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i feel like their journeys and character arcs change drastically depending on who the traveller is. Lumine as a reserved girl who becomes a villain? Stereotypical. Lumine as a reserved girl who has a coming of age arc underscored by grief and loss and insecurity? amazing Also if Aether is the abyss sibling then it's like, wtf happened for the sunshine guy who cares so much about his sister to become so cold? He talked SO MUCH in that dream flashback and when he meets his sister again, he says like 2 sentences?? Maybe it's the passage of time or whatever but the extreme change in his character creates so much interest
I love Aether as the traveler and Lumine as the Abyss princess I think that makes a lot of sense and is really fitting for the story. Plus abyss Lumine is hot af đ«¶
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I much prefer Lumine as the traveler and Aether as the abyss prince. Iâm probably biased as I picked Lumine but I just find it really interesting. Itâs a bit generic having the sunshine boy the good guy and the cold mean girl the bad. If you reverse it and make it the sunshine boy turned bad and the cold mean girl forced to be the hero, it becomes a much more compelling story.
Just imagine, the man whoâs too kind for his own good, always helping people, friendly and social, has gone through that much trauma and pain that he wants to get revenge on the very people he once stood for. On the brink of insanity from all of the hatred he feels.
Now imagine Lumine. Cold, distant, calculating. Someone whoâs never been in the hero role before and has suddenly just been thrust into it out of nowhere. Sheâs in her brothers place. This is a scenario her brother would thrive in. Not her. To make matters worse, she still has absolutely no idea where he is. She doesnât know what to do. Sheâs absolutely trapped.
She has to learn to adapt over time. Learn more empathy. Be able to make friends more. Feel like she can truly trust people. Itâs a learning curve for both of them. Lumine learning that she can trust people other than her brother, Aether learning that he can trust a lot less people than he originally thought.
Though, with everyone new Lumine meets she becomes more and more agitated and even more angry over time. She wants her brother. She doesnât want to save nations. She doesnât want to save people.
Her and Aether are two halves of one whole. They are what the other isnât. They canât cope properly without each other. All she wants is him. Imagine her desperation when she learns heâs missing. Her frustration and anger as no one properly helping her or taking her seriously. Knowing heâs alive but where the hell could he be!? Her utter relief and joy when seeing him again. Thinking they are going to go back home.
Now imagine her distraught when that same brother chooses the abyss over her.
crack au where Kim Dokja finds an abandoned toddler/smol child by the garbage and takes her(?) in (itâs biyoo). Years later, he finds a handsome man lying passed out on top of the garbage and, against his better rationality, also brings him home (itâs Yoo Joonghyuk). yes itâs crack because while finding passed out pretty boys in sketchy areas is a very real cliche, deciding to take home a stranger is b o l d.
Idk if/how this will be extended but when I played through Rafayel's Your Fragrance card, I near-instantly imagined being Ranwan so here's a written snippet ! Aka, MR's obession with haitang -- âShizun,â Mo Ran murmurs, running his nose along the line of Chu Wanningâs wrist. He inhales, his lips brushing lightly against the skin, and voices a name on the exhale, the syllables layered in honey. âChu Wanning.â
ââŠ.! Mo Ran!â Chu Wanning instinctively pulls his arm back, but the attempt is weak in his surprise and Mo Ran tightens his grip enough to almost be painful.
Despite the grip, Mo Ran huffs a sheepish laugh. âSorry, Shizun.â He presses his mouth to Chu Wanningâs wrist in a long, lingering kiss. When he pulls away, he presses his cheek against Chu Wanningâs palm. âYou just smell soâŠâ he sighs, licking his lips and looking through half-lidded eyes. ââŠSweet.â
His eyes fall to Chu Wanningâs neck and his smile is like syrup, sugary slow. He drifts closer as though unconsciously, stretching his hand outwards. Chu Wanning watches it with wide eyes, unable to understand whatâs going on. Mo Ranâs hand is hot against his skin, firm as he tugs Chu Wanning closer, ticklish as he rubs his fingers against the nape. âBaobei,â Mo Ran calls, hushed. Chu Wanning can feel Mo Ranâs breath against his neck, the soft sound of an inhale, a slight brush of pressure fromâ fromâ!
Chu Wanningâs instincts kick in and he moves without thinking, hitting Mo Ranâs pressure point in a swift and clinical palm strike. Neither of them expect it. Mo Ran is unconscious before he realizes it, and Chu Wanning is left to stumble with the entirety of Mo Ranâs deadweight.
Inteyvats, a soft flower that turns to figurative stone when itâs taken away from its homeland, and can only rest once itâs returned home.Â
When she returns home, will she also turn to dust? It feelsâŠpeaceful. Even the thought of it. To be with Aether again, to have her name called, to rest in familiar warmth and simply be done. Dust, turning and glowing under rays of sun. Home.
But does âhomeâ still exist? She has done so much. She has killed and massacred and tortured and played a role in the end of civilizations. Five hundred years is a long, long time. What will be at the end of the road for her? A field of blooming flowers, like the ones they have always wanted to see, and a gentle rest amidst soft petals? Or is it the feel of metal through her chest, a cold rejection and sharp shards and a brutal shattering once she can no longer hold herself together?
Some nights, she wonders where Aether is, and if he can come back to her. Some nights, she thinks of his face and canât sleep anymore, for fear of what expression he may have. Home. Stone. Dust.
She canât allow herself to shatter just yet, no matter how much she may want to.
This has been living in my head rent free since I saw it two days ago and now I'm like Cousin AU, where Toichi still died but whatever happened between the brothers didn't happen (idk if anything actually happened, I can't watch the movie until it's off theaters TvT) so the cousins knew each other and are pretty close. Dunno why Yusaku didn't look into his death (maybe decided it'd be better for it to go unsolved/lied about, which has def happened in canon before and Shinichi did it too in the whole plastic surgery case) But young!Shinichi is like no!! i swear something is up and I will prove it + I will protect my friend/cousin >:( and they work together from the start Introducing the progressive shounen-action-ification of the DetCo series xDD first we get explosions, now we get power creeping!! Don't know if it's been confirmed or denied canonically if Snake is part of the B.O. but if he is that would honestly be hilarious. Part 1: the entirety of Magic Kaito 1412, including the multitude of other thieves. So. Many. Thieves. (not that I'm complaining) Part 2: You've defeated the theives, now you're up against Snake's organization!! Mystery focus potential, but also explosion potential Part 3: You've defeated Snake's organization, but that was merely an introduction into the Black Organization (Shinichi may or may not get shrunk, I haven't decided). Insert ominous foreshadowing and a single clue that spirals Part 4: Some level of B.O. shenanigans, and then a strange woman becomes Ran's English teacher! (Jodie) Part however-long-this-series-will-go-on: the entire world gets involved with the pair at the center of it and somehow the B.O. still hasn't been handled. Vermouth dynamics with Kaito and Shinichi would be SO much fun (would Kaito also get a nickname or would he be brushed off LOL) What's Yusaku doing in all this???? Avoiding his editors, probably. Bonus: The Kudo mansion with a secret room AND an aviary. Just make it Hogwarts at some point. Bonus 2: Agasa and Jii interactions!!! Which I swear has been hinted at in canon that Agasa is the friend and has (unknowingly) helped with KID gadgets. Bonus 3: Agasa actively working with KID on gadgetry would be off. the. rails. Chaos squared.
Okay okay I know the shippers are grieving KaiShin right now BUT
May I offer you platonic/familial KaiShin?
Just think. They may not know it in canon yet, but Shinichi is technically Kaito's only relative who hasn't fucked off and abandoned him
Like at this point Shinichi/Conan probably gives more shits about Kaito/KID than both of Kaito's parents
Imagine the fanfic potential
Them finding out they're related
Kaito half glad and half weirded out that he has another relative who's actually here
Shinichi being baffled at Kaito's fucked family situation
Maybe even Shinichi going off on his dad for seemingly letting Toichi's son believe he's dead
Maybe even Kaito going off on his dad for, well, everything at this point
The drama
Imagine
Ohh, so I was looking at my storage and found these! I originally shared them on twitter before yeeting the platform. Anyway, feel free to use! Art memes for your oc :D
It fits so well and I find that absolutely hilarious in the best way??
New kid Adrien, who is good looking and smart but isnât sure how to fit in and feels awkward + doesnât really make any close friends anytime soon
Delinquent Marinette, who everyone avoids like the plague. Sheâs always asleep during class (sleep deprived) and doesnât really respond when people approach her
The seat heâs assigned is the one next to her :) is this wattpad or shoujo cliche? I no longer know
they start interacting more one way or another, via circumstance (because Adrien wouldnât persistently approach someone whoâs made it clear theyâre not comfy with that). Maybe itâs a group project. Maybe heâs told to be her tutor because sheâs failing physics. Maybe she saves him from bullies (unlikely; who would bully Adrien??) and heâs trying to thank her. Maybe itâs because theyâre seatmates
regardless, their quiet acquaintanceship becomes a tense friendship. How close of friends they are can honestly vary pretty wildly!
and then marinette stands up for Adrien in front of his father, and Adrien falls. *hard.* he had a good impression of her before due to friendship, but in one fell swoop it went from platonic attraction to romantic
either marinette liked him pretty early on, or she falls very slowly as he started to pursue her! Personally I prefer the latter since demi representation is pretty rare, but either is cute
this process takes place over the course of multiple months :)
Thatâs the basics but additional possible fun details are
Adrien using shoujo anime as a reference for how to flirt
marinette has zero immunity so sheâs confused and embarrassed but itâs working??
night time ride on her scooter! Adrien has so much fun
all the cliches of âstoic to everyone else but smiles when they see their loved one (Adrien).â Marinette is naturally affectionate so the gap between how she treats everyone else versus her friends is huge.
the whole standard process of mc seeing bad boy as âdelinquent to be careful ofâ to a âsweet, kind person whoâs kind of adorable at timesâ
maybe marinette hijacks one of the parties because Adrien told her he was tired/bored/not feeling well, and she kidnaps him (with his consent)
marinette doing his nails/eyeliner/other
its technically the sunshine x ice prince ship pairing with sunshine Adrien and ice princess Marinette >v< and then it becomes sunshine x sunshine when she becomes more comfortable
also marinette is def wary of Adrien from the start because sheâs not used to people being friendly + his friendship with Chloe
wholesome study + gaming hangouts!
standard cliche of whenever marinette looks cool for any reason whatsoever, Adrien has to take a minute to reboot
both of them learning how to navigate their first relationship
adrien is the one who confesses + convinces because marinette is scared of losing one of her rare friendships (maybe some trial dates?)
This year, I'm participating in the @kaishinbigbang! Shoutout to the lovely admin of the big bang for hosting and please look forward to the partnered artwork by @la-pulga-rancia <3
is so cute!!! Weâre fed so well??? Itâs also so nice seeing how theyâd look like as adults and also how sasamiya meeting each other kind of changed their trajectory. Also in this AU they remember each other even after a decade???
author-sama knows the audience so well TvT I was seriously fangirling so hard at so many of the scenes and Iâm glad that it didnât end with them being together because sasamiya is a slowburn and thatâs one of the things I love about them
Also love this cause of the pining!! I have such a soft spot for insecure characters and Iâve read way so many where the one who falls first has liked the other for AGES without expecting anything back so itâs super cute to see their affection be reciprocated, and usually so obviously! The emotional payoff is *insane*, both for the pining character to âunexpectedlyâ get what theyâve longed for, and on the readers part because someone wholesomely going up in flames because of their affection is incredibly fun to watch
(add in the Y always flirts but gets super flustered when X does something cute and I am figuratively dying. These roles are interchangeable tbh)
I think people misunderstand "x fell first, y fell harder " trope because it's not about like the one who fell harder loves the other person harder. It's just that the one who fell first falls in a graceful way, one step at the time, maybe gradually over a span of time. The one who fell harder smashes trough the air, there's blood everywhere, everything is fine-
Okay but Skip Beat will live on in my memory as being one of the first major pining stories ive ever read and theres SO much tension (that arc where Ren was acting as Cain...) They're not one of my active ships but Ren and Kyoko have my whole heart and soul and yes the series is ongoing and yes it started in 2002. .....my plot memory is insane why are half of my major investments over a decade old ongoing?? (GSNK, OnS, DetCo, ToG, probs more)
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