#; perseverance they call it

[mnasthaii]

ADLER + BELL, DOMESTICITY

not a lot, just forever - adrienne lenker / tender is the night - f. scott fitzgerald / the lover's dictionary - david levithan / the white room - jeanette winterson / keeping 13 - chloe walsh / sparks fly - taylor swift

[fortycumber]

I, who was lost and lonely

Believing life was only

A bitter tragic joke, have found with you

The meaning of existence, my love

[wooflyyuzen]

I need a new word for self indulgent.. *googles*

Hedonistic.

[ahotknife]

at the end of the day: who cares. show some initiative. take yourself to the movies & give yourself an orgasm. if you think someone is interesting, talk to them. if you think someone is attractive, hit on them. it is not rocket science. it is just life

[wundrousarts]

My UK hardcovers for Nevermoor + Wundersmith came in the mail today and I am LOVING how this blurb is written/formatted. Shame they didn’t keep up with it for the rest of the books.

[melrosing]

What are yours “NO” in jb fanfics? Like u see it in the text in the story plot and immediately understand it’s not for you

I actually have too many and some of these aren’t even the writers’ fault they’re just me and my dumb tastes so no one should listen to me really but

AUs where Jaime hasn’t really done anything wrong/they don’t have that enemies to lovers shit going on. for me that stuff’s crucial to the foundations of jb

also AUs where Jaime and Cersei aren’t twins lol like I do make rare exceptions on this but most of the time I prefer fic that just fucking goes for it w the JC relationship

kid fics where they have like a gazillion children. also family comedy fics generally

show fics

and as a combination of the above, fics where jb are like honorary parents for the stark children like my god. are we forgetting Jaime has literally tried to kill three of them

i don’t really like office/corporate aus. for me it just feels the wrong setting for JB but again personal taste

how the fics manage Cersei as a whole is kind of important for me like if it’s a TWOW onwards fic and they avoid mentioning her entirely it feels a really conspicuous absence to me. I also don’t like fics that just feature her as a dragon to be slayed before jb can get on w their happily ever after. basically I’m interested in fics that engage w the twins’ relationship as part of JB’s story and do so without simplifying Cers herself BUT respect that not everyone wants to bother w that

soulmate AUs

also magical realism etc idk why I just can’t get into it. this is the same for literature generally I groan every time it comes up

high school AUs I can’t get invested in teen romances I couldn’t even get invested in these when I WAS a teen

Jaime’s either A) too snarky or B) too soft. like I think this is at least partly a ‘just me’ thing bc there’s nothing wrong w exaggerating certain characteristics in a fic if that’s working for the writer but I prefer Jaimes to have a bit of bite and also not be dropping a quip literally every other line. like ok yes there are some scenes where he does do that in canon lol but I find it draining when he’s literally incapable of sincerity

and this is really really just me but I can’t stand Declarations of Love Monologues that go on too long or read too rehearsed or when characters talk in language that’s just a bit too flowery and metaphorical. I way prefer sparing dialogue where most things go unsaid - especially w JB who aren’t the kind of characters to over explain themselves

fics where Brienne is a bit of an ‘everywoman’ like I think Brienne is a really interesting character by herself but sometimes ends up getting way less characterisation than Jaime does in fic

also I think a symptom of this is characterisations of Brienne where she’s like. at the club having copious one night stands bc she’s just being adapted as a Modern Woman

and Jaime getting adapted similarly as some kind of playboy type lmao

Quiet Isle fics where Jaime marries Brienne whilst she’s unconscious….. nah

oh yeah and fics where JB live London or Paris or whatever it’s like there’s a whole canon universe to fuck around with here why are they in NEW YORK

and probably lots more but really no one should listen to me bc i can’t even please myself. be free

[torchickentacos]

I hate it when my chronic illnesses are chronic and my disabilities are disabling and my seasonal affective disorder is seasonally affecting me

[bailesona]

starter call! (but i'm spinning a wheel so if u want a specific character lmk!)

[cant-get-no-worse]

javier tebas you dropped this king 👑

[allfortzu]

everything, everywhere

-- sana / tzuyu. 2.36k, fluff // MEN DNI.

sana and tzuyu find their way. in every universe, in every life.

one cool night of mid-april spring, sana lays a cheek on her palm and watches tzuyu work. 

they're meant to be studying for their final exams, but sana is easily distracted, and the thought of something final makes sana a little sentimental. 

quiet nights have always been this way – of her and tzuyu working at the only table in their dorm, because the other was dismantled and turned into a temporary makeshift enclosure for two dogs tzuyu impulsively fostered. 

tzuyu promised not to get attached, but now the dogs have names and sana is in charge of feeding them every wednesday morning. 

kaya and butter yip happily from behind what was once tzuyu’s table top. 

sana sighs melancholically, her entire body slumping. 

life is good now, but for how long more?

"can i ask you a question?" 

tzuyu glances up from her notes. “what’s wrong?”

“will you go back to taiwan after graduation?” sana asks. 

tzuyu doesn’t say anything immediately – it’s not like she enjoys entertaining the thought of it either. 

“maybe. you?” 

sana shrugs. “i don’t know. i think i might miss all of this too much.” 

tzuyu tilts her head sideways.  “all of this?” 

their dorm was standard at best. small, quaint, and unassuming. there really wasn’t much to lose. honestly, life would be much more comfortable if they were back home with their families. 

“yeah, like kaya and butter,” sana says. 

then, after what might’ve been a moment of hesitation: “and you.”

it comes as a surprise; not because tzuyu didn’t think she took up that big of a part in sana’s life, but rather she had never even thought about the possibility of not being in sana’s life at all. 

tzuyu wants to console sana with solutions, but sana’s right. 

after this, they wouldn’t need to live in a dorm together anymore, and if not both, one of them would leave korea completely. sana to japan, tzuyu to taiwan. perhaps they could visit each other, but they both knew that was wishful thinking.

it would only be natural to move on. 

this time, tzuyu sighs. “i’d miss you, too.” 

she’ll miss the routine they’ve found themselves falling into after three years of rooming, she’ll miss the miso soup sana makes for her birthday, because seaweed soup was always too hard to make without a kitchen. she’ll miss sana in her bed, clutched on tight during rainy nights when the thunder was too loud for comfort. 

ah, i haven't even confessed to her yet. 

sana doesn’t say anything. it’s as if this truly is the end, and they’re both trying to imagine a life without one another. 

or trying to imagine a life where everything works out; where sana has tzuyu, and tzuyu has sana.

“do you think we’re best friends in every universe?” sana asks. 

another universe, one where we never stop being best friends. 

in this universe, sana and tzuyu are best friends. 

at the end of the year, they’ll graduate, and what lies ahead is uncertainty. 

in another universe, sana and tzuyu are older, but they don’t know each other yet. 

tzuyu is a barista, and sana has recently moved into the area. 

it's the coffee shop closest to her apartment, and also the only one that offers free pup cups with every order of a drink. perfect for sana and her shiba inu. 

the cafe door swings open with a gentle ding, and sana peeks her head in. 

"good morning," a girl behind the counter greets, waving an arm. 

she's tall, pretty, and has caramel brown hair. there's no one else in the cafe yet, but maybe because it's just opened. 

"hi!" sana waves back, dog leash still in hand. "i heard dogs are allowed?" 

the barista's face lits up fully, and she leans over the countertop to get a better view. sana's shiba inu peeks a snout in as well, and the barista squeaks.  

"yes! dogs are welcomed!" she chirps, quickly rounding from her spot to join sana at the entrance. 

"baby!" she says and squats down. "are they a she or he!"

the enthusiasm and eagerness is so contagious, sana really can't help but grin, both with pride and plain endearment. "a she. her name is pomu!"

"awww, pomu!" the barista coos, patting pomu lightly in between her ears. pomu wags her tail happily, tilting her head upwards for more scratches.

sana giggles at the scene, and she doesn't mean to, but it snaps the barrista out of her one-track-dog-lover-mind momentarily. 

"ah," she says sheepishly, rubbing at her neck. "sorry, i didn't introduce myself." 

maybe this barista isn't as well-versed with humans than with dogs. 

"my name is tzuyu," she continues, suddenly awkward. what an adorable name. "you have a really cute dog."

sana has never let a little awkwardness get in the way of a pretty girl, though. 

"thank you, you're cute too!" sana giggles. "i'm sana, i'm new around here."

the casual comment makes tzuyu laugh shyly, a light pink tinting her cheeks in a way sana loves. "always nice to see a new face." then, glancing at pomu. "and a new dog." 

she leads sana back to the counter after, returning to her place behind it. "what can i get for you today?" 

sana scans the menu, and besides the usual americano or expresso, she doesn't really know what anything else is. "do you have anything sweet?" 

tzuyu muses, tilting her head slightly. "not yet, but i've been experimenting on a new strawberry rose latte."

sana's ears perk up at the mention of strawberries and roses. "what's a latte?" 

"it's just coffee and milk. not very strong, i think you'd like it." tzuyu smiles. "and if you're up for it, you can try the strawberry rose one. free of charge, of course." 

"trying it on a test subject before you debut it?" sana jokes. 

tzuyu shrugs, playing along. "think of it as… a pre-release trial?" 

"hm," sana hums. "when you put it that way, how could i turn it down?"

tzuyu grins. "one strawberry rose latte, for the lady with the cute dog. and a pup cup!" 

"way to make a girl feel special," sana chides playfully, huffing. tzuyu simply chuckles at the jab. 

and so it goes. 

sana is the first to try tzuyu's new strawberry rose latte, and the first at tzuyu's coffee shop every morning after. 

tzuyu names it the pomu special, and it's a limited edition feature for her valentines day menu. 

sana gets unlimited access to it, though. of course she does.

tzuyu finds that she does play favourites when it comes to customers, but doesn't care because it's sana. 

sana tries all of tzuyu's drinks, "pre-released", as tzuyu puts it, and their future is full of new beginnings. 

they'll be best friends, soon enough. 

maybe more.

in another, sana and tzuyu have known each other for years, but no one can know. 

"i've missed you," sana murmurs, wrapping her arms around tzuyu's neck to pull her close. 

she just wants to hug the person she's been wanting to hug all day, but tzuyu stands stiff, back taut and tilting her chin away from sana. "sana, not now." 

"but we're in private now," sana pouts. 

nonetheless, even if she hates it, she still unravels her arms and slides her hands reluctantly off. she doesn't let go completely, though, catching the lapels of tzuyu's blazer between her thumb and fingers. 

tzuyu sighs, covering sana's hands with her own, touch as loving as always, but there’s still a certain hesitancy. "i have to check the room first – give me a second?" 

in this world, sana is the only daughter of the famed minatozaki clan, and tzuyu the first-in-line for the inheritance of the chou group. 

if anyone knew they were together, snuck away from one of many business galas, it would be the end of their family's reputations as a whole. 

"one kiss?" sana pleads, brows knit and eyes round, looking up at tzuyu innocently. 

"we’ll check first, then a kiss," tzuyu says sternly, but the gentle finger she rubs in between sana's frown is anything but. 

sana huffs, but ultimately relents. "one check." 

tzuyu smiles, nodding; an action that's come to be a staple in a relationship. tzuyu accompanies it with a subtle scrunch of her nose, eyes curving slightly, and it's enough to tell sana that she's thinking of her when they can't tell each other in public. 

not that tzuyu isn't always thinking about sana, but when she does that, it means she's thinking of her. 

thinking of kissing her, thinking of doing all the things sana wants to do. 

thinking of sana, truly, in the sense of a lover thinking of her muse. 

and a sweep tzuyu does, quick but thorough. until she's satisfied that they're safe, and she lets herself let go completely, giving a patient sana the permission to jump into her arms finally. 

tzuyu embraces sana fully, wholly, all their love encompassed into a single moment – one where they are completely each other's and nothing else. 

"i missed you," sana says again, but this time softer, voice muffled in the crook of tzuyu's neck as her shoulders rise with her tightened hold. 

they're familiar words, said almost everyday. some might say it takes away from the significance, but sana has never cared about significance – what mattered besides missing tzuyu's touch every second of the day and telling her as it is? 

tzuyu squeezes back, places a gentle kiss on the crown of sana's head. "kisses?" 

"please." sana tilts her chin up, lets her eyes flutter close.

dutifully, tzuyu plants another kiss on sana's lips, a proper kiss. 

the weight of the world is lifted off their shoulders, and then it's just them; sana and tzuyu, tzuyu and sana. 

sana tugs at tzuyu’s blazer until it’s finally slipped off, hands roaming eagerly and freely, savouring the few moments they have away from prying eyes. tzuyu presses closer in earnest, palm on the small of her back, gentle. 

she hums into sana’s lips, a soft purr that sounds from the back of her throat and comes out in contented waves, flowing right into sana. 

it’s so unlike tzuyu as she is in public, but so completely like the tzuyu sana knows behind doors. 

i hope we exist in another life – one without all the stupid things in this one.

their lips part for a moment, but sana finds tzuyu again. 

no titles, no fleeting touches. 

tzuyu lets herself enjoy the comfort of sana in her arms, of her in sana's arms. 

no pretending we’re not everything more than that. 

in this universe, sana and tzuyu have all of each other, even if they’re the only ones who know. 

somewhere else, sana and tzuyu lay in bed, foreheads pressed against each other. 

they speak in hushed tones, legs tangled up beneath the sheets, sharing the warmth. 

tzuyu says something, rubs her nose on sana's, and sana giggles. it probably isn't anything funny, but sana's always giddy around tzuyu. 

tzuyu laughs too, and soon enough all they're doing is snickering at nothing. 

"i want to get a dog," tzuyu says, tinges of laughter still laced between her words. "or two. can we?" 

"does that mean i get co-parenting rights?" 

"yeah," tzuyu smiles. "i'll even let you name one." 

sana quriks a brow. "i bet you've already got two names in mind." 

"but they're our dogs, i'm trying not to be greedy." 

sana laughs at that, shoulders shaking lightly. "you're allowed to be greedy, love," she says, poking tzuyu's dimple when tzuyu starts grinning. "tell me the names?" 

"i'm thinking kaya and butter," tzuyu says. 

"i think those names are perfect," sana muses, tucking a stray strand of tzuyu's hair behind her ears and kissing the tip of her nose for good measure. 

"like you," tzuyu giggles. 

sana laughs again, how terribly corny. 

though, ever so tzuyu. 

they've been together for longer than either can remember, but somehow still as infatuated as the first time they met. 

"can i ask you another thing?" tzuyu whispers, eyes bright.

"yeah?" sana says, finally letting the last bit of laughter out of her system. 

"i want to marry you." 

there's no hesitancy when it's said, no fear. 

not even a question, really, just a statement of fact. 

it's sudden, but not too sudden at all. it's not like they haven't known the answer to these questions for years now. 

sana smiles. 

"let's get married, then." 

it's easy, effortless. 

"and get two dogs," tzuyu adds, pecking sana on the lips. 

sana grins. "and get two dogs."

they've always worked it out. 

truly, there's nowhere else they'd rather be. 

looking back, sana had asked: "do you think we're best friends in every universe?" 

"probably not," tzuyu answers. 

sana pouts. "you really think that?" 

tzuyu looks away when she says the next words; pretends they mean less to her than they really do. 

"i don't know. maybe we're something other than best friends?" maybe she's hoping. "maybe… maybe we don't know each other yet…" 

maybe we'd be lovers. 

"maybe everything works out in those universes," sana muses. "it's fun to think about. us in another universe, hm?" 

it is. 

if we're happy in another universe, let's be happy in this one too, sana. 

"how about we find a place together after graduation?" tzuyu says. "i don't think i'm ready to go back to taiwan just yet." 

not without you, at least. 

"thank god you asked," sana laughs, relieved. "i really thought you were going to pack up and leave once we were done." 

tzuyu ducks her head. "i'd miss all of this too much, too." 

"what was that?" sana teases, leaning in. "you'd miss me too much?" 

"kaya and butter would miss you too much," tzuyu rolls her eyes, pushing sana's smug look away. "go away, i'm studying." 

"aw, i love you, tzuyu," sana coos, voice high and dragged out to rub it in. 

tzuyu groans, covering her ears in despair.

but it's all just for show. 

where tzuyu and sana are right now, they decide they'd rather be here than anywhere else, too. 

i love you too, sana.

didnt even use those satzu wips i wrote a whole new one instead?!% yeah idk whats going on in this fic either (but ill lose my mind if i spend longer on this than i alrdy have ong) and its a bit different from what i usually write, but still, hopefully it turned out tolerable at least,, 🙏 inspired-ish by that one falseknees comic, but in this one, their relationship always exists in every universe :)

thank you for reading! interactions, again, always appreciated <3

MEN DNI.

[bubblesandpages]

So on the topic of Claire's nearly fatal allergy oversight, isn't there a direct parallel with that in how Carmy, Richie, Sydney, hell, all of the kitchens, servers, and chefs we see over the course of the show treat allergies, and how meticulous they are with finding alternatives for each element in a dish?

[bogos-bint3d]

To the fallen humans--what's one thing you liked about the underground?

Sorry this took so long to answer btw! The reason is I've been spending a really REALLY long time trying my best to think of an answer that kindness might give, but after all my time thinking, I genuinely just don't think they would have a proper answer. I just can't visualise a real answer from them

But thx for the ask! I really enjoyed answering it and it helped me do a lot of thinking about the development of their personalities!

[ratatatastic]

"im a big slow defenceman" "the other night ek said hes a big slow defenceman" "😄☺️"

[allegedlyfunny]

Heeeey guys. i was supposed to do this like 2 months ago but whatever

Free palastine

I Am a Minor but as long as you're not posting straight porn idc

You can call me Mono/Cel/Alex/whatever is funniest for the bit i don't really care

He\It (: (subject to change)

Probably transmasc

Very sane about Robots/sentient AI/WIRES

Always feel free to ask me to tag something, sometimes i don't realize if things trigger people

I use Tone tags!!! and emojis (sometimes)

Please don't Ask me for money

🚫Dni basic stuff. Maps, Homophobes, Transphobes, Racists, Proshippers, Zionists, Ect

I'm unfortunately not a robot 😔

Yet

Moots Feel free to send asks or DM if you want !! (Not good with one on one conversations but yk)

Ykw fuck it ill list all the fandoms i can think of that im in

in no particular order: Rain world, TPOH, hollow knight, TSPUD, FNAF (stopped paying attention to the lore completely after SB, so most the DCA), Little nightmares, Pikmin, INSCRIPTION, Poppy Playtime, SCP (Barely), Undertale/deltarune, neyterix's stuff on YT, Minecraft kinda (specifically Cxlvxn's into the fog series), Ori and the will of the wisps, and more that didnt come to mind

[sotc]

ZEVANA MOMENT SPOTTED!!!!

IT'S HER. IT'S THEM. Sorry but I am so stuck on that last bit where it mentions she and Zevran have their own battles to fight. I was talking a bit ago about how Milana ends up finding her sense of self and purpose that she's struggled through most of the game and y'know... Milana has found herself bound and doomed to the duty and fate of a Grey Warden while Zevran, a man who has found his freedom through her, chose to remain by her side. The circumstances of that is ironic in and of itself (and I love how much irony plays in their story, esp with Zev) but I think as they continue their relationship after everything it only cements her new perspective in life. She didn't even realize it's been in front of her the whole time. What is Zev doing taking on the Crows not only an act to fight and preserve his personal freedom, but an act of love if it meant he can choose to stay beside his Warden? ("For the chance to be by your side I would storm the Dark City itself. Never doubt it." anyone?? 😭!) What is choosing to be beside her during her travels no matter if this chase to find the cure leads to a dead end if not an act of love?

I think she may have been a bit slower to the realization than Zev was about what she wanted out of her life after all that's happened. Yet here he was; he's been choosing her this whole time. And now with Milana searching for the Calling's cure... she would not resign herself to that terrible fate and what is that if not a defiant act of love? Fighting to persevere against all doomed odds if it meant being able to remain beside Zevran just as he does her? They saved each other. They are choosing each other. Every day, with every battle they face, together or apart.

You know the whole tropes of "I would die for you"? Nah, for to these two it's "I want to live for you." "I don't want to be doomed, I want to live." IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE BABY!!!

[auphelia]

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