Latest Chapter Of Switch Is Up For Anybody Who Likes Their Kink With A Hefty Amount Of Character Work

I know Damen isn't the pretty blonde of the couple and all but does anybody else hear 'Please Please Please' and think of him begging Laurent not to be on his bullshit in front of the Akielon forces? For like five minutes? Please?

"I know I have good taste, it's funny and it's ironic that only I feel that way."

"I tell them it's just your culture and everyone rolls their eyes."

I can't with it. It was made for him.

Not to do the cringe *characters talking in the authors notes* thing but spellcheck just tried to change 'between Damen's legs' to 'between women's legs' in the chapter I'm writing and I felt Laurent's full-offence-taken in my very soul.

Not to be boring about it but I think Vere's acceptance would really hinge on public opinion of the alliance in general. If the Kingdom is thriving and the Veretian side accepted Damen's rule then there is a chance that attitudes might have shifted, culturally speaking, by the time the succession came up.

If not then I think you'd get some real pushback, they'd likely see Laurent's marriage as a pretty flimsy reason to be ruled by an Akielon-Vaskian.

Although I am partial to the idea of Laurent taking Damen's son under his wing (even if he chooses not to parent) and making sure he's more than ready if it's an uphill battle. He has the experience having his own claim in question and the drive to honour Damen's line. If anybody was going to pull it off...

(Plus imagine some old Veretian politician trying to argue this son's illegitimacy, only for him to open his mouth and spew out the most Laurent-coded tongue lashing anybody has heard in years. Jaws hit the floor. Inheritance secured.)

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The question of succession...

Laurent wants his line to die with. We gotta respect that.

So the only other option is for Damen to sire an heir. But I don' see him doing the ykkkk deed with anyone.

But he did sleep with the tribe women. And if the children are male the Vaskians don't want them.

So my solution for them would be to take in the boys damen sired. Boom! Everyone happy.

Random af ikkk

Look I know I have no business devoting more brainpower to this or making it serious for no reason but I have come to the conclusion that Laurent was a fan of Damen's show until they killed off his favourite character (who reminded him of Auguste). He's got a detailed list of why it was a terrible, dumb plot point. He won't let Damen hit that unless he publicly 'spoils' that the Prince isn't really dead.

Okay hear me out: Laurent and Nicaise cosplaying Howl and Markl (flawlessly). Damen is a pannelist for some show he works on and he doesn't get a lot of this geek culture stuff but damn that guy over there was hot. Hello hot costumed stranger. I'll totally watch Ghibli if it'll get you back to my hotel room.

I can't tell if it's funnier if Laurent is a fan of Damen's work and has to play it cool, or if he thinks his show is straight up trash and Damen has to work for it. Nicaise is not ambiguous he definitely thinks it's trash.

Kinda a WIP but also kinda not idk I'm experimenting.

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when Laurent was picking out his chiton because I need to know if somebody brought that to him as a sincere option or if he had to request it.

Like one minute this poor Akielon attendant or what have you thinks he's going to get eviscerated for suggesting this tightly laced Prince show some ankle and the next Laurent is like "And how much thigh can I justifiably have out?"

How could it be anyone but you?

Made little something for @typicallyriarkle , who is a wonderful writer and person. Not a certain scene, just a vibe, but I hope you like all the same. 🖤

(Also the linework version for funsies?)

HIIII OMG I JUST SAW THAT U UPDATED SWITCH!!!!! I HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP YET BUT I CAN'T WAIT TO READ IT!!! Do u have any plans for a new fic / project after switch? I can't bear without ur writing 🥺 hope ur well!!

Hi there! I'm well thank you, hope you're doing well too!

Fingers crossed you enjoy the chapter, it's a longer one than usual! 🖤

I do have a few ideas floating around for after Switch. Most are oneshots but I do have an idea for a multi-chapter fic where Laurent is married to Torveld but it's toxic as hell (age gap, coercion, power struggle) and Damen ends up tangled in the middle of a cukolding/affair situation...

I'm still trying to get the dynamics pinned down properly, but if that's something you (or anybody reading this) would be interested in reading then let me know. 😅

Headcannon that in public Damen uses Laurent's titles and refers to him as ‘his majesty’ as much as possible because his lover got undermined as future King too much and he simply will not tolerate The Disrespect.  

On the flipside Laurent will drop a ‘my intended’ or ‘my husband’ with the frequency of that One Girl from highschool who needs to get her engagement ring into every photo.

HELLOOOOO I RECENTLY BINGED SWITCH IN LIKE TWO DAYS I AM O B S E S S E D IT SO SOSNO GOOD!!!!? I've read very few fics that capture that transition from suspicion to trust that Laurent has for Damen, much less in Modern AUs, and I was surprised at how seamless it felt!!! So kudos for that!!!! I can't wait to read more from u, do u have an uploading schedule, by chance?

Anyways, thank you for writing and uploading it!!!!

Hi there!

Thank you so much, we love a binge read here, I'm glad you've enjoyed the fic so far!

There's no schedule for updates (sorry!) When I'm really on a roll I've been known to get a chapter out every two weeks but sometimes life happens or a chapter decides to be tricky and I fall behind my goal. Hopefully the wait is worth it!