#HOLY CRAP YOU GUYS BETTER APPRECIATE THIS

[bluecollarmcandtf]

My little brother wants to know what it’s like being older, he wants to experience life inside of my fathers body as well as our next door jock neighbor. I was wondering if you could help him out with that?

Be careful what you ask for! Your brother has a reputation for being an irresponsible troublemaker. Who knows what he'd get up to if he had those bodies at his disposal...

"Holy crap!" your brother shouts, seeing his body in the mirror. His jaw hangs open as he runs his fingers through unfamiliarly thick hair, "I'm him...I'm the hot neighbor!"

For as long as you can remember, your younger sibling has lusted after the guy next door. Charlie would spend most of his time peaking out of the window and into Diego's garage, giving him a front row seat to every one of the hot neighbor's workouts.

You always called Charlie a creep for staring at the neighbor, but you secretly understood why he did it. Diego was built like a god. His body was so lean that every vein was visible even from across the street! And now that body is standing in your brother's bedroom, eyes wide with so much disbelief it was comical.

"I'm Diego," Diego gasps softly, a tear of joy coming to his eye, "I don't know how. I was just thinking about him and then..."

"Charlie?"

Diego's head darts away from the mirror and stares at you with glee, "Yeah, it's me idiot! You think Diego would ever be shirtless in our house?"

Your brother turns his gaze back to his new body, licking his lips as he examines the thick round pecs hanging off his new chest. You watch as Charlie raises Diego's heavy arm and gives his muscle-tits a few squeezes. The real Diego would never grope his own body like that. In fact, the real Diego would probably kill Charlie for doing that with his body.

"I think you should give our hot neighbor some appreciation," Charlie purrs, flexing Diego's arms overhead, "I know you like his body just as much as I do big bro."

Your brother is right. Charlie might pull out the binoculars to watch the hot neighbor lift, but you aren't much better. Just last night you were wanking off to the memory of Diego giving you a casual wave as you got home.

"Charlie, this is insane," you try to stay calm, "We need to figure out what's going on."

"What's going on?" your brother uses Diego's sharp voice against you, "What's going on is I have the neighbor's hot body now, and you aren't appreciating it!"

"Please..." you ask your little brother to calm down, but it doesn't do any good. He's only getting more and more assertive with his new body, and it's messing with your head. You have to remind yourself that this is actually your dork of a younger brother and not the incredibly intimidating boy next door.

"Shut up," Charlie snaps, giving you a shove that throws you against the wall.

"Charlie!" you groan, "Don't push me ar-"

"Call me Diego."

Your younger brother swaggers over and sneers down at you. In Diego's body, you have to look up to meet his face, and he seems fed up. Already, he's got a muscled arm pinned against the wall over your shoulder, and already, you feel trapped under him.

"Char-"

"DIEGO!" he barks, slamming his other arm against the wall.

"Diego," your voice shakes, "Aren't you even just a little bit worried about the real Diego?"

"Oh, kiss my ass!" he snorts, "I just liked his body, and now it's right here for me to enjoy."

"But..."

"I told you to kiss my ass, big bro," Diego's intense glare tells you he's not joking.

Your legs feel weak. Somehow your little brother has gone from a loveable rascal to domineering bully! All it took was giving him Diego's shredded body and he's bossing you around like you're his bitch.

He doesn't wait for an answer. Charlie takes Diego's strong arms and pushes you to the floor. Before you know it, he's turned around, and you are face to face with your neighbor's tight bubble butt. You don't want to just give in to your baby bro, but Diego's assertiveness is impossible to ignore. Your face is drawn to that ass, and you lose yourself as you kiss the sculpted glutes beneath the mesh shorts.

"That's more like it," Charlie smirks, "Now that I'm inside Diego, I want some ass kissing from you everyday."

You don't respond. Your lost in the pleasure of the hot neighbor's body, his ass pinning your head against the wall. Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad life, after all...

A sudden vibration jolts you out of it. The walls shake as the door to the garage is raised with a buzzing motor. Dad is home!

"Shit," Charlie says with Diego's mouth.

"I'm telling dad what's going on!" you cry, rising to your feet.

"What! No, I was just kidding about the ass stuff," Charlie panics, "Dad won't understand!"

"I don't care!" you shout and stomp out of the room. Your ego is slightly bruised by how quickly you folded for Charlie. It doesn't matter that he's wearing the bulky neighbor like a costume. He's your younger brother, and you just kissed his ass, literally!

Maybe your father can make sense of all this Freak Friday nonsense! He always has a calm decisive answer to everything.

"Hehe, beat you to him, bro!"

Your jaw drops when you see your father in the living room. The man just got home, but he's already waiting for you with his shirt ripped off. His entire beer gut is hanging out in the open, and he's shaking his torso around like he's trying to show it off.

You can't help but recoil from the sight. Your father hates taking his shirt off. The man wears shirts in the pool to keep people from seeing him like this! Yet, now here he is, without a self-conscious bone in his body.

"Dad, what are you-"

"Ooh I like it when you call me dad," his voice lowers, like he's trying to be playful.

"Wait, Charlie?" you gasp.

Your father throws his hands on his hips and smiles at you. He's the kind of guy who's only ever smiled when you scored in a sport or won a game. You can't help but feel like you've earned his approval when you see that grin. It really sucks that this isn't actually your dad.

"How did you even..?"

"I don't know, bro! I just really didn't want you to tell dad, and then I blinked, and then I was here: inside him!"

"Well get out!" you say firmly. Charlie wearing the neighbor's body was one thing, but this doesn't feel right. He shouldn't be playing around with your father like this.

"What, no!" he snorts, "Dad's even more fun to be. I feel so fat and hairy!"

"Dad's not that fat or hairy," you retort sternly.

"Oh come on," your father's voice purrs, "Look at the flab on this guy!" Charlie grabs the bloated stomach with Dad's arms and gives it a playful shake. Your real dad would be mortified if he saw how his body was acting!

"Charlie, don't do that to him."

"Shut up! I feel so big and manly in his body," he explains, "And he's still sore and sweaty from work too!"

You watch in disgust as your father raises his arm and takes a long whiff from his armpit. The real man would normally jump in the shower the second he got back from his day at the construction yard, but Charlie obviously enjoyed Dad's smell of hard work.

"I think I've had a long day of work, son," Charlie suddenly announces, lowering his voice in a cheap attempt at dad's typical monotone, "Grab your old man a beer."

"No," you pout, rolling your eyes.

"No?"

Suddenly your father pounces on you, locking you into a tight headlock with his meaty arms. You try to slip out. His bare skin is slick with sweat, but your little brother holds you there with an unyielding grip, laughing with dad's deep voice.

An hour later and you're washing dad's truck. Charlie released you from the headlock, but only after he'd told you how excited he was to manhandle you again. Apparently, he couldn't wait to use dad's body to keep you in your place.

You grabbed him his beer and massaged his shoulders like he told you, but you didn't do it happily. Your own father was now bullying you around because your stupid little brother somehow managed to hop in his body. He wants you to go upstairs and clean his bedroom next. It's getting late, but you don't want to make Charlie angry, especially now that he's put a few beers in dad's belly. Who knows what your power-drunk little brother will do when he's inebriated!

You just have to accept it. Charlie has your dad's body and you have to do what he says. This is your life now...

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[sunrisecaminus]

Hello, it's me again. Could I have hmmmm. ..... acree x reader, please? (sfw or nsfw! )

Hope you have a great day or night :D 🌻✨️

I don't understand why I don't like Arcee as much as the others, but I need to get into her character more. She is such a cool character in everyway.

Arcee Headcanons SFW/NSFW

Summary - SFW and NSFW of Arcee with her human conjunx <3 (NSFW under the "Keep Reading")

Warning - NSFW, Masochism

SFW

~ Knowing that Arcee is not a touchy person, nor is she the type to be romantic towards most people. People question how the hell you got to her spark.

~ That lady is ready to sacrifice herself for you any time, so please don't go out in the battle field.

~ She would take you out on dates at parks or somewhere in Jasper City at night. After the war started, any military bot would understand that being able to relax and find a place that could be quiet was a rare occurrence that needs to be appreciated.

~ Her love language is spending quality time and Words of affirmation, so she really likes to talk to you whenever she can.

~ Touching is one of the many things that can get her nervous, so it takes some time for her to get use to when you guys hug or cuddle with each other.

~ Arcee loves to watch you work and pick you up from your job. She loved everything you did, watching you write something or be super hyper fixated on something would interest her just from how your body reacts to things.

~ Having a human for a conjunx is very interesting in her eyes, because now she can learn your culture and day to day life just by being with you. She tries her best to like the things you were interested in.

~ Even if she doesn't get it, she would still try to pick up on things you like so if you wanted to talk to someone about it, she can keep a conversation going with you on the topic.

~ If she felt angry about something, Arcee would come to you first about it. You are someone that would make her calm down just by your presence alone, so its either throwing someone and yelling, or come to you and vent about her stresses.

~ Holy crap she likes when you comfort her. Every hug you give is like being hugged by primus, because even if you were a weak little organic, she still feels safe and loved.

~ "I could never have someone greater than you, because there is nothing that can be above perfect."

NSFW

~ So, about her not use to touch. She is one of the more sensitive bots in the secret base. She loved all your soft touches around her face or thighs.

~ She may be sensitive, but it is impossible for this bot to be a bottom. Pleasing you is everything Arcee has wanted to do ever since you guys kissed.

~ Arcee is a loner type, which means she will try to make you scream and embarrass you if you guys were doing it at the base.

~ Is she a kinky type? Not really, though she wouldn't mind doing things with you if you asked.

~ She is more into using her fingers to mess you up, never did you think a person could be as skilled as she is with her servos.

~ She would never do it in public, but anywhere that is like a closet, a birth room, or some place with a door that can be locked, she has no trouble mutilated you.

~ Speaking of which, Arcee would be gentle with you for the start. You would have to tell her to be more rough with you for her to do so.

~ She will never confirm this, but spanking is something she won't reject.

~ Also, she isn't the one getting spanked, with permission she would give you bruises from spanking, biting, or even tossing.

~ Aftercare is one of the things she wants to be better at. She would gently wrap you up in lovely blankets, giving you kisses everywhere around your body. Arcee would give you a nice massage and watch as you doze off.

~ "Sweet dream, y/n…I won't leave your side."

[the-himawari]

A3! Chigasaki Itaru - Translation [SR] Bright Star of Blooming (2/2)

*Please read disclaimer on blog; default name set as Izumi

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Izumi: Itaru-san, I’d like to take the polaroid, so can I ask you to make a heart here?

Itaru: I can do any pose as long as there’s a heart, right?

Izumi: Yep, that’s fine.

Itaru: Sounds good. ‘Kay, here you go…

Citron: That is too normal, Itaru! I shall teach you a more difficult one!

Itaru: A harder one?

Citron: Here!

Sakuya: That heart pose is impressive…!

Izumi: That does look pretty difficult, alright.

Itaru: What the heck is that? How do you make that? Your right hand goes like this… wait no, like this? Hold on, this is not Super Ultra Easy Mode™.

Citron: That’s not right, Itaru! This finger goes like this!

Itaru: O-OW, OW! My finger joints are dying!

Citron: Oh… It is not just your body. Your finger joints are stiff too…

Sakuya: Really?

Citron: If that hurt just now, then it has to be so. It must be because he is always playing games.

Itaru: This harder heart is not gonna work out, okay…

Izumi: Ahaha… Just do a heart you can manage then.

Itaru: A heart I can manage, huh… Alright, here goes.

Izumi: That looks good. I’m taking it now! Say cheese!

*click*

Itaru: Itaru-san, please check it over.

Itaru: Let me see…

Sakuya: I’d like to see it too!

Citron: I will also take a peek!

Izumi: Here it is. What do you think?

Sakuya: I think that heart suits Eight.

Citron: It looks like a father who chose a heart that he could do out of all the ones he has seen before.

Izumi: How do you feel about it, Itaru-san?

Itaru: It looks fine to me. The heart actually turned out prettier than I expected.

Izumi: Fufu, I think so too. I’m sure the fans with absolutely eat this up.

*dream starts*

Itaru: (Huh? Why am I here? Actually, this place looks super familiar…)

Eight: Hm? Who are you?

Itaru: Holy crap. It’s Eight! (Did I just get isekai’ed into the word of “SSR Family���…!?)

Eight: Are you a fan? Or maybe you’re a newbie at the agency? You look way too normal to be a V-talent though…

Itaru: Hey now, there’s V-talents who wear casual clothes like this too.

Eight: Even so, your outfit is still way too plain.

Itaru: …Can’t argue with that. (I guess there’s no V-talent who would wear this, huh?)

Eight: Maybe he’s someone suspicious… I’d better check with the office first—.

Itaru: Woah, hold your horses! I promise you I’m not sketchy. (I mean, I say that, but even I have to admit entering the office without permission looks suspicious as hell…) (I guess I should quickly say what I want to say and then dip…) …I’m a big fan of your family unit and the songs you perform together.

Eight: That goes without saying. But thanks.

Itaru: You’re welcome. You know, I have a family with a relationship similar to yours, Eight. That’s why it really hits close to home. And what’s more, I’m their father, same as you.

Eight: I see. You’re also a father under similar circumstances as me?

Itaru: Yep. It’s tough being a father, but let’s both work hard for our families.

Eight: Of course that’s what I was planning to do. Let’s do our best to fulfil our roles as their fathers.

Itaru: Ah. And I’m sure you guys are gonna become even more amazing V-talents. I guarantee it.

Eight: Haha. A stranger I’ve never seen before is guaranteeing it. …Well, I appreciate it.

Itaru: Take care of your family, alright?

Eight: Yeah. You take care of yours too.

*dream ends*

Citron: Honey~~~!! Wake up~!!!

Itaru: Ngh… what the?

Citron: Ah, he is awake!

Itaru: (Was I sleeping? Which means that just now was a dream…) And can I ask why you’re here, Citron?

Citron: You promised to take our Spring troupe family out for sushi today, didn’t you, honey!

Itaru: Ah… right, I did.

Citron: Everyone is already ready and waiting. Hurry up and get ready too!

Itaru: Got it, got it. I guess I’ll be fulfilling my duty as their father again today.

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[stitching-in-time]

Voyager rewatch s6 ep20: Good Shepherd

Voyager does a lower decks episode... again. And I don't think it needed to. While the Next Gen ep 'Lower Decks' did a beautiful job of respectfully portraying a group of junior officers with complex inner lives, and binding their stories up seamlessly with those of the main characters we know and love, this episode did not do either of those things. It came off rather condescending, and didn't even have a proper resolution.

I have a lot of issues with this one. While I generally like seeing little tidbits with background crewmembers, an entire episode feels like too much. Especially since they already did basically the same plot on Voyager already, way back in season 1, with the episode 'Learning Curve' where Tuvok struggled to train up and inspire a group of unenthusiastic former Maquis crewman. I liked that episode, despite it's focus on characters we never see again, because it helped flesh out the world of Voyager in the beginning of the show, and it was about the conflict of blending Starfleet and Maquis into one crew, which had been a central theme of those early seasons.

While Captain Janeway does have a main role here, and I do appreciate that they're trying to show what a good captain she is by taking an interest in even the lowest of lower deckers on her ship, I feel like by season six, it's coming in way too late in the game. It actually makes her look kind of negligent that she let them go on struggling the way they were for so long before she even noticed. It makes her look worse still when she refuses to consider alternatives that would be better for them, and the ship in general, instead insisting that they can do their jobs perfectly if they just believe in themselves. *eyeroll*

The story itself was weak- it was too predictable, especially since they already did this storyline in season 1 - obviously Janeway making these underperforming crewmen her project will inspire them with confidence and lead them to be happier and more productive members of the crew. But in this case, the crewman's personal conflicts were either glossed over, or way too easily resolved- getting taken over by an alien entity is a magical cure for hypochondria?! What?! That's so stupid. Just...what??

On top of that, the most obnoxious lower deck guy in this, in addition to being very unlikable, is incredibly rude and insubordinate to the Captain at every turn, yet she patiently lets him say whatever he wants, and it's like, no. that's not how Starfleet works. Crewman can't just insult superior officers and tell them their orders are stupid and refuse to do what they say. Like I get that Janeway is the friendly captain who wants to be approachable to her whole crew, but there's a line- people need to be checked when they're breaking the rules. Janeway even says in another episode that being the captain means she can't always be everyone's friend. No Starfleet captain would or should put up with that kind of disrespect, and I don't think they'd have written a character who behaved that way to Picard or Sisko without getting slapped down by them right away. Just because she's a woman doesn't mean she should have to take shit from any man in her crew.

I also didn't buy the obnoxious lower decker's change of heart at the end, where he suddenly decided to give a crap about everyone he'd just been insulting and try to help them- where did that come from?? It didn't feel earned at all. You have to see some sort of emotional journey to justify it, and he didn't have that. He was just bitch, bitch, bitch the whole time, then magically 'actually I'm going to help', out of nowhere. (Also I hope she threw him in the brig when they got back for kiling that creature. Like holy shit dude, who does that??)

But the worst thing about this is that it devoted yet more time to characters we don't know and won't see again. Meanwhile, our main characters are languishing on the shelf like disused toys. The regulars barely got one scene each, which is unfortunately all too common at this point. The scene they did give to Tom and B'Elanna wasn't even good, to boot. We didn't need another scene about the obnoxious guy, since we've already established that he's obnoxious in his scene with the captain, so having Tom go talk to him was pointless, unless they thought we really needed that little 'haha Tom is stupid' moment, when he doesn't understand the equations obnoxious guy is working on. Sure, Tom doesn't live and breath science the way most of the others do, but like, he graduated from the Academy with a degree in astrophysics, he's not stupid. They don't let you graduate just because of who your daddy is if you can't do the work- Starfleet officers actually have to be competent to do the job they're training for, because out on a starship, if your officers don't know their stuff, everybody dies. The way they try to make Tom into this dumbass manchild in the later seasons is so frustrating.

Having Tom chide B'Elanna about not caring about obnoxious guy, even as a joke, came off as jerky more than funny, and it doesn't even make sense- she already explained she tried giving him more work, but he likes being left alone on deck 15 to work on his own projects. Which honestly, is the right thing to do. Props to B'Elanna for actually meeting this guy where he is, and letting him go back to what works for him, rather than trying to shoehorn him into a mold he doesn't want to be in. That's actually showing good leadership skills. Janeway trying to help out the other two crewmen, whose biggest problem seemed to be anxiety, made sense, but the obnoxious guy was happy where he was, and meeting the requirements of his job. He didn't even want to be on a starship long term, so it's actually kind of jerky of Janeway to decide that everyone on board needs to have as much enthusiam for the Starfleet life as the bridge crew. It seems like a symptom of our very American brand of corporate capitalism to believe that everyone should be obsessed with their job and make it the center of their entire life.

Meanwhile, we get one huge bit of character development totally thrown away in one line- Tom, for some reason, feels the need to mess with B'Elanna by telling her, untruthfully, that he hit it off with obnoxious guy and invited him over to watch their TV. (This whole scene wasn't funny. If it had been about Tom being anxious about inexperienced crewman going on a mission on the Delta Flyer, that could have been funny, and in character, but whoever wrote this one doesn't seem to get him, or how to do comedy, at all.) Meanwhile, I'm like, hold up! Their TV? They moved in together?! That's kind of a big deal! That's a milestone in any relationship, and it's blithely glossed over like an afterthought. These are main characters for crying out loud! That should have been a major plotline of an episode! We should see how they arrived at that decision! We deserve to see the full journeys of the characters we've been with all these years, but no, we get little tidbits we have to excavate from the smallest throwaway lines. I guess only Seven and the Doctor matter anymore, and all the other characters can just go to hell, huh? Even guest characters we'll only see once deserve more focus than them, apparently. (Did Neelix even say more than one word in this scene? I don't think so! He's just thrown in to show that he's there. God forbid we have stories that are actually about our main crew anymore.)

But yeah, this ep was a washout for me. Whatever character development the lower deckers may have had doesn't matter, because we'll never see them again. They had that whole scene between Janeway and Celes, where Celes talks about how she feels deeply that she's not cut out for Starfleet life because the work is just not what her brain easily processes, (and after six years, I think she's the best judge of that) and how being a waitress in the mess hall would be a better job for her. It's played like a tragic scene, but like, why is that tragic?? Why couldn't she assist Neelix in the mess hall? Why couldn't she take charge of growing plants in the airponics bay? Why can't she just change to a job where she doesn't have to confront the numbers and algorithms that make her feel stupid and give her anxiety? Chakotay literally suggests that at the beginning of the episode, and Janeway is all 'we couldn't do that! They're not drones! We can't just deactivate them!' But how is it treating them like drones to let them choose jobs they like, and are better at?? (I guess if you're Janeway, and live and breathe science, not having a science job would seem like death to her.) But she's already treating them like drones by requiring everyone to do their original jobs, regardless of inclination or aptitude.

Janeway is a far more canny captain than they're giving her credit for here- she knows how to find positions that tailor to people's strengths. Neelix doesn't do science stuff, and he's an integral and valued member of the crew, why is it different for these crewman? They could have had a nice resolution for Celes, where Janeway agrees to help her find a new job that isn't STEM related, but no, they kept on the myopic track of 'everyone must love science or I have failed! she simply needs encouragement and she'll magically be better at the thing she's hated for six years!' There's no way one away mission will make Celes struggle less with math, so she didn't even get a resolution to the story we just wasted a whole episode on.

The idea that one mission can magically fix anyone is bad enough, but even if it could, I'm still not invested in them. And we never did find out what those creatures were, to boot. (And why was Seven allowed to audit every ship department? She's not even Starfleet! She has no interpersonal skills! Why does she get to tell experienced department heads how to do the jobs they've already been doing for years? That just makes no sense. Can the writers please stop shoehorning Seven into absolutely everything??)

One of the few interesting parts of this ep was getting to see parts of the ship we never see- going to deck 15 is very much like going from first class to steerage on the Titanic. It feels, well, like an actual ship. We never, ever see cramped, utilitarian areas like this on the Enterprise, which maybe doesn't even have a deck like this because it's the biggest and most luxorious ship in the fleet. You really get a sense that Voyager is a working ship with limited confines in this one, rather than a sort of endless maze of corridors and rooms that go on forever and reconfigure as needed, which it usually feels like in most eps.

But it also shows that life is very different, and not super exciting or glamorous, for the average crewman on regular starships, which is a little depressing, tbh. People complain about Harry Kim never getting a promotion, but at least he's a bridge officer, who gets to go on away missions and take command sometimes. Being a lower decker on Voyager seems like the ultimate purgatorial dead end job. (Which I always thought it must be, but to have it canonically confirmed is like, yikes.) I actually had never seen the first half of this ep before, where they show deck 15, and the crewmen having to share quarters with roommates. Seven damn years of that seems like a lot. Throw some enrichment into their enclosure! It's actually worse to know that some of the crew lives like this, and to not have the Captain, or anyone, be like- 'How can we make life more fun and rewarding for these people?' instead of just 'we must make them conform, and love their lives of endless toil!' Idk, the whole thing just had weird classist, corporate overtones to it, which is the total opposite of what Star Trek should be. And I hate that they're conflating realizing that something doesn't work for you, and deciding to change jobs, with failure. (Also, the score was weirdly cutesy in this ep- it felt kinda patronizing toward the lower deckers honestly. Usually you don't even notice scores in Trek eps, but this was conspiculously overdone and obtrusive.)

Tl;dr: Another episode that ignored our main characters in favor of one-off characters, whose character development didn't even feel authentic, and which will never pay off. It even managed to paint our main crew in a rather bad light as oblivious, privileged jerks, which it didn't need to do at all. Just not a great ep.

[yourbravestpigeon]

“Star Trek is a whole Franchise nowadays”, Alberich explained to Catherine, sorting through the stack of DVDs in his lap. “There’re better things in the genre, but it’s a cult classic. We’ll start with the bad parts so you’ll see the high quality stuff when your prefrontal cortex is developed enough to appreciate it. What you need to know is-…”

The doorbell rang, twice in quick succession.

“Never mind”, he said, “There’s your mother. We’ll watch it next time.”

He got up, downed his glass because he didn’t trust Catherine around it, then walked to the front door. Irene was a little early, actually –  it was a quarter to seven, but Alberich wasn’t complaining. This way he could still watch the show, just without someone crapping their pants on the stroke of every hour sitting next to him.

He opened the door and there was fucking Kai instead of Irene, purposefully glowering at him in a well-fitting suit.

“I’m here to pick up my daughter”, he announced, glancing over Alberich’s shoulder as if he expected the house to be secretly on fire.

“She’s still alive”, Alberich informed him and let Kai in. “We’ve done alright for ourselves.”

They entered the living room where Catherine thankfully hadn’t dived off the couch but was sitting peacefully, sucking on the corner of a DVD case. The sight of the little girl changed Kai’s icy features to immediate spring. 

“There’s my princess”, he cooed, lifting her like a holy grail and peppering her belly with kisses. Catherine started giggling frantically at this, and Alberich had to admit she was fairly sweet with her baby tooth smile.

“Your princess shat her diaper quite a lot for a two hour stay”, he let Kai know. “Not sure if that’s normal or cause to see a doctor.”

“We know perfectly well when our daughter needs a doctor, thank you.”

“Righty roo”, he replied and hoped Catherine wouldn’t turn out as much of a bitch as her father. One look at the guy with his arrogant posture and arrogant face and arrogant clothing and nothing in his brain to warrant such hubris put Alberich at a constant loss how Irene, with her perfectly reasonable brain, had settled on this hack of a guy. Alberich had never met any of Irene’s exes, but he couldn’t believe Kai was the jackpot on the male market. That was, male and female market. No really, out of most people in the world Irene had settled for this-…

“We’ll be on our way”, Kai interrupted his mental voodoo-dolling. “Irene sends her regards.”

“Don’t forget the deer.” Alberich indicated the plushie Catherine had thrown across the room, and as Kai bent to pick it up his eyes fell on the paused image on the TV. He froze.

“Is that Pulp Fiction?”

“Don’t worry, we skipped the sex dungeon scene.”

“You watched Pulp Fiction with my daughter?!”

There was carefully controlled fury to the arrogant posture now, and the worshipping smile reserved for Catherine had been replaced by an approaching thunderstorm. Maybe that was what Irene liked about him; he was, in a way, fun to mess with.

“Kidding.” Alberich put on a reassuring smile. “It was still on from before she got here.”

Kai glared at him, though some of the murder left his eyes. “That’s not funny.”

“Not at all, no.”

Snatching his daughter’s backpack out of its corner Kai stalked towards the front door, holding a babbling Catherine close to his chest.

“Just one last question”, Alberich called after him.

“Yes?”

“What’s the deer’s name?”

Kai faced him as dignified as possible while holding a stuffed animal and a drooling toddler.

“It’s Lulu”, he said and shut the door with a bang.

-

“Dick”, Alberich mumbled. On the other side of the door Kai was having similar thoughts, only he didn’t voice them – he had a duty as a parent, after all. Still tense from the unpleasant exchange he slid his phone out and pressed the speed dial to Irene’s work phone. She’d had to hurry to the bookstore to sort out a butchered delivery, cutting their drinks after dinner short. It had still been a magical evening – every night with Irene was, and the thought of going back to their shared apartment filled him with the warmest kind of pride.

But first he checked Catherine for any kind of damage. He trusted Irene’s judgement on Alberich, he really did. But every minute he spent with her obnoxious biological father made him think how little the man deserved to be with their precious baby. He hoped Alberich got the dumb Russian research grant he’d mentioned at their last dinner, that way they’d be rid of him for at least a couple months. Sure, they’d have to find another babysitter– most of their friends were either very far away or very busy – but he’d rather leave Catherine with a stranger than her rude and uncultured pseudo grandpa. Or well, maybe not with a stranger, but with a… The more he thought about it the more he realized he didn’t want to leave Catherine alone at all. If it were feasible, he’d carry her in his arms all day long, hiding her bright eyes from the evils of the world. But alas, he was forced to let her go and trust, trust in life and in other people.

Apart from Irene, trusting was not his strong suit.

The call went to voicemail, so she was probably still knee-deep sorting out the mess. Charming visions filled Kai’s mind: him cooking a comforting dinner, him massaging Irene’s shoulders as she ranted about her night, her singing Catherine to sleep as he listened from the living room. He had no idea what he’d done to deserve this beautiful life.

After he’d verified that there were no cuts or bumps on Catherine’s body (Alberich’s apartment hadn’t been babyproofed at all) they set off, a cab carrying them through the night towards home.

[kosi-annec]

[HAIKYUU!!] Season 3 episode 8

Fuck 8-4 that's too big of a gap, they need to score the next points or else they're not gonna catch up..

Suga idk if it's smart to tell the enemy team your next plan, but it seems to piss tendo off lol

AAA NO ITS USHI AGAIN- OH nvm thx you for messing that up hskshk

No. 10 on field, let's go hinata! Get us them points back. Oh hey this background character (idk wat his name is) is doing pretty good.

AH OOF that's gotta hurt sheesh.. BUT KEEP GOING HINATA DON'T STOP- oh wow even TENDO was fooled by that. I gotta appreciate the fact that hinata was actually thinking before he spiked cuz he's not working w kage

wait hinata let himself get hit in the face ON PURPOSE?? I mean, if it keeps the ball up ig

"he shows no sign of the talent or intelligence of those other players" ouch, but true lmao

Ok you two (ushi & hinata) stop trying to assert dominance HSKSHS

Ngl kage just jumping up and down in the corner looked so silly

HINATA GET AN ICE PACK IF YOU CAN TASTE BLOOD, wat is with the karasuno boys getting hurt these past few matches, 2 have been sent to the nurse and now lil tangerine is technically bleeding just not externally

Nice Suga forcing him into a receive. Oh shit they're gonna do it again, oH THEY GOT THE POINT! Tendo was so caught up in trying to read em he didn't act

KAGEYAMA BACK ON FIELD LEZGO!! Pft- "better watch the back of your head, squirt" god i love the eng dub

All of this build up for kage's serve is either gonna end really cool or really bad. OK it went well- holy cRAP KAGE?? He was all the way from the back tf??? HOLY SHIT and we're back let's go!!!

hhh come on crows, they can't let shiratorizawa get any further ahead of them

Ok eita up on field. Wait he's also a setter? Ngl I don't remember. Yknow that's fair from eita ig, cuz everyone has eyes on ushi and ig tendo if only for his amazing blocking style, so it's nice to get that attention on you, if for a lil bit

FUCK- NOOO 12-9 they're getting too close to 15 for comfort..

YES BEST OLDER SISTER! These kinds of situations is exactly why there's cheer squads n shit. When the team is starting to feel down it's the audience's job to lift their spirits up, to let them know that someone believes in them

?? Is that a fucking anthem shiratorizawa's audience singing???

OK good save there tanaka, NOW JUST KEEP IT UP- omg OMG HINATA?? BLOCKED!? USHI!! holy crap LETZ GO THAT'S OUR TINY MIDDLE BLOCKER

Goshiki I thought you'd realize by now that no.10 ain't your average 1st year player, that tangerine is a monster

Aw kage basically telling kazuhito (finally learnt bg char's name) not to worry too much on how he plays

TADASHI GIVE US A GOOD SERVE! Yesss he's so confident in his abilities now, he's grown so much

CRAP nooo the crow's pinch server is out now- wait what?? OH goshiki touched the net. NVM THEN KEEP GOING TADASHI!!

Tbf kazuhito's the one that got hit and he's not used to the power behind ushi's spikes. aaAAA OK THAT'S OK BG GUY, you got a point that's all that matters right now

HSKHSJS OMG KAGE'S GROWN SO MUCH, he's literally adjusting himself to suit the spiker

YESSS the stress is getting to them, shiratorizawa's making mistakes, and by shiratorizawa i mean goshiki

Damn, that.. actually really sweet of ushi, cuz that man only says shit if he believes it, and goshiki needed that

GIVE US ANOTHER TADASHI- Ah fuck, and there goes the streak

FUCK, aaagh i thought he was gonna do a strong hit, ok so goshiki's not as reckless as i thought

14-13 COME ON KARASUNO!! YES OMG 14-14 JUST ONE MORE POINT, YOU GOT THIS CROWS

Ooh, old man flashback? Oof yeah that's the worse, where ppl deny you becuz you lack on something you don't have control over

Now back to present stress, JUST KEEP THE BALL UP CROWS! STOP HIS SPIKE- omg GOOD RECEIVE NOYA

I do find it interesting that the choice of music for this final point is not like hype or something loud, but more emotional and hopeful sounding. Idk im not a musician

FUCK NO! AHH they can't do another deuce again they HAVE to get the next 2 points..

Oh shit, coach?? Well, he's a man of few words, but those words are enough to light their fire again

Yachi?? wait- WAIT OMG IS HE BACK?? OMG TSUKI'S BACK!! THE CAVALRY IS HERE LEZGO

[amazon160]

My Opinion On The FNaF Movie ‼️‼️

I’ve got four perspectives for y’all, but they’re all my own opinion-

From a horror aspect:

This movie had a lot of potential. Emphasis on had. The first step to the past tense was going with the game designs for the animatronics. I applaud Jim Henson’s for the creation of these animatronics, but I feel like the designs could’ve been so much scarier. I know the majority thinks they’re scary in the game anyway, but even as a kid I never personally found their designs alone to be as creepy.

The second step was their eyes. I’m fine with the red and yellow eyes, don’t get me wrong, but again. Wasted potential. They could’ve been BANGER. Of course Blumhouse would have their reasons to stray away from the black eyes in the games, but I still stand by my opinion.

The third step relates to the eyes, too, because it’s actually how EXPRESSIVE the animatronics are. Again, applause for Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. BUT. I feel like the more “lifeless” look the animatronics had going on fit them SO much better in most of the games.

Side note: that new footage of Bonnie behind Hank was so 😩👌✨

The fourth step was not as relative to the eyes, but just the whole film’s direction. You can tell by just the trailers alone that this will be leaning more towards the horror-comedy genre, WHICH I LOVE. It also means the horror will be toned down a bit. That’ll be disappointing to some people, but that means it’ll be enjoyed by more people and it could be perfect for a Halloween movie night.

From an outsider perspective:

The big takeaway I’m seeing from people is that this is a cheesy, campy horror movie. I think they are correct, and again, I appreciate it. I mean, haunted animatronics and Springtrap and all this stuff can be really scary, but the way Blumhouse is pulling it off, it’s a little more of a sillier concept.

I think this could be a really weird movie for some people, or it could be just the right amount of weird. We’ve got the core four, Golden Freddy, and Springbonnie/Springtrap. There were some old rumors of Puppet being in the movie, but I think these guys are enough. You’ve got the main victims as the core four, that fifth one for extra mystery, and the slasher. The final boss. That’s the perfect amount in my opinion.

The majority of people I’ve seen think this movie will be a good one to watch on Halloween weekend. There’s also a good number of people hyped, either from nostalgia or just from what’s been shown so far. And then there’s the minority that think it’ll be a dumpster fire.

From my perspective:

I want this to be what I think it is. The rating is perfect. The campiness is perfect. The horror is perfect. I came with very low expectations, but they have been raised a bit with this last trailer. There are some legitimately creepy shots (mostly just Bonnie behind Hank like HOLY CRAP) that I think will still get some good scares out of people. SO.

My hopes--that my expectations will be met. I want the animatronics and Willy to have good screen time, some movie lore on Golden Freddy, and Mike and Abby being wholesome.

My concerns--just the horror and cgi. The animatronics are very much revealed in the trailers, not shrouded in darkness like in the games. But the darkness was part of what made them scary in the original. I know Blumhouse spent much more than usual on this movie, so hopefully a chunk of that budget went to good cgi lol

CONCLUSION:

Scott said a while ago he’d finally seen a draft of the movie in full play and it came together beautifully. I can’t imagine having my creations being brought to life like that, it’s gotta be insane. If he’s happy with it, I’m happy with it

[cheerstotheelites-if]

Oh god it's been a year already??? April 8??? Wasn't it just March yesterday?

Oh, uh, s h i t

Happy 1 Year Anniversary! (Holy crap)

Man, time sure is f a s t. One year of being here with you guys and just vibing. Zamn. That's crazy.

I know I keep saying this, but I really do appreciate all of you guys for sticking around for so long. I never expected the silly little stories with my silly little characters 13 year old me was writing and creating would come to this in the end. It's honestly just so mind boggling, and I want to say thank you. Thank you for showing your support, for being so patient with me, for those that send such fun asks and prompts to answer, and just being so cool in general. Don't say that you aren't. I'll fight ye on that. I also thank the lurkers in my followers, I know you and I don't tango too much with interactions but your likes, reblogs or just generally looking through is enough for me.

I'd also like to thank the mutuals and friends I made in the IF community and in the Write Club Discord server for being so cool and helpful. I never expected to make any mutuals here, and I'm honestly glad I did.

I'm kissing you all platonically on the cheek because you deserve it for being the best. 💙💙💙

Now, for the Anniversary Special content...... I don't have one written. I already have a short one for 1k Followers and is just waiting to be posted, but I forgot to prep one for the Anniversary. 🥲😭😭

I was planning to make a small IF to commomerate it, but college finals reared its ugly head like a disease so I didn't have enough time. So, instead, I'll just give y'all some Beta and BtS facts about this IF before it came to be as it is now. Hope that'll suffice, and I promise I'll make it up to y'all next year. 😭😭

Back in the earliest drafts for this IF, the prologue was supposed to start with a student Magus summoning an eldritch being from the underside of Reflection and it backfiring completely. The genre was supposed to fully embrace supernatural, but I ended up scrapping it instead for what we have now.

Beta Zephyrine was a mean girl diva; supposedly Fleur's opposite and bully. I changed it after deciding that Zeph's better off being Fleur's opposite in a more positive way (the version Zeph currently is) and genuinely being Fleur's friend, than whatever toxic mess the former was.

Eliseo was originally gonna be the big bad because of well… look at him. I ended up not doing that, because… look at him. He's simpable material, unfortunately.

Emery wasn't supposed to exist. I didn't originally intend for MC to learn nor have magic in the original drafts, thus no Familiar needed either, and let them be a non-magic character in the story. I changed my mind when I thought about how unfair that'll be, since that'll just make MC more of a damsel than a person with autonomy.

The 1586 Accident and the Willowsberg family as a whole was originally supposed to stay as a "myth" and unexplored as a whole. They were supposed to be mentioned only in passing and not talked about again.

In the early drafts, Fleur's parents were already dead/gone and she was working as her family bank's CEO at the start of the story. She was an outside figure that you'll meet through either Zephyrine or Weylyn.

Cooper was originally more of a loveable asshole back in his early characterization stages; smug know-it-all that loves to be a mischief maker. I have no idea what change happened to make him the hyper golden retriever he is now, but I don't regret it and I don't wanna know.

The choice of setting the IF in a rural city and in Lumintoile Academia specifically was based on old oneshots I wrote about Weylyn and Fleur 2-3 years ago. If you want to know what those oneshots are about, both of them are confessions scenes with Weylyn being the confessor.

Before Ophelia came to be as the 6th RO, she was originally supposed to be an antagonist, mostly due to a oneshot I wrote about her as a concept character 2 years ago. There were scenes planned where she would fight the cast and drama would ensue, but knowing what I know, I ended up scrapping the idea.

Weylyn's characterization didn't change much from his beta, surprisingly, and I think he's the only one who has retained his beta traits (besides some mild redesigning). I always intended him to be, well, him. The only things that did change are in spoiler territory, but very important to his characterization.

There were supposed to be 2 more side characters that you'll be introduced to in the early chapters with Fleur being a young CEO idea in mind, which were her two younger estranged cousins from her mother's side. I scrapped the idea for now, but they might make an appearance soon.

I had ideas to implement variables that show preferrences and proficiency in what magic MC uses, intending for them (MC) to be a jack-of-all trades instead of focusing solely on one magic. But then I thought about the long list of already existing variables I've written down, and went nope.

Eliseo & Fleur had the most rewrites and rehauls on their characterization. From what I can count and remember until recently, it's 10.

When I was making Emery, and basing him off of the Familiar Poll results, he was intented to be younger, 3 years old to be exact. I decided to age him up to 5 years old, because a) he would be too powerful, b) baby, c) "sir, that is a toddler and fresh out of infancy", and d) he would be too powerful.

The inspiration for the IF's whole vibes are from Kiersten White's 'The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein', V.C. Andrew's 'My Sweet Audrina', Laurie Anderson's 'Speak', Kyoukai no Kanata, Wonder Egg Priority, and the Dark Academia aesthetic itself.

This was originally supposed to be a self-contained story, more of a moment in the cast's life than something that will affect them in the long run or be actively going through with time, until I decided to add it into a growing timeline of events alongside other IF's.

[kirby-the-gorb]

reply roundup!

thank you to @cherrycreamsicle for adding an [image description] to a recent kirb! I did see the note in your about asking that people add the descriptions to their posts, I have added it as alt text. I am aware of the fact that this does not meet all needs, and do have plans to address this on a blog-wide scale. once I'm actually able. (conflict of needs, unfortunately.)

and thank you to everyone who sent well wishes and stuff while we were waiting for the news/when the news turned out to be bad/while my wife was in the hospital/etc <3 I saw them when they were relevant and I appreciated them. (and I still appreciate them now it just feels silly to try to respond to them directly now) (and I love how the responses to [little kirbo] are pretty split between "oh no :(" and "Give Him Grease lol")

on [the last roundup] @macro-microcosm said: i don't remember when I made that reblog but I think things might be better! i had a nice birthday weekend at least <3

good! at least it's something.

on [the last roundup] @ceylonsilvergirl said: Hope the roundup means you’re feeling a little better

it basically never does but I appreciate your optimism! (although I am actually doing better right now this time but that is unrelated to whether or not I would do a reply roundup, it just means it's not as difficult.)

on [abacus] @ceylonsilvergirl said: NINETEEN HUNDRED!? HOLY CRAP! Well done

there are so many Little Guys in my computer, someday I will figure out what to do with them

on [-_-] @ceylonsilvergirl said: just a moment. just a moment to breathe. all you need to do right now is breathe. it’s difficult, but you are going to be difficulter. I’m going to cry and take a nap and get mad, then I’ll get back up and try again. it’s ok to give up, I give up all the time! but then I go back and try again later. sometimes you just need a break to let your mind and body rest, and you can try a new angle. running head first into this wall isn’t working, maybe there’s a way to go over the wall. our bullets aren’t working! keep shooting!

yeah, yeah, that's definitely true. sometimes you can't necessarily find an opening to rest, but whenever you can it's almost always gonna be a constructive thing to do. and giving up isn't inherently a bad thing! people call it "giving up" when they stop a bad habit, too. (there was a really interesting article I read a while ago about how giving up is kind of an important part of being disabled, not just because you have to cope with missing out on things but also because seeking treatment is hard and painful! sometimes it's not actually constructive to keep trying! and you need a break or a breakthrough and it's better to just. not. for a while. I've definitely had times like that too.)

on [box] @chaosinanutshell said: that should be me in that box 😐 hope you've been well >:)))

I have not but thank you! sitting in a box can be a comforting passtime but don't hurt your knees!

@vincentus asked: do you know what platform squeak squad or amazing mirror was released for?? i cant be bothered to look it up :")

you almost definitely got tired of waiting by now lol but squeak squad was DS and amazing mirror was GBA! (I played both of them when they were new, the battery in our first copy of amazing mirror tragically died after a little while and we had to get a second one so we could actually save the game)

[tsuki-sennin]

Hail to the King, baby! Ohsama Sentai! Kingohger! ...or is it King Ohger? I'll tag it both just in case. It's a brand new Sentai, for a brand new tag!

"Rejoice O Swarming Evil! You're My King!"

I am immensely excited, so no more delaying.

Spoilers, I guess...

-Five Heroes, and their God.

-Well, the CG is certainly... better!

-I love the look of this planet.

-Tikyu, I believe? Might as well just call it Yarph.

-The Bugnarak are coming back!

-Pardon you?

-It's all very stylized and detailed, I appreciate that a lot.

-Shugoddam! A... very funny name, I hope it's not foreshadowing.

-Ahhhh, a festival~!

-I feel at home already.

-Lots and lotsa bug folk!

-A ceremony?

-The kings are comin'~!

-A whole roundtable, coming forth.

-Hello, you must be Lord Racules.

-I am honored to make your presence.

-This is Queen Himeno of Ishabana.

-Oh lord, that's so much shiny.

-I mean no offense, your majesty, but this is almost certainly going to be the most CG heavy Sentai season yet.

-Toufu! ...that might be the dumbest name for any of these kingdoms.

-Kaguragi Dybowski! ...I didn't realize Poland was a country Toei even knew existed.

-Ah yep, this one! Everyone was talking about them a hell of a lot.

-King and Chief Magistrate of Gokkan. Has so much GNC swag that it practically emanates off them.

-Thank you for this, Toei, seriously.

-Chief Justice Rita, I love you already.

-And of course Yanma-shachou. Cyberpunk himself.

-I might end up calling you Yanmega by accident, sorry in advance.

-Oh fuck, he lives in Peta, run my lord, they're gonna use your autism to lie about milk!

-Here they come. Royalty in a procession of CGI.

-Legendary Swords~!

-Considering how big and important it seems to be, I'm assuming Shugoddamn's also the center of the land's religion?

-That's pretty neat, kinda like the Theocracy of Allistel from Radiant Historia.

-Oh shit, real location!

-Sorry, I don't mean to harp on the CGI so much, it's honestly not bad at all, but goddamn.

-I suppose this was the blood price to pay for the demand of real suits for every ranger.

-Gira! King of Evil!

-Conquer the world!

-Oh come now Kogane-san, you gotta get into it!

-Oh fuck, taxes.

-Hmmm... I'm sensing a corrupt bureaucracy in our midst.

-Gira comin' in to commit a crime.

-Too cringe for Kogane-san.

-Yeah! Get fucked!

-Doing it for the people!

-Quite a good guy, this King of Evil.

-No more petty squabbles. Now is the time for unity.

-King Racles, offers is life for the people of the world.

-Oop.

-Seems like we've already broken down.

-"You need me. You need my power."

-Yeah, I don't trust you, Racles.

-Damn, Rita don't fuck around, do they?

-"I'm the top", yeah that's what they all say.

-Jururira?

-Sounds tasty.

-Oh fuck, here they come.

-The bad guy bugs!

-Big Daddy Desnarak.

-"Move out, my minions- I mean, my friends! Royal Arms!"

-Have to admit, the CG's at least growing on me a lot more than I expected it to.

-Kogane!

-Homegirl's dying!

-"The King... he'll protect us."

-...seems like that was an empty lie.

-Dickhead king.

-Jesus Christ, this man is heartless.

-"Once Emperor Desnarak's head rolls, Yanma Gust's and the people of N'Kosopa shall soon follow."

-Right, you're super evil.

-Hotdamn, Himeno's kicking serious ass.

-Everybody is, holy crap.

-Damn Toei, I see you.

-Hohohohohoho!

-Yanma's haxxor powers are no match for divine tradition.

-So that's why they pushed the whole King of Evil thing so hard.

-All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies.

-Gira! Conquer the world in the name of God and people!

-Big Bug!

-"HOW!?"

-Qua God!

-March for the King of Evil, my friends!

-Royal Arms!

-Oooooooh, I love the amber

-You Are The King!

-Kuwagon! Let's fly!

-Oh my lord

-Okay, that's cool

-Shugod!

-Right out the gate! Time to combine!

-God has descended!

-Hot damn, I'm enjoying this a lot.

-Oh God, where did the Spider Shot come from

-"Insignificant worm! Bow before your King!"

-Yeah, this is gonna be a fun ride.

-Thank you, Kuwagon.

-The kings

-"Bring the traitor's head to me, minions!"

-Headed to N'Kosopa!

-Oh shit, ad read.

-OH FUCK ACE

-Ohhhhh, this is the SHT bumper.

-Sorry, the subs I usually find omit these.

-That's pretty sick.

-Love how he brought Big Sis Tsumuri with him, that's cute.

[lxclerc]

holy crap that oscar oneshot 'i've got you' was freaking amazing man.

you made my evening 20 times better with that one and it just showed up on my dash.

Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I really love it. I feel so warm inside and before I felt empty.

aww thank you so much! i'm so glad you liked it. it's purely self indulgent but i'm so happy so many of you guys found comfort in it the same way i did

[mashithamel]

Crescent City: House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J Maas

I have learned that in order to get the full Nesta experience I will need to read the third book in the Crescent City series, so this will be my reading thread of the first book, House of Earth and Blood, in preparation 🧵:

* I’ve been enjoying a lot of werewolf/shifter romances, so not unhappy to see them, just a little surprised. Somehow they can talk in wolf form? And keep their clothes on? These are very important issues to address in shifter stories. I’ll be interested to see their leadership structure.

* I’m not loving Bryce right now? I can be a bit prudish but someone who smokes so much weed she goes to work still high, regularly stumbles around drunk, and uses other drugs to have a good night out is not a fun read on my end. I assume there is plenty of time for growth. (Spoiler alert: yeah, that’s pretty much the crux of the inciting event)

* Danika is interesting, even if she is also a drug-using party girl. How often does your college roommate wind up being a major celebrity badass warrior? She seems to do a lot to justify a work-hard, play-hard mentality.

* Of course, how often is your college budy an internationally onown assassin?

* And the social issues are interesting. The fact that citizenship is dependent on what value you offer, the humans are viewed as basically chattel, the war raging across the ocean but that hasn’t upset their lives much so far. There’s a lot of potential.

* Oh. Well this is awful 😳

* Aww, I liked Danika and Conner.

* The recording is horrible. I’d throw up too.

* They don’t let Bryce attend the Sailing. Damn. That’s very cold and horrible. The whole thing is awful.

* So, there’s a Fae Autumn King, with fire powers here. Interesting.

* It’s nice that even in a fantasy world the guys wear the traditional romance uniform of a black tshirt and jeans.

* I would like to have sorceress powers to turn people into animals (assuming I could undo it after they’d been appropriately humbled). It would be fun.

* Lehaba meeting Hunt was cute. He was very nice to her. I appreciated the frank and unembarassed discussion about how they are both slaves.

* “The Fae forged it in their home world” ~ Ruhn, regarding the Luna Horn. Ooo, Prythian? Hybern?

* “But the kristallos pinned Micah, ripped open his chest—” She nearly tripped over the curb, and whipped around to gape at him. “That was Micah?” Holy crap.

* “You’ve got a cabal of hot friends, and the moment one of you mates, the others fall like dominoes.” Heh. I appreciate a good meta moment about the romance genre.

* Apparently I have become a sucker for enemies to lovers. Bryce is way less annoying than Feyre, at this point at least.

* “Hunt is nice. And Prince Ruhn is nice. But Danika was never nice to me. Always biting and snarling. Or she ignored me.” I am a Lehabah supporter. I would be her friend. #FreeLehabah

* “She sometimes wondered about it: whose firstlight was powering her phone, or the stereo, or her coffee machine.” Are we going to wind up with a Monsters Inc. type plot??

* “Hunt’s fingers balled into fists. He’d been so wildly in love with Shahad, with the cause—had he been no better than this man?” Ok, introspection about past deeds and comparing yourself to a murderer with noble ideals but terrible methods, who you currently have sympathy for because you know exactly what type of torture he’s getting. This is promising!

* When are they going to look into Danika‘s mom? She does the scheduling, the scheduling was weird, they need to look at her. (This is so if the mom winds up being the main bad guy, or at least bad-guy-adjacent, I’ll look like I’m smart.) [Edited to add: I did kinda suspect the actual bad guy, and appreciated how everyone was kind of hot and cold on them—they were bad, sometimes terrible, but also could be good maybe, at least in comparison? It was a good set up, less obvious than Sabine.]

* “Quinlan silently conveyed to her, ‘I see you.’ And I like all of it. Right back at you, her half smile seemed to say.” Awww.

* 😢 I’m very sad now. There’s still a quarter of the book left, but Danika…

* Oh god. Crucifixtion. That’s a horrific way to go.

* Why does Maas seem to like writing about corpses hung on walls and left to rot? At least twice this has been a decorating feature of hers. 🤢

* “She would’t lose another friend. Especially not Hunt. Never Hunt. No matter what he had done, what and who he’d chosen, even if this was the last she would ever see of him…she wouldn’t let this happen. He could go to Hel afterward, but she would do this. For him.”

* I like that Bryce doesn’t believe him for a second when he tries to make out like she means nothing to him so she’ll stop trying to get him free.

* Maas also likes to populate her worlds with people with weak stomachs. Waaaay too much vomiting. A little here and there? Sure, it’ll show your hero’s depth of emotion. But there is a limit! Or there should be!

* I can totally ship Ruhn/Hypaxia. Or Hypaxia/Tharion.

* It’s always nice of the bad guy to spill way too many secrets before they kill you.

* Lehabah! 💔😢

* I love this tribute to her true father. “Hunt had never seen anyone assemble a gun without looking at it, running toward a target. As if she had done it a thousand times. She had, Hunt remebered. Bryce might have been fathered by the Autumn King, but she was Randall Silago’s daughter. And the legendary sharpshooter had taught her well.”

* How long does it take synth to do the bad stuff? I mean, how much time was Danika souped up and could have gone after him before…you know…

* She vacuums him up. I love it.

* I can see why Nesta and Bryce will get along. “There are children here!” Bryce screamed. “There are babies!”

* You should know that I have been yelling at everyone at the Summit to move since this whole thing started. If an angel had left right away, they’d be there by now, right??

* Fury giving orders to the Asteri as though they would obey her—either she has a enormous balls or her backstory just keeps getting more interesting.

* Ok, I’m crying now. “The onyx stone of the Bone Quarter glowed like a dark star.”

* "That's the point of it, Bryce. Of life. To live, to love, knowing that it might all vanish tomorrow. It makes everything that much more precious."

* I’m appreciating the sentiment and tone enough that I’m not even going to comment on how shocking asystole is useless. “What you waited to admit until I was almost dead, you fucking coward.” His lightening surged into her, sending her body arcing off the ground as he tried to jump-start her heart. He snarled in her ear, “Now come say it to my face.”

* I cannot overstate how much I enjoyed this one. It was gory and devastating, but so gripping and I’ve been on an emotional roller coaster. Why do people spend time ragging on the IC in ACOTAR when they could enjoy all of Nesta’s spiciness with some terrific characters and character growth?

* I am very much looking forward to the next one! I’ve gotten the audio version so I can listen to it again while I wait. Bryce is so much better than Feyre, Hunt is not nearly so smug as Rhysand. They both are very flawed, and those flaws negatively impact them, even as they eventually forgive themselves, each other, and actually grow. I’m sure it’s got critics, but I am so much less interested in ranting than I am in reading more, compared to ACOTAR. I can totally see Bryce and Nesta being friends and I look forward to it.

* But are the going to rescue the wraith from the bottom of the sea? That’s a horrific punishment. There are mer people—could they go down that far?

Bottom line: gonna listen to it on audio now, and bring on Book 2!

[themuseinthewoods]

I love you match ups idea???? Sorry for the anon, I'm just really really shy when it comes to fictional ship things. If you're feeling up to it I think matches would be fun for about anything. um. I'll use the format the last person did if that works. eyes: brown, hair: brown., late 20s, average weight/build but I'm tall for a woman (especially if we're talking any historical media, I'd tower over a lot of guys lol). I'm a little withdrawn but I do love parties/socials/dances, as long as I can be on my own most of the day; I like literature and the arts, I work a desk job but I'm also a professional writer. Most of my outfits are inspired by 18th and 18th century menswear, or pre-raphealite style dresses.

Ok, who did I please? TWO ASKS IN ONE DAY??!!! I'm so freaking excited. Okay, I actually had to break out my fandom list for this one lol.

and it is totally fine that you chose to be anon, that is why I have the option.

buttt since you gave me creative liberty, I gonna match you with three guys from different fandom's!! trade off is their are less headcanons for each guy but feel free to request more if their is something you want me to expand on!

The first fandom I went with is: the Lord of the rings.... My personal favorite.

Ok, i know you said you were tall but there is one very specific person that came to mind for this and that is: Frodo Baggins!

not only would this sweet boy absolutely love to take you to all the hobbit parties, dances and social events you could wish for but he also knows a lot about literature and would love to not only exchange writing's with you but would give you excellent reading recommendations!

I think you and Frodo have a lot in common with the little withdrawn part and now you both have each other to keep company

will teach you Hobbit dances

omg, imagine the double dates with Sam and Rosie!

will build a home for you in the shire so you can be comfortable.

The second fandom is: Enola Holmes and I am matching you with the one and only Sherlock!

okay, so I do believe this takes place in one of those century's so lets say in this situation you're a friend of his mothers and he meets you on a visit

and holy shit

the great Sherlock Holmes fell in love.

not only do you disregard most tradition with your clothes but you are well read and appreciate art he's going to consult you on cases regarding art as a way of flirting and you will not change my mind

he'll bring you with him for all the events he is forced to attend loves how you dress up ngl and it makes him feel better that at least you, his darling will enjoy it when he shall not

might propose when he finds out you write because holy crap are you a rarity

The third and final fandom is Tombstone! And I am picking a controversial one here: Johnny Ringo!

ok, hear me out

Johnny not only proves to be a well read man, he is also a pretty smart one.

And lets be honest his usual crowd can be a little unappreciative of the Arts and of literature......oh, and you like to party?

He'll take you to them if you stay with him the whole time and let him keep you safe, but he is a very good dancer

when he has to leave he'll bring you books, writing supplies, new clothes that he "found"

this man is perfectly happy to sit by you or in the same room with you and do nothing but watch you work, you wouldn't know he was there except every time you look up, there's that love struck expression.

ok. again. TYSM for the request anon! you made my day, I really hope you like them <3

P.S. I am always up for requests, they make my day!

[critical-quoter]

Last Week's Reviews

Saving Paige - T. O. Smith ⭐️ 🫄🏼 This was confusing and not great. These people are in college. They are 18 years old. So why are they talking and acting like they're in their 30s? Dylan especially. I hate to break it to anyone, but a 15 year old is not "raising his daughter on his own." And I'm sorry, but the insta-love and wanting to be the father to Paige's unborn baby? An 18 year old wanting to do that? I just cannot.

The banter between the characters was childish. I feel like it was trying to be funny and missed the mark completely. And some of the stuff said when the characters fought, was just red flags all over the place. Let's not even mention the anger issues that Dylan both acknowledges and claims to only need his fists to deal with them. insert eye roll here

I like rede flags in my fictional characters but between the rage and the insta-love/love bombing that Dylan is doing, it's hard not to think about real life narcissistic men.

Corrupt - Penelope Douglas ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎭 Excuse me, not an ounce of groveling. In fact, the other guys apologized more than Michael did.

The writing was good. The smut smutted. Michael is trash and Rika deserved better.

Monster's Temptation - C.R. Jane & Mila Young ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👹 This was less monster romance and more monster erotica. It's not bad, but if you're looking for romance and love and some plot, this is not the book for you.

It is what it is. But I'm not sure I'll continue because frankly, it didn't seem like most of the MMCs even really liked Blake beyond her being a sex toy. It got 3 stars. The writing isn't abysmal. I like these authors in general. I just wanted some actual feelings beyond lust. Does that make sense?

The One I Didn't See Coming - Piper Rayne ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🧘🏼‍♀️ This was a sweet one for sure. Some of the side characters' behavior didn't make the most sense to me in regards to how they treated the mains: Briar and Emmett. I wouldn't say it seemed out of character, just that there really wasn't a reason beyond being an obstacle to the couple.

The writing is well done and the story progressed well with all plot points to do with Briar and Emmett neatly wrapped up in the end. No part of this book seemed to drag for me and I appreciate that at a little until 300 pages, it wasn't an insta-love situation either. The relationship moved at a decent pace and it was so good. I really like Briar and Emmett. No notes, no complaints on these main characters.

In the Details - Julia Wolf ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🏍️ So I really appreciated Clara getting the story she deserved after getting absolutely crapped on in Sincerely, Your Inconvenient Wife but honestly, her relationship with Jake was great up until they actually started having a relationship. 

This was so full of mediocre to bad communication, trust issues without talking about it, and hypocritical expectations. The fact that Jake basically inserted himself into the relationship with Clara and her 3 year old daughter, but would not make room for Clara in his relationship with his 13 year old was just major ick. So he's had a bad dating experience in the past but he didn't even talk to his teenage daughter about Clara. He just kept his dating as a dirty secret basically. And let's not gloss over the fact that CLARA AND SAGE HAD ALREADY MET AND VIBED WELL TOGETHER.

I don't know. 3 stars because I like Julia Wolf's writing style. I took 2 stars away because I thought Jake was a douche-canoe.

Pucking Sweet - Emily Rath ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🏒 I think this may be my favorite in the series so far. Because holy crap, all these characters are perfect. Poppy is such a badass, truly. Just Southern sweetheart who's willing and able to bust balls, as long as it's not her family's. And then you have the our men. Lukas being the emotionally stunted prankster and Colton the perfect little simp.

The throuple's entire relationship was just so good. They had chemistry but not only that, they had believability. Lukas and Poppy made sense. Poppy and Colton made sense. Frankly, Lukas and Colton made the most sense. They were all just so good together.

Rath's writing is so good. You know there's gonna be banter, and fighting, and stress, but you just bask in it. The story isn't unpredictable by no means, but you just not-so-calmly wait for the shoe to drop. I mean, I teared up! I cackled out loud! I held my breath through frantic parts of it. This is one of my favorite reads for 2024 by a long shot.

Collide - Bal Khabra ⭐️⭐️ ⛸️ This was... pretty bad. Frankly, the book was 200 pages too long. The plot could have been wrapped up very nicely with 200 less pages of filler. It was in desperate need of editing in this case alone.

And Summer? My goodness, I have not come across a female main character that I disliked more. I see some of the comparisons to Iebreaker, and yeah, the stories are a lot alike. But where Icebreaker's Anastasia was driven and focused on her goals, Summer just came across as an emotionally stunted commitment-phobe that claimed she hated hockey because of the "neglect" her dad gave her but proceeded to do the same stuff to Aiden anyway. (That was a terribly written sentence but I'm not an author so sue me.)

Aiden was okay as a male main character. But he was also so bland. Like ugh. If I despised Summer, I felt utterly ambivalent towards Aiden. These characters had no real chemistry and honestly, I would place money that if they were real people, they would have been broken up/divorced loooooong before the epilogue. 

2 stars was generous. I wanted to DNF this at around 30% because of how long it was to be honest.

The Predator - RuNyx ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🩸 The Predator is an unfortunate name but a great book. It just had chef's kiss old school fan fiction vibes and I was 100% here for it.

Morana proved that being a genius does not make you immune from doing the most dumb and reckless shit ever. Her reckless abandon for her own safety at times made her come across as badass but also, just frighteningly blasé about her survival. And mad does this really define a slow burn enemies to lovers. Morana and Tristan want and actively (on Morana's part) attempt each other's murder.

Tristan was… hot perfection. I would let him hold me at knife/gun point. No notes. No complaints. I just really love an emotionally stunted, hateful mafia man. It's like my jam. I'm excited for the sequel. The ending here was just glorious.

The Reaper - Runyx ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💀 I really was not expecting to enjoy this series as much as I am. Now, I'm honestly just upset that I put it on the back burner for so long. Morana and Tristan are just so good. And while I kind of predicted the plot twist, it was handled really well and I really liked it. Everything about this is what I want in a mafia romance. I'm not even upset that it's a serial plot line series. You get to see the progression of all the characters as the plot moves forward. And honestly, it's pretty great.

Unloved - Peyton Corinne ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 📚 ARC review separate

The Wrong Quarterback - C. R. Jane ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🏈 I am like the biggest fan of The Pucking Wrong series and I was so ready for Parker Davis's book because who wouldn't want Parkie-Poo's unhinged love story?

And don't get me wrong. I absolutely loved this. My only minor issues were that the characters were just too young and Parker wasn't unhinged enough. It just didn't feel like he did enough fucked up stuff. The Pucking Wrong series was just feral and compared to that, The Wrong Quarterback just kind of seemed tame. Not bad at all, just not what I was wanted.

That all being said. I really liked both Parker and Casey. They were pretty great characters and they fit great in the universe of dark sports romances that prior to this year, I didn't know I needed but now I definitely do. I'm also really excited for Jace's book coming next.

[the-firebird69]

ELYSIUM | Max vs. Kruger, Final Battle Scene | Matt Damon Sci-fi Movie

I feel a little odd most of the time and they **** me back together as best they could I appreciate it and I've done some really stupid things I can see why Tommy F was having me do that no desert thing and he is real **** it does make sense and he shot at our friend 3 times my own father shot me it's about this AI stuff and see him in this movie I think he's a guy chavez who is with Timmy D and is doing it because our friend here is mentioning it and point he is torturing himself and we mean Trump of course what a filthy ****. Holy crap so the question is are the up on Jupiter or Saturn and is it the clams the clans and can they do it and he says Dave and Carol could do it well juice or their children the rest of them probably not even in giant form it would not take too long for them to succumb to the effects of gravity. There are others who would be able to withstand it for a while there's a certain hulk and they say it's all the Hulk but your brain will not do the same thing theirs does and it will not sustain your life but the hoax could do it on Saturn we do believe so and many other mutants who are large but not for too long it's really the Hulk and my husband and myself would stand the gravity of Saturn when it full size and Jupiter when the full size on the surface indefinitely. but no human being will. They're looking for data on studies that they did because if you juice up and soup yourself up a certain amount incorrectly you might be able to withstand it enough to go to the planet and into the core to escape the intense gravity of the surface otherwise you have to freeze yourself and thaw once you get inside.

Hera Zues

It is all accurate yes and even the part where Dave would have trouble on Saturn unless he doped properly and he would last about an hour he doesn't need that long and he wouldn't have in the past and he knew how to do it and he could pass through the gravity field and into lower gravity and it would be quick enough it take about 5 minutes and he'd have 55 minutes to spare and he'd be about 10,000 miles in and about 20,000 miles he'd feel better and when he's at a radius of the planet of about 300,000 miles so that would total 600,000 he'd be fine and his full size and height and if in shape so really he'd wanna go 100,000 miles further in to survive comfortably humans would have to go in almost to the core the radius would be about 70,000 miles and it'd be deep inside the planet so they said robots and that's what they're doing in the movie they're trying to get the data and they're trying to locate it and see if they'd had succeeded while they're doing it they're saying they did and they're building robots and a lot of people fall for it even though it's a cheesy trick and Timmy Doyle has to figure it out and for some reason he has to know it's because David Audent was his friend and lied to him quite often about everything and Dave Stager would if he weren't such a fool.

Thor Freya

i said hte last sentance

Hera

Olympus

[abbysreverie]

The Classic (2003)

The movie title actually speaks for itself. It is indeed a ✨Classic✨.

The first time I saw this film was really reaaaaally a long time ago, I think I was only 12 when I first saw this, and it was aired on our local news channel (yes that used to be a thing here), and hear me out, it was also dubbed in Filipino language. Actually I don’t really have a problem with the dubbing of international films into Filipino back then, i repeat only “back then”. Cause they still do that here but not so often anymore as before because dubbing actors these days are just so cringey.

Comparing the first time I saw this versus today, I will say that I appreciate it better now. Watching this when I was still a kid only understood and enjoyed the funny scenes—especially this hospital scene with the clip right here so you can follow (you’re welcome)

12 years have already passed but this scene still cracks me up so hard.

Now that I understand the context of it, the story and its meaning, I was able to pick a lot of beautiful messages and lessons from this film. Joon-ha and Tae-su’s friendship is one of the most beautiful things in this film. Apparently, they were both in love with the same girl (Ji-hae), I think Joon-ha met her first during his summer break in the countryside, and when school was back, his best friend Tae-su welcomed him with a news that he’s been arranged for a marriage with—you guessed it right—Ji-hae… unlike most of the people being forced to a fixed marriage, Tae-su was actually happy about it and he expressed how he really likes Ji-hae. But once both of the dudes figured out themselves that they’re both inlove with Ji-hae, Tae-su—without a second thought—lets go of Ji-hae, poor guy already knew that Ji-hae’s inlove with another guy and that’s his best friend. Both dudes remained in good terms despite that romance conflict, that’s just how good friends they are to each other. Sure it was a relief for Joon-ha, but it’s exactly the opposite for Tae-su.

Since it was only a fixed marriage, the people responsible for this are of course the parents. And that’s when things get shitty for Tae-su. His father kept saying hurtful and degrading words to him and even physically hurting him. Suicidal thoughts start triggering Tae-su which eventually led to a suicide attempt. For real my throat starts to hurt because I was trying so hard to hold my tears. Somehow you knew this would happen given Tae-su’s situation, but not in that unexpected time and place, which is why I really got caught off guard and almost teared up (especially when Joon-ha found him hanging).

After Tae-su’s suicide attempt, Joon-ha realized how being with Ji-hae would ruin his best friend’s life, or worse, lose it. This time it was Joon-ha who lets go of Ji-hae. He joined the military and not so long, was already assigned to a mission in Vietnam. Tae-su and Ji-hae’s marriage was then carried on and they even had a daughter.

Holy crap, I think I just wrote a whole ass synopsis there! I apologize for spoiling and not giving a warning hehe

Both Tae-su and Joon-ha understood and considered each other’s situation, without any hard feelings and even giving support to each other. Which is why I said their friendship is one of the most beautiful things in this film.

Next is the movie’s concept of fate/destiny, Joon-ha and Ji-hae may have not ended up with each other, it’s their son and daughter (respectively) who continued their story and are basically being awarded with destiny instead. When that scene showed up I legit screamed “OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH”. “What a cute revelation”, I said to myself. It was like Life Itself, the Asian version. But since The Classic was aired first, I guess I should say that Life Itself is the American version of The Classic. Lol what I’m trying to say is they have the same concept and message, they just have their own different twists.

Last but not the least, ladies and gents, is the notorious “Cinematography”. 👏👏👏👏

You can never go wrong with the cinematography of Asian films. After seeing Wong Kar-Wai’s films, I have decided that the classic late 90’s to early 20th century Asian films’ cinematography is my favorite cinematography of all time. The Classic’s cinematography is one of them, the setting is so laid back and just simply feels nostalgic. Sure, modern films still do these kind of nostalgic vibe especially if it’s a coming-of-age film, but they’re basically only a visualization of the past and you can’t really help but compare it to the real classic times.

Final Verdict: 8/10