#Cause i really need to yap about this book so hard

[accidentallyycreated]

This book has officially ruined me cause omfg i cant decide that i should grin like a maniac at the satisfying ending or cry that it’s over😭 TRUE MASTERPIECE 🤌🏻

people who r saying bttm didnt need a sequel *deep breathes* guys i- just read the book, okay? Istg it’s everything bttm needed

uploading some best quotes from this book cause i cant help myself so spoiler warning

And then again bennett u can’t just go quote illicit affairs this way and expect me to be normal about it

I fucking love this part😭😭😭💖

[freyito]

"ɴɪᴄᴇ ᴘɪʟʟᴏᴡꜱ" || ᴊᴏʜɴɴʏ ᴄᴀɢᴇ & ᴋᴇɴꜱʜɪ ᴛᴀᴋᴀʜᴀꜱʜɪ

✧ a/n: can't believe my first piece of 2024 is a part 2 to this booby fic... but goddamn i need my head in kenshis boobies rn. it'd make everything better...

🗒 cw: gn reader cause everyone can have boobs, bonus points!, not proofread

✎ wc: 750

⎯ Johnny Cage

Good GOD does Johnny love burying his face in your chest any time he can. He mainly does it when he's had a bad day. It's a great way to destress, he says. He promises there's nothing more to it. And he's right.

Sure, Johnny can be provocative and that charm doesn't exactly disappear. But seriously, this is like way too comforting for him. The stress of directing, making something worth it, it all dissolves when he's face first in your chest.

And he talks. He talks and talks. Will not stop yapping. His entire day, whatever he's done, something about movies. Every word muffled because he refuses to leave, or even lift his head off your chest.

So, when you return home after a particularly bad day, you decided to try Johnny's method of destressing. Johnny's on the couch, watching The Princess Bride for like the 27th time. It's the perfect time to strike. And strike you do.

Before he can properly welcome you home, your face is pressed between his tits within seconds. Sweet, sweet heaven. You understand now. You understand everything. Your stress dissipates, tensions of the day gone, immediately.

You can barley hear Johnny giggling and joking, you're too caught up in a euphoric daze. You only lift your head when it feels like you can't breathe. Johnny stares down at you with the biggest knowing grin ever. He's not gonna make fun of you, even with that hint of mischief in his eyes.

⎯ Kenshi Takahashi

Kenshi is disciplined, he likes to think. So he doesn't he really even think about burying his face in your chest. On top of that, he's pretty busy. The OIA, the Taira, the Yakuza... it's a lot. You don't seem him at home much.

However, in those rare moments he gets with you, some time's he'll lay his head on your stomach or your thighs. He enjoys the kind of connection, some sort of contact after a hard day of work. It grounds him.

But oh, come on. We've seen how big this guy is. Massive tits. C'mon. It takes you a while to build up the courage to go for it. But when he's wearing tank tops, compression shirts, etc... it's so hard to restrain yourself.

Kenshi KNOWS. Sometimes he does it on purpose. But when you start stalking him, keeping your distance, plotting... he wonders what's gotten into you. He makes it a game, kind of. But you're winning. As hard as he's trying to keep up with you.

You find the perfect time to execute your plan. You two are cuddled up late into the night, savoring the rare moment of touch. Without warning, you seize your chance. You roll over onto his chest, head first into those big naturals. Silence cascades over the both of you. Oh, it's even better than you imagined it. Soft... warm... inviting... it's a shame he keeps them hidden. Kenshi doesn't know how to react. Eventually, after several minutes of agonizing silence (and pure bliss between this guys pillows), he finally wraps his arms around you and even pulls you a bit closer.

⎯ Hanzo Hasashi

Hanzo also considers himself controlled. He's above acts like that. Or so he thinks. He won't outright plank into your chest, but when there's downtime, he quite enjoys laying on your chest, with your arms around him. Reading a book or something. That's just the way he likes to wind down.

We've all seen the side-boobage on this man though. Untapped market right there. It'd be a shame NOT to put your head between those pecs. Like, it'd be a sin not to.

One night, during some much needed time alone, you find yourself wrapped up in Hanzo's arms. It's a quiet night, he's finding it hard to fight off sleep. He's been busy, and it's been a hell of a week for him.

His defenses are down, so you take up the opportunity. Awkwardly, you wiggle in his arms, flipping from your back to your face. What awaits you is reminiscent of the gates of heaven. God, you could live like this.

Hanzo's mind is fried, so he doesn't quite understand. To him, you feel more like a weighted blanket. Which ends up making it even harder to stay awake. He's trying to savor every moment with you, but sleep is quickly catching up with him. Waking up to you still resting your head on his pecs however... part of him is glad he was too tired to understand.

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[mariscandyheart]

tips not to bing3! from someone who is 60 days (2 months) free of bing3ing

disclaimer: these tips worked for me and helped me to stop bing3ing they may or may not help you, also not promoting anything! (might have to make another post lol)

so first off I only started bing3ing (that I was aware of when I started restricting) I have recently realized that I was far into bin3ing wayy before restricting came into play

I would literally sneak food into my room at night (my room is in the basement) and I would heat up ramen noodles in the microwave and eat that at like 11pm, not only that but during the day I would sneak food that my mom said to get rid downstairs to hide it to bing3 on later that night.

it was super overwhelming and gross I didn't realize it then but I was miserable because I ate so much and it's not like I was hungry I was bored.

I'm not sure when exactly my bing3ing started when I wasn't super aware of it or why, I think it was just me loathing in self pity, and how I was so sad with my body and looks.

but when I did start restricting its like I wasn't taking myself seriously so I would start a fast end it like a hour later than bing3. I was also jumping to far into to restricting too soon.

Another trigger would be when I would weigh myself and weather I would lose or gain I would bing3. I feel like this is because if I would lose I would feel the need to reward myself or if I would gain I would want to give up.

ANYWAYS

here's what I did to stop bing3ing (finally sorry for yapping)

first thing first identity the triggers what triggers you to bing3?

after you do that try and overcome those things when you feel like your going to binge, for example I started thinking do I really this food? the answer was no.

am I bored or actually hungry?

you'll want to get to the deep root cause of your bing3ing, looking at th!nspo and drinking a gallon of water is not going to help.

so if your like me and bing3ed when you weigh yourself, try cutting down weigh ins to like every other day or maybe 1-2 a week. I know it can be hard but try to not get too discouraged or too excited when weighing.

if you feel discouraged think about how far you have came to be where you are, and if your just starting it will take time. giving up in yourself will not help anything it will only so damage.

if you lost that's fantastic! and of course you deserve a reward but let's make sure it's not food (and if it is think about portion control and be cautious of what you choose) here are some other things to reward yourself with other than food!

- new outfit

- a gift card to your fav store or online game/shopping

- new stainonary (if that's what you like)

- new book

- new makeup/skincare

- anything you like really (clothes, nail polish, shoes, hair stuff, a game or CD you like)

anyways this post is lowkey long so I'll make another soon! take care and stay safe ˙˚ʚ(´◡`)ɞ˚˙

AGAIN TAKE WITH A GRAIN OF SALT DO WHAT'S BEST FOR YOU!! ♡

[deadghosy]

“Attention Seeker”

SLYTHERIN OC X GN! GRYFFINDOR READER

Prompt: gaining the attention of the infamous Noah Drost, you must say you didn’t expect to like it in the end of it all.

Dynamic: strangers to enemies to lovers

Warning: didn’t proofread much, mistakes of writing, mentions of fighting and a small fight scene.

A/N: I’m bored so I wrote this while listening to an edit audio. It may be bad cause I never wrote for Hogwarts and might never will. WHO knows. Also inspired my Harry Potter phase and by Slytherin boy writers such as @theodorenmyth @phas3d @ahqkas and much more. (amazing writers btw!)

Noah Drost, Drost never knew to stop being a dickhead is what most Gryffindors said about the Slytherin. Always causing trouble and always setting people for failure, oddly he was an attractive lad with dashing charms. You never got the hype on why some of your girl housemates would even thirst for a "prick" like him. You never really got to know him, but the way he jokes around with others, the way his beautiful brown skin and that slit eyebrow did make it hard not to stare. But was he reallly that handsome to you? No one knows really.

What you mostly didn’t expect was to catch his attention. You didn’t need it later, and you definitely don’t need it now. He was certainly staring at you during charms class. Professor Flitwick was just yapping away in his lecture while you doodled a bit and took notes. Apparently doodling isn’t so peaceful when you keep feeling paper hit the back of your head. You turn around quickly with a sharp look only to see no one suspicious. But when you turned around, there it goes again. Those paper balls hitting your head. You turned around only for a paper ball to hit a bulleyes on your face. That’s when you heard that signature chuckle. You whipped your head at the curly haired boy who seemed to smirk a bit. "Why in the bloody hell is he messing with me?" You thought as you scoffed and went back to fully focusing now to the professor.

Week 1, your notes had ‘suddenly’ disappeared after you set them down? That couldn’t be right as you literally had them there…you kept checking around your desk. You were certainly going to freak out as you wanted to have a good grade. You’re not that much of an overachiever, but to not be with the class. You asked granger where your notes are and she looked sorry for you. She said she didn’t know and offer to help a bit. But really Noah was just chuckling behind his hand.

Week 2, after you figure out who took your notes. You made it clear to stay away from Noah but still give him dirty looks. He eyes you from across the hall, his deep brown eyes following your every move completely. Like a predator watching its meal walk freely. He hasn’t said anything yet which was good, but unfortunately wasn’t him. Usually he called you “lion” or “the cowardly lion” matter of fact when you didn’t do something about his antics. You scoffed at the thought of even thinking about him. “Thinking of sweet ol' me?” You jumped as you didn’t notice you practically walked past him. “How did he know?!” You thought turning around with an annoyed look. “Why in Merlin’s beard would I think about you?” You said crossing your own arms. Drost smirks as his eyes just hook onto your own. “I know everythin'…you can’t hide your prettty little head from me.” He then taps your head with one finger and taps his own head. You felt your eyes widen as your face felt warm. Quickly you walked away, hearing that echoing chuckle from the boy you seen. You hated his guts.

Week 3 was the final stretch for you. You was certainly in potions class, a fellow Gryffindor was giving you instructions. You mostly hated potions class because of professor snape, you knew he didn’t much like Gryffindors. So you didn’t want to mess up in front of his watchful eyes. As you look in the book and grabbed some ingredients, a figure quickly added another ingredient in the cauldron. Preventing from being seen by you, the gryffindor, and snape. Finally collected the ingredients, you set the recipe down. You only added a small piece of wolfsbane then suddenly the cauldron exploded. Particles of liquid scattered around the class, even hitting your face as you gasp. And there it goes again, that chuckle that seemed to enraged your whole soul and being. You swiftly turn around to yell only to face snape. And he did not look impressed. “..10 points from Gryffindors.” He said, looking down at you with a look that made you feel small. Most of the class laugh except for the Gryffindor you were helping. You glazed your eyes over towards the slytherin who you knew did this. Noah only smiled, a cruel smile. And you weren’t gonna let this slide for another second.

As it hit lunch time, everyone was sitted perfectly in the great hall. Almost too perfectly for a lunch. “DROST!” You yelled with a bellow. The great hall fell silent as you strutted a powerful walk. Your shoes echoing with each step as your eyes made an auto aim on the boy’s face. Your knuckles were almost white with how tight you held your wand in your dominant hand. Noah looks up, amazed at the Gryffindor he’s been pissing off lately. “Ah L/N..what must the Gryffindor want from me?” He says, his dimples showing with a small smile. “You bloody bastard! You sabotaged my cauldron and I want you to admit to professor snape or else I’ll drag you by your damned cloak and make you.” You said, you felt your heart pounding by your adrenaline. “Or what?” Noah said with a dark look. He stood up with a smirk, he was practically towering you. You stood your ground as you poke your wand to his chest. “What you gonna do lion? Roar your little words at me?” He grabbed your wrist tightly. You narrowed your eyes as you tried to pull your hand back only for him to bring it closer to his heart. He was testing you.

“Do it. Show everyone how 'brave' you are my lil lion.” You immediately dropped your wand and he smirked. You lifted your other hand and slapped him. The slap echoed making everyone’s head turn to the situation. Noah’s head was turned from your slap, he touched with his other hand that wasn’t holding your dominant hand. He scoffed and pushed you away. “Really? A slap. What are you, a ch—” before you knew it, your body reacted than your own mind. That’s when you punched him and he landed on his arse. His nose bleeding a bit. Now most students started an uproar. Noah angrily got up and tackled you to the ground. You grunted before feeling a punch to your cheek. “So you finally had the balls?!” He yelled grabbing to your shirt. His eyes dark, and the blood dropped to his mouth. Before he could land another punch he started to levitate in the air.

“Wingardium Leviosa!” a professor said as they immediately separated the two of you. Noah smiled crazily seeing you getting help by a student of another house. You glared at him before he got set down and escorted out. You still kept your eyes on the back of his head. That’s when he turned around and lick the blood off of his lips. You froze and looked away before a professor had told you that you will be getting detention tomorrow after you get checked up on in the hospital wing. You nodded, not having the energy to say anything else. The image of Noah’s face was now engraved deeply in your brain.

Honestly you hated his fucking face. You hated how he can just smirk with his nose bleeding, you hated how that was actually hot.

Maybe detention with him won’t be so bad..

Noah sat in his desk away from your own desk. You were doodling as he just stared at you from afar. You tried to ignore that heated gaze that sat perfectly on you. With each drumming tap of his fingers on the desk he was at. It was getting hard to ignore him minute by minute. “Y’know…I find it intriguing how you stood up to me. Lion.” He said with a tone you can’t explain. He smiled seeing you paused your drawing. “When you hit me, it felt like a kiss to remind me that you’re quite a brave one. Just unlike some Gryffindors.” You looked up at him weirded out as he only smirked. His dimples showing clearly which made your heart thump a bit. He tilted his head to the cheek he punched yesterday. “You look even more beautiful with that bandge on. Suits how coool you are my dear.” He teases lifting his head up as you lifted your own hand to touch your cheek. You scoffed looking away from the Slytherin. He raised a brow, sitting up correctly. He kept his brown eyes on you. He started to chew inside his mouth, he started to have second thoughts in how he basically pushed your limits during the weeks. He cleared his throat, getting out of his seat in one motion going towards you. “I..uhm. I’m sorry.” You slowly look up to see him walk towards you. His head down as he suck in his lip. “I was quite the arse to you and I must say I’m sorry for how I made you feel.” Those brown eyes that you can’t look away looks directly to your own eyes.

You for once seen vulnerability in his eyes. His brown eyes that seem to melt wonderfully towards your own eyes. You watch him closely incase it was one of his little lies. He kept that stare, a stare that begs for you to forgive. He cleared his throat again looking away from you. “It’s alright if you don’t forgive..you were right of course to call me a 'bloody bastard' love.” You chuckled at the pet name but mostly cause of the lack of confidence in his stance as well. His shuffling feet made it amusing on his part. You never seen him act this way before. You stood chuckling as you got up to face him. “Well…I suppose I forgive you.” You put out your hand for a truce. Noah’s eyes light up like stars, quickly taking your hand and shaking it with a smile. “Thank you li…I mean L/N..” he smiles, stopping himself to even call you lion. But you must admit to yourself that you did like the little nickname he gave you. “You like the nickname?” You jumped as you let go of his hand, only to see his devilish smirk. Before you could try to deny it, he intertwined his hand to yours. Bringing you close to his face.

He smirks, grabbing you by the back of your head. Your heads close together, eyes making contact as you held your breath. His smirk only grew wider, that dark wood scent was driving you crazy and he knew it. “Cmon darlin', speak your mind. I know your pretty little mouth likes to chat away.” He said, his voice low so you could only hear him. You bite the inside of your cheek, you wanted to slap him. But also kiss his lips, you didn’t know what to do. All you could was stare into his deep brown eyes that seem to hypnotize you. “Cmon darlin', I’m waitin'.” He starts to move away, his fingers leaving a slight lingering touch on the back of your head. As he smirked he didn’t know what shocked him most when you grabbed him by his tie and smashed your lips to his. His eyes widen, before you could break away embarrassed by your own boldness. He grabbed the side of your face and kissed you deeper, leaning forward. It was a hungry deep kiss, but also passionate. You drowned in his scent, the scent clogging up all your senses.

And ever since that, everything changed. And not for the worst surprisingly. Days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months with you two together. He started to actually be sweet than what was underneath that tough boy mask. He always carried your books, held your hand. He was slightly clingy but not in an overwhelming sense. He even makes sure you understand the class and give you notes. His teases are still there, but he’s more softer. You like how soft and how he shows how vulnerable he is.

One day, Noah basically ran towards you and tackled you to the floor, smiling wide with his pearly whites. “Ah my favorite lion! Have you missed me dear, why wouldn’t you.” The Slytherin boy had to go to a tutoring session and missed relaxing with you in the courtyard. He got up dusting his cloaks and helped you up as well. He seemed very happy to see you today, some students walked by. Giving odd glances that a Slytherin and a Gryffindor was much in a committed relationship. “Ah my favorite snake.” You snickered at him, he seemed to be waiting for something as he kept a closed smile on his face. The boy was nearly smiling his bloody ear off. You raise a brow while his own smile turned into a smirk. That’s where you realize and chuckle, leaning forward to do a small peck on his lips only for him to gently cup your face and kiss you hungrily. You must say, he is an eager man.

A/N: Sorry if it’s bad, I never wrote a troupe like this one. Hope it’s good!

[foodtruckery]

(Abo anon) your ideas are making me FERAL I'm so obsessed with how you characterize the brothers and god poor stan has been THROUGH it. But oh?? My gosh??? The imagery of stan working himself through his heat in the basement, fantasizing about stanford YOOOO I'm just imagining him trying to basically fist himself as a makeshift knot and imagining if his hand had just one more finger- and then losing himself a little bit at the thought (which he will then bury deep deep down in the "do not touch" box of his mind)

I wonder if ford questioned what could have caused the damage to his first journal lmfao or if he noticed it at all (I'm sure if stan ever tells him about it hed blue screen over the mental image)

And ofc stan would absolutely try to brush the whole event aside even if the smart thing to do is just stay off supressents (I'm glad you brought up his age because I WAS wondering if him being older would actually affect his likelihood of having heats) stan is gonna crush this all down under gravity falls new fav phrase "never mind all that"

Until ford realizes what stans planning and throws a fit I assume lol bro probably tries to play it off like hes worried for stans health but in reality hes just does NOT want to give up his deepest fantasy come to life

Which reminds me (I would apologize for yapping but I'm just meeting your energy here lmao) the idea of ford putting stan in his place of the hierarchy when he comes back through the portal? I keep thinking about the "what if" of that. Like. Would stans suppressants fail or would he just have to play along and pretend hes an alpha getting bitched? If it's the former I imagine ford (because as smart as he is, hes still an idiot) would somehow assume he MADE stan into an omega right there and then lmfao before stan corrects him ofc

I feel like I should start signing these off with something so I dont have to keep putting abo anon at the top lmfao

hahahaha! by all means, if you wanna have a sign off or an emoji or something, i'm all for it! especially considering at this point you've basically become my primary co-conspirator for this shit -- you know that right??

because, see, YOU GET IT. the way i yelled at the 'trying to fist himself to emulate ford's knot' comment like fuck yeah buddy, absolutely. i like to think that once he had his head on straight again, stan tried really hard to clean the journal up as much as possible, but there's not a ton to do for where it stained, or where pages got, ahem, wet and then dried out of shape. but if he calls it water stains most people aren't gonna look twice (most people will never even SEE this damn book), and honestly he'd be a liiiiittle bit relieved that it gets torched.

but he does probably slip up or get comfortable enough later on, when things are out in the open and a little more relaxed, where he makes a joke about it. spills a little water or coffee or something on whatever new journal ford is maintaining of their seafaring adventures, and laughing it off as "hey, not the worst thing i've ever gotten on one of these things, quit griping, would ya?" and ford's like "what is THAT supposed to mean?" and yeah, absolutely fucking bluescreens when he eventually gets the story out of stan because first of all, how did that even work and second of all, the idea of carrying around his journal knowing it's stained with slick he got out of stan? my mans is a mess.

and yes! i was thinking that the reason stan is still having heats at all at this age is largely due to how badly he fucked over his own cycles for most of his life and then just going cold turkey off all of them cause eh! he doesn't need that shit anymore. like it probably wouldn't actually be that big of a deal if it was just suppressants - lots of people take those! - or just beta or alpha pheremones. but going back and forth between all of them, getting a lot of those drugs from less-than-reputable sources to keep the secret safe, mixing shit he shouldn't have or taking enough expired stuff? frankly he should be less concerned with still getting heats and more concerned with checking his fucking liver or something.

and yeah, the easiest way to deal is definitly just to grab more drugs and nip this shit in the bud the way that's always worked. but ford is Not About That at all. catch his ass upending pills into the ocean if that's what it takes. and of course it's for stan's health, it's clearly not good for him to be on these drugs, and also what is there to worry about if it happens again? ford isn't going anywhere, he can help if stan needs him to, as many times as he needs him to. and stan is the one who said he didn't care about presenting as an omega nowadays, right? why upend all that over something so silly?

(and you know damn well at this point that we're just yappers, keep it coming) cause like I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS TOO. about if they had gotten into it when ford came back through the portal. like other than some posturing and shit (okay like a LOT of posturing when it comes to some jackasess, cue bud for example), stan probably hasn't been legitimately threatened by an alpha in ages. and back when that did happen more regularly, stan is used to punching above his weight class, and probably hasn't been on the "bitch" end of a bitching in a long fucking time. probably hasn't even been on the receiving end of regular sex in a hot minute, as much for general preference as to keep up appearances.

but even when he has dealt with prick alphas trying to make a point since settling into gravity falls, they definitely weren't as worked up and aggressive as ford is after coming through that portal. and it's absolutely never happeend in the room where he has, in fact, gone into heat at least once. or with, y'know, ford himself. so yeah, it's absolutely possible that it's a perfect storm for triggering a heat. or, if not triggering a full on heat, it may trigger more biological bullshit; producing more slick than he has outside of a heat since he was in his damn 20's. and ford would ABSOLUTELY ASSUME he had done that -- which YEAH okay technically he did, but not because he has a magical dick, ford you moron.

it might actually kill stan to let ford think that bullshit if it means getting to keep up appearanaces for a little longer.

[lixenn]

OCtober 2024 day 20: community

@unwrathful may I present you Chiara hard at work, filling out all the forms 🫡

I did want to draw her together with Dan but the reference finding bore no fruit so I decided to just let her do paperwork alone.

Hope you like it my beloved secret keeper 💜✨

Once again more yapping about this under the cut

While I did use a reference for this drawing, some of the office supplies and other things in the background I added on a whim. Since I really don't know how perspective works some of it might look wonky as a result but I think I did alright.

Now for the shelf in the back... It might just be my favourite part about this entire drawing because I just went into full on trolling-mode with it. Coming up with the book titles was so fun and I'm pretty damn proud of that Yoshi photo. Since Chiara loves her brother so much I wanted her to have a picture in her office (I kept it simple for my sanity btw, cause idk if he would be ever photographed this way lmao). I placed it on the shelf so it would be visible and I actually wanted her to have a second picture of him on her desk, facing her, but my perspective skills bit the dust on that one, so there's only one picture of him. As for the plant: I also don't know if Chiara would actually keep a houseplant but since it's the trolling shelf let's just say that Chief gave it her as a present if she doesn't keep plants 🫡

In general I'm satisfied with how the rendering turned out especially on Chiare herself but the lighting situation is not exactly how I wanted it, so I will need to improve on that part in the future.

[artonice]

Am I delulu?

Anyways... seriously y'all. I started publicly sharing B/V stuff in March. I'm just a girly from Boston who is obsessed with ice dance and the athletic, emotional moments it creates. I also enjoy its connection to art. Their 2023 FD reminds me so much of the above painting. I like to post comparisons and Kiki with the girls. Ice dance slays so hard bc I've never seen anything like it before! I really earnestly just enjoy all of the mechanics.

The dedication, the performance. Y'all caught me vicariously living, babes! We all wish we could've been something like a ballerina or an ice skater. Seeing Bella skate, inspires me to do the things that little me dreamed of. Still! Which I enjoy just as equally. Because everyone seems so grumpy all the time and I love having something to cheer for and believe in. I've competed for 2 bike races since following Bella. Because I'm rooting for someone who does cool stuff and think, wait I can do cool stuff too. And the duo for sure inspires me to paint and write and listen to good music and all that other important stuff. Like a good tv show or my favorite book would.

But this is my crutch, y'all. These are very real people. Celebrity and influencer culture makes us depersonalize the figures sharing their lives. I can def see how I get lost in the delulu of their skating story, and Bella's underdog lore (which is mainly why I'm here y'all). I know it's still a risk that skaters can see this post, but I just wanna yap to no one about how weird the modern world is. And I think Tumblr is probably the most private place out of all socials to yap anyways.

So, my point. I feel weird! I feel so weird making edits and talking about how inspired I am by these strangers, especially when the inspiring strangers can see😭. Bella follows my insta account (as well as a bunch of others) bc she's a cool and connective girl broooo like Bella pls don't unfollow girly I'm just saying I don't wanna freak anyone out 😭🫶. Cause I couldn't imagine all these people being so focused on my life and what I do, it might stress me out bad yall.

I know I'm delulu, but more so I'm sensitive. That's why I like this sport. And I like to chit chat!!! Combined with this hyper digital, often fantasy focused world we live in (movies, tv, sports, books) I don't want to be confused with some crazy person who can't decipher boundaries bc I run an active stan account. And no hate to my fellow Stan accounts, this scenario feels unique bc ice skating fan accounts have audiences that often include people in the skater's communities or families, if not the skater themselves. It's not like I'm posting about Taylor Swift who won't see it. Girl, my T-swift is 5'ft tall and can jump 6ft high in the air. Her Eras Tour starts in Lake Placid this July😭. And you bet your ass I need to talk about it!

But I also gotta remind myself that this isn't my favorite TV show but people's real lives. Like fr. Sometimes the competition is so good you'd think it was scripted, y'all. God, like let me keep yapping forever huh?

Anyways, I am so glad I get to connect with my favorite athlete, as I'm sure her other fans appreciate it too. She's honest and open to chat for a reason, it keeps us feeling like we are on the road to the Olympics with her. I'm gunna keep posting cause I love the idea of turning all of booktok on her lore and getting a million people to root for them so I can see them at freaking SKAM 🤨. The conversation between influencer and audience is just hella interesting. And I hope I'm towing the line okay!

[fodenswhore]

Cobra Kai Season 6 PT 1

(discussion/rant???)

- seeing as i did a rant over cobra kai season 5 on here, it’s only fitting that i do the same for part one of season 6!

🐍- as only one half of the season has been released, it wouldn’t really be fair to form a stalemate opinion on what i’ve seen so far. i didn’t hate it, i didn’t dislike it, i didn’t love it - it was just fine. in my opinion, it didn’t have the same exciting vibe as the previous seasons, not sure what it was but it just felt like something was missing. i’m hoping part 2 will feel different.

pregnancy storyline - my opinion on this storyline has and will not change. i still find it unnecessary, i still find it predictable and i still believe the trope ruins any book or movie that it’s worked into. however, that being said, it’s been interesting to see johnny’s character development this season. he’s fully embracing the whole pregnancy and baby vibe and it is pretty sweet to see.

johnny - like i said, it’s been interesting to see johnny’s characters development this season. i really liked the version of johnny we got to see. he got a job!!, he and daniel worked well together (in brief moments), he was supportive of both robby and miguel and he encouraged and supported devon. it was nice to see him getting his life together.

kreese - he’s a wanted man. how did he manage to travel to two different countries? UNDETECTED????

mr miyagi - i was a little baffled by the mr miyagi storyline. it’s so great that they still include him and talk about him because he was such a vital character in the karate kid movies, but i’m not exactly sure where they plan on taking this storyline?? i wonder if maybe mr miyagi used to train/work with sensei kim’s grandfather? we obviously saw that he entered the Sekai Taikai tournament so maybe they entered together?

daniel - ugh he was low-key irritating. miyagi do is supposed to be a partnership between eagle fang and miyagi do, however it just seems like it’s purely miyagi do. i feel they could’ve merged the names and become miyagi fang? i get he wants peace but he was basically causing rifts with johnny for the most stupidest of things. hoping he does better in part 2.

tory - the way no one ran after her when she walked out of miyagi do?? not even robby, her boyfriend?? everyone knew her mum was the only family she had (besides her brother) so i cant believe they just left her to fend for herself and grieve alone. honestly i don’t blame her for joining cobra kai again. it’s hard to say whether she would’ve won the female captaincy if she stayed at miyagi do but she definitely would’ve ended up hurting sam during the fight. i loved the friendship she and sam were forming so hopefully she comes back to miyagi do and they become friends again.

hawk - no WAY did the former all valley male champion not get into the final six for the Sekai Taikai on default. i was so shocked when hawk didn’t get into the group automatically with tory, sam, miguel and robby. and then he only got a place because tory quit like whatttttt! he’s one of the strongest fighters in my opinion, miles better than devon and demetri.

demetri - irritating. never stopped yapping about MIT. thinks he’s the shit. i usually like him but not this season.

kyler- nice to see character development from kyler because he was an absolute prick in the other seasons. he’s still cringe but was cool to see him getting along with miguel and the others.

devon/kenny - devon was annoying, i get the Sekai Taikai is a once in a lifetime opportunity but practically begging for a spot isn’t a good look. she needs to believe in herself and needs to stop worrying about how good others are around her. and the cheating to get into the tournament! like if she can’t win fairly at the challenge to get into tournament, how is she gonna be decent at the tournament at all. kenny deserved that chance to go to the Sekai Taikai, he’s a much stronger and aggressive fighter and it would’ve been perfect for him to show his real potential. i can’t believe the writers made him shit himself and look like an idiot.

so overall, i liked the season so far but i wasn’t overly amazed with it. as always the karate fight scenes were amazing! and this is not hating on the show or the actors this is just me giving my opinion.

find my season 5 rant here :)

[cannonball-37]

Something to yap about?

How about your fav ships?

Or the best headcanons ya have?

Your opinion on the labyrinth?

You can choose any

-♠️

Ohh I like these questions so I’m gonna answer all of them.

1. Favourite ships

I am a multishipper so I have many but I’ll try and narrow it down a bit

Alibends

Runestraw

BendyRuneStraw

BendyStraw

Osix

Alibends: I love these two! But I swear if they don’t figure stuff out I’m gonna lose my stardust- Alice trying to find books on demon and angel love stories is adorable and her mother is supportive of it which gives me hope for them! I worry about Bendy trying to keep his distance as he thinks Alice and Jake are together but I hope that gets cleared up the second they actually talk again. (Bendy if you don’t answer Alice’s calls-)

Runestraw: The development of this ship is going great so far in the story. The gala broke me a bit but we’re going strong! Cup needs to sort out his issues for sure before they can truly be together and I hope it happens soon! Holly loving to learn about his race and where he comes from is so cute and I need them to get together at some point.

BendyRuneStraw: I LOVE THIS!!!! I’ve been a fan of BendyStraw for ages and the combo of that and RuneStraw GIVES ME LIFE! Holly loving learning about the dish race and Bendy’s time in Hell while she talks about her own experimentations with magic and suggesting things for the both of them to try out some day is a really cute idea and I fell like they mesh together so well.

BendyStraw: A classic. People were shipping these two before QFTIM was even a thing. Plus IMs development of their characters and the addition of their soul tie where they can feel each other’s emotions adds another layer to this which could be great for fluff and hurt/comfort scenarios as demonstrated by the authors already.

Osix: What can I say? Gay middle aged men is an amazing trope and these two are so good for each other. Obviously Ozzy needs to heal from losing his wife and slowly he has been! Felix is understanding of his reluctance to start a relationship and they’re honestly the most healthy ship apart from the already established ones like Mugs and Cala.

2. My opinion on the labyrinth(yea I’m doing this out of order)

I’ll be honest, while reading I was really cussing confused and it look 3 re-reads for me to understand what was happening but I think that actually proves how difficult the labyrinth has been for the Questers.

It opened up a lot of info about the characters such as Felix, Cup and Bendy and it shows just how dangerous the machine parts can get. It even caused lasting damage like Bendy and Boris’ estranged relationship, Cups heart, Felix mistrust of the Cupbros, Boris’ connection to the instrument etc.

I hate Sarah with a burning passion and I think the night terror is a really cool creature design (even if it did tear cups heart out). The way that stupid bird tried to get out into the real world was actually really clever but I am mad at what it had done emotionally to Bendy and causing him to go beastly.

The instrument needing to be played and choosing Boris as its guardian was genius storytelling and again I love the lasting effect of “Boris could go off the deep end and use the instrument at any moment”.

I love the instruments current use of finding information on the machine and why it’s so hidden. The information on the creators of it, the ancient Mugman, how the machine cured the sick etc are really useful for theorist like myself and put even more mystery to this already mysterious story.

3. My best headcanons

Honestly this is hard for me cause I don’t really do headcanons that often. If I have ideas they usually spiral out of control and become their own AUs. However I will try and pick up some I’ve picked up along the way from others or made up myself.

Cup and Bendy snitch on eachother whenever they’re feeling bad and argue about it even though they both do it.

The CupBros eyes glow in the dark and so does Cup’s hair cause it’s made of magic. So does the liquid magic in their heads.

Cup and Bendy shut themselves in their rooms to cry sometimes when they’re feeling down because they don’t want anyone to see.

Cup is an insomniac

Cup has vague memories of what his parents were like before they left while Mugs has none

Cup can and will kill Brute the second Fanny says he can

Demi has wanted to go back home to her kids but can’t for some reason

When they were younger Cup would sing Mugs to sleep if he ever had a nightmare

The Cupbros once has a magic flu scare while under hats care because he took their straws as punishment and forgot about it for a while until the Cupbros started getting sick

If Cups more demonic powers develop he could be considered a middle class or high class demon

The cupbros take the others out at night to go stargazing sometimes

If Cup is that pissed at someone he’ll start cursing at them in every language he know

I realise a lot of these are Cuphead centric. 🤦‍♀️That’s what I could come up with rn. I hope I answered your questions well!

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

RoR Parallel: Disha vs Kyoshi's convos (spoilers)

Ok....this has been bothering me.... since like....the leaks and previews were happening. Cause I feel like this is a parallel.

Disha's Convo:

Kyoshi's Convo:

I found it interesting that both question him, playing Devil's Advocate to him in a sense.

It feels less like Kyoshi is like "I found killing to be more humane than imprisoning people" and more that she's just.......testing his logic.

Of course they don't go as into detail as Disha's conversation. (Kyo why you so tight lipped? ;w;)

This might be because Kyoshi's conversation feels more like..... She's trying to comfort Roku. Try to set his mind at ease about how he killed someone. As well as assure him that he is a good fit as the Avatar (the whole "look within comment later" because mfer keeps doubting himself).

Both conversations revolve around his duties as the Avatar. Disha's trying to get him to shed the one nation mindset. Kyoshi about his self doubt. (Ironically in Kyoshi's convo, he is in a conflicting mindset of two nations, wanting to reject the Fire Nation side of "yeah you had to kill" vs the Air Nomad way of "no you should find a different alternative. Which reminds me a lot of her, how she was trapped between two mindsets. Something she doesn't want to do vs what she wants to do. Her Earth Kingdom and Air Nomad heritages conflicting within her. Her morals from Rangi and Lao Ge conflicting within her).

I dunno I found it REALLY INTERSTING but.... I'm also not sure how deep I should read into it. (All in all I found Roku's change over the novels a bit too sudden and rocky and just not handled well. This combined with Disha trying to be like "Kyoshi I guess looked within and that's why she chose to die" BS......esp considering we had two novels of Kyoshi yapping non stop when it came to analyzing herself and her actions. So while I think the novel wants to be like "she's imparting words of a mistake she failed to make"....I just don't buy the mistake cause it's not well written, so instead I see it more as "Kyoshi sees what Roku needs to hear" because it makes more sense and lines up more with her comforting him in that scene).

Sorry for the side rant, it's just hard reconciling the canon of this book with both Kyoshi novels and what we know of her char in ATLA/LoK.

Side, still related, take: (gonna be honest, looping back to Kyoshi's convo and the prison thing. I'm surprise they didn't bring up "rehabilitation," I feel like that's something Kyoshi would've tried to do esp since she's aware of the concept in a way when she comments on how "She could see Jinpa trying to convince Kirima/Wong into leaving the daofei lifestyle, they probs would steal his bison." I dunno, maybe this'll be something that we see in the next novel. I def think Kyoshi would've tried rehabilitation, esp since she saw how Te changed. If she didn't, it'd feel weird ngl.

And I feel like she was questioning Roku here so that he could make the connection himself. But he....just gives up with a "I dunno" TT0TT)

[strawberry-lemonade-kisses]

(6) Fin

Trigger Warnings - Violence, cursing, mentions of suicide attempts, psychosis.

Prev, Masterlist, Afterword

Day 6

Art had become therapy at some point during your stay. You couldn’t pinpoint the exact time it happened, but the amount of drawings and coloring pages you had ripped out and added to your folder of papers to take home with you grew thicker with each hour. Mitsuri often joined when she could, but often found herself asleep on one of the couches. It was a silent companionship you had found with Giyuu, who spoke in a hushed voice the few times he opened his mouth. You were often asking him to repeat himself, which he refused, turning to write down what he said. You would draw on his notes, sending him colored flowers or pictures of poorly drawn farm animals. You didn’t have much reference for the animals you drew so there were a lot of mistakes, but Giyuu never complained, nodding in a silent thanks before returning to glaring holes in the book he was reading. It was a love story, something about the moon and the sun, the connection of two who are so different yet work so well together. You hadn’t heard of it before, but the way it had been on the library cart made it seem abandoned. It was hard to determine if he was enjoying the book, but he never complained or even spoke of it.

“Do you guys want to play go-fish?” Shinobu had been playing a quiet game with Kyojuro, but they were now looking around the room expectantly. There were mumbles around the room, but everyone meandered over to where the two sat, forming a circle around the deck of cards on the floor. Obanai and Giyuu sat on one of the couches, not taking place in the game but observing as you all started.

“When do you think you’ll get out?” Kyojuro looked next to him at Mitsuri, who was on your left. She shrugged, handing a card to Tengen.

“Maybe in the next few days? I don’t know what makes them decide when we are okay to leave. Legally after 3 days we can get out, but I don’t know.” Everyone was mumbling in agreement. The game continued with small jokes. No one really went in depth with conversations and it was a nice change of pace. The tv was silent, but Giyuu’s eyes didn’t leave the screen, watching the latest footage of a earthquake and the damage it had done.

“It had to happen. They said this needed to happen for us” Giyu spoke ominously. None of you understood who he was talking about or who ‘us’ were, but you turned back to your game, letting him watch. “I was asked to start this. It is needed,” Giyuu continued, looking away from the tv at everyone surrounding the cards.

“Will you shut your crazy ass up?” Obanai spoke from his seat on the couch, leaning over your head to stare at Giyuu’s unmoving gaze.

“Obanai, that is not appropriate.” A nurse spoke from the front.

“What’s not appropriate is the fucking basket case yapping about causing an earthquake that has people dead”

“It had to happen. You wouldn’t understand doing things that matter”

“listen here you fucking Dim-wit You know nothing about me” Obanai was up in a second, pushing your head so he could step over you and get to Giyuu. The dark-haired boy was dodging Obanai’s hands as he reached for him, missing him by inches. “Yeah run while you can fucker, you better hope I don’t catch you” The nurses were trying to stop Obanai at the door, blocking it while Giyuu ran out. The nurse didn’t last long against Obanai’s rage as he threw cuss words at Giyuu, who stood near the nurses’ station, all the nurses from surrounding units gathering to contain both teens. As Obanai pushed through, Giyuu ran towards the door that led down to the cafeteria, stopping as the door wouldn’t budge. He turned, fear written all over his face as Obanai closed in, rounding the nurses’ station, only to be met with a large male, built like a brick wall. He quickly wrapped up Obanai in his arms, talking to him quietly as you all watched from the window, yelling in fear and adrenaline as Obanai continued to yell at Giyuu from the arms of the nurse.

Dr. Gotouge led Giyuu away, going towards her office with the scared boy while the large nurse and another nurse carried Obanai towards the rooms.

“You guys know this room isn’t sound proof right?” A nurse with the nametag ‘Daki’ came in, shutting the door behind her. Her bright pink crocs were bedazzled as she sat at the desk and crossed her legs, staring you all down as you sat back at the card game.

“That was…” Kyojuro started.

“Flashy”

“scary” Mitsuri Finished, breaking everyone into a fit of giggles. The game continued, Tengen somehow coming out victorious, much to Sanemi’s dismay. You started another game until lunch came around.

As you wandered back to the dayroom, stomach full and spirit relaxed your case worker stood outside the dayroom, holding a notebook and scribbling a few things down in it, as she noticed the line of teens coming back she perked up, shoving the pen in the spine of the notebook and calling you over with a smile.

“Y/N, wonderful news. Because of your good behavior and the progress, Dr. Gotouge has seen Haven Hill and your parents have decided that we are going to transfer you to our outpatient program. So tomorrow you will go home, starting in two days you will meet, come back at 10 AM and stay in our program until 3 PM. You’ll do that for 5 days before we re-evaluate.” The smile that overtook your face matched her own as she patted your back, leaving you to join everyone else in the dayroom.

“Y/N! Why are you smiling so much?” Sanemi squinted at you, making everyone else’s heads turn in your direction.

“I get to go home tomorrow!” There were a few cheers before Kyojuro spoke up.

“Senjuro and I also get to go home tomorrow. Our grandparents were given emergency custody while they investigate our father. This is great!” Shinobu gave you a small smile as you sat next to her, a book already on her lap.

“Its really nice to hear that you are going home. I think I’m going to call my mom. I haven’t heard from her yet and I’ve been thinking about apologizing.” This was wonderful to hear, to see the change come to Shinobu and the hope return to her.

“That’s such a good idea. Are you going to call soon or wait until tonight?” She sat in thought for a moment, fingers fiddling with the pages of her book before she looked back at you.

“I think I’ll do it now. Hopefully, she answers. Will you wait for me to come back?” You nodded, sending her off with a smile. As she retreated, you sat back, looking at everyone around the room. Giyuu had returned to the dayroom, sitting in the corner with his own book, though he was really just watching everyone else, diverting his eyes when he caught yours. Gyomei, Mitsuri, Kyojuro, and Tengen all sat at one of the tables working on a 3-D puzzle, though Gyomei just sat and talked. He handed pieces he felt along the table to Mitsuri, who just put them in a pile while Tengen and Kyojuro actually worked on it. Sanemi sat at another table, writing feverishly on a piece of paper. He had opened up significantly, deciding to write his thoughts instead of speaking them. He had opened up to everyone last night about writing to his brother, telling him everything and even how he planned on getting a job so he could save up to move out and take his siblings with him once he came of age. Everyone was healing, though some worked at a slower pace. There was healing. You sighed, knowing you would miss everyone. You had already been told no sharing contact or information with others, so connecting was out of the question. You just hoped they were all going to do better, heal and recover. Shinobu walked into the room, her cheeks wet but a smile on her face as she rushed over to you, throwing her arms around you as she let out a cry.

“Hey! No contact!” Daki yelled from the front. Shinobu jumped back, moving to the seat she previously sat on before she turned to you.

“It was so good Y/N! She answered immediately. She was so happy to hear me and she told me she didn’t need an apology. She said she wanted me to get better and learn to deal with things while understanding I can reach out and talk to her when I need to. Y/N, I’m so happy. I can’t wait to go home.” She sat back with a smile. “It’s such a good day” she was beyond excited for what was to come next with her.

            The rest of the day passed with relaxation, just taking the day to read and even help with the slow moving 3-D puzzle. You got it ¾ done before you moved onto coloring with Giyuu. He was much quieter. You colored and drew even after dinner, ending the day with some reading.

Day 7

            “Your parents are on their way. We will escort you out when it’s time. Make sure you have all your stuff together.” Dr. Gotouge left your room with a smile. It was still early. Breakfast hadn’t been served yet. You stood collecting your few clothes, putting the drawings and activities you’d done into the green folder they gave you. Packing it all into a brown paper bag Dr. Gotouge had brought in for you. They had confiscated the bag and a few items your parents had brought for you, but the doctor explained all would be returned when you left. Once everything was packed neatly, you carried the bag to the day room with you, leaving it on the nurses’ desk for Daki to watch as you sat amongst everyone else.

“Good morning everyone! Although we have a few people leaving, I figured we would still do therapy. Is everyone comfortable?” Dr. Gotouge entered the room, chipper as always, as she pulled a chair forward, seating herself. She looked straight at Obanai, who had joined everyone today.

“Obanai, I would like you to start today off.” He mumbled to himself, adjusting the mask on his face.

“I am feeling less likely to beat Giyuu’s face in today” He glared at the man he was speaking of, watching him shrink under his glare.

“I am also feeling less likely to destroy a kitchen,” Sanemi grinned. Dr. Gotouge smiled at his admission, giving him a small applause as Mitsuri cheered.

“That is wonderful to hear. Anyone else?”

“I am very grateful to have been brought here. This experience has opened my eyes to so much I didn’t understand or didn’t know how to deal with, and I honestly feel so much more hopeful. I know things aren’t going to be perfect when I go home, but I feel like I could handle it better.” You tried to explain your feelings, but the words couldn’t convey your feelings honestly or properly.

“I know what you mean, meeting you all, hearing your stories. I understand what you mean and I feel the same way. I’m excited to go home and tell my mom all about you guys. I truly wish everyone the best.” Shinobu was smiling brightly as everyone spoke their own appreciations to the group. The learning experience with everyone was uplifting. It had been a journey. Though it was short, you felt like you had lived multiple lifetimes with these people.

“Y/N” Nurse Daki stood in the doorway. “Time to go.”

[my-castles-crumbling]

Greece anon here

Thank you for what you said about the eras tour rant I went on, it's really helped to calm some of my nerves.

Also good news! We didn't sell the tickets to strangers but to someone my mum works with and they will probably be able to grab the merch we want when they go to their show if we give them money for them so I probably won't have to worry about merch lines at all which is good. But if the lines are short when we go we might go anyway just to see what's left yk.

I have got the loop experience 2 earplugs because I saw a bunch of people recommending them but I'm really scared I'll be able to hear my voice really loudly in my head. I'll see when I get there whether the noise is bad enough to have to wear them.

It is almost only 10 days away and i am freaking out!!!! There is no way I am seeing Taylor swift in 10 days that's not real. She's literally my favourite person in the world and I'm going to see her in real life I am so EXCITED!!!!!!!!!

How did you organise your bracelets? I want to put the ones I get from other people on my wrists and keep the ones I've made separate but I just found out that wembley don't allow metal carabiners inside so I am trying to come up with a new way to hold them. My bag has a bunch of compartments (because I like to organise) so I might just have them loose in one of the big compartments lol

I'm going out with my friends on Wednesday (including the one I'm going to the eras tour with) and I'm going to be yapping about it so much they're going to be sick of me but I don't care because I'M GOING TO THE ERAS TOUR!!!!

I'm trying to get everything that I need to get done over summer break done before my show so after I can just lay and think "oh my god that was amazing I'm so sad it's over" but I tried to open the book I have to read yesterday and I just kind of stared at it for a while, not a lot of reading happened... But I opened it!!! And that counts as progress 😌

I'm so happy I'm actually going to the eras tour!

I got my tickets over a year ago (11th July 2023) and I have been waiting so patiently I can hardly control myself anymore. Like on the 16th August I am going to be AT THE ERAS TOUR!!!!! it's crazy I can't believe it. I watch a livestream of every single show (yes, every. Single. One. I know it's excessive but I just love it so much) and soon it will be MY show. I have seen it through over 100 grainy livestreams at like 2am and during classes and MY SHOW is so close I am so excited I could throw up, my stomach hurts if I think about it for too long.

This was long and it was mostly me rambling but once I get talking about it it's hard for me to stop so sorry but hey it could have been worse! How are you? I hope you're doing well, summer sucks sometimes cause of the heat but sometimes it's great, and I hope it's going great for you!

Hi!!! Ahhh, I'm so excited for you! You have to update me on how it goes, okay?

I organized my bracelets where I had my inappropriate ones on one arm and my g-rated ones on the other lol. Because I knew kids would be there. TBH my biggest regret of the show was that I didn't trade a lot though! I'm super socially awkward irl so I was scared to go up to people, so I only got a few trades done, so don't do what I did! Luckily when I went to the movie later on I was braver, but I still have like ten of my own bracelets left :(

I'm doing pretty good, my summer is going well! I can't wait to hear about how amazing your show is! <3

[tithnamath]

Protagonist, Heroes and Superheroes: Who are my Favourites?

Hello wandering traveller! I'm back again to yap; this time about SOME of my favourite protagonists. This feels strange to me as I gravitate towards liking villains and anti-heroes more that the good guys haha.

The Hobbit:

I don't need to say anything for this one.

He's my adopted grandpa in my delulu mind. I honestly think I have a soft spot (NOT IN A ROMNTIC WAY) for him.

Honestly, for a good two years I was a Fili over Kili typa gal, but lately my brain chemistry altered and now I have a growing love for Kili. I do think he is still a bit cocky for my liking - but love is blind so I will ignore it haha.

Lord of the Rings:

This is also part of the Hobbit section as well, but Gandalf the Grey is a wee tinker isn't he? Also, Gandalf the Grey over Gandalf the White any day of the week - I think he got too serious (even though he got upgraded to the highest wizard which does make sense but still).

I don't need to say anything for this part 2.

I tried to find a memeable/funny image for Arwen, but she's just inhumanly beautiful in every picture haha. Hot take, I definitely prefer Peter Jackson's adaptation of Arwen than the original as she has more of a story rather than be mentioned a couple of times throughout the trilogy.

The Witcher:

It's Henry Cavill. What more? I think even though he is more (or tries to be) neutral as a Witcher is conditioned to be, I'm adding him on the good side. He also does a lot of heroic acts which would deem him being a sort of hero.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, he is my favourite character in the Witcher series by a long shot! If there is anything I remember from the books, it would be him talking about his drinking (blood as he is a higher vampire) problem which caused his misses to leave him and ruin his life. It is more funny when you read it for the first time as you never expected that from a vampire.

Marvel:

This one is really hard cause I like quite a lot of the characters so I might have to do a part 2 for this one.

It would be a sin if I didn't put this image in. So, Blade has been my favourite marvel character, and my favourite character in general since I was a wee one. I remember watching Blade II when I was 6 (at an age where I really shouldn't have been watching it), and it was the only thing that calmed me down after I almost chopped my thumb off. That is another story to tell - one of my lore drops.

Another character who I've loved since I was still in nappies. I thought, and still think that he is one of the coolest characters in any comic book and film adaptations.

"He's the best guy arouuuuund" "What about the people he murdered?" "What muuurrrdddeerrrr?" I'm putting him here cause I want to; Bucky started out good and ended up good in the end. I will defend this guy at all costs!

Star Wars:

TBH despite liking all of the characters in Star Wars, Princess Leia is one of the few protagonists that I really like. I do remember when I was a kid trying to copy her hair styles and outfit haha. She's an icon, she's a legend and she is the moment.

Another fashion icon (haha jks). C-3PO is my spirit animal.

Foundation:

I honestly am inspired by her to get better at math (even though I left school 5 years ago) as she is insanely skilled at mathematics. She seems like one of a few in the series that is not insane in some shape or form.

Harry Potter:

Give him to me now please. Also another character I don't need to explain why he's one of my favourites.

He's just a walking teddy bear with a heart of gold. Also, get this man a baby dragon.

That's all for today's post! What are you favourite protagonists?

Tith Namath X

[sapphosdickandballs]

heyyyy!!! i saw that you changed ur theme. just wanted to first of all say i loveeeee that shade of green omg. its so cool.

anyway also that ask you sent about reading kiss her once for me- ahhh. im stoked ur reading it!! ellie is such a loser and yeah. i need a jane su/jack (i forget her last name atm whoops) in my life. mostly jane aughhhh... sorry im noooot here to gush abt ols HOWEVER. i get it. 100%. idk i just like- loved them. they were cute and ughhh.

u got any updates w reading???

i just got done reading delilah green doesnt care and tbh. its not a rec from me. im gonna keep my thoughts to a minimum but it felt very bland and like a whole nothing burger with such a... paper thin character veil. i didnt care about the cast at all???? especially not the ship. i did like iris and astrid but damn it just was low key boring??? the sex scenes werent even hot 👎. like okay so not gonna rip on it TOO hard but it's got a cute cover but i didnt find it to be rec worthy nor is it even comparable to any of my other favs. it was mindless, but executed in a way that felt underwhelming. like a different book i read- mistakes were made. which is by an author you recommended a book from. thats a whole nother argument i had formed but that one wasn't good either 😭. sorry but that one suffered from the opposite problem of too much sex and the plot just WASNT compelling. also the characters were awful?? at least the daughter. i hate that she was written as some spoiled child when she was legitimatly a college student. anyway NOT recs. but im indeed interested in giving both of their other books a try??

anyway i really REALLY want to try this one eventually. it looks really good but my libby doesnt have ittttt :(

uhhh another thing is-

i ask of you now- to make a decision on which i start first since you recommended them both to me in that long ask. (thats mainly why im sending this lol i could go either way but would like ur silly input on to choose which path to take first.)

as for the ask you sent earlierrrrr- i might dm u later w a bunch of rambles bc im not gonna publicly ramble in case they ever find this acc but watch out!! i can yap. :3

anyway thats all!!

Oh that sucks about Delilah green doesn’t care. I think that was on my list but I hadn’t started it yet. But I trust your judgment so I’ll prolly take it off

By an author I recced or one of the books I recced? Just curiosu. If it’s an author I recced I’ll make a mental note not to read any more of them

I’ve read til the point they arrived at the mansion and she met boozy in kiss her once for me I’m easily distracted but I will read more soon! I have a bunch of stuff I have to do for uni so it might be a sec. But I will read more I do really like it

ughhhhh the falling in love montage is so. Aughhhh. I love that book. It sucks your library doesn’t have it I read it on Libby so that’s weird. I wish you luck in finding it tho it’s so good

Oh this is hard okay. So something to talk about is very angsty? Like I read it and was yelling at the characters the whole time to stop being stupid. But if you relate to feeling like a predatory lesbian (I do 🙌) then this book will hit. I ultimately really liked it and thought the angst and buildup was worth it

I also really like never ever getting back together it’s pretty fluffy and cute and makes fun of the bachelor type shows which I thoroughly enjoyed cause I watch those shows (guilty pleasure) and it’s dual perspective which I always be eating up. One of the main characters acts like an idiot for a while but then it gets really cute. And it’s not too sex heavy afaik. Neither is something to talk about except for the very ending

Both are good I can’t really recommend you one over the other, so I will just say are you in a more angsty mood or a more fluffy mood

That’s fine lmao that’s why I added the disclaimer of answer in an ask or a dm. I just hate saying you can dm me cause liek. The implications

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I Just Wanna Yap

So… I just kinda wanna yap about my fandom oc at 11am if y’all don’t mind

My love of angst really shows with them. With how much pain I put these two through, you’d think I hate them. I don’t. I adore Matthias and Kajsa is legit my favorite fandom oc. I love these two with all my heart. I think about them way too much. I love siblings angst and these two? Delicious.

Ok so canon wise, Matthias loses his parents and younger sister when Inferni soldiers attack his village. That’s why he hates Grisha so much. In this version of the story, his sister is alive but he doesn’t know.

The attack happens, yes, but the two are just separated. We know Matthias joins the Druskelle, so what happens to her? Well, I played with the idea of the Fjerdan government and how far they would go to wipe out Grisha. Everyone knows what the Druskelle look like. They can’t hide. They’re big men, wearing animal furs, traveling in a pack, with what I would assume would be a thick Fjerdan accent. The people of Fjerda and the Druskelle believe they’re doing the right thing. They grab Grisha, put them on trials that they don’t know are a sham and kill them. But that’s so much work and the Druskelle move slow. In my story, the Fjerdans have another group. This group is a secret only high profile government personnel know about. It’s a group of women who are trained to become assassins and they go to other countries to kill Grisha. No trials. Just straight getting rid of them. That’s what happens to Kajsa. Matthias was always big for his age. Big and strong. Kajsa has incredible control over her body, a great memory and is a living amplifier (mom’s a descendant of Ilya’s second daughter because why not? Maybe I’ll change it. Idk). Yeah, they could’ve let them go, but the two would be lost in the foster care system and could leave Fjerda. That’s too much talent going to waste. So both of them are lied to and are told the other is dead. It drives them towards the anti Grisha cause more. Vengeance can make people monsters and that’s what Fjerda needs,

You may think she’d find Matthias and become besties with the crows right away. Absolutely not. Kajsa would actually be a villain. Keep up, shit is finna get juicy. SO, they made a big ass mess during that heist in Fjerda, right. Now Matthias is wanted in Fjerda and boom boom boom, Kajsa knows he’s alive. As a trained assassin, she wouldn’t have a hard time finding him. They reunite. It’s cute. It’s emotional… then she finds out his girlfriend is a Grisha. In the books, Matthias still struggles with his prejudices against Ravkan people and Grisha. He left his country for good because he fell in love with Nina. Kajsa only left her country for her brother. She’s still brainwashed. So she believes Grisha are still witches and thinks Nina has a spell on him. So when he refuses to leave her, she thinks she has to kill Nina to end the spell and when he doesn’t let that happen, she thinks she has to kill Matthias to save his soul because if he marries this witch and have kids then Djel won’t allow him to see their parents. Are you following?

So you might think “just jump the bitch” but NO. I specifically made her so she wouldn’t be easily taken down. Everything the Crows are good at, she can counter that. And before y’all call her OP, know I did this for a reason.

I’m not necessarily a pacifist but I love stories where violence will not solve the problem. They cannot jump this woman into submission. If Matthias wants this happy ending and he wants to choose both of his families, it can’t be The Crows Vs Kajsa. It has to be Matthias Vs Kajsa. That’s the only way to hopefully become Matthias AND Kajsa again. It has to be a family affair. Matthias has to be the one to appeal to her humanity and their family history. Matthias can’t come to her as the ex Druskelle, now escaped convict and she can’t come to him as this new assassin she’s become. They have to come to each other as family.

There’s a few parallels I have in mind with them. One being Zuko and Azula. Yeah Katara was there during the final Agni Kai, but it was a family affair. It was a family fight full of tragedy and sorrow and “what ifs”. Zuko, who was able to escape his father’s brainwashing and abuse vs Azula who didn’t have a support system and fell victim to the cycle of abuse.

And in my head the story would touch on multiple things. Corrupt governments, family, betrayal, abuse, grief, guilt. Can you still have sympathy for the abuser if you know they were once the abused? At what point do you stop feeling sympathy? Is change possible for everyone? Can you truly end the cycle of abuse? Plus other shit imma think of once I post this.

They’re everything to me. Neither of them really want to kill the other but they feel at some point they’ll have to. They genuinely love and care for the other. I imagine that on the anniversary of their parents death (and when they thought the other was dead) they’d leave offerings and pray to Djel, believing he’d send their loved ones a message. When they finally see each other again, Kajsa wants them to live new lives together somewhere else. All that hope and relief finally seeing the other is crushed as soon as it started. I JUST- loving them a normal amount is impossible for me. And because the story is in my brain, the angst hits different. Expect me talking about them more because damn. I honestly wanna write an actual story about them but idk yet. Might stay in my head. Might share. Who knows.

If y’all see this then feel free to yap about your own Ocs because I am in fact a nosey bitch

[zvezdacito]

(First of all before I yap about my theory: no hate to OP whatsoever. This mostly just reminded me of something me and my friends were pondering and wanted to share it because it might be relevant to this discussion of the story)

I don't think having magic is a stand-in for a priveleged class itself, more on the how people act about rare talent/skill/potential part. From what we've been told and shown so far, the position of mages in Twisted Wonderland is more like an allegory for something like artists and art students. Its not the mandatory kind of education/curriculum; pen wands and ink imagery and needing "imagination" to fuel their magic; and like irl while someone can start out with some artistic inclination, only few have the means to study/pursue it fulltime given the increasing tasks and less free time in the modernized world.

IIRC somewhere in Book 5 Trey hints that mage jobs are more and more replaced by modern technology: which reminds me of how artists now struggle to find funding/corporations replacing their jobs with AI as the cheaper alternative that still produces some kind of image/etc at the end of the day. (Overblots are also revealed in Book 6 to only happen to mages with "higher magic levels", so with the magic being ambition + skill potential allegory it kinda becomes a 'higher you go harder you fall' burnout thing)

Also important to consider: while Rollo did probably only want to wipe out magic and not people, his plan kinda doesn't really take into account species like fae (and possibly some mermen) whose lives are heavily dependent on magic. Book 7 shows through Lilia that a fae running out of magic will literally disable and then kill them, so his scheme if not stopped would still accidentally kill countless people. Even if it didn't reach Briar Valley just succeeding in further harming Malleus it would seriously devastate the nocturnal fae who are already just at the start of recuperating from a 400~ year war😭 The plan was always gonna have worse consequences than he would care for

Going back a bit, the lore that Malleus and Lilia drop in Book 6 after the overblotters are forcibly taken to STYX also implies that mages being accepted and seen as having commodifiable powers is a relatively recent historical development, they used to be called something like 'witches' and mostly lived kinda secretly. That's the label Iron Soldiers use for Meleanor when they find her powers (or form) intimidating and hard to understand.

Although, since they were seemingly chill with the help of diurnal fae through the Dawn Knight, its more that most magic belonged to people (fae, human and otherwise alike) who were different from most, and that they therefore couldn't just control (under the guise of a collective good) and that's why it became so feared and resented.

This could connect to the lyrics of Piece of My World/theme of TWST in general in encouraging individuality and some selfishness regarding how one goes about their own magic (ambitions). Also how being unable to reconcile differences in goals or etc causes people to clash. So it would be unsurprising if what happened was: once mainstream society found a way to integrate mages and the usefulness of their magic they suddenly became idealized. Possibly mages were incentivized with the promise that their magic (skills) can be used by them to climb up social ladders, that it can make them special and exceptional over others.

So yeah that leads to where we are now. Being a mage is about 'utilizing' unique-enough traits (that just happened to be) as a means towards ambition: for both mages seeking to be hailed as the model over the other, and for non-mages who on a personal level don't really care what does the job as long as a job gets done (hence why it's implied they're just transitioning to technomancy now lol. Magic power at your disposal without the mid and risky parts like overblotting, childhood trauma, emotions. And free will😹)

The reason people like Yuu were looked down on in NRC isn't really because magiclessness a fantasy disability/lower class, more just that they are 'ordinary', a person with no palatable enough trait that they can be pressured with to make exceptional. A twinge of envy and spite that they were not bothered enough by this to become as distrustful and disatisfied as most of NRC, the same way they are bothered by kinder magic users like Kalim, Silver and RSA students. This is why Crowley brings up their plainness in the prologue as something that can probably help balance out the very opportunistic NRC students. Among influential families like the Asims, only Kalim and his mother are mages. TLDR OF THIS^ is that having magic isn't really the stand-in for identities like race or ability, though they can affect what happens to a mage they are still existing separate positions in-universe. They're a minority not inherently in the way rich people are a minority but in the way most average people are not familiar with mathematical or musical theory.

Onto Rollo. Other than the earlier established fact that his plan to take away the means of livelihood of humans would still be straight up fatal to many magical non-human species, the whole point of his character is that he is kind of a moral hypocrite who is also a 'villain' despite claiming to differentiate between himself and the others. The other mages are "villains" for using magic carelessly, for their own whims and such, but Rollo is still also incentivized regarding magic-related things by the proving exceptionality and rising in status-and-power-thing (seeing himself as the only one fit to retain magic and basically have control over who gets it or nah*)

So his plan is less of disrupting cellular services (magic is probably more deeply rooted in people with magic ability than this implies) and more like if he wanted to be the best new writer so he finds any small strawman to jump (and in this analogy I guess cancel😭) other writers for he can hoard all the praise and feel morally superior.

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* Small correction edit about this part:

Though otherwise mostly still the same point regarding hypocrisy in how he uses magic/the pseudo-selfless sentiment that magic refusing to sacrifice or surrender itself for the "greater good" should be feared and taken from the caster's control stuff

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This once again doesn't even account for how this plan was going to eventually disable then slowly kill an entire intelligent species if it succeeded. That Rollo is not special or different and is even among the 'villains' is the point and consistent with twst themes, and it's impossible to fully acknowledge how and why if his scheme is downplayed to just some mild inconvenience (or that "he was right" when bro never even said squat about class inequality in magic education and career😭)

All of this is to say is TWST isn't planning on having the characters turn to the screen and announce that the only way to move forward is to completely abolish capitalism or something. TWST is still made by Disney and is a gacha game after all so theres only so much it can say or want to say about that. Even after character development, they're still thinking in a way of how to make good (and profitable) use of resources and people.

Establishing this background more to show what it really means for someone to be a product of their time/environment. This also doesn't mean that non-magic users are like THE bad guys, this whole dynamic is pretty fluid on an individual level to say that, it's also why it's probably better understood as creative/worker-consumer allegory than a disability or social class allegory by itself. Not every part of being a mage is a perfect 1:1 to being an artist but it basically aims to evoke a sense of similar struggles regarding commodification, creativity etc. It also shows that a skill being "prized" is not necessarily a good thing for the people with that skill in the long-term. Being seen as exceptionally worthy/heroic or exceptionally villainous are both sides of the same coin in simplifying someone away from being a "normal person" just because something about them is different, and one of twst's taglines is that maybe there is more to the story of villains (too simplified of a label) than meets the eye. If they commit to going with this the thematic coherence would actually be so awesome. As it is though we've been shown fairly little about certain worldbuilding aspects/what we've been shown is kinda unclear despite the amount of material released, so understandable why there's different understandings of how magic works. Though given everything we've been shown so far, this being the theme they're going for with magic is fairly plausible

(This got pretty long and barely related to the original post sorry OP🥀 needed to get all the points out there so my theory interpretation thing didn't sound like I just pulled this out of my ass)

LAST WILD THEORY: The Rollo Glomasq plot + hints about the transition to technomancy and the timeline of mage history is build-up to how in Book 8 Malleus's overblot after a string of 6 consecutive NRC overblots is gonna be used to bring back to scare of mages and that their power really can't be controlled by the mainstream. And this will basically be used as an excuse to not support them anymore since they have the technology now anyway + to continue plundering projects in the BV and such because "its better used not in their hands".

Unfortunately coinciding with the fact that Book 8 (likely in May as that's when the Spelldrive tournament is) will be when Silver turns 18 and this coming of age will let him pull the Sword from RSA and lead to some Iron Kingdom revivalists to pressure him to take over etc. This reblog text is already too long though so whatever

tbh rollo’s plan to get rid of magic is more equivalent to building a machine that breaks every single cell phone in the world. It would not kill anyone however if would deeply mess up everything about modern society and upset a lot of people emotionally and financially.

like being a mage is a skill and a prized skill at that. being a mage isn’t a minority like being queer or disabled, it’s a minority in the way that being rich is a minority. yes, technically they’re not the majority of the population, but they actually hold more power than non mages

meanwhile Idia and Ortho tried to kill everyone on the entire planet.