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Is the winter event for members only?
The Hearth Collab hosted by @love-and-lore is open to anyone! You don’t have to be a member to participate! 🤍
If you’re interested in joining, you can do so by DMing Love & Lore. But if you’re feeling shy or have questions, you can reach out to me anytime, too!
Welcome to Love & Lore's first ever winter event!
The theme of this collab is "hearth." A hearth is traditionally associated with home, and often used to symbolize family, fertility, love, and warmth. You may incorporate it however you wish in your self-ship work!
Hosted By
βοΈ Love & Lore - an 18+ self-ship community.
βοΈ @kailali & @meggsngrits
Due Date
βοΈ January 31st
Rules
βοΈ This collab is open to everyone 18+
βοΈ You can enter with any self-ship, with any character, from any fandom. Poly self-ships are welcome, too!
βοΈ There is no limit on the amount of times a character can be repeated.
βοΈ There is no limit on how many times you can participate.
βοΈ SFW, NSFW, and Dark Content are accepted for this collab. Please tag appropriately.
βοΈ Your entry must be original work, created by you.
βοΈ Your entry can be anything that is self-ship related! Headcanons. Fics. Art. Moodboards. Playlists. Anything else! (Entries can be from any POV!)
Want To Join?
βοΈ Send an ask with the blog, fandom, and character(s) you want to participate with!
βοΈ Once you've completed your entry, tag and/or dm @love-and-lore to get it added to the masterlist!

I also love talking Shuji! I don't have a ship game yet. I haven't found a way to smash our names together in a way I like. Suggestions welcome 🙏🏽
I'd also love to hear more about your self ship! I saw you knew each other since Valhala. How'd you meet? 👀 was it love at first sight?
Ooh, lemme think on it!
Any preference between it being combined with ‘Shuji’ or 'Hanma’?
Yes, I meet Shuji in Valhalla! Younger Kai was… chaotic, to say the very least. So in my self-ship, I end up as a member of Valhalla in my quest to find trouble! It’s not love at first sight, but we are drawn to one another as moths to a flame.
My self-ship with Shuji evolves from “you’re here when there’s nobody else, but I won’t be tied down” to “no matter who else I’m with, you’re the one I always end up coming back to” and ends up as “why do you let anybody else touch you when you’re mine?” So while we’re immediately entangled, it’s a while before we both acknowledge that this is something we can trust in, something we can’t call anything but love.
We get close in Valhalla, and I follow him to Toman as his vice-captain, then to Tenjiku, and eventually to Kanto Manji, too. It isn’t until Kanto Manji that he even starts to accept that maybe we aren’t just fucking around…. maybe we are both someone the other can’t leave behind.
WAKASA. WAKASA. WAKASA.
I am sitting patiently at your feet waiting for story time 🤍
I don’t have anything fully thought out about it yet, but it’s based off a song I’ve been obsessed with recently called Heather on the Hill by Nathan Evans, the premise is that during the down time for the Black Dragons they have hang outs where they’re just acting like normal teenagers who dance around fires and drink and kiss

It really does! My self-ship? I'd say our relationship is passionate, seemingly carefree, and kinda toxic. High highs and big fights. But we know it's really through thick and thin. Lmao a little delulu but the song that makes me think of him most right now is "my ex's best friend" by MGK. Another one (also MGK - so embarrassing🫣) is "why are you here" - though this one's more for our fights
I LOVE IT SO MUCH. We have similar Shuji vibes ~
That makes me so excited! I love talking Shuji!
I had to go listen to your songs before I could reply (I live under a rock, don’t mind me) and I think they suit Shuji so well! No way he’d be able to keep himself away from you.
Do you have a self-ship name for y'all?So sorry if I missed it somewhere!

Ooh, yes yes!! I WISH I COULD SHARE IT ALL. It’s gonna be so hard to pick snippets!! It’s messy headcanons right now, but I plan to spin it into something else!
Wakasa with two daughters who are just so pretty that every nerve in his body is humming. He knows better than anyone how some men treat pretty girls, especially when they’re as soft and delicate as his daughters.
Wakasa in the gym training them how to fight, how to defend themselves. He’s not going to settle with them knowing the bare minimum; he’s constantly pushing them to improve, putting them up against tougher and tougher opponents.
Takeomi loves his daughter, okay? There’s never any question of that. But Takeomi never really overcomes his underlying issues. He’s constantly chiding her to act more like a lady, behave more like a lady. He spoils her so much though, constantly handing her his credit card and sending her off to shop to her heart’s content. He’s always there for her when she needs it, but not always in the way she needs it.
(there’s a bonus at the end with Takeomi’s son, too!)
I would love to hear more about your gamer au from the WIPs game ♡
Auraaaa! 💕 I gave Kai a snippet from the actual chapter but I will share a few of my notes with you hehehe. 🤭
- Dabi is an ex pro athlete. He used to snowboard until he had a tragic accident. Now he streams full time.
- I also stream, but it’s mostly art, cozy games and horror games. Dabi plays competitive games. He discovers my channel on his own, watches me to fall asleep. Makes a secret account to talk to me.
- We’re both streamers but he is way more popular than I am. He shot up in popularity quickly. He’s mostly well known because he wears a mask over the lower half of his face when he’s on cam but everyone goes wild over his blue eyes and voice. I realize how similar this is to like Corpsehusband and other mask streamers but ya get it. Essentially he wears a mask to hide his identity/his scars.
- He streams super popular games with other well known streamers while I stream mostly art, cozy games and horror games. I have like a fraction of the number of viewers that he pulls, but I still have a loyal following and am able to stream regularly.
- That’s how he ends up finding me one night when he’s browsing for something to fall asleep to. Thanks to trauma he has a hard time falling asleep, and when he does, he has nightmares. Falling asleep to videos of people talking usually helps.
- Anyway, that’s when he stumbles upon one of my “cozy” streams where I chitchat while I build or run around my AC island. He thinks the sound of my voice is quite comforting with my twang and easily falls asleep. So he ends up turning back to my channel now whenever he is going to bed.
Lovely Meg! I have arrived for storytelling hour!
Dabi x Meg Gamer AU, please! 🤍
“Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. See ya tomorrow.”
The streamer known as Dabi gave the camera a crooked smile despite the mask that obscured his features and used two fingers to signal his sign off as his screen filled with his “thank you for watching” graphic. Another stream down and more subs in his pocket.
His face fell as he let out a long exhale. He pulled his mask off and dropped it on the desk before grabbing his pack of cigarettes.
My sweetness, what about Dark Devotion and Agony? ♡
Ooh. I think these are ones you’ll enjoy!
Dark Devotion with Tetta - I’ve shared my favorite snippet before but I’m going to do it again, because I don’t think you’ve seen it!
“Would you kill me if you had to?”
You chew your bottom lip, considering his question… would you? After a moment, you shake your head.
“No? I… I would. You belong to me. Nobody else can have you.”
And Agony, with sweet Shion. This one is still in early stages, but I have a feeling it’s heading towards angst. Instead of a snippet, I’ll share two of my favorite lines so far!
“I’m in agony… are you in agony, too?”
“I would tear the heart out of my chest to put it in your hands.”
Kaiiii for the WIP game 👀👀 little sister and/or incubus. Whichever (or both) that you’d like to share 🤭🤤
Incubus is absolutely still in brainstorming / drafting mode, so I don’t have any snippets to share, but…
Incubus!Tetta is no stranger to seduction, but there’s something different about you… something that makes him keep coming back for more. He can’t help but to be drawn to you again and again… but did you know that some traditions say that repeated encounters with incubi can result in the deterioration of your health… or even death?
Ugh, I fucking LOVE Little Sister… there’s so many parts I want to share! But you’ve already seen some of my favorite parts, so I’ll share something I think you haven’t?
His hands grip the back of your thighs firmly, and you follow his lead, perching on the railing and wrapping your legs around his waist. There’s no barrier now, nothing but Shuji keeping you from plummeting to the pavement a hundred feet below.
WIP Game
Rules: Post the names ofΒ allΒ the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPS.
Thank you @delphi-dreamin for the tag!
βΊ My Hero Academia
β°ββ€ Gone to Hell Ch. 7
β°ββ€ LORE Ch. 4
β°ββ€ LORE Ch. Ex Boyfriend
β°ββ€ LORE Ch. Aftermath
β°ββ€ Dabi x Meg Gamer AU
βΊ Obey Me
β°ββ€ Lucifer // Somno
β°ββ€ Lucifer // Affirmations
β°ββ€ What if you brat tamed Luci?
β°ββ€ Hearth Collab
β°ββ€ Mammon Coin
β°ββ€ Mammon Good Boy
β°ββ€ Manor WIP
β°ββ€ Book Club // Satan
β°ββ€ Chapter 11.5: The Alliance
β°ββ€ Chapter 12: The Runaway
β°ββ€ Intermission: Fire Drill
No Pressure Tags: @kailali, @blankexpressions-and-falsefires, @onyourowndaisymae @denpa-dere, and anyone else that wants to do it!
Meg, my love… why do you hate me?
Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! Tag as many people as you have WIPS.
- Unknown - Diagnosis
- Kisaki Tetta - Dark Devotion
- Kisaki Tetta - Incubus
- Hanma Shuji - Little Sister
- Hanma Shuji - Broken
- Imaushi Wakasa & Akashi Takeomi - As Dads
- Sanzu Haruchiyo - How Long
- Madarame Shion - Agony
- Inumaki Toge - Forget (rewrite)
No-pressure tagging: @mekiza, @qichun, @shujiforever, and anyone else that wants to play! (cheating by not tagging nine but Meg did it first!!)
The best part about self ships is discussing lore with your friends.