i'm also obsessed with lloyd still thinking about javier's looks even when he's five seconds away from dying. he's so upset he's gonna die for javier's handsome ass. he's literally like "you better live a good long life after this you bastard. and i hope you lose your hair and get stinky feet" cause he thinks it's unfair javier will not only get to live but also continue on being unnaturally pretty.
he really said
obligatory de-aging fic where lloyd gets turned into a kid and there's two way this can go
1) pre finding out: javier is already resigning himself to take care of the little brat that bullied him when they were kids and is instead met with a fairly polite, a little mischievous but still kind of sweet kid who tells him he must have the wrong person because his name is suho but he's lost and doesn't know where his parents are and can javier please help him 🥺. cue javier's hidden freak out because what the fuck
2) post finding out: javier is very uncertain and kind of cautious because he doesn't know how fake lloyd was as a child and kind of worried about how he'll react to being in an unknown place where he doesn't know anyone. but the kid seems pretty ok with everything. actually he seems,,, worryingly ok with everything what the hell (it's nothing actually bad, suho just went through a stage where his parents had to leave him with different babysitters so they could go to work so he's used to new people taking care of him at times). but javier doesn't know that, he just knows that whatever place suho came from was horrible enough to turn this perfectly polite, sweet kid into,,, whatever lloyd is so he's fretting this is his tiny friend now nobody touch him >:c
unfair and unjust they didn't give me arcos very politely and very very apologetically explaining that he's really, really sorry but with all the pain in his heart he has to unfortunately refuse the marriage proposals for his son even though it pains him dearly. sounding soooo sorry about it the other families think it's not actually a "no you can't marry my son" but instead a "please try harder to marry my son". so they proceed to send their actual daughters to the frontera estate instead :) so there's a bunch of girls trying to marry lloyd :)) who he has to reject in person :))) because his dad was too polite while saying no to them in letter :))))
yes "the power of love lloyd is ugly yada yada" was funny but they skipped the "lloyd accidentally getting a harem because his dad was too awkward to say no" thing and i deserved to see that!!
actually i don't think we talk enough about the fact that the reason lloyd is so good at provoking and insulting people while being able to laugh off most insults is that he played a lot of online games when he was younger and the chat rooms in south korea were brutal
Sir Neumann: [is an asshole]
Lloyd: [about to destroy the man's pride and bones beyond repair] i'm gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
uncanny valley lloyd in which his soul doesn't quite fit in his body and everyone around him can feel it even if they can't quite pinpoint it. where his smile stretches a bit too far, his eyes widen just a bit too much, he is just a little too more. the tip of his fingers are always a little cold, he takes a little longer than normal to blink, sometimes he speaks and it almost sounds like there's two people talking at once. where sometimes lloyd wakes up and it takes a second too long for his body to react, where his heart slows down a little too much when he stays still for a moment too many and when he sleeps javier has to listen on his heartbeat because he goes a little too still
where his parents hug him over and over again and never quite understand why it feels like something is wrong until suho comes back in his own body and when they hug him they realize it's been a while since hugging lloyd felt like hugging someone alive
regarding the previous scenario
woman: you just don't get it. javier might be a super hot and serious and brave guy, but don't you think it's time for something different? lloyd is that something different. he is special. he is clever and like just an insane bastard with no popularity whatsoever but you don't get it. beneath that unpolished and unfiltered exterior (which is kinda hot btw ngl) he is SUCH a soft dude and all he deserves is love and appreciation. he is my poor little meow meow.
(this was painful to write)
she's fighting for her life in the chat trying to defend her taste on men
her: *gesturing to lloyd going absolutely feral on someone who tried to cheat him out of money* thoughts??
javier: and prayers girl i don't know what you want :/
alternatively she keeps pressing javier to tell her more about lloyd because she's too shy to ask him directly and javier keeps trying to tell her how fucking annoying lloyd is but she somehow keeps twisting his words into making lloyd look good
javier: - also he never listens when i say something's dangerous and he keeps putting his life in danger instead of asking any of us for help-
her: *gasp* oh my god he's so brave! he'd rather risk himself than put you in danger!
javier: nO HE'S JUST DUMB >:((
Lloyd is just completely oblivious to both the flirting and the death stares both Javier and the lady send each other.
I just imagine it like-
Lloyd:*working on a larger storehouse*
Lady:*staring at Lloyd with minor (dis) respect*
Javier:*silent, but noticable judgement towards the lady*
Lady, noticing the Look™: Don't you judge me.
Javier:…him, of all people-
Lady:SHUT-
Meanwhile, Lloyd is just focused on getting the job done.
…I need reader fic like this, holy shit-
ahskjdjka omg i love it
lloyd turns around for one second and they're hissing and snapping at each other like cats. javier may be a sword master but she gets concerningly close to his throat when he fake gags at her sighing and swooning
and then he turns back and they have to act like they're having a perfectly nice conversation <3 no violence here no sir <33 definitely wasn't about to get bloody <333
AKJLSDKA what if,,,, because they're always whispering to each other (javier just really wants to understand how someone can like that face and she really wants him to shut the Fuck Up),,, and standing so close together (cause last time javier tried to say something at normal volume she almost strangled him when she grabbed him by the cravat to get him on her level to slap a hand on his mouth) and constantly exchanging passionate glances (if javier gives her a bitch face when she tries to subtly invite lloyd over for a cup of tea or dinner one more time she will find a way to kick his judgy ass she swears-),,, lloyd ends up thinking they're courting each other but trying to keep it on the down low for propriety sake,,, what then,,,
it was already bad when it was just her thirsting after him and javier judging from the sidelines, but it is absolute Agony™ once it's both of them trying to woo him. lloyd somehow keeps mistaking their attempts to flirt with him as them trying to date each other and it is Killing them, someone please end their suffering 😔
I just had a funny thought and I'mma share it with you, cringy or not:
You know how the common joke is 'Lloyd ugly'? I want a single case where not only does some noblewoman consider it not the case, but they actively do not care for Javier.
That'd break everyone's brain outta shear "…wat." energy.
Is it dumb? Yes. Do I care? Not really.
no because i would loveee that! en gustos se rompen generos and i'm sure there has to be at least one (1) woman in lorasia that sees lloyd and just goes "he's kinda cute tbh"
and if they didn't immediately fall for javier? double the hilarity akshdka
we kinda got that with silurian in the last few chapters but i think we can take it even farther
like maybe some lady hears a lot about them and everyone always mentions how ugly lloyd is compared to how fucking gorgeous javier is so when she meets them she has this crazy high expectation for them. only too meet them and then go "oh those are. just some guys :/"
and like she's not into super pretty boys y'know, they're cute but they don't do much for her. and she also doesn't like the classic, serious handsome guys, it just feels like they're,,, missing something but she can't quite explain what.
and then she sees lloyd go absolutely feral on something with his demonic smile and all and she's just like "oh no he's hot (O_O；)" cause it turned out her type was absolutely batshit crazy guys with insane expressions and y'know what she's valid for that
lmao maybe she's a client and lloyd just figured out how to squeeze some money out of her so he goes >:D and javier who is right behind him is already expecting her to be horrified like everyone else only for her face to??? go bright red??? her eyes wandering all over the room but inevitably going back to lloyd in fascination? maybe even fanning herself a little bit both to hide her face and because did the room get a little hot all of the sudden??
and then they make eye contact, javier in astonished horror at someone being actually attracted to that expression and her in total embarrassment at being caught thirsting in public and they have a mental conversation with their eyes that basically consists of them going "oh my fucking god-" "SHUT UP!" "-are you for fucking real-" "SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP" "-you're into that?? that???" "SHUT UPPPP-"
the sheer astonishment makes javier drop all pretenses of formality with her, he cannot respect someone who is into that face, he's so sorry about it but it's not happening
and meanwhile lloyd has no idea what's going on right over head because he's too busy planning how to make more money <3
and this would develop into her calling upon lloyd to do more jobs for her just to get an excuse to see him and him accepting because they're easy jobs but she pays really well for them and he's not gonna say no to easy money (even if he does make sure to never overcharge her and to get her her money's worth) but he's blissfully unaware of her clumsy attempts at flirting with him and meanwhile javier and her develop a semi-hostile relationship that is based upon javier being horrified at her taste and suspicious of her tries to seduce lloyd and her wanting to throw javier out of a window everytime he calls her out on this
the day javier develops feelings for lloyd she gets this sudden rush of triumph and smugness like she can't wait to rub something on someone's face but she doesn't quite know what or who it is
I think toy doctors are so nice actually like i remember being a little heartbroken kid when one of my beloved stuffed animals got old and torn up and my mom just threw him out. And i know what it would have meant to me, to have someone lovingly stitch him back up instead so i could love him just a little longer. And I’m really glad there are little kids out there who get to see pictures of their stuffed animals and dolls with little fake hospital beds and casts as they “rest & heal” before returning to them good as new. Like what a sweet thing to do with your life.
This is so nice 🥺
It’s also so good for normalising the idea of illness, hospitals and recovery not being bad or scary places, even if sometimes they’re not very nice, because the people there are doing kind things to make you better so you can go back home. No one knows which kids are going to end up dealing with major traumatic illnesses or injuries, and having a safe framework for the idea of a hospital, a safe, painless, vicarious hospital experience is such valuable preparation
not gonna cry not gonna cry not gonna cry not gonna cry not gonna
And if you can't build on them, turn them into nature preserves or community gardens.
If I may once again dip my toe into the discourse surrounding Greek Mythology, a lot of people like to rewrite or reframe the story of Medusa, and that’s great! Highly encourage it. But, DON’T YOU DARE GO AND DEMONIZE MY BOY PERSEUS!
Perseus isn’t some vile misogynist who hunts down and murders Medusa for the hell of it. He’s a scared kid who’s trying to save his mom from a forced marriage (whom herself has been a victim of terrible abuse from her father) to a creepy evil king and gets duped by the Gods into cleaning up their mess for them. He’s not the villain, he’s just another pawn. So if I see one more motherfucker trying to make him out to be the “real monster” I will throw hands.
You know what would be way more interesting?! Medusa sees Perseus rolling up to her crib and freaks out cause ‘holy shit this is a fucking kid. a fucking toddler with a sword and shield.’ and they hash it out and then TEAM UP to kill the evil kind trying to force marry Perseus’ mother! Think of the dynamics that you could write! The interactions that could occur. I mean, one of ‘em is gonna have to wear a blindfold but hey, minor problems.
What I’m saying is, gimme a buddy cop movie where Perseus and Medusa team up to fight evil in Ancient Greece.
I’m just picturing Perseus as this fairly well built sixteen year old kid, who looks a little underfed, and he’s like ‘ma’am I’m so sorry, I have to bring your head back to save my mom’ and medusa is like ‘okay, start over. We can work with this’ and compare trauma over some watered wine.
