#I AM SO GLAD THIS IS GOING AROUND AHAHAHA

[sofs16]

clearly

pair lando norris x singer!reader

note if you guys want to decorate my tree with a little note, I’d appreciate it:,)

tree!

++ dont be a silent reader pls hehe

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ln4updates Lando goes live on twitch again and mentions his longtime crush, yn. (she’s a** — i got the subtitles wrong)

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ynslover F1 and yn?!? 😭😭😭

norrizznutsz THE BUTTON UP O HTMGOFD

user73 if i was yn, i’d be dead. lando.jpg yn

⤷ ln4updates mans has no shame 😭

landonorris

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landonoriss that’s a wrapppppp 😁

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user33 the thirst trap right before the yn tagged slide 😭😭😭

yn congrats, lando 🧡🤍

⤷ landonorris thankyou so much! your music was my wakeup music

[ COMMENT DELETED ! ] ⤷ landonorris thank you so much, yn! your music was always blasting at the mclaren garage 🫡

⤷ yn awwww thank you AHAHAHA hope to meet you some time! ⤷ landonorris See you at your UK show :)

⤷ yn omg what!!!! see you soon!!!

⤷ carlossainz55 DMS exist

[(carlossainz55) landonorris: DELETE THAT CARLOS STOP SHUTUTP STOP]

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⤷ yn AHAHAH, come in them then 😝

(LANDONORRIS) yn just followed you back!

[ (landonorris) carlossainz55: You’re welcome]

yn

uk, manchester

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yn cop or drop???

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landonorris cop 👮‍♀️

⤷ yn thought dms existed?? :)

⤷ user4 oh ITS HAPPENING. user44 lando thinks he’s real slick with commenting ‘cop’ 4 seconds after this was posted 😭

ynspeed yn’s response to lando’s thirst trap:

⤷ yn landonorris isn’t the only one who can do that

⤷ user2 i bet lando is dying rn

yn

manchester, uk

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yn and that’s the end of the silence between songs tour 😵‍💫😵‍💫manchester, you are something else 🧡 i’m glad it was you closing this magical tour! thank you, thank you, thank you!

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user3 the orange heart???? something is a little 🐟hy around here…

⤷ user4 I CANT WITH THE FISH EMOJI😭

ln4updddts WHERE’S OUR YNLANDO CONTENT!!

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lando.jpg I woke up happy, watched the sun rise. I wonder why

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yn the I Wonder caption 🥹🥹🥹

⤷ lando.jpg Too good of an opportunity to not use it

yn i adore you

⤷ lando.jpg i adore YOU! ⤷ lnrizzyn theyre actually my parents. ⤷ ynsloverr lnrizzyn THE LAST SLIDE!!!!!

user39 THE FLOWERS!!! YNS FAV ARE TULIPS 🥹

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ynsource yn coming out backstage with her favorite tulips in hand! rumored to be given by landonorris

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user484 HELLO???

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ynsource yn goes live on twitch again and mentions lando norris! view all 382 comments

uppyn landonorris are you okay? user37 YNLANDO NATION RISE!!!

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landoyn4 LANDO NORRIS WHEN I CATCH YOU. HER WAITING FOR THE DM😭😭😭😭😭 HER SEEING OUT POSTS 😭😭😭

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lllmclerc Lando liking the posts 😭

(99+) INSTAGRAM MESSAGES 𐙚˙✧˖°

— december 9, 2023

Lando Norris

i am sooooo sorry for not messaging sooner. i pussied out and thought you were joking about it:( please forgive me please

yn 🫧🤍

hi landooo! don’t worry about it:) sorry if i outed you online, i kind of pussied out as well to message you 😭 you just seemed interested so i didn’t know what to think after you came to the uk show last week with those flowers and you ghosted me

Lando Norris

No i feel even worse now. I really did want to hang out or go out with you (whichever you prefer) but, again, i pussied out… think we could have a redo?

and about the online thing, it’s totally alright, nothing they didn’t already know anyways 🤗

yn 🫧🤍

it’s alright and i would love to go out with you :)) what’s important is we were able to talk in our most random way possible 👍🏻

Lando Norris

do you mind if i get your number?

yn 🫧🤍

not at all! it’s xx-xxx- xxx

yn

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yn sorry i haven’t been active :) i’ve been happier than ever

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landonorris nice heart

⤷ yn thanks! ynlando 😵‍💫👀

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landonorris snow days ☃️

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yn hey, nice heart! ⤷ landonorris your snow heart is better ☹️

ynlannn …

ynlannn HELLO?????? LANDO CAMCORDER -> POST OF YN FROM A CAMCORDER. THE HEART SNOW -> YN WITH HEART SNOW. THE COMMENTS. THE BOYFRIEND EFFECT IN THE 4TH PIC. SO MUCH TO UNFOLD AFTER 3 WEEKS OF SILENCE.

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ynsource photos taken of yn by the paps this week! view all 1,982 comments

lnyln we’re all thinking the same thing, aren’t we..

⤷ynsource ynlando real and they’re on a ski trip🥹

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landonorris and yn Lando is the photographer in the relationship, clearly. - yn 🧡

y/n/n is clearly the better looking one in the relationship, clearly - lando 🤍

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yn hey! that last part isnt true ☹️

⤷ landonorris yes it is

⤷ yn thats a lie

⤷ landonorris you’re like the most beautiful person in this universe. what are you on

⤷ carlossainz55 Not even three months and disgusting in the comments already 😝

⤷ landonorris shhh dad

user4 THEYRS SOOOO🥹😝

ynslove i bet that first clip is yn for her 2nd leg of the tour 😵‍💫😵‍💫

user73 y/n/n?? she said she doesn’t like being called that except for her future partner UGHHHHDHAJAALALA

mclaren 🧡🧡🧡

#SOF : anotha lando fic!! bump on the tree 🤗

happy holidays! 🤍🤍

[j4ysfreckles]

you just did a jake one but i just think that puppy jake. and he gets left at home by himself all day and gets sad and pouty but y/n comes home to give him some much needed attention 🫶😁 in more ways than one ahahaha

i 🩷 puppy jake🫶

warnings: hybrid jake, breeding

he would be so so pouty and whiny omg and would make you feel so bad for leaving him home alone while you were at work.

say you left at 9 am. all day long you would receive calls and texts from jake asking, "when are you coming home?" and "i miss you," "it's so quiet here." he definitely knows your work schedule, but he just wanted your attention.

eventually, though, after a little while he stops contacting you. you understand why when you get home around 6pm and find him curled up on your side of the bed, nose stuck in a sweater of yours. his soft ears perked up in your direction when you crossed through the threshold.

his ears gave him away. he was awake. he was definitely trying to pretend to be asleep but you knew jake. it became even more obvious when his tail started wagging. he was still pretending to be sleeping though, which was funny.

"puppy, i'm home," you said. his ears twitched toward you but he didn't respond.

"jake i know you're awake. your body is kind of betraying you right now," you pointed out as you gestured toward his still wagging tail.

he finally turned over in defeat, but didn't make eye contact with you.

"you were gone for so long," he pouted.

"i'm sorry baby but you know i have to work," you replied. he just nodded as you sat down next to him on the bed.

his tail was lightly hitting your knee. he was still glad to see you even if he was a little bit sad.

"is there anything i can do to make it up to you?" you asked him while placing a hand on his head to pet between his ears. he shrugged, still attempting to act a bit cold towards you. you knew what would make him feel better, and if he wasn't going to request it then you would.

"how about i let you breed me, jakey?" you suggested in an innocent tone.

when your words fell on his ears he scrambled to sit up with a huge smile on his face. "really?" he asked, tail wagging much more aggressively now. it made you giggle a little bit. he's cute.

"yeah, i want you to fill me with your puppies. but only if you want to..." you teased.

"yes! yes i want to!"

you didn't let him breed you very often so when you did it was a real treat for him.

he stuffed you full of his cum for hours that night. after that, he wasn't sad anymore.

LOL okay so i might have to write an extended version of this with the actual smut written out, i just wasn't prepared to do it right now. so lmk if you want the full thing!! but puppy jake is so insanely needy and sweet i can't help but give him everything he wants :(

[fisheito]

wanted to get my thots about mirage of scales in one place so let's go thru this thang again and see if i can ,like, feel things

(gonna list my highlights of each story section so yes, it's gonna be. long.

FIRST OF ALL, WHAT A POWERPLAY TO SHOW US THE SCALE RELIC AS EACH PART OF THE EVENT PROGRESSES ooooh i was getting so excited when the relic was clearing up but they HURT ME IN THE SECOND HALF

WHY IS IT TURNING BLUE. NO. NO DO NOT DO THIS . DO NOT !I SWEAR TO DDOG MAKE IT GO BACK *bacskspacebackspacebackspace*

then Scales-13 is sitting there all glittery and sooo pretty upon a plush purple cushion like wooow isn't that nice?? look! we made the scale so shiny and vibrant and it's got lively streams of beautiful wisps-- NO SHUT UP DON'T HSOW ME THAT 😭i'M GONNA THROW THAT THING BACK INTO THE SEA (now i'm wondering why they made the final cushion purple. i mean, yes, purple simply does not miss, and it is the most regal of hues, but also. puplelkl? kuya? he's propping up umi in his last act? hm. hmm.)()

Let's get tooo ittt

SCALES - 1

Eiden, yaku, and oli looking for recipes together = me kicking my legs and giggling, looking adoringly, eyes sparkling, soaking in the warm softness and comfort of it all, rolling around in my eternal fascination for finding new things to eat

kuya: lol u thought *(kicks down the fluff with his chunky heels* yakumo: {={pP=P=PPEOPLE EAT YOKAI MEEEAT????!??!?!! kuya: :) oli: dont be scare lil buddy it's just an outdated rumour 💦 kuya: bet u they used to eat them with forks made out of their victims' spines yakumo: {{{{SHAKING}}}}}}

I SWEAR THE MOMENT I SAW THEM INVITE OLIVINE

I KNEW LOGICALLY THAT THEY WEREN"T GONNA HAVE OLI IN THE EVENT BUT IDK MY DISBELIEF WAS SO SUSPENDED AND MY DREAMS WERE SO LOFTY THAT MY HOPE SOMEHOW SKYROCKETED AND I GOT SO EXCITED FOR OLI TO SAY YES

CURSE YOU UNSPECIFIED TEMPLE THINGS!!!! TKAING MY JOY AWAY!!!!

nvm my joy returns thanks to the hilarity of oli's referral i like to think that these two developed a mutual understanding during elysium so oli , with a respecvt for kuya, offers him up as a worthwhile companion..? alternative.lyy, oli trolling like, i don't want kuya stirring up trouble without eiden around (because the universe knows how much of a sulk he'll go thru without his fave plaything around) and the old man is just fidgeting in the corner looking so bored and jUST waITING for someone to invite him on a little trip so why don't i take initiative here ✨✨ invite him for you ✨✨✨

maybe one day i'll get a yakuyoli event11..... one... one day.......... *deflates(*

SCALES - 2

surprised that peepaw endured an entire boat journey without setting the thing on fire. my headcanon that he gets seasick or whatever is shot down. alas. he CAN stand on a boat and not vomit all over the poopdeck. my jokes are in shambles. fine. maybe he got better after all his boat trips with huey. you win this time, foxyboy......

once again, my stupid little optimism was sOOOOOO glad to have the village chief interrupt the villagers hostility to be like "heeeyyy it's ok.... we're not used to strangers but we should let these guys help with the ceremony" i went, oh!!! maybe the elder is indeed wiser than the masses!! and he'll help talk sense into these xenophobic ppl!! ahahaha. oh, me. naive as the snake....... anywa.y.

eiden, i love you for being such an excellent mediator. you speak for the shy but easily shutdown-able yaku and the "first resort: burn it down" lavender diva. thank you for existing, and being here, and knowing words. lov e u. mwah.

SCALES - 3 i ahte these villagers but i love their fabricular gifts unto us (the event outfits) amen. thanks. brb getting yakumo that light rainproof jacket that he will surely need because he's cold all the time probably .

i am now of the belief that not ALL the vilalgers were pure megadouches. some of them had the foresight to offer *just the right* fits for the three of them. Or maybe they just grabbed 3 vaguely-similar-sized outfits and threw them at eiden, who then got to choose which one kuya/yakumo wore ..... what if it ended up switched and kuya got the fish bikini abnd yakumo got the fluttery deity gear? ...gonna think about that for a while.

SCALES - 4 once again, i was delusional when i thought that kuya was the one to jump into the water to save the kid. inhuman speed? yeah sure kuya can do that! saving a child? uhh,, maybe kuya would do that... if there were no witnesses? saving a human child? uhhhhhhhhhhh ok maybe not kuya why did i even think it would be kuya. he's got his fancy threads on (that eiden might have handpicked) . no way is he getting those wet

it's cvuzz i didn't expect THEIIS THIS!!!!!!

BRO WHAT YALL NEVE R MAKE NPCs LIKE THIS by which i mean this guy is protagonist coded and yall have only been making neutral-to-evil NPCs with a few exceptions lik.e. water consul. l(whispers: love u) so now you're presenting me with NPC, who has a FACE, and FEATURES, and just SAVED A RANDOM CHILD, AND HE'S BEAUTIFUL? ofdmgidrefgsjidokrdglsjrdhgsoliioldjeiuirhedkjsda let me stare at him please can i add you to my collection i promise i'll give u only the qualityest of feed. what do u want. bloodworms? live snails? fresh crab? I'll fight those crabs for you. i'll pick their finicky flesh from their carapace. whatever you want i'll get it for you

i'll never tire of this, btw. eiden, who is just a guy, trying his best to be approachable and nonintimidating with gorgeous dudes decorating him like a wreath. it's fine. everything's normal. no need to be alarmed, hydrodynamic stranger

and for the second time this event, yakumo's yokai sense tingles and kuya offers a (patronising?) "GOOD FOR YOOOOUUUUU guess you're not completely human-washed after all"

SCALES - 5 girl, what?

for a solid minute i thopught we got ourselves into another cult situation like, lining yakumo and eiden up for human sacfirice or smth. toss em into an active volcano style i just thought PLEASE SIR NOT THIS AGAIN WE CANNOT LET YAKUMO BECOME A CULT MAGNET HE'S GOT ENOUGH TRAUMA FROM THAT

....then they end up just putting their hands on the fish scale to make a wish and i feel a bit of relief that this isn't going into maiden sacrifice territory

THE SCREAM I SMERCEAMT

IT"S HAPEPPPNIGNINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGG THE SCALES ARE OUTTTTTTT NO WAY YOU GONNA PUT KUYA AND YAKUMO IN AN EVENT TOGETHER AND NOT TOUCH ON THEIR ANIMAL SIDES I WOULD RIOT YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO KAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THEY BETTER ALSO TOUCH ON THIS IN THE INTIMACY ROOMS YOU CAN'T JUST CREATE A SPRITE FOR THAT AND NOT USE IT OUTSIDE THE STORY I'M ONTO YALL YOU'RE GONNA COME THROUGH I JUST KNOW IT YESSAAAHSHSHSHHHH o wait yakumo's in pain and the villageres are about to berserk ok focus stop projecting into the whateer we gotta FOCUS ahahahaha look at em scramble around all scared of scaly yakumo

no. go back to being panic. no brazen. do not eene cen THINK o fit

[[they surround yakuei]] NOT THIS AHGTIJT AGAIN oh thank heavens ok at least the village chief is semi reasonable . not immediate bloodshed. we're fine. probably.

SCALES - 6 eiden: yakumo!! how are you feeling!! that relic really messed you up, huh? yakumo: getting away from it helped. my skin's back to normal me: 😒tsk.

and of course kuya is not going to be a convenient plot device and HELP YOU out of a situation. no. he's gonna lounge in a tree somewhere and watch umi be a Very Good Lad and sneak you out of house arrest. dreamy sigh. thank you magic jailbreaker umi!!!!!!

and all it took was umi acknowledging yakumo's existence for me to hop back on the yakubicycle ring the bell dingding!!! all aboard!!!! UMI GET ON !!WE GOT A BOY TO GRIND INTO DUST *slaps a helmet on him* *makes my YakUmi dolls touch tails*

and of course

kuya switching between "ok little one i'm about to give you the schooling of a lifetime because CLEARLY you don't understand how this savage world works" and "oohhhh how could i, a humble little fox of generic stature and lineage, possibly measure up to the greatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgreatgrandchild of the Biggest Snake Ever? oh nooooo. i'm but a widdle boy. don't look to me for answers :3" sassy little......

SCALES - 7 yakumo: what,, what if we all just hugged and held hands with the humans??? umi: 😔 kuya: lol nah get a load of this *turns on the projector so that horrifying visions of the past play on the walls* eiden, yakumo, umi: 😨😨😨 MY FISH FRIENDS! NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -> had to lie down for several moments after this section. dude.... the massacre... the one-sidedness... th savagery o f those indigenous to the island... euuuuuuuggrrrhhhhhhhhhhrhrhhrgghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh *holds a tiny umi in my palm* WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DO... WHEN YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCE IS AT ODDS WITH HISTORY... WHEN YOU LIVED FOR SO LONG PROTECTING THE DESCENDANTS OF PEOPLE WHO DID THIS TO UR ANCESTORS... WHO MAY NOT HAVE COMMITTED THE CRIMES THEMSELVES BUT THEY DON'T ... do they try to atone for it? did they learn from it? does it matter?? jdoSJDAUDAWKDJAWWLAWWOPAEWAEPORL:FKS

oh frick story is happening wait recalibrating

villagers: THEY'VE COME FOR OUR BLOOD yakumo: (visibly shaking) i don't hate humans!! i... i've never wanted to hurt humans! please, we may be different, but-- kuya: (smiling while the storm rages around him)

me: steadily inching toward kuya in terms of "i agree with this one i'm kinda excited to see yall suffer"

>!>!>!>>!??!?!?!?!??! YAKUMO??? WHAT R YOU DOING??? DID YOU JUST MAKE A GIANT SHIELD?!?!?!?!?!?!? BABY BOY WHAT IS WITH YOU AND THE SHIELD.S. YOU ARE SUCH A SHIELDER. DIDN'T YOU DO THIS RECENTLY IN THE STORY WITH BERSERKER OLI? OHHHhh, i'm so proud of you you couldn't have done this 2 years ago!! you've come so far in terms of essence control and you're always using it to protect people you're doing so good and i-- CLIFF HANGER??!??!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!??!?!??!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!

a moment to breathe, if you (i) please. a moment to consider: what does yakumo's shield technique look like? hm/ / . more on that later.

SCALES - 8

WAHT IOSWRONG WITH YOU!!! DUMBASSES!!!!!! no, not dumahzsss. estupido. gonk. IDIOTA

YEAH!FILL THEIR LUNGS WITH SOUR GUMMIES, EIDEN

WHAT IS WRORNG WITH YOOOOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

THESE ppl are so incredibly stupid that i cannot even fathom............ this boy is saving yalls asses with a giant shield (tbh, if he can make such a giant shield he could have chosen to make a smaller bubble shield or smth that only saved eiden/kuya/umi . but he consciously chose to protect ALL of u)

YAKUMO MAY HAVE MERCY ON YOU BUT I WON'T *clambers over the giant wave with my supersoaker full of piss and who-knows-what-else-concoction*

SCALES - 9 imaginging umi sneaking into the lighthouse at night to feed the fish scale his lil blood drips like a pet a pet thats keeping all these ungrateful humans alive

umi: um. why is it doing that. *points to village chief kneeling befor ehim* kuya: what did i mcfkin tell you. humans suck eiden: hella yakumo: my worl d is crashing down was mmy life a lie can humans and yokai really coexist with each other ? yes of course they have to be able to there's no way that humans are evil and to doom them would be too cruel-, adn yet how will the complicated history between umi's ancestors and- umi: i'm not sure how i can help kuya: i mean it's totally your choice. what does it matter to me ? you can do wahetevr you want and ultimately, it's not like any of our opinions matter because nature will reclaim us as it so forcefully reclaims all. why fuss over such trivial decisions when we are but pawns of fate. but yeah. killing them sounds pretty peachy right now ngl

SCALES - 10

you are too nice umi the paths that require the least amount of effort from you will let the villagers wipe themselves out

the fact that kuya is willing to drop the origins of the relic and how to potentially make a new one?? i guess he's not being such a hermit crab about info... so he's being generous in his own way by sharing knowledge... and umi can make an informed decision.

i gotta say that i was mini-spoiled on this part of the story, compeltely by accident on someone else's part... there were multiple tumblr ppl posting about their reactions to the story and going "IF UMI DIES I'M GONNA BE SO ANGRY" and i, living in a lala ideal world of my own, had never even CONSIDERED that a possibility but once i read other's fears about that potential future i was like NOOOOOOOOO AND NOW THEY'RE GIVING UMI AN OPTION *LIKE THIS* OH NO OH NO OH NO THEY'RE REALLY GONNA DO IT THEY'R EACTUALLY GONNA KILL A NICE NPC WHY WOULD YOU BLESS ME WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL FISH AND TAKE HIM AWAY FOR SOMETHING AS STUPID AS A PROMISE OR WHATEVER

SCALES - 11 cheering, whooping, hollering as kuya sets the village chief on fire

umi: i;'ll protect these humans with my own blood because i loved one centuries ago yakumo: humans have been kind to me so i'll protect them from a tsunami even when they're threatening my life kuya: idiots. babies. sentimental little fetus yokai. let me bring some consequences back to ur actions mr greedy wretch of a human *starts turning SUPERPURPLE*

hOL Y SHIgha kuya let him go? i was prepared to see some new bbq on umi's floor.. surprising........................... not as vengeful as i thought, kuya.... or rather i guess your senpai senses are tingling and you're ultimately leaving this business up to umi cuz, really, this IS umi's business and not kuya's 😞

SCALES - 12

sigh... yeah... you're right, eiden.... i need you to inject some Good Sense back into my violent tendencies... biggersigh... i would have loved to doom those villagers to sopping wet destruction but... right, right umi's lived for a long time... and eiden's crew have only known him for this TINY window on that timeline... we dont know him.. we dont know his life ☹ we AREN'T in a position to interfere with his decision...

*slams fist on the desk again* GOAWDH, UMI, WHAT WAS SO HECKIN SMPECIAL ABOUT THAT DUDE YOU KNEW THAT YOU'D GO THIS FAR FOR HIM??? UGH THIS POOR LONELY GAY FISH I'M so anGYYYYYYYY 😫😭😭😭😭😭😭 *watching umi fade into the white screen* this is stupid my chest hurts 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

SCALES - 13

SCREAMS BEAUTIFUL FSIIH *POINTS*!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLUE GREEN SCALES!!!!!!!!!!! UMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII YOU'R EFISH AGAIN??? REINCARNATED? RESET? CYCLE ANEW? kuyaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i hope you used your bonkers godmode gamebreaker powers to somehow scrape the barrel of umi DNA and remake him or like; f;just;;; idk reset the clock on him even tho you don't approve of his decision

GAAAAHHHHHHHH this event!!! suffering!!!!!! suffering ana dammdbiguity!!!!!!! no giggles!!!! only existential crises and racism and reminding us of the different lifespans of humans vs yokai and now i bet all the frreaifsjsekles long-lived boys on my screen right now (yakumo and kuya) are gonna have to make some decisisons about how to deal with their incoming grief about EiDen leaving this plane of existence well before theyre ready tio part a and nOOOO i'm not gonna think about that umi is ok and fish again and he's gonna outlive all the predators and be so super cool and resplendently scaled and shiny the whole time that he gains enough magic power to become a yokai again and then he'll live a happy life with people who don't suck and and and eiden's gonna live forever witht eh power of gay neon gemstone and the elemental spirits kissing him gently on thecheek and nobody will have to sob fat tears over their beloveds ever ok goodbye

[freyafrida]

🌟 WIP titles game: #2 rillacarl, if you don’t mind! 🌟

(I am sooo intrigued that this jumped right over the Shirley story that I spotted on the list, too!)

hi! :))) lmao secretly very glad you asked abt this one bc it's actually almost ready to post and i am BURSTING to talk about it ahahaha

Rilla felt Carl's going keenly. They had always been cronies and playmates…Rilla had never been afraid of his beetles and bugs, though she drew a hard and fast line at snakes. They used to talk together of almost everything and were teased about each other at school…

freyafrida, reading this passage in rilla of ingleside: "well this seems like a more interesting dynamic than rilla and ken's relationship, how about i start shipping them?"

(does RoI also say that she and carl promised not to marry because the idea grossed them out so much? yes. has that ever stopped me? no. also "childhood best friends who promise never to fall in love" is a great romantic comedy set up, SO.)

so yes: this is a rilla/carl friends-to-lovers fic, with a side of fake dating. it's been rattling around in my brain forever and i finally committed to it :D

i mainly like, i think, that rilla's friendship with carl shows a side of her that's totally at odds with how she's first introduced to us in RoI and even in Rainbow Valley: even though she's vain and spoiled, she also isn't afraid of carl's bugs and used to run around rainbow valley with him (which, if they're chasing bugs and rats, probably wasn't a very clean or dainty activity).

there also isn't much indication that she's close with any of her siblings, pre-war -- jem is far older than she is; her relationship with walter is more hero-worship when she's young; there's actually like zero interaction between her and nan/di; and of course asking for canon shirley content is LOL. (although she and shirley SHOULD be closer given that they are so close in age and would've been the only siblings still at home after nan and di went to queen's…….but i digress.) but it turns out carl was her confidant, and that just like…got in my head and made me want more of a friendship or relationship between them. so now u know about my rilla/carl shipping. these are my confessions 🎶

snippet! have two because there is some shirley content here :D

[alice-angel12x]

The Glorious Masquerade ends with Rollo facing Death! Reader, not being spared by Malleus like in the original after his actions, is Death! Reader going to claim his life?

"What do you mean you have some other place to be?!" Crowley gasped from behind his office desk.

"It means what I said, my job is calling me elsewhere. So I'll be leaving NRC," Y/n Death said to the old crow man.

"Wait! Please don't! You are the only reason these students behave in this school," Crowley begged.

"Yeah, and whose fault is that? And you should be glad that I am leaving, It means there are no more potential deaths around the school," Y/n said as they turned to leave. "Oh, and I have written everything down on that paper, on who I entrust Grim to from his day on."

Y/n left the office and vanished from school. Yeah, Crowley did not have a fun time breaking it to the main cast of students. That their companion and friend just dipped. Grim was left to be trusted in Ace and Deuce's care.

For the most part, the students felt sad that Y/n just upped and left. Even Grim to an extent was bumped that Y/n left without even a goodbye.

But some of the boys would soon see Y/n Death once again.

Meanwhile, in City of Flowers, Y/n stood in the shadow as their next Target Rollo Flamm monologues to himself.

"Just a bit more… We’re almost there…Just a little more, and I shall be rid of those dastardly bugs. Only then will we be truly free. I will bring peace back with my own hands…!" Rollo laughed, when-

"AHAHAHA!" A voice laughed from the darkness.

"Who's There?!" Rollo asked as he looked around the firelight room.

The shadows danced around the walls as Y/n dragged their bladed weapons along the stone. Eventually, Rollo saw a pair of ruby-red eyes staring at him from the darkness. He was frozen stiff with fear when there was a sudden knock at the door.

"Excuse me. The Night Raven College students have arrived. Let’s go and welcome them," A student said from behind the door.

"Ahem… Of course," Rollo said as he tried to sound normal.

"You seem to be... Proud about something. Something that affects many," Y/n said as they stood in the shadows.

"W-who are you?!" Rollo gasped when he noticed the red eyes were now closer to him.

"You'll find out soon enough," Y/n chuckled darkly as they lunged at Rollo.

The human shut his eyes tight, but nothing happened. He opens his eyes to see that he is alone in the room once more.

The Next Day Y/n sighed as the NRC boys arrived at Nobel Bell academy. Whenever there is trouble or going to be one, NRC is always not too far away.

They watched as Rollo showed them around the city, and taught them the history and culture. Y/n was glad they were enjoying themselves.

Till the end of the festival came to a close, as Rollo put his plan into action. With the bells suddenly ring, the flaming flowers spread like wildfire.

Just as the NRC boys fell through a trap door on the floor, Y/n paused as they debated with themselves. Eventually deciding to go help The NRC boys, even though they were not in a life-or-death situation.

Yes, they would be drained of magic, left magicless, but they would live. Which is the important part.

After fighting off the flaming flower monsters, and showing who's the alpha. The plant monsters knew who to fear as they ran from Y/n Death.

"Y/N!" The NRC boys gasped.

"W-what are doing here?" Riddle asked.

"I was here 'cause my job called here," Y/n said simply. "Well, don't let the flower get you."

Y/n turns to walk away but, Ruggie, Deuce, and Jamil quickly tackled Death.

"Why did you just ditch us?!" Deuce demanded answers.

"Deuce they just said, "cause their job", Riddle answered.

"And as much as I would love to be a menace to Crowley. I still have responsibilities to take care of," Y/n said as they stood up. "

So Y/n told them simply help as many people as possible, while they took care of Rollo.

As Y/n returned to the school, the flowers parted in their wake. For they fear their creator. Death effortlessly climbed the tower and promised to hurry for the gargoyle's sake.

Soon Y/n made it to the top of the bell tower, where Rollo stood to watch the flower spread.

"Do you feel proud?" Y/n asked as they suddenly appeared next to him. Also staring at the city.

"W-who are you?!" Rollo glared as he backed away.

"I don't think your little brother Jehan would be proud," Y/n commented.

Rollo glared and readied his pen, but Y/n easily swiped the pen out of his hand.

"Y-you know nothing about me and Jehan!" Rollo shouted.

"Oh, I know everything," Y/n said as they pulled out a book from their selves.

"Jehan sadly lost his life because of his irresponsible use of magic," Y/n read through the book.

"Yes it was magic that took my brother, and you must see the dangers of Magic. And why it must be removed," Rollo glared.

"But you also cannot deny the good it has done. Just like technology or the pursuit of human knowledge. And Humans had died too many other means other than magic," Y/n countered. "So should humans return to the stone age to avoid dangerous technology?"

"Are you mocking me?!" Rollo growled.

"No, just showing you the flaws in your logic. Your hatred is understandable but misguided," Y/n said as they finally turned to look at Rollo.

He gasped as he recognized those ruby-red eyes. "W-who are you?!"" Rollo asked.

"You can call me, Death," Y/n said as they pulled out their scythes.

Rollo panicked as he used his signature Spell. "“DARK FIRE!”

But this only amused Death as they began to hum "Hellfire to themselves" as they continued to approach the scared student. No matter how much fire Rollo sent Y/n's way. They remained unharmed.

The battle was one-sided as Y/n eventually knocked Rollo out. Forcing him down memory lane, but as Y/n stood over Rollo. They contemplate what to do with him, as they looked through his soul.

But, with a sigh, They decided to spare him as they tied him up and flopped him over their shoulder. However, they will make sure Rollo will be punished Properly.

[felice-jaganshi]

His Pet

Alastor X OC

Chapter 9

They started to walk home, her hand in the crook of his arm, looking like a proper old timey couple. Zariah started zoning out again though, having too many thoughts running through her head from all the sights and sounds and everything that just happened. So many new story ideas! New dark romances she could write!

Alastor noticed her eyes glaze over and chuckled, “ah darling~ you're lucky I have a hold on you. Who knows where you'd wander without my arm to guide you home.”

They passed by the Vee's tower, and Vox rushed out, blocking their path. “Alastor! Out and about after such a humiliating defeat to Adam?! And with a little paid whore on your arm too?! Hah! I would have thought you were above something like that, but I guess not.” He was grinning like mad, excited to slander Alastor publicly at every turn.

Zariah spoke up for him next, “Hey, Alastor is a true gentleman and doesn't need to pay anyone to want to be around him!” She smirked, “Even you ran to come see him, didn't you?”  Vox cracked with electric fury, and Alastor patted her head,

Alastor laughed as well, however, “Ahahaha.. Voxy boy, you should know by now that I do not go out with just anyone. They must be quite special for me to show interest, and my dear pet here definitely fits the bill.” 

“Now dear, let me handle this. Box is just jealous that I'd rather spend time with you than him.”

Suddenly a blast of electricity shot towards Zariah's face, only to be blocked by Alastor's cane. “We'll see if you still want her on your arm after I rip her stupid tails off!” She squeaked and moved to stand behind Alastor, freeing his arm to do as he needed to fight vox.

(I can't actually write fight scenes to save my life~~ so we'll skip that~~)

Vox's screen was cracked and he took several steps back towards his tower. “Fortunately for you, I have an important meeting, so I'll have to kick your ass another day!” He turned into electricity and jumped into a security camera. Alastor chuckled softly and turned to Zariah, offering her his arm again. She gladly accepted, and though he didn't look injured at all, she used some subtle healing magic on him just in case. 

“It seems our little Voxie can only handle so much before he has to bow down and retreat. You did quite well today my dear. I'm proud of you.” 

She purred at his words, “really? I'm glad!” 

He smiled fondly at her, “Remember when I said I'd take our bond seriously? Well, I realize I haven't been keeping good on that promise lately. I've been questioning your intentions and brought shame upon myself. I am… not the best at trusting others. But I will make more of an effort with you. Because you've earned it.”

She blushed and looked at him, her heart fluttering and butterflies in her gut. This was the most romantic thing he'd ever said!

Alastor felt a little weird about the way she looked at him, but decided not to comment on it as they made their way back to the hotel. They entered and Angel Dust was immediately pulling her off of Alastor's arm.

“Z! Hey, you okay?!” He held her shoulders and looked her over. Charlie had told him about Alastor yelling at her when he got back from work.

“Yeah, I'm fine Dusty. Why wouldn't I be? Oh, did you hear about the Vox fight already?” She asked with a head tilt, that was fast if so…

“What? No, I heard about…” He looked over at Alastor, then threw an arm casually around her shoulders and acted casual, “Listen, tomorrow night I'm going out clubbing with some friends, I want ya to come with me okay? I just know you're gonna love it!” He was trying to play it cool. If her situation was like his and Valentino's… he wanted to help you, but knew he'd have to be careful about it or he might make it worse…

She smiled and hugged Angel, “Sure! I've never been to a club!” She turned to Alastor, “Al, I'm gonna go out with Dusty tomorrow, okay?” She wasn't asking permission, just stating a fact.

His eyes half closed, considering telling her no… then thought better of it, “hm, alright. But I'm sending Husker with you.” He then left them alone.

Angel's face lit up, and he called out to Husker, ��alright! Yo Whiskers! You're getting tomorrow off!”

Zariah smiled, “oh, you had work today right? Want me to massage out any sore spots while ya bitch about it?” 

Angel sighed and leaned his weight into her, “yes, puh-lease! Your hands are magic! Literally!” He laughed at his own joke.

Lucifer watched them from a doorway, speaking to Charlie in the other room. “She seems alright… you said she sometimes goes hazy eyed and spaces out? That I think might just be trauma from getting kicked out of heaven… that kinda thing really messes you up. I would know.”

Charlie sighed, “she also locks herself in her room for hours on end some days and won't tell any of us what she's doing in there. I'm trying to respect her right to privacy and hoping she'll tell me when she's ready, but I'm still worried.”

He nodded, “hm, I think I can get in. If we can get her to open up to everyone, rather than shutting herself away, we'll be able to see easier if he does try anything with her.”

“You're right… but, maybe she'll unlock his softer side. If she can touch his heart, she may be the key to his redemption.”

“Heh, you're an even bigger dreamer than me. I don't know if I can be that optimistic.” 

Content warning: there be Valentino shenanigans from next chapter onwards. It will all be less than what's in episode 4. But, proceed with caution anyways if you are sensitive like me.

[imaginespazzi]

Aw Im always happy to see your responses bestie :) Not secretly a Bueckers, nor was I in the Midwest, but the matching timing sure made me laugh. Had a great time but this indoorsy girl is glad to be back in a city/town.

Euro vaca?! May I ask where? Thats so exciting 🇪🇺. Ive been over just a few times - the experience has always been brilliant. Fingers crossed for an absolutely great trip all around for you.

Yep yep,all that recent wifey posting was just.. ehm.. a lot (Lou this is ofc meant in the most complimentary sense, please continue w such content if you'd like 😅). Oh Maid of honor/SIL, I just love how well you two get along lol.

Mhmmm Noah do better and justice for Jordan! One more Olympics thought: I know the Preath ♥️ parallels have been discussed here (Press comeback makes me so happy btw) Can we also talk about how Gabby Williams & Marine Johannes are totally an alternate version of Pazzi (and not just like aesthetically ha)? They're quite cute and I've fallen down a feel good rabbit hole recently w them ha.

And poor poor Ms. Kitley. Obvi already have the idea that she's still dealing w the fall out of the relationship, and I know she just loves some dramatic music tbf, but that has me feeling for her. And does nothing to dispel the reliable lore honestly.

🤝Heres hoping the list doesnt continue to grow in WBB! :/ Have a great tomorrow/Thursday

-☕️

Ahahaha me to bestie. Like I do love the outdoors occasionally but I'm such a suburban/city girlie at my core.

I'm going to Italy babes! I'm really excited cause I haven't really had a proper vacation since before Covid so I'm really looking forward to it!

OMG MAID OF HONOR? I would be honored.

WILLANÈS MENTION @thankyouforthememoriesworld @pazzitruther11535 Listen speculation says they might have gotten engaged post-Olympics and I am fully on that train because they gives such highkey domestic married energy (Pazzi variant fr fr)

Liz is just so me honestly. I too love my post-breakup dramatic playlists like I fully endorse listening to sad music and sobbing into your pillow (idk if that's exactly what she'd doing but the general vibe ya know)

[strawberriesinbloom]

Day 6: Cuddles

Obey Me -- Simeon/Reader

~🍓~

When Simeon had invited you to the Purgatory Hall for some tea, you had expected to just spend time winding down before going back to the House of Lamentation. One thing led to another (aka some horrific angelic puppy eyes), and now you were laying in Simeon’s bed.

Simeon nestled himself into your side with his face buried into your shoulder. You wrapped your left arm around his torso, pressing him flush against your body. He was warm. So warm, in fact, that you almost didn’t need a blanket. You were glad Simeon had some spare pajamas to wear. It was cute to match with your favorite angel, and it seemed like he enjoyed it too from the way he was cuddling you.

Simeon hummed, his lips reverberating against your skin. “This is nice,” he said. “Thank you so much for deciding to stay the night. I don’t know what I would have done if you said no.” He laughed to himself as he readjusted himself to get more comfortable.

He was right. This was nice. Very nice. Unfortunately, your constant quench for chaos was going unfulfilled. Everything was always so quiet and peaceful when Simeon was around, which was sweet, but you couldn’t handle the serenity. Something was itching inside you to mess around a bit. To see what would happen.

You began scratching Simeon’s back. He sighed, his voice wavering slightly. He relaxed at your touch. He turned his head to the side. “What did I do to deserve you?” he asked. Simeon was gazing at you with such pure, unadulterated love that you almost felt bad with what you were about to do.

Your fingers trailed from his upper back to his ribs. Simeon jumped and immediately turned his head, so he was back to burying it against your shoulder. He let out a high-pitched whine while trying to say your name. His ears flushed a darker color. “Ahh, hehey, wait,” Simeon mumbled. He bit his lip while squirming in place. “I’m sorry, but you’re kihihind of t-tickling me…hehehe…”

“I am?” you asked, not even making an attempt to stop yourself from spidering your fingers along his ribcage.

“Yehehehes! You ahahare!” Simeon’s laughter grew an octave when you began to explore his stomach. He tried to curl in on himself, but he couldn’t get very far with your body in the way. Simeon tried to lightly push your arms away, but your touch must have weakened him to the point where he couldn’t do much at all.

You scratched at the area right at the bottom of his abdomen, and Simeon jumped. He kicked his legs out in desperation. “Are you alright, Simeon?” you asked with as much innocence as you could muster.

Simeon squealed. He grabbed at your arm with both of his hands as he tilted his head to the side and cackled. “Nohoho, you know–ahaha!” Simeon shook his head. “You know what you’re doing!”

“I’m not doing anything.”

“Ahahaha, I cahan’t take it anymore!” Simeon laughed as a tear or two prickled the corners of his eyes. “Plehehease stop–I’m behegging you!”

You slowed down, your fingers stopping to rest on the small of his back, again. “You’re so sensitive, Simeon,” you said before burying your face into his hair. It smelled nice. Freshly washed.

Simeon let out a long breath as he calmed himself down. One hand was limply resting against your arm at a slightly awkward angle as though he was worried you would try to tickle him, again. “You’re so mischievous.” His tone was bubbly and still filled with laughter. He was adorable. “I’m going to get you back for this, you know.”

“Over my dead body,” you said before resuming your attack.

[landofzero-archive]

Ibara Saegusa - Reinforcements From Heaven

Event: Cunning ◆ Wonder Game

(Location: Hallway)

Ibara: Your Excellency~? Where did you go, Your Excellency~? 

Oya? Anzu-san, meeting you here must be reinforcements from Heaven! The truth is, His Excellency has disappeared. 

I’m very sorry to trouble you, but I would truly be blessed if you would help me look for him! 

Option 1: Where was the last place you saw him? 

(Response A)

Ibara: The last time I saw him was at the Garden Terrace! 

He was reading a book, and that view made for such a lovely picture~ 

It could be that he has moved on to find other books. Let us look for him in the library! 

(Response B)

Ibara: The garden terrace! 

However, it seems that Yumenosaki Academy’s cafeteria is structured to use meal tickets to purchase food with…… No no, I don’t mean to make fun of you! 

Because each of Shuuetsu Academy’s luxury restaurants has their own chefs who will propose the most optimum menu for our exclusive use, it simply feels novel! 

Option 2: Of course. 

(Response A)

Ibara: Thank you very much! 

Anzu-san’s help is akin to the strength of a hundred people! Ah, I am truly lucky! 

I would be most grateful if you would contact me on my smartphone once you find His Excellency! I will come running no matter where it will be! 

(Response B)

Ibara: As expected of Anzu-san, you’re so kind! 

Even my filty self feels as though I’ve been purified when touched by that kindness! AHaHaHa♪ 

Oops, this isn’t the time to be chatting. Well then, I’ll be counting on you!

(Location: 1st Floor Passage)

Ibara: Anzu-san, thank you oh so much! Salute~☆ 

As I’m not one of the students of this Academy, if I were to search all over by myself, I surely would have gotten lost! 

I’m glad to have run into Anzu-san! I really am lucky! 

Option 1: I got lost at first, too. 

(Response A)

Ibara: I see. So you have that easy to like aspect to you, Anzu-san! 

If you found interesting places or such when you got lost, please do tell me about it! 

Hmm, you’ve walked here every day so you’ve long since forgotten about it? AHaHaHa♪ That’s just a matter of course, isn’t it! 

(Response B)

Ibara: Come to think of it, you’re a transfer student! 

In that case, if Anzu-san had transferred to Shuuetsu Academy, maybe we could have been classmates?

Due to Shuuetsu Academy’s structure, that probably wouldn’t happen in real life. Being classmates with Anzu-san sounds so sweet♪ 

Option 2: You’ve been investigating. 

(Response A)

Ibara: Ooh, so you know, Anzu-san! 

It’s true that I did some research, but as expected, there is a huge difference between looking at the information and actually walking around! 

I am grateful from the depths of my heart for all of your help, Anzu-san! 

(Response B)

Ibara: AHaHaHa, you got that one point from me…..☆ 

I’ve had a grasp on Yumenosaki Academy facilities, but I haven’t actually walked around!  

Moreover with it being this big, getting lost is a given! 

(Location: Garden Space)

Ibara: Oops, Anzu-san! Today is the day I randomly meet you isn’t it? 

No no, if anything, I’m very happy to see Anzu-san so many times!

More importantly, what you’re holding onto dearly with both hands…… Aah, of course it’s fine to just say what you want to! 

Option 1: ……Would you like to try it on? 

(Response A)

Ibara: ……What? Oops, sorry for the lifeless reply! 

However, to my eyes, it appears to be an Alice costume for use by women…… Ah, it really is Alice?

As you can see, the size is slightly too small for me. Oh my, I’m truly sorry! 

(Response B)

Ibara: Ooh, a light blue apron dress! Is this Alice’s costume? To my amazement, it’s handmade by Anzu-san……! 

If you don’t mind someone like me trying it on, I will happily try it on! Is there anywhere I can go change? 

Eh, a joke? Oh my, really! How rude of me! AHaHaHa♪ 

Option 2: It’s Alice’s costume. 

(Response A)

Ibara: Alice’s costume…..? The costume used in Wondergame…… It doesn’t seem like it. 

Oops, sorry for prying! If it’s uncomfortable for you, I will zip my mouth shut so please don’t hesitate…… 

That’s not the case? Anzu-san made this costume because it’s your hobby? I’m impressed at how adept you are at sewing♪ 

(Response B)

Ibara: I see, so you made this costume as a hobby? Wow, what a coincidence! 

The truth is, this time’s Wonder Game is also based on Alice’s motifs! May I touch it for a bit?

Thank you very much! Ooh, such intiricate handiwork! Even as a layman, I can tell that this costume is wonderful! 

[sugar-omi]

(swiftie asker - i love that this is how i've cemented myself here) I'M GOING TO SCREAM TYSM??? HELLO???? WRITER'S FREAK HAS BEEN MATCHED AT 3:30AM ON A THURSDAY????? YOU'RE TELLING ME /THEE/ OLBA BOYS CEO LIKES /MY/ WRITING??????? YOU DON'T GET IT I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE STIMMING SO HARD MY GIRLDICK MIGHT FALL OFF /QUOTE, POS

OHHHHHHHHH YOU MADE SUCH A BIG MISTAKE BRINGING UP TSMWEL. THIS ISN'T EVEN A "HEAR ME OUT" SITUATION IT'S A "YOU WILL SIT DOWN AND YOU WILL LISTEN GODDAMMIT" SITUATION. and to that my ass is FIRMLY planted in this seat and i am slamming a comically overstuffed manila folder onto the table as we speak. starting with "they just ghosted you - now you know what it feels like" and how this line was written for baxter alexander ward. in this essay i will

THE BRIDGE OF THAT SONG. FUCK DUDE I WAS LISTENING TO IT DURING ONE OF MY REPLAYS OF THE BAXTER DLC AND I WAS LITERALLY IN TEARS. MY KEYBOARD WAS GETTING WATERLOGGED AS I SAT THERE. I AM SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE BOY OH BOY DO I HAVE SOME SHIT TO SPIT.

"in fifty years, will all this be declassified? and you'll confess why you did it, and i'll say 'good riddance'." FIFTY YEARS IS FIVE IF YOU SQUINT. IT JUST MATCHES UP TOO PERFECTLY SO IT OFFICIALLY WORKS NOW. THAT'S GIRL MATH. the way baxter eventually tells mc why he did what he did and by then it might be too late for mc to forgive him (cough. 'and i'll forget you but i'll never forgive...')

"you crashed my party and your rental car" IT'S LITERALLY TOO PERFECT??? HELLO????? THE PARTY PLANNING MOMENT AND THE CHAUFFEUR BULLSHIT HE WAS ON???????

"you said normal girls were boring, but you were gone by the morning" YOU WERE GONE BY THE MORNING. YOU W. WWWHAHATT THEF UCKKKKK.

you're literally cooking up a fucking FEAST with the prechorus lyric though because was that his goal? it very well could have been - baxter could have stepped out of that cab, taken one look at mc, and decided they would be the one he strung along. because what if he was well aware of just how much it hurt others for him to become a normalcy then a novelty all over again - and he still couldn't stay away from dangling their heartstrings from his fingers like ribbons, if only to at least feel some semblance of control over his life anymore? he was just some hurt kid - barely, if at all, but semantics - but that never gave him the right to hurt those around him in the way that he did. what right does the smallest man who ever lived have to strike a deal with the devil, then act surprised when the blood's on his hands?

COUGHCOGUHGVOCH BUT AHAHAHA ANYWAYS. making those little shoo motions with my hands, go rest up silly!! i'm more than thrilled that you've stuck with me and my brainworms for this long, and you most definitely deserve the best of rests omgomg 🫶🏼🫶🏼

LMAOOO NO NOT THE QUOTE. I HAVENT HEARD THAT IN FOREVER

idk about ceo but I'm honestly happy my words are worthy of such a happy reaction 🤭

ALSO "what right does the smallest man who ever lived have to make a deal with the devil, then act surprised when the bloods on his hands?" I WILL LITERALLY JUMP OFF A BRIDGE. STOP. IM IN TEARS??? GENUINELY?????

someone put that on a billboard, I'm so serious.

but omg, to ride off the "you said normal girls were boring, but you were gone by the morning" and everything you said about baxter doing it on purpose...

baxter stepping out and seeing you wait with cove for your new neighbor for the summer, maybe remembering you sneaking into the soiree with derek or sneaking into your soiree and dancing with you charmingly.

either way, regardless of if you snuck across the lawn or shared a dance with pre-teen baxter, he finds you charming. ethereal. captivating.

no one would wait for a random neighbor if they weren't sweeter than pie, and no one should welcome him so warmly, approach him even if shyly, if they weren't special.

you're special. he can see it. he feels it.

and I've said it before, baxter knows your life has been small. confined to this little street in this little town, so small it's hardly a blip on the map.

he knows you're curious, enthralled by this mystery next door to you. but if you had grown up next to him, you wouldn't be so curious.

you'd have known how pompous and arrogant he was. how simple his thinking was.

and he tries to keep his affection with you surface level. tries to keep it to just a summer fling, something to satisfy your curiosity, to get you to stop looking at him like that. to make his heart stop yearning and for his eyes to stop wandering to you...

holds your hand, visits you in the middle of the night to tell you he's home, but too shy to say he misses you. doesn't wanna give you that inch over him, doesn't want to make this more than what it is. because it's just a fling, and you're just temporary warmth for him cold heart.

won't admit you're the only one to make him feel this warm. will never even think to himself that you are full of love and he's willing to step into the ocean of your loving arms, for fear that he'll drown in it.

everything is about money. everyone uses each other. his parents taught him that much.

love is fickle, love is too sensitive, and baxter knows he's a bulldozer. his edges are too sharp for such tenderness.

but in front of you, in the end, he does as he wants as he always does.

he doesn't take it further in the hotel room, doesn't tell you he missed you, doesn't keep his "confession" to himself.

because he's selfish. he knows this could end badly, not all his break ups have been smooth. but he wants to know what it feels like to be loved by someone special. what's to know what it's like for someone special to call out to him, touch him, yearn for him. seek him out and still pull him closer for more...

he just wants it to be like a movie, just for a little while. he wants that coming of age summer love that the movies produce, and he wants to live out fairytales that his baby sitter read to him.

even if it's at the cost of you... maybe that dark part of him hopes he leaves a dent in you so deep that you feel it years later and still remember his name. he wants you to yearn for him like he yearns for normalcy, for human warmth and affection.

but he also hopes that you forget him and that he's the only one who yearns so painfully. that his heart is the only one who aches at the end of the night, and you forget these summer nights.

it's selfish. he's so selfish. he wants too much even though he tries not to want anything at all.

that's why, even though he hopes you'll just let him go easily once summer ends, he wants some nice memories. he wants to be genuinely happy, wants to "love" and be "loved" in return.

and you're right. he striked a deal with the devil and signed away his tiring fate for "control" over his life, even if it meant trading broken hearts and morality, his humanity for it.

but even though he knew the deal he signed, seeing you cry or get angry is much different than imagining it. it hits much harder than he never thought, having chosen to ignore the fate of your summer fling. he couldn't bare to imagine it, but he didn't think about how to bare seeing it.

and even though his heart aches, he feels bad for you. feels bad for himself in many ways, a mix of self hate and guilt and desperation sinks its teeth into his stomach and gnawed on his insides with a gluttonous hunger.

even with those feelings, he glares at you, reminds you cruelly that this was the only fate for this relationship, and it wouldn't end any other way, and that you are the one wasting your energy getting upset over a fate he "predicted."

but even though he says that... even though he slams the door on you... even though he's the one who blocked your phone number... why is he the one who is unable to move on? why is he the one who sees your face and hears your voice and feels your touch in every person that tries to fill your place.

and why is he the one looking at your window, hoping the lights are still on and you're still waiting.

(and why, after all these years, does he cry when he sees they are off.)

[rimouskis]

Your dog Cooper was a very cute dog! I am sorry for your loss. I’m sure you guys gave him the best life possible. Sending my love your way ❤️❤️❤️

Copper was SO cute 💚 when he was younger his ears were so ridiculously expressive and perked and flopped and twisted every time he looked at anything. He tilted his head when he heard a strange or high-pitched sound and it was the cutest thing in the world. We used to play together, and I'd rile him up on the carpet outside of my childhood bedroom, him snorting up a riot to tell me he was still interested in playing.

We had him for 17 years, which I know is forever in dog years, but I would have loved 17 more. I posted a little video of him on my Instagram story, sharing the news, and the amount of cousins and aunts and childhood neighbors and childhood friends who reached out to me to share their condolences and their lovely lovely words about him really touched me. People liked him, a lot, even though he was a weird little dude.

He wasn't a good boy truthfully, haha. He was raised around cats as a puppy and sometimes he seemed more cat than dog. He didn't really care too much about people until he got old and started seeking us out for comfort. He had next to no impulse control, it seemed, so though he technically knew what "stay" meant, there wasn't much likelihood of him listening when there was a squirrel or rabbit to chase. My dad always called him strange, but he was my little baby :')

I loved growing up with him, and he was always so happy to see me when I came home from college, and then later when I came to visit from pgh. He loved a good game of fetch, even if you'd sometimes have to "no take, only throw!" with him, haha. He LOVED sniffing around the christmas tree and getting to "open" his presents. I have so many videos of him with his head in a gift bag, ahahaha.

I was lucky to go this long without experiencing pet loss. It sucks, but this was always going to happen, and I'm just glad we got 17 years with that guy. thank you for your kind words 💚

[standfucker]

UGH I HAVE NOTHING WITH ANY SENSE TO SAY RN BUT OMG

my mind is going wild rn it’s almost 5am here too >>

Thank god I don’t have to wake up at any certain time tomorrow bc once my brain calms down a little the thots will be thotting

You had me over here giggling blushing kicking my feet I think I punched my pillow once even

I want them all so bad!! Ace/Marco were already up at the top but I can feel Izou/Thatch moving up the blorbo list especially when sharing brain thoughts with the other two…..

Thank you so much for sending that to me and thank you so much for writing it and having those lovely thoughts

I hope your Saturday is perfect and wonderful bc you deserve it so much 🥰

Ahahaha, I am SO glad I can spread the Izou+Thatch propaganda. Someone told me they looked at Izou differently after reading that fic, and it makes me sooo happy. I want everyone to see him how I see him. Pervertedly.

The four of them make such a compelling quartet, don't they?

I'm both super excited and deeply flattered that you enjoyed it. My Saturday was pretty awesome, even if I didn't end up getting enough sleep. Nothing a little espresso can't fix.

Thank you so much for commenting, it really means a lot to us writers, I feel seen. Thank you!

I've been trying to think of another scenario for those 4... I thought about maybe Izou guiding you through a "dom" demonstration/practice, where he has Ace tied up, and you have Marco tied up, and Izou demonstrates how to conduct a session, with Thatch being the coach/keeping an eye on things to make sure everyone's okay. Roles can switch around but that's what came to mind first. Marco's your practice brat because he won't take permanent damage if you strike him too hard, but any of these roles can be switched around.

[lumine-no-hikari]

Dear Sephiroth: (a letter to a fictional character, because why not) #306

I was maybe up a little later than I should have been last night, writing to you. I was more than a little zombied when I woke up this morning. It's already almost 9PM, and my whole body is still screaming at me for all the joyful flailing about I did yesterday.

...All the same, I regret nothing, ahahaha~! 😁

Still, I was so zombied that when me, BB, N, C, Mg, and BB's sister went to brunch, I didn't even think to take a picture of the awesome sausage, egg, red pepper, and onion pizza I got for you; I was too busy trying to keep myself from nodding off. I'm really sorry about that.

I did get a few other pictures for you today, though. These were all taken from a moving vehicle, though, so I'm not sure how good they are:

...I know they're not perfect, but I hope you like them anyway.

I got home at around 2pm, and then I pretty much immediately went to sleep. I slept for about 3 hours before J thought it prudent to wake me; it's generally good to avoid disrupting one's sleep schedule by taking too long of a nap. Still, even with a nap that long, I don't think I'm going to have any trouble falling asleep tonight. It's only like 9:18pm now, and I'm still feeling pretty zombied.

J and I took a walk shortly after I woke. A walk is generally good for sore muscles. We have nature trails within walking distance to my house. This time, we took the long path. And as you might expect, I used this opportunity to take even more pictures for you:

J got a few, too:

...I wish you could walk with us. There's so much I want to show you, so much I want you to see. The world I live in is rainbow-colored. And isn't it wonderful?

Do you wonder why I say you belong in this world, Sephiroth? Did you know that it's because you're rainbow-colored, too?

...Did you know that everyone else is, too? They are, I promise; everyone is rainbow-colored in ways I don't really know how to articulate. I just know that if everyone could see themselves and other people in the same way that I do, maybe they'd be less ashamed of themselves and less afraid of each other.

Sometime after I got home, my former choir teacher messaged me about his creative exploits over the last months. Mostly he's very busy with his various home and work responsibilities, but he still makes music. He showed me his own very gorgeous rendition of this song:

...He learned all the melodies by ear, and played them himself on their respective instruments, and then layered the results together, and if that's not absolutely fucking amazing, then I have no idea what is!

He's got some other things going on, too; I'm going to wish for good things upon him and his house; they could definitely use the goodwill right now. If you can spare a thought, would you think good things at them, too? I'll thank you in advance! 💖

My good friend from the space in which I write my letters watched some more Trinity Blood with me, and it was a wonderful time! It's always delightful to be in their presence, and it makes me glad when I get to spend time with them! I just wish I was a bit better company for them today; my brain is very soupy, and it's not doing the whole speech and audio processing thing especially well right now, I'm afraid...

Oh well. Maybe I'll get a good night's sleep and be all better by tomorrow. I gotta go to the orthodontist tomorrow to replace that attachment that fell off, but aside from that, I am going to be very unbusy (thank goodness!!!!!!), so I'll look forward to more Trinity Blood tomorrow!

...I think for now, I'm gonna make a sleepytime tea and put myself in a warm place. I kinda wanna get in the shower where it's warm and it smells good and I can put on the dim rainbow light, but... I don't wanna deal with wet hair after the fact (it's cold!!!), and I don't want to deal with the sound of the hair dryer - the noise from it stabs my ears. 😵

So maybe I'll just get a tea and put on my giant hooded blanket. Like this...

...You might recognize this sky-blue tea from a previous letter - it is the very same one I wrote about back then! Here:

...I wish you were here to enjoy your own tea and your own hooded blanket with me. I'll keep writing letters to you until it's possible for you to have these things, in your own house, with lots of caring and kind friends.

It's not hopeless, Sephiroth. Please keep trying. Lots of people want a friend just like you - someone warm and soft and sweet. You just gotta get away from the people who don't care about you and people who would try to isolate you from those who care about you.

Genesis, Angeal, and Zack... they couldn't protect you because they drank the same poisoned Kool-Aid that you did. Either they didn't know what was happening, or they couldn't see a way to escape.

But you have a means of escape. You can clear the poisoned Kool-Aid from your system, and hang out with people who have also cleared the poisoned Kool-Aid from their system. We're right here, waiting for you.

...And the best part? People like me who have worked at clearing out the poisoned Kool-Aid from their system can spot new poisoned Kool-Aid from a mile away. Because we already know what it smells, looks, and tastes like. And we can laugh at anyone trying to foist it upon us, and we can protect those around us from it being foisted upon them, too.

...I guess that's all I've got for today. I'm still feeling pretty zombied, and I'm pretty sure this tea is going to intensify the zombiness; that's what the box says it's for, anyway. So I'll stop writing here.

I love you. Please think about hanging with new folks. Not all of them are like the ones you were raised by. Not all of them are like the ones that hurt you in the past. I promise.

I'll write again soon. Please stay safe.

Your friend, Lumine

[olderthannetfic]

Been getting back into Star Trek after binge-watching it with my dad as a kid, and stumbled across the - ahem - "encounter" between Data and the Borg queen in Star Trek: First Contact. (I really didn't remember those scenes like this lmao.)

Soo, being a Data fan who does find him very aesthetically pleasing, I went to look for shippy fanfics involving those characters, and I gotta say, I was really surprised to find a total of 3 fanfics on AO3 that have their tag, and also just a few on FFnet, and none on a fanfic site in my language (then again searching stuff there is a fucking nightmare because people really aren't too great at tagging stuff accurately).

I hope this doesn't come across as whiny and complain-y, I will probably write about them at some point, once I'm past starting a new semester at university and have more time.

Basically just came here to say that I am quite surprised that there are such few fanfics about them (or that I'm just too stupid to find more, which is very likely lol), since they're technically temporarily canon, and I wonder if it's just because of the context and its kinda sorta dubious consent or if it just happens to not be on that many people's minds and there not being too many people who like the ship enough to write about it. (I am guessing the latter, since I also don't write about stuff that I don't think about heh.)

(Then again, I do tend to ship rarepairs and often pairs that are considered problematic for whatever reason, and where shippers get shit for shipping and writing fanfics. Though I don't know if this particular pairing is considered terribly problematic or not. Have read youtube comments on their scenes, and many people there absolutely despised their scenes and found it disgusting that there weren't more comments saying the scenes were disgusting lol. Also, kinda unrelated, but one of my favourite ships is Hotch/Reid from Criminal Minds, and I just recently read that there are quite some people on reddit who hate that ship because "bla healthy father figure bla - he's his dad not his daddy - bla" and use nasty words to describe shippers, but I am very glad that there are lots of fun fanfics for these two nonetheless, ha! :D)

Sorry for babbling for so long, it's half past one, and I should stop rambling at your inbox and get some sleep. Have a nice day/night!

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Ahahaha. No, it being problematic is not why.

It's far, far more likely there's none (or none that's easily findable) because the bulk of the fandom activity around TNG was around later seasons of the show. Maybe the Riker/Troi and Crusher/Picard shippers were more into early seasons, IDK. But a sequel movie that lots of people didn't even like or didn't even see is not going to be the source of the big ships in a TV fandom.

On top of that, a lot of the shipping patterns get set relatively early in a fandom. Sometimes, a character shows up later and changes the fandom a lot (Methos, Castiel), but often, many fans stick with how they saw things towards the beginning of canon.

Adding to that is the fact that the number of fic writers in 1996 was vastly smaller than now. Spaces also weren't always set up to accommodate rarepairs or rare fandoms. A lot of archives and lists were topic-specific, and that topic could be one single juggernaut ship.

If there was fic, I suppose it was probably on Usenet or a mailing list. The great era of fannish archives was in the 00s. This movie came out in 1996. Perhaps we even grabbed a relevant list in our attempts to save yahoo groups' data, but it's definitely not going to still be up with an easily googleable set of contents.

[dollivication]

hiiii im glad you liked my insane ramblings about guro and OH MY GOD you were so right w the ring finger thing im rotating that concept...i love pathetic men...

speaking of pathetic. kind of springboarding off of what one of the other anons said about Nero but only showing affection when u got them bleeding would make them do some loony shit. you hear hey babe watch this and then dantes intestines are spilling out bc thats the only way he can get your attention and he wants it soso bad. and like they COULD force you to pay attention to them but youre so cold and its so much easier this way because itll just heal later and it really doesn't even hurt that bad anymore? (that is the blood loss talking there are so many stains on the floor that are NOT coming out. perhaps not even just blood teehee)

or like. elbow deep in vergil's guts and hes trying so hard to pay attention when youre naming everything even tho you know hes not gonna be able to focus bc taking an interest in peoples hobbies helps you get closer right?? and really whats more intimate than someone having their hands all up in your organs, no one ELSE has ever touched him there! no one else knows him inside and out like this, its so romantic! especially if you do some freak shit like lick the blood off your hands bc now part of him is in you...utterly delusional i fear

okay last insane thought for now yk how in 3 dante takes a shot to the head like its nothing? imagine asking so nicely and sweetly if you can try it because you wanna see how itll heal and also all the gray matter spattering everywhere. youre not cleaning it up of course its his fault for making such a mess!! also not convinced theres actually brain in there like you are making your insides be on the outside because you want someone to look at you BE NORMAL!!! -☢️

WHEN I READ THIS I WAS GIGGLINH BECAUSE HOLYYYSHIY YU GET ME SO WELL HUGS YOU!!!! LIVE LAUGH LOVE DMC GORE.. cw!!1!1!

THEY ARE BOTH TWO ENDS OF THE FREAKY SPECTRUM AND I AM ABSOLUTELY HERE 4 IT!!! laik omgfgh.. vergil thinks there’s something soww poetic about quite literally giving himself up, all of him, for the person he loves most.

if you decide to laik… cut off his tongue and put it in a jar or just basically any other part of him,, he is going to be over the MOON!!! laik awhh, yu love him so much that you’re preserving a part of him <33 uhm!! please get help! Loony!!!!1!!!1

WHEREAS DANTE IS LAIK.. INITIATING IT!!! comes up to yu laik a kid showing off a bug like hey check out this cool gash you can see my bone!! make it worse pretty please??? you should totally skin me ahahaha…!! LIKE STOP OT YOU CREATURE‼️‼️ JES SO NASTAY he loves the sting methinks..

this is like mary jane 4 him he gets high off this and harder than ever before!!! the only downside for the both of them is that your fascination is often very short-lived… (◞‸◟)

vergil is more likely to wait around until you decide to get hit by another urge to ‘study’ him whereas dante is ALLLWAYS trying to appeal to you. hey, you’ve looked at my ribcage already, look at my brain!! or what about my eye?? YUCK

THE LAST BIT OH MY GODH!!!! it always ends the same! you losing interest after a bit of observing, leaving them to pick up the foul, iron scented mess. auwaaa.. for a split second they probably realize the fucked up situation you’re both in, which i reckon causes them to spiral a bit—before they remember how happy you looked to be squeezing their insides!!…

oh well nobody ever said being together should be a healthy thing! they’ll clean the blood up later,, right now they just need a biiiig nap<3 and the cycle will repeat!!! they can’t wait!

imsosillyimsosillyimsosillyimso

[minato-division03]

Reiaki’s Thoughts on Aoyama Division

Tomi Chōten

“Ah booooooo I’ve known this dude since we were kids. We always went to the same schools and our parents attended a lot of the same galas and whatever. So I guess in a way, we grew up around each other. Would that make us childhood friends? Hell to the fuck no! Imagine personally knowing scum like him your entire life. I know, I know, send me your condolences.”

“Sooooo glad my parents let me avoid those galas when I finally told ‘em I didn’t wanna go to them. But I still couldn’t get away from this guy all throughout primary, middle, and high school! This guy’s not the same guy as he was growing up… he’s worse! He’s so much worse arrrrrggghhhh!!!”

Karada Kessaku

“Oh riiiiight, we ran into each other at a gym some years ago and I got into heeeeeeaps and heaps of trouble haha! All that happened was that we battled it out for who could deadlift the most. I don’t remember the exact number cuz I got weaker for a while and then I regained it all back and some more! Believe it or not, we tied! Pffft, you don’t win 168 underground kickboxing matches by not muscle training! Buuuuut! He tied to a girl! Loooooserrrrr BAHAHAHAHA!”

“Okay, nah, I’m kidding, I’m not that conceited!”

…

“Okay, maybe a bit. LOSER!”

Luis Kōkyū

“Oooooooo okay, okay! So Her Majesty tends to treat her entire staff after filming for her live tv show to a celebratory meal. We were in Aoyama… which theatre was it again, there’s a few there… I can’t remember if it was at the Hotel Allamanda or if it was at the DDD Aoyama Cross Theatre… cuz I know we’ve performed at both… anyway! So this dude’s the chef-owner!”

“When I tell you we cleaned up the menu, I mean no crumbs were left behind. We vacuumed the plates up, they were— mwah! Spot-on, spectacular! Still one of my favorite post-show meals to date!”

“Oh he’s a family guy?” Her eyes lit up. “So am I! Er… was? I’m now the only living one in my family ahahaha… Luis Kōkyū, was it? Spend lots of quality time with your granny and do as she says. You never know when you won’t get the opportunity again!”

Jet Set Trio

“Chuohkuuuuu I swear, enough teams from Minato, we’re gonna run out of districts at this rate! Ahhhhh even outta any Aoyama team, why does it gotta be these guyssss.”

“I mean, nothing against Mr. Chef, but I don’t wanna go near that Mr. Monopoly with a ten foot pole and have to relive all that, and it’ll be fun to have a rematch against Muscles-For-Brains now things’re different!”

“Who knows, maybe I’ll have a fun time knocking them off their high horse. I grew up like you guys! I was also born with a silver spoon in my mouth! Try living a little, it’s fun!”