pinball_mentality
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in radar's eyes, hawkeye's drunk depression is more impressive than anything he'll ever be.
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lick away liquor, honeyed milk by oldpinworks (pinball_mentality)
Fandoms: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
13 Apr 2024
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he may be the king between the two of them, but sinbad was a sailor before anything, and he knows how to spot polaris when he sees it. he trusts ja'far to guide him to the ends of the earth and back, and knows that he will follow. sinbad wants to build paradise? well, ja'far's freckles are made of honey and taste like whiskey, and he knows enough about pleasure to know what that means.
in other words: sinbad's hopelessly in love with his grand vizier and vice versa so he waxes three thousand words worth of poetry about it.
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queen sacrifice by pinball_mentality
Fandoms: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (Manga), Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (Anime)
29 Mar 2024
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a look into sinbad's thoughts during the events in zepar's dungeon, and what ja'far means to him.
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sunburn; leap of faith by oldpinworks (pinball_mentality)
Fandoms: Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (Manga), Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (Anime)
12 Mar 2024
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he thinks of those days spent in weathered bandages like a cage. he thinks of how similar survival felt to fear and how similar predator sounded to prey. he ties twin wires tight around his arms like crimson veins; blood is the weight of the sacrifices they've borne.
a life spent merely surviving seems so far away, when he follows devotion. birds are most vulnerable when they’re in flight and yet he leaves that cage behind to chase the rays of his golden sun. this is his promise; there's no greater freedom than the piety he's sworn.ja'far and his relationship to loyalty and trust, then and now.
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serving size by oldpinworks (pinball_mentality)
Fandoms: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica
24 May 2022
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she eats alone. cake and confection are burdened by a single mouth, single jaw, a single tasteless tongue. she dines on sweets full of sugar and acid and a portion meant to share. she can't stand it anymore. the sweetness makes her sick. she is tired.
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catalyst (the little giant is a title of the future) by oldpinworks (pinball_mentality), pinball_mentality
Fandom Haikyuu!!
07 Feb 2021
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udai tenma doesn’t fly anymore. he watches the younger generations fly higher and higher from the ground where he stands, burdened by the weight of adulthood.
sometimes he feels the wax of melted wings solidify, if only a little.
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immortality, as told by yashiro nene by oldpinworks (pinball_mentality)
Fandom 地縛少年花子くん | Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun | Toilet-bound Hanako-kun (Manga)
01 Aug 2020
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She was supposed to die in a year’s time. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. It was never supposed to be like this.
Or: Yashiro Nene has been around supernaturals far too much for a human without high spiritual energy. She pays the price.
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Avowal by persicae for hawberries
Fandoms: 哪吒之魔童降世 | Né Zhā Zhī Mó Tóng Jiàng Shì (2019)
25 Dec 2019
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It doesn't matter how much dragon blood flows through Ao Bing's veins - he learned early on that to survive was to be human. But Nezha is intrigued despite Ao Bing's attempts to keep his dragon form hidden, and it's not long before Ao Bing finds himself at war with his own heart.
Nezha makes sure he isn't fighting that war alone.
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chrysanthemum addendum by SeaMemoryFoam (deadcereus)
Fandoms: 哪吒之魔童降世 | Né Zhā Zhī Mó Tóng Jiàng Shì (2019)
27 Oct 2019
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They met in autumn, in the time of the chrysanthemums. The flower that blooms in harsh environments, unfurling to reveal the layers hidden within. A flower of unparalleled tenacity—much like Nezha.
"Everything that you've given to me, I'll return to you."
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- Part 1 of Four Gentlemen
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fire and ice mix.. sometimes by wondahoye (wonderhoye)
Fandoms: 哪吒 | Nezha (Movies 2019 2025)
14 Mar 2025
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Ao Bing takes the seat next to him.
“Weren’t you sitting down there?” Nezha asks.
”Wouldn’t you prefer a proper conversation?” Ao Bing cocks an eyebrow.
Nezha thinks he’s really, really pretty, his eyes the same shade as his hair. “No.” He turns away.
Ao Bing and Nezha meet in college. They click, somehow.
Bookmarked by pinball_mentality
12 Apr 2026
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Nezha is many things, and he’s also contradictory to said things. He’s wild, unrefined, and unbowing like a mountain. A force borne of the true flames of Samadhi itself. Yet, Ao Bing finds that he's so delicate, so untruthful of his feelings, and so insecure of his own flesh. Ao Bing, in his many years surrounded by only fish, Shen Gongbao, and scaly dragons, personally thinks Nezha is very beautiful.
If only he'd see that beauty for himself.
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(river, o' river) flow gently for me by paxfacere (flamiekitten)
Fandoms: 哪吒 | Nezha (Movies 2019 2025)
21 Jul 2025
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Ao Bing attempts to soothe a restless Nezha with a traditional dragon lullaby.