#I also wanna play persona 4 one day

[coffiishake]

Biggest ‘I’m him’ character I’ve ever seen tbh

Haha I finished P3R and I actually sobbed uncontrollably. Like actual tears. My brother just looked at me like ‘yeah 😔’

[girlkomaeda]

gonna buy persona 3 reload NEZT week CURSE YOU bras I had to buy…. CURSE YOU persona 3 reload for Beinf 70 instead of 50 or 60 I maybe could’ve swung that this wweek…. I’m excited

[crest-of-gautier]

played a very brief session of pq tonight (90 minutes) 👍

[mancalledvenus]

you think i'm pretty?

nishinoya yuu x reader

summary: you and nishinoya are paired together for a class assignment that leads to you asking him for volleyball tips and him asking for your number ^_<

word count: 1.4k

a/n: not proofread and written at 1am so sorry if it's a tough read lmfao i'm trying to clean out my drafts. thank you for reading !

the school day had dragged on for longer than usual. you sighed as you slumped into your seat for the last class of the day: psychology. the course was probably designed specifically to drain your energy and spoil your mood. that’s what it felt like at least.

your teacher droned on about his weekend for a full ten minutes before announcing to the class he'd be pairing you randomly with one of your peers for the next presentation.

you felt your body start to fill with dread. internally praying you didn't get stuck with someone lazy that made you do all the heavy lifting. you listened carefully for your name as the teacher called them out.

"y/n l/n, you'll be working with nishinoya yuu." he gestured to the boy in the back of the class with his head down on the desk that was clearly not paying attention.

"great." you thought to yourself as you shuffled through the room to the back.

his head snapped up as he heard footsteps coming his way, but relaxed a bit when he realized you weren't the teacher. he sat up fully and leaned back in his chair, giving you a clear view of his face. as you examined his features and sat down in front of him it registered in your head that this was the same boy that played the libero position on your school's volleyball team.

reluctantly you decided to ask him about it. being in volleyball yourself you'd always been curious about his skill and took it as an opportunity.

"are.. are you on the boy's volleyball team?"

his eyes widened and he smiled as he answered your question, "yeah are you a fan?"

you scoffed a little and shook your head, "not exactly, but i've seen you play. i'm the libero for the girls team."

nishinoya had finally seemed to shake off his forced laid-back persona and was noticeably more energetic than before. a side of him that you'd recognized from when you peaked into the boy's gym on more than one occasion while they practiced. even though you told everyone you were there to pick up tips from more 'skilled' players, deep down a part of you kept returning to see the cute boy in the #4 jersey.

"that's awesome! i always see you in here and our chemistry class. had no idea you were into volleyball."

you shrugged and glanced down, "i dunno, i'm kinda new to the team still. i'm not that confident in my skills yet."

nishinoya frowned at your tone and shook his head, "it takes a lot of courage to just step on the court and play. if you're gonna be a good libero you have to make sure you're dependable. you can't be reliable if you're second guessing yourself like that!"

you nodded to yourself silently before looking back up at him. the look on his face was enough to encourage you in of itself. the reassurance from this, well stranger basically, gave you a great feeling of relief and you were starting to feel less burdened with worry.

"that's definitely something to consider," you sighed and rubbed the back of your neck, "still our team is kindaaa... underdeveloped? we're not bad, it's just like we're still figuring everything out, y'know?"

"ohh, yeah i get that." he nodded.

"i wish we had someone with more experience so they could guide me a little or something."

nishinoya nearly jumped out of his seat to lean closer to your face. "i could totally help you!" the volume of his voice caused the pair sitting near you to glare at you both a little irritated, but you didn't notice and neither did he. "i'm so down to help you out- especially if it'll benefit the team too! you guys gotta rep us at the girl's tournaments.. i didn't catch your name also, i'm so sorry."

"it's y/n," you laughed at his enthusiasm. "i wouldn't wanna burden you too much, but that sounds like a lot of fun."

"please, i'd be lucky to get to play with someone as pretty as you. i'm getting sick of my teammate's faces honestly."

you laughed again and bit the inside of your cheek trying to withhold an uncontrollable smile.

"you think i'm pretty?"

nishinoya's face turned red. he had a habit of running his mouth without thinking and even though he'd flirted with girls relentlessly before, something about you made him extremely flustered. maybe it was the way you'd been staring into his eyes? the way you’d been listening to him so attentively as he was talking?

god you’d barley said a few sentences to him and you were already making him sweat. how come he hadn’t noticed how close you were until a few seconds ago? was he really that zoned out talking about volleyball?

"i.. uhm, i mean.." he tensed up with his arms glued to his sides, "you can't really blame me for saying it, you're gorgeous.."

"wow he's forward." you thought quietly, still processing what he'd said. there was nothing but silence from the two of you and all you could focus on was how your heart clenched every time his eyes connected with your's.

unable to talk without stuttering all you could offer him in that moment was a flustered smile which he returned with a quiet laugh. gaining more coincidence he finally broke the silence, "y/n?"

just as you were about to recover from his previous remark, him saying your name was enough to completely knock you back off your feet.

"..yeah?"

"would you let me take you out sometime?"

"FUUCKKK HE'S SO CUTE." you raved internally. you got swept up in your thoughts again before panic started to settle in at the realization that you needed to actually reply to him.

blushing and astonished at his sudden bold behavior, what was intended to be words came out as a collection of incoherent mumbles, "you- wha.. you? you and me? imeanthatwouldn't- i.. serious.. really?"

"i'll take that as a maybe," he chuckled and grabbed his pen from off his notebook, "if that's too much of a commitment could i at least get your number?"

the stupid shit-eating grin on his face gave the impression he knew exactly what your next actions would be; and he did. you reached across the desk for the pen he held out to you and shyly smiled to yourself as you began to write your number on the back of his other hand he had stretched out to you as well. you gripped it softly and etched the numbers on his skin.

the minute you finished writing he pulled his hand to his face swiftly. his eyes practically twinkling in excitement as he admired your penmanship.

his eagerness as he whipped his phone out of his pocket and began copying the numbers made you giggle, "why didn't you just hand me your phone in the first place, silly?"

"honestlyy," he began and you rolled your eyes realizing he was about to say something annoyingly charming and dumb, "i really only wanted you to hold my hand.. at the end of the day i am a simple man." the threw his hands up as he explained himself.

"you're so stupid." you held his pen in your teeth to chew on the cap. "i'm keeping your pen for that."

"i'll give you every pen i can find if that's all it costs."

you blushed a bright shade of pink and pushed his head down so he's looking downward at the desk, "n-nishinoya. we haven't started the assignment." you brushed his comment off and tried desperately to get him to pay attention to the papers sprawled across his desk.

the remainder of the class was him flirting with you and you trying not to completely lose your shit while also trying to get your work done (you guys didn't even finish reading the instructions).

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after school during the boy's practice.

"TANAKA. I DID IT I GOT HER NUMBER!!" noya nearly ran over hinata and yamaguchi running to find his friend.

tanaka's eyes followed the sound of the familiar voice to find noya rushing through the door, "Huh, who's? ..Y/N'S?"

"YEAH!! i played it sooo cool too. i pretended to not know her name and everything! seriously, every time she looked at me i almost died. her smile bro- her smile is sooo pretty-"

"prettier than mine?" tanaka smiled and folded his arms while listening to his rambling.

"don't interrupt me!" noya huffed before continuing, "she plays volleyball! did you know? god i got her number!"

"it was about time my man!" the two shook hands as their giddy shouts echoed throughout the gym.

almost immediately they were shushed by ukai for being too loud then scolded again by daichi then laughed at by yamaguchi and tsukishima, but in that moment nothing anyone could say to him would put a dent in nishinoya's mood.

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the end !

[prettygirl-gabi]

Rainy Streams

Rating: General Audiences

Warning:Fluffy fluff, even more fluff

Category:F/M

Fandom: Vinnie hacker (streamer,  tiktoker)

Relationships: !boyfriend Vinnie x !f reader

Summary: You and Vinnie do a late night 24 hour stream

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

Vinnie has become a household name in the online world, especially with the teen girls and gamers. However, what many people don't know is that behind his charismatic persona lies a soft-hearted and affectionate person who loves nothing more than spending time with you, his girlfriend.

One rainy night, you and Vinnie were cuddled up on the couch in the cozy apartment watching your all time favorite anime. As you snuggled closer together under a warm blanket, Vinnie turned his head to rest on yours and said, "I have an idea. How about we do a 24-hour stream together?"

You looked at him skeptically. "Are you sure? That's going to be a lot of work, plus its like 3 am right now."

Vinnie grinned mischievously. "Come on Y/n, it'll be fun! We can play games, chat with the fans, and just hang out all night long. Please baby."

You couldn't resist Vinnie's infectious enthusiasm and agreed to the idea. You and Hera watched as Vinnie quickly set up the equipment and started streaming.

"Hey guys I wanted to do a 24-hour stream at 3 am how smart of me right, but I'm gonna have help form my lovely girl to keep me up with you all!" Vinnies stated as he pulled you onto his lap.

As the hours ticked by, you and Vinnie played games together while chatting with the fans who had tuned in from all over the world. The rain continued to pour outside as you laughed and joked around like old friends with chat. The both of you kept taking turns plaing a few rounds with some of the fans from chat just to keep this interesting.

At one point during the stream, You leaned on head on Vinnie's shoulder with Hera in your arms as he wrapped his arm around your waist. "I'm so glad we're doing this," he whispered.

"Me too," you replied softly as you kissed his neck without squashing Hera.

You were about 12 hours into the stream

As the both of you played game after game. Exhausted but happy from how early you both decide to start streaming together, you both had ended up in the pull out bed from the couch in each other's arms.

But the stream was still going and you could tell that some of the fans we just rolling in or just lurking the stream.

"That was the most amazing sleep ever," you said with a yawn.

Vinnie smiled sleepily at you as he rubbed his eyes."Yeah, it was. But you know what's even better?"

"What?" You asked while yawning once again.

Vinnie leaned in and kissed you gently on the lips. "Spending time with you."

The cause you to blush and snuggle closer to him. "I love you," you whispered.

"I love you too," Vinnie replied as they took turns keeping the stream interesting while they each got ready and freshend to finish out the stream.

"So Vinnie they said we should cook dinner to end the stream, watcha think." You asked us you look up with the most purest doe eyes ever. "Yeah, yeah let's do it."

Buy the time the both of you were done the kitchen was a mess, the food had long been devoured and stream was ticking closer to the 24 hour mark.

"Alright chat, we're done with our food and it's almost 3 am. I just wanna say thanks for watching and staying the whole stream, and also if we don't post for two days we're sleeping." You chuckled at his statement but nod in agreement.

"Yeah even though we took at 4 hour nap it didn't help much, but we will do another 24-hour stream in a few weeks and we shall be better prepared." You stated as you yawned once more for the 10th time

"Yes but for now everyone, everywhere, I hope you all have a good morning, day, or night, we shall be going to sleep now."

After you both said your final farewells you both crashed and you crashed hard. "Sleep well baby, you deserve it." You said in a low tone as you drift into a deep sleep.

[kitsaystransrights]

It'sa me, Kit!

Woah, hey, you can make pinned posts! I totally didn't forget about this feature. I should probably do that, huh?

Weeeeell anyway, howdy! I'm Maddie, I go by Kit online sometimes, you can call me whichever you prefer. She/Her pronouns only, please. I'm a 22 year-old trans furry who is chronically online and geeky, so if you have a problem with that, I'm putting you in a box and then launching that box into the sun. I'm a YouTuber, Twitch streamer, filmmaker, and game dev, so I'm basically every stereotypical geeky trans-girl thing except for an artist. Can't draw to save my life.

On my YouTube, I usually make reviews or video essays about games I like, though I occasionally do stuff on other media as well. Currently, my big long-term projects are the "Splatoon 3 vs Splatoon 2" series, which is AAAAALMOST finished at the time of writing this, and my series on Leilani Wilson's Elancia Chronicles novels, (which are REALLY FREAKING GOOD and you should check them out!) I've linked a few of the videos I'm proudest of down below :)

I also stream pretty frequently on Twitch! I have a PNGtuber of my fursona, Stormy, with art done by EmmalemmaMewmew on Twitter. Stills of her will also start showing up in my YouTube videos eventually, hehe. Currently, the schedule is every Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday, with each day being a different game. These streams always start at 7 PM Mountain Time (that's 9 PM Eastern and 6 PM Pacific) and go for around 4 hours. Sundays are Splatoon Sundays, currently the Anarchy Challenge, where I attempt to win an Anarchy Series with EVERY SINGLE WEAPON in Splatoon 3. It's hell lol. Then there's Triple-A Tuesdays, where I'm currently marathoning the Zelda series, and Indie Thursdays, where I work through my back catalog of indie games! There are also occasional bonus streams, usually around the releases of new games I'm interested in or events in ones I already play (like Splatfests!) Below is a link to my Twitch channel and my current stream schedule. I'll try to update this post as often as I can, but uh, no promises haha.

Last but not least, here's some of the other stuff I'm into/working on! Currently working on a Secret Game Project that I can't tell you about yet >:) But if you know, you know.

I'm a big fan of video games and animation (clearly), with some of my favorite stuff being, in no particular order... Sonic the Hedgehog, The Legend of Zelda, Persona, Fire Emblem, Pokemon, Elancia Chronicles, Super Lesbian Animal RPG, Splatoon, Hazbin Hotel, Helluva Boss, The Owl House, Gravity Falls, Amphibia, Steven Universe, Avatar: The Last Airbender, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Spider-Verse films, Dreamworks animation, Pixar animation, Insomniac's Spider-Man gams, Ratchet and Clank, aaaaaaaaaand that's all I could think of off the top of my head but I'm sure there's more junk buried in there somewhere lol.

Anyway, thanks for reading all the way to the bottom! You must really have nothing better to do with your life XD. Here's some links to my other socials, if you wanna follow me there. Here I'm mostly just be posting random rambling and updates for my YouTube and Twitch. See ya around!

https://www.instagram.com/kitthegoddess/

[lupucs]

I have a few questions! Mind answering? 1. What/who is your persona and what is their name? 2. What animating software do you use? 3. What software do you use to edit? 4. How long Have you been doing this 5. Are you open for 3d commissions ?? 6. whats your most famous video 7. Whats the least famous video? 8. Favortie video you have made? 9. Favortie model you have made? 10. Least favortie model + video you have made?

My youtube avatar? They're just a scruffy little goblin, their name is Lu (short version of "Lupucs"). They are supposed to be a loose representation of myself for stuff like 3D timelapses. As for my profile pic, that's just an oc. Her name is Ruby and she's a scarecrow who can wield magic and turn into a giant crow

Blender

Blender for animation editing, adobe premiere for timelapse editing

I've been doing 3D for about 6 years on and off, though ive only started doing it more regularly roughly 4 yrs ago

sadly not since i have a full-time job, but I really appreciate the interest!! It wouldnt feel right accepting commissions without the reassurance of being able to set aside enough time to commit myself to them, not to mention balancing my hobby of making animations and 3D models. i'll definitely post an announcement on here if I reopen them again!! it's definitely not out of the question.

it's the susie noelle lunch break one!! back then i didnt even wanna upload this to youtube but my friend convinced me to do it anyway and... it sorta exploded. never expected so many people to love these two goobers so much. I'm still both shooketh and a little scared but also extremely grateful!!

probably those few old oc animations i made years ago. like this one, it's my icon but it's animated! :P this is so old lol

ooh that's tricky! there are a few that come to mind, but i think Hometown Fall studies is my favorite. I like how the cozy vibe turned out and it was so much fun animating these characters playing off of each other in a mundane scenario like that. Im also really happy with how my Alphys and Undyne anim turned out. It took about 5 months (on and off) to make

i'd say susie and papyrus. oh and alphys too!! none ut/dr models would be king from TOH, and this fanart of my friend sphinxmothra's ocs

I guess that would be my Little My Moomins model from a while ago... i kinda wanna remake it one day as i really dont like how the shaded gradients look. Oh and this old oc. As for least favorite video, it's this animation. It's so floaty lol!!!

[kitcatttt]

Hello and welcome to my blog! My name is Kitcat or Ayah!

Pronouns: She/He, don’t mind They or It

Sexuality: Panromantic, Asexual but not sex repulsed. No NSFW please.

Birthday: June 12

My Carrd!

Open ask game!

Fandoms!

Jsab/TPC

Project Arrhythmia

Splatoon

Undertale/Deltarune

Project Muse

Mario & Luigi games

FNAF

Risk of Rain 2 (Milo I hate you /j)

Persona (just 5 currently, I have 3 and 4 I gotta play them)

Before you interact

I need tone tags. I’m bad at picking up sarcasm irl, and there’s like, no way to tell if someone is being sarcastic over text.

Please tell me if I do make you uncomfortable. I’d like to know so I can stop doing so.

Continuing from the above, PLEASE ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES WHEN WE FIRST START INTERACTING. I’ve had too many instances where I’ve accidentally made someone uncomfortable because I didn’t know their boundaries. I feel guilt easily and it lasts for a long time, I basically never get over it. So it would be nice to not have to feel said guilt at all.

I do occasionally make dirty jokes, and I jokingly say smash to a lot of things, specifically characters. Tell me if this makes you uncomfortable and I won’t do it around you.

I am trying to teach myself how to draw! I had been scared away from drawing for a few years, but I’m finally trying again. They might not be that good as of now. Please don’t make fun of me.

Please do not say my characters are “literally you” unless we are mutuals, and even then please ask for permission first. It does not sit right with me.

Self diagnosed AuDHD. Please don’t attack me for this. I’m only self diagnosing because my parents aren’t supportive of me getting evaluated and not only me, but several friends, peers, and adults in my life suspect I’m AuDHD, or at least autistic. Maybe I’ll get the diagnosis one day :(

DNI

Racist, homophobic, transphobic, or any other discriminatory people.

NSFW blogs and darkship/proship/profic people. So many terms jfc so I’ll just say this. If you support any kind of pedophilia, irl, fictional, whatever, get the fuck off my blog.

Cintagonisupset and his supporters. (Update on this one! I’m fine with his supporters as long as y’all aren’t here to start shit :])

People that just want to stir up drama.

DNI’s don’t really do anything but if you fit the above criteria and you got blocked don’t be surprised, I mean, I warned you :)

Please don’t mention around me (Ships)

TPC Cube x anyone other than Lythorus (Tied to a certain someone, but I’m kinda ok with it as long as it isn’t forced? Idk what would count as forced but Cube x Marcle feels hella forced- and just TPC versions of him. I ship HOPE Cubiris.)

Pyrare x anyone (canonically Aromantic)

Circubit x any female character/oc (canonically gay)

Blixer x Wave (don’t know much about the ship, but there’s apparently something wrong with it???? Idfk-)

Circumuscle x Cirtunda (Cirtunda adopts Circumuscle in my au, plus I don’t even think they’re close in age anymore. If you find past posts of me shipping them, it was BEFORE S2 Ep 1 of TPC came out, in which my au changed)

Marcle x Squadril, Marcle x Purpex, Squadril x Purpex (Purpex adopted Marcle and Squadril in my au)

Quintagon x Cubic (Literally just DNI. Why is this a ship.)

Friends list!

@comet--storm - <333

@thatonepurpleshape -Silly ass goober, one of the first friends I made on this hellsite

@mfbees - Dumbass irl I dragged into the JSAB fandom /aff

@trash-jsab - Moderates my discord server, is da server parent :]

@anonymously-night - Also moderates my discord server, helps keep everything in check (THANK YOU 🙏🙏🙏)

@mugzymiik - cheese boy /j I’m fucking eating all your aus

@ebony-silly-zone - Hit it off with them when they first joined and now I blab to them about my aus :3

(if any of my mutuals wanna be added just ask :3 I know damn well I’ve forgotten some people)

Other blogs!

@jsab-pa - Art blog! (Run in character by Sen, one of my sonas)

@corrupted-chaoss, @corrupted-chaoss-fic An askblog and fic blog for my JSAB au, Corrupted Chaos

@lil-robo-idiot - Rp blog for my TPC oc, Penl

@coho-chat - Rp and ask blog for my ocs for the Bossfight album Caps On, Hats Off

@tpc-rp-blog - General rp blog so I’m not reblogging to my main

@sins-n-sinners - Ask blog co-run by Milo and Ebony

@uprises-on-your-grave - Askblog for Uprising, and band based on a Teminite album by the same name

Important links (to be updated)

Drama post. Don’t read if you don’t wanna get into it.

Addressing important allegations. More drama.

TPC headcanons

Sexual content and my ocs.

Pyrare and shipping.

My HOPE au vs my TPC au

Pink Heroes infodump!

My tags! (New as of this post)

#kit is on her shit again - rambling tag

#oh shit kit got a pencil - art posts

#why do you tolerate me :] - friend tag :3

#fuck me dude - vent tag, drama tag

#yay blood! :D - gore tag, art or writing

#kit focus on English class - fic tag and lore tag

#kit forgot how to draw - gacha tag

#kit go to sleep - anything I post in between 12am -6am my time (EST)

#kitty cat yaps - ask tag

#😭❓❓❓ - random thoughts

My aus + their abbreviations

Magenta Decedance - My TPC au - MD

Wilted Roses - TPC au, name subject to change to an actual one because it just has the name for the Cintasphere fic currently. Once name changes I will update the description - WR

Mistakes Were Made - An au focused on Circumcannon, where he snapped and killed his family - MWM

School Love Chaos - A college au focused on Cintagon and Circumsphere, Cintagon being the yandere - SLC

Iris Insanity - An au where Iris cracked under the pressure and corrupted - II

Adler’s Experiments - An experiment au focused on my Flowers Of Antimony, Addicus or Adler, who is experimenting on shapes with the corruption - AE

The Contract - An au where Zinnia, Dub’s successor, made a deal with Rot (the tree), and everything went to shit - TC

Lovebug - Penl, a pink hero like Cyanide, got a virus! And now the corruption makes you a yandere???? - LB

Triple Star Shoppe - Cintagon, Purpex, and Pirene (oc) started a business together! Cinta is a dollmaker, Purp is a chef, and Pi is a blacksmith. Something feels… off, though. - TSS

Sins and Sinners - An au focusing on the 7 Deadly Sins’ kids, who took over after they died. (Co owned by Milo and Ebony) - SnS

House of Horror - Come on in! We don’t bite :) - HoH

Not Of The Machine - One of my ocs, Penl, is the only human in a world full of robots. Thus he’s forced to stop the corruption since he’s immune (it’s a virus!) - NOTM

Crystalline Hivemind - An infection au with Amethyst :] - CH

Robotic Necromancy - The Chipzels died, but had their souls trapped in animatronics! What do you mean this is a FNAF au? - RN

False God - The Tree killed Circumsphere out of hatred for Cintagon, so he decided to rebel - FG

Hope - My version of the scrapped Hope series by Brittney Robinson - Hope

Corrupted Chaos - My main jsab au - CC

Purity. - A tree cult was started after the corruption event in CC, and its just as bad. - Purity

Neutralized Nemesis - Another jsab au, where all of the bosses are dating a hero (includes the beta heroes) - NN

Failed Opposition - A bad end jsab au - FO

My ships (and the au’s they’re in)

Pentellow x Iris (both poly) - All except Hope

Cube x Lythorus - All

Cintagon x Circumsphere - All, one sided in SLC

Rincle x Circumuscle - All

Polyhedron x Cirtunda - All

Pentellow x Ajaceare (also poly) - All

Quintagon x Ajaceare - Not in any due to age differences

Dub x Barracuda - All

Iris x Circubit (Poly once more) - All

Hexagram x Circumsphere (exes) - All except Hope, dominant ship in SLC

Cube x Iris - Hope

Cubical x Iris (exes) - All, not together

Cubical x Circubit (also exes) - All, not together

That’s it (for now)! Hope you enjoy your time on my blog!

Dividers made by @trash-jsab

[bcon24]

All I Could Think About Was You (Tom Bennett x Reader)

A/N: Ahhhh ok this is the first time I’ve ever written a fic, like ever. Could well be shit, yep. But like I spent hours on this and I honestly don’t even care anymore. Not at all a writer so appreciate any and all feedback - tear me apart! If you like it, please leave a like or note - anything is appreciated! Hope everyone is having a great day! ❤️

3191 words (I GOT CARRIED AWAY)

Set late 1939, pre-Dunkirk

Tom and Y/N had grown up together, they had lived on the same street and attended the same school after all. While Tom and Lois were boisterous, excitable children, Y/N was more reserved. Not exactly quiet, just not confident, with an ever-obvious nervous disposition.

Y/N, her mother and sister moved to Manchester the summer after her tenth birthday. She would occasionally see the brother and sister playing in the street, while she sat on the steps bored and fiddling with pebbles. The 2 would play tag, and when Tom would play tricks and give his older sister cheek, Lois would always give it right back. Y/N always admired that about Lois.

Y/N spent her first summer in Manchester mostly in solitude. Her mother worked as a secretary at the local bank, a role she was incredibly proud of, and her sister, Jenny, was 4 years her senior and quickly made a tonnage of friends. Her hot, summer mornings consisted of reading, staring at the ceiling, playing marbles then staring at the ceiling again, but her afternoons were reserved for sitting on her steps – or if she was feeling ambitious, kicking a ball – and observing the fun-loving Bennett siblings. Every day she built up her courage to eventually approach them, and join in. However, it was not until the following autumn that she interacted with either of them.

It was the first day of school and Y/N was standing in the corner of the large courtyard. She had begged her mother not to leave her, her mother simply responded with a good-natured – albeit slightly impatient – smile and a kiss on the cheek before telling her daughter, “All will be well, my darling.”

Y/N’s mother wrenched herself from the tight grip of her daughter and left. Jenny had immediately found her friends, leaving Y/N standing awkwardly alone, fading into the background. Soon after, the Bennett siblings arrived, and a small wave of nervous excitement spread through Y/N. What happened next, she had most definitely not anticipated.

Lois Bennett, with her round freckled face and red curls carefully walked up to her, almost like she was worried about scaring Y/N away.

“Hiya! I’m Lois! This is my brother, Tom. You live down the road from us, don’t ya?” Lois asked. She was smiling at Y/N. Young Tom stood beside his older sister, looking intrigued at the girl in front of him. He had a mischievous smirk playing on his lips, a smirk that Y/N would become incredibly familiar with.

Nervously, Y/N nodded, her brown bob also shaking with the movement.

“Do you wanna play with us?”

Y/N grinned and nodded once again, her shy exterior slowly crumbling.

-

As the years passed, Y/N grew to be extremely close with the Bennett’s. Lois treated her as a younger sister, and Tom became her best friend. The Bennett’s father, Douglas, was also very fond of the girl, believing the calming effect she had on the troublesome and hyperactive Tom to be a godsend.

The relationship between Y/N and Tom was certainly intriguing. Each of their contrasting personalities complimented the other, Y/N was calculated where Tom was impulsive, and shy where Tom was out-going. He was her protector, and she was always standing by his side. Y/N’s persona around Tom and his family changed also. She was open and fun, always making the others laugh. As they grew into young adults, their relationship only strengthened. They shared an incredibly strong bond, one that confused everyone around them. As they matured it was clear that what was held between them was not only friendship, but out of fear of losing the other neither of them ever ventured to explore their feelings.

Lois and Y/N also remained close, while Y/N loved her sister, she felt that sometimes Lois understood her better.

Tom enjoyed when she read to him, lying tip-to-tail on his bed. she looked so adorable when she focused, only looking up to grab the cigarette out of his outstretched hands and take a puff - terrible habit she had picked up from him. He got to stare shamelessly at her, taking her in. Her beautiful eyes focusing on the page, slightly furrowed eyebrows and her curled hair falling in front of her eyes. All he wanted to do was brush the hair away. He couldn’t stop himself, sitting up and gently moving the silky lock behind her ears. She stopped reading, frozen with shock, looking up. His hand, however, did not move. It stayed hovering beside her face, fingers gently touching her jawline. Their eye contact was intense, seemingly conveying everything they felt for each other, love, longing, lust and passion – red-hot passion. His hand fell to one of hers, gripping it softly. He was acting entirely on impulse, lifting her soft hand to his lips and kissing it gingerly. Not once did they break eye contact. As they were both simultaneously leaning in, the door banged open. They jumped apart as if they had been poked with a red-hot iron. Lois was standing there, completely unaware of the moment she had just interrupted, strolling in and going about her business. Neither of them could look at each other, understanding the weight of what had almost happened.

-

The sun was setting when Y/N opened the Bennett’s door, she had long since stopped knocking. She walked through the doorway into the kitchen, where Douglas and Tom were sat. Douglas was listening to the radio, something about rising tensions in mainland Europe, while Tom was nursing a cigarette.

“Hiya,” She greeted. Tom’s blue eyes roved over her figure which made her blush and look away. She was clad in a pretty red dress and her best dancing shoes. He rose an eyebrow, lips pursed – he looked gorgeous.

“What are you all dolled up for?” He asked curiously, his Manchester accent lacing his words.

At that Lois came down the stairs, also dressed up. She answered her brothers’ question, “We are going dancing,” giving him a light glare.

Y/N nodded, gazing at Tom’s still questioning stare. His face softened when she smiled at him, and he gave her a small but genuine smile in return.

Lois gripped Y/N’s arm and dragged her up the stairs, Tom staring almost longingly after her. Once sitting comfortably on Tom’s bed while Lois made finishing touches to her look, Y/N sighed, feeling the soft quilt between her fingers.

“You know its really obvious, you and Tom’s feelings for each other,”

Y/N choked on her breath, causing an amused smirk to grace Lois’ features. An angry red blush rose on her face.

Stumbling slightly, she replied, “I- I don’t know what you mean,”

Lois rolled her eyes, “Sure you don’t,”

Y/N would be lying if she said Lois’ words didn’t excite her. She knew she cared for Tom more than a friend should, if she really thought about it, she might say she was in love with him. However, she was entirely convinced the feelings were one sided – of course, she was wrong. Little did she know that Tom felt the exact same way. Even though he was too proud to label it as it was – love – he knew his feelings for Y/N were anything but platonic. Ironically, the one-time Tom did not say what he truly thought, was when it could be considered most important. Eventually forgetting about the slightly distressing conversation with Lois, Y/N focused on shoving her feelings into a mental box and pushing said box to the very back of her conscience.

There were more important things to focus on, war had broken out. When Tom had left for the Navy, Y/N was distraught, but managed to conceal it until when she was alone in her bed at night. She wept at the possibility of never seeing him again, even though she knew that what he was doing was necessary – even if they both hated it. It all happened so swiftly, and they barely had time to say goodbye, words unsaid weighing heavily on both their shoulders. The only person who could see how much it affected the pair was Lois, but her words fell on deaf ears, both too stubborn and scared to do anything about their pain.

It was all made worse when Lois also left, although not to the front lines. Y/N was so happy for Lois, but that did not stop the feelings of loneliness from creeping in. It seemed that Lois anticipated this though, and before she left asked Y/N,

“While I’m gone, will you check in on Dad for me? I just worry about him you know? He’ll be on his own a- “

Y/N hastily nodded and silenced Lois, “Of course, don’t you worry. Just go live your life.”

Y/N fell into a routine, after work she would go to the Bennett’s and sit with Douglas for a while, sharing a pot of tea. Once or twice a week she would cook dinner for him, and often went to fetch his groceries for him. It was one such evening, Y/N was chopping up vegetables while Douglas sat listening to the radio. Y/N was humming to herself, different to her normal listening intently to the radio, in case of news about Tom’s ship. Suddenly, she heard Douglas stand and turn the volume of the small radio up, his breathing accelerating. He was muttering incoherently to himself. Y/N placed down her knife and stepped toward him.

“Douglas are you ok?” she asked with increasing alarm. Douglas turned; he looked as if he had been punched in the gut.

“I- It’s the Exeter,” he whispered back. The colour drained from Y/N’s face as she began to listen to the radio. As she processed the words, she felt her surroundings fade away. The Exeter hit? Tom… Is he alive? Her thoughts were going a mile a minute, inhibiting any movement she might’ve intended. But in that moment, she could not think about herself. Douglas was falling apart. Y/N knew about his past, how the Great War left him a changed man. To see his own son go away to another war? The pain would be unbearable. Y/N began to comfort him, turning off the radio and making him sit down. He began to sob, and Y/N sat with him, just tryingto help him. Later, she had no idea how she managed to help Douglas while being on the brink of breaking down herself, it was like a reflex.

After she left later in the night, after making sure Douglas was completely settled, she finally let it sink in. Y/N began sobbing uncontrollably, reaching out for something – anything – to support herself with. She found no such thing, crumbling to the hardwood floor, Jenny running in to check on her, reaching to comfort her. Jenny held Y/N while she sobbed, understanding the situation through what Y/N had told her, and gently rocking her like a baby. Y/N couldn’t fathom it, what if he was gone and she never told him how she felt? What if she was so scared of losing him but it happened anyway? As she lay on her floor, in Jenny’s arms – numb - all she could think about was Tom, his face, his smell. She couldn’t imagine life without him.

-

When the sirens went off, Tom raced to his position. He didn’t even have to think about it, just got on with it. But when he heard the deafening boom, when silence enveloped the gun room, he sobered instantly. When the explosion occurred, scattering him and his crewmates across the smoking room, only one thing was on his mind. Y/N. It was like all their shared memories played as a film reel for him. Joking with each other while they walked down the street, hands occasionally tangling together. He thought about that day they had almost kissed, and he felt regret deep in his bones. He should’ve kissed her. As feeling slowly came back to his body, he vowed that if he survived, he would tell her how he felt.

-

It was just another day for Y/N, not good, not bad. She walked down the street towards the Bennett’s, holding a bag of groceries in her hand, kicking a pebble. Her mind wandered to Tom, they still hadn’t heard anything, and it was eating her alive. Resolute in not bursting into tears on the street, she put it out of her mind. Reaching the door, she reached to unlock it, slightly shocked to find it open – Douglas was not usually home so early - and strolled in cautiously.

“Douglas? The front door was un- “

What she saw stunned her, her feet suddenly blocks of concrete that were unwilling to move. Sitting at the table with Douglas, sipping a cup of tea, looking ethereal as ever, was Tom. He was still wearing his service uniform, rucksack on the floor, he looked incredibly put together. She didn’t know if she was going to laugh or cry. Probably both.

“Tom?” She asked, not sure if what was happening was real or just a dream. Lord knows she’d had similar ones recently.

“Hey Love,” He replied casually, his signature smirk splashed across his face. Y/N could barely get her words out.

“But- you… the Exeter- hit,” If she wasn’t so shocked she would laugh at herself, barely able to string two words together. Somehow, he understood her meaning, sensing her distress, and standing up.

“It was, but it didn’t sink. I’m ok.” He replied, raising his arms to gesture to himself, “See?”

Y/N let out a sob and tackled him into a hug, Tom’s arms instantly wrapping around her. As she took her time to feel his body against her own, he was home, he nuzzled his nose into her hair and inhaled. God, he had missed her. She pulled back, grasping onto his shoulders, his chest, his neck, just to feel him. She was a sobbing mess. He grabbed her hands in his own, kissing them before placing them on his chest. Y/N let out a whimper at his actions. His hands then gripped her cheeks, and he rested his forehead against hers, while tears still ran down her face.

“I’m here, I’m home. Everything’s ok,” He whispered to her while rubbing her cheeks, her tears slowing.

Y/N suddenly remembered they weren’t alone, looking to see Douglas standing there with a smile on his face and slightly glazed eyes. Her face went red as she stared at her feet, head resting against Tom’s chest. Tom smiled slightly at her embarrassment. Douglas suggested the pair go for a walk, while he unpacked the food. Too emotional to protest, Y/N swiftly followed Tom out the door, holding his arm as if she let go, he would disappear. Before she knew it, they were strolling through a nearby park, both waiting for the other to speak. In an ironic reversal of the roles, Y/N stopped and spoke up, still gripping Tom’s hand.

“I was so worried, Tom. I thought- “ she couldn’t even finish her sentence, but he knew what she meant. He looked down, the implications of her words too much for him to handle. He reverted to all he knew, teasing.

“Hey, you would be fine without me. After all, I’m just a bloody nuisance,” he tried to be nonchalant, but she could see through it. He was scared.

“Don’t say that. I missed you, I don’t know what I’d do without you.” She said with a degree of urgency.

“I missed you too,” Tom said, not entirely able to respond her admittance of how much he meant to her. But then he realised, he had to tell her how he felt. It wasn’t fair on either of them.

“When the- “ her head snapped up, eyes meeting his. He took a deep breath, “When the Exeter was hit, when I was lying there not sure what happened, I probably should’ve been thinking about Dad and Lois. Or- or even praying. But all I could think about was- was- “

He was struggling to get the words out, he took a moment to collect himself before returning to her questioning gaze. Now or never.

“All I could think about was you. You, and how I had never told you the truth. How- how I really feel about you,” Y/N’s mouth was wide open and her eyes were the size of saucers, she was gripping his hands and he took that as an invitation to continue.

“I love you, Y/N. More than a friend. I have for ages. I needed to tell you, I don’t want to think about if I had died and hadn’t told you,”

Tom felt vulnerable, more than he ever had, he was hanging on her next words. Y/N was shocked, how could she have never known? She was so happy, she wanted to jump for joy, but she couldn’t move, could barely breathe. Tom looked devastated at her silence.

“Say something, please. Please, Y/N- “

She couldn’t take it, she silenced him by pressing her lips to his – probably a bit too harshly. They both stumbled back before he steadied them, Tom’s eyes widening before they closed, and he settled into the kiss. His hands went around her waist, lifting her up slightly and pressing her body to his. Y/N’s were holding onto his shoulders for dear life. The kiss was magical, somehow able to convey a decade’s worth of feelings in one short moment. Short moment.

She broke away urgently and almost shouted, “I love you too! I love you; I love you,”

They were both smiling like fools, “You love me?” Tom asked, completely unbelieving of his luck.

“Yes! Of course I do!”

He laughed and spun the both of them around as she squealed. He slowly placed her back down, staring into her eyes before kissing her again. This time it was different, less urgent. Their lips moved together slowly, one of Tom’s hands tangled in her hair and his other held her jaw, giving her nowhere to go – not like she wanted to go anywhere else. Y/N’s were wrapped firmly around his neck, and she let out a quiet moan at the intimacy of it all which only spurred Tom on. His tongue swiped her bottom lip, and she eagerly opened her mouth for him, their tongues moving sensually against each other’s.

They begrudgingly pulled away for air and rested their foreheads against each other, inhaling deeply. She pulled back slightly to look at him, his eyes still opening. His blonde hair needed a haircut, but his ocean blue eyes and incredibly sharp jawline made him as gorgeous as ever.

He was looking at her with much the same intensity, telling her, “You’re beautiful,”

Y/N beamed up at him and pecked his lips in thanks before moving away.

“Come on, it’s getting dark,” she stated.

Tom nodded but stayed still for a few moments longer, thinking about how he got so lucky. He kissed her hand intertwined with his before walking with her, feeling utterly content.

[orionsangel86]

Listening to The Sandman Audible again and I can't help but think about a few interesting choices made including:

1. Hob and Dream have absolutely ZERO chemistry. Like there is nothing there at all. I physically can NOT ship Audible Hob and Dream the actor playing Hob is just far too Straight and kinda annoying #sorrynotsorry. I've listened to Hob's scenes with Dream in Audible a few times now for my Dreamling meta essay and its literally a zero on the chemistry front. There is nothing compelling there I'm afraid.

2. However Dream and Lucifer have amaaazing chemistry and its honestly difficult to listen too WITHOUT assuming they had a fling back in the old days. Its implied in the comics, but imo they went pretty heavy in this (clearly Michael Sheen knows all about getting fans to ship his characters lol).

3. Titania x Dream is confirmed in Audible. They talk about how they slept together in A Midsummer Nights Dream (I checked and this isn't in the comic and Titania refuses to talk about her relationship with Dream in The Wake so its only ever implied until the Audible show). This officially makes Titania the only confirmed ex lover Dream is actually still on good terms. Something worth exploring in our meta analysis perhaps?

4. What the hell happened in Babylon? Okay so do y'all remember Pharamond? The transportation guy who helps Dream and Delirium travel on Earth? Yeah I barely paid attention to him in the comic, but in the Audible show he's like a super simp for Dream. I dunno if its just me but the chemistry between them is heady... like with Lucifer I get a strong impression that something went down between them and I'm just gonna go ahead and consider "we drank wine together in Babylon" a euphemism from now on.

5. Furry Porn...? I am absolutely dyyying to know how Netflix plans to portray Lady Bast, and Dream when Lady Bast sees him, because they dont have a lot of options tbh. Either they pull a Doctor Who cat people thing (which is always gonna look clunky and low budget) or they do some form of uncanny valley style CGI (prob the most likely option) or they just go full furry outfits (the funniest option imo however unlikely). Either way though, the Audible show turns up the heat. I love the voice actress for Bast, she totally leans in to the sexy kitten persona - like Cat Woman but extra furry and in heat. I wanna see the cat lady totally come on to Tom's Dream and see his reaction to her propositioning him whilst he has a cat face. Do NOT chicken out Netflix. You better lean into the extra weird even if it does end up looking like furry porn. I wanna see it, and I'm not even a furry! 😅

6. The Goddess of Love in the strip club - honestly HOW are they gonna adapt this? Its difficult enough having to listen to Neil Gaiman's voice explaining in graphic detail how the men watched her dance whilst ejaculating over and over again until they were "cumming blood".

Also "you really don't like women do you?" One issue before "he's gotta stop hanging out with poets and stick with me, I'll set him straight."

Dream really isn't beating the gay allegations anytime soon lmao.

[silent-partner-412]

ok i need to vent about a trope in video games (mostly rpgs and visual novels) that i really don’t like, and want to talk about why a lot of games fail at it and give a few examples of how it succeeds. however to do so im going to spoil a shitton of games. so if you plan on playing any of the social sim persona games, the xenoblade trilogy, sea of stars, 9 hours 9 persons 9 doors, pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky, chrono trigger, the great ace attorney, or danganronpa 2 and 3 (the anime not the game), do not read this post. i will be spoiling all of them.

so what’s up with characters dying But Not Actually so much?? it’s gotten to the point where whenever a main character dies, i’m almost certain that there’s going to be some funny business to justify bringing them back. it kind of drives me nuts, and i wanna talk about why this plot point fails in so many games (and also a few where it works in my opinion because it CAN work).

to start, the xenoblade games, specifically 1 and 3. i think fiora’s death in xenoblade 1 was my first exposure to this trope and honestly i think it’s done alright. there’s a LOT of foreshadowing about the nature of the face units in the early game, and having her be turned into one makes complete sense. also she’s not the only character who’s presumed dead that ends up in a face unit, so the concept feels more complete than just an excuse to bring back a main character. the main problem with fiora is more that her character pre-death is so much better than post-death, but that’s less to do with the resurrection and more just me disagreeing with the direction they take her character. overall this game gets a pass from me, not a bad use of the trope.

xenoblade 3 however i will not be so kind to. mio’s fakeout death fucking sucks and it ruined one of my favorite characters up to that point. they build up the fact that mio is dying all game, it’s a huge part of her character. the existentialism of it all was so compelling to me, i was excited to see where it was going to go. but the body swap with m during the prison sequence was so underwhelming it hurts. it is mildly foreshadowed in the fight against m, but it still felt like they sidestepped the conflict entirely because they didn’t have the guts to actually follow through on what they had set up. which, to be fair, this would be fine if they actually explored how she felt about living when she was supposed to die, but they don’t. this is pretty much the last major character moment for mio all game, and it was so disappointing to me. not a good use of the trope at all.

persona 3 (portable) and 4 use this trope too and it’s also pretty rough. shinjiro’s death is a big moment in persona 3, and saving him in portable feels super underdeveloped and feels like it was just used for fanservice at the end of the day. nanako’s death in persona 4 is almost insultingly underdeveloped too, it feels like it only happens because they needed to add extra tension during the climax of the game, when it would’ve worked perfectly fine if she was just severely injured in my opinion. having her die and come back just feels cheap and unearned.

persona 5 does it much better with akechi in my opinion but that’s also because him coming back is pretty much a mirage. the only reason he comes back in the third semester is because maruki thought him being back would be part of joker’s ideal reality, and once maruki is defeated akechi goes away too. it’s all pretty fantastic, and the way they explore akechi’s feelings about the whole situation is great too. of course, there is the moment at the ending where you seem him through the window but that’s left purposefully ambiguous and i choose to believe it’s just joker’s imagination lol.

chrono trigger is probably one of the oldest examples of this trope and it didn’t really bother me, but that’s mostly because i wasn’t super attached to crono in the first place cuz he doesn’t have much going for him in terms of characterization lol. i also think that because there are multiple endings including one where he doesn’t come back (and you really have to go out of your way to bring him back) makes it feel a bit less cheap? i don’t know, i don’t really have a strong opinion one way or the other for this case.

now sea of stars i’ve gone on record saying i adore, but i still don’t love how they handle garl’s resurrection. it feels almost identical to crono’s, and feels a bit too fanservicey for my liking especially since i thought garl’s death was so extremely well done. it’s cute, and i do love garl, but i prefer the regular ending where he doesn’t come back.

so… remember how all the characters in danganronpa 2 didn’t actually die? cuz they were in a simulation the whole time and it wasn’t a “you die in the game you die in real life” situation like they implied in the game? yeah that was weird. i don’t remember this bugging me a ton back in my danganronpa phase but like… the deaths in that game in particular were really well done for the series (let’s forget about chapter 3 for now) and having none of them matter in the end kind of sucks. it also doesn’t feel like that was the original vision since this reveal only happens in the danganronpa 3 anime and not in dr2, so it feels like it was probably done for fanservice more than anything.

these next two are ones i don’t think were too bad and that’s because they both happen and you kinda just know they’re not gone for good. kazuma from great ace attorney and snake from zero escape (999) both die so early and so suddenly after being set up to be seemingly important that you sort of just know they’re not gone for good, and if they were you’d probably be disappointed. also they both slap when they come back and their characters would probably feel incomplete without their reveal that they didn’t actually die. if you’re going to kill characters and bring them back, this is one of the better ways to do it in my opinion.

finally, this isn’t really a death but it still really bothered me. i really don’t like the ending of pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky’s final special episode. for years i thought that once grovyle and dusknoir returned to the future and you and your partner save the world, they’re gone. that’s how the game sets it up. i’ve thought that’s how it was for years since i didn’t play sky until last year. learning that no, they save the world and all the pokemon from the future are fine actually was so… it just felt wrong. i feel like they didn’t want a sequence that grim to end the episode in a game made for children, but i was like 9 when i beat explorers of time/darkness the first time and i understood the implications of what happened. learning that wasn’t actually the case now that i’m an adult bothered me and i wish they had stuck to their guns.

so what’s the common thread here? well, the times where it doesn’t work are usually because it feels like fanservice or like the story didn’t justify it well enough. it feels like you’re being coddled almost, like don’t worry your blorbo is fine!! they’re still alive!!! and i hate that so much. stick to your guns!!! if you don’t have a damn good reason to bring back characters after they supposedly die, don’t bring them back. it usually feels wrong and hollow. look, in real life, people die (i know big shocker), and there’s nothing you can do about it. i’ve had people very close to me die, and while i would do anything to bring them back, that’s just not how it works. i know games are supposed to be escapism where you suspend your disbelief, but i don’t usually feel happy when characters i love die and come back. it just feels like mildly condescending wish fulfillment. i just wish authors would be more thoughtful about this kind of thing.

[cityandking]

4, 11, 31, 38, 43 for Daichi, Minah, and Narayani?

thanks!! // d&d random questions

4. How do they perceive themselves?

DAI — dai sees himself as smaller and simpler than he is. he's not an artist but he has the artist's issue of always seeing himself in his work, and therefore none of it is particularly impressive or impactful. he has a slightly better sense of his persona post-demigodhood, but mostly he's just vaguely embarrassed about the faith people have in him. (part of this also bleeds into a slight exasperation with how people talk about his self-sacrifice—there's an edge of pragmatism to him that makes him a little frustrated by the current grieving.)

MINAH — minah is aware that at any given time she is performing The Self™ and is equal parts dependent on and ashamed of the act. she perceives herself as fundamentally cowardly but she's also incapable of letting go of the one thing that genuinely guides her, which results in a sort of flip-flopping of self-awareness that is always (I think) a little worse than who she really is. her inner voice isn't kind to her and she does a lot of acting to make up for it, but those moments where she and her inner self align are electrifying.

NARAYANI — narayani perceives herself as an extension of the clan and her people. that doesn't make her a tool—she's too centered and steady for that—but she's definitely aware of herself as a part or representative of a greater whole at the same time that she's an individual. she's also aware of her sharpness and her rage, but those are as much a part of her as the bloodshed and the hunting and she doesn't mind them.

11. How does your PC show affection?

DAI — primarily through being protective and a fond permissiveness he won't show anyone else. he lets the people he cares for get away with shit he'd have an issue with from anyone else. he's also big on acts of service—darning clothing, doing laundry, cooking meals. he likes being able to take care of his people

MINAH — immense cat energies: hanging out without talking too much, being annoying as hell, the odd and unexpected moment of tactility. she's magnificently bad at saying things outright, so she tends to act her affection instead. (also gift giving. little hoarder mcsecrets giving people stuff is a big indicator of care and affection)

NARAYANI — patience is a big indicator of affection from her. she's also fiercely loyal and defensive of her people, so when she starts standing up for individuals it's an indicator of her feelings about them. her promise to keep solas safe from the inquisition was, in retrospect, a far greater declaration than either of them entirely realized.

31. What’s your favorite part of playing your PC? 

DAI — I just love him!! he's so solid and direct!! he cares so much and he's so dedicated and willing to give himself and he loves with his whole heart and he tries his best no matter what!! also it's fun to play a character with no charisma because then I don't have to bother trying to be smooth or well-spoken or anything. and I love his crazy high insight I just really enjoy playing a high-WIS character in any situation. I wanna be nosy lemme know what's going on.

MINAH — she's so fun. I love her accent and being able to say whatever and I especially love when my DM leaves me tasty little crumbs of backstory plot I can't share with anyone (ty kite ily). I love playing a liar

NARAYANI — I love her rage. it was one of my favorite things about playing a tabris too; I just love a PC who has the opportunity to be angry about the world and fierce and direct about it. her unwillingness to bend or play nice was so much fun

38. How did you choose your PC’s name? 

DAI — found it on behindthename and I liked it/it fit with his vibe. his surname was randomly generated but as soon as I saw it I was like "yeah that's him"

MINAH — I saw it in something I was reading at the time and really liked it

NARAYANI — found it on behindthename and liked the sound and the associations. I retroactively found an elvhen version/meaning for it but I ended up liking that too

43. When your PCs make decisions, who or what are they making those decisions on behalf of?

DAI — genuinely for the greater good. at the end of the day he's a pragmatist who wants to help as many people as he can, and that framework of helping and defending and healing really guides the decisions he makes, even at the cost of his own life

MINAH — mostly she makes decisions on behalf of her own well-being, but there's also a debt she owes to someone that guides... more of her decisions than she likes to outwardly acknowledge

NARAYANI — her people and herself

[orcelito]

Gencon is very busy...!!!

Ummmmm highlights of the day..!!!

I maybe bought 4 Naruto figurines. Thankfully not individually expensive (though perhaps a little expensive all together...) see I wanted Sasuke but I also wanted Kakashi and I couldn't have Sasuke without Naruto and well it would feel wrong to have the 3 of them without Sakura and so I somehow. Got all 4. Haha. I'll most likely post pics later, whenever I end up opening them. I'm still at the convention center rn lol

(Putting the rest of this under a cut bc it got a little long lol)

I was on the field of the Lucas Oil Stadium, aka the stadium that the Indianapolis Colts play at. I've attended all of One game here (not professional football, it was a high school game lol) so I've felt the size of it, but it's still fucking crazy being on the field. It's so BIG...... and obviously they've got the grass covered rn, but it's still pretty cool!!!

I maaaade dice!!! Pretty precise process it seems, & definitely would require a Lot of work (after the sanding and the painting etc etc). I do still wanna get into it, but if I wanted to spring for stuff like the vacuum chamber or the pressure pot...

Yeah, it'd get expensive. Add in the fact that I don't have a good place to do this away from the cats & it really is not feasible to start rn. But!!! Eventually!!!! I think I'd really enjoy it. I just need a dedicated workshop space where I can spread out without worrying about poisoning my cats lol.

Here's some cool game set stuff I saw in the event hall. This picture is maybe... hm... a fourth of the event hall? And then when you consider that the vender hall (connected to the event hall, though it's closed right now) is maybe 1.5 times as big as the event hall?? Give or take a little...

Aka just imagine booths upon booths upon booths... I'm gonna have to take a pic of it tomorrow. I was there too briefly to think about taking a pic. Honestly I maybe managed to get through like a tenth of the whole vender hall in an hour of wandering. It's fucking huge. And So Many Dice... I bought one set of 14 (I think it was) dice. Aka an extended set. And then I got a random set bag of dice (just a basic 7). And then a d20 with a cat on it. And a dice of LETTERS. Aka I guess a d26 (I totally did not have to double check that there were 26 letters in the alphabet)(I have 702k words written & posted to ao3)(😂😂😂 I'm very tired) but with letters instead of numbers. And it's glow in the dark!!! And I found some hxh buttons, and a mighty nein poster, and uhmmmm. A cute lanyard. And that's all I bought. Which really is such restraint for me. (Omfg I just saw a dragon cosplay)(someone just dressed as a dragon)

OH YEAH I saw a fucking. Persona 5 Ryuji cosplay. Hanging out with the biker lady from Durarara. Featuring the Ryuji holding her scythe hfksbfmd which was such a funny image. I was too shy to ask for a pic but just trust 🙏 i saw this

Anyways yeah the only real big thing I bought is the naruto figurines. I'll show pics later once I got the stuff again (I dropped it all off in the car earlier)

Omfg literally as I've been sitting here (on a bench at the side of a main hallway) someone stopped by and gave me a handmade bracelet !!!

DND's 50th anniversary!!! So cute!!!!

[chihirolovebot]

okay okay prepare for my ranting but OHHHHHHHHHMYGOD i just love your writing so so much.

you just AHSHSTGGFF ARE SOOOOO GOOD AT GETTING THE READER HOOKED. I SWEAR . ITS UNREAL.

no joke . i’ve reread sleep awake probably about 4 times now. it has been on my mind for the past month. send help .

I LOVE LOVE LOVE physicist’s relationship dynamics with the rest of the cast. thank goodness we’re not isolated with kokichi the whole story. ohmygod. i think i’d die.

i feel like . phys could really do with a massive cry in rantaro’s arms. he became a brotherly figure so quickly for them and AUGHHHthey make me so upset. him preventing a meltdown too?? WAAAAAHHH … gotta love him for that. hopefully we’ll get to see more of him in here is where my body lies .

SPEAKING OF THAT. i’m looking forward to seeing the bad endings / alternate universes in it. like … if kirumi killed phys. or korekiyo succeeded in killing phys. or …if kokichi didn’t walk in when gonta attempted to kill phys . ohmygod. phys almost died a lot. i hope we get to see how everyone reacts. ANYWAY i can’t wait to see phys and the others be happy. what the hell. i need this in my life.

back to friendship dynamics….the trio recently formed by BELIEVING in phys??? is just AUGHHHHH SO SO CUTE. THEY HAVE MY HEART. I WANNA GIVE THEM ALL A HUG.

and…with the main man himself …. WOW. just. WOW. their dynamic is everything. they make me wanna cry. they are married. they are divorced. they are nerds. they are losers. they are. my everything. they are

“And yet—this deal he’d made you. That was trust, naked and unmistakable. That was far more than he’d offered anybody else. Everything else aside, Kokichi trusted you. Wasn’t that enough? 

If the small pit in your stomach was anything to go by—no, it wasn’t. And you didn’t know why”

WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH THEY JUST MAKE ME SICK. SO SICK. i’m really curious how phys will react to kokichi’s plan for *you know what* or that he’ll just keep them in the dark. again. because he knows they wouldn’t let him? I DONT KNOW. whatever it is. i’m not ready for it.

despite the tears that i’m gonna shed in the future ……..IM EXCITED TO SEE THE NEXT CHAPTERS PLAY OUT. im looking forward to the changes you’re gonna make in chapter 6. really curious what that’s gonna be .

you’ve captured kokichi’s character to a tee and i can’t get enough of it i swear .

i love that phys has autism too. like. if it isn’t completely obvious by now. so do i and it’s just. wow. THEY R JUST LIKE ME!!!!

also. i’m very excited to see where you take that persona 5 fic. wink wink.

ANYWAYS LOVE YOU FOR THIS. THIS IS THE BEST FIC I’VE READ EVER . I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT HOW MUCH I LOVE IT. GOODBYE .

HELLO FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HELLO .

ur so kind this is like. one of the sweetest asks ive ever received i was pacing all day and im just answering now because i wanted to have the time to write out a thoughtful response because ohhghgh my god u made my absolute week with this thank you SO much my angel !!!!!

starting this story it was so important to me that like . phys has Other Friends. i think i mentioned this before but i think a big part of the story is that Ouma's mindset is wrong and unhealthy which is definitely starting to be examined this late in the story and like. the way he goes about doing stuff is definitely (mostly) well-intentioned but his mindset and philosophies are so Off and Wrong that i think ONLY having his mindset to influence Phys would a) ensure that phys only develops in a way that makes them more like him, which is NOT good because his mindset is wrong and unhealthy, and b) would make them extremely lonely when that isnt what i want the story to be about. if i COULD i would go back and give them some more interaction with momota because he's ouma's foil character, but i like him giving phys advice and phys taking on bits of his philosphy, too. they basically take an amalgamation of their friends' perspectives and learn to have a healthier outlook that way. so yeah . its super important for phys to have friends, especially optimistic ones like momota, kiibo and chabashira .

MY BODY LIES!!!! i haven't forgotten about this, just planning on properly starting it after i finish sleep awake's main story because between that , my p5 fic, and my jojo fic its kind of A Lot. but amami will DEFINITELY be a prominent character in it because i love his and phys's relationship so much. i tried to stretch it as much as possible in the original story before i knew i had to kill him off :(( and YEAH so i think a bad ending will be the first chapter which will probably be if shinguuji succeeded in his murder attempt , mostly focusing on the aftermath and the effect it has on the rest of the characters which . was pretty heavy for a first chapter so i may make it the second instead lmao.

I CANT SAY MUCH ABT FUTURE STUFF but i CAN say that some of ch5 and a fair amount of ch6 will be different and im super excited to show you what i have in store for it !!! the tone i'm going for is bittersweet so . hopefully that tides you over for a bit :3

the new trio... the phys apostles as i'm calling them. they're so silly to me. something about each of them knowing phys in very unique ways . kiibo seeing phys as soon as they woke up and always being the first to believe in them , chabashira seeing phys after they killed shinguuji and being the only person to see that side of them, and saihara being a sort of mirror to phys's grief in the early chapters after they both lost the most important person to them ( at that time ). i thought it made sense that they would all be a little more reluctant to believe that phys had been totally brainwashed because they all have a lot more respect for them than that , and also just . know them better as a person than the others , who are definitely still well-intentioned , just ignorant.

ouma... my little freakweirdo bf . characterising him is such a challenge but im so so happy you enjoy how i've done it !!!! physouma's dynamic is my favourite i've ever written in anything, i think . it's exactly like you said !!! they're constantly on this weird emotional journey where phys is attempting to get closer and ouma is attempting to distance himself but its not working because they both care about each other so much and like. yeah . they make me a bit insane too . writing phys slowly discovering their feelings has been super fun too . i usually dislike the oblivious love interest trope because more often than not it feels like it's played for miscommunication problems BUT i feel like with ouma it only makes sense because like . its impossible to know where you stand with ouma even if he straight-up says 'im in love with you' you'd just be like ?? yeah ok buddy sure. good one . you got me.

autistic phys is so real to me as i obviously also have autism and . i was projecting super hard when i created them teehee. THE PERSONA FIC !!!! i know its been a while since i updated but i AM working on the next chapter its definitely not abandoned :3

THANK U AGAIN SO SOSOSOS MUCH FOR THIS . I HOPE UR HAVING THE BEST DAY EVER <333

[callmearcturus]

What made you choose the odin over other similar game boxes?

GREAT question because there are a LOT of options out there, I even did a big post about them a while ago when folks were curious.

I actually started out with a Retroid Pocket 2+ as my first device. I hugely enjoyed it, played a bunch of DS games on it as well as a lot of PSX games. I think the current iteration of it, the Retroid Pocket 3+, is an excellent pick if you want a midtier device. At this point, the RP3+ is like a Odin Lite Lite.

My issue with my RP2+ was that I really wanted the ability to stream games from my PC, because I am a pirate yo ho ho and I wanted access to that much more robust library. Also, my interest in the Dreamcast/Gamecube/PS2 console generation is at its peak right now and that's the library I want to play comfortably.

So when I got a bonus from work, I bit the fucking bullet and got the AYN Odin Lite, because it also happened to be like 50$ off at the time.

(Oooh, which it currently is right now too, go figure!)

For the curious, I loaded my RP2+ with literally as many games as I could stuff into the things and I gave it to a friend as a gift.

I was worried that I wouldn't use the Odin enough to justify the purchase..... but then I immediately put like 20 hours into Pokemon Unbound and I completed Persona 3 Portable. And then I used Parsec to play the entirety of Persona 4 Golden and I am now 80 hours into Persona 5 Royal. And now I might spin up a playthru of SMT4 or the PS2 version of SMT 3 Nocturne, unsure.

Here's the reasons I like the Odin, even though its one of the pricier devices you can get:

Yes, it costs 200USD for the Lite model. But the Lite model does pretty much everything the more expensive Base and Pro models do with minimal compromises. Also for 200USD, you get extremely good components, very comfortable professional feeling buttons and joysticks-- like, this thing feels slightly better than a Switch Lite, honest to god. Unless you wanna dual boot Windows, you don't need more than the Lite.

It has Wifi 6 so it streams like a fucking dream. If the Odin itself can't handle emulating a game but my computer can, I can play flawlessly from Parsec. As I mentioned before, a few weeks ago I was sitting in a cute coffee shop literally like 25 miles away but was playing Persona 5 via Parsec. It also works natively with Game Pass streaming perfectly.

Even without streaming, this fucker is BEEFY. I personally love it for PSP games. Playing at 4x or 5x resolution makes the games look stunning.

My biggest problem with my CFW 3DS is the battery. I tend to play games for 4ish hours at a time, and then put the thing aside for a few days. With my 3DS, the thing will HAVE to be left plugged in or it will be dead by the next time I wanna play. This also means I can't just drop it into my bag to wait around for time to play, it'll inevitably be dead. My Vita and Odin can live in my bag for over a week before I have to worry about the battery. That is HUGE for me.

The Retroid Pocket 2+ very comfortably and ably played up to the DS and most Dreamcast games, but PSP was a crapshoot and even some PSX games weirdly could only run at x1, which was disappointing to me. The Odin Lite can play everything I want to play and as a bonus it can do what seems like half the 3DS library and about 40% of the PS2 library, which I would like to revisit.

Cracked devices and emulation are becoming a hobby of mine as everyone sans Microsoft works around the clock to make their enormous back catalogs fucking inaccessible. The fact the 3DS shop is closing soon pisses me off so much I can barely express it, I think that shit should be illegal. There are so many games and frankly works of art that are going to be completely inaccessible legally! FUCK THE ESA!

Point is, this stuff is important to me. I back up games I never intend to actually play on my external hard drive just in case. But out of all the devices I have played with, my favorites are easily the Odin and my cracked Vita. Both are miraculous, and I feel like I'm literally defeating my "hmmmmm what do I wanna play" indecision thanks to them.

That said, depending on your needs, I still think the Miyoo Mini and the Retroid Pocket 3+ (current iteration of Retroid) are excellent choices. As is a Vita! My god I love my Vita! I've never been a fan of any of the Anbernic devices and would avoid them.

[daydreamerfox]

SKETCHTEMBER DAY #10

Today is JJ's day! He's also one of @theprofessionalpromptmaker's OCs and just look at this adorable cat boy!

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Do you wanna be tagged on the next ones? You can reply to this post saying so (wether you want to be tagged in all my art or just the sketchtember posts)

More about him and the sketch under the cut!

Jamie has cat ears, cat tail and yes, he does purr when he's enjoying something. He's pretty much a cat boy, even in personality. He has a hard time trusting people, but when he does he can be very affectionate and caring! He can create different kinds of plants with his powers, he can heal people and he has lightning powers! He's basically immortal since even if you do kill him he comes back to life after some time. JJ loves books and he's a romantic! He feels like finding his soulmate is something really important to him (There are other things that are also important to him, though, like vangence over a certain someone, but no one needs to know that, shhh, let's not talk about it) He works as an assassin but usually keeps that a secret He's a nerd who loves studying about new things and finding about about stuff... but I think Poss can explain it a little better than me:

"The most main character energy of my OC roster - this is Jjheminee, also known as Jhemie, Jamie, and JJ. His go-to alias is Midnight, but sometimes he uses ‘Emerald’ or ‘Kitty’, depending on the situation. He is trans masc, but has female personas for work. He is an ex-royal due to being born under unfavorable circumstances that led to him being banished from the royal family when he was a preteen. His life had many bumps from there - an adventure full of various angst and forbidden knowledge. But now he is living in the human world, seeking revenge against the person who caused him to be born into such unfortunate circumstances. He works for the man who played a role in screwing up his life, and has many side hobbies so the revenge plan is very slow going. But that’s fine. He’s patient. That or he’s gotten super sidetracked from that goal. He loves books, knowledge, technology, dogs, kids, and kinky sex. He’s a cat boy with very long and very wavy/curly black hair, green eyes, and dark tan skin. He has plant and electricity powers. Animals, plants, and kids tend to like him since he’s got the soul of the deceased God of Life, who reigns over fertility, plants, animals, health, and other adjacent categories."

About the sketch: It was nice to draw a character I'm a little bit used to draw already after spending a few days drawing characters I've never drawn before this challenge! Something I'm really happy about is the fact that I've noticed that even when I draw someone wearing a simple outfit (like JJ's oversized hoodie and ripped jeans) I've been able to add more detail than I used to. For reference I used to put a black t-shirt on everyone and everyone looked kinda the same imo, so improvement!