#But no queue tag for me. I like to stay mysterious. <3

[endothermic-rain]

Hm, I think it might be time to start queueing.

[dark-type-appreciator]

Intro post! :3

Hello! Like my description says, I'm Liam! I'm 16 and I found this website a while back and decided to finally make an account!!! I really like dark type pokemon (bet you could guess that XD), and I'm always open to talk about them! I also really like other catmons ^w^ curse of being a warrior skitties fan I guess...

I also like drawing, warrior skitties, and roleplaying! I have other interests but those are my main ones! I play games sometimes, but I'm not very good at them x_x

I'm not really a pokemon trainer… I only have one pokemon haha! His name is Goldie, and he's a purrloin! He's kind of a cranky old man but he loves me!

umm, what else? I get confused sometimes, please be patient, I'm autistic (and other things). Same goes the other way around!! If u need me to rephrase something, please tell me! Also i misspell things a lot, auto correct is my best friend. Hopefully its not too bad!

Oh! Also I am a furry! :3 I almost forgot to mention that asjhdjahs

Here's my pokesona!

not the best reference, it's kinda old... Maybe I'll redo it someday!

Also- if we're friends, pls tag any bug types!… I have a really bad phobia of them, and I don't wanna see them at all. Thank you!!!

also- look look look!!

They're friends.. :3

[OOC under the cut]

Hello! Actias/moth (@act11as) here with a new blog! On a different account! Wowie! Follows will come from here, of course! Once again, general unreality warning! Out of character posts will be green, and tagged as #ooc and #Moth's yapping to avoid confusion.

Dark themes will be explored on this blog, such as past abuse and neglect, general mental illnesses, dysfunctional family dynamics, emotional and psychological abuse, as well as (witnessed) domestic abuse.

Everything will be tagged (and please tell me if I missed something!) But please be safe when interacting!

These themes will not always be present, and Liam's blog will usually stay lighthearted. Still, it's good to keep in mind!

Boundaries, and so on!

No NSFW or suggestive things! Both the muse and mod are minors. Don't be a fuckin' weirdo. *Almost any kind of blog is allowed to interact! Sentient Pokemon, Eeby Deebies, Evil teams, fallers, etc! *Self-Insert fallers, please do not interact. I personally cannot handle these kinds of blogs. Self-insert ocs are fine, but the idea of a real person on rotomblr being isekaid into Pokémon is not. (Liam will likely not believe you for a while- unless he has significant reason to. He'll think it's a roleplayer, otherkin, or something like that. He will be willing to play along though!) In-Character Anon hate is allowed! Feel free to bully him, but remember that I'm not obligated to answer everything! Pelipper Mail, un-mail, and Malice are off currently! You may be able to convince him to turn it on! Mystery Gifts are closed! Though if this and Pelipper mail were to open, this one is preferred! Musharna mail, and Musharna malice are always on! Magic anons are off.

Organizational Tags! (HOW DID I FORGET FOR SO LONG)

Liam Chatters - General post tag! As long as he's saying something in the text portion, it'll be tagged. Reblog! ^w^ - Reblog tag. Pretty self explanatory Future Sight (queue) - Queued posts tag! Again pretty self explanatory. Liam used Doodle! - Art tag! Liam's art will be tagged as this, for those who want to see it. Foresight - Out of character tag. It marks posts that will potentially be important in the future. This can range from his opinions on things to heavy lore posts! Good tag to read through if you think you're missing something!

Friend Tags! (Tags for friends!)

#Tari mention - tag for Tari from @/pokemoncryptids #faith is friending - tag for Faith from @/faithispokemoning

ONGOING ARCS:

Mask Off Arc - [summary will come after it ends]

PAST ARCS/EVENTS:

#Lucy Strikes! - One of Liam's friends stole his phone while they were supposed to be visiting. General warnings for bullying.

Blocklist:

These are blogs Liam has blocked in-character! usually for lore reasons! these are not blogs that have personally been blocked, feel free to interact on anon if you're on this list!

@/tinkatinktrain

@/sound-type-advocate

[nerdieforpedro]

Weekend update 05/05/2024

Hello! It’s been awhile since Nerdie has done one of these. 👀

Yes it has! Why have you only been lurking and popping up with random things?

Well, my smut fairy is playing hide and seek. Has been more hidden as of late. Inspiration has led to different fics than I planned on. And I’ve queued so many posts that my current queue is posting things up until June 5th. 😂

How does one even queue that many things? And what do you mean the smut fairy has been playing hide and seek? We read that Frankie series! And that Dieter update! Nerdie, stop trying to be coy, it doesn’t suit you dear.

I’m not sure how to respond to that. And yeah both of those had smut but it was….I did say the fairy was playing hide and seek. I did not say they were hidden the entire time. 🫣

Details, details. You also changed the title graphic color, why?

Stories are made by their details. Wise advice said by…some smart person somewhere. It reminds Nerdie of a bahama mama. It’s a drink that she enjoys like a pirate. Yohoho! 🏴‍☠️(I’m very sorry. 😣)

Anyway, thank you to the following lovely people who sent me beautiful person asks and who reached out when I was not doing so hot. I know better than to argue with any of you:

@rhoorl @yourcoolauntie @grogusmum @avastrasposts @megamindsecretlair

@westside-rot @laurfilijames @inept-the-magnificent @bitchwitch1981 @secretelephanttattoo

@angelofsmalldeath-codeine @connectioneverywhere @604to647 @mysterious-moonstruck-musings @morallyinept

@yorksgirl @sweetercalypso @schnarfer @soft-persephone @maggiemayhemnj

@magpiepills @paulmescal-s @lotusbxtch @wannab-urs

As for Nerdie’s fic recommendations, they are here! She’s keeping track of them and is going to put the whole list out at the end of the month because, promoting fics is fun and means she can type more randomness. 😆

1. Torment Part 1 Fear by @djarinmuse (Din Djarin x fem OC)

2. Tempered by the Fire by @ladamedusoif (Din Djarin x f reader)

3. Talk Dirty to Me by @morallyinept (Marcus Pike x fem reader)

4. Nightingale by @rosecentaur1916 (Miguel O’Hara x plus size fem reader)

5. Daffodil by @starstruckunknown-princess (Javi G. X reader)

6. Into the Deep End by @magpiepills (Joel Miller: the hole filler x AFAB reader)

7. your favorite kryptonite by @kedsandtubesocks (Comic Bookstore Owner!Dieter Bravo x F!Reader)

8. Kings & Queens by @joels-shitty-puns (Joel Miller x reader)

9. Insatiable by @lowlights (Pero Tovar x fem reader)

10. Top Me, I deserve it by @for-a-longlongtime (Santiago Garcia x Francisco Morales)

11. Fifteen Minutes by @whocaresstillthelouvre (Din Djarin x fem reader)

12. Raining in Baltimore by @schnarfer (Marcus Pike x f reader)

Nerdie did post a bit this week. She’s mainly been posting on AO3 since it takes less time and she can slap things up there with reckless abandon (and sufficient tags).

Part VIII of Only Parts of you Mr. Morales (Frankie Morales) *completed*

The Intended determines their Meaning (Javier Gutierrez)

Sure inside, but will you stay for more after we’re done? Chapter 5 of Weddings 101 with Dieter (Dieter Bravo)

Lastly there are a few ongoing challenges and fun things. Make sure to read individual challenge rules and fun things.

1. Help Wanted: Summer Reading with @strang3lov3 They’re asking for self-recs, recs of fics that have stuck with you, fics that you think others should read. Send them your Pedro boy goods. The best kind of summer reading.

2. Jett’s Flora and Fauna Challenge by @morallyinept It’s the incomparable Jett! Making her own challenge to being your fics, art, Moodboards or all any combinations. It just has to have a Pedro character and flowers. Any length (because we like all kinds here) and can be as many submissions as you want.

3. Jamie’s Ocean Challenge by @mermaidgirl30 Pedro characters, the ocean, fun, fics and moodboards mixed together for this one. Again any length (all are welcome and enjoyed), must have a Pedro character and the ocean in your fic or Moodboard.

4. @pedroscouts The Pedro Scouts have descended upon us to give us badges (gotta collect ‘em all), fun tasks and general tomfoolery to make Tumblr fun! Make sure to read through the rules if you’d like to join.

5. May Drabble Challenge courtesy of the @dieterbravobrainrotclub It features our favorite Kit Kat lover Dieter Bravo and aliens 👽 with a meet-cute. 👀 Not weird enough for you? Then write it extra strange.

So that’s about it. There was a lot of ground to cover but we got it done. Nerdie is going to go see a man about a goat 🐐 and also another guy about some teasing or edging? Maybe it counts as edging. Nerdie is 🫤 unsure. She’s only wrote like one of these before. 😆 She also has to look for boots, maybe she’s gonna go to her second concert 🎵

Stay safe and hydrated everyone!

Love Nerdie! ❤️ ❤️❤️

[televinita]

tagged by @empress-of-snark to post my recent, current, and future reads! (Which: hahahahaha! an excuse to GET LONG)

recent: Like in the last week? Love Interest by Clare Gilmore (still tap dancing between 4 stars for overall joy and 3 due to demerits); The Seat Filler by Sariah Williams (perfect hand-claspy fluff of fantasies! once I washed the author's notes out of my brain); Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart (a quick but delightful read! brought to you by: "when I left this morning I thought I was just dropping my parents off at the hospital but actually I'm staying with Mom the whole time and will end up staying at the house overnight"); Penhale Wood by Julia Thomas (disappointing meh after I loved her debut).

and on audio, Texts From Jane Eyre (which is a STELLAR listening experience; it's just two narrators but they are full on voice actors bringing the literal equivalent of a script -- with no stage or other directions -- to life. While I only vaguely remember the original...blog? Twitter account? website?, this had me cackling)

God, we haven't even made it to Current Reads yet, huh.

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current: Meanwhile Farm by Margaret Cheney (70s back-to-the-land memoir by a widowed and middle-aged feminist -- bought it at a book sale ages ago and when I was at the house, it ended up being the one that spoke to me most as a Next Read. it's interesting but overwritten, so probably not a keeper but still worth the read); When You Get the Chance by Emma Lord (underwhelming; I really thought LiveJournal was going to play a far bigger role than it has so far, 2/3rds in); Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands (💖) (so much so I haven't gotten past chapter 3 as I keep putting it down to squee)

and on audio I'm working through Goosebumps #10 (The Ghost Next Door) to fall asleep to -- childhood favorite! -- and just started The Only One Left by Riley Sager.

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future: it's incredibly dangerous to even think about next books given the state of the above section, but since there's still a bit of a queue for it and it's checked out right now, will probably try Starter Villain. Beyond that, it could be anything from this list (copied from my temp. pinned post, since it's liable to change):

the first two books in the Maxie & Stretch cozy mystery series by Sue Henry

A Barn in New England: Making a Home on Three Acres

The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home

The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus

Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country

and an outside shot at A Bird in the Hand and a Bear in the Bush, which I almost picked over Meanwhile Farm and which definitely looks more fun, a 70s memoir of a family who moved to the country and started rescuing/rehabbing orphan/injured wild animals. Also bought ages ago at a book sale.

Please consider yourself tagged if you wanna talk books! Credit me even! (let me look at your words about books) (even if you simply list titles. which is probably what everyone else does. i simply cannot be contained or even modestly restrained is all) (see also: these extra-unnecessary parenthetical asides)

[meridiangrimm]

I posted 3,350 times in 2022

49 posts created (1%)

3,301 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@extremesofmediocrity

@elytrians

@sauntering-vaguely-downwards

@anonymousalchemist

@screechfoxes

I tagged 2,605 of my posts in 2022

Only 22% of my posts had no tags

#queue - 694 posts

#artwork - 290 posts

#cute - 206 posts

#animals - 158 posts

#pfft - 120 posts

#tumblr stuff - 101 posts

#the magnus archives - 95 posts

#fanfiction - 70 posts

#bnha - 60 posts

#cool - 60 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#the idea that old coworkers or teachers or classmates might think about me after i stopped being relevant is wild and uncomfortable

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

One of my pet peeves in fanfic is when there is no concept of time.  Like, you can’t set up a meeting for two characters, write an on-screen conversation that lasts five minutes, and then immediately say “oh it’s been an hour since we got here, time to go”.  I know it hasn’t been an hour!!!  You came in, sat down, did some dialogue, and now you’re leaving!!!!  I saw the whole thing!!!!!

13 notes - Posted March 29, 2022

#4

it’s wednesday, david

[ID: Two images from the film Sabrina (1995).  In the first image, an adult man and an older woman who are both dressed for work get into a car with the help of a chauffeur.  Next to the car is the man’s younger brother, who is dressed casually.  The caption gives the younger brother’s dialogue, which says “You guys work Sundays now?”  The second image is a closeup of the first man, played by Harrison Ford, who says, “It’s Wednesday, David”. /end ID]

15 notes - Posted July 13, 2022

#3

Series: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)

Relationships: Niè Huáisāng & Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī & Niè Huáisāng, Lán Zhàn | Lán Wàngjī/Wèi Yīng | Wèi Wúxiàn

Tags: Humor, Friendship, Love, Mystery, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Smart Niè Huáisāng, Wèi Wúxiàn doesn't stay dead, Lán Wàngjī gets a new friend, Happy Ending

Summary:  In which Nie Huaisang is more suspicious about the events at Nightless City, Wei Wuxian is sharp and resourceful even as a spirit, and Lan Wangji isn’t going to let his injuries or his clan keep him from clearing Wei Wuxian’s name. Plotting revenge for the death of a friend is less lonely when your friend is around to solve the mystery with you.

Chapter summary: Nie Huaisang makes a shocking realization and decides to take revenge.

15 notes - Posted January 23, 2022

#2

a scene where the character is staring into their love interest’s beautiful orbs, but the punchline is that the love interest is a wizard and they were actually holding two magical orbs, and then the character looks up from the orbs and into the love interest’s completely normal eyes.

48 notes - Posted June 28, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

sir that’s my emotional support fanfic tab

139 notes - Posted September 10, 2022

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[waltenfiled]

MATTHEW'S FIC REC PROPAGANDA | #1 | 28 / 9 / 22

Within the simple yes of my beloved @lolihavenoideawhatiamdoing , here are my fics recs as of 28th september, 2022 ^___^ w/ mentions and links for easy access,

read the warnings and stay safe <3

CRIMINAL MINDS

construct of time by @katytheinspiredworkaholic | A.H / S.R | Historical AU , Time Travel , 1920's Detective Sleuth , Science and Alchemy , No Haley or Jack , Slow Burn , Action/Adventure , Mystery , History within History , Inaccuracies abound , Some time period typical homophobia and racism and sexism , Self Beta'd

days break, but nights fall by welfycat | GEN but S.R-centric

The year is 1924, half a decade after the first World War, and a few years before the Great Depression would devastate the nation. It is a time of contradiction: the modernist uprising of science and innovation, met with a traditionalist, fearful desire to cling to the past in a fast-evolving, urbanist society.

And on this morning in Washington D.C. an unmarked package is left outside the office of Aaron 'Hotch' Hotchner, P.I., with a note simply telling him to find the rest, and a substantial price tag attached. What he finds in this package is something he has never seen before, hundreds of years old, and he barely knows where to start trying to find more like it. Ultimately he is pointed towards someone that may just have a clue what to do with his charge: a Classics Historian working in the basements of the Smithsonian, Dr. Spencer Reid.

Together, what they discover sends them on a break-neck chase across the city, searching for a mysterious collection of powerful artifacts, and the people that are trying to sell them. Forever changing everything they know about the world, the people in it, truth, lies, love, and the fragile construct of time.

Spencer is actually rather fond of the jet during the night.

blizzard by ahmose_Inarus | GEN w/ the BAU ensemble

While out on a case, the team decides that they need a treat on the way back to the hotel. The lady taking orders at Dairy Queen drive-through finds them very entertaining.

interesting findings by redscarez ( orphan account :'[ ) | A.H / D.R , D.M / S.R / A.H , P.G / J.J / E.P | The BAU Team as Family (Criminal Minds) , Background Case , Eventual Romance , Minor Original Character(s) , Season/Series 03 , Canon-Typical Violence , Literal Sleeping Together , Ambiguous Relationships , First Kiss , Love Confessions , Polyamory , Sleepovers , Tooth-Rotting Fluff

When a sociology student shadows them on a case, the BAU realizes how strange their team dynamic must seem to an outsider.

THE BLOCKS (tm)

[ @otbvinyls ] here's the queue rec list i vaguely mentioned and i recommend these cm fics so much ily , !!!! be inssne with them wif me i love them sm

carry your bones by @renchanters | FWHIP/JOEL , FWHIP & GEM , GEM & JOEL | Not RPF , Blood and Injury , Supernatural Elements , Alternate Universe - Supernatural Elements , Yearning , Pining, Mutual Pining , Getting Together , Confessions , Love Confessions , Swearing , Hurt/Comfort , Major Character Injury

the continued adventures of the boatem road trip by @theminecraftbee | GEN w/ the Boatem Crew | Moon's Big , cosmic horror, Existential Horror , Body Horror , silly road trip shenanigans :D , Cannibalism , The Void , Crack Treated Seriously , Crack and Angst , Non-Consensual Body Modification

Joel is bleeding out in the passenger seat of his car. fWhip has one hand on the wheel, the other squeezing Joel’s shoulder, and he’s trying desperately not to look over. The night is dark around them and the tree line on either side of the countryside road is claustrophobic. Joel groans and squeezes his arm around the wound across his stomach, where he’s got fWhip’s discarded flannel pressed against him.

OR

supernatural au. joel tries REALLY hard not to die. fwhip REALLY doesn’t want him to die.

have a kiss (and the candy, too) by @branzypierce | FWHIP/JOEL | Angst and Hurt/Comfort , Heavy Angst , Fluff without Plot , Not RPF , Swearing , Mildly Suggestive , Additional Warnings in Author's Notes , One Shot Collection , Canon Related Crossover , Unreliable Narrator , Alternate Universe

[charmingyong]

Big thanks to @cosmiclatte28 because there's something I wanted to share with everyone about my activity on here from now on.

1. Why did you choose your url? charmingyong 》 charm (my name almost) ing (make it an adjective) yong (taeyong)

... and Yong is charming :P

2. Any side blogs? If you have any, then name them and say why do you have them

@yongiesland for taeyong gifsets exclusive cuz I needed a space for me to look at all his gifs I've reblogged

Have another one with my old url saved just for backup I guess, and another one private and inactive. I do have another one and that's for people to find on their own ;)

3. How long have you been on Tumblr? March 2018 and started using the reblog function in June

4. Do you have a queue tag? Nope. What you see is me actively posting it

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place? I can't remember. It's the biggest mystery and is the best step ever! But the first thing I started doing was reblogging taeyong fics

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp? I LOVE that ig story post. The setting, the colours, the angle, that dessert looks good (i hope it is), the way he poses. So yeah lol

7.  Why did you choose your header? The second I found that I fell in love. So aesthetically pleasing with the tea, roses, the book

8. Which post of yours has the most notes? Oh no I don't like going back to my stories to see the numbers but I'll do it for this :P and the winner is... Only Fate Can Tell with 237 notes (as expected lol)

9.  How many mutuals do you have? 7 🙈 I'm sorry I don't know how to start convo but feel free to talk to me!! And this goes for everyone!!

10. How many followers do you have? 199 like wow! Thank you and I hope you enjoy your stay while you're here!

11.  How many people do you follow? 17 and this is the sad part if you remember my number a while back. It's a big drop and I kind of said it already in my previous posts as so many people have left from here over time :( from now on I will just focus on posting my writings to share with you all (and ofc checking out @cosmiclatte28's incorrect quotes cuz THEY MAKE MY DAY!!!)

12. Have you ever made any shitposts? What's that? I don't think so?

13. How often do you use tumblr? I used to everyday but... now I'll only come on here when I have something to post or want to check my messages/inbox.

14. Did you ever had a fight or argument with other blog? Who won? Fight? WHY???

15. How do you feel about 'you need to compare this' posts? Sorry what? I've never seen this

16. Do you like tag games? Sure! I don't like exposing myself too much but I'll likely do them in my head if so

17.  Do you like ask games? Never done it but I'm down to answer anything you ask me :)

18. Which one of your mutual do you think is tumblr famous? Pretty sure all of them :D

[igotyouniverse]

Breathe Me - Chapter 1 [nct vamp au]

Description: After dropping out of college and coming home for the first time in two years, 22-year-old Ava Lee gets caught up in a mystery surrounding the people she thought she knew for so long. Between friendship, affairs and true love the young women finds herself being pulled into a  nightmare she would never wake up from.

Pairing: Oc x Taeyong , Oc x Johnny [several side-pairing involving Mark, Ten, Lucas and Jaehyun.]

Included Members: Taeyong, Johnny, Mark, Lucas, Ten, Jaehyun, Doyoung, Haechan (maybe more)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Angst, Action, Fantasy

Warnings: none (this chapter)

suggestive content, strong language, violence, blood, death. probably more, not sure yet (later chapters)

a/n: Here it comes! After years of procrestination I finally managed to write the very first (very boring) chapter of my vampire au with nct! Anyway, the main drama will start in the next chapter so stay patient and bear this one with me. It took me long enough, haha. All the warnings will be for later chapters so don't start reading if u dont feel like reading stuff like that qq If someone wants to get tagged please send me a message, ask, comment or whatever qq

I really hope you guys enjoy it, it was a very heavy birth. ♥

ch.2 || ch. 3

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The girl sighed deeply and took a look outside the small airplane window. She saw how the plane slowly drove into the prepared parking lot and felt how her level of anxiety rose with each second. Even though the flight was 18 hours long and her legs started to hurt she didn't want to stand up. Standing up meant for her to actually leave the plane, get her luggage and meet her family which would sooner or later lead to them asking all these questions. It wasn't like she didn't miss them.

She missed them very dearly. She missed the Sunday morning brunches with her neighbours, the movie nights where her dad would always pick out a movie because he'd pout if not, she even missed  her little brother Mark bursting into her room without knocking and asking her some totally stupid questions. She missed catching up with her best friend. She missed all these sleepovers when all they had to worry about was who the cutest boy at school was and what they'll do together once they were adults. She craved for all these past memories. The last time she set foot onto this ground was two years ago at her very first spring break after leaving home, moving to a town thousand of miles away, not knowing anyone.

She heard a beeping noise which indicated that the passengers could stand up and get out but she waited. All of them seemed in such a hurry to leave the plane, grabbing their belongings, everyone trying to get out first which ended in a crowded queue inside of the plane. She stretched her legs as much as possible, not making the slightest move to stand up.

Her eyes wandered back to the window, allowing her to take a glance at the sky, she wished to be into again. It was still quite bright outside, even though it was nearly evening, the sun nearly blinding her when she looked up, leading her to cover her eyes with her hand. The sunsets were so different in the States than here, in South Korea. Her eyes tried to focus on the slowly fading sun, leaving the sky in beautiful pinks and oranges with just a hint of soft white clouds.

Her mind started to spin, thinking about all the things she had to explain to her family sooner or later. But for now she needed to stay positive and hide the fact that she – the oh-so-perfect – student managed to drop out of a university, her parents nearly went insolvent to pay for to allow their daughter to get the best medical education they could think of. At the beginning the girl actually thought that it was her biggest dream to become a famous surgeon but after a short while she had to face the ugly truth that the job she so desperately wanted to do as long as she could remember just wasn't her thing.

She tried so badly to keep on and thought that it's just a phase every young adult went through when they started university but every time she talked to her friends at university she saw that that wasn't exactly the case. Everyone was so focused and motivated to become a successful doctor or surgeon they underwent the torture of endless sleepless nights, insane pressure and the feeling of not being able to even cut an onion correctly, which the professor didn't even care to make better. Every day she got told that she would never be able to work in the medical field and could try herself with some more basic and easy studies. It didn't matter how hard she tried to remember all the lectures and do her assignments – she failed miserably at everything.

Of course, her family didn't know. She was way too afraid to burst the bubble her parents created around her, leaving her in that perfect, white spotlight, portraying her like some sort of angel on a pedestal for everyone to see. They loved to talk about her in front of everyone, telling them that she'd be a successful surgeon, working hard and publishing groundbreaking articles, making herself a name in the medical community. Maybe even getting some famous award. Everyone in that small town knew about the smart daughter who got into one of the best medical universities in the United States, who worked so hard she was barely home.

She couldn't bear to see the disappointment on their faces once they see what she really was – a failure. She managed to hide her dropping out of university so well, she created her web of lies carefully over the last year, she sometimes even believed what she was saying. But as soon as her alarm clock went off, remembering her to go to work at a small corner café to pay her rent and even save some money in case her parents might throw her out, she had to face real life again. The life in which she dropped out only one year after starting, loosing hundreds of thousands of dollars and leaving the incident in her resume forever.

She was glad she got a job in the café as it belonged to the parents of one friend she met at college, who managed to get in because of a scholarship. They allowed her to work as much as she could to save money and even helped her sometimes.

“Excuse me, Miss?”, a soft and gentle voice made the girl leave her deep thoughts and look up. A beautiful, young flight attendant smiled down at her. “You need to leave the plane, please.”, she said in sweet yet demanding voice  and got her luggage out of the cabinet above for her. The girl didn't realise that the plane was already as good as empty. She thanked the attendant, grabbed her bag and went out of the plane into the airport, feeling her legs shaking more with each step she took.

She pulled out her smartphone, turning off flight mode only to get bombarded with dozens of messages, mostly from her mom asking if she already landed and that they waited for her at the gate. After that she only texted emojis. Hearts, heart-eyes and some other stuff which made her feel even more anxious. How could she disappoint a mother as proud as her? No, she needed to keep her secret for a bit longer. Maybe until her brother messed up. But what could he possibly mess up which would overshadow her dropping out of college? Maybe if he committed a crime.

Mark was different from her, She didn't know how but he actually managed to tell their parents that he doesn't want to become a doctor or lawyer, and instead insisted of becoming an author or journalist. To say her parents were unhappy would be an understatement. They were more than angry and told him to pay the tuition himself. They believed it was just a small teenage dream he had but when he finished High School and started working at the local bookstore to save some money to actually study creative writing they realized that he was serious. That small incident happened just 14 months ago, yet he continued to work there and save up. He even managed to visit her every couple of months, as she didn't want to come.

When she arrived at the luggage claim the suitcases were already out on the baggage belt and she waited as long as she could, watching her lonely suitcase making its turns on the device, purposely ignoring it until it was the only one left and she had to grab it. Her phone vibrated in her pocket again.

Mark [06.07pm]: Where r u?

She rolled her eyes and just put it back in the pocket of her jeans as she headed towards the exit. The girl took a deep breath, putting on the brightest smile she could manage and stepped out of the doors. Her family wasn't hard to notice. Her parents held a way too big and bright  banner in their hands

WELCOME HOME AVA

Ava tried to keep her smile up and waved at them. “Oh, honey welcome home!”, her mother shouted as she lowered the banner to hug her daughter tightly. “I'm so happy you're finally home again, our doctor!.”, she said and patted her back softly. She felt her dad joining the hug and giving her a warm smile as well, joining her mother in telling her how happy he was to have her back home. Ava clenched her jaw, trying to smile as honest as possible.

“You're really squishing me to death guys.”, Ava chuckled and was glad when her parents finally let go of her. She looked up and saw her brother Mark smiling at her.

“Come on, give your favourite sister a hug.”, the girl laughed, making her brother chuckle before embracing her in a loving hug as well. The last time she saw him he visited the campus a few months ago. Of course he didn't know she dropped out then and nearly choked on his water when she told him. She knew he wouldn't tell their parents but he thought it would be better if she told their parents as soon as possible, which she didn't of course.

“Happy to have you back.”, Mark said and squeezed his sister one more time before he let her go and took her suitcase.

Ava stretched her body slowly before getting into their car, really not wanting to sit down for another hour but apparently she had to. As soon as she sat down and put on her seat belt her mother turned around to look at her and smiled.

“Tell us, honey, how is Stanford? Is it going well, yes?”, she asked and Ava felt like she needed to throw up.

“Yeah, everything is fine. I handed in all assignments last week and I have a good feeling.”, she chuckled and felt guilt crawling all over her body. She smiled slightly and turned her eyes away to avoid her mother proud gaze, yet she could feel Mark eyeing her.

“Ah, that's so great, honey. Your father and I just talked to the Lee's from across the street and they told us their son wants to apply to Stanford, too. We told them you could talk to him and give some advice.”

“Sure.”, she just sighed and pulled out her phone again, hoping her mother would understand her silent plead to leave her be. Her mother smiled again and turned back to talk to her father about what she'd make for dinner on this special occasion.

Ava checked the other texts she got, scrolling through them. She smiled when she saw a text from her best friend, sending her a picture from her in her nurse uniform. She looked so cute, proudly standing in front of the mirror in the dressing room, posing with a finger heart.

[Ava 06.54pm] Cute! Just landed, on my way home. Wanna hang out later?

[Yunmi 06.57pm] Can't. Night shift today but pick me up tomorrow morning and get breakfast? The café next to the bookstore finally opened!

[Ava 07.00pm] absolutely! Can't wait. Miss you so much ♥

She scrolled through the remaining texts just to feel a little disappointment in her body after not seeing what she so desperately wanted to see. But then again, she didn't expect to see a text from him after he ignored each and everyone of hers the last two years. He didn't even care enough to wish her a happy birthday in November so he probably couldn't care less texting her when she came home.

She sighed lightly and looked outside the car window, seeing how the landscape came and go in front of her eyes and how the sky got all these beautiful colours in it, she could even see the moon already. A wave of tiredness crashed over her exhausted body as she decided to close her eyes for just  a moment.

The girl felt someone poking her arm multiple times, calling her name.

“Wake up, we're home.”, she heard Mark say and groaned, before rubbing her eyes.

“Yes, I'm awake, you can stop poking me.”, she said when her brother continued to poke her arm with a grin on his face.

“Don't make me hit you.”, she warned and slapped his hand away.

“Pff, please.” he answered mockingly and jumped out of the car before her fist could reached his body.

Ava chuckled , getting out of the car stretching her stiff body slowly, hearing all her joints crack at once.

“How old are you? 80?” Mark said teasingly, getting out her suitcase from the trunk.

“Trust me, I feel like it.”, she yawned loudly and slowly got up the stairs to their house.

She inhaled the sweet and calming scent of her mothers vanilla candles as soon as she set foot into the house, taking of her shoes before she walked further inside. It hasn't changed a bit. The beige coloured walls still had pictures of the family on them. Ava smiled and looked at the picture of her and her family from her Highschool graduation three years ago. She smiled when she saw the exact picture her parents had chosen. Mark and her making some weird pose while her parents rolled their eyes.

“Honey, dinner will be ready in half-an-hour, okay?” she didn't realize that her mother was standing right next to her and flinched a bit.

“Yeah, sure, thank you, mom. I'll start to unpack then. Love you.”, Ava said, kissing her mothers cheek softly before going up the stairs into her old room where Mark already put her suitcase and bag.

Her room hasn't changed either. Of course, it looked a bit colder as she took all her personal stuff with her to the US when she moved out, but it still felt comfy with it's cozy beige sofa and her queen sized bed, which her mother already prepared for her. She closed the door behind her and looked outside the big windows, which connected to a small balcony, which was only hers. She remembered how mad Mark was when she got the room with the balcony and not him and grinned. She stepped outside for a moment to breathe in the still warm air, listening to the rustling sound of the trees as a mild breeze blew through them.

The small wooden bench she made herself with her dad back when she was younger still stood in the very same corner and even had pillows on it and a blanket, indicating that someone still used it even while she was gone. Probably her mother when she wanted to have some time and space for herself, she thought and smiled before going back into her room.

She stretched her stiff body once again before squatting down and opening her black suitcase to unpack her things. Ava only brought some clothes and other necessities with her as she didn't believe of staying home for a longer period of time. She rented her tiny apartment, or as she preferred to call it, her shoebox to a friend from university who looked for her own place as long as she stayed with her parents so she didn't need to worry about paying rent. So she just packed her essentials and hoped to keep her pretty little lie for some more months to figure out what she actually wanted to do with her situation now. She wasn't even sure if she wanted to stay in Stanford . She just knew, she didn't want to stay here in this tiny town where everyone knows everyone.

She loved the size of New York, she loved the vibes, the people and even the stink it had. It was charming in some kind of way and she enjoyed the anonymity she had. She liked living in the famous city which never sleeps but it didn't feel like a complete home to her yet and maybe never would. Not to mention, that she was just working in a café which was barely enough to live so she needed to get something more permanent very soon. But she had no idea what that could be. Maybe she'd apply to another university, maybe she didn't want to go to college at all. But what were her options anyway?

Ava groaned, throwing a stack of clothes into her closet in frustration, before squatting down again to fold them neatly. She felt her phone vibrating in the pocket of her jeans and sighed when she saw the name of the person who messaged her blinking in front of her. She opened it and thought about her answer for several minutes before she decided to ignore it for the moment and maybe get back to it later, unsure about her wanting to meet the sender or not.

She furrowed her eyes as she looked at the clock hanging at one of her walls, showing that it was way later than she expected and her mother still hadn't called for dinner yet. She put the last of her belongings in the connected bathroom she shared with her brother and checked her phone to make sure she didn't receive a text from him telling her dinner is ready. Ava didn't realize how hungry she was until she thought about the dishes her mother was probably busy making and her mouth started to water. She really missed good Korean food. There were quite some Korean restaurants in New York but of course nothing tasted as good as her mother's home cooked meals.

Just as she wanted to open her door and check downstairs she heard her mother shout from the kitchen that dinner was finally ready. She opened her door and could already smell the kimchi and meat her mother apparently made and couldn't wait to finally taste it.

“Coming! I'm getting Mark”, Ava shouted back and wanted to knock on Marks door, telling him to come down but the boy who opened the door wasn't her brother.

“Oh, hey Ava. Haven't seen you in forever. How are you?”, Johnny asked, seemingly surprised but a small smile appeared on his pretty face.

He hasn't changed a tiny bit. He still looked as gorgeous as three years ago when she left and never heard of him again. His hair was still black but a tad longer than before. It framed the contours of his face just perfectly which made it hard for her to look away and think about how she was mad at him for ignoring her for the past years, even though the last thing she remembered with him was actually something very nice. Or that's at least what she thought it was. Apparently he thought differently and had to treat her like air. Not even daring to step a foot in their house when she came home for spring break once.

“Umm, fine. Are you staying for dinner?”, she asked, trying to sound as calm as possible but she couldn't hide a tint of anger in her voice, yet the anger mixed up with other feelings she was way too bad at hiding.

“Yeah, I invited him. He basically lives here anyway.”, she heard Mark say behind Johnny who didn't seem to sense her displeasure over his invitation. Why do they have to be best friends? She asked herself and secretly hoped for Johnny to disappear or something. But of course that wouldnÄt happen.

“Please, the food gets cold, come down.”, she heard her mother saying from the foot of the stairs with her hands stemmed in her hips, still wearing her red-dotted apron.

“Actually, I'm not hungry.”, Ava said taking a step away from Johnny as his simple presence made her legs feel stupidly weak.

Her statement got quite unbelievable when her stomach started to growl from the heavenly scent of her mother's food.

“Doesn't sound like it.”, Mark said and raised his brow looking at his sister questionably.

“I'm really not hungry and I'm meeting a friend. Can we postpone our family dinner to another time?”, she said while purposely emphasising the term family to show her displeasure about the clearly unwanted guest guest.

Before her mother could answer something Ava ran down the stairs, giving her mother another short kiss before running outside, leaving her house behind.

She took a deep breath before letting out some vulgar curses towards the situation and especially the person causing her to still feel all these things.

Ava pulled out her phone and messaged the only person she could think of, who might get her thoughts somewhere else, even if she might regret it in the morning.

masterlist

[mystical-magician]

Ironstrange fairytale AU idea

I need your ideas and thoughts! I have an idea for an Ironstrange fic based on the fairytale ‘Donkeyskin’ that I might actually write some day if I can flesh out some ideas that I am currently very vague on. More likely I’ll chuck it over to the prompt queue, but we’ll see.

Too young to take the throne upon his parents’ deaths, Obadiah stepped in for Prince Anthony as regent. Not that Tony minds. He’s much more interested in inventing and blacksmithing, staying mostly out of sight of the court, which Obadiah encourages. Not only does he create new and powerful weapons, out of sight of the nobility and court means less support and a weaker position.

But Tony is still the rightful heir and the day of his coronation approaches. Unwilling to give up his power, Obadiah manipulates Tony into a ‘friendly’ wager. The regent sets him three impossible challenges that he must complete before being crowned as king. How to even phrase this, though? 1st challenge weapon to do with the sun, 2nd the moon, 3rd the stars. For the first, Tony completes the (fairytale equivalent of the Jericho missile? Seriously, help). Next he creates (fairytale equivalent of) repulsor tech, which glows like the moon and manipulates/rules over gravitational forces (or something like that; i.e. flying, repulsor shots, even though I think in MCU that was more like energy?). He creates the arc reactor last to save himself when Obadiah secretly contracts mercenaries to kill him. Tony was getting too close to succeeding and taking up his hereditary mantle.

With a star in his chest, powering his heart, Obadiah cannot deny that he fulfilled the impossible tasks. But perhaps he was too hasty in his assassination attempt. The prince was still useful, has more than proven it. There are other ways to get what he wants. So Obadiah declares that he and Tony will marry (how would he justify this?) and with this move not only will this basically legitimize his power, he will also have Tony close to either create for him or kill more easily if it becomes necessary.

Tony protests, of course, and ends up locked away and guarded in his rooms. Desperate to escape, he uses his three impossible creations to create a suit of armor (donkeyskin) with the strength of the sun, the power of the moon, and the energy of a star, and flees into the night.

He ends up in hiding as a blacksmith in another kingdom. Notable for refusing to make weapons, he eventually comes to Stephen’s attention (I can’t decide, should he should be a sorcerer king, court sorcerer, or just a traveling sorcerer? I just know I want him to have magic) with his ingenious innovations (what would be considered ingenious innovations? Pipes, pulleys, farming implements? Help). Tony ends up using his armor publicly three times, though no one knows who the mysterious knight is. Of course, this also draws Stephen’s interest. The first use was to defend poor families on the fringes of the city against a group of raiders. The second use was in a tournament for a prize he found that he needed (what prize? Or should it be a boon from the king/sorcerer instead?). No idea about the third use. Against Obadiah, maybe, who is either trying to expand his power by invading other kingdoms, or who has heard rumors of Tony’s exploits and inventions and realized who he must be.

And of course, not only does Stephen visit Tony’s forge, he also interacts with the mysterious knight those times he shows himself in public.

My ideas for the ending are very vague too. Of course Obadiah is defeated, but how? What does he do, and what do Stephen and Tony do to fight back? Of course Stephen and Tony fall in love. Does that merge the two kingdoms or is there someone else – maybe Pepper – who can legitimately ascend to the throne while Tony remains with Stephen?

The more holes I see – the bold and italic font, just to be clear – the less it seems like I might write this after all. So any ideas at all for those holes would be amazing.

And if someone else wants to write this instead, please, please do! Just tag me or drop a link if that happens.

[evannotoven]

Thank you @moonsbeta for tagging me, this was really fun and introspective!

1. Why did you choose your url?

Storytime: my ex friend was in the kitchen with her mother speaking, i was in the dining room. During their conversation they had called what I heard was my name, I said "Whats up?" And they laughed. As they had not said Evan, they had said Oven. And so the url was chosen (I'm pretty sure I changed it? I don't remember what it used to be)

2. Any side blogs? If you have them name them and why you have them.

I have an abandoned one, it was meant for just aesthetic photos for my moodboards or fic inspiration but I saw no point in switching so everything is here in this blog.

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

Since 2014, this has always been my account.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

Nope! Whenever you see me posting I'm actually active!

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I first got into fandoms and wanted to find a place I belonged. I mean, I was bullied all my life for my interests and never found anyone who shared my interests. I felt absolutely alone so I started a blog here and basically sharing all my interests into one place.

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

Mine changes constantly but it always matches my header and is always yoongi as he is my lil baby and my ult

7. Why did you choose your header?

My header has always been my favorite game/hyperfixation at the time. Though I eventually stuck to my absolute favorite game, Fragile Dreams: farewell ruins of the moon, and kept a blue theme to match. I think I really like this blue era and will stay with it!

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

My most popular post is my first fake incorrect quotes post, which was Stray Kids as Things I've Heard People Say in which I compiled quotes I collected of people that year and assigned them to a member (I still collect quotes to this day from people, so if you ever want to heard any for a certain group I'd take requests)

Another that's getting close is this moodboard

9. How many mutals do you have?

3-4, I go through fluctuations of mutuals where I'll make a lot and and overtime they get annoyed with me, change their url without telling me and blocking me :) idk why (I know I'm not the best). But I'm also too shy and awkward to make any more

10. How many followers do you have?

372, pretty decent whfuehfurh

11. How many people do you follow?

978 that's a lot oof but I did have this blog for a while and have many many interests and I'm too lazy to clean it up and filter through inactive accounts

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

Constantly, I feel bad for anyone who has to see my little rants and shit honestly...

13. How often do you use tumblr each day?

I usually check it everyday, I'm always active. But idk like 4 times a day?

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

Um, I did at some point get a bunch of hate and death threats from a very popular blog on here that you'd find in screenshots of tumblrs popular posts. But I won't name them and honestly it was over a stupid ass joke I said when I was like 14

If you want more information it was a joke about a spider so nothing extreme here

15. How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

I don't like them, they make me anxious

16. So you like tag games?

Yes! There's something so special about being tagged and involved with your mutuals and their mutuals. One day I'll create my own just to interact more with my mutuals

17. Do you like ask games?

Yeah they're pretty fun, I wouldn't really know no one really sends me asks or anything outside of my mutuals.

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Honestly? All of them? My mutuals are so cool and it honestly feels like those brothers best friend where they're all cool and mysterious, I'm lucky we're mutuals

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Nope! I haven't had a crush in a long time (fun fact all my fics are based off of my past crushes/relationships)

20. Tags?

@yukh3ic0re @pineapple-panini19 @honeyboyfelix @xenjinwoo (and @/ anyone who wants to try, you can tag me in it if you'd like too :D)

[blueskydreama]

Uncharted is my favorite action adventure video game franchise of all time. I tried my absolute best to be as unbiased as possible when writing this review, but I have to admit that I did fall into the trap more than once. Coming from the talented developers at Naughty Dog, creators of the smash hit The Last of Us, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End wraps up the story of Nathan Drake and his comrades in this last, massive and explosive adventure. The PS4 has long been aching for an exclusive killer app, and Naughty Dog has done everything in their power to make sure UC4 fits the bill. It does. Oh, sweet mother of God, it does.

 WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD FOR UNCHARTED 4

Uncharted 4 picks up the story several years after the events of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Having retired from the life of a treasure hunting rogue, Drake has made a relatively normal life for himself, making a living as a salvager of cargo from underwater wrecks. However, his new life is quickly disrupted with the reappearance of his long-presumed dead brother Sam. Sam is in trouble. A Panamanian drug lord by the name of Hector Alcázar has demanded that Sam find the lost treasure of pirate Henry Avery in 3 months or he will be killed. Not an easy task, especially considering he and his brother tried once before 15 years ago and failed. Drake reluctantly accepts his brother’s pleas for help, and sets off an explosive chain of events that culminates in one of the best twists I have experienced in a long time.

Uncharted 4 will take players across the globe in a journey that puts some of the most epic adventures to shame. Players will visit Italy and pull off a high stakes heist at a black market auction, Scotland, visit Madagascar and explore the plateau, and the fabled pirate paradise of Libertalia. The story is larger than ever before, with betrayal, emotion and intensity the likes of which the previous games could only dream of. The pacing of the plot is near perfection, with an excellent balance of chaos, thrill and quiet moments, although the introduction sequence could have been better paced. However, after the (simply spectacular) opening credit scene, the pacing is far smoother, and really begins to feel like a summer blockbuster.

The voice acting is the greatest it’s ever been. Troy Baker is absolutely phenomenal as Drake’s brother, and Nolan North is at his finest portraying a worn out, tired Drake, while Emily Rose (Elena) and Richard McGonagle (Sully) also put on top acts. You truly feel that these actors have become their characters, and feel the emotional weight behind their performances.

The ending is controversial, I won’t deny that, and while it irked many people, I personally believe that it could not have been better handled. There is simply no better way to send off Naughty Dog’s flagship franchise.

Being an adventure game, it goes without saying that the locations will be exotic – and absolutely gorgeous. Naughty Dog has forced the absolute maximum potential of the PS4 for this game. The environments are huge and richly detailed, with lush foliage that bends and moves with the characters, and glistens and drips in the rain. Puddles splash when the player moves in them, and water refracts light. The animation is top notch, with characters having unique combat poses and idle stances. The level of detail and polish present in this game is beyond anything I have seen before, even on current generation games. While I can’t say anything for the authenticity in the locations, considering that Naughty Dog modelled Kathmandu in Uncharted 2 true to life, I can say it’s a safe bet they did the same here, although obvious liberties had to be taken for gameplay purposes.

Characters react realistically to the environment. When brawling in muddy locations, character react accordingly, flinging mud and becoming covered the gunk. They drip water and their clothing becomes heavy and darker colored when soaked. Skin shines and trails water, and hair becomes matted. I constantly found myself slack-jawed at the lengths the developers went for this game.

Graphics aside, the sound is unmatched. Gunfire is thunderous and jolting, and the environmental SFX are astounding. When in the jungle, you believe you are there, with howler monkeys screeching and birds calling. The wilds of Madagascar are populated with cicadas and typical wildlife. The hurricane in the opening level is terrifying. The music is astounding, with sweeping orchestral pieces during action and peaceful melodies that play during the more intimate moments.

The production values are through the roof. The game truly feels as if you are playing a summer blockbuster movie, and the near complete lack of bugs and glitches is the icing on the cake.

Not too much has changed since Drake’s Deception hit shelves in November of 2011. The gunplay is just as refined as ever, and feels smooth and very fluid, especially with the new lock on mechanic – although that can make getting headshots somewhat difficult; however, it can be disabled at any time. Many of the old weapons return, with some new additions such as the Aegis 9mm pistol and the HS39 assault rifle. Along with the new weapons comes the marking system, which allows players to tag enemies to follow their movements and plan routes of attack. In addition to this, players are given the option to completely avoid combat, a first for the series.

Another new entry to the series is the grappling hook and rope, which further enhances traversal and environmental interactivity. Drake can use it to cross otherwise impassable gaps, scale walls and even instantly KO enemies with a lethal dropdown attack. The rope enhances vertical gameplay to entire new levels, and truly feels like a useful tool. That aside, the rope can also be tethered to stationary objects and used as a pulley, or even attached to breakable things and used to create new pathways.

Hand to hand combat has been slightly upgraded as well, with new takedowns utilizing your partners and new combat moves, but otherwise stays the same. Environmental takedowns are still as flashy as ever and even seems to take queues from The Last of Us for some of them.

Stealth plays a much bigger role in this entry than previous games. As mentioned before, some combat sections can be completely avoided if you are stealthy enough. Sneaking up behind enemies and silently killing them is a lot more fun than it should be, but the terrified look on their buddy’s face when they discover the body is priceless. Enemy AI is intelligent and challenging. If they find you, they will continue searching the area even after you disappear. They flank you and use cooperative tactics to try and defeat you. It is a much welcome change from the brain dead AI of most shooters. The same goes for your partner AI as well – they actually kill enemies and do a spectacular job of aiding the player.

Treasures return, of course, only now there are 109 to find, and they are very cleverly hidden, which gives an excuse to meander around large wide open areas. Alongside these treasures are notes and journal pages to be found that flesh out the lore a bit more. By pressing the OPTIONS button, you can view these collectibles. Beating the game unlocks new bonuses such as skins and tweaks to make your next playthrough that much more fun and interesting.

 Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune blew me away the first time I played it in 2008 on my uncle’s PS3. I felt like a true adventurer, off to solve the mysteries of the ancient world. A modern day Indiana Jones – stop the bad guys, get the treasure and get the girl. I walked away dumbstruck. The game was hard, yes, but the presentation and quality spoke to me on a deeper level. That gaming could be a hobby, but could also be a way for talented individuals to tell a story, to create ART, and that’s what Naughty Dog did, way back in 2007.

Nearly ten years have passed since then. Uncharted has become synonymous with high production values, venerated storytelling, exceptional character growth, and the PlayStation name itself. Naughty Dog’s flagship series permanently landed them in the spotlight of AAA game development, and they have continued to prove that they earned their spot, garnering universal praise and hundreds of awards since then.

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is the culmination of all of that hard work and dedication, passion and love. I cannot recommend this game enough. Tears have been shed, blood has been spilt and stories have been told. It saddens me to see Drake’s story end, but I would have it done no other way.

 Uncharted 4 is a true masterpiece of modern storytelling. This is for all the Dogs out there. 

[phosphorescent-naidheachd]

Quarantine Ask Meme

Tagged by @youandthemountains​

1. How has your day been?

Meh. The dubious joys of That Time of the Month aren’t exactly such that I’m singing and dancing in the (proverbial) streets, but at least I don’t have to be at work while it’s going on? I’m deeply grateful that I live close enough to my parents that I was able to spend this time with them instead of alone in my apartment, because I would be going nuts in there, especially since my neighbors all smoke. And while I completely understand why they’re probably doing even more smoking than usual right now, that doesn’t mean my lungs want to be anywhere near it lol.

Other things I’m grateful for include the fact that my younger brother got back from overseas before the borders closed (and is staying with us!), and my family’s current health. *spits over shoulder x 3* 

I’ve desperately needed a bit of down time, so I’m perversely grateful for this time off, even as I feel bad because it’s come at such a terrible cost to so many; I have to remind myself that this would have happened regardless of how I felt or what I wanted, so I might as well get what benefits out of it I can, even as I keep in mind the need to help others. I’m also grateful that the library board pushed through an emergency measure to pay the library’s employees our regular salary through 6 April. (Though not knowing what comes after that makes us all a little anxious.) That said, I hope that most businesses and organizations---the library included---aren’t given leave to reopen starting then, because I think that’s much too soon for where we are in the “wave” of the virus. I remain grateful that our state governor is infinitely more competent than our president (not that that’s terribly difficult lmao), and infuriated/exhausted by the world at large, even it’s heartening to see individuals in the community step up to help out. 

I’m finally trying the Curly Girl Method, and... well, my hair is definitely in the early transitional stages lol. Anyone have any personal tips and/or recommended products for fine, low-porosity, low density hair with a curl pattern that normally contains everything from 2A to 3A? 

I’ve sorted my laundry and I’m currently sipping a cup of hot Yorkshire tea. Later today, I’ll hopefully do my laundry, go for a walk, and sew some facial masks. I should also queue more posts for the library social media. And maybe I’ll even do a little creative writing...

2. What is the last thing that made you smile?

My dad, knowing that I haven’t been feeling all that great, offered to watch a movie/TV episode with me this afternoon or evening, which is one of his ways of showing affection.

Other things that have made me smile recently: getting this ask meme; the family dog (we got a new one 2 years ago, but I’m not sure if I ever said so on tumblr) begging for attention; light books and fanfiction. 

Oh! And I rediscovered the Pride & Prejudice canon divergence AU I started back in 2014-ish in my computer files, and it... isn’t bad? I got about ¾ of the way through writing it before I got stuck/became occupied with other projects, and now I kind of want to figure out how to get it to my planned ending. I’m also entertained---and mildly hipster-ishly offended---that a couple of the historical references I was so proud of myself for pulling and researching are now common parlance thanks to pop culture (ex: 1812′s Great Comet; yes, yes, the musical Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 has been around since 2012, but it didn’t really enter the wider consciousness until 2016 when it made its first appearance on Broadway, and thus the comet itself wasn’t common knowledge to the average person who wasn’t into this period of history either). 

3. What's keeping you entertained these days?

A handful of library books I checked out before the library closed, assorted podcasts (Footnoting History, Code Switch, Jewish History Matters, When Diplomacy Fails, You’re Dead To Me, etc.), classic British murder mystery shows (Midsomer Murders, Rosemary & Thyme, Inspector Lewis, Inspector Lynley, etc.), random books I own, and fanfiction. 

4. If you are in some kind of quarantine/self isolation: is there anything you would like to achieve in this time?

Lots! I’d like to do more writing and get back into better vocal shape; I’d like to get back into contact with several friends I’ve gradually lost touch with; and I desperately need to go through some old boxes of belongings. I also need to do some planning for my future.

Will I accomplish all of this? Unlikely, especially since I’m also using this time to mentally/emotionally recuperate from a busy year. But I’m hoping to accomplish at least some of it.

5. Post a selfie (if you feel comfortable with that)

;-)

6. Last but not least, send this to some mutuals to keep the game going 🥰: @singelisilverslippers​, @sixth-light​, @angel-deux-writes​, @beanarie​, @queerlaurabarton​, @ricketybookshelf, @missmarthanightingale, @worldenoughtime, @melifair, @teandumplings, @tora42​, @exlibrisastra​, and anyone else who wants to! I’d tag you all, but that would take forever. And as always, this is 100% optional.

[killers-high]

MUN      VS.     MUSE

FIVE  SIMILARITIES 

1. We aren’t the most patient kind - whatever we want, we want it right here and right now; pointless meetings, long queues, and slow moving things aren’t for us. We tend to act first and think later (if ever~), and when we act we often act on impulses, momentary desires, or we follow our insatiable hunger for excitement, as both of us are irredeemable thrill seekers and when we don’t get our regular adrenaline fix, we turn into apathetic piles of ‘I’m wasting my fucking life’ really fast. We can’t just live - we need to be addicted to something.

2. We appreciate a good challenge and often actively seek it. It’s no fun when things come too easily; we like to test our limits on any occassion given, and push ourselves to overcome them. To say that we can’t do something/it’s impossible is legit the easiest way to trick us into actually doing it.

3. My sense of direction is just as abysmal as Kenpachi’s. I can get lost literally anywhere, and i always have to book twice as much time as i theoretically need to get somewhere cause i will get lost on the way at least once.

4. We are very observant beings and while we often look like we’re hardly paying attention to whatever is going on around, we’re highly aware of our surroundings, always, all the time. It applies to people as well - even while it usually stays a mystery for us how we reached this or that conclusion, as the process itself is highly subconscious, we tend to pick up on interpersonal relations, underlying motives, and dynamics of the situation/place we’re in pretty easily. If we use this knowledge later or not is another thing.

5. We can’t be arsed to do things we don’t find interesting/exciting. While we can easily spend half a day working on something we enjoy (hobbies etc.) and behave like your regular workaholic when comes to these things, stuff like house chores, paperwork, or whatever thing it is that we don’t find interesting can get literally procrastinated out of existence until it’s almost overdue. Or actually overdue.

FIVE  DIFFERENCES 

1. Well i’m not 2 fucking meters tall (though some people in my family are, more than 2 even, but it’s a pain in the ass).

2. My childhood wasn’t as rough as Kenpachi’s. Many of the hardships he had to live through (and some he didn’t) are not unfamiliar to me, but the other part was of a different kind than the problems he had to struggle with.

3. While i used to practice kenjutsu and i know how to swing my sword, as well as cut some stuff like rolled tatami (and one small tree), Kenpachi is far more proficient at it than me. I understand his addiction to cutting things though. Cutting things is addictive.

4. I wouldn’t get myself a haircut that takes 3+ hours to get done. Not because i don’t like crazy haircuts but because i don’t have time and patience for that shit (yeah, Kenpachi, you were bored, we get that). I did the liberty spikes once, it actually took 3-4 hours and half a bottle of concrete-hold-gel (and about half as long to wash out). No recommend B|

5. Kenpachi doesn’t have as wide interests as me. He’s rather one-tracked with his hobbies (fighting) while i’m more diverse when comes to things i enjoy. I don’t have that many hobbies, and one (max two) of them are usually ‘main’ ones i put most of my time in, but i’m not so extreme with it to hold to one thing only and automatically disregard any other ways to spend time.

tagged by: @hirako5hinji [thanks dude!]

i’m not sure who did it already and who not so if you wanna do it, feel tagged B]

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Coonie~! :D How are you doing today? I hope you're well :) I just wanted to stop by quickly to thank you again for the HUGE amount of work you put into trying to work out the mystery of Loqi's fate ^_^ I also spied your tags on my Caligo/Loqi Cor/Loqi Omegaverse fic, and I just wanted to thank you for the reblog and your kind words :D :D :D (And to also say that yes, it WAS Ardyn that left the notes and allowed Loqi to escape. Ehehehehe) ^_^ I hope you have a great week~!

OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GUMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (o´▽`o)

JUST YESTERDAY I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU AS IN OFF TUMBLR BECAUSE I WENT TO THE STORE AND AS I WAS WAITING FOR MY TURN TO PAY I SAW GUMMIES CALLED GUMMY YUMMY LMAO AND I WAS LIKE GASPS GUMMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HALLO GUMMY, HOW ARE YOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUU!? (ノ*°▽°*)

I’m doing okay, thank you!! A quiet day and I got to queue many things, productive Tumblring! B|

OH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW GUMMYYYYYYYYY!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAYING THANKS!!!!! :’3

I’m really happy that you liked the post trying to solve the mystery! It honestly took quite some brain lol, so it was a mindblown when I got to make sense to it! I’m really happy that you liked it and that it makes sense. I was going to be very sad if something in the theory didn’t fit and it threw it all down, but replaying chapter 12 helped a lot so I’m very very very sure cupcake angry boi is alive :’3

OH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OHMYGOD THAT CALIGO/LOQI + COR/LOQI FIC ENDED MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, IT TOOK ALL OF MY FEELINGS AND IT DRAGGED THEM ALL OVER THE MUD AND THEN TOSSED THEM AROUND LIKE A RAG DOLL INSIDE A TORNADO AND ALL I COULD DO WAS SCREECH ALL ALONG THE RIDE UNTIL I EXPLODEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED, IT’S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME AND SO GOOD I COULD READ IT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND LOVE IT EVERY DAMN TIME AKLJSDLKFJSG LKWJRSD *cRIES*

Have you ever considered putting it up on AO3? I think more people search fics over there than here so in my opinion I think it may earn some new readers :3 If you ever do, please let me know to kudos and bookmark the hell out of it. I’M IN LVOE WITH EVERY WORD OF TAHT FIC, TUMBLR ONLY LETS ME WRITE 30 TAGS SO I STAYED VERY SHORT IN ALL MY IMPRESSIONS BUT I’M HAPPY YOU LIKED THEM AKLSDJFDLKGAJDALKGJAGA

IT WAS ARDYN!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GAAAAAAAWDDDDDDDDD, HONESTLY THAT JUST ADDS SO MUCH MORE TO THE FANFIC BECAUSE IT ADDS SO MANY POINTS TO “ARDYN HAVING FUN” LMAO AHAHAHAH!!!!

At first I thought it was one of the workers of Caligo’s house, because they often see the way Caligo would treat him and one of them was compassionate enough. Then I thought about the voice appearing and disappearing and I was sure it was Gentiana because of that trait, but then I re read and it was “a familiar voice” and the ending with Ardyn laughing at Caligo so I was like OH. MY G  O D I SWEAR IF IT WAS ARDYN I’M GOING TO EXPLODE, AND YES I EXPLODED THANK YOU

It’s just- it’s so brILLIANT AHAHHAHAHA!!! Ardyn planned it all alooooooonggggggg,and I mean what he did to Loqi isn’t fun, but knowing that Ardyn caused Caligo’s distress AND laughs about it, it just, it gets me man LMAO ASKDLFDJGLKADJADKJFAKLJ 1000000 MORE POINTS TO THIS FIC THAT I ALREADY LOVED GODDAMMIT AKLSJDALKGJD

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Gummy thANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS ASK!! Thank you for saying thanks for the work I put into the post, and for clearing out the question of your fic, and for saying thanks for my tags. It’s so nice of you to do that, thank you so much!! :’)

U A NICE BUDDY GUMMY. I PET YOU.

Anyways, Gummy buddy, thank you once more! I too hope you’re having a FANTASTIC week!! (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ

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Waking Up in Vegas

Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  Part 5  Part 6  Part 7  Part 8  Part 9 Epilogue

Pairing: Daveed x Reader

Word Count: 1.8k

Tagging: @toomanyfandoms109  @drugsdiggs  @serkewen12  @shy-and-awkward-daveed  @nadialinett14  @miightymiighty   @kayleebrynnnn  @pixeledpeople  @olivelongnprosper  @ninatheotter  @twentyonehamiltrash  @lunaaugurium  @jantales  @luna1350  @arii-the-future @juliaguliaa  @tallish-hobbit  @le-sejour @hollyjollyiain @rydellingtonfanfiction @whovianayesha @lafayeetsgunsandships1757

A/N: I finally finished a series!I can’t believe I stated this in July 2017. Although I’m sad to see it go, I am writing another short part to this series. This time I won’t post it until all the parts the finished so it won’t take me months to post. I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did!

Six Years Later  

Daveed wrapped his arms around me as he spun me around the dance floor. I returned his grin, happy to be with him again. He leaned down to softly kiss my forehead.

He returned to New York and stayed, doing most of his work from my tiny apartment. It started to feel more like home when I came back to see him every night. In the time we spent together, we went on more dates and he asked me to be his girlfriend. About six months later, he had to leave again for filming. It was tough seeing him leave again, but this time felt different, especially after establishing our relationship. We both knew we wanted this to work and there was no hiding it.

“Why are you smiling?”, I questioned

“Just remembering the day you told me you got another promotion”, he smirked as he twirled me,“You were so excited”

“How could I not be?”

I nervously looked around the airport, searching for Daveed. I needed to tell him the real reason I flew to California, but I didn’t know how to say it. There’s no way he would hate what I had to say.I jumped as an arm wrapped around my waist and someone buried their face into my neck.

“I missed you”, he grinned as he squeezed me tighter

“I missed you too”

We hadn’t seen each other physically in seven months, only phone calls and video chat. Missing him was a part of the problem, but finally being in the same state again made it all worth it. We sat in the car, talking about how the soundtrack and work were coming along. Nothing much has changed, we fell back into our same routine.

“You can have my room”, he said as he pulled my suitcase through the door

“Where will you sleep?”

“There’s a guest bedroom”

“And why would you be sleeping there when I’ll be in your room?”

“Uhh...I don’t know why I would even suggest that. I feel like I haven’t seen you in forever and--”

“Daveed”, I giggled, “We shared a bed in New York and you ate me out in that same bed. Nothing has changed”

“Okay, yeah”, he said cracking a smile as he put my suitcase down, “So what’s the reason behind this mystery visit?”

“Well, work has been pretty great for me lately. They fired Jeremy--”

“Good. You never saw him again, right?”

“I never saw him after he made a scene for being fired”, I groaned at the memory

Jeremy lost his mind when he found out that he was losing his mind. He tried to attack me, Ava, and Gina in front of everyone and had to escorted out the building by security. He’s banned from the building now. Daveed was ready to fly out to stay with me, but I convinced him otherwise. 

He visibly relaxed as I took his hand and sat on the bed.

“Sooooo, I’ve been pretty busy at work because my boss has been giving me the chance to help other companies. I thought it was weird that he was pushing me so hard, but I found out he was doing it for a reason. Last week they promoted me and gave me Jeremy’s position”, I cheered feeling like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders

“Babe that’s great”, he rejoiced as he kissed my cheek over and over

“Daveed wait. There’s more”, I giggled, “The promotion is for another location...it’s here in California”

Daveed paused above me, eyes growing wide. His smile grew.

“You’re moving here?”

I nodded.

“No more long distance phone calls and video chat. Or missing phone calls and video chats”, he said excitedly, “You can move in with me, we can have dates on Fridays like we did before and...are you alright?”

“You want me to move in with you?”

“Yes”, he said kissing my lips, “Only if it’s alright with you. We lived with each other before. It’ll be different this time”

“Yeah”, I smiled, “This time we won’t have to worry about any of us moving away anymore. This is our home now”

“Ou...that’s a yes!”, he pulled me into him, attacking my face with kisses again, “God I love you”

The attack stopped immediately as he looked everywhere but my eyes. He started to pull away from me until I grabbed his arm and placed my hand on his face.

“I love you too”

We spent the rest of the evening in each other's’ arms catching up on our lives and kissing.

“If I recall correctly, you were way more excited than I was”

“Maybe”, he agreed, kissing my cheek, “I was ready to move to New York for you. As much as I love California, I love being near you more”

He spun me around the dance floor a few more times before we took our seats along with everyone else. We could see Ava and Gina from our seats. Gina was feeding Ava a piece of cake. They looked happier than ever.

“I can’t believe it’s been five years already”, I reminisced 

“I know. Their wedding was so much fun. I liked meeting their families”

“Me too. Ava’s cousin seemed to like you a little too much”, I groaned as I rolled my eyes at the memory

“You put her in her place though. She’s got nothing on you baby”

We shared another kiss. The entire night Daveed couldn’t keep his hands and lips off of me.

“I remember talking to Gina’s dad afterwards. He told me you were a keeper. Everyone thought we were already married. I knew I wanted to marry you, but work kept getting in the way for the both of us. That night at the Oscars I knew I couldn’t wait any longer. Seeing you so happy drove me crazy in a good way. I couldn’t picture not spending the rest of my life with you”, he acclaimed, staring at me dreamily 

The room was dimly lit when I came home from work. There were rose petals leading me to my bedroom as music softly played in the background. 

Daveed must have had a great day. 

When I stepped in our room, the rose petals stopped at our bed. He was standing in front of the mirror putting a shirt one. He hummed to the music, distracted, as he buttoned his shirt.

“What’s the occasion baby?”

Daveed jumped, finally noticing my presence, “When did you get home? I thought you weren’t supposed to get here until five?”

“It is five”

“Oh”, he blushed, “I wanted to do something special for you. We haven’t had much time to ourselves lately and I just wanted you to know how much you mean to me”

He stepped away from me as I sat down to take off my shoes, then placed a book in my hands. It was a scrapbook with a picture of the two of us on my old couch in New York. We planned a special date night for each other, only for it to start pouring down. We decided to spend the rest of the evening indoors, playing board games like the first time we got snowed in. 

The scrapbook had pictures of us from various moments in our life, there pictures of Gina, Ava, and I in Vegas before we ran into Daveed, Rafa, and Adrienne and vice versa. All the pictures had a description beneath them telling our story. It was a wild story, but it was ours and I loved all of it. The final page didn’t have a picture, only six words.

‘And they lived happily ever after?’

When I looked up in confusion, Daveed was in front of me on one knee with a ring in his hand. Tears slipped down my cheeks as I stared at his bright grin.

“Yes”

“Baby, I haven’t even asked you yet”, he laughed

“I already know my answer. Yes, I want to be with you. I want to marry you and only you”

More tears fell as he placed the ring on my and held my cheeks in my hand. He kissed me again and again.

“We’re getting married”, he beamed

“Second time's the charm”

Before I could say anything, the DJ made an announcement, “Now that everyone is seated, we need the bride to the dance floor to throw the bouquet”

“Looks like that’s your queue Mrs. Diggs”, he kissed me again and helped me out of my seat

We boarded our flight hours later, exhausted out of our minds.

“At least we get to sleep for a couple hours”, he mumbled

“We only have a couple hours before our layover. We might as well stay awake”

The entire time we were planning our wedding, he made a big deal over our honeymoon. He refused to tell me where we were going. All I knew was I needed my passport.

“Did I ever tell you where we’ll be spending our layover?”

“No”, I groaned, “You wouldn’t tell me anything”

“Our layover is in Vegas. Just for old times sake...even though we’re only staying for a night”

“Maybe we’ll stay in the same room”, I grinned

“With the way that week played out, I’ll be be surprised if I actually remember the hotel we were in”

“We can make this visit as memorable as the last time without the surprise marriage”

“The only other surprise would be getting---”

“No”, I gasped,“Not yet”

Daveed laughed as the plane started to take off. Ever since the wedding, he’s been staring at me with this dreamy look in his eye.

 “Our story is a little insane, but I can’t wait to tell it to our kids one day”

The grin that spread across his face was infectious.

“A little? You’re down playing it a bit. We drunkenly got married, then were forced to stay married, we caused a lot of problems that could have been avoided, started dating while still married, got divorced, kept dating, then moved in together, and got married...again”

“I played it down slightly”

“Did you think we would end up here?”

“Yeah”, he said as he played with ring on my finger,“When I moved in with you, I knew. Waking up next to you every morning and going to bed with you in my arms every night made me wonder what it would be like if it were permanent. You and I living under the same roof, not having to worry about when I would have to leave”

“But you waited?”

“You’re worth the wait”

Daveed kissed the back of my hand. I laid my head on his shoulder and began to doze off with a grin on my face. There was nothing in that moment that could be more perfect. 

Who would have thought that one trip to Vegas would have changed my life in the best way possible.

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I saw that you had the writer's ask game and I was like.... ooooo yes!!!!! (I'll try not to repeat ones...) so here it goes... 8,18, 27 (fav scene), 32, 38, 49 (one from each section phew! ... but u don't have to answer them all if you don't want to...)

omg finally my ask went through!!!!! I've been trying to send it for days!!!! ahjkf;djahfdjlakhf (sorry for the spam... also ... the hello person was me lol) -ATC

OMG I WAS WONDERING I kinda figured it was an incomplete ask but I’ve gotten some weird stuff over the years so I wasn’t sure lmao. Mystery Solved (and no need to apologise all is gucci)

8.     Oldest WIP

Counting abandoned WIPs, my oldest one is an AU where Keith works graveyard shifts at a 24h McDonalds and Lance is a college student with a weekly 5AM lab who has the genius idea that he’ll just caffeinate and stay up the night before instead of bothering to go to bed earlier, so he’s Keith’s only regular patron. I haven’t looked at it in ages but part of me wants to look back at it and see if I can salvage from it, either the story or some lines lol.

18.  If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be, and what would you write about?

Haha I don’t wanna get in trouble and reveal too much, but @banana-ghoul and I want to do a collab one day, aaaaand I don’t think I can reveal much about our idea here, but people who are observant of the tags on certain posts of our blogs might get a sense of it ;) (lbr ur better to check hers because of my massive queue)

27.  Favourite line/scene

Can I cheat and say favourite chapter? Mall Prom from Stick It. I love all the scenes from that chapter, and despite the fact that I still clearly had A LOT to learn in terms of writing, I still love it when I think about it from time to time. I rly wanna reread Stick It one day it’s got a Special place in my heart as my first longfic

32.  Most difficult character to write

Probably Hunk? He’s a bit of a character enigma to me, and I’m always nervous I’m misrepresenting him. I think of everyone, he’s the hardest for me to write dialogue for. That being said, I’m hoping to get some more practice w his voice in my next WIP!

38.  Weirdest story idea you’ve ever had

I’m gonna open this up to past fandoms: without a doubt, the part of the thiefdads AU where Pan took Marik and Bakura on the Maury Show to try and figure out which of them was his biological father only to find out they both were because he wasn’t born, instead created using an occult ritual conducted by his godfather/dad’s (TECHNICALLY EVEN DADS’ AT ONE POINT GOD I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHETHER TO BLAME CANON OR MYSELF) former human vessel from back when he was an ancient Egyptian spirit haunting a necklace.

How was I even allowed to post content for the yugioh fandom

49.  Which character would you most want to be friends with, if they were real?

Why was this the hardest question lmao. Probably Lance because I need a friend who pushes me to do shit (even if it’s ill-advised and dangerous lol), we could bond over being bi, also ADHD people just have That Connection when in close proximity u feel

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