No but in all seriousness, memes aside, much love to all my friends in the UK right now. I know shit's about to be chaotic and nationalistic and shitty, and I hope the media circus ends as quickly as possible.
Deciding to actually write about this, in hopes that it will help me with my mental struggles, and writers block. Lil snippet of the first chapter, so far.
I really want to get back into writing, so I hope this will push me to do so.
Fantasy AU where Hawks is the Fey King, and in search of a new mate, a Queen to rule by his side. He spots you during one of his human realm visits and is absolutely enamoured by you. He tries, he tries to court you, tries to win you over. You knew he was Fey, so you kept your wit about him. He never asked for your name which was strange. But it clicked when you fell right into his trap, when you fell in love with him. You told him your name on your own accord, that's when he knew we won you over. You felt stupid for doing such, but when taken back to the Fey realm, you were spoiled rotten by him. His new mate, his new Queen.
Mans an actual bird
Tokoyami was born a WHAT
Just the idea of Hawks continuously calling out to someone from above if they are okay, even trying to sense their hearbeat with his feathers. He gets no response so he finally goes down to check on them a bit panicked, only to realize its a scarecrow that looks disturbingly human. He takes a moment to release the breath he was holding, then questions who the fuck puts a scarecrow in an ally way.
Nice view
The most heartbreaking thing about this panel/scene in general is that Hawks isn’t lying. It was supposed to be a lie. He’s supposed to be making up the most obscene things in order to trick the villains into thinking he’s on their side… but in this moment? Where he’s talking about the hero society turning out to be a bird cage that is locking him up? And how he wants to be free? It’s the honest to god truth and he knows it. Of all the times where he’s put on that fake smile, this is the one that actually looks painful.
Painful because it’s the truth. Painful because he has to use it as a lie. Painful because he’s never, ever opened up about it with anyone before but Twice, this man on the opposite side, his enemy… that he has started to grow attached to anyways. Hawks is bearing his heart to Jin in this moment, but he won’t ever know it. He’s going to be cut down, betrayed anyways because that’s just a part of this sickening job he’s stuck with to “protect people.”
Who will protect Hawks though, when he’s doing this mission singlehandedly, not being able to tell a soul about it? Who else is there to turn to but the villains around him? Little by little, he’s realizing more things about himself while infiltrating and it hits him harder than he could ever imagine.
Here, unlike his other half-hearted smiles, he can’t even open his eyes. He might actually show some emotion if he did that. He looks so… small and meager. He’s showing his teeth so awkwardly, like someone in complete submission, like someone who’s acting like it’s all okay but can crumble at any given moment. He’s crying out for help.
As he should
Thinking back to when Hawks first debuts in the manga and anime, we get to see how his feathers work. And now thinking of it, he actually did gain his mother's quirk. Normal feathers can't pick up the vibrations of an entire person, let alone see. Yet we see that Hawks is able to "see" with his feathers, when he focuses and listens to the vibrations, he is able to visualize in his mind exactly what caused the vibration and if it's a person, who that person is. MEANING. That instead of having extra floating eyes that allow him to see. His wings are so sensitive to sounds that he can literally paint a picture in his mind from the vibrations alone. His wings are a second or rather, hundreds of sets of eyes. So he did get his mother's quirk, just not in the same form as hers.
Stories... stories.. I'm thinking of writing another fic, but idk what I would want it to be about...
Any ideas?
Imagine if when Hawks apologized about his name, father, and killing Twice, saying how he was forced to do so under the commission, as it was his task. The people instead of resenting him, felt bad for him because he was forced to do things he didn't want to do, and was forced to keep his true identity a secret from the public. From which we know, he loves his fans, and truely loves his job of being a hero, which all the more hurts him that he has to lie to the public and keep secrets from the people that rely and believe in him the most.
Where was I going with this post? Idk, just kinda Hawks-dumping rn.
C.Hawks: Avoiding fans and just trying to get home can be really tiresome.
F.Hawks: Why avoid them? I love my fans!
C.Hawks: I love my fans too, but after a long day, all i want to do is relax and drink a nice cup of coffee.
F.Hawks: Then go to a cafe.
C.Hawks: Even at a cafe, I'd still be recognized and pestered.
F.Hawks: Aren't you supposed to be an optomist?
C.Hawks: Jeez, sorry for wanting time to myself and not spend my entire life wearing a mask to please the public.
F.Hawks: Okay okay, point taken.