#/J /SILLY BTW... BUT STILL WHEN I CATCH YOU!!! /also silly

[thebearme]

got any zoey headcanons?

YES!! imma bout to go off-

Zoey is Korean-Russian. (Dad is Russian and mom is Korean.)

Was a military kid so she hopped to place to place but when her dad was home the arguing would continue. Eventually leading to a divorce.

Her pet hamster and cat kept her company during these times.

Miss Puffy Cheeks (the hamster) is unkillable. Kid Zoey would make up stories of MPC being a tough, resilient military hamster that has a secret life outside of being her pet like Parry the platypus. She finds it silly now but she still can't figure out where MPC goes when she's at school.

Zoey lives with her dad. (she was always a daddy's girl even if she hates to admit.)

Zoey was a quiet but kind girl when she was younger, always a people pleaser and it only got worse in the beginning of high school.

She always got bullied by the jocks of the school for being a push-over, pick-me girl and a quiet kid.

One day they put gum soo far up in her long hair the next day it was ALL cut to her shoulders length.

Later she dyed her brown hair to red. (Cuz red looks cute but also because it gives her SOME control in her situation.)

When I think of Zoey being into indie stuff I think of arty tiktok. (like arthoe, indiekid, vintagecore suff like that)

During All Star Zoey was the girls counselor (by force) and a couple counselors (by force). By the end of it she got sick of being everyone's therapist. She LOVES helping her friends but it gets hard to do so when you have no choice.

Zoey's favorite time period is the 50s, as well is Vito. (the ONLY thing they have in common)

She's also go on dates with Svetlana. (🏳️‍🌈lesbeans)

Zoey also does Svetlana's makeup sometimes.

Zoey likes putting stickers on things and people.

In MZC team (Mike, Zoey and Cam) Zoey thinks she's the mom friend. (everyone is the mom friend.)

In a High school au their friend group is literally JUST Ned's declassified survival guide.

Btw Zoey and Mike are the types of mfs to instead of dancing in the prom they will dance in the rain outside together. (I watched too many 00s 10s Disney shows.)

Cause Zoey was a military kid she had trained with her dad in self-defense. (This is where commando Zoey came to be!) Even though she never uses it, it's still a useful skill.

Zoey is sumwhat able to catch up to Manitoba pace when they hike together.

Jo hangs out with Zoey and Svetlana, they go to the gym together.

Sammy and Zoey are friends and go to the same school (Zoey is two grades ahead.) and they spend lunch together sometimes. (depending if Amy kicks Sammy out from her lunch table.)

Zoey's cat (Fluffy) has beef with Mike because he thinks Mike is taking his mother from him. (Her attention whore cat.)

She does NOT like conflict. Zoey will have a panic attack if people argue in front of her, let alone make her choose sides.

Zoey takes a major in psychology and a minor in fashion.

Zoey and Brick are classmates and great friends.

Brick and her have a lil side project where they make outfits for Dekota size. (she really appreciates it.)

A little silly thing Zoey does when she's bored is that she draws on her or others skin. Mike tends to have the most drawings on him (hands & arms) it grounds him and also because her drawings are cute. She doesn't draw on Cam because he's to afraid of the chemicals in the markers or pen.

Zoey hates the idea of choosing sides so much after she finishes college she moves in with Mike. Not smart financial but at least she won't have to tell one of her mom or dad that she chose to be with the other parent instead of them.

Zoey has a little bit of strained relationship with her parents.

Mal and Zoey would ✨lovingly✨ beat each other up. They're ADHD VS AUTISM incarnate. (Mal hates mfs with red hair and pronouns!! /j)

Zoey is Molly McGee on adderall.

Her and Gwen would get tongue piercings together.

Zoey has a granddaughter relationship with Chaster, a good one but she still try's not to upset him anymore then he already is. (btw no one has told him that Zoey is half-Russian and none of them plan to.)

Zoey take more years in college later and became a teacher; I imagine she's Mille's teacher. After the TDI reboot Mille comes back to class feeling guilty that she couldn't finish her thesis paper about people her generation's psychology but made a backup paper about her own insecurities. And of course Zoey completely understands and tells Mill it's ok to feel insecure but make sure to keep yourself in check so that insecurity doesn't turn into judgement for others problems and trauma. (this one had abit more projection in this. superiority complexes in Gen Z's that "aren't like the others" virus is a real problem man.)

(Because I aint planning to re-re-redesign Zoey.) take a list of songs that give a Zoey vibe.

[conundrumsofphilosophy]

I seriously don’t know how this “ask” thing works, but what do you think the mercs would do on a beach day? Beach days for fictional characters are always so silly

i love this i freaking love beach days. i had so much fun writing these

scout

- he is beelining for the water. he loves swimming and doesn't get to often so as soon as they get there he is in the water splishing and splashing

- refuses to put sunscreen on (that's for wimps) so he gets sunburnt to hell and back and medic has to slather him in aloe vera gel when they get back to base

- will not be waiting 20 minutes after eating the sandwich engineer packed him before he gets back in the water. will get a cramp and will act like it doesn't even bother him to impress miss pauling (she's here in my beautiful mind) she is not impressed and will try to get him to get out of the water

- accidentally destroys some random kid's sandcastle so he'll sit down with them to help them rebuild it

soldier

- trying to catch fish with his bare hands. hoping to catch a shark

- getting buried in the sand and a sexy mermaid body sculpted on top of him. likely demo is the one burying him

- swims over to the others as sneakily as he can (not very) and tries to jump them (they heard him coming but they play along)

- eats sand /j

pyro

- brought ALL of the sand toys. water is not their thing so they're building masterclass sandcastles with engineer

- after too long in direct sun he gets really uncomfortable so he's laying face down on a towel under a big umbrella. melting

- walks along the shoreline looking for jellyfish. they have a stick to poke them with. also picks up shells and brings them to people

- he helps with the sexy mermaid body sculpting for soldier

demoman

- goes way out into the water and just floats in one spot. staring

- he's wasted obviously so pauling and heavy are keeping a very careful eye on him. him getting caught in a riptide could really ruin the beach day

- enjoys laying out in the sun. will probably lay his towel out beside sexy mermaid soldier and they'll stare at the sky until one or both are asleep

- WILL start a game of beach volleyball with the others and WILL be on the losing team

heavy

- sitting with medic and miss pauling. he's not much for swimming, and he feels responsible for making sure the other mercs don't die (demo) (soldier) (scout)

- he and engineer prepared the picnic. they got up so early and made. so many sandwiches

- will be coerced into volleyball. absolutely fucking dominates and his team wins every match

- actually applies sunscreen like a normal rational person because he burns BAD. medic does his back <3

engineer

- second person in the water when they get there. scout screamed at him while he was running there to join him and he will always cave to scout pressure

- the water is really nice on his joints and swimming helps his back so it's a good time all around for him. i think he is in pain all the time btw

- makes sure everyone eats something and has plenty to drink. papa

- literally keels over laughing at sexy mermaid soldier. it catches him so off guard when he sees it and it makes him lose his shit. he'll think about it a week later and start laughing again. and nobody brought a camera so he only has the mental picture

medic

- swimming is sensory hell for him so he opts out. but he still enjoys the beach because he gets to watch his peers being idiotic

- referees the beach volleyball match. he doesn't know anything about volleyball (neither does anyone else really.) he's just happy to be here

- delights in the shells pyro brings him and he keeps all of them forever. he has a little jar of them in his office

- he and miss pauling had a miscommunication error in the planning and they both brought the same overpacked first aid kit so the team is. doubly prepared

sniper

- swimming very leisurely. i think he is a chronic pain sufferer so he takes it easy but it definitely helps ease some aches

- helps pyro get wet sand for his sandcastles so he doesn't have to keep getting up and down. brings him a couple pails of wet sand at a time and replenishes when needed

- absolutely falls asleep and gets a heinous sunglasses tan line

- absolutely terrible at volleyball but he plays anyways. he's on heavy's team so he gets to gloat even though he barely contributed

spy

- i really love the image of him being at the beach still in full suit. lounging on a beach chair with sunglasses on and a mimosa and one of those sun reflectors

- couldn't be bothered. he does not participate in any activities whatsoever except graciously receiving seashells from pyro (which he does appreciate. they're very pretty)

- might fall asleep a little bit. scout wakes him up to ask him if he should try some move on miss pauling. he tells him absolutely not and immediately falls back asleep

- somehow he doesn't overheat despite being in layers in the sun. magic man

~

keep the requests coming :3 love you guys

[annimator]

OH FUCK

(THAT NEW EPISODE WAS SOMETHING ALRIGHT. REACTION’S UNDER THE CUT)

• I never get old of hearing Trevek recap last episode together. IT’S SO CUTE

• “Lynda gets ostracized by the girls alliance, as a Ted wins an Oscar for guy pretending to care.” Damn, Derek saw through his bullshit

• “Jade found the idol after working with Spencer, who lost the Oscar for guy he’s gets around.” WHY DID TREVOR SHADE SPENCER LIKE THAT LMAO

• “And finally, Logan kissed a dude!” “What? Like it’s hard?” DEREK.

• NAH HE WAS DEFINITELY TEASING TREVOR CONSIDERING THE KISS THEY SHARED DURING ALL STARS (I was almost gonna say it was their first kiss, but I remembered their staff stories episode confirmed that they kissed on complete accident prior to season 1 lmao. Also their AS kiss was genuinely my favourite part of episode 18)

• Bye Amelie

• INTRO TIME WOOOOOOO

• WAIT NO HANNAH & TRISTAN ARE SAD FML

• Aw, Zaid’s comforting them

• YOOOO BENJI’S GETTING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT

• “Try to find your peeps! Y’know, people you get along with; like me, Tristan, & Zaid!” I LOVE HOW IVY VIEWS THE THREE OF THEM AS BESITES

• “But here I am… a bottom.” ._.

• DIEGO WAS GONNA GIVE A MANGO TO ZAID ONLY TO IMMEDIATELY HAND IT OVER TO SPENCER AFTER HE SAID HE WAS HUNGRY LMAOOOOOOO

• also studyguide crumbs. pog

• “Are you two gonna…” “No! Oh god no, and never in a million years! I would kill my mother before-“ SPENCE YOU DID NOT HAVE TO EXAGGERATE LIKE THAT

• ALSO I SAW THAT ONE GREETING WHERE SPENCER WAS GETTING ALL FLUSTERED & SHIT OVER SOMEONE CALLING DIEGO HIS BOYFRIEND. “PURELY PLATONIC” MY ASS YA FUCKING NERD, I’VE SEEN & READ A BUNCH OF GAY SHIT (/pos) TO KNOW WHERE THIS IS GOING-

• Oooooo Benji’s snooping on their convoooo

• This fucking dork’s praising himself. look at him go :D

• Man, Jade & Diego’s convo about how this game fucks with relationships is giving me flashbacks to prior seasons

• “The stress of this game strains relationships. We seen it before!” *cough* conriya (/j)

• Aight, look like Diego won’t be- ah fuck Benji ruined it lmao

• Yeah, Spencer’s pissed lmao

��� OMG IT’S THE ZAIVY MOMENT FROM THE SEASON TRAILER

• off topic-ish, but I noticed that most of the hetero OTPs I have are definitely… interesting. Like yeah there’s Zaivy & Taoelle (Heartstopper is genuinely one of my favourite graphic novel series/webcomics/tv shows btw), but the other two I can list from the top of my head rn is a Giant girl & a Fairy king, and a sentient fire & leaf.

• Also Ivy’s swimsuit is probably my favourite one from this season

• THEY LOOK SO CUTE TOGETHER WTF

• Oh, so he’s gonna catch the crab & cook it. My dumbass thought he was gonna scare it before someone corrected me in my askbox back when I dropped my season trailer post lol

• Tristan appearance :D

• THE CRAB FLIPPED THEM OFF? LMAO

• The boys are plotting shit

• Richard making Logan integrate with the girls because he’s the youngest of the three of them makes sense tbh, I don’t feel like watching any “fellow kids” shit lmao

• Not Richard full-naming Ted like that

• NATALIA’S TEASING LOGAN ABOUT THAT KISS LMAO

• Marissa, you’re doing great sweetie

• wlw & mlm solidarity, nice >:3

• Uh oh, Lynda’s pissed

• Aw, Richard’s talking about his family :D

• Lynda is there smth u wanna share with the class? wdym you don’t get that Richard’s married to another man >:(

• “People are gay Lynda.” WAIT I KNOW THE MEME POST THIS QUOTE IS BASED OFF OF LMAO

• THE OLD PEOPLE ARE FIGHTINGGGGGGG

• “Well! I’m fucked!” LMAOOO

• Hannah’s still sad :(

• None of the Blue team members gaf about Amelie being eliminated lol

• WHY DOES TREVEK LOOK SO SILLY WITH THOSE HUNTER HATS ON. I LOVE THEM

• I love how Tristan doesn’t look like he put any face paint on compared to everyone else with the clown makeup lol

• YOOOO HANNAH’S CRACKED AT ARCHERY THAT’S AWESOME

•ofc Anastasia hates the clown makeup

• “We’ll give the prey a 30 second head-start! Something they will desperately need, especially when they find out that their time has already started once I started talking!” “…” “I mean it! Go!” comedy gold right here lol

• THE OLD PEOPLE ARE STILL FIGHTINGGGGG

• Richard intentionally made Lynda get caught lmao

• TRISTAN’S TEASING ZAID ABOUT IVY LMAO

• “You can deny it all you want, but I see your face and it is mad red!” I LOVE HOW RELATABLE TRISTAN IS TO ME

• YOOO MORE ANARISSA CRUMBS :DDDDD

• “Ugh, don’t tell me it’s Lynda’s bullshit again.” Damn, she fucking hates that old lady

• WAIT SPENCER WAS THE MF THAT THREW THE BASKETBALL AT ISABEL’S FACE?!

• I love how Natalia immediately fired back at Spencer after that.

• HELP BENJI & SPENCER ARE SHIT-TALKING EACH OTHER’S GLASSES LENSES LMAO

• I love Hannah talking about her mom in a positive light :D

• “I’d like to have some words with her.” …who’s gonna tell him

• “Hannah, I’m joking! If I meet her, I promise I’ll be nice!” “Wish you could…” OW

• “You’d really like him mom.” I WASN’T EXPECTING THIS EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

• how the fuck did Logan manage to barricade him self in a whole-ass bottle barricade cylinder thingy

• DAMN WHY WAS THIS PART SO FUCKING DRAMATIC (/pos)

• THE ANIMATORS REALLY DECIDED TO MAKE THE PART WHERE TRISTAN GETS SHOT BY TED SLOW MOTION, AND TRISTAN OVER-DRAMATICALLY TOLD ZAID TO CARRY ON BEFORE TED IMMEDIATELY SHOT HIM AFTER THEY FINISHED TALKING LMAOOOOO

• Oooh first greetings promo :D

• also, Jayce sounds so different when he’s not voicing Tom

• “They can give you words of wisdom, sing you a song, or give you their credit card information!” LMAOOO

• THE OLD PEOPLE ARE STILL FIGHTINGGGGGG

• God tier voice acting from Ted’s VA btw. That man has bills to pay

• oh shit, I recognize that somber background music

• Hannah was reminded of her mom’s death when Amelie got booted out because she lost the both of them so soon in her perspective FAWK

• “But you not alone, and it’s a game! There’s no goodbyes, only see you laters! So make sure you do them proud, alright?” That’s some good wisdom right there Diego, the fandom will NEVER make me hate you

• FUCK YEAH HANNAH AIMED THE WINNING SHOT. SHE ATE

• Derek asked Spencer on where he hid since he & Trevor wanted to know, only to cut him off lmao

• Ah fuck, Blue Teams UFA… I am NOT gonna finish this episode upset cause I love the entire team… and also Lynda

• Wait the girls wanna vote for Richard? :(

• nvm they said they’re voting for Ted when Logan dipped

• Oh shit, Isabel’s getting strategic by mentioning the chance that Logan could snitch to the others, and if someone might play the idol. Almost made me forget she got one in Ep 2

• “Logan’s a boy, Anastasia’s a girl. I need to nip this OBVIOUS romance!” Jokes on you Lynda, it’s heavily implied that Anastasia’s a lesbian. Also Logan’s totally bi

• Aw Natalia feels bad for playing with Logan

• Logan’s struggling :(

• “The vote is nigh! Time to say goodbye! Did’ya like that one Derek? Thought of that by myself!” MY GOD THESE HOMOSEXUALS

• TREVOR WAS NUDGING DEREK, AND HIS BISEXUAL ASS WAS STARING AT HIM WHILE HE WAS DOING THAT. (oh ye, both of them were confirmed to be bi btw :p)

• THE GUYS (& Lynda lol) WANNA VOTE OUT ANASTASIA?! THINK OF THE YURI PLOT /j

• oh shit wait

• WAIT

• HE’S GETTING VOTED OUT THIS EARLY?!

• ok it’s fine. IT’S FINEEEEE

• HE’LL TOTALLY REJOIN. TRUST ME

• WAIT LOGAN TURNED ON THEM BECAUSE HE DIDN’T WANT TO VOTE FOR ANASTASIA

• OMG RICHARD’S PISSED I HATE IT HERE ;-;

• “Never bet on black? More like never bet on BLUE!” OW

• Ted’s face immediately going from upset to sad once it cuts to him riding the boat genuinely made me sad. I thought the concept of him being a pro poker player was interesting, and once the auditions dropped, I started rooting for him (and also the rest of the cast). so this SUCKS

• Also I just realized both of the blue team eliminations so far ended with Logan feeling sad/guilty. When Alessio left he was sad because everyone voted him out for keeping to himself (and also I’d cry too after hearing his last monologue tbh), and now’s he sad because he realized the girls played him like a fiddle

• Marissa wants to try & bring Lynda back into the alliance? Good luck with that

• Yeah all in all, pretty great episode! Shipping crumbs were great, especially with Zaivy, Hannah got a moment in the spotlight, and I actually kinda liked how Ted’s elimination was played out despite the fact that I’m still kinda upset over it!

• The season as a whole’s been pretty great now that I think about it :D

• Also now that we’re a couple episode in, I’ll now be ranking the eliminated contestants on how sad I was when they got booted!

3) Amelie

2) Ted

1) Alessio (what were you expecting? I WANTED HIM TO BEAT THE FIRST BOOT ALLEGATIONS!)

• WAIT I JUST REALIZED TED GOT HIT WITH THE GIFT OF PROPHECY

• HE SAID THAT HE WAS FUCKED IN THAT CUTAWAY PROBABLY AS A JOKE OR SOME SHIT, AND HE ENDED UP GETTING ELIMINATED

• SUBTLE FORESHADOWING I GUESS?????

[etraytin]

Directors cut for “Ourselves and Immortality” (I sobbed, btw, the whole way through it. SOBBED. Especially when Donna has to ID people. But I loved it.)

Ourselves and Immortality is by far the most depressing fic I have ever written, but thinking about it makes me happy because I FINALLY got it finished, woo-hoo! It started out as a one-shot (just like Such A Winter’s Day, in fact), at the beginning of my 100-Day-Fic-A-Day back in 2016. I was in a very creative mood back then and taking pretty much any prompt anybody threw at me. My husband, who is only a very casual TWW fan but gives good prompts, tossed me “Roger Tribbey’s first hour as President.” 

“Wow,” I mused, “Everybody’s going to hate that.” 

But the idea was too tantalizing to pass up; it was so completely unlike anything I had written so far. Even just doing the one-shot involved a fair amount of research, figuring out where Secretary of Agriculture falls in the order of succession and such. Turns out, basically everybody else has to die in order for Roger to land in the hot seat. And if President Bartlet, Vice President Hoynes, and the Cabinet were going down, it seemed obvious that most of the staff would be gone as well. This fic prompt came along just as Designated Survivor was getting started, so I didn't want to go the "terrorists blow up the State of the Union" route, because that felt too done. Unfortunately (or fortunately for real life) there's really not that many ways to take out the government that don't also take out Washington DC and that don't involve targeted building destruction. 

(This got kind of long and involved, so I’m tucking it behind a cut.)

I wound up reaching back into my sci-fi reading childhood, to an original series Star Trek novel called The Pandora Principle. In that novel, the crew discovers an alien artifact and takes it to Starfleet Headquarters for research, only for the artifact, secretly a weapon, to shatter when it is scanned and release a bioagent that eradicates all the oxygen in the air like a self-replicating virus. Everyone in the building dies except for Captain Kirk, who for shenanigan-related reasons is in a self-sealing bunker under the building, and the rest of the novel is devoted to trying to nullify the agent before it manages to escape the hermetically sealed building. It's a great book, evocative and claustrophobic, and I definitely recommend it, but for the purposes of what I thought was a quickie one-shot, I stole the idea of a weapon that could asphyxiate everyone in a building nearly faster than they could realize they were doomed. As the story developed I had to cobble together a little modern-Earth science to flesh it out, but I hoped that the story would hold without much in the way of explanation of how everything had happened. 

One thing that helped was that OaI was not, at its heart, an action adventure story. It was barely a mystery, really. Our main characters were not the ones charged with solving the mystery or catching the bad guy. For the most part, they were not even in direct danger (except for Syl's brief action turn at the end). We spent one chapter with Mike Casper as he investigated and one chapter with the bad guy to get some important creepy exposition, but by far the character we spend the most time with is Roger. It's not Roger's job to know what the Asphyxiant is made of or its exact biological effect, and it's not Roger's job to hunt the bad guys down like dogs in the street. Like pretty much every West Wing story, it's Roger's job to keep the country running, and it's the job of the people around him to help him. The story had to be about what was happening in The White House, with the action-adventure plot clicking along offscreen and occasionally cropping up in a phone call or Sit Room briefing. I had to avoid a lot of temptation, but in a way it made the job easier. West Wing stories are stories about relationships. 

Writing the canon characters was very hard, especially in the beginning. The thing that never caught for me about Designated Survivor was how quickly the survivors moved on after the disaster. Their friends and colleagues were murdered, and there was little indication that anybody even cared. But Margaret, Carol, Mrs. Landingham, Danny and especially Donna, these people were gutted. Every single one of them was utterly devastated, but from Roger's perspective it was hard to see because all of them are so good at their jobs and so dedicated, they'd keep carrying on as best they could until they collapsed. I decided pretty early on that I would start spreading the point of view around so we could see what the characters were going through in their own voices, but that only Roger would get more than one chapter. (I did break this rule right at the end; Donna gets the first and last non-Roger chapters in the story.) Roger's narrative ties the story together but being the President requires one to stay largely in one place while being told things, so spreading out the POV also gave the story a little more momentum.

Donna's first chapter was probably the hardest part of the story to write, both because I am a hardcore J/D shipper and I'd just shut the pairing down in the cruelest of ways, and also because it was through her eyes that I had to bring the scope of the horror home without fully traumatizing the readers. My first draft of the chapter included considerably more time in the refrigerated warehouse with the FBI team, and a lot more detail about the last minutes of the lives of the senior staffers. I ended up going through and cutting a lot of it out, leaving the audience to understand how terrible it was by the way it affected Donna, rather than by my descriptions of it. And yes, it is one of several chapters I cried while writing. There's a reason (several reasons, but my own feels especially) that I had to let Zoey and Charlie live!  And yes, Margaret was speaking for me when she admitted to temporarily forgetting about Annie and Gus, but we got around to them eventually. 

OaI wound up containing most of the material I wrote for it, but it has one deleted scene and one crackadelic alternate ending. The deleted scene occurs shortly before the state funeral and is from Bonnie's perspective; she and Ginger are trying to pack up Sam and Toby's offices to allow the new senior staffers to move in. I got it half-written, then thought I lost it in a computer-related accident. It was so damn sad to write the first time, and it was all character work and only smidgens of plot, and I was really mad about losing the work, so I decided to skip over it and go straight on to the next thing, which I believe may have been Zoey's chapter. It turned out that I did recover most of what I'd written for the chapter, but by the time I found it, the plot had moved on. I tried to make it up to Bonnie by giving her a nice little character bit and a job promotion at the end of the story. 

The crackadelic ending is sort of a long story. Most of the reason that OaI got finished despite all my life changes and busy years and general creative slump is that my parents both fell in love with it. You may ask, "Doesn't having your parents reading your fanfiction make things awkward sometimes?" and in answer I will point you to the number of real sex scenes in my published fanworks, which is zero. And then I will nod enthusiastically. But my dad, especially, loved this story and decided that he ought to be in it. And that he ought to be the Chief Justice. My dad is a retired judge, so he felt this should not be too much of a stretch for him, career-wise. I tried to explain the concept of self-insert to him, but then caved and created a thinly-veiled expy of him to be Chief Justice, then gave him a little ceremony in-story and a few extra mentions here and there. I gave him that chapter as a Christmas present, and he was happy! For awhile. Then he decided that he ought to be the President. I tried to explain to him that this is not how governmenting works, which he of course already knew, but he was firm. His Chief Justice character was great, and he ought to be President. He is nothing if not persistent, and also nothing if not hard to buy gifts for, so for Christmas the next year, I presented him with Chapter 28: The Surprise Noncanonical Epilogue, which has never before been published to the internet. It is very silly. 

This has gotten very long and I still need to write today's Quarantine Journal, so I guess I'll wrap it up there. If you have any specific questions about the story or any other stories, feel free to toss them my way! 

[atopearth]

Tales of Crestoria Part 1 - Transgressors and Vision Orbs (Ch 1-2)

I haven't played a Tales game in soo long! I'm super hyped for this though, because seeing Luke and others in one game is so nice! Anyway, since it's a gacha mobile game, my bro and I legit rerolled for like a day to get 4 SSRs lmao. I also helped reroll for my other bro so that took agess loll. I ended up getting Kanata, Luke, Lloyd and Leon! Pretty okay hahaa. Time for the story! Honestly, when the villagers were accusing Nash for being the guy who pushed the old lady that ended up dying, I thought Nash was some troublemaker adult, but no, he's a kid loll! Like, uhh, just because he causes trouble every now and then doesn't mean he would do such a thing to an old lady, like what evidence do these crazy villagers have??? Lmao at Misella pretending to be weak so that Kanata will protect her. Aww, it's so cool how Milla and Velvet help you out! That's fun! I guess the game kinda integrates the other Tales game characters into the story minus the idea that they come from another world and instead kinda put them inside the story itself as if they all belong in this world? The idea of the enforcers is such a scary concept. The fact that all you need is lots of people to condemn someone and you could be "punished" to death is pretty nuts. Not to mention that most of these people that condemn others just see one-sided “evidence” through vision orbs (recordings) and then when enough people think you’re evil, enforcers will come and kill you? Like, what if they're innocent or something? No wonder why people call this Tales of Cancel Culture hahahha.

Awww, the CG of Kanata and Misella around flowers was so pretty! Loved it! Well, I knew Kanata's father was dodgy, but I actually find it funny he thinks that Kanata should understand and follow as his successor of human slave and organ trading lol. Like, um, do you never see your son? He's like the personification of naivety and justice, yeah right he would succeed your human trafficking business. It's not like he just sells them either, he sells all these orphan children's body parts and organs! Ridiculous that he thinks Kanata would be like sure, of course, please continue. I'm more surprised that Kanata rashly decided to kill his father like that though. Like, he just found out the truth and killed him! Not saying he didn't deserve it, but considering he admired his father for his whole life, I'm surprised he held no thoughts and feelings towards wanting him to be condemned instead of killing him like that. I guess he felt that he needed to in order to save Misella? Still rash though. Omg, Misella is even more rash and crazy, didn't think she'd burn down the whole shelter just to save Kanata who was being imprisoned by the conspirators of his dad who didn't want him going around telling people. Like, yes, she brought most people out but what if she missed someone or they got injured?? Anyway, the enforcers were surprisingly weak, now I guess if Cress (Kanata's teacher) kills someone, he could probably run too lol. Not gonna lie, all those anime scenes are so cool!! Wow, this game is pretty high quality! Loved it when Kanata got his blood sin (his sword that kinda represents his sin). Vicious is cool though, I love how whatever his attitude is, nice for him to have Kanata as a fellow transgressor friend. Anyway, um, I forgot to say that I'm surprised Misella just ditched Kanata when he told her to run away without him. Like, after all the she can't live without him blah blah and stuff, she just leaves him?? I guess at least she realised and changed her mind to look for him, but she hasn't found him yet so lolll.

It's kinda funny how Vicious is like Kanata's bandit teacher haha. Aegis and Leon seem pretty cool, I can understand them for wanting to catch Vicious and Kanata and how they would prioritise the innocent over capturing them. Anyway, wow, Nash is such a little shit. Honestly an ungrateful kid. I know he's grieving because his little sister died in the fire that everyone thinks Kanata lit when it was actually Misella (so I guess she's a murderer now too huh?), but it's honestly crazy bitter and petty for him to not tell anyone that Kanata killing his father was actually "understandable" because of the monster he was for selling kids and their organs. And like wth man, so Cody (Kanata's father) selling his orphanage friends isn't as bad as Kanata supposedly "killing" his sister? Seriously? Were they even your friends, Nash? You do realise that most if not all your friends that were sold probably died right? It's ridiculous that he wants everyone (enforcers and knights etc) to condemn and kill Kanata now when he never even tried to do that for his monster of a father even though he knew about his wrongdoings all this time. Ridiculous man. And like seriously, he just assumed like all the other villagers that Kanata lit the fire to cover up his murder, he didn't even ask him or anything. He just assumed it and accused him. It's like seriously kid, Kanata defended you in the beginning and believed in you, yet what do you do to repay him? Not even listen to his side of the story when he did that for you! Kids these days!

Wow, like I doubt Vicious could die so easily, but Misella is crazy, she just stabbed him through the heart to "save" Kanata from following down his evil path? Umm, I'm pretty sure you're not any better, Misella. Is there anyone around Kanata that isn't toxic?? Not that Kanata is any better since he's overly righteous in a silly way, but at least he's not crazy? Lol. Vicious is bad, but he never said he was a good person at least. Um, why does Misella think that by saying she manipulated Kanata into killing his father, it would make him not a criminal anymore? I think the fact he listened to some girl and killed his own father is even worse lol. And seriously, Kanata is a transgressor already, I doubt it's something you can revert, especially since he went against enforcers and even got the Stain of Guilt and the blood sin. There's honestly no point of her becoming a transgressor as well. And seriously, these villagers!! Do they believe anything and everything that people say? Use your own judgement seriously! Anyway, I honestly think that it's ironic how Misella wants to protect Kanata but causes so much trouble for him instead, sigh. Well, yep, Nash is pretty nuts to relish the fact that Misella is getting burned to death. Is there anyone in this game that isn't crazy?😔 I guess everything was for Misella to get a blood sin too~ Anyway, I guess now the true adventure begins? I love the ending scene to the first chapter, it really feels like the journey is just starting~

I think it's pretty nice how they addressed the idea of Kanata and them being happy whilst carrying the sins of killing people through Misella thinking that she needed to punish herself eating grass and stuff instead of the meat she likes because she "deserves" that. Obviously they shouldn't be complacent and think it's fine to kill people, but I agree with Vicious, they've already chosen to continue to live despite how painful it may be and despite how much others want them to die, so there isn't any harm in them living "normally" because that's the path they've chosen to follow now. Lmao at Misella being traumatised by Kanata's food though haha. Vicious is so funny and cool, such a silly but fun guy. Reid is a great guy, I love how he thinks that one's own impressions are worth more than what other people think. I think it's important to make your own judgement about what kind of person someone is rather than relying on stuff like rumours and stuff, although it's understandable if you do follow others, since really, they are criminals. Btw, an extra plus is that Reid is voiced by Ishida Akira!! Yes, I love Athrun Zala (Gundam Seed) and Kent (Amnesia:Memories) to name a few hahaha. HAHAHA, I love how Vicious just trashed Misella's hopes that she was special to Kanata when she asked him if he would risk his life like Veigue to get a bloodstone to save her if she was ill like Veigue's friend, and he says of course, and then Vicious asks Kanata the same thing and he says he'll save him too loll. Misella using Vicious as a scapegoat to take all the blame for injuring a kid was lol, but seriously, these adults are so childish and reliant on the vision crystals to solve all their problems. It's like wow, Veigue looks like a mean and bad person so yep it must have been him is just ridiculous, I'm so glad Reid isn't insane like them. At this point, I’m just glad there are sensible people in this story like Reid and Veigue lol.

Overall, my impression for now is pretty positive. The story isn’t great, but I do enjoy the dubiousness of everything including the main characters. The animated scenes are awesome though and the design and everything is so pretty! Aside from the bugs that are rampant (random crashing etc) throughout the game, I’ve still been quite obsessed with it that I’m playing everyday hahaha. Now if only the gleamstone draws could guarantee an SSR instead of an SR lolll. Not that I’m complaining too much I guess since I got all the summer SSRs (because Veigue and Yuri were hot, so I needed them LOL) . The game can get rather grindy though with the different materials you need and how low the drop rates can be, but it’s not too bad to get to level 80 for your characters at least. Just wanted to say, I’m happy to finally have 3-4 level 100s yay! It’s nice to see a turn-based Tales game that still relies on combos to do the best damage haha. Otherwise, if you’re wanting to try this game, this is probably a great time to do it since you get an extra 2500 gleamstones with the 1 million downloads reward right now, so you now have 4 chances to draw SSRs! (One guaranteed SSR draw, one normal gleamstones draw, the SR+ tickets draw and the normal summon tickets draw) Just keep in mind that gacha is gacha and sometimes RNG is just not on your side. For example, my bro used 15k gleamstones and got 0 SSRs, so yes, the game can get painful and depressing, but I’m here for the story so at least I’m all good haha!

[somuchbetterthanthat]

OKAY. Slightly more coherent thoughts now. (only slightly.)

First off, no spoilers: GOD WHAT A GOOD EPISODE. The statement is good, the-everything-around is exceedingly, painfully, heartbreakingly good. Am I relistening to it again? You bet.

now, for my deep, deep screams of anguish and happiness 

= Again, a very good statement! I love the Spiral, and it sort of cracks me up that Gabriel was shaping a door and went “ha look just like him awesome!” I feel sorry for Deborah, though. 

- I’m glad to see that Melanie’s not alone. I’m glad to know Basira is with her, that she allowed someone at her side at least. I hope we can hear more feedbacks directly from them both at some point. If the tape recorders are back to their shenanigans, then that means we may catch some well-needed conversations between the two at some point!

- I have never loved Jon Sims more than since the beginning of season 4. Relistening to season 1 at the same time, the sheer DIFFERENCE in voice and attitude is - wow. How beautiful it is that, as he loses a little bit more of his humanity every day, he becomes more and more human? That sentence: “I thought moving away from my humanity.. would have made it more acceptable... that sort of sacrifice... But it just makes me sad.” killed me.

“I’ve been trying to.. check on Melanie... She refuses to see me... Understandably I suppose. It hurts of course...But I really hope it helps” J O N. 

“I can’t be late anymore.” God, Jon, Jon, Jon, Jon. JON. 

“I have so much to watch over” = the most Archivist sentence Jon has ever said yet probably

AND THEN MY HEART STOPPED AND I DIED BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE EXCHANGE BETWEEN PETER AND MARTIN. There is SO MUCH going on here, and I’m sure much smarter people than me will come up with so many clever and plausible theories as to what the hell is going on. Allow me to just scream and cry and generally make silly remarks because that’s all my brain and heart can take

 - Okay, Martin talking to the tape recorder like it’s a pet? Adorable, 100% endorsed, this is cute AND heartbreaking! Because Martin probably spends his day talking to inanimate objects! because he’s supposed to be “isolated!” 

- The parallel between Jon speaking about the tape recorders, the way they appear “for him”, the way he won’t try to turn them off because “they’re useful” and then the tape recorder turning on FOR MARTIN, and Martin immediately going “it’s because he’s back, isn’t it? He’s back so you’re going to be around again” G OD. 

- “You missed him, don’t you? Yeah... I miss him too.” BAM A SUDDEN PETER APPEARS “Which isn’t a great sign, if i’m completely honest”

- Peter “yeah, you still being very in love with Jon is very bothersome; i thought that him being dead and all that will damper your feelings a bit”

 ““A simple hello isn’t going to make a difference!” Oh. Martin. “If I could just explain”

“It needs to be you, Martin; you’re the only one who can possibly balance between the two” see this is the kind of sentence that clever fandom people are going to build whole fantastic theories about. FOR MY PART, it just gave me ideas about stories. 

- Look. There are a lot of more things to say about plot. I AM VERY INTERESTED IN THE PLOT! I really, really am. I’m so intrigued. I can’t WAIT to know more! 

- But really, this whole conversation? Is Peter being like “YOU CHOSE ME MARTIN KEEP BEING WITH ME BESIDES JON’S NOT EVEN THAT GREAT AN ARCHIVIST”

Like, seriously? Peter loves saying Martin’s name??? So much??? I didn’t count how many times he’s said it in one conversation but it was an awful lot. Screw presenting any member of this family, Peter Lukas wants Martin for himself.

He loves being like “Jon will be rash” “Jon is not very good at archiving U KNOW” (I love that Martin is having NONE OF IT btw, Martin your undying loyalty to Jon will be the DEATH OF PETER - I hope - and mine). Peter sounds like a man who is seducing another man’s husband by pretending it’s for “the greater good” and “it’s all work REALLY but also love me”

I’m just saying. 

(EDIT: HOW COULD I FORGET ‘it’s down to you and me! the dynamic duo!’ Peter is like, on edge of desperate attempts right there. Dude, Martin’s already agreed to your super shitty deal fuck off)

“I’ll explain everything to him... with or without your permission.” “Martin... When it’s all over, you won’t want to.” 

FUCK OFF PETER LUKAS. 

- And on that note, if Martin is being the head of the Institute’s “assistant” but the head of the institute is actually not bothering at all with running the thing himself AT ALL...

Does that make Martin by default the head of the Magnus Institute? Cause, I’m up for it. Take that, Elias.

[kingdomoftyto]

Nuzlocke SLLD liveblog, part 15

Graveyards and mummies and fish--oh my!

Now where were we

Oh that’s right

Still only two Pokemon? At this point in the game? Interesting

Ooh, interesting design

OKAY, WELP, THAT’S AN ATTACK ANIMATION

Anyway Banshreek was no problem but Seymour doesn’t need to be facing down this death spider

Rude

Bite her right back, Toby

Deal with it. B|

Still calls them goons even when she herself loses lmao

Uhhhh omnipotent voice from the heavens preventing me from continuing south so I guess we’re going east first

2spooky

Indeed

If there are wild Pokemon here, then it should count as a separate catch location, btw. New friend time?

Hmm. I have no idea what this thing is supposed to be tbh

But we’re gonna catch her, dangit

Ah, I get it now! 

Well I’m running low on female names and I also haven’t used anyone from Les Mis yet somehow soooo sorry not sorry I’m gonna name her Fantine lmao

Uhhh here’s a new thing

uhhHHH and the bookshelves seem to have... a bit of a THEME... Frankenstein... reanimation.... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This is Fine

UH. SO. The moment I tried to move, I was marched automatically to this spot, at which point the stones in the back row started to glow and a translucent old man appeared! Cool!!

... Ahaha... and then he just disappears with no further explanation. Cool.

Uh, let’s read some gravestones I guess

I’m 95% sure “piece” is just a grammar mistake bc this is a silly fangame hahaha but also like..... 5% what if it’s NOT a mistake

(in order from left to right starting on the middle row)

Wh

Why are all the boys J and the girls A

Welp here goes nothing

I’m either going to have to FIGHT 3 things or I’m going to be given a choice between 3 Ghost-types and really I want nothing to do with any of it

Uhhhh so gift Pokemon it is, then? >:T Mmmmn..

The middle one is obviously a blue flame. We’ve got Toby so that one is right out. The left looks like a yellow... hat? (or flying saucer, but hat seems more likely) and the right seems like just a red/brown sphere?

Honestly the simplest one feels most mysterious so I’mma go with the sphere.

Disturbing the souls of the dead, AS YOU DO

Ohhh boy 

If it had been a gift Pokemon I was willing to let it just be the “understudy” for Fantine, but now that I actually have to BATTLE it to catch it... Hrmm... I suppose I’ll still catch her, and hopefully her location will be listed as “Graveyard” and not, y’know, “Goopool Swamp”. >.< We’ll catch first and figure out the rules broken later

Ghosts like it when you sing to them in graveyards, right

>:O 

RUDE!!!!

Her name is Marni because she’s. y’know.

Thiiiings you seeeeeeee in a graaaaaaveyaaaaaaard!

...

Anyway we can head south from that fork now, so. Let’s get out of this freaking SWAMP ALREADY

Oh!

Hold up this is actually pretty cool and worth pausing our swamp trek for a sec. Lookin’ good, Emily

...

...Oh god

Oh GOD

IT DOESN’T END AAAAAAA

T-T I’m going to have to go through more healing items before I get to the next town aren’t I

Sigh. Let me see what this fisherman has before we jump into the water.

New thing!

I’m guessing Water/Poison since Magical Leaf was normally effective, and it has pretty good defense if that tiny damage is anything to go by. :T Luckily it didn’t use any Poison-type moves so hopefully it’s not an immediate threat?

... Whoop, yep, it has Toxic Spikes, so that’s good to know. But Seymour still didn’t have any trouble finishing it off himself.

Hm, anyway these are the only three KNOWN options for next catch. Yes, Jellitot male and female are two separate “species”, like Nidoran. No, I don’t know why nor do I like it

I guess I should head back to Wavecrest and evolve Angelica up so I can at least eliminate Angelight from the catch pool. I need to make sure I’m stocked up on healing items and Pokeballs anyway 

...

Ooh, we already have our Swamp shiny but this is a nice color palette

And another nice shiny!

...

I’m a girl in a world in which my only job is to fill a niche

My trainer wants more ‘mon so I’m the one

Who has to train, evolve, then run!

So I’m the pinkest and the prettiest and the rules in 

Nuzlocke playthroughs are insidious

And my moveset is quite piteous...

Hah, that doesn’t mean I’ll miss ‘em any less...

Sorry, Angelica. To be fair, she has a good variety of attack moves and her stats are probably better now that she’s fully evolved, but I’m still gonna switch her back out for now.

... At least until Jasmine evolves, because I REALLY want Jasmine to evolve :’D

...

SPEAKING OF

Man she’s STILL a total glass canon tho

Oh well, she should still be able to hold her own a little better now.

We should be good to finally move onto our next catch!

I think I remember the Pokedex having slots for a full 3-stage evolution family for these things, so in the hopes that she’ll have a cool eldritch final evolution, let’s name her Ursula 

Oh! Good thing we stuck around and caught Janet after all! Gonna pass on this Porfin and catch a different shiny on this route if need be

...

Oh INTERESTING. A trainer had this. Crablue confirmed to evolve into Water/Rock, then

Mmm >:/

Also that attack sounds terrifying what the hell

I already suspected this line is Water/Poison bc Jellitot has Acid Spray, so this is probably a Poison-type move that causes a burn or something

... Yep, Psychic attacks are super effective, defo Poison-type now

Oh. Is the male line Water/Ice? That’s actually kind of neat.

Post is starting to get long enough for tumblr to fight me, so let’s catch one more friend before we wrap up. *rubs hands together*

... Oh maybe not just yet. *sigh* Let me go evolve Sebastian and Ursula so we can increase our chances of getting a little urchin critter.

See you all in the next post

[baekkxong]

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Pairing: BTS Hoseok (J-Hope) X Reader

Genre: Angst, Fluff

Word Count: 1,502

A/N hoseok is sooo cute ;-; btw thank you all so so much, i’m now over 400 followers! :D

shit my fic titles are getting so bad dont judge me its a reference to coffee okay

Hoseok was working his usual shift at the coffee shop behind the counter when he looked up from brewing a cup of tea to see your figure hurriedly run past the glass windows. A smile made its way across his face, beaming at your presence. He set the cup of tea on a tray and politely gave it to the waiting customer, wondering what must’ve happened to cause you running into the shop with such purpose. He picked up a glass from the small steriliser from underneath the counter and began drying it with a tea towel.

He looked up as you approached the counter, smile instantly fading from his face as he regarded your tear stained cheeks and watery eyes. You were biting your lip, trying not to make a scene in the shop.

“Are you okay?” Hoseok asked gently, soft eyes concealed in concern.

At the question, your guard fell down and you choked a sob, bringing a hand to your face and covering your mouth. In an instant, Hoseok roughly placed the glass and the tea towel on the sink and rushed round the counter, his hands reaching both your arms while you cried.

“Y/N? What happened?”

You were too hysterical to answer, not even attempting to find words. Hoseok pulled you into his chest, one arm around your waist while the other caressed your hair. You cried into his shirt. Thankfully, your sobs became muffled and no other customers seemed to notice your despair. While you cried, you inhaled the familiar scent of him. Peppermint, it always was, from the shampoo he used to wash his dark locks.

After you’d managed to recover yourself, controlling your cries and taking deep breaths, Hoseok pulled away. “Come on, let’s get you a drink,” he said, leading you by your wrist to the sofa which leaned against the bar in the corner of the room. “I’ll be over in a moment, and we can talk about it. Okay?”

You nodded in reply, sniffing and sitting rigidly on the seat.

Hoseok went back to the counter, quickly brewing your favourite hot drink on the coffee machine. Hundreds of different scenarios raced through his head, trying to guess what had happened. Being your best friend, Hoseok had seen it all. You’d cried to him over the death of a fictional character, while he’d also been there by your side during the hardest moments of your life.  

However, this time, something told Hoseok that you weren’t crying over something fictional.

He glanced to his right, where the doorway into the kitchen was wide open. Inside, was the owner of the shop, Hoseok’s boss. She was nearing elderly; soft, grey, wavy hair whispering down her shoulders and friendly crinkles adorning her skin. She was familiar with you too, as you made frequent trips to the coffee shop to see your friend. Hoseok’s manager had also seen you come in in a state, and with just a glance with kind eyes towards him, Hoseok understood that she was allowing him to take a break from work. She nodded ever so slightly, Hoseok copying her and smiling in thanks.

Hoseok clutched the mug in his hand as he weaved his way back round the counter and placed it in front of you on the wooden coffee table. You ruffled around in your pocket to find change, setting the coins next to the mug towards Hoseok.

“Don’t be silly,” Hoseok scoffed, sliding the coins back towards you, “it’s on me.”

You smiled sadly in an attempt to thank him.

He lowered himself on the sofa next to you, keeping his distance politely while also assuring you that he was there. You took a sip of the drink, releasing a sigh as you set it back down. Hoseok didn’t rush you, or watch you expectantly, allowing you to recognise that he’d wait patiently for you to take your time.

After a few moments, you told him.

“Sehun broke up with me,” you uttered, staring at the floor instead of Hoseok and sparing him from seeing your heartbroken stature.

Hoseok didn’t flinch, but inside he was full of shock. Sehun, your boyfriend of three years had broken up with you? He couldn’t quite believe it. While Hoseok and you knew each other like the back of your hand, your love for him hadn’t come close to Sehun. Sehun had been like a god in your eyes when you’d first met him. Tall, extremely attractive and mysterious. While your relationship had bloomed, you kept Hoseok at your side and he’d watched from the side-lines, supporting you no matter what you chose to do.

“Why?” he whispered, unable to help himself.

“He just wants to be single and can’t see us going anywhere,” you exhaled sharply, steadying your tears and not allowing another one to fall.

Hoseok hadn’t really seen what you saw in Sehun. You had always wished Hoseok and Sehun would become friends, allowing the three of you to get on well together, but Hoseok and Sehun’s personalities had clashed. It wasn’t that they didn’t like each other - although Hoseok often wondered if Sehun disliked how close you were to your male best friend - the two of them had just found that they preferred spending time with you separately. You’d soon given up trying to get them to click with one-another. Hoseok had still appreciated how Sehun had made you happy, which Hoseok found was the most important part of it all. Until now, that was.

Hoseok leaned back against the soft cushions. “What an ass.”

You nodded in agreement, clutching the mug close to you and taking another sip of it to avoid explaining more. Hoseok took this as an opportunity to comfort you.

“Y/N, anyone would be lucky to have you. He’s blind if he can’t see that, and he doesn’t realise the gem he’s let go.” Hoseok’s words were soft, and he brought a hand to your knee where he rubbed gently. You smiled weakly, trying to believe his words but being unable to feel less miserable.

“I feel like I did something wrong,” you began, “why would he just end it like that? Or did he find someone better?”

Hoseok leaned forward again and put his arm around your shoulders, shifting so his side was pressed against yours. Your eyebrows tipped upwards as you tried to stop yourself from crying again.

“No, no, no, shhh, don’t cry. Y/N, please don’t cry,” he hushed you, using his left hand to wipe away the fresh tears that ran down your cheeks. You sniffed and turned your body to the left, burying your face into his shoulder as he held you. He rested his chin in your hair as he patted you comfortingly.

You stayed like that for a while, even when you stopped crying. Hoseok managed to make you feel so safe, so comforted and protected. While you were a heartbroken mess, you didn’t miss the fact that you hadn’t appreciated Hoseok more than this moment. He always knew what to do, dropping literally anything to be at your side.

You pulled away, your red eyes flicking to the back of the room. You excused yourself to the bathroom where you tried to pull yourself together, glaring at yourself in the mirror. Hoseok only let you go when you assured him you weren’t going to do anything stupid, and that you’d be right back. He sighed and leaned back in the sofa, rubbing his eyes with his hands.

“Hoseok,” a hushed voice beckoned him over. He looked up, seeing his manager and standing up to the counter. “Take Y/N home; she looks exhausted. I’ll pay you for the extra hours,” she said.

“Are you sure?” Hoseok asked.

“Of course, don’t worry about it. Now go and heal her broken heart,” she nudged Hoseok and he flashed a smile.

“Thank you, Miss. Thank you so much.” She nodded as he bowed ever so slightly, turning to recruit your bag and jacket from the sofa before retrieving his own.

As you came back from the bathroom, you watched in confusion as Hoseok was shrugging his jacket on over his black shirt.

“Come on, let’s go home and watch some movies. We’ll pick up some snacks on the way, and you can stay the night.” Hoseok smiled at you.

“Really?” you raised your eyebrows, feeling warmth towards your friend.

“Really,” he confirmed, “let’s go.”

You smiled a goodbye to the owner of the shop, timidly waving while she watched with pitiful eyes.

Hoseok followed you towards the door, catching it and holding it open from behind you. His left hand rested against your waist as he accompanied you out the shop, smiling his beautiful smile as he did his best to make you feel better.

Hoseok’s manager smiled after you both, watching you leave. She was wiping down the counter while a customer stood waiting patiently.

“I feel for him, I really do. That boy is so in love.”

[moosetrackart-old]

For Good Old Times' Sake

A Batman fanfiction. I haven’t written one in an eon, so here.

I learnt that BatJokes is a canon ship through The Lego Batman Movie, and it made me fangirl really hard.

Btw, they’re not Lego people in this. Also, in this AU, Joker’s makeup can be removed.

Fluffy aF

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Joker sat in Arkham, feeling kind of down; his Batman, as he calls him, hadn’t come around to check in with him lately. He sighed and leant against the wall, a frown on his face.

“Oh Batman, my Batman, why don’t you come around? I thought that you hated me enough to keep me down… Oh Batman, my Batman, it’s never enough. Why don’t you come to check on my stuff?” the clownish man sing quietly to himself. “My Batman, my Batman, why don’t you come to check on me? My Batman, MY Batman, you’re the best to be seen…” He drifted off and sighed again, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Hello Joker,” the vigilante hummed as he walked up to the thick glass that the Joker was held behind. “What are you singing about me?”

“I was just wondering by singing where you’ve been and why you haven’t come to see me in a while. Nothing too vulgar,” J said with a laugh. “Anyways, when are you gonna let me out of here again? Aren’t we supposed to be playing cat and mouse?”

“I suppose we would be, but now that I’ve finally got you behind glass, I don’t need to ‘play’ with you anymore.” Batman turned around briefly to think before turning back around. “Say, what if I DID let you out? What would you do?”

“I-I don’t know,” the villain stuttered, messing with his hair to make it look good to him. “I guess I’d just make my way into the city to have you find me. Doesn’t that sound like fun?”

A pause.

“How about we make a deal?” Bruce in disguise pondered aloud.

“I’m listening~” the Joker purred curiously.

“You don’t use weapons or try to destroy the city, and you won’t hurt anyone, and I won’t use weapons to find and stop you? That sounds safer and less destructive, if you ask me.”

“Oh, sure! Just punch in that code and give me an hour’s start, and then we can play our fun game of hide and seek, eh?” Joker’s eyes lit up, and he got an even wider smile on his face. “It’ll be so much fun!”

“Of course.” So, the Bat opened up the glass door and let the Joker go free. “Good luck. Your time starts now.”

“Got it!” And the humorous, murderous, comedic villain skipped down the stairs and made his way into the city, hiding in the darkest of places after changing into a black suit to blend in.

“One hour, he said. That’s a good amount of time to give him to hide.”

–

An hour passed, so Batman started making his way after his target. He searched far and wide, and finally found him hiding against a wall, wearing the suit that was previously described.

“Ah, I see you’ve discovered me. Now it’s time to catch me!” Before J could run, Batman had him by the collar of his outfit. “O-oh, I-I guess that was easier that I thought it would be…”

“You got yourself cornered. That’s your own fault,” B purred, bringing the villain closer to him. The nose of his cowl gently nudged Joker’s own nose, soon aiding the vigilante in pressing their mouths together.

“B-Batsy, wh-what are you d-doing?” Joker mumbled underneath Batman’s lips.

“Shh, shh, trust me.” The taller man separated their lips and pressed their open mouths together, slipping his tongue in his villain’s mouth. “You’re my villain. I hate you so much.”

“Aw, I hate you too~” J cooed, moving his arms around the back of Bruce’s neck. He threaded his fingers through his kisser’s hair and pulled lightly. “I hate you so much~”

“I hate you the most,” Batman said sweetly, moving his kiss to Joker’s neck. “Come with me.” He led the boy™ to his mansion.

–

“Hello, Bat-Batmaaaaaaaaaaa……” Alfred’s mouth fell open when he saw the Joker in the Batcave. “What in heavens’ name is he doing here?”

“Oh, we just need to clean him up a bit. I’m thinking a bit of bleach for his hair and removal of all the makeup, minus red lipstick, because that’s hot,” Batman purred, laughing quietly at Joker’s small noises of protest.

“U-um, sir, I don’t think that this is a good idea. I mean, he is a maniac, for crying out loud!” the butler protested.

“Just trust me. Get a couple gallons of bleach and some makeup removal stuff and we can reform this dapper young man.”

“Alright, sir.” Alfred left the room and returned with the desired materials.

–

“Joker, please sit down in this chair,” Alfred said, motioning to a nice chair.

“Alright then.” So, J sat. He hissed when the bleach was painted into his hair, as his roots had to be saturated in order to be completely blonde. Next, his makeup was washed off, revealing a very pale man. “Man, I really need to get out more,” he pondered aloud as he looked at his face in the mirror.

“Yes, you do. You need to not wear so much makeup all the time, despite your villainy attire,” the butler replied, brushing Joker’s hair. He noted how few knots there were. “Do you brush it every day?”

“Well, I always keep a brush in my pocket…” A small smile covered the vanilla villain’s face. “I like to look good when I’m playing- I mean, fighting with Batman.”

“That is a very good idea, since Batman is very picky when it comes to looks.”

It was weird, Joker thought; Alfred, the loyal father father figure (and also butler) to Batman/Bruce was praising one of his son’s greatest enemies. He let it happen, though, because it felt good to hear praises from someone who isn’t one of his goons.

The two shared kind banter as Alfred spruced up the man, putting lipstick and blush onto him and making sure his hair looked good. “You look amazing. It’s like you’re a whole new person!”

“Thank you, Alfred! I’m sure my Batman will love it.”

“Your Batman?”

“He’s mine. We hate each other so much, and it makes me tingle good on the inside~”

“How come 'hate’ is your word for love?”

“He doesn’t really say that word, so hate is what we use. It makes me feel so good that he’s using that word, since it’s our codeword for love~ Ahh~” Joker sighed with happiness, clasping his hands together. “Say, how come you don’t… Hm… Hold on. One sec. Let me look for words… Who is Batman, and why don’t you refer to him as his regular name?”

“I refer to him as Batman while he is in costume because I don’t want to say his real name aloud. His identity, I do not want to reveal.”

“Alright. Well, can I make a guess as to who he is? Please?”

“I do not see why not.”

“You have to tell the truth whether or not it’s him, okay?”

“Alright…”

“Is he Bruce Wayne in disguise?”

Alfred stuttered and nodded his head, covering his mouth.

“I knew it! That’s why the manor is on top! Speaking of the manor, may I see what it looks like on the inside? I made a promise that I wouldn’t destroy anything.”

“Yes. Yes. Of course.” The butler was still in shock as he led the Joker upstairs and into the manor.

–

“…And finally, this is the dining room table, complete with gold-coloured cups and gold-coloured fringes on the tablecloth edges. It was one of my favourite places in the manor to decorate.”

“I do agree that it is very nice! Thank you for giving me a tour!” Joker was very excited as he spoke to Alfred. “Do you know where Brucey went?”

“Probably to his room. He might be waiting for you there. It’s the first room to the left when you go down that hall.”

“Thank you, Alphy~!” Joker cheered as he practically ran to the Bat’s personal bedroom.

–

“Oh Batman, my Batman? Are you in here?” J wondered, looking around the manor owner’s room. “I want to speak to you, dear! See, I made it rhyme, just for you~” A smile crossed his face when he spotted the caped crusader looking in the mirror.

“Lay on my bed,” was the simple, gentle command. “Please.”

“Okay~!” Gently, but excitedly, the villain laid onto his loved one’s bed. “Whats your plan, Brucey?”

“Oh shoot… You found me out.” Bruce laughed as he removed his cowl. He turned around and smiled. “How’d you know?”

“I mean, if Wayne Manor™ is above The Batcave™, obviously you’d have to be the owner of both. I won’t get into the details as to how you gained the house’s will, but yeah…” Joker smiled and patted the place next to him. “Please, join me, baby.”

Bruce laughed again as he removed his costume, getting dressed in a suit before his lover’s eyes. “Bam. Cloooothes~” He slid next to J and pressed a kiss to his freshly makeup-removed forehead. “You taste a whole lot better now.” He smiled and ran his hands through the other man’s hair, feeling how silly smooth it was.

“Mmm… Bruce, you are handsome as hell~” Joker nuzzled beneath Bruce’s head, purring quietly as he got comfortable.

There was a pause.

“Joker, what’s your real name?”

“Um….” J didn’t answer for another thirty seconds. “I… It was… Jack.” A frown crossed his face. “Jack…” Tears welled in his eyes as he gripped on Bruce’s suit.

“H-hey, it’s okay! Shh, shh, J, it’s okay. I’m right here.”

What Jack didn’t know was that his lover had kept on his cape, which Bruce now wrapped around the two of them in an act of love. He wants to protect and care for him. He loves him.

“Bruce, I… I love you.” Hate was a hurtful word, which the vanilla villain realised right then.

“I…” Bruce mouthed 'love you too’, and Jack hummed happily, kissing his lover gently.

“You’re awesome… You’re buff… You’re gentle, but strong… You’re… You’re comfortable…” J closed his eyes and curled up in Bruce’s cape with his lover beside him.

“You’re so cute. And nimble. And perfect. And I really l-love you for your personality and- and you’re more exciting than I am…” B nuzzled J gently and petted his head to help the two of them to sleep.

I guess that makes for an okay ending? I’ll write another one another time. For now, here you go!