#(every single time these tags wah so many~)

[mewkwota]

It's such a basic thing, but I still find a lot of fun in the Operate Shooting Star side-scenario. If it means I could draw Geo looking ~Mysterious Cool~ with his visor some more, then what more can I say? All while messing up his shoulder pads every single time.

[aftergloom]

20 Questions for Fic Writers

Thank you for the tag @thegreatwicked! This is my main — @thenightmarketofdathomir is my sideblog (and I usually do these tag games over here.)

1. How many works do you have on AO3?  Twenty one. Have deleted as many in as many years, probably. 

2. What's your total A03 word count?  740,975. I had this horrified moment as I was tallying… what if my current WIP (not live) has a bigger total than everything else that’s up as of today? (It’s not. I’m not sure if I’m relieved because this thing is shaping up to be a trilogy.)

3. What fandoms do you write for?  Stah Wahs

4. What are your top five fics by kudos? Kudos in ratio to chapter, orrrr just the volume? Some of them are shit and I pretend they don’t exist anymore so I’m not going to list them. They’re like bad dreams. That shit never happened I don’t care if it took 38 chapters. And I’m not counting the Nightmarket because it’s a hundred and eighty one-shots lumped together. 

Somebody's gonna have a bad time by nxctuary (Opress Bros x Reader)

Drown Me in You by nxctuary (Mermaid!Maul x Reader)

The myriad applications and multiple uses for a Corellian HWY-280 class fresher. Article 342: One locking door. by nxctuary (Feral x Reader)

The Collector by nxctuary (Maul x Reader)

The Ritual by nxctuary (Maul x Reader)

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?  Depends on a couple of things that aren’t always consistent, and often if I don’t reply it’s because the comment broke me. (I often will reply, but I’m like a cryptid — expect me to pop-up without warning six months after you’ve left a note.) It’s often someone saying something nice, my inner self-hatred seeing it and going, “LIAR!” And then taking six months to convince myself that I just can’t take a compliment when negotiating my own imposter syndrome.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?  Ah that’s… hm. I don’t think I’ve killed anyone lately.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?  Everyone gets a happy ending. Even if it’s a little twisted. I like horror endings, you know? The kind that, on the surface, appear as if everything’s actually going to work out for the better but there’s a single drop of darkness left on the page that implies everything can be lost at a moment’s notice.

8. Do you get hate on fics? Narp.

9. Do you write smut?  Yarp.

10. Do you write crossovers?  Just once. Let’s not talk about it.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?  Better not have. I’ve had multiple pieces plagiarized partially, though. In really hilarious ways (to me, at least) because there’s nothing like borrowing a turn of phrase said to you IRL (while you were sleeping with the person who said it), giving those words to Maul as he speaks them to the Reader character, then finding someone else pulled out several lines of the same dialogue to use in their fic without permission. Maybe don’t do that. You don’t know where this stuff comes from, and you definitely don’t know what I was working through when I wrote it. Awkward. 

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?  Not that I remember. (Maybe once in X-Men? I've had work turned into podfic, though.)

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?  Nope. 

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?  Feral and Kai? Do OCs count? 

15. What's the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?  Nothing is ever finished even if it’s finished. I don’t understand the question. /j

16. What are your writing strengths?  I show up every day and I do the work. Even when it sucks and when I hate it. I do the work. 

17. What are your writing weaknesses?  If I don’t have a clear overview of how a scene is going to play out (or especially the layers of an argument between the characters — what they’re saying VS what they really mean, what they’re withholding, what the reader knows but they don’t, etc) I will spin my wheels and fill up a page with setting description to avoid making a bulleted list of what’s actually happening so I can get to the point. Then edit it twelve times later like hacking away at a hunk of marble trying to get to the good bits. 

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?  Doesn’t bother me. There are circumstances where the jist of the conversation carries regardless, and if not, I’m assuming the writer’s offering a translation either in-text or as a citation. I mean, if you want to get granular about it, then start asking does doing that serve the story and what does it add, or does it detract, but that’s a situational thing and I think you need to experiment a bit to learn what works in context.

19. First fandom you wrote for?  Harry Potter. Draco/Harry. I was baby.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?  Archangel (unreleased). Heartsong (unreleased). Crown of Motherfucking Horns (current WIP). CoH my heart. CoH beloved. CoH my baby.

Tagging (no pressure): @herbalinz-of-yesteryear @grinningnexu @sinisterexaggerator @inquisitorius-sin-bin @umber-cinders @graaaaceeliz @not0a0mundane and anyone else who wants to play :)

[youngbeezer]

hey for the tiktok prompts, can you do dylan cozens for the stargazing one

Referenced Post

Prompt-- 3. Stargazing on top of a car (w Dylan Cozens)

A/N: Here's another blurb from the 14 oddly romantic things blurb set. I personally love to stargaze so much so I had a lot of fun writing this one!

Thanks for requesting this, hope you like it :)

Word Count: 1037

Warning(s): none super fluffy!

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“I’m bored.”

I flip my body around to lay stomach down on top of my boyfriend. Resting my arms on his chest I pout at him and whine out, “What can we do?”

“What’d you mean ‘what can we do?’ Aren’t we doing something right now?” He voiced back, while bringing his hand to rub small circles along my shoulder blade.

I huff. “We have literally been laying on the couch for 3 hours watching reruns of a show that we have both seen multiple times.”

“Yeah, what’s wrong with that?” Dylan smirks down at me.

“It’s boring.” I whine out once again, this time dragging out the ‘g’ to add more emphasis.

Dylan smiles a little at my dramatics. He thinks for a moment before offering out, “Wanna go for a drive?”

I immediately leap off the couch and cheer out, “Yes.”

Going for a late night drive has sort of become one of Dylan and I’s favorite activities to do together. It’s such a simple thing to do, but we both love it and we love just spending that time together enjoying the simple things in life. Most of the time we just listen to our playlist we made for our late night drives with the windows down and the wind blowing through our hair. Other times we get food and park at a nice viewpoint and eat and talk for hours. A few times it may have led to us just making out and moving to the backseat…

Excitedly, I go throw on my sneakers and one of Dylan’s Sabres hoodies. I take a quick peak in the pantry and grab the party-size bag of gummy bears I bought just for this occasion. I walk back to the front entry hall to find Dylan already waiting there with his keys in hand. He laughs when he sees the gigantic bag of gummy bears I have in my hand and reaches out for my other hand before leading us out the door of his apartment and to the parking garage where his car resides.

Usually we never really have a destination in mind and kind of just drive around aimlessly until we find something interesting. But tonight it looks like Dylan has other plans as I watch him type something out into his GPS.

“Where are we going?” I ask curiously.

Doing that hot thing that guys do while backing out, a tiny smirk forms on Dylan’s lips as he replies, “It’s a surprise.”

Feeling a little intrigued, I let him have his fun and don’t pry for more answers. I plug my phone into the aux cord and go straight to our playlist titled ‘late night drives’ while Dylan rolls down all the windows. Once we make it onto the main roads, Dylan moves to only one hand on the steering wheel, while the other migrates to it’s usual spot on my thigh.

We simply bask in each other’s company while softly humming along to the music on the radio (and eating gummy bears).

We are driving for about twenty minutes before Dylan is slowing down and pulling into an empty parking lot near what looks like a lake. Dylan puts the car into park and turns the car's engine off, making me confused. He notices my expression and pats me lightly on the thigh before getting out of the car and making his way over to my side and opening the door for me.

“C’mon.” He takes my hand, helping me out of the car, and walks to the front hood. He grins at my face and gives me a quick little peck and mutters against my lips, “Look up.”

I do as I am told and am immediately greeted with the sight of thousands of shining stars staring back at me. It was overwhelming seeing how many stars were apparent in the night sky, but at the same time I still tried to count every single one of them with a child awed stare. There is something about stars that makes you just want to gaze at every single one of them in awe and wonder. Dylan seemed to notice the awestruck look on my face and smiles proudly to himself, while never taking his eyes off of me.

I feel his heated gaze on me and look over at him with that same gigantic smile still on my face. “Why are you looking at me like that?”

“You’re just… amazing.” He grinned.

I’m hoping the darkness of the night hides the immediate blush that coats my cheeks at his words. I then get an idea, so I tug out of Dylan’s hand and boost myself up onto the hood of the car and start climbing my way to the top.

“Wah-- Baby you’re gonna dent the hood of my car.” Dylan whines.

“No I’m not. It’s fine.” I roll my eyes at my pouty boyfriend. I sit down on the very top of the car and look down at Dylan and motion for him to join him. “C’mon. Come up here. And bring the gummy bears!” I add.

He seems a little hesitant to follow my movements, but when he looks up again and notices me giving him the puppy dog eyes, he straight away hops onto the hood, caving in. I make grabby hands at him when he finally makes his way to the top. He chuckles at me and goes to wrap his arms around me as we both move to lay down.

Once again we just bask in the feeling of being in each other’s arms and company while we stare up into the starry night sky. It’s so easy to get caught up in all the mundane problems in life and forget about the simplistic things that can make you happy. There is also something that makes stargazing seem so deeply romantic. Just being able to disconnect from the outside world and realize how little we actually are compared to the thousands of stars and galaxies that surround us. And yet, we managed to find one another, and fall in love.

I snuggle even more into Dylan feeling so content and happy where I am right now and whisper out the words,

“I love you.”

Tagging a few people so this doesn't flop,,,

@heatherawoowoo @barzysandmarnersbitch @matbarzls @matbarzys @rosesvioletshardy @youngbeez @only-goalies-allowed @pucksnsticksnhockeyboys @samsteel @d-cozens @gigissports @cozycozzy @lovereadinghockeyy @carepriceisgoodathockey @prettyboyjackhughes @cherrylita @jamiesdrysdales

[butwhatifidothis]

This fic basically never lets Edelgard be a person, does it? She's always a victim. She's always masking for something else. She's never allowed to just experience a moment for what it is. I know trauma runs deep and can influence many aspects of a person's life. But this author acts like a trauma victim is incapable of having good days or just experiencing moments without their trauma rearing up to ruin things.

It really, really doesn't.

Edelgard is never given a moment to sit down and simply be, she always has to connect every and anything to her trauma because every and anything reminds her of it and it's just. It doesn't have to be like this.

Like, what I said in the notes, the ball would have been the perfect time for Edelgard to just sit down with Ingrid and have a brief moment of airing their grievances with the ball, for whatever reason they have ("Mercedes is making me put on makeup, I have to run from her" "That sounds tiring, perhaps I can redirect her to Dorothea" and evolving from there). A slow moment where there's nothing serious going on, nothing dramatic being revealed about the characters, just let them relax. Let the reader take a break from all of the overwhelming guilt and sadness and ugliness Edelgard apparently feels all the time - you know, have her friends be a bright light in her life? Like they're apparently supposed to be?

But no, nearly every single interaction with Edelgard's "friends" are really just more moments to reaffirm that yes, Edelgard is sad, Edelgard is a victim, Edelgard is broken. There's no real difference between Edelgard by herself and Edelgard interacting with her "friends" until the very end when the last-second pick-me-up lines are said before the conversation promptly ends.

The last time the characters were just allowed to fuck around was Chapter 16. And like I said in whatever tags last mentioned this chapter in, even this chapter has trauma dumps in it. We always have to be reminded, every single chapter, without fail, that Edelgard is the victim of 3H.

And again, it's not like the trauma actually does anything. Edelgard loses sleep over it... doesn't do anything to her performance or appearance tho. Edelgard feels pains in her hands over it... not enough to hinder her combat skills any tho. Edelgard disassociates due to it... doesn't ever actually make her lose focus tho. Edelgard has (extremely rare) bouts of irritability over it... not like it affects her relationships any tho. Edelgard has constant pain from her scars that never go away from it... not like it ever crops up when people constantly slap/grasp/squeeze her tho.

So we're given the illusion of her trauma being this all-encompassing aspect of her life that has to be mentioned every single chapter and in every single context available, but this trauma is nothing. It does nothing. It impacts nothing. Just like her visions, you could take out a solid 90% of her trauma and pain and nothing would actually change. Her inner dialogue does not reflect any of her outer actions, reactions, decisions, etc. at all. Oh no she feels so guilty and like a monster and so sad and lonely and she's worried that everyone will leave her to be all alone to be sad and broken - and that stopped her from letting Remire happen without a word, right? It made her help the Remire survivors, right? It has her realize that her ambitions aren't worth this red a ledger and give up the goose, right? It changes literally anything at all, right?

When a character feels that they've done wrong and go on to do something to right that wrong, the reader can at least potentially respect that character for trying to do the right thing. When a character feels that they've done wrong and whines and complains about how oh so utterly guilty and sad and lonely they feel about doing that wrong without actually trying to right that wrong, then they're just playing lip-service to the reader to try and make themselves look better than they actually are.

This comes back around to Edelgard never being allowed a moment of respite; she would, likely speaking, have far more moments of levity than the author insists she would. Marianne, one of the saddest characters in the game, who prays for the Goddess to kill her every day, has multiple supports that either aren't that serious and bring some joy (Raphael, Hilda) or are otherwise just lighter in tone (Ignatz). It's not impossible to portray a genuinely sad character that still has moments of levity, joy, happiness, etc. to break up the mood.

But with Woobiegard, everything is always bad. She's just a big trauma-magnet that attracts any and all woe to her direction for her to sadge at. And with how little the trauma actually means anything, it's hard to see her as anything other than a Wah Wah Pity Me And Feel Bad For Me sob-fest. She's not a character, she's just a trauma dumpster

[dialovers-translations]

Diabolik Lovers VANDEAD CARNIVAL ;; Kou Route ー Chapter 2

ー The scene starts on the Carnival’s venue

Kou: Yui, can you walk?

Yui: Yeah, I’m fine.

Kou: I see. Shall we go to our next spot then?

This time I’m gonna tag along to whichever place you like. I’m the only one who had fun at the last shop after all.

The mood got a little dark for a second too, so how about we search for a place with a lively vibe?

Yui: A lively vibe...

( Speaking of which, I only caught a glimpse from afar, but I’m pretty sure I spotted an area which looked like an amusement park on the street we passed by earlier... )

( Guess I’ll suggest that to Kou-kun...! )

Say, Kou-kun? Don’t you think there might be a place which is similar to an amusement park in the human world?

If you’d like, why don’t we go there? I’m sure it’ll be exciting and fun!

Kou: Yeah, good thinking. Which meansー ...That way, I think?

*TIMESKIP*

ー The scene shifts to Saint Nore Park

Yui: Waah...!

( So this is what a Demon World’s version of an amusement park is like! )

( It doesn’t seem that much different from our version. I’m sure I’ll be able to enjoy myself here too. )

( Huh...? At second glance, there seem to be a few things which are foreign to me. )

( It might be a little scary after all... )

Kou: A little horror-esque? I have high hopes for a haunted house now!

Yui: Do you like amusement parks and such?

Kou: Guess I don’t dislike them? However, whenever I go, it’s usually work-related so I’ve never really gotten a chance to just enjoy it to my heart’s content.

Yui: You mean for your job as an idol?

Kou: Yeah. Like as the location for a shoot. It’s still fun and all but it still feels a little different from going in your private time.

Yui: You don’t go out with Ruki-kun and the others?

Kou: With the guys? Hmー...

...Uwah. I just tried imagining it but it turned even more surreal than I expected. 

Yui: R-Really?

Kou: I mean, we’d be the group of four guys going to an amusement park together. It could be fun but isn’t it also kind of cringe? (1)

It’d be much better if you were also there with us though. Like an oasis in the desert? (2)

Of course, I wouldn’t mind if it’s just the two of us either! Don’t you think that sounds nice, like a normal date?

Yui: A normal date...

Kou: Yeah, let’s do that! Say, let’s go to one sometime! I’ll make up for what I did earlier too.

Selection

→ I’d rather go somewhere else

Yui: I’d love to go on a date but if possible, I’d prefer another location...

Kou: Eh? Do you not like amusement parks, perhaps?

Yui: No, that’s not it...But I figured things could get troublesome if you go someplace crowded...

Kou: Me? Not really. I surprisingly don’t get recognized that often as long as I just act casual.

If anything, I almost want people to recognize me? It’d be my opportunity to show you off!

Yui: ( Show me off...? Is it really okay to do that...? )

→ I’d rather go with everyone... (☾)

Yui: Hm...Don’t you think it’s better to go with everyone?

Kou: Eeh? Whyー?

Yui: I mean, if we go together and one of your fans spots us, it’d cause trouble for you, right?

Kou: Ahー That’s what you were thinking? So you’re trying to be considerate of my job as an idol.

Fufu, that’s no problem, really. Just let them make a fuss if that’s what they want.

Besides, don’t you think we’d stand out more if the other guys are there too? In more than one way.

Yui: ( He might have a point there... )

Kou: You don’t like the idea of us going to an amusement park together?

Yui: That’s not it. I want to go together too.

Kou: Let’s go then! Once the Carnival is over, just the two of us. Promise?

Yui: ...Yeah!

Kou: So, what will you do? Want to just have some fun here? Or should we try going to some other place?

Yui: No. Let’s go inside for now. It looks fun!

Kou: Okay! Let’s go then!

ー They enter the amusement park

Kou: Heeh. A haunted house and an arcade. Oh, over there’s a ferris wheel.

The atmosphere’s different but the assortment of rides isn’t all that different from a regular amusement park, huh?

Yui: Seems like it.

( The mood is somewhat scary though...However, I kind of got used to it as we walked around. )

Clown A: Hello there, miss~ 

Yui: Eh!? 

Kou: Woah~! It’s a clown!

Yui: ( That scared me...That seems to be a reoccurring trend today. )

Clown A: Good evening! Is this your first time visiting Saint Nore?

Yui: Y-Yes. It is.

Clown A: Same goes for the gentleman over there?

Kou: Yeah, exactly.

Clown A: Two first timers!? In that case, you have to ride this one first!

A magic carpet ride through the sky! Even it’s name is...MAGICAL~~~!!

Yui: A magic carpet ride through the sky...!?

( I wonder if he’s referring to the magic carpets which often show up in fairytales...? )

Kou: It honestly isn’t that uncommon though. Us Vampires can just soar through the sky too. ...However.

Fufu, looks like you want to try it?

Yui: ( Hm...I am really curious... )

I-I can’t?

Kou: No, it’s fine. I will accompany the Princess~

Clown A: Okaay~! In that case, I’ll escort you both to the flying carpet ride~!

ー They enter the ride

Kou: Say, Mr. Clown? Since it’s an ‘attraction’, I assume we’re going to do more than just ride it?

Clown A: Exactly! You will sit on the carpet and collect stars!

Yui: Stars?

Clown A: Mmh! Joining forces, that is!

If the two of you have a strong bond, I’m sure you’ll be able to gather a bunch of stars!

Kou: Heeh. In that case, we definitely have to succeed!

The two of us are so very close after all!

Clown A: I see, I see! Let us take a look at your bond of love then.

Kou: Let’s try our best, M-neko-chan~!

Yui: ( I’m a little nervous...But Kou-kun’s here to help me out, so I’m sure it’ll be fine...! )

Explanation: The player moves from left to right on their magic carpet to try and collect the stars falling down from above, while avoiding obstacles such as bombs. The goal is to collect as many stars as possible within the time limit.

You can play this game in EASY, NORMAL or HARD mode.

Kou: We did it, M-neko-chan! It says we cleared the game. Also, I’m pretty sure we might have absolutely killed it?

Clown A: Exactly! A magnificent showing! Congratulations!!

Kou: Say, Mr. Clown. Don’t we get a reward now? We did well so shouldn’t we get a prize of some sorts?

Clown A: A reward?

Yui: Kou-kun, they don’t really do that at amusement parks...

Kou: Eeh~? Even though we tried that hard? Isn’t it normal to get rewarded for your efforts?

Clown A: Nn~ You’re not wrong! In that case, guess I’ll give a special reward to you two lovebirds~

Yui: Eh?

Kou: Hooray! Thank you, Mr. Clown~!

...See? You just gotta ask.

Yui: ( Could this have been Kou-kun’s goal all along...? Guess I should have expected it... )

Kou: So, what exactly is this reward?

Clown A: The right to ride on this magic carpet and enjoy the Carnival from up in the sky!

Kou: ...That’s it? Kind of lackluster, don’t you think?

Yui: K-Kou-kun!

Clown A: It’s your own VIP seat where nobody can disrupt you, you know? ...What do you say?

Kou: ...I see. Hehe~ You’re rather considerate, aren’t you?

Clown A: Right? Enjoy a nice ride together.

Kou: Let’s go, Yui. Come on, give me your hand.

*Rustle*

ー The carpet flies up in the air

Yui: Wah...!

Kou: Yui, hold onto me! It’d be bad if you were to fall down after all.

Yui: Y-Yeah...I suppose it is a little scary now that we’re actually outside.

Kou: Are you scared? 

Yui: Yeah, just a little...

Kou: It’s because you keep looking down. It won’t be scary if you look up at the sky.

Or actually, why not look at my face? Right in the eyes. Don’t you think it’ll help you relax a little?

Yui: ( A-Actually...That might only make me even more nervous...! )

Kou: Ah! Yui, look! Ruki-kun and the others are walking over there!

Oooi~ Ruki-kuuuun! Yuma-kuuuun! Azusa-kuuuun!

Yui: Ahaha! They all look surprised!

Kou: Ah-aah...Yuma-kun dropped the food in his hand.

Yui: Fufu, you’re right. Pretty sure Ruki-kun will scold him now.

Kou: ...Say, Yui. Are you having fun?

Yui: Yeah! I am!!

Kou: I see...I’m glad.

Yui: ( ...I wonder if Kou-kun is still worried about what happened earlier...? )

...I’m having a blast, Kou-kun.

Kou: Haha. Weirdo. Why did you say it twice?

Yui: Because I really am having fun...!

*TIMESKIP*

Clown A: Thank you for your visit~ Come back any time!

Kou: I was honestly a little skeptical at first, but that was pretty fun.

Yui: Yeah. You don’t get to fly through the sky every day, so it was a rare experience.

Kou: You want to fly through the air?

Yui: Not really but I guess it’s just something you look up to?

Because it’s not something you can do at any time.

Kou: Oh come on. I can grant that wish any time as long as you ask me.

While carrying you in my arms like a princess~ I guess making a journey through the sky like we did earlier doesn’t sound too bad.

Whether it’s the ocean or the sky, when you’re with me, I’d go anywhere.

Yui: Yeah. I can have fun anywhere as long as we’re together too.

Kou: Let’s go to both places then! The sea and the sky! Ah, maybe the mountains as well?

Fufu, we made more date plans. I’m looking forward to when we’re back home.

Yui: ( A date, huh? Speaking of which, we haven’t really gone on a lot of normal dates. )

( I’m kind of looking forward to it now as well. )

Kou: Ahー I guess it’s because we went all out earlier but I’m kind of thirsty now. Say, why don’t we take a little break?

Yui: Good idea. I wonder if there’s a resting area somewhere?

Kou: There’s a cafe over there. Want to go take a look?

ー They walk away. 

ーー TO BE CONTINUED ーー

Translation notes

(1) The term むさ苦しい literally means ‘filthy’ or ‘dirty’.

(2) 紅一点 or ‘kou itten’ is an expression used to refer to a single woman amongst a group of men.

← RETURN TO CHAPTER 1

→ PROCEED WITH MAIN STORY [CHAPTER 3]

→ SUB-SCENARIO #1 [W/ SHUU]

→ SUB-SCENARIO #2 [W/ SUBARU]

→ SUB-SCENARIO #3 [W/ AZUSA]

[starryevermore]

creator tag game

rules: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 (ish) favourite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

thank you for the tag @annab-nana​ and @reddesertcolbs​!! 💜

I make a lot of different things so I’m gonna do 5 writings, 5 gifs, and 5 moodboards, and 5 miscellaneous 👀

FICS

when I was your man series

I really enjoyed this series, because it had a lot of angst but it also had a happy ending (even though it wasn’t the one people may have wanted).

the ghost of suite 613

This was so fun to write!! I loved Suite Life of Zack and Cody growing up, and this episode scared me so much when I was little. Finding a way to incorporate all of the different people in the friend group was so interesting, and I think I did pretty well since it was a last-minute decision to write it for Halloween 😂

the ethics of influencing

Not exactly a creative work, but I really enjoyed the finished product here. There’s a lot of influencers who don’t use their influence well, and I think this is quite evident over the course of the pandemic and the many obstacles we’ve encountered. 

cultish behavior

This fic didn’t get a lot of love, but it’s one of my favorites. It was really fun trying to capture Jake’s personality and incorporate the prompt into the story, and I think it turned out really well in the end!

i hope 

Another fic I decided to do last minute and I was really in my emotions when I did it 😂 In case you haven't noticed, I’m a slut for some good ole angst and this really scratched an itch I had. I’m not really a fan of fics where someone cheats but is forgiven + taken back, so I wanted to write something where the reader actually gave Colby a piece of her mind and I think it turned out good!

honorable mention: lots of cool shit coming in October 2021. I haven’t written them yet, but my favorite is Day 3 or Day 23!

GIFS

who the hell knows?

Oh this was so fun to make! I loved this scene in Eclipse, and I was on a serious Twilight kick at the time so I just had to make this into a gifset! It was difficult trying to figure out where to place the text and all that, but I’m really proud of what I made!

the saliva swap is an essential part of the ritual

Another difficult one to make, but seeing the finished product was so rewarding!  It was hard to figure out to divide up each clip into a single gif, and captioning everything was a *fun time* lmao, but it still managed to be really fun to do!

HARRY WORKING OUT IN “SIDEMEN 80,000 CALORIES BATTLE”

I don’t know if y’all have noticed, but I’ve been on Harry kick recently so I really enjoyed this video and picking out which scenes to gif 🥵

the phone will ring and there will be no one there

Spongebob references + the Trap House? Nothing better 🥰

wah wah wah (ft. everlyte)

Ahh this was so fun!! It’s really simple, but it was one of my first attempts at adding a lil *spice* to my gifs!

honorable mention: the gifset coming Christmas Eve? y’all gonna be *in love*

MOODBOARDS

💙 HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATRINA!! 💙

I miss blue-haired Katrina so much, so this b-day moodboard was a bit of appreciating her old hair. 

Amber Scholl as Morticia Addams 💀🖤🥀

I saw someone say that Amber looked like Morticia Addams when she dressed like this, so I had to make a moodboard for it and I really enjoyed trying to capture both Morticia’s and Amber’s aesthetics!

Colby Brock as Fred Jones 🕵🏻‍♂️

Honestly, all of the Scooby Doo moodboards were great but this is probably my favorite! It was fun to make, and I really enjoyed how in Paradise Island, they joked that Colby was Fred, so it made me feel really good about making Colby Fred (I bounced between Colby being Velma and Sam being Fred, but ultimately did it the other way around.)

mentally I’m here

I was in the middle of binging the Halloweentown movies when I made this moodboard. It’s relatively simple, but the vibes are *chef’s kiss*

red is sus 🔪

I made this on a whim after seeing the photos but holy shit I love it so much!! 

honorable mention: the Hogwarts series coming in January? holy shit you’ll love it, it’s amazing

MISCELLANEOUS

Love for Hire, featured on the cover of Rolling Stone

This was so great to make! It was actually supposed to be more of a cherry red color, but when I uploaded it, it was turned more vintage-y which I liked even more!

soul full of sunshine ☀️

Ahh this was so fun! Soft!Colby is my kryptonite 🥺

love for hire lockscreens

I tried to make these sooo many times but PicsArt kept crashing and I lost my progress every time, so when I finally got them done, I was so happy! And it helped that the final product was better than the first attempt lmao

dream on, little dreamer

Another Soft!Colby edit lmaoo. I really enjoyed the pics I used, and I think everything worked together really well!

The Ultimate Sam and Colby Word Search 

Another thing I made on a whim lmao. I was in the middle of procrastinating homework when I did this, and it took ages to get everything where I wanted it to be 😂

idk who’s done this already, but if you haven’t and want to, feel free to say that I tagged you!

[caws5749]

This took SO LONG thanks @natthisback

1: Name Madison

2: Age 21

3: 3 fears spiders, not becoming a doctor, becoming like my parents

4: 3 things i love marvel movies, my blanket (whoops), and scrunchies

5: 4 turn ons compliment me, be chivalrous, (idk if this means sex turn on too or not but) moaning my n- ANYWHO uh and the last one definitely like showing you want me

6: 4 turn offs someone who only talks about themselves, being like wishy washy, being arrogant/cocky, complaining about the same things

7: my best friend that would be shea @cloversofshea

8: sexual orientation lesbian

9: my best first date okay SO this like isn’t a first date but it was my first like nicer dinner date so I’m gonna count it. It was just this past weekend actually and i just i loved it so much it was amazing

10: how tall am i 5’2

11: what do i miss honestly, feeling like i was good at things

12: what time were i born 11:14am

13: favorite color purple, although it’s slowly been turning to like a baby light pink

14: do i have a crush yes yes i do and i likes her a lot

15: favorite quote “Truth is a matter of circumstance. It’s not all things to all people all the time. And neither am I.”

16: favorite place Chicago or New York City

17: favorite food SALMON

18: do i use sarcasm yes, but i feel like i don’t use it as much as i used to

19: what am i listening to right now Christmas pop playlist on Spotify

20: first thing i notice in new person whether they only talk about themselves

21: shoe size 8 or 8.5

22: eye color blue

23: hair color right now, it’s a brown that goes to blond at my ends

24: favorite style of clothing so if this means like fav style to wear daily, definitely athleisure. If it means in general, i love love love preppy looks? But not super preppy.

25: ever done a prank call? Absolutely, many times

27: meaning behind my url i explain this in my about me page (linked in bio!)

28: favorite movie captain America winter soldier

29: favorite song i don’t really have favorite songs but rn it’s prob December night by Michael buble

30: favorite band i don’t really have fav bands

31: how i feel right now it’s really hot in here, so warm. I feel okay

32: someone i love i love lots of people but ill stick with @cloversofshea

33: my current relationship status I’ve answered this so many times literally just look at the ask game tag

34: my relationship with my parents um yikes

35: favorite holiday Halloween

36: tattoos and piercing i have i have 6 tattoos! “Breathe” on my right inner ankle, a heart on left shoulder, heart w equal sign in it behind right ear, basically an ecg on my left inner ankle, Aquarius symbol on right bicep, and caws 5749 on my left side. And my ears are pierced.

37: tattoos and piercing i want definitely the black widow symbol in the same place Scarlett got her og6 tattoo, an amino acid tattoo that spells out “wah” , definitely more little tattoos! And maybe more ear piercings idk

38: the reason i joined tumblr so, I’ve had a tumblr for many many years. I originally joined bc my best friends at the time had them, and i was like sure! Ive deleted that personal blog since, and started my new personal blog a few years ago. I also have a studyblr that i started i think back in high school, and i just started this blog back in the end of July!

39: do i and my last ex hate each other no, I’d say far from it bc i likes her a lot

40: do i ever get “good morning” or “good night” texts yes from her and i fucking love it, it used to be a bigger thing almost every day and i loved it

41: have i ever kissed the last person i texted lmao no and for those who were wondering it is @cloversofshea

42: when did i last hold hands LMAO WITH @michelinaamour WHEN I WAS STUMBLING HOME DRUNK IN HIGH HEELS

43: how long does it take me to get ready in the morning it depends, anywhere from ten minutes to an hour and a half

44: have you shaved your legs in the past three days no! I am super lucky and have really light colored hairs on my legs and so i dont’ have to shave very often. Also i just want to say that i personally love shaving my legs and it is my choice to do so.. girls, you do not need to shave!!

45: where am i right now so i started answering this in the research lab, but i am currently sitting at one of the dining places on campus finishing it

46: if i were drunk and can’t stand, who’s taking care of me LMAO DEFINITELY @michelinaamour because she’s done it ALREADY FOR ME MULTIPLE TIMES

47: do i like my music loud or at a reasonable level it depends, in car trips, definitely blast it. But just driving around or listening in doors, definitely reasonable level

48: do i live with my mom and dad nope i live with @michelinaamour

49: am i excited for anything yes, I’m excited for lots of things. I get excited easily

50: do i have someone of the opposite sex i can tell everything to no. I used to

51: how often do i wear a fake smile this is a really interesting question. I don’t consider smiles i give to random people like ordering food or something to be fake, so i would say fake smiles are when I’m not okay and trying to hide it. Which happens less often now bc I’m just much happier of a person

52: when was the last time i hugged someone I think it was @michelinaamour two days ago but i think i hugged @cloversofshea that day too so

53: what if the last person i kissed was kissing someone else right in front of me I’d be heartbroken tbh

54: is there anyone i trust even though i should not yes, certain adults in my life

55: what is something i disliked about today my hair won’t do what i want it to :(

56: if i could meet anyone on this earth who would it be probably Chris Evans or Scarlett Johansson

57: what do i think about the most tumblr and everything with that, or probably her or school stuff definitely

58: what’s my strangest talent i don’t think i have any lol

59: do i have any strange phobias yes definitely haha, I’m terrified of stepping on worms

60: do i prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it i think a few years ago i would have said behind, but honestly I think I’d love to be in front of the camera now

61: what was the last lie i told i actually don’t know. Maybe this past weekend as to like the fact that i was going out on a date instead of just going out with a friend

62: do i prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online I’d say talking on the phone bc then they cant’ see me lmao

63: do I believe in ghosts? How about aliens? Yes and yes

64: do i believe in magic? Yes, or at least, that’s what i tell myself

65: do i believe in luck yes

66: what’s the weather like right now snowy!

67: what was the last book I’ve ever read The Butchering Art, it’s about the history of surgery

68: do i like the smell of gasoline omg yes yes yes yes yes yes

69: do i have any nicknames yes, madz, madi, girl who lives by the kitchen, queen (a new one) and clown (also a new one) thanks @natthisback

70: what was the worst injury I’ve ever had back in freshman year of college, i did something stupid and my foot swelled up like hell and hurt so bad. There were no fractures detected but the swelling stayed for a really long time, as well as the bruising and pain, and it never returned to normal

71: do i spent my money or save it SPEND IT BABY

72: can i touch my nose w my tongue no I’m not that talented

73: is there anything pink in 10 ft from me. Hmm part of my backpack? And my rings are pinkish bc they are rose gold. Oh and my scrunchie is pink, as well as my iPad

74: favorite animal cat

75: what was i doing last night at 12am i was still at work In the emergency room!

76: what do i think satan’s last name is uh honestly Jim lmao (it’s demons Jim! @cloversofshea )

77: what’s a song that always makes me happy when i hear it so good by dove Cameron

78: how can you win my heart suggest we watch a marvel movie, and I’m prob straight up in love. There are other things too but they’re pretty general, like compliment me, show you want me ya know

79: what would i want to be written on my tombstone haha, as a joke, “so realy its very thing. Just to keep everyone guessing.” But idk something funny

80: what is my favorite word i have no idea, maybe like sophisticated or something like that or aesthetic , champagne is a good one too

81: my top 5 blogs on tumblr ooh! Okay so @markiplier @lesbian-deadpool @americasass-romanoff @lesbianmariahilll @shining-rey-of-sunshine but i love so so so so so many more, and i have a lot of top blogs

82: if the whole world were listening to me right now what would i say fuck trump also I’m gay as hell and I’m growing tired of hiding it from people

83: do i have any relatives in jail not that i know of

84: i accidentally eat some radioactive vegatables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow me with the super power of my choice! What is that power lmao this question is great. Prob same powers as Wanda

85: what would be a question I’d be afraid to tell the truth on any weird fetis- JUST KIDDING. Do you still think about them?

86: what is my current desktop picture so on my laptop, it’s fall flowers. But since that’s broken af, i use my iPad and that background is one of the apple ones. It’s just a beach idk why but I’ve never changed it

87: had sex WHY IS THIS IN EVERY SINGLE ASK GAME WTF

88: bought condoms nope i am gay as hell bye

89: gotten pregnant nope i am gay as hell bye

90: failed a class nope, definitely come close though

91: kissed a boy yes

92: kissed a girl yes

93: have i ever kissed somebody in th rain honestly, probably at some point, but I’ve never had one of those romantic kisses in the rain. I really really want to though and i think about it a lot

94: had job yeah, I’ve had three true jobs

95: left the house without my wallet probably

96: bullied someone on the internet no bc I’m not a fucking douche

97: had sex in public not yet

98: played on a sports team yeah, played softball and basketball in middle school

99: smoked weed yeah, but i didn’t get high

100: did drugs nope

101: smoked cigarettes nope, i think i asked drunk once if i could smoke, but my friend was like “really?” And i was like uhhhhhh just kidding haha

102: drank alcohol lmao i drink fucking all the time i mean. I literally have drunk writing nights , I’m drinking tonight too

103: am i a vegetarian/vegan i was a vegetarian for a while, and then an aspiring vegan, and then vegetarian, and then pescatarian now!

104: been overweight no

105: been underweight yes

106: been to a wedding yeah, but like not for a long time. I was like 4 and the flower girl. Oh WAIT. Does playing a wedding count? I played cello at a wedding so i was there???

107: been on the computer for 5 hours straight hell yeah, how would i function not doing this with class and relaxing

108: watched tv for 5 hours straight lmao definitely

109: been outside my home country yeah

110: gotten my heart broken yeah

111: been to a professional sports game yeah. I don’t really do sports though , so when i go it’s usually in suites and I’m just there for the food

112: broken a bone nope!

113: cut myself this is...a. Really deep question but bc i want to be able to speak about mental health on here, the answer is yes.

114: been to prom yes! I went to my junior and senior proms!

115: been in airplane too many times

116: fly by helicopter no, I’m not sure if i want to do this or not

117: what concerts have i been to I’ve been to lots. So first off, I’ve been to hundreds of classical concerts (and performed in them). As for pop, Bruno mars twice, maroon five like three times. Selena Gomez. Josh groban. American authors. Definitely others that i don’t remember

118: had a crush on someone of the same sex yes I’m fucking gay

119: learned another language so if this means fluent, no. I took a decent amount of French and am learning Russian right now!

120: wore make up absolutely. When i choose to wear makeup, its because i fuckign love makeup haha. Most days I’m lazy though and like to let my skin breathe and be natural

121: lost my virginity before I was 18 no

122: had oral sex yeah

123: dyed my hair many times

124: voted in a presidential election okay i think so but honestly can’t remember. But I’m pretty sure i did.

125: rode in an ambulance no and i never want to.

126: had a surgery no and i never want to haha. Well i cant say that. Depending on how my life plays out, I might freeze my eggs or something.

127: met someone famous yes, several I think, but probably Henry winkler was the one I remember most.

128: stalked someone on a social network yeah

129: peed outside nope don’t think so and definitely don’t want to

130: been fishing yes I have been ice fishing and regular fishing

131: helped w charity i have!

132: been rejected by a crush I’ve been not liked back but i don’t think I’ve ever made like a move on a crush and been rejected

133: broken a mirror ooh i don’t think i have actually

134: what do i want for birthday nothing bc i dont’ like my bday

[whiskeykneat]

One More Saturday Night [1]

Notes: trying something a little different since the ao3 link doesn't seem to be working for some people. I made a cut but if it doesn't work this is tagged #long post. // Summary: For everyone else, it's just one more Saturday night in 1964, but for Gale Hawthorne and Peeta Mellark, they’ve both received letters that will change the course of their lives forever. // Rating: this chapter is T, but some parts will be N*FW

I. Fortunate Son (1964)

CHAPTER ONE

It's eight o'clock on a sultry July night in Twelvetrees, West Virginia. Down at the carhop, Katniss Everdeen has just switched shifts with Joanna Mason, and as she leans against the freezer, stretching her sore calves, she's unaware that the boy who's just rolled up in the parking lot with his brothers, the one who carries fifty pound sacks of flour to the back door and gets tongue tied in her presence, would give her the world if he could.

While Joanna slicks red lipstick on her sultry mouth and clips on her garters under the flickering yellow light of the washroom, Peeta Mellark sits in the parking lot of the carhop and turns the words he'll say to Katniss Everdeen over and over again in his mouth, the official decision letter from the draft board burning a hole in his pocket.

He ain't needed here. Got some brothers. That son of yours has always been useless. Let the army straighten him out, Mr Mellark. His mother's words feel like they've been seared into his soul, deeper than the burns from his many years of tending the ovens in their family bakery.

[[MORE]]

"Peet! Cat got your tongue?" Delly giggles, elbowing Peeta in the side. Delly is like a sister to him, they grew up side by side in the garden between the shoe shop and the bakery, fast friends since the day she found him hiding from his mother under the rose bushes.

Unlike Peeta, Delly has always known what she'll do when she grows up, and that's marrying the boy with the easy, charming smile who sits even now with one arm slung over her shoulders -- Peeta's second eldest brother, Wheatley. Their lives are laid out before them like the instructions for a gingerbread house, all it takes it for the pieces to be iced together, like a fairy story, falling into place.

The letter crinkles in Peeta's shirt pocket when he pats it, and as if he knows what's on Peeta's mind, Wheatley nudges him unsubtly. "You gonna tell her?" Peeta has never been close to his older brothers, and this spirit of bonhomie at the eleventh hour feels like they've already picked out a plot at the VA cemetery for him.

Peeta shrugs, feeling a blush heat his cheeks as Katniss skates on by.

"My, I wish I could pull off those dungarees!" Delly chirps, pointing at Katniss.

"I think she looks..." Like a stone cold fox. "...Outta sight." And Katniss does. She's got her dark hair pinned up like old posters of Rosie the Riveter, with a plain scrubbed face and not a hint of makeup. Yet something about her is still so inexpressibly arresting that Peeta can't help but stare at her, lost in thought, as she skates between the cars, taking orders left and right.

She's a devil on skates: her form needs work, but she can serve five cars in under fifteen minutes, with nary a drop of root beer float spilled in a single lap. She never smiles, but Peeta knows any boy in town would love to take her to Lookout Point for some necking. The sexual revolution may not have made it this deep into the mountains yet, but when there's nothing else to do, people make their own fun.

Still, the line is drawn between the Seam and Town, Katniss is the girl from the wrong side of the tracks, and Peeta may not want to admit it to himself, but that's the real reason any town boy would take her out, to see if she'd go all the way, or if she'd keep her legs locked up tight.

As she passes by the finned Buick Electra, she looks up and meets Peeta's eye, and though she never breaks the flow, he sees her look back again, and he could swear she almost smiles.

•••

I don't know how you do it, Joanna had said earlier, with a tone in her voice that might have been a slap or a smile. You might just make something of yourself and get out of this town, kiddo. What she doesn't say is written on every silver scar that marks her flesh, but Katniss lets Joanna keep her secrets, and that's why they're friends.

When Joanna slams out the back door, Katniss hears a Caddy roar in the alley like a tiger, and there's the scream of her friend's high laughter before the only sound left in the waiting night is crickets and the catchy song trickling from the kitchen radio: Do wah diddy diddy dum diddy do...

For a moment, Katniss is lost in the past, and she stares out the back door as the moths flutter at the neon lights, feeling every year of her eighteen summers and twenty more besides, as though she's faded to a pale reflection of herself before she's ever gotten her or Prim out of this place.

"You look like you're run off your feet, girl. Sit down and take a breather. Them Town kids can wait." Chaff plucks the order pad from Katniss's fingers and starts putting up the tickets as he steers her to a chair beside the fan. "'Sides, Mitch would kill me if you fainted on my watch." Chaff passes Katniss an ice cold bottle of pop, and she feels herself sag in relief.

Chaff once flew planes with Abernathy, back in the war with Germany, but beyond that she hardly knows him at all, for Chaff never talks about the city he left to come to their little town that sleeps as the rest of the modern world passes them by.

The bottle of pop sweats in her hands, and it makes her think of the way her pa would bring home one as a treat when she was little, to be shared sip by tiny sip with her baby sister, each fizzy bubble held in their mouths for as long as they could, to make the sweetness last.

"Shit, Miss Undersee was supposed to be here an hour ago." Chaff smacks a hand on the counter, but Katniss can tell he doesn't half care. "If she's late one more time, I'll fire her ass. I don't care who her daddy is."

Before Katniss can make up an excuse for Madge (the secret of how sick Madge's mama is lies on her tongue like a wedge of pitch, sticking her gums together), Chaff passes her a twist of greasy fries and a milkshake (strawberry, like the wild berries she used to sell door to door with her best friend Gale, before he went down the mine). She can't believe how ravenous she is, anyone would think she hadn't eaten since breakfast, and that's as close to the truth as she's willing to admit to herself.

Ever since the mine explosion that killed her father, back in '55, Katniss has had to shift for herself and her sister, keeping their small family afloat. The mine owner sent their mama to a sanitarium in Richmond to recuperate. When she returned, she seemed half the person she used to be, and had to return again and again to be put back together for something called hysteria.

But that's all water under the bridge now, and Katniss is no longer that frightened eleven year old girl, forced to survive on the kindness of strangers. Abernathy took pity on her and hired her as soon as she turned fifteen to work for him at the carhop, and she'll spend her life trying to repay a debt that can never be quantified.

Mr Abernathy passed out hours ago, he's almost as fond of white lightning as Katniss is of making extra tips, anything to get out of this town before it's too late. She's got a scholarship to the university, the same place Abernathy went to, even though she's no more likely to study physics than she is to sprout wings and fly away from the dust of this coal town.

At midnight, when the neon lights shut down, and all the moths in town flock to the lustrous glow the stars make over the quarry pond, she and Chaff will use all of their combined strength to roll Abernathy over and make sure he doesn't drown in his own vomit. That's part of her debt, and she'll be deep in it until she shuffles off this mortal coil.

So when Madge bursts through the door, not a single strand of blonde hair out of place, Katniss is too full of sugar and grease to protest when Madge insists she'll take the next orders out.

"Been pilin' up." Chaff nods to the tickets. "That little Cartwright gal came by and dropped 'em off while Katniss took a breather. By the sounds of it, they're gittin' liquored up out there." But he doesn't make a move to stop Madge from going out the door.

Madge blows a strand of golden hair off her forehead and adjusts her headband, her pale fingers flying over the laces in an intricate pattern as she re-ties her skates. They're pristine white, the kind that Katniss's little sister Primrose would give her eye teeth for, but nothing in the Seam stays white for long, not with the coal dust that gets onto everything, coating it like funerary ash.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she says to Katniss, biting her lip and looking away from her friend. Chaff makes a sound of deep disgust in his throat, and passes Madge the tray. Once she's skated from sight, he turns back to the fryer, and turns up the radio.

Come gather 'round friends and I'll tell you a tale / Of when the red iron pits ran a-plenty / But the cardboard-filled windows and old men on the benches / Tell you now that the whole town is empty (North Country Blues, Bob Dylan)

•••

Madge has skated eleven blocks to get here, refusing to take her daddy's car like some spoiled little debutante, although she might have a year ago, before she went to university, before everything began to fall apart. There's a run in her stockings that will have to be repaired soon, and a burning in her lungs that reminds her she's alive. Now that she's been to university and back, this town feels smaller than ever, but it's a good feeling, as if nothing bad could ever happen here, cocooned from the world outside.

When the lights turn down low, and the town sleeps, she'll lie in her bed and listen to the hum of the locusts in the sycamore tree, where the initials M+G are still scarred across the trunk, as if life followed a pattern, laid out like a children's jumping rhyme.

•••

It is quite propitious, as far as plans go, Miss Undersee. Seneca dabbed at his lips with his napkin. His mustache was damp with moisture, and she felt her stomach curdle at the way it gleamed wetly under the lights. She just hoped he got this whole breakup over with soon, because she was sure that one more minute of having to endure his rubbery lips and his mechanical groping on her knee would make her commit an entirely unladylike act.

As Madge fantasized about flipping Seneca the bird, he laid a clammy hand over hers and took a deep breath. With my money and your breeding, I think a marriage would suit the pair of us, don't you agree?

But my degree... I haven't finished it yet. Madge's smile froze in place, suddenly entirely too aware of the predatory gazes of the waitstaff, as though the entire moment had been orchestrated. She felt blindsided, and furious all at once. But good manners won out, and she smiled again, with a cheer she did not feel.

Seneca laughed, a touch of condescension creeping into his voice. I'm not marrying you for your mind, Margareta. Your father said you might be stubborn.

Madge reeled back in shock, stunned. Suddenly it all seemed too much: the soft candlelight felt as garish as the cheap lights of a carnival fanfare, the white wine in her glass tasted like rotgut mash. She tried to tug her hand back from Seneca's, but he held it fast. You talked to my daddy already? Her voice seemed to be coming from far away.

Why, of course I did, darling. Seneca squeezed her arm tight, a warning. Now, if you want to finish your university degree by mail, that's fine with me, but you won't need any of that when you're Mrs Seneca Crane, wife to the next senator of West Virginia. He continued his monologue, the room fading to a single pinprick of light until all Madge could see was that flashy diamond, all she could hear was the sound of champagne corks and applause, and all she could feel was the tightness closing in on her, as if Seneca's ring was around her neck instead of her finger.

[dukereviewsxtra]

Top 15 Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror Stories

Hi Everyone, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Xtra Where We Are Continuing Monsterween

By Talking About The Simpsons...

Yes, I Know That It's Gone On For So Long That Fans Are Now Begging For It To Be Cancelled But When It Comes To October, You Just Can't Help But Talk About The Treehouse Of Horror Episodes...

And How Can You Not? They're Wickedly Funny And Wickedly Spooky, Yes, There Are Years Where They Dropped The Ball But Either Way You Can't Help But Watch Them...

In Fact These Episodes And The Very First Christmas Episode Were How I Was Introduced To The Simpsons And Because Of That, I Am Doing The Top 15 Treehouse Of Horror Stories On The Show Today, So, Without Further Delay, Let's Get Started...

15. The Day The Earth Looked Stupid

In 1938, The People Of Springfield Listen To Orson Welles Famous War Of The Worlds Broadcast And Like Everyone Else That Heard It Starts Believing That They Have Been Invaded By Aliens And Start Panicking And Rioting....

The Next Day, When All The Townspeople Except Lisa Are Stark Naked, Rolling In Mud And Acting Like Animals, She Tells Them That The Entire Thing Was A Hoax To Which The People Of Springfield Vow Never To Be Fooled Again...

But With Kang And Kodos Seeing This As An Oppertune Time To Invade, Lisa And Mr. Welles Try To Tell The Populace This Is Not A Hoax, It's Real But Not Believing Them, They End Up Being Invaded...

This Is A Cleaver Story, I Love How The Simpsons Took This Incident And Flipped It On It's Head, I Also Liked How They Got Voice Actor Maurice Lamarche As Orson Welles (And If Anyone Doesn't Know Who He Is Then Maybe You'll Recognize Him From This...)

That's Right, He's The Brain From Pinky And The Brain, I Would Say That He's Also Egon From The Real Ghostbusters But That's Irrelevant But On Animaniacs There's A Pinky And The Brain Segement Called Battle For The Planet Which Is Also A War Of The Worlds Knockoff While Even Mentioning It In The Episode...

There's Also Another Episode Where Brain Does A Famous Rant That Wells Did Years Ago While Recording Commercials...

Either Way, It Was Just A Good Casting Choice And Because Of The Facts I Say See It...

14. Frinkenstein

Professor Frink Is About To Be Awarded The Nobel Prize And More Than Anything He Wants His Late Father (Played By (Of All People) Jerry Lewis) To See Him Get It As He's Always Been A Bit Of A Disappointment To Him, So He Brings Him Back To Life Ala Frankenstein. But Upset That He Has Some Robotic Parts And A Lack Of A Genitalia, Frink's Father Goes On A Rampage Killing People By Stealing Their Body Parts...

But After A Talk With Lisa, She Convinces Frink's Father To Stop His Rampage And To Think Of His Son. Going To Stockholm For The Ceremony, Frink's Father Makes Up With His Son But He Ends Up Going On Another Rampage, Stealing All The Scientists Brains Which Forces Frink To Kill His Father By Kicking Him In The Crotch

But While His Death Is Funny, Frink Manages To Save His Father's Soul By Placing It In A Box With His Latest Invention The Soul Catcher...

It's A Soul In A Box!

Except For The Ending, It's A Good Story And It's All Because Of Jerry Lewis Who Is Great As Frink's Father To The Point That You Can Tell That They're Related And It's Not Just Because The Character Was Based On Lewis, Either Way This Is One That I Definatly Say See...

13. Terror Of Tiny Toon

When Marge Forbids Bart And Lisa To Watch The Itchy And Scratchy Halloween Special To The Point That She Takes The Remote Batteries With Her, Bart Finds Some Unstable Plutonium Which They Use As Batteries So They Can Watch Itchy And Scratchy But Instead Of Watching The Cartoon They End Up Becoming Part Of It. However, Not Liking How Bart And Lisa Are Laughing At Their Pain, Itchy And Scratchy Decide To Team Up To Try To Kill The 2 Kids...

This Story Shows A Fun View On What It's Like On The Opposite Side Of The Tv Screen And Despite Itchy And Scratchy Trying To Kill Bart And Lisa I Enjoyed The Regis And Kathie Lee Cameos And Scratchy Falling In Love With Snowbell 2, This Is Defiantly One That I Say See...

12. Wanted: Dead, Then Alive...

This Story Sees Sideshow Bob Finally Doing What He's Always Wanted To Do, Which Is To Kill Bart Simpson But After A While, Bob Finds Himself Like The Joker If Batman Was Dead That Without His Nemesis To Cause Him Trouble Life Is Just Not Worth Living Anymore. So, He Creates A Machine To Bring Bart Back To Life Over And Over Again So He Can Kill Him As Many Times As His Twisted Heart Desires...

This Is Just A Fantastic Story, Down To A T For Terrific And Kelsey Grammar's Performance Like Every Time He Voices Bob Is Just Amazing But Despite How Awesome It Is The Reason Why It's So Low On The List Is Because It's Just Another Sideshow Bob Story And Not Anything Really Horror Worthy But It Was In A Treehouse Of Horror Special So For This Story I Say See It...

11. It's The Grand Pumpkin, Millhouse

An Obvious Parody Of It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, To The Point That They Play The Peanuts Theme In It And Make Fun Of The Fact That All The Adults Go Wah Wah Wah, This Story Sees Millhouse Taking On The Linus Role As He Goes To The Pumpkin Patch To Wait For The Grand Pumpkin Only Like The Robot Chicken Parody (Minus The Demonic Ceremony)

When Millhouse Cries Because The Grand Pumpkin Didn't Show He Actually Shows Due To Millhouse's Belief In Him But When Millhouse Gives Him Some Pumpkin Bread, The Grand Pumpkin Vows Revenge Over The Fact That Humans Don't Respect Pumpkins Around This Time Of Year...

What Can I Say About This Episode Except Watch This One For Yourself And Definitely See It...

10. House Of Whacks

This Story Sees The Simpsons Having Their House Converted To A Ultrahouse That Will Never Let Them Do An Inch Of Work For The Rest Of Their Lives. Meeting Their New Computer, They Change It's Voice From Matthew Perry To Dennis Miller But Eventually Marge Picks Pierce Brosnan....

While Doing Whatever The Simpsons Demand Of Him, Pierce Develops Human Emotions And Eventually Ends Up Falling In Love With Marge Which Leads Him To Turn Psychotic And Try To Kill Homer...

I Absolutely Love This Story, And Having Pierce Brosnan As The AI For The Ultrahouse Adds A Little Bit Of Creepiness And Elegance To It, Though It Makes Me Wonder If Pierce Ever Sang To The Simpsons While He Served Them...

Still Though It's A Great Story And I Say See It...

09. The Monkey's Paw

This Story Sees The Simpsons On Vacation In Morocco Where They Come Across A Monkey's Paw That Will Grant Wishes To Whomever Has It But Despite The Seller Warning That With Every Wish Will Come Grave Misfortune, Homer Buys It And Once They Return To The States The Simpson's Start Wishing On It...

With The First Wish Going To Maggie, She Wishes For A Brand New Pacifier To Homer's Dismay. With 3 Wishes Left, Bart Wishes That The Simpsons Were Rich And Famous And The Paw Grants The Wish With Funny Results That Echo The Simpsons Own Popularity At That Time...

Lisa Uses The 3rd Wish For The World To Have Peace Only For The World To Be Invaded By Kang And Kodos After They Destroy All Their Weapons. With One Last Wish Left, Homer Uses It As Only Homer Could By Asking For A Turkey Sandwich On Rye With Lettuce And Mustard Only To Discover The Turkey To Be Dry...

Giving The Paw To Flanders, He Wishes For Kang And Kodos To Be Gone And Any Other Wishes We Don't See In The Story...

This Is One Of Those Stories That Has 2 Morals With The First Being Caviat Emptor (Let The Buyer Beware) And To Wish Wisely Still It's A Good Story And I Say See It..

08. Attack Of The 50ft Eyesores

This Story Sees Homer Visits Lard Lad Doughnuts To Get A Colossal Doughnut Like The One That Lard Lad Is Holding, He Finds Himself Being Fooled By False Advertising When He Finds It's Not As Colossal As It Sounded. Pissed About This, Homer Steals Lard Lad's Colossal Doughnut During A Freak Lightning Storm Which Brings Not Just Lard Lad But Dozens Of Other Mascots To Life...

With The Mascots Causing Terror Throughout Springfield, Marge Believes That Giving Up The Metal Doughnut Will End The Mascot's Reign Of Terror But Despite Homer Giving It Up, The Destruction Continues. Luckily, Lisa Notices A Copyright Tag That Lard Lad Left Behind Which Gives Her The Idea To Visit The People Who Created The Mascots...

There, They Tell Lisa That The Only Way To Get Rid Of The Rampaging Mascots Is To Ignore Them Which In Turn Will Cause Them To Lose Their Powers, So They Write A Jingle That's Performed By Paul Anka To Try To Distract The Populace...

This Story Is Well Written And The Song By Paul Anka Is Very Funny Along With Some Of The Things The Mascots Do While Causing Destruction, It's A Funny Story And I Say See It...

07. Bad Dream House

A Parody Of Poltergeist, This Story Sees The Simpsons Buying A House That's Buried On An Indian Burial Ground And Is Haunted By A Poltergeist, Despite Marge Wanting To Move Out, Homer Tells The Family To Sleep On It Only For The Poltergeist To Try To Try To Convince Everyone (Except Marge) To Try And Kill Each Other...

While It's A Good Parody It Doesn't Go Full Parody Unlike The Family Guy Version Where If You Look At A Scene You Realize "Oh, They're Parodying This Scene From The Movie" But It's Still A Funny Story And I Say See It...

06. Bart Simpson's Dracula

A Parody Of Francis Ford Copola's Dracula, This Story Sees The Simpsons Travelling To Mr. Burns House In Pennsylvania Only For Bart And Lisa To Discover That Mr. Burns Is A Vampire. However When They Do, Mr. Burns Turns Bart Into A Vampire And The Only Way To Save Him Is To Kill Burns Himself...

This Story Is A Funny Take On The Vampire Legend And Is A Great Parody Of Copola's Movie To The Point That When Burns Is In The Gary Oldman Red Costume With The White Hair, I Just Can't Help But Laugh, And I Say Watch It...

05. The Island Of Dr. Hibbert

In A Parody Of The Island Of Dr. Moreau, This Story Sees The Simpsons Travelling To The Island Of Lost Souls, Where They Find Dr. Hibbert Running The Resort, But While The Family Is There, Marge Believes That Something Weird Is Going On, So, She Investigates Only To Be Captured By Hibbert Who Turns Her Into A Panther...

After A Night Of Violent Sex, Homer Realizes That Marge Has Been Transformed Which Leads Him To Try To Find A Cure, Not Just For Marge But For Everyone On The Island...

This Story Is A Great Take On Wells' Story, As We See Our Favorite Simpsons Characters Transformed Into Interesting Animal Versions Of Themselves I Especially Like Mr. Burns As A Fox, It's A Great Parody And I Say See It...

04. King Homer

This Story Is Basically The Simpsons Telling The Story Of King Kong With Homer As Kong, Marge As Fay Wray And Burns As The Filmmaker, It's A Pretty Good Parody With Clever 1930's References And I Honestly Don't Know What Else To Say About It Except See It...

03. Nightmare On Evergreen Terrace

A Parody Of Nightmare On Elm Street, This Story Sees Groundskeeper Willie Taking On The Freddy Kruger Role As He Kills All The Kids In Springfield In Revenge For Their Parents Not Saving His Life When He Was On Fire One Day In Smarch...

While I'm A Huge Fan Of The Nightmare On Elm Street Films, I Absolutely Love This Parody Of The Films Which Is More Willie's Revenge Than Nightmare On Elm Street As In Treehouse Of Horror 5, He Kept Getting Killed In Every Story, Still I Say See It...

02.The Shinning

A Parody On The Shining, This Story Sees The Simpsons Being Hired As Caretakers Of Mr. Burns Summer Estate, But When Burns And Smithers Cut The Cable And Take All The Beer, Homer Goes All Jack Torrance And Tries To Kill His Family...

This Is Probably The Funniest Movie Parody The Treehouse Of Horror Has Ever Done, From Homer Saying Late Night Tv Phrases To No Tv And No Beer Make Homer Something Something It's Just Freaking Hysterical And I Say See It...

Before I Reveal My Number One Choice Here Are My Top 5 Worst Treehouse Of Horror Stories...

05. The Diving Bell And The Butterball

This Story Sees Homer Being Paralyzed By A Spider Only To Gain Spider Powers When Another Spider Bites Him, This Story Is Just Plain Boring To Say The Least With The Only Good Part Being When Homer Gets Spider Powers...

04. Dry Hard

A Parody Of The Hunger Games That Just Is Not Well Written In The Least...

03. Life's A Glitch, Then You Die

The Simpsons Face Y2K Which Could Have Been A Good Story But The Ending Sucks With Lisa, Marge And Maggie Being Apart Of The Last People To Survive The Planet's Destruction While Bart And Homer Get Launched Into The Sun With The Most Annoying People On The Planet...

02. How To Get Ahead In Deadvertising...

A Parody Of Mad Men, This Story Sees Homer Accidentally Killing Krusty The Clown Which Catches The Eye Of An Advertising Agency That Wants Homer To Kill Celebrities So Their Likeness Rights Can Be Cheaper. It's A Good Story With A Bad Scene As Homer Kills Prince (Now I Don't Know If Prince Was Dead At The Time This Was Made But To Me It's Kind Of Insulting)

01. MMM...Homer

This Story Sees Homer Taking Up Cannibalism To Which I Only Have 2 Things To Say #1: Really?, Really? You Had To Go There? And #2: No!

But I Digress, Let's Get To My #1 Best Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror Story...

01. The Raven

This Episode Sees The Simpsons Taking On The Edgar Allen Poe Tale In The Only Way That The Simpsons Can. With Narration From James Earl Jones, This Tale Is Like The Haunted Mansion Both Funny And Scary At The Same Time, I Know People Will Be Upset That I Didn't Have The Shinning As Number One But Every Time I See This I Can't Help But Laugh At It And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

[oh-nostalgiaa]

sunday morning anon: tell me about your favorite character to RP and why?

Bold of you to assume anyone is currently rping with me more than once a month or intermittently in TFLN memes, which are fun, but don’t really lend themselves well to creating a cohesive storyline. Wah wah wah Lauren nobody wants to hear you complain about having no partners for the fifty-thousandth time.

I haven’t even had the chance to properly voice-test most of my muses, which makes me sad, because I have so many of them, and I think they all have the capability of being really fun to play. 

(I say that as I continually hunt for icons of new faces for new muses who will never get play, either, this is terrible and I hate myself but I can’t stop)

Abbie will always have a special place in my heart. She was my very first original character, and I have had an amazing time playing her, getting to know her, and allowing her to grow as the years have passed. I’ve had amazing partners, both canon and other originals, and really amazing stories that have made me laugh and cry and love every single word. 

I’ve never really been a fan of playing canon characters, but the one that I keep trying to play is Jyn. I have had flashes of greatness, especially when @diegocassians picked up Cassian for the soccer au, and branched into into more canon-like plots. I’m so, so sad that she hasn’t been here on Tumblr or on Dreamwidth so we could do more. I have so many ideas that are never going to see the light of day and that’s so sad. 

I’ve had other Cassians who have come and gone, and I’ve enjoyed them all. 

But I’m dying to have ONE stick around so we can find a way to fix canon, or buck canon completely and do our own thing, so we can give them the relationship they deserved to have. 

I love playing her because I am able to imbue her with the softness and vulnerability that I saw in her in the movie and in the novelization, and in every word I’ve written about her or read others write about her. It kills me that I’m not getting the chance. 

(And fuck, I would die happy if I found a Bodhi or a Kay who might want to do an OT3 thing. But that’s such an impossible dream that I don’t hold out hope of it ever happening.)

Amelia is my favorite period muse to play, just because her personality is so unlike mine, and I’ve been able to put her in all sorts of worlds against all sorts of characters, and they’ve all been fantastic. Again, she is one that I have very specific ideas about what I want to play, but again, nobody seems interested in those ideas. 

I keep trying, though. It’s probably all in vain - this year has proven quite clearly that by and large, the RP scene on DW wants nothing to do with me, and I have spent many nights almost in tears as I keep putting Jyn in memes and trying to tag new people who inevitably ignore me, wondering why I don’t just pack it up and call it a day. 

Maybe it won’t ever come to pass, but I’m holding onto the hope, however slim, that someone will come along and get excited about my ideas or have their own to share, and I’ll have someone to write with again. 

I write better with a partner. I love being surprised by the twists and turns we take. I love it when a tag makes me laugh or cry or feel something. And I hope that I’ll find that again. 

[khirsahle]

30 questions

Tagged by @letmetellyouaboutmyfeels

1)  Nicknames - Hmm, not really. My name doesn’t lend itself to nicknames, alas. In school, I was often called “Kitty” or “Kitten”, but if someone tried that now, I wouldn’t be so amused.

2.) Gender - Cis Female

3.) Star sign - Scorpio and proud, muthafucka!

4.) Height - 5′5″ - You know how when you’re young, doctors will sometimes guess how tall you’ll be? My doctor was convinced I’d be over 6′0′‘. Nooope. That skipped me.

5.) Time – Currently 6:39 PM

6.) Birthday - I’m a Scorpio.

7.) Favourite band – I...do not have one. I have bands I love to listen to, but not a single favorite.

8.) Favourite solo artist – Vienna Teng is pretty high up there, so sure, let’s go with that.

9.) Song stuck in my head – Call Me Maybe, and it is ALL LadySass’s fault. Ever since she started writing Cullen Me Maybe, that is all I can hear. I’m cursed.

10.) Last movie you watched – It. I went with the boy and some close friends. So, look. I hate It (the book). Massive massive hate. Not only is the structure absolutely ridiculous (seriously, his editor should have known better), but the sexism is just off the charts. But while I hate the book, I can’t seem to quit King. He’s one of the major influences on my own writing. So I went to see the movie, and hey. It was decent. Not great, but they fixed some of the things I hated most even if they totally forgot Mike was even there and went schlocky horror instead of suspense.

I’m just saying, if they had gone pure kids on bikes horror genre, it would have been a good movie. As it was...eh! It was okay! Too many jump-scares and not enough actual scares.

11.) Last show you watched – The Good Place. I love it so much.

12.) When did I create my blog – ...*shrugs*. Right before I posted Lonely Ghosts.

13.) What do I post – Mostly fic-related, plus reblogs. I’m not much of a discourse-poster, as I tend to prefer sticking to the outer rings of fandom whenever there’s a fight.

14) Last thing I googled – Beat the bushes. I said this today to someone at work and they stared at me like I was INSANE. I hadn’t realized it wasn’t a term everyone knew. (She’d heard of “beat around the bush”, but not “beat the bushes”.) Funnily enough, I’m pretty sure the two come from the same source and yet mean opposite things.

15.) Do you have other blogs – Nah. That seems like a lot of work keeping them separate.

17.) Why did you choose your url – *laughs* Because someone already took “Khirsah” (JERK!) and I’m bad at French.

18.) Following – 55

19.) Followers – 2,455. I keep thinking I should do a giveaway at 2,500. That seems like a good time to do something.

20.) Favourite colours – Torquoise, robin’s egg blue, etc.

21.) Average hours of sleep – Around 7. I cannot function on 6, though I function just fine on 4.

22.) Lucky number – 33, 24, 27, 16. 0/00. Funny story. I am kidnapped and taken on cruises about once a year. I know, wah wah wah, but see, I am 1) allergic to the sun and 2) TERRIFIED OF MARINE LIFE. So I can neither sit on the beach OR go into the ocean. I usually just sit under an umbrella or in the cabana, editing/working. But anyway, the future in-laws always give us money for gambling. I? Am also not a gambler, but I play along every year and play Roulette whenever the family goes down to the casino. Because whatever, it is easy and doesn’t involve math.

Turns out, my apathy breeds insane luck.

I always play those numbers, plus sometimes a few others that I like the looks of at any given moment. And so far, I always come away with multiples of my initial money. Like, sometimes around 5-7x the amount. Any time I actually start to care, I totally do terribly. But when I don’t give any fucks? By the end of the trip, I’m always up by quite a bit.

Once, this man--who was losing heavily, which is usually my cue to leave, as I REALLY HATE watching people lose their money, omg, it makes me so uncomfortable--kept talking about his “system”. “You’ve gotta have a system!” he kept saying, playing Roulette what I assume is the correct way. He kept losing and losing, and I kept winning and winning. Finally he turned to me and begged me to tell him my system.

“...I just pick numbers I like,” I said. “I really don’t know what else to tell you.”

He was...less than impressed. And left almost immediately after. But hey, lucky 33, 24, 27, 16, and 0/00, amirite? (Gambling is the worst.)

23.) Instruments I played – Voice and fiddle, neither well

24.) What am I wearing – Today I went with a cranberry-colored A-line dress with a sweetheart cut-out and swiss dot-style mesh collar. Hair up in a bun, with my black frame glasses and wingtip eyeliner. A necklace that says “There They’re Their. Idiot.”

25.) How many blankets I sleep with – One sheet and one fuzzy aquamarine blanket. The boy has his own sheet and blanket. I do not share.

26.) Dream job – Already pretty much there, actually. God, sometimes I want to punch me. I’m sorry. If it helps, I’d also love to be a Young Adult author.

27.) Dream trip – Antarctica!!

28.) Favourite food – I love chicken satay to an unhealthy degree. I’m also a huge fan of Israeli couscous.

29.) Nationality – United States. Southern United States. (But I don’t really have an accent unless I get REALLY excited or REALLY mad. Then the drawl is unleashed as the claws extend.)

30.) Favourite song – My Medea by Vienna Teng

I tag anyone! Anyone including @ardatli @delazeur @sasskarian @pluckyredhead I don’t want you to feel pressured, though, so only answer if you want.

[t-w-t-b]

92 Questions Tag!

Tagged by @pinenuttrekkie

last:

drink: Wah. An’ it tastes a’ fok oll.

phone call: My mum.

text message: My mum. (I don’t text a lot.)

song you listened to: Angelica - Lamb

time you cried: (I think?) Last night without realising it. I definitely cried in the dream though.

have you:

dated someone twice: Yes

kissed someone and regretted it: No

lost someone special: Tricky one. I’ve lost people but I was too young to really remember them.

been depressed: Clinically? No.

gotten drunk and thrown up: Been buzzed maybe twice, but I never want to get drunk.

list three favorite colors:

black

brown

blue

in the last year have you:

made new friends: Yes

fallen out of love: No

laughed until i cried: Oh god this is such a good feeling.

found out someone was talking about you: Who hasn’t?

found out who your friends are: ??

kissed someone on your facebook list: Yes.

general:

how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: I purge my friends list a lot when I get ‘too many’, but I know at least half (or I’ve met them at least once.)

do you have any pets: I have a Spaniel at home who I have to wait another two months to see again :/

do you want to change your name: Nope.

what did you do for your last birthday: Is it bad that I don’t remember?

what time do you wake up: Either 8am, or 12pm, depending on if I have lectures.

what were you doing at midnight last night: DISCOOOOORD

name something you can’t wait for: Trollhunters S2, being debt free, being able to go abroad again.

when was the last time you saw your mum: 1934hrs on Sunday. I know, I’m precise.

what is one thing you wish you could change in your life: Nothing really.

what are you listening to right now: Dinner With Q

have you ever talked to a person named tom: My best friend used to be called Tom, so yeah. Haven’t seen him in ages though.

something that is getting on your nerves: Brexit.

most visited website: Tumblr for sure.

mole/s: None.

mark/s: A few in my family? I have a few scars and freckles too.

childhood dream: Engineer. Because that’s totally what every four year old aspires to be.

hair color: Dark Brown

long or short hair: Somewhere in the middle.

do you have a crush on someone: No.

what do you like about yourself: I’d say I’m mature, but others would say I’m just grouchy.

piercings: Nope

blood type: Am I supposed to know this?

nicknames: Trow. The old man.

relationship status: Single

zodiac: Borderline Aquarius

pronouns: Really doesn’t bother me. 

favorite tv show: RIGHT. Of course I am going to say Trollhunters here, but at the same time, Stranger Things is top notch. I’ve got into some of the Transformers series too thanks to people on here (you know who you are). I really enjoyed a Norwegian show called Occupied, as well as Manhattan, and The Tunnel.

right or left hand: Right handed, left leaning.

surgery: Depends on how you define it, but I’ve had at least 11.

hair dyed in different color: Not once

sport: Casual participant.

vacation: Yes please? Take me anywhere.

pair of trainers: I’m wearing them right now.

more general:

eating: A biscuit

drinking: Some water

i’m about to: Shower and sleep.

want: an end to Brexit To get a good degree and decent job and parter?

get married: Yes.

career: Photography

hugs or kisses: Hugs.

lips or eyes: Eyes

shorter or taller: Not an issue.

older or younger: Older

nice arms or nice stomachs: Both? Not really fussy.

sensitive or loud: Sensitive

hookup or relationship: Relationship

troublemaker or hesitant: Hesitant

have you ever:

kissed a stranger: No

drank hard liquor: I tried Sourz neat once, never again.

lost glasses/contacts: Don’t need them

turned someone down: No.

sex on the first date: Simmer down aha.

personal:

broken someone’s heart: If I had then I’m sure they would have made it clear to me.

had your heart broken: Nope

been arrested: Nope.

cried when someone died: Of course.

fallen for a friend: I don’t really know to be honest.

do you believe in:

yourself: I need to do more of this.

miracles: No.

love at first sight: Nope.

santa claus: Nope.

kisses on the first date: Depends on the circumstances.

other:

current best friend: Too busy trying to figure out who’s decent or not to have a best friend IRL.

eye color: Hazel/Grey

favorite movie: This is an ‘Other?’ 

tagging: whoever wants to because this is a lot for some tit-bits to be honest.

[enaasteria]

Answered Asks // 2

Under the cut~~~

Anonymous said to enaasteria: April 15th 2017, 9:14:00 pm · 6 months ago Ok, don't answer to this because I will not see it anyway. I was @jamlesspyo and I say was because when you'll see this my blog will already be deleted, personnal reasons. So I want to tell that you are one of the most amazing writer I had the chance to read a story of. You are also the sweetest person so thank you so much. I hope that one you will have enough confidence in yourself because you deserve it so much. Love you and stay healthy

I will answer this bc you might come back and I’ll def miss you. Thank you for all your warm encouragement and help throughout my struggles and I couldn’t have asked for a better reader/friend. Miss you and wishing you all the best!

Anonymous said to enaasteria: April 20th 2017, 10:59:00 pm · 6 months ago you might not read this for awhile and when you do you don't have to reply, but i just wanted to tell you that all of your writing here is beautiful and amazing! finishing your story is so worth waiting for and i can't wait to read the ending! thank you for sharing your writing!

You might not think this after you read chapter 16. It’s a kind of flargh chapter but needed to be in there so T_____T I’m kinda nervous about it but hopes everyone enjoys and feel it was worth the wait.

Anonymous said to enaasteria: April 23rd 2017, 1:14:00 am · 5 months ago Freaking heck, you are an amazing and professional writer!!! I'm reading through Apartment 5108 now and I can't think of words even close to satisfactory enough to compliment your writing!! All the best for your writing and future endeavours! :)

Ahhhhhh you are too kind to me. Thank you so much for reading and no worries. please don’t stress over what to write or compliments because I enjoy any kind of feedback tbh. Spazz messages are the best!

@sassyunicorns2​ said to enaasteria: May 11th 2017, 8:31:00 am · 5 months ago I won't lose hope! I know you can do it, because you are an amazing writter and you always have great ideas!!! I am here in the other part of the world cheering for you! 🙌 FIGHTING!! 💪👊 P.S.: I'm sorry for the errors.

I hope you enjoy this chapter and thank you so much for your continued support. It means so much to me and I’m so glad you love this story!

@whosexo​ said to enaasteria: May 11th 2017, 3:57:00 pm · 5 months ago SEND 💖 THIS 💖 TO 💖 THE 💖 FIFTEEN 💖 NICEST 💖 PEOPLE 💖 ON 💖 TUMBLR 💖 IF 💖 YOU 💖 GET 💖 5 💖 BACK 💖 YOU 💖 MUST 💖 BE 💖 PERFECT 💖 Miss you hope you're doing amazing!!

No words can amount to how much i love you too! I apologize for my year long disappearance. I’m a terrible person. UGH. But I shall blame it on work and daily stress. T___T Hope you are well too, love!

@dream-exo-fantasy said to enaasteria: May 11th 2017, 3:58:00 pm · 5 months ago SEND 💖 THIS 💖 TO 💖 THE 💖 FIFTEEN 💖 NICEST 💖 PEOPLE 💖 ON 💖 TUMBLR 💖 IF 💖 YOU 💖 GET 💖 5 💖 BACK 💖 YOU 💖 MUST 💖 BE 💖 PERFECT 💖 (A side message: I hope you're not stressing too much about writing. Take your time and stay healthy 💕)

You are the sweetest and thank you so much. 2017 was unfortunately the most stress filled year i’ve ever experienced but hopefully the latter end will treat us all better, yeah? T.T

Anonymous said to enaasteria: May 12th 2017, 1:46:00 am · 5 months ago wah yay! okay take your time! i (and many others) can't wait to see your masterpiece! 💕

Love you!

Anonymous said to enaasteria: May 20th 2017, 12:32:00 am · 5 months ago So I was wondering did ahri told sehun about what happened to her while sehun went after jiyul like she drank the juice and was taken to hospital or did sehun already knew or anyone told him bc I think you didn't mention that?..

Soi definitely told him---actually her wrath probably yelled at him and was infuriated with his poor actions. he probably got scolded by everyone tbh.

Anonymous said to enaasteria: May 29th 2017, 6:07:00 pm · 4 months ago Youre probably busy with apartment 5108 but i really hope you do come back to keepers! Chapter 1 left me on edge and im still eagerly waiting for the next part!! Much love sent your way❤️❤️❤️

I CANT WAIT FOR KEEPERS. I want to write it two ways but I might just do two endings bc I’m a sap and a total angst fest lol

Anonymous said to enaasteria: June 5th 2017, 8:41:00 pm · 4 months ago enaaaaaaa i miss yoooooouuuuuuuuu ):<

I MISS YOU TOOOOOOOOOOOO

@unsungthoughts said to enaasteria: June 5th 2017, 9:19:00 pm · 4 months ago Apartment 5108. I'm beyond in love w this story! I was so into the story to the point where I could literally feel everything, the emotion esp. It is truly an amazing piece of writing. I'm new here (since yesterday and just finished 5min ago) --cont.cont.-- and yet to explore ur other stories, which I will definitely do cz I LOVE YOUR WRITING SO MUCH 💕

You make me blush! I’m so happy you enjoyed this story and I’m glad it made you feel things. I hope 16 treats you well and that you’re having a great time on tumblr! welcome, welcome. AND I LOVE YOU TOO

Anonymous said to enaasteria: June 15th 2017, 11:47:00 pm · 4 months ago power through love! you got this! 👏🏽👏🏽

I was jamming to POWER as I wrote this chapter. Lord knows I needed the help. orz

Anonymous said to enaasteria: June 23rd 2017, 2:25:00 pm · 3 months ago this is kinda random but Charlie puth's Attention reminds me of Red 😅

Imma go listen to this and add it to the playlist! TY ANON!

Anonymous said to enaasteria: June 24th 2017, 11:31:00 pm · 3 months ago ena, i just wish you can fathom 1/16 of the greatness you've omitted onto the exo fandom. you're writing is absolute perfection. fandom writers are just not appreciated enough! you're art is just as important than the art exo creates. you are able to create a story and a character. just think about that. a person and their life. real or not, you've created a character all of us can relate to in one way or another. i hope you keep finding joy in what you do and never lose this passion. 🌺

I remember reading this message 3 months ago and it made me want to cry. Thank you so much for your kind words and thank you for appreciating fanfiction as an art form. I think this writing is such a lost art and people don’t appreciate the time and effort going into a story. But reading this made it so worth it and thank you so much for your kindness!

Anonymous said to enaasteria: July 7th 2017, 7:22:00 am · 3 months ago Omg i just followed you now bcs of apartment 5108 and others too. Geez why i havent discovered you then?! Seriously for me its really hard to find fanfic that matches with my reading style gosh its pretty damn well written and you succesfully made me feel like im the character. You mess my feeling hun'. You did it. Seriously youre one of the best writer i ever known in tumblr. Im looking forward to ch 16 and others too. I hope u doing well!!!! Lots of love from your lovely reader💛

Thank you so much for your kind words! It’s such a huge compliment to see you hold my writing to such a high regard and I hope this next chapter doesn’t disappoint. I’m so glad you like it and please let me know what you think of the rest of the chaps!

Anonymous said to enaasteria: July 7th 2017, 12:45:00 pm · 3 months ago I've been following you for about a year now and DAMN HOW I LOVE YOU. Its been a year since you last updated Apartment 5108 but you still log in to check on your fans. Writers block is an ass but all you need is some inspiration and then you'll be firing away with the Seahri feels. or Ahrun feels. However you decide to ship them. Also Chanyeol is my fav and the fic you wrote called Two killsss meee. THANK YOU! Also, I'm Egyptian. Pretty cool knowing you have international readers eh?

I’m so sorry you’ve had to wait so long for a chapter!!! It’s so amazing how there are international people reading this and I can’t thank you enough for your kindness and also for sending me this comment but ALSO SEAHRI. LIKE THIS KILLS ME AND ITS SO CUTE AND ADORABLE.

Anonymous said to enaasteria: July 7th 2017, 1:56:00 pm · 3 months ago Hey Ena! Just wanted to tell you that I literally open your page every single day (its been 3 months LOL) , just to check if there's any update for apt5108, no rush but that just show how much i adore your work, i just freakin' love your story! I never felt so desperate waiting for the next chapter.. but I believe good things take a long time, and I believe your work could be one of the good things, even better the best thing!! Love, Your biggest fan💕

IM SO SORRY FOR THE WAIT. I don’t know what to say other than this year has been a mess and a true struggle but I dearly wanted to write this chapter and forced myself to do it and post today. I’m so sorry if it wasn’t worth the wait but hopefully it’s a good continuation to their story T____T

@sehun---addict said to enaasteria: July 20th 2017, 10:07:00 pm · 3 months ago Personally i would rather wait until you finish the story and post it in one go bcs waiting game for each chap is pure torture . Much love♡

I wish I could’ve posted it all but 16 nearly killed me to just finish so I hope this is a good chapter to hold you off until 17 T___T

Anonymous said to enaasteria: July 20th 2017, 10:14:00 pm · 3 months ago In reference to your tag in the previous ask- I think posting the chapters as you finish them would be preferable for me. That way I wouldn't have to wait as long for another update? But I'm wondering if writing it all and posting it generally at one point would be easier on you, so that it could kind of be one and done. Either way, I appreciate you taking the time to write this story! You are so incredibly talented and I find it so kind that you take time out of your day to write.

16 is going up soon. I hope you enjoy it and I’m so sorry for the wait. Thank you for your patience and I hope you read with low expectations because I’m a bit nervous about this chapter. It’s excruciatingly long T.T

Anonymous said to enaasteria: July 20th 2017, 11:46:00 pm · 3 months ago please post 16 when it's finished! that way we can have a new chapter at a time to enjoy!

It’s going up!

Anonymous said to enaasteria: July 23rd 2017, 4:47:00 am · 2 months ago I know I'm late but about the end of appartment 5018 I'm really curious about Polaris. Will it be build ? Will it be insignifiant ? I really like it so yeah that's what I'm most curious about :)

This will be addressed in 17! :D

Anonymous said to enaasteria: August 2nd 2017, 9:53:00 pm · 2 months ago same anon who recommended moondust~~ i have another one for you ena ^^ it's the house we never built by gabrielle alpine <3 best of luck on the story!

Imma check this out after I answer these messages and add it to my playlist! Thank you so much!

@yoruu-gen said to enaasteria: August 21st 2017, 1:01:00 pm · a month ago Happy Fanfic Writers Appreciation Day to my most favorite fanfic author in existence ❤ Apt 5108 is by far the best thing I've read on this website and I look forward to continue stalking your Google Docs 👀 I'm so thankful that you pulled me out of the writer's block abyss and I hope I won't disappoint in the future lol. Thanks for always being such a great friend and for always dying with me about our biases 😅 Love u lots~~

YOUUUUUU. I LOVE YOU. I also thank you so much for helping me with this chapter. You are such an inspiration and I know you feel like you’re not that great of a writer but honestly---you are one of the two I really, truly, look up to on this platform. I always enjoy your words, your stories, YOUR STRUGGLES with your biases but also so thankful for your friendship. 

Anonymous said to enaasteria: August 26th 2017, 9:36:00 am · a month ago Red is my favorite fic and it impacted me so much in a way i can only be thankful. Getting away of a one-side love relationship was really a big choice i should have made before but it's really scary to do so. Reading Red helped me aknowledge what i was doing to myself after denying it for too long and i finally decided to take care of myself for once. So i'm thankful because your amazing way of using words helped me realize i should do what's better for me and no one else. Take care of yourself

Red is honestly one of my favorites too. It was so easy to write (compared to apt) hahaha and although Sehun wasn’t a good character in it, I enjoyed the progression of how real the characters were? Like---this happens in real life and not all things end happily with rainbows and butterflies. It is a struggle to see a person go through something like this but it’s also a testament to their character and their willpower to walk away from it and say when they’ve had enough. I hope you’re doing well, anon.

[stuckinthekookiejar]

Distractions pt 4

Pt. 1 || Pt. 2 || Pt. 3 || Pt. 4 || Pt. 5 || Pt. 6  || Pt. 7 || Pt. 8 || Pt.9 || Pt. 10 || Pt. 11 || Pt. 12 || Pt. 13 || Pt. 14

Yoongi x Reader

Genre: Angst/Fluff

Summary: Work shouldn’t be a place littered with distractions...but how could that be when you were working with one?

Word Count: 2547

A/N: idk how the whole making music process works...so sorry if my portrayal is inaccurate 

“Hyung, hold on. You forgot this.” Jimin handed the brown leather bound lyric notebook to Yoongi. Jimin always knew that Yoongi carried it around, “You can’t keep on misplacing things, hyung. Remember what happened to Namjoon-hyung?” He snatched the book from the younger’s hand,

“Jiminie, I’m not going to forget something as important as a passport.” Yoongi scoffed as he headed out the front door of the dorms,

“Hey, hyung? Where are you going anyway? We have a meeting later...”

“Just...uh...I’m just going out for some fresh air. I’ll meet you guys at the studio later on.” Jimin knew his hyung well and he could tell that something was up. However, Yoongi wasn’t going to just tell Jimin that he was going to meet with the younger’s favorite girl group. He felt like Jimin would continuously nag him to let him tag along...that and because he didn’t want him to see a certain somebody. 

You all agreed to have a meeting once Yoongi and the Music Box producers came up with a demo, and now here you all were in the conference room a few days later. Yoongi was a bit jittery, this was the first time playing a demo he took part in creating in front of a company that wasn’t his own. He didn’t want to screw this up. 

Yoongi pulled out his laptop from his bag and quickly opened up the audio file,

“Uh, so just to clarify, the pitch will be adjusted to your voices during recording. I had to get one of my members to help me out since I can’t really...you know, hit all those notes.” He hits the play button and out comes the audio. 

The five of you girls and Baek PD sat there, bobbing your heads to the music. The melody, the rhythm, the lyrics...everything that you girls had asked for was there...and it was perfect. You expected nothing less from him. You knew how seriously he took his work...he broke up with you because of it after all. 

Once the demo finished it run, Baek PD stood and clapped his hands, “Yoongi, my boy! That was fine work, I think the girls and I are very very pleased. How about we start planning things right away? Are you alright with that, Yoongi?” 

He checked his wristwatch for the time. Bangtan wasn’t going to begin their own meeting until noon, so Yoongi concluded that he could spare an hour, “Yeah, I can do that. I just have to leave by twelve, though, is that okay?”

Sol-Mi nodded enthusiastically, “Of course! I think we can figure out line distributions by then.” All of you agreed and Baek PD left, allowing the six of you to get to work.

Yoongi unpacks all his stuff onto the table. He liked to lay down all his supplies before he worked. You even remembered when he was in school he’d lay out every single writing utensil he thought he may have needed for class. Some things never change. 

You guys got to work discussing which member would sing which part. Yoongi was super meticulous and considered each of your different tunes and vocal ranges,

“Sol-Mi-ssi, I think you should take on the first verse. I feel like the sound of your voice and the style of your rap will really impact listeners. We need to come in with a boom to attract an audience.” You turned to her and you could see blush form on her cheeks. She always raved on about Yoongi, especially since he was her BTS bias. She even picked “The Last” as the song that inspired her the most during that interview you did before. 

Unintentionally, you bit your inner cheek, something you’d always do whenever you got jealous. Yoongi definitely took notice.

“Oh, you think so?” Sol-Mi giggled as she brought up a hand to her mouth. You rolled your eyes because she was really beginning to irritate you. Yoongi could see your reaction, and he decided to tease you a bit more,

“Mmhmm. I’ve got to say Sol-Mi-ssi, I really like your flow. I’ve listened to some of 2S’ pre-debut stuff, and you’re really versatile in your skill.” Beneath the table, your hands formed into tight fists. Were you...were you really jealous right now? You knew that this wasn’t the place to let your emotions get the best of you, but with Yoongi...it was different. 

“Okay, let’s move onto the bridge. I suggest someone with the best range should do it because there is a pretty high note.” 

“Oh, I think Y/N is the best for that.” Sun-hee suggested, “You should hear her singing in the shower. She always...” You elbowed her, not wanting her to continue and embarrass you. However, this was Sun-hee you were dealing with. She never missed an opportunity to tease her favorite dongsaeng, “As I was going to say, she always sings ‘Let Me Know’ in the shower. Trust me, she can hit that high note Jimin sunbaenim hits.” You cowered in embarrassment. How could Sun-hee just say that...in front of Yoongi? Singing in the shower...to one of his songs...you really felt like you wanted to die. But then again, you took this opportunity to be petty and make Yoongi jealous.

“Y-yeah! I really want to develop my voice to sound just as nice as Jimin sunbaenim’s. He’s the one who recorded the demo with you, right?” You sighed in admiration, “I could tell it was him who hit that note during the bridge. It was super impressive and I think I’d be able to hit it.” You smiled and nodded with confidence. 

During your small blurb, Yoongi had his eyes trained on you. Yoongi smirked, trying to mask his jealousy but you knew what he was hiding,

“Okay, fine then. Y/N-ssi will handle the bridge.” He vigorously tapped his finger against the cold, hard table. Suddenly, his phone started to vibrate and the alarm went off, “Looks like I gotta head out. You guys think you can figure out the rest of the distribution?”

“We may be rookies, but that doesn’t mean we got to have someone holding our hand all the time,” Sun-hee said proudly.

Yoongi must’ve been impressed with your leader’s confidence with the way he was nodding his head, “I like your attitude. If you guys are that confident, then finish the line distribution by tomorrow. That way we can start recording sooner.”

“Don’t worry sunbaenim, we won’t get distracted.”

You look to Yoongi and he looked at you. Your eyes met. A chill pulsed down the both of your spines. Boy did that word bring back so many memories. 

“Although, unnie, there is one thing that distracts us,” Hwa-Joo, the maknae, interjects, “Food! Unnie! Can we please grab some lunch...I’m starving...” 

“We do need the energy to work...” Sun-hee suddenly clapped, snapping you out of your little staring competition with Yoongi, “Okay! We’ll get some lunch then continue.” 

You and the rest of the girls all bow to Yoongi and said your goodbyes for the day. You couldn’t bring yourself to look at him because that sudden rush of memories flooded your mind. Sun-hee said that you wouldn’t get distracted, but how could that be when there was a distraction standing in the same room as you. 

Yoongi watched your back as you left with the girls. 

“Tsk...’versatile’...’Jimin sunbaenim’...sure, you wanna compliment him...fine then...” He grumbled as he packed his things. He even waved his hands in the air in annoyance knocking some of his belongings off the table in the process. He bent down to collect his things when his phone started to ring,

“Shit, that must be Namjoon.” He was supposed to be at a group meeting to discuss the future activities of BTS, and because he was here, he was late. He hadn’t told any of his members about this collaboration project. Yoongi didn’t have any reason not to tell them, he just didn’t want to. 

Quickly, Yoongi scampered around, hastily grabbed his stuff then ran out the door. His phone kept on ringing in his pocket, pressuring him to leave even faster. On his way out he even bumped into someone: you. He was rushing so much that he didn’t even apologize, or help you as you almost fell backward. Yoongi probably didn’t even realize it was you. 

“Yah!” Before you could stop him he already managed to catch a cab and hightail for BigHit. You scowled, but let him off the hook since it seemed like he really needed to get where he needed to be. 

You went back to conference room because you had left your phone behind by accident, so you told the girls to go ahead and that you’d meet up with them at the restaurant. The door was wide open, Yoongi must’ve been in such a rush that he didn’t even bother to shut it. Inside, you didn’t see your phone on the table where you thought you had left it.

Hmm, did it fall on the ground? 

Slowly, you crawled onto the floor and scavenged around in search of your phone, “Ah!” You spot it beneath the table, “There you are.” Just as you reached for your phone, you notice something else: a brown leather bound book. Your eyes widened as you realized just what it was. 

“Yoongi-ah! I have a present for you!” You handed him a wrapped present with a smile on your face,

“You do? Hmm, let’s see what my jagi got me.” He took the gift in his hand and ripped away at the neatly folded paper. Behind the glittery wrapping paper was a book, a notebook to be exact. 

“I know that ideas can come to you at anytime, so I got you this. Now you’ll be able to jot down anything that comes to mind...that and I hope you’ll think of me whenever you write in it.” A gummy smile took over Yoongi’s face as he scooped you into a hug,

“Wah, jagi-ah. You read my mind! I was thinking about getting one. Thank you, jagi.”

You never forgot how happy Yoongi was when you gave him that notebook. Seeing it here, knowing that he still carried it around made your heart flutter. You picked it up and carefully retreated back from underneath the table. Looks like the girls had to wait a bit longer for you. You needed to return something first. 

“Yoongi-hyung, where have you been?” Namjoon looked a little peeved, “How long does it take to go ‘get some fresh air’?” 

Yoongi glared at Jimin knowing he was the one who told Namjoon his lame excuse. 

“Well, I’m here now, so why don’t we get started.” Namjoon sighed as he took his seat,

“Okay, so Yoongi-hyung, Hobi, and I have all already started writing lyrics to a possible title track. Uh, hyung, you have them right?”

“Yeah, one sec,” He rummaged through his bag, but cursed when he realized something was missing, 

“Hyung? You have it?” 

“Sorry, Namjoon, I’ll be right back.” 

Yoongi ran fast through BigHit. He wasn’t worried that he had left the lyrics behind, but he was worried that you would open the book. He was worried that you would find the notebook, open it, and find that picture of you tucked away in the deepest recesses of its pages. He didn’t want you to see it. He didn’t want you to know that he still was thinking about you. 

Yoongi jabbed at the elevator button, cursing at it for not coming quicker. The bell rang and the doors slid open revealing you looking relieved to find Yoongi. However, Yoongi wasn’t so relieved. 

“Oh, Yo-” He grabbed your wrist and dragged you to an empty room, “Yah, that hurts...yah!” Once inside, he let go of your wrist and snatched the notebook from your arms,

“Did you look inside?”

“Yah, was it really necessary for you to...”

“DID YOU LOOK INSIDE?” He was heavily breathing, veins popped out from his neck. 

“Um, excuse me? I’m here doing you a favor, and you’re just going to yell at me?”

“A favor? You call looking through my stuff a favor?”

“Looking through your stuff? I didn’t look at anything!”

“Don’t you ever touch my stuff again.” He huffed and walked out the door almost running into Jimin,

“Hyung why did you just storm out like that? Namjoon-hyung is pretty pissed off.” But Yoongi didn’t stop moving. He brushed past Jimin without a second thought and went back to the meeting room. 

It took everything in your power from preventing the tears from coming out. You just wanted to do Yoongi a favor, but all you got in return was his rude ass attitude. Once an asshole, always an asshole.

Jimin walked in, curious after hearing a few soft sniffles,

“Excuse me?” Quickly you wiped away the few tears that did manage to escape before you turned around, “Oh! You’re Y/N-ssi from 2S, right?”

“Yeah, it’s nice to see you Jimin sunbaenim.” You bowed politely. 

Jimin was like a giddy little fanboy when he realized it was you in front of him, 

“It’s a pleasure to see you as well! Did you come here to see hyung?” 

“Yeah, he left something behind at my company. By the way, you sounded really good singing the demo, especially the bridge. I hope I’ll be able to sing as well as you did.” He looked at you with a perplexed expression,

“Demo?”

“Yeah, the one that Yoongi sunbaenim brought in...the one you recorded with him. It’s for 2S’ next title track...” 

“Oh, really? Hyung didn’t tell me he was working with 2S...no wonder why that song didn’t feel like something our group would sing...” He giggled as he brought a hand up behind his nape, “Was it good? I actually took part in writing it...”

“Wah! That’s so cool, it did give off those vibes I felt when I listen to your solo. You’re really amazing, sunbaenim.”

“It’s nothing really...I’m just glad that the song is going into some good hands.”

A smile crept up your face, Jimin was really nice to you...unlike some other certain person,

“Thank you sunbaenim. The song really is perfect.”  His face was flush with red and his eyes were smiling along with mouth,

“Ah, no need to call me sunbaenim. Jimin works just fine.”

“Oh, well if that’s the case then feel free to call me noona. It was nice to talk to you, Jimin.” You bowed again and began to walk away, but he stopped you,

“N-noona! If I’m not mistaken...you’re the main dancer in 2S, right?” You nodded. You were indeed the main dancer. Dancing was your second most favorite thing to do aside from singing, “Maybe...maybe we can give each other some tips sometime?” 

“Are you asking for my number, Jimin?” He turned away, embarrassed by your bluntness. It was adorable, and it made you laugh. You handed him your phone, and he put in his number. 

In this moment, you realized just how different Jimin was from Yoongi. Jimin was sweet, caring, welcoming. Yoongi...well...he was Yoongi. You knew how Yoongi was. You’ve seen every side there was to him, especially his bad side. 

Jimin was different from Yoongi, and you liked that.

Gif not mine, credit to the owner

[expose-brynhildrking-party]

Hi again @brynhildrking​ howl/roy/pluto/whatever the fuck, mod @voidsung/@thornid here. Is there something you’d like to say to my face ? Or gigi’s/@yotou’s, for that matter ? Because somehow yotou being upset that YOU VAGUED THEM because they denied you interactions WHICH YOU WOULD HAVE FORESEEN HAD YOU READ THEIR RULES AND NOT BEEN SUCH AN ENTITLED ASS and me being “””buddy buddy”” with and supporting them & others who have been wronged by you as well as pointing out how you COPIED MY FRIEND’S ICONS makes it okay for YOU to namedrop us but lm -fucking-ao lauren/@artisaen saying she doesn’t want to associate with anyone who condones your behavior is bullying right? things you have a problem with are okay only if YOU’RE the one doing them right? This seems to be your logic behind a LOT of things, for example --- Incest is disgusting until YOU’RE the one writing it, RIGHT? Though I’m not here to talk about that, no --- that’s already been covered in the callout posted today. I was just going to let that open letter do it’s work but I cannot tolerate Lauren being called a bully and YOU acting innocent and playing the victim in your most recent posts so I’m here to address what you have had to say about artisaen’s post. Here is the post in question:

Artisaen is being called a bully for this post. Did she speak ill of you? No. Did she shame people who associate with you? No. It was a politely-worded request made so that she can feel comfortable on her own blog, similar to how you put my and Gigi’s urls on your “users you need tagged” list. Did I or Gigi stir up drama over being included on that list? No. WE WERE THE VICTIMS in whatever “drama” happened and yet we said nothing of you naming us on your blacklist as though we were the bad guys.

You “messed” with your Own reputation when you did every single fucking thing outlined in that callout, honey. Your reputation is being a M/M FETISHIST, a TRANSMISOGYNIST, an INCEST APOLOGIST, a BULLY, a VAGUE POSTER, a RULE-BREAKER, need I go on? Don’t act like you deserve some fucking medal for only asking that Gigi & I be tagged and artisaen & everyone who supported her post are somehow monsters when her reasoning for making said post was her discomfort with your GENUINELY PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIOR while your reason for putting us on your blacklist was simply us having a problem with said behavior which had already BEEN MADE KNOWN TO YOU MULTIPLE TIMES. Despite this, you and those who support you had a LOT to say about she and the rest of us choosing not to associate with the lot of you, a lot of which was fucking BULL SHIT.

First what the fuck is with this “””squad”” “” mess and “””similar aesthetic””” lmao do you fucking think this is some kind of “you can’t sit with us” clique drama ????? Yes, we’re friends. Yes, you make All of us uncomfortable for all of the reasons already made known to you yet you insist on playing innocent and victimizing yourself in your responses to being made aware of artisaens post. You thinking you NEED to be given a fucking “chance” to talk to or write with anyone is the REASON this whole thing started in spring/summer of last year. you would keep trying to talk to and interact with people who had not followed you back/did not want to write with you, repeatedly tried to follow again when they softblocked you, CLEARLY SHOWED YOU DID NOT READ RULES, and VAGUED when you weren’t given what you wanted. you “not understanding” is the REASON callouts against you and posts saying people don’t want to interact with those who excuse your behavior have had to be made. “No communication” ???????????? just how far is your head up your ass??? Tsu had messaged you, smaller callouts had ALREADY been made, people had been trying to tell you for MONTHS ON END why you make some people uncomfortable and yet you do nothing to change it, react defensively, and respond with sarcasm. Fine. You can go ahead and do whatever the fuck you want and have whoever the fuck you want cheer you on but then don’t fucking go and think people won’t take measures to make sure neither you or your apologists are anywhere near them. I’m just fucking floored that you’re so intent on playing innocent victimizing yourself with “wah wah they never gave me a chance” and “i don’t understand!!!” in these responses when you KNOW about all the problems people have with you.

@murdermage @draconfell “bullies” huh lmao that’s really fucking funny but consider: doing a bit of research so you know just what exactly you’re defending. consider: the REAL nasty people are those who tell innocents to “””””lick their 6th hole” “” “  without knowing the facts. Luckily for you, you don’t have to lift a finger since said research has already been compiled in a callout posted this afternoon on this very blog detailing how Howl has BULLIED MINORS (lmao you guys like to throw the word “bully” around so much news flash you’re defending one), COPIED FROM, HARASSED, and BULLIED DUPLICATES, MADE PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE, AND CLEARLY DOESN’T FUCKING READ RULES. Now, maybe you, like many others, are jumping to Howl’s defense on principle alone and without knowing the full situation. If that is the case and you change your mind after reading the posts made on this blog and want your responses to be removed, message this blog and we will abide. If you STILL support Howl’s actions, however, your responses will remain posted as people deserve to know if they’re interacting with someone who condones such vile behavior.

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wow, yana. i always say this but ilysm

1: when you have cereal, do you have more milk than cereal or more cereal than milk?

more milk bc i pour in the milk first

2: do you like the feeling of cold air on your cheeks on a wintery day?

i DON’T

3: what random objects do you use to bookmark your books?

business cards mainly

4: how do you take your coffee/tea?

i tend to drink my tea as is, i don’t like honey or sugar in it. i usually drink latte or caramel macchiatos. the only black coffee i’ve liked was the one at the twin peaks diner

5: are you self-conscious of your smile?

i am. i hate my smile. i tend to turn my head certain ways to make it look better.

6: do you keep plants?

nah, i want to tho

7: do you name your plants?

nah. i don’t really name things.

8: what artistic medium do you use to express your feelings?

just a page. i write.

9: do you like singing/humming to yourself?

yup

10: do you sleep on your back, side, or stomach?

side. if i sleep on my back, i get bad nightmares.

11: what’s an inner joke you have with your friends?

not exactly a joke, but gingys!!

12: what’s your favorite planet?

saturn

13: what’s something that made you smile today?

the food i ate tbh

14: if you were to live with your best friend in an old flat in a big city, what would it look like?

omg look in my room tag!! it’s my fave thing

15: go google a weird space fact and tell us what it is!

all of space is completely silent

16: what’s your favorite pasta dish?

ravioli

17: what color do you really want to dye your hair?

prob no color at all!!

18: tell us about something dumb/funny you did that has since gone down in history between you and your friends and is always brought up.

ok i asked my friends and they said when i record myself dancing & lip syncing to disney & musical soundtracks

19: do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw/ in it?

i do! i write my deepest darkest secrets. i also keep letters i’ve received in there

20: what’s your favorite eye color?

i dont really have one

21: talk about your favorite bag, the one that’s been to hell and back with you and that you love to pieces.

ok i had a favorite bag before, but my dog peed on it & completely ruined it so now I have a new favorite bag & it’s got flowers on it & i just bought it.

22: are you a morning person?

yup. i wake up incredibly early for work so i’m used to it

23: what’s your favorite thing to do on lazy days where you have 0 obligations

read, watch shows & movies. also go to the beach

24: is there someone out there you would trust with every single one of your secrets?

my sister probs

25: what’s the weirdest place you’ve ever broken into?

literally nowhere

26: what are the shoes you’ve had for forever and wear with every single outfit?

my black docs. i need to buy new ones

27: what’s your favorite bubblegum flavor?

that blue mint one

28: sunrise or sunset?

sunset

29: what’s something really cute that one of your friends does and is totally endearing?

omg i love how all of my friends have very individual laughs but one of my best friends does this thing where when i say something that’s really stupid-funny, he tries to stop himself from laughing & brings his hand up to his face, but he ends up just laughing more.

30: think of it: have you ever been truly scared?

yeah, when i watch literally any scary movie

31: what is your opinion of socks? do you like wearing weird socks? do you sleep with socks? do you confine yourself to white sock hell? really, just talk about socks.

love them. i actually ordered a lot of them a couple of days ago & i nearly cried when they came in the mail. i guess you could consider them “weird.” i’m gonna wear them with my mary janes. i don’t really sleep w/socks. the only thing that can rival my love for socks is my love for tights

32: tell us a story of something that happened to you after 3AM when you were with friends.

only thing i can really think of is the night after prom when we stayed up all night & then snuck onto a gold course which was connected to the beach…so wait, maybe I guess I have sort of broken into somewhere.

33: what’s your fave pastry?

would a nutella crepe be considered a pastry? if not, probs a muffin

34: tell us about the stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?

i actually didnt really…

35: do you like stationary and pretty pens and so on? do you use them often?

yesss. i love them so much, but i dont own stationary. i really should buy some. i also love colored felt tip pens, which i do use for my notes and journal.

36: which band’s sound would fit your mood right now?

the talking heads

37: do you like keeping your room messy or clean?

i like to keep it clean, but it’s rly just messy

38: tell us about your pet peeves!

honestly just ignorant, dumb ppl.

39: what color do you wear the most?

yellow

40: think of a piece of jewelry you own: what’s it’s story? does it have any meaning to you?

yes, my best friend got me the most beautiful necklace with michael cera’s face on it. so yes, it has a lot of meaning to me.

41: what’s the last book you remember really, really loving?

“rubyfruit jungle” by rita mae brown

42: do you have a favorite coffee shop? describe it!

yessss. it’s very open and they have a lot of good food. it’s adjacent to a restaurant/bar. it has a hanging boat on the ceiling. it’s 2 stories. also i’m sort of in love with one of the cashiers.

43: who was the last person you gazed at the stars with?

i honestly don’t remember

44: when was the last time you remember feeling completely serene and at peace with everything?

i was a lil drunk & hanging out w/my best friend. we were playing around with a small piano keyboard he has. i guess i felt v at peace bc i was drunk??

45: do you trust your instincts a lot?

yes

46: tell us the worst pun you can think of.

what do you call a bear w/no teeth? a gummy bear

47: what food do you think should be banned from the universe?

brussel sprouts bc they almost killed me

48: what was your biggest fear as a kid? is it the same today?

i think rollercoasters or clowns? def not a big deal for me now

49: do you like buying CDs and records? what was the last one you bought?

i don’t bc i don’t have a record player. i like my person mixtape CDs, but I don’t buy them

50: what’s an odd thing you collect?

i don’t collect anything odd…?

51: think of a person. what song do you associate with them?

“go solo” by tom rosenthal

52: what are your favorite memes of the year so far?

it’s still early in the year, but i still love pull the trigger, piglet

53: have you ever watched the rocky horror picture show? heathers? beetlejuice? pulp fiction? what do you think of them?

i’ve watched all of them. i’m a massive fan of them in that order…except for maybe pulp fiction? i dont care too much for that one

54: who’s the last person you saw with a true look of sadness on their face?

i think my sister

55: what’s the most dramatic thing you’ve ever done to prove a point?

omg i really cannot talk about it here.

56: what are some things you find endearing in people?

honestly just the way they smile, or they do little quirks when they think no one’s watching

57: go listen to bohemian rhapsody. how did it make you feel? did you dramatically reenact the lyrics?

makes me feel great & of course i did

58: who’s the wine mom and who’s the vodka aunt in your group of friends? why?

oh god, can i be both? i think i’m the vodka aunt in all of my friend groups, but i’m occasionally just the wine mom

59: what’s your favorite myth?

demeter & persephone

60: do you like poetry? what are some of your faves?

i do! i wish i was better at it so i could enjoy it more tho. my faves are literally anything my best friend writes.

61: what’s the stupidest gift you’ve ever given? the stupidest one you’ve ever received?

i honestly can’t remember

62: do you drink juice in the morning? which kind?

nope

63: are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organized or kinda leave them be?

i sort of just leave them be

64: what color is the sky where you are right now?

blue

65: is there anyone you haven’t seen in a long time who you’d love to hang out with?

yes wah, all my friends that are off at college

66: what would your ideal flower crown look like?

67: how do gloomy days where the sky is dark and the world is misty make you feel?

very calm and warm, especially when i’m inside or driving

68: what’s winter like where you live?

cold, drizzly, if we’re lucky we get more rain.

69: what are your favorite board games?

settlers of catan, clue, life, parcheesi

70: have you ever used a ouija board?

no & i never will

71: what’s your favorite kind of tea?

general mint tea

72: are you a person who needs to note everything down or else you’ll forget it?

yes, i keep many to-do lists

73: what are some of your worst habits?

drinking starbucks every day, not hanging out w/ppl i rly care about, talking about writing but not actually doing it

74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.

they’re incredibly smart and they do this thing where their lips are always perfectly smooth and never chapped & they run their tongue over them, so much so that i’ve taken on after them. i barely see them and i’m p sure i won’t see them much anymore bc they’re officially moving to the east coast this upcoming year.

75: tell us about your pets!

she’s a brown weiner dog & a bitch, but she’s also sweet & gentle. but she can be a real bitch. & she’s only a year old

76: is there anything you should be doing right now but aren’t?

writing

77: pink or yellow lemonade?

yellow

78: are you in the minion hateclub or fanclub?

hateclub

79: what’s one of the cutest things someone has ever done for you?

i think i’ve mentioned this before but after something shitty happened to me, my best friend made me a little letter with crayons.

80: what color are your bedroom walls? did you choose that color? if so, why?

blue & brown. i did. when i was in middle school, i wanted it to look regal & like marie antoinette’s room??

82: are/were you good in school?

i am

83: what’s some of your favorite album art?

84: are you planning on getting tattoos? which ones?

if i would, i’d get black lil doodles, but i pitched the idea to a couple of friends & they were like nah so i’m rethinking it

85: do you read comics? what are your faves?

i don’t

86: do you like concept albums? which ones?

sure, i dont really know any specific ones tho

87: what are some movies you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?

little miss sunshine, short term 12, 500 days of summer, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, her, juno

88: are there any artistic movements you particularly enjoy?

surrealism

89: are you close to your parents?

very!!

90: talk about one of your favorite cities.

i dont think you can fully appreciate a city until you live in it for awhile or you experience it through someone who lives there. it just feels different when you’re staying with someone or you’re staying in a hotel. i’ve loved san fran for years now, but i didn’t fully experience it until i visited and stayed with my friend who lives there. i was done seeing the typical tourist-y areas & i got to go to places that were really cool, but not many tourists would go to. it just felt different

91: where do you plan on traveling this year?

new york at the beginning of the fall!!

92: are you a person who drowns their pasta in cheese or a person who barely sprinkles a pinch?

drowns it in cheese

93: what’s the hairstyle you wear the most?

half up half down

94: who was the last person you know to have a birthday?

someone i go to school with

95: what are your plans for this weekend?

well, it’s the end of this weekend, but only plans were to work & do homework

96: do you install your computer updates really quickly or do you procrastinate on them a lot?

procrastinate until my computer can’t run without them

97: myer briggs type, zodiac sign, and hogwarts house?

infj, taurus, hufflepuff

98: when’s the last time you went hiking? did you enjoy it?

shit, it must’ve been when my friends away at college were here. i believe i enjoyed it

99: list some songs that resonate to your soul whenever you hear them.

“too late” by m83, “rivers & roads” by the head and the heart, “up all night” by oliver tank, “in this shirt” by the irrepressibles, “the promise” by when in rome, “the big ship” by brian eno

100: if you were presented with two buttons, one that allows you to go 5 years into the past, the other 5 years into the future, which one would you press? why?

shit. into the past i think. i think it’d freak me out too much to see into the future.