#And didn't post most of what I wrote between New Years and whenever my actual real writing break started.

[averbaldumpingground]

Welcome back, nice to see a post from you again. Hope you are well 🙂

Thank you, that is very kind of you. I've actually been on here this whole time, mostly lurking. :)

[havendance]

I finished reading Simone's run on Batgirl (2011) today, and it feels a bit like I'm reaching the end of an era for the new 52 between the upcoming change of directions for her and Dick and Birds of Prey coming to an end, so I figured it was time for another check in.

Batman -- I have already written extensively about Zero Year. I probably have another post or two in me about it if I can pull together the brainpower. It looks like there is ANOTHER Joker event coming up in Batman: Endgame soon. Woohoo. Sigh. Scott Snyder I do not actually dislike your writing, but why?

Batman and Robin -- The Two Face arc was fine. The thing that really through me off though was the fact that the description for the trade for this arc was like "what's the connection between Harvey Dent and Carrie Kelly?" and then Carrie Kelly didn't show up at all? Am I missing something? What is the timeline on this story?

Birds of Prey -- I am not particularly sad to see this one go. This whole series was just all pretty eh in my opinion. I didn't really care about most of the plot lines. I did like Strix, but I really don't have much else to say about this. The best Birds of Prey content honestly comes from whenever Simone dragged them into Batgirl which I think is not very surprising.

Batgirl -- Barbara's fighting Vampire's all of a sudden? Around the same time as Kate's Nocturna drama? It's not even October. Anyway, I did still enjoy the Batgirl: Wanted trade more than the Deadline trade, but this was still enjoyable enough. I really liked the second Annual with Poison Ivy (see my note about Simone writing the best new52 Birds of Prey content despite not writing Birds of Prey). I am of mixed opinions of Helena Wayne Huntress getting brought into the Deadline storyline because it's very much a 'we're homaging the Birds of Prey trio' storytelling decision, and like Simone created that trio, it's her final issues on Batgirl, she has the right to do that! But also they have none of the history and it makes me sad because I miss them and Wayne isn't Bertinelli :( The final confrontation with Knightfall also felt a little anticlimactic and I just know that the plot threads with Barbara's old roommate is about to get completely dropped which is a shame. I am also a little sad that it ends with Barbara asking Alysia to come with her when I know she's about to get stuck on a bus. Alas.

Anyway, this also collected the Batgirl: Futures End issue which, uh, was a story.

Batwoman -- There is a clear drop in art quality when J. H. Williams left the title sadly. The Rafael Albuquerque covers are very good though. As I said previously, it's a shame that Andreyko is under marching orders to break of Kate and Maggie because I like the way he writes them together. I'm curious how the title's going to go for the final arc, because the plots that weren't the Kate-Maggie drama were less interesting and now that he doesn't have that. I suppose the title does end in like 6 issues.

Nightwing -- Nightwing's Chicago era was really fun and I am sad to see Kyle Higgins go. I may have had some beef with him over the fact that he burned down Haley's Circus twice in a row, but he wrote a good Nightwing. It's a shame he was stuck in thew new52 because I would've liked to see what he could do with a Dick Grayson who actually had all of his history.

[lincolndjarin]

what i've been up to and what's coming up:

ok ok ok so my break is actually over now.

i'm back in the full swing of things, and have been working towards very seriously writing my novel. but my break ran a little long so here's a small little updated list of my fic plans:

oh honey's final chapter will be posted soon, that's where my priorities are but i need to reread the last chapter to refresh my memory since it's been a while

i have a husbannd!joel x reader one shot in the works

i plan to go back through bks and do a full edit now that it's done

i have the two series that i have teased for january (most likely first week of february for those, apologies)

and i started working on that short horror anthology with pedro characters a while back so that will also be out soon

i'm certain there will be more but for now thats the plan, in this new year i'm hoping to do weekly updates, alternating between the two fics i have planned but that's subject to change.

in less interesting news here's what i've been doing in my time away:

to be completely honest it's been a whole lot of nothing. i buried myself in writing from the day i started bks until it ended. all my free time was devoted to writing and i never really took a second to step back from that. and i wouldn't change a thing, i absolutely adore writing and i'm extremely proud of what i wrote but i didn't make time for anything else in those months.

i did end up writing on several occasions, whenever i had an idea i was worried about losing i would take a day to write it out but that was it.

i was in a little slump for a while and eventually realized i've just needed some sort of creative outlet besides my writing, that outlet used to be dnd. but all my friends i used to play with are now spread out across the state so that isn't really an option anymore.

so i got my dosage upped and starting playing baulders gate and i gotta be honest, it worked lmaooooo

i'm doing a lot better, i feel better, i'm excited to start writing again because i love doing it. so thank y'all so much, and i can't wait to keep making things. <3

[wanderingaldecaldo]

💕 self-love time! talk about which ones of YOUR creations (edits, artworks, fanfics) you like the most then send to other creators to do the same 💕

Thank you so much @kohnnor!! 🥰

I posted about Val as the creation I like the most for the first ask I got, but by god I'm gonna answer every one of these because I'm really proud of all the stuff I've made in the last few years!

My longfic No One's Gonna Love You is right behind Val as far as creations I love. As I mentioned in that post and in others, I hadn't felt compelled to write in a long time. I have a couple of WIPs from DA:I and ME2 that I would pull out to work on whenever I had inspiration, but that wasn't often. I wouldn't say that I missed writing so much as the idea of being a writer.

When I started Cyberpunk, I had no preconceptions about the NPCs or romances, and I certainly didn't expect to fall for a minor NPC with not much screen time. (This is the first time it's happened to me, actually.) Initially I was captivated by Goro like so many others, but I fell in love with Mitch when V woke up in Pan's truck during The Star ending, and he was waiting for V to wake up. Any thoughts of writing a Pride & Prejudice inspired fic between Goro and V flew out the window because of those beautiful blue eyes.

For months Val and Mitch consumed my brain. I stayed up late every night to write, pouring more and more of myself into the story, learning more about both Val and Mitch as I went. At the time, I felt it was some of my best prose, like the intervening years that I hadn't been writing but was still consuming other media didn't matter. As if I was able to translate the years of experience I'd accumulated into words that could evoke feelings. What was meant to be a fun, smutty romp turned into a study of grief and loss.

And I found a new freedom to play like I hadn't experienced before. I experimented with the narrative; used repetition in different ways; played with flashbacks and dialogue; left room for characters to breathe and tell the story their own way. I had more fun writing that story than just about anything else I'd written to that point in my life.

More than that, I also learned how to create for myself. It didn't matter that I ended up in rare pair hell with few people there to cheer me on, because I was the target audience for the fic. It's the most self-indulgent thing I've written, because I wrote it for me.

If you've made it this far, thanks for reading. Words aren't as exciting or captivating as pictures, but words are my life, and these words in particular are some of the best words I've ever put together.

Chapters: 7/7 Fandom: Cyberpunk 2077 (Video Game) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Mitch Anderson/V (Cyberpunk 2077), Female V/Mitch Anderson, Referenced Mitch Anderson/Scorpion, Mitch Anderson (Cyberpunk 2077)/Original Character(s) Characters: V (Cyberpunk 2077), Mitch Anderson (Cyberpunk 2077), Streetkid V - Character, Panam Palmer, Carol Emeka, Cassidy Righter Additional Tags: Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, Mental Health Issues, Spoilers, The Star Ending (Cyberpunk 2077), Angst, Angst and Feels, Porn with Feelings, Porn With Plot, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, Gratuitous Smut, Shameless Smut, like a ridiculous amount of it, Bisexual Female Character, Bisexual Male Character, Bisexual Character, Stand Alone Series: Part 2 of Into My Arms Summary:

V studies his face, half shadow, half moonlit. He is handsome, now that she’s looking for it—once broken Roman nose, full, expressive lips, slate blue eyes now full of concern, the scar exaggerated by the shadows. How could she have missed this, missed him? So much time wasted.

[kmomof4]

Tag Game

Rules: Go to your published works on Ao3 and list the first fic you ever published there, the last fic you published, any fic that you wrote for a fandom/ship only once, your favorite fic you wrote in the fandom/ship that has the most works, the fic you wish more people read, the fic you agonized over the most, the fic that sprang fully formed from your mind without any effort, and a work you are proud of- for whatever reason.

I was tagged by @spartanguard and @wistfulcynic. Thank you so much ladies!!!!

First fic: True Love Song After being a member of fandom for nearly three years, and spending all that time swearing I'd never write, it took a lot of hand holding, encouragement, and cajoling from hollyethecurious and winterbaby89 to get me to actually post this thing...

Last fic: Into the Light my entry for this years CSSNS, inspired by the 1987 movie The Lost Boys, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Jason Patric, Dianne Wiest, and Edward Herrmann.

Only Once: All my fics are for Once, but I do have a few fics for other ships besides CS... A Family Affair series features the love stories of triplet sisters Emma, Regina, and Ruby, and their older brother David. Love Between the Pages is CS's story. Killian is a bestselling author that is writing a book on Emma's late husband Neal Cassidy, NASCAR darling killed on the track. He didn't plan on falling in love with her. Dance With the Gypsy is Ruby and Graham's story. She falls in love with Graham Humbert, the producer of her new Broadway show, Secrets. Clipping an Angel's Wings is Regina and Robin's story. Hollywood star Regina hires Robin to find and keep her safe from a stalker. And finally, David and Mary Margaret's story is told in A Spy Finds a Home. Dr. Mary Margaret Blanchard hires international spy David Nolan to find and save her parents who've been kidnapped by a terrorist organization.

Favorite fic for the fandom I've written in most: That is TOUGH... UGH!!!! That is REALLY tough!!!!!! Ok, you know what? I answered an ask from @kazoosandfannypacks a couple of weeks ago of my five favorite fics, and I couldn't even limit it to just five. So if you're really interested, you can find that ask and answer here. But I really couldn't pick just one between any of them, sorry, not sorry...

The fic I wish more people read: Is it fair to say all of them? 🤷🏻‍♀️ But that said, it's always thrilling whenever I get a notification that any of my fics gets a new like, kudos, or comment.

The fic I agonized over the most: Two fics immediately come to mind... Choices and Of Darkness, Vampires, and Soulmates. Choices because first, it was for wistfulcynic, and second, I had a very specific plan for how I wanted the fic to go. I wanted to include all the underrated CS canon Neverland moments that I adored, but also smut. And including all those canon moments in the fic meant that there was NO WAY in my mind that canon Emma would have approached Killian in that way. So it took me about a month to figure out how to keep all those canon moments and make the ending of the fic true to who they both were at that time in the show. ODVS I agonized over because it was the first fic I'd ever written that came completely out of my own head, from start to finish, no inspiration at all, and I had NO IDEA how hard it was to translate my vision onto the page. PLUS the fact that I had to actually connect the different time periods. And finally the level of historical detail I ended up including was just... 😳 oof... So yeah, I agonized over ODVS the most. It took me a full seven months of active writing and hollyethecurious and wistfulcynic about deserve co-writer status for everything they did to help me finish it.

The fic that sprang fully formed from my mind without any effort: Oh, that's easy! The Moon... Tells the Sea. @allons-y-to-hogwarts-713 shared a moodboard with me that she was working on for CSSNS20, and the full plot for a fic to go with it just poured out of me. She was almost as excited as I was for the fic, so I started writing. It ended up being a decent length one shot, but I think I had the whole thing written in 2-3weeks? Somewhere in there. Anyway, that was a fun one.

A fic that I'm proud of, for whatever reason: This one is pretty easy, too. Although the answer is kinda long... For someone who swore for years that she'd never write, the fact that I've published 39 fics in 4 1/2yrs makes me pretty proud. But that said, I'm probably most proud of the Family Affair series, linked above. I'm proud of it for a couple of reasons. First, that I was actually brave enough to really write it. The idea for the series came to me before I wrote my first MC, but given the fact that it was 4 different love stories, that would necessitate 4 different couples, plus the fact that we're a CS fandom and who from the CS fandom would be interested in reading a Red Hunter, OQ, or Snowing fic, the whole idea was pushed to the back of my mind for TWO YEARS before I actually started writing it. And the response BLEW ME AWAY!!! I'm eternally grateful for that! That's the first reason I'm proud. The second reason is that I remained true to my original vision of the interconnected stories of four siblings. I had several folks tell me over the course of the year I spent writing these fics that they'd love to see the stories as CS fics instead of the other siblings- particularly the OQ and Snowing fics. And as a reader, I completely get it. The plots of both of them would have been SO GOOD as CS fics, and I KNOW that I would have DEVOURED them both as such. But as the writer, I wanted the interconnected stories because of how much I loved the source material and the interwoven plot of the estrangement between the oldest and their father that I also wanted to tell. And again, I was stunned at the response I received for the other stories. The entire series is high up on my personal favorites list. In fact, I adore this universe so much, that I've written a Christmas fic set a year after David returns home and Regina and Robin were married that will be dropping on Christmas Day.

Thank you again for the tags, Kait and Saira!!! 😘

Now my turn to tag! @hollyethecurious @snowbellewells @winterbaby89 @whimsicallyenchantedrose @jrob64 @cs-rylie

[romilly-jay]

Didn't QUITE make the landing (for me): what's that about?

***spoilers***

Last post was about a movie that hinged around a Seeing My Best Friend With Fresh Eyes story arc (and had fun pushing the edges/ expectations for the New Best Friend But He's Gay bonus plotline).

This is also a Finding Her Way Back To Her Best Friend which - *for me, mind!* - started really well and ended pretty well and went wonky at the two thirds mark (but top marks for sticking to the plot logics).

Another similarity? The lead female actor wrote the script. (Okay, for the other movie, it was the lead female actor as co-writer and perhaps this is the kind of thing that benefits from a writing partnership? That call to tread the line between ludicrous and heart-warming. Always a balance. So hard to stay exactly on target.)

Things I particularly liked - that the female MC's business WASN'T failing, at least, not until AFTER she committed to some of the madness of the Chase The Exposure plot - and that she at one point has a moment of realisation: What am I doing? We were okay - why am I risking everything for this mad possible step up??

And, given the kind of movie we're in, it's both inevitable and also pleasing that everything comes round in the end.

Actually, scratch that - really pleasing that this movie serves a HEA without requiring the female lead to give up her Silly Little Notions of self-sufficiency. [Yay for a female writer i.e. a writer who empathises with the female MC's desire to be a rounded, independent person i.e. a writer who has more respect than that for the character!}

The other thing I like is that the male MC is - and remains - a Didn't Make It Yet musician whose main gig is as a wedding singer. She's an ordinary person (admittedly with a Special Gift she's temporarily refusing to listen to, which seems... illogical...) and - so is he. <3 <3

Things that pleased me less - the Big City girl being all like Use Your Gift for me oh but get me THAT guy specifically (i.e. don't use your gift the way it's supposed to be used) and she's like NO PROBLEM.

And - the feeding lines to her Magazine client to help her catch the former best friend / obviously supposed to be HER love interest. NO.

And - they drifted apart. Like, okay, but he's loved you for years. Surely, without some Incident he would at least remember to email?

Re movie production co -

This one actually IS Hallmark - I rarely get to see these due to being Too Mean To Subscribe Directly - but apparently Amazon Prime is more inclined to buy in from Hallmark these days, so *shrug*?

[In the past, most of them seemed to be - Reel One - which, by the way, I didn't hate but were reliably teeny tiny of budget and thus struggling every time they couldn't avoid shooting a "crowd" scene.]

More importantly - look at that MOON. The huge, dreamy, slightly apricot-tinged full moon that's painted into the titles - from the colour (which of course is faked/enhanced as needed) it super reminds me of the way the full moon looks whenever it's rising over the sea and not yet very high above the horizon. Exaggeratedly large and often a fake-looking peach tinge to the disc and the light trail.

I went off idly looking for content about how much poets love writing about the moon (seemed to be a Thing from when I was writing quite a bit of poetry and in the rounds of submitting to online journals).

Didn't really find anything - there was a Too Serious analysis of Walt Whitman on the American Academy poetry site and a subscriber-only Medium essay - and I was genuinely a little surprised that I wasn't INUNDATED by poet moon takes and bad poetry moon jokes.

What I did find, instead, and thought was super cute (if perhaps unlikely to lead to v successful poems??) was the following guide to writing astronomically accurate moon haikus. Thank you, NASA <3.

By contrast, someone who did both astrophysics and poetry extremely well was the physics prodigy Rebecca Elson - who I came to know about originally through The Marginalian and I'm delighted to see that an extract of one of her poems being read, and by Patti Smith no less, is still available on their website - from a 2022 event.

PS lowering the tone but when I was going through some old screengrabs, I found this one, which - I guess - could be positioned as "poet moon obsession critique"??

PPS not a moon poem, rather a moon joke - but a good one IMO:

[annieintheaair]

Things bloom whenever they've seen the rain

I woke up this morning and even though my phone was plugged in all night, said it was charging, and scheduled to finish at 7:30am, it was at 30% at 9am.

Do you ever feel like sometimes, no matter how hard or determined you are to get to 100% in life that you fall so short anyway? I feel like my personal battery is at 50% at best lately. My motivation to do anything is pretty much at 0. I have a list of things I "should" do but haven't gotten around to doing, not because I don't have time but because I just don't want to. I feel like I'm living in some sort of limbo.

I'm trying to figure out my next move but then waiting for my house to sell. I'll start packing things and I even got plenty of packing materials that I needed, but I'll pack like two things and then give up. I even posted things on Facebook Marketplace last week and specifically wrote that I'd ignore anyone who messaged asking if it was available since if it's posted, it's available. What have I gotten? Only messages asking if the items are available. It's super frustrating.

I keep thinking I'll feel better once I start to get rid of things. Once the house sells and I have no other choice but to pack things up, then I'll get around to doing it all. Maybe then I'll feel motivated. Either that or I'll be pressed for time and stressed out because I waited until the last minute. This week has felt incredibly long. It's almost like that week between Christmas and New Year's when you don't even know or care what day it is. There are no yoga classes I even want to go to today so it's after 10am and I'm still in my pajamas.

Yesterday morning, for Easter, since I already went to church on Saturday afternoon, I woke up and listened to Bobby Chandler's service from my bed. When it was over, I slowly got up and ready, FaceTimed with my brother and younger sister, loaded the dogs into the car, and went to my sister's house. For some reason, the dogs were not happy about being in the car, which made for a pretty miserable drive.

At my sister's house, her neighbors came over and we had lunch. I played a bunch of games with my nieces and by around 4:30pm, I was so tired and the dogs were hungry so I headed home.

I'm not really sure what I did from 5pm until 7pm but once I was finally showered and in my pajamas, I sat down on the couch to find something to watch on TV. I tried to put on Life or Something Like It because I hadn't seen it in so many years but the TV was acting up and not loading anything I selected. Eventually, I thought, even though I've seen it at least 100 times, there's no better time than now to rewatch How To Be Single.

After watching about 30 minutes of the movie, I did the opposite of the purpose of the movie and decided maybe it was time to get back on the dating apps. Within another 30 minutes, I had a bunch of likes and matches. I ended up finishing the movie and chatting with a few guys until I crawled into bed a little after 10pm.

It made me feel a little better to get back on the apps, even though I initially told myself I was going to take some time to myself. At first, it seemed to be going well, chatting with these new people, until one guy realized that we wanted different things -- he wanted kids and I didn't. Looking through my other matches, I thought about how hard it might actually be to find someone else who doesn't want kids or have kids of their own already. Is this my dating life now?

One thing I can tell you I didn't miss is dating apps. If anyone finds them fun, I honestly think you're crazy. Dating apps have to be one of the most miserable things. It feels like such a waste of time to be swiping constantly. To try to avoid the apps, I even joined a "Fort Worth Singles Ready to Mingle" group, in hopes that maybe I could get myself out there and meet people in real life. The group is going dancing this week and even though I don't dance, I commented that I'd be interested in going, only to have someone comment on my comment wanting to meet up with me there.

I go back and forth -- between wanting to find someone so I'm not alone and thinking I should just be alone so I never have to risk having my heart broken again. In the movie last night, the main character's sister is so set on being single and being this independent person who doesn't need anyone. In the end, the sweetest guy makes her realize that even though she's so good at being single and she's capable of doing things on her own, she really doesn't want to do things alone. That's what it's really all about -- knowing that you can be alone and be fine on your own but choosing to be with someone anyway because you want to be with them. That's how I felt about Todd. I was fine without him before I met him but then I found that life was so much more fun with him.

I think, for now, I'm just not going to take the apps too seriously and not put too much time into them because I'm really ok on my own. If I happen to meet someone in the future, I'm going to be more careful about only adding someone to my life who makes it better.

xoxo

Annie

[takuyakistall]

to yuu.

Note: I wanted to write short HCs for each character as they wrote the letter when I finished reading everyone's thank you messages (◕ᴗ◕✿) ! All of them are very cute and I couldn't help but get some midnight rot so I had to write it down. Here's the link to the post where every message is listed down. Before you start reading, just a heads up, most of these are written in a romantic light. I also recommend reading the letters themselves first before heading here.

Characters: All students + Grim (Excluding Ortho)

Riddle Rosehearts

"Dear friend," Riddle thought that it was the most appropriate way to address you—or at least, that's what his brain is trying to make him think. Ever since overblotting and you helping him snap out of his frenzy, he had difficulty in labeling what exactly you were to him.

Before everything, you were supposed to be just a mere acquaintance to him and yet here you were sending him gifts out of the blue. The general "rule" towards receiving gifts was to give the giver your thanks. Albeit the better option was to thank you personally, he thought that maybe a letter would be better so that he can sort out his thoughts.

Friend. He nodded, proceeding to write down the rest of his message until he realized that this was an opportunity to invite you to tea with him under the pretense of paying you back for the gift. He furrowed his eyebrows slightly as he continued writing.

Surely, you would accept his invitation, right?

Trey Clover

"Hey you," was that too casual? Too rude sounding? Trey shook his head as he stared at the two words. He hadn't been expecting a gift from you and frankly, he was more than a bit surprised. Though perhaps he hadn't read the "gift" part when he suddenly started writing down questions about what you liked.

He immediately started thinking of how he should pay you back—gifts? He doesn't know your taste that well. Favours? Hmm, he's not too sure about that one. That's why he decided to ask, if there was something you wanted—he'll do his best to find it for you. A tempting offer, right?

It seems like you have to tell him that this wasn't a trade.

Cater Diamond

"Helloooooo," he started off. The extra amount of Os he used was proof that he's trying to take this occurrence casually. Though in the inside he was absolutely beaming. Gifts never fail to put a smile on his face, especially if it came from someone you didn't expect to give you a gift or someone special to him.

In this case, it was probably the latter. He took a small break as he stared at your gift, wondering what he should write. A small smile took over his face as he picked up his phone and snapped a few selfies of him with your gift with a caption before hitting the post button.

"Received a gift from a dear friend, isn't it amazing? ♪"

Deuce Spade

"Friend," Deuce rarely got to experience receiving gifts from friends to one another judging how his past years were spent as a delinquent. To say that he was happy to receive one from you was an understatement, he was over the moon.

He felt the need to mention it to you with a huge grin on his face. He thought of various ways to give you something back as he let out a small hum, he felt like he was having a field day. He signed the message and told himself that today was going to be a great day.

Ace Trappola

"Hey you," Ace was terribly suspicious of the fact that you sent him a gift out of the blue. Were you trying to buy him silence over something you did? Were you trying to convince him to do your homework for you? A lot of questions springed up inside his mind but not once did he think that it was just a genuine, sweet gift with no ulterior motives hidden beneath.

He knew that you would get mad at him if he continued to suspect you so he said that he was kidding in all caps with three dots after that—which didn't help his situation at all.

He felt awkward trying to convey his feelings like this and he ruffled his own hair as he told you that he just needed to tell you something later, when you're face-to-face. That would make it easier for him to speak.

Leona Kingscholar

"Good day," Leona uncharacteristically typed. He felt like he was being held at gunpoint by his past etiquette teachers as he tried to think of an appropriate response. If it were up to him, he would've just slapped a "thank you" on a piece of paper and asked Ruggie to give it to you.

Though he thought that perhaps it was better for him to actually put in effort for once. Even if it seemed like his so called effort seemed like something he just stole from the internet—that was more than enough, right? He'll just put his signature at the bottom and ask Ruggie to give it to you.

Ruggie Bucchi

"Hey you," a big grin took over his face as he wrote down his first few words. He wasn't as experienced as other people when it came to writing down messages of gratitude, he once tried consulting Leona about it—asking how to make it sound decent only to be met with an answer that went like: "Just put whatever."

And that's what he did! Truly, he's thankful for receiving a gift. For a split second, he wondered if he should share it with the people back in his homeland. Though he pushed that thought to the back of his head as he signed the bottom of the paper with his signature. He'll figure that out once he gives the letter to you.

Jack Howl

"Friend," he doesn't know what to say it's embarassing. Even in letters, he still manages to retain that straightforward yet somewhat roundabout personality of his. A tinge of embarrassment seeping through the letter.

He wished he could've just talked to you in person instead but alas, he was stuck here trying to rack his brain for words. In the end, he felt like it was best to keep it simple—the slightly demanding tone at the end was the result of him getting flustered at the thought that it's possible that it could be a date between the two of you.

Azul Ashengrotto

"My dear friend," Azul couldn't count the number of times he had crumpled a piece of paper and threw it into the trashcan only to get a new one—rinse and repeat. Jade and Floyd had to stifle their laughter when they saw how distressed he was over a single message. Though, perhaps that was the fruit of his unconventional feelings towards the giver.

He didn't want to sound too stiff and professional to the point that he sounded like a robot but also, he didn't want to sound too casual to the point that you might find it weird. He had to let out a small sigh as he ruffled his hair, another piece of paper thrown into the trash can before deciding that he should just play it safe and give you a free drink.

Jade Leech

"To my dearest," oh no. His hand slipped and accidentally made his greeting more intimate than it should be, he could go back and change it but—fufu, where's the fun in all of that? His lips tugged up into a smirk as he continued writing, knowing full well that what he was implying would evoke an interesting reaction out of you. But, if that wasn't enough to stir you up a bit then why not put a little more something? He was a prick this way.

He spotted an empty space on one of his shelves in the corner of his eye, glancing at it for a few seconds before an idea popped into his head. A smile that barely showed off his sharp canines, hidden beneath his gloved hand.

"Truly. Would I lie to you?"

Floyd Leech

"Little shrimpy," he grinned. Floyd was in an especially good mood today after receiving such a thoughtful gift from you. He played with his pen in hand, spinning it around as a distant look took over his face when he tried thinking about the reason why you gave him a gift out of nowhere.

Knowing that Floyd pays a little more attention to you than others, he was bound to be curious and he was more than eager to find out—there's always a reason behind someone's actions, after all. He tried expressing his intent to get the answer out of you which came out a little threatening but if you saw the look on his face there's no mistaking that it was an even bigger threat than you initially thought.

Kalim Al-Asim

"Hey love," Kalim was as straightforward as ever. Not a single filter as he wrote down his raw feelings. There was no reason for him to hesitate especially now that he was practically about to shake from pure joy—he was incredibly close to signing the letter and hopping into his magic carpet to give it to you personally but Jamil was there beside him to stop him if he ever does that.

Though that didn't mean that it was gonna stop him from wanting to ask you out on a magic carpet date with him, he'll just have to explain to Jamil when you accept his invitation. That is assuming you'll accept, right?

Jamil Viper

"Dear friend," Kalim practically forced him to write a letter back to you. Jamil wasn't an ingrate, he knew when to show gratitude when it was appropriate but he preferred thanking you in person. He had to settle for this in the meantime, he thought that maybe he'll just invite you to Scarabia to talk about what he could give in return.

He hadn't really expected a gift from you, especially with all the trouble he might've caused you due to his overblot. Though he didn't think it was all that bad. In fact, he felt a little relieved that you didn't hold any grudge against him.

Vil Schoenheit

"My dear," Vil had an unmistakable smirk placed upon his lips. The choice of words he wrote managed to give out a slightly smug vibe as he stared at your gift on his desk. Impressed by your ability for finding him a suitable gift, he decided to give you a little bit in return.

His smirk slowly turned into a gentle smile as he imagined your face probably tearing up at the thought of him giving you a signed card, he couldn't help but put an offhanded comment near the end. But it was quickly followed up with a single bit of rare praise from him.

Rook Hunt

"Hey love," Rook was always one to act dramatically whenever he had the chance and even in letters, he managed to sound dramatic. As soon as he realized that you had sent him a gift he started gushing about how wonderful it was and how inspiration was raining down on him like tiny droplets.

What's a better way to let his raw emotions out than poetry? That's right, this man wrote you a poem expressing how he feels because of your gift. He almost forgot to say his gratitude because he got carried away but thankfully, Epel pointed it out to him before he could give it to you.

Epel Felmier

"Dear friend," he rarely got any gifts from anyone outside his relatives so when he saw you give him a gift, he was excited to say the least. There's always a certain joy you can evoke in a person when you give them a gift it was almost euphoric for some. He thought that it was sweet of you to give him a gift and decided to give one back with a small message.

Friend. For some reason, it felt a bit off addressing you as that but he quickly shook his head and shot down that thought. As for his gift, he prepared a little something he made himself. Hehe, he's quite proud of it too!

Idia Shroud

"@YOU" it was interesting how Idia didn't bother changing to formal speech when he decided to give you a thank you message for your gift. He's typing the same way he would to his friend, namely "Crimson Muscle", but perhaps that was because he didn't know of any other way to talk to you without sounding unnatural or weird.

People would normally not even think about giving him something and yet you gave him one. He couldn't help but smile a bit when he said how you were a bit of an oddball—he came up with various nicknames for you inside his head. Most of them being different words for the term "weirdo". Yet they always had a hint of affection whenever he would think of it.

Malleus Draconia

"Dearest," Malleus started off. It was rare that he received gifts from people outside his family or nobles back in the Valley since a lot of people found him intimidating—terrifying for some, even. He was glad that you felt comfortable enough around him to show simple gestures such as these. Upon receiving your gift, Lilia noticed how it came from you and urged Malleus to write his thank you message differently from how he usually writes it.

Did you perhaps know of the legends surrounding the Thorn Witch...? If so, then maybe he could sneak in a little joke. The gift of beauty and the gift of song—ah, nevermind. He pursed his lips slightly, he'll just handpick a gift for you himself. A small gargoyle statue, maybe. Or he could ask the other members of Diasomnia to help him.

Lilia Vanrouge

"My dear," his lips formed a small smirk. Lilia appreciated all surprises, big or small. Though, in particular, something about your surprise gift made him more excited about it than usual. Was that just his old age getting to him or was it something else? He couldn't be bothered to think about it that much.

As a form of gratitude, he weighed his options. It was either giving you a gift back or letting you ask a favour of him. He thought the latter would be more acceptable until an idea popped into his head as his eyes sparkled with a hint of mischief. He knew you didn't know what it exactly meant but he gave you his signature nonetheless—he'll leave you to figure out.

Silver

"Hey you," Lilia taught Silver that it was common courtesy to show gratitude when someone gives him a gift. He tried thinking of countless ways to say thank you with his old man bugging him to ask you out on a date instead in the background. In the end, he paid Lilia no attention and instead went with the standard short message and giving a gift back.

He urged himself not to fall asleep as he typed out his message even though he already let out a yawn without him noticing. He glanced at the screen blankly, wondering if he forgot to add anything until he slowly felt himself snoozing off. Head resting on the keyboard and typing out whatnot. When Lilia arrived at the scene, he didn't bother waking him up and just sent the message as it is.

Silver was so embarassed the next day and refused to talk to Lilia temporarily.

Sebek Zigvolt

"Human," he didn't even try addressing you as anything else other than that even in letters. When he found a gift lying by his room, he was a tad suspicious but loosened up when he read the tag attached to it. As stated, it came from you and the gift was meant for Malleus—wait, what. Sebek scrunched up his face as his eyes scanned the words printed on it.

"To Sebek Zigvolt" This was a mistake, right? Sebek was a bit flushed but quickly shook it off by saying how it was probably a subterfuge or whatever that was. There was no way it was for actually for him, right? Surely, you must've sent this in hopes of hearing more about the great Malleus Draconia. Right?

That is... Wonderful!

Grim

"Dear underling," it was cute how he made an effort to write you a letter despite being in the same dorm wherein he could just talk to you directly. But perhaps he was so touched to the extent that he wanted to do this—did you give him tuna? He struggled thanking you properly and ended up boasting about how he was going to be the greatest sorcerer.

Even though he called you underling at first, he couldn't help but soften up a bit. That didn't sit right with him somehow, he didn't know why. He let out a groan as he racked his head for a more appropriate word until-!

Partner... Sounds about right.

[pocketfulofrecs]

It's Friday and we're here with another Author Spotlight!

It’s impossible for you to be in this corner of fandom and never have heard of Vir_Abelasan. She has written some of the most interesting Wangxian fics we have read, a shade darker than usual, but so engrossing. When we want to read something a little savory, we go back to this author.

She has written 49k words in 5 fics, and we can’t wait to see what else she will come up with.

Her fics:

It’s we that you are for - [explicit | 2.5k | LWJ/WWX/LXC pwp]

to be wielded by your hands (our post) - [mature | 3k | competence kink]

Visitations - [mature | 18k | wip | modern au - corporate espionage]

Like stones on an unseen board - [not rated | 11k | dark lan wangji]

Symmetry (our post) - [mature | 13k | dark sizhui]

Dee’s favourite: I love Symmetry but my favorite happens to be Like stones on an unseen board. I have a special fondness for dark LWJ who is just as devoted to WWX as canon LWJ is. This fic has the potential age difference and teacher-student relationship but they don’t really get together in it. I like that, I like how LWJ recognizes how Jiangs are dimming WWX’s light and does things to get WWX away from them, even if it involves manipulation and subtly widening the divide between the Jiangs and WWX. Dark in a way that eventually benefits WWX.

Ju’s favourite: Ohhh I loved Symmetry. I loved to see JC getting his just deserves by Sizhui. The fic is very dark, and in many moments I was completely blown away and so angry. I love when reading makes me feel things, and I felt a lot of things reading this one. But as dark as it gets in some points, it makes sense in the story. And then we get a happy ending that is so good and perfect. Made me cry.

The Interview:

Q. When did you start writing fics? Did you have fandoms before this one?

A. Somewhere around the early 2000s with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fandom, and BtVS was very prolific with crossover, which just led to more fandoms, mostly Western TV series. I wrote a lot of the Dragon Age trilogy afterwards, and a lot of Pacific Rim before finding MDZS.

Q. What made you start writing for MDZS?

A. Honestly at first I was here for the porn, because the Wangxian porn is bountiful and tender and exquisite. But then I read the novel and was enamored with how much more nuanced everything was, especially the many recurring themes and motifs related to social classes and personal vs familial/communal responsibilities, which as an Asian person you don't often get to dig into in the oftentimes Western-leaning fandom spheres.

Q. What’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

A. In the MDZS fandom it's Symmetry, because it's literally the fic I wanted to read upon completing MDZS but was not able to find. One of the saddest thing in canon for me is the lack of consequences for any of the gentry cultivators' actions in the past, and while it's realistic to the world building, I just really want an alternative where someone could go around an inherently broken system and make it so perpetrators actually pay for their crimes and less people in general becomes collateral.

Q. What’s your favourite type of fics to read?

A. Smut, because I'm just really bad at writing it. And oh, how the MDZS fandom delivers - Pure smut, sad smut, painstakingly tender smut, existential smut, it has everything! But Wangxian smut in particular is almost always a treat because there's just always that undercurrent of trust and having a person who's just for you in every sense of the word despite everything else happening. It's such a good, affirming feeling.

Q. What’s your favourite comment? Or type of comment?

A. Any comment is always a delight! From just incoherent screaming to details of which lines spoke to them the most, every comment is a reaction and stories are out there to create conversation in the first place.

Q. What motivates you to write?

A. Writing has always felt like problem solving to me, and fanfics in general has always been really interesting to write because there's the inherent conflict and problems written into canon, but also the matter of the fandom's perception of the source material to play with and solve.

Q. Who’s your favorite author?

A. There's so many fanfic authors throughout the years who are just amazing and hit a lot of very profound places a lot of published works didn't go to, so it's really hard to choose just a few. But thank you, every single fan author out there, you've really made a lot of people's days (and lives) better with your writing.

Q. What is your favorite trope to read and/or write?

A. I'm particularly fond of the trope of characters who are normally amicable or accommodating just going apeshit, both literally or figuratively. Because both in fandom and in real life, kindness and compromise in someone are often mistaken as a free pass for others around them to be terrible.

Q. Do you have any advice for new authors?

A. Write what you feel strongly about, I guess? And it's sometimes helpful to have an objective to the whole thing, for the times when it seems the story is going nowhere or you get stuck in a particular aspect of it. Sort of like a thesis statement, so whenever you fumble you have something to refocus on.

Q. What do you think is the most important element in writing? Plot, characterization, relationship?

A. Characterization carries you a long way since they're the vehicle to bringing the readers to where you intend them to be, but I also feel like structure helps a lot with stories too. Just the way you scaffold a narrative, like laying down the kind of path you want your readers to follow and experience along the way to the end.

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Check out their stories on ao3 and remember…

Comments and kudos feed the author’s soul.

[hey-there-juliet]

Random Drabble Day (2/23)

Summary: First off, let me just say that this is more like a one-shot than a drabble because I'm a wordy bitch and I cannot control myself 😅

That said, I always had a hard time imagining Julie writing some of the Perfect Harmony's lyrics about herself, so I thought why not make this just another song that Luke and Julie wrote together? This is set somewhere between Finally Free and Edge of Great, in that week when Ray was stress-eating. This is supposed to fit back into the show at the end, so it might seem like a cliffhanger, but it's not.

Quick shout out to @jamestkirkish for betaing this for me! I love you and you are amazing! Any remaining mistakes are my own. And to the fabulous Sloan, for helping me out with Luke's handwriting! Enjoy 🧡

Fandom: Julie and the Phantoms

Relationship: Juke 💜

in the great scheme of life and ghosts

No matter how many times Luke insisted that she had been snooping through his things, Julie knew for a fact that she had done no such thing. In reality, she had simply been cleaning the studio when she came across it.

For three ghosts who didn't eat and could barely even touch anything most of the time, the boys sure knew how to make a mess. Every morning Julie would walk into the studio to find the chairs or coffee table rearranged, at least one of the rugs was always askew, and the clothes... the clothes were everywhere, and the worst part was: they reeked. 

And so every morning before leaving for school Julie would shoot them a stern look and tell them to pick up after themselves. Which they did - when she got back home, things were mostly in their rightful place. Still, every weekend Julie would make sure to take a moment away from homework and rehearsal to tidy the place up to perfection, just like her mom liked it. She'd dust off the furniture, water the plants, sweep the floor, and even vacuum the whole place. One Saturday when she was home alone (her dad photographing a wedding, and Carlos at a friend's house), she even went through the trouble of washing all of the guys' old clothes. 

Somehow, and she didn't even want to think about how that worked, the clothes didn't stink when they were actually wearing them, but at any other moment when they made no contact with their skin? Yeah... not good. So she washed them all (three times, using every trick and product she had). She washed them a fourth time for good measure and, by the time she was finished, any traces of twenty-five year old mold was gone, and so was the smell.

So no, she was not snooping - no matter what Luke said - when she came across the crumpled paper ball between the couch and the low cabinet, just behind a big vase her mom had gotten from tía Victoria.

Julie sighed, making a mental note to tell Luke to put his discarded ideas in the bin (again) if he didn't want them anymore, when one scribbled and wrinkled word caught her attention: Perfect Ha-

She bit her lip, staring down at the teasing word. Perfect what? Was it lyrics? Maybe half formed ideas? Doodles? Julie knew Luke liked to doodle in the margins of his notebook whenever he got stuck trying to come up with the next best piece of lyric or melody. She also knew she should probably just leave it alone, put it with his stuff to ask him later if he wanted to keep it, or put it in the garbage. Except the more she glanced down at that damn word, the stronger she felt it pull her towards uncovering whatever else the crumpled paper ball was hiding. 

In the end, the pull was too strong. She'd just take a quick look, make sure it wasn't anything important before she threw it away. And, she reasoned with herself, trying to squish the guilt that was making itself known in the pit of her stomach: Luke had gotten rid of it, so he clearly didn't care much for whatever was in there. 

Not able to resist any longer, Julie carefully unfolded the paper, slowly making her way towards the piano and using its surface as a table to help smooth the page over.

Luke's (horrendous) handwriting covered it with the bare bones of a song, random lines were scribbled in the margins with a couple of doodles for company, and even a little note from their bassist - ‘Reggie was here ;)��.

It took her a minute before the chicken scratches became words, and then Julie's breath left her in a rush, as the guilty feeling in her stomach turned into butterflies and flew away with her imagination. 

It was a song, parts of one, anyway, and - more importantly - it was a love song.

Unprompted, her own words came back to her, "Wow, Luke! I didn't know you were such a romantic." Quickly followed by Alex's short reply, "He's not."

She knew now who Unsaid Emily was really about, but these new words were clearly about a different kind of love. The romantic kind, and Julie couldn't help letting herself believe - just for a moment - that the song might be about her.

Before she could let herself be carried away in a daydream, there was a - now familiar - shift in the air, a sound almost like static, the only thing letting her know of a ghost's appearance. Without a thought, she crumpled the page again and shoved the paper ball in her pocket for later inspection. 

"Hey, Julie!" Reggie's cheerful greeting sounded across the studio from where he had poofed in, and soon - with his "help," bless him - Julie was finished with her weekend clean up. 

As if summoned by the end of her chores, Luke poofed in, ready to rehearse. Alex soon followed; and by the time Julie retired for the night, the song had been almost forgotten where it hid inside her pocket. 

Almost.

***

After getting ready for the night, Julie settled on her bed with the wrinkled page and her dreambox. She read over the words again and again, imagining they were about her.

Step into my world, 

Bittersweet love story about a girl 

Shook me to the core 

Voice like an angel, 

I've never heard before, 

- 

You and me together, it's more than chemistry 

- 

Love me as I am 

I hold your music 

Here inside my hands 

- 

You are my brightest burning star 

- 

We create Perfect Harmony.

And unless Luke had been singing with another girl, there didn't seem to be many options on who it could be about, right?

From the beginning, Julie had felt something connecting her to him; to all of them, in different ways. But Luke had been the one to give her a little piece of his soul right after meeting her when he let her use Bright to earn back her spot in the music program. Seeing his passion reflecting back on her, the way he treated music like she used to, made her miss it more than anything for the first time in almost a year. It made her miss the way it felt to use music to connect with her mom.

After they spent a whole weekend finishing each other's songs and working on new ones, getting to know each other's inner workings - the part of them that bled out feelings into paper to create beautiful melodies, Julie knew she was a goner. Finding out he'd been the one to write the words that shaped her taste in rock certainly didn't help. Like he'd been helping her find her way to music long before they even met.

Her crush on him had been inevitable from the start, and while falling for him was probably one of the worst things she could’ve done, it was too late to stop it. She'd been free falling for a while, and hopefully she'd land in his arms soon enough. Reading over his words again gave Julie a warm fluttering in her stomach that made her think he was more than ready to catch her once she reached the ground. 

Carefully folding the piece of paper, she put it inside her dreambox, then placed the box back on the shelf.

***

The following week went by without any hiccups. Every once in a while, Julie would remember Luke's song and a familiar warmth would fill her up, leaving a soft smile on her lips and glazed eyes staring off at nothing. Just as often, Flynn would have to shake her out of her daydreams.

She didn't think much would come of it until her dad decided to throw the band a party so he could film them and post their video on YouTube. Which was fine. Amazing, even. It was most certainly great! Until Luke came to the school, staring at her with his stupid, beautiful, awed eyes, and with his soft, perfect smile, saying things that made her combust and melt, all at the same time.

"I think you make me a better writer." 

    "I think we make each other better."

Calling Nick 'Luke' was bad enough, but slipping into a complete musical sequence as she danced with him? "Goner" didn't even begin to describe her. 

Like the other times they'd written together, the lyrics flowed through her, finishing the song he'd started with the same ease as one would take a breath.

Julie knew that whatever was going on between her and Luke couldn't happen or, if it did, it couldn't last. In fact, in the great scheme of life and ghosts, she didn't know much, but what she did know was that - be it in life or in death - love was constant. 

He didn't need to have a heartbeat or to be able to touch her for her to love him. He was just as real to her as the next person, and whether it would hurt in the long run or not, it didn't matter. 

She knew Flynn was only looking out for her, but that ship had sailed, and Julie was already so lost in his ocean eyes that avoiding eye contact wasn't going to bring it back. She would entertain her though, even knowing it wouldn't work. Just like the tide, eventually he'd pull her right back in.

She could love him just as he was, for however long they had together, and especially after that.

-

End notes: I hope you guys enjoyed it! And, if you'll notice, at the beginning it kind of gives off the impression that Luke eventually finds out about the song and Julie tells him how she found it. Which may or may not lead you to believe that they're in a relationship. I guess it all depends on interpretation though ;)

Oh, also! Shout out to the chaos squad folks that guessed right! You guys are no fun :( /j lmao

[karasunology]

⸙ ˚₊ ➷ KAGEYAMA TOBIO & OIKAWA TOORU AS YOUR OLDER BROTHER ! ❞

╰─ ─ ﾟheadcanons of two of our pretty setters being your older brothers !

✐ . . . BIG BROTHER HEADCANONS.

[ MIYA TWINS & BOKUTO KOUTARO VERSION. ] [ SUNA RINTAROU & KITA SHINSUKE VERSION. ]

-ˏˋ ➶ character(s) ━ kageyma tobio, oikawa tooru <3

[ trigger warnings ━ manga spoilers !! ]

-ˏˋ ✉️ REQUESTS ARE ALWAYS OPEN.

⇣ please read the RULES before requesting.

KAGEYAMA TOBIO.

➜ the type of older brother that acts as if he doesn't care but he actually does.

➜ he acts as if that one time where no one from his family but you actually came to one of his volleyball games ─ well, besides from your guys' grandfather; but ever since of his passing, the clostest ─ tangible and most concrete reminants of him were just lingering in the form of a volleyball.

➜ he acts as if the absence of most of his family members didn't affect him and yet, he usually found himself looking for them in the stands ─ hoping that they'd be there cheering him on

➜ he was used to always being left alone when it was just him and his older sister but then you came along

➜ when you were young, you would always cling onto him for your dear life for some reason

➜ and ever since tobio was young, he somewhat had difficulties expressing himself so it was no surprise that he usually shakes you off violently off your tight graps

➜ like how can someone with so little hands be so strong at holding him down??

➜ he wasn't used to these affections, and the start of your guys' sibling relationship was quite rocky

➜ but now when he remembers those times where you hated to jog but you would always, ALWAYS, find yourself catching up to him

➜ slowley, gradually & subtly

➜ just to match up to his pace so you guys would jog together

➜ and then he realizes, that he wasn't alone anymore

➜ bb boy had you right next to him

➜ ugh enough about angst people

➜ LETS GET TO THE GOOD GOOD

➜ SPA DAYS ARE A THING

➜ SORRY YOU DON'T MAKE THE RULES

➜ I DO

➜ since he is a setter, he needs his fingers and nails in tip-top shape yknow?

➜ since you're one of the only persons he trusts his life onto, he makes you do it

➜ like it's not even because of whatever gender you are

➜ you will do his nails, and you WILL learn to do the best manicure this boy could ever get

➜ because all you want was the best for the best older brother ever.

➜ and that's how he always had healthy clean nails & is always manicured

➜ and it's ON YOU

➜ he would never, NEVER let anyone else do his nails

➜ you would 100% go along with his finger exercise thingy

➜ and these spa days usually ends in a sleepover with facemasks on miwa-nee left in her drawers

 ➜ kageyama may not show it, but he really appreciates you

➜ like alot

➜ you had all the reasons to deny him of his spa days, matches, etc.

➜ but you choose to stay, to learn how to manicure, to skip school and go to his matches & give him the support he was deprived off

➜ like if this blueberry boyo ever offered to share you his mILK, while you guys already have seperate milk cartons in the fridge

➜ you know that he holds you so close, and so fucking dear to his heart that it's going to make me crYyyY

➜ he's not good at expressing his emotions, but he will do everything in his will to make it known to you that you are important to him

➜ he'll always walk with you to school and go home with you whenever he doesn't have volleyball practice

➜ if he noticed that you're feeling down or stressed he'll take you away from whatever that is & will force you to play volleyball with him

➜ just so that you could get your mind off from it

➜ if you forget your lunch money, he'll buy you two mini milk box with curry buns on the side

➜ and then when you guys go home he'll force you to make bento with him until it's late at night in a school night with tons of food on your closed because y'all forgot to use an apron lmao

➜ he's always so stiff with receiving affections and giving one

➜ but he's so good at giving headpats

➜ and he only does it on you

➜ his warm huge hand in comparison to your head, and it'll always be the best way he could convey his emotions

➜ it's through the familiar, homey feeling of the palm of his hands

➜ he's the type to have one picture with you and his grandfather together that's literally so old, it doesn't need those vintage aesthetic effects to make it look vintage

➜ he'll also the type to carry it around in his wallet ALWAYS, but forgets to bring money?? for?? some?? reason??

➜ 11/10 would recommend as a brother

➜ in conclusion, he may not be the best at showing affections and giving them, but you'll always be reminded in different and special ways that he loves you so much; you'll always have each other's back & would stay in each other's side, always.

➜ like harry potter typa shit always.

OIKAWA TOORU.

➜ he's the type of brother that is ALWAYS UP YOUR FUCKING BUSSINESS

➜ he already has his head up his ass,  you don't want him to be up on yours as well

➜ he'll always be up on your room & he's very very clingy, like a lot

➜ fights are an ALWAYS

➜ y'all would fight about many things honestly

➜ probably most of the reason would be because you're just fed up on him

➜ you would DEFINITELY JOIN IWAIZUMI ON BULLYING HIM & WOULD DEF JOIN ON HITTING HIM

 ➜ but even if things are serious, like that one time where he's just so exhausted of EVERYTHING, because why the fuck won't his serves be good enough?

➜ and he'll just breakdown in front of you, pouring his heart out on how they lost again to ushijima in the semi-finals

➜ he'll also spill out all his insecurities about volleyball because even if it may not seem like it, he gets insecure too 👉👈

➜ and you'll just be there, listening since you know that he wasn't looking and asking for advice ─ he just wanted someone, anyone to listen to him

➜ you'll let him cry out whatever was bothering him for the past few weeks while comfort his huge frame since he collapsed onto your shoulder

➜ oKAy ENOUGH ANGST I AM SO SORRY

➜ i hate myself too, don't worry💅💋

➜ while you guys were young, he'd always be up on your room, and would be playing dolls or cars or shit with you

➜ he's just so used to being with you

➜ that when you got sick and had to go to a hospital and they wouldn't let him visit you, he cried for the first time in years

➜ he'll be stuck on your side by the time you were discharged

➜ he plays volleyball with you along with iwaizumi

➜ he'll also make you come with him while along with iwaizumi to meet his volleyball idol

➜ you'll also be the first person to know what his plans for the future is

➜ and you'll support him through and through, you guys would even consider going with him to argentina

➜ and he wouldn't disagree

➜ he's the type of brother that knows 12762 of your crushes, your passwords, that page 24 of tour diary he stole that says “ tooru-nii isn't kinda that annoying ” that he framed up on his bedroom

➜ he has a shit ton of blackmail material on you

➜ since it's canon that he adores his family, he'll have many polaroid pictures of your guys' family up on his wall

➜ and of course of you guys seperately on picture frames on his desk, ranging from that one time you almost drowned taken at the right timing, to that picture of you and him when you graduated junior high.

➜ speaking of pictures

➜ he'll be SPAMMING YOUR PHONE WITH PICTURES OF HIM

➜ weird ass selfies of his and those forced cute faces that you wanted to burn in hell

➜ and a LOT of selfies with you guys on it

➜ since he knows your password to your phone, he'll change your lockscreen wallpaper to a cute selfie of you guys

➜ he'll never make you change it

➜ reason #1672 why you don't have a bf/gf

➜ you'll ALWAYS find him scrolling through YOUR phone

➜ he'd be watching tiktoks not giving a fuck

➜ while you're just there like

➜ that's MY phone sir 👁👄👁

➜ 11/10 would have a section of his family scrapbook of you guys & it's either showing your attractive oikawa genes

➜ or it's shitty photos of you guys

➜ nothing in between

➜ since we talked about your phone, let's talk about his

➜ you would not let him spam your phone and ruin your phone storage with pictures of him and selfies of you guys without doing the same with him

➜ like DUH

➜ his phone would be FILLED of crazy crackhead pictures of you guys

➜ and he'll have one of your cute selfies as his lockscreen wallpaper

➜ matching the one he set up on your phone

➜ and of he ever has a girlfriend/boyfriend, you HAVE to meet them first

➜ and even if you may not see it, your opinions is held quite mighty high for oikawa

➜ and of course he's like that with you too, he better know the address of your boyfriend/girlfriend, their number, and he WILL do a whole ass background check on him

➜ but you know he does that not only to have your underwear in a twist, he kinda 👉👈 cares about you & as you care about him

➜ 12/10 would recommend as a brother

➜ in conclusion, you guys may sometimes be up on each other's ass, but you guys care a lot about each other and will not hesitate to beat someone's ass for the other because no one but him could bully you, and vice versa ( + iwa-chan )

-ˏˋ playing soleil's tape ˊˎ-

[ 📼 ] . . . will be making this a mini series of big brother headcanons bECAUSE WHY NOT, like WHY NOT; ya get me?? i fucking love wholesome family headcanons & would 1000% write domestic hcs and dad! hcs.

again, requests are open !

one request = one more reason to stay sane

watch out for new dating headcanons of two cute setters 💅

send me an ask or even a comment on you want to see next in the big brother series because i'm wh0re for that, also i finally revived my phone but without it being formatted so i have to redo the requests i wrote. so before i post them since they are not quite done yet, have this.

[raksh-writes]

Prepare yourself, bc I'm sending *so* many: 6. 10, 11. 13. 18, 19, 28, 34, 35 : D (feel free to pick and choose if that's too many!)

Ahhh, thank you!! 💗^^ I've managed to do them all, so this is gonna be long. (I've also send you [quite] some numbers yesterday, hope the ask went through! ^^)

6. What element of writing do you find comes easily?

Description of all kinds I think, especially when it comes to emotion. I love trying to figure out new ways to show how the character is feeling, how it's affecting them and everything around them. I always try to write through the character's emotion pov and I like playing around with tension, with the flow and pulse of it. For example, whenever I write fluff, I pretty much always sprinkle in some angst, 'cause it gives tension, it gives internal conflict and it makes everything a whole lot more interesting to both write and read. I just really, really like describing emotion and experimenting with it 😄 Maybe 'cause I'm a highly emotional person myself, feeling everything Very intensely, so it comes naturally ;p

10. What’s your favorite genre to write for?

Hmm, think I gotta say Romance, huh? ;p I like mixing genres too, and anything Fantasy or with fantasy/supernatural elements is right up my alley ^^

11. Who or what do you find yourself writing about most?

Oof, this is both super hard and super easy to answer. I saw that post one day, y'know, the one talking about the fact every poet writes from one, deep-seated emotion, and I was thinking a lot about it since then. I think it's Longing for me. That soul-deep longing for connection. I mean, it's basically the plot of LitA 🙈 Searching for understanding too, finding solace, that safe place in someone, learning to trust in another person and letting go. It's all pretty much mixed up in anything I've ever written and will write, probably.

I know, my abandonment issues are showing, but what can you do 😂 It all bleeds into how I write, and what I write, and I just know that my comfort Beauty and the Beast inspired AU is gonna have it all over the place, I can already see it. Stiles will probably get deeply personal for me in this fic. But, oh well, what is writing if not our souls bleeding out into the words? ^^

13. First fandom you ever wrote for?

Oh, this is prob embarrassing 😂 I'd like to say it was MCU early in the day, when I was writing some OCxLoki or then OCxBucky (post-TWS) purely for myself, but I'm pretty sure the other one was earlier. And it was for this popular visual novel / otome high school game, lmaoo, I think it's called My Candy Love in English? I was like 14 at the time and still writing in Polish 🙈 But!! It was the first long fic I ever finished! At around 120k too, if I remember correctly, so I was and still am proud that I managed it, and I think it took around 2 years to finish. Good memories 😂

18. Wildest fic you’ve ever written?

I don't think I've written anything wild, to be honest 😂 Maybe some of my smutty shorties? Sit back (and watch you unfold) is the kinkiest one I have written (yet) and with the heaviest Dom/sub dynamic out of the others too (yet), so maybe some would consider it wild 😄 I definitely thought that while writing, lmao, but I'm also pretty proud of how it came out even if it didn't get much response comment-wise and I can only hope peeps were actually enjoying the filth 😂

19. Do you prefer canon-compliant, AUs, or something in-between?

Don't have much of a preference, tbh, if the premise is interesting I will read regardless ^^ It depends on the fandom too, but I guess I like a different take on canon-compliant or divergent. Seeing how people weave their ideas into what's already there or just show their own interpretation ^^ But a nicely done AU can hit the spot so well too! So yeah, no real preference, just what catches my interest ^^

28. How well do you handle criticism when it comes to your writing?

Fairly well, I think. Then again - it does depend if it's unsolicited or if I asked for some criticism from a writing friend I trust.

I actually love discussing writing and the craft of it. I joined a writing forum at 15 and the purpose of it was to give each other constructive criticism that allowed us to grow and improve our skills, and I know my style got molded there a lot, so I think I'm pretty receptive and easy with this type of criticism. With the unsolicited one left on my fanfics? Hmm, depends, again, on the tone of it - on polish websites unsolicited concrit is the norm, so I'm used to it from there, and on ao3 I haven't really gotten much of it, which is nice.

But overall, I usually look at it a bit skeptically - that person is a complete stranger that has no idea what I wanted to achieve or grasp on my style, etc., and now there's the fact I'm not looking for advice on ao3 - usually I know where my problems lay and I write for fun, so I don't put my energy into making it perfect. I want it to be fun and enjoyable to read, not stylistically perfect, that's not even achievable on my own and, again, not what fanfics are about. And I usually work on the problems I see as I go along with the fic, so it's also nice to see the curve of improvement later ^^

So - I think I can handle it pretty well. I might get a bit irked, and my mood will prob get a strike, but these days it doesn't stay with me for too long. And if I see some merit in the concrit, I might keep it in my mind going further, 'cause I do love improving when I can ^^

34. Copy and paste an excerpt you’re particularly fond of.

Stiles inhales with his whole being, savoring the taste, the scent, the hot shivery tingle down his spine. The sensations throw him completely off-balance and yet keep him completely steady in the swaying motion. It’s intoxicating, the feel of it so, so powerful, getting so strong, so heavy, Stiles barely registers someone curling around him – they’re all so close together, so interwoven now, all brushing up against each other, and Stiles is as much in the middle of it as he is detached, on his own cloud of bliss – but with that sensation comes another that makes him shudder and lean back. It’s that cool, phantom touch he craves so much it hurts, digging into his hips, pressing against his back. Solid and strong, matching his movement exactly, pull to push, push to pull, a delicious friction that tears a breathless gasp out of Stiles raw bitten lips. It nuzzles against his neck, taking in air in a long, drawn-out inhale as if trying to memorize the very essence of his scent, crowding and building against Stiles’ back, closer, more, Stiles wants so much more–

He’s never felt this good – in the world, in his own skin, in the feel of heat pooling at his core – this in sync with everything, with himself. It makes him arch into the ghostly caress, search for that pulse in his chest, for the heated rune on his skin, wish, more than anything, that–

„Damn, Stiles, if I knew you’re so into it, I’d ask for a dance much earlier.”

The illusion shatters, dispersing with the cool phantom like it was never there and leaving only fire licking at his nerves; the world crashes back in, tilted on its axis wrong and out of order. Stiles isn’t even sure what exactly happened, but it all falls apart around him, right before his eyes. The blood in his veins goes cold, filled with pent up desire and buzzing magic with no way out. Brett’s still pressed to him, even as the group loosens, seemingly waking up back to normal, but Stiles tenses up at the warm body behind him. It’s not right, nothing of this is right.

„You just had to ruin it,” he mutters, to himself or to Brett, has no idea; something fierce and hot and piercing goes through his chest, blurring the surroundings just enough to be noticeable.

„What, you expected someone else?” Brett’s voice is playful, joking, he curls closer around Stiles–

And that vicious, aching feeling sizes Stiles’ lungs so sudden and hard he’s ripping himself out of the wolf’s embrace before any of them can blink.

From LitA's chapter 11 ^^ I'm quite proud of this part - it has feels, it has dancing and some angst! - and so I couldn't just cut the excerpt too short too, hah.

35. Ramble about any fic-related thing you want!

All the love to all the amazing fic writers and all the amazing readers out there! The joy of both writing and sharing your own fics and also reading all the beautiful fics already there is one of the purest in the world and I can never be thankful enough that it exists, that there are peeps whose days are going to be made a lil' bit better by my silly fics and make my day brighter for knowing about it. Spreading the love, spreading the good vibes, creating new amazing friendships and communities. Isn't it just heart-warming in the most beautiful way? Mind = blown away. Heart = impossibly full. The most comforting feeling in the world. Stay awesome, y'all, and all the love 💗🥰

Send me an ask! | From this Questions for Fanfiction Writers

[another-sonic-blog]

The Dark Prince: Chapter Nine: A Confession

Its been a while since Sonic had seen Shadow.

He couldn't even say goodbye and he hated to admit it but...that hurts him.

It's not like they were official friends or anything but at least Sonic liked to think that he was.

Maybe it was all in Sonic's head and that friendship that he thought he had it was only...well one-sided.

Oh, he felt so betrayed, and not because Shadow liked Amy but because he didn't tell him. Meaning that Shadow didn't trust him, at least not like Sonic trusted Shadow.

And that pained him the most at the moment. He thought that will all of these years knowing him, Shadow had grown a soft spot for him as he did for him.

But it wasn't like that. Shadow didn't care about Sonic, and that was the truth about it.

Sonic had to admit that he even was jealous of how Shadow quickly made close friends like Omega and Rouge, who seemed to be the only friends Shadow has.

But not him, not Sonic.

Because seemly, saving him, been there for him, and showing clear signs of friendship, is not good enough for the dark hedgehog.

Once again, Sonic thought of himself as annoying and gave him his space. He was tired of never been able to call Shadow a friend because simply, the stripped hedgehog didn't seem him as one.

So, if they aren't friends that means that Sonic could keep the girl right? It didn't matter if Shadow liked Amy right? They weren't friends, nothing.

To hell with Shadow,

Sonic wanted Amy for him and him only.

"UHGGG!", Sonic slammed his head against the table top in front of him as his yellow friend approached him.

"Hey be careful...that's a very expensive table."

"Your concern is touching Tails," Sonic said sarcastically.

"Well, at least I am been honest with what I think." Tails walked behind the blue hedgehog, ready to work on his next project. Now that G.U.N. didn't exist anymore, there was more time for the two tail fox to work on the things he wanted to do.

"I am not thinking about anything at all."

"Well, that could only mean two things. One, you are a liar or two, you don't have a brain...I would like to think is the second option." Tails was quick to put on his welding mask as he was about to mold some metal.

"...It's about Shadow and Amy... I am not Shadow's friend, nor I am anything to him so...it's ok for me to continue to pursue Amy...right?" Sonic knew that he couldn't lie to Tails. His best friend could tell right from the beginning something was off about him.

"Look, Sonic...I worked with Shadow for some time on G.U.N...we weren't on the same department but everyone would call Shadow the 'Dark Prince...the reason was that Shadow may look gloomy and depressing but deep down, he helped everyone around him like a Prince."

"Ok? And you are telling me this because...?", Sonic wasn't one to play around analogies.

Tails then pulled up his welding mask up, facing up the blue blur.

"What I am trying to say is that Shadow is not one of words but actions...He might not say it but he appreciates you deeply."

"Then why doesn't he talk to me like he talks to Rouge and Omega? He respects them clearly, and doesn't insult them every chance he gets!"

"If he treated every single friend he has the same way then...it would be kinda weird don't you think? You treat me differently than you treat Knuckles, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't do anything for him that you wouldn't do for me, right? If he was in danger, you would go to help him in a heartbeat."

Sonic looked down to the table, unable to face Tails. He was right, Sonic treated Knuckles differently. Maybe even 'tease' him too much, but he appreciated the red echidna deeply.

Tails sighed ready to give out his last remark before going back to work.

"A friend is not the one you talk to every day...nor the one who tolerates everything you do... even after you left for a few years, I knew that whenever I needed you, you will be there for me...it's the same for Shadow...he expects for you to feel the same way."

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So now, Sonic knew what he needed to do.

Break things off with Amy...if there was anything at all on the first place. He liked to think there was.

Don't misunderstand him, he loves Amy and would do anything for her.

But Shadow needed her more than he does.

It's what friends do right?

It's what he would do.

It's what he is going to do.

Sonic took a moment to go to his secret layer on the outsides of Hasvely to wrap things up there before he leaves to his new mission.

He took a moment to appreciate his old place. To be honest, the place was kinda depressing, he took a moment to look at all the newspapers surrounding the place.

Every one of them with pictures of the tragedy that occurred a few years ago.

Everyone who died during the battle with Eggman, members of the Resistance, innocent civilians, everyone who died because Sonic wasn't able to-

No stop...this wasn't the right time, not now not ever.

Sonic needed to learn to let go of the past.

Live and learn right?

Now that he thinks about it, he would probably still be here, drowning on his own misery if it wasn't for Amy and Shadow.

He picked up some old books he had. All of them with different colors, the red book had gold letters that said: "World Mysteries" written on it.

He went through the pages quickly and a paper came out within the book and fell directly to the floor, softly.

Sonic picked it up from the floor and began to read that letter with horrible handwriting...

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His last stop was here, on the pink house he knew very well. It was a dark night but the moon and stars made it lovely. Amy's house seemed so cozy and warm that Sonic was just so ready to barge in.

But he didn't, at least not now.

He ran the doorbell and waited a few seconds, and then, there she was.

Messy hair, pajamas, she just looked perfect. The light from the inside made her pink hair glow and her green eyes shone with the reflection from the moon.

"Oh, Sonic? Do you want to come inside ?" Amy offered and he was really close to accepting the tempting offer.

But he denied.

"Actually, I am supposed to be leaving tonight... I'll be back in a month or so...I am just here to tell you something." Sonic confessed and he looked up to see Amy's disappointed face. He understood perfectly how she must feel... First Shadow and then him.

He only has one opportunity to make this count. He grabbed Amy by her hands and watched her blush. It was the first time they have talked about this and about what had happened when they kissed.

"I was always shy to tell you about my feelings. I wanted to tell you that all of those times I pushed you away, all of those time I told you that I didn't have feelings for you...They were a lie. It's weird for me to say but...ever since we first met when we were kids...I never had any other girl in my mind but you..."

Sonic closed the space between them. Slowly, he was closing his eyes...

"Amy.... it has always been you."

He wanted to kiss her but first, he needed to tell Amy the message that was on the letter he found earlier...

"I am not perfect, and I may have hurt you..." and so, Sonic began to recite the message.

When he finished, Amy was so deeply touched that she had tears in her eyes. A new outlook was presented and Amy's perspective had changed for the better.

For a moment, she could have sworn that it was Shadow the one saying those words.

For a moment, it wasn't Sonic the one in front of her porch confessing his love, but the Dark Prince himself.

But it wasn't that way. It was Sonic...it was just him.

And she had to admit...that his speech had deeply touched her heart.

Time passed slowly and Amy had nothing to do but say yes.

If Sonic wasn't so shy all of those past years could have been a blessing with Amy.

Only if hadn't been a coward with confronting his feelings, he wouldn't be on this mess.

If only he hadn't been so shy...

but tonight, he wasn't...

Today he was everything but a coward because what he was going to do was not for him...

but for a friend.

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His night ended well, Amy had said yes and that was all he needed to be happy.

From afar, on top of a hill, he watched Amy's house light up, smoke coming out of the chimney as snow began to make its way down the area.

Sonic gave it one last look, reminding himself that he will see her again when spring comes. He finally took off to run, smiling as he had kept the promise to his dear friend.

Finally, running towards the moon, he recalls the letter Shadow wrote to him:

I hope you can read my horrible handwriting faker...I don't have much time so I'll make this as simple as possible.

Please deliver this message to Amy:

I am not perfect, and I may have hurt you. I know you love someone else but it doesn't matter if you do because even if it pains me to see you with him...I'll still love you. So, don't worry. I'll always be with you when you are happy and when you are sad... I just want you to know that... I love you.

Sonic, I am trusting you to use my words so you can confess your love to Amy.

and make her happy.

I want you to be with her, to protect her and love her and for her to love you back.

You are the only one I can entrust Amy's safety and happiness to. I just know I can count on you.

I hope you can do this last thing for me, friend Faker.

-Shadow.

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Next Chapter: https://another-sonic-blog.tumblr.com/post/185970218755/the-dark-prince-epilogue-not-the-dark-prince

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Previous Chapter: https://another-sonic-blog.tumblr.com/post/185970029780/the-dark-prince-chapter-eight-thank-you

The Dark Prince: Chapter Eight: Thank You

A/N: So this is official ending for the Dark Prince. However of course, there's the Epilogue, which ShadAmy fans will love. I am working on it, but I promise it will be touching.

A Sonic based chapter, finally the situation between Amy and Sonic has settled for the better. Next Chapter, the last chapter.

I hope you are ready.

[cowandcalf]

I 10000000000% don't want Danny and Rachel back together. However, I do think that we should see this as an opportunity to get more of Danny's background. Steve and Danny are forever, but I want to know more about Danny and Rachel and the reasons why they worked and why they didn't. It actually fleshes Danny out much like episode 9.10 fleshed out Steve more with Joe. There'll be plenty of McDanno, especially when Danny's ex-mother in law shows up and takes a liking to Steve. It's gonna be epic!

Yeah, I know. People keep saying that and highlighting this fact time and again. My endgame is always McDanno, too. But then I love Danny and canon-wise I go with the flow.

What really bothers me is the fact that whenever everyone talks about Danny and Rachel they refer to events years back. And I want to emphasize this matter again - Danny is as much bitch as Rachel. He did his fair share of awful things to help this marriage to fall apart.

Talking about the days in Jersey and Danny as a detective.

There was another incident that I totally forgot about concerning Danny. Danny holds an ultrasonic picture of little, unborn Grace between in fingers while he talks to Rachel over the phone. Danny expresses how happy he is to be a father and how much he loves Rachel. He puts to phone down and the next moment a switch gets flipped - some new intel comes in on a case and Danny rushes out the door to head with his partner Grace (police) to an unauthorized op with no backup and without telling anyone else where they are. During that case, everything goes south. Grace gets shot in cold blood right beside Danny, tied to a chair and Danny is lucky to get out alive. The next moment the planes crash into the Twin Towers, 9/11 is going down like the worst nightmare ever… and Danny is all alone without anyone knowing about his whereabouts. Rachel is out of her mind at home, alone, pregnant with Grace and no idea if Danny is alive.

Danny left for that mission and he could have died, leaving his young wife and his unborn child on their own. This is reckless, meaning, Danny is with heart and soul dedicated to his work. It’s always a knee-jerk reaction to jump at a case because he lives for this. And whenever such a moment appears he just forgets about his family. I dare to say this one more time.

So, yes, I’d love to see more about Danny’s life and Rachel’s life back in Jersey with the right angle. Danny always tires to do it right for every party but in some part of his life, he just failed.

And for all the persons who care for Danny, I miss the fact that Danny now, in these episodes of season 9 really seems to be happy. And that’s the most important fact for me - to see Danny happy. So I try to understand what drives both of them, Rachel and Danny. I can’t ignore the fact that they really have something special there. The love that connects them with their children and I respect that.

Because Rachel is second best. Danny’s heart belongs to Steve and only Steve. Whatever, that’s a reason I wrote my meta for Danny and Rachel to make it clear for myself why happened what happened. And I also wanted to clear Rachel. She’s not the bad guy in this story. Danny is as much a bad guy as Rachel.

But, you’re right - this episode with Rachel’s mother should be interesting and epic and gives us a new angle on what happened in Jersey between Rachel and Danny.

Thanks for your ask, anon and have a great time! Mahalo

This post contents various views on the Rachel and Danny topic

And this is my Rachel and Danny Meta

[veeva-i0i]

An Introduction To VIXX

Warning: Long post ahead. This is specially made to let you learn more about VIXX and is especially handy when you’re new to VIXX or looking for some more information about them. 

VIXX (빅스,Voice Visual Value In Excelsis) is a six member Korean boy group formed by Jellyfish entertainment in 2012. They were the company their first, and to this day only, boy group.

The six males were chosen to be in the group together while the show MyDOL happened. MyDOL was a reality survival show on Mnet, all ten males that participated in the show were under Jellyfish Entertainment.

VIXX made their official debut on May 24th, 2012 and have since surprised people all over the world with their story telling concepts and performances.  Since that date, they have been nominated for 65 awards of which they won 23 and have they managed to win 29 awards in Korean music shows (like M Countdown and The Show)  Their fans are called Starlights and their official colors are Navy blue and shining gold.  There is a lot of mutual respect between Starlights and VIXX, they don't even need bodyguards around them most of the time.  People might know them as the concept kings, or that one kinky group.

Discography 

VIXX

Super hero (24-05-2012) 

Rock Ur Body (14-08-2012)

On and on (I’m ready to get hurt) (17-01-2013)

Hyde (20-05-2013)/Jekyll (31-07-2013)

Voodoo (25-11-2013)

Eternity (27-05-2014)

Darkest Angels (compilation album released in Japan) (02-07-2014)

Error (14-10-2014)

Boys’ Record (24-02-2015) 

Chained Up (10-11-2015) 

Depend on me (first Japanese Album) (27-01-2016) 

Zelos (19-04-2016) 

Hana-kaze (Japanese single) (29-06-2016) 

Hades (12-08-2016)

Kratos (31-10-2016)

Ker (21-11-2016)

Shangri-la (15-05-2017)

Subunit

Beautiful liar (ViXX LR) (17-08-2015)

Whisper (VIXX LR) (28-08-2017)

Solos

Rebirth (Ravi, released through SoundCloud) (12-03-2016) 

DamnRa (Ravi) (2016)

Realize (Ravi, official solo debut) (09-01-2017)

Hug (Hyuk, released through SoundCloud) (25-01-2017)

Members profile 

Stage name: N Real Name: Cha Hakyeon  Nicknames: N-jjuma, Cha leader, N-mi Position: Leader, Lead Vocal, Main Dancer Birthday: 30-06-1990 Zodiac: Cancer  Height: 1.80 meters Blood type: A Instagram: @achahakyeon  Twitter: @CHA_NNNNN Fun facts:

N has two older sisters and one older brother, he’s the youngest. 

He is an amazing performer and dancer, not only has he won many prices with it but he also choreographed dances for both VIXX (G.R.8.U, Desperate) and other groups (My Teen) 

 He is part of the group Big Byung together with Jackson (GOT7), Sungjae (BTOB) and Hyuk (VIXX)

 He played in two musicals, most noticeably the musical version of In The Heights, in which he played Benny. 

He also played in 6 dramas and 2 web dramas. He had the lead role in 1 of the dramas and both of the web dramas. 

 He participated in the show ‘The king of mask singer’, in which he showed off his vocals which beautifully fit ballads. 

N has some calming and soothing vocals, though he gets credited more for his dancing his vocals aren’t a joke either.

From May to November 2015, Hakyeon had his own radio show named 'VIXX N K-POP’ on SBS Power FM. 

Hakyeon is the only one who can keep VIXX under control, he is known to let the other members play around though one look can be enough to get the five other males to listen. 

 Hakyeon is really caring about the other’s, he can become really clingy and cuddly. 

Though, he can turn rather violent as well, giving Neck chops whenever this is needed.

He gets Scared really easily, to a point that he screams very quickly. 

Hakyeon wakes the other’s up in the morning (insert Vixx waking up here)

Stage name: Leo Real Name: Jung Taekwoon  Nicknames: Chic Taekwoon, Hamster, Head Fairy Position: Main Vocal Birthday: 10-11-1990 Zodiac: Scorpio  Height: 1.83 meters  Blood type: O Instagram: @leo_jungtw Twitter: @JUNGTW_LEO Fun facts:

He has three older sisters.

He was in the national youth football (soccer) team from 2004 to 2007.

Because of a bad injury, Leo had become very interested in music while recovering. 

Leo has been good at sports in general, winning prices in boxing and swimming while also knowing Tae Kwon Do.

He gets easily embarrassed and has known to be quite camera shy. 

Leo has very sharp and clear vocals, they can be really calming to listen to,

He can beatbox.

He almost scared both Hyuk and Ken so much in the pre-debut days, that they almost left the company.

Though he looks though and a bit scary, he’s actually a real sweetheart. 

He is amazing at both writing lyrics and composing songs. 

Some songs that he wrote are: Shadow, My Light and Romance’s Over. 

He can act as well, he shines in musicals. 

He played in Full house (2014), Mata Hari (Two runs, 2016 and 2017) and Monte Cristo (2016-2017) 

If he weren’t in VIXX, he would have liked to do anything that involves music. 

He participated in two music shows on the Korean TV; King Of Mask Singer (2016) and Singing Battle Victory (2017) 

Stage name: Ken Real Name: Lee Jaehwan  Nicknames: Kenneth, Cute Main vocal, Kenjjuma, Kenchopper, Kenyonce, Wink Fairy  Position: Main Vocal Birthday: 06-04-1992 Zodiac: Aries Height: 1.80 meters Blood type: AB Instagram: @keken_0406 Twitter: @jaehwany0406 Fun facts:

He has two older brothers.

He has a soulful voice, not only can he go really high he is also able to put a lot of emotion into his voice. 

His voice is just very unique in general. It’s somewhat husky from time to time and his range is really impressive.

He designed their mascot (Rovix), not only that but he is really into drawing in general. He has his infamous Big Nose Drawings.

He’s really into anime, especially when it comes to One Piece.

He wrote 'I don't want to be an idol’ about his (ex)girlfriend. He had to choose between her or becoming an idol. 

Ken’s favorite actress is Usher

Ken is really the life of the party, he is funny and always joking around.

Though, don't let that 4D personality fool you, he will run you over with feels as well. Rather it is with his voice or the way he knows how to use his own cuteness. 

He is really great in shows like Weekly Idol thanks to his loudness and contagious happiness.

Ken’s hands are actually really beautiful. 

Ken played in two dramas (Boarding House no. 24 and The Entertainer) and landed himself the main role in the four musicals (Chess, Cinderella, Boys Over Flowers the musical and Hamlet) he has appeared in. 

Just like Leo and Hakyeon, he appeared on the King Of mask singer (2015). Though not only this, he appeared in 'Duet Song Festival’ (2016) and '100 people, 100 songs’ (2015) as well.

Stage name: Ravi Real Name: Kim Wonshik Nicknames: Wonchic, Lucky Boy Position: Rapper, lead dancer, vocalist Birthday: 15-02-1993 Zodiac: Aquarius Height: 1.83 meters Blood type: O Instagram: @rravii0215 Twitter: @aceravi  Fun Facts: 

Ravi has one younger sister. 

He’s very protective of her, there is a running joke that he would be her bodyguard if he hadn’t been in VIXX.

Looks like he could kill you, is an actual sweetheart.

Seriously, this man is really caring about his love ones and he is an actual fluff ball. 

He raps like there is no tomorrow, not only did he improve his rapping a lot over the years he also has his own unique style of rapping. 

Don’t get me started on his singing voice. We don’t get to hear it often but it’s absolutely beautiful. 

He’s the official mood maker of the group. 

His laugh is the most amazing thing, it will make you either smile or laugh as well. 

He has been writing his own raps from the very beginning of VIXX.

Not only that, but he wrote and produced a lot of songs as well. Not only for VIXX (songs like Good night and good morning, Secret night and With me were both written and produced by him) he also did work for other artists. 

He gave a song to VIXX their little sister group GUGUDAN, which appeared on their second mini album.

In total, he has been credited for writing over 46 songs for VIXX alone.

He doesn’t want to be a girlfriend.

Ravi his English in songs is purely iconic at this point, as is his 'Raveh!’

In 2016 he put out a free mixtape on SoundCloud for the fans to listen to. 

Even when the fans wanted to pay for it, Ravi didn't want to take their money. 

He made his solo debut in January 2017 and is in a subunit with Leo (VIXX LR)

He has done duets with Hyuk (Memory), Leo (Beautiful Liar) and Ken (Rose)

He appeared in Show me the money 4 (2015) and Running Man (2017, episode 319) 

Ravi has a really adorable dog (Bada$$) who he takes Care of. 

Stage name: Hongbin Real Name: Lee Hongbin  Nicknames: Kong, Bean, Dimples Position: Rapper, vocals, visual Birthday: 29-09-1993 Zodiac: Libra Height: 1.83 meters  Blood type: B Instagram: @hongbiiiiin93 Twitter: @redbeans93 Fun facts:

He has two older sisters. 

As a kid a stayed at a Buddhist temple with his grandma.

He is the flower boy of the group.

He is a really big fan of Park Hyoshin, to a point that one of his most valuable possessions is a CD of the singer signed with a cheering message. 

Hongbin can’t do cute things, the second-hand embarrassment will immediately kick in and the poor guy will cringe. 

He can be really salty, this is the kind of guy who will literally judge bubbles. 

Hongbin his hobbies include taking photos and gaming, which he is both good at. 

He is in the top 10 of Overwatch (number 7 worldwide, if I remember well) 

Let’s just get this straight, Hongbin his vocals aren’t a joke as well. 

He has a great bass to them, he can go quite low and they are so smooth. Seriously, his vocals are underappreciated.

So is his rapping, you only have to listen to Only U to know how good his rapping actually is. 

Hongbin has appeared in 6 dramas, of which he was in the main cast in 3 of them. (Moorim School, what’s up with these kids? And Wednesday 3:30 pm)

His acting skills are really nice, he knows how to portray his emotions without being over the top. 

Hongbin might be salty but he is also a caring person. His teasing just means that he likes you. 

He is so photogenic, it’s not even funny anymore. 

He is a big tease and will often team up with Hyuk to tease the older members.

He has a very gentle and almost cute look to him, his dimples and bright smile will always stand out in a crowd. 

He has done some covers on YouTube, including full English ones. 

He appeared in Law of Jungle (2017) and celebrity Bromance (2016)

He wants to be appreciated and remembered for his voice, rather than for his looks. 

Stage name: Hyuk Real Name: Han Sanghyuk Nicknames: hyukawaii, Manhyuk, jungle baby, Hyogi  Position: Lead dancer, vocalist, maknae  Birthday: 05-07-1995 Zodiac: Cancer  Height: 1.84 Blood type: O Instagram: @hsh0705 Twitter: @HSangHyuk Fun facts:

Hyuk has one older sister. 

He is part of the group Big Byung together with Jackson (GOT7), Sungjae (BTOB) and N (VIXX) 

Hyuk used to be really awkward around both Hongbin and Leo, he was even scared to call Leo 'Hyung’ at first. 

Hyuk had the least amount of training before debuting, not only that but he was also still in high school in the debut days. 

Hyuk likes to read and he’s actually a really smart guy.

He looks really cute, boyish and even innocent… Though don’t let those looks betray you. 

Hyuk is quite the devil, he will tease everyone and he can easily throw the other members around thanks to him now being the tallest member. 

Hyuk his vocals are really unique. They are smooth and the way he harmonizes with the other’s is just so beautiful.

He made his acting debut in the 2016 Korean movie Chasing.

He got nominated and won the Best Action Movie New Performer Award for the role at the Shanghai International Film Festival. 

He is cast for a new webdrama alongside Apink’s Chorong.

He might be the youngest, and he can be a real tease from time to time, but Hyuk knows how to act mature as well. 

His Long legs aren’t a joke and they shine in every other choreography. 

Hyuk made his songwriter debut by writing the lyrics for Milky Way (Ker) together with Ravi. 

Since then he released a solo song of his own, he both produced and wrote the lyrics for this song called Hug. 

He is still growing, but literally and mentally. He has grown up right before our eyes and as a Starlight I couldn’t be more proud.   

Recommendations

Live Performances

UUUUU (Love Hurts) (Fantasia Hex Sign) (x)

Love Letter (Fantasia Utopia) (x)

Us Now (Fantasia Elysium) (x)

Only U (Milky Way Live Showcase) (x) 

Thank You For Being Born (Acoustic) (x)

Beautiful Liar (Band Version) (x)

Bomb (Debut Stage) (x)

Memory (Fantasia Hex Sign) (x)

On And On (I’m Ready To Get Hurt) (Picnic Live) (x)

Black Out (Comeback Stage) (x)

Love Me Do (Comeback Stage) (x)

Love Equation (Acoustic) (x)

Chained up, Dynamite, Error (Acoustic) (x)

Can’t Stay (Depend On) (x)

Eternity (Depend On) (x)

Heaven (The UNDERWORLD) (x) 

Super Hero (Official Debut Stage) (x) 

Covers 

Ain’t No Sunshine (Hongbin) (x)

Love Yourself (Hyuk) (x)

Cheer Up (Ken) (x)

I Got A Boy (OT6) (Dance Cover) (x) 

The Stranger (Hongbin) (x)

So Hot (OT6) (x)

Photograph (Hyuk) (x) 

Call You Mine (Hyuk) (x)

The Flowers (Ravi) (x)

Rolling In The Deep (Ken) (x) 

Higher Than Me (N) (x)

Eyes, Nose, Lips (Leo) (x) 

Dramas

Moorim School (Hongbin) (x)

Sassy Go Go (N) (x)

Boarding House 24 (Ken) (x) 

WebDramas 

Tomorrow Boy (N) (x)

What’s Up With these Kids (N and Hongbin) (x) 

Wednesday’s 3:30 PM (Hongbin) (x)

Movies 

Chasing (Hyuk) (x)

(Youtube)Series

VIXX TV Season 1 (x)

VIXX TV Season 2 (x)

VIXX MTV Diaries (x)

Shows 

One Fine Day With VIXX (x)

Asia Where VIXX Loves (x)

Plan V Diary (x)

weekly Idol With VIXX (x) (x)

After School Club With VIXX (x) (x) (x) (x)

A Song For You With VIXX (x) (x)

Extra Youtube Videos 

VIXX On Crack (x) (x)

VIXX Funny Moments (x) (x)

VIXX Being Violent (x) (x)

VIXX To Me

VIXX are so much to me, they are just always by my side through their music to cheer me up or make me feel less lonely. Not only that, thanks to me being a starlight I have met and befriended people I wouldn’t have met otherwise. They are inspirations to me, all six of them. They are so incredibly hard working and they always seem to be themselves. It is admiring really. VIXX are among the most caring and nice idols out there, from what I have seen. They meet up with Starlights quite a lot (For example after their musicals), they do a lot of fan service and don’t get me started on the fact that they have been keeping up with VIXX TV for years now. They are six guys who are so, so talented and so caring and loving. Honestly, I am very proud to be part of the Starlight fandom like I have been since 2014.

{Non of the photos and GIFs used are mine} 

[princezukohere]

Still friends *revisited* Part 1

(This is just to set the mood for what's in store, this chapter/part doesn't have much besides back stories and a bit of the reader/(character I've made) but do know that part two is where everything starts)

1623 words.

You always lived off the motto that things happened for a reason and when it happens, you grab on and go along or you leave it behind. You started off with a youtube channel which you posted on weekly doing challenges and tags with friends that you were close with. The subscriber number wasn't something you paid attention to, you could live without being the most watched person on your channel but the number did grow and it encouraged you to continue on with your channel. Singing was a passion of yours and as you had people who liked watching you do crazy things, maybe they'd like watching you do covers or perform songs that you wrote yourself.

Guitar and Piano were your two specialties and that's how you started, your first cover was Blank Space by Taylor and that's what got you noticed. Rosa thought you were unique and you'd be an excellent client, she got in contact with your parents and now she's your manager. The first step was getting a record label for you, of course, you had your fair share of being told no or that you were too young but Island Records saw something that other companies didn't see in you. To be fifteen and signed to a record label meant a lot to you and with that being said you would go through hoops that were on fire to impress them all.

Shawn was the first to make you feel really welcomed, he had been working on handwritten when you showed up and sometimes you ran into him in the middle of writing songs, he was actually someone you went to when you had an idea, you just weren't sure how to put it on paper. The collab was an accident actually, you two had been in the studio throwing lyrics back and forth, both with your guitars out. Imagination was a beautiful song and Shawn performing it by himself was amazing, but whenever you two were together and able to sing it like you did when recording it, it was electrical. 

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"When you and Shawn first met, you two hit it off correct?" Jasmine asked you, you nodded crossing your legs as she looked back down at her cards. "Imagination, though it came out when he wrote Handwritten and now he's released Illuminate, was it hard to find the perfect words?" 

"I don't think so. Shawn takes pride in whatever he releases so though we joked around a lot we were serious about the song. When you write music, you don't want the process to be hard, in my opinion, if it's hard then you aren't putting your heart into it or you may be overthinking. The lyrics may be crap when you first see them on paper but that's when you revise it."

"Opportunity was your first album, how would you say that it set the tone for the rest of your career up until today?"

"Opportunity, I have a love-hate relationship with this album because I was fifteen when I released it and people saw this young fifteen year old with a soft voice. Then I released new songs and people didn't like the sound because it wasn't that fifteen year old anymore. I went downhill so fast in my head at that time because I released something that I thought I loved and to this day, I love the meaning behind betrayal and careless but I love the songs more because I tried so hard to get my feelings on paper. Shawn released his album in April, I got to sing imagination with him so it brought a little attention to me and my youtube channel and then I felt like I needed to get an album out because I had a bigger audience after that." 

"How did you overcome that? You're seventeen now and you've released regenerated a few months ago so something must have snapped."

"Once again it was Shawn, I wrote regenerated for a year, and it only has twelve songs and four bonus tracks. I would miss school because girls were mean and guys were creeps. Some liked my music and now they wanted to be my friend and some didn't like my music and thought I was a wannabe, going back to school was not the best idea in my parents or managers eyes but I wanted to prove I could do it and I got so stressed. I went to the studio one day and I was writing lyrics like crazy and letting my anger out. The lyrics were shit but I hated feeling useless when it came to something I was passionate about. Shawn looked me in the eye and said, 'Don't release what they want you to, release what you think they'll want to hear, what you want to hear.' After that I wanted to partner with people, Hailee Steinfeld is an amazing friend of mine and we did a love yourself remix together. Bea Miller and I wrote Yes Girl and performed it together, people then started realizing my voice wasn't always innocent and then I started on regenerated." You explained.

"Can you give us a rundown of your favorite songs off of regenerated?"

"Regenerated was named that because I wanted it to mean that it was a new me, a new album, a new beginning, and the first track starts off really strong, I decided to go back in my life and work on this album"

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Liar

Liar was a song about my dad, my dad was in and out of the house so it was just me and my mom and our dog. My mom was my best friend at such a young age and it was emotional to write because I always wished I had that father figure in my life and I didn't until I was thirteen.

Alone

Alone was the song I wrote for my mom, she died when I was eleven and my dad had been taken to jail months before. To be eleven and walk into a room and see your mom not there is unexplainable. I was picked up from school that day by CPS because my mom checked into the hospital and she didn't want me there when she passed away.

Lost girl

Lost Girl was the song meant for my third foster home, being switched like that was stressful, thankfully I went to the same school each time and that rarely ever happens. I felt alone and misunderstood and like I had no place, I felt lost and I didn't think I could express my feelings anywhere.

Runner

Now I never snuck out but I vividly remember dreams of always sneaking out when I was in my second foster home, Of course, I was only twelve so where was I going to go?

Taken Care of

This song is when I finally got to my fourth foster home and I was adopted, they adopted me before I turned thirteen but when I did turn thirteen I remember that was the first day I called him dad, Aaron is a great guy and I love him.

Thank you

Thank you is a song to my manager, my record label, my mom, and dad, to Shawn and to the fans most importantly. I made one cover and they loved it and it encouraged me to make more and now here I am talking about my second album. I feel like saying thank you isn't always enough so I put it in song lyrics.

See you soon

Shawn actually helped me write this, it's on my bonus track and we were going to sing it together but then last minute he had to leave, it's a song between two people. Shawn and I are both busy and we get that we don't get to see each other that often when he's in Europe and I'm in America or vice versa so see you soon is goodbye but not goodbye because we'll see each other soon.

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"So you and Shawn have officially broken up, you seem to talk about him a lot, good things of course. Do you still have feelings for him?"

"Yeah, it wasn't a bad breakup and feelings can be hard to get rid of." You started, "But I speak of him because he's still my friend and we still talk and I still trust him. The breakup was mutual and sometimes when you're young it's hard to keep these commitments. I'm seventeen and he's eighteen, we're both traveling and it can get stressful and complicated." You finished explaining.

"It's great that you two can still be friends, it sucks seeing two celebrities go down hill with one another." The interviewer started.

"I don't really like the term celebrity, it makes me feel as if I'm being put in a box...but yeah when it happened Shawn and I agreed to stay friends and that if the other ever needed something we would be there and so far we've kept that promise."

"Amazing, well thank you for joining us but that's all the time we have. It was a pleasure having you on the show N/Y." 

"It was a pleasure to be here." You spoke before getting up, you two shook hands before you walked off stage.  Shawn was in your head again, though he always was. It made you regret not being able to work it out or work through it somehow.