrowed ideals as a mask for selfhood.

He’s not written to be admirable in a typical heroic sense. He’s written as a thematic ceiling, the embodiment of absolute authority and pride. Across Fate media, he is typically the benchmark that other characters are measured against. Judging him for not fighting “honorably” is like judging a lion for not asking permission before hunting.

[uponawhitehorse13]

Don't really feel like getting too into it so I'm making this quick and poorly thought out. 1. My only claim in the post is that Gil is pathetic which he is. I am basing this on reading the original VN.

2. I don't get into other depictions of him because there is a very obvious retcon that happened to his character after he got massively popular. It is even acknowledged in the lore as him "being influenced by the era he is summoned to". His depiction in CCC and other media has no influence on his depiction is the original VN.

3. His philosophy does not make him any less pathetic. Just because he thinks he is cool doesn't mean he is. If he sees no merit in fighting fair it doesn't make him any less of a loser.

4. I agree about the borrowed ideals part and about him not being heroic being the point. He is very clearly described as being the king of heroes not because he himself is heroic but because he is simply above all other heroes.

5. Yes his treasury is his legend that's what every NP is. My point still stands that he is crippled without them more than other servants would be without their items and noble phantasms.

6. The lion comparison is just really funny to me because he spends most of his screen time calling others mongrels and here you are justifying his behaviour by saying he acts like an animal.

TL;DR What you say is true I'm not trying to say you're lying. Your thematic analysis of Gilgamesh is true but you just fail to comprehend that he is a loser. A pathetic loser. Him not fighting fair because he thinks it holds no merit and him not fighting fair because he's a pussy ass bitch that couldn't take anyone in a fair fight are both non contradictory statements. That is his character. He is both the best and the worst. He has everything but also nothing.

[kzs-posts]

I think we’re actually talking past each other a bit, because you’re treating “pathetic” as a character verdict while I’m treating it as a textual claim that needs evidence from how the narrative frames him. You're presenting emotional venting as something supported by the text. That's why I even responded.

1) Saying “he’s pathetic because I think he is” isn’t really an argument, it’s just a conclusion. The question is whether the story frames him that way or whether it frames him as arrogant, cruel, excessive, etc. Those aren’t the same thing. A character can be morally awful without being narratively pathetic.

2) The “retcon” point doesn’t hold, because the VN itself already establishes that Servants are influenced by era and summoning conditions. Later works didn’t invent that; they’re extrapolating a rule that was already there. That’s expansion, not revision. You're making a claim that the character was originally made to be pathetic and that later works retconned that also doesn't hold since the VN never supports that.

3) His philosophy doesn’t have to make him admirable, that was never my claim. The point is that his behavior is internally consistent with his worldview. Calling him a loser because he doesn’t value fair fights is judging him by a standard the text never uses as a metric for him.

4) “King of Heroes because he’s above heroes” is actually exactly why he functions the way he does. He isn’t meant to embody heroism; he’s meant to stand outside it as something older and more absolute. That’s not praise, that’s role description.

5) Every Servant relies on their Noble Phantasms because those are their legends crystallized. Saying he’s uniquely crippled without his is like saying a Rider is crippled without their mount or a Caster without magecraft. That’s just how the system works. Even without his Noble Phantasm, on his own the text puts him as more or less equal to the likes of Hercules and Artoria.

6) That's a strawman. The lion comparison wasn’t me saying he’s literally animalistic, it was about standards of judgment. You don’t evaluate a lion by human etiquette, and you don’t evaluate a tyrant-king archetype by chivalric fairness.

TL;DR: you can absolutely dislike him or call him awful, but “pathetic” implies the story presents him as small or pitiable, and it really doesn’t. It presents him as excessive, monstrous, prideful, and tyrannical. Those are very different narrative categories.

[uponawhitehorse13]

His power does not make him any less pathetic. Him being a power tripping tyrant does not make him less pathetic. He is a bully and a loser. That is right there in the text. It does not matter who he is or what he is or what he thinks. This is not a powerscaling argument. I don't give a shit.

He is pathetic because he behaves in a way that is pathetic. You can like him all you want I don't care about people's opinions about hateable characters but he IS pathetic because he bullies people and that is inherently pathetic behaviour.

I don't care about who would win arguments because the fact stands he never wins in a fair fight and that's pathetic. Even in a spinoff like Emiya gohan where everyone gets to have fun and hang out he stays alone because he is a pathetic loser nobody likes.

"You don't evaluate a tyrant king by chivalric fairness." Yes I can I don't need to evaluate his worldview here.

If we have a strawman character here that has a philosophy of might makes right and they beat up anyone weaker than them that is still pathetic despite their worldview.

Gilgamesh is a pathetic loser despite being powerful. That is in the story and your arguments do not disprove it.

In a story where you have lancer defying death to uphold his values, Heracles dying defending his master or lamenting not getting a fair fight against Saber or Caster lamenting her wish already being granted Gilgamesh gets a knife in his thick fucking skull while trying to drag down someone who bested him in an actually fair fight or he gets chopped in half by the girl he was shit talking the entire route.

He is EXPLICITY pathetic in the text of the game because despite being THE MOST POWERFUL BESTEST SERVAN EVEEEER he dies EVERY FUCKING TIME BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET HIS STUPID BLONDE HEAD OUT OF HIS SHINY GOLDEN ASS. THAT IS WHAT MAKES HIM PATHETIC.

He doesn't need to be depicted as small and pitiable because by nature of not taking fair fights and losing any that are fair it is implicitly stated. His philosophy and status do not make him immune to being judged by the standards of every other character in the game. Stories can have gods and kings and other immortal and all powerful beings be pathetic.

So please stop doubling down on this.

[uponawhitehorse13]

You don't get to say shit like this and then get chopped in half by that same person and remain the tough guy. That is pathetic loser behaviour.

[uponawhitehorse13]

I finished watching the Unlimited Blade Works anime. While it does a lot of stuff worse than the visual novel one thing I really enjoy is the focus on how pathetic Gilgamesh is.

Like he only fights when he has an overwhelming advantage. The only reason he can beat Heracles is because he's distracted protecting Illya. Even then you can see how scared he is when Berserker snaps the chains in the end because he knows he could crush his skull without effort. He only picks up a sword to execute or when pushed into a corner. Even then he immediately resorts to using Ea because he knows the only way for him to win is through overwhelming advantage. It makes sense he gets paired with Shinji because while Gil's far better at keeping up appearances they both have a huge superiority complex despite only being able to kick people while they're down. Just as Shinji is rendered immediately worthless without a servant so is Gil without his treasures.

[kzs-posts]

This is kind of a surface-level read of Gilgamesh that only works if you judge him by shōnen-protagonist standards instead of the standards the story actually assigns to him.

Gilgamesh doesn’t fight fair or seek equal ground because his worldview is that a king should never have to. He’s a king before he’s a warrior, and most opponents simply aren’t worthy of effort. Overwhelming advantage isn’t a crutch for him: it’s the point. To him, struggling equals inferiority. When he steamrolls someone instantly, that isn’t cowardice, it’s him expressing his philosophy.

Berserker momentarily exceeding his expectations doesn’t mean he thinks he’ll lose; it means something unusual happened. And he still wins that encounter while holding back destructive output.

Saying “he’s nothing without his treasures” also misunderstands what his treasury is. They aren’t external tools compensating for weakness, they’re his legend made manifest. Saying Gilgamesh without his treasury is nothing is like saying a storm without lightning is powerless. That is the storm. Even practically speaking, he’s still a mythic warrior, just not in the way Shirou defines it.

It's also just false because in his legend, before meeting Enkidu, Gilgamesh was known for never using his treasures.

Comparing him to Shinji flattens both characters. Shinji borrows power to feel important. Gilgamesh already sees himself as the measure of importance. One is insecure pretending to be superior; the other is so certain of his superiority that effort itself feels beneath him. Someone else brought up CCC which even shows this directly: reset to level one, he still carries himself as the absolute king. Even excited at the prospect of starting as the weakest to becoming the strongest again. It's not about power, it's who he is. He trips up against Shirou because he refuses to validate someone who uses borrowed ideals as a mask for selfhood.

He’s not written to be admirable in a typical heroic sense. He’s written as a thematic ceiling, the embodiment of absolute authority and pride. Across Fate media, he is typically the benchmark that other characters are measured against. Judging him for not fighting “honorably” is like judging a lion for not asking permission before hunting.

[uponawhitehorse13]

Don't really feel like getting too into it so I'm making this quick and poorly thought out. 1. My only claim in the post is that Gil is pathetic which he is. I am basing this on reading the original VN.

2. I don't get into other depictions of him because there is a very obvious retcon that happened to his character after he got massively popular. It is even acknowledged in the lore as him "being influenced by the era he is summoned to". His depiction in CCC and other media has no influence on his depiction is the original VN.

3. His philosophy does not make him any less pathetic. Just because he thinks he is cool doesn't mean he is. If he sees no merit in fighting fair it doesn't make him any less of a loser.

4. I agree about the borrowed ideals part and about him not being heroic being the point. He is very clearly described as being the king of heroes not because he himself is heroic but because he is simply above all other heroes.

5. Yes his treasury is his legend that's what every NP is. My point still stands that he is crippled without them more than other servants would be without their items and noble phantasms.

6. The lion comparison is just really funny to me because he spends most of his screen time calling others mongrels and here you are justifying his behaviour by saying he acts like an animal.

TL;DR What you say is true I'm not trying to say you're lying. Your thematic analysis of Gilgamesh is true but you just fail to comprehend that he is a loser. A pathetic loser. Him not fighting fair because he thinks it holds no merit and him not fighting fair because he's a pussy ass bitch that couldn't take anyone in a fair fight are both non contradictory statements. That is his character. He is both the best and the worst. He has everything but also nothing.

[kzs-posts]

I think we’re actually talking past each other a bit, because you’re treating “pathetic” as a character verdict while I’m treating it as a textual claim that needs evidence from how the narrative frames him. You're presenting emotional venting as something supported by the text. That's why I even responded.

1) Saying “he’s pathetic because I think he is” isn’t really an argument, it’s just a conclusion. The question is whether the story frames him that way or whether it frames him as arrogant, cruel, excessive, etc. Those aren’t the same thing. A character can be morally awful without being narratively pathetic.

2) The “retcon” point doesn’t hold, because the VN itself already establishes that Servants are influenced by era and summoning conditions. Later works didn’t invent that; they’re extrapolating a rule that was already there. That’s expansion, not revision. You're making a claim that the character was originally made to be pathetic and that later works retconned that also doesn't hold since the VN never supports that.

3) His philosophy doesn’t have to make him admirable, that was never my claim. The point is that his behavior is internally consistent with his worldview. Calling him a loser because he doesn’t value fair fights is judging him by a standard the text never uses as a metric for him.

4) “King of Heroes because he’s above heroes” is actually exactly why he functions the way he does. He isn’t meant to embody heroism; he’s meant to stand outside it as something older and more absolute. That’s not praise, that’s role description.

5) Every Servant relies on their Noble Phantasms because those are their legends crystallized. Saying he’s uniquely crippled without his is like saying a Rider is crippled without their mount or a Caster without magecraft. That’s just how the system works. Even without his Noble Phantasm, on his own the text puts him as more or less equal to the likes of Hercules and Artoria.

6) That's a strawman. The lion comparison wasn’t me saying he’s literally animalistic, it was about standards of judgment. You don’t evaluate a lion by human etiquette, and you don’t evaluate a tyrant-king archetype by chivalric fairness.

TL;DR: you can absolutely dislike him or call him awful, but “pathetic” implies the story presents him as small or pitiable, and it really doesn’t. It presents him as excessive, monstrous, prideful, and tyrannical. Those are very different narrative categories.

[uponawhitehorse13]

His power does not make him any less pathetic. Him being a power tripping tyrant does not make him less pathetic. He is a bully and a loser. That is right there in the text. It does not matter who he is or what he is or what he thinks. This is not a powerscaling argument. I don't give a shit.

He is pathetic because he behaves in a way that is pathetic. You can like him all you want I don't care about people's opinions about hateable characters but he IS pathetic because he bullies people and that is inherently pathetic behaviour.

I don't care about who would win arguments because the fact stands he never wins in a fair fight and that's pathetic. Even in a spinoff like Emiya gohan where everyone gets to have fun and hang out he stays alone because he is a pathetic loser nobody likes.

"You don't evaluate a tyrant king by chivalric fairness." Yes I can I don't need to evaluate his worldview here.

If we have a strawman character here that has a philosophy of might makes right and they beat up anyone weaker than them that is still pathetic despite their worldview.

Gilgamesh is a pathetic loser despite being powerful. That is in the story and your arguments do not disprove it.

In a story where you have lancer defying death to uphold his values, Heracles dying defending his master or lamenting not getting a fair fight against Saber or Caster lamenting her wish already being granted Gilgamesh gets a knife in his thick fucking skull while trying to drag down someone who bested him in an actually fair fight or he gets chopped in half by the girl he was shit talking the entire route.

He is EXPLICITY pathetic in the text of the game because despite being THE MOST POWERFUL BESTEST SERVAN EVEEEER he dies EVERY FUCKING TIME BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET HIS STUPID BLONDE HEAD OUT OF HIS SHINY GOLDEN ASS. THAT IS WHAT MAKES HIM PATHETIC.

He doesn't need to be depicted as small and pitiable because by nature of not taking fair fights and losing any that are fair it is implicitly stated. His philosophy and status do not make him immune to being judged by the standards of every other character in the game. Stories can have gods and kings and other immortal and all powerful beings be pathetic.

So please stop doubling down on this.

[uponawhitehorse13]

I finished watching the Unlimited Blade Works anime. While it does a lot of stuff worse than the visual novel one thing I really enjoy is the focus on how pathetic Gilgamesh is.

Like he only fights when he has an overwhelming advantage. The only reason he can beat Heracles is because he's distracted protecting Illya. Even then you can see how scared he is when Berserker snaps the chains in the end because he knows he could crush his skull without effort. He only picks up a sword to execute or when pushed into a corner. Even then he immediately resorts to using Ea because he knows the only way for him to win is through overwhelming advantage. It makes sense he gets paired with Shinji because while Gil's far better at keeping up appearances they both have a huge superiority complex despite only being able to kick people while they're down. Just as Shinji is rendered immediately worthless without a servant so is Gil without his treasures.

[kzs-posts]

This is kind of a surface-level read of Gilgamesh that only works if you judge him by shōnen-protagonist standards instead of the standards the story actually assigns to him.

Gilgamesh doesn’t fight fair or seek equal ground because his worldview is that a king should never have to. He’s a king before he’s a warrior, and most opponents simply aren’t worthy of effort. Overwhelming advantage isn’t a crutch for him: it’s the point. To him, struggling equals inferiority. When he steamrolls someone instantly, that isn’t cowardice, it’s him expressing his philosophy.

Berserker momentarily exceeding his expectations doesn’t mean he thinks he’ll lose; it means something unusual happened. And he still wins that encounter while holding back destructive output.

Saying “he’s nothing without his treasures” also misunderstands what his treasury is. They aren’t external tools compensating for weakness, they’re his legend made manifest. Saying Gilgamesh without his treasury is nothing is like saying a storm without lightning is powerless. That is the storm. Even practically speaking, he’s still a mythic warrior, just not in the way Shirou defines it.

It's also just false because in his legend, before meeting Enkidu, Gilgamesh was known for never using his treasures.

Comparing him to Shinji flattens both characters. Shinji borrows power to feel important. Gilgamesh already sees himself as the measure of importance. One is insecure pretending to be superior; the other is so certain of his superiority that effort itself feels beneath him. Someone else brought up CCC which even shows this directly: reset to level one, he still carries himself as the absolute king. Even excited at the prospect of starting as the weakest to becoming the strongest again. It's not about power, it's who he is. He trips up against Shirou because he refuses to validate someone who uses borrowed ideals as a mask for selfhood.

He’s not written to be admirable in a typical heroic sense. He’s written as a thematic ceiling, the embodiment of absolute authority and pride. Across Fate media, he is typically the benchmark that other characters are measured against. Judging him for not fighting “honorably” is like judging a lion for not asking permission before hunting.

[uponawhitehorse13]

Don't really feel like getting too into it so I'm making this quick and poorly thought out. 1. My only claim in the post is that Gil is pathetic which he is. I am basing this on reading the original VN.

2. I don't get into other depictions of him because there is a very obvious retcon that happened to his character after he got massively popular. It is even acknowledged in the lore as him "being influenced by the era he is summoned to". His depiction in CCC and other media has no influence on his depiction is the original VN.

3. His philosophy does not make him any less pathetic. Just because he thinks he is cool doesn't mean he is. If he sees no merit in fighting fair it doesn't make him any less of a loser.

4. I agree about the borrowed ideals part and about him not being heroic being the point. He is very clearly described as being the king of heroes not because he himself is heroic but because he is simply above all other heroes.

5. Yes his treasury is his legend that's what every NP is. My point still stands that he is crippled without them more than other servants would be without their items and noble phantasms.

6. The lion comparison is just really funny to me because he spends most of his screen time calling others mongrels and here you are justifying his behaviour by saying he acts like an animal.

TL;DR What you say is true I'm not trying to say you're lying. Your thematic analysis of Gilgamesh is true but you just fail to comprehend that he is a loser. A pathetic loser. Him not fighting fair because he thinks it holds no merit and him not fighting fair because he's a pussy ass bitch that couldn't take anyone in a fair fight are both non contradictory statements. That is his character. He is both the best and the worst. He has everything but also nothing.

[uponawhitehorse13]

hii! ive read your pinned, so i was just curious on when you plan to write the alphabets for the limbus characters? not trying to rush ofc, and super sorry if it comes off that way 💔 i really like the way you write, so.... forgive my impatience

So the real answer is that I just forgot but if we're going more in depth there are several things at play here.

1 - my friend Viv already did some alphabets for the sinners and I don't want to make it seem like I'm trying to overshadow her work

2 - the games I usually write for are done unlike limbus so even if I did write alphabets I would skip characters who haven't gotten their canto so that I don't have to go back and change things

I really should get back into writing alphabets but the only question is who you guys wanna see first?

[uponawhitehorse13]

Mistletoe in La Manchaland (Sancho, Dulcinea, Nicolina)

Author's note: Planned to get this out around the holidays as a festive post but got caught up in some other stuff sorry. Kind of an AU because La Manchaland works out and everyone is happy and hemobars are yummy etc.

Christmas in La Manchaland was different than in the city. La Manchaland was a place of only smiles and laughter so obviously it was isolated from any blizzards or other bad weather. Instead the temperature was controlled to be cold enough for season appropriate clothing yet not so cold that it was too uncomfortable. All the bloodfiends were dressed appropriately. Lights were strung around and fake snow fell gently on the park.

Yet in one of the high up spires was a bloodfiend not so keen on the festivities.

“Look Sancho!” her father pointed to a small plant dangling on a string.

 “It is said that those that find themselves under it must kiss each other. Doesn’t that seem wonderful?”

“I assume that’s another one of those human customs you’ve been learning about with Bari.”

He disregarded her unenthusiastic response.

“Is there someone you’d like to be caught beneath it with?” he teased her.

“Not a chance.” she rejected the idea immediately.

“Oh, are you sure?” he goaded her.

“Of course.”

“What about Y/N?”

Shit, he had her.

“I-I don’t know who you’re talking about.” she sputtered.

“Well there is a visitor that comes to the park so often that they had to get the special yearly pass since the blood loss from usual tickets would kill them. Yet they are rarely seen visiting the attractions and instead seem to slink off to some unseen place.”

Her only option was lying.

“I haven’t heard anything about it.” 

“Really? I heard they came today looking for you.”

“P-Perhaps I should go see what they seek.” she excused herself out of the room.

“Oh, sorry.” in her hurry to leave she bumped into Bari who just entered.

“What is going on with Sancho?” Bari asked Don.

“Ah, Bari. Just who I was looking for. Could you assist me with something?”

“Of course. What do you need?”

“I have conceived an idea most ingenious.”

***

She found you in a secluded part of the park. Out of view of the guests and workers. The way you waved her over melted her heart, but she couldn’t show it.

“I told you to stop asking where I am.” she scolded you.

“Well how else am I supposed to find you? Besides, why are you so reluctant to let your father know about me? He can’t possibly hate me that much.”

“No, it’s the opposite I’m afraid of.” Sancho grumbled.

You were going to ask what she meant by that but she suddenly got really close and spoke very quietly.

“I’m… I’m sorry you have to keep going through this. I promise I’ll figure out how we can meet outside the park and maybe even go somewhere. It’s just I’m scared my father will do something-.”

THUNK

An arrow hit the wall just above your heads.

Sancho immediately snapped to the source of the projectile. Hardblood bow ready to retaliate. She saw Bari high on the balcony of one of the spires. Next to her was her father looking at her through binoculars and giving her an enthusiastic thumbs up.

Angry but less concerned she looked back to you only to notice a mistletoe hanging from the arrow above your heads.

“...something like this.”

“So if that’s him is that woman your…”

“NO she’s not, she's just… it’s complicated.”

Sancho looked at the plant dangling between you then back into your eyes.

Her father set a rule that all bloodfiends must play along with the rules of any game they play with the guests and defying a higher kindred is something very hard to do.

Looking at you she knew what you expected and what her father planned for her to do. 

She went in for it. She could pay him back for this some other time. For now all she cared about was enjoying this moment with you.

The end of the parade marked the end of Dulcinea’s work for the day. It’s surprising how exhausting her job was despite most seeing it as standing around and looking pretty.

Though there were certain things she enjoyed about the holiday season. The clothing provided a nice change of pace. Instead of her usual frilly dress and parasol she had a big fluffy fur coat with a hat made of the same fur. The blonde matched her hair while the purple highlights (which Nicolina reminded her were “a nightmare to get right”) served to maintain her usual image.

Sancho also got her a gift that being a set of lipsticks in various colors but mostly being hues of purple. As much as she hated to admit it she read her like an open book. 

Then there was the question of your gift. She specifically told you not to get her anything. All she asked for is that you “come to her when she asks”. 

And she just so happened to ask today. You entered her dressing room. Looking around you saw all her various outfits illuminated only by the light around her mirror.

Before you could ask why she invited you here you heard the door shut and lock behind you. The lights shut leaving you in complete darkness. You reached behind you for the door to try and navigate towards a lightswitch. Instead you felt your back against the wall despite not moving.

You reached out in the hope of finding something to hold on to. Your hand landed on something soft… and round. Your feeling around was interrupted by two glowing red eyes after which the lights turned back on. It was Dulcinea in front of you, and in your hand was her… You pulled it back as fast as you could.

“Time for my gift.” she spoke softly.

With a finger on your chin she guided your gaze upwards so you could see the mistletoe dangling above your heads. When you looked back at her you saw her with a pocket mirror in one hand and lipstick in the other. Slowly she dragged it over the lips applying it in a nice even layer. With a smack she announced her finish and turned back to you.

“Ready?”

All you could muster up was a nervous nod.

***

“Wow! She really went all out on you didn’t she?” Nicolina teased.

“Yeah…” you answered weakly, a hot blush underneath the purple smears dotted all over your face.

“I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO TRY!” Nicolina yelled at nobody.

She stomped angrily back and forth in her room. She spent her entire holiday trying to get you under the mistletoe to no avail. Something always seemed to conveniently stop her plan dead in its tracks.

When she invited you out to eat you got lost in the parade and missed your reservation. When she got you all to herself on the ferris wheel the mistletoe fell out of her hands all the way down and ruined her plan. All the things she tried failed. She really was out of options.

Unless… you came to her… instead of the other way around…

YES! THAT’S IT! All she has to do is put you in a situation where you have to come to her and what better way than using her sewing talent. She’s the only person you could come to if your clothing was ripped. She knew your uniform like the back of her hand.

All she had to do was sneak into your room and make a few modifications.

***

That was weird. When you put on your usual outfit for the day it had a tear in one of the seams. No matter, you would just stop by Nicolina’s before breakfast.

“Oh! Y/N, what brings you to my humble workshop this fine morning?” she said in a singsong voice.

“Sorry, I just need help with-”

“A torn seam yes, yes, yes come here.” she hurried you along.

Before you could question how she knew why you were here, her hands were already searching for the spot. When she got it she grabbed the loose thread and pulled hard. Suddenly your clothing constricted around you until you were tied up and unable to move. She dramatically lowered a mistletoe on a string until it was just above you two.

“You have no idea how hard it was getting you here.” she said while slowly wrapping her arms around your neck.

“You could’ve just asked.” you reminded her.

“Oh~ but where’s the fun in that?” 

She brought you closer and took you into a deep kiss.

[uponawhitehorse13]

WAIT WAIT WAIT FUCK I JUST NOTICED THE "NO YANDERE" THING IM SO SORRY I MISSED IT THE FIRST READ THROUGH PLEASE FORGIVE ME AND IGNORE ALL MY ASKS

I AM SO SORRY

Please forget my existence but have a nice life

Not forgetting you because I am evil but I will use this opportunity to say/explain some stuff.

So the no yandere rule is more about me not liking to write out of character stuff. Because when I write for these characters I want to write for them as they are and not twist them just to fill some trope. So with someone like Kromer I'm completely fine with yandere trope stuff because yeah she would murder her competition to get with someone. But with the sinners I can't really do it since it doesn't fit any of them.

Which brings me to your ask.

First off thank you for the compliments they are very kind.

Second I agree that Ahab would fit into the yandere trope and can get why you're into her brand of it specifically.

Third I can't write Ahab. There is just not enough for me to really work with. She is just way too much of a one note character which is fine for the story but not too great if I'm writing for her.

Second.

I do not know if this is the same person or not but I respect being really into a very minor character with little screentime.

But if Ahab is too hard for me to write Effie is genuinely impossible. He shows up twice and immediately dies. He doesn't even get a little character moment like Saude shooting Guido we just find him nailed and move on.

And the main thing I want to do with this post is say that me not writing for these side characters shouldn't discourage you from sending other asks.

No writer can complete every request but it's always nice to get new ideas that even if not used can inspire me to do something else with the character or do the prompt with another character.

Also this shouldn't discourage you from sending request for side characters since there are many of them that do have enough development for me to do fun stuff (e.g. Yuri, Nelly, Dulcinea, Nicolina, Catherine etc.).

[uponawhitehorse13]

"You're cute when you're angry" (Don Quixote, Kromer)

Author's note: This was really fun to write so I'm probably going to do another one with other characters. I may have gone a bit too hard with the Don section. Also the Kromer section does get a bit freaky.

It had been another uneventful day for the members of the LCB. Nothing more than driving around and taking care of the occasional roadblock. The boredom was felt by everyone on the bus. Dante wasn’t sure what to do about it but thankfully Rodya solved it before they had to.

She started a conversation about all the enemies they’ve faced so far and how they would fare against each other. Which abnormalities would win in a fight. How K corp. Security compared to the N corp. Inquisition. Who they preferred between the Kurokumo Clan and the Blade Lineage. It was overall a fun activity for all involved.

That was until the topic of a battle between Ricardo of The Middle and the fixer Siegfried came up. Almost all of the sinners agreed that despite facing him after they were more experienced Ricardo was a much stronger opponent than Siegfried. All except Don Quixote. She was convinced Siegfried would emerge victorious using “the power of a fixer” and was getting genuinely angry that nobody believed her.

“‘TIS NOT POSSIBLE. LORD SIEGFRIED HATH DEFEATED MANY FOES STRONGER THAN THE SIBLING OF THE MIDDLE!” she exclaimed.

“We already went over that. All those stories were probably made up or staged.” Ishmael tried explaining for the third time.

“NAY! ART THOU ALSO INSULTING THE GOOD WRITERS AND JOURNALISTS OF THE FIXERS MONTHLY MAGAZINE?!”

With a sigh Ishmael gave up on trying to argue with her.

Don, still angry that nobody was listening to her arguments, reached out to her partner for help.

“Y/N! I BESEECH THEE! AID ME IN THIS ARGUMENT SO THAT WE MAY ENLIGHTEN THESE FOOLS!”

Despite your girlfriend being left to fend for herself in this argument you didn’t really care who was winning. The whole reason for this conversation was to have fun and kill some time. So why shouldn’t you have some fun in your own way.

“You’re cute when you’re angry.”

Don’s face while still red had completely changed expressions.

“‘T-twas not what I asked…” she said in a small voice.

“Oho~ Someone has a weak spot?” Rodya teased.

“N-nay… I hath simply lost the will to continue this battle…”

In a complete reversal of the moments before Don was now avoiding eye contact and stammering through her words. She sat down next to you and clung to your arm as if you were going to shield her from the looks the other sinners were now giving her.

“I am NOT cute.” she said in a voice only loud enough for you to hear.

“Yes you are. You are an adorable, noble and brave fixer of great deeds and short stature.”

Don looked up at you with starry eyes and an expression like she was about to cry from happiness.

“Truly?” 

“Truly.”

Flames engulfed all the buildings in the village. Everyone was being nailed down by the Inquisition. But amidst all the chaos you couldn’t find your girlfriend. You tried calling out but didn’t get any response.

You walked through the streets ignoring all the pleas for help, chatter of inquisitors and sounds of violence until you heard it.

SHUNK

It was her.

SHIIK

You found her sitting on top of one of the dead villagers.

SHUNK

She kept slowly pulling a nail out of its corpse.

SHIIK

And then violently stabbing down again.

SHUNK

Sometimes she got like this. Too blinded by her hatred of the heretics to think about anything else. Sweaty and out of breath she could only be snapped out of it by you.

“Come on, that’s enough purging for today.” you put your arms under hers and lifted her off the corpse.

She had other plans however, tearing herself from your grip and stomping on the corpse until its head was crushed. Still the same wrathful look in her eyes focused solely on the heretic.

Seeing the physical approach didn’t work you tried something else.

“You’re cute when you’re angry.”

That got her attention. She turned to you with a blank expression before giggling to herself.

“Oh you~.” she gave you a playful shove, leaving a bloody handprint on your uniform.

You pulled her closer by the waist and she hung her arms around your neck.

“Don’t you think it’s time we took a little break and spent some quality time together.” you asked her.

“Hmm… purging does always get me a bit… excited.” her thighs squeezing around one of yours.

“whistle Guidoo!~”

The armor clad man turned his expressionless gaze to her.

“I’m going back to camp to rest. I trust you can oversee the cleanup.”

He answered with only a silent nod.

“Great!”

Holding your hand and leading you with a spring in her step Kromer knew just how she was going to finish this night.

[uponawhitehorse13]

Limbus men with S/O on period

“Well what do ya want me to do about it?”

Heathcliff isn’t trying to be rude or dismissive, his question is genuine. He doesn’t really know what to do in this situation. Catherine was always secretive whenever she wasn’t feeling well and the same was true when she was on her period. Nelly never helped him get a better understanding either since she just kept repeating that “it’s unladylike to talk about such things”.

He’s completely ready to do whatever you need. You need sweets or snacks? He’s ready to even break into Charon’s stash. Need period products? He’s the first person off the bus at the next stop. Want to yell at him or beat him up? He’s taking it all without complaint.

“A burden shared is a burden halved.”

Yi Sang can’t fully understand your pain but he can understand your feelings. He will bring you anything you need but his main concern is not letting you be alone. Always staying nearby. He won’t speak if you don’t want him to and he’ll leave you alone if you ask but if you don’t he’ll always be close. 

He really just hates ignoring the situation. It reminds of his past when he would just wait and do nothing. He remembers when Dongbaek would have her periods and get irritable while he just went on with his day. He doesn’t want to give you the same treatment.

“Oh… I’m sorry?”

Sinclair doesn’t really know what to do. Outside of his pretty basic education on menstruation he hasn’t really had encounters with it. He never saw any period products since he had his own bathroom and he’s pretty sure his mother and sister stopped having periods altogether after their procedures. Kromer also never mentioned anything outside of letting him know when she was ovulating.

So he’s pretty much lost on what to do. He’ll most likely ask Faust what he can do since all the other options are too embarrassing. He will do anything he’s told but he keeps looking at you with this very apologetic face almost like it’s his fault you’re in pain.

“Hmm… I’ll ask Miss Faust if she has any painkillers.”

Gregor doesn’t have experience with periods. All the women he met in the army stopped having them after their procedure. What he does have experience with however is dealing with pain. If he can’t get you something for the pain from Faust he will give you some from his personal stash. He also has cigarettes if you smoke.

He’ll bring you whatever you want to your room but he’ll never stay with you unless you explicitly ask him to. He thinks he bothers you with his presence despite a complete lack of evidence.

“Your period should start in approximately 7 days.”

Meursault notifies of your period before it even starts. He had tracked and calculated your menstrual cycle as precisely as he could. He has also asked Vergilius for the route towards your next destination and compiled a list of all the products available at the stops you’ll be making so that he can get you anything you need.

He is also willing to make space in his schedule for any activities you wish to partake in for comfort. He also offers to take over any of your work while you are absent. If there are any punishments for your absence he takes those over too.

“Oh, I know just the thing.”

Hong Lu has had to help out in situations like these with Xichun so he knows exactly what to do. At the first stop he’s off the bus and getting things for you. What kind of menstrual products do you use? Doesn’t matter he’s getting one of each. Snacks? Also going all out. The entire bus ends up having a party due to his overspending.

No matter your mood his attitude doesn’t change. He will stay positive no matter what’s thrown at him. You could be yelling at him and he would just continue carrying you into the bath he prepared for you.

[uponawhitehorse13]

Jealous Ishmael

Author's note: Prompt stolen from @the-quiet-of-the-snow's inbox because I am evil.

This sucked.

Ishmael was slouched over in her seat with her arms crossed glaring at you as you laughed at one of Gregor’s stories about some boot camp shenanigans. It’s always like this. Dante never has you two working together because you “don’t synergise” or whatever that means and then when there is free time someone else always has some dumb thing for you to waste your time on. She was your girlfriend, why couldn’t you make time for her? Always some stupid excuse, always someone getting in the way, alway-.

“Ishy~” Rodya’s coo snapped her out of her internal rant.

“What?” she grumbled.

“Jealousy looks ugly on you.”

“WHAT?” she repeats, clearly offended.

“Come on, even Sinclair can tell.”

“H-Hey! I never said that… exactly…”

“I’m NOT jealous. I just… think a girlfriend deserves a bit more time. That’s all.”

“You could tell them that.” Rodya added bluntly.

“No, that’s not the point, it's…”

“L.C.B.S.B.L.”

“She says “Lacking Communication Breeds Strife Between Lovers.”.” Sinclair translated.

“Don’t call us lovers!”

“Oh!~ So Y/N is free game?” teased Rodya.

Ishmael turned to her with a deadly glare.

“If you even think of trying any funny business I will personally make sure every last bit of your body ends up in a concept incinerator.”

“See, you ARE jealous.”

Ishmael pinched the bridge of her nose, then she scowled at Rodya with gritted teeth and made a gesture like she was going to choke her. Then she buried her face in her hands. Then she lowered her hands to her sides and looked blankly at the ceiling.

You feel a grip on your forearm.

“Come to my room.”

Before anyone can say something you’re dragged through the back door and a loud slam punctuates your disappearance.

“Bloody hell! Good job Rodya, she looked like she was going to explode if she just kept sitting there.” Heathcliff broke the silence after your sudden exit.

“<Well I guess it’s fine for them to go to their rooms early if they’re having issues.>”

“Dante…” a single word from the guide made everyone freeze.

***

Finally alone with you Ishmael wasn’t sure what to do next. All her angry confidence disappeared as soon as she shut her door. 

“What did you need?”  you ask casually.

Ishmael slowly turned to you. She couldn’t make eye contact and played nervously with her hands.

“Do you hate me?”

“Huh?”

You were genuinely confused.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s just… you never want to spend time with me, and I don’t know if it’s because you’re tired or if you like the others better or if you were just being nice and you don’t actually like me or-”

“Ishy. I’m sorry, you never asked for my time and I’ve been busy but I should have noticed.”

Now Ishmael was even more embarrassed. You were sure if you could see them behind her hair her ears would be burning red like her cheeks.

“No, no you’re right it’s my fault.” she admitted. 

“Well what did you have in mind now that I’m here?”

“Crap.” she thought to herself. She was too caught up thinking about what you were doing without her that she didn't consider what she wanted to do with you.

“I… It’s fine, you can just leave. I’m sorry, I was just being stupid.” If you did hate her she sure deserved it.

Noticing her lack of a plan you gave her a suggestion.

“Why don’t you sit down there.” you pointed to the corner of her bed.

She sat down and you sat down behind her. You put her hair over your lap and took the brush she always keeps on her nightstand. You began to brush the huge orange beast making sure to untangle it without hurting her.

Ishmael slowly relaxed. She wanted to say a lot of things. To apologize, to bash herself for being stupid, to thank you for treating her like this even if she didn’t think she deserved it. But she decided not to. You weren’t bringing anything up either. Your focus dedicated solely to making her feel better. All that was left for her to do is enjoy the silence.