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✨Staticmoth wedding headcanons✨

Because I have a lot of thoughts but can't come up with the plot to turn it into fic

✨ Vox absolutely loses his shit. You would think that Valentino would be a groomzilla material but oh no no, Val just wants sexy dress and enough coke to last three days of partying. Vox needs everything perfect. He has his grand vision and is ready to tear with bare hands everyone who does not deliver. During the preparation time, he murders as many people as Val usually does. Velvette bails on being the wedding planner after just two weeks because it was seriously straining their friendship. But after a month, she's back in the game. Why? Because Vox strangled three other wedding planners in frustration, and things weren't moving forward, so Val was starting to freak out.

✨ The event is held at the Vees' Tower. I reckon they've got a venue suitable for hosting conferences and porn award shows.

✨ It's a grand event. I'm talking Grand™, like the Kim K and Kanye West of Hell kind of grand. But it's also elite, so the guest list isn't that long, around 200 invited people plus 50 ticketed spots for anyone willing to drop 100k hellish bucks to attend. Everything is dripping with gold and diamonds because "quiet luxury" isn't in the Vees' vocabulary. The whole affair reflects Val's aesthetic more, as it's Vox's love letter to him. Vox already had his wedding, and now it's time to fulfill his husband's dreams. So Val makes about 90% of the decisions without shouldering any real responsibilities. Which is fine by everyone because he's annoying as hell when it comes to picking roses, flamingo feathers, and starters. Nobody wants to put him in high-stress situations. Expect lots of red, pink, and gold, with heavy, decadent fabrics and neon lights; it's like an exclusive brothel meets the Las Vegas strip.

✨ When it comes to flowers, they settled on roses because they're Vox's favorites, which naturally made them Val's favorite too, given the sheer number of bouquets he's received. Vox, being the freak he is, counts every single bouquet he's ever given to Val. So, for their wedding, he ensures there are twice as many roses. Yes, he's a pathological overachiever.

✨ As for attractions, there’s a plethora of erotic dancers in cages and mesmerizing drone light shows. Karaoke, slot machines, live cooking stations, and all the drugs you can imagine. And let's not forget a fountain flowing with tequila. It's a true adult wonderland.

✨ Valentino skips the whole white dress thing and rocks a fierce red latex gown that's very Mugler but with a fetishcore twist. Vox keeps it sleek in a sharp black three-piece suit. His shirt's a bold blue, and his tie matches Val's dress. His shoulder pads are pointy, his waist is slutty, his ass looks divine. Oh yeah, about slutty waist - underneath the shirt he is hiding a leather corset, as a treat for the wedding night.

✨ Also none of them really have friends other than Velvette, just associates so there are no groomsmen/maids.

✨ Since there aren't any traditional churches or government officials in Hell (if there's even a government at all), Velvette takes on the role of officiating the wedding. Vox isn't entirely thrilled with this choice because there's always the risk she might crack a joke or publicly rib him, but hey, there's really no one else who could pull it off. I imagine that a wedding in Hell is also some form of magical contract but more about partnership than ownership. They do not exchange rings but blood sksksk also I don’t think that Vox can really wear rings with his claws? And they couldn't quite agree on a design that satisfied both of them. In the end, Val ends up wearing his illegally imported engagement ring from Earth, featuring four pink diamonds shaped like a moth's wings.

✨ Val's vow is, well, atrocious. It's the kind of thing that would definitely land him in one of those TikTok compilations of terrible grooms ruining their weddings. He mentions cream pieing Vox at least once. Vox at first freaks out but seconds later realizes Wow that's the man I'm marrying. I wouldn't want him any other way On the flip side, Vox's vow is immaculate. Crafted with the assistance of Voxtek's CMO and practiced to perfection, it leaves everyone in awe. He has out-of-body experience playing this role of prince charming.

✨ For their first dance, they opt for a steamy tango. Picture this: swirling red smoke on the floor, making it seem like they're dancing on the sky of the pride ring when the sun is setting down. Little do the guests know, the smoke is laced with drugs, sending most of them on a wild trip. The party quickly goes off the rails, but in the best way possible (according to the Vees’ standards).

✨ The cake is a five-tier monstrosity with five different flavors: tres leches and chocolate-cherry chosen by Val, confetti cake and strawberry cheesecake chosen by Vox and Red Velvet for Velvette because she couldn't shut up about it To top it all off, there's a big chocolate figure of Vox and Valentino dancing. Val is later caught drunk, eating it with his bare hands like the filthy animal he is.

✨ Velvette’s wedding gift is a pair of customized matching guns with small engravings that read "Partners in Crime."

✨ Valentino pulls off a surprise special pole dance performance as a wedding gift for his husband. Let's just say it's scorching hot and leaves at least 50 guests with, uh, visible excitement. Later on, things almost escalate to a full-on table bang, but...

✨ Velvette spends the entire evening reminding them that they can't just vanish to consummate their marriage because this whole party took months of preparations, and they need to be present. After all, people paid good money to be around them. The threat of cock cages hangs over their heads, but they promise to behave. However, Val being the horny beast he is, ends up taking Vox to the bathroom for a quickie anyway. Velvette decides to let it slide this time.

✨ At least 20 casualties mark the night. Vox ends up zapping one of the guests who gets a bit too clingy with Val during the dance. Meanwhile, Val gets into a brawl and, well, let's just say it doesn't end well for the other guy. Surprisingly, everyone seems to be having a great time, but hey, these are the Vees' colleagues we're talking about—they thrive on violence and sex.

✨ Yeah, there's no shortage of sex at this party. With a guest list mainly consisting of businesspeople, adult performers, and mobsters, tensions escalate rapidly. By around 3 A.M., half of the party is busy getting down and dirty in every corner imaginable.

✨ When Vox reaches the perfect level of drunkenness, he seizes control of the DJ station. Surprisingly, he's a natural, dropping beats like a pro and having an absolute blast. Val, meanwhile, goes absolutely wild watching him, thrilled to see Vox letting loose and embracing his creative side.

✨ Derek, Vox's assistant, is the odd one out, the only low-status person to snag an invite because Vox felt kinda generous. But truth be told, Derek hates the idea and wasn't keen on attending. However, when Melissa caught wind of his invitation, she practically dragged him there to be his plus one, desperate to get closer to Velvette. Derek's terrified of most of the guests, but Melissa's over the moon. She later fucks him as a reward for being a very brave boy. Angel is not invited because he would ruin mood of both grooms.

✨ Valentino had prepared the filthiest, kinkiest, most elaborate wedding night, but it doesn't go as planned. Surprisingly, things turn out very vanilla for their standards, with a lot of missionary, eye contact, and hand-holding. After 16 hours of non-stop action, they're both too exhausted to even think about getting creative.

Thank you @purrpleowl @watcherofeternalflame @canadianlucifer @aroromantic @malu897 @staticmothed @chaggieslovechild @gumm1defloor @mayflowersfly for your thoughts!

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Later that night, when Eddie showed Wayne the flowers for Kathleen, Wayne’s face cycled through a variety of expressions, none of which Eddie understood until he went over to a large gift bag that was sitting on the Lay-Z-Boy.

Wayne opened it, revealing a huge bouquet of about forty roses he had bought that morning. It was absolutely breathtaking, and that meant only one thing: he had gone to Harrington Floral.

“Awww, Uncle Wayne, you big ‘ol romantic!” Eddie grinned, clasping his hands over his heart. It made him happy to see his uncle—usually so cantankerous—head over heels.

“You be quiet now, boy,” Wayne said. His ears were turning the same color as the roses.

Eddie would do no such thing. “I will do no such thing.”

“Brat.”

Giving Kathleen two bouquets seemed silly, so Eddie put his in a tall glass of water and set it on the windowsill to admire.

He was secretly pleased that he got to keep the flowers. It was almost like they were meant for him instead.

He could pretend.

~🌹~

Kathleen was a wonderful woman, and Eddie really liked her.

She was the complete opposite of his uncle, but their differences complimented each other, and Wayne hadn’t stopped smiling the entire night. Eddie had never seen him so animated.

The roses made Kathleen cry, horrifying them, but she assured them they were happy tears. She said nobody had ever gotten her flowers before.

“Expect many more, Kathy,” Wayne said, looking a little heartbroken by the admission.

Eddie looked down at his feet because, hell, this was too much for his little black heart to handle.

Then Wayne got down on one knee and pulled out a ring, just like Steve had predicted, and Eddie couldn’t stop the waterworks when Kathleen said yes.

Wayne actually picked her up and spun her around like they were in a ‘50s romance film.

“Congratulations,” Eddie said, laughing through tears. He tried to hide them, overcome and unused to the emotional onslaught of a good thing.

Wayne hugged him and ruffled his hair like he used to do when Eddie was a kid.

“I’m going to take very good care of your uncle,” Kathleen reassured him.

It was unnecessary, but Eddie appreciated the gesture.

They talked late into the night, swapping stories. Wayne told Kathleen all of Eddie’s embarrassing childhood moments, like when he’d accidentally shaved one of his eyebrows off and glued on a pipe cleaner to replace it.

Eddie retaliated by telling Kathleen about the time they had gone to a department store when he was seven, and Wayne had thought one of the mannequins was a real person and had asked it for directions to the little boys' clothing section.

Kathleen cried again—that time, from laughing so hard.

~🌹~

Eddie ended up calling the number from the ad the next day.

He waited with the phone caught between his cheek and shoulder, twirling his spoon in his bowl of Franken Berry.

Someone picked up on the fifth ring. “Hello?”

It was a man. He had a friendly and almost… nasally voice.

“Uh, hi. I’m calling about the ad you placed outside Starcourt Mall. Are you still looking for a roommate, by chance?” Eddie let go of his spoon to cross his fingers. It clinked against the side of his bowl.

There was silence, then a sneeze on the other end of the line and a heartfelt curse.

Eddie glanced suspiciously at the bouquet on the windowsill above the dull green sink. The sun was reflecting against the glass and making it sparkle, the flowers looking bright and cheerful.

He could have been wrong, but that sneeze sounded nearly identical to the ones he’d heard yesterday.

“…Steve?”

🌷🪻🌻🌹

co-writing this with @batty4steddie 💕

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Hanakotoba and the Meanings of Flowers in SK8 the Infinity

Ranging from very overt allusions in the text to single pieces of official art, almost every main character in SK8 has been associated with a flower. Hanakotoba, the Japanese language of flowers, is something that the creators were attentive to, evidenced by its mention both in the show itself and by staff in discussion about the episodes, and considering how hanakotoba might have been taken into account in the other examples of flower imagery can add an interesting layer of symbolism to speculate on.

The hanakotoba columns on GreenSnap were my primary source for this post, but I've crosschecked the meanings on multiple websites as much as possible to ensure the factual information here is accurate to the best of my ability. This is quite a long post, so bear with me.

🌹 Roses 🌹

Naturally, the first flower to start with is the one that is directly mentioned in the show itself:

As Adam says, red roses do mean "passionate love", though his particular wording (jounetsu no ai) is slightly paraphrased from how that meaning is typically worded. (If you look up the meaning of roses in hanakotoba, you may see netsuretsu na koi (熱烈な恋) instead.) They can also simply mean "love" and "passion" (ai and jounetsu, as Adam uses in this line), as well as "beauty" and "I'm in love with you."

In Japanese as in English, red roses are a very classically romantic gift, so in the finale and the Blu-ray box art, it seems Adam's passionate love hasn't waned.

There are also specific meanings for certain numbers of flowers in a bouquet of roses, and while it's never stated how many roses are in the first bouquet Adam brings Langa, extrapolating from how many flowers are visible in the shots and how many are hidden, as well as the bouquet at Adam's birthday display at the 2022 NAMJATOWN collaboration containing 50 flowers (as I was able to confirm from some fans' photos from better angles, that I won't be reposting here as they were personal photos on Twitter) I believe that the bouquet in the show also contains 50, which means "eternity."

Adam's bouquets to Langa are also not the only times roses appear in relation to him, nor is red the only color they appear in. Several flashback shots of Ainosuke and Tadashi as children feature red roses, which has quite clear subtextual implications, especially alongside the comparison between Tadashi and Langa made in the show itself.

But one prominent flashback also includes pink roses, meaning "deep impression."

In Ainosuke and Tadashi's last scene together in the finale, there's a vase of purple roses behind them, meaning "pride" or "respect."

And his graffiti tag from the 2022 Infinity Week art features blue roses, which, along with being in Langa's image color, mean "dream come true", "impossible" or "miracle."

Roses also have a lengthy history of associations with gay men, both in real-life Japanese gay culture and in the boys' love genre, and how this relates to the use of rose imagery in SK8 could (and likely eventually will) be its own post, but it's an extra aspect to take into consideration with Adam especially.

As a bonus, the mangaka for the official manga adaptation also drew Langa and Reki with red and blue roses (respectively) to celebrate the season finale:

And while Reki is never associated with roses in any more official capacity, Langa does have red roses in his house that are visible in a few scenes:

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🌷 Tulips 🌷

This is another one that's directly confirmed, this time regarding Shadow's bouquet in the ending montage.

For love bouquets, Adam uses roses, so Hiromi-chan's was tulips and white baby's breath. In hanakotoba, red tulips mean "confession of love." Pink means "sincere love." Orange means "shyness", so we went with these three. Plus, white tulips are "new love" or "unrequited love" so we stopped there… (lol) By the way, in hanakotoba, baby's breath means "innocent love" and "gratitude."

(Episode 12 Director Masatoyo Takada, Skater's Backstage)

Tulips in general mean "charity" and "thoughtfulness", and Shadow is frequently associated with them outside of just this scene, whether on his clothes or in official merchandise. "Tulip" is also the name of the flower shop where he works!

He's holding another bouquet of tulips on the Blu-ray box art, as well, with the same colors as in the finale - but with the addition of the mentioned white tulips for "unrequited love", and yellow tulips, which can mean "honesty", but can mean "unrequited love" (or "hopeless love") too... Sorry, Shadow.

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🌺 Hibiscus 🌺

Moving away from directly stated connections into slightly more obscure ones, Reki is nevertheless visually associated with hibiscus in several places, both in shots in the show and in his 2021 birthday art.

Hibiscus flowers generally can mean "new love", "trust" and "I believe in you" (a meaning thought to originate from Hinduism), while red hibiscus specifically (as Reki is depicted with) mean "bravery."

Hibiscus flowers are also considered as symbol of Okinawa as a whole, making them an especially fitting flower for Reki, who's implied to be of indigenous Ryukyuan descent and is the character who could be considered the most representative of Okinawa (and Langa's new life there) in the show,

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🌸 Cherry Blossoms 🌸

This one is fairly self-explanatory; Kaoru's surname is Sakurayashiki (sakura being the Japanese word for cherry blossoms), his S name is Cherry Blossom, cherry blossoms feature on his costume and heavily in the decor in his calligraphy studio, et cetera. As one of the most well-known and famously Japanese flowers, they're well suited to Cherry's traditional Japanese image, and the whole aesthetic of his character is themed around them. Even his birthday is on March 27th, Sakura Day in Japan.

In hanakotoba, cherry blossoms' most well-known meaning is "moral beauty", a phrase referring to the beauty of someone's personality or character. They can also mean "graceful woman" or "pure-blooded", and the specific species of cherry blossom that the ones in Cherry's design resemble (somei-yoshino cherry blossoms) can additionally mean "noble" or "innocent." The fact that the same flower with such elegant meanings is related to both his public and S personas adds to the characteristic duality between his outward appearance and private personality.

While not specifically hanakotoba, the French meaning of cherry blossoms also appears to be well-known in Japan - "ne m'oubliez pas", or "don't forget me", associated with ending relationships.

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💮 Chrysanthemums 💮

Another flower associated with a character through their surname, chrysanthemums are the "kiku" (菊) in Kikuchi. A chrysanthemum also features prominently in the design on Adam's skateboard.

Chrysanthemums also appear on both Adam and Tadashi's clothes in a few pieces of official art.

Chrysanthemums' meanings in hanakotoba are all variations of "nobility" and "purity." They're a flower with great cultural significance in Japan, being the crest of the Imperial family, and often appear as a symbol of Japanese society itself - including on the badges worn by both Diet members such as Ainosuke and even certain ones worn by their secretaries, making this flower one that's representative of a very important aspect of both their lives.

While there's no particular history to this meaning, due to the romantic color, red chrysanthemums such as the one on Adam's board can also mean "I love you."

According to director Utsumi in the 2022 Infinity Week livestream, the chrysanthemum on Adam's board was a happy accident, as Thomas Romain, the artist who designed the board, didn't know Tadashi's name or anything about his history with Adam when creating it. The double layer of symbolism is an incredible coincidence!

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🌻 Sunflowers 🌻

Joe doesn't have any particular connection with flowers in the show himself, but there is one piece of official art featuring him with sunflowers, which complement the strong association he does have with the sun.

In hanakotoba, sunflowers mean "admiration", "longing" or "I'm only looking at you" - originating from the way sunflowers will always turn to face the sun. As this particular piece of official art was for a magazine feature for White Day (a Japanese holiday where men receive gifts from women they gave gifts to on Valentine's Day), perhaps they're meant to be a gift to him. As Joe's stronger association is with the sun itself (his tattoo is of the sun, his board has the word "sole" - sun in Italian - written on it and a sun incorporated into the design, his restaurant's name (Sia la Luce) translates to "let there be light") he could be seen as the sun that the sunflowers (his admirers) would look towards.

Along with the hibiscus in the image, Reki's birthday event in 2021 also featured sunflowers as part of the display, fitting his yellow image color.

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❄️ Snowdrops ❄️

And finally, one more case with only a single piece of official art - but one with a very interesting history behind its meanings. In Langa's 2022 birthday art, he's shown holding snowdrops - a natural association with his S name and the fact that he's a former snowboarder.

In hanakotoba, snowdrops mean "hope" and "comfort." These meanings are said, as you will find on any Japanese hanakotoba site, to originate from a story about Adam and Eve dating back to at least 1925, if not earlier (with 1925 being the earliest version of the story the Japanese Wikipedia page on snowdrops is able to cite.) As the story goes, after Adam and Eve were cast out of the Garden of Eden, an angel took pity on them suffering in the winter cold and turned the falling snowflakes into snowdrops, to console them and give them courage. In that 1925 version of the story, the first snowdrop was specifically a gift to Eve:

The Snowdrop Legend When the first winter lay white upon the earth, Eve sorely missed the beautiful things of the field. An angel who pitied her seized a snowflake and, breathing upon it, bade it live, for her delight. It fell to the earth a flower, which Eve caught to her breast with gladness, for not only did it break the spell of winter, but it carried assurance of divine mercy. Hence the flower means consolation and promise.

With both the superficial connections of being winter flowers named after snow and their connection to SK8's intentional biblical themes (as producer Mari Suzuki described the show as a whole as "the story of Adam searching for Eve" in Animedia March 2021), these have some of the deepest meanings of any of the flowers depicted, despite only appearing in a single piece of art.

The flower imagery SK8 uses is fascinating and surprisingly layered, especially knowing the deliberate attention to hanakotoba that was paid in certain cases, and it'll be interesting to see how it might continue to feature in the future.

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(Preview) Valentine Update | Passionate Gifts 0.2

For The Full Mod Description, Click Here:

0.2 Update :

Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well! And I hope you had a great time with this new year. 

Now, let's jump into the Update! This is Valentine's Update; I have really rushed it to get ready on time for Valentine's Day. I hope that you will like it 🥰 : 

I am really excited to share this update with you. It's a small idea, but I think it will suit the game and the Valentine's vibe. 

When we use the in-game (give a romantic gift) interaction. Your sim will receive back a flower gift with a message. I do really like this feature as the idea of it is something so common in real life. 

Flowers with love cards are the most universal gifts to consider giving to your loved ones. But I didn't like how they implemented it in the game, as there is no animation for the love card, and the Flower is just a plain rose; it should usually be a bouquet. The in-game animation is cute but doesn't feel like an intimate/romantic interaction.

So I have made my own. This isn't an override. This a new interaction that you can find on the Passionate Gifts pie menu, 

You will find a new pie menu called Passionate Gifts on the romantic menu. The new interaction will be there:

The interaction will cost your sims some Simoleons, and the price will depend on the type of each gift.

The New Gift:

Love letter Bouquet - $50 Simoleons

Features Of the Mods:

New highly detailed animation with their own sounds

A new pie menu for the new interactions

New icons for each Gift that will suit their own animation

Each interaction has its own buffs for both the gifter and the receiver.

Notification to showcase the love letter after each gift given,

Realistic animations for each object

Possible outcomes:

Your sim will also get a Flirty moodlet with some different buffs. For each role in the animations:

And, of course, a Love Letter. Your sim will receive a notification that will contain the Love letter. All the messages are different from the in-game ones. They are all custom-made. Let me know if you have any other ones, and I may add them in future updates!

The interactions are more intimate than the in-game ones, so your sims have to at least have their first kiss. and have more than 20% of romance or the pie menu won't show up

I think this mod will be a great addition to the game, especially storytelling-wise,

Known Bugs

Everything seems to be working well so far. I haven't encountered any bugs, but please report any you may encounter.

This mod is BG-compatible.

The mod will be enhanced further in the future with New Gifts and Animations!!!

The interactions shouldn't be played autonomously,

It's better to wait until the animation is finished and the queue is clear before playing another one.

Requirement :

This mod needs the XML injector by Scumbumbo. You can download it here: https://scumbumbomods.com/xml-injector

How to install :

Just put both my mod and the XML injector script into your Sims 4 Mods folder.

Delete The older version. Leave just the Updated one.

DOWNLOAD: 

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Propaganda

Greta Garbo (Camille, Anna Karenina, Queen Christina)—Enigmatic and alluring and made me bisexual. The perfect example of the eroticism in silent films that literally transcends text. Could literally not change anything about her expression but you knew by looking at her eyes what she was thinking. She’s so gorgeous.

Lilian Bond (The Old Dark House)—I owe whoever submitted her for the prelims a huge bouquet of roses bc WOW I'm in love?? The prelims grouped all the ladies by decade and the way she stood out against the beauty standards of the 30s immediately caught my eye (and also that unfairly sexy pic good GOD). There's something about her that feels so real, like you could just walk up to her and start chatting away. I wound up watching The Old Dark House for her and was so charmed. She's so fun to watch! Look at her eyes! Her eyebrows! Her Cupids bow! Her legs! She's both sexy and cute, silly and serious, and I find her absolutely enchanting.

This is round 2 of the tournament. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage woman.

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Garbo:

A cold-ass Swedish WLW Sphinx. Had plans to murder Hitler that she never got around to. "She will remain always a child of vikings, moved about by a snowy dream."

First of all, she's on the money; that's how much of a treasure she is. She's beautiful in such a distinct way you need very few lines to draw her. (Drawing by Einar Nerman) She managed to be mesmerizing in both silent and sound films. She kissed a woman in Queen Christina (and probably several more in real life). She was super dry and really funny in Ninotchka. She got the hell out of Hollywood and stayed out, living for almost 50 years after her retirement.

Garbo is one of the many reasons why I'm gay. If you haven't seen Queen Christina please do, She is so gender in that film. Also her accent makes it sound like she's always talking in cursive and it's so hypnotic (or at least I think so).

She's a gay introvert, like all of us here on Tumblr.

Mysterious and aloof, charismatic and enigmatic, with beautiful androgynous characteristics, Garbo is undoubtedly the most eccentric and unique Hollywood vintage star. Her aversion to fame and stardom makes her even more desirable to the audience, and her insane chemistry with the camera, an actress one of a kind! Her particularity and her oddity is what discerns her strongly from her hollywood co workers at the time, noone was like her and would never be like her. I think, to the utmost extent, that she deserves the title of the hottest vintage star, even though that would be an understatement of what she is!

SO gorgeous, her thick Swedish accent makes will turn your brain into pudding

Probabaly a lesbian, absolutely a mood when she retired

Bond:

I know you've said you prefer text to pics but I just love this first pic so so much - she just feels so present and I feel like it captures everything I love about her so well.

you guys, she's literally sooooo cute! i had no idea before i saw her acting, but she has this lovely sort of lively, natural energy. she's really just a joy to watch! thanks to the person who submitted her for introducing me to her! ❤️

[sugar-omi]

Alright all your Cove and Baxter anguish has me FUCKED UP and I need some adorable Cove fluff to recover. How about a little about Cove and M/C as newlyweds coming home after the honeymoon?

at first i didnt know what to write but then i start thinking n.... pls i love this sm i hope it heals your broken heart <3333

tags : Fluff, cove loves you sm, sharing money (cove shares his money/bank acc w you), he's just in love w you theres nothing else to say

synopsis : how cove acts after your come back from your honeymoon

he's bringing you flowers everyday

at first he brings you a couple bouquets but you've run out of places for them so he just brings you one and add them to your collection.

none of them are the same either

so you have sunflowers, lilies, roses, tulips, peonies, orchids, and many many flowers all in one vase

is it a little ugly? probably. definitely. the colors and sizes n shapes all clash but it's the thought that counts

if you don't like flowers, are allergic, or you get tired of him bring so many...

he brings you food <3

I think one of cove's love languages is food

he brings home sweets like cheese cake or marbled cake

or fudge, or chocolates

or if you aren't into sweets like that, then he'll bring lunch/dinner instead

he's a decent cook, and even if you're bad at cooking he wants you to help him

lots of kissing n half burnt food (he takes whatever portion is burnt so you don't have to eat it)

and he tries to always bring u lunch

if he can't bring you lunch for whatever reason, he either packs one for you or sends you money for lunch

COVE: hi bby, have you eaten yet YOU: im ordering food rn COVE: i sent u 50 is that enough YOU: ?!*!&!(!? YOU: that's too much 😭😭 cove pls YOU: ill send the rest back COVE: keep ot COVE: it* COVE: my money is your money

he does this all the time now, in fact he'll even had you his card

which he's always done before your marriage, but now ge even gets you a card connected to his bank account too

he doesn't even care if you share your money w him too, he just wants to give you everything he has

like if you asked for his shirt in the middle of the store I think he'd ask why n then just give it to you

as if he was gonna say no in the first place 🙄💀💀

he just becomes so much more obsessed w you after you're married

always cuddling or touching u

if you're around your mom's they're always cracking jokes....

especially if you want kids they're all "we're gonna be grandparents soon at this rate lol" (even if u want to adopt or dont wanna birth/can't have kids bc you're amab or infertile or smth)

they just think they're so hilarious 🙄🙄🙄

does he blush bright enough there's steam coming off him? maybe

does he stop? nope!!!

loves you so much, he just needs to be close to you

HAS A PICTURE OF U IN HIS WALLET

omg....

prbly has 2 actually

one is of the two of you bc sometimes he can't believe you're married n he just needs to make sure life is real

n one is of just you in your wedding attire

will talk abt you to anyone who asks or makes a comment

this mf would prbly get a shirt that says "y/n's husband" on the front

even tho it's in small print on the front it's embarrassing.... like pls we get it you're in LOVE

he'd get you both jewelry w your wedding date on it

will hold you up at the door if you try to leave without kissing him

you've always gave him a peck before leaving but now it's WORSE

once he even stopped you in the driveway before you pulled off...

man's ran out of the fucking house in socks and unicorn print sweatpants

you roll down the window "what? what's wrong?!" cove, leaning thru the window and pouting. "kiss."

you look at him in shock n disbelief before you just laugh and kiss him

he taxes you two extra kisses for the trouble, he got his socks wet from running out here!!!

you have to push him off otherwise you're gonna be late to work bc you were too busy making out in your driveway

your single/divorced neighbors hate you

the teens idolize what yall have n their standards got so fucking high after yall moved in

n the old ppl laugh bc they've been there when they married and/or they find it amazing how obsessed cove is w you

if it wasn't such a bad omen or if you didn't disapprove, he'd get your wedding date or your initials tatted on his ankle.

maybe it seems extreme all of this bc I think cove just realizes how amazing you are sometimes n all his love overflows in this way <3333

no matter how old you get he's always gonna run out in the rain, snow, or sunshine n get a kiss if you forget

pfx by the time he's 80 he can't move as fast but he's hustling down the path before you can escape

if you do get away before he can get a kiss though, he is pouting when you come back

[missvelvetsstuff]

Just A Number

Bucky Barnes x Reader

Summary: Reader meets Bucky at a party and the attraction is more than either one of them wants to resist.

Notes: Since most stories are younger readers I felt like having a more mature reader could be a nice change of pace. Especially since I'm creeping up on senior discounts and want to believe Bucky could fall in love with someone like me.

I try to keep my readers description vague but, as always, she's female, tall and this one is obviously 40+

Chapter 5

Warnings: swearing, angst, fluff

"Hello James"

Bucky kissed her hand, then pulled back to get a good look at her and felt like his heart stopped or maybe it was racing. His heart was definitely doing something.

He went to speak but his throat was suddenly dry, making him cough.

He cleared his throat "Hi Doll. You look....stunning." He was lost for any more words for a second before he forced some out "I brought these for you." he offered her a bouquet of pink roses gripped in his left hand.

Dawn stepped up when Y/N just stared at him "I'll put these in some water for you." she took the flowers and nudged her sister in the ribs which broke her stare.

Bucky smiled, encouraged that Y/N seemed as distracted by him as he was by her. "Are you ready to go? I'm kinda double parked."

She giggled and Bucky's brain almost stalled again before he laughed along with her "I know, I know, that's so New York."

Dawn smiled as they walked out the front door, secure in the knowledge that her sister was in good hands for the nite.

Bucky was a perfect gentleman, opening doors and taking her coat when they were seated in a secluded booth of the small bistro he brought her to.

They ordered wine and an appetizer to nibble on while they waited for their meals, making small talk about living in the city.

Once they had their food in front of them they both realized this was where the real talking was supposed to start and clammed up.

Bucky broke the ice "Why is the idea of us too complicated?"

Y/N choked on her food when she accidentally gasped while swallowing. She grabbed her wine to help get her food down and took a minute to compose herself.

"James, you are one of the sweetest and kindest men I've ever met and deserve so much happiness after what you've been through but I don't know if I can give you all that."

Bucky shook his head and reached for her hand, touching her gently "Doll, I don't-"

She cut him off "James, I'm too old for you."

Bucky was stunned, that wasn't what he was expecting at all. His jaw dropped and he just stared at her incredulously. He watched her eyes fill with tears before he could form a cogent response.

He shook his head and coughed to cover the laugh that threatened to come out when he realized what she said and how serious she was.

"Y/N, sweetheart. I was born in 1917. I'm over 100 years old. How could you possibly be too old for me?"

Y/N sighed as a tear ran down her face "James, I'm almost 50."

Bucky gave her a funny look "Almost 50? Seriously, what are you 35?"

She glared at him "Don't make fun of me. I'm 47. Premenopausal, which is a hormonal, moody, hot flashy nightmare. I doubt you want to deal with all that. Hell, I don't even want to deal with my mess."

"Sweetheart, you don't know Sam. You couldn't possibly be more annoying than him. Or more difficult than Helmut Zemo."

She huffed at him "Well, my last pregnancy was very difficult and I had to have a c-section so had my tubes tied. I couldn't give you any kids."

Bucky looked at her expectantly thinking there must be more than that. When she didn't continue he sighed "Doll, when did I ever say anything about wanting kids?"

She took a deep breath "You didn't but I know that was the expectation during your time and I know that your chance for that happily ever after was taken from you. You deserve all that."

Bucky shook his head "I never thought about any of that back then. I was busy taking care of Steve and trying to keep us alive through the depression. Then the war started and I honestly didn't think I'd survive."

"What about the ladies man I've heard about? You never thought of settling down with any of them? Having a family?"

She asked softly.

"Nah, it was all just for fun." He rubbed her hand lightly "None of them were half the woman you are. The past is done, this is my time now and I want you. A partner in crime, a travel companion to see the world with, without a war or mission" he lowered his voice "a lover."

She shivered at the way his voice washed over her and tried to keep her head clear "You would have to meet my kids. They're grown and don't live with me anymore but are a bit protective after everything. We usually have dinner together on Sundays."

Bucky smiled "Dinner with your kids isn't a problem."

He paused, unsure if he should push but he wanted everything on the table "So what's everything? The Snap?"

Y/N nodded, feeling a bit more confident since he hadn't run away screaming

"I had a partner, since high school but he didn't believe in marriage. Mike was my first in a lot of ways. I met him when I was 13, we started dating when I was 14 and I was pregnant at 17 when I graduated high school."

She felt her eyes filling up again thinking about him. "I suppose I was lucky, when the snap happened my kids and Dawn were still here with me but I lost Mike. When it was reversed I was so happy and excited to see him again."

She looked down "Mike was an electrician and was working on some new apartments when it happened. When it was reversed he showed up in the same place but the apartment had been finished and rented. The tenant didn't know what was happening, he just saw a strange man in his home and he" she choked up before clearing her throat and softly finishing "He shot and killed him."

Bucky's eyes grew wide "Jesus" he whispered "I'm so sorry you went through that doll."

"It took two weeks before he was identified and the police stopped by to tell me." She dabbed the tears from her eyes. "We were together for over 30 years and I'm not sure I know how to have a relationship after losing him, twice."

Bucky smiled at her "And I've spent my life frozen or fighting and haven't had a real relationship, well ever. We can learn together."

She smiled nervously "I, I don't know. It's a little scary. I didn't even date or anything during the blip, the world was so weird and people were a little nuts."

Bucky nodded "Why don't you let me court you, Doll? We can take it slow and see how it goes. Don't you deserve a chance to be happy again?"

He smirked "Even at your advanced age you still deserve love and happiness."

She giggled and lightly slapped his hand "Cracks about my age won't endear you to me so watch yourself."

"Fine, fine. I'll be nice." He paused with a twinkle in his eyes "Don't want to stress your aged heart out."

She pinched his arm "Just because I'm not a super soldier doesn't mean I won't hurt you."

Bucky laughed "Sorry doll, couldn't help myself. I'll be good now."

"Riiight, you better be good Barnes or I'll make friends with Sam and team up against you." She threatened.

Bucky made an exaggerated gasp and put his left hand over his heart like he was in pain "You wouldn't dare."

Y/N laughed out loud at the shocked face he made. "I suppose it's only fair to give you a chance. It would be too cruel to give you just a taste and then withhold my awesomeness. You had better make it worth my while Sargent Barnes."

Bucky smiled at her, lighting up his face, and she was glad she was sitting because she saw what all those girls he romanced back in his day must have seen and her knees felt weak.

He thought for a moment, contemplating if he should bring up her connection to John Walker before deciding that their pasts are why they were here.

"So, how did you end up a Walker?"

She sighed "When I was growing up, before my parents died they were our next door neighbors in Astoria. I babysat for them, Dawn was like my own little baby doll. Johnny and I were close, I taught him how to swing a bat and catch a ball. I always had so much fun with them.

One night, when I was 12 I was at a sleepover with a friend from school and there was a fire. Both of my parents were killed. I didn't really have any other family so the Walker's took me in."

She shook her head trying to clear the emotions away. "They were good people and things were pretty good until Johnny started puberty. He got in with some douchebag jock guys and they teased him about me. Dared him to ask me out and bullied him when I refused. He kept bugging me until Mike stepped in. Johnny has resented me ever since. I caught him bragging to Lamar that he would get me after I lost Mike but.....no."

Bucky shook his head "I knew he was garbage but, damn."

"Yeah, he wasn't happy when he heard me telling Dawn about running into you. Whined about how you and Sam testified against him." She shrugged "He's been mad at me and talking shit since I turned him down, I'm used to it."

Bucky frowned "You let me know if it gets to be too much. Now that he has the serum he's more dangerous."

When they finished their dinner they shared a cannoli for dessert and finished their bottle of wine. They were relaxed and happy, having aired the big stuff, talking about everything big and small from favorite color or music to stories about both of their childhoods.

They held hands in the car on the way back to her place. When they arrived Bucky double parked to walk her to the front door.

Y/N looked at him shyly "Do you want to come in for a drink?"

Bucky growled softly, pulling her closer to him, his left hand on her lower back, his right caressing her cheek. "More than you know but we both know it won't stop with a drink and we're taking things slow."

He moved his right hand to the back of her neck and pulled her closer, leaning in to kiss her softly.

Y/N sighed into the kiss, her hands combing through his hair, nails gently scratching his scalp and he couldn't help himself from tracing her lips with his tongue until she let him in. Bucky deepened the kiss and groaned softly before he pulled away.

"You're not making this easy, doll."

She giggled "That's not my job sarge."

Bucky smirked "I'll remember that."

"That's the point."

Bucky kissed her again "You busy tomorrow? Lunch?"

She pouted at him "No, I have chores and errands. Plus dinner with the kids. I think I should tell them about you before they meet you." She pulled on his hair making him groan. "Maybe in a few weeks?"

Bucky shrugged "Whenever you're ready is fine with me. I don't want to push you into anything you aren't comfortable with."

He kissed her again "One nite this week?"

She nodded, answering him in a breathy voice "I'll text you when I look at Peppers schedule on Monday and figure out what nite is good."

"You can text me before that. Or call. Whenever."

She giggled "G'nite James."

"G'nite doll." He stood there until she had closed and locked the door behind her.

When Y/N made it to her bedroom she changed into an oversized t-shirt before falling into her bed and pulling her phone out of her purse. She sent Bucky a text

'Thank you for tonite, I had a great time XOXO'

Bucky saw the text when he got back to his place 'Me too. See you soon.'

Both of them fell asleep smiling that nite.

@supraveng @cjand10 @440mxs-wife @kandis-mom

Chapter 6

[scarabjewels]

Black Swan is Truly the Psychological Thriller But Perfect Blue is the Psychological Horror

(courtesy of Pinterest: https://pin.it/YvpLrHlYr)

Black Swan has been claimed to be a rip off of Satoshi Kon's anime psychological thriller flick, Perfect Blue. Numerous articles and comparisons suggests uncanny similarities but I would argue with the 50% that believes it was a pure coincidence and instead closer to inspiration than copying.

I watched Black Swan and Perfect Blue, one is a thriller, and one was just horrifying.

To discuss this, let's dive into their plots, starting with Perfect Blue, the proclaimed OG.

!SPOILERS AHEAD AND MAJOR TRIGGER WARNINGS!

Perfect Blue

Perfect Blue follows a retired idol or pop star, Mima, and her struggles in switching into acting. As if she is not struggling with her first role as a rape victim, being exploited with very intimate and borderline sexually traumatic shots in order to move forward from her youthful Idol image, a series of targeted murders directly involving Mima as well as a stalker using her previous image in a forum called Mima's room, which details her everyday life accurately in the tone of the perfect Mima, occur with the events. Her psyche deteriorates as she gets confused about what she is seeing, what is happening, and what reality is.

The Twist of Perfect Blue

I will just spoil the twist and ending.

The initial direction of the movie is that Mima was going crazy and her stalker, Me-mania, was the murderer of the producer, director, and photographer who had played a part in sexualizing Mima's image.

She encounters Me-mania alone at the set of her show and was brutally assaulted and almost raped (at the exact set her rape scene in the show was shot) but narrowly escapes as she was able to injure him critically, and ultimately collapsed. A hallucination of applause occurs and the movie cuts to Mima running into Rumi, her agent, leading her to the set to show what had happened. However, there was no one there.

Rumi instead took her home as Mima blankly sat in the car seat. Mima decides to call her other agent, Tadokoro, and we discover that he and the stalker were dead.

Mima realizes she was not at her apartment, but instead was brought to an exact replica of Mima's room. Rumi then comes out in Mima's old pop star clothes, stating that she is Mima.

Rumi was behind everything. The murder, the stalker and "Mima's room". Believing Mima ruined her perfect image, Rumi decides to eliminate Mima, proclaiming herself as the perfect Mima. Mima runs away through the balcony, Rumi running after with an ice pick. Mima screams from help, as she is repeatedly injured and screaming for help.

Mima with heavy injuries still tries to somehow snap Rumi out of it, snatching off her wig. Rumi goes hysterical and pick up the wig, getting injured herself in the process. At this point, they ended up at a street. Rumi gasps as she sat in the middle of the street, looking back at Mima with a smile. A truck emerges as the fully delusional Rumi stands, mistakening the strong headlights as spotlight. Mima saves Rumi in time, pushing her away before the truck hits her, as she collaps in the process.

The Ending

After some time, Mima visits Rumi incognito at a mental institute, the doctor updating her on her process as we watch Rumi walk in front of a mirror with a bouquet of roses, seeing herself as Mima.

The doctor reveals she would come back as her Rumk persona now and then but is most of the time stuck believing she is Mima, the perfect pop star. Mima states that if it weren't for Rumi, she would've not be where she is as an actress.

Mima ends the visit and goes to her car, looking at the rear view mirror, declaring "no, I'm real."

The line was said in Rumi's voice.

My Thoughts about Perfect Blue

This movie creeped me out when I watched it the first time, reminded me of the time I read my first creepy pasta, Jeff the Killer. I was so spooked out, I was shaking and always double checked my windows for days.

With Perfect Blue, everything that was happening was just disturbing. The twists were perfect, Rumi being the delusional Mima and the question of why Rumi's voice was heard at the end. Personally, I think Mima is the actual Mima and would have somehow used Rumi as a persona in her career as an actress, as she did say that it was because of Rumi that she became a successful actress.

Perfect Blue focused on Mima's struggles as a celebrity, going through the effects of changing her career as well as the traumatising shoots (photoshoots and tv scenes) she has to do, even when she hated it so much that it regressed her psyche, for the sake of following her dreams. It also focused on the danger of persona, which is obsession. Stalkers and projections are intense by products of that, in the movie, it was Me-mania and Rumi.

Black Swan

Now, onto Black Swan, the film that was popularly praised her on tumblr 13 years ago.

Black Swan centers ballerina Nina, the new Swan Queen and her psychological torture of her obsession with being perfect. Nina's life is ballet and her mother, who loves to keep Nina as this ingenue always in need of protection. However, Nina is 21 years old, an adult still treated like a helpless child. When she was proclaimed the next Swan Queen, she was told to be the ideal Oddette, the perfect white Swan, but this adaptation requires her to also portray the seductive Odile, the Black Swan. During rehearsals, Thomas, the director, encourages Nina to observe Lily, who bears a resemblance to Nina and her movement and aura embodies the sensual Black Swan Nina lacks. Nina and Lily become close acquaintances and Nina starts to have reoccurring hallucinations. Nina changes as she experiences sexual awakenings and extremely violent hallucinations, all in the pursuit to embody a role to perfection.

The Twist of Black Swan

Nina is persistently jealous and catty, in the silent way, of Lily. Perhaps the compliments of her perfection as a ballerina was what fueled her, that comparison or constructive criticism easily gets under her skin. Furthermore, she was hot for teacher, Thomas.

The big night came, the premiere of the Black Swan. Nina finds herself in her room, with socks on her hands and her mother in the corner. Her mother tells her she was scratching again, and called the ballet studio, explaining that Nina would not be performing. Nina gets up and hurriedly changes, as her mother try to stop her, she violently adds injury to her mother's scarred hand from the night before, also caused by Nina. Nina leaves and shows up at the studio, seeing Lily is her understudy. Brushing it off, she starts to change.

Nina falls as she was being lifted in her part, resulting from her extreme hallucination of seeing her face on the "swans". The curtain closes and immediately Nina blames her partner as Thomas has an angry breakdown. The next scene shows Nina going into her dressing room, catching Lily changing into the Black Swan costume, blatantly saying she'd be take the role for her. Nina hallucinating her face on Lily's, angrily pushes into the mirror ended up stabbing her with a piece, saying it's her turn. In a shock, she hides Lily's body in the bathroom. She performs the Black Swan perfectly, sensual and mysterious. She hallucinates her body transforming into a black swan as she dances as Odile.

After the performance, Nina is back in her dressing room, seeing blood leak out out of the bathroom. In a panic, she covers it with a towel.

As she changes back into her white Swan costume, a knock on the door disrupts. She opens the door and Lily was there, praising her performance. She was taken aback. Lily leaves and Nina checks the towel, no blood and the bathroom, no Lily. She looks down to see a bloody wound on her stomach.

She looks at the mirror, as she cries, and continues to do her makeup.

The show mush go on.

In the end, as the white Swan says good bye, her wound bled her costume, growing larger. As she turns to say goodbye to The Prince and rithbarth, she sees her mother in the audience and jumps.

In an applause and praise, Nina lays as she bleeds, Thomas excitedly tending to her unbeknost to the blood on her. Lily gasps as she notices the blood, Thomas hurriedly asks for someone to get help. He asks, consoling her of what did she do, Nina barely a whisper says she felt it, she was perfect. She stares at the spotlights and hearing the crowd cheer her name as teh screen fades to white.

My Thoughts on Black Swan

I loved this film in middle school so much, I would talk about it so much my friends remembered and watched it for themselves.

Back then, I had no idea what the hell I was watching. I cannot understand it but I was so captivated by it that I watched it over and over.

Black Swan depicts the madness of obsession, Nina's life was her pursuit of perfection that she literally is so competitive towards someone she was compared with, and that person tried to be friends with her. The inferiority complex was off the roof. One other thing is her Mommy Dearest relationship with her mother, who keeps Nina like a child when she is already a grown woman. On the outside, Nina looks like a refined introverted woman, passionate about balletwhen in reality, she could not grow up for her life of her, because her mother would not let her. Repressed growth became gradual madness, rebelling like a teenager, exploring sexuality and deep seeted hate towards the person her mother tried to keep that turned into violent hallucinations of seeing herself try to kill her. This film has so many layers, and I love each one.

To summarise, Black Swan delved into the obsessed artist who happens to be a repressed woman underneath ingenue.

Now the comparisons.

I will skip with the shots that paid homage to Perfect Blue as there are a good amount of essays that talks and dissects these.

So, I will give my analysis of the two films.

Perfect Blue has a significant amount of stronger undertones on celebrity culture, that I feel like this film has a little more similarity with The Idol than Black Swan. With Black Swan, the undertones focus more on psychological themes, such as the obessessed artist and narcissism.

Both protagonists hallucinate themselves, and both would haunt them, in moments of peace and emotional high. Mima would physically disassociate, and violent acts of her hallucinated self only come towards the end. In the case of Mima, her hallucination is the persona she moved forward from, her pop Idol career, where she was perfectly ingenue and pure. The symbolism of her hallucination is like a betrayal haunting her and a time when she was not exploited sexually and had a team to lean on,

Nina was a little different, her hallucination is always haunting her, often seeing her face on people who would slightly resemble her and on mirrors, creepily moving on its own. While Mima's hallucination was the ingenue and safety, Nina's was the woman repressed by the ingenue. She wants to grow up, away from the intoxicating grasp of her overbearing mother. Her struggle to keep her mother at bay, staying her little girl, her madness makes her repressed puberty seem so extreme. She would behave less like a compliant woman into a rebelling teenager, wanting agency for herself.

Also, their plot themes are very different. Black Swan is inspired by Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, a tragic fairy tale about an enchanted woman turning into a swan. Ballet was used as the craft of the obsessed artist, our protagonist Nina and through the play's characters, yhe White Swan and the Black Swan, showed the damage of repression.

Perfect Blue is directly based on celebrity culture and the scariest things that truly happen to them. It's a strong commentary shown with the story surrounding an Idol transitioning into an actress. Mima wanted to a change, but the cost of change in the industry was damaging to the well being of the celebrity, who is in the end just a person. It was about the Idol as a person and the idolization of her.

Lastly, Nina and Mima weren't the ones who were alike. Rumi was much more similar to Nina, in their behavior of violence, just to get what they want, their fear of someone out to get them (Rumi believed Mima is destroying the Idol Mima's image, Nina thinks Lily is out to get her role), the hallucinations (Rumi went mad to the point of believing she is Idol Mima, Nina's hallucination was basically everything and everywhere), and their obsession of perfection.

I do not think Perfect Blue and Black Swan are similar at all, aside from psychological themes.

* The Horror vs The Thriller

A horror movie scares you, whether it would be the jumpscares, the context, the gore or the unspeakable scenes.

Perfect Blue is truly horrifying: stalking, extreme manipulation, r*pe, exploitation, murders, and practically going crazy. I couldn't sleep when I watched it the first time, and started to set my socials into privacy, even from my friends. That's horror level shit because it could happen to anybody.

Thrillers create suspense, drama and builds up. It is exciting and adrenaline building, it thrills you.

Black Swan thrilled me, just from its interesting story, plot, and scenes. I knew she was slowly starting to lose her screws and I needed to know how far she could lose her mind. She isn't a good person, I wasn't exactly rooting for her or against her, I just wanted to see what happens. Middle school had me gripped with this that it influenced my friends to watch it.

My Conclusion

I love Black Swan more, just because I enjoy rewatching it. Perfect Blue is a film that is good to watch once in your life unless you like to analyze or make essays about movies.

I can never hate Nina at all. She is just such a unique trope to me, being the unrelaible narrator and all other tropes combined. I feel so sorry for what Mima went through in Perfect Blue. This is why celebrity culture must die at some point. It's getting out of hand.

So, Black Swan for the psychology nuts for sure , for the thriller lovers and female wrongs supporters. Perfect Blue for the intense horror lovers, for the ones who like to watch movies that would traumatize them.

[theladymuses]

@chaosbled sent . . .

Someone left a note on Esmé’s dresser in the Port Mafia HQ. It said, in just barely legible handwriting: “Thank you for being my new friend. It makes me sad that real bouquets die so I made you one that wouldn’t. I hope you like it a lot. — No. 258 Chuuya”

The bouquet in question was approximately 50 roses made out of an array of origami paper, beautifully assembled in all different colours and patterns, tied together with a lavender silk bow. For a ‘vase’ the flowers had been set inside a glass jar that had a string of tiny LED lights wound around the inside of it that lit up when you pushed a small switch.

Before Esmé steps inside, she knows someone's been in her room; the tiny slip of paper in her doorframe isn't where she left it. She rarely makes it a point to lock the space, so she doesn't make much of it when she enters.

Her gaze locks onto the sizeable bouquet of paper roses on her dresser. She routinely returns to various things left for her: stacks of paperwork, Amazon boxes, Silver Oracles, orders from the Boss, Sakaguchi or executives, cryptic correspondence her job requires her to maintain, even love letters every once in a while—but paper flowers aren't one of them.

❝ At least there's a note... ❞ She murmurs, stalking over to scan over the scribbles. A bouquet that wouldn't die . . . friends? Some harsh part of her tells her that's too sweet a sentiment to exist in the Port Mafia, that she should toss it away like the occasional valentine's chocolates (she doesn't even like chocolate), that— instead, she's switching the LED lights on and off and giggling like a child. It's pretty, and all girls love pretty things, and she wants to keep it.

That's pretty damn creative, I'll give you that, kid. Still not used to being called Chuuya? At least his writing's gotten more legible. There is the distant thought that Chuuya, over time, will surely see more than just flowers die (would he be sad then?), that he shouldn't consider her a friend. And yet Esmé sticks the note on the back of the jar and leaves it there, lights dotting the dresser and the wall behind it, with the intention of taking it back home with her.

[ekho-ekho-ekho]

Flowers, from Algernon

In a 1959 short story by Daniel Keyes, a mentally disabled man, Charlie, undergoes experimental surgery to “increase his intelligence.” His progress is measured against the first successful mouse subject, with whom he develops a sense of kinship. But just as Charlie’s intelligence peaks, the mouse's wanes, and it dies soon after. Charlie can then only watch, horribly aware, as his own faculties drain away bit by bit.

Incidentally, this is how it feels being deprived of ADHD medication.

Enjoy the flowers,

Algernon

—actual note* that I sent to several leading figures in the FDA as well as the Administrator of the DEA — attached to bouquets of paper roses** — while waiting on my prescription this past week***.

* For context, the rate of ADHD diagnoses saw a sharp uptick during Covid, when a bunch of people working outside of a structured environment for the first time in their adult lives found they were having the exact same problems in work as their kids were having in school. Add to that a handful of unscrupulous telehealth apps that pushed through as many stimulant prescriptions as they could (exploiting a short-lived loophole in diagnostic criteria), and in the span of a few short years you’ve got a sudden explosion in demand.

Due to those sketchy business practices, the aforementioned telehealth apps are now in boiling hot water with both the DEA and FDA. But as for what’s to be done about the patients they were treating . . . well, suffice to say, there’s been an Adderall shortage since October 2022 that has now, in February 2023, extended to the regular and generic versions of every alternative on the market, including some of the (generally less effective) non-stimulant options. Case in point, it’s February 14, I’ve been waiting on my prescription since February 3, and I’m not likely to see it filled for at least another three days.

“So why don’t the pharmaceutical companies just make more pills to meet demand?” you might ask? Well, some claims have been made about labor and supply shortages, but a big part of the problem is that stimulants are a controlled substance, meaning the FDA/DEA restrict how much may be produced at a given time. And despite the massive surge in demand, these organizations have refused, point-blank, to raise the production cap for 2023.

The FDA and DEA have also refused to give adequate explanation for this decision, despite inquiries by everyone from The Guardian to state legislators. I can only assume this strategy is meant to weed out the “drug seekers” by testing everyone’s goddamn patience till they snap or give up. After all, those of us who were diagnosed through “legitimate” channels already know how to wait months on end for treatment! (Not that the nine-month diagnostic process could possibly be what drove so many people to those apps in the first place. Nah, surely they all just wanted uppers =_= )

** The more politically savvy among you might be thinking, Bluh bluh that’s pointless you know, flowers are expensive and federal officials aren’t allowed to accept gifts valued at over $20.

This is true! But scroll up and reread what I actually said, and you’ll see they were PAPER flowers. You chump. You rube. Nothing I sent cost more than $15 total.

(also if anyone’s curious, the company is called Lovepop; great alternative to real flowers if you’re a broke bitch but still want to spread the love. or annoy a government official.)

*** There was a word count limit on the note, so I wasn’t able to write out the most detailed summary.

(Flowers for Algernon was later adapted into a novel, but a PDF of the original short story can be found here. Reminder that it’s from the 50s and as such doesn’t utilize the most up-to-date language or understanding of psychology. But the sudden upswing in ability — and the gradual, horrifyingly conscious decline — is intimately familiar in my present situation.

[liyuee-qixing]

“Noble Princess”

You're the tsaritsa daughter and the snezhnaya princess,after you finish your study on Sumeru academia she decided you're mature enough to be married with one of her Faithful Servant Harbinger.

character: Arlecchino,Capitano, Damslette

Last Chapter Of Noble Princess series:

Arlecchino

Let's say she's rough at the edge but soft inside.

She didn't attend the meeting but she was told about you through a letter.

When she finally get to see you in person,she was in a shock. How could such a gorgeous person like you exist on this world???

Maybe she stare at you a little too long that you start to stare back at her. When she finally noticed what was she doing she was quite embarrassed and flustered..

When the tsaritsa assigned her to be your body guard,the other harbinger envy her. How come she get to spend time with you the most and go everywhere you go!?

No,no no she's not shy,she is rather afraid that you'll be uncomfortable with what she said

The tsaritsa assign you to write down some data at the orphanage. As an owner of the orphanage, arlecchino accompany you. The kids often gave you two a funny stares but seem to hesitant to spit it out

"ms arlecchino,is that your wife? We always saw you with her" one of the kid said,it enough to make your cheeks warm up.

"she dressed nicely,then it must be her bride! A bride need a bucket of flowers though.." another kids said as he thought to himself,the heat on your face become stronger time by time

"no- she's not my-" arlecchino sounded startled by them,her face was all red. Maybe even redder than you.

"let them be,I don't mind, they're just kid after all" you giggled as the kids placed a rose bouquet on your hands and a fake ring on arlecchino hands

"now you look perfect!" The kid shouted in excitement,one of them sat behind you climbing the sofa you and arlecchino sat on

"with in this i declare you both as an uhh.. married couples and I.. and I forgot my line" you giggled at their attitude meanwhile arlecchino stay quiet.

"aha! You may place your ring to your wife now!" Another kid guide arlecchino hand to place the ring on your finger.

Later that day,the rest of harbinger questioned the ring on your both finger

"hey Archie,what that on your finger?" Tartaglia asked as he observations the ring more. The other harbinger soon follow to look at it

"the kids-"now that ajax bring it up,her face become red once again with flushed expression just for remembering it,from afar you just eardrop them humming to yourself

"the kids is forcing us to play bride and groom with them,they also make us to match ring. Kids nowadays are too bright huh" you finally spoke from afar still focusing on scattered documents in front of you.

"yea,that what happened- I guess"

"wait so you're married to the princess!? Not fair,it supposed to be me,it would be great if you give your ring to me"Childe said in such a childish voice as he tried to get the ring on arlecchino finger

"it's your lost you wasn't there tartaglia! Get off of me"arlecchino shouted in protest in a way to defend a plastic ring that probably word 50 mora,but it was a matching ring with you how could she just let to lose it!?!

"as long as it's not real marriage it'll be fine,I could afford her a better ring anyway"Pantalone said in such a calm face as he watch the fight happened between tartaglia and arlecchino

"I wonder if you'll actually put ring on my finger someday later" you bluntly said,the fight between tartaglia and arlecchino stopped for a second. The other harbinger that happen to be on the room look at you in a disbelief face

"see!? The majesty herself even say it,We're now married couples, get over it eleventh,are you trying to be the third person?" The knave said with such an annoying grin painted on her face

"no! What? Your majesty,I thought we were something"tartaglia look at your figure back in such a disappointed frown. Tartaglia being tartaglia he was clingy and dramatic.

"oh to be arlecchino"both Pantalone and Dottore said in sync. As they look to the whole happening event.

"you all are so utterly childish and pathetic,it just a plastic ring get over it." Scaramouche protested,by his tone he was annoyed,perhaps he was jealous? Nobody know I hate this man so much

"about time, let's go arlecchino,we have something to attend,or should I call you my love since we're married" you chuckled, playing along with whole bride and groom things. Your sentence made scaramouche spat his coffee out staining his shirt

"of course sweetheart"arlecchino chuckled as she get up from her seat approaching your figure,you both then walked out of the room leaving the remain harbinger on the meeting room

"nevermind, I wanna be arlecchino,I Wana get called love by her highness,I wanna accompany her everywhere she go,I wanna play bride and groom with her." Scaramouche spat his confession out with such a pathetic expression,the other three harbinger just stared at him same bro

"noted, balladeer"Capitano pull out his note book as scaramouche keep going with his confession

Capitano

You accidentally ran into him once. Even though you're the one who ran into him he apologize a ton.

Ah,he don't say much does he? He's a rather quiet one.

But he's also the one who lead most of the mission,well that what he supposed to do and that what his title stand for anyways..

One habit of him. He always gave you random accessories,dress or anything,he always said it a gift from liyue,or is it a gift from Inazuma. But in general he's just happy to spoil you,he just happy to see your face lit up in happiness when he gave you those gift

His subordinate usually has to listen to his nonstop talk about you.

"will this dress fit her highness? Does she prefers blue or white.." he asked to himself, completely ignoring the fatui subordinate behind him

"she'll look great on anything my lord but please-" one of the subordinate words were cutten off by him

"ah right,why don't I just bought her every variant" he Murmer to himself as he took both of the silk kimono to his hand

May tsaritsa spare his subordinate from their lord nonstop talk about you

He didn't talk about you around the higher rank fatui harbinger or any harbinger in particular

But he do pay tartaglia to listen to him in exchange for a sparring.

"isnt her majesty is just so charming"

"yes Lord harbinger!"

Damslette

She's is very well know among the harbinger,the mystery on how does she get to the top three strongest harbinger haven't solved yet.

Tartaglia always try to get you away from her as much as possible. But damslette seem to have very smart way to get close to you.

She would accompany you with your daily activity,from hairstyles to night time routine.

Of course she know the most about you,she know your breakfast preference, favorite hair color, favorite kind of tea, favorite snack.. she serve it all for you!

"tartaglia dear,may you move a bit away from her highness,it about the time for tea time and I've prepared the finest tea for her.. after that she need to be at bath" damslette out of nowhere appeared and placed her hand on your shoulder in attempt to drag you away

"your highness you may go first to the location,I'll go after you"damslette said to you, you was confused but nods anyway

"why does every inside door activity she do must be accompanied by you?"tartaglia snorted by the recent events

"just so you know I even get to undress her before she take a bath" damslette whispered to tartaglia ear,it bought a little bit of tint pink blush on his cheeks

"why does I never get anything.. arlecchino get to accompany her anywhere,you got to spend most of her private time together,Capitano and her was partner in work.. what am I"tartaglia dramatically frowned by damslette confession,not fair,he never got anything good

"insect, perhaps"she gave him a snarky comment before she laughed among herself and leave

[chirp-a-chirp]

Obey Me! Flower Power

Demon brothers + Diavolo and how they’d use flowers (and which ones) to confess their love for MC

Lucifer - Roses

Super old school. Gives MC bouquet of roses. Places a smattering of rose petals on MC’s bed as well for good measure. *Secret romantic unleashed*

These are the most expensive, high quality flowers in the Devildom. Top notch.

“You’re well worth the cost MC.”

Mammon - Gazania (Treasure Flower)

These flowers are EVERYWHERE at HOL MC might find them. MC’s bedroom scattered on the floor and bed; stairways; hallways; dinning room table; kitchen; bathtub; their backpack.

“So—so did you see the flowers MC?!”

“Not that I care if you did see them human.”

Subtly, thy name is not Mammon.

Levi - Flower Created in Online Game

Creates an online game personalized for MC. 50 levels, ultra baddie boss to defeat at the end. No mere normie could beat this game.

At the end of the game, there’s a pixelated flower with a sign that says “Turn around MC”

MC turns and sees Levi holding another sign saying “I love you.”

“You—you d-don’t have to say it back.”

Satan - Roses

Don’t tell Satan Lucifer would give MC roses too.

Seriously, don’t.

However, he would give the roses in a more creative fashion. First, he’d dry a single rose and give it to MC as a bookmark. Then, while reading to the MC (MC in Satan’s lap in his room, their back pressed against his chest), he gestures to a vase with a glowing🌹

“Like in this book, this rose is enchanted. It’ll thrive as long as our love does.”

“By the way, I love you.” *Faintly blushes*

Asmo - Lavender

Buys all the skin and make-up products with lavender or lavender oil he can find. He’s going to pamper you like crazy.

“I tried finding a flower as gorgeous as me or you, but it’s impossible! You’re just too lovely! But, these products will enhance our love even more. 🥰”

Beel - Zucchini Blossom

“Hey MC, can you come to the kitchen real quick?”

“Normally I’m never full. But when I’m with you, my heart is so full, I forget I’m hungry.”

“Here, I made you some zucchini blossoms. Saved you the last few.”

Belphie - Lily

When MC comes to snuggle with Belphie in his bed, they see a vase of lilies on a bedside stand.

“These were Lilith’s favorite flower too.”

“I feel safe and at peace with you. Do you feel the same?”

Diavolo - ALL THE FLOWERS

Dia: Lucifer, what kind of flowers does MC like?

Lucifer: How should I know? My hands are rather full. *Gestures to 6 brothers descending into chaos*

Dia: No worries! I have a backup plan. *Calls MC and asks them to stand outside the HOL front door for a delivery*

[d0llpie]

hey can i request prompt 47 with tanaka also super angsty like i want to cry

Miscarriage

tanaka x reader

Prompt: “i lost the baby”

Trigger warnings: miscarriage, heavy angst, like really a whole lot of painful angst just angst

a/n: thanks for the request, i hope you cry <3 I will be making a part 2 btw

wc: 2.6k part 2

You were arguing with Tanaka, again. It started when he came home around an hour ago, three hours past when you planned a date with him. It had taken ages for you to convince him to go on a proper date since he was always ‘busy’. You needed to tell him you were pregnant, wanted to celebrate with him. Instead you were left with 50 unread messages and Tanaka waltzing in the house as if nothing was wrong. When he came and kissed you on the cheek “hey baby” like nothing had happened you snapped. “Where the fuck were you Ryu?” you stood up from the kitchen bench and begun throwing accusation after accusation at him while he just stood shocked, belittling you for ‘overreacting’ at his ‘simple mistake’.

“Oh you want me to apologize for being stood up? Hm?” You throat felt raw from the screaming, desperately just wanting him to apologize and tell him about the baby so you could make up and move on. Tanaka, stubborn as ever, wouldn’t let that happen. “I never said that, you’re working yourself up, stop stressing yourself out.” His calm tone only irked you even more, he could at least pretend to care. “What were you doing that had you so pre-occupied? Or should I ask who?” he snapped his head towards you, visibly annoyed, at least you finally caught his full attention. “What the fuck y/n? Are you seriously accusing me of cheating because I forgot about your stupid date? You know we can go on a date any other time why are you acting like such a bitch right now? Fuck sake you’re so dramatic.” You fought back the tears in your eyes, slamming your fist down on the table “When was the last time we went on a date- a real one? I wanted to spend some time with you ALONE for once to talk to you, but instead you can’t even tell me why you were soo busy to even send me a text cancelling.” A few stray tears slipped out in frustration, but you continued to glare at him, egging him on further. “I was out with some friends Jesus y/n, why do you have to bring your insecurities into everything.” You were hit with a wave of nostalgia, he’d said that line to you when you started dating in high school.

“Tanaka, hey baby, I was wondering if you wanted to come to my class to eat lunch today, I want to tell you something” You smiled up at your boyfriend as he smiled back “Of course baby! I gotta go to practice, want to come watch?” he pecked your cheek quickly, smiling widely at you proudly “Oh sorry, I have to study for a text next period but I’ll see you at lunch!” his face dropped but the bell rang, signaling your next class “Bye Tanaka!” you waved cheerily as he walked back towards the gym.

y/n: Hi, I’m in my class for lunch now :) see you soon <3

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You frowned holding the homemade lunch you had wanted to give him. After around 15minutes you realized he wasn’t coming. You went to the gym to see if he was there with Noya, you entered the gym and found them both watching Kiyoko with lovesick expressions on their faces, spewing out compliments profusely. “Tanaka.. hey” he looked over to see you in the doorway “Y/N, hey! What’s up?” you stood there in shock for a minute before clearing your throat “Um can I talk to you?” he looked over at Kiyoko who was ignoring Nishinoya before reluctantly making his way over to you. “How come you didn’t come to lunch” you frowned lightly and he sighed “Its not like you came to my practice either, plus, I was hanging out with my friends, don’t bring your insecurities into this I told you Kiyoko doesn’t like me.” He pouted and you felt your heart clench. “Do you still like her?” you whispered and although he heard you, he pretended he didn’t. You plastered on a fake smile before retreating to the classroom, ignoring his texts and calls for the rest of the day until he brought you a bouquet of roses the next day. It was your first of multiple fights over his obvious crush on his manager. Eventually you got sick of the fighting and sappy make-ups so you just ignored it, knowing he could never have her and was with you because he loved you. Right?

“Fine. I’m sorry for accusing you, I’m not sorry for everything else, why won’t you just fucking talk to me!” The exhaustion from fighting was catching up with you and you began to feel light-headed. “Because it’s not a big deal y/n! Wait-what’s wrong?” you sighed, leaning against the wall “It’s the fucking baby and this stupid fight what do you think.” You spat at him and he stopped thinking for a moment. “Baby?” you looked up to see him smiling nervously at  you “Yeah you’d have known if you hadn’t stood me up.” He pinched the bridge of his nose “we’re having a baby, can you let this go?” you scoffed, done with this fight you stormed up to your shared bedroom, crawling into bed and staying as far from his side as possible. You placed a hand over your stomach, softly crying into the pillow while Tanaka stayed downstairs, opting to sleep on the couch.

Noya: Yoo how’d y/n take it?

Tanaka: she’s pregnant

Noya: oh shit, what’re you gonna do

Tanaka: what do you mean what am I gonna do? Raise a baby I guess, fuck idk man

Noya: that’s tough, Kiyoko is staying at mine😍 pray for me bro🙏🏼😩

Tanaka: lucky, i’m on the fucking couch

Noya: sucks🥶

He sighed before turning his phone off, fuck.

The next day you woke up to breakfast in bed and a very happy Tanaka smiling at you, “good morning, how are my babies feeling?” you wanted to roll your eyes and stay mad but you couldn’t deny the way your heart fluttered when he referred to you and your child as his babies. “good morning ryu..what’s all this?” you were expecting an apology like usual, or at least for him to acknowledge what happened “You’re eating for two now I guess! When’s your next appointment?” he seemed really freaked out so you placed a hand over his “next week, are you feeling okay?” you pressed the back of your hand against his forehead, he felt fine just a little sweaty. “I’m good, want to go out for dinner after work?” you were hesitant but nodded “You’ll come right?” it’s like his mood did a 180 when you said that “What’s that supposed to mean” he spoke through gritted teeth, trying to remain calm and collected. “You know…yesterday?” he scoffed “still hung up on that huh? You gonna berate me for every mistake I make when this baby pops out of you?” you were wide awake now “woah wait, I didn’t say that-“ “you accuse me of stuff, why can’t I do the same?” his tone was growing angrier by each syllable he spoke. You looked down in your lap, feeling your eyes well up with tears again. “Tanaka please stop” you whispered and he snapped “Yeah doesn’t feel great when you just want to stop but they keep going huh?” you don’t even remember why he was getting worked up, because you didn’t want him to stand you up again? You fiddled with your fingers and zoned out while he continued yelling.

You finally looked up when you heard the bedroom door close, breathing in deeply before hunching over as a sharp pain in your abdomen stopped you from making any big or sudden movements. You groaned out in pain, stopping Tanka immediately. Tanaka ran a hand over his head stressfully “are you okay? Shit. Uh, I’m going to call an ambulance” you groaned again “Call Yachi, she can take me I think we need some-“ tears pricked your eyes and you started to sweat “space, I’ll call you when I’m there.” You could see his eyes well up with tears. His hands were opening and closing, wanting to hold you but knowing better than to do that.

Yachi came over shortly after and lead you to the car. Tanaka saw the blood on your shorts and held his breath, letting a few tears roll down his cheeks. You were silent in the car over, crying softly and groaning in pain every few minutes. Yachi looked over worriedly at you, holding your hand and letting you squeeze her hand for reassurance. “Y/n don’t move ill get a nurse to help you out.” You arrived through the emergency section of the hospital and texted Tanaka

y/n: I’m going into the emergency room now

tanaka: okay, let me know what’s happening

He shut off his phone with a shaky breath, deciding to call his friends over.

Tanaka: Noya?

Noya: hey bro what’s up

Tanaka: Y/n’s in the hospital, can you come over?

Noya: What happened? Kiyoko is here man..

Tanaka: Bring her here, I don’t know what happened she started bleeding and crying

Noya: wtf? Did you hit her?

Tanaka: You know I’d never do that. I think it’s the baby…

Noya: We’re on our way, we have whiskey

Tanaka heard knocking and made his way to the door, he opened it to see Noya and Kiyoko there. “Hey, thank you both for coming.” he stepped aside to let them enter “So how’d the break-up go, is she okay?” he looked quizzically at Noya “You didn’t tell her?” he shook his head “sorry, we were watching a movie..” Tanaka looked unamused by Noya before turning to Kiyoko “We started fighting about me hanging with you guys instead of our date and she told me she was pregnant” Kiyoko looked at him disappointedly “You left a pregnant girl?!” it was unusual for Kiyoko to raise her voice but she felt horrible your you, she knew how much you loved Tanaka and she always felt guilty in high school for what you had to put up with, because of her. “What? No! I didn’t break up with her because she’s pregnant but now...I don’t know, she was bleeding and in pain and she’s in the emergency room now..” Kiyoko was restraining from slapping him, digging her nails into her palms. “Why aren’t you with your pregnant girlfriend, it’s bad enough you don’t love her and now this? You know a baby requires actually raising a human?” He dropped his head down, “I know, I already feel horrible…what if something’s happening to the baby?” he sat down on the couch, taking the bottle from Noya’s hand and taking a swig. “You can still raise a baby and not be together…” Noya spoke up, sitting down next to him while Kiyoko turned the tv on. “It’s not fair on you guys or the baby if you stay together.” He knew he was right, he’d been putting this off for too long, he settled for you and got comfortable with the live you showed him that eventually he stopped showing it back. He can’t remember when he fell out of love but he didn’t want to leave you, he loved you still he just wasn’t in love with you. Deep down you knew, you never let yourself think that for long though. Afraid you’ll end up leaving him, Yachi had tried to get you to leave before but you could never stand the idea. Lately it was like you were already broken up, two awkward college roommates. The idea of raising a baby with him scared you, you were so stressed and sick of overthinking that you passed out in the hospital after a few hours, forgetting to call Tanaka.

You stepped out of the car, hesitating to close the door as you breathed in deeply. It was around 4pm the next day and you had just been discharged from the hospital. “Do you want me to wait here?” Yachi asked from the drivers seat, her eyes were red and puffy, she’d been up all night holding your hand and crying with you. “I think it’ll be okay…why is Kiyoko’s car here?” your eyes stuck to the black car in the driveway that you knew was Kiyoko’s “y/n, i’m gonna wait here you should go inside hes probably worried…” you nodded before approaching the front door. Your legs felt like lead as you stepped up to the door, taking your key out and unlocking the door.

“Ryu?” you moved further into the house, seeing a passed out Tanaka on the couch across from a passed out Kiyoko. “Tanaka.” You said a little louder, making him stir.

Noya came into the living room from behind you “hey y/n, how are you?” he looked hungover and that’s when you noticed the empty bottles on the floor. “Hi noya- Tanaka!” you yelled this time, waking up both Kiyoko and Tanaka. “Y/n? heyyy, how was the hospital?” he yawned and sat up groggily, rubbing his eyes. You wanted to run to him and hold him, but you stopped yourself, trying not to focus on how tight your chest felt and the tears building up in your eyes again. “Y/n?” you heard Kiyoko’s soft voice from beside you and you broke down into tears, she caught you before you fell and moved you to the couch, rubbing your back. “I lost the baby.” You continued to cry as the other three in the room sat frozen. “Y/n, i’m so sorry, i’m so so sorry, I’ll come back later but I think we should go…Noya?” Kiyoko hugged you tightly before grabbing Noya and exiting the house.

Tanaka was silent, tears rolling down his cheeks. “What happened y/n?” he avoided looking in your eyes “they said it was because of stress…Tanaka I can’t take this anymore..” you sniffled looking in your lap. He looked up to see how tired and broken you looked, feeling his heart clench. “Y/n, I swear Kiyoko and Noya came over to hang out, I don’t have feelings fo-“ “It’s not about your feelings for her, it’s about your feelings for me…I need you to be honest” he gripped your hand, his lip quivering “I don’t want to lose you y/n…” “You aren’t in love with me Tanaka, i’m not stupid” you chuckled softly, rubbing the rest of your tears away. His silence said enough and so you stood up. “Y/n, don’t go” you scoffed “you can’t keep doing this to me, making me stay with you like this” you commended yourself on the way your voice didn’t waver. “I know, I know, but I-“ he stopped himself, knowing he couldn’t stop you. “I still care about you, I always will.” You nodded, cupping his cheek softly “I know baby, I love you Ryu.”

You walked back outside and sat in the passenger seat of Yachi’s car. You put on some music and she looked over at you before driving away, not asking any questions.

Tanaka sat on the floor of his lounge room, staring into his hands and crying, you were really gone and he couldn’t fix it, it was him who pushed you away anyway. It was him who had to deal with it now.

   a/n: sorry for writing this, i might make a happy ending part 2, send me ideas if you would like to see that <3

[greenbeany]

monos wedding headcanons?

OOH THATS A GOOD ONE

They marry for tax benefits. Ok yes Weiss is a little loaded and also they love eachother, but both girls agree they don't need to be married to love eachother. Therefore, they marry for bragging rights and tax benefits.

Quiet wedding. Team RWBY, JNOR, SSSN, Qrow and Maria and Piedro, the Schnees, Blake's parents and Ilia, and one +1. Although most people's +1 was already invited anyway.

Blake comes wearing a black suit, with a purple waistcoat and tie over a black collared shirt. There are purple roses embroidered onto the suit jacket. Her hair stays in a bob. Her father walks her down the aisle.

Weiss comes in a white gown. The sleeves are off the shoulder, but they're puffed up all the way down to her wrists. Her waist is covered in an ice blue corset, with white lilies embroidered onto it. The skirt of her dress goes down to her knees at the front, but trails long behind her at the back. Winter walks her down the aisle and Ruby and Nora the ends of her dress.

Oscar is the flower girl

They hold the wedding in Vale, and someone let's slip to the Beacon staff that it's happening. Glynda and the Beacon staff show up at the reception to wish them both good tidings.

The HH and at least Marrow from the Ace Ops ALSO crash the reception. May definitely cries a lot. Marrow cries even more.

Yeah there's a lot of wedding crashing. More crashers include Emerald, team CVFY, team FNKI (who bring Ciel), Tai and Raven??? And Jinn and Ambrosius (and the other spirit) of all people.

You can thank a little birdie for all that

The birdie is Qrow

During the Wedding, Winter makes sure to parade them both with a summon of baby nevermores.

Although they nearly go with Ruby's idea to cover Qrow in talcon powder and have him serenade them instead.

It's an outdoor wedding, in a rose garden. Entirely coincidentally, Ruby catches Weiss' bouquet.

Yang makes the speech at the reception and there are mad puns. Despite Yang's insistence on joking around, it's actually a very moving speech. Sun and Jaune are just two of the people that Ruby catches crying.

A fight breaks out over food. Qrow and Winter were born meant to be helping with catering, and you can see them begin to get more and more angry at eachother as time goes on. This ends in Qrow VS Winter 2.0. the entire ballroom becomes a battleground. It's a miracle that nobody gets hurt and nothing is damaged.

It's actually not a miracle. This was a staged performance. Whitley requests this to Winter, and oddly enough, Ruby and Yang both ask Qrow. The real fight happened in the training rooms while they were trying to choreograph it.

The cake is massive.

There are like 50 tiers no joke. The outside is white, with blue, indigo and purple flowers iced onto every other tier. Weiss and Blake cut it together, using Blake's sword. It's Red velvet on the inside... Filled with... Gummy worms...

Both girls regret leaving Qrow to help organise and cater the wedding.

Bonus: you can find footage of Maria and Pietro dancing together if you search hard enough

[hinamoria]

Purple Lilac

Hitsuhina Week 2021 : Day 3- Everyone knows / Flowers

Rating: K

Word Count: 1235 words

Setting: Few months after Karakura fight

Author’s Note: I must have looked at almost 50 flowers and their meanings to make this one-shot. I knew absolutely nothing about it (except maybe the roses), but I found it very interesting to read. I almost want to go buy some now xD

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Opening the door to his office, Hitsugaya froze and wondered for a moment if he was in the wrong room.

But no, it was his shelves at the back of the room, and his desk staggered abnormally against the left wall. On the other hand, the dozens of flowers on the floor, the multiple vases and the association of shinigami women sitting in the middle of the room had nothing to do here.

“Can I know what's going on?” He asked coldly, desperately trying to keep his cool. But when a familiar red head came out from behind a huge bouquet with a big smile, he felt a vein start to grow on his forehead.

“Captain!” Matsumoto cried, standing up. “I didn't expect to see you again so soon, you are used to training longer! What are you doing here?”

“Matsumoto, are you asking me what I'm doing in my office?” He replied, gritting his teeth. “What are you all doing here? Clear all this mess and give me back my office! Right now!”

“Byak-kun kicked us out of his house!” Yachiru yelled as she swallowed a flower from her bouquet, visibly undisturbed by the captain's threatening tone.

Matsumoto made a little embarrassed pout and tried to save the day.

“The association wanted to organize a bouquet creation group work. It’s a very relaxing and creative activity! The usual place was not available so I offered to come here. You've already done some paperwork this morning. There should no longer be any left-over”

Hitsugaya clenched his jaw further, reaching an upper threshold of frustration. This place was a workplace, not a place to play! And if it was necessary to force everyone out, he was ready to do it.

“My work is done, but I still have all yours to do, because while I'm doing everything here, you are playing with flowers! So, I'm warning you, you have 10 seconds to get out before ...”

“Shiro-chan!” Another familiar voice said, cutting off his threat. “Look at my bouquet!”

“Hinamori?” He said, surprised. “What are you doing here?”

The young woman was still recovering in the Fourth Division since the accident in the war against Aizen. She wasn't supposed to leave her room.

“Matsumoto-san asked me to participate in this activity to relax and take my mind off things. She was right, look at the result!”

She presented him with a large bouquet of various flowers only inches from his face, causing him to take a step back in reflex.

The young man knew absolutely nothing about flowers. But the colour combination seemed harmonious, most of them were mauve or purple, with a few white flowers on them.

“It’s…pretty?” He tried, hoping not to upset his friend with his inability to give real compliments.

“Do you like it?” She adds visibly delighted. “This one is for you!”

“For me?” He repeated, taking the bouquet awkwardly.

He looked at it more intently, muttering an embarrassed “thank you”.

“I wanted to do another one for granny, but I thought I heard you wanted us to leave?”

Silence fell in the room for a few seconds. Everyone looked at him with hope. The captain gave in:

"Matsumoto, my office must be perfectly clean tomorrow morning when I get back," he reminded her.

Still with the bouquet in hands, he turned around and decided that a few more hours of training wouldn't hurt.

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Arriving at his office the next morning, Rangiku noted the famous bouquet on his captain's desk. The man was already there, immersed in the late paperwork (her, for sure) from the day before.

The lieutenant walked over, reaching out as if to touch a petal, but stopping her gesture at her captain's glare. This bouquet was precious to him and the redhead was known for her clumsiness.

“They are really beautiful captain, aren't they?” She said out loud in a cheerful tone.

Toshiro gave a simple "um" of approval.

“Did you know that every flower has a meaning? The aim of the activity was not only to learn how to create bouquets but also to understand the hidden meaning of each.”

“This one, for example” she began, pointing to a white daffodil, “represents rebirth and new beginnings. Hinamori probably wanted to mark the start of this new period after all this history with Aizen… You know, I was a little worried that she would get depressed in the Fourth Division, but in reality I feel like she quickly climbs up the slope. She's stronger than she looks”.

Hitsugaya could not but approve of his lieutenant's words. Hinamori had never been one to mope about her fate for months.

Rangiku then pointed to small purple flowers:

“In the same idea, the crocus marks joy and gaiety. It is one of the flowers that appear first after winter. A real symbol in this context, like a renewal”.

Then she pointed to a purple hyacinth:

“This one is used as an apology…”

Hitsugaya sighed upon hearing this explanation. Rather, it would be up to him to offer a whole bunch of these flowers given what happened the last time.

Not wishing to stay on a sad note, Rangiku moved on to the next.

"The iris symbolizes respect" she continued. “She must be apologizing for repeatedly calling you Shiro-chan”

Matsumoto chuckled as she saw her captain frown at his nickname.

“And finally: a purple lilac. A quiet beautiful one”

Rangiku took the risk and grabbed the flower, presented in a single copy. To be honest, Toshiro hadn't even noticed it before.

Turning it between her fingers for a moment in thought, she ended up placing it on her captain's desk.

"I'm going to drop off his files at the Third Division," Matsumoto said, grabbing a stack of finished files.

“Matsumoto”, interrupted his captain, taking the lilac in hand. “You didn't tell me what this one meant.”

The young woman smirked, then replied in a wink, "It's a secret," before disappearing.

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Captain Hitsugaya looked around for the third time until no one was seeing him and opened a book titled "Flowers and their meanings." It was childish, but he would rather die than be seen reading this. He had to act fast, his reputation depended on it.

At the lilac page level, the following text appeared:

“The purple lilac symbolizes youthful beauty and the first romantic emotions, it is perfect for declaring feelings!"

Toshiro blinked several times as he reread the sentence, then quickly closed the book. He took several breaths in and out to release the discomfort that was clutching his chest, then he gave a snap of annoyance with his tongue:

“Matsumoto wanted to play a joke on me again. It is obvious that Hinamori did not know the meaning of the flowers in the bouquet”

He abruptly put the book down and returned to his practice, his cheeks always red.

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A week later, Momo was surprised to find a sublime bouquet of purple lilacs in a vase made of ice on her dresser in the Fourth Division. The recipient was not noted, but the creation bore his signature in itself.

Of all the flowers, he had chosen these, she noted. She gave a small smile:

“Shiro-chan does not know the meaning of flowers. It must be a coincidence”

She gently stroked the petals and vowed to do more bouquets in the coming months, just to send Toshiro further signs.