#Cherie Hunter Day

[marcogiovenale]

'otoliths', issue #68, now live

Otoliths sixty-eight, the southern summer issue, is now live. It contains various forms of text poetry, photographs, essays, paintings, flash fiction, vispo, short stories, collages, & journal columns from Michael Ruby, Karl Kempton, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, Sanjeev Sethi, Richard Kostelanetz, Margaret Karmazin, Judith Skillman, Robert Lietz, Nico Vassilakis, Ken Poyner, Roberta…

[ln4bub]

Charles marking you as his.

This request has been in my head rent free for like 3 days but I needed to make it unique, hope you enjoy <3

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You were gorgeous, Charles knew it, and frustratingly, so did everybody else on the grid. Charles loved having you by his side for races, but he couldn't stand to see how everyone eyed you like a piece of meat. Your long legs were tanned with your recent time in Monaco over the summer, your long hair pinned out of your face. Your eyes sparkled with joy as you laughed at something Pierre had told you, and Charles' blood boiled. Your hand coming up to touch Pierre's bicep briefly as you giggled. That was the last straw, Charles saw red. He marched over to the two of you, grabbing you by the hand and pulling you away from Pierre without a word.

"Charles, what are you doing?" You squealed, your legs barely keeping up with his large strides. He doesn't say a word, continuing to haul you through the Ferrari garage, a stormy look clouding his features. He slams the door to his drivers' room shut, staring you down like a hunter who's caught his prey. You swallow thickly, contemplating your choices.

"Do you like pissing me off Cherie?" Charles asks, narrowing his eyes at you. "What are you talking about?" You mutter quietly, intimidated under his stare. He laughs, a deep rumble in his chest. "Are you stupid?" He asks, incredulous. "I'm talking about the way you shamelessly let Pierre flirt with you like that, you're mine."

He tucks a strand of hair behind your ear, your eyes fluttering shut with the touch. "Mine to touch," He places a kiss below your ear on your pulse point. "Mine to kiss," He continues the journey of his lips, feeling the way your pulse jumps with each touch. "Mine to use," Charles whispers, his hand resting on the centre of your chest, fingers wrapping around the golden pendant that sits above your breasts. "You wear my number, mon amour, not his." He tugs you closer using the necklace, "And I'm going to let everyone know."

Your eyebrows furrow at his words, feeling a pulse develop between your legs at his dominance. "Do you want that? Do you want everyone to know who you belong to?" Charles whispers against your lips, sticky with red lip-gloss. "Please." You whimper, puckering your lips against Charles', leaving a mark of your own. Charles pushes you down onto the couch of his room, hiking up your skirt and removing your underwear. You moan out as his deft fingers swirl around your clit, missing the one place you need him most. You groan, bucking your hips into his touch as he slides a finger inside you.

"So tight, gonna bury myself inside you." He groans, curling his finger before adding a second. You moan out his name, arching your back as his other hand forces your hips down. His thumb begins to stimulate your clit and he just watches you squirm, writhing in pleasure. Your eyes screwed shut, mouth parted with pretty little moans of his name. He can feel the way your walls begin to grip his fingers as your moans increase in pitch. Charles removes his hand, smirking at the way you whine at the loss. "If you cum it will be on my cock, you know this Cherie." He tells you, pulling himself out of those sinful white cargos that had you down on your knees for him that morning.

He buries himself inside you slowly, feeling the pulse of your walls with each inch. You moan his name, begging for him to do something once he's seated to the hilt inside you. Your back arches with the first thrust, his cock hitting places that no-one else has been able to. His large hand comes to rest on your chest, forcing you back down as he pounds into you. The sounds of his thighs slapping against yours fills the room along with both of your moans and groans. You begin to feel a small pinch on your chest, the stinging sensation bringing you closer and closer to the edge.

"That's it, my girl loves a little pain doesn't she?" Charles coos, watching the way his cock slips in and out of you so easily. "Want you to cum for me, can you do that?" He asks, pushing harder against your chest.

"Yes, god please, make me cum Charles, wanna cum." You ramble, uncaring of the volume. He laughs at your desperation, the sound shooting to your core. One swipe of his thumb against your clit timed perfectly with a hit to your g-spot sends you tumbling over the edge, a loud moan tearing from your throat as you soak Charles. "There we go, so good." Charles groans in your ear, collapsing over you as his own orgasm follows yours. You whimper in sensitivity at the feeling of his cum filling you up, whining even louder as he gently pulls out. His cum spills out of you, staining your thighs as he pulls your underwear back up. "Can't let it go to waste honey." Charles explains, placing a gentle kiss to your hair.

It's only when he removes his hand from your chest that you remember the stinging from earlier, looking down to see a deep mark in-between your breasts in the shape of a '16'.

He had branded you, marking you as his, and you wore the mark proudly for the rest of the day.

[cheriladycl01]

In your Dreams - Lewis Hamilton x FrenchOlympicBadminton! Reader

Plot: Lewis loves Golfing, Surfing and Skiing, so you’d think if he’d end up with an athlete he’d end up with one in one of his secondary sports. But no, hes with you on the red carpet of the debut of a movie airing about your life and your struggles before becoming the youngest Olympic Gold Medalist in Badminton, and having the most consecutive medals too.

Warning: lots of dark themes and undertones about your backstory in this one’s, specifically abuse in the system, parental pressures, grooming and SA (by an ex partner) etc

You walked along the red carpet outside the Leicester Square cinema where the exclusive showing of your new movie was occurring.

Lewis couldn’t keep his eyes off of you in that pretty red dress he loved. The moment he saw you in it, his brain had pretty much short-circuited and his only thoughts were off you.

He knew in the red carpet photos you’d be there radiant as ever and he’d be looking at you like some love sick puppy. But he really didn’t care, this was your night and he was here to support you … his fiancé.

“Thank you for being here tonight. I know it wasn’t easy to get time away” you smile up at him, holding him close to you and looking at him with an adoration he saw often. You knew he was busy with the season as it hadn’t started off as Mercedes Gad expected and he was under a lot of pressure from Toto that he’d been feeling overwhelmed most days.

“You know I’d do just about anything for you my Cherie” he said using the nickname you loved.

“I needed you here tonight” you smile pulling him into a kiss, the camera flashes instantly picking up speed and consistency making you giggle into the kiss.

“I know darling” he says keeping his hold on your waist tight as you walk past the photographers and paparazzi posing every now and then when they ask you to stop.

You eventually get to the people interviewing you, happier to be in a calmer than the one at the start of the carpet.

“Y/N it’s amazing to have you here tonight on the premier. Feeling right now?” She asks and a grin comes into your face.

“Amazing, honestly to have my personal story but out in such a raw and public way is such a helpful step for people who maybe or may have suffered the way I have an gives a message of hope to anyone who has ever felt the way I did that the road doesn’t end there!” You nod loving that you will be helping millions of people who have shared the same experience as you.

“So before we go in, tell us a little about the film!” She probes.

“Well, it’s starts on the note of me growing up pretty tough and with no outlook for my future, being tossed from foster to foster home, the hard times and abuse I went through there before I come across Patrick DuPont, who we know very well as my trainer and the main reason I ended up where I am today. It moves through my teens and realising I’m talented and some things and how I was naive enough to not see the manipulation and abuse I was put through as a result of that and how I was used by many. It guides you through my most important relationships with people both the most gnarly and the most pure. It’s a really moving and emotional movie that I know will being lots of people including myself to tears” you explain the rough synopsis to her, making her nod and check her pad in-front of her that an assistant was holding out for her.

“And obviously adding onto those relationships, who will we be seeing a lot of?” She asks and you nod.

“Obviously towards the start in my early childhood, you’ll see a lot of my foster parents and my childhood best friend Emilie Bustlen, as I grow up you meet Patrick and my main foster family. For legal reasons we had to change names around because of this so they are know as the Laurent’s before we meet Hunter Goshill, my ex partner and some of my competitors. Before we finally find a safe haven, in this man right here beside me” you smile pulling Lewis forward and closer to you, he looks a little shocked that he’s now in the full shot of the camera rather than off the the side and has a mic code to him.

���You guys met when Y/N was 19 and you must have been what 25, 26? How did that work in 2011?” She asks knowing that’s when you met.

“Obviously I met Y/N at a race, she was there alone walking through the paddock and I just fell in love with her. Once I worked out who she was having an Olympic gold medal I was introduced to her by my then team principle Martin Whitmarsh and I proceeded to win that race. Was Germany! Obviously the year after she was travelling to London for the Olympics and as my home country of course I came with her as it tied in nicely to my summer break. After that she was the one that convinced me to make the move to Mercedes and apart from proposing to Y/N that’s probably the best thing I’ve ever done” he admits.

“Woah, what a lovers story obviously prior to that, Y/N you were in a if you don’t mind me saying quite a pressured and dare I say toxic relationship with ex partner Hunter?” She asks and you nod looking down for a second before feeling a squeeze on your hand in reassurance.

“I mean it shows it better in the film that I can get into words, but I was very young and naive. I looked for anything that would give me the slightest bit of affection which I would often just confuse with attention. And of course that came from someone who was older than me, and knew how to take advantage of me, without it ever feeling like he had I’ll intentions because I was so desperate to feel. Lewis has thought me many things but being loved the right way is the best thing” you smile looking to your soon to be husband with pure love, no other intentions just two souls mingled together as they should be.

“Really a beautiful couple and a beautiful story, just is heartwarming finding out what you’ve been through and how Lewis has helped break those walls you spent years building. I’m so excited to see this movie, and everyone at home watching this is your sign to get to your local cinema and buy a ticket for In your Dreams: The Story of Y/N Y/L/N ” she smiles.

You nod beofre saying a polite goodbye and heading off.

You answer some more questions, some about the movie some about your goals for 2024 in Paris if you’ll get your 5th gold medal for Team France, some were as trivial as what and who you were wearing.

“God, I just want to go home to Roscoe now” you sigh as you enter the theatre, going to get some treats for you and Lewis while the movie is on.

“I know baby, just a little longer. Then we can get started on our wedding planning hmmm?” He asks looking over you and making you smile and pull him into a passionate kiss, teeth clashing and you pulling him in by the nape of his neck.

You walk past some critics giving them smiles and some small talk before they let you on your way.

You eventually sat with Lewis at the front row will all the cast and directors next to your guys as the film came up on the screen.

It was everything you’d envisioned. Tear jerking, heartwarming and moving. Lewis was brought to tears and many others in the theatre who didn’t know the full extent of your story were coming up to you after the film talking to you about your life and how your success had a whole new meaning to them now.

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y/user: I’ve loved you since I was 19, now that I’m 32 and engaged to you, I wouldn’t want my life any other way. I love you Lew ♥️.

Thank you so much for paramountpictures making my story come to life in the new movie In your Dreams: The Story of Y/N Y/L/N

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paramountpictures: truly amazing to bring your story of strength, resilience and success to life.

-> y/user: thank you for putting your heart and souls into this project it really is magical 💥 Also thank you too, all of the actors and actresses in the movie antonia.desplat who did a fantastic job!

-> antonia.desplat: thank you for giving me this opportunity. This movie has been my big break as a struggling French actress! Merci Du Fond Du Coeur 🇫🇷♥️🥐

lewishamilton: I love you with all of my heart. I’m so proud of everything you’ve achieved this far and am proud to say I’ll be in your life for the remainder of your future successes and achievements. Je vous aime! 🐻❤️

-> y/user: Sir Lewis Hamilton - the man you are 🫶🏼

nicorosberg: that picture is so old, I took this years and years ago!

-> y/user: Nico Rosberg the OG Y/N-Hamilton shipper 🫶🏼

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[siren-serenity]

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what would they say about you? would they murmur sweet compliments or chuckle at your silly mistakes? in which yuu asks these strange students of night raven college about you: and is surprised to find out that they have lovers?

characters: riddle rosehearts, leona kingscholar, azul ashengrotto, rook hunt, gn!reader warnings: reader is not yuu! a/n: feedback is appreciated!

"have you seen y/n around? they promised me that they would have tea with me around this time...oh? they had to stay back to help professor crewel? *chuckle* i always knew my king of hearts was very studious but still..."

"no! yuu, don't sit there! rule 29 of the queen of hearts, only the king of hearts can sit on the right side of the queen! phew, you almost broke a rule. i didn't want to have your head, not during the unbirthday party."

"oh, hello yuu! 'why am i smiling?' you asked? well, *blushes* my king just came to wish me good luck for my riding competition before pinning their good-luck brooch onto my outfit. i'm so blessed to have them..."

"grrr, hey. herbivore. if you see y/n around, tell them to come to their king. i can't sleep without them.....why are you laughing?"

"hm? you asked why did i ask ruggie to get me two sandwiches instead of one? y/n's joining me today to play a round of chess. they've been insisting on spending quality time as a couple, tch. they're so sweet........you heard me? no, you didn't."

"*sigh* the one time i actually want to go to class and i'm being hounded by a curious herbivore...what do you want, yuu? *listens* hmm? i'm gonna go to class because y/n's in it. now, move. they're waiting for me and i have no intentions of keeping them waiting."

"who is y/n? oh, they were someone who i made a deal with in the past. why do you look so worried, yuu? do not fear, i hold y/n too close in my heart to hurt them."

"terribly sorry but i cannot permit you to sit there...why? my beloved adores sitting there, staring into mostro's aquarium while doing their homework is one of their favorites...i cannot allow anyone else to take away their happiness."

"when did i meet y/n? let's see...it was during our childhood. we grew up together; y/n always defended me from my bullies like my knight in shining armor. i still cannot believe that they stayed with me through everything even going as far to joining me at the surface and enrolling in night raven college together. *lovesick smile* oh, what did i do to deserve them?"

"yuu! what a glorious day it is today- hmm? what does 'amour de ma vie' mean? *snickers* your pronunciation is so cute, but needs some work, mon ami! amour de ma vie means love of my life..."

"what do i love about them? why, i could go on for centuries! their smile is like the sun; it gives me life and reasons to live. i could never go a day without seeing their beautiful face caressed by the morning dawn nor could i go a day without seeing their peaceful expression as they slumber into the evening night. *sees yuu's taken-aback expression and laughs* apologies, yuu. i could never shut up when it comes to mon amour."

"excuse me, yuu! please step aside for a moment. *prepares his bow and arrow to fire* don't fear! i'm simply sending an arrow of love to mon amour...*fires before smiling at a shocked yuu* don't worry, the arrow is enchanted to not hurt them, it's a spell of protection from their beloved hunter...*smiles dreamily* i wonder how they shall reply! *arrow fires back, nearly hitting yuu but rests in a grinning rook's hand. he reads it before dashing away but not before shouting over his shoulder* goodbye, mon ami! mon cheri awaits me!"

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A List of Works Influencing and Referenced by IWTV Season 1

Works Directly Referenced

Marriage in a Free Society by Edward Carpenter

A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Cheri by Collete

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

La Nausee by Jean-Paul Sartre (credit to @demonicdomarmand )

Complete Poetry of Emily Dickinson edited by Thomas H. Johnson*

Blue Book by Tom Anderson

The Book of Abramelin the Mage

The Savage Garden by Mark Mills credit to @speckled-jim

Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could by Adam Schiff credit to @spreckled-jim

America and Dissent: Why America Suffers When Economics and Politics Collide by Alan S. Blinder credit to @speckled-jim

Dairy Queen Days by Robert Inman credit to @speckled-jim

Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble by Lester R. Brown credit to @speckled-jim

Attila: the Judgement by William Napier credit to @speckled-jim

In A Heartbeat by Rosalind Noonan credit to @spreckled-jim

The Lost Recipe for Happiness by Barbara O'Neal credit to @speckled-jim

Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism" by Jacques Dupuis credit to @speckled-jim

Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole's Gothic Castle by Anna Chalcraft & Judith Viscardi credit to @speckled-jim

Sailing to Byzantium by Yeats

The Circus Animal's Desertion by Yeats

The Second Coming by Yeats

Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti with libretto by Giovanni Ruffini

Iolanta by Pyotr Tchaikovsky with libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky

Pelleas et Melisande by Claude Debussy

Epigraphes Antiques by Claude Debussy

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Graduate (1967)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

On the Origin of the Species by Charles Darwin

De Masticatione Mortuorum in Tumulis by Michael Ranft (1728)

Emily Post’s Etiquette

Bach’s Minuet in G Major (arranged as vampire minuet in G major)

Artworks referenced (much credit in this section to @iwtvfanevents and to @nicodelenfent )

Fall of The Rebel Angels by Peter Bruegel The Elder (1562)

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt (1633)

Three Peaches on a Stone Plinth by Adriaen Coorte (1705)

Strawberries and Cream Raphaelle Peale, (1816) credit to @diasdelfeugo

Red Mullet and Eel by Edouard Manet (1864)

Starry Night by Edvard Munch (1893)

Self Portrait by Edvard Munch (1881)

Captain Percy Williams on a Favorite Irish Hunter by Samuel Sidney (1881)

Autumn at Arkville by Alexander H. Wyant 

Cumulus Clouds, East River by Robert Henri 

Mildred-O Hat by Robert Henri (Undated)

Ship in the Night James Gale Tyler (1870)

Bouquet in a Theater Box by Renoir (1871)

Berthe Morisot with a Fan by Édouard Manet (1872)

La Vierge D’aurore by Odilon Redon (1890) credit to @vampirepoem on twt

Still Life with Blue Vase and Mushrooms by Otto Sholderer (1891)

After the Bath: Woman Drying her Hair by Edgar Degas (1898)

Bust of a Woman with Her Left Hand on Her

Chin by Edgar Degas (1898) credit to @terrifique

Backstage at the Opera by Jean Beraud (1889)

Roman Bacchanal by Vasily Alexandrovich Kotarbiński (1898)

Dancers by Edgar Degas (1899)

Calling the Hounds Out of Cover by Haywood Hardy (1906)

Dolls by Witold Wojtkiewicz (1906) credit to @gyzeppelis on twt

Forty-two Kids by George Bellows (1907)

The Artist's Sister Melanie by Egon Schiele (1908)

Paddy Flannigan by George Bellows (1908)

Stag at Sharkey’s by George Bellows (1909)

The Lone Tenement by George Bellows (1909)

Ode to Flower After Anacreon by Auguste Renoir (1909) credit to @iwtvasart on twt

New York by George Bellows (1911)

Young Man kneeling before God the Father

Egon Schiele (1909)

Kneeling Girl with Spanish Skirt by Egon Schiele (1911)

Portrait of Erich Lederer by Egon Schiele (1912)

Krumau on the Molde by Egon Schiele (1912)

Weeping Nude by Edvard Munch (1913)

The Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows (1913)

Church in Stein on the Danube by Egon Schiele (1913)

Self Portrait in a Jerkin by Egon Schiele (1914)

The Kitten's Art Lesson by Henriette Ronner Knip credit to @terrifique

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion by Francis Bacon (1944)

New York by Vivian Maier (1953)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (Undated)

Self Portrait by Vivian Maier (1954)

Slave Auction by Jean-Michelle Basquiat (1982)

(Untitled) photo of St. Paul Loading Docks by Bradley Olson (2015)

Transformation by Ron Bechet (2021)

(Untitled) sculpture in the shape of vines by Sadie Sheldon

(Untitled) Ceramic Totems by Julie Silvers (Undated)

Mother Daughter by Rahmon Oluganna

Twins I by Raymon Oluganna

@iwtvfanevents made a post of unidentified works here.

Works Cited by the Writer’s Room as Influences

Bourbon Street: A History by Richard Campanella (as it hardly mentions Storyville I think interested parties would be better served by additional titles if they want a complete history of New Orleans)

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino (This was also adapted into an award winning opera)

poetry by Charles Simic (possibly A Wedding in Hell?)

poetry by Mark Strand (possibly Dark Harbour?)

Works IWTV may be in conversation with (This is the most open to criticism and additions)

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, uncensored (There are two very different versions of this which exist today, as Harvard Press republished the unedited original with permission from the Wilde family.)

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner

Warsan Shire for Beyoncé’s Lemonade

Faust: A Tragedy by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

La Morte Amoreuse by Theophile Gautier

Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu

Maurice by E.M. Forster

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison (credit to @johnlockdynamic )

1984 by George Orwell (credit to @savage-garden-nights for picking this up)

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

Gone With the Wind film (1939)

Hannibal (2013)

Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle Suzanne de Villenueve

Music used in Season 1 collected by @greedandenby here

*if collected or in translation most of the best editions today would not have been available to the characters pre-1940. It’s possible Louis is meant to have read them in their original French in some cases, but it would provide for a different experience. Lydia Davis’ Madame Bovary, for example, attempts to replicate this.

** I've tagged and linked relevant excerpts under quote series as I've been working my way through the list.

Season 2 here

Season 3 here

[lcblanc]

For: @sntsatticus Where: Nikko's appartment

She had meant to visit, or at least check on him ever since the shit show Markus pulled up during the masquerade. Not that Narcisse couldn't appreciate his intentions, nor the day he dramatically flaunted the hunter and all his power. She just could had used a heads up, at least to make sure she could have her fun without having to worry about anyone. Not that she didn't, the scent of Anika's blood, and the warm sensation of Book's over her hand still brought a smile to her lips.

Still, pacing around the apartment with a critic look in her eyes, Narcisse couldn't help but feel like she should had been there for him, she wondered if he even showed up. Knowing him, he probably did. "You know cherie, if you wanted to move out on your own, I could had helped you get a better place." She commented distractedly, before moving closer to him, a gentle hand under his chin as she assessed him. "Does Laure know you were there at the masquerade? I don't imagine she'd be happy about it considering the turn of events." And how she did probably know what Markus had been planning. She moved back, before taking a sit, patting her couch next to her. "I don't expect you have the same good wine your mother likes to keep around."

[basedkikuenjoyer]

Eh, Thursday Afternoon Toriyama posting is fun for now. I'm surprised by how much I've thought about it lately. Not like I'm usually the type to dwell on celebrity deaths heavily, but Toriyama's taken up as much of my mind as when Prince & David Bowie passed close to each other or having the two windows I followed pro wrestling line up with Owen Hart's, Eddie Guerrero's, and Chris Benoit's sudden deaths. We'll touch on it in time but y'all saw Oda is taking a break because of it right? So far I've re-watched a huge chunk of Dragonball and binged the excellent review by Totally Not Mark for Z. I don't think a lot of anime fans, myself included, ever gave Toriyama a fair shake for how truly good DB could actually be.

Like...think about Meruem & Komugi in Hunter x Hunter. How lauded that story is. How much controversy but praise Oda generated by taking such a freewheeling goofy direction with such a late stage of his story. Both of those are just elements of the Majin Buu Saga. Meruem has Cell's design and Buu's arc. And Mr. Satan saving the day by being a good friend and mentor to the Majin? I've always loved that. My actual first exposure was that stretch of the story, staying at a friend's house while Cartoon Network ran a marathon. I liked Videl and we got to see this wonderfully epic clash of titans:

I remember going back to school in the fifth grade, telling some guy friends who liked the screaming and blowing up Earth shit all about how I finally saw DBZ and they were horrified by how much I loved this nonsense. Mr. Satan is a legend and Goten/Trunks pulling a Vincent Adultman is iconic. But...ma cherie. Android 18 is objectively the coolest thing to come out of that series. You may disagree but it's objective so that would make you wrong. I mean, the Androids alone are already cool as hell for being such a solid callback to the earlier Red Ribbon Army arc. Who could forget 8? Guy was classic. First we have a couple of goofy ones then BAM! kickass young sibling pair named Lapis & Lazuli which is a high watermark in a world with some truly weird names. Since I'll be on about another favorite pair likely somewhat inspired by them tomorrow might as well say it.

That's not exactly off the wall right? Kiku & Izo, Jodio & Dragona, that combat sibling pair of a sister that's feminine but fierce and a kinda fey brother you definitely shouldn't underestimate? Nothing new under the sun but the trope certainly echoes from the Cell Saga. And honestly, can't help but notice that side of Okiku I always want to come out more. Lazuli's best moment that made me love her so much:

I do like how when she recognizes Goten & Trunks she just takes them out via disqualification using Krillin's disk technique. But I adore the conclusion now as much as I did then. Knowing Mr. Satan was enough of a preening dickhead to pay her double for the glory of the win and throwing the fight. Same flavor as what makes me love Kiku and the Yokozuna as much as I do with a distinctly Nami blend. Tell me those two couldn't play good cop/bad cop to shake someone down.

Honestly a lot of the way I see contemporary One Piece makes sense through that lens, the way the Buu Saga took a different approach was bold and controversial but got the series back to its roots. I bet Toriyama had a lot of fun with it. And thank you for the archetype I love so much even if I didn't fully appreciate the Ur-pair until after I came to love their inspiration.

This is probably too much to get into today, but you can't divorce this from what we know about the Cell Saga, how there was so much editorial meddling when it came to the villains. The more meta elements of how I see Kiku & Yamato, how one is set to age like fine wine even if she wasn't the flashiest and the other will probably never be as popular as you were at the start even if you started white hot. The Android Pair vs. Cell are a great example. Fans as a collective sometimes don't really know what they want, I get why Eiichiro Oda opines about "authors becoming slaves to readers." Weekly serialization is a wonderland. And that wonderland gave us something really cool along the way to giving editors another Frieza.

[tunabesimpin]

hello hello! siren der sirenen would love to attend your party! as long as her beloved, rook hunt, may join her for this lovely event! :) congratulations again on your 800 followers milestone!! (can we be moots too? :) )

siren's favorite summer activity is definitely diving into the sea and enjoying the wonderful scenery of the marine life! as a siren herself, she feels at home being in the ocean. her favorite colors is blue with silver highlights and she plans to bring a watergun (for ahem...safety purposes! definitely not to start a whole war against rook, mhmm...cough cough) .

rook with heart eyes: mon cherie, you always do give this hunter a lovely surprise! oh me, oh my, what have i done to deserve such an angel like thee? on asking siren how she got rook to come: "oh mon amor? it was quite easy to convince amor to come, rook wouldn't miss an opportunity to hunt me down in my outfit for nothing! afterall, he did choose the outfit....and loves it dearly."

what siren looks like: hair (it's majority black with streaks of silver) and her eyes are bright sapphire blue. if she touches water, her skin will actually start to morph into scales (rook is always fascinated by it!) // her body is more of a kpop male's body type with thin waist and slightly smaller chest compared to a models, however feel free to have creative liberty with your art!!

she is androgynous! sometimes, she'll feel more masculine and her features will subtly shift into a more masculine features or sometimes, she'll feel more feminine and her body will shift accordingly! of course, she never fails to cough cough make some people question their sexuality cough cough haha :D. her main and original form is female anyways so siren doesn't really matter about her pronouns! once again, thank you for hosting and congratulations again! siren and rook are awaiting for their turn in the Mirror to be transported to your event! :)

~ hugs and kisses, siren

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As bright as the sun, Siren had been beaming since arriving. Excited to meet up with Rook and enjoy the sea to the fullest. Its been quite some time since being able to really have fun in the ocean, so this party was the perfect opportunity!

"Mon Amor!" Rook was quick to track down Siren "How stunning! You truly brighten every place you go!" Siren chuckled and playfully rolled their eyes at Rook.

Siren quipped "Oh? Then you should have no problem keeping up with me in the water right?" Without warning Siren skipped off into the ocean, he scales slowly revealing themselves as she dipped deeper into the water.

Rook was lost in a trance at how Siren shone. Getting him back on track Siren called to Rook "Come now! Unless you want to be out all day, its best you start catching up~!"

If only she knew that such a fate was a dream come true to him.

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Thanks for coming to the party!!! I channeled my inner rook to make a summer romance LOLOL Hope this was ok!

[swanhasshoes]

WELCOME TO MY BLOG!!

This post is gonna basically be my personal boundaries and stuff, I will link the system account at the end of the post if you wanted to follow it!

INTRODUCTION

Hello! My name is Nico or Swan, I use They/Them pronouns and I’m the host of a DID system from the UK. Bodily we are 17, I also identify strongly with being 17. As said I use they/them and I am nonbinary, I’m also asexual Panromantic!

My favourite colour is Navy, I’d love to dye my hair that specific shade one day. My favourite movie it Queen of The Damned, I think it’s a beautiful movie and a lovely follow up to Interview with A Vampire.

My favourite tv show is The Owl House, I am absolutely obsessed with it and 100% the reason we split Hunter (I watched TOH during trauma). My favourite food is chicken drumsticks and it has been my comfort food for ages.

My favourite song is the song Ma Cherie by Palaye Royale, it’s a huge comfort to me.

In headspace my hair is white, my eye colour is like a minty-green colour. I’m 5’9” in headspace. I dress really grungy and I also have 4 tattoos in the innerworld!

BOUNDARIES

I have quite a lot of personal boundaries so I’ll list them post important to least important!

Do not vent in my asks, comments or reblogs

Nontraumagenics please do not interact with me, it makes me really uncomfortable.

Supporters of the above are also not to interact, you all make me VASTLY uncomfortable. Nontraumagenic neutral people are on thin ice. If you bring up discourse I will block you but if you’re just here for content I don’t care.

If you use transharmful ids (aka are radqueer transgender) please please fuck off. You all make me incredibly nauseous.

People who interact with subreddits like r/systemscringe r/fakedisordercringe as well as r/DID and r/OSDD are asked to please not interact. For the first two subs it is because they are something that sets me back in my recovery. If the system or me is posted there please DO NOT tell me but we as a system urge you to campaign for them to be taken down. The last two subreddits are for two different reasons r/DID is because they have become very elitist and are not a safe space for me anymore. r/OSDD is because they enable people to self diagnose with ZERO research. For my safety and comfort if you are involved in them please don’t interact here

I am physically disabled and for that reason I ask that people with the mentality of “you’re too young to be disabled” to please please leave my account.

I suffer from delusions, I have an emote from a custom emotes account I will link in the comments. If I believe I have actively delusional or in a state of psychosis I will put that image in the post. It says “reality check please”. If that emote is not there please do not reality check me.

I have BPD and Bipolar and am prone to manic episodes, if you are someone who will enable dangerous actions then please leave my page.

I am involved with “problematic” media’s, and while I do not support the creators or actions within those media’s I ask those who DO please do not interact.

I have the worst amnesia in the system, if you are someone who uses that to your advantage then please leave my profile because you are dangerous to me.

Those who trigger for fun are not welcome here!

I am in active ED recovery so proED accounts are urged to please stay away.

BEFORE YOU INTERACT

I am literally a traumatised person, so just like…keep that in mind ig?

I follow the rest of the system in their anti-endo view. Literally don’t even come here if you identify as one or support them.

I tend to not to hold my tongue in stressful and traumatic situations and if you stress me out I will just snap at you!

I’m not here for education, if you want education then oh my good use google or go look at our system account HERE

DO NOT INTERACT IF:

You identify as endogenic

Support those who say they are systems without trauma

Are proED

Are radqueer

Trigger people for fun

You do not believe that traumatised people are entitled to “harsh” boundaries

You do not believe traumatised people are entitled to have a DO NOT INTERACT

Are over the age of 21

[baicautofan]

4 Chinese Auto Manufacturers Aiming To Conquer South Africa

Haval and Chery aren't the only Chinese brands looking to take over the South African market.

South Africa's automotive landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as Chinese car brands continue to gain traction and make their mark. Haval and Chery are leading the way and have quickly become household names, an astounding achievement when you consider no one knew what Haval was two years ago.

The days when Chinese vehicles were considered cheapo knockoffs are firmly in the past. Today, Chinese automakers are producing high-quality, top-seeded vehicles and South African consumers are paying attention.

So Haval and Chery are the clear leaders in the Chinese invasion, there are a lot more where they came from. Here are five more Chinese cars that are planned to drop before the end of the year.

Ora Cat

We’ve spoken about the Ora Cat before, but only because everyone else in the motoring community is too.

The Ora Cat is poised to become a game-changer in the South African market and word on the street is that this is the electric vehicle (EV) that could make this category properly mainstream. We wait in anticipation as a proper release date has yet to be announced.

More importantly, pricing is what will really make or break the Ora Cat. Industry speculation is that it will retail for R600 000, which isn’t exactly cheap, but might be an acceptable price for new technology. Currently getting an EV in South Africa means having to fork out a million Rand or more. At that price point, R600 000 seems like a bargain.

Tank 300

Going in a completely different direction is the Tank 300. The name should tell you all you need to know. If you want rugged and robust, look no further than the Tank 300.

A sub-brand of GWM, the Tank 300 off-roader is a combination of exceptional durability and no-nonsense design. Its bold, commanding presence basically says I’m not here to play, I’m here to work. While it is difficult to honestly comment on its off-road capabilities at this juncture, the Tank 300 has a lot of positive buzz and looks ready to conquer South Africa's challenging terrains.

JAC T9 Hunter

South Africans always seem to require a versatile and capable bakkie and, if nothing else, the JAC T9 Hunter at least looks the part. I’d go so far as to say it's the best-looking bakkie I’ve seen in years.

Taking on the mighty Toyota Hilux and the Car of the Year-winning Ford Ranger is probably not the smartest play in the South African market. And yet JAC will attempt just that with the T9 Hunter, a double-cab bakkie meant for work and play.

But you can't underestimate the Chinese, GWMs P9 range of bakkies have represented themselves well, so there’s no reason to think JAC can’t do the same.

BAIC B80

While JAC is planning on fighting with Toyota and Ford for the bakkie crown, the BAIC B80 is chasing down the likes of Mercedes-Benz and their G-Glass.

Other BAIC new cars which are extremely popular already.

It’s an obvious match-up - just look at its, err, looks. It's clearly trying to ape Merc’s iconic G-wagon. Reported features include 17-inch alloys, xenon headlights, LED daytime running lights, leather upholstery, aluminium sports pedals, ambient lighting, heated and ventilated front seats, dual-zone climate control, a digital driver display, a sizable infotainment unit, a reverse camera, keyless start, front and rear parking sensors, and cruise control. So it’s also trying to match the Merc in creature comforts.

However, the reported price tag is R1 million plus. At that point, you might as well just get the Merc.

BAIC new car range currently offered includes an off-roader, namely the B40 Plus which is certainly worth a look. Of course, there is the Compact Family COTY winner, the Beijing X55 in the new car stables from BAIC too.

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News shared from https://www.capetalk.co.za/articles/

[graywyvern]

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Next day-new hunt.

"more tears for failures in my past at the tide line a black-backed gull flapping its one good wing"

--Cherie Hunter Day in Tanka Splendor 2000

Mind Prompt.

"Now to get to the side flashed its rockets. It was plainly somewhere passing written with drunk and shipluting brigands or no motion."--Hell of the Cyr

The stag falters, staggers, falls depending on the intensity of abusive Twitter posts.

[ochoislas]

dios o no dios qué importa lino de monte azul

god or no god does it matter wild blue flax

íntegro como muda de sierpe ríndete

whole as the snakeskin surrender

sol invernizo eliges la muerte encogiendo los hombros

winter sun you choose to die with a shrug

Marian Olson

*

vuelo de golondrina... mirando por la ventana mucho después

swallowflight... looking out the window long after

Jim Kacian

*

margen de la marisma... el viento que levantan gansos en nuestro pelo

edge of the marsh— the wind from rising geese in our hair

Ebba Story

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fosa somera entre helechos, jejenes suben y bajan en un sesgo de sol

a shallow grave in the ferns, gnats rise and fall on a spoke of sun

Arizona Zipper

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un cráneo como la uña de mi pulgar jazmín en flor

a skull no bigger than my thumbnail jasmine in bloom

Cherie Hunter Day

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apuntándome el camino a casa estrella de mar

pointing my way home the starfish

invadida de yerbajos la senda evitada

overtaken by weeds the road not taken

alegatos... el largo de la falda de la abogada

closing arguments the lenght of the lawyer's skirt

Carlos Colón

*

carta sin abrir... un cernícalo planea a lo lejos

unopened letter— a kestrel hovers in the distance

amengua el día... el grito de un chorlito ahonda el cerro

daylight fading— a curlew's cry lengthens the hill

Caroline Gourlay

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sino: la hoja cae    mas ad libitum

fate: a leaf falls    but with improvisation

cementerio de esclavos raspo el musgo y no hallo ningún nombre

slave cemetery i scrape the moss to find no name

  arrostrando la sombra una luciérnaga   alumbra sus redaños

  confronting the dark a firefly   illumines its guts

William M. Ramsey

*

Honda cañada... un poco del silencio soy yo

a deep gorge. . . some of the silence is me

última vuelta por el viejo apartamento una esponja seca

one last look through the old apartment a dry sponge

luna fría... instante de vacilación años ha

cold moon— a moment of hesitation years ago

noche nevosa a veces no basta estar callado

snowy night sometimes you can't be quiet enough

John Stevenson

[headlightsforever]

Cherie Hunter Day

[marcogiovenale]

otoliths, issue #61

  issue sixty-one of Otoliths, the southern autumn 2021 issue has gone live, featuring paintings, drawings, music, essays, vispo, fiction, fact, poetry, photography, & vispo, from Laurent Grison, Sanjeev Sethi, Olchar E. Lindsann, Brandstifter & Texas Fontanella, Louise Landes Levi, Linda M. Walker, Demosthenes Agrafiotis, John Bradley, Sarah-Jane Crowson, Doren Robbins, Andrew Topel, Clive…

[californiastatelibrary]

Glimpses from the American Haiku Archives

This week’s featured haiku is by Cherie Hunter Day and is included in her book: The Horse with One Blue Eye.

This book is part of the American Haiku Archives, a special collection of the California State Library. The collection contains over 2300 items including manuscripts, books and periodicals.

[dreamofjoys]

mafia!rook hunt / interest

genre: fluff,  gender neutral reader

summary: the hunt family is one of the most famous mafia in twisted wonderland. known for their hunting hobbies, they hunt down exotic animals such as lions, tigers, and whatever animals that people can think of. among the hunt family, rook hunt stood out the most. despite being the middle child, his hunting skills surpasses his siblings and parents, and is most likely the next candidate to be the head of the family. and this candidate has taken an interest on the magicless prefect of the ramshackle dorm.

tw: just rook being rook, stalking and staring at you 

“oh my my~” rook smiled, watching you interacting with the adeuce duo in the cafeteria. the duo were cracking some lame jokes, causing you to snort and laugh at them. rook rest his chin on the palm of his hand and stares at you dreamily. the way your lips curl up, the way your eyes twinkles.. ah,  are you by chance a cupid? you must have used a cupid bow to shoot him cause you had rook falling head over heels for you. 

the pomofiere dorm leader who was sitting beside rook narrows his eyes at him. it was a little too obvious to his peers that he is oogling over you... 

“rook,” vil’s stern voice snapped the hunter back to his senses. “yes, roi du poison?~” “whatever you do, don’t ruin pomofiere’s reputation.” 

that itself was a clear warning to the hunter that no matter what he do, he should never cross the line that vil sets for him. rook only hums in reply while continuing to look at you interacting with your friends. oh, how he wish that he was the one that you are talking to right now! 

vil could only sigh at the hunter’s antics, but did nothing about it. after all, he does not want to mess with the mafia. 

~ 

rook was strolling around the botanical garden, looking for herbs that is needed for the science club when he spotted you alone, doing your work on potionology. 

a voice inside rook screamed at him to approach you right now, and who is he to deny his instinct? 

with a slow and steady approach, rook greeted you from behind, causing you to let out an “eep!” sound. you were surprised to see rook greeting you. you knew that he is the vice dorm leader of pomofiere and have some really… weird habits, but you never had any interactions with him, so it makes no sense why he is approaching you.

“ah forgive me, my habit of concealing my foot steps is hard to change, so it might have been surprising. my name is rook hunt, nice to meet you, ma cherie.”

rook took one of your hand and kissed the back of it while you look at him with the classic shocked pikachu face.

this man greets people by using that old fashion way of kissing someone’s hand??? DAYUM..

“my name is y/n,” you choked out a reply, trying to conceal your shock. “is there anything that i can do for you?”

“ah yes, you can! let’s be friends!” rook only smiles at your confused expression, but made no move explaining his motives.

his motive is really just to court you..

from that day onwards, you would always find an arrow flying through the air and landing beside you, with many handwritten notes and poems. mostly just him complimenting your beauty and asking you how was your day.

sometimes, the arrow would be tied with little gifts, like a small box of expensive chocolates, some rare gem and bracelet, he even tied a tiara on the arrow and shoot it to you.

you were confused at his gestures but brush it off as something that friends would do. examining the tiara that rook gave you, the diamond on it was finely cut and radiates brightly under the microscope. it was also made up of what you presume to be…. gold….

“what is your job?” you asked rook one day as you pointed to the tiara that he gives you. “why the question?” “i am just curious.. and that thing looks expensive. nah, everything that you gave me is expensive. do money drop from the sky for you or something?”

rook laughs, loud, at your comment. he took the tiara and merely placed it on your head, examining how the piece looks like on you.

“you look as beautiful as ever. but if this is not enough…… i can always give you more.”