#things to write

Saw a tag on AO3 that put out the theory that Chihiro's mom is actually Kunishige's sister and Akemura is actually Chihiro's bio dad. I had a moment of "Well yeah technically that could be true in canon but I don't know how I feel about this." Went to supper. Many thoughts. Head full of plot bunnies apparently. Still don't know how I feel about it in terms of canon but apparently my brain was enthralled.

So I'm going to put this here so i don't forget

In this fic, Chihiro's mother is still very much alive. She's been helping the Kamunabi keep Akemura from escaping. When Akemura escapes, she does indeed go after him to track him down (but we find this out later in the fic)

Everyone is always so surprised that Kunishige had a kid because Kunishige is gay

Chihiro never asked about his mom. If he'd asked, Kunishige would have told him what happened

Akemura, being as lucid as we know him to be, isn't going to take the concept of Kunishige being Chihiro's dad away from Chihiro. Frankly, he's glad that Chihiro was with someone that Akemura trusts implicitly

Akemura (until proven otherwise) to me has been having a kind of chill, reflective, philosophical time of it

He also definitely did the Malediction because his son was like six weeks old and he didn't want Chihiro to suffer. This, of course, will probably cause more suffering

The entire fic should be from Chihiro's POV. He is going to have a time of it.

By the end of the fic, he meets his mother who has killed Akemura. His mother is very much like Chihiro (same big red eyes, same introverted disposition, neither of them particularly like killing but they have a strong sense of responsibility, etc....)

His mother of course knows who he is (again, Kunishige would NEVER have a kid) and he's the right age. She isn't sure she can really be a mom to him. She was only a mom for like 45 days or something like that and then she had to clean up the mess her husband made. She doesn't like that Chihiro is here cleaning up more messes

Chihiro doesn't die because Kunishige made Enten in such a way that Chihiro would not die

Other possible things to explore in the fic:

No one ever denies that Kunishige is Chihiro's dad, if anything most who knew him are impressed with how Chihiro turned out

This might be a place to explore the who child abuse trio idea (Chihiro - parentification, Hakuri - physical, psychological, Iori - emotional,) Of course it wouldn't be a heavy handed exploration but more like a background thing, especially since this situation would make Chihiro reflect

Were Kunishige and Shiba a thing? Mayhaps. We'll see

Chihiro slowly learning to like step out of the prince of darkness persona because he's got friends now

OT3 time? Probably? Maybe?

Kind of want Akemura kills Yura and escapes with the Shinuchi. Yura was hoping more for a team up against Azami, but again, Akemura is lucid and he's not going to fight his former kouhai (this plot point might be defunct before the fic even begins depending on how 101 goes lol) Or it'll be an AU

Definitely got to go with some Chihiro & Shiba in this fic. Shiba knew everything, but Chihiro never asked. Shiba knew he should tell Chihiro but he wasn't sure what Chihiro might find if/when they had to confront the Sword Master. Shiba never bought the Sword Master went crazy theory, but he also couldn't dispute it. Shiba is sorry he didn't prepare Chihiro for this

She’s poolside with a bunch of folks she hasn’t seen in awhile, but is happy to see. Her hair’s back to sunstreaked brown for all the interviews she’s been doing for the early leap to grad school dirtside, where they don’t want their students too high maintenance and her blue and purple waves were a little too much.

The lime green bikini was in her drawer where she’d left it two years ago and it’s probably too small but hey.

Girl’s gotta live while she’s young.

And it made dad’s blood pressure go up, which is where she likes it. Scott rebels his way, enlisting even though dad had him a place at the academy. She’s got her own.

Mom laughed, that rusty laugh. She looks good, tan and her face filling back out, so maybe the docs are wrong.

So she’s having a good time. There’s a drink in her hand she’s not exactly legal for, but it’s a family party.

And it’s flattering when someone it takes her a blink to recognize slides into the space Bobbi left when she went for a swim.

Someone with an easy going grin, a hint of silver to his hair, a pair of gorgeous eyes, and a low purr to his, “So, I don’t think we’ve met but…”

Right before he blinks wide and nearly swallows his tongue. “Sara?”

Brian Murphy as either Kugrash or Gerard the Frog Prince

Emily Axford as Lady Chirp Featherfowl

Lou Wilson as Lord Squak Airavis

Zac Oyama as Puss-in-Boots

Ally Beardsley as Lars Vandenchomp

Siobhan Thompson as Jaysohn

This already is stretching the definition of "animal" a bit, because Chirp and Squak are humanoid Fae reminiscent of specific birds. But working from the assumption that we want the Intrepid Heroes cast, they seem to me to make the most sense.

Could potentially also make arguments for Lapin Cadbury (technically a rabbit, but primarily a Candian), Sir Theodore Gumbar (technically a bear, but primarily a Candian), Ylfa Snorgelson (because werewolf), Ricky Matsui (specifically from the time he was turned into a dog, and he was the bestest boy), Riva or Skip (being of species that are on exhibit in a zoo might qualify them, although they are fully sentient), or Mother Goose (reeeaaally stretching the definitions of "animal" now, but there is the whole "are you the goose or the witch riding the goose" thing, so).

Most obvious setting seems like it would be the Of Mice and Murder setting that Lars is native to. But Neverafter would work well too, and honestly, any setting could be made to work, some a lot more easily than others.

Funniest setting I can think of would be for them all to get caught in the St Dotto's field from MisMag2 and be fully drawn into it as medical professionals, and just run a short medical drama Time Quangle campaign.

They're all from D&D (or D&D-compatible) settings, so it works from that perspective.

Biggest problem: keeping PiB from eating Jaysohn. Or in turn, keeping Jaysohn from murdering PiB in some extreme body horror way. They're both from body horror seasons. It would not be pretty.

I suspect Squak might be into Gerard at first, but Gerard has... trauma re: birds of prey (RIP to the Freds), so that would probably not work out. Squak and Lars, on the other hand...

Demurely requesting a Hallowe'en figurine...? Anything you love about Hallowe'en, though I would love to see punpkins!

Aaeeii! I'm so excited, and absolutely delighted with this spooky little request! You wanted pumpkins I made pumpkins :) and no worries, I know it's a little hard to keep track on everything being posted. (especially when I flood you all with my obsessions)

An unsuccessful scarecrow, in a field of pumpkins.

I also threw in a goose. Because I can't help myself apparantly. Fun fact! Geese are the first thing I ever figured out how to make from clay!

If you liked these guys take a look at what else I do. I'm always open to requests because strange interesting thing s to make sure a challenge and I am sorry lacking in them at the moment!

Happy Halloween!