I don't think I can ever put into words how much I just appreciate Mammon as a character
"Jerk with a heart of gold" is a trope that has been used over and over again, and while I usually like it well enough, OM! does it so well
They make it believable with Mammon and contextually they give us reasons to why he is the way he is.
And they don't drag out the illusion of the "Jerk" as along as I've seen other stories do. In around Lesson 4 they immediately start dismantling the "asshole" first impressions we made between Lesson 1 to 3 while still keeping Mammon as someone who is just naturally kind of a jackass
Also with the "Jerk with a heart of gold" trope the characters it involves tend to have this sort of uber "masculinity" where they keep things to themselves and don't talk about emotions or get emotional, they tend to be pessimistic and/or stoic, they don't ask for help etc
Mammon on the other hand is probably the most emotionally intelligent of his brothers and on multiple times he's been shown to be able to talk others down from spiralling negative thoughts, he's very emotional and wears his heart on his sleeve, MC describes him as "genuine and innocent", he's optimistic and bright and happy, he cries very easily and he doesn't keep secrets from MC, and he believes people should just ask for help when they're in trouble instead of bottling it up
He's not rough & tough and emotionally unavailable with his love interest either. He's very overt about how much he cares for them (whether he means to be or not), he goes out of his way to do nice things for them, he seems to care more about consent than even MC does. He's an extremely loving & caring partner while still maintaining the ability to be a little shit towards MC and tease 'em & give them hell
Mammon is still very much a jerk - like there's no doubt about it - he's just naturally someone who has fun by messing with others but he's not a jerk like everyone else is
Mammon's just a breath of fresh air to the trope and I love him for it
Dr Seuss style horror by DrFaustusAU
what’s the point of the “aro and ace ppl aren’t oppressed!!” card to exclude us?
like first of all, aros and aces ARE oppressed in such an amatonormative world, but even if we weren’t, isn’t it the biggest goal of the lgbtq+ community to not be oppressed one day? we want a world where gay and lesbian people are no longer oppressed, which is a great thing, but when that happens, are we suddenly going to drop them from the community just because they “aren’t oppressed anymore”?
since when has oppression played a part in whether or not someone is queer?? trans women tend to get more shit than trans men even though both are severely oppressed, so are the former somehow more queer than the latter? last time i checked, the answer was, and still is, no...
if you aren’t allocishet, then you can consider yourself a member of the lgbtq+ community; not because of the oppression you face, but because you deviate from the allonormative, amatonormative, monormative, cisnormative, or heteronormative structures of society. period
written by rubysilk98 | krisho | 54,049 | not rated
Yifan has always been fascinated by parallel universe. But what happens when one day he wakes up in someone else’s body? The scariest part wasn’t that ‘this’ person resembles him. In fact, it is when he found an abused man who happens to wear the exact silver band as his on his ring finger.
warning(s): mentions of domestic abuse and violence
pisces’s take: A
(please do heed the warning above. domestic violence, although not the main focus of the fic, is an elephant in the room throughout the whole fic.)
this took… a turn that i was not expecting, but it was wonderful. i think it’s wonderful that they got their happy ending in the end, despite how they met (despite the history that they share, whatever ‘history’ it holds, at least for Yifan.) and Tao!!!! my lil bub, lil baby, lil troublemaker, i hope he takes care of his fish hahahahaha
As for Kris? well. i hope one day he finds it in himself to forgive the world, because it can’t be healthy for him to be holding such a grudge for the rest of his life.
I'm a little late today ^^ I had an internal argument about the character
Well, I decided to go with Barbatos from Obey me! A yandere Barbatos x Reader, basically
Horrortober Challenge by @yandere-sins and @pastelbirb
Tw: implied stalking; kidnapping
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➤ Day 16: Spell “It’s like you put a spell on me.” | Make your drawing magical!
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He was so … polite when you first met him.
He visited the café you worked at with two other men and had asked for the person who had made the cake. You were about to leave when your colleague came to find you and told you all about the customer. When you went to the front and introduced yourself as the person responsible for all the cakes and other sweets that were sold he showered you with compliments.
Introducing himself as Barbatos, he asked you about the cake and later about your job in particular. You told him that you were a confectioner and all you could about the cake - except for the details you had changed in the recipe. It would still come out well if he wanted to make one himself just not exactly like yours.
He was very nice and easy to talk to but it didn’t escape your notice that his two friends were watching with great interest as he kept on talking to you. “Never thought he could be such a chatterbox,” the raven haired one quietly said to the redhead. So, it seemed he was normally more quiet.
It didn’t matter much to you, after all, you’ll probably never talk to him again. Still, it was a nice conversation so a smile came naturally to your face and you stayed quite a bit longer than normal.
Life went on like usual after that day until one day your colleague asked you to come up front again. To your great surprise you were greeted by Barbatos once more.
“I tried to bake your cake. It came out great but … not exactly like yours,” he admitted kinda sheepishly. It was actually really cute. “Yeah, that’s just because I don’t make it exactly like the original recipe wants you to, but if I told my little secret to our customers then who’d come here to buy anything?” “Ah, I understand.” He smiled sweetly and you happily smiled at him in return. He really was a nice guy, even though you didn’t know much about him.
The next time you met him was by chance. You were on vacation and just strolled through town a little looking at the window displays of the shops when you felt a tap on your shoulder. Needless to say that you were quite surprised to see him standing behind you as you turned but you soon had forgotten about that as he engaged you in a lively conversation. He was so easy to talk to and pretty soon you found yourself on a bench in the quiet part of the park talking to him.
Nothing special. At first you had talked about the day - what you were doing and that kinda stuff - and then a little more about cakes. Then the topic shifted a little to be about what he was doing - seemed he was some kind of butler.
“It was really cute seeing you the other day. You were on the playground with a little child.” “Well, yes. I was looking after my nephew.” That was weird. You were sure there were no other people around that day. Barbatos seemed to catch on to your sudden discomfort and changed the topic.
“You know, it is really bewitching.” “Bewitching? What is?” That sudden remark caused you to smile a little in confusion. He smiled back at you. “Your smile is. It’s like you put a spell on me.” Your expression went blank and you shifted in your seat causing him to raise a brow in question. It wasn’t even two months ago when you broke up with your last partner in a very unpleasant way, so you didn’t really like the way this conversation was going.
“It was really nice meeting you again, Barbatos. I gotta go now.” As abruptly as you stood up you didn’t notice his expression changing. What you did notice was when he caught your wrist to stop you from leaving. “I’m sorry Barbatos but I really have to go now.” When he looked up at you he had a polite smile on his face that didn’t give away his real emotions. “It’s so nice hearing you say my name.” Startled, you looked at him. He was right. It was the first time you had actually used his name. “Could … could you let go of me now?” “Can you say it again?” His expression remained unreadable. “Barbatos” you said, pulling your arm to remind him of your request but he didn’t let go.
“You know, I wanted to be patient but coming here isn’t that easy for me and I can’t leave my Lord Diavolo all to himself over a prolonged period of time …” He seemed to think about something while you stared at him confused. What was he even talking about?
“Yes,” he finally said “I think it’s best if I just take you with me. Then you can just show me how you’ve changed the recipe of your cakes.”
You stared at him in confusion that soon turned to pure horror when his appearance changed in front of you: Somehow he suddenly had strange bone like wings attached to his head but what caught your attention more was the split tail loosely wrapping around your waist.
Terrified you tried to get out of his grib yet even though he wasn’t holding you with much force you couldn’t get his hand to open no matter what you did. Barbatos continued to smile at you and even tried to calm you down a little but you didn’t want to be calmed down. Breathing way too fast you still tried to get your hand out of his hold until you felt too dizzy to continue your struggle. Barbatos easily caught you once your legs gave way.
“Don’t worry, (y/n). You’ll like it.” That was the last you heard before you blacked out.
He was so polite when you first met him.
How could you have been so wrong?
Krisho + Suyeol fic
Not all fairy tales are as they seem.
One of the kingdom’s knight, Park Chanyeol, was given the task of rescuing the Kim Kingdom’s prince from the abandoned castle that lied beyond the walls of the kingdom, in the wilderness. Upon the prince’s eighth birthday, a black dragon had stolen the prince away, taking him to the dragon’s castle and dared any knight that was brave enough to try and rescue him. Throughout the last twelve years, each knight that ventured off to try and rescue Prince Junmyeon was roasted by the dragon.
Prince Junmyeon’s step-mother has tried throughout the years to rescue her step-son, for him to take reign over the kingdom after her late husband’s death. All attempts have been in vain.
Chanyeol fears that he might die in the adventure as well but is determined to try and save the prince. But once he steps foot into the abandoned castle, he learns that the prince isn’t being held against his own will. The black dragon is his protection, and his lover.
arknights factions in 2025 due to woke:
PRONOUN logistics
rhine LESBIANS
PENIS sylvestrius
LIBERAL guard department
abyssal hunters
ursus student self TRANSITIONING group
glasGAY
Q.U.E.E.R.
chiave’s POLYCULE
WOKES island