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oorangesoda · 3 months ago
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Trying to decide if I post the comic tonight or tomorrow morning…
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knightzp · 7 months ago
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Hey Miki ^_^
Sorry for taking so long to get back to you about the songs! I like to take my time to listen to songs atleast a few times because the more I listen to it the more I like it so I waited for a bit to tell you haha :D but anyways...
I loved the Knights Trip album!! It has such a wonderful vibe to it. I played it while cleaning my room and I think I spent more time dancing than actually cleaning lol I had a huge smile on my face while listening to the entirety of it :) Will a 100% play this during dance or gym workouts!
Honestly I liked all the songs, all of them were upbeat and very cheerful...here's a little about a few of the songs ->
Little romance is the absolute cutest song - made me go "awww" on multiple occasions - has the power to cheer me up :)
We'll be "Knights" has a special place in my heart...maybe because that was the first song I heard from the album idk but it has a "Finale group song" vibe to it that I just really love <3
My sunshine, you're moonlight 🥺...Is this Ritsu's song? I loved it <33 The beats at the beginning + the voice (i loved the voice very much) + the melody! I liked it (maybe...my favorite? 👀)
Wonderful Happiness...Now this song...I don't really know why but I have caught myself randomly humming the song out of nowhere so it's just kinda stuck in my head atp lmao - Love this one too <3
Special mention to Mystic Fragrance and Luminous Crown...I liked both of these songs!
Like I said all of these songs were very good <3 I am actually a huge Lyric Nerd so I love analyzing the lyrics for any song. Unfortunately I wasn't able to find the English translations for the lyrics so I had to miss out on that step this time T-T (I have a feeling the lyrics are really sweet so that's a bummer on my end)
I'm sure as a fan you might have a deeper understanding as well as love for the songs, characters, and singers...but even as a "not (yet) fan" I still found the album really enjoyable to listen to!
So a big thanks to you for recommending these songs Miki <3 I had a lot of fun and feel free to recommend more in the future too!
(This became a veryyy long reaction post omg I will stop now haha 😂)
LEX aaaa thank you for the long reaction!!! ive been screaming here abt the album sm these last days and you know how obsessed im with it so it makes me SO happy you liked it that much and that it made you smile <33
abt the songs, little romance TOTALLY IS THE CUTEST SONG EVERRRR full fairytale vibes and with such an adorable and happy rhythm that makes me smile every single time. its so perfect for ritsus center song and it holds a very special place in my heart <3
well be knights is another very dear song to me and a curious case as well bc for months we only had the mv version of the song which is shorter and i feel like they only left there the slower more emotional parts of the song (i really recommend you watch the anime mv) and when i listened to the full version the first time i was SO SHOCKED bc i didnt expect the quicker rhythm or That instrumental dubstep in the middle????? it felt like a completely different song to me but it goes SO hard and i love the full version so much too well be knights my beloved forever. also i find it funny how you say it gives finale group song vibes bc its true its one of the last knights songs weve got and so can give that impression but well be knights is actually knights debut song! its the very first song they ever sang together on a stage (even so that one of the members, tsukasa, hadnt joined them yet and so doesnt sing in this song)
MY SUNSHINE YOURE MOONLIGHT YES YES IT IS RITSUS SOLO im very very happy you liked it that much even saying it might be your fave too !!!! ritsus voice is so soft and sweet and beautiful and lovely and EVERYTHING TO ME and along with that cute melody and THE LYRICS OH MY GOD THE LYRICS its just so absolutely PERFECT FOR HIM im forever grateful at happyele for giving him such a great solo song <333
abt wonderful happiness i Totally get you!!! this song is so cute and happy and has such a catchy rhythm it is often playing in my head as well and i love it. and im glad you liked mystic fragrance and luminous crown too!!! both are such good center songs for each of their characters, arashi and tsukasa respectively, and i love them a lot too !!
oh and if you want to read the translations to the lyrics im pretty sure you can find almost if not all of them on youtube! just search "enstars [title of the song] lyrics" and youll get any you want!
and aaaa thanks to you for listening the album!!!! it made me really happy that you listened to my recs and checked all the album out and enjoyed listening to it since i myself love it so much <333
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nyarnamaitar · 11 months ago
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Apologies if I'm late to the scene but entering the silm fandom and learning about Manwe was such a delightful experience. The idea that this overpowered dude is so fucking nice and kind and has a never ending patience is so (⁠。⁠♡⁠‿⁠♡⁠。⁠). But surprisingly, when I still knew nothing of Manwe's character, I've seen Manwe (and the other Valar) be called either a tyrant, homophobic, awful and abusive and by no means I am policing takes and headcanons (and how people write them) but honestly it kinda warped how people see Manwe (me at first ngl) that it's normal to just write him in such a bad light. The whiplash I got when this 'awful' Valar wasn't actually awful and the real awful dude was Melkor is just—wow. Even though I shipped Manwe and Melkor, the fact that Melkor got more apologists and defense than Manwe is not surprising but still kinda bummer. Anyway, I love love love your defense posts about Manwe, I love it, I read it a lot. Don't know where I am going with this but um more love to you. ♡⁠(⁠Ӧ⁠v⁠Ӧ⁠。⁠)
Awww, Anon, this is so sweet. <3 I've re-read this message a few times and it's never failed to make me happy. <3 Sending all my love to you as well! <3 Manwë might not be as popular as other Silm characters, but there's so much to explore about him (and it might just be me, but I do feel there are more and more Manwë enjoyers around).
The Valar have always been pretty polarising characters. Valar hate was way more prominent a few years back, but it's still around today. Manwë, especially, gets the brunt of it, probably because he's the leader of the Valar, and so every decision of theirs, good or bad, is tied back to him. Heavy is the head that wears the crown and all that.
I can see where a lot of Valar antipathy comes from, even when I don't agree with it, but I'll never understand characterising Manwë as a tyrant, because I don't think the text supports it, like, at all. If people enjoy that kind of characterisation, good for them, but I think it's dumb. And boring. (Especially coming from Melkor stans, lmfao. I love Melkor to death, but propping him up as Manwë's moral superior is hilarious.)
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lovebunnie · 2 years ago
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Heyy
So im Really not trying to pick a fight here you seem lovely
But could you consider editing your nightvale post? I assume you made more than one but im talking about the one that got big in The tag
Because The Khoshekh one isn't Just a general spoiler, it's a plot twist spoiler and It kinda ruins The experience for some people
A bunch of my friends who were watching got spoiled through your post (again i am not assuming it was mean spirited sometimes spoilers slip up)
And i feel this might be a bummer for other people as well, could you change that bit please?
Anyway have a great day and merry *Knocks on wood* cecilsweep
oh god i didnt even think about that, youre so right. as far as editing, i can edit it but the version people reblog from one another will still get passed around regardless :( im so sorry about spoiling you guys. i did leave some things off of the post so hopefully the experience isnt completely ruined :(!!
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thislittlekumquat · 2 years ago
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"majority of the fandom is sebaciel shippers or sebaciel agnostics"
God I wish :/ That might have been true a decade or so ago around the time of S1/S2 when we were very early in the manga, but I think the majority of the fandom (or at least, those active online) is antis these days, honestly. A lot of the previously popular creators for the ship were harassed off of tumblr entirely ages ago, and several that left the fandom entirely rather than continue to suffer harassment. There are a few blogs still around that are (or at least a few years ago, were) extremely rabid antis that regularly sent hate and death threats that are still very popular. TBH the twitter/reddit community looks even more skewed. Kinda unfortunate, since there's tons of other fanwork for this show that I love that isn't Sebaciel, that I'd interact with a lot more if I could. I genuinely don't care if people don't ship it like I do (and honestly, I even love content where they straight up hate each other lmao, enemies to super angsty lovers is my bread and butter so that actually heightens the appeal for me personally?) but I definitely care if they openly call me a pedophile predator for it or interact with people that do. Maybe I've spent too much time in the trenches, so to speak, but I think I have probably half the fandom blocked at this point.
I'm so sorry that you've had to watch the fandom wither like that. I have been in a totally different part of fandom for the last decade so I didn't witness it firsthand, but the bummer is that I am not surprised in the slightest to hear that it happened. Like to me it's always made sense that people shipped them - it doesn't capture my interest but it's something I tooootally see how you'd arrive there from the canon. As you say, that antagonism is THERE! And like, people ship all sorts of fucked up shit in other series, and the source material is all sorts of fucked up in a ton of other ways, it's sort of like. THIS is the thing yall are worried about? Really???? Not the fact that Ciel is CANONICALLY DOOMED BY THE NARRATIVE? Or that Ciel and Lizzie are cousins? Also like so many of us stan Grell who IS CANONICALLY JACK THE RIPPER, FOR GOD'S SAKE. They're all cartoon characters, who cares!!! Idk my entire point with the post was that I genuinely think the anti attitude is the problem here. And I hope that came across! I very casually block people now for having silly opinions which doesn't bother me EXCEPT as you've pointed out, you realize that it's hard to find other chill folks sometimes 🫠🫠🫠 anyways thanks for sharing your experience, I hope you find a little bit of fandom joy this week for your troubles 🫂
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slutnali · 2 years ago
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Ask game not from an ask game, but could you ramble a bit on Jaida? I just kinda love her a lot and need someone as equally insane to talk about her.
ooohhhh Jaidaaaa !!!! im gonna have to put this under a read more bc its longgg and I could just go on about my beloved !!! also i wanna preface this by saying this is al over the place
I didn't watch s12 as it was airing [I hadn't watched s11 either, i stopped watching DR for a while] but I was still following all the ru girls from seasons I had watched, dr official accounts + dr meme accounts.. but anyway, as soon as the DR official IG page posted the 'swipe to see the s12 winner' and I swiped bc I am nosey even if by that point I had only known about the drama in the s12 cast.. but as soon as I saw Jaida it was love at first sight fr
I went to her IG and looked through all of her photos, she was so beautiful I had to watch drag race solely because of her.. I binge-watched s11 to get to s12 [dont ask me why, thats just my brain.. if I was gonna watch i had to be all caught up lmao] but I fell in love even more with her watching the season and all of her IG lives that'd been uploaded to youtube.
So ofc as someone who has been on tumblr for years and participated in the dr stan tumblr community from s8-as4?, I had to come back to my roots and created this sideblog.. I thought I'd find other ppl as obsessed with Jaida as I was but honestly.. at that time it was just me and a handful of others I quickly became mutuals with.. her tumblr tag wasn't as up to date/active so I would constantly be one of the few always reposting her stuff onto the tags.. pictures, videos from her performances, clips from lives, anything and everything bc people had to see how beautiful and funny she was. almost like i was determined for people to see what i saw in her eorngerif which might sound insane but anywayyyy
Getting back into reading dr fics was a bummer that she was mostly a background character but I get it from a shipping standpoint too.. it was all about crygi & jankie as those were the ships with the most content and traction. I would read fics because she was listed as a background character or halldoll was a bg ship even if I wasn't interested in crygi which was 9 times out of 10 the main story..
I could also get into a halldoll ramble but to not let this get longer than what it is, the few people that would write that ship are top tier, honestly. I do have a list of halldoll fic recs somewhere on this blog but those are the few people that in my opinion, capture jaida well and do her justice.
She's so gorgeous it's intimidating but she's one of the most silliest and charismatic bitches out there.. she's a sagittarius (one of the only good ones 😪) there are just so many things to love about her, and I think her personality shined more in as7 than it did in s12.. I mean that in a 'other fans finally realized that' type of way
also thanks for sending in this ask!
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the7thcrow · 2 years ago
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YESSSSSSS CROSS OVER ONTO THE SLASH SIDE.
seriously though, writing in that perspective is hugely beneficial in my writing growth and learning. i also have a vastly different writing style when i write 3rd person pov which is fascinating. IT'S FUN. COME DABBLE WITH ME!
I might ,okay. I MIGHT.
like don’t get me wrong, i still enjoy writing reader inserts and 2nd person pov. i do. but the other day i was considering writing a pretty big novella with my own original characters and stuff. the whole thing was plotted out. it sounded good. then I found some character sheets, a series of must-know questions about your protagonist, and thought it would be a good idea to fill them out. then i realized… i couldn’t. i actually didn’t know how. these major aspects of character building have just been absent from literally everything I’ve written and it was a major wake up call. and that’s the thing, with reader-insert i don’t really get to know my protagonist. don’t get me wrong, i think my protagonists have personality. i think the natgig mc is very dynamic and complex in particular. but I don’t spend the time building and getting to know them the way I should, and i think that trying to do so through reader-insert isn’t the best or most effective way in doing so.
also, while writing natgig 06, the opening scene is strictly between san and seonghwa, MC is hardly mentioned. and while writing it, i was sorta confused as to why I was having such a good time. it’s not a chapter I was extremely looking forward to like 05 was, and yet it was flowing so much easier. then I realized it’s because it’s in third person. then I realized pretty much all my favourite parts i’ve written in natgig have been from the boys (third person) perspective. I also think my voice sounds a bit different in 3rd compared to 2nd pov. I don’t think it’s necessarily better, but I do actually prefer reading in third person, so maybe it just sounds better to me in that sense. it’s interesting.
I think natgig is a good taster for writing mxm. dip my feet in the water ig. but I think down the line (more sooner than later) i am going to devote a lot of my energy to some mxm. I need it to work on and improve my writing. definitely not abandoning reader-insert, bc I still love it and it’s still fun for me, but I’m starting to hit a bit of a stagnancy. but ofc then I have to worry about trivial things like how anything other than reader-insert kinda tanks on here. which will be a bummer, but hey, I post everything on ao3 anyway. I’ll figure it out.
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oomles · 2 years ago
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Hey guys, I'm sorry I’ve been so quiet on... pretty much everything lately. I genuinely apologize for not saying much until now, it’s just been.. A Time. So here’s a kinda long / kinda bummer life update.
For those who don’t know, I’ve been attempting to move out of Montana for the first time to pursue broader horizons in California. And long story short, it has been the most stressful and mentally taxing times I’ve experienced in a very very long while.
We started applying to places weeks ago, and have probably sent in apps to over 60 properties in 8+ cities by now. As of the time of typing this post, not a single landlord has accepted our applications.  We were expected to be leaving two days ago, but we were able to beg our current landlord to extend our lease by a week.
The biggest deterant we’ve experience is that none of us have secured a “real” job in Cali yet. We’ve applied to so many locations in 3 hour radius to just try and get ourselves out there, but we can’t be employed when we don’t know where we’ll live and we can’t live where we don’t know where we’ll be employed. So a lot of landlords straight up won’t consider us even though we have plenty saved up / am self employeed.
I truly apologize to all my commissioners who have been put on hold because of this. I had fully intended to be caught up on everything before I caught covid last month, but then, well, I caught covid. Your patience has been more than appreciated. And to all the people currently in the queue waiting on their plush commission, I’d be more than willing to toss in some free art / merch to make up for it. I normally pride myself on my quick commission process, so not being to work on anything while I apply / pack has been super demoralizing...
In all honesty I’ve been having an extremely hard time keeping my chin up. If we don’t get a place confirmed before the 20th, we might have to just drive down to Cali anyway and hope we can find a place in person. Full stop - that terrifies me. It’s already scary enough moving out of my hometown, let alone leaving without a place secured. If it does come to that, I might have to give my axolotl up for adoption and it just... breaks my heart. I can keep her if I know where we’re going, but if we still don’t have a solid place to be it’ll be too hard to care for her...
I’ve spent most of my nights crying out of anxiety and stress, and it’s been just... so incredibly taxing. I was on top of the world earlier this year, and now my mental health has plummeted to scary depths that I haven’t felt in years. It’s been hard to do pretty much anything these days. (Shout out to the suicide crisis line, yall are real ones and genuinely helped me a few nights ago).
So uhhh. Idk. I just wanted to tell everyone what’s what. I’m sorry that I haven’t been social or been sharing anything of value, I just wanted to share what I’ve been up to when I’m not online. I’m hoping and praying for the best, but trying to prepare myself for the worst. Thanks for being so patient with me everyone, it’s genuinely really appreciated. I’m sorry if I’ve let any of you guys down...
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pynkhues · 2 years ago
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Top 5 of your own plants AND top 5 dream plants to own
MEGAN, asking me to choose between my plant children is basically criminal at this point, haha. At last count, I have over fifty of them, which is - - y'know, a lot of plants.
It's kind of a wild thing to me, because I had about three at the start of the Melbourne lockdowns, but I found they were just something that helped me feel really connected to the world during that 263 days of isolation. It sparked such a passion for gardening and plantcare that I don't think I had before - just getting to nurture these little slices of potted life and watch them grow and change during a period of my life that felt drawn to a halt was very special, and it's been something I've really gotten to take out of a few very challenging years.
But yes, haha, my plants! Top five in no particular order:
(All of my) Peperomias
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I have about six peperomias, a few of them are cuttings of this lady right here, but I have a few other sub-species of her too. Peperomias are great because they're so easy to look after and have such great shapes to them. They also have SUCH fascinating flowers which you can see on one of my other ones here:
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The flowers are these long, spindly soft-green stem extensions, and this picture doesn't really do them justice in reality. They're beautiful, hardy plants though, and I love them a lot.
My snake plant
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She just keeps growing and she has such height to her, which you can only kinda see in this pic, haha. Anyway, I love her, A+ lady.
My monstera
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I've posted about this one before, but I've had her since she was about 10cm tall, so the fact that she's now up to my sternum is bananas. (Yes, I know I need to buy her a new moss stick because the one she has is way too short, and better tuck her aerial roots, but in my defence, she grows very fast).
My crucifix orchid
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She's not flowering at the moment, but I still think she's a megababe. Plus I think aerial roots are sexy and any home gardener cutting them off is WRONG. Embrace the wild things your plants do! It's their world, we're just living in it, etc etc etc.
My rubber plant with bonus Oreo
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A terrible photo of my rubber plant, but Oreo loves to hide under her leaves, and this is the best photo I have of that, so I hope you get the gist anyway, haha.
Top Five Plants I Want
My dream these days is to have a proper native garden to provide sanctuary to native wildlife, particularly native bats, birds and bees (the three B's!) I'm pretty passionate about decolonising gardens, so even though I love a lot of non-native plants (including virtually all of the ones above), I do think that our gardens should prioritise native flora and try to restore our natural ecosystems.
I rent, which is a big part of why most of my plants are transportable, but I'm hoping soon I might be able to start fostering a native garden.
In that, five of the plants I'd want would be:
Lemon Myrtle
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I adore lemon myrtle, both as a plant and as food. It's delicious, beautiful, and just this incredible plant? I love her.
Waratahs
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Gorgeous showstoppers!!
Kangaroo Paw
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Kangaroo Paw's are probably one of my favourite native plants period, and I did actually have one for a long time, but I'd planted her out into the backyard and the soil at the place I live isn't very good quality, and despite trying to treat it, she died, which is a bummer. I'm hoping I have better luck next time!
Native Bluebell
We have a whole lot of these in the park near my house, and I just think they're really pretty. Tumblr's not letting me upload a pic, but you can see them here.
Wattle
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Yeah, okay, she's Australia's national flower, but I am in love with herrrr. Golden Wattle still takes my breath away when I see her in full flower, and the idea of having that at home is magic.
Ask me about my top fives!
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solomonish · 4 years ago
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Not gonna lie, but I’m kinda curious about that aforementioned character playlists. . .
oh HELL yes my time has COME
so i really like making character playlists when i’m bored because it helps me get a feel for the character? and sometimes it’s just a lot of fun to put a song in there that doesn’t necessarily match and try to come up with a justification for it, you know? when i make playlists, some of the songs match them entirely, while some just give off a vibe with their genre or specific tune, others match because of the title, and some just have really good lyrics or a good line or two. sometimes i just add in a song i think they’d like to listen to! really, there’s not a lot of strict method between choosing songs, and i don’t stick to one specific type of music for any given playlist!
i have playlists for all seven brothers and solomon right now. the other nowdateables....i don’t have enough of a grasp on them right now to make a playlist for them? so they’re still upcoming. each playlist is subject to little tweaks, like adding or removing the occasional song, but most of the playlists are finished! The only two that might change the most are Beelzebub’s and Satan’s. Beel’s has the least songs and they’re all revolving around food and eating (at least the titles are) but i just......i don’t know his character well enough to branch out from that yet. Satan’s feels like I just shoved all of the songs i liked by fall out boy in a playlist and called it a day, so I’ll be reworking that one and tailoring it more to him instead of making it more like “hehe angery boy angy”
i am planning to make cute little playlist edits to properly introduce the playlists, but i can go ahead and give you a little intro to the playlists right now! 
and you can find all of my playlists right here! (spotify - might make them on youtube later!) ((double note: a few playlists had a couple kpop songs on them and recently some sort of deal with spotify expired so if you see gaps in the playlists, that’s why! feel free to ask what was there if you’re curious bc i think i remember? let’s hope anyway))
Solomon
Solomon’s is half a love letter (the beginning being a lot of love songs/songs meant to be sung to another person) and half a character playlist lol. His is the newest and it might be my favorite, but I don’t know if that’s because he’s my favorite or because of the songs. Probably both?
Favorite additions: Willow by Taylor Swift and Meet Me In The Woods by Lord Huron. Church by Aly & AJ is up there, too.
Lucifer
Lucifer’s is one where a lot of my decisions came from song title and vibe over actual content, but I still think a lot of it worked! His is the one with the most allusions to their angel days because he just...he’s the one who reminds me of it the most? He’s got a lot of songs titled “Halo” or “Oh My Dear Lord” or “Devil’s Den” and I’m not 100% sure why alksjlksdf. His is also the only one with his character song in it (though I’m probably gonna add Belphie’s into his) because those are the one’s I feel fit the vibes I already had in the playlists when the songs came out lol
Favorite Additions: The Lovers Dancing by Innerpartysystem, Saints by Echos, and Bubble by Danny Blu (Mr.Kitty Remix).
Mammon
Mammon’s has a lot of those songs that are like “haha i’m so rich and I’ve got chicks for days” while also having a lot of songs that are like “dance till we’re the last ones standing and it’s just you and me.” I feel like that kind of wanting the MC to himself fits without being too....eh? I don’t know? Too Much? He also has a lot of high-energy pop/house/edm/whatever because (especially after his character song came out) I feel like that’s what fits him!
Favorite Additions: Collide by Breathe Carolina, Inseparable by The Jonas Brothers, Big Plans by Why Don’t We.
Leviathan
Levi’s was the first one I made!! Although funnily enough I don’t have a lot to say about it? The music here is probably some of the most varied (or maybe i’m just making it up in my mind) and the songs range from “this describes levi” to “this describes being self conscious” to “this is about breaking out of the friend zone” to “pretty sure this song was popular in AMVs and nightcore” LOL but i think it ended up with being a really good playlist WITHOUT relying solely on like. anime OPs and EDs and vocaloid and stuff like that.
Favorite Additions: They Say You Won’t Come Back by Breathe Carolina, Just a Friend To You by Meghan Trainor, and Doubt by Twenty One Pilots.
Satan
Again, I’m not sure if my choices for him were genius or stupid but man did i make them. A lot of the beginning songs were me just trying to get a /feel/ for him because I’m still working out the balance between wrath and the rest of his personality so...subject to change but maybe not? Maybe I’ll just add a few less angry songs...but I still think what I have right now is good! I wouldn’t show you otherwise!
Favorite Additions: Look What You Made Me Do by Taylor Swift, Duality by Set It Off, and Anti-Gravity by RUNAGROUND.
Asmodeus
Asmo’s playlist feels like one you’d put on while getting ready to go out with The Girls if you know what I mean? It does deal heavily with like. partying and songs about sex but it’s not gross? I don’t know how to explain it without it sounding that way lol. It’s not ALL sex and partying but I wanted a playlist that sounded like the color pink without just being bubblegum pop. I don’t know, I think it works lol
Favorite Additions: BFF by Slayyyter and Ayesha Erotica, Death By Sex by Kim Petras, queen of broken hearts by blackbear
Beelzebub
This is the one I have the least to say about 👉👈😔 no beel disrespect I just have a hard time reading his personality and, at least as far as I’ve gotten, the story kinda puts him on the backburner. but! i’m pretty happy with the songs i did end up choosing, even if they almost all have titles regarding food alskdfjdk
Favorite Additions: Eat Your Heart Out by WALK THE MOON and Starving by Hailee Steinfeld
Belphegor
This one!! For the longest time this one used to be my favorite because it has the barest semblance of character development? It doesn’t have a story or anything and the order is all coincidence BUT i feel like if you at least go in expecting this, maybe you’ll get a sense of feeling him slowly change his attitudes towards MC and fall in love? maybe? I don’t know maybe I just really like belphie alkdsf
Favorite Additions: HOLD ME TIGHT OR DON’T by Fall Out Boy, Please Don’t Say by Breathe Carolina, hot girl bummer by blackbear
and these are my playlists!! Like I said, I’m hoping to make cute edits so I can make posts about them but maybe that won’t even happen and I’ll just scream about them into the void one day lol feel free to let me know what you think and give me any suggestions (especially for beel!!) no hard feelings if i don’t put in any suggested songs though, i may ask for help but I’m also Extremely Picky aksdfds
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veryimportantsparkles · 3 years ago
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The year is about half over so I want to give a general update on how I’m doing.
As everyone’s probably noticed I kinda stopped focusing on big projects lately but for a while I was still posting small personal things.  But more recently I’ve sort of just...stopped.  I normally have some on-and-off numbness issues in my hands (and legs if I’m sitting weird, but that’s more rare) but in the last few months it’s been a lot worse.
We don’t know what the problem is!  I’ve always tended to have low blood pressure so I usually assume that’s the culprit and I can just like...have a snack and shake my hands out and be fine.  Not so much lately, and now I gotta figure out if it’s nerve damage or I’ve developed a chronic condition or some other scary thing.  I have also been a lot sleepier lately.  Might be related?  Might not?
I am eventually going to figure this out but until then I haven’t been able to get a lot of drawing done.  I haven’t stopped, but it’s all small short doodles.  I also have a Laserwing page that’s maybe 75% done and I haven’t worked on it in about two weeks.  I’ve been going unusually hard into petsite nonsense, but that’s not really worth sharing.  I usually don’t go numb from using a mouse so I can do junk like that instead of drawing.  (My left hand is going numb typing this though...so I guess keyboard isn’t always doable? yikes)
It’s probably dumb to blame this issue on my work life, but fuck my work life right now!  Our department has so few people in it right now that those of us left have to take 6 days of work a week, and we hired and trained 3 newbies in a row who quit before finishing training.  There’s a general nationwide issue with employment that you probably already know about, but there’s also some really scummy problems going on in my store specifically and I don’t blame anyone for bailing on us.  Despite being overworked and understaffed, our shitty idiot customers are getting ruder and more numerous.  We also just had a string of holidays spaced a few weeks apart (Memorial Day, Father’s Day, 4th of July) so the store was just...absolutely slammed.  We can’t handle this right now!
I think the work issue and the numb/sleepy issue are related but I don’t know how.  Stress?  Bad sleep schedule?  Did I herniate a disc lifting something?  Don’t know yet!  I took a vacation in April, 3 weeks in a row, and I noticed that two weeks in the numbness seemed to have stopped.  After the three weeks I went back to work and noticed the numb again a few days in.  It was weird and I don’t know what it means.  I’m constantly moving while at work so the numbness happens less than when I’m at home, but it’s been creeping in more and more lately.  I will try to see a doctor eventually but it’s hard to schedule that kind of thing while working 6 day weeks with no wiggle room for choosing days off.
Anyways sorry to be a bummer but that’s why I’m not doing like...anything right now.  I always have so many things I want to draw and can’t.  I can’t even play video games half the time.  You know how much a regular Switch weighs?  Just over half a pound.  If I play the Switch in handheld mode I go numb in like two minutes.  Controllers seem fine so far.  I can use a mouse most reliably which means I’m just sitting here doing clickity click browser games.  Maybe I’ll make a list of what I’ve been playing.
Hopefully I can fix my dumb hands soon and go on a drawing spree!!!
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lloydskywalkers · 5 years ago
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in which the monastery almost burns down again
....and it is, technically, Lloyd’s fault this time. 
This is absolute unforgiving fluff, because I was in the mood and every time I try to write this family being functional it spirals out of control. But also I love Lloyd and he deserves happiness, so here’s a very quickly written birthday fic that I’m not entirely sure I finished but I have two hours left to post ahhhHHH
(Takes place just after the Final Battle, and I’m assuming that an entire year hasn’t passed so they’ve never actually ran into Lloyd’s birthday until now.)
Lloyd would’ve gotten away with it, too, if Cole hadn’t decided to insist on flu shots that year.
“Lloyd, it’ll take five minutes.”
“Yeah, five minutes for you to schedule an appointment, which I don’t need.”
Cole eyes him skeptically. “So you’re saying you don’t remember how sick you got last winter.”
Lloyd grimaces. “That was…different.”
“No, that was the flu,” Cole sighs. “Look, we’re all getting shots, but it’ll be a lot more trouble if you don’t fill out your medical applications so we can get coverage.” He bites his lip, glaring at the computer screen. Zane’s alone had taken him the better part of the morning, and Zane had been cooperative.
Lloyd remains stubborn. “Sorry, I think I hear Sensei calling me—“
“We both know he’s out right now, Lloyd.”
Lloyd grumbles something inaudible.
“Please, just sit down with me for five minutes?” Cole tries a different, probably-mean-but-he’s-at-the-end-of-his-rope-here, tactic. “I mean, now that you’re not so little, I thought you’d be up for it.”
Lloyd makes a face, his expression working. The transition from shooting up to a teenager in the span of a minute has been…something, but Lloyd’s been handling the maturity aspect rather well, if only out of sheer stubbornness (and the general weight of the world). He finally deflates, pulling himself atop the table so he can stare down imperiously at Cole.
“Fine. But I make no promises about shots.”
Cole meets his gaze head-on. “If you try and hide in the air vents instead of going again, I’m going let Zane have full-reign over desserts for the next month.”
“You wouldn’t,” Lloyd hisses at him, scandalized. “You know Zane doesn’t believe in dessert! He’ll just give us fruit.” Lloyd’s nose crinkles in distaste, and Cole hides a grin.
“Fruit isn’t all that bad, you know.”
“Says the cake-hog.”
“I told you, that was Jay, and it was my cake anyways.”
“Sounds like a bunch’a lies, to me—“
He finally gets Lloyd’s application pulled up, and cuts the argument he definitely would have won short.
They’re getting to these flu shot appointments no matter what it takes, because the Final Battle was enough trouble on its own, and no one in this family is going to fall prey a crippling illness and ruin the rest of the year they have left, if Cole can help it.
Despite his initial stubbornness, Lloyd is at least more cooperative than Kai was. Cole manages to get his height — geez he’s short — his weight — maybe they should be increasing his desserts, actually — and then spends a good fifteen minutes arguing over his eye color before they get stuck on the allergies section, then skip a good few sections until they’re close to the end of the application.
“Birthday,” Cole sighs, rubbing his temples.
“September twenty-second,” Lloyd says, through a mouth of popcorn — a compromise, since it is technically junk food, but also healthy enough to—
Wait. Cole frowns, then quickly checks the date on the little calendar icon.
Today is September twenty-fourth.
“Lloyd,” Cole says slowly, a creeping sort of dread making its way up his spine. “Repeat that?”
“September twenty-second,” Lloyd echoes, a bit slower this time.
Cole stares at him. “Like September twenty-second…as in two days ago?”
“Yeah,” Lloyd nods, throwing a kernel of popcorn in the air and trying to catch it in his mouth. He pouts as it misses, landing on the floor instead. Cole doesn’t even lecture him — he’s too busy having a mini-crisis.
“Your birthday was two days ago.”
“Yeah?” Lloyd’s beginning to look annoyed. “That’s what I said. I can write it down for you, if you want.”
“No, that’s—“ Cole blinks rapidly, running a hand over his face. “Wha— why didn’t you say something?”
“Why would I?” Lloyd frowns.
Cole…does not entirely understand what’s going on here.
“Why— because it’s your birthday!” he finally exclaims. Darn it, he’s never missed a birthday before — he even managed to pin down Zane’s, who had claimed he didn’t have a birthday. Now his record is broken, and worse, it’s broken on his baby brother. “We would’ve — we would’ve celebrated, why didn’t you say something?”
Lloyd’s shoulders hunch, and he looks a little on the defensive side now. “I mean, it’s not that big a deal,” he says. “I’m just a little older. S’nothing to get worked up over.”
“Not that big a deal — it’s your birthday!”
“I know that, Cole.”
“I mean, didn’t you ever do anything back—“
He pauses. Oh.
Oh no. Cole is starting to understand what’s going on here, and he doesn’t like it.
Lloyd gives him a strained, painful-looking smile, that’s honestly a terrible excuse of a smile in the first place.
“Darkley’s isn’t really big on birthdays,” he says, with a brittle kind of laughter Cole isn’t used to hearing from his youngest brother. “They didn’t really, uh, care. At all. Kinda just made you a target for the day, ‘cause you were older now, so you could take more hits, you know?”
Cole nods on blank instinct, like that’s totally normal and makes perfect sense. On second thought, why hadn’t they punted any of those kids off the roof of Darkley’s when they’d had the chance? Scratch that, why hadn’t they hunted the teachers down and punted them off?
“So yeah, not a big deal,” Lloyd shrugs. He laughs, that false kind of one again. “I mean, it’s not like I even know how old I am anyways, right? Tomorrow’s Tea, and stuff.” He slides off the table, giving Cole a grin. “Guess that means I can’t fill out the rest of the application, oops! Bummer.”
Lloyd makes a break for the hallway, slipping briefly in his socks before he grabs the doorframe, glaring at Cole. “And you better not put Zane on dessert.”
Then he’s escaped down the hall, leaving Cole to stare after him with his slowly-combusting mess of emotions.
Oooh boy, Kai’s gonna love this.
*********
Kai, as expected, takes it the worst.
“We missed Lloyd’s birthday?” he croaks, looking like he’s moments from tearing up.
“It was two days ago,” Cole says, shaking his head. “Two days. We did clean-up that day! We spent his entire birthday hauling debris around the city.”
“Oh, no,” Nya moans into her hands, where she’s yet to look up from since Cole broke the news.
“I can’t believe I missed this,” Zane says, looking appalled with himself. “I am normally better with dates…”
“Why didn’t he say anything?’ Jay exclaims. “Poor kid, he’s gotta hate us—“
“No, see, he wasn’t even upset,” Cole throws his hands in the air. “Guys, I don’t think he even knows how to celebrate his birthday. He got all tight-lipped about it when I asked, then said that Darkley’s ‘wasn’t big on birthdays’ and something about getting hit, and are we sure we didn’t save the names of his old teachers somewhere?"
Ah, maybe he shouldn’t have said that last part. Kai might actually be crying now.
“Those heartless punks,” Nya’s hissing, her head raised so her eyes can spear everyone with what’s practically lasers burning in them. “Those malicious jerks. What kind of stupid school—“
“I mean, Kai was a human piñata once, so we know it’s legal,” Jay says, his eyes sparking. “That’d be pretty festive.”
“Wha— no, Jay, no one’s getting used as a human piñata.”
“Tell that to Nya,” Jay sulks. Cole finally picks up on the conversation happening beside him, with no small amount of alarm.
“Nya, we are not giving Lloyd the teeth of his old school teachers as a birthday present.”
“I didn’t say we’d be giving them to Lloyd, just that I’d kick them out—“
“No one’s messing with anyone else’s teeth!” Cole yelps, waving his arms between them. He suddenly frowns. “Hold on, maybe I should schedule dentist appointments while I’m at it—“
“No!” comes the united chorus. To Cole’s disappointment, Zane’s voice has joined in as well.
“Lloyd’s birthday is what’s important right now, Cole,” Kai glares.
Well….point. But he’s still gonna put ‘make dentist appointments’ on a sticky note later.
“Okay, so we missed Lloyd’s birthday,” Nya says, determinedly. “That’s bad. What do we do?”
“We’re a pretty half-rate family,” Jay muses.
“Obviously, we made a mistake,” Zane says, sagely. “So we must correct it, and throw him a birthday party to show that we are not, in fact, a half-rate family.”
Cole points at Zane. “Now there’s a better plan.”
“So like, the best birthday party ever, to make up for all the ones he’s missed,” Kai nods.
“Yeah, we’re making up for what, how many years worth of missed birthdays?” Cole asks.
They all fall silent, staring at the table pensively.
“Do we count the Tomorrow’s Tea for missed years or not,” Jay whispers.
Kai kicks him in the leg. “Of course we do!” he says, hotly. “That whole thing sucked, he’d better get something out of it.”
“Also, I don’t think Lloyd would be thrilled if we threw him a ten year-old birthday party,” Nya mutters.
“Ten years?” Cole frowns. “Is that right?”
“Yeah,” Nya says, just as Kai goes “No, it’s nine.”
They both stare at each other.
“Uh oh,” Jay murmurs.
“So clearly, we will not be putting a number on this cake,” Zane rubs his head wearily.
“No, no, we can figure this out,” Cole insists. “Maybe like, his parents will know?”
The others nod, just as Nya’s head snaps up.
“Woah woah wait, hold on a second.” Her eyebrows are furrowed, the growing look on her face thunderous. “Lloyd was with us the whole day, so we know for a fact that no one remembered his birthday.”
“Yeah, and?”
Nya looks at Kai again, who blinks rapidly, before a look that promises trouble crosses his face.
“Maybe we should bring his parents in on this conversation.”
*********
To Garmadon’s credit, he looks even more horrified than Kai did.
“No,” he says, frantically. “Lloyd’s birthday isn’t — no, it’s September already?”
To also be fair, Garmadon was very recently exorcised of some very nasty, mind-affecting snake venom. He’s kind of been through a lot.
“Yeah, it is,” Nya says hotly, clearly not in the mindset of being fair. “And Lloyd’s birthday was two days ago!”
Misako’s head is buried in her hands on the table. “Two months,” she’s lamenting in despair. “I promised Lloyd I’d be better and I made it two months.”
Kai is still arguing with Sensei Wu, while Jay is either attempting to defuse the situation or convince Wu that an exploding cake is a good idea.
“—lost track of time, after the Final Battle, you must understand how chaotic it’s been—“
“Then why didn’t you write it on your calendar or something?!”
“I don’t have a calendar.”
“Well there’s your first problem—“
“Which could be solved! By cake!”
It’s not until Zane shoots him a desperate look that Cole decides to finally speak up.
“Look, guys — hey, look,” he shoulders his way to the middle of the tense huddle they’ve managed to make in the monastery’s sitting room. He takes a minute to thank that Lloyd’s on patrol right now, instead of a room over where he could very easily hear his entire family arguing over who’s fault it is that they forgot his birthday.
“Look,” Cole sighs, once he’s (miraculously) managed to get everyone quiet for a minute. “That’s not the important thing now, okay? The important — lip it, Kai — the important thing, is that we’re going to fix it. Got it?”
While Garmadon and Wu look a little affronted at being ordered around in such a way, the others nod in agreement, and that’s all Cole needs. He’s had enough of the First Spinjitzu Master’s family drama in the past few months, Wu and Garmadon can suck it up.
“Lloyd gets back from patrol in an hour,” he continues. “So if we’re gonna throw a party by this evening, we need to distract him.”
“This evening?” Wu muses. “Isn’t that a bit soon?”
He realizes his mistake a second too late. He’s immediately set upon by four viciously gleeful students chorusing: “Never put off ’til tomorrow what you can do today, Sensei—“
“Alright, alright,” Wu ducks his head.  He mutters under his breath, “I didn’t think I’d be paying for that one so soon.”
“Anyways, distraction,” Cole repeats. “We need someone to make sure he stays out of here the rest of the day, who’s game?”
Kai immediately volunteers, followed shortly by Jay. Cole eyes them shrewdly.
“Let me rephrase,” he says. “Who can keep it a secret long enough for us to surprise him?”
Kai shifts guiltily, and Jay bites his lip.
“I mean, I probably could…” he says, slowly. Cole does not have confidence in that statement. He looks to Zane.
“You’re the only one I trust,” he says, solemnly.
Zane shakes his head with a wry smile. “I’ll bring him back by dinner, will that give you enough time?”
“Totally,” Cole nods, just as Jay says, “Not even close.”
In hindsight, Jay is probably more correct, but Cole will eat dirt before he admits that.
*********
With even further hindsight, Jay is really correct.
“We need presents,” Kai is saying, as he struggles to drag in the truly ridiculous amount of streamers he and Jay purchased. “What can we get for Lloyd that’s acceptable in the next two hours?”
Garmadon purses his lips, glancing briefly at Wu. “Our father’s tradition was normally just a larger sword.”
“Like Lloyd even needs a sword now,” Jay reminds them.
“Why don’t we play it safe, and get him candy, or something?”
“What, you want to encourage his sweet tooth?”
“I don’t hear you coming up with any ideas.”
“What about a mech?”
“That didn’t end so great the last time, remember?”
“There’s always those cursed scrolls, I suppose,” Garmadon muses.
Cole glares at him. “Stop suggesting death weapons!”
“They aren’t all death weapons,” Garmadon huffs. “I’m simply saying, he might appreciate the finer weaponry in life—“
Misako, at least, suggests something nice and safe, like comics. Nya likes that idea, though she also wants to find a complete signed edition of the Starfarer movies, which leads to a heated debate with Jay because “they aren’t movies, Nya, it’s a TV show, and you can’t just buy signed editions, they’re priceless—“
Cole, who has better things to do than watch Jay shoot his romantic life in the foot for the day, wearily takes the end of a streamer from Sensei and helps him put it up. Kai is on the other side, still pushing for a pet.
“What about a cat, though,” he pleads. “Cats are quiet, and they don’t need as much attention.”
“Lloyd would give it much attention,” Cole mutters.
“Exactly,” Sensei Wu sighs. “The monastery is not a place meant for pets. And besides, after his victory against the Overlord, Lloyd will be on the road more often than not. It simply isn’t the time and place for a pet. He has a dragon, I am sure he’ll be fine.”
Kai looks mildly devastated by this answer, and Cole makes a mental note to make sure Kai doesn’t sneak any animals in any time soon. This can come after the mental note that he can’t forget about those flu shots, which comes after the other mental note that they really need to get started on a cake if they’re gonna have one in time.
“He likes that kind with the sprinkles baked in,” Nya informs him.
“Funfetti,” Cole nods. Good tastes in cakes, a family trait. Nya, who clearly does not appreciate good cakes, simply shrugs.
“Sure. With lots of frosting, of course.”
“Great, that shouldn’t be too hard,” Cole decides. “And Jay grabbed candles while he was getting streamers, so we should be set. Let’s get on making that.”
“Oh no,” Kai suddenly groans. They all look at him. “Guys, we sent Zane to distract Lloyd.”
Jay frowns. “So?”
Kai spears him with a look. “That means Zane can’t make the cake.”
An icy silence of horror drops over the room. They all look to each other.
“I’m out,” Cole says.
“I’m still relearning what I can even eat as a human,” Garmadon moans.
“I’m…adequate, at best,” Misako grimaces.
“My cooking ends with coffee,” Nya says, despairingly.
“I can make ramen?” Jay offers.
Kai stares at them. He looks incredulously at Sensei Wu, who shrugs.
“I can make tea cake.”
Kai looks like he’s resisting the urge to roll his eyes back into his head. “Okay, I’m making the cake, since all you are disasters.” He shakes his head, grumbling to himself. “—have you even survived this long, Zane and I pulling all the weight—“
Cole thinks that last statement is rather unwarranted, but Kai can actually reliably make food without burning the house down — ironically enough — so he’s not about to pick an argument with their best bet.
So he focuses on settling another argument, instead.
“How many candles are we putting on this cake, by the way?”
He’s sorely disappointed.
“The Tomorrow’s Tea can be a bit unpredictable,” Sensei Wu says, his eyes guilty. “I…cannot exactly say how many years it would add.”
Cole resists the urge to roll his own eyes into the back of his head. “Thanks for nothing,” he mutters.
“Okay, well we can at least find out how old he was, and work from there,” Nya says, resolutely. She turns on Garmadon. “How old would Lloyd be this year, if he hadn’t aged?”
“Um,” Garmadon says. His expression contorts, eyes going distant. “He was born in that one fall that the coast got hit by a hurricane, so that would make him, ah…let’s see…”
“You have got to be kidding me.”
“I was overcome by the vicious blood of the Great Devourer soon after, years blur together when you’re immortal!”
Misako rolls her eyes, turning to Nya. “I remember, at least. This year he’d be—“
Cole misses the end of her statement as another vicious round of arguing breaks out behind him between Jay and Kai, who are supposed to be watching the cake in the oven.
“I’m his older brother, I’m bringing the cake out.”
“What, like the rest of us aren’t?”
“No, but I’m like — Lloyd’s supreme older brother, so clearly—“
“Oh please, you lost him to the Serpentine in an arcade—“
“Hey, that’s sensitive! And I rescued him afterwards!”
“Yeah, after you had an existential crisis—“
“For the last time, today is not about you,” Cole hisses, wedging between them and pushing them apart. “Cut that out, or I’m gonna think the Tomorrow’s Tea aged you down.”
Jay and Kai glare at each other, but they comply. Cole sighs.
“Look, Kai, you’re the overbearing brother and that’s valid, but I need you front and center when Lloyd walks in,” he says, as he takes the cake out of the oven.
“Why?” Kai frowns, as he begins frosting the cake, seemingly heedless of how hot it still is. Cole watches him in despair for a minute before answering.
“Because you’re the person he’s least likely to blast on instinct if the surprise goes wrong.”
They both make a face, but then shrug. “Point, I guess,” Jay says, tossing the box of candles from hand to hand. “Better him than me.” He glances at Cole. “So, how many candles we sticking on?”
Cole glances back to the now-decorated sitting room, where Wu, Garmadon and Misako are still locked in argument with Nya over…who knows what now.
You know what, he thinks. It’s not worth it.
“Just…stick a bunch on,” he sighs. “They can be, like, a symbol of light, or something.”
“If you say so,” Jay snorts. He proceeds to cram as many candles as he can on the cake, following Kai’s path as he frosts it. Cole watches in trepidation.
“Hey guys, Zane says he’s running out of ideas, so we’d better hurry it — woah, that’s a lot of candles.”
Nya blinks at the cake, frowning at Jay. “You know that’s gonna be a lot of fire when they’re lit, right?”
“And is there a problem with that?” Kai sniffs.
“Nah, don’t worry about it,” Jay waves her off before she can retort. “They’re trick candles, you know? Like the sparky ones that keep relighting? It’s gonna be great, haha.”
Great does not seem to be a word Nya agrees with, if the expression on her face is any giveaway, but they are running out of time and Cole can’t deal with this right now.
“Great, just finish it up, okay?” he says, hastily. “Zane and Lloyd are gonna be back any minute, and we still don’t have a—“
The unmistakeable roar of the Ultradragon comes from just outside the monastery, followed by the loud flapping of wings. Everyone goes still enough that if they were in a sitcom, this would be hilarious, but they’re not, and Cole’s going to lose his mind.
“Light the candles,” he hisses at Kai and Jay, who have frozen in horror. “Light the candles and turn the lights off, go go go!”
*********
Lloyd does not end up blasting Kai in the face with a beam of golden power, which is mildly disappointing.
But he does jump a good three feet in the air, his eyes going the size of dinner plates as he makes a sound like a surprised cat, and Cole thinks that’s just as satisfying.
Not as satisfying as the megawatt smile he wears while turning red as Kai’s gi as they all sing off-key to him, of course, but pretty close.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t delay longer,” Zane apologizes to Cole, as they both watch Lloyd dance around the cake, trying to get the candles to extinguish while Jay and Kai laugh mercilessly at him. “He was beginning to grow suspicious, and I probably checked my phone too many times.”
“You did great,” Cole assures him. A bright flash goes off around the room as Misako snaps a picture, capturing Garmadon tightly embracing his son. Cole shakes his head, his lips quirking. “I really don’t think we could’ve pulled off anything better, anyways. Probably best that you got here before it could get—“
The cake chooses this moment to go nuclear, Jay’s candles lighting up blindingly bright as everyone shrieks, jumping back.
“—any more out of hand,” Cole finishes weakly. Zane quickly darts forward with a yelp, helping Kai — who’s extinguishing the candles with his bare hands, the maniac — eliminate the fire hazard.
Lloyd is the one laughing now, bright giggles as Jay feels at the ends of his singed hair, yelping. His laughter is cut short as Kai plants a firm hand on the back of his head shoves his face directly into the candle-cleared frosting, Nya egging him on from behind.
“Hey, we all have to eat that!” Cole yelps, darting forward. This proves to be a fatal mistake, as he steps in front of Kai just as Lloyd’s trying to get him back by chucking cake at his face.
Well, at least it’s Funfetti, Cole thinks, wiping frosting from his eyes.
Lloyd’s eyes go wide. “Cole, I’m sorry, I was aiming for Kai—“
Cole shakes his head, patting Lloyd on the back. “It’s fine, green machine,” he says. His grin turns evil, and he shoves the hand on Lloyd’s back down, forcing him back into the cake. “Happy Birthd—agh!”
Somehow, they (read: Zane) manage to salvage enough of the cake that it’s still edible, an between the streamers and music Jay starts blaring, it’s a fairly nice party, as far as ones that are whipped up in an hour go. Everyone’s crashed on the couches around the sitting room, finishing the last of their cake, and as long as Jay doesn’t manage to offend anyone, it should be a pretty peaceful evening, all in all.
“A thousand,” Jay’s guessing at Garmadon, his eyebrows drawn together in concentration.
Garmadon’s mouth twitches, and he exchanges glances with Wu. “Incorrect.”
“Oh, come on,” Nya throws her arms up. “Higher or lower?”
Garmadon turns his palms up. “What do you think?”
Jay coughs. “Loaded question.”
Nya looks determined though, and she answers. “Higher.”
Misako snorts into her tea, and Garmadon looks mildly offended. “I hope you’re drawing that conclusion by looking at Wu,” he mutters.
“They can’t be that old,” Kai argues, through a mouthful of cake. He nudges Lloyd with his foot from where he’s sprawled across the couch. “Hey Lloyd, how old’s your dad?”
Lloyd shrugs. “Not sure” he says. There’s a gleam in his eye. “I could maybe tell you, if you guess how old I am.”
“Oh, you sneak—“
“Wait, I have another guess!” Jay’s lips twitch. “Four hundred and twenty.”
That kicks off an entirely different debate, most of which is concerning whether Garmadon and Wu actually get what the joke is, so Cole decides to remove himself from the conversation by clearing plates. Just before anything gets heated.
He’s made it halfway to the kitchen by the time he’s realized Lloyd’s following him, and he jerks his head toward what’s left of the cake. “Want some more? It was your face that went in, so it should be fine for you.”
Lloyd shakes his head, and spears him with a look. “Tattle tale,” he accuses, but his eyes are warm, and the corner of the mouth is twitching with the smile he’s holding back.
Cole flicks his eyes skywards. “I know you said it’s not a big deal,” he replies, fondly. “But it is to us.”
Lloyd ducks his head, flushing with a small, shy kind of smile. Cole ruffles his hair, before continuing. “We didn’t scrounge up a present in time, but if I know Kai, you’ll probably get something stupidly big from everyone in the next few days.”
“You guys don’t have to do that,” Lloyd laughs, a bit breathlessly. “This is—“ He pauses, an odd, watery kind of expression crossing his face before he shakes his head. “This is a present enough.”
Cole smiles at that. “Better than Darkley’s?”
Lloyd laughs, for real this time, without that tense bitterness. “A million times better than Darkley’s,” he grins. “A zillion.”
“Good,” Cole nods, satisfied. “It’s not over yet, either. Nya and Jay made a whole list of terrible party games they’re gonna force you to try out.”
“Oh yeah?” Lloyd says, looking faintly nervous.
“Oh yeah,” Cole grins. “There’s this really great birthday tradition I grew up with, where you make the birthday person sit in the middle and everyone has to go around saying something nice about them.”
Lloyd goes scarlet at the mere thought of it, and Cole’s grin grows wider.
“Please don’t,” he murmurs.
Cole takes mercy on him, flicking a bit of frosting from his blond hair. “We’ll pick something else instead, then.”
He’ll just spring it on him when he’s not suspecting it later, anyways. It’ll do the kid good to hear that people care about him.
If Cole’s learned anything from this family, it’s that.
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turning-dreams-into-chaos · 5 years ago
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Upcoming Requests
As I promised, I’m popping on to post a list of all my requests I’m doing. I know I have asks and messages, but I’m not going to go through them right now, but I appreciate all your support everyone. I’m not tagging people who requested until it’s posted because most of these are anons. Please like and reblog this, just so others are aware of what I’m doing, and comment which pieces you’re looking forward to the most! It’s a LONG list, so I’m adding a read more option. I’m not posting these in any order, that’s just how they’re listed. 
Also check out my writing challenge in my bio!
Requests: 
Bellamy Blake: 
Can you do a Bellamy x reader? which takes place in season 3 with the chips that take away their pain. The reader is going through something and wants to take it but Bellamy stops them? Love your writing and don’t care about the haters! 
Hi! It’s me again. I’ve got this BellamyxReader idea where the reader has become more and more reckless, and when she kills someone she doesn’t even flinch. Everyone’s worried, especially Bellamy. When they get to restrain chipped-Raven and they’re taking shifts to check on her. While it’s the reader’s turn, Raven says something that makes her snap. I have 2 ideas for the end: either the readers goes out and points a gun to her head or she points it to Raven. Either way, Bellamy stops her. (I was thinking that maybe no one knows about it and that the reader’s been keeping it under control with the meds Kane managed to give her before she was sent to earth with the 100 (maybe she could be Kane’s daughter).Then, when Jaha started chipping everyone, ALIE ordered someone to steal her meds and she didn’t really want to tell anyone about the missing meds. She started to go through the maniac phase of it, and people around her (Bellamy, Clarke) started to notice that something was off Then, coming back to my original request lol, Raven told her that they stole their meds to mess with her and you can connect it with the rest of my other request)
Hi there, I was wondering if i could request an angsty/fluffy S5 Bellamy fic based on the song “Hesitate” by the Jonas Brothers? Thank you ☺❤
Is it possible to get a bellamy one-shot or something based on the song “I hate you, I love you” by gnash and olivia o’brien? I’m not really picky (at all) by what the plot is, but I feel like it’s a good song to write a fic about, thanks girlie 💜 ~ Posted!
Okay soooo I have this on my mind for aawhile!Are you able to do a Bellamy Blake x plus size (if you want) reader imagine based on the song “Don’t wanna fall in love” by KYLE… if you want though!
Hi! I have a request What about a Bellamy x Reader based on the song Happy Pills by Weathers?
Would you be willing to do a Bell x Reader based on the song ALARM by Anne-Marie? Maybe something in season 1, but you can decide a different season if it’s easier☺
Your song fics are so goooddddd! Can you PLEASE do one based on If the World was Ending? Its by JP Saxe and Julia Michaels. Can it be a lot of angst and maybe a cute ending if it works? Thank you!!!!!
Hi!! I love your work! I was wondering if you could write a Bellamy x reader based on the song Hot Girl Bummer by blackbear! Thank you ❤️ have a nice day!
Could you maybe do something Season 1 Bellamy where he's tough and lets everybody "do whatever the hell they want" but he's bossier to you and you're a rebellious spirit but he's actually being hard on you because he really really likes you and he doesn't want anything to happen to you (he's bossy in a roundabout way so he makes sure you get dinner and are safe and stuff) and maybe something happens and she gets hurt cause she's mad at him and he admits his feelings for her? Sassy and sweet?
Sirius Black: 
hello! can i request an imagine in which reader is Lucius’ little sister, so she has a bad reputation among the marauders, but on their last year, her and Sirius are supposed to work on a project together so they start spending more time together and he realises that she’s not like her family at all, so they start developing feelings for each other? maybe they even kiss in the end? hehe. thanks!
Hey sweets! I was wondering if I could request a oneshot with young!Sirius please? Something with a lot of mutual pining? Also if the reader could be in Ravenclaw that would be really nice :) Thanks anyways 💓
can i request an extremely fluffy (floof upon floof) and wholesome fic with sirius? :’) thank you
Could you please write a Sirius x reader where the reader is a Gryffindor but is very quiet and cold and Sirius tries to get closer to her?
Hey! I saw that your requests for the marauders were open. I would like to request a Sirius oneshot where he has a crush on reader who is super sassy and will not give him time of the day. He is a bit sad and so maybe James takes it upon himself to get them together? Maybe as a bonus they help July get together too? Thankyou 😍
Hey! How are you? Thanks to Seira I discovered you were writing for the marauders! So I was thinking could you right something on the marauders (Sirius x reader) were it’s full moon and they’re in the muggle world. Moony is stuck in the middle of a village, there is a lot of muggle around him so the reader (who is an animagus too since she’s a marauder) save him but finish hurt by a villager so Sirius protect her and carry her away? I hope it’s understandable and sorry if my English is bad :) 
Barry Allen: 
Hiii! One last request before you close them! Maybe a Barry Allen x reader where the reader has got “dark” powers? I picture her like Billie Eilish in her music video “Bury a Friend”. I don’t know if I explained it clearly 😂
James Potter: 
I really love your works on Harry Potter (basically marauders) Can I request 14, 16, 18, 23, 28 for James Potter. Can reader be Remus' twin sister, a Gryffindor? I I would be really happy to read it. Also if possible can you make a happy ending for it? I trust you can write a perfect fic! Thank you:) (are you still open to this kind of requests?)~ Posted! 
could u maybe work on a lil james potter fic (cus ur reqs for him are open)? one where he's trying so hard to get a girl in the quidditch team (but she's bolder than he is so she tells him she'll only join if he goes on a date w her) i thought it'd be pretty cool... thank u 
I don't know if you are taking one shot requests but if you are, I would like to request a James Potter x reader (different houses, not specified) where they enter a Hogwarts Couples Baking Challenge and they're just having fun. Thanks!
Remus Lupin: 
Hi!!! Could I get a gender neutral!reader x Remus?? Something with mutual pining maybe?? Also I would love if the reader is in hufflepuff!! Thank you!!!
Hey! Can I request a oneshot with Remus where he likes reader who is Lily's best friend and us smarter than her too and is also a prefect? He asks for her help to study and accidentally confesses his feelings at the same time/or confesses during one of their prefect rounds? Thankyou!
can i request some angst for younger remus where it's a couple days after the full moon and he looks for the reader so they can cuddle (they're already dating) and he finds them kissing another guy, and he asks reader why and the readers like "i dont want you anymore, i love this guy, blah blah blah" and he's heart broken but later somehow reader's friend finds out the guy gave them a love potion and fixes it, and reader has to try to explain to Remus that it's what happened but he doesn't (1/2) believe her, and it's all angsty because he's mad at her but in the end he understands or something like that, and i am SO sorry that this is so long, and i love love love your writing~ Posted!
John Murphy: 
 I think 18 by 1D would be such a cute song for Murphy! I saw your requests were open for him (THANK GOD because your writing is incredible!) and I was hoping you wouldn’t mind? Thanks love!
John Murphy with a reader that got her arm or leg or both taken on earth and it’s about her recovering and John helping her. If you can’t do John then sorry for bothering!!
Undecided: 
I wasn't going to ask this because I already requested something (believe me when I say I read the moment I knew lots of times already), but just trying it won't hurt me, right? (right? 😭) I need something based on lover of mine by 5sos it can be bellamy, sirius, james, remus or bucky, whoever you think would fit better. thank you for putting up with my shit 🤧 love you tons - 🍑 (Undecided because I haven’t figured out who to write for yet, I think it might be Bucky)
So this is hella randombut can u do a eli goree x reader ship. Eli played wells on the 100 and mad dog on riverdale btw. Anyway can it be were your also famous actor and played in the 100 and riverdale ect and u guys are playing a game on the jimy falon show and your picking random QUITIONS from a dec of cards abd most of them are things having to fo with ur friend ship (u guys are like bestfriends and everybody ships u2) reader picks random card that says I asked you out would you say yes? (Undecided because my requests aren’t open for Eli and I’ve never written for an actor before, but I kinda wanna write this despite my requests not for him. So idk yet. Question: If I do write this, do you Eli to say yes? and do you want them together? No promises on writing it, but send me an ask and let me know please.)
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honeyedlashton · 5 years ago
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“Take This Heart, Put Yourself In It”
Word count: 2665
Warnings: Smut. (Notice how I didn’t warn language? If you’ve been here for a while, just expect it at this point.)
A/N: am I going in a pattern? I did two fluffs then smut, then two fluffs and smut. Hmmm I think I’ve found a formula ladies and gentlemen.
Anyway, y’all really seemed to like the Lashton fluff I posted a few weeks ago. So this is sort of an unspoken prequel. It’s just as pointless but tbh I liked writing it so I’m not ashamed. So here she is:
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Waking Luke up was a process that Ashton found was easier to do with food and coffee already made. He’d had it to a science. If he needed to wake Luke up at 8 he’d wake up at 7:45 and make breakfast. It was usually something simple because if Luke didn’t want to be up that early, Ashton didn’t either.
He made Luke an omelet he’d been experimenting with this week. Today though he thought he’d finally perfected it. He got Luke’s coffee-pot-generated cappuccino. Ashton couldn’t be bothered to make it himself—and especially not this early.
Ashton went to their room and soaked in the familiar sight of Luke all wrapped up in the blankets. When he wasn’t half asleep he typically liked to look at the sight. Lukes soft little snores were so cute and for some reason never failed to make Ashton tremendously happy. Maybe it was because Luke teased Ashton for his snoring all the time. He kept the fact that Luke snored too to himself. It was like he had an inside joke with himself when Luke went on with the teasing. He’d just hold a smile and keep his mouth shut.
He wore that same smile now, but this time he didn’t keep his mouth shut. “Mornin’, baby,” he started softly, and brought Luke’s cappuccino mug to the night stand. “It’s time to wake up. It’s eight.”
Luke shifted so he laid on his belly and buried his face in the pillow. Ashton could barely make out a groan and, “not yet. You’re lying.”
“I wish I was,” Ashton giggled and combed through Luke’s curls gently. “I made breakfast.”
“Is it the omelette?” Luke turned his head. He didn’t sound excited, but it was a start to him actually waking up.
“Yeah but I perfected it.”
Luke turned his head back towards the pillow.
“It’s getting cold, and eggs don’t reheat well.”
Luke gave an exhausted sigh, and pulled the covers back. Ashton cheered him on with a soft: “there we go.” Luke set his feet on the floor and took a sip of his cappuccino.
Ashton kissed his forehead, “I’m gonna feed Piggy. Come and join us when you’re ready.”
Luke nodded softly, and the last Ashton saw before leaving he was wiping the sleep out of his eyes.
When Luke did come out of the room he was a little more awake. His silky cream sleep shorts flounced as he walked and he stretched with the coffee cup still in his hand. Petunia seemed torn between the food Ashton was about to hand her, and Luke’s entry.
“Good morning, baby girl!” Luke brightened and greeted her.
Ashton giggled at Petunia’s happy wriggling at Luke’s attention and scratches. Ashton set her food down and pet her too. He’d already greeted her when he woke up but family time was important, too.
“Did you sleep well, darling?” Luke kissed her head.
“I slept alright,” Ashton began, “had to wake up and cook, so that was a bit of a bummer.”
Luke looked up at him with a look as if to say: “I’m already over you today,” and Ashton just giggled and kissed Luke’s lips—which were still pouty from sleep. That made Luke smile a little.
“Ashy‘s a weirdo isn’t he?” Luke asked in that bouncy voice he used for Petunia. Then lifted his voice as if to speak as her to answer: “yes he is.”
“But you both love me anyway, because I’m the supplier of food. Which by the way...” Ashton pointed to the omelette, and Luke seemed to get the message.
“I swear if it’s gross again, I’m never letting you touch the stove for as long as I’m alive.”
“Someone’s cheerful this morning,” Ashton teased taking a sip of his own coffee and sitting to eat next to Luke.
“I have to prepare myself.”
“The last omelette wasn’t that bad.”
“The last omelette was the worst thing I’ve ever tasted.”
“Piggy liked it.”
“Piggy will eat anything you give her! That’s why it’s her nickname.”
Ashton pretended to be hurt, but he knew the omelette was shit. He just liked winding Luke up. “Well you’ll be pleasantly surprised to find out I added nothing like what I added yesterday morning.”
“No spinach?”
“No spinach.”
“What’s that green stuff?”
“Basil.”
“Promise?”
Ashton nodded and held out his pinky.
Luke completed the pinky swear, and took a bite of the omelette. Ashton did the same and it was quiet for a second.
Ashton watched Luke’s face to see his reaction, but found it practically unreadable. But Luke got another bite, so that was a good sign. Better than yesterday by far.
“‘S good.” Ashton hadn’t expected him to comment, but it brought a smile to his face.
“I told you I’d perfected it,” Ashton smirked and took another bite. “I’ve come a long way from putting broccoli on everything.”
When the omelettes—and peaches Ashton decided to throw on the side at the last minute—were finished and the coffee mugs were empty, he washed up and found Luke playing with Petunia again. They were so soft. And Luke was much happier if he had time to spend with her in the morning, Ashton had found.
“I’m gonna shower before we have to leave,” he said leaving Luke to wake up fully.
“And you’re not gonna invite me?” Luke teased. Maybe he was more awake than Ashton had realized.
“I mean the invitation’s always open,” Ashton turned around.
Luke pursed his lips like he was actually considering it. And then, to Ashton’s surprise, he actually got up. “I could use a shower anyway, might as well save water...” he winked.
“Breakfast must’ve been good today,” Ashton laughed and tapped Luke’s bum as he walked past him.
Luke smiled and bit his lip. “Or the caffeine hit quick.”
“Or a combination of the two,” Ashton hummed.
“Maybe a combination.”
When they got to the bathroom, Ashton went ahead and cut on the water, and turned around to find Luke already starting to undress. “Hey! Don’t do that yet, that’s my favorite part.”
Luke removed his thumbs from the waistband of his shorts at Ashton’s insistence, and they popped against his hip.
Ashton had already taken off his shirt, and reached for Luke’s hand to tug him closer.
“I’m just here for a shower...” Luke said, but looked Ashton over with eyes that said the opposite.
“Oh you are, huh?” Ashton kissed him softly, and pulled him as close as he could.
“Mhmm.”
“So what’s this?” Ashton pointed to the half formed bulge in Luke’s shorts.
“None of your business,” Luke bit his lip.
“Mmm, okay,” Ashton coaxed Luke’s lip from between his teeth and kissed him again and trailed his lips down to his jaw. He slipped his fingers under the waistline of Luke’s shorts. The fabric was smooth and warm where Luke’s skin was. “May I?” He murmured against the skin of his neck.
Luke nodded instantly.
Ashton slid them off of Luke’s narrow hips, and found himself craving the feeling of Luke’s soft skin rather than the silkiness of his shorts, so he rubbed his palms up Luke’s thighs and over his bum, unconsciously humming low.
Luke had closed his eyes and let his head lull back. His arms were loosely draped over Ashton’s shoulders, yet were somehow pulling him closer. Ashton kissed at his neck, right on his pulse point. Luke sighed softly into it.
Ashton felt powerful then, but he knew he didn’t have much time to revel in it. “Go ahead and get in the shower, baby.” Luke didn’t need to be told twice, and soon Ashton was out of his own boxers he closed the glass door behind him.
He closed the distance between their bodies and kissed Luke’s bitten lips with an urgency. He smoothed his hands all over Luke’s body, and smirked when Luke let out sighs and slight moans.
“Fuck me,” Luke whispered so low Ashton could barely hear it over the shower. But he had heard it.
“What did you say? I couldn’t hear you.”
“Fuck me, Ash.” Luke gestured to how aroused he was. Or maybe it was to how aroused they both were...
“I thought you said that was none of my business,” Ashton smirked.
“It’s your business now.”
“I kinda like it when you boss me around,” Ashton smirked, and slipped his fingers in Luke’s mouth. “But only in short dosages.”
Luke moaned around his fingers and the vibrations shouldn’t have made Ashton nearly weak at the knees, but it sort of did. Luke diligently sucked at them, running his tongue all around and between them—evidently not noticing Ashton’s half-lidded stare. Or maybe he did, cause when Luke’s eyes met his, the pupils were blown with lust. Ashton thought it made the blue pop.
When Ashton felt like his fingers were slick enough, he pulled them out. A trail of saliva followed and Ashton practically groaned at the sight. He reached around and teased Luke’s entrance. And Luke bit his lip and moaned when he slipped his first finger past the rim. “Fuck, Ash...”
Ashton worked the next finger, and then the next, trying to get deep enough to hit Luke’s spot. And when he did Luke gasped and leaned his head back against the tile. Ashton curled his fingers to really make him feel it, and Luke whimpered.
“Stop playing around...” Luke gave him a pouty look.
He was right. He didn’t have time to play. And typically he wouldn’t cut corners, but Luke’s mouth was already the perfect consistency, “will you slick me up, baby?” Ashton asked thumbing over Luke’s lower lip.
Luke took Ashton’s thumb in his mouth as if asking an unspoken question.
Ashton nodded in answer, and Luke let go of Ashton’s thumb and squat down so he was eye-level with Ashton’s hips. It didn’t take hardly any time to take Ashton’s length, swirl his tongue over the head, and swallow him completely. Ashton shuddered a groan at the speed of it.
“Fuck, babe, your mouth was made for this...”
Luke hummed and Ashton could feel his tongue working at him. He had to practically brace himself against the tile.
“Don’t get too fancy. You still wanna get fucked don’t you?” Ashton hissed but found his free hand tangled in Luke’s hair. Neither keeping him on, nor moving him off.
Luke looked up at him with those big lusting blue eyes and exaggerated the “pop” his mouth makes when he popped off. Ashton pulled him back up and kissed him deeply. He could taste a little bit himself on Luke’s tongue and that sent him into a sort of frenzy.
As if Luke could sense his desires, he broke the kiss and turned around and braced his forearms against the tile. Ashton growled low and gripped Luke’s hips and aligned them. “You’re so fucking pretty, Lu-baby.”
Luke’s small moan at the nickname grew louder and jagged when Ashton pushed inside. Ashton could feel Luke pushing back against him.
“A-Ash...” Luke gasped and braced his head against his fists on the tile.
“Feel okay, baby?” Ashton groaned softly.
Luke nodded and panted. “Feels so good. Wanna feel more...”
Ashton didn’t need to be told twice, he thrust harder. “Fuck, you’re so sexy, bunny. Keep pushing back against me...”
Luke groaned and flattened his palms against the tile, and rolled his hips back. Ashton could see the dimples in Luke’s back and thumbed over them so he could feel the muscles of his back moving.
“Jesus,” Luke panted, “you feel like a fuckin’ god, Ashy...”
Ashton tugged at Luke’s medium length curls and Luke must have wanted his head tugged back, cause it took no effort to do so. In the process Luke arched his back even more pulling Ashton deeper without even trying.
Ashton got close to Luke’s ear and growled. “My Lu, my angel. You’re perfect. Your body is divine... aways has been. You fit me perfectly...”
Ashton couldn’t tell, but he knew Luke’s eyes rolled back. He heard the groan. He felt Luke clench around him. Ashton let out guttural moan in retaliation.
“Yes,” Luke panted and bit his lip, “keep telling me how much you want me...”
Ashton angled his hips to hit Luke’s spot, and was pleased when Luke cried out accordingly. He leaned back in, close to his ear, and growled, “every single day since I met you, baby. I’m glad I got to take your virginity. I’m glad I got to make these dimples,” he pressed his thumbs on them, and Luke let out a shuddery moan. “I’m glad I get to see how much of a dirty slut you are on a regular basis. In every way you let me...”
Luke rocked his hips back against him. He was begging him to go harder, so Ashton went as hard as he could. He didn’t know if it was the steam or the way Luke was practically yelling his name, but Ashton felt like he’d overheat any second, but in the best way.
Ashton was even being loud, that was the strange thing. Ashton was almost never loud. But right now he was gripping Luke’s hair with one hand, his hip with his other, and calling Luke’s name into his shoulder. Biting down on the fleshy part of his shoulder.
“Fuck, fuck! Ashton!” Luke scratched his fingers on the wall. “‘M so close, Ashy... Please!”
Ashton could feel Luke’s legs wobbling. He licked along the thin skin of Luke’s neck, and blew a cool breath on it. Luke’s belly spasmed at that and Ashton knew he couldn’t push him much more. He leaned in and growled close to Luke’s ear. “Come for me, angel.”
Luke’s head fell back against Ashton’s shoulder, and the cry he let out was one that Ashton wanted embedded in his memory.
Luke clenched around him uncontrollably, and that sent Ashton over the edge. He shuddered forward and came inside Luke, with his head buried in his shoulder.
It was a long minute before either of them moved, waiting for their breath to catch a slower pace.
“I love you,” Ashton breathed into the skin of Luke’s shoulder.
“I love you,” Luke sighed. He got up from Ashton’s shoulder and pulled off. Ashton heard him whimper slightly, but he turned around and Ashton kissed him again.
“You’re so beautiful.” Ashton hummed. “I love seeing you fucked out. Even better that we’re going in public today.”
“It’s my favorite accessory,” Luke smirked, “sex bitten lips are just in fashion.”
Ashton giggled and hummed shampooing Luke’s hair with the lavender shampoo. “Then it sounds like I should just fuck you right before we go in public all the time.”
“Saves me money on blush,” Luke teased.
“I actually think blush would be really cute on you.”
“I know.”
“Will you wear some?”
“Today?”
“Whenever.”
Luke looked in thought for a second then shrugged. “Tomorrow. Maybe.”
“That’s fine. I want you to embrace the freshly-fucked look today. And maybe if we don’t get to it tomorrow morning, wear blush.”
“Or wear blush even if we do.��
“Or that,” Ashton smirked.
Luke looked at him with sparkly eyes and Ashton fell in love all over again. “Thank you for breakfast, baby.”
“No need to thank me, Lu.”
“Thank you for not trying to poison me again then. I’ll let you use the stove again.”
“In my own house, thanks,” Ashton rolled his eyes fondly.
Luke brushed their noses together and climbed out of the shower, somehow managing to look innocent, like nothing happened at all.
And Ashton felt it. The longing for this to be their life for real. He would give anything for this to not just be temporary. A time when they could be together not in secret. But he knew his days of waking Luke up with coffee are numbered.
He sighed and reminded himself that getting better sometimes hurts. But for now, he could at least pretend it would last.
Maybe someday, he’d convince himself of it.
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tetrakys · 5 years ago
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About Ikemen Vampire...
I finally got around to do the Ikemen Vampire first impressions post no one asked for, but I said I would do.
I’ve had the app on my phone for a while now, I mostly login and do the minigame to pile up on points and diamonds, but I’ve also played the butler event and a few chapters of Napoleon’s route.
FYI I only red a couple of spoilers on one route, so I’m jumping into this completely blind. Here we go.
The Premise:
A bunch of famous men from history turned vampires all living in the same mansion during a specific time in the past. On one side this is kinda interesting, on the other I know too much about many of these people (including their real aspect) to not face-palm every time I read their names, that’s why it took me so long to start this game. I knew it would need some getting used to it, and I have to admit I still find it strange at times. But well...
MC is, at least for now, the typical japanese otome game MC, so nothing exciting here, but maybe she will get gutsier moving forward? One can only hope. At least I like her love for travelling and she seems to know several languages.
Anyway if I’d been in her place, spending one month in the past with all these famous historical figures around, like hell I would’ve accepted to be a maid. I would’ve spent the whole time exploring and interviewing, I would’ve cut a deal with Le Comte, I’m sure he would’ve said yes. 
Anyway, let’s get to the guys, knowing that I’m an otome hoe and of course the plan is to get with all them (except maybe one). Team harem always for the win.
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Ei fu.   Siccome immobile, Dato il mortal sospiro, Stette la spoglia immemore Orba di tanto spiro, Così percossa, attonita5 La terra al nunzio sta, ...
99% of the people reading won’t know what this is about. It’s one of the most important italian poems ever, it was written to celebrate Napoleon Bonaparte, it’s called Il Cinque Maggio (the date of Napoleon’s death... or in this case... resurrection as a vampire?). It’s huge, 108 verses, and I had to learn the whole thing by memory in school. It was so painful that it stuck with me to this day. That’s why I have a sort of love/hate relationship with the man.
But I decided to start with him for two reasons: I find this version of him hot and mysterious and I know his sexy scene is free so... who am I to turn down sexy times for free??
His back story of being half human half vampire is interesting and I am curious to see where this is going. I’m also curios to see how much cybird is sticking to history because the emperor had an interesting life to say the least. Including two wives, which I don’t want to think about because I am extremely jealous of all my otome boyfriends so I hope they are going to ignore this detail.
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Yeah... no... this is so wrong... the guy died in exile in St Elena after failing to get his power back, speculations say that maybe he was even poisoned. It wasn’t a peaceful death and definitely he had regrets. 
I feel like I am putting too much thought into this and I should take the game as if these are just random people.
Anyway, Napoleon the character has a really pretty design, I love his eyes and his mysterious aura, and he looks like the honorable knight type. I hope he has also a kinky side because that’s how I roll and too good is not exactly my thing. He said he’s not attracted to MC pfff.... bullshit of course. We’ll see.
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I don’t have much to say about Mozart because I’ve seen very little of him. I like his design, he seems to be the cold and slightly asshole type which I generally like, but too cold could put me off. If they’re going for any realism at all there could maybe be some daddy issues in his route?
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This was the route that originally interested me the most because Leonardo was a genius and he’s the closest to home. Let’s ignore the fact that people keep using Da Vinci as if it was his surname WHICH IS NOT ,“da” means “from” and “Vinci” is a town, Leonardo from Vinci, he didn’t have a surname because he was a natural son. But other than that, there are two main points that make me consider skipping his route altogether. 
First of all, this is the only spoiler I have about the game, I know this story is sad whatever the ending, and I don’t do sad in my escapism. I only want happy endings, people may not agree but that’s my personal philosophy for playing these games.
Second, that “cara mia” triggers my rage every time I read it. As I explained in another post, “cara mia” is paternalistic and kinda offensive, “mia cara” is the sweet, caring one. The writers picked the wrong one and it’s soooo annoying to read. Especially because he repeats it quite a lot.
So, I’m not 100% sure yet, but this might be the first time in my history as an otome-player that I skip a route.
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This. Adorable. Rascal. He might be the second route I play after Napoleon because I can’t wait to banter with this guy (if MC’s personality allows it). 
He seems as smart as his real counter-part and I like it.
I find a little annoying that he speaks like someone pretending to be British, it seems like the writers tried too hard, but what he says is kinda hilarious and I want him to (try to) bite me 👀
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I assume they didn’t go completely with the realistic route here, otherwise Vincent should be a little coo coo, but the guy was sensitive and fragile and it seems that this was somehow preserved in the character. He has both ears though, so he probably isn’t completely suicidal. 
However he seems the totally sugary sweet type which is really not my thing. But I also heard he has one of the hottest sexy scenes in the game so colour me intrigued 👀
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THIS! This is my man! I don’t know why I always fall for the tsundere, it’s not like I’m a masochist and like to be mistreated, but I like the bantering and I hope that MC is going to be cool enough to allow me to reply to him in tone. I really want to fight with him! 👀
Also, he’s sexy, and the fact that I know absolutely nothing about him, helps me not feeling annoyed by whatever it has been done to the character. 
I don’t know what to expect from his route. Does he have a brother complex? Is he jealous because his brother is a genius and he was a simple merchant? Why were they both turned? So many questions. Give me this beautiful asshole’s route soon cybird!
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I know nothing about him too, but there’s something in him that irks me. He has a sort of paternalistic attitude, too many compliments, too polite... Also, that kimono has a strange fit.
On the positive side he seems protective and I like his quirkiness, so we’ll see.
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Newton is the one that, together with Leonardo, interested me the most for pure principle. And, in this case, I am quite satisfied. I like his aesthetics and personality-wise he seems similar to Mozart, quiet, distant type. We’ll see.
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I keep wondering why they turned a female character male, they could’ve added a wlw route. Anyway, I won’t complain because look-wise I like him the most out of everyone. The eye patch intrigues me, I like his style and I find him really beautiful. I know though that his route is the least sexy and that’s a bummer. I am curious about him and his route and wonder if he also hears voices in his head.
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In this case I’m pretty sure we’re far away from the real person. William the character is the yandere of the group and even the other vampires seem a little preoccupied by him. I wonder if his route is maybe a little dangerous, I’m intrigued.
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Mmm... I know I’m going to attract the disappointment of his many fans but I don’t like Saint-Germain. He’s handsome yes, but the one thing I hate in LIs is fakeness and duplicity, and I feel it with every bone in my body this guy is a liar. He emanates the same vibes as Lucien and Leiftan. There’s so much you’re hiding Comte, and you don’t fool me one bit! Also, his colour palette is too yellow for my tastes.
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Sebastian is just boring to me. I don’t know.... he looks and sounds so plain. I hope there is some big mystery behind and that he will show more personality because at the moment he’s just meh. Also he can’t be just a simple, unknown human there must be something else (I hope).
So, currently, the characters who interest me are: Theo, Arthur, Isaac, Napoleon, Jean, William, Wolfgang 
While Vincent, Sebastian, Dazai, Leonardo and Comte all follow at the back of the queue.
Let’s see after a couple of months of playing if my opinions change.
And btw I’ve seen the three new vampires and they look so much cooler than all the main ones combined! I can’t wait for their routes to come out.
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myassbrokethefall · 5 years ago
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I'm halfway through s2 of Sex Education. I decided to take a break cause while there are storylines and relationships I'm invested in, I have no patience for love triangles and the like atm. I remember you posting something about a disappointing twist for GA's character so I looked it up because idk when/if I'll pick up the show again and woah, I did not expect that AT ALL. I don't think it makes much sense and it does seem like an unfortunate trend for her characters [tbc]
[cont] (obviously the thing itself is not bad, and I'm sure the Sex Education writers will do it better than txf's - the bar is low in that regard anyway - but it still leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth)
Yeah. Honestly I would not NOT be on board with it necessarily, if it weren’t for the UNFORTUNATE context of the repetitive grimness of the Scully situation. And especially the last “shock” twist of MS4 and Gillian’s apparent unhappiness with it. And even all mixed in, for me at least, with the withholding of the script and all that bullshit. Just like some ugly gendered power dynamics shit. The tentacles of CC continue to reach outwards. Sigh. 
While I enjoyed S2 of Sex Ed a lot overall, I found the ending frustrating on many levels. I felt they either fizzled/dropped the ball on some of the storylines, or went with bummer twists that didn’t really feel earned to me. I also felt like they have not completely nailed down the tone that they want for the show, and it vacillated way too hard for me between “fun raunch” and “earnest PSA,” at the end especially. And very much that they did the sitcom thing of picking certain beats that would be the plot and kind of forcing those through, and just letting everything else that they set up nonsensically fall by the wayside. 
Most egregious example for me (Sex Education S2 spoilers ahead, obviously): Jean’s confidential notes getting spread all over school (BY THE HEADMASTER, which was straight-up ridiculous to me no matter how much a mustachioed villain they are making him), and this EXTREMELY egregious confidentiality breach of dozens of minor children’s sensitive personal health information making barely an impact beyond furthering the plot of the rivalry between Jean and the headmaster in the context of his wife leaving him. Like, this would have major MAJOR ramifications for everyone, the headmaster should like, go to jail for doing that, Jean should have been WAAAAAYYYYY more upset about what that does to her professional credibility and how it affected the lives of literally every one of her advisees at the school and how many of them maybe will never trust a therapist ever again...and yet it seems to barely register with her, or with anyone else. And is more set up like, haha what a big disaster oh noes! This crazy high school. And instead the big climactic conflict with Jean at the end is...she’s upset that Otis was doing the sex clinic at school. Which is also not good? I guess? But I feel would be like a tenth of the badness of her fucking patient notes getting stolen and her being made to look like an unprofessional, incompetent, unethical therapist? To a degree far far beyond “grr that mean headmaster, what a jerk”? But they wanted an ending conflict between Jean and Otis so they like, picked that one. Thematically it makes sense since that was the start of the whole series, but in a like, stuff happening to people way, I feel the correct scale for that issue would have been a mild “Otis, I know you were trying to help and I’m sure I have myself to blame for this in a lot of ways, but, it’s not ethical to do that and certainly not to make money from it.” Instead of this BREACH OF TRUST!!! I CAN NO LONGER SPEAK TO YOU stuff that it didn’t really warrant, to my mind. 
My other beef was that so much (rightly so) was made of Aimee’s trauma and how it affected her in lingering, unexpected ways, and that was heartwarming and lovely to see her friends and her boyfriend be understanding and supportive of her and help her work through it. ...And then, during the over-the-top sex musical (here I am agreeing with the mean headmaster that this was highly inappropriate for a high school...), literal dick puppets are being dangled unexpectedly next to people’s faces in the dark in the audience, and there was no concern that THIS might be traumatic to Aimee? Or like, anyone else who might be an assault survivor and might not enjoy being startled by dicks? This is what I mean by the tone being inconsistent. And I know life is not tonally consistent, and people don’t always react in ways that others or even they expect. But after going through that whole arc with Aimee I was kinda like “no concerns at all about this eh?”
Anyway. I really like the show a lot but I wondered if they were rushed writing the ending or something. I have more BEEFS with some of the storylines but those are some of the bigger ones. 
But yeah, the pregnancy thing, while it felt sort of like cheap shock drama that the show frankly should be too good for, was not at the top of my list of complaints. At least, I do have a great, and I think justified, hope that whatever they do with that plot, it will be done with more sensitivity, intelligence, nuance, and comprehensibility of how the female body works than on XF. 
(And in general, this is a continuing series, so any issues that I have with the storylines as “resolved,” they will still have plenty of chances to elaborate on in the next season.)
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