#(except maybe paradise but that’s ok)

[arsenicflame]

hes a bit of a prick (affectionate)

[harrylights]

documentation of last night for future self ✨

[sunfiltersthroughwillowleaves]

who would read a fluffy xianle quartet fic with added fluff and maybe a lil more fluff

includes: shi qingxuan convincing mu qing to crossdress with him, a very awkward sleepover where everyone in the xianle quartet invites their best friends and he xuan and shi qingxuan see each other and start making reparations, feng xin and mu qing teaming up to try and win the heart of the crown prince only to also fall for the ghost king, homophobia in the heavenly capital, and much more! (if it gets written idk if i will)

i might just start planning out the sleepover at paradise manor below the cut...

ok so mu qing, after crossdressing with shi qingxuan, invites him

xie lian's like "ok i guess i cant invite sqx who do i invite?" he ends up inviting ling wen, who is relieved for a break, and yushi huang, bc she did help them overthrow the government last time i guess

feng xin has no friends. he invites pei ming in the end because why not

hua cheng invites he xuan because yin yu said no, and hua cheng has no other besties

so the party is xianle quartet, the remaining Cancers, shi qingxuan, and yushi huang

pei ming has the wonderful idea to play spin the bottle, shi qingxuan agrees bc at this point he knows mu qing has a crush on xie lian and hua cheng

xie lian has no idea what spin the bottle is, but shi qingxuan goes first bc hes kinda besties with everyone here (except the ghost king), lands on yushi huang, gives her a lil peck on the cheek. pei ming goes "hey! thats not how you play! you have to kiss them on the lips actually!"

he is ignored.

next is hua cheng, who spins, and thanks to his incredible luck, lands on gege! kisses him on the lips and hands it to he xuan.

he xuan does not spin the bottle.

next is pei ming, who spins it and lands on ling wen. the immovable glare she affixes him with is enough to make him back off. she leaves the circle and goes to sleep on one of the couches at like 11 (there are many couches in paradise manor bc hua cheng needs something to kiss xie lian on)

pei ming complains that he gets to spin again because he didnt kiss anyone, but no one listens bc no one wants to kiss him lol

next up is yushi huang, who lands on pei ming. she starts by wiping off his cheek with a wet towel, her lips barely making contact with his cheek, then wiping off her lips with a different towel. pei ming is very embarassed and red.

then we got feng xin, who is very scared. he lands on he xuan. uh oh. he walks a lil closer. then a lil closer. he kisses his own hand and pats he xuan on the shoulder. the glare that he xuan is wearing is very very very scary. he is very scared. like hes about to pee himself. but at least. he managed it. pei ming doesnt comment surprisingly.

mu qing is next (of course they sat next to each other guys), who lands on xie lian. oh no oh no oh no. he leans over. kisses xie lian very very quickly on the cheek. he is very very very very red and blushing.

yeah mu qing will get murdered if he falls asleep at the sleepover.

now it's xie lian's turn. everyone wants to kiss him for different reasons except he xuan, so of course that's who he lands on.

xie lian knows this is platonic except hes not really friends with he xuan??? and also the tension between he xuan and shi qingxuan has been physically (whats the touch version of audible?), so hes very nervous.

"you dont have to do it if you dont wanna gege"

"yes he does!" shouts pei ming

xie lian kisses his finger and taps the Supreme on the cheek.

yeah, he xuan's debt is getting increased for that.

ANYWAYS might update this later bye, lmk if youd read this

[porcelainmortal]

Ok well I gotta go with 👀 lol

Thank you for the ask, Sara!!

In a surprise to absolutely no one, these ficlets took me so much longer than I planned. 😅 I hope it was worth the wait!! (It's slightly horny, fyi.)

👀 Skinny dipping in the sea

If someone had asked Alex what his perfect honeymoon would be, he would have said this. Even though a year ago, he didn’t even know this existed. Henry had been the one to suggest a totally private island, away from prying eyes or anyone to bother them. With the exception of a few staff who take a boat over once a day (a maid who tidies up and brings fresh towels and a chef who cooks them dinner), they are completely and utterly alone. Their security team has a villa on the main island and access to the 24-hour boat service, should the need arise. But otherwise, there is no way on or off this island.

It’s been another perfect day in paradise and the chef has gone back to the mainland. They’ve cleaned up from dinner and the sun is setting, throwing the most vibrant, gorgeous colors across the sky, and Alex is not about to fucking miss it.

“Come on, baby,” he says, pulling on Henry’s hand as he affectionately rolls his eyes and stands from his lounger. Henry wanted to finish his chapter of the book he was reading, but the sunset waits for no man. “Let’s enjoy it from the water.”

When they get to the beach, Henry pauses in his tracks. He looks down at himself, then at Alex, a sly smile taking over his face. He hooks his hands in the waistband of his swimsuit and shimmies it off, stepping out and taking Alex’s hand again. Alex takes the hint, pushing his shorts down as well and dragging Henry into the ocean.

Alex has skinny dipped a lot of places – Lake LBJ dozens of times, pools and hot tubs at houses and villas they’ve rented, and once, Nora’s grandparents’ pool in Vermont (but that’s a story for another time). But he’s never done it in open ocean and it feels fucking amazing. The salty water is smooth and refreshing against his skin and Henry’s palm is firm and centering in his. They wade out until they’re both in up to their chests and Alex scans the sky, watching the setting sun fling the most incredible colors across it. 

The warm oranges and pinks and purples make Henry’s skin glow when Alex glances over and sees Henry watching him.

“You’re not watching the sunset.”

“Am I not allowed to look where I want?”

“It’s only fucking romantic if we watch the sunset together, baby.”

“It is?” And with that, Henry tugs Alex closer, grabbing his butt as leverage to pull him up, forcing Alex’s legs to wrap around Henry’s waist as his arms come up around his neck. It leaves him a little breathless, the abruptness with which Henry can still surprise him and render him speechless. 

“Baby,” Alex groans, leaning in to kiss the grin off Henry’s face. It’s lazy and languid and deep and fucking everything and Alex wants to drown in Henry’s kiss, right here in this beautiful ocean. After several minutes or maybe hours, Alex pulls back, panting, and sees all the love he feels reflected back in Henry’s eyes. The intensity of his moment makes Alex shudder and he pulls Henry back to him again. “I love you,” he mumbles against Henry’s lips.

Henry tilts his head, mumbles, “I love you more” against Alex’s jaw.

“Lies,” Alex groans as Henry’s hands flex where they’re holding him and their hips start to move instinctively, seeking friction.

They rut together and Alex forgets about the sunset until Henry is licking along his collarbone and his head falls back. His eyes open for a moment and he gasps in wonder at the colors above him. 

“Henry, baby. Look.”

Henry removes his lips to look up, their bodies still moving together in perfect, practiced rhythm. 

“Beautiful,” Henry whispers. Alex’s eyes drop down to find Henry staring at him instead of the view. He has no words left, just noises of pleasure as their mouths slot back together once more. 

When Alex comes, it’s the reverent look on Henry’s face that lives inside his head. When he starts to come down, it’s the rainbow of colors painted across the sky that make this moment singular. When Henry’s eyes open after his own release, it’s the perfect blue that reminds Alex that he’s home, even in the middle of an ocean on the other side of the world. 

After the trip ends, they’ll tell people about this sunset. How vibrant it was, how breathtaking. But the moment they shared during it… that’s just for them.

Ficlet Friday Summer/Holiday Prompts

[fritzes]

rank the m1000s 👀🙏

ooh okay, I’m not gonna do the ones that keep changing around (I’m sorry maria I love you but your 1000 isn’t getting on the list):

indian wells. for non taylor fritz related reasons I SWEAR (okay maybe a little bit). I mean, it's literally tennis paradise. no other masters can really compare to this in my opinion, there's something really magical about it. it's the first combined 1000 of the year, it is absolutely carrying the "sunshine" in sunshine double (we'll get to miami later), and did any other 1000 get its very own maya edit? I don't think so

monte carlo (don't kill me!). ok picking something to be #2 made me realize that the drop-off from indian wells is real, I had a hard time with this one. and as much as I dislike monte carlo as a place... that court has off the charts vibes. the 2023 edition might be one of my favorite tournaments ever, and I like the way it kicks off clay season. the vibes guys, the vibes!

cincinnati. tbh I'm surprising myself with this one because I've never reeeeeally been able to take cincy seriously because like. it's in ohio. it's known for having players hang out at an applebees. but jokes aside, I kinda love it. the place on the calendar is good, it's a nice warmup for the us open. also influenced by recency bias because the 2023 edition, both wta and atp, were so good. I don't know, I really like its place in the tour, it's just so solid

rome. if you thought cincy had recency bias, let me introduce you to the daniil-incudced overrating of rome. this kinda occupies the same space as cincy, being the real warmup tournament for rg, and same as cincy, I like its place in the calendar and the tour. except, unlike cincy, this is clay season so insanity galore. iga double bageling pliskova in the final that one time will always be iconic and of course, the hard court specialist himself winning this tournament will elevate it forever

miami. "but maya! miami is cursed! it's always raining! how can you put it so high?" two words: jannik sinner. yeah the jannik miami narratives strike a chord in my brain like few other player + tournament pairings do and it makes me so insane that I kind of learned to make gifs just because I had a jannik miami gifset idea. other than jannik, despite the nature of it being very much cursed, it does usually produce some really good tennis in the last few rounds

madrid. ah, madrid. if we were going off of tennis alone, this would be top 3 easily. back to back amazing igaryna finals, carlos' magical 2022 run, andy murray beating rafa in the final in straight sets somehow, ons' win in 2022. alas, there is more that just the tennis, and the organization of this tournament is genuinely horrible and so fucking sexist. a tournament like this does not deserve the quality of tennis it gets

doha/dubai. yes I know they're two separate 1000s this year but they've always flip-flopped in the past so as a 1000, it's always been one entity to me (and there's nothing that would put one above or below the other). there's always really good matches, obviously iga consistently sweeps doha and it's amazing, but dubai also gave us krejcikova's absolutely ridiculous 2023 run and this year's final was amazing. always a solid tournament with some great tennis

montreal/toronto. I feel bad for putting it so low, but it's always been kinda meh to me. 2023's chaos aside, this is the tournament where top players find their feet on hardcourts after wimbledon, and... I don't know. it's perfectly fine, but there's nothing really remarkable about it

shanghai/beijing. another one that I feel really bad for putting low, but there's something about that post-us open big tournament that just feels so bleh. the season is so long already and the players are just so exhausted. it doesn't usually take away from the quality of the tennis, it just doesn't have the same feeling as the stuff above it. I would say it feels a bit tacked on, but there's only one tournament I really think that about and that's...

paris. good god. there is something wrong with this tournament. I don't think an indoor 1000 is a bad idea, but the court and the lighting is just so bland, especially when compared to turin which is just two weeks later. at this point in the season, the top players want to be at the finals and anyone who isn't a top player just wants to be home and it just feels like an exhausted tournament. casper was right about one thing in his yap session the uts dinner: paris is easily the worst masters 1000

[journeysfable]

Ok so I found some interesting stuff I think?

I was just watching a clip and Fit was sent on a mission and found this book full of outpost names and I paused and searched them up and...

all of Sector A is named after mythical utopian (except for 1) locations from Slavic folklore and all of Sector B is named after Norse gods I think.

Vitor-A name that means champion. Also maybe a mountain in Slavic mythology that was made in heaven and frequently changes locations Bujan-(Buyan) A mythical island paradise that appears and reappears with the tide. Opona-(the kingdom of Opona) A utopia where peasants are no longer oppressed and live happily under the rule of a pure and just tsar Viraj-(Iriy) The place human souls in the form of birds fly to for winter Nawia-(Nav) The underworld. Basically the result of Christianity's influence on Iriy. Also its where souls that died tragic deaths go. They're jealous of the living and become monsters. Tyr-The Norse god of war Wodan-Odin. Donar-Thor Mani-Possibly the Norse god of the moon? Frija-Either Freya or Frigg

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I really want to talk about Sector A cause it has some really strong connections to Quesadilla Island.

(pretty much all the info I got was from wikipedia, excluding Vitor, which I only found one source for)

Vitor is a mysterious mountain that changes location with the wind. Apparently dragons live on it. And it was created in heaven by the god of thunder and war, Perun.

Bujan is really interesting. It reminds me of Quesadilla Island a lot. It's a paradise and home to three brothers, The West, East, and North Wind. It's also home to The Deathless, who hid his immortality/soul in an egg and then hid that egg in a tree. It's also said the island was made in heaven by Perun. There's also a legend that there's a stone with healing properties guarded by a bird and serpent. (also note that an "strong east wind" was a reason for evacuation of the outpost. (If the two white and one black Curucuhos are brothers that correspond to the wind, did one of them go berserk?))

The Kingdom of Opona is a utopia where all the peasants are no longer oppressed and live happily under a white Tsar.

Vyraj is the place where human souls, in the form of birds, go to for winter, before returning to be reborn (sometimes the returning souls are carried by storks and nightjars)

So yea I just think all this is interesting.

Also this probably is a coincidence but Odin is charge of preparing fallen warriors, the Einherjar, for Ragnarok and for a split second I started wondering if the island was like Valhalla and that's why it's so fucked up and full of things that can one shot you if you aren't wearing armor. Or maybe Etoiles is like an Einherjar. He keeps being told to protect something... Or maybe I need to chill out and read an actual fucking book for a little bit.

Small thing but I spelled Einherjar right on my first try :D am proud of myself.

[tentacledwizard]

tumblr user tentacledwizard reviews: Employee of the Month

 

  So recently [read: a few hours ago], @cgtg hosted a sort of movie night. The movie was Employee of the Month, starring Dane Cook. I joined it because I am always willing to expand my cinematic repertoire and also cgtg’s Davekat stuff is really good. Like I don’t even ship Davekat that much but their content is excellent. And the Sandler rap perfectly encapsulates my opinions on Adam Sandler as an actor, because ever since my dad played Billy Madison my life has been ok I’ll just do the review now.

So okay, I was prepared to have an ironically good time. I was convinced the movie would be 100% shit tier, just like Dave Strider said. But I should have known that Dave is not a reliable source. Because this movie was fun. I had a great time. When it comes to official reviews, I’ve seen mainly lukewarm/frosty attitudes towards Employee of the Month but *clears throat* Whatever. 

Now, those who know me know of my passionate love for Home Depot. And if you didn’t know about this, now you do. I wrote a Home Depot/necromancy story in like 7th grade. Home Depot is paradise on earth. You could survive a zombie apocalypse in there. It has everything you need for survival- shelter, crops, energy drinks, etc. This movie basically takes place inside a Home Depot. I forget what the store was actually called. It doesn’t matter. You just need to understand that I love Home Depot so I will generally enjoy movies set inside Home Depots. That was a pretty big factor in my enjoyment. Never mind the fact that this was filmed inside a Costco.

Now onto the actual movie. By rom-com standards, is this a good rom-com? Ehhh. No. The main romance between Dane Cook and “Blond Tart” was half-baked. I saw nothing that distinguished the fair-haired love interest from the other rom-com love interests before/after her, except maybe her big ears. The pair had like nothing in common, mainly because I don’t really know about their interests? Gotta say that Dane Cook had far more chemistry with the other blond tart (aka the antagonist). I wasn’t rooting for the main couple. This is also partly because of the movie’s intense homosexuality. I am not even kidding. Their date was cute though, I just wish they actually had some things in common and we learned more about the love interest.

So basically the plot is that this guy Zack (Dane Cook) works at Fictional!Home Depot and he seems like kind of a “slacker.” He is rivals with a smarmy blond Eminem cousin named Vince (Dax Shepard), who seems like a “stand up guy.” Obviously he is a douche bag who flirts with everyone in a very unprofessional way. There’s some kind of subplot about the store trying to beat another retail place. Then this new employee (Jessica Simpson) waltzes into the place. (I could say she “breasted boobily,” but nah.) Her name is Amy and she allegedly has a thing for employees of the month. So Zack falls in love, but obviously Vince starts making some moves on her. Now Zack has to win Employee of the Month to get the girl, or else Vince will. (There was nothing to worry about though, he dates Amy without even getting the position yet. Also Vince is super awkward/gay.) 

So let me just bullet point this. I’ll cover the characters/plot points/romance plots.

CHARACTERS:

Zack: The main character, Dane Cook. For everyone watching, there was this process of thinking oh no he’s cute and then falling in love with him. Look, he is actually pretty cute. I don’t make the rules. That dorky smile of his is great. He does have his flaws, like being focused only on his own problems. Dude just apologize. But they do get addressed. He’s a pretty good main character, and he really knows how to treat a girl. Home Depot date? SIGN ME UP. That’s going to be me some day, ok? I will meet some dude who shares my love for Home Depot and together we will wander the dusky aisles filled with all manner of appliances. Welp I kind of lost the plot. Anyway he has great date ideas. His little yellow car thing is a complete travesty but I will let it slide. Jorge has the better yellow vehicle but of course he does. Jorge is gangsta. 

(guy has that Kubrick stare)

Vince: The main antagonist besides the nebulous “corporate.” At first he seems like a blond flashlight that draws in the ladies like moths. He truly seems like a suave douchebag. As the movie goes on, you learn that this is untrue (the “suave” part). He is really awkward. Probably the only person in love with him is my main guy Jorge (Efren Ramirez). More on that at ten. Anyway, Vince is really good at cashiering. He does an unprofessional little circus act with the products that makes the ladies allegedly swoon. He gets Employee of the Month many, many times. Can Zack possibly usurp him?? Who knows! So yeah, Vince is a sopping and pathetic fellow. At some points you want him to shut up, but at other points you feel this deep well of pity for his plight. Negative points for using the r-word once >:( but also hey this is 2006. 

Amy: Uh. Ummm. Well she seems very friendly and… like a love interest. Uh… I’m sure there has to be more to her. Right? Oh well. Her big ears are pretty cute. Sadly, she doesn’t exactly have a personality or agency over the plot. I don’t really like plots that are just two guys fighting over a girl, except that turned out to not really be part of the movie so it’s fine. At least she called out Zack when he was being stupid, but that was mainly just to milk some drama. I think she and Lily should date.

Jorge: Jorge, the man that you are. Look, he is amazing and I cannot lie. What even is a salmon churro? The entire chat was yelling every time he was on screen. He first appears as Vince’s lackey, and he mainly helps out Vince with his various sabotage attempts. But he turns out to have more depth than that. He is like a short bug. He is willing to stab an old lady. Jorge is what we call “gangsta.” Everything he does is cool in a Jorge sort of way. He really made the movie. You can fight me on this. 

Lily: The Human Resources manager. Okay, so she doesn’t have dialogue (I think) but I wanted to include her here because she is cool and really pretty and I had a minor sexuality crisis once she arrived on screen (it happens every other day. Don’t worry about it). I like the lily in her hair. She was so real for accepting a bribe and eating that Butterfinger. <3

Grandma: She could be referred to as feisty. You could also say she’s bisexual. Kudos to her for keeping it real with Zack. The “seed of love” speech was…really dubious!

Boss man: Whatever is going on with him, it’s very gay. He outright says that he thinks/has thought about kissing guys. Maybe there’s something between him and the policeman? Anyway, I feel pretty bad that his older brother emasculated him. Not much else to say. He’s not exactly a paragon of professionalism, which is what makes this movie fun. He totally wants to be the fatherly boss but he fails. His lackey’s name is Dirk. Strider reference? You know it. (This was made 3 years before homestuck started).

BOSS Boss Man, aka Corporate Incarnate: Boss Man’s big brother, in the age sense. Okay, this guy kind of scares me. He is way less relaxed than Boss Man, and he certainly can drub people with canes. He runs a tight ship, so obviously he won’t stand for the main character mayhem going on. 

Iqbal: I don’t remember a ton of stuff about him, but he is like a lot of my family friends. He deserves good stuff because he had to put up with Zack’s crap for longer than necessary. Do I have to cover every single character? How about we move onto the main thing: shipping. It’s not really the main thing, but I'm going insane over it so for me it is.

SHIPS:

  Oh man okay, here we go. I already covered my very few thoughts on Zack/Amy so here are some ships that I find interesting.

Zack/Vince: Basically, the plot of the movie revolves around these two and their rivalry. I kind of doubt their hate is platonic. At one point Vince compares them to a pair of “old gay sailors.” Zack’s face really says it all, honestly:

Their scenes together had a ton of sexual chemistry. Intense Kubrick stares. Toreador-ish mop fights. Breaking into the other person’s house to make them late for work. You know. Like that. We all agreed that they are best summarized as “toxic yaoi.” Essentially, they are kismeses. Also, Vince is a complete mess around Amy but seems way more comfortable antagonizing Zack. I don’t think Zack is really into Vince, but it’s an interesting thought.

Vince/Jorge: Now this. THIS is the true romance of the story. You think I’m kidding? This is pretty much canon (or at least heavily implied). Where Zack and Vince had some sexual tension, these two have a Home Depot’s worth of romantic tension. They have so many little moments, like when they just kind of solemnly listen to music in a car (which turns out to be a bookend). They’re constantly around each other, and their relationship actually has an arc. Vince starts out kind of using Jorge as a henchman, but then Jorge goes against that. There’s a temporary breakup, and Vince kind of loses it. He has no one to talk to now. But he’s willing to pull himself together and give Jorge the space he needs to think things through. And THEN they have this big moment where they get back together as equals and it’s beautiful and okay it’s easier to just show you. 

(Previous image) Here we have Jorge helping Vince with his dorky-ass heelies because Vince is trying to be a coolkid like Zack.

And then we have that whole moment over there. They’re holding hands! (Hurt/comfort moment tbh)

THEIR VICTORY DANCES?? HELLO?? This is adorable i can’t

Okay, this is blatantly romantic. The words “please, come home” imply that they share a home. Perhaps they are even… roommates? But look, the normally rude Vince is actually being considerate. And he calls Jorge “homes.” Jorge normally calls him that!

Full access to the cashier’s lounge? Jorge you mad lad. 

Awww-

Okay I gasped aloud at this part. They are married. Or like they will be at some point in time. “It just feels right” yeah they are SO married. Look at the height difference. They are everything, as of four hours ago. This is cinema.

I can’t do this man why did I start reviewing this. They use each other’s pet names. Shit. Fuck you, Dane Cook movies. I hate feeling emotion like this.

yes, Jorge and Vince were the real romance subplot all along. They’re literally the last scene of the movie.

Look at the smile on Jorge’s face. Jegus. This ship is everything. These two were the real emotional core of the movie. Without them, I’d just be like “eh whatever at least it was fun.” But damn, they really delivered on the romance subplot.

Uh… Yeah I can’t really think of any other ships that I like. Vince/Amy sucks and they had nothing to say to each other. I like the idea of Amy/Lily, though! I think either of them could make employee of the month. I guess Amy/Zack is good for now though.

OTHER THINGS:

That clubhouse is awesome. Probably a big hazard considering it’s on top of that big shelf. But hey I want a Home Depot buddy lair too!

Vince saying he can get a little anal…. >:? Sir what.

Amy’s really out there auspiticizing for Zack and Vince huh? She deserves good things for having to put up with that

Why did it suddenly turn into a sports movie for a few minutes? Why were they playing softball against another hardware store? We may never know.

Banger soundtrack. 10/10.

And that’s a wrap everyone, catch me crying over the hug or making “ironic” fanart of Dane Cook and co. I really enjoyed this and I will hopefully be there for the next flick. Wow I wrote a lot about this movie. Uh. Consider it ironic, I suppose.

[dearweirdme]

https://www.tumblr.com/dearweirdme/747126700797739008/i-feel-like-its-a-possibility-that-tae-and-jk-r?source=share

God this is getting embarrassing atp. How do y'all even come up with such scenarios just to somehow prove that anything's possible....except for two guys falling in love with each other.

Acc to you anon, tae and jk and some/all wooga members are dating girls from the same friend group, and that is the only reason we are seeing an increase in taekook's "sudden" closeness. Either you are really, like really new, or you've just closed your eyes to everything except for what bh wants you to see (or you are a y/n who's desperate for them to be straight just so it won't ruin your fantasies of alpha koo and mafia tae). Jk and tae have been very close since the beginning, but some of y'all never wanted to believe it after the "awkward" narrative.

Ok so let's go though your narrative, so there are two guys who are not even close friends but are dating girls from the same friend group and are forced to spend time together bcs the girls are apparently closer to each other and want to spend more time with their friend instead of trying to spend alone time with their bfs who already have a very busy schedule. These girls also have some friends who date wooga members (lol seriously?) and that is why jk is hanging out with them. They go on double dates in single suites...why would they be in a single suite though? They can afford two suites yk that right? Jk and tae wouldn't hang out with each other if not for these girls and if one day they get married, they'll all have a joint wedding ceremony and they'll all go on joint honeymoons.

Or two guys who've been in each other's vicinity for more than a decade, have been through heaven and hell together, maybe fell in love along the way. They spend almost all of their time together,go straight to the other as soon as they come back home and not planning dates with friends (tae going to jk's for makguksu, paradise,the lives after "to find you" live), have gotten closer to their bf's friends and hang out with them, sing love songs to each other(which is apparently fan service now😑), can't stop talking about each other to the point of irritating their solos, value each other's opinions above anyone else(jk's seven and tae's layover), cling to each other even when with friends(hs concert, yoongi's concert, golden listening party,etc)....I can seriously go on and on. Seriously. I can.

Also, is tae dating a girl who sounds like jk🤔? Coz we definitely heard someone who sounds exactly him in bed with tae at 3 in the morning just after he had come back from the US.

You know what the problem is? It's that you want to negate the possibility of them being anything but straight. You see them together so much, you see that they are closer than regular friends, so you conjure up a whole ass narrative just to prove that they aren't even close friends so there's not even the slightest possibility of them being anything more than just friends.

Hi anon!

Yes!

[fallen-mist]

You have a hot singer gf and show it off to her dad

+Fem reader

•sorry my dudes, uta needs a hot gf too ok

+Uta (one piece)

+One piece film red spoilers

+Warnings: Cursing, slightly suggestive? I’m a minor so no people actually doing the deed

+Short but I don’t write one piece So NO ONE PIECE REQUESTS (this is the only exception)

+Solid ending? No.

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First off, you are one lucky girl. Will you be spared from the concert? Maybe if you convince her too with sweet flirts and enough kisses. Yeah, she loves you a lot but she wants you to have a special paradise too! Well, just don’t explicitly say that you don’t think this is a good idea. Because you might end up like the strawhats (besides luffy) but not with the humiliation. You’re her girlfriend! Not a pirate!

You trying to convince her is probably one of the hardest things to do..

• “Babe, can I not go into your paradise?”

• “Huh? Why?”

• “Aha.. well.”

• “Is it because my concert is not going to be fun enough?!”

• “No! I just want to.. protect you from marines!”

• “Oh y/n, you know at my concert, everyone is equal!”

• “Yes but that won’t stop me from loving you”

Something like that but when Uta is about to stab the Strawhat and luffy in the real world, you’re there. You will support your girlfriend! No matter how insane she is and subtly trying to inch her back to sanity. But thats how you met shanks.

Not a good start because of how much trauma Uta holds and tells you. So when she’s stopped, you’re kinda just staring. Yes you might be tall but 6”6 tall? No. But when your girlfriend starts making the sleeping people attack, you join in. Mainly aiming for shanks.

I mean, wasn’t he the reason for her trauma? Like he exploded Elegia and left uta while partying. She needed so many kisses and cuddles after she told you! But you didn’t expect him to be quite strong to hold like multiple people..

But yes he noticed you were awake so you decided to spill the beans.

• “I fucked your daughter”

Wwhiiiich caught him off guard. It was sudden and now he knows his daughter has a girlfriend whom she loves a lot…

So what do you do? Brag about it!

• “Yeah she’s so pretty!”

• “She’s like supperrr good at you know what”

• “I kissed her before you came here

• “She sang a song ab-“

you were interrupted by someone saying “WE GET IT!-“

[glygriffe]

Rec list of the month

I started reading late in the month of May but here are the little gems I collected on the way. (I also started to hoard some fics to read later so there's that to look forward to!)

Supernatural

Prettiest One: A little bit of fluff to soften the pain of a broken leg. By @dean-winchester-is-a-warrior (Dean x Reader)

Untitled drabble: Making sure Dean is ok and opening a door into his psyche he rarely uses... A drabble by @lipstickandwhiskey (Dean, Reader)

Jack's Garden: A short story of what Paradise looks like for Jack, and who are his gardeners... by @posingasme on AO3 (No pairing)

A leprechaun in the bunker: a sweet story about soulmates and slowish burn by @kazsrm67 (Dean x Reader)

Untitled: a short fluffy piece about how the love of a child can change you by @shellygurumi (Dean, Castiel - kind of background pairing)

Foxholes: a mature ficlet by@thoughtslikeaminefield about Annie Hawkings and her sexy times with Bobby, Sam, and Dean that suggests more than it tells. But it tells enough to get my imagination going... (Annie x Bobby, Annie x Dean, Annie x Sam)

Homesick: a short Sam POV from the pilot episode by @mrswhozeewhatsis that is equally fluff and angst. (Sam x Jess)

Alone, I know: No one understood the emotional damage Sam endured in the Cage. A whump ficlet by Rulerofpotatoes on AO3. (No pairing)

What more can I say: to laugh a little. By @justagirlinafandomworld (Sam x Reader)

Best laid plans: (Supernatural adjacent) A sweet RPF series about falling in love in the land of the rich and famous by @thinkinghardhardlythinkingogblog (Jensen x Reader)

Stranger Things

Untitled: A season 4 Upside-down finale battle AU where Steve and Eddie fight side by side with the help of Robin and Nancy by @metalhoops. (Eddie x Steve)

Untitled: How dating Steve Harrington changed Eddie Munson? by @metalhoops (Eddie x Steve)

Other fandoms or original works

Gotta Catch 'Em All (Pokémon, Bas Guys, Etc.): a sweet IronDad trying to be a good parent to Peter. By @lemonlillybee on AO3 (Tony Stark, Peter Parker)

Necromancer EMT: Annabelle has trouble getting recertified… 😆 by @ofgeography (No pairing)

Tumblr’s lore: the love story of Todd and Annette by a collective based on a prompt by @writing-prompt-s (funny enough, no pairing - except maybe Annette x Charles)

[blue-jester]

Hey, I'm wondering what's the whole deal with your oc Magiajam? What are they like?

Oh! Ok so

Magia is a lot.. Different from others that are considered divine, I'll explain their backstory first to make this more coherrent [and to give tumblr a better explaination because I realize I don't tell you guys enough about anyone other than Bast]

So! They were born of the magic of paradise, a god formed from the very energies of the most divine and holy place in the universe, on the younger end of the pantheon too. They started out as a small ball of flame that grew with their element [magic]-

Though while they remember paradise as being this perfect, unimaginably peaceful place... They did have one person who'd always, ALWAYS ruin their day. Raver.

[Raver is my evilest oc and I have ABBADON]

Anyhow, Ravers the god of chaos and trickery and as a kid the only one who he could pick on was Magia because they were the only one younger and thus not a threat. So he'd constantly steal their food, trap them somehow and dunk them in the water or pick them up with his tail hand and just generally bully the poor thing. This.. Caused Magiajam to be somewhat of a recluse, hiding in burrows instead of socializing with the other gods which made them crave attention, but they were scared to look for it for a time.

So they would do things for the other gods, they gave Aradite her wings, they gave Faye a sword, they were just... The guy you go to to get things, really. That's all anyone ever visited them for, anyways... But don't be fooled, they were egotistical even despite all this- all gods were. They thought themself the strongest greatest thing in the entire universe and that they should be recognized goddamnit! [and they they should be allowed to maul Raver to death- wait what]

So, after some planning, they thought up the best way to get the recognition [and love] they deserved!

They'd challenge the matter gods.

Now.. The matter gods, they're the strongest beings to ever have sentiance, stronger than the one they were spawned from... Void Termina. The very embodiments of their element, the matters which make up every single thing in the universe... Nothing can fight them. Nothing except maybe a Kirby and the power of friendship and Love [and an incredibly pissed off catboy who dragged his kirby to beat their asses but that's way far in the future- and in an au]

So Magiajam, drunk on their own power thought THEY could take them down. They didn't want to take over- they didn't wanna shake things up.. They just wanted attention. In that fight, they made one fatal error- they wanted to win so badly they went all out in the battle and accidentally destroyed a bit of paradise and disturbed the peace- waking souls and scarring the land.

This is considered an unforgivable sin, to disturb the peace in the holy land of bliss. And so,

The matter gods went all out as well. Taking control of the poor things body and slamming it hard to the ground, spearing them with hundreds or thousands of heart spears so they could torment the mind until Magia physically could not fight back and even until they were crying and pleading for them to stop, they would not. They tore off their wings and said let it be a lesson to the rest of the pantheon. Do NOT cross the four matter gods.

Then, Magia was banished from paradise, thrown far across space, far far until they landed on a hellscape planet known now as Halcandra, there they cried and cried, their flames burning cold and small under the weight and despair of their situation- they had just been banished from their home. The birthplace of a god is perhaps the most holy place one could have, without it... They're not whole. They were separated from their origin- like a small child ripped away from their mother. A hole in their aching heart that could never be filled.

However, when their divine tears hit the boiling surface of the planet, they formed into the first halcandrians, who mewed for their gods attention and pulled them out of their hysteric state.

The god had no idea what to do with them- why they couldn't look after a whole species- they didn't deserve to raise one anyways.. They were a monster. only monsters were banished from paradise.... But, they wanted these little cats to have the best chance possible at life, so they taught them about how to live, how to survive.. How to use magic.

Their heart hurt too badly for them to stay long, and they ached to return home, to paradise... They didn't want their creation following them in their metaphorical pawsteps though, so they did something they thought would stop the pain... They tore out their heart, and threw it into a volcano, which turned their heart into a mortal halcandrian known as King Jorrolor, the first king of Halcandra. They'd put him in charge of leading the species, a good leader who would protect and nurture them- then, they left "to find paradise" and redeem themself

They tried. And tried. And tried to reach paradise again- but when they finally found the gates they were turned away and harshly talked down to- they could never return, they could never redeem themself.. And now, the paradise gods lead by Raver would decide it easiest to take their anger out on them, harass them- over all the banished god would become the others punching bag and take the title of the "evil god" by the rest.

From then, they'd drift across the universe, granting any mortal who could find them a single good natured wish- because if they made all that effort to find them, they deserved something in return...

Magia doesn't want to be seen as a god. Not by the halcandrians that worship them, not by anyone. They don't deserve it and honestly? They just want.. A friend. To be treated normally and as an equal- not lesser like the gods see them, not some untouchable divine force like mortals view them- as just another person who is alive.

As for their personality now, I'd say they're very sweet if not a little bashful and anxious, they have panic attacks and suffer ptsd from the beatdown the matter gods gave them but if you can get past that they're kind, gentle and warm, they find comfort and fun in mundane tasks- they can be sarcastic at times though or irritable depending on circumstance. They're a lot nicer than any other gods you'll meet I can promise you that!

Also by warm I mean both personality wise and literal. In mortal form this fucker is basically a living space heater- or an ultra fluffy cat that's been sleeping in front of a heater for seven hours. God form is made out of literal magic flame so don't touch that though unless they're sad [they're cold when they're sad]

Uhh, got anymore questions! I'd love to hear em!

[sirensskai]

My break didn’t last long lol

Anyways the PSP…

Lana Crescent busts their car tire near a remote service station in this place called Strangetown, This guy named Oscar offers to help her. He might be a bit full of himself calling himself “the best mechanic in the world” but Lana guesses he’ll do. It’s not like there’s anywhere else to go around here.

Whilst waiting for the car to be fixed, Lana goes onto the nearby Curio Shoppe and meets Mambo Loa who claims to know their entire personality and aspiration from a reading. Her guesses are pretty accurate, she determines Lana is a knowledge sim and a shy and sensitive cancer. And also looking for a soulmate. Hmm.

Also in the shop is this crazed woman named Bella. She thinks she’s been abducted by aliens.

There was something else Mambo told Lana and that was to practice flirting. Weird, but okay. Things get a little heated

Okay the car must be fixed by now. Lana goes outside to check. Except it’s gone. Along with Oscar and the entire garage. Well shit. What Lana does find though is a phone that someone named Dr Dominic Newlow answers. He says he can give her a job. Cool.

She talks to Deputy Duncan for a while but he doesn’t seem to know what just happened either. He offers to give Lana a lift if they can find a place to stay as well as give him some donuts.

After intimidating Mambo Loa they find the donuts hidden in the bathroom trash can (ok.)

And Bella Goth sells her estate for all the 200 simoleons Lana has (Bella was pretty desperate to leave.)

And so Lana moves to Paradise Place, along with 800 simoleons from Deputy Duncan. Their neighbours include the Beakers, the Dentes, the Rossums and Dr Newlow.

Issac Rossum’s wife turns out to be a robot

The Beaker’s house has the missing garbage man’s truck (the one Deputy Duncan talked about) parked outside, hmm.

And Circe is too pale /hj

Lana keeps finding suspicious things in Hazel Dente’s house.

Dr Newlow offers to give Lana money for secrets.

And Lana’s own house may come with a maid named Emily Emory but it’s haunted. Nervous Subject immediately kills them.

Luckily the cheapest resurrection only costs 100 simoleons 🙏

It isn’t long before Lana goes insane and has to be institutionalised because this is all just too much to handle. And she also went too long without meeting Ripp.

To be continued… (maybe, I don’t think I have enough screenshots lol)

[gracefullou]

I'm going to the louis show in Birmingham which seems to be (at the moment!) The last show on his European leg so I keep swinging from "omg no what if he cuts holding onto Heartache like he did at the end of the NA leg 😭" and "omg what if he sings headline with the academic 👀" -so many months to clown!!!

I'm sorry to bother you with my clowning but I don't have any louis friends (new fan!) And am so so excited (and nervous) for the show!

Do you think he'll mix up the setlist for each leg of the tour?

It's no bother at all! Always feel free to freak out about Louis' music and shows in my inbox. Well let me start by saying congrats you're going to see him live in all his glory and get to hear the perfection that is fitf live AND at the last Europe leg concert at that. I'm sure you'll have the best time ❤️ (i'm also jealous bc i can't see him this year 😭). As far as mixing the setlist, last tour he kept it pretty much the same for all the legs (except for adding change after a certain Europe show and removing too young towards the end of the tour if i remmember correctly) but this time he seems to be playing with the setlist a lot more. I think he'll keep it mainly the same but with a few changes. I think he'll definetely add a new song (don't know what song will be the victim if he does though 😭 maybe common people 🥺) and it will be either headline (especially that you're going to see him in the last show and with the academics as openers) or paradise (afhf seems very paradise coded to me so i feel like he might perform it at the festival and then carry on with it for the Europe leg). I really hope he keeps the 505 cover and back to you (what if he replaces bty with miss you!). I also really really hope he drops wdbhg it's just light years away from his lyricism like he's such a genius songwriter and the lyrics to that song are just.. bad. It's ok if he insists on playing two 1d songs but Louis pls choose another i can't stand this one 😭. So far, he's only skipped hoth when there are curfew issues, so it depends on your luck. If there will be no such issues, i think he'll definetely play it especially that it's such a fan favorite (you can also go see him a few more shows if you can just to make sure you get to hear it live 😁). I'm hoping for always you in Amsterdam 🥺. I'll also clown and say that we'll get guitar Louis (if he doesn't do it in Europe, then i think there's no hope we'll get it this tour we'll have to wait till the next one 😭). All in all that's what i think/ hope will or will not change in the setlist (i personally think it's perfect as it is he just needs to drop wdbhg and put headline instead). And since you're new fan, i just want to say welcome to the fandom Louis and louies are the best 🫶🏽 and there are very nice and amazing solo louies here and on Twitter that you can follow. I hope you get the time of your life at the concert 💙. Until then, you're always welcome to share your thoughts and excitement in my inbox 🫶🏽

[obsessivefangirl]

Here’s a title for that ask game!

“Gone, Gone, Grenade”

aaaaAAAAA I HAVE A PERFECT IDEA

Ok! Monsterkind has been freed by Frisk. However, the paradise they always wished for isn't as beautiful as they believed.

Yes, the world is beautiful. However, monsters feel unsafe because of humans. There have been threats and monsters have been heavily discriminated against, even with rallies against them. However, aside from a couple hate crimes, no one has acted on it.

... until now.

Everyone is living their lives. One second everyone's happy. The next second, panic runs across the streets.

Some terrorists had attacked a part of a city where monsters were the highest percentage. About 40% monsters. This place was a safe space, where all the racist humans moved out, only leaving allies. Monsters feel safer together.

Which is why it's a perfect place to attack.

They used guns and fire, but their favorite weapon were grenades, which they threw at or into houses.

For 15 minutes, all hell is loose, until the terrorists are taken down or fled. 3 of them were captured, but they all got off with only a couple months and a hefty fine (5k-20k)

Sadly, our heroes lived there.

Undyne and Alphys were out on a date, Sans was conning people with his hot dog stands, and Flowey hid under the soil.

Toriel, Asgore, Papyrus and Frisk was in the attack. Frisk was hospitalized, and passes away in the hospital days later. Asgore survived, but barely.

Sans, Alphys, Undyne, and Asgore are there to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. They each learn how to survive without those they were always near. Alphys made them a bunk to hide in, and the two girlfriends kept each other stable. Alphys was the only one keeping Undyne from tracking down the killers and taking their lives.

Undyne rallies up monsters and humans to make their own version of the royal guards to keep them safe.

Eventually, although they are still hurt, everyone is able to wake up again and continue with their lives.

...

Except Sans.

Sans lost everything. He lost his brother, he lost his best friend, he lost someone he saw as a niecephew, and he lost all hope in humanity. He has nothing to live for anymore.

Slowly, he has to learn to live without them, find joy and happiness again, and maybe, eventually, he'll find forgiveness in himself.

[monstress]

this is gonna be the silliest of text posts because i just wanna talk abt single's inferno s2

watched it because my sister wanted to and a coworker rec it to me so like ok watercooler convo

i mean: reality dating shows are manufactured and scripted as hell

and it was p obvious all of the contestants are basically there to promote their own career (except nadine, the harvard premed?? but my sister said this might be her legally blonde moment and she's just trying to get something interesting to talk abt her in college entrance essay)

but what fascinates me the most abt this show is the blatant performance???

like seul-ki, basically the main character of the show, performing femininity to the degree that 3 different men pursue her but none of them clocked that her act, maybe not disingenuous, but something she is tirelessly putting in effort to appear elegant, demure, shy, and lovable? like i'm so sad that she seemed to understand her value as a woman is limited and she will work to meet societal expectations of her because she has been rewarded with attention, affection, and popularity and in her own words "she always gets what she wants".

i am speaking from a place as an outside observer (as we audience do!) but i just wanna shake her shoulders and go "aren't you tired of being nice? don't you just wanna go apeshit?". but! they are in a reality tv show watched by millions. so perform they shall...

and don't let me start on the male macho kayfabe that most of the men are on ... esp jinyoung who wouldn't make his feelings towards seul-ki evident despite knowing from the start who he'd gravitate towards (hate his ass when he revealed his real job - seul-ki dodged a bullet).

and likeeee i know they are a viewers' favorite but sol-e x sejun are sooooo scripted. i mean he can only say one line abt why he liked sol-e like way to give away that he has been fed it by the writers. i do like the performance of their little romance tho. i'm a fool for down-on-their-luck girlies being spoiled silly what can i say!

i do enjoy sejun's addition to the show tho. that man has been told by the writers to target one girl and he's like 'sure' and slept and ate and had fun. good for them

oh and the fact that se-jung never got to enjoy Paradise makes me wanna kms i've never seen injustice this blatant

final note: i was cackling at kyuhyun's reaction to the joongwoo x seul-ki storyline like he is probably projecting because the man was in his feelings i ctfu 😭

[solradguy]

I got a GG lore question, ok so Ky had to seal Dizzy away for a long time because gears were literally vanishing and this was a desperate attempt to save her life, but how come Testament, Sol and Sin weren't in any danger? Weren't they gears too? (And if it's something relating to Justice, it would still effect Sin) I'm just so confused over this part of the lore because it's never gone into detail what exactly was even happening or WHY

Sol's always a weird exception to Gear stuff because he's a prototype and, as far as we know, the only Gear based on (?) the Flame of Corruption. I'd say it's probably safe to assume anything that works on a Scales of Juno Gear won't work on him, like how Justice couldn't command him in Missing Link, or at least it won't work as effectively.

So, Valentine is trying to make a "key" to open the Cube, a magical device that would let her mold and change reality itself through manipulation of the data of the Backyard outside of the Backyard. The Cube's key needs to be created through the collection of other "keys" collected from Gear cells related to Justice, which is why Dizzy was in danger first. If Valentine got Dizzy, she'd have enough cells/keys to open the Cube sooner. But Ky sealed Dizzy in a time prison thing so Valentine resorted to absorbing weaker Gears. Sin was definitely in danger of being absorbed too:

Sol: Those guys got ahold of the key. Sin: What now? What are you talking about? Sol: We know the truth behind the disappearance of the Gears and the attack on Illyria. Valentine and company were harvesting keys from Gear cells to enter the depths of the Backyard. And the real key was your mother, but you were targeted as well since you inherited her genes. Sin: Heh. As usual, I don't get a word you're saying. So you're telling me that's why they attacked me? Sol: That's right. I'll explain in detail later.

The Gears in Paradigm's colony were also disappearing, or at least in danger of it. Here's dialog where Paradigm mentions it while talking to Sol and Izuna:

Paradigm: There are no humanoids [in the Gear colony] after all. But, true, it's not as much of a paradise as it looks. Sol: What do you mean? Paradigm: Valentine's army. They appear out of nowhere and terminate any Gears they come across. You're talking about the recent disappearance of Gears, right? We are also being targeted…But it looks like you didn't know about that. [...]

There's a whole script of the Overture story dialog over on the Wiki, if you'd like to flip through it for more context/details: [link to the script]

Testament was probably in danger of being absorbed too but it's very, very, likely that ArcSys did not have the rights to Testament when they made Overture so they were never brought up (like how Dizzy is only referred to as the "Maiden of the Grove," because they didn't have the rights to her). Testament seems pretty proficient in magic so maybe they were able to fight off any Vizuel that Valentine sent to harvest Testament's key, or at least counter any magic Valentine tried. Who knows haha