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valentineslockers2019-03-03 11:12 pm
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2019 Locker for bent
Name (as you'd like it to appear in the subject line for your stocking): bent
Friending Meme Post: (optional) n/a
Fandoms: fate, hypmic, kuroko no basuke, devilman are the main ones tbh
others: code geass, eyeshield 21, kill la kill, , ao no exorcist, fire emblem fates, mob psycho 100, pmmm, fma, transformers, six of crows, thunderbolt fantasy, bungou stray dogs, and i literally just got into nier:a with an interest in the machine bros and getting back into rwby for my girl yang ; (check my carrd for more fandoms and faves)
Characters/Pairings/Moresomes:
fate - gilgamesh/enkidu
hypmic - gentaro/dice
devilman - ryo/akira
knb - literally anyone with himuro but i have a special spot for his boys and also aomine ;
special mentions: judal/hakuryuu, kyoko/sayaka, alma/kanda, ushijima/oikawa, knockout/breakdown, suzaku/lelouch
Likes:
TROPES: lovers to enemies, reunions, reconciliations, things left unsaid, non-linear narration, grief & healing, time travel/time loop, what-ifs, slow dancing, loyalty that most often manifests as fealty, fraught emotions
GENERAL: colors you'd find in a sunset (pink/purple/red/gold), blasphemy and religious motifs, love poetry, acoustic covers, nuanced breakup songs, media that involves nasty girls and vengeful twinks with a side helping of a desire for agency, shitposts/memes that remind me of my faves, new artists to commission icons from lmfao
Dislikes: infidelity, in-world bigotry, hurt/comfort, unrequited love, love triangles
Anything else: <3
Reminder that NOTES are welcome too - just a nice little comment (either plain, or you can even type it up on a nice little graphic/image etc.) for the recipient.
(Comments are going to screened until the reveal on Mar 15. Lockers will be open until the end of March.)
Friending Meme Post: (optional) n/a
Fandoms: fate, hypmic, kuroko no basuke, devilman are the main ones tbh
others: code geass, eyeshield 21, kill la kill, , ao no exorcist, fire emblem fates, mob psycho 100, pmmm, fma, transformers, six of crows, thunderbolt fantasy, bungou stray dogs, and i literally just got into nier:a with an interest in the machine bros and getting back into rwby for my girl yang ; (check my carrd for more fandoms and faves)
Characters/Pairings/Moresomes:
fate - gilgamesh/enkidu
hypmic - gentaro/dice
devilman - ryo/akira
knb - literally anyone with himuro but i have a special spot for his boys and also aomine ;
special mentions: judal/hakuryuu, kyoko/sayaka, alma/kanda, ushijima/oikawa, knockout/breakdown, suzaku/lelouch
Likes:
TROPES: lovers to enemies, reunions, reconciliations, things left unsaid, non-linear narration, grief & healing, time travel/time loop, what-ifs, slow dancing, loyalty that most often manifests as fealty, fraught emotions
GENERAL: colors you'd find in a sunset (pink/purple/red/gold), blasphemy and religious motifs, love poetry, acoustic covers, nuanced breakup songs, media that involves nasty girls and vengeful twinks with a side helping of a desire for agency, shitposts/memes that remind me of my faves, new artists to commission icons from lmfao
Dislikes: infidelity, in-world bigotry, hurt/comfort, unrequited love, love triangles
Anything else: <3
Reminder that NOTES are welcome too - just a nice little comment (either plain, or you can even type it up on a nice little graphic/image etc.) for the recipient.
(Comments are going to screened until the reveal on Mar 15. Lockers will be open until the end of March.)
A little edit for you~
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(Anonymous) 2019-03-09 09:35 am (UTC)(link)GenDice, Strip Club AU
(Anonymous) 2019-03-11 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)***
It’s dark when Gentaro passes the club for the first time, marquee calling out to him in venutian pink and gold. His meeting with Ken-san had run so long, he’d missed his usual train and been forced to walk.
That was fine. Moving through Shibuya is like choosing a palette; each time, he squirrels away another color, another smell, another sensation.
Nevertheless, he nearly keeps walking, in hot pursuit of groceries and an early night in. The meeting had worn him down at the edges. It’s the vibration that draws him in, the bass compass-constant and running through him like his own bloodstream.
Instead of entering through the main door, Gentaro slips down the alley and up the fire escape, climbing through an open second floor window. He lands unsteadily, and rather loudly, on his feet. When no one appears to indict him, he walks down the hallway, stopping before the first open door he sees.
The first thing he notices is the pizza box in the middle of the carpet, which, while presumably once having contained pizza, is currently serving as a closet floor. The second thing he notices, which, by all accounts, really should have been the first thing, is the highly defined trapezius muscles of the man sitting at the vanity, and his strikingly on-pitch whistling.
(Yes, those are technically two separate things, and yet, together, their ontological force is such that Gentaro cannot conceive of one without the other. He will later point to this as his first mistake.)
He meets the eyes of the man in the mirror, who grins. “You’re not supposed to be back here.”
Gentaro smiles, reassuringly. “I just started working here. I was hoping you could show me around.”
The man stands, and it becomes abundantly clear that he’s wearing nothing but denim cutoffs and a crop top. “Wait, really?”
“No, but maybe you could show me around anyway.”
A pause, and then the man laughs, shaking his head. “Wow. I mean, I’d love to, don’t get me wrong, but, uh—”
He gestures at Gentaro, who surprises himself by providing his real name.
“Gentaro? Okay. Hi. I’m Dice. You really can’t be back here. Ramuda wouldn’t like it.”
The man—Dice—doesn’t look the least bit put out by Gentaro’s presence, despite his words. He tilts his head, appraising. “Hey, you wanna play cards?”
HOPEFULLY TBC
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He’s not quite strong enough to be a knight, but clever enough to be almost anything else. Where he lands is somewhere in between a royal scribe and a court jester -- a raconteur-in-residence, if you will. It’s survival as much as enjoyment that has him bleeding wealth and privilege from the court’s many distinguished guests. That’s the plan: make a little money, gather a few secrets -- and then snip the threads, letting himself fall without the promise of a soft landing.
On to the next one.
Gentaro’s lived this way for as long as he can remember. It’s a matter of survival that brings him in proximity to power. It’s a lack of self-preservation that brings him to Dice.
“What are you writing?”
“A royal edict,” Gentaro replies, serious look crossing his face, “Anyone who is born on the seventh day of the lunar phase must be put to death.”
Dice’s face pales, “What! I never gave you permission to do that!”
“Of course not,” Gentaro smiles, flashing the blank pages of parchment at Dice, “It was a lie.”
Teasing the Prince shouldn’t be so easy (so… fun?) but Gentaro can’t bring himself to stop. It’s not like Prince Dice keeps his distance, either. They seem drawn together, inextricable as they walk the halls of the castle during dull days. A tradition evolves, to help Dice wind down after royal business: Dice will point to something -- a painting, a parapet, a strange carving -- and Gentaro will spin tales for him, about a history that only could have been.
In that way, the days melt away, the weather turns, and it’s a snowy twilight when Gentaro realizes he probably should have moved on by now. Isn’t he getting too close, too… attached?
“How about this?” Dice gets Gentaro’s attention by tossing a snowball at him, which whizzes past Gentaro’s shoulder as he ducks out of the way. (Dice is always a bit too excitable to have the best aim.)
When he turns, Gentaro sees Dice pointing at himself, eyes wide with mirth, cheeks ruddy with the cold. He’s never looked regal, per se. He’s never acted very princely. That’s what Gentaro likes about him.
“About what? You are pointing at yourself.”
“Yeah,” Dice steps closer, prodding his own chest insistently, “Tell me a story about myself.”
Gentaro bats his eyelashes, “How very egotistical of you, Prince.”
“Come on, you know what I mean!” Dice laughs, swatting at Gentaro’s shoulder, “What about in another life? Or when I am King? What do you see for me, oh Royal Storyteller?”
“You flatter me,” Gentaro says, reaching to smooth the lapels of Dice’s winter coat, dusting off the white powder. He struggles to meet Dice’s eyes, “In another world, you are nothing like a Prince. No money, no power, no castle to call your home. Just your luck.”
Dice raises an eyebrow, “I do consider myself a lucky man.”
“You are,” Gentaro smiles, small and soft, “And kind, and loved. That is all, and that is enough.”
He trails off, voice lost to the breeze. Has he ever been more transparent than is right now? Gentaro feels clear as glass, and breakable as ice. He finally meets the Prince’s eyes.
“Will you be there?” Dice levels Gentaro with an uncharacteristically serious gaze, “Or are you already preparing your escape?”
Gentaro sucks in a breath of air, holds it there until his lungs burn. Dice is smarter than he pretends, wilier than anyone wants to admit. Of course he would never let Gentaro whisk himself away in the middle of the night -- not without a fight.
“I might be… if you are lucky,” Gentaro says, voice brittle in the winter air.
Dice’s face breaks out into a grin, wide enough to warm the air between them. He brushes a finger across Gentaro’s cheekbone. Something small -- a beginning.
Perhaps there is a soft landing in store for them after all.
Gendice Rakugo AU~
Remember gendice rakugo AU? I am too weak to write even a little ficlet for it so I figured I'd just show up and cry to you about the concept because truly, what is a better gift than friend tears? :D
Gentarou as Kikuhiko and Dice as Sukeroku really is such perfect casting and I will never be over it. Their personalities just map flawlessly to so much of rakugo canon.
Gentarou realizing, after Dice's prompting, that the rakugo he is best suited to is the erotic stories.
Gentarou as someone who separates his inner self from the image of himself that he presents to the world, who values performing because every character he inhabits is a layer of distance he can wrap around himself as a barrier and a disguise. Gentarou having that same flash of inspiration moment where he realizes that performing is allowed to be a selfish, deeply personal act, that putting a little bit of his truest self into each character he plays both makes them feel more alive and further obfuscates what is real about him and what is lies. Through performing he can become a creature composed of nothing but falsehoods, something fake which is paradoxically, simultaneously, entirely true.
Gentarou lying next to Dice at night in their master's house, telling Dice to do rakugo because it helps him sleep. Gentarou telling Dice that he loves his rakugo (but also hates his rakugo, because Dice tells a story in a way that Gentarou never could, compelling his audience with the force of his personality and charisma alone, a kind of charisma which Gentarou will never have).
Gentarou being most comfortable in his mon-tsuki kimono, in the most traditional and formal clothing befitting his profession. Dice never dresses decently if he can help it but Gentarou will wear him down into looking the part, given a long enough time. He'll dress Dice himself if he must.
Gentarou with Dice's head in his lap while they're living together as adult performers, cleaning Dice's ears with a delicate hand. He does it because it makes Dice relax and as compelling as he is while brimming with energy, Dice languid and boneless and sprawled across Gentarou's thighs is a private thing, infrequently seen and valued for its rarity.
Gentarou and Dice having a two-man performance together as the headliners, because unlike Kikuhiko and Sukeroku, nothing gets between them and nobody dies.
(gendice rakugo AU is really good, Bent. ♥ )
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love from kukkii
we don't talk much but I always see you around on tl and you seem like you're having a blast which is always fun to see, especially when it's about gilkidu (I liked them before I met u but I have to admit your love has increased my appreciation ten fold.... good shit)
I always hear good things about you from kii and I'm so happy for you guys :') I still remember being totally shocked when you guys announced u were dating and just !!! so happy for u both <3
I hope we get to talk more in the future you're plenty cool 😘
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I'm glad I've gotten to know you better this past year! I've enjoyed your recurring polls about fandom meta, so may this year bring more good discussions about favorite tropes/character types!