#shiftober

⌗2 pumpkin patch; what's your favorite place to be in your dr? what does it look like? who's there?

⌗3 bewitched; who is your s/o? if you don't have one, who is someone you love deeply?

⌗4 costume party; what's your style like in your dr? what would you wear on a normal day? do you have special outfits for work or school?

⌗5 black cat; do you have any pets in your dr? if not, tell me what pet you'd like to have or why you wouldn't have a pet!

⌗6 twilight; what is your daily routine in your dr? alternatively, what’s something you want to add to your dr routine?

⌗7 crow's call; what songs, shows, movies, or other media remind you of your dr?

⌗8 haunted house; where do you live? what does your dr home / room look like? who do you live with? do you have multiple homes?

⌗9 hayride; what's your ideal friend hangout? what would you do and who would be there?

⌗10 spells; what's something you're skilled at in your dr? do you have any unique talents or hobbies?

⌗11 cobwebs; what relationships do you have in your dr? share your friends, family, coworkers, or any others you feel are relevant.

⌗12 masquerade; how do you look in your dr? what features do you have that differ to your cr?

⌗13 poison; is there any good gossip in your dr? are you the drama or do you avoid it?

⌗14 crystal ball; what's something you've scripted that makes you excited to shift?

⌗15 cursed objects; if you could bring something back from your dr what would it be? why?

⌗16 scarecrow; what job do you have in your dr? if you don't have one, what job would you like in the future?

⌗17 phantoms; what helps you connect to your dr?

⌗18 rituals; what do you do before shifting? any favorite methods / subliminals?

⌗19 tarot; what is something you've learned from your dr or from shifting in general? has shifting changed you?

⌗20 cauldron; what's a scent or taste that reminds you of your dr? why?

⌗21 broomsticks; how do you get around in your dr? what does your mode of transportation look like?

⌗22 trick or treat; what's something you've left unscripted in your dr? what things do you want to see play out organically?

⌗23 candles; what brings you comfort in your dr? is it a place, person, thing, or all of the above?

⌗24 bones; how did you discover shifting? did you always believe in it?

⌗25 fog; are there secrets to discover in your dr? what are you unsure about in the future? do you have any fears specific to your dr?

⌗26 jack o lantern; are there any different holidays or celebrations in your dr? if not, what's your favorite tradition in your dr?

⌗27 graveyard; is there anyone or anything that exists in your cr but not your dr? why are you going without it in your dr?

⌗28 ghostly whispers; if you could write a letter to anyone in your dr, who would it be? what would it say?

⌗29 portals and realms; what will your first day in your dr look like?

⌗30 shattered mirror; post a moodboard inspired by any part of your dr!

⌗31 halloween; how will you celebrate halloween? do you plan on doing group costumes?

        ʚ ・ ୨୧ ・ ɞ

        Ⳋ᧙ eren jaeger ᰔ ˖⁺‧₊         𝑐𝘩𝑖𝑙𝑑𝘩𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 ??? 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠

          synopsis : growing up with having the famed dr. grisha           jaeger as her family's doctor gave her the opportunity to           meet the boy that will forever change her life and take up           3/4 of her thoughts at all times . . . even in sleep (⌯˃̶᷄ ﹏ ˂̶᷄⌯)           ꒰ pls be sure NOT to ask her how many times she's           dreamed of him , you'll embarrass her )): !! ꒱ .           their relationship was first built off as innocent playdates           where she dragged him all over her family's property           then pulled him towards a lovely wildflower field so she           could place a handful of daisies in his hair at her whim .           & of course he complied wordlessly and willingly , he           might have even sort of liked watching her giggle as she           clumsily adorned his cedar coloured hair with the           white-petaled daisies . just a little bit .

          but things begin to churn into something odd as they           grew older . despite joining the same military branch ,           they themselves branched off just slightly when she           found a home within a different trio of friends . they           remained close , but she began to grow skittish & weird           around him in a way that she wasn't around anyone else .           & he got weird in a way that he isn't around anyone else ,           but despite literally everyone they trained with knowing           what the reason was behind their peculiar behaviours ,           the pair themselves remain blind to the truth brimming           underneath the surface of their longstanding friendship .

        ʚ ・ ୨୧ ・ ɞ

        Ⳋ᧙ shin ᰔ ˖⁺‧₊         𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠

          synopsis : on a random wednesday afternoon , ████           has her life flipped upside down ꒰ in a good way of course           (`·ω·´)ゞ ꒱ when she meets shin as he accompanied en to           her bakery . she briefly stumbles over her words when           she suggests for the pair to try her favourite pastry in the           store when they'd asked for the owner's personal           recommendation . it's difficult for her not to stare at the           towering men in front of her as they taste their freshly           purchased pastries , equal parts intimidated that en           himself is standing in the middle of her store and slightly           embarrassed at just how fast her heart races at the sight           of the blond man beside him . after en enthusiastically           bought out her entire inventory after biting into his pain           au chocolat , her once small bakery became rather large           in popularity seeing just how often he'd have her cakes           and other baked goods as the staple desserts for the           soirées & parties he'd hold .           luckily for her , she's offered an invitation to many of           those events , giving her the chance to get closer to shin           seeing as the only other times she was in his vicinity was           the fifteen minute window when he'd drop by her bakery           to pick up en's orders ꒰ little does she know he jumped at           the opportunity to see her . immediately offering to be           the one to pick up anything anyone within the en family           mansion orders from her bakery , traversing nearly an           hour away multiple times a week just to get the chance           to see her ૮ - 𖥦 -  ྀིა ꒱

I. MCU DR ── REX KISMET STARLING est. 2026 ✶ he/they/it ✶ 9teen ✶ ⚣ agender ✶ avenger "in training"

⚲ NEW YORK CITY ─ shapeshifting, teleportation, aether manipulation: the avenger's newest member is 19 year old rexy (codename: L★IKA) and he's caught the world's eye by storm. both a beacon of gen z relatability and a powerhouse of superhuman ability, they're revolutionising the public's view on the avengers through their candid nature and quickly becoming a fan favourite. a word of warning though, don't underestimate this dog, its bite is definitely as strong as its bark

TAG: #L★IKA ─ mcu dr

II. MERMAID DR ── MAKO CYRUS SEABROOK est. 2022 ꩜ he/star/hym ꩜ 5teen ꩜ ⚣ agender aro ꩜ merprince of oceana

⚲ SAN DIEGO ─ no one knows that mako is a mermaid, or that he's a prince of an underwater kingdom, or that he says he's 5'7 when he's actually 5'6. always seen flanked by star's 3 closest friends merliah, hadley and fallon, this a-plus student who lands the comic relief in every play at sunset coast high carries an air of ocean wildness (literally, star's signature scent is seaspray). but under the san diego hot night, hym and hys friends transform into beings of myth and enjoy the pacific ocean city, oceana

TAG: #MAKO ─ mermaid dr

III. GRAVITY FALLS DR ── REXY EVERGREEN FOXGLOVE ˚* 🔭 est. 2025 𖤐 he/they/woof 𖤐 6teen 𖤐 ⚣ agender aro 𖤐 mystery shack employee + amateur ghost hunter

⚲ GRAVITY FALLS ─ unfortunately not even those unrelated to the pine family are safe from their chaos as 16 year old rexy comes to learn when his family friends invite him to go with their twins down to gravity falls for the summer. being a close, almost older-brother figure, to dipper and mabel, rexy agrees, unaware of the eternity-aged spirit that awaits them there

TAG: #FOXTROT ─ gravity falls dr

IV. STREAMER DR  ── REX EMERY HAWTHORN ᯓ★°‧ est. 2025 ⊹ he/they/paw ⊹ 9teen ⊹ ⚣ agender aro ⊹ famous twitch streamer

⚲ BRIGHTON ─ with over 8 million followers on twitch and 10 million subscribers on youtube, @REXYWINS has made waves in the online community ever since he was added to the dsmp. not very good at minecraft (as his twitch chat will tell you after witnessing 2 accidentally canon deaths), rex caught the hearts of his audience through his intricate storytelling and his witty humour (67 is witty, right?). besides, being nominated for streamer of the year must mean theyre doing something right

TAG: #WINS ─ streamer dr

V. HTTYD DR ── WOLFE CYPRESS FENRIRSÙLFR ᨒ↟𖠰𖥧˚ est. 50 CE 𖠰 he/they/fury 𖠰 7teen 𖠰 ⚣ agender aro 𖠰 night fury dragon rider

⚲ THE GREAT SANCTUARY ─ what happens when a dragon hunter meets the blue-eyed night fury he's tasked to take down? they form a bond that threatens drago's vicious empire. freeing dragons while under valka's wing (or wings, multiple), wolfe and his dragon fraener unknowingly stumble upon the beginning of an ancient prophecy in the shape of a iridescent star-like crystal. now teaming up with the supposed "dragon master" and his friends, they must take down drago's evil plan and discover the true abilities of the crystal

TAG: #WOLFE ─ httyd dr

About a couple weeks into the spring semester at King’s College, there was a house party thrown by a society on campus. I had attended with my friends and drank pretty heavily. Sirius, who also drank pretty heavily, just as hammered as me, dragged me away from my friends to dance with him. I did so happily due to the state I was in. My arms finding their way onto his shoulders as his hands gripped my sides. Drunk as I’ve ever been, I couldn’t help myself and kissed him, messily and hungrily on that makeshift dance floor.

It was the first time I had kissed either Sirius or Remus since they started their attempts to win the game they were playing. The “who can get Thaïsa to choose them” game. And I would find out later that Remus had walked into the room in search of me and found me pressed up against Sirius. He was less drunk, in the sense of, he was barely tipsy at all. His night looked like holding onto the same singular drink and taking sips of it here and there. And when he saw us he left the room quicker than he came into it. In that moment he thought Sirius had won, and he needed to escape that goddamn house party so no one could see him be affected by that fact.

Nothing more would happen between Sirius and I that night, though. We’d get pulled away from each other by my friend, who was also drunk and trying to get me to dance with them. And we’d both be escorted back to our dorms by our sober friends. Sirius, himself, would brag to Remus about what had happened between him and I. Leading the two to both go to bed angry from a fight, and wake up that way too when no resolution had come to them in order to solve the animosity between the two.

I remembered the moment between me and Sirius perfectly when I woke up the next day, but I had hoped Sirius hadn’t. He had a habit of getting blackout drunk at these events and forgetting parts or the entirety of what he got up to. With this almost expectation in mind, I had texted the two boys in our group chat around lunch to ask them if they wanted to go out for food. It had been a good 45 minutes of not hearing a single response from either of them despite the time and the plans I knew they lacked, and it frustrated me. I texted them again, and waited another 20, before checking their location ( that was their idea to give to me ) finding them in their room, and headed straight across our residence hall to their flat.

When I knock on their flat’s door, James opens it with an almost relieved look on his face, I peak over his shoulder and ask, “Are they in their room?” despite knowing the answer already.

He steps out of my way, closing the door behind me as I walk in, “Yeah they are…” His tone is awkward as he answers me.

I can hear muffled voices from their room, they don’t sound happy. When I look to James he can hear them too, “Is everything okay?” I ask. James just gives me an awkward look that tells me my answer. So I turn and head towards their bedroom door.

When I knock I hear two voices yell, “Not now James!” at once. James clearly tried to stop whatever was going already, and gave up when unsuccessful.

“It’s me,” I project through the closed door. It goes silent, and then I hear scurrying as the door swings open in my face and I’m met with Sirius with a smile on his.

“Hi,” he says to me as I enter their room, and he closes the door behind me.

“Hi…” I hesitantly mutter. Sirius rushes to stand in front of his bed, across from Remus who is sitting on his. I look from Remus to Sirius as I stand between their sides of the room, “You guys aren’t answering my texts.”

Remus picks up his phone and looks at his notifications, almost to check that I actually sent any, “Shit,” he curses. He places the phone back down and looks to me, “Sorry, we were . . . distracted.”

I nodded, and looked away from them, “James seemed to carry a weight that insinuated something was going on with you two.” When I look back to Remus he’s not looking at me, “What is it?” And when I look at Sirius he can’t seem to look at me either. There is a long stretch of silence. The silence began to fill with the sound my heart beating faster, because they clearly are hesitant to tell me, and I’m not dense enough to not pick up on what the issue may be. “Is it me?” I ask. And they both want to speak, say something, but all they can do is hesitate. I sigh, “Okay, so it’s me.”

Remus is looking away again and mutters a, “Yeah…” that awkwardly trails off.

I move my eyes away from Remus and look to Sirius as I ask, “Is it about last night?” Sirius head bounces up and down in a hesitant nod, but he doesn’t say anything. I drop my head in my hand as it pinches the bridge of my nose, “Shit,” is all I say as I sigh, “I was hoping you were too drunk to remember that.”

“Wha-” Sirius goes to question me one way, with a confused look on his face, but takes another course, “Why?”

“This,” I say motioning to both of them dramatically, “This is why.” My voice is stern and intense. But I take a deep breath before continuing, my tone calmer, “It’s just… You guys get weird with me. And I get it, I guess. But I don’t like putting you in these positions.” They’re looking to me then to each other. I sigh again, and they’re still silent, “This is why I didn’t ever want to pick one of you like you wanted. Because it was going to hurt at least one of you, and fuck up your friendship along with it.”

I can see Sirius’ head perk up at my words from the corner of my eye, a smile forming on his face, “Wait… wait… you picked me?”

Remus physically reacts at the possibility, he’s sinking into himself at the thought. Fighting everything in him that wants to break at those words. But my head whips towards Sirius as I shout, “No!” in a panic, before calming my tone again, “No, I did not. I got really fucking drunk and couldn’t help myself.” I’m sighing again, but my entire face is in both my hands now.

Sirius is silent again after my admittance. And the weight on Remus finally lifts, and he’s looking at me worried. I can hear him shifting in his spot on his bed. He doesn’t get off it though as he chooses to speak, deciding it’s best if he kept this distance, “Thai…” he starts, and I escape my hands to look over to him. The sympathy or even pity on his face is almost unbearable to look at, but he doesn’t stop looking at me, so I don’t stop looking at him. “What do you want? Like overarching, if you could have anything.”

I stare at him a little longer, my eyes bouncing across his face as I think. Because it’s obvious he doesn’t want to know if I’d like a puppy or a good burger. He wants to know what is the best case scenario for what I could get from either of them. And when that reality hits me I groan, loud and rough, a tortured noise. Because I know what I want to say, almost word for word. And I’m frustrated that I know what I want because it seems next to impossible to have. And I don’t want to admit it to them, especially when I know nothing can happen the way I want.

“I want… fuck!” I curse, loud, like my groan. My outburst an attempt to get the courage to admit any ounce of the truth. They’re looking to me, waiting for me to either say what I want or for a cue to end this conversation. “I want both of you,” I finally get out, then continue, “Which is so stupid. Because, I can’t have both of you.” They’re staring at me, not shocked by my words. They knew I liked both of them, that’s why they fought. ‘Who will she choose?’ was the question everyone had on their mind. So the fact I wanted both of them, is the least shocking thing I could say.

I sneak a glimpse at Remus as he shifts in his spot on his bed again. And his eyes are still soft as they watch me. Our eye contact prompts him to say something, to let me know he’s listening. He mutters out a gentle, “Okay,” with the smallest smile on his lips. A sweet confirmation to show me that he hears me.

My mouth is agape like I want to say more, but I’m still looking to them as if anything they could be showing me with their body language is telling me I should stop. But now, looking at Sirius, he just nods at me with encouragement to keep going. So I do, looking away from him, I continue on, “I always told you guys the excuse that I wasn’t ready to date because,” I hesitate, then take a deep breath still looking away from them both, “Because I couldn’t bare the thought of not having one of you.” I look to Remus, “Of having to choose one,” then Sirius, “only to lack the other. I hated it.”

There’s more silence after I finish. Because, I’ve said all I needed to say. But they need time to think. At least that’s what I tell myself to get through the excruciating silence I’m standing in. Because what would anyone think after something like that is shared with them.

Remus goes to get up off his bed, and to say something to me. Just a few words to soothe me, a nickname, an affirmation. But little to my knowledge, Sirius is not blind to what I may have been feeling these past few months. Or why it may have been hard for me to choose. And why I haven’t chosen. He has thought about the possibility of this sort of confession. Not to say Remus hasn’t, he just hasn’t entertained it in his head. But Sirius is nothing if not an entertainer. So he speaks up before Remus can, “I mean…” he trails off for only a second, “We could make it work.”

My head snaps to look over at Sirius, and Remus’ brows furrow while he also now looks towards Sirius. I question his words with a “What?” in obvious disbelief.

Sirius looks from me to Remus, then back to me, “I would do anything for you, even sharing you, if it means bringing an ounce more of happiness into your life. I want you happy, Thaïsa.”

Remus’ brow is still furrowed, he’s unsure. Partly unsure if Sirius really means it, but also unsure if this was a good idea. “Sirius… I don-” But he was unable to get all his words out before Sirius was speaking over him.

“Tell me you wouldn’t too Remus, and I’ll drop the idea right now,” Sirius challenges as he stares into the man, with a hint of knowing in his eyes.

Remus looks down at the floor, his hands gripping his sheets, like he already knows the answer; because, he does, and he’s scared to admit it. “I- I can’t say I wouldn’t, no.”

I looked between the two of them, the silence hanging in the air, it’s thick. They seem to think it’s my turn to talk, to say something. But I’m stuck in my shock, I can’t say anything. Sirius had an expectant look on his face and it was directed at me. And Remus had finally looked up from the floor to look straight at me. The tension from their demeanors snaps me out of whatever it is stopping me from getting words out, or even thinking, “Wait…” I shake my head a bit in disbelief, laughing slightly, “You’re actually serious?”

For the first time in a while, I see Sirius look a bit self conscious, “I mean… yeah?” A question is at the end of his words, like he’s scared to say it like fact. Ready to take it back at any moment. But I just stare at him with something strange, but not bad, in my eyes, waiting for him to finish his thought. And he continues, emboldened by the lack of a negative reaction, “If you can’t live without one of us, making you choose not to have either of us…” there’s a small beat of silence before he says, “Just have us both.”

I hear a hum come from Remus, and I turn to look at him, his face tells me he’s genuinely considering this, “It’s sound logic, however taboo it may be.”

Remus makes eye contact with me as he finishes his words, I hold the contact as I scoff at them, “Sure, it’s logical. But there’s a reason this kind of relationship is taboo. It rarely works.” Remus looks frustrated by what I say, but I move forward, “This kind of relationship has to be something we’re all incredibly sure about. And you have to have actual good communication, which isn’t our strong suit.” I turn my attention towards Sirius as I stress that last piece of information.

Sirius folds his arms in offense, “What?! Okay, that’s not fair!” He argues, “We’re pretty decent at communicating, and we can only get better from here.” He turns towards Remus motioning for him to help him prove his point, “Remus!”

Remus just laughs, “Yeah no, you’re right Thaïs, we’re shit at communicating,” Sirius grumbles, unhappy with that response, “But Sirius is also right. We can definitely work on it.” He motions between himself and Sirius, “Sirius and I like you enough to share you, we can like you enough to work on our communication.”

It all just felt very surreal, like how in the world did this even happen, how did I find myself here. I was grasping at reasons in my head not to agree to this, finding things to argue about, because it felt so impossible for this to be happening in the first place. But then I just looked at them, studying them, and that tension and animosity I walked into was gone from their faces and their body language. They seemed lighter, smiles ghosted on their lips like this was a genuine solution they were hopeful for. I look down, pinching the bridge of my nose and sigh again, “You’re sure you’re serious about this?”

“Yup,”

“Mhm,”

I look up, but not at them just straight out their bedroom window, “Okay, we can do this.” I catch both of the smiles on their faces after I say that, “But! We need to talk, for however long it takes, about boundaries, what we’re comfortable with, and what we need from each other. Or this has no way of working.”

Sirius nods fast in understanding. And Remus pats the spot on his bed next to him, “You got room for us in your schedule for…” He pretends to check a watch he doesn’t wear, “about right now?”

I finally move from my spot in between them, heading towards Remus, shoving him. He playfully falls back on his bed as I mutter a, “Shut up,” I plant myself next to him as he sits back up, “I always have time for you two.”

THIS IS PART OF SHIFTOBER 2025