Hc that since Arthur basically always wears his hat when around others, he uses it to conceal/hide his emotions by tilting his head down so his hat covers his face.
Except he's been hanging around Charles so much that sometimes he's caught without his hat for whatever reason. So when he tries to hide a smirk or a frown (or a blush for my charthur shippers) he instinctively looks down forgetting he doesn't have his hat.
Anyway Charles is observant and picks up on the tell super quick. He can tell when something's up bc Arthur hides behind his hat (or the absence of one).
Well Arthur isn't even aware that he does this and is equally curious and terrified of how easily Charles can read him. No one has ever been able to pick up on his small emotional cues or if they did they didn't mention it while Charles knows almost immediately. Arthur probably thought at one point or another Charles had mind reading capabilities because it is the only explanation he could think of.
And the whole time Arthur thinks he is good at concealing his emotions when it's really just his hat.
In-Progress Fics:
The CloneNet - media au, outside POV, clone-centric, jedi-centric, eventual fix-it, 14/33
Into the Endless Sky - ObiMaul raising Anakin and Feral post-Naboo Savage replaced Maul in the Phantom Menace events, 1/?
Of Beroyas and Pacifists, the Children of Mandalore - Boba/Korkie fic, alternating POVs, the rarest of rare pairs this is literally the first and only fic, 3/?
Our Paths They Will Converge - roleswap senator skywalker/jedi padme au, alternating POVs, heavy tatooine slave culture, 7/?
Rebels In Our Imagination - kylux, essentially the only way my brain likes seeing the sequels, 1/?
where there are almosts, there are things that just were - Obi-Wan was never saved from the slavers on Bandomeer and ends up on Tatooine w/ the Skywalkers and his many children, 2/?
Complete Fics:
cold nights and warm beds - Syndulla polycule E-rated fic, 1/1
I Am Not A Prophet - Luke Skywalker-centric, Tatooine Slave Culture, 1/1
secret spouses and child - Clone Wars era chat fic between (predominantly) clones, essentially the revealling of the Syndulla polycule to the other CC clones, 1/1
Today is the Day Nobody Dies - a one-shot centered around an alternate scene in a fic that I really like, Qui-Gon POV, time travel where Maul and Obi-Wan have a shared vision of their future while fighting in Phantom Menace, 1/1
trouble comes in pairs - the non omegaverse version of “Trouble Comes in Pairs, and it’s Not Always Bad”, no babies were born, 1/1
Trouble Comes in Pairs, and it’s Not Always Bad - leia/han, luke/han, alternating POV, omegaverse, the most melodramatic thing like two babies are born in a broom closet it’s a lot, Vader redemption, 2/2
Series:
A Crinkle in the Void - think of it as a spiderverse type au, only the alternate selves only cross over one at a time and sometimes with a few guests
Only A Baby - essentially canon 5yo Obi-Wan, 3/?
If Only We Listened - alternate version of canon where Ahsoka listens to Maul’s warning before Order 66 is given, although Anakin still falls and the order still goes through
Dearly do I sorrow for you. - space travel takes time and Obi-Wan and Padme don’t have much of it after leaving Mustafar, 1/5
Concern - Obi-Wan and Ahsoka have a chat about Obi-Wan’s bad decisions, 1/1
Companion of the Ancestors - time travel au, 19yo lineage members meet each other plus baby Luke and Leia because alternate future timeline, 10/?
Prisms - soulmate au where most people have multiple soulmates, determined by gaining a color in black-and-white vision
Mosaic (Obi-Wan) - 3/7
Boothill is officially a disney princess
I think the original trilogy should have had a blooper of Darth Vader actually finding R2 with the plans and trying to get them from him like a dog with food it can't have.
Darth Vader, feared sith: R2 give me the rebel plans! Drop it!
R2d2, most feral droid to exist: NO! How dare you conquer the galaxy without me! You're uninvited from the droid upraising
i mean in fairness to anakin, he did bring artoo along for SOME of the world conquering!
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OK so I have. A headcanon that the previous winner will be the first to appear the most recent winner, in order to comfort them and calm them down and stuff.
Grian, the first, was all alone. But he knew what was going on.
When Scott won, Grian appeared to him. That makes sense, he's the administrator and the only player to win before.
When Pearl won, Scott appeared to her. Thst tracks, he had the most influence on her in that game and basically caused her death by killing himself.
Its around when Martyn wins Limited Life and Pearl appears to him that they realize the "previous winner" pattern. Because all they really had in common was going kinda insane towards the end. Fortunately Pearl is able to calm him down.
When Scar wins, Martyn clears his throat from behind him, raising an eyebrow. There's not a lot to say, they don't have much in common- but Martyn heaves a sigh and helps Scar stand up from his position kneeled in front of the Secret Keeper.
Scar is ecstatic when Cleo wins, jumping onto them a cheer and an excited yell. All of the bad feelings they had, if there were even any, melt away, and they are just happy.
Joel is clutching his head from the ender pearl death when Cleo appears in front of him, laughing so hard they keel over. Their laughter is infectious, and it takes a good twenty minutes for both of them to stop gasping for air.
I propose that whoever wins next nearly gets hit by Joel's car when he drifts into their world, and he rolls his window down, yelling for them to "Get in, we have so much to talk about!"
Perry the platypus joke but with Ganon and Legend
annette seeing adrian being haunted (in the good way) by ghost trepha
he prayed for times like this
reference to this!!