Phantasmal Fantasy

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Ohh, there’s headcanon fodder. We’re certainly on the same page about Lucian being protective, too.

He loves darling’s warmth, he really does. That being said, the fact that they act that way towards so many others makes him feel, well... not as special to them. There’s saying “I love you”, and then there’s following it up with “...just like everyone else,” after all.

Another element is that he can’t help but feel like darling’s kindness is coming from a place of naivete. They’re nice even to people who don’t return that kindness. Hell, Lucian thinks he doesn’t return that kindness enough, and yet you still treat him the same.

He’s very cautious and hesitant about confronting darling on it. The last thing he wants is to send the wrong message, and cause them to withdraw into themselves. But how does one go about expressing this sentiment? How does one make it clear that it’s not being friendly and loving at all, even to other people, that’s the problem, but that it’s that the way they’re friendly and loving is the same between him and everyone else?

In the meantime, darling can probably guess something’s wrong. Maybe it’s in the way he brushes off their kind words and gestures. After all, it can’t possibly be because darling finds anything remarkable about him specifically, can it?

As for those who don’t deserve darling’s friendliness, one can imagine Lucian has a dim opinion of them. If they’re not gonna chase them off before they get hurt, someone’s gotta do it.

All in all, I think a lot of Lucian’s conflicts related to darling are specifically about how a lot of what Lucian admires in them seem so... naive. He wants to preserve what he loves about them, but he also wants them to stay safe. It’s certainly a balancing act...

[a/n: by anon request, this is focused on a fem!reader. Shouldn’t take much alteration for a more gender-neutral thing, though.]

(cw: isolation, kidnapping, confinement)

Type:

* Kayn squarely falls into the possessive-protective archetype, though with very well repressed sadistic urges (even without Rhaast’s influence). He feels sheer reverence towards his darling, and believes that he has to be better than everyone else in her life. Everyone else is a wolf is sheep’s clothing. She deserves better. Honestly, this probably makes him act worse more than it makes him act better.

Attraction:

* It all starts rather innocently - on both parties’ ends. Probably rather casually on Kayn’s part. You simply caught his eye, he caught your eye, and you exchanged flirtatious passes at one another, just some non-serious fun. Honestly, he might have tried to seduce you just to prove he could.

* For this reason I don’t think Kayn really sought out any “type” of girl, but he does gravitate towards the gentler kind, subconsciously.

* And that’s the reason it doesn’t stay as simple fun. Kayn doesn’t have many truly gentle figures in his life, and never has, so being with you is a refreshing and intoxicating experience.

* Of course, the way he puts you on a pedestal makes everyone around you - including him - look so... rough, in his own mind at least. It makes you look like a single, blooming flower in a wilted forest. Doesn’t that make you vulnerable?

* He never properly confesses - he wants you to fall in love with him too, and hopefully confess first. After all, what would it say about him to be rejected by you, one of the few truly good people he knows?

* In the meantime, he resolves to simply stay in your presence, and drop hints. None too subtle hints. We’re talking “spirits, I wonder who put those flowers on your doorstep?” levels of “hints”. 

* Of course, as his feelings grow, he realizes that if - spirits forbid - he’s ever taken over by Rhaast, you’d be one of the first in danger. Even if by that point it’s not really him anymore, he can’t bear that thought. It steels his resolve even more against the Darkin’s influence - and though Rhaast is baffled by it, he’s still quite patient.

As A Partner:

* If you do confess to him, he’d honestly probably tacklehug you on the spot. It’s a pretty good indicator of how the honeymoon months of your relationship go, really.

* Kayn’s the very affectionate and touchy sort, towards his partner. Not in public mind you, he’s pretty bothered by PDA, but in private? Oh absolutely. It’s almost overwhelming at times.

* Outwardly, he’s arrogant, and a little dismissive of everyone else, aggressive and competitive - but with just the two of you, it’s like flipping a switch. It’s no surprise to you, since at this point he’s shown this side of him to you many times before you got together. The side of him that’s much warmer and friendlier.

* Though, he’s also extremely defensive. He doesn’t know much about supporting people emotionally, so his first response to seeing you upset or angry is to want to know who hurt you, so he can hurt them right back.

Maybe it should have been a warning sign.

* He keeps Rhaast, and the steadily growing visual corruption the scythe brings, hidden from most - even you, for a while. He feels he shouldn’t burden you with that knowledge, or the fear that it would bring you - he doesn’t want you to be afraid of him. Of course, you finding out is inevitable...

* Incidentally, if it turns out you’re upset with him, or something he did, he’d... have no idea what to do, honestly. He could apologize a thousand times and it still won’t be enough. It’d be such a blow to his pride, because then it means his actions were no better than the ingrates around you.

Yandere Behaviour:

* That’s the word to describe how Kayn views everyone you surround yourself with, ingrates. He feels like he’s the only one who truly realizes your worth, after all, if everyone else did, they would treat you with the same reverence he does.

* Darling is vulnerable in Kayn’s mind, we’ve established that - and nothing can change his mind. Really, he thinks a lot about the ways your impossible kindness could be taken advantage of, obsesses over it even. Thinks about how he could have done so - but no, he hasn’t. He’s fought an ancient evil to a stalemate for possession over his body and mind, fighting off twisted thoughts of mundane origin is nothing.

* Of course, he’s quite aware that anyone else would have been taken over by Rhaast almost instantly. He’s disciplined enough to keep both his own darker thoughts and the darkin at bay. But normal people? The ingrates? Who knows what they’d do, to the woman Kayn treasures most, given half a chance?

* In a relationship with Kayn, it soon becomes obvious that he doesn’t exactly get along with your friends. His gentler side is for you only. While he never explicitly gives you ultimatums, the fact that he clings close by you so often and acts the way he does to people who aren’t you quickly leads many to abandon you to avoid dealing with him. How intentional this is, you’re never quite sure.

* Driving everyone away is one thing. Of course, you still have some people who’ll stick with you. But in Kayn’s eyes, they still don’t deserve your presence. Technically he doesn’t either, but at least he treats you how you deserve to be treated. And that’s what ultimately leads him to kidnap his darling.

* If you never confessed to him, or very straightforwardly rebuked his advances, the kidnapping comes somewhat earlier. The fact that you don’t feel the same way towards him is... crushing, really. It gets him to wonder what could possibly be wrong with him, that he can’t get you to love him back. Still, saving you from an ungrateful, cold world is the least he could do for you, right?

* Though he’s a relatively gentle captor, it doesn’t change the fact he doesn’t know how to deal with you being unhappy. Of course you’d be unhappy about it, but if you don’t warm up to him eventually, what does that say about him? Not to mention, having you so close by all the time all but seals your doom should Rhaast ever take over. He really, really didn’t think this through.

But he hopes eventually, you’ll be grateful.

Other:

* As far as petnames go, you’ll be hearing “babe”, “sunshine”, and “honey” a lot! In public though, he’ll use a diminutive of your name or some other nickname for you.

“You’ve got nothing to fear-

[a/n: interestingly enough, both of them were possessive, manipulative, and sadistic, but in rather different ways.]

(cw: manipulation, gaslighting, isolation, depersonalization, ask to tag)

Vladimir

Type:

- Vladimir is possessive, with overtones of manipulation and sadism. He loves the idea of a darling who’ll be completely devoted to him, who practically worships him. He loves the idea of his darling’s life being completely in his hands, his to toy with, ruin, break, end? Maybe. At the same time he can be said to hold some affection for his pet – they had to be special if he decided they were the one for him, after all, and that deserves something does it not? To be Vlad’s darling is to be a toy and a prized treasure at the same time.

For Vladimir, I drew The High Priestess, Justice, and The Heirophant

The High Priestess - What expectations does this yandere have for their darling?

Vlad’s demands are pretty simple - complete loyalty, complete reverence, and complete obedience. Obviously, he doesn’t expect this to happen overnight, and he doesn’t expect darling to be completely on board with it right away (if they are though, he's not complaining). Rather, he expects he has to ease his darling into it, patiently shape their behaviour and personality into what he wants, with little nudges and “advice”. It’d be subtle enough that you don’t even realize it’s happening, until you’re far past the point where you could bow out with no consequences.

Justice - Does this yandere ever feel conflicted about what they’re doing?

No, not particularly. He doesn’t even see any conflict between his admiration for his darling and his cruelty to them. To him, they’re just different expressions of the same attraction he has to you. At this point, Vladimir mostly does what he wants as long as he can get away with it, and truth be told? He’s long lived enough that he feels like he’s seen it all. He’s long lived and doesn’t really give a damn and bored. That raises the question though, how long until he gets bored of you too?

But maybe that’s not the question you should be asking.

The Hierophant - Could this darling’s yandere fool them easily? Or be manipulated by them?

Tricking his darling into believing he’s a normal, trustworthy confidante is Vladimir’s entire goal at the beginning of your relationship. Flitting in and out of the Noxian court over the years has made him quite good at making him look like he belongs.

As for getting manipulated, one figures Vlad’s been around LeBlanc long enough to know when he’s the one getting fooled, but it’s actually quite possible. In particular, a clever darling who at least pretends to play into what he wants, and acts reverent towards him, could get his guard down around them - and as Vladimir does have some respect for his darling on some level, he’d give any “advice” you give more consideration than he’d like to admit.

LeBlanc

Type:

- LeBlanc is above all, extremely manipulative, and rather possessive too, with her own brand of sadism. Though she’s not the kind who’d want to lock you away and keep you to herself, she wants to be the only thing you care about, the only important thing in your life. Before she came along, things were so dull weren’t they? Sure, she might mess with your head, and drive away everyone else who risks getting close enough to know what’s going on, and you might be too mentally and emotionally exhausted to even make sense of it any more, but at least you still have each other, don’t you?

For LeBlanc, I drew The Sun, Death, and Wheel of Fortune

The Sun - When would this yandere feel content with their situation?

That’s a bit of a complicated question with LeBlanc. See, a situation where she feels she’s reached a comfortable “status quo” with her darling isn’t truly a status quo, because LeBlanc’s preferred state of relationship with you is turmoil. If the relationship, despite LeBlanc’s best efforts, appears to be “settling down”, she’s not gonna be happy about it. Not unhappy enough though, to be able to tolerate the thought of abandoning you, and risk having you forget her and go back to any semblance of a normal social life.

Death - Would this yandere ever kill their darling? If not, would this yandere “kill” undesirable traits of their darling?

She would not kill her darling. That would just end her fun far before it has to end. Compared to her, mortals are so short lived already, why cut her time with you even shorter?

As for killing undesirable traits, well. There aren’t any traits LeBlanc herself finds undesirable in you, but if you pride yourself on some virtue? LeBlanc utterly delights in setting up situations where her darling must compromise their core values, or act in ways they find antithetical to who they are. The more your sense of self breaks, the more you only have LeBlanc, a notorious deceiver, to rely on.

Wheel of Fortune - Would this yandere’s behavior stay the same over time? If not, why do they remain the same?

LeBlanc, at her core, never really changes. She’s a deceptive, manipulative person who plays people like chess pieces for inscrutable aims, and her darling is no different, it’s just the aim in question is a lot simpler in theory.

However, she does mix up her tactics. Obviously, she can’t have her you get too used to any of the tricks she pulls, otherwise you might get wise and successfully sabotage her (though she doesn’t mind sabotage attempts on their own - in fact, she finds them quite endearing and adorable, especially when they fail). In particular, one thing she might do (but will only ever do once) is just... show up at your home, and simply tell you that she’s tired of the constant games and trickery, and she’s ready to give it all up for good to truly build a relationship with you. She even addresses how hard it must be for you to believe her, given how much she lies, but she’s willing to work through it, if it means being together. Because she truly loves you that much.

I’ll write up shorter yandere type headcanons for them (like I did for Shen and Akali), but also - I’ll draw three major arcana cards, and answer the related tarot prompts as well.

yandere!Yone x fem!Reader (1k words)

Just a short, quiet piece. Enjoy!

(cw: kidnapping)

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“Where are you taking me!?”

Just as the words leave your mouth, your foot catches on another branch - stumbling, you just barely balance yourself. One foot in front of the other, dragged along by the deathly pale hand tightly gripping onto your wrist.

His pace is hurried, though slower than when he first took off with you. The moments just before replay in your memory.

How the creature towered over you, its silhouette blocking the moonlight, the red glow of its hungry eyes, and its long, sharp claws raised to strike you down. The flash of steel, and its black, ichorous blood splattering the ground, a few drops falling on your cloak. You barely got a look at your saviour, when footsteps in the forest caught your attention. That’s when you felt something grab onto your wrist. And then you were gone.

He turns his head, slightly, to look at you. That fearsome mask, as red as the leaves falling around you, shadows his eyes, and it’s difficult to tell what he’s thinking. It doesn’t help that he hasn’t spoken much - the most you recall is him telling you his name, some way back. Yone. You swear you’ve heard it before, but can’t recall where.

(cw: imprisonment, isolation, physical and psychological torture)

Type:

* Thresh mainly a sadistic yandere, with possessive as a close second. His darling is his plaything, his prisoner, and if the Shadow Isles is a place where the sun doesn’t shine, darling won’t even see the little light of day there is.

Attraction:

* It takes a special blend of brave and stupid to even go to the Shadow Isles in the first place. Unfortunately for you, that is exactly Thresh’s “type” – resolute enough to not break immediately, but still the sort who’d fall for his tricks. In other words, endlessly amusing! We already know he seeks out stubborn and strong souls normally, so obviously he’d like the same in his darling.

* When it comes to stalking, Thresh isn’t particularly subtle, or even that patient. The sound of chains clanging together, growing louder, closer... but it’s hardly the most alarming thing on the Isles, maybe it’s just a ghost? Maybe it’s something minor, that you can deal with. Maybe it’s just ambient noise, nothing that’s come to hurt you.

* It is not any of those things.

* What makes you different from any of Thresh’s other victims? What makes you worth remembering and keeping around? Thresh himself can’t put it into words, but he knows that whatever drove him to do this, it was triggered by seeing something in your eye. Something he wants to make fade, while at the same time wanting to keep for as long as possible.

* Though, it’s not like he’ll explain that to you. To you, he’ll claim it was simply a whim and nothing more.

Yandere Behaviour:

* While he could just kill you and take your soul, it just isn’t the same as keeping you around as you are. I figure the only time he would take your soul is if you were just about to die, maybe by some accident or miscalculation. That way, at least you’ll stay with him.

* But would it even matter, whether you were alive or dead? You’re equally imprisoned anyway, and the torment can’t get much worse than it already is.

* When it comes to any resistance or stubbornness – or lack of it – Thresh sees it as a win either way. It’s just as fun to see you try and stand up to him as it is satisfying to see how broken you’ve become. It’s not like either helps you, though. The former is a convenient excuse to punish you, and the latter is taken as quiet acceptance of whatever happens.

* One thing Thresh is fond of doing, from time to time, is letting you get the idea of escaping, or somehow getting one over on him. Practically dangling the possibility right in front of your face, and most temptingly, making it look easy. You might get somewhat far, maybe even feeling the fresh air. But it’s always a trap, designed to give you hope and then snatch it away. Thresh loves seeing the hope in his darling’s eyes turn to terror.

* Amidst his sadism, it’s easy to forget how possessive Thresh is, especially given that people rarely find you anyways. Plus, when you do meet someone, his response is... peculiar. It becomes obvious that he’s looking the other way, but not ignorant. Given the above though... it’s best you get your new companion to run, before they try anything to help you. Because that’s when Thresh will pounce.

As A Partner:

* What partner?

* Sardonic-ness aside: Thresh’s relationship with the concept of love and how that relates to how he feels about you is... complicated. He’s been so twisted over the years, both by corruption by evil artifacts, and the whole incident with the Shadow Isles on top of that, that he doesn’t quite understand what love is anymore.

* At the same time he still remembers it, and some part of him still longs for companionship. Of course, his idea of companionship is... not very healthy for his companion, let’s say.

* The desire to be loved by his darling is always there, simmering in the background. Obviously, he doesn’t understand how to do this, exactly. At times, it bubbles up to the surface and he demands it from you, and lashes out when you (quite understandably) don’t do this. And this time, it’s not sadistic joy that propels him, it’s genuine anger and frustration.

* If, for some reason, you did accept... I think Thresh would just be at a complete loss for what to do now. There’s no guarantee anything will change, though. Under normal circumstances, this bizarre mood fades after some time and it’s back to business as usual, so that’s likely what happens either way.

* There are times when Thresh will actually treat you with basic decency, which you best savour. You might even have a half-pleasant conversation with him. He has some rather interesting insights on the human psyche, but any conversation about that is going to be uncomfortable given what he does with that information.

* Though he almost never bothers to remember his victims, Thresh is surprisingly adept at remembering small, useless trivia about you. Yes, figuring out your fears and insecurities is one thing, but it’s a little odd to find out he remembers what your favourite flower is, or for him to wish you a happy birthday (on the actual date – and time, if you tell him – of your birth nonetheless).

Other:

* Thresh associates you with flowers in general – a beautiful, living rarity on the Shadow Isles, and quite delicate to boot.

* As a rule of thumb, the more nauseatingly, dissonantly cutesy the petname he’s currently using for you is, the more trouble you’re in. If it’s during one of the more peaceful times, he doesn’t use petnames at all.

I do still write league stuff! My content/writing motivation is just a bit spotty in general, haha.