#— self para ( alice )

[niragixpsych]

Self-para for Niragi: A glimpse through the cracks

Niragi bit back a sigh that dared to escape it while his back hit the wall and if anyone were to see his face they would be surprised. The expression on his face was one that he rarely displayed, simply because he had vowed to himself to never be a victim again. It was a glimpse at the human he was down deep inside even though he tried his best to feed into believes that he was nothing more than a monster. That he wasn't a human being, but a being with a darkness in its heart that only waited to make him attach everyone around him.

The dark haired male was painfully aware that he had stopped being a human a while ago. But because day goblin's were humans before their deaths in the depths of his heart he was still human. A really broken human being that had decided to embrace his inner darkness and simply letting lose. Niragi had vowed to himself ever since he found himself in the Borderland he would make sure people stayed away from him. If they saw a monster in him then he would be that very monster.

But during one of the many party nights at the Beach his mind began to quieten down and his heart started to soar. He became aware that even though he was in a sea of people he had never been as alone as he was now. His heart arched for a true connection, arched to be accepted for who he truly was. With all his good sides that did exist but he kept locked up and his obvious bad sides. But he had convinced himself a long time ago he wasn't deserving of anything good.

His dark brown eyes stared ahead without him really being able to take in his side. And the blasting music accompanied by the people partying seemed far away while the feeling of emptiness kept crawling through his body. The expression on his face and the look in his eyes gave away how lost he felt. He was tired of this all, he was tired of keeping up this act. Even though he had learned to accept being hated and do things to make others had him it was still hurting thing.

This time the small sigh slipped past his lips while he closed his eyes. His head moved forward before letting it fall back against the wall. He had to fight all the emotions that dared to well up inside of him. Niragi was only good to feel hatred and getting hated in return. The day goblin had to stop to feel.

[roses-bah-garden]

Im not sure if you do packs based off emoji combos but may we get a alter-pack based around this emoji combo with level 5 complexity please? 🐇🥮🎀🍡����

here you go!

a new flower has blossomed! 🌹

emoji combo, soft girl, lovecore ... [LVL 5 PACK]

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name(s) ;; honey, nikki, alice, suki, melody, belle

pronouns ;; bun/buns, she/her, they/them, cute/cutes, love/loves, peach/peaches, 🐇/🐇self, 💕/💕self, 🍑/🍑self

age ;; 12

species ;; human

gender(s) ;; lovecoric, lovesickformsic

orientation(s) ;; demisexual, panromantic, hyperromantic, fictosexual

role(s) ;; femininity holder, admirer

source ;; brainmade / alter pack

sign-off(s) ;; 🐇🍡

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appearance ;; pale, almost white. long blonde hair and shiny brown eyes. rosy cheeks, freckles, petite stature. typically dresses in coquette and lovecore fashion. see below for picrew.

personality ;; she's soft-spoken and gentle. bun's a romantic, and always has a bit of a crush on somebody, although those crushes never last. they long to be taken seriously, especially by older people.

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likes ;; candy & pastries, the colour pink, little witch academia, sanrio, sad music, reading & writing poetry

dislikes ;; creative block, being called immature

possible front triggers ;; seeing sanrio merchandise/media

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cisid(s) ;; cisjapanese, cisage, permaroleplay, cislovecore, high sympathy, high empathy

transid(s) ;; transwhite, transcharacter (sayori ddlc), transdepression, transpermasleepy

kink/fetish/para(s) ;; AAM, fictophilia

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moodboard ;; found here

playlist ;; "a burning hill" - mitski / "the way things go" - beabadoobee / "your reality" - doki doki literature club ost / "30 second love story" - peggy / "from the start" - laufey

kinlist ;; bunny therian / sayori (doki doki literature club) / hello kitty (hello kitty & friends) / fluttershy (my little pony)

extra ;; n/a

disclaimer: headmates/alters may not turn up exactly as specified, and that's okay ♡

[messengersfolly]

There is no means to an end.

(a self-para for Malachi Howahkan. TW blood, gore, murder)

It's the endless drone of old fluorescent lights and the maniacal beeping of the fire alarm, low-battery. Everything ends, but it doesn't mean you know when.

And the annoyance will continue, and continue, and melt your mind away, until you put a stop to it.

It's with this thinking that Malachi Howahkan murders his wife with an axe in the back of their small Prairie-style Craftsman in mid-January.

His life has not been his own.

It has been Alice's, turned to dinner parties and board game nights. Stockings hung with care, two tiny tots, soccer practice, and the backyard grill. The ole ball and chain. "Can't live with him, can't live without him!" The baby showers, the anniversaries. A mini-van and a house with a foyer.

He works as an insurance agent. 9-5, casual Fridays, water cooler chatter and group synergy. "Workin' hard or hardly workin'?"

One day it's easy to just take the axe and swing it.

Easier than the time it takes to type in his client's yearly salary and figure out the percentage still owed.

Easier than picking up Bobby from violin.

Prison is not easy. It's threats and shouting and shoving. Too much time alone to think about every aspect of his wife's dead body, the blood coming from the chunks he cut out of her. Officers with too much power, men with too much anger. And boredom.

When he gets a letter, he assumes it's one of his kids. But it reads of a man infatuated. Questions about his life and how it fell apart, and more importantly, how he can piece it back together for Malachi.

This meager connection is a life raft in a tsunami. Mal holds to it like a man possessed. Until his fingers go raw and bloodied, he'll cling to every letter sent.

Polaroids on sun-bleached film, chopped brown hair tied with an old rubber band. Tales from the outside.

It's back and forth for years.

One day, the folded letter Malachi sends has a piece of twine tied into a little loop perfect for a finger enclosed inside. He asks him to marry him, and promises a better ring when he's out.

It's years later that Malachi Howahkan walks out of the New York State Penitentiary in the dirty clothes he walked in with over 20 years ago. Released early on good behavior. Cash that Mik had sent for snacks from the commissary buys a bus ticket straight to his husband's apartment.

Once he's there, he never leaves.

[charlieswanismydad]

about me !!!

links

drawn by the amazing @ghosttoastx !!! if you read this ily you’re never getting rid of me now

Hi!!! I’m Alice.

I do stuff. It’s pretty cool.

Enfp, hufflepuff, Capricorn Sun, Libra moon, Pisces rising, he/she, and more!! I’m also a non-partnering aromantic and gray asexual!

I stalk blogs I like, don’t be alarmed if I like a bunch of posts at once!! In fact, be happy!! I love you!!!!!

If you want to talk to me please do!!! I want more friends. Just keep in mind I am a 15 year old minor!

You have been warned!

DNI:

racists, homophobes, sexists, etc. general dni criteria ig

people who just hate for no reason!! (anti-furry, just hating on certain fandoms, etc. ticks me off!)

proshippers

frans/fontcest

exclusionists

radqueers

radfems

pro paras. go to therapy

nsfw (also sorta related to above, pro cnc/ageplay. go to therapy)

WIPS:

Wilting Flowers - My actual baby. My pride and joy. It’s imperfect but that’s okay.

The actual grim reaper falls in love with a mortal. I can’t do it justice, you’re just gonna have to trust me.

don’t break my heart - Shameless Sans fanfic. All of the self indulgence ever, but it brings me joy :) semi discontinued, might come back!

I love it man. It makes me so happy. Basically yn is an awkward dumbass and so is Sans and they fall in love and stuff :)

Fandoms:

My main fandoms are Twilight and Undertale (obv), but I’m in a bunch more!! :D

The Arc of a Scythe by Neil Shusterman

Harry Potter by Daniel Radcliffe (JK…)

Steven Universe by Rebecca Sugar

Doki Doki Literature Club by Dan Salvato

Omori by Omocat

Arcane by Riot Games

The Walten Files by Martin Walls

The Amazing Digital Circus by Glitch Studios

The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber (the book’s by Gaston Leroux but i haven’t read it lol)

Deltarune by Toby Fox (is that an anagram???)

Meet the Robinsons by Disney

And more that aren’t off the top of my head!! Just ask bros :)

I’m kinda obsessed with UTMV, soooo….

Fav AU - Insomnia (link to chapter 1)

Fav Sans - Dust by Ask-Dusttale and Geno by LoverofPiggies

Music:

Ranked by popularity, with my fave songs from each! Just like the fandoms, it's all over the place.

Taylor Swift - Haunted

Hozier - In The Woods Somewhere

Muse - Soldier's Poen

Mitski - Last Words of a Shooting Star

Will Wood - Suburbia Overture/Vampire Culture/Whatever the hell the name is idek anymore

Dazey and the Scouts - Maggot

The Oozes - I Still Adore You

Lemon Demon - Action Movie Hero Boy

Tally Hall/Miracle Musical - Misery Fell

Teddy Hyde - Terry’s Taxidermy

Destroy Boys - Crybaby

The Crane Wives - Little Soldiers

Steam Powered Giraffe - Malfunction

Writing Requests:

HEY SO HERES A FUN FACT: I WANT YOU TO ASK ME TO WRITE THINGS FOR YOU!! LIKE I LOVE THAT!!! I WILL WRITE YOU LITTLE ONESHOTS IF ITS A FANDOM IM IN!!! OR I CAN WRITE ABOUT MY CHARACTERS IF YOU’RE INTO THAT!!! JUST PLEASR PLEASE PLEASE ASK ME AAAAAAA

Things You Might Want to Be Aware Of:

i tend to isolate myself when i’m having a Big Sad™️ moment. please do not be mad if i act cold!!!

i’m a very empathic person and i get really upset around negativity. please do not send me or mention me in anything political or controversial.

i get in my head about disturbing/sexual things. once again, don’t show me this stuff. don’t ask me to write about it, either!!

i am uncomfortable around religious discussions. i get enough of them irl!!! please keep them away from me :')

i’ve got adhd and possible ocd so yeah and also my auditory processing sucksssss so if we ever interact on call or *gasp* irl then i’ll say “what?” every five seconds

books. @bunny-on-a-bookshelf for books.

i’m just a silly little girl who is also a boy. we have fun here

Tags:

(new so they haven’t been used much)

#mootie patooties - mutuals

#irl alice - real life shtuff

#reblogs - self explanatory

#alice writes sometimes - my writing!!!!

#skeleposting - undertale/utmv

#is that an anagram??? - deltarune

#sparkly - twilight

#im aspec BUT - simping, fangirling, i do a lot of it

#liveblogging homestuck - reading homestuck and making vague comments about it.

#ALL HAIL - welcome to nightvale stuff!!!

#rock n robinson - meet the robinsons

#musical automatons - steam powered giraffe!!!! the best band ever btwwwew

Moots:

I literally love you guys 😭😭

@donotreleasemeintothewild

@livforlive

@last-herondale

@hiro-doodlez

@sneakyfox55

@junessillywachingcorner

@popiollie

@toka-san

@wishtale-blogs

@italic-does-random-shit

@ghostboisonly

@just-let-me-call-myself-arson

@pizzatowne

@ghosttoastx

@thenocturnenarrator

@lelitachay

@paraska00

@tundra116

@blurboppz

@flesh-archivist

@matzahstein

@paranoid-radio

@martinibass

@drrobotnic

@sandwich2451

@blaster-fagot

[quoththemaven]

2023 Favoritest Flicks

Take out your five faves and it'd still be a dynamite year for movies. My tops = Poor Things. Fave performance = Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers. Fave score = Poor Things. Fave G'lord WTF is This Wild Gem = Dug Dug. The movie I liked a lot more than I expected to = Air. The Can't Wait for Their Next One = Kristoffer Borgli's Dream Scenario. Congratulations to all winners, you've won special mention on this Tumblr page 🏆

Loved!

Air

American Fiction

Anatomy of a Fall

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

Asteroid City

Barbie

Beau is Afraid

Blackberry

Bottoms

Dream Scenario

Dug Dug

Ferrari

Godzilla Minus One

How to Blow up a Pipeline

Knock at the Cabin

M3GAN

May December

Napoleon

Oldboy (20th Anniversary Remastered)

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

Saltburn

Society of the Snow

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Stop Making Sense (rerelease)

The Boy and the Heron

The Holdovers

The Iron Claw

The Killer

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Swan, The Rat Catcher, Poison

The Zone of Interest

Liked!

65

A Haunting in Venice

A Thousand and One

Alice Darling

AKA

All of Us Strangers

Ballerina

Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020)

Biosphere

Blue Beetle

Boston Strangler

Broker

The Burial

Cassandro

Cat Person

Creed III

Dark Harvest

Dicks: The Musical

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Dogleg

Dumb Money

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

Eileen

El Conde

Elemental

Evil Dead Rise

Fair Play

Fallen Leaves

Fast X

Fingernails

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Flora and Son

Good Grief

Gran Turismo

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Halfway Home

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

If You Were the Last

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Inside

It’s a Wonderful Knife

John Wick 4

Joy Ride

Landscape with Invisible Hand

Leave the World Behind

Little Bone Lodge

Luther: The Fallen Sun

Lyla

Maaveeran

Maestro

Maggie Moore(s)

Missing

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Mountain Woman

Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie

Mutt

Nairobby

Nimona

No One Will Save You

Nowhere

Nyad

Origin

Paint

Para Betina Pengikut Iblis

Plane

Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

Priscilla

Quiz Lady

Raging Grace

Renfield

River

Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken

Sanctuary

Self-Reliance

Sharper

Shin Kamen Rider

Showing Up

Sisu

Skinamarink

Sometimes I Think About Dying

Starling Girl

Still Time

Strays

Suzume

Talk to Me

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Tetris

The Boogeyman

The Book of Clarence

The Call

The Covenant

The Kitchen

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The Machine

The Royal Hotel

The Strays

Theater Camp

There’s Something Wrong With the Children

They Cloned Tyrone

To Leslie

Vesper

Wil

You Hurt My Feelings

[compressednerve]

Nice to see another scratchalan fan! I was hoping I could hear your hopes and thoughts for Alan wake 2? I’m just hoping we get to see plenty of scratch I’ve seen some speculate he’s gonna be a main villain which sounds great to me :3c ✨

Thank you so much for this ask!! *ScratchAlan is the only ship to be ALIVE for., fellow crazy!!!! Hell fucking yeah!!! We needa make some room for AlanScratch tho, I want to write more Top! Alan because it turns me on. I have a feeling we're gonna see so much Mr. Scratch in AW2 that we might even get sick of him. I don't necessarily want him to be The Main Villain of it in the traditional sense... Mr. Scratch is, ultimately, just another side of Alan... And Alan has *many* sides! >:) We see just a taste of how many Alan's there are from The Signal/The Writer when he can't stop fracturing into further self-persecution. I hope to see lots of different Alan's made manifest, like the Teen Titans "Raven OSDD-1a" episode (shout out to my epic partner @parasitefun for showing me that fucking smash hit).

I have a lot of high hopes and fondness in my heart for Remedy and the development process they've been doing. I was a big fan of Alan Wake in 2013 and I did a looot of RP even in 2015-2017. Crazy shit! I kinda fell off the face of the Earth for a while tho. I've never played Quantum Break, and me and Paras are working thru Control together right now (we're in the Maintenance Sector and it just finished doing the Burn The Trash quest).

We spent most of May/June working thru Alan Wake and we have sooo many things to say on it that we're polishing up because it's such a dense story!! So transitioning from working thru AW with a fine tooth comb, to Control which is like four times the size of AW and has *that* much more to work thru, has been a real treat! Remedy sure knows how to make a good fucking story! It's like a croissant with many, many, many laminated layers to turn around in my head. I'm good at recognizing voice actors, so it made my head explode to realize Matthew Poretta played Darling, and James Mcaffrey played Trench. Like, omfg!! And every new realization along the way that links Control to AW. Just a real treat!

All that being said, I've seen a lot of posts along the lines of like, "Where's Alice!@!!! Where's Barry!!!!!!!" and it's like, will I be disappointed if they are underplayed...? yes. Do I worry that that's a possibility, at all? ...only a little bit! I want to put my faith into Remedy's ability to make this a good story. They've been chipping away at it for 13+ years, after all, and if I remember correctly, The Alan Wake Experience since 2000? As in the conception and development of AW1? So, 23 years entirely... that's a long time to be rotating the same Boy around. AW1 was a masterpiece IMO, a many-layered sandwich of nuance and metaphor, paradoxes within paradoxes... I think AW2 is gonna really surprise all of us.

Alan Wake 2, I'm super curious about what they do with it, and hopefully Mr. Scratch *and* Alan both get room to breathe. I think they will, and I'm so, so intrigued about what they're gonna do with Saga! It seems pretty ambitious for Remedy to do a multi-protagonist storyline like this, and their cheeky insistence that you can play it however you want, there's no wrong way to play, makes me worried. I hope more than anything that they didn't dumb down certain world-building elements (I'm blown away at how we went from TVs, radio show0,s and manuscripts in AW1 to the sheer amount of multi-media that went into Control).

I have in some degrees some fairly bad brain damage that inhibits a lot of my abilities to comprehend certain things, and yet, everything about the way the world-building environment contributes to a Greater Understnding of a Remedy Game that most people tend to ignore or outright complain about! Oh, the TV ruins the pacing, oh I didn't wanna have to stand here listening to someone talk I wanna run around and shoot things, oh boo I didn't like how many manuscripts i had to pick up. It's a little tedious, yes, and it breaks the Pacing Of The Literal Game up a little bit yes, but!!! It's excruciatingly important to the story!! It's a ROLE PLAYING GAME!!! YOU HAVE TO ROLE PLAY OMFG!!!!!! (still salty over how Zero Punctuation reviewed these games considering how fucking detectivey they are).

So anyways all of that being said, I hope that Alan Wake 2 is stuffed to the BRIM with multi-media. I hope we get SICK of manuscripts and casettes and pictures with captions and TV episodes and radio shows and BLAH BLAH BLAH. I hope Saga and Alan have a lot of crazy shit go down with each other because they're also very shippable. I hope Alex Casey calls Alan a shitty writer because he's one of the only obvious "HI, I'M A BOOK CHARACTER INVENTED BY ALAN WAKE. I'M VERY MAD. ABOUT BEING CREATED BY ALAN WAKE."

Ideally I would have played all the Remedy games to be caught up by now on more of the AW2 hype and analysis, because I wish I had more things to say! But because I haven't finished Control or QB yet, I'm trying to stay away from stuff that technically spoils Control just by virtue of being in the AW-verse.

*this is technically a lie because I'm actually a huge multshipper :k lel catch me on ao3 writing about the most bizarre AW pairings just you fuckin wait

[arafolet]

¿Qué conseguí en Ao3 el 2022?

Ni siquiera sé por qué le puse título, pero bueno...

Invertí 6 horas en esto, lo que en realidad no es mucho tomando en cuenta lo negligente que soy~ Lo hice por colgarme de la idea de Kea (dudo que alguien más lo lea de todas formas), y en pos de comenzar a "concluir" cosas. Una de mis metas para este año es dejar menos cosas "a medio camino".

¡Así que vamos a lo que nos convoca!

Para comenzar, no van a ver etiquetas como /reader o cualquier forma de self-insert, porque en lo personal no me gusta el Canon/Oc, y tampoco van a ver ships con los Lumine o Aether porque no me gusta ninguna ship de ellos, las tolero pero paso de ellas.

Top Ships:

La verdad, me sorprendí mucho la cantidad de xbd que he leído, principalmente porque tengo MUCHAS etiquetas silenciadas/bloqueadas de ships que no quiero ver en esas historias (aplica también a todas las demás ships). También porque, originalmente, yo me quedé en el juego por el Kaeluc, supongo que para entonces no conocía la magia del xbd <3

Además, lo rápido que me enganché del cynonari, que comencé a leer por Agosto, aproximadamente. Admito que es porque se presta mucho para el omegaverse ywy <3 (Oh, mi placer culpable xDDD)

Apenas apareció Heizou se me olvidó que alguna vez existió "Tomo".

Eso se debe a que no soy partidaria del multiship... En muchas ocasiones puedo decir "está bonita" pero es un comentario pasajero, rápido la bloqueo de mi memoria... Ni siquiera yo voy a meterme con mi OTP, ni siquiera yo.

Tarde me di cuenta que me cortaba la etiqueta del "amigo de Kazuha" xDDD

Mención especial a mis ships de Honkai, Yowamushi Pedal y Sabikui Bisco uwu (que tienen menos fanfics que el scarahida(??))

Dinámicas/Relaciones NO-Románticas:

Hay cosas que ni sé porqué cayeron en el listado, pero bueno...

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Top Characters:

Esta categoría tiene algo de trampa, principalmente por Razor, Shinobu, Alice, Klee y Qiqi, que generalmente no son personajes que busco pero de alguna manera tienen participación dentro de la trama del fic. Con Lumine y Aether tengo manía, acepto que los incluyan en plan "amistad de...", nunca como parte de un triángulo, a menos que sea en pos de un "malentendido", ni siquiera como "ex de...".

Cada vez me tiento más a publicar mi lista de ships bloqueadas xDDD

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🔞Tags/Etiquetas frecuentes:

En mi defensa, no hay defensa. Hay cosas aquí que ni siquiera sé que significan, o sea, como palabra, seguramente el concepto lo conozco... Es un poco contradictorio que no me guste mucho el mpreg pero sí sea muy fan del omegaverse. Aclaro que no soy de justificar la violencia del Alfa hacia el Omega solo porque "las hormonas", soy más de la premisa del Alfa "humilde" y el Omega "empoderado" (???) Podría explicarme mejor sobre esto pero no va al caso ahora.

Podría decir algo como "me siento sucia" por las etiquetas de índole sexual, pero eso se disparó con el haikaveh, el cynonari y el kazuhei... Principalmente los de Sumeru, qué manera de abusar de esa etiqueta xDD

Yo solo quería leer de esas ships, el porno venía integrado(???)

Menciones honoríficas a las etiquetas: I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, English is not my 1st language, Flufftober, How Do I Tag, No beta we die like kazuha's friend, No beta we die like Rex Lapis y Top-character/Bottom-character.

Reconocimiento especial al traductor automático del navegador por "Australia Moderna" y "Multa"

Empecé este post a las 07:22pm, y estoy terminando cuando el reloj marca 01:44am...

Con su permiso, voy a hacer mis diarias xDDD

[caells]

WANTED CONNECTIONS. everybody, get in line to meet the boy who flew too high. who does it all just to be liked by strangers that he met online.

press #001 to sing : �� tough love ❜

❝ i'm wasted with the sister of a boy that i met through someone back in college, she's a weird intellect. she liked to tell the truth and she was harsh but direct. ❞

( female only ) CAEL & MUSE tem uma quase amizade engraçada. ela é direta e difícil de lidar, mas ele não é muito melhor - talvez por isso se deem tão bem. o jovem raramente bebe, mas quando quer afogar as mágoas, procura a outra, e passam a noite com uma garrafa de vinho entre os dois e todas as reclamações do mundo. ( @vivianflowers )

press #002 to sing : ❛ the tortured poets department ❜

❝ you’re in self-sabotage mode, throwing spikes down on the road but i’ve seen this episode and still love the show. ❞

( male / female / nb ) CAEL e MUSE são melhores amigos, sempre foi & sempre vai ser assim. opostos, raio de sol para seu poeta torturado, MUSE segura a mão dele nos piores momentos, cuida do jovem e cael tenta ao seu máximo retribuir mesmo quando está em modo de auto sabotagem, mas não tem nada que faça MUSE partir.

press #003 to sing : ❛ letter to god (1974 ) ❜

❝ his parents give him everything, they never yell or fight. they never make him cut his hair because they're happy he survived, and he didn't have to clean his room, it was enough to be alive. ❞

( male / female / nb ) MUSE é um amigo da família faz muito tempo, os pais de CAEL e os seus costumavam se dar bem, e MUSE estava lá quando cael quase morreu antes de descobrirem a condição cardíaca , e depois disso, como os pais do jovem, começou a o tratar com super proteção e o rapaz odeia.

press #004 to sing : ❛ speed drive ❜

❝ they my best friends in the whole world, on the mood board, they're the inspo & they're dressed in really cute clothes. kawaii like we’re in tokyo. devon lee smile, teeth a white row. got a classic, real deep, van gogh, they got loyalty, they say, “i love you, man ” - i love them more . ❞

( male / female / nb - 00/02 ) MUSE & MUSE são os amigos mais antigos de cael, e sempre que se trata de fazer decisões ruins, eles estão juntos.

press #005 to sing : ❛ us ❜

❝ if history's clear, someone always ends up in ruins and what seemed like fate becomes "what the hell was i doin'?" - babylon lovers hangin' lifetimes on a vine. ❞

( male / female / nb ) MUSE foi o primeiro amor de cael, eles tiveram algo inocente e mágico que acabou porque eram diferentes demais ou talvez muito parecidos para funcionar.

press #006 to sing : ❛ alice of the upper class ❜

❝ the smart ass, white trash bitches in the first class - well, that's american dreamin' in a nutshell. ❞

( male / female / nb ) MUSE acredita em todas as lendas da cidade, e na magia que corre por essa terra, e isso os faz inimigo número um para cael. eles tentam fazer com que ele aceite o quão especial é este lugar, mas o rapaz não vê com bons olhos essas crenças.

press #007 to sing : ❛ favorite crime ❜

❝ know that i loved you so bad - i let you treat me like that. i was your willing accomplice, honey and i watched as you fled the scene. doe-eyed as you buried me, one heart broke, four hands bloody. ❞

( female only ) CAEL e MUSE não são amigos, mas ela é mais velha & encantadora aos seus olhos, e ele sabe realisticamente que nunca teria uma chance com a mulher, mas isso não impede de manter um crush que o faz tropeçar nas palavras quando interagem.

press #008 to sing : ❛ would’ve, could’ve, should’ve ❜

❝ if i was some paint, did it splatter - on a promising grown man ? and if i was a child, did it matter if you got to wash your hands ? ❞

( male only ) MUSE e CAEL namoraram brevemente quando ele tinha apenas seus vinte e um anos, MUSE era um pouco mais velho que si e a relação foi marcada por altos e baixos, em sua maioria - baixos , mas quando era bom ; era ótimo. porém, por ainda não saber bem quem era, o jovem insistiu que mantivessem tudo em segredo. MUSE, no entanto, não aceitou ser um segredo e assim veio o final.

[winreyplace]

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[swynlake-rp]

Love is in the air… and maybe even in your email…? 

OTMS

MUN: L! Living up to her superlative, L brought us to the movies this month with an exciting new event and a star of a new character! We love the way her plots have the potential to bring characters together and get the town talking. Lights, camera, L!

CHARACTER: GASTON! In the words of one member, “No one schemes like Gaston, no one skeeves like Gaston, no one brings the RP to its knees like Gaston!” And we love him for it. There’s nothing like a charming villain to spice things up!

THREAD: A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL A DATE | KING AND EMIRA! As one member put it, this one is “Too pure. Too good for this world.” We love how these two have such different personalities, but bring out new sides of one another! And we can’t wait to see what happens next.

Honorable mention: While Ren’s Dissonance self para was not a thread, members loved to see their illuminating journey into the Mountainlands and we wanted to shout it out! 

TASK: FIVE NAMES LIGHTNING MCQUEEN HAS HAD, AND ONE HE HASN’T! Members praised this one for its humor and heartbreak. We love to see our members take a task prompt and turn it into a self-para and use it to dive into a character’s psyche! All the KACHOWS for E! 

BOARD UPDATES 

The Swynlake Board is pleased to announce that production of Olive Bright, Pigeoneer is officially underway! We’ll be releasing more instructions for how your character can get involved in the lights, the cameras, and alll of the action shortly, so stay tuned. 

The Swynlake Board has approved the budget for the 2023 year!

TASKS

JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER: Make a book cover inspired by a roleplay ship (it can be canon, a crackship, something you’d like to see be canon… open to interpretation!) Write a blurb about the book’s “summary”. Must do three – and only one can be your own ship. 

THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE: Write a one-shot exploring your character’s love language! This doesn’t have to be romantic – love comes in all forms, after all. (Words of Affirmation, Gift-Giving, Quality Time, Acts of Service, Physical Touch) (700 words)

EVENTS

FEB. 1 - FEB. 14: VALENTINE’S DAY EVENT – SWYNLAKE’S GOT MAIL! Canonically kicks off on Feb. 1, though you’ll get your matches for it on Feb. 4! 

FEB. 8 - 15 SPEED DATING: Canonically on Feb. 11! A Swynlake tradition! Come out to Town Hall to meet new people and maybe set off sparks with a special someone.

FEB 8 - 15 RUFF 2 FLUFF’S PUPPY BOWL: Canonically on Feb. 12! Join Ruff 2 Fluff for its first annual PuppyBowl XIX 'Tail'gate & Watch Party! There will be a variety of activities including an adoption drive, dog treat decorating, festive game day themed toys for pups to play with in the park, an American-style cookout, lawn games, and, of course, the Puppy Bowl livestreamed on a projector outside. 

FEB 15 - 22 VALENTINE EVENT REVEAL PARTY: Canonically on Feb. 14! A fun Valentine’s Day mixer at Town Hall – all are welcome, not just those participating in the Swynlake’s Got Mail Event. But those who want to reveal themselves to their matches are highly encouraged to make a big hurrah out of it 👀👀👀

FEB. 22 - MARCH 1 TIANA’S PLACE MARDI GRAS CELEBRATION: Tiana’s Place will host a special Mardi Gras celebration on Tuesday, February 21st! Your ticket includes food, drink, live musical performances, and as many beads as you can catch. 

FEB. 22 - MARCH 1 BOARD MEETING: Canonically on Feb. 23! How’s February treating you in Swynlake? Come out to Town Hall and let the Board know! 

BIRTHDAYS

Jenny Marsh-Foxworth – February 1

James Jones – February 5

Tiana Truitt – February 10

Mary "Boo" Gibbs – February 10

Theodore Barrie – February 19

Paulette de la Croix – February 21

Finn Flounder – February 24

Alice Liddell-Kingsleigh – February 29

[sochaewry]

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[pillowxtalk]

Self-para for a muse that isn’t meant to be: Wheels of fate!

He was surrounded by complete darkness and for what seemed like an eternity he had felt like he was falling. And then the feeling of falling changed into a strange warm tingling sensation that kind of rushed through his whole body. He hadn’t felt anything like this before but he would be lying if he said he was surprised something unexpected that happened. His life had been turned upside down in strange ways before so he took things as they were coming.

His eyes opened and he realized he was surrounded by darkness but those darkness was lit up by warm lights dancing around him. Then out of nowhere he heard someone clap which made him feel suspicious right away. Ever since coming into this other world he had decided to not fully trust anyone anymore. He had learned his lesson that there was no one to trust as his so called classmates had bullied him in ways no one should ever been bullied.

The young male narrowed his eyes as one of the dancing lights became bigger just to float right in front of his face. “Congratulations Niragi! You’re strong connection to the world of the living and your strong which to get back at people resulted in you becoming a day goblin.” He heard those light talk in a voice unknown to him. And just a moment later he rolled his eyes while he crossed his arms in front of his legs. “And why should I care about that? It won’t change the situation I am in, right?” The voice had hardly left as the voice began to laugh.

“The fact you’re a day goblin now means that you’re dead but fate decided to let you live on. You still have a purpose.” The dark haired male’s arms fell to his sides and his fingers balled into fists. He had thought so hard to stay alive and he had down so much to become someone else ever since he had to play those games to survive. This couldn’t have been for nothing… but he interrupted his own thoughts because he was still breathing after all.

“I see you’re finally catching on. Being a goblin means you can stay in your human form if you wish to but you can also turn into a flame which will allow you to travel. No matter where you want to go you can. You can stay in the borderland or go back into the world of the living. You can travel as many times as you want.” The light started to explain again and Niragi took his time to let the words sink in.

“Also you can’t die again and all wounds you will get in the future will heal and that rather fast. You won’t age and the only way to well become human again is to tie your red string of fate to a human. But that is a rare thing to happen.” The dark haired male immediately looked down at his arms and his eyes widened as he saw that his burned skin had already started to heal. Niragi then looked up at the flame again. “And did I need to do anything to be a day goblin?”

“The goblin king is to blame for our existence… I’m only here to tell you that you can get stronger by stealing yin energy from humans. You will figure out how that works on your own, just be aware if you take too much energy they might die. But it’s sure is a nice way to weaken your enemies.” The voice laughed again and for a split second Niragi’s lips curled up into a brief smile. “And why are you telling me all of this?” He asked and the light danced around him. “This will be my secret for now… just lose your knowledge wisely.”

And with that all the lights surrounding him vanished and he got lost in the darkness again. It was like he fell into a strange sleep, but sleep he would wake up from soon.

[acircusfullofdemons]

EDWARD NIXON, aka PUZZLE. He used to work as a software engineer/developer until the game he was working on got stolen by his boss and became a smash hit. Something in him snapped, and he decided to rid the world of "idiots". His M.O. includes creating complex riddles, leaving elaborate clues, and hosting game shows that are deadly. So, you get a question wrong? You're dead!

[everybody-talks]

The Interrogation

Date: March 21st, 1982

Location: The House of Bones, West Wing

Starter: self-para

It was cold here. That was Lucinda’s first thought when Lily had brought her in. She’d gone into a room without her, leaving her outside in the spacious hall. Lily had explained to her who this group was, what they do, and at some point, Lucinda had found herself accepting an offer to come talk to them. No one else was offering to right the wrong that had been done to her uncle. What else was there to do? So, now, here she was, staring at a closed door, alone, in an unfamiliar place.

She hated to admit it, but she felt anxious without Lily there. She had become a familiar face, and they’d had each other’s back as they battled through their previous location. Wherever that had been. When she was there, she’d thought that place was ostentatious. But, this new place might as well have been a castle! She was staring around her in awe, when the door before her suddenly swung open, an unfamiliar voice telling her to enter.

 Inside, there were six chairs turned to face one solitary armchair. In each of the chairs sat a person she’d never seen before. To her dismay, Lily was not among them. She’d left her alone with... whoever these people were.

Something about the way they sat indicated authority, so Lucinda did as she was told. She walked in slowly and took a better look at the wix staring at her expectantly.

There was a blonde witch with what Lucinda could only describe as a “regal air” sitting closest to her. Although her face was harsh, there was something deep in her eyes, maybe a sliver of softness, as she watched her enter. There was something elegant about her, with an aura of steeliness that she couldn’t quite put her finger on.

Next to her sat the the other end of the spectrum. While the blonde witch sat with enviable composition, the witch next to her had sprawled herself out upon her seat and didn’t even appear to be looking at her. As Lucinda got closer, she noticed the horrifying state of this woman’s hair. The pink was just... horrendous, and her stature was not doing her any favors. But, her eyes suddenly flicked up at Lucinda, and all thoughts of studying her vanished. There wasn’t a sliver of softness to be found there.

Beside her sat a wizard that looked at her as though she was a not so interesting textbook. His face was near unreadable, and his stature was perfect to the point of being unnerving. When she made eye contact with him, he didn’t move a muscle. So, Lucinda averted her eyes and moved down the line.

The next wizard was most certainly the leader. She had no way of knowing this, but there could be no doubt. His aura matched the blonde woman’s, though his expression was just slightly more open. He nodded at her slightly as she entered. Perhaps he was the one that had told her to come in.

The next to last wizard looked as though she was a guest he’d invited but never met before. He was relaxed slightly into his chair, though his expression was a bit blank. His eyes seemed to absorb her every move when she walked in, so she made no attempt at eye contact with him.

And, finally, the last wizard had certainly seen better days. He was also sat back in his chair, but there was an edge there, an energy that read as nervous, but was most likely something else. Almost hyperactive. He seemed to twitch ever so slightly, as though he couldn’t bear to sit still. He was eager for this to start. Or, perhaps, for this to be over with.

Once she’d finally settled into her chair, the wix before her exchanged glances, as though to decide who would speak first. After a few glances, the blonde witch turned to fully face Lucinda. Without preamble, she spoke.

“Do you know what you’re getting yourself into?”

Lucinda was somewhat taken aback by the sudden question. No hellos, no introductions, no acknowledgement of what she’d just been through. Her nerves still felt the echoes of the previous battle, so her response came out more petulant than she’d intended.

“If this is about whether I’d like to join your... your group or not, all I know is I just fought my way through a sea of masks! I’d imagine that’s pretty high up the list of “what I’d be getting into,” right?”

The woman seemed slightly amused by this answer, to Lucinda’s surprise. With the tiniest of pauses, the blonde witch continued.

“Why do you want to be here?”

Lucinda felt a heavy ache she’d been ignoring throb in her chest. 

“I could never forgive myself if I didn’t do something about this.”

She gestured vaguely with her right hand. She didn’t say what. She figured they knew.

The blonde witch seemed satisfied. She sat silently for a moment, as though something else was going to happen. When nothing did, she turned slightly to face the disheveled witch sitting next to her, who was currently picking at her nails. They finally made eye contact, and the pink-haired witch swung her legs forward and leaned towards Lucinda.

“Can you fight?”

The question was matter of fact and harsh. Lucinda felt her skin begin to crawl at the question. Images of her fifth year DADA professor swam to the top of her mind. When she realized that hesitating too long might cost her this window, she finally stuttered out an answer. The bravado from the fight was completely gone.

“I- I’m here to help. In whatever way I can.”

It was a bit of a lame answer, and the witch did not hide her disappointment at the lackluster response.

“Well, what can you do?”

Lucinda was not prepared for this. She awkwardly rattled off whatever came to her head.

“I’m- I work- well, worked- I worked as a potioneer’s assistant! I mostly dealt with the prep work for the ingredients and... things... OH, and I played Quidditch! I was a chaser! And, Quidditch Captain! Two years running! And, I could always-”

“ How do you feel about the fact that your shop was destroyed and your coworker was murdered?”

The witch had spoken over her, not even letting her finish. Something about her expression, the lack of interest, or even disdain, caused her to speak without thinking.

“How would you feel about that?”

Lucinda met the gaze she’d been working hard to avoid. The eye contact was left unbroken for what felt like an eternity, before the witch shrugged, sat back, and tapped the wizard next to her.

“ Would you have wanted to join even if your uncle's shop had been spared by the Death Eaters' attack?”

The wizard’s question lacked the guarded nature of the previous questions. In fact, it lacked nearly any emotion at all, almost registering as a statement. But, the calm after the storm brought Lucinda back down a few notches.

“To be honest, I didn’t even know the extent of all this until now. Would someone who’d never payed a sport in their life want to join the local football team? I’m here now. That’s what matters to me.”

She tried to infuse her words with sincerity. She waited for the wizard to continue, but to her surprise, the next, kingly wizard spoke up instead.

“Are you here because you believe in the Order's cause, or are you only looking for revenge?”

Lucinda could think of nothing to say to that. Her mind went blank, and her mouth opened and closed uselessly a few times. She was certain her chances of entry were flying out the window until she noticed the smile spreading across his face.

“Not that the latter necessarily precludes your induction; we're not above using your rage to our mutual advantage. I just find it best to know how far, and to what ends, we likely can or cannot rely on you for.”

Lucinda paused for a few more moments before answering.

“... Listen. Joining a vigilante group was not exactly on my to-do list. I had a steady job and a quiet life, and that was what I wanted, and what I’d take back now if I had the option. But, I don’t have that option. Not anymore.”

And after a small pause, she added:

 “The short answer is: I prefer the word justice.”

The wizard’s smile grew slightly wider at that response, and he gestured his hand to the second to last wizard.

His face was surprisingly warm as he turned his eyes onto her. But, the warmth in his face would contrast sharply with the question he asked.

“You are here because the shop you worked in was under attack. Do you realize that being here means it might get attacked again?” 

Lucinda felt her stomach drop to her toes. Oh, Merlin. She hadn’t thought of that. She looked at the wizard’s eyes a bit more closely and swore she could see the cogs turning behind them. This man was not as kindly as he appeared. He was not to be crossed.

But, as she studied him, the answer rose to her mind like a body being washed to shore. It was a simple truth, one she would avoid if she could.

“... The only way to stop that from being a possibility is to stop them. Completely. I see that now. It’s the only way. Look. I saw the people in Diagon Alley. I saw their faces. Average wix, like myself. There’s no hiding anymore. For any of us.”

His face lost its warm glow at this. His expression became calculated, the cogs whirring actively before her eyes. He was unreadable.

Just as she turned to face the disheveled wizard farthest from her, he stood. And, as he did, the rest of them did, too. As one unit, they all walked out of the room and left her alone. Again,

She listened as closely as she could without daring to rise from her chair. At first, she could hear nothing. As the minutes went on, she could make out some faint noises that may have been conversation. Suddenly, she heard what only could have been muffled shouts. She couldn’t make out the words at all, perhaps there was some enchantment cast, but someone was very clearly upset. She dug her nails into the chair as she listened.

Then, silence. Silence for a long while.

Finally, the door opened. It swung open so violently that Lucinda stood involuntarily.

To her dismay, the pink-haired witch stood there alone. From the looks of her, it was to her dismay as well.

She marched herself towards Lucinda, grabbed her hand harshly, and slapped something cold into her palm.

Lucinda winced at the harshness and looked down. In her hand, sat a silver tag.

“Welcome to the Order. Meet me here tomorrow.”

And then the woman was gone.

[lowgloried]

𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐒: 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐄 & 𝐁𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 (✦ 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃 )

She had the scent of the shadow graced girl in her nose as she’d fallen asleep, sharing the giant bed in her apartment during the curfew. Alice is so tiny she could easily share a mere double bed, but with a husband as large as Jasper she’d always preferred something big, something regal. But Bella needed her right now and she would not deny her friend the comfort of a body nearby, she would not deny her brother a sense of security that Bella was safe with her. She’s drawn awake by a warm hand on her own and she blinks, thick lashes fluttering against her cheeks, before she looks up at her friend. “What is it?” she asks, voice echoey, delayed, all around her rather than coming from her throat. “Is something wrong?”

[dearborncaradoc]

Playing Bait

DATE: December 1st, 1981

The plan had been made and everyone had a role in it, it was time to enact it.

Caradoc had made sure to put all his thoughts and all his worries aside before entering the warehouse where they had set their trap, he couldn’t afford the distraction. There was too much riding on this mission---there always was, according to him---and they needed to both survive it and make it last long enough to give the others the time they needed to retrieve the artifact at the Nott Manor.

The others with him were quiet. He had hushed them a moment ago when their idle chatters covered up a noise from outside. It seemed a fluke. Probably just a stray animal or the wind. Just as he concluded this, something behind him fell on the floor in a loud crash. He turned, glancing over quickly to try and see what was happening. Could the Death Eaters had advanced so far without them noticing? It seemed unlikely, unless they had used something else. Maybe some other kind of artifact throw in. 

The moment stretched, nothing followed but a “Damn it, Hestia!” coming from the same direction.

False alarm. They couldn’t really afford those.

“Stay focus,” he said, in a calm whisper. Caradoc didn’t like the tension that he felt coming from the others, but he couldn’t afford for them to slack off either. Better they were a little too ready to jump into action than a little too slow to react. “And make sure to have your tags activated.” 

As if somehow the Death Eaters knew, or by sheer luck, their group chose that moment to apparate outside. In the dim light, he couldn’t make out exactly how many there were---four at least in their first wave---but their number made for a big splotch of black on the horizon. One had to only hope they were not too many. 

The first spell was cast. Somewhere above a window shattered. It started.

In the middle of the battle, everything seemed to happen at once. Doors breaking down, windows shattering, spells hurled at one another, their enemy’s charge through the doors and up the stairs. The Death Eaters were terribly efficient in their brutality, a group of them had made it through the ground floor too easily for Caradoc’ liking. But there were too many left to deal with to be able to stop them, he could only trust that Alice and James could hold their own.

“Behind you!” “Kill them all!” “Oi, watch where you’re casting!” “Hey, little mouse, come here!” “Don’t let them corner you.” “Get out of here!” “Where are the others?” “Let’s go.”

Caradoc was the last one of his group to apparate back to their rendezvous point, and once he made sure that everyone had made it back he started to look for James and Alice.

It would only be a success if all of them came back, and he needed it to be a success.