#I have read.....an insane amount of pages today

[icewindandboringhorror]

Everytime I face a new character limit on a website that didn't have them before/used to have really long ones... AUGHHhhh the modern social media world was not made for people like me (lovers of details, rambling, elaboration, thorough explanation, and nuance)

[sensei-venus]

Fluff with robby about trying to pick baby names for their daughter?

Baby Names~

(Unedited) (Fluff, Pregnant!Reader, Mentions of Midwife!Moon, Moon is number one RobbyxReader shipper, Hinted mention of Reader having some kind of childhood trauma.)

The amount of baby books Robby had picked up was insane. When he came home and dumped the pile of books on their bed, Reader was more than a little shocked. Most of them were about raising kids, newborn and toddler age.

But a few were just purely name driven.

Reader puffed out her cheeks a little while looking though one of the books. Her eyes scanning over page after page of baby names. There were so many to choose from. It made her head hurt just looking at all of them. The ink almost seemed to imprint onto her brain the more she read.

She sighed “Do we have to do this right now? Can’t we just like wait or something until maybe she gets here?” Reader asked out loud. Robby scooted a little closer to her on the bed. A thicker book clutched in his hands. He looked up from what he was reading saying “Reader your already half way though the pregnancy, we have to at least look and some of them. At least to get an idea on what we might end up naming her.” He eyed her bump.

Reader rubbed said bump while still holding the book.

She really had no idea on what they should name their baby. She was never one to think of baby names, ever. The idea of even having a baby seemed so far gone in her mind. A baby was always at the very back of her mind. As a kid she didn’t like the idea of having kids in general, as a teen it was the same way. But then she meet Robby and it felt like a huge maybe. They both agreed that having kids wasn’t out of the question, but it would be far down the line.

Apparently far down the line was two years into their marriage after failed birth control and condoms.

It was just a lot to take in all at once.

It scared her at first and it still scared her now, months later.

Reader didn’t notice the way she zoned out while rubbing her belly. Her eyes hazy until she felt Robby’s hand skim over her knuckle.

“Sorry I got a little distracted.” Her voice was more of a whisper.

“It’s okay, I know you’re your thinking a lot. I am too, I didn’t think we would have to be sitting down and picking baby names so soon if you know what I mean.” He chuckled a little which perked her up a little. With a smile she looked down at her own hand and Robby’s. Both cradling her bump. She wasn’t huge but her round little belly was there.

A kick against their hands had them both surprised for a moment.

“Guess I woke her up with all of that negative stuff huh?”

“Don't say that, you're just stressed. We don't have to come up with a name today just maybe get some ideas okay? Don't stress yourself and the baby out. Just flip through it for a while” Robby smiles and goes back to his own book. Reader mumbles a little but goes back to her book.

“Moon said she was coming over this week to check on me. She wants to take my vitals for her charts.”

“Umm that's good. Do you want me to stay with you or…”

“No don't worry about it, it's nothing too big so I wouldn't worry about it.”

There was a long quiet pause as they both looked through their books.

Suddenly an idea popped into her head mid-flip of a random page. She set the book down saying “How would you feel if we named her something to honor Moon.” Robby slapped his book down and raised a brow at his wife.

“You want to name our baby after Moon? As in name out baby Moon?”

“No! Not name her straight out Moon. Name her something maybe similar. Moon has always been so supportive of us. Even back in high school she was great, she always had my back and when I got with you and everyone was a little iffy, she never questioned us being together. She's always just so nice to us. Hell she's even being our midwife for basically free… I just think it would be sweet.”

Robby couldn't really argue with her on that. Moon had been weirdly such a big support to them. It was so odd that Hawks's girlfriend would be the one to not say shit about their relationship. And now she was doing so much for them, looking out for Reader and the baby. Going as far as to offer to be their midwife because of Reader’s anxiety and past trauma.

He gave a small sigh, snuggling up next to his wife.

“I'm going to guess you have been thinking about this a lot? Any names stick out to you?”

Reader nodded shile tossing the book to the side. Humming she looked up at the ceiling “Well I was thinking maybe Eclipse? Meteora?” Robby visibly scrunched up his face. He was definitely not a fan of those names and Reader could tell. Thinking harder she offered up one last thought.

“What about Luna? Like the moon phase.”

Robby had to admit that he kinda liked the sound of that name. It was short and sweet and did remind him of the other girl a little bit. One of his hands rested on Reader's belly, rubbing circles into her skin ever so gently. He moved to rest his cheek on her. He gave a small smile saying ever so sweetly “Luna? Do you like that name? Lunaa.” he almost wanted to laugh. Reader did too but stopped herself. Talking to their daughter was a thing Robby had only picked up recently and it never failed to make the girl flustered.

But then a moment later she kicked which made the both of them stop what they were doing. Robby blinked a few times saying “Luna? Luna?” and there was another tiny kick.

They both laughed at the little ones' reaction inside Reader. Reader put her hand on Robby saying “I think she really likes the name Luna. Or she's just moving. I can't really tell.” she laughed a little. Robby kissed her belly and whispered “Nah I think she really does like the name. So I guess in a few more months we are going to get to meet our little Luna in person. Isn't that right Luna.”

There was a small shift in Reader's belly, the skin moving a little as “Luna” moved to a new position.

A sweet little name for a sweet little girl who would soon make a lot of people in their tiny little world happy.

[gloombeauty]

Read your two reviews of Lana's Coachella show, you are not the only one who thinks thinks Lana's voice is gone. There are brave souls who will express a negative opinion on Lana's own Instagram page. These two did it today. I'm sure they were bullied and attacked after writing that. Lana is a terrible performer. I always said it but at least she use to be able to sing. I think they must be fixing her voice in the studio for her last few albums. She doesn't sound like she use to anymore.

I tried looking for these comments on Lana's Honeymoon account but I don't see it. Either Lana deleted it or they deleted the comments themselves after being bullied/death threatened by a million psychotic Lana stans.

The Lana fan community is a dumpter fire. Between 200 million "mother is mothering" comments, there's 100 million of "she ate" in between them. That is the full vocabulary you'll find in Lana's comments. How refreshing is it when there's a fan who actually has something to say that isn't "mother".

These two fans who wrote these comments on Lana's IG are brave souls. The majority of Lana stans are like the demonic mutant I was just talking about on my other post. If you are not kissing Lana's ass 100% of the time, 24/7 - you are brutally attacked by these types of online Lana fans. Most times, they threaten your life or the life of your children. If you think that's farfetch, look at the Beyhive and Swifty's. They are known to destroy the lives of people who don't worship their idols. Lana stans are the same.

Lana has never been a performer, that's the thing. She's not an entertainer either. She's a singer. And now...she barely sings. She needs the help of background vocal tracks playing loudly in the background of all her concerts. It's actually sad to watch especially when you can remember how she use to sing.

Look at both nights she played at Coachella. Night one she didn't have the background vocals playing and it was a disaster. The second night she had them loud and clear. She miraculously can "sing" again. It's really no different then lip syncing. It is cheating. But sadly, Lana can't sing as she use to. She probably feels more comfortable having her vocals playing loudly in the background 'just in case'. I imagine it's comforting for her to have it.

In case anyone forgot how Lana use to sing, here is a reminder:

As for vaping - I have been saying it for the last 5 years that Lana's voice was decreasing in richness and volume. That she couldn't sing in low tones anymore. That she was damaging her vocal cords from all that vaping. I was called crazy. Am I fucking crazy now?

It might have been funny for some fans watching Lana running around different concert stages, looking for her vape pen. I thought she looked pathetic and sad. It showed everyone just how truly addicted she was to vaping.

Then she would post herself vaping on social media too. It was endless. I'm surprised she can still breathe and doesn't need a lung transplant. Some aren't so lucky.

Once that voice of hers is gone - it's gone. No going back. Not even Tessa Pietro can help her with her spiritual crap.

Again, I been saying this shit for 5 years and her fans would get pissed at me for spewing scientific facts. The amount of people who have died from vaping or needed lungs transplants is insane. Just Google it. It's happened time after time and time after time.

I guess we should be grateful Lana is alive and still literally breathing. I didn't see her vaping or running all over the stage at Coachella looking for her lost vape pen. I was surprised actually. Just as surprised when she lost all that weight. Maybe she quit vaping after losing weight and wants to lead a healthier life?

Anyway, great comments by those two people.

There's also the fact that these Coachella shows were not her best performances. I reviewed it and said it on my own page. I love that The Guardian spoke up too.

The fact that half the audience was gone on both nights before Lana even finished her shows - really spoke volumes. All you have to do is look at the audience video footage taken from the drones. I screen shot it too:

There's also this fact:

The truth is Lana was a weak Headliner. Bless her heart, she tried.

Everyone went for No Doubt and Doja Cat.

[arikihalloween]

Wakfu art dump because yes

This post is gonna be super long because I will ramble IN DEPTH today

So huh if you like my rambling or my art just read ig, otherwise scroll away idk what to tell ya

Showing some of my art and ramble because wakfu is part of my current big 3 hyperfixations ( along with WH and Trolls )

So huh enjoy my growing insanity ( I compiled it in one post to not annoy people too much :')

Presenting my oc Sharm !

An (very pink) Eliotrope

She's based on my in game character but I kinda gave her lore and a story so

⭐INFODUMP about Wakfu in general ! ⭐

Basic infos for those who don't know anything about Wakfu :

Wakfu is a french animated serie made by the studio Ankama, who also made several mmorpg games ( and way more, like the amount of content and lore is crazy)

Most of the stories will take place on the World of Twelves, populated by 12 main races (with many variation)

And there is a 13th "main race", the Eliatropes, which is the race of the main character of the anime, Yugo

Eliotropes ( with a o instead of a) are a subrace of the Eliatropes ( lore is explained in the serie but I don't wanna spoil, so to boil it down, Eliotropes are unstable pale copies of eliatropes) [ they are playable in the game wakfu]

So, what about Sharm ? Well she was born a pretty regular Eliotrope. She had two "brothers", Chance and Vitali, who unfortunately ended up fading away with time ( mechanically, when an Eliotrope die, his/her essence will go to the nearest Eliotrope to allow them to live longer)

So Sharm was left alone for very long, and stayed in Eliatropes ruins she found. Those were overgrown by stasis ( type of crystals, very bad, generally associated with corruption and destruction)

However, the essence she got from her siblings passing could only last so long

One day, in a desperate attempt to not die, Sharm took stasis and...ate it. Chewed on the mf crystals, and surprisingly, an interesting reaction occured : it stabilised her essence. It also made her basically frozen in development, Sharm cannot grow anymore and her power levels are quite limited in quantity, unless she uses stasis.

So my girl went through the ages, she kept on researching on the remnant of the eliatrope race ( wiped out aside from a few) and became sort of an archeologist

Nowadays, Sharm travels from a country/city to an other, often with mercenaries she hires as bodyguards . The other two ocs in this sketch page are the said mercenaries

And the cat is called Noiraude !

Sharm needs protection because she is stupidly useless in combat

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

And also I have fanarts of Nora !

And also, it's time for the gremlin mode

The worst of the ramble

I kinda just need to scream for a moment

Beware, big spoilers for the serie ahead ! Stop now and go watch Wakfu !! It's all on Netflix ( season 1, season 2, then the 3 oav, THEN season 3 and you will be ready for season 4 :D)

So, this character is Nora (second drawing is a headcanon version of her)

Who is Nora ? She is the sixth eliatrope of the Council ( Eliatropes are rules by the six first borns of the race who can reincarnate along with their dragon twin)

Nora appeared for the first time in a flashback the episode "Quilbi" in season 2

In 2011

And back then she was in a flashback, so presumed dead from the war that wiped out the Eliatropes

BUT

Lately, as clips and trailers of season 4 of Wakfu has been released

It's confirmed that Nora is there

She's alive

She's in season 4

*grabs u*

2011

She has been my favorite character of Wakfu since her one and only appearance, alright ?

And now

12-13 years later

She is real

SHE IS REAL AND ALIVE IN THE SERIE

*maniacal laughter*

I will not shut up about it

Prepare for the fanarts

*retreats to the shadows*

[cr00kedcreation]

Hello there! I just finished reading your survivor's guilt au and I'm blown away with your incredible art and story-telling abilities! How were you able to draw in a style so close to the show? Did you just practice an insane amount or what?!?

Have a great day!!!

hi!! first of all, thank you!! :DDD

and it's funny you mention that!! i started the comic about a year ago, and today i'm updating the earlier pages to be more on model!!

by the end of my editing, everything should be seamless! i wasn't satisfied with how the comic warped in style over time, so to finalize it, i'm going through the whole thing!

hopefully you all enjoy the updated version! the first three (as of posting right now, anyway) should be updated!

[cerealandchoccymilk]

Trigun Bookclub: Trigun Vol.1, Chapters #00-01

all | next

lets fucking do this

I'm annotating every chapter of trigun, both the Japanese original print (reread) and Overhaul 1.0 (first read). Literally just writing down everything I notice about details, version differences, translation notes, etc. and also being gay about the characters. happy pride month

I had other stuff to do today yesterday so I only got through a little bit but pace will pick up tomorrow today (1 volume/week is faster than i thought...)

Here are the beloved non-analysis sillies...

And there are just so many annotation images so I just put the rest under the cut <3 read my notes boy

[edit: why aren't the images not being side by side like i want them to i hate this. here's the url for my blog page with correct formatting] [edit 2: i guess it's only on desktop, not on mobile. so that's good]

First thing I noticed was the difference in the number of volumes, or the number of chapters in each volume. In my JP copy, volume 1 ends at Chapter #07: Rem, while Overhaul (and I assume every version after the first JP print) ends at #12: River of Life.

Anyways onto the actual images

21st of July - !! didn't notice [that the July incident actually happened in July] during 1st read b/c months are only numbers in Japanese 11 hours after destruction - July incident was 2am

For some reason I thought he was standing this whole time. unneccesary details georg

Estimated age: 24 - Official age for his appearance? dang he's young Appearance - "Place of origin/birth," not "what he looks like" The worst kind of outlaw, and an unrivalled killer. - Added in a later version? (not in my JP copy but the phrase is familiar)

This blank space originally had the Japanese translation for the board.

We see his serious expression already! I don't remember '98 doing so this early on so it's pretty notable to me...

Just thinking about how Vash counted each individual gunshot being fired during all that chaos... dear god.... During my first read/watch I thought it was just silly Rule of Cool protagonist moment but not really. This guy actually has Insane perception, either from being a plant or sheer practice. Or both.

Also immediately after all that, I really love the way the aftermath is shown here. The only things you can hear are the creaks of the light and the crying boy. It really brings out the tension in the atmosphere.

Finally, something other than unneccesary bits! If you look at the flooring under the toy gun, the perspective lines are pointing SW-NE. This corresponds to the flooring on Vash's right, whose right arm is also suspiciously out-of-frame... This is definitely the moment he took the toy gun. I can't express the amount of Holy Shit I felt when I realized this. The detail!!!!! man!!!!!!!!!

There's a little translation error here - it should be something like "Even if he were still alive, he wouldn't be able to move an inch!"

One of my favorite Vash moves with one of my favorite Tumblr heritage posts.

This is not really based on any drawn details, but I think this is the moment that Vash readies the toy gun, puts it in his pocket, and picks up the ketchup. Do Not trust this man when his arm is not visible. Also finger still in gun <3 doing his part blocking one bullet at a time

And here we have Vash's first COOL cool moment!!!!!! cue my homo screaming. goddddddddd im so mentally unwell about him. agh I also absolutely love when Nightow does that thing where he screen-tones a character's skin just because. It pops!! It's unique!! I love it!! I eat it up every time!!!

Here's where I realize that Vash's hair antennae are pointing straight up. I should be on the lookout for when he makes the transition to the M-shaped antennae we know and love.

Also, a little untranslatable joke from the Japanese version. In Japanese, this guy calls out at Vash like "And you, don't provoke him!" except it's written with the kanji for "Hunter" (狩人 karyūdo), with a ruby pronunciation note saying "you" (おまえも omaemo). These kanji/ruby mismatch jokes are never not funny and it's so sad that there's no way to keep them in without doing...this lol

The "I counted!" reveal never fails to get me. holy shit. I love the little boy's expression when he gets his gun back :) You helped!!! and you don't have to have the real deal to be cool as balls!!!

Just lumping this with the previous two because it's a tall image, but another small translation error. Rather than being about doing harm, he's talking about recieving it (～～はゴメンだ is a hard-to-catch phrasing/idiom; it's already been discussed with the translator on a different instance). It should be more like "[...But] nobody likes getting hurt, right?"

THE GIRLIES YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not including the dialogue because. y'know. At least they get (accidentally) Bonked by Millie :) get their asses

Here, the order suggestion is made by somebody off-screen, but in the first edition, it was made by the cook himself. (left image annotation says "the storekeeper(cook) is so nice!")

That's it for chapters #00-01! I'm going to keep having Category 5 Autism Events every day aren't I.

It's literally 1:20am as of finishing this post because my computer won't stop crashing. Posting this first thing in the morning tomorrow <3

Also, the Japanese copy of the annotations will be in the reblogs for anyone who wants to see them. The emotions are Rawer and they're phrased way less awkwardly... if you can read them lol

[keets-writing-corner]

I read the lucilith thing you wrote. Holy shit. It took all day, and there's only two fucking chapters but it took all day.

I've never read anything that felt so "canon," that's the only way i can put it. It felt just like it was written into the script of a far away season in the actual show.

You're insane at writing bro. I don't rlly know much abt you but I was able to find this blog and I js wanted to let you know (hope you find this ig) how fucking good that story is.

Can't wait for chapter 3.

If I had time to draw rn I'd be drawing a huge bearhug to the anon symbol, maybe later today tho?👀

[obligatory link to fic if any followers of mine have missed it]

Anon this is THE BEST start to my day! WTF THANK YOU SO SO MUCH! It warms my heart that people like you are enjoying my writing so much!

Yeah I... have a bad habit of making projects way to big for my own good. I JUST HAVE SO MANY IDEAS DAMMIT in the past I've solved that issue by going, "this fic can only have x amount of chapters" and that's worked. This time I told myself only 5, and my brain just went "but no word limit right?" and now it's starting to look like each chapter is going to be 20-30k words 💀 and each one is taking me about a month to complete... I actually started writing chapter 1 end of january, start of february and I only posted it end of february. Chapter 2 similar thing... BUT so many people are really enjoying it! So it's worth it right?

hey

hey

you

come closer

you want a sneak peek of 3? This is about a page into the start

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High pitched ringing was all Lilith could perceive at first. Eventually, as time passed, she became aware of more things. The air smelled foul. She was laying atop something soft, but underneath the soft layer was the hardest rock she’d ever felt. As far as sounds, it seemed like there was a faint rumbling in the distance, but nothing extravagant. 

Blearily, she managed to open her eyes. 

Lilith was face to face with Lucifer who seemed to be unconscious, just as she had been moments ago. The soft layer she was on was his wing, with another one lying limp on top of her. 

She sat up slowly, groaning. Her body ached and her joints felt sore. The wings that were on top of her, slid off. 

There was something grey drifting down from the sky, and apparently, she and Lucifer had been laying there long enough that a thin layer of it had started to build up on them. Well, mostly Lucifer. Up until now, she had been safely shielded by his wings. 

Lilith gave him a nudge, “Lu, wake up,” she told him before moving to stand herself. 

The sky was a deep blood red. Any clouds that formed were either grey or black. The ground too, the harsh rocky terrain she and Lucifer were on was also a dark grey. It was now that she realized, she and Lucifer were dead center in a crater of sorts. 

That’s when the previous events all rushed back to her. Heaven attacked them and cast them down into, what was it the elders called it? Hell? Lucifer desperately shielded and protected her from the vicious onslaught and then from the impact of the fall itself. 

Now with the full context, Lilith rushed back to Lucifer who still remained on the ground, “Lu?!” Lilith pushed back the wings that were covering his body, and unveiled multiple wounds from heaven’s attack. The blood had long since dried, and Lilith realized she too was covered in Lucifer’s blood. His wings were also covered in his blood as heaven viciously skewered them to prevent him from flying back out. His once flowing robes were all but tatters barely clinging to his form.

Panic now fully setting in as she realized he looked even worse than when he had fallen from heaven and wasn’t even stirring, not even a little. She couldn’t even hear him breathe raspy breaths like he had last time.

“Lu! Say something!” Lilith immediately cradled him. 

His head immediately rolled back limply as she pulled him to her. Lilith needed to readjust her grip on him in order for his head to lean against her torso gently. 

He had protected her… From everything. But the final blow had been the fall. If what little Lilith had experienced from the fall due to his protection had been enough to temporarily knock her unconscious and make her sore then… What must it have felt like to take the full brunt of it?? 

Tears began to build up in her eyes as she recalled him assuring her that she’d be okay. He had been unable to stop the crash, so he did everything he could to make sure she was going to be safe. Suddenly, it made sense why he had repositioned himself underneath her, to cushion her fall with his own body. 

“Lu?!” she called again, “Lucifer!” 

He remained still and unresponsive. 

Lilith’s breath hitched in her throat. He couldn’t be- he wouldn’t- this couldn’t have… killed him??? 

Lilith pulled him tighter to her, choking back tears and shook with rage against heaven. Why push her and him into that crevice?? All this because he wanted to help her and Eve but that was against the rules apparently?? Weren’t they supposed to be good?! Weren’t they supposed to be kind?! And what could she have done while the elders attacked? She had been powerless to help! Worse… They used her to lure him into the hole. As Lilith held him and choked back sobs, it occurred to her that he still felt warm. 

The faintest, slightest bit of hope fluttered in her, and she pulled away to get a better look at Lucifer. He still was completely still, and unresponsive but… maybe…

Lilith leaned her ear against his chest, hoping for what seemed to be the impossible. 

Faintly. 

Very

very 

faintly 

She could hear it. A heartbeat. Even fainter, she could hear a weak rattling breath from deep in his chest. 

He was alive…

He was still alive!

Lilith pulled him into a hug, cupping the back of his head and holding him tightly. Her tears now weren’t from grief but relief. “You’re going to be okay,” she whispered to him, “It’s going to be okay…”

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anyways, this was an absolutely LOVELY start to my day ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ would love to talk to people about it if they want

thank you so much for coming to find me and leaving me this lovely comment!

[maximwtf]

“The cold winds of Caradhras.”

                                        Legolas x reader

words: 1530

google docs pages: 3

warnings: frostbite, cold weather?? Idk Legolas trying his best to help you.

opening: The winds of Caradhras are cold and strong, and to a human they might even be unbearable. A certain elf wants to help you warm up, but doesn’t really know how to.

AN// reader can be any gender!^^ It was freezing as hell today while I was training my dog, and thought this idea was funny :”D

Not proof read!

                “The cold winds of Caradhras. ”

Your feet went through the surface of the snow as you walked, making the white flakes stick to the fabric of your shoes  when you took another step. The wind had been hard the whole day, but now that the fellowship was on top of the mountain it was even worse. There was no cover from it, and on top of that it was pulling some of the snow up from the ground, and whipping it on your face. The ends of your hair had frozen just like your eyelashes had earlier, making them pure white. The wind had also gone through your clothing, making you shiver every now and then. You envied the elf walking in front of you, he seemed not bothered at all by the deep snow and the cold wind. He wasn’t even falling in the snow, being able to just walk normally on top of it, only leaving behind footprints. 

You heard someone fall, making you turn around to see who it was. Frodo rolled down the hill for a moment, and was pulled up by Aragorn. Seeing that he was fine, you turned back around and kept moving. Standing still for too long in the cold would freeze you even worse, so even if you were tired you had to keep moving. 

Not knowing how much time had passed since that, you tried to keep up with the rest of the group. The snow was seemingly deeper now, but you didn’t complain. Gandalf was the one walking in the front, and he was the one who had to make a path for the rest of you. He had to do most of the work, even if you still had to walk in the deep snow. 

Your whole body was shivering at this point. The winds of Caradhras were unforgiving, pushing through all your clothes and freezing you to your core. The winds brought frozen snowflakes along with it, making them hit your face and melt into cold drops of water. Your breathing had quickened as well, making the air you were letting out turn into clouds of steam. Cursing under your breath caught the attention of Legolas. He had been walking in front of you the whole time, only now and then slowing down a little, so he was walking on top of the snow beside you. 

You pushed your hands further into your pockets, and tried to shuffle more into your coat if that was even possible. Your ears had lost feeling a while back, after first hurting, then burning and lastly going numb. Even with your hand in your pockets, you could feel the tips of your fingers freeze. not to even mention your cheeks, both of them hurt and soon would start to burn just like your ears had. The amount of frost bites you would have after this journey must be insane. 

Legolas slowed down again, but you paid no mind to it since he had done it before. Only this time, he turned his gaze to you. “You seem like you’re freezing.” He said, following the steam as it rose up. You looked up at him while walking. “A good observation, though I assumed your elf eyes could see more.” You replied, then turning to look forward again. 

Legolas’ eyes followed you as he tilted his head a little. He didn’t understand what you had meant. “Whatever do you mean??” The elf asked, speeding up a little to catch up with you. You hummed, amused by his confusion. “Not only am I freezing, but I’m about 50% covered in frost bites. Safe to say, I’m more than freezing.” You explained to him, hugging yourself to keep in some warmth. 

Legolas furrowed his brows, clearly concerned by what you had said but also confused of how you had just brushed it off. He understood how humans could easily even pass out because of the extreme weathers the fellowship was now experiencing, and what you had just described didn’t sound good. He took a couple longer steps and jumped in front of you on the path you were on, blocking you from walking. You watched as Boromir passed you before turning your eyes to Legolas. “Move, I can’t pause.” You shivered, your jaw loosening up enough for your teeth to start chattering. “Look at you, you must warm up.” Legolas said. He might have not understood how cold felt and how it felt to be freezing like this, but he still did understand that it wasn’t safe. 

You felt the cold start to take over you now that you had stopped. Your right leg had started the pain, burning, numb process a while back. You could feel it heating up while looking at Legolas. Before you could reply to him you felt someone else pass you again. This time it was Frodo and after him was Aragorn. He paused as well, not saying anything but by looking at Legolas he must have somehow communicated a ‘what’s going on?’. “They’re freezing.” Legolas said, looking at you. Aragorn stayed quiet for a moment and looked around. his gaze seemed to have locked on something before he spoke up again. “There is a small cave close by. Take a short break there.” He then said and turned to look at Legolas again. He didn’t say anything, but you knew the look he gave Legolas meant that he trusted the elf enough to know Legolas would bring you back just fine and you’d be able to catch up with the group. 

Legolas nodded, letting Aragorn pass the both of you. The elf offered you his hand which you took and even leaned on him a little as the pain slowly started on your left leg. He began to lead you towards the cave, and once you were close enough he kicked some of the snow away from the entrance. You saw how some of it fell into the cave and that caused the rest of the snow to fall down almost like sand, revealing the whole entrance. Legolas then slid into the cave first, his hand poking out for you. Following him, you took his hand and slid down as well. The wind stopped almost instantly after getting in, causing you to sigh. Relieved. 

You backed against the corner of the rocky cave, pushing your knees to your chest to hopefully warm up. The cold walls and ground of the cave took away some of the warmth from you, keeping the shivering apparent. Legolas lowered himself next to you, clearly unsure of how to help you. You turned to look at him, trying hard not to let out a small laugh. He quite clearly wanted to help but didn’t know what would be effective. 

You found it hard to ask for help, but since you were already here and you didn’t want to waste any more time by just sitting here you decided to speak up. “Can I- Would it be okay if I sat closer to you. Your chest holds most of the warmth.” You said, placing your hands in the crook of your neck to warm them up. The cold felt unpleasant against your neck, but on the other hand at least your palms were finally warming up a little. You saw Legolas look away for a moment. Knowing that he wasn’t a huge fan of physical touch, you almost assumed that he’d say no. “Quite alright.” But then again, he was full of surprises.

You got up and placed yourself between his legs, back against his chest. Testing him by leaning your head against his shoulder carefully, but to your surprise he didn’t flinch away or even really tense up. Legolas placed his arms around you to bring more warmth. “We can’t stay here for long.” You stated, feeling the body warmth from the elf start to warm you up quickly. As another surprise, he seemed to be warming you up faster than another human would. But then again, the elves probably were able to change their body temperature in a different way than humans, since Legolas didn’t seem to mind the wind or the snow either. “You have to warm up first. We can catch up then.” The elf said, sharing his warmth. You sighed, letting yourself rest against the prince. 

You pulled your knees closer again, feeling your right leg slowly gaining feel again. That was a small victory and soon you’d be on the move again. This moment you would never allow anyone to speak of though. If anyone from the fellowship saw this, they would never live it down. 

So in the dark of the cave you rested against the elven prince, slowly warming up again.

[ohbo-ohno]

hi <3 i THINK i remember u mentioning some erotica authors / works u liked so i was wondering if you have more recommendations?

outing myself as a horny bastard today!!!

i literally always have recommendations for books. i tried to keep this list to erotica authors, so i left out books that are romance/relationship heavy. there are a shit ton of authors who have great smut that i wouldn't really consider erotica authors though!

Harley Laroux's Dirty 1st Dates novellas & her Losers duet is some of my all time favorite erotica. Very kinky - I can almost guarantee that if you like my smut you'll like hers

Shantel Tessier. I hatehatehate the way she writes relationships and her FMCs, but her smut is just... fucking insane, truly. I'd recommend starting with Sabotage and then reading her The LORDS series

Eve Dangerfield - her stuff is kind of romance heavy, but her book Act Your Age has some fucking delicious cnc smut. For more vanilla smut, Locked Box

I wouldn't call Tessa Bailey an erotica author by any means but her book Captivated... that's definitely erotica and it's sososo good

For heavier BDSM stuff:

Lindsay Murray's Ashes of Sin and Stardust is a pretty fantastic kink-heavy romance. There is a lot of relationship/character exploration, but it's like 600+ pages so there's a fair amount of smut too!

Anneke Jacob's As She's Told isn't my cup of tea (it gets really insane with kink stuff, and there's a lot of stuff that is pretty far out there. i ended up dnf'ing) but if you're interested in a 24/7 power exchange where a sub suffers physically and emotionally for her Dom, I'd suggest checking this one out!

Cara Dee's The Game series doesn't have as much smut as I'd personally like but if you're looking for something with BDSM as a lifestyle and with a focus on kink community, check it out!

R.J. Morray's A Collar For His Brat is one of my all-time favorite BDSM books. I think the balance of kink and more vanilla relationship dynamics is done so well, and the smut is fucking fantastic

[nutzworth]

DAY 3: JANUARY 5, 2024

STATS: read for ~40 minutes (meager) pages read: 760-830. 70 pgs. meager slur count: 4 + 2 = 6. jade narration (r slur), dave (f slur). silly count: 3 + 7 = 10. all jade narration piss count: 1/3 (still)

THOUGHTS: all jade stuff today i didnt have a lot of time to read. small amounts of thoughts

i really like jades fetch modus (I LOVE GAME!!!) and i like her pictures on her wall theyre so BRIGHT and furry!

pa harley lore... im a sucker for guardians. im a sucker for the alphas. i cant help myself. hes stewing in his own intensity and charisma... jake IS intense and charismatic.... he invented the WINDOWS!

fosmf mentioned jade eating a bug on my first post; i got to that part. i wonder if she actually ate that bug and didnt care or if thats just a part of her running-with-wolves fantasy she was engaged in on that page. i wonder if it was in the fantasy and supposed to show that when she is a wolf she wouldnt care about eating bugs anymore, she wouldnt care about anything. or maybe im overthinking this stupid line

INSANE that jades atom symbol could have so EASILY been anything else like a leaf or a pumpkin if the audience voted different.... just absurd.

dave messaging jade at literally 11 pm her time and being like "damn are you seriously sleeping again" brother shes #1 sleepy girl and its the middle of the NIGHT! COME ON!!!! of course shes not awake. also same log as daves fursona akwete purrmusk or whatever. god that guy sucks

i wanted to read more but you know. it happens. see you next time

[exoticalmonde]

Arknights - Zwillingstürme im Herbst Event (Day 1)

HEY, Zwillingstürme im Herbst is here and I CANNOT pronounce a single of the German words they are using, I think I might just end myself here. For some reason, the update was loading extremely slowly, but it was long enough to get us through those pesky 10 minutes we had to wait until the server was open.

On the flip side, we have a bunch of cool new things to look at and a reason to rewatch the trailers and cinematics + review the music that comes with the event.

Warning: The following content goes over obvious stuff about the event and the characters that I plan on working on + my personal ideas for who is useful in what way.

At the END of the post is a guide for the music tunes you need for the interrogation event. As far as I have gotten at least.

Since it's Arknights' sixth celebration event we expect a LOT of content, a long story, probably a daily check-in for missions inside the event itself and much more. The banner for Viviana and Virtuosa Arturia (being the Limited operator) lasts a whole three weeks, with every day carrying a single free pull.

Oh the joys of saving for Zuo Le and Logos knowing that I really do want Viviana is a bittersweet sensation. I'm going to get Lessing today at least, so we can be content the husband team stays strong.

Not to forget the free 10-pull we get along, which got me a single Baseline.

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When it comes to the videos and PVs we got, they're actually an insane amount in comparison to other events. Of course, the anniversary has something to do with that, but it's also because the characters we are getting and the story that is meant to unfold is very important to the Arknights world.

This is the official trailer that introduces us to:

all the new characters,

flashing us with the gorgeous medal set,

the skins that are coming out WITH the anniversary event,

the new characters in the red ticket shop

operator archives for: Czerny, Rosa, Diamante, Santalla, Shalem

modules for Mudrock, Penance and Vulcan

+ Lessing, Baseline, Nearl Alter, Bagpipe,

new furniture sets

Naturally, there is no event without the PV. This is from the POV of Viviana.

The event teaser is subsequently the introduction video as you enter the event.

I watched this just now for the first time and it's equally horrifying to see the Aegir, charming to see her get along with kids, saddening since I know this is her at her mother's funeral and also it makes me absolutely insane to think that I feel anything but resentment for her and everything she's done to Ebenholz and Kreide.

I know she is going to make a huge mess in Leithanien again, I know it.

I feel a little smitten for the reason we are getting an ENTIRE introduction to the University. I can't even imagine how it's going to come to play inside the story itself. But I am glad that there's more embracing of the regional tongues now.

Fondly, I was reminded the other day how I started playing when there was only the Chinese and the Japanese (and Korean?) voiceover. Now there is German, Italian, Russian along with the English.

How... Unfortunate, we might never be able to hear French.

As far as I'm familiar, I think Ripples is meant to be the music for both the Candleknight and Arturia.

UPDATE: OF COURSE ARTURIA WOULD HAVE HER MUSIC VIDEO COME OUT TODAY WHEN I MADE THE POST ABOUT IT YESTERDAY BUT WHAT ELSE DO I EXPECT, HERE YOU GO

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There is this video that isn't on YT but it's on the Arknights Twitter page, so I'm going to link it anyways for anybody who wants to see enamel pin-like designs of Bassline, Arturia and the others. It's basically character showcase but in some different form.

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I love the character intros but more than anything I enjoy reading Travel Guides because this means these places are going to be super important to the lore itself and I am EXCITED!!!

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Most of the enemies are very easy to deal with as long as you know the base mechanic and don't get too taken away by the music. The ones with a purple sphere on their heads need EXCITED music to neutralize their special skill and those with a yellow star need MELANCHOLIC music to calm down.

Long story short, the Tuning Nodes need to be all active at the same time and the place where you see that jellyfish shield is the place you need to avoid placing operators because they just won't do anything for the Node itself.

Attack Speed gained from the Exciting music is stackable for your operators. I don't know to what point, but Dr. Pinkie was having a blast learning this last night.

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Speaking of the characters and Baseline specifically, he's a Lupo from Leithanien, appointed in the year 1100 (the year the story is set in as well) as a sort of mediator between RI and the Leithanien Imperial court. He's uninfected and his role is Defender, specifically Guardian aka Medic Defender. Real name Michael Wolfgang, tiniest Schatz because he's only 160cm tall and pretty much the same size as Greyy-alter me thinks. Birthday is on the 16th of July.

From what I imagine, I can use him instead of Nearl/Gummy or Spot since his Skill 1 heals operators only if they are under 50% and his Skill 2 stops attacking and concentrates on healing + gives the ally a shield.

I haven't done the speed/strength comparisons to Nearl but VS Gummy, his skill 1 charge is 6 seconds and the difference is only 20% additional healing at M3 for a cost of an additional 1DP at all E stages.

To me, that's good enough to exchange honestly if you're looking for more tankiness due to his Talent.

If we overlook the cost of maxing out a 5-star in comparison to a 4-star.

AND NOT TO MENTION HIS TOKEN IS--- I mean, if you insist I have it, sure, but I feel like the mouthpiece of any instrument is important to the player in their own way... right?

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Lessing is the free 6-star operator you get in the event by competing the missions in Herzenfolgen. It's unlockable after you finish stage ZT-2 and it comes with 3 (technically 4) characters you can get event materials from including Lessing's Potential.

He's a Guard, specifically a Dreadnought (or as it's also popular - a Duelist Guard) whom I immediately am looking at as FINALLY there is something I can use instead of Melantha when I get asked for someone of that type. You'd think that out of all the guards I do have already there's going to be someone who does as much damage as Melantha and equal in health, but no.

Since Mel is a 3-star character and only reaches level 55 E1, I'm going to compare them like this: Lessing does more damage, has more health and defence than Melantha. His Redeployment time is 10 seconds more than her though.

Skill-wise Lessing's Skill 1 is an Offensive Recovery (charges itself when hitting enemies) like Hoederer's that does additional damage on the charged strike sans health regen.

Skill 2 is like a buff on his first talent: Pain Focus (this is at E1) - When blocking, take 20% less Physical and Arts damage from enemies not blocked by this unit. So that means that at lvl 7 of his skill you apply the maths that I am NOT going to math myself. At least not while Dr. Pinkie is sleeping to check them for me. When deployed, 1st Talent effect increased to 2x, ATK +35%, and attacks become 2-hit combos. His Skill 3 is what people get him for: Become immune to Negative Statuses, HP +80%, and attacks deal 180% ATK as Physical damage when attacking a blocked target Skill can be used when Operator is affected by a Negative Status, removing the status, but dealing 600 Arts damage to self.

So far as I can read while my Lessing is cooking in the training room - yes, you might be able to kill him if you use his skill and he's under 600HP.

My little Hoederer, big sword - big damage wielder. The only saving grace for Melnatha is that she's 13 DP at max potential while Lessing is 21. That's a lot to consider.

And of course, he is a cutie patootie in his letter, I'm crying.

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Here is the guide offered by the Twitter page for the Herzenfolgen because otherwise, I could not grasp a single word of the explanations inside the event itself.

To explain it in simple terms:

Every day you get 3 people who will tell you a story and according to the information they give you, usually the important part is in red, you have to figure out what sort of emotion they have felt and then you have to align them to the 'desire' they have.

Making a mistake 2-3 times gives you the emotion and the 'desire' so it's not impossible to figure out, but it's a lot of experimenting as well until you get both right. And the notes you get are exhaustable, so you need to farm for them to know.

Dr. Pinkie also told me yesterday that the cards you DO manage to use also disappear.

Whenever you complete the day you get an Authorization Warrant to unlock the case-related characters and then you get a pot for Lessing every time you finish those.

You get 2 a day actually I think. Since I already managed to squeeze 4.

Here's all the emotions since some of the guides I found kind of misnamed the emotions and I had to spend a long while staring to get it to actually work.

TO GET THE FINAL ONE: DIE REISE (Tomorrow's Opus) you just have to complete all of the main interrogation nodes.

With that, I wish you good luck, enjoy the music of Zwillingstürme and I hope that you enjoy the music as much as I do. My favourite theme so far is 'Under the Spires' and 'Anger's Opus'.

WHICH, I almost forgot, YOU CAN FIND ON SPOTIFY AS WELL, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!

[konigsblog]

Hi Orla! ☺️

I hope you’re doing okay. I’ve been seeing a lot of hate on your page recently and I’m sorry about that. :(

Especially with the recent one you just responded to. Like what?? How could someone sit down, type that out, then submit it like they actually know you? I don’t understand how people can be so ignorant. It’s not even ignorance at this point, I just cannot find the words for it.

I’m sorry you’re dealing with all these people, honey. It’s sucks so much. It baffles me that people cannot just block you or filter their content and just continue on with their life. Instead they have to come in your inbox and ruin your mood.

I hope you know that you’ve got supporters here! And that we love and appreciate you vv much, my beloved. It sucks that there’s so much negativity, but I hope messages like mine can help you get through it! 🫶

Anyways, how has your day been, my love? What did you eat today? Have you been drinking enough water? Did you do something you enjoyed today? I hope you did.

Sending you a big hug and plenty of kisses along with good vibes! I love you vv much, my gorgeous Orla! ❤️❤️

~Berri 🍓💕

hello, my sweet berrie !! :33 🫐🍓 i appreciate your lovely words and your constant support and kindness. i guess it's just frustrating to see people so... evil? there isn't a word to describe how i feel about these people, but i don't give them too much thought. i enjoy writing, and what i choose to write doesn't make me disgusting, insane, or immoral.

a lot of the hate i receive is the same old insults, occasionally someone will send a death threat or similar to that, and other times it's bait. i try to focus on the amount of support and how people wait for my uploads, it's motivating to know that people care and that i'm not alone, especially when i have people insulting my brain and saying 'i have a few screws loose'.

i love you guys a lot, your support and motivation is endless and it means a lot to me, especially since nowadays i'm receiving more and more hate from daft twats that can't read a tw. i'll never apologise for the content i write, ever. there is no apology for it, because it's not wrong. if they don't like it, they can leave, and they said that they had me blocked, but still decided to come back. doesn't that show a level of obsession? that despite having someone blocked, they're still on your mind? i wonder if these people have a hobby outside of shaming writers. they'd be better off shaming people that create porn websites, where real rape tapes/videos are uploaded.

my day was alright, boring, but not that bad. i was pretty tired, i crashed later in the day which explains why i didn't upload earlier. i'll try to get a couple of posts out once i catch some sleep, since it's currently four in the morning and i'm unable to sleep from my nap earlier... i did eat, and... i think i should probably get some water... 😅 i'm horrible for remembering things like water. 🥲

sending you lots of love, my sweetest !! i really do appreciate when people reach out to me, i'm thankful that people care :') 💗

[trivialbob]

This morning I woke up at the insane time of 3:15 AM. Shockingly, I felt well rested. I read in bed for a while, finally finishing a book the library automatically renewed twice. I did not care for the ending. It seemed like the author looked at his watch or calendar and realized there's a deadline, so time to cram a lot of action and resolution into nine pages and call it done.

Then I got up and started laundry. I like doing laundry. That's why my wife doesn't care what I spend on a washer and dryer. She's relieved of laundry duty.

Of course I don't waste money on some machine that gives me a choice of chimes to signal the end of the cycle. I have a solid, practical washer/dryer combo. If they were cars they'd be Toyota Camrys, the XLE trim level, and probably with the V6.

After brewing and ingesting a fair amount of coffee I washed all the bedding in the house. Sunrise today was 6:56 AM. Any awake neighbors might have laughed at me because I was hanging sheets, a blanket, and a quilt on my clothesline two hours before the darkness left. Even the bats likely thought I was crazy.

When it finally got light outside I took the dogs to the airport dog park. Plane-watching sucked. We saw some other Aussies, which always makes me smile.'

When Ella, Oliver, and Sulley were tired I brought them home, Then I got my Surly Cross Check out for a ride. I did a ten mile loop around the three Minneapolis lakes I enjoy being at. The weather was perfect.

Later, grocery shopping followed by making the beds and cleaning around the house.

Sulley still had energy. He's a year-and-a-half old. Ella is 12 and Oliver is 10. It really pissed off the older dogs when I took only Sulley for a walk around Lake Harriet. The other two would have been too exhausted to complete the 2.8 mile loop, though Ella would have liked a swim.

Now I think I understand why Sulley did poorly in obedience school. He's rarely on a leash. Between our fenced-in back yard and the mostly fenced-in dog park, that boy isn't used to having a leash on except to go from the car to the park gate or when he's in a brewery.

At the lake the first ten minutes were awkward as he and I figured out leash protocol. Then it got easy. He was very well behaved. Now I'm starting to think of trying another obedience class, after I take him on more leashed long walks.

Top picture is a view of Bde Maka Ska from a bike path. That's the Dakota name that replaced Lake Calhoun as the lake's current name. The second picture is the trolley car that runs from Lake Harriet to Bde Maka Ska. The operator rang a bell to warn Sulley and me to not attempt to cross the street as the trolley approached. It was kind of cute.

Now I'm going to eat a Jimmy John's sub and watch the final season of Succession. I don't like waiting week by week for new episodes. I waited for some time and now I can binge watch it.

[apenitentialprayer]

Okay, so I'm reading the neanderthal book now, about a hundred or so pages in. And there are a couple of interesting anatomical differences between neanderthals and anatomically modern humans. 1. The one I found most surprising was that they likely had an insane grip; their fingertips would have been noticeably wider than our own, giving more surface area to hold onto things, and their finger tendons were larger, too. The difference in fine motor skills would have been marginal, if not nonexistent. 2. In 2003, Walking with Cavemen makes the claim that Neanderthal noses were adapted to help regulate air temperature. Apparently, more recent research indicates Neanderthal noses were worse at temperature regulation than ours are. What they were better at, however, was air intake; they could suck in as much as twice the amount of oxygen that we do with each breath. 3. Neanderthal's had a slower gait than we do; the differences in leg structure plus their relative shortness means that they probably walked 4-7% slower than the average person today, albeit their locomotion was more cost effective - for example, although a neanderthal woman used one kilocalorie more than an anatomically modern woman moving the same distance, the fact that neanderthal women were significantly heavier would more than mitigate that difference. (They weren't as good as running and short-distance sprinting as we are, though). 4. TIL that people descended from populations originating far from the equator can have eyes up to 20% larger than people descended from populations originating near the equator. Neanderthals follow this pattern, and seem to have had better eyesight than the average human today. 5. Concerning hearing, something very interesting comes up; Neanderthal inner ear structure is different from our own, and it seems that both evolved separately rather than one diverging from a "baseline." The differences in structure seem to have to do with the ways our skulls evolved differently. Interestingly, though, at least in terms of the lower frequencies that scientists are able to test, we nonetheless have the same hearing capabilities. 6. Neanderthal skeletal remains seem to indicate gendered distribution of labor; female neanderthal skeletons lack the left elbow strain (indicative of javelin-hurling) that male skeletons have, male neanderthals had more upper arm strength while female neanderthals had more lower arm strength, and while both sexes had equally strong lower legs, female thigh muscles were stronger than those in their lower legs.

(image from Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death, and Art)

[afreakingdork]

Miss Dork Miss Dork oh my GOD I've just read Chapter 57 today I think I've officially fallen in love with Reader-san AND Donnie at the same time.

Like, how do you do it?? How do you write a character like that?? How does Reader-san keep rolling nat-20s and say the most quotable thought-provoking character developing things ever?? Chapter by chapter they have proven and continue to prove themselves to be an extremely thoughtful individual with a will that shouldn't be reckoned with and OH. THEM AND DONNIE FIT SO WELL TOGETHER. NO WONDER HE'S SO WHIPPED.

I can see why Donnie is hopelessly in love with them now Reader-san is LITERALLY marriage material. I want to marry someone like them. I can't believe they weren't taken already before Donnie came and swooped them off their feet. Ghkkk.

The line “We’re us. I don’t want that any other way. No changing for one another. We’re us first and foremost" and "Do it. It was never yours anyway because you didn’t name it" in particular. Hh. Okay. I'm normal about these lines in particular. Very normal. In fact, I'd say I'm the most normal ab- WRONG IM GOING INSANE. FIRST LINE?? BANGER. SECOND LINE? ALSO A BANGER. THAT IS THE MOST PERFECT RESPONSE YOU COULD THINK OF TO SOMEONE DOUBTING THEIR IDENTITY AND THEIR RELATION TO THEIR PERSONAS. GOODNESS. BANGER AFTER BANGER LINE FR!!

God everyday I wish I could print your fanfic and kiss each page one by one with utmost tenderness reserved for your beloved. Each chapter is so good aughhhh they're so fucking cool god. Sniff. They're so. Sniffles. They're so cool and well written. They're literally perfect I love them so much. Please oh god I'm so ready to read about them having babies or growing old together I'm gonna DIE WAHHHHH HAH!!!!

OH WAIT HUH OH I MADE ANOTHER LONG RANT AND THIS TIME ITS MORE FERAL UH OH.

Sorry for raving and rambling (again) in your dms Miss Dork I am just,, Experiencing Emotions™. They're all good of course and I am experiencing them in an appropriate amount (lie). Yes.

Okay okay let me compose myself before I make this even longer so I can start my closing statements now: Its so hard to put into words without sounding redundant but I just really really like how you write the Reader!! Lifting your hand and kissing it, like, CHU. I am looking up at you like a doe eyed- well, doe, and also you really are just one hell of a writer Ma'am!! I will never get tired of saying that btw!!

Peace!!

-K.M

KM you are the most delightful mystery in my life at the moment! /aff /pos 💞💞💞

that is to say...

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!

You are seriously the sweetest!!! I had such a blast writing those lines so hearing that you liked them means the world!!

ALSO NO RANT IS TOO LONG!!! WRITE AS MUCH AS YOUR HEART DESIRES AND I WILL READ EVERY BIT!!! YOU ARE A TRUE JOY!

It's so reassuring to hear reader is received well. Obviously they are meant to be a self insert, but at the same time there's no real way to represent everyone and I fret about it quite a bit. I hate alienated people and I want to make it rounded experience, but I also have this story I want to tell.

Just thank you truly, you have no idea how much you mean to me!

ALSO A HAND KISS!!! I'VE ONLY EVER BEEN HAND SMOOCHED ONCE IN MY WHOLE LIFE AND I BARELY RECOVERED!!! It was a Loki cosplayer and they stole my damn heart in one swift move when I complimented their costume! Swoon!!!

[black-occamy]

Remadora Microfics - day 2: Cat

Written for @remadoramicrofics October prompts, 1119 words Yep, couldn't fit in the requirement, oops.

Written as part of my Occamy-verse AU, so: everybody lives, everybody lives HAPPILY, there will be insane amount of fluff and cuteness, there will be mentions of polyamory.

The cat hissed, baring tiny fangs in a clear display of anger. It had pushed itself into the furthest corner of the room, black fur nearly blending with the darkness. Yellow eyes flickered like two tiny lanterns in the night.

“You're safe here, little one,” Dora cooed, much like she usually did with Teddy, “You're in a friendly home, I promise.”

Another hiss and a series of angry spits let her know exactly what the kitten was thinking of her assurances.

“You must be hungry. Come out and eat.”

She pushed a plate of minced meat towards it. The cat yowled with offence, but almost immediately jumped forward, smacked her hand with a tiny paw and grabbed a mouthful of food, scurrying back into the shadows.

“Ouch!” she exclaimed, more out of surprise than pain, as the claws didn't even break the skin. “You're a fierce little fella, I'll give you that!”

She straightened up, leaving the kitten alone for now, locking the door to the bedroom just in case someone would let it out accidentally before she had the chance to discuss this new family member with everyone. She was pretty sure they would agree to keep it.

Well, almost sure.

Read further under cut or on AO3 ❤.

“I was thinking it would be good for Teddy to grow up with an animal.”

Remus hesitated for a moment, cup of tea halfway between the table and his mouth. He eyed his wife, who sat on the opposite side of the kitchen table, rocking on the back legs of the chair with an enigmatic smile.

“Okay, where is that coming from?” he asked and Dora scoffed.

“I’m caring for my son, that’s where.” There was something odd in her voice, not insincerity, but something… else.

“Well, Padfoot…”

“Not an animagus, Rem. An animal,” she rolled her eyes, staring at the ceiling. “A pet would be good for him. Would teach him responsibility and stuff.”

Remus put the cup back at the table and absent-mindedly scratched the back of his neck. He couldn’t quite pinpoint it, but there was definitely something off in the way she twirled her fingers.

“Just so we are on the same page here, Dora, Teddy is ten months old,” he ventured carefully. She scoffed again, but didn’t reply. “I’m not saying it’s a bad idea, but it seems… rushed?”

She dropped the front legs of the chair against the floor and stood up abruptly, prepared to say something. A doorbell interrupted her, announcing a family member had entered the house. Dora looked towards the corridor and sure enough, Sirius’ voice and Teddy’s laughter drifted in.

“Can you undo that clasp, Gems? That one, yeah. Aaaaand we’re going to get the hat off this little guy here…”

Remus caught the look on his wife’s face. Clearly enough, she was only putting a pin in their conversation. She walked out of the kitchen and after a moment of hesitation, he followed her. 

“Was he behaving himself, Sirius?” Dora asked, taking their son off his uncle’s hands as the grownups were taking off their coats.

“Who, our Teddy? Nicest kid on the block,” Sirius grinned at her. His cheeks were flushed from the February air. “Chats up every person on the way. Never seen so many ladies smiling.”

“Your bad influence no doubt,” Gemma mused, putting her coat on the rack beside the door. “It’s true, though, Teddy is the most talkative baby I’ve ever seen.”

“Thank you for taking him on the walk today.” Dora cradled the boy in his arms and Teddy’s hair immediately turned pink to match hers. “It’s nice to have you back, little monkey!”

Teddy babbled in response, a string of sounds that didn’t resemble words just yet, but nevertheless seemed like an important story. Remus could easily imagine the same happy chirping catching the attention of every passerby on the street. That, paired with the fact Sirius was taking the baby for a stroll in a carrier on his chest, was sure enough to make most of the neighbours swoon. He absent-mindedly scratched his neck again.

“Would you two like something hot to drink?” he asked and both Gemma and Sirius turned to look at him. “I have just made some tea.”

“Sure, it’s freezing outside,” Sirius rubbed his shoulder. “Also, my sweater is horribly itchy. Either that or my dermatitis is flaring. I’ll go change and join you.”

“Gemma?”

“Tea is fine, sure…” for a moment she thoughtfully eyed her husband jumping upstairs two steps at the time. “Chamomile?”

“You know it.”

In the kitchen, Dora chatted with Teddy. The baby babble continued, this time accompanied by a series of colour changes of the boys’ hair, swirling from black to pink and brown in turns. Remus reached for Gemma’s cup, scratching his neck again.

“I was thinking…” Dora began, shooting a quick glance over Teddy’s head. “How do you feel about cats, Gemma?”

“In general? Adore them.”

There was a glint in Dora’s eyes that caught Remus’ attention.

“Do you think having a pet would be good for Teddy?” His wife continued in a voice that was not sounding quite as innocent as she probably thought it was.

“You mean, other than Padfoot?”

“You called?” Sirius joined them, scooping the cup from Remus’ hand. “Mmm, chamomile!”

“No, no, a real pet…” Dora smiled. “Like a cat, actually.”

“Cats are fun,” Sirius sat on the table next to Teddy and ruffled the boy’s hair. The colour immediately switched to black.

“I have a feeling you have something to tell us, Dora,” Remus sighed, pouring another cup of tea. He caught his wife shooting him a nervous glance and then a separate, questioning look from Gemma. “Is there something locked in our bedroom that you want to talk about?”

“You…”

“Full moon in three days,” he shrugged. “I’m surprised Padfoot didn’t notice, actually.”

“Wait, Dora, did you bring a cat home?” Gemma’s eyebrows rose.

“Well…”

“Did you take it to the veterinarian first?”

“Uhm…”

Remus watched as Sirius rubbed his neck in the gesture that seemed eerily familiar and suddenly remembered that his friend never had dermatitis. The itch in his own shoulders intensified.

“I think we can officially call it the first flea infestation of this pack, right, Pads?” he sighed. Sirius shot him a wild stare.

“Fleas? In the damn Ancient and most Noble house of Black?”

“Language, Sirius!”

“Sorry, Moony.”

“I guess…” Dora picked Teddy from the table, trying to hide her face behind his small body. “I guess I know who brought them?”

For a long moment there was silence in the kitchen, broken only by Teddy’s continuous babbling. Gemma was the first to sigh deeply and roll her eyes.

“We’re naming the cat Pestilence, then.”