tags: fluff, established relationship, movie night
wc: 563
Movie nights with Valko are your favorite. Snuggling on the couch, holding him close never fails to bring you comfort. You rest your head on his chest, listening to the subtle thumping of his heart. His tail wraps around your waist, brushing your thigh.
"This one? Hmmm. You in the mood for sci-fi?" You hold up the remote, searching through genres to find something that might work.
"Nah. Seen too many of those recently."
"Horror?"
"What about a romcom?" He sighs, stretching out on your couch and resting his hands behind his head.
"What about Twilight?" He smirks, clearly trying to rile you up.
"Val! We are not watching Twilight." You laugh.
"You’re the one always comparing me to Jacob."
For some reason, the TV just isn't responding, so you press down harder on the button. You angle the remote, as if that would somehow improve the connection. Unfortunately, the smooth plastic slides out of your grip. It clatters to the floor, the battery cover popping off.
"Shit. Valko can-"
"Got it!" Valko practically dives towards the remote, grabbing the device.
"Thanks…"
"No problem!" He gives you a fanged smile.
That's weird. He seems almost… Happy? Proud? Excited? That's the word. He seems strangely excited to retrieve the remote for you. You didn't notice it at first, but now that you think about it, it's something he's done since you met.
Just last week, you dropped your pencil while you looked over reports from the Association. Before you even registered that you had dropped it, Valko handed it back to you.
Yesterday, you accidentally knocked your phone off the counter while cooking. Valko was there to pick it up.
This morning, the toothpaste tube slipped out of your hands when you were brushing your teeth. He literally ran from the other room just to help you.
Then it clicked.
"Valko," You sigh, staring him dead in the eyes. "Are you… playing fetch with me?"
"No! I'm-" His voice cracks, coming out a few octaves too high.
"Ahem." He clears his throat, his voice returning to its usual baritone. "No. What do you mean? Tch. Playing fetch. I'm not a stupid dog." He insists.
"Right…" You give him a side eye, but resume the movie search regardless.
You hand him the remote, letting him find what to watch while a plan brews in your mind. There's no way you’re letting this slide without teasing him. It's just too good an opportunity to pass up. Spotting the bag of snacks perched on the table, you reach over and grab it, letting the bag slowly fall from your hand. It lands on the ground with a crackle.
Like a sleeper agent, Valko's eyes lock onto the package. His eyes narrow, like he's stalking prey. The wolf hybrid lunges, snatching it up from the floor. Valko then places it in your lap with a gentleness that belies the urgency with which he grabbed the bag of snacks.
"Valko."
"What?"
You snicker and toss the bag across the room.
"Valko, fetch!"
He bolts up from the couch, scoops up the chips and returns it to your outstretched hands.
"Oh. No, no, you did not!" Valko's face drops as he processes what in the world just happened. Red blooms across his face and his ears twitch in anger as embarrassment sets in.
"Stupid wolf instincts." He mutters. “Stupid human."
an: I am genuinely devastated at the loss of such a wonderful character and am angry at the way infold has handled the situation. so I wrote something lighthearted for those who need it rn
also apologies if anything doesn’t make sense or is grammatically incorrect it’s 2 am rn for me and I am tired… g’night guys I sleep now ꜀( ꜆-ࡇ-)꜆ ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁
NO no no! We have to log in!! Infold is currently moving their IPO to taiwan maybe, and logging in is what they need right now!
HHHH ANON THERES JUST SO MANY RUMORS IDFK WHAT TO BELIEVE. whered u see this ???!?! i know mihoyo did the same to escape the same issues but i dont know ...
i hope it's okay to say this but i really request to those who haven't yet stopped playing to stop and dom't login until he gets added back, it may be tough but i do think it is necessary, playing game, doing dailies marks attendance on app and it translate to being okay with their decision please join in, what if next time something happens and they do something we as players don't like? losing diamonds or free stuff hurts less than losing valko or even this whole idk debate? treatment of global fans idk. i just :( idk it's okay if anyone reading this cannot do it but it would help a lot if majority isn't playing anymore sorry for sending this in case it seems spammy
!!!!!! I AGREE
boycott infold. unfollow them on social media, bomb their game with 1 star reviews, do NOT log in to get those pulls! it's not worth it for how they've treated their playerbase, both cn and global !!
valko pays for your claws nails so you'll scratch tf out of his back!
content: fem reader, scratching, blood from scratching, sex, piv, mating press, not proofread
wc: 860
a/n: there is no war in ba sing se. there is no valko cancellation. forget about him being nuked and read this.
your hands smooth over the muscular expanse of valko’s back, dull nails tracing the dips and curves. he shivers and pushes back into your fingers, purring slightly. he shuffles food around in the popping skillet, looking at you over his shoulder.
“i like your back.” you mumble and pepper kisses against it.
valko smirks and steps back, crowding you. “it’s looking a little bare, don’t you think?”
“mmm? looks fine to me.”
“it would look better than fine if someone marked it up.” he turns the skillet off and turns to face you, grabbing your hands and maneuvering them into a clawing gesture.
valko chuckles and ‘grrs’ for you, pretending like you’re some vicious predator.
you raise an eyebrow and look at your short nails. “won’t that hurt?”
he holds your nails in his palms and presses on the edge of them, feeling for the sharpness. “sweetheart, these wouldn’t even hurt a pup. you remember i’m a werewolf, riiight?” he smiles. “i’ve been scratched by newborns with longer claws.”
you hum and consider it. “well… even if i did want to scratch you, my nails would break before they got long enough.”
valko pats the tops of your hands and lets them go, going back to cooking. “i’ll pay for you to get acrylics. any shape, length, color you want- you could even get a design.”
“are you sure?” you ask skeptically. despite knowing that your boyfriend was rich rich, you still felt bad spending his money.
the very next day, you had long stiletto nails in a deep plum color.
valko was ecstatic when he saw them, but paused when he examined them further. you’d gotten his initials painted on your ring fingers- a suggestion from the nail artist. you’d been worried it was too much… what if valko didn’t like it?
…valko liked it. probably a little too much, considering how he was fucking you so deep into the memory foam mattress that you were sure your indentation would be there for years to come.
“nnghhhh!! ‘ko- shit!” you breathed out, gasping for air as his thick cock drilled against your cervix.
your nails pressed dully into his skin, not quite scratching or piercing the skin.
valko groaned and moved forward, pressing your knees fully beside your head into a deep mating press. “scratch me. dig your nails in- hmmmm.” he whined out.
you pressed down harder, raking your nails down the expanse of his back and raising the skin in red streaks.
“yes- fuck, perfect. harder, dig in harder, i know you’re strong. show me how strong you are.” valko’s breath hitched and he let out a pleased moan when you followed his instructions.
you whined and babbled incoherently about how good he felt, how deep he was in you while your nails left scratches on his back in every direction.
you mindlessly clawed at his skin, searching desperately for something to hold onto and he fucked you harder than you’d ever felt.
“s’ good.. such a good mate, so accommodating, scratching the shit out of me.” valko praises, voice gruff in your ear.
“mmhmmm.” you whine. he switches his angle ever so slightly, hitting upward and bullying the spot deep inside you that makes your vision white out.
you screech and dig your nails into his back hard, hard enough to make him groan and stutter.
“fuck! cumming- cu- shit, holy shit.” valko moans out, collapsing on top of you as he fills you the condom full of his thick cum.
you’re both in a hazy sort of bliss that only sex can give for a handful of minutes after. you’re only brought out of it when valko stands to go get a warm towel for you and your eyes meet his back- your canvas.
you gasp and sit up weakly. "valko!”
valko turns, on high alert and scanning the room. “what- what? fuck, don’t scare me like that-”
“your back is bleeding!” you interrupt, crawling towards him on shaky limbs.
valko pauses and reaches to touch his back, looking at his bloody fingers. “oh.”
“i’m so sorry- oh my god, i’m evil, i’m terrible!” you ramble, tears brimming your eyes.
when you look up at valko, he’s… smiling?! ear to ear, at that! “what the hell is the matter with you?! i injured you!” you yell, tossing a pillow at him in frustration.
valko smiles and walks to the edge of the bed, cradling your cheek with his clean hand. “you marked me up, just like every good mate should. here, take a picture for me.” he grabs his phone from the nightstand and hands it to you, turning around.
you open the camera and snap a picture, trying not to drool over it. you’d marked him up good- he had red streaks in all directions, blood trickling from most of them. weirdly, the sight made a new wetness form between your legs.
valko looked at the picture cleared his throat, a flush rising on his cheek. something else rose, right beside your face, thick and leaking pre again.
since that day, your nails were always done and valko’s back was always painted ruby red.
a/n: no one be sad!!!! everyone be happy!! valko lives on, i promiseeee yall everything will be okay. do you really think mama rhi would let anything happen to our valko? no!!
anyway, i'm really sorry for the spam today. i'm at a loss for words. goodnight guys! hopefully we get some good news soon, stay strong & positive, don't let this game ruin you. i love u all <3<3
quarterly reminder that if i reblog something ai-generated it is 110% and always an accident and for the love of god please tell me so i can delete it from my blog
I’ve witnessed some genuinely confounding decisions that companies can make but this absolutely might be top three.
The fact that this also doesn’t address any of the actual problems players have been wanting resolutions for (QoL, combat, story) is insane work.
How hard could it have been to say: we hear your concerns and we botched his introduction by not giving players sufficient in-game plot ramp up for his character. In addition, here’s a roadmap for QoL and main story updates moving forward.
Like if they made SHC weekly, reset Abyssal Chaos or even Orbits, and pledged to update main story three times a year, I think that would’ve sufficed???
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send an email to [email protected] with either of these templates i compiled here
uninstall the game
unfollow all official lads accounts
leave one star reviews and comment about the situation
Due to the recent news of infold canceling Valko, I have created a petition to release Valko to Western Countries only. Please sign this because this is literally our only chance at saving him now. I beg you you to BE VOCAL so you can be seen. Our love for Valko matters!!!
disappointed is an understatement for the fact that a vocal minority of parasocial liars essentially throwing a week long tantrum is what’s finally stuck.
im extra disappointed from a game standpoint because i know there was going to be a lot of lore added and explained with his introduction bc of his position that we’re now missing out on, and the potential delays in already long awaited updates that re-workshopping this change will cause.
also just genuinely surprised because at the very least, from a business standpoint, all the sunken cost for him alone feels like it should’ve been the last resort for them to do this and not the first solution, since they’ll never make any money back on him now.
last but most important, not only are the players impacted here, but this widespread tantrum and attempt to strong arm a company over a game is having real life impacts on the writing team that was hired for Valko, all the voice actors and cosplayers and motion capture actors for him, and an entire design and animation team I’m sure. so yay, you nuked the real world just to get your fake world to be exactly as you want it …
And that's the part that's making me lose my fucking mind.
We lost an entire section of the MAIN STORY.
The livestream literally told us Valko's release was going to reveal more about the Aethercore—one of the biggest mysteries in Love and Deepspace and something that's been central to the plot from the very beginning.
So now what?
You think they can just delete him and nothing changes?
Do people genuinely think you can rip out an entire story arc without consequences?
Everything that was supposed to be revealed through Valko now has to be rewritten, redistributed, or outright cut. The main story is going to have to be retconned. Future updates are going to have to be reworked. Characters may have to be rewritten just to fill the gap he leaves.
If you're celebrating this because you "won," I sincerely hope you understand what you've actually cheered for.
hi anon (* ’ー’ )ノ it's hell, it's actual hell and bullshit.
personally, i wasn't really interested in valko but he slowly grew on me as more and more trailers released. i was mainly neutral, waiting for july 9th to see how he actually is in-game. i never expected opening twitter and seeing this unfold before my eyes. initially i thought it was a joke or some like.... fake account?? i was dead wrong. i get people being critical of love interests—hell, i don't like one either. but that doesn't mean i'll go out of my way to trash him publicly or demand he'd be deleted from the game. people have different tastes and we can co-exist. apparently i guess not lol
i feel so bad for the people behind valko, too. for people who have worked hard on him, the voice actors, official cosplayers, writers, designers, etc. all of that was wasted because people don't understand to simply not consume the media they don't personally enjoy. infold built up all this hype, all these advertisements for nothing. and yet, infold still undermines other issues that have been talked about countless of times. the pulls they offered are a nothingburger too... it's pointless. they could've simply released him later on, when they're done with the current missing content.
at the end of the day i'm just a xavier main so i'm relatively chill and in my own small corner. but i still feel bad for valko's fans, for my friends who were super excited for his release, for the people who came back to the game SPECIFICALLY for valko, for fellow blogs which have put out fics and created hype for him. honestly i don't really know what to do. i'm disappointed in infold. prob won't even get xavier's promise card either to be completely honest. i can't feed my money to this greed anymore, and i don't know if i still have the motivation to write for this game anymore. we'll see what happens. thank you for the ask && super sorry for ranting ;;
YOU. YOUR A CN GIRLIE ARENT YOU???? answer for your crimes
you’re* And yes I am also in the CN fandom but no I’m not answering for anything since I never opposed Valko, I just said I didn’t like him and wasn’t interested in writing for him.
It’s Infold’s fault if you really want to point a finger, not CN girls. They’re the greedy corporation who care more about generating revenue than the feelings of fans, or the international fandoms. We don’t even have good lighting for different skin tones right now. When Infold fixes that first, that might be the first step towards Infold caring about its global community rather than just the people who they can make the most money off.
everyone knew there was going to be a 6th li, there HAD to be. There's 6 stella's, the coming soon was still there, the writing WAS ON THE FUCKING WALL!!!! Like this literally just fucks up absolutely everything. I'm irritated as fuck.