why arent they married yet
Mahabharat characters and ficlets therein: [1/?]
Draupadi and Krishna
Insp: edits by @walburgablack and numerous edits by @chaanv
It tires her. Being this constant “Instrument of Destiny”. Sometimes, she wishes to escape the grand plans that Divinity expects her to execute, by way of being a pawn.
Getting married to five men, being pledged like a commodity, and being the object of desire for lecherous eyes, Panchaali really has had it all, in all these years.
What next, Krishna?, she asks him.
All she gets is a meaningful silence, and a smile that only she can decipher.
It is all for the greater good, he answers.
His flute takes an identity of its own.
The tune is strange, she wonders.
And sure enough, it is. It seems to juxtapose The Maker and The Destroyer in one. As if were the music to which Shankara would perform his Tandava.
And then, she remembers.
Rudra had materialised in the Sabha the day she was presented there. The rage, her outburst, the disappointment, and of course…
Their silence.
There isn’t much to salvage here, Krishne. The flute seems to answer.
She swears she can feel the crescendo almost foretell the future, the stench of carrion flesh hits her nostrils, almost as tangible as her ears pick the tune of the one who was her likeness in nomenclature.
I shall make my efforts, Panchaali. He seems to read her mind.
Strangely, she doesn’t hope for the prophecy to fail. A fact, He seems to know for a fact.
What else, Krishna?, she breathes.
The familiarity of the smile, and the endnotes of the dirge seem all too corporeal.
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What if Aziraphale and Crowley really are immune to hellfire and holy water respectively, at least to an extent? Crowley has been shown to have a heart and he didn't really mean to Fall. And Aziraphale isn't completely angelic himself either. Or, as cheesy, as it is, their love for each other is what made them immune. Of course, we'll never know due to the body swap.
That’d be kinda hilarious that they came up with this genius plan for nothing, but that also sounds like the kind of mistake they’ll totally make
Before kidnapping Sita, Ravana raped Rambha, Queen of the apsaras, and her husband Nalkuber cursed Ravana that if he ever raped another woman, his head would split in seven. This curse later protected Sita from the worst of Ravana’s torments. So I’d like a fic where Nalkuber goes off on Rama that if Ravana has raped Sita, his curse would have taken effect, and how dare Rama disregard a god’s curse, and what did Rambha suffer for then?
It lingers in Nalkuber’s memory, later; after all is said and done.
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Hey all, remember when I said I’d never do another picture-fic because I don’t have photoshop and it’s straight up the devil’s work? Yeah, I lied.
someone give me validation this took forever
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Let me tempt you to a spot of lunch? Temptation accomplished.
— GOOD OMENS (2019)
i ate chef boyardee and began to cry bro that shit was so bad… i had noodles i could have eaten those
Crowley, teaching Aziraphale to drive: Okay, so you’re driving and Gabriel and Michael walk onto the road. Quick, what do you hit?
Aziraphale: Oh definitely Gabriel
Crowley, sighing: The brakes, angel. You hit the brakes.
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