#I gave up on any other sorta bg after that

[sparkwithinme]

Apparently, I started this a few weeks after I’d finished ShB and it’s patches, which was sometime like... fall 2021... so this has only taken me... 16 months to finally finish...ish. Good enough anyways. lol ^^; At that point I was so full of ShB brainworms... This in particular is 5.0.

[janexeu]

     though the mist might prevent some from seeing it, JANE MÁRQUEZ is actually a descendent of HYPNOS. it’s still a question of whether or not the TWENTY-SIX year old DEMIGOD ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR from NEW ORLEANS, USA has taken after HER godly parent completely, but the demigod is still known to be quite SACRIFICIAL & STUBBORN.

( she’s b-b-b-back on her bs : katya ! tis uhm ,,,, a lil bit of a chonk of an intro but ill try 2 b cute w it. any time u wanna yeet jus peep the gif again & forgive me bc Look At Her ! )

POWERS ( more info here )

hypnokinesis  — p much made her a glorified babysitter w lynch-esque wacko dreams. it got stronger naturally as she got older, but jus w herself n eventually the ppl shes real close w. its also gotten a lot better since comin to eonia 

seeing gods in dreams  — she doesnt hang out w em every fridays at tgifs but like ,,, if she had Pertinent Questions she cud smhw make it happen. found out abt her being a demigod at age 10 when she met hypnos

memory retrieval — shes got great memry of her own but bc she knows it can help w grief n all that, shes been learnin in eonia how to do it 4 others if they mayb wanted it

BIO POINTS 

her single ma died during childbirth so jane's been in the foster care system since 5ever. attempts at reunification nvr worked out but thankfully she got real lucky w her group home and foster families. twas stable enough to not emotionally scar her even further but the instability of it all was fosho a big ol’ lot and has influenced her rigidness in sum aspects of her life

she lived p much as a mortal even tho her powers r a lil freaky. never went to camp but it worked out bc all her abilities r internal and cannot be Perceived by others. she had a talk w hypnos abt what 2 do n he mentioned camps but also gave sum monster avoidance tips ( like rarely use ur powers, maybe learn self defense, yada yada ) n she jus ,,, did that so she cud continue livin real normal w the mortals. logistics of camp stressed her out esp bc shes livin w non-family n stuff yk it was All Too Much, miss her w the added demigod stress tyvm

got married at 23 to her childhood sweetums luis, but he ,,, died abt a yr later fr a car accident. coma for 2 weeks n jane p much slept the entire time in his hospital room, visitin his dreams n talkin to him. twas a life support sitch so they eventually decided to pull da plug whch was real sad but like she's processed it 2 da best of her abilities. her powers helped a lot in the coping too n she visits memories of him in her dreams smtms when it gets real sad then shes ok again bc life goes on n life is pretty uwu

bc of her bg round kids of all kinds, shes always been passionate abt em. always takin babysittin/tutor gigs and went to community college so she cud teach n then worked as an elem teacher. only started considerin goin 2 eonia 4 postgrad when she had a student who showed signs n strugglez of bein a demigod. she eventually got to talk to their godly parent 2 confirm n she was shocked pikachu meme, real concerned for all those youngins who hav no clue what to do ! or how to cope ! bc they cant facetime w the olympians lyk she can ! so cue her discussin eonia w luis a lot then a year after the accident, broke out the pro-con list again. took abt *checks watch* another yr til she finally decided to zoom 2 athens but then whoosh she did !

PERSONALITY

yearning ? idk her — shes can be a bit of a take it as is typa chick. can be a lil literal jsksj not dumb but like ,,, def doesnt read into things enuff to pine n long n year yk. some things might def fly over her head. she says Yes To Serotonin in this house. she dk the the mitskis n the sikens n the carsons ; its all mary oliver up in this joint. we just tryna luv life n be grateful folkz

le freak, say chic ! — control freak, that is. growin up in an unstable envi meant shed cling 2 stability n independence, wrvr she cud get it. so when it comes 2 the way she does things, she can be real a heel digger. also bc she has 2 deal w kids yk so it can b A Lot n shes v stern lyk dat. ofc she wont infantilize the eonians .,,,. or will she ? big sis vibes outta control. she means well tho always always means well. itll also b v hard to get her 2 giv up on sum1 bc life ? she luvs it n knows u can too

changes by david bowie — is decidedly skipped on the playlist. she doesnt like change !!! i mean she knows its inevitable but still not entire unavoidable. ever since she got out of the system, shes had a partner n her own way of doing things n its been workin out so why change it yk ? she says time may change me but jokes on u i can sorta trace time 

rip but im different — this goes out to all em whores in this house. she respectz ur hustle but like ,,,, not her thang. girl doesnt even get drunk when she drinks bc she doesnt rlly drink sksjsk doesnt like the taste of it, big baby ! but like she's Lived, its more like. ok tried it, not for me. thanks tho. also for all the meanies in the house, y’all perplex her. shes empathetic n wont show the judgement but smtms shes lowkey lyk .,., ur how old n u had all this goin 4 u n ur still so rotten ? how u actin like a 7yo w a trantrum ? scratch head, make it make sense

at least u tried — dad jokes, bad puns, tries to be big jokester but isn't funny. she's pretty tho so she gets away with it. idk wht else 2 say ur honor. shes the type thatll embarrass u w affection

well that was Awkward — probably sum1 abt her if  they see her actin a Fool bc shes in a foreign sitch or topic. when shes a fish outta water then she can be so ! easily ! flustered ! which is p much her in eonia. shes not new new but theres way 2 much godly shennanigans for her to wrap her head ‘round n sis has never gone to camp so its ice bucket challenge level shock from time to time still w da magics n lore

til death do us part — yknow when death cab for cutie said i knew that u wer a truth i wud rather lose than 2 hav nvr lain beside at all ? how abt when they wrecked me by rudely sayin love is watching sum1 die ? yes ? no ? nywy thats jane 4 ya. if she loves then shes in and if shes in then she is all in, luke danes stylez

was that a vivid enough picture or did i just word vom the same things agen n agen sjksjs jus know shes cute n sweet if a lil frustrating n annoying bc shes stubbornpants mcgee. may or may not have a slight compulsion to help fix other ppl ..,,.. someone set her str8 n tell her fix u by coldplay isnt it !!!  

OTHER INFO 

5′9″ born 4 october 1994, virgo sun n moon

not a freshie ! idk how long her program is but like ,,, lets ignore that 4 now ok jus kno that she been here a while

yogi & boxing enthusiast back at home. hc her mans got real into the martial arts w her when hypnos told her she gotta learn how 2 defend so that was one of their things : bonding by workouts so jane cud protecc herself if need be

her maiden name’s jane fulton. got her mommas surname but the name jane ? thats some jane doe bs some rando picked out for her which she hated at first but then seeing tarzan made her go hmmm, ok bet !

lgbtq+ alliance president ! identifies as pan

she met her late hubbie when they were abt 7ish, real friends 2 lovers cuteness. jane was there for him throughout his entire coming out & transition ergo her passion for the community esp queer kids bc she was That Cis Ally for her mans. wears her ring as a real lowkey necklace now

shes also real passionate abt sleep. will ask u how did u sleep last night p much every day u see her bc ppl spend like half their lives asleep catherine ofc shes gonna ask

her fave thing abt eonia ?  the whole siblings bit. shes had 2 make do w what she got n build a family from scratch so this ? she luvs it a lot let her give u kithes hypnos babies

shes p well versed in the greek thingies but only thru the knowledge mortals gets + dream info. after her realizin who she is, all things ancient greek jus sorta became her niche interest ykwim ? shes not like Super Learned abt it more like ,,, ok i gotta at least make Sum sense outta all this, gotta learn what i can. imagin how embarrassin it wud b 2 see a god in ur dream n then go : sorry to this man. nope. not jane, not her, nuh-uh 

luv languages : words, acts of service, physical touch !

useless hcs but she loves disney sfm ok. smtms dresses up as princess tiana for bday parties n shit bc shell do nythin 2 put a smile on the kids n babs faces

ya like jazz ? bc jane surely does ! adores motown & 60s music. nina simone owns her. no one drag peggy lee from 101 dalmatians ! not an important hc but i jus wanted to quote my bubble butt winged bee lover barry

POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS

children ! infants ! babies !

demigods that make her scratch head damn u live like this ? but also wud knife emoji to protect n care for. shes not the oldest on campus but shes been livin independently p much her entire life so she finks shes got a tight grasp on the myth that is Adulting  

srsly tho the Big Sis vibes is off the charts w this one. shell perserve u dumdums

baddie influencies !

convince her 2 get drunk at a party ! bc she never does. convince her to maybe try drugs ! or go hook up ! do smths impulsive idk jus smth new !

gl tho bc shes not rlly ,,, easily influenced But she can b reasoned w ! in general i fink its just gonna be a fun dynamic if y/m knows how to coax sum wildness outta her or w/e bc thotty yummy theyre hotty yolo rzning jus wont do w this gal. will most likely get argumentative like a big ol momma hen but if u win then ur winning big

Sleep Now or forever hold ur peace !

idk sum1 she helps w their messy sleep ? shes def not super public w it, surely knows her other siblings r Better at it but if  y’all are close, she probs enjoys doin it 4 ya. she runs her hair thru fingers a lot when she does it. like a lot a lot unless u tell her to get lost

lover boi, lover gorl, lover enby !

she can be a lil traditional when it comes to how she views rels. she wants all that meetcute courting bs ! no gender roles tho n u best be sure shes not constantly comparin w her late hubbie ,,, but she jus wants smth magical n 2 be wooed again yk ?

so yea ,,, crushers mayhaps ? sum1 who is tryin 2 woo her ? sum1 she had a meetcute w and now janes got lowkey heart eyes for em ? idk lotsa possiblities but pls keep in mind she is not good at the flirtings so hav mercy on her 

eonia tour guide !

or jus friends who like ,,, constnatly fill her in w all the godly stuff n whatnot. years of not goin 2 camps mean u miss out on a lot ! explore ruins w her n get her info her mortal educ didnt make her privy 2 yk 

head real empty atm i will think of sum n let y’all know when i do, but give us all the conekshunz. friends, enemies, the usual bit, lgbtq alliance peeps, lmk whats up whats done whats cookin we want it all

( shes p much a new muse n da result of me tryna bring in an emotionally healthy kid to this sad sad university. janes in a v good well-adjusted place rn n is my therapy muse bc that other bitch m** is a messy handful. but wbk life aint linear so mayhaps shit’ll hit da fan or one of y/m will ruin her lmfao press f pls ! but also color me eyes emoji bc we love to see it )

[radramblog]

My Commander Decks Pt.1

I was supposed to be going to a Commander night tonight, and that fell through, and now I’m just sitting here, staring at my deckboxes. So I thought I might channel that sorta fixation into a discussion of some of my (many) commander decks, the history behind them, and how my own deckbuilding ethos folds into them.

  The Mimeoplasm- Sultai Reanimator

My oldest and most storied deck, though it has changed a lot over the years. I first heard about commander not long after I started playing magic, and I didn’t have much of a collection at that point, nor did I have that much money to drop on a 100-card deck. I might not have even had the basics necessary at that point. When I heard of the upcoming release of Duel Decks: Jace vs Vraska, I ended up agreeing with my brother to split it- we pay half each, he gets Jace, I get Vraska, with the intent of turning that into my first commander deck, with my copy of Varolz, the Scar-Striped at the head.

Getting cards isn’t easy in Perth, as there aren’t many card shops and their stock is limited- ordering online is an option but it can take upwards of a month for cards to arrive from the US stores. As such, when I saw a significantly better generic BG “stuff” commander in Sapling of Colfenor in a local store, I was easily conviced to pick her up, sleeve her up, and lead with her for a long time

At this point the deck was still just a pile of (mostly bad) cards I liked, with somewhat of a graveyard theme, but it was my pile of cards, and I loved it. I have a lot of sentiment attached to most if not all of my commander decks, actually. Eventually we got to the release of Khans of Tarkir and Fate Reforged, and while somehow I never got convinced to run Sidisi, Tasigur, the Golden Fang, would eventually take command of the deck, adding Blue to its options.

Blue didn’t add much at first, and it’s still the least present colour of the three in the deck, but a looter or two and some funky spells were a fun time. I was never good at playing Tasigur, never really willing to delve too much, not willing to exile my own graveyard, a sentiment that would continue into the current configuration. Not long after this, one of my friends organised an online order, and I decided to order enough cards to completely retune the deck.

I’d like to argue I got lucky, seeing as a lot of the cards I picked up spiked not long after, but it was then that the style of the deck solidified, and it started resembling where the deck is at now. Despite the huge changes, however, I didn’t think to change the commander to the Ooze that now helms the deck until after, and it would take some time until a friend spotted a Mimeoplasm in someone’s binder at a draft for me to finally get the deck’s final commander, solidifying it as a Mimeoplasm deck rather than just my Sultai Reanimator deck.

Even now, this deck is an eclectic collection of my history with Magic. Ostensibly, it’s a deck that either tries to win on turn 2-3 by reanimating an insurmountable threat, or by grinding out value steadily lategame between engines, possibly ending the game with a convoluted combo. But that’s not really what the deck is, is it. It has the Vraska from that old Duel Deck, the misprinted Flooded Strand from my Khans of Tarkir prerelease. It has two of the 5 Masterpieces I somehow managed to open over the 3 entire blocks they did those, and it has the damaged Reanimate my best friend traded for for me (He needed value in the trade and I paid him back for it, but it still counts). Cutting anything from this list is like killing my darlings, maybe with the exception of the manabase (It’s still pretty awful).

 Radha, Heart of Keld- Gruul Topdeck

From my oldest deck to my newest. Radha is a deck borne of one evening- it was a friend’s birthday, everyone was peacing out and walking back to our cars, both me and the birthday girl are parked next to the local game store, which, hey, it’s still open, let’s take a peek. I ended up buying everyone a round of Modern Horizons packs, as well as a Japanese Ikoria booster for myself, and apparently my good deeds were repaid in the packs I opened.

From this, I decided I wanted to build a more unique deck. See, it hadn’t been that long since the Commander precons where WOTC had decided to make a new archetype in the form of Esper Topdeck, printing Aminatou and Yennet as commanders to promote this. But with M21 recent, and Vivien’s ability to play off the top, I wanted to see what the other two colours could offer for such a deck. Hence, Radha, Heart of Keld became the leader of my own Gruul Topdeck deck.

There’s a lot of ideas coming together in this deck. The options for topdeck manipulation in Gruul are largely just the artifact ones, so I wanted more options to manipulate the deck- hence, I made sure the ramp was largely Rampant Growth type effects so they would still be relevant as shuffle effects in the lategame. I knew I wanted to run Wrenn and Six, so I made sure just about every nonbasic in the deck was a Evolving Wilds type effect- they synergize with Wrenn, they are shuffles when I want them, and they mean I can put all of my actually good Gruul lands in my other Gruul deck.

Unfortunately, the most you can abuse topdeck manipulation in Gruul to do is mostly just using it to cheat creatures into play. So that was the angle I went for, throwing a variety of spooky creatures in that would let me have a variety of options if I had the capacity to manipulate my deck. The sheer number of basic-searching effects I had gave me an excuse to run the Conduit of Ruin toolbox package I had in mind, letting me play Deciever of Form, a card in my collection that I’d had my eye on for quite some time, off of a one-of Wastes. I wanted to run Oath of Druids, so the deck doesn’t play any creatures under 3cmc just in case I’m flipping blind.

The deck does a lot of powerful nothing, but it’s not a blue deck, so I think I can get away with that. It’s far from perfect, and despite my disgust with the card it probably needs a Sensei’s Divining Top, butt I think this deck is an elegant reflection of my own deckbuilding process, if I do say so myself (and I do!)

 Callaphe, Beloved of the Sea- Mono-Blue Devotion Voltron

I built a Callaphe deck because I saw a foil showcase one at a card shop for cheap, thought it looked gorgeous, and had a bunch of blue cards sitting around without a deck to put them in. It’s not as well thought-out as some of my other decks, but I’d argue it has a lot going for it. Turns out the best way to play a bunch of blue enchantments with devotion also happens to you stealing a bunch of stuff and drawing a bunch of cards. Neat!

Callaphe has a bunch of new cards in it that I haven’t gotten to try yet, but I’m excited to do so- it’s probably the first deck I’m going to pull out at my next commander night. It’s not particularly powerful, but she gets big surprisingly quick, and no-one expects the old Corrupted Conscience my own Commander trick. Infect is a perfectly viable way to win a game of magic! Especially when I’m using someone else’s creature!

 Mirri, Weatherlight Duelist- Cat Tribal

The first round of Secret Lairs were announced in December 2019, as I recall. My birthday is December 11, and so I decided to spoil myself a little and pick up the “OMG Kitties!” pack, all the cards of which became the basis for this deck.

I’m a cat person. My cat Ruby is a brat but I love her to bits. This is the cutest deck I own.

Building around the Ikoria companion restriction was interesting, as it meant cutting staples like Sakura-Tribe Elder and…actually I think that was it? Turns out when you build kitty aggro you don’t want a lot of things that aren’t kitties. I opted for Mirri over Arahbo, however, partially because I despise Eminence as an ability, and partially because I like that Mirri lets you swing with impunity without getting cracked back too hard. A bit of a nonbo with Kaheera, unfortunately, but you can do worse. Kaheera usually gets blown up at some point anyway.

I’ve had a surprising amount of trouble getting all the tokens for this deck. I’m working on it.

 Roalesk, Apex Hybrid- Simic Superfriends

The idea for this deck is actually a spin on one from Ben Doolittle, from his Conditions Allow series on EDHREC. It inspired me, and while I took the mechanical core of the deck from the article, the Superfriends spin was my own idea. Essentially, the plan is to use Clone effects to convert cards in hand into copies of Roalesk’s powerful enter the battlefield and dies triggers (as the clones are sacrificed to the Legend rule), making the main man himself big very quickly and proliferating counters onto a wide variety of spicy planeswalkers.

The deck was built not long after the dissolution of my first Cube, as such many of the cards were taken directly from it- just about every UG walker in that cube or in my binder ended up in the deck, which proved problematic when I rebuilt the cube. It also ended up with the Doubling Season I opened in it, giving it combo potential, but the only tutor around is Jace, Architect of Thought’s ultimate, so it’s not a guarantee (Though the one time I did get it off was incredible…). Most of the deck is filled with Clones and a whole 22 planeswalkers, fulfilling a variety of roles in the deck, leaving not a whole lot of room for more traditional answers but since I have superfriends that ramp, superfriends that draw, and superfriends that are removal, it has yet to be too big an issue. Outside of ramp, however, I find myself allergic to “staple” cards, and so relying on the planeswalkers that the deck is built around and that synergise with Roalesk and the other Proliferate effects in the deck is fine by me.

The deck actually got strictly better with the recent Commander rules change that made dies triggers work even if you put the commander in the Zone, but I was a little salty anyway, since I’d built it with the idea in mind that I wasn’t getting that double proliferate unless I worked for it. Ah, whatever, can’t complain about the devs making my deck better for me, right?

 Much like many of these rambles, I’m going to leave this one here, halfway through. In the second half, we’ll discuss my awful but hilarious 5 colour deck, my awful to play against monocolour deck, and 3 others. ‘til then!

[magicianapprenticelyra]

PolyShips w/ the Kids! [I]

—I’ve been thinking about some multi/poly relationships within the fandom with the LIs and their apprentices.

I’ve been wondering how these dynamics would work with Lyra and her kids from the other parents!

First one of the bunch—

Asra/Lyra/Muriel:

How It Happens: Honestly this is the one of the polyamorous relationships that has a high possibility of happening.

It comes about from when Lyra and Asra first become a couple, and eventually Muriel joins the relationship.

Muriel feels really awkward and feels like he’s intruding on his best friend’s relationship.

The feeling eventually goes away, because no matter what—and it took a while but it worked—Asra and Lyra involve him in everything.

When they do go out together, Muriel tends to be in the middle, all of them within arms reach.

Muriel made the rings for Asra and Lyra for their wedding, and eventually he was gifted a ring from them.

He teared up. They all did.

Muriel divides where he sleeps at the shop and in his hut.

Lyra’s uncle Bảo helped them get a custom bed in the shop so the three of them could fit on it.

Muriel was sure it was magic somehow, even if said uncle isn’t magically inclined.

The topic of kids coming up made Muriel wary to say the least.

Still, he was the one that made the cribs, giving each kid a custom headboard designed with their names surrounded in protection spells.

[More under the cut!]

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The Kids Themselves

Hải and Noor are the older set of kids to happen first, a set of fraternal twins. Parents are Lyra and Asra.

They’re older than Iris (Muriel’s her father) by about four to five years.

Iris grows tall really, really fast.

She’s born as a really big baby: Lyra needed to get a C-section (both in-game/in the Modern AU)

Muriel felt awful and wasn’t in the room when it was happening, but once all the blood was mostly cleaned up, came back in and cried upon seeing this little tubby baby of theirs.

Asra was sniffling in the background and the twins are just in awe.

Also slightly terrified since they saw a part of the procedure before running out of the room.

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The Parents’ Relationship With The Kids:

Lyra:

w/ Hải

She is really worried about him in general.

He’s not the most social.

She’s the one that has to nudge him to go outdoors more often than not.

Painfully, socially awkward to the point he’d hide under the bed in order to not have to go out.

Her son didn’t really want to have friends.

It seemed the case until she found out about the bullying.

Modern AU: She went to the principal’s office about it but not much was done.

In-game: Pulled the parents aside to talk. Pretty much the same results.

Lyra was with him when he found his familiar: Scheherazade the Earless Monitor Lizard.

Scheherazade is a much older little lizard—Hải named her that because she had many a story to tell his curious little self.

She is usually the third person—it’s a toss-up between the Countess or his grandpa for first and second—to see his designs for prosthetics.

He’s working on models geared to be affordable to the general populace and with less expensive materials than the metals his grandparents work with.

Bounces ideas off of each other for his sketches of possible toys for kids.

He uses wood usually, and he makes steel tops for kids.

w/ Noor

The baby can do fire and water magic?? Oh dear.

Lucky for Lyra and her partners, Noor wasn’t too out of depth with her magical capabilities.

Noor took an instant shine to dancing when she saw Mom, Dad and Zaza doing so.

Noor compares marriage to having a life-long partner—or partners!—that would each take turns catching the other, be it in the highs or lows.

When she is old enough is able to handle herself on her own, Noor takes trips all over the place to learn dances from all the regions she can.

Lyra: “Please show us signs of life through letters.”

Noor: “I promise, I promise!”

Noor keeps her promise, and always returns within a handful of months from each departure.

Noor does have trouble with finding a place in Vesuvia.

She gets a bit mad about it, and Lyra pulls her over to Selasi’s in order to beat the shit out of some dough.

Most of the time the dough is too overworked to be given to paying customers, but she still eats it.

Has a little too much fun being a tester for any of the toys her twin creates, so Lyra usually follows along to make sure no one loses their eyebrows, again.

It is a looooooooong story.

w/ Iris

Oh she was so heavy as a baby.

Julian talked to Lyra about her options in terms of delivering, and they agreed upon the C-section procedure.

Iris was a whimsical child.

Learned to crawl, and then run before walking.

Often gave her mom heart attacks when she’d walk off into the Forest, forcing Lyra, Muriel and sometimes Asra—Inanna was always in tow, sniffing her out—to go and bring her back to the safety of the city.

Makes friends with a baby Pika who eventually became her familiar.

Lyra: “Honey, why is he named Flower?”

Iris: “He had a mouthful of them when I met him!”

Lyra: “Fair enough.”

Wanted to be as strong as her Papa.

Lyra often secured places for her to work out as a teenager.

Lyra even convinced Nadia to allow Iris to sometimes attend training sessions of the Palace Guard.

Was offered a position many times, but Iris preferred to help out in the shop.

Biggest sigh of relief for Lyra, to be honest.

Lyra is often greeted by this child in the way of being picked up and swung around.

She’s learned to become a noodle when Iris swings her around.

Is deeply amused by the fact she’s fallen in love with Noah, the blind son of Julian and @vesuvianoak‘s apprentice Ąžuolas.

More often than not is a silent observer of their interactions from afar.

Was the one to get Noah’s ring size from Ąžuolas and nudged Iris with it so she could get the ring bands.

Muriel:

w/ Hải

Their relationship doesn’t have a lot of spoken dialogue.

Hải can be having a really bad day so Muriel goes to where he’s sulking with a pair of whittling knives and blocks of wood.

They carve together in silence, with Hải holding up his work so Muriel can give pointers.

Muriel is the one that takes him and his siblings out into the woods to get ingredients their Zaza can cook for meals.

Helped Hải get over his fear of moving water.

He taught him to swim.

To be honest, it’s just a doggy paddle.

No one is willing to point it out though.

He was the first parent to learn that Hải was aro-ace.

Muriel reminds him that Lyra is ace as well. Being aromantic didn’t change the fact his entire family was going to support him no matter what.

They hug it out a while and Hải is really thankful for it.

Mun note: I deeply headcanon Muriel is biromantic ace.

Became good friends with Scheherazade when Hải came back from his trip with his mom and grandpa—Salim took him to see and learn from some other alchemists in Zadith.

Was worried Scheherazade was truly a very small dragon, but Hải assured him she wasn’t.

When Hải needs something heavy to be held down or picked up, he turns to Iris and Muriel for help assisting with the task.

Muriel enjoys watching Hải in his element. It’s the most peaceful state he’s seen his boy.

This includes on the annoyingly complicated commissions he works on with his grandparents.

w/ Noor

Was not at all surprised of the magical aptitude she has as a child.

Deems Noor the one with the flashiest tastes in fashion.

Being family friends with the Countess does not help things.

Seriously the kid’s like a beacon or an explosion of colors wherever she goes.

The Masquerade is a big one.

Noor tries to get her Dad to dance a little more.

Works as well as you think.

Is the shoulder and warm arms she cries on when things don’t go well with any of her romantic relationships.

Muriel: “...I could have Inanna scare them.”

Noor: *through her tears, she manages to laugh*.

Usually the first one to see her coming back on her little trips, be it with Asra or by herself.

Also makes sure she eats after her rigorous routines.

She forgets to a lot and he will keep poking her about it until she eats.

This goes for also making sure she doesn’t eat too much or too close before a performance too.

Makes her flower crowns, and was the one to teach her as a kid.

w/ Iris

Muriel was scared he was going to lose his daughter and his wife when Lyra was getting closer and closer to her due date.

It didn’t go nearly as planned with the twins, how could the pregnancy with his child end well?

Luckily, the C-section was a success and Lyra wasn’t in too much pain after the fact.

Iris always points out the scar on Lyra’s abdomen when she does get a glimpse of it.

Was not expecting Iris to want to be like him in two distinct ways: Very Tall and Very Strong.

She tops off in height at 6 feet tall as an adult and she is very strong.

Carried her over his shoulder on the way back home when she snuck off to The Forest.

Iris: “I wanna see the Peryton!”

Muriel: “No they’d chop you into pieces and have you for snacks.

Iris: “DAAAAAAAD! I’M A WHOLE MEAL.”

In the bg, Asra and Lyra are dying with laughter.

*Siiigh*

Unlike Noor, Iris’s style is more in the realm of the feminine: poofy skirts, princess-sorta ball gowns, etc.

Again with the Satrinavas, they spoil her time to time.

The tailors have a good time with Iris, since she has so many anecdotes to tell.

Muriel reassures her each time she puts on a special outfit that yes, she looks beautiful.

If anyone says she ain’t pretty enough because of her muscles, Noor and Hải would look for Auntie Nahara to prove them otherwise.

When Iris starts dating, Muriel asks her to keep a protection charm on her at all times.

It’s a little charm made of twigs, some flowers and a couple of smoothed stones from the river.

Then she up and goes dating one of Julian’s kids.

It’s a funny dynamic, really.

No one had a dry eye at her wedding though. N o  o n e.

Muriel: “I’m proud of you. Congratulations, sweetie”

Iris: :D!!

Asra:

w/ Hải

Is not surprised by anything in terms of Hải’s interests nor secrets.

He’s the most chill of all the parents: most things don’t ruffle his feather in comparison to his spouses.

Scheherazade was a bit unexpected, but she’s good friends with the Stove Salamander.

Was very, very proud of the fact his child was able to discover what his magical abilities were, even if he started late compared to most magicians.

If said customers ask about his kids, Asra regales the story of the magnetized spoon to the kitchenette upstairs to every customer

Asra: ✧٩(ˊωˋ*)و✧ “I’m so proud of him! He was really worried about it for a while but—”

Hải: (￣ ￣|||) “ZAZA YOU’VE TOLD THEM A HUNDRED TIMES. STOP, PLEASE!!!“

Gets him things made of various metals on his trips.

Upon the return trip Asra either sends them in piece by piece or they all arrive at his father’s shop at once in a number of sacks.

Hải: o(≧∇≦o) | o(*>ω<*)o | (ﾉ^∇^)ﾉﾟ|

Will help Hải paint any and all his projects, because while the kid is great at building and assembling things, his knack for painting is left to be desired.

Asra: “Are these colors okay?”

Hải: “Zaza, we’re trying to not blind people. Switch out the blue with...green?“

Asra: “Dark green, got it. I’ll make it match your Dad’s eyes.” (≧∇≦*)

Muriel: (>.<);;;

Asra always encourages Hải to do what he loves.

Gets into arguments with Noor about the toys time to time, the disagreements over the size, color and shapes.

w/ Noor

Asra’s the one she goes to for pointers on how to dance.

Noor: “Am I angled right?”

Asra: *makes the necessary adjustments.*

Noor: “Ohh, right. Thanks Za!”

Asra: o(*>ω<*)o

Was the parent that was happy to allow Noor to go on a trip by herself.

He went around in circles with his spouses for about a week until Muriel and Lyra relented.

Before she left though, Asra added in a punch of reminders of protection spells, just in case.

Every time a romantic endeavor went sour, Asra was the one to make her favorite comfort foods while the others huddled around her and hugged out the sads.

Faust was usually mysteriously gone until she returned, looking too pleased with herself.

Lyra: “Faust? Where have you been?”

Faust: Crimes!

The next day Noor would find out her ex(es) had a terrible incident happen to them.

Nothing major mind you, but they looked ridiculous for about three weeks or so.

Helped her to pick out her outfits for performances.

Lyra and Muriel helped to subdue the technicolor ‘monstrosities’ if they deemed it too much.

Noor’s loudest cheerleader in audiences.

One time he got ejected from the area for being as such.

Muriel and Lyra get a kick out of pointing it out, much to his chagrin.

Asra: “I love seeing you perform and having so much fun!!! I’m sorry...” ( ͒˃̩̩⌂˂̩̩ ͒)

Noor: “It’s okay, Za.”

w/ Iris

He asked the cards what sort of a child she was going to be.

He did not expect a jumble each time he asked.

Asra: “Even the cards couldn’t predict you, sweetie.”

Iris: “Good!!”

Is the victim of all the ‘short’ jokes from the kids to the parents, despite the fact Lyra is only two inches shorter than him.

Iris has used him as a weight when she was pulling carts around, or helping some of the neighbors with fixing up their homes.

Goes to her if he can’t open jar or two, or seven.

Iris: “Papa’s not around?”

Asra: “In the woods with your mom and siblings.”

Iris: *pops them open with ease*

Asra: “Thank you, sweetie!”

Iris: “You’re welcome.”

Oftentimes finds Faust curled up around Iris’s shoulders, because she runs the warmest in the house, second to Muriel.

Will join them, and subsequently, so will the rest of the family.

Will help her do makeup on the occasions she wants to look extra pretty.

Asra: “Glitter or smokey eyes?”

Iris: “Both!”

Asra: “Alrighty, let’s see...”

With any of the seemingly random color combinations she imagines, it turns out better than expected!

⁂

Miscellaneous Details:

Levels of confidence from most to least from childhood to adulthood: Noor, Iris, Hải.

Hải gets better with his self-confidence years down the line. It’s a long process, but he will get there.

As teenagers Iris offered free piggyback rides to her friends and siblings—the twins of course always called first dibs.

Being aro/ace, Hải never looked for any partners in the romantic or sexual sense.

[Modern AU]: His sisters defend him to the point of were Noor almost threw hands with a belligerent, willingly ignorant S.O.B.

Iris was happy enough to let her sis whup the asshole’s ass but Hải had to pull her back.

Also if Iris gets physically combative with anyone it would end up with a hospital visit for the other dude.

Hải is the Best Man at both of his sisters’ weddings.

Everyone cries, because goddamn it we love it all.

And that’s it for this post!

Next: Muriel/Lyra/Julian—TBA

[issabeauty1-blog]

Love Untraditional

IT was a few days before Thanksgiving 2018. This would have made 2 maybe 3 Thanksgivings that I spent as a single female. Not that the prior 7-8 years was any different, but my heart was healing from an unexpected breakup. Let me explain. Nathan was supposed to had been my everything. I mean, he was an amazing man. He gave me everything I thought that I needed. I felt protected (and we all want to feel protected). He stood about 6 feet 5 inches, dark chocolate complexion. Although he was lacking in certain anatomy of his body and looks, he made up for it in his intelligence. He showed me things that I had never seen before and always made me feel secure about my extra rolls. He encouraged me and wasn’t afraid of my strong demeanor. If I could say one thing that I least liked about him it would be his non-emotional disposition. I hated that! He was extremely egotistical and cocky on top of that. I guess I partial to blame when I bragged about how good he was in bed. Things began to change when he had to relocate for work. His career was always very important to him. I give him that, he was a hard worker and good at what he did. Although his job bounced him around from state to state, we always managed to see each other once a month….at least. Then the visits started to become far in between. And when we did see each other, if we weren’t having a petty disagreement, we were humping like rabbits. And it didn’t help much that his Caribbean background caused for lots and lots of alcohol. And of course alcohol sometimes leads to things we aren’t so proud of like exploring weird, in the closet desires. And then BOOM, after his mom passed he hit me with the ultimate betrayal. He told me that he had been seeing other women the whole time we’ve been dating! The whole damn time. Now at this time of confession, we were kinda sorta broken up. I just took a quick flight to see him because his mom had passed. He continued on about how much he still loved me but was currently in a relationship. That he had told her all about me and that she was okay with us still being together. This nigga must have been on dog food. Needless to say, I declined his offer. And although I declined his offer, somehow I just couldn’t let go. I did all sorts of foolish things that we as women sometimes do. I stalked his social media, I tried to make myself present places that I knew he would be. I made idol threats just to start an unavoidable argument. I called him from several burner numbers just to hear his voice or maybe I was just hoping to catch him at a weak moment. But the weaker I got, the stronger he got and the quicker he got over me. So finally, I allowed myself to be heart broken for the first time in my life. I allowed myself to be vulnerable and to admit that this man had hurt me deeply. And instead of being revengeful and plotting on how I was going to hurt his ass back, I just spent several days crying. And before I knew it, I was over him and I was over being in love!

So time went on and I felt it was time for me to start dating or fucking again…However you look at it. I started reaching out to those fuckboys who I knew wanted to be with me at any cost. But when the time came, I backed out. I do value my goods. After being so disappointed by the men I seem to attract, I started to believe it was me. That God had forgotten about me in the romance department. I felt myself being desperate and joining online dating sites just to get attention. Tinder was the most accessible, since it was free and everybody was swiping right. I found myself always swiping right but never finding Mr. Right. I met this one man who I had been chatting with for over 2 months. A nice looking guy from Philly with a calming voice and an average personality. He was nice to talk on a daily basis. He would send me pictures everyday. As I waited patiently, he finally sent me the infamous dick pic. And it was impressive. So I finally decided its time to meet. When I finally got the courage to meet with him, we decided to have our first date at the movies. We met outside the theatre and I call myself gonna sneak up and surprise him. But he had the surprise. From a distance he looked just like his pictures. He was dressed nice and casual. Low hair cut with deep waves. This man turned around and gave me the biggest smile. WHERE THE FUCK ARE YIUR TEETH??? All I saw was pure darkness!! How could he think that it was appropriate to meet me for the first time with no fucking teeth! Like bruh… I didn’t know if I should run, scream or kick his ass for wasting my time! So he asks for a hug and I give him a church hug with a gentle pat on the back. I didn’t want to get too close to feel any sort of bulge. We go inside the theatre and I immediately ask for several drinks. He ask me if I was nervous and I replied no, but I was thinking I just want to drink until my vision was blurred, lol. After the movie we went to dinner. He asks where did I want to eat and I’m looking for the most expensive restaurant in Boca Raton. But since it was so late, we ended up going to Juniors. He orders a burger, fries and onion rings. When they brought our food it was enormous and I’m sitting there waiting to see how he’s gonna eat with no teeth. And he had the nerve to ask the waitress for some pickles…Lol. She gave him pickle spears and he began sucking out the soft center. GROSS!! He has been fumbling with his food for about 30 minutes and yet to take a bite. I know he’s hungry so I excuse myself and head to the bathroom so he can scarf down his food. Hope he don’t choke I remember thinking. Before he could pay the bill my Uber was pulling up. Needless to say I didn’t see nor speak with him again.

After being shamed by my sons, my grandma and friends I vowed not go on any online dating sites again. And for the many months to follow, I keep a fresh pack of batteries. It’s now the holiday day season and a lot has changed. I’m a new grandma, new job and a new look on life. I remember cooking the day before Thanksgiving. I had just finished my first bottle of Moscato and the holiday blues is starting to set in. I grabbed my phone to text Nathan but stopped myself. Good girl!! But instead, I refreshed my Tinder page. After a few swipes right, I came across a match with BG. Now BG profile really caught my attention. He was from NY and grew up in Baltimore. He was a single dad and owned his own business. So we began to chat. We chatted all that night and even Thanksgiving day. For some strange reason, I really wanted to meet this guy before wasting my time. And he wanted to see me also. So we agreed to meet after dinner at my community pool house. I freshened my braids, threw on a cute t-shirt and some shorts. I walked across the parking lot to meet him. He pulled up in a bumble bee. It was clean and he looked nice driving it. He parked and I got in. His pictures didn’t do him justice. It was no coincidence that I was strongly attracted to him and him to me. We sat in his car and talked for hours. It was like we knew each other before. After that night, he immediately text me asking for a real date and I quickly accepted. He picked me up the next day and we headed to the beach. Sounds nice enough until he mentioned it was a “clothing optional” beach. Upon arriving to the beach, all I could see was wrinkled old nuts and tits. It was people from all walks of life. I couldn’t believe he would take me here on a first date. We set up the chairs, the tent and undressed to our swim attire. He went to the water as I stayed behind since I can’t swim. After awhile he encouraged me to get in the water. It was fun I must admit. He held me tight promising not to let me fall. After swimming we headed back to the tent. He dusted the sand off my body. The tent was big enough for us both to fit inside comfortably, so we laid down. He spread the blankets down. I started to complain that my skin was dry after getting out the water and he had baby oil…OF COURSE HE DID. He asked me real gentleman like if he could give me a massage! And ladies we all knows what comes next after he plays the massage card. I changed my Pandora station from Maxwell to R. Kelly because I knew this was gonna be good. His hands were so strong and warm against my trembling skin. Mind you, it has been close to two years since I’ve let a man get this close to me. I laid on my stomach and he had definitely done this before, probably a few times that week alone. He rubbed me slowly yet deep enough so it seemed like a massage. But it was more than that. It was erotic and sinful and I loved it. He worked his skillful hands to my hips. He asked me to spread my legs so he could oil my inner thighs, I obliged. I was so nervous yet so turned on at the same time. I closed my eyes tighter and tighter as he explored my body. I give it to him, he played it very safe…looking for any signs of him crossing the line. But I gave him an all access pass. He then started to gently tug at the strings that held my bikini bottom together. At this point, it was no turning back. Not that I wanted to. I assisted him in untying my bikini. His hands quickly found them back between my thighs. He seductively found himself rubbing the outside of my pulsating vagina. He then took what must have been his middle long finger and with an unexpected thrust, it slide inside my pussy full of juices. It must have felt just as good to him as it did to me because I felt his body moan. I then felt something warm dripping on my leg. And just like that, this man had ended my two year draught.

[tellywoodtrash]

the great indian dysfunctional family ep 1 lb

gosh just seeing swaroop sampat in the credits is making me soooooo happy.

oh starting right off with a house party blasting ladki byootiful kar gayi chulllll. ironic wink wink since the show had a heavyyyyyyy kapoor & sons vibe in the trailer. 

they even stole the smoking a joint in the bathroom scene. cool cool cool.

i’m guessing chubby-cheeked, reluctant-joint-smoker addu (aditi) here is the baby sister of the two guys?

addu’s being a real bummer towards her bride friend and dissing the groom. hmmmm. is she just not a nice person, or is there something more there?

lmao she just told some annoying dude slamming on the loo door to “bhag behenchod” tho, so maybe i like her?

cut to samar (barun) who seems to be a doting moon-eyed husband. nice.

sobti’s wedding ring featuring in prominence as always.

dude you cute and all but you’ve got to give up your 4 Lions Leading Man habit of driving so carelessly. why do literally none of you guys keep your eyes on the damn road??? maana ki biwi bohut hi cute hai lekin is rate par kisi ki jaan lekar rahoge tum log. 

oh he’s a chef (i think.) dang, this might be the most attractive role sobti’s played.

he just pulled the car over for a quickie! waaah re daring! get some, boo!

addu has zero spine to stand up to peer pressure. also her bride best friend (nandu) needs to quit literally shoving joints and shots into her mouth.

the music is now assi vele from student of the year. whoever’s in charge of the party playlist here seems to be a siddharth malhotra stan.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh boy, does addu have history with nandu’s to be dulha? yikes.

and now she won’t let her one non-asshole (guy) friend pee in peace. we’re only 5 min in, but i think addu’s kinda a terrible friend.

of course guy friend is not so secretly in love with her. enough to let her wipe her puke-stained mouth off on his shirt. sigh.

okaaaaay. kay kay’s character is On Edge.

and his son, mridul, seems to have inherited it from him? he’s veryyyyy cute, but there’s something... about him.

ok the rifle might be overkill, vikram.

lmao what a welcome samar and wife got.

swaroop has just made her entry and said her first line and i already know i love her the mosttttttttttt in this show.

vikram is already glaring at mom’s laad for baby bro. ~~~~~DRAMA!!!!!

they took the unfixed stair gag from modern family, and gave it a sorta angstyyyyyyyy turn.

clearly samar’s wife is ~~~the cool one.

vikram seems... regressive and needs to tone down his opinions on a woman he’s JUST met.

who’s this other unidentified lady with swaroop? the house-help?

ooooooh samar was in the army. (as was vikram too, i suspect, from his general demeanor.)

samar + wife (sonali) have a nice easygoing happy comfort and intimacy with each other. it gives me the warm fuzzies.

vikram needs to let this humaaare ghar ki auratein don’t smoke bs go. esp. since we know swaroop’s character likes to puff puff pass from the trailer. 

AND LOL ADDU WAS JUST CARRIED IN BY HER FRIENDS WITH A CIGARETTE IN HER MOUTH. SO MUCH FOR THAT.

samar chachu! ohhhhh addu’s vikram’s daughter!

wait, it’s nandu who’s greeting samar that way. addu hasn’t even noticed samar’s here.

.... is nandu family? apparently samar’s here to attend her wedding. so they’re clearly close. but that guy at the party called nandu addu’s best friend? huh.

drunk/high addu is giving expository details much to family’s discomfort: vikram’s retired from the army coz of an injury. and he’s the one who set nandu up with... whoever she’s marrying.

addu dgaf about all the awkward tho.

dumbass boy in love with addu is describing helping addu puke like she was giving him a bj (“main khada hua tha... she was on her knees... i held back her hair...”) cool. nice story to tell HER DAD. WHO’S HOLDING A LOADED RIFLE.

sonali and swaroop’s character (can we have a name already?) are the only two people with any real chill here, and i look forward to seeing them bond.

vikram did notttttttttttt appreciate samar telling him to not grab addu so hard and is now lashing out at his interference. ugh he needs to chill.

and now there’s baap-beti tension. lord, what a mess. we’re just 11 minutes in.

addu’s like “lol welcome to the fucked up sasuraal of your nightmares, chaachi!” and sonali’s now thinking haan cute toh hai yeh BUT AT WHAT COST??? WHAT HAVE I MARRIED INTO?????

vikram’s wife is very mild mannered as of now. can’t wait to see all the crazy SHE’S hiding!

ohhhhhhhh mridul seems to be mute, and speaks sign language. ah man. i hope the show treats his character properly without any ableist bs.

cut to next morning, and samar’s getting handsy. uh huhhhhhh honey.

SAMAR AND SONALI ARE HELLA CUTE AND #COUPLEGOALS AND PLEASE GOD LET THEM REMAIN THIS CUTE AND HAPPY.

meanwhile vikram’s doing some kinda.... army waalon ki tuition?

LOL SAMAR CAN’T.... “FOCUS” COZ BADE BHAIYYA IS YELLING ABOUT FOCUS RIGHT OUTSIDE HIS WINDOW.

“soldier down” lmaooooooooooooooooooooooo poor samar.

sonali’s saying thanks for protecting me from your trashfire of a fam for as long as you did.

gosh i just really like samar and sonali together. they seem like a couple who genuinely like each other as friends AND spouses. again, throwing up a most fervent prayer to the heavens that their relationship survives the show.

okaaaaaaaaay creepy house-help seemed to be eavesdropping on them.

finally a name for vikram’s wife. geeta. who has a really nice terrace garden it seems and is showing it off to some friend of hers on a video call.

friend only cares about samar’s return though. #relatable

who’s swaroop (WHAT’S HER CHARACTER’S NAME?????) waiting for????

LMAO HER DEALER.

dealer and baai seem to have a flirtation going onnnnn.

addu’s bitching about her fam to sonali first thing in the morning. brush toh kar lene do behen.

ok addu’s putting nazar on samar/sonali by remarking how happy and sane they are. oh gosh, pls don’t.

sonali is giving addu some well-meaning tippani on how following your heart makes you happy and we all know addu’s gonna take that and apply it in the most fucked up way possible and blow everything up to shit.

vikram is aggrieved that addu is pulling standard desi kid maneuver of resolutely avoiding papa after fucking up last night. lol.

get yourself a man like samar, who WHOAAAAAAAAAs when you dress up nice.

and a saas who calls you a “totaaaaaaa”.

lol the khataara family van is called “sharon”.

i’m guessing this is nandu’s sangeet we’re at. still don’t know how she’s related to these ppl though. i’m guessing a cousin or something?

yeah, looks like nandu is the daughter of a cousin of samar and vikram.

i envy sonali’s confidence and verve and ability to cheerfully blend with whatever crowd she’s in.

mridul in the bg beamingggg at samar chaachu’s happiness is making my heart glow. he’s so cute.

oh so nandu’s all sanskaari and shit now, and mad at addu for getting high last night. again, i remind you, she literally shoved the joint and shot AT addu.

but there’s some srs tension between these two, thanks to addu having some hang up with this wedding/dulha.

oh boy, it’s heading towards confrontation. in a weirdly... like... they’re getting into each other’s spaces in a... romantic way?????

OMFG WAIT WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. IT’S NOT THE DULHA ADDU WANTS. IT’S THE BRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIKE, BUT AREN’T THEY COUSINS????????????? OR ARE THE FAMILIES JUST THAT CLOSE THAT THEY’RE ALMOST RELATED. EITHER WAY, OH ADDU. OH MAN.

aaaaaaand sonali just saw addu lay a kiss on nandu (who pushed her away angrily.) whoa. welcome to the sasuraal, indeed.

oh the credits have finally given me a name for swaroop’s character. premlata. thank you!!!!!!

[onlyjihoons]

boyfriend!minhyung

hi guys! i decided to write this bc there ain’t any requests and i want to write my feelings out and school has been legit so stressful despite being only the first week of the first semester omg pls give me requests because i’m more than happy to write them:)

this au is highly inspired by weightlifting fairy kim bok joo and Baby Don’t Like It because i think minhyung would totally fit Jeong Joon Hyung’s role and he totally fits his beginning lines in Baby Don’t Like It did you hear my oppar sing im so blessed

note: all my aus will be written in an 01 liner’s perspective, you can fit yourself into the scenario too:)

i dedicate all my written posts to @markleetrashh bc cheryl claims to be my number one fan HAHAH

sidenote i rlly don’t like mark’s uncooked instant noodle hair but boi looks good pls don’t hate me

ok so

ya’ll met when you guys were training at sm together

and probably bc you are the only girl fluent in english

despite having johnny and jaehyun around

mark wanted to make more friends awh

tbh he was shy and stuff

and like “hi??”

and yes friendly y/n said hi too w a sweet smile on her face

and that’s how mark fell in love w u

so ya’ll were best friends and often did the monthly evaluations tgt

^which required two trainees of the opposite gender

while his bandmates were struggling finding female trainees

mark was so so so confident bc firstly ya’ll were close af

and mark felt totally comfortable with you

and nonetheless you guys aced the evaluation yay

day by day mark fell deeper for you

bc you were there for him when he found things so tough

and when sm revealed sm rookies to the public,

mark was part of it

but you werent

ngl you sorta cried bc you wanted to be in sm rookies with your friends

and you had to move to a different dorm

mark sensed it immediately and cheered you up

he let you mope with tons of chicken and ice cream

and studio ghibli movies bc he knew you loved totoro

you binge ate to the point you were about to throw up

and your face was still stained w tears

“m-mark, i think i should quit sm…”

“wHy?! y/n, you’re super talented, you’re the best singer i have ever heard and the best dancer amongst the trainees, you cannot give up now when you have trained so long!”

“they didn’t put me in sm rookies, they must think i’m not pretty enough…”

he then shook your head with his hands and made you face him, 

“look, y/n , you might not be in sm rookies but that does not say that you are not pretty! you are actually really pretty… to the point i have a crush on you for a very long time.”

you then stopped crying and stared at mark

mark was shookt he actually let out his feelings

“y/n, it doesn’t matter to me if you aren’t in sm rookies, you can quit sm, but you have to be by my side or i can’t function. i cannot concentrate when you’re not around, you give me motivation, y/n. and i like you very much y/n. i cannot express how much i like you because-”

and you couldn’t take mark’s babbling and kissed him on the lips

ngl mark’s heart was beating so fast it nearly met yours

and he kissed back

ironically when totoro seperated w the kids in the bg

despite it being you guys’ first kiss it was good tbh 

and after like idk 10 seconds his forehead met yours,

“y/n, will you be my girlfriend?”

you nodded profusely and mark carried you up and spun you around and around omg

“Y/N IS MY GIRLFRIEND!!!!!!!!”

ok so if you thought mark was a big greaseball b4 ya’ll dated 

he’s an even bigger goofball after you guys got together

tbh it was really risky for you guys to date since sm put a dating ban on the sm rookies

but absolutely full capable mark gave no shits and assured you that you guys were okay

“y/n are you a banana? bc i find you apeeling”

“pls oppa”

“are you a volcano? bc i lava you”

“LEE MINHYUNG!”

“did you come from heaven? bc you’re like an angel that fell from the sky”

“oh yeah? bc i will turn into a demon if you continue”

and you just turned on your heels and ignored mark

“omg y/n i’m so sorry are you ok?!”

after that mark never used pick up lines on you again

bc he couldn’t get your attention for the whole day

but he got it back when he just carried you literally on his back

and he nearly fell when you were struggling to get off him

people even thought mark was drunk tbh

and when you guys were going to school

he woke up early just to walk you to school

he always waited outside your apartment

and when he saw you he would stretch out his arms for a hug

and you hugged back awh

ngl mark smells rlly nice like idk a mark smell

he smells like himself

and you always tell him you’re cold so you can borrow his sweater

“oppa, i feel cold”

“it’s summer, y/n! are you sick?”

“no mark itsbcyousmellrllyniceilikeyoursmell”

“what?”

“i love you”

that was the first time you said those 3 magical words

and mark was shookt

but he composed himself and pecked your lips,

“i love you too, y/n”

mark will be blushing for the whole day ngl 

taeyong thought he was sick

this boi is a sucker for skinship tbh

he doesn’t show it in public

like in public he would just give you hugs and hand holding and pecks

but when ya’ll are alone he would be SO CLINGY

“y/n!!!!!!”

“what”

“can i have a hug”

ofc you hug him bc minhyung’s cuddles are the best

and minhyung looks like the type of bf to call you babe

or baby

BC HAVE YOU HEARD HIM SAY ‘BABY’ IN THE INTRO OF BABY DON’T LIKE IT

I WANT HIS VOICE ON REPEAT

ahem

going back to cuddles

you guys would be on the couch

w your hands around mark’s torso

and mark’s hands around your shoulder

legs under the blanket

who cares if it’s summer

just blast the freaking air conditioner

and your head nuzzled into mark’s chest

his chest is the best pillow ever

any girl would die to be in your position tbh

ever since mark started debuting his chest became more firm

and his torso too

and for fun you lift up his shirt

ok i shall stop now i dont want to sexualise mark

and mark’s like

“YA WHAT YOU DOING BABE YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SEE THAT”

and you argue back

“oppa you gotta know you’re still a minor too”

you got him there like

“the director wanted me to exercise”

your dates are mostly spent at home or his dorms

but you 2 seldom go to nct’s dorms

bc you can’t do skinship bc the members will tease mark 4ever

you guys stay at home mainly bc mark needs rest

bc sm tire him out by debuting 4 times in the span of 1 year

mark didn’t mind but he wanted to go out once in a while

so you guys did

to lotte world

o god

the first thing you guys do is to buy couple headbands awh

and mark dresses casually

to avoid sasaeng fans

well mark wouldn’t be recognised as sm mostly gave him outrageous outfits

don’t remind me of that trashbag airport fashion pls

and after that you guys go to those rides that require little waiting time

bc you’re impatient

after the rides ya’ll went ice skating

being the kultz he is

he probably fell over a few times

and brought you down too

but its ok mark took advantage of the situation to peck you on the lips

sneaky

and his smile would be so goofy and cute

and you would smile too

and after lotte world ya’ll went to to the arcade

where you guys played the dancing step thing

and mark wins hands down bc boi his legs are so much longer than yours

but he lets you win once in a while awh

and that claw machine

when you said you wanted that Ryan plush

mark will get that for u ok

being in canada has an advantage for mark since it probably has tons of claw machines

and he got you that toy in his first try

when mark sees you smiling he would smile too

however

you two are not the type to let out your true feelings

bc you both are too afraid to burden each other

mostly its mark ranting to you about how haechan keeps disturbing him from 1pm to 2pm

rarely about how tired he is

bc he claims to be energised when he sees you awh

because he doesn’t want y/n to be sad

but there was one time you were super stressed about your exams

and mark could feel it

but you hid it with a smile like “its alright its just a lil stressful! not as stressful as oppa’s trainings tho!”

“babe i know you are stressed, it not fair if i’m the only one ranting to you. please let me know how you feel, so i can love you more.”

ngl that made you cry and mark panicked

“omg babe did i say something wrong?! omg im so sorry-”

“i love you too oppa! it just that school’s having such a high expectation for me and my parents want to see me do well-”

“shh shh”

then mark will pull you into a big hug and rub your back soothingly

“no matter what you do babe, i will always support you.”

supportive bf!mark will always be at your dance recitals/competitions

with your parents

he lowkey introduced himself as your boyfriend

your parents were shookt bc mark

this golden boi is dating my y/n?!?!?!?

but anyway

you often do rlly well bc you know mark is there and you can’t disappoint him

but even if you do badly mark would be there for you first

after the performance mark will show up outside your dressing room with a bouquet of flowers

all your friends would swoon 

and your parents lowkey crying bc they know y/n is being loved when theyre not around

and you playfully slapping his chest

and hiding your blushing face

and at mark’s debut/comeback showcase

you’re there with his parents as well

and his parents treat you like their child bc theyre so sweet like mark

and mark would always throw a wink or heart in your direction

heart b-b-beat

and you would always go backstage between the breaks to give him a big hug and a word of support

“oppa!you did so well there omg”

“its because babe was watching me:)”

during your home econs lessons you would let mark taste your dishes

and he would praise it to the stars

bc its way better than taeyong’s cooking in his opinion

ngl for your anniversaries mark would always spoil you with gifts

if you want that daniel wellington

he will get that for you at your anniversary

and in return you buy for him those nike shoes that he wanted 

even tho chinese superstition says watches and shoes are banned for being given as anniversary gifts as youre either sending off the dead or making your other half walking away from you lol

matching lockscreens and homescreens

 ngl when you bring mark back to your home country for new years/seollal

you show him off to your relatives

and theyre like so shookt

“omg y/n!you grow up so quickly!!!and you have a boyfriend too!a good looking one!!”

and the adults groan bc they need to give one more red packet

and your same aged relatives are all over mark

and ngl you were really jealous because they were all so flirtish like

and after they left he comes over to tackle you with a hug

“babbeeee”

“why don’t you continue laughing w y/r/n?”

he then realises you’re jealous

“omg babe is jealous~”

cue blushing y/n

he then laughs it off and kisses you

and on the second day 

you are with your cousins

and there was this cute and smart and rich guy who you liked before going to korea as a trainee

but he was dense af

and only now he realises his feelings

“omg y/n i was so stupid to not reciprocate your feelings,,will you go out with me?”

“uhmm i have a boyfriend now, im sorry i can’t go back 2 you”

HAHAHAH SEE THAT PUN

and minhyung turns up like hey babe who dis

and you told mark how much of an asshole he was

istg you had to physically stop mark from punching him

and that guy was so shookt you actually had a boyfriend 10x more handsome than his crusty ass

ok after that you played with your younger cousins

and your 4 year old cousin runs up to you enthusiastically

tackling you w hugs and kisses

and when mark sees that he literally melts

like how y/n is so good with kids

but at the same time he’s a little jealous

so he plays with the girl infant

ngl she likes him too

and your 4 y/o cousin was like

“is that your boyfriend?”

“uh huh”

“jiejie(noona) and gege(hyung) look rlly cute, he makes jiejie look v pretty”

save me

mark instantly hears that and runs over by your side 

and tackles you with kisses smh

and that child is giggling until he nearly fainted

tl;dr; you and mark are goals and minhyung is 200% bf material as well

pls love him

thank you for reading

i might do a part 2

good night/day my friends