#nigel darkdoom

these three may have chosen fields of work that might make them seem intimidating, but that couldn't be farther from the truth! when you look past the alchemy, or the supervillainy-in-training, or the being in the russian mob, you'll find a nice, hardworking, relatable, at least 2/3rds of them are gay i don't know about the other one, guy. but the question remains: who's the funkiest, littlest and baldest?

Anastasia/Nero :: doesn't make sense, doesn't compel me :: I do LOVE your fics about this concept and secretly hope for more but when I think about what compels ME as a writer, the energy is not there. Like happy to read, but I don't think I could ever write this ship in a compelling way. It just ain't in me.

Elena/Nero :: doesn't make sense, compels me (for some damn reason) :: I think probably one of my favorite things I have written is in the frigel epistolary fic where Nigel awkwardly asks, "so, um, what motivated you to become a teen parent?" Nero's life with the details revealed is just like. What! Your entire life has revolved around the death of your teenage beloved and you're still an alcoholic about it forty years later??? SIR. But despite the fact that we have like. All of one scene featuring Ms. Elena, I am so compelled by it. Perhaps it's just the freedom. Perhaps it's the fact that the only certainty in this ship is trauma. But I feel like when I have had the opportunity to write Nerolena stuff I manage to come up with the most compelling stuff of all time.

Cypher/Nero :: doesn't make sense, compels me :: I think that of all the things I have written this ship is the one most likely to get me shot in-universe. To me, their hatred surpasses even the possibility of hatefucking. AND YET ISN'T IT FUN TO IMAGINE

i’ve drained way too much energy into this at least pretend to like it

Otto, Laura and the Professor would be making technological words the others aren't sure are real.

Raven's not really bothered, but participates anyway to stop nagging. However, she will form words in other languages if she sees them before an English possibilty and will send the others her most deadly glare if they say anything.

Seeing that Raven's technique works, Nero will put a random bunch of letters together, saying that it's Latin because, damn it, he is BUSY and wants the game over and done with. Nathaniel knows it's fake, but says nothing as he too has work to do and could bring it up in a later argument. Max makes a point of making the word homework as he looks at Shelby.

In response, Shelby forms the word no. (Uh oh, someone's getting detention).

Franz loses because H.I.V.E.mind, who is counting scores, deducts points for spelling errors. Franz doesn't use German unless he's really stuck because he "can be developing his English."

H.I.V.E.mind stops counting Nero's score. But if he didn't, Nero would win because of his cheating.

Nigel, Penny/Tom/Lucy- depending on who is alive at the time it's set- play the game like normal human beings. So does Wing, but he uses quite a few long and formal words.

If Diabolus participates, he has a habit of making words like "dick" (I don't know, he strikes me as that kind of person for some reason). Nigel is really embarrassed.

If Ms Leon plays, she messes up the board on her turn because she is a cat and won't let someone else put down her word. The Colonel uses this to his advantage.

If the Contessa's around, she refuses to play, but will watch if she thinks something will happen. She gets called a spoilsport for a few days after.